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"WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODEEATIO N.‘
yolume xim.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1869.
NEW SERIES-NO. M
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY.
RAXES OF WEEKLY.
$3 00
..1 75
-1 00
1 RATES FOR TRI-WEEKLY.
Six Months — ............. — J 2“
Three Months
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
To olub.1 of Five or more ene copy will be far-
"'n'can’Cotton Rags wanted in exchange for the
three cents per Hi.
The Tax Collector will commence collect
ing withintwo weeks, if not otherwise or
dered by the Comptroller General..
p»r
M. DWINELL,
Proprietor.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land by Administrators, Electors or
i:un-Sian?, arc required by Jaw to be held on
the first Tuesday in each month, between the
, . 0 f ten in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the Court Hons. in the county in
which the propertyis situated _ .
Notices OT tocse sales must bo given in a pnto
v3 previous.
tic gazette « days previous. ..
Notices of the sale of personal property must
he given in like manner, through a public gax-
fiue 10 days previous to snlo day.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors ef an estate,
must he published 40 days.
Notice the papplications will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must b.
fisbiished for two monthB.
Citations for letters of Administration. Guar-
diaasbip Ac., must be pnbltshoa 5b days—for
dismission trom Administration, monthly six
mectls-^for dismission from Guardianship, 40
Rules for the ferecloseure of Mortgages must
be published monthly for four months—for es
tablishing lost papers, for the full space 6f three
3LOST,
In Borne, on Monday last, the sum of
abont one hundred and thirty-five doll
supposed to have been left on some counter
in the city. A iiberal reward will be paid
to any person leaving said money at the
Courier office.
n effort was made by some patriot
ic members of the Legislature to reduce
their pay. -The vote was taken, which re
sulted in a tie, consequently the presiding
officer untied it by letting the pay remain
at 09 perday—q/V/iiAc he did.
Mr. Hill Rejected by the Judiciary
Committee.
The .New York Tribune,' of the 16th
inst., -contains the ’ following item from
‘Washington :
“The question of the admission, of Mr.
Hill, of Georgia, to a . seat in the Senate
was to-day settled, so’far as the. action of
the judiciary committee is concerned. The
manner of the election of the Senators, the
fact of the expulsion of the colored mem
bers of the Legislature on the ground that
they were ineligible,.under the State Con
stitution, and ail the points bearing, upon
the subject, were folly discussed. After a
, long consultation, the committee came to a
AdimiidstratoNq 1 vrh ere*bond*hastenn given b, direct vote On the qu^tion of the admis-
* dr sion of Mr. Hill, and a majority .voted
against allowing him a seat. It is proba
ble that a long debate will arise in the Sen
ate when the report is submitted, bnt the
action of the committee will doubtless - be
sustained.”
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
AOlUlUmblAWinj . , x,
thodoceufcA, for the full space »f three months.
Publications will always he continued accord
ing to those, the legal requirements, unless oth
erwise ordcrod, at the following
RATES.
PherifTs Sales per levy of ten lines or less $3 00
Sheriffs Mortgage fi. fit. sales, per levy, * 40
Tax Collector’s sales, per levy
Citations for letters ofAdministration_„. .
Citations for totters ol Guardianship 3 00
Notice ot application for dismission from
Administration, , 6 00
Notice of application for dismission from
Guardianship - -4 00
Application to sell land — — • 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,™—3 00
gale of Land, persquare...... 5 00
Sale of perishable property, 10 days..—.... 2 00
Estray Notices, 00 days— 4 00
iclosuro of Mortgage, persquare 4 00
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square 4 t«
.ion adrertising his wife, (in advance) 10 0
SATURDAY MORNING January 23 .
Road Laws of Georgia.
Every man when he travels would like
very much to have a good road, and is very
apt to become vexed, and, perhaps, say
hard words, if he finds very bad highways.
While this is true, observation teaches us
that the prevailing feeling in this section of
country is to avoid, as far as possible, all
work on the roads, even though the par
ties know full well that thorough repairing
is essential to good roads.
Now if wo are to have good roads, all
m ust do their part iu making them so.—
Every county, every militia district, every
neighborhood, every Ordinary, must do his
jut}' right square up to what the law re
quires; every commissioner must faithfully
execute the duties imposed upon bita, and
every citizen cheerfully perform the work
assigned to him.
The law contemplates that overy county
shall be provided with good roads, and
wherever, especially in a section so thickly
settled as this part of the State, the roads
are bad, it is either the fault of the officers
having this important matter in charge, or
else of the community in failing to respond
to calls for road duty. .
We publish to-day the law in full upon
and we hope every good citizen who desirtS
the prosperity of our section, will carefully
read ann preserve it. If every man will
give his active influence In favor of carry
ing out the intent of tho law, there will soon
he little cause for complaint in regard to
bud roads.
Stock Sales in Columbus.—The En
quirer report the following sales last Satur
day: • -
Mobile & Girard Bailroad Stock at 21}.
Southwestern Bailroad, old issue, 97}.
Muscogee, merged in S: W. B. R., 95,
Eagle &-Phoenix Manufacturing Com
pany 109.'
All the Stock offered was sold to the ex
tent of the privilege given. Only ten
shares of the Eagle & Phoenix Company
were sold—the balance withdrawn.
Several small city residences were sold
at low figures, and the fine Wynnton resi
dence known as the “Butt Place” was
knocked down at $4,900.
New Freight Line—The Columbus
Sun gives out that a new freight line from
the North to that place is talked of. The
new line is to land freight from the North
at Jacksonville, Fla., thence by rail to Ce
dar Keys, and thence to Columbus,'by
steamers. Parties in Savannah have prom
ised $50,000 towards its completion; Co-
Inmbus is interested in having this project
completed, which will in a measure, free her
of the present railroad monoply.
Selma Cotton Statement.—The
amount on hand, says the Times on the
15th, inst., was 4,245 bales.—amount' re
ceived 23,533 bales.
Remarkable Escape.
A curious incident occurred on Saturday
afternoon, near the depot of the Knoxville
and Kentucky Bailroad. An engine was
proceeding aloDg the track at good speed,
when the engineer suddenly discovered a
man walking along the track. The man
did not appear to heed the whistle of warn
ing, and before the engine could be revers
ed, he was struck by the cow-catcher and
knocked about twelve to fifteen feet in the
Wednesday, Jau.20, 1869.
,, A communication was reomved from B.
W. Frobeli, Superintendent of Public
Buildings, submitting the plan, of a' State
House, and estimating the cost of building
at $505,864 68. ‘ He recommends the em
ployment of convict labor, in its erection,
estimating the cost at $24,125- He thinks
thatthe-oonvicts-who would be employed in
erecting said building would cest the State
at least one-half that sum, and, therefore,
their employment would be a saying of one
half of the cost of first estimate, and 100
copies ordered to he .printed. ”
A message was received from the Honse
announcing the passage of several local
bills, among which was a bill to provide for
holding Floyd-Superior-Court and for oth-
er purposes, which was read in; the Senate,
the first time.
A message from the House was received
announcing that that body had concurred
in the Senate resolution appointing a' joint
committee to consider the'claim ofG. H.
. Penfield, for arms furnished the State in
1860, and that Messrs! Price, Bethuae and
Shumate had been appointed as the com
mittee onthe part of the House.
A number of bills were .introduced on
first reading. -
A resolution was offered that the com
mittee on judiciary be directed to inquire
if thcre are any legal Justices of the Peace
in the State, and how many districts are
entitled to, and what legislation is necessary
Resolution adopted.
A resolution was offered authorizing the
President to make such arrangements as he
deemed proper for opening the proceedings
with prayer by a chaplain or chaplains dar
ing the session, which was amended by the
adoption of a substitute inviting the mem
bers of the Senate who are elergymen to
open the proceedings with prayer alternate
ly. Adjo^’wed!
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
air, aligthing in his fall nponjthe bumper in
front of the engine. Strange to say, the
u jec , as it now exists in Georgia^ jmly injury he received was a fracture of
one of the small bones of the left ankle.
His mysterious conduct was folly explained
when it was discovered that he was deaf
and dumb,being one of the pupils of the
School for the Deaf and Dumb.—Knoxville
Press.
The Steamer Uudliio
Arrived at her wharf on the 21st, bring
ing the following :
PASSENGERS.
G AY Freeman, J H Long, B B Bhea,
E B Mathews, AY N Barnard, L B Per
kins, J D Butter, F F Howell, S J Du-
prsc, E. U. Harris, 7 sterage passongers.
consignees.
Ferrys & Go., Hopkins, Dwight & Trow
bridge, Maguire, Cothran & Co., H J
Thompson, Artemus Knopp, B F Jones,
11L Mott, J M Elliott & Co., Williams &
Gentry, It T Hargrove, S N Noble, Jones
& Ilnrper, AYm. ltamey.
FREIGHT.
-32 bales of cotton, 400 bushels of wheat
100 bushels of eorn, 30 sacks of-fruit, 2
hales of fodder, 4 bales of oats, 2,000 feet
of lumber.
Offi-J. W. Camp warns any person from
employing a runaway freed hoy, that was
bound to him—Sec adv.
Godey’s Lady’s Book, for February,
has been
on onr table for several days. Go-
iey comes up to time as regularly as dock
York, and what is more important, keeps
"P, with untiring energy, the matter that
makes the book so attractive to the ladies.
New Engine House.
An engine house will soon be built,.
which will be an ornament to the city, if
utlt by the design drafted by Mr. Jno.
1 oble. The cisterns will soon be put
‘" good order, and then the Fire Company
‘ , r,ad f f °r any emergency. They
W recru!ts —who will enroll their name.
str^”^ 6 not ’. ce Tiite* change on Broad
e not quite as many boxes and other
formerly.
on and pear the Bide walks as
We are creditably informed that Mr.
2 I"?’‘^interest in (he Con
^rcialtoD.j 1 . Hood. - To-morrow's it
Change of Proprietor*.
Settled by the Pacific Railroad.
The Mobile Tribune thinks the labor
and negro questions in the Sonth arc going
to be settled by the Pacific Railroad,which
will pour in a flood of Chinese immigration.
John Chinaman will not travel far at ten
cents a mile.'
S@“In Washington the practice of hang
ing a basket at the door-hell .to receive the
cards of the callers was somewhat preval
ent on New Tear’s day. One old lady
gives her experience: “I was told that we
could hang out a basket and so keep the
dirty fellows from mining our new carpets,
and we did; and do you know, my dear,
the naughty little boys filled it with snow
balls and brick bats?”
Caustic.—The negro convention now in
session in Washington called upon Langs
ton, “the intelligent contraband,” for a
speech. Here is a part of what he said:
“The enemy ef the colored man was to be
'found in the North. The negro in the
South has his rights, can! vote and hold of
fice, but in the North it is different.”
Gen. Early Coming Home.—General
Early writes to a. friend in the Upper' Tal
ley (of Virginia,) that he will soon come
home, as he thinks he can do so noyr with
out a compromise of principle; that General
Breckinridgewill also'retora at once; that
he (General.Early) is going to oppose the
new constitution, and Ml such settlements
as proposed by Mr. Stuart and his associates,
&c., &o. ■■
Cotton to Northern Ports.—The
steamships-San Jacinto and-Huntpville^and
the schooner Marion Gage, left Savannah,
for New York; on Saturday, and the steam
ship Wyoming for Philadelphia. "By the
former, the shipments of cotton to New York
were 3",330 bales'of upland, and 216 bales
of sea island cotton; to Philadelphia, 776
bales of -upland, and'38 bates sea island’
cotton! '. " . . "
The peninsula, opposite_ Vicksburg,
has commenced a wholesale caving, having
parted with r the bank- from - Young’s place
down—nearly to the rear of - Nolly’s—a
distance cl’several mile.' and a JfU&h ,'.of
about two. hundred yards.. The little Roma
Wheeler, passing atthe'timc of one ' of the
i big cavings, had to make a, “bee line, shot”'
Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Mr. Clower, a new member from Mon-
roe county, who wa3 elected to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Bal
lard; appeared in hia seat and was sworn
in. -
A message from the Senate was received
stating that that body had concurred in
the Honse resolution to advanee $5,000 to
the State Printer.
A resolution was introduced to make a
case against White, a colored Clerk of the
Superior Court of Chatham county, so.as to
settle the question of negro eligibility, and
that the Solicitor of that circuit be instruct
ed to proceed at cnee against said AYhitc.
After considerable discussion, the pre
vious question was called and sustained. A
vote was taken on the resolution when it
was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
A number of bills were introduced on
first reading, among those of general in
terest were—
A hill to make the law of bastardy ap-
ply to colored womeu in the same way as
to white
Also abill regulating the rate of interest,
making 7 per cent legal, bnt permitting 10
per cent to be charged.
Also, a bill to amend an aot setting apart
a homestead, regulating fees, etc.
Also, a bill to amend the homestead bill
so as to make it legal for persons who have
money to hive it set apart.
Also, a hill to define the meaning of sec
tion 2640.
Also, a bill to prevent persons from en
ticing hired servants, and requiring them
to be registered.
A bill to repeal an act passed 1868; giv
ing liens on saw mills for timber or services
rendered.
A bill to appropriate ten thousand dol
lars for^-the burial of the Confederate
dead. .
A bill to give laborers and mechanics
perfect liens. . .
A bill to amend the estray law.
Mr.-Gober, a bill to regulate letting oat
convicts of the State Penitentiary.
A bill to regulate tbe introduction of tes
timony.
A bill to prevent tiie changing of lines of
counties without the consent cf members
from each county.
Also, a bill to prevent tenants from dis
posing of undivided props, and giving land
lord’s liens..
A bill declaring gin gearing a fixture.
A resolution authorizing the State tr«
urer to advance the sum of two hundred
dollars to each member was adopted.
House adjourned.
All persons between the ages of
forfy ; five, without respect to profc
To define the liabilities of Shi
other officers in certain-cases. -
To amend the laws relative t-o
garnishment. - j .
The Senate hill to legalize the holdii
Floyd Superior Court, was read the
time anffcommitted to -the Ct
the Whole.
HOUSE.
A motion to reconsider the
to members was adopted, and
stituted in lieu of $200.
A resolution entitling Judges of the Su
perior Courts to seats on the floor «M
adopted.
Several bills were introduced on first
reading.
ROAD LAWS, $ 706. After the commissioner has faith-
iog are the Road Laws, a« j.ul. f I' served through the term • of his ap-
Irwin’s Code, for the' truidadee of pointment, he majr obtain from'the Clerk of
■“o'*-• — - - the Interior-Oonrt a'certificate of -such
siocers. Under the ilf|e law
ature, the Ordinary ofi hach
ie matter under hia “direct
id where the - words “Inferior
it should now read Ordinary,
defaulters must filc-their ..ex
on oath before the Cfimmis-
must meet at some place in
fining defaulters, of which!
seting they shall give ' ten days
atone or more of the
in the district, an t no
be necessary.
Commissioners must, issue
der their hands and seals .“for
their warrants of arrest as. the ca3o may be]
against each defaulter who fails to render a
good excuse, directed to any lawful consta
ble, who shall levy and collect tho same as
executions issued from the Justice Courts
A bill on third reading, itrtwwr*«’^«4i or +f the “^7 be > “"cst the defaulter
,« „ T ,1: ° a and oring him before Ino Commissioners
tion of Justices of the Peace and Consta-1 tQ ab;de ^ judgmeut of the same ]
§ G92. There shall be three commission
ers for each road district, any two of whom
may act, in case there is only one in the.
district, that one is vested with all the; pow
ers of tiie three until the vacancies- are
filled.
§ 693. Such.commissioners are, appoint,
ed or reappointed by the Justices of- the
bles was recommitted to the judiciary com
mittee. • -riart-SjsS
A long disonssipn'ensued on a resolution
to-reducc the pay of members, which was
finally settled by being indefinitely post
poned-.
Report of State Treasurer received and
referred to Finance Committee.
Mr. Scott Introduced a bill on first read
ing, exempting from taxation all money in
vested in the manufacture of all woolen
and cotton goods, aad iron and agricultural
implements.
Honse adjourned.
Earthquake.
A letter from Calima, Mexico, gives an
account of a terrible earthquake experienced
in that city on the morning of the 20th of
December. For several days previous the
volcano of Calima, thirty miles from the
city, exhibited symptoms of internal com
motion, sending forth smoke and steam, ac
companied by a rambling and shaking of
the earth. The morning of the 20th waa
ushered in by a gentle rocking of the earth,
which gradually increased in violence un
til the walls of the houses were cracked
and everything breakable demolished. The
vibrations were from northeast to seothwest,
and lasted nearly forty seconds. The cathe
dral, a warehouse and several brick build
ings were cracked from top to bottom. The
people were startled from their sleep and
rushed frantically to the plaza. It is re
ported that several persons were killed by
the failing of the walls of the National Ho
tel. The shock was felt a long distance in
the interior. In several places the ground
opened, trees were uprooted, hills leveled,
watercourses changed, and a general up
heaval of the earth took place. At the city
of Manzauilla, the cathedra], which had
stood shocks of earthquakes and storms for
several centuries, was riven from top to
bottom—even the tiles on the roof. were
broken. Some 18 or 20 persons were kill
ed by the falling walls of the American
Hotel, and 3 others were buried beneath
the ruins of Waterman A Co,’s ware
house.
Reconstructed Arkansas.
According to the Little Tlock Gazette,
there are 94,500 registered voters in that
State, of whom 70,000 are whites, 23,000
negroes, and 1600 carpet-baggers. Bnt af
fairs have been so skillfully manipulated in
Arkansas that this vote is represented in
the Legislature by eighty-two Radicals and
one Democrat. ?'
Adulteration of Drugs.—The World
is investigating the drug business. -Its com
missioner has found opium mixed with
sticks, sand, floor arid earth. Rhubarb is
frightfully reduced and occasionally dis
guised beyond recognition, -etc., etc. We
will have to organize a new school of medi
cine to keep with the “spirit of the
age,”
Sterne!!'. ^ * iU d<rabtleSS COnfirm the
Marine
Mules. •.
with mules can do'
w ‘ ab i E 8 to supply themselves
Weil supplied % nOW, as tto mnrket if
J P - v! “ d we un| ierstand are sel-
out into the middle.of the stream to- pre
vent being capsied by the surging waters,
W A city belle, endeavoring to enter
tain bier country beau, asked what kuid iff
potatoes ho-preferred; His reply was “pal-
pi-(alert." That beau would do.
BQiuThe man who invented the ink with
which greenbacks are printed made an im
mense fortune, as the chemicals of which
itis made can neither be photographed nor
edblaek.
- ■ Thursday, Jrn. 21.
After preliminary business, the roles
were suspended, and Mr, "Bums offered .a.
resolution that seats on this floor be tender
ed to dll judges ef Superior Courts of this
State. - -
A message from the House was received,
announcing that that body had. .passed an
net, authorizing the State Treasurer to ad
vance one hundred doUars to each member
of the General Assembly. - A .motion to
adopt was agreed to.
Among the bills on first reading were-^
A bill authorizing the construction of a
-branch road from. Kingston to -Van Wert,
by the use of not more than one-tlurd of the
proceeds of the Western & Atlantic Bail
road, and the employment of Penitentiary
convicts, to be the property of the State.
To make it a penal offense for persons not
having a lawful fence to kill stock.
- L6yThere are twenty-eight thonsand
miles of telegraph npw in use in the Uni
ted' States.
Markets. . “
New York, Jan. 20.—Gold 35}. Gov
ernments closed steady: 62s 13. Southern
securities . firm! Money more active.—
Sterling steady with an advancingtendency.
Cotton more active and decidedly higher;
sales of 4200 bales at 29} to 29}, Flour—
State steady,nil other declining; superfine
$5 65 to 6 20; common to fair extra South
ern 6 65 to 7 10. Wheat moderately active.
Uom steady. Southern white 92 to 1 00;
yellow 97. Oats lower buz more active.—
Pork $29 75 to $30. Lard firmer, kettle
19} to 19}. Whisky 100.
New Orleans, Jan. 20.—Cotton a half
cent higher; middlings 28; sails 6500; re
ceipts 359; exports 5433. Gold 36. Sterling
48. Commercial 47 to 47}. New York
[Sight} disconn.t. Sugar active—common
110} to 10}; prime 12} to 13; yellow clari
fied 14 -to.14}. Molasses active—common
58 to CO; primo57 to G8; choice 70 to 62.
Cincinnati, Jari. 20.—Flour dull, $7
75. Whisky firm, 98. Provisions advanc
ing. Pork 29 50 to $30 Lard 19} to 191.
Bnlk shoulders 12} to 12 1-2. Clear sides
16. Bacon shoulders 13}. Clear sides
17}.
■ Liverpool, Jan.' 19.—Cotton steady—
uplands IS}.- Orleans 111; sales 15,000.
Savannah, -Jan. 20.—Cotton opened
quiet and closed firm; sales 800; middling
28} to2S 1-2; receipts 2139;exports, coast
wise! 769.' ii-agS
Charleston, Jan. 20—Cotton half
cent better; sales 800; middlings 28; re-
oeipts 1627. i. 7“a
Then AND Now.—At the termination
of the war, Southern lands could have been
bought for a few cents an acre. The same
are hard to get for a few dollars now. The
New York Times admits this as evidence of
Southern recuperation. If, instead of perse
cuting us, orir Northern brethren had pur
chased of us, they would have made an ex
cellent bargain.'They should be make to
pay liberally now. -f*
s Police.—On Saturday night, as one of
our old civizens, Mr. McDermott, was pas
sing np Hunter street below the City Hall,
he was knocked down and very badly in
jured, and supposed to be robbed of his
pistol and money. One of tho police com
ing np with officer McGhee, found two
cavalrymen upon McDermott. Offering to
interfere McGhee received in his belt a pis.
Inferior Court,. biennially ' at. their first
meeting of thaycars of the appointments,
and, whenever necessary, to fill' vacancies
at any time. • ; . - -
§ 694. Those thus appointed are com
pelled to serve, nnless excused by such Jus
tices, who shall receive for such excuse
providential cause only.
§ 695. As soon as appointed, they shall
be notified thereof in writing within, ten
days thereafter by the Clerk of the Inferi
or Coart, and if such appointees do . hot,
within ten days after receiving such notice,
file their excuse in writing, under oath, in
such Clerk’s office, they shall be considered
as having acoepted.
§ 696. If a Clerk fails to give such no-'
tice, he is gnilty of a contempt, and' shall
be by such Justices fined twenty dollars for
each neglect.
§ 697. Buch commissioners, while in of
fice, are exempt from jury, patrol, militia
and other road duties.
§ 698. It is their duty.
1. To appoint, within fifteen days, one or
more persons in their respective districts as
overseers over the road.
2. To apportion the- road hands and
hands under their charge at the same time
as equally and fairly as possible, and to
furnish the several overseers with q list of
the roads and hands under their respective
charge. .
3. To hear and determine upon all cases
of default or other violation of the road
laws within their jurisdiction (if not in
dictable only) at a court to beheld by them
twenty days after every road working, or
as often as emergencies may require, and
to issae executions or other process against
the convicted.
4. To keep a book in which to enter—
First. The several hands in their respec
tive districts subject to road duty; to what
roads and what parts thereof assigned, and
under what overseer, changing and correct
ing it time to time, as may be necessaiy.
Second. A list of defaulters and persons
fined, amounts paid, what disposition made
of the money, what executions issued and
unpaid.
5. To pay the county treasurer, as soon
as collected, that portion of the fine money
belonging to the county, to be used in the
repairing or building of public bridges and
causeways, and annually on the first of
December, to report to the Justices of the
Inferior Coart, the condition of the public
roads and bridges in their respective dis
tricts, the state of the finances, what exe
cutions are outstanding unpaid, and their
condition.
6: To inspect, from time to time, - the
public roads, bridges and ferries within
their districts, notice the character of the
repairs,] and observe if such road is regu
larly posted and direction boards pnt np as
required by law, and if said bridges - and
ferries are in proper repair.
7. To exercise a general supervision over
their respective overseers, and to fine them
fin neglect of duty, and to see that persons
are indicted for the offenses set forth in the
road laws.
7. To administer all oaths, relative to the
road laws, cennected.with their duties.
§ 699. In making np the list of road
workers, they must not include the follow
ing description of persons, who are exempt
from snch duty, viz,:. licensed ministers,
teachers and students of colleges and schools
keepers of public grist mills, public ferry
men, keepers of - toll! bridges, turnpikes,
causeways, and plank roads, ongineera and
white persons in charge of cars or trains
running on railroads, officers of the United
States, this State, or any ooonty thereof,
and all others exempted by any special
law.
§ 700. They are authorized to pay over
seers one-half of the fine money as compen
sation to him as informer.
. § 701. [Whenever the Grand Jury in
any county of the State shall present -any
road commissioners for neglectiof duty gen
erally, or in any portieular, it shall there
upon be the dnty of the Clerk of tiie Court
to issue a summons in writing, directed to
such commissioners, commanding them- to
be and appear at the next term of the Su
perior Court in which the presentment is
made, to answer the accusation of the
Grand Jury, which said summons shall - be
served by the Sheriff upon the'commis
sioners at least twenty days ’before the
Court to which the same is retained; and,
if upon the investigation of the case, it
shall appear that the accusation is made
out by the proof, the Judge shall thereupon
impose upon such commissioners a fine of
not less than fifty dollars, or, more than
two hundred .dollars!] . . _
§ 702. If they have been duly sighted
and served, and fail to appear, the court
may proceed ex parie:
§ 703. The Clerk of the 'Court is di
rected to issue executions against them for.
the fine and costs, which shall be, executed
by the Sheriff. The lien of sncH execu
tions and the property subject thereto, are
the same as those against defaulting road
workers. ’ .
04. "When any public road may be
on a road district line, and the Justices of
the Inferior Court have not specially as
signed it to any particular district or set of
commissioners, the commissioners of each
fact,
'■"$ 747. When tmjr railroad, irror .which
• crossing s'; required shall ba - obstructed,
or Dot In good order' at such - crossing,' a
road commiatiqner or an overseer' of the
toad district where the crossing Js, must
notify the neafest agent or employee of-thd
cqinpany; In writing to'-remove 'such ob
structions, or toput-dtieh crossins^inpropc
er order, vrithiu thirty days froti"l$d“ due
of the notice. V
- § 749. -The commissioners shall -then isi
uc executions.under their hands 3ud seal,
directed t5 iihy lawful officer lor th e amount
nfennli'mlnA nnl Om rt .F ll.n r.rr.i.n.
ach'valne and the castof the
ing against snch. dc&Ulti^ Tulroad' com
pany aCin caso of other defaulters. ' '
Non: -York Correspondent of tiie Macon Tel-
,- i- . egraph. -t '
City' Failures, and Trade—Doll Times—^
Western Trade and Affairs id that Qnar-
: ■ ter—Suggestions to the- South—Why
. Cotton is High- 1 -Prices cannot Continue
—PlanteY’ shonld Sell. -
- New York,-Jan..15,1869.-
' 'Messrs."Editors: Two or three Weeks
•since, LathrOp,' Luddington & Co., the
third or. fourth largest dry goods house In
this city, failed. They had been preceded
by several, others daring the- month of De-
cember^nd wiil be joined 'by many others
in the course of the 'spring!
Trade hasbeen very'dtdl all the &B-snd
thus far of .the winter; in fret; during 'the
whole year tradesfolk have-"been'. sz —
and building upon their hopes of-
times in the fbture. '
The-West has paid up bat poorly, and.
no prospeet of anything better for the fu
ture, as the fanners have realized much less
than they expected for their produce) and
could not, therefore; pay their merchants^
least,so say! the papers here. The merchants'
here who did not want' Sonthero trade,-last
spring, summer and fall, are now bewailing
their mistake, and the only hope f&Ya good
springtrade is from the Sonth.
Now, I propose to offer to the Sonth
few suggestions through r your-' paper. The
South is to-day the richest portion -of this
continent,and if the people are wise may
remain so. . -
The present price bf eoifon ls not the re
sult of the present wants of trade, nor pfits
future prospects, bnt the result of the ple
thora of money, and the want of secure in
vestments. Capitalists are the most timid
of all men, and are the first to draw in’their
heads like the tornaipins when they see, nr
think they see danger, and keep them
drawn'm the longest; bnt they are the most
restless of all men when their money does
not yield aprofit, and they get aftera while,
State Treasurer’s Report.
The followingjsays the Atlanta Intclliijen-
cer, is the report of the State Treasurer
made in response to a call from the House
of Representatives for information regard-
ingthe amount of .State bonds which had
been issued since his induction into office—
for wha'. they had been sold, ana at what
ratcs;what amounts had been-hypothecated,
&C., &c. The.report has been referred to
the Finance Committee of the House:—
■' REPORT. ' _
Treasurer’s Office V
Atlanta, GA.,Jah. 21st, 1869,/
To the Honorable-House of Representatives
of the Stale of Georgia:
In response to your resolution ot yester
day; as follows: Resolved, That N. L-! An-
Treasurer of this State , be,and he is
^requested- to communicate to this
’House as Wily as practicable, what amount
of State bonds have been issued since be
came Into office, and whether or not the same
have been sold or hypothecated for money
borrowed; what amount of bonds have been
Washington, Jan. 20.—In the Senate,
Mr! Wilson introduced a bill reducing the
army, providing, among other things, the
abolition of Brigadier Generals daring
peace. .' -'■%*- ' * * ' '
The Housed s' considering the franking
privilege! -• •
The Supreme Court.-is bearing a case
about railroad.brcaks!
The Reconstruction Committee heard .ar
gument.- from Vi e!L- and Mr. Hi’li.-c- in on
Virginia issues! ' •*>
The House Election Committee hears the
case of Jcues.vs.-Mapn. from Louisiana, to
morrow. ; k
The Fi o-Meat’s private Secretory, Mr.
Warden, telegraphs to'several papers which
employ him, that.negotiations axe. pendmg
between our Government and Spain, for
the transfer of the.Tsbnd.of. Cuba- to the '
United,States, thc-.ouly difference to over
come,being apparently, the. price to be paid,
to the Spanish Government. The informa
tion accessablc to- agents of the Associated
Press does' cot enable.them to verify this
where they will incar almost any risk of due, and for other purposes.
the principal and all'risk of principle,' for
the prospect of a large interest- .
As cotton is nearer to gold than anything
else, and often promises a large profit, the
idle capital of’England and this country
has gone into it and produced a speculative
demand and. price. How far it will go now
there is no telling—probably to thjrfy five
cents: but no matter where it goes, or where
it stops, it is merely a - speculation,, which
most of necessity come to an end very snd-
denly, and with ruinous results to all hold
ers, when it docs opine; and then its. ten
dency will be downward, for years to come.
It may noYcome until May, but I believe
and hope it will conie by the middle of Feb
ruary, that the people of the South may
not be seduced "by the high priceinto the
neglect of provisions and huge cotton plant-'
Sags- -
That the enchantment of price is notdne
to the state of trade is evident from the
fact that merchants and manufacturers are
everywhere overstocked with goods, which
they cannot sell, because the people have
not the means to buy; or rather to pay;
that even p - jsent prices' cannot continue is
clear from t ne fact that all the goods in the
hands of merchants and mannfactnrers, and
all the stock of all old cotton .on hand
take the benefit Of theTiss before it can
reach the present onto-"' Merchants' and
mannfactnrers will nht sell what they have
on hand, at old-prices, knowing that they
must pay for new supplies more than they
get for what they now have. Merchants
here are already advancing their prices.
The people of the Sonth are the only
people of this country who ore able to pay,
their policy now is to economise, even to
penuriousness,—to sell their cotton and put
It into gold. By holding on to their cotton,
they may get more than to sell ‘ at present;
but the danger is, that they may hold on
until the titrable comes, when they will be
sure to. get Iris in currency which will be
worth much less than it is.now. By selling
more and putting-thar.currenoy into gold,
they will be certain in the end, of much
more than any price in currency will yield
them. . Tho adoption of the policy I here
indicate will make the South at the end of
this year and before tho end of it; the rich
est people on this continent.
' ' r • ■ ■ • Gbsebvxb.
HSyThe Lynchburg Republican takes a
sensible view of the relations which , should
exist between tbe white and black races in
tbe Southern States. It says all sensible,
far-seeingmen must know that as the two
faces must live together for many years l to
come, as these races, for. mutual. support,
have got to Succumb the universal laws of
trade and labor, so trill obedience to these
laws demand mutual feelings of confidence,
good will andprotectioa.Thewhiteis destined
to control the capital and the labor of this
section of the countiy,but that capital will
be idle and be unproductive unless the la
bor of the black is well paid-for working it.
So that, on the one hand, as the master of
yesterday knows he must keep his farm up,
his factory busy by the work of his: former
slaves, so docs the slave know that, when
the “proclamation” . made him' free, it
bnraghthior under the effect of-Go#* law,!
that bread must be earned by the sweat of
the face, and to the' white, the black man
knowsbe must look for'the work! which.is
to bring him bread! '' ' .
the same as if afire had never occurred, and
it would be well for them to put a fire ex
ception on tbe face of their notes.
sold, and at what price; what amount has
been hypothecated, and where; how much] £T - .....
money has been bentrwod by tbe 8*a •er , ofr.|y? a 'ffi;y?B llu> fnmmiticc havj. presented
hypothecated bonds; hSw much money has v?®!. <J<Hunmteo_a memorial, sub-
been drawn upon the faith of the hvpothe-1 »;; : Gto-thb Hdtric bill pro-,
eated bonds of this State and by whom;w!.at “ !1 emotion to Virginia now un-
pdrtionofth»ataoRiit.su drawn has been [-wOf.gMstMMtiai^ modifying the Constitip
received into the-Treasury of "this State; ta ™" ]° an ' exf « n , k ' Wuch they believe
■ • • ' IWouiii-bc Accepted by the poople of Vir-
In connection, they say the real
expressed when they
hypothecated;-giyit§ 'a full and; Deuet usat- ficedmen South,
what is tho-etote of the aedonbts- at this [V 0 ?
clear statement of *11- -'matters in this reset
lotion referred to,”X have the'honor to ret
port on the Slat dayvff September,' 186.8,
his Excellency Governor Bollock and my
self deliveredio the agent of the- Fourth
National Bank of New York a contract' to
plaariir their possession One hnndred and
fifty thonsand dollars ($160^00) of the sev
en per cent, bonds of the State, -on or be
fore the 15th day of November,1868, upon
which contracts as collateral Security .said
bank advancedus one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,006) cash. On the 6th of Oc
tober, 1868, similar contracts to tb'c amount
of sixty thonsand dollars ($80,000) were
executed and delivered to the agent of the
same bank,upon which securities said bank
advanced us forty thousand dollars (340,-
000) cash.
On the 7th day of November, 18G8,there
was prepared and forwarded from this' of-
fice, six hnndred thonsand ($600,000,) new
seven per cent, bonds of the State of Geor
gia, dated November 1**, 1808, signed Bu-
fos B. Bollock, Governor, David G. Sot
ting, Secretary of State coupons signed
by the Treasurer, to the Fourth National
Banfcj-to carry put the terms of the con
tracts made to them September 21st and
October 6th, 1868, and to he hypothecated
for further sums of money, to meet the in
terest on tiie pnblio debtfillen and falling
an their present-uneducated, condition, arc
: not'preparcd for the-intelligent exercise of -
the electjye fjanchise, and in view-of pub
licopinion expressed in recent elections,
they-believo a majority of the people are
wiffing to incorporate in their* fundamental
law as an offering on the altar 'of peace,
hoping for'restorationuf -the Union and
hanno.ny, onbhe-basis.cJ universal suffrage
and universal -amnesty. Considering the
policy of/fiogovenmient to require in' Vir
ginia constitutional recognition of civil and
political equality of all men, before the law
they have, in - amendments proposed, in
serted all the provisions looking, to that re
sult heretofore deemed propel by Congress,
and untouched by any provisions of the
Constitution on the subject.
London, Jan. 20.—The journals here
praise Napoleon’s speeoh.
The Conference protocol declares that
to encourage .insurrection within, or priva
teering andmilitary expeditions against the
territories of a friendly State, is a violation'
of international law.
Mejiphis, Jan. 20 —Three of the ne
gro militia-were court martialed and shot
for; rape at Marion, Ark..
November 6th, 1868, we received by ex-
press $25,00 as an advance on said bonds,
November 12th,$25,000 by express,Novem-
her 20th, $25,000 in draft. of- Governor. qtherwise provided, but such bonds
Bollock,.November 21st,-$25,000 on draft
of Governor Bulloc-k, December 7th, $25,-
'906 by express, Deoember - 12th, $25,000
by express, and December 26th, $25,-
000 by express, all of which amounts were
received. ' - "
On the 23d day of Deo. 1868, supposing
a considerable amount of the new Seven per
cent.'bonds had been sold, and - desiring to
make a report of them in my annual report
to the Governor, I wrote to the Fourth
National Bank, asking them .to advise me
what amount of the new seven per cent,
bonds had been sold, and - , at 'what price,
and and at tho same.- thae to. "send, me a
the State with the bank. On the 9th in
stant I received a foil statement of the ac
count, and-alstter; ixT-wbieh was stated:
“None-of the new seven per cent bonds
have been sold, it being considered unad-
visable to do so, iooonsulation between our
President and -Gov. Bullock, it ' being con
sidered'by many that the Legislature au
thorizing them was an illegal body.”.:"’
. Besides crediting. themselyeB' in-the ao-
count current with the . various amounts
named above,-they also took - credit for a
large amount, which I did not . know any-
thing about, and which had never’ reached
the Treasury, Not knowing how to account
for these credits, I immediately started, on
the eve of the 18th inst., for New York, to
get a fall explanation -of them. Haring
arrived in New York, proceeded to" the
Fourth National Bank, and found that
Gov. Bullock had drawn drafts to-4bd
amount of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35-
0Q0.> (Copy. of the drafts I give below)
which amount never has been paid .in nor
reported to tiie Treasury by Governor Bul
lock. : " ■ ''
COPY OF FIRST DRAST.-
So-^— New York* OcL 29,1SG8;
Fourth National Bank of the city of New
York, pay to the order of —, seven
teen thousand-
Washington, Jan. 20.—The Senate
considered! the SEerman Railroad bill for
roads centering at Washington, all day, and
after Executive Session adjourned.
la the Honse Schenck introduced a bill
providing^for the-payment of bonds in coin,
shall not be paid before maturity, unless
United States notes be made convertible in
to coin, Section-two legalizes gold contracts.
Referred to Ways and Meand Committee;
Bill.forbidding other than franks written
by tbe priviledged person.. Passed.
Farnswoith introduced a bill removing
political, disabibtits of a. large number of
persons. Passed by two-thirds. Adjourn
ed,
Grant gees to Baltimore to-morrow to at
tend, the Peabody Fond Board.
The President .withdrew Perry Fuller
and nominated W. H. Wisener, Collector
Customs of New Orleans. Also, Robert C.
Si^rT^t ZreJ,| Buqbanan fod Alvin C. Gillem, Brigadier
...... ~ . . (-.pnarnls in nlamv h nnkni* enri RnnccAnn
Generals, in place of Hooker and Rousseau,
In Executive session only are nnimport-’
ant confirmations,
Wilson’s bill continues General at pres
ent pay, makes three Lieutenant and nine
Major-Generals at reduced pay, and daring
r brigades shall be'commanded by Colo,
,000 '
!BufusB. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia.
COPY OP SECOND DRAFT. '
:No. -New York, Dec. 3,1868,
Fourth National Bank, .'of tbe city of New
ork, pay to the order of R, B. Bollock,
eight thousand dollars.' Charge account
State.
igned) . Rufus B. Bullock,
,000 - Governor of Georgia.
SSL-TIic Supreme Court of Georgia has
decided that a tenant owes, rent upon his
if use, after it lias burned down, for the _
balance of the time specified by tbe contract, seren_pcr cent mortgage bonds twohundred
COPY OF THIRD DRAFT.
{Endorsed on back H.I. Kimball & Co.)
Dec. 12,1868. .
Pay to (he order of H, I. Kimball & Co:,
ten thousand dollars and charge thesamc to
the account of the State Georgia.
(Signed) Rufus B; Bullock.
Governor.
To the Fourth National -Bank, New
York:
the Governor.
(Signed) . . Eugene Davis.
Seo’yExcculive Department!
December 14th, 1868, there was sold of
the 7 per cent, mortgage bonds 840,000 at
921c. Dec. 16th, 810,000 at same price;
Dec. 17th, $10,000 at 92}. Dec. 19di,
$4,000; Jan. Cth, $31,000 were sold at
92}.; , Jan. 11th, $20,000 were sold at
.90}; Jan. 15th, $50,000 were sold at
S9}c.; Jan. 10th, $74,000 at S6o.; making
total amount of money realized from sale of
nebaelected for merit.-
Motion to restore Bradley to practice was
rejected by the Distriet^Suprcme Court to
day. A mandamus wiil be served on Mon
day. '' •* ;
The Virginia Committee- authorize the
statement that itis not true that any confer-
cnc'e has been had. between the Committee
of Ninerand the Radical Committee. There
was an informal talk between members of
both committees. ' The Nine have no oh-
jectio’ns to fullest disclosure of the original
objects and purport of this talk, if the Rad
icals ar<! willing. ' '
Three hnndred men, mostly rreenrited in
the West^were safely landed in Cuba with
in the last ten'days, and the vessel is nearly
ready for au6tber.trip;
Parts, Jan. 20.—Later Rio Janeiro ad
vices fully confirmthe capture of ‘Villa.ta,
and total destruction of the Paraguayian ar
my.;. ,.,. -
. Madrid, Jan. 20.—New Cortes meets
onJlth of February.
London; Jan. 20.—The loss of life by
the earthquake around the Bay ofBengal is
very great.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 20.—The Fifty-
first annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge of Mississippi,laBt night elected
Thos. H. Gathright, Grand Master, and J.
S. Power, Grand Secretary.
The Planters and ^Ianufacturers Conven
tion is in-session here to-day,with a full at
tendance.
A number of essays valuable to the far
mers ’ and mechanics were read by mem
bers. - - -
Richmond, Va., Jan. 20.—A Republi
can meeting to night adopted resolutions
protesting against Congress granting what
is asked for by the Virginia Conference
Committee now in Washington. .
. Columbia, S. C. Jan. 20.—A motion
will be made in the Supreme Court to-mor
row against the acting Board of Aldermen
in the city of Charleston, for rule upon them
.to show cause why they should not be at
tache I for contempt, for failure to obey a
icrilof mandamus issued by the '
Court, ordering them to declare the recent
election for Mayor.and Alderman of th: *
city. -. -A- • .
Tallahassee, Jan. 20.—-Yesterday the
House hallotted once for United States
Senators. Wilson, Republican, receiving
tidr A patent has been taken out for a
new process in cigar making. The leaf to-
. . . tol hall; another struck him in the arm.—
To amend the act establishing criminal j The hall has not yet been extracted. The
courts in each county, increasing costs from ’ two. men made their escape,
two to five dollars in each case tried. ! Quite a number of arrests were made on
Te declare who are liable to road duty j gnday for disorderly conduct.-Af. Intel
in this State.
district shall cc-operatc in arranging the k aM0 l ; rand ^ a pu , ° an(1#nm off ; n
hands and appomting the overseers of said slieetS; as paper ; 3 ma r <] e ; donc np and aold
r0ad ’_ . - . . J by the. quire or ream—and then everyone
§ 705. The hooks such commissioners [ niakcshi3 own cigar, ifdie pleases,
are required to keep must be furnished by ! _ .
the Justices of the Inferior Court, at the! ] '
expense of the county and out of the road . ts^.Not .gnilty, said an Omaha Jury,
money, if any, and when fall must he de- hut if the prisoner is smart he wili leave
posited in the office of the Clerk of the j the territory before night. He left.
Inferior Court. I
and sixteen thousand eight hnndred and
eighty dollars and sixty-nine cents, ($216,-
880 69) ont of which the Fourth National
Bank has paid coupons to the amount of
about one hundred and thirty thonsand
dollars ($130,000.
The letter accompanying the account
current, two notes in addition to contracts
mentioned before, given by Governor Bol
lock, both amounting to five hundred and
seventy thousand ($570,000 dollars, sup
posed to he given as security for money ad
vanced, and tobe advanced, to meet the in
terest on the public debt. Respectfully
submitted, N. L. Angier,
Treasurer.
iUeuards,ltepublican,receiving a, iNcacham,
colored Republican, 5. The others received
one each. The Senate took no action? No
*-*—* 7—MAa. J —-- 1 TT .
joint ballot to-day,and the House adj-
without voting.
The Senate sceme inclined to hold tho
election of Gilbert last June of legal,though
when elected, no vacancy existed,and a ma
jority ofSenate appeared to go into a joint
committeo.
Ormin of working Metals.—The art
of extracting, refining and working iron
and steel was diffused from Egypt over all
parts of Arabia. It was known of old that
the mountainous part of Palestine was rich
in iron mines; thus, in Deuteronomy, it was
said, with some appearance of truth, to thu
Israelites, on the ova of entcri:
that its