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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