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' late .- [leceli in that
;-i ntioii, from which
.j, was in lien. Toombs
_-tvli'. It was tilled with
s;: V^vrtive. iiitter sarcasm, pungent
Z'ZL l.rilliant dailies of wit and
.' .'j' thrilling eloquence. There
as grand as ever were
f *j i, v (’ieero or Demosthenes.
, t 'of Government, lie con*
K to nrc-vont one man from
^another—to give the greatest
“! tn peasant and prince
Trifiiont' injurv to any. Govern
. . M ,t 'down robbers, thieves.
,* u ,i W rona doers. There
.' railroad princes, manufacturing
L‘ and merchant princes. These
combined to plunder labor;
boti'dit Congress, and they think
vou . They say that our people
u reha sc 1 cheaply- 1 want them
; T more and l.nv ottener, so it wi 1
(hem more. Gold, in its last anal-
p the sweat of the poor, w hen
I 1 irons met at Kunvmeade there
liu | c thought of whether the cap-
' ‘boiild he in Koine or (i recce. They
i gave to go to Atlanta or Mil-
,.j|| e J.ickspittle or Devil's Half
to obtain Magna Cliarta. Every
j, lV r a right to make their own
lav.-, bid you make the present
No'! It is the handi-
"..'"la gmes, thieves and Yankees,
an- no government and no con-
" This was a moving age.
J ;'!,,.! of land ill Georgia, from
.-.cat"" to seaboard, was covered
oirpurution. Science was a good
■ mil [irogivss a good thing, but
U after other people’s money lie
fake. It was the creed of Puritan
.L- hi g, roh all. \\'c have a right
> our own constitution.
■ a tin-present constitution
and tin- n- w ones are all bad
;,r-~ of Atlanta are crying and
million: the cost of a convention.
v;.!ii. r.inodoGot lcetured the
teoiiouttiioirelnuigeableness. The
f im:i oust Sg’n.int). These
j.-. I - these editors don't like
o „ mention cost $700,000
only I-- > 1 i:i;'li. But he
c-'iiV,-!-ti"ii for less than
. hid of tic !n-; Legislature.
i in tin- ninstitution
ill. -e Ir.iIn!iil< :it bonds
; lid. and that the credit
■! Hi rer bo pledged to
ol i!i" public defense.
: of gold, on tile
:ii 1 ... :m-s the sky, and you
- rid • robbers, plunder-
If refii.-e to pay
■:. l * v.u repudiation.
'! • Mime of repudiation-
iv -r. i a: i.'ini elections be-
ii.-- representative
or- id - -list i! unit.-. Let
'd. ir c nveiition say to
'. :r. "y,,u shall not ifljuro
".it.: t-An honest Gov-
d m-itlii r make Atlanta or
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1874.
AT. A RAM A EWS.
The Ashland Time* wants a good
printer.
There was a snow fall at Talladega on
the night of the Cth.
The inmates of the asylum at Tuska-
loosa had a Christmas tree.
The Livingston Journal is for Charles
C. Langdon for governor.
Four Welch miners have recently re
moved toTuskaloosa county.
Sand Mountain is being rapidly set-
led by people from South Alabama.
The State and county tax of Barbour
county is two and one-half per cent.
George J. Harper has become associ
ate editor of the Cherokee Advertiser.
The grand jury of the Eufaula city
court present that court a nuisance.
Andrew Glasswell, formerly of Sum
ter county, died in California Novem
ber 26 th.
\ school teacher is wanted in Butler
county at $400. Address P. O. Box 84,
Greenville.
BIG RAILROAD FIGHT.
The population of Greene county in
1S70 was IS,399, of which only 8,358
At
is a very con-
.ipit >], but the
i> with the con-
'H »n:v-i miry i.aiv*
tin- ls-w editor of
who,
-1 from the press,
u nity iii giving cx-
'iea- with his pen,
rusted in iiis eilito-
i mimher of years,
i his j- ii, as \vc sup-
te'll of the value of
nit tu
price paid for the
are called usury laws,
-usideivd a crimi to take
lore than tl„- law allowed.
1 rytliing el.-e, liionev is
»one man than another.
Otiie tlian another, and
flee than at another. The
. undertook to aflix one
t" l-e paid by every
‘ tines and everywhere
It brands with the rc-
•’ "f tourer the man who
a- inure than the price
■b . n.o owners of any
property may affix
1 r its us,.. If the- par-
. "nn h able to contract,
t and actually do con-
; he invoked to en-
r -“ t according to the in-
were whites
Thirty tons of guano have been
hauled away from a pigeon roost near
Talladega.
H. P. Carloss, of Colbert county, has
killed two hogs weighing together 1011
pounds.
The Alabama Grand Lodge of Odd
:llow meets in Mobile the first Mon
day in February.
There have been several cases of yel
low disease in the vicinity of Cross
Keys, Macon county.
Rev. J. E. Cox lias become associate
editor of the Mountain Eagle, at Jasper,
Walker county.
Mr. James R. Rogers succeeds Col.
I’o,i-ell in the- editorial chair of the
Union Springs IleraUl.
An entertainment for the benefit of
the Tuskcgee Orphans’ Home was
given in Talladega the 2nd.
Rev. G. W. L. Anthony has removed
from Georgia to the Greene neigh!
hood in Jefferson county.
A negro named Harris was on Satur
day last admitted to practice law in the
supreme court of the State
Probate Judge Ely, of Montgomery,
has been sued for damages for improp
erly issuing marriage license.
Rev. .T. Shackelford, of Tuscumbia,
has become corresponding editor of the
index and Baptist at Atlanta.
W. A. Way lie, of Livingston, has
been appointed United States coramis
sioner for the Southern District of Ala
bama.
Mr. R. T. Thornton retires from his
business interest in the Livingston
Journal to devote himself to planting.
In Montgomery last year, 357 whites
and 183 negro -s were interred; of these,
115 were non-residents, and 2D3 were
paupers.
The storm of December 3d destroyed
every building, nineteen in number, on
II. T. McDonald's plantation, near York
Station.
Old man Robinson, on whose oath
fifteen citizens of Coosa county were
carried to Montgomery as kuklux, is
in jail for incest.
The fire department of Montgomery
lias elected A. M. Kennedy chief, D.
M. Snow assistant, Ira Bride second as
sistant, and Charles Krentner third as
sistant.
Colonel R. II. Powell retires from
the editorial control of the Union
Springs Herald, and, only temporarily
,ve hope, from a profession which he
las graced and adorned.
The mayor of Montgomery gets
$2,000 and fees, chief of police $1,500
feed for horse, lieutenant SI ,200
and horse feed, clerk §1,SOO and fees,
street overseer $1,200 and horse feed,
umber inspector SI,500, and market
clerk 81,00t).
The La Fayette Clipper says:
“The Commissioners of this county
have been summoned to appear before
the United States court sitting in Mont
gomery. We hardly know the nature
of this summons, but think it is some
thing in regard to the assessment of
railroad taxes. - ’
-- tnr tne Use o! monov
“ Immiwer against
'; 1 ' him to dishonor
lv .'Gi th" money of the
It is certain that
""ii'-ung tin- amount
■t" ills, by increasing
•‘•"r raise the price of
borrowers; and
1 any man until lie
""i" in become a
"V 1 - 1 " the Lcgisla-
I :l start in the
• Dung a somewhat
' ;;;• "• •“ the matter of
. ''-ii.- h a nd of mon-
1 money own-
"Id restrict
nc-cn as
h is foolish,
s most, other
there is great-
ini
'■"gl.t to l
l’l'di-
iise repels
"• evil at
that pre-
lardian of
Bother. to
Leal.-; tliat
“ premium
swept
pH
Missouri in his an-
; that every railroad
n.v l, v ’'hit"d the laws svm-
e 1 the tariffs on
- ii . ““J, V*a: the State in-
1 M ionate a 1 "" 1 ? 8 out t!,e s <-
ti-X-nt roa<l :ls an objert
n,,,,.;!"; ^'ggests that it he
"• IL wo„n f oss 1 earnin !?a
,<* railw-i,. ( ;,x 1; inds be-
hat n u .„ J forporations,
to. ans '- 1 evasion may be
‘ion toV/ n^tistics
the l
•bin
t „ reports tlie
‘mte-d 8^ fo r the
UP® 1 * 0 !!* 5 a«uu U
Llv X ‘he 1 PP ° 8C tl,eae
amount to
to be
Ifh” 11 ' to ( J m C , onon , 1 ‘ cal value
l’°pulation is $3C7
I.I.OIK.IA
STATE AGRICI/I.TUUAL
SOCIETY.
To the County Agricultural Societies and
Clubs:
Atlanta, Dec. 20, 1S73.—A ou are
hereby notified that the spring conven
tion of 1874 will be held in the city
of Columbus, beginning Tuesday, 18th
February. Delegates, life members,
and officers of the Society will he
passed by the railroads, as heretofore,
ree both ways.
Delegates must he reported to this
office by the 25th of January, as after
that date it will be too late to secure
tickets. Life members intending to
attend the convention must give notice
to the secretary by the same date.
Y our attention is called to the follow-
g extract from the constitution:
Article III—Members—“The body
is composed of delegates from lesser
societies, life members, and the officers
and all ex-presidents of the Society.
I. ^Delegates from any society or
lub heretofore connected with this
Society shall be admitted on the fol
lowing basis of representation: One
delegate for any number of members
from ten to twenty ; two delegates for
any number from over twenty and not
exceeding forty; three delegates for
any number exceeding forty members;
provided that not more than three
delegates shall be admitted from any
ounty. Such delegates to be
elected at the January meeting of the
society or club for one year, tlie creden
tials of delegates to be signed by the
president and secretary of the society
or clubs and be accompanied by a re
port of tlie number of meetings held
in the preceding six months, and a list
of officers and members.’’
Many important and interesting sub
jects will be before the next convention
for discussion and action, a programme
of which will be published in due
time, and it is earnestly hoped that
there will be a full and able representa
tion from the planting community of
the State.
A. H. Colquitt, President.
Malcolm Johnston, Secretary.
It is stated that Colonel Gordon, who
has accepted from the Khedive the
leadership of a scientific expedition
into upper Egypt, is furnished by his
Highness with a credit of f100,000.
We learn from the Atlanta Const it u-
lion that on Thursday, the 15th inst,
Hon. Robert Toombs, as counsel for
tlie complainants, filed in the office of
tlie Clerk of tlie.Superior Court of Ful
ton county a bill in equity against the
Western and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany and Foster Blodgett The com
plainants in the bill are, A. K. Seago,
A. C. & B. F Wylie, J. F.. Wallace, T.
J. Hightower, John M. Harwell ct aL
According to the Constitution—
The bill charges that on the 20th
day of October, 1870, Rnfus B. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia, for the purpose of
carrying out an act of the Legislature,
approved the 24th day of October, 1870,
issued a public notice “ for proposals
for the lease of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, with all of its appur
tenances, for the term of twenty years,”
upon conditions therein named; that
said notice required bidders to state
fully their names, residences, value of
their property, and character of securi
ty they could offer, which proposals
were receivable until the 25th day of
December, 1S70, made out a proposal
for the lease of said road, in strict com
pliance with the terms of said notice,
by which proposals complainants bound
themselves to pay the State of Georgia
a monthly rental of $34,505; that said
proposal conformed entirely with the
law authorizing said lease, and that
complainants are now ready to carry
out their contract ; that complainants
were tlie highest bidders for said lease,
and that they demanded the same.
The bill further charges that on said
24th day of December, 1870, proposals
for said lease were made and presented
by Simon Cameron, et al. (here follows
the names of lessees); that said bid was
but for $25,000 per month, being more
than $10,000 per month less than the bid
of complainants, their security was bet
ter hv above four million dollars; that
mi the 2lith day of December, 1870, one
William B. Johnston, a director of the
Central Railroad and Banking Company,
fraudulently acting as its agent, and
falsely pretending that he was informed
by rumor that some unknown persons
had tendered said road as security on a
bond, informed Governor Bullock that
the tender of complainants was unauthor
ized, and tendered said corporation, as
security on the land ofiered by defen
dant’s company, of which said Jouhstou
was a member; that on the same day
William S. Holt, President of tlie South
western Railroad Ctmpany, and A. J.
iVliite, President of the Macon and
Western Railroad Company, without au
thority made the same representations
and tenders of their companies; tliat
complainants had abundant reason to
believe that they were fully authorized
to tender said companies as security, and
still believe it; that complainants were
prepared to otter other roads as security
if such should be required; that said
Johnston, Holt and White were at the
time members of a company organized
to bid for said lease, and known as the
Macon Company; that said Macon de
fendant’s companies combined to defraud
complainants, and formed »new com
pany, and made their bid of twenty Atc
thousand dollars.
That Governor Bullock, with full
knowledge of these fraudulent practices,
refused to entertain complainants hid,
unless other security was offered at
once; that complainants, although
they knew tlie demand was illegal, at
once renewed their assurance of their
ability to give the security offered, and
offered in case of failure, personal se
curity worth $S,000,000; that on the
2Sth" day of December, 1870, well
knowing complainants ability to give
said security, fraudulently awarded
said lease to Kimball, Cameron, Brown
and others, for the sum of $25,000, and
accepted a fraudulent bond. The bill
fuither alleges that the execution of
the bond by Joseph E. Brown, as Pres
ident of tlie Western and Atlantic Rail
road, was without authority of law;
that the defendants realize annually
tlie sum of $500,000 from the lease.
The bill concludes with a prayer
that tlie lease may be declared fraudu
lent, and awarded to complainants, and
is signed by Robert Toombs.
CUSHING’S withdrawal
THE SALARY' HILL.
The salary bill which was finally
passed, reads as follows:
An act repealing the increase of the
salaries of members of Congress and
other officers.
Be it enacted, etc., that so much of
the act of March 3, 1873, entitled an
act for appropriations for the Legisla
tive, executive and judicial expenses
of the Government, for the year ending
June 30, 1874, as provides for an in
crease of compensation of public offi
cers and employes, whether members
of Congress, delegates or others, except
the President of tlie United States and
justices of the Supreme Court, be and
the same is hereby repealed, and the
salaries, compensation and allowances
of said persons, except as aforesaid,
shall bo fixed by the law in force at
the time of the' passage of said act;
provided tliat mileage shall be allowed
for the first session of the Forty-third
Congress; that all inoneysappropriated
as compensation of members of tlie
Forty-third Congress in excess of tlie
mileage and allowances fixed by law at
the commencement of said Congress
and which shall not have been drawn
by the members of said Congress re
spectively, or which, having been
drawn, have been returned in any form
to tbe United States are hereby covered
into the Treasury of the United States
absolutely as if they had never been
appropriated as aforesaid. .
The vote in the Senate stood fifty in
favor of, to eight against it. The latter
can (Texas), bviuuu, ' ~' y ’
wood, Sprague (R. I.), and Tipton (Ne
braska).
The Cuban Vendetta.—It is said a
secret organization exists in Cuba were
terrible than the famous “Thues ot
India. A few days ago fiv
were found in the streets of Havana,
each with a stab through the heart
Scarcely a morning passes that tne
ghastlv traces of this secret body are
not discovered. It is a terribly signin*
cant fact that in every instance, the
the victim of midnight assassin
ation has been a Spaniard who was
known to have been conspicuous in the
horrible outrages that had been perpe-
Washington. Jan. 14.—The following
is the letter of Gen. Cushing requestin
the withdrawal of his nomination:
Tb the President:
Sir—-Animated by the sense of pro
found gratitude for the honor you have
done me in nominating me to the high
office of Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, and per
ceiving that the continuance of my
name before the Senate, may be the
cause or occasion of inconvenience to
your political friends there, I respect
fully request you to withdraw the nom
ination.
Permit me to add that tlie charges of
disloyalty to Union and the Constituti-
tution, which have been brought against
me in this connection, arc merely des
titute pf foundation in truth or in fact.
I indignantly repeal the imputation.
In the time anterior to tiie commence
ment of hostilities in the Northern
States, every act of my political life, in
whatever relation of parties, was gov
erned by the single dominant purpose
of aming to preserve the threatened in
tegrity of the Union, and to avert from
my country tlie calamity of its disrup
tion and of consequent fratricidal carn
age. How could such a purpose be
promoted otherwise than by political
associations or personal intercourse
with citizens of different States, includ
ing those of States professedly disaffect
ed to the Union ? Should the possible
means of laboring to prevent civil war
be stigmized as disloyalty to the Con
stitution? But immediatlev on the oc
currence of the first act of hostility to
the Union being struck in the State of
South Carolina, took my stand and its
Government. I publicly announced
my adhesion to them in the most une
quivocal terms. I tendered my ser
vices to tlie Government in the field, or
in any other way which might testify
my fidelity to it, and I have continued,
from tliat (lay to this, as well in an offi
cial an as unofficial action, to tread in tlie
path of unswerving devotion to the Un
ion, whether during the actual progress
of hostilities against it, or in the subse
quent event of its recontruction, and of
the successive amendments of tlie Con
stitution, rendered necessary by the
changed conditions and relations of the
several States of the United States, and
of their respective inhabitants.
The recent amendments of the Con
stitution, each and all of them, as they
were in turn adopted, and the legisla
tive acts for their enforcement and for
accomplishing reconstruction had my
cO-operation and adhesion, and I have
supported them constantly, if not in
political debates, for wliic 1 com
paratively reserved habits o. iii! ...Ford
ed nei ther occasion nor opportunity, yet
in legal opinions, or in the courts, and
in counsel or discussion with officers of
the Government, members of Congress
and private persons. I entertain the
same general respect for these amend
ments as for other provisions of the
Constitution, aiiil also ■ renderin'’ the
special observance due to them as the
just and necessary incidents of the re
construction of the Union.
While my nomination was undergo
ing consideration in tlie Senate, it
would have been unbecoming for me
to speak in explanation of my acts or
opinions; but now, with relative indif
ference to whatever else may have been
said, either honestly or maliciously to
my prejudice, it belongs to my sense of
public duty’, and it is my right to reaf
firm, to declare tliat I have never in the
long course of a not inactive life, done
an act, uttered a word, or conceived a
thought of disloyalty to the Constitu
tion or the Union.
I have the honor to he very respect
fully,
(Signed) C. CrsHTXr..
RGJ V NEWS.
_ Wm. E. Farley, of Harris, cauntv,
died on Sundi ’
Brunswik hfismstralledher new may
or and Aldermei.
A change ii the Columbus postmas-
tership is rumored.
Cobb county lias eight large man fac
toring establishments.
Georgia pointed 1,927,046 acres of
corn last year, against 1,860,559 acres of
cotton.
The State Road lessees are said to be
behind $250,000 on last year’s opera
tions.
The report of the treasurer of Burke
countv shows a balance on hand of
$3,685 IS.
Tiio value of properly in LoWndes
county, as taken from tlie tax digest, is
$1,188,771.
Hon. Henry W. Hilliard and Col. Z.
D. Harrison have formed a law partner
ship in Atlanta.
Maj. Goo. T. Jackson has withdrawn
his resignation 4Li President of the Port
Royal 1L R. <■ .*
Gen. Toombs in his Atlanta speech
says, “Goldin its last analysis is the
sweat of tlie poor.'
The colored troops are-leaving South
Georgia in large numbers, hound for
Arkansas.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Mr. Henry McAvilt, an old citizen
of Eatonton, died on tne 8th inst.
Rev. Dr. Means has been re-appointed
an inspector of fertilizers at Savannah.
R. A. Morris has been elected chief
engineer of the Macon Fire Depart
ment.
A bride of 60 and a groom of 21
were tlie interested parties in a recent
marriage in Griffin.
A repetition of the Twelfth Night
Masquerade will occur in Atlanta on
the 10th of February.
The Baldwin Blues, of Millcdge-
ville, were presented with a banner on
Thursday last by Miss I’oxie McComb.
Business in Albany is looking up,
and cotton is again on the move. The
Dougherty county planters are busily
breaking ground for another crop.
Many of them will again take chances
in the lottery of cotton growing.
The State School Commissioner has
written to the School Commissioner of
Putnam county, advising him to take
no action with regard to public schools
for the present year, till after the meet
ing and adjournment of tlie legis
lature.
A noted negro barber of Albany was
roughly handled by tlie attaches of the
Chapman Sisters because he delivered
the “ violets” a note of invitation to
Lake a little private cham - •*, etc.,
with some of the hoys “ af r t ■ opera
The death of Mr. James Knight, of
Macon, is announced. Mr. Knight
came to Georgia ninety years ago. His
youngest child died recently, aged
eighty, and he has grandchildren fifty
years old. He was one hundred and
ten years of age at the time of his
death.
At a meeting of the citizens of Han
cock county, the following resolutions
were adopted: - Resolved, That it is the
desire of the people of Hancock county
that our Legislature call a convention
for the purpose of making a new con-
were Brownlow, Conover (Fla.), Flana- gtitution for the State of Georgia. Re
nan (Texas), Gordon, Lewis (Va.), Nor- solved, That the Senator from the
Twentieth Senatorial District and our
own Representatives for the county of
Hancock be, and they are hereby in
structed to vote for said convention at
the next meeting of the General As
sembly.
Georgia State Grange.—The 4th
session of the Geoigia State Grange,
will be held in the city of Atlanta, Ga.,
21st inst. bagining at 9. o’clock A. M.
• The Railroads will extend tlieirusu-
al courtesies..
E. Taylor, Sec. State Grange.
trated upon the families of Cubanbym- taken, andYhe.ollovi
thisers and members of the Masonic fra- reporCWhitcs, 548;
ternitv. r ' 1
Hawkinsville has had her census
taken, and the following is the official
; colored, 477. To-
C. P. Vaughn, Esq., publisher of the
Soldo Journal, goes to Jonesboro to
start his new paper, the Xetrs.
Mr. Thomas Barnwell, of Bartow
county, was killed during the holidays,
by being thrown from a wagon.
Atlanta has just completed herdirc-
tory and consus report. Her population
is thirty-three thousand.
Hon. John Wo fiord, of Carterville,
was severely,injured a few day ago by'
being thrown from his buggy.
Many of tlie turpentine farms on the
Brunswick & Alba by Railroad are to be
enlarged during the present year.
The West Point lactories arc-running
about 6,250 spindles. They manufac
ture 280,0001anls of sheeting monthly.
Green county raised during the past
year 6,108 bales of cotton, 72,323 bush
els of wheat,mid 24,463 bushels of corn.
There are thirty colton and twelve
woolen factories in Georgia—the former
running 104,462 spindles, and the lattei
2,S84.
Mr. J. E.-Red wine retires from the
Gainesville Ragle, having sold out to
Mr M. Van Estes, Senator from that
district.
The Air Line Railroad is doing a
good business. The Knoxville Herald
is informed that there is more freight
than tlie road can move.
The lowest bid for tlie Savannah city
printing was $1,600, and that was a
weekly paper. The next bid was that
of the Advertiser, fur $2,6000.
Tlie members of \Vaverly Grange.
Hiirris county, report that they pro
duced bust ye»r seven hundred bushels
of corn more than is requred for their
own wants.
A thief was arrested a Vining’S Sta
tion, below Marietta, last week for steal
ing $300. He acknowledge to the theft,
and stated that lie lived in Dalton.
Mr. W. T. Ashley slaughtered, a few
days since, his hog exhibited at the late
Washington county fair. Tlie hog
weighed net, 526 jMiunds, and veildeu
twenty-one gallons of lard.
It is understoood that tlie Brunswick
it Albany railroad is to be put in
thorough repair and fully equipped
preparatory to its spring business,
which promises to be good.
From the Lawrenceville Herald we
get the particulars of a daring attempt
at murder and robbery. Mr. Haney, a
farmer, was assaulted by a negro wtio
cut him in over a dozen places, and
then escaped.
Secretary Fish compliments W. L.
Scruggs, formerly of Georgia, in his
official correspondence, as “a foreign
Minister capable, learned, and unremit
ting in attention tocomplicated official
duties.”
During the year 1873, Telfair county
produced 470 bales of cotton; corn,
23,015 bushels; rice, 46 bushels; oats,
8,119 bushels; sweet potatoes 27,263
bushels; syrup IS,072 gallons; sugar
4,865 pounds.
It is confidently expected that work
on the extension of the Savannah and
and Memphis railroad, says the Colum
bus Enquirer, will be resumed in the
spring, and pushed to a connection
witli the,Selma, Rome & Dalton road
at Childersburgh.
Monday night Mr. Ilainey was stab
bed at Lawrenceville by an unknown
party, and is supposed to be mortally
wounded. A horse .vats- stolen from
Dr.' Hinton that night, and it is sup
posed that tlie murderer stole tlie horse
and effected his escape.
A negro, charged with having com
mitted rape upon a white woman in
Forsyth county, and who had escaped
from jail at Gumming, and was found
near Lawrenceville on Tuesday 13, and
a number of parties got after him. They
got in sight of him once or twice, and
shot at him, but he succeeded in get
ting away.
The Darien Timber Gazatte says the
timber market opened briskly this
week. During Christmas week and the
first few days in this month the market
was exceedingly low and dull, but this
week, timber is coming in freely and
the price better than at any time since
the season opened.
A meeting of railroad men was held in
Atlanta on Thursday. Important mat
ters affecting railroad management
were referred to a committee, consisting
of William M. Wadley J. E. Brown, H.
Haupt, S. K. Johnson,G. H. Hazleliurst,
W. J. Magrath, R. R. Bridges, to report
at a subsequent convention to be held
at Atlanta. The meeting then adjourn
ed subject to tlie call of the committee.
Pensioning the Confederates.—The
Augusta Constitutionalist porposes the
organization* of an association in each
Southern State, for the purpose of pen
sioning Confederate soldiers who have
no government to recognize their claims
and look after their wants. The plan
for raising the money is by lottery. The
object is a noble one, but we in Geor
gia would find an obstacle in the Con
stitution, which forbids all lotteries,
gift enterprises, etc., etc.
A colored woman named Abbie Dry
died in Wilmington, N. C., on Tuesday
said to be 123 years old, and leaves a
son'past eighty.
GEORGIA MATTERS AT WASHING
TON.
. AJTe clip the following “special” to
the Atlanta Herald, of the 22nd instant,
from tha^ paper’s live special corres
pondent at Washington City:
Tlie claim of the State of Georgia
against IheUnitedStatesgovernmentjfor
trnnsportin_g troops, munitions of war,
etc., over tlie Westetn and Atlantic
Railroad daring tbe provisional Gov-
ernship of Johnson has been audited
and allowed by tlie War Department.
It. will now require a special appropri
ation by Congress to get the amount,
which is a little over eleven thousand
dollars. Mr. Stephens will present a
bill requiring the payment of this
amount one day this week. Robert
Baugh, Esq., was the attorney for the
State in getting the claim through.
The amount originally claimed was
over one hundred thousand dollars.
Ex-Comptroller Greene, of Milledge-
ville, is endeavoring to bring before
Congress a bill to refund to the State
of Gocrgia some $22,000 paid by her
in 1843 to Peter Trezevant for supplies
furnished Georgia in the revolutionary
war, and not included in the settlement
of accounts between the State and
United States. The* precedent of pay
ing was fully established in tiie -Golfin
claim in 1845.
A strong effort is being made by Mr.
Stephens to have the “ illicit distillers”
now in jail, and hailing from North
East Georgia, pardoned by the Presi
dent. The Department of Justice call
ed for a transcript in each case and the
defendants being too poor to pay for it,
Mr. Stephens sent a personal check to
E. A. Buck, Clerk of the Court, cov
ering the amount The transcripts have
been received. It is understood tliat
the basis of the settlement and pardon
is this: It is known that there are
about one hundred and fifty illicit dis
tilleries in North East Georgia. All
these are to come up without further
delay and pay the costs and a nomin
al fine. They are not to be molested
in any way, and this action will be a
penalty for the past offenses. Colonel
Farrow has agreed to these terras of set
tlement Colonel Farrow left for home
last night,having satisfactory explained
his official conduct at the Attorny Gen
eral’s office. Farrow’s explanation in
short, was that money had been use
lessly spent, as eircumstaces proved.
11 was not his fault, however. Depu
ty Marshals were arrested, indicted and
tried for receiving bribes, but under the
charge of Judge Woods, no conviction
could be had. It is supposed that the
visit of Major Smvthe to Washington
is explain tlie conduct of his depu
ties in North-east Georgia.
The talk of Farrow’s removal has
subsided and he will doubtless be re
tained.
Colonel David Johnson, Granger and
Mexican veteran, is still in the city.
Judge Lochrane„and ,-Moior Weero=
have gone on to New York to stay a
week. Mr. Thomas Johnson, son ofH.
V., is here. It is rumored (and believ
ed to be proper) that Colonel Frobel
and General Thomas will be kept at the
Capitol during the remainder of the
session, by the State, in the interest of
the Atlantic and Western Canal.
H. I. Kimball arrived in the city to
day, and is looking spendidly. He
dresses in the latest style—wears _ a
massive gold chain,and apparently is in
tlie best of health and spirits. It is
said he visits Washington to have a
“conference” with Judge I/iclirane, who
is also here.
from Walton and Chainnan of the
Finance Committee, has introduced the
following measure in thd House, which,
if passed, it is estimated; ; will ’yield a
revenue to the State
“An act to amend the P tax hrivYrf
this State so far as the same relates to
railroad companies to taxation, and to
repeal so much of the charters of such
companies, respectively, as may con
flict with tlie provisions of this act.’’*
Section 1. “ The General Assembly
of the State of Georgia do enact: That
from and after tlie passage of this act
the Presidents of all tlie railrord com
panies in this State, shall be required
to return oil oath, annually, to tlie
Comptroller General the value of the
property of their respective companies,
without deducting their indebtedness,
each class or species of property to be
separately named and valued, so far as
the same may be practicable, to be
taxed as other property of the people
of the State, and that said returns shall
be made under the same regulations
provided by la*.v for the officers of other
incorporated companies, which are re
quired by law to be made to the Comp
troller General.
Section 2. That said President shall
pay to the Comptroller General the
taxes assesed upon tlie property of such
railroad companies, and on failure to
make the returns required by the pro
ceeding section, or on failure to pay the
taxes so assessed, the Comptroller Gen
eral shall proceed to enforce tlie collec-
tioiuof tlie same in the manner provid
ed liyriaw for tlie enforcement of taxes
against the other incorporated compa
nies hereinbefore mentioned.
Section 3. That all laws and parts
of laws imposing taxes upon the income
or earnings of the said railroad compa
nies or any one of them, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That so much of tlie sev
eral charters of tlie railroad companies
aforesaid as may exempt any one of
said companies, or the property, or in
come, or receipts thereof from taxation,
be and the same are.hereby repealed.
Our State Constitution. — The
Greensboro llcrcdd, speaking of tlie cry
for a Constitutional Convention, does
not favor it Of the present constitu
tion it remarks:
It is much better than its makers,
and better than we expected they
would make. The carpet-baggers anil
scallawags, who controlled the last con
vention, had certain objects in view,
looking to their own advancement and
the retention of power by their party.
Aside from these objects, they had no
motive to make a bad constitution.
The respects in which the constitution
is most objectionable, are tlie parts
which accord witli tlie fanatical doc
trines of the Radical party. In these
respects we cannot change it. We can
not make it conflict with the Constitu
tion of the United States and its
amendments.
ALABAMA NEWS.
Troy lias received this season 7364
bales of cotton. Tlie shipments have
been 7340 bales.
Tlie Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad
lias carried this season to Selma 1700
bales of cotton, and shipped 20,000 east
from that point
Two grangers, of Orion, Pike county,
this season made about fifty gallons of
lard, as the result of their efforts to in
duce economy in their domestic con
cerns.
Last year Eufaula shipped 75,000
lbs. of hides; 6000 lbs. of beeswax,
and fur skins to the value of 82000.
The money or goods botli expended in
this traffic aggregated not less than
$14,000.
Washington Monument.—Tlie trus
tees of the Washington national mon
ument fund, at a meeting held recently
at Washington, appointed a committee
to take charge of the interests of the
association before Congress, with a
view to immediate action in the House
of Representatives, by which an ap-'
propriation of 8200,000 to aid in the
completion of the monument is recom
mended.
New Y’ork City Debt.—May or Ha ve-
meyer’s message, just issued, shows the
city debt to be $106,371,953—an in
increase since 1871 of $9,084,428. Ex
penditures for maintaining city govern
ment for 1871 Avere not less tlian $36,-
262,5S0; for 1872 they did not exceed
$31,500,000, and they were about $32,-
000,000 for 1873.
.CRiCAGQ. Jan. 12.—A_ large meeting
of workingmen was held here last e vei°
at which a plan of -organization fpi the
wurkingnien’s.party was adopted also a
platform, of-whicK-iha. fallowing. ,a^>
some points:;
No more legislation for monopolies •
ipeal of all existing laws *11131? favor all
ways and means of transportation and
communication, such as railroads
canals, and telegraphs to-bo managed
and operated by .State or community; i
all State and saving banks and fire iar \
NEW SERIES--N0. 22
contract system so far as relates hVpub-
lic works. Amendment of'Jaws reia-
TnE tive to recovery of wages ly? suits, that
justice be impartial and speedily ad-
Hon. H. D. McDaniel, Representative ministered. All suits for recover}’ of
IMPORTANT
wages to he decided within eight davs.
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Abolition of- leasing prison laberl to
companies oriudrvuols, prisoners to he
employed by and in behalf of ; the
State only. Compulsory education iff
all cliildrcn between the ages of 7 aiiii
14 years 6fn&«?. IWdh&eot'cliiiJrcii hi:
bb(" under foOrteenyearsofligv to bopraJ
hibited direct Payment uetCiatli
public officers, and abolition of allies.
Officers who violate official duties to
lave their powers recalled. Voters .to
elect officers to fill positions vacated btf
recalled officers «i»d establishment of
working association! * ♦*
THE GAME FOR IMG.
A'Washington telegram to the New
Y'ork Herald says: ; . - ,i;
“A rumor is afloat here that .before
the lapse of many days a Republican
ipemher of the House will submit to
tliat body a somewhat bold an'dHtfart-
ling proposition for the relief df 'the
Southern States from their present;dis
heartening financial - embarrassments.
This proposition, il is said, will be to
advance to the Soiith several hun
dred millions of cash, or its equivalent,
and partly in consideration of • the
heavy losses suffered by the Southern
States in tlie loss of their slave proper
ty. Of course there is no hope of the
success of any such scheme this' side of
the Presidental election 1S76; but sup
pose you have an ambitious Republican
or two intent upon a new departure! for
1876, you will jierceive that, in gaining
the good-ivill of the South, through the
imposition suggested, tlie Republican
ending oft’ in this movement will se
cure some capital to build upon. It
seems to be understood here that a
powerfnl bolt from the adminislation
party is hound to be made for the cam-
laign of 1S76, and so if some leading
lepublicans during this session of
Congress shall lead off in some move
ment for the Southern vote set down in
the administration programme, you
need not be suprised.”
TU AT POOL.
THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The nomin
ation of Morrison Ii. Waite of Ohio, to
be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
was a surprise to Senators and all oth
ers about the Capitol, including the
Justices Court, but it did not occasion
the same degree of wonder as when
Caleb Cushing’s name was transmitted
for tlie same office. Subsequently the
Senate went into executive session and
referred nomination the Judiciary Com
mittee, who will probably report to
morrow favorably on it. Many inqui
ries were made to the stand of the gen
tleman, he not haring a national repu-
Kr»* Knir\<T I-—-*- I '• ** I**‘J*' /
State of which lie is a citizen: Tbe
nomination recalled the fact that lie
acted as one of the counsel at the Gen
eva Tribunal of ArBitration, and some
of the Senators avere acquainted with
him as an able lawyer of thirty years
standing in Ohio. Although a Repub
lican, he is not an active partisan and
at the present time is President of the
Ohio Constitutional Convention. It
was discovered on looking at tlie Su
preme Court record that a year ago to
morrow, Mr. Waite was, on motion of
Caleb Cushing, admitted to tlie bar of
the Court as an Attorney. Contrary to
report, Mr. Waite never Held a Judge-
ship in Ohio. Senators of both parties
speak well of the nomination, and there
seems to be no doubt of the confirma
tion.
Tlie Georgia papers have New York
advices that a pool lias been formed of
all the disputed Georgia bonds, and
ten per cent, subscribed to effect favor
able legislation in their behalf.
The Richmond Dispatch has the
above item of intelligence. Mr. Alex
ander SL Clair Abrams, recently of the
Atlanta Herald, is presumably the
author of this astounding bit of'news.
Mr. Abrams is a sensationalist of the
first order. We have heard from one
of Georgia’s most honored sons, now a
resident of New York, that this gossip
is, in his opinion, a mere hoax—as to
the extent of the fund at any rate. He
says the holders of the bonds are not
believe' ti'^’Seorgia *flegislature to be
an incorruptible body of men, fund or
no fund, and it is casting unnecessary
discredit upon the General Assembly
to attempt to frighten the people by
such a bugaboo.—Augusta Constitution
alist.
STEAMBOAT' MEETING.
Resaca, January 20, 1S74. _
Pursuant to notice the Board of Di
rectors of the North Georgia and East
Tennessee Steamboat Company met
this evening.
Present, Capt L. II. Hall, President,
and Directors, Col. W. J. Cantrell, F.
Pence. Dr. R. Borders, Rev. O. Reeves,
. C. Fain, Col. Cantrell, proxy for Col.
R. M. Y'oung.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap
proved.
The President and Secretary reported
that there was $6,270 solvent stock sub
scribed, $3,346 70 paid in and expend
ed, leaving a balance $2,924 30 stock
yet due.
On motion, the Secretary was in
structed to proceed at once to institute
legal proceedings to collect up the un
paid stock.
On motion, tlie President was author
ized and instructed to proceed at once
to complete and equip the boat at as
early a day as possible, and the Direc
tors pledge themselves to supply the
means to meet all liabilities.
On motion the President ifas author
ized to officer the Boat and make such
other arrangements as may be neces
sary.
Board adjourned to meet in conven
tion of stockholders on tlie arrival of the
Boat in Rome.
L. H. Hall, I'res’t.
Tims. J. Perry, Sec’y.
The Office of Chief Justice.—The
office of Chief Justice of the United Sc-
preme Court lias been occupied only by
six persons during the eighty-six years
of the Court Of these, three were ap
pointed by Washington, one by the
elder Adams, one by Jackson, and one
by Lincoln. President Grant has the
naming of the seventh. The appointees
of Washington were Jay, in 1787, who
served eight years, Rutledge four years,
and Ellsworth five years. Adams ap
pointed Marshall, who held the office
35 years. Taney, the choice of Jack-
son, served 2.8 years, and Chase, the
appointee of Lincoln adorned the
office 9 years. The following table will
show the age of each Chief Justice re
spectfully at the time of his appaoint-
ffient and at his death :
Jay U S4
Ita(le<lge 5rt fil
Ell $ worth......... ».41 55
Marshall id 81
Tanev......... 58 87
Cba-*e ^..50 65
Tlie Baltimore Sun says: “ It is stated
tliat B. F. Butler wrote the speech de
livered by the colored member of tlie
House of Representatives, Elliott, of
South Carolina, in reply Alexander H.
Stephens, on the Civil Rights Bill.”
The speecli is a well studied production,
which it would be impossible to palm
off on the public as having been writ
ten by an inexperienced negro like El
liott No one who knows anything of
tlie capacity and antecedents of the
Congo Representative from South. Caro
lina supposes for a moment that he
wrote a line of it, or even appreciated
tlie specious sophistries and maligant
sercasm of which it was made the me
dium. The honors of authorship have,
however, generally been conceded to
either Sumner or Iloar. The speech is
not exactly in Beast Butler’s style.
A Constantinopolitan cashier in the
Imperial Ottoman Bank has confessed
the embezzlement of a little more than
$275,000. It is thus that the American
civilization is moulding the customs of
the old world.
A lady in Albio, Iowa, has a plain
gold ring one hundred and fifty years
old. She Worethe ringather wddding,
as did also her mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother and her great-great-
mother.
Cushing’s Disloyality.—The follow
ing letter was the cause of opposition
to Caleb Cushing’s confirmation as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States:
Washington, March 21,1861.
Hon. Jefferson Davis:
My’ Dear Friend—The bearer of
this letter, Archibald, Rowan, has had
seven years’ experience in the Ordi
nance Department at Washington, and
has been an efficient officer. He has
been a contributor to DeBow’s Review,
where he has discussed the complica
tions and causes which have resulted
in the destruction of the American
Union, and now leaves here for the
Southern Confederacy througli loyality
to the South. I think you will find him
of service to you.
Y'our friend,
Caleb Cushing.
Protection of Passengers on Raii*
ways.—Jn the House Mr. Hoar, ff
Massachusetts, has introduced a.bill to
further insure the safety of the lives of
passengeis on railways, which provides
that every railway corjioration shall, cn
and after January 1, 1875,-cause every
passenger and freight car by them used
to be provided with proper aud suitable
guards, sufficient to prevent the wheels
from getting out of position in case,the
axle shall break, and prescribing a, fine
of fifty dollars for every car otherwise
used for each day’s neglect In.'tbe
meantime the railroads wiU, no doubt,
be pleased to learn that some reliable
apparatus lias been invented to fill the
requirements of the law.
Cincinnati, Jan. 19.—Rev Samuel
Fisher, of College Hill, fell dead. He
succeeded Dr. Beecher as pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church, and was
also, for several years, President of the
Hamilton College, New Y’ork.
There are 142,620 schools of all
classes in tlie United States, receiving
an annual revenue of $95,452,727; from
endowments $?,6C3,785; from taxation
$61,746,039, and from other sources
$29,992,902.
Temperance in Congress somehow
can’t be made to flourish. Wilson and
Colfax, tlie great lights of temperance,
have been completely blown out, they
are no longer the drummond luminaries
of Washington, and notwithstanding
the Temperance Society is in operation,
there never was more soggy drunken
ness than at present in tiie Capital City,
and what is worse the liquor is general
ly rank poison. Itfindsits way tocom-
mittee rooms, bed rooms, and pockets,
is largely mixed up with Congressional
whitewash, and adds its peculiar stench
to the Radical breath of Congress.
The.party of great moral ideas is equal
ly the party of great moral failures.—
IjniiisciUe Ledger:
’•:j - - r- i-
It is stated that Secretary Robeson 1 as
enlisted, in positive violation of the law,
1,500 extra seamen.
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