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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XLIV.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 17, 1873. HU M B t K 21 FALL AND WINTER Millinery, Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, AND ^11 the Novelties of the Reason. MliS. P. A. LINDRUM irtirriit of MILLINERY which she is able to eel Hu inst returned from New York where she purchased a large and beautiful asu nktSS GOODS,Trimmings, Fancy floods, &c., dee., which are now arriving, and it lower prices than ever before. BONNETS, HATS, FEATHERS. RIBBONS, & Halscted with great care from the latest and prettiest Styles, and for beauty and richness surpass anything *r hrougtit to this market. She was very fortunate : n the purchase of some very nPEATlIEKS, whicli she can sell at astonishing LOW PRICES. real and irnita DO IT ESS GrOOD S, gSaiuvile M«rinoes ■a the ladies to call and examine her Dress Goods, consisting of Sill >es, Empress Cloths, Opera Clcdln of all shades and colois. Also, Ois’eelabnted Kedingote. ** LARGE STOCK OF Ladies, Misses and Children’s Shoes and ks Ibiiisli Lustre, Sateens, Pop Camels’ Hair Go- dr, suitable for Hosiery, Hair Work of all Kinds, A Genera] Assortment of Toilet Articles, Toys by the Million and Jewelry oi all Kinds. PINS NEEDLES awl SEWING COTTON of all kinds. * ’ THOMPSON’S GLOVE-FITTING CORSETS, AND THE WORLD-RENOWNED SEAMLESS GLOVES, ■aah Ribbons at low prices, Queen Shiha* the Agmcy of tli*? Celebrtttetl •‘iAnnentic” paper patterns, and ran supply Rn. *** - * it . . linir wi«! take place in a lew days of which notice wil i sss RuSTmsr, Old Ladtej ia eai Caps, Ac. will, patterns of »U kinds from 5 cents tip. ller op S3 R 3E5 S S KillnJgeville. Ga . Oct. S. 1*73, TJZ A 2EI M G, Slil t he best Styles. II 3m. The Cheap Grocery and Provision STOREl -:0: Ip you WANT TO SAVE MONEY BUY YOUR ER0CEH1ES AND PROVISIONS AT THE CHEAP STORE, WE ARE DETERMINED TO SELL LOW. »oa>t Stop until you find the Right Store, on Wayne Street North of RXasonic Ball. THE SiritB 6 |lecorber, 16 rUBLISVZD WEEKLY IX MILLEDGEVILLE. GA., BY Bovomtow, Barites & Moore, At $8 ia AitrtM*, n$3 at wi of the year 8. SI. BOOOBTOIf. Editor. THE “FEDERAL UNION" and the “SOUTH- EKN RECORDER*' were consolidated AQfput 1st, 1872, the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and the Recorder in R's Fifty-Third Volume. ADVERTISING. Teaxsikbt.—One Dollar par square of ten lines for first inser- oo, and iwsaly-if cents for escfa subsequent continuance. Liberal discount os tbess rst*s will bs allowed on sdrertise- menta ruunlug lb res mouths, or longer. Tributes ot ftespect, Bssolutioaa by Societies, Obituaries ex ceeding six Huts, Nominations for often and Communication* for individual Usiefit, charged ss transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. ShttrUPs Bales, per kvj <rf ten lines, or less, $2 50 “ Mortgage li U aslee, per aquaie, 5 00 Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00 “ 44 44 Guardianship, 3 00 Application fur Dismission from Administration, 3 00 44 44 44 ** Guardianship, 3 00 44 4 * Leave to sell Land, rr 5 00 44 for Homestead*, —. 1 75 Notify to Debtor* mud Creditors, 3 00 Sales ef Land. Jlc., per square, 5 00 “ peri.hahle property, 10 days, per square, 1 75 Eftray Notice*, 30 days. 3 00 Foreclosure of Mortgage, par square, earh time, 1 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land, Ac., by Administrator*, Executors or Guar dians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the mouth, between th.« hours of 10 in the forenoon end 3 In the af ternoon, at the Cour. House in the county iu which the property is situated. Notice of these hoc* inu*t be given iu a public gazette 30 day* previous to the day of sale. Notices fur the said of personal property must be given iu like manner 10 day* previous to sale day. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be pub lished 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Cougt of Ordinary for leavs to aril Land, Ar. t must be published fur one month Citations for letter* uf Administration, Guardianship, 4l«\, must be publish «d 30 days— for dismission from Administration monthly three months—fur dismission from Guardianship 4t> day*. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four mouths—for establishing lost papers tor the full spare of three mouths—for compelling titles troui Executor* or Admin istrators, where bond has been given by the decea***!, the full • par** of three months. Publication* will always be coutinnad according to these, the l«gai requirements, unless other a !*e ordered. Book and Jab Work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT MIS OFFICE. ied cities. Excavations have been stead ily carried on for many years at the ex pense of learned societies and individ uals which brought to light marvels for the eyes of modem times. The latest is the form of another human body exhum ed just as it fell and perished in the fall ing lava-ashes on that dread day. An account of it at some length occurs in the science and art department of the Eclectic Magazine for the present month, published by E. R. Pelton, 108 Fulton st., New York, which is always filled with articles of the highest interest and ability. ^ W. G. M. MAC0S LETTER. Willie Orme.—Twiggs County Doctor.— Which owns the Cotton 1—Tobacco Smoke.—No ‘angels’ aboard.—An un lucky anti-tobacconist. -Be-drizzled Macon.—“B. Nance.”—Twilight Expe dition.—Tatnall Square.—Probable misnomer.—Mercer College.—Fast youth.—“One hundred and twenty.”— Revoiuiiuiiary CoL Washington.—Leap in the dark.—A luckless “beaver .— W T . B. Johnston, Jr.—Planter’s Hotel. —G. E. Barrett and pistols.—Off to Athens. PLANTERS TAKE IfOTICEJ Family Groceries, Provisions, and Supplies ol all Kinds, W^0^l,*S^.ta Fi*t»ws» rorn Br.u< a.,J Fine Fred for Stock. Seed Oats, Sugar, all km,!-, Ooff-e cheap, Go.hen ■■tur and Cream Ci’iee.se, Pic Nics, Cracknell., Sn.ipelU, Kentucky Butter, La,non Lrae.ter., and other MX"el iu barrel, and kid.. Megan Son. and o.lmr Soap. “*5,^’"; 1 S ft- q.j- c UUD era. Ponder and Shot Cotton Card., Chewing and bmokuig lobaceo. i ,u.l. . o.id Ossters, Mtt U? BnellsU, Broom., Choice Segura. Come and .ee u. and .ave your money. Quick sale, nml small profit. •Sr and Day Btuw Wanted^ for which hi0« S t price SIMIEL EVANS & CO. ‘ Millmlgeville, Nov 8,1873. lh nd Jan8 74 furnitures furniture t t • • "W . JJAVE ON HAND large efc? J. assortment of FINE AND COMMON FURNITURE, cm ■utieg of Biantifiil Bed-Room % Selts, Bureaus, Mirrors, Tables, Chairs, Bedstead, and 3Inllrn.se. of nil .!*«•« «« d qualifies. Repairing of Furniture and Upholstering Done to Order on chort notice. Window-Shades and Fixtures, Corner and Wall Brackets, &c. WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES Large lot of Children’. Toy., each a. Doll Car- BUGQY HARNESS for .ale Also, aifllS f.VSA'SXA' Make, and Repairers. Ready-made Wagon and Buggy Wheels always on hand. and Fixtures for Blinds. Church Directory. BAPTIST CHURCH- Service, la and 3d Sunday, iu each month, at 11 o’clock, a m and 7 pm. Sabbath School at 9 1-2 o’clock, a m. O. M. Cone, Supl. Rev D E BUTLER, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH. Houreof service on Sunday : 11 o'clock, a m, and 7pm Sunday School 3 o'clock p. in. Teacher, meeting 3 p. m—W- E- Frank land, Superintendent. Prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 o’clock, p m. Rev. A J JARRELL, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Services every Sabbath at II o'clock, a m and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 3 p m. T. T. Windsor, Supt Prayer meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m. Rev. O. T. QOKTCH1U8, Pastor. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. St- Stephens Church (Episcopal) Sunday morning II e’olook. Sunday evening 7 o’clock. Ext. Mr. 8TONEY, Pastor. TRINITY (COLORED) METHODIST CHURCH. Hour, of servioeou Sunday II o’eloek, a. m., 3 p. in. and 7 p. m. Sunday School at 9 o’clock, a. m. T c<.cher. meet- ng every Friday night—Washington Phillips, Supt. Prayer meeting every Thumday night. Rev. E. B. OLIVER, Pastor. Dodges. TEMPERANCE. UlilleAgevtlto Feaaril No. I, meets in the Sen ate Chamber at tha State House on even Friday eveuing at 7 o’clock. J. W. HERTY, W P. F. G. Gaiavs, Sec’y. MASONIC. Benevolent L**«o No 3 F A M . meets 1st and 3d Saturday nights of each month at Masonic Hall. GDCasa, Soc’y. IRBY U HOWARD, W M Temple Chapter meets the second and fourth 8G WHITE, HP miledgeville Lodge ef Perfeetlea A--, k A, S,- R., meet, ‘-rj Mondayrng^t. TpQM G D Cass, Kxc Grand Scc'y. Planter’s Hotel, Macon, Dec. 1873. We left Milledgcville at noon on the Camak Freight train bound for Macon: Conductor, Milledgeville’s favorite son Willie Orme, brim full of manly energy and railroad ability- Among the passen gers was a medical gentleman of Twiggs county with his fresh sheep-skin just got from the Board of Medical Examiners as sembled in Milledgeville. \V e drew him into conversation and found him a gen tleman of much intelligence on medical subjects, and on other topics involving an acquaintance with that Protean some thing called “human nature." If the fam ily physician does not know thoroughly the inner workings of the natures of Ins patients, male and female, who does? He knows them better than they know them selves ! We found our new-made Twiggs acquaintance humorous and profound. He will carve his way successfully through life. Our train was delayed at the several stations receiving cotton. At Woolf oik s a large supply of cotton came aboard; and with it came two well dressed gentle men either of whom might well be sup posed to be the owner. One was thin, the other portly; but both were well- dressed, looked at gold watches, occa sionally, to note our progress, and looked (although in different styles) authorita tive and meditative. We finally gave up all attempts at a solution of the question which is the owner af the numerous bags of cotton whose shipment at Wool- baers of cotton wnose snipment at >v001- ' —, 1 ., _ • «s- «■*». J! shall learn, doubtless, in “the future life.” I'T'™ A turn to this speculative disposition man. The obstacles **7 our was, perhaps, imparted by a subtle ma- cent laws m the way of collectmg debts terial agency which was overpowering in cost the planter, for ttie credi . our coach, or “cab” as we believe such necessary supplies, if he will but take the carriages are popularly denominated.- trouble to hunt out the long NTfemales werepassengers-not even a advances, profit heaped profitmid sino-le one of dusky hue, to say nothing interest on interest, an average oftener of the living angelj of Caucasian mould above 75 per cent per annum than be- which gr^efom eyes on all regular pas- low. The market, which we cannot com sencrerdrains in Georgia. This feminine trol, coerces a tax for every additional absenteeism bronghf forth into the risk undertaken by-the lender, whether he auwuiBciwu uiuuguu muTvlinnf or banker. We can- mouths of all the passengers except your unlucky correspondent (who is an anti tobacconist) a lot or «*«> must r r " elim tobacco pipes and cigars in America.— Dense clouds of narcotic smoke hovered over the pent up scene, oppressing the senses, and imparting to the imagination a tint of Oriental allegory and exaggera tion. Reader, if this letter seems far fetched or unreasonable in anything, lay it all on the tobacco-smoke ! As the train drove into Macon, the city lay quiet under the dull and drizzly sky of December. In dinnerless distress, at o’clock p. m., we repaired to the excel lent Restaurant of “B. Nance” in the Blake Block, and had a charming dish of oysters find ylkat. coffee. Tlience our bus- iness peregrinations led us in manifold ways through the dripping, dozing Ma con. At the damp and dreary hour of twilight, we had occasion to make a dis tant expedition to that appendage of Ma con known as “Tatnall square.’ We could not discern that the place had any right to be deemed “square but we dis covered there, dismally as the evening s shadows preponderated over the lights, the huge buildings of Mercer College. The supper-bell rang as we shot bj' tbe huge architectural pile; and mirthful voices, and the tramp of the multitude, and the scraping of chairs on the floor, and the clatter of knives and forks within, told that “alimentiveness” was actively at work. We asked a hurrying youth who passed us how many students were in at tendance. “One hundred and twenty,” he replied, rather quickening than aba ting his speed during the utterance of his Doors, Sash and Blinds, We guarantee Low Prices and Good Work. Bur ia l Give us a call. Braiahild of Bouverie. This novel from the potent pen of Mrs Warfield is one of startling interest.— Unlike every other work of fiction, it rears no pyramid of facts, course after 48 8 e 8 AH .tyles of Metallic and Wood Burial Cases and Caskets always on hand. A /. . :ii rvmmnt attention at all hours—tlay o* night. ^ . Tfl -m * Orders for easei will receive prompt attention at all hours—day or n^t. & ^ CA R A KER. MlMgavlUe, Ga., Sept. 2,1873. G Gm B. P. WALKER (UUof S. T. A B. P. tt’1 J. II. DOBBS, (Lati- of Dobba A Cn.) Hf A ton <& II © 11 ss s, SUCCESSORS TO Wise. Dobbs Go.' Plated ORTF.RS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN China, Crockery mid Glass Ware, Silver 5 ?OCKST AWD TABLE CUTLERY, GOAL OIL, LAMPS. WICKS. BURNERS,.CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS,. GAS Ware, AND KEROSENE jf’iXTL-KKS. POUTKU’S PLAsfiTOS ANDJ’OMBINATioN HOES u , ., n .teiitu.» of Merchants to our luuneDje ai.d vanetl slju *. "f t aoaug^ve “.ire satisfaetioa in regard to quality and price Our reta.l Depa.t above Goods, feeling it is al*i complete. Walker & Dobbs, 3IA(.’< >>, 0/1 12 6m. Q**»r 14, 1873, GO TO MAC AND course, which naturally would culmmate at the vertex into some pleasant surprise or startling event growing out of the ma terials used. All the while there is some deep mys terious horror hanging over characters who lead a secluded Hfe, follow the usual domestic pursuits, travel, fall in love, and marry. All monotony or sense of weari ness is banished from the perusal of such events by the interest felt in the fate of a concealed prisoner in the family circle, in some way connected with the horror.— Much learning, much philosophizing is interjected in the recital of these every day acts, which show off the author s re search and rare powers of mind. It is not until the reader has perused three- fourths of the volume that the core of the story is reached; and this is done by a grand retrospection to the beginning of Camilla Bouverie’s thrilling, heart-rend- ing life. Erastus Bouverie, the arch-fiend in hu man shape, full of genius, full of per sonal attractions yet prostituting all to the use of the evil one, is a character painted in the glowing chiaro oscuro which gives peculiar distinctness and in dividuality to the principal actors in Mrs. Warfield’s books. Jealousy is the mean est of human passions except envy, than ' which, indeed, it is far more consuming ar.d corroding. It Bucks away with its eonnvvnovAL VB2YTXOXT. eon- I.rtter fr.n B*a. J.lm I*. Sc*4. Lexington, Ga., December 3, 1873. Editors Chronicle if Senhtul: I received a day or two ago your circu lar letter asking my views upon the ques tion i “Shall the Legislature call a Con vention for the purpose of amending the instrument known as the Constitution of 1868.” As you request an immediate re ply, I wl 1 give you briefly some of the reason? why I favor an early call of a Constitutional Convention: 1. Not much good could have been ex pected from the Convention of 1868. Waiving the question of its legality, tliat it did not represent the larger and better portion of the people for which it affect ed to make the fundamental law, is palpa ble to all. Not a native Georgian of rep utation, honesty and ability liad any in fluence in that body. A people to have good laws and good constitutions suited well to themselves should be represented by their ablest and best men. It has been urged that it was the fault of the whites who refused to come out and vote that the worth of the State was excluded. Be that as it may, it is still the truth that we are now living under a Constitution which was not made for us by those whom we would choose to make a Constitution. We should not of our own choice add in curableness to such a fault,^however will ful it may have been. 2. My space does not allow me to re view critically the defects of the Consti tution of 1868—but let us glance hastily at a few of its prominent features. (a) . The Inferior Court was abolished. The Justices, five in number, generally elected from the different parts of the countv, where almost unexceptionable in the discharge of their multifarious and uncompensated duties. The world moves. We should always be vigilant not to la; left behind. But there can be mischiev ous retrogression ns well as beneficent progress. The alrolition of that old court which so jealously guarded the interest of the county and which was an excellent school to educate our best citizens in public affairs, was a great stride back wards. The substitute of occasional commissioners provided by the Constitu tion was but an illusion. (b) . The limit of the poll tax to one dollar, and the devotion of that to educa tion exclusively was an attempt by the paupers of the Convention to throw all the other burdens of government off of themselves on the property of the State. It needs not argument to demonstrate that this oppression should stand no long er. (c) . The large exemption has been de cided void a» to prior debts. The reten Buy Your Furniture and Carpetsl^^^^srtSt v of surely and as quickly as a sponge absorbs THOJTIAS WOOD, Next to Lanier U®“«* "SrtTi'5 SSZbZ THE LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN. ve rie. Its unreasonable exactions a UTIL CASES AND CASKETS. W0«D C0FFUS OF IU MMW, At prices that defy competition. ^ W O O B, ‘'^aCOU, »*. 0*t 14.1873. 12 ftn. verie. Its unreasonable exactions caused him to commit atrocious crimes; to tam per with the life of the object most dear to Km; to trample under foot all the most holy obligations—yea even to scoff at the Great Creator himself, and finally ^ . P nurr (1 OlTi C LOTIIS C CRT AINS. Mulfejffe iod is blown oatSe the flame CARrril^j UID ^ YAJ a a I ot a lamp and falls into everlasting noth Fall Trade I TlTcha^cter is unique, and the author J A M FS G . BA I li IU & BBO mil R ’ has put forth *U her subtle skill in sus- J A M 4 * AirG USTA, GA., I taming it in wonderful distmetaess L- f G \ RPETS OIL CLOTHS SHADES and crKTATNSever offerad! ^^urilOUt, besides painting U1 fullcol- > r4 ^_°?*^R th ^ftt^e6t prie^ OiL? all new. Pretty and Cheap. Be — to «*».«■' | oring the other actors who fora^ inte- BAKU* iff 1 e iRiiftvcv fcvnav Honse South. ® n< I at Ahe lowest prices. Ja«n* and beautiful array of Patterns at Chtkc Family Groceries and Plantation Snppttfs. «■* at low prices at Oet. 91.1873 ^frst Class IB o. BAJCLIB A ml parts of the well conceived plot. ; Household of Bouverie is published by D. Appleton k Ca, 649 k 551 Broad way, NswYork. Mast Faith Floyd. WBK. dOHSSTOS, Successor to Thos. D. Conner Keeps on hand the latest and most fashionable styles of laconic but complete reply. . We here suffered one of those sad mis fortunes which history informs us occa sionally befal the great and the good— thus proving that we, also, are both great and good! Revolutionary narrative has preserved the feet that the gallant Col. Washington (a distant relative of the “Father of his Country) in our “War of Independence” was cut down insensible by a sabre in a fight with the British Tarleton’s forces on one occasion; and that he was inconsolable, on recovering his senses, at the ghastly sabreeut sever ing his new chapeau in twain. W hen consoled with the cheering information that his —**> was cut worse than liis hat (how many such amiable consolers we have!) the wounded man here retorted, “My head will heal audbe well again; but my hat—my new hat—it is ruined forever!” Now ocb misfortune: The corporate authorities of Tatnall Square, owing doubtless to want of time, money, or some other dire necessity, have not smoothed and graded the side-walks up to that perfect smoothness and unstumb- ling perfection characteristic of every inch of the pattern pavements of Mil ledgeville. It was now grown quite dark. Mercer College glimmered far m the rear. We pursued our “fleet career” on foot, far beyond the range of streetcars. Alas! How fallacious are appearances 1 We stepped forward into a ravine—went sprawling totfce bottom—and our new ■ad BEATS* has, just purchased at ttie “Gents Furnishing Store” of W. B. Johnston, Jr., on Cotton Avenue, lay hopelessly crushed m the mud—no longer “a joy forever” because it was no longer The would 1m* been femiliar for almost |g00 mu with to* fete of the two cities Herculaneum and Pompeii, in Italy, which perished from an eruption of Mt. Vesu Tins. TUs awful catastrophe took place in the year of our Lord 7*-e*actly 1794 f* Poor Col. Wash inetenf Wa fonder eur sympathies to ‘"ssEtfis at on mden, doibt- ttlTS HATS, HATS, Gents Furnishing Goods! Gents Furnishing Goods! CftAYiTS, SCARFS) BOWS, FURS, TRUNIS, YALISES, SATCHELS Baskets, Umbrellas, Canes, &c., ( &c., &c. *r WhM yom oome to Macon please gtVetotf acalL Orders promptly and gatiafactorily filled. novel, “The Last Days of srein to* most vivid aeeoumt i* detail of tha events attending the ca tastropbvaare gmn with graphic power- The mind of that greatest of modern nov eliatft filfcd with the love of (he undent day* whereof he wrote, reproduced a Vivid picture of the awful destruction a* jt was iiipMireired by the sufferers them ^Yhe great Novelist’* work had the ef- feet of to increased fervor ' concerning th* bur ; ioy forev i thing of city proper from Tot nail Square so aoon as some business was flrcrntrhrd, w* were soon comfortably situated h«» at the good Planter’s Ho- rgu We soon visited our friend G. F. Barrett near by, a gentleman not un known in Mffledgerifle, who keeps on the beat utoek of guns and pistols in the dty. When we make up bur mind deliberately to slaughter all our enemies, AMI certainly edl <m Barrett to sup ply tty Wtayta*^ peep mthcTderraph a Watson hud at work. We shall leave toiadty erethe sunrise to-monrow, for Athens, without pausing to sojourn in pleasant Milledgeville: merely gazing cm toe beautiful afid beloved scene as our Umm*m “f be factor, merchant or banker. We can not govern the market and fix prices by lcglBluUuu, lull nv u*" — *. -rf -q-- risks which make credit so dear. The South was robbed of countless millions by emancipation. It would astound our planters to be shown how nearly their own robbing of themselves in making profits and interests so high by legisla tion equals in pecuniary loss the other. The cash system is just now advocated on all sides. But the man who believes that a whole people can be made to change their life-long habits at once is too wild to reason with. Our people need now, above all things, cheap credit. And I believe tliat few will dispute with me when I say that the present homestead and exemption laws, clogging so much of the property of our citizens, and so seri ously impairing their credit, call for sweeping and radical change. 3. Our country has passed through an unprecedented convulsion. Southern so ciety has been uprooted from its founda tion. We were long so blinded by un heard of measures and occurrences that we are just now beginning, after our ex perience of eight years duration, to clear our eyes and see things aright. A new state of society requires new laws and new constitutions standing under new laws. As we have at last become cool and collected, we are ready to give our new society the protection of the new constitution which it needs. Surely, when we are now unhindered to send our best men to a Convention, and they bet ter understand the times we can have a better Constitution. j have not time to hint at all that is required. My profession has led me to observe keenly the defects of our judicia ry. In the larger counties where the Su perior Court sits only one week, the vast increase of criminal prosecutions, both for misdemeanors and felonies, defers the civil business from court to court almost to the complete denial of justice, The owner out of possession of his home and land, the orphan sueing for his patrimo ny, the laborer and mechanic striving to enforce his lien against the employer re sisting, and the honest defendant, too, who wishes a discharge from the annoy ances and vexations of long attendance on the courts—all those, are deliberately set aside in order that the criminals may go to the chain-gang or the penitentiary, and when the jail is delivered, Satuoday night has come. The thief, the bully and the murderer are kicked out of decent society, but in our courts they Aave the precedence of their betters. Something must be devised to check the frequent resort to the Supreme Court. Any scheme for such a check or the abridgement of the jurisdiction of that court seems to be unpopular. But if the evil is manfully considered and thorough ly canvassed, the people understanding Will give their delegatee instnifitions or discretion to remove. I omitted, while reviewing the defects of the Constitution of 1868, to qomment on the abolition of imprisemmepi for debt I have sought the opinions of many on this subject All agree that our law, as it stood before, was exactor right Under that no honest man could be imprisoned when he delivered up his property sub ject to pay his debts, but the fraudulent and smuggling debtor could be made,. as ho should be now, to disgorge that which, in right, belong to other-. This aboli tion of imprisonment for dsbtwre intend ed only to serve the purpose of the re lief which was so important a part of that Constitution. It was the worst of the relief, and I believe that our people will the restoration of the old law. Passing from toe judiciary, which needs the correction and revision of our ablest statesmen, I have only time left to to suggest that an American tendency now manifest in constitutional contentions » to impose limitations still more stringent upon the legislative power. To mention here only toe subject of toe public credit, I think that every good man desires to see it no longer in the power of any Leg islature to pledge the aid of the State to those undertakings which the sound sense ti tktwotid it burning werjvbav to leave to the competition and vast-1 the American people, and their Represen- ]y superior intelligence and skill of pri- j tatives, who carnot. fail to remember vate enterprise. j that our naval condition is the result of 4. I may be wrong in all that I hav* causes which have been constantly press- advocated, and in all, too, that I have re- ed upon their consideration, but which prehended. There ia, however, another I have foiled to receive full attention, on consideration which, with me, is com- account of more pressing requirements manding. Our people when they are I and obligations, and who will clearly re sounded all believe that the late Conven- ahze that duties constantly postponed tion was without authority. I will not are certain to be more difficult and much stop to argue the question. It is enough more expensive when performed in haste for me that the great majority of our best under the pressure of necessity. The citizens regard that Constitution mid the Department has had no necessity to over- superineumbent State government as only step its appropriations, even if it were “ je facto.” A people should abolish even lawful, but the pressing demands of tha a rightful government which they cannot present will consume what was provided love° and respect, and set up in its stead for toe service of the year, and several of another commanding their cheerful and the working Bureaus. These must be willing obedience. Self-government is the promptly relieved if their work is to go actuating principle of our American sys-1 on. tem. It is the feature which is repeated The occasion has clearly showil, I in endless succession through all the va- think, that our navy as it exists, should rietv of State and Federal forms. The at least be put in a condition for active governed make their government, wheth- service, and in any event a moderate ap- er local or Federal- This Constitution of propriation for this pui-pose ought at 1868 is not of our making. It contra- once to be made, and if war should by diets and oppugns the very essence of an any possibility come, we must be prepar- American government Only a few of ed to utilize the means we have and to our people believe it rightful—not one can provide dthers to meet the emergency, believe it made by ourselves. In Americal . I*. «r the law is reversed as it never was else- Aannal Report of the Secretary where, and. a Constitution has a still I c » j greater sacredness. Both are made by The Annmd Report of the Secrete^ of the people, and suited by them to their War shows that the estimates for mditar own wLts and needs. They *™only yj? 1 * 0 * 0 * ^Kti^S loved and respected because so made. I 187A were $33,826,378. The estimates hesitate not a moment to say that if the for toe i> purpose; for toe_y«ir endu* Constitution of 1868 were the most per- June 30, 1875, are *34,41°, 13-; the ex- feet of instruments for ns that we should cess over the current year being *584,344. lose no time in having it confirmed by The appropriation for military Purposes 44, a.itLnritv -which is riirlitful in for the year ending J une 30, 1814, were ot eres y -^ toc^pfoX are to live $342,9*, 971. In addition to usual esti- , ^ J mates already made, the following are ^Youaskif a convention should be call- submitted for such action as Congress ed* We cannot avoid it- We should pro- may deem proper to take: Annament for ceed de novo. And we should not call for forts, $ll,449,550:^timates for ongmeer- the purpose of amendment Ton your-Ug purposes, $ 2 °,439,3%. selves use a circumlocution, saying “the He recommends bet^ %^^sto ob- instrument known as the Constitutioni of tarn field musicians by passing anajtan- 1868 ” and will not avow its rightful- thonzmg enlistment of boys not under ness. And a great many of our people twelve years of age '-vith cons^t W believe that we cannot amend a nullity, their parents or guardians. The Secrete Let us have a convention not to amend, ry says his order directing officers, Mtire but to make a new Constitution. or retired, to refrain from visihng Waafc- No one tliat I know meditator medling I rngton during the session of Congrere, with onr relations to the United States or with a view to influence legislation wdl the elective franchise of the lately eman- be strictly enforced insofar as he tea cipated slave. Our people would neither power. He also says fortlici legislation retract his freedom nwhis suffrage. Weis necessary to defane sc°Pe o^th® have learned to turn his vote to account provisions of the act regulating the pay of Our old slaves are finding out every day officers commutation, etc The Secre- that we are their natural and therefore tary recommends that an allowance of t^ their best friends. There is nowhere any dollars per month be made to lieutenants sign that the dominant whites of Georgia I of the line detailed as acting assistant and principle | Of fifty railroads which purchased ma- concur in demanding that a Convention terial from the Department at^ the <dose be called as soon as practicable, to make of the warto the amoimt of$7,«K),000, us a new Constitution. The expense is thirty of them have paid in full. The re- a tiiflin" item. Good government is not maming twenty are stall indebted about only worth money—it is worth blood, and $4,700,000. He recommends the passage -*<• ,r b Lt« 1 The time is opportune. Our people are partment postal earnings of several of the free from pohticafexcitemont They will delinquent railroads He also recom- not displace a single worthy officer nor mends an appropriation to continue ex give passion any words in the Constitu- penmente of the artezian well at fort D. tion Georgia is emerging from her op- A. Russell, believing a senes of flowing pression 601 ^^^ has recovered much of her wells to people of Colorado, Wisconsin, lost ground, and her pretended Governor Dakota and Montana wall be of impor- still flies the penitentiary paddle which tanee in the development of their mate- his corrupt pardon can no longer stay.— rial resources. . Let her give the crown to her triumph in He also recommends that an act bo making a Constitution for herself which passed authorizing the ls ™ e of tobacco even her enemies must applaud, and her as part of rations of enlisted men; that crushed sister States hold them- the medieal corps be opened to appoint- ouiiLkj — —1.1 TKaop jrfintlemen. are I ment sod promotion; thftt tiicr© dg an in the views which yon nave done me nOnoi ww*^,* «-w-Wi»rsffom 44 to 52, and to solicit Tours, Ac. J. c. Rekd* I that new appointments am* r-~-nntion bo allowed. Report ofthe Secretary of the Wavy. Works on the sea coast defenses and Axepoi t u I fortifications have been advanced with ■ ■ — iioruucuuuiui ~— Washington, D. C-, Nov. 30.—’The Sec- rapidity consistent with economy and retary of the Navy, in his report, gives efficiency, and the works for our pnnci- general details of toe naval service, and pal harbors now contain quite a number concludes as follows: , .. of platforms ready for annament of gmm The foregoing is a report of the condi- of the largest calibre. The harbor de- tion situation and movements of the I fenses in course of construction are re united States Navy for the'past year, and I commended to be forced to completion, until the commencement of toe present The Secretary invites the attention of month Since that time, however, events I Congress to the bridging of navigable have taken place which make it proper waters of toe United States, and sug- that the navy should be put at once upon gesta such general legislation as may be a footing for active service. It is by no [necessary for the preservation of chan- means the province of this department, as n els of commerce. He recommends a re- such to take part in the conduct or die- peal of toe law authorizing the construc- cussion of any diplomatic question, nor tion of a bridge across the Arkansas liver should its attitude, at a time when serf- at Little Rock, for the reason that a ous international difficulties are possi- bridge constructed according to its terms ble.be held to indicate anything more WO uld materially obstruct navigation. (Ran a determination to be part of a m3- The survey of the lakes has been contm- itary defense of the Government to be Led with success ’during the season, prepared for action should the necessity Springfield breech loaders will be hence- for action arise. This is the present eon- forffa used for muskets and carbines m dition of public affairs, and such is the the army. An appropriation of $500,00a attitude of t e Navy Department I have h* asked for to manufacture about 35,000 felt it to be my duty, under existing cir-lsoas 0 f accepted system for the reserve fom^^owerto^ut^armn^abfo^orce in j Incase of war it is recommended that the best possible condition for immedi-1 ^ appropriation for arming the militia ate and active service. All the power and I be increased in proportion to the m- means of the department are now direct- Ureasing population since the passage ol ed to this end, greatly aided at every I the aet of 1808. Cities on the coast are point by the enthusiastic activity of offi- in a very defenceless condition, and too eers of every grade of the service. Diffi- Secretary calls earnest attention of Con- cult of accomplishment as our purpose at grass to the fact, suggesting an appropn- fiist seemed, difficulties and even appar- ation of a million and a half dollars, the ent impossibilities are found to fade away estimate of the Chief of Ordnance, and before^ determination and organized ac- UyB this sum will only provide defences tivity and the Navy is already in such a with one-sixth of the guns required for condition that those to whom our inter- the different fortifications, ests and honor are now entrusted, may be The purchase of a parade ground for relieved from the embarrassment of a sit- experiments in heavy guns is advised, uation where just determination might bo Also an appropriation of fifteen thousand disregarded because thought to be pow-1 dollars for the manufacture and tidal of erless or decent consideration be mis-1 twelve-inch cast-iron rifled camion. A taken 5 for fear. ^ I large powder depot, it is recommended, It is neither necessary nor proper that I should be established m some region I should enter here into details of <mr| w here neither private or public interests meparations. Suffice it to say tha* a w iU be endangered from the influence of respectable force of war vessels and mon ^ ur, and for the purchase of a site and itors is already on the sea and concentra. the commencement of magazines one ted at toe station nearest the scene of onr] hundred thousand dollars should be ap- possible difficulties; that our whole avail- ] pr0 priated. In the same connection it ia able iron-clad fleet is in hand; every wood- recommended that smaller arsenals be en war vessel that will float ia in active cold and larger arsenals be built from tha preparation at the various naval stations; proceeds of the sales, toese will be ready for sea folly fitted as The Secretary concludes by saying tfatt fast as proper measures can be provided I legislation should be renewed giving the for them, and if the necessity for action Secretary of War power to appoint eom- should come before the time for ft ar- potent persons to arrange and rives, all there is of the American Navy, I Jq, publication official documents relating which can be put afloat on the Atlantic I the rebellion, and operations of the ocean, will be in condition and position ! dozing the war. sibilities and ? pretentions of a Govern'I It will surprise any oue who bas not STn'SnUr'SSdSncUro* aSSJit7llMbil.oltt.p~I* r will produoe great effects in _ world. If toe daily expenses of people of the United States are ro- Idaced to tha extant of one-fourth of a flnHar carh. the total amount of reduc- tim ju *en millinna, or three hundred wfTKoyitt a month. 3kil means so much less business done, the inconvenience of those who have contest with the fleets of any naval power, I believe that the *m skill, science and experience of onz will be found equal to any diffi which courage dares to meet or will to conquer. They are thoroughlv i with the spirit, mstrected in the and in the war-like duties of them ready to^ertrey of their country’s ad|-L little longer, to make what is already m ready to .., which thfir eoom use serve for the present, those who make HSgiSSL.^4 dotting taking tt« KtioB •!>«• wfcond^ tad tt. diltonnce in tteir trado diiocUy. tt.a.Man Uuaa. P»ya«_««g cowddonfio warn. |^««tong,trotn.tto forced to sesame some xereontaUfaty x thetr rssomees wiUbe, during the time of peace; but oonvmcea of wmdre lwiata* kmmtiuA of prompt and decided * e tton, Ih*Ye no I <>w ao^ere never lack for argu shrunk from these le^untilffities. no l dent, to mtt. «M-a.pwpK»>M» tttt Kloof Tornr kooto aaBigaste*s'te.w l -*« vpmtt* pt&Ommi apt mm

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872-1886, December 17, 1873, Image 1