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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1877.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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J. 11. KSTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
1.01'IS*
TO QES. FRANCIS T. NICHOLLS.
from where the broad Pacific
BoiU a*, the tro’den gates,
^wecSetorm-cr.twned round the States,
There is no laud divinely fair
or beauteous as thou art,
gubriaed lire tome rare jewel
lu every S'outhrufl s heart.
t, m vast like some dead beauty
WUb.weei 'Zitl,
And the ct
Tbt
■ect crown upon thy brow
VVV dim aud overcast;
a« a sound of wailing,
,er sister States all said :
n.*en enchained and desolate—
she is dead.”
,vu-t redden-
Gulf waves
But the warm resistless Gt
Flowed ui> with measured beat,
And brought the quick life pulses
Unto her 1'Ulsele-s jeet.
While the mocking birds kept calling
From out her orange groves,
H w could she die, aud break the hearts
Of all her ardent loves ?
^1 gee ; s he moves her chained hands,
^ Abash is on the sea,
Her tetters fall—from out the land
Goa up a cry, “She’s free!”
Ilow freshly bioom her gardens now,
tin highland aud on plain.
Exultant her great river lolls
Amid her fields of canc.
\ shout goes up from every heart
* That bled for her before,
And echoes back from strand to strand,
Free! free! forevermore.
Her children fiom the hone Star State
Cry to her sons, “Well done!
flow nobly you Lave worn your chains,
How bravely you have won.”
Shine, Crescent, shine, to all the earth;
Across the waiting sea
Come ships and bear her treasures forth,
Bring her prosperity.
Her happy heart?, with willing hands,
Now cheerfully will toil,
Aud poverty aud want shall dwell
No more upon her soil.
Elizabeth J. Hereford,
Dallas, Texas.
Georgia Affairs.
Mr. Lloyd Gouiding, son of Rev. F. R.
I Gouldiug, residing noar Roswell, was &d-
I mitted into tho signal service in Washing-
■ ton city at the instance of the Georgia
| delegation in t'ODgress.
Scip Hall, colored, was accidentally killed
I while palling down the old academy in Oglo-
therptf cue day last week.
The Quitman Reporter is glad to note tho
I fact that the os! crop of Lowndes county
I hti not been very seriously injured by tho
I cold, and now give promise of an abundant
1 yield.
The resignation of Dr. Pendleton, as
I !'resident of the Georgia Agricultural Col-
I ioge, calls for the electioa of a new oflicer to
I fid the vacancy, and the name of Dr. J. P.
I Stevecs, of Lee, is mentioned favorably to
I fill it Dr. Stevens has tho reputation ot
teing one of the most intelligent farmers in
I the Sooth.
Mrs. Martha SutlilT, of Griffin, died sud-
I denly Wednesday morning. She was goiD,
I about the house, and as soon as she got to
her bed expire J. She had been in feeble
health for some time, but no one expocted
J that she would pas3 off so suddenly.
At the recent municipal election at Tal-
botton, Mr. 0. D. Gorman was elected
Mayor an 1 Messrs. Garrard, Smith, Burd-
wel!, Ragland, Dozier and Baldwin, Coun-
| cilmeu.
The Quitman Reporter says: “We hear
that there lias been in the past few weeks
j “ore vacant town lots sold to actual settlers
f rthe purpose of improvement than for
"j\ c ral years past, aud still tho demand lias
Lot been supplied, aud the cry is more lots
I to build upou.
The Aeics and Farmer has changed
| hindg, Mr. S. W. Roberts retiring and Mr.
■i*. J. Boyd assuming the proprietorship and
editorial labors of the same. We heartily
welcome the coming and speod tho parting
| editor.
I i ^* r ‘ ^' d,n Hiddon on Captain
- ins place, in Jefferson ccnnty, gave
| 'rth to three children on Wednesday night,
the 10th
lost., two boys aud a girl. Tho
1 are all living and bid fair to do
I children
i well.
The body of a negro named Allen O’Ban-
• wa 3 found in the Oconee swamp frozen
4Q partly hidden in a hollow log. The
--r ^ jury came to the conclusion from
c evidence presented on the inquest that
I - *ith another negro lost thoir way in the
■ J am ‘ ) ^ ari ng the severe weather. His
^mpanion is supposed to have drowned in
| • emp.ing to cross a creek, as his ooat was
found
the log
death.
°o tho banks, and Allen crawled into
out of the cold and was frozen to
7i* Q k° use * m iH, steam engine, build-
_ 13 several bales of cotton, belongin;
^t^ne! Robert Wayne of Laurens, were
to i r V ^ ^ re a ^ evv nj g Ut s ago. Supposed
Tt/p e ” U w ork of an incendiary,
trial 6 1 lrCa3 KUd meu:l " : -* rie at Augusta, its
»• tnbuiatioug and financial difficulties,
v P. a large space in tho Augusta papers.
Jos i n .
I cnui:! > ^ a te of the Geneva Lamp,
md p re , & ^ er con duct the mechanical
StarZd t e , PattmeatS 0f ,UoT ' llbo
Iqj. ' •* bus wo see that although the
sunt)'-* ■ S ° ne out ’ DcnQi!j able to
<Jeo r 0i a Standard quality for tho
u rgia pre 33 .
•troved Urt h9USe at Lee3blir K ’ B ’ as de '
^ re from' h sevoral n igbts ago. It caught
had , " 1 e Car eleasuess of negroes who
themselves there far tho
the ffl0 g t lla8 ‘ bo re Putation of being one cf
where t .^ aCea ! ) ' e t0VTUS Georgia or any-
^ever ° 18 attr ibutable to the fact
or her qI ° r » e °f c ^ tizenB attends to his
that of 0*1° iQ;3 “ leHB » aQ d meddles not with
^ ki ;^ Cities and towns, as
ouihv f l! UlJual:J » Krow rich and prosper-
Aiaemi g ° Ut tUia golden idea -
fell iLwr !f f tii0 legislature slipped and
®0Uoe w f of stairs at the Cannon
bcuistfi C . nc?da - v - Iie was considerably
tad bfc, . 118 DOt 8tated whether or not he
^ to any bail or such.
doiaeati a * nla ’ ^ a '’ nc '6 ro has succeeded in
pa y tritl s b “. »«<i now has
ftoofi’, a n 'fj' 1 ! 12 ^ lr ds hatched out in the
weIL Tb ey are tamo,
^ ^'ointon l( 0 re is a field
^vintage of. ^ 8b ouid hasto to take
r ^e bn Stephens had a hemor-
Ihe ft,:. ! y las t—the first in his life.
S^sy Zms^n l ‘ PI ‘t r B1 - Va : “Last Wed-
h; ^chiih.,, 0 ;^? b een an unfortunate
* «e repon thls cou ? t !'. leas than
»nd tw„ ? i 49 T !ctlma o f fire—two
{paw to d e .trt r&i -° ne of the latter
, J«ie» er . „ iniong the former was
i[ LP. on of our fellow-townsman,
M 1 “*i c *eyer th»?S 0W “ from tbiB geot 1 ®-
® is little 8 * nonB injury result-
£aL 0,) ».bat ,ho UeBted
S lle thus J erk ed backwards
J di«fi K aSf. d „ Uc poeaession ot a Be-
^^^ace^ few to the lull.
The late oats in Mitchell county have
escaped injury from the recent severe cold
weather.
The Rome Courier says : “\y e are in
formed that the oats sowed in the fall are
not all dead, as some had thought.”
The Mitchell Reformer thus speaks of
the natural advanthges of Baker county for
manufactures, which nee Is only capital
to develop : “Baker abounds in fine sites
Jor running machinery by water power,
amoDg which there are none superior to
the site at which Conch’s (formerly Hog-
gard’s) Mills now stand. At this site, the
bluffs of the Notchaway creek, on which the
mills are located on either side, are very
high and steep, thus giving full control of
tho water, and rendering the site the most
available for a factory*of any kind of any
place with which wo are acquainted. With
a capital employed of $25,000, we are satis
fied there could be erected machinery suffi
cient to pay a profit of at least fifty per
cent, per annum.”
The Columbus Enquirer furnishes this
item: “Yesterday afternoon Jerry Dear-
heart, colored, was suffocated by gas, as is
supposed, unto death in a well on the premi
ses of Mr. Henry Henes, known as the De-
Wolf lot, situated on the southeast inter
section of Randolph and McIntosh streets.
He had gone down into the well for the pur
pose of cleaning it out, and had filled and
sent up about six buckets full, when the
drawer discovered that he was dead by wait
ing so long for him to fill the bucket. The
drawer immediately spread tho intelligence,
and many were soon around tho fatal well.
Mr. Willie Slade, after first testing with a
light, went down iuto tho well aud tied tho
uulortunate mau that he might be drawn
eut.”
The Columbus Times makes this honorable
mention of a heroic act on tho part of Mr.
Willie Slade, the reporter for that paper:
Yesterday afternoon Mr. F. H. Lummus
hurriedly entered our office and asked
where he could find a police station, stating
that a man was in a well and overpowered
by gas, on the lot corner Forsyth and Ran
dolph streets, and that no one present could
be induced to go down into the well and help
him out. Mr. Willie Klade, our reporter,
wont immediately to the piace designated,
and found a large number of persons present,
but none of them would consent to enter tho
well. Whereupon,with a courage and a noble
instinct of humanity, which do him present
honor and promise well for the future man,
ho volunteered to go down, aud, though too
lato to save tho unfortunate mau from
death, he fastened ropes about the body so
ii could bo drawn out. The self-forgetful
bravery of this act finds its fellow virtue in
the modesty with which he details the par
ticulars of the occurrence in another place.
In his report he gives no intimation that
the young man who voluutocred to go down
was* himself. We therefore take it upon
ourselves—and without his knowledge—to
tell on him.
Mr. Fry’s bill in the House to amend the
Constitution of Georgia proposes eomo
sweeping changes. The bill makes the term
of cffice of the Governor two years instead
of four; of Supreme Court Judges six years
instead ot twelve; Superior Court Judges
four instead of eight years; makes Solici
tors General elected by the people; abol
ishes the office of notaries public and ex-
officio justices of tho peace; increases tho
number of Supremo Court Judges from
three to five; creates fivo district courts of
appeal to be composed of four or more
judges of contiguous circuits aud one Judge
of Supreme Court; reduces tho homestead
from $2,000 to $500 realty, and from $1,000
to $250 personalty; kills all bonds issued or
to be issued under any pretence, establishes
salaries, otc. As a majority of the Legisla
ture are in favor of a Constitutional Con
vention, we presume that these reforms in
the organic law will be left for that body to
pass upou when it assembles.
The Albany Neics has these sensible re
marks in connection with the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad fare bills, which wo endorse:
“We do not see wherein the business men of
Albany are justified in their positive refusal
to accept the change bills of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad inpayment of goods or
merchandise, so suddenly and at so late a
day. These bills are certainly more soundly
valuable now than tliey ever were before,
since such a large per cent, of the $70,000
(the total amount issued) has been de
stroyed. They were first issued and ac
cepted as freight or passenger bills; and
only intended as local currency; and the
face o' them to-day is good for the amount
called for at the office of the company.
When President Screven informed the Gov
ernor of his inability to pay intorest on the
bonds endorsed by the Slate, it was perfectly
natural that a light panic should occur
among tho holders of tho bills. But now
we have it, that forty thousand dollars has
been derdroyod, leaving only thirty thousand
in circulation, with a promise on the
nart of the officials to burn as
fast as it goes into their hands.
In Tliomasville, Bainbridge, and other
points on tho line of tho road, these bills
have all along been readily accepted, while
in Albany, where tho citizens reap a richer
reward from the labors of the road, it has
been refused. The Atlantic BDd Gulf and
Brunswick and Albany Railroads are worth
to our citizens and the people who trado
with us over one hundred thousand dollars
per annum. It therefore behooves every
business man, planter, property holder and
resident of Albany to at least give to the
Atlantic aud Gulf Company fair business
dealing.”
A correspondent of tho Sandersville Hcr-
ald and Georgian thus discourses of Middle
and «oath Georgia, especially Washington
'county : “It cannot be surpassed tor the
healthfulness of its climate, which is of a
very mild temperature. With a dry atmos
phere very favorable to tho health of per
sons with weak lungs or predisposed to pul
monary affections. The winters are mi.d
aud short, and in tho hottest summer
mouths tho thermometer never scores as
high on au average as it does in Now York,
St Louis or other more northern latitudes.
Agriculturists have a longer season
to mature their various crops, and a
much shorter winter to carry thoir
stock through than favors many
other more northern or western locals
ties, and in every portion of our county the
very best, and purest sort, clear, cool drink-
tog water can Le had at a depth of from Ju
to 40 feet below the surface of the soil.
Directly west of tliia city, at a distance of
some ei»ht or nine miles, there is a good
mineral spring, the waters of which are said
to contain great healing properties, and
there are others of the kind in other parts
of the county. The soil of tho county is for
the most part a loam milted with sand in
sufficient quantity to keep it open loose
and easy to cultivate, and beneath this
loam is a stratum of red clay, and every
good planter know3 a loam resting on
such a foundation is susceptible of
the highest improvement, and will retain
anv fertilizers that may be put on it. The
land of this county is capable of producing
verv large crops of corn, oatB, wheat and
cotton. As a proot ot the high state of its
productiveness under good management, 4
will cite one or two instances, viz.: ilon.
Bryant Watkins, whose plantation is three
miles east of this city, raised last year a
fraction over seventy-nine bushels of corn
to the acre, and some few years back the
same land would not produce over five bush
els to the acre, with tho most favora
ble seasons and equal cultivation and
other lands in many instances h&ie pro
duced 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of lint cotton to
the acre. Our markets are good and trans
portation cheap, and good imprinved land
can be bought on an average from 55 to Sio
ner acre according to location and conve
nience to market, schools and churches. In
m? next article I will mention many other
“ops that may be grown profitably. But
tho 1 productions of this county, and tho
man^advantages it offers the emigrant in
the cnUtoiticn of the various crops best
adapted to this section, and the opening it
oilers to the capitalist, merchant and me
chanic are too numerous .‘o 'neatmn tn one
article, so 4 wifi continue it in “ BXt -
Tho following is a summary of the opera
lions of ths public schools in Emanuel
county for toe past year : Number ofwb.te
hi* h no Is 33’ number of <t >lor©d schools,
^number of school, 37; Number of p«-
pits ip ottendance-whtto ma s, 445 white
“mates ' £3: colored females G3;
total colored, 140; total whKo and otooredj
1 002* average daily attc-ndauco, -9 • ..
fund for 1876—Balance in treasury fro:m po
tax of 1S7C. $296 99; State school fund, *851,
poll tax 1870, $700; total Boho "‘ f . U " f d9 ^1876
$1,877 99. Disbursement school fund to
-Average attendance, 599; prorata, $2 55Jx
593 *1 5'*0 22; County Oommiseionets com
mis’sion 1876, $290 12; balanoe in treasury
t i.nn.r, ik77 Site 65; total disbursement,
1st January,i877, $69 05; total (
51,877 99.
Florida Affairs.
The wife of the ltigbt Itev. Bishop Young
died at Jacksonville on Wednesday last-
The celebration of Franklin’s birthday by
the Typographical Union of Jacksonville,
on Wednesday evening, was an enjoyable
affair. The supper was to Lyman’s best
style, and the Union office was closed about
6 o’clock, for toe purpose of allowing the
printers an opportunity to attend tho cole-
Mr. E. Scott Brown, of Beresford, Volnsia
county, recently dug a sweet potato which
measured four feet seven inches in l en S‘L
vouched for by respoctablo people, and the
potato can be aeen at Mr. Browns home
That’s a large potato, and we suppose but
The Jacksonville Uuiun says : “The coro
ner’s inquest, on the body of the colored
man found on the railroad track yesterdav,
resulted in developing the fact* that hia
name was Charles Etto, an aged colored
man who lived at Lake City, and who left
that place on the 26th of December to come
here, and was seen no more until Saturday
moruing before light, when he was seen sit
ting by a tree near a small fire and next
day fouud dead and lying on his face, which
was covered with a coat. The jury exam
ined a number of witneseea, and returned a
verdict, the purport of which was tbat he
was murdered. He had in his possession
about eighteen dollars in money when he
left Lake City.
The following from the Union Betties
definitely the whereabouts of Bennett, whose
movements are as much a source of secrecy
as was Tweed’s when he escaped from
prison : “James Gordon Bennett and ser
vant, Mr. Bininger, of New York, and Mr.
O’Kelley, an attache of the New York Her
ald. arrived in this city yesterday by way of
Macon and Augusta. Oa amviug here,
they wtnt to the $t. Jame3 Hotel, where the
party were registered, and, as it subse
quently appeared, against the wish of Mr.
Bennett. The names of the party were
then erased from the hotel registry, and
they all left the St. James and procured a
snite of four rooms at the Windsor,
where they did not book their namep.
The best rooms of the Windsor were
asked for, and the party very
quietly occupied the same until late in the
afternoon, a very bountiful lunch, with
champagne aud other luxuries, being pro
vided by Mr. Gould. It was ascertained
that Mr. Bennett and party Lad arrived at
tho St. James,and quiteauuwbor of persons
called, more out of curiosity than other
wise, to got a look at tho Herald proprietor,
and one of the actors in tbe famous duel.
It was then reported tnat Mr. Bennett’s ar
rival wan a canard, and on that account the
names which had been put on the registry
book by some idle joker were erased. Subse
quent inquiry, however, proved that there
was not so much of a canard after all
in the report, but that a party had arrived,
aud among them Mr al L°riilard, of New York,
who was recognized nvy several Northern
gentlemen, and that tho party had mysteri
ously disappeared. Lato last evening the
party went aboard Mr. iVstor’s yacht, the
“Atul^ta,” aud an abundant supply of good
cheer was sent on board, including sundry
baskets and boxes from Messrs. Child &
3Ii. : nor’s. After eleven o’clock a boat with
the fivo persons named pulled down the
river accompanied with sundry traveling
equippage and baskets, but whither they
were bound was uot to be found out. The
whole affair was very strangely conducted,
and from all tho information gathered,there
seems to bo little doubt tbat Mr. Bennett
was one of the party, and that it was not
considered desirable to have the movements
of the party published.”
Tho following is an extract from a letter
from Mr. W. Dickson, the intelligent Ser-
geant-at-Arms, who accompanied the Inves
tigating Committee to Florid*, in tho Wash
ington Union: “In Jefferson county scores
of witnesses were summoned, and many
strange characters were thrown to tho sur
face. One bright moruing, shortly after
daylight, your correspondent discovered an
odd-looking figure slowly moving along the
road, approaching tho town of Mouticello.
Solemn in his appearance, came an individ
ual attired iu a faded suit of Confederate
gray, a cloth talma—a relic of by-goDe days
—thrown carelessly around his shoulders,
with a wide-brimmed palmetto hat orna
menting his unkempt locks, rawhide
boots and spurs, sitting astride of a
big, red, short-horned buil, and gracefully
holding a rein made of a clothe lino, with a
wooden bit aud bridle. He slowly ap
proached in a dignified and pompous man
ner, guiding the animal to an adjacent post,
tossed the rein over it, dismounted*^ true
cavalier fashion, and strode across the road
to the town pump, “Have you entered the
trotter for tho spring races?” I inquired.
A withering look of contempt and scorn on
the part of the rider created suspicion that
a silent tongue might prove valuable, if one
did not care to hasten his natural gait over
a sandy soil. Later developments proved
tbe sanguinary-looking individual to be au
important witness from Raccoon Bottom.
The darkles swartued around the court
house, cvinciug a lively interest in tho pro-
cee4n gs of the committee, ami numbers of
them were summoned to testify, aud those
who we: e sworn and examined at onco be
came the centre of attraction among the
fellows. “H&b you bin befo’ de ’mitte, sure
eauff?” asked one of a crowd, addressing a
ministerial looking citizen, whoae classical
appellation was Nero. Straightening him
self out to his fullest height, appreciating
his self-importance, ho replied: “Yes,
gen’lom, de ’mitte extended a preasing invi
tation to hear from de ole rabbit, and I were
too servillioua not to pay my respecs,
au’ I guv ’em de benefit of my valuable
coasiderehun, sure’s your bom.” The
State was infested with a precious set
of white men, all of whom held office under
Stearns. To retain control of the counties,
aud continuo in place, thoy had urged tbe
colored men to form organizations, supplied
them with fire-arms, and made incendiary
addresses to them to keep alive tho bitter
ness of feeling against the Democrats, by
exhibiting at public meeting-i a pair of
manacles and chains, and appealing to pre
judice by improssiug their hearers with the
statement that if Tilden was elected they
would ho cast iuto slavery. Due of
this number (a resident of Mouticello)
was deploring the fact that he was es
tranged from certain classes of society,
and that he was stigmatiz ’d as a “carpot-
baggor.” ne was asked tho definition of tho
term, applied from the Florida standpoint.
“Well, sir,” ho replied, “to bo candid, a car
pet-bagger is a man wlio is hated by tho
South, despised by tho North, and uot trust
ed by tho niggers.” A sentiment we most
heartily endorse. A ball was given at Mou
ticello in honor of the Congressional Repre
sentatives, which was atteudad by the elite
and fashion of this beautiful town. To the
melodious strain of the fiddle, banjo, and
guitar, dancing was kept up till a late hour,
all present participating in tho terpsicho-
rean pleasure.
The following are the confirmations aud
removals of civil officers in Florida since
last report: Senate confirmations—C. A.
Sheldon, to be Aeecssor of Madison county;
T. W. Faulkner, to be County Judge for
Dade county; Richard B. Cutler, tT be Clerk
of Circuit Court for Dade county; A lam C.
Richard, to be Assessor and Collector of
Dade county; John T. Peacock, to be Sheriff
of Dade county; W. H. Sebring,to be County
Judge lor Levy county; J. C. Dupont, to be
Sheriff of Gadsden county; Norman T.
Scott,to be Assessor of Revenue for Gadsden
county ;R.M. Witherspoon to be County Judge
of Madison county; F.B.Smith to bo Assessor
and Collector of Revenue for Baker county;
John R. Herndon to be County Judge of
Baker countv; F. J. Pons to be Clerk of Cir
cuit Court of Baker county. Removals—R.
S. Tucker from office of Sheriff oi Gadsdpn
county; B. F. Tidwell from tho office of
Count} -‘Judge of Madison county;Seth Sterns
from the office of Assessor of Lafayette coun
ty; W. H. Hunt, from the office of County
J'udge, Dade county; Wm. H. Gleason,
from the office of Clerk of Circuit Court,
Dade County. Lafavette—J. B McCarty,
W. M. Sanders, T. S. Walker, T. 8. Good-
bread aud Seth Stephens to be County Com
missioners, vice W. J. Discow, T. J. Walker,
J. E. Best, B. A. Driggers and J. M. Hall,
removed ; J. J. Painter to be County Treas
urer, J. C. Ramsey to be Superintendent of
Countv Schools, vice J. A. Shiver removed.
Leon—A. H. Crowder and James D. Pepper
to be Justices of the Peace ; Isham M. Blake
to bo County Surveyor; George Lewis,
Green D. Chairos, John Bradford, M. Lively
and Frank Aiken to be County Commission
ers ; H. N. FelLel to be Superintendent of
County Schools ; Peter Hurst aad James
Pago removed as Justices ot the Peace ;
James Munro removed as County Commis
sioner ; D. B. Farmer to be Justice of tho
Peace ; H. C. Rippey to be Notary Public for
the State at large. Levy.—H. V. Snell, S.
B. Folks, Jaa. M. Stephens, J&s. Mason, N.
R. Carter and Beuj. A. Coachman to be
Justices of the Peace ; Miko Young, Ed. F.
Oneal, O. H. P. Kirkland, William
W. Clvatt and L. B. Lewis, to be County
Commissioners, vice W. B. Wimberly, Wm.
C-onty, F. E. Miller and John E. M. Tedder,
removta; Benjamin A. Anderson, to be In
spector Lumber; N. R. Carter, to be County
Treasurer; G. H. Worthington, to be County
Surveyor; Ed. C. Lutterloh, to bo Auc
tioneer; B. A. Coachman, to be Notary Pub
lic* John G. Williams removed as Justice
of’the Peace; W. B. Wimberly, removed
as Superintendent of Schools; S. S. Moore,
to be County Superintendent of Schools;
Madison.—C. W.Grambliug, to bo Justice of
the Peace; John L. Inglis to be County Com
missioner vice B. W. Tedder declined; B.
F Tidwell removed as Superintendent of
County Schools; Geo. W. Bogue romoved as
Notary Public. Monroe.—Diego Audri re
moved as Justice of the Peace. Aassau —
James McGifiiu, Lewis Davis, C. F. Condry
aud John Owens to bo County Commission-
c-s vice John Friend, John Gordon, Lewis
Wade and F. C. Suhrer removed. Orange.—
J G Speir, L M. Auld, J. M. Owens, Geo. H.
Packwood and John M. Bryan to be County
Commissioners, vice Geo. H. Packwood, H.
T Phelps, Robert Ivey, John R. Mizell and
James M. Owens, removed; Charles W.
Jacocks to be County Treasurer; D. L. Mo-
Nab to be Timber Agent; E. A. Richards,
Cbarlos F. Heirs, E. S. Dann, Sr., John L.
Moore, B. R. Swoope and H. 8. Partin to be
Tnaticos of the Peace. Putnam —James L.
LeGallez to be Notary Public. St. John's.—
Wm M. DeGrove to be Justice of tho Peace.
Volusia.—George J. Alden removed as Su-
perinteudent of County Schools; George J.
Alden removed as County Commissioner,
Washington.—P. L. Horn io bo Justice of
tffe Peace.
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fUE MORNING NEWS.
THE GEOKHIA LEGISLATIVE.
Important Bills Presented.
EEFORM IN THE HOUSE RULES.
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
TUK SENATORIAL. CONTEST WAXES
HOT.
Judge Schley .llukes n Denial.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Atlanta, Ga., January 19.—Senate.—The
resolution to request the Governor to defer
the appointments was amended so as to
simply endorse his views on retrenchment,
and pledge the co-operation of the Senate.
Senator W. M. Reese, of the Second dis
trict, offered a bill appointing a physician
to visit the convict camps every two months
and inspect tho convicts, the sanitary condi
tion of camps, aud the conduct of resident
physicians, was passed.
Judge Reese made a noble speech in be
half of humanity and State protection to
convicts. Senators Wm. Harrison, of the
Ono hundred and twenty-first District, and
J. E. Godfrey, ot tho Twenty-eighth Dis
trict, endorsed tho hill in forcible terms.
The Senate is engaged in reading hills.
A memorial was read from the National
Board of Trade, rocommeuding tho estab
lishment of schools of art’aud science in all
tho States for the education of skilled work
men.
House.—Mr. W. T. Wade, of Scriven, in
troduced a bill to amend section 4423 of tho
Code of 1873, making it felony to appropri
ate farm produce or any article from an em
ployer. •
Mr. M. J. Wall, or Schley, introduced a
bill to prevent the obstruction of creeks in
Marion, Schley and Macon counties.
Mr. W. D. Davidson, of Snmter county,
introduced a bill to amend section 4 of the
revenue laws.
Mr. J. D. Stewart, of Spalding, introduced
au important bill reducing the fees of Clerk
of the Supreme Court, and making other
chauges.
Mr. W. H. Pilcher, of Warren, introduced
a bill to prevent the sale of liquor within
one mile of any voting precinct.
Mr. W. D. Davidson introduced a bill to
amend section 3971 of the Code, in regard
to the sale of mortgaged property.
The Judiciary Committee reported favor
ably on a bill consolidating and incorporating
Bainbridge. Also, on the bill incorporating
tho Middle Georgia Mineral Association
Committee.
The Committee on Contested Elections
reported in favor of Bme (colored), member
from Glynn. He retains his seat, amidst
many congratulations.
Speaker Bacon has inaugurated a reform
in the rules of tho House, which will save
thousands of dollars to the State. Bills aro
now referred on the first reading, aud un
less reported upon favorably are not read
again, excent tbe house so order. This
saves an immense amount of time, labor
and expense.
Several important homestead bills are now
before the House.
In the Board of Health, Dr. LeHardv’s
small pox paper to the Savannah Medical
Society, has been referred to a committee
to examine the law aud proposed amend
ments, and report the same to Hon. W. W.
Paine, of Chatham, to submit to the Legis
lature.
Dr. H. F. Campbell, of Augusta, read an
elaborate and able report on railroad trans
portation of disease, giving a graphic de
scription of several yellow fever epidemics.
This valuable paper will be printed with tho
paper of Dr. McClellan’s and Dr. Logan’s re
port.
Judge Schley denies distributing a Radical
edition of Bon. Hill’s speech hero. Norwood
aud Schley are now called upon through the
Constitution to give positive denial to tho
Gath interview. The Senatorial war is
getting sharp.
Noon Telegrams.
ROCMAXIA HFCLARES FOR Xtl-
TRALITT.
ENTHUSIASM IN THE TURKISH
COUNCIL.
The London Times on the Eastern
Situation.
IS IT PEACE OR WAR?
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
The Gadsden Contested Election.
THE WITNESS APPROPRIATION RILL
DENNIS AND CESSNA INVESTIGA
TION.
Bill in Relation to Jurom.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Tallahassee, January 19.—In the Assem
bly, the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions, iu the Gadsden county contested
election case, reported unanimously that
Martin, the sitting member, is entitled to
hold his seat.
The witness appropriation bill comes up
on the third reading to-morrow. It pro
vides for the payment of witnesses on the
written order of the Chairman of the com
mittee making the 3nmmons at the rate of
two dollars per diem, and ten cents per mile
for mileage. The Dennis and Cessna in
vestigation is awaiting the passage of this
hill.
The Jadiciary Committee reports a good
bill in relation to jurors. The grand jury is
to bo composed of not more than fifteen nor
less than twelve. Tho petit jury, in capital
cases, to be composed of twelve men ; in
other cases of six only.
The Senate is in executive session.
When the Santo Domingo people got
hold of Grant’s message, and read his
touching reference to the blight which
fell upon his Santo DomiDgo annexation
scheme, they concluded that he still pro
posed to materialize that project, the sud
den return of Baez to power only con
firming them in their apprehensions.
Baez aud Graut aro no doubt on friendly
terms, and Grant and Babcock are both
ready to attempt the grab game again
should “circumstances make it necessary”
for Grant to overthrow the republic end
Diazizs the country.—Courier-Journal.
The reappointment of tho fellow Mur-
tagh to tbe control of the police force,
which he has employed in his conspira
cies against private character, is an act
in every way worthy of the President who
sent Boss Shepherd’s name to the Senate
after the exposure of the ring rascalities,
and whose first choice for Chief Justice
of the United States was Landaulet Wil
liams.
The name of General Joseph E. John
ston has been mentioned iu connection
with the next Gubernatorial nomination
in Virginia, but not having resided in
the State the requisite three years, he is
said to be constitutionally ineligible.
The defunct Security Life Insurance
Company, of New York, leaves over nine
hundred policy holders in Iowa alone to
mourn its collapse. Their aggregate in
surance is $1,321,026, on which the pre
miums amount to $50,455.
Murat Halstead thinks the most alarm
ing feature of the situation is the fact
Ben. Butler has been noiseless for four
weeks.
There were 4,867 persons in confine
ment in the prison of Massachusetts last
year.
Galveston, Texas, had 555 deaths last
year.
THE TIMES OX TEE EASTERN SITUATION.
London, January 19.—The Times to-day,
referring to the result of the conference,
say?: “This event will surprise nobody.
Those whom it will disappoint are fewer
than they may have been even at the
opening of the new year. The friends
of the Turks are naturally delighted
at the spirit and courage displayed
by the Porte, and the supposed humiliation
which has befallen diplomatists who pre
sumed to trespass on tne sovereign rights
of the Sultan. What will be.the effo t of the
Porte’s decision on the peace of Europe ?
There are tnose who declare them
selves absoluttlv certain that Rus
sia will not attack Turkey.
There are those on the other hand who pro
fess to detect consummate astuteness iu
General IgnatielFs moderation, and who will
now say that h-3 knew from the first
that the fanaticism of Constantinople
would force the Porto to opsn de
fiance. Oa tbe subject we shall
be content to form a judgment ou events as
they occur without speculation or predic
tion, There can be no doubt tbat Russia is
iu a most difficult position botweeu war,
from which it can expect no perma
nent advantage, and tbe pledge
which if not redeemed will discredit the
throne. In any case it is not to be assumed
that a decision for peace or war will ne
cessarily be made at once. It is quite
possible that weeks may pass
amid now diplomatic overtures before
Russia thinks it convenient to announce her
final resolution. Perhaps tho dissolution of
the conference marks the beginning of a
new phase in which tho Western powers will
bo for a time inactive, and three Imperial
courts will once moro concern theraselvos
with the business.
SCENE AT THE COUNCIL GENERAL.
Constantinople, January 19.—The only
dissenting voice iu the grand council was
that of the American Protestant Bishop,
who suggested that the decision should be
left to tbe desideration of the government.
Ho was shouted down, the Council beiDg all
of the opinion that the government was not
entitled to decide such a momentous ques
tion. It was rumored that Midbat was the
principal obstacle to tho acceptance of the
proposals and the whole business was re
hearsed beforehand to intimidate the Sultan,
who really wished to yield.
ROUMANIAN NEUTRALITY.
London, January 19.—Tho Standard's
Vienna correspondent says Roum&nia is re
solved to declare neutrality in case cf a
ltussian-Turkish war.
The Texas Pacific Raid on the
Treasury.
[From tbe New York San.]
The more that is learned regarding the
Texas Pacific compromise bill, which is
said to have received the unanimous ap
proval of the House Committee on Pacific
Railroads,the more clearly it is seen to be
the most iniquitous measure of the kind
that was ever forced upon Congress. In
order to get the 6chem$ favorably re
ported in committee, the most extraor
dinary log rolling has been employed,
and not only was Mr. Huntington, of the
Central Pacific Road, let into the job on
his own terms, but provision was also
made for holders of depreciated or en
tirely worthless railroad stock in real and
imaginary branch roads to the amouut of
many millions of dollars, thus affording
an ample basis for a corruption fund of
enormous dimensions.
It would seem that from tho beginning
tbe most troublesome questions arising iu
the committee did not relate to the neces
sity of the proposed road and the wisdom
of voting a subsidy, but to the best means
of distributing the spoils among the hun
gry crowd of expectants. This misun-
detstanding between Col. Scott and Mr.
Huntington have been settled by giving
the latter all he asked; another cause of
difference aroso from the pertinacity of
Senator West, of Louisiana, who de
manded a subsidy in the shape of a guar
antee of interest upou some
$11,000,000 of bonds for a defunct con
cern known as the Backbone Railroad,
for which the carpet-bag ring in New
Orleans got a charter six years ago, and
which, of course, was never built. This
imaginary road was regarded in Louisiana
as merely a swindling scheme, and it
probably would never have been heard of
again had it not been for the opportunity
afforded to galvanize its bonds by the ex
pected passage of tho Texas Pacific!ill.
The proposition to subsidize this paper
railroad was vigorously opposed by the
managers of the New Orleans Pacific
Road, a bona fide enterprise conducted
by citizens of Louisiana, who propose
building with private caji'.al a road to
connect the Texas Pacific with New Or
leans, but insist that if any such connec
tion is to have government aid, their line
is entitled to preference. In this matter
it is said that a compromise was finally
effected by leaving the question as to the
conflicting New Orleans branches open
for the action of the House.
It would seem almost incredible that
the proposal to grant a subsidy to such a
notorious concern as the dead Backbone
Railroad should receive the slightest at
tention from the committee; but it ap
pears to have been the policy of those
having the bill iu charge to enlist iu its
favor ail the corrupt influences possible;
and Senator West, who is the Chairmau
of the Senate Committee on Railroad?,
and Kellogg, who has just been elected
Senator to succeed West by Packard’s
spurious Legislature, are both believed
to be largely interested in the bonds of
that suppositious road. Indeed, the
New Orleans Democrat distinctly asserts
that a large number of the Backbone
bonds are deposited with a trust compa
ny in this city, to be paid over to West
and Kellogg in case they succeed in hav
ing the defunct coacern included in the
Texas and Pacific bill; and that $600,-
000 is the share that will fall to Kellogg
alone. There ia nothing in the charac
ter of either West or Kellogg to render
this story improbable.
It seems that there aro three Zach
Chandlers. Zach Chandler, the Republi
can politician and conspirator, does
things which Zich Chandler, the Cabinet
officer, declines to reveal, on the ground
of privilege ; while the third Zach Chan
dler wanders around the streets of Wash
ington late at night, armed with a horse
pistol and calling in a terror-inspiring
voice for Dion Pott.—N. T. Sun.
The Boston Board of Health has issued
an order forbidding any child attending
school from any family in which a case of
scarlet fever has occurred until four
weeks have elapsed since the last case
has been pronounced at an end.
The soreness of the mouths of babes is
frequently attributable to the India-rub
ber rings and toys upon which tbe
youngsters bite, the rings, in many in
stances, containing lead and other poison
ous minerals.
The eucalyptus, or Australian forest
tree, which is so great a success in point
of rapid growth and beautiful foliage in
California, has proved a failure in South
Carolina recently on account of heavy
frosts.
Massachusetts has sixty-six militia
companies and her military expenditures
last year were $165,700.
A son of Mr. Sankey, aged thirteen
years, has commenced the work of evan
gelization among youths of his own age.
Thirty thousand arrests of intoxicated
persons were made in London during the
recent holiday season.
The ^Fourth National Bank of New
York has reduced its capital $1,250,000
(from $5,000,000 to $3,750,000). 1
MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL.
Mnttera and Thin«;n In General—Some
Minor Topics—The Board of Health
Report—The Inaugural Ball—A 3lo»t
Brilliant Affair—The Kimball House
Radiant with Beauty and Chivalr: —
Gathered Fragmenta.
[Special Correspocdence of the Morning News.]
Atlanta, Ga., January 18, 1877.—To
use a phrase common in the Presbyte
rian Church, office seekers are still mak
ing “overtures’ to Governor Colquitt,
and he will give a few “dileverances” to
morrow, so report says.
The Sunday Herald thinks it is a “de
fect” in the organic law of the State that
women can’t held office, and wants the
Legislature to “destroy a silly distinc
tion” by opening a way for females to
hold office.
The rush of office seekers and lobby
ists has compelled the retrenchment
members to vote for two side door
keepers to protect the house from what
has become an almost unbearable nui*
nee.
SOME MINOR TOPIC3.
Our ex-Congresemen are proving ex
cellent legislators. Hon. S. A. Corker, of
Burke, presided in the House yesterday
in an excellent manner, and to-day Hon.
W. P. Price presided in committee of
the whole with ability and dignity. He
is Chairman of Committee on Rules for
the House, and has presented a very care
fully prepared report, which was adopted.
Col. J. L. Swea f , iu his circular letter
to the members-elect, when he was a can
didate for Clerk, took occasion to point
out several needed reforms in the manner
of conducting the busiuess of the House,
if a more econominal session was to be
aimed at. The Committee on Rules to
day presented a report embodying the
suggestions so appropriately made by
the late Clerk of tho House.
As Senator Black’s eulogy will reach
you in print by the same mail that carries
this letter,it is not necessary to refer to it
at length in this connection. Its delivery
has added greatly to the already high repu
tation of Senator Black as a graceful and
polished speaker. He makes but little
“noise” in the Senate, yet few members
are more alive to a steady, faithful per
formance of their official duties.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.
The Constitution of this morning con
tains a very carefully and accurately pre
pared synopsis of Dr. Logan’s report on
the yellow fever epidemic, by Mr.
W. G. Whidby. Your readers will
find it more interesting than anything I
can write in regard to it in the brief space
allowed me, and I can onlv commend it
to their careful perusal. It bears rather
hard upon Savannah, but every blow is
struck in the interest of humanity
and sanitary science. As I telegraphed
last night, the most learned men here
class the report among the most valuable
and comprehensive papers on the subject
of epidemics ever prepared.
JUDICIOUS RETRENCHMENT.
The discussionsin the Houseto-c’ay we e
stirring and eloquent, and give the best
idea yet presented of the line of retrench
ment that is ta be finally adopted for the
relief of the tax payers. Major R. J.
Moses, of Muscogee, made a very pointed
and forcible appeal to the members, tell -
ing them to commence with themselves
first, cutting down their own pay, which
i3 now too high, aud not dodge the main
question, and reduce the pay of the holy
aud virtuous man who every morning in
vokes the divine wisdom that should pre
side over their deliberations. Hon. J. D.
Stewart, of Spalding, Hon. John II.
James, of Fulton, and Hon. G. T. Fry,
author of the bill under discussion, fol
lowed in the same line, and every mem
ber could see that there is no escape
from a thorough reform wherever it can
wisely and justly be made. The Chap
lain and pages are not to bo left alone in
tho reduction of salaries.
THE INAUGURAL BALL.
If the inauguration of Gov. Colquitt
was a grand aff air, the inaugural ball last
night, under the auspices of leading
citizens, was a still grander affair, and
has never been surpassed in this State on
any similar occasion.
Mr. George McGinley, the proprietor
of the Kimball House, entered with all
his heart into the affair, and, to the last
moment of preparation, he gave his per
sonal supervision to every detail, ably
assisted by the energy and experience #f
his partner, Mr. W. P. Cox, of Baltimore,
thus forming a most effective alliance.
Tho rotundas of the hotel, extending
to the third story, were profusely deco
rated with evergreens, hanging baskets
and fligs and bunting, producing a varied
and striking effect when the brilliant gas
c4andiliers were lighted. The ball room
and dining rooms were decorated in the
same style, and being spacious and lofty
in their dimensions, presented a most
striking appearance.
Of the attendance it is hard to speak in
such brief space. Lovlier ladies and
more elegant gentlemen from all parts of
the State never graced an inaugural ball,
and their toilets were marvels of richness
and exquisite taste. Not a few were from
Europe, and the wearers graced them like
genuine queens and princes. With Prof,
Schultz to preside over the splendid
orchestra, there was no lack of dancing of
the most approved style. Every portion of
this mammoth hotel was densely crowded
not only by the young and gay, but every
where were to be seen our oldest, most
staid and honored citizens. Of these I
might mention ex-Governor H. V. John
son, General Robert Toombs, ex-Governor
Joseph E. Brown, Judge Wm. Schley,
Senator T. M. Norwood, President R. E.
Lester, Speaker A. O. Bacon, General
Alfred Austell, Mayor N. L. Angier and
others, who were present to pay their
respects to the gallant son of Georgia
who now occupies tbe proud position of
her Chief Executive.
Perhaps one of tho most impor.ant
features of the occasion was the superb
supper which McGinly and Cox pre
pared for six hundred and seventy guests.
Your correspondent took a glance at the
tables before the vast crowd poured into
the room, and the scene was one of the
most striking he has ever witnessed. In
tbe centre of the room, placed upon a
circular table, stood a beautiful Temple of
Liberty, surmounted by the “Liberty Boll
of 1776,” above which the American
Eagle spread his wings, as if to protect
the Goddess of Liberty, who stood forth
in all her beauty near the entrance of
the temple. The edifice was deco
rated with fligs, and bore on
every side the motto of the State, 44 Wis
dom, Justice, ModerationInnumerable
tables surrounded this appropriate centre
piece, and they were loaded down with
every luxury which such an occasion could
suggest, and everything was under McGin-
ly’s strict personal supervision, when the
wide doors were thrown open and a bril
liant throng was ushered in, and in a few
moments filled every foot of space in that
spacious room. As no wines or cham
pagne were on the bill of fare, their place
being wisely supplied by tea aud coffee,
the banquet contained no feature
that could be objectionable, and
everything passed off without a
jar. Governor Colquitt and his estima
ble lady were heartily congratulated upon
this excellent feature of the occasion, and
were assured that such a magnificent
demonstration had never before been
witnessed at an inaugural ball in this
State. True it is, that the many
strangers here from New York and other
Northern cities, from whom any expres
sion was heard, declared themselves
utterly amazed at the array of beautiful
ladies present, whose rich and elegant
toilettes were fit to adorn the courts of
Europe, as their own grace and loveli
ness would challenge that of the belles
of the most favored of European courts.
GATHERED FRAGMENTS.
Senator Godfrey, with an eye to re
trenchment, wants to know what the
duties are of tho Inspector of Public
Buildings, and under what law his office
was created.
Senator Clifton ha3troduced a bf.ll
to prevent the obstruct.^ ^ftocky crec k
in Tatnall county, in ar novCs.interfe.ve
seriously with transportation of timber
in that stream.
J. E Bryant came here with his pocket
fall of proxies to vote in and preside over
the investigation of his own case. Dis-
sentions prevailed in the ranks of the
Radical officials, and nothing was done.
Another attack is soon to be made upon
the unfortunate J. £. B.
The city authorities of Atlanta are
after the Georgia State Lottery with a
sharp stick, having prepared an ordinance
to prohibit the sale of tickets in the city.
Mr. E. S. Mon is, the manager seleoted
by the late Octavus Cohen in behalf of
Mrs. T. Y. Pember, of Savannah, of the
Board of Directors, denies the right of
the city to interfere, as the lottery has
violated no 1 iw. A lively contest may be
looked for in the matter.
Your correspondent was wrong in
stating that Hon. J. R. Suiith, of Coffee,
recently elected Messenger of the House,
was a “new” man. He is new to me, but
to old legislators he is well known, as his
flattering vote against Col. Jones, of
Troup, clearly shows. Mr. Smith has
twice been a member of the House, and
wa3 elected Messenger to succeed the well
known Uncle Jesse Odin, and is said by
old members to be the best Messenger
the House has had since the good old days
of that universally popular gentleman.
In this age of fast living and office seek
ing hordes, neither the position of Mes
senger nor Door-Keeper are enviable
places. Like the “wicked,” of whom the
Bible speaks, there is no rest for them
from the opening to the close of the daily
sessions. Chatham.
PLAIN WORDS.
Governor Hubbard, of Connecticut* I't-
tero Some Giant Truth* In Hi* .>Ien*u«e
Touching .Military Interference In the
Stated.
[From Gov. Hubbard’s Message to the Connec
ticut Legislature.!
I should be unfaithful to my best con
viction of duty were I to close this com
munication without calling your atten
tion to another subject Let me speak
freely and without offense. Nothing
which concerns any of the States in its
relations to the Federal Government can
be a matter of indifference to any other
State, for the rights of all are bound up
in one.
Power is naturally aggressive, and tends
to abuse and centralization, especially if
it have control of standing armies. Tho
sovereign prerogatives reserved to the
States, ^specially that of home govern
ment, were intended under our political
system for the protection of the people’s
liberties against the usurpations of the
central and war-making power. And, as
the General Government is, when duly
administered, the creature of popular
suffrage, and as suffrage has no existence
under Federal law, but is the product of
State law alone, I know of no more dan
gerous encroachment than that which
should undertake to fill the States iu an
electoral campaign with Federal agents,
armed with -full quivers of warrants, to
arrest and surround the ballot boxes, on
which the liberties and existence
of the State depend, with Fed
eral soldiery. I know of no
mere deadly exercise of power by the
national executive than that which should
-presume to enter tho Legislature of a
State by a General of the army, lay hold
of its presiding officer and members op
posed to the administration whose seats
were in dispute, and eject them by files
of soldiery with fixed bayonets; or that
which should assume to lend the army to
an out going State executive, himself a
candidate for his own succession, f jt use
iu a contested election, take midnight
possession of the halls of legislation, and
bar out by armed sentinels tbe political
adversaries of the administration whoso
seats were in dispute, but whose prima
fade right had been adjudicated by the
supremo judicial tribunal of the State,
obstruct the process of the State
courts in the enforcement of their
judgments against the officers of the
State by nullifying orders of a
Federal circuit judge; and thus in effect
suppress tho State and pack its Legisla
ture with the political followers of a party.
An administration permitted to exercise
these powers, or which can find in tho
subserviency or political ambition of u
State executive the pretext for their exer
cise, is a master of the people, and lacks
nothiug but the will to become a tyrant.
It can elect Congre3sioaal representatives,
and thus control the nation’s puree;
Presidential electors, and thus secure its
own succession; State Legislatures, and
through them Senators in Congress, and
thus disarm the power of impeach
ment, if, indeed, that power h-.s
not already been silenced. I do not
forget that the chief magistrate of a
State may borrow power from the Na
tional Government, but not in case of do
mestic violence merely, and only in case
of actual insurrection against the State
beyond the power of the State to control,
nor even then when tho Legislature of
the State can be convened, nor in any case
w’hatever excfq>fc the extremesfc emergency
of self-defence. The borrower is servant
of the lender, and the ruler of a State
who undertakes to borrow power from
the Federal ruler, and thus stiffs the do
mestic authority of his own State, will
fiad excuse for neither borrower nor
lender to accept in the strict case pro
vided for by law and in the necessity, not
of himself or of a party canvass, but of
the State.
It is in vain to say, even if it were true,
that tho military interference of the gov
ernment—which has been confined not to
a single State on the call of its executive,
but has been practiced whenever and
wherever the administration has seen fit,
in the heat of a political canvass, to order
its battalions—has wrought no harm, or
that the troops have acted with modera
tion and forbearance. Such instrumen
talities are unfit to be u^ed in a free coun
try eyen by a good ruler, much less by a
bad one, for, unfortunately, the use by
tbe one becomes a preoedent for the other.
A standing army at the polls is, in the
nature of things and on the universal tes
timony of history, incompatible with
free suffrage. Its presence there ia
poisonous. The liberties of the people
wither before it. Universal suffrage,
and a standing army to control it, are
modern inventions for the attainment of
absolute power. These inventions have
twice within the present century brought
in imperialism in France. A hatred of
military politics is hereditary with the
sturdy race from which we sprang. A
century and a half ago the Commons of
England, affronted by the spectacle of
arms at the election polls of Westmins
ter, resolved “that the presence or a
regular body of soldiers at the election
of a member to serve in Parliament is a
high infringement of the liberties of the
subject, a manifest violation of the free
dom of elections, and an open defiance of
the laws and constitution ot this king
dom.” These truths aro old, but not ob
solete. They are vital still, as vital as
liberty itself, and need enforcement, if I
mistake not, line upon line.
To 9ay that the government has blun
dered through its subordinate generals
does not purge tho offense. One snch
mistake is hardly excusable. A second
becomes something worse. To disclaim
the offense aud possess its effects, and re
peat both in one short term, without
censure to any one, savors of something
worse than a blunder.
If the people of the Southern States are
unfit for self government, better—if it
were possible—create there a dictator,
who, being dependenent on no party,
would have no party to serve ; or accept
an equally lawless alternative, remand the
States into a condition of territorial de
pendence, and attempt another experi
ment of reconstruction, than to tolerate
usages aud methods which are fatal to all
the traditions of liberty, and which, if
continued, cannot fail in the end to de
stroy our whole system of free govern
ment ; for bad examples are contagious,
aud the military enginery which is trained
on one State to-day at the caprice of a
single man, may be trained on another
to-morrow.
I am unwilling to admit that the peo
ple’s ballots and the right of local self-
government are at the mercy of Federal
artiliery; and, therefore, as the executive
of a State whose election is dependent in
one event on the Legislature, and in al
others on a legislative declaration of the
people’s choice, I feel bound to protest
against any and all manner of Federal in
terference, or claim even of interference,
in determining.either the people’s choice,
or* the organization, credentials or mem
bership of the Legislature. As a legisla
tive assembly, representing the freedom
and reserved sovereignties of the State,
aud clothed by its constitution with the
power of determining the election returns
and the qualifications of its own mem
bers, it is lor you to judge whether duty
on your part requires silence.
I beg to suggest in this connection one
other consideration. It has been much
debated of late whether the President
should not be made, by a constitutional
amendment, ineligible for a second term.
Holding control, as he does, not only of
the army, but of a network of civil in
strumentalities which embrace the whole
country in their reach, and which, from
the lowest officials to his constitutional
advisers and heads of departments, are
liable to be converted into party machines
to control elections, it has been urged by
many thouehtful men, that the opportu
nity of perpetuating his power should not
be permitted to any one possessing these
means and instrumentalities. However
this may be, recent events have demor-
strated, in my judgment, that the com -
mander-in-chief of the army should, un
der no circumstances, be r. candidate for
his own succession.
I recommend that our Senators and
Representatives in Congress be requested
to propose an amendment to the Federal
Constitution, making the President ineli
gible for two consecutive terms. If
popular opinion has already become, or
shall hereafter become, so blind and so
infirm as to tolerate the perversion of the
whole enginery of the government to
party uses in elections, let us. at least,
avoid the indecent policy of a President
attempting to inaugurate himself in a
disputed sue session by the use of a stand
ing army.
For myself, I believe tbat the President
and bin Cabinet, holding in hand the
whole executive power of the government,
should keep themselves aloof from the
activities of a political canvass, as do the
members of the Supreme Court, upon a
simple sense of honor and propriety;
and all the more so as, in a Presidential
election, Congress is not in session, and
the only efficient curb on executive power
is thus removed at a time when the
strongest motive exists for abuse and
usurpation. The spectacle of a Chief of
a great department of the government
becoming the chief of a party, levying
contributions upon government ap
pointees for party use, and issuing proc
lamations and orders to party followers,
is as indecent as it is unwholesome.
But in any event, let us be permitted
to hope for better things in the future,
and that the usages of the camp will dis
appear from civil administration with tho
eminent soldier who has introduced them,
and whose faithful service rendered to the
republic in time of peril, have eaused to
be accepted with indulgent acquiescence
by many what would otherwise have been
regarded with abhorrence and indignation
by all.
In conclusion, let us also hope that, in
spite of the dangers that now beset us,
affairs may go well with the republic in
this most critical juncture of its history;
and that under the incoming administra
fcion of the General Government some
thing may be done for the morals of pub
lic life by the purification of the civil
service—this service needs a radical
cleansing; something for the prosperity
and integrity of trade by financial re
forms, and especially by retrenchment in
public expenditures, and by a resumption
of specie payments with all prudent haste,
and with no more cowardly delays of pre
paration ; something to allay the hateful
and hurtful frictions existing between
different sections of our common country
—these irritations exist without cause,
and are inflamed by bad men for the
most sordid party purposes; something
to restore to the people of the Southern
States their hereditary rights of self
government—they are confronted with a
terrible social and political problem from
within, the solution of which must be lef.
to intelligence and moral force, and not
to brute ignorance of Federal arms;
something in a word to honest govern
ment, the reign of constitutional law and
the peace and prosperity of the people.
I do not suppose that any government
can, by any function it exercises, make a
people prosperous or virtuous. This
must depend chiefly on the enterprise,
intelligence and morals of the people
themselves. It can, however, on the one
hand, hinder and embarrass; or on the
other, encourage aud give play to the
activities of trade and commerce, and bet.
ter, the morals of public administration.
The Great Conspiracy.
[From the Baltimore Gazette.]
We now know exactly what General
Grant meant when he said some time ago
that “We would have peace if we bad to
fight for it.” That is just precisely what
he wants. Civil discord is his thought by
day aud dream by night. A. peaceful so
lution of the Presidential question would
utterly destroy his ambitious hopes, and
consign him to merited obscurity. Against
such a consummation he and his pen-
s ; oned satellites are steadily setting their
faces. At a time when the true and hon
est men of all parties are counseling mod
eration and calmness; when the whole
count'y is startled and appalled at tho
commission of the greatest crime on
record; a Legislature known to be con
trolled by bis wily Minister of War, pro
poses to put the State of Pennsylvania
upon a war footing, and insolently flings a
cowardly menace in the face of the peace-
loving citizens of the republic. That this
wanton assault upon the peace of the na
tion was inspired directly by Grant and
Cameron there is not the slightest doubt.
As tLe great conspiracy nears the hour of
its completion the gnilty wretches en
gaged in this daring crime against the
rights and liberties of a free people be
come bolder and more defiant in their
insolence. They have never hesitated or
wavered in their wicked purpose to count
Hayes m by fraud and inaugurate him by
force, and they will unhesitatingly do
this in the full and positive knowledge
they all possess that Tilden was fairly and
honestly elected. The action of Grant
yesterday in recognizing the spurious
Packard government m only one step fur
ther in the infamous game he is playing,
and the only reason ot its being so long
delayed is tho hope that the time and
manner of doing it, after a shameless and
hollow pretence of neutrality, will pro
voke such open hostility as may justify
him in carrying out his darling project
to 4 -cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war”
is doubtful if history presents, on all
its blistered pages, a name that has clus
tered around it more crqelty, craft and
meanness than that of Grant. Utterly
insensible to the cries which spring from
the hearts of the suffering masses, he ha^
permitted every appeal of reason and
common sense to fall upon his ear like
waves upon the ;ock, only to be thrown
off without leaving the slighest impress
of their presence. Surrounded by his
miserable henchmen he has been deaf to
every call to duty Un,t has been sounded
in his presence by a perishing people.
In his name the right of suffrago
ha3 been destroyed, and tho ballot-
bex has been surrounded by brist
ling bayonet? to prevent a free and fair
expression of the people’s will. After an
election was held, and the popular voice
had decided by an overwhelming major
ity against Republican rule, he aided and
abetted a great conspiracy to defraud the
people of their choice and change the
known and positive result by fraud arid
force. But in the midst of the general
gloom and darkness which surround the
nation to-day, it is a joy to know and
feel assured that on the 4 th of March
next the tainted thing called Grantism
will pass away forever. On that day the
head and front of its effending will fall,
like Lucifer, “never to hope again.” In
after years, hated and despised by those
who were once ready to lov* aud honor
it, the name of Grant will L j merM
with bated breath and bring thejiec-
shame to generations yet uuboiotfon
-for Milt.
state oTfloIda:
Sale of the Jacksonville,
PENSACOLA
Mobile Railroad.
Public Works Of the Slate ” nnrJZJt ! 1 * he
186,1 “?a«i aVi'dltorythSfto
is provided tUat in case the .lacksonvlll!.^. i'
cof.andMopiIe h.il™,. Compn“°Si i.
W.'ltoerprincip* or intenat of the bonds £
sued the said company n„d„ ard bv virtie o(
toe Mid act, or any pjrt thereof, for twelve
months alter the Mine shall beconn i i, e
be lawinl for the uoveraoTS?h er
tote possession of the prope-ty and franchis ed
toe Mid company, and « U the Mmeit STb e
auction, after hvving first given ninety dav-' . \
lice by public advertisement “f or Nwri L
ot^toe United State.,*La for iototegX”
WuanEAs.tiie Mid Jacksonville, Pensacola and
Mobile Raiiroad Company has failed to pay the
interest due on its said bonds dor twelve mpnth.
after the same oecame due.
Now, therefore, I, MarcelluaL. Stearne Cover
nor of the btale of Klorida,in accordai.ee tritb the
said act have enter,-d upon a„ d taken poaresei™
of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Hal!
road, extending lrum Lake City to the Apalachi
cola nver, with its branches and all th- prone—7
thereto,“loShS
with all toe > ighla, fraoch'ees and powers thereto
belonging, and hereby give ; oblic notice that I
will cause the same to be sold at public auction
for lawful money of tbe Upitcd States, at toe
pjincipal office of the company, in the citv
of Tallahassee, Florida, on y
Monday, 2d Bay of April, A. D. 1877,
AT TWELVE O’CLOCK JI„
It being understood, and no’ice being hereby
given, that the naid road, property and franchises
will he sold subject to the vendor’s lien held by
the Board ot Trustees of the Internal Improve
ment Fund of the State of Florida, for the un
paid purchase money doe for said rood.
Given at Tallahassee, the Capita', this thirtieth
day ot December, A. D. 1ST«.
• , MARC&LLUS L. STEARNS,
janl-d&wtd ^ Governor.
STATE OF FLORIDA.
SALE
—OF THE—
Florida Central
RAILROAD.
W HEREAS, the Florida Central Railroad
Company has failed tor more than twelve
months to pay the interest due on the; bonds is-
«aed by said company in exchange for bo ds of
the State of Florida, under and by virtue of an
act of the Legislature of the State, entitled
“An Act to Perfect the Public Works of the
State,” approved June ‘24th, lsG9, and the several
acts amendatory thereol; and
Whereas, demand liaa been made by bona
fide holders of State bOLds bo exchanged upon the
Governor of the State for the enforcement of the
lien on said railroad.
Now, therefore, I, Marcellos L. Stearns, Gov
ernor of the Sta'e of Florida, under and by vir
tue of the authority vested in the Governor by
the said acts, have entered upon and taken pos
session of all and singular the railroad and prop
erty of the Florida Central Railroad Company,
lying between Lake City and Jacksonville, and
hereby give public notice that 1 will cause tho
tame to be sold at pub ic auction, for lawful
money of the United States, at the railroad depot
at Tallahassee, on
Monday, 2d Day of April, A. D. 1877,
AT TWELVE O’CLOCK M.
Given at Tallahassee this thirtieth day of De
cember, A. D. 1876.
MARCELLU8 L. STEARNS,
janl-d&wtd Governor.
Plantation for Sale.
J N Washington county, Georgia, en the waters
of Lamar and Buffalo Creeks, containing
twenty-three hundred and forty-two acres of pine
and hickory lands, in complete state of cultiva
tion; nine mile* from No. 13 and six miles from
No. 14, Central Railroad, and eight miles from
Sandersville. This plantation can bj easily di
vided into six smaller tracts, as there are dw< 11-
ings and outhouses on each of them. The public
road lrom Milledgeville to No. 13 runs through
the centre of the plantation. For particulars,
enquire of the undersigned, on the plantation, or
of Messrs. M. NEWMAN & SON, at Sauders-
ville, Georgia,
janlS-Th,S&Tu,3t WM. G. ROBSON.
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—AT THE—J
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