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for work left at Mr. John Ragland’s, A. Lehman’s, or the
Post Office, will meet with prompt attention. mr’J'-tt
ALBERT LEHMAN,
WATCH-MAKER AND JEWELER,
La Grange,.
NEW JEWELRY.
fUST rocelvod a large stock of
e ^K)LD AND SILVER WATCHES,
tionr
thlrATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all sorts aud sizns.)
JeWFXRY, (of the very latest styles,)
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (very boat quality,)
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SPECTACLES and SPECTACLE OASES, (of all kinds,
“Now Is the Time to Sow Turnips.**
' TONS WILCOX, OIBB8 A CO.’S MANIPULATED
) QUANO, just recoived and tor sale by
augO
Land Plaster, die.
I WILL furnish, at LaGrango Depot, by tho ton or oar
load. GROUND LAND PLASTER, or Gypsum, as
good aa the best,
In sacks (per ton) at. $22 00
. In Bbls. (per ton) ot 2100
LaGrange. Nov.13.—tf A. E. COX, Agent.
T) *ing iedtme in the beat inannor at the
^ “ BIJl’ORTER OFFICE.
Speech of Rev. C. W. Howard,
DELIVERED BEFORE THE PRESS EXCURSION.
[Whilo the Truss Excursion was moving up
tho Coosa rivor in tho steamor Etowah, on tho
evoning of Saturday, tho 28th of August lust,
a meeting was held to dotermino whether tho
Press would terminate tho excursion with that
trip or extend it further by going down tho Sel
ma, Romo and Dalton Railroad, on the Monday
following. With great unanimity, all of tho
Press, except few whoso business compelled
thorn to leavo, although very much wearied
with tho heat and tho fatiguing excursion to
Round Mountain and tho Cornwall Iron Works,
determined to adlicro to tho original pro
gramme and go down tho road. After disposing
of this business, Col. Hulbort addressed tho
meeting upon tho condition, prospects and
dangers of tho State Railroad. The important
facts of this speech will shortly |be laid before
the public in a letter. Following Col. Ilulbcrt,
Rev. C. W. Howard was called upon, and de
livered tho following very beautiful aud inter
esting speech, which was reported stonographi-
cally by Rev. L. M. Loo, of tho Methodist Chris
tian Advocate, and is copied from that paper.]
This is an unusual spectacle, and a most in
teresting one. I doubt whether tho liko was
ever seen before, and I believe it is tho promise
of better things for our Stato.
I have heard with surprise and indignation
tho charge against tho press of the South, of
venality a eharge that I can but think so un
just that it could not be excused by a “demi
john of whisky."
This occasion demonstrates tho power of the
press, and there is wisdom displayed in the use
that is made of that power by our Superinten
dent, Col. Hulbert. The-press does not only
convey, but it creates public opinion; it informs
and controls public opinion; and the wisdom
displayed in bringing together tho members of
the press on this occasion is but a part of that
admirablo policy pursued by tho present Super
intendent of our State Road. I would say frank
ly to you, as an old Georgian, without any refer
ence to partisanship, that I think the State of
Georgia eminently fortunate in securing the
services of so wise, able and patriotic a public
officer. It is a part of the policy of tho Super
intendent to secure tho press to aid in develop
ing the interests of the State. Now, how can
lie press second these efforts ?
Tn brief, I would say First, put at rost the
political occasion for misrepresentation; work
together for this end. There is a strong aualogy
between our social and material world.
In domestic life you have seen the delicato,
tender woman, the loving wife. You have soon
Unit husband overcome by misfortune, and
broken down by adversity; but this frail, tender
loving woman steals her arm around that hus
band, and by her gentle guiding, and the power
of her undying love, imparts a strength that
brings him out ot disaster, and enables him to
achieve a victory out of defeat that seemed irre-
\Ve may have this realized among us in the
building up of tho interests of our wasted
homes. Almighty God, when ho designs to
accomplish great results, does not come in the
tempest or in the earthquake. lie does not
.•oino iu tho lightning or in the thuudenngs of
Mis power; but he speaks to the soul in the
still small voice. He has so spoken to us. He
has given to us in the fibre oi tho cotton plant
ihc most tender, delicate gossamer -that which
lias supplied wings to our commerce, enabled
the toil, r to have light in his dwelling, and oil
for his machinery, and that which has wielded
the greatest influence of all things that grow
from our soil.
Our country—our own State, supplies from
its plains op one side, the cotton, and from its
mountains on the other side, the iron; and here,
gentlemen, are the two that must be wedded—
the man and hia wife. We are one. What
God hath joined together let no man put usun-
der.
Tho press can do much to allay tho troubles
of tho present, and by diffusing information
concerning the mineral resources which are now
almost unknown, aid in building up tho best in
terests of the State.
There are many gentlemen here whose lot has
not been east among the mountains, and who,
till now, have not been familiar with the vast
mineral wealth of this region, aud could not ex
tend the. information needed.
In order, therefore, to be explicit on this oc
casion, necompauv me as we visit these mineral
regions of North Georgia.
When you cross the Etowah river, you strike
the limestone belt. There arc no limestone de- ■
posits south of this river: but no more lime
stone is found in an acre of tho soil of this re
gion than in that of any other. The most deli
cate chemical analysis of the soil from Pennsyl
vania to Texas reveals the same fact.
Leaving the Etowah bridge, ou the road to
Cooper’s Iron Works, you find the fall of the
water eighty feet, affording abundant power «
every live, miles for all purposes.
On the right of the road from Oartersville are
the richest- deposits for iron ore in tho country.
Before the war there were five furnaces on this
line of road; there are now but two, partly
owned by the brother of Ex-Govcruor Curtin of
Pennsylvania.
Maganese is also found along 'his bolt of
country. Much has been shipped to Baltimore
and from thence to Europo.
Wo also find in this region every variety of
marble, not of second quality, but of white, or
statuary marble, excellent and abundant. But
all of these deposits are at present unprofitable,
because too far from the railroad.
Allum-slato is also found here iu so large a
body that in walking I have gathered several
pounds from the surface.
To tho left of Cartcravillo is found a large
body of minerals, which, when tho Van Wert
Railroad is completed will find a market.
What we like to develop these mines is money
We are all as poor as church rats.
Kingston is but a small town,* yet the mills
near bring 16,000 pounds of flour daily to the
market. Five steam mills turn out an immense
quantity of lumber which is shipped to tho
North and the Tennessee valley. In July 18G8,
I learned, by personal examination of the
books of tho Stato lload, that there were re
ceived 8,000 fent of lumber per month, and this
year 25,000 feet are received —an increase of
17,000 in one year.
We como now to the Rome Railroad, and let
me here say that for beautiful farming lands,
no twenty miles in tho country surpasses it, and
when we come to Rome, where we have been so
handsomely entertained, wo find a city with
advantages unsurpassed. Mr. Nichols, in his
Mendacious Romance, (of Sherman’s March to
the Sea.) told one truth when he said that Rome
had no rival except New Haven.
Down the road from Rome to Southwest Geor
gia, which trip we are to make, you will find in
dications in coal and iron, of tho inexhaustible
resources of the State.
The Legislature ought to make an appropria
tion for improving tho navigation of the river,
deepening the channel at the shoals. No money
could bo more wisely expended, as to bring us
in the range of mountains, whore for forty miles
the coal lies buried along their baao, iron in
abundance, and slato deposits of great value.
Another subject: I have visited the petroleum
region of Pennsylvania, and can say from In
dian Creek, twelve miles to Coosaville, there are
surface indications of oil regions that surpass
any in Pennsylvania, aud will prove more valua
ble. I might go on to point out other matters
of interest; but have indicated enough to satisfy
you that the half has not been told. I beg of
you to give information to the people, and one
thing more I would add. Counsel our young
men to put aside the idea that labor is a ro-
proach. L t them put their hands to work and
aid in developing the resources of the country.
There was a time when oratory might lead to
advancement; but oratory and eloquence have
“played out.’ A smart committee appointed to
do the business of a convention will have all the
points made; and tho work “cut and dried" be
fore your orator makes his points plain to the
people.
It is practical men that areneeded. Wo want
educated mechanics; we want educated machin
ists, we want educated surveyors, civil engi
neers and miners. The idea that any occupation
is to be discouraged, or that labor is dishonorable,
the better qeuse of (the community is very fast
exploding,
Look at one of these young men who is man
aging the enterests of a coal mine and oxploring
its recesses,, and compare him with the young
lawyor in his piazza sunning himself in his idle
ness and whittling sticks for employment, and
tell me which of these pictnros »you prefer. We
need young men who can build nip the interests
of the States. Georgia has sufforu severely, and
is yet in tho mire ; but if wo take a long pull,
a strong pull, and a pull all together, wo will
take her out. No doubt there will bo difficulties
in the way. Tho steps wo are to take are not
on marble hewn -they are rough; but they are
steps tha(|will lead us to prosperity.(fl’he work is
not impossible. We havo no Alps to put on Alps,
no OH«a on Pelion; but a straigth, plain work,
and Georgia, struggling, wrest ling, panting, yet
ever rising, will como out all rignt. Our com
mon mother is now in tho dust, sick vory sick.
We look upon her emaciated form; blither pallid
cheeks 'shall regain their wonted blush; her
lustreless eye shall be lighted up and revived;
rehabilitated she shall vault again among her
sister States, and take her proud place iu the
inarch of pogreBS.
From the Romo Courier.]
Bill Arp** on (lie Press Excursion.
Mr. TTmry W. Grady:
My Dear Young Friend—Yon ask me what I
think of the Frees Excursion. As an old man
full of years and full of honors (sich as they are)
I will «ay that, taking tho whole concorn into
consideration, from Bullock and Runs Wright
down; and np, to Hulbert and Fitch, I will say
that I have been seriously considerin whether
the excursion were a suckcoss or not. Some
of the editors say they wero sucked in. I sup
pose there was some suckers along, and some
sucking done, but I do not think that kept it
from being R suckcoss.
Now, Mr) Grady, I liko editors—they are a
respcctablo family of poople, and I suppose
can’t bo bonglifc—for a less price than other
folks—everybody has his price, and so has edi
tors, I suppose. I don’t know what is the prioo
of editors, but I do know they are frequently
bought. I noticed that soon after they had
visited our high mountains there was some
tradin done. Home organs sell pretty high, and
some loss, according to music, and it is amusing
to see them change their bass. Now, I'm in for
all tho fun that can bo enjoyed, and after a poor
editor has wore out his brains and his body a ly-
in on one sido I think its good for his constitu-
tion"to turn over and lie on tho other.
But this is ull furren to tho subject. The ques
tion is were tho Excursion a suckcoss V I was
th inkin that editors had thines most tu much
tholr own way, but I dont see really how it cun
be helped. They are their own Judges and ju
ries, and nobody else can say a word*agin cm.—
Nobody else has got a paper, aud if any body
else wanted to critisize or abu«e cm, it would bo
a little too late to got it in. I’vo got nothin spe
cial agin editors, only this: they all stand up tu
one another, and can abuse every body, and no-
1ms a chime to fight back. There aiut but one
thing that makes om mad with one another, and
that is for one feller to git more pap or daddy
than tho rest git. Then the fur flies, and hides
are put on a polo. The whole unfortunate con
cern gits mad, and they remind one of a pig run
ning off with a year of corn, and all the litter
squealing after him. Editors Kay it is high
principle actuatiu ’em, but a eloso obsever says,
they are mad because the fortunate individual
sold out for a less price than they had beeu
oskin.
But to go back to ihe main point—were tho
Excursion a suckcess? If that is the question,
what constitutes suckcess? Why to carry one
pint. Well, I might say sarkastically, that tho
excursion done that and a half pint over. But
seriously, if having a good time at other people’s
expenses is a suckcess, then they had it, and
they enjoyed it. and wo all enjoyed it, and have
been feelin good about it ever siune. We look
back at it as a green Oasis, aud havo nothing to
regret about it, only that they didn’t stay longer.
I like editors, and lmvo only made the foregoing
caustic remarks out of deference to the public,
who like slander. You needn’t talk to me about
tho Atlanta Slander Mill. I’ve watched human
natur for several years, and ray opinion is that
every man has got a small slander mill in his own
bosom. Slander is as necessary to good moral
health as turnip greens in the spring of tho year.
Its right hard t ' live without it, aud my opin
ion is that it does more good than harm. I al
ways feel kinder toward a man after I have
abused him. It sorter restores the cquallibri-
But the question is, were the Excursion a
suckcess ? Fitch says it was, and Fitch ought
to know, for wlmt lie didu’t see, and hear of,
didn’t belong to the concern. Fitch developed
as he went along. He drew his pints from his
tory and Galileo, and St. Paul, and Gasldll, and
ct cetcras. He says he wasn’t demoralized or
contaminated by Bullock, or Hulbert, or Glas
cock, or Hancock, or any other—roosier. Fitch
is an honest editor—I don’t know wliat his
price is, but I’ll bet bo don’t ask as little as
some folks who put on more pretensions. ►Sev
eral of etn don’t seem to know how io write
about it. After gittin all the good of it, they
say well, wo—had a—very -good—time—aud
—but—aud Bullock and Hulbert-they—will,
etc., and so forth. Willingham enjoyed it, and
so did Fitch, and they talk out of school.—
Fitch says there aint but two honest editors in
Georgia —one of "whom he is which, and mod
esty forbids him to name tho other. There is a
heap of competition for the other—and I don’t
know who’ll get it, but I rather supposed it
would be betweeu Whittaker’s front and Dr.
Bards rear.
But, the question is, were the Excursion a
sucksess? One thing is certain, I'm in favor of
bavin cm once a year, just for tho fun of the
thing. It was a glorious occasion, and done
the editors good. The trouble with editors is
that they can see other people’s faults, but they
can’t see their own. Nobody ever writes about
cm—every ono praises tho other’s papers, They
even say they are gratified that you, Mr. Henry,
have tied your time and talents to such an able
sheet as Mr. Dwinnoll's! Great spoons! Good
Hakes ! as Colonel Akin would say. But I shan’t
make any inuendocs. I’ll refer the matter to
Fitch. Editors can write as fool things as any
body, but nobo.ly dare tell om of it. The rea
son is nobody have got a paper to fight back in.
Iv’o thought I would buy a paper, but then if I
did I suppoBO I would jine the fraternity and
staud up to my crowd.
But, the question is, was the Excursion a
suckHOss? Hulbert Bays it was, and Hulbert is
a man of parts. I might say he was a whale,
and that tho Press was Jonah —but I won’t make
such painful ulluBiond—nevertheless, Hulbert
was a sucksess —that’s certain. He got the ed
itors iu tho cautious shite. They whispered,
“ cat in the meal tub," and he hollered ill a
great big, double bass voico, “IRON.” They
said, there’s politicks iu all this, and ho shout
ed, ‘* coal — anthracite — hematite — marble —
gold,’’ and they hushed, aud went along as
gently as a drove of hogs follerin a leaky corn
wagon. I tell you Hulbert had a devil of a timo
of it, for there wero a few barrows along who
wore hard to tole, but ho tolled em. He did
certain, and they eat liis corn, aud it was good,
sound corn, and it fattened em, and they ought-
eut io be ashamed of it. I don’t think there
lias been any damage done to these editors.
They’ve had a good, jolly time, and it will
make em live longe. If there’s anything wrong
about it, it is owiu to the fact that editors are
so poor generally that when anything is offered
to em gratis, they go in, whether it comes from
St. Paul or the Devil. Most of them are iu the
condi ion of my friend Underwood, who said
he was ready to die in the name of the Lord—
for he was even with tho world—that is, ho
owed about as many as ho didn’t owe, and had
nothing to pay it with.
But the mam question is, wero tho Excursion
a sucksess ?
Yours, truly, BILL ARP.
P. S. It wiih not mo that said our Rome pa
pers contained about as much information as
two last year’s jay. bird’s nests. I would not
have thought of such a thing. The remark was
made by my friend Big John. B. A.
Impure Water.—Few persons are aware of
the deleterious effects of impure water, or how
prone water is to imbibe the impurities of the
air. Many think that if the water is clear and
odd it must be perfectly pure, though it has
stood in a close bed-room for twenty-four hours;
but this is far from true. If a pitcher of water
is sot iu a room'for only a low hours, it will ab
sorb nearly all the respired and perspired gasos
iu the room, the air of which will have become
purer, but tpe water utterly filthy. The colder
tho water is, the greater the capacity to con
tain these mMa. At ordinary temperatures a
pail of water con contain a great amount of
amonia and oatponio aoid gas; and its capacity
to absorb these gases ifl nearly doubled by re
ducing tho water' to the temperature of ice.—
This plainly sljOWB that water kept in a room
over night is totally unfit for drinking purposes,
and should nit be used to gargle in the throat;
also that a lajpge pail of water standing in a
ip to purify the atmosphere, but
ra away the next morning. It
that the reason that the water
lid always be pumped out in
ire any of it is used.— Hall's
paint as fiddlers do rosin^-to
ing a beaq.
From tho Ncwnan Ilorald.]
On Board Train, )
Selma, Rome A: Dalton It. It., r
August 31st, 1869. )
liev. C. IF) Howard:—Bir —Wo tho undersign
ed citizens of Newnau and Coweta county re
spectfully solicit your views, for publication, on
tuc advantages and practicability of builuiiig a
railroad from Kingston via Newnau to Colum
bus, Ga. Very respectfully,
J. 0. Wootten,
E. P. Birch,
W. A. Turner,
W. C. Smith.
Kinobton, September 2, 1869.
To Messrs. Wootten, Birch, Turner and Smith:
Gentlemen:—I avail myself of the first op
portunity alter reaching home from our excur
sion to reply to your letter of inquiry.
Tho distance by the present route of travel
from Kingston tq Columbus is about 203 miles.
The distance between the two places in a straight
lino is not more than 110 miles, a difference of
more tlmu 90 miles. This difference is enor
mous, and if it oan bo overcome will vastly
cheapen tho cost of the staples of life to Col
umbus and intermediate places. It would Rave
the excessive freight charges which now arise
from want of competition from the necossiiy of
using several different linc*s of road. By a di
rect road (the route from Kingston through Van
NVert and Newnan to Columbus is uonrly direct)
tho cost of iron, coal, lime, bacon, com, Ac.,
would be greatly roducod.
If you will look at the map you will find that
Kingston, Van Wert, Newnan, Columbus, 8t.
Marks, and the west end of Cuba arc nearly on
the same meridian of longitude. An air line
from Kingston to St. Marks is shorter than an
air line from that point to either Charleston,
Savannah, or Brunswick. The distance by the
present routes of travel from Kingston to
Charleston is 362 miles. From Kingston to .Sa
vannah is 356 miles. From Kingston to St.
Marks via Columbus within 300 miles—a dis
tance of 50 to GO miles, iu favor of tho route
from Kingston to St. Marks over tho shortest of
tho other routes. This line therefore is the
shortest distance, and the most direct route
from Cincinnati to Salt Water. The harbor of
St. Marks is, I understand, quite sufficient for
the West India trade.
If the proposed railroad from Columbus to
St. Marks be completed and continued in tho
other direction through to Kingston, the great
bulk of the Western products, destined for Cuba
aud Central America, woujd pass over it. King
ston is selected as tho initial point, because at
this place the State Road deflects sharply to tho
East, which would throw any point below this
out of line.
As to the practicability of the proposed route,
I have no other than general knowledge.—
Twenty-three miles of it, that is from Kingston
to Van Wert, I know to bo easy. I have been
informed that the routo from Van Wert to Col
umbus has only one serious obstacle, the Pino
Mountain, but that this can be surmounted
without too great expense.
Should tho project of a railroad from Kingston
to Columbus be seriously entertained I would
respectfully suggest an immediate correspond
ence with the authorities of the Oartersville A
Van Wert Railroad urging them to pause in the I
prosecution of their work with a view to co-op- '
orate with tlio proposed road, and to an altera
tion of their charter, making Kingston, instead
of Oartersville, the terminus of their road.—
This change would place their road directly in
line, and enable them to receive and transport
without transfer ou tho State Road the immense
ly valuable products which are now transported
by tho Rome Railroad, furnished to it by the
Coosa rivor, and the Selma Railroad. The au
thorities of tho Van Wort A Oartersville Rail
road will lmrdly be insensible to tho great ad
vantage of making that road part of a great na
tional thoroughfare. Should such a junction be
effected, .lien the only distance from Van Wert
to Columbus would have to be built, a distance
of loss than 100 miles.
Besides tho advantage of the proposed road to
the section through which it passes, it would
employ our State Road for a distance of 80 miles,
protoct it against formidable competition East
and West of it and give an immense carrying
trade to Georgia—a trade which will be lost un
less immediate and strong counteracting eflortH
ar0 made. Very respectfully,
C. W. Howard.
From tho Columbus Enquirer.]
Railroad Matters.—We aro glad to see, from
tho proceedings of a meeting published to-day,
that the people of Harris county have not given
up tho project of a railroad to connect this city,
through their county, with the roads from tho
North. Wo do not regard their enterprise as
conflicting with the projected railroad from Col
umbus to West Point. It looks for support
from a different section ol country, and one that
is certainly able to build such a road—ono whose
commerce greatly needs the facilities that such a
road would afford.
The road would bo of great advantage to Col
umbus in straightening and shortening our con
nection with the Western A Atlantic Railroad
and its connecting roads. It would bring near
er and cheaper to us the grain and bacon of the
West and the vauablo u minerals of upper Geor
gia-
In this connection, wo take occasion to bring
to the notice of our citizens a somewhat differ
ent railroad route, which Rev. C. W. Howard,
of Kingston, requested us to call their attention
to, during the late Press excursion. He said
that it was attracting some interest among the
people in this part of tho Stato, and that it
would be the shortest connection that Columbus
could make with the up-country. The proposi
tion is to build a straight railroad from Colum
bus to Kiugston, via Lft Grange and Van Wert.
Mr. Howard says that the distance from Colum
bus to Kingston by this route cannot ho more
tlmu 110 or 115 miles; that the people of Van
Wort would consent to change the location of
their proposed railroad to Cartersville, so as to
run to Kingston instead, if the road could get
material assistance from this end of tho line. —
At Van Wert it would reach tho nearest valuable
mineral region, and at Kingston would connect
with roads from the North and from other great
mineral regions.
If this road could be built, Columbus would
be considerably neaYer than either Macon or
Montgomery, both to the Western produce mar
kets and to the mineral regions that it is so de
sirable to reach. Bhe would have tho very
shortest possible connection with tho Western
cities with which she already trades so largely,
and with the regions whose minerals are ho es
sential to the prosperity of many of her impor
tant interests.
From tho Columbus Sun.]
Kinobton and Columbus Railroad.—Wo pub
lish in to-day’s issue, a letter from Rev. O. W.
Howard, addressed to a number of gentlemen at
Newnan, respecting a railroad from Kiugston,
on tho State Road, to this city, via Newnan, and
Hamilton. Such a road would add greatly to
the convenience aud development of the coun
try through which it would pass. On examina
tion of the map we find it will make little, if
any, difference, in distance between tho two
starting points, whether it passes by Newnau or
La Grange. If by La Grange, the direction
from that point to Kingston, would have to vary
very little lrom an air line, to pass by the Court
House towns of Heard and Carroll; and from
thence to Kingston, it would pass about the di
viding lines of Haralson, Paulding and Polk,
the former and latter now cut off from railroad
communication. If it takes Newnan in its
routo, it will leave the countios of Heard, Car-
roll, Haralson and Polk considerably to the
West, and pass through Oaunibelland Paulding.
Campbell is near tho West Poiut and Atlanta
road, and Paulding near the State road. This
being the case the greatest amount of help can
be expected from tho La Grange route. What
will be the disposition of Columbus to assist the
enterprise, is a matter for the future. ^ They are
now wrangling over a proposition to aid a road
from this city to the navigable waters of the
West—a road worth to her commercial and in
dustrial interests, ten times more than the ono
to Kingston.
The Kingston and Columbus road, os stated by
Mr. Howard, would form a link now needed,
in a short possago from Chattannooga, (the ter-
minous of the Cincinnati road) to St. Marks, on
the Florida Gulf Cost.
Taking for granted the distance stated by Mr.
Howard, from Kingston to this city is correct,
the distance from Kingston to St. Marks iB about
as stated by him.
We favor all projects for roadB leading to this
city, and especially when they promise to in
crease our commerce. The road proposed to
Kingston, especially if it takes La Grange in its
route, will add considerably to our commeroe,
by restoring to Columbus trade lost to her by
tho folly of ncr people in days past.
Attobney-Genf.ral’h Office, )
August 28, 1869. f
7b Hon. John A. Rawlins, Secretary of War:
8ir -I have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter of July 27th, 18G9, in which
you request my opinion “ upon so much of the
questions submitted in tho letter of the Com-
nmnding-Genornl of tho First Military District,
dated the 10th instant, and accompanying papers,
copies of which are enclosed, as refers to the legal
qualification ol officers to he elected under the
proposed Constitution of tho State of Virginia,"
ami especially upon the question “ whether per
sons elected to office in such State, under said
Constitution are required by the Supplemental
Reconstruction act of July 19th, 18C7, to take
and subscribe to the oath proscribed or referred
to in Section IX of said Act, before entering
upon the duties of their respective offices."
Tlio latter question is tho only one indicated
with such distinctness as to enable me to be
fully satisfied that its purport is apprehended,
and I therefore confine my answer to that.
By the statute of April 10th, 18G9, tho regis
tered voters of Virginia were authorized to vote
on tho question of tho adoption of ft C onstitu-
tion for the State, and at tho same time to elect
officers under it, subject to the approval of Con
gress. The vote has been taken in pursuance
of the provisions of the Act, and the election
held, and some parts of the Constitution sub
mitted have boon adopted by the people, and
others rejected.
The parts of tho proposed Constitution thus
adopted, if they shall be approved by Congress,
will be the Constitution of Virginia, under which
all its officers will bo required to act, and the
qualification as well as tuc duties of those offi
cers, will be determined by it. When Virginia
is restored to its proper relations to the country
as a State of the Union, i*.s officers and Legisla
ture will be such as tho Constitution of the
Stato provides—deriving their powers from that
instrument—and it will clearly not be in the
power of Congress to impose any requirement of
additional qualifications upon them, different
from those which, under the Constitution of tho
United States, may be required in all the States.
If, therefore, any tests were to be imposed upon
the members of the Legislature not provided
by the Constitution of Virginia, or any restric
tion imposed upon the poople of tho State in
their choice of officers, uot recognized by it, and
not made applicable under the legitimate pow
ers of Congress to all the States, the Legislature
and officers would not, iu my opinion, be the
Legislature and officers of Virginia, under its
Constitution. I do not see that Congress can
undertake to furnish the State with a suitable
Legislature to start with, or to exercise any con
trol over its composition which could not be ex
ercised over subsequent Legislatures. I am,
therefore, of opinion that tho oath prescribed
by the statute of 1862, and by tho statute of
July 19, 1867, chapter 30th, section 9, required
to be taken by all persons “ elected or appoint
ed to office in said military District, u der any
so-called State or municipal authority," is not to
be required of the officers of the State of Vir
ginia or members of the Legislature elected un
der its new Constitution.
It docs not seem to me that the provisions of
this ninth section, which aro applicable to tho
Government of the State, under military authori
ty, were iuteu led to apply to the Legislature and
officers under whom the State is to be restored
to its proper relations to the Union, and by
whom the government of the State is to be ad
ministered after its restoration. This opinion is
stronglv confirmed by a reference to the second
section of the same Act, which authorizes the
Commander of any District named in tho Act “to
suspend or remove from office or from the per
formance of official duties, and the exercise of
official powers any officer or person holding or
exercising, or professing to hold or exercise any
civil or military office on duty in said District,
under any power, election, appointment or au
thority, derived from, or granted by, or claimed
under, any so-called State, or the Government
theroof," and to detail ft competent officer or
soldier of the army to perform such duties. It
would bo impossible to suppose that Congress
could intend that a Legislature, under the Con
stitution of a State, could have its members ap
pointed by a detail from soldiers of tho army.—
The only reasonable conclusion seems to me to
be that it was not intended that any such Legis
lature should be allowed to exist and act until
reconstruction was completed, except for the
limited and qualified purposes requisite to re
construction.
But, on the other hand, I fully concur with
tho view of tho General commanding in Vir
ginia, that under the Reconstruction Acts of Con
gress no officer or legislature is competent, or
should be permitted to exercise any of the func
tions or power of his office within that State
exeopt so far as those Acts themselves provide,
without taking the oath which is referred to in
the Statute of 1867, above quoted. The Act of
April 10th, 1869, requires the Legisture to meet
at a time which it designates. That it is to meet,
implies that it is to come together for some pur
pose. It is required under the previous law to
act upon the question of adopting the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States before the admission of the State to rep
resentation in Congress. I am of the opinion,
therefore, that it may come together, organize,
and act upon that amendment; but that until
Congress shall have approved the Constitution
and the action under it, and shall have restored
tho State to its proper place in the Union, by re
cognizing its form of Government as Republican,
anil admitting it to representation, the Legisla
ture is not entitled, and could uot, without viola
tion of law, be allowed to transact the business,
pass any Act or resolve, or undertake to assume
any other function of a Legislature, if the test-
oath has not been required of its members; and
that no officer elected under the new Constitu
tion can enter upon the duties of his office,
without taking the oath, while Military Govern
ment continues.
Very respectfully,
[Signed] E. R. HOAR, Attorney-General.
A true copy:
[Sigued] E. D. Townsend. Adujant-General.
Adjutant-General's Office, Sept. 3, 1869.
Lay a Faintino Person Down. —It is surpris
ing how eagerly every body rushes at a fainting
person and strives to raise him up, and especial
ly to keep the head erect. There must be an
instinctive apprehension that if a fainting or
other fit fall into a recumbent position death is
more imminent. I must have driven a mile to
day whilo a lady fainting, was held upright. I
found her pulseless, white and apparently dying
and I believe if I had delayed ten minutes long
er ttiat she would really have died. I laid her
head down on a lower level than her body, and
immediately color return d to her lips and
checks, ana B ho became conscious. To the
group of friends I said: “Always remember
thiH fact—namely: fainting is caused by a wan#
of blood in the brain; the heart ceases to aot
with sufficient force to send the usual amount
of blood to the brain, and hence the person loses
consciousness because the function of the brain
ceases. Restore the blood to the brain, and in
stantly the person recovers. Now, though the
blood is propelled to all parts of the body by the
action of tho heart, yet it is still under the in
fluence of tho lawB of gravitation. In the erect
position, the blood ascends to the head against
gravitation, and the supply to the brain is di
minished, as oompared with the recumbent po
sition, the heart’s pulsation being oqual. If,
then, you place a person in a sitting position
whoso heart has nearly ceased to beat, his brain
will fail to receive blood, while if you lay down,
with the head lower than the heart, blood will
run into the brain by the mere force of gravity
and, in faiuting, in sufficient quantity to restore
consciousness. Indeed, nature teaches us how
to manage fainting persons, for they always fall,
and frequently aro at ouce restored by the re
cumbent position into which they aro thrown.—
An Eminent Physician in Hearth tfc Home.
Greenbacks Cannot be Taxed.—Samuel W.
Maurice, Esq,, of Williamsburg county, writes
to the Kingstree Star:
Having been engaged for some time past in
endeavoring to ascertain whether the Supreme
Court of the United States has over decided
that the national currency, known as “Green
backs,” could not be taxod by States authority,
I am now prepared to report, for the informa
tion of all whom it conooms, that such is the faot.
The decision is frilly reported in tlio oase of the
Bank vs. the supervisors of New York, 7th Wal
lace’s Reports, page 26. It therefbre follows
that the reoent Act of the Legislature of South
Carolina whioh attempts to tax greenbacks, like
any other property, is ^constitutional and
should not do enforced.
The Conservatives of Savannah have nominat
ed Col. John Soreven as their candidate for Mayor
at the approaching election. The Republican
thinks the nomination will be so acceptable that
«fh Lomim nrmnRitinn will be made.
Atlanta • Advertisements.
FRIEDMAN c*3 LOVJ3M A‘J,
JOBBERS AND DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, &C.,
WHITEHALL STREET, THREE DOORS FROM ALABAMA STREET,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
ALSO, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
ItXBBOYM. BUTTO JV*§» A'.1T It 'DIt'CMl
August 20-34~2sde3m
WOBDBE3 80X,ICITBD.-»
J. M. it J. C. ALEXANDER,
DEALUU tn
h jm. n ■mv /* *«■ xc »
IRON, NAILS, STEEL,
C—m 1 !. ACMteAAlMl.
B0LTIHG CLOTHS, 1QHINQ IMPLEMENTS,
Wliltrlmll Struct, - Atlanta, Georgia.
AagUHt 20-.A4-a.-3in
ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS!
WN. GRAY, Prop’r, S. R. OATMAJf, Ag’t,
DEALCRfi IN
A-morican and Foreign Marble,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS,
Mantles, Statuary, Urn* and Vases,
nr DESIGNS FURNISHED, for those purchasing of us,
fret of charge!
MODELING, luclay or plaster, and other vmamcntul
work*.
anr All orders faithfully executed and promptly filled.
49-QFFICE AND YARD—Opposite Georgia R R. Depot,
Atlanta, Oft.
n n m m
>et!6-tf
. ALEXANDER EUGEXZIXGER,
(Hunter 8treet, near Whitehall,)
Atlanta, Georgia,
Y XTOULD respectfully inform his old friendB In LaGrange
\\ and surrounding couutry that he 1b prepared to fill
all orders for
FURNITURE, UPHOLSTERING,
MATTRASSE8 AND BEDDINO,
DECORATIONS,
WINDOW CURTAINS,
Ac., Ac,, Ac.
ay All orders carefully and promptly attended to, on
CLOTHING at WHOLESALE.
R. P. 8. KIM3RO Su CO.,
Decatur Street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
RKADV• MADE CIjOTHTNOr
EVER OFFERED IN THIS CITY, AND PROPOSE DOING
A Wholesale Jobbing Business.
Having associated ourselves with one of the largest
Manufacturing Houses of Philadelphia, wo are enabled to
Bell goods as low us any U rns in t'uc country, uud re-
spectfully Invite you i» call and examine our stock, as wo
mean wlmt we say in regard to low prices.
We will keep constantly on hand u full stock of Clothing
and Furnishing Ono Is for Men’s Wei
Do uot fail to call aud exau '
your purchases, ur wo bollevi
terost to buy your goods of x
*0°» E ‘
th*
t reasonable terms.
oct!6-
IM. O. MARKHAM,
BOOT* JBLmm MXEOEII,
LEATHER, CALF SKINS, SHOE FINDINGS. &c..
Empire 13 look, Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Avlgust 20-34-3s-3m•
NEADOll 6i BROTHERS,
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MANUFACTURERS OF CIGARS,
Whitehall 8treet,
j. t. MEADon,) Atlanta, Georgia.
H. J. MEADOR, J
j. j. mkadou. ) August 20-84-3s-3m
W. C. BIBB,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Broad Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
HAS taken the FIRE-PROOF WARE- YTT^N
HOUSE of the Georgia Loan and Trust hMnlC
Company, and respectfully solicits the
patronage of the public. LIBERAL CASH AD
VANCES will be made on
COTTON, TOBACCO, CRAIN, FLOUR,
GENERAL AUCTION, EVERY FRIDAY,
Grain, Bacon, Flot&r, Dry Good*, Ac.,
Which may be consigned.
CHASTAIN & FOX.,
WHOLEIO.LE AMD RETAIL
DEALERS,
No. 4 Granite Block, Broad Street,
Atlanta, Georgia
We are selling all our goods at REDUCED PRICES, and
offer special inducements to dealers. Having bought our
goods for CASH, we
CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD l
A Urge lot of
Musqnlto Nett* at New York Prices,
CHAIRS IN GEORGIA,
AT FACTORY PRICES, FREIGHT ADDED.
August 2Q-34-4s-3m
H. SHOOK. W14. A. I. ROWDXAU.
P. H. SNOOK a CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
2
DEOATUU STREET,
Atlanta, Georgia.
E have In
meat of
PARLOR Ac BED-ROOM FURWITUR*
IN THE STATE, AND AT REASONABLE PRICKS.
Parties in need of FURNITURE would do well to exam
ine our stook before purchasing, m we ere eettofled we
UNDERSELL ANY HOUSE IN GEORGIA.
49- SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO DEALERS.
We keep on hand, and are constantly receiving from
the beat manufactories, a LARGE and COMPLETE STOCK,
JL» I t TfcT CW O O JLP m m
NOTIONS, HOSIERY,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, &C.*
Deoatur A Pryor Sts., ATLANTA, GA.
FTER a trial of three years,
e fully convinced
A F
that the Dry Goods JOBBING business c
cessfully conducted in Atlanta, uud accordingly have pre
pared lor the Wholesale Trade exclusively, by the erec
tion ol ularge, commodious, aud splendid hTultL HOUSE,
specially adapted to thut business, and which in architec
tural attraction uud eomcineuco will compare favorably
with the best establishments of Northern Cities.
We are now engaged iu getting up Stock for the Fall
Trade, and by tho lnt September will be able to offer to
Merchants the largest and best assortment of
(In Its various lines,)
FANCY N0TI0N3, WHITE GOODS, HOSrEBY,
BOOTS, SHOES, AND HATS,
MOORE A: MARSH,
D.—We are sole Agents for the sole of CONCORD
JEANS aud Cassimeres—very superior goods—manufac
tured in Georgia: also, agenta for Trion iaetory. Keep a
large supply constantly ou hand, ol CiruniteviUe Shirting,
Sheeting uud Drilling, and Rock Island Jeans uud » ussi-
meres, ull at manufacturers' prices. M. A il.
August 27- ‘ 4 col-2m.
WOOL* CAliDING.
T HE subscriber would respectfully announce that the
old and well-known •• ROBERTSON WOOL FACTO
RY,” situated near O’Neal s MUls, is now iu operaUog
under his proprietorship.
Tolls will be Taken in Kind or Currency,
PACKAGES, properly marked, left nt EVANS & RaG-
LAND, ut LaGrange, will receive prompt attention.
I have iu charge of the Factory
MR. WM. GILBERT,
JOHN W. MCGEE.
STOVES, TINWARE, &C.
J. F. SLAUGHTER,
DEALER IV
HEATING AND COOKING STOVES,
PLAIN, JAPANNED. PRESSED AND PLANISHED
TF A n -ww *a <£■> »
LA GRANGE GEORGIA.
ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK,
In my line of business, done to*order.
IJ
Sell Them as Cheaply as They can be Pa
chased anywhere In Georgia I
C. C. MABCHMAM. WILLIAM A. SKAT.
C. C. MARCHMAN A CO.,
SBOOKBS AND COMMISSION MEB0HANT8,
]Wsst Side Publio Square,)
Jjm Grange, Georgia,
J£EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND;
(Every grade,)
COBM AMU
(Great variety,)
BIJLCOMa
[Clear Sides, deer Ribbed Sides, Hams, aud Shoulders,)
BUIiK MKJLdm,
(Sides aud Shoulders,)
(All into.)
(Rio aud Java Coffee; Green end I
(Th. belt ol «U kiodA)
MOLASSES, STEPP, RICE, CAJfDLEfl, Ik,
TO THE PUBLIC \
B EING determined to keep e good stock of groceries,
and to sell them ss cheap aa they oan be sold in this
market, we very respectfully solicit a liberal share of pub.
lio patronage; aud therefore invite buyers to givs us a sell
ana examine our goods aud learn our prlues. . ,
April 2d. C. C. MARCHMAN k CO x