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DKIIOCtMTIi STATK ( 0 * VLYHOiV.
Address ofJhe Cbalrouit of (be Stale
Executive Committee.
Atlanta, 6a . M«J 15,1872.
T5o LiecutiTe Committee of the Democrat
io part; of Qeorgio, mot to-day io the office
cf Coi. B P. Hoge, in the oity of AtlenU, »c-
o.nl.ng to thepubiiabetl cell of the Chairman
Hon - Julian lUrlridge, Cbeirmen;
Hon. Clifford Andeieou. Hon. Hugh Bncben-
en, CoIe. J. R. Mathew*. Oarej W. Strlea.
C C. Ktbbee H. P. Roge. Garrett N. Milieu,
'i m. O. llemiug, C. D. MoCuteliea and Geo.
. . Pierce, Jr
The Committee »m called to order hr the
■Chatnnen and the Object of the meeting
elated On motion. Geo. F Pierce, Jr. was
roqueted to act aa Secretary. Col. Hoge of
-fared the following resolutions .* ~
1- Raolved, That a Convention of the
Democratic party of the Slate be called to
convene in Atlanta on the 2«th day of Jnne
?*“, r °* lb * P^POM of appointing delegatee
Democratic Conveniiou io
. meet in Baltimore on the 9th of July next.
*’ i Th “ in tb * •'OfruuRon each
tr' uuuuiJ * h »H be entitled io two delegatee to
J aach reprtwenutire io the lower branch of
^ the General Asaembly.
■ After a general diacuseion by the Commit-
Bplet Ibe resolution* were adopted.
|\ On motion, the Chairman was authorized to
'••u# »n addresa Io the party, giviog ezrres-
mou to the viewe of the Cemmitiee and ex
planatory of ita proa <nt action.
On moiion of Col. Styles, it wae resolved
that the DMOcraoj of the several districts
Hud counties be requested to renew am per
fect their organizations at once.
On motiou, the Committee adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the CUairmuu.
Julia* IIabtbidok, Chairman.
Geo. F. Pibbce, Secretary.
I TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GEORGIA.
By a resolution adopted by your Executive
Voiuiuitlee, a Convention of the Democratic
(party is called, to assemble in t *e city of At
■Aula on the 26th day of June next, at 10
(/clock a. at., in the Hall of the House of
^Representatives.
The Committee, by another resolution, di
rected its Chairman “to issue an address to
the party,” giving expression to the views of
the Committee, auil explanatory of ita pres
eut action.
In-accordance with this resolution, I have
the honor to submit a few words for your
consideration;
\ You will perceive that the time fixed for
'the assembling of the Couvention is in the
latter part of Juno, uhout two weeks before
the day of the meeting of the General Con
ation of the party at Baltimore. This was
"Gfcfcd best, ns it would give the delegates to
ila-ta the advantage of a knowledge of the
lor notion af the ounvent ions of the other
s. a»d of the circumstances which could
ir light upon the political situation, aud
flame time give ample opportunity to
lelegates to the General Convention, se
at Atlanta, to reach iialtiinore by the
July. *
Committee, in the call for the conveii-
ipesify but ouo purpose f>r its nsnem
“to select delegates to the Natioual
ratio Convention to meet in Baltimore
9th of July next,
as deemed inexpedient, at the time of
ieeting of your committee to >nc : ude in
iject of the Convention the nomination
ndMate for Governor. At that time a
as pending before the Congress of the
States to remuve the disabilities of
ns disfranchised by the fourteenth
dment of the Constitution. It was not
n whether that bill would become a law
the time of the assembling of the State
l^Hention. The Committee, therefore, delio-
*^™proper, and omy just to the people, to
ione any nomination of a candidate for
or until a time when it would be cer-
not the field of choice would be en-
addition to this, it was evident that an
Convention of the Democracy of the
must be called to assem »le after the
font ion at Baltimore, to recieve the re-
id consider the action of the delegates
convention, and perhaps to uomiuate
lential electors. This latter Convention
Iso, make a nomination of a candidate
Governor, under circumstances, aud
io lights of events to guide them, which
not, perhaps, exist prior to the Cou
pon at Baltimore.
Committee by its resolutions have
it upon you to rouew aud perfect your
' organizationsiueach county. We mean
is that, iu our judgement, the Democrat
Tty should not, under any circumstances,
ishanded. Its principles arc the only
interpretation of the constitution; and
ir successful maintenance of the rights of
.States and liberty aud protection of the
ividual citizen. We have no apprehension
these principles will be in any wise
idoned or ignored by the action of the
ieral Convention at Baltimore. Oa the
we indulgo the earnest hope,
1 ‘Vounting to a confident assurance, that the
nrention will reassert and proclaim anew
c adhesion of the Domoora ( io party to the
jlnoiples of constitutional Government which
4 present condition of the country and the
jperience of the United Staten during the
««t seven years, prove to be tho only fouu-
,»ion for the prosperity of the whole Union,
|; 1 the renewal or anything like fraternal
ations among the people of its different
, lions.
ifor do we believe that the Convention will
yimend or for an instant contemplate the
v jlution of the Democratic party as an or-
I |ization. What may be its policy as to
[Urinating candidates for President aud
1 Je-President cannot now be with certainty
fesaen. It may be that the Convention,
>05|fras we trust aad believe it will be of
a of patriotism, wisdom and experience,
‘‘consider it good policy to make no party
Lotions for the Presidenlial eliction.—
} jeven if this be the result of its delibera-
11, we feel convinced that the party or-
.2.lion will be maintained equally with
party principles. Forwhate»er our per
ray do, iu order to be effective, should be
e as a solid body, aud with united efforts
herefore your committee do most earnest
,rge upon you the necessity for orgauiza-
aud united action in each and every
; tt, Seiidyour delegates to Atlanta, and
t Ke united wisdom of the party select del
ates to whom can be entrusted the
lauoe of your action in the approaching
tiou^the result of which must be your
‘onildon to the fair and full proportions
Iree citizeus of a republic, or youj con
onent to a condition more burdened with
cessions than any you have yet endured,
it i in this connection your Commitee de~
''■'dost earnestly Io urge upon you the nee.
1 t for harmony of feeling aud concert ot
jh among all the friends of constitutional
, We deprecate most sincerely any
or unadvised declaration of a future
of individual acltou hy members of the
; The juncture of affairs now upon 11s
important, more pregnant W'lh resulis
•ood or evil to our country, and especial-
Ibe people of the Southern States, than,
laps any which will again aecitr in gen-
'ons’ Upon a prudent.careful, well-con-
eed action of the Democratic party de
U ^ | hg future character of this Uoeernment
™ , ff fAdmiuistraUon now in power be fe-
Isfhy the apparent will of the people at
text election, a centralized and coosoli-
•1 despotism is to hr expected In that
[ who can foresee the evils to be infl.ct-
,’th* people of the SoulhT It is true
such a victory will eventually, in the
If time, result in great evil to the
Jnion. But first aud foremost, imme~
and practically, the Southern peopl
,ffer It is for us, then, through the
Jirection of the strength of the Democrat
[, l0 work out aud secure iuiure sale
le earueslly urge that ve all await, the
the Baltimore Convention, and not
ourselves irevocably, in Ihe mean-
, course of conduct- Confide in
'and selected ag nts; and if tlicii
lltonld be consistent with honor and
e as !t will be, let onr own pecultai
if'policy be sacrificed on the alter ol
,mon interest and our common safety,
day throws additional light
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harmony of action to ceciue tue
ill Let U3 remember that tlie sppros^iaAn
itesf. i-i for the pre&ervation of ll»^'
princ pits of CoSATITUTIOKAL LlB
f*»r as wr are concernlb, this next Prei
tian election will decide ibtir fate
They Lave been saved io limes as du.k as the
present. From rhe Juj- wrier iliej- were orig
inally wreeletl from un English ijraui by ihe
ajtiileiJ hands of Engli-h Barons, at Rnnny
metis, and at once became the cardinal, *iv-
iug, life-giving elements of Anglo=^xon
freedom to the present hour, through all the
vicissitudes of time, and change, and bln**4
(hey have never died. Time and again tr .
have teemed to be overwhelmed in the tump£ L eatiag powers known toman,
of temporary revolutions, or destroyed bvi*"^? . " he bemoans he poverty.
|vacillating changes of popular will. Time nst\ u ^ J
again the hand of some Tudor or Btuart, or
thepoaer of some Star Chamber,, # 'or the
grasp of some military despotism, ha
seemed to crash them into dust. But each
time tho example of some llampden, or the
sacrifice of some Lee has proved to the world
lmt they still existed, and still claimed their
followers and apostles.
■ Let us unite together as a party, and with
all its friends, by whatever name called, save
hose great principles of Couslitulsonat liber
ty! 4
Uespcdtullv Bubmmitled for the Committee.
JULIAN II ART RIDGE, •
extent aa in this favored legion.
J *u tbc natural gate-wav where
a disp< *
IM Tlfiw. * EKTS OF CHATTAVOOOA,
, -..i can look om » r oouaands of acres in
which the advahtagae named are combined
No other city in the world possesses them to
the tame extent.
And yet, strange to say, Chattanooga sleeps
over her interests, “waitiag for something to
turu up.”
With the hills aai mountains surrounding
aqri stretching afar off in the dim distance,
ally paved and gorged with the gi watest
•sting powers known to man, with
Tho’
Chairman.
RESOURCES OP Ull lTTlVOOGA.
Speech of Col E. Halbert at an En
tertainment liken the Georgia
Preas Association by the Citizens ot
Cballanoogo, May 4,1873
Mr. CA-iirman, Citizens of Chattanooga, anJ
Gentlemen of the Associated J’ress of Geor-
on tlit-
.viwuovo surrounding <st. Ktfman can
i... what conclusion he may reach as
orooer course a mouth from to-ilay —
(fmeoniime, aechuxtious of iutem.ou
I discussion; iliacusston is sllniulmied
iCnismi and finally, when the time
ion arrives, pride of opinion, express
vindicated io argument, prevents our
. ^ according to the dicutes of our more
l ltenedjuJgment^^^ opinion and
ntene
■vik
In responding to Ihe sentimeut just offered,
it is difficult lo determine where to conuneuce
or where to end.
The suhjeot is one of immense magnitude
and vast importance to thU particular section,
aa well us the whole Sonlh It is a conceded
fael, admitted by ail, and denied by none,
that a community or people to he truly pros
perous must have n diversity of interests or
pursuits.
Admitting llii> fact, let us for a moment ex
amine our condition, and in doing ao the in
dividual history ot any one of us will suffice
ns an example for Ihe whole.
We commence life by wrapping Ihe infant
in imported swaddling eloilies, we buy im-
pori cd toys for Mb amusement, Imported school
books for his eduoaiion, imported clothing to
cover his nakedness, and all through life we
buy not only articles of luxury, hut those of
absolute necessity, until at last we lie down
to die on aa imported bed, write our wills
with imported pea andink, on imported parch
ment, areburied in an imported patent metal
lic burial case, our graves are dug with im
ported picks and spades, and in many instances
and localities through and in beds of iron ore.
With our bids and mountains abounding in
inexhaustable deposit of marble, and of a
quality surpassed by none, we import our
tomb-stones from Vermont and Iialy, stand
ing monuments of utter dependence upon
others.
They are a standing reproach to us. Point
ing with a silent hand to a section richer in
■Is natural resources than any portion of the
globe, aud to the astounding fact that with all
these remarkable advantages we as an intelli
gent people ore the most dependent qa earth,
they silently but none the less earnestly bid
us rise up and shake off Ihe lethargy that has
so long bound us hand and foot, and take a
stand in the foremoet rank of nations which
the God of nature intended we nhould oocupy.
These imported monuments Iu the dead are
typical of our condition.
Dead to progress, dead lo manufactures,
dead to the absolute ueeess ty of diversifying
our pursuits, in order that we may establish
aud maiutain our independence, limy admon
ish us that we are‘'hewers of wood and draw
ers of water unto others.”
But let us pursue our self-imposed condi
tion a liltlo further, in order that we may re
alize our dependence upon others for even
the necessaries of life.
A certain class ot political economists say,
that England and Pennsylvania furnish ua
with irou ; France with silks and wines; Bel
gium with carpets and cloths ; New England
with machinery and Yankee notions, while
the South furnishes cotton.
This is exactly what we have done, and are
still doing.
BBBOM> THE PRACTICAL RESULT.
We have northern axes and axe-helves to
out up the hiekory growing over beds of iron
ore and in sight of our duors. We cultivate
our ootton with New England hoes; gin our
cotton with an A biny gin; hoop our ootton
growu on our iron fields with Pennsylvania
iron ; send it to matket in a Wisconsin wag
on, and the little grain we wake ie out with
New England and Ohio implements. Onr
wives ccok on Troy and Cincinnati stoves;
set their tables with New Englandehina-ware,
kuives, forks, and Lowell epoons; and oven
t.ie food, especially the cheese, butler, and
cruued fruits and vegetables are imported
from the North. We are clothed in Northern
cloths, boots and hats. Our bibles, hymn-
books. school-books, stationery and periodi
cals are mainly furnished by the Northern
States. Our machinery, wagons, oarriages,
buggies, furniture, locomotives, hardware,
dry goods, groceries and olothing, iu fact the
actual necessities of life as well as toe luxu
ries, are furnished ua by thediversified thrift
and iudustry of the North. We work hard
for them. They should treat us well. From
the cradle to the grave there is a mortifying,
poverty.-rticken, shiftless dependence upon
othere.
Within sight of the streets of this city may
be found l it sburgh plows that have been
worn out Tty on the irou ore lying loose oa the
hill sides.
Generation after generation have c&ntinued
(his suioidal policy of saving at the spiggot
and pouring out at the bung; never disturb
ing the ore save by the plow, piliug it in hug
masses, or building fences with it to enable
them to cultivate their fields. It is very evi
dent that we were bern tired.
the railwats.
Converging at this point traverse fields of
iron ore aud coal. They lay down imported
rails through and aloug side of beds of iron
and banka of ooal.
They transport vast quantities of western
farm produce lo a purely agrioultural section,
which would othorwise suffer for good.
Before the war we brought negroes lo make
cotton, and make cotton ts buy negroes.—
Since Un war we buy fertilizers lo make oo’-
ion and m-ae cotton to buy fertilizers, otnf
something to eat- Snrely cotton is onr king,
and a hard master he is
No diversity of pursuits, aud thus we grow
poor, while the North grows rich. We wilt
uow consider the mineral region of this sec
tion.
chattaroooa,
the Tennessee river breaks through the Cum
berland Mountains in Ihe very breast of the
most magnificent mineral region on this conti
nent, possesses uncqualed advantages for the
cheap production of iron.
With five trunk lines of railway diverging
to all points of the compass, covering with
their connections a vast extent of territory
unsurpassed in its natural resources, and with
the sixth (CinoinnatiSonthern) projected and
its completion scoured at an oariy period, the
future of Chattanoogw as the oenter of a vast
iron manufacturing interest is placed beyond
donbt.
For n distance vnrying from one to two
hundred miles these railways trarerse a min
eral tegion superior lo that of any on this
continent. "- "V mL*-
In this vast region there are nnmerons lo
call ties tn whicn coal of a character suitable
for smelting purposes without cokeiug. with
the iron ore, sand sUue, fire clay and lime
for the i
h itb iba means within he. J.u. of build- _
up the most powerful city in tbo whole interf
or South, she slumbers on, waiting for others
to reap Ute golden harvest. But thinkB to
the indomitable enterprise and pluck of some
of her adopted citizens, her extraordinary
and unequaled advantages for the production
of iron cheaper than can possibly be done
elsewhere on the continent, is being practi
cally demonstrated.
Her Katbburns. Chamber'ains, Rockwoods,
Wilders,-Abbotle, her Lowes, Hszelton, Pratts,
and Webster*, who think in iron, are erect
ing an imperishable monument to themselves,
one which future generations will point to as
the era in whieh the South first truly estab
lished her independence.
Chattanooga should make known to the
world her remarkable facilities for the pro-
duet ion of pig metal—made it generally known
that she can produce pig iron at a cost not
exceeding $14 to $16 per Ion, as against Penn
sylvania’s and Ohio’s $26 to $30 per ton, in
fact at a much less cobI than it can possibly
be produced anywhere else on the continent,
ami you will at once attract a flow of capital,
machinery and skilled labor to your city and
vicinity that will give her an impulse and on
ward movement that will most surely result
in enriching yon as a people and building np
a great and powerful city.
There is no reason why Chattanooga shoald
not attain a population of one hundred thous
and in tea or fifteen years, and two hundred
thousand in the next twenty-five years.
This may appear to yon at first flash, an
over estimate, but a few reasons which may be
given, will, I think, enableyou to eoncar with
me.
Cheap coal and iron, as the means of crea
tive wealth, have never been equalled by any
power within the eontrol of man. -An inexhanet-
ahle. cheap and constant supply of these
wealth-producing powers, is the most relia
ble and absolutely certain means cfprosperity
ever yet bestowed upon a people.
In evidence of these facts we bare only to
refer to the history of England, the first com
mercial power in the world; to Pennsylvania
the most powerful State In this government;
to the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Chicago and St- Louis, great manufacturing
citiea; rieh, powerful aad prosperous, out
stripping all their competitors in solid wealth
and consequent financial and political power.
I repeat it, and desire to impress it npon
your minds, the fact that, the great coal and
iron region of the Sooth, and of which Chat
tanooga is the oenter, can, and is actually
producing pig iron from GO to 76 per cent
cheaper than can be done anywhere else on
the American continent.
Chattanooga and its vieinity is possessed
or an amazing power; a power whiob If right
ly devlopen, canned possibly fail to make her
(lie most powerful of all the interior Southern
eities..
With the obstructions in the Tennessee riv
er removed, whieh is being done by the Uni
ted States Government, giving ^interrupted
water . communication with the West and
North west during the entire year, Chattanoo
ga will have cheap transportation, enabling
her to extend her iron trade over a vast ex
tern, of territory.
I have said this much of Chattanooga’e
great natural advantages, as yet comparitive-
ly undeveloped, in order to arouse her citi
zens to the importance ot immediate action on
the line of development. Cease to wait—axn
ACT-
To the representative ot Ihe Associated
Press of Georgia who are present, I desire to
eay a few words on the samo subject.
North-west Georgia possesses deposits of
ooal and Iron, easily aooessibie and ample for
her wants for centuries to come. Fig metal
can be produced at as small a cost iu your
Slate as in the most fsTorcd localities in Ten-
nesseee. As yet not a single mile of railway
has bean built in Georgiaiorthe express pur
pose of developing these interests.
With an ampl* supply of ooal and Iron with
in bar own borders, she continues to import
her rails, plows, hone shoes, nails, metalic
coffins and hardware in a thousand different
forms, paling an annual tribute of millions to
others, for that which is locked up in her
bills and mountains, and which should he pro
duced within herselt
It rests with yoa, gentlemen of the Georgia
Presa, to determine whether your State shall
be disenthralled—whether Bhe will develop
the resources so bountifully bestowed upon
her. Whether your people shall continue to
work for others, or whether they shall com
mence to work for themaeTles,
Agitate this question with yonr peopls, dis
cuss it until they shall be induced to diversi
fy their labor, and you will have accomplished
a great work—one that will redound to your
credit, nod largely to the material Advance
ment of your grand State.
here aa in England, and they thought of re
turning and making some investments in this
vicnity, and with a view of manufacturing
iron iu this eouutry.
All we need here is enterprising men to de
velop our resources, and a friendly band ia
extended to all parties coming amoDg us.
Our city has pursued a liberal policy of en
couraging all manufacturing interests of what
soever kind.
Cheap ooal, irou mod lime, with good facil
ities and cheap transportation is all that is
needed to make our city that friend Halbert
predicts for us. We can have this if wc only
work for it, and the' time is not far distant.
May our city move forward and our antici
pations realized.
GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON TO
THE FRONT.
He Flays a Radical Knave.
AS ELOQUENT EXTRACT TEOK HIS LETTER TO
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Washington, May 23, 1872.
AFTER A RADICAL KNAYB.
General John B. Gordon has written a let
ter to Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania, reply-
iriJS to the charge of the latter, made in the
Senate the other day, in which he alleged
that Gordon was among the organizers and
earliest leaders of the Kn-klnx. Gordon
pronounces the charge faLse, and quotes
what he did testify before the Kn-alux Com
mittee. The letter concludes aa follows.*
WHAT GENERAL GORDON SAT8.
The kindliest relations existed between
the two races. Peace and the observance of
the law were everywhere found, and never,
air, until yonr carpet hag governments,
through the fears and cupidtiy of the poor,
deluded negro, had embittered him against
ua and, by his aid and youra, had robbed
our treasuries, plundered our corporations,
blighted our agriculture, blasted our hopes,
and hung debt, like a mill-stone, about our
necks—never until then, and until the ad
ministration of the law had become a mock
ery and political subserviency, the passport
to Executive clemency for crime, was the
peace of the South ever broken or ill-will
engendered between the races. And this
diabolism you would continue in the South.
Like tormentors in the Spanish bull-fights,
you continually fling the bloody flag in the
face of the negro and goad the white man to
desperation with the bayonet, that the inevi
table conflict may furnish an excuse for the
preparation of your despotism. I pray that
the American people may rebuke this spirit
in the coming elections and let the reign of
constitutional government be once more in
augurated. But be that as it may, I shall
not permit you, by my silence, to bolster up
the fortunes of your political party by thus
dragging my name into notoriety, without
asking you to carry the responsibility of the
wilful falsehood you have perpetrated in the
effort.”
UltOl CUiBS.
The Savannah Xeics publishes the follow
ing letter of Major John 0. Ferrill:
Savannah May 23, 1872.
The question is put to me nearly every day,
can claims be now brought against the Uni
ted Slates government for cottou and other
property seized daring the military occupa
tion of Savannah by the National troops?
And 1 desire (o answer through your journal,
giving publicly, reasons for my opinion, so
that all having claims not yet iu sail may be
informed upon the subject.
Question—Can suits be now brought in the
United States Court of Claims for the pro-
ceess ot cotton taken, by those who were for
merly classed as disloyal ? I reply, in my
opinion, yes; but not under the act of Con
gress, approved March 12. 1863. known aa
“The Captured aud Abandoned Act ” Now
for the reasons to sustain the opinion that
said suits may be brought:
1. The Supreme Court of the United Staes
has twice decided (hat the government holds
the proceeds resulting from the sale of cap
tured or abauduued property, as a trustee
only, for the benefit of those who may estab
lish a legal right lo their share of the fund.
2. Should this proposition .be correct, it is
clear that any citizen whose property has
contributed to the creation of this fund, has
a claim against the United States for so much
of it as was raised dy the sale uf his proper
ty, and this created an implied obligation on
tbo part of the government as trustee to r<
tore so much of such fund as the citizen may
establish bis right to receive.
3. The general ?urisdiction of the Court
of Claims extends to “all cases of express or
implied contracts within the United States.”
Now, recalling the decision of the Supreme
Court os to the government holding as a trus
tee, there is au implied contract to refund
npon a proper showing
4. The high tribonal referred to has furth
er decided the President’s proclamation
of December, 1868, restored the right or pro
perty to every one implicated in the “rebell
ion” without taking the oath of amnesty. ~
But some ms) say, yonr claims are barred
by the stalnte of limitation, which, in respect
to implied contracts, is Mix years for the ac
cruing of ihe claim. The reply is, that to
those implicated in the “rebellion,” there was
no claim nor n tribunal to which they could
appeal, until the proclamation of December,
1868, restored . i heir rights in this respect,
and that as a consequence of these facts, the
statute did not run against such claim until
that date, and that claimants may bring suoh
suits in the Court of Claims at any t me with
in six years from December 25. 1863.
1 respectfully submit this paper for the
benefit of those interested.
John O. Febeill.
The Atlanta Sun, Bourbon—says these kind
words about onr friend, and therefore may
we not be considered disloyal for reproduc
ing them in the News.
Judge Lochranb.—Hon. O A. Lochrane
returned from Washington on Friday last,
where he had been for some lime, laboring to
induce Congress to authorize tho payment of
people in the South for the property of which
they were plundered by Radical Plundering
Treasury Agents. Iu this he was wonder
fully aucoessful^having procured the remov
al of all difficulties requiring proof of “loyalty”
and the relieving of all who were barred from
recovering their property, by the statute of
limitations. He labored to procure the pas
sage of the so-called Amnesty Bill, by the
provisions of which, under the rulings of the
Supreme Court, proof of loyalty will not be
required—save iu a very few cases
No doubt the passage of these measures is
more due to the labors of Judge Lockrane than
any one else. He knew what it was he desir
ed to accomplish, and how to proceed in Ihe
work, and had ability, position and influence
in the undertaking, which no one else who has
gone to Washington for this purpose since
the war, has ever been able to bring to bear.
We invite special attention to the Judge’s
card in The Son. No man caa more effect
ually prosecute and secure the payment of
these claims than he can. for the reasons we
have mentioned. He wilL ne doubt, be em
ployed by great numbers of persons all over
the South, to present their claims and receive
their pay. The eminent services he has ren
dered in opening the way for the recovery of
this money, entitles him to a large patronage
in this line.
BPEECH OF W. P BATHBOPN, IX PRSP0N8* TO
COL. HOLBEBT’fl, OF ATLANTA.
Sir. Chairman, and Gentlemen, of the Associated
Press of Georgia. 0
1 am glad that I have the pleasure of meet,
ing you gentlemen of the Press here to-day,
and that a committee of onr citizens, have had
the privilege of showing you around our city
and through the Roane Iron Works, Vulcan
Iron Works and a visit to Lookout Mountain.
In response to Col. Hulbert’s remarks, aud
hia allusion to myself and others, engaged in
the manufacturing of iron here, I desire to
confiim many of his statements rs to the im
portance of Chattanooga as a manufacturing
center.
I have been engaged in the iron business
about twenty years, came South nearly seven
years since. My atteution was called to the
Vrist mineral resources of North Georgia,
North Alabama and East Tennessee. I con
sider this the best field for the manufacturing
of iron to be found in the United States.
We find here coal, iron ore and lime con
tiguous and in great abundance and over a
large extent of country. The coal and iron
fields are so elevated as to possess a good cli
mate during the whole year, and near by we
have tho great Tennessee Valley with a soil
of great fertility.
Our rail mill yon have visited to-day is
turning out some fourteen hundred tons per
month, worth in the market at least one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars. Onr fur
nace at Itockvrood is making 25 tons of metal
daily. We employ at the mills and furnaces
about five or six hundred men.
We can certainly produce metal here some
$10 or $12 less per ton than the manufactur-
s in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
17c are now shipping pig metal to Cleve
land, Ohio, at a cost of transportation of over
nine dollars per ton.
At this time, we are having large numbers
of inquiries as to the extent of our miner
al resources, and I think we shall have quite
a number of farnaces built this year.
Our company h»ve deiermiuecTto build an
other furnace at Rookwood this season, and
with the two furnaces we expect to make (70)
seventy tons per day.
1 now have inquiries made by some Eng
lish gentlemen, who express a desire to ascer
tain if aliens oan hold land in this country.
Y*'e hid last winter a party of Englishmen
sent out as commissioners to examine Dank’s
Revolving Steam Furnaces for puddling iron
and steel, and they ex presaed great surprise at
the vast amount of iron here, and said that
are tuu ndsiJefcy side or Immediately coa'we oertaial) could make iron quit, aa cbeap
Tariff ReJaciIoag.
“Seminole,” the Washington correspondent
of the Morning News, writing under the date,
May 23rd , furnishes the following valuable
information
“The following is the estimated redaction
of duties which the Tariff bill, as far as acted
upon by the House Committee of the Whole,
affects the following articles:
CoaL
Salt.
Leather..
Chlccory.
Cotton, manufacture* ut
Wool and manufactures of.,.^.
Iron and manufacture* of.......
Metal and manufacture* of...
India rubber and man u fact urea ofL.
Gutta perchaand manufacture* of_
Straw aud manufactures
Oilcloths aud manufactures of... .....
Steel rod manufactures of.......
Burlaps, etc., flax dressed, no estimate can
be made — — .......
lumber and manufacturer of...............^~.
AU other article*, including chemical*, Ac.
Books, printed, Jul, no estimate can be
made
Newspapers, periodicals, Jul, no estimate
can he mvde....—
Vermuth, no estimate can be uud6.... m . M
Mustard, qrouud..
00
00
92(880 17
1,077,388 25
8^52^74 08
1,376,612 13
2S4£u> 11
53,207 61
510 90
65,347 57
78\788 61
439,156 26
185,980 57
594,944 54
Currants, flga and z
Copper and manufactures of...
Plate glam, including fiilvered.....^..........
Tin sheet* or platee.,
10,452 96
1,036,517 60
37,763 00
94,2 Jl 66
949,077 82
Screws embraced In irou reduction...
Mosaic irou, no estimate can be made.......
Paper, manufactures of, not included- 610,110 00
Total reduction dutiable-.-...............311,076,629 56
Free list 13,569,143 50
Eoul redaction-...— —...
..$29,645,773 06
The total reduction by the tariff and inter
nal revenue seciions is estimated at $49,000.-
000.
This bill does not satisfy the cry for re
trenchment and reform. The virtue of the
bill is that one third of the Custom duties
should be paid in legal tender notes. It wan
strange that the Pennsylvania Congressmen
in a body voted against the bill as it passed.
Mr. Cox and the free traders, under great
pressure, voted for it because it was a half
loaf aud had but little general nutriment in it
They regard the bill as a provocation to fur
ther efforts for reform. It is simply r, bill to
reduce, by a horizontal swindle, the present
tariff, which is so wrong and so bad that no
one can approve of it or even its reductions,
except on the principle that the least ameliar
ation of taxation is better than notLi:
Many Democrats are anxious aboi
votes, because the bill does little
to help the revival of shipping or
to which they have devoted
this session. It hardly touel
taxation on iron, lumber,
people must suffer still
oourageous jaembers
will not teaperUe w« r
Senate Finance Co*
consideration
idmente
authorizing the
tom duLies m
ate a Conference
lay the final
moments of Coi
diet further
The Anknsas Republicans for Greeley.
—So far the only Republican State Conven
tion that has spokeu out for Greeley is that
of \rkansa9. In all other States the Radi
cals have controled the conventions, indors
ing Grant’s administration, and leaving jt ao
unascertained matter how many Republicans
were for Greeley.
The Arkansas Republicans, by a targe ma
jority, voted down the endorsement of Grant
—refused to send delegates to Philadelphia,
and indorsed Greeley and Brown. This was
made unanimous.—Constitution.
The Georgia Radical offioe holder’s Conven-
tion/uiJtfi to instruct their delegates to go for
Grant
COTTON STATES
LIFE INSURANCE COMFY
HOME OFFICE—MACON, OA.
Chartered by State of Georgia.
CAPITAL $500.000!
Owned at Home, and the Company
Managed by some of our best Financiers!
xne only Company doing Business in the South
which has
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
Deposited with the authorities of the State
of Geqrgia for the Protection of Policy
Holders.
POUCHES UPON ALL THE
Various plans of Insurance Issued.
A Loan of 33 For Cent.
Of the Premium Given when Desired.
All Policies Noi-ForfeliaMe.
NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO RESIDENCE
OR TRAVEL
2400 POLICIES ISSUED
SINCE ORGANIZATION.
Success Unparalleled in the
SOUTH1
STKICTLV a home company.
WITH ITS
Capital aad Iavestneats at Hiar
It appeals to those who desire to avail them'
selves of the benefits of Life Insurance, to
give it their patronage.
The time has arrived when every thought
ful man is disposed to make this wise provis
ion for those dependent upon his life
This Company proposes to give all the ad
vantages which are offered by foreign insti
tutions of like character, with the oppportu-
nity of keeping the vast sums in our own
midst, which are annually sent abroad.
People ot the Cattaa stales Fester
Heae Enterprise
Active and Energetio
Agents wanted in every County and Town
in the South.
Address, or call on
WM- J- MAPtTT.T.,
Superintendent Agencies.
ATLAVTA, 0A-
O FFIC ERS:
KM. B. JOHNSON, President.
HOLT. Vice-President.
.tary.
ieral Agent,
(edieal Examiner
Office:
LAW CARDS.
o.j.wBioirr.
n.p.wazoHx.
WRIGHT & WRIGHT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW\
ALBANY, OA
OFFICE DP STAIRS OYER SAM MATER’S STORE
LYON & IRVIN.
Attorneys at Daw
MACON, GEORGIA.
Office on Cotton Aveuue, over Mix J* Rutland!s,
UPSTAIRS.
T HE FIRM OF LYON, deGRAFFENREID &
IRNIN having been dissolved, the undersigned
take this method ot informing their frelnds that they
will continue the practice under the old familiar name.
They will pive attention to cases in the Courts of the
United States at Savannah, also In the foHowing coun
ties: Bibb. Joaea, Monroe, Spalding, Macon, Sumter,
Lee, Terrell, Randolph, Calhoun, Dougherty, Baker
and Mitchell. Elaewhere in the State by special con
tract. R. F. LYON,
Jan 19—3m SAMUEL D. IRVIN.
THOMAS WILLINGHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
to- OtSre on Brozd Stmt, WilUnghsa’a Building,
UP STAIRS. [,ept2-l7
WARREN & ELY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
WE hare morimted ouiMlra together in the prze-
t ’ tire of our profession, *nd will give prompt end
etri d attention to ail tmalneas entreated to oa.
L. P. D. WARREN,
R. N. ELY.
Septmt
LAW NOTICE.
W 3 will practice law in the counties of LEE,
DOUGHERTY, WORTH, BAKER, MITCHELL
and CALHOUN, and elsewhere by special contract.
WM. E. SMITH.
WM. T. JONES.
November 8,1870-ly
THOS- R. LYON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
I If ILL practice ia the Albany Circuit. All busl-
vv ness diligently attended to. Office over Bagga
~ OcU-lr
STEPHEN C. DeBRUHL,
A TTORNEY aT LA K and SOLICITOR INEQUITY
BRUNSWICK, GA.
P itOMPT attention to business in the State of Geor
gia, and thoae parts of Florida accessible by steam.
Special attention given to tho investigation of
titles.
Will negotiate the purchase, sale or lease of Real
Estate. Junel6-tf
MEDICAL CARDS
Drs. HILSMAN & STEOZEE
OFFICE AT
Strozer & Hilsman's Drag Store
P.L.HISMAN.
feb 21872.
L. L. STROZER
Dr. Benj. M. Cromwell
Office over Welch’s Drug Store.
TXEREAFTEE all accounts will be presented and
ia e - t P ecitd w hen the case terminates.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
Atlantic & Gulf Rai road
Gzxksal SupmuNTENDKJT’s Offic* 1 A. A Q. R. R. \
Savumab, May 4th, 1371. /
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, MAT 5th,- Trains
on this Road will run as follows:
Leave Savannah daily at.
Arrive at Live Oak *'
- *• Tbomaaville **
- - Bainbridge “
Leave Albany
« Bain bride
“ Tbomaaville ‘
“ Live Oak
Arrive at Savannah "
Connect at Lire Oak with trains on J. P.4M.R. R.,
for and from Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Ac.
Passengers to and bom Florida make dose connec
tion at Lawton with Expre-n Train for and from ffi
tern Division.
No Change of Cara between Savannah
and Albany.
%
Close connection at Albany with trains on South-
Western Railroad.
WHEN BILLS AKU DUD
All bills for advertising in this paper are
»luc on the first appearance of the advertise
ment, except when otherwise arranged by
contract, and will be presented when tb r
money is needed.
All advertisements should be marked for
a specified time, otherwise they will ba
charged uuder Ihe rule of so much for tha
first insertion, and so .much for each subse
quent insertion.
A.LBAJSTY
(Eastern Division.)
Leave Savannah—Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
at 7.35 a tu
Arrive at Lawton Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
Leave Lawton Monday,
at-
Wedneaday and
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
— —.6.15 p m
Leave Lawton— 1 Tueaday, Thursday and Saturday,
at — 5.15 am
Arrive at Valdosta Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
at. — ——...» 725 a in
Arrive at Quitman Tuesday, Thu raday and Saturday,
. M 920 am
Arrive at Thomasville Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
— skiM. —....— -IL45 a m
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
Leave Quitman Tuesday, Thursday
aL— — .522 p m
Arrive at Yaldosta Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
at-. — 7.00 pm
Lay over at Valdosta these nights, and leave
ta Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4.40 a m
Arrive at Lawton Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
0ayl(Mf
H. 8. HAINES,
General Superintendent
CHARGE OF SCHEDULE,
, Southwkstehjt Railroad Office, )
Macon, January 2d, 1871. j
fXS and after Sunday next, January 22d, Passenger
V/ and Mail Trains cn this Road will run aa follows:
Leave Macon —^525 a. m.
ltOtTa. m.
-5:45 p. m.
.......................1L15 p. m.
Arrive at
Leave Columbus.
Arrive at Macon...
COLUMBUS NIGHT J
Leave Macon-
Arrive at Columbus..
Leave Columbus
Arrive at Macou..
..C: 16p.m*
—4:45 a. m-
&05p.mj.
XLFALLA MAIL TRtTY
l
-4:10
Leave Macon.
Arrive at Eufaula..
Leave Eufaula...
-8.-00
...4:5$ p. iu.
...7:45 a. ru.
^430 p. in.
EUFAULA NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODXTJO RAIN.
Arrive at Macon..
Leave Macon...
Arrive at
Leave Eufaula
Arrive at Macon..
~K50 p..m.
..10:00 a. ui.
-JJ*.10 p. m.
—5:00 a. ui.
En/kul» Mall Train corniKta daily ,t Smithrille with
MiiiLYrufu 1 Trli “’ a,ld at Cutljl^rt with Fori Gaims
A)**"! Freight and Accommodation connects
/Night lrcightand Accominodaliun Train
Frklay V1 ^ e CTer ^ r ^ onti *7» Tueaday, Thursday ami
Fort Gainey Accommodation Train connects al Cutli-
bert with Jfinfjula Night Freight aud Accommodation
Train every Tueaday and Thursday.
These Trains connect with Central Railroad Trains at
Macon for Savannah and Augusta; at Columbus with
Western BalRoadfor Montgomery, and MobLe A Girard
U J* ,on Sprigs: at Albany with South Geor
gia Railroad for Thomasville.
,, „ VIRGIL POWERS,
an 24-tf Engineer and Superintendent.
Macon and Western Railroad.
DAT PASSENOXRTBAIN.
(Daily, Except Sunday.)
Leave Atlanta.....
Arrive at Macon..
Arrive at Atlanta..
...7:30 a in
-7:10 a in
..1:48 p r.
NIGHT EXfKESS PASSENGER TRAIN—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta ,
Arrive at Macon..
Leave Macon..
Arrive at Atlanta—
—1:10 p m
WEEKLY NEWS
! i mm
ONE YEAR, - - (2.50
SIX MONTH, - - $1.25
IN ADVANCE.
ADVERTISING RATES
.AS PER FOLLOWING TABLE:
ItBOK' tl‘- ' ■
Transient «<lTcrtl*menl* must be paid in advance
All advertisements must take the run of the paper,
unless otherwise stipulated by contract, and then the
following additional charges will bo required:
10 percent, ■
Insida,Dexttoreading matter, : . : 25 M “
In Local reading columns, : 30 “ u
Editorial noticeiolly^tliancalling attention to nsw
adjertiaexqant^ 20 centa per line.
Bills tor advertising are doe on the first appearance
of advertisement, or when presented, except when
otherwise contracted fori
f4 00
5 00
4 00
5 00
4 00
2 00
4 00
8 00
2 50
7 00
7 00
3 50
3 50
3 50
10 00
* 00
RATES AND RULES FOR
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriff Sales, each Iott, " :
a sale,etch levy : ;.
Citation for letters of Administration and Guar
dianship .: : : . -
Application Tor dismiwion from Adrn’n., Guardi
anship aud Executorship : ; ■ : :
Application for leave to sell land, for ono equare
riod.y. for. each addi’I.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors : ;
Land Sales, 1st sq. |4, each additional : :
Sales of iterWiablc proj*erty, pcrbtioare - -
Ritray Notice* GO days : ; ;
Notim to i^rloet a*rviefi
Rules nf sfto forclose mortgages per square
Rules to establish lost papers, ]»er sqtiare i i
Rules compelling titles. . .
Rules to juried service Iu divorce eases ‘ : ’:
Application for Homestead : - : • ^ w
Sales of Laud, Ac., by Administrators. Executors or
Guardians, arc required by law to be held ou the first
Tuesday in the.mouth, between Ibe hours of 10 in the
forenoun and Sin the afternoon, at the court house in
the county in which the property is situated.
Notices of these sales must ne given in a public gazette
in the county where the land lies, if there be any, and
il th.-re is no papvrr pi:Miin 1r ..nitty, then in the
nearest public gazette, ‘or the one having the Iargeat
gwiicral circulation in said comity, 40 days previous to
Ute day of sale.
Notices for the sale of fterfcunal property must be giv
en in liko manner lO.daya previous to sale day.
Notice to the debtors ana creditors of. _ estate mutt
30 be pub:i.-.hed 1h days.
Notice that application will Le made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell land, etc., must be published
once a week for four weeks.
. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship,
etc^ must be published 30 day—for dismission front
Administration, Guardianship and Executorship 40
da V.t.
Rules of foreclosure of mortgage must be published
monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers,
for, the full space of three mouth.:—for compelling titles’
from Executors or Administrators, where bond Las been
given by the deceas’d, tin; full space of three zuonths‘
Application for Homestead must be'published twice!
Publications will always be continued according to
these,the legal requirement?, unle-.s otherwise ordered
County Officer’.* Blanks neatly printed at tbo
News Job Office, and furnished at jl.Gu per quire of
24 sheet* :
Dr. John E. MoMillan,
—OFFICE IN—
CHEEK’S BUILDING, UP STAIB8,
Front Room.-
RESIDENCE:
TOWN’S HOTEL.
January C. 1871-lV
TAKE NOTICE!
CITY TAX PAYERS
T he City Council having extended the time to the
loth of June next, to receive City Tax Returns, the
City Tax Books will be open st my office, at the Court
House, up to that day, to receive oakl returns.
Those who do not make returns within the time spe
cified, will positively be entered as defaulters and double
taxed|as the ordiuauces directs
C. WESSOLOWSKY,
may24-td Clerk.
Administrator’s Sale.
\\TAkL be sold before he Court House door in I»-
T v abella, Worth county Ua., on the first Tuesday
in Joly next, within the legal hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
South half of lot of land number (16) sixteen, in the
16th District of Worth county, the same being on the
District line, making it a large lot. Said half con aiu-
ing t«o hundred ana forty-five acres, more or less.
——ALSO——
Number (12) twelve, in block 2, containing one scr
10 and 11 iu block 1, containing one and one half
acres, more or l*ea. The above lota lying in the towu
of Isabella. Sold as the property of ’Win. A Johnston,
late of said county, deceased, and for the benefit of
the heirs and crealtors of said deceased. Terms cash.
E. BARBER,
mayl7-td Adminlst*aiOv-
GEORGIA, WorthCoun'iy.
Whereas, W. J. Clements applies to me for Letters o
Administration ou the Estate of Abbot H. Brisbane,
eeceased.
These are therefore to notify al* and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he aud ap
pear at my office, on or before the first Mondav in July
nett, to show cause, if any the have, why said Letter*
should not be granted.
Given under wy hand and seal, this May. 28, 1872
JAMES W. ROUSE,
iuay31-td Ordinary.
Wsrlh Canty Sheriff’s Sales.
trict of Worth
t* John Tavloi
WESTERN AffD-ATLAXTIC
RAILROAD.
Office of the President, \
Atlanta, June 2d, 1872. j
On and after this date Trains on this Road will run
aa follows:
NIGHT PABSENGES THA IN TO NEW* YOXX AND THE
WEST—OCTWABD.
Lea res Atlanta p in
Arrives at l haltauooga 3:40 a in
DAT PASSKNOEft TRAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WL31—OLT-
WAJLD.
Leaves Atlanta Lr”.:?8:10 am
Arrives at Chattanooga :t’5o p m
LIGHTNING EXPRESS TO NEW TOYK—OUTWARD.
Leaves Atlanta —. y
Arrives at Dalton 9:23 p m
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN EBOM NEW YORK TO THE
WEST—INWARD.
Leaves Chattanooga 5.20 p m
Arrives at Atlanta^. l:3t> a m
DAT PASSENGER TRAIN FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST—
XNWAXD.
Leaves Chattanooga 8*20 a in
Arrives at Atlanta 3JO p m
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—IN WABD.
Leaves Dalton................. 1:00 p m
Arrives ct Atlanta 9J0 a in
JOSEPH E. BROWN’,
President.
Cfcasge *f Schedule.
DAILY TRAINS.
We are authorized by Mr. Geo. L, Cook
Supt. B. &. A. B. R. to announce that Pas-
eenger trains are now running Daily over
that Road,—as follows:
Leave Brunswick 6.30 a. m.
Arrive at Albany 6 49 p. m
Leave A 1 ban j 7.23 a. m.
Arrive Brunswick ..... - 7*42 p. m
These trains connect with the regular
Steamers plying between Florida and Sav
annah, both ways, and also the Steamer to
New York.
JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITH VILI.E, GA.
JOE BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
F )LITE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS. Mrafa
of the best tbc country afford* and ready upon the
arirml of all trains. [tVr/My
1,000 REWARD!
’ HEREBY OFFER THE ABOVE SUM TO ANY
* — ;, l nrretillV m Hoot Makei it Albany that
JOB WORK
-
Neatly and Promptly
. EXECUTED
TRICES REASONABLE
AND BILLS PAYABLE
On Delivery of Work
The assistance of friends and patrons re
spectfully solicited in extending the circn-
latiou aud usefulness of the paper.
CARET W. STYLE*.
PROPRIETOR.
' ECLECTIC CAHRF
OF
fiime;
STEEL ENGRAVINGS
FOR THE
Portfolio, Scrap-Book, Framing, or tor
Purposes of IUastraiion.
Nearly 300 Different
SUBJECTS,
COMPRISING
HISTORIANS, POETS, ARTIST3, WAR
RIORS, EMPERORS, KINGS,
STATESMEN. HISTORIC AND IDEAL
PICTURES, Etc,, E*c.
rpilESE Engravings have appeared in the EclecTI
1- Mx.azink during the past 25 y*-ars. The-subjed
have been wlect«*d with grt-af car.- on both sides of th
Atlantic’. They are print»-d ou diff.-rent sized papei
either small size, 7 by 10, or <|iiarto size, 10 by 12.
Prick: Small size* quarto 15c. A apeci
men of each size and Catal-njue sent on receipt ot 25c
aDd, no receipt of 91, five • >1 t-ach size will be sent,
89.Catalogues sent Free to any address.
L. It. PELTON. Publisher,
loo Fulton St, New York.
aprll2G-
McAffee House.
SMITHVIIiT.E,. GA-
M
EALS 50 cent*,
hour for dinner.
Trains allow paeuengera half
nov!7-tf
