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Newspaper Page Textitf ii' Mi'ifjlilnr PKOF8SIOKAL CARDS LAWYERS. H. Ch DICKINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, And R^a! xlstate Agent* AtBAHY, OEOROIA. g^Tk* 8J« of Land* a 8p*clallJ. mtSS-Ibn. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY’ GEO. Mr- Oia with Warm a Hoot". *S» C B. Mmk. wooixn, joms * satis, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ALBANY, GEORGIA i.tiHmiUkif ATTORNEY AT LAW, RBWTON, Baker Conaly, 0 A OR0MPT»»W*tkva p«MlobajJo» entnnted vo r «>■« h COOa^ LAW NOTICE- PETKR J.STROZER, Wli. E. 8SIITH, DOCTORS* SR. W. W. BACON • OBsiW*wnifoto to At i... - . , | jjrm-ta.e-ouy. oaceU.WUUaeWjl^ W. A. STROTHER, H. D. ALBANY, GEORGIA. mr Glen’s Dm Store. I|.,i «. fttMAMft, OFFICE: Co Staln-WMtbrook'a B.IIdlg*. DF, L. J. ROBERT, UVattaaraall imarnlf. Fmale, ^teKOUbnt-, iKf Sort.' BmUtm l.cT.T, —»----— i Albany, Ua., Febmajy 6, 1878. Editors Telegraph dt Messenger: Absence from Ihc State lias prevented an earlier reply to the communication of Comptroller General W. L. Gold smith, of the 13th ultimo, published in the Atlanta Constitution, and ad dressed to jrou, in which he complains that 1 have done him an injustice in my letter of the 7th ultimo. The At lanta Constitution also publishes an editorial article on the same subject, written in an admirable spirit of con ciliation. but evidently based upon a misapprehension of the farts and the law. Comptroller Goldsmith, in his com munication, says: “Mr. Tift refers to recent sales of wild lands by the C. 8. Marshal at Savannah, and the do ings of the /peculators ns if I had some connection with them. • * * After alluding to said United States marshal's sales as the “first step In the speculation,” Mr. Tift proceeds to say: “The next step in the speculation was to get the Comptroller General’s transfer of the fi. fas for taxesagainst the unreturned wild lands accompa nied by instructions to the effect that “the surplus that the land might bring above taxes ami cost, etc., should go to the original owner of the land, if he could be found, and to the public treasury in case no own er appeared.” This perfected the scheme. They were the “owners" un der the bogus deeds from the United States marshal, they being constituted the judges and they would pay all “surplus" to themselves. But the Comptroller General, some time after the first circular, sent these specula tors a supplementary circular, in which, after warning them that “many false and fraudulent owners will per haps try to impose on you," in order to get the surplus of sales over and above the taxes, etc., he says: “I think it would be best to take a good and legal bond from ail persons to drhora you pay such moneys, condi tioned to repay the same within twelve months, if proper authorities decide that another is the true own- Br. Benj.M. Cromwell, tm MuweWncHS Drug Stare. mr JJf. E. w. AIsFRIEND i—i ntynmd surrounding country. fttstfiDraf Stare. Hr. P. Is. HU.SMAN, /vFPfcxix rxosrrnooJMw wskkt in* VT sun. HkM OD PiM UM, gear a* Charch. During stance lnxnoOe*,l*t*- n .racmrihoaU bn left mill* ISw(W». Jul-IT Dri HOLMES & DeMOSS Dentists, frgnfr OreJusUsof Ohio Dentsl College.) pmCiJTEm.TJU>cyd ln m Altgny, G»rsls FCT NT Ik. ■lTmk. in i» m tj WUnasOiUnarlangWaggSA Ken thoroughly pwMwUh aU immaouli Dentiurr; sal goroM ta l ring a la » srintfe. *srsBs » mutnaaer SWA s« afarstiaaa WafM «« thate^totnliB. Prices ■olaiata hot can. o*ee D,W. Kirkman, STOCK DEALER, ALBANY, GEORGIA. HOTELS DAY BOARD BARNES HOUSE, *20 Per Mootb. BOGEN HOUSE, l (FOBMLKLY TOWNS HOUME,) * BROAD STREET, ALBANY. GEORGIA X HW* Hmme is mr ready tor the rroeptk X mt guests. The name is a sufficient gusraaU katUwlMMviabekfptfo Im rim H|le. «. BOGEX. Propctotar McAFEE HOUSE, Smithville- Georeruv ■ W. McAFEE. Proprietor. Bzown House, MACON, - - - OEOROIA. 82 PER DAY, RATES REDUCED. Hr this date oar rates will be S3 per l«kpMta4(«RfoftaUfi > UUe u jNtalbrtU, Erery exert too will b« ■id«l*kenwlk«««B*tMva nytiutioi of the kOM. Erery attwtl— givn to Nm, sod largr •SC E. E. BROWN A tMK. t Rth»Pa Urn BARLOW HOUSE. AMERIC08, OA. toast ml la Ike Cealer of business—Oppo site Ike Coart House. Board Per Day $2 00 B. T. COLLINS, Proprietor. Mrirt attention paid to tha vnti On of Ow teat Betas Ib tiro State. E iRDEIDGJEROI 187 f Fresh Garden Seed. I o°isa << M Isas arrived, *b4 Id any Quantity eg IXLL OSLT THE BEST VARIETIES* W. B. Gil belt, Ageit & C*. By WESTON & EVANS.} Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00 Per Annum VOLUME 12. ALBANY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1878. NUMBER 8 WILD LANDS. Col. Tift Again. % was sold, to whom, when, and where, and for what amount, and pay said money over to the Comptroller Oeneral except tin, amount of taxes and a!) conU to tin, Comptroller General, who will keep in Ids office a book of the number rf all such lands, aud the amount of taxes collcrtcd thereon and to whom sold.” The next section of this act—section 8—provides that “the ownors of any land thus sold for taxes shall havo the privilege of redeeming the same at any timo within one year from the Comptroller Goldsmith, after mak ing the above quotation from my let ter of the 7th ultimo, says: “This statement is entirely untrue, and I fear intentionally so,” aud for proof of this, he refers to his circular in structions which he now publishes in fall. These circulars show that the statements which I made concerning his instructions, were entirely true, being extracts from them, published in the Atlanta Constitution by hi9 au thority; but they also show that I was mistaken, as to the party to whom the circulars were addressed. They were directed to the sheriffs, and not to the speculators. I gladly correct this unintentional error, though I do not think that it makes much differ ence in the effect. Comptroller Gold smith had no more authority to con fer upon sheriffs, the power of judg ing who were the true owners of lands sold and of paying to them the sur- >!us arising from sales under tax fi. 'as. as he has assumed to do in his cir cular instructions, than he had to con fer it npon the speculators. He says that these circulars “only contain the law, (see code 892, section 7, act of 1874, page 106)” The laws referred to, and other laws show, not only that Comptroller Goldsmith’s circular in structions to sheriffs do not contain the law hot that they are in direct conflict with the law. Section 892 of the code, referred to, is in chapter 5, relating to “delbiqnent tax payers and proceedings against them,’'as fol lows: “If there is any excess after laving taxes and all expenses, it shall je immediately paid to the person au thorized to reeeire it.” Supposing that this law referred to the duty of the Comptroller General in the col lection of taxes on wild lands(though it does not) who is the person author ized to receive it—the “excess?” Sec tion 881 of the same chapter answers: “When an officer collects money on such process, or any other issued by the Comptroller General, he shall with out delay remit the saute to him by some safe and speedy method, and on failure to do so is liable, as lie would be to other plaintiffs.” Comptroller Gohlsniifh’s circular instructions to sheriffs, directing them to pay the ex cess or surplus of money, over tax and costs, to the owners of ilic land, ft to be found, is in couflict with this law. Bnt the other law to which Comp troller Goldsmith refers as authority for bis circular instructions to the sheriffs—“Art of 1874, p. 106," entitled “An art to regulate the manner of giving in land for taxation, and the sale and redemption thereof, and for other pnrposcs”—shows Hint lie has violated the law in three distinct es sentials. 1. In neglecting for three years to execute the law. 2. In transferiug llie tax fi. fas. 3. In his instructions to sheriffs. The law of 1871 relates exclusively to wild lands, and directs the |iartic- ular means which shall lie used to se cure the collection of Sluleand county taxes on such lands, and it avoids the defects which hail caused previous acts of the General Assembly, on the same subject, to lie suspended to pre vent injustice to owners of such lands. The art was approved February 28lh, 1874. The following provisions pre cede section 7. and will aid in its illustration: The Comptroller Gen eral is required “to make out a com plete list by number, district, section and present county of all the unim proved or wild lands not given in for taxes,” ami “shall for thirty days make advertisement of the same in otic newspaper at the capitol ofthcStntc,” etc., aud that the Comptroller Gen eral shall, at the expiration of sixty days from the passage of this act, pro ceed to issue executions and collect the taxes in the same manner as here in provided. of twenty per centum per annum thereon, or on making stitfactory evi dence of his title to the Comptroller General, he may receive tho purchase- money less the amount of taxes due tho Slate thereon, and the cost ex pended in collecting said tax.” This is tiie law referred to by Comp troller Goldsmith above, and is ap plicable to the case under con sideration. I have copied these two sections, 7 and 8 of the act of1874, page 106, 'that any one may comjnrc the law with the instructions to sheriffs issued by comptroller Goldsmith, for their guidance which he says, “only contained the law.” First, it will be seen by reference to the above quoted law, that it was the “sworn duty” of Comptroller Gold smith to have had the unreturned wild lands, sold for taxes soon aftor the passage of this , act of February 28th, 1874. The law gave him no dis cretion. It has neither been suspend ed nor repealed. Prominent men in the Legislature of 1876 and 1877, he says, “urged me to collect the tax.” What reasons docs he give for -this neglect of duty? The only reason contained in bis letter is: “In 1875 a list of wild land was published, the wild land owners raised a cry against the sale of taxes, and the law was not enforced. Still the legislature of1876-7 did not repeal the law, but prom inent men in these bodies urged me to collect the tax.” Such is ms excuse, for a gross neglect of duty which does not cuter into this controversy. He has given no reasons and 1 presume, can give none for the neglect of his duty to collect the'taxcs on unrelumed wild lands, the present subject of con troversy. The owners of these, if any, are absent, or unknown, and all that he says about the cry of the owners of wild lands, and their motives' .may serve to be-fog the mind, hut it has nothing to do with the subject- - There is no excuse at all, and this is quite as good-as the excuse above giv en, for not selling wild lands which were returned for taxation by the owners. 2. It will be seen by the law above quoted not only that Comptroller Goldsmith had no authority to trans fer to any one fi. fas. issued bv him foe tax on unreturned wild lands, but that such transfer was utterly incon sistent with the law and his duties under it; it will also be seen that his instruction to sheriff^, copied in the above extract from my letter of the 7th ulliir j, are in direct conflict with the law. The act of 1874, Section 7 and 8, above quoted, requires that when the unreturned wild Ian then section seven referred to'by Comptroller Goldsmith as authority for his circular instructions to sheriffs is as follows: 8 w. 7. On the expiration of the time of advertisement the Comptroller Gen eral shall issue executions against all unimprovetl or wild lands not returned for State and ettunty tax as per assess ment in the county where the land lies, asscsing the value at thc*avernge value of such land in the county where it lies, which execution shall be di rected to the sheriff of the county where the land lies, and the sheriff shall forthwith proceed to advertise and sell the same under the same rules and regulations as govern other sheriff sales and make bis returns ;tbe sheriff in his retards to show what lauds ands are sold under fi. fas. for taxes issued by the Comp troller General, the sheriff shall ‘■'pay said money over to the Comptroller General,” and the owner of the lands can get thq surplus of sales over the amount of taxes, etc., only “on mak ing satisfactory evidence of his title to the Comptroller General.” The Comp troller General has no right, or au thority, to ignore, or transfer to sher iffs, or others, these and other duties which the taw prescribes for him alone. When he violates the law, or exceeds its authority, his acts arc void in law, though they'may operate great injury to citizens and to the State. The law of 1872‘ code 891, and the amendment of 1875, quoted by Comp troller Goldsmith and by the Atlanta Constitution, as authority for trans ferring tax li fas, issued liy the Comp troller-General against 'unreturned wild lands, is not only inconsistent with the law of 1874 above quoted, but it shows upon its face its inappli- cihility to the use which Comptroller Golilswith has made of it, as will be seen by reference to the law, Act of 1872, code 89Y: “Whenever any person, other than the person against whom the game lias issued shall pay any execution issued for State, county or municipal taxes, or nnv other execution issued without the judgment of a court under any law, the officer whose duly it is to en force said execution shall, upon the request of the party, so paviug the same, transfer said execution to said party; and said transferee shall have the same rights as to enforcing said execution, and priority of payment as might have been exercised or claimed before said transfer, (amend ment of 1875,) “provided transferee shall have said execution entered on the execution docket of the Superior court of Ilic county in which the same was issued, nnd if the persmi against whom the same was issued resides in a different county, then also in the county of such person’s residence with in thirty days from said transfer.” A critical examination of this law- shows that the fi. fa. therein authoriz ed to be issued must be against a “per son,” and'iiot against laud. Such fi. fa. is authorized to be transferred only “by the officer whose duty it is to en force said execalirm,” nnd the Comp troller General is not such an officer. He holds the same relation to the fi. fa. issued by him. He gives the authori ty, the sheriff enforces it. If the per son who is the owner of the land, against which the fi. fa. is issued'is unknown, how could the 11. fa. be en tered on the execution docket, in the county of such person’s resi dence?” It, would be impossible, nnd this, with tliu law, code 881, quoted above, shows that llie Comptroller Goldsmith had no authority to trans fer the wild land tax fi. fas^Atnd the act of 1874, quoted above, shows that lie Imd no nutliority for the instruc tions which he bus given to. tho sheriffs. Comptroller General Goldsmith says: “I was opposed to said trans fers, but my sworn duty was to exe cute tiie law us I Ami them, and as construed by the Attorney General.” Could be not find sufficient justifi cation for declining to take tke money (if till* ^HHftcnlntfiru ami flitiu Mllawo As to the opinion of tho Attorney General, it would be interesting to know what questions were asked of him. Ills published opinion seems to be confined to a single section of tho code, 891. Has he given any opin ion relative to the powers and duties of the Comptroller General under the act of 1874? Comptroller General Goldsmith ,ya: Kit ia true that speculators boagmfosej- fak/:bav.'X have al ways said that of the persons connect ed with these matters thoy will got tho'sickest’of their bargain.” Why should they bo “sickest?” Havo thoy been deceived as to their rights un der the transfer? Has he not trans ferred to his father, Mr. Turner Gold smith, twenty-seven fi. fas., against as many lots of land in Bartow county ? It is not tho policy of tho State to make any ono sick except tho viola tors of her laws. Comptroller Goldsmith states in substance that he has not been inter ested directly or indirectly in wild speculators. I did not charge him with any such interest, and I made no “insinuation.” I stated distinctly the facts which have not been denied —except the error, which 1 havo cor rected, relative to tiie party to whom his instructions were directed—and I drew such conclusions from them as I deemed jusL As to the aid given to the speculators “whether con sciously or not,” by the transfer of the tax-fi. fas., and accompanying in structions to sheriffs, let the facts speak from the records of bis offied Several hundred lots of wild laud have been sold under under the trans ferred fi. fas., and in many cases there has been a considerable surplus above the taxes and costs. How much of this surplus has been paid to tho spec ulators, by the sheriffs, as owners, un der the bogus deeds, from tho Uni ted States Marshal, or other false and fraudulent owners ?” And how much has been paid to the Comptroller General as required by law? It is true that under the instructions of the Comptroller General and the holders of these bogus titles will give bond to refund the surplus if the true owner should appear and prove his title within twelve-months. But if the real owner is dead, or should not ap pear, then the surplus will be retain ed by the owner of the bogus title, instead of its going into the State Treasury as the law and justice to the tax-payers of the State require. Comptroller General Goldsmith says that the speculators who bought these fi fas “will have to do just what the State would have done had the transfer been made, viz: advertise and sell,” etc. If the State coaid hare done this work through her own of ficers, as well as the speculators could do it, what interest had the State in the transfer of har tax fifas ? And if the State could not be benefitted by the transaction, will Comptroller Goldsmith, though not interested in wild land specnlations, tell us what personal interest he had in the sale and transfer of tax fi fas ? Did he re ceive fees for issuing the fi faa. or otherwise, which he would not have been entitled to if he had sent the fi fas to the sheriff, and had the land sold as directed by the act of 1874 ? I have been informed that he has re alized several thousand dollars in fees from the transferred tax fifas. What ever the amount may bfi, is it a per quisite of the Comptroller General’s office, or does it go to the State Treas ury? The new constitution, which deprives the Comptroller General of any fee or perquisite, section 2, para graph 7, was adspted the 2d Monday of December last. Did this have any influence npon the action or interest of the Comptroller General ? If not, then there is no apparent necessity or reason for the transfers of tax fifas which he has made in violation of the law, and soeminly blind to the evil consequences which must necessarily follow. Comptroller Goldsmith writes as if the question in issue was, whether the collection of taxes on wild lauds should be postponed or promptly col lected. This is not the issue. I know of no one who desires a postpone ment of the legal collection of the tax. The question in issue is, whether the unreturned wild lands of the State shall be sold at the option of specula tors, under lax fi. fas.—illegnllv transferred to them by the Comptrol ler General—whether sheriffs sliall be illegally deputized to perform the du ties of the. Comptroller General,’ in judging who nre the owners of land, and paying to them tho surplus of tax sales, instead of sending it to the Comptroller General, to go into the State Treasury—whether by these il legal transfers and sales, citizens shall be involved in litigation, and the State in damage—in short, whether the law shall prevail or whether its purposes shall be defeated. These are the questions in issue, and they will sooner or later be decided by the proper authorities or by the people. ’ Comptroller Goldsmith deals in harsh language. I shall not retort— Nor shall I be deverted or deterred from my purpose of trying to uphold and vindicate the laws or the State.— I have no interest in the matters which I have diseased bevoud that of any other citizen. I have' nothing to say against Mr. Goldsmith, as a citi zen, or as a man. I discuss his official acts as I would those of any other public officer. They will speak for him, and by them he will be judged. Very Itespectfully, Nelson Tir-r. Plant Treed. of the “speculators,” and thus relievo himself from the ohligation-which lie says he was under to transfer the fi. fas. ? There is no penalty attached to the law of 1872, code 891, and it Is thus evident tliat it was intended for the benefit of mutually agreeing and interested parties, and gives no au thority to the Comptroller General. The State of Pennsylvania is per fecting a law by which each citizen will get a reduction of one dollar from his taxes who plants out four trees along the public highways in that State. How would this work in Thomasville. It strikes us that some incentive should be given whoreliy parties would interest themselves in planting out sliade trees in Thontas- vllle. VVe modestly suggested last year that a small reduction from the amount of City taxes paid by each real ostate owner where they planted out one or more trees on the public streets, would soon makeThoinasville a forest city. Had this been done, say fifteen years ago, Thomasi'illc to day would have been the most at tractive interior town in the Slate. It is never too late to begin. Therefore we respectfully call the attention of the new board lo the subject. Only last year, the Marshal of Albany, un der instructions from the council, planted out fifteen hundred thrifty live oaks in that town. LetnotrThom- asville lag behind her ambitious sla tes on the Flint—Thomasville Tima. LETTER PROM ITALY. An Interesting Paper. We arc permitted to publish the following interesting lettor from Bov. J. B. Chevcs, now in Italy, to his brother Mr. J. D. Chevcs, of Albany: Floiiknce, Italy, Jan. 16, 1878. After more than a weeks rambling _ have at last reached the far-famed and celebrated art-city of tiie world, tho Italian Eircmi, whose history dates way back into the early periods of human enlightenment, ^tnd which is shown to have been a leading light in the earliest ages of civilization. Florence, the Latin Florentia, was probably founded by the Romans, un der Sulla, in tho first century beforo Christ. During the Dark Ages the town was devosted by the incursions of the barbarian hordes, bnt revived about the beginning of the eleventh century. Tho proud position it occu pies in the history of art aud science was first established by the immortal I)ante, the author of the “Divina Comedo,” who was horn hore 1215, but>who was afterwards banished, 1302, because of tho political position ho sustained in tiie interest of his country, and died in exile at Revena, 1321. 'lie was the great founder of the modern Italian language, and to day, doubtless, his memory is more revered ‘than it was then. Here also was the homes of Michael Angelo, Raphael, Leonardo and a host of oth ers. Givanni Bicacclo, tho first ex pounder of the illustrious Dante, and celebrated for his “Decameronc," which served as a model for the “Cantebury Tales,” by Chaucer, also lived at Florence. It was, too, the chief cradle of the School of Hu morists (15lh century) who aimed at a universal and harmonious develop ment of tiie personal character, and whose contemplative life was far ex alted above everyday realities. This was the home, too, of Salutato, Le onardo Bruni,' and Marsuppini, the infidel, whose firmly-moulded char acters recall the personages of an tiquity. It was here that the sources of classic literature were re-discover ed .by Xicoli LcNiccoli, Ttoversari and pther enthusiastic collectors of books. It was here that the Plutonic Ecademy developed the study of the antique into a. species of religious worship and most.of the humorists, including Flcino, Poggo Landidi, and Rico della Mirandola, who resided here for longer or shorter 'periods, enjoyed -promotion and the highest distinction at Florence. Even after the decline of humorism; Florence continued to surpass the rest of Italy in intellectual culture, as the names Machiavalle, Varehi, Guirriandini and Galileo testify. But who that is not devoid of all taste for literature and art can speak of Florence with- out admiration ? Italy, with her deep blue etheral clouds as a canopy, has a classic furrow from tiie mythic Scy 11a and Charibdis of the South to the stony alps of the North, ploughing Its course over the hills of Time, be queathing to posterity a rich legacy. And yet, what Cornith was to the Grecians as Cicero said, “The eve of all Greece,” so has been and is Flor ence to the Italians. An amazing profusion of treasures of art, such as no other locality possesses within eo narrow-limits, reminiscences of a his tory which has influenced the whole of Europe, perpetuated by numerous and Imposing monuments, and lastly the delightful invirons backed by the picturesque Appenniues, combine to render Florence one of the most at tractive and interesting places in the world. Who can describe the en chanting view of this art city of Tus cany aud the world, with its 'sur rounding gardens? Who paint the distant horizon from Ficsole smiling at us wilti its fair towers, to the Blue- ridge of the Lucchesc mountains, standing out in bold relief ngainst the golden background of the Western sky? Here everything betrays the work of generation after generation of ingenious men. As Leo says: “Like a water-lily rising on the mir ror of tiie lake, so rests on this lovely ground tlio still more lovely Florence, witli its evcrlnsting works, and its in exhaustible riches.” From the bold airy tower of the palace, rising like a slender mast, to BrUnnelleschrs won drous dome of the Cathedral, from tiie old house of the Spini to the Pitti Palace, tiie most imposing the world lias ever seen, from the garden of the Franciscan convent to the beautiful environs of the Caseins, ail arc full of incomparable grace. Each street con tains a world of art; the walls of the city arc the Calyx, containing the fairest flowers of the human mind; nnd tins is but the richest gem in the diadem with which the' Italian peo ple have adorned the earth. It may sound a little extravagant, and more of an ecstatic flight of fan cy than a reality, to follow me thro’, such rapturous outbursts on Florence and Italy; but when you lake into consideration tliat I have just emerg ed from that suu-forsaken country, tliat disagreeable climate, that, in many respect, undesirable land, Ger many, you will no doubt appreciate the 'emotions tliat give rise to such sentiments. Of all disagreeable trav els, and experiences in travel, I think 1 made it from Dresden to the boun dary of Southern Germany, and when I reached the last station and entered into Italy, notwithstanding the tran sition was gradual it was neverthe less real, ana I could but mentally ejaculate, Goff sei dank. My first hall, in Italy was in Vero na, a very old town, and of many quaint structures as well as facts pos sessed. There it was that “Tomb of Juliet” is yet pointed out— it is off in an old uninhabited part of the town, In the distant rear of a large garden, tenanted by a single old cas tle looking dwelling. Nothing marks it os the last resting places of the scions of two noble ana wealthy fam ilies. A few withered wreaths of flowers hang on the walls, placed thero by some admirers of tiie im mortal poet—one by the wife of a Gen. Shalupcarc, of Englaud^rcla- tivo to the Bard—were the onlyoraccs of care and sympathy. All seemed to sing a tedeum to the ashes of the im mortal, and I turning away with many awakening emotions could but echo the sentiment, requieseat in pace. •* Very respectfully, J. B. C. ALL SOBTS, A LX* KINDS, ALL Dzscair- TXOXSC Pen Picture of B.H. HU1 In the Senate. Sam Small, from a commanding place in the Senate gallery, calmly points his camera down at the great men below, and takes their likeness. Among others, he sends to tiie Consti tution, this one of “our Ben.” “Senator Beu Hill, that blonde, strong Saxon looking man, is sitting jnst ill front of Coke. Not sitting, either, for when quiet in his seat, Ben Hill is “acrouged” down into his chair like a weary school boy who has been kept in after hours. When not listen ing to some other Senator, he is read ing the Record, or gome equally in teresting book or paper. He takes probably as mnch interest in the cur rent proceedings of the Senate as any of his colleagues, but occasionally you may catch him in the cloak room doz ing sweetly on a sofa. When a Sen ator takes the floor for a speech, Sen ator Hill listens with great respect, long enough to know whether he is going to be interested; if not, he slides out to smoke o( chat in the lob by or cloak-room; if he is interested he gets as close as possible to the speaker aud is apparently all ears.— lie is a notable figure in the Senate, promptly hunted out by visitants to the galleries. Nearly every one who gains admission to the floor wants an introduction to him. He is popular among the Senators, and his powers are more feared than those of any man on the Southern seats. His ora tory is quick and powerftd, his logic not always invincible, but his tongue is sharp and ready as a Damascus blade. Whenever a sensation is want ed, the plumbago gods and goddesses in tho reporters gallery yearn for Ben Hill to put his arm out from the shoulder. He never rises to speak but a hush comes over the Senate and every ear * la turned to catch his words. He is rapidly gaining that magical power over the heterogene ous audiences of the Senate that he has so long held over his Georgia fol- _ lower. With another year in the Sen- Italy, with her deep ate, and Ben Hill will claim a place and fame in its annals that no South ern man has even aspired to since the war. At present he rests nnder the disfavor of his financial position, but I count that little. Few who know him doubt his ability to work out sat- isfactorily his own salvation.” “Two bMMehoklB,boih alike In dignity. From ancient grudge broke to new mutiny. From fortb the fatal lolaa of theee two foes The nmiics of these “two star-cross ed lovers” form tho title of one of Shakspcar’g most popular tragedies, “Romeo and Juliet/’ The houso of tho Capulels is still standing; nn old. quaint structure, in a narrow, dismal part of tho street, whero the walls were, tliat- “with love’s light wings,” - Hi Romeo scaled to wuit in silent expec tation beneath tiie window where Juliet should appear us “the suit of the cast, llie brightness of whose checks would shame the stars as day light doth a lamp,” docs not now np pear; but I suppose they have given place to modern demands, if iudeod the whole affair is not u beautiful po etic Action, which conclusion is cer tainly true if the Biographer of Mr. Sbakspeare is correct in the statement that he was never on the Continent, which statement, however, is contra dicted by internal evidence. The Your Preacher. We Would heartily commend the following advice, given at the instal lation of a minister in Canada, to the careftil perusal and study of all. If the suggestions were acted out by ev ery member of onr churches, our ministers would be enabled to labor more cheerfully for the salvatiofi of souls, the members would enjoy more of the spirit of their Maker, those not members would see more of the “Glo ry of God,” andavastamountofgood would be done: “Dear brethren, I suggest that you prey for your minister daily; guard his reputation carefully; near him preach weekly; listen to the work wakefUUy; labor with him pathet ically, both individually and collec tively; support the Sunday school heartily; subscribe for him liberally, pay him promptly; give him a bit of meat ana a ball of butter occasional ly ; greet him cordially, but not rude ly ; and may the God of all grace bless you abundantly, and add unto you daily such as shall be saved eter nally. Pat’s Dream. A son of the Emerald Isle was ob served one morning .to look very blank- and perplexed, aud a friend asked him what ailed him. “Pat,” said he. “I had a dream.” “A good or bad one ?” inquired his friend.— Pat answered it was a little of both. “Faith I’ll tell ye. I dreamed I was with the Pope, who was as great a jintemen as any in the disthrict, ’an he asked me would I drink. Faix, would a duck swim ? And seeing the craythur ’an the lemon, ’an the sugar on the sideboard, I told him I didn’t care if I tuk a wee drap of the punch.” “Cold or hot?” asked the Pope. “Hot, yer holiness,” I replied, and with that he stepi>ed down into the kitchen for the bilin watlier, but before he got back I woke straight up, and now it’s distressing me tliat I didn’t take it cowld.” A story is told of an editor who died, went to heaven, and was denied admittance lest he should meet some delinquent subscriber, and bad feel ing would - be engendered in that peaceful clime. Having to go to some place, the editor next appeared in the regions of darkness, but was positive ly refused admittance, ns the place was full of delinquent subscribers.— Wcurily the editor turned back to ward the celestial city, and was met by the watchman of the portals with a smile, who said: “1 was mistaken ; you can enter, there are no delin quent subscribers tu heaven.” Among the Phunnygraphem. The photographer’s soliloquy—“Is this a Daguerre which I see before me?”—Graphic. It come natural for Blaine to throw stones—his pockets are full of Little Rocks.—Graphic. Don’t put off until to-morrow what you can do to-day, unless It’s buying a map of Europe.—N. Y. Times. 8ay, you, J. Madison Wells, come out from nnder that wood pile and own up,—Chicago Inter-Ocean. The boy who grows up with an overwhelming fear of dogs will not develop into a book agent ia after life.—Hartford Book Agents’ Guide. Some husbands, it is said, write “W P” in tiie comer of their letters, which means “wife permitting.”—Norris town Herald. A Danbury girl has settled the mat ter. She says a frosty moustache ia just like a plate of ice cream.—Dan bury News. If J. Madison Wells is in the city he will do well to call upon us. We can tell him something that will amuse him.—Washington Repnhli- It is claimed that some of these high-toned life insurance companies must fail. Now is the time to die and be in before the failure.—Hartford CouranL A Boston preacher sends us a note to the effect that there ia no helL— What, then, is to become of the men who publishflashjnvenileliterature? —frank Leslie’s Weekly. If the Bible were a law book Ben Butjer would show in five minutes that murder and stealing were the highest legal virtues.—Boston Con- grcgatlonaliat It is alleged that New York school girls who smoke cigarettes donate their tobacco duet to Maine class mates who , dip. That’s Church Uhiou. Charles Francis Adams, in a recent letter, says that he “was never inti mate” with the late Mr. Bowles. Poor Sami perhaps that, was what killed him.—Springfield Republican.: Vaasar college girls amuse them selves in leisure moment* by spitting ‘ Yreal- Tax Collector u4 ex-oficlo* Slierlff—J. R. For* . Ftaodne. OrilRry-B. A. Collier. WWBH".. ~,TjHI Tax Receiver—I. N. Wioemao. ROAD COfiNiaUOVMfl. €*> Dtatrict-A. P. {Salter, J. L. Dozier, L. N. SU- P *HI*Ptotrict—Joha M. CutlifT, C. M. Majto, J. C. MaUhtwA. NVT District—K. E. Wilder, E. H. Bscon, B. F, RattU. “V ■ r JOSTXCRE or THE PEACE. CM District—A. K. Jennings. ?94* District—Jos. Armstrong, A. P. Grew, Jr. ■ IIMT nisltirt U Tl Rnrtte ; MW District—8. D. Bostic. fy V-. .■ COUNTY COURT. JedgA-W T Jones. BoUcttor—Wm Oliver. Osrfc-W H Gilbert. CITY OF ALBANY. Msyor-W H Wilder. * OOUKCILMKM. Kelson Tift. 8 Mayer, John Jackson, J G Stephsos T H Willingham, M F Mercer. Clerk enATreasurer—Frank V Evans. Marshal—F G Edwards. PoHoeusn—J W Kemp^W Eason Smith. rotleomen—J w Kemp, w Eaaoi City Physician—Dr W W Bacon, City Attorney—Wm Oliver. COUNCIL COMMITTERS. J OMophe* Msaas—John Jackson, Samuel Mayor, O* cCfrngii Samuel Mayer, T H Willingham, MeLoa Tift, K F Mercer, Thus H W-Uingham. Om Department—J Q Stephens, John Jackson, ' O* BtMklmd OmtHrir-V F Mercer, Kelson 11ft, John Jaekaoe. Willingham, J G Stephens, S F RELIGIOUS. _ Cbuach—Bor Mr Riley, Pastor. viees every Sunday, forenoon and night, r'abhath Sohool, teas each Sunday. Frtycr meeting every Wednesday evening, 7 o'clock. Mwtmodutt Church—itev H R Felder, Pastor- mifim avArv Riudiv II a u .ml 7 ... u.kk..t. p m. Sabbath IPS - ^ Tnssdsy Rights; general prayer meeting Thursday gSfl RMjfcts, ApnooPAL Church—Bev T G Pond. Services every^Sunday forenoon and afternoon. Sabbath PRRsarrERfav Church—Rev. Jno T McAryde, Pastor. Services ftrst and third Sabbaths each month. Prayer meeting Tuesday evenings, 7^ o'clock. Sabbath School each Sunday afternoon, at « o'clock. ■ POSTOFFICE. Postmaster—C W A»nold. Deputv Postmaster—I A Hines ARRIVAL AMD DEPARTURE Of MAILS. Southwestern or Koitherc, doses at 10 am,and opens at S p in, dally. Atlantic and UuLC < or Southern, closes at 2 pm, , -ally. —— end Blakeley extension,doses at 2 p ta, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and opens it MO am, Tuasdays, Wednesdays, Fridsys, Satur- *&«**.* Albany Railroad, doses Taeedaya. Thursdays and Saturdays, at 7:30 a m, sod opens Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 7 p m. . „ . Warwick, Vienna and Me Lolland's Mill, opens 'art ii W Friday* 6 pm, and doses Saturdays 8 am. ouuji. Gintown, Arnold,Minton, Moultrie, opens Wednes days, 6 p to, and doses Thursdays, 8 am. . .. ' office hour*. ' Fromt amto 12 m, am from 1%pm to6 pm. Oflos is open ail the .ime during the stated hour*, with the exoeption.of time required for dispatch and delivery of mail. Money order office for the German Empire and Iwiteermnd. Wm port.—Harvard Lampoon. When Lycurgus ordered the Spar tan mint to make a three-cent piece as big and heavy, as a grindstone, he was determined to keep county treas urers from yearning to travel abroad. —Cincinnati Commercial. The latest’and wickedest on dis about the eluhs la to t)>« etftct that a married lady in this city, wall known to society, but name uot given, ha* re cently fallen In love, with her hus band.—N. Y. Mail. ... While all the other fellows are shouting for the dollar of .their dad dies our lone yell is for tha puny o f our parents—the oldoonpar.ston-lid, one of which, in a handkerchief, was as good as a breech-loading rifle.— Dead wood News. “Ladles in India hare rifle match es,” says the N6w York Heralds Yes; they vie with one another.to see vfho shall rifle the gentlemen’s pocketq of mey at church' fairs.— the most money) Church Union. There is one thing calculated to de- relope all the latent pedestrian abili ty a woman has in her, thatda to: be ty a woman has m her, tnat t* to i oe caught in a shower with hee Sunday bonnet on, and no umbrella.—Lady's Journal. . ' I .... A woman will face a frowning world and cling to the man the loves through the moat bitter adversity, hut she wouldn’t wear a hat three weeks behind the style to save the govern ment—Andrew’s Bazar. Did you ever read a patent medi cine advertisement without thinking it would have made Soloman feel as though he hadn’t got much farther along than the half-way house oh the road to wisdom;—N. Y. Observer. The little daughter of a leading physician in a certain country town presented the following as: her first school essay: “There was a little girl and she was very side. .They sen! tfor my papa and she died very quick.— Natchez Democrat. There may be an eternal fitness In all things, bnt it’s mighty hard * unshackled mind to make . out why a soap-fat man should have a voice as plaintive and toll of woe as a camp meeting exhorter.—Oshkosh Chris tian Advocate. It requires-a sharp lookout to keep a cheap clothing store in toe deep waters of prosperity uow-a-dayt than it does to ran the government. Last year’s overcoats have never before been so- fashionable - as now.—N. Y. Dry Goods Reporter. ; Discerning child (who had heard some remarks by papa)—“Are* you otfr new uncle ?” Nurse—“Yes, dear. 1 Child—“Well, then, I am one of toot boys who can only he managed by kindness; so yon had better get (tome sponge cake and oranges at once.”— Hartford Times. This is one of the items which toe soul of the temperance editor of the far East delights in: “San Francisco, California, spends for church music annually 124,000; for ministeM’Ttala- auiiutuil f«T,WV • sw» DIIIIIW ricH, $68,500; and for liquor $14,000,- 000." Lord! whatawaste! It is not always safe for an editor to send the business manager of the office to describe the costnmes of la dies at a gathering. One recently wrote his experience thus: “Miss A— wore a red bombazine dress, niched with point alpaca; and an overskirt of rose gingham with a border of parsley blossoms. Her torture was particularly noticeable, from the fact that her hair was so deliciously scram bled in front. She wore no. 6 lilac double-bntton gloves, and no. 4 store shoes, slashed at the heels, and Pom padour socks.” Make yourself necessary, young man, and your success it certain.— Josh Billings. ... ■ Tbt'$8*, 500 would buy over $740,000 bit- drinks for tke needy.—San Francisco Mail. “What is a veranda?” is now being discussed by foreign .architects. A varanda, gcntlomen, is a place where, with the right kind of companion, you’ll find the moon shines brighter and the hours fly swifter than in tiny other spot on the earth’s surface. Try it once.—Courier-Journal. Printer’s ink has done wonder* for the world, but is not always taliim ic. An establishment in England, cm- ploying females, advertised 6 months for a man capable of managing eighty women, and yet at last acconqtatoe individual wanted had not stepped forward.—Philo. Christian Woman. “Ain’t fortv dollars rather high for. lodging knd breakfast?” was what a departing stranger inquired of the clerk at ono of our leading' hotels, on being told that was toe amount'orhis bill. “Yes,-It is a Uttie high; but we might as well have It aa tha stage rob bers” was the placid answer at the clerk as he receipted the 'bill.—San Antonio Express. ' ' FRATERNAL. Albany LodobNo 24.FAM.—T D Dupont W M A M Wotihin, Secretary. Meets Ar»t and third Friday Rlgfcu ©f each month. Albany Chapter, No IS R A M.—W B Daniel HP. A M Wollthin, Secretary. Meets 2nd Friday .. flkootlii AlbanyOouwxuNo S.RA81L—a M Wotihio. TIM. D Glauhar. Recorder. Meets Bnt Monday *%cha LonSJoj B—Meets ^laod Vh Tkaro* Bay olffets In each taeerib, at WeWrt ttJii ae ru* nan, President. Richard Robinson, Secretary. MILITARY; FIREMANIC. Chief of Ftre Department:—T M Carl or Aml. Chief fire Depart:—M D GorUtowsky Tbronatxkbka NoT—{Steam Fire Engine)—E L Wight, Foreman, - • KA0LbNo.2—(Hand Engine—Imac Jackaon, col ored, Foromaa. 0*L.F< Hook A Ladder—F W McCarthy, GRAIN. ■ A.. "W. Tuc kers Produce Broker, 'lb. Tr^la, talliesAle of.ll kind, of Grain. Odra for MBST noelio atilct .Uenilou, juSl-tf A Journal for the People. Ills So, fill. THOM AST II. LB, «A By L C Bryan, ITIh* only Arm Journal. In Southern Georgia, a X monthly filled with nil kinds of information foe tarmaxa and others, and devoted to the Industrial Interests of Southern Georgia. An original story by a 8outh Georgian, also opers with the dial mr* her. Subscription only $2 a year, fob14-tt 25 Dollars Reward. WsWILLMjr $25 REWARD, for the arrest and delivery to the Marshal of Al bany, of the perron or persons, who broke the cor ner window of our store on the night of the Uth n«d a further Toward for the arrest, with proof to convict, the perron who entered our store mad committed theft—or we will pay a reward for anr Information that will lead to the conviction of MtWFMtr. a. MAYER £ GLXUBER. ' juu Head Headquarters WATSON & CLAR1C GUANO! Saie Money by Using II! CfUndlnc pro-emtoentIf above all others, by fU O merits, 1 aa safe In saying that it is the best IN THE MARKET Tha Fanners and Planter* of Southwest Georgia Bin raapactftilly invited to call on m* for terms, etc. masT”, f.b If. .14 Libel far Olverce Worth Suwimor Court, ) Matilda H'rthxRmrx* October Tenn. V vs. ) J. F. Wbathrrsrrn. reside In thli county, nod It further appearing that he doe<not reside In th*BtateofGeorgia,but !n the 8ttte of Texas, on motion Ordered: That the defendant appear and answer at the next Term of the Court, and that ser- viea ho perfected on him by publication of this rule, onoa a month tor four months in the Albany Newa, a gaOette published in the town or Albany, and BUM or Georgia, G.J. WRIGHT, Woman A Bushes, Attory's for Plt’ff. Judge, A tows extract from tha minutes )ttMn C. J. TIPTON, Clark.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, February 21, 1878, Image 1