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Newspaper Page TextVASOIT ft ALFRIEND, Attorneys at Law D. A. VASOW, inuj.Hwiu. A.H.ALFBZZ2T3), By WESTON & EVANS. I Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00 Per Annum VTOOSEH & JOKES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ALBANY. UKOKUIA •LAW NOTICK Mr total profrtaloi ho public go no roily f patkr J. stbozer; WM. B. SMITH, RS. W.U DDKCH J.T. HOLMES. Dre. Holmes & DeMoss, t DENTISTS. ALBANY, , . a GEORGIA. ■aaj i in ij SR. W. W. BACON saaKK'tfts; > |W Ilian o€ All WXSTR0THER.il. D. ALBANY. GEORGIA. Oiee iver Glen’s Dnm Store. Jllarim latt allWDnuSlaia 111 nctinjmmf* Dr. E.W. ALFRIEIND, tjESPSCTTULLV icoi.r. hi* Mrtlns.'la lb. n AV itoo. braaeba. ol hi, prof.ul&n. lolb.ciUwM atJLIbgTt^«arr»aoJia t oualr; OMct at nil Dr. P L.mLSMAN, f\mcn:: FRONT KooM,a.T«r Watch’s Dr. y Hn. Iwta—n> Hm Httti. osar U.> During abaraca (run otbct, o HOTELS DAY liOAKD AT THE BARNES HOUSE, $20 Per Month. BOLEN HOUSE; iFORMKKl.Y TOWS* Hot sE,} BROAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA rpHJE BdftB Haute » now raadr for the rereptio* X of The BAur n a •uflkicnl tfuaraaica lul tha hi mu will hr kr |.t in 6m<U» »»?!«*. •c«4ly «». HO«»EN. Propnriur McAFEE HOUSE, Smithville : '• Georitia- • IffaAilr K E HI U. JlrAFEE. Proprietor. Maala Sft cent* lfl#U)W HOUSE. AMERICUJ*. OA. Located In the Center of business—Oppn« kite the Court House. Board Per Day $2 00 B. T. COLLINS, Proj.rieior. OaaofttetaRb POST OFFICE DEPARTMEHT. Mail Lettings. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Ac*of this Department until 3 p um. ot July ?*, Carrying the Mails In the State of Georgia, October 1, 1878, to June 30, 1880. f roataa with eMtiki at ftrrfrnla and d*. - M M hVJim, with form* for l and all other aeeewary infor- ibbad opoa Bppllrallon to Oh Hacoed Jmfmtot PoanMUr General D. M KEY. Pu*tHA*ater General. W^*blDfic.D, D. May 10, 197% Feed, Sale and Livery Stable Um ... ot BrMl fe» , beir Htter, ALBANY. CA. DATESUlow *» any ami Hmuuh**±iu.uh un-ur. la paaif. Bai1r«a4 ami M</!< I often, ptuiupfly « i»*ii*i »a. w. p. iimlly, I—li If Proprietor. Itottod to Merohants. B um will be katkived w>til «ra of Ihlaaftd earb M>fUtb lt»efe*f*e - — able* af moot* a*dee ■ ding. ay2 luinoin m»lr l*y leferen*.* !V COLLIER. Ordin «rj BRICK WORK and PLASTERING IWerrii Forn, and Sljlra. I.IMi:! IJMK WHOLKKALK iiii.I kktaii.. To supply Ibe *1* «le < ouniy :-*w<l In your onlem wMd you ars iu oaad of ibi- *HW la. L J. BKINbON soayl&> Albany Oa. VOLUME 12. ALBAN V, « E O It (1 I A , T HURSDA Y, J U N E 27. 1878. NUMBER 26 CONSIDKKA Itl.K NONSENSE, DXSIIFD Willi MIMF HIM'. The fililur’s face wi, «1 aken.- l tty a look of wild despair. One band a niuMir peuell rliilcbel. The other clwlchist hia hair. Kul the Ibbiiic-1,‘oked for sulw»'Ti|m.»i !<3S£ p*y fur a glni of U-,*i No be Ml in bin ink y aao* tuui And wap* •»*, r hisci u« l lo:. dud bn muun lo(lrrv,l on h,*i itir.oi* fill aba fairly was u|eoi Then be seized a wom-oul ridler. And slabbed himself iu the bieaal Ami they laid him on the iu*|H»iu« alone To take bis final real. And though they found hi* form was knocked An honest man is like an under- done steak—very rare. People with colds in their heads belong to a generation of wipers. Waiting to lie whipped is the most uninteresting period in bo) hood. Josh Billings. Do not insult the under man in a fight by telling him there is plenty of room on top. You u»ay chew, you may swallow the clore if you will. t the scent of your breath is the sceut of the “still ” Scientific* a^rioultiuir.i, peak of the ••fruit belt*'of the South. It i* where green apple •: trike the -mall boy. It'you have religion you need not tell people about it; they w ill find it out after trading with you for a little while. The man who wrote "Revolutions never go baekward,” had never turn ed a *oiner>:iiil! over the fail-hoard of a farm w agon. W ben the little U.y i Ii.i|h bu Moiu«< b, And tiubi|n bilurolt with (rut, 1 be frwn *M'b > days bur • The su kM «»f t hr »r»r. All e\«*hauge remark- that a Mrs. Fortune was latel\ delivered of twiu>—hoth girl-. Of course. Miss Fortune.-* never mine singly. Regular old rounder* now earry runes with crook* for handles. Wit it stieh a handle the owner run hang his cane on his arm while he works a IuiK’li table. There is but one glas- eye matin- factory in the United States, and yet. is probably at the bottom of the 1 effort to revive archery. rbraifh tough and thh k in your orange'* rind, A lid it.* bitt'-mew* win<x out a sii*h. f you eo on with your kuaw m<. jrini’f! find You’ll Coiur lo lilt* *Wf*-t hy^llld-hv. Xo base-hall |>it« her t- now eon* itlcretl an expert utiles*, he ran curve ball into the hatter*** stomach three times out of eve: y po>*dh]e live. The height of politeness is ]>a--ing around upon the o]tposite side of a lady, while walking with her. iu or der not to step on her shadow. The thin, pious man. who is con tinually groaning over the wicked ness of the world. is more troubled with dyspepsia than blessed bv reli- gion. Polonaises rtill hold on.—Ex. The young ladie- will he delighted to learn that this is the ease, for it nin.-t be very embarrassing to the wearer to have then) drop off—in the street especially. The latest yarn about fast time is to the effect that on a rertaiu road a young man put hi- head out the ar window to kiss hi- girl good-bye. when the train pulled out so rapidly that lie kissed an old African female af the next station. Doe- your -1-1,1* Annie ever say anything about me.-issy asked an anviotis lover of a little girl. "Yes,” was the reply : "-lie -ay- if you had rockers on jour shoe- thevM make a f* cradle for my doll.” H* we a won of * £uu- smifb, who lit«,l iu ib«*«icy , NaU bw would Dot gir« .4 «iwu<- S^l a gUoor tVo of i.tty. II*-. »b«i iurited todau«>; b> a i m* lomrr’a daugbiwr, a dauce'. Our ImiIicIIu Ci>rri's|Hiii(lenl. l**nn.i.A, Jimr 2, r i, IH7S. Kttiior* Xeim: Allow me to eor- reel » mistnke tlmt I niHile in my IhsI eonimuiiirntion. The little hoy, al though hailly Imnieil. i- now slowly reeoveriiig. We renit .leemes' letter from Ber rien. t.o it. .teenies! we like to hear from you. Although a married man, I love the pretty girls myself. I have found out their real worth. We did not find out liow the erops were at last. The erops about here are line. Kveryhody seems in good spirits again. Kora while the heavy rain and hail storms had everyone busy repairing teiiees and standing up corn, which the rain, hail and wind had broken down. The potatoe erops are unusually tine. We hare had good seasons, and the evening water ing process for a while is abandoned. I ought to say something about the removal of the Court house. We arc letting the subject drop with too feeble an ell'ort. Nearly everyone is hi favor of haring it moved to the railroad. I have time and again ex- pres ed myself on the subject, and now think that some other ritizeu ought to say what they think of it.— l will name some of the advantages of the move ■ If placed on the rail road. there will soon he a market for onr cotton, wool, etc. Stores will he there, at which we can get our mer- . handise and supplies as cheap as iliey can lie sold iu Albany. Hotels, churches and school houses will be l,iiilt. and if the adjoining lots are • old hi a reasonable price, our people will settle there; and soon we can raise a flourishing little village oil'of the skeleton of our long since dead Isabella. Come forward mid let us hear what mu have In say, ye iiii-u of Worth. Submit no longer lo the terrible toll imposed upon us in onr- r> ing onr cotton and other produce lo Altcini. I.et ns have a town of our own. ami go to work at once to erect it. Worth gives three cheers for Tote fur the next Congress. W'e have tried him and found him not wanting ot the balance. Yours respectfully, T. M. L. Captain J. K. Burke has a grand scheme on ham! for carrying the flute Cili (iTiards. of Atlanta, on an vi-ursiou across the ocean to Europe about the first of dune next. He pro poses to charter a steamer anil lix her up us a floating hotel, lie then pro poses to carry enough passengers to defray In- expenses, and iu this way the company will get across for a merely nominal price per head. The •cheme reads well, and if it proves successful, the participants iu the ex cursion will have a first-class and jolly time. The parly will lie absent, if they go. about sixty-five davs. Come, don’t be timid," said on pie of foolish snobs to two me chanics; *‘slt down and make your selves our equals.” -‘We’d have to blow our brains out to do that," was the reply. We have never been able to nmler- tand how it is that a woman, who is apparently deaf when her husband aekI her where that half-dollar ia he left in his pantaloons p eket before going to bed, can hear the wail of her two weeks old baby down two flights Of stairs and through three dead doors. Id the tpitog th« ualdeD'* /ancy Turns lo t&Qught* of making hay— With a marriuoDtal with, ahe Fiirtefh much and |<lays croquet but the young man doe* not luinb.t, And with mercat.ary view He conaidera that It* cheaper To pay board for ore than two. After h rimn who l*n•> hIuuvi main tained the highe r hUniding in the re ligious community, Iihm «»nee run acrott* the back yard after ilu-L ami tried to Cill the clothe . |*ne ill t wo with hi* chin, he alway- has to ex- pi* ill to hh horrified wife that lie got into the hfthit of wearing in the HI nil. And vei l prohahly lie did. Two Kiveet little girl** s»t upon the ide-walk in front of the po-t office, me of them nursing a large wax doll. Iler eompaiiioti a-ked in Itine^ of deep earnest tie's-. "Doe*» *00 haf Hiueh Ironhle v. if *oor hahyr*’ "Oh, tloodinewh, yt'S ’ wa*> the reply, ‘She C'Wie* imn»* all V time. She’- je~ cvvietl erer>in* e she w:w horn. IV ^es’ ilih- The New Y'ork World states that, notwithstanding Senator ConklingV as.-ertinn that he was in posseKsion of laris, wliirh, if revealed, would ‘sink the administration iu infamy,** lie has not imparted "one ray of useful light” lo Congress or the people. "On tin* rontrary. lie has done all that in him lay to make the investigation odion- in puhlie, and lie has only him-elf therefore to thank for it that hi- hand i- daily traced in private effort- to thwart it*> progress and to defeat it*, true ami legitimate ends.” Two young men—one of Baldwin nid the other of Berrien county—are arranging for an ox race at Alapaha on the 4th of July. The animate are in training and will be ridden on that cation h\ their respective owners. Betting on the result promtec? to he lively. The sermon of the best preacher in the world will not make as much im pression upon a congregation as the udden pattering of rain on the win dow panes of a church containing two hundred new spring bonnets. I doof link I I) cot 1 raged, born any more.” A Minneapolis boy wa*t -ent by Id: leher, a \voiii:in. to the viip«*riiit<*nd- ent to Im* whipped. The |;,d mi perf. ed th«* contents of the note, mid hired a hoy he met on the tied to ddiv it, giving him ten cent-. The super intendent did’nt discover, till after the castigation was over, that the hoy he had tloggi'd h:id not s«*«*u the i side of a -cliool hoii-e fora month. Xew York is agitating the i|iie-tion whether the big bridge i-ii l going to he a failure. It ha- already cost ovc ten million dollaiv. tui««* tin* original estimate, and it will lake live iiiilli* more to complete it. And prominent engineers are found uhosav ii will not he Kite, while it ha* been admit ted to be an obstacle of navigation. I’ettr ^.moe.-Wbit ny’st thou, Bully Bottom Bottom.—'There ar* thing* In this comedy of Pyru rnus and Tbt-sby that will never jileasr. Frit, Pyra- urn* mu*t draw a sword to kill hlnmlf, which tin ladles can not abh|« v it.—By’larkln, a pailoii* tear. ratling.—I t>ellv« wu inuit lease the killing out. > all I* done. Write me a prolonguw, ami !•*» the |»iolongue aeem Ui nay, we will do no Larin with This will |Ht Its a pity that the Mouse ol Keprc- :;eniHlivc->- .ince it bah been deemed nc.-e-Hary , in order to calm the fear of the Radicate, to give the country an a so ranee that no liartu is to come to Mr. II aych from the investigation of the electoral fraud—had not thought of and adopted the expedi ent -ooiicr. 11 should have been in the prologue—in the preamble to the resolution creating the investigating Committee. However, it is not too late, and the resolutions adopted yc-icnlny* -diould put the country "out •d* fear.” They give ample assurance that l t yrainiiN is not to he saerified under any circumstances, that no rev olution. no Mexicaiii/alion of the country is contemplated, or will he permitted. Though, to make the matter complete, there should have been an additional resolution, some thing a- follow * : //e,vo/»ri/, That -liould it he eonelu- -ive|\ proven that Butherford I llaye- holds the office of President through fraud, nothing in the forego ing resolution- din 11 he so construed a- to prevent him from voluntarily "stepping down and out.” Stframm/i Ac I Miring the mouth of May ninety live failure* were reported in New York, in which the gross liabilities amount - • d lo f Vtai;.:suth and the assets 4h:i. Comptroller-ticiicrnl \\. L. <*old- Hinltli and flu* SpeculatiirM Instate Taxes and Wild Lands. UNANSWERED VITF.STION8—LETTERS TO SHERIFFS-—THE I.EOlSl.ATf RE, ETC. A1.1tany, til., .IItm* 10, 1878. Jfttitors AUuunj Sen's: (^i rett in stances have delayed this reply to the eouimtiiiieation of (Comp troller General W. L. Goldsmith pub- Halted in the Telegraph «(• Messenger of April Uth. He publishes the correspondence between himself and Mr. Cyrus Graves, and says: “Mr. Graves did not say' iu his first letter that the tax was paid, or in any letter that the tax was paid on lot *253, 7tli district of Worth county. 11* lie Jtud made the statement that his lot was improved laud and the taxes had been paid, it would have been promptly correct ed.” Now in this very correspondence, Mr. Graves, iu bis first letter, says of this lot 253: “1 have a saw mill 'run ning on it.” Then it was improved lanu, the law did not apply to it; the li fa was an error ; Why did he not promptly correct it? Mr. Graves, in the same letter, further says, "I re- 11test, if taxes are dueou it (unknown to me) that 1 mav know the amount, and I will remit the same to you at once. * * * I paid taxes on it in 1877, and 1 supposed they were paid years before ; If not I will pay them now.” If the tax was really due, why lid the Comtroller not collect, and thus “promptly correct it?” The auswer is in the conclusion of his two letters to Mr. Graves. Tin* tirst is * * * "I will have to refer yon to the transferree with whom you can settle by making satisfactory proof of ownership.” The second is. 1 find that lot 253 ivas advertised for the year 1874, and Daniel Lott, of Waycross, Ga. f paid the tax ami cost, and tin* li fa was transferred lo him, and if this is your lot you w ill have to see him and pay the tax and *all eo-t on the lot and redeem it.*’ This ref- rcnce to Daniel Lott, of Waycross, Ga., for settlement, is notin accord with Comptroller Goldsmith's pre- cut assertion, copied above, relative to prompt correction. He had sold mt and transferred the Stale's right and his own authority to speculator* to whom he referred Mr. Graves for ilie adjudication and settlement of his legal rights. There are many such cases and some worse, home of the transferees of the wild land tax li fas are holding ihem back, refusing to advertise the land, or to settle with the owners without a large profit. The law of 1874 requires the Uomp- i roller'Genera I to have the wild land ax li fa levied and I he land sold with in a limited time. Can lie violate this law with impunity by selling the an ilioritv of the State io colleet taxe- and virtually constituting the pur chasers deputies of the Comptroller General with power to harass our peo ple with shadows of doubt upon their titles? or, by extortionate demands, the price of relief? Certainly not. In my last eommiiniraiioii I stated that the Comptroller General "haore- Iuired the transferred tax li fa to be recorded, etc.” I should haven sed the word caused instead of required. If the Comptroller General had per formed his duties as directed by the law of 1874, no record of tax ti fas would have been made. The (’ode Section 831 requires the therein au thorized transferred ti fas to he re corded and the adoption by the Couipt roller Genera I of the unauthor ized policy' of transfers by him, caus ed the unnecessary recording and tin- loss to which I referred. Comptroller Goldsmith denies that the transferee of the ti fas in Berrien or Coffee counties produced an ordcr iVom the Comptroller General in structing the Sheriffs to take a bond of the transferree for the surplus of sales over taxes, etc. But Iu* say-. -1 did scud to .Sheriffs a circular letter to pay excess of sales over taxes and eo.*»ts to the true owners and lake bond and security. This rule is now chang ed and such excess is required to be **cnt to this ottice.” In the face of this, the fact remains that tin* transferee did not pay the surplus of sales to I he Sheriff, lie did not even set up tIn dium that he was "the true owner” of I lie luiul,J)iit the .Sheriff did take his bond. And notwitli*duuding the state ment that, "the rule is now changed and such excess is required to he .sent to this office,** the fact remains, that the rule was not complied with at the April sales in Worth county. There, too, the transferee, Daniel Lott, of Waycross, Ga., purchased all the land3, sold, and, without any claim to be the “true owner” of the land, gave his bond to the Sheriff for the stirpluu of sales, instead of paying the money as said to be “required” by the changed rule. Comptroller Goldsmith says: "Mr. Tift mtr.t excuse me for preferring the legal opinion of the Attorney General who i j . the paid legal adviser of the Executive Department, In hi- on the question of ih<* legality ol transfers, elc.” The opinion of the Attorney G»-n- ral, quoted by the Atlanta I '<nish/n firm reporter, relative to .scWiofi .sitI of the code, is. in conclusion, reason occur* why this section should not embrace lax ti fas on wild laud- is well a* other tax li fa.-.” Now this opinion i- .-imply r Ions hecati.se in direct contlirl with the law, and it is the law which must govern, and not any opinion i tlict with the law. The reason why this Mvtiou does not embrace tax ii fas on wild land-i-: First—that tax li fas on wild lands sire issued only by the Comptroller General, :md seelioi 884 of the code i- entirely iucou.-tel • •tit with a sale :nid transfer of lhe-< or any other like process i-sued by Iho Comptroller General. Seennd the law of 1871. which gives qitrilii instruction- to the Comptroller ( eral :is to every step to Im* taken by him in the disposition of the nun - turned wild lauds of the Stale for the eolleetion of taxes thereon, is in eon- flirt w ith any sale or transfer of .such lax li las—such sale and I ran-ter ren dering the performance of the duties therein required of the Comptroller General impossible. These are fuels IV hi eh will he seen by relereiiee to I he law mentioned and not mere opin ion. I copy the following extract from Comptroller General GnhhmithV. eoiilUiliiiii’litioii a a curiosity in the way of detente ag.uiu I «*r;ivc ‘ h»ir*'e of violation of law and duty* iu an important executive office. It ten poor imitation of the trick of the cut- tle-tish, who muddies the water to fa il itate his escape. “He (Mr. Tift) will also excuse me for not taking his views mid opinions on question of taxation, until he shall have extricated himself from the mu nicipal trouble in which his fellow- towiisuien say he has plunged them. It is said he hud himself elected a member of council of the city of Al bany, and then had introduced and passed a tax on all professions, occu pations and trades which, if collected, w oiilil almost relieve real estate from taxation. It is said that Mr. Tift is one of the largest owners of real es tate in Albany, and that lie proposes to tax labor :ind sweat, and let. lands almost go free. Public indignation meetings, i learn, have been held to oitdcmn his policy, and an injunc tion is now' granted*to stop the whole ••heme lint il this matter can he look- d into by the court.” This petty slander on myself and the Mayor aud City Council of Al bany was refuted by the unanimous report of the Mayor and Council in response to a committee of citizens on the subject of taxation, which was published in tin? Albany News, of March 7th, aud in the Albany Adver tiser,, of March 9th. The complaint of the committee was, in substance, that the special taxes are excessive, unuceessary, not warranted by the law, ami that the barter does not authorize taxes upon business, but upon property lone. The answer of the Mavoc and ’oillicit was, hi »ubslau«*e. First: that they had ample authority for their action ; second, that the amount of tax levied would be barely suffi- ient to meet the estimated expense f tin* city, being only $8,358,15, gain-1 an expenditure of $10,718,00 la-1 year; third, that the taxes are liiituhly as-»es-ed upon property ami business. They say : "ll will be seen hi reference to the special taxes that black-mitli, carpenter, brick mason or other mechanic, or laboring poor fany description is taxed, blit the i\«*s arc assessed upon such business, professions aud luxuries as are best able lo pay such tax ; fourth, the tax m properly w ill be five-tenths ol one per cent., the limit of the law for or- e\ponses, except by authority from a two-thirds vote of the citi- l i l l It : I lie Superior Court of I Muigheriy county, April term, his Honor. Judge (Ti.-p, presiding, sus tained the action of the Mayor ami ill Council. Finally the action of the Mayor and Cotiucil is almost iiianiiiioiisly approved by the citi zens of Albany. 1 regret the apparent necessity for loticing the ‘above personal matter il has no hearing upon tin* impor tant -uhjecl under consideration. Ld us now briY/ly ition occupied by (’omplrollcr Gen- ral Goldsmith's relative to the trans fer of the tax li la. In hi- published interview with the Atlanta f 'unsfitution reporter, he tales, in substance, that lie was op posed to the transfer of the wild laud lax li. fas. IL* says: “The law should he amended so dial such transfers ►uld not he made.” But under the opinion of the Attorney General, that "no reason occurs why this sec- lion (891) should not embrace tax ti. fas on wild laud as well as other tax li fas.” lie says: "You see that this leci-ion i- positive, assto tin* point that li fas against wild lauds can be transferred as other ii fas. Now, if you will observe the language of the law you will see that 1 really* had no liserctiou. li says the transfer shall he made.” When we consider that this law pioled by th<* Comptroller General s not con pled with any command or penalty ; that lie sought the opinion ftlu* Attorney General, not as to whether the law would compel him lo trail-fcr the State’s tax ti fas upon the demand of the speculator, hut — will thi- section (891)e«ver ti fas is- ued by the Comptroller General for tax on iiiireturued wild lands?*’— When we con-ider, too, that the law i bon I which In* was making enquiry was iu conflict with the act of 1874, under which he was then acting, and involved an unauthorized transfer of important duties, .’ bout which he asks iio questions of the Attorney Gener al; when. I say, we consider all these things, hi- utterances seem like an lahorat** hut bungling effort to "eov- t” hv a perversion of law, and the partial opinion of the Attorney Gen ial, a monstrous wrong against the people of Georgia. The lamte are being gobbled up for a trifle by spec ulators under their personal manipu lation with the help of the Comptrol ler General's instructions to sheriffs, and the small surplus, only a fraction of ivhal it should he under other cir cumstances, finds its way into their pockets instead of the .State treasury. I mentioned some facts in my last communication which have not been noticed b» Comptroller Goldsmith.— He ha- written lo several sheriffs in the interest of the .speculators iu transferred tax li las, to make special contract with the printers for the ad- vcrliscincnl of the lauds. A- tin* re sult of these instruct ions the Albany New a advertised 213 lots iu Worth county for $15, about seven cents per lot. 11 the oil ner «.f one of these lots appear. to redeem if the speculator charges him $4 per lot for advertis ing. If Ihe-e letters to sheriffs favoring the speculator at the expense of the printer, are not evidence of a com mon interest with the speculator, then, acts, which arc said to speak louder than words, have lost their significance. Comptroller Genera! Goldsmith doe- not jtn-wer concerning the fees. I haie heretofore shown that the law (code I till) require* that they he paid into the treasury. What dispo sition ha- been made of them ? I would most earnestly appeal to (tnvd’iinr Colquitt to giv«*-o milch of hi- time as may he necessary to the correction of error* or wrong* which may occur iu any of the Kxcc- iilii e I leparlmeut.s. lie i-a lawyer. If lie will exam ine the law for himself, or will take opinion ofex-Attorney General llatii- or any of that class of lawyers, he will know that the action of the Comptroller General in the transfer ol wild laud li fa-., his instruction* lo sheriff-, and all hi- proceeding- there- under are illegal. It lie u ill examine the reports of -lieriU- and their returns of siirplu- ol .ale to the ('oinptroller General under hi in Triielions, In* will find mm h oi the ut pin * in the hand.-., of speculators instead of in the treasu ry. If he will examine the Comptroller General’s account of fees connected with the issue of wild laud tax ti fas, he will prohly find that several thous and dollars of fees, which, under the law, belong to the State, is claimed and retained by the Comptroller General, If he will make, or cause to he made, a thorough examination of the law, and ull the facts relating to this wild laud speculation, by men com petent and above the suspicion of complicity with wrong, lie will Dud a state of afl'airH which will require am imperative suspension of all far ther proceedings, under the wild land tax ti fas, until the meeting of the Legislature iu November. There will be men there who will see that, justice is done to the State and all other par ties concerned. A committee of the right kind of men, with power to send for person* and papers, will doubtless ascertain the fact* necessa ry to proper action. In conclusion Comptroller Gener al Goldsmith virtually exhorts the tax-pavers of Georgia to lie houe-l— to return all their property for taxa tion. This he thinks would double the aggregate returns. In other words, the people of Georgia who have heretofore sworn l»» give their whole taxable properly, have reallv given in only one hail*of it* Thi-, eomiiig from an oHirer of the Execu tive Department, w ho, by hi* per-teu cut violation of law, ami the mal-ad- rniiiistration of the duties of hi* office, has aided in depriving the State of large sums of money iu disposition of her laml*. may be appropriately an swered in the language of Scripture. "Thou hypocrite! tirst east the beam ollt «d thine own ey e.” etc. Nfi.sox Tift. Confession of Cant. Polk John- • UrksTllh* iTniti.) ToImmyo U nf. I have belonged to Captain Folk Johnson for the lu-t live year.-. lie always seemed to love me, because he said 1 Was a good chicken, and I am certain I have always been faithful to him. i have never failed to crow at tin* proper time every morning, and lie always seemed to appreciate it. I always knew when company would be here, and I was faithful to warn his good wife by going quietly up to the hack door and crowing three times. Whenever I desired to do a job of scratching. 1 was considerate enough to leave home and do all my scratching in his neighbor’s garden 1 never allowed a stray rooster to come on hi* premises, though 1 did sometimes decoy his neighbor** hen over to our house and lend them the use of out* nest*. I always thought , that this pleased him, a* lie never oh- " t ‘“* P* 1 " jected lo it. Yes, I have been faith fill to that man. Three young tur keys strayed over into our yard last week, and I promptly killed them al), and only the other day 1 killed two goslings, and would have killed one more hut for tlmt old gander who in terfered with the proceedings. I don’t think 1 shall ever tackle anoth er gosling, that is, if the old gander should be there. When it comes to lighting, a gaudar won’t "tote lair.” He wants all underhold. and gener ally manages to get it. He don’t step around and do any big crowing, but for all that, when you advance on him you’ll timl him there. His beak is very deceiving, ft isn’t sharp, but then it te mighty good on a |gougc, and has a boss grip. No matter wh*»re it has to take hold, feathers and hide have to come. 1 think I shall never hifve another misunderstanding with a gander. Before this affair. 1 wa * considered the haiidsoine-t. ron* ter to he found on Greenwood avenue. ] am glad 1 left tlmt gander when l did—I think he was determined to pick me alive. He got all my tail feathers, half of my comb, and sonic good eating off mv breast. I got enough of him, ami I hope he is sat isfied with what lie got of me. I was more than glad enough to get hack into the poultry yard. The hem would gather around me with some degree of curiosity. After all, I did not tell them much of a story when | (old them 1 had been out in a whirl wind. Yea, 1 Imd been faithful to Mr. Johnson’s interest. I underwent all this for him, but 1 am very sad to night. I have been under this house for seven days, i haven’t dared to crow above a whisper. A lot of preachers have been here. 1 heard some talk in the dining room afti-r dinner. "The la*t lien is eat up.” 1 heard Mr. Johnson remark, "where is the old rooster ?” 1 intend to keep dark, and when these preacher* are gone, 1 will sneak out aud run away. 1 don’t know where L shall go. | think I can live anywhere where there arc no preachers and no gan ders. To sav the least of it. I think Mr. Johnson Ims acted verv ungrate full v. The Microphone. ITS MECHANISM—THE ACCIDENT THAT DISCLOSED ITS WONDERS. I. md ;n Telsgrapo ) A paper lately read before the Roy al Society annnouiiceg the invention Iiv Trot'. Hughes of this aatoniahing instrument or apparatus which opens to our ears a universe of sound lilth ciio inaudible—just as the microscope revealed a world of miante life and structure unknown before. Like Mr. Kilisou, Prof. Hughes was oue day employing the telephone for various Hvuustic experiments, lie wished to investigate the effect of sonorous vi- liralioiis upon the electrical behavior of conductors led to this idea by the tt nv in which selenium is kuown to h.-rmne electrically affected by light, ami also by the researches of Sir Wil liam Thompson upon the electrical conduct of strained wires. The Pro- lessnr had si stretched wire on ilia tel ephone circuit, and though he talked ami plucked at it, no effect followed until it broke. At that moment the telephone uttered a sort of “ehh,” « Inch was very curious. He placed the broken ends together tinder a weight and obtained again taint s..iinds. which were improved when the wires were connected by iron nails, or a steel wutrhelmin—the more pieces and more diverse in substance from the conductor seemingly the Ilet ter. Kxprrimrnling still further with his broken circuit, especially iu the direc- • hm oft Ids whisper from science about •more pieces,” l,e found that mctnlic powder nr tint, metalic filings won- derfnll v augment the power of trans mit! tug sounds; while shot in a bright eunlit ion, (tint ilium, carbon, and mer- • iirv, also gave good results, particu larly ilie Inst. Following up this clue. Professor Hughes hit upon a plan of suspending finely divided mercury in i stick of charcoal by heating the lat ter and plunging it into quicksilver, whereupon the charcoal Imcomea in liitrnted with the mereury in minut e-1 hut continuous particles. Insert ing a-transmitter” of this sort in his circuit, an absolutely amazing sensi- tiveness to sound, as well as power of conveying it with the utmost fidel ity. was displayed by the apparatus. A touch of the finger on thp vibrating plate was conducted to the speaking end in volume of vibration like the ni-tlc of a forest; the stroking of a camel's hair brush on a card waa mag nified into the sound of a loud whis per ; the beating of a pulse, or the i irk of a watch was found to pass u ith perfect clearness through a space representing a 100 miles of space; and, when a fly happened to walk over the plate, the tramp of its feet was most distinctly caught, like that ot nine • ix-legge’d horse trotting, and it wu , moreover, heard to trumpet trom its raised proboscis like an ele- pliant in an Indian jungle. Sounds, hi fact, totally inaudible before the I iiman ears were arrested and report- ' .1 by this simple and accidental ex pedient of interrupting the electrical ■ircuit with a finely-divided conduct ing material. There is almost no doubt that the perfected microphone will convey to us that bidden ripple of the sap ris ing in growing trees and plants, which Humbolt said might be a ron- tiltuous melody in the auditory or- ; :iii • of earth's smallest creatures'. nr INTENDS TO VOTE FOR MR- STEPHENS —THINKS Ills VOTE \V\- WRONO ON T1IE INVESTIGATION OIT- me.—IIE BELIEVES IN INVr Tlo tl ION—MIS OPINION is REOARO TO COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM. TO THE LAST EXTREMITY. Augusta, June 12—lion. A. If. dtepbene; In your race for the eighth district of Georgia I am with you to the lost extremity. it. Toombs. BUT CONDEMNS MR. STEPHENS’ COLT.SE ON T11E POTTER RESOLUTION. Augusts Chronicle. A Clironicle reporter met General Robert. Toombs italic vestibule of the Central hotel ye ™i .In v afternoon, and asked him what be thought About ilr. Stephens’ present po ;iti General Toomlir : ”1 am going o vote for him whether h>: runs a• n Independent or not. I think his v.-ie was wrong on the Hale resoluth. , but a mere difference of opinion on a question of that sort i-n’t going to make me vote against him.” ♦’Why do you think ins vote was wrong?” “Because the Hale iv elution ought to have come in as it tepnralc rendu tion anil not have been iujeeieit into I lie other to confu-e tli>- whole thing. Let them Investigate. 1 don't mind their coming into the eighth di drift if they want to investigate dial." “Were you in favor of the I'.dter investigation ?" “Why, ves! Iiivenligate. ofcoiirsc. I Itelieve in iiivesligalion. If tie- other side want investigation, loo, let them invc.-tignie any -ia,e ilew please. As for my part, I have uo interset in uuliotial politic-.' Do you think Mr. Stephen- will in- elected whether In- run- indepi-udi ol or not ?” “Of course In- will l»-. I have known him since boyhood, and 1 know him to lie holle l. eapalde and true. The people are not going to eare anything about nomination-.* The people oft hairpin me lice. Tin j are going to -land hv ,\lr. Stephen-.’' General Too111h- here discoursed upon Ollier subject. v -iu-n I . porle. asked him if he laid aught I.. tear ..l' communism in this eoimln It.- r, plied : “No. vvr have nothing to fest al present from it. lint i:' ihe gov ernment lie unjust aud law- oppress ive, coiuiniiuisni may come,and I sac let it come. I tvoiilil lead il hiY-cif to secure justice. You a-k uici’f.-.- eialisui is a specie - ot' eotuuiiini-iii. - The former in France and Geruuutv lias Ix-en practiced and igil o.-'t among the intellects aud cultured men ot the realm. Whi. I.Vhc-p.l i re, you know was a -cm lentil ti, and even Noheling. who attempted i . kill Emperor William, is a scholar.— Communism, on tin- font ran, h.-giti, in the lower walk-, and i geiieralh agitated among laborer- and di al lotted people of tin- poorer chi e-.— They- are both the outgrowth ot un just systems of legislative mid tvran- nicat administrations. •Specimen of Northern Love for the Negro. Yesterday we received In mail a piece of tanned negro -kin from a gentleman iu Albany, New York, who oili'e lived here, aud made his ,|e- parlure in IS.'jS. Ilis name we will not give. Ile stales Hint ||ii- i. ; ,li videtn-e ol* the love wltieli. iu theory, Ilie Northern people profess to have for Hie tlio colored race. A negro ouvict died. The medical students skinned the body, and tanned lii- hide for the purpose of making hoots. This piece of skin is certainly a great eiirinsily and we will it. Tlie mtine can lie seen in our of fice. This trophy (. ?) of the scientist . in of the thickness of line calf skin and quite perons. The Radicals can howl over this inhuman ai l of their students. The parly sending vouch cs foi* ilie t ml Ii of the stalemeii;. Nothing so nldioreiil lias ever reil in the South, and we waul to see if the Radicals w ill raise their hands in pious horror al the allroeiou deed of their young* men. f'«dnn//*n. /*„ i/Mim*. An editorial writer mi the New York /-.Vprcs.v -ays ; •• We are alt ot* us too busy to read in a rnlumii w hat w e can read iu a paragraph The mail or men who would make a lleee fill newspaper to day arc lain-lil lor tllcir til-1 lesson the gloat ■••■•ret ol ooneisene-s and eonden sit imi. I I*, tun ii who can linn a loirlil pan graph im more read than tin* »* ayi-t who write Iciirnrd art vie i column long for the l.omtull Ju.l: Tiibiilntin of a Local Editor. Once upon a time a local editor dreamed that he wa9 dead and in an other world. He approached the rate of a city before him and knock ed for admittance, but no one Hits wer- cd liis summons. The gate remained clu- ed against him. Then he cried aloud for an entrance, but the only reapou were scores of heads ap pearing above the wall on paeh side of the gate. At sight of him the owners of the heads set up a dismal howl, and one of them eried : “Why didn't you notice the big egg l gave yon ?" At this horrid and most unexpect ed interrogation, the local turned in the direction of the voice to learn its owner, when another voire shrieked; "Where's the piece vou were going to write about my soda fountain?” And close upon this was the awful demand : “Why did you write a piece about Fuddle's fence and not say a word about my new gate?” Whatever answer he was going* to frame to thin appeal was cut abruptiy- ofl'liy the astonishing query*: “What did you Kpe|| "my name wrong in the programme for?’’ The miserable man turned to flee, when he was rooted to the spot by this terrible demand: “Why did you put my marriage inning the deaths?” He was on the point of say ing the foreman did it. when a shrill voire madly cried : "What made you put in my runa way and spoil the sale of my horse?" And tills was followed by* the voice of a female hysterically proclaiming: "This is the brute that botched my I try, and made me ridiculous." Whereupon hundreds of voices serca lin'd : "Where's my article? Give lue hark my article.” And in Ilie midsl of this horrid din the poor vvretrli awoke, perspir ing* at every pore, and screaming for help. The next day lie resigned, and vve had lo hunt up another local edi tor. ■ /hhihurif .Yen's. The following is a description of a young man in l.iltle Rock. Ark., vvrit- ii-it by himself: “You have uo con- ccpliou of what a wretched creature I am ; hut pill into this world with a disposition proud and haughty as any one ever was, having that pride con tinually hnmhlrd : being poor, with inclination and desires which could In- gratified only by the wealthy; lacking all I In- elements llisla-dst the ambitions lo rise—talent, energy, per rvcrriiec. consistency, education—I | am indeed lo In- pitied ; yet I should | li-el bull did I know I was an object ■>l pity ; I am atii-clinnate, sensitive j aud ignorant, despondent, weak, va- j . dialing, and altogether until to live. | limit die." lie seems to have de- ] e'oli-d. however, that he was more fit I in die Ilian lo live, for he killed him ell''al'ti-r writing the above to Itis Nearly $2,000,000 a Year. THE BELL PUNCH TO REDUCE INTEMPER ANCE AND TAXATION SIMULTA NEOUS!. T. St. Louis, June li.—A special com mittee ot the City Council of:jt. Lim it has made a report strongly iu lavor it the adoption of the bcll-puu.-h sys tem of taxing malt and ah oholic liq uors. They say that "upon intorma- tion furnished b> a distinguished Virginian, they are - aii-.iied tiiat the revenue in Virginia this year will l.c nearly double what it was last year, and the Auditor ot the Stale asserts that its working is satisfactory to s.i- loou proprietors and to the pc-opie to -uoh an extent tiiat if il were put to a vote in Virginia now it would pas, by more than nine to one." The com mittee claims that the lav i, not an involuntary one, hut a voluntary trib ute bv the consumer, lie is not com pelled to take the drink, aud the ss- loou keeper is not charged with tire tax until he has collected it from tin: consumer. The efl'ect of tire law would be measurably to decrease the number of cheap whiskey shops and to in crease the consumption of lieer. The statistics ill Richmond, Y.-i . tor two months show tlmt in that city in .Scp- temper, 1877, lie- alcoholic registra tions were 12ti,8So, aud the iimli reg istrations 135.5*.. in the nt.iiith of April, 1878. after flic law lmd been -••me time iu full operation, tin- num ber ofalrnholicregistration* war U''.- .135, and of malt l.ai,St>7. The committee are of the ojiinion that upon the diminution of alcohol consumption, may lie -al'ely predict ed an inerea-e ol -ohi in v ami a di minution of crime, thus decreasing the necessary expenditures for police and the criminal courts and jails. Coining to the impm-t.-ini qui-tinn of revenue, the Coininiiic.* c-iiiiialer that $t'iOtl,000 would he realized in X. Louis from beer alone, and lliat the sale of whiskey, and other alcoholic drinks, would certainly double tin- sum, thus showing a revenue from ■hia mode of taxation of near *?-.0m.- OdO a year. Besides, the thru in" pop ulation, strangers as well as n-sidcui-, would thus help to bear the burden of taxation. The committee paint a glowing pic ture of the practical beneiits lik.-ty lo result from the hell-punch. The now filthy streets would Im* well p.tv.-d. the bonded debt of the oily would'm- rapidly retired, ami Si. Lout , iu.ic- pendent of creditor-, would lie om m' the happiest, a- il i- oi I* the mo i energetic and pro-perous citio - of the Union. I’rim-e Leopold, the youngest sou oi Queen Victoria, Inis writtVii a book on i In* Polarization of Light, whirl) is to be published the present year. 'flic Klcclorul t-'inuds. Nfv York J.Mtrual , Ktioitfflt l»:»* :d»v:i»h Invu tel»L out l»y fin* iMVl'.'liffJItill;. 1 I ’ •flHmU.V to justify tlu* *«*:uvh. Til,. II.'jdiMi* oau* thcmsolve* nnM ors if they will |»r<»th, u- ih« \ well may, hv the lesson* lh«*\ are hvirniu*. of the character of the iM*orto.»|- llu-ir political leaJcr* have employed in the laic campaign. The better chi ef both parties have in* tl.—ire lo -. c any interest worth eon*erviti!* j*i\cu into dtich corrupt hamte, exen for the aake of party Move*-; anJ the expos ure will shake oil' m:m\ who have hung' a* dead weight- on the o gani- z.ition. Those who arc lt*s-< '-.•rujm Ions, though they mi^ht not brink from connivance with thi .li- of knaves to attain a much de-.iivd re sult. will learn something ol tli.* folly of stteli an alltamv, tlem^h they may not feel it* w icKcdtic - , and w di - he mote cantioti', if not more hom-ji, iu the future. (’Iiealinv. w hether at the card talde, on Vlmi/e, .»» in the more difficult game plated at tlm election, i not a w omin^poli. t ii, ih;* long run; ami thi - i< in tensified When the held up in their ti u« ncs arc . olo, The average, wa^e per in with paid farm hands in Gcor*!i:«, w iili rations, is in North Georgia, f9. MiddleGtsn*- gia, $7.ti0; Southwest Grorj-i i, f i.4i; East Georgia, $8 . Southeast Georgia, '$10.10: averajrc for the State. $8.08.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, June 27, 1878, Image 1