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From the Atlanta New Era.
Governor Bullock and Treasurer Angier.
Executive Department, >
Atlanta, Ga., June 4, 1S69. }
Hon. N. L. Angier, State Treasurer,
Atlanta Ga.
Sir—I am directed by His Excel
lency the Governor to transmit to you
the enclosed copy of an Executive
order issued from this Department.
Very respectfully,
EUGENE DAVIS,
Secretary Executive Department.
Executive Department, >
Atlanta, Ga., June 3,1869. )
Whereas, N. L. Angier, State Treas
urer, has assumed to repudiate the of
ficial acts of the Executive, in connec
tion with loans and drafts made in pur
suance'ot iaw with the Fourth Nation
al Bank of the city of New York,which
Bank was by me appointed Financial
Agent under authority of a Joint Reso
lution of the General Assembly, ap
proved October 3, 1S6S :
Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor and Commander in-Coief ot
the Army and Navy of this State,
and of the Militia thereof, do issue this
Executive Order, relieving and re
straining the, said Fourth National
Bunk, acting as such Financial Agent,
from holding further official intercourse
with the said N. L. Angier, Treasurer,
and from recognizing any order issued
by him, unless specially approved by
me ; and notifying and directing said
Bank that henceforth all correspon
dence and instructions relating to the
said Financial Agent and its connec
tion with this State shall be held with,
and received from this Department
only.
Givpn under my hand and the
Seal of the Executive De-
? l. s. > partment at the Capitol, in
* the City r of Atlanta, the day
and year first above written.
R. B. BULLOCK, Governor.
By the Governor:
Eugene Davis, Sec’y Ex. Dept.
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, June 3d, 1869. )
1, Eugene Davis, Secretary of the
Executive Department, do hereby cer
tify, ihat the foregoing and within is a
true and correct copy from the minutes
of this Department, of an Executive
Order issued this day.
Given under my hand and the Seal of
the Executive Department, at the
Capitol, in Atlanta, this the 3d day ot
J une, A. D. 1S69.
EUGENE DAVIS,
Secretary Executive Department.
The above order was received at the
Treasurer’s office on the 4th inst. The
Governor fails, - as usual, to make a
statement of tacts in the very pream
ble i<> bis order. He says : “Where
as, N-4. Angier, State Treasurer, has
assumed to repudiate the official acts
of the Executive, in connection with
loans and drafts made in pursuance ol
law,” &c. Instead of repudiating the
“loans made in pursuance of law” by
the Governor, the Treasurer has paid
all loans “made in pursuance of law.”
The act which is the only one au
thorizing the Governor to make such
Ions, reads as follows ; “That His Ex
cellency, the Governor, be, and he is
hereby authorized and required to ef
fect a loan to the State, bv bond or
otherwise, upon such terms as to him
shall seein meet, of a sufficient amount
of money to pay oflfthe members and
officers, and other expenses of this Gen
eral Assembly, (Assembly of 3868,)
and that the Treasurer of this State
meet and pay off the debt thus con
tracted, or interest thereon, out of the
first funis coming into his hands.” In
compliance with said act, the Gover-
n >r, in connection with the Treasurer,
boriowed on notes of the State of Geor
gi i a “sufficient amount of money to
pay off the members and officers, and
01 her expenses of this General Assern
bly,” (Assembly ot 1868,) which notes
have been paid, taken up and are now
and have been for over two months in
the possession of the Treasurer, the
Governor’s Secretary during the Gov
ernor’s absence having refused to give
an Executive warrant for the same,and
His Excellency also, after his return,
after two months absence, refused to
give a warrant for the same in
violation of law. On the 29th of
October, 1868, the Governor gave his
note as Governor of Georgia, to the
Fourth National bank of New York, for
$300,000 00, and on the 3d December,
1868, one for $279,000. Does the Gov
ernor pretend to say that the money
advanced on these was “to p&y off the
members and officers, and other ex
penses of the General Assembly” of
1868 ? We beg to remind His Excel
lency that the General AssembLy ad
journed on the 6lh of Obtober, 1868,
the “members, officers and other ex
penses” being paid.
Does the Governor pretend to say
that the $55,000,drawn by him,paid to
the Messrs Kimball, and spent by him,
attended by his private Secretary and
others, hovering around Washington
and New Yerk cities, in his fruitless
efforts to induce Congress to place in
his hands the supreme control of af
fairs in Georgia, was done “in pursu
ance of law ?” We qi^ote from Para
graph 1, Section 6, Article 3, of the
new Constitution of Georgia as follows;
“No money shall be drawn from the
Treasury except by appropriation
made by law,” &c. Will the Gover
nor say there is any appropriation for
the expenditure of the $55,000 drawn
by him ? We further quote from the
report of the House Committee adopt
ed almost by a unanimous vote, *which
says : “It is evident to us, that this
Legislature, at its last session, distinct
ly refused to authorize the Governor to
purchase a heating and lighting appa
ratus (or the temporary Capitol, and
that His Excellency acted in direct vio
lation to the will of the Legislature.”
From the same report, “That the
course pursued by His Excellency is,
iq our opinion, not only without author
ity, but is also without precedent, so
far as we are advised.” Again from
the same, “No emergency existed
which demanded of Governor Bullock
this extraordinary departure from law,
and the usual custom of the Executive
Department.” Again from the same
report, “That Treasurer Angier did
nothing moie than his duty, when the
aforesaid irregularities were brought to
his knowledge, in investigating fully
the manner in which the money had
been drawn, and in ascertaining if pos
sible, wlmt disposition had been made
of it; and in ascertaining precisely to
what extent the unauthorized proceed
ing had gone, with a view to his own
protection as a bonded officer, and the
protection of his securities, and the
preset vation of the funds of the Stale.
His course was commendable, and for
it he is entitled to our thanks.”
$20,000 of the $55,000 before men
tioned was drawn by his Excellency al
ike above legislative action, and never
reported to, nor received into the Treas
ury, but disbursed by him.
With the above evidence staring him
in the face, it is very bad manners for
His Excellency to charge the Treasur
er with repudiating any act, which may
be done by his Excellency, the more
especially when he assumes to exercise
judicial functions by enjoining the
Fourth National Bank and the Treasur
er of the State by an Executive order,
from the legitimate application of the
money of the people, to the purposes
contemplated by the laws of the State
to be regularly disbursed through the
Treasury Department of the Slate gov
ernment.
This conduct, however, is in keep
ing with most of his acts, exhibiting a
great degree of hardihood in the Exec
utive assuming judicial functions in his
efforts to lestrain the Treasurer in a
faithful performance of his duties as the
receiver and disburser of public funds,
so constituted by law. The Treasurer,
has uniformly labored to prevent the
Treasury from being plundered, and
to sustain the credit of the State, and
he will not cease these efforts, regard
less ot the illegal injunctions of His
Excellency. He fully understands the
object of the Governor, which is to
drawn upon the Fourth National Bank
for moie funds without authority, lobe
spent by him in violation of law, great-
13' to the detriment of the public good.
I regret being again forced belore
the public ; the foil}' of others and the
vindication of truth is my only apolo
gy-
N. L. ANGIER, Treasurer.
Atlanta, Ga., June 7th, 1S69.
Interview with Hon. Severely Johnson.
His Views on the Rejection of the Ala
bama Treaty—Effect, of Mr. Sumner's
Speech on the English Ministry and
People.
A correspondent of the New York
Times gives an account of a professed
interview with the Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, late United States Minister to
England, at his country residence, near
Baltimore, a few days ago. A portion
of the alleged conversation between
Mr. Johnson and the correspondent is
thus related by the latter;
“How is Mr. Sumner?” then said
Mr. Johnson. * * * “Mr. Sumner
is in Washington,” I replied, “and feels
extremely well satisfied with his
speech.”
“Well,” replied Mr- Johnson, “I do
not know that an} 7 one else is satisfied
with it. I tell you that speech has
made England a unit against the Unit
ed States. Our friends there, have
fallen off' by troops. At first the peo
ple declared for war. but now I think
they have got over that idea and are
satisfied that our intentions are pacific.
The speech having been approved
by the Senate, the English people at
first thought that it was a declaration
of war,-and were prepared to accept it
in that spirit; but they have since
changed their minds, and now they
have justly arrived at the conclusion
that Sumner is, after all, but one
American citizen, and does not repre
sent the views of the administration.
Motley has gone over there. I left be
fore he arrived. I do not believe that
he has got any instructions whatever.
Tl\ey objected to my making speeches
that the United Stales desired to he on
friendly terms with England. What
has he done? The very first thing he
does on landing is to say that his mis
sion is pacific. 1 said that my mission
was pacific. Sumner says that his
speech was made in the interest of
peace. Why, we are all for peace.”
Fora few minutes Mr. Johnson here
relapsed into silence, and then broke
out again : “Sumner’s speech is ab
surd ! Do you know what they say of
it in England ? Clarendon says that
it is absurd and preposterous ; that it
is not the speech of either a lawyer or
a statesman ; that its propositions are
wholly inadmissible.” “Why,” said
Mr. Johnson, “this same Mr. Sumner
wrote to Mr. Bright on the 19th or 20th
of last January that the protocol which
1 sent here would have been almost
unanimously approved if it had been
received three weeks sooner. The
fact is, the incoming President did not
want the question settled during the
administration of Andrew Johnson, and
the Republican party did not want it
settled by me. They did not want the
eclat of having the most difficult ques
tion short of the question of actual sep
aration, that has arisen between the
two countries, settled by a Democratic
administration. That was the point of
objection to my course and to my pro
tocol. Mr. Sumner said to my colleague,
Mr. Vickers, that a month earlier ‘It
would have been as welcome as cham
pagne.’ Bright denounces Sumner’s
speech in the strongest terms.”
“Why don’t the English papers pub
lish Mr. Sumner’s speech ?”
“Why, because it is too nonsensical.
Clarendon says that the United States
as a government have no claim*against
England as a government. The Unit
ed States have private individual claims
against England, and England has pri
vate individual claims against the U. S.
These the English people and Govern
ment are willing to submit to an arbi
tration. Clarendon says that England
might as well say that she would re
ject the treaty because the holders of
Irish republican bonds might come in
under its terms. The Americans
whom I have met abroad denounce
Mr. Sumner as much as the English
people do* It is a foolish speech.—
Take that point which he makes about
a blockade. That decision in the
prize cases in II. Black is totally
against him. The English papers have
not published and will not publish his
speech.”
Mr. Johnson was very indignant on
this subject. He could not tolerate the
idea of attaching any importance or
significance whatever to the ideas of
the Massachusetts Senator. He start
ed up from his seat, and walking up
and down the room, nervously and
rapidly said :
“The English Government will never
accede to the Sumner demands. Clar
endon won’t yield one inch from his
position. They have taken it and can
not be shaken in their resolve. They
are a very proud people, a powerful
people, and cannot be frightened.”
“What do you think of a war be
tween England and the United Slates,
Mr. Johnson ? What would the result
of it ?”
“The result would be unfavorable
to us. In the first place our debts are
equal. But there will not be and can
not l>e a war so long as there is any
common sense left to the two people.
But, to talk about it lor argument’s
sake: England was never better pre
pared for a war than she is now, and
the United States is less able to enter
on a contest of the kind than she was
during the rebellion. Do you remem
ber Admiral Porter’s letter on the sub
ject ? He is of my opinion, or rather I
am of his, that we cannot fight England.
Yes, they would give us Canada, pro
vided the Canadian'people were wil
ling to be exchanged; but 1 do not
think they are, and sooner than part
with that province on forcible terms,
England would lose her last man and
her last shilling.”
“What do you think Mr. Motley will
do ? How will he go to work ?
“Motley will have to paddle his own
canoe. He is a fine fellow, but«s be
tween Sumner’s speech and my pro
tocol I do not see any middle course
lor him to pursue. The English Gov
ernment will not be in a hurry to sign
a treaty with him. They feel very
sore about the rejection of the protocol.
They cannot understand the Senate,
They will not lay themselves open to
a second insult by the rejection ol what
they would he willing to abide by, in
a very great hurry. You see the diffi
culty of getting a treaty ratified be
comes greater and greater. The Sen
ate is now a numerous body, and by
and by 7 it will be more numerous.—
The power of the Senate is seatcely
understood abroad. At any rate, due
importance is not attached to it.”
The Pie Bor Who Became a
Prince.—The first Prince Menschikoff
was a pie boy at Moscow, and deliver
ing things at a nobleman’s kitchen one
day, when Czar Peter the Great was
expected to dine at the house While
waiting about, be heard the nobleman
give special directions for the prepara
tion of a certain favorite dish of the
Czar’s, and afterward, while the cook
was absent, saw him place something
in a dish which he believed to be pois
on. As soon as Menschikoff saw the
Czar in the street, he cried out his rolls
more loudly than usual, and even be
gan to sing, and approach the Czar to
make himself seen. Peter called to him
and asked him some questions, to which
he answered so happily that the Czar
said, “I will keep thee in my service.”
Menscbikoffaccepted the offer with joy.
At dinner time, without orders, he
entered the banquet hall and stood be
hind the Czar. When the dish appear
ed, he bent down and whispered “not
to touch it.” Peter got up, and with a
smiling face, made pretence to take the
hoy in an adjoining apartment, when
Menschikoff explained his suspicion.
Upon the Czar returning to the table,
the Royard again offered the dish, and
Peter asked him to sit by his side and
partake with him. The nobleman col
ored, and said it became not the subject
to eat the same as the Emperor, who,
seeing his embarrassmemt, took the
plate and offered it to a dog, who swal
lowed all its contents. But a few mo
ments afterward it began to run and
howl, then staggered, fell and soon ex
pired. The Boyard was secured, but
the next morning was found dead in his
bed. Menschikoff had to sell rolls no
longer; the first step to his rapid fortune
was made, and his descendants are a
most powerful family in Russia to this
day.
Cut Timber in the Old op the Moon.—
Though aware that it is customary with
the learned editors of some papers to bars
lesque the idea of the moon haviug any
influence on human affairs, I hope you
will allow me to say to ^hose who have
been discussing the best season for cutting
timber to last, that times or seasons are of
little avail unless regard is had to the age
of the moon. Timber cut iu the last quar-
ter of the moon will last twice as long as
that cut in the first quarter. Sixteen cords
of green wood cut in ^be last quarter is
worth twenty cut in the first. This I have
proved by experiments on various kinds of
wood, continued through mauy years, aud
ask others to make the like trials for their
own satisfaction and benefit.
Horace Felciier.
Cut off the Leaves.—Almost every
one who has had any experience in gar
dening knows the importance of pruning
newly planted trees. Bat in transpladting
cabbages, beets, tomatoeB, and similar veg- -
etables, few ever think of taking oflf any of
tbe leaves, an operation folly as important
as the reduction of the branches of an apple
or pear tree Let every one who is about
setting oat any of the succulent plants try
the cutting oflf of the larger leaves, and we
think they will never omit it again.
\Hearth and Horne.
GEORGIA.
The Matter Brought Down to a Focus—
All Depends on Hoar.
The New York Tribune’s Washing
ton correspondent, telegraphing on the
7th, gives this startling information :
Since the adjournment of Congress,
the President has been importuned,
time and again, by citizens of Georgia
representingall political parlies therein,
ty take some action which would de
finitely settle the present status of that
State. The Senators of the State nev
er having been admitted to qualify and
take their seats, and her vote for Pres
ident not having been counted in the
Electoral College, it has been asserted
by many that she is not a State in the
Union, but remains an unreconstruct
ed State, the same as Virginia, Missis
sippi and Texas. This condition of
uncertainty has led to many embarrass
ments among the Slate and Federal
officials of Georgia, and has led the
President to submit the whole matter
to the Attorney General for a legal
opinion. If Mr. Hoar should decide
that the Slate is not a Stale in the
Union, according to the reconstruction
laws of Congress, then, it is thought,
the President will have the same pow
er there that he has in Virginia, Mis
sissippi and Texas, ami will recognize
Georgia as having only a Provisional
Government.
If that is true, says the Macon Tel
egraph, we might as well begin to pack
for a trip out of the Union, for our con
fidence in Attorney General Hoar is ol
the least.
Murder of Robert W. Flouruoy.
The Macon Telegraph gives the fol
lowing particulars, derived from a gen
tleman just from Washington county:
On Tuesday morning last Mr. Flour
noy remarked to his wife that his stock
on the place and the crops were look
ing very badly, and that they were not
receiving proper attention. He said
thisjusl as lie was in the act of going
out of the house. As was customary
with him when going out, he took his
pistol along with-him. Soon alter he
left the house Mrs. Flournoy heard a
shot in the direction ofthe field where
a negro was ploughing and sent a color
ed woman out to ascertain the cause.
In a short while she returned, staling
that Mr. Flournoy was killed and was
lying in the field. The alarm was
immediately given, ami several persons
hastened to the spot, where they found
Mr. Flournoy lying on the ground, shot
through the head. He was still alive
but perfectly insensible. Upon his
arms and hands were numerous brui
ses and bites, which indicated that he
had just been engaged in a desperate
struggle.
The negro who was ploughing in
the field tells the improbable story 7 ,
that he was asked a few questions by 7
Mr. Flournoy when ploughing on that
side ofthe field and when he had again
nearly crossed it; he heard a pistol
fire, and, looking back, saw Mr. F.
tailing.
The negro was arrested and lodged
injail, as his story will not bear inves
tigation. There were the marks of a
violent scuffle, both upon the person
of Mr. F. and also upon the ground,
and it is not possible that they could
have been made within a hundred or
two yards of the negro, and that, too
in an open field without his knowledge.
The fact is, he and Mr. F. got into
a scuffle, the negro got posession of
Mr. F’s pistol and killed him with it.
Mr. F. lay in insensible condition all
the afternoon of Tuesday and Tues
day night, and expired yesterday mor
ning-
Immigration.
The following is the conclusion
the circslar of Mr. Lester addressed to
the people ot Europe.
“1 have thus given you a can
did statement of the general features,
condition, and resources of the Stale
of Georgia. I have faithfully endeav
ored to avoid everything that would
mislead or deceive. The State has
no public lands, ami'cannot, therefore,
offer to emigrants gratuitous homes, but
we can, and do, invite you to come
and find cheap homes, and obtain profit
able employment in a land where a
man ot industry, frugality, and moral
principle can make his way t» compe
tency and fortune. We invite you to
come amongst us, dwell safely, secure
ly, and happily, upon a generous soil,
and beneath a sunny sky. We do
not require that you be rich, or high
born, or that you be backed by titles of
nobility : but we simply ask that you be
sober, industrious, and virtous ; that
you come to our State with the settled
purpose ofidentifying yourself with the
best interests of the country 5 and that
you intend to make a law abiding,
useful citizen. We are candid enough
to state, that as much as we need pop
ulation, and labor, and capital, rather
than see Georgia filled up with an
abandoned and refuse population from
poor-houses, jails, and places of dissip
ation and vice, we would prefer that
her lands should remain forever unoc
cupied and unfilled, and that all her
vast resources and capabilities should
lie dormant 'until doomsday. There
fore jet it be understood, that we do
not invite the indolent, the dissipated,
and the vicious, but that we will meet
the virtuous, the industrious, and the
good, at the very threshold, and wheth
er they be rich or poor, titled or unti%
tied, we will give them the hand of
cordial welcome and kindly attention ;
we will protect them against imposi
tion, aid them in finding homes and
employment, and extend to them all
the good offices of a generous, and hos
pitable people. The Land and Immi
gration office is in this city, on White
hall street, fronting the railroad open
at all times for information an assist
ance to those who rpay wish to settle,
<?r purchase lands, in the State of Geor-
•_ n
gia.
GEORGE. N. LESTER,
Home Commissioner of Land and
Immigration,
Western & Atlantic Railroad, ^
Superintendent’s Office.
Atlanta, Ga., May 2Sth, 1869. )
Hon. W. H. F. Hall, Greenville, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Your favor of the -5th inst.
was received during my necessary and
unexpected prolonged absence from
the city on business of great importance
to the Western and Atlantic railway,
and, through this work, to the people of
Georgia. But for this your communi
cation would have received earlier at
tention.
At the proper lime, and in the usual
and proper manner, I shall report, as
required by law, upon the management
of this great interest; when I expect to
be able to show to the satisfaction of all
unprejudiced competent judges, that it has
been so managed as to promote the in
terests ofthe people, and, especially,
the development oi the State’s resour
ces.
In regard to the remark of Gen. A.
Austell, repeated by Hon. Mr. Angier
in his letter to you, T beg leave to say :
li Gen. Austell, or any other gentle
man with equally responsible co-con
tractors, will tike the State, (W. & A.)
railway, as it is, for ten years, and will
give ample and satisfactory security
that it will be returned at the expira
tion of that time in the same condition,
and with an equally good working out
fit as when received ; and will bind
themselves to pay into the Treasury of
the Slate, during the ten years, forty
thousand (40,000) dollars per month;
and, also, to keep the tariff of freights
where it now is, so that the people may
have a guaranteed assurance that the cost
ofthe ncccsiai ies of lij'e shall not be increas
ed to the consumer by increased cost oj trans
portation over this line ; and, also, to con
tinue the reduced rate on lime, for agricul
tural purposes, (that agricultural pro
ducts may be increased,) as well as on
coal and iron, that their development on the
line of road may be encouraged and stimu
lated—T will recommend the accep
tance of the proposition, and the speedy
closing of the contract.
Yours, very Respectfully,
E. Hulbert, Supt.
[From the Charieston Courier.]
Our Washington Correspondence.
The Alabama treaty affair begins to
assume a very 7 serious aspect, [t will
be impossible to defer an issue upon the
subject much longer, for our Redicals
are impatient of delay. The party can
thrive only by continued agitation.
It is true, as staled, that the Radical
leaders have conferred upon the Ala
bama question, and have determined
to sustain the Sumner view of it, and
that Governor Curtin is expected to
pronounce the Radical policy in a
speech which he is soon to deliver at
Philadelphia. It is supposed that
Governor Curtin has been promised
support in these views by the Presi
dent. Thus whatever may be the de
clarations of Curtin upon this occasion,
they will represent the policy of the
Radical party—the policy, in fact, of
Congress and ofthe Administration.
Mr. Motley’s Liverpool speeches are
denounced here as undiplomatic, un
called for, and contrary to the spirit of
his instructions. The President was
disposed to toletale the expressions of
amity and the usual cant about a com
mon origin, but he has been overruled,
and Mr. Motley has been advised by a
special cable dispatch to “shut up.”
The remarks of Lord Clarendon set
tle the question as far as England is
concerned. The last sentence of the
dispatch which gives his speech, is con
clusive of the whole subject. Every
one knows what the British Govern
ment will concede, and what it will
refuse. That is the frequent remark of
the British Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Tl ie British Ministry showed their
hands openly and without disguise.—
The Clarendon-Johnson treaty, as ex
plained by the correspondence which
accompanied its negotiation, and led to
its conclusion on the part of Mr. John
son and Lord Stanley, has been made
public in England. Whatever may 7 be
conceded by the tenor of that protocol
the British Government will still con
cede ; and it will still refuse any other
demands.
Lord Clarendon’s declaration closes
the matter. Mr. Motley may present
new demands, but there will be no
negotiation in regard to them. Lord
Clarendon cautions Parliament and
the public against the belief that Mr.
Sumner spoke the sentiment of the
country. Thus he encourages the idea
that Sumner spoke and the Senate act
ed for Buncombe, and that the rejected
treaty will still be ratified. The Rad
ical leaders will now rally, and reiter
ate the views of Sumner, and challenge
President Grant to reject them.
The character of the provision made
by the rejected treaty in regard to the
contested right of the British Govern
ment to recognize the belligerency of
the Confederacy, is not yet generally
known, but I was fully apprised of it
before the publication of the corres
pondence between Mr. Thornton and
the British Ministry. It will be fully
understood when the Seward diplomat
ic correspondence now in press, under
the order to the Senate, shall appear.
You will find that Mr. Seward instruct
ed our Minister, that the question of the
right of the British Government to treat
the Confederacy as a belligerent power
must be submitted to arbitration, and
that Lord Stanley positively and pe
remptorily refused 'to do it. The ne
gotiation was about to end in a-dead
lock, when Mr. Seward said, in sub
stance, will Lord Stauley agree that
the proposed submission, though not
expressed, shall be implied by the
treaty. Mr. Seward himself drew up
the article in the form in which it was
assented to by Lord Stanley, and
which, by implication, provides for all
that Mr. Seward required, and all
which as be thought, the Senate would
require. LEO.
It has been supposed that the friends
of Mr. Reverdy Johnson would soon
tender him the compliment of a pub
lic dinner, at which he would be ex
pected to explain and vindicate the
terms of his treaty.
We do not learn that President Grant
or Secretary Fish have sought informa
tion from Mr. Johnson. But, fortunate
ly, the views of Mr. Johnson have been
elicited in a conversation with a re
porter lor tbe New York times, and
have been published. Many points arc
thus’ brought to notice,which will great
ly assist us in arriving to a proper con
clusion as to the cause ofthe rejection
of the treaty. A mean parlizan jeal
ousy of President Johnson and Secre-
taiy Seward, was one leading motive
for the opposition, on the part of the
Radicals. It was heretofore known
that Mr. Seward had written to Mr.
John Bright, that the tieaty would
have been received with acclamation,
had it come a few weeks earlier, and
in addition to that, Mr. Johnson now
states that Mr. Sumner made the same
declaration to Senator Vickers, of
Maryland.
Thus a deep laid conspiracy has
been formed to provoke a quarrel and
conflict with England,and it is believed
by many that President Grant favors
it. If he resists this current he may
be overwhelmed by it, but it is more
probable that he will yield to it. Af
ter Governor Curtin’s intended demon
stration, we may be the better enabled
to fathom the designs of the war party.
When it shall become certain that the
United States will insist upon the ex
travagant claims of Mr. Sutnner and
the Radical party generally, and that
we only defer a declaration of war
with a view to a cheaper and meaner
mode of redress—that of preying upon
British commerce whenever Great
Britain shall become a belligerent—
then she will strike at once. She will
not wait till.her hands shall be shackled
bv a European war. She was never
so powerful as she is now, and was
never more capable of inflicting upon
the United States a deep and lasting
injury.
The United Stales, on the other hand,
is embarrassed by Federal, State and
corporate debts, and still more by the
want of internal harmony. Intelligent
men from the Southwestern States say
that such is the feeling there towards
the Federal Government that little
support could be obtained in that quar
ter lor a foreign war. As to Canada
even if Senator Chandler’s Michigan
militia could conquer it, as he says, it
will be no easy matter to hold four
millions of hostile people in subjection.
LEO.
When to Plant out Evergreens.-
There are advocates of three theories,
namely, planting in the fall, in early
spring, and late spring, and again
others have serious objections to any
or all these plans; one grower says,
he would not plant any kind of a tree
in the fall on heavy soil, for the trees
will often he thrown out by the frost;
another says, that if he were to receive
a lot ol evergreens this very day, in
early spring, he would immediately
put them out.
We have had a personal experience
with all these plans. We transplanted
a fine lot of evergreens (Norway spruce)
in the month of August: as recom
mended by the nurseryman, did what
we could to protect them, but when
spring came, they were all dead. We
tried early spring for planting, but had
the same result; at last tried the first
two weeks of the month of June, and
succeeded admirably 7 . We transplant
ed some hemlock spruce in the month
of September or first of October, taking
care to mulch the roots of the trees,
after the earth was filled in; these,
loo, have kept well.
Hence, from our own persona 1
experience, we can safely say that the
best tune for transplanting evergreen
trees is between the 15th of May and
the loth of June; for the hardy ever
greens, the month of September or Oc
tober is good, taking care in each case
to mulch the ground well, and particu
larly to see that trees are well packed
and roots kept moist and unexposed.
If the distance of transportation is quite
short, evergreens may be safely trans
planted as late as the 15th of June;
but it transportation is distant, it is
better to place them in the ground a
little earlier. Choose a wet, moist
day for digging, and also for planting.
[Dietzs' Experimental Farm Journal.
Weights.—The pound avoirdupois
contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy
5,760 grains. The carat, used in
weighing diamonds, is 3 1 6 grains.
When the term carat is applied to gold
it has a wholly different meaning, and
is used to express its fineness, or de
gree of purity. Every mass of alloyed
gold is supposed to he divided into
twenty-four parts, or carats. If eigh.
teen of these are pure gold, .then the
mass is eighteen carats fine ; if twenty
are pure gold, the mass is twenty car
ats fine ; and so forth. Twenty-four
carats would signify pure gold. It
would be the same, instead of saying
eighteen carats fine, to say eighteen
twenty-fourths fine, &c. The stand
ard for English coin is 22 carats fine,
or two of alloy.—British Almanac, 1864.
The legislature of Maine has enac
ted a law providing that commercial
manures sold in that State shall have
affixed to every barrel, bag, or parcel
thereof, which may contain 50 pounds
or upwards, a printed label, specify
ing the name of the manufacturer or
seller, his place of business, and the
percentage which it contains of solu
ble phosphoric acid, of insoluble phos
phoric acid, and of ammonia. Deal
ers failing to comply with this provis
ion, or who shall affix false labels, are
to be punished by fine of $10 for the
first offence and $20 for every subse
quent offence ; and any purchaser may
recover in an action of debt 25 cents
for every pound of soluble phosphoric
acid, 6 cents for every pound of insol-
able phosphoric, and 35 cents for ev
ery pound of ammonia, deficient. The
act takes effect on the 1st of July next #
J§0it%nt iictnrkr.
MILLEDGE'VI XXeT~
Tuesday, June 15, 1869.
Governor Bollock and Mr, Angier.
We regret that there cannot be barmo-
ny between the Executive of the State
and the State Treasurer. We publish in
another column, the order of Governor
Bullock to the Fourth National Bank to
suspend further deelings with tbe Treasur-
er. Such discord between officials, does
not look well, and has anything but a ben
eficial effect upon the credit or character
of the State.
We cannot bat think that the Governor
js wrong in the position assumed by him.
Since the foundation of the Government
up to the present time, we have not known
or heard of an instance in which money
has ever been paid by the State, for any
purpose whatever, that has not been paid
by the Treasurer either by a warrant drawn
on the Treasurer by the Governor and ap
proved by tbe Comptroller General, or up
on warrants of the Speaker of tbe House,
or President of the Senate, or Presidents
of Conventions; and in the latter cases,
these things have been authorized by spec
ial appropriation Acts. For the last forty
or fifty years, the various Governors have
been authorized aud directed to raise mon
ey at various times for State purposes, and
we hesitate not to say, that in all cases
these financial operations were conducted
through the Treasurer,—he receipting for
tbe proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, and
payiDg out the money arising from the sale
of the same in tbe manner above stated.
If there has been any departure whatever
from this course, we trust Gov. Bullock or
some of his friends, will first show it, be-
foie questioning or condemning further
Mr. Angier’s course in this matter.
There is bat one crfUrse for the Governor
and Treasurer to pursue, and that is to do
as the law directs,—precedents, customs
and acts of former officers to the contrary
notwithstanding. If the lawis plain and
positive as to how money shall be drawn
and upon what fund, the Governor cannot
go back of it without having his motives
impugued and his conduct liable to cen
sure. Each State House officer is a con
stitutional officer, not subject to the will or
power of tbe Governor, and can be remov
ed only by impeachment. They consti
tute together with the Executive, the Ex
ecutive Department; and are furthermore
checks upon each other. If the Governor
attempts to draw warrants contrary to
law, it is their sworn duty to send them
back for correction, and if not corrected,
to reject them. Nay, more, tbe different
officers are liable on their bonds for any
money paid out contrary to law.
COL. HULBERT’S LETTER.
We publish in another column, a letter
of Col. Hulbert’s in reply to oue, Mr.
Hall, member of tbe legislature, wrote
relative to tbe payments in the Treasury,
of the earnings of the State Road. For
want of room we do not publish his last
letter, but we have no hesitancy in saying,
that Col. Hulbert is right as regards tbe
dignity of his office, aud is under no obli
gations to report his reasons or the work
ings of the Road, to this man or that man,
and why be only pays in $25,000 per
month. Were we in his position,we certain
ly would not do it.
We do not know Col. Hulbert, aud have
no motive in speaking for or against him,
but as an act of justice, we believe that he
is managing tbe State Road with ability
and honesty ; aud that he will be able to
make a very satisfactory report to the next
legislature. Such are our impressions and
opinions. He certainly manifests great in
terest in the welfare of the Road, and has
labored diligently to foster everything that
would be advantageous to the charge he
has in hand.
STATUS OF GEORGIA.
Mr. Hoar, at the request of President
Grant, has under consideration the statu*
of Georgia. There seems to be some doubt
in the mind of the President, as to what
ought to be done with Georgia on account
of the late reported outrages. Mr Hoar has
the question under consideration, aud will
give his opinion in about two weeks,
await to hear what be has to say, before
we advise as to what.as a State, we should
do. To our mind, the whole thing looks
like a farce and a want of knowledge as
regards even the first rights of a State.
But this is a day 7 of anarchy, usurpation, a
reckless disregard of constitutional obli
gations and fanatical and ultra politics,
notions. t
PENSION ROLLS—BACK PAY.
Duriog the late war, the names of wid
ows and others, in the South, were strick
en from the United States Peusion Roll 3
by act of Congress. Those who were draw
ing pensions, can have their names rein
stated, and draw back pay by proper ap
plication. Parties interested, should ad
dress W. W. Paiue, Savannah, Ga.,
tbeir claims will receive attention.
The parties arrested in Warrenton by
the military have been released by Court
on giving bonds.
Judge Andrews, of the Circuit Court,
has forbidden the Sheriff, at whose in
stance the arrests were made, to aet, or 10
any way assume the functions of his office-
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