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Fiom the Atlanta Constitution.
Jurist Linton Stephens.
A Strong and Able Letter.
Sparta, January 2, 1S70.
Dunlap Scott, Esq., Home, Go..:
My Dear Silt—Your very courte
ous ami interesting letter ot the 29th
groes, scalawags,
without any partic
the intelligence a
the State. But I
so with a feeling ll
just as well not to
With a high ap[
tives which seeru to have actuated you
December was received day before \ in your public course, and with good
yesterday. Yesterday was so busy a wishes for your personal welfare, and
day that I had no time to write even a high hopes that you may realize the
line : and to-day we have no mail.
While I have very strong convic
tions as to the course which our peo
ple ought to pursue, I have not the leas-
expectation of seeing mv views adopt
ted; and an effort to carry them out
would probably only produce addition-
brilliant career which your beginning
has promised to your country, I am
yours very truly,
Linton Stephens.
Southern University
We commend to the people of the
h\ mischief by divided counselsand con- I South, the subjoined appeal in behalf
Hiding action among those to whose j of that noble charily, whose founda-
co-operaiiou the country must look for j tions were laid by her
its final redemption. I have, there
fore, never given publication to my
views ; hut at the same time, 1 have
never concealed them. I will give
them to you, as you request them ; but
from want of time must confine my-
selfto the barest outlines without the!
reasons which support them.
My fundamental idea is that it is *
folly and self-destruction to take any !
action in obedience to dictation. I do j
not propose forcible resistance, for that j
would be equally foolish and destruc
tive, but wiial I deplore and deprecate \
is any action of oars done in obedience j
to dictation. Our enemies dare not ac- j
complish their infamous purposes by i
their own odiou alone. Some co-op- and congregation in.the South.
most eminent
sons, just anterior to our late struggle
for independence. Though “the wild
boar” hath laid them waste, let us
build again, in firm faith and humble
tru>t in God :
To the Clergy and Laity of the Dioceses
of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Gear fa, Florida, Alabama., Mississip
pi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and in
Arkansas.
Dear Brethren: At the annual
meeting of the Trustees of the Univer-
t,and a spirit of devotion to the ;
incement of the Churcli in its :u-
ity and the best interests of the I
i g.
very facility possible, as our means ,
nil, will be extended to the sons ot
ffergy. They are now received
at naif the usual rate of tuition, and
much more will be done for them here- :
after. In the Theolog'cal Department, ;
as it is bu^ up in the future, will be j
found one of the most important aids,
to the growth of the Church in our ;
widely extended field. But we can- 1
not dwell on these points at further
length.. The cause of the “University”
is the cause of all the dioceses interes
ted in the work. Of its importance to
the Church and the rising genera
tion, too much cannot be said. Catho
lic in spirit, comprehensive in scope
and elevated in its aim, it is worthy of
the Church, designed to meet the high
est educational wants of our people,
and is one of the first necessities of the
times. It has survived a state of
things which not only suspended all
effort, but seemed for a time to threat
en its extinction. And now if our
people, who are, or ought to be, most
deeply interested in il, have faith in
themselves, inihose to whom the work
is more immediately committed, and
party of Roman ladies nineteen centu
ries ago. Several calda-urns of bronze
have been found at Pompeii. The
principal meal (ca’led coena) was eaten
about 4 o’clock, and lasted several
hours. People, like the elder Pliny,
who dined only three hours, were con
sidered remarkably frugal and time-
cs vi n or
ity ot the Sotuh in August last, the un- | in the blessing ot God upon our efforts,
ersigned were appointed a committee final success, such as was at first an
te address you on the subject ot the
Offering on the 3d Sunday in Advent,
and to urge its collection in every parish
eiation on the part ot the intelligence ot
the State has been their necessity from
the beginning. It is still their necessi
ty. Our misfortune is that this neces
sity has been realized by them, and
not by us. Their whole legislation be
trays their unmistakable appreciation
of it. They have not dared, and will
not dare, to make a Constitution or
government tor us directly, by their own
You may remember, ihat the plan of
an annual offering was adopted by the
Trustee's at the meeting ot last year,
and soon aiter commended to you by
the ten Bishops, (who are ex officio
Trustees,) in a Pastoral Letter. For
various reasons but few parishes
responded, and very little was given.
The hope is earnestly cherished that
this mav not be llie case again.
must suffice for our present purpose.
The junior department was opened in
September, 1S6S. The close of the
sole action—but have directed, and \ [,|i L >t statement ol the condition,
will direct, all their action to the end | wants anti claims ot the “University”
of compelling us to act for ourselves in
their way. The results are claimed by
them as our work, and would not be
tolerated by the country—by the mass j year fbnnd the number of students ; Wlf h numerous springs ot purest wa’
of the Northern people—on any other j (nearly one hundred) too large for the j ter, a most salubrious climate, a rich
basis. They could not maintain them-j accommodations provided. In view of
selves before the country six months
ticipated by the'Fathers who led the
way, but are fallen asleep—Polk, and
Elliott, r nd Otey, ami Cobbs, and
Rutlege—final success, such as they
anticipated, will be placet! beyond all
peradventure. It may not be seen to
the full, and will not in our day; but
our children and our children’s chil
dren will gather there in the time to
come to rejoice in the light ihereof, and
bless the memories ot those who laid
its foundations.
The foresight which selected for the
“University” the beautiful plateau of
the Cumberland range will be appre
ciated more and more as its unsurpass
ed advantages a:e developed in the
future. Two thousand teet above the
level of the sea, gently undulating,
End of the Paraguayan War.—
The Paraguayan war is at an end.—
The allies have captured Ygnatimi, and
Lopez is a fugitive in Bolivia. We
have had many-announcements before
of the final defeat ot Lopez, but this
news bears the evidence of being au
thentic. The Brazilian, Argentine and
Uruguayan troops are about to with
draw from Paraguay, and the Orlean-
ist Prince d’Eu, commander in chief of
the allied armies, was expected at
Montevideo at the latest advices. The
war now closed has been waged against
Lopez for exactly five years. Hostili
ties between Brazil and Paraguay com
menced on November, 11, 1S64, when
a Brazilian steamer was captured as
an intruder on the Paraguay. Brazil
was invaded by Lopez in December.
In the following April the dictator in
vaded the territories of the Argentine
republic, which immediately made an
alliance with Brazil. Since that.lime
the war has been stubbornly contested
on both sides, Lopez falling back sul
lenly from point to point before the su
perior power of the invader, but never
without desperate fighting. The war
; has been a terrible drain on the allies,
j but it has resulted almost in the depop
ulation of Paraguay, and the utter ruin
of its material interests.—N. Y. World.
Colonel Halbert’s Report of the State Road, j lam informed, remain unpaid. 1 call* !
in making and breaking Mate govern
ments, carried on solely by ;t combi
nation of negroes, scalawags and car
pet-baggers, while all the intelligence
and virtue, of the people should he
standing aloof and acting on the aii-
tlus state ot things—a measure of suc
cess almost unexampled in any sim
ilar undertaking—the Board at its late
meeting appointed a special agent, the
Rev. (). P. Thaekara, of Florida, to
laise by personal effort in our parishes
at least $25,000 iur the erection of ad-
nounced resolution to touch not, taste I duional boarding houses and a build*
not, handle not, the unclean thing.
This position, it' taken with unanimity
and firmness, and dignity, on our part,
and supported by temperate but strong
and statesman-like expositions ot the
enormities inflicted on all constitution
al liberty through us as the mere point
of commencement, would do more than
anything else to make a revelation of
the tiue situation to the people of the
North. To suppose that they under
stand it already, and are actuated by
a ujcie ^jiirilot reckless malice, is sim
ply to make an egregious mistake. If
they saw the truth, it would alarm
them and change their course not so
much to do justice to us as to preserve
themselves. They do not sec it. This
position on our part, sustained as 1
have indicated, would give us an im
mense moral power, and would sow
the seeds of reformation and redemp
tion. We ought to never forget that
moral honor is all that is really left
us now. But we should also retnem-
l>er, that in the end it is the greatest of
all powers in the government of man
kind. Men are governed at last by
ideas—not always right ideas by any
means—but always by ideas of some
kind. One great point in statemanship
next in importance to the formation
ing for the grammar school, to be
ready, if possible, by the opening of
the Lent Term in February next. JYIr.
Thaekara has consented, though at
much srcrifice, to undertake the work.
He is eminently fitted for it, and earn
estly commend to you in its prosecu
tion. The object of his mission, how
ever, is entirely distinct from the “An
imal University Offering,” which is to
continue from year to year, to assist in
liie gradual development or this cen
tral educational school oF the Church
in our midst. Through lids, the chan
nel of our poroehial offerings in every
place, it is designed to give all our peo
ple an opportunity for systematic con
tribution to an object which ought to
be dear to their hearts ; and in this way
as well as by information thus annually
imparted, to interest them the more in
its progress.
A self-supporting point ha^Jbeen
reached as to the salaries of the Pro
lessors. Beyond this the receipts from
tuition can scarcely be expected to go.
To provide (or permanent college build
ings, the necessary apparatus in every
department of instruction, and the pur
chase of books for the library, (now
numbering over 4,000 volumes), funds
must be raised from other sources.
and recommendation of right ideas Munificient endowments and bequests
is the presentation of ideas in lights j by individuals will doubtless come in
which will strike and lead masses on the course of lime to the aid of the
men. in doing this action, positions «.University.” But upon these we can
taken and maintained through suffering j no ^ rely nieet the pressing necessi-
sacrifice, is far more effective than. tie§ of its early growth which have
words. Speech and writing are only j been mentioned, ft is rather to a
auxiliary forces—very important in- i .steady stream of contribution from the
deed, but still only auxiliary. 1 he j members and friends of the Church
main power lies in positions taken and \ throughout i ur borders that we must
maintained in the presentation ot right j look, and on this we hopefully confi-
issues. It our own sound tnuterial j ,iently rely* To this end the plan ot
had all stood alool from reconstruction J the “Advent Offering” was proposed
refusing to participate in it or touch il i and adopted. Whether large or small
and protesting against it as an over- | j,, anv place, It will neverthe less help
throw of the Constitution and of Rc-; to swell the general amount which is
publican Government, the nefarious j now, and will continue to be, so much
scheme would have broken down long i needed. Of the original subscription
forest, in exhaustible qualities of stone,
anil coat in abundance-"accessiblo by
railroad to all parts of the country, and
yet in its healthful isolation exempt
from those temptations to dissipation
and vice in the-young which elsewhere
so generally abound, there is probably
no locality on the continent better
adapted to the permanent growth and
success of such an institution.
Wc can only commend, in conclu
sion to your fostering sympathies and
generous support, this noble undertak
ing ; for without these, it cannot suc
ceed. The clergy are earnestly
requested to read this address in full
to their congregations ; and to provide,
ou the day appointed, the third Sun
day in Advent, or if that is impractica
ble on some occasion soon alter, lor
such offerings as their people will cheer
fully give. And may God incline
their hearts to contribute liberally,
according to the ability which lie hath
given them.
All sums collected should be for
warded to Dr. H. M. Anderson, Geni
Treasurer, Rome, Georgia.
Alex. Gregg Bishop of Texas.
J Freeman Young, Bishop of Flori
da.
M. A Curtis, Clerical Trustee, North
Carolina.
W. C. Williams, Clerical 'Trustee
Georgia.
J. M. Bannister, Clerical Trustee
Alabama.
T. E. B. l’egues, Lay Trustee,
Mississippi.
ago and the old constitutional constitu
encies of the Sooth would have been
allowed to reconstruct themselves.—
While the chances ot this result are
greatly diminished by the past co-oper
ation into which we have been be
guiled and entrapped, still its only im
possibility is in the want of harmoni
ous action in the right course among
men who desire the preservation of
liberty and good government. I am
thoroughly satisfied, however, that this
harmonious action can not, as yet, !>e
obtained even in our own State, to say
nothing of the other Southern Slates.
To be successful it would have to be
general. True, the example of Geor
gia alone in that position would have
tremeujous force, because it would
produce terrible embarrassment in the
Radical camp; and it might, there
fore, prove contagious among our com
panions in distress. A Slate where
the sound element ol population should
all stand in that position, jVould be as
troublesome to the Radicals as the ele
phant was to the man who won him.
But, as l have said before, I -reward
of about four hundred thousand dollars,
but little we fear, can now be collected.
No State endowment can come to our
aid. Our brethren in other portions of
the land have their own Church work
to encourage and support. We must
therefore of necessity rely to a great
extent upon ourselves. And as we
ought to do this, so we believe with the
rapidly returning prosperity of our
people, their common obligation in
this important behalf will be met in
annually increasing measure.
The general plan of the University,
as embodied in the Constitution and
Statutes, was intended to combine the
best features of those great schools of
learning in the Old World which have
so long flourished, as well as of the best
in our own conr:rv. And in its reli
gious aspect, at least, as il is develop
ed with lime and ample endowments,
it will doubtless mark a new era in the
history of American University educa
tion. Though now in its infancy, the
Faculty is believed to be equal to that
of any other institution of correspond
in': use and numbers to be found. The
such a position as impossible to be se ’ Trustees are determined to reach the
cured for out own Chale ; and, there
fore, I do not propose it. I know ji is
the nature of man to temporize, and
resort to palliations, and because it is
their oatuie, I do not expect them to
rise above it. Our friends are already
pointing back to past non-action as a
fatal mistake. The real mistake was
in abandoning it mo soon. 'They v< -
led on the question of ratification, and
thereby relieved Congress from the
embarrassment of sanctioning a Cou-
•sriluliou and government formed by tiG-
ighest possible standard of scholars
ship in teachers and pupils alike. Any
existing defects growing out of our
limited means and the rapidity with
which the school has filled up, will be
remedied as speedily as possible. The
character of the Board of Trustees,
composed, as it is, of the bishops and
of one clergyman and Lwo laymen
elected trieimally by the conventions
the several dioceses, should inspire to
confidence, as furnishing every
reasonable guaranty of efficient over-
[From the Western Monthly. ]
A ROMAN DINNER.
Some of the Customs of Eat ing and Drink
ing in the. Olden Time.
The ordinary Roman dinner party
was not large ; the rule was that the
guests should not be less than three,
the number of the Graces, nor more
than nine, the number of the Muses.—
The tables were made of rare woods,
finely carved, and sometimes entirely
of precious metals. 'Table-cloths were
unknown. Those who dined used
neither knives nor forks, but helped
themselves with their fingers ; never
theless, as soups could not be eaten in
this primitive way, necessity, the moth
er qf invention, devised spoons. To
handle a hot-dinner without burning the
fingers, required as much dexterity as
the juggler displays in playing with
heated pokers. Gentlemen with ten
der digits and impressible appetites
wore metallic finger tips, like thi mbles,
which enabled them to put a finger into
the hottest pie with impunity. After
each dish they prepared themselves lor
the next course by dipping their fingers
into ewers of water, carried around by
servants, and drying them on napkins,
each guest bringing his own napkin
with him. Wealthy persons are said
to have used a very costly kind of as
bestos napkin, which, when soiled, tliev
threw into the fire; the fire cleansed It
without consuming it. Refined epi
cures sometimes wiped their hands on
the long hajr of the cup-bearers, a cus
tom that is very common in the Orient,
and recalls the office performed by
Magdalen to the feet of .Jesus. The
Romans began the day with an early
breakfast of bread, seasoned with salt
and eaten wjllj olives, dried grapes, or
cheese. At noon they took a warm
lunch of eggs, fish, etc., together with
their favorite beverage, called calda, a
soil of punch composed of water and
wine, seasoned with spices and sweet
ened with honey. This drink was to
the Romans what tea and coffee arc to
us. The. wine in the mixture, being
considerably diluted, possessed only
very mildly intoxicating properties, so
that it could be used quite freely with
out unpleasant effects; and Cowper’s
description of a tea parly, where
“The bubbling- and loud hissing urn
Throws up h steauiy column, and the cups
That cheer but not inebriate wait on each,”
would correspond very well to a calda-
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
How Georgia Came IT ear Being:
Admitted.
An incident which l heard related
the other day will show how near
Georgia came to being admitted to full
representation during the session of
ilie fortieth Congress. The repiesen-
latives had already been admitted to
their seats in the Huose and all that
remained was the swearing in of the
two Senators from that State. They
were to be sworn on a certain day, and
their credentials had been placed in
the bands ofSenator Sherman, of Ohio,
who had agreed to lay them belore the
Senate. In the meantime it appears
that Gov. Bullock had been in corres
pondence with Senator Thayer, of
Nebraska, and had indicated his doubts
as to the genuineness of Georgi’s recon
struction. Thayer mentioned the
matter to two or three of the Radical
Senators, but they did not seem to pay
much attention to it. Finally, on the
day on which it was expected the
Georgia Senators would be admitted
to their seals, Thayer received a letter
from Gov. Bullock protesting against
their being allowed to qualify. Thay
er was showing this letter to Zacb
Cbander and remarking that some
thing should be done, when Drake, of
Missouri, happened long,
“What’s that you say about Georgia
Thayer?” said Drake.
“I was just showing this letter to
Chandler,” said Thayer, at the same
time handing the letter of Gov. Bullock
to Drake.
“Well, let us object their being qual
ified,” said Drake when he had read
the letter.
“I would rather some of the old'dr
Senators would do it,” said Thayer,
but if no one rises to object, 1 will.
While this conversation was in pro
gress Senator Sherman arose in his
place and presented the credentials of
the Georgia Senators. The little knot
ofSenatorsgatberedaround Chandler’s
seat scattered. Thayer hurrying to his
seat, and Drake stepping back a few
feel to where lie sits. The presiding
officer of the Senate, hearing no objec
tion, said the Senators elect from
Georgia will please advance and qual
ify. By the time they had reached
the Clerk’s desk, Thayer and Drake
were ou their feet. Drake caught the
presiding office’s eye ffrst and object
ed to the Georgia Senators being qual
ified, at the same time moving the re
ference of their credentials to the Com
mittee on Judiciary! This circum
stance probably enabled Congress to
take a second .turn at reconstructing
Georgia; for had she got squarely in,
it would have been difficult to get her
oulr
As for Grant, Sherman, and Sheri
dan, I fear that under the impartial
pen of military criticism, especially
I after the Confederate side is heard,
these our shadowing laurels, will with
er and fade, and the verdict will be,
that these officers had the good luck to
be in command when the Confederacy
fell to pieces from exhaustion. Of the
three, Gen. Sherman is certainly the
most unfortunate. From the time he
and Grant threw portion nf their army
on the wrong side of the river at Shiloh
and permitted it to be surprised and
butchered (with the only excuse I ever
heard that one officer was drunk and
j the other crazy); to the march from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, where he losl
! more men killed and wounded than
! his enemy had under him, we have a
j succession of military blunders.—Dun
: Piatt (Rep.)
Bleeding From the nose.—Put a
piece o* paper in voui month, chew it
rapidly, and it will stop your nose
I from bleeding. This remedy has been
tried liequently, it is stated and al-
j ways with success.
Physicans say that placing a small
j roll of paper or muslin above the front
teeth, under the upper lip, and press
ing hard on the same, will arrest
bleeding at the nose, cheeking the pas
sage ot blood through the arteries
leading to the nose.
The*l 3 aris mint is about, to strike new
gold coins of the value pf one dollar
each, to be sLyled “international.”
The negroes continue to leave Vir
ginia. In Halifax countv the black
vote has been reduced five hundred.
We have some of the advance sheets
of Col. Hulbert’s leport of the Slate
Road for the year ending September
30, 18G9.
The total receipts for the year were
$1,138,300.63, of which $901,805.55
were from freight; $313,364.37, pas
senger, $17,250.00, mails: $5,S40.71,
miscellaneous.
The working expenses were S6SS,-
1S0.43, of which $224,625.70 were for
transportation; $230,4S9.95, motive
power; $103,650.50*, maintenance ol
way; $37,113.43, maintenance of cars:
$32,300.90, general expenses. Of the
whole amount $21,3S3.37 was on ac
count of preceding administrations.
The extraordinary expenses were
$134,015.32, of which S44,383.71 was
lor ne v cars; $13,677.31, depot build
ings and agent’s houses; $75,954.30,
real estate, new track. The latter item
of new track being $52,250.00.
The aggregate of expenses was
$822,195.75, leaving a surplus of re
ceipts over expenditures of $316,10508.
It will be remembered that Treasur
er Angier, in his report, staled that
$25,000 per month had been paid in
from the State Road from September
1st, 1S68, to October 1st, 1869. So
that during the fiscal year, of the
$216,105.08, the excess of receipts
over expenses, $300,000 was paid in,
leaving the balance on hand of $16,-
105.08.
We wish very much that Col. Hul-
bert had brought up his report to the
time of his retirement from office, in
order that the large receipts of the
three months of October, November
and December, 1869, could be account
ed for, and the public have a correct
statement pf the road just as Blodgett
took it.
The ratio of working expenses was
5S 5S-100 percent. The ratio of the
previous year, 70 per cent.
The material on hand amounted to
$65,904.26, against $50,536.29 the
year before—increase, $15,367.97.—
The increase of business has been
great and is due to the reduction of
freight, and greater facilities offered to
shippers.
To show the advantage of low
freights, the tonnage of coal in 1868
was 8,867 tons; earnings, $15,756.
In I860, 23,3SS tons—earnings, $37,-
167.10 ; showing an increase of 14,421
tons, and $21,411.40 earnings.
The road has been improved. Some
10 new bridges have been built; 600
feet of trestle. Over 50 miles of old
rail need renewal, at a cost of $5,500
per mile, or a total of $175,000. Some
94 miles of new rail have been laid at
a cost of $52,250.
The steel rail is recommended.—
About three miles of new track have
been ballasted with rock. The entire
line should be ballasted. About 24
miles of side track have been laid. xAt
least five more are needed near the
centre of the road. 7 switches of
Dooley’s patent have been put down,
and given satisfaction. 6 new' tanks
have been built. All the depot build
ings nearly have been overhauled and
renovated, and 2 new depots establish
ed.
Col. Hulbert recommends fire-proof
locomotive and car shops. $10,007 of
stock have been killed. The claims
against the Road have increased—
many of them ante-war and war claims
for change bills issued during the war
for war purposes. He recommends the
road to be relieved of these claims.
Six miles of fence has been built at
a cost of $3,700.' It would pay to line
the whole road with fence, costing
$55,123.20, unless private parties be
required to fence up their stock.
Three first class passenger cars have
been purchased; 6 new second class
passenger and 4 new baggage cars are
needed. The supply of box cars is
ample, but platform, stock and coal
cars are needed.
The Road has bought two Tennessee
river steamers for $21,000, thus secur
ing much river freight
Col. Hulbert says the telegraph is
the necessity to successful, economical
and profitable operation of the road*
The rest of the portion of the report
we have, elaborated Col. Hulberl’s
well known views in regard to the coal
and iron interests of Georgia, and the
construction, by the State, of feeders
and side lines to the State Road.
[Constitution,. Pith.
Treasurer Angler’s Report-
The animal report of the Treasurer of
Georgia, Dr. Angrer, for the year ending
December 31. 1869, has juat been laid ou
our table says the Constitution.
The receipt from August 11, 1S6S, to
December 31 1869, have been $2,731,713
93; the payments. $2,260,252 15 leaving
on hand $471,461 78.
The total public debt is $6,014,500.
The taxable property of the State, exclu-
sive of Railroads, Banking, Express aud
Insurance Coinpauies, is 3200,000,000.
The estimated income of the State for
1870, is $1,345,000; the usual expenses,
uot counting interest on the public debt,
8500,000, leaviug 8S45.000 to pay interest
and reduce the debt.
The State Road paid $20,000 in August
1868; 825.000 per month to October, 1869.
nothing for October, November and De
cember,.
The amount of 827,341 69 has been
drawn by warrant by Gov. Bullock, which
the Treasurer has refused to pay believ-
ing them illegal.
We give the following concluding
extract from the report;
During the past year my attention
has frequently been called to the Ster
ling Bonds of the State ot Georgia. I
made thorough examination of all the
Bond-books in my possession, but could
find no record of any such bonds, I
have very recently learned by a letter,
in reponse to my inquiries, received
from the President of the National
Bank of ifie Republic, New York, dat
ed December 27thi 1869, that there
are (as he slates) “thirty of these
Bonds, .£500 each, payable interest at
five per cent, and principal when due
in London. These bonds were due
in September, 1868, and yet, so far as
ed the attention of Gov. Bullock to
this fa<n when I last saw him in Octo
ber, 1868.” 1 have recently learned
by letter from United States Corpora
tion and Arrears Committee of Lon
don besides the principal as stated
above, there is due on said bonds
.£3,900, interest, making in all £18.-
000. There aie strong reasons why
ur foreign credit should remain good,
and 1 would recommed an appropria
tion and early payment of both princi
pal and interest.
But for the sale of two hundred and
sixty-five thousand five- hundred dol-
lars(S265,500) of the seven per cent.
Mortgage Bonds Western and Atlantic
Railroad, specally set apart to fund ail
Stale bonds falling due before 1871,
and interest thereon prior to March
12th, 1866, there w'ould be no necessi
ty of a calf for the further issue; and
1 should not now advise this course
were there funds in the Treasury to
meet these matured bonds independent
of expenses that cannot be deferred.
Under these circumstances I would
recommend that the State issue a third
series of seven per cent. Western and
Atlantic Railroad Mortgage Bonds of
the denomination of $500 each to the
amount ot $265,000, to be used only in
funding bonds due prior to 1871; and
L would iuriher recommend that the
Act of March 12, 1666, so lar as it re
quires all interest prior to that date to
be funded into new bonds, be repealed.
Thi s would be treating ail Federal cur
rency bond-holders alike, and in con
formity with the statutes.
The unpaid Convention Certificates
(not exceeding ten thousand dollars)
is a cause ot much complaint, and 1
would respectfully advise an early ap
propriation to covei; this amount.
1 beg to he allowed to urge upon the
General Assembly the necessity of be
ing very specific in their appropria
tions, doing away with all laws that
have a doubtful or uncertain construc
tion, that there may be no possibility
ot a conflict of opinion between the
different Departments.
The Debt statement shows on $-541,-
250 State Bonds falling due next yqar,
aud the entire Guided indebtedness
less than seven millions dollars. The
rapid increase in the price and value
of rea| estate, and the production of
the sojl yielding a line profit to the hus
bandman, both combine to cause a
general increase in substantial wealth
and taxable pioperty ; so it is thought
without any increase of the rate of
taxation, with an economical adminis
tration, and a judicious use of the
ffi'Ulsof the State Road, the State’s in
debtedness can lie promptly met with
out funner rpsorl to funding.
The history of several of our sister
States since the war, in the rapid in
crease of their State debt, and the low
price of their bonds, should be a warn
ing to Georgia; Honesty and Patriot
ism should stay the hand of Avarice,
and “Wisdom, Justice and Modera
tion” be stamped on every act.
Most respectfully submitted.
N. L. Angier,
Treasurer of Georgia.
Unitary Orders. .
Headq’rs Military Dis’t of Ga., >
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17, 1870. j
General Order, No. 4.
The Board of officers convened by
General Orders No. 3, current series
from these Headquarters, is hereby
directed in addition to the duty assign
or them by that order, to enquire into
the eligibility uuder the Reconstruc
tion Acts of the following named mem
bers elect of the House of Representa
tives, viz :
lsliatn Faddish of Appling county.
R. W. Phillips, of Echols co.
E. M. Taliaferro of Fulton, co.
J. H. Nunn, of Glasscock co.
R. A. Donaldson, of Gordon co.
W. P. Price, of Lumpkin co.
J. N. Harris, of Muriay co.
L. II. Waltbal, of Polk co.
L. C. A. Warren, ot Quitman co.
Tlios. F Rainey, of Schley co.
C. C. Humber, of Stewart co.
G. N. Harper, of Sumter co.
Frank Wilchar, of Taylor co.
John B. Sorrells, of Walton co.
J. D. Smith, ol Ware co.
By order ot Brevet Major Gen’I Ter-
ou%rn Jlecorkr.
MILLEDGEVI LLE :
Tuesday, January 18, 1870.
ry:
J. H. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant Gen’I.
Official :
R. P. Hughes, A. A. A. G.
Head’rs Military Dis’t of Ga., ^
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 15, 1870, )
General Orders. No. 5.
The sub-District created by General
Orders No. 1, current series from these
Headqurters, is hereby extended to
include the county of Hancock, Geor
gia.
The Commanding Officer at Sparta
will report by letter to the Commanding
Officer of the sub district accordingly.
By order of Brevet Major General
Terry :
J. H. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
R. P. Hughes,
A. A. A. G.
Burns and Scalds.—A correspond
ent of the Rural New Yorker offers this
remedy for burns and scalds: “The
most efficient, remedy 1 ever tried was
to apply common starch just moistened
with cold water, and spread on a cloth
big enough to effectually cover the
wounded pact. A little girl who was
badlv scalded, was instantly freed from
pain by the above remedy. Keep the
starch moistened, and, in a few hours
the itiflamalion will be gone leaving the
scalded part perfectly white. After
the inflarnation is gone, apply a linen
qlotlr dipped in sweet oil. It is a
speedy cure.”
Portugal and great Britain have chos
en President Grant as an umpire to de
cide who is entitled to the Island of
Bolaurd on the Western coast ofAf-
Trnr, and All the Mure Shameful.
In the days of the French author,
D’Alembert, he asserts “the industry of
men is now so tar exhausted in canvassing
for places that none is left for fulfilling the
duties of them.” No words, no sentiment,
no criminating language could better ful
fill the office ot truth as pertinent to the
condition of the present times, than those
of D'Alembert. They are sadly and dan
gerously. conspicuously and confessedly
true ! They are not only true of those un
scrupulous aspirants for official stations,
who make office seeking a profession, a
trade, a means of subsistence and accumu
lation by all manner of shifts and tricks,
by lies and by bribes aud by false swear
ing, but they apply with equal force to the
incumbents of office who deem it necessary
to ‘labor on’ that they may keep their
places, or what is as often the case, to as
cend still higher, and are therefore as in
dustriously engaged in their own promotion»
as if only struggling for a first position or
to hold that which they have. The duties
of the offices are thus neglected, and the
vital interests of the people bartered off to
the exclusive benefit uf the holders. These
are crimes now so generally practiced that
an exception would constitute a wonder
rather than any praise of the circumstance.
The real and only difficulty or impedi
ment seems to be, the want of opportunity
to operate and not any indisposition to un
dertake or ‘to be employed.’ When sucb
things bear sway, what showing, what
chance has an honest, conscientious, law-
abiding, strict constructionist ? Admitting
such one could obtain a footing, could get
into office, his example would be scoffed
and derided, hooted and stigmatized, as
detrimental to the common weal (?) and
an assumption of superior virtue over the
masses of his fellow citizens! He would
be fortunate to escape impeachment. And
yet with all these, and more, staring us in
the face, our people are careless, uncon
cerned and stolidly apathetic ! nay, worse,
they appear to us to be daily yielding to
the accursed influences of offices and sala
ries more than to the upholding or resus
citating of those sacred principles which
can alone redeem our polluted and subju
gated State and country from the clutches
of its wilfully corrupted, or unfortunately
misguided ruler. It it is the ‘flesh pots’
that are desirable, we say to all that we
perform no part of the prophet when we
tell you, if you get them, you do so at a dis
honorable sacrifice! No oue can be so
blinded to existing aspects as not see that
every office which may be held in Georgia
under the present furor of the new recon
struction act, will be allowed only to the
most abject and 6ycopbautic demonstra
tions ot party surveillance. Fanaticism
and factional douiinaucy are now rampant
aud widely enthusiastic, aud if they do
not foreshadow “the bursting of the sore,”
we only redouble our asseveration that it
will be useless to seek relief by bartering
our only remaining jewell for the poor and
pitiful offices that bang upon their specious
favoritism. If ever there was a time
which gave the fuliest credence to the pri
vate-station as tbo post of honor, it is now !
Now is the day aud uow the hour for
Georgians to evince their patriotism as
well as their principles. Nothiug justly
exceptional, has been done by them as a
whole, since Mr. Bullock was declared
elected Governor, which he might have
prevented had he been disposed. Bat for
bis influence the 15th Amendment, as it is
called, would have been ratified by the
late General Assembly ; and but for bis
unnecessary stirring up strife, and re-open
ing wounds whieh had nearly closed,
Georgia would not now be in the con-,
temptible position of a Provisional appan
age for his unholy and ambitious purposes.
Let us be rightly interpreted and honest
ly judged. We opposed and still oppose
that amendment, as we opposed all the
other claptrap alterations ol our once glo
rious Constitution that passed under and
by virtue of a usurped power as we thought,
aud as we are still inclined to think, was
tho case. But had it been accepted by
our Legislature, we should have received
it as we have patiently submitted to many
other acts of fraud aud violence, which
minorities could not prevent; and we re
peat, if the present attitude of our politi-
i cai affairs is opposite to our view of what
is just aud proper; if they wound our feel
ings by their improvised harshness and
vengeful motives—if we would arrest them
rather than enjoy tLem—we pray our good
people to bear their inflictions with becom
ing fortitude, not attempting, in any man
ner whatever to acknowledge the right or
to participate in the might of the wrongs!
And if it should be permitted to us to ex
ercise the smallest freedom of choice, or to
act under any circumstances independent of
provisional dictation—unless when the
dictation is consonant with our cherished
and well known principles, we pray again
that onr good people will be as a unit-
true as of yore, to the ‘blue blood,’ the
sangre azul. like, of the old Castilian, tha*
was ever pure and warm against the hateu
Moor whu had oppressed lira nation lot
centuries.