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IHK Will W It BA.
General Jordan 'Interview)d.'
i li»-ir eiuMnit*-''. The hutt<*ry was iuhs-j
They c.iine within ihiity yarn? |
or us. Tire firnt tliiu<r they heard was |
«"!riliarpe Uuivrrsily.
A i la.vta, May 6, 1S70.
A reporter i.fllie New York World "*• 1 ,1C !r ™ " ,e - v " eam : VH3i The eninritiuee appuinied. by Hun
has conferred with Gen. Thos. jWoa, \fv‘g°* ‘ lin V’ We swept away their K< A . Nisiret, President of Board Trus-
Coturuanrier-in-Chiet ol the Kevolu- ; ad v anced ^iiani. i hey . then formed , ee , of Oglethorpe College, agreeable
tiotary Army in Cuba, and obtained * !| column and charge,, in a? pretty a {,> action o| the Board at the meeting
many interesting particlars regarding , manner as 1 c^er heard of. W e diove ; j n yj ac0 n, 3isi March, 1870, met in
the cause of the patriots. We annex a Ahem back. 1 hey charged again, and jb j s chy at the call of the Chairman.
the men in charge of our artillery hav- f pj lt , re were present Clifford Anderson,
ing withdrawn, left our flank opsn. |Chairman. John C. Whittier, .1. 8.
portion of the conversation :
Hit Leavitt" Cuba.
O
Gen. Jordan emoarkeri with his
staff ou a small sailing vessel from a
small key on the western side of the
island, on the tith of April. Thcv
i Men have tried many things, but ■ England and the Middle • Cstaltt.” in-!
still they ask for stimulant. stead ol going to war in their individu-
Men try to bury the floating dead of al capacity, went into the market and,
tiieir own souls in the wine cup, but bought black and yellow substitutes
; the cotpse rises. We see their faces . at so much a head, and sent them to
in the bubbles. The intoxication of! assist infilling “the countless graves |
drink sets the woiirJ whii-lins again,! ol the South.” The Radical love for
and the pulses t.» pluviug music, and I the negro consists principally in using
, the thought galloping, but the clock i his person I >o,i tor powd**r, and us-
<ml. runs down sooner, and an unnat-j ing his vote to perpetuate Radical ;
§mtti)crn llrcorkr.
id’I
We poured in on them, and out soldie- . Wilson, D. D-, David Wills, D. D. i ural slitnulant only leaves the house it power.— Tel. \ Mess.
ry with the maelieta did tremendous The committee appointed by the fit- j lilled witlj ll,p "’'West revelry more si D-ffiiutton Xet.
izens of Atlanta in accordance wilji! |pn i,’ " 1 ? re ‘ inI lha , Some chap whose head is exceed-,
the recommendation ol the Board, as j The . re ,d . v °. ne ^ tmulanl that ino , v „ 1( , vel> .. define* the thing
execution. Finally we retired and
lrfi the enemy in possession of the
earthwork Had we another round of j.
eluded the vigilance of several Spanish amull i|j otl nnl a soldier would Puello I wilh
men-ot war which were on the look • bave brougb , away with him. He did ‘
out tor them, and succeeded in making not ( j are lo p ursup ll3j fi U L remained j g a || p y Clark. Win. McNau°ht.
their escape. General Jordan desires wberR be was and buried his numer- j
to inform the public that the many re- nus dead, burning some of them. He j
the Committee of Trustees —
There were present L. P. Gram, J. M.
There is 'only one ’stimulant that .
never intoxicates—duty. Duty puts a ln £ ^
clear sky over everv man into which! ,
the skylark—happiness—always g,« “ W h J cl ' 13 ", lll » l s h f*> f. ,ve "-
- - 11 J ° rnent the world ever seed r Georgy i
an advisory body, met in consultation | n f ver intoxicates duly. IJuty T puts a c .^jjp < j “Reconstruction •”
i singing.— Prentice. . ,
- j t- ought to have found out by this time,
On motion of Di . ills, .the gener- ^ The- Nrw Crnstis and Apparlionment of Rrpre- j having run some fourteen or more since ,
port* in reference lo the cause of his retreated back and fbrtified himselfin .1 f“r ufeCollee^by IF 'c. ^ Hok-omb^ *enialion. | D, * ,e vvenlu P : Fir#t ; territory ; sec- ;
leaving the island at the present time a 5( rong position. 111" Y Holcombe,; A Di,! is now before the House of: ond ’. ^ov\siom\ i third, _no govern- i
, A tola, ol .»‘!ii i;„Mr ... .1
« Septra,be,, I-,-.-, C .
lofthaS
extravagance, not'to sav ] ' " 4m " r «ck!et*
-• * say down right stealing an,}
rbe-lncH e mali: xpeus ;;:" CU,iT<> 0,the State.
villainy exercise,] by t j ie y
s 80 i,r »« n, meant • I n -
, „ , n £ m ore or nolliin» L. R ,.
! aud lhe mo **y " S< -d by Gov R„I, l L
f k. and the
a* Forr.ey and other*
; reports through the Atlanta'! 6 *' " ' < U ° f tV '*®
t We
subsides ng of such f e ii 01rs
lo slander the Stat e _ ^
IMIX X. 3j;E DQEVI Tj\Tj E r
Tuesday* May 17 1870.
a strong position
Caban and Spanish Losses.
Reporter—‘•What was your success,
Genet al, in tiris winter campaign ?
ThefolKiig resolutions wore ojopl-1 U“I>resento!ives providing for a new I ™“ nt ' ^’j’^nr’lluii^' fifth !
5 1 apportionment of reiireset.tation under dSt f a yjt .d °urth, miluary . tilth, ;
, | the census of 1870. This bill provides c '- , ! mhlar - v ,nixed 3,x,h * m 1
Atwi-ii in r! n • aot’pnfn
are utterly false, and have been circu
lated wilh a view lo injure lhe cause
of Cuba through him.
•- Hit
Gen. Jordan as
of the false rumors
have received
United States
publican government
necessity of havi
- kj * j ?gi y ^iui/uiAiiv-cxii^ i/y \.j» mi ui «r i'i xiuiiy i j I ^ ■ _ r ' . i , .j • •
the real facts made public, and thai Q u the other hand, the Spaniards,* ac-jj^bl to the orders of this committee n Lj ,e ^ re3eiK p prcsen alive < Serious Explotionin Fort Valley.—A
such will be one of hisdulic?. cordiim to the ir own accounts, had ' the Board of Trustees, all funds col-' )a sis Hie House, under the new census j j eller | ro na fort Valley informs us of a !
The Cuban Amy. eight hundred men and forty officers lee ted in Atlanta; and that the Codec- would co,,tam 240 members divided
, Gen. Jordan said : “The revolution- killed and wounded. " I tor and Treasurer together constitute a ' 9ect,ons as « ,|,ows :
ary army suffers from one want—that JV/ui (he General left. j committeei whose outy it shall he to
of arms. They have men enough ,, nirf( , r _ T L tt h , in „ w |, v P r °periy and reccve
but the progress ol the struggle is some- j yotl ,£ ave Cub;1 ? Di ' ( j g vou fly, a 3 al- ! " p ° l ® S gm “" sub5cr, P tl0n3 10 ll,e Co1 *
what impeded by the want of rifles i] * ? * * l. ie ei*
and amunilion. If 10,000 stand of j ‘ * t • / j ,• n_\ m. 1 Resolved, riiat tlte $40,000 sub-
arm? were safely landed in Cuba to- j - (, f^ n J ‘^ n '' A ' bt } l T hen ! scnbed b y_ l be eilixons ol Atlanfa be
morrow, in a week’s time, there would * \ I ^ ^ee bv some CXp t m » !" 1 T nrrc!,on , o! bu,ldm g s
not be a tttte without being in a Cu- i paper£ r { am f . harget | w j !h fl yi[ j g be - • ° n - he Ho]Qombe ' College.
cause my salary was not paid. 1 need
noi say that tfiat was not ’.he reason ol
.... , Aiuler mill.
' ,he Inv e>tigitinj Cummitte* ap-
pt>m. »••* " v it.** Leg .wlanire* win take th. maUer
m liAuu, ana compel! M«j. WUUm» to show
Wtre . ti " ‘‘ I ” cidsutn ' expense* of the Depart-
lu^nt, a.:«J who got the money. Let them Lay*
* bill of taoee expenses bv all m.-ans. It ii , im
‘ that 8nc: ‘ sbameful rascality should be p,. t ,*
i f ' nd *°» B3< ^ Con-mittee proves not to be
corrupt as Bullock himself, and a meie »hh t .
washing aftair, there will be some startling de-
! velopments.
j The so nan,],-ring of the Contingent Fund, need,
Esq., j look!n K iato with * dose eye. The use ofSts-
Comptrolfer fitntral's Report.
We have received from Madison Beil,
Comptroller General, his report ending the olst j t ' 0Rer 7 * as ' cr > iiberal we should judge.
December, 1H69, We gather the following ste- I The p?.yinenls for services under the 23d Sec-
tistics from it: ; tiou, is o it of all reason. It is an open door for
The whole State receipts for 18f>9, were $2,300,- j the most outrageous arid unheard of charge, for
7d6 I*; pH jinents, $1,8*7,823 98 ; balance on services rendered ; and the Legislature st its text
hand, $412,960 18. Of^this $116,693 63 was on session should repeal it forthwith and pnt an end
New England States 27
Middle States 61
Western States 80
Southern States 73
Present. Reps, by
No. of next
Reps. Census
21
34
94
79
ban’s hand. The Cuban soldier? are
willing to suffer every privation and
seek independence only. The reports
of dissensions among the leaders are
untrue, and were slatted for a pur
pose.
Total 243
But under the new
248
bill,
Gain
14
4
18
j serious explosion occurring in that town
! shortly alter dark Wednesday evening,
j Mr. E veil?, a member of one of the;
Loss. I mercantile firms, was fastening his pis- i
~ j lol hell tiround his waist, when the
“ | weapon accidently fell lo'lhe floor, and ;
“ i was discharged, the contents passing I
j through a can of powder. . Anexplo- j
sion followed which tore out the front •
hand from the year before. The actual receipts
into the Treasury for 1869 were—$2,184,090 31.
leaving a balance in the Treasury, on the 1st day
of January, 1870, of—$326,264 53.
Decrease in the Genera! and Pott Tax.
The general tax of 1869 was $558,744 22, a-
gainst $633,590 70 in 1868, showing h decrease
of $74,846 48. The poll tax of 1869 was $35.-
542 45, against $89,778 47 in 1868 ; decrease.
$54,236 02. The liqnor tax grew from $1.892 71
in 18158 to $27,093 00 in 1869. Insurance tax
held its own, beiug $2,693 65 in 1869, and a trifle
leas in 1868,
The tax on railroads fell (roin $3,130 31 in
13
Dr. Wills proposed the following,!
which was adopted :
. i r o increasing ; an da poriionofibesidesofthe building. ,
ll, u number of Home member, to 300,1 Titejar was soserioosas lobe leltiitatlis
lhe snowing would be somewhat as l?tnc g of fii h
a p_ I follows :
J imin.
Men or Arms, which.
Reporter—Do von nm want men as
large legislative bodies, in which pub-
: lie business is clogged by numbers, the
thorized to sefeet'exact 1 ocaoft for i !'f iv,,|t, f'7 member find* little
buildine? ! P !a V< ai1 d Ihedepotism of the caucus is
, , , J subject lo the call of the Chairman.
WOtl Id 1)6 Ol j * T^v |-v \ y*X J^T | ?
I want you to publish, sir, that j service to us undouhtedlv ; hut rather 1 ’ L/ mi n '
.T so. C. Whitnkii, Sec’y
Woir*d's Siiiitfs in England.
The agitation for women’? political
rights
tenlion
with ; the whole to be sui.jec
Committee for approval
Minas, and after killing five, made his
escape. Al the battle of Las Minas
the major part of my command were
negroes, and I must sav they were
aboil the best soldiers 1 ever saw in : ^ .
action. Through poorly armed, they i 81 ^ eflhrt s lo laud more have been I • Grant,
made hash of the Spaniards under slo l ) P ed * I think I can present a plan i On motion said committee were au
Puello, and gave them such an awful which will win tin* confidence of the
whipping that the Spanish General Juma. TouiUlings
never held up his head after. I think
'that Gaitle turned the tide for us ; we
got. a large quantity of arms and sup- vve j| arm= r
plies, and Ime been doing well ever j or dan—Thev
since.
when a^ked to speak about Cuba, I am j ban embroil ibis country bv the morn
not going to favor the Cubans any difficult exporirnion of men, 1 would
more than I would favor the Spaniards, prefer to remain content wilh our na-
I mean to tell a square story, for I lie- soldiery, Cuban or-negro. They
lieve the trutfi, and the whole truth, are b | ie fellows—courageous and rasi
wifi benefit the cause of Cuba far more j [ y disciplined : mo-t effective marks-
tbiiii it I were to say ’.fiat every Cuban m en and fearful with the deadly mach-
soldier had a Spencer rifle, a new uni- j et a in »heir hands. These negroes
form, and a new pair of shoes. And hive been manumitted in good faith,
more, 1 want to say a few words for ant j ar e now led bv l!n*ir former mas-
lhe American officers in Cuba—they lrri ,.
have all done their duty well and | Cubanfechng towards America.
laiilitutlv. Colonel \\ m. A. C. Ryan, r ,
on landing from the Anna and report- Importer-How d « ^ .Zanders re-
ing at headquarters, was assigned to . 8 ard d,H Americans who have gone
the position ot chief of staff oft General 1 Genera! Jordan-With favor. They j It may also be possible to open to!
Quesada, and hasi done much j have treated me well; thev have ihem (wftmen) some more profitable)'
the enemy since then. He is a bra ^ mftde me jbejr CO mmander/ They j field# of industry than they now have,
*_”£>» l * nd J/o,^^have-treated Ryan well ; no one could j hut nature has defined their position in
he more feted and caressed. There society too clearly and has given them
are not many Americans in the island, j t°° important a part to play in life to i
but those that are have been well irea- ; a -)°' v "3 to confound rishts which he- :
ted. 1 may slate here that some per- I lofl S lo with others which do noj, J
son named' Walters or Williams has | without lowering them and lessening;
publistd a letter at variance with j dieir proper influence.
“I h ive not lhe slightest doubt but these views. He was never on my j The London S/umlard says :
that the Cuban struggle will succeed, j staff, as asserted, and I may state that ! We invite the women to consider.
No matter whether they do not receive . there is substantially no truth in hi? j the matter in their own interest. We
rifles, the summer is coming on, the j statements. put it to them, as wives anxious for the i
Cubans are now as strong as ever, and j y'he Spanish Barbarities. fidelity of their husbands, as spinsters
won't the vomito thin the Spanish reg- Reporter—Is the warfare lx tween \ cx P eclwn ', to hec °TS " " whether '
ulars. Besides, the Cubans are belter lbc lwo je< civi |i ze ! ?
•oUinter) ihon tno Snoniarila * I nmr /Inn’t ^ L
Total 5109!
tb The bill is, therefore, in the opinion ; Amo
i of the World, a New England con- j tanooga
serious a
ght hundred yards. Mr.
Evans was seriously burned afiout j
h inds, and his escape i
from more serious iujurv was indeed
fortunate.
[Macon Daily Journal.
Alp> orw Snubbed.—The Chat-
fimes of Saturday slates that
Alpeorii Bradley attempted
Resolved, That the Chairman
i- ; New .bngland Sfatea i . .
■ i,-ii ? | i— - ‘‘ ln g J Middle States 67 the face and
Report! r V ell, what was it . | Committee, charged with the duty of j Western States 117
i General Jordan—fo represent j procuring plans for the main buildings ! Sonthern State*- *8
“The bravest soldiers in Cuba are : ,he J " n,a lhe nec '* 3i * ,, y nt geitmg arms j 0 j--,he Coliege and of advertising for ~
lit U J f V , rand to point out a wav to them of hav-; u , bll :i,i niT ;, r ,ii nPP ,i,. rP .
the negroes ; they light like dare-dev- ; • lhe| l n lan(|fl(} SPf .,; reIt- ' P ro P osal!5 IO bu,ld avoidance there-
ils. One negro w ith a machete attack-! “ . f
Stoanicl, Vfiliinteprs «l l.Te 7 he Arms sent to L wmiumicc I"i tiopnnio- I , ,
ed seven ^pan.sh volunteers La. Rf»port«*r—How are von supplied! The following persons were Appoint-! ‘"vance^o maintain her own actual, if | a JIf)l) .
With guns and those “ Connecticut ed in accordance with lhe foregoing | "? u l relal,w ’ ,f tren " ,h ,n , lhe House., t(> en.er the ladie’s car on the Western ;
machelas you rneuii.it! ? j resolution : Rev. Dr. J. S. Wilsou, A nat ! ,a P er lhf ’ !l Proceeds to argue | . t „d Atlantic Rmlrapd train on tbe p.re j
General* Jordan—We had but one John C. Wh.lner, J. M. Ball, J. H. ! a S a,nst tt,e ),l! > nn[ 0 » l V on the score j v inu> night but was refused admission ;
thousand arms successfully landed, i James, E. E. Rawson, E. Y. Clark, L.; (> ex J ,en3e » b .ut the general impolicy of | The distinguished Senator is said to!
liavc been greatly outraged by the af-j
fair, and missed connection in conse
quence. The mailer may lie investi- j
gated by Congress. The refusal to!
These minutes were then read and ! stlbsl ‘ tuled reason and the public | admit the “Senator,’’ was an outrage;
adopted. j interests, in the decision of all impor- j on |,j !nj inasmuch as iL came from j
On motion the committee adjourned j tard ( l tl<?g ^ ons ‘ Tc/. Mess. j some ot Blodgett’s underlings. Brad-i
ley and Blodgett have been too inti-;
j. True Statement of the Public Debt o/) y , ° ,
r- u; c i ,- • matelv associated to permit this thing 1
'Georgia.—We h nd from an examina- . - , r ,‘ &
i ■ . ,,, , .. to pass unnoticed. Congress must get
, lion ol the Mate treasurers consult- 1 • • „ T ;
i i ... . . r . ,. , , r up an investigation, Bradley must be,
j dated statement of the jxtbiic debt of •* * , ° 7 J
i the State of Georgia, on the 1st of Jan-i r ^rr. u C A ■ • D ,, t , I
is attracting a good deal of at- ; . ,c S . ov '* is c ale ° ; Blodgett have returned to Atlanta on a !
■ .) in England, but doesn’t meet | sue a I' ma uri y ° ou • an - ,n S . . (,n 8 j short “furlough” from Washington.
I the approval of the leading journals, j j>^“fue and due this year the follow- ( 5 ° |
1 — ■ - ing amounts :
The London Times says
In a few words, when the women of;
| modern times ask for “rights” ihey!
have reason on iheir side, but the rights
are wrongly staled—a woman’s besi
right is the right lo a natural protector!
(husband,) and that would carry the
rest along wilh it.
The Loudon Morning Post says :
1S59
$ 0,000
1S62
15,000
1803
3,000
1S64
9,500
1SG5
3,000
ISOS
20,000
Also, 15,000 sterling
bonds due in England
1S69
earned the respect and esteem ot all
his brother officers. It affords me
great pleasure to be able to pay a sim
liar tribute to the other American offi
cers iri Cuba.
Cuba's Future.
4S/0
1871
1872
1873
1874
1678
1579
1580
1881
1800
75.000
85.000
99.000
155,260
730,250
127.000
251,500
100.000
200,000
200,000
100,000
3.900 000
j “Doctor, what do you think is the
i matter with my little hoy ?” “Why
it’s only a corrustified exegesis anti-
spasmodically emulating from, the
germ of the animal refrigerator pro
ducing a prolific souree of irritability
j in the pericrahial epidermis of the men
tal profundity.” A ! that’s what I
told Betsy, but she lowed is was wur-
rums.”
$400,000.
The total Public* Debt, amounts to $6,014,500;
Totsl interest $391,315.
The number of acres of land returned in 1868—
32,007,714. In 1869. 32.552,399, sit increase of
544,685.
Aggregate value of land in 1868, was—$79,-
727,584. In 1869—$84,577,166. an increase of
$4,649,682. Average per acre in 1868—$2.49 5
in 18S9—$2.60.
i We can hardly think, however, that
I Congress will refuse the aid now being
! asked, and we thank the New York Her-
| aid for the liberal and national view it
^ takes of the matter. In it* issue of tb*
j 9tb. it says ;
The route pvopo»ed for this road, as we
' understand it, beginning at Memphis, oa
The following “good advice” is from
the Stanton Vindicator.
Good Advice.—Support home me
chanics—home labor- home merchants
home press—home artisans—home
I everything, and aid as much as possi- j
| ble in supporting and building up
your neighbor, place, county and I
Slate. Also patronize those who pat- |
ronize your mechanics—your press— i
. and those who aid through this paper, I
The interest on the public debt a-; to keep their business known. It shows |
mounts io about $400,000 annually. ; a liberal spirit, and moans to live and
[Atlanta Constitution. ! lei live.
The number of acres of improved land in 1869— ; the Mississippi, (the terminus of the two
26.353,054 ; aggregate value of improved land— ■ great Tennessee hues, connecting with *11
$82,238,475. Aggregate value of improved land— i the lines eastward to the Atlantic Coa*t,)
$436,45. Number of acres of wild land—6,199,- ; runs south westwardly through Arkansw,
336. Aggregate value of wild lands—$2,338,691. j * corner of the Indian Territory adjoining.
Average value of wild lands—$62 83. Total; and thence through Texa* to El Faso, on
number of acres of land in 1869—32.552.390, and i the southern boundary of New Mexico,
the total value $84,577,166. j and thence westward!/ through a corner
Value of City and Town property in 1868, was— ! °f New Mexico and through Arizona to the
Total amount $G,{.-14,500
The Southeti\ University,—It is j
The London Telegraph says : hiz C0Ilc | U9 ; 01 j or ' j v j ® ,,u . l,,ern Episcopal dioceses, for the j
we to see ereai minded, high ' Hiz Iialre i disoosition iz a warm ■ furt r r endown ?® ,,t ol lhe University (
mire lionpd women deeraded iJiZ naLrel disposition iz a Jrn j j at Suwance, lennessee. Atthelatcj
. pure upped women ctegraoea cross between red pepper in the pod I „r.u_ * nn i;., an .
e similar way by slioulmg in our _, u t n ;i ani i i,;., inn ,„i i,;.,., j J? c , ll! 8 ^ ,je AnglKan Council in
_ such a reform as Miss Helen laylor Natuel Histry of Hornets.—
soldiers than the Spaniards ; they don’t i Gen j orc j a n—'I’iic barbarity of the i scales (political privileges) would | qq )e horaet iz an j n fl amabe l buggar,; pr0 n 0 se.l to raise $2,500 in each often !
hght for ^money, they light tor their ; Spanish is bevond anvthing that can ! Labulaled lor^the good of thru sex. ( sudden in hiz impreshuns and hasty in ! S (JUl i - - -
wives, their sisters and their homes, j b< T imaj?ilie(1 . ’Tliey are the veriest • ••« r.nmlnn T,Z*err«»A «nv« r ^ ' ■
and so they are animated with far dil- rg en ds out of fiell. They muliilale in an i
ferent feelings from those which actu- ; obscene mail ner the bodies of the .lead ! ?
ate the Spaniards, and accordingly j
there is not one of them that will nol j ^
fight to ileath rather than surrender or “ir
quit their position. „„„
! his companion, Louis Gat*, were But nobody attempted (at a rr-ooni j f> hizikal importance lay at the tirminus j ib „ Tbe university has now n
found by them on a plantation. Thev ! meelm f "> sho ' v *'•«.'“* ! na f I uv their snhUrb, in the ,hape ofajav- j y^ J p ro fe«or, and 100 sTo
-j. . 7 . , , I men wifi at nnee bring fairlv-steadv P t; n , luu corps m pruies.ors <inu juu siu-
dinary number of Spanish victories re- < ’° v >*■ ni, p t.-tc 1-in on leir nees * ; an ,j disinterested polical minds to bear i r p b j s iavefiu iz always loaded md dents ^ a f a year, yielding an in-:
ported lately. NoV, let me assure you sh .° l ‘ h f»’ and . V ! on the use ol the suffrage or that thev ! * sta ^ r £dv to unoZ .1 f° me ° * $30 ’ 000 ’ ^.chmakes the col-1
that the, are aU hnrobug, bogas, can-: a h y* dr “«f, e ‘ h f” • i «iH not-and a great multitude to the warni „. al f d ' . ' a , na , ,ti|| »z ! ee ® supporting. lhe money to
ards. Do you know that The total vards, and thtut hoed out the,r hrama. j V( . n d ers „f vol e S panting, and enten a man .z stiH b , be ra|sed j, lo bc devoted to new bull-
$40,315,621. In 1809—$44,368,096, au increa.se
of $4,952,475.
Amount of money and solvent debts in 1868—
$23,218,520. In 1869—$24,143,967; an increase
of $925,447. The reason of so small an increase
is attributable to the Homestead aet, relief laws
Ac., that iias thrown out thousands of dollars that
were considered good up to the time of the decis
ion of the Supreme Court settling and confirming
the right of Homestead, Ac.
Value of Merchandise in 1868—$9,976,293: in
1869—$11,236,793.
junction of the Gila river and Colorado of
the West, and thence across the Southern
end of California to San Diego, on the
Pacific. In looking at the advantage* of
this route for a continental road, wa may
■ay that from the Mississippi to the Paeifi*
it is several hundred miles shorter than
any other route north of it; that it He*
over a region of plains and table lands,
in a genial climate, where the traius on
the road will never be interrupted by snow;
that the road will require very little gra
ding, do tunnelliugs or eutting along
The Spanish Victories. j his companion,
“You may have noticed the extraor- j toun,i
I; ...» nnmlior nf ftrvjntcVi vrolnripc ro. > tOO v l J*
number of Cubans killed, according to
Spanish accounts, since the beginning
of the war, would more than depopu
late the island !”
iu another case they look an old man
with whom I Lad slopped, cut out his
entrails with a machetanud then fille
the
i s uga
! thought, az spry az liiening, and az fuil i-
t?ome ol the other English papers ar- i uv melancholy az toothakc.
Hornet* never argy a case ; they ;
most grotesque and hideous character. J
The Winter Campaign.
Reporter—Some account of that j Grain Prospect.
campaign would doubtless, be of inter- Reporter-General, what are lhe chan-
est. ecs of success as they seem to you ?
General Jordan—I may stale that Gen. Jordan—Certainly no worse to-
Camagua or Principle, a* the Spaniards ( ] Hy than thev were a year ngo ; I be-
call it, is the chief seat of the rebellion. Jjeve belter.” The issue of the last
It is the Virginia of Cuba. I here is the campaign has not been against us. If
government, there isihearmy organiza- | wc can get arms ; if we could fight
lion. There are our manufactories and j Spain even on the equal terms which
stores of ainunitions. lhe people are ; equality in the «*yes of this government
high-spirited, courageous, warlike, would still placet us on, we could
Tliey are the best families of Cuba, j w hip them.
There was never much slaver}’ there,
and there is none now. All the slaves
, i gue that there is no more natural rigid
j cavitv with hard sugar like maple ! ,or ^' voina ", ln vo,e \ er her he [ n 8 I settle awl of their diterences or opin- you noticed an icicle as is
gar. Their tortures were c f the a , sn 1 ,er; ol ! l<,rs P ( il n, r W 7 l 1 * SCOrl ? to yon by letting javelfns fly, and are az ! You noticed how it froze ot
.. ; u: i i : the “coarse, viragoes of the American ! m hit » m..U i-e ~ .:r .. i„„
iragoe
women’s suffrage movement, and others
will claim that the same argument that j sbuns numbering about one hundred j sparkled brightly in the sun;
gives v/>ting as a rigid to women will ; gou ] S} bul whether they are male or fe- j water was slightly muddy,
give it to all minors. John Bull is cor- ma le, or conservative, or matched in • looked foul, and it* beauty wi
tatnly not yet in sympathy with the j bont j s ov wedlock,
movement for women’s political rights, j M ormonSj am J a
A Good Moral (vMaiiacter.—There
have been manumitted, and bave been j is nothing which adds so much to the
made soldiers of. Here 1 had com-I beauty and power of man as a good
mand. The Spanish soldiers were led I moral character. It is his wealth—his
on by Puello, a leader of some reputa- | influence—his life. It dignifies him in
non. On December 25, I was taking! every station, cxalis Lirn in every con-
mv Chrismas dinner with an American ; dilion, and glorifies him at every period j dogs, for we wish none of it.
family of the uieghborhood, when word ■ of life. Such a character is more to be j shall make the heart beat music again,
was brought me that Puello was com- desired than everything else on earth, j and send the pulse through all the
imr. I had been expecting him and i It makes a man free and independent. , myriad thronged halls in the house of
was prepared to meet him. He had ' No ret vile tool. t;o crouching syeo-Miter What shall make the sun kiss
come down the Royal road with some | phanf, no treacherous hono'- seeker, the eastern hills tor us with all his nld
2,200 rtien and artillery. I had sent : ever bore such a character. The pure
five hundred infantry, forty cavalry'joys of truth and righteousness never
mkl'ft rifled mountain howitzer, car-; spring in such a person. It young
ried on a mule and worked by some men but knew how much good a char- j stimulant, the most intoxicating of all,
eight men. We prepared to meet at j aefer would dignify and exalt them, j and performs all these miracles, and
Las Minas. I had but ten rounds of\ how glorious it would make their pros-| is a miracle itself, and is not at the
amunilion. When they were ap- j pects. even in this fife, never should drug store, whatever they say. The
preaching we knew all their move- we find them yielding to the groveling j counterfeit is in the market, but the
merits, for thev drilled by bugle note, j and base-born purposes of human na-j winged g>.*i is not the money changer,
apian which pt'*«fy convenicnt-Wo lure, which destiny body aru! soul. j ue assure yog.
Formation of Character.—-Have
formed ?
one drop at
certain to hit az a mule iz. a time; until it was a foot long of more, j
This pesky critter lives in copgrega- j If the water was clean* the icicle !
but if the j
the icicle j
beauty was spoiled, t
or whether they are Just so our characters are forming, I
good many of them 0*.e little thought or fettling at a time j
^ } kling together and keep one husband j adds its influence. If each thought be |
ST IMULANTfc. to save expenses, I don’t know or don’t . pure and right, the soul will bs lovely, j
There is a time when the pulse lies j I and will sparkle with happiness ; but j
low in the bosom and beats low in the: Hornets build their nests wherever J if imp ure and wrong there will be a !
thf-v take a noshuit to, and seldom are j final deformity and wretchedness,
disturbed, for what would it profit a
man tew kill 99 hornets and have the j
shut, the doors hum* in the invisible i one hundredth one hit him with hiz j Some sudden impression is made up-j
crape of melancholy ; when we wish jj a 'eliii r—.Joth Bitlingi. on the brain by word or act, exciting j
the "olden sun dime nitchv darkness. I * ' Jj ~r an emotion ot pleasure, anger or shame I
and°wish to fancy clouds where no \ BEFALLS I’JiPLElSANT MEMORIES j and the brain thus soddenly’slirnulated
clouds be. This is a slate of sickness j In the course of Morton’s speech ! r e < lc is upon the heart ; coincidently
where medicine lias been thrown lo the j read by Revels, the following passage j with , this excitemeiF of the heart there
Value of Homestead and kitchen furniture i» | ”... , ~ . _,r
W6S-*,.W26; to 1669—91,465,745. ! ^ “'S, rofj
r>. . , . • i , „. | es over rivers or chasms; that the road
Fiantation and inecnanical tools over $300 m ^ , i a ;i
tJ .. i wiil not only develop the rich eopper, sil-
Sr —f ; / ' ,o 4 ver and gold mines, and the coal and tbs
Numfapr of hands employed between 12 and 60 j iron dep^ites of New Mexico, and the
years m l8b8—-56,413 ; » 1869-106,,39 ; an m- j ^ ^ ^ coppef mine8 of Aria . na
crease o landSoathCalifornia.batthoseoftheMex*
■ " W, 1 1 I ;«» St*t« of Chihuahua. Sonora and
in Lower California, and the pearl fisheries
Capital invested in Shipping in 1869-$250,- , >nd othcr re8oarceB of trade of the great
049. Cotton Manufactories in l869-f2,338,948. ; Gulf of California and tbe annexation of
Iron Foundries $476,920. Capital invested in j these Mexicau States will soon follow, a*
Mining $ 15,395. Value of shares in anr Na- j the 60 l ut i on 0 f the Mexican question,
tional Bauk in the State—$835,950 i Jfow, as, not withstanding the snormoa*
Value of all other property-pergonal-not enu- p|nt8 0 f lands and bond* to the Union
merated, except annual crops, Ac., in 1868— p ac jfi c aD( J j tg we stem continuation, th#
$26,554,426 ; jn 1869—$29,167,194 ; an increase c entra l p ac ifi c road, that has paid ar will
of $2,612,768. soon pay back to the government, in tbe
Aggregate value of whole property iu 1868— development of the territories thus openad
$191,235,520; in 1859—$204,481,706 ; an iu- to active industry, ten times over all tbe
crease of $13,246,186. ! grants made; and as the government ean-
Value after deducting $200 in 1868—$178,187,-; 110 t consistently or in fair play make
316; in 1869—$188,813,247 : an increase of $10,- j fi g fi of one division of these Dew territo-
625,931. ries and flesh of another, a liberal grant
The number of Insurance Companies author- | of lauds at least to this Southern road can-
iaed to transact business iu the State in 1869—89 ; not be denied. It will be the giving
It will thus be seen that our State is slowiy grow-; away of a hundred acres, to bring teD
ing in wealth; but had we not have been cursed j thousand acres into market. ^ It will be
by Reconstruction Acts, and Executive misrepre- j the opening to settfemaut of five hundred
aentatious, our State would have shown a far dif- ' thousand square miles of .erritory. goo ,
ferent increase in material wealth. i bad and indifferent, which never wi o
j developed or settled without a railroad.—
‘•To Defray Incidental Expmci—Excrulirf I Nor can a road be built through those un-
! veins, whew the spirit sleeps which,
apparently knows no w.iking, sleeps in
Jits house of clay, ami the windows are
Department, 1SG9.”
In looking over the Comptroller General's Re
inhabited or only aparsely aettled region*
ithout government aid. There i*. then,
j in fair play and aound policy, no other al-
The mechanism of a blush is this :•— I port for 1869, we were struck with the following ! ternative left to Congrenthan that at leaat
warrants as drawn by H. J.G Williams, one of | of a liberal grant of lands and other inci-
Secretaries in tbe Executive Depaitmeut, to“De- ! dental privilege* to this important line,
fray incidental expenses of Executive Depart
ment. It ia as follows:
py The floral exhibition and aupper
awakening gladness, and the night
overflow with moonlight, love and
flowers? Love itself is lhe greatest
is found : i is a dilatation of the minute capillaries j
Ii was the able sons of the South j in ,hl ‘ transparent tissues of the face, J
that valiantly rushed lo the rescue, and i dilated vessel rushes the j
bul for their intrepidity and ardent ' cu rent of bright;? ed blood, fresh from lhe ;
daring many a Northern' fireside would an (1 accelerated by that organ’s J
miss to-dav paternal counsel or a broth- \ !nore v 'g°rous impulses.
8t’s love. Sir, l repeal the fact that
the colored race saved to the noble
woman of New England and the Mid
dle Slates the mm on .whom they
learn to-day for security and safety.
Many of my race, representatives of
these men on fields of battle, sleep in
rhe countless graves of ih'e South
The greatest pleasure of' life is love;
the greatest treasure is contentment ;
the greatestest blessing is health ; tbe
greatest comfort is sleep; tbe best
medicine is exercise.
What the old mountaineer says of
the grizzly : “It is a fine thing to hunt
That is to sav, the husbands and I lhe grizzly ; bul when he gets to hunt-
sons of “the noble womens of New ing you it* different.”
expenses of Executive Department,
$ 560
‘May 25.
Do
Do
1,000
May 27,
Do
Do
500
June t,
Do
Do
1 ,C0)
June 7,
Do
Do
500
June 9,
Do
Do
5o0
June 12,
Do
Do
roj
June 19,
Do
Dj
*50
June 22,
Do
Do
150
June 29,
Do
' Do
&00
June 30,
Do
Do' -
350
Jnly 7,
Do
Do
1,000
July 9,
Do
Do
500
July 14,
Do
Do
SCO
July 16,
Do
Do
I.0C0
July 20,
Do
Do
500
July 22,
Do
Do
800
July 3t,
Do
P«
900
2.
Do
Do
900
1 Church on last Wednesday was a sncces*.
i and we are gl*d to learn that they raised
about as much as they expected.
Tbs
snpper was elegant, and judging from the
! look* of the table after all bad partaken.
i we were inclined to think the ladies anew
after all, how to reach the pocket book* of
the masculine portion of the community
and that they had been reading the phi'
losophy of Epicurus, who declared th*t“th®
belly was the centre of all philosophy con
firmable to nature,” and A good sopp*
was the idea. ’
Col. Verger has been r*!«M«d
fail on Sl^'OQU hail
lo such indirect stealing of the public monev. W*
are safe in saying that never before was the State
so shamefnlty robbed. $98 510 47, paid ont tor
services, when, in fact, if the true rains of the
services rendered was fairly charged—and i a
j many instances the services were not needed—
$20,600 would be fall pay. Gov. Bullock ia
drawing his warrants for the service* and charge*
made, hhs, in our opinion, shown himself deeti-
tute of iionor, character, common honesty or bo*-
' incss capacity.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
1363 to $1,341 75 in 1869. j Congress has under consideration the
The State Road paid $250,000 for the ten months : granting of government aid in building the
from December 1868, to October 1869. During : above road ; but there seems to be some
the seven months :0uce, Superintendent Blodgett | conflict between parties desiring control
reports $45,000 paid, or less than $6,500 monthly j oi t fi 0 *0^ ari( ] a ] h0 a disposition of Cos-
against $25,000 bafure. and this with an increas- . . , , . ,,
,, grees not to make iiberai grants of land
ed business. 7, , , , • . . „ '
Tbe civil establishment cost $55,222 48 in 1869, j Doubtless tnero is a strong influence
against $23,283 89 in 1868, showing an increase j.against the Southern line, as it will nccei-
of $31,928 C9 or more than double. Contingent I sarily take trade and travel from the present
fund of 1369, $19,968 16; of 1869, $8,'58 41.—i Northern route,* and puli down the divi-
Printing for 1869, $19,809 77 ; tor 1868, $8,169- : , , , . . ■ , ... .
40 c - - • .• a* »on rui-> an ■ . 1 deiids nud mjure the value of the stock.—
42. Specie, appropriations, $239,923 29, against ! J
$89,546 65 for the previous year. Convention i Hence, in our opinion, parries interested
scrip, $2^.052 2T». Legislative pay rolls, $186,- ! in the Northern route, are using ail their
794. Public debt, $858,816. | influence and money besides, to throw ob-
llia Stats owns the fctate Road and $119,/1(> of j stacles in the way of the Southern line,
goodetoik. , B e that as it may, we do Lopa that
In the Bank of the State of Georgia-1 ,S33 j Con S reSS Wl11 ,ake n0 narTO,r> 8elh8h or
„} iare? . ! sectional view of the matter, bat extend
In tbs Bank of Augusta—899 shares. \ to the Sooth the same liberal aid it did to
In the Bank of tbe Georgia Railroad and Bank- j the other. The road will be built in time,
ing Company—136 shares. , k ut a jj f l()m Congress will give vitality to
In the Aitvitic end Gnlf Railroad—10,600 . A .
gjiarcg i the enterprise immediately and place it
The Stale also owns the Western A Atlantic ! beyond fai/Ure. lhe people of tbe South
Railroad. I intend to have the road anyhow, for they
Of tbo above named shares, those of the Bauk | are not blind to their interest as to the im-
ot Augusta and the Bsink of the State of Georgia. ; portance of a direct line to the Pacific.—
have no market value, and mav, therefore, be con-S • ,, ,u o. , • ,
., , T,. , Q „ ; ... ’ Especially are the Mates of Georgia and
sidered worthless. The 186 shares of the Georgia : ■ J ®
Railroad, are worth $i06 per share—$19,716 . South Carolina interested,as presenting the
and the 16,000 shares of the Atlantic &■ Gulf Rail- ! best and nearest seaport* on tbe Atlantic
road are worth, at $4* per share, the suin of j coast.