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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA,TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1870.
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Y trai —$3,00 per an n ant, in Advance.
Tims*’.—P ers 9 u » ir «: often lines, each
^ , E s j ( iil. Jlareuanjs and others fovall
lai-wti® 0, . twenty-five per cent. off.
aro uutJ > fer *
I.UUAl. ADVERTlSIKtt.
PltatiO ustorletterso1 ad '
OriiMri ghip.&C $3 00
miaistration guardians ^ 2 (X)
Hom-«tei4 disui’n fromadm’n
Application! fdigm - nofguar(J ’ n
C leave to sell Land
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
NO CHANGE OF CAB.S BE
TWEEN SAVANNAH, AU
GUSTA AND MONTOOM-
ERY, ALABAMA
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. R. R. ?
Savannah, August 14, 1868. J
O N AND AFTER St’NDAY, 16th iust., Pas
sengerTrains on the Oeorgia Central R. R
will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
leave arrive.
Savannah., ....1.8:00 A M
Macon.... : 5:38 P M
Angusta ..5:38 P M
Milledgevjlle ...» 8:58 P M
Eatonton 11.00 P M
month’v’s per square.; i v«'/Connecting with trains that leaves
Hjtray notices', thirty days: !> 00 Augusta
■rebates of Respect, R-aOlutions bv Societies, DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Obituaries, &c.,exceeding st* lints,to be charged j ; yo
ir!l usieut advertising.
j Savannah ,—.. ...—
C»*Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu-1 Augusta.
i.rTor Guardians, are required by law, to be held
.' the first Tuesday in the month, between the
ApplicatiMforh*^ Cre ditprs
sS^-Eac” {Jly of ten lines or less..
Mortgage sales often line, or less .
?, r Collector’s sales, persq. <1 months)
.■/iris—Foreclosure of m^tgage and oth-
.. ner square.;
5 00
3 50
5 00
3 00
f> 00
1 50
2 50
5 00
5 00
1 00
?, 00
the forenoon and three in the af-
f# )0n , atttteConrt.Rausein the county in which
hosrs of ten in
jon, attlieO
,, property is situated.
Holies Of these sales raust.be given in a public
.issue 40 day# previous to the day of sale.
H.tice for the sale of p >rsoaal property must be
,ir *n inlikemauner 10 days previous to sale day.'
Hoticesto debtors and creditors of an estate
„„t also be published 40 days-
•iniao that application will be made to the
Crt of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be
.ihlished for two months. _ *
f Citation* for letters of Administration, Gnar-
, must be published .10 days for dis-
8:45 A M
5:30 P M
5:38 P M
... 8:45 A M
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta............
UP NIGHT TRAIN-
Savannah.. 1—7:2Q P M
Macon 6:55 A M
Augusta ; 8:13 A M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta............ 9:33 P M
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon .6:25 P M
Savannah i*j.,, t..
Augusta
4:30 P'Sl
5:10 A M
9:13 A M
.. 9:53 P M
Milledgev
Eatonton ........ 12:40 P M
, ■ «uin A.,* must oe puuuau^'* »«•.•(“ Connecting with traio-tliat/leaves
-i.sion from Administration, monthly str months ; Augusta
r dismission from guardianship, 41 days. A M Trains from Savannah and Augusta, a
* . , f 0 . ec losnre of Mortgages must be p M Train from Macon connect with Milledg®
?* , for four months—for establish-j ville Train at Gord.on daily, Snudays excepted,
ps ihs e ' r 0T tht full spaccof three months-— p M. Train from Savannah connects with thro’
iiglosi p p -tjtiai from Executors or Aaminis- I lna j[ train oil South Carolina O-rilroad, and P. M.
f#rco*pe i k has been given . by the de- , train from SavannsliRnd Angusta with trains on
"^Vsed'th® full space of three month*.' Charge, j South-Western •audjluscogeq Railroad^
• 1 01) psrsqusrqof ten
lines for oach insertion.
il ways be continued accord
requirements, unless oth
WM. ROGERS, '
Act’g Master of 'lYMisportntioh.
February 1,1870- ; r t j-v. 5-tf
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S O MU
Atlaktk. & Gulf, r. R.
Savannah. January <, 1S7U.
.2.10 P M
.8,30 A M
6.00 P M
M
OFFICE, )
i
/-wH AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th instant,
O Passenger Trains on this Road w ill run as
fol ° W * NIGHT EPXPRESS TRAIN.
Larrt Savannah every day af--— -4.30 P M
Arrive at Jesup junction. M A A 7 30 P M*
Arrive at Live Oak every day . |.20 A M
Arrive ai Jacksonville every day 7.03 A M
Arrivs st Tallahassee every day -.7.07 A .1
Arrive at Quincy every day J.lo A
Arrive at Rainbiidge Mondays ex- ^ ^ ^
Leave R^nbridgV,'Sundays excepted.9 30P M
Lears (Quincy every day.. .'J -p ».
Lears Tallahassee every day.. “
I.eare Jacksonville everyday ' . M
Leave Live Oak every day 1/.I..I-4S A “
Leave Jesup every day.-.- in ni \ M
Arrive at Savannah everyday 10.50 A M
MACON & BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sunday* except
ed, at - -
Arrive at Jesups Sundays except- r p
Arrive at Brunswick daily at «- 20 p M
Leave Macon daily at
Leave Jesup daily at ..... -
Arrive at Savannah daily at •
On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah »t
7 15 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon A
Brnnswick, and connecting with trains from Ma-
#011 and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at
• 10 P M.
DAY TRAIN.
Leavt Savannah, Sundays except-
*d at... 7 - 15A M
Arrive at Jesups, Sundays except-
ed at.... ;. .104o A
Arrivs at Live Oak, Sundays ex-
espied at - i “
Arrive at Macon duly at ‘ 1 M
Leave Live Oak, Sundays except- ■
edat C.OOA M
Leave Jesups, Sundays except- ? ^
Arrivs at Savannah .Sundays ex-
eepted at 5 3*> p M
Passengers for Macon take / .15 A M traiu
(rem Savannah, leaving daily.
Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train
kern Savannah.
Passengers leaving Macon at 8.30 A M connect
at Jesup with express train for Florida and West
er* Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv-
iag at 9 30 PM.
Passengers from Brunswick connect at Jesup with
train for Savannah, arriving at 5 3.» P M except
ou Sundays, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup
with Express Train for Savannah, arriving at
10 50 AM. AV -
Cpnnect at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav
ing at 9.00 P M.
HOUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA R. R. TR AIM.
Leavt Thoinasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Sstarday sat.... - 6.00 A M
Arrivs at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat-
arJays at.... 9.55 A M
Leave Pelham, Tuesdays, Tliursdays and Satur-
daysst....- 345 P M
Arrive atTkomasvillo, Tuesdays, lhursdaysand
•atsrd&ys at G.00 P M
H. 8. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
Jaanuary 1 1870 3 tf
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
8011 TM-WssTKaa Railrosd CoMrAsr, f
OS5ce, Macon, Ga., Jan. loth, 1879. A
Eufaula dotj Passenger and Mail Train.
Leave Macon..... 8.00 A. M.
Arriv# at Eufaula 5.30 P.M.
Leave Eufaula ......... .... 7.20 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 4.50 P.M.
Night Freight Accommodation Train.
Leave Maeon .......... 8:25 P M
Arrive at Eufaula............ .... .11:00 A M
Leave Eufaol«...... .. 7:18 P M
Arrive at Macon - ...... 9:10 A M
Colmhus Mail Train.
Leave Macon.. ........ 7:25 A M
Arrive at Columbus 1.22 A M
Leave Colaaebue., ........ 12:25 P M
Arrive at Macon................... 6:05 P M
Columbus Night Freight SfAc'om'n Train ;
NOTICE-
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Co., <
Savannah, December 15,1869. j
O N AND AFTER THIS, DATE,!BY AGREE
MENT, the rate of Freight between Savan-
nau and Macon, by the Atlantic afid Gulf and Ma
con and Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows :
First class per pound ..... - $2 30
Second.class per 10V pounds - :..,
Third class per 100 pounds
Fourth class per .100 pouqds t - - -
Fifth class per 100 pounds
Sixth class per 100 pounds
Seventh class per lot) pounds,i--.—
Eighth class per ICO pounds...
Ninth class pdr 100 pounds............
Cotton per lOOpouuds t J..
Salt per sack.-. —
(ir,;u 10 per 100 pounds
Freight received for all Stations on Macon and
Western Railroad, Atlanta and points beyond.
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
February 1, 1879 . .1. .. 5 tt
Schedule of the Georgia Railroad.
1 40
1 00
80
70
50
45
35
30
50
30
15
'FICE, )
joMPAST, ^
nber 23, ’69. J
O'
SUPERIN TENDF.NT’S OFFIC E,
Georgia Railroad (1
Augusta, Ga., December
N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 26th inst.. the
Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad
will run.as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at. - .7,00 A M.
“ Atlanta at 5.00 A M.
Arrive at August at;----- 3.45 P M.
at Atlanta.. ..5.30 P M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at'.'. ..10.OOP M.
“ Atlanta at —- ....5.45 P M.
Arrive at Augusta... — — ..3.45 A M.
“ Atlanta 8.00 A.M.
■ 87 K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
January, 18 1870 3 tf
Schedule Macon & Brunswick R. R-
. Januari, 7tli, 1870
R
EGULAR THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS
commence running on
this Road on
will
Sunday, the Oth iust., as follows :
Leave Macon at.. — 9.15 A M.
Arrive at Brunswick at 10.20 P M.
Arrive at Savannah at 10.00 P M.
Leave Brunswick— 4.30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 6.15 A. M.
TRAIN? TO HAWK INS VILI.E.
Leave Macon - ....3.00 T M.
Arrive at Hawkinsville .6.30 A M.
Leave Hawkinsviile 7 00 A#I.
Arrive at Macon., j. .10.25 A M.
This train runs daily Snudays excepted.
RETURNING :
Leave Brunswick at 8.00 A M.
Leave Savannah at 7.15 A M.
Arrive at Macon at.............. .7.oO P M.
Trains make direct connections at Jesap,
both ways, with trains for Bainbridge, Thomas-
the crossing of the Atlantic and Gnlf Road,
ville, and alf points on that Road, as well.as with
those fof Jacksonville. Tallahassee, and all sta
tions on the Florida Roads.
Fare to Savannah and Brunswick .? 8 00
Fare to Jacksonville -'2 00
Fare to Tallahassee - 17 00
Fare to Bainbridge — -- 15 00
Fare to New York, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers 27 00
Under recent arrangements made with the At
lantic &. Gulf Road, freights to and from Savan
nali and New York have increased dispatch.
The Southern Express Company will operate on
this line to Brunswick, points in Southern Geor
gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the
10th instant.
ROBERT SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
January-18,1670 J tf
T. W. WHITE,
Leave Macon 7:40 P M
Arrive at Columbus 5:<l5 A M
Leave Columbus 7:00 P M
Arrive at Macon 4:43 A M
“Albaav Train” connect* at Smithville with
"ttfanla Train* and Arrive at Albanyat 3:11 PM
Leave# Albany at 9:36 A M—Regular Mail
Aeeemaadatiea Train connects three times a
week.
Gain** Train,” connects at Cuthbert.
— Leave F*rt Gaines at 7:95 A M and Arrive at
wert Gaia** 3:40 P 1*.
Aaaemmedation Train connects twice a week,
** Tneeday* and Thursdays.
v . IT W. 8..BRANTLY, Aud.
Fehmary 1, 1870 5 tf.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.,
Hi'/ .I.i ; ' •
! Will practice in this and the adjoining counties.
I??* Applications for Homestead Exemptions
under tlie new law, and other business before the
Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention.
October 13.1868 41 tf
Bltik* for Me ul Ibis Office- f
W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the
South, and a believer in the old Jefferso
nian idea of government—a College graduate, de
sires a [situation as Teacher in some Southern
State. Satisfactory reference# furnished if desired.
Address, stating terms, “CLASSICS,”
Publisliers Box No. 7, Dayton, Ohio
or Recorder Ofiiee.
Oetibtfr 19, 1*69 42 tf
MB. PBruin’ FIRST WIFE. ywillbe no luneral expense to pay, and
Dear, dear! no toast; eggs boiled that is quite a saving.”
’ ■ Mrs. peters lip quivered* and her
large, blue eye$ filled with tears. Joe
longed to quit his heartless speech and
comfort her, but he was fearful the de
sired ellect was not yet gained.
‘‘So, my dear,” he continued, “if
yon must go, I have been thinking of
gening another wife 1 .”
“Wbati?* cried Mrs. Peters.
“Another wife, my love. The house
must he kept in order, and the boy?
cared for.”
The grief was gone from Maria’s
face, but h,er teeith were set with a look
of fierce wrath.
“Another wife, Joseph ! Another
wife !”
“Ves, 1 think I have ^lecled a good
successor. 1 have deliberated a> long
lime, when I,was a bachelor,, between
her and yourself. You will Like her;
she is your bosom friend.”
“What Sarah Jngram ?”
“Yes, rny dear, I think that on the
dav you ascend, I will tnarry Sarah
Ingram!” ~
“What! lhat good-for nothing, si Hy.
empty-headed old maid, the mother ol
my children ! What!”
“Well, my dear, it-seems to he the
best that I can do. J don’t want to
leave my bushier# lo go a courting, and
she will have me, I know.”
“No doubt! Oh, you great brutal,
hateful—i—
“Stop, my dear, don’t fly into a fu
ry ! We .will try: to spend our last
week in happine&L , Oh, by the way,
I have a proposition to make,”
“Goon, sir! Don’t spare me !” ,
“Ah, yes, that is the Very thing I
wish to do. I know your mind is en
tirely engrossed with your as s ension,
and I wish to spare you the care of the
house. Suppose you invite Sarah here
to-morrow, to stay a week !”
“What!” J
“Then I can arrange our matrimo
nial preparations in the evening, while
you pre at the lecture,”
“What!”?
“And you can leave the house in her
charge all day. That will give you
plenty of lime to go out, and she can
learn theNvavs of the house.”
“What !”' ’*' r>
“Arid 1 , my dear, one little favor. It
may be the last I shall ever ask of you.
Stay at home one or two days aud
show her around, where you keep
things, and so on, so lhat she won’t
have arry trouble in keening order after
you go. You will do this to oblige me,
wonU you ?”
Mrs. Peters, for an answer, rolled up
the ascension robe into a ball and fiied
it at Joe. The cotton, scissor#, work-
basket and table-cloth followed each
olher in rapid succession, and he was
unable to fly. Then Maria’s rage found
vent in wotds.
“So ! you are going to marry Sa
rah ! Thai’s the reason you whistled
so nice when you came in ! But you
shan’t marry here, sir! You shan’t
havethaL gratification ! I will slay, if
it is only to spite you ! I won’t go ! I
tell you, Mr. Peters, that I won’t go !”
“But, my dear, you must go it you
are come for.”
“I woti’t go!”
“But consider, my dear.”
“I won’t go !”
“But what will Sarah Ingraham
think of it ?”
"Sarah ! Don’t dare to mention Sa
rah to me again ! I—I—I—oh !—I
am fairly choking!” and the little wo
man threw herself into a chair, in a fit
of hysterics.
Next morning Mr. Peters met Fred
in the street.
“Well, old boy, how goes it ?”
“Fred,” was the reply, “I am the
happiest man in the world ! 1 have
regained my wife and domestic peace,
and got rid ofa busy, tattling old maid,
who, under pretence ofloving my wife,
was everlastingly interfering in all our
household ari-angefneiit's.”
“Then Mrs. Peters will not ascend,
will she ?”
“If Sarah is to be my #econd wife,
and step-mother to my children, Mrs.
Peters has concluded that, on the
whole she will not go.”
as hard as brickbats, and the coffee,
stone cold.”
And Mr. Peters rose from the table
in a temper by no means amiable, and
rang the bell violently. There wa$ no
answer. He rang again, a third, a
fourth lime, and still no answer ! Out
of all patience, he went to the door
and called—“Marta ! Maria!”
A slight, pretty liLtle woman dressed
in a a soiled, tumbled wrapper, with
hair in a state of direful confusion, an
swered his summons. She had one of
those bright faces which Nature intend
ed should be decked with continual
smiles ; but now, all its roses in bloom,
it was drawn to its full length, and the
large blue eyes had a serious, or rath
er doleful expression, totally at vari
ance with their usual joyous look. Her
voice, too, had lost its melodious, ringr
ing sound, and was subdued to a dis
mal whine. , ■
“What is it Joseph ?”
“Where’s Bridget?”
“Gone out for me. 1 want more
white ribbon for my ascension robe.”
Mr. Peters said a very naughty word
and then continued : “Cold coffee,
hard eggs, breakfast not fit to eat.”.
“I wish,” whined his wife, “you
would think less of ternporial matters,
and turn your attention to the great end
of life.”
“Hang it all, madam, I like to en
joy my life while I do have it- Here
was I, the happiest man in the United
States, with a pleasant home, a chatty,
cheerful, loving wife,, and good, quiet
children; and now, since you have
joined the Millerites, what am I ?”
“Oh, Joseph, if you would only,
only come into that blessed circle.”
“Oh, Maria, if you would only come
out of it. “Where are the boys ?”
“I’m sure I don’t know.”
“Are they going to school to-day ?”
“No-, dear Joseph.”
“For what reason, madam, ?”
“My dear, the teacher has given up
the school, and is turning her mind to
more exhaulted objects. Oh ! Joseph,
turn now, while there is time. You
have still a week for preparation and
repentance.”
“Repentance ! Well, whtn I take up
the subject, it will take more than a
week to put it through.”
And Mr. Peters put on his coat and
took up his hat.”
“Joseph,” said hi# wife, “you need
not send home any dinner. I shall be
out, and I shall take the boy’* over to
their uncle’s to dinner.”
Joe made no answer, unless the vio
lently emphatic manner in which he
closed the door was one. Muttering
with anger, he strode into a restaurant
to make a breakfast. Here he was
hailed by one of his friends, Fred.
Sommers, who looked up as he heard
Joe’s order.
“Hallo !” he cried, “you here !”—
Wbat are you doing here at breakfast
time? Wife sick?”
“No.”
“Had a quarrel ?”
“No.” <
“Gone to town ?”
“No.”
“Then why don’t you breakfast at
home. Chimney on fire ?”
• “No.”
“Servants all dead !”
“No.”
“Weil, what in thunder is to pay?”
“Maria’s joined the Millerites!”
“Fred gave a long, shrill whistle,
and then said : “Going to ascend next
week ?”
“Yes, and if I don’t commit suicide
in the meantime, you may congratu
late me. I am almost distracted.—
Can’t get a decent meal, children run
ning riot, servants saucy, house all in
confusion, wife got the blues, either
quoting the speeches of the elders at
me, of sewing on a white robe, and
groaning every third or fourth stitch.
Hang it all, Fred, I’ve a great mind'
to take poison or join the army.
“H’m ! h’m ! you give enchant
ing picture, but 1 think I can suggest a
cure.”
“A cure ?”
“Yes, if you will promise to take my
advice, I will make your Home pleas
ant, your wife cheerful, and your chil
dren happy.”
“Do it!” cried Joe. “I’ll follow
your word like a soldier under his so-'
perior officer. What shall I do ?’*
At lea lime Mr. Peters entered his
home, whistling, Maria was seated at
her sewing, and there were no signs of
preparations for the evening meal.
“Maria, my dear,” said Mr Peters,
“is tea rrady ?’,
“I don’t know,” was the answer,
“have been out all day attending meet*
! TERRIBLE—4 Wf Hi.
Truk.—“The man that will take a
newspaper fur a length of time, and
then send it hack ‘refused,* and un;
paid- lor, would swallow a blind dng!g
dinner, and then stone the dog for be
ing blind.’—Ex.
‘He would do worse than that. He
would marry a girl on trial, and send
her back with the words ‘don’t suit’
chalked on her back, after the honey
moon.’—Iron City.
‘Worse than that. He would steal
the chalk to write it with, and after
wards he-Would use it on his shirts, to
save the expense of washing, and then
sue his wife’s father for a month’*
boarding.’—Standard-
‘Worse yet. He’d chase a sick rat
10 miles over a corduroy road, and in
stitute a post-mortem examination af
ter he had cnughl him, in order to re
cover a stolen grain of coin.’—Mor
gantown Star.
•We endorse every word of the above.
He would sleaf'rorten acorns from a
blind pig. He would steal all the win
ter meat of an editor.’—Somerset Her
ald.
‘He would be as mean as the man
who cursed his poor old mother lor
stopping in his door yard to beg for
bread ; and who gave his only child a
penny for going to lled supperiess, and
the next morning charged him a pen
ny for his breakfast.—Torch Light.
Stronger yet. He would sponge a
living from the hard, earnings- of his
poor old father'until the poor old gen
tleman became unable to work, and
then let him die in the poor house,
aud afterwards sell his reraainB to the
medical students for anatomical pur
poses.— Blufton Banner.
‘Worse still He would dig up the
hones of his mother and make dice of
them, and play “chuck-a-luck” on his
grandmother’s tombstone for a copper
cent \\ hich a horse thief had stolen
from the eye of a dead *15th Amend
ment.—Quitman Banner.
Yes. the man who would subscribe
for and read a gentleman’a paper and
neither send it back nor pay tor it,
would steal the pap from his infant
child, starve it to death, and sell its
bones to a guano factory, in addition
to doing any and all the mean things
enumerated above.—Cartersville Ex
press.
Yes, such a man, is given over to
hardness of heart, and total depravity.
He does.not deserve to live, and yet
he is not fit to die.—Recorder.
DEFENCE OF THE POEPLE OF GEORGIA.
Being a Reply to Gov. R. B. Bullock.
UY NELSON TIFT,
Lute Representative Second Congressional
District of Georgia.
ing.
‘ Oh, very wall; never mind. At
tending meeting? You have resolved,
then, to leave me next week!”
“Oh ! Joseph, I must go when I am
called.”
“Yes, my dear, of course. Well. I
must resign myself, I suppose. By the
way, my dear, has it ever occurred to
you that I shall be left a widower with
three children ? I think I am a hand
some man yet, my love,” and Joe
walked over to the glass, passed his
fingers through his hair, and pulled up
his collar. Maria looked up rather sor*
ptised.
“You see, dear, it is rather a relief
for you to go quickly, you know. It is
so wearing on the nerves to have long
illness; and besides, my dear, there
Discovery of the Original Documents for
the Books of Genesis.—Mr. Charles Wol
ford, in his last London letter to the
* Book Buyer,” published in New York by
Scribner, Welford & Co., gives an ac
count of the remarkable announcement
just made by Sir Henry Rawlinson before
the Asiatic Society. It is not merely that
this eminently Oriental Scholar claims to
have discovered the original records from
which the Book of Genesis was composed,
bat he illustrates his position by details of
the most striking kind. He himself said :
The progress now reached in the col
lection and arrangement of the Ninevah
inscribed fragments, made it beyond a
doubt that he would be able to derive the
whole of the history given ip the Book of
Geuesis, from the time of Abraham, from
the original documents; and it was not
tQo much to expect that almost the same
facts and descriptions would be found in
the Bible. He hoped very soon to have
ready a paper on the Garden of Eden
(Paradise,) in which he would slirfw, that
«rt|s the original name of Babylon. The
liver bore the 6ame name, and the Baby
lonian documents gave an exact geograph
ical account of the Garden of Eden. The
flood and. the Tower of Babel would be
most amply illustrated in Babyloniau doc
uments.
The silk manufacturer# at Paterson,
New Jersey, ire making contracts for
growitig their raw silk iu California, from
whence it will be reeled and shipped to
tiiei mill#.
Washington, D. C., June 4, 1S70.
To the Honorable Members of Senate and
House of Representatives of the Congress
of the United Stales :
As :he Slate of Georgia is not now
permitted to have representation, or a
voice in Congress, I adopt this method
of addressing you in defence of the
reputation, the rights and interests of
her people.
Under pretense of defending himself
against the partial exposure of his
crimes by the honorable Judiciary
Committee of the Senate, Governor
Bullock, in his letter of May 23, ad
dressed to certain members of Con
gress, continues to fabricate and re
peat falsehoods and slanders against
the people of the State of Georgia,
through the instrumentality of which,
and the means of corruption drawn
from the Treasury, he has now 1or
two years agitated Congress, promoted
discord, delayed the restoration of
peace and good-fellowship among the
people and States of the Union, retar«
ded the prosperity of the State, viola
ted the constitution ’and laws, usurped
the authority, aud sacrificed the rights
of our people.
The statement made by the Senate
Judiciary Committee lhat Gov. Bul
lock did “use improper means to influ
ence the rote of Senators upon the Georgia
question," and the statement of Hon.
Senator Fkrry, that, “had Georgia
tor the last two years Itcen in the hands of
men of h igh yati iotism, if it had been in
the ha nds of men who were looking to, the
welfare of the ^nation instead of their own
pecuniary advancement, we might have had
a different slate of things from, what exists
to-day," are truths mildly stated, and
well known by sad experience to the
people of Georgia.
. Gov. Bullock, in his letter, with an
effrontery which would make Satan
smile in approbation, stales that, in bis
representations concerning Georgia, he
has been careful to avoid exaggeration
and to state only the literal truth,” and
he challenges contradiction.
I do not now think of a single im
portant statement made by Governor
Bullock, relative to the condition ol
affairs in Georgia, which hais not been
exaggerated or false. The slanders
which bo caused to. be raked from all
parts of the Slats and presented to the
Reconstruction Committee of the 40th
Congress, 3d season were disproved
by ihe unanimous testimony of more
than one hundred judges, ordinaries
mayors of cities, and sworn witnesses,
who were among the best citizens re
siding in different parts of‘the State";
and many of whom were amonjg the 1
best Republicans in the State.
The false statement of his con versa
tions with President Grant, whfcfr fc
telegraphed over the coantry to ini-
fluence legislation against Georgia,
were dented by authority from Presi
dent Grant.
His fate letter, and his testimony
before the Judiciary Committee, are
made up of exaggerations and false
hoods. . ,n t y
In bis letter, be repeats the now de-
mo istrated falsehood, that there were
“thirty or more” ineligible meenhers in
the original organization of the Geor
gia Legislature. He .then knew that
of the fourteen “flagrant” ca3e$ tried
by General Terry’s Military Commis-'
sionet, but three had been declared
ineligible, and that eleven were de
clared eligible. ■ He also knew, that
the sixteen men who declined to qual j-
ify,were induced to do so by his threats
aud promises, his falsehood and ireacfi-
ery.
In his letter he refers to his official
communication to the Legislature, on
the expulsion of the colored members.
In tha' communication he denounced
the seating of the minority Candidates,
as a violation bT the Constitution, the
laws of Congress, and ihe principles
of republican government, and he
threatened the Legislature wilh C011-
gressional action.
But circumstances change,, and so
does Gov. Bullock, In General Ter
ry’s teporl (Senate doc. No. 41) is an
argument oi twelve pages, which he
sa ys> [page 12] “is a presentation ‘of
the law of the whole case in Behalf of
Bullock. In this argument he says:
• * “Without question
ifa person nominally elected is lotted
ineligible, lhat body [the Legislature]
wouid declare the next highest elected
and give him the seat. * #
Indeed, there has never been, in the
Stale any doubt of the application o>
thi^law to the Legislature until the
present crisis ha3 given it birth.”
General Terry, was finally convinc
ed (see his report) that he could not
legally seat the minority candidates,
but he allowed his acknowledged stib
ordinates, Governor Bullock and the
Legislature 4o seat seventeen of them,
thus giving Governor Bullock control
of the Legislature which he now seeks
to perpetuate.
Gov. Bullock, in his letter, refers to
an examination into his official con
duct by a committee of the Georgia
House of Representatives in January,
18G9, and says, lhat they “finally re
ported hack a resolution to the effect
that they could find nothing affecting
my official or personal integrity.” Rj.
this Governor Bullock has suppressed
facts, which is the equivalent of inten
tional falsehood. The majority of this
committee made a “white-washing” re
port. The minority ol the committee
reported in substance, the fact that
Governor Bullock was guilty in nume
rous instances of appropriating the
public money contrary to law. The
minority report was adopted In the
House by a vote ol 86 yeas, to 37 nnJjts
and to-day he stands cbaDged by that
action with impaachable offences for
violations of the Constitution which he
had sworn to support.
Governor Bullock', in his letter,
boasts lhat he “shall leave the office
of Governor of Georgia with clean
hands,” but with his “private fortune'
greatly diminished,” &c. If public
reputation and the tax-books can be
relied upon, he had no “private lor-
tune” when he took the office of Gov
ernor; and even now the State Trea*
urer, N. L. Angier, who has published
eleven diilinet charges and specifica
tions against him for violations of the
constitution and laws in the use of the
public funds, &c.‘, states that “the
Governor neither gives in nor p.ays
any. State, county, city, or revenue
(income) tax and yei he spent SI4,*
500 in YVashington between the fifth rtf
March and the twenty-first of April
last, using “improper means” lo influ
ence Congress against the State. This
rale of expenditure for the twenty-five
months which he has been Governor,
would have required a private fortune
of $246,800.
Read the report of the thirteen pages
of Governor -Bullock’s testimony be
fore the Senate Judiciary Committee
for an i.lustration both of the “unwill
ing” and the ‘swift’ witness. In an
swer to the third and fourth questions
he denies all distinct knowledge of
why the colored members of the Geor
gia Legislature came to Washington,
la his fourth answer he says : “I do
not know that I can say that I knew
ol any dispatches sent to have them
come;” and it required the twelve lol
lowing questions by the committee to
draw from bim the fact lhat he did
telegraph to Atlanta for them to come
to Washington with the ‘design’ and
‘purpose ol exercising an influence in
opposition to the Bingham amendment.’
Such was the general character of his
testimony until he came to Chapman
and Senator Pomeroy.
No candid man can read carefully
Governor Bullock’s testimony concern
ing Senator Pomeroy Irona page H3 to
page 148, and eajteeially in theJjglitol
Senator Pomeroy’s statement on page.
149, \yithout a conviction, too strong to
be re«isted,|that the whole story iseitbefr
the result of a conspiracy between
Chapman and Governor Bollock, or a
cold-blooded tpaligiant fabrication to
ityure the jreputHtiun aud destroy the*
influence of an honorable Senator }vho.
had opposed some of his wicked de
signs upon Georgia. In this partiof
— r4r->-i,qr*-l ~
hi# testimony, there are ; di^ppet
oljjqeigujjsfatulier -Senator Potm;p>y.
whooppoat-4dujMcfieijius in C»»ftgres3_; .
to-ajaiider Cornua Bey ant, ity.^publi
can meniber,.wbo ; 9pp9ses.hi> ; s^tymee
in the Georgia LpgUfatpr£ ; ;. and to
divert-aueplion froif* jit*allege^.scheme
of selling tire,- State-ifil/oai^jp-the
“Southern E,xpre#a Cmap^y,”,. an
odious bill 16r Hie. incurpqtipipn,
which fie has rtow . before Gangrefft*,;,
and has -solicited its ; parage .h£qfl* 5
the (fo'umiilees.
If it were nece*.sat v FcouU, sgoyuu,
but I tire of vbe , humiliating /cctii j
hiacrimes, and trust that ! b.-iye^ujd.
enough to convince you ol the ch irac-
ter and purposes of Governor. BuHocji,
and to show you that, ibp .gcud-peupV;
of Georgia canbav^iu* Isgjdjprrfttjcqm^
fox their rights except through.vhqyji^^
lion of-Congress. - . h
Governor JJullpcfc ha* worked
a -deeperntp purpose aud energv, Up-jJjq
point which lie has iKpv alqxist afiaiu;
ed. - |'|*
When lb# Lcgi^iUure pf Georgia
waSiorgahwfd undflr thy.new constitu
tion in 1SQB, and fie; Mud,
could- not control).n .majority ,,(4i ijs
'members, he quarrelled, wuU.fijeuqvjil
Meade because 4*e would uoLajgtly
the ‘test oath’ to exclude his opponents,
teJfipg GeuqraboMcaJe at
time that ‘his I’rietkU’ had been qeheN- .
ed by Congregate; \ 0 a
■It, is believed. ■ky -.many that, he sug
gested and aided y secxidly ui ,ibe.ex
pulsion pfdjie colored inen.bpr? oi tjie
Legislature b> rnake n pretext lor t^eor-
g%qization by Coogiesa^
He vetoed, a jpint , r-e^olqiiup pf-the
Legislature plfdging- the Stalfe ghjde
by the decision-, of ifm-State ifupwtne
Court as to the eligibday ^ot i>egcpeg )u
hold office in Gourgia, ttud wlicn llie
Court had declared tlie negroes..eligi-
bIe,. fte failed'-to call Lcgislalu/p,
or 1.0give them on rqtpopunity to com
ply wilh the decision. . -
He defeated, through his friends in
the_ Legislature, tl*e adopl.ou : oi ljje
fifteenth, amendment, at a tim«>wbqp it.
WHS.hcheved diat it# adoption u:,yiid .
have,settled the Georgia question.., f
Ho has with tha aid.of the^udituTy,,*
grossly and palpshly violated ibc.lpw
of Congress of Desem'uer 22. fSCJ,
and has thus finally succeeded iy ac
quiring control die Legislature illegally
organized,.lo #0 jtu>b 5#^;: to
.But Governor Bullock is not satis
fied vvitfidu* present .'/.fry Rs of victory.;”
he daminds of C nog res s. a jterpeliiji-
lion of his rule, pod to. accomplish llyis .
and speedily, fie has commenced a
course ofi diseiplivje ajJnpog men biers
of the I(;epAtblic^u- party.
Jt> Guorgia^vj.tb the usurped power
of the Slate government, backed by
the military and l)is unscrupulous
‘ring,’ whilst he maligns the people-
anti consumes the vitals of the Stale
under the pretence of loyalty and ter-
ribLe^uurificesJrfr the Republican par
ly, he has assailed the character, and
to the extent of.his means - destroyed
the influence of every Repuldicqu who
outraged or disgusted jiis illegal
and corrupt course, has pipenly oppos
ed SclWies- .siyios
And ry*w because some bnnomble
memlters of Gongfes# of the Republi
can paFtyfiavs obtained a glimpse be
hind the scene ofibis corruptions, ai«d
dare to sav so, lye.bolds tfiem up in his
letter as. repeater* of slander.-, sympa
thizers with, the refbcls-aed -Ku lilux, '
making investigation’ with the Yam
hope tfiat Uea of interested refids may
have some foundation fit faot,’ and.be
threatens Congress wfifi the ‘responsi
bility for the utter destruction of Re
publicanism in Georgia’ if titey should
adopt-the ‘Bingham ameinimotHi or
any proviso* substantially hk«hjfie- ;
cause ;t would prevent trim and the
present illegally organized Legislature
from carrying oat bi.s avowed purpose
of depriving the people of the wholes
Stale 01 the rigM lo , vole forv/ttpresoft-
tatives, arid of pefpetuatitig-the •legis
lature lor hwo y«aiup ^beyond ifie time *
for which they were ehjcuvfi. in violation
the State con-tilution.. , ,.r.
The constitution of Georgia, article
3, sec- 1, par. 2, says, “The members
ofthe Senate shall fie elected foe lour
years, except that ifie members elected,
at thp first election from the twenty-
'two senatorial, districts numbered in
this constitution with odd numbers
shall only bold their office for two years.
The members of lite House of Repre
sentatives sh/dl. be . ylected for two
years.”;;*-,, ido osimt.i- - gn
This is clear and absolute, and whtrt-
follows gives no authority to the Leg*
lature toalter-the terfo ol office. The>-
•“time” or day . Oaf election” may her.
‘changed,’ and the tnenibers ‘hold un
til their successors-<04pb elected and
quatffifed,’ RVlhatdie ‘old members’
would sit»» any extraordinary session,
held before the regular Jer.m at which
the new members aXe to be qualified.
A most important .qu^don .now
presses , itsetf .upon the public mind.
Will not Congress ..vindicate its own .
dignity arid Ybe vnjated law of De
cember 22^1869^ Having underta
ken by ’tha0at£ to.restore thy expeilej.
colored nieml.e^to^^LegislaUire,;
and to purge it pf .ineligible members,
will they now sandfioiV the illegal vio
lence and fraud by which eligible
members^ w»re expelled, arnl #even-
teemmembers 1 seated who were, not'
elrt.’ted ? »mcK lo : out. .. 9- .
Bqfif past Mioibtihns ot the law* can
not be corrcctfedfiifiihc pen pie of Geor
gia must.* tor 4he time being, continue '
to be the prey of wicked rulers, then
.t ito.lv drW m /hto
