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TbiiiIit, Jannarj S4, 1871.
VALEDICTORY.
With this issue of the Southern
Recorder, we cease lo be its edi
tor and proprietor, as it passes into
other hands. \V r e have been con
nected with the paper over eighteen
years as one of its editors and pro'
prietors, and in taking leave of ou r
readerSj wa # do so with feeling o*
regret, for we are personally ac
quainted with the majority of them
and have a heart full of kindness
and pleasant memories for favors
bestowed upon us in many ways.
Circumstances of a domestic nature,
the health of our family, demand
that we should seek a climate and
atmosphere different from that of
middle Georgia
It is with the kindliest of feeling
for the brelhrenbf the press, that we
retire from the corps editorial. We
are not conscious of having wound
ed the feelings of any of them, nor
are we aware that there is any one
who harbors the least unkindness to-
towards ourselves. We havf en-
gratitude; promising on its part to j wiping out of laws that attach a
do its be*l to please ami instruct j penalty to usury. We cordially
the readiug public and that it will
be more awake to there best inter
ests.
We do not deem it necessary to
make any promises in advance as
to what we intend to do, but our
endorse their position, and hope the
next legislature will pass a law' to
that effect. Money like every
thing else has its market value, and
should be solder lent, just as stocks,
We tfq not remember to Lave read
anything in gome Utne,uioie pungent
pointed and pithy, than the recent lot-,
ter of Ju-lge Stephens to Rnfus Bullock-
He has shown nut only that Bnllork has
misstated facts, but that he lias done it
for a purpose. He vindicates his course
in the recent electioc by showing, be-
readers may rest assured, that the laws, and money will bo plenty, and
bonds or good?. Repeal the usury ! youd all controversy, that the Election
greater the encouragement we re
ceive the greater will be our efforts
to merit that encouragement and
support.
Respectfully,
OR ME & HARRISON.
Editors & Proprietors.
Salutatory.
Of all ageucies the press is perhaps
the most powerful in moulding and
dstermining public opinion. It touch- : is easy enough t < repeal it.
es every sphere of human activity and with the usury laws say we
limes easier. Our State being one
of the most inviting fields for capi
talists, they will come down among
us with millions lo loan, and com
petition will necessarily lower the
price.
Let the legislature try the experi
ment for a year or two at least,
and it experience does not prove the
measure a wise and poliiic one, it
Away
affects for good or evil, all the great
moral, social and political interests of
man. Recognizing the true scope and in
fluence of this stupendous agent, it is
proper, in assuming the editorial guid
ance of the Southern Rkciikdicr, that
we make known our principles, and in
dicate the course we intend to pursue.
Believing as we do that the princi
ples of the Democratic party embody
the only true idea of a representative
goverument, wo shall use all the ener
gies which the cause of truth inspires to
entbrono its doctrines in the mind?
and hearts of the people.
Possessed of the firm and unalterable
conviction that all the reconstruction
acts of Congress are unconstitutional
Latest News-
Washington, January 21.— Bour-
baki’s dclcat before Belfort after
three days’s fighting is confirmed.
The King telegraphs the fact to the
Queen. The loss reported is—Prus
sian, forty-two hundred—French,
•rvenly-eighl hundred. The Ger
mans captured a few prisoners, but
no guns. The King telegraphs to
the Queen that the bombardment
of Paris continues with good re
sult.
The German guns have been dis
mounted by the new French batter'
es hefere Paris.
iavrearksa sale conduct 11 >rough
the German lines, to attend the con-
Bill is plaiuly in contrariety to the Con
slitutiou. He denies that the address
of Liniself and General Tooinbs was
revolutionary; and proves that it was
an appeal to the people to maintain the
Constitution and not set it aside.
We understand that the Judge bus
been arrested and carried to Macon to
appear before Court. Bullock has just
about the heaviest job he ever under
took. He will get his fill of it, we im
agine.
Bullock’s Extravagance.—The At
lanta Constitution continues to expose
the reckless extravagance of Buliock.
He has furnished his organ the Era
with nineteen thousand dollars worth
printing in the last two weeks. This
is corruption dealt out by the wholesale.
Who could’ut run a paper with such
patronage! We opine that when Bul
lock’s wicked, villainous, infamous ca
rcer shall have ended that this great
Em will collapse as suddenly as did
Holden’s organ a short time since.
( ference. The diplomatic corps, ex-
nd usnrpatory measures, we can [ [lie American, asks leave to
naver accept them as unquestionable . depart from Paris,
facts, bnt will do all in our power to so- j reiuse permission.
The Prussians
cure their repeal. We reject that moral
and political heresy which deuies the
right of man to resist usurpation be
cause it is backed and supported by pow
er. Power can never change the essential
nature of truth, or destroy the heaven-
deavored as an editor, to treat every | born right of man to resist the wrong.
one with that courtesy'and consider
ation that the dignity of the profes.
No person* 1 or party bias shall aver
swerve us from our devotion to truth.
sion demanded, not, condescending J Assured that virtue is thaonly principle
... . upon which a loftv patriotism and an
to personalities, abuse or misrepre- j , . . , , , ,
1 j , I exalted character can be founded, we
sentation. If there has been any I . . , ,
J I shall never scruple to condemn vice and
peculiar characteristic in our wri
expose corruption wherever they may
tings as a political editor, and we J f oun( j ( whether among the obscure
do not say it wiih egotism, it has j jjjp great.
been a strict regard for trull), and
fairness in dealing wiih political
opponents. We are not ene oI those
who believe that everything is fair
in politics, and that the end justi
fies the means, no matter what those
means may be. An editor, should
carry into his paper that individuali
ty and regard for truth, integrity,
honesty, lairness and candor, that
should mark his course in the socia
and private walks of life. We have
endeavored so to act, and if we
Assuming that, the greal*6t happi
ness of the greatest number should be
the end and aim of all social and po
litical iimtitnMnn*, we will ever he
ready to advocate those measures which
look to the practical, utilitarian inter
ests of man, and tend directly to pro
mote comfort, freedom and civilization.
We feel that there is a great work
yet to be perfo;med by the party with
whose fortunes we are allied. The
terrible and fearful revolution through
which we have passed well nigh disin
tegrated society, and demolished oui
The Polish members of the Prus
sian diet only dissent from con
gratulatory resolutions lo the new
Emperor of Germany.
The P arisian* claim they have
provisio-s to the middle of March.
The Prussia: s have captured the
French positions on ihe 8wig* fron
tier. 'Plie* inhabitants are fleeing
into Switzerland.
New York. Jsnuarv 21.—A spe
cial to the Telegram, dated Ver-
STATS ROAD LEASE
The general sentiment upon the ques
tion of the lease of the State ltoad,
seems to be that the bid made by the
Brown, Cameron Co., was the only one
made strictly in accordance with the
terms required by the Legislature.
If Gov. Brown’s statements are true
his Utter is unanswerable, so far as it
goes to show the legality of the transac
tion. If we consider tbe moral aspect
of the subject we would reach the oppos
site conclusion. No man is a patriot
who would make his own interests para
mount to tbe interests of the people; who
would build up bis own fortune upon
the misfortune of society. Evidently
Gov. Brown has had ouly his own in
terests at heart. If be bad been a true
patiiot he would have been anxions for
the State to have received as high a
rental for the Road as possible, and
would not have exhibited all ilia sagac
ity of a sharper and the cunning of a
tradesman, in order that he might se
cure the lease at tho lowest possible
figures.
But running the matter in any light,
we would infinitely prefer the Brown
Co. to tbe one composed of Messis.
Blodgett, Dobbins and others. It Bind
gett was willing to associate hitnself
with a company in a bid of S3G,000 a
saillcs 17th, says there has been | ,n0Ilt h f° r the Road, in face of the fact
silence for twenty hours, except an | that 1 1C l ,a8 not paid * cent lut0 treasn-
occasional boom from Fort Vnie- j ry for the last few months, but has ac-
rien. Tiie firing has been slack <lu- j tually sought an appropriation from the
ring the past three days. It is ru- I Legis’ature, it follows necessarily that | m<n ^ m the country Will hob!
mo red that the Germans have agreed j |, e ; 8 ei( h cr ail ;d iot or t pu bi ic I responsible to a certain extent
Horrible Outrage in Louisville.
One Negro Prisoner murdered in Jail.
Seven Negroes have their ears cut off.
We have received a letter from
Jefferson county, giving the particu-
■man race, in whatever latitude, m j A recent change in the cl'
ire capable of freedom, anil were it , Los Aiigvles, California j-
not so, the Almighty, having the I horticulturists there with tbp"- 5ll ‘ e
power, should have railed these j that they may soon be able to
sections into his counsels f>r the fret- j vale tropical Imiis. Many (r Cn ' tl “
ter completion of his work. This j semi-tropical fruits have been' ?
reminded one of the famous decla- cessfully produced by them for
ration of an Abolition loader, Mr. j a number of years,
fiarrisrm, lint if (be Alnisbiy. bay- j Tbe „ lran e ,| it „ r of
,cs '"' v I Intelligencer Maj. John H.
>n the
a fai 1-
Thc vetran ei
uan' a
■ died in that city, on the lOih
I after an illness of three month*
Count Bismarck recenilv
lars of one of the most revolting out- j and without the least pievious oom-
rages which has ever disgraced the plaint J he report of Mi. Motley s
annals of civilizations : It seems that
mg the power, neglected i "<
slavery, his Government v
me.
The comments of the press upon j
the Motley-Fish correspondence are j __ _^ iiiiv sa
generally prejudiced in favor of s. German Republican, who w--
Grant. There cannot be a doubt- preaching the necessity of a Germ ^
that Mr. Motley was badly treated | Republic sooner or later: “Mv<| c ,-
by his sudden recall, without any j sir, I am a Republican, but the " ?
explanation or reason for it, withont is not come yet.”
Gambella has
time
on Saturday night last a band of dis
guised men, who are supposed to
have been Ku Klux, visited Louis
ville, the county site of Jefferson
county, and demanded the key of
the jail from the jailor, Judge Diehl.
They went to the jail, opened ii,
conxersation with Lord
any opportunity to enquire the cause Uambella has uL!erpd g .
that is a good key to the charar
- of the man. This is, that “there
Clarendon, thing t j jat w ;|j never ca ■ ,
wh.d, .Mr. Osb tep'esents, in hie an ,| that one thing is the Bcpub hr
reply lo Mr. Motley, as unconnected | I U|J,IC
with ihe spirit of his instructions, Col. Cincinnati!* Peeple
had been approved hv Mr. Fish come the political editor of
made. So that reason ! ianla Sun.
ate,
when first made. So that reason
for ihe recall of Motty was an after
thought
has he.
the At-
took out nine prisoners, five of whom j lhal the. real reason of the recall |
had been previously tried and con- j was Motley s refusal to appoint the
vieted, and four of whom had been j-on of Mr. I ish as his secretary,
committed on charges duly made. J The President had warmly urged
The prisoners were ca tric'd a little [this appointment, and resented the
distance from the village and whip- refusal.
ped severely by tlm band, and the General Grant, by the way, is
ear* of seven of them were cut off. j torid °f exercising the power of ap-
They then turned
that an
all
- , The microscope shows UJ . U
lt^ is believed by many j 0 y Ster contains multitudes ofs:
oysters, covered with shells
Muskrats have a curious method
of traveling long distances under the
ice. Jn their winter excursions \ (}
their feeding grounds, which am
frequently at a great distance from
their abodes, they take in breath at
these seven Ipoinlment, and his appointments and leaning, and remain under
loose together with one whose ears removals are equally capricious and ' a * n @> as * can. lYey
the ice and breathe out the
their lungs, which remains ir
longed to Dr. Dixon
other negroes (Jim Siaplelnn) had
both of his ears taken off’. The peo
ple of the county—all the true men
—are justly indignant at thisdiahol
ical conduct. They are determined
they neglected to cut. The ninth inexplicable.
w’as broughl back to the jail, shot There w as some opposition, .... •- , ,
twelve times and killed. The one j ihe Senate, to the confirmation of s 1 - ur ‘“'- c Ul
killed had been committed for burn- Vice-Admiral Porter, as Admiral, j ’ ' n ‘ > air . r . eco
ing recently the gin house of Allen in tho place of harragut, deceased, j '-o ‘ . . warrant ice. ar
Brown. The name ol this iir-gm was But tlmre wt re lull nine votes aeainst ldke 1 ln again, ami no on till i,
Charles Holler, who formerly be- him. The Senate, it was well as- operation has to on repeatc.!.
One of the certaiued, during ihe ciebale on the Governor Bullock has issued ce
office of Admiral. They may con-i lificates of election to the It>1 low;:
sent, however, to abolish it when it J gentlemen: NV. \V. Paine, 41st Co
mav again become vacant. ! gress, and A. T. McIntyre, 4.
The three Commissioners to visit ! Congress, from ihe First Disirit
San Domingo are selected. Mr. j Marion Bethune, 41st Congre;
to ferret out the offenders and bring j Wade, of Ohio, presiding President i Third District; W. P. Price, 41
them to justice. p/o/m of the Senate, is at the head and 42d Congress, Sixth Distiii
From our knowledge of the popu- j of the Commission. lie fiad a con- : Gen, P. M. B. Young, 41st anv! 4:
lation of that county, w'e are satisfied j lerencc with the President on the | Congress, Seventh District,
ifial this anil similar outrages which j -object yestnday. I he U. fc. ship-
have been committed there are not ! Tennessee, will sail with the Corn-
aided or countenanced by the ohl | mission next w
and resptc:ab!e citizens. But the
reputation o! the county is seriously i
injured bv these repeated actsoflaw- '
lessne**, atid the public senli |
Ij a lour day’s armistice.
have Iall*n ahrtrt, it ha* been an j mighty governmental machinery. Thu
error of the bead and not of the I tiark shadow of the Destroyer stiil
heart. j lianga over our desolatod land. The
The days of bitter psrtizsn feeling ! eril which re.nltcd from »uch a gigan
vrith u* have passed, a» we have * ic upheaval and commotion, *re not
grown older, vre have grown wiser, remedied. 1 his is the object
ami when we see and recognize and j In ' ,, '° 11 t * 10 Democratic party.
this grand w rk we propose
honest difference of opinion upon
to
nH
In
enlist
District Jucge3
The Executive announces the Dia-
Irid Judges which he has appointed.
They areapponinted for (bur year*
from the 1st of January', 1S71, to
hold office until a successor is ap
pointed:
1st Di-lrict—James M. Simms, ef
Ck at ha m county, a negro.
4th District—A. G. Osgood, of
Glynn county.
Sin Distiiet—T. A. Swrarengcn,
of Decatur county.
9ih Disttict—Jessie H. Griffin, of
Calhoun county.
UIllYEKil. SEWS.
’I’iik Law of Hiring —As rise hiring
-eason has commenced with another
year, it may not be amiss to republish a
inetn j j a . A . 0 f Ge-.r^ia bearing on the subject,
j Section 4 528, page 8G7 of the Code,
If • . j * ,i ii* t i they do not give open proof of theii reads as follows :
If au idiot, we desire to be delivered | - 7 . ■ r i ■ < i
condemnation of tl e*c infernal oui-
i • rr . . i . . “ auv person, by himself or asent.
rages, by vigorous efforts to detect! , ,, . - ®
, • I i I ii i i i -shall De guilty of emt-ioyiner the servant
and punish the bold, t>ad men who .t ' ° , , . ,
I . . lot another, (luting ttie term for vrbreb
are now inaugurating a reign of ter | ie , h | ie or tilPy , may i, e employed,
rorism throughout that county. j knowing that such servant wa» so em-
As ;i iriere matter of pecuniary' in- ' ployed, or it any person or persons shall
lerest, to put the case io Its lowest as- ! entice, peisuade or decoy, or attempt to
pec!, they must stop these acts of j entice, persuade or decoy any servant
lawlessness and ctin.e, or they wil
soon be left without labor. The nr
• ii i i, . « he uccmen guilty of misdemeanor and i
groes will, and otiohl to leave a cmin- - e , . ,, . _ ,
. i upon conviction thereof, shall bo fined I
try where their lives and persons are a!iy sum Bot more , Iian , wo hnndred
left to the mercy ol a lawless band joilars, or be cot.fiue
Signs of Rainfall.—Mr. Ii
bert Scott, an English meicomhg
j asserts that, when the clouds !i -
Jon the hills, it is a sQn of rain;
1 this indicates that the air is sntu
i ted with moisture. Very brG
lear weather, making the hills
he sav;
Irv.
from his imbecility—if a rogue we do
not wisli to give further scope to his
thieving proclivities.
Cause* of German Surer**.
Ono great cause of the astounding
success of the Germans in this war is to
be found in this, that, superadded to the
excellency of tbeir system of recruit,
ment, they have the best-inctruc'.e staff
in the world, which have revolutionized
for them the tactice, or practical portion
of the art of war as complete as their
own Fredrick did a century or more a-
to leave his employer, either by offvrit-g
; higher wages, or in way whatever, shall
pear cleatly visible, is,
an indication ol anpror
fall; fer when the air
holds in suspension dust, w
makes the dLtant landscape h
As vapor condenses, it first attai
itself fo the pat tides of dust, an<
snaking them heavier, precipil
them to the earth. A fine starii
night, in otherwise rainy weallu
a sign that it will probabv c
mence raining again the next in
in;.
JOlli District—Iieiny Morgan, of J go; and even more than was done, not
ol cut-throats and midnight assassins, j C eed three months.’’
injau Dot to ex-
We have not the time or space now
to speak of it more fully. It is a sub- j
Ft
i the untiring nmigies of our minds and
measure*, mean#, men, principle* or t , . “ . „
r ■ the beat affections of our hearts.
polici..»«cbferfultj.ecord..niurh|,, i)11>f , t|tliij tl „ llJad n(
honesty of purpose and convictions
of right to thoso with whom we dif
fer, a* we would have them accord
lo ourselves. But when wa see
fraud, corruption, financial dishon
esty, official stealing, perjury, profii.
gacy, executive extravagance, and
radical misrepresentation and usur
pation lilting it* head with a brazen
front and unblushing chcrk, we
never hesitated to strike and expose.
With fraud, corruption and political
villainy, we never could, and never
would join hands, nor had any
word in extenuation or apology. We
were taught in a different school and
bad for our teacher, the honored
founder of the Recorder,—oar de
ceased father. Whatever of merit
there may have been in us as an edi
tor, we owe it to his teachings and
example. Truth was his polar star,
and integrity, the chart by which
lie guided bis actions.
We bespeak for the obi Recor.
der, and its present editors and pro-
corrup
tion and vice may hurl, unawed by
power’s might or daatarik’ threat?,
we will never compromise with tlip
Duuehf ny count v.
11th District—Duncan Jordan, of
Randolph coun'y.
12th Di.-lriil—J. E. Blunt, of
Stcwnrt county.
13th District—George W. Fish, of | f ,ove ‘ 1 u,,on !t ’ AnntLer is t0 . be founJ
Macon countv. i in the perfection of their equipment in
14th District—Jacob Watson, ofi^very arm, and the admirable orde f
Gen. Lee and the V a a.—
jf ct which should engage the thought- i f T nre . al ^ ew Oman?. Gen. 11
, . , , , ° Lexington. V a., said :
bis lec
ton, of
There seems to be snu.ibhiinv
over That!. Stevcus’ property. His
executors wont file any inventory of
his effects. People have been euser
to know what his assets were. Hi;
connection with land grants
! so much by Napoleon himself as by the .
I course of events during the first days of
| the French Revolution, and the skill
| with which lie seized tlie result aud tin-
-John F. Lawson, of
wrong, but wi!! pursue it and combat it
until our sword shall have dropped from
our nerveless grasp and oar itiffened
tongues can u'tcr defiance no more.
Lme cf the Stale Roaib
Much h.ts luen written End ?nid
about the lease of the State R*ad to
Ex-Gov. Brown and th« company
he represents. From the cotnmuni
rations of Gov. Brown, explanatory
of his bid, and the fact* as shown
Gov. Bullock was justified io lea*
ing the Road to him and his partv.
Th« D obbtns’ party have much to
*ay. but they fail in their points. The
mere fact that they offered more,
amounts to nothing unless the terms
of lh« law were •triclly complied
with.
I he felate we think, has made a
very good bargain; $25,000 per
month, for twenty years. Whan vrr.
prietors, a generou* support from our 'take into consideration the workim
friends and patrons, and hope that
•l will receive in the future, at it
has in the past that liberal support*
that its merits deserve.
It. M. ORME.
To She Headers of the Recorder.
From the above, it will be seen
that Mr. Orme retires Irom the con
trol of the “Recorder.” The sub
scribera having become editors and
proprietors, it is their intention lo
make the ‘ Recorder” a first class
newspaper in every sense of the
word. Mr. B. H. Sasxext, will
be the principal editor, and i*ur
readers wiil themselves be the jud
ges of his ability, and cap c ty. Wc
have no misgivings on on# part as
to his ability, or fore# as a writer.
Tne old “Recorder” richly freight
ed in tbe memories of the past, as
to mea and their aefs, confidently
appeals to a generous public to aid
with a band so liberal that io its old
oft he Road under past adminise
Iration*; that it was used as a mean*
to promote and aid partizans &c.,
we think it well that it has passed
out of the hands of the Executive.
It wns alwny* looked upon as a kind
of political reward office, and a fa'
place to reward lavorites.
Again, when we take into consid
eration, the competition the Road
will have to contend with in the fu
ture, in competing roaib, that will
take off travel and freight, wc think
that a twenty years lea*e, at $25,000
per month, shout just to all parlies.
The Stale has certainly lost nothing
by the operation, and we hope the
parties that now control it, will
make a fair profit for the risk* they
assume and run. O.
C ft! DRY.
A number of the papers of the
Slate are discussing the repeal of
I’ulaski county.
17ih Dislrict-
Burke county.
ISth District—Henry Jones, of
Richmond coutilv.
19th District—Win. H. McWhor.
ter, of Green county.
20th District—Joseph B. Gonder,
of Hancock count v.
21st Di-lrict—J.»hn F. Shine, of
Twicers count}’.
22(1 District — Henry W. Cowles,
ol Bibb county.
23d District—A. fcb Giles, of Hous
ton county.
21111 District—C. W. Chapman,
of Muscogee county.
20;h District—Thomas W. Thur
man, of Sj> tiding county
29lh District—Virgil
of Columbia coun y.
30th Distriel—Joseph McWhorter,
of Orglethornrr county.
35th Distiict—Sum Lawrence, of
Cobb couulV.
;>7lh District—John II. CalJv ell,
of Troup county.
which prevails in their intendawe or de
partrneut of supply.
MSTRICT ATTORNEYS
the usary laws, taking ground, that
age, it may not have occasion lo j common sense, comn on justice and
UP*- a reproach for neglect, nor in- uue political economy demand t! e ot Troup county.
1*1 District—T. R. Mills, of Chat
ham county.
8:h District —J. S. Chiistie, of
Miller county.
9th District—Tlico. N. Winn, ol
Calhoun county.
10ih District—Thos. It. Lyons, ol
Doiicfierty county.
llth District—Jos. II. Taylor, of
Randolph county.
12th D.strict—Josiah Harrell, of
Webster county
13th District—John D. Carter, of
Sumpter county.
14th District—S. R. Goode, of
Dooly county.
17:h District—Wm. Henry Willy,
of Scriven comitv.
ISth District — Ellery M. Drayton,
of Richmond count y.
20th District—\V. G. McAdoo, of
Baldwin county.
21st District—Allen L. Burge, of
Wilkinson county.
22d District—Jos. E. Hunt, of
Pike county.
23d District—J. A. Iloltzclaw, of
Houston county.
20th District—Charles R. John
son, of Spalding county.
30ih District—HamnerX. Morton,
of Orglethorpe county.
35lh District—W. G. Irwin, of
Fulton comity.
37th District—Thos. H. Whitaker,
Frasitc’s Future.
The recovery of a nation after loss,
conquest, pestilence, famine, is nt»t un
frequently recorded iu history; hilt a na
lion tl*at has fallen to pieces by its in
ternal disorganization does not for loug
— sometime* does not for ages—reassert
its place in the world. The eclipse
which came upon Gieecc anl upon Ita
ly lasted for centuries, and lias not pass
ed away. In later times the glory of
Spain departed, aud has never returned
These considerations must appall one
who looks now at prostrate France.
Not her present misfortune* only, hut
M. Barnes, J the dark days that are before her, ex
cite emotion, the one raising pity, the
other shutting out hope. Franco the
fair, the romantic, the brave, the legpnd
arv, to sink into a base country, cling
big to her ancient pride and ancient
pretentions, is sad to contemplate. Yet
if what has been he any guide to the
knowledge of what is to be, Frauce
must for many a da}’, perhaps for many
a century, experience tlie bitterness of
humiliation. Of all the great institu
tions which she owned in her days of
renown, not one remains to serve as a
rallying};- ;nt. So utieily has she iailed
that her reconstruction cannot he imme
diate or speedy; it matt be the work of
generation*.
Nevertheless, strongly as the analo
gies may press in a political view, there
is a ground of hope for France w hich
was wanting to the fallen countries with
which we have compared her. Greece,
It.ily, Spain, are all peninsula*, on tbe
ikirta of the Continent, It irquired a-
mazing ris to give them their predomi
nation at all, and, when their energy
tihappeared, insignificance natnrally en
surd. Their geographical position, iu
spite of which they raised themselves,
gave them no assistance when they be
gan to fail ; it rather served to t*-ach the
rest of Europe how well affairs could go
on without these excrescences, which
belong moie to the sea than to the laud.
But her geographical situation must
always work powerfully in favor of
France. Europe can uever go on its
way unmindful of her—can never *«y,
as loug as she is a nation, that her
voice fball he entirely unheeded in
council. It may be that, like (b# po
tent Hebrew’*, her hair may begin to
grow again after she has been shared,
and some token* of ber great strength
to return. Ala* that, like him, tbe abould
be fatally blind !
iiil consideration of every good man
in the Stale. The truth is, if these i
outrages are not stopped, and that > at
erly, we must expect a reign of an
archy. We shall again return lo the
subject.— Chronicle and Sentinel.
ngton
A few hours before the chi
Appomattox Court lions
• g scene
General
monopafies in Congress was ni
ous, ami it is boldly surmised
his effects wont bear tali
ng about
Lee sent for General I’endleton to have ' or reputation-
pnvate conference on
condition of affairs. In th;
die desperate
t conference
Our WaiLinglon Cerrrsptuttlrntt.
(From the Charleston Courier.)
Washington, Jan. 14.
The unanimous passage of the
Dominican resolutions by the Sen-
Flis private life was fiaoramlv
__ * immoral and criminal. While he
I General Lee stated that from the first— was glorified bv radicalism as a
j taking into ennsidera’ion the limited I ;a : n ;
! means at our command and the unlimi I rr,. , , , r , ,
. , c .i .i . | 1 he colored woman that n if!
l ted resources of the power that opposes j i t .-. , .
I us—I have never believed we could sue I t,,e roIe °* 1 ":' ? “ hou?e ke tP rr ’ ( *'
i ceed, unless Providence or some foreign j ^ nr twenty-five \e<ir;
; power should lend ns assistance. I know f crvfce. t?lie has had to battle for
| it was to tbe intersst of foreign powers J the compensation,
j »o do so. 1 believe it was their duty. The tale of that estate is an u^iv
ale is claimed as a triumph for the j While realizing fully the tremendous otic.
President. The Commissioners ap- j °‘*ds against us. and all the difficulties j ^
. iii- , ! against which we would have to contend t Cotton Statement.—New York,
pointed by him to report upon the r lc!t tliere great |;rillcipIe8 , G j* m . in J January Hi.—Cotton n ovements «.f
condition ol (he Dominican country taiued. a holy cause to be defended, and the week show a sii^ht fallin" off
will al.-o present the subject in as determined upon my course.’’ j,, receipt*, but a marked inert-,i-e
favorable a light as possible. I hr-u j ,T. W. Bfhke & Co s TT'ceUy Jirt i in exports.
again, the Democrats make a party j and Uhls has been changed to a I Receipts at nil ports 13° 5-1 hale-,
monthly, and will hereafter appear in j against 139,(431 last week’
the previous week, and
three weeks since. Total
opposition to the scheme of annex
ation, and that will lend lo rally all
the Republicans in favor of it. So
ihe President will very possibly
carry his point during his present
erm, aud thus take the first step to
wards ihe annexation of nil the
West India Islam!*. No one doubts
that tho annexation of the Dominion
part of the island will be speedily
followed by the acquisition nf Hav-
li, without the war which Mr. Sum
ner predicts.
Mr. Sumner in his last speech
against the measure disclaimed hos
tility to the President as the motive
of his opposition. His admonition
ate and the country
su re September 1,900,552,
1.53S.919 for the correspond
magazine f-uin. It will be a handsome
periodical, filled with the very sort cf
reading that children need, and hence,
deserving large patronage.
Governor Builock has just issued five! , ,
proclamations. lie offers SI.000 for | l P previous ye3..
Thomas O'Neal an l Rufus O'Neal. Exports from a
nmrd. reis of J. M. Anthony, who have , week 93,GS9 bales
Als “* t,,r 5-i.ne week fastvear.
*1,000 for \V - B. took, with proof to I PT nnru fi.r i
124.410
130,210
receipis
P
Ti
r . r, , „ P ro °f t“ I exports for ..... ^..
ronvict for kilting t-.niders Burnetf, iu ! 1 *
Schley county. Also 81.000 for II>,rv-
ell C. Shuiley, wiili proof, for killing
William Edwards in tlobb county.
Also, 81.000 for Thomas II. Dawson,
with proof, for killing John W. Chan
dler, in Irwin county.
turn
to the Senate and the country was According to the last census n
to “beware of the tropics.” There turns ihe population of Georgia is
was poison in their possession lor LI79,S86, In lSGOit was 1.057,-
all our Republican institutions, and ; ^66. f-iie now ranks as the 13th
so also thought Senator Schurz. The j State in point of population,
tropical regions, as they argued, | The Hon. Bet j.imin H. Hill in
were not adapted to bee labor, hie late address to the people of | Europe 97 000i^s^ln^ l^
There labor must be involuntary. Georgia, savs: I T\r g
Labor tlicre must be compelled, and j i si > ar.
the e:
liie year 1,OSS,002 bait
787,409 lor the same
year.
Stock at all ports 549.615 hs
against 461,677 last year. 8l(
at interior towns 112,978, ng‘
104.113 last year. Stock in Li
pool 520,000, against SfiO.OOO
year.
A mount of American cotton ni
for Great Britain 2S0.080 ha
against 171,000 last year.
Amount of India cotton alb
can only exist with slavery. So al
so it was argued, society recognizes
in the tropical regions the law of
force. Mr. Schurz argued that the
further Southern States were subject
to disorder and violence since the
war and before, while in tin more
Northern of them, like Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware, civil order
prevailed. At this point Mr.Schuiz
threw out an intimation, of which
we have heard before, that the Presi
dent, in consequence of the disor
ders prevailing in the South, was
about to adopt some measures of an
arbitrary kind for their suppression.
If the Southern States cannot be
governed by Republican institutions
then tbe government of tropical
countries must be arbitrary and des
potic. That was the argument of
Schurz and Sumner, and against it
Wilson, of Massachusetts, solemn
pn tested, as an arraignment of the
wisdom and beneficence of the Al
mighty. He believed the whole hu-
‘Add to these views the well
The weather South during ik ?
past week has been very pleasant
nearly every section, and was b'g’’ 7 '
y lave rable for picking operat;oii=
Alligators’ Hides.—An estat*’
known lacl that the great body ( f
the Northern people regard the free
dom and the civil and political
equality of the negro as a great na
tional, philanthropic and religions
result, and you must ngicc with me j lishment for tanning alligators’ bah -
that the hope of a change at the | at Roxbury, Mass., takes ail ::
North, which would obliterate these ! " ree n hides of these reptiles caj’
amendments, must be abandoned.” (e’cl at New Orleans arid along
Mr. Hill is entirely mistaken j n coats of Florida. The hides uni
the public opinion of the North on * S° a ^ ,n S and expensive tanningP r "’
the negro suffrage question. \\ r e cess, lasting for eight month-. <- luri,l?
are safe in saying that seven-truths ; which time they
of the people of tin* North are oppos | gnlorly every week,
io suffrage. In 1
*<1 to
e/cry
are handled f
The are
ned into an czeedinelv tough -‘
State, except Iowa, it has been de- I c ! as, ' c leather, said lo be iniper' 1 "'
foated, whenever it has been sub-i lo wa,er ' skins of the you 1 ®
mitted to the people.—N. Y. Dav ! an 'mals only are available, as a
^ mntnrilu tltP Kn/»nmP5 fjOr^Y'
maturity the hide becomes
Col. T, C. Howard retires from j
The Convention of the f' cor ~.,
u the editorial chair of the Atlanta j ®‘ a,e Agnruliunl boctety wi.> _
i v I’lanlatirm and is succeeded by Rev * n l ^ ,e Hall, at Macon ,eo j;,j
i C. \V. Howard. ion Wednesday, February
,, T . tI r- . Three delegates from each
Z. V. "ABHrsi-N, Esq., has been Agricultural Society will cotuj^
elected Clerk ol ti e Supreme Court. ' t he Convention,