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THE DAILY J^UN ..August 28. AdMrtitement* alicayi found V» rtm Pag*: uxal andButincu Notices on Fourth Page. CITY AFFAIRS. A meeting of Omar de Lion Common itrj is called for this evening. Menas.—A valuable pair for sole, by 2t A. K Skago. Nearly all of the schools in the city will resame exercises this morning. Mastsrtsg. It ys* want any buildings plastered, ysl an J. O. Thrower. He is a very superior workman in his line—thorough ly reliable and energetic. See his card. The 8600 given by the Council Friday night, will pat the association nearly, if not quits out pf debt Over two thousand bodies have been reinterred in the ceme tery. The notion of the Council is en dorsed by the citizens. Ofltlktrpe Vnlrfruity. Oglethorpe is oiT^oUege. It is At lanta's Institution. It's next.term cpm- ia October. Res hhhmmft oneof thi'healthioet cities n the world; and we intend to make Og lethorpeqaael thabea* uaHegea. It is under tSe >bla (npatintendenoy of Dr. Wills,assisted by a saperiorFacnlty. Take it into consideration. Ooaotml m. Kffty tmltk. This eminent man—profound scholar, «-1 ■ t V l iap'ikril -fiarnt. Is Obaaselor of ths Univetvity of Nashville the adver tisement of whioh appears in this morn ing*s Bo*. Schools sf engineering, satin tectore, etc., are open to students. The ihlllhuy organisation is adopted for dis- efphne and physical training. Two hundred and seventy-three students ma triculated last session. Y . v Ji, rnnml (Jen. Robert Toombs is expected to arrive in a few days. His visit is per The Corrttpondtnct Between Col. Fur row and MnJ. McOallu. Imps in connection with tho State Road Hhodey Huhnts takes ehaaga of the local columns of the Mne Jim this Mr. A. Pope, the general agent of the Orest Coast Line, is in the city. Dr. Louis Ormo lias returned (row a visit near West Point His liotflth is im proved. Governor Bullock arrived yesterday on the ir. x. State Road train. Mr. H. I. Kimball sailed on the ICth for Europe. OoL A. D. Nunnally and lady, of Grif fin, registered at the Kimball House last night Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas, of Ope lika, are in the city, and ore spending a day or so at the Kimball. An Inquiry. We respectfully ask if it is according to law for the Ordinary of the county, in the cases nhoro prisoners are sentenced by the District Court (Judge Lawrence) “ to work on the city or town streets or county roads," to put them to building the new jail, or such liko service ? The law once allowed such offenders to be sen tenced “ to work in a chain-gang on the public works;" but, if we roooilect right ly, ag Act was passed in October, 1870, striking thia provision from the law and declaring that chain-gangs should be no longer tolerated in Georgia ns a punish moot for misdemeanors. Wo understand that Judge Lawrence's sentences in all casos are about as follows; “That the prisoner, A. B., do pay the fine of dollars, or in default thereof lie put to,work on the city or town streets or county roods, subject to tho order of the Ordinary of county, for tho ten* of —months”—or wonjs to that effect If this be the law, and this tho sen tence, an they striety complied with when those so oonvicted and sentenced are placed under the control of the con tractors for building the jail, or any other public work, except on tho streets of the city or the roods of the oounty T We respectfully make the inquiry. The Governor returned to the city yesterday morning after an absence of a month or more. He has returned at a critical juncture, and various am ths oonjeoturea as to what wilt be Ua oourse in regard to the iuvustfgsaiee now going on, and the ngresaMBt sntssed into nnusmulag the wutody of ths Rail Road Books and papan Boms psedist that he will at onoe order them back into the possession of Blod gelt; and allcga that they contain evi dence oflbq O over nock complicity with, « connivance at, the fronds and rob beries alleged, and will taka aoms stops to prevent them from being scrutinised, nod that he will repudiate the agreement of Ooiooei Farrow, and take the beaks tad papers oet of the hands of Meatra. tat i to heet of evi s that ha is guilty; would give ground lor himself in thia way. Other ganfctafc* RUdff and fascia* AhMi are too numewoes to albsde to. As Bs Excellency did not sendtori urdcom- anrieateto usaMst vks— tier she i we rrfcainlreupubiwluag them. Those who have boldly, aud in the far o of difficulties und discouragements that but few would like to encounter, under taken the mighty work of detecting flic guilty parties und exposing the frauds, forgeries, corruptions and thefts, which are believed to have lxxui carried on in con nection with the State Itoad under tl. Radical administration of Capt. Foster Blodgett, were resolved, at all hazanh, and at whatever oo3t, to prevent the rec ords thereof from failing into bis hands, with no one to watch them but himself and those whom the iieople'geueraUysus. pect and behove to be complicated with whatever of wrong doing may finally be established. In the order of Blodgett, which we published on Saturday, removing MoOalla, Hotchkiss and I. P. Harris, upon the pretended (or real) order of Governor Bullock; tho subsequent “order" of Major Hargrove to Captain Tim Mnrpby, to take charge of the rooms and not allow any one to enter them without authority; and tho still subsequent, vorbally confused iiitlruc- lioiu of Captain Blodgett, transferring the whole matter to Attorney Gonerul Fur row, requiring him to bring up tho “un finished business" and inretligale “the gut conduct of certain parsons hereto fore oouneeted with the road;" in all this, we say, them wss a mmUance of lawful authority on tho port of Blodgett and his friends; for ha hod the so-oallsd or der of the Governor, (remember, that Bullock was, at the date of said order, ontoide of the State, and bis authority to it under ouch circumstances was, and ia, questioned;) while the friends of the people, in their action, bad nothing loans tain them but a consciousness of oorrect motives, and a determination that no opportunity should be given to any one hereafter, cover up any pil fering tracks that may bavo been mado. See how "conscienoo doth make cow aide of ns all I" and how a man who bos occupied a high place, where great pub- Bo frauds aae believed to have been per petrated, and who ia generally believed to.have been cognizant of, il.not in com plicity with, them; and who, if not ao tually guilty in either of theso respects, ought to have known of and prevented any snob frauds and robberies, if they warn perpetrated; and if not perpetrated, oagbt, at least, to have so managed the important trust in bis bands as to bavo satisfied the country, and saved himsel f from the pnblie odium now rosting upon him—an bo |made to quail, and surren der what ho claims as his legal rights, before tho high indiguution of a virtuous publio sentiment! Whether Capt. Blodgett be guilty or innocent of the charges which tho pnblie mind entertains ogaiust him; whether bis effort on Friday to get the exclusive posessiou for himself and those of liko ilk, of the books and papers, was with a good or evil in tention—no matter wbieb—that attempt has tho appearance of a last desperate effort—a dying kick, an expiring gasp in tho vain struggle once more to put himself in a position of importance and assume an attitude of some consequence before tho publio at this juncture. That dying kick icat a dead failure! It did not put him on his feet again! He is down, and thore ho will remain (if he is not lent to lower dopths), unless the public, after a thorough investigation, shull come to the conclusion that ho ought not to be kept down, and shall oome to bis relief and kelp him up! This will be doue if they find he deserves it; if not, bo might well submit without n struggle, for there is, in suoh cose, ho salvation for him. If it ia clearly ascertained and proven that hia skirts are clear and his J hands cloan, none will more cheerfully oomo to bis relief than Tun Bun; but until this proof is fnruisbod to the peo ple, ho must lio iu the mud; and ho might as woll take it patiently. This much by way of introduction to what we intended to say of tho rorres- pondeneo between Colonel Furrow und Major McCslIa, which we now prococd to do Wo commond its spirit. It is highly creditable to both of them. It evinces, on tho part of cock, au earnest desire and determination to make searching inves tigations at onoe, and to bring to a spoedy oooonnt all delinquents and all pecula tors | and forgers, if |snch are found. We have not tho slightest doubt of the good faith of both these gentlemen Major McCalls has heretofore shown this, by having warrants issued |and procuring the arrest of five or six parties. We ore aware that ho performed this, from a high senso of public duty, after failing to in duce Captain Blodgett to take the some steps, and perform this work himself. Colonel Farrow we have known for years; and notwithstanding we have had no Sympathy with his political views, we have confidence in his integrity of purpose, end rest- contented that he will vigorously press the work upon which he has entered, sparing neither friend nor foe, political or otherwise, who may bo found to have offended. Thia is our opinion of OoL Fanow, which we do not lrceitate to express; and we shall enter tain it till some reason for changing it is furnished. We are aware that soma of anr readers will differ With us on this point, because he bos been connected with Bollock's Radical and justly odious administration. We respectfully ask all “I Was Very Glad of It." THE STATE ROAD BOOKS; Captain Blodgett, cx-Superintendcnt of the State Itoad, who has boon unhec The Struggle for their “•Possess- eaauriiy “prolonging” hia term, in Lis letter to the Editor of the Eru, which wo publish this morning in Tun Sun, makes allusion to a conversation, which ho Bays took place between himself and Major Me Calls, in relation to the report of the latte r having paid into tho State Treasury a certain sum of money, and says he told McCalla that he was “eery glad of it. 1 ' GLAD!! Ye Hcftmis, listen! Foster 131odgett “glad,” that a little money has at last been paid into the State Treasury, by a State Road ojjicinl! If this little mite, paid iuto the Treas ury, at this late day, and under such circumstances, has so rejoiced his heart, why did he not mako'himsclf more than twelve times as glad at the end of every month during the past year by paying into tho State Treasury more than twelve times an much (which he could easily have done from the earnings of the Itoad) as that small amount of < *rettita* tion money!” If less than $4,000 of “restitution money** going"into the State Treasury now, has made his soul “glad,” would not tho payment of $50,000 or over into the Treasury every month, from the In/it ivy ite earnings of the Road, have, kept him supremely happy, and in ec static pleasures, all that time? No doubt he would now be ghul and rejoice if ho hail done so. No doubt he would give the world if he conld recall the post. But opportunities once lost are gone forercr\ They can Dever be recalled; and let all who are exposed to temptation, or who have opportunities to involve their honor in tho hope of gain, remember that tho path of stern, unbending recti tude is the only safe one ! You must not toy or dally with sin, nor stop to consider its tempting Allurements; if you do, you are already more than half lost; and ten to one your loss is irre trievable. Woo to the mau that is tempt ed and yields up his honor! But to stop moralizing: It seems that Capt. Blodgett was deeply conoerned and exceedingly anxious to have that money deposited in the Btatc Treasury lest he might he arrested! Ah, arrested 1 What virtue there is iu the fear oX arrest, und in being arrested! Did Foster Blodgett have any of the money which has come into his hands (or into tho hands of those under him, which is the some thing) sinco tho lease of tho State Itoad, depos ited in the StAte Treasury, or manifest any anxiety or desire or disposition to do so? The feur of arrest was not then be fore his eyes! but this time it was! It seems that Isaac F. Harris and B, W. Wrcnn never manifested any sort of disposition to settle up tho balances in their hands, till they were arrested; and we have been informed that they even denied, on several occasions, that they owed anything to the State. How this is wo do not know; but it seems that there is virtuo iu being arrested, and in the fear of arrest. More Arrriti. Yesterday oificor Kendrick returned to this city bringing with him Mr. James Mullins, whom ho arrested some where below Macon, and Mr. W. It. D. Millar, of Savannah, arrested in that city. Both are charged with complicity in the State Itoad frauds and peculations, and, wo understand, will have a hearing before Judge Hopkins this morning at the City Hall. Mr. Millar is accompanied by his wife, and is stopping at the Kimball House. Both ho and Mullins are iu tho custody of the oflloers. AKHKHT OF UKOUOE 8. COBB. iou v —The Genera! Bookkeep er and uie Attorney-General— A Highly Interest!lit; and Cour teous Discussion—A Satisfac tory Tern i nation. Important Correspondence. In our last it^ue we stated that the question as to who should have charge and hold immediate possession of the books and papers belonging to the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was a matter of serious consideration and negotiation all day on Friday, and that they were guarded by a posse of policemen on Friday night The final solution of the matter in all its details, however, was not reach ed till »Saturday—all of which the following correspondence fully ex plains: Atlanta, August 25, 1871. To the Hon. Henry P. Farrow, Attorney (General: Sir—As my right to the custody of the l)Ooks and papers connected with the State Itoad, left over at the time said road was lc;osed, is disputed, I now oiler, iu your presence, to turn over said books and papers to the Comptroller-General but 1 respectfully decline to surrender them to Hon. Foster Blodgett, or to any person designated by him. Please state if it will satisfy your claims upon the lxioks and papers for me to moke the disposition above indicated. Very respectfully, (Signed) Chas. P. McCalla. Atlanta, Ga., August 25, 1871. Sir: Your proposition to tarn over all the books ana papers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, alluded to by you, cannot bo acoepted for tho reason that I consider it my dnty, under the laws of Georgia and instructions this day receiv ed, to ascertain from those books and papers, as speedily os possible, who are in default, and the amount of their de fault ; and farther, who have now in their possession any money or property of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, whether fraudnlently or otherwise, and cause proper demand to be made of them for settlement, and, in cose of failure to set tle them, have proper statement of the sum thus withheld mado to the Comptrol ler General that he may issue his execu tion as the law directs, and thus bring them to a settlement in tho most sum mary manner. With a view to thos placing these matters in such shape that tho Comptroller can issuo his execution and bring these parties, no matter who they may be, to a speedy settlement, I wish to place all the books and papers under the immediate control of Judge Collier, or any other citizen of like unim peachable character, and have them fur nished with such aid as will enable them to speedily furnish me a oomplcte state ment of every defalcation or fraud. During the meauwhile you or any other citizens desiring, Bhall have free access to those books and papers in the presence of Judge Hummock, Dr. ltedwine, Judge Collier, or such other like citizen os might be selected, and only in their pres ence ; I and all other persons heretofore connected with tho road being under the same restrictions, and in the meanwhile every facility shall bo afforded to ascer tain fraud aod bring parties now, or here after, arrested to justice, whether they be high or low in station. Very respectfully, Henry P. Farrow, Attorney W. & A. It. It. Chas. P- McCalla, Atlanta, Go. execution is to bo free from any judicial, heard, and urged him to deposit the nity of practicing wlmt thoy had learnt, interference whatever. Thus, the Code money with Dr. Angier immediately.— I 'There is one thing, however, which direct* that all these agents or appointees j Next morning, Thursday the 24th. I rea 1 your children at times retain, and that is of tho Superintendent shall be brought j in The Daily Sun, that McCalla had de- j u feeble, sickly body, because their young, WM “ ‘ amhthereis noth- posited the amount of $3,950 with the delicate frames were not able to endure by him to a settlement, am ing in the law leasing the rood which eon ilicts therewith. It may be said that a suflicient time has already elapsed for all these settlements to have been made; bat with that question I nave nothing to do. My connection with the matter com menced yesterclay, and I will pursue t!*c law vigorously. While 1 regret to know thut J ha' been eomi>elled, from a m.-.n.se of duty, to take issue with bis Excellency, the Gov ernor, and the Superintendent on some questions, and oppose them with all the power and influence I possessed, even to a rupture of pleasant relations; yet, so long as his Excellcucv, Governor It. B. Bullock, remains the Chief Magistrate of Georgia he shall have from me all the re spect and support to which his official position entitles him. And believing that the law makes it the doty of Hon. Foster Blodgett, Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic liailrood, to bring all his subordinate appointees to a set tlement, I shall respect him as such, and faithfully discharge any and all duties which may devolve upon me as the attor ney of the Western and Atlantic Rail road. I have entered upon this dnty untram melled by any private instructions or re strictions by either tho Governor or Su perintendent, and I trust they both know mo well enough to know thut iu the dis charge of my duty I will screen no man. I have had an interview with Dr. Ked- wiue, and am inclined to think 1 will be able to procure his services, und if so, you will l>e informed when wo are ready to opcu the books and papers, and will be invited to be present, either iu person or by attorney. With the highest personal respect, I am, &c., Henry P. Farrow, Attorney W. & A. R. R. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 2G, 1871. Hon. H. P. Farrow, Attorney General: Sir—In answer to your communication of this date I would say that I am satis fied with the selection of Dr. C. L. Red- wine, O. C. Hammock and John Collier as the proper custodians of the books and papers of tbe Western A Atlantic Railroad. While I disagree with you as to the autl^prity by which you claim tho right to prosecute claims to full settlement, nevertheless, I am more than willing to waive all points at issue and agree that these gentlemen shall at once take charge of all books and papers of said road. With respect, I am your obedient servant, Chas. P. McCalla, General Book-keeper. Atlanta, Ga., August- 2b, 1871. Messrs. C. L. Red wine, C. C. Hammock and E. E. R<arson, Atlanta, Go.— Gentlemen: I herewith hand you a cor respondence which you will pleuse give a careful perusal, as it is my wish to pro cure your seivices, as citizens in whom the entire community have implicit con fidence, to take charge of the bookstand * '■ Ttail Atlanta, August 25, 1871. Col. Farrow: Without committing my self to anything you may hold touching your rights or duties in reference to making collections, I consider your prop osition as to the custody of the books and tho terms of access to them not imfuir, and therefore accept the same. It is indifferent to mo which of tho throe gentlemen you nofpo is selected. Please designate any one of thorn for yourself. Very respectfully, (Signed) Chas. P. McCalla. More of I In- Kiprm* HoMiriy, nttil wit at tHIUC Of If ik8 to impend their judgment til) they ■It MUom arrises will be held at the Fin* Baptist Ohnreh oretj night thia week at 8:10 o'clock, by Bar. K. W. War 4am, and at S o’aiook in tha evening. — f poet office baa been eetabliahed at plaaa, and Miaa E. P. Strickland haa 4uen appointed to take charge I Tlio book* and patera arc iu the hauda uf hotnxl hud reapouaible men—in whom the people h,re ffie atmoat confidence; whatever ia dqpe under their direc tion the country will ho satisfied with— no matter what that may be. Such ia our judgment and such ia the feeling of every respectable man in thia community. Our readers will remember that about two or three months since the safe of tho Express Company iu thia city was robbed of a considerable amount of money. Several arrests were made of tho em ployees of the Company, but nothing ever carno of the investigations instituted at that time. At tho time of tho robbery, Goorgo S. Cobb was the money clerk at tho office, but was not arrested. Subse quently, at tho session of tho Superior Court, ho was indicted for cheating and swindling, aud placed under n bond for his appearance at the next term of that Court. The evidence upon which this ia. dictment was predicated, consisted in the statement that, os money clerk, he made overcharges, collected the same, and pat the money in his ow n pocket. For iu stance: A package coming from West Foint, upon which the tariff was fifty oouts, he would enter it ns seventy-five cents or a dollar, whou the consignee paid tho chargee, etc., he put the over- plus iu his own pocket, Tho story goes, that about tho time of the big robbery here, he took sides with parties who were arrested upon suspi cion, and mode himself objectionable, if not suspieious, with those who were em powered to ferret out the robbery. Any way, he resigned his offioo as clerk, and quit the sorvicc of tho company. Then oome tho Superior Court, and his indict ment upon the charges preferred. Since that time Mr. Cobb has been in aud about this city and was here last Tuesday. The telegraphio news of his arrest published in the city papers of yesterday morning was indeed news to hia friends, who expressed great surprise at it It is supposed that tho arrest iu New York on Saturday was upon a charge of complicity of the safe robbery. Tha only news wo are able to give in relation to the afiur amounts in Baba tones to the above statement The exercises of tha Atlanta Catholic Mala School will be resumed this mor ning at tha old stand on Broad Street We understand that a oompany has been formed for the purpose of erecting another ioe manufactory, with a capital of 832,000. Volney Donning will leave ia a few days for the purpose of contract ing for the machinery. Atlanta, Ga., August 26, 1871. Sir: I am glad to learn from your note of yesterday evening in response to mine, declining to consent to a projrositiou sub mitted by you, that you consider the course which I intend pursuing “ not un fair,” and it is perhaps highly proper for mo to inform you at onoo, in response to your declaration, that you do not wish to lx> understood as committing yourself to imy theory I may hold as to my duties aud lights in the jiremLses, that it is im material with me whether yon so commit yourself or not. Under the Code of Georgia tho duties and powers of the Superintendent of tno Western and At lantic Railroad are most clearly defined, and cannot bo misunderstood. The law leasing tho said road superseded or re pealed so much of the Code relating to the rights, powers mid duties of the Su perintendent as were in conflict with said law; mid all other sections of the Code relating to his rights, powers and duties stand unropealed mid of fiffi force. The law leasing tho rood passed the road itself ont of his possession, liud relieved him of all duties in connection therewith. It further passed all financial settlements between this road and all connecting roads out of hia hands aud placed them iu the bauds of tho oompany leasing the road. It further passed out of his hands all settle ments to bo made with parties holding liquidated demands against the road ex isting at tho time of the lease, whether dne or to become due, and placed the same in the hands of his Excellency, the Governor, who ia authorized to draw his warrant for the same. It furthermore passed out of his hands all settlements to be made with parties holding unliqui dated demands against the road, existing at the time of the lease, and plaoed the same in the hands of a Board of Com missioners named in the law itaelf, whose dnty it ia to pass on the same. Bnt nowhere in that law or all otfier laws is there a sentenoe, a clause, or a word, relieving him of the duty of bring ing all his subordinate appointees and agents to a settlement; and unless there is some law relieving him of those duties under the Code, it u still hia right and imperative duty to bring them to a set tlement It is not to bo presumed that the General Assembly intendod to turn all these agents free and at liberty to keep all they lpul on hand at the time the lease was perfeeted. Rat, upon the contrary, the General Assembly was eon- tent to leave them to be brought to set tlement as the Code direote; and placed nothing in law tearing the rood to con flict with those sections of the Code. The remedy prescribed in the Code is a summary one. It is the dnty of the Superintendent to aaoertain the amount dne the road from them and demand settlement. If they refuse it is his duty to make a complete statement of the same to the Comptroller General, whereupon he is required to iasne bin execution as against n defaulting Tax Collector, which papers of the Western k Atlantic nad, and one or the other of yon, or all jointly, supervise personally the bringing up of nil the books, and supervise porson- ully all investigation of said books and papers made with a view to ascertaining any and all frauds perpetrated by any parties, whomsoever, in the affairs of the Western A- Atlantic Railroad. It is not my desire to ask any labor of you farther than to bo present and see thut the duty is correctly performed by competent book-keepers whom I will furnish you, assuring you that I will not employ any clerk for this duty under yoursupervisiou who is in any particular objectionable to either of you. It is my desire that no man, whomsoever, shall be permitted to handle any book or paper except under the eye of one or the othor of you, but that you permit any citizen to exercise the right the law gives him to see tho same under your eye. For this impor tant dnty I will see that you will be prop erly compensated. Hoping you will con sent to perform this duty I remain, very respectfully, Ac., Henuy P. Farbow, Attorney W. & A. It. R. Foster Blodgett's Say So. We iinil the following in the Era of yesterday, and lay it Wore our readers that they may see what Capt. Blodgett has to say for himself: Atlanta. August 26, 1871. K<iUor Kin—Deau Sir: In a conver sation with C. 1’. McCalla on Thursday morning, ho said to me that he had been advised to remove his office and the books if the Western and Atlantic Railroad from the Capitol Building to some other part of tho city, and nlso said that tin same parties did not think he was acting “square,” for the reason that his room and mine were adjoining, etc. I told him that the rooms for the books, etc., Inal been provided by the Governor, and that all tlie iiooks had been kept safely, aud 1 would liot consent to their removal with out ordors from tho Governor. McCalla seemed to agree to this. As I had been quite unwell for several days, I called on Dr. Ormo, who gave mo medicine, and advised mo to go home and go to bed, which I did about 10) o’clock a. ji.— About 6 V. M. iufonnation was brought me that McCalla intendod to remove the Inxiks of tho State Road from the build ing belonging to tho State to some pri vate office. As tho books had been safe ly kept where thoy were since the last of December, 1870, over seven months, and knowing no good renson for their remov al, I instructed CoL A. L. Harris to con: suit immediately with tho attorney for the Western aud Atlantic Railroad tut to the best course to bo taken by me. Tho consultation resulted in tho ordors issued by mc.^1 requested Colouel H. P. Far row, the Attomov-Uenora], to let it be known that wc did uot desire to socrete the lxioks, or any of them, nud thut they would bp oixm for examination or inspec tion of any citizen; but that I did not think they should bo taken away ami controlled by C. P. McCalla tuid a small coterie of persons. Now I desire to say a word in relation to the money received from Alexander, being paid into the lianda of tbe State Treasurer: On the 16th of this month, in a conversation with Major George Hillyer, I asked him if it might not tie important to have tho identioal money reoeived by McCalla from Alexander at the time theso cases were presented to tbs Superior Court, and if, in his judg ment, it would not be advisable for Mc- Calla to make a special deposit iu some Bank. Maj. Hillyer replied that be thought my suggestion a good one, but that it would be hotter to have the money dapoaited with the State Treasurer. 1 immediately saw McCalla; told him of thia conversation with M>j. Hillyer, and told him to put the money in the envel ope, endorse hia name on it. and deporit it with State Treasurer. I inquired sev eral times of McCalla if he had deposited tho money, and ho answered, no. On Wednesday, 23d instant, I was told on the street that both McCalla and myself would be arrested if that money was not plaood in the hands of the Htato Trous er. I went at once to room 45,' Capitol Building, and told McCalla what I had State Treasurer. So when I raw McCalla about ten o’clock that morning, I said t<j him that I saw by The Buy Lhat ho had deposited the Alexander money with Dr. Angier, that I was very glad of it, for lie would certainly have been arrested if it had not been done. He said be lmd paid it over and had Dr. Augier .s receipt. 1 had requested a friend to see Dr. Angier und find out the amount of money paid over to him by McCalhu This gentleman reported to me that he saw Dr. Angier at three o’clock r. m. of Thursday the 24th inst., five hours after McCalla told me that he lmd AngieFs receipt, aud that at that time no money luid been paid ! Nor did I know that the money was turned over until after the order was published removing McCalla. The above is a statement of facts as they occurred, and yet newspapers say that I removed McCalla because he paid over this money, whou it was ordered to be doue by me. I do uot believe it would now be iu tho hands of Dr. Angier but for McCulla’s fear of Iveing arrested. The clurge that I desired to retain the books for the purpose of mutilation, al teration or secretion, is perfectly ridicu lous; for, in either event, I would be the party to suffer, and would justly incur the execration of the whole community. I will also add thut I have been ever willing to ussist iu any way in exposing fraud in this matter, and in bringing guilty parties to justice; and I have not hesituted to give uny information or to voluntarily give any papers or books that have been uslo d for by those whom I believed were honestly endeavoring to expose crime, but I have not, aud will Hot assist in any persecution, either for political or pecuniary considerations. There are some other facts that will appear at the proper time, that will be astounding to the public, but os the whole matter will be judicially investi gated, I think it best to say us little as possible, and I would not have written this but for the reason thut the facts and my motives have been so terribly dis torted and misconstrued. Very respectfully, Foster Blodgett, Sup’t W. & A. R. R. Anxious to Help, and Volunteers his Services. The Era of yesterday morning con tains the following letter: Atlanta, Ga., August 17, 1871. Maj. Geo. Hillyer—Dear Sir: I drop you this to say that in any investigation which you may desire to make in relation to fraud on the W. & A. R. R., or before the Commission of which you are a mem ber, I will cheerfully co-operate with you to have the guilty parties exposed und brought to justice, und have the money restored to the State that has been stolen. I told Judge Walker so yesterday, so I hope if I can be of any assistance you will let mo know. I have not in any way concealed what I knew, but have told the Governor and others, and have acted as I thought best for the interest of tlio State and for tho promotion of justice. Jf you should need my services, or if you desire to learn all that I have found out in theso matters, name a place of meeting and I will tell you all aud assist you to tbe best of my ability, so far as I know, in bring ing tho parties up, and in any other way that you may, in your judgment as a lawyer, think right and proper. No one regrets this thing more than I do ; but wrong has been doue, and I will go as far os any one in exposing it and punishing those implicated. Please let me know if I ean iu uny way assist in tho matter. Yours truly, Foster Blodgett. THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. To tl»*> Citizens of Atlantu. Fellow' Citizens: From .the advertise ment which appears in another column, it will be seen that I am about to reopen my English aud German school. It will be my great object to pay special atten tion to those branches which prepare tbe scholar for a life that shall bo practi cal in the true sense of that term. I shall take the course which every teacher that deserves tho approval of his patrons must take. I shall not bo satisfied to storo the memory of my pupils with a certain amount of knowledge, but I shall endeavor to fill them with a lovo of study which will not suffer them to rest in any thing they may have already attained, which will urge them on to overcome every difficulty they may have to en counter, and which will not let them rest till they have arrived at least to some degree of eminence iu tho pursuit to which they are especially devoted. There is one point, however, dear American friends, to which I desiro to direct your attention more especially; it is the op portunity which this school offers to your children to obtain a thorough knowledge of tho German language. That language may be to your children tho key, by tho means of which they ob tain access to treasures of which they can now hardly form au idea. Your daught ers will tako delight in acquiring it, for our language is, liko themselves, not the mental exertion to which they were subjected. The beautiful spring of their lives had been turned to them iuto the scorcliiLg heat of summer. In Germany, you will admit that there is also thorough instruction given. But the teacher works with the children iu school; he does not suffer them to do all the work by them- stlves aUiomc. I have often seen good, industrious scholars who, though ever ixo well inclined, were unable to do tho les sons they hud received by themselves at home. Look at the list of branches taught in our schools, reading, writing, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigo nometry, book-keeping, surveying, civil engineering, zoology, etymology,astrono my, botany, physiology, psychology, geo graphy, history, drawing, composition, Greek, Latin and French. What more can be expected ? I k PRr one say that is an excellent school, and to that ray chil dren shall go 1 Besides, the teacher whips them occasionally to fill them with the proper respect; and why not? But wlmt. the final vr-Mi<lt V r IW»« hat is the final result V The children learn a little of all that I have enumera ted, and at last know nothing. The beautiful time is lost as well us your money, and the whipping hus also availed nothing. I do insist on discix>liue and order in my school, and I know how to make my scholars respect me without having constant recourse to whipping. I have endeavored to place myself in strong sympathy with them, and to treat them in a manner that will win their love, aud through love secure their obedience. And though my scholars in the course of one short year do uot learn something of everything, what they do learn they learn, I trust, thoroughly. During my resi dence in this city I have instructed schol ars 11, 12 and 13 years of age, who for many years had gone to school, and who yet did not know how much i and j wus. These tilings arc sad, indeed, but true. My motto is: Eilu mil Welle; “lusteu slowly;” lrnm bnt little at a time, but lenni that little well. Tills is the banner which I have chosen for my life us a teacher. Gather urouml this banner, dear friends, aud help me to establish a good institution, tho blessing of which shall not only bo felt in our Gate City, but shall reach distant regions. B. A. Bonxbeim. A Visit to Wenopa Temple Cold Water Templars. (Vo enjoyed a very pleasant vUit at this thriving institution yesterday, and were surprised to see with what precision the meeting was oondneted, each mem ber seeming to understand that the suc cess of the enterprise depended on him. Wo were impressed with the initiatory ceremony. We were shown by illustrations and lectures tho various stages that load a man to the drnnkard’s grave, from the boy sacking cider out of a barrel through a straw, until in a fit of frenzy, the boy (now become a man) has committed mur der and is hung, then to the solitary cemetery. The warning of the different officers to the candidates, together with the cncouragemenas to do right, oro in- dellibly impressed upon our mind. The greatest feature of this institution is, it is entirely conducted by children, the presiding officer being only fourteen years old. Wcnona Temple has bcon orgauizod just ono year, and has 275 members.— Tho Cold Water Temple is destined to fill the same position to tho great Tem perance Reform that the Sabbath Schools do the Church. The leaders of this lit tle institution ore men and women who are devoting their time to temperance. To-night their annual celebration will bo held at the Skating Rink, when an attractive programme will be presented, to which tuft public are invited. Ixociil und. HukI liPKH NotlfCft -Dr. L. H. Bradfield, the manufacturer of Brudfield’s Female Regulator is in tiie city, is just in receipt of a letter from Germany, of which tho following is a correct translation—tho original of which is iu Dr. Bradficld'a possession and ran ho seen by any ono who desires it. Verily tho medicine is acquiring a reputation as wide as that of civilization. The following is tho translation: NonTUEnN Province of Hanover, ( German Empire, August 7th, 1871. j Jh\ Brailfidil.—Dear Sir : From ono of my friends I liayo learned your address, and from him have received a few bottles of your celebrated Female Regulator, and its excellent properties for curing certain diseases of the fair sex Lave been coinuiuuicated to me. I have had au opportunity of trying your medicine in my own Cf" mily with tho most satisfac tory success, and I hasten to express to - —- y , you my warmest thanks for tho happy wanting m delicacy aud richness of beau- effect produced by your medicine. Not ty, and they will think themselves well I „„i„ J , . , rewarded for their labor iu acquiring it n J lu ni J owu family, but also in other families this side of the Atlantic huve the same happy results been cffec- ocquiring by tho magnificent literature which it contains. To your sons, with their quick intellect and their practical sense, our language will be as a spade by the means of which they will open a mine from which they will bring forth uu- measnred treasures of knowledge; and as for yourselves, a knowledge of the German language will bo the means of drawing you nearer to your German friends, because it will give you new light concerning their tine character, and of establishing new relations between you and them, which cannot but bo advanta geous to both. Though strongly inolined to be practical iu ail the relations of life, the course you pursue in regard to tho German language does not prove you so. You frequently send your children to so- called High Schools, where, besides tbe common branches, Greek. Latin, and French, and other modern languages, arc taught tho Utter generally by natives of the United States. Yet is evident that a modern language ean only be taught correctly and thoroughly by a native of the country in which tho language is spoken. An American professor, howev er well he may be acquainted with a for eign language, cannot import to the pupil so intimate a knowledge of the genius of that language, or even of its pronuncia tion, as a native of the country in which tbe language is spoken is likely to do.— Thos is the captain of a vessel at perfect ease while on the high sea, bnt when be approaches tho shore, lie gives the direc tion of his ship to the pilot, w ho is fa miliar with the approaches to a safe har bor iu the country to which his course is directed. I do not undervalue the acquisition of knowledge in any department of science or literature, but if your children ure uot intended for professional life, tho acqui sition of Greek ana Latin, and even of French, is in most instances a loss to them. ^ How much have they retained in after life of what they learnt in their schools of Greek, Latin and French’— Nothing, became they had no opportu- ted, until now the last bottle has been used np, and I can no longer supply those who have made demands for the medicine. I wish very much to procure a new supply, and therefore address you to respectfolly ask of you whether you have an ageucy for your medicine on this continent, and if not, to send men few dozeft bottles per North German Lloyd Steamer. For tho amount yon may draw on mo through Messrs O. McKuy and Co., Rankers in Bremen, or if you prefer it, I (will send you the amount of the hill iu advance. Awaiting yoqr reply, I am yours respectfully, G. V. Frankknuubu. 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