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ntffi DAILY SUN tee e«Ba<UUsg, Wart *4e Begat Sbael: IkstiWu From Mr Evening Edition of Ue &tb.| ATLANTA. OA: Tubdax Moreino, Acquit 6,1873. Aroour'i ipiitrk. Tho following U the epitaph choeeL qrHoneiQnricj, to bo planed on h ♦ombetone: May itb, written on my grave that I never was a follower of the DemocraUc party, and lived and died in nothing tie ,Utor, “Grant andkit policy deotrve the very higher! credit.Horace Omua. "General Grant never hat been beaten, Ond he never will be.”—Hobaoi Greeley " The people <f the United State! blow tieneral Grant—have known all about him tinoe Doneleon and Vicksburg-, they do not know hie slanderers, and do not care to know them.’’—Horace Oi “While aieerting the right of every Re publican tohil vntrammdedchoice of a can didale for neat Provident until a nomina tion ie made, I venture to suggest that Gen. Grant win be far better qualified for that moinenloue trust in 1873 than he was in 1868.”—Hobaoi G bulky. “A Democratic national triumph means a restoration to power of those who deserted >heir coats to Congress and their places under the last Democratic Pressdent to p'ungelhe country into the Red sea qfssces- sum and rebellion. Though you paint an inch thick, to this complexion you must come at last. The brain, the heart, the soul if the present Democratic party is the rebel element at the South, unlh its Northern allies and sympathisers."—Hobaoi Gbxx- UT. "I hold our Government bound by its duly of protecting our citisene in their fun damental rights, to pass and enforce lares dm the extirpation <f the execrable Ku- Klux conspiracy; and if it has not the power to do it, then I say our Government is no Government, but a sham. I there fore, on every proper occasion, advocated and justified the Ku-Klux act. I hold it isptHally desirable for the South; and if it does not prove strong enough to effect its purpose, I time it unit be made stronger and stronger."—HORACE GREELEY. Thi Blots Road Lam, Anything which contribute* to throw light on thii transaction at this time, 1* of no mull pnblio importance and in- tercet. I think the atndj of the Aot authoris ing tho Leaae, and of the notion under it, haa given me a cine which will guide any oandid reader through the labyrinth of the matter—relevant, and irrelevant— and throw gleam* ol light into the mam moth cava. OH THU rLUNDXBIIUi’ TRACK. To traok thi* tranaaotion from the out let. The State, after the war, waa veir S )or, yet not too poor to be plundered. no of the leaeece had sold to the State the Kimball Opera Hooae, the State be ing induoed to abandon the State Home at MilledgeviUe, which waa good enough for her in the daya of her wealth, and when abandoned wai in better condition than for many yean before. This piece of property left on hand, and the Kim ball Opera Home bonght, abe had on* thing left—the State ltoad. A vs.y pret ty piece of property it waa—desirable to look upon. THU AOT exhibits: 1. A Pervading Purpose l—That pur- poa* ia the interest of the lessee*. Though drawn by the State, it take* aotoal, ant atantial ear* of the other aide. And ao, alio, with the action had under the law. It ia all on their tide, aa if tha pap- -a bad been drawn by tha wrong lawyer. 3. ▲ pervading Sham I—That anatn ia a moek aeal for the welfare of tha State; a bag of gold for tham; a bag of gni or the State—in all important provuiori 8. A determination to exolude oompt - Ution. and trample oc the equal rigvg of citiieai to engaga in the leaae—espe cially on the righto of enoh of tham ■ t had heretofore engaged in onblio ent< > prises, aa inoorporated railroad oompa- Tha rights of -the hitter were wni> hoi bbab ravaanoATioK. The oompeny, in their pamphlet, “in vitee tnorongh investigation. I think it oen be shown, even to them, that the tranaaotion will not bear.'li In thair brief preface they begin by expressing the deeire that ad the foots maybe fn''y known to the pnblio. What I ALL 7 Alt the faota fully known, and to the public t it aeema to have impreeeed the major ity of the joint eimmittee, and even lomq of the leeaeee themselves, that tLere were faota not even to be known by the leeaeee generally—mnoh leu by the pnblio. nut $180,000. A full dieoloture of the $180,000 trane- aotioq—of the urgent $60,000—would gratify something vftstly more pertinent than nun idle ouriesity. The pnblie ear end heart ere attentive, Bnt we will aot halt at tha threshold. The due to the transaction, from begin ning to end, wee hinted at in the former paper. OUB LITTLE XWI LAKE. It caught the eye and the heart of Reyn ard, the Fox,who at oaoe received to feajt upon it It waa a good time for hia pr poa, l Pnblio plunder tiaroely attracted attention. The forma of law soaroely inlets d. Josh u the modern burg'vra i to seom the old defenses, ao with ra manipulator*. Alee, poor Georgia 1 Pinned by bayo nets, gored by Bdlook, plnokad on all * i wu it that this “Georgian (for an he ia nominated in the bond—he it one' who hails Horn Georgia)—seized the opportunity of gettings good (Uoe. His frisnd—hie KxoeUenoy Governor Bnlloek—was *'eanvenle«it' r The flret •*•?«••• i«S5L“As* E* 1, Porter Bledgett, (darum el pare him tor market. And w perform hia fuuotiom; or to I figure of the ewe laaab (oar f venerabOe nomen—in the annah of the period,) wee tha rtfcr at or-boarn tepre- parebim for market And weU did he 1 1 resume the .. .— favorite for ■a,) he left it in anoh plight 1 wae deepeired of—shorn of woelafid flesh, end like to die!azffke ptleaoaly begged for mors provender. MS 0701 BX TOXBi Tkwa the real friend* of tha State were indoead to gad It owt of the handa of the two B'a I think Mr. Dnatap Butt wu honorable and patriotic ill Ura part he played. Probably lie had too mnoh par- e inti eonfideoee in tome of the foxes. *J^“rt«atB they wart too sharp for oar ewl Dtlmi. What is the first great pro via ■ of this awftlon aalef Apply the teM Motion. ton heretofore laid down, and they carry na etndght through like an experienced guide. The first eection secures to the lessees a most valuable right—that of al-ndon ing the lease at pleasure. Here ie sub stance—part of the pervading purpose. To the State, it eeonree the right to bloater and raise a huge dost, with perse comilatus in caehoonnty on tho line o, he ru d. convenient vox holm. Iere ia sham. Now we learn, however, tb t even this invaluable right is worth- lets, lor there ia a part of the road over the Tennessee line. Poxee have holes. Into Tennessee the leauee eaa withdraw and deiy the posse comilatue ol the Gov ernor with the mass comilatus in hot pur- tbia exhibition oome* off, suit. When may I be there to eee it. section givea to bis Excel lency, the Governor, very large powers— which he haa oxoeroised with great show of magnamity. Substance for the leasee* again—abam tor the Slate. Other provisions of the lease settled, for oaoe and all, who were aoludly to get it? So n large uiaplay wu easy. And so the State Road was advertised without an inventory, in the fix Blodgett lift it. And the pnblio did not have as Icog practical notice as of the sale of a .met of land worth a few hundred dol- hra. The thing was safe enough to si iLi somewhat liberal. OoMPHimolt DOT THE LIMB OF TBADE. The second great provision was to• t! 3 exclusion of competition. It gave K'mball, and whosoever wittingly or un- W.ttingly oo-operaten with him, such right* os were not easily interfered with. e dwel 4 on these somewhat, bnt not exhaustively. This was the atrongho.d of the bnainosa; and it waa well fortified. Whose tho anbstance here? Reynard’s. Whose the aham? The State’s. Whose the burdens? The railroads’. Who were left out altogether? The great mass of citizens, whether separate or associated in corporate bodies. Who were let in? Mr. Kimball’s selections. A SHAM-FALL BOKO. Bat tbs bond — p. 19 of psmphlot. The bond serves no other purpose than that of driving off bidders, and provent- ’ j the Road from bringing ita value. Val id* to the lllng-eubstanco. Worthless to the State—sham. It does not conform to the terms of ths l—even inform. The aot requires that the bond shall bind the lessees and their securities, Ac., not that it shsli bind the oorporete body entitled “the Wes.ern and Atlantic Rail- roc I Company.” No leasee, as mob, is bound by it. The individual property of the lessees does not even purport to be boaad. They do not sign it as individuals, and ore not, os individuals, affect*u by it. The in dividual property of any other citizen of Georgia u a* mnoh bound by this bond as that of any lesseo. Theie is, in the incorporating section, no p-raonai lia bility feature; and so lae yoke of the lessoee is easy and their harden light. And so far as the corporate property is conoerned, no nets security is given by signing the bond aa a corporation. The bond, ao for as ths leasees and the com pany are oonoerned, ia s pure fares. So in regard to the railroad pretended indorsement of ik It ia signed by agents, ont of the sphere of their agenoy—high and dry outside of it—not in an., border land even. The bond does recito that they are the dnly authorized agents of their respective companies, without re citing how they were accredited. It is not pretended that they were uutboried by the stockholders in Convention. Tim AOKNTB OF AGENTS. And if authorized by tbe Directors, they are simply tbo egeuts of unuiithor j ed ag> nts. No link or tie oo'-neots tl m wii i the companies. The 'too of th- bond does refer to the oompariee, bat without a full rcoital of the mode of ac inditing; and the rcoital, if made in proper form, would be contrary to the fuels. Even the name of tha President of the Central Railroad and Dankiug Company doe* not appear. now TKB OUKTRAL IS BOUND. It I been changed only he bound (in oases iu’wbiob the law allowed it to be bound at all) by the sig nature of the President, countersigned by the On-liier. That tho Preeidonte oall themselv. a snob does not prove that thoT are really the duly accredited agents. We all know the tendenoy ot power to expand itself, and of agents to claim beyond the limits ol their agenoiea. In regard to the foots. The Railroad CWI[ lints oan only act within the limits ' tbeir charters. Their oharters are I blio laws, presumed to be knowu. If agents transcend, they are seif- rendemneo, and condemned by publ t w to the pnblio. Even express notioe > the stookboldora, without express se nt wonld not bind them. Even ex- p.css assent wonld not, as being contra ry to pnblio polioy, unless by amend ment to obartsrs aocopted and acted on by the stockholders. Formal notioe wonld not bind them, nnless they Rave formal acceptance. PROMPT AND UNANIMOUS. In the oioeing letter of the pamphlet, in answer to an article signed "Wilkes,” Jndge King remarks that " ’Wi’W and nearly all Midi''a Georgia were ably rep resented at the Hoard, and the deoision was prompt and nnanimons." But in the course ot the diaoussion it turned i formerly (ho law—it may have d—that the corpoi ation could out that those very representatives were unwilling to vote at a" (or voted against the indorsement) for want of sufficient in formation. They had cot even seen the act authorizing the lease, and asked for time. This was the ohr-acter of the +romptnsss It was enforced — carried c rer their heads Aa to the unanimity, it seems that there were four votes for the indorsement and two against it; tho othsn refusin r to vote. This, notwith standing the ' itIt'-cg lead of the Can AMD FUt UF AH AVODQBL r the eve lamb was to be set up at tn’ Railroad, WHICH - SO HAS A H1BTOBY. There being e President and sixteen Directors, fend rather e lrrge meeting,) there were bnt two vot< t tor the indorse ment, excluding the Lessees. Tbiq was the prompt end nnanimons approval. Judge King afterwards qua’-fled hia let ter. We think the notion wi arbitrary and unfair. I am not frmilir- with the action of the Central Rr 'lroad, bat am informed it aa little shows the aaaent even of the Board. wmAZNxae of tub contbaot. Tbe e«eat to be binding moat start at tha bottom—begin with the law of incor poration—oome through the stockhold ers, to their properly authorized agents. To-day, were thia huge bond boned with fire—end no copy praam red; or ware it expressly relinquished by the State, aha would be exactly to statu quo, with or without ik It does not bind tha lessen personally. It doe* not bind the corporate property of the Western A Atlantic Ru Iroed more folly than it wonld be bound wills no bond. And it is utterly worthies* as to the Railroad Companies aa securities In a word.it teaaeadletter. It kept oat c aipob 'oa—eerved its tplcndeu pur- a bog beer, and ia now dead and It waa n wall between tha lessees and the eqnal rights ot thoir fellow citizens of Georgia, and that waa all. It waa neither fair aa between the State and tho actual leaaeea, nor as between the leaaeea and other citizens. STEALING “ON TIM Z.” It is not fair to tbe State, nor to its citizens, nor its corporations, nor its tax pavers. Beginning with the general reign of plunder, we find onr State in bad handa. Frand has made long strides since the daye of onr a.mple ancestors. We were not only robbed of what we bed, hot of what we bad not now, but expected to have in futnre. The rob ber* bod discovered tbe art of steeling on tick. They held tbe State down end compelled her to give her promissory note* to be disposed of in markek Snob were tbe diabolical improvements made by these experta in stealing as a floe ark Good men wished to save the State Road, aa a vainable property. Bad men got into their councils, and injected their own plausible counterfeit ideas. THE WOLF MAKZS TUB LAMB II!* PBOPEBTT. When our Hide lamb was rescued from the wolf, the fox concluded to keep il him- sdf, letting in a few friends The patri otism ot this procedure reminds ns of tbe obarity ot one Mr. X. When hia poor neighbor, Mr. A., had hiabouae burned, this ebsritabis friond, X., took np a col lection for hia benefit. The sum collected, insteed of paying it over, however, he credited it on a note he held against A. Even this does not folly oome up to the mark, for X. did not do an absolute formal injustice to A. What wo see of this transsotion is merely what was left uncovered. Wo are pnt upon inquiry for more UNCOVERED TllAOKB. Of course, ms ks were purposely loft How far more rigorous legal investiga tion wonld detect them we cannot tell. Bnt no master Reynard ever yet succeed ed in hiding all. Sometimes be ia canght rubbing ont—sometimes prevaricating and delaying. We can catch him doub ling, or even oompel him to take water, but if you have the general lino ot di rection, and will follow him up, you will again find tracks. Of course, when ho is onoe at bay, he is found—himself, not his tracks. FRAUD WILL OUT. If, on full and final disclosure ot the anfairness ot tho transaction, the Htate has to resort to legal means, we shall be forced to the conclusion that however in nocently some of tbe lessees may have entered in. association hoe assimilated them to tbe original perpetrator, and they are too f eras naturae. Nature has so ordered it that intelleet and honesty oan track frand. Like murder, it will out. THSIR TRICKS AND MANNERS. Indeed as the result of analysis, we think tho transaction contains virus enough to taint a thousand. If not plain, to all plain men, it ia because, “dim with excess of light.” Blodgett served a two fold purpose—first to sink tbe Railroad, and thon to sink a rival oompany. We, in Georgia, have scon enough of this ilk to “know their trioka and their man- ners.” Mnch os has been said—mnoh remains to be said. We have pursued no narrow, teohanioal line of argument, but n plain line for plain people. He that rani may read. Robinson Crusoe found one human traok in bis desert island, and he knew a man had been there. If all these fox traoks oome by accident, this is the luck iest set of lessees who ever lived, and the ordinary argument from design found in all the text books is a failure. NOT AIL A LUCKY ACCIDENT. Nothing ern bo drawn from the adapt ation of means to ends. 1 could as soon believo tint a watch just happened, or a itenia engiuo, with all its marks of con trivance, came by chance—as that all this was lucky accident. It was indeed au elegant fit from hat to boots, and Kim ball deserves credit for the job. As a ring-master, he has few equals and no superiors. We hope ue will have no fol lowers or successors in ofllee. And now upon THE QUESTION OF PRACTICAL PUBLIC POLICY, what ought to ho done? It may be safely anticipated that by some of the lessees, all will be done to maintain the lease which money and brains can occbmplish. Newspapers will nibble around this great obeese. The road seems to ns now more of a political engine than it would be, if it were what is called “in politics" «. s. in the bands of Governor Jenkins or Governor Smith. Patronage and puff—smiles, bows aud growls, may all be looked for. Editors aro now holdiug the pukllo nose, abed- ding perfumes, anil declaring their own olfactories unimpressed. A PROPOSITION ACCEPTED. It is proposed by some lessees to turn over their interest to the State or tbe railroads, if the oilizeus and stockhold ers want ik I apoak for ont —a* a citi zen and aa n stockholder, I accept am' hereby make known iny aooeptance.— Some seemed reluctant to go in, bnt they went in. They seem indifferent to stay ing in, bnt thev slay in. Why not per form? Mending np the contract will be proposed. If not right in tbe inception, why give tbe ir-ide traok to those not entitlod to ik Personally, I have no means to invest, but many have. Did any one feel, when the leaae was np, AT NOMINAL AUCTION, that he had a fair chance ? There wero then—there are now, hundreds ot men ready and willing to invest, if they had bad, or now had a chance. Were they not entitled to a chance ? and aa good a chance ea anybody, in the State or out ? Suppose it had been offered by Gov. Jenkins or Gov. Smith, would not •very citizen have felt that hia individ ual right wu equal to that of any oth er citizen, and that hia bid wor’d have fair weight, according to ccale ? Aa it was, every one knew the thing waa fixed beforehand, and ti e . 'o waa merely “to perfeot titles.” Onr true polioy ia PLUCK TUB LAST THORN from onr flesh; open thia festering sore, and get well baok again into onr health fnl status. But the patriotism whioh so seaionsiy sought the publio welfare, seems soured with love of self. Those who entered at this private door (elosed against oommon citizens — with Kimball holding tne keyi) now give notice, "fortified in our entrenchments.” We rre told that the State of u do no better than let tt uigs go L Thia is as unwise aa it is ignoble. Even on the Franklin maxim—"houcuiy ia polioy"—it oannot be maintained. there are mnoh higher considera tions involved. THU ACT nor COMPLIED WITH. Whatever the motive*, and whoever it at fault—not only thia nnfairnras exists, but thsre has been ho real compliance with the oondition* of the aot. The State stands to-day—after the ex- clnaion of competition, thereby injuring tne lease, wholly unsecured. And not only is it true that others might have bid, which It enough, but othen could have don* so—many other a at high er rates and mors to tha public iotcreek The dAfs "ibAj atmosphere end high «_il, kept off many honest and able bid ders. The important inquiry, BAA—BAA—BLACK I HATH YOU ANY WOOL? And next we come to the inventory very briefly. The men Mho made it bad not the public confidence. The invento, ry waa not given to the pnblio. All aides and all parties now acknowledge that it was defective if not fraudulent I be lieve few donbt the latter feature. Rat does it not oooar to the lessees and the State that the proposed ootion of mending it op now does not answer the purpose now. It ought to have entered with the bid. If an error ot say $260,000 waa made in the inventory, it made tbe property worth aay 7 per cent* per an num more—that is, $17,600 a year ad ditional In old times this one pointwould have sufficed. Bnt times have changed. The pervading purpose again clear, and the ootion under it—the interest of Kimball and his friends—apparent zeal for the State, with a real fraud upon her. The in ventory waa made by the foe* of tbe pnblio and friends of the lessees. THE EXCLUSION OF RAILROAD OOHPANIER. The provision excluding Rulroad Com panies is just next skin. With an open market—and provisions against partiaii ty—the road wonld have brought its fair value—tbe consummation deprecated by the Bing. This is so obvious as to need no detail The most probable and wealthy bidders were excluded from tbe auotion. Let some cant ion be exercised in re- K rd to one discrimination whioh the isecs fail to make. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HONESTY. The argument in favor of leasing the road, ie not eonflnod as they would have it, to this particular lease. Is is said: "Get it out ol the hands of the Bute; it does not pay; it is a con up tion fund,etc.” Now, all this applies mnch more forcibly to an honest, fair leaae, than to an unfair one. It seems to be taken for granted iLat these are the people, and besides them thore are no others. This whole argu ment has admitted that a lease might be for tbe best; bnt what sort of one? A lease made on fail terms in open market. THE VALUB OF THE HOAD. I have not gone into any discussion of tho value of the road. From the keen ness with whioh it was sought, I judge the foxes did not think it otherwise than a very excellent thing, at the price. Tho plain principles violated in getting this one, are such aa are made oompnl- sory in all publio sales. Bead the Code, or aDy treatise on sales, and see what ore the means of making srtioles bring their full valne. The writer of a text-book on this snbjeot wonld nse this as a fine illustration of tbe violation of all prin ciples. MB. STEPHENS AND GEN. GORDON. We observe tbe correspondence be tween Mr. Stephens and Gov. Brown .It seems that Mr. Stephens,off at a disUnee, notwithstanding his personal confidence in Gov. Brown, did not like the look of things, and came out. Gen. Gordon— nearer the scene—would not go in. We have read a good deal about patriotism and willingness to snrrender to the pnb lio, but the above are the only praotical exhibitions. DUNLAP SCOTT'S POSITION. Tha letter of Mr. Dunlap Soott ia a strong, manly argument in favor of a lease—of course the more honest and fair the better. He says, if there has been frand and oorruption, he trnsts it will be ferreted ouk One view may well be presented to the lessees altogether innoeent of intcotional wrong. If the aot and the lease under it were prooured wrongfully—although you bad no hand in it—is it rigb f to the State or to other citizens cf tbe State—to take advantage of that wrong 1 ANOTHER LETTER FROM JODOK KINO. The pamphlet winds up with - letter from Jndge King. Like overything else from him, it is the ablest presentation of the ease. We have already shown the hnge mis take of faot (corrected or modini 1 by himself afterwards), made iu regard to the prompt and unanimous indorsement— whioh really was an enforced prompti tude against protest—and a tie (interest ed parties aside) among thoso who felt prepared to voto. His other points are embracod in the general review. A fair lease would sub serve all purposes better than an unfair. ONE NOT AS QOOD AS ANOTHER. It is contended by the lessees that oue Governor—one i-arty—is as good as an other. We cannot cononr. Compare Gov. Bollock and tbe men who voted for him, wiili his predecessor, Gov. Jonkius hit successor, Gov. Smith—bis com petitor, Gen, Gordon—and their support ers. They all feel honored by being pro nounced all alike—all politicians. Wo think a contrast, delightfo’'y refreshing, exists. MANY FOX TRACKS. In complying with the invitation of the Lessees to investigate, I soon saw what seemed to me evidences of unfairness in tho act. To use plain language.I thought L saw Fox tracks. In walking further, I sun more,and thia led mo to go back and forth till I was satisfied they were every where. This Lease is the last great remnant of carpet-bag and scalawag government in Georgia. Let the innocent come ont of ik Sample it when yon please, and you find unfairness. A WORD OF EXCUSE. The follow iRg quotation will excuse the rapid and deoiaive style in whioh I am compelled to write on ao large a sub ject. "Let not the reader be displeased with me for these abort and apparently insolent statements of opinion. I am not writing insolently, bat aa shortly and clearly as I can; and when I seriously believe a thing, I say ao in a few words, leaving the reader to determine what my belief is worth. "Bnt I do not ohooae to temper down every r question ot personal opinion into courteous generalities, and so lose space and tims, and intelligibility at onoe.” I TT THE UNFAIR TRADE END. It is onr interest as well aa onr duty to end thia unfair trade. Ia th* hands of Governor 8mith it will be managed with old-feahioaad honesty, eoonomyand oarelnlneas, <U1 other arrangements ere perfected for disposing of it at ita foil valne. If the leasees make $40,000 or $60,000 a month, they will pay tha $26,- 000 and keep the halanoe. If tha rood ceases to pay, they will throw np the lease. Th* arrangement is, “Heads np, 1 win—tai’s up, yon lose." It : i said w* will have to pay for the work already dona. If it had not been leased at oil thia wonld have been equal ly necessary. It is a mere loon of that amounk for needful repairs, and onr in creased income eon Id much more than psy the interest on ik We wonld, anyhow, have had to bring it up out of tba predicament ia whioh Blodgett left ik The railroad eoaapsniaa might fairly aid the State in tha emer- I fency. If not, Georgia la not too poor io enfoice honesty. TUB DE VFLOrUXN I OF THE COUNTRY WILL her well beck on the track ot honest ad ministration—let thi* last stitch in her aide be removed, and let'her draw in foil inspirations ot pan air. It is really worth millions to her morals—and mil lions to her industry and vigor, to parity her moral atmosphere—to remove tins spreading leprosy, and reduce to tbe earth’s level, this standing monument of successful tin. RATHER A LONG FUTURE. We talk of the future. Twenty years is a long fu'nre for this particular gene ration. Its work will be moeb more than half done. No man can answer far other results than those of honesty and virtue. Try it as yon will, your sin will ultimately find yon onk The suppressed nicer will taint all the blood. Ill-gotten gainia a curse to ita possessors, and a snare to all observers. For “tnehealth of the souls’’ of leseee* and people, it should not stand unobserved of pnblio justice. It is a great principle of public law that tbe private citizen, before ne can redress hia privato wrong, most first see to tbe maintainance of publio justice. To set tle—allowing a wrong-doer to go unpun ished, is a misprision—an offense against the law by negleot of duty. THE DUTY OF THE STATE. How much higher the duty of the State—to see to it that the Republio thus receives no detriment. Is Geor gia to compound with wrong doing, for money? and to impose principles on her people, she violates in her own con duct ? Not so. Let her make known ber determina tion to vipdicatejsould principle at all hazarda. If the Lessees cannot show clean hands—make clean breasts—and present just grounds of defence, let ber, with eyes bandaged, and ears closed against all appeals other than those oi justice, tempered by meroy, (despising those alike cf paasiou and mere interest,) proceed os becomes a great people, res tored largely to the right of self-govern ment The struggle takes place really in her own bosom—a great straggle betwixt good and evil—and may God defend the right. INTO THE PURE AIR. Generations yet unborn will be affect ed. and the whole public welfare and moral status of thiB Commonwealth, by tbe fork we take now. The writer is u private citizen, who never held a politi cal office, and never desires to bold one. Bnt a keen sense of the pnblio interest involved in pnblio virtue; a koen percep tion ot the tracks on the long line of un fairness and sham, traveled by insidious plunderes (with some unsuspecting com- S miens—I hope many—even all nor in eorgiu)—and the desire to see our State lift her proud bead and snnff pure air, as she recovers frexi oppression—have impelled her in the midst of infirmities, and against a painfnl reluctance, to do my part in throwing light on this sub ject, and aid her decision to do right, though the heavens fall. As a stockholder my interest is aa noth ing, though it gives a right to be heard. This argument comes fr im the head and heart of a private Citizen. PROCEEDINGS Georgia Legislature. IMomday, Auguat 5th, 1872. Seonte called to order bj President TrammeU. Prayer by Rot. R O. Ketchum. Tldaenvlllo. Mr. Simmona—To create a Board of Comwiaalon- ere of Roada and Revenue for Uonroe county. Mr. Hintou— 1 To regulate the fees of Justices of tbe Poa co pnd Constables in this 6tato. Mr. Lester—To encourage artificial breeding this Htate. Tbe ruins wore suspended aud a resolution offered by Mr. Kibbeo, that uo new matter bo entertained after Wednesday next, except by a two-third Adopted. “ ’ --* - •* - • i - — isidera- raadia- To perfect the public school system of tbo Htate. Made tbe apecial order of Thursday next To amend tbe aot incorporating Greensboro. Passed. To amend section 4306 of tbe Code. Passed. To amend the chartor of Albany, and provide for tbe registration of voters. Amended by Inserting Atlanta and Newnan. Passed. To oreate a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Whitfield county. Passed. To make tbe crreless and wanton ("sebargeof firearms a penal offence. Lost. To prescribe where and in what manner lands shall be returned for taxation, aud repeal certain sections of tbe Code. Requires the land to be given in in the county iu which it lies. Discussed at great lengt i by Messrs. Kibbee, Brock, Jarvis. Htylas and llojle iu favor.and Messrs. Wellborn, Hinton and Burns against ita adoption. The substitute was adopted by tbe following vote : Yeas—Messrs. Brock, Bruton, Camnon, Camp bell, Candler, Clark, Colmau, Conley, Deveaux, Griffin, Hoyie, Jervis, Jones, Jordan, Kibbee. Leeter, Mathews, Nlcho"s, Park, Peddy, Reese, Styles, Wallace—23. Nays — Meaars. Brown, Burns, Bdcs, Erwin, Heard, Hlllyer, Hinton, McWhorter, Nunnally, Richardson, Simmons, 8mith, Steadman, Wellborn -14. munioatlon between Georgia and the West India Islands. Passed. costs in tbe Northern Judicial Circuit. Lost. To allow oitixena to act as constables in certain cases in Jones county. Lost To legalise tbe acts of the County Treasurer of Marlon county in paying jurors. Passed. To creato a Board of Commissioners for Coweta county. Passed. the Sixth District of said county. Passed, id Script cultural College at Dablonega. Mr. Wellborn supported the bill in s speech. earnest Mr. Styles also supported the bill Mr. Burns opposed tbe bl<l. The Report of ths Committee on Education, ad verse to the . yeea 18, nays 20. e passage of the blit, wee disagreed to by Peuding the reeding of the bill, under the oall of the previous queatien, the hour of one o'clock hav ing arrived, the Senate adjournen. Tho amendments of the House to the 8enate bill amending the Code, relative to Savannah, were con curred lu. Bills read flret time: . Mr. Brown—To change the time of holding Che rokee Superior Court. Mr. Reese arose to e question of privalege. An article appears in ths Albany Xtwi, written by e Senator, charging the Committee on the Lse the State Road with unfairness In publishing copies of the report than the evidenoe. Mr. Reese then detailed at length, the circumstances connect ed with the pabli< ation of the report sod evidence. Mr. Btyles stated that be wee wrongiully informed when he wrote the article, and would cheerfully iake the amt-** *■ *■* * * This, Mr. B Adjourned. [Nom.—la the proceedings of Saturday, Hon. W. P. Mathews was made to sey that the value of prop erty In Georgia in 1870 waa $672,00 >,C10. It should have been in I860.] chair. Prayer by Rev. K. W. Warren. Mr. Peeples moved to reconsider tne action or is House in refusing to repeal a bill changing the as between Lowndes end Berrien county. Mr. Poe moved to lay the motion on the table and the motion prevailed. Mr. Kdwards moved to reeonatder e bP, for laying ont a now ooun y from Troup and Harr.s, which waa indefinitely postponed; but on motion of Mr. Mmrpby, the motion waa laid on the table. On motion ol Mr. Renfros, the foVom.ng 1411 wee vend the third fme: Mr. Renfros—To tneorporat to the Senate. On motion of Mr. Pen. the foUow.'ng resolution sa read: Mr. Pou—A resolution in relation to pay e re ward of $1,060, offend by Rufus B. Bullock, for the apprehension of Albert Christian, charged with On motion of Mr. Philips tho report of the Com- The development of the country will exoead the lueses by riial tinrv The State ol Georgia in do m«ndioonk Got mltteeto w! of J. B. Mme. end lemne) Smith, eountj lor easts in the House, wee Mr. Phi"pe said that many votes wee voters had failed to pay t helrpoU tax. and upon Investigation It was discovered that Mr. Huns was elected by too majority. If these votes were legal, Mr. 8tmawae entitled to the seat If they were il legal, Samuel Smith arms entitled to his seat It wae the opinion ot the Committee that these votes were illegal. Mr. Philips moved the adoption of the report Mr. Grifla, of Houston, deplored the i to politics, and maintained that it wee the . of Democra i to remove colored Republicans. Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, contended that the votes were legal because the Leglalaktre of I860 had suspended the ooiketton of poll tax, and therefor* Mr. ini was entitled to aeeet on the floor. Mr. Russell, a member of tho Committee on lieges and Elections, oontended that after eliminat ing all illegal votes, Mr. Sims still had too majority, and therefore he was legally elects L Democrats, In former days, had been ruthlessly expelled from the House without a hearing, but oow Republicans were always (allowed an louartlal a hearing iu ail investigations touching contested election*. Battle, (colored) of Themes, moved to lay the port upon the table* whioh motion prevailed by yeas 64, nays 85. On motion of Mr. Cain the following bills lse the corporate authorities of amid town to invest In Mr. Cox—To revive and reorganise the Inferior Court, as f sr as the county of Burke is oonoerned. anixKDOKvnxB. Mr. Russell—To amend section 1, article 10 of the Constitution. This bill provides that after the pdB ■age of this set by tho present and next Legislatures, and a ratification thereof by tbe legal voters of tho State, the seat of Government shall be in the city of MUledgevllle. Mr. Johnson of Clay—To authorize the Ordinary of Clay county to issue county scrip. To alter and amend tho charter of the town of Fort Gaines. Mr. Goldsmith—To organize a crluolual court iu certain dUtrlcta in DeKalb county. Mr. Bawls—To lsgallss tbe marriage of Dr. Win Mr. Chancy—To further amend the Homestead Mr. Glenn—To relieve Aaron Alexander. To amend _ i act to educate tho indigent maimed soldiers of Georgia, and to provide the necessary means for the same. This bll 1 Authorizes the Governor to draw his warrant on ths Treasurer for such amount as may be necessary in favor of the Universities to which the set applies. Mr. Edwards—To incorporate tho town of Ruck ers vllie. Mr. Boynton—Io incorporate the t »wn of Arling ton, end to appoint four Comiuiaaionera for the Mr. Bell—To repeal the original act incorporating tho town of Weston. Mr Wofford, of Bartow—To relieve J. A. Ansley. Mr. Hail, of Upson—To carry into effect the lat ter part of the 2d clause of section 11, article 6, ol the constituti-n. Joiner—To authorize the peoplo of Albany to elect certain ofllcers. Mr. Phillips—To o-impel 1-gal representatives estates to furnish means of support, and to educate minor children, and support for widows who may be entitled to the tame. Mr. Bacon—To authorize persons to peddle agri cultural produota, agricultural implements, maps, and other articles, without license. Mr. Goode—ToTellove W. J. Bosworth, of Sumter onuuty. To relieve Mrs. Tiiomassa Gercopely. Passed. THI CAPITOL BUILDING. Mr. Griffin, of Houston, offered the following re olutlou: Rttolvtd, That Mr. E. A Fiowellyn, of Atlant . Charles L. Schlatter, of Brunswick, and W. H. Good rich, of Augusta, et al., or any three ot them, be appointed a committoe to investigate and report the tabl«. Motion prevailed. POBTBAIT or HOWXLL COBB. Messrs. Craig, Pou and Payne, Committee to whom was referred the duty of hevlug painted a portrait of Hon. Howell Cobb, olfered the following resolution: That the Governor be Instructed to drew hie war rant upou the Treasurer for the sum of $1,200 in favor of John Maier In payment for e portrait Hon. Uowel 1 Cobb, now suspended on the we! I the House. Referred to the Finance Committee. BILLS ON THIRD READING. To amend an set incorporating the town of Ring- gold. Passed. To amend the laws now In force relative to the State Lunatic Asylum. Referred to tha Committee on the Lunette Asylum. To incorporate tbe oity of Fort Va’ley end to pro vide for an election, etc. Amended and passed. To authorize end require -he County Treasurer ol the county of Cows.a to pay $500 vo Hugh Buchan an. Passed. MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONS. To appiopriate $5,000 to tho Ladies' Memorial As sociation, of Atlanta. On motion of Mr. I.erce, the bill, all similar bills, sod ail questions touching such associations, bo msde the special order of the day for ten o’clook Saturday next. To require tbe duties of the Rec. .ver and Collect or of Gilmer county to bo discharged by different persons. Passed. To secure tbo tex due on wild land ia this State to tliu ountics in which tho land lies. l«td table. To ^corporate the town of Woodbury. Passed To amend tbe charter of Estonton. Passed. To authorize ti- > commissioners of the town of Estonton to regulate the vending of fresh m< i*a In said tow a. Lost To regulate publio instruction in Richmond county. Passed. To change the times of holding the Saperlor ipensate grand and petit Jurors for Pike oounty. Passed. NIGHT BXSalON. Mr. tV. D. Anderson (of Cobb) offered tho follow ing resolution: Resolved, That tbe House will hold night see sloua for the purpose of reading House bills the second time and Senate bills tbe first and second times, from 8^ to 10 p. m., provided a suspension ef rules ahall require t vote of nlne-tentha. Agreed to—yeas 58. nays 36. Loaves of absence were granted Messrs. Boynton, O’Neal, Forrester, Craig, and Wofford of Banki Adjourned until 8>J p. M. TELEGltAPH NEWS By the Near I’erk Aatociuted Frees. SUNDAY’S DISPATCHra. NEW YORK. New York, Ang, 4.—A Raleigh special to the Herald lust night, aay* the returns from North Carolina come in alowly, and aro so confused and conflicting as to in crease the general doubt and uncertainty aa to the general malt The Democrats assert that their candidate is elected by 1,500 to 2,000 majority, and tbe Repub licans claim about the same majority for tbeir oandidate. Aa far aa heard from, the dispatch states that Caldwell, Republican, has gained about 2,500 oxer the Democratic vote in 1870. At midnight Saturday, 03 counties showed a Republican gain of 1,550 over the vote of 1870. A later dispatch states that 71 conn- ties give Caldwell a Republican gain of 2,737 over the vote of 1870—leaving 3,- 268 to be overcome by the Republicans in the remaining 21 counties. Horace Greeley left for Newport, yesterday evening. It is understood that be will extend bis visit to New Hampshire and Vermont, and will be absent two weeks. The limes of this morning says the re turns from North Carolina, are not suf ficient to assure a Republican victory, but shows that the Democntio reports are grossly exaggerated. The Timesi con cedes (he election o< five Democntio Congressmen, and acknowledge* the de feat of Settle. A Rio Jeaiero letter to the 77mes ■aye Adolphue Bloek, an American citi zen, supposed to be from Georgia, waa murdered by German* in the province of San Paul. He left considerable property. WASHINGTON. Washington, August A — Gerrett Smith has visited the Ku-Klux prison ers, at Albany, and urges clemency in the oiae of Samuel G. Brown, aged 60, who pleaded guilty under bad adviee, and Ezekiel Porter, aged 13, who ia dy- iue, and David Coilina. Smith aays, in bis letter to Grant, that Spotewtli, one of the North Carolina men, ia defiant and acorns pardon, and ia studying law. Smith, however, suggests that these i'.rd ms should be postponed until alter the election, aa it might bo thought that clemency was prompted by interested motives. The letter -s quite short and ao onrior v. ly written that the entire foroeof expert* in the Attorney-General’* office wee re quired to pnt it in shape so that Grant wonld be able to master it* purport It is learned that Dr. J. B. Withers, of Warrenton, has challenged Col. J. W. Mosby. Tbe Difficulty arose, it is sup posed, from a joint political discussion. The challenge was promptly accepted, bnt both parties wore arrested and held in four thonsand dollars not to fight in Virginia. CALIFORNIA. Polities on tho Slope. Six Francisco, Cal., Auguat A—The Liberals tired one hundred gun* yester day over tbe ne re from North Carolina. Hon. L. S. Tilton, late chairman oi the Republican State Central Committee, has been elected President of the Liberal Central Committee. PENNSYLVANIA. Two Mors Disastrous Flrss. Harbisbcro, Pa., Ang. A—The ma- ohine shops of the Harrisburg Car Com pany, jast rebuilt, haa been burned.— Loss 850,000. Three firemen were fatal ly hart by falling walls. Philadelphia, Pa., August A—Henry Simmons’ wagon factory has been burn ed. Loss $50,000. NORTH CAROLINA. The Eleutlan Returns net pet Decisive Raleigh, N. O., August 4.—Official and partial returns have been re oeived from seventy-five counties, whioh reduce the major.ty to some 2,000. The re- maiuing seventeen oountiee are mostly sma'I, and will not materially ahanga these figures, The Republicans concede the State by from 1.600 to 2,500 majority. There is still intense interest felt in the result, os the Demoorats are alow to believe in a victory, until the faot is es tablished. The rejoicing in the8tate will be great as soon as the positive re turns exhibit the eleetion of the Dem ocratic ticket. MONDAY’S NOON DISPATCHES. NEW YORK. The InterMutlonals-fteturni freat North Uarellae—'Wither, end Moshp gome to Blodeneburg — Greeley ra Rhode Island, Ac. New York, August 5.—The Federal Counoil of tbe Internationals, yesterday, adopted an address to the people of the United States, setting forth the objeots of the Sooiety. Tbe Herald's Raleigh special says, seventy-seven counties have been heard from, and Merriman ia now over 1,100 ahead. The remaining counties will probably be heard from to day. The Times’ Ra leigh special sayB Ca,dwell (?) has 1,436 majority in 74 counties, and returns from the remaining conntiee will probably re duce the majority to 300; but on official oount only can determine the result. Tne Tribune, World and Sun atill olaim that the State bos gone Democratic. The Herald's special says Dr. Withers and Col Mosby haye gone to Bladen- burg to fight it ont. Sheridan end Grant went fishing on Saturday. A Bristol Rhode Island dispatch rays: On the return of Horace Qreetey, to-day, to that plaoe, be will be given the honor of a hundred guns salute, and a munioipal reception. Lvst evening, Chief Justioe Chase met Greeley at the house of Senator Sprague. Fred Filitzke, last night, shot Mary Spiezcr because ehe refused to marry bim, and then rushed to East river ana jumped overboard. He was resoued by the police and conveyed to the station house. It is thought Miss Spiezer w ; \ recover. MEXICO. Trevino Declines Ameatp. Matahobas. Augusi 5.—A private di spatch says Trevino refuses amnest- He favors Diaz for President. MARKE T REPORTS. LY TELEGRAPH TO THE ATLANTA DAILY BUN COTTON MARKET. vj)zw York, August 5.—Cotton firm; Splands 214; Orleans 21|; soles 1,875. PRODUCE MARKET. New Yobx, Angast 5.—Flour very film; wheat quiet but firm; oorn a shade firmer; potk quiet at $18 50; lard dull, steam Si@8|; tmpentine quiet at 50; rosin quiet at $3 60 for strained; freights quiet. NOSEY MARKET. New Yobk, August 6.—Stooks steady. Go Id firm at 154. Money easy at 4 per cent Exchange—short 10. Governments dull. State bonds quiet. Frankfort, Augusts.—Bonds 964. Paris, August 5.—Rentes 66f. 22o. Two Duly Connections Blue Mountain Route V I A SELMA, ROME, AND DALTJfl Railroad and Ita Connections. : A*T?AflbttmTDSM2l!5 « 10 P.M.. anklna does eenaeeUoa vltt THH TUT A TIj TRAIN Ot Selma, Rone and Dalton Railroad, UTlrtaf et Seine at 130A.M. BUBO vitaeal e NO MbAY AT TINMINAL POINTS. Paaeeofen leevla* Atlanta bp a JO A. M. Trot* a W. 4 A. E. Ba, maka doaa oooaaeUona al Boma wit FAST EXPRESS TRAIN Fkra aa lowaaby aaj otkar Route*. ter Furchaaa Tlckate via Kingston al tfea Oaoer Ticket Oflea. JOHN B. PICK. Gaoarai Paaaanffar Igaat, Patona. Ala. K. G. BABNKT. Vicksburg I U L U. ALSO, maka doaa eonnaetto* aft CALBBA with train* of float* and North Alabama Bailroad. arriv ing at Montgomary 1:21 A. M. Mobil* 7 .-20 P. M. NawOrlaana 1:50 A. M. Tha Road haa baan raoantly aqolppad and it* aqniptaant la not anrpaaaad hy any In tha floath for strangth and ha—ty of finiah. — “ changaff can hatwa— Roma and flaw* PULLMAN PALACE VARS BOMB TU saa.Ml to TICKS- BEAU CAMPBELL, Loot iHm.
