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BY W. A. HKMPHIUj & CO. I. W. AVERT, Editor. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: WEEKLY CONSTITUTION per annum... $ *00 six months.... 200 DAILY CONSTITUTION, per utnrn 1000 six months too one month loo JCB“ No name entered on the snbsciiption book until the money it paid. Sfgr- ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at one dol lar nor vjuarc often line.,or space to that amount, t: the flrst. and fifty cents for each subsequent in sertion, without regard to length of advertisement r time published. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MARCH 22. Not Literary.—The removal of Ogle thorpe College to Atlanta, hang* fire, be came the Gate City people prefer opera house*, beer garden*, etc, to science and the bails of learning.—Cuthbert Appeal. Hold up. brother Jones. Go it mildly. The money is raised to bring the College here. You are wasting ammunition. Tit© Indian Massacre. The Northern papers are scoring Sheri dan heavily for the Regan massacre. The details of the affair show the brutal des truction of ninety women and fifty chil dren. The history of aaTagc warfare shows no more striking example of inhu' man barbarity. tlT Whittemope has gone back to Caro lina to stump his district for re-election to Congress. lie has met cold comfort- At Sumter !>« was denied the privilege of speaking iu the Court Ilousc, one fellow de claring that - If he is not fit to speak in the halls of Congress he is not fit to speak in the Court House.” He made a short speech to a small crowd In the open air. and created little enthu siasm. What Is tlic Matter? The Washington correspondent of Brick Pomeroy's paper, tells the following about a Senator. What is the matter ? ‘•It has been said that Senator Saulsbury. of Delaware, lias not occupied his seat since the negro was admmitted. Such is extensihly the fact, as Mr.S. Invariably oc cupies a sofa except when addressing the Senate. lie is not the least disturbed by the presence of the black man—In fact, wanted him to sit with the Democrat!.” A Matter of Taste. Senator Morton thinks that the Senate lit* gained by getting Revels, tho negro. In the place of Jefferson Davis, the white statesman and patriot. Well, it is simply a matter of taste. Tho buzzard prizes carrion above the sweetest tll-blt that a healthy and human appetite could crave. W’e have no quarrel with him. He can’t help it, nor can the buz zard. Georgia. The iollowlng Is a special from Washing ton to the Courier-Journal: “There is no prospect of a vote on the Georgia tdli in the Senate this week. In the meantime the conservative Republicans •re making some headway in correcting the misrepresentations made against them by outside parties. It was shown to-day that the telegrams sent from Georgia pre tending to give the views of the Conserva tive press of that State has been garbled and distorted so as to reverso their com ments on tho pending bill. The State Treasurer of Georgia lias returned here, and corrects many misstatements that have been matin to Inllucncc the Senate.” Mr. Conant’s Better. Wo call special attention this morning, to the letter of Mr. J. Edwin Conant, the leading contractor of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, and the associate of Judge Avery; Mr. Conant is a Democrat. It will ho remembered that we explained the cause of the railroad tronble to be the conspiracy of one Mr. F, A. Babcock, who bad lost his position as Superintendent, and who had Epurred the malcontent labor ers to yelling “Radical” at the road ad ministration. These laborers were violent and gave cause of alarm to Judge Avery, Mr. Conant and the others with them. The affair really had no politics in It, and Judge Avery’s dispatch did the people injustice. In response to our editorial, Mr. Conant wrote ns the letter alluded to. Ho says that Judge Avery’s dispatch was garbled, that it was not intended to the State gener ally, nor to interfere with Georgia politics, but was eont.merely to protect him from violence by the laborers of the road. Mr. Conant regrets that the thing oc curred at the time it did, as be sees that politicians are using it to our disadvantage. He pays the following tribute to the State: “ The great State of Georgia presents a splendid field for enterprises of every de scription—the people, as a general thing, are warm-hearted, hospitable and gener ous.” Mr. Conantfurther states that Judge Av ery Is absent from the city, or “ I would have him join me in this statement.” This letter certainly explains tho whole matter to the exoneration of the people of Georgia. We have other testimony iiom other sources, corroborating this. We have a communication from a gentleman of Brunswick, who was present during the whole trouble, which we will give in our evening edition. It was crowded ont this morning. Those men who have thus perilled the interests of the State at this critical junc ture, for their personal purposes, deserve severely at our hands. While Governor Bullock, in garbling the dispatch, shows his unscrupulons readiness to use any means to succeed in hU schemes. on the eligibility of certain white mem bers of that body. The point was raieed that no member whose eligibility was questioned by the committee, and which question was involved in the report, was entitled to vote thereon.” Speaker decided that they i cere not entitled to vote,-’ and on an appeal from his decision he was sustained by the House. (See Jour. H. E. pp 40,41.) This Is the ruling which, as I have re peatedly affirmed, fed to the expulsion of the colored members, and the Governor has tried to make the impression that the state- m ent wa3 inconsistent with my own vote, which was In favor of sustaining the ruling of the Speaker. It is proper, therefore, to explain why I voted as I did. When that question was nnder deliberation by Repub licans, sometime before the vote was taken, Governor Bullock was the first to suggest, and the most earnest in urging that none whose eligibility was questioned should be allowed to vote; and he wanted the eli gibility of every one questioned who had ever held office and afterwards participa ted in the rebellion, whether the participa tion therein was voluntarily or in volunta rily. On tills last point he knows that I disa greed with him. On the other, however —the above named decision—I had my doubts, not knowing the parliamentary practice in such cases. It being a question entirely new to me. I therefore gave the benefit of the donbt to my own party. On the 26th of August, the eligibility of the colored members was questioned, the same point of order was raised, decided in the same way and sustained, as before, by the House on an appeal from the decision. I voted as I did before. Bat the Speaker, who first made the de- THE RECOIL. Is it any wonder that some of the mo3t ardent supporters of reconstruction should recoil from the excesses into which the Governor, using the party lash and subsi dizing the negrophollsm of the times, has driven the Repnblican'party, in order to promote his personal schemes? Because they oppose him in his mad and ruinons career, he turns upon them all the vindic tiveness and fierceness of bis wrath And de nounces them as enemies of the reconstruc tion policy and represents them as sup porters of Democratic doctrines and meas ures. Yet they have shown themselves the truest friends of reconstruction, have never attacked or voted against their party, but have steadily opposed every reactionary tendency except that which the Governor bimseif inaugurated. Desiring the estab lishment of a permanent civil government, they labored for reconstruction as the only means of attaining it; and when they saw the Governor endeavoring to rip up its foundations they opposed him, and because they did he hates them more than any other class of men. MR. CONANT’S LETTER. REPLY TO GOV. BULLOCK, By J. II. Caldwell. The “ speech ” of Governor Bullock be fore theJudiclary Committee of the United States Senate on the 2d instant, seems to have been devoted almost entirely to a re view of my brief statement before the Committee in reply to Judge Gibson, on the 12th February. “ The truth of histo ry ” demands that some of the statements of His Excellency should be corrected. His speech was published, after being read to the Committee, in the Washington Morning Chronicle and two Atlanta pa pers— the Era and Intelligencer. His own official position the extraordinary nature of his mission to Washington ard the high character of the Committee before whom he appeared, is my excuse for correcting the errors which he thus caused to be ex tensively circulated. HE REPUDIATES HIS COUNSEL. The Governor spurns the idea that Judge Gibson represented him before the Com mittee. On the 9th of February, His Ex cellency was present, and listened atten tively to the charges brought against him by Col. Bryant and myself. He was offered the privilege of replying at once.. He de clined doing so, but promised to reply, cither in person or by a printed address, at the next meeting of the Committee. The following Saturday, the day appointed, came, but His Excellency did not appear in person. A pamphlet, containing a very imperfect account of the speeches of Col. Bryant and myself, which the Governor caused to be reported for his own purposes, and a statement purporting to be a reply thereto, was laid on the table. This did not seem to meet with the ex pectations of the Committee, and the Chalr- A Radical View. j man wished to know if there was any per- I son present to represent Governor Bullock. Tho Loulsvillo Commercial (Radical) j [„ response to this inquiry Judge Gibson thu* emphatically states about its endorse- j stood up, and read a printed document, -««*•««>“ Amendment: jJSJ*iffiSJSl.'S'BSSUSS “If some of our more radical readers because lie thus responded to the inquiry should object to our views on the Virginia ami Georgia bills, and on the proposed Congressional interference In Tennessee as being too timid or conservative, we wish to assure them that nearly every Republican daily among our exchanges, no matter liow much they may differ on questions of free trade and protection,expansion orcontrac- oi the Chairman that I called him “ Gover nor Bullock’s counsel.” But the Governor repudiates him in that capacity, and the learned Judge, it seems, entered the arena uiisought end unseat. He may eettlo that matter between himself and his patrons. WAS TIIK FIRST LEGISLATURE REPUBLICAN? This is in itself a very small question; it is not worth disputing about. 1 bad stated the affirmative at the first Interview with lion, Cuba or the Fenians, arc in full accord j the Committee, and the use 1 made of it, as matter c-f bringing reconstruction to an end. and or keeping it there.” Forney Enraptured. tion to matters involved in the controver- | sy. At the next meeting, while I was re- 1 affirming with additional evidence. Senator ' Carpenter, forgetting the use made of the i fac t at the former interview, was about to i object—perhaps did object. But tbe Chair- : man saw at a glance the importance of that Col. Forney, of tho Washington Chroni-. , tttement> an(1 , n8litcd on - roy proceeding, cle, keeps pegging away in Bullock s inter-. The fact that t hc Legislature was Repnbli- est. He. however, has received the last i can at the time that both houses voted that dram of intoxicating rapture from Revels' i all their members were eligible, I had stat- speech. lie grows melo-dramatic over it. / iC( j f lten charged, to a disloyal temper on For a week or so, he has not only been; the part of a majority of eitherHouse.” This running “ roy two papers, both daily,” but j striking fact had a damaging effect upon he has about filled up the Radical organ.'the whole scheme of the Governor, and And we shall probably continue to h«vc! ^^endeavored to break Its force b, Forney inflicted on us in extensive doses j Hot be did not deny tbe iact so far as the In the columns of the organ nntil the Ucor-! Senate was concerned, which bad a Rcpub- settled i lican majority of at least twelve when they gla question is aettlcu. vote d tho five members who have been ex- Forney thinks that tiie school boys will. c]Kded trom that body eligible. The Tact, In after ages, spout Revels’ rhetoric for . then, with its irresistable teaching, stands their exhibition-). lie Indulgesjn a long; in all its force. For more than a year, it , ,i ...... ntn fflVhma 1 has been the constant aim of the Governor prophecy that thc scene will BCBomo »“ s - > some others to make Congress believe torie. i that tho Legislature of 1S6S was from the Thc crowning compliment, however, is j start overborne by a dominant rebel in- Ihc following, which shows that Forney fluence; that It was composed of “ usurp- “.w«!«3.'ssys saga? sysffs comprehend the sublime mysteries anti t j iem were “perjured” enemies of the Uni- gorgeous iniquities of reconstruction: ted States Government,and that they were But the speech of Senator Revels was j in active sympathy with “Ku-Klux Klan,” the touchstone of youth Itself ns applied ! countenancing ail manner of lawlessness to the whole philosophy of reconstruction, and outrage. aa<l it will not fail to carry with it Its de served success. A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. His Excellency has discovered a remark- . able piece of inconsistency in me. and thinks that “ the truth of history ” de- I mauds its exposure. He lias discovered si.mw Mill still works It kcen« that 1 was absent when the vote was taken The Slander Mill still worus. “ I to exclude the colored members, and that J-ornev s Chronicle well snpplied. Ainon„ ; somc days after that, I recorded my tote Tlio Slander Mill. clsion when it operated only on white mem bers, was not in the chair to re-afflrm it when it could operate only on colored mem bers, but gave place to tbe Speaker, pro tem n Mr. i'rice. The Governor’s statement throws the responsibility entirely on the latter, and by Implication inroires his fa vorite Speaker in the attitude of favoring a rule when it operates against a white member, and abandoning it when it ope rates against a colored member. This is easing him off with a vengeance I But it was Mr. McWhorter’s ruling, nev. ertheless, that decided thc fete of the col ored members, aDd Governor Bollock, in effect, admits it, when he quotes the ruling of Mr. Price, and says it practically ex pelled themegroes.” So it did, but it was McWhorter’s ruling that Price based his upon, as the precedent, and so, I think, be stated at tbe time. GOVEBXOB BULLOCK RESPONSIBLE POR THE RULING. The Governor says that the decision, when made by “ Mr. Price, a Democrat, practically expelled) the negroes.” (See his speech.) I have 9bown that Mr. Price’s de cision was based on Mr. McWhorter's, as tbe precedent, and that some time before it was made, Governor Bullock himself sug gested and urged it. In fact, I heard him urge it very emphatically. I could tell him the time, place and circumstances when he did so. I wonder if he would like to see a full narration of the particulars in print? I believe, then, that he is responsible for the ruling. I believe more—that he saw the possibility of its being used at some fu ture time against the colored members. I think this had been strongly intimated by a Democratic member. At a certain time the leading Republi cans were in council, deliberating as to the method by which we might consistently get out of thc difficulty in which tbe Speak er’s decision had involved the party on the negro question. Only one method seemed to promise relief. Tbe question of eligi bility to seats in the Honse had been dis posed of by the adoption of a resolution offered by Mr. Harper, of Terrell, in the B reamble to which it was declared that thc buse had “ found all persons occupying seats eligible thereto.” It was justly held by the Republicans that the “all persons occupying seat9” included the colored members, and that there was no way to get ont of it hut to quibble ont. The Speaker could decide that their eligibility had been settled by a vote of tbe House, and that it could not come up again according to the Constitution (art. IIL sec. IV, par. VI) without a vote of two-thirds. It was agreed in caucus that this point of order should be raised, and it was raised. (See Jour. H. R. p. 222.) Here was an op portunity for the Speaker to have saved the colored members from expulsion. Here was a fit occasion, alegitimatc question and a constitutional provision. He could now rule consistently, without showing partial ity to one race or thc other; but wbat does he do? “ 1 he Speaker decided the point not well taken!! !” That was the fatal blow that struck the negro down, and Governor Bullock knows it. Now, I ask him if it was not, like the first ruling of the Speake-, at his own sug gestion? Was not the blow directed by bis own hand ? Were there not certain re sults which be desired to reach by appeal ing to Congress, and did he not aim this se cret, invisible blow at the negro in order to be provided with suitable arguments? Was there not in the hidden councils of the Executive chamber a secret influence, a concoction of far reaching plans, that took in this schemo of expelling the negro —of stripping him of all support and leav ing him to his fate—a3 the trump card in the political game which he then began to piny ? Reader, turn to the Journals of the two Houses, and see how few of the friends of bis Excellency stood up to the negro in that crisis? See now, how he even abuses, misrepresents and calumniates the very men who bore tbe shock of the battle in de- fcndingtbenegro. Whatdoes itallmean? Think of that invisible subtle mechan ism by which he ba3 moulded the great mass of the party, and so fashioned it as to make it a fit instrument to work out the decrees of his own will in spite of all op position. nc never'could have done this bad he not appealed to Congress, and brought the bayonet to his support, and he made the expulsion of the negro the osten sible ground of his appeal to Congress. It may not bo shown by the same methods and processes by which facts are estab lished before courts and juries, but I think it can be shown by sucb facts and circum stances as will produce a moral conviction that he secretly plotted to hare the negroes expelled in order to secure other ends by this means. After he has used the negro till his purpose is accomplished, he will then leave him as bis friends left him to his fate, and thus demonstrated that he is a sham negropholist, and I ask the colored people to mark the prediction. POLITICAL CONSISTENCY. His Excellency isfond or arraigning the consistency of other people. It may be well to glance at his own. He has con fessed that his own complicity with the re bellion precluded him from taking the test oath; yet he asked Congress to pass a law requiring that oath to be taken by mem bers of the Legislature, who had been more loyal than himself. As an agent of thc ex press company, it is probable he rendered more efficient aid to the Confederate Gov ernment than ten quartermasters or the commander of a brigade; yet he wanted road commissioners excluded from the Legislature, as it working tho road was an He Says the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Emente was a Local Trouble and mighthave Occurred in any State. He Regrets that the Politicians are Using It, and Says It was not to Interfere in Georgia Politics. Judge Avery’s Dispatch was Gar bled. other thing*, we notice that it telegraphsj against itl Strange discovery! a piece of! act of rebellion against the Government. garbled extracts from the Democratic pa- history that had been printed on the jour- * _ downfall of Radi-! nal of the Bouse for more than a year, pers. that crow oyer the oowniaii oi warn j Ap(! , nus . not the members 0 f the Senate ealism. committee have seen in it a marvelous Now. if our contemporaries will just proof of inconsistency ? drop prophrey.and confine their comments Was this the argument that was so lauded . ' L . „„ f in special telegrams and eulogistic corres- <o present aff.iir*. they will furniJi C"’ „ on jenee from Washington? WastbUtbe material for the slanderers to distort. resistless logic that completely captivated It will be observed that thc Radical or-; the Committee, and even made a conquest -fan. since Its inception lias had a column of.the astute Chairman? But why did not a “, ... V. ... r-! the Governor pnsh bis researches into his- whicb it calls tho Spirit of the Georgia t { a jj tt j e farther, and see, on page 340 of rress,” in which it daily culls extracts from ^ journal, the cause of my absence— the Democratic papers for use Id Washing- j sickness in my familyt There were some ton. It keeps up a ruuuingflrcofcom- ment upon them,tho object of which seems j jg^ itnade the only speech against the to be to give a political meaning to the' expulsion of tho colored members that was nassaces that wii answer the purpose of made by any white member of the Douse, pnUrw'L In AVashinsTton except the one made by Col. Bryant. He Bullock in « asmngwn. ! k J;. t w L immediately after making Anything that squints at intolerance, | speech* a*ked and obtained leave of ab- jo/ over tbe Bingham amendment, or any- senco to go to the bedside of my child, con- thinC cl*e that can be perverted to parti-j fined for weeks with typhoid fever. He collated into shape for ready use. 1 Strickland, and afterwards Mr. Strickland To give an I usance of bow matters are j and I both recorded oar votes-ho for and tssrsssi srs sszj [£= ^assr-vs. sw negroes bad been badly treti^d by tbeir. \vnat did His Excellency mean by garb- Badlcal friend*, in all tbe. Senatorial places j ling history to make a point before a com- In the Convention be voted to disfran chise white men. for a time (see.Jourual of Convention pp. 299,300.) and now profess es to favor universal amnesty. He favor ed and urged the ruling which “ practical ly expelled the colored members,” and se cretly aided in their expulsion; yet he ap pealed to Congress, on pretense of restor- a bill to invest himself being monopolized by the whitw. 'j J enane»b^lb« “Httlo unpleasantness” The organ aext morning coolly stated, occurred between him and certain that TBe Atlanta Constitution favored 0 f that committee about the 9th a negro for Senator, and If we remember J ult., on a question of fact? His printed mittee composed of grave Senators? Dora !*a Tprrw*niht*r fliA ‘Oitflft UnnloasantDCBo rightly, that wc favored Bradley. j nM Ste bts- <* for correction, that is out of the ques- j • pamphlet shows the facility with which Uou. The Slander M ill has an heroic rule— it never corrects, SrEAEEX St’WHOUTER*8 RULING. The Governor, as is usually thecase wheti he wishes to make an erroneous Impres- Tho weather has been very windy and Blon. has omitted some important fkotscon- ■oold for the last few days. It is thought; nccted with Speaker McWhorter’s ruling, that almost the entire peach crop has been 1 On thellih Jdy,lS6S, a vote was about to ing them, to pass with supremo power in the State. (Remem ber the Sumner and Butler Bills.) He re commended some who had been violently opposed to reconstruction for relief from disabilities, because he knew he could make them his tools; yet refused to recommend some of tbe warm friends of reconstruction, because be was afraid he could not use them as he pleased. Heopenly opposed tbe 15th Amendment in March 1S6S. and then used his influence secretly to defeat it; openly proclaiming tbe right of the Legislature to adopt it, and secretly denying that right. Ho denies positively in his snrech that be seeks an extension of his official term; and yet has worked incessantly to defeat the “ Bingham Amendment ” which denies him that right. He denonneed the Democratic members of the Legislature for voting themselves elegible, as “rebels,” “usurpers,” and “perjurer!,” while be claims as good Re publicans, some wbo not only voted that “all persons holding seats were elegible,” but afterwards helped to expel the negroes. Onoofhis “ friends ” eay* be voted to ex pel them in order that Congress might In terfere, and the Governor excuses him be cause the “pressure” was upon him; vet Mr. Lawrence, his advocate in tbe House, calls it a “crime against God and human ity." His whole career is a standing ad vertisement to all men not to look for con sistency in thc Executive of Georgia. His ©deration to that high office has so inflated him, that as hi; great course! In Congress can proclaim himself independent of the newspapers, ht can proclaim himself inde pendent of consistency, and show to the Atlanta, Ga„ March 18,1870. Editor Constitution—Dear Sib: My at tention has been called to the article in yonr issue of this morning in reference to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad mat ter, and I must say it is tbe fairest state' ment of the case that has been made by any paper. A great hue and cry is made against Judge Avery, on account of bis dispatch to some Senators in Washington, which arises from a misunderstanding of the facts. If the whole of Jndge Avery’s dispatch liad been published, it would have been seen that it applied solely to Brunswick, and as far as that section was concerned, it was virtually tree, as the cry of a “ damned Re publican” was raised agaiDSt him there, and itdiddeprive him of any sympathy and pro tection from tbe authorities. It was not Intended to apply to the State generally, nor to interfere with Georgia politics. I had telegraphed to Gov. Bullock for pro tection for Col. Halbert and our employees, and Judge Avery merely telegraphed his Senators to use their influence with tbe Governor for our protection. Had this oc curred at any other time except when tbe Georgia bill was pending before Congress, nothing would have been said about it; bnt nnder the present excited state of po litical affairs here, everything is turned for or agaiDSt tho question at issue—iu which neither Judge Avery nor myself-are per sonally interested. We only want fo be protected in onr right to manage our busi ness here in our own way, without inter ference of mobs or citizens. The papers are teeming with gross mis statements of the facts concerning the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, and are doing more by such a course to discourage Northern enterprise in this State than any troubles caused by strikes or local prejudi ces can do. Judge Avery, myself and as sociates are building another railroad Id the Northern part of this State, and if wo receive proper encouragement from the citizens and press of Georgia, we shall have more railroads nod other enterprises under way this year in this State, more laborers employed, more money spent, and the State moro benefitted by our operations than by any and all of the other new public works combined. It seems, therefore, iu had taste, to say tbe least, for the press of Georgia to raise a hue and cry against a quiet, peaceful gentleman, who never maligns nor harms anyone—upon a garbled dispatch, sent merely to protect himself from violence by the laborers of onr road. I regret that this affair occurred at the time it did, as 1 see that politicians arc using it to onr disadvantage. Thc trouble was merely local, and thc authorities at Brunswick should have quelled it without compelling me to call upon the Governor. The great State of Georgia presents a splendid field for enterprises ol every de scription—tbe people as a general thing, are warm-hearted, hospitable and gener ous. The disturbance at Brunswick was nothing moro than than wbat might have occurred in any other State. The civil au thorities of Brunswick could and should have quelled it, and thus saved thc scandal of having troops sent to do their simple, plain police duty. Judge Avery is absent from the city, or I would have him join me in this state ment. The people of Georgia should un derstand that I am no politician, but sim ply a railroad builder and manager. My interests are far greater in the West than at tbe South. The people here seem to bo under the impression that the State’s guaranty to the railroad bonds takes so. much money from tbe State treasury and makes the taxes heavier, and this erroneous idea is fostered and encouraged bv some journals who ought to be ashamed to deceive the people so. They boldly affirm what they know not to be true—that the roads aye built by tke’gold out of the State treasury. The guaranty only helps sell the bonds, so that the roads may be built quickly. The road mast bo a very poor one indeed, that will not pay the interest on tho bonds, and the principal at maturity, so that the State takes really no risk, and is not im poverished one penny; on the contrary, it encourages the commerce and business of the State, enhances the value of property, and increases the State’s income by rapid strides. 1 hi3 will appear from tho State Engineer’s report, shortly to be published. In the West we seldom put less than $20,- 000 per mile bonded debt upon a road, and make them 7 per cent, gold bonds, tho cit izens or counties along the line come for ward and subscribe to the stock of the road to the extent of from $6,000 to 510,000 |>er mile, and the road i3 rapidly built. The bonds of such a road Eell for about 95 cur rency. The guaranteed bonds of the road here are for only 5X2500 or $15,000 per mile, bring not over 90 or 92, and these are the only securities that can be sold until the road is finished and paying dividends. It is easy, therefore, to see that capitalists have to lay out of more, money in con structing roads here than in the West, and instead of receiving opposition they should beeneouraged by every true friend of Geor gia. The Brunswick and Albany Railroad has encountered more difficulties than any road in the State, and yet. when it is com pleted, no other road will benefit thc State more. Injunctions have been obtained against it by rival and jealous interests, its credit as sailed in Wail street and Europe, and it is a wonder that it has succeeded at all and secured the fifty miles in the lime fixed by law. Wc ask, therefore, the friends of Georgia to cease the publication of slanders re specting this great enterprise and those connected with it. Tbe road is being rapidly built. We bad spent over $000,000 upon it before we got any bonds, and to day we have more road built than we have received bonds for, as is shown by the State Engineer’s certificate on file. These bonds hare to be sold. They come in competition witb tbe Alabama 8 per ct. gold guaranteed bonds, issued for railroad purposes, and it is no easy matter, with all the other securi ties offering, to placo them. The State guaranty of principal and interest helps tbe sale but very little. I would much prefer to sell an issue of 520,000 per mile 7 per cent, gold bonds, based upon the in trinsic merits of the enterprise, as we do in the Wcat. Very truly, yours, J. Edwin Conant, HIGH AND LOW. BT OLIVER ■VTAKDZLL HOLM£3. Ob l sho was a maid of laughing cvc« -And she lived in a garret cold ana high: And he was a threadbare, whiskerd beau, And be lived in a cellar damp and low. But the rosy boy of the cherub wing Has many a shaft in his slender string. And the youth below and the maid above Were touched with the flashing darts of love. And she would wake from her troubled sleep. O’er his tender billet-doux to ween: his tender billet-doux to weep: Or stand like a statute bright and fair, Ight red bair. And gaze on a lock of bis £ And be who was so tall and proud, With hisistep so firm andhts laugh so loud,' HIs beard grew long and hU face grew thin, And he pined In solitude over his gin. But one soft night in tbe month or Jane. As sbe Uy tn thc light or n cloudless moon, A to ice came floating toft and clear To the maiden’s listening ear. Oh l then ftom her creaking couch she sprung. And her tangled tTesses back she flung. ° She looked from the window far below. And he stood beneath, her whiskered bean, She did not start sl'kafoolish frown, Bnt pecked her trunk nnd scampered down. And there wss her lover tall *n5true. In his threadbare coat of the brightest bine. The star that rose in the eTcningsb&do “ oi Respectfully Dedicated to the Author of the Second Edition of U SOMETMING NEW.” BT OBACE PLOUGH CHUTES. Tor The Constitution j Tes. “what is new to this wise race ?’• It’s well to ask that now; I’ll tell yon what would bo, Sir Fred. A novelty, I trow; If all mankind so dignified, _ So proud, because so human. Would pause, and try to find the faulu OI tdfss well as woman. Why Editors, Contributors, Reporters too, you see. Could never crowd it all in print In a whole century. Tou’reright. I think Idid conclude Once, in my “weaker” brain. That Adam rocked the baby, sure That’s why they called him Chin. And yet they s ay poor Eve’s to blame For all that fearful fall; Why could hope for sinlessnrss When man was there at all 1 1 know I asked for "awful” woes. When pleading "something new.” Bat pray, don't lor ono moment think I ever wanted you. Yon with n name that’s only "Tred.” And any be with a wife Wbo wants to rid herself ol you And live n peaceful life. Long time sgo blest charity Began at borne, you see, So don’t bo hasty to libel My magnanimity For everything that’s in my iiower. J’m sure I’d gladly do George Wilkes Caned.—An extraordi nary scene took place in Broadway this after noon,when George Wilkes, editor of the Spir- it of thc Times, was publicly caned by Mr. Warren Leland, proprietor of the Claren don Hotel at Saratoga. Mr. Leland has been stopping for some weeks past with his brother, who is proprietor of the Metro politan, in Broadway. Tho Spirit of the times, it appears, contained a filthy and scandalous allusion to Mr. Lcland’s char acter, for which an apology was demand ed, but refused, several days since. This afternoon Leland was on tho lookout for tho libeller. He saw Wilkes coming, and, walking up to him, said, “ Why did you call mo a d—d coward in yonr paper.” Wilkes sheared off and said, “Don’t you touch me, sir,” at tho samo time mak ing a movement with his hands as if feel ing for a pistol. Leland, without further parley, struck him a tremendous blow on tho head and shoulders, breaking tho cano to pieces. A ;rcat crowd now gathered around the com batants, tho weather being fine, and Broad way full of promcnaders. Wilkes tried to make his way out of the crowd, and as he did so, Leland gavo him somo parting blows on the back, exclaiming to tho crowd, “ there goes the fighting editor of the Wilkes’ Spirit oijtho Times.” Strength of the Masonic Order. Tho strength of tho Masonic Order in the United States and British Provinces, as set forth in tlio following statement; are said to he correct as can bo obtained from the most authentic sources : Alabama, 10,428; Arkansas, 7,676; British Columbia, 148 ; California, 8,106; Canada, 2,022; Colorado, 582 ; Connecticut, 12,784; Delaware, 722; District of Columbia, 783; Florida, 1,783; Georgia, 13,167 ; Idaho, 225; Illinois, 30,- 229; Indiana, 21,205; Iowa, 11,462; Kan sas, 2,645; Kentucky, 18,929 ; Louisiana, 6,099; Maine, 14,130; Maryland, 4,791; Massachusetts, 28.3GG; Michigan, f 18,010 ; Minnesota, 5,000; Mississippi, 12,308; Mis souri, 14,872; Montana, 255 ; Nobraska, 986; Nevada, 921; New Brunswick, 1,- 312; New Hampshire, 6,032; Now Jersey, 7,730; Now York, 74,079 ; North Carolina, 11,184; Nova Scotia, 880; Ohio, 20,225; Oregon, 2,203; Pennsylvania, 29,840; Rhode Island, 4,253; South Carolina, (esti mated), 14,000; Tennessee, 16,969 ; Texas, 10,516 ; Vermont 7,025; Virginia, 8,000; Washington, 848; West Virginia, 1,590; Wisconsin, 7,713. Total, 468,455. The Ku-Klux Klan—What it Was, why Organized, and why Disbanded.—A word about Ku-Klux. Those who claim to rep resent it are simply bandits. The genuine Ku-Klux never existed outside of Tennes see, and existed there only to a limited ex tent and for a brief period. The Govern ment had withdrawn its protection from the pcoplo. Brownlow had organized a troop of roving militia, composed chiefly of ne groes, and officered by convicts whom he had pardoned ont of the State prison for the purpose. Women and children wero being murdered every day and night in cold blood. No home was secure. No life was safe. Tho courts were closed against the people. The few laws that were allowed to remain on the statute-books were denied them. The middle portion of tho State was in complete anarchy, and self-protection was the only'security within reach of citi zens. Tho Ku-Klnx Klan was a pnrely defensive organization. It numbered the oldest, best and most peaceable men. Its spirit wa3 judicial, its acts were orderly, and its purpose was self-preservation. Through its brief but benign influence or der was restored, legal redress was granted, the official robbers and assassins dispersed, and society settled into its normal state. Then the Ku-Klux Klan vanished as mys teriously and noiselessly as it appeared, and we pray God it may never again become indispcnsablo to the peace of any neigh borhood in any part of the Union.—Louis ville Courier-Journal. THE BRUNSWICK AND AT— BANYR. R. EMEUTE. The Statement of an Eye Witness —Itvras Nothing: but a Squabble Between Railroad Men. Editor Constitution: As the Brunswick difficulty is being made a political hobby to influence the votes of Senators, on the Bingham amendment, it may be well to give a correct-version of the affair by an eye witness. I arrived In Brunswick, where my fami ly reside, tho same evening that W. S. Av ery, J. Edwin Conant and party reached there, and remained in Brunswick during their stay in that place. The recently appointed Superintendent, Col. Halbert, had removed from office a Mr. Babcock, the Superintendent of the con tractor of tho Railroad, for want of effi ciency in prosecuting bis work of laying iron, It being of vital importance to the in terest of the Railroad company that fifty miles of their road should be completed by the 18th of March. Mr. Babcock having hired the men who were at work laying iron, induced them to strike and leave the work, thus hoping to compel Colonel Hulbert or the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company to rein state him in his office as Superintendent. Colonel Hulbert is not a man to be caught napping, therefore he procured a corps of men which he held in reserve to meet any contingency that might arise, therefore when tbe strike of Mr. Babcock’s men oc curred, Colonel Hulbert moved his reserve corps of men on the work, and passed the fifty mile poston tbe 15th instant, thus se curing to the company the State aid granted by the Legislature, which under Mr. Babcock’s management must have cer tainly failed. In thc meantime, the strikers came to Brunswick and were promptly paid off, but, as usual with such men. were noisy and boisterous, and threatened destruction to property, and acted as such people al ways do when excited by liquor and influ enced by their discharged employer. While this disturbance was going on, Mr. Babcock worked upon the fears of Messrs. Avery and Conant, in order to compel them to reinstate him in office, and by representing that they wero in great personal danger and tbeir property liable to momentary destruction, so effectually frightened those gentlemen that they dared not show tbeir faces on the street, and finally left, as stated by Mr. Conant, in the middle of the night by stealth. It was a big scare to those two gentle men no doubt, but nobody else In the place was much alarmed except Mr. Avery and Mr. Conant. Judge Avery mast have penned his tele gram trom Savannah while still laboring under bis fears, but it must be admitted that there was method in his excitement in giving it a political turn to aid his friend. Governor Bullock. As to the Bingham amendment, there was not one of all the crowd that over heard of it, nor was there anything politi cal in.the threatened riot, only a personal squabble for a fat place on the Brunswick and Albany Railroad. Troops are now at Brunswick to prevent any outbreak, but without them, 1 do not think there was any real danger to persons or property, in which opinion. I am sus tained by Mr. Coleman, the Radical State Senator, who lives iu Brunswick, and was there during the threatened disturbance. Respectfully, V. Sfaulding. Georgia News. M.P. O’Conner, of Charleston, delivered the St. Patrick’s Day lectnre in Angusta. [Augusta Chronicle. Gen. Wm. McRea lias taken the Superin' tendency of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. The Columbus Female Academy bnild ing burned. Col. Wui. S. Morton, an old citizen of Columbus, died in New Orleans. [Akoattiur. The Farming interests backward on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad. Fruit in full bloom. Preparations for cotton planting more extensive than ever before. Fruit Chop.—People from all quarters re P or t the peach and plum blossoms frozen and dead, and the early crop, in conse- quencc. already ent off about three-fourths. [Col. Sun. A divorce granted a colored couple. We think most of the peaches are killed and other fruits and vegetables injured. The spring is very backward. The side wails of tho Presbyterian church blown down. [ Greensboro Herald. Tribute to Judge Hutchins. After tl.e organization of the court on Monday last, J. A. Glenn announced the death of the Hon. Nathan L. Hutchins, and moved the appointment oi a commit tee to report appropriate resolutions rela tive to said deceased. Tbe following members of the bar were appointed as such committee: non. John J. Floyd, Colonel James P. Simmons Colo nel William W. Clark, Captain William L. Marier, and Colonel J. N. Glenn, who, on this day made the following report: In paying the last sad tribute of respect to a departed brother, your committee beg leave to make the following report: Whereas, Deatli again lias invaded our professional ranks end removed from our midst the Hon. Nathan I^wis Ilutcbins, who has been a member of the Western Circuit near a half century. He was one of its highest lights and over esteemed an able lawyer and profound jurist. This popular verdict was sustained by his success before the bench, vindicated by bis bold advance to tho highest honors, when giants contested the field, and con firmed by the quiet dignity with which he wore the ermine when statesmen were tho critics and judges tho reviowers of ids rulings. Possessing an indomitable energy, never swerving from his purpose, ho presents us one of the clearest example*, that “man is tho architect of his fortune,” and no child of circumstances except by adoption ;wlien lie started in life few smiles of fortune lighted his path. Yet, witli nocapital but bis talents he amassed a large fortune; few teachers except nature and himself, be rose to tbe bead or a most learned profession, and sat among Rabbi and teacliersof men; witb tbe instincts of genius lie turned to wards success, and “ Heinz np ami ever doing With a heart for any fate. Still nchlering, still pnrsnlng. Learned t j labor and to wait.” His perceptions were quick and pene trating; his memory ready and tenacious; hts mind was broad and comprehensive, not only stored with the civil, but richly endowed willi the physical and moral laws. He eschewed politics, though elected sev eral times to the State Legislature, yet young he then boro himself with great credit. He delighted in the profession, and stud ied it not only as a source of income, but for its ethics, Us science, and beauty. Be ing possessed of such endowments, his long practice, his ability a3 a Judge of his Cir cuit, over which he presided for a great while, justly won to himself tbe enviable appellation: “ Tho Father of the Western Bar.” To the young practitioner, he was an or acle, ever easily approached, and ready to give connscl and encouragement. He was a man of great urbanity of man ner, social in bis nature, genial and com municative, a fast iriend, affectionate hus band, a fond and Indulgent father, humane master, and a good citizen. Having lived out his three score years and ten, he is now gone, and the great Leveler has again startled ns into consciousness of exposure, and reminds us“ that there is no discharge in that war;” no station exempts, no po sition protects! That “ Time is fleeting. And onr hearts, though strong and brave. Still like muffled drums ore beating Funeral marches to tho grave.” Few such are now left to fill his place; therefore, Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. V. L. Hutchins, our profession has sustain ed a great loss, which we sincerely deplore, nd we hereby tender our heartfelt sympa- The weather is again freezing, and the prospects for a peach crop are almost en tirely destroyed. Grim winter seems loth to depart, and literally “lingers in the lap of spring.”— Covington Examiner. Twenty Cents for Cotton.—Tho Albany News says that Major Bacon, of that place, has confidence in cotton, lie is selling fer tilizers to planters, to be paid for in cotton at twenty cents per pound next fall. Henry A. Wrench has withdrawn from tbe Dalton citizen. Henry Whitman Is an nounced as associate editor, and opens with a sprightly inaugural. Tho measles has bad a great run amongthe Infantry of Dal ton. Earnest delivered h1s lectnre on “Bine Lights” in Dalton.—Dalton Citizen. Week after next is the regular timo for farmers to commence planting cotton nnd corn, and they are now expensively pur chasing fertilizers for that purpose. It is said that wheat is looking very flue, an ex cellent and abundant crop is promised, [Marietta Journal. Gemes Monro on tbe Situation. Editor Constitution: Which is it that’s the best Govermint thc world ever seed ? Georgy ought to have found out, by this time, having run some fourteen or more, since Dixie went up—1st. Territory; 2d. Pervisionnl; 3d. No Govermint; (ji=t sloshin’ ’round loose, like a stray dorg) 4th. Military; 5th. Civil and Military, mix ed; Cth. In tho United States one-fourth; 7th. Plum out, etc., otc., down to the 14tb, which started out tryin’ ter run a sorter doule barril llxln’; that is, civil when it suits, military when it don’t, and it suits and it don’ts about every new moon. John Downing be dreamed that his daddy wer’ dead, and bis deddy be dreamed that John Downing wer’dead; perlitikal quill dri vers air’nt yet koncludcd which ono de mised. So, In the year of our degradation, 1870, Bullock he dreamed that Terry wer’ dead, and Tony be Jay awake and dreamed that Bullock wer’ dead. Mr. Editor, is one or both dead ? Pitty Kongress han’t take one of ’em to its bosom, and let the other have fall sweep over Georgy. These here counter-checks and balances are a terrible bothcrashlon to a mail of big cxpecta- shions and accumulatin’disposition. Don’t make any difference which rules, they ain’t nothin’ fur us, nohow. Seems to me Georgy has been playin’ “club fist” with Bullock fur some time, and we have been “ takin' off,” and been “ nocked off,”, plum down to bis fist, and now we want our “ bread and cheese,” and Bullock says tbe “ kats have got it and gone in the woods, that tbe latter had been burnt, and water squinebed and drank and butchered and hung; that is tu say, gone glimmerin’ worse’n a skool boy’s tail, or main, either, and if ycr open yer mouth, laff, cry, grin, a horribly gastly grin, or any other sort, you'll be “ boxed” with bayonitts and hung out In sight, er Dayman, er any other felic. These trying times havo developed a heap or club feet and weak knees, and some few te the mannor born have taken a trip for their birth right, and gone with the multitude that bow to A. ©> P.-Brnd)ey. Bullock, Blodgit, and the State Road—that is to say, pride went np with properlty. and they sold ont to thc Devil for a dime, and are now the loudest mouthed denun ciators of Southern Rights. These arc ti:ey who tinder the cant and hipperkriticul whim of reconstruction, are stealing tbe wool from governmental fabric and substi tuting threads of discord—floundering in the filthy slime of toadaiem, down iu thc loathsome sewers draining a rotten mass of radical corruption, led on by a few crumbs that’s thrown from their master’s tabic, just as you can lead a hog along, with a few slops to thc slaughter pcu. denying their native heath, they swear worae’n Peter of old, (when he smote thc high priest’s servant’s ear) that they never saw a confed captain. They cry “let ns have peace,” and let slip thc bloody hounds—cry retrenchment while plunder ing the sweat of the masses—sing pcans to plenty, and multiply assessors—open courts of justice, bah ! with habeas corpus bleeding, and bound down at Butler’s be-, hest—Hooper. I’ll be dad rnbbed if some day these chickens don’t all go borne to roost, and then, well I won’t say wbat— hut there is a deadly weapon called Boomerang—kinder k rooked slick—so Urooked it won’t lay still. Thrown from the hand of an expert, it bounces here and there, and nocks down a feller full fifty ' ' * ’ rck ST, PATRICE!8 BIRTH DAT. WLy^IandCo^cdGeo’mike©.i^^-^^ mble and reso _ From 'Wilkes’ paper, tho New York I lutions be spread upon tbe minutes of this 5pWl .Mb. ^ w.|v s ^g. i |ss«j r ‘g;siss?”'»- learn tho cause of that righteous cowhid- j ing that he received, Wednesday, from ! Major Leland. It is contained in the fol-' lowing extract from an editorial in the pa-; per of that date : Jdlled.—Newnan Herald. be taken in the House of Representative! world that he was born to be an autocrat, J©" Generals Loring, Mott, and Sibley have arrived in Cairo, and reported to the Khedive of Egypt for duty. A New Jersey grocer, when com plained to about selling bad oggs, says : “ At this time of year hens are sick, and often lay bad eggs.” Mencngitls has come with its baneful in' fluence amongst ns. Fonr cases have come to our knowledge. Two of these died in less than forty-eight hours after the firs); symptoms oi the disease.—Hancock Jour nal. The Monroe Advertiser enters upon a new year. A negro boy diedof menengltis, the only case. Plowed lands badly washed. Wheat promising. Frait prospect good. The opening of the Barnesville andTbom- aston Railroad is dlscnssed.—Forsyth Ad vertiser. same to the family J. N. Glknn, Chairman. John J. Floyd, Jab. P. SnuiONS, Wm. W. Clark, WM. L.MAELER. A true extract from the minutes of the .... . . .. . ; superior Court of Gwinnett county, Ga., “ It is but too true that Major Wm. W. 7 1870 . w. L. Vaughan, Leland would recollect anything that he; Clerk, might he required to do," for a five dollar' ■* *o» — note. He, Major Wm. W. Leland, is a no- : Hard to Satisfy.—Eugenie says that torions swindler and scoundrel, whoso in- j , r hen sho first became Empress, she intend- faxny is as_common as tho air. He would, to giro a fresh impulse to luxury and not be believed, on oath, by any jury in, .--.mmerce by surrounding the Court by a New York, and adding beastly cowardice • ..ryetige of elegance and amiability; at that and bratishness to his dishonesty, is dis-. (: nlB B he was called frivolous. Sho was countenanced even by his own brothers for ! hereupon desirous of becoming more sc- his frequent cruel beatings and kickings of; nems, and to take an interest in the man- a wifo who, in addition to being adorned : augment of pnblic affairs, in consequence with every womanly virtue, has borne him 0 f -which she was called ambitions, several children.” * .... yards or more, and then bounces on bad to tbe band of aforesaid expert—if he aint an expert, however, he’s mighty apt to get his own trampers nocked up. Seems to me tho United States tbrowed a Boomerang down South—it’s nocked tho “shackles off of slavery” sky high, but broke tbe nig gers back. Civil and State rights have gone ter “kingdom come,” and now it’s made a rickershay movement, and is bouncin back home. Its done bruised habeas corpuB konsidcr- bly, punched the Supreme Kourt under the filth rib, and curtailed the Executive robes up to a high-water shirt in shortness; that is to say, it is tapping Unkle Sam, < i.e., big U. Sy 1 am,) jest back cr the naik, on tbe upper end of the curebral kolium, and kicking tho lower portion of same, and you couldn’t spin a short decade from the bracb of time afore that same Samuel will demise, and then—oh, yes! and then when Georgy. Mississippy, and tbe glorious old galaxy of “ wayward sisters * are summoned on the inquest; the verdict will bo “died ef a morgUh appetite in knosumming other folke’s things, together, by the inexpert use of a boomerang, thusly kommitting a low case of suicide.” Then, Mr. Editor, speaking after tbe manner of men, “Thou canst not say that I did it.” Metaphorikully speaking, “ Oh. who’s goln ter weep? ’! Don’t hand me S our bandkercher. My lacramose fountain i as dry as a lime basklt. Jest baud me my faithful old goosc-quill, and I’ll add the phinls—“*io jacit mortuas annas selah,” etc. Now, sir, if you, or any of your folks, want national onors, just steal a few thou sand, join the Rads, cry Ku-Klux and per- sicushion, raise a riot er two, and then ran for the Legislature—whether elected or not go on and claim somebody’s seat—salute the military and sup witli his Xcellency— thusly, without many epondulics, you mr ordered to take a seat—first chance, nomi nate ycrself for Kongress; mark yer bag gage fur Washington, care of Ben Beast, and foller on; cry Ku-Klux, and kiss Ben’s . Tho following humorous vertes, from the pen of a popular Irish novelist, explain how tho differences as to tho birth day of Ireland’s patron saint were finally afl. justed: 1 ’twas on tho alghth of March, as soma paopia Bet w|x’t midnight and moro. Patriot lntsawtha IVhllc'some would contend on the ninth ha wm And^hwai ell a mistako betwixt midnight and Someth, for thc aighth, for the ninth tom* And who wouldn’t see right got a shockingblaok Atlcncth thecontintlon so nositlTO xrow ' That atch kept a birth day, and 3k Patrick had t WO, Til sins lhCr McCanIcJ » who shovred thim their ^W^’Xoman can havo two birth days ’cept ha b ® r ° r alftht or for nino— Doi j!*n{* always dividin’, but someilmss kirn- FJ?'W “ Inc - skvxntxxn li tbe msrk, eU?k “ blrth Amen,” ssys tea ®° a' 1 got blind drank, wbith completed their A^cywe kcpt 1110 practice from thstday to Georgia Nows. Fort Gaines very prosperous. — Port Games Mirror. The Augusta arsenal Is to be used ag an arsenal of construction. . *H eno „ ^ tho go in Balnbridge.—Bain- bridge Sun. ArroiNTED.—Major C. T. Watson. A:- sessor First District Georgia, has appointed F. M. Gould, Assistant Assessor. Wheat crop fino and a heavy crop ex pected. Corn gone up to 5140 lrom wagon.—Mountain Sigal. A negro man named Isaac Kent was crushed to death in this city on yesterday by the falling of ail embankment.—Rome Southerner. Tho gardens have gone up, as also th$ c °rn nnd Irish potatoo crop. Everybody will bo kept busy replanting for a week or two.—Early County Neics. New Fafer.—Mr. J. R. Christian, of the Americus Courier, and J. P. Clisby will commence the publication of a paper in the town of Lumpkin, about the 1st of April, to bo called the Lumpkin Telegraph. The corps of engineers and Col. J. A. Grant, surveying the Augusta and Hart well Railroad, had a perilous time, and nearly starred in the mountains.—Augusta Chronicle. Silver Change.—We hear that some of onr bar-rooms are dispensing silver change to customers. A man was seen with a handful.yesterday. Stated ho had nearly made himself “ tight ” In his ‘effort to ob tain solid currency.—Colani&u* Enquirer. Libcrton seems to be on rising ground, so far as Improvements arc concerned. Sev eral large buildings are now nearly com pleted, and wo learn that more are to be commenced In a short time.—Elbcrton Ga- Officers of the Savannah and Charleston It. R. Co.-Presidcnt—Mr. Alexander Isaacs. Directors—Messrs. Al- exander Isaacs, J. R. Boylston, James H. Taylor, W. S. Hustle, James H. Campbell, and David Jennings.—Augusta Constitu tionalist. B. T. Castcllaw, late editor of the West Georgia Gazette dead. Mr. Shaw, near Pleasant Hill, lost two children by menin gitis. Mr. Owen lost one. Quito has been changed to Huntville, alter Mr. T. J. Hunt. Farmers are going to raise more corn and less cotton.—Talbotton Standard. The Railroad Difficulty.—We pub lish elsewhere a statement from TheAt- lanta Constitution, with reference to the much talked of difllcnltlcs on tbe Bruns wick and Albany Railroad. We have re ceived a lengthy communication from a citizen of Brunswick, detailing substan tially tlio same state of facts,which, we feel convinced, are correct. Tho whole strife was the result of selfish spite. In our opin ion. That It was made the basis of a polit ical argument In Washington is thc fault of the political jugglers who have congre gated there to plot agalust tbe interests of our people. -Drowning men seize at straws.” I ho truth of the proverb has been, in this instance, most forcibly Illus trated by Butler, Bullock and Blodgett. [Macon Journal. Attorney General Hoar on South ern Carpet-Hag Scctlonalitlcs. There is another phase of the question more serious; it is the dangerous fashion the new Senators and Representatives from the South have of holding sectional cau- cusscs; meeting as southern men in a south ern caucus to pass upon nominations. This is the worst form of State sovereignty and sectional rights, so-called, revived sifter the downfall of sectional pretensions. I ad vised tho President to nominate a supremo judge from tho southern district, but ho was unable to setllo upon a suitablo man. You observe that he has to-day nominated a gentleman from New Jersey. Price of Copper. Twenty-eight million pounds of Ameri can copper arrived in the New York mar ket during I860, and there is a prospect of this supply being nearly doubled during the present year. The impetus given by tho tariff to American copper mining is also demonstrated by the fact that the present price of copper in London is only £70 per ton. Consumers are thus benefit ed in'any event, so that tho outcry against high prices from tariff legislation is less effective than ever before.—Chicago Repub lican. Dawes and Forney Make Up. I observed the other night that Dawes and Forney, who had fallen out over Dawes’ League Island speech, were obliged to shake hands at ono of those receptions. Colonel Forney had tho punch ladle nnd Dawes wanted a drink. It was a question between a dry throat and coming to tho scratch. Like a wise man, Dawes advanced, and it was all done directly. It is hard to speak to a man pleasantly to-night when yesterday there was an exchange of fish-hooks be tween you. It is not so hard as itis awkward, and the average man had rather he wrong than awkward. big toe; gin Ulyssus a small fice dorg, and sleep with ReTels the first night; receive and read a few throating letters from Georgy. Don’t forett the spondulicks aforesaid—a long pole gits thc persimons— a long one, tho’ you have ter sell a few Banks Corporashion, etc.; ono railroad can’t always git a feller in—jest crowd the Beast with spoons, and yoa’II git in; then keep yer scat, kount yer vote, worth fifty thousand, and never endorse a bill for less; remember poor Whittemore undersold tbe Congressional cadet markitt and got ruled out of tho gold ring. When Butler brays, say “ Selah.” If be sneezes, blow yer nose. Should be appeal to Heaven, with upturned eyes and hand on bosom, jest gently recross your laigs, slowly draw ydur rag A Denial ff.oji Mr. Fechter.—To the Editors of the] Boston Daily Advertiser: I read in somo “bit” of paper sent me without a name from Boston, that they per sist in calling Miss Lcclercq my wife. Will you kindly and emphatically let them know tBat my wife and children are impatiently awaiting my return in Paris, where tho ed ucation of both my girl and son require the mother’s presence ? This false statement might mar tho rep utation of Miss Lcclercq, whose honor I value as If sho wero indeed my sister in blood, as she is in heart. Very truly yours, Cn. Fecuter. 258 North Ninth st, Philadelphia, 9th March, 1870. I£3~ An old gentleman of eighty-four having taken to tho altar a damsel of about sixteen, the clergyman said to him, “ Tho font is at tho other end of thc church.” “ What do I want of the font ?” said tha old gentleman. “ Oh 1 I beg your pardon,” Eaid thc cler ical wit, “ I thought you had brought the child to be christened.” Senator Candler’s Card.—Although Mr. Candler’s card was brought forth osten sibly, on account of Avery’s sensation dis patch to Washington, yet really a close ob server will discover that tbe great railroad monopoly of which Col. Wadley is the President and presiding genius, has been operating upon tho fruitful imagination of our friend Candler.—Griffin Star. We are able to inform our contempoTary that he is wrong. Mr. Candler’s card was brought forth solely by Jndge Avery’s dis patch. S£3~ It is calculated byJCharics Francis Adams, in an article in the Atlantic Month ly, that if thogovcramentconiinucthe pol icy of land and money subsidy, it will find itself involved, by the year 1890, in the af fairs of railroad corporations, two-thirds j©* Lost-cuss Pollard is explaining who killed the Confederacy, just as if everybody didn't know it was for the want of such able-bodied fellows as tho historian in the ranks, who shirked out, preferring to write rather than fight. j®* Don Piatt sayB the conclusions of the Committee on Birnks and Banking, in regard to Grant’s connection with the gold swindle of September last, remind ono of the verdict of the Scotch Jury, “ guilty, but not proven." SrcVSK with a grinning, nasal $ snuffle: Embrace old Brownlow, and then i of $600,000,000. count on a heavy bounty so long as Kon- j —— ‘ ' grew rales or tbe Devil hath dominion, O no hundred and forty women ins GE1IE3 Monroe, of Georgy. ! remonstrance against woman suffrage to the lt m \ Ohio Legislature, express their willingDets .... „ , j to allow tho male members of society to her of tho Charleston (S. C.) Council, re' ccntly remarked: “ The colored man is by nature a Demo crat; his sympathies are with the white laboring masses; and when the lapse of timo shall have consigned to partial obliv ion tho animosities engendered by the war, the black race will bo found shoulder to ehouldor in the Democratic ranks.” Ntw Railroad.—Wc learn that the Stone Mountain Granite Company eonterapIatebulldlBX a road around the base of the mountain, with tho design or casilr traciportlng granito from the quarries, and allow excursion ptrtlct to make the circuit. They havo recently erected seme Of the duett derricks In the South.