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A_ C 2MJ id t CL THE CONSTITUTION, BY W. A. HE3IPHILL & CO. I. w. AVERY, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: weekly w).tsrmrriox,pw«ii»»n... $ *50 daily coNsrmrrios, i«i H- So n.iiru . . •..... • !.’-rriptiVn book ln«ert*f at one dol- Iarp?r ,-|uarc nr t.n lines, or apace to that amount, THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. S VOLUME m.i ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JUNE 14. Another Appointment by Bnllocfe. IV. A. Burnside has been appointed Or dinary of Lumpkin county, vice Jacob Deck resigned. Approved by General Terry. n XW The New York Herald, of June 1st, says: “III* understood that Hr. Charles P. Kimball, of Portland, will be the next Democratic candidate for United States Senator from Maine.” This U a brother of H. I. Kimball, of this city. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 14,1870. {NUMBER 13 tion to resent insnlt; tramples on the weak, and cowers cowardly before the strong. It tarns its dirty pen .and wags its filthy tongue against the reputation of innocent women, when it can do so with impunity; and its most valorous crusade is against - Yankee school-marms.” Its highest ex ploit is to proclaim through the newspa pers, to the universal public, that it is go ing to violate the law by fighting a duel, and then to proclaim that the quarrel is ended “ by the interposition of friends ” Now this is bully—and was probably sug gested by a desire on the part of the writer to be himself socially obtracised, that be may record bis name among that band of “ poor persecuted loyal men ” whose politi cal salvation depends upon the prolonga tion of the terms of office of Gov. Bullock and his Radical Legislature. Chivalry, take notice 1 Shoddy wants to ty The bayonet is the Logic of the Bad- j be socially snubbed! It b&s boldly entered ical party in Georgia. tar The Radical party of Georgia claims through its organ to be descended from the old Federal party! nr Old John Adams, the Federalist, re commended the passage of the Alien and Sedition Laws. He could not sustain bis principles by logic. Hence, be resorted to force. - | ^ gy The Old Federal party, whenever opportunity olTcrcd, resorted tq, physical force to obtain and retain power. The Radical party of Georgia claims that force settles finally and forever great moral and political principles! rsrriie Republican party which elected Hr. Lincoln President claimed to advocate the principles of tba Jeffersonian Republi cans, who defeated the old Monarchical cen tralizing party of Adams the Elder. The Radical party of Georgia claims to be the Simon pure descendant of tho old 11 Blue Lijtht” Hartford Convention Federalists! Tlie Lunatic Asylum. No class of our affilcted fellow beings aremorccntltledtoourcare and sympathy than the insane. It Is notoriously true that the present accommodations in the State Asylum arc not adequate to accom modate all the Lunatics entitled to treat ment there. Tho rich as well as the pauper patients of this class can only be successfully treated in well regulated Asylums. Tho enlargement of the present Asylum at MillcdgevUle, or the erecting of another one. Is an urgent necessity that appeals to the heart or every right-minded and be nevolent man and woman tn the State. No makeshifts or temporizing should be permitted to divert attention from the in telligent performance of the duty of the people of the State to provide well for the treatment of the insane. The proposition to convert the Old State House at MilledgevUlc may, or may not he a wise one. The Architecture of Lnnatlc Asylums should be adapted to the uses to which they are to be appropriated. Can the State House be economically used In the way suggested? Every intelligent mcdl cal man, who lias given the subject of In sanity careful consideration, will answer tills question In the negative. Lunatic Asylums shonld be located with reference to salubrity and an abundant supply of water. They ought to be in the country, and a farm of greater or less ex tent attached. Every apartment and ap purtenance, in or about them, should be constructed with reference to tho conven ience, comfort and humane care of the in- There should be no log-rolling, or finess ing, or trickery In regard to the Increase of accommodations for the insane. As large a State as Georgia ought to have two or more Asylums for tho insane. Ken tucky has two, and they are model institu tions. Let the hnmanc who are properly posted upon this subject cast about them, and allow humanity to triumph over sel fish considerations. A new Asylum should he erected. The old one should be liberally sustained, and- if oced be, all modern improvements and appliances made and furnished it. It is not prudent, nor'hnmanc, nor even economical, to have more than four or five hundred patients in any one Hospital for the insane. If it require* a dozen such in stitutions the people of Georgia are able, and will be willing to erect them, when ever a necessity therefor is fairly demon strated. w An Excellent Law.—The Legislature of Pennsylvania passed, recently, tho fol lowing excellent law for tho protection of deserted wives. It provides; ejection 1. That whenever any husband, Atom drunkenness, profligacy or other •came ivliafsocver, shall for two successive wears do-'ert his wifo or neglect or refuse to dive with-her and provide for her, sho shall, ms to every species of property, whether weal, pcrionnU-oV mixed, owned by and bo- Hoofta to bar. have all tho rights and (privilegesof a femme sole, to purchase or awll and convey the same as If sho were sole mod unmarried. . Section 2. That It shall be lawful for any Yur,'M woman, as aforesaid, to sue and be sued in her own name upon all such con tracts asalbresaid, heretofore made or to bo made, and to sue in her own name her hus band to recover the possession of her real estate, or the value thereof, as If she were sole and unmarried. Its protest against the respectability of Southern chivalry, and in the name of “Yankee School marras” of Mrs. Congress man Whittemore’s ilk, It says to the poor chivalry whose spirit It has utterly broken, Shoo Fly 1 don’t bother me.” No pistols, colfee, etc,are needed. “It feels like—it feels like a (rising) morning star.” Watch the National Banks. Until the Radical party got into power, Imperialism was never openly advocated In this country. Under tho patronage of the corrupt money-lenders of New York, a newspaper, advocating openly a change in the form of the Government, had a short lived existence a year or two since. It was entitled the Imperialist, and intended to create the Impression that the defeated people of the South favored imperialism. As soon as the hearts of the Northern peo ple were so flred as to prepare them for Congressional usurpation, It ceased to be. The end was accomplished. The people were deceived, and the corrupting and cor rupt National Bank system is still in exis tence. 0T When, after the battle of Waterloo, the Bourbon Dynasty was restored, was the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings eternally settled ? When the armies of the Confederate States surrendered, were the monarchical, tyrannical principles of tho old Federal party eternally established ? Did the people of free America resign their right of thought, because there had been a four years’ war? The Radical organ,of this city, intimates that the bayonet decided the two last ques tions, and answered them in the affirmative. It glories in tbo revival of the old Federal party, and exhibits much joy at Its resur rection 1 TIio Typos Endorse Woman’s Itights. The International Typographical Union, now in Convention at Cincinnati, elected Miss Augusta Lewis, of New York, Record ing and Corresponding Secretary. When Miss Lewis was placed in nomination, she sought to decline the honor, hut the Union would not listen to declination, and she was accordingly elected by acclamation, in the midst of considerable enthusiasm. One delegate desired a ballot for his aid. It bad been so long since he bad voted for woman, that he did not want to lose an op portunity on this occasion. Spirit of tho Radical Organ. The Allen and Sedition Act found some of its earliest and ablest advocates among those who bad opposed the Constitution [And the Centralists of tiie present day trample upon that very Constitution.] Tho same is true of 1860. The “ right of secession” was predicated upon Mr. Cal houn’s theory of primary allegiance to the ' of the Federal Government! session of facts which would “sign, seal and deliver” the official condemnation of every man on the State Road, from Super intendent down to track-raiser. The In vestigating Committee evidently thought be knew something, and consequently called him up to “ say his lesson.” His ex amination, the result of which was pub lished in the San yesterday morning, proved die whole matter, as far as that pa per was concerned, to have been one of “great cry and little wool.” He knew of some men who were mulcted of ¥5 each for subscriptions to the New Era and got mad about it, and stated also that he had been in the habit of riding over the road for sev eral years, and that the road seems to be in a better condition now than it was last year. That isall. “And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. How one small head could carry all they knew.” As Colonel Avery has left the city on a trip for the benefit of bis health, and can not now speak for himself, it is justly dne to him that some notice of the above should be taken in the columns of The Constitu- TIOX. It Is not to be supposed that he was ad mitted into the secrets of any of the rings, which are believed by thousands of the people to have been preying upon the pub lic treasury of the State of Georgia. His known opposition to them forbade their emissaries to approach him even in the most indirect way. Hence, as an honest man, he could not and did not swear to what was personally nnknown to him. If uogenerous inferences delight the managers of the Sun, the public can wish them “mighty joy,” under the surmises rife in thccommunity as to the significance of a visit of the Hon. Ephraim Tweedy to their editorial sanctum, as announced in their issue of yesterday, coupled with the appearance of an advertisement headed Executive Department of the State of Georgia,” and tho peculiar animus of the paragraph above quoted from their “New Light” in Atlanta journalism—so very much like that of an attack upon the man aging editor of The Constitution, which appeared in the Radical organ of the same date, as to give rise to the suspicion that both articles emanated from the same source. The Constitution is not receiving ad vertising patronage from a Governor who is making a criminal struggle to prolong his power beyond the term prescribed by the organic law, which he has sworn to support. WTo encourage immigration the Radi cal party in Georgia manufacture stories of Ku-Klux outrages. Perhaps they wish only to encourage the immigration of Cos sacks and Italian banditti. . How tbe Radical Party Encourages Free Education iu Atlanta. The question of the prolongation of the term of office of Governor Bullock and his Legislature has for a time defeated tbe es tablishment of public schools in Atlanta; forbad it not been for the Imbroglio thus created in Congress, the General Assembly would early in the year have so amended the city charter as to enable the Council to make the necessary appropriations to erect school-houses. 'V Do Gustibus Non, Etc. The Radical organ in this city often de claims against what it calls ostracism for political opinion. In Us issue of Sunday morning, under tho tltlo of “ Chivalry, Ancient and Modern,” It attempts to cari cature the chivalry of the South. Perhaps this article was not intended for the Southern reader. If it was, there is certainly a want of discretion in pub lishing it. Its patrons at the South cannot •be expected to be delighted with it. They ■•may be amused by it, because it indicates .* wonderful “diarrha>a of words with great constipation or ideas,” conditions so •contradictory as to be extremely ludicrous, •were it not that each is suggestive of un pleasant odors. Taking its cue from the New York Tribune, which ridiculed a party of Vir ginians, that to gratify some of their North ern friends visited New York and held Tournament (so-called.) it enters into dissertation upon the Chivalry of the mid dle ages; professes to underrate its bu manizing influence, and then uses the fol lowing language; But wc have a modern “chivalry ” which nocs the ancient in all but its few virtues. The new-fangled article has all its proto type’s meanness, vanity and blood-thirsty Vindictiveness, aU Its disposition to tyran ny without its power, but none of its honor, none of its truth, none of iu flonr- ie«v and little of iu courage. It robs by sunder bOtcr men than Itself of their characters; it murders when assassination is a safe operation; it lies, and is fear fully Indigent when told that it lies. It oppresses aU whom U daw to op press;insults any who are Wt * i**J- Commnnicated.] Cassville, Ga., Jane 3,1870. Editors Constitution: Below find resalt of the Grand BaffleheM in Cnssviile, Juno 1st. We give the nnmbers of the fortnnato throwers in each ar- tide raffled. The Managing Agents have bech requested by a largo number of ticket holders not publish their names II they were so fortunate throw valuable prizes, and consequently, we refuse to publish any nnlcss by consent of the parties obtaining said property. Names and ad dress of the fortunate one can bo had by writing to tbe Managing Agent, enclosing stamp: State, instead of [Suppose It was. Does it follow that the failure of the movement wrought a forfeit ure of the rights of the States under the Constitution ?] Semmes, Sparrow, Benjamin, Clay, Sed don and others of the State Bights school of 1SG0, became Consolidationists in 1SG3— some by open proclamation, others by ac quiescence. -And, to-day, among those who have most to say in opposition to that theory of government held by Washington, and promulgated by Hamilton and the old Federalists. . , . [A bare assertion! in keeping with the habit of certain people, who manufacture to order reports of Ku-klux outrages.] Is paramount allegiance still an unset tled question ? If so, why did they all swear paramount allegiances to the Federal Gov ernment after the surrender? Was it through craven fear that they swore thus? Such an hypothesis would be an insult to the brave men who periled their lives on a hundred battle-fields, in behalf of the theo ry they espoused. [Coes the paramount allegiance to the Federal Government imply an abandon' mentof tho tight of thought? Or was ever contemplated by a majority of the people of tbo United States at any period of their history before, during or since the War of the States to establish a Central Empirc,under the control either of a mon arch or an usurping Congress?] Men usually run from one extreme to another. [As, for instance, many men, who fought against the Southern Confederacy to'pre serve the Constitution, now trample upon end disregard it.] If that means “Centralization,” as Dem ocrats say it docs. [Who ever said that the paramount sov ereignty of tho Federal Government means Centralization?] They have nevertheless sworn to abide itl (They have and will keep tl^elr plighted faith. But Centralists, “ Blue Light ” Fed enlists and Imperialists take oaths to sup port Constitutions, and whenever opportu nity offers violate them that they may pro long their terms of offlce.1 The Amenities of the Press. Many men occupying tbe editorial tri pod seem to thick it necessary, to give spice or point to the columns of a newspa per, that they should “ pitch Into” tbe per sonal record of a contemporary editor. This, too, is often done In face of the almost universal disgust which the public feel, when the columns of the paper they pay for are presumed to be devoted to subjects of general interest. Every editor of a newspaper in the land is in the habit of publishing items of news on hearsay evidence. No honest man will swear before a court or investigating com. mittec that he knows facts or circumstances to be true of which be is not personally cognizant. Colonel Avery, the managing editor of The Constitution, was called before the Bailroad Investigating Committee on the 7th instant, and bis evidence is the subject of the following comment by the Daily Sun, of this city, in its issue of yesterday: One who b&s been a reader of The Con stitution for some montin past would very naturally have coma to the conclusion that «|se editor of that paper was in pos- SONG. BY J. K. LOWELL. O, moonlight deep and tender, A year and more agone, Yonr mist of golden splendor Ronml my betrothal shone! O, elm leaves dark and dewy. The very same ye seem, Tho low wind trembles through yc, Ye murmur in my dream, O, river, dim with distance. Flow thus forever by. Apart of my existence Within yonr hears doth lie! O. stars, ye saw our meeting. Two beings and one sonl. ' Two hearts 60 madly beating To mingle and be whole. O, happy night, deliver Her kisses back to me. Or keep them all, and give her A blissful dream of me. V - A u SHOO FLY” EXCELSIOR. Of all the parodies of Longfellow’s “ Ex celsior,’’’ this, by Hans Breitmann, is not the worst: Dcr efening clouds was seddling fasd, AS ayoang man (trough dcr Ullage bassed, Shkading along mid der shdorm and hail, Mit dese \ords tied on bis ooad dail: •* Shoo, fly/* " Oh 1 don’t go snch a night like dose,” His mnddergries. “ You will get froze; Dat John Krosd dot will nib your ear.” He only said so mit a shnecr: *• Shoo, fly.”^ care a cent, As he viped dat shnow of his left car. Dem vofds vas herd sdili shdrong und glear— . ••Hhnn. flv »• 3,611, . _ — - . Kinabrcw. Bartow county, Ga; Furniture, 16.819 - ~ 30,,iWI. Orleans Farish,La.: ~ Fanny * Mention. ■Fanny Fern gives this as her experience: I used to believe in school friendship. That delusion ended when Arabella Trip let told mutual friends that I was years and years her senior, knowing what a terrible fib she told. I used to suffer pangs of anger because bf woes of beggars. Sinco that I have seen ono unstrap bis leg.in an area, and run off gaily on two legs of his own. Another threw a loaf of bread in the gut ter, and I saw a third who had all day been yelling, “ Please assist the blind,” carefully examining his collection of ten-cent stamps by the light of a friendly apple- woman’s candle. I used to put tbe greatest faith in lovers’ vows. Now, I do not believe a man means anything be says to a woman, unless It is something disagreeable. I .used to believe in faithful servants. Since then I have hired girls from intelli- g encc offices, and lost all my handkerchiefs ut one. I used to believe In beauty. Since then I have seen a bewitching belle take off half her hair, all her teeth, the best of her com plexion, two pounds of cotton batting and a corset. A Learned Second Wife.—An honest farmer in the State of Pennsylvania mar ried a miss from a fashionable boarding school, for bis second wife. He was struck dumb with her eloquence, and gaped with wonder at his wife’s learning. “ You may,” said he, “bore a hole through the solid earth, and chuck in a millstone, and she’ll tell you to a shavin’ bow long tbe stone will be goin clean through! She has learnt kemistry and cockneyology, and talks a heap about oxhides and comical affinities. 1 used for to think It was the air I sucked in every time that I expired; howsomed- ever, she tellcd me that she knowed bet ter—she tolled me that I had been sucking in two kinds of gin;-ox gin and high gin. Dear, me! I’m a tumble down tetotal man, and yet have been drinking ox gin and high gin all my life! ” Sylvester EnaRaon.—Sylvester Pha raoh, King of the once powerful tribe of Montauk Indians, died on Long Island on Saturday, in the sixtieth year of his age. He has been affected for som etime with pleurisy, and was notconsidered until lately dangerous. Of this tribe there now re main but twelve persons, divided into four families. The royal mantle now falls upon Elisha Pharaoh, but some reasons are supposed to exist which will determine him not to accept It. If so, David L. Pha raoh will become king of the tribe. Lot la Calhoun. 6J. . Blooded Mare, 29,949. Albcrmale county, Va., Marble lop Bureau. 3.603, Ala; Buggy and Har ness. 10.06': Twelve ono-acre town lots, numbers 361.1519.GST7.3.153,4,919, S.75*. 4,838, ISO. 4,913,0,807, 6111. 4,949; Twelve Gold Watches, Nos. 11,118, ails! 13.101, SO.803. 22,937.15.910.16,131,13,961,9,923, <4«96, SIS. 4.901; Four Double-barreled Bird Guns, Eos 4,912, 4911. 13,311. 14.466; Six sewing Ma chines] NOS. 8,460. 20,115,13 31i, 9,341,18,125,22.237; Sixteen Lots of Corn, 25 buibcla each. Nos. 10,281, 5.106.17.111,4,671.393.399.413,1,233.13,401, 582,3,161, -56.6.404. 4.873. Ml. 22J89. Ono Hundred 1U0 pounds sacks Flour. 5 sacks etch. Nos. 12.880 7.828, 5,321.673, 6.885.2 979,0,506, 285 5.746,19.829.9,573.4 88J.7,7t3,7,733. 4,188,21.912, ,993,18,609,6,732,1,499. Sixty Lots Bacon. 100 pounds each Nos. 10.644, 19.161, 19.821, 10,643. 19,823, 10.919, 19.844. 10 682, 14,924,10.918,23,567,19,933 11,851.19,812.14,801.14.880. et.713,10,853. lll.ssi, 19.810. 19,865. 19.932.11.923. 14.- 926.10.732.23.756.23.7*1. 23,750, 23,740, 23157.10,811, 11.419.19,776,10,778,23.SSS, 23,938, 19 896. 23.813.10- 67S.21.811. 23,799. 10'J91. 16,092. 3 822.14,931.1.1,906, 8.731.15.761 10,921, 15760, 15112. 19180. 19.734,10,- 857,10,862,10.105,10.707.10,749.23191.15.768. Two No 1 MUch COWS, Nos. 11.932,3.613 Twelve Silver Watches, Nos. 14.911.10.182.14 843, 14,910,15.199,23,806, 19,611,23.896, 10,409,14,878, 19, - 17). 19,188. Cook Stove, No. 19,171; Office Stove, No. 15,877; Twenty-four pair Catrskin Boots. Nos. 741,21.103. 26,624,17)291.22 973,19,671.12.450 1.875,13 976,18.379, 13,151,19.479.2.905,20,581,13 684,10.996,7,845,22 253, 2.6S7.22,193,21.763.17,853.19,601,10,523. Twelve half acre town lots were left out, and tickets to the value or said lots were left out also We hereby certify, that we, whose names are slow annexed, were the disinterested Mansg ofsaid Baffle, and that everything was carricai to tho letter that was proposed bv the Msnagi Agents. Everything passed off pleasantly s harmoniously. Of tho large number present, expressed themselves perfectly satlsQed, and tbo fairest thing of the kind they ever witnessed. A. J. Bewfobd, G.L Irick, M. L. 1ULL4XS, WX ALLEN,- II. W Kuubbew, T. L. Matthias, TIio Beauties of the 15th Amend ment Enforcement Bill. The Chicago Times thus paints the de lightful picture of the future: The proposed enforcement bill of tbe Congressional Conference Committee is a fine thing—for tbe African. It so hedges that divinity about, that, if he „does not henceforth occupy the postof honor on all occasions, it will be because he will not avail himself of all the privileges which this bill will afford him. It provides seven ty-five things which may be done to a nig ger, and one hundred and fifty things which can’t be done to a nigger. TospellAfrican with two “g’s”is a penal offense. Not to sit by a nigger at a table, or at a theater, or in a street-car, is punishable. To make faces at him is actionable; to refuse to give him half your bed is a crime; to decline to marry bis sister is a penal offense; to re fuse bim your aunt makes you liable to prosecution in a Federal court. In fine, Congress is trying to do with tbe African what it has often tried to do with tbe cur rency—to legislate it up to par. We fancy tbe result will be tbe same in both cases. To Keep Rose Buds.—As the season of rose buds is close at band, it may be inter esting to many of our readers to know bow they keep them in Germany fresh into the water. They first cover the end of tbe re cently-cut stem with wax, and then place each one in a closed paper cap or cone, so that the leaves do not touch the paper. The cap is then coated with glue, to exclude air, dust, and moisture, and, when dry, is stood up in a drawer in a cool place. When wanted for use, the bud is taken out of the cap and placed in water, after cutting off the cud, when it will bloom in a few hours. An Interesting Exposition.—There is to be held at Indianapolis, on August 2d, an exposition of the Woolen Manufac turers’ Association of the West and South. This is the third exhibition of the series, and efforts are being made to make it the be3t. The objects to be exhibited are “textile fabrics, stapicsof fabrics, material used in manufaturing and machinery em ployed, comprising everything natural or artificial directly contributing to the man ufacture of wool, cotton, silk and flax.” ®”The“ Leabhar ne Uuidri,” an ancient Irish collection of writings, will shortly appear in fac simile. The proof sheets are being revised at the Royal Irish Academy. The book, which takes its name from hav ing been originally written upon the skin of a red calf, is of very early date; and was preserved at the Abbey of Clonmacnoise. The numerous glosses which it contains render it of considerable philosophical value. The Alabama Ku-Klux.—The Grecncs- boro Beacon learns that fourteen negroes, charged with the horrible crimes of mur der, robbery and arson, perpetrated some three weeks ago, at Burton’s Hill, Greene county, have been arrested. One of tbe guilty parties turned State’s evidence. The negro who shot Markham is said to have escaped. Some More Questions. Editors Constitution: As a citizen and a tax-payer of Georgia. I demand of tbe committee, charged with the investigation into the management of tiie Western and Atlantic Railroad, that the following ques tions be put to Mr. Fatty Harris, or Foster Blodgett, or who ever is responsible for the management of the road, viz: 1st. “Are there nota number of persons who have been recently employed on said road and received salaries trom the treasury thereof, who have been suspended since the ap pointment of the Investigating Commit tee?” 2d. “ What was tho cause of their 6uspensio!i22—3rd. “Were they or not promised a return to their offices as soon as the investigation is over?” 4th. “ Have or not their salaries been continued during their suspension ?” Now, Mr. Editor, if the committee is after truth they will not refuse to do this, for I do distinctly, boldly charge that there is at least one person (and I have facts and fig ures to sust&rn the charge) who has been thus suspended, has been promised a re-’ torn to duty as soon as the investigation is over, and jjjose salary continues during his suspei^ftAn. Let the^westions be asked tiie officers of the road, iM if answered in the negative, the facts 'jo sustain the’ charge are at the service of ■ he committee. Asa tax-payer and citizen* sf Georgia, and thereby a part owner of fife Western and Atlantic Rail road, I ch. ge corruption on the part of the managers of the road in this matter. Here is an issue. Will the committee do their duty and ferret it out? I am reliably informed a number of per sons have been suspended in the same man ner in Atlanta and all along the line of the Road. Let this matter be sifted to the bottom; let tiie Committee send for the agents of the various depots, and put them on oath, and if I am not vastly mistaken, facts will be discovered which will be hard to white wash. “ J U3T1CE.” |®“ The tendency in Harvard College seems to be to mako tiio studies more and more “elective” every year. The pro' grammc*f»r 1S70,18717 and 1872. of the up per clasEoJlias already been mado out, and with some important changes those of the senior year are wholly elective, and the compulsory studies of tho juniors and sophomores are few. The courses in Greek, philosophvw.ind history have been im- iroved. Zoology and paleontology has >een added to the under-graduate depart ment. Tho summer vacation has been in creased, and the winter vacation has been shortened. 1ST The Presbyterian Church at Lancas ter, Ohio, have adopted the free seat sys tern with entire unanimity. Tiio Massacre ot Israelites iu Rou- * mania. The horrible massacre of inoffensive Jcwsby.tbe native Christians of Boumania, a province of Turkey in the South of Eh rope, is thus- described in an extract from a recent letter from that province. Tbe affair has aroused the indignation of the entire civilized world, and the inhuman batchers will doubtless receive a punish merit commensurate with their fearful crimes: On Sunday last, by a preconcerted signal, the Christian populace rose, and tbe fearful work of butchery was inaugurated. At an early hour the houses of all Jews were in vaded, and those of tbe occupants who wore unable to escape were massacred in cold blood. The fleeing Israelites were pur sued thiQiu';’. the town by an armed mob, and niiircl^JJ 1 wherever caught. Men, women, anaffnildreh were ruthlessly slain Tho fury of the populace, inflamed with religious bigotry, only exhausted itself for want of victims. In all the principal towns the fearful work of butchery prevailed, and thousands of men. women, and children, of tho un fortunate class were butchered in cold blood. The work of slaughter still goes on in the interior, and nothing has yet been beard of any movement by the authorties to suppress it. The reigning Prince is ab. sent from tbe province, and advantage was taken of this to complete the total exter mination of all Jews irom tbe province. Prince Charles is hurrying home, and en ergetic measures will be at once taken by tbe Sultan to suppress this religious emeute. Meanwhile the fury of tbe mob continues unabated, finding fresh victims to glut its insatiate fury. gaining for the votes of its own members, and had, as stated in this correspondence of Friday last; offered bonds indorsed by the State of Georgia to a Senator for his vote against the Bingham amendment. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the Judiciary Committee has been authorized to examine into the matter. There is understood to be ample evidence to convict Bullock of at tempted bribery.” A—I am. Q—State upon what yon based that state ment? A—Upon a paragraph taken from the Washington correspondence of the Rich mond Dispatch of some days previous. Bv Mr. Stewart: Q—Who is that correspondent? A—I do not know positively. The Rich mond Dispatch contained this statement from its correspondent: “ Railroad bonds endorsed by the State of Georgia have been offered to secure votes against theBingham amendment to the Georgia bill. In one in stance this can be proved. The Senator who was to have been influenced has de clared his intention to vote for tho amend ment, and the party proposing the trade was promptly exposed by the friends of the amoniimon? ** OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Congressional Matters—The In come Tax Bill—Bullock and His Myrmidons—The Correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette—Pub lic Opinion Concerning Bullock and his “Ring”—The Bullock as a Witness—The Georgia Ques tlon. t£f It is not generally known, bnt tbe last lines that Frank Forrester ever wrote were toe following: “ Rest is for the dead— and peace and happiness immortal! For those who remain behind tbe weariness of memory, toe loneliness of regret, toe yearning for the untimely lost, which will not pass away until lile itself shall have passed through the darkness of toe grave into the light of immortality.” Judge J. Lamberto, of Rome, Geor gia, has made 2,700 couples happy in his life time. The Judge, it appears, was a bachelor until a few days ago. when an estimable yonng lady named Miss Lang ston appeared and captured him. t3T A letter from Europe mentions a rumor in diplomatic circles that the King of Prussia aims at being crowned Empe ror of North Germany, and that Louis Napoleon is fretting nnder toe unstable tenure of his office, and anxious to create a diversion, meditates a move on Belgium or on the Rhine for toe purpose of check ing Prussian ambitibn. The Howard Investigation. The correspondent of toe Baltimore Ga zette, writing from Wasbington, under date of June5to, says: Wood-Howanl investigation will be re sumed on Tuesday next. Yesterday it was shown that about $130,000 had been ex pended for rations in tbe State of Florida, which the agents of toe bureau had sold, putting the proceeds in their own pockets. On Friday it was proved thatGeneral How ard had loaned to the American Missiona ry Society $240,000 without any authority by law. South Carolina affairs are next to be investigated, where it is said that be tween three and tour thousand of toe Bu reau funds were expended to secure the election ol the present Governor of the State, who was then Assistant Commis sioner of the Bureau. I57“A swarm of ants took up their abode in a man’s ear jn California toe other day. We Amend.—The Atlanta Constitu tion publishes a long list of questions which it is suggested shall be put to wit nesses who appear in the pending investi- S ition into the management of toe State oad. We beg leave to offer an amend ment, to toe following effect, to-wit: Who paid the expenses of toe Halbert press excursion, including cars, wines, ci gars. barbers, sardines, etc? By what warrant and authority of law were toe said expenses paid ? The same questions may be asked in re lation to toe Louisville Convention excur sion, and the excursion after toe invited guests of the State Fair. Let us have the amounts, with the re ceipts and vouchers; but above all, toe clause of tbe Code which warrants such expenditures. And while on the subject, will not toe committee ascertain the exact cost ot that special car Halbert had built for himself? Columbus Sun. Special Corrcspon-’cnco Atlanta Constitution.) Washington, June 1,1870. Congress has not been particularly live ly-thus far this week. Monday, neither House was in session, having adjourned over on account of memorial day. Yesterday toe Senate was in executive session all the afternoon on the reciproci ty treaty with the Sandwich Islands. An evening session was held, bnt nothing of in terest transpired.. To-day the Senate met again in executive session on tho Sandwich Island treaty and finally rejected it. The House yesterday gave Mr. Lynch’s bill, for toe protection of New England shipbuilders, its quietus, and then took up Schenck’s tax bill. Quite a spicy personal debate followed. To-day tiie House was engaged on toe tax bill. The tax on matches was stricken out and then put on again. Thc.income tax was reached, and several members made speeches in opposi tion to it, but before reaching a vote tbe House adjourned. Astrong lobby is work ing against its continuation, Governor Bullock, in the letter he re cently addressed to Congress, took occasion to say: “ A correspondcntof the Baltimore Ga zette, who nad made a direct statement In his correspondence published in that pa per, charging me with bargaining for the votes of Senators, being sworn and exam ined, states that he had no knowledge on toe subject whatever, except irom a news paper dispatch which lie saw in a Rich mond paper. In reply xo the direct inqui ry if he could give any information or knowledge that would put the committee upon the track of any facts going to show that improper means had been used, bis answer was: No, sir; I do not think J could.” The Macon American Union, taking its cue from toe carpet-bagger’s impudent manifesto, quoted toe above remarks in re lation to the contemplated removal of the Associated Press Agent at Atlanta. - “The correspondent of toe Baltimore Gazette, from whom the Democratic press are so greedy to copy, and who recom mends this change ot agent, was before the committee which investigated charges of bribery against Governor Builock, and was asked to give information that would lead to the discovery of the facts stated in his letters, when the poor fool bad to break right down and say he knew nothing about it.” It is better to be a “fool” than a “knave,” and not bring a Radical, tbo correspondent of tbe Gazette did not “lielike adog,”as did the Radicals who were before this committee. Neither did be “ back down.” Here is toe official report of what he did say, in full: Charles A. Filsbury sworn and ex amined. By toe Chairman: Qnestion—What is your business iu Washington ? Answer—I am correspondent of toe Bal timore Gazette. Q—Are you the writer of tliourticle in the Baltimore Gazette of the 19th of April, amendment.” By the Chairman; Q—On thntetatementyou based yonr let ter to the Baltimore Gazette, containing the extract which I have read ? A—Upon that and a paragraph in the Evening Star of this city to the effect that bonds had been offered to two Senators or relatives of Senators. I do not recollect exactly the tenor of-the article. Q—Have you that article? A—No, sir. Q—Had you any other basis for this ar ticle in the Baltimore Gazette than you have stated ? A—Nothing more than that, except that it has been a general subject of comment here that Bullock was lobbying, and I sup posed he would buy anybody he could, Q—What makes you suppose that? A—From bis own character. Q—Do you know any fact going to show that he has used or offered to use means to influence votes? A—No. I do. not know it of my own personal knowledge. I have no acquaint ance whatever with him. Q—Have you heard of his having used means in any direction other than from these newspaper reports? A—Only these reports and £»neral state ments made at various times. Q—Have you any knowledge, from in formation or otherwise, of means being used by anybody in respect to the Georgia question ?. A—No, sir, I have not, otherwise-than by distributing pamphlets and such things as that. Q—Have you from information any knowledge which you could give that would put the committee upon toe trace of any facts going to show that any means have been used in respect to this matter? A—No, sir, I do not think 1 could. There was no packing done here. Sev eral days before the investigation was commenced, and before the paragraph ap peared In the Gazette, April 19, the para graph from the Richmond Dispatch was quoted in the Gazette’s Washington corres pondence. Long before that time—yes, from Bullock’s first appearance in Washing ton—rumors were current of his lobbying operations. They were toe subjectof com mon and general conversations. No one doubted tbeir truth. Senntors charged Bullock from their places in the Senate with openly and disgracefully lobbying upon tiie floor. But even were this not so, too report of tiie committee, and more than all, toe evidence taken before the committee, fully sustain all that has been 'said and written about the operations of the Bullock ring in Washington. Even wit- witnesses who prejudice themselves to save toe.guilty parties richly- merited punish ment, did not wholly succeed In concealing the truth. The result is'before tiie coun try ; and if Bullock & Co. are not in the Deuitcntiary it is because they have been more fortunate than others less criminal. BULLOCK A SLOW WITNESS. Every one has heard ol “slow wit nesses.” It would be difficult to find a slower witness than was Bufus B. Bul lock on the I7th of May, 1870, as he ap peared before tbe Senate Judiciary Com mittee. A tortoise would have been a race horse compared with Bullock on the oc casion. His memory was bad, too. Poor creatnre! he couldn’t recollect how many Averys ho knew, or what their initials were. In fact, if he is to be believed when under oath, he knew just nothing at all. He knew some colored members of the Georgia Legislature were coming here, but he didn’tknow under what circumstances; thought they were moved to come by the interest they felt in the measure pending here. Again—“ I do not know that I can say that I know of any dispatches sent to have them come. Dispatches were sent from here. I sent dispatches toonr friends in Atlanta.” Under Mr. Edmunds’ skill ful cross-questioning, it was finally ex torted from Bullock that tie summoned these colored members of the Georgia Legislature here for the purpose of using their influence against the Bingham Amendment, and that he advanced to them $1,400. for which be took no notes. Here is more richness. Q—Do you know Lewis Porter? A—l do not know anybody of the name of Porter whom l can imagine has been be fore the committee. I think toe only per son in Washington I know by tiie name of Porter are General and Admiral Porter. I have been introduced to a thousand people in Washington thatl would not remember the names of. Whoever toe Mr. Porter may bo that you speak of, he may have been introduced to me, and I might know him if I should sec bis face, and perhaps shake hands with him if he came up to me; but I do not know anybody of the name whom I can recall, except Admiral Porter and General Porter. Porter, it will be recollected, swore to meeting and talking with the Averys in Bullock’s room, at Willard’s hotel THE GEOBtiK QUESTION Is in statu quo, Mr. Bingham having ap parently abandoned bis intention- of forc ing a report from toe Reconstruction Com mittee. A special meeting of tots'committee is called for to-morrow, when it iB proposed to dispose of both Georgia and Tennessee, but it would not be safe to bet that any thing will be done. Tbo opinion that Georgia will go over for this session seems to be gaining ground. Abgus. of too paper offered as testimony, etc., Mr. T. was permitted to read from his manu script. in relation to the above stated mat ters, as follows: Presuming that Dr. Angler, toe State Treasurer, desired me to testify as to the ordinary expenditures of toe State in peace times, in the matters mentioned in his letter, and as the war commenced in IS62, and closed hut a short time before my last official term closed, I have only exam ined my reports for the expenditures of tiie State, given below, in the matters alluded to, for the first five years of my official ser vice, or from 1850 to 1860, inclusive: oil and candles. The amount paid ont for oil and candles, etc., wore, in Jg« $15 35 1S37 . 1SSS 1(1 74 Hg 14 80 I860 9815 ADDED B? THE EDITOR. 1806—by Jenkins.. $ 49 1867— “ “ 50 00 1868— six months by Bullock 5145 1869— by Bullock 1,157 05 WOOD. Tbo amount paid fbr wood was. In 1856 (296 65 15B.. 1858..../., 1869 1850 ( Was ill session, when, both Governor Jen kins and myself coming to tho conclusion that two Secretaries of the Executive Dei "X^rtment were amply sufficient to attend votly and expeditiously to the duties I retired on the 30th of April; ;L)r ..Vns drew under this 2d section lili u?n?ranMn <»YOr for toil 50, and aS SflMmnlr ' ,ne months thereafter hb retaries, of course he i. nf In 1S00, for the first tin.* kind ever was done.so far tu, discover, the Legislature i n0 2£j a« the following section in toe (klv™ 1 propriation Act of that year, viz: “Sec. 7. That in all cases where the Cs";* eral Assembly directs the performance X any service or labor for which no provis ion is made for compensation, tiie Gover nor is hereby authorized to draw his war rants on the Treasury for such sum or sti ms as in his judgment may be just compcnsa- This section was no doubt intended also to relievo too Governor’s Contingent Fund, as services before ordered by tiie Legisla ture and which were not provided for by special legislation by such Legislature, had before been paid for out of the Contingent Fund, when toe parties doing the servien did not care to wait for the action of tho next convening Legislature. But notwith standing this section was incorporated in every General Appropriation Act from I860 to 1S65; yet, so far as I can discover or believe, Governor Brown never drew Rny warrants under its authority. In lStiii, this section was amended, (no doubt in my opinion by some ono who wanted more re pairs and fixtures than had been proposed or voted for in the Committee for toe Suite State House,) so far as to authorize too Governor, besides drawing on the treasury for “service” or “labor,” ordered by toe preceding Legislature, where payment was not provided, etc., to also draw upon ton treasury for any “service” or "labor,” which, iu his own opinion, might be rc- , 180 61 . 443 77 . 229 00 .254 68 ADDED BY THE EDITOR. lBG6-by Jenkins $ 4 1861—“ 3 1868-six months by Bullock lS69-coal, etc 1,586 40 POSTAGE. Amounts paid out for all stato House officers for postage, were, in 1856 $ 526 63 1857.. 829 23 1853 996 60 1859 1,008 77 1860 973 93 ADDED BY THE EDITOR. 1866—By Jenkins .$ 67199 1869 1,995 61 STATIONERY. Amounts paid out for stationery were, In 1866 .....$1,44214 1857 1,400 00 1858 .' 1859...;. 222 04 1861 1,475 16 ADDED BY Tnz EDITOR. lSOO-1'.y Jenkins $3,261 37 lS67-By Jenkins 282 61 1868— 6 months by Bullock 1,281 13 1869- by Bollock.... .... 5.582 49 TO DEFRAY INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Under the items of “to defray incidental expenses of the Executive Department,” - lor Contingent Fund to pay small ac counts,” “Executive Contingent Fund," and “lor payment of small accounts against the Executive Department,” I find that the amounts paid out were, in 1856 $ 1 96 1857 1858. 3*63 1859 20100 1860 370 00 ADDED BY THE EDITOR. 1866- By Jenkins S 82 00 1867- Ily Jenkins 248 80 1863-6 months by Bullock BO 00 1869— by Bullock .11,450 00 All the above items were paid outol toe Contingent Fund, which was, in 1856, $15,000; 1857, $12,000; 1S53, $14,000; 1859, $16,000, and in I860, $16,030. The Captain of and the State House Guard was paid by special appropriation In each general appropriation act. In 1856 they were paid altogether. $1.18d 25, and in 1857, 1858.1859,1S60. $1,200 eacli year. I cannot find in nty report more than one hundred dollars paid by the Governors as a reward for the arrest of fugitives charged with murder or any other crime. nor do I believe a larger reward was of fered by any Governor while I was in of fice. The rewards were-paid out of the Con tingent Fond. ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWSPAPERS BY THE GOVERNOR. Amounts paid for advertising and print ing done by other newspapers than that of toe State Printer were, in 1856 ; $ 493 1857 2.209 18*. J.JS 1869. 992 ADDED BY THE EDITOR. 1866 by Jenkins 186n - “ 1868 G months by Bollock The Bullock-Angier Committee- Statement of ex-ComptrolIer Pe terson Thvreatt. Peterson Thweatt, Esq., the former Comp troller General of the State, from 1855 to 1865, having been summoned to appear be fore the Bullock-Angier Committee, reach ed Atlanta a lew days since, and has been before the committee for two days. Pre vious to his being summoned, Dr. Angier, toe State Treasurer, notified Mr. Thweatt that he desired to have him appear as a witness, and to testify in relation to the practice of the different Governors, as to drawing warrants, etc., and he further asked Mr. Thweatt to “ examine his reports while Comptroller General and to ascertain, as far as he could, how and in what manner the accounts for printing have been paid by former Governors. Also the nccounts for legal services, rewards. State House guard, wood, lights, stationery, postage, in cidental expenses of the Executive Depart ment; the amount of advertising done by former Governors in other papers than that ot the public printer—bow they were paid and tiie precedents for the expendi tures of Governor Bullock under the 2d, 7th and 23d sections of the Acts of 1868 and 1869.” Mr. Thweatt being sworn, and Dr. An gier having asked him to testify in relation to all of these matters, at once Mr. T. stated, -that for the purpose of accuracy, and that he might testify upon these mat ters more intelligibly and satisfactorily to the committee than he could verbally, he had reduced'the results of his examina- containing toe following paragraph: “Ku-1 tions, etc^ to writing, which he asked to be mors of Bul.ock’a lobby schemes have at permitted to read to the committee, and last reached the car of the Senate. It is a that they would take it as his sworn testi- little singular this body should have been mony in the matters alluded to. Without so long finding out that Bullock was bar- 1 committing itself as to their acceptance ....$ 401 .... 2339 .... 14,984 1869 : 27,191 It may be proper here to remark that in 1857 and 1858 about $2,000 of the above was laid out for advertising amendments to the < Constitution ordered by Into to be published for six months. In compliance, further, with the request contained in the State Treasurer's letter of the 5th instant, I have to say that I have examined my reports, and find that, up to 1863, ali printing accounts, of every char acter, were paid out of the Printing Fund. But by the 1043d section of the Revised Code, which section went into operation in 1863, Governor Brown conceived that he was prohibited from drawing upon the Printing Fund for 1863 to pay tor advertis ing in papers others than that of toe State Printer,and while lie continued to pay said accounts out of the Printing Fund for 1862. until said fund reverted to the Treasury on the 1st of May, 1863; yet hedid not pay any of the said accounts out of the Printing Fund of 1S63,1864, and 1865, but paid them out of toe Contingent Fund. All accounts of every character due the public printer he paid ont of the Printing Funds for 1863, 1864, and 1885. As to the claims or accounts for legal services, so far as I can discover from rny reports, they were either paid out of the Contingent Fund, or by warrants on the Treasury authorized by special legislative acts, stipulating the amount of toe fees, etc. When the Governors employed an at torney or attorneys on their own motion, they either paid him or them out of the Contingent Fund, or the matter was re ferred to the Legislature for that body to vote money to pay toe same. For the five years as stated above, from 1856 to I860, the only instances my reports show in which the Governors cm. - any counsel for any purpose was when in 1857 Governor H. V. Johnson employed toe Hon. Linton Stephens and O. C. Gib son as attorneys for the State, to defend tbe rights of Georgia in tbe United States Supreme Court in relation to the boundary line between Georgia and Alabama. When the Hon. Linton Stephens went on the Supreme Court Bench, Governer Brown appointed toe Uon.C. J. McDonald to suc ceed him. In 1S59 and I860 Governor Brown paid Messrs. Stephens and Mc Donald each $500 out of the Contingent Fund, an-1 the Legislature afterwards ap propriated $1,000 additional to each, (Messrs. Stephens and McDonald.) and $1,590 to O. C. Gibson, as their fee in the matter. Also, in 1S59, Doyal & Campbell were employed by the Governor to assist the Attorney General in forfeiting the charter of the Exchange Bank of Griffin, and paid $100 for their Ice outof the Con tingent Fund. For 1857 I And that W. It. McLaws. A'torncy General, was paid $G00 outof the Contingent Fund in toe case in toe Supreme Court of Thompson & Lyon vs. the State. But I find no other pay ment for legal service in these years, ex cept tiie usual $30 and $5!) cases then al lowed by law, and now allowed by the Code, to he paid to the Solicitor General fur extra services where certain cases are taken up to the Superior Court, etc., etc., and these were paid out of toe Contingent Fund, until the Legislature passed special act to have them paid otherwise. As to the 2d and 22d or 23d sections of the acts of 1S6S and 1869,1 have to say that there were no snch sections in any ol the Appropriation acts while I was In of fice. Nor before, so far as I know or be lieve. The 2d section in toe act of 1868 and 1869 I drew up myself in 1866, while an assis tant in the Executive office, and got tbe Finance Committee in the House to incor porate it into the Appropriation act of 1866. Governor Jenkins having expressed to me a desire to have my services as an assistant in toe Executive Department, in the early part of 1866, paid far by a special appropriation, rather than pay it out of the Contingent Fund, and not knowing how long I might be employed by toe Governor, this 2d section was drawn up by me in the language it is, to cover i! warrant for my services. I remained in the Executive office as an assistant for three months and twenty-one days, iqost qf which time the Legislature Asylums, etc. Under this section. Gov ernor Jenkins drew, in 1S66, $7,412 19 to carry out the provisions of an act of tho preceding Legislature, organizing too chain gang, and for which no appropria tion to pay expenses had been made. In 1S6S, the 7tU section of I860 (more lim ited than tho 7th section in the Act of 1S-395 was re-enacted. But in 1S69, either through carelessness or for a purpose, I find that a section called the 23d section in the Comp troller's report, and of a different charac ter, in my opinion, from the former sec tions, was incorporated In the General Ap- iropriation Act .of 1869, and it is as fol- ows: Section 22d or 23d. “That in all cases where the performance of any * service’ or ‘labor’ is required by law, lor which no irovlslon is made for compensation, the. governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrants upon the Treasurer for such sum or sums as in his judgment may be just compensation.” In relation to the precedent for tills sec tion, it is proper to look to and ascertain whetBer the present practice, under this 23d section, has any precedent in tho for mer financial practices of the State. Now, whether there Is such a precedent or not depends on what tho present prac tice Is under said section. If the construc tion of that section and the practice under it are only to give the power to the Gov ernor to draw warrants on tho Treasury for “services or labor "directed to be per formed by the preceding legislature, and provision for the payment of which was accidentally omitted, and if it only in tended additionally that the Governor should draw money from Die Treasury for tho “preservation of the public property,” if, in his opinion, service or labor in that matter was necessary, etc- then, there is precedent iu tiro net of 1S66 for both of these contingencies. But, if S is is centcndcd for by some) un- er ono or two sections of the Code, tiio purport of which U the Governor is to look to and provide r*r the general interests of the State, said 23d section or the act of 1S69 gives power to tho Gov ernor to employ whom mid ns many per sons as ho pleases, and for wint purpose lie pleases, and make what contracts he pleases, and, without llm supervision or control of the I-cgislature. or nny other powor, draw warrants on tiro Treas ury to pay tiie same, then I have no hesitation whatever in saying that no such power or anything like it lias over before been given to any Governor of Georgia, and In my opinion no such power ought to be given to any ono man over the public money. But whether or not nny such power has been given, it is evident that Governor Bullock thinks lie lias sorno such-power, for, under these sections of 1863 and 1869, ho appears to have drawn warrants of “all sorts and sizes” of “ every variety and character,” amounting (as a)>- pcars (Torn the Comptroller’s Report for 1868) from too 28th of August, 1868, to the 30th of November, 1868, to $47,780 13, and (according to Treasurer Angler’s “ charges and specifications against Governor Bul lock,” uow before toe Committee,) from tbe 1st of January. 1SG9, to tliclSth of May, 1870. S1S5.000 additionally—making In all, $232,7S0 13 in about twenty-one months. In view, then, of the. fact that previous to i860 toe various Governors had no dis cretionary fund whatever to draw war- cretionary fund whatever to draw war rants on theTreasury to pay for the services or labor ordered by the General Assembly, or for toe “public” good, other than that of too Contingent Fund, which ranged from $10,000 to $1G,000 per year. In view of tho fact, that although Gover nor Brown had from 1SG0 tn 1805, (when ho went out of office,) power, under tho seventh section, the same as that in the Act of 1868, to draw upon tho Treasury to pay for "service” or “labor” ordered by eacli preceding Legislature, when no provision was made by said Legislature for payment, yet be declined to exercise that power, hut drew for all contingencies on tiro Contin gent Fund. In view of tiie fact that, although having similar power. Governor Jenkins drew but $7,412 19, the amount necessary to carry out an act of the pre ceding Legislature, when no provision for payment was made. And in view of tbe fact that, by virtue of a section not so extended as toe seventh section of toe Act of1866, in one case, and ofanotiicrscc- tionjof a more equivocal though supposed to be of a more extended character in tiro other case, Governor Bullock lias drawn an extraordinary large amount on toe same (over $232,000 within 21 months)—the le gality of many of these warrants having been questioned, and the same having been rejected by thcStatc Treasurer, as contrary to law, while the legality of many others even paid by the Treasurer, arc doubted or denied by others. I trust, Mr. Chairman, Chat I may be pardoned for licreexprc.-sing tho opinion (in which I hope you and your committee will unanimously concur) that the best thing the present and all lu- ture Legislatures can do for tiro economy and welfare of tiie State is to drop from all their future Appropriation Acts, the 2nd. 7th, 22d and 23d sections of toe Acts «r 1868 and 1SG9, and repeal all sections of tiro Code, (if there be any) giving any similar power to the Governor, and bring back our State financial practice to what it was in I860, or before the war, which was to give the Governors only tho Contingent Fund to pay omissionsof provision for“scrvice ” of “labor” ordered by too General Assem bly or as a discretionary fund, for the “pub lic good, ” which fund in 1S60, was $16,000, and was then considered abundant. And, Mr. Chairman, if your committee should make a record of this testimony of mine I would most respectfully ask that this suggestion in relation to the 2d, 7th, 22d or 23d section of the Acts of 1868 and 1869, be recorded witli my other testimony, as my most solemn and deliber ate judgment against toe further continu ance of those pernicious sections in auy future Appropriation Act. I ask this because I have admitted in my testimony, here given, that I originated or drew up one of them (tiro 2d section) and had It Incorporated in the Act of 1866, and now that I am convinced that it was a wrong precedent, I wish toe recantation of it to go with the admission of its author ship. In collecting and stating toe foregoing facts, I have tried to be careful and recom mit no error. I may have failed in my purpose. Preferring, if I have committed any error, that it may be corrected, rather than a wrong statement should stand. I I have brought with me from Millcdgeville a bound copy of all my reports, that I will cheerfully loan to the committee, that thev may examine the same for themselves, if they think proper. Mr. Thweatt having concluded Ills man uscript, and having offered it to tiro com mittee as a portion of his testimony, on mo tion of Senator Nunnaily, the committee declined to accept or let it be entered on the Journal, but proceeded to ask Mr. Thweatt separate questions as to most of what is contained in the, atiovc. lie was also asked and answered other ini|>ortnnt questions in relation to other matter., some of whreh may hereafter be alluded to.