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indnee anti-prolongationists to dodge the
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Fair at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
We have before us the schedule of the
Third Annual Fair oi ;tho Tennessee Cen
tral Fair Association to be held at Mur
freesboro, commencing September 26th,and
continue six days. All who wish to visit a
live Middle Tennessee Fair, would do well
to be on band. Besides being an interest
ing place in on historical point of view,
Murfreesboro Is in the very center of the
rich and fertile blue limestone basin of
Middle Tennessee, where tbero are to be
found unbounded hospitality, an abundance
of every thing needed for man or beast,
and horses, cattle, swine sheep and fowls
In the greatest variety and of the best
quality. In the county of Sumner, just
across the Cumberland from Murfreesboro,
it was once said by the editor of the New
York Spirit of the Times that more win
ning blooded horses bad been bred than in
any county in the United States. If you
wish to see all the people of a county, hus
bands. wives and children, bachelors and
maidens, devoted to a fair for one whole
week, just be at Murfreesboro on the 26th
of next month.
Rebellion in Georgia.
VOLUME m.l
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1870.
The State Senate of Georgia resolved,
says the New York Tribune of August 4,
1870, on Friday last, “ That the General As
sembly so shape legislation as that no elec
tion shall be held for the various oillces
provided for by the constitution, until Con
gress, by the admission of our Senators and
Representatives, or in some other way,
shall deflnltely determine whether tbecon-
stitution of tho State is held to go into op
eration as the paramount law in 1868 or in
1870.” This is setting at naught the laws
of Congress and the constitution of the
State, by whose authority alone the Gene
ral Assembly exists at all, and can bo jus
tified neither by law nor precedent. The
declaration made by one of the members,
whllo debating the resolution, that “ the
Genctnl Assembly had taken an oath to
support the constitution of Georgia and of
tho United States, and not to support the
reconstruction acts,” is a declaration of re
bellion.
Everybody knows the history of the
Georgia blU in Congress. After one of the
most tiresome and profitless debates, in
which that body ever wasted precious time,
itnotonly refused so to amend tho bill as
to allow a postponement of the State elec
tion this fall, as provided for by the con
stitution, but, in order that there should
be no misunderstanding of the matter, in
serted a clause providing that nothing in
that act, or in any other, should be so con
strued as to affect tho term to which any
officer had been appointed or any member
of tho General Assembly elected os pro
scribed by the constitution of the State.
The present members of the General As
sembly entered upon their duties on the
8th of November, 1868, and their terms of
office expire on the 8th of November, 1870.
After that day they cease to have authority,
and their acts and resolutions will be no
moro binding upon the people of Georgia
than tbo6Q of any other irresponsible body
of men.
The danger is that the present adminis
tration of Georgia, if it persists in its pres
ent policy of usurpation, will throw the
whole question of flic reconstruction of
the State back into Congress, and cause an
indefinite postponement of the admission
of the State. If Congress is again called
upon to reconstruct Georgia, it will go
down to the root of the matter.
on the plains of Sebastopol. General Co
rin', who commanded the Russians on this
occasion, was so mortified at his defeat that
he committed suicide.
THE TURCOS AND SPAUIS
Are native African or Algerian corps, and
consist exclusively of volunteers. The
Turcos are light infantry, and came from
the mountains of Algeria. The Spahis arc
a Cavalry corps and are recruited from
among the Bedonins. Both the Turcos
and Spahis are Mohammedans; their officers
arc mostly Frenchmen. There are three
regiments of Turcos, in all about 10,500
men, and three regiments of Spahis, or
about VX0 men.
THE FOREIGN LEGION
Consists of one regiment containing repre
sentatives of all nationalities. The com
mands are given in French. The officers
are half French and the others of various
European nationalities. They aro not
obliged to serve out of Algeria, and par
ticularly against their respective native
countries. They fought in the Crimea,
Lombardy, and Mexico.
Tho Triumph of tho Weak.
Have our friends thought on the super
human patience and endurance of those
outraged patriots in North Carolina, who
have been in Holden’s prison, and hand
cuffed? Just think of it, that more than
one hundred of the best men in that State,
without warrant of law, in defiance of law,
in fact, have been seized and dragged off
from there homes and families, and for
weeks have been in the hands of a set of
ruffians and cut-throats, utterly powerless
and subject to the will of their captors.
Lot those of us who, nil the dreary time of
the imprisonment of these men, have been
happy at home with wives and little ones,
think of what their incarceration has im
plied, and what agony of spirit it has oc
casioned to hundreds of anxious and loving
hearts. Is it any wonder that men who
perpetrate such horrors in time of peace as
these victims of Holden and Kirk are suffer
ing, should be denounced and execrated by
the whole world, and that their triumph
shall only be for a season ?
E3T The nonchalance with which some
(distinguished for their interest in public
affairs in past times,) would have their
neighbors to believe they regard the earn
estness and anxiety of the people in the
present crisis, when a privilege of the most
sacred character is about to be corruptly
taken from them, is notable ns well as
amusing. No allusion is hero meant to
those distinguished leaders of the people
who in ante bellum times were wont to dic
tate party issues, and in the forum, at the
hustings and In legislative halls were the
representatives of great and patriotic par
ties. Many of these prudently and wisely
abstain from active public'participation in
politics. It has answered the purposes of
fanatics and political mountebanks to ma
lign and abuse them and misrepresent their
utterances that corruption and official mal
feasance might go unrebuked and unwhip
ped of justice. When the utterance of hon
est convictions does injury, tho people ad
mire and honor those much misrepresented
men for their dignified silence. It is not
thus that the people feel towards those
tricksters who compound with the enemies
of freedom, and are silly enough to sup
pose that nobody suspects their treachery.
probable that the Prussians, in attacking
the right of the French army, fell upon a
minor force, which they easily defeated. In
the rear of the right of the French army
are the spurs of the Vosges Mountains,
which it is not probable that the Prussians
will be able easily to pass through, not
withstanding their victory. The recent
battle can by no means have involved a
very large French force. Unless theFrench
are very greatly demoralized, the Prussians
will have to drive back Napoleon’s centre
or left wing before passing on to Paris.
There can be but little doubt .that McMa
hon was outgeneraled, in this, that he bad
too small a force on the right and relied too
mach on the topographical advantages in
his rear to deter the Prussians from attack
ing him there. The Prussians have gained
the prestige of the first victory—hence, for
the present, have greatly the advantage in
the morale of their troops.
Special Corps in the French Array
We condense the following from the New
Y'ork World:
There arc several corps in the French
army alluded to in dispatches that call for
definition, vis: the Zephyrs, the Chasseurs
D’Afriquc, the Turcos and Spahis.
THE ZEPHYRS
are uniformed, armed, equipped and drilled
like the Zouaves. They aro a corps of jail
birds and culprits. If a soldier of the
French army commits a vulgar or dishon
oring crime, that is, if he robe, cheats, steals
or proves to be a coward, he is condemned
to servo in the galleys; but if be commits
what might be termed a genteel crime,
that is, commits manslaughter, or is insub
ordinate, he is consigned to the corps of
the Zephyrs. They are permanently
stationed in Africa. Their dis
cipline is terribly severe. Every officer
lias the right to kill a Zephyr on the spot,
upon the appearance of the least insubor
dination. Their official appellation
Corps of Punishment. They paint them
selves with blue ink all over their bodies
in the most fantastical manner. The
severest punishment could not stop this
fantastic practice. General Pclissier, when
offered the command in the Crimea, ac
cepted on the condition that the Zephyrs
should go with him, and that if they be
haved well they should be pardoned and
returned to their regiments.
In the battle near Tractis, General Bos
quet, who commanded them, made a speech
to them, commencing with: “ You sons of
hell,” and ending with: “ Forward to the
attack.” With the war cry, vine la Mart,
instead of eire V Super ear, they swept into
and over Russian bayonets so furiously as
to seen re a victory.
THE CHASSEURS d’aFRIQUE
Are a cavalry corps, consisting of four
regiments. They carry a long rifle, two
revolvers, and a sword. All are mounted
on Barbary steeds. Their service against
the Bedouins has made them excellent
horsemen. They served in tbeCrimea with
distinction. Fifteen hundred of them de
feated twelve thousand Russian dragoons
A Sop for Radicals Going into
Rebellion.
For such, we re-publish an article on
prolongation, from the New York Tribune.
If party men, or those, professing to be,
can ignore tbe most open denunciations of
such presses as tho Tribune, we can sco but
little use for a party organization. It must
be, and for some time wc havo believed it,
that the Radical clement in Georgia are
acting in this fight as independent bum
mers, or at the best, as irresponsible guer
rillas.
We have heard It said and reiterated ad
nausecui, that the President bad fully com'
mitted himself to the right of the people
to an election next fall.
The whole world knows that tbe so-call
ed “Georgia bill ” passed after a test ques
tion bad been made of a denial of the
right. That bill provides ill express terms
that no active legislation shall be tolerated
catting off the privilege of an election,
not this conclusive, and how can law-abid
ing men see a loop-hole of escape from the
faithful execution of this purpose on the
part of Congress? It Is actually heart-
sickening to be obliged to argue seriously
and earnestly with men, to induce them to
abstain from such wickedness and such
venal disregard of an awful responsibil
ity-
Base of Operations of the French
Forces.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Tuesday, August!), 1870.
Senate called to order by President Con-
lev-
Prayer by Wesley Prettyman.
Mr. Speer moved to reconsider tbe action
yesterday in fixing hoars of meeting and
adjournment.
Mr. Candler opposed any change in the
hours agreed upon.
Mr. Brock was “conscientiously” op
posed to reconsideration.
Messrs. Harris and Dnnning favored re
consideration.
The motion to reconsider prevailed, and
the former hoars were re-established.
The bill for the relief of Israel Maples,
of Mitchell county, being unfinished bus
iness, was taken up, and report of commit
tee that it do not pass agreed to by ayes 19,
nays 7. So tbe bill was lost.
The Finance Committee recommended
the passage of a bill requiring non-resi
dent liquor dealers, or their agents, to pay
id ‘
The North Carolina Election.
Though tho returns come in slowly and
keep curiosity on tip-toe, we yet have good
reason to believe that the friends of law
and liberty have achieved a most cheering
victory. Five Conservative to two Kirk-
ites on the Congressional ticket, and a de
cided and available majority in both
branches of the Legislature, are the grand
results of this mo3t important battle. Of
course tbe meu whose rule is now the bit
ter enrse of North Carolina will not suffer
this imposing verdict of an outraged and
persecuted people to stand if they can re
verse it. Frauds such as have disgraced
tbe name and attributes of human nature;
scandals on ail that was honest, honorable
and of good report, have been too rifo in
every Southern State, for the last five years,
to allow us to think for a moment that the
miscreant Holden has not already decided
on his programme. He will try Hulbert’s
plan In Georgia: ballot-boxes will be re
formed, and votes wbicb the people placed
in them will be substituted by those which
Holden forged. Threats of prosecution
for peijury, and ten thousand other acts of
the tyrant, will be tried before Congress
will be appealed to. That immortal body
is like the devil in more traits than one,
wbicb, it is said, distinguishes even him.
Beelzebub had rather not act from a bad
motive when a good one Is just as conve
nient and will do his work as well.
This his friends say of him; and Congress,
following its “ illustrious predecessor,” will
doubtless prefer to have Holden and Kirk
do for them what the “ Committee on Elec
tions” have so often been called on to do
for the party before now. This trifling
with oaths, and this abuse of every right
enjoyed under the constitution of those ont
of power, have begun to do their sure work.
That the brazen usurpations of men who
arc tyrants at heart and robbers in princi
ple are disgusting the decency of tho whole
world, is so obvious that the most hardened
and hackneyed among the dcstructionists
begin to see it. Evidences of this lotting down
of the courage of mercenary and desperate
men abound, and very soon tho dirty work
of party will be placed in commission or
farmed ont to such preternatural monsters
as Holden and his petty devil, Kirk.
But wo started *o call upon our members
of the Georgia Legislature who admire
Holden’s political purity, and whose hearts
arc fairly hurting them with desire to
sec Kirk and his lambs in Atlanta,
to pause just a minuto and let us
reason about this thing a little. Where
stands Holden this hour—where every
miscreant, black and white, who has stood
with ljim and aided his disgraceful career?
Consigned are the last one of them to the
bitterest execrations of all honest men
while living, and to ineradicable infamy
when dead. And for what! The gain, if it
had been secured, would have been tbe ruin
of everybody but themselves, and in tbe
very nature of things must have perished
soon with the using. Such success as this
is a terror to the soul of every human be
ing not a reprobate, or damned before he
is dead. Will these men to whom we ap
peal not take a lesson from the North Car
olina elections, change'their tactics, and
make the experiment just once of how
ranch better they may help themselves by
doing right? Depend upon it, yo men who
pause at tbe out-stretched thirty. pieces of
silver, that the wages of sin is doatli. Liber
ty will survive you and every thing but such
an infamy as you are preparing this day
for your names and all connected with you.
Yon may postpone the blessed day of peace
that shall re-install the good and wise in
high places, but you can never accomplish
the work you aim to do, to perpetuate the
rule of the vicious, tbe cruel and profligate.
tax, and the one authorizing the Ordinary
of Fnlton to issue $30,000 bonds for the
erection of a jail.
The following bill was read the first
time:
Mr. Candler—To amend an act to incor
porate Emory College under charge of
the Methodist Episcopal Church (South).
A message was received from the House,
announcing the concurrence in the bill to
extend the corporate limits of Bainbridge.
The Committee on New Counties and
County Lines reported in favor of changing
the lines between Lowndes and Brooks
counties.
The House bill to incorporate the North
and South Georgia Railroad, from Colum
bus to Rome, read the first time.
Bill to allow freight trains to run on the
Sabbath day on Western and Atlantic Rail
road read third time. Committee recom
mend bill do not pass. The report was
agreed to and bill lost.
The bill to reduce the per diem of mem-
bers and officers of the General Assembly
wastaken up forthird reading. Committee
recommend tbe bill do not pass.
Mr. Smith offered a substitute fixing tbe
salary of the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House of Representatives
$800 each; Secretary of tho Senate and
Clerk of the House, $600 each; each mem
ber and constitutional clerk $500; and ten
cents per mile going and coming each way
for mileage; all subordinate clerks $5 per
day, and in all extra sessions called by the
Governor, $5 per day and mileage, as
above.
The report of the committee was agreed,
to by the following vote:
Yeas—Bradley, Campbell, Colman. Grif
fin (21st), Higbee, Hungcrford, Jones,
Mathews, HcArtbur, Richardson, Sher
man, Speer, Traywick, Wallace, Welch—16.
Nays—Brock, Burns, Candler, Dunning,
Fain, Henry, Holcombe, Mcrrell, Nesbitt,
Smith, (7th) Smith, (36th) Wellborn—12,
So the bill was lost
Bills on third reading:
To amend section 2974 of the Code.
Lost.
To chango tho lines between tho counties
of Lowndes and Brooks. Passed.
For tho relief of Henry L. Tyron, of
Schley county. "Recommitted,
To authorize ordinary of Fulton county
to issue $30,000 bonds to build a jail.
Passed.
To revivo tho chartered privileges of the
Barnesville, LaGrangc and Oxford Railroad
Company. Lost
To repeal all laws allowing parties to suo
for or recover damage for stock killed on
line of Western and Atlantic Railroad.
To relievo Western and Atlantic Rail
road and other railroad companies in the
State from liability for damage done in
killing stock when running in schedule
time.
Both bills recommitted by casting vote
of the President
Senate adjourned till 10 o’clock a. m. to
morrow,
third time, and made the special order for
Monday next
TheSeaate'biU to incorporate the Potters-
ville Manufacturing Company was read
the first time.
The bill for tho relief of R. B. Cohen and
P. S- Solomons, heirs of Colonel Shcftall,
was lost.
The bill to change the time of holding
Jackson and Gwinnett Superior Courts was
withdrawn.
The bill to incorporate the town of
Clarkesviile was passed.
Tho bill to incorporate the Fort Valley
and Hawkinsville Railroad Company was
passed.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, moved that on
and after Thursday the daily sessions of
this House be from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., which
motion prevailed.
Mes--rs. Lane, Ford, O’Neal of Lowndes,
Hamilton, Phillips, Hall of Meriwether,
Shumate, Harper of Terrell, Costin, and
Allen of Jasper, were appointed on the
Committee on Relief.
The-ehairman of the Finance Committee
recommended the passage ot the following
bills:
A bill to alter and amend section 874 re
vised Code.
A b'-:i to incorporate the Barnwell, Mil
ton at. 3 Albany Railroad Company, etc.
Als*> a resolution to pay members and
clerks One hundred dollars each, which
latter resolution was taken op and passed.
A message was received from the Senate
saying that the following bills had passed
that body, in which they asked the con
currence of the House, to-wit:
A biU to incorporate tho town of Fort
Valley,
A biij towepeal an act organizing a crim
inal court for each county.
A bill to change the time of holding
Emanuel Superior Court.
A bill to repeal an act to encourage and
protect tbe building of mills, etc.
A bill to legalize the revision of jury
boxes.
A bill to incorporate the Cotton States’
Fertilizing Company at Macon.
A bill to incorporate the Pottersville
Manufacturing Company.
On motion, the House adjourned till 10
N. to-morrow.
Tbe base of operations of the French
forces forms an acute angle, running east
by south and south by west, with head
quarters at what might be termed the two
extremities. Metz and Strasbnrg are not
really the extremities, the lines extending
north of Metz atThionvilleand southwest
of Strasbnrg at Colmar or at Belfort.
Beginning at Belfort, the line ruhs in a
northeast direction twenty miles to Mul-
honse, or Mnlhausen; thence northeast
twenty miles to Nenf Brisacb, whence it
takes a northerly course thirty miles to
Strasbnrg.
Before tbe recent battle, it continued in
a northerly course to naguenau, seventeen
miles from Strasbnrg, and reached the
angle at Lauterburg, eighteen miles dis
tant to the northeast. Here it made a
sharp tarn, and ran along the river Lauter
to Wissenhnrg, nine miles northwest of
Lanterburg. Continuing thence south
west, it next meets Bitcbe, twenty-two
miles off, thence west to Metz fifty-eight
miles, thence turning north goes np to
Thionville, seventeen miles, where it ends.
This gives a total length of military line
of 211 miles. But if we begin at Stras
bnrg, and ignore Belfort, Mulhouse and
Xcuf Brisacb, the length is reduced to 141
miles—a line by no means very long when
the immenso force concentrated along it is
considered, and the great facilities of rail
road transportation are taken into the ac
count
From Bitcho to Metz there is no fortified
The Issue.
The question whether we shall have an
election this'fall relates to no issue that
has lever before been sprung between par
ties in Georgia or elsewhere; nor does it
refer to future issues. In the decision of it,
the sense of individual responsibility, and
not party affiillation most govern every
honest man. Is there a party in favor of
“ prolongation” outside of Georgia ? There
is no party in Georgia in favor of it. A
miserable faction only have concocted the
prolongation policy.
tST The Northern people are now realiz
ing that they have been making danger
ous precedents by changing the Federal
relationships of States and helping to con
solidate a despotism at Washington. They
have taken alarm. The putting off of the
day of the complete reconstruction of the
lately seceded States is irritating them.
Prolongationists, alias obstructionists, are
receiving their out-spoken condemnation
everywhere. “Let us have peace,” say
they.
jy The sober, second thought of the
people appalls those who, by fraud and
force, wonld bold on to power. The dread
of it instigated Holden to raise his bandit
militia. It is this dread which haunts
Governor Bullock and bis co-conspirators,
and suggested their “prolongation plot.”
Forsaken in their riotons and wicked
programmes by the people North, the for
mer attempted to intimidate tbe people of
North Carolina, and to render the ballot-
the act of Congress.
„ ..... ,, box a mockery; and the latter, equally
town. South of this line are Phalsburg,, crirai ' nalj p ropose3 despotically to deprive
Marsal, and other fortified places, that pro-| ^ people 0 f Georgia of the ballot, as
tect and cover the railroad between Nancy guaranteed to them by the constitution and
and Metz.
Pryor to the battle of Hagucnan the
news from the seat of war indicated that
the French army was principally aligned
along the road from Lauterburg to Sar-
rcquemincs, Forbach and Thionville, which
reduces the length of the line by some fif
teen or twenty miles.
If this statement was trne, it is highly
Ringgold, Ga„ August S, 1870.
Editors Constitution—Sirs : Major E.M.
Dodson having given satisfactory reasons
for the statement he made in regard to my
self in his communication of 30th July, I
therefore retract what I said about iiim in
my communication on tbe 3d instant.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, August 9,1870.
House met pursuant to adjournment and
was called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. Brantly.
The journal of yesterday’s proceedings
read.
Mr. Price’s motion to reconsider the ac
tion of the House yesterday, in concurring
in the Senate resolution tor the appoint
ment of a joint special committee on the
question of relief, came np.
Mr. Prico said that these resolutions
look to the stopping of our courts, and
will lead our people to want complete ab
solution from their debts.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, said that the peo
ple of this State aro expecting this relief
question to be settled, and that he was in
favor of the old relief law. Many persons
have acted under that law, and the balance
of them should be dealt with in the same
manner; that these resolutions were not to
perpetuate relief, but to tot a committee
investigate the question and report to the
House; then tbe subject can be set at rest.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, said that this
question should be put at rest, and that the
appointment of this committee is the way
to accomplish that end.
Mr. Fitzpatrick called tho previous ques
tion, which call was sustained.
The main question was put.
The yeas and nays were called, which re
sulted in yeas 34, nays S2.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
On motion of Mr. Osgood, Hon. John
Scriven, Mayor of Savannah, and Colonel
Waring, were invited to scats on this
floor.
On motion of Sims, (colored) Mr. E. B.
Bedford was invited to a scat on the floor.
On motion, Colonel Johnson Ferrell was
invited to a seat on the floor.
On motion of Allen, of Jasper, the use
of this hall was tendered to J. Edwin
Churchill, for the purpose of delivering
lecture to-night.
Mr. Johnson, of Spalding, offered a reso
lution to the effect that the General Assem
bly, after its next adjonrnmqnt, shall not
meet until January 1, 1872, and that
election for members of the General Assem
bly shall take place until November, 1872;
that our Senators-elect shall take their
seats in Congress, and that State officers
shall remain in office until the next elec
tion.
A motion to suspend the rules to take up
the resolution was lost.
Mr. Johnson, of Spalding, asked that the
bills credited to Mr. Franks by The Con
stttution be accredited to him.
Bills for a third reading were taken up
The bill to add an additional section to
the penal code was read a third time and
indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Hall, chairman of the Finance Com.
mittee, reported favorably on a bill to com.
pensate Rev. H. C. Homady for services
rendered to the destitute of this State,
which bill was read for the first time.
The bill to change the manner of enforc
ing liens was read a third time and recom
mitted.
The bill fixing compensation for the
scrivener, in cases of felony, was lost by
the adoption of the recommendation of the
committee.
Tho bill to make appropriations for lev
elling breastworks around Savannah was
lost.
The bill to repeal an act prohibiting sale
and purchase of agricultural products
Towns and Macon counties was recommit
ted to the Judiciary Committee.
The bill for tho relief of Adelia J. Ed-
monston was lost, the committee being of
opinion that she labors under no disabili
ties.
The bill to authorize N. Chapman and
W. P. Winbom to exhibit the sleight of
hand, etc., was lost
The bill to incorporate the town of Eu-
harlee was passed.
The bill to authorize the intendant and
wardens of Athens to aid in extending the
Georgia Railroad to Rabun Gap was passed.
Tbe bill to authorize the Mayor and
Council of Romo to subscribe to the Mem
phis Branch Railroad was passed.
Tbe bill to amend tbe act for the enforce
ment of liens was passed.
The bill to appoint a board of road com-
Wednesday, Angust 10,1870.
Senate was called to order by President
Conley.
Prayer by Wesley Prettyman.
The Committee on Enrollment recom
mended twelve gentlemen as clerks, in ac
cordance with a resolution passed by the
Senate.
A message was received from, tbe House
announcing the passage of several bills.
Mr. Merrell moved to reconsider action
on the bill reducing the per diem of mem
bers and officers of the General Assembly.
Tabled.
Mr. Merrell moved to reconsider action
on the bill reviving chartered privileges of
the Barnesville, LaGrange and Oxford
Railroad Company, which motion pre
vailed.
Bills were then read second time and re
ferred.
Mr. Smith (36th) offered a hill to regulate
the fees of the Solicitor General in tbe Tal-
lappoosa Judicial Circuit, which was read
first time.
Petition of Ordinary of Clayton county.
Referred to Finance Committee.
Mr. Nnnnally offered a bill to amend the
charter of Thomaston, which was read first
time.
Mr. Hinton offered a bill regulating tho
practice in the Supreme Court in certain
cases, which was read first time.
Also, to alter the lines between Marion
and Webster counties, wbicb was read first
time.
Various House bills were then read first
time. ■ ’
Mr. HiiVo-.i offered a resolution granting
the use of tho Senate Chamber on next
Sunday to Rev. J.E. Churchill to deliver a
lecture, which was adopted.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution to appoint
Patrick O’Keefe assistant door-keeper, at a
salary of not to exceed $5 per day, to pre
serve order in the gallery and to have gen
eral supervision of it, under direction of
tbe President. Tabled.
The following bills were read third
time:
To amend act incorporating the town of
Lumpkin. Lost.
To authorize Ordinary-.of Glynn county
to issno bonds to build a Court-house and
jail, to the amount of $75,000. Passed.
To incorporate the Southwest Bank of
Albany. Tabled.
To incorporate the City Bank of Albany,
Tabled.
To amend section 649of tbe Code, making
only those subject to road duty as are be
tween tbe ages of 16 and 45. Lost.
To require non-resident liquor dealers, or
their agents, to take out a license to sell.
Passed.
Message received from Rufus B. Bullock
announcing that he had signed and. ap
proved joint resolution to appoint a joint
committee to prepare a relief bill and stay
proceedings by ministerial officers.
To authorize C. H. Hopkins, of Chatham
county, to practice law. Lost
To amend the chartor of the city of Al
bany. Lost
To repeal section 415 of tho Code. Ta
bled.
To change time of holding Superior
Courts in Macon circuit Passed.
To change tho namo of tho City Banking
Company of Macon, to City Bank of Ma
con. Passed.
To provent stock running at large under
certain circumstances.
Pending discussion on tho bill the Senate
adjourned.
Also, a bill to incorporate the dollar
savings bank of Atlanta.
Also, a bill to incorporate tbe Macon
Canal and Manufacturing Company.
Also, a bill to create a board of commis
sioners of roads and revenue for Richmond
county.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Georgia
Banking Company, of Savannah.
Which bills, together with the following
Senate bills, were read tbe first time, to-
wit: .
A bill to repeal an act to organize a
criminal coart for each county, etc.
A bill to incorporate the town of Monte
zuma. etc.
A bill to extend State aid to the Savan
nah, Griffin and North Alabama Rail
road.
A bill to legalize tbe revision of the jury
boxes in certain cases, etc.
A bill to change the time of holding
Emanuel Superior Court.
A bill to amend an act incorporating the
town of Fort Valley.
A bill to change the time of holding
Marion Superior Court, cte.
A hill to incorporate the Cotton States'
Fertilizing Company at Macon.
A bill to legalize the processes issued by
the clerks of tbe Superior Courts of the
Atlanta Circuit, etc.
A bill to change the time of bolding the
Superior Courts of the Atlanta Circuit.
A bill to change tbe line between
Lowndes and Brooks counties.
A bill to'fix tbe salaries of Supreme and
Superior Court Judges, etc.
A bUl to allow the Ordinary of Ogle
thorpe county to issue bonds, etc, to build
a Poor House In said county.
A bill to authorize tho ordinary of Ful
ton county to issue bonds for tho purpose
of building a jail; and
A bill to repeal an act to encourage and
protect tho braiding of mills, etc.
On motion of Mr. Maull, tho Hon. George
Bceso, of Alabama, was invited to a scat
on tho floor.
On motion of Mr. Shackelford, Colonel
Mabry was invited to a scat on the floor of
tho House.
Tho Hon. M. Davis was also invited to a
scat, etc. ; -
On motion of Mr. Sisson, the rules were
suspended to take up the report of the Com
mittee on Printing, so far as it relates to
which constitution provides for an election
as aforesaid;
And whereas, There is a certain class of
political partisans and office-holders in
said State who arc attempting to defeat the
expressed will of Congress and violate the
plain provisions of the constitution by
usurpation and pretended legislation, anil
perpetuate the present incumbents in pow
er for an indefinite period;
Therefore be it resolved by the people of
Catoosa countv, in primary meeting as-
_____ _ _ I sembled, without regard to former political
j]\ UMliELi 22 alliances, that wo heartily disapprove ami
hereby enter our most solemn protest
against the attempted usurpations sought
by pretended legislation to perpetuate the
stttution went into operation in 1863 ? All present' members and Senators in the Qcor-
other events and actions havo been allow- gla Legislature.
ed under it, aud now it is sought to make I Resolved 2, That it is our opinion that
this constitution of none effect upon this the people, tho parties elected to office, as
issno alone; the colored men were expelled well as the General commanding this ilc-
undcr the constitution, and Congress en- partment, and the Congress of the United
acted laws and passed the 15th amend- States all understood the terms of office of
ment, which put the expelled members the present General Assembly to expire
back; for political purposes a certain par- with tbe constitutional term of two ye.irs
ty sought to make this Legislature provi- from theflrst organization In 1SG8, and that
sional; this Legislature went into the ridic-1 this effort to prolong tbelr term is an aftcr-
ulous action of ratifying the 14th amend- thought entered Into for corrupt, partisan
ment, which had already been,for two years, purposes.
the constitutional law of the United States. Resolved 3, That it is our desire and in-
The force and effect of this constitution tention to use every peaceable and laudable
does not depend upon the seating of Rep- means within our power to retain and cx-
rcsentatives in Congress, as those Re pro- erclse the right of suffrage under the pro-
sentatives do not take their seats in Con- visions of the constitution, and rccon-
gress by virtue of the exact status of the struction acts of Congress, in holding an
constitution. Either branch of Congress | election this fall,
has twice declared that there shonld bo an
election this fall, and finally, the State of
Georgia was remanded to her constitution
al rights. The offices of members of this
Legislature began in 1888, and must end on
the 3th of November, 1870; to say differ
ently {is to violate the oath to support that
A. T. Hackktt,
B. W. Blackstock,
F. M. Corn,
B. A. Story,
T. A. Williams,
Vf. L. Gordon.
On motion of Judge Payne, a copy of tlio
instrument. Two hundred office-holders I proceedings of this moetiug was ordered
are arraigned against the wishes of two to be sent to The Atlanta Constitution
hundred thousand people. with tbe request that they be published
‘ ‘ id C ' *
Turner (colored) stud that at first ho had
determined to cast his vote against this
measure, but since he has given the subject
more consideration, he finds that there are
two sides of this question—that the flag of
tho Union was hoisted at the mast head of
tho ship of State, when there suddenly
A. J. Lest, Chairman.
L. Brown, Secretary.
Letter from Trenton.
an appropriation of $5,000 to pay the pub
lic printer. Mr. Sisson said that the mat
ter had been investigated and that the
former State Printer had cxecoted a power
of attorney to some person—that the work
had been done, and that it shonld bo paid
for.
Mr. Scott said that he had heard that the
State Printer had resigned, and if so, tbe
resolution wa3 under a misnomer when it
said, “pay the public printer.”
Mr. Phillips, a member of the Committee
on Printing, said that he was informed that
the State Printer had resigned, hut that his
securities are still bound, and that the per
son to whom the power of attorney was ex
ecuted will receive the money.
Mr. O'Neal, of Lowndes, said that he be
lieves it has been frequently the case in
this State that State Printers have had the
work done by their agents.
The resolution authorizing the Governor
to draw bis warrant for tbe said $5,000 was
Wednesday, August 10,1S70.
House met at the usual hour, and was
called to order by Speaker McWhor
ter.
Prayer by Bev. Dr. Brantly.
Tbe journal of yesterday’s proceedings
was read.
Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, moved to re
consider the action of the House on yester
day go far as relates to the passage of a
resolution instructing the Treasurer to pay
otfe hundred dollars each to members,
clerks, etc.
Mr. Hall said that the resolution of yes
lerday was defective in not being a joint
resolution.
The motion to reconsider prevailed, and
the resolution was recommitted to the Fi
nance Committee.
On motion of Mr. Mcwhorter. Hon. Al
exander Pope, of Texas, was invited to
seat on the floor.
On motion of Mr. Hall, of Glynn, Gen
eral S. P. Myrick was invited to a seat on
the floor.
The bill made the special order for Mon
day next was by Mr. Hall, of Glynn, and
was for the appointment of a board of
commissioners of roads and revenue for
Glynn county.
Op motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick tho rules
were suspended for the purpose of reading
bills the second time.
A number of hills were read the second
time and referred to appropriate commit
tees.
Mr.Cleghorn, chairman of the Committee
on New Counties and County Lines,recom-
mended the passage of the following bills
to-wit:
A bill to lay out and organize a new coun
ty from the county of Decatur.
Mr. Hamilton.Chairmm of the Committee
on Corporations, recommended the passage
of the following bills, to-wit:
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Coun
cil of Atlanta to establish and maintain a
system of public schools with an amend
ment thereto.
Also, a bill to amend the charter of At
lanta witli an amendment thereto.
Also, a bill to incorporate tho Borne and
Summerville Railroad Company.
On motion of Mr. Parks, Colonels J. B.
Slllman and W. J. Pike were invited to
scats on this floor.
On motion of Mr. Lee, the House ad
journed until 0 o’clock a. u. to-morrow.
Thursday, August 11,1870.
Senate called to order by President Con-
lev.
Prayer by Wesley Prettyman.
A message wa3 received from tho House,
announcing that that body had authorized
the Governor to draw a warrant in favor
of tho State Printer for $5,000.
Also, to advance $150 to members of the
General Assembly, and asking the con
currence of the Senate. Concurred in.
The unfinished business, being the con
sideration of tbe bill to prevent stock run
ning at large, was resumed, and, after dis
cussion, was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Smith (38th) gave notice that he
would move a reconsideration to-morrow.
Bills read for the first time:
Mr. Richardson—To amend the road
laws.
Also, to alter section 796 of the code.
Mr. Smith (7th)— 1 To nuthorizo the ap
pointment of road commissioners in
Thomas county.
Mr. Hungcrford offered a resolution to
authorize the Governor to arm and equip
all able-bodied citizens in the State between
the ages of 18 and 45.
Referred to Military Committee.
Mr. Nunnally offered a resolution that
Whereas, The secretary of the Senate had
more clerks than was employed except da
ring the session, and several committees
needed clerks; that the clerks of the.com
mittees be dismissed, and tho secretary of
the Senate be requested to furnish the
committees with a clerk from his force of
clerks.
Mr. Mcrrell opposed tlio resolution.
Aaron Aipcora Bradley favored it.
Mr. Merrell moved to striko out the
words, “that all clerks employed by any of
the committees be discharged.”
Motion to strike out did not prevail.
Mr. Merrell moved to lay the resolution
on tbe table, which was lost, by yeas, 12;
nays 19.
The resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Speergavo notice that he would
move a reconsideration to-morrow.
Tiie following hills were read the first
time:
Mr. Brock—To make carrying of con
cealed weapons a felony.
Mr. Wellborn—To provide the mode and
manner of adjudicating claims under the
homestead and exemption laws.
Mr. Smith (36tb)—To organize and lay
off a new county from the counties of Cow
eta, Meriwether, Spalding and Fayette.
Mr. Nnnnally—To authorize clerks and
officers of courts to issue executions in
certain cases.
House bill to extend the corporate limits
of Bainbridge read third time and passed.
Mr. Jones moved to adjourn. Lost.
Bills were then read third time:
To amend an act to incorporate the Sa
vannah, Griffin and North Alabama Rail
road Company. Passed.
To incorporate the Borne Street Rail
road Company. Passed.
To prohibit railroad trains running on
the Sabbath day, and operatives or cm-
Tsehton, Ga., August 8,1870.
Editors Constitution—Sir: Tho prolonga-
camo a meeting among the crew, and cer-1 tion question, now boforo the legislature,
tain of them were cast overboard; but seems to becxciting unusual interest. Our
Congress interfered, and next December people arc a unit in their opposition to tho
band if wo were operating under a binding tore,
constitution. Why did not the people hold A largo mooting of our citizens assent-
it up in their defense when the military bled at this place on last Tuesday, at which
were forced upon us, if this is not the the following resolution was adopted :
first legal session of this' Legislature in Resolved, That the effort now being
which colored mon could represent their made in tho Legislature of this State to re-
constituents? etc. - peal the election laws, prolong the terms of
Mr. Caldwcjl said ho read from the con- tho members, and deprive toe people of
stitution, and argued that there was no their right to hold an election this fall,
plainer proposition in it than that section meets with tho unqualified disapproval of
which declares that there shall bo an elec- this meeting; and that wc believe it to bo
tion in November next, and the laws of tho duty of every good citizen to resist, by
Congress declare that no act of all lawful and honorable means, this usur-
that body shall bo so construed pation of the rights of the people,
as to deprive the people of their constltu- Speeches were made by Colonel R. U.
tional rights on this very subject; before Tatum and othors, and delegates wore ap-
usisa proposition toi extend the term of pointed to the Democratic convention to
assemble on the 17th instant, viz: R. U.
for lire, that this Isa constitutional qucs- I m, » -pv pav tiu»i pmcb ani i n
tion, and this Legislature should plant E. D. Graham, Joel Cross, aud John
themselves upon the constitution of Geor- liiugnes. t
gla and tho laws of Congress and act ac- Our farmers also met on tho samo day,
cordingly. and appointed delegates to tho agricultural
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, said that Mr. convention.
Blodgett has said that your term Their crops of wheat, oats and hay, just
does expire in 1S7Q, if the const!-1 saved, were never better, and compromises
would say that Congress passed the
reconstruction laws not because we bad no _ „ „
constitution, but because that constitution Batts County—Correction.
bad been violated. Tho Supreme Court .
has decided in the 39th Georgia that the Editors Constitution: I notice an orticio
constitution must go into effect on the 220 in the New Era, referring to the feeling of
fiiV’J.*???* , 0 very same court the people of Butts on the “prolongation”
decided thattbe colored man was entitled I, * „ .
to hold office. Has congress ever decided lssue * ^ 10 gentleman from Butts im-
that wc had no constitution. No such posed upon your cotemporary, and 1 hope
thing has ever been decided. you will publish tho following resolution,
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, said that thel (in j u8t i ce to the people of Butts), which
z A P Ji e A U wh °f 4 1 r im - Ail was unanimously, adopted at a large public
the publications of rolls of shame have m ee tln S heldon batunlay '
Mountaineer.
Also, a hill to change tbe line between_ The journal of yesterday was read,
ployees from pursuing their avocations on
said day. Tabled for the present.
To amend charter of the Atlanta and
Roswell Railroad Company.
The President declared at the close of the
reading of this bill that no quorum being
present (the prolongationists being in the
House) the Senate stood adjourned until
to-morrow.
Thursday, August 11,1870.
House met at the usual hour, and was
called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brantly.
the counties of Randolph and Calhoun.
Mr. McDongald, chairman of the Commit
tee on Banks, recommended tbe passage of
the following bills, with certain amend
ments thereto, to-wit:
A bill to incorporate the People’s Saving
Bank and Trust Company of Savannah.
Also, that the following bill do not pass,
to-wit:
A bill to amend an act to incorporate the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company of Sa
vannah.
A massage from the Senate was received,
saying that the following bills bad passed
that body. In which action the concurrence
of the House was asked.
A hill to amend an act to create a board
of commissioners of roads and revenue for
the connty of Harris, so as to include the
county of Pike.
Also, a hill to allow the Ordinary of
Oglethoriie county to issue bonds to the
amount of $10,000 for tbe establishment oi
missioners for each county was read a 1 * P°° r bouse in said county.
On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick, Judge
Steincs, of Twiggs county, was invited to
a scat on the floor of the House.
On motion of Mr. Wiichcr, the door
keeper was directed to Veep ail unauthor
ized persons from the floor of the House.
The Senate resolution on the election
question being the Bpccial order of the day,
was token np and read.
Mr. Shumate said the resolutions now
under consideration are of sncli a charac
ter that no representative of the people of
Georgia can conscientiously vote for; that
this is an attempt, on the part of some men,
to elect themselves for two years longer.
The resolution bears an untruth upon its
fece, for the constitution of Georgia can
never be the paramount law of tbe land;
they say that the constitution of Georgia
has not gone into effect, but tbe constitu
tion was framed in 1868, and the whole ma
chinery of State government has been
•working under this instrument. Has not
the Supreme Court decided that this con-
been dono for the purpose of intimidation. I Resolved, That we, the citizens of Butts
w u—,. l.q county,unanimously condemn the action of
Mr. Akerman has no right to intrude I the p £. ent Legig ,& ure in JUSpSS to
semi-official opinions upon toe act , onof usur p p 0wer no t delegated to them, toex-
tois Houso in this issue. If it is truo that tend their term of office beyond too time
Congress will give an election, why do men for which they were elected,
oppose this resolution so strenuously. This is toe earnest voice of Butts, and it
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, called toe pro- should not be misrepresented,
vlous question. | Jackson.
Mr. Scott rose to a point of order, saying .
that Mr. O’Neal had no right to call the Ringoold, Ga^ August 8,1870.
previous question after his time was out. Editors Constitution: In a connaunica-
The Speaker ruled that the point was not tion written by me on the 30th July, and
well taken—from which ruling Mr. Scott published in The Constitution, I say that
appealed. The yeas and nays were calltei, Captain Whltsett has been courting Mr.
which call resulted in sustaining the speak- Henry’s influence.
er’srnling. ,1 I made this statement on the strength of
Tho mam question was then put, and facts related to mo by other persons, known
on a call for the yeas and nays, toe follow- to be reliable. Captain Whitsett says that
ing were those voting in favor of the Sen- these persons were mistaken, and that Ida
ate resolutions : acts and motives were misconstrued. I
Messrs. Allen, of Jasper, Allen, of Hart, *We him foil credit for these statements
Clo 1 ' Bl Co^n BU C 0 o h lbv Cminteeham^Dax' thepeoplolno^slUon to toe'^nt™-
Clower, Costin, Colby, Cunningham, Dar- rupt administration. In the statement as
nell, Davis, Elhs, Fitzpatrick, Franks, 1 m £de by me I was mistaken.
Floyd, Goodwin, Golden, Gardner, Guil- Respectfully, E. M. Dodson.
ford, Hillycr, Holcombe, Houston, Har- m m
den, Haren, Hughes, Hutchins, Hooks, I state Agricultural Convention.
Harris, of Glascock, Harrison of Hancock,
Hall, of Meriwether, Joiner, Jackson, Delegates to the State Agricultural Con-
Johnson, of Spalding, Johnson.of Forsyth, vention, assembling in Atlanta on tho 16th
Linder, Lindsey, Madden, Madison, Max- of August next, to insure themselves free
well, Maull, Moore, McCormick. Nesbitt, passes both ways on the railroads, must
tlmltH'tt , Th “ r->»o-'“S Dole^toth... bum,
kins, Warren, of Burke, Williams, of Har- elected so far:
ris, Zellars. Beach Island Planters’ Club—Jonathan
Those voting against the Senate resolu- M. Hiller, Paul V. Hammond, Samuel 1>.
tionswore: Messrs. Atkins, Armstrong, Linton.
Anderson, Brewster,; Brown, Bamum, Columbia county—Dr. Henry R. Cas -.\>
Ballanger, Bradford, Clark, Caldwell, T p n- Wm zr.riin
Cloud, Cleghorn, Cobb. Duncan, Erwin, L s w
Fielder, Fowler, Ford, Fryer, Fincanuon, L r s P“ d,n S5°!“ t y— 5 J,; Elhs > a "•
Gray, Gullatt, Higdon, Holden, Hamilton, Mangham, s. W. Bloodsworth.
Harkness, Hook, Humber, Harris of Mur- Washington county—Thomas Wartlien,
ray, Harper of Sumpter, Harper of Terrell, Colonel T. J. Smith, W. W. Moses.
Harrison of Franklin, Hall of Bullock, Wilkes county—William A. Pope, T. L.
Hall of Glynn. Kyle, Lane, Lee, Mathews, Anderson, and T. T. Hunter. Alternates;
McArthur, McDougald, Neal; Nash. j. T . Wingfield, Henry T. Slaton an.l M.
Nesbitt of Dade, Osgood. Page, r- Roberts
ke^Itoddj. 5 ’ Itainey 1 R^er, 0 ^!™' I Crawford county-G. P. Culverho.,.; >.
Kumph, Strickland, Stone, (colored). Sis- _S. Ogletrco, J. W. Avant Alternate*:
son, Shumate, Seale, Shackleford. Scott, J- J« Clarice, B. Lc Sueur, W. B. Scott
Sorrells, Smith, of Coffee, Smith, of Ware, Newton county—J. T. Henderson, J. CL
Tumlin, Tate, Turnipseed, Vinson, Wal- Pain, J. B. Davis.
thali, Wilcher, Wiichel, Warren, of Quit- Cobb county—G. Roberts, Robert Dani**l,
man, and Williams, of Haralson. h. M. Hammett Alternates: \V. T. Winn,
wincoTporatc^o Savin,, Bank ol S*van-L. Munty-Gcawal N. Qocir.r.
nail do not pass. And that the bill to in- Head, J. M. Leonard,
corporate toe Chatham Mercantile Loan Tatoall county—A. H. Smith, Perry C.d-
and Trust Companyilo pass with an amend- lins, M. McArthur.
ment. I Schley county—Robert Burton, R. J.
Mr. Harper, Chairman of the Committee Redding, E. S. Baldwin,
on Petitions, recommended that toe peti- Monroe county—O. Holland, R. O.Banfc «.
tion of W.Howo be refused. He returned U White, W. B.Mock, Georg. W. Ad-
the petition of John Caldwell without aml ^ p. Harrison, It. G. An.lcr«'»n,
al Mr. Hal?. Chairman of the Finance Com- p Jf g ^Sm&hJamcifs 1 Lawton 5 ’ AuIt’
mittee, reported a Joint resolution, paying Georgo 8. Smith, James S. Lawton. AiU r-
membere, clerk?, etc. nates: H. Phinazoo, O. A. Cabamss, A. I».
On the election, question, Mr. Williams, Hammond, W. A. Pye, L. A. Ponder,
of Morgan, and Smith, of Charlton, paired Gordon county—J. M. Reeves, W. J.
off. Also, Mr. Scroggins and Johnson Cantrell, Elam Christian, E. J. Kikcr, H. C.
of Lowndes. I Hunt. C. A. Harris. Dr. Brown.
Senate 1 retolutions^tbe ^ouso V adjourned .
until to-morrow. ^ cou^’-P iSman, J. A.
Letter fromUinggold. Bo ^ True, E W.
Ringgold, Ga. August 8,1870. Reese, J. H. Hanson. If.
At a meeting of the citizens of Catoosa » «.» —
ounty, assembled at the court-houso on Private Secretaries Getting Wealth.
Monday, 8th of August, 1870, and was or- Grant’s private secretaries flourish I k*
ganized by calling Rev. A. J. Lcct to toe green bay-trees. It is not a very long t.;«v
i • T . since they were one and all as poor as Job a
chair, and requesting Dr. L. Brown to act lurk J Now thoy ^ w » xilis ‘fat .mil hoi,I
as secretary. The object of the meeting b oto bonds and real estate. Doorkei-|.--r
was explained by toe chairman, when, on Dent recently purchased a residence in
motion of Captain W. J. Whitsitt, the fol- Georgetown, for which he paid $20,000 or
lowing named gentlemen were appointed $30,000. General Porter lias purchased a
to prepare business for the meeting: j cottage at Long Branch. Nextcomos G.o.-
Colonel A. T. Uackctt, R. W. Blaekstock, ^? ck - who is reputed to have in-rfo
Major F. M. Corn, B. A. Story, T. A. WU- * good thing of his mission to Sau Domm
Hams and W. L. Gordon.
On motion of Major Dodson, the chair
man was requested to appoint two dele
gates to tbe Democratic convention to be
held in Atlanta on tbe 17th instant. The
chair appointed non. David 9. Anderson
and Hon. A. 9. Fowler.
The committee reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The act of Congress of July 15,
1870, in relation to the admission of Geor
gia to her position as a sovereign State in
the Union clearly and undeniably guaran
tees to the people of this State the right to
elect members of the House of Representa
tives to the Legislature thereof and one-
half her Senators, on toe Tuesday after tlic
first Monday In November next—that is,
said act makes tlie constitution of Geor
gia the supreme law of the State on the
subject o! election and tenure of office,
He has just bought a fine residence on
ic corner of Twelfth and K streets, kwi .vii
as “ Hamilton Place,” and formerly own:-1
by Count Wydenbruck. Theso-gentium- 1
arc all private secretaries to tho President ;
and, before obtaining their present positii .
might havo found ii difficult sometimes to
pay their washerwomen. Next to hair-a
“gifted President,” one would naturally
elect to be a “ gifted private secretary.”
The State Central Conservative Ex
ecutive Committee of Tennessee have called
a State Convention of Conservatives ami
Democrats, to assemble on the l.‘)to of Sep
tember next, at Nashville, for too purpose
of nominating a candidate for Governor;
and for taking such other steps U may l*o
deemed necessary to secure thorough or
ganization.
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