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§«Us ititnlion. Ttraid aitMiiriwn: WEZKLT COXSTITtmo* pct cponm $1 OP All Khccrlptlooc crc pcT*blc atrlctlv In ndccncc nod. at the expiration of IPe time foe which pej-mes! 1a made, nnleaa prcrtoMlj renewed, the name o< the aabaertber will be elricken from onr book. ~0V~(1aba or Ten tin 00. and a copy of the paper pent free to the getter-op. ATLANTA, GA-, NOVEMBER 28, 1871 tV~Ben Conley la not Oorernor. He ta Ben Conley. L. N. Trammell, President of tbt Bennie in not Goyernor, for he never will ao Joseph E. Brown in Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Chair- mau of a majority of the Committees, Door keeper, Messenger, tue General Assembly President of the Stale Road lease Company and the State of Georgia at large. Who doubts ill We regret to see the above paragraph from one of our worthiest young journalists. Cer tainly the fact that J udge Reese, a near neigh bor of the writer of the paragraph, and known aa the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, the moat important of all the committees, is reflected upon by it, should have prevented its publication. It was probably done for a joke, yet it is having a wide currency, and is construed as s Blab at friends The many worthy gentlemen in the Legh- lature, from its presiding officers down, can not but feel a sense of injustice, that mch paragraphs should be written, even Jocularly, Joseph E. Brown is a Republican in his p ilitica, and the day of Republican influence orcr Democratic action is not yet at hand . Casper This gentleman requests our publication of the following card, and says that should the Legislature fail to examine into the matter, miles required, m a precedent to indorse ment are really constructed. Who can tell whether the roads are operated properly law fully, without a report of their annual trans actions. The endorsement by the State Engineer, as above suggested, would effectually, in otir judgment, cut off the issue of bogua Loads; captalists would be put upon their guard, an > would not be apt to negotiate bonds that did not bear such endorsement. We regard the office of Slate Engineer as an importau and we thick, with the above amendin' at lo the present laws, one that would sa i*tate much. The present incumbent, vVonei Frobel, is able, faithful and honest, and the office could not be better filled. A very interesting feature of this report U the powerful argument in favor of water communication between the Mississippi river and the Atlantic Ocean. What true Geor gian can read it without being enthused will the prospects it open* to our State? If this canal should be built it would unqucaiiona bly be the greatest internal improvem-nt ol modern times. Town** cities and villager- wSnld spring up like magic along its entire line. Savannah would be the chief import Inc and exporting city of our Atianli • roast for to it, as by the cheapest possible route, would pour the vast grain crops and bread stuffs of the West, in return for which ouUl come back to hey the imports needed for the South and Great West. We com mend Colonel Probers report to cartful con sideration of the Legislature. Let them send an able committee to Washington to press this matter before Congress, end by all means let Colonel Frobel be one of that committee. Besides thoroughly undemanding the subject, and therefore being able to answer all objec tions that may be urged and questions that may be asked, bis position as engineer of the State of Georgia, gives him great influence. MT The grand juries of John-on ard Emanuel counties, irrespective of political feeling, propose Judge W m. Gibbon as a can* lidate for Governor.—Sanders He Georgian All we have to say is, that the grand juries Johnson ami Emanuel, without di.-tiaction party, did a very foolish thins, and should ashamed of it.—Savannah Republican. We had the pleasure (fa visit last evening from Colonel E. Y. Clarke, one of the pro prietors and coodsctora of that sterling Democratic journal Toe Atlanta Const* runoff. Colonel Clarke reached the city yesterday as a visitor to the fair and will re main with us a few days.—Savannah eeics. Xew Ysrk. The New York World is not discouraged. It says : The Democracy was once beaten in that State worse than this year. In the Leg islature of 1833 the Whigs had one hundred out of the one hundred and twenty-eight members, leaving to the Democrats only 28 representatives in that body. It rose after that defeat and bee*mo a great power in the land. It will do it again. he will furnish os the full statement of the facts. We withhold further comment until then: Atlanta, Ga., November 24,1871 Editor* Constitution: On my arrival here last evening, I was shown your editorial of the 22d instant, headed. “The Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad,” purporting to state the “facts” in regard to matters therein set forth. I call attention to it now simply to say that, what you say therein shows that you do not properly and fully understand the facts. You say that it is a “matte* for the Legis lature.” I prefer to withhold further com ment until the action of the Legislature shall be made known; I will then have an oppor tunity to present the facts as they occurred, so far as I know or am concerned. I have nothing to keep back, to extenuate, hope for, or fear, on my own or on account of any one. The completion of the road, the pay ment of it* debts and the good of the coun try arc the only objects aimed at by me. Respectfully. Make A. Cooper, Late President C. and V. W. R. R Tk« Democratic CsbvsbIIsb. The election for Governor comes off on the 10th of December. The Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, by author ity, has called a convention on the 6th in Atlanta. This is right and within the scope of the committee’s power. Onr neighbor, the Sun, has this to say: “Under ordinary circumstances, we should fsvor a convention of delegates fresh from the people to make this nominatioa, but as the time is now so short, we would have no hesitation in saying that it should, in this in stance, lie made by the Democrats of the two House* of the Legislature in joint convention. It should, in our opinion, have l>een done lost evening. This is our judgment.” With courtesy to these views, we think they are wrong. It is right that the people should have a chance to send fresh m they desire. Wc would be willing to trust our Democratic members, but we believe that the Convention plan is best It will kill all this “ring” idea that has been made so big a hobby for a few days. Counties that fail to act can be represented by their members. If counties instruct their members to act, which will be proper, it will save much ex panse. counties that have Radical members will have a chance to send delegates. Altogether, the Convention is the right plan. Let the Democrats hold primary meet ings in the separate counties and take imme diate action. The State B«s4 Frauds The report of the intelligent committee of citizens that lias had the State Road books charge for several months will be found in our evening edition. It is interesting. The talcs of those missing vouchers will prove racy, if they can be written. For instance, there is Sproulls, who comes back after four or five years honest repose in a respectable grave to sign a fifteen hundred dollar voucher. What in the world his respected spirit could do with this special amount of State Road cash in the regions beyond the tomb is left unexplained by the jocular Blodgett Other equally remarkable matters, we doubt not, will turn to light, and prove the humorous Foster to be the champion romancist of the The copying of the vouchers was a good thing. The comparative statement of Blodgett's administration and Hulberl's and Wallace! Is instructive. Wallace earned $1,162,450 6.3 and spent $332,248 15. Hulbert earned $1,. 888,620 02 and spent $916,752 77. Blodgett, the great joker, earned $1,410,- 455 05 and spent about $ 1,8c0,030. The allusions to the fortunate individuals connected with the State Road, who on two and three thousand dollar salaries sprung into the enjoyment of large and sudden wealth by the “exercise of the most rigid econoni v, r we are afraid will arouse the in of these virtuous and noble exam pies of well-directed thrift and enter prise. The Legislature will not make these grand men mad more than necessary. Their feelings will be harrowed up, and should be spared as much as possible. To disgorge is bad enough. We venture to suggest that any legislative allusions to their “economy" will be cruel, and the prospect of the penitentiary Is itself sufficiently discombobborating to meet the full necessities of the rascally case. We yearn to see the legislative committee take good earnest hold of this matter. The people begin to get impatient to see the fur flj- m m m The Depart aw Pa bile Darks. We have received and read the report of Colonel B. W. Frobel, Superintendent of Pub lic Works and State Engineer. The report shows that most of the Rail roads to which State aid has been granted are In a much more satisfactory condition and the danger of the State credit far less than is generally supposed. Many roads, however, have failed to make returns. and we are sorry to find that the law requiring these reports Las fixed no penalty for such failure. This omission should be supplied at once, and the officers of the roads required to make full and complete returns of all their transact ions sufficiently early to allow them to be printed before the meeting of the Legislature, under a penalty sufficient to insure a prompt pilance. The law should be further amended so as to require the Governor to have each section of the road thoroughly inspected by the State Engineer, and Superintendent Public Works before any bonds are issued doned. This is now discretionary with the Governor; an I in one instance at least he went so far as to appoint an engineer employ of the road, to inspect it We referred to this some time ago. The road alluded to Is the Brunswick and Albany, and % we see from Colonel Frobel’s report that it has made no returns of its transactions for the two years past As an additional safe-guard, each bond issued and indoised by the State, should bear upon its face the indorsement of the State Engineer that he has personally in spected the section for which the bonds are issued, and that the company has in every respect complied with the law, and the bonds have been issued in conformity thereto. This is a matter of great importance. Without such safeguards, how can the Governor, or any one else, know that the road is properly constructed, that its grades, curves, bridges, embankments, etc, are all right, that it is properly equipped, and that the number of The Debate the Electle t Bill. We gave yesterday, very cheerfully, Capt Jackson’s speech sustaining Conley’* veto of the Election bill. It was received by us too late for any comment We differ wholly wilh our friend, bu’.at the same time we take occasion to compliment his courage in saying what he knew would expose him to the ad verse criticism of his party. When men talk from conviction they are entitled to respect We are glad of the occasion to pre>ent few thoughts on this subject Two great evils of party are, first, a tendency to slavish subordination of independence and convic tion under the party lash, and a consequent suppression of frank opinion through fear unpopularity; second, the temptation lo re sort to corruption to carry party ends. The two evils are closely connected. A m in op poses the view of a majority of his party and party resentment leaps to the suspicion of wrong. A man is bribed and bn: conduct upon genuine conviction, thereby debauching the spirit of toleration for honest differences of sentiment. The course that chokes down a free expression of sincere thought is as destructive to proper parly ac tion as the course that fosters the base adv< cacy of wrong views for a price. The full and frank discussion of party measures is indispensible to a right course The encouragement of corruption certain precursor of loss of public confidence by any party. In avoiding one evil should never run upon the other. We must frown down wrong, and at the same time foster independent thinking. Whenever we get to that point in the organization of a rul ing party that the free utterance of sincere views is to be followed by proscription and censure, then indeed is the strongest i uaran- tee of party utility and existence destroyed Unfortunately the experience of the last few years has been an unfortunate one. Rad ical rule has shown so broad a state of politi cal dishonesty that the honest people are dis posed to regard everything political as base. And when a man dares to say that in liis judgment any accepted policy of the honest Democratic party now in power in the State is wrong, there is a disposition to class him with the Radicals. And the Radical rule has been so uninterruptedly bad that anything Radical is regarded as per re wrong. Hith erto when any Democrat has sustained any measure of the Radicals, he has stood prima facie guilty of corruption. And it is hard to get over this. The very fact that a thing was of Radical origin or support was enough to brand it as fit for condemnation, and properly too. We have to judge matters by their intrinsic right or wrong. The Democratic party can not afford to do wrong. Its hold on the peo ple is through its right And free, sin cere discussion is the palladium of its vir tuous existence and power. There is no danger in the honestly entertained crotchets of any single man, when an enlightened in terchange of truthfully felt views is held, and a decision upon merit and free from prejudice is given. And there is greater danger in the repression by the party muzzle of such crotchets, than in anything else exci pt the knowing connivance at dishonesty. The party can only fulfil its mission as a seeker for, and advocate of truth and right. Mr. Jackson’s views are known to l>e dLV interestedly entertained. We claim, there fore, for him the courtesey due to bis sinceri’y and courage. At the same time we think that his views were wrong and his course erroneous. We think the question had risen out of the air of policy into the atmosphere of principle. The time for opposition was during the pendency of the Election bill. After the pass age of the bill, the party could not go luck on its record, as indefensibly advised by Mr. Jackson. An accidental and temporary exerc iser of the Executive duties, not elected by the oeo- plc for the office, but by a chance fining a gap for the while until the popular voice could legally speak, seeks to prolong his gu bernatorial functions and deprive tbe people of a sacred constitutional right of chosing an incumbent to fill tbe great vacancy. Be fore the passage of the election law, the pol icy of passing it might well be discussed, but after the passage, and when the acting Executive ambitiously, arbitrarily and groundlessly interposes against the law to deprive the people of a solemnly givt n pre rogative, the matter takes higher importance. And there is no alternative but to carry out tbe measure, vindicate the law and establish the great right sought to be thwarted by a bitter, unscrupulous Radical partisan. This is our view, and we are fixed in it. There is a point where concession must stop and where support of principle becomes impera tive. Results may show Mr. Jackson correct in his foreboding of trouble. If so, the p< -pillar judgment against him will probably change and this very fact should settle public feeling now into a just condition. Still, in our view, this was a case where right and not results should have decided the course to be pursued. And Mr. Jackson must stand or fall by the intrinsic worth of his utterances. The speeches of Colonel llogeand Captain Bacon were admirable, and presented, in onr judgment, the true argument in the matter. The Board of Bdacatioa. We are informed by a member of the Board of Education (city) that the terms of office of Dr. D. C. O’Keefe, Dr. 8. IL Stout. Hemphill, and M. C. Blanchard, expired last night, they having been elected for two ; ears. The Board was composed of twelve mem bers. Four were elected for two years, four for four years, and four for six years. The election last night of W. A. Hemphill, M. C. Blanchard, W. L. Scruggs, and R. J. Lowry was for six years. The last two were not elected to fill vacan cies, as none existed. This makes the Board complete. Four go out now in two yean, and four in four years. Georgia’s Census. A special telegram to the Savannah News from Washington states that it is officially announced by the Census Bureau that the population of Georgia consists of six bun dred and thirty-eight thousand nine hind red and twenty-six whites; five hundred and f irty-five thousand one hundred and forty- two colored ; forty Indians, and one Chinese —total, one million one hundred and eighty- four thousand one hundred and nine, which gives to her nine electoral votes, two Senators and seven members of Congress. The Dork Begun. Already the Democracy is moving. From the Rome Commercial we see that Polk county has moved off, endorsed the prudent course of the Legislature, and appointed M».jor J. W. Blanco, L. II. Walthall, Colonel Jones and Mr. Bunn delegates to the Demo cratic Convention. A resolution charging delegates to vote for no man who favors the “new departure” was lost Tbe del; gates were instructed to vote for an able conservative and a sound Democrat. carnival of plunder in anticipation of the day when virtue acd intelligence should be re stored to the privilege of rule. Scott is erecting a palace in his native Ohio. Builock, if he escapes the convict's cell, will land, like a gorged vultuie after a carrion festival, on his own heather in the classic shades of Albion. Thus they do it. Successful scamps! Providential vagabonds 1 Astute buzzards 1 When will tbe South know their like again? One thing we ask of them. Little it is, yet proper. It will cost them nothing. There fore easy to their noble bouIs. The instru ment of their rise has been, outside of their rottenness, the ebony African. We de mand it as due to Cuffee aud Dinah that the retiring carpet-bagger, as be leaves forever these haunts of villainy, should kiss ancholy farewell to the disconsolate and bam boozled negroes. It will be something for tbe bereaved amendments to remember and cherish. A Curtain Lecture. We are heartily glad to be able to set our esteemed contemporary right on this subject, the more so as others fell into the same error by a similarity of reasoning. The publication of Mr. Crosby’s statement in an editorial form, without comment or disapproval, be trayed us into the inference that The Consti tution approved, and we must confess to a painful surprise at the inference. Tiie Con stitution has stood >o manfully to the right that the least shadow of turning from it was painful to us. We again reiterate onr grati fication at being able to set it right.—Rome Courier. Our worthy contemporary has done the neat thing in the above statements. We must, however, take the privilege of giving a sort of a little Caudle lecture, which, though predicated on the action of our fi iend, we give a general scope. In an editorial the other day on the elec tion law debate, we touched upon tbe matter in one aspect. We claimed for men in the party who should honestly differ in judg ment from the prevailing opinion, courtesy and toleration. It is only when men sell their opinions that they deserve scorn, and not only the party lash, but tbe censure of ad THE STATE ROAD FRAUDS. Tbe Gommittee of Citizens make tbefollowi* g Report to, the Legislature about the Book*. Blodgett Boom In?. Nearh; Two fiillionM Squandered * In one Year. -4 A Stupendous Monument of Radi- c it Fraud. Radical Record of Missing Vouchers, Wholesale Waste, Tremendous Stealing, Stid -cm Riches, and Plunder of Pub lic Money* Toil? a. Gov. Bullock, defending himself from the outcry against him, denies that be has prof ited to any material extent by the peculations in which he took a hand. “ 1 had to wink at the stealing around me.” he said, and pretend to take my share. If I hadn’t done ao, the knavish carpet-baggers and scalawags, with whom I was forced to associate, icould hate stolen me bodily/’— Workington Patriot. The Macon Telegraph asks the horrid question: “ What have Blodgett, Gaskill.il al., to say to this cruel speech ?” These are not all that should take Bullock’s eloquent exculpation of himself to heait. There is acting Governor Conley, to whom Bullock transferred the gubernatorial chair with high encomium upon his trustiness Then there is Judge McCay, and sundry oth era. Verily Bullock was unkind. Deserved Compliment*. “Onslow,” the fine Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, pays the following compliments, which wc reproduce as d« served. Of the legislative work of the 24th he sat “By casting your eye back over the record of the morning’* work in the Senate, it will be seen that no idle bread has been eaten, and w’e believe that it would have easily passed for a week's hard work for the session of before last.” Of the presiding officer of tbe Senate he thu9 writes, confirming the opinion we gav« a few days back : “Before dismissing the subject just noticed I think justice demands that we should re mark upon Mr. President Trammel's course as presiding officer of the Senate. It has been impartial—firm and courteous at the same -hue. Wc never saw a presiding officer that maintained more respectful relations be tween his position and members, or more uniformly preserved better order, or d‘ patched business with more ease and less < fensc Mr. Trammel is a young man, and quite incx|>erienced, so far as we have heard in the duties of a presiding officer of a de liberalive assembly ; but he certainly t ikes n the daily role before Lira with very unusual facility. The Washington Chronicle thus forecasts the Radical programme in Georgia in the coming election for Governor: The election law which has just passed, and which orders an election December 19th, gives no time for organization, and many of the best and most prominent men of the Republi can party in Georgia deem it useless to waste time and energy contesting it, but prefer to save their strength for the more important contest next year, when Slate and county officers are to be elected, with Presidential electors. Now take the Era’s statement of Conley’s purpose to hold over and resist the election and we have the programme complete. Here is the Era’s say: “It will establish two State Governments, each claiming recognitioi :is the constituted authority. This will call in the intervention of the Natioual Government. In this evei Governor Conley will be sustained. He w be sustained because the bill under which he is sought to be ousted, is unconstitutional and revolutionary.” If this is not revolutionary we would like information on that point We are informed that Conley has resolved to prolong. Was it Meant Trcaclierouslr ! While a few of the press of Georgia are pitching into the Georgia Legislature for being too conservative, the Washington Chronicle has begun its detailed work of prating about the revolutionary and reac tionary tendencies of the Assembly. It says the following: On the 16th instant a resolution was sent into tbe Senate “Committee on the State of the Republic,” asking the appointment of a commission to estimate the losses of all the people of Georgia by the emancipation of their slaves, and demand of Congress com pensation therefor. Now the above resolution was a Radical measure introduced by Mr. Bruton,we believe. This matter is a piece of premeditated, Radical treachery, to throw upon onr Demo cratic Legislature the odium of a movement, the m st unpopular at the North of all things. It was a sharp dodge of the Radioal mi nority, sharp, but damnably infamous. We shall hear more of this Radically-born meas ure yet in Congress against the welfare of Georgia. It has a parallel in the case of act ing Governor Conley’s casting vote against the 15ih amendment, to procure the reron struction of Georgia, by throwing upon tbe Democrats of Georgia tha odium of refusing to adopt that amendment The light begins to break in on Mr. Bru ton’s purpose. Sly, devlish sly, Mr. B., but none the less infamous. T« C«rrMH"4«auao4 Ccatrikau t. We trust that our correspondents and con tributora will have patience with ns. Many valuable articles and letters are on banc which we will bring out as soon as possible The legislative pressure on our columns is I ill-gotten gains, they ore taking their flight H*w the Carpet-Baggers Do It. Governor Scott, of South Carolina, is an Ohio carpet-hagger. and we are glad to know a man of thrift. He is building him-elf an elegant residence at Napoleon, Henry county, in this State, (Ohio,) which be will occupy when the inevitable lime arrives for him at the South. Tnat hour seems to be arriving pretty fast He has bankrupted the State, made repudiation a rallying cry with all per sons out of office who pay taxes, and got rich Himself. Loyalty is its own reward.—Dayton Herald, 1714. The above is suggestive. What Scott does the whole vagabond ilk of carpet-baggers do. Bullock will emulate Scott Builock, how ever, thought to have a Southern resort for his retirement That $20,000 barn, for in stance, would indicate a purpose to squat in Georgia. It may have been but a blind. The whole pestiferous brood come South cause unable to navigate North. Coming penniless, they leave rich. Staffing to the front like scum to the surface in the seething of revolution, they have turned the disorders of a chaotic era to gcod account Getting office by the bayonet or through the agency of organized ignorance, they have used pi ce simply to moke profit They have thrived while crime was unpunished. They leave w hen law resumes its sway. Bloated with ful sentiments to determine party policy. , carrying the idea of toleration into journalism, we think that there is too much tendency to suspect wrong, and there should be more liberality, in judging the course of trusted allies, when they may hap pen to say things that are not exactly in accord with the prejudices and opinions of others. No. amount of past fidelity, how ever conspicuous^eems to be of a farthinj ue in the prevention of a hot excoriation on a moment’s notice. Our papers are as ready as the other side to strike a faithful ally in the bilteret manner, without even the delay for explanation, about some unpopular opinion. There is too much readiness to believe evil There is too great a tendency to quick suspi cion of wrong. This is wrong, ad wrong. A friend that has stood true in a thousand conflicts i9 not to be struck liccause be does something that don’t appear exactly right to tfs. Instead of lashing him, we should rather believe that there is something proper in what he says that requires investigation. True in dare to do a just thing in the face of popular sentiment deserve credit. The loftiest cour age is that that dares to do disagreeable right. The man or journal that has been true to right always earns the privilege of exemption from abuse of friends for doing unpleasant duty, and merits consideration for sincerity and conviction, if not for correctness. Now our contemporary says that we have stood “manfully to the right,” yet it lathers away at us at the very first opportunity, without ever waiting to hear from us. This was not right. We have certainly earned as d) all journals that have stood “manfully to the right”—the tolerant liberality of our colleagues. And our friend should ra*her have taken up the cudgels against those who suspected us of wrong, than joined in a con demnation without grounds. This is a matter of no slight importance. It is rare that honest people don’t have some time to take unpopular positions. It against tbe public good to proscribe and muzzle down such men. Let us establish] a tolerance, a charity, a brotherhood of just, liberal judgment, with out which reason and right loose their best tribunal for adjudicating the great questions of public law, liberty and prosperity. The Legislature. The Senate passed the House bill repealing the act organizing the District Court The acting Governor’s approval is only needed to make it law. The House bill revivin; poll-tax of 18G3, l$l>9 and 1870, and the House bill repealing the Akennan election law were pass d. The Senate bill passed, restricting the rewards offered for criminals to $500 in capital felonies, and $250 in other felonies, was a good one. It rectifies one tremendous abuse of Bullock’s rule. The right of Ordi naries to grant writs of habeas corpus when refused by a Superior Court Judge was with drawn. To withhold State’s property was made penal. Wives were allowed to recover penalties from dealers who sell liquor to their drunken husbands. The last three were Sen ate bills that go to the House. The House decided L. C. Jones, the mem ber from Macon, not entilled to bis seat. This was right. He has l»een a citizen of At lanta for two years. The Radical practice of carpet-bag representatives should cease. The Senate bill repealing the 20th section of Appropriation act, tinder which Bui lock squandered hundreds of thou sands of the State’s money, was passed. Let us see if Conley will sanction. It stops the bung. It will test bis sincerity for retrenchment. The public printing bill passed. The resolution to appoint four joint committees, one each for Bullock, the State road, the State road lease, and the action of the State road Auditing Committee, was passed. This is ready for Conley. Aresolu tion of Mr. McMillan, looking to the arrest of plunderers of the State was pissed. The most important matter done wag the passage of Mr. Bacon’s resolution in regard to the illegal bonds of tbe State. While the State will pay every honest and legal obliga tion, she cannot and will not pay se curities issued in glaring disregard of law, and binding on every body. One step more is needed in this mat ter, and that Is to issue ar entirely new set of State bends, guarded in the most careful manner, and then substitute them for the legal bonds out This will at once correct this whole bond complication and utterly prevent future trouble. We shall amplify this idea in a future issue. Mifrcellancona Hews Items. [CONDENSED rOB THE constitution.] Florida’s State debt amounts to $14,500,000. The “poor man’s ointment” made its origi nator a fortune of two millions. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 25,1871. To the Hgute of Representatives note in s* sion: In compliance with a correspondence which we herewith enclose,marked exhibit A. We took formal possession of tbe books and papers of tbe Western and Atlantic Railroad on the 28th day ol August, 1871, and have been engaged since that time in bringing said books for the purposes of showing the balances. lu view of the short time we have been en gaged, and the vast amount of labor necessa ry to be IfBtowcd, we have to regret that we are able only to make a report to the close of the fiscal ve.tr ending September 30, 1870, as you will fifed from statement annexed, made up by tbeBencral Book-keeper in charge, which wejKspectfully submit with his re port, monSpil Exhibit B, in accordance with a resolution of your honorable body passed November^, 1871. In addition to the work done on the book* we have carefully recorded aP the voucher: taken during Mr. Blodgett’s administration of the road®heirinning January 1st, and end ing December 27th, 1870, (the day the lessees took charge) Except vouchers No. C. dated February loth, 1870, from Josephine Beck, for $4,000 00. Voucher No. 20, dated March 27,1870, from James Sprouls, for $1,500 00 Voucher No. 71, dated March, 1870, from William White & Co., for $3,000 00 Voucher No. 00, dated July 30, 1810, from Jared I. Whitaker, lor $5,537 53. These fom vouchers were never turned over to our committee, aud, :is yet, we have been unable to trace them. We have thought proper to copy these vouchers, which has taken no smail amount of lab<-r, in oijler to facilitate such investiga tions as nilgai be determined by the Legisla ture, into the iate in*m:ige:m ill of the West- d Atlantic Railroad, and for the fur ther purpose of mure effectually securing the records of said administration. The vouchers are copied into blank bool* id properly indexed so that they Income ready and valuable ref*-rentes, in the hands of an investigating committee. Referring (p- the books and papers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad it were per haps proper to say that tin y show a liberality in general expenditures, by the administra tion in question, of gigantic proportions, the heaviest of which took place from October 1st to December 27th, 1870. As partial c|ider.ce of this peculiar liber ality in disbursing the people’s money by Mr. Blodgett’s administration, we give the follow ing comparative statement of receipts and disbursements finder the management of the road by Major Campbell Wallace, Colonel E. Hulbert and Captain Foster Blodgett. • STATEMENT. Gross earnings under sup* rvirion of Major Campbell Wallace from Janu ary 1, 1867. to December SI, 1867... .$1,162,450 68 Expense* from January 1,186T, to Decem ber 31, 1867 832.548 15 nrjlmjj. | far MM jtreTideolUlij proridpd during lh» Of all the State debts, that of Virginia is the largest, and that of Oregon the least. A “panorama of the Chicagojfire” is al ready announced. There are 1,839 National Banks in the United States. The Chicago Post says there have lieen 417 babies born in that city since the fire—311 of them females. A cotton factory for Raleigh is talked of. North Carolina has about 309 Masonic lodges with a membership of about 11.100. Embroidered sacques are now the rage, and the young ladies devoutly pray ’‘give us ths day our daily braid.” Tobacco is shown by official figures to cost more than bread in Germany, Holland and tbe United States. A loving wife in Danburg, Connecticut, on the decease of her husband, sent -the follow ing thrilling telegram to a distant friend : “Dear John is dead. Loss fully covered by insurance.” R. W. Durham, a rich Californian, died joking. He bequeathed one hundred thous and dollars to the.Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, of San Francisco, adding that he enjoyed the consoling reflection that his l>ene- ficiaries could not talk about him after his death. The Massfichasets Society for the preven tion of cruelty to animals, is destroying all homes found effected with glanders, which is a constitutional disease, infectious and con tagious. V’Mry. The Savannah Republican says that the suit of R. T. Wilson against J. T. West and Phillip West was decided in the United States Court on Wednesday.. The plaintiffs were a New York firm, and the defendants Sumter county planters. The New Yorkers loaned money on usurious interest to the planters, on cotton security. The planters lost money and plead usury on the note. The Republican says: The Judge charged the jury that. If this contract for commissions was made to evade the usury statutes of Georgia, then the policy of the law- forbade its execution; but if the agreement was made to pay the legal interest and a commission to the factor, for each mth, for his care, delbgence, labor and at tention expended in the business of defend ants, it was proper they should find for the plaintiff The jury were out but a few mo ments when they returned at verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of principal and interest. The parties were—R. T. Wilson vs. James T. West and Phillip West. R. K. Hines, for plaintiff, and Harden & Levy, for defendant. The attention of our people is rapidly being turned to this question of our present usury laws. In practice, as we all know, they are totally disregarded. Every bank and every business house understands that money is worth what it will bring. Why then have the usury laws upon the statute book? A law that is not, and that experi ence shows cannot he enforced, should cease to exist, to say nothing of its pernicious in cidcntal effects upon the trade and general industry of the country, ns can be clearly established against the laws forbidding usury Upon this subject of usury the LaG Reporter has an admirable editorial, winding up with the following: “Let the usury laws be repealed, and let the money-lender be protected in his right to his money to the best advantage, as the land holder, or the merchant, is protected in scllin, his land or goods at the highest prices they can get. and soon money will he in greater circulation, and men needing it cau borrow it at reasonable rates. Thus prelected, capital will seek investment in our State; and instead of hard-pressed men having to pay from 14 to 3 per cent per mouth for money, they will get it at from 7 to 10 per cent, per annum. Mingling with gentlemen from various parts of the State within the past two or three weeks, we find there is a strong feeling in favor of repealing the usury laws, and wc a'e of opinion that the Legislature will not only act wisely iu doing so, but that it will meet popular commendation from all quar ters of Georgia.” BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHER .$330.2> 2 48 Net earning* Gro** parninga under »upenri«ion of Col Hulbert, from January 1,1809, to De cemberSl. 186SL, $1,288,620 02 Expense* from January 1,1869, to Decem ber 30, 1869 : 911,752 77 Net earnings.. >en*es m Kelt, fre ber 27, 1870.. Amount of cxi*n*cfl not charged o approximating Total expenses ..$376,837 25 .. .$1,566,784 26 28.000 00 ...$1,594,784 26 $.410,455 08 .$184,329 18 28,563 35 Gross earnings frfcn Dfesu\rj 1, 1870, to December 27, 1870 Expenses over earnings Advanced by Ilenry Clews & Co., Decem ber 27, 1870 $27,000 00 Advanced by Doorman, Johnson A Co, November 30, 1870 Advanced by Boo*mau, Johnson A Co., October 30, 1870 47,000 00 $102,563 35 Amount expended by Blodgett over and above that by Campbell Wallace $702,43(5 11 Add to the $702,13G 11 expended by Mr. Blodgett over and above the expenditures made by Major Campbell Wallace for the year 1807, the $109,131 82 turned over tc Mr. Blodgett by Col. E. Hulbert in cash and cash assets and al>out three quarters of a million of debts contracted by said adminis tration, paid in part by railroad commission wilh the balance yet unpaid, and you have the grand total of about eighteen hundred thousand dollars as the proximate sum which has been recklessly and unwarrant ably expended or complicitly and ille gitimately anpropriated. Considering tin fact that only the small sum of forty-five thousand dollars was paid into the treasury by Mr. Blodgett during his administration of the road, and that $109,131 82 were turned over to him from Col. E. Hulbert’s adniinis trition the increased business of the road for 1870, the careless and irregular manner in which a large number of the vouchers have been taken, which can be readily pointed out to your committee, and the spdden afflu ence of so many who have been connected with the late administration of the Western and Atlantic Railroad tt shows a reckless misappropriation of the hard earning of the people, which amounts t prima facie evidence of fraud and demand. 1 in the judgment of this committee, the most thorough investigation. We respectfully suggest that it shall be the pleasure of the committee in charge to turn over all tin books and papers of the Western and At lantic Railroad to the Legislative committee when appointed and to give all the informa tion in our power relating to the books, or that may be of value in the investigation. Respectfully Submitted, C. L. R-dwine, C. C. Hammock, E. E. Rawson, Committee in charge. [exhibit b!] Atlanta, Nov. 22,. 1871. Messrs. C. L. Redwine. O. C. Hammock, E. E. Ratrson,Committee in charge of the books and papers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Gentlemen—I have the pleasure to hand you herewith statements of the Earnings and Expenses, also a Financial Statement of the Western and Atlantic Railroad at the close of fhe Fiscal \cnr, ending September 30th 1871. Having been appointed General Bookkeeper in charge, September 1st, 1871, with compe tent assistants, the duties involved in making up these reports have been onerous. Upon an examination of the books, I found they had not been balanced since January 31st 1870, (which is the date of the last balanct made by myself.) Several attempts had been made, showing forced balances, which neces sitated a thorough investigation by checking over the books of the road from February 1st, 1870, to September 30, 1870. In doin^; this, numerous errors were found, which wib affect some of the accounts. I find that no settlements have been made during a period of eight months after the road was leased, with the Atlanta, Kingston, Dalton and Chattanooga agencies. The dif ferent agents, since my appointment, re quested a settlement, but I have informed them, that owing to the condition of the books of the road, nothing could be done with their accounts until the books were thoroughly examined up jo the time of the lease, at which time their accounts would be in a condition for adjustment. The labor of adjusting and completing tbe bu-in.-i-s of the road from September 30th, ltrio, up to, and beyond the lease of the road, will Ik- veiy arduous. The account* with agent* and connecting roads will require a thorough investigation, and will consume several months to perfect settlements, etc. Thanking the gentlemen who have assisted me in these labors, and your committee, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servent, B. F. Moore, General Book Keeper in Charge. The Democratic Convention* We urge most earnestly that steps be taken in all the counties to send a delegation to the Democratic Convention on the 6th. Espe cially should this be done from counties with Radical Representatives. The call issued for Fulton county meets our approval, and we trust to see a full meet ing on Monday night at the City Hall. There are important matters enough to be (focided to keep the Legislature in session till the time of the Convention. These investiga tion matters, the Appropriation Act, etc., etc., will require attention, and should be legislated upon before adjournment Then the Legis lature can adjourn until after tbe election, when it shotAd meet to inaugurate the Gor-s •nor an d finish its work. OI B MACON LETTER. Tlae Planters Rlue—Something Inter* esilng About Senator Norwood—A Strange and Bizarre Murder Case. Macon, Ga., November 21,1871. Editors Constitution: T he planters anil merchants that 1 have met here are blue, ami I fear they have cause, the cotton crop id short, and at present prices, will do little more than pay the cost of producing. I am sorry to contradict one important event in the biography of Hon. Thomas Norwood, Senator elect, as published in the Sun last week, but the truth of history must be vindi cated. 1 met this morning, at the Pye House, one Mr. Pool, who lives in the village of Cul- loden, and who represents himself as being a Methodist minister and a shoe aud boot maker: Mr. Pool says, that when Toni, as he calls him, w as a boy, he Mr. P. w as in the em ployment of Mr. Norwood, Sr., who was tin owner of a tan yard and shoe shop. Tom completed his course in the village academy, and the old gentleman put Tom under Mr. Pool to learn the art of making and repair ing shoes; but that Tom did not learn very fast and that the pair of boots which Tom wore to college, and, which must now go down to future generations as part of the history of the country, was not made by Tom, but by himself. The old gentleman, who is proud of his apprentice, says Tom was a remarkably sharp sighted boy, and he can’t understand*the re cent allusions to Tom’s having at some time in his life worn classes. Learning that Colonel Acton would ai at Forsyth at noon, I thought it best to leave, and did* so. I have heard rf a most singular homicide, which occurred near Macon on Monday last. It appears that two young men, Lary and Birdsong, had charge of the old Thus. B. Lamar place, just al>oveMaccrh, and, as Lary tells the story, some bad blood had been ex cited lictween them. On Sunday Lary came into the city, fearfully wounded, and went to the house of Mr. Sparks and asked Mr. S. to inform him where he could find the Coro ner. Mr. S. referred him to the police for information. Through the kindness of an officer, lie found the Coroner, to whom he stated that he had killed Birdsong, and wished him to go out and hold an inquest. Lary hired a hor«c and buggy and carried the Cor oner out. To-day Lary came into town and demanded a hearing, and as there was no one present at the killing but Lary, his statement was all the evidence offered. lie stated that he was sitting at a table writing lo Mrs. Lamar, owner of the plan tation, and while thus engaged Birdsong came up behind him and siruck him over the head wilh a double-barrel gun, inflicting a serious wound, and knocking him down. The gun broke, leaving only the barrels in B.’9 hand. Wilh this he made a second blow, breaking all, or nearly all, the lingers on Lary’t left hand. Before Lary became un conscious, he* drew from.his pocket a derrin ger pistol. Birdsong immediately snatched this from his hand, and while his victim lay helpless and bleeding on the floor, placed the muzzle of the pistol against his head, just behind the left ear, and fired, but the ball, instead of entering as R though it did, passed around the bone and came out just in rear of the right ear, opposite where it entered. Tnis shot had the effect to restore Lary to consciousness, and while his foe bent over him, with his ear near his mouth to see if he breathed, Lary remem bered he had another pistol iu his pocket, and quietly drew it, and before Birdsong discov ered his intention placed the muzzle near his forehead, and literally, to use Larv’s own langauge, blew the top of his head off, scat tcring his brains over the floor. For a short lime both men lay upon the floor bleeding; the intended victim, however, was able in a short time to raise himself up, and go for the Coroner to hold an inquest upon the body of him who was really the only murderer. It is useless to state that Lary w r as promptly acquitted, as the terrible wounds upon his person attested the truth of his statement. Yours truly, H Editors Constitution: Let no man suffer serious mental disquiet by reason of the ai gument offered by Mr. Jackson, of Fulton, in support of his vote sustaining Conley’; veto of the election bill. When a inan of Mr. Jackson’s well known personal intrepidi ty so far yields to his apprehension of public danger as to allow it to drive him out of fcis proper political alignment into the ranks of an odious opposition, timid people are apt to get alarmed and unhappy. If any have done so in this instance, let them banish their fears and be reassured. The proximate danger and source of un numbered woes apprehended by Mr. Jackson is the conflict to take place between the Governor to be chosen under tbe election bill and Mr. Conley, whom Mr. J. calls an usurper; iu fact, he resolutely insists upon that characterization; for the usurper has given it out that he means to go on usurping, and intends to hold the place he has usurped until expelled by decision of the court or by force. To settle thi9 contest, it is assumed that the Federal Government, powerful and inimical,lo the rights and happiness of the people of Georgia, will interfere. True, it did not interfere in Alabama, in a case precisely parallel in principle, leaving the controversy to the State tribunals, but it is to interfere in Georgia. Georgia is a chosen victim of hostile and capricious power. Well, what then? How far will that inter ference extend ? Will it go beyond the reten tion of Conley ? For is not the sole and whole issue who shall be Governor—Conley or his rival claimant ? Can it then go beyond that point without openly proclaiming itself an arbitrary and vengeful despotism—with out bearing to Georgia the relation, and hold ing to her the language, which the wolf held to the lamb? Would not the present Gen eral Assembly which now, by its two thirds majority, hold the “usurper in chains” remain intact in numbers and temper Y Could it be interfered with, purged or dis solved, save in the very wantonness of power? What offense would it have committed to have furnished even a pretext for inter* ference ? And so the final result and supreme evil would be just that which exists now, and which, having both the right and deaire, it were weli worth the effort to be rid of. If. by the high handed exercise of Federal power, we are denied the enjoyment of right ful privilege, the present situation will be un altered. This, upon Mr. Jackson’9 theory of certain interference, torching the happening of that untoward eveDt, we differ from him, and re gret that anybody should apprehend it, since to exp< ct it is to invite iu if it should come, it can go no further than we have shown. To fear that it will go beyond that and work general overthrow is not the fear of reasons ble men. If it comes we musi.submit, as we have done befoie, and bow to the usurp er’s rule. But, young men of Georgia, Ton sc.d I have heard onr fathers *ar There a Brutu* once that would hare brooked Toe eternal derU to keep his state in Home As sasil/as a kiaf." WASHINGTON. Washington. November 27 —In the Su preme Court Corley vs. O’Connor, from the Circuit Court of South Carolina, was rert-rs- Tue lower court held that a certificate of tax sales signed by two*commissioners was ' 1. The Supreme Court holds that the authority given to several persons for public purposes may hr executed by a majority of their number*. Hanover vs Drane. lrom Ar kansas, was reverse 1. This case involved the right to recover for goods which vendor had reason to believe wen* purchased for the Confederacy. The court holds such transactions illegal and void. Court adjourn ed for the week. Senator Oslwruc called on the Pres’dent to day for the purpose of requesting a procla mation to be issued suspending the writ of habeas corpus in Jackson aud Calhoun coun ties, Florida, which he represents as la*mg en tirely under the control of the lvu-Klux. The President will consult with Akerman. A Principe letter reports a Spanish repulse near Catuaquez. One hundred wounded Spaniards were brought to Principe. The Cubans had American rifles. SOUTII CA RIO LINA. Charleston, November 27.—A committee of influential citizens, including lion. E. I) Pope and ex Governor Orr, publish the result of their examination of Treasurer Parker’s debt statement, which they find correct. The committee report the total debt of South Carolina to be eleven millions nine hun dred aud ninery-five thousand three hundred and six dollars, exclusive of $990,000 owing in New York. The Ameri can Bank note Company certify that they have in their possession, whole, six millions of sterling funding bonds, and Gov. Scott has instructed them to print no more bonds or stoc ks of any kind for this State. Ku Klux trials lx?gan in Columbia ten this a. m Judges Bond and Bryan on the bench. Dis trict Attorney Corbin for the Government, and Reverdy Johnson for the defence. A large audience was present. Corbin challenged the whole array of jot ora on the ground of fatal irregularity in the drawing Reverdy Johnson argued that the objection was purely technical. Judge Bond said the Court could not pn ceed because only nine jurors were present He desired to consult on the question raised by Corbin. Court adjourned until 11 o’clock to-mor row. NEW YORK. New York. November 27.—It is ru mored that Hall, Sweeney and Bradley will be arrested for complicity’with Connolly, and that Tweed and tsweeney still lack $200,000 of the million bail. NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth, November 27.—St. Mary’s Church iu this city was burned to-day. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, November 27.—Alexis spends Monday here. A grand ball will be given him Monday night. the Finances of the State Itoad Vu.ler l*:crtKetfs Admlu- tat ration. GROSS EARNINGS OP WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD FROM SEP TEMBER 39TH, 1860, TO SEPTEMBER 80TII, 1870. Mi seel lull eon 9 Income. Months. From Freights. Oc ohor. 1869 $ 87.901 31 November, “ .. 86.155 03 December, “ .. S6 701 8-» 99.136 20 115.377 05 112 187 67 92.719 92 99,561 64 February, “ Marcli, ** Mn? 4 m July,’ “ September,* 1 .. 63,2003 .. 60.0G5 31 .. 81.199 61 75 947 68 $1,070,073 31 am Passenger*. * $27 439 56 21.191 64 33.tg9 16 23.242 58 21,420 62 From MaUr $1,437 SO 1.437 50 1.437 50 1.437 50 1.4.57 50 1.437 50 1.487 50 1.437 50 1,437 50 1.487 50 1,437 50 1,4. 5 V 50 $17 250 01 $ 14 00 3*7 44 96 01 17- 88 ) 3 46 .’77 19 3 > 25 Total. $116 792 87 124 197 49 18;.2:4 18 15", 94 m 147.005 7* I <0,301 :s II A* .5 15.141 97 105.8 1 69 assist* EXPENSES OF TUE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD FROM SEPTEM BER 30, I860, TO OCTFBER 1,1870. Or* account of Loss, oainavn and o rk kiJcd. M Watchmen, laborer* and train hand* . Agents, clerks and conductor* MOTIVE roWIR. Ful Oit and tallow for engine* Materials or eiMjtnof Machinists, enginee'*, and Firemen. * of bridges and treatl< i 34.169 56 6.476 49 MAINTENANCE < Labor 4,105 Oil 67 621 63 MaterikIs Tor car*. 4.053 88 73.979 1*4 nil and lollow 4.034 75 Car rent 2 254 r 5 8,361 71 10,413 78 153,100 13 163.5.3 *1 uENERAL EXPENSE*. 1 Sunt rintendent, auditor, treasurer, and law expenses— 7.548*5 27.'03 14 Uftiro expense* 1,254 S3 2 572 P4 38.978 05 Total 117.035 29 1,0* .16 < 61 1.137 224 M LX FEN I) IT 11 RES OF \\ E>TEIIN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD FROM REP TEMBER JO, 1809, TO OCT OBER 1, 1870. Tanks, Well*, and Wood Sheds. Masonry aud Bridginj New Tr-ck CONSTRUCTION. MIDNIGHT DISI* VTCIICS INDIANA, Tkkre I1autk, November 27.—Hon. I). W. Voorhees, in a card published in the Journal of this city, proposes an important Democratic party movement. He says : “I keenly appreciate the importance of an au thoritative expression of principles which are to guide us iu the future as in tbe past. It should be made at an early dale, in order that the organization shall be perfected and confi dence restored by the time ilie approaching campaign is upon us. Thi«, however, should oe the work of a national convention, em bracing delegates from all the States, i am in favor of calling such a convention at some central point iu the West, oil a day not later than the 22d of February next. The call should be issued by the Nationaal Execu tive Committee and delegates should lie appointed by State and District Conventions The business of this body should l>e to care fully and patiently weigh all the views laid before it, and to agree upon and publish a clear and definite declaration of principle- upon all matters affecting the political welfare of the people and the safety of our free institu tions. This being done* it should adjourn to the day fixed for the nomination of the can didate for President, In the meantime, the people of the States can discuss, approve, or disapprove of what has been done. It Would be the difty of nil Democrats taking part in politics to submit to the voice of the majority. If there are aueh as prefer their own convictions even to the platform of the National Convention they can stop aside quietly without embarrassing anybody else. Let us, however, have political as wel personal harmony, and suc,e*s is within our reai h. If the entire Democratic vote can be consolidated, inspired wilh enthusiasm, nnd brought to the polls, General Grant cannot be re-elected. It was voters in r ur party that staid at home on the days of the late election which brought such widespread defeat. There is no increase of the Republican I make the above suggestion knowing that it is entirely practical, and that it meets ar gent demand of the present crisis. I shall urge it upon the National Executive Commit tee and ask for it the favorable consideration of conservative men everywhere. CUBA. Havana, November 27.—General Crespo has reviewed the volunteers of this neigh borhood. It was a fine display. The medical students of the Koval Univer sity jumped the walls of the Cemetery and proceeded to demolish the graves of Gon zalo and Oastanon, and committed other ex cesses. The chaplain attempted to remon strate, but tlio students stoned him. The Governor visited the University {Saturday, and demanded the names of the culprits. The students all remained silent. Their case was then turned over to the court, when several testified. Six students were imprisoned, and forbidden tocommuni cate with each other or any one outside. The court has temporarily detained forty- two, suspected of complicity. Georgia Sews Hems, [CONDENSED FOR THE CONSTITUTION.] John II. Brunson died near Blakely on Saturday l ist.—Early County Nears. E. II. Ilarman, Esq., of Macon, has been admitted to practice law.—Miicon Citizen. A son of Mr. J. H. Morgan, of Madison, died last week of scarlet fever.—Appeal and Advert ser. Charles G. Jones, was, on last Tuesday, at Cedar Town, examined and admitted to prac tice law.—Rome Courier. The foreign exports of cotton from Savan nah on Saturday was valued at $804,941 81. One thousand ti ckets were sold for the lecture of Bishop Lynch, which comes off on Sun day evening at SL John’s Cathedral.—Susan nah Republican. Saturday last a difficulty occurred near Byron, between Joseph \V. Harris and George Linsenhed, iu which the latter was slabbed in the loins, iu the thigh, and in the shoulder, from which wounds he died on Monday last.’ Houston Home Journal. On Friday morning, 24th, Mrs. Sophia Schley, d.eparted this life after a short illness. Mrs. Schley was the relict of the late Gover nor William Schley. About 200 turkej’- were for sale in Augusta Saturday in country wagons. Mr. Patrick Powers, of the Augusta police, had one of his legs broken while on a freight train, on the Georgia Railroad, Fri day nigiit.—Constitutionalist. A difficulty occurred in Clay county, near the Calhoun line, a few days since, between Jasper Lewis and Ehlridge Fain, in which Fain struck Lewis on the head and killed him. During the past two weeks two old and highly respectable citizen? qf Calhoun county, died—H. F. Thigpen and John Palmer. George F. Page' member of the Legislature from Lee county, has been tried for murder, and the verdict of the jury is, that he is guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Americas Republican. It is perhaps now well known that Colum bus had nothing to do with the liaiubndge, Culhbert and Columbus Railroad, though as guarded a* our bonds would have been our city could have lost nothing. We did not have a director in the road, nor was it pro posed to give any of our city bonds to the companj’, unless protected by specific stipu lations. Distrust was experienced towards any thing that Kimball bad a hand in. The entire line af Hie North and South Railroad, from Columbus to LaGrange, is under con tract with reliable contractors, except a short interval at Hamilton.—OAutnfcw Sun. ^ A few nights ago the store at Princeton Factory, in Claris county, was entered and a sum of money and several balls of goods stolen. Suspicion rested upon John and James McClellan, and some of the uoods were recovered at Tom Moore’s o»d olace, where they iive. Warrants were i-sued foi their arrest, and on the X3th James was ar rested and brought to towm, where he maue hia escape, shooting at Mr. King, who had him in charge Subsequently they were cap tured near the Georgia Factory.—Athens Banner. Grnuink Con VKuaioK.—Spurgeon tells the following: “ I like the story of the servant maid, who, when she was asked on joining the church, are you converted?” “I hope so, sir.” “ What makes you think you are really a child of God?’ “ Well, sir, there is a great change in me from what there used to be.” “ What is that change?” **I don’t know; but, sir, there’s a change in all things; but there is one thing—I always sweep under the mau now" i ATLANTIA' RAILROAD -S.D* HO—FeDruary 17- Marcii 26—To carii puto S I Treasure! 21—To ca*h paid K. B. Pond"* blit for Committee August 30—To cash paid li. M. Koae A Co.'* biil for Conunittoe.. f 25JAS 32—$ 25,91s 4 $*0,499 , $2S.\6.*5X <rt- $*G.«:« i 1.650 (4) • $524,1M LP FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. ENDING SEPTEMBER JO, 1870. Balance due by Aleuts.. Balance due by former ARontn Balance due by connecting road* and other'* Balance due to connecting road* S pteniher 30, 1H70 . Balanc e due to Agent* September SO. 1870 «7ro-s earning* from Sept. 30, 1839, to Sept. 30, 1870.. Balance Treasurer'* check* advanced Balance due by Agent-, Septetnlx r 30,1870 Balance due by former Agent*, Sep ember 80 1870 Balance due by State of Georgia, September 30. 1870 due by United State* Government, S» ptrmher 30,1870.. &.C85 M 4,290 07 14.155 5 $2 l«.ti»*i . ll.TJ.fca due b> l’ostoffl In tore* t account Bill* receivable. ; Department Septerancr 30, lHlo band 6 311 M» «S B- F. MOORE. Oen'l Bonk-kwpcr in cliir^e. l orei;cn News Menu. [CONDENSED FOR TUE CONSTITUTION.] Garibaldi is writing a sketch of his own life. Persian fathers nre sellings nice marriage able class of daughters at $5 a head. The British Museum has an animal which formerly belonged to one of the Pharaohs. Every cat in Paris is to be taxed at the rate of "about a dollar and a quarter per an num. Of the e Miviets at present in the French penitentialy i>,000 are males and 3,000 are females. The profits of the gaming tables at Monaco for thi-4 year up to September 1 amounted to 900,000 franca. The sale of the* New York Illustrated Weekly papers, the Police Gazette, the Va rieties and the Days Doings, have recently been prohibited in Germany. A curious story comes from Rome to the effect that an attempt was recently made upon the life of the Pope by sending bitn a large candle, to lie used at* his private mass, in which was concealed an Orsini bomb. Ac cording to the story, the candle had been lighted by an attendant, and was seen by the Pope when he entered the apartment He immediately ordered it to be extinguished, and a subsequent examination of the gift re vealed the murderous b.enb. Tennessee Mewa Item*. [CONDENSED FOR THE CONSTITUTION. ] Jackson is to be lit up with gas. Haight's Circus is to be at Chatlanooga, December 9. There is no territory of the sani" dimen sions in tbe world, contnininj; as much mar ble as East Tennessee.—Knoxville Vktx>nuU. Twenty-four thousand dollars have been subscribed for building tbe new Masonic Temple, at Columbia. Tbe Edgefield Bucket Factory is progeess- ing rapidly, so near completed a6 to be ready forthe root. Rev. Mr. Earle continues to draw immense crowds to bis appointments for preaching. There are at present 114 prisoners in tho Memphis jail. Of this num ber 39 are under aentence, representing 124 years in the Penitentiary. The Nashville and Northwestern Railroad is in better running order than ever before. A negro named Jake Smith has been arrested in Chattanooga, upon suspicion of being the incendiary wbr. recently tired the town. The Chief <J Police of Nashville, says lie will gu as far as muni cipal and State lgtva will warrant him in breaking up the gambling houses, and that barred doors shall not keep him from seeing what is going on.-^Lnlon ,iod Amenuin. Alicb Cauk's Gnlk Love.—In the pro- fonndest sense, Alice Cary never loved hut opc-e. The man whom .he 1 ,vcd is still alive; yet gossip, wilh its keenest scent, lias never found or named him. With all her fullness of affection, hers was an eclectic and solitary soul. He who by the very patent of his being was more to her titan any other mortal could be might pass from her life, hut no THERE IS AO DEATH. » death! Ti eMar*go down There i« no death! The dust vre Bead Shall change l>o..r*u.: t l»c somraer »liowa To tp>ld'‘U grain or me’low fruit. Or rainbow tinted flower*. Thn pTitnitp rock* dinorimntxe To fpul the hungry inos* ihey bear; The forest leave* dr'nk dtiljr life From out the vu-wlc** air. The flo Th y only wait t The coming of the May. There i* no death ! All *njrrf (onr Walk* o'er the **rth v* ith -Hunt t lie hear* <»ur he*t loved ttiUo*- »%vui TmnepUn'ed Into Ad >ru immortal imwura. The bird-likc voico, who*e jovou* torn Made find those *Ci nc* of *inaLdatri Sintr- now an everlaatfi-g m#n<r Amid ihe tree of life. And where he *«c* a amile too bright. Or heart too mire for lain! ni>d vire. He hear* it to that world of lurt.t. To du e l in Paradir-c. Born unto that undying 11V, “SoMKTiMRfi.”—It is tin? sweet, swret warbled to and fro amutnr the teni|»< si boughs of tbe heart, and filling the whole air with such joy anil gladness us the song of birds do when the summer morning romew out of darkness, and day is born on the mountains. We have all onr possessions in the future which wc call “sometimes.” Beautiful flowers and singing ’olrds an? there, only your bunds seldom rs,np the one or our ears hear the other, lie.;, on, read* r-** be of good cheer, for all tb* jfo<>ti there is in % golden “sometimes;” when the hills and val leys arc all passed , when the wear of fever, the disappointment and sorrows of life are over, then there is n place and the rest <4 God. Oh, homestead, over wh*»sc roof falls no shadows or evod clouds; nn«l over whose threshold the voice of sorrow is never heard; bunt upon eternal hills, and standing with thy spires and pinnacles of celestial beauty on high, those who love God, shall rest tin der thy shadows, where there is no more sor row nor pain, nor the sound of weeping— sometimes.”—Prentice. God Blksh You.—Who has not felt the power of these wonts? \Vho docs not treas ure up those hallowed mom nts *•[ the irre vocable past, when from tnc lip* of some loved one fell upon your aura a **God bios you that found an echo in the truest and purest ete^Th;. p, U aer r ^ prosperous family brought all their nride and j ' S, ! ; '. 1 " ' " r "‘< power to hear on a son to prevent his marry- „.1T? ? L‘“'"£ t,fC »•?"*»« mg a girl uneducated, rustic, and poor “I S.ivTSn' “ ■ iu -'“ awa ituig the waited for ono who never came back " .hi! with sorrow. Dy ing said.. “Vet I believed Ue would come till I y^ a" !° < ha: reclaims the v, you think what life would be. loving one waiting for one who would never come! ” He did come at last. I saw him. His wife had died. Alice was dying. The gray- haired man sit down beside the grity-U»lred woman Life had dealt prosperously with him, as it is wont with men. Suf fering and death had taken all from her save the lustre of fiey wonderous eyea. From her wan and wasted face they shone upon him full of tenderness and youth. Titus they met with life behind th**rn—they who parted plighted lovers when life was young. He was the man whom she forgave for her blighted and weaiy life, with a smile of parting as divine ai ever lit the face of woman.—Independent. Bibb County Bele(atl*a, Messrs. Nutting and Ross, men of clear heads, great executive ability, and thoroughly versed in all financial matters, are qualified to be of pre-eminent service in this crisis of the Georgia Exchequer, and the House has justified this opinion of them by placing both on the Committee on Public Expenditures with Mr. Nutting as chairman, and the latter also on the Finance Committee. Of the two younger men. Col. Simmons is chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, as well as member of several other important standing committees, and Mr. Bacon of the House & chairman of the Library Committee, and also upon the Judiciary and Education Com mittees, and both among the most active and influential members of their respective bodies. We predict for both these young gentlemen a prominent and useful career in Georgia. Bibb county has never been more efficiently represented.—Macon Telegraph. live nuimrired “ God . * -ie ear of infancy ami- reclaims the Wayward youth. It ha* been beard at the bridal altar and said at the tomb. Loved voices breathed it in onr car* when no parted, and the sound still linger.-, to cheer onr saddened heart*. Oh! may w« hear it through life, and wheif wc stand on the brink of those waters which flow bet wren time and eternity, may the last words that break upon, our listening ears ta* the God bh-s> you whirls conies from tbe lips of loved ones left l> bind. A Beautiful Thought.—W1m» the sntn mer of youth Is slowly wasting away iu the nightfall of age, and the past becomes deeper and dee|xtr, and life wears to its close, it is pleasant to look through the vista <f time upon tbe sorrow's and felicities of «»ur earlier years. If we have a home t<» shelter, aud hearts to rejoice with us, and. friends hate been gathered together nround our firesides, the rough places warfaring will have been worn and smoothed away, in the twilight of life, while many dark sjNits we hare ponses! through will grow brighter and more beauti ful. Happy indeed are those whose int«r- course with the world has not chauged the tone of their holier feelings, or broken those musical chords of the heart, whose vibra tions are gt) melodious, so tender and ao touch ing in the evening of life. Liff. Without Trials.—Would you wish to. live without trials? Then you would wish to die half a man. IV ilhout trial you cannot guess at your own strength. Men do not learn to swim on a table; mev must go into the deep water, and buffet the surges, -f you wi*h to understand their true charac* 1 ler —if you would know their whole strength j —of what you are capable, throw them over- What Makes the Man V—What is it that i board. Over with them, ’ and if they are lakes a man ? Can you tell ? We can tell! worth saving they will swim ashore of thcin- makes a man ? Can you tell ? We can tell! worth saving they vou what does not. Good clothes do not; selves, learning does not You must have some^ thing else to make a man of. We have seen a good description of man, which reads thus: Fu'l of affection for ita kind; A helper of tbe human race, A aoui of beaatjr and of grace ; 3 hat truly ’•peak* of Moa within. And never make a league with *in. U' There i» a beauty of daily living which is not in any manner dependent upon out ward surroundings, which receives no added luster from costly equipments, which rnay shine with most attractive grace amid the humblest environments. The beauty that ia born of a benevolent heart filled wilh kindly . . . , _ thoughts of all God’s creatures, of a calm . * “ts is the kind of a man worth something l and self-poised spirit, of quiet comrauninga in the world. We want a great many more with things which are unseen and eternal, la such men than we have now. Will you not I a beauty which all who strive for it may pos^ itrivt lo b« stwh * man t )***».