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ATLANTA, GA., FEBRUARY 13. 1873
Tki Mtpt*•*
There eeeme to be n very general pub’k
d**ire for some good man to l»e appointed to
fill (be Supreme Bench vacancy. Rood
mat-vial cnn be obtained from ibc Urge por
tion of (be bar not laboring nndtr ditabili-
t r* The Illnej* of Judge Warner prertni*
(be aeaaion of (be court that abould be non
progrr* ing. and it may be poaaible that hi*,
feeble condition resulting from his seren
sirkncM may render it impendent for bin «■
resume lh(£ardae-u* duties of the bench right
array. A henry docket is demanding atten
tion while the regular term is fntt slipping
ol The court may get so behind hand aa to
be unable to catch np even with a continuon-
It would bo unfortunate for the sea-
pass uuimprored. as the business
I get beyond the control of the court
Under ail these circumstances, we think
ws do not exaggerate the public wish and
the Importance of the matter, when we rep
resent that nothing would more meet a great
public necessity than the ailing of the va
cancy of the Supreme Bench, In order that
that tribunal can resume its labors immedi
ately. _
The Ortas Hantlcello wad Madison
Railroad.
The Griffin papers state that work is pro
g-easing on this road. The surrey is com
pleted. Fifteen miles are nearly graded.
Tba subscription installments are being paid
up. Iron will be bought immediately to lay
the first ten miles. At a meeting at Hooti-
caflo Hr. J. C. Kimball was unanimously
•lamed Superintendent of the road. The
Griffin Star very Justly says:
“Ur. J. C. Kimball was elected Superinten
dent by a unanimous rote, but op to Ibii
time has not accepted, owiog to Ibe recent
fallnre of bla brother. We hope he
may lie indiice.1 to accept the position,
aa ka la a practical railroad man, of clear
bead sad sound Judgment, to whose charac
ter there never baa attached tbe slightest
suspicion of wrong dealing. Ha is an lode-
fitlgible worker and a Doorman. Ha in
tends to stay in Georgia and work oat for
himself a reputation lo be proud of, notwith
standing the misfortunes of bis brother, with
whom he never occupied any business rela
tion* except a* an employee. Mr. K. baa
gone over tbe line of road several times, and
done a great deal toward* starting tbe enter
prise." a m a
Atlanta and Lau range Hallraad—
Utttr fraas Judge Ring.
Augusta, Ga, January 27,1873.
Captain WD-CUpteg:
Dean Sir— * lean scarcely
aay that do overturn have been made to con
trol the Atlanta and West Point Railroad,
but can aay that no proposition of that kind
has been seriously entertained, or conlem-
T>lMed hr tbe authorities of the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Company. So far as
they havaconsidered, propotilionafrom other
Inurest* have not contemplated any esclaaive
control, but only business mrieOcges in com
mnn. We littro no unfriendly feciinu toward
tloi Central Itatlrnsd Company, or the Inter
est* connected with it, but I am certain In the
opinion that no disposition of the Atlanta and
West Point Railrosd is likely to he msde that
won'd Interfere with a fair business connec
tion with your road at LaOrange, when your
road reaches that point.
1 acamtly know what to believe now-*-
days in tbe shape of railroad sensational ru
ttwra. but am decidedly of opinion that tbe
into rumors shout the control of the South
CmilotRnalitsilM/ Sol am informed
by those who ought to know.
Yours, etc., Joan P. Krtto.
The above letter we clip from the Colum
bus Sun.
The Augusta Chronicle, la aplte of Judge
King's statement, reiterates its belief in (lie
rumored lease of Ibe South Carolina Road.
THE WEEKLY 1 CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME IV.i
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 13.1872.
INUMBER 45
Georgia**Credit with Barwp*. Ot B WASU1NUTUX LEtTKU.
The London Time?, in making up tliestate- The Va»4 gaeuiaa at amnesty—
ment of the money market, in its issue of! The RewrRIm CfvJ» Rights A«*-cla.
January 9di, this refer* to the Georgia secu-; u# u Talk, out In Congreu—Xr.
rule*. 1 be statement is tbit “Frankfort ad- SaslaSarf, .Tlra. Wkarlon Si
' ' • * report that tbe New Year has opened
wl It a rite In all stocks and shares,” and _ „ ——
attar qu Gin* various continental and foreign FreeMect Oraal u a cay Latkarl*.
danglol (lock-jobbing company in. the
Northern State* taf Amt ‘
4wm,l)«
tract* tbe following from Frankfort with
*»rd to our securities: “Heavy lueses t
£
eoUruiotti of iMiii'iiition by
Stare of Georgia of the bonds iSMted in aid
of tbe raiiroarta, and which were taken lo
large amounts at tbe relatively high price of
74. Holden are now compelled to send their
bond for registration to Atlanta, which, for
u«, is out of tbe world. People are disgusted
H have to fight for their money with black
debtors and the credit of the Southern Stats*
is gone here forever.” * .
We extract tbe above from tbe Savannah
Kews, and wish we had apace to copy tbe
Newspaper Success.
- We find tlte foiiowingjgoing tbe round of
the p ipers. 'Since the war tiie London Dal
ly News has made great strides in conse
quence of the superiority of its war corre
spondence. Lately it bad thirty-eight col
umns of advertisements.’
Thirty-eight columns of advertisements is
certainty a huge thing. But according to our
arithmetic we can beat that in Georgia. The
Atlskts ConariTirnott baa frequently, of
late, published daily from three to five col
umns of new advertisements. lost Thurs
day that paper contained sir eofurtas of new
advertisement*. Now, when it Is remem
bered that Atlanta la btrdly the hundredth
pirt of London, it will at once be seen that
the proportion la largely in favor of our own
Georgia paper. Atlanta knows tbo value of
printer’s ink and appreciate* the Importance
ot advertising. We wbh that the contagion
might spread TUomaonward.”—VcDuJls
Our European creditors evidently misap
prehend oar purposes, and we have to thank
such parties as Clew* £ Co, and i-Jhers who
falsify the Stale's acts of enquiring into re
pudiation. But this temporary depredation
of our securities is one of the inevitable
quences of Bullock's financiering. It is not
the action of the good people of Geoigia,
who simply use the judicious a
plan of marshalling her assets, that has hurt
Georgia’s credit, but it is the reckless mis
management of Bullock, the bayonet sover
eign of Georgia by grace of reconstruction.
The crash wss hound to come sooner or
later. But when Georgia sifts her indebted-
i, and pays dollar for dollar to everybody
who has a just claim upon her, the credit of
the State will be restored. It is nonsense to
ascribe the results of Bullock's thc-ivisn Scan-
ciering lo tbe needed effort* of tbe State to
•xtricate herself from the bad fix in whidi
Bullock has put her.
We are in trouble. Radical rascals put us
there. The extrication must be necessarily
painful and tedious.
One cause of complaint of the European
bondholders is tbsl they think they will be
required logo to the vast expense of bring
ing their bonds to Georgia for registration.
We oplno that arrangement will be made to
obviate this. Tbe bond inquiry law provides
for “reporting" these bonds for registry to
the bond committee. This con be done
through one or two agents centrally located
in Europe. This will remove any possible
dissatu faction.
This step of inquiry is really needed to
protect the holders of sound bonds, and
when they learn this, and trust the good faith
of the State which will be true to every just
obligation, this panic will be over. Id the
mean time wc would urge that no holdera of
good tecuritie* be guilty of the Indiscretion
of sacrificing band* during this temporary
depreciation.
The storm will pats over, hnrting none bat
the scamps and sweeping off nothing but tbe
rubbish.
The social and political revolution now
going on in Japan, which is said to have had
■b origin by the introduction of American
Ideas, bn* completely broken down the ber-
riera wlii.it have existed in that country fot
centuries, anJ now the ports are open to
commerce and immigration. Tl.e Mikado
aand.. hia .juuing. anas and women to this
country to learn our way of doing things,
and hires prominent Americans to go to
Japan and introduce our labor-saving ma
chinery.
We may reasonably expect, when our com
mercial relations are more extended to that
country, that the Japanese laborers will find
their way to our shores
Would it not be policy fot us to encourage
them to come mtnrng us * They are familiar
with tbe cultivation of rice, and thousands
upon thousands of acres now almost aban
doned along our Southern Atlantic coast,
offer them abundance of labor.—The South.
The delay of tie. Senate in taking action
on the amnesty bill is tbe subject of remirk:
here, and occasions unfavorable comment'
even In extreme Radical quarters. The
President recommended amnesty in his mes
sage*, and tbe Radical press throughout tbe
country baa advocated It with much earnest
ness; and yet, such men as Morten, butnaef
and Nye are able to thwart the expressed
wishes of the President, and of
most influential
TMs delay,
tbo detriment of the Radical party than
otherwise, and it is concccded by leading men
of tiiat party that it would be extremely Im
politic to enter upon the Presidential cam
paign without removing the ban of proscrip
tion now resting on a large class of the
Southern people Tbo question here arises,
does Grant really want amnesty, or Is be
playing false ? It is singular, to say the least,
that on Hus question, as on that of civil ser
vice reform, his accredited spokesmen in the
Senate have acted in direct opposition to
the recommendations contained in the
message. Their opposition to the in
vestigations of the New York custom
house injured Grant considerably (brought
the country, and their procrastination with
regard to the amnesty b 11 must also militate
against the administration. Yet, day after
day slips by. burdened with its two Sena
torial speeches, and apparently we are no
nearer a vote now than when the debate be
gan. When Nye exhausts his stock of ri
bald jrats and buffoonery and Merton ceases
to pour out his coat sc invective, Mr. Sum
ner comes to the rescue with a batch of let
ters and petition which he reads until the
Senate is forced to adjourn lo escape the
dire infliction. The other day he read a let
ter from a negro, complaining that he
couldn’t go to the Thomas concert at Lincoln
Hall because there was no place eet apart for
colored people; and he even read a letter
from the President ol the Qeorcia Civil
Rights Association, which has its headquar
ters st Augusts, in which the Senator from
Massachusetts was thanked for the Glo’.e
and a copy of one of his speeches, and was
urged to push his supplemental civil
rights bill; that the negroes might be
made happy. Mr. Sumner prefaced his
rending of this important document
with the remark that there was ” no Senator
from Georgia to speak for the Civil Rights
Association,” a ely dig at Senators Norwood
and Hilt, which these gentlemen treated with
silent contempt
Yesterday Senator Car;tenter made a very
curious and contradictory speech, in which
Tbe above compliment was paid to Tits
Constitution last year, but was mislaid at
that time. It tamed up a few days since.
Just as a rush of advertisements Is reminding
us of tbe “good old days” Sunday we
published between three and four cob
umm of new advertisements, yesterday we
published some two columns, end to-day
about tbe same. But we are sorry to say
that our basinets men generally do not “ap
preciate the importance of advertising," and
tat comparatively few invest much in that
way. This explain* why ao many nerchanls
in Atlanta are merely eking out an existence,
while a few in each branch of business have
an imm'-nse tradF and are growing rich.
Tak Cosarmrnoa has no complaint to
mska—it gets about alt the advertising that
fa done t hut we do aay that the small amount
of advvrtldog done annually by the Atlanta
b trine** men is a shame upon their repnta-
tlo t for enterprise.
Northern Superior Morality.
The New York Herald of a recent date
make* this explosion of frankness and
horn t:
In the annals of crime no mote startling
and ghastly crime* have ever been recorded
than those which within tbe past few weeks
have disgraced this and sister cities.
It seems as if the air waa charged with
epidemic in the shape of crime. Almost
evetv city is furnislaiag its quota to the
Idmalstained list until it becomes s problem
for grave consideration whether life and
propariy are longer secure in oar midst
And to cap the climax of superior moral
ity, New England step* to the front with the
following graceful illustration of it* inimita
ble sanctity, at a type of its domestic pro
gress.
A Boston girl, who bad more than once
during tbe continuance of e long engage
ment shocked her lover, a pious burgher of
ibe Quaker city, ~
of free love,.
the time for _
flaring to submit to the performance ot the
ceremony, and offering herself to hi* connu
bial embrace without the ■•notion of tbe re
ligious rite or legal authority. la vain he
remonstrated. Sue professed herself ready
to undergo ail the pams and pleasures of the
marriage state, but submit to tying tbe nuptial
knot the would not.
And when he demanded her reasons for
her extraordinary dislike to the idesof cleri
cal or magisterial intervention,
that were she bound irrevocably to uim hr
would take ao pain* to please her, but were
she free to leave him at aay time h.r happi
ness would be bis chief thought to provide
for; sod then, too she wished to bestow her
affections and embraces on another man if at
any time she would oe*-e to love him.
this candid avowal of her versatile proclivi-
tie* he professed to consider tbe engagement
broken, but this she would not allow, and has
entered a complaint against him for breach
of promise of marriage. The care promises
Interesting, developments at its trial, as, of
course, the defence will be a* above, that
“Barkis is will in” bat the lsdy not
Makpi Gusa—(Mardi, Tuesday, gras, fat,)
Is French, and answers to Shrove Tuesday,
the day before Ash Wednesday, the begin
ning of Lent. It is tbe last day of Ibe week
of carnival observed in Catholic countries,
prio, to the mortifications to be
for the fot ty days succeeding it—
tioo as it were of that whirl of gaiety and
enjoyment crowded-into the ten short day*
of •ole-Lemcp carnival.
kcu ner lover, a pious uurgucr oi
r city, by her declamations in favor
■e, completely disgtated him when
'or th- marriage drew near by re-
TUEMMOIt NATIONAL RANK
'MATTER.
Copies si the CsrrtirsaiteM ■
tween the Stank asm g«a*v.
- Betas R. Rnllnck.
State .gave bond in $360,000 to indemnify tbe
■tank. Gov. Smith and Treasurer Angler
■tW organs efl’ths Dariy? **4'***% *
•, however, Inures more to ’T&TSaA has extiled wide and®len»epuh-
- - — - - lie iulucst. The bank has over a hundred
private depositors, whose deposits amount to
$30,000. These deposits are among the as
sets of the bank. Somewhere near $30,000
cash, we believe, has been found among the
assets.. Th? inventory Is not complete yet.
We give the letters that passed between
•he bank and Ex-Governor Bollock.
THE If TIES FROM THE BANK.
[Copy]
Georgia National Bask, )
Atlanta, Ga., October 81st, 1871. f
Ron.RR DuOoet:
Dear Sir—Acting under instructions for
our Board of Directors, I have this day
charged to your “special account" the sum of
$88,&7 99, as follows, viz:
For credit ot tout curreat ac
count .$50.08 IS
For II. I. Kimball A Co 53,000 00
For Sch-nb A Lawton note In
toned by yon, and pro-
toted Angnrt 7th, $3,500
to yoar order.
The Bank has treated and regarded the
three accounts, your special, your current and
H. L Kimball Si Co. current, as being one In
Yours, vei^traljr^
bullock's mei-lt.
New Y’ork, November 11,1871.
Georgia News Items.
[COXDSXISD TOO TUX COXCTITtmoX.]
Mr. William Jennings, of Fairborn, died
on the 2d instant.—Sentinel.
The Times and Planter, of tbe 3d instant,
contains a salutatory from its new editor,
Mr.F. L. Little.
A colored boy was run over by a male, in
Columbus, on the 3d instant, and seriously,
if not fatally injured. Abbott’s Pantomime
and Comedy Troupe are in Columbus.—En-
tirer.
While Mr. Bonham was entertaining the
citixenaof Sparta, singing at the academy,
on Thursday of last week, his overcoat waa
looked into and robbed of a package of
money.—lima and Planter.
Griffin has 15 practicing lawyers; 13 phy
sicians ; 50 stores; 13 bar rooms; 9 churches,
snd many other things which makes it a
attractive and prosperous city. <>n Friday
morning, at Nall's warehouse, Griffin, Mr. T.
B. Godfrey, a respectable fanner, of Meri
wether county, was shot and killed by Ida
neighbor, Bowles, of the same coun'j.
The killing was done without provocation,
and under the influence of liqnor.—Origin
Star.
Among the new enterprises tending to Ma
con is the Exchange Bank, with an able corps
of officers, representing the best business
talents in the city. They are fitting up eler
gant quarters iu the new courthousebuilding,
where thrir new banking office will be loca
ted. The Mutual Loan Association at pres
ent Just being organized, i* also oompoaedof
gentlemen of well known financial ability
and experience. Blind Tom will give one
of his concerts in Macon on the 13lb instant
Telegraph and Voterger.
Tbe Near Amendments.
We find the following action to hare been
taken in the House of Representatives, on
Monday, in reference to the 13th, 14th and
15th amendments It looks farcical to be
thus resolving about the Constitution. These
resolutions tiro so much waste paper.
Mr. Peters moved to suspend the roles and
adopt the resolution declaring that the high
est patriotism and most enlightened polity
demand of all political partiea and of ail citi
zens and acqniesence in the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendment* to the Con
stitution, and such reasonable legislation of
Congress as may ha necessary to make them
in their letter and spirit the most effectual
Agreed to by 130 to 51.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, moved to sus
pend tbe r.ihs and adopt a resolution recog
nizing tbe 13th, Mlh and 15th amendments
as valid part* of the Constitution. Agreed
>—106 to S3.
Mr. Stevenson moved to suspend the roles
nd adopt a res -lution recognizing aa valid
and binding all existing laws passed by Con
gress for the enforcement of the thirteenth,
fourteeth and fifteenth amendments to tbe
Constitn'ion, and for the protection of citi
zen* in their rights under the Constitution as
amended.
Mr. Kandali—ThoscTlaws' are nnconstitu-
lion ill,
Mr. Eldridg'^—I think yon had belter take
ose cases to the Supreme Court.
Without taking a voteon the resolution the
House adjourned.
Icharie
This German is a very atrongspeaker. He
will compare favorably with any man In
Congress. He pula his points well. His
late speech on amnesty was a powerful one.
He told tbe Radicals the following deep and
philosophical truth:
Your good sense ms well as your heart
he took both sides of the amnesty uusstiwa:
and after declaring Mr. SamnerS bill tmeofi-
stituiional, he offered a substitute which is
quite as objoctioiiabJe though more deftly
wonlcd. The Senate has adjourned till Mon*
day, having accomplished absolutely nothing
during Its few days silting this week.
A OIsEAM op moot.
In the coarse of this debate in the Senate
some noble and manly words have been ut
tered by the Dem cmlic minority The
speech of Hon. Eli Sanlshmy, of Delaware,
w«s a fine effort; and I quote from it the
following passages, in which will lie found a
reference to Georgia. Said Mr. S. in refer-
nce to the amnesiy kill:
•*Wh«t fi true r f South Carolina is trne of almo«>t
every other State, 'fho j.nblic d«*bt« f Ocorx nht»
been ran np to. I believe, ncar.jr fo*-ly mill on»
»hrou,h the influences of the Blodgett*, snd th* U I-
lock*. and the cia** of ir.cn * bo have ralrd ih.- di*ii-
tue* of Georgia. Georgia, however, no longer snf
fe*a from the infli*-ri< n of a carpet-hag Governor,
is a fneiiive from me M*tc and from justice;
the people have tobe»r the debt ini|>u»c*tl upon the
S; $te through ihe corruptions of mch men.”
MK5. WHARTON.
Having paid a'(lying visit to Baltimore
this week, I found the Wharton trial was
still the engrossing ts»pic of conversation in
that city. The result of the iri.d was far
from satisfactory to Biltimoriuus, a large
majority being firmly impressed with the
belief that Gen. Ketchum uied from the ef
fects of poison administered by Mrs. Whar
ton. She is yet to be tried for an alleged
attempt to poison a young man mimed Van
Ness, formerly her business agent, and it
is said no exertions will" b.i spared
to secure conviction. This may savor of per
secution, but if you could hear the gossip
which circulates m Balt more you would not
wonder at the state of feeling on ihe subject.
The second trial does not take place until
April, and it is understood Mrs. Wliartcn has
taken lodgings at Annapolis, to wait that
event. It is something in her favor that her
counsel and their families believe her to t c
a deeply wronged and innocent woman, blit
they stand almost alone in this mpoct.
tni PBE8IDKNT AND TUB FAIR SEX.
It may seem incredible that our taciturn,
and far from handsome President should
figure in the roJe of a gay Lothario, yet it is
even so. I don’t know that I should have
ventured to tread on such delicate ground,
had not the correspondent of a New York
paper anticipated me to some extent. Says
this writer:
Plot* and coanterp'ots are constantly bc-in* creat
ed. Women are participanta in t .c-e—the Republi
cans have Introduced th in aa fa.«trnment* of the «>py
system. Tbe par y In power i« rent a minder by
The trading men speak of
as rofaes and traitors; sod rach has a
—, Jd" who can bo relied opou to procure se
cret iufo-mstlon Three in-trumeuts of des-sping
politicians are daagt-rour. They Lave acct-s, tp autre-
men ta their moments of care: when “off guard."
th* recsese* of their hearts are approach-el end ob
tained- Thus l iken unawares, they develop motives
and exhibit the morln* power which 1m ■
public ac’a. Or course three tactic,
new. They are ae old as the Christian wo Id. This
kev to men’s h- arts Is so ancient as well cs e modern
Instrument. Rut here it Is used wilh i
and a higher order of refinement. Kumoi
most of the leading administrative Seoslore with its
ose; and even tbe White Hnnse has, at last. It Is said,
—re aarelled to this wsj. I do not, of
■Se troth of Ibis allegation, hot the
leer has been heard to ray that ll
r tbontfoucdatli-n. “ILiwshoek-
ina 1” she sard, “that (ho quiet, pii.nt snd sensitive
Ulysses should allow himself to bs controlled by an
other woman than hi* wife."
It is no secret here that often, of an even
ing. Grant may be seen Intro ring up the ave
nue, cigar in mooUi, toward Twent iefti Street,
and that tbe place of destination U tba resi
dence of a buxom widow, wbo bold- a per
manent position. It Is also said 'ha 1 , last
summer, during one of bis flying' irits from
Long Branch, this fair fiiend o the resi
dent’s bad five or more private interviews with
him st the White House; and rumor further
i him of paying marked attention to
a yonng woman of the blonde type, who
toils for Uncle Sam. These facts will donot-
less surprise many who wonld not have be
lieved Grant.
THE RICE rSTEREST.
Yesterday Mr. Wilson presented to the
Senate a petition from A. Alpeora Bradley,
and other colored citizens of Georgia, asking
Congress not to take ofl tbe duty on rice.
They represent that the rice land*" require a
great deal of ditching and canal work, and
the erction of flood gates, and if tlte duty i-
resumed they will go to ruin. A great deal
of labor and capital have been expended
upon them since the war, and a great deal of
land recovered; and they state that the repeal
of the duty would be very injurious lo them.
Mr. Wilson moved the reference of the pe
tition to the Committee on Finance, which
was agreed to.
Congress certainly stirred up a hornet’s
nest when i‘ * — - “ “ “
on rice.
The Iitireiilai Bacmaaemta In
' Their Tatallty
UMtttl UUKH" |
Yesterday the jnycqtpry.ol' the hank prop
erly was being taken. Col. W. W. Mont-
gomery, counsel for the State, and Solicitor
General Glenn, conducted it. Judge Linton
Stephens is the other counsel of tbe Stale;
tat lelt for home to return Friday. .Tit«
fact
E. L. Jontt, Keg., Cathier :
Sir—I have but just now come Into pos
se sion of your letter of the 31st of October,
and I regr-'-t tbe delay that has occurred in
receiving it because of tbe very remarkable
character of its contents. In fact, I am not
reads to admit that sneb a letter could be tbe
result of full deliberation on the part either
of yourself or the Board of. Directors of
your bank. My reasons for Uiis doubt are the
entire absence of any facts or even sugges
tions whereby either yourself or anv member
of tbe Board of your bank c ' *
t it proposed to take off the duty
rOSORESSIOSAL JOTTINGS.
Mr. Hill presented to the Senate yesterday,
tbe petition of John Jonei. Randolph H.
Ramsey and Wm. S Lauterman, praying to
be released from all obligation* as sureties of
William E. Qoillian, postmaster at Milledge-
vi le, Georgia, which was referred to the
committee on post offices snd post routes.
In the House yesterday, on motion of Ur.
HcNeely, Mr. McIntyre’s snbstitote for the
pending educational bill was ordered to be
printed with other amendments. The nature
of the bill and of Hr. McIntyre’s substitute
was explained in a previous letter.
FESSONSL.
General Du Bose attended the President’s
reception last evening. Tommy Hawk.
_ could assume that
„ ever given or existed fortreal-
iqg. tmd regarding the account of Ih I. Kim-
11 £ Co, my personal account, and the ac
count of Scbaub A Lawton, “as being one in
fact” with tbe account of the State whtcb
you refer to as njy ‘‘special scconnt,” together
with your own admission and testimony to
the fuct that my personal account and trans
actions with tlie hank did not and could not
have uuy connection whatever with the
State's accounts.
To assume the contrary would involve the
charge against yourself end other officers of
the hank of having united with ine in an
illegal and dishonorable scheme to divert the
money of the State to mir private uses; bi
cause. as yon well know, all the credit which
have become due thcState account arisefrom
checks and drafts given as “ Governor” and
so signed, nod from amounts dt posited to the
credit of the State; and also tliat all amounts
chargeable to Ibe debt t f the State account
have been signed by me as Governor, and
payable to tbe order of the Treasurer, or, as
in one or two cases, lo the order of members
of committees of tbe General Assembly,
wlten the Treasurer refused to honor Execu
tive warrants for their per diem, &c.
In addition, it is a fact known to you that
all transactions on the Stale account have
1> ten separately entered by the hank in the
bank book in charge of Mr. Scott, the Exec
utive wairant clerk. And tliat luy personal
transactions have lieen similarly iecorded in
m.v personal bank book by your bank.
"I have my personal bank book alt- wing
my personal cb-cks and credits, written up
and balanced by tbe bank, nnd a credit in mv
favoron the 15th of April. 1871. Any liai-
aucc that may have properly accrued against
me since that date, I alone am responsible
fur. The bank books showing the State's
account as entered by your bank is In Ibe
hands of Mr. Scott in tlte Executive Depart
ment, and will, I have no doubt, be equatio
ns clear in establishing that my personal ac
count and the State account did h*ve and
could have no connection or computation.
Upon the sll jeet of II. L Kimball & Co.'i
account with your bunk, I have no specific
knowledge, and I cannot imagine any pretext
that would aulhori e or justify yourself or
your Directors in treating or regarding tbc
necount of that concern and the special as
being one in fact.”
The absurdity of yonr pnrpose in charg
ing to the (State) balances claimed to be due
by myself personally or by H. I. Kimball &
Co., seems to culminate in charging tbe
(State) with a protested note of Schanb
Lawton, because it had my personal indorse
ment. This seems too apparent to need cal'-
Ing yonr attention to it, for I am snre yon
are too well versed in the responsible dalles
of your position not to know that there is
no legal claim against me by custom, liable
Immediately after protest, even until the abili
ty of the principals to tbe paper has bocn ex
hausted.
That my personal liability Is only contin
gent, you are, of course, aware.
Having said this much, I will have done
enough, I think, to invite that farther consld-
eruion by yourself and your board, which
will insure a correction of eny action that
either you or they may have taken in further
ance of the unwarrantable asnumption that
the personal account of myself, the account
of II. I. Kimball & Co., or the protested
n >tes of Scbaub & Lawton, on property
chargeable against the balance due by yon
bank to tbe State of Georgia.
Very respectfully,
H B. Bullock.
Grata Brown.
Brown made a telling speech to the reform
Republican convention In Missouri. We
have not space in the present crowded con
dition of our columns to give more than a
paragraph or two. This'secms to have told
well, alluding to Grant’s attempted ostracism
of all who dared to differ lrom him in the
party:
Have wc not seen the leading representa
tive of one great clement of our population,
and certainly of a great element of Republi
can strength—I allude to our German fellow
citizens, who have bnt a single representative
iu the Senate of the United States—have we
not seen him when he presented his card at
the door of the Executive office—and it
might be presumed that one charged with so
much responsibility had weighty matters to
present—have it returned to lum with the
words “not in,” [cheers] whilst Chandler,
Cameron, Sherman, Morton and Drake
flitting in and out the side doors like i
shifters in a theater T [Cheers.]
The following is admirable, and its logic
absolutely resistless. It .turns the tables
neatly on the Ku-Klux inquisitors, who seek
to establish the fact of great disorder South
to secure their own power
“It is said that this commission, which has
recently passed through the Southern States
investigating these grave charges, has corn-
back hardened with volume after volume of
evidence, thousands and thousands of pages
setting forth this wrong, that wrong, and the
other. Granting all fairness to that investi
gation, assnming that the wrongs which
they represent are true, I ask you, does It not
establish to your satisfaction, and that of all
era;.but I think that Georgia will be quite
willing to let him retire *) private life when
his present term exnirt*.
Mr. Hill's colleague U a new man hero—a
man whom very fewpejlcns in Washington
ever heard of until thcUeorgia Legislature
honored him with* seat In the United States
Senate. I do not say thfc dispa: aglngly; and
it is safe to add that there are more good
men, more honest men, fnd more able men
out than in position. Gel help us all if this
were not so. Mr. Nufwwad is small, almost
puny hi stature, with 7*Klow.face and more
the air of a student than a speaker. His
voice has not yet been heard, but his record
assures us that he will ik-tvo faithful to the
trusts reposed in him; an J let us not forget
that we might have had the infamous Blod
gett in his place.
Now let ns step over to the House. Here
we find in the front row, on the Speaker’s
right. General Dudley M. DuBose, a tall,
handsome fellow, young* enthusiastic, anti
destined to work his way upward, ne pays
strict attention to his legislative duties, de
votes much time studying how to perform
them best, and while caring for the interests
of his constituents does not forget that he is
• son of Georgia, and tint his native State
has claims upon him.
In the next row behind Gen. DuBose Is the
Hon. A. O. McIntyre, wbo represents the Sa
vannah district He is nfawycr, with a large
iractice, and Is a cool. Clear-headed man.
le is always at his post, and bus set himself
to work to add to his knowledge of parlia
mentary roles and usages, that lie may be
able to cope with his political opponents,
and advance the interest^ of his Stale anil
district
Gen. P. M. B. Y’onng sits on the right of
Hr. Hclntyrc. He Is too well known iu At
lanta to need commendation or personal de
scription. There is no discount of his De
mocracy, of course. It is whispered about
that he is just now on matrimonial thought
intent, and that the lady in question is a
daughter of Hon. Robt Onid, of Richmond.
Virginia. If report speak Indy, your dashing
Representative is to change 0(n)ld to Young.
Mr. Price Is a etiratish looking man. When
the drawing for seat* took place, Mr. Price
did not Join the little colony of Georgia
Democrats on the Speflk.jr’s right, but took
u> a central position cm our side of the
Tom Kpeer.ls one of*the most proml-
nept men in Congress—wlftn he stands tip.
{fe-
ttll you that when this is truly a peo-
citizens equal in their political rights.
will then be easier to raake it also a people
of brothers."
HT A Kentucky court has decided that
the salaries of a policeman cannot be at
tached for debt iu the hind* of theMayoror
disbursing officer, on tbe ground that the
interest of the creditor must yield to that of
the public, which is entitled to a zealous and
cheerful discharge of duty by its officials.
We think the decttic
’ E'ght hundred
the price agreed upon yesterday for the
property on the comer of Broadway and Day
streets. New t or*, and which same will be
- - ’ it building
Company.
the site for a new and
for the Western Union Tt
dollars -
Exciting Times,
We have fallen upon lively times. The
local news Dot thrilling interest Attach
es, arrests,are the order of the day. Our
legislative committees are “ moving " things.
Then, too, England is bristling np, and talks
at Unde Sam in lofty and indignant style.
In fact, she tells him he Is " absurd.”
Our evening edition is bought in great
numbers in consequence. And we are glad
of this on account of the many newsboys
who thus make a little hard-earned money
to drive want from the door of needy families.
We furnish them the papers at cost, allowing
them all the profit We trust that those who
can will help the little newsboys.
all the appliances of this nation unde:
hand, and yet at the end of that time
upon your table volumes of what it can
cumulated
reflecting Republicans, that an ad*
ministration which comes Into power pro
claiming peace, and which fary rare has had
time DUta
.. it calls ac-
outrages, that that administration
is not lit to be entrusted with power any
longer r [Cheers.]
Criticising Newspapers.—It is a very
easy matter to criticise a newspaper; but to
publish a live one, ao aa to interest, amuse,
and instruct the public, is no small under
taking. Those in this community who are
so prone to find fault with every little item
winch does not suit their critical and exalted
ideas, should buy type, ink, and paper, and
publish an organ of their own. Let them
try it for three months only, and if it don’t
give them some new ideas of the newspaper
business, then we are no judge of human na
ture. The conceit would be taken out of such
individuals so quickly that they would hardly
know what was the matter with them, or
whether they stood on their heads or feet.
Eahange.
OCa WAsHUNjtOK tisrrEK.
L Belays* Ltttsv e* Interest to
B—nl—-Ab—FpeevglmCengress-
miB eat Gf.tfftaRstter*.
WAsmxoitjJ- January —, 1873.
The national legislates having now fairly
got down to business, if may hot be amis3 to
take a peep from the mwrter's gallery, at
the men to whom the Stale of Georgia has
intrusted her interests! The Senate takes
irecedcnce, of course? Here we see Mr.
Ml, a sturdy looking legislator, with a
big head, surrounded rltli a heavy crop of
coarse and bristling gnlhalr. 'He is labored
«n<t in «nn™**and his intellectual
and proscy in speeches
weight is evidently TSbsidernUy less than
his fleshy avtordupoisj Ho kcep3 a shard
eye to the Interests of ka friends and foliow-
Asrlcnltaral Report tor Janssrv.
In fourteen States including the only two
Southern States of Virginia and South Caro
lina, there is an increase per acre in com
production, rot-ning from 43 bushels an acne,
in Iowa to 10 in Carolina, the average being
about S3.
The yield per acre is greater than last year.
The lowest average was 5 bushels in Geor-
gir, Carolina and Tennessee.
Prices for com were higher in January,
1871, titan 1873.
The prices of com in Geoigia were $158
in 1867 ; 96 cents in 1868 ; 91 in 18C9; $1 31
in 1870 ; 96 cents in 1871; and 93 cents in
1872.
The general price of corn was highest In
1868, nnd next in 1870. The concurrence of
two huge clops In 1870 and 1871 depressed
the price.
In Georgia the prices of what were $3 73
in .867; $3 85 In 1863; $3 20 in 1869; $165
in 1870; $1 47 in 1&71; $1 66 in 1873.
The general price was highest In 1867, and
lowest in 1870, after the great crop of 1869.
Wheat seems now to be advancing.
The hay crop of i871 was short, and prices
are higher than for several years.
In Georgia, the hay price per ton has been:
$24 03 in 1867; $31 53 in 1868; $31 90 in
; $31 46 in 1870; $33 33 in 1871; $33 06
in 1872.
In Georgia, the following was the average
yield per acre, and average price January 1st,
1872, of tbe different crops: Corn, 10.3 bush
els, at 93 cents; wheat, 6 bushels, worth $1
CS; rye, 7.3 bushels, worth $1 66; oats, 10.7
bushels, worth 80 c-.nts; barley, 14.6 bushels,
worth $1 potatoes, 90 bushels, worth
$1 43.
Tlte following relates to winter wheat in
Georgia:
OeonoiA.—Cobb: The Tappuhannoek
wheat, sent by the Department of Agricul
ture, is beginning to show it* superiority over
other kinds sown us winter wheat; the crop
heretofore has been a failure. Douglas: An
increased acreage sown last autumn but the
severe .weather has prevented it from coming
up to any extent. Richmond: Looks very
well, though little was sown this season.
Worth: The rust has spoiled this crop so
liiat fanners are beginning to despair, merely
planting a little for home use.”
Rice production is Increasing. It fell off
during the war. In 1S’0 the production in
the country » aa 315,813,497 pounds, Georgia
raising 3-.959,091 pounds; in I860, 187,167,-
182 pounds,Georgia raising f.2,507,652 pounds;
in 1870, 73,635,001 ponnds, Georgia raising
22,277,350 pounds.
This was the Rice area in Georgia in I860:
Georgia, Founds.
A Letter treat alts Great Western
Canal Survey.
Atlantic akd has vt WxsTxax Canal Sunvrr, f
In Camr os Fallow Krvza, '
Near Lavuznczvills, Ga., February 1,1870.
Editore Confutation: We think it one of
onr duties, ns friends of the great project in
which we are embarked, to inform you from
time to time of our whereabouts and the
sympathy we find with the population of that
part of the country through which wc have
been passing. In doing so, we are able to
present the best proof of the estimation in
whidi the enterprise is held by the enlight
ened portion of the people, for we are not
to selfish as to take the many courtesies we
receive ns mere personal compliment—pleas
ant and flattering aa they may be to ns per
sonally. On the contrary, we esteem them
mainly as on indication of Ihe deep interest
they have for the success ol one of the grand
est enterprises of the age, and as suelt we re
port them to you.
Having crossed successfully Ihe Chatta
hoochee plateau, and pushed forward the
survey to Craig’s mill on Yellow river at the
crossing of Iho Lswrcnceville and Cumming
road, where wo were met by gentlemen from
LawrenccviUe, and invited to partake of a
suppei with them, to tic given on a con
venient evening. According to this kind in
vitation, wc left our present camp on the
evening of the 31st ultimo, and uf-era two
hours’ trip through a fertile section of coun
try, wc arrived in town, stopping nt the
Globe Hotel. The fresh, or rather cold
weather we had at the time, made ns doubly
sensible of the comfort of the watm room
which received us. After a short stay at the
hotel, we were welcomed and escorted by the
representative gentlemen of the town to the
residence of Dr. Russell, where a table was
set for the occa-iou. Upon this we fouud
the renowned turkey and-all the delicacies
tlte country afforded. We were also de
lighted with the good taste shown in tlte ar
rangement. Having done Justice to the
inner man, we tetirrd to the parlor,
where we were agreeably entertained by
the gentlrmen present . This, however,
proved to lie only an introduction toother
pleasures that r,waited us; for whilst wc.
w ere discussing the topics of the day or other
subjects of general interest, one by one, or in
pairs, (be be.nl rm of the town, accompanied
"y gallant escorts, joined our conqiany anil
soon formed a bcqut-l that would arouse the
jealousy of greater cities. As a matter of
course," the younger memiicrs of our corps,
and a number of young gentlemen wbo bad
made tbeir appearance too in tbe meanwhile,
soon entered into the inspiring influences of
the “ Quadrille,” which was kept up with
but little intermission until midnight The
•4*wikr7<lt(rs$k.
Washington, Februsry 7.—The position
taken ry a gentleman closely connected with
he administration of the government is that
the British High Commissioners perfectly
understood the v’cws of the American High
Commissioners in the negotiation of the
Treaty of Washington, both in the terms
and the'prutocol, and that therefore our gov
ernment is altogether justified in presenting
the case as It has and claiming consequential
damages in case the board of arbitration shall
not award a gross snm in satisfaction of the
so called Alabama claims. This govern
ment is willing to stand by tbe decision of
the arbitrators. It is known that though the
British Commissioners Usd full (lowers,
they frequently consulted their home
government and acted in accordance
with its wishes in all they did. It is offici
ally asserted that if the claim for conse
quential damages had not been presented, and
was not to bo pissed uprai, there might be a
complaint by the people of tlu- Untied States
that provision was made for a partial settle
ment only of the dUfereuce between the two
countries, sxch claim w«* tb-tefore presented
for a fail settlement in the interests of peace
and to preclude future disputes This govern
ment has not received lie- dt tails of tbe letter
from Lord Granville to <ti n. Sehncck£and
therefore cannot take official action upon it
There is no probability whatever that our
Government will withdraw suy part of its
statement of the rare, but will leave tlic
British Government to pursue its own course,
or the tribunal of arbitrators to act in the
premises according to the tr-nty stipulations.
Nor is it likely tliat our counsel will take
When he unfolds his six feet, and I don’t
kno.w how many inches, and bawls out, “Mis-
t-ah Speak-ah, I move the House do now
adjourn,” every body laUghs. Bnt Speer can
never be a success as a humorist. He is too
monotonous. After a time people will get
accustomed to bis personal appearance and
his motion to adjourn and then nobody will
laugh any more, and SpeCr will pass into ob
livion. I am sorry for tjpeyr, for I think he
meanawelL 1 on y hope he won’t pair with
Democrat again when he Intends to vote on
nursidfc ’
Since Whltely failed to get into the Senate,
but obtained n scat in the House to which lie
was not elected, he has father dropped out
of notice. He is altogether eclipsed by
Speer as a legislator. As for Bigby, he must
be in perpetual eclipse, for I never see and
seldom lt-wr of him. He Is abont, though,
and draws Ids pay with c&Hmcndable regu
larity. - Bighy om always Bb relied on in Ibis
respect, and it affords me much pleasure to
bestow upon him this cotnmendatUro.
RILLS RELATING TOGEOROtA.
Under the call of States to-day Mr. Mcln-
re introduce-! the following bills tmdieso-
ltitions:
iV resolution amending the Constitution
so that the Supreme Court of the United
States m.ty have original and »pi«-Ua!e juris
diction iti c ses involving or aff.-cting the
'Iistiroli.-n-ii y of suy Federal laws, so os
determine tbe eon-tittrioaalUy of the
same. The resolution further provides that
in irqu'stof any State, corporation or per
son stigg a 'ng ihe uncnm-tiiiitimntityof any
law, the Our shall consider the same and
deteiuiiue it within six mouths,
This resolution aims at the Ku Klux laws
and tlio McCardlc case.
3- A joint resolution authorizing the Sec
retary of the Treasury to pay claims for cot
ton and other-properly taken by the Govern
ment after June, 1863.
This simply proposes lo carry into effect an
existing decision.
8. A bill to appropriate $500,000 for the
Georgia Infirmary nt Savannah.
4. A bill to relieve the political disabilities
of Samuel B. Spencer, bf Atlanta. Referred
to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Price introduced a bill to relieve ihe
disabilities of certain citizens of Georgia, and
one relating to the disposition of condemned
cannon at Andersonviile. *
THE SITUATION Oi GEORGIA.
Our friends here are delighted that Georgia
should have tided so smoothly over pending
difficulties, and have escaped martial law.
Gen. DuBose, who remained in Washington
daring the recess, kept a sharp eye on move
ments here, and has breathed more freely
since Conley graoefully retired from the gu
bernatorial chair.
THE GEORGIA LOBBY
is uncommonly small this season. It consists
at present of “Junck” Beelcy, of Savannah,
who is figuring away at that nigger troll tax
business. Tommy Hawk.
Correspondence.
Editors Constitution : I send you a letter re
ceived this morning from -one of the most
prominent and reliable bankas in Savannah,
which I request you to publish. I fully agree
with the writer, thatjhe sum of $2,000 is not
sufficient to enable the representative of a
very important class of our people to ac
complish what he otherwise could do with
larger means, and I feel no hesitation in sta
ting that I will be able to raise two thousand
douara in upper Georgia from the succc-a I
have already met with. I have now about
mes pledged to contribute twenty
each, and these were obtained with
two day’s effort.
I desire the public to understand that this
is strictly a business transaction. Weexpect
every one who contributes bis twenty dollars
to receive a quid pro quo, and the State at
large tobebenefitted.
Chfcthiun .a
Cain do a
Mclntorli
Glynu
95U8I,1«0
£431,100
4,041,755
&i,W7.6C3
Westward th* Star of Empire.
The changes that lmve been made since
1810 in the distribution of political power
are striking in the extreme. Thus:
Ktoctoral vote*
State*. In 1873. 1&4*.
IlitnoW 31 5
ttlMour 16 4
\Vi«cou>iii 10 none
Iowa 11 none,
Michigan 11 .1
111 43
There are eight Western State* whose
Presidential votes have increased from 48 to
111. Now look at some of the Eastern States:
Elector*! vote*
Yotk 51
Maine 7—
NVtv I!’ifn|».»hir<* 4
Vermont 1
cticut fi
Yiiidwaaiirl \Vc«tVirginia..
Peiiiii*ylv-ui!«..
MdAM.’-huflett* .
.. ..V8
....13
4*
141
Very
respecffuliy.
Savannah, Ga., January 31,1873.
CoL R A. Alston, Ron. John R. Jama, and
others, Atlanta:
Dear Sirs—I have, with pleasure,
our correspondence inviting tbe Rev. C. W.
' loward to visit Europe in order to induce
foreign capitalists and settlers to invest in
Georgia, and proposing to raise $3,000 00 to
defray his expenses.
It will give me sincere satisfaction to assist
in an undertaking which promises valuable
results to our State, but would strongly urge
that a larger sum than $3,000 be made up.
To this end I offer to raise $1,000 In the cities
of Macon and Savannah, provided you guar
antee to raise $3,000 in the rest of the State.
The combined sum of $3,000would present a
basis which I think could be successfully
carried out. I am ready to begin if yon
answer favorably.
Very respectfully yours, H. B.
For the Ladies.
CceiisroxD to* txx ooxreretmox.l
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was 580
▼ears old when she married. While there is
life, there is hope.
It wss probably s discarded one who said
“Any fool can make a woman talk, but it’s
hard to make one listen.”
The reason why so few marriages are hap
py is because young ladies spend their time
In making nets, not in making cages.
It is avowed of Janauachek that she has
never smiled since some tragical love affair,
in which ahe waa In real life an actor.
A. New Orleans exchange says that
young widow In that city, who writes well,
“is training for an editor.” Who is the edi
tor she is training for t"
A Cleveland youth, who gave his girl
bottle of “I love you,” perfume, his paid
$4 to prove that he didn't mean anything
To be thine is the last fashionable feminine
ambition. Scrawny necks are all tbe rage,
and young ladies whose nature has not been
thus blessed, paint their routed shoulders
with stria wrinkles.
_ i m
Here are nine Eastern States whose rep
resentation lias been reduced from 141 to
1)2 Thirty years ago they had a tpajoiity,
lacking one, of one hundred votes ■ they
now have a majority of hut one vote. West
ward the star of empire takes its way.—Union
and American.
PGAsiuR Events,
troNCSSSEa rORTIIB COSSTITOTIeK.)
Iowa City has a Mack rival of Blind Tom.
Boston received in 1871 for dog licenses
tro.ots.
Washington has a ghost that haunts the
root of the Capitol.
It cos s $337,129 07 a rear to light the
streets of Boston.
The capacity of the Chicago water works
30,000,000 gallons daily.
An Indiana family was poisoiiM by eating
peaches out of old .tin cans.
The receipts for the Nilsson operas in Cin
cinnati, last week amounted to $20,000.
The noted race horse Pompcy Payne is
dead, and Helmho'd has broken down at
Mobile. '
In Allen county, Indiana, forty-one couples
w:re neatly and" expeditiously divorced in
one daj-.
The deposits in the savings banks of Mas
sachusetts averaged about eighty-five thou
sand dollars a day throughout 1871.
There are seven or eight manufacturers of
mustard in Boston, whose united yearly pro
duction reaches nearly 600 tons, the largest
using over 1000,000 pounds of seed, which
are imported from England, Italy and Ger-
mam - .
. Briefs.
Relative beauty—A pretty coqsin.
Last words of the criminal—“ Forget me,
knot."
A woman’s pride is a sailor’s guide—The
needle.
The diamond miners use a “cradle” to pro
duce their “rex-ks.”
Go it while you’re young,” is played out
with patriarch Brigham.
It is raid to be curious, but true, that most
people sleep hardest on soft beds.
tSTDifficulties in village choirs, which are
so proverbial, might bo less frequent If all
ministers knew how to meet the matter as
decidedly as did the Rev. Dr. West, of New
Bedford. He once heard that his choir
would not sing on tho next Sunday. When
the day came he gave out the hymn:
“Come je that love the Lord.”
After reading it through, he looked up veiy
emphatically at the choir, and said: “You
will begin at tlic second verse,
“ ‘Let those ref a* t* ting
That never knew onr God.’ -
The choir sang.
Conventions, etc., far the Month,
6th—Annual Convocation of the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of New Y’ork
at Albany.
6th—Connecticut Democratic State Con
vention at New Haven.
15th—National Agricultural and Horticul
tural Convention at Washington City.
16th—South Carolina Republican State
Convention at Columbia.
20th— Convention at Cincinnati to provide
ways and means for improving the Ohio
river.
21st-—National Labor Reform Convention
st Columbus, Ohio.
31st—Kansas Republican State Cosven-
lion.
23d—Indiana Republican State Conven
tion at Incianapolis.
23d—Missouri Republican State Conven
tion at Jeffenon City.
33d—National Temperance Convention st
Columbus, Ohio.
■•nth Carolina H.wi Items.
foosneasxs ros ths coxstitctiox.]
IWA lady says engagements are very un
satisfactory sort of affaire, for if you are not
very polite and attentive the gentleman thinks
you do not care for him, end you are afraid
to he polite for fear the engagement might
sometime be broken off, when you would be
sorry to think you had wasted so much
on some other woman's husband.
older gentlemen (iresenfllieing tilths separated
from the rest of the cimipsny, a etui for a
little while as lookers on of the lively
spectacle and then by mutual cn: sent organ
ized a social circle of their own, where the
merits of the Great Canal subject waa dis
cussed os well as tho accompaniments usual
on such occasions. Dr. A. J. Shaffer, acting
Fresiden! of the Assembly, opened tlie dis
cussion with some very appropriate remarks
in commendation of the enter, rise and com
plimentary to the engineers and (iiuprietoiK
of it
Major McCalia. onr engineer iu charge of
survey, responded giving a condensed ae
count"of our work and returning tlie thanks
of our corp3 for the very he rty welcome w<
had fouud. Colonel Peeples, editor of the
Gwinnett Herald, very ahlv and disjiienllt
(resented the importance of a canal connec'-
ng the Atlantic ocean with the “Far West,”
in its many different hearings. Tliat excel
lent. dignified and courteous' gentleman, Mr#
or Winn, upon the ground of being the sen-
or member of tho party, very appropriately
closed the discussion with one of the most
tender and feeling little oddresse i wc ever
heard, and bidding us n hearty God-speed in
our undertaking; afler which the meeting
proper was adjourned only to give nrotn to
another reunion, which in itieihapeof toastr
and witty remarks kept up among all the
best of spirits.
At a late hour the company separated, ful
ly convinced that every one present had en
joyed themselves to tbo hearts content We,
of the engineer corps, however, shall never
forget, and always think ouraelves under ob
ligations, for tlie very happy hours we spent
in company with the good citizens of Law-
rcncevtlle. May they succeed in their en
deavors, and may thccanal and tlic projected
railroad become a living reality, nqd n source
of profit and convenience to them, i» the
wish of cvety one of us who partook of
their unostentatious but generous hospitality.
The Engineer Oorts
of the Atlantic and
Great Western Canal, Georgia Division.
The Curse op Cotton.—The South, a
journal published in New York, and d- voted
to the material interests of the Southern
States, argues that cotton lias wrought the
dnal ruin of that section; not the simple
growth of it, nor even the exaltation of it
Into their chief article of production.nnrthe
investment of millions of dollars and the ex
penditure of much mental effort and physi
cal energy in ils culture. Not in all these has
lain the curse bnt rather in excessive, absorb
ing and, therefore, ruinous devotion to tht
growth of cotton, to the relative exclusion o’l
other important agricultural productions,
which were necessary in order to render her
independent of foreign sources of supply, to
the neglect of those mechanic arts without
which no State can realize the highest advan
tages of a civilized condition, and to the ut
ter disregard of numberless other profitable
rqodes of investing capital and utilizing la
bor.
tST In a market grape, the two mo t valu
able characteristics should be to h.-urg close
to the buucli and keep weiL The Concord
is well known to be a poor keeper, and grape
growers are looking around for something
more serviceable In this respect, although in
growth and fruiting it is the most uniformly
profitable kind wc have. The Ives i- admi
rable aa a market variety, ripens with tbe
Concord, has a heavy crop of showy fruit, is
not liable to crack, keeps better titan the
Concord, hangs well to the bunch and is
much better tujtn the Hartford. With us we
And it quite as profitable as the CVncord.
The Isabella is the most perfect (hipping
black grape we have, very productive, early,
and bunch the very perfection of symmetry
and compactness. The Eumelan will, we
believe, become a very good market variety,
if for nothing but its flavor, which Li the bat
of all the black varieties, says the Horticul
turist.
Railroads Crossing at Grade —In the
late case of Warren vs. the New Y’otk Cen
tral Railroad Company (44 N. Y. 4C5), it was
decided by the Supreme Court of the State
that railroads have the same rights at the
crossings of highways that citizens have;
that where not restrained by municipal regu
lations in cltira, they may run at suqb rate of
spe«l as th* may think proper, subject to
liability to respond for damages they may
cause; that ordinarily they are governed aa
to speed only by the consideration of pru
dence, and that tbe pnbiic must take notice
of the right of the railroad company to run
trains at a high rate of speed.
The Wat Krr Does It.—An Ignorant
criticJlnds fault with Joaquin Millersjroem,
Kit Carson’s Ride,” because the hero
away “on bareback horse,” and subsequently
“rises in his stirrups.” This kind of criti
cism is the paltry work of an uninformed
mind. Those who are familiar with Mr.
Canon's habits know that he never carried
his stirrups upon his hone. He wore them
hanging by a strap over his shoulders, and
when he wanted to rise he placed his feet in
them and stood up, his whole weight falling
upon himself, leaving the horse untouched
beneath. Any person with ordinary intelli
gence, will see by the above explanation, that
Kit’s idea was to relieve his horse at times
from his heavy burden.
PWY'oung ladies from time immemorial
have fought against the word “obey" in the
Episcopal marriage service. The last way of
managing it i$ by compelling the happy couple
to promise lo “obey each other.” Wonder
how it works? It reminds us, rays the New
York Evening Post, of the rule of the road
made br the Superintendent of s Western
railroad notorious for collisions: “Herraft“r,
when two trains meet each other, going in
opposite directions, both shall come to a dead
stop, and neither shall proceed until theother
has passed it.”
London, February 7.—Advices from the
Cspe of Gtmd Hope represent the colony as
crowded with strangers. Murdt-is and rob
beries abound. A police reinforcement will
go out on the next steamer. Meantime Judge
[<ynch Is ruling.
The subject of the Washington treaty was
again discussed lit the House of Commons
to-day. 'Quite an excited discussion ensued,
during whichTfalph Osborne said that the
Alabama question was one of the most mo
mentous England had been called to pass
upon within a esntuty. He compared the as
tute lawyers ol the American Commission
with Meade, who represented England, and
said that the latter had been completely out
witted. If, said he, lawyer* had planned the
English ease we could escape with the pay
ment of £4,0t 6,666. The American Com
missions a had served their country well and
achieved a triumph.
Osborn, continuing, said the trouble lay at
home. The government had armies which
could not march and ships which were un-
seaworthy, and now they had the treaty,
which they could not stand upon.
Atway, formerly Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affaire, blamed the government
for all the trouble which had been wrought.
Ue thought, however, the American govern
ment would rcccdefromitscxtremcdemands,
hut iu ease it dl-1 not, England, having ad
mitted the principle of -indirect claims, must
be prepared to meet the enormous demands
of the United States.
• Gladetnnc end several other members de
fended the action of the Commissioners and
of the government, and said they hoped the
American claim for Indirect damages would
lie withdrawn.
The Gngl *t> and Yankee War-Cloud.
The dispute between England and the Uni
ted States that is the latest sensation lies in
u nut-ehcll. The two countries agreed, by
treaty fully ratified by both parties, to sub
mit the Alabama Claims trouble to a set of
arbitrators to meet Iu Genera.
The United Slates has made out and sub
mitted its claim. This iucludra not only the
actual damages dona by Southern cruisers,
which seems to hsve been the English under
standing of what waa ts be comprehended in
the case, put also Includes “ indirect damages,
such as expenditures of the United States in
pur-uit of these cruisers, losses in the transfer
of the American Commercial marine to the
British flag, enhanced payments of insurance,
and the additional cost of prolonging the civil
war a year or two.
The direct damagos sum np somewhere in
the region of twenty millions’ of dollars
The “indirect’’ damages will reach Into bil
lions. The margin stretches immeasurably.
The English deny that the treaty Involved the
consideration of “indirect” damages, and re
fuse to let the arblrators entertain them. The
United States authorities Insist that the whole
case be submitted.
The matter is being officially discussed by
tho governments of both countries.
In the English Parliament the government
party has been assailed for making the treaty
and being overreached by the Yankees, and
the English premier, Gladstone, has declared
in retort that tbe claim for indirect damages
was absurd and would not be submitted
to. f
In tho United Slates Congress a resolution
tor the President to send in any Information
as to the purpose of England to revoke the
treaty was discussed.
The biggest phase of the fight, as usual, is
flat between the New York and London pa
pers. The press always Jabbers the loudest
and the most. Such a lively rattle of news
paper musketry baa not been beard in a long
time.
The matter at present is In a muddle, and
no one can tell how It will end, save that the
prospect of war Is slim.
Seuator Norwood,
We find tho following brief reference to
Senator Norwood, In the debate on Sumner
and Carpenter’s amendments to the amnesty
bill which provides for negro social equality:
Mr. Norwood, of Geonria, argued against
Mr. Sumner’s amendment as unconstitutional,
and calculated to nullity the laws of several
of the States prohibiting the
INTERMAliniAQE OP BLACKS AND 'WHITES.
He thought Hr. Carpentaria substitute also
unconstitutional, and said he would base his
vote against both amendments on that
ground.
Air. Wilson said he would vote for Sum
ner's amendment just because it went so far,
and in the most positive manner made all
distinctions on account of color illegal In the
United States. The question of intermar
riage raised by Mr. Norwood Lad been set
tled In Massachusetts thirty yeare age; that
State had repealed her law on the subject at
that time and all the predictions of the dread
ful results that were to follow had signally
failed. A great deal -had been heard for
years about the superiority of the white
race and the marked distinction between
whites and blacks, but everywhere abundant
evidence waa to be seen that those distinc
tions had often bcendisregarded. Hewished
to see all laws based on a difference of race
abolished as unchristian, inhuman and un-
democratic.
Air. Pomeroy thought tho people of Geor-
gja and other States coula be trusted to
choose their wives and husbands without the
interference of any law. He objected to the
phrase used by Mr. Wilson—“ the different
races of men,” He knew of but one race—
the human race.
OCR Washington lktteh,
Rt|h Joint Treaty an# tlte Prra..
ject* •( War with Ea|las«-«raM<*
C.iances f#r Be-electl#a — Teur
******* •* th* Herat*—Seaator Ner-.
*"*’* First Speech Cempllncea-
te4-Oth*r Hatters.
Washington, Februsry 6,1873.
The news relstlvo to England's withdraw*!
from the Washington treaty naturally crested
some excitement here, though official drcli*
do not anticipate trouble. The cable dis
patches do not, however, present "* dear
statement of tbe esse, snd need explanation.
The esas to be presented by this government
to the Genera c inference has been made pub-
» ** found to contain not only the
Alabama claim*, but much greater one* for
“constructive damages," Tiz.: the losses *ua-
tsined by the destruction of our commerce,
as well as those sustained during the last two
years of the war, it being asserted that Eng
land s policy caused ibis prolongation. Thera
claims for constructive damages appear pro-
(rosteruua totheEnglish people,and it is safe
to say they will never be considered. The
demand, however, has excited the linden
press, and has led to the statements tele
graphed that unless these claims are dropped
the treaty must be abrogated. This govern
ment has undoubtedly Inadcafntalmistakein
presenting th-so claims for “ construc
tive damages." England is evident
ly disposed to make a fair settle
ment for the depredations of the Ala
bama, and Iter sister cruisers, which cleared
from British ports, but sho will go (o war
rather than submit lo imposition. The Ge
neva Conference has come to a stop fot so
other reason, and that is that all the docu
ments have to be translated into French be
fore they can be read by the arbitrators. Al
together it looks veiy much aa though ths
treaty will end in failure, leaving the relations
between this country and Great Britain in s
worse condition than before. Should this
prove the case Grant will be nowhere in the
Presidential contest. This treaty has bran
considered the largest feather in the cap of
his administration, and that it should ever
come to be dragged in the dust is a misfor
tune none had contemplated. This naturally
prompts the Inquiry as to
grant's chances
for re-nomination. Should the convention
meet to-morrow, it would be safe to predict
he would have a comparatively easy Tictorr.
Bnt every day loosnta his hold upon tho pol
iticians and the people. The shameless cor
ruptions of his administration, which have
been traced even within the While House, the
rapidly accumulating list of defaulters and
the criminal waste of the people's money,
arc arousing a feeling throughout the coun
try that must make itself felt at no diat-nt
day. The delay in granting amnesty, and
thorcfusol to lighten the burdens of taxa
tion, are likewise nnils in the Radical coffin.
The New Y’ork Herald haslotciy come out
squarely f; r Gram, but that journal is loo
much of a weather-cock and of too low re-
mte to render its support of great value,
ndeed there is no newspaper iu the country
which has so little political influence in pro
portion to circulation. The secret of its
present move is that young Jim Bennett
wants a foreign mission. Hels afflicted with
an uncontrollable itching for notoriety, and
not content with being elected Commodore of
tho New York Y’aclit Clult, he wants the
colonelcy- of the Ninth Regiment, made
vacant by the death of Fisk. If he does not
succeed in getting a foreign appointment
from Grant, the Herald will undoubtedly
wheel into opposition again.
SATURDAY’S 9FKKCH-MAKING.
When the House meets “ for debate Hdy ”
as Is its usual custom on Saturday, the at
tendance is invariably slim, even the report
ers deserting the gallery on that day. To
day’s papers give a bare outline of afewonly
of the speeches made on Saturday last, and
do not even indicate the subjects of which
the later speeches treated. To ascertain this,
one has to resort to yesterday’s Globe, and
there to learn that “Mr. Rainty's remarks
are withheld for revision.” Kaiucy is a col
ored Representative from South Carolina.
Watts, of Florida, a darky of the deepest
dye, also delivered a “few feeble remarks;”
or, rather, read them from manuscript. Ho
got through the first page glibly enough, but
stumbled painfully over the others, making
It very evident that some one had written
the speech for him, and that he ftund
some difficulty in reading the manu
script Ho attempted to reply to tho
speech of Mr. McIntyre on the educational
bill, from which ho quoted liberally, anil
attacked the ayaiem of your State, charg
ing that Georgia is opposed to free school's
“ t of tho
Daniel G. Wayne has been elected Presi
dent of the Charleston Mechanics’ Society. New spafer Government.—Thomas Jef-
A great many strangers arrive In Aikin on ( en0 n said that he would rather have news,
every train, and the hotels and private real- papers without a government, than s govern-
dences are rapidly filling up. men t without newspapers. There was
The sale of the Spartanburg and Union something prophetic In the remark, for in
Railroad took place on the 5th instant, and the days of Jefferson, newspapers were not
the road was bought by Colonel Patterson what they are to-day. More and more the
and others, at the sum of $456,600. country and the civilized world is coming to
be governed by newspapers.
Jvipkip of the Tallapnsa Circuit
Editors Constitution : I see that the ques
tion of the judgship of the Tallapoosa Cir
cuit has found its war into some of the pa
pers. It is not generally known that the
office at present is filled through an appoint
ment made by Bullock, which has not been
confirmed by the Senate. It is understonnd
that the regular appointment and action of
the Senate wi l take place at the next July
session of the Legislature, when the removal
of disabilities as expected, will give a better
opportunity to make an accrptable appoint
ment. The members of tbe bar in the cir
cuit and the people feel a deep interest in the
matter and urge on Governor Smith through
advisement from tbo best sources, before
making an appointment tbat will effect their
material interest- forycara to come. Without
disparaging the claims of others who are can
didates, I will take tbe liberty of saying that
tbs appointment of the Horn Hugh Buchanan
oald give entire satisfaction, he is evidently
the first choice of the people snd the bar.
Tallapoosa.
and “the education ot tho negro and poor
white children.” He alleged further that “the
sssttsWiSrssj: ejas
oppoacd to the education of the negro and
poor white children. And I can, without
doing that party any wrong, safely and
truthfully state that the Democratic party to
day in Georgia, as well as in Florida, are op
posed to the education of all classes." His
whole speech was wholly made up of these
statements, oft repeated. Onco Mr. McIn
tyre asked leave to make It correction, but
was discourteously refuted. Watt’s mado a
decided failure of It, which has deeply
-tiered the negro-loving Radicals, who have
teen putting him forward as a veiy great gun.
amnesty.
It is given out that Senator Robertson will
abandon tho amnesty bill to its fate. He
had It In charge by reason of being chair
man of the special committee from which tt
was reported, but has proved unable to cope
with the wily Morion and the tricky Bant
ling, and so withdraws from the unequal con
test. It is to be bopi-d some other friend of
the measure, with mure parliamentary expe
rience, will come to the rescue. The Senate
to-day refused to tan up the amnesty bill
which passed the House a short time since,
as a substitute for it- o.m bill. This action
will bring about a vote on Sumner’s supple
ments! civil rights bill, which is pending ss
an amendment, and the indications at pres
ent writing are that it will beadnpted. This
will inevitably defeat the amnesty bill, as it
is ooitcedcd that with Sumner’s amendment
it cannot pass tbe Houte. ~
Senator Norwood delivered his maiden
speech to-day. He spoke in favor of am
nesty and in opposition to Sumner's bill, and
made a very favorable impression on his
hearers. He has s fine deliveir—is a grace
ful and effective speaker, and his arguments
indicate close reasoning and careful study.
He will certainly make his mark in the Sen
ate, and all who heard him to-day say Geor
gia did well in sending him here.
A TRESS DINNER.
The representatives of the press at the Na
tional Capital are to have a dinner at Welch-
eris on Saturday evening next. It will in
clude only the legitimate members of the
profession and their guests, among whom
will be tho Vice President, Speaker Blame,
Senator Anthony, and Hons James Brooks,
8 S. Cox, and others. The attendance of
these gentlemen is a pretty good guarantee
of tbe character and .standing of tbe Wash- ’
ington correspondents.
THE NEW ORLEANS INVESTIGATION.
It is very evident that the Congressional
Committee sent to New Orleans has got s
solid grip oo the Associated Press Agent in
that cuy. Just now they are making Gov
ernor Warmouth appear as black as possible,
in order tbat the white-wash wilh which the
Custom House clique is to be liberally be
sprinkled, may show to better advantage.
The main object of tbe committee, however,
is to make it appear that the President was
iu no way implicated. Private advices re
ceived here indicate tbat tbe investi
gation will soon be brought to a close.
IN THE MOUSE TO-DAY,
much less than the usual time was consumed
by the call of the States; and then, for want
of something belter to do, a resolution was
introduced to oring about a new deal for
seats. This was naturally opposed by those
holding good seats now, but as they arc in a
minority it is probable the resolution will be
adopted when it comes to a vote. The
minority have thus far (3 P. H.) succeeded iu
preventing a vote by the usual (filibustering.
A SMALL POX SCARE
prevails here just now, and not without good
grounds. There have been many cases, some
fatal, and the authorities are about erecting a
small pox hospital, of which, I fear, wc shall
stand In great need long before it can be
erected. C. A. P.
tS~ The French women are the best
dressed in the world, German women have
the most luxuriant heads of hair, the Span
ish women the smallest hands and feet, Ital
ian women the most brilliant complexions,
South Americans the most beauty, and Amer
ican women the most style.
Supreme Ceurt Appointment.
Yesterday Governor Smith appointed Hon.
'William W. Montgomery,of Augusts, Judge
of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy
•rested by the resignation of Judge Warner
and his elevation to the office of Chief Jus
tice.
Mr. Montgomery is about forty-four years
of age, possesses a commanding person tnd
very marked abilities, and is a gentleman of
fine culture and great pnrity of character.
In the eastern part of tbe State, where he is
well known and universally esteemed, he is
regarded as one ot the best lawyers we have,
and it la believed tl-a> l;r will make an able,
fearless and uprijrii J,.dg . His appoint
ment holds until tie . .a.--rmbing of the
Legislature in July in st.
We have no direr, authority for saying
what are Mr. Montgomery’s views in regard
to the relief and homestead laws, but we
hear from his friends, and doubt not it ts
true, tbat he docs not think it wonld be wise
at this late dav to dn-iuiti thm-c laws and tbe
current of decisions i-i hy our Supreme
Court. Rights bare up under these
laws.-and whatever m*} un been thought
while they were original questions, the time
Georgia Bonds in Germany.—A dis
patch from Frankfort of the 5th says:
The holders of Georgia State bonus h&TC
held a meeting at which they adopted a reso
lution regretting the action of the Legisla
ture of that State on the veto of Governor
Conley. A committee was appointed to lay
the grievances of the bond bdoera before tbe
President and Congress of the United States seems to bare passed when th«v o~,uu.
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