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Tins mint At the port* of New York, But
ton, PbiUdetphla, Baltimore, Mobile, and
New Orleans—the nix coffee port* of the
country-reach 11,412 tons. This is within
57 tons of the monthly arcrage for the year
1871, rta: 11/
All thing* considered, we do not look for
higher prices, or a long continuance of the
present rangcof Tatars. Holders will,doubt-
Im, continue to argue that stock* are light
and snpplie* small. -As regards first hands,
this may tie so, lint ns stock in tint nsnds
have decreased, stock In second snd third
hands lisro Increased, tmtil it is apparent
that there Is a strong feeling that somethin*
must lie done to work off the large quantities
which hare .for the past two month* been
held for a rise.
llosr a f’arpei-llag tl*«in*r Mattes
Money.
Got. Wnrmonlb, in answer to a question
jVnpo-milr.I to him by the Congressional
CoMtaiiltee, whether he had mntle a hundred
thousand tiollara in one year after he had en
tered upoa lib duties as Governor, answers ,
"A great deal more than that.”
The process wan simple snd radically pc-
eiliae. He bought the securities, warr nK
c •rtiflentc*, bonds, etc., of the State which
hare been deproaejl to low.rates, aiylUicu, jmiieb- b-.tis^nyd oet-nwro friendly to the
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME IV.I
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, T1
)AY. FEBRUARY 20.1872.
{NUMBER 46
Ik* Jlasr tark Bwiletiw an* tka
Curfta naaia.
This journal has a reply tojthe comments of
the Georgia press on its articles on the Geor
gia bonds. It criticize* censuringly the tone
of the Georgia papers. For The Constitu-
nog we say that its article was courteous and
fair, and the Bulletln’a comment Is uncalled
lor.
We called on the Bulletin for the proof of
its allegations that the Treasurer, the bond
committee and the Georgia Legislature were
all in a ring to trade on the Georgia securi
ties. The Bulletin says In reply:
Wh o we stated that there is a “ring”
behind the Investigating Committee, we
knew what we were saying; and since we
made tlie assertion, additions] evidence has
come to our knowledge. We know that one
of the officials of Atlanta, prominently
connected with the finances has, within a
brief period, stated it to be the purpose of
himself and frends “to break down Georgia
•curitie to the lowest possible figure,” and
when, where and to whom this statement
was made: and, in spite of all thevirtuoaa
indignation at our charge which bristle* in
the columns of certain journals, we are quite
willing that our averments should stand the
teat of the developments of the next few
months.” v
Thi* ii simply an outrage. The Bulletin
reiterates its vague allegations, but withholds
its proof. Give os the names and facta, and
see how quickly the bond committee will
bring to punishment the conspirators. A
more unfair method of procedure the Bulletin
could not adopt. It virtually renounces its
charge against the Legislature, as its own
statement of what it hopes to prove shows
that there i* no possible room for connecting
the General Assembly with its charges, yet
it ha* not the manliness to exonerate that
body in s* many words.
The Bulletin does not use the fairness and
courtesy of giving its readers tho positions
of the State press cither.
The Bulletin winds up thus;
“ As the exset position of these disputed
loans is not generally understood, we present
the following statement of each, giving the
amount, sold and hypothecated by the Stale,
and the rate at which they were marketed:
Stale l..ue, 7 per rent. goW, marketed at 0741,00,000
State).■ae.7perc--lil.guld.hypotbetat«i.. 1,350,100
lamed to railruada. 7 par cent gold, marfcat-
Itiamta an* Her Enterprise*.
■While State plunderers are being brought
to trial in this city for their deep and dam
ning crimes, her pnblic spirit does not sleep
over other important interests. Bat last
week there waa the inauguration under the
superintend- nee of Prof. B. Mellon, and in
the midst of learned and eloquent orators, of
a noble system of public schools in the city.
This is a step which augurs wen for her
future, and an honor of which she may well
feel proud. It evinces her appreciation of
the mental want* of her children, and her
resolve to furnish the opportunity to them
all to come to this fountain of hope and
blessing to Tnsr.lrinil
This accomplished, she tarns to sno'her
enterprise of stupendous importance to her
material progress The contlii* canal, of the
Mississippi valley, and the Western coun-
trys with the Atlantic struction of the great
Western Canal, which looks to be opening
by means of ocean. The canal is expected
to pass near Atlanta and to contribute mate
rially to the commercial growth and impor
tance to that city. Hence Atlanta can lio d
pnblic meeting in its interest, and send a del
egation of citizens to Washington City :o
memorialize Congress to give the enterprise
national aid. We hope i> may be extended
and that Atlanta may continue to grow in all
useful way*—Sparta Tuna and Painter.
Brief*
A leading article—a locomotive.
To make a quick trip—step on an orange
peeL
The title of “ Doctor” was invented in the
twelfth century.
Almanacs were first published by Martin
Ilkus, In Poland, in the year 1470.
A man can get along without advertising;
so can a wagon without greasing, but It
grindi.
Some one feeling that actions are better
than words, has said: “ We read of the acts
of the apostles, but nerer of ‘their resolu
tions.' “
If you want to find out a man’s real dis
position, take him when he is wet and hun
gry. If he is amiable then dry him and fill
him np, and you have got an angel.
is queer t
formirly as well known in Richmond as he
has been fur many years past in Washington,
is Mill alive, and 'in the enjoyment of his
usual health and peculiarities. Beau, as usual
makes ail the Congressmen of Southern ante
cedents contribute to hi* support, on their
arrival in Washington. According to his
ra'lrosda, 7 per cent rotd, hrpoth-
l.JJI.COO
jckamt Allan-/. endor.ed by Stale, 6
per cm., marketed at 75a» .. S/OO.OCO
Hrsa-wlek sod Albany, enduracd by State. S
parent. hypmbeeaied SOUMO
Aadiftonal end-reed in I mad mortgagee,
marketed at 8 *9A 3,(00,000
It thus appear* that the bondholders have
taken 57.Ciai.0Oi) six and seven per cent obli
gations at 75u90; a raid of investment ol
which the people of Georgia certainly can
not complain and which should be regarded
a* entitling the State creditors to some con
sideration. It fin liter appears that $3,544,-
0 0 of these obligations ore now hypotheca
ted by the State. If the clique at Atlanta
idiould succeed in weakening the State
credit as they contemplate, these bonds
will probably lie sold by the holders, snd
taring thereby placed beyond the control of
the Government, the State will be committed
to the payment of three and a half millions
of securities on which it lias not received an
nverags of 50 cents on the dollar. Unless
sonic respect is paid to the views of those
from whom the Stain has to borrow, it can
not be expected that it will prove able to
Lake the large amount of seonrities now un
der hypothecation, and thus the passion for
partisan vengeance n ay prove a very costly
1 ndulgcnce.
Wc have this to sey. If the Bulletin and
fi iends will do the people of Georgia the
justice to hciii carry out in good faith the
system of inquiring into our securities
adopted by the Legislature to put our finances
on a sound basis, they will bo employed
What a Nicp.-Looeiuo Old Ge.ntj.kman
toocout or McKate tub Actor —He and
his two oanghtera occupied three front seats
in the parquelt. He wanted to leave at the
end of the first act, but as the audience "-as
very slim, the young ladies benevolently
wished to remain. Out went the old man to
a neighboring rum-mill aud put in so profit
able an hour that be came back during the
fourth act in a very lowly condition. Speak
ing to the door-keeper, be requested permis
sion to go up in the family circle, as he felt
he wasu’t fit to go sit with bis girls. Ud
above he went to sleep, and resting his head
on his arm and his arm on the railing front,
he snored like a si*-hundred pound porker,
to the great delight of some fo’ks and the
holy horror of liis daughters. Up went the
U3ber, and shaking tlie old fellow said:
“See here, you’re disturbing the audience.'
“W’hat audience? demanded the waken
ed s’eepcr; “I don’t see any audience.”
“I shall have to put you out,” said the
usher.
“That’s just what I want,” roared the old
man. “I want to he put out, and there’s my
two girls; pug them out too, and I’ll get home
blame quick.”
This made the performance much more
lively.—St I/mii Republican.
tW In his lecture on hotels Josh Billings
says; “Many hotels are kept on the European
1.1m, but the majority of tueui on noneat all.
Everybody knows wbat a hotel room is like
—how boiling over with comforts it is and
how it makes people who occupy it think
about home. It generally measures about
thirteen feet seven incites by nine feet foui
inches. There arc two peg3 to hang clothes
on—one broken off and the other pulled out
The bell rope i* broken offju-t six inches be
yond reach. Th re arc no curtains, for what
good could they be? You conldn’t'sce out.
The bureau has three legs, and looking glass
hangs by one pivot. Tlie lied is made «n
slate and a very tbiu mattress. You have to
go to bed sideways, and when you get in yon
go down on the slats Ii‘e a piece of lieef-
steak on the bars of a gridiron.”
representation to our informant, Congress- diet forthe plaintiff for *1?\ A motion was
men Duke and Terry, - of \irgmla, made for a new trial, tta&i was orerreted
. appearance there hid by the court, and tb^^L-fenasuis excepted.
£wynerdAwrf* handsomely, but amce, There is no evidence tv the record that the
had rifiSer neglected the Beam Thelattcr s defendants killed the plate tiff’s stock, which
Idta of the National legislators of the past would, under the law. authorize the jury to
and present day, was conveyed in the refn&rk flml „ vcr dj c t against than; that the unfaw
that when he used to go for the old time ful interference' with ones right of cotnmnr
, of pasturage is actionable when the right
telsoa Pennsylvania Avcnwt; now says be, exists; is undoubtedly trie, hut thediffi.ulty
““ ten I want to find them, I go to 8 wampoc- ,tf th the plaintiff in this ease is that tne evi-
die.’ There is more truthlhan poetry “m denceon the record doeTpot establish such
right of common of paritirage against tie
these few brief remarks” of Bam Hickman,
State Journal.
OovEr.Non Scott's Special Mkssaos
The New York Tri 'une, of Saturday last,
says: “In a Special Message to the Legisla
ture, Governor Scott, of South Carolina,
makes ns bad an exhibit of bis Adtninistrtion
os bis worst enemies have charged upon him
Of the finances, here is a specimen; iu Novem
ber. 1870, the bonded debt of tbc State was-
put down by the Conii'trollcr and assented
to by the Governor and Treasurer at $7,665,-
90» 98. In Novemtier, 1871, just one yea
after it is put down by the Govern! r am.
Treasurer at $15,761,908 98, showing an in
crease of §8.1u2.00 i, and yet from 1863 to
1870, inclusive, $5,-1-16,878 03 have been col
lected in taxes. Tbc amount each year, it is
claimed, being more than enough to pay the
Stale expenses, but unaccounted for.
ciuhi-y'wcreall bough tup, preparing bills bondholders, than by seeking to throw dis-
for the Legislature, providing for the iast e
of bond*, to pay these bonds at par rates, and
In such bills creating the Governor himself
p.-nident of tho Boint* charged with tLe
administration of these funds and the ex
change of these bonds. There have lieen
eevrral of thcac Mils, and in tbc administra
tion of each of them the Governor and hi*
Immediate friend*, including the Fiscal Agen*,
the Citizens’ Bank, have turned up to be the
principal, if not the only holders of the evi
dences of debt, to be paid out of these fund-.
Thus it in that enormous sutna have bet n
made, through the action of tlie State gov
ernment and tlie administration of it* fund*
by (be Governor anil hi* friends’, a large share
of which baa inured to him. This is what is
meant by tho (peculations of Governor
HYarmouth. x - ^ ^
TltAUIO AFFAIK AT MONTI-
CELU),
A Terrible Family Fend Results In
Two Brother* Being Killed.
One of those tragic rencounter* baa oc
curred at MonticcUo. Georgia, that call* to
mind the dork and Moody days of wild fron
tier life, where lmman passions rage unregu
lated by law, and personal difficulties find
more reaily aeltiemenl by the fierce arbitra
ment of arms than before the slow and cir
cuitous tribunal* of justice.
We bare an account of the affair, received
from private sources, that is by no means as
circumstantial and certain as we should like
to give, bat t» is undoubtedly a close approxi
mation to tlie troth.
The dispute had previously originated
about the hire of a negro. The parties were
Clinton IHgbv and brother on the one side,
nad Seaborn Kelley and two brothers on tlie
olthrr—a'.l farmer*. They met in Mouticello
am the seventh instant, at the elcetion of or-
diuary. The dispute revived between Clin
ton Digby'j brother nnd the three Kelleys.
Young Digby drew his pistol, but before he
coaid use it, on* of the Kelleys seized his
arm and beU it up while the other two Kel
ley* pounded away in sledge hammer fashion
on Digby. At tbi* junction Cliuton Digby
came up to the assistance of bis overpowered
brother. Ashe approached one of the Ke’-
leys shot him In the leg. Nothing daunted,
lie fired, killing the Kelley who held his
brother; then wheeling quickly, be shrt
down another of the Kelleys, who died in
atont an hoar. Then mounting a bone, l e
■rode furiously over fences and through the
woods, and made bis escape.
li was a quick, sudden, desperate rencoun
ter, -ra tragic in iu results as fierce in its
character.
farpat-«»»«*« r.
The following definition of the above
mneb turd tenn has been handed os by a
friend, stating be received it from one of the
moat distinguished lexicographers of the day,
and which we publish for the information of
the Congressional Investigating Committee,
and whoever rise it may concern:
Carpet-Bagger—A penniless adventu
rer from the lovai State*, where he waa hard-
ly tolerated, bv reason of his worthlessness
or evil ways, who roamed about the country
reeking w hat he could steal or otherwise ap
propriate to hi* own use. usually through
some official position, or any other way than
by honest industry, having at his first appear-
iitlle other baggage than a half empty
e the name—sometimes tm-
crcdil upon an irrevocable measure. And if
it will make Us charges of wrong specific,
giving names and facts, we will guarantee
that tbc authorities of Georgia will spare no
minus to ferret out and punish the conspira
tors and thwart their schemes.
If the Bulletin won’t do this, the inference
is irresistible that it is working in the inter
est of conspirators against Georgia’s credit
Give us the names and facts. We demand
them as a matter of justieo.
Pasting Events.
Janau cliek “ draws” well; she made net in
three months $34,300.
Tile North Carolina Military Institute his
been sold for $13,150.
Alexis receives hundreds of letters from
every part of tbe country asking for all
kinds of gratuities.
A Texas paper reports that since Septem
ber, 110,000 emigrants from Tennessee and
Georgia, with 1 064 wagons, have entered the
‘ Lone Star State."
At Loganspnrt, Indiana, they have a new
style of gas meter, which registers the amount
of the bill in dollars and cent*, instead of the
number of feet consumed.
Tbe following notice is pasted in the Astor
Hoa.se restaurant, at New York: Oysters
chloroformed and opened, a is Society for the
rrevention of Cruelly to Animals.
The largest stationary engine in the world
has just been put up at the Lehigh Zinc
Works, Philadelphia It is of 3,090 horse
wwrr and is capable of pumping 15,000 gal*
ons of water a minute.
The colonelcy of tbe Ninth Regiment
I Fisk’s), is offered to J. G. Bennett, Jr. Mr
3. won't take iL It costa $'-0,000 a year to
lie a Colonel, that is a liberal and pnblio-
spirited Colonel, and that figure is too steep
for Benueii.
carpet-bag; hence
properly appi ed to ail new coiners, bat more
tiy force of habit than from intention, a
great manv of the new comen being of this
description.
A Radical Vartsios.—It will be recol
lected that on the last day of the session of
our Legislature Mr. Hillyer insulted Mr.
Jackson in the course of the debate. After
the adjournment of the House the parties
met. passed a word or two, Mr. Jackson
struck Mr. Hillyer with his fist, when the by
standers interfered and prevented farther
tri able This simple affair is thus worked
up by the Chicago Tribune;
In the Georgia House, otie of its
H. L. Hillyer, succeeded, after a hard drag
gle. In defeating a motion for his expultion.
Tben arose oue of his antagonists, who
knocked him down on the floor of the House,
and proceeded to strike and kkk him. amid
the nproarous applause of the remainder of
his enemies, who formed a ring and prevent
ed his friends from coming to the rescue.
Toe victim of this brutality is now seriously
111 from the effects of the assault, and his as
sailant has not, we believe, been even repri
manded for his daftardly deed.
Miscellaneous news Item*.
Louisville's police last year cost $139,93332.
X*-w England operates 5,000 miles of rail
road.
The British Museum is now said to hare
1,000,000 books in its library.
Baltimore claims tbe largest bakery on this
side ol the Atlantic ocean.
Three Texas stock raisers have just fenced
in a pasture of 11 1,009 acres.
The New York Board of Health has fifty
physicians employed only to vaccinate.
Illinois is the only Bute in the Union which
packs over a million of hogs per annum.
The Odd Fellows of America have con
tributed $107,187 for the benefit of the Chi
cago sufferers.
Florida papers sey the present season has
produced the 1'igest and most delicious
oranges seen for many years.
Tbe amount of money paid for whisky in
North Carolina during the year 1871 is over
$30,000,000.
In Massachusetts a bill is before the Legis
lature prohibiting the election of any persons
as justices of the'peace excepting lawyers.
South Carolina News Items.
Mr. John Kyle, of LanrensviUe, is dead.
Col Samuel Donald, of Abbeville, is dead.
Neil Warner, the dramatic artist, is in Co
lumbia.
Col John H. Evins has assumed editorial
charge of the Carolina Spartan.
Jananschek, the German tragedian, begins
an engagement in Charleston next week.
namlin Beattie, Esq., has been elected
President of the National Bank of Green
ville.
Hon. C. G. Memminger.of Charleston, has
been elected President of the Young Men's
Christian Association of that city.
The Confederate rams Chicora and Charles
ton. which were sunk to prevent capture by
the Federal* on their occupation of Charles
ton, have been raised, and found in a good
state of preservation.
Salt of Nkvada.—Nevada is capable
of supplying the world with salt. It
abtandsin salt springs, salt marshes, and
•alt mountains, and great plains where the
evaporation of ages has left deposits of salt
almost illimitable in extent. For mining
purposes, the salt of these deposit requires
only to be shovelled into seeks and trans
ported to the place of use. For table and
dairv purpose it is not quite equal to Eastern
mlt. It cob tains a alight per cent, of im
purity, which would bare to be removed by
re-evaporation or some refining process to
render it marketable for domestic use. This
may not be the case with ail the deposits of
this character in the State, but applies to
such of them as have been wo Ad. Within
fifty miles of Reno, and not more than one
mile from the railroad, are some of the finest
salt springs in the world. One gallon of
water will evaporate three pounds of tire very
best quality of this salt.
Our Washington letter of the , pub
lished in our issue of the 8th instant, is
slightly erroneons in attributing to Colonel
Price tlie introduction of a bill “relating to
the disposition of condemned cannon at
Andersonvilie.” We aro sure that Colonel
Price lias taken no interest whatever in any
such bill, nc leaves ail such matters in the
hands of those who are more disposed to
forget the memory of dear ones who lost
their lives in a different cause.
The American Claim Against Eng
In** 4*
The High Joint Treaty under which the
United Stales has claimed “indirect dam
ages,” has the following words:
The high contracting parties agree that all
the claims grouting out of acta committed by
the aforesaid vessels, and generally known as
tlie “Alabama claims,” shall be referred to a
tribunal of arbitration, to be composed of five
arbi'ratore, ♦ * » “who shall proceed
i npttrtially and carefully to examine and de
cide ail questions Hint shall be laid before
ihetn on the part of the respective Govern
ments.”
This will show how inadmissible is the
Yankee claim for such damages.
Dr Hklmboi.d—A Paris letter of Janu
ary 12th to the Boston Evening Journal says:
Much surprise was manifested among the
Americans on Friday last, when it became
Known that the celebrated Dr. HelmboUl of
liucltu fame had been conveyed to the insane
asylum at Charemou, and it is said at the in
stigation of bis wife. Two French physi
cians pronounce him insane, while one of our
celebrated American doctors is of a different
opinion. During a short conversation with
the doctor a few day* ago, be expressed him
self as being weary, and thought he should
go to some retired place and endeavor to re
cruit Excepting a peculiar expression of
tlie eye, he showed no symptoms of insanity.
Various rumors are, of course, being circula
ted. /
13f~ A Boston workman, who says lie has
little sympathy with the foolish twaldle
sometimes said anl written about working
men's rights, seuds tbc following to tlie
Traveller of that city:
Capital without labor is like faith without
work—dead.
Labor without capital is like work without
faith valueless.
In the nature of things, there is perfect
harmony between them, and selfishness alone
suggests any antagonism.
Let capital beware, lest it alienate labor.
Let labor beware lest it cripple capital.
Let capital say to labor, “lend me tby
hands-,” and let labor reply, “I will; but let
me hold one of the strings* to thy pune.”
Frank.—When Governor Wannoolh was
before tbe Congressional Investigating Com
mittee, be was asked if be had not made
$109,000, to which he replied, “Yes, and
more too."
These Southern carpet-bag Governors ap
pear to be a thrifty set. Bullock was worth
nothing when he went into office, as the tax
books show, and he has several times assured
the pnblic tost he should go out actually dam
aged in fortune; yet a man wbo overdraws
hu bank account $50,000, without any con
cern on the part ot the bank, certainly must
have had the handling of large sums on his
own account.—Satan nai Republican.
German Dancers—E. K Hcaid in Old
and New describes three classes of waltzera.
lho*e who make it a task, and those who are
artificial:
The third Variety—mostly Germans by
i tmlionalily—are people who arc thoroughly
I nippy, unconscious ana at ease as they dance.
They donee as the thistle down floats, which
we boys used to call zephyr. When yon see
their uncotr-eiousnesa and really childish sim
plicity in the matter it is hard to frown at
waltzing, or to find any-wrong in it.
Massaciicsetts Whiskt.—“Ten gallons
of kerosene, three pounds of potash, one
ounce of strychnine, mixed with soft water.”
It was according to this cheerful, not to say
convivial formula, that a quantity ot
whisky’ seized last week in Newton, Mass
achusetts, waa compounded, the recipe bav
ing also been found in the possession of the
unfortunate dealer. If yon wont “gin,” add
quantum euffieit of oil of juniper! The mys
tery is that men wbo drink this diabolic*,
fluid do not drop down stone dead at once.
ty This is another villainous falsehood:
Horace Greeley heard that they made 8.00
wands of butt<r from sixteen cows, at Dan
>uiy. He bought a lot of cows at once, one
is going to have them ground up and churned
‘You see,' said he, T can buy live beef at
eight cents a pound, and butter is worth forty
If it costa two cents a pound for labor, I sluil!
clear 30 per cent. Tlie man who says this is
not so is a liar and a horse thief.'”
Pointed and True.—The Cincinnati
Commercial expresses surprl-c at the hospi-'
tality extended to Duke Alexis by the good
people of Louisville, Kentucky, considering
the Duke’s regal father was an abolitionist of
the first-class. Southern people have seldom
been known to be wanting in hospitality to
strangers, unless they are imposed upo.i by
some canting or howling carpet-bagger from
New England and other pretentious puritan
localities.—ti. Y. Herald.
What the Radicals Sat.—The Spring
field Republican, one amongst tbe ablest of
the Radical organs of Massachusetts, says:
A great deal has been sa ! d about the dead
Democracy. Those who think it de»d sorely
never read the story of the resurrection.
There will be signs in the heavens and on
the ear'll in 1872, when the Democratic party
gets its soldiers in the field.
t3PAlexis has not condescended to attend
church in the United Slates. He can shoot
buffaloes with drinking officers and dance
with dissipated girls; but when invited to
worship God with pious people, he can’t
courage heresy; so there is some bigotry <
side of the Baptists.
Ala* for the rarity
Of Christian chaxitjr.
tS~To add to the misery of France it is
said that the vintage of 1871 proves to be a
sad faQorc. Previous to 1850 the average
produce of French vineyards was estimated
at 35,000,000 hectolitres. But it has since
more.than doubled, amounting to 80,0-0,000
hectolitres in 1850. The production of 1871
has probably fallen short about one-half, tbe
vicld being estimated as not exceeding 15,-
000,000 hoctoBtw. _ • ~" '
IW Mr. James Brooks says the Chinese
impress the traveler deeply by their imitative
powers, powers of endurance and wonderful
industry. No people work harder—not even
the universal Yankee nation. Their love of
money is beyond what any other peopleseem
to have. Very few nations conld stand com
petition with them if they had American
education and American bravery.
Yhether the defendants'
the law, was a question
And if they had found a
fentlant we should not bat
disturb it, but uuder the
the jury could not well Itavedone otherwise
than hare found a verdict ;for the plaintiff
The court charged the jurviriiat if tlicv 1 te
ller ed from the evidence, that the lot of land
was not adapted to agricultural cultivation,
but was chiefly valuable
mining purposes, then the
whether the use and occu
fendant had enjoyed was
actual possession os would
of a prescriptive title citht.
without title, but such use
must be continuous, that is 1
month to month and from year to year' 1
This charge of the court, in new of the evi
dence in the record was error,*ord anew trial
shonid have been granted. Let the judgment
of the court bebovr be reversed.
Weir Boyfl for plaintiff in error.
H. P. Bell contra.
®*1 handsome service of silver has been
presented to an Albany editor, by a number
of leading citizens of that city, in considera
tion of his oublic services in ills professional
capacity. If people generally should take
to expressing their appreciation of the “pub
lic services” of editors by presenting them
with silver a"d gold plate, then the workers
in those precious metals would be keptbns-
ily employed indeed. And further, new
mines of gold {and silver would have to be
Ji covered in order to supply the legitimate
demand which would ensue in order to fur
nish these well deserved testimonials of pub
lic gratitude.
AprRorniATE Names.—The following
names are. indeed, appropriate tor the use a
mentioned!
For an auctioneer’* wife—Bid-dy.
For a general's wife—Sally.
For a sporting man’s wife—Bct-ty.
For a fisherman’s wife—Net-ty.
For'a shoemaker's wife—Peg gy.
For a teamster's wife—Car-rie.
For a lawyer’s wife—Sue.
For a printer’s wife—Em.
For a druggist’s wife—Ann Eliza.
For a carpetman’s wife—Mattie.
school teacher in Omaha, having an
inordinate dread of the small pox, sent home
a little girl because she said her mother was
sick ana had marks on her face. The next
day the girl presented herself at the ecboo!
house, with her fingers in her mouth and her
little bonnet swinging by the strings, and-said
to tho teacher, “Miss , we’re got a lcetli
baby at, onr house: but mother told me to
tell you that it nn't catch zi." The teacher
told her pupil to take her seat
tW A Baltimore lady who had been great
ly annoyed by mischievous urchins who rang
her door bell and than made off, made a baa
mistake one afternoon recently. She lay in
wnit for him, and soon came a step on the
porch, and a vigorous jerk on the bell. She
cried out, “Isee yon, you little rascal!”
caught the unresisting figure by the coat-col
lar, and seo-ik him vigorously. When her
strength was nearly exhausted, and hoarse
with excitement, she discovered to her horror
that it was the diminutive minister of her
church, very re 1 in she face, and very short
for breath. An explanation followed.
■ A young gentleman who was so vig
orously attacked by a bull terrier a few even
ing* ago. as he sang, “ I’m lonely to-night,
love, without thee,” under a lady’s window,
-ays he is not now troubled with any feelings
>1 loneliness at ail The morning after the
serenade, he invested an X in a pair of new
pants, took his breakfast standing, and said
te did not care about “sitting on tba stile,
Mary,” or anything else for a day or two.
MS- That abomination of tbe newspaper
wur d, tlie New OrleanB Republican which
Das reached its 1,473th number, received du
ring the years 1869-70-71 more than $575,000
for State printing alone, and besides that had
a monopoly of municipal, parochial and ju
dicial printing and advertising. Every day’s
issue lias cost the State, city and parish more
than $600.
Yg~“TUese ladies ore like birds that are on
the wing,” said a humorous clerk to his em
ployer, as a bevy of shop damsels left the
store. “Why so?” asked the proprietor.
Because it takes them a long time to settle
upon their purchase,” (perches,) replied the
clerk. The proprietor saw the “point,” and
was so gratified at his acuteness that he at
once raised the clerk’s wages.
ViT Startling occurrence in an Indianapo
lis police conn: “Chief of Police Thomp
son, with a stalwart gentleman, bore her in
their arms to a carriage, and she was quietly
token to her residence. There was no ont-
S r excitement in the court, and every-
passed off elegantly. Mother and
doing well at lost account*"—Soar
ing Rate..
GT Marriage between kindred in Russia,
however distant, even unto so-called “forty*
second cousins,” is against the Uw and con,
sidered by all Russians as an abominatien.
Neither may a young person marry a god
parent, the utter coming under the head of
^Knlritnsil n
nr Miss Nilsson made her farewell ap
pearance at Cincinnati last night to an im
mense audience after a season of thirteen
nights, which for success has been the most
distinguished Cincinnati has ever known.
The total receipts were about $40,000. She
has had here a continual ovation.—Eachany.
r*»- An intoxicated man saw two cars
passing him the other evening, with red and
blue light in front and rear. His fuddled
brain comprehended colored lights, and he
was heard to say to himself; “Must be pret
ty six—sickly here; they’re running drug
stores round on wheels.
E9~The Tredegar works ai Richmond,
which were so useful an ally of the rebel*
DEC^BIONS
**x—
itmxn ooC$st »r Georgia
Ddmered at A&anM, Tuaday, Feb. 18.1872.
e* t in the result of trial,except with the plain
tiff. •
Judgment reversed.
Lc3ter & Thompson, for plaintiff in error.
Irwin & Anderson, contra.
[am»m> xxcLrsiTsxrjros rax Atlanta consti
tution, NT N. r. BAjteoxs, a. c. xxrosraa.1
Tuesday the court kiet according to a for
mer adjournment at 4$e room of Warner, C.
J., a full bench beingkxeaent.
The judgments lav tbe following cases,
which had been arguM before Warner, C. J.
and McCay, J., were then delivered.
The synopses following were announced
from the bench this repining:
Charles Davis; cl all to. Jams* Gurley.
Trespass, f>om Union.
WARNER, C.J. ’
This was an action,'brought by the plain
tiff against the defendants; containing two
counts, one for the Interfering with his
right of common (f, pasturage on lands
granted by the State, the comity of Union,
and to recover damage? for killing bis stock.
There wa3 a dim arret So the declaration,
which tbe court overruled, and in our judg
ment properly overrated. On tbe trial ol
tbe case, after bcarm* tbe evidence and
charge of the court, the jury returned a ver-
defendants, or if it does, that the defendants
have unlawfa’ly interfered with iL
Let the judgment of tbe court below be
reversed.
C. J. Welbom. J. 3. Fain, H. P, BeU, by
G. N. Lester, for plaintiff .a error.
William Boyd, contra. -
John SaterfieM et al. vs. las. Randall eL a>.
{Ejectment,’from Bumpkin.
WARNER, C. J. 7
This was on action ofjjectment to recover
the possession of a tract of-land in Lumpkin
coUDty. On the trial of tbecase the defend
ant claimed tbe land under a prescriptive
right to the possession of the land for some
; rears under color of till-, jt)d cliim of right.
XThalbaF Alias atufsinriiavtfai**
Wood Hvdraulic Hose Milting Company vs
Henry Xing. Assumpsit, from Lumpkin.
McCA i, J.
1. Although a corporation, as such, can d
no corporate act out of the limits of the Slab
granting its charter, yet Us agents and of
cers may bind it by contracts andengage
ments made in other States, and tbe minute*
of iu Board of Directors may be used a>
evidence of the acU of tbe Board, ever
though tbe meetings of the Board appear b
have bren lieltpout of the State ebarteriu)
the corporation. .
2 it is a necessary incident of a minin'
corporation that it shall have power to con
tract and to bind itself to those dealing wilt
it in matters within the intent of the charter
even though the charter contains no express-
grant or power to contract or make debts.
3. Tbe directors of a corporation, unlcs-
expressly restrained cither by the charter m
the by-laws, may exercise tbe ordinary pow
ers of tho corporation.
4. A corporation which,, through it* di
rectors, accepts the services of another at
Treasurer, and ratifies nnd audits bis accounts,
in which a balance appears again*:
the corporation, U bound by the admission
■is a private person would bo under tho same
circumstances.
5. When tho treasurer of a corporatioi
with the knowledge and consent of the di
rector*, raised money for the use of the cor
poration, on lib own credit, paying interes
therefnr above the legal rate,' and his ac
counts, ns treasurer were audited and sgret*
to by the company, of extra interest appear
ing on the account, and a balance struck am
agreed to as due the treasurer, a verdict of «
jury for t>>e balance, with legal interest from
the date of the account, is not illegal.
6. When the Judge who presided at the
trial refuses to grant a new trial, on tin
ground that the verdict is contrary to the tea
timony, it must bo a very strong case indeed
to justify this court in overruling the judg-
monk
John A. Wimpy, for plaintiff in error,
Geo. D. Rice, H. P. Beil, contra.
lot Death divide
to the bloody fray,
— -- ~— — ..ic battled—
Bury them breaft to breast.
The foenun seed not dread
„TM* Catherine o' the brave:
Oat of each loncy grave.
I. W. Brown, ct al., vs. E. B. Wells. Eject
ment, Lumpkin..
WARNER, C. J.
This was an action of ( j.-ctment to recover
the possession of a lot of land in Lumpkin
county. The plaintiff showed a regular
chain of title to tbc premises in dispute from
the State. Tbe defendant clniaied u title to
tbc land under tbe statute of limitation, or a
statutory right by pspscripticm. i Tbe jura
found a verdict for tbc piamtiff, and tbe
court below granted a new Iri.i. whereupon
tbe plaintiff excepted. . m
It appears.from tbcevMetr*.* tit.* record,,
that William* Went into tiS pV'esston of
the land a* a mere squatter without color of
title. Williams sold tbc land to Nicholson,
and made hint a q tit claim title. Nicholson
and Wm. W. Williams conveyed tlie land to
Wade, and Francis Wade eouVeyed the land
to Wells, the defendant, wbo livod about a
mile from tlie land, and, in tlie language of
one of the witnesses. Well*, of course, knew
all about the fact* of WiPlain*, Nicholson,
snd Wade’s claim to tlie land. Wade knew
that Hie land did not lieiong to liira, but
claimed it. Wells knew bow the laud wo*
all the time. Tlie point in the cs*c is, wheth
er the defendant under the evidence was a
purchaser of a mere squatter’s title, ot wheth
er he was a purchaser under a tone file claim
of right to the land. If he knetc at the time
of the purchase that he was only purchasing
a mere nfittei’e life, be stands in no better
condition than the original squatter as against
the title of tbc true owner of the land, nnd
wc think there is sufficient evidence in tbe
record to sustain the verdict of the lury on
this point in the case, aud that the court be
low erred in setting the verdict aside nnd
in granting a new trial. A mere squatter
>n a lot of 1-trul without color of title or
claim of rigli', cannot defeat the title of the
true owner by conveying tbe land to other
purchasers who have full knoweidge uf tbe
nature and character of the title when they
purchase it, altbough they may have been in
possession of it for seven years under s"cli
title. Tlie law will not permit tho true
owner to lie defrauded of bis land in that
way. Let tlie judgment of the court below
be reversed.
W. P. Beil for plaintiff in error.
Weir Boyd contra.
H. G. Cole ct al., vs. Levi Longet al. Eject
ment, from Gilmer.
WARNER. C. J.
This was an action of ejectment to recover
the possession of a lot of land In Gilmer
county. Both parties claimed to derive their
title to tbc land from Mary Myers, tbe draw
er, the one by deed from Mary Myers, and
the other by a deed from the heirs at law ol
Mary Myers. The deed of Mary Myers, un
der which the defendants claimed title, was
attacked on tbe ground that it was a forgery
and evidence was introduced before tbejury os
to that facL Tbe defendant also relied on a
proscriptive title of seven years possession
under claim of right under color of title.
The jury found a verdict in favor of the do
fendants. but whether thry found on the
prescriptive title of possession, or whether
they found that the defendant’s titles from
Mary Myers was not a forgery under the
charae of the court the record is silent A
motion was made for a new trial on gen
eral grounds, and especially on the ground
that the court erred m charging the jury in
relation to the forged deed, whtcii was over
ruled by the court, and the plaintiff excepted.
The court charged the jury “but if you are
satisfied from the evidence that the deid
from Mrs. Myers to Willis Jones is a forgery
then the deed is a nullity to all parties hav
ing notice of such forgery.” This charge of
the court to the jury was error. If the deed
was a forgery, then it did not pass the title
to the land of Mary Myers, and notice of
tbe forgery was not necessary to make it a
nullity' In view of the facts contained in
the record of tbis case, and tbe error in tbe
charge of the court as to the forged deed,
we think a new trial shonid have been
granted.
Let the judgment of the court below be
reversed.
H. P. Bell for plaintiff in error.
Wier Boyd contra.
Eveline J. Lewis vs. A M. Hudson. Cose
for Words, from Forsyth.
McCAY, J.
I, To render words actionable per te, it is
not necessary that they Bhouid, in exores
words, charge another with a crime punish*
able by law; it is sufficient if they impnte a
crime, in such terms as that the hearers trn
demand that this is wbat is meant.
2. When the words themselves are action
able, as imputing a crime, an inuendo, indi
cating in plainer language what crime was
meant, is unnecessary and may be rejected as
surplusage.
Judgment reversed.
IL P. BeU, G. W. Lester, J. R. Brown, J.
8. Clements, for plaintiff in error.
L W. Dorsey, Henry Jackson & Bro., con
tra.
D. S. Anderon, vs. James M. WllsatL Claim
from Cobb.
McCAY, J.
1. The 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th sections of the
Act of 13th October, 1879, requiring the
plaintiff in suits founded on debts contracted
before tbe 1st ot Jane, 1855, to prove that all
legal taxes due thereon have been paid l e-
fore he is entitled to a judgement, does not
apply to the plaintiff in fi f a., in a claim case.
If the affidavit la mode, that justifies the levy,
and the claimant cannot repuire proof unless
he moke an issue by a counter affidavit, de
nying that the legal taxes have been paid.
2. In a claim cose, the plaintiff in fl fa, is
a competent witness under tbe evidence Act
A A. Bell vs. the Marietta Paper Mill Co
Motion to set aside judgment of foreclo
sure freniCobb.
McOAY.J.
tv nen m a proceeding to foreclose a mort
gage tlie defendants’ plea was defective, one
lie was allowed until the next day to perfect
it, and on tile calling of tbe case the nex
lav, further time was asked for to perfect
the pie* on the ground that one of the coun
sel, who was also interested as a party, anr
who alone knew the facts- sufficiently tt
male the amendment, hail, that morning,
lieen granted leave of absence by tile judgi
for tbe day, and tbe court refused togive iht
time, aud allowed tbe rule to be made abso
tote, and a motion was made to set aside thi
judgment
held, That the motion to set aside, which
was heard and determined by a different
•fudge, ought n“t to have been granted with
-tut a distinct statement, supported by afflda
vit, setting fortli a substantial defense ant
showing affirmatively that the defendant bad
been injured by the absence of his counsel
Held, also, That as there is nothing in
the motion to set aside tbc judgment or in
facts before tbe Judge on the hearing of tit*
same, to show affirmatively that, if n new
trial was had, the defendant could show ant
snits'imiial defen-e. it was error in the court
to grant the motion.
Judgment reversed.
A. -W. Hammond & Bon, for plaintiff in
error.
Lester & Thompson, con*ra.
At the conclusion ot reading the opinion)
McCay, J., made the following remark*:
The serious illness of the Chief Justice,
together with the vacancy upon the bench
but just filled, baa caused tbe loss of tbrei
weeks of the present term. As tho docket
is a vrry heavy one it will require the utrnos-
lion, give employment now to 1,300 men, of 1866, Revised Code 3798, notwithstanding
and will soon b* extended by th* addition of the defendant i .......
an immense mi ahop.—Inim. become insane.
lenouncing those who committed the fraud, , , , . . —
for having committed the fraud, a palpable J* 0 ™ n * °* *he war rumors,
fraud which the gentleman himself cannot
deny or defend. Now, sir, I do not know
that there is any process by which we can
reach these laws; I do not know whether
there is any mode or method under our Con-
atltution, except by repeal, that we can reach
them; but nevertheless and notwithstanding,
if they have so successfully practiced their
fraud that we are unable to undo it, it is still
stronger proof of then-determination tocom-
nit a fraud, and I say they ought forever to
be denounced for its commission.” [Ap
plause.] ^
Georgia New* Items'-
A gang of thieves are reported as ope; ating
in Amencns and vicinity.—Republican.
Tbe negroes of Savannah had a parade on
the 12th instant, being the nnnir. rsary of
Lincoln’s birth-day.—Ram.
Arrangements have been male for carry
ing the mail regularly every Saturday from
Rome to Everett’s Springs.
Augusta has another ghost, its location is
in tlie Council Chamber. Dr. David J. Both
veil, of Augusta, is dead.—Chronicle and
Sentinel.
On Saturday night the store of Messrs.
Harp * Houghton, of Augusta, wv* entered
-ml $1,0 .9 worth of property carried off.
Oonttitutional tt.
Planters report farm wr.rfc very hackward.
A late number of tbe Valdosta Times has an
advertisement for leave to sell laud anti ne
groes.— Central Oeoryim.
Captain Kell and. Mr. \Yi liam Griffin arc
about starting c dairy farm in Griffin. Soihe
fox hunters, near Griffin, captured a gray fox
weighing 12 pounds.—Urffin Daily Real.
term, with a new (locket,w ill demand our at
tention. It is vety desirable that the present
term shall not end with any cases unheard.
Thi* lias never yet occurred in the history ol
the court, and we hope it never will.
We shall devote from six to seven hours s
lay to the hearing of cases, aud instead ol
the usual hour devoted to consultation wi
will meet for that purpose at night
May we not ask of the members of the bar
that their argument* be condensed into as
brief a space as is consistent with clearness,
a-*d that they be strictly to the points, as
made in the record.
As it often happens that there is matter in
tlie record, of little importance to the issues,
made, we respectfully suggest to counsel
that it is due to themselves os well as the cli
ent, that such ca3e before it is heard,
they make themselves, so familiar with the
record, that they can with facility find and
read that portion of it material to the points
made.
When have no desire to Interfere with the
discretion of counsel in tlielr mode of pre
senting their cases, but the great num
ber of case* upon tho docket and
tbe abort time now left, during which they
must be heard 'admonish us that special at
tention is due to every means which may
prevent any expenditure of time not really
necessary. But a few minutes in each cose
when the casts are bo many, will count
largriy in shortening or lengthening the
term. ^ ^
New Ycru and Georgia*
These two States are running similar sched
ules snd can condole with each other. The
getting aftet thieves always was a lively busi
ness. It is specially lively now.
The grand jury of New .York city thus
pointedly concludes Us labors:
“ On the Cth day of, November, 1871, they
met for the first time; they have been in ac
tual session fifty-eight days, and to thi* date
have acted upon 401 cases, including those
arising out of the city and county frauds.
Their Investigations prove that New York has
suffered a loss of at least $20,000,000 through
the’ venality and corruption of those they
havejndicted and other* They have failed
>licatea in the frauasfbecause^STexjsting
aw (as explained by their legal advisers) do
not provide a punishment Their investiga-
ti ms have been necessarily slow and tedious,
for the plots of the conspirators were care
fully and cunningly devised aud executed.
In the course of their labors other public
frauds have been brought to notice, which
they were unable to investigate; they trust
that succeeding grand juries will bring them
to light Perjury aud forgery, and similar
crimes, are the menus by which tbe treasury
was robbed and tbe dty disgraced. Their
deliberations have been earnest and thorough,
with full and free expression from all tbe
members.”
They wound up with roping in the big
fish. Mayor Hall has five indictments
against him. Tweed bos five.
The labor in Georgia is as difficult bnt not
quite as big as the New York job. It is pro
gressing, however, as satisfactorily. Every
day the drag net hauls in some new fish of
the Bullock breed. We hope to see the big one
yet in limbo. Bullock needs attention. Onr
>eople are doing their work as well as that
nave New York grand jury. Let us have
Bullock. _
Beet Beet Rug
The manufacture of sugar from beets is.
looming up.
The co-operative enterprise at Block Hawk,
Wisconsin, which commenced in 1870, under
difficulties, snd made 40,000 pounds of sugar,
cultivated 900 acres of beets in 1871, and is
poshed with a determination deserving of sue-
S3.
Tire most successful results as yet have
been obtained in California, where two com
panies ate in operation, one producing more
than a million pounds of sugar from the crop
of 1871, the second year of its operations.
This is the California Beet Sugar Company,
at Alvarado. Tho Sacramento Valley Beet
Sugar Company, at Sacramento, also reports
comparative successful results.
Wehope to see our Georgia formers taking
bold of this matter.
ssrsa Gentlemen el Geergln.
This is the beading given by Harper’s
Weekly to its comments on the movement of
the Georgia Republican State Committee to
tppoint themselves to the National Republi-
;*n Convention to meet at Philadelphia in
June. It seems that of the committee of
twenty-three, fourteen were- present hy
proxies, and only nine were personally pres
ent These nine appointed, seven of tbem-
Ivea to represent the State. Harperis
Weekly comments on this piece of modest
•ssuntnee, and plainly announces that no
•uch usurpation will be recognized or toler-
ited. The “seven gentlemen of Georgia”
•vdl bo refused seats. Harper’s Weekly-
peaks generally with a potent voice in pon
ies for tho Radicals. Its declarations msy
>e considered ex cathedra. The seven gentle
men of Georgia will in time becomcas myth
ical as the seven wise men of Gotham. There
mil be little disposition among Democrats
or Republicans to recognize them as such. A
*tale Convention of Republicans will be held,
tnd that will be the last of the seven gentle
men of Georgia.—Avguita CorMtutionalut.
Our contemporary is mistaken. That
wont bo the last of the “Seven Gentlemen of
Georgia.” As one of the Republicans c^»i __
posed to these seven gentlemen remarked Palmetto,N'etMmD.Crtmiviile.IIogansvUle, I of the Governor, Attorney General Secretary
^SS^t^ttoS^S^ST'IS 'S.StedriSSrafk' * 6l ?£ CoraplroIIcr General “ d
committees get through their labors, tbe trado besides it* through freight nnd I ® C,KX) * Commissioner. The last mentioned
probability is that the penitentiary will save travel from Montgomery, Mobile and New I official is the chief executive officer of the
my trouble about their taking seats iu the Orleans. But your correspondent stopped at I Board.
National Republican Convention. 'lT-i T ^° p S rte , r ! dctie 9 and rowrns
Several are already under bonds for trial jmd very good) were very importunate* that 11 Hold* in trust all devices, etc., for eduev
-he number is increasing daily. This will be a should be entertained “ in firat class style;” j tional purposes; deposits educational funds
very appropriate solution of this difficulty. •>“* we were constrained to accept the invi- with the Su e Treasurer for safe keenhwi
sMIrepoh ! - ^laturoannualiy In ai*
tality. 1 j count in detail <.f the acta of said Board.
ItaGrange U one of the prettiest towns In j the bta-ie school commissioner
SSi r iS;ma T „ h f e .if. r ‘ , . 4 itir e!: ’ i l C i nCCS .5 r0 ve O’ is appointed b, the Governor and confirmed
neat—some of tlie \ards and cardens are I»....« a • . , ,, ,
very beautiful; and the town is so well laid ^y tbe Senate; is charged with the adtninis-
off ns to show to the best advantage. The I nation of the system of public instruction |
business houses are well arranged around prescribes suitable forms and regulations for
The Amendments.
Frank Blairmade a speech in Missouri be
fore the Legislature, urging wbat is called the
‘passive policy.” 8ome one interrupted him
nquiring his views about thctamendment%
diair thus replied:
“As long as these amendments or any other i1J2. nter ° f whic!l making reports and conducting necessary
acU am dotlicd Wltii & form of law 1 o»n for Sl&HuS ft VCTT llCftt COUTt IlOUSO. I , , , ... *
submitting to them, but I go always for hold- There seems to be a very brisk business go- P rocecJiD 8 s under the law; shall visit, as
ing up those who committed the fraud upon >ng on her* and an unusually large number often as possible, the several Senatorial Dis-
he people of this country, [applause,] and , 001,011 buyer* some of whom have a tricto for the purpose of counselling with
’ ’ -’ J ’ large number of bales, and arc wearing very sdlon , n m,™ * ,
Mr. Clarence II. Williams, Gem-rid Freight
Agent, of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,
tie-1 in Savannah on Snnday last lion. K.
J. Harden has been re-elected President of
the Georgia Historical Society. At the en-
niversary of the society, on the 12th instant.
Rev. Dr. Irvin, of Augusta, lectured before
the society. Subject—“The Anglo Saxon,
His Past and Future.” A negro woman was
killed on the down passenger train on the
Central Road, at Station No. 3, on the 12lb
instant The Wyndham Comedy Company
are playing to good houses in Savannah,
Republican.
Wc hear it rumored that the Mobile and
Girard Railroad will be extended to Pollard
ly the preaent management next year. The
Hiomos Orchestra Concert had a $1,100
house in Columbus. It is rumore.l that Ed
win Browne and Katie Putnam Lave made a
contract for one year with a merchant of
Columbus; according to the terms the two get
* salary of $5,000 per year (2,500 each) and
Katie ona benefit each week additional The
gentleman is to furnish the necessary sup
port, and the two actors named have nothing
to pay but their personal expenses. The en
gagement commences next fail, and contem
plates a trip to Europe —Columbvi Sun.
Mr. John M. Taylor, of Monroe county, is
dead. It is estimated that $59, r Q-> worth of
mules were sold in Monroe county, daring
tbe fall and winter. It is a lamentable fact
that $40,000 worth were sold on time. The
Griffin, Monticeilo and Madison Railroad is
progressing Andy. We learn that as much
as ten miles of the grading is completed,
which carries it. near Tonaliga river. The
grading from Griffin to the river is mostly
done. The amuunt of provision* and sup
plies mortgaged to the planters ot Monroe
and adjacent caonties by the merchants of
Forsytb lost year, aggregated not less than
$450,000, the three leading articles of which
were bacon, corn and flour. Mathew Gibbs,
on old citizen of Monroe county, is dead.
Monroe Adcertiier,
Rotes ol Foiiuk Event*.
Upwards of two hundred and fifty distinct
species of paper arc manufactured m Japan.
There are elegant weddings tra-spiring
every night in New York. A few evenings
ago at one, ten thousand dollars were expend
ed for flowers.
London Is a wonderful city. Every eight;
minutes,day and night, one per«m dies;
every five minutes one is born; 809,009 have
been added to the population since 1851.
It is rumored in New York that a cele
brated artist in hair in that city is shout to
import a Peruvian surgeon to improve the
shape ot the ladles feet by amputating their
small toes
Iowa proposes that her representatives shall
heieafter meet but once in four years, and
that the-session shall be limited to sixty day*
In extraordinary emergencies tbe Governor
is to have the power to call on extra session.
The foreign commerce of New Orleans in
dicates a rapid extension. Twenty ocean
Spsclil Corwfipondenae of The ConstlUtUcn.)
ATrl* Row la the A<l-nm and treat I
Point Kallrond—Good Xian agen* eat
nnd Praaperou* Knilr.ad I.a- I
Grange—.1 Pretty Town. Bnalncaa
prosperity nnd Prospect-,—rerun e I
Scheolaot High Grade--** r be South
ern Female Oollege” Arising from
It* Ashes—l-rlp Hack to Atlanta. 1
Oh thh Cars, West Point Railroad, )
Februaiy 13th 1872. J
I have had a very pleasant trip down the
line of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad,
and a few drti by the way may be of inter
est to your readers.
I have been very much pleased with wbat
I have seen of the admirable management if
this road, and have no need to know CoL L.
P. Grant to feel assured that a th
master of his business controls its
The coaches ore neat, comfortable and well
ventilated—the conductors arc polite and at
tentive to their duties—ami the carefulness
of the general management is attested by the
(set that an accident on this road is a tiling
of rare occurrence.
The prosperity of the Railroad is proven
by the number of flourishing little towns
that are springing up along its'iino.
FATHER RTAR'S LAST POEM.
Gather the sacred dust
i he w *r ri £ r « tried and tree,
AtSmaI our Nation’*treat
a Jt ii.iS l , hc can80 « though Loat, still JaaL
And uicd for me and you.
O^hcr them one and all:
From Private to the Chief,
The tears of a Nation’s grief.
Gather the corpse' strewn
O er many a hai tic plain;
*rom ma*'y a crave that lies so looe,
ithout aname and without a atone.
Gather the Southern slain.
VTe care not whence they came.
Dear la their lifeless clay!
Whether unknown, or known, U fame.
Their caupe and country still the same
They died—and wore the Gray.
Wherever the braTO hare died,
t .T8'' should not ro-t ~
SSMfhWc. __
A single heart from heart ?
Gather their sectoral cl»y,
_ WherercTlt marrer-
Jn*t a* ihcj marched
Jurt ** U*ex faU on the battle day;
The 'oeman need not froan,
„ They are ail powerless now-
Wentfaer than here, and ire lay them down,
AMtem and prayer* are the oelrcrown
We bring to wreath each hrovr.
And Ifcedead Urn meet the dead.
* 'a — ti 1 * UvIo 2 a’er them %rwp ;
Aad the men whom Lse and stonewall led:
And the hearts that once together bled
Tegethrrrtiu .hallsleep. • ’
Synopsis of tho Pnblic School haw4
Georgia as Antsnded.
The State Board qf Education 1* composed
i i m ^ _ > m ^ ^ runtra!?"™^ 3C * 100 * offi 001 ®, uud the people, in the interest
LaGrange claims a population of 2,500, P®? 0 '* 1 education; apportion equitably
anil i* increasing every vear. Rents are high the school money upon the basis of the ag-
anti houses in great demand. TTtc railroad to grcgale of youth between six and twenty-
tie? “ to » »
completion. I the Legislature; has.aulhority to require
Tne Baptists; Methodists, Presbyterians copiea of all roporta at Ute hands of local
and Episcopalians ail have neat houses of boards of education, school offices, clerks and
worship here, and the churches seem in flour- „ ’ , if u
isbing condition. -treasurers of counties, Recorders andTreao-
The Methodists have long had here a flour- 111818 cities *nd villages, receives a salary
isbing female school, which is now under tlie ol $2,500 per annum; traveling expenses in-
nnni£f wtth^wf * bo ? t 5° currcd in th° performance of his official du-
g^with good building* which are to be tics pai(1 out of the school fund; shall send to
The Baptista had an elegant school build-1 tue Ordinary of each county, Immediately
ing which was “pressed” during the war by after the adjournment of the Legislature *
tho only remuneration which was ever re-1 °* 1113 COUD, y * a d 115 treasury of tie
ceived for it being a notice which came after stat0 for educational purposes; is not al-
Geut nil Lee’s surrender that the Confederate I lowed a clerk. Tho Ordinary places thi*
d r S«,^SreriV“o ,y mikT^d -rrjf- thc Edo*
the loss. 1 h cation at its first meeting after the election of
B.it the energetic President (Prof. L F. ,!le members thereof.
Cox) weat vigorously to work alter the war school districts.
constitutes . school district
iugs, and gradually enlarging Ills patronage, I unc * t ' r 1,18 control of a
until his number* now reach 120 pupils, (80 county board or education.
uf whom arc in the Music Department.) The grand Jury, at the firat session after
■ nd from what your correspondent was able >*..thi, . r t v Wtt fl™ r— .
to see and hear of the school, ils high stand- “® P 8 ®**® of 1015 * 0, itaclecta five free hold-
ante of frliolarehip, efficient corps of ins true-1 cr *» * >ecome County Board; three
tion, and excellent discipline, he would pro- hold office for two years and two for four
•jounce, the college every way worthy of ils year*, but *11 after the first election hold for
. wai'espeeinlly'charmed by tlie music of *'™ r I 88081 l ’iey arc to meet quarterly; re-
some of Ihe young ladies, and not at all sur- C5lve t* P® « a y services rendered; are
prised to learn that a year ago one of these forbidden to remain In session longer than
- The store of Mr. B. H. Wriglcy. of Macon, ” ympensatio^^owed for otlmr
economy of timejn get-through with .th-, .w«_SStttaL-h)t.^cdara 4jte0*W«**y_*xui teoiddSittro from fll of te-r competitors. ‘“ff ? !Ur V' ,J " ,Wl ' u:K ' S; Bre ‘"vested-
business before tlm "ret of July, when anew] robbed of flour. Blind Tom U drawing full Your correspondent did nothavethe nrivl-1 wul1 U ‘C title, cure, and custody of all
houses in Macon.—Telegraph and Mcuenyer. lege of meeting the editor of tho LaGrange athool house.*, sites, school libraries
Reporter; but from specimens of the paper ect, as now organized, with power to con’
which we saw, we would conclude that he ... f
knows how to get up a lively, sprightly sheet ‘f?\ lhe .,“f in , soch m * nncr 83 thc F may
—one of the very best country papers which I (Link will best subserve the Interest of com-
—e have seen. mon schools; may establish such graded
I left LaGrange on the Ip. h. train and wc school* a* they may think proper, with full
with but littlc n ?o°reiieve thf todiurao?raib powcr in r f s P 8Ct t0 8Uch schools to employ,
road travel save the getting on of a bridal P l T» an d dismiss teachers, build, repair, and
party, tbc canvass of thp war rumors by cot-1 furnish school houses, etc.; may provide
ton men and the pershitent efforts of the Cening Khcols for such youth as, by
news-boy to sell *'great prizes?’ in hia cash , , . .. J ’ “7
boxes which, I pcrcciTe, are manufactured in * lrfr ^ 81 *y occupations, are prevented from
Atlanta, anil for “cuteness” rival those of attending day schools; shall, with the
Gotham itself, C >unty Commissioner, make the notes-
But ratough tor the present! . a try provisions for continuing in opora-
frlftthiai, acceptable you I schools over which the/have jSE
diction for the term of six months in the
THE 8IABRI-GRA8 FESTIVITIES AT year; in case the Board fails in this duty of
NEW Orleans. em’inuing the ecbools in operation, the
New Orleans, February 13.—About noon county is debarred from receiving any por-
r ° f fund r n , c f ^ must
Charles, Poydraa, Julia and Carondalet streets i8su ® “ order - couuiersigucd by the County
—and by 4 p. u. all wero densely packed. I School Commissioner, upon the Treasurer
Sidewalks, galleries, doorways and windows, for the disbursement of tbe county’s share of
ic fact evety available spaoe. was occupied, the Bute , nmJ w , u orJcreJ t0 ^ d
aud it was with considerable difficulty that .7 ‘ “ .7 . .. 00 .
room was made by tbe police for tbe proces- P 031,8 o w ith aa® Treasurer; shall presenia
sion to pass. At 3 f. m. a salute was from time to time eucli text books and books
fired at tho foot of Canal street, and the ot reference as shall <> used in the common
procesa.on moved In tbe following or-1
der. A squad of mounted police, the Chief 80110018 of 11)0 ooun t>.
Marshal of the Empire, His Royal Hiehncss toe counts rcii.«h. commissioner
the King of the Carnival, with attendants; I Is chosen by the I*-, .r-i ««t Education; holds
&“mmieyfomte B ffl|S: office for the tenn..t f. uri^ra; duties ram.
Second Division, music, Lord of the Vans, 88 un(ler tlie or, 8 inal 1,w • *h» 11 be allowed a
Third Division, music, Lord of the Horse, per diem ot not less than three dollars, nor
Fourth Division, music, Lord of the unat- more than five dollars,
tached. Fifth Division, a platoon of police. county school fund.
This procession was composed of perhaps as _ c , . „ . , „
motley a crew as was ever seen in any pro- 018 v 800 ^ ol *he State School Corn-
cession. A platform had been erected in missioncr’s. statement as to the amount to
front of the City Hall, which was occupied the credit of | tho county in the State
X^a^tatfofflctair'ai^^’fewlnritoi I Tre ^‘ the P™* *"* ™ ko
guests. Opposite the City Hall, along the 811 08,inla,e ol Gt® sum nccessay, in ad-
entiro St Charles street, in _ frout | dition toj what will be received from the
of Lafayette Square, n stand ex?]
tending from the outer edge of the side
walk rack some twenty feet had been erect
ed. On this was seated some three thousand
lersons, most ladies, presented from the City
Jail a picturesque appearance. Tbe platform
in front of the City Hall was deoorated with
flags, Chinese lanterns, etc., and the stand
opposite was decorated with the flags of all
civilized nations. After dark, many build
ings on Canal street and along the route of
the prooession were Illuminated. The plat
form in front of the City Hall and the
Grand Stand opposite were also brilliantly
lighted. About 8 o'clock a grand allegor
ical procession, representing the Dream
" ■ -, commenced moving, and
R,lt* fqr Preserving HcuMD.
frequently end in pleurisy, pneumonia, and
other serious forms of disease.
9. Never sleep with the head in the draft
of an open window.
3. Let more cover be on the lower limbs
than on tho body. Have an extra covering
within reach incase of a sudden and great
change of w ,-ather during the nigh'.
4. Never stand still a moment ou* • f doors
especially at street comers, of -r having
walked even a short distance.
5. Never ride near the opening wo .tow of
& vehicle for * single half minnte, •-pedolly
if it has been preceded by a walk; valuable
Uvea have thus been lost or good Ucith per
manently destroyed.
A. Never pqt on a new boot Of shoo when
going on a journey.
7. Never wear Indian rubber in cold dty
weather.
8. If compelled to face a hitter oold wind,
throw a silk hankerchlef over your face; iu
agency in modifying the cold U wonderful-
9. Those who are easily chilled on going
out of doors, shoo'd have some cotton bat-
bom and favorite ragtiing.”
of Homer,
through the principal streets; this
also viewed by Alexis and the party
from the City Hall, as during afternoon.
Thi* representation was unusually complete,
great attention having been paid to detail.
The procession was followed by a doric tem-
§ le in which was placed a bust of the poet.
‘oUowing came Paris and Helen, with
Europe. * Two lines run to German ports, Venus in a background of golden clouds,
and two others to Liverpool. Within the representative of the origin of the Trojan
present year there will be five line* running war, Tbc third cqr contained King Agame-
to British porta. mqop, with Nestor, Briasis and his heralds.
The fourth bore Achilles, his mother, Thetis,
Vulcan, and Patroclas* Another cor bore
the Grecian warriors, headed hy Diomede
t. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet; A number of cars were devoted to the Tra
in going to a colder sir, keep tho mouth res- Jans,commencing with King Priam, Cassatt-
olutely closed; by compelling the air to pass dm, Helenas, with the divinities Appollo and
circuitously through the nose you otaypre- Diana guarding them. Hector accompanied by
vent those shocks and sodden chills which Mara a id the Trojan Post followed, two com
being devoted to the Gods who favored the
combatants. NextcametheTrialsofUlysses,
lemus. Circe. Scylia,
and Charybdis, the Sirens and Hades fol
lowed. Nextcame Calypso; then the Court
of King Alcinlous, the household of Ulysses;
and finally Penelope-and the suitors. Three
cart were devoted to the Battle of the Frogs
and Mice, the firat representing tbe frogs,
the second the mice, and a third tbe
crabs. Tbe last car bore the represen
tatives of tbe Dutch to whom nomer ad
dressed his hymns. After the procession
on the streets the Allegorical Crew pro
ceeded to the Varieties Theater, where three
grand tableaux were given. The first illus-
of the Apple of Discord.
or A Virginia paper has a most felleltons ting attached to Teat or other garment so as
way of employing elegant and expressive to protect the spaeo between the shoulder
flgutesof speech, as witness tbe following; blade* behind, the lung* being attached to
“The devil first invented snakes, fleas, scor- the body at that point; a little extra covering
pions, tarantulas,. centipede*, mosquitos, there is worth five times the amount over
gnats, hyenas, owls, buzzards, hawks, vnl- the chest in front.
tures, alligators, stingorees, gars, sharks, 10. Never sit for more than a minute at a
chigrcs and vampires; and to concentrate oil time with your bock against the fire or stove,
the meanness and deviltry in creation, he — u*« «».
put these in-s- cauldron and'boiled “them The flrat woman voter of Wyoming was
down and produced a carpet-bagger, as the on old lady of 70 years of age, who voted on
masterpiece of Satanic hate. And Satan tar way from tbe baker’s and went to tbe
smiled when bis eye first rested on his last palls with a
yeast pitcher in one hind and
the ballet in tit* ether.
t rated the ftward
Juno, Minerva, Venus, Helen and Paris being
In the picture. The second showed the com
bat, the gods appearing in ihe back
ground. By a transformation, the third
oontalnod nice scene*, indicating the trials
of Ulysses; and the last wss the battle
of the frogs and mice, with tho crabs in tbe
background, the festivities at tbe Varieties
ending with a grand dress bail Grand fancy-
dress and masquerado balls were also given
at the Opera House, 8t. Charles Theater,
Academy of Music, and al almost evety ball
in the city. There are probably a hundred
thousand strangers In the dty. All the prin
cipal streets were thronged daring the entire
Wlsmqpu, and from eight to ten p. m. were
almost' blocked by the multitude. Such
crowd* have never before been seen upon the
streets of New Orleans. The weather was
delightful, and the festivities passed off with
out any mishap to mar the pleasures of the
4*7- I
Slate, to carry on tbc school six months in
the year [there is no.inhibilion against carry
ing on the schools for a longer term if the
Board so desire], which estimate the Board
places befor the Grand Jury, who, approving
■tld estimate, shall authorize the Ordinary
or County Commissioner to levy a tax suffi
cient to raise the required amount.
TUB STATE FUND
arises from the poll tax, special taxon shows
and exhibitions, soles of spirituous and molt
liquors, and onc-hslf the net canting of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad; these funds
are to be kept separate from other moneys In
the treasury, and must not bo Invested in
State bonds.
INDEPENDENT OltOANIZATtONB.
Any dty with five thousand inhabitants,
or any county, under authority from the
General Assembly of this State, may organ
ize on independent public school system;
may receive their just proportion of iheState
fund, but the chdf executive officer r.f such
system must make the reports required of
County School Commissioners.—Auguita
OkmSm.
Tlie 'Weekly Canslltutlsn.
, P."a, Ga., . 1872.
Heart. W- A. Hemphill At On, Atlanta, Qa_•
Gents; You will please sendTns Week
ly Constitution to * * at this
office.
Evety one that hu subscribed to your
glorioui old Constitution says it is the very
bat paper they have ever taken; hope I may
ht able to get a hoet of them to say this.
Respectfully, ■
Onr !>*ry.
A very important question in connection
with the war-talk is that about the condition
of the United States navy. Of course a fight
with England would necessitate a good navy.
England hu a very fine one.
A Congressional debate, the other day,
brought to light some unpleasant facta.
We have but 29 ve*sels in commission with
only 339 guns, and 8,500 men. England hu
64,000 men ant sVps and guns in propor
tion. Five hundred millions was spent on
the navy during tbe war. Of 550 vessels on
hand at the closo of tho war only 179 are on
hand now.
A bal Radical showing.
tWThe amou • snow in tlie moun
tains of Upper Ea ’ -i*-*s«. Southwestern
Virginia and W vnrtb Carolina, la
saii to be unpriciut-iited. Since the time
when Daniel Boone firat penetrated that
county, tbe like Las never been known.
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