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We copy the fallowing from Ibc editorial
column of the St. Looi* Democrat, one cf the
ATLANTA, OA. f APBIL 2, 1872. most influential paper* poWiilied in the West
- - : r_-,——z-: Oar readers will see that the great Georgia
to Georgia itailock Committee l« : canal project is attracting antmtuoalamount
New Torn. 1 of attention in that portion of the country,
Be Write* an Interesting Getter to
GoTernor smith in Narration of
Ilii Career a* Goreraor
An Important Contribution to the
Bis tor y of Georgia.
\ Nc
r York World reporter hu tailed on I and it meets will, great favor both from 1*0-
Ilogc and CspUin S. O. HcNeii. of
to. Bollock Committee now in New York, to
;• ,:n what they era after. They hare told
t'r.i they come on open mission to qoestion
. rri in New Yorkers as to what they know
Bollock's financial transactions with
y 15,0 Jfi.flO>or more of Georgia's funds. They
I \-i invited there New Yorkers to tell tfctm.
Ceoijls ts.tlr.ad flew*.
r .-'In are liberally subscribing to the Al-
1 1'ort Valley snd Memphis Bailrocl.
t .in D. W. Peacock, tbe Receiver of
t , .erokee Railroad, will rnn^trains im-
, fi iiely from Csrleisrnie 10 Rockmar'
The Directors of the Golf Railroad have
1 - .. me eting to arrange the difficulty grow-
: t of the resignation of the six dire- tors.
' -r. j’ilt not known, but believed tint a
< ..-..promise wiii be effected.
l:U understood that the Central I!‘>ad
f o--ita new arrangement of steamers the
first of May.
he Dalton Citizen says the Seims, Home
1 D-dton Railroad has settled all of Us
; ion and is doing a fine paying business.
j U(c joins washed damage to the Cen-
r ; : toad, Macon and Augusta and several
<>•... r ;o..
Pork Jacking.
.he following are the sutlstles of polk
r . In the West this season and last,
. . ease of 1,178,197
1*70-71
la
l««j
lows ..
l,r
7*4,1 IS
4C.454
SSS.VJS
«i,4 0
41.47.
>83,014
11,00
4S9.US
S.M1.CI
is7;-*r
usi.sm
1.110717
So ym
steal
4.KW
In riumVr 1,171177
Tho average weight of bogs was 2274
1 .,:.id* meal net, and 294 pounds lard,a
: .mil less average than the previous Seaton,
■.at greater than in 1868, 18®) and 1870.
■. . ■ average yield in 1866 and 1867 was
greater than in 1870.
; ne total yield In pounds was 1,106,180,-
4 j pounds meat and 142,575,977 pound* lard
i an Increase over last year of 80 4-0 per
cent,
rills is the table for the three years:
LcafA !r!m-
lfeat, %*. mlnglard. fts
«V8-77 Mnms.444 "sj.Slft.e74
Vfi 71.." . MS.fftMJt ItOjMMU
l it-j ms^tn
TSc atlornej--llei.eraI.Iilp at Itie
State.
Ci-on the resignation of Henty P.Fsitow
acme two weeks ago, as Attorney-General of
ttw State, appointed by Bollock, Governor
>tni:h tendered theofflefftr Col. P. W. Ale*
: r.dcr. The selection was made npon that
- vl and correct rule of fitness for the of-
li nt, by which his Excellency has
r-iugiit to bo governed in filling public place,
i :« perhaps knew Col. Alexander more inti-
■ .vcly than lie knew any other gentleman
in tile State.
flie office of Attorney General in It* rel*
ti ..-hip to the Executive Is a peculiar, a ciose
ad almost important one. This offlei'l
- . ..tiling more than his legal adviser, he 1
t'.. - .nfidantof his purpose, and the intimate
. '- t r aa 0 { hli official secrets. The r la-
i it both official and personal.
The requisites of an Attorney General are
the . ..fore important. He needs legal at i'.ityj
r r-fcl judgment, tried honor, and a cerlrdn
iinK.untdfcf friendly feeling/*
Colonel Alexancer filled this need, and
(ioTerm-r Smith pressed the office upon h
r-, mesll v. A bet ter selection certainly could
. : havo b.-eu made. Colonel Alexander ha*
: .ltl.fi offer under consideration until yes-
; ,: iv afternoon, when be, for private reasons,
. ,-lined the appointment'to flatteringly
pressed upon him.
Governor Smith has therefore to make an-
«.;I.-er selection, which ho will do without
pie and press. The surveys have been com
pleted along the whole line from the Tcitnes-
tte River to Haeon, and the ronte pronounced
eminently feasible by the engineers in charge.
Toe great fact has been established, that
Georgia possesses the only route for an un
obstructed water line between tie
West and the Atlantic, and In
this powenl?*! she holds a mine
of wealth and a lever of power which will at
no distant day nuke her an empire State in-,
deel. Tire fret i-i demonstrated that this
grand work can tie built at a cost insignificant
when com par 1 with the gigantic results it
will achieve. We .feel satisfied tbst the
means will beprovi l eJ, and that its nit -.male
success is assured. We congratulate Col.
Fmtx-1 npon bis success to far. He has
pointed out the way by which a great com
mercial union may be established between the
oa'h and West, and the commerce of the
world bent fitted, and has demonstrated the
t dug is feasible. The thanks of Georgitare
d ie him, and the people should and v, ill aid
tVm in carrying bis splendid project to •> suc
cessful result.
A SEW WATER BOCrE TO THE OCKAS.
V»h*ter-rou'es are rapidly convincing
world that they possess to a more emir
degree than railroads do the power of Mess-
in. mankind by affording »ransportat',::i so
low that farm produce of all kinds, coal,
building-stone, lumber, etc., etc, tn-iy be
transported thousahd* of miles with'.fit ad
ding more to ita cost than its cost of j.r-,-1 ac
tion Even canals are now acknowledged to
be of more Importance than railroads, r
freight carriers, and we firmly believe that
the day is not for distant when tin* ca
nal-building (mania Jwill (be (revived with
mom than ils original energy. Canals below
the frost line, connecting the Mississippi with
interior Somhtrn points, and with the-sea
board, would be-a great blessing to the South
The extended growth of the agricultural
interest in the West, and the pressure- upon
every ontlet of Its annually increasing pro
duetionq nrgei the consideration of this
question at tbc present time more than at any
former period.
It has long been seen that a highly practi
ne Tears to Tattera the Flimsy raise*
heeds of Bullock atom the
Flaaacea ef Ills AtsilR-
lalratlea.
Georgia Crop Metes,
lie jlacon Telegraph thinks it too early
f r <r.ip news. Certainly information
I the different crops just in, and tbe con-
iVi ffiit of 111'! planting is valuable for innu-
tii r.iMo reasons. It Is not necessary for
. to lie Up for the ogricnltnral operati-ms
t > interesting. The pitching of the crops
c m uf the important items of farming
i. „■» In which there is a deep interest felt.
In Warren comity farming prospects sre
<: imaged to a largo extent l>y the rain*, says
1 ie Clipper.
Ill Gordon county there Is a splendid pros-
p, at for an abundant wheat, says the Timfis.
t he Columbus Son says little has been
I Jaded in com. Tho ground has been bed-
dt d for cotton, bat must be plowed over
, .in. Torest trees hardly ha^ebudded that
amcmally well leaved.
The Sparta Times says that com planting
being vigorously pushed In Hancock
county, and will bo finished in a few days.
Fertilizers largely bought -
In Lowndes county the planting is behind
v.-ry much, says the Times.
In Houston and adjoining counties tie
f itinera have worked vigorously. Many
will have to plant com a second time, says
t’.t o Fort Valley M irror.
Liulo com planted in Caw county, says
t . • Cartersville Express.
The Albany Central City says that the
r m l planting of com came np tolerably
well, but the larks and moles are so plentiful
that the replanting will be heavier than the
planing.
Everything backward, and It Is feared that
i..-iy fruit i* injured In Washington county.
Corn is all planted In Quitman county, but
little la coming up. Very few planter- nave
i.ached the cotton land, says the Mscon
i'clegrapb.
ureetey and Grant.
Tlmt Greeley is ‘•agin’’ Grant is undoubted,
at lie is giuscriy about it is equally un
doubted. With all of his known sell-will
ho can’s exactly muster pluck to ciyslalixe
hostility into a flat-footed antagonism,
i ..is is not a good sign. Greeley evidently is
keeping his path of retreat open. Aral it
may not be an improvable contingency to tec
I: ;n spua-e'y oat for Grant yet
- ireeicy hu bad little to say about the
v.. ur.cclicat clectiou. The Times thereupon
l ira to make Greeley against the Jewell
t ;et. Greclojl retorts in his usual surking
ve flyle, tlat the Times tells a "naked un
qualified Ue.”
lie then gives the following sugar-4.Mini
t... u;t at Great It D curious for the Ixxtilc
animus a* well as the cautions qualifle ttion
of the stab.
O.ir “great olyeclioa” (if wemay beailowed
to utter our own thoughts) to Gen. Grant's
■ -.loiauucnts to cilice in this—They riten
Indicate that he regard sthe Presidency as an
estate which he has acquired or inherited
i > which he is morally tespoosible. It is
vl ’wonly that enables ns to comprehend his
i.ppoiauueut of so many relatives of IPs
. mUvtocoTiu-d and often lucrative pnai-
. j.s. How instinctively Washington, Jef-
: .on and their compeers, recoiled from
in .king each appointments, is well known.
We are certain that General Grant has not
urant to err in this respect; had his consti-
rational niirisera been uniformly frank.is
hss, faithful, he would have avoided the
error, lie fell into H becante of bis inex-
; -ii-r.ee in politics snd hian-istaken concep-
: • -a of the great trust confided to him by the
meriean people. And Ibis mfecoDerptiou
■ : ;» other unfortunate appointments.
Its* numerous than his good ones,
would have Is-va fewer had be
• ,-.r'apprehended ilia true nature and
; j- Tic Janesville Gazette says: “When
.. . . r.ntwspdrs r onaball-rxun floor it
.vs proper to pick it up and wonder
„r - It came from and ask unnecessary
. , #ir.cero!Dg the peculiarity of the
Ids. Wc know of a young man who did
• . . i oag since and he couldn’t get auoth-
»irl i.idiiice with him during the evening,
ccidcnu will hsppen in such a bustling
j of people as are goierally congrega
ted upon a ball-room *
t floor.”
might show iteelf entitled to them. Evidence refuwftiathongh the Treasury of the United less trae that they went ont with cleaner
that ther wot so cnutled, was in cachin- States had heldit about eighteen mom is, and hands than did their immediate successors,
stance adduced, before the bonds were issued; although during the same time, interest was the totalled representatives of the neoDle!
amount*, dates, etc., will appear by reftrenee accruing at the rate of 7.30 percent .gainst The charge is that bv the stromr hand^of
^,P«GS!^l'a f otHe^ re “ UrefS 11,14 C ° mp ‘ “ d >th|tic fcu-read to the power they wreste/ this pro^ny f “m tli
troller General s offices. Untied States, on the debt before mentioned, rightful possession of the consulted author
ities of thejState, and applied it, in thirdis-
Bnt this liability was incurred ten years be- and soon after paid in full,
fore my time. The amount of the two classes But for this appeal to the Judiciaiy, fn
of boatla last mentioned have, in an indis-. liiaine, it cannot be doubled that this onerous
The Public Debt only Increased
•1*430,000 Ha His Terre.
Tbe Sacce«*lnl Usurpation of tbe
State Government by the Hed
ernlBayonetlotldHaze in
Its Bldeaus lufamy.
The Great Unit for Georgia’s Pain,
leal Integrity.
The Guilty Timidity of the t'nited
States Supreme Cottrl.
De Returns Ills Book off Warrants
and the Bxccntive seal to III*
First Legitimate Successor.
criminating, unscrupulous partisan spirit,
been added to the three millions and thirty
thousand mentioned before, and the grand
iggregate presented as an increase of the
phblic debt under my administration and by
my advice.
I think I have disposed of thorn two class
es, snd will not again refer to them. 1 now
propose to show that the public debt was in
creased by le-a than one-half of the three
millions and thirty thousand dollars ($3,030,-
00).)
The authority for issuing these bonds, and
tbe purposes to which they were to lx> ap
plied, will be found in tbe act of tbe 12th of
March, I860, and the 11th section of the Gen
eral Appropriation Act of the same year.
Tbe following items embraced in the act first
mentioned were obviously provisions for
funding existing indebtedness, and therefore
did not increase the public debt:
SeetloeS—Topar tbe manned bond debt
and interest tbercon $ 830,000
Section 4—To par debt to United States
Government far railroad property pur
chased Caring Provisional Governor
Johnson's term and in-erest 000000
Loans contracted by Provisional Governor
Johnson 90,000
HaUng an apgrerate or •1.360,000
Which deduct,-d from the new bond debt of
jdmo.oaa leaves as Increase of public
moot tire appropriation, made and paid
from proceeds of these hoods were two
extrsordlna-y itema of pars charity, hav
ing all the moral obligations of debts,
vizi to purchase corn for the destitute,
and artifi.iai ltihbafor disabled soldi era... 037,000
Leaving a iwUr.ee of •1.420,000
Tills balance was relied upon to repair and
2
cal route for a rannl, connected with certain
navigable rivers, exist in Gcotgia.
The greiteat interest ll felt in tbi* enter
prise in the Sonth, especially in the StTes of
Alabama and Georgia. Speeches have been
made in Atlanta and Rome, Georgia, an 1 in
Mobile, Alabama, advocating the pc-iiing
forward of the enterprise. IVe believe in it,
implicitly. We are of tbe opinion tint tbe
route selected is a good and feasible ora-, that
Ibe saving to the people of the South in
freights alone, were the canal to era cccd,
would be millions of dollars per annnm. We
hope the proposition will receive the favora
ble attention of our Congressmen, and that
tin, p.-skfisfesty steps mev lie taken it aagsrly
adayasposslb.c^^
HOCKOILK CSlim.
The Inception off Woman Suffrage—
A Warning—The Conatitntl
Conters, March 27,1ST2.
Klitort CtMlitutim: Conyera has very re
cently been the theater of operations f..r the
r-dvocstcs of petticoat sovereignty. J' 1
Charlotte Sylvc-tcr. of Philadelphia,
etl, on lust Saturday night in our .own, an
address ou the subject ot female rigliK Her
entire demeanor together with her snlM
ing effrontery, w.-re only in direct un-rrin
keeping with Yankee insolence. The novelty
of the affair drew a small number of our c I-
teens, not, by any means, that they were
either in sympathy with lierorber teachings,
which were so di imctrically contrary i
sentiment ft onr people.
She spoke for one hour and three-quarters,
to tbe great iiii_-.nl of her hearers. 8ii« has
been sojorning in Georgia with a man from
Philadelphia, chiiming to be a lawyer, !>y the
name of Daman Y. Kilgore. Tit- said
Kilgore was solicited to make a temper
ance address here on l.isl Sabbahi nf
tern-xm. lnsiera! of making n temp- rano;
speech, he advocau-d female rights, u id in
dipped in thebil crest invectivaiwgilm-l the
South.
In future the coll shoulder of our citi
zens will tie extended to all female h <aunts
pseudo politicians vi-iling our town.
Please pass these parties around.
The CoxsTiTi-TiON in tbisseclion L« I oked
upon as a bold and fearless advocate of the
people's rights. Continue in your exp sores
of tho frauds and corrnpticn in high places,
and a grateful people will sustain you.
W. I). A.
Old Volunteer Companies
A nnmtier of the old volunteer or,: niz.:-
tlnnsare i ..organizing in Savannah, A u art.
etc, TU-- following letter explains the. cti.
of Govermir gmith. Wc take it fro. i the
Augusta < lonstitutionalist;
(Executive Depabtsieet.
State op Gkom.i
Atlanta, Ga., March 23,18.'-’,
Hr. J. r. II. Air™, August*, On :
Srn—I am directed by the Governor :o ac
knowledge, the receipt of your romuv nica-
tion, of the 20:h instant, in referenci -o llie
organization of volunteer companies i-t this
State, mid to say that while be oti-ervcs
with pleasure, not tnunixed with pride,
the veiy geiural interest and desire
manifested on this subject in differentse-uions
of the State, he secs no legal difficulty in tbe
way of their gratification. The Cover lor is
preparing and sending forward requi- lions
for armsi etc, and hopes to he able in a short
time to furnish them,- at least in limited
quantities, to companies that may deslr - and
are ready to receive them. In rospoose to
your concluding inquiry, bis Excellency sug
gests tbst, if it be desirable, your com;>any,
in ita reorganization, conform to the r -gula-
tinnsof lu old charter—which, he donti'snot.
wTlI -e revived by the Legislature at i s next
session. I have the honor to be.
Vcrv respectfully.
J. W. Warre
Secretary Executive Depsntu nL
Science and Art.
Professor Goldskrlt, tbe profound m.d ac
curate Sawakrit scholar, Is dead, sod has left
instructions that all his manuscript*, cywaing
researches of more than thirty yenrs. must
be burned.
Among the recent patents issued at Wash
ington, was for an improvement in chi:non*.
It is not stated what new deformity lm> been
given to the hair monster, and its aope nutce
upon oar st-ects will be awaited wit: icon-,
aiderablc interest and a good deal pf .tread
An Italian gentleman, M. Eugenio •!• Zuc-
cats, of Padua, by means of an invent .in of
his any number ut copies of a manusrr pt or
design, traced upon a varnished metal plate
may be produced in an ordinary ei>,.ying
press. This application applied to an is lit
fuj) use in New York- *
The famous Academy of Art at J)a£s‘-IJorf,
which was destroyed by fire bn tbel9;ii Inst,
was founded In 1683, and contained many
superb specimens from tbe works of tbe
Hatch snd Flemish mastern. Resides engrav
ings and paintings, the gslleiy gas rch in
its collection of statuary, models sad ossta
The purchase of the Jared Sparks library
by President White, to be added to tbelibraiy
of tbe Cornell University, Is exciting a deal
of grumbling among tbe literati of Riston.
Thu library of about 6,000 volume* is ex
ceedingly rich in American history, us very
many of its volumes are rare and not to be
duplicated. Tbe price pah! was $12,00).
Gleanings,
Tbe famous island of Corsica now contain*
300,000 inhabitants.
A dung hill full of mushrooms” is t!:c ele
cant and expressive term which Henry Ward
Beecher applies to Walt Whitman.
The Bostonians, with forgivable hyperbole,
call Rev. Robert Colly er “the greater part of
what was saved from the Chicago fire.’’
A Wisconsin man got into a corn heller
by mistake the other day. . The poor fellow
lost everything hut a single boot heel.
Some one says the lion and the lauib may
lie down together in this world, but when
the lion gets up It wit! be hard work to find
the lamb.
It is related of a quarrelsome gentleman in
Louisiana that having been lgnocthtiottsly
kicked and cuffed by a rival bruise.-, he ex
plained his de eat tw saying: “He came at
me so sudden I didn't have time to get mad.”
The Typographical Union of Toronto,
Canada, has ordered its members upon a nine
hour scale of labor fer job snd book work,
snd advanced tbe rate demanded for night
news composition to 534 cents per 1.000 ems
Th* employer* of the ei»y remse to complv
with these demands, and have organized to
protect themselves against a strike.
Judge Barnard, of New York, io a
gambler case before him reduced the man’s
bail. The opposing lawyer asked that the
man be ordered to give the security of a
noteas promised. Judge Barnard replied:
Ycs.be may give that if it will do you anv
good. I know a good many men in New
York who would give you their note for
$1,000,000 if you would give three cents on
” [Great laughter.]
Augusta, Ga., March 16,1872.
His ExuHtncy, James it. Smith :
Bm—Since my rcn-. jv.nl from the office
which you now bold, in January, 1868, by
Major General Meade, of the United States
Army, commanding' Department of Georgia,
I have refrained from communication with
the de facto government of tbe Sta'e.
Had there been no interference of the Fed
eral Government, my term of office would
have expired in November, 1867, and there
would then have been assembled a Legisla
ture to whom I would have rendered an ac
count of my stewardship, accompanied by
the usual reports of the Treasurcrand Comp
troller General for that year. Such a com
munication, with like accompaniments for
the preceding year, had been submitted to
the General Assembly at their second session
in Noranlicr, 1866. There having been
neither Governor nor Legislature elected in
1867,1, nndtr a provision of the Constitution,
held over: but there was no Legislative As
sembly. From tbe time of my removal until
the Installation of the present Gov. reor and
Legislature those departments have not, in
my judgment, been filled by persons right
fully representing the people of Georgia or
faithfully guarding their Interests.
I am informed that a committee appointed
for that purpose by the Legislature convened
in 1863, examined the books and accounts of
Mr. Treasurer Jones for the last vear of my
administration, and reported them correct.
I desire, however, to make a formal repre
sentation of certain transactions during my
official term, of which no account has beep
given, and some of which have been grossly
misrepresented to the public.
Such a communication to a State Execu
tive, from a predecessor, is, I know, unusual,
if not unprecedentedbut I trust you will
find in the circumstances, heretofore and now
surrounding me, a justification of it, and that
yon will kindly place it on file, with the ar
chives of the State, where it may hereafter
be accessible for reference if desirable.
THE STATE FINANCES.
I need scarcely remark that, owing to the
suspension of the Btate government at the
close of the war, serious complications with
the Federal government resulting front that
conflict, the niter exhaustion of our treasure,
the impoverished condition of our people,
and the interference liy Congressional regis
tration with the Slate government first inaugu
rated after the war, my admiuiatratiuu was
fraught with difficulty, responsibility and
anxiety. When I entered upon the ’duties
of the office there was no money in the
treasure—there were outstanding liabilities
of Governor Brown’s last term, (owing ’
his removal by the United States govern
ment several months before its constitutional
end)—debts contracted by Provisional Gov
ernor Johnson, to carry, ou tlie government
and the expenses ef the convention of 1863,
provided for by temporary loans. There
were also ante-war bonds, and interest cou
pons of considerable amount which matured
outing and after the war; the expenses of
the legislature which came in with me, and
the accruing demands ef the civil list. The
bed and track of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad were in a dilapidated condition, its
depots and bridges in a great measure des
troyed, and its rolling stock partly lostoi
destroyed and partly worn out and valueless
Its Superintendent under Provisional Gover
nor Johnson, with his approval, had eon
traded a debt with the United States Govern
ment of about four hundred and seventy
thousand dollars ($17-1,000) in the purchase
of rolling stock and other Railroad property
and still in these items there was a large
deficiency.
The Capitol, its grounds and furniture, and
the Executive Mansion and its furniture re
quired extensive repairs and removals—the
penitentiary but} bpen partially burned and
tenelered insecure, requiring a large emtlay,
in rebuilding and strengthening it.
Besides all this, there were no tax.-e col
looted iu 1863. In view of this condition of
onr financial affairs, it must, I think, sur
prise tho reflecting mind that the Legidature,
to meet the liabilities, and put the ma-
cbineiy of gqvepnme-nt again in motion,
resorted to the credit of Dip State by the is
sue of its bonds, only to the amount of three
millions snd thirty thousand dollars ($3,030-
000.)
The Convention of 1863 did, indeed, au
thorize the issuejof bonds, amounting to five
handled thousand dollars i$300,000) to meet
the emergencies of Ute hour. But these,
owing to restrictions pnt npon them, were
found available only for veiy short loans,
and were so and, and redeemed with pro
ceeds of bonds Afterwards authorized by llie
Legislature, except about twenty six thousand
dollars, ($26,000) which had not been pre
sented at the Treasury, although called in.
There were also bonds authorized by tbe
7th section of the act of 12th March, 1816,
amounting to six hundred thousand dollars,
($600,000) to pay the land tax issued by the
United States Government against the people
of Georgia.
These bonds were engraved with others,
but a* the United States authorities refused
to receive payment of the tax from the Ex
ecutive ot the State, were opt signed or scaled
until after the next session of the Legisla
ture (November, 1866.)
On their assembling, I reported to them
the failure to use those bonds for the purpose
intended, and advised that the Executive be
authorized to issue them iu redemption of, or
exchange for, bonds of tbe State, which
would mature within a short time.—
Authority to that effect was giyen by
llie Legislature^ and these bonds, in
all respects similar to other bonds,
issued under the act of March 12, 1866. were
executed. As these bonds bore a higher rate
of interest than those to be redeemed by
theta, and were secured by a mortgage on tbe
Western and ACayic Railroad, it was be
lieved that no difficulty would J)e encountered
in exchanging them for the latter oa terms
advantageous to the State, and thus our suf
fering people be released from taxation, to
meet a heavy Remand npon the treasury at
no distant day." They were accortiingiy
placed in the National Bank of the Republic
(New York) for that purpose, and notice of
the terms on which the State would make the
exchange extensively published. This ex
change had bfea commenced, but no great
progress had been made fat it at the time of
my removal. Knowing no safer place of de
posit for them, and desiring not to suspend
the process of exchange, I suffered them to
remain there, giving written instructions to
the agent to contingn jt, but beyond that, to
deliver them to no person except npon the
order of John Jones, Treasurer, or of Toy self.
The Legislature assembled in 1863 passed
a resolution authorizing the Governor in-
angnrated by them to take possession of all
bonds pf the State executed bat not negotiated
wherever to Itefonnd. Bonder this authority,
as I have been informed, the acting Govern
or, R. B. Bullock, demanded of t£e hank the
onexchanged bonds then m their'possession,
and the agent, under legal advice, surrender
ed them to him, but required of him an in
dorsement on each bond, of tbe mannet in
which he bepatpe possessed of it. The pre
cise amount so debrcqpl I know not,but sup
pose it could have varied’iittie frog) six hun
dred thousand dollars. I am, of obtuse, ig
norant what disposition has been made of
them. It they have been faithfully applied
to the object intended,Ikey have not increased
the indebtedness of the Suite, bat hare
postponed, to a more convenient tlut . __
payment, pn tanio, and the relief has ac-
crued, cr will scarce, is tpc administrations
succeeding mine.
If otherwise, the tnteapplicaUoa is charge
able to the Executive, who, rather th»n come
to an account with the fairly elected and
honest representatives of the people he was
charged with having plundered, inglorionsly
fled the State. In no event con those bonds
be fairly set down as on original indebted
ness incurred by the State daring my official
term, and by my advice:
Other bonds were issued by me, in eon
formity with the set of February, 1856, an
thorizing a s:t ascription to the stock of the At
lantic and Gulf Railroad Company, and th*
issue of bonds of the State, in payment it
installments on that Mock,«the corporation
and illegal tax would, year after year, have
been extorted from our impoverished State
by the spoiled and spoiling tninionsof power.
Ilj* bjrft one of many exhibitions of the
tyrannous and rapacious spirit in which the
ruling]party have requited the unconditional
amMeerc submission of the Southern peo-
plMPBHmthority.of the Federal Govern
ment These wrongs I impute to the ruling
party—theirs is the sin; and theirs, in the
time of recompense, will be the shame and
the suffering. We can only possess ourselves
in patince, looking tor the outstretching of
His right arm who hss said “ Vengeance is
mine, and I Kid repay."
Bat these things should not be allowidto
pass unheeded or unchronicled.
ftwl os were the embarrassments encom
passing the office during the first year of my
term they were vastly increased by the pass
age of tlie Reconstruction Acts, and the en
trance into the State of a military chieftain,
transferred from •‘headquarters in the tadttto”
to headquarters in Atlanta. This man came
isxes’-cd with despotic power over the people
of Georgia, and with authority, at his sov
ereign pleasure, to remove from office any
one of their chosen public servanta
these things, shades of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Madison I were
done notwithstanding the distinct recog
nition of Georgia (either before thev were cc.m-
menced or during their progress) os a Slate
withffl'the Union, by every department of the
Federal Government. 1 pause not to pro
duce proofs of the assertion; but I challenge
an i sue upon it
THE CHEAT SUIT FOR GEORGIA SOVEREIOXfjr.
complete tbe equipment of’the Western end 'These reconstruction acts, it will be re-
Atlantic Railroad; to repair and refit the membered, had been passed by the .engross
State House and its grounds; the Executive oftbe United States over the veto of the
Mansion andfumiture; the Penitentiary; to Jwsadcnt, based npon their unconstitutional-
rare the unfunded debts of tbe State (by no tU- So soon as action wa3 taken under
means inconsiderable;) and to defray the en- tileni—^o soon as tbe foot of the military
tire expenses of the government for one year, Despot was impressed upon the soil of Gcor-
induding the support of its great public char- g«—I repaired to Washington and filed a
ities, ana the accruing annual interest on the Khoi in the name of the State
public debt
This sum, of one million four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, was subjected, before
it came into the treasury for general use, to a
diminution, by tho expenses incident to the
prepartion and engraving of the bonds, the
execution of the mortgage, commissions to
agents employed in the sole of them, and the
rate of discount upon them, for no bonds of
any Southern State could then be negotiated
at par value. Tbe bonds first sold—about
nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000)
in amount—yielded ninety per cent; a few
were afterwards sold for ninety-five, and they
would undoubtedly have reached par value
in the market bat for the depressing effect of.
Congressional legislation npon the credit of
the Southern States. Under this withering
infinence, these bonds afterwards fell below
ninety in the New York market. For more
minute details respecting the disposition of
these bonds, reference is made to the records
of the treasury and of the Comptroller Gcn-
and Atlantic Railroad under Provuiona
Governor Johnson, and which debt occa
sioned my first unpleasant complication wi<h
the United States Government The Super
intendent insisted th*t he was, by the terms
of the contract, entitled to a clear credit of
two years, npon the amount of tbe purchase.
The Sale-Agent of the United States on the
contrary, affirmed that by the terms of sale,
the purchases could only be entitled to such
credit, on giving bond with approved per
il security, for tbe payment of the debt.
sonals
dtiutu oLGuiisjr. ivi sue |»juieui> vi uic awjy i
at the expiration of two years, in default of
which, monthly payments of the twmly-
fourth part of the debt with interest, at 7.30
percent must be mode, until the debt was
extinguished, Tbe contest between these
officials was an unequal one. The monthly
payments were peremptorily demanded. 1
suggested to the Legislature the expedient of
authorizing the Superintendent of the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad to give a bond for
the payment of the debt, within two years,
and of pledging the faith of tbe State for its
payment Accordingly tbe act of 13th
March, 1866, was passed, and a bond execu
ted in conformity with it, and delivered.
Stfi), for Jack of personal security, tbe
monthly payments were demanded. In
an interview with Mr. Stanton, Secre
tary of War, I protested ogainst this,
and insisted on the payment of 4he
whole sum at the expiration of tlie. two
years—urging that the pledge of the State’s
credit was more than an equivalent for per
sonal security. He beard me patiently, but
when I concluded, remarked curtly, “I can
give yon no relief. You seem to think because
this Railroad is tbe property of the State,
and the debt incurred, her debt, anil because
she had given her bond for it, she sbo id be
admitted to the privilege of purchasers giving
bond andjsccurity. I cannot make that distinc
tion. The terms must be complied with.”
I asked permission to takeTssne with him on
that point I pressed npon him the universal
ly recognized comity between nation's and
States, between organized governments, and
stated ns a carollary from it, that one Govern
ment would accord to another a credit never
given to an individual. I concluded thus:
"I have not supposed, Mr. Stanton, I should
live to see the day when the United States
Government would send the Governor of
State ont to hunt after personal security for
money contract. I cannot lower the dignity
of my State by doing such an act”
The stem Secretary relented, con-iJcred.
and finally took tbe matter before the Cabi
net, who referred it to the Secretary of War,
and the Attorney General, with power o act
I then went before the latter to discuss the
question with him. So soon os I broached
the proposition requiring a State to give per
sonal security for a debt, Hr. Stan berry,
that upright man, courteous gentlcmtn, and
able jurist, interrupted me with the remark
“ Governor, I confess that proposition revolts
me” “As It has done me, Mr. Attorney Gen
eral,” I replied. “He rejoined, “Oh, that
will not do. Mr. Stanton must give that up."
And he did give it up, and cheerfully, at last
I refer to this matter partly to show that,
among those distinguished men, by members
of the administration (and, we may infer, by
the Cabinet), Georgia was, at that time, re
cognized as having tie status of a State of the
Union.
HOW A TYRANNOUS TAX WAS CRUSHED.
Early in the year 1866, the Collector
of Internal Revenue for tbe 4th District of
Georgia required the Superintendent of tbe
Western and Atlantic Railroad to make
monthly returns to him of the gross receipts
from the road, an# to pay a tax of 3) per
oent npon them.
Believing the tax to be illegal, because as
sessed npon the revenue of the State, I ap
pealed against it to the Secretary of the Uni
ted States'Treasury, who, after a reference
of the question to the Solicitor of the Treas
ury and $ report by him, overruled my sp-
peal and ordered tbe collection to proceed.
in " the
Gcotgia, against the intruder in the Su
preme Couit, seeking to enjoin and sel
aside these proceedings, as infringements
npon the reserved sovereignty of the
.State, in violation of the Constitution of
the United States.
Tbe right of the State to file that bill, and the
Jurisdiction of the-Court in tlie case depended
upon the fact alleged, that she was one of the
States of tho Union. As a foreign power, or
a conquered province, she would have had
no right to do so—the Court, no jurisdiction
in the premises. Still, ns the record, of the
Court show, upon full presentation of the
complaint, formal permission was granted to
file the bill; nor was she afterwards dis
missed the Court, unredressed on the ground
that she lacked that status.
After argument, the bill was dismissed be
cause in it there was alleged neither interfer
ence, nor the threat of interference, with lier
property, which tbe Court It: 11 was necessary
to make a case for their sublime consideration.
erai’s office, to wbicb, as I write, I have not] Nothing to far has been disturbed, or threat-
■i-«s ened.savc the modest though peculiar diadem
I have mentioned a debt contracted l>y the of her reserved sovereignty, (in Radical esti-
Proyisional Superintendent of the Western jnation a naltiy baubic,) of which that clcva-
and Atlantic Railroad under ProvUiona ted tribunal coiild not condescend to take
cognizance.
The deep humiliation which then pervaded
the entire mass of a proud people—proud in
their historical reminiscences, and their con
sciousness of thorough rectitude of intention
and of conduct will be long remembered.
Their final submission was ns truthful and
unqualified as (bcir resistance had been hon
est, open and hcroio.
ESECUT<V"B npinttATiox.
Bat tiiatjliumilhtion was intensified in the
person of their Executive, forced as he was
by circumstances into daily contact with the
insolence of an intruded Ruler, traipei to
arbitrary military command, unfamiliar with
civil government and rendered giddy by his
unwonted eminence. Had I yielded to the
promptings of personal feeling, I would at
once have escaped the pain of this unprece
dented subordination by resigning tbe office.
But knowing that the position would enable
me to keep open to our people a channel of
communication with the Chief Magistrate of
the Union (who was a reluctant agent in
their crusade against liberty) and might thus
in some degree, alleviate their sufferings, 1
resolved to remain in it, yielding all ques
tions of mere policy, but maintaining princi-
! )le, to the extent of my power, and falling
if fail I must) in its defense. I was power-
ess to prevent tho removal of faithful offl-
.cent of the judicial department, or the ap-
poinfment of others to fill their place*, or to
arrest the latter, in the unauthorized exercise
of their ill-gotten offices; but I declined to
pay thtm the salaries appropriated to offi
cers, constitutionally appointed and commis
sioned. This alone would probably have in
duced my removal; but an occasion of
greater moment soon after occurred.
THE CROWNING USURPATION OF THE GOVER
NOR'S OFFICE
The Congress of the United States by their
infamous reconstruction acts, bad provided
for the assemblage of a convention, at Atlan
ta, to frame a Constitution for tbe Stale in
lieu of that adopted in 1863, after die close
of the war. The latter was confessedly Re
publican iu character, acknowledged ns the
supreme law of the State, the Constitution
of the United States, and all acts of Con
gress in conformity therewith, had received
the President’s approval, and under it, the ex
isting State Government had been organized.
The Congressional act which called the
Conventionof 1867 and 1883 together, pro
vided for defraying their expenses, only by
authorizing them to levy a tax for that "pur
pose. The body finding themselves unpro
vided with subsistence, and incapable of feed
ing upon their patriotism, until relieved by
the slow process of taxation, experimented
upon the credit of the State, which, though
always previously a reliable resource in emer
gences, failed to attract capital, when tam
pered with by them.
In this extremity, they turned their longing
eyes upon the Treasury of the State. Whether
originally prom pled, or only encouraged-by
the military dictator, they passed aresolution
requiring the Treasurer of the State to pay
to their financial agent the sum of forty thou
sand dollars, fur the present use of the Con
vention. This resolution (being only an en
tering wedge) was approved by General Pope,
under whose brood shadow they held their
daily sittings; and armed with this high au
thority, the agent designated repaired to
MUledgeville, and made formal demand of
the money upon Colonel John Jones, Slate
Treasurer.
That worthy gentleman, and faithful offi
cer, refused payment, in the absence of an
Executive Warrant About this time Gcnc-
cretion, to public uses unauthorized by her
fundamental and statutory law, and subver
sive of her sovereignty.
MOMENTOUS SUIT TO SET ASIDE THE USURPA-
. TION.
Seeing that they had then made themselves
amenable to the jurisdiction of the United
States Supreme Court, as that court had been
understood to define it, in their decision of
the previous case, and believing myself to be
sUl de jure, though not de fielo. Governor
of the State, I again went before that tribunal,
alleging these acts of progressive usurpation,
and seeking redress against the wrongdoers.
Thcbearingof this case would Lave brought
distinctly under the review of the court tbe
constitutionality of the reconstruction ac:s,
which I especially desired. Set so the court.
They, or a majority of them, felt a loyal re
pugnance to that delicate issue. Leave to file
the bill, on-application made in open court,
and upon a statement of the ai'egations con
tained in it, was unhesitatingly given; the
Attorney General of the United States being
Resent and making no objection; and the
bill was decided to the Clerk.
But this permission was revoked within
twenty-fonr hours, ns having been improvi-
denlly granted, alghougb it neitherinfringed
any existing rule of practice, nor committed
tbe court to anything touching the merits of
the case. Then why revoked? For no con
ceivable reason other than to open that case
to tlie operation of a new rule of practice,
adopted after the permission to file the bill;
and which produced unnecessary and vexa
tious delay. Yet more, in subsequent stages,
additional delavs were occasioned by excep
tional rulings of the court; and at List we
were gravely told that there did not remain
ot the term time enough to hear and deter
mine a motion for injunction.
Before the commencement of the next
term (a* the Court bad-’ probably anticipated)
the Atlanta Convention had done ita work—
Meade and Rugcr had disappeared from the
scenes, and Bullock and his hungry horde,
by force of the bayonet, though under the
flimsy veil of constitutional reform, lmd be
come “lords of the ascendant” The suit be
fore the Court was not of a vindictive char
acter-damages were not sought against the
defendants; but only a riddance lrem their
usurpations. Of course, h would havo been
folly to pursue them after their abdication.
The cause could not have been pressed against
them.
Let it not be said that the object aimed at
by this litigation was accomplished without
the action of the Court—far from it. Had
the court pronounced the reconstruction acta
unconstitutional, we would not only have
been delivered from Meade and Huger, but
from the whole Atlanta Convention. The
existing Stale Government would have been
sustained; Bullock would have remained in
the Express Office, and the present derange
ment of our finances, as well as many other
evils, would havo been avoided.
When it is considered tlut tlio enforcement
of the reconstruction acts, then in progress,
would inevitably overthrow existing State
Constitutions, and with them existing Slate
governments; that the Executive and Lcgis
lative Departments of the Federal Uovern-
Not satisfied with the decision, I filed a bill
in equity in the District Court of the
United States, in the name of the 8tate
of Georgia, against the Collectors, seeking
to enjoin the collection of the tax After
argument upon a rule against the Collec-
}W* to show cause in chambers why sn
injunction should not issue, the Judge re
served his decision until the next term of the
court in Atlanta; bat assured the Solicitors
of the State, in the presence of the District
Attorney and the Collector, that meantime
no further action in collection of the tax
would be taken. During his temporary ab
sence from the State, however, and before his
decision, tlij Collector peremptorily de
manded payment off the -tag than nrrm*E
(amounting to more than twenty-four thou
sand dollars) within ten days, in defuilt of
which a levy would be nude npon the prop
erty of the rtMd. Informed of this, I directed
the Superintendent to pay under protest,
which was done: As soon as practicable
afterwards, in a personal interview with the
Secretary of the Treasury, I brought all these
matters to his consideration, and found him
profoundly ignorant of the filing of the bill,
the ^rewredmi; ip Chambers, the assurance
and the subsequent enforcement*of payment!
I do him the justice to say titathe manifested
genuine surprise and indignation at the last
stage of (ha proceeding. He pronounced it
“all wrong,” and immediately summoned be
fore him the Deputy Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue (the chief being absent at the
time,) who, after hearing the recital, concurred
in the Secretary’*opinion, and declared him
self equally ig reran t and innocent of the
wrong.
thSpor^
tion of the Judge’s decision, (saying he
thought I bad adopted the best course for the
settlement of the question,) bat declined to
refund the sum paid under duress, which had
bepn pronounced •’ off wrong” until the decis
ion was mad*.
At the next term of the Court, Judge Era-
klne delivered an elaborate opinion, conclud
ing with an order of inj unction pendente Ute.
A copy of tips decision was forwarded to the
Department with a second demand of repay ,
ment, waich was declined on thegrcqnd that
th« Secretary was considering tho propriety
of oajljliig up tbe questions, At .To. ,£
The Collector. I was informed, never an
swered the bill, nor put .in an appearance
and at the September term,lS67, the Judge
granted a perpetual injunction, and decreed
that tlie sum, paid under duress, be refunded.
A third demand was then made for re
payment, but I was answered that the legali
ty ot the tax had been referred to the Attor
ney General of the United States, and that
the .Department would await his opinion.
That was soon after given, sustaining the de
cree of the Court, which declared the tax Q
ral Pope, (proofs of whose numerous abuses
of power, had been multiplied to the Presi
dent by myself and others,) was removed
from hu commond in Georgia, and General
Meade appointed to succeed him. One of
the successor’s first acts was a requisition
upon me for a warrant upon the Treasurer
to satisfy the demand of the Convention
With th'« T refused to comply, on tbeground
that the Constilutigp, uqdpr which I was
elected and 'inaugurated, and which I had
sworn to obey, expressly provided that no
money should be taken from the Treasury,
except by Executive warrant, upon appro
priation made by law; and that no appropria
tion had been made by law to defray tbe ex
penses of that Convention. I insisted that
the requisition was unwarranted, even by the
reconstruction 'acts. Tbe Congress had not
ventured upon an act so flagrant, as the di
rect appropriation of money from the Treas-
ary of Georgia. But they had bestowed a
largess of power npon a military chieftain,
whose lack of training in the principles of
civil government, rendered him little scrupul
ous in overstepping constitutional barriers. I
felt, arjd fepi, tjiat the or* cm oi was with met
but the potter was with the General, and be
neath its pressure, I, and the argument went
down together. I was removed by a military
fiat,andBrcvet Bridadier-General Huger of
the (Jpltcd States Army, n subordinate of
General Meade, appointed to succeed me.
On presenting himself to assume the Gov
ernment, the appointee in answer to a ques
tion by me, read me an extract from
his instructions, directing him in case of
resistance, to employ snch force as. might
be nec."s;aiy tg overcome it. Having at
my command no force whatever, I con
tented myself with a protest against the pro
ceeding as a flagrant usurpation, violative of
the Constitution.of the United Slatce, and a
declaration that J forbore resistance, only
because 1 was powerless to make it, and so
retired.
TUE USURPERS SEIZE THE MONET DAOS.
1 believe it is pretty generally understood
that, as far as was practicable in the brief in
terval allowed me, I placed the movable val
ues oi the State, ami certainly the money
then ih the Treasury, beyond the reach'of the
spoilers, and in the exercise of a legal discre
tion, suspended the collection of taxes then
in progress. At all events, the object of this
extreme measure, the placing of the funds
■dually in the Treasury at the disposal of
Cotemporaoeously with this entire, undis
guised usurpation of the Executive Office.
ment were distinctly at issue, qpon the ques
tion of the constitutionality of those acts,
and that there was in the Supreme Court a
case pending, and a motion in that case,
ready for a hearing, which called for a judi
cial settlement of that question; what can
excuse the refusal to hear it? No more mo
mentous question was eve? submitted to that
Court If the allegations in the bill failed
to give the Court Jurisdiction, why not say
so?
If the Execntive Department were wrong,
and the Legislative Department right, on that
great issue, why not, by a solemn judgment,
terminate the controversy, and give quiet to
the country? They said there did not re
main of the term time enough for the hear
ing—but why not? The termwas not closed
by legal limitation, but by judicial discretion.
Were these, their honors, exhausted by judi
cial labors? Ah! let them contemplate the
weariness of spirit, the exhaustion of re
sources, since inflicted npon tho people of
Georgia by the misrule they werccalledupon
to arrest, but would not even Inquire into,
and then justify, if they can, thoir delin
quency.
A WEAK-KNEED SUPREME COURT.
I entered that court with all the venera
tion for it inspired by a Marshall, a Taney,
and their compeers. I left it with the painful
Impression, which time has not mitigated,
that the then incumbents (or a majority of
them) bad, by procrastination, deliberately
evaded a judgment they could not liaYe re
fused, without dishonor to themselves; yet
could not have rendered without offense to
the despotic and menacing faction then end
still wielding the power of the Govern
ment.
It was probably under the promptings of
simi ar feeling that tbe venerable Justice
Grier, tbe senior in years of them all, about
tbe same time, from liis seat on the bench, in
open session, declared himself ashamed of
the attitude assumed by the court (in another
case reaching from post-war tyranny,) and
like an old Itcman, shook tbe reproach from
hie skirts,
A RUMOR FALSIFIED.
Here I 'urn a3tde to notice a rumor, in
vented and circulated to my prejudice by cer
tain mendacious Radicals of Georgia, that in
there suils I had, without authority of law,
expended thirty thousand dollars of the peo
ple’s money. The expense of the first suit,
instituted end ended whilst 1 was still undis
puted Governor of Georgia, amounted in ail,
including lawyers’ fees, court costs and
printing crocuses, rendered necessary by
their rules of practice, and excluding my per
sonal expenses, to two thousand seven hun
dred dollara ($2,700)
This sum I paid out of the contingent
fund, placed at my disposal, a balance of
which remained unexpended or my retire
ment. That the passage of ihti reconstruc
tion acts, and tlie’conscqnenl rape of the sov
ereignty of Georgia, presented a contingency
unanticipated by any, save ils unprincipled
authors, and that it cried aloud for all possi
ble resistance, no right minded man will
deny, m
Having been sustained % the opinion of
eminent juri-.is, as to the practicability of
judicial relief in the premises, I am content
to stand or fall, by the judgment of mv fel
low-citizens, regarding the propriety qf this
expenditure.
SO GOES THE WORLD.
Onr varied dsjspuson atdos.
Oar hopes fade nafatslled avay.
And thin?* which nm the Ute or Ut*
Are taken from u« day hr day.
And yet th onrth all the hair streets
The crowd of pleatnroee -her* throng;
The poppet’s I lay. theahoa man's call*.
And coailpt chat ton whole day loag.
And so to* world goes on.
Onr lttUe drama: come to nan?lit;
Oar tires may fall; oardiruagpt n
May era table Into nothingness;
> the world goes on.
Tbe home crow* sad that once we* gay.
The dear ones seek < heir H!es*ed Homo,
And we may watch and wait In vein
To hear their weir known footsteps coma;
And ao the world goe* ou.
And God roe* on. and with oarwoe
Woares golden tatcad* of foyat-d peace;
Guard n ; with Hi* heart of hoitrts
Onrdaysof pain, onr day*of ease
lie marks them all—the aid-, the sheave*.
The danger's smile, the m-nrner'a tears—
And keep* them safe. Hi* children all,
Throngh a'l the great elcrnr.l vea-f,
ALd so, thank God, the world goo* oa.
Georgia news Items
Conyera wants n telegraph office. The
colil shoulder will in future ttv extended to
all petticoat lecturers visiting tkmyer:.—Ex-
nine-.
The LaGrange band consists of eleven.
J. B. Strong, of LaGrange, was admitted to
iracticc the legal profession at tbe t- rm of
leard Superior Court.—TnGrange ltc)mtcr.
Major W. D. McCracken died in Coving
ton, a few days ago. I r. Pitts, of Coving
ton, had his store entered a few days ago and
robbed of $400. Tbe meeting of corporators
for the constitution of the Macon amt Knox
ville Railroad, called in Covington; the 23th.
was a failure—not enough corporators pres
ent.—Enterprise. *'
Rockmart needs a livery stable. The store
house and entire stock of W. P. West, near
Cedar Town, was burned last week. Also,
during the week, within five miles of Cedar
Town, tbe dwelling boose of Mr. Thomas
Tuch was destroyed by fire. A Sabbath
School is to be organized at Rockmart.
Rockmart Reporter.
The oanal question is the talk now in Al
bany. For two or three weeks past interest
ing religious services have been going on in
the Baptist, Methodist uud Presbyterian
churches in Albany. The Leon Brothers
will perform this (Saturday) night in Albany.
The Flint river, nnd all water courses, lakes
and ponds, arc higher than fur years past,
and the streams are still rising.—Albany Sews.
An old man, Jas. Cony, died in Morgan,
a few days ago. Ort Monday last a carriage
belonging to Air. Pelotc, of Eatonton, was
conveying two passengers from Madison to
Monticello; when they arrived at Indian
Creek, in the attempt to ford it, the two
horses attached to the carriage were drown
ed. Captain Charles H. Andrews has re
ceived his commission as Judge of tho Coun
ty Court. George M in, colored, escaped
from Morgan county jail, a few days since.
hfadieon Appeal and Adecetiser.
The Savaunsli News Job office has just is
sued a poster for the Leon Brothers, which
was worked in nine sections, in two colors,
and as put up, is in dimension atiout 6x10
feet The CcieV- ated Orchestra Troupe o( N cw
York, composed of twenty-one ladies; will
visit Savaanah, and give n scries of concerts.
Ilosamia McAllister, a noted old colored wo
man of Savannah, died a few days ago. The
damage caused by the recent washes
on the Central Railroad, between Macon and
Milieu have been repaired.—Savannah Sense.
The upper bait of a house in Savannah,
occupied os a bouse of ill fame, by Eliza Go-
ber, also the upper half of the one adjoining,
occupied as a boarding bouse, by Mrs. Des-
verger, were burned on Friday morning The
Savannah holds arc still crowded with
slrantets Tlie esse of Catherine Pa'crson
vs. tbe Equitable Life Insuranco Company
just tried in Chatham Superior Court, before
Judge Schley, lias been decided by a verdict
for the plaintiff, in tho stun of $10,000. with
interest (rqm the 12th of August, 18 :8. A
motion for a ngw tfwl was- made, and the
hearing of Ute motion was set down for Fri
day, April 12lh next.—Savannah Advertiser.
ta-d Prom Colonel 'lurk A. Cooper*
Abqut Corundum Ore.
Editors Constitution : Wc see in your paper
of’the 27lh, a notice tint “Mr. W. R. MqCon-
ndl.of Towns county, has shown a fine speci
men uf the rare Corundum Ore, found in
Muaniiii: * in Towns county, near the Georgia
Xiu:.”
Is this not probably a mistake ?
“Corundum" is not properly an' Ore,” but
amongst minerals, is a genus tq which, tlie
GirnpT Sapphire, Ruby, Salmnstcjn and Ada
mantine Spar belong. I)r. M. E. Stephenson,
iu his “Geology and M inerologv” of Georgia
also places the “AtnclliUist” of Hall county,
wito the species of Corundum.
LETTBtt F 140.71 liOVEBXOBSIITH,
Georgia Finances.
Some weeks ago Governor Smith was re
quested by certain gentlemen to make such a
construction of the fraudulent Bond Act, pass
ed at the late session of tho Legislatnre, 'os
would dearly express the intention of the
Legislature and the spirit of our people on
the subject of the bonds of the State. We
are permitted to publish the following por
tion of his letter written in reply:
I had the honor to occupy the position in
the General Assembly of Speaker of the
House of Representatives when the net was
passed, and had favorable opportunities of
being advisedof tbe views of individual mem
bers on this as well as other measures involv
ing the financial interests of the State.
investigations were made during the ses
sion which led to the belief th it my predeces
sor had illegally and fraudulently issued,
without registration, large amounts of bonds
importing to be securities of the State, there-
>v raising money to serve bis individual pur
poses. It was also believed that a large
amount in the bonds of the State bearing
coupons, with the signature of the i rcasurcr
lithographed, was still in circulation, not
withstanding the provision made fer calling
in such bonds for cancellation. It was stili
further believed that the Governor had, with
out autboriiy of law. indorsed the lionds of
certain railroad companies, amounting in the
aggregate to a very large sum.
Being in possession of such information,
the Legislature deemed it a duly to lako sucli
action os would not only guard the Treasury
against loss, but would most effectually cour
iered Uic depressing effect upon the credit i t
the State, likely to result from these Illegal
ants of the Governor.
The provisions of the act under considera
tion are, in my opinion, tlie best that could
have been adopted to remedy tlie existing
evil. Illegal and fraudulent acts, such as
were believed to exist, could lie ascertained
only by the most rigid investigation. It was
belli red, with reason, that able and unscrup
ulous men bad exercised all tlieir ingenuity in
cutrering np their frauds, and the most ex
haustive inquiry would be necessary to ex
pose I hern. For the purimsc of malting ihi ■
inquiry effective, tile Legislature determine i
to beep tho whole subject under its own con
trol ; and hence the provision of the act re
quiring tit: investigation to bo made by a
’committee consisting of members of the two
Houses.
Without considering, separately and at
length, tlie duties imposed upon the commit
tee, it will lie sufficient to say that no more
power was given them than was deemed ab
solutely necessary to collect the information
desired by the Lcglsfiitiue. To know which
bonds were genuine and which were
spurious, snd what indor.emcnta bad been
made .without authority, it teas manifestly
necessary that tho history of each bond
should be developed as far os possible.
Tlie feature in tlie act, however, which has
given rise io most complaint is that provi
sion requiring all bonds and indorsements
issued Stupe 1868 to be reported to the Com
mittee on or before the first day of April,
1872. The most persistent efforts have been
made, bulb in this country and in Europe, to
show from this provision of the act that it is
the purpose; of the. Slate to repudiate its
debt. It has been gravely argued that this
provision, which was manifestly intended
for nothing more than to enable us to ascer
tain the amount of our indebtedness. It con
clusive evidence of the existence of en in-
The smallness of the expenditure in the
first, is attributable to tbe public spirit, and
disiniereslcd patriotism of the solicitor* em
ployed for Ute State.. I take pleasure in tes
tifying in regnrd to both cases, that the peo
ple of Georgia owe a debt of gratitude, they
can never cancel, to Messrs. Charles O’Con
or, Jeremiah 8. Black, Robert J. Brent, David
Dudley Field and Edgar Cowan.
When I left the Execntive office, I took
with me the record of warrants, drawn npon
the treasury, the book of receipts for them,
and other papers therewith connected; and
the seal of the Executive Department. It
was my purpose to retain thesi
own custody, until I should set
live office a rightful incumbent, and then to
restore them.
THE EXECUTIVE SEAL RETURNED—AS ELOr
frSKNTCCNeLp»tS*r ^
The removal of the books and papers was
simply n cautionary measure for my own
protection. Not so with the seal. That was
a symbol of tlie Executive authority; and al
though devoid of intrinsic material value,
was hallowed by a sentiment which forbade
its surrender to unauthorized bands. After
wards, whilst I was in Washington vainly
reeking the interposition qf tap Sqpremp
Court, a formal written demand was made
npon me By General Roger for a return of
these articles, with which I declined to com
ply. The books and papers J Ijerewith
transmit tq yosr Excellency, that they
may resume their place among the ar
chives of the Sta’e: With them. I also
deliver to you the seal of the Execntive
Department I derive high satisfacti-m from
tbe reflection that ithas never been desecrated
by tbe grasp of a military usurper's (hood
never been prostituted to authenticate official
misdeed^of an upstart pretender. Unpolluted
as it came tq tne, I gladly place it in the hands
of a worthy son'of Georgia—her freely
chosen Execntive—my first legitimate ayie-
ceesor. Anticipating as the fruits of your
administratioh, distinguished honor to your
self and lasting benefits to your confiding
constituents, I am.
Your Excellency’s ob’t servant.
O.J.J:
ItStai military met tsak actual possession ci
the Stole Capitol anu (ts grounds, of the Ex-
ecutiTeMhnaonqnditafoniilEre and grounds,
legal Then npon a fourth demand that ries, to which they were cot entii
money mi refunded, but interest on it wts vhirh t tnnw nntMntr i> i
and of the archives of the State,
Fuxbcrmute, they revoked nr crd. r sus
pending the collection of taxes, which they
required the collectors to pay to their own ap
pointed treasurer, seized upon the income of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad (then in
(rood order and successful operation j and, in
short, took within their grasp every dollar of
the subsequent y incoming revenue of the
State. , ,,
No insinuation is intended that they ap
propriated to their "own use any portion of
the Staid's money, unless in the wa&of
about which I know nothing. It is
Baltimore’a new city hill will cost $2,500,-
00).
The Kin e of Siam has adopted the civilized
habit of wearing shirts.
In the State prison at ^agfcsQq, Michigan,
eleycn tjicuatuia glgars qre now made daily.
Twenty tiivusind wnmca rain a living in
Switzerland by working in the watch facto
ries,
Lata accounts represent the Internal slave
trade Of Africa to be conducted on an exten
sive and most cruel scald.
Forty-eight mil lions oncVradred and sixty-
eight thon*and collars and cuffs ore anntuiiy
made in Troy, New York.
The English government in India is taking
precautions to prevent the extermination of
elephants by sportsmen.
Forty tons of type were used in printing
the summimr np of counsel for the respond
ents in the Ticbbome esse.
Maggie Mitchell is forty years old, and has
been on the stage ever since she could walk.
She married Mr. Paddock in 1868, after four
teen years courtship, and has two children.
May it not be the “Ore of Chromium’’ or
“Chromat i of Iron ?” This is more likely to
be found in Towns county near tbe Georgia
line, than Corundum. It very characteristic,
rare and valuable. We know of but one mine
of it in this country, which is near Baltimore.
There may be others. From this ore comes
chromate of potash, from which are pro
duced many prcparalionsof chromium, much
used in the arts. Wc have also sub
chromate of potash', from which is obtained
a beautiful Vermillion. Chromate of potash
is used by dyers. Chromic acid is used by
calico printers, and from chromate of lead, or
chrome yellow, is produced, ’and its various
shades for the painter. The green oxide of
chrome ia used for dying and painting por
celain and for its enamel cotq?.
I have written tbjs for the benefit of Mr.
McConnell and the people of Towns, hoping
that ;t may. he ore of ct)romimn which Mr
McConnell lias. Respectfully yours,
Mark A Cooper.
P. S —I suggest that Air. McConnell send
a sample of tbe ore to Samuel Barnett, Secre
tary of Agricultural Society, Atlanta, Ga,
ana one to Chancellor Lipscomb and Profes
sor Jones, of tbe University, Athens, Go.
M. A. C.
Alabama A extra Item*.
Tbe decapitated rooster has been carried to
Selma.
A new Radical paper is to be started in
Montgomery.
J. P. Armstrong has published a ‘'Business
Directory” of SqitftH.
The Selma Times learns that a colored mil
itary company company has been organized
The Republican Union, Attala, which was
suspended recently, resumed its publication
few days since.
The report is circulated that Judge liustced
intends resigning his office as Judge of the
United States District Court.
Agentlemaq (a (kurroii county, says that
(or five yiSire he drank, and averaged one
gallon of brandy a day. This at $2 per gal
lon for 1,725 day*, was three thousand six
hundred and fifty dollars.
Sonth Carolina New*.
Meningiti; prevails in Newberry.
Dr. E. E. Whitner, of Greenville, is dead
The Columbia municipal election takes
place April 2d.
The South Carolina Presbytery will meet
at Abbeville on Wednesday, the 10th of
April
The Columbia City Council have contracted
with tir. Clark Waring for a new City Hail
at $SC,OOQ, ’ H 4
The hotels of Aiken are so crowded with
health seekers that guests are refused accom
modations.
Tl)e Legislature paid Speaker Moses $1,0C0
extra for bis services daring tbe session.
They also paid $1,600 for spittoons.
The Greenville Enterprise says that tbe
workshops of the Richmond aud Atlanta
Air-Line Railroad Company ore likely to be
located in that city, ^ J
~Bl2s!>Me4 '
Said an ambitions youth to s young lady:
“Don’tyou think I'd better dye my mous
tache ?” caressing the faintly visible progeny.
“I think if yon will let it alone it wiil die
itself,” replied tbe lady.
“Excuse my left hand,” said Wiggins, a*
he shook hands with a friend. “Certainly I
never take umbrage at nataie,v was tbe re
ply. Referingto EccJ«siutesx, 2, the text is,
“A wise man 1 * heart is at his right hand; but
a fool’* heart it at his left;” and the conse
quence is that they hare not 6poken since.
A New Havcz M. D. has discovered a suc
cessful way of silencing th? Piatncrs of his
W landlord. Wte tfcjt grossing i^raonage
tbs pajment of rent the doctor
thows tun a skeleton in an inner
room, and tells Urn, “that man came here
Just two weeks agowith ■ bill." Thh «* re
garded as equivalent to s settlement in full.
Legal Intelligence,
Secretary Boutwelf has decided that when
coupons on laiiroad aril other Interest-' earing
bonds commenced to fan before tbe expira
tion of the income tail*tv, even Ui tugli the
Inter?!’ do** not?
thereafter, i
liable to the tax 1
The bin for the t
of abortionists I
Assembly. The [
until several month*
in snch case they are
ther year.
efiectnal punishment
tsed the New York
ipol merit of the meas
ure is that it leaves the degree of punishment
to the discretion of the court, providingonly
that it shall not be leas than imprisonment
for two years. Under this act an offender
may be sentenced for life. It is a new fea
ture of criminal law and a most valuable
one.
■gtlifliouis gtpartmtnt.
A SCOTCH RYHS.
■T wnxiui smug,,.
“There are blossoms that ate baided, b«n mow.
1' the canid, ^ °a-a^4
tfot hao perished, bemuse they left m.
But cower ye In ancath His wlngawha died apm the
Srncrs In III* bosom helplese wcanilike yoe tt*
“In thewarl there's tribulation, lathe wart
Bat the’wart It l* boarde, far ear Fathre Mde i,
Throbikhtea ap yer orator, a* be t» m * „
Though year tky be artea doaaed, llwlanahtl*
We have warrant for believing that forge 1
bonds of the State are in circtilalion, and
also that a large amount of onr genuine secu
rities are outstanding, of which wc have no
registration. Under these circumstances, we
cail on our creditors to do themselves nnd
the State the service to report the credits
held by them so that we may obtain a
knowledge of what ye honestly owe.
Exception is taken to this, and it seems Io
be considered by some as amounting to proof-
conclusive that we have already entered on
the downward roqd to dishonor and repudia-
tion. It Is difficult to conceive wlial motive
could induce an opinion so 'palpably errone
ous, except the mere mercenary desire to
depreciate our securities in the marl els ef
the world, for purposes of speculation. The
debtor, who intends never to psy, would
hardly concern himself about his indebted
ness so much as to procure, at giowi east of
labor and money, q knowledge ot wlut he
lias alreidy dOcnumod to repudiate.
A compliance with this provision of the
act, it is not denied, will subject Ibecreditqrs
of the State to some Inconvenience This is
regretted, and by no person more, (i,' aa bv Ute
member* of the Gffteral 2&5»bly Who pose-
ed the mejsyyv In tlieir opinion, however,
rcjKiiqtion was necessary tor the protection
of both tho State and tho bond bolder; and
tlie manner in which it is required to bedone
would produce less injury than if dune ta
any other mode. Our crcelitqrt way rest as
sured that they will noj he suhjre.ed to losses
by a compliance With the provisions of this
act, if ;t U in the power of the Government
to prevent or repair such losses.
It is due to truth to say, that in tbe course
of a very intimate association, both cfflcls!
and personal, with member* of the General
Assembly, l have no reason to suspect even
that any one of them favored, or desired, a
repudiation of the public dtbt. On the con
trary, the earnest desire of all seems to be
that the credit of the Sffitc shall be preserved,
and that her fqjr fame shall remain untam-
uuen. Iu this, I am sure, they are the true
exponents of the wishes and feelings uf their
constituents. I know tUo people ^Georgia,
red « *^ n,y ** lb *“ “> “7 that ft is
they shall protect themselves against the arts
and practices of dishonest officials, their
concerned 1 » 1 meeting promptly every
urK) , n V*, 0 Tre »surybf the State:
Uoldere of such claims raay rest assured that
SIS-.bU* “®»1<«8 in trusting the pco llle
In conclusion, I beg to sav that **»
opinion upon tbe subject of tho payment oi
?L . P ^ ked £ oartislM ’ t , tho Measure of tbe
rights of an honest people. Looking to the
mnmtam&Qce of her honor, the State should
feel herself obliged lodischargcthofuU uieu-
urcof the liabilities enforced by tlio suit it of
wMdo. t ” Ct T ‘ lU,I ***** “ ut « Stare
X am, gfglUmea, yours, respectfully,
James M. Smith.
The man who was aueeonomicai as to bury
his family ip, a perpendicular position to save
land, was not a free soiler.
Tennessee biree out convicts to work on tbe
railroad, which is thought to look like otter
ing a premium for them to make track!.
A gentlemen In London, lately in making
rctWt oI his income to the tax commission?
era, wrote on the paper: “ For the lost three
years ray income has been somewhat less
than $290, in future it will be more precari
ous, as the man is dead from whom X borrow
ed the money.”
A college presitW met on the cars a stu
dent who** character for sobriety was not
good, and whose then appearance evidenced
a recent debauch, approached him, snd sol
emnly and regretfully said; “Been on a
drunk? “So have I,” was the immr,i;*t.
reply.
The loci! editor of the Jacksonville Journal
wrote the other day an iten to the effect that
winter was lingering in the lap of spring/
but the managing editor “cut it out.” lie sain
tb , e wool enough, and original, and
^ !? rto ‘ UuDB ' bot “ won '<l not do to
publish, because the high moral tone of tbe
malaU “ ed in « ‘“W fun of
A gentleman of leisure in Cleveland, who
prides himself on his personal appearance,
lately sought to remove a grease sjot from
his coat tail by the free use® of benzine, and
then stood close to the store that the odor
£5S£5a&n5S
he was turning carl wheels through the wlm
gsj&irisat n °»-
Ex-Governor 4enktns< Letter.
Editors Constitution: I have read with
gm#» pleasure the letter of Ex-Governor
Charles J. Jenkins, published in your paper
of this morning. It is a document warthv
of its noble author, and a com* Sit
IXbuTfr r ° n, l to Kimft
Plate, but ill Bfdy household In fipnrrrtnf
wSU CTer 'i*ein ttahSrtS
of the people as a man pure and
proaob—one who never swerved from of"
rn«rthe m ^urna t wh %^^
with the authorities of the OenerS^fW ****
ment was worthy the days oS.n , ™'
ism—firm, dignified end ^
Constitution a, it £me tanl t^
our fathers, it was worthyof Curtin. h fo?f,°*
of &* “ Cr ‘ flWl te’ttSSSS
grS^^SiS'^ Te, ? ln . fte b °ur of our
SXfo?tire .“UK’e-lffiuaed did
. bia heroism is not
forgotten. Charles J. Jenkins, the heart .t
Georgia is with yon still. ’ ,b hrt ot
One of. tiie People.
BF- Captain Jacks^’a resignation as one
of the representatives in the LegisUturefrom
Fulton leaves a vacancy.
Who wants the office? Let not aU speak
at once. ”
Religion* News Item*.
Bishop Neety, of Maine (Episcopal.) Main
that oil the churches in his diarvsa but tn*
or three follow the free seat system.
Two-thirds of all the President*, and three,
fourths of all the Secretaries of S'ate. haw
been members of the Episcopal Church.
The Methodists appropriated list year, f v
home missionary work, $333,04 '. which j,
nearly thirty-two cents for each member.
In tho Missb-ippi Valiev (he “Regular
Baptists” arc tho larger sect, naraberin-
something over half a million c lumunicawa
The Boston Y. M. C. A. have engaged ]fr
K. A. Burnell fora religious e.iuipaign ot
seventy-five days, in whirlt f »r:y i ities an)
towns of Massachusetts are to lie' visited.
About fifty years ego tlie Sandwich Island)
were in tbe lowest state of barbarism. 8ina
wbicb time50,000 persons have been admitltil
to the church there.
Mrs. Smith, widow of Rev. Daniel Smith
died recently in Newark, leaving bequnt!
Io the leading Congregational Boards and I
Tract and Bible Societies amounting k.
$8,' 00. I
Till Foreign Missionar.- Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention will sbonh
send out to Chine seven Mis-ionarhs thm
ministers and their wives uitri one von*
lady. J
During the twenty fifth year of the ponti
ficate of Pius IX, tie received pr'.-mts to th-
am-tnot of 24.1.1)0,Oou francs, of which sta. j
1,250,OtW francs were contributed hr <*r
American.
Rev. Dr. Newell, a R.tntan Catholic trim
of Memphis, Terra., now in hi* seventv-tlu 1
year, lias renounced Ida faith and joined u. '
Episcopal Church. He lies been admitted g
orders by the Bishop of the diocese.
An interesting revival is now in ^resra
st Dr. Cayler’s church (Pre-hy,cri*n)ij
Brooklyn. Afternoon and evening mecti-,
arc held in both church nnd. chapel cr
many conversions are already reported.
The Evangelist is in favo'. of the old-fa*,
ioned donation partita; Pot only lor the ha-
efits which they bring the wnnhv miniitn
bat they arotbeocca..iou of bringing rich ai
poor together on a common footing of m,j
Will
There ore340 Protestant churches in is
City of New York, valued at $11,103.0 .0 u
capable of holding 222,700 people. Jtu.
tors tiro paid an average salat v of aha
|3X>0jMhe lowest being $800 and' the high* ;
The Western Christ! <n Advocate, Cine.
Rati,saye: “Our revival department ink '
last eight or ten weeks haa exhibited tut* j
cession to the church on trial, within j* .
bounds of onr circulation, of soma ckr
thousand or nino thousand persons.”
The Rot. John B. New, of lndisnapS
Indiana, a Baptist minister, has just dm
from a cold contracted during a rerent re-
door baptism. Ho had to entera river wire
Ute ice was broken for tbe purpose, snrLtii
dripping wet, bad .to whlk nearly u mileti
change his clothes afterwards.
A most wonderful revival is reporteda
Northern New York, near the Sl Dan
in Masse oa, Potsdam and Malone, panic*!
ted in by BspU.bg lbesbyterians, Episco.-
lians and Methodists. It ia said there ife*
a house within flee miles of these pic
whose intfialeahad not been visited by au
Christian laborer.
From the published official reports of"
you a “Peter’s pence,” which every
knows, lia perpettud subscription inalft
tries in aid of the noly See. it appei
North America gavo about three mill
fnmfli or $600,0- 0. In Europe, J
stands at the head ot the list, France
fallen behind. _
The Presbyterian Synod ot Michigan. «.
poses to raise for home mission purpose* di
year an amount equal to the sum ignmtiA
St- te Ur the Board of Hume llls-hmS^i-
•mount apportioned to <h« l’rabytny ,)
Detroit is $8,000; to Monroe, $1
Kalamazoo, $2,000; to Lansing, «r>
Saginaw, $1,500; to Grand Rapids,
tasking «total of $14,000.
A motrcmenUs oo foot in Frgioad, fa fit
SttuhlUhed Church, favoring the iicrnsireit
laymen as lay readera, with authority mV
in any parish to which they may be Invite
Jy the clergyman in charge. Xt is believe,
ine ordiaattoa of churchmen as dearth
without requiring them to abandon thtr
worldly business, is a measure urgently effir.
lor in the present condition of the churri.
The statistics of the membershio of \L-
Iffterian Sunday Schools in the lsre
metis follows: Philadelphia, 22
York, 16,353; Brooklyn! j .’ rJ/iT
5,198; Cincinnati, 5,519; Cli* -l! ’«
timore, 4,197; Washing* : n - '
4.094; San Frnciaoo, P r’/’Ju-
i
ronJ.V, T ‘ dl “ Ule “ '"** dUM >
* R’inutcrial agency h
j'Tely ousiness. Clergymen nf guod
1D « »nd of every evangelical decr-
can. by the payment of one a
their names either as candidates
nent settlement or for temporary
On the other bond, any society can.
payment of the like earn of one dolte/M
graph to this place their want of a mj-V-
und the amount of pay.
In the Methodist Church, In Via
Onto, a revival is nr progress, the i
whit* are worth recording. Fifty di
hnre boon re claimed from drunkeimu
Unity of whom have joined the J|<
Church, Sixteen months ago more I
children and drunken fathers, bat -
"K* clothing, who now hem
rober fathers, plenty to eat and comfwov-
clothing; and on the Sabbath day fattm
and children can be seen in the kins
of God.
B l^%r Cl ^r^to G r°°cJK5
Street Baptist Church in Elizabeth reSr
receive! a notice from an attorney k Nor.
Scotia, that a suit of about thtetVT
standing, involving the claims ol
ceased motberand that of her sister u
<wno valuable real estate
John, New Brunswick, and ia Nova 1
worth some $100,000, had been decide
vor of their heira-the doctor and bis
A short timo before her death. M-a
tben T? y ol<1 —affoinst the wishes
who did not think that anything n uu >u
ofit made a journey from lloslon to
Scotia, to make inquiries concerning u»
$500(Kl >ClOrt< ***”* 01 ,,1C ’ aI ^
Tlio following ore: the inc-ir-s* 0 f u
•stent Archbishops and ntSreta
Church in GrcatBrihdn; Inl£r
Archbishop of Cont^rhurv has £15 m*i
amltheArehh’uhap of Yore, £tu!oooT j
&am d ®!’» Uyi SS: the Bishop of i>
W’ »*> tho- 4 of „
Norwich, Pctcrbu* s£-
IMpon, Kocheater and St. David £: ^
gose of Chichester, HereJwf
and Manchester, £1,200rek tni.. t
“f b °P ‘2, f ,£j?“Sh has £10,000, and V-
J-L000; the Bishop of'll
£6,<»0; of Tnom ud KOrnm*. £&*?,
crick^oTnoo^i^^ Down. Cashel'
£ L0Q0; Qssory, £1500; of
moisten* Salaries In. *
The number of chure’,^ c. v-__ Twit*
$40, theiryalostionia e.“£>£„7Llil. t r
hM 1, V ,e , Wno, e number of ekn— ,r *
Zl^P^P^Churcb. Dr. JL Dix, ot
receives $12,000, snd Dr. Potter, of
amount. Doctors Mont
£"*“• Trerton end Swope, of the U.
f™?’ Thornes, Trinity Cbmpd, n
e5ch < lc .U0U. Severs:
P*1 ministers receive from $2,000 to
» fe » °p the list sre so low
wive $1,000. Salaries in the l
Chorch also rate high. Dr. Gordin.
mtSSt* 8 ’ 00 ? - receive $5,000 .
*j,000, and the remainder irea
(only three at that rate)
,“L°. number of Preshyte—
r»~JLf 0 li o wbicb may he added 8 i-M*' 1 ,
Presbyterian and Reformed
Theuighat salary in the M«“iodfctE
pa! Church fa f3,000, snd the avenge t*
over $2.-i00. There are five Cnngnjr. ’ ■uf
Churches, and the highest salary is f,-
The Reformed Dutch Churchu mry %
and the highest salary is $$>*/Jl
average being about $3,000. W/' ,
Unitarian Churches. Dr. BMbVjBu* '
one is paid $3.00O.and Dr. II, J'
lately seceded, received $IUjX< L_
versalist Churches are five in aau
highest salary ($5,000) ia paid tqAi 1 ;] Cbsia.