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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.