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Newspaper Page Text'4 By IT. A. HEMPHILL & CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, NOT EMBER 30, 1S75. No. 24, Volume VID ’ L BEN S IM;. f.»«t 8 atmUy the memhus of the tor, the 1uaOy oI the deceased and ma-.y of the people of Ootaaftm l» tfft «,pcr ior ( Gun room would bold, aatcmbled to honor the memory of (be great jurist and citizen who bad recently fallen in their mldat. Nearly ereiy lawyer In the coun try waa preatnr, nod (luring the deli eery of the apeecbd, which occupied orer two hour*, the cross attention end. the deep feeling often manifested by the audience plamly t bowed bow mneb be war I./vcd and reapccted by bln associate* and neighbor*. The name of Henry L. flee- nlng will never be forgotten by the pre aenl reneratios of Georgians, and.ahonU liml an enduring place hi tbe binary of tbetlmea The memorial services were opened by the presentation of n report prepared for lbn Oceanian by n committee appointed at.a precious meeting. Tbia report tea* accepted an the memorial of the meeting, and a page la tbe minutes of the court waa devoted to in enrollment. It is a filling tribute to the beloved and honored dead, adopted In the plaoa that an lately knew hit pretence and genlna. ft rccitea hla long, laborious, successful, and di versified career. Ilia great application a i a student speedily paved ibej way for t'ie bestowal of unusual bpnora. Uiiiag s cailily and aurely in bit profession, he was placed by tbe legislature in 1853 on the bench of tbe supreme court, which is tbe height of a true lawyer's a.pira- tions. lie wore the ermine six years with weal to the state and honor to him self. As adjudge be added to tbe laurels which be bid gathered at the bar. An overwhelming practice awaited him at the close of bis judicial term, but tbe storm of war and accession burst over tbe southern land before tbe harvest of bis legal reputation could be gathered. He instantly exchanged the forum for the tented belli,to lead away a regiment that demanded him as their commander. He was soon promoted to tbe rank of brig udier general. Firm as a rock, be endur i d, all dangers and hardships, never shrinking from a duty und winning an cnviablo reputation on many a field. At ttier battle of tbe Wilderness he received a wound that gave him to the end of his life pain and suffering. lie returned to bis profession as soon us ibo war was ended. He worked hard. He stood, says the memorial, forth prin- rt)m In our ranks. Nothing that ho undertook was sli the strong man not uufri qutnily presumed too far •>u bis strength, and It is thought that it washy one of those persistent Iropiu- delicts, continued through almost tie entire nlglit In perfecting the prcparalkn ol one of his cases, that lie waa at last broken down without warning. The speeches that followed the read ing of tbe report were warm tributes to the msn, tlie lswyer, the Jurist and the a ildier. We cannot better eonvey their general meaning than by giving tbe con cluding words t>f Hon. Porter Ing ham's remarks: “A monument would you creel to the memory of flea. Henning? It rase is not durable enough; marble not while enough! Let the sterling traits of his character, as stamped upon tbe memory of hie countrymen, (land as ills monu ment. Truth, integrity, courage-moral and physical; unimpeachable vcraci'y; honor and honesty untarnished—all these were cmlnontly Iris—and these will en dure forever; and let them stand as an imperishable monument to the memory of auAwsaf «is»/ CAM TOR FERTILIZERS The manufacturers of fertilizers held a convent main Baltimore last week. It was a business meeting, and its proceed ings were not given to the public at length. It is known, however, that the fcliowiag/esolution was adopted It is the sense of the meeting that fer- liiizersihould be sold for cosh or satis- factorUy indorsed paper, and that the barter of fertilizers for cotton and other produce at a fictitious price is demoral ■zing to the trade and should be discoun fcnxaced by all manufacturers and other dealers. The manufacturers and deafen could not do the south a greater benefit than by rigidly adhering to this resolution in all their southern sales. It would com pel our people to do what they should have the shrewdness to do, but will nev er do ;undcr the existing plan of d'spos-ng of fertilizers. We are glad ^tbc ^manufacturers are finding the barter system unprofitable. The fall in tbe price of cotton hasproba- ble induced them to see the matter in the right light. We hope the latter piau will continue to demcr- alize tbe trade until every manufacturer and dealer Is fully convinced that the other plan is tbe better of the two. Our best hope of a reform iu our agriculture probably lies in the joint action of the manufacluicTE of fertilizers. A system that weakens and in many cases ruins the consumer, must sooner or later hurt the manufacturer, and when he is hurt he will be apt to take steps to do business on tbe best plan for ail concerned. We hope that point has been reached, but if it baa not been, it toon will be. When fertilizers are a strictly cash product, one of the dangers of the situs lion will bo taken away. It would of itself surely check an over-product of our great money crop. We have goie on producing one article and pracli caliy burying all others until we have reached it perilous point There is danger that the whole crop will soon go a-begging, while wc must continue to pvv good prices for all,or nearly all, that we conanmc. The very first year of ex- ccsiivc production—and for auglit we know the coming year may be the one- will, in the words of the Ma;on Tele graph, send the whole cotton-growing business down bill without backatrap or breeching. The present price of cotton isubsolutely below the cost of production upon any reasonable scale of remunera tion. Hut there is n greater peril ahead, and if we avoid it through the combined action of the manufacturers of fertiliz ers, acting in self defense, wc shall re joice marly as much as if it had come about through the action of the hus bandry of the south. Thu ntanuf actur- begin to see wbilher wu are drifting, it ottr own people do not. We advise them to stand firmly by their resolution, for such a course would prove our salva tion nod, is, therefore, their best policy. GOLD OR SILVER RESUMPTION. Dr. Llndcrman’g contribution to the stock or public documents poos more than ordinary inic.eat, on account of its advocacy of a resumption of specie payments. A ccmparatire state ment of the last two years’ work in the mints, does not, however, greatly en courage such a step: | 1874. | 1875. EtcM and operat ed upon GoM coined Bilrer coined.... Ban raxii’fAct’d.. $60,627,189 50,4*2,770 5,983,60! 28.3S8.617 $62,450,900 33,553,965 10,070,368 23,149,310 The ban were. of course, exported, IN THE HEART OF THE SWAMP. Till: REDEMPTION or SOUTH CAR OL1NA. The vicloiy in Mississippi has electri fied the pcoplo of South Carolina, and wttliein to thinking of tin- ihWdMIhlcs of their situation. Whin un adverse majority of fifteen thousand ran le traiu formed into a favorable one ol niiout tidily five thousand, the South Carolinians begin to think it is time to consider the probable results of n strong, earnest and genera) effort to redeem tlieir rate. We think so, too. Even the radicals ot the itute fear such a change, for their organ at Colombia bids them to remem ber Mississippi. It tells tbrm that they must hereafter present tickets which are not distinct threats to the material we) fare of the commonwealth, or Ibo repub Lean majority will disappear aa totally and as suddenly as it has in Mississippi Hut they will never present such candidate*. The interest of tho leaders of the parly would not subserved by so doing. There may be a prclcnco of re form, but there will be no real reform through that party in South Carolina. It seems to us that the people of South Cardins should begin their preparations fora campaign aa overwhelming and valuable as the one in Mississippi. They can, if they thoroughly and enthusi astically still it, break down the color line. It iaa libel on tha intelligence and capacity of South Carolina to say that they cannot influence tho votes ot well meaning negroes They can do it, es pecially after those negroes have felt the emptiness of the pretensions and prem isea made by the radical leaders. South Carolina and Mississippi arc, it it true, two different stales, laboring under a different set ot difficulties. Hut we believe victory is as possible in tbe one as in the other. It may take more work and perhaps more money, but it ean be achieved. U is worth an effort. Ami while wo may not understand all tbe obstacles in tbe way, v«*t we arc oGOlkleut lUal the victory, if woo al all, must come through a campaign as determined positive and aa courageous as the one that has produced such grand results in Mississippi Such a csmpsigu demand the lime, and tbe utmost influence am skill of overy good citizen of the state. With tha aid of all that, combined with an able general management and an early and thorough utgMtlMUon in every county of tha state, success ia just ss certain as the rising ol to-morrow’s sun. ll could not fall, for scUtc sad united intelligence always wins. We appeal to our numerous readers in the up-country to promote the movement in every pos sible way. You can redeem your state, and Ibe south and tho whole country call on yon to do is Our Okefcnokec letter this morning will stir considerable interest, as it makes a statement from which we infer that the entire party aro to-day in the inner most recesses of tho mighty jungles. Little and his party including Locke, Hyde, Pendleton and UncleBcn, beside the uxracn, struck straight across tho swamp with the purpose of reernssiog at once .from a lower point on the cast side. Haines, Singleton, Garvin, and nxmen, with Tint Constitutkn editor, are pushing up the Suwance with boats altcmpliag to find Its sources, and thus ascertain tome important facta rela tive to tbe question of drainage. Tbe letter informs us thst the entire party will be enclosed within the depths and wilds of the Okefcnokec for at least ten days, if out for two weeks. We shall await anxiously our next letter announ cing the safe return of the various parties to the camp on Billy's island. THE NORTH GRORGIA KOAI). Information of a thoroughly reliable character has come Into our possession to the effect that the plucky and invinci ble North Georgia company will soon close a bargain for enough iron to com* plete its lino to Canton. This will be quickly followed by the necessary rolling stock; and then iook out for a grand celebration in the capital of Cherokee of the long expected and much wishcd-lor advent of the iron hone. The prospect* forcompletlog the whole line to Murphy, where it will be met by the line projected southward from Knox ville, are very encouraging at the;prescnt time. Its importance to either terminus and to all the country between, makes iu completion a virtual necessity. Even the nature of the times can not entirely prevent its progress, although paralyzed nearly every other new railroad enter prise. With a connection from Murphy via Ibo mouth of the Nantcchalec river, Atlanta would have a line to the valua ble and popular coal ficlda of East Ten- from seventy-lire to eighty miles shorter than any existing route. Such a road must be luiU. The projected lino through Rabun Gap would not in any event; impair tbe busi ness of the North Georgia road. It would be another feeder torour.new trunk coal road, and its.building.is favored by the North Georgia people. All the roads that can bo pushed through the gaps of tho Blue Ridge will pay sooner or lat er, because they will be needed to fur nish the low country with coal. But of ell projected lines it seems to us that the North Georgia road has the best pros pec la. It leads directly to Atlanu, and ia hi process of completion. Its mana gers arc building aa well as talking and planning. It is established that tbe southern part of tha Male can raise oranges just aa wcB as Florida. The Valdosta Times a lions the followtng instance of soft f ul culture in its section: •tost after the war Mrs L'ghtaey, re- s'aliagal Dupont,on the Atlantic and Gulf railroad, reesired bum Florida a barrel of sweet orange*. She planted - land on hi in drills in her yard taou a few mile* from Waycroaa. They came up, grew finely, and are now laden with a full crop of gulden fruit. These trees or* now in the third year a( —ire They hare withstood Us slight frost and cold ol this climate, wad hast not been attacked by any blight or insect- TWfruit it fully resrured^wset and mod, and in ro sriwiKT-re from the notwa orange. The fruiting it ia nil styles, from tie bloom, Mdf grows to full rip*. These experimental grovel are in a luxuriant stare' of growth and give premia* of fully demonstrating the fact that oranges ean b* sncnemfnsty grown in southern Georgia. It ia also proper to remark that Mrs. L:gat*cy has a large demand for her oranges at a cent apiece on the tree* together with no small part of the coin age. But the doctor proceeds to estimate the probable future product of bullion at one hundred millions, and tbe amount on h-jid at the end of the past fiscal year at a little over one hundred and sixty- seven millions. If these figures are cor rect we would have four hundred mil lions of specie on the first day of 1878, if we could keep sli of it in the country. That “11” upsets the whole cslcnlatlon, and leaves us morally sure (hat 1879 will roll around with little, if any more, spe cie in tbe country thst can be used as a basis for tbe currency than wo hare at the present time. The truth ia, the estimate of the direc tor of the mints Is very erroneous ns fsr as the present stock of bullion is concern ed. The New Y'ork Daily Bulletin thor oughly exposes bis defective method. He makes, for example, no allowance for tbe Urge amounts of both silver and gold ev ery year consumed in the arts and manu factures—fully twenty millions a year. The Bulletin shows that he over-estima ted the amount on hand last year about forty-seven millions, and it thinks that the same erroneous meth od of estimate has been followed in bis report of Ibis year. And yet the Bulletin is one of the tpoedy re- sumptionists. But Dr. Lindtiman’s fig ures in favor of an early resumi tl >n aic too strong for its sense of tratli and its intelligence. * Dr. Lindcrman diccutsus the practica bility of redeeming tbe fractional cur rency in coin in advance of gold resump tion. He believes that by the time the necessary stock of silver coin to com mence the redemption can be prepared, the gold premium will be reduced to a point that will insare tho success of the measure. The government has pur chased for that purpose #9,182,117 of silver bullioD, and the total amount of fractional coins in the mints and treasury on the first of next month will not be far from ten million dollars. Tbe rate of coinage,lviog tcvcu hundred and eighty two thousand dollars a month, it wil take until Feb. 1, 1878 to provide a suffi cient amount of silver coin to replace tbe fractional notes, unless the new Chi- ctgo mint shall greatly accelerate the work. This stock of silver was bought at a rate that makes one dollar in silver coin worth 89 1-2 cents in gold. The silver it therefore worth 101-2 cents less on the dollar than gold, and it follows that gold must fall below llljj to make fractional resumption possible. It would not be advisable while gold is above 108, for otherwise it would doubtleaa result in a loss to tbe government and in both a loss and a pos itive inconvenience to tbe people. Dr. Lindcrman bases his argument in favor of the economy or fractional resumption chiefly on the alleged annual cost of the present supply cf fractional notes. The interesting statement is made that tbe expense of maintaining this currency lost year was $1,110,710. Even this sum does not include tlic entire expense of handling these notes. Five per cent, is considered reasonable estimate of the actual cost In other words. Dr. Lindcrman attempts to show that this cost would counterbalance tbe interest on the amount of bonds which may have to be sold to procure a silver coinage to replace the forty millions, more or less, of outstand ing fractional notes. The director of the mint is.very prolix in arguing the super! ority of metal over paper is article of wear, but he leaves out of Li; report the relative convenience and popularity of the two. The whole sclicn c however depen :’s on the price of gold, and as that is unlikely soon to recede wiililn hailing distance of 100, there is llule use of disputing Dr. Lindcrman'* conclusions. THE NATIONAL GRANGE. The first part of the week was nearly consumed ia electing a new set of offi cer*. The ballolting for worthy master was especially tcdcous. Mr. Adams started with twenty-eight votes, Mr. Chambers, of Alabama, with thirteen, Mr. Aiken, of SouthCarohna,wilh eight, and Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, with seven voter. In the first and third ballots Mrs. Smith, cl Georgia, received each time a vote. Mr. Adams did not gain over his opening vote. In tbe ninth ballot Mr. Chambers received thirty-four votes, or three less than he needed to be come the head of the order. Mr. Aiken’s highest vote was twelve. Sir. Jones steadily gained strength to the tenth bal lot, when he received forty-two votes and was declared duly elected master of the national grange, to serve for the ensuing three years Mrs Jones was elected Ceres. The new master. Judge John Thomp son Jones, is a native of Essex county, Virginia, having been bom in that coun. ty in the year 1813; was educated at the university of Virginia, graduating in the year 1833, liaving taken the law course, lie removed to within ten miles of Hele na, Philips county, Ark., where he set tled on a plantation, and has lived there since that time. Was elected judge of first judicial circuit of Arkansas in 1812, serving two terms of four years each. Was elected to the senate of the United States in I860, before the state was re constructed, and was not admitted to a scat, this being the only political office for which he ever offered. He retired from the bench in 1850, and has been de voted to planting ever since, as well as having carried on a large planting inter est while on the bench. Judge Jones has two large plantatiocs in Philips county, Arkansas, cultivating yearly about 1,000 acres, and one on Red river having about -100 acres in cultivation. His first care s to have an abundant provision crop, in which be never failed, in addition to unking about 8C0 bales of cotton annual ly, and other crops in proportion. HU election gives great satisfaction, and it is felt that tbe grange will prosper under his leadership. Mr. Kelley was elected secretary on the second ballot, bis chief opponent being Mr. Munger. Tbe new lecturer, Mr. Sm:d!<y, of Iowa, is highly spoken of. His work on grange jurisprudence has mode his name familiar to tbe order every where. Mr. Golden, of Illinois, was elected member of tlic executive committee in the place of Mr. Wm Saunders, and Mr. Chambers, of Ala. barns, was also placed on tbe same com mitlcc in the place c-f Judge Jones pro moted. Tbe committee on a marriage ceremo ny- reported that it was deemed unncces- saiy.at this time to incorporate a marriage ceremony in tho ritual, and the report was adopted. A great many resolutions were referred to the Good of the Order, of which Mr. Smith, of Geor gia, is chairman. Wc giva the resolution on the curren cy offered by Master Davie, of Ken tucky, which is now before the national grange: Whereas, The national bank notes outstanding July 1,1875, were $351,809,- 008, and the amount of United States bonds deposited with tin United States treasure.* to secure the bank nolca in cir culation were $387,055,908, the interest on bonds at U percent., $23,223,354; the interest on bank notes at ID per cent., $35,180,900, and wastage by loss-s of bank notes at 5 per cent, per annum, $17, 593,450, thereby making the total in terest paid by the people to tbe national banks for tbe use of their currency $70,- 003,704, being $11 82 per yotc tor the votes cast for president in 1871, or $2,- 000,000 average to each state, or $12 each for every head of a family in the union, all ot which could he saved to the government and the people by re tiring national bank currency, and sub stituting legal tender notes, which should be interchangeable for government bonds bearing 3 05 interest at the option of the holder, thereby saving to tbe hard-working, over-taxed, wealth-pro- ilnoiniv nonnln iKit Tll.1 in irforort GUBERNATORIAL. The approach of winter, or tbe re action from the fall campaign, or some mysterious and (indefinable influence is causing some of cur exchanges to resume the business of naming tbe next gover nor. The Henry County Register comes out boldly with Mr. James* name at tbe bead of its columns. Mr. James was born in Henry ounty, and tbe Ledger thinks it is about time that the voice of Henry county was heard. Says the Ledger: We ask who was first to bring aa ac cusation against the thieving ring? Whose faithful finger pointed unmistakably to tbe robbers backed by military despot ism? Who detected the fraudulent bonds, that were spirited away to the northern and eastern markets? Who pursued the robbers with evidence to convict them, until the villains were forced to abscond the atate, for security from an outraged people and a violated law? The leader in the conflict against corruption in high places was Hon. John H. James of Henry cocnty. We antici pate the voice of the representatives of Henry county in the state conventioi urging the claims of Hon. John James for the position of chief magi* Irate of Georgia. The following from the Eilijaj Courier shows that another distinguished citizen of Atlanta has many supporters for the •me office: We don’t know who will be our next governor, but we beard a “long beaded” citizen, who ought to know the way this county will vote, say he would bet a hundred dollars that if Gen. L. J. Gar- trell runs he will carry Gilmer county by at least three hundred majority. The Columbus Enquirer of Thursday morning contains the following cautious* ly-worded article: It is not surprising if Gov. Smith’s ret icence in regard to the next gubernato- ri»l term, and the unvarying non-partic- THE NOVEMBER REPORT. County averages arc omitted in this circular. No more crop reports will be issued by the state agricultural depart ment until next April. On the 25th of that month a convention of the cone spondents and “experimenters” of the department will be held in Atlanta, for the purpose of improving the means of gathering Inform ation relative to the crops, weather, etc. Commissioner Janes high ly appreciates the voluntary labors of bis army of correspondents and co worker?, The yield of cane *\rup is put this month at 6? and of sugar at 51, when com* pared with that of last year. The yield of sorghum, on the other hand, was 423 an increase chiefly due to the unusual ly favorable season in upper Georgia, where this is becoming an important crop. The yield of cotton is put at at which, if correct, wiJ make the state crop about 400,000 bales. Inconsequence of the unfavorable season the yield of lint from seed cotton is seven per cent less than it was last year. Average yield an acre in seed cotton, 412 pouuds, at a cost of sixteen dollars an acre. The commissioner thinks the present crop of cotton in Georgia has cost its producers twenty millions dollars more than it will brirg in the home markets. Tbe sverage yield of corn was nine bushels an acre, some of the northern counties reporting as high as thirty buih els, and some as low as five bushels an acre. Tie average profit an acre of corn was eight dollars. The average yield ot ground peas was z bushels an acre; of chufas, 20 bushels, and of sweet potatoes, 00 bushels. The ducing .people $76,003,704 in interest annually paid to tbe national banks; therefore, Resolved, Tbatwc hereby pray and ask the congress of the United States to remove these heavy burdens from the nocks cf the people by forthwith re pealing the law creating the national bank*, and to withdraw their issues from circulation and substitute the gov ernment issues, usually called “green* ba ns,” in tbeir stead. Tins following list put forth as a full and official list of the contested seats in the house of representatives: STATE Alabama Alabama Alabama Florida Florida Georgia Georgia Senator Tuoa W. Ferry, a wealthy lumberman of Michigan, is now presi dent jmv ft**, of the senate, asd.therefore the second officer of the government, and Grant's successor it any accident be falls the latter during his present term. This however depends upon Mr. Ferry's retention as president prv itm of the sen ate. Thst body can, upon motion, pro ceed to order a new election. Mr. Ferry was elected some yean ago over Mr. An thony, of Rhode Island, l>y one vote. | ;ronnd pea has been generally preferred Tbe Issue turning then on the currency question, the western republican sena ton wen exultant over their victory. It is now proposed to unseat Mr. Ferry; but this genlieman hat made a good presid ing officer, Is personally popular, and al together tbe chances teem to be against his being displaced. Indeed, it may be laid that tl can not be done, unless the power of the caucus lash bt brought to bear. Senator Fury waa born al Mackinaw, Michigan, June 1,1S27; was a member of tha house of representatives in 1830, and of tbe suieseoatem 1856; vice president lor Michigan ia the Chicago republican convention of 1860; w«e elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-Ant and for- ty-eccond congresses. He succeeded Jn- oob M. Howard ia the United States sen ate in 1871. Hie U?rm of service will ex pire in 1877. a hog crop. Tbe commbsiocer adds “ The question in reference to the best method of preserving tbe sweet potato elicited general and very interesting re sponse, showing marked uniformity of practice and experience. Digging in weather is universally recommended, the practice of giving free ventilation until cold weather approaches, very gen end. Various means arc used to accom plish this end. Some, after covering with straw and bark or com stalks, cover lightly with dirt, leaving the top open with a board laid looarly on to exclude water. Aa the cold increases tbe thick ness of dirt ia increased until it reaches from eight to twelve inches, if banked out of doom. Many bank in log pecs bcilt for the purpose. In such cases but little dirt ia «md» Some employ aa ven tilator* a plank hex extending from the base of the hank to the top, the sides of the box being perforated with auger holes to facilitate the ventilation.” ipation of himself and friends in the ac re canvass made in behalf of others, have misled some into the opinion that he has positively declined a rc-elcc tion. We arc convinciil that he has not authorized such an announcement, and that he still occupies the position which wc some time ago understood to be his >tand, viz: that he would not by any oilicial actor public expression seek a continuance of the office, but would leave the whole matter to the unsolicited decision of the people. This seems to us to be a course at once continent with tbe dignity of the office which he holds and properly defer ential to the will of a people who have honored and trusted him We have rea son to belive that Governor Smith en tertains the highest regard for and appreciation of the able and distin guished gentlemen who are understood to be aspirants for the position, and that he would deprecate any warm contest between their Iricnds and his; but at the same time such feelings would not justify him in peremptorily placing himself out side of the pale of selection if none of them arc acceptable to a majority of the people. We have had no direct commu nication with him or his near friends on this subject, and the convicticns which wc express above aro founded upon his general course ami well known senti ments. As we have intimated heretofore, a feeling of local pride would induce us to prefer the re-election of Gov. Smith, his past administration having been emi nently judicious and acceptable; and we are sa; sfied that the people of Muscogee county, entertaining the same feeling, will prefer his re-election unless be posi tively declines to accept it. The Gwinnett Herald also wishes the manufacturers of fertilizers success in their efforts to stop time sales with the cotton option. In its opmion they arc ruining both the manufacturers and the country. The Herald adds: “We are not opposed to the use of fertilizers, but the point wc desire to make and impress upon the planters of G winnett is, that the purchase upon a credit of large qualities is too much risk. Good ferti lizers can be made at home from uow until planting'Umc next spring, at one- third the cost of commercial fertilizers and if the manufacturers uetermine to sell for cash only, in less than three years there will not be one tenth as much sold Georgia as there was this year.” SEAT CONTESTED BY Iteration *F. G. Bromberg * ATillUms J T Barter Hays *J T Jones Furman *J A Henderson Walla *J J Finley •Hartridge John K Bryant -Smith R H Whltelejr Illinois Farwell *J V LaMoyne Illinois Whiting *L F Ross Indiana llunter *11J Rice Indiana JJaker *F Kelley Kentucky White *H Ccckri 1 Louisiana Morey *Wm B Spencer Maryland * Walsh -Lloyd Lowndes Massachusetts Frost *Joah!a G Abbott MinnesoU* Strait *E St Julian Cox Pennsylvania Freeman *V B Florence Pennsylvania ‘Egbert Carlton B Curtis South Carolina Iloge *B H McGowan South Carolina Wallace * J B Kershaw Vrigtnfa *Goode J U Platt, jr. New Mexico Elkins *Pe!dro Valdes ♦Democrats. Wc rise to inquire why the name of our local Warwick is not in tbe list? Can it be that the man of the alphabet pro poses to contest Mr. Candler’s seat by an appeal to the sovereigns of Atlanta? It has that look at present No papers seem to be ox fiie from Mills. It well. T he centennial year promises to be year of beggars of all descriptions The Methodists want an endowment of half a million dollars for one of their colleges; the Baptists ask half that sum fora similar purpose; the Episcopalians want divers funds for the promotion of church work; the Presbyterians have missions that they want endowed; and score of monuments for this, tbat,or tbe other hero must be completed. A pro digious effort is being made to raise money for all these purposes, so that by the fourth of July next all will be fait accompli. No one is too poor or obscure to escape the importunities of the beggars for some of these purposes. The solicit ors are as numerous as flies in dog-days, and as importunate as mosquitoes. They won't lake a rebuff, but cling to tbeir victims with bull dog tenacity till some amount, great or small, is extracted from them. The law relating to public nui sances ought t> be enforced as to these pests We acknowledge a pleasant call from Mr. IL H. Parks, traveling agent for the Atlanta Constitution. We glad to learn from him that Cob Clarke’s Okefenokee expedition as reported for the paper is bringing new subscribers The Constitution. We bare read ev erything in relation to the exploration that has been published up to date, and noxiously await other letters.—McDuffie Journal. Tiie burial of Guibord, says the In dianapolis Journal, in a mas3 of cement protect the corpse against the Mon treal hyenas has suggested the possibility of making the same process a protection against tho infection of both air and water proceeding from decaying bodies in over crowded ^ graveyards. The ce ment once hardened—and a day or two ‘sets” it completely — it becomes as wholly impervious to any liquid or gase ous cmcnation as stone, and as it is not costly it would seem to be tlie.vcry thing for the security of the living agaimt 'the sort of “evil that lives aftre” dead men. Tiie following extract from a speech Hon. M. C. Kerr, delivered congress on June 8, 1870, does not prove him a violent contrac- tionist or a servant of the national bank monopoly—quite the reverse: The bust credit currency wc have is the greenback, but tbi9 bill reduces tbe amount of that by $40,000,000. It offers tbe expansion of the worst currency wc have—the national bank paper. I object to this system also because it will lead to a contraction of tbe currency. The country now demands an increase of the currency. If the system shall be changed at all, it should be an increase of the currency and not by contraction. The bankers of the northeastern cities are moving to secure the repeal of the law requiring the U3j of two cent stamps on checks. They have issued a circular urging all banks to secure signa tures to a petition for the repeal of the law. A “special agent” has been select ed by tbe banks to bring tbe matter te fore congress as soon as the signatures are obtained to the petitions which have been sent to every bank. THE EXPEDITION. Our special of this morning must con vince tbe mo3t skeptical that tbe ex plorers will leave nothing of value to be discovered. The maimer in which the investigations are conducted is leading to the exploration of every considerable ■section of the trackless waste. The islands and streams and all of the other natural features of the unoccupied territory will be so closely lo cated and inspected that reliable maps can be constructed. Geographers need not hereafter put an unseemly blotch on their ma *3 to hide their igno rance of the vast district. The source ol tlie Suwance river will surely le ascer tained. The dispatches already’,received convince us that our readers will get an to resting series of letters as soon as the parlies have time to write out their copi ous notes. No further explorations of the Okefeus/kee will be needed until the engineers enter it to prepare for its drain- age,'if drained it can be. Prof. Little wBajloubtlcss have something to say cn thalubject. “Xm raw in the country” though lost to sight, is still to memory dear. President Grant’s friends are one by one going to the penitentiary. It U vc Governor-making h going on with out; serious interruption in our state newspaper exchanges. But the prophets satby disagree. For example the Quit- man Reporter thinks “when it comes to a^aQe between Gov. Smith and Gen. Col quitt for governor, or between him and such a man as Norwood for senator, his friedds will be as ‘seldom’ as Mexican dollars in this section of the state." This is. very emphatic and positive, but its ef feet js lessened by the following remarks front another southwestern paper, the Bainbridge Democrat: “It amuses us to see the wrangling and scrambling over the governorship, a year and a half be fore the election. In the meantime Gov- crcoif Smith is administering bis office to (he satisfacti n of all, and it is more than probable he will remain at the head of the slate some four years after his prev ent term expires. ” The Atlanta Constitution is fast takfng the lead in Atlanta newspaper* dom and if any of our readers intend taking a city paper, dailj or weekly, we can rjeommendthem to none with better grace; than The Constitution. It is just sfich a paper as southern people like to read. It is a large-sized sheet—week ly 48 columns, daily £C—we’l printed, edit oil \v*th decided ability and is always “chur.: full” of the best of everything of* the day. Sam W. Small, once editor of vGrceneville’s never to-be forgotten Sentinel and Reporter, is Tun Constitu tion^! own funny man, and is equal to the wits of the Detroit Free Press, the Danbury News and other papers of that class.—Greenville, Tcnr.., Union and American. ^ im m Hr is impossible to reproduce all the kind utterances of the state press in rela tion to Judge Hopkins’ resignation, but tlic following paragraph from the Rock dale IJegisttr deserves a place: | It is cow coas'dered certain that Judge Hopkins, of Atlanta, will resign at the ex piration of the present year. It will be many f. long year before his equal adorns Ihe bench of the Atlanta judicial circuit. Japs 4V Hopkins Is a man worthy of the best days of antique Rome—-clear headed, pure acd firm of purpose, there are few such characters in cffice in theec degenerate days of shoddy and tinsel. The postmaster general will recom mend the return to old rates on transient newspapers, but be seems to favor tbe retention of double rates on magazines, books and other third-class matter. The expenses of his department are thirty- five millions a year, while tho receipts arc only twenty-seven million,s and with the deficiency of tight millions staring them in tbe face, he thinks congress will yet lcok favorably upon the proposition to reduce the present rate of postage on magazines and books. Fousytii and Barnesville are rivals in tbe production of semi-tropical frnits. The former having claimed the produc tion of pecans, the latter files & state ment that she has both pecans and alm onds in the course of successful growth, 03 well as a banana sprout The latter ia “a large bush,” and has fruit on it, which would have matured with a few addi tional warm days. Proper protection, it is claimed, will cause it to yield ripe fruit next year. All this goes to show what middle Georgia Is capable of. The Greensboro Home Journal pro nounces King Rex and bis festival a stu pendous humbug. Of course it is, but is it not well to drown our misfortunes and all thought of the hard times in at least one day of unmitigated and uproar- rous nonsense? It would not hurt even our Greensboro brother to unbend one day in the year, and wc hope he will put in a prompt appearance in obedience to the high commands of the king of mis rule. Grant’s rebuke of nepotism in htt North Carolina collector is very proper. The president can attend to all that himself. A meeting of democrats in Detroit has instructed the three democratic congress men from Michigan to vote for Kerr for speaker. The St. Louis Republican proposes that the democratic majority in the next house shall .cut down the rppropritaiona cne- fjorth. Mr. Randall in his twdve years of con gressional experience was always the advo cate of greedy state interests and class mo nopolies.—! Nashville American Tux third term looms up again, like the ghost of Bacquo, to startle the aspiring politicians of Ihe republic in party.—Bos ton Herald. Clemens waa mtttaken when he spoke of himself as “Maik,the perfect man.” Matk Pomeroy is the person. He has mv'c the most perfect failure on record Toe Aberdeen, Miss., Examiner mentions Gen. McCardle for state printer, and urges his selec lon in teims born of grea* earnest- Mr. Smith, master of the Georgia state grange, and chairman of the com mittee on the Good of the Order, occu pied the floor of the naticnal grange fre quently on Tuesday. His reports were the most important of the day’s business, his committee being altogether the most important one of the whole let. The body is now down to bard work, and is cutting out business at a rapid rale. The Rome Courier says Bartow coun ty has the right to name the man to fill the existing senatorial vacancy,^'under the agreement between the counties, and that any good man whom the demo crats of that county agree upon will be coniially supported by Floyd, and doubt less by Chattoog^ ^ ^ Rev. J. W. P. Facsleb, the evang elist, has become the pastor of the Bap tist church in Lumpkin, preaching there three Sundays in a month and cne Sun day at the Summer Hill church. The Newnaa Herald endorses ex-Sen- ator Wofford's views as to the biennial sessions of the legislature. It claim;, in fact, to have first sprung the agitation for snch a change in the organic law, on the people. _ ^ Turn New York Herald says Senator Gordon, of Georgia, has purchased the late residence of Mr. Walter S. Cox, in Georgetown, and thtt the Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, cf Mississippi, will be bis guest during the winter. The Washington. D. C., Gazette says the mortgsges lately made by Gen. Grant are mere blinds* Everything, it says, ;ocsto prove that the president has male “a good thing of it.” The recent sale of stock at St. Louis and the cxccu tion of the mortgages were mc*ely por tions of a plan gotten up by Grant’s friends to create the idea that he is des perately hard run, and thus make sym pathizers for his forlorn condition. It will not work, however, since it is well known that he has “feathered his nest’ beautifully. _ A Table has just been published, taken from the official books of tbe treasury, which show,* that the expendi tures of the government since 1789, or account of internal improvements—rail roads, rivers, canals, and wagon roads— aggregate $104,705,163. Not one dollar of this immense amount was expended upon works exclusively Georgian until last year, when a beggarly appropria tion was made for the rivers that unite at Rome. Are we not entitled to aid for our great canal project^ Dr. IIaygood’s article in favor of good roads has been widely copied and ap proved. All want better roads. Now, let the opinions be turned into something practical through appropriate legislation. We are dreadfully taxed, though indi rectly, by having to travel over bad roads. The wise legislator will en deavor to lighten car burdens ia that re spect ^ ^ The Constitution's Okefenokee ex pedition is now in the middle of the great swamp, and on half rations. The two correspondents “C.”and “C. R. P.” are busy with their pens, and the col umns of The Constitution teem with interesting dispatenes and letters.—[Al bany News. _ _ _ Tiie first national bank of Washington has declared a dividend of fifteen per cent, making in all payments to the amount of seventy-five per cent Nor ia the last dividend the final one. It will be remembered that this is the bank that held sixty thousand dollars of ex-Presi- dent Johns sn’s fortune. The wine making season la L >s Angelos county, Cal., is drawing to a close, distill eries ia some cases ref using further con tracts for grapes. The vintage will much exceed 803,000 gal.oof. Maguire, the St. Louis whisky ring plan derer, was the republican candidate for mayor of that city la it spring,and was beaten by the democratic nominee. St. Loots U to be congratulated on her escape. Mississippi’s United States senator, to succeed Hon. J. L. Alcorn, will be elected by her legisla'ure, on the second Tuesday after the first Monday In Janntry, but the new senator’s term commences March 4tli, 1877. Judge Hill, of the United Stat sdis trict court for MtnUsippi, has literally changed the conplcxion of the juries in that court by adopting a rule which ex cludes from the panel all who exsnot read, write and compute interest. Or the arrivals by sea a*. San Francisco ast month, 1,000 came from China and Ja pan, bat over 1,103 of this class of popula tion left daring the same time. The San Francisco B illetin regards this as a good indication. The democrats of New York have lost 31,285 votes within a year. The democrats of Ohl> hare gained about fifty -five thous and votes in the same time. That doesn’t prove that our financial poliey was specially unpopular.- Cincinnati Enquirer. The largest flouring mill in America b owned by Hon C. C. Washburne, of Minne apolis, Minn. It is seven stories high, and crouded with machinery from top to bot tom. Its oast was $310,000, has forty run of burrs,and turns out 1,000 barrels of tlonr per day. A democratic member-elect of the for ty-fourth congress who.should not be per muted to take his seat Is Mr. John G. Schu- maker of New York, who Is deeply impli cated in the Pacific mall subsidy steak The democratic paity cannot carry such dead weights. Drop him! The Sedalia Democrat is assured that there is not the least prcbahilLy of a dem ocrat, either of high or low degree, being implicated in the whbky ring frauds. It was “too good a thing” not to be closely confined to the faithful and the pluperfect- ly loyal.—St. Louis Times. The whisky ilrg revelation shed a lurid and unpleasant glare slong Pennsylvania avenue right to wax d that pillared residence which used to have a bronze statnc of Jef ferson In front of it on the lawn. We are glad this statue baa been, for the present, removed.—Hartford Times. The Brooklyn Argus has a philosopher attached to Us staff who say.: “When public sentiment cnce gets its grip on a had man In office and makes up its mind that he’s got to come. It can jerk harder than a forty thousand jackass power with a Keely motor attachment." American Cihl, recently, dead, came Into the poisession of William Lowell la 1865, then five years old. She won for her owner, In 1868, $4,CC0; in 1869, $18,500; In 1870, $ 0,350; in 1871, $15,400; in 1872, $13,- ■450; in 1873, $14,000, In 1874, $19,650; In 1875, $7,400. Total in elgbt years, $102,800, or an average of $12,850 per year. Mrs. Schell, wife of the man who was hung by a mob at Bsllefontaine, O, murdering Alice Laughlin, has been dis charged by the court, co evidence appear ing to be against her. It had been popu larly believed that Schell was innocent and that his wife hid murdered the woman through jealousy. Mb. Edward Yoceo, of the bureau of statistics, informs the country that the public debt of the United States reached its highest point In 1866, whtn it amounted to $3,788,425,212. On the 1st of the present month the debt amounted to $2,118^37,212 It would appear, therefore, that the debt has been reduced $654,028,667 in nine years, or at the average rate of nearly $74,000,000 a year. The first and only thing that Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, has done since he was elect ed, to which the whole people wlU cordially subscribe, Is hla proclamation of a general thanksgiving day on Thursday. They have a good deal to be thankful for th's year which it was quite unnecessary as it would have been personally embarrass log for the governor to mention in his message. The extert of the naval preparation con tinues to attract much attention, and the object of it all la demanded with some anxiety. Democratic members of congress say that thia preparation will Involve a very large expenditure of money, and that tary Robeson will have to show very good ressoes for it when he comes to congress to ask for hla appropriations. It is obvious already that the new house intends to hold the administration to strict accountability In the matter of expenditure. Senator Booth thinks lightly of the Hawaiian treaty, and that its beneficial re cults to the United States will be "purely mythical.” Be rides, it would be no advan tage, in hla opinion, were tbe Sandwich Islands to fall into our possession. We do not know aa to the particular merits of the treaty, but the property la certainly worth as much to the United States as to any other power, and in certain foreign con tingencies might prove of very decided ad vantage. A correspondent cf the New York World ealta attention to the fact that the twenty-six western and southern states have a population of 23,918,774, and a total representation in congress of 190. The New England states, together with Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania,havc a population of 13,294.51 l,and a congressional representation of 95. This does not occur to us »s a valid rea^n why the west and south should be powerle*s fixing the national policy.—Cincinnati En quirer. Hon. C. C. Allen, formerly United States minister to China, has accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Star Governor Ames has two years more as governor of Mississippi. About as uncom- iortable an offiee as sitting on eggs after they are hatched.—(Graphic. The question, “Who Is Bab?” will go down to posterity side by side wl*h that other time-honored query, “Who struck Billy Patterson?” O. S. Ferry was a praiseworthy example of aman who redeemed himself from »n early life of dissipation, and became the pride of his party, family, and friends. Frank Bird’s guests in Bostoc, last week, discussed the poUPcal outlook freely, and the conclusion is said to have been almost unanimous thst President Grant -would be renorain ited. Tub president is repnted as sajing that the whisky ring ueel expect no clemency from the white house—and he might have added, nor the whisky either!-[New Haven Register. Ir he had recovered, it was the intention of the la‘e Viee President Wilson to make another trip south. He had expected to be alle to start south this week. Col. D.G. Bush of Bellefontaine has faith in the third term. He has sold a house and lot for $2,C03, the purchase money to be paid when Grant is inaugurated presiden for a third term, and not before. John Log ax says he never, so help him. had anything to do with.distlllerus, and Is $40,003 or so poorer to-day than when he entered the senate. Why, John! Such a good player as yon used to be, too! -Spring- field Repub' ican. It is said that Jay Gonld Is ao ver, heart ly laden with stocks that au adverse deds! in the Union Pacific railroad case, n pending in the United Stares supreme court, would send him under. When a Chinese bank falls all the officers have their heads cut off and flung into a corner with the assets, and it has been 500 years since there was a bank failure in that country.—Free Press. The vice-president appears to have been bored to dea'h A man can stand a good deal of prominence until he fa Is sick, »nd then Lis murderers fall upon him and in quire h’m to death, personally, telegraph ically, and by fast mall. Senator Henry L. Dawes’ Injuries by tho kick of his horse are more serious than at first reported. It is stated that his in jured leg is much swollen, and It ia feared that it will be a number of weeks bef can get about much. Hon. Micuaxl C. Kerr, one of the prom inent candidates for speaker of the nation al house of representatives, was bora at Titusville, Pa lie has two brothers living In that state—Col. James K Kerr, of Pitts burg, an 1 Marshall Kerr, of Vecango coun- [Spedti from the Exploring Expedition. Billy’s Island, Okefenokee Swamp, November 18, 1875. iThe Okefenokee Swamp has within it number of mounds probably built by a race of men existing before the I dUns, as a race of pre historic men. These mounds are found upon era! tslan !• a very large one is h:re on Billy’s I>laad. A strong force wai put to work u: on It, and a cross section cut through iu two days. A number of skeletons were takea out, several entire. Some of tbe bones crumbled on contact with the air. Various relics were also exhumed. A PERFECT SKELETON will be shipped to The Coxst.tutiox labeled “handle carefully ” probable, however, that th» Indians used the mounds to some extent, it least in asional instances. LITTLE A D PARTY have been off for come days, and the res' of us are about to be off for the head waters of the Suwanee. The weathei has proven most favorable and we arc greatly blessed in this respect m m m c. HENRY WILSON IN THE SOUTH. A school teacher In Georg!*, and betrethed to a Tenner see lady. It is propoted by the provincial legisla ture of Brenos Ayres to portion out iu sacall fprm plots some 13,033 square leagues of government lands in the south and west, and to sell them at cheap rates t) agricultu ral emigrants. Toe southern state exposition opens in New Orleans on February 26,1876, and con tinues ten days. Competition for very at tractive pre niums is asked from all parts of the United States, Mexico, and Central Amer cs,and special prizes are to be awarded to strictly southern products. In Russia the winter appears to hive se in with unwonted severity. As early a October 33 the street traffic was conducted almost entirely on runner, the snow being deep enough and bard enough for sleighing, and travel by tramway has . become well nigh impossible. Lynch (colored republican) is t ie trd to congress in the Natchez district by about 202 majurity. Tha Mississippi delegation will stand : conservatives 4, republicans 2, Wt 11s (Independent) being in the latter ciass'flcation, though oppose 1 to the Ames wing of the party. The principal argument wLlcli the friends of ex Senator Harlan use In urging hla re turn to the United States senate from Iowa, that hs ha* been ehamerully vilified and needs vindication. That argument was used ly Senator Chandler’s friends in Michigan and by Senator Carpentei’a in Wisconsin, bat it did not prove effective. Tiie surgical examination of the body of Lexington, the great Kentucky race horse, revealed a most singular cause for his death That part of tin skull under the left eye, where the trouble of the horse set-mc 1 ta be located, was filled with at least a quart of misticated food, which had been forced Into the cavity through an opening In the upper jaw, caused by the loss of a tooth. Tns following is the list of vice pres! dents who h«ve died while In office: George Clinton died April, 1812; Eldrldge Gerry died November, 18.4; W. U. King in 1853. The committee of arrangements is cxamlm ing the precedents in the senate in connec tion with the death of the three Tice presi dents Vice Pre sidtnt Wilson is the sc. ond official who has died in the capltol bulidUig. The first death was also that of a Massachu setts man, John Quincy Adams. James L. Orb, of South Carolina, who served from 1857 to 1859, was the last demo, craiic speaker of the houvs of repr -eeuta- tlves. He was succeeded by William Pen nington. of New Jersey. Next Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, served for one con gress. Then foUowed Schuyler Colfax, of Indians, who succeed him fsr the thlrty- eigtb, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses; James G. Blaine, of Maine, serving In the three succeeding congresses, from 1609 to 1875. Capt. W. L. Bragg, the official head cf the democratic organisation in Alabama, ceives unlimited commendation for his efficiency as a leader. The election of the state ticket in 1874, of a legislature demo cratic in both branches, and six oat of eight congreesmcn, beeldes the adoption of the new constitution by 50,000 majority, are among the items set down to his credit. Tbe captain is evidently a worker toe dem ocracy of Alabama can aflord to brag on as well as tie to. When Henry Wilson first entered the senate he was made chairman of the corner ittee on military affaire, of which Davis wsj a member. When Davis left the senate in the winter of 1S61, to lead in the rebellion, he walked across the cham ber, and taking his colleague warmly by the hand, said: -“Wilson, you and I have always been friends, I hope we shall meet again In calmer days.” It should be added that during Mr. Wilson’s recent sou-hem tour he had a cordial meeting with the ex< president of the southern confederacy. There Is not a reasonable probaM’ity that the state treasury will contain one dol lar on the first of next January. The ad vocates of alow tax, who were sore that any figures from 20 to 40 cents would be sufficient to meet all the expenses of the state, should come to the front and explain. One great reason for the non-collection of the taxes due the state Is in the repeal of the fifty per cent, penalty per annum by the last legislature; the penalty being reduced to ten per cent, perannnm. The reanlt of this will be that the tax collectors will have to sell tbe property for unpaid taxes and the state will be necessitated to buy it In. Money Is worth more than ten per cent, to a large portion of tbe tax payers.—Knox ville Press and Herald. THE OKEFENOKEE. A Pro-Historic Hace-Cnttins Into Mounds. A Skeleton Shipped to The Const). tntlOHa |Columbus Enquirer.] Many years ago VL-e-PrcsIdcnt Wilson was a school teacher in Greenville, Meri wether county, Georgia. He did not re main tbc.e long, but returned to Massachu setts, whence he came. Mr. II S. Estes, one of our leading and respected citizens, lived there at the lime. He commenced life as a tailor. The two, as young me«, knew each other well and rctal ed acquaint ance and reme-Lbrstce threugh life. It was mainly through his influence on Mr. Wil son that the first Appropriation for the sur vey of our river was obtained. fNashville American. J Vice President Wilscn w»re engaged to be married to a laly formcily of Pulaski, but now of WPItamson county. Their vows were to have been consummated on the re covery* of his health. They first met to wash ngton and have ever since kept up a constant and most agreeable correapood- eace; The raaio object of the vice presi dent s vis t here last spring was to see her. The lady is one of the most highly cultured and wealthy ladies in the south. It was the intention cf Mr. Wilson to come south this week if hi* i Incss had abated. TIIE CONDEMNED. he Letter ol’Gov* Smith Reprieving Brinkley. A report was made lo these columns on Thursdsy morning that Governor Smith had issued an order whereby BR’KKLEY WAS RESPITED for antlher week. Our report stated that the reasons of the governor for this action were not then knowu to our reporter but the order reverts that the moving cause was the affidavit of one of Brinkley’s coun tel that stepa were being taken to secure a new trial. As yet nothing is known to (he reporter ot the progress being made in the motion for a new trial. The following is THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER: To 117/* 8. J zlcw, £ her Iff vf Comet* County: Whereas, a statement 1 i writing verified by the oath of P. F. Smith, eeq., nas been laid before the governor, showing that a judicial proceeding Is being instituted for the purpose of obtaining a new trial for Stephen B. Brinkley, now confined In the jail of Coweta county, under sentence of death for murder, upon the extraotdlnary ground of newly discovered evidence, and whereas, it is further made to appear that owing to the absence of the pre id ng judge and tbe near epproach of the day fixed for the execution, there will not be sufficient time for the prosecution and just disposition of said proceeding for a uer trial, unless a further respite Is granted * and, whereas, in a matter of grave Import ance, it Is right and proper that even a con demned criminal shall be allowed every reasonable opportunity to eatsbtiah, if pos sible, his Inno encc or the crime of which he has been convicted. It is, therefore Ordered that a further respite fromexccu tion be granted the said Stephen B Brink- lev from Friday the 26th inst, to Friday, the 3d day of December next, upon which hut named dav, unless otherwise legally direct ed, you will do execution upon the body of the said 8tephcn B. Brinkley in acccordancc with the judgment of the superior court of said county, rendered against him. Herein fail not. In testimony where of, I have hereunto eet my hand, and cansed thes»al of execu tlve department to be affixed the day and year first above written. By the governor: Jas. M. Smith. P. W. Alexander. Governor. Sec’y Ex. Dept. A Lire Agricultural Clnb. A careful analysis of the new con gross shows that the senate will consist of 43 republicans, 28 democrats and independents, besides tbe contested seat from Louisiana-total, 74. The wbolc number of representatives is 272, of which 174 arc democrats, 107 republi cans, 10 independents, and one to be elected from tbe fatal fourth congres sional district ofTennessee. A Dad Man As SI was coming up town from the At, isnta &. Richmond Air-Line depot yester day, helndn ged in a little song all to him self. Two other negroes passed by, and one of them ahouted back: “Pin up yer wider Up, ole msn, an’ stop dst racket!” “Who yer talkin’ter?” said 81, stepping short and turning around. ‘Talkin’ to, you ole “Ter don’t know me, do yer?” said Si, 1 don’tkeer whom H; you ain’t no part of Chrismus week, I will “lou’se a da— ” Just then Si took a run with heal bent down, and two aeconis after there was a sick nigger in the mud, wsnMng nothing un der heaven but adoctor. And as SI went on, he remarked over his shoulder: “Pm a bad nigger; situs was; was bad ’fere de war, bad all in <?e war, bad artcr de war, and I’m do loudes* buttin nigger you eber read ’boa In books wld de leabee all out and deklver lost.” WITHOUT A TREASURER Treasurer Jones Falls to Furnish the New Bond Required by the Governor. The Office Now Vacant by Operation of the Law. The Governor Will Not Appoint a Successor for Some Days. It is remembered, that upon the 75th Inst, Governor Smith issued an executive order in which he recited the following facts and promulgated the order attached: After the issuance of the above order, and the making of arrangements concerning the future disposal ot the state’s moneys? no further action was taken by tho governor pending the specified terra or ten days. THE ALLOWED TIM* EXPIRED at 12 m. Thursdsy night, and up to that hour It was thought possible for the new bond to have beeu . resented to th i govern- or. It is said that the governor was readi ly accessible up to that time, but was not approached on the subject. HO BOND was presented to the g vernor by Treasurer Jones, o» any intimation given on the sub* J c ct, Rbttl yesterday morning; when Colonel Jones sent a note to the governor in which the executive was informed that it was not possible for the treasurer to present the new bond required. CCL jones’ letter was not furnUhcd to the press yesterday, because, in addition to the communications pertinent to the main point—the bond—it contained other matters to which the gov ernor may see proper to reply, and It would scarcely be fair to give the one without the other. The ten days having expired, and the bom) not being Bled, Tax OFFICE 19 BOW VACANT by operation ot the law In inch case* made and provided, and died In ibe order ot •!ie governor. Tbu makes rather dlaogreeable and annoying blatna In tho atate'goveinmental department of the state. The moneys of the state arefuslnowcomtng In rapidly from tax-collectors, and there Is work enough for * treasurer to do. STATING D19 ACCOUNT. The law give* the ex-trcaaurer ten days additional time In which to make up kia ac count with the itatc, striking the proper ba!ance,cathcrlng togetter Ustunda.vouch- “, warrsn e papers and books preparatory .clivery to nis successor In office. DIS1VS.IL OF FUNDS. While the Interregnum con tinues sU moneys remitted to the treasury are expected to tome direct ed to the treasurer, lu the core of th* comptroller general, who will receive and leeeipt for the nme, depositing them each day In the UUzeua’ bank, to the treasury . occomr, and exhibiting to the governor at the close of each day the evidence ot such depulls. A minute of these will be kept In the executive office. All banks or de positories of state funds are to hold them In possession until officially Informed of the appointment of a treasurer and hit quollfl- corton by giving the proper bond. These funds will be subject only to drat s in the shape of "executive warrants.” which will bo paid by the depositories the same as if presented to the treasurer, and held as voucherato be handed over to the new treasurer. “« IIO WILL HE TBEASUBXB!” now tho qnestlOD In order, and b one which the governor la not di-poaed to settle for several days. The above arrangement will obtain tor the present and it Is mm than pro’ abls that the new treasurer will have been appointed and Bled lib bond be fore his name Is given to the public. The office b one not ca'ily supplied and the governor will rake time to select a suitable person, willing to assume the position. Such appointee will only be tor the period between hts assumption of the office and the election of a treasurer by the leglsbtnrc lu January session. Governor Smith respectfully declined to be Interviewed yesterday upon tho subject tn any of Its phases. Onr reporter colled several Umes to see ex-Treasurcr Jones, but fared to find him. Various reports are made anent the subject ot the bond. Some toy that Colonel Jones did not make s decided attempt to fu-nbh the brad, while others so- that both he and hr* friends did make ail possible efforts, llow the truth of tub matter b we cannot aay, and only give our best in formation. Rusions. We hear It stated that tome days ago a meeting of Uc directors ot the Clt:zena’ Sank was held, for ihe purpose ot consid ering the proposition to become surety on Ihe bond ot the treasurer, bnt the result would seem to show that the meeting failed to agree to the same. A well-defined rumor says that Dr. C. I. Redwtne, formerly of the firm of Kedwine & Fox, of tbit city, b to be tendered tho office of treasurer, for tbs Interim. Dr. Redwtne Is now In tho >lty, and It may be- possible that the rumor lias some founda tion. We arc unable to aay what ore tho fads In slther of the above rumors. THE AHG^RAN 8 TABLES. The Liihonis agricultural society of DcKalb county wu recently re-orginizeil and includes in it* membership many of the leading faimersof that county .which is knowu to be one of the most prosper ous in Georgia. A meeting ot the socie ty wu held at Lithonia on Saturday lut, the 20th instant. Tbe president, Judge John C. Ragsdale, in the choir, and E. J. Bond, Esq., secretary. Various re ports, both verbal and written, of form ing operations during the present yemr wero submitted, showing some fine re sults. Judge Ragsdale had raised 1800 to 2000 pounds of seed cotton per acre, by a moderate use of guanos, and but little employed help. After giving a detailed statement of tbe cost and net results, be asserted that cotton at ten cent* per pound could be n aed with profit Squire G. IL Weaver from a amall peacb orchard, will make from the fruit and brandy over $000. Henri. M. R. Stevenson and W. L. B. Croasbey, and otbera, also produced excellent crop*, notwithstanding a severe drougtb. Some fall yields of corn, wheat and oata were reported. It wu demonstrated that tbe true plan of prohtable farming b, first, tbe judi cious application of good guano. Sec ond, careful and thorough cultivation. Third, close and personal attention of tbe fanner to labor, and using u little hired help aa possible. Extended remarks highly eulogistic cf the creditable results of farm oparntiops in DeKalb county,and of the good stand lag of its farmers, were made bv Col. John N. Swift and CtpL Wiufirld Pe ter*, of Messrs. Snowden & Peters,guano dealers, Baltimore. Buell, Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, arranges tho catalogue of Investigations for tho forty- fourth congress u follows: 1. An inquiry u to the methods by which the passage of the supplementary law of 18G9 wu secured, making the 8-20 bonds payable in gold. 2. An inquiry u to means by which the syndicate wu organizecd in the reign of BoutwclL 3. An invest jgation of tho Indian ring and the land ring in the department of tho interior. 4. An investigation or the contract system in the navy department. 8. An investigation of tho conduct of Willtami in the department of justice. This will involve three branches of inqui ry—one in respect lo the general abuses in the southern districts, one in regard to tiie behavior of the attorney general in the Louisiana matter, and one as to tho administration of justice in the District of Columbia when Williams was attorney general and Fisher district attorney. 0. An investigation of the postofflee department in respect to the frauds in the letting of mail routes. 7. An investigation of the office of tho supervising architect of the treasury de partments with respect to the manner in which contracts were let for the material of the Chicago custom house, the New York postofflee and several other impor tant public buildiugs. A A re-opening of the District of Co lumbia investigation, bo far u the “Real Estate Pool” b concerned. Besides these, there will undoubtedly be a number of minor investigations act on foot du Ing the session to inquire into special instances of fraud. A Card. Washington, Nov. 80, 1875. Editor. Corutitution: I deny being tbe author of a letter from an employee ot the government to Gen. Gordon, as charged by the Cboolestoo News and Courier, and the Columbia Union Herald, two uni rincipled radical newspapers of South Carolina. I alro deny being tbe author of any letters for Georgia newspapers As an act of sim ple justice, please publish the above. Yours respectfully. Rollin' H. Kirk. Executive Notes. The governor yesterday appointed George C. Thomos to he county judge of Oconee county. Tbe court is organi zed under the general county court act Other executive business b more fully set oat elsewhere in these columns. Executive Note. The Governor yesterday commiaalont-d W-;F. Taylor tone justice of the peace of tiie 10th district, G. IL, of Eflingham county. A requisition or two issued to be sent to ether states and secure the re turn of fugitives from justice. Thettloryot an Orange Orchard. [From the Co-operative Newaj We know an instance of an officer in the United State* navy, who took our advice iu 1858, and planted an orchard of ten acres in oranges below New Or leans, on a small tract or land which he purchased for the purpose. He aet out two-year old trees, and until the war broke out paid considerable attention to his trees. He then left it in charge of an old gardincr. He died just after the war closed, and his family haring soon run through with the few thous.nd dollars he bad left, hb widow cameto New Orleans to dispose of the am til tract on which the ten acres of oeanges were. She did not care to visit the place, but was anxious to sell U instantly for $000 cash, though it had coat nearly $4,000 with the build ings. Wc advised her brother to look into the matter a liulc before Belling. An inveatigation showed that the old gardincr had for several ycors been sel ling the crop of oranges for hb own ac count at from three to seven thousand dollars, and the brother actually sold the crop then on tbe trees for nine thousand, for tbe oranges were of the best variety. We cite this well known instance to show the value of the crop —Tbe hones of Christopher Columbus, whatever remains of them are to be taken to Italy and deposited in the church or Santa Croce, the Westminister of Flor ence, aome.time in January next —Baron Edmond Rothschild and Count de Turennc of France, two gen tlemen representing $800,000,000 of property, have arrived ie Sin Francisco. They travel, dress, and lodge vety plain ly; are exceedingly inquisitive; and aa they are to spend a month in the state, every one is endeavoring to learn what financial enterprise they have in contem plation.

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, November 30, 1875, Image 1