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6. THE ATLANTA WEEKLY S P N CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3. that you ure but carrying out tbe de crees of an unconstitutional act of a par- iyizcd Congress ? It is a well known and accepted legal maxim, that a delegated power cannot bo delegated. The Con stitution of the United States, which you arc sworn to observe, protect and defend, says that Congress may suspend the priv ilege of the writ of habeas corpus when rebellion or invasion do imperil the pub lic safety. Now, although this power is delegated to Congress only by the Con stitution of the Republic, yet, the act of Congress, approved April 20, 1871, seeks to delegate this power to the President, and allows him to exercise liis discretion in deciding when the “rebellion or inva sion” referred to in the Constitution, miliar with a few facts; but one known to j dictate the terms of union, and frame be, and recognized among, scientific the policy which is to govern the new men, as thorough in his department; to party, and the Democrats are to accept Brown was shall be considered as existing. This, Mr. President, invested you with impe rial power, and you might well have turned away from the sceptre which the Mark Antonys of .Congress tendered to you. But your Excellency—your Majes ty, I might add—seized the tendered power. Yon did more. In your procla mation of October 17 hist, yon proceed to carry on this delegation of a delegated power. You delegate your power to the United States Marshal, and he is author ized to delegate to his deputy, and he to a soldier, and he to a citizen, and thus it comes to this, in the last analysis of the mutter, that the suspension of the writ of habeas carpus rest*, finally, in the hands of any United States soldier or negro in the once sovereign State of South Caro lina. Against this as a Carolinian, as a citi zen of the United States, as an heredi tary freeman, I raise my protest, however ineffectual as it may be. Further, I raise my protest, and the protest of all in sym pathy with me, against all your military proceedings in this State. These pro ceedings, instigated by personal malice and for partizan purposes, have inflicted a heavy blow npon the industries, as well' as the liberties of our people. They are uncalled for. I affirm that the civil arm was strong enough to execute the law in South Carolina, and that a grievous wrong ha3 been done to this State by tlio very hand that should have been raised in sympathy and defense. And now, Mr. President, let me say to you, that if your purpose be to break the spirit of our people, and make them bend to the yoke that has been laid upon them, even your giant* strength, as the head of a powerful Government, will not be equal to the task. Our people will emerge from the waves that now threaten to bury their all. Out of chaos will come order —out of decay will come life. With our climate, our soil, onr resources, our men, our women, with all the bounties oi a good God spread before us, we shall not despair. Nor shall we abandon our mo ther State in the hour of her greatest need. Claiming only what is just and fair, standing by only what is right, we shall hold on to the broken altars of the State and pour upon them in lavish streams the rich libations of a more than Roman devotion. If you can rise to the heights of your duty, it is plain what your Excellency is called upon to do. Withdraw your sol diers. Recall your military edicts. Re mit us to peaceful pursuits. -Think of Burke when he relented, and pardoned something to the spirit of liberty. Think of Camillus, when, by a magnanimous policy, he made the conquered people of Latinmn the friends of Rome, and thus added to her power and dignity. Your Excellency appears bent upon the policy of making war upon the Southern States. Pardon me for the suggestion that you cannot, if you regard your fame, retire too soon from this campaign against your own countrymen. The only enemy before you are the men, women and children of plundered, struggling communities. The great heart of the peerless Lee is still in death, and the war-worn veterans o. the armies of the Confederacy are making their bread by the sweat of their brows. You can, Mr. President, win no honors in your present aggressions; and even if honors were possible, it might be well for you to bear in mind the sugges tion of a Christian heart, that ••Peace hath Uer victories no less renowned than I am, respectfully, yours, J. P. T. The Polytechnic Institute. We need in Georgia a comprehensive Polytechnic Institute, where those sub jects will be taught that are supplemen tary to the gymnastic or disciplinary studies now pursued at the colleges. We need an institute where our young men can be trained to be practical chemists, mechanical and civil engineers, mining engineers, architects, builders, scientific agriculturists, scientific mechanics; where the opportunity and inducement will be offered them to adopt these industrial professions that are destined to play so important a part in our civilization. Our strength in the future lies in educating our sons for their varied industries, as our weakness in the past lay in sedulously avoiding them. But what do we require to constitute a polytechnic institute that will create and supply the demand for this scientific education? We need, first, the appliances necessary to teach modern science, such that, at tho present time, do not exist in any institution of learning in Georgia, and such that cannot be ob tained without large means. Among them are chemical and physical laborato ries, where opportunities will be afforded students of becoming practically famil iar with the applications of science; museums of ores, minerals, soils, imple ments, etc.; models in Architecture, En gineering, Mechanics, etc. These being the appliances wherewith to teach the applications of science, would constitute the needed ground-work or foundation whereon to build the proposed Institute. To use this scientific material there should be secured competent professors, earnest men, devoted to their work; and, in addition to teaching the motives of scientific investigation, and the applica tions of science, the determining the geo logical, minerological, and physical re sources of the State should receive, in. the proposed Institute, immediate atten- tion. It should be, emphatically, a State “^tihite—working to develope both the “ and physical resources of the whom should be assigned tbe duty of making a mineralogicul and geological survey of tho entire State, of preparing charts indicative of its mineral wealth, and its diversified soil, and of collecting a museum of minerals and soils, tcc. Til's survey would be tbe work of years, but with a proper division of the time in the lecture room and in tbe field, it could be satisfactorily accomplished. Then geological excursions would also afford to special and advanced studeuts an opportunity of acquiring this practi cal knowledge, which would prove of positive value. This institute should also have a Pro fessor of Physical Geography, whose duty it should be to make a physical survey of the State, and collect statistics of the agricultural products, and the manufac tures of tbe different sections. Charts, exhibiting the result of these surveys, should be published, on which should be indicated the water-powers, the valuable timber, the climate, products qf the soil, with statistics of population, &c., thus illustrating the natural wealth of Geor gia. We possess a princely domain, ex tending from the mountains to the sea shore, embracing nearly sixty thousand square miles, yet concerning much of this domain we possess very limited knowledge. We can obtain more reliable and accurate knowledge of Colorado or Nevada in two hours, by re- fering to the United States reports, than we can acquire of Georgia, by a resi dence of as many years. We know not of what we are capable. We know not what wealth we possess. We know not what valuable mineral deposits may lie hidden in the bowels of our mountains; nor what rich beds of phosphates may be in our low lands. As sensible men, desiring to develope our State, it becomes us to know these things, to go to work sensibly and suc cessfully, to exhibit to ourselves and the world, the material wealth of our State. If, under the direction of the proposed Polytechnic Institute, whose establish ment we advocate, the mineralogical, geological and physical surveys were completed, or partially completed, and then were published the charts illustrat ing the varied soils, the climate, the fall of rain, the valuable mineral deposits, the geological formations, the rivers and streams, with the horsepower, indicating the capacity of the waterfalls, marked at the proper localities, the valuable tim ber, the railroads, the varied agricultu ral products, &c., &c., of what inesti mable value would they be to the State? How could we estimate the rich harvests that we would enjoy from such a work? Can any reasonable doubt be enter tained of their beneficial influence, were such charts and statistics, giving an epi tome of the natural wealth of Georgia, distributed in the centers of capital and immigration of the old world ? How otherwise can we we successfully invite capital and immigration, unless we show to the world the superior natural advan tages proposed? and how otherwise can it be done so economically and satisfactorily as in the manner proposed, under the direction of a State Institute?’ There is one other officer essential in the proposed Institute, who, in our opinion, should have connection with the State and the people. The Professor of Applied Chemistry should be the State chemist, whose duty it should be, for a nominal compensation, fixed by law, to analyze specimens of fertilizers used by planters; and whose certificates of analy sis, in such cases, should be the requisite legal evidence to establish fraud, and render the claims of the vendor void. The protection thus afforded to the agri cultural community would far more than repay to the State in money value, the entire amount, requisite to found this much needed institute of applied science. We do not pretend to enumerate all the officers needed in the Polytechnic In stitute.. If the State should establish it with a wise liberality, it would expand as our necessities would demand. But even with these departments we have enumera ted, filled with earnest., consistent .men, can we justly estimate the value of the investment to the State ? Can we esti-, mate the immediate benefits that would arise from a judicious distribution of such physical charts as we have described, in inviting capital and immigration, or the remote good in giving a new impetus to our energies and opening new industries. This is not a fanciful Utopian scheme. We have revolved it in our thoughts for years. We commend its consideration to the thoughtful members of the Legis lature. All that we advocate can be ac complished if we will exhibit a commen dable State pride, and, for the time, place prejudices of locality in abeyance. Rugby. it, not only unreservedly, but thankfully. They are simply to vote a new set of Re-; publicans into place and power, and when they have done this they are to have all the advantage they can derive from a barren compliment on their “honor and magnanimity. ” This, however, is not all. After ad monishing the Democracy that it is their duty to yield everything, they are cooly told that ‘‘both wings of the Reform party will stand on an equal footing in everything, and that there will be on each side equal willingness and zeal to support a Presidential candidate selected from the other.” The one great object of the proposed combination is avowedly to keep General Grant from becoming President for a second term. What tbe World calls “the elements of opposition,” are quite simple and are thus stated: First, “A crusade against corruption in office.” Second, “Amnesty to the South.” Third, “Sup port of the Revenue Reform; or Free Trade Movement.” Undoubtedly these are all issues of vital importance. They involve, more over, measures of reform that tbe Demo cratic party has all along been in favor of almost to a man. But wbat reason have we to believe that the Republican opponents of General Grant will agree to unite with tbe Democracy even on this narrow platform, Let us look into this matter a little. Mr. Sumner is known to be opposed to the renomination of Gen eral Grant. It will be admitted that the Massachusetts Senator exerts a wide political influence in the New England States. Can he be brought to recogzize the justice of “Amnesty to the South?” Is lie not among the foremost support ers of the infamous Ku-klux bill? Liv ing, as he does, in a State in which man ufacturing corporations have.profited so largely by a high protective tariff, and with his known views ou the subject, would he turn short round and advocate “Revenue Reform?” Take next the New York Tribune. That journal, it is veil known, is the most zealous and persistent advocate of “a high protective tariff” of any in the country. . Can Mr. Greeley, who controls it be induced to favor “ Revenue Reform?” We leave “Free Trade” out of the question entirely. It is true that Mr. Greeley does not person ally favor the re-election of General Grant; but he has, nevertheless, through the columns of the Tribune, avowed his purpose to support the Republican nom inee for the Presidency, whether it be General Grant or any other man. It is true, also, that the Tribune has fre quently' clamored for “Amnesty to the South.” But, by one of those paradoxes it is impossible to reconcile with good faith and honesty of purpose, it vehe mently defends the Ku-klux law and the dictatorial powers with which General Grant is clothed. We cite these two prominent instances as illustrating how little ground there is for supposing the Republican elements of opposition to General Grant can be brought to unite with the Democracy even upon so simple a platform as that laid down by the World. If both Mr, Sumner and the New York Tdbune would spurn the platform, what right have we to suppose that the bulk of the anti-Grant wing of the same party would not do likewise? There is nothing more demoralizing than to desert principle for expediency. We have had proof of that in the Vallandigham “New Departure,’’ and of which the World was the foster father. Are we to be tricked again into a similar delusion ? GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. TWENTY-FIFTH DAY S PROCEEDINGS. Tlie World’s New Departure From the Baltimore Gazette. On Saturday last the New York WoHd, mental State. According to our conception there should be a Professor of Mineralogy and Economic Geology; not a Sciolist, fa in a double-leaded article, gave in its for mal adhesion to the proposition of an other “new departure” for the Democra cy. The language it uses is, in some respects, so cloudy and vague that it is impossible to say whether it adopts out right the “passive policy” advocated by tbe St. Louis Republican, or the organi zation of an entirely new party, in accor dance with the views of Carl Schurz. What, however, is quite clear is that the Democratic party, which cast nearly two millions of votes at the last Presidential election, is advised to enter into a coali tion with the Republican opponents of General Grant, numbering at this time, according to the suppositious estimate of the World, some four hundred thousand voters. No one, we apprehend, will doubt for a moment the cordial welcome that would be extended by the Democracy to so large a reinforcement of anti-Grant Re publicans. But it is quite another and a very different thing for two millions of Democrats to go over to four hundred thousand Republicans^ especially as the World, lays down as the basis of such a coalition, that the Democrats would be bound in honor and magnanimity to con cede to their Republican allies as much as they ash. What does such a stipula tion amount to, if not to a thorough and complete surrender of the larger body to the smaller ? “Of course,” adds the World, blandly, “it wonld be an insult to either side to expect it to make any sacrifice of •principle.” It italicizes the word “principle,” fo'r the purpose of making it more emphatic, and yet, at the very* time it does so, it urges the Democrats to concede to their new political associates “as much as they ask.” Practically, such a concession amounts to this—the Liberal Republicans axe to SENATE. Wednesday, Nov. 29. Senate met, President Trammell in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Warren.— Roll called; present—Messrs. Anderson, Brown, Bruton, Burns, Cameron, Can dler, Clark, Colman, Cone, Crayton, Deveaux, Estes, Erwin, Griffin, Heard, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle, Jervis, Jordan, Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews, Nunnally, Peddy, Reese,Simmons,Smith, Steadman, Wallace, Wellborn and Welch —33. Messrs. Hinton, Chairman of the Com mittee on Lunatic Asylum, Matthews aud Welch were absent on yesterday inspect ing the Asylum, preparatory to making a report of its condition to the General As sembly. Journal approved. A bill to incorporate the State Agricul tural. Land Grant Board, and for other purposes, being the special order of the day, was then taken up. This bill pro vides for the establishment of two Agri cultural Colleges, one at Dahlonega, the other at Milledgevilie, in pursuance of act of Congress donating 270,000 acres as a foundation for these Colleges, with the Executive Committee of the State Agri cultural Society a Board for the selection, care and disposal of the lands so granted. Mr. Bruton offered as a .substitute a bill which makes the Georgia State Board of Education, as now. constituted, the Board for the care and selection of these lands, and that this. Board shall report to the General Assembly, with which the final disposition of the lands shall re main, and supported the same, insisting that the Board provided for by the bill is large and indefinite, and that the best policy would be to locate aud secure these lauds, after which the Legislature can dispose of them more intelligently and advantageously than if the power of dis pos’tion was lodged in private hands. Mr. Clark said the benefit of the bill ought to be enjoyed in common by both races, and contended that Congress designed the donation for the benefit of all citizens indiscriminately. Mr. Campbell offered an amendment, always provided the benefits of the fund shall be divided equally between all stu dents, without regard to race, color or previous condition, and contended that the spirit indicated by Congress should be pursued, and the donation should be disposed of, without prejudice, for tho general good. Mr. Brown, offered an amendment the substitute appointing the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Presidents uf the agricultural colleges and Hon. E. Steadman, as a Board for the purposes indicated by the bill. Mr. Hinton spoke in favor of the sub stitute of Mr. Bruton, on the ground that the fund should first be received and made subject to the control of the State before it is disposed of. Mr. Bruton called the previous ques tion. The amendment of Mr, lost. The amendment of Senator Campbell was lost. .. Ayes 8; nays 27. f- The substitute of Mr. Bruton was lost: Ayes 18; nays 19. Mr. Brown offered an amendment, ad ding the President of the Trustees of the Male Academy, at Marietta, to the Board provided by the bill; lost. Mr. Smith offered an amendment add ing the President of the Trustees of the Agricultural College to said board. Lost; ayes 16, nays 18. Senator Campbell offered an amend- ment,adding the President of the Atlanta University to the Board, and making that University one of the recipients of the fund—ayes 18, nays 18. The Presi dent voted no; lost. Mr. Hinton offered an amendment of the sa ne tenor, relating to the South- Western Agricultural College; lost. The original was lost by Ayes—Messrs. Brown, Burns, Estes, Erwin, Heard, Hillyer, Hoyle, Jervis, Jordan, Kirkland, Reese, Richardson, Simmons and Wellborn—15. Nays—Anderson, Brock, Bruton, Cam eron, Campbell, .Candler, Clark, Colman, Cone, Crayton, Deveaux, Hinton, Kib bee, Lester, Matthews, MoWhorter, Nunnally,Peddy, Smith, Steadman, Wallace and Welch—22. The House resolution to modify the resolution to adjourn on Thursday, 30th inst, so far as to* hold an afternoon ses sion on that day was taken up and con curred in. The hour, for the election of a Public Printer having arrived, the Senate retired into the Hall of Representatives, and President Trammell took the chair. Mr. Hillyer, of 35th District, nominated W. A. Hemphill Mr. Hillyer, of Camden, nominated S. W.. Grubb. The vote stood: W. A. Hemphill, 154; S. W. Grubb, 7; Jake Born, 1; Rough Rice, 1; and W. A. Hemphill was declared elected. On motion the Senate then returned to the Chamber. A message was received from the Governor, ad interim, stating the ap proval of an act to repeal the 20th Sec tion of an act approved October, 1870. • A but to incorporate the'Hawkinsville and Eufanla Railroad, was read the third time and passed. A resolution recommended by the Ju diciary Committee, to whom was referred a correspondence between Hon. O. A. Lochrane and Hon. David Irwin, rela tive to the . revision of Irwin’s Code, that the work of revision be suspended, for the present, was adopted. A resolution providing for the discon tinuance of all suits against the Treas urer to recover interest on deposit of State bonds, and declaring his exemp tion from liability thereafter, was adopted. A resolution, requesting the Governor to furnish the county of Jasper with the Reports of the Supreme Court, allowed by law, which have never been received by that coupty, with several amendments proposed; tabled. A resolution, requesting our Represen tatives in Congress to use their influence to procure payment, by the Government, to the Cherokee Indians now in the State, of an amount of money now remaining due under the various treaties with the Nation; adopted. ' Bills on first reading: By Mr. Smith—To incorporate the People’s Savings Bank of Newnan. By Mr, Hillyer—Fixing the fees of Constables of the several Courts of Ful ton; also—To amend section 3781, by in serting the word criminal before the word case. By Mr. Matthews—To explain and amend section 3652 of the Code, relating to the duties of the County Treasurer. By Mr. Lesteiv—To provide for the dis charge of the duties of Ordinary of Chat ham county. , To incorporate the Darien Telegraph Company. V - The Senate then adjourned until 10 a. m. Friday. , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. House was called to order by the Speak er. Pra yer by Rev. Mr. Jones. Journal was read and approved. Mr." Pou moved to reconsider so much of yesterday’s nroceedings as relate to the passage of a bill to incorporate the town of Colquitt, on the ground that one sec tion in the bill is unconstitutional. The motion prevailed. Mr. Gray moved to reconsider the loss of a bill exempting land lying in cities and towns when used for agricultural purposes from taxation. This motion prevailed. Mr. Simmons of Gwinnett offered a resolution declaring the seat of Mr. Page of Lee vacant, he having been convicted of a felony in Sumter Superior Court. Joiner ,of Dougherty moved to refer the resolution to the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections. Messrs. Snead, Guerry and McMillan thought the reso lution premature. The motion to refer prevailed. Bills read the first time: Mr. Hiedt—To provide for a registra tion of the voters of Chatham county. . Mr. Woodward—To exempt maimed persons from payment of poll tax. Mr. Goodman—To authorize Douglas county to take stock in the Georgia West ern Railroad. Mr. Woodward—To incorporate the town of Vienna. Also, to amend an act to incorporate the town of Montezuma. Also, to authorize the classification of public roads in Dooly county. Mr. Edwards—To construct a Railroad from Elberton, Georgia, to intersect with the New York and New Orleans Air-Line Railroad. Mr. Nutting—To incorporate'the Cen tral Insurance Company, of Georgia; also, to incorporate the Nutting Cotton Manufacturing Company, of Macon. Mr. Phillips—A resolution to appoint a Joint Committee on Wild Lands. Mr. Sargeant—A resolution to pay Dennis Hammond’s last quarters’ salary as Judge for the year 1862. Mr. Hoge—To repeal 8th Section of an act to levy and collect a tax for the support of the Government for the year 1869; also, to incorporate the Northern Bank of Georgia. Mr. Franklin—To entitle F. W. Dawes to practice medicine. Mr. Jackson—To appropriate $1500 to J. L Miiler for services rendered as Re ceiver of Returns, etc., in Fulton county, in year 1864. Mr. McWhorter—To authorize Ordi naries to appoint Road Comraissionera Mr. Simmons of Gwinnett—For the relief of Mr.J. M. Peden, former Tax Collector of Gwinnett. Mr. Pierce—To amend the charter of Sparta. Mr. Walters—To relieve the securities of N. O. Alexander, Tax Collector of Jasper couoty. Mr. Griffin of Houston—To exempt Justices of the Peace and Judicial No taries from jury duty. Mr. Beaseley—To compensate joreis in Jefferson county by paying them mileage. Mr. Pou—To allow Nicholas Fogarty to practice medicine; also, to change the time of holding Muscogee Superior Court. Mr. Bunn—To make it tho duty of Tax Receivers to collect Agricultural sta tistics. Mr. Crittenden—To relieve maimed and indigent persons from tax. Mr. McNeil—To protect persons in rearing oysters and fish in tide waters; also, to create a Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenue for Glynn county. Mr. Snead—To incorporate Oglethorpe Manufacturing Company of Augusta; also, to prescribe the mode of payment of costs in criminal cases to Magistrates and Constables in Richmond county. Mr. McNeil—To protect tho people of this’State against the discrimination by railroad companies in the transportation of passengers and freights. Mr. Pou—To amend the law relating to fences. Mr. Hudson—To amend the charter of the Americus and Isabella Railroad Com pany. Mr. Hall of Upson—To prescribe the manner of enforcing attorney’s Hens. Mr. Barksdale—To change the line be tween the counties of McDuffie and War ren counties. Mr. Slaton—To change the line be tween Wilkes and Taliaferro counties. Mr. Cumming—To amend an act to facilitate the sale of real estate, and to encourage immigration. Mr. Sargeant—To incorporate the People’s Savings Bank of Newnan. On motion of Mr. Goldsmith the rules were suspended, and. a resolution pro viding for the appointment of a commit tee to investigate the claims against the Penitentiary, was adopted. A resolution reported by the Commit tee on Internal Improvements, providing for the appointment of a joint committee of one from the Senate and two from the House, to visit Washington to aid our Representatives in obtaining aid from Cougress for the construction of a Canal to connect the waters of the Mississippi with the Atlantic coast, was read. Mr. Jackson moved to amend by add ing the Superintendent of Public Works, Messrs. Bryan and McMillan thought it unbecoming in this great State to send men to Washington to lobby a measure through. They favored leaving the mat ter in the hands of our Representatives there. Messrs. Jackson and Wofford of Bar tow did not think that these parties were to act as lobbyists, but that owing to the magnitude and importance of the work, all available measures for its success should be adopted. Mr. Griffin of Houston, also, advocated the adoption of the resolution, and ex plained some of the great advantages to be derived from the canal. The hour of 12 m. having arrived, the Senate came into the Representative Hall and the General Assembly, Presi dent Trammell presiding, proceeded to the election of a State Printer. W. A. Hemphill was elected. The Senate retired, and the House re sumed the consideration of the resolu tion to appoint a committee to go to Congress, &c. Mr. Pou opposed the resolution on the ground that no good could be accom plished by this committee if Congress does not listen to oar Representatives. On motion of Mr. Lang the resolution was laid on the table. Bills on third reading: To compensate jurors in the counties of Rabun and Towns; passed. To establish a permanent Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb county; passed. To change the time of holding Rich mond Superior Court; passed. To authorize the reception of inter rogatories from Postmasters, etc., during vacation; lost. To authorize the payment of fees to officeis of the District Court in Richmond' county; passed. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Barron and Hendley. House adjourned. aftebnoon session. A large number of House and Senate bills were read the second time, when the House adjourned until 3 p. m. to-morrow. ate, and before he ceased there » uiere waij scarcely a person in the house w v,f „ not weeping. It was then Was that the exercises for the term ‘* ounce $ pended. Then the students, wiferM eyes aud sorrowful hearts around their beloved aud honSffi® structors, Professor Lewis and Twdi la " W. Smith, to wa them CSf A SlUDEKx, Special Correspondence of the Sun. Monticello, Ga., Nov. 24, 18"i Striking out boldly, and with <1. wide open, from Forsyth in a Norther?' 1 direction, I soon came upon the hills and glades of old Jasper. Inbv™ years this was very properly termed 8 ?!! banner county of Middle G&onria V* 6 liounsli somft rtf flourish some of the most weoltliv i prosperous planters in the State 7 ^ 1 second to none in point of intellS and refinement. • teDc ' &££ 2Ss*e a*** L « * * State Road Defaulters Required to Wallt up to the Captain’s Office and Settle. EMORY COLLEGE. Seniors’ Farewell Token of Re spect, &c. Oxford, Ga., 24th Nov., 1S71. Editors Daily Sun; Friday, the 23d, will long be remembered by the students and Faculty of Emory. They assembled at noon, to present testimonials to Prof. Lewis and President L. M. Smith. After prayer, Mr. Ira E. Smith, appointed by the senior class, arose, and after a few appropriate remarks, addressed Prof. Lewis, saying: “Learning, sir, that you, prompted by a sense of duty, have renewed your con nection with Emory College, the senior class have deemed it proper to present you with some memento of their friend ship. (He then handed him a large and handsomely bound Bible). Accept, sir, this sacred volume as a slight token of the love of the senior class, and rest as sured that wherever your lot may be cast, you will carry with you the kindest wishes, and will be followed by the prayers of your pupils, that the blessings ol God may rest upon and crown your labors.” Prof. Lewis then arose, and in a beau tiful speech, thanked the class for their kind wishes and beautiful gift. When the Professor had taken his seat, Mr. J. K. Hines, of the Senior Class, came forward and addressed Dr. Luther M. Smith, as follows: “Honored and Be loved President—I have been appointed by my fellow students to give, expression to some extent, our admiration for you as a President, and our love as a friend, and also to present you with this waiter and its contents, as a parting gift from the students of Emory College.” He then presented him with five hand some pieces of silver plate. After a few appropriate and teaching remarks, Mr. Hines returned to his seat. The Doctor then arose and thanked the students for the handsome and beautiful present, which he said he would always treasure as a sacred token of their friend ship. The speech was affecting and appropri- Resolved, That the late Treasurer of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and other officers and agents of said road, pay immediately over to the Treasurerof the State of Georgia the balances re maining in their hands belonging to the said State of Georgia, being the earn ings of the Western and Atlantic Rail road whilst in possession of said State. Resolved farther, That said late Treasurer, and other officers and agents of said Western and Atlantic Railroad, shall not pay to any of the late officers of said road, or to any of the persons now claiming to be officers of said road, or to any persons appointed by Rufus B. Bullock, late Governor, as Commission ers to look into the affairs of said road or to any other person whomsoever, anj part or portion of the said balance re maining in their hands. Resolved further, That the Treasurer ( of this State, call upon the late Treasur er and other officers and agents of tne Western and Atlantic Railroad immeai ately, and demand of them the balanw| of money so due to the State as above set forth. Provided, that nothing intlieforegoin j resolutions be construed as express^ the sense of this House that the balance admitted by the said officers and agents, are the real balances due. James U. Smith, Speaker House Representatives, J. D. Waddell, Clerk House Representatives L. N. Trammell, President Senate T. W. J. Hill, Sec’y of the Senate Approved Nov. 17th, 1S71. Benjamin Conley, Govern* as a class, ranged But, alas! tfae^ brightest jewels in the persons of W promising young men, and swept aw av hundreds of thousands of her proper^ thus leaving desolate her onee dSt households, an d casting a blight upon\S progress, which time can never efface Kllf ollA Lnn ~ , fuf ^ as ’.,_ iu a ff»** measure, over. come the shock, and to-day things nw sent a more cheefing aspect to that of fi v ' years ago. Herpeople are energetic, ami (mil Kov » * determined, and her rich acres have this year been made to teem with a very f a ; r yield of corn and cotton. Each succeed! mg year but encourages her hardy son, to renewed efforts, and as things be<dn to right themselves, the succeeding eration will feel but little the effects of the new order of affairs which now so sadly discommode the present. _ Monticello is the county seat. At one time in her history she vied successfully with any inland town in the State, as re gards population and wealth. Situated on a range of hills, it is surrounded by rich valley of vast extent, which annually poured thousands of dollars of trade into her lap. But, like all other places which have, since the war, been denied the great convenience of railroads, she is quiet and still—though there is yet con siderable trade carried on with the im mediate country surrounding; but the greater portion of that to which she is justly entitled now goes to CovuHon Eatonton and Forsyth. The railroad from Griffin to Madison will run through Monticello. Railroads are all the topic there now, and even property has slightly advanced at the near approach of the cars. Some five hun dred hands are at work on it, and before a great while the line will be completed through. Then the survey of the Atlan ta and Savannah Road passes here; and that of the proposed road from Macon to Knoxville. These lines are not mere myths, but will, no doubt, be actually built in the coarse of a few years. These prospects highly elate the citi zens, and well they may; for their accom plishment will make Monticello one of the most thriving and prosperous towns in the whole South. All she needs at present is a dozen or so of just such men as Col. J. W. Pres ton, a good country paper and a little help from tne outside world. W. H. M. Executive DepartmeN', l , Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28th, 1871 I I, R. H. Atkinson, Secretary * ® Executive Department, do hereby 11 ® 1 ' fy, that the foregoing and witliii ® a true and correct copy of a resjl°“? a passed by the General Assembly a* " 5 present session, and approved Governor. R. H. Atkins#) Sec’y Executive Depart®^- State Treasurer’s Office, 1 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29, 18/1- To the Idle Officers and Agents in arri f : ; with the Western tO Atlantic Sms: In compliance with the ^ going resolutions passed by both H°®7 and approved by the Governor, it v; / comes my duty to demand of payment to the Treasurer of the St*j® j Georgia the balance remaining i® 2 hands belonging to the State of Gew f being the earnings of the 'Western® Atlantic Railroad whilst in posse^ the State. And I now demand of and all of you, the said officers aud ipr so in arrears, the immediate ptfjJjJ into the State Treasury the full bah" of money so due the State. v N. L. Angier, State Treas habitM:’ Scott Mitchell, a colored Augusta, had a wife, toward whom ^ borne Caddern, another soffiragj 9t > i Ji spooney. Mitchell couldn!t stand N] as that,” so he shot the other feb? )ld y upon the streets last Sunday, bb pie all say it was a “good shot- . lawyers have volunteered to Mitchell.