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I THE ])AII A' SUN. pffitahod by the Atlanta Sun Publishing •*- Company. Alciitmltr II. Stephen*, j. Ilenly SiuJtH, Proprietors. Alexander II. Stephens, Political l It. Watson, - . - - News Editor. J*llenlr Smith, General Editor and linsi* ness j’lauaper. : * ■ - r/7. ’loiiiiM of ^inscription'' DAXliY. Single Copy for w » If Mix Moulin. 6 00; __ Vora less period than Six Months l > . 1 60 , . 27 00 . VO 00 . 43 00 . C8 00 . b* 00 Cenle. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1871. (ner month).. CLUBS J-Olt THE DAILY. Three Copies One Year.— Four *• ** „•••; Five “ “ „ v _ :: .. Tea “ ! Single r<>; "’'.‘ £E ' K LY p E ' B ANNUM*: * Single Copy.—•••—'•*—*t"'* — Three Copies - Jv «*• ;; Tea Twenty " •'••• One HundredOopies...■ u WEEKLY—SIX MOUTHS: Singlo Copy Three " Fire " * * Ten “ i — Twenty “ - TT*V. Oni*Hundred Copies, Six Months j..... 65 00 Single Cup (ett ......... 5 Cen 1 %. 2 00 | )m>.A 9 001 .. 8 00 . 1* 00 28 00 ......G5 Um i9 eo | ...... 1 oo 2 TO '4 00 7 "SO 15 00 ...t. 34 60 C ONT E NT S “ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,” I , Vo* THE WEEK ESDISO • j t* ,. t WEDitBSDAY, DECRMBEU £0lH, 1871. l»agc 1—TUcrc ia no .Death. Another Veto. A Wicked From Washington. Con stancy. ’Sun-Strokes. .Grand JuryPrescntmpnU. Washington Notes. Georgia News. ' j Page '“Military Itnlo In South. Carolina.'’ Tho Swindling Bond Bing Again. The Capitol. Lo cal Notes. Agricnltnral Convention. Georgia Leg. islatnre, etc. Page 3.—Tho Brunswick and Albany HaiiYoad Swindle. Local ft&lesv'The Acts of tto General As sembly. Passed at the Session, 1871. Telegrams. THERE la NO DEATH. nr e. rri.wir. irHox; There is no death! The s’ars go down To rirf- upon some fairer shore ; And bright in Hi even’s jeweled crown, They shine forevermore. There is r.o death 1 The dnrt we tread nn.ii cliroigfc tenea’h the summer showers To golden grain or mellowed fruit, Or.raiubow-tlnted flowers. The grsnits rocks disorganize. And feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leaves drink daily life, ' J*’ Front out the viewless air. il>. T1 (re is no death 1 Tho leaves may fall, »0 1 And flowers msy fade and pass away; ■They only wait throughtyimry hours, ’ Tho coining of May day. - There is no death JAn angel form Walks o’er.the. carih with silent tread; ; And bears our'be6f!dv6d things awayr' . „ And then we call them “dead.”-- ;,, f“« | Ho Laves our hearts all desolate, * He plucks our fairest,-'sweetest flowers; Trausplant-odlnto blias, thcyaiow Adorn immortal bower 4. *,{ ^ , ; , The bird-like voice, whose joyous tones Made glad these scenes of sin agd strife, Sings now an overiastiua song, i-jj . AriJuSd flwMrnulr- r “ ' Ltilt isuJ lydiu’itr. 1 >troi|-4T, W |x** an 1 Wli' ro'er he w.es a htnilo t».i blight, or hi ait too pure for faint and vice, He hears it to that world of light, hrtl To dwell ia paradisej^) isstil'd ->ril ; Born unto that undying life, ' ’ ‘ - They leave us but to crime again; 1 With joy wo welcome them.the same,; n h.. ;.t their rhi and Ialn. And ever .near ns, though unseen, ■ a ml . Tho dear immortal spirits tread; j,. For all the b'OnndlessTmivcrsc “ f ’ Is life—iAeteh'i.hotI sul Lr5 ; Our Special Washington Correspondence. I CON STA NC V. ‘ FROM. WASHINGTON. Solemn Scenes and Reflections —■Uneasiness and Distrust in tike Radical Camp—-Norwood and Blodgett—Akerman and Erskise.ujJa -ri»t t>a.r iUfant ^Vashin'gton City, D. ; A J Thursday, Dec. 1 14, 1871. y Editors cf the Atlanta 'Daily San : Tlie remark seems to be universal,-that not within the recollection of the living, has there been exhibited such indifference and callousness on the tcssemblipg of Congress. In perambulating the .city, including the public buildings and hotels, with the exception of the members of Congress, you rarely meet a new face. Nobody seems cheerful and hopeful; but, on the contrary, everybody looks gloomy : and .despond§nkl£ w 0 .r,a«h»*l vdi! Visit the Capitol if you^ choose, and as cend to the gallery of the House or Sen ate, and how unusually” serene and sol emn-are. the- brief deliberations. If the opening prayers of the Congressional chaplains were only . echoed hy the re- qhiem notes of the organ, you 'tfould fed. | tuhi shairget marri indeed that ithpiAihericaU Congress was celebrating the last Christian rites of CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY 1 The party’ leaders are extremely wary aud cautious, and each seems suspicious of the other. - - But"'why all this seeming 'so lemnity and circumspection? Are mem The following poem was written by Fred. YY. Loring, while he was besieged by the Indians in the Valley .of Death, and is probably the last relic of his pen: Scese—-4 mountain camp on tin Sierra Xevada, Jack mashing c’.oUiet, eoliloquizes: Well, by Jove! Herein ajiRudkerchief now, Which, in wasliip^p my clothes, I flnd lying near 7 Decidedly feminiDe, tool Well, how Could that thing ever have crept in here? Is—a—bel; what is the other name? ’ By gracious, it must be Isabel King; And I’d forgotten her l What a shame! She was really a lovely little thing. Now I remember—how could I forget! The night when that handkerchief I took; I wonder if; she is married yet, And if she still keeps that girlish look? - We sat on the beach—I believe it was Bye— E’en now I hear how the wild surf sings— And wo were alone—there was nobody by, ti j ^ ■, h And I said a great many preposterous things. And I pressed the handkerchief to my heart, And eworft id keop it forever ;uul - V< r; 3 ^And—it notb^inglacs—she let it depflttci'jrL And I swore that it should go from me never,’ i -. And. I’ve kept my promise for all those years; Isabel, lam' more faithful thau you; -."TP For, that you are married, I have my fears— But, when yeas a woman known to be true 1 For you have forgotten mo quite, and I Am wringing.the suds from your handkerchief, Which, seems as though it would never; get dry; Audit is cow my assured belief • -tf " hit I shall get married when this trip’s-through; I shall make the best husband in the world, Because Tam ever constant arid true— Witness this ra* ou the clothes-line curled. The Prince of Wales will undoubt edly recover, but it ia doubtful whether or not he will ever receive forgiveness at the hands of the leading obituary writers of Europe and America. - /"* paragraph which appeared in umn a few daj*s ago, as follows: , . Another Benderiflg. ' And now is the summer of our great content., , Made cheerlots winter by the sad event— . Of Akerman’h resignation. He wni come to ink the clouds Hint lower- About our house with subtle power, And do his best to rear anew «r\ "Vu v >, The fortunes of the thieving cqsw-^ j. , ^, j. nA i n .itnii ■■■ ■ - . . To GedrgA^sd'fgradalionl the sick. There are, at present, 90 inmates, GO whites ami :-)0‘ colored! About one-third of .the expense is borne by the county, the remaining two-thivds by the city. The county’s proportion of the expense amounts to about $300 per quarter, including salaries of Superinten dent and physicians! * This is about ten cents per day for every inmate—highly . gratifying figures; as tho paupers are * j well eared for. Under no •other plan could the burden-of faking care of-our paupers be made so light. YYe hail with pleasure the dawn of the long deferred inauguration of public Schools for the county." From the char- actor of the teachers employed, we feel justified in commending the cordial co operation of our citizens in the encour agement and perfection of this system of school, upon which all can unite with A contributor improves upon a increased facilities for 1 education, which this col- ! s very foundation of good morals, intelligence and, prosperity cf the coun try. While we recognize much improvement in the conduct of Justices of the Peace towards criminals,, there remains much of the evils complained of by our predeces sors, but we trust the good work of re form may be prosecuted until the law- abiding citizens shall have no longer to complain that the scales of justice are held for mercenary purposes, ’and the . . —- ,, _ . public justice sold for gain. It must be 'Xt v- Gass has been electee I made known that, “the way of the trans- Mayor of Greenyille,,Tennessee. A cheap gressor is hard.” We deem it proper for way of providing Das works. I Justices of the Peace to keep a full and complete entry o£ all the cases- charged ^,-Bnof and blunt” .a tho ecnplb ! CESS ment paid to'Akerman’s letter of resi nation. K3L Grant’s recent appointee, as Col- lector of Internal Revenue for this Dis- Tuesdav, December 19,1871. —..i, •til 1 >a .. ------ - . -> It V elOciM j .*JJ? Tho Bonflrof Georgte,”cte.: ®en.‘Cohlcy, Acnag 1 ' ' ' . ■ , inr ,,,,1£ Governoi’i'ctc; ‘f■' ^.£$'*£*£4 jiustanfe Pago Wh’4, Poe* it Mtan-J^Two B»v4 fnifedd Mlw■ uappyoffeiuting D«Uiug. MTho Poia Jing -lipa. tijia Boudi. • &n. ] money f or the Vanco aria Bonator Norwood, rrogresa 1 J tralizatiau. LocaUNoies. Poetry. S Georgia Slalters. Georgia Legislature, ii- in the chrysalis oritransitibii state ? i snddeniy bnsrlj upon the vision of the dominant party—that there exists no | lorigei’ a Federal Union of coequal States, but simply h. Federative Republic in I home,' shielding- Ibereby a- most wicked I’a f; c 5 .—G cocyia i^egi glature—Continued from 4th Pago. Telegram h. Closing Exercises, Ao., Oon- Btitutionoliem Against Imperialism. Samuel 3. An derson. Tho Passlvo PoHcy—A Connterblast front | Missouri. Local Notes. Sun-Strokes. Etc. I’ngc G.—The Communication of Albns. { The it which i provides, for paying the in terest OB’ the old state Bonds. This, however, will Dpt prevent .tlie pay ment of l&eluterest, as the established law of the State has permanently appro- Vacancy in tho Supremo Bench, Memphis Ava- priated money for {Ue payment of the ltucho. innocent Holdera. Sun-Strokos. Local bohds,' with interest ; bn.the same. Sec- Notcs. Georgia Legislature, etc. . I tion 959. of the Code is in these words. Cage 7.—Georgia Legielaturc—Continued from ,*< An amount -of moxoy stands annually approprl- 2d Page. Taliaforro County—Big Hogs—Cotlon I ated, sSScient to ray ,tho principal and interest of Crop. Suu-Strokos. ’ 1L ' iftaV WmOTd’fleht of.Wr “■ *’ a 8 c 8.—tocaT Notes. Telegrams. New A4v«rr i -^ e are authorized to say that’anrange- tisements, etc. , I , -. v r ( , . i i. ■ ■ ■ — ments are made, and being made, l>y Mayor’s CbiiBT—There was a gener- which the interest on the old bohds will By Jovo! what’s that? Why Jim, old boy. Wounded, and by a grizzly, you say; And,you killed him 1 Good!—that is cause for joy— Put him down here, fellows, ibis side of the way. Not fatal, hut still I think yon will find That it is far from fun to bo. clawed by a f bear. t of the Here, bring ns some stuff his Wounds to hind; ; ’ lr ’ 1 Stay 1 Take that old handkerchief over there ! :•>: 1 oU’SjqN^TRIWKE&G.rf.-, The. telegraph announces d is’vcry low of paralysis. that The Kentucky lawyers are in con ve&tjob itvLbuisviHe. . . . . 1 1-1 wr T -d T, ,-n 1, duty to state that tho civil law in all the tnct, is probably Mr. J. F. Lever of Polk q ou1 .{. s j n om . m i(Ut maintains its majes- couhty, formerly Ordinary of that coun- ty, and even handed justice before the law ty. George B. Chamberlain was norai- is afiorded to all, without, distinction on nated some time ago, but for some-cause account of race, color or previous condi- his name was withdrawn. j tl ^j. tho cl(?3e of au araiwust> protr acted *21!* I 'i. ■ ■ ■ ■ term of this court, we part with TTis 163“'The Lycoming Standard, (Wil- Honor, Judge Hopkins, with feelings liamsport, Pa.), thinks a.-Jarge majority I more deeply imbued with reverence for of the Senate Committee on Elections, oxalted qualifications for the admin- ‘have too.much sense o^ honor ,tp admit • H ' is decisive aud trr'r. _ .. rapid dispatch of business, will, at a very Foster Blodgett as the Senator from early day, sweep the heavy dockets of Georgia.” lions accumnlatinfr • oases vp.fc Hbm'dinor al stampede yesterday morning to secure I ba promptly paid, so that the veto of | au A a front seat ia the dress circle to witness that '' section ! qf the His Honor’s magic exhibition. Jonsen nothing, raised tho old time hymn : to give an account of their stewardship ? The question has been sprang as Uneasiness and distress is depicted on to whether or not Shakespeare was lame, every Radical face, and certain it is that jj e certainly was not lame—as a writer. that there is a deep under-current of trep-1 » t t ‘ , I - idation and uncertainty at work some- ^ Aleiis'hhs been to Concord, i and where. And why not? Does not the .. , t u -i „„ Secretary of tho Treasury, in an official there ^asbeen rio concord among the communication to Congress, acknowledge Concord belles since, that tho revenue agents of the Govern- —^ ment alone are defaulters to over twenty )>©** Blodgett lias but one mend on millions-of dollars ? And are not the the Election. Committee and that is Mor- most astounding defalcations, robberies ton> Better none than him—if only for kb ° 0m ' -■neo. ■■■■■= M,* ^Aexishas^to Mental, and of the Treasures of the United States, the Continent did hot tip over any more the contents of the Treasury than the globe did when Fred Grant shrewdness [ a fc Cadiz a few days ago. when j j ► o -■ - will be,About as wise as they were—(as Ahermau dates his resignation far. as specific facta are concerned) before I “Department of Justice.” He did all > tnat the veto oi W U Y , ... , vaults: but such is the shrew M .counts th 6 : Ridfilil managers, that ..u ad « ' j&-—-rtrjieWriDis!,! mude, .-the ; i make it a Department of bub to tempt. UM wne or urant, rue Lltl W T T l veut the formation of such peacemaker, the 1 •modern Eve, to snrren- J to continue their robberies and plunder-1 the probabilities are, tl del-the U. S. to his Satanic Majesty, iugs pf h hapless people. subject will lie referred to The Internationals had their Snn- I day parade in New York. The authori ties yielded to them, around with the balance I! Inteniationale ! not to accept “straw, bail” nor bondsmen who, without adequate means, are tho bailers of so great numbers of offenders, as heretofore so much allowed. In this oonuection it is our pleasing long accumulating cases yet standing, and afford a speedy hearing of new ones. Hon. Geo. -H Williams, the new His legal acumen * gives assurance of a Attorney-General, is a native of Colum- Y tr ^n°A ] ?' J ^ , , T A,- , , . .- 0 . tegntj and impartial hearing to the bia county, New Y orh, and is 4S years of humblest as well as the most exalted age. He was admitted to the bar in litigants at the altar of Justice. 1844, and removed at once to Iowa. He To the Solicitor General, E. P. How- was elected Judge of the First District AAi fnv Sf ^ ! '' ' l c : Jlu ' teHk ' s ^ OU1 ’ . -r i£ -r\ , ■ body, aud forms able aud vigorous uros- m 1847. In 1S»2 he was a Democratic ocution of violators of the criminal code. Presidential elector, and in 1853 was ap- Amos Fox, Foreman. pointed by President Pierce, Chief^Justice John C. Peck, Moses T. Simmons, of Oregon Territory, and four years later Thos. C. Jackson, ’Jacob Mobbis, i._ iL. I Timothy Bubkc, • Wsl McNaught, wfis le-appomted to tlio samo otrico by 1 -n m -nr t n< 117 >. ^ n . ,,-11. 1 , Francis M. Jack,- J . \V. MeAirmuK, President Buchanan, but declined to ^ ComttOn, “ serve. In 1864 he was elected, as a Re- Abb’m Rosenfeld, publican, State Senator from Qregon, H no. S. Holliday, and served out his entire six years, and ‘ pAm^ufo was succeeded bv Hon. James K. Kelly, David Mayei? ’ a Democrat. He has the reputation of | It is ordA-ed that John Mokrison, Pat’k O’Conn ob, Noah R. Fowler, Jasper L. Keith, Y”ines Fish, Thos. J. Malone. tba foregoiug pre- Porfumcs as of Xejroes ^ RH, A Wicfced Prograpkme. RH HR .Ml,. , - m _ Flow sweetly along," &c. i- the investigation commenced. Senators he could to His donor then, after a touching ap- The carpet- . 0 , l.. Q . v Trumbull and Schurz have been urging, T n ’.'A: ce peal to Jnpiter, and an invocation to k ai d> clutch with rapacious ggeed at f or several days patet, the appointment of - ' — Foster Blodgett, the type aud model of thc most;desperate measures, like a hnn- a select committee—with power to send ^ Connolly is 5 now the sick man of law ami justice, called up the mourners. A confined to his bed in CHANEY WINN * K>ne “® ,* 8are “^*™ j Ufiloials may beTtdly -coiposed; but, tU I Mlow otaaiefc *ail; Buthisbail W baAn came forward with a contrite hc;rrt, for 1-^ ro,Jr *. Administratioiff led reduced to $500,000—half the amount engaging iu a secret alliance with Beelze- They do not hesitate to resort to any I by Senators Morton, Conkling, Edmunds at first name d. uJu toW. «■« «fe o. 0»a' the| that this whole some one of. . Til it plot Cost SllC ma 1 *-’-**. I ikazt bawa t r.np. srAirmncr <*mrmmrpfis. ■whifth- M TVTr. I tics viddecl to them. \YOOdhllll find the bauk of Hades, payable MISS SUE MITCHELL. the last relic of the British Bluuues, uuu i T'-fcW ^ ,m C ui ^ a Washington dispatch announces ~ to O-Wttf. The Em invoked tho iuter^o. oi L , wiube n0 ehang6 in tlle as to dance a jigin a gutter. This dem- unscrupulous power to prevent the peo- Regress, there is much hesitancy and Philadelphia mint.” What is the use of onstration multilated her waterfall, and pie from electing and installing a Gover-1 discussion. The question is, shall the j m ying n. mint if it cannot furnish a little she deposited $5with the city for an- UO r;.and; the .Radical crew, all over thue Radical Party continue its vindictive and ,, fiian, other. I State tire predicting military interference se ^ipnal coMJ-se towards, flee Southern peo- ( SO. The Baltimore Gazette says “Mr. !r. tJ%L ' n f MMfS*- 1 “'' M ani n islia, by s „ me , that tho President Akerman ^disappointed.” Bnt he is same troupe. She tried t.> play Pqrtea manner . and a mago ri t y of his Cabinet, and many not disappointed half as badly as.he dis- of Otnello, but lost her buskins in a | bavonet nartv have been v.lvine 1 members ofhisCongress,arein favor of the | aDDO inted those who put him into the mud hole. $5 for auother pair. advertised h^fif^^i^chnmpion pn- l strif ° — * iU ' fe ® lillg ‘ They provo A e c?1 ‘ I niunds’ of the Senafe’; and Shellabarger _ . F , j |lisions wherever they can, and ascribe andDawes, oftheHouse;favoracontin- gilist of Atlaut i, and. as a practical deni- j eve ^y cftse o f disorder or breach of peace j uance of the old course—intensified to with their farewell addresses to the .old onstration, she said she chugged her dar- individua]s a spirit of rebel- auy extent th - at th ® exigencies of the year. A good many of them are cogita- ling princn- inlm sKop to/„„r „..r« Uo s t iin»ing"w«» W t to nnr the new yenf. :.B Wnrthont.grthng.lwt-brentVnlia ^ ; I I ia hoped they will have SOW considers- knowing fully as much law as Akerman I sentments be publislu-il in. accordance [with the request ofJ.hq Grand Jury, By the Court, E. P. Howell, Solicitor General, from tne minutes of W. R. Yenable, Clerk. The telegraph, tlris morning an-. ^ trUG estract nounces the death of Henry ThdoclOre sa ^ d Court, Tuckerman, one of the most noted of American scholars, a brilliant essayist and a clever, poet. Mr. Tuckerman wasI WASHINGTON NOTES, bornin Boston, April 20, 1813; conse- n „ w .... . , . . :, quently was ln hiS 'fifty-nmch year when c , , r ,, . „ l i -n , - ii. . Savannah News telegraphs the following, he died. Feeble health deprived him of .. - „ . . i , . on the 15th: tt- collegiate education, but did not pre- rn , „ . a . . . ... . . . . f. The Georgia Senatorial case comes up vent his vigorous mind from prosecuting for consideration .before the Senate Elec- a search afterknowledge. He com- tion Committee to-morrow, at which time menced writing’ very early, and in 18351 it is thought the matter will be decided, gave the World Ms first book-“ The ^ a re P 01 : fc m . ad ,« ° u Monday. 'So far ° .. 01 l i x> 1,, -r loon i 1 as learned to-night, the Committee stands Italian Sketch Book. In 1839 he pub- f oul . fo three in favor of Norwood, and lished “Isabel, or Sicily—a Pilgrimage.” some Republicans even place it six to one. In 1S53 another volume from his pen ap- The Republicans from Georgia now here, peered, entitled “A month in England.” % it ^ out a , sin Sl e exception are in favor *1 ., ’ , . ° I of Norwood and against Blodgett. Mr. Besides these, a great number of other Norwood’s argument was placed in the works have emanated from his pen, in- hands of Senators to-day. eluding sketches of travel, biography, G. D. Enos, late Postmaster at Yaldos- criticism, essay and poems; all of which ta » ^ as arrived here. He comes for the 1 , - •, . purpose of explaining /\V n Im /v > nlinvn/al'AM n ■»> r\ /vnv111 IV\ O I ^ The poetiinga are getting aready were of a high character and gave him a ti es j n j^g office. Jg certain irregulari- fine distinction among the scholars' of] the country. Grand Jury Presentments. was only stopped by the approach of s i_.- ■ n i be successfulin the coming Presidential tion for readers; and cut them short. dark. She paid $10 for adhesive plaster “ a '° “ an ° s of C F U P ons election. God help the country—when a to bind the scattered fragments of her I Thugs iu our mountain counties, who aie I p ar ty having its control are thus actuated I The impression grows that Mr. uSern, in their judgment, most likely to ^ hoped they late consort, |as a monumeut geuius and labors. COL. SANDY VaRDLAW, was arraigned for jjghting aud quarrel ing, but about 2000 witnesses, more' or less, vindicated his purity. MR. L. c. farkEr, because ho lived 20Q miles in the coun try, thought he was a privileged character, but some of his little whisky pranks cost him $5. Monroe McDaniel, ditto. ISAAC WEED, had about gone to seed. He was jin old idiotic, dilapidated, Ethiopean cuss, who had exalted ideas of his genius, and a contemptible opinion of woman’s rights. Says ho: “Iso neber yet Mowed a wum- mun to call me a fool, and when Polly Pumpkin done that, I took my fist and popped her over. ” His Honor dismissed uncle Ike, with an admonition to treat women more gently, and—the curtain fell. »-«-4 Among the plants of Guinea, one of the most curions is a cannon ball tree. It grows to the height of sixty feet, and its flowers are remarkable for beauty and fragrance, being of a beautiful crimson, appearing in large branches, and exhal ing rich perfume. The fruit resembles enormous cannon-balls; hence the name. However, some say it has been so called because of the noise which the ball makes in bursting. From the shell domestic utensils are made, and the contents con tain several kinds of acids, besides suMv and gum, and furnish the material for making an excellent drink in sickness. But, singular as it may appear, this pulp, when in a perfectly ripe' state, is very fil- i thy, and the odor from it is exeeecTinglv unpleasant. oppressing, robbing and plundering and influenced. Norwood will be admitted to his seat in The President to-day appointed Benj. F. Bell Collector of tho Second and James T. Deace Collector of the Fourth Georgia District. The names of W. Gray and G. B. Chamberlain were withdrawn at the request of the Georgia Republican We, the Grand Jurors for the October delegation in Congress. Term, 1871,' of the Superior Court of Chamberlain is the Assistant United Fulton county, respectfully report: States Marshal, who sent the Ku-klnx.tel- « That through appropriate committees, egrams mentioned iu these dispatches a we have examined the books of all the few nights since. County Officers, and find theqi neatly The Senate Finance Committee is of and satisfactorily kept. I the opinion that railroads, banks and in- The County Treasurer has faithfully surance companies ought to be held lia- accounted for all moneys coming into his ble for the internal revenue tax on divi- hands. We commend him for the accu- dends, and interest paid during the last racy of his accounts, and for the method | fi ve months of 1870. and system of his books. The same may ing counsel, or the privilege of the writ po’icy obtains; bnt if the extreme course I ada „ ive ^ consent to be made an asy- of Habeas Corpus—Utterly defying the] is taken, Blodgett may be seated, and L , , o hWM.att.'A* *’>f>vhota South Place,I ; maer military *■» for such ns tney are ? , . i y ' mi it mi it I rule. At present the indications look to erty at defiance. They - forcibly take L couseTX J tive ] ine o{ policy . Bnt who B3L The Baltimore . Gazelle says :- what they are disposed to, and have no j can what tlie d.iy or hour may bring “Having done his appointed work with more regard for liberty and the right of forth? guc | 1 ability as he could command, and property, than Thugs,'pirates or high-1 It seems to be well understood that a zea l that cast contemnt on the con- S I i b »™t-efoa 0S6 bft!r “m SUI,POlt ; "oS fo e: reto^fco^tte Catoir^HS atituUonalJimils of his fuuoHoua, «-«- cd and prot.cted by the- officers and. laborsin suppressing tbatpohee organiza- torney General Akerman is now to put on agents of the Radical Government. | tion—known in administration circles as the ermine of a judge, and to be sent to the ‘‘Eu-7Jtix man,” has considerably I scoxir ge the people of Florida.” This is And they deliberately perform evil .deeds .themselves; in order to raise char- > Qr gas agalbst; idtir’ 5 ’ people. A scalawag (Ue made shattered his deticate;.and hfghly sensi-. a A6vmdght crue lty to Mr. Akeiman The gossips say, heis^., . , , ht Judge for Florida, or ^ho is doubtless eager to be turned loose scamp by the name of Isaac Seeley, from I that the State of Georgia will be made upon the scent of Ku-Kluxes in Georgia R.vwnrinnTi ia niiw in vv«Eliinofnn He is ] intotwo districts, jtheupper, or Cherokee, jje famisheth for the smell of Ku-Klux DtofaSct, fot jaaajgk «; bl00 a-. Hk soul puntea to be after the -n i- i-m • n • ii- i rangement will be done, not oiiiv for his ..... . Radical Klan in Georgia, calling on them, convenience, but more especially to re- “midnight marauders” who are supposed asking .them to assist in procuring Con- lieve Judge Erskine, (for whom General to haunt certain sections of Georgia, and gress to pass an act' to prevent the fur- Grant has great affection).from the ardu- j would kill him to be sent away to Fior- ther abridgment oi the right to vote bv j ®’ J3 Hbors of hearing and determining : - da whence few ghastly tales of “Kn- J ' the numerous alleged violations of the I „ 5 . „ , revenue laws incident to North Georgia. 1 Klux horrors have ever come. Why those who have not paid poll tax. He GEORGIA MATTERS. ' That Augusta ghost has re-appeared this time in the form of a dog the head of which is a ball of fire. be said for the Clerk of the Superior Court. County affairs and finances have been judiciously managed by our efficient Or dinary. '-He has made the Cliain-Gang self-sustaining] against, opposition and unfriendly' legislation, for which he i The Talbotton band is going to plant a merits thb thanks of our citizens. It Christmas tree in order that it may will be remembered that the Chain-Gang i “raise” what is due upon its instru- was establishedin 1867, and the prisoners ments. dragged about the streets and roads, an f. n . , ,, -, n . , eyesore to our community for twelve L DeCastro has left and Columbus is un- montlis or more, Jat an average cost of $12,200 00 pe:: annum. Died, on Saturday, Mr. Sidney Pick- The gang, as well as being well worked, is ett, of Macon, now well cared for, since the prisoners have been furnished better winter quar ters and additional clothing and bedding, at the suggestion of the present Grand Jury. We approve of the course of the Ordi nary; in farming out these criminals, by which they can be made to earn their bread, and not idle away their time at the expense of the tax-paying community. Augusta had its first snow Thursday night. Bishop Beckwith preached in Macon Sunday. John W. R. Pope has been appointed Cashier of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad. Brunswick Masons give a grand ball wants affidavits by thousands to be gotten up to show that the franchise has been interfered with. The persons giving D. Grey. don’t the great gift-taker send the aro matic Amos to South Carolina, where Our Washington Letter.—The letter ] Ku-Klux are declared, upon Radical an- bones No these affidavits are to swear that persons I of our special Washington correspondent, 1 thority, to be as thick as chicken 1 were deprived of voting because they had I “D. Grey,” is well and ably written. It around a Methodist camp ground ? not paid poll tax;; and he specially re- comes from an experienced writer,-a close quests, if Democrats will not make such j observer, and one who is thoroughly challenges, that Republicans do so, mid then make .affidavit, complaining of the fact, aftd begging Congress to protect' i them by further reconstruction acts. posted upon all that is going on at the Capital. He will contribute to our col umns frequently during the present ses sion. -—— i -iiu man is better qualified than he, to assist in persecuting the people of that State, and no doubt he would lend his untiring energies toward completing the desola tion of the homes of those chivalric, bui unfortunate and oppressed people. - 1 ■ Our tax, for county purposes, is only on the 27th. thirty cents on the one hundred dollars’ Afc tock sale in Columbus last Fri- worth oFtaxable property which is com- following sales were made: Two para-tijely LgLt—LgLter than any other J bw fce mules at $147 each, one county in the Ste^e-this, too m the face ^° t4 oo, and another at §375) aQdone of erecting an expensive and commodi- at $1 , 67 . Horseg were withdrawn, oub jail, wholly at the expense oi the ! “ bid hl - gW ih ^ yrg beil3 g. ma de. county. oaftw oi dlumoTm _ r -p.Our public bridges are in good condi- The Fairburn Sentinel says: Last Mon-* tion, and the roads passable and being | day morning many of the citizens of tho worked. The Conn aged under Alms House is well man i snperintendency of Mr. qver, we. recommend that additional winter clothing be provided fdi* • some of the unfortunate in- mdten, and • suitable hospital for town were summoned as jurors to hold an examination over the body of Robert Blinks, colored, who was discovered dead some two or three miles from this place on last Monday morning about G o’clock. The verdict rendered by tho Jury was congestion of the lungs. M -a*