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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN
THE .DAILY
Tuesday, December iIGtti, 1871.
tbe destroyers of their rights with vebe- I and regret that our space will not per-, London, Dec. 25.—The Prince of Wales
J ° . • i a. _ . t- rni. A ^Annlrwl_ 1 noocnrl o nniPT, Tllffllf TTt\ io rrrnnnnl' *
ment accusations, tear away without
mercy the wretched subterfuges employed
by them to cover their enormities, and
u TIie (Washington City) Patriot” I hold them up to that severe correction
and condemnation, if not scorn, which
We yield our editorial space to-day to
an able and timely article by this organ
of the Democracy at the seat of the Fed
eral Government. It appears in the is
sue of that paper of the 21st instant. It
show s most clearly that the leading men
of the Democratic Tarty are fest coming
to the consciousness of the fact, that the
great absorbing issues in the approaching
Presidential canvass, will be narrowed
down, in the end, to a contest between
Usurpations and Corruptions on one side,
and Constitutional Liberty on the other.
We commend the article to the careful
perusal of earnest Democrats everywhere.
This is another ring of the right metal.
A. H. S.
From Tin (Washington City) Patriot, 21bt Dec., 1871.
An Earnest Arraignment of tile Cul
prits Demanded.
When, in 1788, Edmund Burke brought
in articles of impeachment against War
ren Hastings, Governor General of India,
for high crimes and misdemeanors, he
meant something. It was not, for him,
an occasion for an ornamental display of
rhetoric, or an histrionic exhibition of
spurious feeling. He was above any
thing spurions at such a time. His own
greatness, the greatness of liis cause, the
greatness even of tbe accused, forbade
it. He rose as the champion of the out
raged rights of men, and on the minds
of ah, accusers and accused, he left uo
doubt that he was indeed the champion
that he claimed to be. He had accusa
tions of the most grave character to
make, and he made tuem—made them
in a manner worthy of himself and wor
thy of the occasion; and as they thun
dered through the British Empire, with
amazing eloquence and power, there was
in all the realm no living soul that did
not feel, through all the crimson of his
blood, that Mr. Burke was profoundly in
earnest.
It is onr misfortune in this country to
have a worse than a Hastings to deal
with—a swarm of such—a hydra-headed
criminal, compared with which Warren
Hastings was an exemplary character.
We mean (we could mean nothing else,
for it is the worst thing that ever rose to
eminence on American soil,) that incar
nation of wickedness, the Radical party,
which is daily and systematically tread
ing under i*s feet every cardinal princi
ple of a free, and (da ; ly and systematic
ally exalting into supremacy every cardi
nal principle of a despotic, Government.
Even the worst that wa charged against
Warren Hustings, and which brought
around his head the accusing thnnders
uf a Burke, were venial crimes in com
parison with the aggravated assaults
ruthlof ly made by this, our Destroying
Angel, upon the very life-principle, em
bedded in onr institutions, of those great
truths of enlightened Government,
evolved from the conflict of ages, which
have transformed barbaric into civilized
peoples. England had her . Hastings,
(and he was not her worst,) but let it
not be forgotten, she had her Burke too.
It Hastings deserved at the hands of
the British people the opprobrium of be
ing, as he was charged, “the common
enemy and oppi- -or of all,” "and the
punishment due to such a character, how
much more do our swarming Hastiugses,
who have so far outstripped him in tlie
darkest political iniquities, deserve at
the hands of the American people a like
opprobrium, immeasurably iutensilied,
and a commensurate punishment? Echo
answers: How much more! How much
more! But who—who ate to be the
prosecutors of the^e ravagers of the best
that belongs to tiie best examples of civil
government, scoruers oi the sacred her
itage of political maxims which euliglit
cned thought, and bloody conflict
and time have won from despotic sys
tems and their defenders ? Who are
to lay bare, with manly words, with
moving earnestness, with deep convic
tions, without paltriness or paltering, with
a stern sen e of what it is to trample un
der foot maxims so dearly bought, so
dearly prized by any people that is free,
the full measure, with all the.r darkness
and deformity, of the crimes committed
by those combined Radical revi lufiohists?
Certainly such a prosecution, such an ex
posure and the needed reform are not to
be looked for at the baud s of their confed
erates and co-conspirators. There i-
maniiestly no possible hope in that di
rection. It is not common for the laws
less to reform each other, or for the
guilty to hold the guilty up to common
execration. The voice of accusing jus
tice must be heard, if at all, from a dif
ferent direction, and it should not fail to
be heard like the voice of many waters.
It is to Democratic and Independent
journals throughout the country, and to
Democratic and Independent represen
tatives of the people in both Houses of
Congress, that we must look therefore to
find the Burkes to charge, and spare not,
the worse than Hastiugses of our day.
This is their office. This is their duty.
It is a duty which they cannot shirk and
which they should meet manfully, and in
its full performance bring home to the
conciousness and hearts of the
people a just sense of the most grave
and startling olleuscs committed and
being committed against their liberties,
nud by whom the uuenso came.
they so greatly deserve. It is no time
for measured opposition, ffor decorous
disagreement, for faint-hearted charge,
mild dissuasives, j layful sally, whispered
accnsation; it is a time for thunder by
the eloqnent tribunes of the people. The
country should ring from end to end with
the indignant voice of patriotic men,
risen equal to the emergency, calling the
usurpers to account, and waking the peo
ple—if, unhappily, they need waking—
to the dangers that beset them. That these
dangers exist, and that they are threat
ening to the last degree, no thoughtful
and honest man can deny. That they
should be pointed out to the people in
all their magnitude and force, and with
them he pointed out for the lash of jus
tice the party and the men who have
brought these dangers, with all their
broad, grown and ungrown, upon us, is
equally indisputable. Let it be done,
with a deep sense of the obligations that
rest upon patriotic men, the chosen guar
dians of the common weal. A wor«.e
state of things could hardly exist; a bet
mil. us to give it entire. The conclud- passed a quiet night,
ing paragraph is well put, and should gaining strength,
teach the Government at Washington *
He is gradually
_ a
lesson of wisdom. He says :
“The Republican party has been con
stantly weakened, until it is almost de
stroyed in Georgia, by tbe repeated acts
of Congress during tbe period of recon
struction, prompted no doubt by unwise
counselors professing to speak for tbe
State, who either misunderstood the true
condition of things here, or willfully
misrepresented it. Iu either case the
effect was the same. Congress has been
misled r:id popular sentiment here has
been outraged to an ex* jnt that has ren
dered it impossible for tbe supporters of
the Administration to stand before it
with any prospect of success, I think
it is time unwise legislation should cease,
and I protest against further enactments
of the character contemplated by you,
and others who assist you, in your pro
posed movement.
The wisest thing, iu my judgment,
that Congress could do for Georgia,
would be to conciliate her people and
show them that it is the intention to deal
justly and liberally by them. If a gen
eral act was passed sweeping from the
statute book, the last vestige of political
Catacazy has left the Royal party, and 1 because of this incumbrance,
will return to his family in Washington. Paid Them.—We mentioned some time
Sadt Lake, December 25.—Three ag0> that Bollock had, without >any au-
Mormons have been committed for the .1 * i „ ~ , «
murder of Dr. Robinson. tbonty of laW ’ em P lo y ed Messi ’f- *eok &
There is ten feet of level snow in the Gram ling to construct an addition to the
Little Cottonwood Mining District, and Executive Mansion—kitchen, servants’
it is still snowing. The sun has not been , rooms, etc.,—which, in the opinion of
seen for a week. . -n . , .,
San Fkancisco, December 25.-Re-1 some * was uot nece f ai 7- But whether
ports continue to come of the loss of necessary or not, Bullock had no autliori-
property and life by the flood. ty to hire any one to build it. Bullock
Philadelphia, December 25.-—Two | absconded and left the contractors un
hundred and twenty-eight deaths oc
curred .last week—an increase over List
week.
New York, December 25.—The Union Legislature, Acting Governor Conley has
Square Bank, after paying all, leaves drawn upon the contingent fund and paid
$42,000 for the stockholders. this claim. As remarked elsewhere, the
Tuesday!* 8 b ° ndsmen ^ qualify on contingent fund for the whole of next
A new counterfeit 50 cent currency has y ear » 1S nearly half exhausted since the
appeared. adjournment of the Legislature.
Hiram Cranston, formerly of the New | The Vote in Dade.—Dade
ter hardly be hoped for without some disability that rests upon any of her
such arraignment of the criminals as we citizens, and she were lett as other Stat'
have indicated. Let the arraignment be are to manage her own internal affairs, in
made, the guilty brought to judgment, her own way, it would do more to restore
“and where the offense is there let the peace, harmouy, loyalty, and good gov
the great axe fa 1 !.’
THE END APPROACHING.
eminent iu the State than anything eLe
that is now in the power of the Federa’
Government to do.
The Long Night of Political
Darkness Vanishing Before the
Brightness of the Coming Day.
For the New Tear.
We congratulate the people of Geor
gia and the entire country upon the pros
pect before us. Tne end of the tyranny
of carpet-bag rule and robber baud su
premacy in this State is rapidly approach
ing. The same causes which are bring
ing about this result are operating effect
ually in the entire South, and, ere long,
by peaceful means, wa shall be relieved
from the grasp of the cormorant crew
who have plundered and oppressed us.
Bullock fled from justice, and, as we
predicted at the time, he will come back
when he can go nowhere else—such, at
least, are the indications. He tried hard
to get Grant and the Radical Faction to
send him back with power in his hands
and bayonets at his command. He want
ed to continue his plunderings under bayo
net protection, and to crush out all investiga
tion of his conduct. He f ys uizerly
failed!
Acting Governor Couley has put forth
his might to usurp the Executive func
tions for the remainder of Bullock’s
term. Every effort was tried, and every
influence brought to bear, to prevent
the people from holding au elec
tion, and to invoke the iuterference
of Grant and his bayonets to uphold the
userpation. The Bond Ring exerted
itself and did what it could. Thefraudu-
lent bonds constitute the last hope—the only
means—by which we can be further plun
dered by the cormorants ,\ hence the great
importance to them of keeping the Exec
utive Department and the Supreme Court
in Radical hands. No doubt the assist-
Tliis is our last weekly issue for 1871.
Our enterprise, taken hold of in May
last, has been, under the circumstances,
very successful. We have labored to
make The Sdn a true exponent of cor
rect political principle :, and an accepta
ble family visitor.
We have, with wh ;t ability we possess,
exposed and denounced public plunder
er., and the corruptions and fell designs
.if the Radical party, and shall continue
to do so. Wo favor honesty and econ
omy in the administration of the State
and Federal Governments,, aud relief
from the burdens and tyranny under
which the whole country—North as well
as South—have suffered at the hands of
the profligate Radical crew who
have, through violence and fraud and a
reckless disregard of the laws of the
land and their oaths, j usurped the reius
of power; and whose whole administr;
tion has been marked by a scries of out
rages upon Constitutional Liberty
throughout the Union, and the most op
pressive bayonet rule in the Southern
States.
That day of high riot is drawing to a
close, we earnestly hope and believe.
We ska 1 !, in the future, pursue the same
course as in the past.
We shall labor to secure an overwhelm
iug triumph over the Centralists and Im
perialists in the coming Presidential
election; and if the Democratic party
will but be true to itself and the best in
tercots of the whole country, victory will
perch high upon our banners, and the
country will once more be the home of
,, , . ,, . , ... the free, rejoicing in restored Liberty
ance of bayonets in this work would have f ° "
been given, but a point has been reached
where the Federal Government dared
not any further resort to such measures.
It was prudence, and a fear of the con
sequences at the North, and not from any
sense bf justice, desire to do right, or
disposition to let us govern ourselves., , , , , , , . , , .
peaceably and lawfully, that these wicked ° J *
and the bright hope of a happy and
prosperous career iu the future.
We ask the friends of Liberty, of law,
order, and good Government, everywhere,
to aid us in extending our circulation, aud
thus in the dissemination of correct
political principles. Our Weekly is the
designs were not carried out by the help
of military power,
We learn that Mr. Conley will retire
gracefully, most probably without another
word of protest. His captionsness so far
has only made him ridiculous. The ob
ject in view is unattainable, and the hope
of it has vanished!
Blodgett failed to obtain a seat in tbe
Senate. This would have been given
him, utterly regardless of law, principle
or justice, but the Radical Faction, though
Buffalo. Dec. 25.—Alexis is here.
thing near 820,000. Mr. Wm. Markham
is at present the owner of the lot, which
he did not sell with his other property,
paid—their bill amounting to nearly
$3,000. Since the adjournment of the
York Hotel, has become manager of the
St. Louis Hotel, at New Orleans.
A discharged driver murdered his con
ductor, on the Third Avenue street rail
road, with a car hook
The gas explosion eclipsed the city from. . , , .
Thirty-fourth street to Seventy-ninth Madison Appeal of *he 22d mst. contains
street, and from river to river.— the following:
They must use other than gas light for Another Christian mother has been re-
three or four days. Thenewruleofget- Loved from us by death. Mrs. Sally
till DT \17A7 t n f. Iinl 0 4- (itta A 4- a rl a I V V • 1* . ll _ 1 _ 1. . /N .
county
gave Col. Smith 113 votes at Trenton and
66 at Rising Fawn—no one else voted
for.
Death of Mrs. J. Y. Harris.—The
ting to woik at half-past five, instead of Harris, relic of the late Gen. Jeptha V.
six o’clock, ‘ saved from jeopardy 1,500 Harris,
.... , died at her residence in this city
people who had lei t the scene of explo- Monday morning, December 18th, 1871
sion
It is understood that the recent Con
sistory at Rome elected McColsky a
Cardinal.
New York, Dec. 25.—A Herald special
from London says the Emperor William
(of Germany) will probably visit the
Czar at St. Petersburg during the spring.
j The deceased was eighty-two years of
age, and had been almost helpless for
many months. About a year ago she had
a paralytic stroke, from the effect of
which she never recovered.
The Atlanta and West Point Rail
road.—We regretted yesterday morning
The German expedition to Venezuela to see that some travelers had incon
will be commissioned to enforce nation? 1 siderately published a card in the Cm
claims again..!, the government of South stUtdim reflecting upon the management
A ei tef3wl 2P g?ie C prevailed at Sharon of the above named road ’ and ™ rfcicQ -
Springs, New York, Saturday night, larl y u P oa tlie conductor on the tram on
which unroofed several hous~ . Thursday night n If they had known the
.Omaha, December 25.—The snow is conductor as we do, they surely would
severe and has extended through the have been more charitable than to rush
SowlboS/ thetrams are "POTtai L,to print condemning him; and it fur
Boston December 25,-During a riot “ tllut th y «W h * t0 lf e
in Chelsea early this morning, the City known that he was very sick that night
Marshal, Drury, was stabbed and struck not able to attend to his duty; and he has
iu the face with a brick. A rioter named I not left his bed from that time till now.
Shelton was shot iu the neck, and a |
dozen rioters arrested.
LOCAL NOTES.
And then such cards ought not to be
published about individuals or corpora
tions, without evidence of intentional
wrong doing or gross neglect on their
part. Such publications always damage
Alabama Plantation.—We ask atten-1 the reputation of tbe parties assailed, and
tion to the advertisement of Mr. L. Bos- nine times out of ten are undeserved, and
well, of a farm in To’Iadega county,’ for would not be indulged in or approved by
sale.
Road Steamers.—The Legislature, at
its late session, granted a charter to the
Georgia Steam Road Wagon Company.
We are told that a number of reliable
the parties themselves, if the whole truth
were known.
The road in question has a wide repu-
[ tation for being one of the best managed
in the country, and none has more polite,
men in Middle and Southern Georgia efficient and popular officers. Those
have taken stock in the company to the complaining gentlemen, we think, should
amount of $50,000. Hon. H. L. W. first bave S one to tIie officers of the road
Craig, of the House, is an active mem- their complaints. If they had re-
ber of this company, the organization of f used to hear them, or to remedy the evil
which will be perfected daring the ap- complained of, or to give ample satisfac-
proacking adjourned session of the Leg- 1 "'"” w “ Wn
islature. Col. G. W. Lee, who firs; sug
gested the formation of the- Company, is
in communication with D. D. Williams &
Co., Broadway, New York, for the pur-1 or evil,
pose of bringing one of these steam was:-1 rected.
tiou, then they would have been justified
in making publication—but not before.
So it seems to us.
The press is a mighty engine for good
Its power should be wisely di-
It should not be injudiciously or
Wlace^ JerVi3> Welch ’ Cob *an,
New Counties and County Lines—-M,
Whorter, Chairman; Kirkland, Jo r< £'
Anderson, Smith, Cone, Crayton Uau ’
Standing Committees or the Honsr
. Representatives. ot
Judiciary Messrs. Hoge of Fnlton
Wm. D. Anderson of Cobb,
of Echois, Graham of Dade, Bacoft
Bibb, Sneed of Richmond, Simmons 3
Gwinnett, Murphy of Harris, Pon 3
Muscogee, Scott of Floyd, Edward ° 0 \
Elbert, Peeples of Semen, Dell nf
Screven, Hnnter of Brooks, Cummins 3
Richmond, Pierce of Hancock, Russellof
Chatham.
Finance—-Messrs. Rawles of Effintr
ham, Camming of Richmond, CritteiX 0 -'
of Randolph, Netlierland of p ia L‘ U
Barksdale of Warren, Howell of MiW
Jackson of Fulton, Nutting of t?;m 1
Cato of Troup, Gray of Bartow, Butts of
Ham ock, Ormond of Houston, Hunrii
of Brooks. 1
Committee on State of the Renuhlii.
Messrs. 3. W. Wofford of Bartowfc^
of .Troup, Jones of Terrell, Hall of Tin
sod, Goldsmith of DeKalb, Bush of M l
ler, Hoge of Fulton, Goodman of Camn.
bell, Wofford of Banks, Lang ofS
coin, Johnson of Jefferson, Guyton of
Laurens, McWhorter of Greene
Committee on Military Affairs-^Messr,
Baker of Pike,. Watters of Jasper, S'
cey of Early, Paxton of Cbarllon, Mat
tox of Clinch, Carltou of Colquitt. San
gent of Coweta, Reid of Union, Renfroo
of Washington, Bell of Webster, JeS
Worth.
On Banks—Messrs. Cumming of Ririi
mond, Scott of Floyd, Harvey of Marion-
Bowie of Walton, Wynn of Wilkes, Mor
ns of Talbot, West of White, Tramme’
of Paulding, Griffin of Twiggs, Beaseley
of Jefferson Clark of Richmond, Booth
of Pulaski, Paulk of Irwin.
On Privileges and Elections—Messrs
Phillips of Echols, Pierce of Hancock
Bussell, of Chatham, Rutherford of
Crawford Sellers of Appling, Allred of
Pickens, Floyd of Morgan, Williams of
Decatur, Smith of Oglethorpe, Flvnt of
Taliaferro, Slaton of Wilkes, Head of
Haralson, Colby of Greene.
On Internal Improvements—Messrs.
Hall of Upson, Woodall of Talbot, Wood
of Walker, Summers of Newton, Heidi
of Chatham,Richards of Cherokee, Wood
ward of Dooly, Rountree of Emanuel
Barrou of Jones. Pentecost of Carroll’
Riley of Lumpkin, Hudson of Schley
Jones of Hart.
On Agriculture and Manufactures-
Messrs. Davis of Newion, Bunn of Polk,
W. P. Anderson of Cobb, Bryan of Hen-
ry, Jones of Gwinnett, Cox of Burke,
Davenport of Ogletliori e, Johnson cl
Clay, Murphy of Burke, Brady of Sum-
t >r, Braddey of Glasscock, Handley oi
Pulaski, Putney of Dougherty.
On Public Expenditures—Messrs. C.
A. Nutting of Bibb, Kelly of Chatham,
Hammond of Batts, Tarver ot Baker,
McMillan of Habersham. McNeal of Kan-
dolpk, Pou of Muscogee, Griffin ol
Houston, Sneed of Richmond, Wilson
of Fulton, Ballenger of Floyd, Eoss oi
Bibb, Mansfield of Stewart/
On Education—Messrs. Jackson oil
Fulton, Bacon of Bibb, Woflbrd of Bai l
tow, Cody of Chattahoochee, Davis oil
Newton, Simmons of Gwinnett, Joiner]
of Dougherty, Etheridge of Putnam
McNeal of Randolph, Bryan of Hemj
Morrison of Ware, Guerry of Quitman
Berrien of Burke.
Ou Enrollment—Messrs. McMillan ot
Habersham, Converse of Lowndes, Craij
Telfair, Dell of Screven, Cleglior:
the State, and is really the cheapest
while our club rates are very favorable.
We invite attention to the same. There
is scarcely a post office in the country
where a club could not be made up, with
very little effort on the part of one or
two friends. Commence iritk the new
year, and try us twelve months.
ons to Atlanta and putting it to running. I inconsiderately use. Those who
This Company, we understand, do not sailed through the columns of a newspa-
want any State aid. This feature we per frequently have just grounds of com-
like. * plaint for being dragged before the pub
lic, when all should have been quietly
We shall say more about these road I and privately adjusted,
steamers in our next issue. It may be
that they will do away with the utility of j
narrow gauge railroads.
TELEGRAMS.
New York, December 24.—Cotton re-
do so, dared not! The usurpers are afraid aU( j 122,126 three weeks since. Totai
Our Justices’ Courts were ali quiet
esterday. Justice Butt had a few civil
ases. Justice Johnson disposed of a
case of assault and one of larceny. Justice
Smith had a pair of Africans before his
Court for living in adultery. At last ac
counts, they patronized Judge Pittman
to the extent of a marriage license.
to further pursue their usurpations.
There is a weakening—a giving way—
of the Radical party at every point. The
proceedings in Congress clearly demon
receipts since September 1, 1,250,379,
against 1,501,194 corresponding period
the previous year; showing a decrease of
250,815. Exports from all parts for the
week, 165,679, against 89,511 for same
strate this. In (.Georgia its bottom has week last year. Total exports for the
dropped out, or, to change the figure, itc
back is broken. It is no more in the
way, and will scarcely ever be organized
agaib. Even in the next Presidential
campaign, it will make but a feeble,
sickly show.
Let the people thank God, and take
courage. Victory is within our grasp,
expired portion of the cotton year are
642,334, against 827,793 for the same time
last yepr. Stock at pll ports 432,938,
against 499,175 for the same date last
year. Stock at interior towns 89,360,
against 109,543 last year. Stock in Liver
pool 438,000, against 374,000 last year.
American cotton afloat for Great Britain
183,000, against 345,000 last year. Indian
cotton afloat for Europe 269,810, against
Disavowing any disposition to with
hold any expression oi approval thus far
of the course of our representatives in
Congress, we cannot help saying to them,
especially in all earnestness, being im
pelled thereto by a strong, indignant
sense of how, ou the right hand aud on
the left,’ the people ure being robbed,
noi only of ther substance, (for this,
serious as it is, compared with the rest
thsi is being sacrificed, is but of minor
consequence,) but, one by one, of the
very essentials of their freedom, and that
the occasion is one that demands of them
the full measure of their powers in hearty,
indignant, downright, bitter denuncia
tion of the monstrous usurpations, the
flagrant wrongs against the people, the
destroying, revolutionary proceedings,
and the startling crimes, in many forms
and in many fold, tending, if not de
signed, to subvert the Government, which
ai e perpetrated almost daily by the in-
soioutiy r volutiouary piprty, of which
G uerul Grant is the Lead, and the ma-
ji rity in Congress tlie mouthpiece.
It mere ever was a time it is now when
the i epri sentatives ot the people, (of the
h< -est masses and uot the corrupt office-
in odera,) having the true welfare of the
pi ., le honestly ami deeply at heart,
should arraign the people’s enemies and
if we will but put forth our hands and seize 119,000 last year. At the South less rain
it. Let the Democracy stand firmly upon durin £> ^eek, and from
.. . . i , ,, . . , , ... . i some sections we have complaints of cold
the principles of their ancient faith, ig- wea t]i e r. Picking is not progressing so
noring all tim ^-serving measures, and favorably.
spuming every effort of the corruptionists Louisville, Dec. 24.—There has been
and plunderers to lead them astray or a terrible tornado in Indiana. It has
. , ... , , ., destroyed seven hundred feet of trestle
place them m a false position before the wk ' n the Air . Line Railroad.
country. Let them raise high the old Memphis, Dec. 24.—A gale on the
flag, and the battle cry of Liberty and river Saturday night blew the St. Pat
honesty in the administration of the as ^ ore -
~ ... , Columbia, Dec. 24.—Tu the United
Government, and with confidence and StatesCo ^ yesterday, the jury in the
enthusiasm make a grand charge upon case of Mitchell and Whitesides, after
the usurpers at the polls in the next nearly twenty-four hours consultation,
election. If this is done, Radicalism returned a verdict of guilty on the first
St. Louis, Dr x 24—The stoim pros
trated many walls. Buildings and houses
[From the Greensboro, Ga., Herald, Dec. 21, 1S71.] I were unroofed. Several people were in-
Ex-Gov. Brown Speaks. jured. Vermels were torn from their
moorings.
It seems a miserable carpet-bagger | Chicago, Dec. 24—The storm pros-
named Ike Seeley, has issued a circuLr trated many buildings in course of erec
directed to the negroes and urging them
to reffst the payment of the poll tax.
One of these he also directed to his per
sonal and political frier d, Hon. Jos. E.
Drown, which has calle l forth from that
gentleman a very able and conclusive re
ply, and frank and timely vindication of
the Legislation of Georgia on this sub
ject. We are gratified to see this letter,
tion
New York, Dec. 24.—A gas explosion
placed the centre of the city in darkness
One was seriously hurt.
Catharine Comll died from the eff els
of an abortion.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The weather
has turned suddenly mild. The Potomac
is open.
of
ot Chattooga, Baker;,of Bryan, BatcU
for ^ale,
JN TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA, 13 miles
north of Talladega town, in Dry Valley, -tlC acres,
280 valley land, and 120 pine land, weU timbered.
Buildings and fences good. Price $4,000. Apply on
premises to L. A. BOSWELL,
P. O. Address, Faslaboga, Ala.
dec27-wiw
Standing Committees of tire Georgia
State Senate.
Judiciary—Reese, Chairman; Brown,
Candler, Wellborn, Nunnally, Hillyer,
New Book.-We hove just received I ^Ko^Slmmontchaimian; Hinton,
from our friend, Judge T. O. Jacob, of Candler, Bums, Hillyer, Lester, Heard,
Forsyth, a copy of his “Reminiscences of Nicholls, Bruton.
the Army of Northern Virginia”—includ- Enrollment—Hoyle, Chairman; Well
ing the battles, marches add anecdotes of ^ 1 n c ’ ll Hillyer ’ Pe<My ’ BrOWn ’ Kibbee ’
Thomas’ brigade and Stonewall Jackson’s The State of tbe Republic—Wellborn,
corf s. The narrative is well written and Chairman; Reese, Hillyer, Brown,
very entertaining. It recounts many Kibbee, Hinton, Brock,
scenes and incidents that have not here- , Education—Nicholls, Chairman; Kib-
, « j,# . , _ . . _ I bee, Jervis, Jzveese, -Lester, Cl8>rk, C&iup*
tofore appeared m print, many of which ^ e ]i_
are of pleasing, and some of sad recollec-1 Internal Improvements — Nunnally,
Patillo I
Taylor
Wbittie'-I
Hancodj
lection, to those who were of “Lee’s Pal
adins.” The book is for sale at all tbe
book stores.
Almost a Fire.—The explosion of a
kerosene lamp in Col. Tom. Hill’s house
on Decatur street, last evening about 71 Hicks, Estes.
o’clock, came very near burning the I Petitions—Estes,
building.
Chairman; Burns, Bruton, Erwin, Black,
Hinton, Jervis.
Banks — Lest er, Chairman; Hillyer,
Simmons, Burns, Erwin, Welch, Stead
man.
Privilege and Elections—Brown, Chair
man; Heard, Griffin, Kirkland, Kibbee,
Hoyle,
United States Court.—A very im
portant case is now before Judge Ers-
Chairman;
Black, Cone, Cameron, Column.
Public Buildings—Erwin, Chairman;
Kirkland, Lester, Black, Bums, Bruton,
Cone.
The Penitentiary—Kibbee, Chairman;
kine—that of the daughters of James Nicholls, Jones, Cone, Candler, McWhor-
Loyd vs. M. C. Fulton. ter, Wallace.
— ,... —— —, ,, , , Lunatic Asylum—Hinton, Chairman;
In 1S61 Mr. Fulton bought of Mr. Simmons, Erwin, Smith, Kibbee, Ma
Loyd the old Washington TTnll lot, in I thews, Welch.
this city, taking a deed and giving his Military—Jervis, Chairman; Kirkland,
note for part of the purchase money Coa ®. ^ in . Brack, Estes. Deveaux
mi 4. * - -E-n .f „ . y ‘ Printing—Hillyer, Chairman;Candler,
That note is still unpaid. Suit has been Simmons. Hinton, Wellborn, Richard
brought upon it, and judgment obtained son, Clark,
in the United States Court, and property Beaf and Dumb Asylum—Burns,
at several points levied upon and adv*- £ b u irma ?f B ] ack> Richardson,
w . .. e * _ , ' Hillyer, McWhorter, Jervis,
rised for sale. At Savannah, Judge Ers- The Institution of the Blind—Jones,
kme granted a restraining order for Ful- Chairman; Sirdmons, Hoyle, Cone, Hen-
ton’s relief till he could -be heard upon a *7* Kirkland, McWhorter,
motion to exempt his property from levy' A K ri culture and Manufactures—Stead-
and sale, upon the ground that it was in
herited by his wife, and is, in fact, her |
sole property.
man, Chairman; Jones, Mathews, Jor
dan, Erwin, McWhorter, Anderson.
Auditing—Candler, Chairman; Bruton,
Nicholls, Peddy, Heard, Kibbee, Wallace.
, Engrossing—Jordan. Chairman; Hill-
Wlien Mr. Fulton purchased the Wash- yer, Cameron, Hicks, Cone, Black,
ington Hull lot, the “vendor’s lien” was Brock.
in force, so that the note given was, and y oumals-Cone, Chairman; Gammon,
still is, a lien upon that lot for itepay- ’ ’ ’ Bruton > Wal '
ment the amount of which is now some-1 State Library—Heard, Chairman
man of Taylor, Spence of Coffee, Stol
vail of Columbia, Hillyer of CamdeiB
Palmer of Daw:.on.
On Journals—Messrs. Bush of Milk™
Killian of Towns, Cloud of Warns,
Emerson of Whitfield, Kennedy of Bnl_
loch, McConnell of Clayton, Payne (s
Catoosa, Knowles of Pierce, Morelam!
of Meriwether, Glover of Sumter, FielL
of Murray. I
Ou Penitentiary—Messrs. Goldsmiil
of DeKalb, Dukes of Morgan, Bakero!
Pike, Davenport of Oglethorpe, Moui
ot Talbot, Jones of Hart, Harvey o!
Marion, Brown of Monroe, Rutherforc
of Crawford, Simmons of Hall, Pfiley ol
Lumpkin, Palmer of Dawson.
On Lunatic Asylum—Messrs. Etl Jj
eridge of Putnam, O’Neal, of BaldwirfB
Hughes of Forsyth, Cloud of Wi
Johnson of Jefferson, Clements
Montgomery, Lipsey of Lee, Wbatly
Fayette, Battle of Thomas, Lamkiti
Columbia, Jones of Terrell, Cliastain |
Gilmer, McNeal of Raudolph.
On Deaf and Dumb Asylum—M<
Bunn of Polk, Simmons of Hall, Li.
of Lee, Gray of Bartow, Brawner
Franklin, Farmer of Liberty, Brewl
of Tatnall, Mann of Wilcox, Martin
Johnson, Meadows of Madisqn, How|
of Milton, Wilson of Fulton, BalleD:
of Floyd.
On Blind Asylum—Messrs.
Harris, Collins of Mitchell,
Washington, Emerson of
Jones of Macon, Pierce of
Hancock of Jackson, Hooks of Wilt-
son, Richards of Cherokee, Goodman*
Campbell, Franklin of Fannin.
On New Counties and County Lines
Messrs. Fain of Gordon, Guyton of'
rens, Clark of Troup, Jones of Gwinni
Henuley of Pulaski,Converse of Lowm
Meadows of Madison, Woodall of Tall
Clower of Monroe, Braddey, of G’
cock, Patillo of Harris.
On Public Priming—Messrs. Wm-
Anderson of Cobb, Heidt of Chal
Carlton of Colquitt, Cato of Ti
Chastain of Gilmer, Netlierland of
bun, Richardson of Clark, Johnson
Spalding, McWhorter of Greene. f
On Auditing—Craig of Telfair, Kfle.j
Lumpkin, RouDtree of Emanuel,
lin of Fannin, Atkinson of Thomas, j
On Petitions and Memorials.—*
of Chatham, Graham of Dade, Bry®
Henry, Edwards of Elbert, Johnson
Jefferson, Berrien of Burke, Baker l
Pike, and Hall of Meriwether, Moling
of Habersham. . .. a
On State Library.—Bacon of flit; a
McMillan of Habersham, Jackson of 1 i
ton, W. D. Anderson of Cobb, Russen a
Chatham.
Oa Western and Atlantic Railroad* j®
Jackson of Fulton, Hall of Upso D > ■*
Millan of Habersham, Craig of Teli _
Tarver of Baker, Wofford of -Bark; ^
Fain of Gordon, Cato of Troup, '
Whorter of Green, and Hall of
wether.
On Public Buildings and Proper
Cumming of Richmond, Wilson of -
ton, Wynn of Wilkes, Kelly of Chatt>
Hudson of Schley, Netherland of '
On Corporations.—W. D. Auder>"
Cobb, Camming of Richmond, Dyl
Gordon, Hoge of Fulton, Phil 11 ??
Echols, Pou of Muscogee, Peeples o
ien, and Hall of Meriwether, Ph'J b
Echols.