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8. 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.