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TATOR POMEROY 8 LITTLE GAVE
StMjrebvwbing in this day wty;$ <n»r-
TWftMon in high fifteen is noldiug sn«»
carnival to ©ontf-mplat-i the re* nW
^Mb by Mr. York of tte Kaures Lotos
fc*«T*to the bribing schemes ot S- in
ior Pomeroy. That wily politician who
tes for years been staffing the pamo re;
from Riibeuiim and oommissioi •
te this Cma before the Genual
»Wy of his State tor re-el.:
He «M powsceaed of a waoieeomo coi.fi
denea in nis re-election—a confident!
Which long cuunnued sace.-a, even
though that Micuesj be in villainy, in
spires. Bnt to ondt> assurance doubly su>
be fain would **»nrn the rotes of a .o«
Whose rotes ho considered certain. On*
4)f these was York. York was not a Pom
eroy man—not ry any means. Ba
B conversation with P oiattvy u>
adroitly in icated that he might be in
duced that way, provided the 1-riDe «i*s
s mple. It was ample—$7,000.
Pomeroy was confident, aud would
nave l»een elected on the first ballot to--.
York been a Poineroy man. But lr
wasn’t, aud when his name was called b
reapouded by sanding tne $7,000 of bri:-*-
monsy he hail revived to the Speaker’s
«Wfc, and immediately thereon telling
Abe whole story so effectually as to for
ever lose to Pomeroy the Kansas Sena
tonhip.
DU. ANGER.
Yesterday morning, Mr. Nicholls, in
be Senate, moved to reoonsider somnch
•f the previous dav's proceedings, requir
ing ex-Treasurer Augier to refund certai i
interest on the State funds drawn by him.
After considerable discussion by Col.
Nicholls, Mr. Simmons and Mr. Lester
for reoonsideratioD, and Mr. Brown
■gainst it, the vote was taken and stoo l
yeas 23; nays 11, and the motion pre
va led. Mr. Nicholls then moved a sus
pension of the rules in order to offer the
ye -onsidere I motion to the Finance Com
mittee, which was carried.
It is to be hoped that this, what seems
to be a persecution of Dr. Angier, is not
prompted by unfriendly motives or to
gratify any personal spirit as is suggested
by t-ome. We do not pretend to know
all the facts connected with the discus
■ion of this subject. We only wish to
■ay that we hopethut justice shall prevail.
Ii the law did not require i iterest upon
funds deposited in bank by the State
Treasurer, and Dr. Angter and his
sureties being wholly responsible
to the State for these funds, we do not
■ee what right the State has to enquire
into the public funds except to know
that they are lorthcoming when needed.
Dr. Augier has never failed, that we
know of, to meet fairly, squarely and
promptly, all his obligations as Treasurer
of the State.
It is to be hoped that this question
Will be disposed of with justice to ♦ be
State and honorably to Dr. Angier, who
has done so much to preserve the State’s
funds and save her credit. Let no per
sonal considerations enter into the dis-
oussion of this subject.
smut or rax Georgia press.
I’he Macon Tdegr,tph is Opposed to the
Ka Klux bill ( coding before the Legis
lature, and rays:
We <•<' net qn««tlo», la the test, the root!tm of
iko-e who favored the bill, tor amon* lte friends are
, L ;. t of the verv heat men in the Senate; bnt we do
tti ink inch leffielation la a waits of time, to aay the
set. if not positively mischievous In it* possible re-
au'.M. and therefore uawlae and impolitic.
The Bmggold Courier thinks “ that
t re ten year* Hindi have elapsed, reproach
win attach to ev«ry legislator of the pres
ent evasion who votes against an honora-
' j hit) adjustment of tbs bona question; for
I ever* mcoerdive y*«*r will demonstrate
J :.,oTe aud more the groat impolicy, an
| v,< h ns violation of principle thereby in-
. ulvwi. ”
lhe Chro»id- <£ Sentinel says lhat “the
ir.i'iguMit protests of a number of the
t aking journals of ibe Bute—city and
.ouuixy—reflecting as tuey did the opiu-
•ons of the great mass cf the people,
have apparently caused a halt in the op
erations of tne Bond Ring,” and that
“ they seem to have at Lst disc -vered
iliat their ‘magnanimous’ oomprunise
w til encounter certain defeat when offered
in the Legislature, aud to be preparing a
retreat, at least f ir tne present.’’ The
Chronicle continues:
•< They know that one ot th- parties wnoae »n
dorsement wae aak»d, »:.d whom they published to
the world ax approving the plan, has written that he
>« opposed to It; ana they have reason to believe
that another one of them win not sign a report in
it* lavor. instead of the bond Committee being
prepared to endorse it, as stated, the able chairman
of that committee announced in his place the other
day. If we mistake not, that he abonid oppose any
payment of these illegal and fraudulent obliga
tions. ''
1 he Columbus Enquirer does Dot re
gutd the Apportionment bill, wbien \as
passed the House of Representatives of
tne Georgia Lu isiaturo us meeting the
demands of the occasion, and says that
it is a mere make-shift to accommodate
three or four new counties with Repre
sentatives of their own, without reduc
ing tne whole I: umbel of member 1 -.
Tut Euquier concludes as follows :
W bat the interests of the Slate require, in onr
ju gn ent, is the reauction of the number of liep-
resen'sttvss at least one-half. This would give a
body lully large enough tj represent directly every
area of territory and auy number of population
for which a special representative is ne. ded. We
believ , too. that it would corn ct many evils 01
legislation and secure .. ore independence of local
excitements and personal cliques in a manner
which we suggested the o her day.
Tne Rome Bulletin thinks that—
GRUMBLERS AT NBW-PAPBMB
Horace Greeley, in spanking of gram
blers at newspapers, thus hit* the nail on
tae head:
It u strange how eloee men reed the
papers. We never see anything H at
anyliody don’t like, bat we soon hear of
i- and every bod v tails ns of it. If, how
ever, oDce in a while we happen to say
a good thing, we never hear of that;
nobody seems to notice that We may
pay some man a hundred compliments,
and giue him a down pufli. and ho takes
it *11 m a tribute to hit greatnaas, and
ho never thinks of it; never thinks it'
does him any good. But ii we happen
to say things this man don’t like, or
tombing he imagine is a reflection on
bun or his character, see how quick ho
flares up and gets m%*l aboat it, All
our evils are duiy charged to us, but we
never, apparently, get any credit for
what good we do,”
One of our oxehacgaa, in spvakiag of
newspapers, and what to expected of
them, very forcibly rauiai ks that “ there
is no bii*iu«-*e in all the wide world so
subj^et 50 sponging as the art or trade
of printing a new»pa?ar. I r rvaily seems
to u* ti at pubiio corporations*, societies
an-l assooiatii'Bi in gvosrai, have peculiar
id«*senout priutera. They think weoDght
to print, put! »nd pabnsn ail for noth-
hg, tbs' is, ‘free gratis;’ in other words,
Uit y xv* m a*»u>nit>li-d if w< ask noli-pins-
o"dv for obituary »eea, of thank*.,
tribut * of re*p»e<, ^tfacasi comma; ic—
tions, or anything else that only inier-
,-*& a fwr persona, and not lhe gen
eral reader. Tu.-J inink it oo*i» no
money to ailverlist*, pnift, si« Ami
-!iu» o»ia and Another wdi s. oiig •
Thai fotgw. thd '.iii-i busuicas 0.^1^^
tnein known ; ihov ?orK'»' priutsrn’
mk ittaka nint-Nu. li of totir is»a.x.-b-
f..'i!unss; they furg^i »k.»: it h*k»e money
to pav aompoi'.iWr* —to ouy mk, type,
, ud papvr; asni, ls^wy, (hay forget svei*
U> toank you for gratuitously pufllug
thair vus»Bf»sor serving h* publin. No-
only do country eihtuis tviffcir from these
inflictions, but they are also oompelled
to listen patiently to the dull nonsense
soute folio h who wants to intro-
uoe Kamsobatkiun baths, agricultural
suranoe-pills, or sngar-ooateii dou ie
buck-action washboards. We ieel sure
nai if we were a provincial editor we
would live very cheap, because we should
get “Hired for nothi.-g.”
A-jnr apportioxmbnt bill.
A0 this bhl hat paned the Home., on
Thursday, it provide* three repreeenta-
tivee each to the counties of Bibb, Butke,
0 latham, Fulton, Houston and Rich
mond.
Two representative* to the counties of
Bartow, Cobb, Clarke, Coweta, Carroll,
Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd, Green,
Gwinnett, Hancock, Harris, Jackson,
Jefferson, Macon, Monroe, Meriwether,
Muscogee, Oglethorpe, Newton, Stewart,
Sumter, Talbot, Thomas, Troup, Wash
ington, Wilkes.
One representative each to one hun
dred and three counties.
Bill takes effect after expiration of
terms of members of the present Gen
eral Assembly.
of
EX-STATE TREASURER ANGIER.
Dr. Angler's accountability to the State
for interest paid him on deposits, having
sprung np in the Senate, we deem it bat
an act of justice to republish the aotion
Ii Georgia whb lia 'it- lor these bonds, she ought to
pay them. To say that these bond-holdeis as a gene
ral thing, were innocent purchasers, is not the tael
bullock andTre.curer Angier were »t war all ihi-
time about the bonds, and Clews & Oo. knew as well
when they sold the l ends, that ihry were not legally
i.sued. as they do to-day. So did every banker and
S.ock Speculator North and in Euaope. Georgia hae
receiveil no benefit Iron) these bonds, and should
not pay one dollar of them.
The Northeast t>eorgian is in favor of a
State Convention foi a revision of the
Constitution. The editor says that our
“old time-honored laws aud enactments
were obliterated, and in their stead were
substituted suca legislation as suited tbe
corrupt party then in power.” lhe
Georgian grows warm and concludes
with these energetic expressions :
So we aay, let there, by all m ana, be called a Con
stitutional Convention, to aaaemblo at an early day;
and let it be composed of the people of Georgia, why
have the good of the whole State at heart. It ie the
only vent left for us, and one which we should not
hesitate a moment to seize npon. Let it meet, dis
cuss our laws, and we hope, wipe our every trace
left upon onr dear old state by the vandals who
held undisturbed sway for so long a time.
II. P. rARROW VS. T. HARD EM AN.
From an article in the Washington
Chronicle, of Friday the 7th inst., i
[ marked oopy of whieh was yesterday re
of the Legislature, December 8th, 1871, ceived at this office, we see that “Henry
on that subject, which, it is to be hoped,. P. Farrow, United States Attorney for
Will be permitted to stand as a final set
tlement of the question:
Whereat, It has not bean oustomary to
require the Skate Treasurer to pay into
the Treasury interest on deposits of State
lands.
Be ii thereto e resolved, That the Treas
urer of the Stake shall not be held liable
for any suoh interest; and,
Be it further resolved, That suits now
pending against the present Treasurer
involving duoh interest nnder the provis
ions of aeotion 86, paragraph 8 of Irwin’s
Revised Code be discontinued, and that
the Attorney General is hereby instruct
ed to dismiss said snits.
These resolutions were unanimously
passed in both Houses, and the people
<pt the State seemed to be satisfied with
what appeared, and ready was, an act of
-jastioe to a man who had done so much
to save the public treasury from the
plundering clutches of political thieves
who, like, birds of evil omen, ; had ho
vered over our beloved State to devastate
and ruin the public credit of Georgia.
It was Dr. Angier who stood between the
peoples’ treasury and the plunderers,
and saved ns from irreparable bank
ruptcy.
■osrBA r or turn constituti omal com-
rpmriop.
In the Hoasti, yseUsday dmruing, Mr.
Pierce meted to rioouide* the nation of
the Room Jho pfeviotoiAy ta defeating
fee bid pmvuUag. ies a ; Qom»tjj»dbonal
Contention, f The motion uni apposed
by Mr. B<*e Emotion —-
fee vote wm deffeted bj^ays'MT to $6
yeesaad fee bid i* therefore dsfcawu. or * dil
At fee enhttW **>k fen pe«
tom feat fes mnwiim tat Bolding a &**»*
Gonvoattoa fenblAba of need* weighty
w«ttarse to ounwnoe every unprejudiced
■bind wife ito nsofesfty. ffeafe OonveL-
t.&os expafetfe^ and‘should b,
■v-.uded always fe lonw saabnoluto neo«e
arty doaaaus aaypra fe—s. a
Georgia, appeared before the Committee
on Disabilities in the benate,” on the
previous Wednesday, “to show why Hon.
Thomas Hardeman, of Georgia, should
not be relieved of his disabilities. ”
According to the article in question,
Farrow makes ont a very poor case
cfeainst Ool. Hardeman. None of the
statements he makes is he able to verify.
He is then simply to use his influence as
a Republican, to deprive, as long as pos
sible, a Democrat of his rights as a free
man. Desperate because his party in
Georgia is soorned and kicked and spit
npon by every deoent man in the State
bereft of all power in the State as it is,
and rotting and seething in its own past
corruption; committed-to history as the
most stupendous combination of political
perfidy and official rottenness that ever
dit-graoed the governmental annals of any
State; we say, that Mr. Farrow, seeing
fee utter hopelessness rv| his party in
Georgia, seems to be now engaged in the
work of endeavoring to alternate his own
t-ffioial existence in the Federal service
by traducing the reputation of one ut
Georgia’s noojt^l sous.
We envy neither his political aaaoeia-
: tinas or aspirations. We regret to see a
tuan.-pTSoaLherp blood, of a noble South
ern family, engaged in a work tha* seems
to hifiv^.Uo higher object 'in view.
MHtf- Greeley's wilgcontinuBan tcpi
I id diaonaaioa. The Is vast in totyiont*.
! 1 - » » discussion an to whether ihp “On •
Lmx'a Aid Society” of Haw York nboul
or will aaoeivn from hiawiteta fee nmoap
tequmfeed in fes wfll to ik Protoinen
•luxeoa of Haw York tepel fee very idc*
of such an aeoaptanoa, sums it tea bean
ciocoverad that Mr Gneley’a urpba
-NAHa win ha* bnt a pUfenes l«ft tkm
A GRATEFUL EDITOR
T?jo editor of the Pniladelphia Dispatch
has been made the bappy recipient of
some interesting reading matter, and he
Very properly expresses his tiiai k < thus-
We owe onr thanks to Judge Kelly
or the latest Patent office report. We
iready have sixteen hundred of these in
erestirg volumes iuour iitfle library, bnt
they bave been read aud re-read so muuy
lues that we know ev<r» t^age of t bern
by heart. This new volume came oppor
tunely aud gratefully on Christmas morn
ug, and that night we gathered our lit
tle family arouud the tiro mid read it
hrmigh to them. The affectmg tale en
titled ‘Improvement in Monkey Wrench
es,’ seemed 1c touch every beart,uud when
we came to the climax of the little story
aboui ‘Reversible Pie-boards,’ there was
not a dry eye between the front door
and the stable. During the reading ot
the piteou narrative entitled ‘Gum
Washers for Carnage Axles,’ the whole
family gave expression to boisterous
emotion, and the hired girl was
so muen excited that she lost her
ori sence of mind, and went around to
her mother’s inadvertently with six
pounds of 8ugur and a butter-kettle full
ot flour, and came home at midnight in
toxicated. We cau never sufficiently
thank Judge Kelley for tne innocent en
joyment thus turuished us. The memory
of that happy evening will linger in our
minds very muoh longer than that hired
girl ever lingers when she lights on a lot
of substance which she thinks will suu
the constitution of her aged parents.’
i j.'ii a yna
• ftfeb Watoon, of fea.Macon Telegraph
ludlwri sn •“Odeto.Arttfiary Panok,” bu
Hmrls, of fed Savannah News, the
credit ud its authorship. Artillary punch
Is a very reokieas bavarsge and we caution
•uryoang (friends agajinat its ass, unless
may pesaeas the uaeal.seif-oonuroL
. A young wbfnsn, whose name is
.lot givsu, atteriipfed'to' ooramit stueide
ip Savannah Wt Weftarettoy. "The old,
•yd atqry,** of lbvk. v rt3n and ‘desertion.
IW The Marietta Journal says that
JotJ Grey ton dangerously cat John
4ikC-S in fee aide with a knife, at Dalles,
ask "Wtok.
Afe- The Greenes bora Herald bee got
a new head, wortn two or three
>Qd the editor says he don't intend any
• l Ouble or expense in making that paper
uaak add readable. How let him buy a
»«W Aram for the whole K«pes.
TUB LATB COMMODORE MAURY.
The New York Herald, concluding a
notice of the late Commodore Maury
says,
“ The lesson of this life of a bold stu
dent of nature, mag greatly encourage
our original investigators, as ik may also
show theneeeisity oi the seientifh) ap
plication ofjtheir deductions and ' dis
coveries to me practical wants ot man
kind. Sir Humphrey Davy, in ocmtriv-
ug thelittta safety lamp for fee protec
tion of the miner, and Maury, ia fee
simple plan ol his ocean aquarra, set ex
amples of milming fetfir to>orefcieal
knowladga a whieh wifi always ba remem
bered by the world, and which all phi
losophers may imitate. Thp. yaaable
works and monographs of the '£tament
American geographer hkvh begn 7 trans-
ated into fee languages (of all civilized
nations, and still continue high in au
thority.*’
ALEXANDER a. STMPBMSS.
The following article on the candidate
in the Eighth District wa take from the
New York Commercial 'Advertiser :
“ This little irrepressible human steam
engine, with s big braiuj and scarcely
anybody to speak of, is oue of the most
auoomplished parliamentarians tha world
hss ever seen. For tact, alroiWieas, and
the art of ‘maccauvbr.ng’ in a deliberative
body, no man la fee oounuy is his supe
rior. He playa off tb« rules ol dsLvte
against an adversary a* Paul Morphy
would pi .y his cUMsmen. Id days before
the war, we have watched this inspired
manikin circumvent an adverse majority
of tbs House, until the spectator forgot
all about tbs subjeot urder discussion,
in sheer admiration of fee cleverness
with which Aleck snared his antagonists
m fee meshes of parliamentary law. He
will be an acquisition to Congress. By
ail means, let him go back. ”
MW'The enterprising publishing house
of Hulk A Williams of Hewport, has no
dertaken fes publication in this country
of The FertmiyhUg Retiew simultaneously
wife its appearance in England, at fee
redaoed pace of fitu cents, and fee Aral
number prinked under this arrangement
has just hash issue a. It is tbs most no-
tioeable otgmn of advanced thoaght bow
published in Ragland, and Messrs. Holt
and Wdbassa desarvs fee thanks of read
ing psopls^n this aids of fes Atlantic
for fee onterpmae and liberality they
nave displayed ia patting it within suy
reach of alL
gfeT* T ha crowded state ot onr columns
to-day, forces tha omiteon of tha usual
“Spin! of fee Preas" and otter atitraial
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL OP MR. HILL,
OF TROUP.
Atlanta, February 6, 1873.
Editors Sun: There is one subjee 1 of
legislation that demands the most earn
est thought of our public men. Besides
the recuperation of our wasted fortunes,
it is the most important that can engage
the attention oi the American statesman.
It is the protection of State lines—the
bulwarks ot Republican freedom—from
the terrific assaults of the Federal Gov
ernment. It is the prevention of those
linee from becoming mere, ciphers. It is
the restoration of the self-sustaining bai-
anoe oi our Federal system.
How can this be done ? By the eleva
tion of the States in tbe scales of pow
er. How can that be accomplish
ed ? Variously. One means—and
that is the tendency of this bill
—is to foster in the hearts
of the people a distinctive love, respect
and admiration for the S*ate as an entity.
Ideas govern the world. Batter, beat,
baru into the brains and hearts of the
people the idea that their State is indeed
nation. M.»kc the State government
an object of pride to its citizens. Ele
vate the dignity of its offices. Make
them worthy of being sought for
prizes of givat distinction. Let tne
Gubernatorial chair be scarcely sec. rid to
the Presidency. Let membership in the
Legislature become as great an honor as a
seat iu Congress.
Georgia lsconltssed y, to-iay, the most
prosperous ana influential Southern
State. This is due to her proud adhe
rence, iu every exigency, to political
truth, and too to the greatness of her
sous. She stands alone among her sister
Southern States iu her refusal to stultify
ht r previ ius noliti at utterances. Am:
what other of her sisters has a son whost
voice is heard and respected all over the
Anglo-Saxon world?
But this mil will increase the number
of her great sons. There will be an
ascousiou in the scale of intellectual
progress all along the lines, from the
humblest subject up. The man who,
under the operations of that law, shall
a few years from its passage, stand pre
eminent over the great body of our legis
labors, will have to be a man indeed—a
giant. How prouder than the Roman
then will the Georgian be when he says
I am a Georgian “
That this is true political philosophy
is patent to even the most ordinary ob
server of human life, conduct and mo
tives.
To be one of 75 members will, of
oourse, be more desirable than to be one
ot 175 in the same State. To be a rep
resentative of three thousand constitu
ents is more flattering, indeed, and more
honorable than to represent only 1,000
To draw $11 per day will certainly be
more enticing than $7, and more lucra
tive, aud yet under this bill it will cost
the State lees than now.
Therefore men ot more character aud
position will seek these places. Tnere-
fore there will be new incentives to the
aspirants to qualify themselves. There-
lore the character of our legislators will
be very much elevated. Therefore wiser
legislation will result, and therefore our
State will grow greater, and we will
firmly fix in tbe minds and hearts of the
people the idea that Georgia is ■ nation
and State lines not a myth.
How.if' this m good political philoso-
i*,u _:n *»• i
Stops are being token to organize a
young men’s debating olnb in Valdoste.
The balmy breezes are nightly laden
with fee compound extract of guano.
Evan J. Harvey, an old citizen of Put
nam county, died at his residence on the
30fe ultimo, aged 60 yearn.
Mb. Henbt Holland, an aged citizen of
Bartow county, died very suddenly one
day last week.
The spring term of Bartow Superior
Court commences on the first Monday in
March, and continues two weeks.
Rev. Mobgan Callaway, D. D., will
preach at Greenesboro to-morrow and
every second Sanuay thereafter.
Twenty-one negroes “joined the tern
peraoce” at Rome, on Tuesday night
last, aud fee Commercial is happy.
The News says there has been a great
deal of si'■knees in "West Point very re
cently, resulting in the death of six or
seven of onr inhabitants.
Thb foundation of an Episcopal
Church is being laid in Cartersvillo, and
lhe timber for its construction being de
livered.
The members of theBnai Brith Lodge
of Albany are again making preparations
for a grand ball, to be given on the 20tn
instant.
E. A. Soullabd, Savannah, cleared
Wednesday for Bremen the ship Specu
lator, with a cargo consisting of 2,314
bales upland cotton, valued at $200,000,
The Commercial states that the Epis
copalians of Rome have determined to
enlarge their church building so as to
increase ito seating capacity about one-
third.
The Albany Central City thinks that
wood and cabbage rogues should be
healed of their desperate disease by rea
sonable doses of bullets and bncksuot
administered while they are in the act.
McBkjde & Co, the t nterprising and
liberal wholesale crockery dealers of this
city, have presented the Methodist
Church, at Cartersville, with a beaut-ful
hall lamp.
Mr. Richard T. Patten, for thirty
>tais a resident of Columbus, died in
teat city Wednesday morning, after a
wasting and painful illness of several
weeks, aged about sixty years.
Lust Tuesday a considerable amount
of miscellaneous property was sold at
salr but. fc< Du nsl estate was put
up, but bid iu. There is evidently much
iringeney in the money market in that
titude.
W/JVZ* P/UE
Fl»» Cllmau-niBmi
D *PoilU-v»._
Product*, *»c.
It was my pleasure to spend a d av at
the above place, and right well did I* en
jov the beautiful balmy air of that moan,
tain clime and picturesque scenery whj u
greets the sojourner on every side. j t •
indeed a lovely spot, and after doing ^
place, and seeing the mineral springs
nature’s great fountain of health,
tasting their healing waters, I oan re^Oiiy
understand why there are bo many ^
cottages being built, so many new ho
going up and so much life and active
displayed on every hand. Situated
is, 1,320 feet above the level of the
and amid such surroundings as abor. j*
scribed, there is every trducemoni f!',
those wishing to escape the opn reefi °
beat of the large cities to make a pii Rr im
age here during the summer, and th..
pulity with which Gainesville has grown
since the Air Line road was finishwh
simply surprising, for now there is
dent population of 3,000 aouls, whu-t
during the oomiog summer, will no donbi
least
phy'. 'and if this bill will accomplish or
tencTto SfibSmpKsh the desired end, let
Georma^fii&Je Empire State of tbe South,
lead Off, Ana^rMnflueBoe will be felt in
bebalt-df freedom from the Kennebec to
the Bio Grande. Other States will fol
low in her;footsteps, and soon this meas
ure, I believe, will caton the attention of
tbe toiling millions in every State, and
the flame of freedom will glow like the
burning bash on the mount.
I say the toiling millions will approve
of it; and my assertion is founded iu good
reason. There are many elements of
popularity iu fes measure. It secures
dispatch and economy. It is well known
that a.few men Jo the legislation of the
S’»*e anyhow, and the balance are chief
ly figureheads lending neither exertion
nor counsel to the deliberations, and the
business could be done more rapidly if
they were not there. Now, common
sense, and business sense, too, requires
the lopping off of fee superfluous, es
pecially as a matter ’of economy. The
bill does, this and L cr'ealj deiil more.
Nobody will-object to rt H ire a few small
politicians, and even sdsap -of tham,
being aspiring, will not-uV^ecf long It
will find immense fawx Ktfe.feu people.
But these last artt mweiy , what wii!
first ealeh popular, akteuricui—the I main
idea as set forth in fets' artiale i* : doubt
less the originating btotte uf fee bill, and
it is the eonoaptiob^ef fee statesman and
a measure ot tne purest Democracy.
Build up your waste plaoea, develop
your material resources, mate your
elate prosperous by every device of hu-
.man mil aud statesmanship; but above
all elevate fee importance of your State
government by wiae legislation, ana in
common wife teve ol the Union, foster
for fee State the spirit that made
Rienzi exclaim:
" Why. In that *l<Ur d*y Slit
Vm graur than a king ■■
and as sure as efieok follows cause, esto
perpetua may wife confidence be written
upon our Federal banner.
One op the Pboful
The last North-Blast Georgian bad
a local paragraph headed “Apologey.”
Now let the editor apologise for bt* nua.
spelling.
>t(
The Savan emit Advertiser, diwUBDg
Uit) t* .LdfLS ion, iu a lengthy editorial
o bj«b to tei* oocclutfeh:
John D. Lawson ai d Joseph Barton
wcie ordained deacons in the Baptis
church at Cassviile, on Sabbath last.—
Elder E. S. V. Brian t, of Cartersville,
has been called to and accepied the pas
toraie of this church for another year.
Brother Smith, of the Cartersville
Standard and Express, complains tnat
Cartersville is ignored and passed over
unnoticed by all troupes and companies
proposing to afford aumusement for the
public, and mournfully asks “why is it?”
The Rome Commercial states that the
shipments over the Rome railroad for
‘anuary, 1873, are as follows : Cotton
from Rome 819 bales; from Selma,
Rome and Dalton road 1,479 bales; from
Ooosw river 149 bales. Car wheels, axles
and car work 230,183 lbs; manufactured
iron 76 575 ib«; hollow-ware, castings,
etc., 10,000 ibs; nails 1,344 kegs; railroad
spikes 149 kegs; stoves 289.
The Valdosta Times, of the 5th inst.,
has this paragraph: The colored Justice
of the Peace elect by ten votes has been
ousted. His opponent’s attorney, we
learn, only examined about one-third of
the ballots and found twenty-one illegal
votes. This was sufficient, and without
further contention his colored majesty
surrendered his claims.
The editor of the Dalton Citism was
shown a few days ago by Mr. Eason, of
the firm of J. M. Lowry & Co., a sample
of cotton grown on the plantation of
Oapt. 8. P. Greene, in Dogwood Valley,
in Whitfield county, the staple of which
was as fine as any we ever saw. It was
from a bale weighing 630 lbs., which was
produced on a single acre, and sold for
17i cents per pound.
The Macon Telegraph has this to say
in regard to the health of Maoou :
No case ot meningetis, nor of any
thing approximating tbe disease whicn
prevailed so violently in a few cases a
short time since. There are still somi.
cases of violent colds, influenza and
kindred ailments, some of wnich detain
feu patients at home, but nothing serioas
is'hktly to result therefrom. As regard,
fee small pox, no new caae has been re
ported in several days. Those who have
had it are all convalescent None of the
case* have been of a malignant type, anu
needed only a due amount of caution to
bear the patients through safely, borne
ol them Were never ill enough to be com
polled to keep their beds.
The editor ot fee Columbus Enquirer
puahss his enquires to the bottom. Says
he, “Is there any had ? If there is, whai
•ortof ■ place is it?” As to fee firs*
’question, we think there ia; bnt k> what
sort of s place it ug we think the Colum
ns man will have to aee for himself.
A mew mail route to to be establish*
from Washington, by Baker’s Ferry t
Elberton and back, once a week. Leov.
Washington Wednesday at 8, a. u.; at
rive at Elberton 6, p. m.; leave Elbert. .
Thursday at 8, a. m.; arrive at Waahin
ton by 6, p. m. Bide have been invite
for carrying the mail on fee above rou
—proposals to be made before fee 3d d q
y>t Maroh next. The above route wii
commence on fee 1st of next July, ana
oontinte till fee 80fe June, 1875.
be temporarily increased to at
4,000.
But this is not all. The vast and unde,
velopod mineral wealth which lies btm«i
beneath the hills and mountains to th*
northward will, I trust, in the near fu
ture, be utilized and make this, asnutors
designed it. a most wonderful place 8
My visit was for the purpose of obt»m.
irag information upon the mittrd
question, and after an hour spent
with the hero of mineral resonrcee in
G orgia—Dr. Stephenson—I left the
“village among the hills” perfectly be-
wildered as to the character and extent
of the precious metal, ores and stone*
that should make thiB lively region#
great point of attraction for capital and
settlers.
The rain fall for the month of January
was 7.70 inches, which is somethin?
rather remarkable. The mean tempera
ture for the same time was 36.8 degrees.
To-day (February 5th) the thermometer
indicated at its high st ooint 63 degree
Dr. Stephenson will be a valuable man
to the State, should the Legislature agree
to make a Geographical Burvey. H ow
rhe State can aflord to let tins great and
most important matter be delayed longer
lam at alossti. determine. It should
be the first thing to claim the at
tention of the General Assembly,
for with the great exodus of
the laboring population to tue west
tht-re is an urgent n ceswty that some
steps should be taken to stay this tide.
In the development of the tniueraland
manufacturing interests, the greut secret
lies; and let tne proper legislation be
rnaue for a geological survey, and tbe
formaiiou of an Immigration Bureau, at d
with tbe proper persons iu these posi
tions, backeil by liberal appropriations,
a result not dreamed of may be spedily
attained. Tr is trom this point (twenty-
one miles distant) that persous mij
reach, by stage or private conveyance,
Dahlonegwhere a branch of the State
Agricultural College has been established
under the immediate charge of Col D.
W. Lewis. Alreudy 150 pupils are in the
school.
Patties who wish to prospect in the
mineral fields can find good accommode
• ion at the ho els, especially at the
Planter’s, where every attention will be
paid them, aDd good rooms furnished to
families who wish to make a long stty.
I saw on the streets a large number of
wagons from the mountains, loaded with
farm products, which were selling at the
following rates: Corn, 75 cents per
bushel; fodder, $1 50 per bundre I; eggs,
26 cents per dozen; chickens, 20 to 22
cents apiece. Eubt.
Senate Scenes.—The Senate started
out iu an argumentative strain yesterday
morning. They strained several fiue
points—(needed g—rease to oil tbem)-
we thonght of tho camel—
Not onr handsome Tnnls ®—
A* its spalt mid oud de •‘P 1 ’—
going tnroagh the eye of the needle.
Speaking of Tunis, thongb, had he been
in mtvliocks seat, he wovld have grubbed
up that K. K. law before the Doctor could
have arranged his speotaclee for an old-
fashioned anti appropriation talk, or be
fore the Senator -from the 39th oould
make a commencewtdif of an announce-
ment of the sentiment of his judgment;
but, al-aa, poor “Chewnis.” After a few
Poavey-ish remarks (with which, or whom
we agreed) the law became
A parcel of that penal code
Which furnished hands to build
or other internal improvements.
This is the construction we put on the
law, in spite of Senator Anderson’s re
marks. The construction of a Railrori
is good business, even Anderson will ad-1
mit. Provided, they are not made
(next to the) engines of destruction of
the colored western exodions. Several |
of the Senators were disappointed &
some pet o ils. It’s wrong to be km 1°
magistrate any how. Bnt then * c
can’i always have things as we wish them,
sii chear up, oh 1 ot the “ 20th” and DjO'
tor dry the dewdrops on the crystal Jen*
>f thy “apeot.” We’ll git home by au-
>y (to Miliedgevtlli) than dare
Atlanta to knock the chip off yonr k»
again. The S Bate adjourned lesvmg
McCauiey Wyly singing “We wont V
iiome till Sunday morning.”
Hir Kon. A. H. Stephens, the dietic-
guislied fcx-Vuse President of the Com
-irate Status, and at present Editor c»
Atiaa a Sun, to a candidate for Gm£ r
in oaU btn Georgia district. He *
nominated by fee Oonser»*Uve* oi |
distnot to till fee vacancy caused by w
d-ath of Hon. A. R, Wngbt. Hu.
idn to curtain, as he bae noopposi” 1 ,
I* rat h. a proud day for Georgia. »-
•rurjocious ->r Xhe whole Sonih .
“•HUe Aleck”-nauiuvs his seat ,
Uniwv. S**tjaj C< -tigress. We regard li ■
' *.V i mresentaiive man of o° n j
STS iaalfafla aw .p uion —R,tbes<»^ 1,h \
lAsmbenois N, 0 F-h 5,’73.
-iEUi in., w oeforr jnetetdn t J I
ua opcaker pro. tern, was a poeb
.« way Utijjo: fee resold turn of thsL
. r item Scaley county, settled fee Q .1
-o4. Ii ',vsy# l a this wise: “Those ml
*€ ot tue- resolution of the genii' ^ j
ruin Souit-v, will pie»se make it man
oy saying t”