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THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.
-ANCOoK,GRAHAM & REILLY
AMERICUS. GEORGIA;
Friday Korniag. January 13, 1871.
an outbade.
The Lease of the State Boad.
A greater outrage upon the rights and
pockets of the people of Georgia, than
the recent lease of the State Road, has
never been perpetrated. The project was
originated in fraud and carried out in the
same. No doubt but that the whole
thing was understood and arranged from
the first, and we are more rapidly hur
ried to this conviction by the facts at
tending the lease.
Rut what are the facts.’ Gen. Alfred
Austell, A. K. Seago and others, put in a
bid of 836,5tiO 00 per month and offered
security to tho amount of eight millions
of dollars for the faithful performance of
their contract. Judge JosephE. Brown
and others bid 325,000 00 and gave secu
rity to tho amount of about twenty mil
lions and their bid was accepted and the
Road leased to them. The Austell bid
guaranteed to the State 311,500 00 more
per month than the Brown bid, and their
securities were not corporations. Now
which was the best f The parties receiv
ing the Road gave corporations as securi
ty. It is well known that corporations
are created by law, with their rights and
privileges limited. They are artificial
bodies created for certain purposes and
cannot gc beyond or act outside the rights
and privileges given them by tho act cre
ating them. The various Railroads, sign
ing us securities for the Brown lessees,
had no right, no power or authority, un
der their charters, to ilo any such act, and
we have serious upprehensions that the se
curity will amount to nought, should xhe
question ever l*e tested. We hold that
corporations, or artificial persons iu law,
can only do the acts and things for which
they were created, or which were guar-
autced them by the law creating them.—
Could the Macon A* Western Railroad,
without |u special law authorizing it go
into the business of Ranking, Fire and
I afe Insurance, Farming, accepting plant-
ci> drafts or such things ? Could it do
any act except those specially authorized
by the act creating it ? We think not
Then could it sign as security for Brown
and others, unless specially authorized by
its charter to do such things ? The
i*. true of the other Roods signing.
•These are grave questions and ques
tions that demand investigation and we
are bold to say that wo hopo tho next
Legislature will break up the whole thing.
If the State Road cannot be run by the
State, to advantage, as heretofore, let
it l>c sold. By the present lease the State
has lost, in tho difference between the
Austell and Brown bid, the handsome
sum of 3138,000 00 per year, or $2,760,-
000 00 in tho twenty years, the timo for
which it has been leased. Js this not on
outrage, a fraud upon the people ?—
Would the Courts not interfere to pre
vent this ?
But let ns sec who will follow the ex
ample of Mr. Stephens. Will Mr. Hill,
or any of the lessees ? We will see. If
none do it, will tho tax-payers submit ?
Had they not better test the question.
can dull not lead a treadmill existence, ?< Congress thereon, h^ been rcodved.
, . ., , i,, In reply I have to say that I do not bo-
bnt it shall be a live paper, equal, at least, ] , ieT)1 the report referred to in regard to
to the bt*t. But, reader, to accomplish i tbo statement and opinion of the honor-
this requires money, and we would be able Attorney General of the United
glad, if yon jito behind, that you would j founded. During his late
call and settle. There is no better time
than now. We need the money and the
year is just beginning. Come, then, and
settle, and we promise you full compen
sation. We don’t want to stop your pa
per, bnt we must be paid.
Letter from - Got.
Bullock.
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A Word to Our Readers.
The Republican, since tl»e first opening
of the campaign just closed, so glorious-!
ly for Democracy, lias labored for the ae- j
complishment of that which has been oc-1
complished, and we labored in season and . . . .
’ . 1 , „•»„;„ Vgwan Bullock m reply to one received from a
out of season, and hod our advioo been prominent Dem.tcn^ and at our solicito-
taken our triumph would have been more ^on we have been allowed to publish it.
complete and more glorious. But the j The letter is an follows:
contest is over and we kave our readers j Executive Dkpabtmknt, i
to say whether we have failed inthedis- Atlanta, January 7, 1871. f
charge of our duties, and if we have, the
fault lay in onr inability to perform the
labor, for certainly we put forth onr best
efforts.
But, while the excitement of politics
has passed, there are other matters invit
ing attention, and we shall enter into
them. We are determinedftthe Repubtj-
IfVom the JTm Era, 10th.
We have been shown a letter from Gov.
Dkab Sir—Yonr letter calling my ot-
Attorney General
nounced the late election in this State a
fraud, and that in hia opinion Congress
would or should set it gside, and asking
whether such report be true. Also ask
ing my opinion upon the late election,
and wliat will or ought to be the action
Yesterday and To-day.
READ THIS. THEN THAT.
“If I ever was a But ire have apar-
Dcmocrat, I can bon ty now organized, a
estly say that I did strong and & glorious
not go to be. I was party, with states-
not a Democrat cer- men at its head and
tainly from choice, with correct princi-
and if a Democrat at pies for its platform,
all, it was from ne- From Maine to Cali-
cessity. ”—Ben. Hill fornia tho glorious
at the Hi Kiwball tramp of the Democ-
Housc, 1870. racy is growing more
and more distinct,
and by November a
verdict will be pro-
□oanccd, by the
great freemen of
America, that shall
gladden the hearts
of patriots now and
forever.—Ben. H'dL
.in a speed) in 1868.
The above we think very clearly tells
the sad tale of Mr. Hill’s falL If he is
not a Radical now what, in the name of
Heaven, then, is he ? He says he is not
a Democrat— he says ho is not a Radical,
then what is he ? Ho that is not for us is
against ns. The trnth of the matter is
Ben wants to be a white man, but his
“interests” and “circumstances” have
so “ changed ” that he can’t be. But we
are satisfied. Let him go, we don’t much
care, for he never has belonged to a par
ty that was successful in the State.
Supreme Court
S. Wright, negro, has been re elected
Judge of the Supreme Court, of South
Carolin a, to preside and pass upon the
rights of the people of that good old
State.
What a commentary upon tho State
once represented by Calhoun, McDuffee,
Preston, and others, of as high-toned
chivalry ns ever breathed in this or any
other age or country.
How long, how long. Oh! my couutry-
men, shall this state of things exist. If
there is any fire of the old revolution wt
among the people of the Eastern, North
ern, and Western States, we would like
to see a little of it make its appearance
against just such outrages as are now
being perpetrated upon the brave and
down trodden whites in the Southern
j States. God help, and that right early.
Bun Hi ll has published an address
“ to the people of Georgia ” in which are
some strange things. We fear wo shall
have to prepare oar mind for the an
nouncement that ho has been taken up
into a high mountain and shown a king
dom. There are some things in the ad
dress which lead ns to this. If we are
wrong, we beg a thousand pardons. We
shall endeavor to find space in onr next
issue for the letter, and if we do, we may
have something to say about it.
The abovo is from the Americns Repub
lican. The expression “ token up into a
high mountain and shown a kingdom, ”
is a convenient expression and is too oft
en used against individuals. It is Mr.
Hill’s right to abandon his former posi
tion and to go with the Republican party,
and that without the “ mountain ” and
the “ kingdom, ” should it be his pleas
ure. We have no hard words for Mr.
Hill. He can do just as he pleases, and
pursue the course most agreeable to him
self and his interest Having thrown
himself oat of party line, he is not to be
any longer recognized as being nngex-
ponent of Democratic principles. He
lias located; in a word, Mr. Hill has
gone home, and made friends with those
whom he has so much assailed and abused.
Blessed are tho pence makers.—Atlanta
Intelligencer.
A thousand pardons, if you please,
brother Steele. Had we have thought
you were of those “blessed” “peace
makers, ” who have been trying to wheel
the Democratic into the Radical party,
we can’t say that we would have referred
to Bennie ; but believing, as Beunie him
self has since said, that his “ interests”
nml “ necessities ” and “circumstances”
had “ changed. ” we adopted that “ con
venient expression ” and penned the par
agraph above. Were we wrong in so
doing ? Let his speech at the Hi Kim-
l*all House, a few nights since, as report
ed by the Atlanta JViw Era, answer. It
is in oar heart to do no one wrong, bnt
we never could relish hot and cold blow
ing on the some tiling. If Mr. Hill and
the Inldligeucer desire to go with the
Radicals wo wunt them to do so. If this
i* not done we may agnin refer to the
• ‘ mountain ” and “ kingdom ’’—yea,
shall call out to the people to see the
asses car protruding from beneath the
Itorrowed skin.
The Bods. North now say, if For-
. ney* Chronicle can be believed, that they
never did expect to carry Georgia, owing
* to tho “ apathy among the Republicans.
We didn’t sec any of the “ apathy ” i
tliis section, but we saw old Blount, for
the sum of $1,000, going into every c
ty iu this section, organizing and drilling
the negroes. But it didn't work—there
were too many colored Democrats and—
good white workers. Sour grapes, gen
tlemen, how do tlic7 taste ?
5©- The last fight has been made by
Georgia Radicals—they can never recov
er. The negroes have found them out—
have found out that the white people of
this country are their only friends—and,
consequently, are hereafter going to vote
with them. The Rads, can never again
employ their political missionaries to
Radicalize and organize the negroes, and
so may send them to other fields. In
this section the great mass of colored
people are now Democratic.
What is Truth.—Count Beneditti,
late Minister of France to the Connt of
Prussia, has written a startling letter.
He blames the French people for the war;
dentes that he was insulted by King
William or that the King was by him
insulted. He says: the father of the
Prince Hohenzollem to the Cabinet at
Madrid intimating that his son was no
longer a candidate for the Spanish Crown
and King William was specially desirous
that it should be known that he acquiesc
ed in the renunciation. Bnt the demag
ogues of the Corps Legislate most hum
ble Prussia by exacting a promise that no
Prince of the house of Hohenzollern
should for the fntnre consent to mount
the throne of Spain. King William
wonld not yield; and Napoleon yielded
to the mob. The result—behold it!
A Nov El, Method to Obtain Kisses.—
Young men who po to see girls have
adopted a novel method of obtaining
kisses. They assert, on the authority of
scientific writers, that the concussion
produced by a kiss will cause the flame
of a gas jet to flicker, and easily induce
the girl to experiment in the interest of
science. Tho first kiss or two the parties
watch the flame to see it flicker, bnt
soon become so interested in the ex
periment ns to let it flicker if it wants
to.
visit to this State I have had bat little
opportunity to converse with him, bat in
the interviews which we have hod there
was certainly nothing said which would
indicate that the views attributed to him
were entertained by him.
You do me the honor to ask for my
own opinion of the late election, and what
will, or ought to be, the action of Con
gress thereon—and I shall respond frank
ly, and all the more willingly because
you act with a political organization in
opposition to the one with which I have
the honor to be associated.
The election held on the 20th, 21st
and 22d of December last, token as a
whole, was as near a peaceful, fair and
nnbaised expression of public opinion
and preference through the ballot box as
it is possible to have had in this State, at
this time. So far ns my knowledge ex
tends, there was not a voting precinct in
the State where votes were objected to,
either by the managers or by partizan
leaders, on the ground that the persons
offering to vote were colored. All parties
and all citizens freely concede the right
of the black man to the ballot, bat it
cannot, and I presume will not, be de
nied that, in many coses, improper and
unlawful means were exercised to com
pel the colored citrzen to cast ballots of
a different! character from those cost by
a majority of his race, and in opposition
to his own preferences; bat the enthusi
astic practice of various devices to influ
ence the votes of citizens has been nota
ble, (both this country and abroad, ever
since the elective franchies has been en
joyed, and we cannot expect to prove
exception to the natural effect of par-
tizan ambition for party success, stimu
lated by personal desire for official posi
tion. The great contest in this and other
Southern States has been to secure a uni
versal admission of, and acquiesenoe in,
the right of the colored man to vote, and
this seems to have been fully gained in
Georgia. The question of how or foi
whom the colored man shall vote is sec
ondary and IdcoL
I repeat, that the contest has been to
secure, from the people of our State, a
universal admission of or acqoiesence in
the right ol the colored man to civil and
political privileges, and
of the late election, no sane man will de
ny that this desirable result has bean
accomplished. To be sure there have
been exceptional cases in parts of the
State where this eight has not been folly
accorded, but the number is compora-
tively. inconsiderable, and should not be
allowed to prejadice a judgment injfa-
vor of tho State as a whole. But while
tills is true, we cannot overlook the fact
that in one Congressional District, a dis
tinguished secession leader and a learned
attorney have made a law unto them
selves, and either .through fear or affec
tion for these leaders, the white citizens
of tliat district have generally followed
their advice and have set aside and at
defiance laws of the State which were
constitutionally enacted and are of force
until constitutionally declared void.
I need hardly add that I refer to the
Fifth Congressional District The am
bition of one of these gentlemen has once
brought his State to the veiy verge of
absolute ruin, and filled its shattered
homes with widows and orphans. He
seems still unsatisfied, and is ready to
again blind the eyes of his people with
prejudice and drive them on to a new
crusade against the law and against the
power which will, at all hazards, main
tain the law. I protest that the State of
Georgia shall not Ik* held responsible for
his words, os he has ceased to be a leader
of the people of the State, and is sii
permitted undisturbed to denounce
vilify the government to whose mercy he
is indebted for hia property, his liberty
and hia life.
This is the situation as I understand
it, and now your query as to what will
or ought to be the action of Congress
thereon, mast be noticed, and in doing
— T — only state my own conviction,
trouble,' turmoil and disaster will result
fromit.w#
If you were a Republican, I should say
further, that Congreos owes it to the par
ty to which a majority ol its members be
long, that no delay be allowed to occur
in the work of restoring Georgia to the
Union. Its party friends here have car
ried out its laws end its requirements.—
The party heretofore arrayed against us,
now admit and will concur In the civil
and political rights of the colored wm,
and lam encouraged with the conviction
that the time has now arrived when the
neat mass of our people can boxy past
aiffereooea, and with the war and all the
bitterness engendered thereby pat away
oat of sight, will unite upon the platform
erected oy Wisdom, Moderation and
Justice, before onr troubles began—•The
Constitution, The Union and the En
forcement on tle Laws.”
Under the Constitution and Laws every
man is entitled to a vote and a voice in
the selection of Representatives and pub
lic agents, and I express the hope that in
future our differences will only be a ri
valry to propose and carry out measures
that will secure a wise ana economical ad
ministration of the State’s affairs; the
most rapid and permanent construction
of works of internal improvement; the'
highest development of oar mineral and
agricultural resources, and the mainte
nance of a liberal and efficient system of
free education.
Respectfully and truly yours,
Rufus B. Bullock.
19* The following ore tho Radical
counties of South-west Georgia : Macon,
Dougherty, Webster, Stewart and Hous
ton. We tender them our heartiest sym
pathies. In all these counties, save one,
tho negroes were largely in the majority.
In Weboter the whites have a majority.
Talk About Reconstructing North
Carolina Again,&c—Washington Decem
ber 28.—A Western Republican Senator
says he is considering the advisability of
introducing a bill in Congress to again
reconsti net North Carolina. He declar
ed that tho coarse of the Democrats in
that State in attempting to overthrow
the old State government which Congress
set in motion by unpeoching^Governor
Holden fully warrants such legislation.
It is doubtful, however, notwithstanding
all this talk, if any tiling is' even intro
duced. Possibly it may go os for os tho
Tennessee case, a bill for just such a
purpose having been introduced a year
ago, and remained dormant in the Re
construction Committee ever since.—Dis
patch to tip Baltimore Sun.
Hon. Nelson Tift received 15,367
votes in the Second District for the For
ty-first Congress, Whitely received 14,-
246 votes without counting 618 votes
cast in Randolph connty for “Congress”
alone. If the latter be counted, Tift’*
majority is 500. The result for the For-
ty-eeoqnd Congress is about the same.
so I c
and by which no one'else is bound, and
for which I alone am responsible. I be
lieve Congress will do justice, and in
giving my opinion of what Congress
ought to do, I speak with greet deffer-
cnce for the wisdom, patriotism and vir
tue of the body which holds our future
in its hand. I think Congress ought,
without delay, to admit the State into
the Union by giving seats in the Senate
to the Senators who were duly elected by
the Legislature legally organized in
January, 1870, and by giving seats in the
House to members of Congress duly
elected from the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th and
7th Congressional Districts. That having
been done a joint committee from each
House of Congress should he appointed
to visit the 5th District to investigate
and report what action of Congress, if
any, is necessary to protect the people of
the State and district against domestic
violence, and to maintain a Republican
form of government by securing to a ma
jority of the legal voters in that district
their proper representation. In individ
ual cases of violation of the election law
the act of Congress, approved May 31st,
1870, doubtless famishes sufficient reme
dy, but where a whole district set the
law ut defiance, and under the advice of
leading public men nullify the whole
system provided by law for holding the
election, overawe, arrest and confine, the
legally constituted managers, and plaoe
others of their own unauthorized appoint
ment in their stead, tho case calls for
more prompt and comprehensive remedy
than the slow process of law against in
dividual coses in tho semi-annual courts,
espcciylly when the results,of such insur
rection aud usurpation will have been ac
complished before a case in court could
be decided.
If a Republican form of Government
based upon the consent of the governed,
is to be maintir—*— it: - ■’ *
ideation in tl
promptly, wisely and boldly dealt with.
The people of Georgia at large now want
peace. They now accept the Constitu
tion and laws of the United States and of
this State as their guide snd will, I be
lieve, faithfully abide by and uphold both
until modified by judicial decision or re
pealed by legislative enactment The
nuliflera are but few as compared with
the whole people, and need be noticed
only to be corrected.
Outside of the District, there are but _
few counties—some in the 7th District,
bordering on the Alabama lines—were
serious disturbances have ooourred, im
mediately before, daring, or siaoe the
election. Therefore it is, that I am of
opinion that Congress c light speedily to
admit the State to the Unim, because, as
a8tate, she accepts and will abide bjH
Constitution as it is. Congress ought
take earlv and measures to ul.
vieedtsrif and act upon the condition of
aflaiis in the 5th District; because, if not
—=
Bale of Wild Lands Postponed.
Correspondence.
ComptbollkbGehebal’s Office, )
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1871. }
His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock:
Sir : Your Excellency will recollect in
my Supplemental Report dated 12th Jan
uary, 1870,1 recommended the repeal
of the Act of 1866, commonly called the
“Wild-Land Act,” and gave some rea
sons for so recommending. The Legis
lature, however, did not comply with
that recommendation, bnt left the law in
full force, therefore it became my duty to
carry out its provisions. Consequently,
on the'.llth of November lasr, I caused a
list of the unreturned wild lands reported
in 1868 from forty counties, to be adver
tised, with instruction in accordance with
the provisions of said act, as amended,
and on the 11th of this month the term of
advertisement, sixty days, will have ex
pired, when the law makes it my farther
daty to issue execution against every lot
so advertised, unless relieved by the pay
ment of the tax, or in some other legal
manner, and to cause the same to be
sold in the connty where it lies. Still
adhering to the opinion expressed in said
Report, my convictions as to the cor
rectness of that opinion have been
strengthened by subsequent experience,
and a dose observation of the working of
the system established by the laws refer
red to, and I am now satisfied that great
injustice and hanlship will result to many
citizens of the State unless some means
for their relief can be adopted suitable to
the present emergency. It is the pur
pose of this communication to suggest
to your Excellency the means adopted to
obtain the end desired. I propose that
yonr Excellency issue an order postpon
ing the issuing of executions against
these lands, until, say the 1st of July
next In the meantime, require parties
interested to continue to pay tax and
submit the necessary proofs to this Office
for the relief of their lands* Let the
advertisement of the lists be aiscontin-
ued, thereby stopping the heavy expense
incident thereto, as the notices have
been generally disseminated throughout
the State by this time, and the intelli
gence of what is required of parties inter
ested will gradually increase, and can be
supplied in particular cases, when neces-
■ary, by sending printed copies of the
list, which I propose to keep constantly
on hand.
The reasons for my request ore as fol
lows, towit:
1st The large area of territory in the
State, many sections of which ore sparse-
ly populated, and badly supplied with
mail facilities, will prevent a great num
ber of persons from seeing the advertise
ment until it will be too late for them to
profit by it and antil the time has been
exhausted. Consequently, numbers of
persons interested know not what they
ore required to do, and probably will not
before their lands are pat up and sold.
2d. In many instances these lands be
long to widows and orphans—minors,
who are ignorant of their rights and have
hod no means of knowing what is requir
ed of them. Many ore so situated in the
rural districts that they cannot see a
newspaper, and the intelligence as to
what is required travels so slowly that
time has not been allowed sufficient for
its general dissemination in those sec
tions.
3d. It is found that a large portion of
these lands have been returned in sub
stance, and the tax paid; bnt from igno
rance of unmber, etc., caused by loss of
papers and other causes, and frequently
by the errors or mistakes of Tax Rceivers
the lands appear to be in default The
extension asked will give all this class of
persons ample time to get np their |
and file it in this Office, tans relit
their land without paying an nnjast tax.
4th: Owners have died or disappeared
during the war, and perhaps their little
papers have been destroyed- their heirs
and kindred in many instances widows
and minors—remain in ignorance of
their rights, which time and extended
opportunity will enable them to discover
and secure.
Many other good and obvious reasons
could be given, bnt these are deemed
sufficient, especially when it is consider
ed that the ultimate interests of the State
will in no wise suffer ly the pro]
extension; and thousands of good and
worthy citizens will be benefitteu. Your
cy has tho authority, under
tion 70 of Irr ! n’s Code, to suspend the
collection of all these taxes, until the
next meeting of the General Assembly;
consequently there can be no question as
to yoor legal power to grant the exten
sion asked, which is much less than said
section 70 authorizes.
mere question of expedience
discretion, and in my judgment the in
terests of a large number of the honest
tax-payers of the State, demand this ac
commodation, and I must earnestly com
mend it to yonr favorable consideration
and action. Respectfully.
Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
Executive Department, 1
State of Georgia, J-
Atlanta, Go., Jan. 9,1871. )
In consideration of the Hon. Comp
troller General and by virtue of the au
thority vested in me by Section 70 of the
Revised code of Georgia ; it is hereby
Ordered, that the Comptroller General
desist from the issuing of executions
against unreturned wild lands antil the
1st, day of Jnly next; and it is farther
ordered, the advertisements of the list of
unreturned wild lands be discontinued
from and after the 11th instant; and that
the Comptroller General continue to col
lect the unpaid tax on said lands until
the 1st of Jnly mentioned.
Rufcs-B. Bullock.
Bythe Governor
H. G. Cotton.
Secretary Executive Department
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
The Infamous Circular.
We publish in another column an ad
dress put forth by the colored members
of the General Assembly to the colored
people of the State.
This address is baaed on the incidents
related in holy writ, in the Book of
Esther, and essays to draw a parallel be
tween the condition of the Jewish resi
dents of the Persian empire, in the reign
Ahasnres, and the negroes in North
Carolina, and is nothing more nor less
than an attempt to iufonHato the timid
whites of tho State and create a sentiment
against the impeachment of Governor
Holden. Let the white men of the West
read and ponder this address well.
By reference to the Book of Esther the
allusions in the address will be folly
derstood. The present General Assembly,
according to the address, represents Ha-
man, who thirsted for the blood of the
Jews, presented by the negroes of the
State. The colored members of the
Legislature stand for Esther, “who went
in unto the King,” and by the advice and
intervention, fasting and prayers are to
be observed for the success of Governor
Holden, the Mordecai of the situation,
The 13th day of the month was set
apart for fasting and prayer by the jews
Mordecai’s case—indeed they were to
fast three days previously. The Esthers
in the address appoint the 18th of Janu
ary for their fasting and prayer; bat in
stead of fasting three days previously,
they only advise to abstain from strong
drink daring the three days.
The result of all these observances in
the case of the Jews, and by inference
the result to be expected in the present
is, that although the fatal decree
may not be changed, yet another decree
may be obtained, namely, that the intend
ed victims shall rise np in their own de
fence, and slay indiscriminately those
who were to exterminate them.
The address so distinctly draws the
parallel os to the character in the two
cases, that the reference is unmistakable
that they intend the parallel shall hold
good in theresnlt. Itis by this inference
that the address is intended to intimidate
the timid, and bring to bear outside
pressure in favor of Holden in the im
peachment trial.
Now we have no idea that this address
originated with the colored members of
the Legislature; and we believe Gov
ernor Holden wrote it or suggested it.
B&. Vice President Colfax has received
from the United States Consol at Jernsa
lem a box containing a Speaker's mallet
of Olive wood, with a head of oak from
Abraham’s Oak at Hebron, a chalice of
olive wood from the Monnt of Olives,
and an ink stand and sand box of asphalt
from the Dead Sea, all beautifully carved
corrected, more serions and wide^pwad and polished.
Tbe War.
That excellent paper tho Hearth and
Home oontains tho following brief and
comprehensive view of the war situa
tion :
“Compelled to abandon Tours, the
Provisional Government of France has
removed to Bordeaux, where it can at
least keep open communications with
the sea. The report that Gambetta has
asked for an armistice now appears to
have been premature. As the French
army has retreated southward from
Tours, the victorious Prussians have
closely followed upon its flanks, and won
fresh victories, The latest advices would
seem to indicate that the pursuers had
got in advance of the pursued, and cut
off their retreat, except eastward toward
the German Army of the Rhine. If
such should prove to be the case, the
fate of McMahon, and of Bazaine may
become the fate of Ch&nzy, Paladine’s
successor. Mantcuffel’s 'Army of the
North has disappeared from before
Havre as suddenly as it abandoned
Amiens, and the Germans report is mar
ching on Cherbourg. The French, on
the contrary, affirm that Mantouffel has
retreated with his forces as rapidly as
possible to Paris. —The probabilities ore
that the movement on Havre was a
feint for the purpose of diverting
attention while the Germans advanced
toward some other sea-coast point
Though the bombardment of Paris has
not yet begun, there are intimations
from Berlin that the ball will soon open.
There is no donbt but that King William
would prefer to spare the city. Should
it be subjected to a ruinous fire, the Ger
mans will justify the destruction on the
ground of military necessity. The post
week has failed to reveal the first ray of
light for the French. The Germans,
holding all the inner lines of communica
tion, continue to posh their conquests
in every direction, and the friends of
France ore more than ever imbued with
the belief that the authorities should
hasten tooonclade a peace as hoo
possible. Every dsy’s delay adds to the
misery and destruction, and probably to
the severity of the conditions ultimately
granted.
Correspondence Between -Gov
ernor Bullock and Jndge Isoch
rone—Flunkeyism.
f-1/, Cl
Executive Department, ( £
Atlanta, Ga., Jan^S. BfTl. ) _
Hon. O. A. Lochrane : Dear Judge—
Enclosed please find on Executive Older
appointing you as Chief Justice to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
the Hon. Joseph E. Brown. As the
Court will convene within a few days,
I trust you will do the tat© the favor to
itoept the position. Awaiting your re
ply, I am, Very truly yours,
Rufus B. Bullock.
Atlanta, January 3,1871.
His Excellency R. B. Bullock: Dear
Sir—I have just received yours inform
ing me of my selection os Chief Justice
of the (Supreme Bench of this State.—
This distinguished honor has been os un
expected as it was unsolicited, and I ap
preciate the honor the more on this ac
count. Ordinarily, I would not accept a
position on the Bench, os the emolu
ments wonld not tempt me to give up
the practice of my profession ; in justice
to myself and family, I could not, with
out too much sacrifice of personal inter
est, do so. Bat this tender of the high
est judicial position in the State, is one
which, under the circumstances, I accept
with great pride, and will discharge its
duties until your Excellency can select
my successor, which I trust you will be
enabled to do within snch time as will
not allow the occupancy of the place to
interfere too greatly with my profession
al practice.
Allow me. Governor, to acknowledge
in this, as in many other instances, the
kindness and consideration you have ever
extended to mo during yonr term of
office.
Very respectfully yours,
O. A. Lochrane.
Judge O. A. Lochrane was qualified
Tuesday, as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia.
Ashley admits having mode on
intemperate speech against Grant, at a
banquet given to retiring members of
Congress, just after the Cabinet nomina
tions jfrere'seat in, and ho attributes his
rlfel t<) this speech. He don’t re
member exactly what he said, for ho was
mad as hell; bnt he knows the speech
was a bitter one.
We don’t understand the exact degree
of infuriation which the great impeacher
admits, that it must have been something
terribly overpowering. Even in the mil-
der atagos of mad as a horuett and boll
mad, an excitable man is liable to indis
creet ebulations ol temper, for which he
may be afterward sorry; and when he
gets as mad as hell, if we understand the
situation, it amounts to a sort of insanity
which should absolve him in some degree
from responsibility.
Bead ‘‘Barrett’s”Circular.
‘BarrettV - is indispcnsible.
‘Barrett’s* received the First Premium.
Announcement.
It is proposed by the Faculty of Wash
ington College, Vo., to issue at an early
day a Memorial Volume, in memory of
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
This volume will be issned with the
concurrence and co-operation of Gen.
Lee’s family. It will contain—
1. An authentic sketch of his life to
the end of the war.
2. An account of his administration as
President of Washington College.
3. Incidents, reminiscences, Ac., illus
trative of his character.
4. An account of his death and funeral
obsequies.
5. elected Eul ogies, Public Resolu
tions, Editorials, Ac., on the occasion of
his death.
6. Plans of Memorials designed to be
erected in honor of his memory.
Portraits and Illustrations, selected
by Mrs. Lee.
The entire profits from the sole of this
volume will be devoted to the Lee Me
morial Fund, for the erection of a Tomb
and Monnment over tho remains of Gen.
Lee at Washington College. Its pur
chase will be a direct contribution in hon
or of his memory, while it will also secure
the most authentic and complete Memo
rial Record of his illustrious life and
character.
Contributions to this volume, in the
form of incidents or reminiscences, or of
public eulogies, resolutions, and memo
rials of every kind, will be thankfully re
ceived and faithfully used. It will be
published by the •• University Publishing
Company, 4 Bond street, New York.
DEATH.
Death haareaped a heavy harvest du
ring 1870. It swept many celebrities
from the world.
Among statesmen: Barling, Pierre
Soul, Count de Montalembert, Baroche,
Salnave, Earl Mayo, Duke de Brogne,
Lord Clarendon.
In literature : Charles Dickens, Alex
ander Dumas, Mark Leamons George D.
Prentice, Wm. Gilmore Sims, John E.
Read, R. T. Blanchard, John P. Kenne
dy, Brough, Villemain, Paul de Cassen-
ac, Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie.
Artists: Balfe, Wilson, Moschelles,
Straus, De Beriot, Mozier, Lunitz, Mac-
cock, Ripley, Coant de Falhault, Evans,
Heess, Jean D. Angdy, Lowestine,
Dougy, Farragnt, Gardner, Ac.
Lawyers: Justice Grier, Lord Chief
Baron Pollock, Lord Justice Garford.
Doctors : Sir James Y. Simpson, Pro
fessor Smye, Sir James Clark, Sir Wm.
C. Hood, Dr. Bright, Dr. Copland, Dr.
Cabarrus, Von Graefe.
Actors : Mrs. Ritchie Lavasser, Leigh,
Murray, LeMartre, Marie Saglioni
Preachers : Albert Barnes, Dr. Row
land Williams, Bishop Calvin, Bishop
Kingsley, Bishop Thompson, Bishop
Chase, Dr. McClintock.
General celebrities : Jerome Bona
parte, Baron Rotshscliild, Richard Tat-
tersal, the horse dealer; Roader, the
Champagne man; Green the balloonist.
Royalties : Lopez, Saltan of Zanzibar.
Dowager, Queen of the Sandwich
Islands ; Prim, Leopold IL of Toscany,
Duchess of Berry, Duchess of Saxony.
Fredrick Wurtemburg, Henry of Bur-
bon.
Death has been busy. But he is ever
so. His list of bright victims for 1870 is
not nu usually large.
The old admonition that wo should be
ready for him caunot be too otten uttered.
Atlanta Constitution.
Gen. Grant’s Account of the Sur
render of Gen. Lee.—Mr. Clark Mills
visited Gen. Grant lately for the pur
pose of getting from him an authentic
account of the particulars attending the
surrender of General Lee, to aid him in
his proposed work of representation of
events in has relief for his monument.
On this point the President said :
“Lee came in with the flag of trace to
see on what terms I would receive his
surrender. I stated the terms, and Lee
said : 'Please reduce that to writing.’
I took some manifold paper and made
several copies, and handed one to him
saying: ‘There, I believe that is about
os I talked.’ Leo read it, signed it, then
missed it book to me, and I signed it
The manifold copies were then distribut
ed to the several Generals. The trans
action took place in my tent, under the
tree, and with a little pine table between
l”
To the remark of Mr. Mills that he
had seen a picture representing the sur
render as having taken place in a room
with a carpeted floor, and in the midst
of the staff officers of both armies, Gon.
Grant replied that * ‘the picture was got
ten np to show off the aids.” The real
surrender took place as above stated.—
Boston Advertiser.
IS. Col. CiNCXXXAXua Peeples of
Griffin is now editorially connected with
the Daily Sun ol Atlanta. Cob P. is an
able lawyer, of large political insight,
and an accomplished and agreeable gen
tleman. We welcome him as a member
of the fourth estate.
19* The Atlanta Sun understands that
the Central Railroad has also thrown up
itsinterest in the State Road please.
Fire.—About four o’clock yesterday
morning the city was startled by tho
alarm bells ringing the usual alarm, and
it proved to be the Washington Exchange
Saloon and adjoining barber shop on fire.
The whole bnildingls a total loss save
the walls, the front of which stands in
good condition. The oocnponts sus
taining losses, ore; Abel Crawford, pro-
— : "*or Washington Exchange Saloon,
H.200-no insurance. Loyd ACliiaolm
occupying rooms over the saloon, loss
about 81,000. Shelpert, the barber, loss
about 8500—no insurance. The building
was insured for 83.000 and damaged
about 81,000. The fire was caused by
placing hot embers in a wooden box,
which igniting was communicated to the
floor, aud hence the conflagration. The
firemen were promptly on the spot, and
labored with their accustomed zeal and
faithfulness. —Atlanta Intelligencer, 10/A
iust.
Fatal Affray in Edgefield, 8. C.—
Information was received in the city
Monday morning of a fatal affray which
occurred in Edgefield county, South
Carolina, lost Sunday. From tho re
ports current here it appears that, some
time since, Mr. Geo. Butler, a younger
brother of General M. C. Butler, had a
difficulty with a gentleman, one of his
neighbors, named Hamilton, about a
cow. On lost Sunday morning Mr.* But
ler rode over to Mr. Hamilton’s place to
see him about the matter. While at
Hamilton’s house the quarrel was renew
ed, audit is said, Butler attempted to
shoot Hamilton with a double-barreled
gun; but before he fired, James Hamil
ton, a son of the other Hamilton, drew a
pistol and fired upon Butler. The ball
took effect in a vital part, and Butler died
a short time after being wounded.—At<-
gusta Chronicle.
PEBBY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER
Has become an article of commerce—which
medicine ever became before. It is as much
item in every bill of goods sent to country m
chants as tea, coffee or sugar. This speaks vol-
nee in its favor.—Glens’ Foils Messenger.
Bev. IL L. Vanmeter, Barmah, writes, “The
Pain Killer has become an almost indispensable
article in my family.*
Bev. J. G. Stearns writei
nilar testi-
Rev. IL H. Bixbj writes, *‘I have had
ion to uao tho Pain Killer very frequently dur-
ig my residence in Bunnah, aud have found '
Great KeductioiT
Now is the time to buy onr
BUGAB,
COFFEE,
BACON,
FLOUR.
. J nJ 8,1 fcnda of GROCERIES
AT THE N. T, GR0CEEYHOUSE
Che,per then wry Homo thiaeidcoISav.™ ,
All Goods Delivered la dy Free orci^e
J. J. SMITH & CO
(COTTON AVENTO,) *’
TEAg :
Best Choice Oolong
“ Young Hyson. ••
COFFEES: U ’
3 Lba. Java
4, “ Beat Bio V. . .'
41“ Choice Rio • l,(*i
5 “ 3d Quality Rio. ” . . , '
SUGARS:
51 Lbs. Crushed
51 “ Powdered...
5J “ “A"
d “ Extra “C”
jRcur guh’frtwcraeittis.
Notice to Farmers.
COTTO S’ PLASTER,
PEA DROVER,
COR.V DROPER.
C.CAXO DISTRIBUTOR,
IVIIEA T DRILLER,
All comprised in one Machine!
TO PLANT Cotton Beed, Drop Corn, or Peas.
SYRUPS’:
SSSBf
“ Ev't.. „”>•
Extra Sugar Loaf “-Oo
SALT:’
SALT—per sack .
5 or 10 Backs Delivered at *2,15 per sack!
MEATS :
SHOULDERS
Clear Rib Sides.. *•’>
N.Y., Pig Hauls.....;.
“ Breakfast Bacon Strins
Beef Tongue,.. _ ""
Fulton Market Pickle Beef
Extra Choice Goshen Butter
FACTORY CHEESE... .1°..
LAUD—Pure Leaf.
FISH .
NO. 1. MACKEREL—Half Rbls
“ Quarter Bbls..
••51.20^1,23
2.
Bbls..
..$10,00
ich of all. Satisfaction
7 I. N. HART A (
CITY HALL!
RETURN OF THE FAVORITE!
THREE NIGHTS ONIY!
MONDAY EVENING, Jnn.16.
MISS SOPHIE WORRELL
AS
The Grand Duchesse.
jan. 12,-3t.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
T HE Exercises of the Rylander Academy will
be resumed on next Monday, Jannarv 10th,
G. T. WILBURN. )
W. W. KENNERRY, V Teachers.
J. G. Q. STANFORD. *
jan. 12,-2t.
Wanted Immediately!
A*
will be given. Address,
J. L WAITE, A CO.
jan. 12,-5t Fort Veliev, Ga.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
!V. W. B. MERRITT will open a School for
A beys and young men in the basement room
of the Methodist Chnrch at Americns, on Mon
day, January IGth, 1871.
Instruction will bo given in all the branches
LIBERAL EDUCATION.
collection of dnee for tuition, will bo pressed i
tho doee of each Bchnloratic month, except :
‘wee specially provided for otherwise,
jan. 12,-tf.
NOTICE TO PHYSICIANS
[IHE Georgia Medical Association holds it
L next annual meeting in the city of Americns
a tbe second Wednesday in April.
We desire to make snch arrangements for
their reception and accommodation as will col
do discredit to this section of our .State. And foi
this purpose we request all of the Physician*
of Bum ter, and as many of thoae in tho adjoin
ing counties as can nssiBLYdo so, to meet ut
at the Court House in this city, at 11 o’clocli
Thursday, the second day of February.
JA8. B. HINKLE, M. D. ) Committeo
WM. A. GREEN, M.D.
Removal.
L Shop to the r
OLD HOTEL BUILDING
__ T _ ... (public . .
Thankful lor the very liberal patronage <
tended to him in tho past, ho cam stly solicit
supplied with
EXPERIENCED WORKMEN.
and material necessary to fix up gentlemen :
the most fashionable style. jau. 12,-tf.
NOTICE.
fTNDER an agreement between the Trcateea
w of Furlow Masonic Female College and Pres
ident Brown, Tn* girls will receive their tuition
free of charge. Tho>e of Masonic families will
be responsible for
acted opon by
w JUI bias list
furnished President Brown by th-s Board.
them and their names incorporated i
W.W.FOltD, W. 1C.
NOTICE.
| T.T, persons baring GUNS or
be sold to pey expenses.
Jan. 10,-lm.
THOS.M.EDEN.
DR. WNI. A. GREENE
YTA8 removed his residenco to the boose re-
XL centlv occupied by Dr. H. J. Eldridge,
known sa the Cobb place, where he may now
be found br his Wends and patrons;- except
when professionally engaged. jan3 lm.
Notice to Debtors anti Creditors.
A ll FKffldlte indebted to the eatate of Wm.
JjL Greene^latsof Lee county deceased,an
—.e without delay. And those holding claiir
agamat said Jestato will present them to tl
undersigned u m terms of law for payment. ;
X- A. GREENE, Adrn’x.
W. 11. GREENE,
Jan. fi, Attorney in Fact.
Extra Family Mackerel Kitts..
NO. 1. Blue fish— Half Bbl
“ 1- “ ” —Quarter Rbls.
*• 1. White Fish-Half Bbl.
“ L “ Quarter Rbls.
CODFISH—per lb
CAN GOODS :
1 lb. Can Oysters 25c 5 lor ..
Tomatoes SOc
40c 3 for
2 “ Peaches 40c 3 for
3 “ “ 506 3 for
I “ Lobsters 30c 4 for
4 Boxes Sardines SOc each 4 f.>r
i “ *’ 50o each 3 for
FLOUR:
COOK A CHEEK'S Choice XXX Hacks..
“ • “ “ “ Half* Hacks...
“ “ •“ Kennesan Hacks..
GRIST—per bushel
RICE 12jc per lb. 8j llw. for.
SOAPS:
PICKLES:
GALL. JARS—Plain aud mixed...
CHOW-CHOW—Quart Jars..
Worcester Sauce—Pint Bottles..
Pepper Hauce..
Potash— 25c per Can 5 for..
. .304050*-
25c
$ I,Oil
LIQUORS :
WHISKI EH—per Gallon
»11 and examine ourHTOCK before purebacin
elsewhere.
J. J. SMITH & CO.
SEWING MACHINE
PLAIN AMERICAN,
Button Hole & Overseaming.
ON TIME !
Will r\ot Rip!
—— ...„ thread machine. Wc will sell tb«r
machines to responsible parties upon the follow
ing terms:
825 cash tchen the machine is bought, Id
once in weekly instalments untl the
machine is paidfor.
Any lady can, in a ahort time make the macliit <•
Pay for Itself
Every Uneliiuo Warranted.
Leitner and Fricker,
SOLE AGENTS
In Americns for these machines.
Selling off at Cost!
WM. LAZAR0N
Is now offering his entire Stock of DRY
GOODS and MILLINERY, at
New York Cost!
The Stock consists of—
CALICOES,
BLEACHISUH,
D’LAINES, POPLINS,
ENGLISH snd FRENCH
MERINOS, JAPANESE SILKS,
GINGHAMS, 8WISS*nd JACONET
, FANCY snd STRIPED.--
i
I. AIN SUITiiS, TABUMb WWA
EMUKOIDEUiEH. BAUIOKAL*hIltl>,
Lace-Collars, Ribbons,
Sofa, FLANNKL8««a
'SffiKfSS
HATH. NOTIONS and TB1M-
MINGS. BOOTS and
k SHOES and GENTS
. HATS.
Everything to be sold ,
AT COST I AT COST! AT COST II
Gall soon and make yonr selections.
WM. DAZARON-
Jin. 7,-tL
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