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>1 P1J..H' fi« UJwpi ,-■ ,*a pm! V. ■ 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. mm mm 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 i 12fTr !: II