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THE - WEEKLY REPUBUGftH.
^iANCOwlC GRAHAM & REILLY
AMFHICU3. GEORGIA:
Friday aicrniRg- Janaary 20,187L
Si'jrDr. Kirkscev, traveling agent for
t'uojficdraout and Arlington Insurance
Company, reported dead, tarns
hearty. His business saved Lira.
UQ^The Live Oak Advertiser calls
on the Lord to bless a gentleman from
Tennessee and eleven of bis sons who
have settled near live Oak.
Jefferson F. Long, the colored
member elect from the fourth District,
was admitted to his seat as a Representa-
tivo from Georgia, on tho lOthinst.
The Lease of the State Road. ]
In another place we publish Governor
Brown’s explanation of the manner in
which his lease was obtained, andjwby it
was that the Seago Company did not get
it. If his version of the matter is cor
rect, we are frank enough to admit that
the Governor did right in awarding the
lease to the Company represented by him.
Yet we have lived long enough to know
that there are two sides to every case, and
wo shall, therefore, withhold addition
al comment until the Seago Compa
ny has had time to make publio |their
version of the transaction. And wo will
hero state that if they fail to overcome
the explanation made by Gov. Brown
then we withdraw the strictures contained
our article upon the subject in tho last
me of the Republican*.
Bnt, while we do this, we do not with
draw onr remarks as to the legality of the j
Mi
Bo
A. I». ri. Mosley, jr., editor of the
■. J)(j,1y, was married on tho eveu-
i the 16th, to Miss M. I*. Swain,
rc.*s and literary editress of the
; Weekly.
jr According to the last census re
turns the population of Georgia is 1,179,-
*87. In I860, it was 1057,286 She
now ranks as the 13th State in point of
population.
1>%-Dr. Livingston, the famous Afri
can traveler, whose fate has long been
obscured is said by a cable telegram
have airivcd at Mozambique, and’
waiting a vessel bound to Kngland.
is hoped tho report is true, as tho whole
civilized world is iuterested in the great
explorer, who was so long ago reported
killed l>y savages.
Giioih.ia in Congress,—Georgia is
again represented in the lower House of
('engross, the Congressmen sworn in are
t ion; Yonng from the soventh district,
('«>!. Price from the 6th, Marion Bethuue
from the third, and Jeff Long, colored,
from the fourth. Three of our Demo
cratic members—W. W. Paine, S. A.
Corker and Nelson Tift have not yet
reached Washington.
The Liberal Hand.—The Hon. W.
M. Tweed, the New York city Democrat
ic lender, has sent a note, with a check for
fifty thousand dollars, to Mr. J. Shand-
ley, to be distributed “ through a few
earnest aud practical citizens, ’* among
tho -poor of the seventh ward of New
York. Sheriff O’Brien has just given 4,
O00 tons of coal to be distributed among
tha poor people of the twenty-first ward
of New York. He has done similar
tionsfor years.
nrities of the Brown Company,
der the law we do not think they are com-
petent, or can be held liable. Corpora
tions, as before said, are created for spe
cific purposes, which purposes ere defin
ed and limited by the act creating them,
and no corporation can legally travel out
side of its rights and powers, and should
it attempt this its acts are void.
Gov. Brown in his letter says: “ Their
(the Radicals) agents were present with
authority in writing to represent them
and to “ign the bond for them. Tho ac
tion of their Boards of Directors had been
taken some time in advance, and no
stockholder had complained, or taken
any step to prevent the use of the name
of their Company as surities on the
bond, ’’ bnt while lie tells ns this he does
not tell us whether the action of their
“ Boards of Directors ” were known to
the stockholders ; the probability is it
| was not, for to have advised the stock
holders would have been to make the
whole matter public, and this would not
have been desirable. Even this, liowev-
, does not legalize the matter, aud
•e yet to see if any of the stockholders
will take any step to prevent the use of
their Company's name on the bond. We
trust this matter will be investigated, for
of vast importance to the people
of the State. If the bond is not valid the
people should know it before the matter
has gone too far, and we should be glad
to have the opinion of the legal profes
sion upon the point
Hot Shot from m Radical.
Gov. Geary, ttfe Radical Governor of
Pennsylvania, is emphatic and rather un
qualified in hia denunciations of the “ art
to enforce the right of the citizens of the
United States of the Union, and for oth
er purposes. ” Here is wlint he says :
The employment of United States troops
at elections, without the consent of the
local and State Governments, has recent
ly received considerable attention and
reprehension. It is regarded with the
sovereign rights of the States, which was
not contemplated by the founders of the
General Government, and, if persisted in,
must lead to results disastrous to peace
and harmony, the practices is one so se
rious in its character and so injurious
its tendencies as to m rit prompt comdd-
ration and decisive action, not only bv
the General Assembly, bnt by Congress.
One of the complaints of the colonist*
against the British King was the opprvs
siou growing out of tin- assumption of the
[lower. They said, He has kept among
times of peace, standing
THE STATE ROAD LEASE.
THUKR COMPANIES APPLY FOB TBS ROAD,
VIZ I THE BROWN-CAMERON COM PANT,
TUB DOBBINS-BLODGETT COM
PANY, AND WM. K.
DEO BAFFIN REID.
OUT SECURITY.
THE WHOLE C
’ THIS OBAND CONCERN.
without the consent of our Legislatures. ”
and, what is especially pertinent to the
case in point, “ he has effected to render
the military independent of and superior
to ilie civil power. ” The alleged author
ity for the use of troops at our State elec
tions is derived from the tenth section of
an act of Congress approved May 31,
1870, entitled an act to enforce the right
of c tizens of tho United States, to vote
the several States of the Union, and for
other purposes, which authorizes Uuited
States Marshals to call to their assistance
such a portion of the land and naval forces
of the United States, or of the militia, as
may be necessary to the performance of
the duty with which they are charged,
BGL. The United States Economist,
(New York,) in an article referring to the
depression of business in this country,
holds it probable that at no period since
the financial panic of 1857 have the peo
pie suffered more from straitened means
than now, nor have they been forced to
economize on a shorter allowance of com
modities. This statement, being un
doubtedly true, is not so pleasant to con
template ns that given by the President
and Secretary of the Treasury in their
communications to Congress, in which
tho country was represented as being
hrosperons.
Interesting to Postmasters.—The
postmasters at Hillsboro, N. C., (soys the
Raleigh Progress) was cast in a suit be
fore tho United States Court, by acitizcn
who had presented a 82 bill, U. S.
rency, considerably mutilated, in pay
ment for skimps. Tho postmaster refus
ed to take tho bill, and tho citizen sued
him for tiro dollars damages. The Conrt
gave judgment against the postmaster for |
tin*, damages claimed and costs, amount- 1
iug to about 890. It was proved that the
Post Oflico Department had issued orders
that postmasters should receive muti
lated currency for postage when of
fered. The Court, besides, held that all
departments of tho government were
bound to sustain the currency of the gov
ernment and the fact of a bill being more
or less torn or mutilated was no justifica
tion for its being refused by any official
of any department of the ^government
The emigration from Tennessee,
Georgia, etc., is heavier than any previ
ous season. Texas seems to be the main
objective point According to the Mem
phis Avalanche the number of wagons
that have crossed at that point since
September 1st isl,6fi4, and number of
people over 9,000; at Helena crossing it
has been greater, and it is Said large
numbers have crossed at Point Pleaaant.
As a class the emigrants are much better
than those who have gone before. They
liavo better outfits and are generally in a
condition to purchase farms.
Gov. Bullock's Letter.
The letter of Gov. Bullock, published
in our last issue, was an able document
and, at the same time, rather a remark
able one—indeed, it was such au one as
we did not expect from him. He takes
“* | his defeat much better and more pbylo-
| sopliically than we apprehended, and
does not lie date to declare the election
fair, with the exception of the Fifth
District. Well, for bis honesty
pland him, and we the more willingly do
this because that virtue is exceedingly
scarce with him.
But, when the Governor reaches the
Fifth District ho “biles” over. The de
feat of the Radical party, so ovewhelm-
ingly in that District, is more than he can
bear. He fumes and pitches into Gen.
Toombs and Judgo Stephens in an awful
manner, and intimates that that whole
District w as in a state of open resistance
to the law, when the fact is there wEs no
disturbance in the District, save in Han
cock county. Ah! Governor, you are
wrong. You must not let your angry
passions rise, for if you do you might be
so unfortunate as to provoke a rejoinder
from Gen. Toombs or Judge Stephens,
aud if you should they will leave nothing
of you, save, probably, your—mustache !
As to that District the Governor thinks
an appeal to the semi-annual Courts (is
that a new sort of reconstruction Conrt)
, would be a mockery and outrage. “ The
case calls for a more prompt aud compre
hensive remedy. ” Ho wants Congress
to visit the District and then return and
legislate. Come, Governor, now do take
all that back and don’t be so “ sarkastik-
al. ” If yon will strike the Fifth District
part of your letter out we’ll venture onr
old hat that you are preparing to break
into the Democratic ranks, we have
great mind to do that any how. Of o:
thing, however, we are certain and that
Ren Hill and Rnf Bullock are together,
for they are both ou the “ Union, the
Constitntion and the enforcement of the
laws, ” but even that platform will not
carry Georgia Radical.
and to insure a faithful observance of the
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution
of tho United States. Bnt it must be a
forced construction of this law that justi
fies the presence of armed national forces
at our places of election when no necessi
ty exists therefor, aDd where their pres
ence is calculated to provoke collision.
With a good President the exercise of
the p wer referred to might have no in
jurious results, but in the hands of a bad
man, governed by personal ambition, it
might prove exceedingly calamitous; un
consciously a good President might be
induced to employ it wrongfully, a bad
w'ould be almost certain to use it for
own advancement under any circum
stances. In my opinion, it is unsafe and
antagonistic to the principles that should
govern our republican institutions.
At the last October election United
States troops were stationed in Philadel
phia for tho avowed purpose of enforcing
the election laws. This was done with
out the consent, or even the knowledge
of the civil authorities of either the city
or the State, and without any expressed
desire ou the part of the citizens, and as
far as can l>e ascertained, without exist
ing necessity.
From a conscientious conviction of its
importance, I have called yonr attention
to this subject. A neglect to have done
so might have been construed as an en
dorsement of a measure that meets my
unqualified disapproval. The civil au
thorities of Pennsylvania have always
Atlanta, Geoboia, December 24,1870.
To His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia—
Governor : The undersigned have
formed ourselves into a Company for the
purpose of leasing the Western and At
lantic Railroad, under and in accordance
with the provisions of An Act of the
General Assembly of said State, entitled
“Au Act to authorize the lease of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for
other purposes therein mentioned,” ap
proved October 24th, 1870.
We propose to obligate ourselves to
pay the said State of Georgia a monthly
rental of thirty-four thousand and five
hundred $34,500) dollars, payable month
ly, for a lease of said Road and itsappur-
of Columbus, Ga.; Ezekill .Waitzfelder,
of New York, Thomas Allen, of St.
Louis, Mo. Alexander H. Stephens, of
Crawfordsvillt*, Ga., and Win. B Dens-
more. of New York, resjiectfully iuforrn
yonr Excellency that we are prepared to
enter into a lease of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, m conformity with
the provisions of an act of the Legisla
ture of Georgia, entitled “an act to au
thorize the leash of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, nu I for other purpo
ses,” therein mentioned, approved the
twcuty-fourth (24) dav of October, A. 1L.
1870,
We estimate ourselves to the worth,
over and nlmve onr debts and li*hiliti<
at. least, each us follows; B.-uj II. Hill,
the sum of $100,000; Wo S. Holt, $80.
090; Charles A. Nutt ng. $100.0'<1; Wo.
C. Morrill, $8,000; Wro. B. Johnston
$100,000; John T. Grant* S100 000; Si
nion Cameron. $500,000; John S. Delano:
$50,000; Andrew J. White. $50,000.
Wm. T. Walters. $500 000; Thomas A.
Scott, $500 000; Josejvh E Brown $100.
OtK); Hannibal I. 'Kimball, $100,000:
John P. King. $250. OK). Ed want W
Cole. $40,000; Richard Peters. $100 000:
George Cook, $100,000; H. B. Plant,
$100,000; Benjamin May, $100,000;
Ezekiel Waitzfelder, $110,000; Thomas
Allen, $500,000; Alexander H. Stephens,
810,000; and Wm. B. Cinsmore, $500,-
been and are still competent to protect its
citizens in the exercise of their elective
franchise, and the proper and only time
Xor the United States military forces to
intervene, will be when the power of the
commonwealth is exhausted and their aid
is lawfully required.
The above is an extract from bis recent
message to the Legislature, and while he
is right, we are heartily glad to see the peo
ple of the North are being threatened with
just what we have had to endure. When
those outrageous usurpations were being
perpetrated npon us all the self-righteous
and high piety gents of the North were
uproarous in their plaudits of the Gov
ernment- They cried aloud in praise of
the justice of the tyranny, abused
hooted at States’ rights, scorned States'
sovereignty and laughed at our oppres-
This same Gov. Geary was of that
number. But see now, when the Gener
al Government turns upon them, how el
oquently they can talk. Again we say,
e are glad, and with emphasis declare
Lay on, etc. ”
years ; or, if preferable, we offer
as follows :
For the first twelve months twenty-six
thousand ($26,000)dollars monthly rental.
For the next forty-eight months thirty-
one thousand $31,000) collars monthly
rentals. For the next sixty months
thirty-four thousand dollars ($34,000)
dollars per montlu For the next sixty
months thirty-nine thousand (39,000)
dollars per month. For the next sixty
months fofty-three thousand (43,000) dol
lara rental, making an average of thirty-
six thousand five hundred $36,500) dol
lars per month for twenty years, as pro
vided for in said act. Appended hereto
is an instrument in writing, showing that
have formed ourselves iuto a company
for the purpose aforesaid. Appeuded
hereto, opposite our signatures, is speci
fied the amounts that each of us are
worth over and above our debts and lia-
bilites. If your Excellency desires it,
will each and all of us make oath that
worth the amounts set opposite to
names. We also give our placo of
residence. We offer as our securities
upon the bond required by said act, to
be given by the lessees of said road, the
Central Railroad and Banking Company
of Georgia, the Southwestern Railroad
Company, and the Macon and Western
Railroad Company ami other connec
tions.
000,_
W e possess all the requisites prescribed
by the act aforesaid authorizing you to
lease tho road, and all aud singular the
provisions of which, in each of its seve
ral sections, we hereby accept, and offer
fully to comply with.
We, therefore, offer and proj»ose to
pay a rental of twenty-five thousand dol
lars for each mouth during the full term
of the lease.
We respectfully ask your Excellency to
direct our names to l»e entered ou the
minutes of the Executive Department as
the persons proposing to take the lease,
and that you will accept our proposition,
and adjust with us tho terms of tho same,
and cause all the necessary papers to be
prepared and executed.
tern, the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars: William S- Holt, the sum of
eighty thousand dollar*; Wtttiam B-
Johnson, the sura of one hundred thou
sand dollars ; Julio T. Grant, the sum of
hundred thousand dollars,! Hannibal
L KimbaU, the sum ot one hundred
d dollars,- William O. Morrilj,
a of eight thousand dollars ; W.
Cole, the sum of seventy-five thousand
dollars; George 0*<»k, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars ; and Henry P.
Plant, the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, and with, as wvll as without,
their associates aforesaid, are worth iu
the aggregate, ‘-at least live hundred
thousand dollars over and above all debts
and reliabilities of every character.
And deponents make this affidavit
compliance with the requisite
Act stforesaid, that the same ma* wu
sid-red by the Governor first and before
action upon the proposition to lease said
Joseph E. Brown,
John P. Kino,
Wm, Holt,
John T. Grant.
Edmund W, Cole,
George Cook,
Sworn to and subscribed lieforo m
this 27th day of December, 1870
H. K. McCay,
Judge Supreme Court.
of the
Benj. n. Hill,
Ric hard Peters.
W. B. Johnston,
H. I. Kimball.
Wm. C. Morrell,
H. B. Plant.
bends required, to be given for the ]e»oe
of the \Ve*tern and Aflmttc Ralroad,
rereived. We are fully prepared t»» give
the bond satisfactory to you, by }iers<o «l
security. L beg that yon 'do not r* fu-e
onr bid on account of the bonds, as we
are perfectly able to satisfy jou
"Kespeefftilv, etc.
il. G. Dobbins, for the Comps ny.
THBD0B3IN3 COMPANY ASK F»'R TIME TO
GIVE SECURITY.
Atlanta, Ga.. December 27, 1870
To His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock
Governor of Georgia^-
Goveunou : In reply to yonr favor e:
this date, to M. G. Dobbins, Esq., will
regnrd to security, we have to *tate, tint
we have the assurance from the higher
authority that we can give th* se*-upi;
offered iu our bid, at d lielieve that wi
can give it. But beanies this, we off- r
yonr Exc-lleucy personal s« entity o
residents iu Georgia worth eight millions
of dollars, aud ph-dgn ourselves to main
this security satisfactory to yonr Excel
lency, so that the security shall not l*t
i:\vu doubtful, as provided tor 114 the act
We are willing that the lease should be
awarded to us npon condition that we
give such security within a reasonable
Hue gidt’cctigcMents.
Notice to Farmers.
COTTON PLANTER,
PEA PROPER,
CORN PROPER,
' GUANO DISTRIBUTOR,
wheat driller.
All comprised inoiie Machine!
■VST ari-nntccl
PLANT
Drill *he
1 Seed. Prop C<
•t her Miu tdao
awPrice within Tunc
ruhratiU-ed. For-Mb' b'
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GEORGIA—r Sum ter County.
president white, of the MACON
WESTERS RAILROAD, WONT ENDORSE
FOB THE DOBBINS COMPANY.
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 27, 1870.
To Ills Excellency, Governor R. B.
Bullock—
Dear Sir: I arrived in this city this
morning, and have been informed by
Mr. Joirason, one of my directors, that
some persons in Atlanta, have sent ia a
bid to icaso the Western and Atlantic
Radroad. and have tendered the Maeou
and Western Railroad Company as en
dorser, etc.
I at once, sgy fo you, that T urn Presi
dent of that read, and the tender
M. G. Dobbins,
Henry Bauks,
Wm. McNaugUt,
V. R. Tommy,
B. F. Wvly.
W. L. Abbott,
L. L. Abbott.
P. tfc. G. T.Dodd&Co. A. Leyden.
' * M. Hui
We
prepared to verify tho state-1 fcrr0 ^ to is without authority either from
E®. Mrs. Stover the daughter of An
drew Johnson, who presided with so
much quiet dignity for three years at the
White House, is now Mrs. Brown, the
wife of a country store-keeper in Green
ville, Tennessee. Mr. Brown is a plain
and elderly-looking gentleman, well to
do in the world through his dealings in
dry goods, groceries, and notions. Mr.
Johnson’s only living son, a youth seven
teen or eighteen years of age, is a clerk
in Mr. Brown’s store.
A Necktie Party.—We are in search
of novelty now-a-days. Social entertain
ments are not very plentiful in Colum
bus. The young men have done more
'than their duty in the last few years.
Wo understand several ladies intend
giving entertainments soon, and why
not, for the sake of variety and new 1
nations, have necktie parties, which
just now tho rage in several fashionable
quarters ? Onr readers are doubtless ii
qnrring by this time “What is a necktie
party ?” A necktie party is one where
each lady attending makes a bow or neck
tie of the same material as the dress she
wears. The bows are taken to the place
where the party is to be held and placed
in a I**?. When the gentlemen arrive,
each man most go to the bag and take a
necktie, iuxl il if his duty to wait npon
the lady during the evening, who wean
Vie dress corresponding in material, with
tha necktie which be takes from the bag.
It is desirable for the ladies to all wear
1 of different patterns to a necktie
r.-aA'Bu*.
Economize.
The message of the Gov. of Minnesota
shows its financial condition healthy. Its
total disbursements were $595,905, and
total receipts $742,059, and the State
bonded debt is reduced to $285,503.
None of the above figures would suf
fice scarcely to pay the incidental
tul propositions herein made by
other proof as yon may
affidavits
requir«
We offer as security the Central Rail
road and Banking Company, of Georgia;
The South-Western Railroad Company,
of Georgia; the Macon mid Western
Railroad Company, of Georgia; the Geor-
Railroad and Banking Company, of
Georgia: the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad Company, of Georgia; and Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad Company,
of Georgia; the Brunswick aud Albany t ^. M
Railroad Company, of Georgia; the Nash
ville and Chattanooga Railroad Company w
Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors have authori
zed me to cudorse for such parties t
may l>e willing to endorse for; and I
willing to endorse for a company which
unites ail the connecting roads, harmo
nizing conflicting interests, anil promo
ting the general interests of the people
of the State.
Respectfully, yonr obedient servant,
A. J. White, President
M. G. Dobbins...
Wm. B. Dobbins .
HenrvBanki ....
John It. Wallace..
Wm. Mi-Naught .
James M. Ball
A. C. A B. F, Wyle....
L. J. Hightower A Co.
I*. A O. T. Dodd
Abbott & Bro
John Collier
S. B. Hoyt
Jno. M. Harwell
is worth
$100,i 00
5 000
100,000
50,000
the St. Louis and Iren Mountain Rail
road Company. The aggregate value of
which exceeds seven millions of dollars
free from all liabilities, and we are pre
pared to offer for your approval such
other security as iu your judgment may
be required by the aforesaid ad, and to
enter into bond in accordance with its
provisions.
If this proposition is accepted and the
lease executed, it is hereby agreed
among ourselves that tho interests resul
ting from said lease shall be divided into
twenty-threo (23) shares, and that each
party hereto shall own and be entitled to
share except as follows: Joseph E.
ivn will own one share and one-half
share: H. I Kimball will owu one
share and one half of a share; Simon
Cameron shall own one share and one-
half of a share; Thomas Allen will own
•-half of one share; Alexander n.
Stephens will own only one-half of one
share, aud Andrew j. White will own
only one-half of one share.
A majority of the persons herein before
mentioned are bona fide citizens and
residents of Georgia, aud have been
such for five years, and in this proposition
represent a majority of the whole inter-
the lease which they propose to
no as to give Georgians control of
the company. Witness onr hands this
twenty-fourth day of December. A. D ,
1870. ■
SQL. Col. Cinuinnatus Peeples has tak-
1 charge of the political department of
the Atlanta Sun and in a bold and well-
timed article makes his bow. We extend
to him a cordial welcome and do not hes
itate to say bis labors will greatly improve
the quality of the Sun's political edito
rials. If such a gentleman as the Colonel
wonld take the Intelligencer in hand the
Atlanta press would be all right and
could be pointed to, by the Democracy
with some degree of pride. The Sun has
done well iu securing the services of Col.
Peeples, for his introductory shows him
to be an able and piquant wnter.
State of Georgia, County of Fulton
The undersigned hereby form ourselves
into a company for the purpose of leas
ing the Western and Atlautic Railroad,
in said State, under und in accordance
with the provisions of an act of the Gen
eral Assembly of said State, approved
October 24, 1870, entitled “An Act to
authorize the lease of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and for other pur
poses therein mentioned.”
We agree that the amount of money
set opposite our names respectively, shall
represent the amount of stock or inter
est which each of us ho3 in said com
pany, and that our liability, individually
and collectively, shall be such as is pro
vided in the act of the General Assembly,
above set forth, in the event that the
lease of said road shall be awarded to
OOP Swayze is getting rich by having
ignorant negroes swear out warrants
against the respectable people of Macon
and then he, asU. S. Commissioner there
by makes cost. Go ahead—the day
not far distant when ho will regret it,
wall also the negroes who are doing the
swearing. Once isn’t always, nor twice
seven years.
S&“ Judge Lochrane will not be
firmed as Chief Justice by the Senate if
penses of Georgia, under the profligate, kis name is sent in by the Governor,
administration of Gov. Bullock, much
less the total disbursements of the State.
little strange, and we have won
dered at it, how it happens that Bollock,
who, according to the Atlanta Intelligencer
honest man, ” can spend as much
of the people’* money as he does. Sup
pose we.lay aside all prejudice and party
feeling and examine the matter. Can we
then understand where the money goes ?
Can we then see and understand why it
requires so much more now to run the
State than it did when Democrats were
in power ? Can we then see and under
stand why the State Road did not pay
one cent into the Treasury ? We ask,
can we see and understand these things
and, at the same time, see that the State
officials are honest and npright men and
honestly and uprightly discharge their
duties ? We know that we could not—
There is no denying but that much cor
ruption has been and is still in the Ad
ministration of the State. From the
above paragraph and from our own knowl
edge, Radicals North are very different
from Radicals South.
will certain gentlemen, in this part ol the
“moral vineyard, ” be confirmed as Dis
trict Judges and Attorneys, if they
nominated. They bowed the knee to
Baal too soon.
Senators from Georgia—-The Atlanta
Constitution, of yesterday, has the fol
lowing special dispatch from Washington
City :
Washington, Janutuy 9.—In a con
versation held since his return from
Georgia, Akerman expressed a very de
cided opinion that Hill and Miller were
the legally elected Senators from Geor
gia, and should be admitted to their seats.
It ia predicted to-day that the Judiciary
Committee will report unanimously in
their favor. ,
Akerman says that be does not intend
to resign.
JbaP The State Senate and House of
Representatives are both strongly Demo
cratic. This will prove a decided check
upon the Governor, and secure the ap
pointment of some good men to office.
The day of patting men in office only be
cause they are Radicals has past. We
waut a few Democrats
BQL-A Georgia editor is in luck.—
Twenty-four heathen Chinese went into
his sanctum the other day, and, through
the medium of an interpreter, paid cash
down for twenty-four subscriptions to
his paper. The editor wondered greatly
what they wanted of an English paper,
not being able to read it, was informed
that they took it for the “rat pictures” in
it, the paper having Costar** rat cut, a
catarrh cut, a guano trade-mark and an
umbrella “picture.”
Wm. B. Dobbins, fire thousand dollars..
Henr> Banks, twenty-five thousand dol
lars 25,000
Lewis L. Abbott, ten thousand dollars.
Wm. T. McNaugnt, twenty-five thousand
dollars 25,300
James Ormond, twenty-five thousand dol
lar* 25,000
James M. Ball, twenty-five thousand dol
lars S
John Collier, twenty-five thousand dol
lars 23,000
8. B. Hoyt, Twenty-five thousand dollars 35-000
O. T. Dodd, twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000
P. Dodd, twenty-fire thousand dollars... 25,000
W. J. Tanner, ten. thousand dollars 10,000
B. F. Vfyly, twenty-five thousand dollars 25.000
A. C. Wyly, twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000
T. J. Hightower & Co., twenty five thou
sand dollars 23,000
John B. Wallace, fifty thousand dollars 50,000
. ^ «. iu . * ..— 50.000
Wm. B. Dobbins.
A. O. Wy ly,
James M. Ball,
John R. Wallace,
S. B. Hoyt,
James Ormond,
Scriitehiu,
B. F. BELL. (
CITY XlAXiL.
Wednesday Evening, January 25, 1871
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY;
OFPEX BACK'S LATEST PE PI TO:
DEMIDOVS RING AND THE KEEPER,
Concluding with Brough’s Comic Chn-i,al 0;>-
LOVES OF DIANA .
B. H. Hill,
A. Nutting,
tf.S. Holt,
« B. Johnson,
T. Grant,
W. C. Morrill,
S. Cam bon,
J. S. Delano,
A. J. W11
W. T. Waltei
T. A. Scott,
Wjj
J. E. Brown,
A. If. Stephens,
B. May,
E. Waitzfelder,
II. I. Kimball,
11 W. Cole, •
J. P. King.
T. Allen,
, H. B. Plant,
Richard Peters,
B. Dinsmore.
presidents, 11
A Dmagisg Admission.—The Atlanta
Intelligencer of the 8th says .*
Governor Bullock, Kimball, Delano,
Blodgett, Brown and others, are just as
honest as we, or any one else. We believe
Governor Bullock to be an honest man.
That’s a hard admission, we should
think, and certainly will not add to the
character of the Intelligencer man, and
we insist that he has no right to judge
. . K. Seago, fifty thousand dollars
A. Leyden, twenty thousand dollar*
J. M. Harrell, five thousan dollars,
floater Blodgett, fifty thousand dollars 50,000
THE WM. K. DEORAFFENltEID BID.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 24, 1870.
To his Excellency, Gov. R. B. Bullock—
Dear Sir : Under an act of the Gene
ral Assembly ot Georgia, approved Oc
tober 24, 1870, we, the nudersigued agree
to, and bind ourselves to pay to the State
$31,000 a month as rent for the Western
and Atlantic Railroad for twenty years,
in accordance with the terms submitted
by you in an Executive proclamation of
yours, dated Atlanta, Ga., October 26,
1870.
In a word, we bind ourselves to- con
form to all of the obligations imposed by
the law authorizing the lease of the Wes
tern and Atlantic Railroad, by vour Ex
cellency, and which are stated by yon in
your Executive proclamation, dated Oc
tober 26, 1870, to the fullest extent in
letter and spirit, founded upon an act of
the General Assembly of Georgia, enti
tled an act to authorize the lease of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and for
other purposes therein mentioned. Ap
proved October 24, 1870.
Yours respectfully,
W. K. DkGbaffknreid & Co.,
By V. A. Gaskill.
TH* BID OF THE BROWN, CAMERON AND
HILL COMPANY.
To His Excellency Hon. Rif us B. Bullock,
Governor of Georgia—
Sir: The undersigned. Benjamin H.
Hill, of Athens, Ga., Wm. S. Holt, Wm.
B. Johnston, Charles A. Nutting, Wm.
C. Morrill, of Maoon, Ga. Jno. T. Grant
of Walton oounty Ga. Simon Cameron,
of Harrisburg, Pa.; Jno. S. Delano, of
Monnt.Yernon, Ohio; Andrew J. White,
of Macon Ga; Wm. T. Walters, of Balti
more, Md.;Thos A. Scott, of Philadel
phia, Pa.; Joseph E. Browp, of Atlanta
Ga.; Hanibal L Kimball, of Atlanta, Ga.
Edmund W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn.;
• All those parties who owe Leitner - - , - - .... _ .
A Pricker anything, up to January 1st o Richard Peters, of Atlanta, Ga.; Geo.
thus year, are earnestly requested to com Cook, of New Haven, Conn.; Henry B.
forward and settle at once. jan7-tf. Plants of Augusta' Ga.; Benjamin May,
FFIDAVIT OF RAILRO.
VALUE OF RAILROADS. «>F CONSENT TO
BECOME SECURITY FOR THE BRoWN COM-
-State of Georgia, County of Fulton,
Iu person came John P. King, Presi
dent of tho Georgia Railroad ami Bank
ing Compauy of Georgia, aud who is
authorized to act as agent for said Com
pany ; William B. Johuson, Director for
tho Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, aud who is authorized to act ns
agent for said Company ; William S.
Holt, President of the Southwestern
Railroad Company of Georgia, aud who
is authorized to act as agent for said
Company ; Andrew J. White, President
of the Macon and Western Company of
said State, and who is authorized to act
as agent for said Company; anil said
John P. King, President, and authorized
to act as agent, also, for the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Compauy of said
State, and Edmund W. Cole, President
of the Nashvi.le and Cbattauooga Rail
road Company of the State of Tennessee,
who all being duly sworn, do depose
and say, that the said Railroad Com
panies represented by them, respective
ly have consented to become securities
for the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company.” on the bond to be given by
them in the lease of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, according to the pro
visions of an act of the Legislature of
said State of Georgia, approved on the
24th day of October, 1870, and that said
companies “are worth at least two mil
lions of dollars over all and every liabili
ty,” and are worth in the aggregate at
least “eight millions of dollars”
State of Georgia; and with the other
Railroad Companies in and out of the
State, which propose to become sureties
ou said bond, are in fact worth
teen millions dollars clear of all liabili
ties.
Sworn to and snhscnb-1 J. P. Kino.
ed before me, this j W. B. Johnston.
27th day of Decern- | Wm. S. Holt.
ber, 1870. {A. J. White,
H. K. McCay, | E. W. Cole.
Jndge Supreme Court. J
AFFIDAVIT OF MEMBERS OF BROWN*8 COM
PANY OF INDIVIDUAL WEALTH.
State of Georgia, County of Fulton.
In person came E. Brown, Benjamin
H. Hill, John P. King, Richard Peters,
William S. Holt William B. Johnston,
John T. Grant. Hannibal I Kimball, W.
C. Morrill, Edmund W. Cole, George
Cook and Menry B. Plaut, who, being
duly sworo, do? des|>ose and say, that
they, the deponents and their associates,
to-wit: Chns. A. Nutting. Simon Cam
eron, John S. Delano, William T. Wal
ters, Thomas A. Scott, Andrew J. White,
Benjamm May, Ezekiel Waitzfelder, T.
Allen,_ Alexander H. Stephens and Wm.
B. Dinsmore, have made a proposition
in writing to the Governor of Georgia,
for the lease of the Western and Atlantic
Raiiroad, pursuant to the published
rice, inviting proposals for the letwe of
said rood, by virtue of on act of the Gen
eral Assembly of said State, approved
October 24th, 1870, and now, in compli
ance with the requisites of said Act, said
deponents do make oath that they ore
worth as follows, to-wit: Joseph E.
Brown, the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars ; the said Benjamin H. HUI, the
sum of ono hundred thousand dollars;
John P. King, the sum of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars; Richard Pe-
T, OF TI1E SOUTH-WESTERN
RAIL ROAD WON’T ENDORSE FOB TI
DOBBINS COMPANY.
Atlanta, December 26.1870.
To His Erccllency, Rufus B. Bullock.
Governor, etc.—
Sir : I hear a rumor iu tho city that
some persons (names not known) have
applied to lease the State Road, under
tho late act of tho Legi-lature, and ten
dered the South-Western Railroad ns
surety. *
To avoid mistakes, I take the liberty
of informing you that I am tho Presi
dent of Mtid Company, and have the
authority to tender said road as surety,
und iu the exercise <»f that authority, I
have tendered it as such surety, on the
bond of a company organized with a
view of harmonizing the interest of oil
tho connecting roads, utid thus promo
ting the general welfare of the public.
No other person or persons have authori
ty to tender raid road 03 security nor
will that company tender itself for use
xcept for a company organized in har-
nony with all the connecting roads, as
above mentioned.
Veiy respectfully,
Yonr obedient servant,
Wm. S. Holt, President.
W. R» JOHNSON, AHENT OF CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD, won’t endorse for bobbings
COMPANY.
Atlanta, December, 26, 1870.
To Ills Excellency Rufus B. Bullock, Gov
ernor of Georgia—
Sir : I am informed by rumor on the
streets, tlmt some number of persons
(not known to me) have made to your
Excellency a proposition to lease the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, and
have tendered the Ceutral Railroad and
Banking Company as surety on the bond
required by the act authorizing the
I feel it ray duty to inform yon that I
am the accredited agent of that company
that I have joined with others in tender
ing this road as surety fora company, in
which all the railroad interests of the
State are equally guarded—a result all
think for the best Interests of the State—
and the Central Railroad will not become
security on the bond of any other com
pany, and that any tender of that com
pany as surety for any persons seeking
to lease tho road, other than those rep
resenting all the road equally, is without
authority *
Very respectfully,
Yonr obedient servant,
W. B. Johnston.
P. S-—I will add that I am also a Di
rector in the Macon and Western Rail-
d Company, and know the action of
that company in the premises, and the
statements above are nlso true of that
company.
W. B. Johnston.
ROAD AS SECURITY.
The annexed letter from Col. Wilh
M. Wad ley, President Central Riilrouil
Banking Company, dated, 19ti Decent
1870. to a member of our company,
has not been revoked or changed iu an}
particular. The reason wo mentioned
the Macon and Western Railroad as one
>f our security s was from a pri
vate conversation between myself and A.
J. White, Esq., President of the Road.
M. G. Dobbins,
Central Railroad Bank, >
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19, la70. )
T. -4. K. Seago, Esq.—
Dear Sir : I have your favor of the
l-4th iust. for which I am much obliged.
I have never sought to obtain exclu
sive control of the State Road; nor do I
think either Hue from Atlanta, ought to
have such control. Rut we are ready to
join the Georgia Road to lease it, or
give the required guarantee for r. satis
factory private company.
Very respectfully,
Wm. M. Wadley, President.
NOTICE.
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Farm. Also
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THE BRIDAL CHAMBER!
ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MRN
: interfere with Marriage, w
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.. . Irlirfloward^S«iTt*rJ*Aid*.v^
No. 2, South Ninth St., Phiia p*. j u
officia:
VERNOIt
STATEMENT of
THAT HE ACCEPTS THE BID OF THE BROWN*
COMPANY.
Executive Department, I
Atlanta. Ga , D« c.'mta r 27. 187U. J
Whereas. Iu conformity with nu net of
e Legislature of Georgia, approved
October 24. 1870. entitled “an act to au
thorize the lease of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, and for other purposes
ctioned,” and in pursttan e
of notice to the public given by the Gov
ernor of said State, and da*ed “ Atlanta,
Ga., Octobei* 27, 1870,” inviting written
proposals to l>e made on or before the
25th day ot December, 1870, for the
:1 under said act, flit*
following named persons, to-wit : John
P. King, Jos. E. Brown, B H. Hill, A
II. Stephens, Andrew J. White, Kdntond
W. Cole, W. B. Johnson, W. S. Hurt,
Charles A. Nutting, John T. Grant, W.
Morrell, T. A. Scott, William T.
Walters, John S. D< lano, Simon Came-
Kimball. Richard Peters,
George Cook, Henry B Plant, Benjamin
May, Ezekiel Waitzfelder, Thomas Al
and Wm. S- Dinsmote. liuve accord-
to the terms of raid road, and
and begiuiug as
foil,
to-w
propos-
sureties proposed to be
«.n. Lave by their an-
qoihfi-d
MAPES NITROGENIZED SUPER
PHOSPHATE OE
LIME.
For Sale by
FUR LOW .!
BRO., Agents,^
Certificate of
MR. COLLINGSWORTH.
AMERICUS, GA., J*u. 5th. 1871.
-sure. Pc use A Thomas,
GeuCs.
During the past year I used oi
following Vei
ffiis, A.llCT, i a i.jlHCO, Dixon’s \
ud Mapes. My experience pla
»r superior to any of tho oth.
y l*l*i
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1 who wish it, the lleci}>e and It
preparing and using Vegetable
balm, that will immediately remove Tan Fred-
Pimples, blotches and all eruptions of the
leaving tho same soft, dear, smooth ami
tifuL
' will abo send (f>-ee) instructions for pro
ng, by v* rv simple cu-ans, & luxuriant
•th ot hair on a bahl head or smooth taco.
P. O. box 5106.
7 bn
GOVERNOR BULLOCK NOTIFIES THE DOB
BINS COMPANY THAT ITS 8ECURJTY REPU
DIATES IT.
Executive Department, 1
State of Georgia, v
atlanta, Ga., Dec. 25, 1870.)
M. G. Bobbins, Esq., Atlanta, Ga—
Dear Sir : In taking up this morning
for consideration papers in connection
with proposals to lease the Western and
Atlautic Railroad, as provided in an ael
approved October 24. 1870. I find a bid
from yourself and associates, iu which
you offer as security upon the bond re
quired by said net, “the Central R tilroud
and Banking Company of. Georgia, the
Southwestern Railroad Compauy, the
Macon and Western Railroad, ’ and other
connections. I also find, among my pa
pers in this connection, letters addressed
to me by Mr. W. B Johnson, who says,
under date of the 26th inst. among other
things, that he hears, by rumors on the
street, that some number of persons, not
associated with him, have made a propo
sition to lease the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and tenders the Central Rail
road and Banking Company as Se
curity, and that he (Mr. Johnson) is the
accredited ageut of that company, and
us snch has already given the pledge of
that company as security for parties with
whom ho is associated. He makes a
similar statement in regard to the Macon
and Western Railroad, signing himself
one of tho directors of that company. In
addition to that, I have a similar commu
nication with, in general terms, a similar
statement from Mr. William 8. Holt,
President of tke Southwestern Railroad.
I feel it my duty to present these facts to
you, aud ask that yourself and associates
will npike such amendments to your offer
of security on the bond as may be neces
sary to enable me to entertain it. I trust
that this may be dono at onoe.
The bearer will wait your response.
Very respectfully,
Rufus B. Bctlock.
THE DOBBINS COMPANY OFFER TO GIVE
OTHER SECURITY.
Oftice of Georgia Loan 1
Ajq> -Trust Company. J-
Atlanta, Ga., Deo., 27,1870.)
To His Excellency R. B. Bulicdc—
Drab Sib : Yours in relation to the
And whereas, Said person
ing to become such lessees, have filed
affidavit in writing, qualifying “tlmt they
aie worth at least five hundred thousand
dollars over and above all debts and lia
bilities of every character.” and have
shown that, they arc in fact worth greatly
more than said sum.
Whereas, The
K iv,-n bv ».iid pe
thorized agents,
said act, that they ar<- woith “at least
two millions of dolla rs over all and ev
liabilities; and are, in tin t, worth n.
than eight millions of dollars in tie- Si
of Georgia, and with their associates
such sureties, in and out of the State
worth more than sixteen millions of dol
lars over all and every lilx-rtv ; and
Whereas, The Governor of said State
in view of the requirements of said
of the Legislature, that he shall lease to
no company, who tenders security that
is even drubtful, and that he shall
it carefully iu taking the bond, that said
requirements of said act, are felly com
plied with, has carefully considered all
propositions to lease said road made in
compliance with said act, and said public
1 notice, and has fully satisfied himself, af-
dering the character of the pro
posed leasees aud their undoubted res
ponsibility aud ability to carry out the
terms of said lease, and to respond to
all damages to which they may, at any
time, become liable under said lease, aud
of the further fact that the su
reties tendered, are unquestionably
good for largely more than the amount
of the bond required by said act, and do
also, harmonize conflicting difficulties
which might arise between any and all
Railroads connecting with said Western
and Atlantic Railroad, and secure fair,
equal and impartial management and
jnstiee to all, and it, nlso, appearing that
the terms of said act have all been com
plied with, and the statement in said
pro osirion all shown to be true:
Now, "therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock,'
Governor of raid State, do agree to lease
raid road with all its property aud ap
purtenances to said persons npou the
terms and conditions embraced in said
act, and in said proposition, and is ac
cordingly hereby ordered that said pro
position made by said parties be, and it
is hereby accepted.
And it is further ordered, that tho
names of said persons assigned to said
position be, and are hereby entered with
raid proposition on the minutes of the
Executive Department, as persons
posing to take said lease; aud from the
date of this entry, they be, and become
a body corporate and politic, for the
term of twenty years, under the name
and style of “The Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company,” with all the powers
privileges, ri. hts and liabilities prescrib
ed by raid act; ami it is further ordered
that a deed of lease bo prepared without
del»y. and executed in couformity with
Bai'i act and agreement, and that said
company do immediately file the bond
in conformity with said act in the Exe
cutive Department, ami that thereupon,
said deed be delivered to said comi'any,
or their agent ; and that the said c
pany, upon such delivery, and
authorized to take possession of said prop
erty.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the Executive Department,
[l. b. | at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this
the 27th day of December,
A. D-, 1870.
Rufus B. Bullock,
By the Governor:
A. 0.. Corson, n
Secretary Executive pepartment.
[to re continued ] -
NOTICE
To the Occupants on Lot No.
175, in the 27ta District of
Originally Lee, Now Sura*
ter County.
I have a power of Attorney from John Cain, Sr.
and Elizabeth ain, his wife, legal heirs <Jf
John Bryan, who drew the above lot of land to
uence suite against the Tenant a ami Oocu-
a of said Lot lor the recovery of
ONE- SEVEIV TXX
of said Lot,
A large and valua
CUV OF AMEKICUS
s located on the Lot. Tlity have long sines
oeeu notified of the above interest, which hw
nevei been sold, or conveyed to any one.
Parties desiring to negotiate ior the above
interest, except about
THREE ACRES.
which have been couveyed to Mr. Crawford, will
address mo for the next two months, at W»?*■
ngton. D. C. W. P. PftlCJv.
STOVES
—AND—
HOLLOW WARE
RETAILED AT WHOLESALE PBKES
FOR THE SEASON*
—AT—
> BROAD STREET, 55
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
of Stoves, 'etc
Atlanta 7 in. Flat Top, large o
Iron Friend. 3 and 0 inch combin
ed Fiat Top Large Oven $25,00
iron Witch, Improved, 7 insh
with Patent Orate $17,CO
Iron Witch, Improved, 8 inch
, $22,00 to 32,50
>37,(0
>27,30
..$19,50
>31.»
. .$22,50 t
. 110,50 t
. $12,50 '
to 25.00
ith Patent Grate,.,
Iron Witch, Improved, I
with Patent Grate,......
Relief, 6inch, Flat Top,..
Relief, 7 “ “
Relief,8 “ “ “....
Planter, 7 inch; Direct Draft —$10.00 to
Planter, 8 “ “ 012 50 «o22»
Planter, 9 “ “ t0 ' 5 ’
THE At anU and Relief Stoves can be used
for Wood or Coal. Coal ImingB 50 cents
Heavy Ho low Ware 6 cents per pound.
UoIIojv Ware 7 oente per pound. .
Our Stoves having been sold in this scctio
THREE TEARS, giving entire satisfacU 'U,
have nu hesitation in guaranteeing even .
we sell, any parts of our (Make). Stoves*
od in the future, supplied at tho same rates.
ORDERS attended to promptly and all
delivered on the Cars Free or Charge.
Casu, with order. Adilreas,
PIKENIX STOVE WORKS.
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jan. 14,-tf.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
E EV. W. B. MERRITT will opj-u
iaaiffKsa'Sissr- *»
au****-
LIBERAL EDUCATION.
at the rata ot Four, Five and Six°°^® t u Th«
tug to the gradea t>f study, per at
collection of auea for tuition, mu b* m
to close .of each Scholastic month, except
araa spec-ally provided for otherwise.
Jan. 12,-tC.