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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' 1 uf * n - tiatiefactio, I s h.vut A c > 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. y^-lI.L be soul ou jin 19.td Farm. Also Also lot off, ba.-hcla, a Tool*, 'V. J). STEWART, THE BRIDAL CHAMBER! ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MRN : interfere with Marriage, w ' of relief to- the Lraug and uuf >ed and d -biliUted. .. . 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 Zelli SKIN DISEASES. II cheerfully 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. 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