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COLUMBUS:
FRIDAY HOBNISe, FEBBt'AKY 18.
Mb. John M. Greene, having pur
chased an interest in the material and
good will of the Sun office, will, in fu
ture, aid in the general conduct of the
mechanical department of the establish
ment. He desires to call the attention
of his friends to the fact, and asks for a
liberal share of their patronage.
The style of the firm has not been
changed by the new accession, but will
be continued as heretofore, in the name
of Thomas Gilbert & Cos.
Dolores.— -We are indebted to the
author, Benjamin Robinson, Esq., now
of Silver Run, Ala., for a copy of
“Dolores,” a novel from his pen, writ
ten in 1868, while he was in editorial
honors in .Fayetteville, N. C.
We hope when opportunity will per
mit, to look into the volume and give
it further notice.
Cotton and Wool Card Machines,
& c ._We refer readers to the advertise
ment of John 11. Haskell, of Baltimore,
who has card machines, leather belting,
hose and leather of all kinds for sale.
$1,500 to $2,000 per Year—All out
of employment are referred to the ad
vertisement of J. C. Derby, Southern
Publishing Agency, corner Reynold
and Jackson streets, Augusta, Ga.
Dickson’s Cotton Seed. —Charles
A. Peabody, the well-known agricultu
rist, offers for sale the celebrated Dick
son Extra Cotton Seed. All have heard
of this wonderful seed and its yield.
Watt & Caßtens are Mr. Peabody’s
agents. For terms see advertisement.
Superior Court Yesterday.
A number of cases went to the jury,
but none were of general interest or
involved important questions. In the
afternoon Major Moses, one of counsel
for Robinson’s circus, moved to make
more complete and efficient the bond of
plaintiff, Mr. Tom Smitlqjwho had at
tached the circus property the day be
fore on a claim for SIO,OOO damages for
injuries to his son, and forced Robinson
to give bond. The Judge reservod his
decision until this morning.
A Scientific Oculist.— Our advice
to all who are suffering from impaired
and defective vision, is to call on Dr.
Bernhardt, at his rooms in the Perry
House. He will remain but a short
timo longer. During his stay he has
been consulted by all classes—judges,
divines, ladies—and he has, in every
instance, fitted to the eye spectacles of
the most superior make and finish, ot
actly suited to the case in question.
Hundreds testify to the fact. The Doc
tor has made the subject his specialty
for years, and liis judgment iB unerring.
His skill consists in employing the
finest glasses, and by examination to
furnish exactly those which will restore
clearness of vision. Many cures seem
almost miraculous.
Valuable Fertilizers for Sale.
—The planters of Georgia, Alabama
and Florida are referred to the adver
tisment of J. L. Dunham, who is agent
for the sale of a number of fertilizers,
whose merits have been fully tested and
are acknowledged as unsurpassed. All
know that the use of fertilizers proved
the salvation of the cotton crop last
year. Their increased employment
will produce greater results. The only
question is which will produce the
greatest yield. This farmers can only
answer by experiment. Mr. Dunham
knows exactly the wants of raw soil
and climate, and hence he offers only
those manures which he deems best
adapted to the needs of our people. We
refer all to the advertisement, where
the merits are fully given.
That Tickling Business.— We lake
it all back and are pleased to learn that
W. P. Price, Democratic member of the
Legislature, has not sold out.
Tho Macon Telegraph and Messenger
says :
It is W. T. Pierce, and not Price,
who has been appointed Postmaster at
Augusta. lie will be remembered as a
candidate for Congress against Hon.
Nelson Tift in the 2nd District, and
whose incendiary conduct and har
angues caused the Camilla riot in which
a number of his negro dupes were killed.
The people of Augusta have our pro
found sympathy.
Wo heartily join in tho condolence to
the persecuted people of Augusta.
Dr. 11. W. Henry, since 1819, until
two years ago a citizen of Montgomery,
died in Baltimore a sow days ago. Ilis
remains were brought to Montgomery
for intenment. 'With one exception,
Mr. Neil Blue, who still survives him,
Dr. Henry was doubtless the oldest cit
izen of Montgomery, having settled
there in 1819. He was the last survivor
of those who first organized a Presbyte
rian church in that city. His age was
vory nearly 80 years. He was univer
sally respected.
Revels and Ames—Tns Nigger
Carpet Bagger vs. the White One.
—The Cincinnati Commercial (Radi
cal) draws the following comparison
between Ames and Revels, Senators
from Mississippi:
It must be said, also, that if physiog
nomy is at all indicative of intellect and
strength of character, Revels will com
pare favorably with most of the Sena
tors. Compared to him Senator General
Ames is intellectually a feebleness, —
but the pictures may not do him justice.
A Hint to our Business and Rail
road Men. —The Union Springs Times
says: “A merchant in this place recent
ly ordered a lot of flour from Louisville,
which was shipped via Columbus. The
freight on this lot from Louisville to
Columbus was $lO 10; from Columbus
to Union Springs, a distance of 54
miles, $lO 20. This state of things
will never do, and we are glad to be
able to say that the M. & E. R. R. is
is making arrangements to put on a line
of wagons from the terminus to this
place, for freight purposes, and that
many of our merchants are determined
to have their goods shipped over that
route altogether.”
Selma and New Orleans Railroad
On Monday last the Board of County
Commissioners of Dallas county, Ala.,
passed an order to submit to a vote of
the people of that county, a subscription
of $140,000 to the above named Railroad
Company, the bonds of the county to be
issued to the company when the road
shall be completed to the Cahowba
river.
Receipts of Hogs in the West.
—To Feb. 12th, Morris & Reid states
the number of hogs packed at leading
points foots up as follows : Chicago
599,900, St. Louis 233,048, Milwaukie
161,500, Louisville 180,000, and Cincin
nati 385.000. Total 1,558,448— being
77,000 in excess of last year.
The Opelika Locomotive says Lee
county supports forty-two paupers, at
an expense of six dollars each per month,
three thousand dollars a year. It sug
gests, as the surest way of getting rid of
them, that they be elected to county
offices, Decidedly sensible.
. BLODGETT’S VIRTUE.
Asa virtuous woman never boasts of
this jewel in her character, and bawds
always do, so honest men are not com
pelled to proclaim from street corners,
their rectitude and integrity. But one
Foster Blodgett, a small atom of the filth
fished up by bayonets from the seeth
ing cauldron of these degenerate times;
a poor pitiful creature, utterly devoid of
principle, and with a record that would
disgrace the most finished graduate of
Bing Sing, has been permitted by the
Agent of the Associated Press to pub
lish to the country his own estimate of
his personal honesty, at the expense of
the newspapers. We never fully real
| ized before how far indignation could
; go beyond the capacity of the paltry,
barren, vocabulary of the English lan
guage to give it just expression. Blod
gett’s term does not demand his imme
I diate appearance in the Senate of the
United States, to defile and disgrace the
place once filled by Toombs, Berrien,
Dawson, and other intellectual giants
of days gone by. Therefore, Blodgett
is willing that his commission shall rest
in the keeping of his friend Bullock.
In the meantime Blodgett may be ena
bled to reward his political friends with
pickings from the Stale road, and to re
tain his snug, fat place, if perchance, by
some unforeseen accident, the Senate of
the United States should have common
honesty and decency sufficient to ignore
| the late Senatorial election in Georgia.
■ The delay will also give time to Blod
j gett to whitewash his black character,
i and to wash and air his dirty linen at
i the public expense. The mink—to
| which representation of the varmint
! tribo he bears a striking resemblance
in habits and appearance—is always
afraid lest his rank odor shall reveal his
presence in the chicken coop to the
watchful yard dog. So Blodgett imag
ines that when dallying on the velvet
sofas of the Senatorial saloon, unpleas
ant references may be made to that little
bit of perjury which attaches to him, or
that some Senator, not altogether lost
to a sense of manhood, and the respect
due to his position, may move to have
the infamous spawn of nigger suffrage
and bayonet rule removed from the
chamber. Wherefore, he swears that
he will not put on the Senatorial toga
until he is duly purified. Now, the
truth of the business is, that Blodgett,
though as low a creature as it is possi
ble for humanity to become, is quite the
equal in all moral attributes of most of
the Senators of the United States. The
fact of his being a perjurer and devoid
of principle, so far from militating
against him with his party, will be con
sidered the highest recommendations in
his favor. But these days and their
doings cannot last aiw«j=, tha rev
olution which has so remorselessly
crushed down all that is honorable and
of good repute in the South, may take a
very sudden and decided turn. Then
that little indictment for perjury would
be an unpleasant thing for Blodgett.
Now or never is the time to get it out of
the way. The matter will be easily and
speedily accomplished. In place of the
irresolute Milledge, Ackerman now
holds the United States District Attor
neyship. Ackerman will stickle at noth
ing that will serve his personal or
political purposes. He will not hesitate
to enter a “nolle prosequi” in the case
of the “United States vs. Foster Blodg
ett, Perjury,” especially when the Court
will not oppose the motion, and Attor
ney General Hoar shall urge it.
The proof to convict Blodgett, is
strong, conclusive, overwhelming and
irrefutable. No honest and intelligent
jury could leave the box to make up
a verdict after hearing it. But the case
will never be sounded save to be strick
en from the docket. In due time
Blodgett will be “triumphantly acquit
ted” by a technical device, and another
chapter added to the infamous history
of the Radical reconstructions of the
South-
P. S.—Since writing the above, in
formation has reached us which throws
more light on Blodgett’s telegraphic let.
ter. Tho Augusta Chronicle and Sen
tinel contains an account of the inter
view of Bryant and Blodgett with the
Reconstruction Committee in Washing
ton. Bryant charged Blodgett with
perjury and peculation. Furthermore,
he produced the proof, and made Blodg
ett acknowledge that the parties furnish
ing the evidence were of the highest res
pectability and credibility.
Tvpk Setting Match. —A few weeks
ago Mr. George A. Barker, a composi
tor in the office of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, published a challenge to the
craft stating that he held himself in
readiness to set type against any other
man for ten consecutive hours, for a
purse of SI,OOO. The challenge has
been accepted by Mr. George Armsberg,
a compositor on the New York Times,
who has put down the forfeit money.
It is claimed by those who know these
men that each has set as much as 17,000
ems of type in ten consecutive hours.
To give the reader an idea of the amount
of space 17,000 ems would cover, we
will state that it would be about five
colemns of the reading matter of the
Daily Bun. The time we believe, has
not yet been set for the contest. The
fastest type setter ever known in the
United States—and in the world we
presume—was a Mr. Anderson. He
has been dead about twenty-five years.
He was reported to have set 18,000 ems
on the Picayune in ten consecutive
hours, without the stimulent of a wager.
Eight thousand ems is a good average
day’s work.
Immigrants for Colorado. —A Ger
man emigrant party of eighty-two fam
ilies, about two hundred individuals, ar
rived at St. Louis last week from Chi
cago, en route for the Wet Mountain
Vally, Colorado. The St. Louis Dem
ocrat says;
“The party comprises a co-operative
association, formed principally of men
who have been living, some of them for
years, in or about Chicago. Each of
them has contributed two hundred and
fifty dollars at the start to the common
stock. Their lands and live stock in
Colorado are purchased and they take
with them provisions to last them till
they can raise a crop. —They are a band
of intelligent and enterprising, as well
as physically able men,and have among
them a physician, a clergyman, several
printers, a number of carpenters, besides
machinists, blacksmiths, and other
craftsmen* They have also with them
two carloads of blooded stock, a saw
mill, a grist mill, «.n(i a f u R assortment
of other agricultural implements. It
thus appears that their object is to form
an agricultural colony.
A chicken battle takes place at LaPa
yette race course, near Augusta, Ga.,
on the 22d inst. The contest is to be
Georgia and South Carolina against
Alabama and Tennessee. Twenty-one
cocks are to be shown by each party,
weighing from four pounds eight ounces
to six pounds two ounces. A stake of
one hundred dollars is to be made on
each battle, and $2500 on the main. It
is stated that a like fight is to be made
at Selma, Ala., on the 27th of March.
The agent of the Air Line Railroad
reports that twelve hundred hands are
employed on the work of construction
on that road, and that the work is pro
gressing finely.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Bj iKlrsrapli tram Europe.
Madrid, Feb 17 —The Carlist Dep
uties caused wild excitement in Cortez
by charging that their candidates had
been defeated by Government interfe
rence.
Paris, Feb. 19. Arthur Fouville
was sentenced to six months or fined
1000 francs.
Roucheforl writes from prison to his
paper that the prefl ct of police seized
his editorial articles. He complains
that while up the present time the in
carcerated journalists have been allow- j
ed to correspond, he has been denied
the Usual privilege, notwithstanding
he is a Deputy in the Corps Legisla
tin', and has not been deprived of his
civil rights.
From WafctiluKton.
Washington, February 17.—House
on Utah.
Senate in a squabble over reference ol
railroad bills involving grant of lands.
Cameron wanted it referred to Com
mute on Agriculture. It was finally j
referred to Committee on Public Lands.
Pacific Railroad Committee defeated on I
reference.
Committees done nothing.
Boutwell sells one million in gold to
day, but buys no bonds this week.
Revenue $684,000.
House—The Committee on Foreign
Relations considered Cuba, but took no
action.
The argument in New Orleans prize
money concluded. Decision reserved.
Customs for week ending 12th, trifle
over $2,000,000; total for January trifle
over $14,000,000.
Returns to Agricultural Department
indicate a decrease in the average in
winter wheat in the cotton belt.
Senate.—After generally unimportant
proceedings, Mississippi was resumed.
An effort for agreement to vote at three
o’clock failed, and the bill was infor
mally laid aside.
Several bills introduced, when Mis
sissippi was resumed, and the bill as it
came from the House passed by a strict
party vote. It goes to the President.
Adjourned.
House.—Utah discussed to close of
morning hour.
Two bills relieving commerce report
ed and made the special order for third
Tuesday in March.
VanWyck sworn in.
Appropriations considered to adjourn
ment.
Ways and Means Committee resolved
to-day to reduce the internal revenue
bill thirty millions. The income tax is
to be reduced but not abolished.
Grant and the administration are in
favor of a reduction of the tariff twenty
—iiiir.na and internal revenue thirty
millions.
Efforts to fund the debt this year are
to be abandoned.
Washington, February 18.— House.
Several executive documents, including
the particulars of the recent Havana as
sassination.
After a struggle the Houße resumed
appropriations as against the disability
bill.
Senate.—Nothing.
Nebraska has ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment. This fastens it on the
Country.
The Senate in Executive session con
firmed Strong of Pa. to the Supreme
Bench. A motion was afterwards made
to reconsider, which is now pending.
No action on Bradley’s nominations.
Neither of these nominations designates
the vacancies which they shall fill.—
Confirmed Latham of the 3d Alabama
Dist.; Watson, Assessor of the Ist Ga;
Rlocker 3d N. C.
The Foreign Relations Committee
will report a resolution for absolute
neutrality between Spain and Cuba.
Harris, McKee, Morphies and Pierce,
members from Mississippi, desire the
President to delay signing the bill for
the admission of Mississippi.
The .Peabody trustees appropriated
ninety-one thousand to be expended by
Sept. next.
Raining all day, and is now sleeting.
Senate The Faculty of Harvard
College ask positive rank far navy sur
geons.
8000 citizens of Maryland ask in the
name of the God of liberty the recog
nition of Cuba.
Tne Funding Bill was made the spe
cial order for Wednesday.
The bill of the Committee of Com
merce will be considered Monday.
Wilson introduced a bill making im
portation of immigrants under labor
contracts unlawful.
District affairs considered to adjourn
ment.
The House was engaged on appro
priations.
From mobile.
Mobile, Feb. 18. Judge Elliott
committed Mayor Price to jail to day
for refusing to give up the office, books,
and papers of the Mayorality to Har
rington, and refused to grant any ap
peal although bond was offered in any
amount. On being presented with bill
of exceptions, Elliott put them in his
pocket and said he would read them at
his leisure, and walked out of the Court
House and took the train for Montgom
ery. His conduct on the bench and
the trial of this case is subject to the
severest animadversion by members of
the bar and citizens generally.
The Gold Gambling Business.
Frantic efforts are being made to
screen Grant from complicity in the
gold gambling business. The Herald
of the 13th contains a long account of
the testimony of old Corbin, Grant’s
brother-in-law. Under a rigid examin
ation he was compelled to admit what
ho has heretofore denied, that there
was a well systematized plan to defraud
the government and the people, and
that he was to play Grant’s name and
influence to make it a success. The
strange part of the business is, that the
letters showing the complicity of Grant
and his wife have been destroyed. Up
on this point, the Herald’s report says:
“Motions to summon Mrs. Corbin
and General Dent met with a similar
fate. Gen. Horace Porter, the Presi
dent’s private secretary, was summoned
at his own request. It is said to give
him an opportunity to deny the allega
tions made by some of the witnesses
about his being interested iu gold spec
ulations. He testified furthtr that the
celebrated letter sent by Corbin to the
President, while the latter was sojourn
ing at Washington, Pa., had been de
stroyed and that no copy of it was on
file. He did not appear to know any
thing about its contents. It came out
that the correspondence which is said
to have passed between Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Corbin during the gold panic, have
also been destroyed. On the subject
of these letters the committee are com
paiatively Ignorant.”
The committee may apply the white
wash, but the people will still believe
Grant the witling head of the most cor
rupt administration that has disgraced
the country.
Post Office Robber Caught.— The
Augusta Constitutionalist gives the par
ticulars of the detection and arrest of
Carter Cutourier, a clerk in the post
office at that place, who is charged with
robbing the mails of various amounts
on various occasions.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
TilE GEORGIA EEGIS LATERE.
SENATE.
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1870.
Senate called to order by I’resideat
Conley.
Mr. Merrell offered a resolution that
the Governor be requested to draw his
warrant for the amount due to the offi
cers, doorkeepers, messengers and em
ployees of the General Assembly, on
the certificate of the Secretary of tne
Senate and Clerk of the House, said .
amount to be charged in the final set
tlement.
Mr. Bruton opposed the resolution
as indefinite and a raid on the Treasury
ol the State. He moved to lay the res
olution on the table.
Mr. Harris hoped the Senator would, j
on reflection, withdraw the motion to
table.
Mr. Candler opposed it because it was
indefinite and unconstitutional.
Mr. Hungerford thought it came with
bad grace from Senators who had re
ceived $9 per day, to object to paying
clerks and messengers.
Mr. Danning replied that he had not
received the 9 per day.
Mr. Hungerford retorted, “a good
! reason for it, because you get $4,000 per
|annum.”
Mr. Hinton offered as a substitute, a
j resolution that the Governor be author
I ized to draw his warrant for such sums
I as may be due the Secretary, Assistant
| Secretary, Doorkeeper, Messenger and
Constitutional clerks.
Mr. Candler raised the poinl of order,
i that being an appropriation of money,
the Constitution provided that it must
originate in the Honse.
The President decided the point not
| well taken.
The substitute was lost by yeas 12,
nays 18.
The original resolution was adopted
j by the following vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Bowers, Bradley,(col
ored,) Brock, Campbell, (colored,)
Crayton, (colored,) Colman, Corbitt,
Dickey, Fain, Griffin, 6th, Harris, Hen
derson, Higbee, Hungerford, Jones, Jor
dan, Merrell, McArthur, McWhorter,
Richardson, Sherman,Smith,7th,Smith,
; 36th, Speer, Stringer, Traywick, Wal
lace, (colored,) Welch and Matthews—
-29.
Nays—Messrs; Bruton, Burns, Cand.
ler, Dunning, Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe
and Nunnally—B.
Mr. Merrell moved to transmit the
resolution to the House.
Mr. Nunnally objected to the trans
mission. He called upon the Senate to
consider what they are doing. He
moved to reconsider the adoption of the
resolution, supporting the motion in a
pithy and forcible speech.
Mr. Dunning said that the charge that
Senators were unwilling to pay the
proper officers their dues was not true.
He wanted something definite.
Mr. Merrell disclaimed any imputa
tion against Senators.
Mr. Candler said he had taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the
State of Georgia. Others might con
sider that only child’s play, but he did
not. The Constitution declared that no
money was to be drawn from tne Treas
ury without appropriation made by law,
and all measures for appropriation must
arise in the House. If there was not
something wrong, why refuse to name
iuo pnrtioo to ho paid, and the amount
due them. He made a telling speecn
against the perpetration of such an out
rage.
Mr. Brock made a lengthy and ingen
uous speech in favor of the resolution as
passed. He hooted at the idea of the
Secretary doing wrong. Before he fin
ished, a messenger was announced from
the House that that body was ready to
consolidate the vote for Senators. The
Senate accordingly proceeded to the
House. [See House proceedings for
details of consolidation.]
Upon reassembling, the Senate was
again addressed by Mr. Brock, in his
felicitous and pungent style.
Mr. Fain explained his vote at leng th,
and concluded by moving that the mo
tion to reconsider be tabled, but with
drew it, when Mr. Nunnally obtained
the floor, urged harmony of action in
passing a resolution to protect the Sec
retary himself. Pay every officer, but
no more.
Mr. Harris moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table.
The following is the vote:
Yeas—Bowers, Bradley, (c) Brock,
Campbell, (c) Coleman, Corbitt, Cray
ton, (c) Dicky, Fain, Griffin, (6th)
Harris, Henderson, Higbee, Hungerford,
Jones, Jordan, Merrell, McArthur, Mc-
Whorter, Richardson, Smith, (7th)
Smith, (36th) Stringer, Wallace, (c)
Welch—2s.
Nays—Bruton, Burns, Candler, Cor
bill, Dunning, Hicks, Hinton, Hol
combe, Matthews, Nunnally, Traywick
and W'ellborn—l2.
Mr. Candler offered a resolution that
the Secretary be directed to enter upon
the journal of the Senate to-day, the
names of the clerks employed by him,
when employed, and when they entered
upon their duties.
The President ruled the resolution
out of order. No enrolling committee
had been appointed, and the clerks
could not be sworn in until that com
mittee was e»ppotr,tf>d
Mr. Candler responded, tneu iuv,
should not be paid.
Mr. Brock offered a resolution to stay
all proceedings in the courts, founded
upon judgments or contracts prior to
June Ist, 1865, or levies and sales un
der, until 20 days after expiration of the
recess of the General Assembly, and re
questing Gen. Terry to sanction and en
force the resolution.
Mr. Hinton was opposing the resolu
tion in an earnest and forcible speech,
when the hour of adjournment having
arrived, the President declared the Sen
ate adjourned until to-morrow morning
at 10 o’clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVES.
House called to order by the Speaker
at 11 30 o’clock, a. m.
Mr. Bryant presented his protest
against election of Senators on yester
day.
The protest was read and ordered to
be entered upon the journals.
Mr. Madden, of Burke, objected, but
was voted down-
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to have
his protest entered. Voted, down.—
Yeas and nays called for. The Speaker
said not a sufficient number to sustain
the call.
A message from “His Excellency”
etc., was here received and read.
Mr. Darnell, of Pickens, moved that
the Clerk be instructed to inform the
Senate that the House is now ready to
unite with the Senate in consolidating
the election returns of yesterday.
Senators came in a body in couples;
and President Conley dispatched Speak
er McWhorter, and directed the Secre
tary of the Senate to read the verified
election returns for Senators in the Sen
ate. He did it, and so of the House re
turns, did the Clerk of the House.
The Senate, then, on motion of Sena
tor Spear, retired to the sanctity of
its own chambers; but while it was get
ting out, Turner, colored, of Bibb,
arose and frantically exclaimed, that
someone had swapped hats with him
in the melee, and he didn’t like it. So
earnest was he in his protest against it,
the House yelled.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to take up
his resolution instructing the Governor
that it is the sense of the House, that he
should issue his proclamation filling the
vacancies now existing in various coun
ties. He said there were now about
twenty vacancies, and be appealed to all
members, irrespective of party, to insist
upon the right of every county to repre
sentation.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, objected;
that this course was illegal at present,
as contrary to the act of Dec. 22, 1869.
He moved to lay the motion on the ta
ble. Carried. Yeas and nays called
for. Bhall the speaker be sustained.
The vote on resolution instructing the
Governor to order elections:
Yeas—Messrs. Atkins, Allen of Jas
per, Allen of Hart, Bell, Belcher, Barnes,
Beard, Cunningham, Carson, Claiborne,
Colby, Costin, Glowers, Campbell, Dar
nell, Davis, Ellis, Fitzpatrick, Franks,
Floyd, Golden, Gardner, Goodwin,Guil
ford, Hillyer, Holcombe, Harris of Han
cock, Harden, Hutchings, Houston,
Haren, Johnson of Towns, Johnson of
Spalding, Johnson of Forsyth, Joiner,
Jackson, Lee, Lane, Linder, Lindsey,
Madden, Moore, Maull, McCormick,
Nesbitt of Gordon, O’Neal of Lowndes,
O’Neal of Baldwin, Powell, Porter,
Page, Perkins of Dawson, Rogers,
Richardson, Rice, Smith of Charlton,
Smith of Muscogee, Strickland, Simms,
Stone, Saulter, Tweedy, Thomason,
Turner, Watkins, Warren of Burke,
Williams of Harris, Williams of Haral
son, Zsliars.
Nays—Bennett, Bethune, Brewster,
Ballanger, Brown, Bryant, Cobb, Cleg
horn, Cloud, Clark, Duncan, Erwin,
Ford, Fowler, Felder, Gray, Gullatt,
Hall of Merriwether, Hall of Bulloch,
Hall of Glynn, Harkuess, Hamilton,
Harper ofSumter, Humber, Hook, Mc-
Arthur, Matthews, Nash, Osgood,
Paiks, Pepper, Reddish, Rainey, Ros
ser, Rumph, Sorrells, Sisson, Shackle
ford, Scott, Scroggins, Tate, Turnip
seed, Vinson, Williams of Morgan,
Warren of Quitman, Welchel, Wilcher.
Present and not voting—McDougald,
Shumate, and Tumlin.
Mr. Darnell, of Pickens, arose to a
question of privilege. He desired to be
permitted to record his vote in favor of
the 14th and 15th amendments, as he
was prevented from voting at the time.
Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Lee, of Newton, called up the
resolution of Mr. Bethune, requesting
Gen. Terry to enjoin and restrain all
action upon debts contracted prior to
June Ist, 1865. He desired to offer a
substitute.
Mr. O’Neal somehow obtained tbe
floor and offered a substitute.
Mr. Seott objected, that he had a prior
resolution; but it appeared that the
Clerk had entered Bethune’s first, and
the Speaker ruled that Bethune’s had
priority.
O’Neal’s substitute was read.
O’Neal said something about Provis
ional Governor desiring it.
Mr. Bryant objected. He thought it
was illegal and untenable. He was
tired of the “Provisional Governor”
being flung in their faces. This was
not a Provisional Government. Bul
lock, as “Governor,” had drawn $50,000
from the bank in New York; squander
ed as “Governor” the $20,000 contin
gent fund; and now, through their reso
lution, it is intended to endorse the po
sition that he was “Provisional Gov
ernor.” Bullock is like the juggler
with the balls under the mugs—now the
balls are there, and now they are not.
He thought that after all the schemes of
certain parties for the purchase, at a
cobt of $50,000, the Opera House, and
various other personal schemes, the
people would need relief; and he pre
dicted that these schemes would want
relief, too, after a little, for their rascal
ity, and call for rocks and mountains to
fall on them, etc.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, opposed the
resolution.
Sam Williams (colored) told Mr.
Harper he was opposed to it.
Mr. Harper moved to lay the resolu
tion on the table. Lost.
Mr. Bryant called for the yeas and
nays.
Speaker said he was too late.
Williams, of Morgan, said he was not
too late and he would swear it.
Speaker then said that the question
was on original resolution.
Message from the Senate, asking con
currenee in resolution authorizing the
“Governor” to draw his warrant on the
Treasurer for the pay of officers, clerks,
etc.
Discussion of Relief Resolution con
tinued.
Mr. Rice, of Columbia, opposed it.—
He admitted he was a carpet-bagger,but
as a business man, he opposed it.
Mr. Bethune, of Talbot, spoke in fa
vor of relief. The Supreme Court had
Luotod tho roliof law, und tllfi -tualw*®’
Courts were after the people with sharp
sticks, for all amounts as high as SIOO,
and the Justice, feeling himself the
plaintiff’s collector, would always give
judgment for full amount. He was
much exercised about it.
Mr. Lane, of Brooks, favored the res
olution. Pending his argument, House
adjourned until 11 o’clock, a. in , to
morrow.
SENATE.
Thursday, Feb. 17, 1870.
Senate called to order by President
Conley. Journal of 16th read.
The Chair announced as the Commit
tee on Enrollment, Higbee, Welch,
Wellborn, Speer, Fain, Wallace (col.),
Dickey.
The unfinished business, being the
consideration of Mr. Brock’s resolution,
was resumed.
Mr. Hinton being entitled to the floor,
offered the following as a substitute, in
a few pointed and pungent remarks:
Whereas, The people of Georgia Lave
recently emerged from a fierce and de
vastating war, the consequences of
which have fallen heavily upon all the
citizens of said State, reducing many
from a state of wealth and ease to a
condition of penury and want; its hard
ships, in a pecuniary sense, none have
escaped; and,
Whereas, As the results of the war
much of the property upon the faith ol
which credit was extended, has been
destroyed, and even the pittance left
vastly deteriorated in value; and,
Whereas, The enforcement of the
payment of the indebtedness of the peo
pie, at this early period after the close
of the war, would work a great sacrifice
to many and utter ruin to others; and,
Whereas, These calamities have be
fallen the people without any purpose
on their part to avoid the payment of
their indebtedness; and,
Whereas, It is believed that a law
consinunuuai in no provisions will be
passed before the adjournment of the
General Assembly, which will afford
real and substantial relief to the citizens
of Georgia ;
And, whereas we recognize no moral
or legal distinction between contracts
entered into before and since the war,
except the former are subject to be ad
justed according to principles of equity,
as provided by the ordinance of 1865,
and more recently by an act of the Leg
islature, entitled an act, “For the relief
of debtors and for the adjustment of
debts upon principles of equity,” and
such further action as may be had in
relation to the same ;
And whereas, we regard the amount
found to be due by a debtor before, dur
ing and since the war, when ascertain
ed by the laws of force made and pro
vided for the adjudication of the same,
as binding both in morals and in law,
as contracts made since the close of the
same.
To the end, therefore, that one class
of creditors shall not have an undue ad
vantage over another class; be it
Resolved, That no ministerial officer
of this State shall execute any judgment
or decree emenating from any court of
this State, founded upon contracts made
either before, during or since the war,
until after the expiration of the contem
plated recess of the Legislature, and for
twenty days after the reassembling of
the same.
Resolved, That no court of this State
shall hear and determine any matter of
contracts for the payment of money be
fore, during or since the war, until the
expiration of the time aforesaid.
Resolved, That nothing in the fore
going resolution shall be so constructed
as to interfere with the collection of
claims for services rendered—since June
1865, and provided that attachments
may issue when ever a defendant places
himself in any one of the positions au
thorizing the same.
Mr. Nunnally said that neither reso
lution suited him, and he offered a reso
lution as a substitute for both.
The resolution was in effect, to stay
all executions and judgments founded
on contracts entered into prior to June,
1865.
Mr. Harris opposed the substitutes,
and favored the resolution of Mr. Brock.
He moved the previous question, when
Mr. Wellborn arose to a point of or
der. He contended that neither the
resolution nor the substitutes could be
acted on, as the President had ruled
that the Senate, not having been recog
nized by the proper authorities, could
not legislate.
The President declared the point not
well taken, thus reversing his former
decision.
Mr. Hungerford appealed from the
decision of the Chair.
Mr. Wellborn proceeded to address
the Senate on the appeal, sustaining his
point of order by extracts from the Gov
ernor’s message and the President’s
rulings, when
The President decided him out of
order; stating that the question of order
must be decided at once without debate.
Mr. Hungerford raised the point of or
der for a member to approach the Pres
ident and influence him to change his
position.
The President denied the "soft irn
peachment.”
Aaron Alpeoria sustained the Chair
in the decision.
The decision of the Chair was sus
tained.
The vote then occurred on Mr. Nun-
nally’s substitute, and the substitute
was lost.
The vote was then taken on Mr. Hin
ton’s resolution, and the resolution
voted down, by yeas 8, nays 25.
Mr. Brock’s resolution was then put
upon its passage, and adopted by the
following vote:
Yeas —Bowers, Bradley, (c.,) Brock,
Bruton, Campbell, (c.) Colman, Cor
bitt, Crayton, (c.) Dickey, Dunning,
Griffin (6tb), Harris, Henderson, Jones,
Jordan, Merrell, McWhorter,Nunnally,
Sherman, Speer, Traywick, Wallace,
Welch, Mathews, Smith, (36th) —25.
Nays—Burns, Candler, Fain, Hicks,
Hinton, Holcombe, Hungerford, McAr
thur, Richardson, Smith, (7th) Strin
ger, Wellborn—l2.
Mr. Smith, of the 7th, gave notice
that he would move a reconsideration
of the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Speer moved to reconsider the
resolution, and to lay the motion to re
consider on the table. Tabled.
T. G. Campbell (col.) offered a reso
lution, that all proceedings in the courts
of this State, both civil and criminal,
be suspended until the courts are re
organized, and civil law re-established,
and that Governor Bullock be requested
to ask Gen. Terry to give this resolu
tion the force and effect of law.
The President thought it was the
same subject matter as the last resolu
tion.
Campbell proceeded to ventilate his
spleen against Courts and Juries.
Mr. Nunnally thought that the reso
lution might he construed into legaliz
ing the Ku Klux, and therefore moved
to table it.
The vote on laying the resolution on
the table was as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Bowers, Candler,
Corbitt, Fain, Dunning, Griffin, 6th,
Harris, Hinton, Holcombe, Jordan,Mc-
Arthur, McWhorter, Mathews, Nunnal
ly, Richardson, Sherman, Smith, 7th,
Smith, 36th, Speer, Stringer, Wellborn,
Welch and Traywick—23.
Nays—Messrs. Campbell, col’d.Brad
ley, col’d, Crayton, col’d Dickey, Hun
gerford, Jones, Merrell and Wallace,
col’d—B.
Mr. Harris offered a resolution that
the General Assembly take a recess for
sixty days, and reassemble on the 18th
of April,subject to be called together by
the proclamation of the Governor, at an
earlier date, and that the members, offi
cers and constitutional clerks draw n
pay during the recess, except mileage.
Mr. Smith (36th) moved to strike out
“except mileage.” Motion lost.
Mr. Traywick moved to strike out
“60 days and 18th of April,” and insert
“Monday next, 21st inst.” which mo
tion did not prevail.
Mr. Nunnally offered an amendment
calling upon the Governor to order elec
tions to fill vacancies, and that the Leg
islature adjourn until Ist Wednesday
in July.
Mr. Candler offered an amendment,
which was accepted by Mr. Nunnally,
reciting the deaths of Joseph Adkins,
and B. R. McCutchen. Lost.
Mr. Nunnally moved to strike out
“18th of April,” and insert “side die.”
Lost.
Mr. Merrell moved to insert thst
“members, officers and constitutional
clerks receive their per diem for ten
days, but mileage.” Lost.
Mr. Harris’ resolution was then adopt
ed by yeas 16, nays 12, and ordered
trunsmitted tci lilts IIOUSG.
Motion to adjourn until 4 o’clock this
evening was voted down, and 3 o’clock
adopted. The Senate will meet at 3p. m.
3 O’CLOCK, P. M.
Senate met.
The President announced the follow
ing as the Auditing Committee :
Colman, McArthur, Griffin, (21st)
Mathews, Stringer, Bradley, (c) Sher
man.
Senate took another recess for a few
minutes, and then reassembled.
A message was received from the
House, announcing that body had con
curred in the Senate resolution, to pay
officers of the General Assembly, etc.,
with the following amendment, “author
ized by the Constitution of Georgia,”
and by striking out the word “em
ployees.”
On motion of Mr. Harris, the Senate
refused to concur in the amendments.
The Senate then took another recess,
and reassembled after half an hour’s in
termission.
A message was received from the
House announcing that that body had
receded from its amendments to the
Senate resolution.
On motion of Mr. Harris, Senate took
another recess, this time until 12 m.,
April 18th, unless sooner convened.
HOUSE.
House met at 10 a. m. Thursday, and
was called to order by the Speaker.
Journal of yesterday read and ap
proved .
Mr. Scott gave notice of a motion to
reconsider the action of tlio House yes
terday in laying upon the table his pro
test and his resolution to fill vacancies
existing in the representation of certain
counties.
Mr. Scott’s motion to reconsider his
protest was laid on the table.
The motion to reconsider the resolu
tion in reference to filling vacancies,
was ruled out of order.
Debate resumed on O’Neal’p iwlief
substitute.
Mr. Lane, of Brooks, had the floor.
At his request the original resolution
of Mr. Bethune was read; also, the sub
stitute offered by O’Neal.
Mr. Lane advocated the substitute, as
it was couched in stronger verbiage than
the resolution of Bethune.
Previous question was here called,
and carried.
On the main question, the yeas and
nays were called. Yeas 71; nays 48.
Resolution adopted.
O’Neal, of Lowndes, moved to take
up the Senate resolution, providing pay
for officers, clerks, doorkeepers, mes
sengers, etc.
“Resolved, by the General Assembly,
the House of Representatives concurring
therein, that the Governor be required
to draw his warrant on the Treasury,
in favor of the officers, clerks, door
keepers, messengers, and of the em
ployees of the respective Houses, for
such sum of money as may be due to
each, upon the certificate of the Secre
tary of the Senate and Clerk of the
House of Representatives, and that
such amount be charged in final settle
ment.”
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, obtained the floor
and was proceeding to oppose the reso
lution.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Bibb, asked to
make a remark.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, sotto voce,
said “let him say,” and he said Mr.
Scott need not make a long speech, as
they (the Radicals) intended to vote it
—meaning the resolution —down.
Mr. Scott feared “the Greeks bringing
presents,” and, seeing O’Neal eager for
the fray, declined to stop, but contin
ued his remarks. Who were the clerks?
Was it the long line of retainers who
had been hovering around the Egyptian
flesh pots from the infamous inaugura
tion of the plunder scheme under bass
drum Harris, through its mysterious
ramifications down to the present non
descript and anomalous position of re
tainers.
Registers in bankruptcy, roll callers,
lobbyists, and the countless hosts used
in the Bullock & Blodgett machinations,
in all the sessions, recesses, interims,
etc. It was indefinite, uncertain, ille
gal, unconstitutional as originating in
the Senate, when alone an appropria
tion of money can originate in the
House—in a word, an unblushing ave
nue of corruption. He moved to lay
the resolution on the table. Motion
lost.
O’Neal, of Lowndes, obtained the
floor. It was not an appropriation of
money. It was only directing the mode
and manner which funds, already ap
propriated, should be drawn out of the
Treasury. [When was the appropria
tion made?]
He thought Democrats opposed this
measure because stipendaries were Rad
icals. Republicans should vote for it in
self-defense, because the clerks were
radicals. [Cunning O’Neal.]
Mr. Anderson, of Cobb, took a sensi
ble and just view of the matter. The
politics of the stipendiaries had nothing
to do with the pay of persons entitled to
it. In the main, he favored the propo
sition. It was, however, too indefinite
an omnibus bill that opened too wide
the doors of fraud.
A message from the Senate was an
nounced.
Mr. Anderson continued. He wanted
the “payees” defined. He asked to have
the amendment of Mr. Hamilton, of
Scriven, read.
Mr. Hamilton’s amendment proposed
to strike out “employees.”
Mr. Shumate offered an amendment t;o
this—to insert after “clerks,” the words
“authorized by the Code.”
He called the previous question on the
amendments.
Member from Chatham moved to lay
the amendment of Mr. Hamilton on the
table.
The Speaker put the motion to lay on
the table. Carried.
A division was called, which stood 54
in favor, to 52 against.
The yeas and nays were called.
Yeas 56, nays 62.
So the motion to lay on the table was
lost.
The previous question was then put
on amendments, and carried.
Upon the adoption of the amendment
the motion was carried.
Yeas and nays called for—uot sus
tained. ,
Amendment ordered to be transmitted
to the Senate.
The resolution from the Senate about
Relief concurred in.
Mr. Scott offered a resolution that no
member or officer draw any pay during
the recess.
Motion to take up this resolution lost,
as it required a three-fourths vote. —
Yeas and nays were not called.
Mr. offered a resolution
that SSO be paid to Rev. C. W. Francis
for services as Chaplain in organizing
the House. Some objected to it, but
Mr. Anderson thought he earned it;
he had a hard subject for successful
prayer upon which to operate.
Mr. Franks, of Bibb, offered a resolu
tion that the messenger he authorized
to employ three pages, at the price of $1
per day.
He moved to take it up. Carried.
Williams, of Morgan, offered a sub
stitute.
Mr. Franks thought his motion had
been adopted by the Speaker. [Laugh
ter.]
Williams withdrew liis substitute.
Mr. Turner, of Bibb, offored an
amendment, striking out $1 and insert
ing $2. He thought boys could eat as
much as men. He derided “boy econ
omy”— while reckless extravagance
reigned in every other department.
Harris (colored) of Hancock, favored
Turner’s amendment. “It ar little naff
—tree time two am six. Dat am little
nuff.”
He called the previous question on
the amendment. Carried.
The original resolution was then
adopted as amended.
A resolution authorizing the Speaker
to select pages was carried.
Resolution from the Senate asking the
concurrence of the House, and provid
ing for a recess of sixty days, during
which no pay should be drawn except
for mileage, was concurred in.
House then adjourned till 3 o’clock
p. m.
[McDougald was not in the city yes
terday when the vote was taken on tho
resolution requesting the Governor to
order elections to fill vacancies. Har
per of Terrell, Anderson, and the other
gentlemen declining to vote, did so de
cline because it was on a motion to take
up, which required a three fourths vote,
and they thought it useless to attempt
it.]
RELIEF RESOLUTION.
The following message was received
from the Senate through Mr. Mills,
their Secretary:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopt
ed the following resolution, in which
they ask the concurrence of the House :
Resolved, By the General Assembly,
that all proceedings in the several courts
of this State, founded on any debt, or
contract, made or entered into prior to
June 1, 1865, and all levies and sales by
virtue of any execution so founded,
shall be, and are hereby stayed until
twenty days after the recess taken by
this General Assembly shall have ex
pired.
Resolved, That the General Assembly
in compliance with the just demands of
the people, earnesgly appeal to Maj
Gen. Terry to sanction and enforce th.
above resolution after its approval by
by the Provisional Governor.
The Speaker appointed the following
Auditing Committee: Tumlin, of Ran
dolph, Chairman; Neal, of Warren-
Ford, Johnson, of Towns, Rainey, Zel
lars, Hamilton, Porter, colored, John,
son, of Spalding, Costin, colored,
Watkins, Maxwell.
House called to order at the hour of
3 p. m.
Mr. Hillyer, of Camden, offered a
resolution.
Mr. Porter, of Chatham offered one
also. It was read. It provided for the
printing of 2,000 copies of the Governor’s
Message.
Mr. Scott opposed it. There were
already thousands of copies and the
House was flooded with them. lie call
ed the previous question.
The resolusion was carried.
On division the Speaker declared the
resolution lost.
Mr. Tumlin offered a resolution “on
economy.”
A message from the Senate refusing
to concur in the House amendment to
the resolution relative to pay of officers,
clerks, etc., and asking that the House
recede from the amendment.
Mr. Shumate moved that the House
adhere to its amendment.
Mr. Anderson called the previous
Question.
Motion to adhere ruled out of order.
Mr. — moyed to recede.
Motion carried.
Yeays and nays called for.
Mr. Hamilton, of Scriven, desired to
know where the resolution would stand
if the House refused to recede.
Speaker—lt will go back to the Sen
ate, and if it do recede, it will stand
adopted and go back as concurred in.
Yeas 61, nays 57. The House receded.
The Speaker then declared the reso
lution concurred in.
Mr. Madden, of Burke, offered a res
olution reciting that Mr. Bryant and
Mr. Caldwell were absent without leave,
and providing that their pay be stopped
during the time of their absence, and
appointing a committee to investigate
their conduct. Laid over.
On motion, a seat was tendered Hon.
Foster Blodgett.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan, offered a
resolution to pay two boys $2 per day.
Carried.
Houston (col’d), of Bryant, offered a
resolution that the reporter of the At
lanta Constitution be reprimanded by
the Speaker for perverting the language
of some “culled pussons” in the House,
and if he persist in the pervasion, he be
excluded. Not taken up. [Oh ye dig
nity 1 Defeat your English !]
Mr. Tumlin, of Randolph, moved that
the Senate be now notified that the
House is ready to concur in recess pro
posed by the Senate. Carried.
Resolution requesting Gen. Terry to
assist in securing justice in the courts,
and authorizing him to take cognizance
of cases where life and liberty are in
volved. Not taken up.
A resolution to appoint a committee
to investigate the management of the
State Road. Not taken up.
Mr. Hillyer, of Camden—a resolution
in reference to the death of Robert
Lumpkin.
Mr. Tumlin, of Randolph, moved to
adjourn for sixty days, unless sooner
called together by the Governor. Car
ried. [Applause.]
Mr. Bcott, of Floyd, inquired of the
Speaker, before he left the chair, if it
would be in order to offer a resolution !
providing a gallows in the rotunda for
hanging the Constitution reporter.
The Cadet Brokerage. —A tele
gram to tho Augusta Chronicle, from
Washington, on the 16th, in reference
to the investigations going on in regard
to the sale of Cadetships by Southern
carpet bag and scalawag members of
Congress, says the proof is conclusive
against Whittemore, of South Carolina,
and Edwards, of Georgia. The com
mittee is of the opinion that not six of
the appointments made on the recom
mendations of the carpet-bag and scala
wag members from the South are legit
imate. What better could be expected
of the creatures who fill the places of
Congressmen from the South ?
Ice Manufacturing in Columbia.
—The Columbia (S. C.) Guardian is in
formed by Mr. John C. Seegers that he
has ordered a machine for the manufac
ture of ice in that city. The machine is
expected to arrive in May. It is of
large capacity, and will turn out 1,000
pounds per hour, and will cost $9,000.
He promises to supply ice at lower rates
than ever sold there before.
SATURDAY HORNING, FEB. 18.
Relief.— Judge Johnson, on motion
of attorneys, continued many cases in
pursuance of the resolution passed by
the Legislature before its adjourment.
Much Thanks for This.— The Leg
islature in adjourning has performed
one act, which wil’ meet the unqualified
endorsment of the people of the State.
The people would be justified in pre
venting, by force if necessary, the re
assembling of so dangerous and irre
sponsible a body of ignorance and vice.
The heavy snow storm at Memphis
and other portions of the Northwest on
Thursday, accounts for the change of
temperature down South Thursday
night, and its continuance throughout
Friday.
Hon. Wm. Stroud, of Clarke county,
Ga., died at his residence in that coun
ty on Tuesday of last week, in the 86th
year of his age. Judge Stroud was a
native of North Carolina, but from his
boyhood has resided in Georgia. He
represented Clarke county for many
years in both branches of the Legisla
ture, and was a member of tho State
Convention of 1850.
Give Us the List.—Blodgett in his
letter says :
Upon the election in the Legislature,
I received every Republican vote, with
out exception, while many among the
Democrats, believing that I had been
persecuted without a cause, also voted
for me.
Will the Atlanta Constitution favor
the country with a list of these Demo
crats ? ,
Currie’s Raw-Bone Fertilizer
We refer readers to the advertisement
of this choice fertilizer, for the sale of
which Mr. John Munn is agent. Plant
ers from various sections of the South
highly endorse it. Circulars sent on
application. See notice.
Southern Agricultural Works—
These Works, near the upper end of
Oglethorpe street, have for sale 10,000
Harrow Teeth at 10 cents per lb., Ew
in’s Adjustable Iron Foot Plow ; Plow
Hoes of all descriptions; Genuine Dixon
Sweeps. Single Trees, Clevises Heel
Pins, Rods, Turn Plows, Subsoil Plows,
&c. Repairing done at short notice.
Death of Donald Fraser.— This
gentleman died early yesterday morn
ing. He was a Scotchman by birth.
His age was about thirty-eight years.
He has resided in Columbus for a long
period, was married here, and possessed
many friends. He was a fine chemist
and for many years held the position of
druggist in Dr. Ware’s drug store. For
several terms he was elected and served
as Alderman of the city of Columbus.
He was esteemed as a quiet unostenta
tious gentleman.
Cotton Seed Grinder and Pul
verizer.—A farmer, until he sees the
product of one of these machines, can
have but little idea of their great value.
It is simple and works rapidly. It has
been amply demonstrated that nearly
all the fertilizing property of cotton seed
lies in the hull. With one of these ma
chines you can hull your cotton and
save the seed for stock. By a Bimple
change you turn the instrument to ano
ther species of work, and it grinds and
pulverizes the hull into a powder, ready
to be mixed with the soil or with com
mercial manures. The execution is
rapid and perfect. No planter who
wants to make money should be without
it. We saw yesterday specimens of the
“pulverization” effected by one of these
mills on the farm of Major Moses, in
tko office of Uiipt. .T. I. Dunfiam, 116
Broad street, where they are displayed
for inspection. See notice.
Spring and Winter in a Few
Hours.— Parties who retired to bed
about 2 a. m. Friday, report that rain
was falling heavily and the atmosphere
so warm as to render a thin overcoat
oppressive. When they arose about 8
a. m., a keen wind was whistling
around, ice found and tiny snow flakes
falling. This is coming it rather strong
even in this changeable latitude. The
day was cold, but lively and invigorat
ing. It was a singlular contrast to see
snow and peach and plum blossoms and
green foliage, a beautiful sight to behold.
Flowers and buds are this morning
charmingly preserved in ice chrystals.
During the day old Sol occasionally
peeped through his cloud curtains, but
seeing many parties taking more room
on pavements than sober people are
wont to Uo, quickly withnrew that ho
might discover nothing to tell.
Superior Court Y esterday— After
Court opened and the minutes had been
read, Judge Johnson gave his opinion
on the question argued yesterday, as to
the sufficiency of the bond given in the
attachment case of Smith vs. Robinson’s
circus. He held that under the law,
Magistrates had sufficient power to pass
upon these instruments, and that he
could not interfere with their action in
the case presented. In this Moses &
Downing appeared for the Sheriff' and
Blandford & Thornton for Smith.
Several cases were tried, but they
were of little general interest.
Early in the day Hon. Porter Ingram
drew the attention of the Court and the
Bar to the newspaper report of a resolu
tion which passed the Legislature Thurs
day, suspending proceedings on any
contracts made prior to June, 1865.
The bench recognized it, and that led
to many cases being continued.
The Court heard a motion for Injunc.
tion in favor of Chaney, of Talbot coun
ty, vs. Dickerson, and after argument
had been had refused to grant it. John
Peabody, Esq., representing Ex-Judge
Worrill, appeared for the motion, and
Mr. Willis, of Talbot county, and M. 8.
Smith, contra.
It is understood that Court will con
tinue on Jury cases all of next week,
and then will hear motions until Wed
nesday of the week after.
Funding the Public Debt.— The
Washington special to the Baltimore
Sun says Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, intro
duced in the House on the 14th inst., a
bill “to provide for funding the public
debt at a lower rate of interest, to secure
uniformity in the value of the national
currency, and to determine the time
and mode of resuming specie pay
ments,” which proposes to authorize
tho Secretary of the Treasury to issue
coupon or registered bonds to the
amount of $1,400,000,000, redeemable
in gold coin of equal value and fineness
with the present gold coinage of the
United States, redeemable at the pleas
ure of the United States in three equal
portions, in twenty, thirty and forty
years, and payable in ten years after
such times, bearing a semi-annual gold
interest not exceeding four and a half
per cent., and exempt from national or
State taxation.
A writer in the Opelika Recorder
suggests the name of lion. William 11.
Barnes, of Lee county, for the next
Governor of Alabama.
Cotton at Shreveport, La.—Total
receipts 67,732; stock Feb. 9th, 9,038
That day 579 bales were received.
YANKEE RELIGION.
The New York Herald, of the 13th
inst., devotes an entire page to reports
of sermons from the popular Divines of
New York, delivered on the previous
Sunday, and gives to its religious page
tho following characteristic heading:
TilO Champagne and the Cider Churches of the
City and Vicinity.
Seeking the “ Thorny Way" on Silken
Cushions.
THE TOILERS OF THB BttA AT THEIR DEVO
TIONS.
Personnel of the Preachers and Habits of Their
Hearers — Music and Mirth as'
Aids to the Gospel.
Asa specimen of tho performances,
the Herald refers to the chief actor aB
follows:
“Tho performance at Plymouth
church was in every sense a success-
Alternate laughter and tears convulsed
the sinners as the preacher said some
thing particularly comical or gave ex
pression to a sentiment more than ordi
narily pathetic. And so, with faces
flushed by hilarity and handkerchiefs
wet by tears, ladies and gentlemen list
ened to a sermon on ‘The liiddeu Gos
pel’—a discourse with a most suggestive
title, the Bible being to many attend
ants at church ‘as a sealed book.’
“At five minutes past twelve o’clock,
Mr. Beecher introduced Christ*into liis
sermon—he had been preaching three
quarters of an hour without having men
tioned that holy name.”
But Beecher and his crowd are not
having the religious business all their
own way. On the same Sunday a stur
dy, old fashioned preacher out West let
off a gun loaded with different material.
The Crawfordsville (Indiana) Journal
says:
The Bev. Satu’l Godfrey, of this city,
who heretofore has supported the Rad
ical party, preached an eloquent sermon
to a large and attentive audience in the
Methodist Church in Crawfordsville.—
In the course of the services he offered
up the following prayer, which wecom
meud to a careful reading by these of
our fellow citizens who, in former elec
tions, have been induced by false prom
ises and demagogical appeals to their
passions and prejudices to help place in
power the most corrupt and infamous
administration that ever cursed a nation.
The appeal of the eloquent divine to the
Throne of Grace, we venture, will not
bo unheeded, when we recognize tho
fact that God is just. The
PRAYER.
“O Lord ! Thou knoweat that the
leading men of our nation, and those
occupying the highest public positions
| are thieves and robbers, plunderers and
! murderers, drunkards and debauchees;
j that we have too many Harlans and too
many Beechers, O Lord.”
Blodgett Vires a Treat and the Beni
ocrals Uo for the Liquor and Vict
uals.
We find the following disgusting
piece of self abasement and toadyism iu
Blodgett’s organ, the Atlanta Intelli
gencer ;
The occasion was one on which, as a
matter of course, the political friends
of the recently elected Senator assem
bled to congratulate him on his election,
as well as to enjoy the social festivities
attendant upon such demonstrations ;
while the Democrats in attendance, of
whom there were a large number, paid
their respects in appreciation of the po
litical adversary who had been success
ful over them, and whom also, socially,
and as a gentleman, with his estimable
family, they recognize as entitled to
all the courtesies of refined society.
The reception was a brilliant one.
The taste of Mrs. B. and her unbounded
hospitality were perceptible in every
arrangement for tho entertainment of
the guests, and what with the generous
wine that sparkled in their glasses ; tho
repartee and wit that enlivened tho
company ; the reception passed off with
eclat as one of the most brilliant that
has taken place since the days of “recon
struction” which we trust, will now
soon be over, began in the “Old Empire
State of the South.”
The people of Georgia can now under
stand what they have to expect of men
who can recognize Blodgett socially as
a gentleman, and entitled to “all of the
courtesies of refined society.” Verily,
tho examplo of the “Press Excursion”
is working out its legitimate fruits.
Correspondence of the Sun and Times.
From Barbour County, Ala.
Clayton, Ala., Feb. 12,1870.
Messre. Eds.: The citizens of Barbour
county have to day voted on the ques
tion of giving to the Vicksburg and
Brunswick Railroad three hundred
thousand dollars in bonds. There was
scarcely any effort made to oppose the
project, and the vote of this town stood
593 for the loan and 29 against it. This
indicates the character of the vote
throughout the county, winch insures
the speedy completion of the road. Tho
line, as now under contract, extends
from Clayton to Brunswick, via Ku.'au
la and Albany; and it is expected that
the cars will run over the entire lino
inside of fifteen months. The road will
then ho gradually extended from this
place to Meridian, via Greenville. The
Directors meet on the 28th, and will
then complete all plans with regard to
the section between this place and Eu
faula. The line from Eufaula to Albany
is already under contract, and Superin
tendent Hulbert promises the speedy
completion of the road from Brunswick
to Albany. With this line, and the
Montgomery and Eufaula road comple
ted, we shall be supplied with ample
railroad facilities.
The change of location of the court
house has been settled by giving Eufaula
a city court, the jurisdiction of which,
by request of parties interested, Bhall
extend over the entire county. This
being tho caso, the election of a Judge,
which takes place on the first of the
coming month, will be participated in
by the voters of the whole county. The
only candidate who seems to have at
tained any prominent notice is Major
Henry It. Shorter, of Eufaula, a gentle
man too well known to need any ex
tended notice at my hands. He most
assuredly is capablo of discharging judi
dicial duties with a dignity and grace
calculated to do honor to the ermines
His reception here to-day by our voter.
—black and white—shows that he has a
host of friends who will kindly remem
ber him at the polls; and if his own city
does him equal honor, his election is a
foregone conclusion. I trust when next
we meet I shall be able to drop his mili
tary and salute him with a judicial title.
A large number of mules have been
sold here this season, and everything
indicates extensive preparations for
planting large crops. Help is scarce,
yet the planters trust to their own good
muscles, and to straggling laborers, to
cultivate and gather their crops.
Yours, fraternally,
Sidney Herbert.
Threat and Counter-threat. —
Elder sister (to her brother about six
summers): “Oh ! you wicked, bad boy!
Put down that pipe directly, sir, or I’ll
box your ears for you.” Junior broth
er (who has been smoking): “Box my
ears if you dare. I’ll go and tell pa you
let cousin Jack kiss you twice behind
tho door yesterday."
N. B.—A truce was agreed upon.—
mil-o'-the- Wisp.
A Lono Lived Family. —Miss Bet
sey Thomas, of Portland, Maine, died
last week at the advanced age of
years. A brother and sister— the tor
mer aged 98, and the latter 100—survive
her.
Mr. Reuben Durham was dangerous
ly stabbed in several places last week,
at Walkiusville, Ga., by a man named
Davis.