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TEENDA V MOhtAINU, NOV. 21.
Tbr North and South Rallroad-Its
Blrt l«,l‘roifrt-ss null Present Conti 1-
ttou
The papers of Home have informed
us of the commencement of work at
that point, and Col. Winn, the Chief
Engineer of th e Road, who has just re
turned from a visit along the line, tells
us that the Engineers will be able to
put the Troup County Construction
Company to work at LiGrange this
week. Thu first Locomotive, the ii.
S. Estes, is en-ronte for Columbus, and
the first delivery of iron is afloat, and
by the terms of the contract, is to be de
livered in "all, November." Cars for
the construction train will arrive from
York, Pennsylvania, and Dawson Ga.,
in time for laying the tiack. We com
plete the present status, when we add
that the work at this end amounts to
fully 17 miles graded, while the piers of
the bridge at Mulberry, is nearly com
plete, and the crossties ready, and the
training of the tresselling and bridges
going on rapidly. We have been grat
ified by the complete disappearance of
all doubts in the minds of almost every
one with regard to thisimportant woik.
But it is curious ta reflect upon
THE BIRTH AND PROGRESS,
of opinion in regard to it from the com
mencement. It was first declared that
the Legislature would not pass the char
ter, then that the Governor would not
sign it, then the City Council would cot
subscribe, then that the people would
not ratify, then that Rome would not
subscribe, then that the ground would
never be broken, that iron would never
be laid, then that it would stop at Ham
ilton, then that it would be built to La
Grange and then no further, but active
operations at Rome knocked this last
prop, and the doubts have been reduced
by desertions at each change of scene
to a mere corporal’s guard. We re
member at one time the doubters were
criticizing the Executive Committee,
because they intended selling out to
HI KIMBALL,
when his propositions, looking alone to
speculation, and not to the interest of
Columbus, the road (but among other
things to two endorsements on one road
as was played on the Van Wert,) were
rejected,then the doubiers raised a howl
of failure, failure, and pointed to Kim
ball as the savior of the Railroads of
Georgia. But while every other road
in Georgia, save one, has suspended
construction, the North and South has
moved forward with a rapidity truly
remarkable, and has demonstrated that
Southern men, natives of Georgia, can
manage with energy and successfully,
great works of internal improvement
which have heretofore often fallen into
the hands of strangers and adventurers.
It requires but half their duty per
formed for the people on the line to se
cure the rapid completion of this road,
which to Columbus will be another
OUTLET TO THE WEST AND THE SEA.
Columbus should give $50,000 in ,
private subscriptions, and each coun
ty on the line $75,000, and then we ;
may confidently expect to be united
with Home, by an iron band within
eighteen months. Col. Winn informs
us, that as soon as location at LaGrange
is completed, the engineer corps will
move toward
FRANKLIN AND CARROLLTON.
The difficulties presented by the coun
try between this place and LaGrange,
made the progress of the surveyors nec
essarily slow. Their work is a thing
which every intelligent person knows
cannot be hurried. Col. W. also tells
us that the failure of Kimball to carry
his Van Wert, Cherokee etc., Railroad
(you pay your money, take your choice
of names,) to Cedartown by January
Ist, will turn $50,000 of his subscrip
tion to the North and South Railroad.
Railroad Construction.— lt is with
pleasure we meet Mr. W. C. Cherry on
his return from Rome, where he has
been in the management of an impor
tant contract on the North and South
Railroad, from Rome this way. Mr.
Cherry plough young in the business,at
tracted the attention of the officials here
for the rapid and workmanlike manner
in which he finished up the seventeenth
mile of the road under Lane, Grant A
Cos., at this point, from which work he
went above. We cordially commend
Mr. Cherry to our friends at the Rome
end, as a reliable business man and
clever gentleman.
Renting of Baptist Church Pews.
—Forty pews were rented yesterday.
The atmosphere was rather inclement.
Including the 15 per cent, for church
expenses, the rental amounted to
$1,711 80. There are ouo hundred
pews yet to be rented, which will in
crease this amount considerably. The
highest bid was $l5O, then came five at
SIOO each,seven at SSO, two at SOO, four
at S4O, the remainder at lower figures.
Yesterday could hardly be regarded as
a criterion of success, as a shower had
fallen in the morning and more rain was
looked for.
Silver Manufacture. —We were j
shown some large silver spoons which
Wittich & Kinsel had manufactured
from a number of smaller ones. The
workmanship was most excellent. They
were equal to anything tho best estab
lishments in the North can turn out;
and one has a guarantee of their purity.
Our people can have all such work done
better and cheaper at home than above
Mason’s and Dixon’s line.
Eufaula, Abbeville and Gulf
Railroad. —The stockholders met in
Eufaula on Friday—llßl shares repre
sented—Col A. ,T. Lane, E B. Youn ',
W. J Ui iy, V R >•-. J 11.
Bernstein, of r.u au.a, and M. Smith,
Gen. A C. Gordon, andC. J. Reynolds,
of Abbeville, were elected directors,
who, at a subsequent meeting, elected
Col A. J. Lane President and Mr. J.
G. L Martiu Secretary and Treasurer.
Maj Gairdner, the engineer of the sur
veying party, of the Eufaula, Abbeville
and Gulf Railroad, states that they have
already ruu a line some leu milts be
low Abbeville, aud will in another
wetk reach Columbia.
“Honest’’ Ben. Wade has been inter
viewed by a reporter. He won’t refuse
office if elected. Thinks it certain that
Grant will be next President. Believes
the West is ia favor of high tariff, such
as will enable the country to pay off at
least fifty millious per annum, or more,
without beiug too burdensome. Doesn’t
think the Cabinet will be changed.
C. W. Abell has discovered gold on
his larm in Rhea county, Tenn., near
Chattanooga.
VOL. XIII.
Editorial Correspondence.
Atlanta, Ga., Nor. 19.
We reached here sometime after dark
(owing to a run off of a freight train)
on our return from Crawfordville on
yesterday. Accompanied by Mr. Wil
lingham, of the LaGrange Reporter, by
special invitation, we reached the resi
dence of Mr. Stephens on Friday even
ing. Mr. 8. had just returned from the
Court House, where he had made a
legal argument in a case of alleged
fraud in which he was interested, the
Superior Court for Taliaferro being in
session, Judge Andrews presiding.
This, we believe, is the first time Mr. 8.
has visited a Court House, since he re
ceived the injury by the falling of a
farm gate. He received us with the
: most cordial hospitality and immedi
ately entertained us with his kind man
ner and elegant powers of conversation,
j Although enfeebled in body, the mind
of Mr. 8. sparkles more and more brill
iantly with tho decline of his body, al
ways frail. It is a gem of the purest
water glittering in a casket of earth.
The stranger feels at once domesti
cated at “Liberty Hail.” If we were a
Jenkins, or a professional interviewer,
we could give a hundred particulars as
sociated with this home of kindness and
liberal hospitality, presided over by a
genius which has filled not only a hem
isphere, but a world, with the fame of
its statesmanship. Mr. 8. is truly a
great and good man, and his slanderers
will live, we hope, to regret that they
ever attempted to plant thorns among
the laurels which will never fade, but
cluster thicker and thicker around his
illustrious brow. Instead of a revolu
tionist and extremist, as represented by
those who are too stupid to comprehend,
or too base to appreciate his purity, he
is one of the most conservative and con
stitutional of statesmen. He ignores all
force as a remedy for evils, but has a
Godlike faith in the final triumph of
right over wrong and the supremacy of
truth over error, if reason is freed from
arbitrary power.
His domestic arrangements are in
keeping with the honesty and simplici
ty of his noble character. His house is
quiet and comfortable, his servants
faithful, attentive and affectionate to
himself and friends, his library is ex
tensive and well selected, and his neat
parlor is decorated with statues of mar
ble and bronze and paintings and en
gravings illustrative of some of the
most touching scenes in American his
tory. There stands Oglethorpe, girt
with sword; there is Webster enchain
ing a listening Senate, and there is a
beautiful female clad partly in Episcopal
vestments, reading the funeral service
over a devoted soldier whose name will
only on earth be unknown and unre
corded. There, on the wall, hangs a
portrait of his only brother, Judge Ste
phens, by Healy, and opposite, by the
same artistic hand, the angelic features
and form of that brother’s wife starts
from the canvass instinct with life and
beauty.
If some Northern Jenkins had by
chance dropped down on “Liberty
Hall” Friday night, he would have sup
posed it was a Grand Convocation of
tho Grand Oiyolopo Liiuoolf, ptoliminck
ry to anew rebellion. There was Gen.
Toombs, Judge Stephens, Billups,
Reed, a son of Judge Reese, and three
or four other lawyers, besides two
bloody editors. What a set of conspi
rators, and what a place to concoct
“treasons and strategems;” but “spoils”
are gone since the Bullock strayed or
was stolen or stole. Stealing now is a
“dead issue” according to the old rule,
“0 from 0 and 0 remains.” Politics,
however, was scarcely mentioned, and
discussions on law and anecdotes made
Time fly on feathery pinions. Under
the withering wit and keen sarcasm of
Gen. Toombs we had at our feast of
reason and flow of soul:
“Mirth that wrinkled eare derides,
And laughter holding both his sides.’’
We all retired at a seasonable hour,
and instead of horrible Ku-K'ux, our
dreams were only made pleasant by
such apparitions as Washington, Madi
ison, Ac., like the ghost of Banquo,
shaking their locks, and driviuing in
fright from his usurped stool, a “gen
tleman on horseback.”
After a delightful visit, we bade adieu
to our honored host with the sincere
wish that his health and life may be
long spared, and he reap the rewards of
affection from a peoplo ho has long
loved and served.
To-morrow, the Constitutional time
will expire when Conley will be com
pelled to take action on the bill
for a special election for Governor.—
The impression is common that the
bill will be voted, and be passed over
tbe so-called Executive head.
We have had two short interviews
with Speaker Smith and one with our
industrious and talented Representative!
Joseph Pou. Their hopes for the future
of the State are bright.
We listened this morning to an excel
lent sermon by the Rev. R. W. Elliot,
son of the late Episcopal Bishop, of
Georgia. Subject—“ This day thou
shalt be with me in Paradise.”
We have seen the Kimball House and
should be ready of course to die. It is
certainly magnificent in all its arrange
ments. Mr. Warren, formerly of Cook’s
Hotel, is one of the chief and polite at
tachees. The fare is bountiful and ex
cellent, the rooms and beds regal in ap
pearance and the servants attentive.
We wiil return on Tuesday, wind
and weather being on our side and no
railroad accidents. *
We spent the time most pleasantly
with the family of friend Willingham,
at LaGrange, and to him we are indebt
ed for much of the pleasure of oui very
agreeable visit.
The weather now Is very cold, windy
and disagreeable here.
U. 8. Circuit Court. —We clip the
following iroui ihe Savannah Republi
can s report oi eudge Erskine’a Court,
of tbe 18th:
A. T. Stewart A Cos. vs. B. G. A S.
Steru, two cases, removed from the
State Court. Verdict for plaintiff.
Same vs. Barnett, Chapman A Cos.,
removed from State Court. Verdict
for plaintiff.
Morris L. Haliowell A Cos. vs. Ran
dolph A Barton, removed from State
Court, leave to amend declaration filed
and the case continued.
A. C. Shafer A Cos. vs. Steam Cotton
Mill; twoji/a’s., levy and sale. Order
to pay proceeds into the registry of the
court.
David Valentine vs. James A. Chap
man & Cos. Death ol Chapman sug
gested Bnd case continued.
Charles Wise vs. the Eagle Manufac
turing Company—case removed from
Muscogee Superior Court. Leave
granted to amend declarations so as to
coniform to the pleadings and practice
of the United States Court.
See notice of A. Whitten regarding
the sale of land near Smith's Station.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
j WEDNESDAY KOBNING.NOT. 22.
GOVERNOR’S VETO, Ac.
On yesterday morning when we left
Atlanta, the impression prevailed that
Conley would veto the special election
1 bill. The five days being, exclusive of
Sunday, the time limited by the Con
stitution for the action of the Governor
expired yesterday. In case he exer
cised the veto, it was believed that the
bill would pass by the Constitutional
majority.
We think the members of the Legis
lature committed a legal error in per
mitting Conley to exercise executive
functions after the election of Trammell
as President of the Sente. A quo war
ranto might be issued against him to
test the title and right of the incumbent,
but as the Supreme Court is now or
ganized, the play would hardly pay for
the candle.
We saw Capt. True of Madison, on
Monday, immediately from New York.
He says he enquired diligently for
Bullock but was unable to hear any
thing as to his present abode. The
Legislature, for a few days, has been
much exercised as to whether it would
be better to constitute a committee to
investigate the State frauds inside or
outside of its members. It is argued
that to form the committee fiom mem
bers, it would be equal to a deprivation
of several counties from the legislation
of the State. The matter will occupy
months and should employ the best and
most honest legal and commercial talent
in the State. We think, however, if
several committees inside of the mem
bers are appointed, and their labors are
divided, that the grand object to ferret
out and expose the robberies and bring
the felons to justice can be accomplish
ed.
We now have only time and space
to return thanks to all our brethren of
the Atlanta Press for kind attentions
on our late visit. Our friends here may
be assured that our immediate worthy
Representatives will do their whole
duty in protecting not only our interests
but the interests, honor and glory of :
our once mighty State—more loved be- I
cause of her afflictions.
Death of Mrs. J. J. Clapp.— lt is
with pain we announce the death of this
most charming and estimable lady.
She was as lovely in character as in
outward beauty. She, then Miss Ella
Dawson, was married in June, 1864.
We sympathize deeply with the be
reaved husband. A few days ago he
buried a brother, and now a loved wife
has departed, and he and two little
children are all that remain of his own
immediate family father, mother,
brother, sister, wife—all the dearest
names of earth—have wandered heav
enward; but sweet memories, gentle
and lovely as the dying tone of far off
music, linger, to cheer and comfort the
saddened heart.
Preliminary Meeting. —The South
Georgia Conference, Bishop Wightman
presiding, meets in Columbus on the
13th of December.
A meeting was held in St. Luke’s
church Monday night to make the nec
essary arrangements. Dr. Bmith pro
sided, and Rev. A. M. Wynn was sec
retary. Presiding Elder Christian, Rev.
Mr. Dean, and the other Methodist
ministers were present.
It was agreed the Conference should
be held in St. Luke’s church, and that
preaching take place in St. Paul’s
church in the afternoon, and at St.
Luke’s, Wesley Chapel and Girard at
night.
Death of an Old Citizen.— Mr.
Jacob McGehea died in Russell county,
Ala., on Sunday evening, in the 76th
year of his age. He was a man of ster
ling integrity and worth. He was born
in Prince Edward county, Ya. For
the last twenty years he has resided in
Russell county. He was an uncle of
the Messrs. C. C. and Allen McGehee,
of this city.
The Amount Voted.— Columbus
voted $200,000 in bonds to the North
and South Railroad, of which $83,000
have been issued. The officers say they
have seventeen miles of completely
graded track, though not continuous, at
the Columbus end.
Re-elected.— The various Method
ist Churches, at the quarterly confer
ences, elected the same stewards and
superintendents that have previously
held the offices. St. Luke’s has fifteen
stewards; St. Pauls, nine, Wesley Chap
el. seven.
Marriage.— ln the Episcopal Church,
yesterday morning, Miss Julia Evans
was married to Rev. L. F. Gerry, an
Episcopal minister from South Caroli
na.
The engineers who have been sur
veying the Southwestern Railroad, to
Blakely, reached that place last week,
and the News says the line will be
located as fast as the right of way can
be obtained.
Oue hundred and twenty one freight
cars were shipped south over the W. &
A. R. R. Saturday from Chattanooga.
Twenty-six of this number were loaded
with stock.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
thinks “Tammanyism at Washington
must be got rid of as well as Tammany
ism in New York.” —Boston Post.
If Massachusetts could get rid of the
Tam many isms born within her bor
ders there could be some hope of her
redemption.
East Alabama and Cincinnati R.
R.—The following were elected Direc
tors at Opellke on Saturday : J. L. Pen
nington, W. H. Barnes, D. W. Vis
chcr, A. N. Lightfoot, Wilson Williams,
W. IT. Smith, and J 11. Erwin. The
Directors on Monday elected J. L Pen
nington President, and W. U. Siiapard
Secretary, pro tern.
Savannah.— A plan for the Catholic
cathedral has been adopted. It will be
80 feet front by 200 feet doep, of the
13th century style of Gothic architect
ure, will seat 1500 persons on the floor
and 600 more in the galleries Wes
ton, the walkist, arrived First steam
er direct for Liverpool this season
cleared Saturday with 4,924 bales up
land cotton.
Coffee at Mobile.— Stock Septem
ber Ist 1,915 bags; received past week
13,627; total receipts 17,127; total for
season 19,042. Sold past week 3,500;
total sales 18,592; stock unsold Novem-
I ber 17th, 450 bags.
Hogs at Cincinnati.— This place has
received to Nov. 17th, 157,714 head,
against 37,126 last season.
Col. R. D. Ivy, a prominent citizen
i of Baker county, died last Sunday.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1871.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Atlanta.— Judge Hopkins, Satur
-1 day, granted anew trial in the case of
Rev. M. D. Wood, the alleged seducer,
who was sentenced to twenty years in
the penitentiary Mrs. Bullock left a
week ago. Bullock is said to have left
the United States It is stated Hi
j Kimball is in New York trying to make
arrangements to complete the Bruns
wick and Albany Railroad, and that he
will return to Atlanta in a few days....
Gov. Brown says he has not bought
Bullock’s $20,000 barn A caravan of
Henry county folks gone to Arkansas
The salaries of teachers in the pub
lic schools of Atlanta are: Principals
$1,500; assistants, S9OO (male). Teach
ers of primary departments ranging
from $450 to S7OO (females). There
will be six male and eighteen female
teachers. This will provide education
for 1,500 boys and girls.... The Board
of Education have determined to es
tablish a High School, thus meeting the
necessities of the entire community.
There are to be three teachers in this
school, whose salaries are SI,BOO,
$1,500 and $1,000... .The Constitution
has made inquiry and finds that from
one -quarter to one-half per cent, is the
regular commission for such large sales
in New York. Clews & Cos. have
charged us from one and a half to two
and a half per cent. We do not think
it right The dividends of the Ros
well Manufacturing Company last year
were 12£ per cent., of which 2£ were
retained. The factory runs 116 looms
and 5,000 spindles. Anew factory is
lo be built requiring $200,000. The
shares, whose par value are SBOO each,
are worth SI,OOO Rev. J. Dixon, D.
D., of Augusta, has been elected a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of the
Georgia Baptists Orphans’ Home....
George Lyon, Esq., of DeKalb county,
exhibited at the meeting of the Atlanta
Pomogolical Society, a Chinese quince
weighing three pounds and two ounces.
Atlanta.— Mr. Frank Jones was
married Saturday, stole an overcoat on
Sunday and went to prison on Monday.
Unfortunate bride Three men from
Campbell county by the name of Griz
zard were brought up before United
States Commissioner W.B. Smith, yes
terday, charged with violating the Ku-
Klux bill by beating an old negro man.
The old gentleman—A. J. Grizzard—
was released on a bond of SI,OOO, and
the other two committed to await a
hearing on Friday next. The colored
man is still confined to his bed... .The
Brunswick and Albany road has been
reorganized, all liabilities assumed and
funds raised to complete the road to
Eufaula. Chas. L. Frost, of New York,
President, and Mr. StepUenson, Presi
dent of the Ocean National Bank, N.
Y., one of the Directors A mortgage
of $60,000,f0r money loaned to complete
the Kimball House by the N. W. Mu
tual Life Insurance Company,has never
been paid. Bullock knew it, and in
surance has been kept up for that
amount. Bullock paid R.H. Brown SSOO
to investigate title. The deed to the
State by Kimball has not been record
ed, so the Sun says.
ArrorsTj..—Cotton rcooipte to 17th
53,280 against 63,497 last year, showing
a falling off of 10,219.... The Wilming
ton, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company have completed the road be
tween Sumter and Columbia First
wild pigeons of the season seen.
Augusta. —Ramsey’s clothing store
was robbed of a lot of hats and clothes
Saturday... .The Wilmington, Colum
bia and Augusta railway will be opened
for business on the 10th of December.
Timothy Lyons has been appointed
general freight agent at Augusta....
A negro left to watch a cotton wagon
took a pistol and sloped.
Americus.—A nice young man, agent
for a spectacled German, sloped with
employer’s trunk... .Cotton receipts
this year 1280 against 1456 last season.
Albany —John Steward and Giles
Davis, colored, of Dougherty county,
sentenced respectively to ten and three
years ia the penitentiary. Crime, burg
laiy.
Brunswick.— The carcass of a whale
has been shipped to Savannah
Scoundrels have been stripping the or
naments from and defacing the monu
ments over the graves in the cemetery
The Appeal has information of a
reorganization of the B. & A. R. R. Cos.
by the election of Charles L. Frost,
Esq., as President, and two other new
Directors, which occurred in New York,
on Thursday of last week. This is all
of the positive news received, but this
is sufficient to assure us that the work
will soon be resumed and completed at
an early day.
Hawkinsville.— The Dispatch goes
for Robinson’s circus with a vim. It
says that concern swindled the people
outrageously. A man named Matthews
had his pocket picked of S2OO during
the performance Cotton is short
2,000 bales, as compared with last year’s
receipts up to the same date.
Macon.— Judge Henry W. Cowles
died Saturday, of consumption, in the
38th year of his age The Macon and
Augusta Railroad has reduced the rate
of fare to Charleston from sll 50 to SB.
This is a very material reduction, and j
places Charleston upon the same foot
ing as Savannah with regard to expense
o f travel An unknown party fired at
Mr. W. L. Burgay, who had his wife in
the buggy with him, near Bchonee
creek. The loads from both barrels of
the gun took effect above his right hip.
Wound not fatal.
Macon. —Lawyers took appropriate
action on the death of Henry W.
Cowles, Judge of the District Court
The negro boy who was cut a few days
ago by Angus McKinnon has since
died Pistol firing has become so
e.'iuiu-m i :» tin streets of Macon re
cently, »i uighi, as to make it danger
ous to go about much at ter night-fall
Saturday, Mr. Robert Birdsong was
killed by a Mr. Lary on the plantation
of Mr. W. M. Evans, about seven miles
from the city. Two sides, an official
investigation necessary to elicit facts.
Newnan. —On Saturday morning
lagt, about four o’clock, the body of
George Jordan, about nineteen years of
age, was found on the railroad track,
just below the depot. The cowcatcher
struck him on the head, and one arm
was broke. Physicians say he was
dead before the engine struck him.
Hancock County.— On Friday, the
16th inst., Mr. Thomas Hobby killed a
young man named Ben. Roberts, both
citizens of this county.
Rome. —Chess club organized
! Fifty per cent, of the capital stock of
the N. A S. R. R. called in by the 20th
....Capt. Archie Griffeth celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of his birthday on
| Saturday.
Savannah.—A fire Saturday morn
ing damaged store No. 174, Bryan
street, injuring the building and stock
therein about $2,000. The building
was insured for $4,000 in the Southern
Mutual Company, of Athens Last
Monday night during the storm a bur
glar entered the drug store of Mr.
Augustus Barie on Whitaker street, be
tween Liberty and Harris streets, and
carried off a tin box containing some
valuable papers, twenty dollars in silver
and seventy five or eighty dollars in U.
S. bank notes. Several other smaller
burglaries reported.... John Robinson’s
Bengal Tiger, left here to recuperate
under the care of Mr. D. M. Dennison,
is improving. He cost $7,000.
Talbotton.— A ferocious looking
wild cat captured. They are said to be
plentiful near Geneva.
Thomaston. —The drug store of J.
G. Lewis narrowly escaped being
burned Thursday night E. B.
Thompson has 5,000 fish in his pond....
Col. Jordan has a hog 17 months old
that will weigh from 300 to 350 pounds.
....Upson Superior Court
to first Monday in January ... .Dr. N.
Bryan, of Thomaston, has erected, in
Detroit, Michigan, one of his new
Grain Crushers, with improvements,
in a large flouring mill.
Alabama Legislature.— Both houses
assembled in Montgomery, Monday.
In answer to a communication, the
Governor, said he would communicate
with them next day. Senate refused to
elect a Chaplain, and adopted a resolu
tion requesting the city ministers to
open the sessions with prayer.
The Houses repealed the act authori
zing the publication of State Laws.
Mr. Bulger, of Tallapoosa introduced
a bill for the relief of the tax payers es
the State, the object of which is to post
pone for one month in each year the
time at which the taxes are to become
due and payable as also the time to
which the same become delinquent.
The taxes come due September Ist, of
each year, and delinquent November
30th. This bill proposes to make them
become due October Ist and delinquent
December 31st of each year.
Bill referred to committee on Ways
and Means.
Alabama Legislature Tuesday.—
Senate. Ordered 2,000 copies of the
Governor’s message printed. Remain
der of session local bills.
House. —A large number of bills wore
read and reterred. The following were
passed:
By Mr. Lumpkin, of Chambers, a
bill repealing the act approved Decem
ber 7, 1866, authorizing the County
Court of Chambers county to borrow
money and provide the means of repay
ing the Bame, &c. Passed under a sus
pension of the rules.
Also, a bill to repeal the act of Feb
ruary 8, 1867, giving the said Court of
County Commissioners full and com
plete control of the county funds.
Fifteen hundred copies Governor’s
message orJered printed.
That part of the message alluding to
Gen. Olantou was referred to a special
committee.
A resolution in regard to the meeting
of Chancery Court in Lee county, was
referred.
Horrible Murder— A most horrible
and brutal murder was committed in
Bullock county a few days ago upon the
person of Miss Emma Gilmore by her
own uncle, William J. Gilmore.
The facts aB we learn them are about
these: Some ten or twelve months ago,
reports were in circulation to the effect
that a criminal intimacy existed be
tween Gilmore and a niece of his, and
not long since she gave birth to a
child, whereupon said Gilmore was
tried by the church, of which he was a
member,and expelled upon the testimo
ny of Miss Emma Gilmore, cousin to
the guilty party. Immediately after
the trial in the church, Gilmore loaded
his gun with buck shot and placing the
muzzle of the gun to her head fired,kill
ing her instantly. The Governor has
issued a proclamation offering a re
ward for the murderer, who is suppos
ed to have gone to Georgia or in that
direction. The affair occurred near
Thomasville, eleven miles below Union
Springs.— Mont. Ad.
Russell County Circuit Court.—
The trial of O. A. Fields, charged witK
murdering J. J. Dumas, Esq.,was com
menced Thursday. The plea of de
fense was the crime was committed
under influence of passion, deceased
having pulled prisoner’s nose, and sub
jected him to other gross insults. Jury
returned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the second degree. The prisoner
was sentenced to ten years in the peni
tentiary. Appealed to Supreme Court.
Solicitor U. Lewis and Hooper A Wad
dell for State and prosecution, L. W.
Martin and G. W. Gunn for defen
dant.
Jacob Addison, colored, was charged
with the murder of Wesley Joseph, col
ored. The plea of defendant was self
defense, and infidelity of his wife caused
by prisoner. The jury returned a ver
dict of murder in the second degree. He
was sentenced to ten years in the peni
tentiary. Appeal taken. Solicitor Lewis
and Capt. Benj. Robinson for State and
prosecution, and Geo. W. Hooper and
J. F. Waddell, Esq., for prisoner.
Suitable resolutions were passed by
the members of the bar to the memory
of their, late brethren, John A. Lewis
and R. N. Howard.
Corruption Insinuates Itself
Everywhere.— The New York Bun
finds it in the late Washington treaty,
which in excluding certain claims from
examination by the Commission, fixes
the duration of the civil war between
the dates 13th April, 1861,and 9th April,
1865. Claims for losses between these
dates are excluded from examination.
But between 9th April and 29th May,
when Wilson entered Macon and a
truce was declared here, Wilson, accord
ing to the Sue, destroyed 250,000 bales
of cotton, worth about one hundred mil
lions of dollars, and other Federal com
manders destroyed almost as much
more—a great part of which, the Sun
says, wiil be proved to be British prop
erty. Now the termination of the war,
(although Grant seems to think it still
going on,) has been authoritatively fixed
(if we remember) at some day in July,
while this treaty makes it the 9th of
April. In all this the Sun traces the
all-pervading and subtle spirit of cor
ruption, and charges it to the account
of J. Bancroft Davis, who was at the
bottom of the treaty negotiations, and
is supposed to be a lively agent of these
British claimants. Truly the ways of
loyalty are past finding out.
Radical Justice.—Six white men
have been arrested in Edgefield, 8. C.,
on suspicion of having shot the negro
nurse who butchred Mr. Brewer*’ little
child, but of the negroes who murdered
young Turner an hour afterward not
i one have been arrestetf. A blackskin
is a blessed thing in South Carolina.
Married, on the 9th inst., in Tuske
, gee, at the residence of the bride’s fath
er, Col. Benj. D. Lay, of Mobile, to
Miss Nannie Carlos, of Tuskegee.
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.
Paris, Nov. 19.—Nineteen Commun
ists have been found guilty of the death
of Gens. Thomas and Leconet, seven of
whom were sentenced to death and the
others to imprisonment. Verdaquer
suffers death.
Madrid, Nov. 20.—The movement
of she Radical members of the Cortez
resulted in the defeat of the ministry.
The Cortez prorogued without a day.
The question upon which the ministry
was defeated was the permanent session
of the Cortez, which the ministry op
posed.
Madrid, Nov. 20.—Debates in the
Cortes during the past week. Their
unexpected result and the resignation
of the newly-formed Ministry, cause
great agitation in this city and in the
province.
The Republican Deputies to the Cor
tes have issued a circular advising their
supporters throughout the country to
keep quiet and advocating the main
tainance of public order.
In the meantime the labor troubles
continue. The bakers and dyers in
Yalenica absolutely maintain their
strike and make such threatening dem
onstrations that reinforcements have
been sent to the garrison.
A steam transport will sail from Ca
diz on the thirteenth inst., with fresh
troops and supplies, for Cuba.
London, Nov. 20.—The Count of
Chambord contradicts the report that
he intends to surrender his right to the
throne of France.
London, Nov. 22. —Magistrates re
fuse bail to Jno. Gubbie, Secretary of
the Total Abstinence Society, who
publicly accused the Queen of intoxica
tion.
Madrid, Nov. 22.—1 tis understood
that after the municipal elections, To
pete and Sagosta will re-enter the
Spanish Cabinet.
London, Nov. 22. —Taylor crew beat
Renforth crew 30 lengths for the Tyne
championship.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 19.—A large
number of cotton cases arc before the
Court of Claims, which will soon re
sume its session. Some of them will
depend, for a large allowance, upon a
decision to be Tendered by the Superior
Court of tho United States, on appeal
from the Court of Claims, the latter hav
ing decided against a claimant on the
ground that the proclamation of the
President removing commercial restric
tions went into effect at the time of its
publication, and not on the day of its
date. The non-suited party contended
that it took effect at the time the orig
inal copy was filed in the Department
of State, there having been seizures of
cotton between the date of the procla
tion and the day of its publication.
The decision of the Supreme Court,
therefore, becomes important in the ad
judication of these claims, the procla
mation having, in its effect, dispensed
with cotton seizures.
Washington, Nov. 20.—After Ist
January, pieces of notes less than half
have no value without evidence that the
larger portion is destroyed. Pieces be
tween half and five-eighths will be worth
halt, over five-eighths will be worth the
whole face of the note.
Secretary of War is gone for ten days.
In Edwards vs. Ganneret, error to
the Circuit Court for Louisiana, with
holds that an order of the Circuit Court
below dismissing a case -bich was
transposed from the Provi ual Court
was correct, holding that un jt the act
of July, 1868, it belongs in the District
Court and was never legally transposed
to the Circuit Court.
Collector of customs, Murphy, of
New York, has resigned. Chester A.
Arthur succeeds him. The President
and Collector Murphy exchanged let
ters expressing mutual confidence in
each other.
Washington, Nov. 21.—The Presi
dent has ordered that the Supervisory
District comprising Alabama and Mis
sissippi, be annexed and united with
the State of Tennessee, and hereafter
constitute but one Supervisory District.
Gen. Walker has been appointed
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, but
will continue to superintend the census
until completed.
Gen. Spinner’s report recommends
that tho delinquents oi National Bankß
be charged interest for every ten day’s
delay in paying taxes. He says not a
cent is lost to the government daring
the year, by the employees of his office.
He states the government has no 5 per
cent, bonds of the new loan for sale.
Washington, Nov. 22.—Alexis came
on a special train of four cars—one
baggage, two parlor and one hotel car—
all gotten up in the most expensive style.
Thos. J. Durant has been appointed
Adjuster for the United States before
the United States Spanish Commission.
Cotton Movements for tbe Week.
** New York, November 19.—Cotton
movement as compared with last week
shows a slight decrease in receipts and
considerable increase in exports. The
expired portion of the cotton year,
however, shows a large falling off, both
in receipts and exports. Receipts at
at all the ports for the week, 101,494
against 105,400 last week, 96,708 lor
the previous week, and 93,969 for three
weeks since. Total receipts since Sep
tember, 666,608 against 799,329 for the
corresponding period of the previous
year, showing a decrease since Septem
ber 1, of this year, of 132,721. Exports
from all the ports for the week
59,839 against 87,655 for the same week
last year. Total exports for the expired
period of the cotton year 289,435 against
369,968 for same time last year. Stock at
all the ports 329,165 against 342,507 for
the same time last year. Stocks at all
the interior towns 63,606 against 58,510
for the same time last year. Stock in
Liverpool 530,000 against 408,000 for
same time last year. American cotton
afloat lor Great Britain 94,000 against
169,000 for the same time last year.
Indian cotton afloat for Europe 338,182
against 198,000 for same time last year.
The South was visited last week by
heavy frosts, and it is feared considera
ble damage was done to the cotton crop.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Nov. 20.—The corner
stone of Temple Sinai was laid yester
; day. S. M. Todd, Grand Mastar, con
ducted the Masonic ceremonies. Among
the orators were Rev. J. K. Guthiem,
of the Temple of Emanuel, New York.
Also, the corner stone of St. Stephens’
| Church, on Napoleon street. Rev.
j Bishop Querlan and Archbishop Ferche
assisted.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, November 21.—The
Apaches are again on the war path.
Most of the persons implicated in the
1 Lob Angelos Chinese massacre, Lave
I fled the country.
NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. 19.— A special de
tective of the United States sub-Treas
ury left for Europe to secure the arrest
of Andrew J. Garrey.
One cholera death at the quarantine.
Forty cases remain—all doing well.
The Russian frigate Siveland, with
the Grand Duke Alexis on board, has
arrived.
New York, Nov. 20. —The reception
of Alexis has been postponed on ac
count of an easterly rain. The entire
division of the National Guards has
been ordered out. Alexis looks robust.
The Russian frigate bearing Alexis
sustained no damage, and did not ship
a sea during the terrible storm. Alexis is
dressed simply in the uniform of a lieu-1
tenant, is tall and strongly built, and
has the air of a gentleman, clear com
plexion, light hair and whiskers, blue
eyes, and speaks English quite fluently,
but appears to prefer French. The
frigate met the storm off Hatteras on
the tenth, which lasted until Friday
night, when observation showed her to
be forty miles off Cape May.
A pilot was taken on at 4 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, off Barnegat.
The steamer Mary Powell, with the
Reception Committee, started down the
bay this morning to greet Alexis. Not
withstanding the heavy rain, hundreds
of elegantly dressed ladies accompanied
the Committee, and many hundreds of
persons are standing on the pier in the
storm. The Committee have decided
there shall be no parade to-day in con
sequence of the storm. The Reception
Committee will board the Sereliand and
ask the Grand Duke whether he prefers
to proceed at once to Washington or
remain here and have the public recep
tion to morrow.
New York, Nov. 21.—The weather
is very fine. The reception of Alexis is
according to tho programme.
It is stated the German banks hero
have orders for $10,000,000 of American
stock and railroad shares.
Charles O’Connor thinks there is a
flaw in the indictment, and Tweed will
escape punishment.
Isaac W. England, the publisher of
the Sun, has been appointed Commis
sioner of Public Instruction.
Horace Greeley peremptorily declines
the Presidency of Public Parks, vice
Sweeny.
Steamboat owners have formed a per
manent organization and adopted a pe
tition to Congress to amend the steam
boat laws.
At 11 o’clock this morning,the steam,
er Mary Powell, with the Reception
Committee and about 500 persons, in
cluding a large number of ladies, pro
ceeded down the bay. Over a thousand
persons assembled at the pier to witness
the departure. The steamer was gaily
decorated with Russian and American
flags. Nearly all the vessels in the bay
are dressed with flags; many of them
display the Russian colors. Broadway
is thronged with people awaiting the
parade. A great number arrived fionr
the country on the early trains. The
buildings on Broadway and other priu
cipal streets are decorated with flags.
The National Guards are out in full
force. The weather is fine. Tire re
ception will be brilliant.
Crowds on Broadway are so dense
that locomotion is almost impossible.
Every window and space from which
a view can be obtained Is occupied.
Ten thousand troops are in line, ex
tending two miles. Alexis landed at
half past one, when the procession mov
ed. Daring the arrival of tne reception
Major-General Dixaddressed the Prince
as follows: :
Tour Imperial Highness: la the name
of the citizens of New York I have ibe
honor to tender you cordial welcome to
the United States. It is a gratifica
cation to us to see within our harbor
the gallant squadron which has brought
you to our shores. It is still greater
gratification to us to receive amuug us
one of the Imperial family of Russia,
whose illustrious Chief has done so
much for civilization and in whose
hands the possession of power has, un
der guidance of Providence, been de
voted to the noblest of uses, the social
and political elevation of those who
come within the sphere of its exercise.
The long and uninterrupted friendly re
lations between Russia and the United
States, have naturally crested strong
sympathy on our part in all that con
cerns her welfare, and has caused us to
regard with deep interest her steady
but silent progress eastward, shedding
at every advance the light of Chris
tian civilization over regions which
have been bereaved for ages in com
parative darkness.
His Imperial Highness will, no doubt,
find much in our country, which is
novel to Europeans, which will be re
membered as a source of useful sugges
tions in political societies. In the name
of the citizens, in whose behalf I speak,
I tender you a sincere welcome.
The Prince replied as follow s :
Gen Dix, Ladies and Gentlemen: —l
beg to express my warm thanks tor the
manner in which I have beeu received.
The feeling which exists between Rus
sia and tbe United States is as strong as
it is lasting, and nothing can disturb
it. I shall pass rapidly through New
York to pay my respects to the Presi
dent, whose high character is greatly
appreciated everywhere, but mi my re
turn I shall have the pleasure to accept
your hospitality,so kindly tendered me.
New York, Nov. 22.— Richard De
priested was found lying on Broadway.
Eleven thousand dollars were tound on
his person, and SIO,OOO in South Caro
lina bonds.
Fisk presented Alexis with tho free
dom of all he owned on the American
continent.
The grand ball occurs Wednesday,
the 29th.
Henry G. Stebens has accepted the
commissionership of the pubho parks.
Alexia and suite will arrive iu Wash
ington to-night.
Alexis left atncoa, to arrive in Wash
ington to night. Train specially built
for the occasion, moving a’ the rate of
30 miles nu hour.
MEXICO.
Matamohab, Nov. 20.—Gen. Rocha,
with a strong force ot Government
troops is marching to relieve Satillo.
Gen. Querroga, the late celebrated Im
perialist Chief, bas joined the Rebels
and commands the lower Rio Grande.
It is rumored that Cortina has pro
nounced in favor of Rebels.
UTAH.
Salt Lake, Nov. 22.—Trains twen
ty four hours behind on account of
snow, which is three to lour feet deep.
Every indication of a severe winter.
It is now ascertained that the metal,
supposed to be tin, is cadmium. The
statement creates great excitement.
WYOJHIG.
Cheyenne, Nov. 21.—The House re
pealed the woman suffrage bill by a vote
of 9 to 3.
WISCONSIN.
Madison, Nov. 21.—Washburn’s ma
, jorlty will not reach 10,000.
NO. 42.
EDUCATION IN ALABAMA.
Beneficial Efi'ects of Democratic Rule-
Address of Superintendent Hodgson.
Upon the assembling of the Board of
Education, in Montgomery, on the2oth,
Col. Joseph Hodgson, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Board of Education:
Upon welcoming you to your annual
session I have tho pleasure of congrat
ulating you upon the improved condi
tion ot public instruction in Alabama.
During the scholastic year 1871, the
cost of administering the department
of education has been less than that for
the year 1870, by $42,535. There has
been a corresponding increase in the
number of pupils and the length of tho
school term. Whereas in 1870 the av
erage number of pupils was 52,060, we
find the number in 1871 increased to
107,666, an increase ot more than one
hundred per cent. We And, also, that
tlie school term which in 1870 averaged
two months and nine days, in 1871 av
eraged three months and six-and one
halt days, an increase in length of ses
sion of thirty-five and a quarter per
cent. This remarkable increase in
number of pupils, both white and col
ored, and increased length of school
term, has resulted in but small part
from an increaso of the school fund.
The available tuition fund for 1871 was
but 17j per cent, greater than that for
1870. Yet with but 17| per cent, in
crease of the tuition fund, we find 106
per cent, increase of pupils, aud 35;j per
cent, increase of school session.
The most notable causes for this sud
den and marked improvement in pub
lic instruction are the improved laws
enacted by your honorable body at your
last session, and the election of County
Superintendents of capacity and energy.
It remains with you to still further im
prove the system by the passage of sup
plemental laws during your present
session.
It may be a matter of congratulation
to your honorable body, and to the peo
ple of the State, to know that, notwith
standing the difficulties you have had to
encounter in setting anew ay stem in
operation, the results of tho past year
exhibit the fact that the school fund of
Alabama in proportion to its amount,
and the population of the State, has
taught more children, and for a longer
time, than that of any other State in the
Union, with but two or three excep
tions.
The length of the schooltime last year
does not represent entirely the effective
force of tho school fund. In tho major
ity of cases schools which were opera
ted by that fund as public schools for
three months and C.j days were contin
ued as private schools for several
months longer, and thus the Public
Fund, besides doing its own work, be
came a powerful auxiliary of private
schools.
I congratulate you also upon the
prospects of the State University. We
find that institution last yeur with but
a few students, the number gradually
dwindling until the close of the session
found it with but three or four. Under
the salutary action of your honorable
body last June, we find tho University
at present in a flourishing condition,
and with most flattering prospects.
The faculty have already proven them
selves to he men of great scholarly at
tainments and fine executive ability.
The number of cadets at the outset of
the session is 70. Adjutant General
Allen has just procured for them at
Washington the latest improvement in
cadet muskets, and all the equipments
necessary for a corps of 200 cadets. I
am happy to say that, notwithstanding
the unforseen difficulties you had to
contend with in the reorganization of
the University, the faculty have gone
to work with the greatest harmony and
success; and the people and press of
the State have endorsed ycur action
with singular unanimity.
It has been a source of deep regret to
this department that the embarrass
ment of the Treasury during the past
year has retarded to somo extent the
popular support which had began to
enlist itself in the cause of public in
struction. lam glad to say, however,
that tne county superintendents have,
in most cases, relieved by personal ex
ertions, the immediate wants of the
teachers, and that the teachers them
selves, understanding tho condition of
the State Treasury, have waited with
most praiseworthy patience the coming
of the General Assembly. 1 have no
doubt but that that body will hasten to
provide money with which to meet the
school claims now due and those which
will tall due within the current year.
This department appeals with confi
dence to their patriotism and sense of
justice. With us it is not a question
whether the school fund is too large or
too small. The only question with
which your honorable body has to deal
is, how the fund which is provided by
the Constitution and laws, and the
amount which is certified annually by
the State Auditor to the Superintend
ent of Public Instruction can be made
moßt effective.
Once more, gentlemen, I welcome
you to your annual duties and appeal
to you to mark your deliberations and
actions during the present session with
that liberality, harmony, justice and
patriotism which illustrated your la
bors of last session, and which has
already elevated the system of public
instruction in Alabama to a place be
side those older systems of our most
populous and wealthy sister States.
Democratic Vote In the United
M tales.
Iu 1824—Jackson 152,899
In 1828— Jackson 650,028
In 1832—Jackson 887,502
In 1836— Van BureD 771,968
In 1840—Van Buren .1,128,306
In i ß 44_Polk 1,329,019
In 1848—Cass 1,223,795
In 1852—Pierce 1,585,545
In 1856—Buchanan 1,834,337
In 1850—Douglas and Breckin
ridge 2.213,920
In 1854—(when none of the
Southern States voted—
McClellan 1,811,754
In 1864—Seymour 2,695,710
This is the organization, which has a
half million more votes given by the
white people than the Radicals, that is
modestly invited by the latter to dis
band. _
The Elections. — In New Jersey
Governor Parker’s (Democrat) major
iiy is 5,000. The Republican majority
last year was 3,000.
Last year Clafiin’s majority in Massa
chusetts over all the candidates was
9,000; this year 13,000; a Republican
gain of 4,500. Last year the Demo
crats had 34 members in the House;
this year 50; a Democratic gain of 10.
In Virginia the Democrats gained
30,000 majority, an increase of 20,000.
In Maryland the Democrats had 14,- j
500 against 19,000 last year, a loss of j
4,500.
In Mississippi the Democrats have j
more representatives and 5 more Sen- .
tors than last year, reducing the Repub
lican majority on joint ballot from 78 ;
to ln* Illinois the Republicans lose 30,-j
000 on Grant’s majority in 1868.
In Minnesota both hold their own.
Special premiums were awarded as
follows at the Selma Fair;
To the prettiest young lady on the
grounds, Miss Maggie Goldsby, of Ma
rion, a handsome set of furs.
To the ugliest man, Capt. B. F. Ellis,
of Selma, a suit of clothes.
To the prettiest man, Andrew Gard
ner, of Selma, a set of shirts.
To the author of the best essay on
working and repairing public roads,
Jno. W. Dußose, of Marengo county,
diploma.
Dr A. I. McAlphine, one of the most
prominent citizens of Talladega, died
in Philadelphia on the 7th.
The Tuskegee and Chehaw Railroad
ia now completed and makes regular
[ trips to meet the different trains.
Democratic Convention on Decern
ber Oita—A Candidate ror Uovernor
to be Nominated.
The following official telegram ex
plains Itself. Our county should meet
next Saturday week, at the Court
House, to nominate delegates. That
day will be December 2d. Muscogee
ought to have a full delegation:
Forsyth, Ga., Nov. 22.
Eds. Columbus Sun: Pleaso publish
the following:
A Convention of the Democratic par
ty will assemble in Atlanta on Wednes
day, the sixth day of December next,
at tun o’clock a. m., to nominate a can
didate for Governor.
By direction of the Slate Democratic
Executive Committee.
Clifford Anderson, Ch’n.
Our Atlanta Omnibus Article nml
Note* or navel.
It is so seldom that an editor emer
ges from the walls of his sanctum and
sees anything outside of a newspaper
world, that we have concluded to make
of this a hotchpotch article aud end at
once the particulars ot our Isle journey.
The Italians eay “See Naples and die,”
and we hold that man no traveler, or
the greatest of sinners, who is not pre
pared to give up the ghost when he has
looked on the Kimball House, the
Opera, now the Capitol, and tho At
lantese specially aud generally.
It is impossible lor a stranger to visit
Atlaula at this lime, and not be struck
with tho numberless big and little axes
on hand to grind. The mystery too is that
someone is always ready to accept the sit
uation We did not see a man who was
unwilling to bu Governor, U. 8. Seua
tor or * ven a President in due course
of mail; and we looked in vain for tho
happy disappointed aspirant. Legisla
tive like Prince’s lavors come ottimes
in the shape ol an Irishman's d-oam
—by contraries, and he who grapples
his hope anchor to either, will live only
to sec it part in the first storm. In the
goueisl confusion and wreck made by
Grant, Bullock &Cos , we know ol hut
one act that will bring order front cha
os, law from anarchy, harmony from
social aud political discoid.
Dr. Warren tills us in his “Ten
Thousand a Y'ear,” that the great Eng
lish statesman, Tittle bat Titmouse, who
could bray like an ass and crow like a
cock, introduced a bill into Parliament
to give "everything to everybody! 7”
The name of Tittlebat was ever alter
among the lew tmmoilals that were not
born to die. Who among our Georgia
Solons will uot ui once emulate such an
illustrious example aud give peace to a
distracted country?
We are now in the Capitol, an un
sightly building in the heart of the city
and as well adspted lor legislation as a
pasteboard houso is for a prison. We,
and an ediloiial brother, first sent our
cards to the Governor pro tern. We
were pleased with his Excellency per
sonally. He is of good form and has
an honest face. He was cheerful and
social, and as ex Governor Brown left
as we entered, wo concluded the Gov
ernor de facto had just dotted the last i,
crossed the last t, and put the last judi
cial touch on the veto message. Brown
met us with that bland, childlike smile,
which, for infatuation, can bo only
equaled by “brodder” Lochrane this
side of Heaven. It was a holy smile,
too sweet to be worn by a Binful mor
tal. We saw the ex Governor fre
quently afterwards, always in a confi
dential conversation with a single per
son, and we aßked ourselves if it were
possible that this “mildost, meekest
mannered man" was tho hero ol Pu
laski and the only real legal truitor in
America. What Davis, Stephens,
Toombs, Ben. Hill and others did was
perhaps in a general honest thought lor
their country’s good. They stimulated
tho soldier to suffer and die in obedi
ence to the laws of their Status, but
wise Joe, brave Joe, uuselfish Joe, stood
out alone panoplied in proven armor,
the Goliah of Gath of every and all se
cession Philistines. We were then
much opposed to Joe; but see one turn
of Fortune’s wheel! He is an ex-Gov
ernor, an ex-Judge, a good loyalist and
heir apparent to Grant’s throne; while
we, and millions who thought and acted
with us, are unrepentant rebels fit to be
governed only by swords and gentle
men in blue. Time, however, will
make all things even.
From the Govornor’sjoom we retired
from the bustle of the world to tho quiet
of the State Library. Uore, sui round
ed by the records of the dead past, we
for a moment forgot the present and fu
ture. After turning over a few leaves
of black letter lore, we went straight to
the halls of the Representatives and
Senate. Speaker Smith and the Presi
dent of the Senate were in their seats,
and tho desks of the eleiks were crowd
ed with that bane of our country—
newly-drawn and ill-digested bills.
The members are generally young and
intelligent, with here and there a grey
head scattered about promiscuously.
We saw nothing bo novel as the black
aud yellow skins aud wooly tops of the
friends and brothers, so different from
any assembled wisdom we had ever
before beheld. The flag of the U. S.
was displayed over the chair of the Pres
ident, aud the portrait of Washing*
ton looked down on the mosaic of white
and sable Legislators. One old coon,
who appeared as though he had just
| leaped out of the ark, who looked like
j Ham, aud smelt like Ham, and
i with a loug patriarchal beard like
| Ham, interested us exeoedtugly.
< He would haudle his puncil, rub hiß
glasses, throw up his eyes aud look ss
cunning as a magpie peeping into a
marrow bone. No man ever lived long—
no not even Solomon in all his glory,
could have survived au attack of the
| appearance of so much wisdom mingled
with his gravity and profound conceit.
! Ho was every inch a king, and felt that
| he was tho first, and not the last, of
i an illustrious line of legislators that
like Banquo’s, would stretch oul to tho
! crack of doom.
Atlanta is filled with Western mules,
horses and hogs. We saw at Craw
fordvllle a pig one year and three
months old, and when cleaned, weighed
three hundred and thirty-one pounds.
It was of the common stock of the
country. When we saw the mules and
horses at Atlanta, we called to mind a
rematk we had just heard fall from
Gen. Toombs. He said Georgia far
merit will tell you they cannot raise
hogs because they are stolen by negroes,
why then not raise horses and mules —
for neyroet will not eat them 1 that out of
seventy mules on his Chattahoochee
river plantation, all were home raised,
except about six or seven. Hero is a
lesson on the wealth of nations, worth
a thousand theories.
We must cut short our urticlo for
want of space. We were pleased to
meet, as members of the Legislature,
Capt. Bruton and Cspt. Taylor, our
Virginia army companions. We were
glad, also, to meet once more our
brave but unfortunate DivisionCom
wander, General Hood. It will re
joice many of his old comrades in arms
in this section of the State, to know
that the General is in fine health, and
he certainly looks younger to us than he
did when we last met, on the bleak and
; blood stained mountains of Virginia.