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COLUMBUS:
NATI'BDAT HOBHISO, DEC. 2.
Cchet!
We have just received a fine club of
subscribers from the above point. Uchee
is a glorious little place. The land
around is first-rate; the people hie first
rate; the church and school facilities
are first-rate; the voting is first rale (a
Radical vote having never been polled
at that box); only first rate papers are
read there, and, therefore, we shall
shortly look for another first rale club
from that place.
An Affray Between a Lawyer
and the Sheriff. —An unfortunate
rencontre occurred in the Court House
Thursday, after the adjournment of the
Court. We give the statement of eye
witnesses, of which there were five or
six. Os course their accounts differ in
some respests. Some unpleasant feel*
inghad originated between Sheriff Jesse
J. Bradford and R. J. Moses, jr., Esq.,
because the latter had ruled the officer in
a case where some papers were loßt, it
is alleged by the attorneys. Thursday
some words arose between the two,
and the Sheriff advised Mr. M., who
was having some papers established, to
have it recorded, sb he had told several
falsehoods about them already. Anoth
er account is that Mr. M. said in the
case the Sheriff had collected costs, when
the officer pronounced the statement a
lie. Some say it was done good humor
edly. Anyhow, shortly after the charge
of falsity was given, Mr. M. attacked
the Sheriff, who was scaled in a chair
on the lower steps of the left hand jury
platform, with his feet on a table in Iront,
seized him by the throat,and pushed him
back until his head reached the next step
above. The two were separated, more
words followed and Mr. M. again got
the Sheriff down—this time he was
standing when attacked. The Sheriff
claimed he had beon attacked iu a pup
py fashion, aod secured a chair. This
would have brought on a third collision
had not the bystanders interfered. Mr.
M. left the Court House. Sheriff'Brad
ford started homeward, but fainted in
the hall. He was assisted up, went into
the court room, where he bad spasm af
ter spasm. He received medical atten
tion from Dr. Stanford and other phy
sicians. He was carried home about
datk, and has suffered greatly. It is
thought he was injured internally by
the first fall.
Both are comparatively young men of
high social position, and have families.
Sheriff Bradford was a fighting major in
the Confederate army; Mr. Moses, a
midshipman in our naval service, was
sent to Europe on duty, and returning,
volunteered, though still retaining his
naval commission, as aid on Gen. Bun
ning’s staff, and fought with him to the
close of the war, since which time he
has studied law and become a partner
of his father, Major Moses.
Present in the Court House at the
time were only Messrs. Pond, Lloyd,
Terry, the Clerk of Court and his assis
tants, Jailor Cleghorn, Mr. Jas. Barber
and A. A. Dozier, Esq.
Yesterday morning it was stated
Sheriff Bradford would not live. Last
night he wa9 reported easy, with every
symptom of recovery. Mr. M. is at
tending to hiß business as usual.
Life Insurance—Though insurance
agents are on every street corner, and
press the claims of their own particular
companies, it is our opinion that South
ern companies should be patronized by
the Southern people. Asa matter of
news, we publish below a letter ac
knowledging the receipt of ten thousand
dollars by Mrs. Hill and children, in
Houston county, from the Southern
Life Insurance Company:
Perry, Houston County, Ga., )
November 27, 1871. j
Messers. Rogers, Edingsfr Cos., General
Agents So. Life Ins. Cos., Macon, Ga.:
Gentlemen —As attorney for the wi
dow of the late N. M. Hill, deceased,
and guardian of his minor children, per
mit me to acknowledge tho receipt from
tho Southern Life Insurance Company,
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), iu 1
cash, being the full amount which the
late Mr. Hill had insured upon his life
in that company.
With my best wishes for the prosper
ity of Southern companies, and of the
Southern Life in particular, which it so
eminently deserves, 1 have the honor
to remain yours very respectfully,
Fred A. Toomer.
Superior Court Yesterday.
Twenty judgments were obtained by
default, three rules absolute to foreclose
mortgage, eight caßes dismissed. Tho
only case tried was that of Jas. A. Lee
vs. 8. W. R. R. Cos. He claimed dam
ages to 38 acres of land, valued at sls
per acre, for four years—total $2,280 —
on ground that company had so built
embankment to track that said land
was overflowed. Jury gave him aver
diet of $360. Blandford for Lee; Wal
lace for road.
Proceedings Thursday devoid of gen
eral interest.
Court at 13 in. was adjourned to 9 a.
m. Monday, when it was announced
the criminal docket would be called
peremptorily.
The Grand Jury returned nine, true
bills, mostly for simple larceny and as
sault and battery, and one tor murder,
and five “no bills.”
Married. From the papers we
learn that on Wednesday in St. Paul’s
church, Augusta, by Rev. W. H. Clark,
Miss A. Crowell Doughty, of Augusta,
was married to Mr. John P. Manley, of
this city. The papers says the church
was largely attended aud the bride most
lovely.
First Car.— We Baw at the depot ot
the S. W. R. R., a “pole car” which
had arrived Irom ti.e Dawson Works
for the North and South Railroad.
At the depot we were told the iron
for the road was over due—the reccut
heavy weather having detained sailing
vessels.
Important Committee. Special
committees appointed by President of
Senate:
To investigate lease Western and At
lantic Railroad—Messers. Reese and
Nunnally.
Official conduct of Bullock—Nichols
and Wellborn.
Conduct Western and Atlantic Rail
road Auditing Commission—Hoyle and
Brown.
Administration and management
Western and Atlantic Railroad—Les
ter and Clark.
Passivian.—Frank Blair advises a
passive policy and is in favor of the
Democrats supporting any candidate
for the Presid ency whom the Republi
can bolters irom the Grant Convention
may nominate. He says the party is
being educated to this idea.
Wednesday, January 3d, Ellis &
Spencer will sell at auction, horses,
carriages, &c., in the livery stalbe of
Mr. A. Gammel, who retires irom the
business. See notice.
General Forrest has employed 100
convic’s of the Tennessee penitentiary
to work on the Selma, Marion and
Memphis Railroad.
John McGough & Cos., have a notice
to their debtors.
J. Ennis has a notice to those who
owe him.
OUH JLIUCXABY.
An intelligent, virtuous and indepen
dent judiciary is the firmest bulwark of
freedom. There is always hopes for a
country so long as the ermine of our
judges is pure and spotless. A country
like ours, rich in resources, may flour
ish in spite of executive and legislative
corruptions, but an ignorant and dis
honest judiciary, like a poisoned atmos
phere will carry on its wings disease)
decay, death and desolation to each and
, ever fireside.
We are glad that our State judiciary
is now commanding the attention of
; the Press and through it that of our Leg
i islature. The Augusta Chronicle and
I Bentinel and the Atlanta Sun have able
' editorials on the office of Chief Justice
, of our State Supreme Court, and the
power to fill vacancies in case of death,
resignation or otherwise. Mr. Ste
phens affirms that the office of Chiei
Justice has no legal existence in Geor
gia. He says “such an officer is un
known to the present, or any former,
; Constitution of this State. It is not a
constitutional office.
The Constitution provides that the
Supreme Court shall be constituted, or
composed, of “three Judges." Not a
word about a “Chief Justice,” nor
even about any “Justice.” There are
three of them; and they are ail Judges—
nothing less, nothing more. The Con
stitution gives each of the three, the
same power and the same style. They are
all "Judges," and they all have equal
shares in the jurisdiction and functions
j conferred upon the Court. So the Con
stitution creates them, and so it leaves
them —each the same as the other two,
in functions and in style.”
Such is the Constitution on the sub
ject. Mr. 8. cites first the 26th section
of the Code of 1866; and the second,
modifying the first, is the Act of 1860,
as seen in sections 198 and SOO of the
Irwin’s Revised Code.
He then asks: Are not these statutes
inconsistent with the Constitution, acd,
therefore unconstitutional, null and
void; since they do certainly change the
style of one of the component parts of
the Court, if not the composition of the
Court, as defined by the Constitution
itsell?
In the case of vacancies the Chroni
cle and Sentinel quotes Article IY,
Sec. 11, Par. IV, as follows:
“When any office shall become va
cant by death, resignation or otherwise,
the Governor shall have power to lit
such vacancy unless otherwise provided
by law; and persons so appointed shall
continue iu office until a successor is
appointed, agreeably to the mode poin
ted out by the Constitution, or by law
in pursuance thereof.”
It says: Now, we see no reason why
Chiei Justice Lochrane should not, con
tinue to fill the office, should “Govcr
S nor” Conley omit or refuse to send in
a name for confirmation to the Senate.
We know of no law which compels
Governor Conley to send for confirms
tion a name to fill a vacancy which has
already been filled, in tbe absence of
any law which would provide for filling
such vacancies. Such a law should rx-
iat, and should restrict the time of such
appointmens to tbe meeting of the next
General Assembly ensuing, and should
make it obligatory upon the Governor
to nominate for confirmation, and, in
tho default of such nomination, to pro
vide for an election by the Senate.
We find no statute which makes it the
duty of the Governor to send within
any given period, or at any particular
time, nominations for confirmation by
the Senate, when vacancies occur.
To which Mr. S. makes the follow
ing conclusive reply :
“There was, and still is, provision
by law for filling the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge Brown; and
therefore, we turn from the Conslitu
tion to this provision bylaw, as the rule I
and the whole rule of the case. This
provision is found in Irwin’s Revised
Code, Section 202. It is in these words:
‘lu case of a vacancy (from any cause) |
the Governor shall appoint and com- j
mission some qualified person to supply
it until the next meeting of the General j
Assembly, who shall elect someone for
the unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs
during the session of the General As
sembly, there must be no appointment;
but if it closes without an election, the
Governor shall appoint some person to
hold the office until the action of the
General Assembly.’ ”
AI.ABAHA NEWS.
Opelika is talking about having a
daily paper.
The gin house of Mr. James Hines,
in Tallapoosa county, burned. loci n
diarism.
The Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin Manu
factory, located at Prattville, made 1400
gins last year.
The principal officers of the Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad have made
their headquarters at Birmingham.
Mrs. Mary Dennis, aged eighty years,
perhaps the oldest lady in Tallapoosa
county, died near Dadevllle Monday.
On Wednesday Prof. Lupton was
declared President of the Alabama
University by the Board of Regents and
of Education until otherwise ordered.
B. W. Norris is about to start to SI ash
ington, D. C., to bring his contest with
Hon. Win Handley, the sitting member
of tbe 3d district in this Stale, to a con
clusion.
Montgomery has received 29,669
bales cotton against 43,063 same time
last year.
Eufaula has received thus far 9 254
bales and has a stock of 1761. Why do
not the Eufaula papers give the sia e
ment ot the preceding year?
A negro in Clayton stole S6O from
the store of T. H. Parish.
The Alabama Board of Education
has passed an act providing that the
three sons of the late Gen. Clanton be
educated at the Slate University free of
all expense.
The gin house of Mr. J. P. Streety,
of Hayneville, together with six bales
of cotton, were destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. Loss $ 1,500.
Eufaula has only two justices of the
peace and six notaries, who are ex
officio J. P.’s
Rev. Mr. S. M. Bird, the beloved and
useful rector of St. Paul’s Church, Sel
ma, has declined a call from Trinity
Church, Galveston. His friends in
Galveston proposed to furnish him with
a splendid residence in addition to a sal
ary of $4,000.
A correspondent of the New York \
Tribune says:
There are in cotton sac- :
tories, two near Florence, of about 5,- J
000 spindles each; the Bell factory, at
Huntsville, 4,000 spindles; two at Pratt
ville, 2,000 and 8,000 spindles; one at
Tuscaloosa of 6,000, and the l'alaseee
Factory 0f18,500i The Bell factory is
one of the oldest in the United States; it
was wotked by slave labor previous to
the war, and when the war commenced,
work was immediately stopped; not a’
pound of yarn or yard of cloth was
made in it from the date of secession
until the war ended. Many of the old
colored hands still remain; sheir dyer is
a black man ,and his work is said to be
equal to any other in the country.
The factories named consume 20,000
bales annually. Columbus, Ga., alono
consumes half that much. Alabama
raises 400,000 bales per annum.
Tho Great Western t aunt.
The Telegraph wants the ca
oal, which is to connect the waters .of
cue West with the Atlantic,, to go
Macon. That iapei s»ys.
lake the map and observe that me
Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers,
(uow that the latter has been deepened
at Muscle Shoals) present an almost cii
reel line ot iuiuuu steamboat and barge
navigation iront £k. Louis to Gunters
villein Tenues* e, very little divergent
trom a right line towards the Atlantic
coast of Georgia. From Gunteraviile to
the nearest poiul of the Coosa iu a di
roct line, tbe distance is twenty five
miles. A canal here would bring the
Coosa river into line, as lar as Rome,
and with only twenty five mile’s of ea
nal, inland water communication is es
tabllehed for tlie great western centre,
with the whole system of Alabama and
Tennessee water courses and railways
down to Mobile and the Gulf of Mexico
and with the whole Georgia railway
system.
But at Rome the line takes the Eto
wah river and Valley, and follows the
Little River Branch of the Etowah until
it approaches within a few hundred
feet of Rocky Creek, a small tribu'ary
to the Chattahoochee Fromtbe nearest
point of this river to the head wat-ois of
the Ocmulgee is scarcely a mile, and
following the valley of the Ocmulgee,
navigable waters are reached at Macon,
which, with very little improvement,
will afford barge and lug transportation
ail the year round to Savannah and
Brunswick.
The total length of canal by this route
from St. Louis to Macon is only 148
miles, and it is estimated that the coßt
of as capacious a canal as the Erie, will
not exceed eight millions, and the addi
tional cost of the necessary river im
provements will net exceed two mil
lions. The distance from St. Louis to
the Atlantic by way ofthe lakes and the
Erie Canal is 1,932 miles. The distance
from St. Louis to Savannah bp the pro
posed route is 1,088, or 844 miles less.
The distance from St. Louis to New
York by this route, and by way of Sa
vannah does not exceed 1800 miles with
one transhipment of freight, while it is
132 miles more by the Erie Canal with
threo transhipments.
Alabama Legislature Wednesday
—Senate —The House joint resolution
that the two houses meet at 12 m. on
ihursday, Dec. 7, 1871, to ballot for the
election oi circuit soiiciiors for the 12
judicial circuits of the State, was indef
initely postponed by a vote of 16 to 10.
Mr. Worthy gave notice of reconsidera
tion.
Bill to regulate sales by sheriff's in the
State of Alabama was introduced.
The House joint resolution that a
committee of seven—four ot the House
and three of the Senate—be appointed
to investigate tbe charges set forth in
memorials against Hon. John Elliott,
judge of the sixth (Mobile) judicial
circuit, was taken up, when the Senate
adjourned until Saturday, 10 a. m.
House. —The following were passed:
Substitute for the bill for the relief of
delinquent tax payers; [substitute pro
vides that the taxes Saall become due
on the Ist of October annually, and de
linquent on tne 31st of December, an
nually]; to fix the compensation of the
commissioners of Chambers county; au
thorizing the redemption of lands sold
for taxes and purchased by the State;
to require justices of Chambers county
to act as apportioned and supervisors
in their respective beats.
Following were referred : To collect
the fines and forfeitures of each county
in cash; to relieve and regulate the
finances of the State; to amend section
2678 of the Revised Code; to require
claims against the fine forfeiture fund
of the counties to be registered by the
county treasurers; to establish an agri
cultural college at Tuscaloosa; to allow
tax collectors further time to collect
taxes due the State.
The special order of the day W3sthe
further consideration of the bill for the
payment of $20,000 fees to tbe widow
of the late Gen. Clanton, for services
which he rendered to the State of Ala
bama in the case of the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad Company, was
ordered to be engrossed for a third read
ing on Friday.
House adjourned to Friday, 10 a. m.
Following were reported on adverse
ly and reports concurred in :
To amend section 80 of the revenue
law.
To secure a more thorough assess
ment of the real estate in the State.
To exempt certain property from tax
ation.
To declare all roads over which
United States mails are conveyed, pub
lic highways, &c.
SATURDAY.
Senate. —Not in session.
House. —Following addopted:
A resolution instructing the Commit
tee on Ways and Means to report by
bill or otheswise a mode by which the
Governor shall be authorized to raise
money to pay outstanding warrants
of the State.
The following were introduced aud
referred:
To regulate the buying of lottery tick
ets in the State of Alabama.
Requiring tax collectors to give tax
payers receipts showing the articles lis
ted by the tax assessor.
To prohibit fortune telling in the
State of Alabama.
~,To provide for the payment of wit
nesses in State cases.
For relief of purchasers of 16th sec
tion lands in the State of Alabama.
To provide for the registration of
deeds of conveyances in certain ca
ses.
To fix the salaries of the Governor
and other State officers, judges, chan
cellors, &c:
Governor - - .$2,500
Auditor and Secretary of State.. 2,000
Judges Supreme Court 3,000
Judges Circuit Court and Chan-
cellors 2,500
Commissioner of Industrial Re
sources 600
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion 2,500
A joint resolution that the Governor
extend to the Russion Duke, Alexis, a
cordial welcome to the State of Ala
bama; lost.
j ;For the payment of certain claims for
services rendered by Stone, Clopton &
Clanton, in the case of the Alabama and
Chattanooga railroad company; lost.
(This was the bill to pay Mrs. Clanton
$20,000.)
Mr. Dustan aßked leave to introduce
a bill authorizing the Governor to issue
an order for the payment of the services
of Gen. Clanton and that the Governor
pay such amount as he may deem prop
er; leave was refused.
The special order of the day was the
further consideration of the bill to raise
from fire, marine and other insurance
companies, a fund for the benefit ot fire
companies; lost.
Speed, in the Alabama Board of Ed
ucation, proposes to establish five nor
mal schools, viz: One at Tuskaloosa in
connection with the University, for
white males; one at Montgomery, for
colored males and females; one at Tal
ladega, for white males and females;
one at Marion, for colored males and
female- .mi »i.<* »t J -;-a, Oonccob
county, for colored males and tema’teS
The bill appropriates for the school at
Tuskaloosa, $3,000; for that at Mont
gomery, $1,500; for tuat at Talladega,
$2,000; for that at Marion, $1,500; and
for that at Sparta, SI,OOO per annum.
Mr. Coinegys offered an amendment,
: iu the nature of a substitute for the bill.
| The substitute proposes two normal
schools; one at Tuskaloosa, iu connec
tion with the University, for white
males and females; and another in con
nection withSwayne College, at Mont
gomery, for colored males and females.
It appropriates $6,000 for Tuskaloosa,
and 4,000 for Montgomery.
Pending the debate the body adjourn
ed. _
On Friday morning last a little boy
twelve years old was put iu prison in
Yorkville, nuder the unlawful Ku Klux
act ot Congress. His father had been
in prison for several days. The little
tellow requested to be put in the same
room with his father, whicn was refused.
No comment could put this outrage in
a darker light.— Yorkville (S. C). Sen
tinel.
sfEOE'IM LECISMTIBK
[ rr.im the Macon Telegraph.]
Wednesday, .Nov. 88: h. t
senate. — Presidi in Trammell called
me senate to order at the usual hour.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Warren.
Iha special order ot the Hay was ta
ktn up It it:
A bill to incorporate^the State Agri- j
cuhural La no Grant Buaril, and for timer
purposes. This mil provides for the
estaoiishmem oftvvo agricultural col- !
ieges, one af Dahlosega, the other at |
Miliedgeviffe, in pursuance of the act of ;
Gongrebiiuoualiut27o,ot)oacreßas afoun 1
datum for the schools, and constitutes j
the presidents oi tbe colleges, with tbe
Executive Committee ot the Stale Ag
ricui Ural Society, a board for the selec
tion, care ana disposal ot the lands so
granted
Mr BruHin offered as a substilute, a
bill which makes the Ceorgia State
Board ol Education, as now constitutes
the Board lor the care and selection ol
these lands, and that this Board shall
report to tbe General Assembly, with
which the final disposition ofthe lauds ;
shall remain.
Mr. Clark said the benefit of the bill i
cught to be enjoyed in common by both |
races and contended that Congress du- j
signed the donation for the benefit of |
ali citizens indiscriminately.
Campbell offered an amendment: 1
Always provided the benefits of the:
fund shall be divided equally between all
students, without regard to race, color
or previous condition.
Mr. Brown offered an amendment to
the substitute, appointing the Gover
nor, President of the Senate, Speaker
of the House, President of the Agricul
tural Colleges, and Hon. E. Steadman,
as a board for the purposes indicated by
the bill.
Mr. Hinton spoke in favor of the sub
stitute of Mr. Burton on the ground
that the fund should first be received
and made subject to the control of the
State before it is disposed of.
Mr. Bruton called the previous ques
tion.
The amendment of Mr. Brown was
lost.
The amendment of Campbell was
lost. Ayes 8 nays 27.
The substitute of Mr. Bruton was lost.
Ayes 18, nays 19.
Mr. Brown offered an amendment ad
ding tbe President and Trustees of the
Male Accademy at Marietta to the board
provided for by the bill. Lost.
Mr. Smith offered an amendment ad
ding the President of tbe Newnan Ag
ricultural College to said board. Lost
—ayes 16, nays 18.
Campbell offered an amendment ad
ding the President of the Atlanta Uni
versity to the Board, and making that
University one of the recipients of that
fund. Ayes 18, nays 18. The Presi
dent voted no. Lost.
Mr. Hinton offered an amendment of
the same tenor relating to the South
western Agricultural College. Lost.
The original bill was lost by a vote
of: Yeas--Brown, Burns, E3tes, Er
win, Heard, Hillyor, Hoyle, Jervis,
Jordan, Kirkland, Reese, Richardson,
Simmons and Welborn—ls.
Nays—Anderson, Brock, Coleman,
Cameron, Campbell, Candler, Clark,
Cone, Crayton, Deveavx, Hinton, Kib
bee, Lester, Matthews, Me W horter, Nun
nally, Peddy, Smith, Steadman, Wal
lace and Welch—22.
The House resolution to modify the
resolution to adjourn on Thursday,3oth
instant, so far as to authorize an after
noon session of the House on that day
was taken up and concurred in.
A message was received from the
Governor ad interim stating the approv
al of an act to repeal the 30th section of
an act approved October, 1870.
A bill to incorporate the Hawkinsville
and Eufaula railroad, was read the third
time and passed.
A resolution recommended by the
Judiciary Oommitte to whom was re
ferred a correspondence between Hon.
O. A. Lochrane and Hon. David Irwin,
relative to the revision of Irwin’s Code,
that the work of revision be suspended
for the present. Adopted.
A resolution ordering for the discon
tinuance of all suits against the Treas
urer to recover interest on deposits of
State bonds, and declaring his exemp
tion from liability therefor. Adopted.
A resolution requesting our repre
sentatives in Congress to use their in
fluence to procure payment by the Gov
ernment to the Cherokeo Indians, now
in this State, of all amounts of money
remaining due under the various trea
ties with that nation. Adopted.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr. Smith—A bill to incorporate tho
People’s Savings Bank of Newnan.
A bill to amend section 3781 by in
serting the word criminal before the
word case.
Mr. Matthews—A bill to explain and
amend section 3652 of the Code relat- ]
ing to the duties of the County Treas- |
urer.
The Senate then adjourned until 10 I
a. m. Friday.
House. —The House met pursuant to ;
adjournment, and was called to order
by the Speaker, and prayed for by
Rev. Mr. Jones.
Mr. Pou moved to reconsider the ;
passage of a bill to incorporate the town !
of Colquitt, on the ground that one
section in the bill is unconstitutional.
The motion prevailed.
Mr. Gray moved to reconsider the
loss of a bill exempting land lying in !
cities sad towns when used for agri
cultural purposes from taxation. This
motion prevailed.
Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered a
resolution declaring the seat of Mr.
Page, of Lee. vacant, he having been
convicted of felony in Sumter Superior
Court.
Mr. Joiner, of Dougherty, moved to
refer the resolution to the Committee
on privileges and Elections. Messrs.
Snead, Query, and McMillan, thought
the resolution premature.
The motion to refer prevailed.
The following bills were introduced
and read the first time :
Mr. Woodward —To exempt maimed
persons from payment of poll tax.
Mr. Edwards—To construct a rail
road from Elberton, Ga., to intersect
with the New York and New Orleans
Air Line Railrad.
Mr. Nutting —To incorporate the
Central Insurance Company of Georgia;
also, to incorporate tbe Nutting Manu
facturing Company of Mocon.
Mr. Phillips—A resolution to appoint
a Joint Committee on wild lands.
Sargent—A resolution to pay
Dennis Hammond last quarter’s salary
as Judge for the year 1862.
Mr, Hoge—To repeal Bth section of
an act to levy and collect a tax for the
support of the government for the year
1869; also, to incorporate the Northern
Bank of Georgia.
Mr. McWhorter —To authorize Ordi
naries to appoint Road Commissioners.
Mr. Griffin, of Houston—To exempt
Justices of the Peace and Judicial No
taries from Jury duty.
Mr. Pou—To allow Nicholas Fogarty
to prac-ice medicine; also to change the
time of holding Muscogee Superior
Court.
Mr. Bunn—To make it the duty of
Tax Receivers to collect agricultural
statistics.
Mr. Critenden —To relieve maimed
and indigent persons from tax.
Mr. McNeil —To protect persona in
rearing oysters and fish in tide waters.
Air. cjueao—in ioci: morale Ogle
thorpe Manufacturing Company of
Augusta; also to prescribe the mode of
payment of costs in criminal cases Vo
magistrates and const&biesin Richmond
county.
Mr. McNeil—To protect the people
oi this State against the discrimination
by railroad companies in the transpor
tation of passengers and freight.
Mr. Pou--To amend.the law relating
to fences.
Mr. Hudson to amend the charter of
ihe Atnericus and Isabella Railroad
Company.
Mr. Hail, o! Upson—To prescribe
the manner of enforcing attorney’s
liens.
Mr. Cuming— To amend an act to
facilitate the sale of real estate and to
encourage immigration.
Mr. Sargeant—To incorporate the
People’s Savings Bank of Newnan.
Oa motion of Mr. Goldsmith,the rules
were suspended and a resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a commit
tee to investigate claims against the
penitentiary. The resolution was adopt
ed.
A resolution reported by the commit
tee on Internal Improvements providing
for the appointment of a joint commit
tee of one from the Senate and two from
the House to visit Washington to aid
our Representative in obtaining aid
from Congress for the construction of a
canal to connect the waters of the Mis
sissippi with the Atlantic ocean, was
read.
Mr. Jackson moved to amend by add
ing the Superintendent of Public Works. [
Messrs.: Bryan and McMillan thought i
it habecomiug.in this great Slate to j
eend men to Washington to lobby a
measure through. They favored leaving
the matter in the hands of our Represen
lives there.
Messrs. Jackson and Wofford, of Bar
tow, did not think that these parties
were to act as lobbyists, but that, owing
to the magnitude and importance of the
work, all available manoeuvres for its
success should be adopted.
Mr. Griffin, of Huston, also advocated |
the adoption of the resolution, and ex
plained some of the great advantages to j
be derived from the canal.
Tne hour of 12 m. having arrived,the
Senate came into the Representative
Hall, and the General Assembly, Presi
dent Trammell presiding, proceeded to j
the election of a State Printer.
Senator Hillyer proposed the name of
W. A. Hemphill as a candidate.
M;r. Hillyer, of Camden proposed the
name of S. W. Grubb.
The result of the vote was—W. A.
Hemphill 154 votes; S. W. Grubb 7; J.
Born 1; Rough Rice 1. Total 163.
W. A. Hemphill was declared elected.
Tbe Senate retired and the House re(
sutned the consideration of the resolu- ,
tion to appoint a committee to go to
Congress, etc.
Mr. Pou opposed the resolution on
the grounds that no good could be ac
complished by this committee if Con
gress does not listen to our Representa
tives.
On motion of Mr. Lang the resolution
was laid on the table.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to authorize the reception of in- j
terrogatories from postmasters, etc.,du- j
ring vacation. Lost.
Friday, Dec. 1.
Senate. —Mr. Wellborn moved to
reconsider a bill to incorporate the
Land Grant Board and for other pur
poses, lost on Wednesday, which mo
tion prevailed.
Mr. Matthews, chairman of the com
mittee appointed to inspect the furni
ture, silver ware, etc., of the Executive
Mansion, reported the same well kept
and in good order
Mr. Reese offered a resolution that if
any contest shall arise between the
person elected to fill the unexpired term
of Rufus B. Bullock, and the Hon. Ben .
jamin Conley, exercising tbe duties ot
Governor, or between any other person
and Hon. Benjamin Conley, in regard
to such office, that such contest shall be
referred to the legal tribunals of the
State, the decision of which shall be
conclusive and shall be respected and
obeyed by the people of this State.
Adopted.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr. Richardson—A bill to compel all
persons owning wild lands to make re»
turn thereof to the tax receiver of the
county where the land lies.
Mr. Hoyle—A bill to allow executors,
administrators or agents, to foreclose
any lien arising under the statutes of
this State or any lien laws, and for
other purposes. Also a bill to amend
the tees of Justices of the Peace, pre
scribed in section 2648 of the Code.
Mr. Hinton —A bill to make the em
ployment of any servant whatever dur
ing the term for which said servant
may have been employed a misde
meanor.
Mr. Wellborn, Chairman of the Com
mittee on the State of tbe Republic, to
whom was referred a resolutionlooking
to payment for emancipated slaves, re
ported the following:
Whereas, The war lately waged by
the United States Government against
the Confederate Slates was, from the
beginning of the year 1863 until the
close of said war, carried on for the e‘x
press purpose of emancipating the
slaves, and emancipation having been
received and considered by all parties
as a result of the war,
Therefore, resolved, That the Senate
looks with disfavor upon the move em
anating from the republican side of the
chamber, having for its ostensible ob
ject the obtaining pay for emancipated
slaves; that public opinion nowhere
deems such a result possible, and that
no good, but on tho contrary positive
evil would attend its agitation.
Mr. Bruton opposed the adoption of
the report, and said that he had intro
duced the original resolution in order
that it might be known to the world
what the South and its property hold
ers had suffered by the emancipation of
slaves.
Mr. Wellborn supported the report
on the ground that the resolution could
only be fruitless, at least for good, but
on the contrary at the present juncture
would be extremely injurious and im
politic.
Mr. Brock opposed the intimation in
the report that this was a republican
measure, and moved to strike out so
much of it as relates to the matter. He
opposed the original resolution.
Senator Campbell hoped so much of
the report as threw the onus of this
measure upon the Republican party
would be struck out, and said the Re
publican party disowned it.
The motion of Mr. Brock to strike
out “the move emanating from the Re
publican side of the Chamber,” was
lost by: Ayes—Messrs. Anderson,Brock,
Campbell, Candler, Clark, Colmon,
Crayton, Deveaux, Wallace and Welch
-9.
Nays—Messrs. Black, Crown, Burns,
Cameron, Cone, Estes, Erwin, Griffin,
Heard, Hicks, Hillyer, Jervis, Jordon,
Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews,
McWhorter, Nichollß, Nunnally, Ped
dy, Keese, Richardson, Simmonß,
Smith, Steadman and Wallborn —29.
The resolutions reported were adop
ted by ayes—Messrs. Brock, Brown,
Burns, Cameron, Campbell, Cone,
Crayton, Estes, Erwin, Griffin, Heard,
Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle, Jervis,
Jordan, Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester,Mat
thews, McWbarter, Nichols, Nunnally,
Peddy, Reese, Richardson, Simmons,
Steadman, Wellborn and Welch—3l.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Bruton,
Clark, Deveaux and Bmith 5.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to amend the quo warranto
laws of this State—providing that the
same may be heard ■by the Judges of
the Superior court in vacation. Passed.
A bill to create a County Court in
each county in this State.
On motion of Mr. Kibbee the bill waß
taken up by sections.
Amendments were proposed, exemp
ting various counties from the opera
tion of the bill.
Pending the discussion of the bill the
hour of adjournment having arrived,
the Senate adjourned until 3 p. m.
House of Representatives.—The
House was called to order at 9 a. m.,by
Speaker Smith, and prayer by the Chap
lain.
The rules were suspended, and a
number of House bills were lead the
second time.
A bill to appropriate $2,000 for the
heirs of the late Col. M. Sheftall, of Sa
vannah, a Revolutionary officer, in full
satisfaction for a just claim against the
State of Georgia, was read the first time.
Also a bill to raise a revenue for the
support t.i »h* Goviounect for flic year
1872.
The unfinished business of yesterday,
to-wit: The bill to repeal the usury laws
was resumed.
Mr. Scott said that the matter was
one of great public interest, and should
be careiuliy considered. Away back in
the history oi the past, under the Mosaic
law, it was considered disreputable to
charge any usury or interest, for the
two words were identical in meaning
then. Subsequently, however, the va
rious civilized nations allowed and
countenanced interest, but were careful
to limit it. This plan of allowing and
limiting interest has been adopted and
used in our own State for years past,
and he is unwilling to cut loose from old
and tried landmarks.
Mr. McMillan opposed the repeal of
the usury law, remarking that interest,
when not regulated by law, is regulat
ed by the risk incurred by the lender.
When property is plentiful andindivid
ual credit is good, the rates are low; but
when large homestead provisions are of
force, and imprisonment for debt is con
trary to law, the risks to the lender are
great, and high rates for the use of bor
rowed money are natural consequences.
Mr. Pou favored the passage of the
bill, and could see no sense in telling a
man who owns SIO,OOO that he shall
not have more than SIOO for it during
a year, but allowing him to invest the
same iu brick and mortar and get $2,000
for its use during the same time. The
law as it stands is a dead letter, and
ought not to stand.
Mr. Richards called the previous
question. Gall sustained.
On the motion to indefinitely post
pone, tbe yeas and nays were called
for, with the following result: yeas 81;
nays 65. So the motion to postpone
prevailed.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to amend the law relating to
the withdrawal of claims. Passed.
A bill to make it penal for employer
or employe to break a contract. for
labor or service was read tbe third time.
Mr. Pou favored the bill in an elo
quent speech, urging that it operated
equally upon all parties, and tended to
make contracts more effectual and reli
able.
On the motion to indefinitely post
pone, the yeas and nays were called for
with the following result: Yeas, 88;
nays, 55. So the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
House then adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate.—Several House bills were
read the first and second times.
House. —The following bills were
passed:
The Senate bill abolishing the Alla
paha Circuit.
A bill to legalize the revision of jury
boxes.
A bill amending the garnishment
laws.
A bill to amend laws respecting non
cupative wills.
A bill to incorporate the Macon and
Knoxville Railroad.
A bill to carry into effect article 5,
section 12 ofthe Constitution.
A bill to extend the right to unite
parties in matrimony to lawyers was
lost.
A telegram to Senator Black announ
ces the death of Hon. Wright Brady, a
member of the House, at his home in
Sumter county.
THE STATE ItO.Vi* IBAIUS.
Blodgett Booming—Nearly Two Millions
Squandered in one year—A Radical
Record of Missing Vouchers, Whole
sale Waste, Tremendous Stealing ,
Sudden Riches, and Plunder of Pub
lic Money.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 25, 1871.
To the House of Representatives now
in session:
In compliance with a corretipondence
which we herewith enclose, marked ex
hibit A, we took formal possession of
the books and papers of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad on the 28th day
of August, 1871, and have been engaged
since that time in bringing up said
books for the purpose of showing the
balances.
In view of the short time we have
been engaged, and the vast amount oi
labor necessary to be bestowed, we have
to regret that we are able only to make
a report to the close of the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1870, as you will
find from statement annexed, made up
by the General Book-keeper in charge,
which we respectfully submit with his
report, marked Exhibit B, in accord
ance with a resolution of your honorable
body passed November 24, 1871.
In addition to the work done on tbe
books we have carefully recorded all the
vouchers taken during Mr. Bladgett’s
administration of the road, beginning
January Ist, and ending December
27th, 1870, (the day the lessees took
charge.)
Except vouchers No. 6, dated Febru
ary 15th, 1870, from Josephine Beck,
for $4,000 00.
Voucher No. 20, dated March 27,
1870, from James Sprouls, for $1,500 00.
Voucher No. 71, dated March, 1870,
from William White & Cos., for $3,000.
Voucher No. 60, dated July 30, 1870,
from Jared I. Whitaker, for $5,587 50.
These four vouchers were never turn
ed over to our committee, and, as yet,
we have been unable to trace them.
We have thought proper to copy these
vouchers, which has taken no small
amount of labor, in order to facilitate
such investigations as might be deter
mined by the Legislature, into the late
management of the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad, and for the further purpose
of more effectually securing the records
of said administration.
The vouchers are copied into blank
books and properly indexed so that
they become ready and valuable refer
ences, in the hands of an investigating
committee.
Referring to the books and papers of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad it
were perhaps proper to say that they
show a liberality in general expendi
tures, by the administration in question,
of gigantic proportions, the heaviest of
which took place from October Ist to
December 27th, 1870.
Asa partial evidence of this peculiar
liberality in disbursing the people’s
money by Mr. Blodgett’s administra
tion, wc give the following comparative
statement of receipts and disbursements
under the management of the road by
Major Campbell Wallace, Colonel E.
Hulbert and Captain Foster Blodgett.
STATEMENT.
Gross earnings under supervision
of Major Campbell Wallace
from .lanuary 1, 1867, to Decem
ber 31,1867.. *1,102,453 60
Expenses from January 1, 1867, to
December 31,1867 832,248 15
Net earnings..... *330,202 48
Gross earnings under supervision
of Col. Hulbert, from January 1,
1869, to December 31,1869 *1,288,620 02
Expenses from Janury 1, 1869, to
December 30, 1869 911,752 77
Net earnings *376,867 25
Expenses under supervision of Mr.
Blodgett, from January 1, 1870,
to December 27,1870 *1,566,784 26
Amount of expenses not charged
on books approximating 28,000 00
Total expenses *1,594,784 20
Gross earnings from January 1,
1870, to December 27,1870 * 410,455 08
Expenses over earnings *184,329 18
Advanced by Henry Clews & Cos.,
December 27, 1870 *27,000 00
Advanced by Boorman, Johnson
& Cos., November 30, 1870 28,565 35
Advanced by Boorman, Johnson
& Cos., cotober 30, 1870 *7,000 69
Amount expended by Blodgett over
and above that by Campbell Wallace
$762,436 11. Blodgett over and above
the expenditures made by Major Camp
bell Wallace for the year 1867, the
$109,13182 turned over to Mr. Biodgett
by Col. E. Hulbert in cash,and cash as
sets and about three quarters of a mil«
lion of debts contracted by administra
tion, paid in part by railroad commis
sion with the balance yet unpaid, and
you have the grand total of about eigh
teen hundred thousand dollars as the
proximate sum which has been so reck
lessly and unwarrantably expended or
complicitly and illegitimately appro
priated. Considering the tact that
only the small sum of forty-five thou
sand dollars was paid into the treasury
by Mr. Blodgett during his administra
tion of the road, and that $109,131 82
were turned over to him from Col. E.
Hulbert’s administration, the increased
business of the road for 1870, the care
less and irregular manner in which a
large number of the vouchers have been
taken, which can be readily pointed out
to your committee, and the sudden afflu
, n ,; P nf no many who have be-n<O’inec
ted witti tbs lulu aJuiinistra!i"i< <0 ll.f
Western and Atlantic Railroad,it shovvß
a leckleas misappropriation of the hard
earnings of the people, which amounts
to prima facie evidence of fraud and de
mands, in the judgment of this com
mitee, the most through investigation.
We respectfully suggest that it shall be
the pleasure of the committee in charge
to turn over all the books and papers of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad to
the Legislative committee when appoin
ted and to give all the informa ion in
our power relating to the books, or that
may be of value in the investigation.
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. Redwink,
C. C. Hammock,
E. E. Rawson.
Committee in charge
[exhibit b )
Atlanta, Nov. 22, 1871.
Messrs. C. L. Reduoine , U. C. Hammock ,
E. E. Rawson , Committee in charge of
the books and papers of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad.
Gentlemen —I have the pleasure to
hand you herewith statements of the
Earnings and Expenses, also a Finan
cial Statement of the Western and At
lantic Railroad at the close of the Fiscal
Year, ending September 50th, 1871.
'
Having been appointed General Book
keeper in charge, September Ist, 1871,
with competent assistants, the duties
involved in making up these reports
have been onerous. Upon an exam
ination of the books, I found they
had not beon balanced since Janu
ary 31st, 1870, (which is tho date
of the laßt balance made by myself.
Several attempts had been made,
showing forced balances, which neces
sitated a through investigation by
checking over the books of the road
from Febuary Ist to September 30,
1870. In doing this, numerous errors
were found, which will effect some of
the accounts.
I find that no settlements have been
made during a period of eight months
after the road was leased, with the At
lanta, Kingston, Dalton and Chattanoo
ga agencies. The different agents, since
my appointment,requested a settlement,
but I have informed them, that owing
to the condition of the books of the
road, nothing could be done with their
accounts until the books were thorough
ly examined up to the time of their
lease, at which time their accounts
would be in a condition for adjust
ment.
The labor of adjusting and complet
ing the business of the road from Sep
tember 30th, 1870, up to, and beyond
the lease of the road, will be very ardu
ous. The accounts with agents and
connecting roads will require a thor
ough investigation, and will consume
several months to perfect settlements,
Thanking the gentlemen who have
assisted me in these labors, and your
committee,
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. F. Moore,
General Book Keeper in Charge.
ItAILBOAU AID BIEL.
Tho following is the bill introduced
by Mr. Hall, of Upson, iu tho Georgia
Legislature:
A BILL
lobe Eutitled au Act to carry into ef
fect and enforce Article 3, Section 6,
Paragraph 5, of the Constitution oi
Georgia, to protect the interest of the
State iu extending aid to Railroads,
and lor other purposes.
Suction 1. Be it enacted, etc., That
in all eases where the endorsement of
the State has been placed on the bonds
of any railroad < r bonds of the State
have been issued to railroads in excess
of the amount of money subscribed and
paid in in good laith to such railroad
companies by private persons, in viola
tion ol article 3, section 6, paragraph 5,
of the Constitution, such endorsement
so given, and such bonds so issued, are
hereby declared to be cancelled and
shall no longer be binding upon the
State.
Section 2. Ba it further enacted, etc.,
That the Governor shall at once cause
a rigid investigation, to be instituted for
the purpose of ascertaining the number
and amount of bonds so indorsed and
issued in violation of tbe before recited
article, section and paragraph of the
Constitution, and when the number and
amount of bonds so illegally indorsed
and issued are ascertained, be shaT at
once issue his proclamation, giving no
tice to the public of the cancellation of
the State’s indorsement on such bonds,
and of the bonds issued by the State,
and shall in such proclamation, give
the number and amount of each bond
so illegally indorsed or issued, and the
name of the railroad company to which
the indorsement was given, or to which
the bonds were issued and the dato of
such indorsement or issue of bonds.
Provided, however, That preference
shall always be given to the first in
dorsement or issue of bonds.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the Governor shall hereafter place
the indorsement of the State on any
railroad bond, or shall issue bonds of
the State to any railroad, he shall be
fully satisfied from the sworn statements
of the President, Treasurer, and Direc
tors of the company applying for in
dorsement or issue of bonds, that an
amount of money equal to the amount
of indorsement applied for, has in good
faith been subscribed and paid into such
company by private persons, as pro
vided in Article 3, Section 6, paragraph
5, ofthe Constitution: Provided, That
nothing in this section Bhall be construed
as preventing the Governor from, or as
relieving him from the obligation of
taking other evidence as to the amount
so subscribed and paid in by private
stockholders whenever he is not fully
satisfied by the sworn statements herein
before provided.
Section 4. Be it enacted, etc., That
the Governor shall also,before he places
the endorsement of the State on the
bonds of railroads, or before he issues
the bonds of the State to any railroad,
cause the Superintendent of Public
Works to make an examination and in
spection of such railroad, and the Su
perintendent of Public Works shall
make a report under oath as to the char
acter of the road, and if the company is
in every way complying with the terms
of its charter, and a certificate of such
satisfactory examination and inspection
shall be attached to or entered on every
bond indorsed or issued by the State.
, Section 5. Repeals conflicting laws.
Section—. Be it enacted, etc., That
all bonds hereafter issued and indorsed
under authority of any act granting aid
to railroads shall as a part of their exe
cution, and before delivery, be register
ed in the Executive office, the office of
Comptroller General, the office of Sec
retary of State, the Treasurer’s office
and office of Public Works.
Section —. Be itfurther enacted, etc.,
That the name of the State Treasurer
shall bo signed to the coupons attached
to all bonds issued under authority of
the State, and said coupons upon matu
rity shall be presented to the Treasurer
for payment. _
Good Health and Long Life—There
is nothing more worthy of careful con
sideration than a general knowledge of
tho plainest and most common-sense
laws of medicine and health. Upon
this understanding and observation de
pends our health, strength, and longev
ity. We do not propose to ,make doc
tors of everybody; but we would have
adl sufficiently well posted as to be able
to protect themselves against the impo
sitions of bigotedjquacks and misguided
fools and knaves who prey upon the
fears of unthinking masses, only to
plung them into ruin from which nought
hut death will release them.
Our theory is, progress in medicine, as
in everything else. The medical bigot,
who is as wise as au owl, opposes all in
novations or reformations—no advance
ment for him. He wants to stand
where science stood two thousand
years ago. He believes in blood-let
ting, puking, and purging, as the only
remedies for all afflictions. We believe
a warm stomach will regulate itself;
Plantation Bitters aids the stomach
in generating a natural warmth, which
at once seta in motion the machinery of
digestion, and expels dyspepsia with its
horrid nightmare.
Four Evils.— Whoever habitually
uses any alcoholic preparations as an
“appetizer” will be likely to suffer
from four evils, viz.: an overplus of
food in the stomach, impaired ability to
digest it, the pangs of dyspepsia, and a
doctor's bill. Dn. Walker’? Vegeta
ble Vinkgak Bitters, tio; great Tee
total Restorative of the age, without over
stimulating the palate or irritating the
stomach imparts a heathful appetite,
promotes digestion, regulates the liver
and bowels, purifies the blood, and thus
instead of entailing four evils, confers
four inestimable benefits.
A Democratic Convention. —lion.
Daniel W. Voorhees has published a
card recommending that the calling by
the National Democratic Executive
Committee of a Convention, embracing
delegates from all the States, at some
point in the West, on a day not later
than Feb. 22d, said Convention to pub
lish a clear and definite declaration of
principles upon all matters affecting the
political welfare of the people; then
adjourn to a day fixed for the nomina
tion of a Presidential candidate. The
delegates to be appointed by State and
district conventions.
The fight between Mace and Coburn,
at New Orleans, is regarded as a throw
off. Each was afraid of the other, and
not a knock down. All bets oil.
TELEGBAPIIIC.
FOREIGN.
New York, Dec. I. — A Faria special
to the Herald says the Government of \
France is very uneasy and exorcised
about the great display of troops in
Paris, and all tho streets are guarded
by patrols every night, and the police
are at every street corner. The public
mind is very unsettled. The general
impression is the present state of affairs
cannot last.
The last words of Gen. Rossel to his
Republican friends were: “If you have
not before long crushed the army it will i
crush you. It has always formed a
distinct party. The danger is pressing.
The Republicans have abandoned the
insurrection. You did not like them.
I did not like them; but it was necessity
to join in.”
London, Dec. I.—Earl Chesterfield
died of typhus fever.
London, Dec. I.—Lord Chesterfield
contracted disease at the same time and
place with Prince of Wales. The Prince
was comfortable last night.
London, Dec. 2.—Official bulletin, 9
a. m.: The Prince of Wales had a quiet
night. The fever is severe, but tho case
is progressing satisfactorily.
Madrid, Dec. 2.— lt is rumored that
Great Britain and the United State
threaten immediate intervention in the
case of Cuba.
The Cabinet held a protracted session
yesterday. The King was in consulta
tion with the Ministers up to a late hour.
WANUINUTON.
Washington, Dec. I.—W. D. Wal
lach, formerly editor of the Star news
paper, is dead.
Tbe Cabinet did not discuss Cuban
affairs. It is stated semi-officially that
there is no difficulty between this Gov
ernment and Spain. The movement of
vessels Cubaward was merely precau
tionary.
The debt statement shows a decrease
of $3,500,000. Coin iu tho Treasury
$95,250,000; currency $108,000,000.
Washington, December 2. The
Senate was in caucus Monday morning
upon election of new officers.
The Secretary of the Treasury will
pay orders and papers issued to the
schooner Horton, recently seized at
Gloucester.
Michael Strong, implicated with
Stokes in the Tennessee bonds fund,
has arrived.
Number of distileries registered is
1,043, producing 4,500,000 taxable gal
lons.
Fruit distillation aggregate 2,250,000
gallons.
Total receipts from tobacco $33,500,- j
000; increase $2,250,000; total produce
of tobacco nearly 106,000,000 pounds,
whereof 10,500,000 were exported. The
number of cigar and cheroot coupons for
which tax was collected was 1,332,000,-
000.
The continuance of the present system
of stamps recommended.
Uniform tax 32 cents per pound.
It was recommended that the special
tax of sls, $25, and SSO be abolished.
The present system of export and
bonded warehouses was suggested in
the interest of manufacturers and Gov
efnment drawbacks to be allowed
upon the proof that the goods had land
ed abroad, and loss at sea, also entitling
the shipper to drawbacks.
The Government has gained 3,182 and I
lost 456 revenue Buits for the seizue of j
property for the violation of reveuue
laws. They aggregate $915,000.
An early disposal of land acquired by
direct taxes is recommended.
NEW TOBH.
New York, Dec. I.—Tho Pennsyl
vania Central took possession of the
Jersey Railroad lust night.
Alexis goes to West Point to-day if
the ice permits.
A prominent Cuban here states that
ten thousand stand of arms have re
cently reached the Cuban patriots.
Ice holds 111 canal boats near Troy.
Connolly is still jailed.
Gen. Chester A,, Arthur has been in
stalled as collector of customs.
A private dispatch reports a general
strike and suspension in Staffordshire
potteries.
Twelve cases Wednesday aud nine
deaths since Saturday.
A hurricane visited the north side of
the Island of Cape Briton on the 27th
ult., which did immense damage. The
tide is four feet higher than ever known.
Considerable loss of life.
New York, Dec. 2.—The purser of
the Ville de Paris has been detected
smuggling.
The Russian fleet leaves for Orleans
at an early day, where it will await the
conclusion of the Duke’s tour, and then
proceed to China.
A Scranton special says the low price
of coal causes much excitement. If
lower prices obtain in December, there
undoubtedly will be a strike in January.
The Times says the American Club
House was attached in tho interest of
parties in Connecticut.
Connolly’s professed confcseion is a
hoax.
None of Tweed’s bondsmen have
withdrawn.
An application [was made to reduco
i Connolly’s bail.
Gen. Dix, in behalf of tbe citizens,
j presented Farragut’s picture to Alexis,
j who accepted it in behalf of his father,
I saying it would take place among the
choice collection of Russia.
OEORUIA.
Atlanta, Dec. I.—The Legislature
passed a resolution deprecatory to a
motion for the payment of emancipated
slaves.
A movement for a railroad from the
Ohio river to the South Atlantic sea
board is nearly completed. Theecheme
includes a steamship line with Europe,
and an unbroken line from Louisville
to Savannah and Brunswick, via Mont
gomery. The projectors have ample
practice and experience.
CUBA.
Havana, Dec. I.—A special reports
that the students sentenced to the chain
gang have been working the streets
since yesterday.
Havana, Dec. 2.—Tho monitor Ter
ror has arrived.
The newspaper, Constance, depre
cate:. the recent sceuvs of violence su.i !
seeks to Ifauquilize tun public unuu.
Its tone.gives great offense to the vol
unteer element, but'morierate men ap
plaud the article as opportune.
LUI'ISIAKA.
New Orleans, Dec. 2.—Thu Central
Democratic Committee have issued an
address in favor of continuing the 1 party
organization, and oppaoing an alliance
with either wing of the Republican par
ty in the State.
New Orleans, December 2.—The
trial of W. M. and John Boyd for the
murder of Sam'l Raney, Book-keeper
of the First National Bank, on the 6th
of July last, concluded. The jury’s
verdict was not guilty.
jUISSISSIPI’I.
Jackson, Dec. 2. —Powers has been
inaugurated. Gov. Alcorn has gone to
Washington.
C. K. Marshall delivers the annual
address at the State Fair next week.
MAKYEASU.
Baltimore, December 2. Mrs.
Wharton has removed to Annapolis,
where her trial commences Monday. .
■*»!>• MOKALS, Ma NSeRs
In the hurly burly of every dav’i
amid its eager jostlings to catch
phantoms of worldly pleasures & , W
tition and riches, it is well occa.l»
to stop and, like a wise marin er
storm, to cast an eye on the chan *
compass. Wo are all traveller. „
boundless sea, whoso oppo.it, .°" *
are washed by temporal and “
billows. In youth, y 0 vo,a ßeUr
on some enchanted island where . PS
hales odors sweeter than violotg °
listens to songs of heavenly h as ail<l
An unseen hand, whose power ca 0 ” 1 '
be resisted, soon bekuns him away 1 "
he is seen struggling with breaker, o'* 01
to bo thrown at last a bruised
lifeless corpse on the other side o [!°/
ever roaring ocean. “ e
To say that wo are entirely help.,
—to be tossed about here and
the morcy of every wind and w °‘‘
would argue a lack of wisdom aod
goodness iu the Divine Pilot, i UCOI J"
tent with both reason and revelation
It cannot be that this is tho true phr,
opby of tbe seen and unseen life, y
though clouds and darkness may s ,
times shut us in, still the uadyiag spifq
which is with us in our uprisings aid
down sittings, whispers that we have
a guardian and friend who will guy,
us aright if we listen patiently and obey
faithfully his commands.
Human life is two-fold— the spin;
and the matter—the inner and the out
er. The inferior will always take
form and piressure from the superior
and consequently disguise the manner*
as we may, they will, in spite of all ar
tifice, at length take their true impret.
sions from the habitual character
mind and morals. If base passion and
fear is permitted to govern, deep scars
will be eulrenched upon the features
land timidity, not real modesty, and
vulgar rudeness, not the candor ofin
nocencu, will mark the manners. The
1 constant efforts of hypocrisy to pay the
i counterfeit homage of vice to virtue
j must be exorcised or the whole out
{ ward individual will become as hateful
and despised, as the inward is deformed
i and corrupt. However playful and
beautiful the snake for awhile may ap.
pear, his true subtilty aud venom will
at last be felt. The artificial will give
way to the real, and tho silver veil of
' the prophet will be rent and reveal only
his horrid features.
Tho stabbing tho wifo of Brutus in
the thigh and the subsequent conceal
ment, and the fox gnawing into thoen
trails of tho Spartan boy, may be coni
mended as lessons of silent fortitude to
warlike nations. We, however, need
no such morals or tests of reticonce.
The spirit of our age and country al
ready partakes more of pretence than
reality. If half the pains were bestow
ed in making our youth what they
should be, rather than what they seem,
there would be an elevation in the
mind, morals and manners of our na
tion. In society, we want more sincer
ity and less affectation; in business
more honesty, confidence and punctu
ality, and less deceit; in religion, more
works und Icsb faith—more practice
and les3 precept, prejudice and preten
sion; iu logislation, sower laws sol
more execution; in families, less show
of authority and moro obedience; in
schools, more taught and ioarned, and
less attempted to be taught and learned;
and in government more patriotism and
loss rascality. When and by whatever
means these results are had, we shall
then, and not before, see a refined and
improved standard of mind, moralsand
manners, blessing the country.
Etc lx
In an address to the public Governor
Bullock, of Georgia, gives his reason,
lor resigning his office on the 30th ult.
In a nut ahull these reasons are that he
resigned because satisfied if he did not
he would be expelled. To the public it
will appear that his resignation was
prompted by a desire to frustrate that
searching investigation into his con
duct while Governor which an impeach
-1 meat would authorize. In trial byim
! pcuchment a wide latitude is given, Ist
| wider than is attainable even in a court
of equity; testimony not otherwise pro
curable can be had, and a power of sec
ding for persons and papers can beer
ercised without any other limit than
the view taken of the exigency by the
court of impeachment. By resigning
his office and thus reducing himielt
from a public functionary amenableto
impeachment into a mere private pet
son suable only in tho ordinary courts,
it has been beyond doubt Governor
Bulock’s attempt to restrict into the
narrowest possible chaunel any invest
gation the people of Georgia may de
mand. His resignation is simply a cos
session of guilt, and the fulness of that
confession may be better understood
when it is known that while his resigns
tion bears date as if iu Georgia he bin
self is at this time and has for some
days been in this City of New York
Not only has he resigned his officet 1
forestall impeachment, hut actually tie
| the State as if conscious that evens.
| the private person to which he had R
! duced himself the ordinary process
! tho court might still be applicable t
his case. Could a pismire ma afactcr
| bo compared to one of mighty motik
I this fellow is Cataline over again, w-t
only avoiding the Senate house, butfi
king to liight from the city.
The envenomed temper in which t
leaves Georgia behind him is seen in ;t
; mast vlilianous traduction with wU
i he seeks to bring anarchy, distress.
I oppression once more upon that
; used State. According to his history,
J Georgia intends, by her own uaside
strength no doubt, to overturn fi><
i whole U nited States; and to this he pa
thetically adds that if the office he U
just vacated should be filled by one ui
his prosecutors the friends and supP°['
ters of the general government woe.,
have no one to invoke the Federal » ;
, in their behalf, and “wouid he hanJt
j over without mercy to the assault o,
theii f enemies.” Tho absurdity
Georgia annihilating the United Bt»’ c j
government single-handed is too grea
-1 for serious consideration, and in
I is said of the friends of the admini»- [ *
tion suffering from having no Ooverno
to call for help on their behalf, ho
; comes it, if there is this reported op
! pression, that Governor liullock b-r
--self never besought that aid'
, truth is that there is no such violence.
' tual or meditated, as is here ai.eg
Not one thought in a hundred is go
■ in Georgia to secession, tho coos -
tional amends, or any other such
leto topic of Federal politics. '
rageous pecuniary losses of the P« P 1
the weight of 'heir taxes, the setnj
license iriver. to crime > y this
Governor, whose last official ari ll '
was to pardon a most brutal mof',
just about to bo hanged—these
other local matters have the I 1
attention in that State. Up?“ „r
j issues and none other was c ,u
Bullock to have hern arraigned, aim
tear of any trial upon them am ■
erupit, be has cast down hi? •'
: truncheon and skurried off, no o _
martyr but simply a spavined rop
New York World.
Georgia’s Cenfbs.—A special
gram to the Savannah No w * -my
Washington states that it is ot •
announced try the Census i t \%
! the population of Goorgia codm* 1
hundred and thirty-eight ; g rt ,
i hundred aDd twenty-six white ,
hundred and forty-five tbousan .
! hundred and forty-two colore , — f
Indians, and one Chinese— to - .
million, one hundred and eic ‘ J
thousand, one hundred and nine,
gives to heroine electoral vote 'p on .
Senators and sevrn members o.
cress.
Contracts for the Hire of Uft ,l,,rU
or sale at the Bun Gffl