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rl t:s«\Y ROU.MSU, WARCII 19.
Swßrr Potatoes. — They are now sell
ing at eighty five cents to one dollar per
bushel.
111-. Eli Freights—'We notice that freight
~nonr river between New Orleans and
this point is carried at 45c. to $1 05. per
hundred pounds, according to class. Su
, , a r, coffee and molasses are carried at 60c.,
fir,nr. grain, &e M at 45c.
A Lazy Club.— The Lumpkin Telegraph
made the announcement that Lumpkin
had a lazy club. Tho Atlanta Run cruelly
observes that judging from the paper, the
editor, proprietor and printers of the
Telegraph must belong to it.
James Fi.Kwri.Lrv, Esq.—We notice that
this gentleman, who was appointed by
Governor Smith Solicitor General of the
Pataula Circuit, has removed from George
town to Cuthbort.
Weekly Sun Clubs. —We have
lately received many clubs from differ
ent sections, varying from five to
thirty copies. Those desiring to secure
the Weekly Sun for 1872, ut a loss
cost than four cents a copy, or even
three cents, should form Clubs imme
diately. Roe terras.
Contractors are roferred to notice of
Commissioners of Chattahoochoe county
in regard to building a bridge, etc.
African District Conference. —Bishop
Drown, colored, has been presiding over
one which has been held in Asbury Chapel
the last few days. Usual business. Ad
journed last night. We understand tho
pulpit of St. John’s Chapel, vacated by
the doath of Edmund Bailey, is filled by
tim Presiding Elder of the District.
The JAtL.—Tho Muscogee county jail,
at Columbus, now contains thirty inmates.
Only three are whites. They are charged
with murder. The negroes, twenty-seven
in number, are mostly confined on the
charges of larceny. There will be a
general clearing oat of boarders at tbe
next session of the Superior Court, in
May.
REMm.Di.vo or the Palace Mil,ns.—
Some seventy-five laborers were employed
yesterday in tearing down the walls of the
Talaco Mills, cleaning and piling brick.
Col. Mott, the proprietor, intends to have
the structure rebuilt as soon us possible.
This is good news for Columbus. The
ruins aro slill smoking—especially that
portion in which grain was burned.
St. Patuick. —We notice different pa
pers make his age from 121 to 132 years.
Appleton’s Now American Encyclopedia
says tho most authentic authorities state
ho was horn in 372 and died 464. This
would make him 92 years of age. It
makes no difference, however. He never
saw a steamboat, a faro table or chignon.
Nor has it anything to do with hot punch-
Kauly Ikish Potatoes.— "We have been
shown Irish potatoes from the gardens of
Mr. Henry 1). Joy which were larger than
bird eggs, and quite numerous. They
were planted on the first of February.
Mr. Joy has splendid gardens at his place,
the forrnor residence, in Pin wood, of Mrs.
('has. J. Williams, beyond tho Southwes
tern depot, 110 is an educated nursery
man, florist and seedsman, from London,
England, A visit to his grounds will
prove interesting.
Forth-eight Hours of Steady Rain.—
llain commenced Saturday and fell almost
without cessation until yesterday (Mon
day) morning. The crooks throughout
(he country are very high. These make
twenty-threo rainy days since the first of
January—all heavy but one, and in addi
tion two good snows. Last year wo had
twenty-two rains to same date, seven of
which were light. The thermometer last
year averaged fifty-five degrees; this year
forty-nine. Tho season is nearly three
weeks behind. Hardly any planting has
yet been effected.
Drays in Columbus.— Thus far licencos
have been taken out for 34 one-horse ex
presses at S3O each; 4 one-horse drays at
S2O each; 29 two-horse drays at $25 each
—making a total of $1825.
Last year there were 32 one-horse ex
presses at $25 each; I one-horse drays,
S2O each; 35 two-horse drays, S3O each;
1 four-horse dray. $35 —total $1905.
This comparison shows a decreaso of
'llo in the licences from this source. It
is attributable to the decrease in cotton
receipts. A large number of licences for
express wagons will be taken out during
hair week.
Liquor Licenses for this Quarter. —
This year eight first-class liquor licences
have been taken out at. SSO each per quar
ter. and forty-one second-class, at $25
each—making a-total for the quarter of
$1,425.
l-ast year nine first-class licences were
taken out at $25 per quarter for each, and
forty-nine second-class, at sls per quar
ter making a total for the quarter of
S9O.
This shows that though nine less licences
have been taken out this year, the total
amount for this, the first quarter, exceeds
that of 1871 $465. This adds something
to our revonue.
Receipts of Cotton in Interior Towns
The following table shows the re
ceipts at the named interior towns from
September Ist to Friday, March 15th,
respectively, for the seasons 1870-71 and
1871-72 :
1870-1. 1871-2.
Augusta 168,978 132,635
Macon 93,796 52,806
Eufaula 37,291 20,708
Columbus 68,718 36,831
Montgomery 86,788 50,322
Selina 79,644 55,132
Memphis 416.918 326,828
Nashville 83,397 51,773
Total 1,035,530 727,030
This shows a deficit of this year from
the last of 308,500 bales. The stocks on
March 15th, were 84,368 against 113,-
31 3 same date in 1871, showing a deficit
of 29,005, which added to the deficit in
the port receipts 82 0,871, makes the
n ited States crop in sight last Friday
''9,876 bales less than the one of last year
to same date.
Lun Arranged between Georgia and
bo!*TH Carolina and the United States.
—The New York Sun says: A great main
has been arranged between'the well-known
Southern sporting men, Maj. T. G. Bacon
and Mr. J. Bowler. The former repre
sents Georgia and South Carolina, and the
-atter backs the United States. Each
party is to show thirty-one cocks, at weight
ranging from four pounds and ten ounces
to h ye pounds and three ounces, and fight
according to Turner’s rules, as construed
hy Dr. Gee, of Selma, Ala. Each battle
«to be for S2OO a side, and $5,000 the
’-nain. Maj. T. G. Bacon belongs to South
f arolina, and Mr. J. Bowler is a resident
,eor ßia. The main is to be fought on
he 10th and ljth of April, at New Or-
VOL. XIV.
GREELEY AND AMNESTY.
A little incident in the House of Repre
sentatives, yesterday, illustrated the absur
dity of trifling with amnesty, aa Congress
is now doing. It has been agreed that the
members shall pass up to the Clerk’s desk
the names of rebels whom they wished re
stored to tho rights of citizenship, to be
passed upon without the lists being read.
But this was with the understanding that
none of the class specially excepted by act
of Congress should be ro favored by any
member. In the last list of candidates,
the name of ex-Gov. Vance, of North Caro
lina, was discovered, and, as he is one of
the;' ‘proscribed robels, a hubbub was crea
ted. There is something pitiful in the
fact that this sharp cutting of corners and
dodging about is necessary in order right
ly to divide the nicely shaded classes of
rebels. All this would be avoided by a
single statesmanlike act—Universal Am
nesty.
We clip the above from the New York
Tribune of the i.3th, not only to show the
“absurdity,” but the injustice, malice and
corruption exhibited in the system of spe
cial pardons adopted by Congress. We
cannot understand why the names of any
but those “specially excepted” should bo
placed on the pardon lists, as none others
have disabilities to be removed. It seems,
however, the name of ex-Gov. Vance was
on the list of “proscribed rebels,” and in
the words of Greeley, it created a “hub
bub,” a “something pitiful” in the House
of Representatives. Why the name of
Gen. Vance should especially create a
“hubbub” is a mystery to us, except upon
the supposition that none others are to be
rostorod to the rights of citizenship but
those who are mean enough and able to
buy their freedom, or willing to surrender
the noblest prerogative of man—the right
of thought and expression of conviction to
prop a rotten and falling administration.
Gen. Vance is too brave and honest not to
scorn a favor to bo purchased at the ex- j
pense of his exiled fellow'-citizens, his own
self-respect, his own inherent and inalien
able rights, and the extinction of every
generous sentiment of a man and a patriot.
A Union man and opposed to bloodshed;
wnen the soil of his native State was
pressed by a hostile, armed foot, he fed
the hungry, he clothed the naked of his
and kindred blood and institutions, and
went where blows fell thickest and heavi
est. This is the head and front of his of
fending—the sin unpardonable of having
loved his people too well and wisely, and
for which his steps are hounded by miser
able wretches who have crawled into poli
tical position and now shiver at his name,
his talents and integrity.
If the Radical Congress cannot stretch
its littlo and mean soul up to the standard
of “Universal Amnesty,” let it erect a
monument to its infamy by simply exclud
ing the names of Davis, Vance, Toombs,
Stephens and others, who will live in hon
ored remembrance when their persecutors
will be known only to be despised by the
good and patriotic of all nations. It is
bad enough for Radical Governors to steal
our substancee and bankrupt our treasu
ries; these, however, time and labor may
again restore; but to keep alive an eternal
system of animosity and bribery by ap
peals to the last infirmity of noble minds
—ambition, is an extremity and refine
ment of torture which devils alone can
equal.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
Wo have said nothing about this elec
tion editorially. We would now have
nothing to say but from the fact that there
is a calm in the political elements, and we
feel as Byron did when he said, “We want
a hero—an uncommon want!” The still
ness of which we complain k but the still
ness which precedes the tempest or the
fiory leap of the thunderbolt.
The New Hampshire election is only im
portant us being significant of the coming
Presidential election, and as a pointer
which way then, the cat will jump. Straw,
the Radical candidate, was elected, with
all tho aids and appliances of government,
by only a thousand votes. Against the
Johnston administration, Grant carried
the State by a plurality of six thousand.
Tho one thousand, says the friends of
Grant, is the straw that will show how the
wind will bloxv ;n other elections; while
on the other hand, it is looked upon only
as the thing at which men catch when
about to go under. Either way, we think
it a very slight and light matter.
We never have known an eloction in
which all agreed not to be disappointed.
The especial friends of Grant regard it as
a favorable omen of his nomination at the
Convention to be hold at Philadelphia.
The Democrats are pleased at this for they
consider that Grant will bo easier defeated
than any other Republican. One thing is
certain, the Democrats are not discouraged
at the result, but are determined to pick
their flints and strike a blaze which will
consume Radicalism at the Presidential
election. So mote it be!
The Atlanta Consitutitution has this :
After the State’s Money—Attach
ments Against the Men Who Got the
Money. —Yesterday, on information filed
by Col. Candler and his Investigating
Commitee, a number of attachments were
issued against the luen who, upon investi
gation, have been found to have shared in j
the State Road money.
The aggregate runs to over $200,000,
and the attachments touch the following
parties:
Schofield Bolling Mill, $57,000. This
is for iron.
Foster Blodgett nearly $60,000. This
is exclusive of the $20,000 covered by his
bond. Included in this item is $16,000
collected from the Post Office Department
never accounted for. The items are
various. Blodgett has been writing back
to be permitted to return without arrest.
N. P. Hotchkiss $14,000. This is exclu
sive of $20,000 covered by his bond. It
includes all sorts of comical items from
horses to coal. One item of $875 is for
use of sleeping car; another of SBO is for j
whisky: SIBO for a horse.
Varney A. Gaskill $15,000. Os this ■
$8,500 is the Dobbins money, retaining :
fees; SIOO for trip to Savannah, making ,
speeches for Green Line, etc.
James Mullens SB,OOO. This includes j
domestic items of house-fencing, double j
pay, etc.
A. L. Harris SB,OOO. Switches, not for
thrashing children, are included here.
John Rice, proprietor of New Era,
$25,000. This is the amount of State’s
money used to buy the Era from Dr. Bard.
I. P. Harris $19,000. There is no at
tachment here as the bond of SIOO,OOO
covers the amount.
The uses to which the State lload
money was put were odd and various.
Buying newspapers, importing race hors
es,* running turf exchanges, building
houses, junketing, etc., etc.
H. D. Joy advertises that he has on hand
a choice assortment of flowers and import
ed seeds from his Northern nursery. He
also has early vegetables. This is the sea
son of the year to have house yards and
cemetery lots put in order, and Mr. Joy is
the very- person to have it done for you in
a handsome style. See notice.
«—♦- ♦—
Aid for Gen. Coofer.— We hope our
citizens, especially the ladies, will remem
| ber that subscription lists to raise a fund
! for the aid of the noble and impoverished
| Confederate General Cooper, are at the
Georgia Home, John King's and Chatta
i hoochee National Bank.
Dana, of the New York Sun, swears
Robeson has pocketed four hundred of the
; «hip« that once constituted the navy.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
The store of J. B. Stocks, at Griffeth's
Mill, Cherokee county, was burned last
night week. Loss some s3,ooo—insured
for $2,000.
The residence of Mr. "W. H. Kirk, uear
Howell’s Cross Roads, North East Ala
bama, was burned at mid-dav on Satur
day, the 9th inst. The family were all
away at the time. There was some S3OO,
greenbacks, in the house, and incendia
rism is suspected.
The depot of the Selma, Rome and
Dalton Railroad at Talladega, was jeop
ardized on Thursday morning last, by the
burning of three bales of cotton on the
platform. The fire originated from the
igniting of matches with which some
little negro boys were playing.
At the last session of the Macon Chan
cery Court, Messrs. Walter Brewer and
John Strange, were admitted to the prac
tice of law.
Col. J. R. Powell invites the Democratic,
Executive Committee to select Binning-.
ham as the place for holding the State
Convention next August, and promises, if
they do so, to provide a hall for that pur
pose, and accommodations for 500 mem
bers and visitors.
Macon county has paid, since January,
1871, $9,500 for bridges alone.
Robert Somers, Jr., who was aacident
ly shot in the face at Florence, about a
week ago, is recovering.
The Alabamian and Times of TusGum
bia has received an Irish potato of this
year’s growth as largo as an hen's egg.
The Reporter learns from a gentleman
engaged in the survey that the East Ala
: barna and Cincinnati Railroad is survey
ing a line from Louina to Oxford direct,
i This would leave Wedowee off the line, as
the road would cross the mountain almost
duo south of Oxford, touch the head
waters of Kitchamadauga, pass down west
of Delta and probably touch Lineville. It
must at all events pass near County Line.
The post route from Dadeville to
Chaneyhatchee has been extended from
Chaneyhatchee to Wetumpka, and mails
between Wetumpka and Dadeville will go
by that route after the Ist of April.
The Artesian well in front of the Coun
cil Chamber in Selma is 400 feet deep
and there is no water yet.
A freedman stole $250 from Capt. D.
Payner, at Eutaw, and was fool enough to
be caught and have the money taken from
him.
The Meridian Gazette says the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad Company will tempo
rarily run the Alabama and Chattanooga
railroad until all matters in controversy
are arranged.
Mr. S. H. Fawlkes, of Marion, has re
signed the position of Secretary and
Treasurer of the Selma, Marion and Mem
phis Railroad, to accept the position of
cashier in anew savings bank at Marion.
Auditor Reynolds notifies tax collectors
to be prompt in complying with the new
revenue law. Delinquents will be pun
ished.
An air line between Montgomery and
Chattanooga is 194 miles long. The Ad
vertiser suggests a railroad via Talladega.
The Selma Times says on that jailed
burglar in Montgomery were found dia
monds, watches and other jewelry, in
value amounting to not less than $15,000.
Among them was the jewelry stolen from
Gen. Hardee and others in Selma.
Col. Harding, an excellent engineer, in
forms the Montgomery Advertiser that
the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad is
in excellent condition, and that the ex
penditure of SIOO,OOO would render it one
of the best roads in the South.
Tho iron has been laid down on the
Vicksburg and Brunswick railroad within
25 yards of the depot building in Clayton.
The depot building is also nearly finished.
From the evidonce on the Coroner's in
quest it was doubtful whether Col. Charles
Forsyth, in Mobile, was killed by tbe acci
dental discharge of his pistol, or whether
he or someone else fired tho fatal shot.
Thirty-seven students have graduated
from the Mobile Medical College. A gold
medal was awarded by the Faculty to Cal
vin J. Kirven as being the first in his class.
R. A Petty delivered the valedictory.
The store house occupied by Titsworth,
Scott & Cos., on Broad street, in Selma,
was sold to Mr. Joel Jones, of Mobile, for
$6,875.
A thirteen year old son of James Bu
chan, of Early county, Ga., was arrested
in Mobile by the officers on authority of a
dispatch received from his father, and de
livered to an elder brother who had fol
lowed him. He had S3OO. He says he
left home because of the cruel treatment
of his step-mother.
The Alabama Central railroad train ran
over and killed an Indian between Demop
olis and the Bigbee bridge, on the 14th
inst.
In the last four days Montgomery has
received only 66 bales of cotton and
shipped 263. Stock 5,360.
At twenty dollars a ton the iron of Ala
bama will produce the State, five thou
sand millions of dollars. Annual interest,
at 8 per cent, four hundred millions. An_
nnal tax on the interest, at per cent,
six millions. Annual tax on interest on
coal and iron combined, ten millions eight
hundred thousand dollars'
At fifty cents a ton the coal mines of A1
abama are worth four thousand millions
of dollars. The annual interest on this
vast sum at 8 per cent, is three hundred
and twenty millions of dollars!
Hon. R. H. Slough, ex-Mayor of Mobile,
died in that city on Sunday.
The Alumni Association of the Mobile
Medical College, elected to serve for the
ensuing year: D. E. Smith, M. P., Presi
dent ; H. P. Harvey, M. D., Vice Presi
dent; H. F. Barefield, Vice President ;
Rhett Goode, M. D., Secretary and Treas
urer; T. J. Boyles, M. D., Orator; F. M.
Stone, M. D., Essayist.
The Bigbee river, on the 12th inst.,
rose twelve feet in eighteen hours.
Six employees have been discharged
from the Mobile Custom House because
they did not belong to the other radical
party.
Montgomery has passed an ordinance
making it unlawful for any horses or cat
tle to run at large within the corporate
limits of the city, between dark in the
evening and daylight in the morning.
The Montgomery City Council has
I passed an ordinance requiring the City
I Physician to remain at his office and with
fresh matter vaccinate all applicants. He
is to be paid $l5O extra for the service,
i Montgomery has resolved to employ
two competent engineers to take care’ of
and run her two steam fire engines at a
, salary of SSOO, each.
John Moore, in Wilcox county, has
contracted with Western granaries for
| 100,000 bushels of com, to be delivered
i in Wilcox county at $1 25 per bushel.
| There goes 1,250 bales of cotton “at one
fell swoop" from one of the most fertile
j counties in Alabama.
The concert given in Opelika on the
night of the 12th inst., by the brass band
of that place, assisted by many ladies, was
■ most delightfuL
1 Mofaula forbids street auctions.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY”, MARCH 26, 1872
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
WHAT A MAN BECOMES IN THE METROPOLIS
WHAT HE MAT SEE WITH ONE EYE —AN
AGE OF MACHINERY —SOME CURIOUS ILLUS
TRATIONS A. T. STEWABT’S NEW CITY
HOW RAILROADS ABE BUILT—RAPID WORK
WITH A STEAM SHOVEL.
New York, March 15, 1872.
I suppose there is no metropolis in the
world which so thoroughly represents the
heterogeneous character of a nation, and
absorbs the products of its genius and in
; dustry, as does this self-same city of New
j York. It is impossible for any observant
! man to walk down Broadway and not be
! interested first, in the number of “noto
rieties” who wall be pointed out as “lions”
of the town; and secondly, in the curious
obstinacy with which nature appears to
preserve the peculiarities of the people
from different portions of the world. It
i is equally impossible for a stranger not to
I feel while in New York he is a mere non
! entity; that whatever may bo the pomp
: and circumstance of his surroundings at
j home, he is here only a mite in a mighty
■ cheese; yet withal so independent that he
may T explore where he may please, and no
man, woman or child will be the wiser.
“He pays his money and he takes his
choice.”
If religiously inclined, he may enjoy a
! Methodist brother of the good old school;
or, on the other hand, may see the Al
mighty worshiped dramatically with all
the adjuncts except the foot-lights, and
preached at by fashionable parsons who
part their hair in the middle, wear the
latest sacerdotal uniform and look as well
satisfied as if they had a fat contract with
their aristocratic parishioners to drive
them to Heaven at the last convenient
moment in a coach and four. If a law
yer, he can step into court and observe
John Graham perform legal gymnastics
.before the bar, and now and then bush
whack the judge on tho bench. If an
artist, he may visit the Studio, on Tenth
street, where fifty of his fellows are work
ing for dear life on every sort of picture,
from a small-sized bumble-bee to Gig
noux’s last sketch of the Rocky r Mountains.
If he would like to gamble a little, why
he has only to step around the corner iu
Wall street, and be accommodated by any
number of spruce young gentlemen, fresh
from the Fulton street prayer-meeting,
and first-class members of the Christian
Association, who in fifteen minutes will
take him in and bring him out of a stock
speculation that will leave him as cleanly
picked as a canvass-back duck ready for
the spit. As an idler, he can lounge on
Broadway, where fashion and frailty are
the Siamese twins of the sidewalk; and, if
his tastes are not too refined, a policeman
will show him wretchedness enough in
five minutes’ walk from his hotel to make
a series of unadulterated nightmares that
will last for a life-time.
The practical man will be attracted by
other things. He will see in New York
the genius of his country in a nut-shell;
how, in every department, machinery is
taking the place of muscle. He will go to
bed iu a machine which five minutes be
fore looked like a magnificent book-case;
he will be gently turned out in the morn
ing—by machinery; he goes down stairs
—bv machinery; his head is brushed in
the' barber shop—by machinery; his
clothes are made by machinery, that gives
employment to a hundred thousand work
ing women; and he may cook a bachelor
breakfast on a stove that is its own ser
vant, and times the condition of the hot
rolls by clock-work. He may even make
books by machinery, for the journeymen
printers of New York have formed a Co
operative Association at No. 30 Beekman
street, in which every member is a cog
wheel in a system that has reduced the
price of every kind of printing at the same
time that it turns out with rapidity the
most superb style of work. Go where you
please, in fact, and you will find every
species of device conceivable that can
serve a useful purpose as an auxiliary to
human comfort, from a pocket twine cut
ter to a cotton gin or steam engine.
They are even building railroads by ma
chinery, and under its magic villages are
springing up with a speed that recalls the
fairy work of Aladdin’s lamp. It is only
the other day that A. T. Stewart pur
chased eight thousand acres of land on
Long Island, and already twenty-five or
thirty miles of streets are graded; shade
trees are planted, blocks are fenced in,
and a large hotel, six hundred feet long
and six stories high, is in process of con
struction, besides many fine brick edifices.
Five months ago there was no commu
nication between the north and south side
of Long Island save by the old-fashioned
dirt road. Yet before the flowers bud in
May, twenty-two miles of rail will be laid
and no less than twelve beautiful villages
will be brought within an hour’s ride of
New York city. By machinery, the work
of three years will be compressed into
about seven months. A portion of the
way lies through a rocky spine or ridge,
which at first seemed a barrier almost in
surmountable. But at this juncture a
well-known railroad contractor, Mr. Jas.
N. Smith, of Brooklyn, stepped forward
and said, “Gentlemen, that hill is only a
mile and a half across; I’ll guarantee to
go through it in ninety days.” It was
thought to be an impossibility, but they
let him try. He at once put a steam ex
cavator at work on either side and com
menced operations. With a ton of coal a
day, they have performed the work of
three hundred men, and are now within a
few rods of each other, puffiing and blow
ing while they burrow deep into the heart
of the mountain.
I drove out the other day to see these
monsters at work, and the first object that
attracted my attention was the six-foot
millionaire contractor, Mr. Smith, with
his broadcloth coat thrown aside, driving
a drill with a twenty-pound sledge. I
asked him if he was “taking his constitu
tional?” “Not in that style,” was the
reply; “I’m only teaching this man how
to economize his muscles and work to
advantage. ” The answer seemed to illus
trate the genius of the place.
I looked down the deep cut at the
machine. It was not much larger than a
small cabin —a sort of young house on
wheels, but those wheels with the motive
power in the heart of the engine could
give it a speed of six or eight miles an
hour. A gigantic arm protruded from the
front, at the end of which was a great
iron hand with sharp claws, and these were
made to ascend and descend at the will of
one man. The operator occupied a plat
form near the engine, and with but a
simple contrivance—a stirrup for his foot
and a lever for his hands—he moved tons.
I remember that a great rock was bulg
ing from the hard knotted face of the
bank, which it seemed as if nothing but a
blast of powder could stir; and it was cu
rious to observe how deftly those large
iron fingers cleaned out, first, the dirt be
neath ; then removed the dirt from the
sides; then gently scraped the top ; and
finally taking a firm grip, shook the rock
with a giant’s strength, until nature at last
gava way to the art of man, and the im
mense boulder weighing ten or twelve
tons was lifted from its bed with as little
power apparently as a boy will lift a mar
ble, swung around and deposited in a
dump-car bv its side. At each operation
of the' shovel on the pure earth, a ton and
and a half of earth is swept forever from
its bed.
A train of forty or fifty cars wait on the
machine, and it was curious to observe
the almost human intelligence with which
the horses, trained to their work, dashed
up on a run, each with an empty car to
give it impetus, and of their own accord
went back, turned and presented the
traces to be hooked on the next.
Let the last word be of woman ! Moth
ers and teachers will be glad to learn that
a book has just been published by E. J.
Hale & Cos., which fills a groove in the
nnrsery and school-room never before oc
cupied*. Children ask ten thousand ques
tions. and the new work is intended to
answer some of them. It is aptly called,
“Wisdom Teeth for Little People,” ar
ranged by Mrs. F. G. de Fontaine. Sixty
cents remitted to the publishers will se
cure it, or it may be had at the bookstores.
Social Equality in Mississippi.— The
civil rights bill, giving equal rights to ail
public conveyances, hotels, theatres, &c.,
becamo a law on Saturday last. A negro
and bis wife, to test the law, took a
seat that night in the theatre, but were
ejected.
The Weekly Sun for 1872 only
Two Dollars. Renew your subseip
tion without delay.
From the New York South.
GEORGIA AND HER RESOURCES.
We are no statistician, nor have we ever
made statistics a study. We doubt not
their value, but they are more a matter of
reference than of memory. We have no
tables to refer to in writing this article,
and, therefore, do not propose perfect ac
curacy in our statements. We merely ap
proximate. This is sufficient for our"pur
pose.
According to White (p. 36), the State is
372 miles in length and 256 miles in
breadth. This gives an area of 63,39 7J
square miles and 40,574,400 acres. In
extent, here is an empire, occupied by
only 1,000,000 of inhabitants, or nearly
16 persons to the square mile, or for every
640 acres, or 40 acres to every inhabitant
without regard to age, sex or color. At
50 to the square mile, tho State can sup
port a population of over 3,000,000. This
is a moderate estimate of its capacity.
They are not all to bo tillers of the soil or
to derive all their living from the soil of
Georgia. Goods, wares and merchandise
will be manufactured and sent to the mar
kets of tho world. Commerce will give
employment to thousands, and a system of
trade adopted by which many thousands
will earn a living without recourse to tho
soil of Georgia for the substantiate of life.
If all these acres were improved and
made to produce to their utmost capacity,
our resources would be limitless—almost
incalculable. An acre to each inhabitant
would sustain a population, after deduct
ing one-half for waste or irreclaimable
lands, of 20,000,000 in round numbers.
This it can be made to do. It will take
time, experience, labor and capital to ac
complish it. These facts show that there
is no' cause for apprehension on account
of an excess of population. What is true
of Georgia is true of the other States in
North and South America. This popula
tion will distribute itself over both coun
tries according to its necessities and can
not be in excess anywhero for a long pe
riod—perhaps for a thousand years to
come.
Georgia has some fifty odd rivers within
her borders, in whole or in part, accord
ing to the same authority. Many of them
afford numerous water powers. Take the
Chattahoochee near Columbus, the Savan
nah near Augusta and the Oconee near
Athens as specimens of some of them. It
would be fair to conclude that the water
power alone of the State would, if proper
ly improved, give profitable employment
for manufacturing purposes, with full
supplies of raw material at hand, to more
laborers than the entire population of the
State at this time.
And there are her mines of gold, of
iron; her railroads; her marble, granite
and slate; her forests of most valuable
timber and many other resources too
tedious to mention. The development of
all these will give employment to many
millions of people of every class—the
learned and unlearned, rich and poor,
male and female, old and young, of every
trade or occupation, of every science and
every art. And these will work in perfect
harmony—a union of all for the good of
each one, regulatod by the laws which
govern all trades as to supply and demand.
The true policy of Georgia, therefore, is
to encourage and stimulate the industry
and enterprise of the people, and after this
to import from abroad the additional la
bor necessary to the accomplishment of
the grand work of improvement and de
velopment.
And we must do it for ourselves. It is
the business of our peole, of our States,
to look at our own interests, and not the
business of Congress or the nation. Our
own Legislature, as at present constituted,
was loath to pass the present bill, encour
aging emigration. With such changes as
will be probably made in tbe next, under
the late decision of the Supreme Court,
we can scarcely permit ourselves to expect
anything favorable at this time from the
next Legislature. Time will demonstrate
the fact, that with such a government over
us as we somewhat expect hereafter, all
our efforts to regain our prosperity and to
recover our happiness and former posi
tion, will be nearly in vain. And yet, we
must not ingloriously abandon the strug
gle. Forewarned of difficulties, we must
prepare beforehand, to meet them.
The old maxim, “fortune favors the
brave,” is as applicable to us this day as
it was to the Romans, with whom, we be
lieve, it originated. If left to ourselves,
the intelligence and patriotism of the
country will certainly rule in the end. It
cannot be that w r e are to be robbed of
everything that we have and of every
happiness. If so, then welcome, thrice
welcome the fate that awaits us, whatever
it may be, but more welcome still, that
flight of the “destroying angel” over this
land which shall give to the remnant the
rights which are their’s alone. The coun
try is ours—we must hold it, govern it,
improve it, develop it in all its interests.
We must do these things, if we would
prosper or our children after us .—By the
late B. T. Harris, of Hancock County.
Since the Chicago fire the Herring Safe
has become to the merchant the twin sis
ter of the telegraph and the railroad. He
cannot do without it. The tests to which
it has been subjected by flame and thief,
and the manner in which it has come forth
unscathed, prove that the Herring Safe
has reached a degree of perfection which
makes it absolutely essential to the wel
fare of every man who has property to
preserve. When a man is tried, the ques
tion is, “What can you do?—what have
you done?” On the answer depends his
grand success in life. So it is with an in
vention. The firm at No. 251 Broadway,
N. Y., Messrs. Herring, Farrel & Sherman,
are said to be overflowing with the in
creased demand.
Meeting of the Columbus Medical
Society. —This body met Tuesday night.
Dr. J. A. Urquhart was called to the
Chair. Dr. G. I. Grimes, the Recording
Secretary, was at his post of duty.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, John A. Urquhart, M. D.
First Vice Presid’t, John E. Bacon, M. D.
Second Vice Presid’t, J. J. Mason, M. D.
Recording Sec. and Tres’r, G. I. Grimes,
M. D.
Corresponding Secretary, V. H. Talia
ferro, M. D.
Dr. V. H. Taliaferro was elected to
deliver the address of welcome to the
State Medical Convention.
The Society adjourned to meet next
Saturday night in the office of Drs. Grimes
& Grimes.
Greeley’s Last. —The following seems
to show that Greeley intends to bolt if
Grant be nominated:
“New York Tribune,)
New York, March 7, 1872. f
“My Dear Sir, —I am doing my best on
the Conservative movement, and expect
to do so to the end. I take no care as to
candidates, but if there should be an at
tempt to make free trade a plank of the
platform, I must be counted out.
l’otirs. Horace Greeley.
“A. J. Wedderbum, editor Sentinel, Al
exandria, Ya.”
Testing the Ku-Klux Act.—Ex-Attor
ney General Stanbury had an interview
| with the present Attorney General, on the
14th, on the question of testing the con
stitutionality of the enforcement of the
Ku-Klux act before the Supreme Court.
He has prepared a brief for that purpose
\ in an appealed case from the District
Court of South Carolina.
Freight Blockade. The Nashville
depot has been closed for a day or two
against any more through freight in order
to allow the accumulations to go forward.
On Sunday night there were twenty-eight
freight trains moving at once over the
Nashville and Chattanooga Road. The
j blockade is attributed to the non-running
of freight trains on Sunday, on the
Western and Atlantic Road, which causes
two days’ accumulation at Chattanooga.
Gov. Lindsay has returned to the Capi-
Ital from his trip to North Alabama.
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.
Calcutta, March 18. — The assassin of
Lord Mayo has been executed. The assas
sination he confessed was not the work of
conspiracy but that he alone designed and
carried out the murder.
London, March 19.—The press of this
city this morning, in commenting on tho
statement made to the House of Commons
last night by Gladstone, relative to the re
ply of the American Government to Earl
Granville’s note, generally expresses the
opinion that the communication of Pre
mier will create disappointment and ap
prehensions throughout the country. The
Government is urged to bring the present
difficulty with America, arising out of
claims for indirect damages, to an honora
ble solution.
Granville’s (in the House of Commons)
reply to America’s note will be dispatched
Thursday. The honor of the country will
be maintained. [Cheers.]
Paris, March 19. The precautions
taken by the Government for the sup
pression of demonstrations to celebrate
the first anniversary of the revolt of the
Commune, proved to bo unnecessary.
Tho day passed off without any manifesta
tions in this or other cities, and all was
quiet.
St. Petersburg, March 19. —Tho Em
press of Russia is ill.
London, March 20.—Sir Travers Twiss
has resigned his office as Queen’s Advo
cate General.
A meeting was held in London yester
day to take preliminary steps for organiz
ing a Copy-right Association, with the ob
ject of protecting authors and publishers.
Sir Charles W. Dilke’s resolution to in
vestigate the expenses of the Crown crea
ted intense excitement in the House. Her
bert, who seconded the motion, declared
that he preferred a Republic to a Mon
archy. Votes—ayes 2; nays 274.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 18. — The Govern
ment Directors have decided in favor of
Council Bluffs as the extreme terminus of
the Union Pacific railroad.
Senate.—A resolution of inquiry regard
ing the Senatorial interference in appoint
ments and removal was adopted.
The Chicago relief bill was discussed to
adjournment.
House.—The supplementary civil rights
bill goes over to next Monday.
The proceedings are of no generaT'in
terest.
Washington, March 19.- — Gilbert de
clines the Florida Marshalship.
Gen. Daniel L. Stanton, Collector of
The sth Maryland District, has been ar
rested for defalcation. He was bailed in
$25,000.
Full Cabinet.
Warmoth says his visit here is not politi
cal.
Francis Thomas, of Maryland, has been
nominated Minister to Peru.
The British-Ameriean Claims Commis
sion meets to-morrow Time for filing
claims expires on the 2Gth of March.
Senate.—The bill granting officers and
men of the Kearsage $190,000 for de
stroying the Alabama, passed.
The Committee on Finance reported ad
versely to the bill substituting compound
interest notes for legrl tenders.
Bill compelling banks to hold their re
serve in coin, was discussed without ac
tion. *
Chicago Belief bill discussed hi adjourn
ment.
House.—The President was requested
to give all information regarding the j
imprisonment of Dr. Howard in Cuba, j
Bill compensating captors of the steamer
Albermarle, passed.
Petition from four thousand persons
in California for female suffrage in Ter
ritories and the District of Columbia,
was read.
Sargent, who presented the petition,
avowed himself in favor of the movement.
Post office appropriations resumed. In
creased subsidity to the Pacific-China
mail was opposed. Adjourned without
action.
The case of Avery and others, indicted
under the Enforcement Act for the killing
of one Jim Williams while attempting to
prevent colored people from voting in
South Carolina, has now come up before
the Supreme Court and was argued on a
motion made by the Government to dis
miss the writ of error because it is from j
a motion to quash, which was wholly with
in the discretion of the court below; the
Government insisting that as the matter
was in the discretion of the Court below
this Court has not jurisdiction to review
it. The case involves the constitutionali
ty of the Enforcement or Ku-Klux Act of i
May, 1870. On the question whether the i
Fifteenth Amendment authorizes the leg j
islation, or in other words, whether the
act is appropriate legislation to carry into j
effect the provisions of the amendment, |
the Government takes the affirmative of |
the question, and the defence the nega
tive, insisting that the amendment au
thorizes no legislation on the subject of
suffrage, but leaves that matter wholly
with the States, except to provide that
they shall make no law debarring any |
citizen from the right on account of race, j
color or previous condition of servitude, j
Washington, March 20.—Senate.—Dis-!
cussing Ohio bridges.
House.—China mail subsidy.
Nothing going on among the Louisiana j
factions gathered here beyond smoking !
and drinking.
Argument of the Ku-Elux case was ■con
tinued to-day in the Supreme Court, and
will decide to-morrow on technical
grounds. The case will be argued on its
merits.
Senate—The Chicago relief bill was j
discussed all day.
A bill bridging the Ohio has been pass- :
ed. It requires all bridges above the '
I mouth of the Big Sandy to have one span j
I not less than ninety feet in height above .
high water mark.
j The Post Office Appropriation bill was
: passed.
The amendment increasing the subsidy
to the San Francisco and China mail line
failed.
The vote upon the question making the
mail semi-monthly and increasing the
! subsidy to one million failed. Yeas 87;
nays 92.
MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson, March 20—The Supreme Court
has decided that payments by railroads to
the State during the war in Confederate
money were illegal, and that the indebted
ness must be paid in greenbacks. The
roads owe large sums and this decision will
not relieve them financially.
The Court also decided that citizens are
j not responsible for cotton destroyed by
! order of the Confederate military author
l ities.
BHODE ISLAND.
| Providence, March 20. The Demo
: cratic Convention nominated 0. L. Arond,
as candidate for Governor.
After a debate upon the propriety of
sending delegates to the National Conven
tion not yet called, delegates were chosen
to attend the Democratic Convention.
NEW YORK.
New York, March 16. A Herald’s
Washington dispatch says that an anti-
Grant Convention is to be held at Parkers
burg, West Virginia, on the 18th of April.
The movement is understood to be in the
interest of Judge Chase. A declaration
of principles has been agreed upon, and
the orignators designate anew party by
the name of the Democratic Republican
party.
New York, March 18.—Henry Ward
Beecher and Rev. Mr. Hepworth exchang
ed pulpits yesterday.
The Tribune’s Washington special says
Sumner will attend the Cincinnati Con
vention but Las not either received or ac
cepted propositions to preside.
The World hopes the Democrats will
have nothing to do with the Cincinnati
Convention.
Tho courts adjourned in respect to late
District Attorney Whiting. There were
ten thousand Irishmen in the procession.
No disturbance.
Transactions in Erie stock to-day reach
ed 100,000 shares, closing at 47f.
It is stated that one Abbott, formerly
known as Jack Allen, of North Carolina,
is here gathering some thirty followers, to
go to North Carolina, to capture Lowery
and his gang, and secure the reward of
$45,000.
Poughkeepsie, March 18.—Rev. Father
Scally, of St. Joseph’s church, is dead.
New York, March 19.—The New Jersey
Methodist Conference passed a resolution
closing camp-meetings on Sunday.
It is stated that Gen. McClellan has de
cided to withdraw from the Erie Directors.
Twenty-nine cases of small pox yes
terday.
Martin LaTracte, convicted of keeping a
gambling house, has been sentenced one
year in the penitentiary.
Brooklyn, March 20.—House painters
have struck. The police are protecting
the non-strikers.
Albany, March 20.— The Governor has
signed the bill repealing the Erie classifi
cation.
New York, March 20. —The emigrant
swindler, Edwards, sentenced to five
years imprisonment.
The Tribune Washington correspondent
says Judge Davis’ letter of acceptance
to Workingmen’s nomination ■was a forg
ery concerted by a newspaper correspon
dent.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis, March 18.—A desperate light
occurred at Pesiedo Island, a few miles
from this city, yesterday. Deputy Sheriff
F. Rodegon went there for the purpose of
arresting a negro named John White,
who for some time has been the terror of
the neighbors living there. Rodegon was
met by a large body of armed negroes
who proposed to assist in the arrest, but
stated White had barricaded his cabin and
would make a desperate fight. Rodegon
approached the cabin and demanded him
to surrender. 'White refused, saying he
would be murdered by negroes if he did.
After some further parleying one negro
approached the cabin and was shot dead
by White. Ho then rushed out and se
cured his gun and in a few minutes he
shot another and secured his gun, but was
wounded as ho retreated to his cabin.
White then opens a sharp fire, wounding
four others. Rodegon seeing it was im
possible to dislodge him, sent to the city
for assistance. Deputy Sheiriff Mike
Pyne summoned a posse and went over
and proceeded to take measures to burn
White’s cabin. White then surrendered.
After his arrest it was with difficulty the
negroes were kept from shooting him,
they even threatening to shoot the officers
if he was not delivered to them. White
was brought to the city and lodged in jail.
The prisoner has served a regular term
in the 3d cavalry, and it is said has killed
several men beforo.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, March 18.—Five hundred per
sons were present to-day at a meeting of
the Internationals, to commemorate the
foundation of the Paris Commune. Ad
dresses were made in four languages. No
Americans of any standing present.
Twelve millions are being invested in
hotel property here.
Work is progressing rapidly on the Pa
cific and Gardner hotels, and contracts for
the new Sherman House have been award
ed.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, March 18.—Gen. Rose
crans, Gen. Palmer, Col. Dacosta and
Richard York, Civil Engineers, left for
Mexico via Panama. The steamer will
land at Manuzille and follow tho route of
Seward’s party across the continent, mak
ing a preliminary railroad survey. They
expect to commence active operations for
the construction of Taxpan Railroad and
its connections immediately.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, March 18. —Jas. A. Wilson
was arrested on the charge of obtaining
$150,000 by false pretense.
Baltimore, March 20. —William Schley,
a lawyer, died at the Marine Hospital, of
small pox; aged 72.
OHIO.
Cincinnati, March 19.—The business
portion of Laurel, Indiana, was nearly de
stroyed. Loss $150,000.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Iron City, March 19. —Clinto Hotel
burned. Ole Bull escaped in his night
clothes with fiddle under arm.
Alton, March 20.—The Logan House
has been partially burned. Loss $60,000.
Washington, March 13. —-There is in
tense rejoicing in the Radical camp to
day over the result of the election in New
Hapmshire, and while there is disappoint
ment in Democratic circles, no one can
say that they have been in the least confi
dent of success. The great exertions of j
the Radical party have been rewarded, j
and the result is to clinch the movement !
to nominate Grant. Had New Hamp- j
shire gone other than it has his chances !
would have waned considerably. The j
Radicals say, “Now for Connecticut,” j
where the election occures on the Ist of i
April, and every one may be assured j
that between now and then even greater j
efforts will he made to meet with success j
than were employed in New Hampshire, j
It cannot be seen that any ripple has been !
made upon the calm waters of conserva
tism by this election on yesterday. The |
Democrats in Congress are as imperturba- |
ble as ever, and have not been drawn out j
by that event, as they have not been by :
any occurence of a political character in
the present year. Some few speculations
are made as to the probability of this
election deciding the Democrat leaders to
give their entire support to the nominees
of the Cincinnati Convention; but they
are unauthorized. Everything yet is
I “quiet along the lines.”
South Carolina Untversitt. The
number of students at the South Carolina
University has recently been greatly aug
mented. About ninety are on the Univer
sity roll.
It is fashionable in New York now for
coachmen to wear gloves of the same color
as their horses, but we are not informed
just now what they do when the team
don’t match.
It is said that Baltimore has 4,000 hands
employed in several extensive shpe manu
factories, and their sales amount annually
to 86,000,000.
NO. 7,
THI KSDAY MOKMXC, 91A It. lil.
Railroading. Many projects are pro
posed for improving the trade of our city
by building short roads to different points.
Even were all finished that are spoken of,
it would afford us only temporary advan
tage. To have any permanent good ef
fected we must get on the through line
of freight traffic. This accomplished,
the local roads would spring into being
like magic. Tho route which will put us
quickest and best on the principal high
way of competition is the North and South.
The merchants of Columbus should strain
every nerve to put this road through to
LaGrange. Just thiuk of the immense
advantages that will ensue if the road
reaches that point by October. Compe
tition will bo at once commenced with tho
Central. We will have connection with
the Georgia Boad and Charleston. By
the State Road tho West is open to us,
and also communication with Norfolk.
By October also the great Richmond and
Atlanta Air-Line Boad will be completed
—262 miles long, and all under one gigan
tic corporation. Thus, we will have
choice of four routes. Competition will
give us cheap rates on cotton, and higher
prices in consequence. Provisions will
be lower from the same cause. Then
should not everyono aid and encourage
the road, and remove the heavy incubus
which has so long rosisted the material
progress of Columbus? Tho officers of
this road have evinced indomitable ener
gy. Notwithstanding predictions of fail
ure, against the opposition of many capi
talists, they have worked ahead with a
steady perseverance and an intelligent
zeal which has accomplished wonders.
Let all now give a push and we will soon
bo on the highway of traffic, travel and
prosperity. The saving in freight wili be
immense. With this road and its connec
tions, and the Savannah and Memphis
extended, bringing us low-priced iron and
coal, an impetus will be given to our ex
tensive manufactories and industrial re
sources, the extent of which will be incal
culable. Local roads can then be branch
ed in every direction. Next year prom
ises glowingly for the fruition of even ex
travagant hopes.
A Bright Future Ahead —How Man
Labor Builds Cities. —Manufactories of
cotton add wonderfully to a place; yet
they compare but little to the immense
advantages of those establishments which
employ man labor. The growth of At
lanta is startling. Nothing in the South
has yet approached it. Atlanta has no
cotton factories. The secret of her growth
is simple. She is an immense railroad
centre. Several thousand mechanics are
employed in tho machine shops and in the
running of trains. These men command
fine salaries. Many have families. They
want houses, and call for the brick mason
and the carpenter. They must have cloth
ing, boots, shoes and provisions. These
needs bring the tailor, the bootmaker and
the merchant. Money is necessary to
carry on the multifarious transactions,
and banks and savings institutions are es
tablished. Laud is in request, and this
requires the real estate agent, and the
capitalist locates investments and finally
settles there. All is duo to the nucleus of
the several thousand mechanics who first
gave the place its growth and keep it on
the upward move.
We have hopes that Columbus may be
next year a limited railroad centre, and
strong anticipations that the first-class
iron manufactories, already considerable,
may be largely increased. Wo believe
they will, as soon as our railroads are ex
tended far enough to furnish cheap coal
and iron. We have now perhaps themost
extensive iron mill in Georgia, besides
two or three smaller ones. We are nearer
the coal and iron regions of Alabama, the
best in the world, than Atlanta. We have
the best and easiest controlled water
power on the continent. The Savannah
and Memphis Railroad will next year
pierce these magnificent mineral regions,
and then our iron men will be enabled to
advance their production, and with our
30,000 cotton spindles going, Columbus
will rise into a city of immense impor
tance, and develop wonderfully the fact
that the Southern people can be independ
ent of every nation on earth.
Two Policemen Shot. —Last night,
about 10 o’clock, George Elkins, the no
torious negro who sometime ago shot at
Policeman Feagin, was again on the ram
page, at Ned Strong’s, on Front street,
when the police undertook his anest.
He dashed through them, firing as he
went, one ball striking policeman Bilbro
on the breastbone and glancing around
lodged under the skin of the left arm-pit;
another shot skimmed the hand of police
man Mitchell and struck his left collar
bone. The thickness of the policemen’s
clothes alone saved them. Several shots
were exchanged—the negro firing four of
them. He succeeded in making his es
cape. It is not known whether he was
wounded or not. Those dens on Front
street should be broke up.
Glad to Hear It. —We are glad to hear
that conductor Giles, of the Southwestern j
Railroad, one of the cleverest, most pleas- j
ant and deservedly popular men that ever
bossed a train, is neither dead, nor has he !
the small-pox. Both these reports were
widely circulated here a day or two ago on
the authority of railroad men, and all the
women and children in the country were
mourning sadly for their favorite. The j
fact that the reports are incorrect will
carry gladness to many hearts. The ladies :
would rather leave their back hair, and :
the children their best taffee, than miss I
Captain Giles on the train.
The New Court in Bussell. —The last
Legislature of Alabama passed an act es
tablishing a Court for Bussell county. It j
will have the same jurisdiction as the Cir
cuit Court, except to try titles to land.
There will be semi-annual sessions for the
trial of civil and criminal cases, and
monthly sessions for the trial of criminal
cases only.
Mr. Benjamin Bobinson, editor of the
Bussell Examiner, is a candidate for the
position of Judge of this Court. We learn
that Col. W. 11. Chambers would also have
been a candidate, but for the reason that j
the Judge, by the act, is required to live 1
within four miles of the Court House.
Election in June. The act requires the
next Grand Jury to recommend this Court
or it will not be established.
Change in Office. —We hoard late
yesterday on pretty good authority
that Mr. Samuel Holt had resigned his
position of Secretary and Treasurer of the
Savannah and Memphis Railroad, and
Air. B. Hugh Nesbit, of this city, had
| been appointed. Air. N. is a young man,
1 but a better selection could not have been
I made, as he is thoroughly competent. He
is a splendid book-keeper, and is possess
ed of an active intelligence, quick to com
prehend all the details as well as the gen
eralities of an office. He obtained his
business training under Alajor W. L.
Salisbury, the President of the road.
Georgia and Alabama Blank Deeds for
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LET HISTORY BE VINDICATED.
Let History be vindicated, the Truth
told, and Justice be done, though the pil
lars of the universe topple and fall. Asa
man and journalist, whenever we from
human infirmity have committed an error,
we feel in duty bound to correct that er
ror, however small or unintentional- The
editor of a daily paper is compelled to
write cur rente calamo, without authorities
at hand and no time to examine them,
consequently his information must be ex
ceeding accurate and his memory remark
ably tenacious never to reflect an infalli
ble impression and conviction. In the
course of political events, and as relevant
thereto, we have lately had occasion to
refer to the position of two of our old
Whig friends and their votes on the ordi
nance of secession, viz: Hon. B. H. Hill
and P. W. Alexander, Esq. When we
charged that neither of the gentlemen had
exhibited that firmness and moral courage
characteristic of a hero at a critical period
of our country, and as the representatives
of Union counties, wo had not the Jour
nal of the Convention before us, but we
have it now and our readers can say how
far we were in error and tho degree of
their glory or shame. If time and facts
and history will vindicate their wisdom,
consistency, faithfulness to trust and pa
triotism, let them receive a glorious re
ward: if, however, they were weak when
they should have been strong, timid when
thoy should have boon brave, then let them
receive the penalty of those who, either
from mistake or intention, fail to sacrifice
self when country is imperiled.
On the final passage of the Ordinance,
page 36 of the Journal, wo find the name
of Hill, of Troup, among the affirmatives,
and Alexander, of Upson, (page 38) among
tlio negatives. On pago 45, wo see that
Mr. Nisbet offered a preamble and reso
lution—‘‘That all members of this Con
vention, including those v. ho voted against
tho said Ordinance, as well as those who
voted for it, will sign the same, Ac., with
out regard to individual approval or dis
approval of its adoption.” The motion
prevailed without objection. On page 51,
James P. Simmons, of Gwinnett, and five
others, protest most solehinly “against
the action of the majority,” Ac., and the
names of Iliil and Alexander ary not
among that number. These are the facts
as exhibited by tho records. Tho ques
ton with us is uot us to the pure motives
and patriotic intentions of the two gen
tlemen, but standing in the relation they
did to their constituents, could they, nH
individuals, innocently approve of that
disapproved by their electors, and sanc
tion, oven by acquiescence, an act in con
flict with their ow-n judgments and
consciences ? Instead of that tremendous
wrestling of the spirit on that sad night,
lately so eloquently described by Mr.
Hill, he. and others, who thought as he
did, could have lifted tho heavy burden
from off their souls by simply refusing to
vote for the Ordinance unless it was pro
vided that it should be null and void
without a ratification by the legal voters
of the State. This course would have
been consistent, reasonable and just to
those who, in civil convulsions, are com
pelled to bear tho expenses and fight the
battles of the country.
Getting Beady Again. —Krupp, the fa
mous Gorman engineer, has recently
constructed a twelve-inch gun, with a
barrel weighing 80,000 lbs., and throwing
660 pound shot with a chargo of 114
pounds of prismatic powder. At Berlin,
other heavy guns are in making by order
of the Gorman Government. Thus, for
use ou iron-dads there are being con
structed twenty-one ton guns, throwing
411 pound shot with a charge of 70 pounds
of powder, the diameter of the barrel be
ing 10,238 inches. For coast defence
there are being manufactured twenty
seven ton guns, throwing 513 pound shot
wi ill a charge of 88 pounds of powder,
tho diameter of tho barrel being 11,025
inches. The increased rate of conscrip
tion coming into forco in Germany this
year adds 40,000 men annually to the
strength of the standing army. Thus, in
ten years, the Government will have an
additional army of 400,000 men at its dis
posal.
Gen. Longstreet’s Resionation. —Col.
Carter, Speaker of the Louisiana House of
Delegates, who arrived in Washington on
Wednesday, brought a letter from General
Longstreet to tho President, in which he
states that his resignation of the Survey
orsliip of the port of New Orleans was not
on account of any political feeling or diD
forences, but solely on account of a desire
to retire entirely from public life, and
prepare for an extended absence from
New Orleans. To this end ho has also re
signed his position as Quartermaster Gen
eral of the Louisiana militia. He heartily
endorses President Grant, and is a warm
advocate of his renomination.
The Amnesty Farce.—A little farce is
played in the House of Representatives
every week. Refusing to grant general
amnesty, they pass, onoo in seven days
regularly, a “disability bill,” by which the
persons named in it are relieved of all dis
abilities as citizens rising from acts during
the rebellion. In making up this periodi.
cal bill every member hands in whatever
lists he chooses, and none of the names
are read. They insist on only one provis
ision; it is understood that if the name of
Jefferson Davis appears in any list pre
sented the engrossing clerk shall strike it
out.
A Large Ring. —Under the head of
Robbers Running a State, the York
Sun ventilates Missouri Radical dealings
with tho claim of $3,200,000 held by
Pennsylvania against the United States
for expenses incurred in the war. Out of
a million of dollars collected up to June
last, $291,040.91 had been gobbled by the
ring, and of this the Sun says SIOO,OOO
went for the Forney influence and to se
cure the silence of the Philadelphia Press.
Thus we see that Col. Forney does not
run such a high moral schedule without
being paid for the sacrifice.
More Easy Divorce. —The Massachu
setts Senate has almost unanimously
passed a law permitting divorce after the
parties who desire it have lived apart
three years. The only change as com
pared with the present law is to lessen the
formality and oxpense. The three years’
desertion was good cause for divorce any
way, and this simply leaves to agreement
what was before a matter of suit. The
only wonder is that the Legislature did not
limit the necessary term of separation to
three cays instead of three years.
It is reported from Washington that the
Boutin rn Claims Commission have reject
ed about $5,000,000 of the claims filed
with them by “loyal citizens of the South.”
These “loyal” citizens have been badly
treated. According to their statement,
the government has taken their property,
and now it refuses to pay them.
To Clubs Expiring. —As a number of
Clubs to the Weekly Sun will expire dur
ing April and May, those desiring to con
tinue the Sun at tho Club rates, should
immediately take steps to make up a Club
in their neighborhood. The Weekly Sun
is stopped at expiration of time paid for.
See rates at head of first column on first
page. _
Sumner on Grant. —His whole conver
sation with Senator Wilson, amounted to
the most positive and unequivocal declara
tion that he could not support Grant for
re-election. He believed him a bold but
dangerous man. He added that he would
support Charles Francis Adams.