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2he :U onror 0 A,’KING, B. T. KING, W.D.BIOHE, PROPBIKTORS. WILLIAM D.i STONE Editor. FOR U TH '* TUESDAY. :::::: MAY - 13, 1873. Marietta 1 as a new town clock. Milledgsyille want-, a r.ew hotel. ♦♦♦ Chcp* in Scbley county look well. Theme i much sickness in Bsn<ler=ville. Fisa rains nd promising crops in Patnam conoty. Them* are tnree lunatics confined in the Savan nah jail. Du. W. F. Westmoreland, of Atlanta, is im proving. The Griffin News repoits wheat crope fine In that section. —♦+♦ Immense quantities ot Northern hay are being sold in Columbus. Macow propcs* s to collect 89,000 out of her de linquent tux payers. Tub chicken cholera is prevalent among the Atlanta chickens. 'I ns cotton and corn crops ol Cobb county look unpromising. The f7rar.d Jury o! Hilton county returned 21 true bills on the &!h. Tub assessed value ol the real estate ol Atlanta tor :&:a is $13,009,040. l BE lUv. Will Moreau has had his trial and has been rurtained by the Church. Kietken bhares oi the Grautvllle factory sold in Augusta ler 8200 50 per share. Cel.. 8. P Guant will accept the Presidency of the Georgia Western Railroad. ♦♦ ♦ ' '1 be Injunction of the Blue Ridge R. R. against the Air Line It. R. has been dissolved. Ihb .Marietta Journal reports the killing ol a large amount of Iruit by the late frosts. Mr. John Martin, a larmer who lived near orlswoidvUie, was drowned on the 8;b. Tee Union and Rec order nominates David E. Butler for the next Governor of Georgia. AtGLaTA will be the tlret point to wh'ch the Canal Ccnviuticn will go on the excursion. Imfbgvkmbnts in Gillllu aie goiug on rapidly, prospects of the School, flattering, says the News. I'u Jones, who is either a wonderful success cr a great humbug, has closed his labors in Atlanta. Nwaixe l as found courage enough to reply to the truth, *.> to’d by a respectable and worthy jourua'. The Atlanta Sun ol the B'.h attempfed to give a corn ft likeness tf M ss Eberhart, but only made a “ bust.” Mr. McCkery and Miss Cleghorn, of Bchley county, married at the grave yard at Eilavilie last week. Tuk Constitution says that Gov. Smith receives large numbeis ot letters daily about the hanging of Mias Eberhart. Cuas. Aibmiout, the murderer ol Mr. Wood,of Carroll couu*y, was captured in Colbert county, Ala., on the 2d. ♦••——— Ths Cartcrsvllle Standard learns that the ring leader of the party who burnt Col. Roper's sta ble has been recaptured. •. Fhee delivery of mall matter will be commenced in Atlanta about the let of July at a cost of only twenty-five ceuts per house by the year. From the Marietta Journal we learn that the wheat crop ol Pickens, Bartow and Cherokee counties will almost be a failure. A Griffin merchant indignantly declined to negotiate for goods with a drummer, because his hair was parted in the middle. Tuk negro, Aleck Lamar, of Macon, who was cut some three weeks ago by Paul Sanders, an other negro, died of hia wounds on Sunday. - ■ ■ -> There is a gentUman in Telfair county that has an egg eleven and a half inches long. That egg should be hutched out to see what the chick would be. - Mu. John Lane, nephew of Col. A. J. Lane, of Hancock county, died r.eai .brown’s Crossing on the M. & A. Railroad., on Tuesday night the 29th ulr. ♦ Tub Calhoun Times ot the 7th has a portrait of the “ Average Young Mau ” of Calhoun, which is 1 robably, as near a successful lailnre as an At- ' lauta daily made on the Bth. ♦*< Charles Dasher, son of Mr. Geo. Dasher, of Macon, died on the S:h. This is the second son that Mr. D. has lost within the last six weeks, so erys the Telegraph and Messenger. A Convention ot the United Friends ot Tem perance assembled in Macon on the 7th. Dr. Harriscu resigned, and l>r. E. M. Pendleton, by the usages of the Order, became Worthy Primate. Grady, of the F.erald, goes for Harris thus : Harris still squats upon his shrivelled hams, aud throws thistles at his brother editors. Mar rying didn’t do him a bit ot good. Hanged if anotner twelve month don’t tame him down though. Just wait till he l>u\s himsell an “eighth day ormulu clock.” The Savannah News suvs that a special agent arrived there last Wednesday from Washington, tor the purpose of taking testimony in all claim cases againl the Federal Government, where the amount Is not less than five thousand dollars nor mere than ten thousand dollars. He will com mence operations on Monday rext in connection with Commissioner Hillyer. A Hampshire wag put the following adver- j tisement in a weekly paper: Who wants to bny a j uew milch cow, that is every way kind only 5 years old and gives 15 quarts of miik to a milking? Jack Rogers.” The rest week Mr. Rogers re- j celved no fewer than fifty applications through the piaper for that cow, which were answered thus: “If I hear of any such cow I will let yon know immediately. Yours truly, Jack R ogers. The Telegraph aud Messenger in referring to the death of Judge Thaddeus Holt, says: “In common with the community in which he has lived so many useful and honored years, we sin cerely regret to announce the death, on last Thursday morning, of this promineut and widely known citizen, in the eightieth year of hi* age During his long and well *pent life, he held many positions of high honor and trust at the hands of hi* fellow citizens, the duties of which were aU ways performed with singular fidelity and accep tability. For many years he was Judge ct the Superior Court :or this circuit, and in that honor able office, as in all others, displayed those quali ties that in times past so specially marked the Judiciary ot Georgia as men of fearless soul, of unblemished repute and stainless integrity. His Indeed was a name riorum ri and hi* death a. vers another honored link between the ahining, glorious past and the clouded, sorrowful present. For the latter years of his life Judge Holt had entirely retired from public and profes sional life ar ” ws engaged in sgricultural purs uits.’' Kentucky Democracy. On the Ist of May the Democratic S ate Con vention met in Frankfort, Ky., for the purpose of nominating subordinate State officers. J. Proc tor Krott, of Duluth notoriety, lead the Bour bons, and W. P. C. Breckinridge represented the Conservative wing. Both these gentlemen are brilliant, talented and dashing. The following resolutions were adopted by the Ccn-ervative wing, they being in the majority : “That the Federal Union was formed by and is composed of coequal sovereign States, and its Government possesses none bet delegated pow ers. All other powers not prohibited to the States are reeerved to the several States respect ively, and all attempts to exercise any power in violation of these fundamental principles are sub versive of the Constitution, in direct conflict with i the rights of the States and destructive of the lib erties oi the people. “That the only power delegated to Congress lo impose taxes on the people consists in the right to collect revenue for the Government and for the payment of the Federal debt. And all duties imposed for the purpose of protecting one class of labor at the expense cf another are in violation of the Federal compact and subversive of the rights of the people. “That the Democracy of Kentucky, forgetting ail past political differences and looking to the best interests of ihe whole country, cordially in vite all who are opposed to corruption and con solidation to co-operate with them.” Whereupon J. Prector delivered himself in the following language which has the “ ring of the true mettle “ Mr. Knott said he offered the resolutions in accordance with the dictates of his own judgment and in obedience to instructions. He had no per sonal ends to accomplish, and was not an aepiiant to any official position. He desired above all eanbly considerations to preserve the integrity of the Democratic party. He had a very high respect for the integrity of the gentlemen who composed the committee, but a still higher regard for the transcendent mind who gave birth to the princi ples enunciated in tne resolutions he proposed. They are the exact language ot Thomas Jefferson, the father of Democracy. They are in the lan guage which the fathers in this State reiterated in this capital. They received the endorsement of ths father of the National Constitution, James Madison. They were reiterated in 1833, by that transcendent genius and noblest Roman of them all, John C. Calhoun. They have constituted the battle-cry of the Democracy since the odious alien and sedition laws were eought to be fastened upon onr fathers. They have reflected the sentiment of the Democratic party from that hour to the present, and there i6 no need to be abhamed of them. And if the Democratic party; fail under all circumstances and on all occasions to defend them, its members are unworthy of the privileges of freedom. If they do embody the truth, why not assert the truth ? Why not proclaim it boldly and fearlessly ? What can te gained by disguise ? Why not make a frank, open and manly expres sion of your sentiments! Whom do you expect to deceive! Suppose deception succeeds; is it worthy the honor of gentlemen to acquire success by such means! The resolution as a substitute contains no heresy. It Is good Democratic doc trine. What has been the secret of the defeat and overthrow of the Democratic party* When the Federal party was overthrown, they went to work with stealth to educate the young men of the conntry up to their theory ot government. Through a long series of years they heard nothing but Federalism. The Democratic party went on triumphant. In the great debates that took place in the Seuate of the Waited States, those ttrug gles between those giants, Calhoun and Webster, tbo former was cried down, while Webster was applauded to the skies. Story wrote bis commen taries upon the Constitution, and it was sent into the schools aud became a text book. When the conflict came between the* two sections the new generation bad been educated to the idea of con solidation and centralization. While the princi ples enunciated in the resolution of 1728 contain the fundamental principle oi our Government, they were scarcely ever referred to, and the boys growing up in the country knew nothing about them, and they never will know them unless they are taught them at the mother’s knee and in the schools. The young men of the country should be taught these great fundamental principles of the Government. The committee in one cf their resolutions declare that every attempt- on the part of the Federal Government to exercise powers not delegated in the Constitution, or to exercise dele gated power not therein prescribed, is an act of usurpation demanding instantly the unqualified condemnation of a people jealous of their liberties. But a part of the words were stricken out from the resolution as it was originally written. If it D an act of usurpation, is it not revolutionary ? If it is not revolutionary, is it not void in morals t So far as the right of the minority Is concerned, the usurpation cannot be sanctified by any lapse of time nor rendered valid by any mere tacit ac quiescence. By striking out this proposition from the resolution, that the usurpation cannot be sanctified by any lapse of time nor made valid by tacit acquiescence, the committee adopt the con verse of the proposition, which is a worse heresy than the wildest doctrines of tte Radical party. By striking out you assert that, while the exercise of these unwarranted pewers is as usurpation, yet, if the country quietly acquiesces for a time, they become right and proper. This doctrine is subversive of all the rights of the people of the States, and, if allowed to prevail, would destroy their liberties.” Gen. J. B. Gordon.— Tne Austin (Texas) Gazette says: “Almost every carriage and buggy in the city were put in requisition last evening to con vey persons to the Military Institute to wi.ness the review of the cadets by General John B. Gor don. The cadets were in full-dress uniform, as neat as pins, and their arms looked as though a white cambric handkerchief could not bave been soiled upon them. The review was a most at tractive spectacle, and the young fellows must have felt a thrill of enthusiasm and pride to re ceive the commendations of so noble and chival rous a soldier as the renowned Gordon. The review over, the General addressed them, com plimenting them upon their noble appearance and discipline. He said the Texas Military Institute was a school of which the people of Texas, and in fact of the whole South, should Itel pioud ; and yet he thought it strange that such a magnificent institution of learning had been allowed to strug gle on without any public assistance. The gentle man at the head of it, who had labored so zeal ously for its establishment and support, deserved the highest praise. He thought it exceedingly strange that neither Austin nor the State had done anything in aid of it, but while he and all others regretted this, he felt satisfied that this state of affairs would not exist long. “ His advice to the young men was such as al ways emenates from a true patriot He appealed to them to cherish honor and rectitude as the dearest treasures upon earth. Let the youth of the South cultivate these virtues, he said, and they would lead to a moral subjugation of the corruptions and villainies that have of late been holding high revel in the beautitnl land that we all love to much. His entire speech was full of dignity and pa thos, and he was frequently applauded by all, and most heartily by the cadets. The reunion was one which will long be remembered by every one pres ent as peculiarly gratifying.” The Folio for May is at hand, overflowing with No. 1 Miscellany and Music. The Literary De partment, consisting of 30 columns, contains Poetry, a sketch, “Bavedbya Socg,” “Something about Country Choirs,” another of J. M. Tracy’a capital articles, Foreign and Domestic Corres pondence, Portrait ard Sketch of Signor Mario, Editorial matter, and an immense digest of musi cal and dramatic news. Tne Musical Department contains s song Beyond the Clouds, by C. A. White, author of Put Me in My Liitle bed; On the Lakes, by T. P. Ryder, written exprtsaly for the Folio, and a sacred quartette. Keep Me,Father Salely Keep Me, by Eben Bailey. Nine pages of mnsic, worth 91 -5. The quantity aud quality ol contents are good beyond parallel. Only 10 cente per number or 9 1 'JO per year, including beautiful Oil Chroma. Edited by T. D. looker; published by White, Smith & Perry, and 300 Washing ton Street, Boston, Maas. Lefler from Governor *milli. Executive Department, 1 State of Georgia, Atlanta, Gi., May 5, 1873. ) To tlt Farr,ter* of the Best and Xorth’xd : I recently addressed an invitation to the Gov ernors and other prominent citizens of many of the Slate* to meet in convention at Atlanta, ou the 20th instant, for the purpose of considering the means of securing cheap transportation be tween Ihe Atlantic seaboard and the great basin j of the Mississippi. The vast interest, common to all sections of the - country, to be secured by a wise solution of this j great question will, I trust, be deemed a sufficient apology for my addret6iiig you this communica tion. Our interests in this matter are, in a large measure, identical, and this identity should insure a hearty co-operation between us. In the four Statts cf Bouth Carolina, Georgia, Florida aud Alabama there is an annual deficiency of fifty - million bushels of grain. This deficiency is in- ! creasing, owing in part to the gradual decrease cf our available farm labor and the rapid increase of our non-producing population. To supply this deficiency we are now, and hereafter shall be, in a great degree dependent upon the farmers of the West and Northwest. Hence it will be seen that the South is vitally interested in the success ol any scheme which wiil diminish the cost of trans portation upon Western products. Deeply im pressed with the importance to them of the great interest involved in this question, the people of Georgia are ready to give their influence and aid in behalf of any practicable measure which will insure the accomplishment of so desirable an end. The present high rates of freight compel un to employ a large portion of our limited labor in the production of food crops. This diminishes the production of cotton—our only reliable article of export; and, at the same time, deprives the West and the Northwest, to that extent, of a market. To illustrate: The average production of corn in the four State 6 mentioned is ten bushels per acre. To make up the deficiency in the quality now produced it would be necessary to cultivate at least 5,000,000 acres. This acreage devoted to cotton would yield at least 1,250,000 bales, worth, at fifteen cents per pound, 8125,000,000. Deduct from this the value of the corn which the same acreage would produce, at one dollar per bushel, and we have 875,000,000 to represent the amount of the loss snffeted by the Southern and Western farmers, from the lack of facilities for making a cheap interchange of products. This direct loss is greatly increased by the reflex operation of the causes under discussion. The high price of food Increases the cost of the manufacture as well as the production of cotton, and so of every other article we need. While the Western farmer realixes but a pittance upon bis teeming crops, every manufactured ar ticle which he uses comes to him burdened by onerous and oppressive tariffs. Cheap transpor tation from the West would not only cheapen food, but would, as a consequence, also cheapen labor. This result would enable the manufacturer ' to supply our wants at greatly ieduced prices, and would enable him to compete successfully abroad as well as at home. Our manufactories would increase, our txporfs would be doubled, our shipping interests revived, and the balance of trade would be once more in our favor. But, without speedy relief, existing evils must increase and spread until poverty and bankruptcy over shadow the whole land. The feverish anxiety which pervades the public rniud is abundantly shown in the fact that Con gress is gravely asked to take control of the en tire railroad system of the country, and by legis lative action to regulate their charges. Whether this would mitigate or aggravate the evil; whether by Congressional management the cost of operating the roads would be so dimin ished as to afford the desired relief, are questions which I will not here discuss. 1 only mention them to show that a great pressing necessity un derlies tills whole matter, which cannot remain longer ucheaded. The entire value of a bushel of corn, transported a thousand miles by rail, is consumed by the cost of transportation. This leaves no profit to the carrier, none to ihe shipper, and not one cent to the producer. So that if the railroad should car ry corn for its actual cost and nothing more, from St. Louis to Savannah, or from Chicago to New York, the producer would still receive no adequate remuneiation for his labor. Neither can the Indefinite multiplication of railroads, nor any legislative restriction as to freight charges cure the evil, so long as the actual cost of operat ing railroads remains undiminished. Until this cost shall be reduced by means not now known, a resort to either of the remedies proposed will prove a mere expedient, which, in the end, will surely disappoint public expectation. We do not want expedients, or partial remedies. A cure of the evil Is demanded by the farming interest of the country ; and to nothing short of this Bhould we look for permanent relief. In seeking this re lief, the first steps to be taken Is to find a less costly mode of transportation than that by rail. Experience teaches us that water furnishes the cheapest means ot transportation known to the commercial world; and there is but little reason to doubt that the solution of this whole question will he found to rest upon the construction ot great lines of water communication between the West and the Seaboard, wherever nature has pro vided a way. Build the Niagara Ship-Canal, con necting the lakes by an unbroken chain of naviga tion from Chicago to the sea; connect Lake Champlain by ship-canal with the Hudson; en large the Erie Canal, if possible, extend your wa ter lines from the lakes to the Mississippi by every proposed route, tvhere nature has provided a way; improve the navigation oi your rivers so that barges may pass through their entire length without hindrance, and you will have done more to relieve yourselves from your present, troubles than yon can justly hope to secure by any other means. In this way the railroads may be made the feeders and distributors for your great trade arteries, and tha causes which now induce them to enter into extensive leases and combinations jn many instances eq injurious to the public in-’ terest, would, in a great degree, cease to exist. A glance at the map will be sufficient to show that, from the great lakes to the Mississippi river, there Is a vast expanse of country, divided by the Apaiacliiau chaiD, which separates the waters of the Atlantic from those which flow info the Gulf of Mexico. The Ohio and the James rivers have their sources amoDg the mountains of thi3 chain; and further South, also the Tennessee, the Cooss and the o cmn lS ee - Recent surveys have demon strated, that it is feasible to connect by canals the Ohio with the James river, and the Tennessee with the Ocmuigee ; and thus, so to speak, tarn the M.-sissippi into the Atlantic at Norfolk and at Savannah. The merits of the James River and Kanawha Canal have been fully discussed, and I will not pause here to repeat the many reasons which have been offered in favor of this great work. I crave your attention, however, for a moment, while I point out some of the advantages which would flow from the construction of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal, connecting the Mississippi, through the Tennessee river, with the Atlantic ocean at Savannah, Georgia. The Tennessee enters the Ohio a short distance above the confluence of the latter with the Mis sissippi. From this point the general direction of the Tennessee is southeast, to its great bend at Guntersville, in the State of Alabama. At that point the Cocsa and the Tennessee approach each other —there being only a narrow neck of land between them. Across this isthmus a canal thirty miles long would connect these two rivers, and open navigation to Rome, Geoigia. From Rome the route follows tha Etowah to Its nearest point ol approach to the Ocmuigee river, and down the latter to the city of Macon, and thence to the sea. Nature has already supplied the greater portion of this route, and it remains for us to complete the work which she has so well begun. The route has been surveyed by distinguished engineers of the War Department, and his been pronounced by them eminently feasible. It oilers to you the following advantages : First, cheap transportation. According to the official reports the cost of transporting a ton of grain from SL Louis to Savannah, by this route, would , be $4 88. It costs, by rail sl4 40. The saving upon each ton would be $9 52—amounting in the aggregate to about 913,000,000 per annum, npoa grain klouc, to be divided between the producer and the consumer. 5 otd, Thi.- route would be open the entire year, never rendered impraet: a ble by ice in winter, nor by drought in summer. Third, It would greatly increase the toasting trade, lurnishing employment during tlie winter months (when the Niagara Ship Canal shall be opened) to the steamers and other vessels engaged during summer upon the lakes. Fourth, The route passes through immense for-?-- of yellow pine; and you would be able to obtain the bc-t lumber in unlimited quantities, and at low prices. Fifth, It opens *o you all the Southern States east of the Mississippi river, as a market for your giain, baeoD, hay and other products, the deman J lor which will constantly ineiease. In this mar ket, you would be absolutely without a competi tion. Sixth, It would furnish cheap transporta tation for raw cotton to your section, and tor the manufactured article in return. Such advantages would certainly develop the manu r acture of cot j ton to a vast extent in the western aud iForthvres tsrn Slates. I would take great pleasure iu meeting with the farmeis of the West aud Northwest, aud uniting with them in considering the vast iuterests in volved in this question briefly ailud.d to in this address. I cordially invite the granges in thes i States to send delegates to the proposed conven tion, assuring them that they will meet with a hearty welcome from our people. Let us meet face to face, and see if there is net a safe and sure way of escape from the troubles in which our re spective sections and peoples are involved. James M. Smith. .§, The Blue and Gray.—The following dispatch was sent fiom Louisville, Ky., on the 3d of May: A movement has been set on foot here for the Fcderals and Confederates to join in the deeoia tion cf the graved ot nre soldiers on both sides, ou the 30th of May. Meßherson post and a number ot the Grand army ot the Republic join in the movement; also some of the meet prominent Confederates residing in this city. We consider this movement sacrilegious and insulting to the memory of the distinguished and honored Confederate dead. We honor the gallant and brave enemy, who, unbidden save by the dic tates of high and holy purposes, lays upon the mausoleum of a worthy foe a tribute to his gal lantry and heroism, and it is doubtless true that there are some in the Federal army who co dd perform this knightly courtesy without insult or reproach ; but to gather in the hired myrmidons of a Federal camp, who delight to mock the tor turing woes of misfortune, and who cherish vin dictive and unrelenting hatred for the cause aud our dead, is an unpardonable act. We hope that Georgia’s Confederates may never embalm the living honor of her sacred dead with the buoyant infamy that will spring from mixing the Blue and Gray. An Infernal Machine.— Speights, of the Grif fin News, in a fit of furious sarcasm blows off thus: “Somebody, not having the fear of the ‘day of wrath’ before him, Las sent this deponent a ‘non descript aomething,’ which, as we ain’t keeping a ‘Foundling Hospital’ or a *Soup-Home,’ we pro ceed to advertise, hoping the owners may come forward, pay fees, prove property and take it away, as we confess we are afraid of it; and more over, we have had the thin<stied with a rope ever since wm have had it, and it don’t seem to be en joying itself. A tender analysis or examination, convinces us that it is an ‘infernal machine’ of the ‘ first water,’ and wo feel like somebody is after our scalp every every time w r e look at it. “It seems to be crushed and b oken-hearted, but still maintains its savage look. It is wrapped carefully ia two N. Y. ‘ Heralds,’ one ‘ Spirit of the Times,’ one ‘ Fireside Weekly,’ tight ‘ Consti tutions,’ (this looks bad for Whidby) seven ‘ Her alds,’ with a profuse sprinkling of Charlie Wil lingham’s illustrated paper, and a few scattering leaves of Cary Styles’ modest sheet, believe, at Albany, Ga. Now, what anybody could want to do to us with this, passes our com prehension, and the absence of anything that •Red Top’ has to do with its make up, convinces us that it is explosive, aud dangerous; therefore, we advertise has.ily for an owner, with the threat that if not inquired for soon, we wiil proceed to roll our iron safe on it.” Another Jeffry’s and his Jury.— Col. Al ston, of the Atlanta Herald, writing Iroin Savan nah, says: Swayze has made it his boast for months past that he would have a jury at Savannah that would be equal to the occasion aud worthy of the court. How well he has fulfilled his boast, let those who look upon what I now see answer. In the jury before me there are 6ix black negroes, two tan colored and four white men. I have heard since I came here many express regret that Ers kine should have lent himself to such a dirty piece of judicial tryanny, and I sincerely believe that when he came to look upon his work and scent the aromatic odor that he had voluntarily intro duced into his court, that he did feel some degree shame. It is possible even for Erskine to leel em embarrassed, tor history tells us that the notorious Guilfoid, Lord Keeper of the Seal under James 11, who is described as a man distinguished for his falsehood, selfishness, cowardice and mean ness, and who rose in his profession by paying ignominious homage to all who possessed influ ence at court, was so mortified at the coldness of the king, and could find so little consolation in looking back upon a life which, although not blackened by atrocious crime, was sullied by cowardice, selfishness and scurrility, that when he appeared for the last time in Westminster Hall, he took with him a nosegay to hide his face, as ho could not bear the eyes of the bar and the audience. So even Erskine, after looking upon his jury, has slipped away to Atlanta and left Judge Wood to hold this Circuit Court. When he returns, I would advise him to bring a nosegay for more purposes than Guilford used it. If even Farrow can give any other reason than the Herald has given for adopting this new mode of selecting juries, I would like to hear it. It ar gues that white men are no longer capable or worthy to sit on Federal juries, and therefore, re sort had to be made to negroes. The very words in which the rule is drawn is an insult to our peo ple. Commissioner Swayze, el al., are instructed “to collect the names of five hundred persons of intelligence and moral worth from the body of the people in the Southern District of Georgia, if so many can be found, etc.” Now the idea, “if so many can be found ” in a district where the city of Savannah is situated, a city remarkable through out the land for the intelligence and refinement of its people, is simply preposterous, ard was in tended as an insult. The whole thing is an out rage, and I have scarcely patience to write calmly on the subject. The corruption of the courts and the tryanny that can be thus perpetrated is the crowning infamy of a bad government, and it now depends upon the press oi the country to hold up the perpetrators to such scorn as shall cause them to recede from their wicked purpose. Judge W T oods is evidently a man of fine sense, and must no doubt be disgusted with the spectacle before him. As an evidence of the intelligence ot these jurymen, I will relate an incident that oc curred to-day: In striking a jury the name of a negro man was struck, and the Judge directed the list to be called, and all whose names were not j called to leave their seats and take positions on the opposite 6ide of the court room. This list was called, and still there sat thirteen; the list was called again, and still thir;een remained. Finally, it was discovered that there was an old negro who was trying to hold to his situation, when Judge Lyon, one of the counsel, walked up to him and said, in his old familiar style, “ get oat of here, sir.” It was quite amusing to see the old negro slope, and cause a titter throughout the court room. Notwithstanding such a grand jury, it would have been impossible to find any bill if Farrow had allowed rebutting testimony to go before them, bnt this he declined until he had succeeded in get ting five bills against five respectable gentlemen of Macon. Feeling secure in his jury, be substi tuted other testimony, and the result was that not even this grand jury could find any more indict ments. Revcb de la Mods is a monthly illustrated fashion work. It is anew work and is fast be coming celebrated lor the lateness of its fashions: It is imported from Paris and re-published by 8. T. Taylor, 816 Broadway, N. Y., at *3 50 a year. Important to Tax Rec iveks.— The Savam ah N. w.i ceßs atn-ution io i v.r* important ao* pus?td at the las' . • s ioav.;'c. Li.g'sTti>rt* as fo’.- Ic-Ws: By this rot it is made the duty ot the receiver of tax returns, or the ptrs&n acting as 6ueh in each county in this Bute, by the u*uai time of closing the receivers hooks in every year, to ob tain irons every person engaged in agriculture in his comity, a statement on oatli of the number ot agies, ns near as practicable, ho or she has planted that ytsr, in erch of the farm crops. It ia also in do the duty of the coll.ctor of taxes, or tin persou actiug a-- such In each comity in ibis State, by the 15th of D.comber in every year, to obtain from every person engaged in agriculture in his county a statement on oath of the amount, as near as practicable, he or she has made that year of etch ot the farm crops grown in the county — the cotton crop to be returned in bales averaging 450 pounds each, a'.l grain crops and lice in bush els, hay and all forage crops in tons. Also a statement of the number ot farm auitasls ot each kind he or she owns and has in possession. If thfe provisions of this act are laithlully and con scientiously carried out by the officers des ignated tie result will be ol unusual interest. We trust there wjl 1 . be no necessary delay iu ibe publication of th* returns by the ccmptroli -r. Only Fit for the Law. —An old lady walked into a lawyer’s office lately, when the toilowirg conversation took place: Lady—Squire, I called to see if you would like to taka this boy and make a lawyer ot him. Lawyer—The boy appears rather young, Mad am ; how old is he ? Lady—Sew n years, sir. Lawyer—He is too young, decidedly too youi g; have you no older boys * Lady—Oh! yes, i have several, but we have concluded to make farmers of the others. I told the old man I thought this little leliow would make first rate lawyer, so I called to see if you would take him. Lawyer—No, madam; he is tco youug yet to commence the study of the profession. Bat why do you think ibis boy better calculated for a law yer than your other sons? Lady—Why, you see, s r, he is just seven years old to-day. When he was only five, he’d lie like all natur’; when he got to be 6ix he was sausrj end impudent as any critter could be, and now he’ll steal everv:kiug he can lay his hands on. Gov. Smith has invited the members of the Georgia Press Association to attend the Canal Con vention on the 20th. Death song of the Modocs—“ Put .me in my j iava bed.” NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. I HEREBY forewarn ALL parties from kiting Emanuel Pkiuizee, he having been employed by me, and is under a special contract tor the year 1573 maylS.St T. C. IIAM. Executor’s Sale. Under and by virtue of an Order of the Oourt of Ordinary ot Monroe County, will be sold on Thursday, May 22d, at the late residence cf John Wooten deceased, all the perishable prop erty belonging to said estate. A. MIDDLEBROOKS, W. C.BECKHAM, mayl3.lt* Executors. "notick TO BRIDGE BUILDERS. WILL BE LET TO THE LOWEST BIDDER, on Saturday, the 17tn of May, before the Court-house door, at public outcry, the re build ing of the bridge known as Crowder's Bridge. Specifications of which may be seen at Dumas A Alien’s. By order of the Board ot Couutv Commission ers. JNO. A. LASETEK, Fsrsytb, May 13th. It C. 0. C. Applteiiiiot! for IBoauesloael. COURT OF ORDINARY MONROE COUNTY : Whereas, Mrs. Bethia Simmons, widow of John W. Simmons late of said Connty de ceased, has applied tome for setting apart and valuation of a homestead of realty and person alty and I will pass upon the same on Friday May 23rd at If) o’clock A. M. at my office. E. DUMAS, May 13 td Ordinary Monroe County S F WILDER cc SOdSi. Dealers Iu BUGGIES, CARRIAGES WAGONS, Etc, AT THEIR OLD STAND. Furniture, Carpeting;, Window Shades, Wall Paper, Etc., In the Brick Store over J. D. Proctor’s. FARM PUMPS, SINGER MACHINES, IWetuiic and Wooden Burial L’ases, Extra or plain Myles always on Land. We offer to the citizenc of Monroe the use of our HEARSE, andjour services as Undertakers. S. F. WILDER & SON, may 13. if Forsyth, Ga. UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE. NOTICE TO SPECIAL TAX-PATERS! The law of December 24, 1872, requites every person engaged iu any business, avocation or em ployment, which renders him liable to a SPECIAL TAX to procure and place conspicuously in his estab lishment or place of business,| A STAMP denoting the payment ot said Special Tax before commencing business. The taxes embraced within the provisions of law above quoted are the following, viz: Rectifiers #2OO Dealers, retail liquor 25 Dealers, wholesale liquor 100 Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale 50 Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20 Dealers In leaf tobacco 25 Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 and on sales o! over Si,COO, flity cents for every dollar in exeess of 81,000. Dealers in manufactured tobacco 5 Manufacturers of stills 50 and for each still or worm manufactured... 20 Manufacturers of tobacco 10 Manufacturers of cigars 10 Peddler3 of tobacco, first clase, (mere than 2 horses) 50 Peddlers of tobacco, second class (2 horses).. 25 peddlers of tobacco, third class, fl horse) 15 Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class, (on foot or public conveyance)..* 10 Brewers, ol less than 500 barrels 50 Brewers, of 500 barrels or more 100 Any person who shall fail to comply with the 1 foregoing requireraen s will be subject to severe 1 penalties. Special-tax payers throughout the United States are reminded that they must make application to the Collector, or Deputy Collector, of tbeir re spective districts, and procure the properstamp for the Special-tax Year, commencing May 1, 1373, ! without waiting for tQrther notice. Application and money to be forwarded direct to this office. B. F. BELL. Colled nr Internal Revenue, 2a District. Ga. maylS 4w Maeoo, Oft. ] XEW ADVERTISEM EXTS. THE LATEST IMEWS! HAS BEEN DEFEATED BT mmwu mwtcuuml' AT WOLFIT HIW wm STOBI, IN HII-AD’S MEW BUILDING, Forsytlii Ga. o HAVINu JUST RECEIVED A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED sPBING AND SUMMER Stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BUOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, Etc., Etc . we are prepared to sell at the following Low Prices: ‘ so OCO Yards BEST SPRING CALICO at It centf 10,OCX) Yards 4 4 SHEETING at 12% cents. 2,000 Yaids DRESS MUSLIN’S at 12% cents. 2 000 Tards BROCADE GRENADINES at cents l’oOO Yards FINE J APPANEESE at 25 cents. *SOO HOOP SKIfTS, Slightly Damaged, at 50 cents *4OO EXTRA FINE CORSE l'S at $1 00. \SOO LINEN COATS at #I.OO. 500 Pairs LINEN BANTS at #I.CO. 500 UNION PANTS at #I,OO. 100 CASSIVIERE SUITS trom #5.00 to IS.OO 100 CASSIMEKE SUITS from #IO.OO to 123.00. 2,000 Yards HEAVY LINFN DRILL at 20 cents. 3,000 Yards HEAVY COTTON DRILL at 35 eeuis 500 Pair GOOD BROGANS at #1.25. 'SOO Pair LADIE’S SHOES at #1.50. I 000 Pair LADIE’S CLOTH SHOES at fI.CO. ’SOO LADIE’d SUNDOWN at 50 cents.i 2,000 Pair LADIE’S WHITE HOSE at 12% cents. 1 100 Pair GENTS HALF HOSE at 10 cents. LOGO HEMSTICH HANDKERCHIEFS at 10 cents. ~ And a Large Assortment of JACONET, CAMBKICK, PIQUE, SWISS, TOWELS, and NOTIONS j in proportion. Also ajtull line of groceries Amu pro visions : Corn, Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Etc. Don’t Fail to CALL when yon are in Town and sec the Prices, at ar , rlct WOLFE’S NEW YORK STORE. Has been before the American public OVER THIRTY years. It has never yet failed to give perfect satisfaction, and has justly been styled the panacea for all ex ternal Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Swellings, Sprains, Bruises, &c., &c., for Man and Beast. £. No family should be a single day g?i-.pH9.U. Dental Card. I - UNDERSIGNED CAN ALWAYS BE AL found during office hours at his Room, over MOBLEY A' CABANIBS’ STORE, in Pye’s new building, South side Court House tqtare. All who are desirous of having denial work done in a scientific manner are respectfully invited to call. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M., to 1 P. M. ; 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. L. S. MORSE, may G.ly Dentist. 1 O THE PUBLIC WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE to our customers aod the public generally, that we have sold our stock of Drugs, Medicines, &c., to Wat. McCOM.vioN and J. R. BANKS, who will ctn tinue the business at our old stand. We com mend the new firm to our friends, as gentlemen worthy of their lavor and patronage. Dr. W. L. Carmichael will settle up the business ot the old firm, and it is desired that all who are indebted to them will come forward and settle at once, as ; it is their intention to close up their business as < early as practicable. aprltf. W. L. CARMICHAEL & CO. BANKRUPTCY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED States having decided that Homesteads are liable for prior to 1868, the un dersigned will represent parties in Bankruptcy when said exemption of #2.000 realty and #I,OOO personalty can be secured, and a discharge ob tained against debts contracted prior to Ist Jan uary 1869, and also from deots since that time upon the payment of fifty cents in the dollar. A. D. HAMMOND, ap!ls.'im Attorney at Law. B. PYE & SON, Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS. W E ANNOUNCE TO OU/. FRIENDS THAT we Lave opened our large and well assorted stock of sraiHa mm% And are prepared to furnish them with everything j usually kept in I A FIRST-CLASSHOUS E, j at the lowest prices. We have in store j One Hundred Bolts Prints from 8 to 12}-* cts. 1 Men and Boys Suits from 13 CO to #2O 00. A large and varied assortment of DRESS GOODS, HATS, CAPS, B )OTS, SHOES, CARPETING, DOMESTICS, AND NOTIONS. Every department is well stocked and we-„re detekmiseo to sell. It will be to your advan tage to call before purchasing elsewhere. We will Duplicate any TXacou or Atlanta Bills. Ja&SLI? without this Liniment, Tire money re funded unless the Liniment is as repre sented. Be sure and get the genuine MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. Sold by all Druggists and Country Stores, at 25c., 60c. and SI.OO per Bottle.fs Noiios style, size of bottle, &c. HAGAX’S Magnolia Balm a Firtv application;: ;iajie a Puro Blooming Complexion. It is Purely r : 1 its operation is seen and felt atone**. It a** . .*u tu liusiied Appear* un ;e chum lby a a *.t. ' ii . ,a.ul Heals 'adrwnot' si. li u*; l IJ* uipiefL despoiling dark und e;> t>. i> • v da -i/ Tan, Freckles, and. tiixtbiirij. ai.'l •; n j L-t indoenc# R*l.tt*Pti tiiß lfiu l .. v.r u *i . L*l YOUTHFUL BLOOM ASTD BEAUTY. Hol.i by all an '’-c -y Stoma. Depot. -i *- .rk No* . ap!29.ly JD Ft. NT. A. . FI O FL3ST A3D Y DEN TIS T. OFFICE : The one recently occupied by R. P. [ Trlppe as a law office. majtf-Sm Tax Return* —First Round. I will visit the following places, at tho time specified, tor the purpose of receiving tax returns for the year 1873, viz: Red Bone, Monday, 21st April, 1873. Culloden, Tuesday, 22d “ “ Russellville, Wednesday, 23d “ Bankston, Thnrsdav, 24th “ “ Brantley’s (Smarr’s St.). Friday 25th Coiaparchee, Monday, 28th “ “ Johnstonville, Tuesday, 29th “ Unionyille, Wednesday, 30th “ 4th Diet. (Smith’s Shop) Thursday, Ist May. Cabanise, Friday 2d Dillard’s District May 26. Benton’s District May 27. Middlebrooks’ District May 28. AH persons are required to return land by District, No. and Section. I will be in Foieytb every Saturday, and every public day, at the office of the Bank of B. Pye <£ Son. W. M. WILLIAMS, api 15.1 m T. C. M. C. JAS. W. €iREEVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, THOMASTON, GA., will practice in the Counties of the Flint ' Circuit; Clayton, of the Atlanta Circuit, and Tal bot Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuits ; also, in the U. 8. District Courts of Georgia at Atlanta and Savannah. febll.3m. 6C TO (fsOn Per Day! AgeDts Wanted! All w classes of working people of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spare moments, or all tbe time, than at anything else. Particulars !ree. Ad dress G. STINSON & CO., Portland, Maine. janl4.ly Globe Hotel, AUGUSTA A. J. S. JACKSON, Proprietor. oct29 ct “BTINGTON’S hotel, FORT VALLEY, . . GEORGIA Large Comfortable Rooms and every Convenience A First-Claw Bar Attaohed.