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She UcJJttffie gcnrnal. W. oj sri.UVAM,} mu,n “■* ***** Wednesday, April 24, 1872. Thu Content Ojx.n* Ins:. Thi>re can be no powible doubt but that the !jmp»tbiter» of ttnmtaud but tncL'ou or* already making deaperale efforts to tenure his reuouiinalion. fiirate l-tters frow prominent Radicals are being roDMienily sddr.-aued to lending Southern men ask ing for au Mpnxeioii of epiiiion as to what ccumo the Bemocraoy will be likely l<> take in case • t the nomination of a Liberal Repnaiican Candidale ? It sUI g <1 that the Democracy «po» “square imraes” ( annul pomibty carry the election, m ease a D-uio- Oraiio camlalnte is brought in the Held, hence these leading spirits are de-nrout to know what part the Democracy will play in this grand national drama. For our part we have no confidence, at all, in the new I. lieral It pulilu au movement, and can nee no UiUcrenoe between the Mine and that of ganuiue tirnnl Impetinlmm. Wo do not be iove that t lie true Demon acy wil le sold in (he coming election, but will -laud squire up to its old t ioie-booored creed. If the Do nocracy < aunol succeed in the coming fight the party will tw more glorious in defeat than to blnckea its reoord ly n coalition ailb the oniuuru to C'on.tliaiional liberty. f Communicated, ] OIK rROUIICNKIVE! H FI FO 1C NATION. Good HO star, t>ltt muoli nhond -to hr ilono. Edito' S ok McDukfik Journal : I am no luvvyer, nor dlo I propose to keep posted as to the many laws that at each successive session of the Gene ral Assembly of our State are a Ided to the long list on the statute books. Some are ultered in part, certain sections struck out entire, radically changed. Again, Benton’s expunging lines ore drawn around others in their totality : thus making it difficult for even those whose business it is to keep pace with the changes, to keep up with this con stant —constant change. The spirit of i hangu is abroad in tlie land, and in these too frequent manipulations of our .Statute Laws, it is plain to bo seen, and manifest that the good and the general interest of the State aro not inquired into, while the real motives governing arc of a stilish and parti/an character. Many laws arc on our statute books, doubtless, that, should not bo; and again, thero muy bo the sin of omiss'.on laid at cur doors. The complectiou of the latu Radical Legislature, und the animus of a majority of its members precluded the idea of an udoption of a well digested and properly coacusved Code. Up to that, time we were living under and governed by a wise, wmdesome system pmv laws, modified to suit our change ! condition. ! Our Slave Code was altered to conform to tho emancipation and the c itizenships of that portion of our popu lation. Tho Courts were ojemd to them where they might sue ano be sueJ, their rights maintained. But while they wore made subjects ol tho law, and subject to the law, it win not :Ireamed of in our philosophy that they were to become forthwith and without any sort of preparation, counselors, lawgivers ami legislators. \Vhut was to be ex pected from a Legislature composed of ignorant negroes, and thieving, spiteful, lean and hungry carpet-baggers, aud miserable scalawags, but bungling legis lation and the adopt,on of a disgraceful set of laws. Tho present Democratic Legislature, though very much ham pdh'd in their action, in view of the complex relationships of the State with the General Government, revised cor rected, muilo a great improvement on the jurisprudence ofour Stat.\ They Intd hulore them a Herculian task the col lection of errors aud of abuses ol the Bullock, Blodgett, McCoy, Lochrune and Farrow Ring, with their ac complices in the Legislative Department. The forty days expired betoie it was possible for these good men and true to bring out ol ebaos this mass of cor ioption and fraud, and to restore the outraged Code of the State to a sound legal Constitutional basis, while u wholesale system of peculations uud bauds were iuai gu rated and carried oil by the higher officials; there were others, outsiders, jwrticej* criminal to this State plundering, lot whose names were as yet shb rom. But time, the great de veloper, will bring out iti the Hash that which is in the bone. Agu Ity govern or. one who has been noting in the llesh pots, whose robes are reeking in the filth of corruption and dislu nor tearing investigation of his official de partment, and the verdict of an honest tribunal, vacates the ollicc and Hats the State. He throw’s his tarnished mantle upon a woithy successor—worthy to be the friend of such a man, but unworthy the high office. With this tool in pow er, bucked up as be hopes he will be by the tyrannous powers at Washington, he leaves Conley to hold the bag w’hiie lie has vamoosed with thecontents. For this high honor conferred, thus holJtug an empty bag, the grateful usurper not t nly attempts to carry out the orders oi bis master, but has the brazen attrontery to proclaim the absconded governor— absconding because he kuovvs tie is guilty aud desevres puuishiueut--an hon- ! cat man, unjusfy persecuted. But .fortunately for the renagade and hia ; foul administration, but fortunately for j the State, the power that be shrank from this stretch of power, and refused . to enterfere in and oppose the will of our people os expressed through the ballot box ; so the userper had to walk the plank, and James M. Smith, the I people's choice, our worthy Governor i inaugurated, and now honors the office while the office honors him. To him has , lately been restored the Great Seal of I the State, which that Noble Old Ro man, Charles J. Jenkins, in conformity with his oath of office responsive to the honeest, patriotic impulses of an honest heart had preserved inviolate arid free from the contaminating touch, aud vio lating hands of those who had usurped authority. I have pronoun ed this good and great rnan—he, who in the lace of bayonets and Federal swords, grunted not, and feared nothing but to do wrong—that noble, noble Old Ro man, I will change the title, and sub stitute there for a prouder distinction, and call him that noble, true, old Geor gian—a type even above that the world accorded to Rome’s best citizen in her palmiest days. He has been near and dear to Georgia’s big heart for lo these many years ; but this last net perhaps in his pclitical carreer, has made him nearer and dearer to his people, and in his voluntary retirncy from the political are na, he carries with him the sincere affec tionate devotion and best wishes of every true Georgian. A State that he ever loved, and whose honor and best interest were always und to the last safe in his keep ing. What a beautiful commentary is here presented. Contrast the acts, private and official, of this true man with some of Georgia’s recreant sons in high places. While some from the summit of the mountain viewed the green fields of clover below where they might “live all over” (but now they are dead I, for one, hope they may “die all over”) to the smaller fry, who took all that was allowed them—all, all have shown that they are unworthy of trust. These (but I am proud in the belief that this charge is applicable to but comparatively few) were willing to sell their birth-right and barter away the honor of the State for a small mess of pottage, served up and concocted in the leaky, miserable shunty—the gambling depot ol Federal fiovver and bayonet-rule. These few, o the manor born, either in the fenr ol punishment, or in the hopes, yea, the promise of reward, abandoned their State to join tho thieving Vandals in a cru sude of wrong, usurpations and tyran nies, such as the world never before witneeßsed even in the dark.st of tho dark ague. This is no sweeping chjjrge made by at» interested witness, uu sustuined by my other testimony, i place upon the witness'stand an out sider, one whose testimony should be respected, because lie speaks what he has seen, and what he knows. I com mend to tho reading public in Ois and trans-Atlantic America, to every man of every clime who has the sense to dis tinguish between right and wrong, and the heart to appreciate the one and con demn the other, the late speech of the lion. Daniel W. Vorhees, of Indiana, in the Congress of the United States, aud in the faces of the very men who helped to inaugurate and carry on this vile and infamous onslaught on a help less people whoso only crime was they failed to establish the Right/ Yea, I may say a speech delivered under the very shadow of tho White House— once a V\ hite House in verity, but now thrown in the shade, and white only from paint on the outside, but black within with tho dark deeds, infamous conceptions and awful responsibilities in bloody tragedies. Mr. Vorhees speaks from the card, f r he was one of the Ku-Klux Investigating Committee, (in minority, of course,) to investigate and report upon tho actual ‘Condition and status of the Southern States.— With tho pencil of the painter, he paints a picture true to life. It cannot be said of a truth that there is too much red in his brush, for we who have been the sufferers, and are the real characters represented by this master in his art, know that the half has not been told. He speaks with the tongue of eloquence, aud in his b'.il of indictment —yes, “Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand, fairly is engrogssed!” with the caption significant and true— it reads : “Plundering of tlovon States by the Radical Party ! ’ In this speed) he presents to the world an organized system of infamy, outlawry, and specu lations sufficient to damn to eternal in famy IJ. 8. Grant and ail his blood and marriage kin, and the entire party, which like oaron-crows have been flut tering on the carcasses that they have stayed. U. S. Grant was a poor whis ky drinkiug hemlock tanner of leather at the begnning of the war. To day he can count Lis wealth by hundreds of thousands. Rufus B. Bullock, an ex press agent, paying only a pole tax when he proclaimed himself, by a swin dle, Governor of Georgia—flees the State—having fleeced her treasury, and made nabobs of many who like himself were mere worshipers at the shrine of mammon. Mr. Vorhees deserves the thanks of our people, and I hope the Legislature at its next session will pay him the respect that is due to one who had the courage to speak the truth.— But we have passed from darkness to light; the locusts of Egypt have passed leaving the soil of Georgia, and anew era is being inaugurated. The small men. but big thieves, who of late have been figuring in our down trodden State and holding high carnival in the “Tem - pie Baal,” or Bullock, for we dow» here don't ionw “tothe?«fr<|m which,” ;they are so much alike, these men have had their day. Georgia stands redeem ed, regenerated and disenthralled from the yoke of bondage and the strayiings of a carpet-bag oligarchy, and is now in the hands and under the guidance of her own chosen officers. Am I not then justified in saying that our reformation is progressive and good so far. We are now in the Legis lature adjourned to a given day, in or der that we may await the action of the present Congress now in session. When that body re-assembles it will continue the good work arid not stop short, it is hoped and expected by its constit uents, of bringing to justice and to the bar of an honest tribunal all these cul prits. The statute-book must be thor oughly revised, and wten our layvs are passed they should be ele fibred. ‘Have this understood, and have it proclaimed that Executive pardons will not now de feat the ends of justice, and wc may ex pect fewer crimes committed. While our State, as a whole, is law abiding, and her citizens laudably engaged in the reclaimation of their lost fortunes, there are now and then instances of violations of law by men who are too lazy to work, yet willing to steal. Such char acters are common in all countries after all great revolutions. They come some times in the guise of gentlemen, and in sinuating themselves into our midst, command our sympathies and our en dorsement. Strangers in our midst, refugeeing from a neighboring State, by reciting the great wrongs that have been perpetrated upon them by the Radical party, they are ftttofred with warm hearts and open doors. We are sometimes very much imposed uptn in this way; they prove to be wolves in sheep’s clothing. These men should be severely dealt with wherever and whenever found. The South is pecu liarly exposed to the visits of these im posters. The heart of the South is open to receive all who are fleeing from injustice and misrule. A stranger, he comes among us—a refugee from home and prosperity, which lie says has been ruthlessly despoiled or by the hand of power taken away from him. lie finds here an asylum and a welcome that is defied him in his own State. With these representations, wltfckare toms iutdunces gains acm-ss to our bear voeretjfjpffij' endorsed by some of our best citizens. Not only is reform neeued in our laws, but also in our society. The strong s tfe-guards that were once (jjniwn aronnd our sacred altars have been slackened. The care and vigil which were once exercised and depended on to keep its spotless ermine pure ami unde tiled, is uow in a great degree lessened. Ours is not the recherche circle which was once the boast of the F. F. Gs. This comes as one of the sad results of the war. Wars are always demorali zing in their tendencies ; hut we are now fast rising from the dust, the ashes and the smouldering ruins of our late revolution, and as we are thus recupe rating, one by one will we lop off these excrescences and fungi whieh infect the government or society, nnd in a Jew years it will be the pleasure, as well as the duty of Georgia's historiau to write her as enjoying the fair motto that em blazons her coat of arms. S. Q. Lai'ius. A. Warrant Immimml for the Arrest of llulloek. Governor Hoffman , of New York , Quibbles Before Approving a Requisition. The Bird Flown. The Augusta Constitutionalist con tains a brief notice of the fact that a a warrant for Bullock's arrest was out. The tacts have been in our posessiou lor some time, but withheld for reasons of sound policy. It is unfortunate that, the matter has crept into the newspa pers at this stage of the game. As the matter is out, we give the de tails. The mortgage of $(50,000 on the State Housa bought from Kimball was not discovered until after the pur chase. Kimball secured the State by a deposit of $120,000 of Atlanta city bonds in the Executive office. These bonds were abstracted by Bullock, sent by him North, sold by Henry Clews & Cos., aud the money appropriated to private uses. The offense was ‘Larce ny after a Trust.’ An affidavit was drawn by General Toombs carefully conforming to the Georgia law, and thereupon a warrrant issued for Bullock’s arrest. Governor Smith made a requisition on Governor Hoffman, of New York, for Bullock, through Colonel John B. Gumming, of Macon, as the State’s agent. Colonel Camming had previously ascertained tile whereabouts of Bullock, who has been oscillating from New York to Canada, staying principally at Modina and Albion. ’ Governor Hoffman objected to the affidavit as being defective, mentioning his objections, among which the chief was that in the absence of indictment the affidavit should be very full. On the return of the papers, Gov. Smith re-drew the affidavit, with the State and Federal law before him, and with a special reference to the objec -tions of Hoffman. The second affidavit -was very full, covering three or four pa ges of legal cap, and framed with exceed ing particularity. The papers were sent again, and arrived in Albany on Saturday two weeks ago, Governor Hoffman being absent. On Monday he returned, and the affidavit was again objected to. At this juncture Govet nor Smith lost his patience. He telegraphed to his agent to state to Governor Hoffman that he was now satisfied that Governor 11. did riot mean to deliver up the fugi tive horn justice; that he was convin ced he could not frame papers to meet Governor Hoffman's quibbles, and for the agent to withdraw the documents and return home. . On Tuesday morning Governor Hoff man approved the requisition and is sued the warrant. That night Col. Gbinining left Albany to execute the warrant, but the bird had flown. In Bulloch’s stables was found a saddle horse very much jaded and lamed, indi cating immediate hard usage. Nothing has been heard of him since. The probabilities are very strong that the delays over the papers were to give Bullock time to flee. Governor Hoffman, as the ease now stands unex plained by him, is open to.damaging re flection. These are the facts of this grave mat ter. It will be a satisfactory day for Georgia when the great chief of her Radical plunderers is brought bac& to meet the justice so richly due him. [Atlanta Constitution. From the Grifiiu New*. Kfl'orts of NcKfcx H to f«ot in to tlio State University tiw llcnofleiiirlcs of t 1»<? College Lmul Grant. Atlanta, April 17.—The following correspondence between Gov. Smith, Prof. \V. Leroy Broun, and the Presi dent of the colored College here lias, tu ken place: Processor JVarc. of the Atlanta University, to Gov. Smith anil Professor Broun . I have the honor to inquire, whether, when the entire income of the Agricul tural College Scrip was granted to the State University, at Athens, it was un derstood that the University would > make provision for the admission of col- Hjisd, as we)La» white students ? *). To the above question the reply was as follows ! Executive DepaRTM Sff, State or Ga..* Atlanti, Ga., April 11, 1872, Mr. E. A. Ware, President of the Atlan ta University, Atlanta, Gu. Slit- His Excellency, the Governor directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., and in an swere thereto, to say, that in granting the income of the Agricultural Fund to the Univ -rsity of Georgia, he carefully refrained from any action except such us lie deemed absolutely necessary to prevent the grant from ceasing under the provisions of the act of Congress. To secure the benefits of the fund to the State, it was necessary to organize a College, such as is described in the granting tlie donation before July 2d, 1572, but to organize such a College, which the University had tho authority to do under its charter, it was not requi red that the Governor should determine the question proposed by your letter. Respectfully, your ob’dt servant. P. W* Alexander, Sec. Ex. Dept. Professor Broun replied as follows : University, of o'a. Athens, April 12, 1572. E. A. Ware, President Board Trustees, Atlanta University. Dear Sir .- In answer to your in quiry, whether colored students, if they apply, will be admitted to the Agricul tural Department of the State Universi have the honor to reply, they wil not be admitted under the present pro visional organization. No income is receivable from the pro ceeds of the sale of the land scrip under a year, and then there will be available only the interest of a fractional part. In about two years and a half from the present time, according to the terms of the sale made by Governor Conley, tho income of the whole fund will be avail able. Hence, you perceive in this pre paratory organization, we are not using funds appropriated by the United States Government, and, therefore, the ques tion you propose does not properly arise at the present time. The Legislature or the Trustees will decide hereafter, and I have no means of knowing what the decision will be ; therefore, my in dividual opinion about it would be of no value. * * # * • I am, very respectfully, your obedi ent servant, W. Leroy Broun. The country imports $15,000,000 worth of spool cotton yearly from Great Britain. YOU BBT THAT Christopher Ctray & Cos,, OF AUGUSTA, GA., CAN SELL THE CHE A.PEST DPI ‘ST GOODS To be had in the city. And they not only Can, but they Do Sell ir. all cases as cheap, and some articles MUCH CHEAPER THAN They are sold by any other person in the trade. One of the members of the firm lives all the > Year Hound in the City of New York Where lie Imijs goods For Cash And takes advantages of all bargains in the market. That's the reason why. So call in the Store (recently enlarged) aOPtISTEH. BROAD <sc JMITISITOSH STREETS Where you wil! find every kind of Dry Goods and receive the best attention from a t rlom3 CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO. AUGUSTA CLOTHING EMPORIUM. W, A, R A M H E Y , Takes pleasure in calling attention to his Large and varied stock of SPUING AM) SUMMER READY-MADE CLOTHING, .Manufactured expressly for the Augusta market, by those celebrated Clothiers, Jas. Wilde, jr. & Cos., Chas. B, Poet & Cos. Having every facility to procure Goods from first hands, I will at all times Keep the Best of Goods at lowest Prices. My stock of FURNISHING GOODS, is of the most elegant style and finish ever brought to this market, and of the greatest variety. The smallest to the largest man can be fitted. Clothing’ Cut and Made to Order, at short Notice, in the most Elegant style. I have also a full stock of Fine and Medium Hats of the very latest styles, also Trunks and Valises, and gents furnishing goods of every variety W, A. RAMSEY, Opposite Nalional Exchingj Bank Next door to Butt, Boyco &. Co nprlOm-3 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. tiheej atj o-itsta Root Arvu Bhhl Emf»rici* PETER KEENAN, VJXK & l YE &QQT & $-JXQE MBJRGS4&T QF tfruc'E V.t TENDERS his thanks to his McDuffie friends for past favors, and respect fully invites them to call and examine bis large and Well Assorted Stock of Boots and Shoes, which ho has recently purchased for the Spring anj Summer' (rat'. THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM is still adhered to, and a strict, observance of the principles of honor and integritv. He guarantees perfect satisfaction in every instance for a --'des purchased at his store, and he holds himself personally responsible to make reclamations in all cases when the articles sold fail to be as represented. He employs no Drummers, and hence adds no per cent, upon his shoes for fees of that nature. Call and exam ine iiis elegant Stock, at No. 220 Broad Street, (at the store lately occupied by James A. Gray & Cos.) aprlOuia PETEK KEENAN. NEW GOODS HF’OJFI 1872. —AT THE— ONE: PRICE HOUSE H. L.* A. BALK, 174 Rroad Street, Augusta, c«a. Great Bargains in Dress Goods! Great Bargains in Jeans and Woolens! Great Bargains in Cassimere and Flannels! Great Bargains in Linsey Woolsey, Bed Tick! &c. H. L A. BALK, Wholesale ami Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, 172 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. TIIE ONE PRICE HOUSE! I am now receiving the latest styles of Dress Goods, which were carefully se lected by me, for this market, at prices so low as to enable me to defy competi tion ! Beginning with Plaids at 15 ots., Delaines at 20 cts., Poplins at only 25 cts., Handsome Colored Silks at only 75 cts. Also, a large aud fuil assortment of Cassimere, Jeans, Woolsey, &e., beginning with Jeans at 20 cts., Jeans (extra heavy) at 2-5 cts., all-wool Cassimeres at 60. cts., Linsey Woolsey at 1-5 cts., heavy Mattrass Tick at 15 cts., up to the best heavy Tick for holding feathers, together with a full line of Prints, Flannels, Sheetings, Shirtings, Shawls, Cloaks, Boots, Shoes, and Ladies’ Trimmed Hats,, at prices that will please the most fastidious. £7p“f!ut out this card and be sure to find the One Prick House, and you will save time and money. 11. L. A. BALK, 172 Broad Street, jat.3lm?" Augusta, Ga.