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When Does lire Legfslatare 5Icet ?
Upon this point wo publish, upon onr first
page, a communication from ono of tio most
eminent lawyers in the State, if not the leading
member of the profession in Georgia. It will
bo aeon ho maintains that tho newly elected
Legislature is constitntionally empowered and
required to meet on the second Wednesday in
January next—the day designated by tho Con
stitution, of Georgia. The Sd Section of tho
SdArticle of' tho Constitution declares as fol-
ows:
“The Crat moating of tho General Assembly
Bhall bo within ninety days after tho adjourn
ment of this Convention, after which it shall
meet annually on the second ^Wednesday in Jan
uary, or on such other day as the General As
sembly may prescribe."
Very obviously this latter clause was intended
to provide for emergencies, and to empower
each Legislature to change tho day of its
meeting, when reasons of State and of a public
naturo might require it to bo done. It was not
intended to givo ono Legislature power over a
nuoceeding Legislature, which might bo exer
cised to cboat end defraud it ont of its rights
under tho Constitution of the State and of tho
United States.
Tho Legislature just elected by (he people
•was adjourned over in advance, by the Akcr-
man election bill, to November, 1871, in order
to secure Blodgett a seat in tho United States
Senate. The aot of Congress providing for the
election of United States Senators, declares that
they snan t>o cisctd at mo i.»i kwIku or tno
Legislature, prior to tho 4t2x of March, when
they shall take their seat i. This provision was
intended to prevent tho -very thing which lias
eon done In Blodgett’s case—that is to say, to
prevent ono Legislators from fore stilling and
usurping tho prerogatives of tho next—electing
Senators ahead of the time, so, as ono might
phrase it, to stock the cards on the Senate.
Therefore, tho last Legislature, in order to
legalize Blodgett’s election, had to override tho
regular constitutional-time of meeting, and by
Great Alarm Over Georgia.
Tho Washington specials in the Herald of
Christmas, lead off with the following:
Washington, December 24, 1S70.—Radical
Leaders Alarmed—The South Secured to the
Democracy.—The result of the Georgia election
has disappointed the Itopnblicans, who expect
ed to carry that State. It is now conceded that
tho entire South will go Democratic in 3872,
and tho Republicans axo considerably alarmed
at the prospect. If the South goes Democratic
it will bo impossible to elect the Republican
candidate, except Pennsylvania, Indiana and
other Northern States, whidh are now donbtfnl,
can bo carried. Tho change of affairs in the
South was not altogether unexpected to sharp
politicians, bnt it was thought that a few States
would be carried by tho Republicans
Attorney-General Akerman’a heavy labors on
that Election Bill were not all selfish—nor all
of them, by any means, in the interests of
Georgia Radicalism alone. A victory in Geor
gia was imperatively required, to give assur
ance, not only to Grant’s prospects for a re
nomination, bnt to tho fast waning fortnne3 of
tho entire party. With a solid Democratic
South, Democracy is as certain to regain her-
national ascendancy as any event in the future
can possibly be.
Nor will this consummation require so much
time as is generally imagined. A winning party
finds many helpers. They come tup in droves,
like tho camp-followers in the'train of a victo
rious army; and, while deserters are very fin-
frequent on a triumphal march, many a scaly
fellow slips off from a defeated and retreating
force. The soaptails, who slippod Over to Rad
icalism everywhere, will soon bo slipping back
to join in a hymn of victory over the ‘‘restora
tion of the Bourbons.” Many a Radical poli
tician in place will becomo anrUenly coascion-
Uons and critical, and find serious haws in the
Republican record. And, in brief, when a
man or -a party gets’ into tho condition which
tho NeW York Commercial Advertiser says
Georgia is now in—that is.to say, “Going to
the Devil,” it does not often travel by Blow or
easy stages, but pitches down headlong, in a
saute quipout fashion.
With, good, sober and patriotic management,
we shall h&vo no trouble in Georgia hereafter.
Let Democrats do right and the bulk of the ne
groes will hereafter voto with us; cud the role
of tho carpet-bagger and scalawag will pass into
statute ordain that their successors should not ... -J, . .
meet until November. For, if they should history.. Tho. Stato will be quiet, conservative
•to
meet in January, according to the provisions
of the Constitution, then tho Legislature which
eleoted Blodgett would not have been tho last
-ono before the 4th of March, and their, proceed*
ngs in electing him were mere usurpation.
Now this is the true state of the case beyond a
doubt. But we are not prepared to advise whether
the proceeding would be so demonstrably dear in
law, or in a sound, well-conceived publio and
party policy, that tho Demooraoy should and'
ought to undertake'to over rulo and abrogate
that act of the last Legislature which tho Con
stitution authorizes in terms, though not in
spirit. On tho contrary, wo are indinod to be-
liove that it will be better for all interests to
let tho law stand—bundle of frauds and usur
pations,as it was—to savo the State tho expense,
exoitoment and confusion of an attempt practi
cally to annul it, and lot all things rest till No
vember. Meanwhile tho prospect of a Dem
ocratic Legislature will check abuses, and in
November next wo trust tbo Democracy will
proceed with equal firmness and moderation to
correct them.
j . • ’ Georgia.
Hurrah for old Georgia! Hurrah for the
whito Democracy of Qeorgia! Sho has been
true to her instinctive love of liberty and right,
and to her traditional renown for intelligence
and bravery, and has fought her enemy and
whipped him. Tho victory is recorded in a
largo majority in the Legislature, and five out
of I tho seven Congressmen of the State. .Gov
ernor Bullock has to be tolerated another year,
for he was not in tho field to be hoisted as a
trophy of justice on the spsar of tho Georgia
Democracy.. W« heartily congratulate the no
ble old State on her trinmpb, tho news of which
will send a thrill of joy from end to end through
this wide laud of States. Grant’s Attorney Gen
eral was sont to Georgia to lick an election law,
•into a shape to make tho Radical victory sure,
in Vain.
-.' Three thousand Federal bayonets failed of the
•purposo for which thoy were unlawfully sont,
and Georgia follows dp North Carolina, Now
-York and Alabama, to enforce the lesson upon
that would bo military tyrant, that tho spirit of
Demooraoy isnqt.ypt so farcrushed that it darea
not to voto its convictions, its principles and its
judgments in tho presenco of American soldiora*
, Grant has made, many stupid blunders ; bnt his
grandest fiasco in political tactics is his new
: bayonot exercise. If a sensible idea can get
into bis bead, lie mint, by this timr, bare learned
that tho people arc not yet prepared for the
yoke of his. imperial government. Georgia
counts oho more Stato in tho colnmn of Demo
cratic States for IS72. Hurrah for Georgia 1
As one of her sons, v.-o would hug her for her
manly fight andsplondid viqtory.—^Mobile Jleg-
^itter.y Ktsirir- r-d: . ->*..‘i
The Banner Counties.
What aro commonly known as tho “wire
.grass” counties covered themselyo with glpry at
the late election. In Telfair county tho Demo
cratic majority was 4SG—tho Radicals only .poll,
ing 13 votes. Irwin county polled a solid Dem-
oorafio yotoof 400—not a Radical in the county.
.Appling polled 425 Domocratio votes—Radical,
none; and Ooffee 500 Democratic votes, and
[pot ono Radical.- Tatnall gavo a'foil'd Demo
cratic voto and majority, of 356, and Montgcm-
• ery county 422—not a Radical in the county.
■ "Wo lift our hat—with three times throo and
‘.‘a tiger’’—to tho gallant Democracy of tho wire
grass region. Thoy have deserved well of their
:.Statc> and country. ii .7.' ■ ,.a
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and prosperous. t»?,
Tho only serious trouble-of a political charac
ter likely to rise, will cOmo from factious;
greedy, selfish politicians, running on so-called
independent tickets—man. who would scuttle any
ship they were in and drown the whole concern,
so riSqy.were sure they could swim off with tjio
plunder., There are* always plenty of snob; scabs
on every strong ox, and we beg tho masses of
the people, who don’t want office and only ask
of the Democratic party good government for
themselves and children, to mark all such fol
lows, 60 soon as (hay show themselves, and put
upob’them tho brand of Gain. “ Show the poli
ticians, one and all— that yon are stronger than
they— that yon will have regular nominations
and good nominations, and when any pestilent
fellow, eets'himself up to divide the voto—defeat
the public will and sell out tho Democracy, you
will let him alone with uncommon severity. In
this way we will consolidate an honorable, bon
est and high-toned party, and control tho Stato
in the interests of all the people, white and black;
for injnstico cannot bo dona to anybody without
damage to all.
And wo doubt not tho whole South, including
oven Louisiana and South Carolina, will soon
bo under tho control cf tho white Democracy.
The rampant and unblushing rascality of negro
rule in these States will make it felo dese in a
very short time;
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Q - Crawling xstp,the,'Senate.—Conkling, ono
thoflho N<w York Senators, though by no means
particularly bright, scut a; centre hhbt into tto’
whole brood of carpet-bag Senators, the other
day over tho shoulders of his colleague Fenton,
whom ho holds.-in small esteem. Conkling
illustrated Fenton’s method of getting into the
Senate by the fable of the eagle, who, finding jf
. worm in its nest, indignantly demanded how it
reached that lofty eminence. Tho worm pite-
onaly replied, ~ IcrasnledhtT4\lX? e iC\
Wo don’t know whether tho; brood of negro-
made Senators will call Conkling to account for
this slurp thrust at them over !-Fenton's sliopl-
ders, bnt they wincod awfully under the blow.
S: s'atob Sortraz, of . Missouri, had heft r ba
looking out for himself. Downing, tho oyster-
man, .is down upon him in a. very indignant
manifesto. But whether Downing's pronnneia-
• inento is intended more to kill Schurz then to
please Grant and get an appointment on the
Saa Domiugo Commission, is a question. Down
ing is said to bo first-rate authority on iCrus-
feecii. He could tell, ns all about tho crabs,
. shrimp 0 , oysters, clams and conchs to be found
on tho Domingo coast; and, doubtless, Grant
would bo willing to accept Downing’s judgment
upon tho cigar.! and smoking tobacco of that
celestial island.
Caj.ep. CcsnnsG.—-ltd* .Rumored in Washing
ton that Mr. Cushing will'be the Secretary of
the Ban Domingo Commission, on account of
his fimiliarity with tho lac gun go of the island
Egd his vast information on the l.isiory, poli-
tanC o’f are * R fta< * re< l n i rem011t8 of the ichabi-
• West Indies.
Election Returns;
Marion county gives Tift 811 majority, and
elects Domocratio county and legislative tickets.
Harris county gives Bigby, (Rad.) for 42d
Congress, 23 majority, bnt elects Democratic
legislative and county tickets.
Soriven county gives Paine and McIntyre,
(Dems.) for 41st and 42d Congress, 173 and 1G9
majority; Cone, (Dem.) for Senate, 108 ma
jority, and Dell, (Dem.) for House of Repre
sentatives, 184 majority.
In Lincoln county the Radical candidates for
Congress, Legislature and county offices, re
ceived, only 7 votes. '
In {$0 Third Senatorial District John C.Nioh-
olis (Dom.) has GOO majority...to;-.; <y<«!
Liberty county gives Paine and McIntyre 25
and 27 majority respectively, and elects Farmer
(Dem.) to the Legislature by 10 majority oyer
Golden, negro. With the exoeption of Tax Re
ceiver atSCTjCDllectorythw Domocrnls ■ eleoted
their county ticket.;,'"' ’ ’ } i j
Thomas county gives a Radical majority of
G82 against McIntyre for 42d Congress, and 077
against Paine for 41st Congress, and elocts two
negroes to. tho Legislature. Radical county
ticket also elected. ■’/!_, , {.■> ' v
Green county gives Beard and Fannin (Rads)
for 41st and 42d Congress 427 and-448majority,
respectively, anil elects Boh McWhorter,white,
and Abo Colby, negro Radical, to. the Legisla
ture by an average majority of 448.: a’*
Jefferson county elects Winder Johnson and
Abram Beasly (Doms.) to the Legislature by an,
average majority of 419, and gives DuBose imd"
Corker (Dems.) for 42d and 41st Congresses,
232 and 251 majority respectively. Over two
hundred negroes voted tho Democratic ticket.
The entire Democratic ticket was elected in
Bnrko county by an average majority of. 550.
Chatham county gives Paine (Dem;) for 4isV
Congress 1-334 majority, and McIntyre (Dem.)
for 4 2d Congress 1331 majority. Lester (Dem.)
for State Senate has 132!) majority. The Dem-
ocratic candidates for the House of Represent-'
alive; and county officers all eleoted.
Tho Democrats gain throe Senators in the
G:h Congressional District, to-wit: Steadman
in the 27;h. Van Estes in tho 8.kl, and Erwin in
the 3Wt. ** ’'.‘j.-/ ! lii
Banks county gives Price, (Dem.) for Con
gress,.215 majority over: Wimpey,aad elects
Democratic legislative and county ticket.
Jackson county elects Hancock (Dem.) to tho
Legislatnr^BM-jAj.iMdimd 7*0“ ! -k
Clark county gives Price, (Dem.) fdr 41st
Congees-, 539 majority, and Wimpey, (Rad.)
for 42 J Congress, 337 majority. Two negroes
elected to the Legislature. For the Senate, Leo
(Had.) has 312 majority over Steadman, (Dem.)
Tlie Election in Bibb.
On Wednesday four of the managers of the
election in this county Eigned the returns and
forwarded them .to Atlanta.' Mr. Kryzanowski
had previously left the cily. Two of tho man-
agors. Messrs. W. P. Goodall and W. L. Ellis,
entered their protests against the large number
of frauda’.cnt.votes which were counted in fa
vor of tho Radical candidates, and which they
wero nnablo to exclude under the Akerman bill,
and certified to their belief that the Demooratio
candidates were elected by a decided majoriiy
of the legal votes cast. This is the undoubted
truth, and they are entitled to the thanks of the
community for their fearless expression of it.
The Democratic candidates have already begun
proceedings to contest the election. The tes
timony will be taken before Judge Cole, at the
Court-house on Tuesday, January 8d. Let every
man who knows of a fraudulent vote be present
at that time to give in his evidence. If this is
done all will yet be well.
Axx, persons (says the World) wishing to com
pete for the Attorney-Generalship of the United
Slates will forthwifh aubruit sealed bids. The
Georgia election having gone Democratic, Mr.
Amos T. Akerman will soon be out of place.
Tho schooner “W.:R. Reebe” arrived at Sa
vannah, Tuesday, from New York, making tho
ran from Sandy Hook in eighty-eight hours.
An incendiary attempt to burn Turner &
Bro.’s guano -warehouse at Sparta, wa3 made
Tuesday night.
Tho Sparta Times 13 informed that a now
schedule will soon go into operation on the Ma
con and Augusta Railroad, by which passengers
from Macon will reaoh Sparta at 9 o’clock a. m.,
instead of 12 u., as is now tho case.
Mrs. Minnie Camming, wife of Capt. Thos.
> I W. Camming, of Augusta, died Saturday night.
A little son of Mr. M. G. Dunne, of Augusta,
was severely wounded Christmas day by the ac
cidental discharge of a pistol held by another
little boy with whom ho was playing.
In a fight between James Story and John
Harris, at Augusta, on Monday last, Story was
shot and mortally wounded, it is supposed.
The skaters of Augusta had fino sport in that
line Tuesday last, on Moore’s Lagoon near that
city.
Wo clip the following from tho Columbus-'
Enquirer of Wednesday:
Effects of the Late Feeeze.— Obr people
will doubtless long remember the recent terri
ble freeze from which wo are just beginning to
thaw. We havo no recollection of any colder
snap. Some of its effects will servo to il
lustrated All the neighboring branches frozo
over. Water cascades congealed in their at
tempts to tumble. The edges of tho river and
creeks turned to ico. The banks of the Chatta
hoochee abounded with icicles from six inches
to six feet in length. Ico in somb localities
was formed nearly n foot thick. Tho gas me
tres of the city froze and left ns in tho dark.
.Machinery at the railroads and other places
wouldn’t work. Ico formed an inch thick ia
rooms where there had been kept a good fire
all night. Hot houso plants innumerable went
up. Eggs barsted open.. You could have
knocked a beef down with potatoes. Yinegar,
whiskey and other ico preofs froze. Boiliug
coffee froze in less than half an hour. In short,
wo-havo had an awful cold spell—very destruor
tivo on wood piles. An old settler says no such.
weather ha3 occurred in Georgia sinco tho cold
spell of 1835.
List of'Casualties.-Mr. Henry Sneed,
well known in this vicinity,- was apparently
well aud hearty Saturday night, and died Sun
day night—it is supposed from tho effects of a
ogngeatrive chilL . . \
' A iiegro woman fell from tho platform be
tween tho cars oh tho Western Railroad, Sun
day, beyond Opelika, while tho train was in
motion, and had her head severed from her
body..
A negro man named J eff.Ingorsol was stabbed
in several places by a -whito man in Browneville
on Monday. His wounds wore not considered
dangerous. Liquor .was at tho bottom of tho
affair. -
Fine SronnNo.—Mr. Henry Henes, an‘ex
pert “huntist,” in company with a couplo of
other gentlemen, went down tho river about
forty miles on a sporting.excnraion, last Men;
day, and returned that night by carriage.. They
killed, while ont, 26 mallard, 26- teal, and 14
wood ducks, and a Wild gobbler weighing 21
pounds. msj’.Ji
Says tho ColombUs Sun, of Wednesday:
i- Didn’t Mind hr,.—A whito man under the in
fluence of Christmas fell over (he blnff of our
river, slept very comfortably in tho freeze of
Sunday and Monday for thirty-six hdnrs, woko
np and walked off, -as -if ho had enjoyed hi3
slumbers. ’ - • , . >
There was no water in that whisky.
Wo get these items from the Savannah Nows,
of Wednesday :-.:
Attempt at Mubdeb.—Ono of; tho most un
provoked attempts at murder which wo havo
heard of for some timo occurred on Christmas
afternoon, ft appears that a yonnggentleman,
who had paraded with the fantastics, was re
turning homo, and, .when passing tho Park, a
half-drunken negro deliberately drew a revolver
and fired three shots at him. At the first shot,
the gentleman looked aroufid,-supposing, how
ever, that the shot was accidental, and saw the
negro deliberately aim and fire at him a second
timo. Patting spnra to his horse, ho drew bus
sabre, which was a part, of his costume, and
galloped towards tho wonld-bo murderer, who,
as he approached, fired a third shot, but before
ho could fire a.fourth the - gentleman cut him
down with his sword. For thus defending his
life, tho negro, as they usually do, had him ar
rested yesterday for an attempt to murder. It
is some satisfaction to know that tho gentleman
gave his assailant several severo ents and
thrustst . ^ ^ , .
Assassination of a Sxeaxge Negeo.—At the
lato firo on Pepper Hill on Monday morning, a
stont, burly negro, evidently just from tho
country, by his dress and personal appearance.
f-nrlrtt, 11* HIf** /T’*11 rti, ; J I
BY TBLEG
Attempt to Assassinate Prim-—Bombard*
iseutOpeaed ou Pari;.
London, December 29.—The Roumanian Go
vernment declares its independence, and ropu-
suddenly yelled, out “My God, I’m cut, ’ and fell
to tho ground,; Ho was at pnee convoyed into
a shanty close by, by two members of tho Met
ropolitan Engine Company, where ho soon after
expired. The negro had received a out in the
arm. just at tho elbow, which severed an artery
that at once caused Jus death. No person knew
anything about"hjrnj and it,is presumed ho was
killed by some negro who thus Sought to avenge
himself of some real or fancied injury.
We get tho following from tho Atlanta Con-
stitutionof yesterday : ■: *’ - J-
Joseph E. Brown, President of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, went to tho depot eiirly
this morning, looking jafter tho interests of the
road. It is thought that A. Pope, freight agonf,
will bo retained.
Joe knows how to ruhi the State Road success
fully. ?.'f -ioill 5U-)- • [. -
r It is .whispered in political circles that Judge
McCoy Le’comes Chief Justice of tho Supremo
Court, and that’J/R. Pardtt wilV bo appointed
Associate Judge, to fillMcOay’s vacancy.-'
FLOATrxa xtunor has it that Governor Bullock
will cj.il the new Legislature together early iu
January or February. , V
Before Judge Spencer, Aaron Lee, colored,
for attempt to .commit rape oh , a white
girl, 13 years old, about two:.miles from the'
citv. Bound over ia the sum of if2000. Went
^*'*" n r'*TwVat .• irA hbmial T radio
William Cackoll, of Gwinnett county, on
Tuesday last, while rabbit hunting met with a se
rious accident. Hs sat down oft a log, and while
putting his gun down cm-the-ground the trigger,
caught in a root, causing the gqn to gapff and
lodge the contents behind his ear. Tho skull
was fractured considerably, though tho brain
was not injured. The obnons6ion was severe,
<md may proto-fatailo him. o ts-if.» of <jvofj im
It is said that five dfotbe -State road clerks
turned Demoorats yesterday, and moro aro in a
“Brown” study. ' ^ ^ ^ ^
It is rumored that a stilt company is being
fdrrn ed'to'Uavigato sucsessfnlly' Bomo of tho
muddy streets and crossings of Atlanta.
Th'oTAfhdnS 'V^aE'chman sayS skaters aro hay
ing fino sport on the Armory pond near that
place.
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Illegal Voteg^J
■* ’ Editors Telegraph and Messenger': ‘ There
can’be no doubt that in tho late election, candi
dates for tho Legislature were elected by voters
whoso taxes for 18G9 were unpaid. In all suoh
cases in which it can be shown that tho majori
ties were obtained from votes, cast by voters
whose taxes wero not paid, as required by the
constitution of this StRto, the seats of mem
bers thus elected should be oontested, and tho
opposing candidates ought to take steps imme
diately, as provided in the code, to prepare tho
necessary proof. -"*?•** ***“ - i.Aii v ,
It is well known'that a large number of a cer
tain class of voters in this Stale have not paid
tho tax required of them for the year 1869.—
The poll taxfor tho years 1868, ’69 and ’70, was
declared illegal by act of tho last Legislature,
and the right of challenge at fhe polls was for
bid by tho election law, with tho view of favor
ing this clas.s of voters and securing their votes.
Bat this act, and that part of the election law
denying the right of challenge, are unconstitu
tional, and will doubtless be so held by the next
House of Representatives,when the question of
a contested scat shall come before them. In all
cases of contest, seats will doubtless be given,
to tho candidates who received a majority of
the legal votes.
It is due the Stato to purge the ballot box,
and seat the members who were legally elected
—and persons who were elected bv illegal votes
ought not to be permitted to take part in the
legislation of the State. A Voter.
Georgia (says the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser ) has gone Democratic, and between
that and going to the devil a great many earnest
Radicals can’t see any difference.
We have much, clearer ideas about traveling afloat. Colonel O’Sullivan arrived from
down this way. _ France, accompanied by an Englishman, for tho
diates the treaty of 1854,
Balloon advices from Paris to 4 o’clock the
27th havo been received. Citizens and soldieis
are in excellent spirits and still determined on
vigorous resistance. The weather is intensely
cold and has suspended military operations.
Preparations aro progressing -on j a largo scalo
and important results are expected. These pre
parations imbue the citizens with increased
confidenco. A Saxonjjattalion has been dis
lodged from liaison Blanche.
A dispatch from Strasbourg announces, that
the Germans stormed Eelfort twice and were
twice repnlsod; with considerable loss.* The
Prussians have evacuated 1I10 left bank of the
Seine. A laige force of Germans is stilLet'
Yvctol. The Germans, evacuated Dijon upon
tho approach of the Frenoh. The Frenoh claim
advantages in tho battle of Pont Noyeillcs. It
is reported that tho Crown Pnnco and Duke of
Saxony have been sent to Amiens to assist
MauteuffcL The. Germans are now near Cam-
bray. It is said tho French army of the North
left Le Mans retreating towards Yitry. It is
thought they were falling back upon the French
strongholds in the extreme north of France.
Havana, December 28.—The rebels are Sur
rendering everywhere in large numbers. r
Tho Missouri has arrived.
Madrid December 28.—Last night as Prim
left the Corteseight shots wore fired at his car
riage, wounding Prim ia three places.iu -tha
left arm and right hand. No arrests have been
made. • -7.
Berlin, December 28.—News has been re
ceived of the opening of firo on tho Paris forti
fications. It is a cause of public rejoicing.
Versailles, December 28.—Tho bombard
ment of Fort Avron continues. The Frenoh
reply with ineffectual vigor.
Bordeaux, December 29.—Paris advices state'
that the new fortifications are completed
beyond Mont Valerian, which throw shells over
Versailles. That city is now considered .un
tenable. , ’ •* ->
■Washington, December 29.—Tho navigation
of tho Potomac 'continues closed. The cia-
board mails come, regularly by the Orange aind
Alexandria Railroad via Richmond and Gor-
dcssville. .' j jj.
Norfolk, Debeinber 2D.*^A h&’vy tiriow storm j
prevails.' -s'
New York, , December 29.—The reported
burning of McClellan’s residence hr false. j 5.
Lille, December 2 7.—A Prussian victory at
Pont Noyelle3 is officially announced. Tho-
Prussians have lost heavily ia battles and from
sickness. Villages aro encumbered with Ger
man wounded. The Germans aro suffering
from opthalmia. Eighteen thousand eiok and
wounded Gormans aro at Chalons. 1 1/..
Tha advance guard of Garibaldi^ army en
tered Dijon this morning. ’ ; .. -
Berlin, December 29.—Tho Government or
gans say Mont Avron will be -first- attaok-ed by
tho Prussians in order to obtain'a standpoint
from which to operate against tha adjacent out
lying forts of Paris. Tho provincial corres-
pondenco odds that tho bombardmehtrof Mont
Avron may be considered as tho introduction to
tho general shelling of Paris. ■ st a ,.£t ; .
Berlin, December 29.—A i attempt .of some
French prisoners confined near the Rhine to es-
ccpe was discovered and frustrated. j.' •'
London, December 29. — Tho Prussians
"Wednesday occupied the line between Duclain
andPiad. They are apparently concentrating
their forces behind Bolboc, where an engage
ment is imminent
The French government formally protests to
tho Vienna Cabinet against the Prussian use of
Austrian railroad stock.
Land communication between Cherbourg
r.iul Calais is interrupted.
Versailles, December .28.—Mont Avron is
silent to day, but the forts in the neighborhood
reply to tho Prussian guns. 1 .ms. v
The Prussians Monday occupied Bafareme,
fourteen miles southeast- of Arm.-.
Bordeaux, December 29.—The entire popu
lation bf the EastornDepartment isfully aroused
to assist tho troops in all battles ancj skirmished'
Tlie Government is taking measures to arm all.
the pcox>le.
Gamhetta arrived to-day from Lyons. co
It it asserted that tho Prussians aro incensed
with correspondents of English par-ow. They
have sent many outside tho linos of occupation. I
% It is officially f.nDonnced that tho Prussians
hastily evacuated Dijon. This is the first result
of tho movement ordored by the War Depart
ment, which was hastened by Gambetta’s efforts
'o^Idron*. 1 - v ' ;***J‘ ? ’****{'**
Linages, December 27.— Balloon advices
state tbatmilitary oporalionshavo been suspend
ed sinco-Deoember 22d, in consequence of the
intense cold.
London, December 29.—-The Germans iu iho
eastern; districts are retreating. -. Th§yr‘have
already evacuated the town of Grey in the vail:
ley of Ssono. A proclamation has been issued
by the Prussian government, placing under
blockado all ports of France now occupied, or
hereafter captured by the German forceA The
harborpf Kiel is closed by ice.. ThePdris press
is opposed to the participation of Franco in tho
Congress on the Eastoin- question.
Baron Von Bonst’s reply to Count Bismarck’s
circular, declaring tho treaty of Luxemburg an
abrogation; '!s*couched in fearns.similar to that
of Earl Granvillo. . ,,.j -rj:-7 ;:*-I i
• -The following dispatch; received to-day from
Madrid, gives some further particulars in re
gard to tho attempt to iiceassinalo General
Ty"*fHI~u‘*— p W)!t&4&4£rrtt <»ti uoqs! Its
Madrid, December 28.—This evening, while
Gcnbral Prim'wasprocceding’from tho dorrs '
to liis rcsidcace, some individuals in Ca'Io
Alealia fired into his carriage, wounding both the
Gonetftliand bis Adjutant, but hot dangerously;.
No public disturbance occurred, ns the authori
ties took prompt measures to prevent outbreak
and arrest the assassins. Great popular indig
nation is manifested at this cowardly attempt to
murder Prim, which happily failed of success.
The order of accusation against Mr. Noel for
alleecd complicity in a massacre committed by
Greek'brigands, has been countermanded. 1- ot
llong Kong dispatches of December 13, have
been received. Quiet prevailed in the North
of China. It was expected that the river Tt-iso
would soon be frozen tip,- in which event' com
munication by water with Tien-Tsin will bo
suspended. ZtoJ-valU **» aftoaittri i ej,',
Montevideo advices to November 19th, report
continued fighting,.and trade’quiet.
Havana, December 29.—Advices from San
Domingo to December 20th oontain tho follow
ing: “Cabral was in the neighborhood of San
Juan, with'eight hundred half Starved men, en
gaged iu spreading false reports of the death of
Baez. The stories sent via St» Thomas and
Puerto Plata, announcing revolutionary move
ments, were mere inventfon. The Government
of St. Domingo accepts its notes at the Custom
house at 70 per cent discount; but a law has
been promulgated that the duties shall in future
be paid in gold.. American provisions plenti
ful. The U. S steamer Yantic, returning after
laying off the Aspinwsll cable, ran ashore at the
entrance of the harbor of St DomipgO, with -a
full heij of steam on, and it would be necessary
purpose of makiog an examination of tho cop
per hcls in St. Domingo.
New York, December 29.—Tho H/erald’s
special from London of tho 29th says a dispatch
from Versailles, dated the 27th, stat03 that the
bombardment of Mont-Avron was ineffectual.
The French firo caused considerable damage to
tho Pru&ians.
A Tribune special dated London, December
29th, says the English Government, upon-ap
plication of Count B^rnsttff, ^stopped the shijf
chartered by the Frftoch Government to lay a
submarine cable beflvcoa Dunkiik, Cherbourg,
Brest"and Bordeaux. . Too thip.".was given in
ebargo of Custom Houso' officers in tha river
Thames. The cable ' 6n-board was seized.
ThreohouA after the seizure application was
msdofor roleas% bntwas refused
Norfolk, December 29.—Auived, sloop Kate
Henry, Capt. Winaut, with mainsul blown
away, ,
Washington, Deoembsr 29.—Gilbert G. Fer
ris, late Deputy Revenue Collector for tbo Third
Mississippi District, fca3 been arrested on the
charge of representing himstlf a revenue offi-.
cer after his dismissal, whereby lie obtained
money; also for embezzlement of a hundred
and ii(ty dollars worth of stamps. PleaSanton
will assumo' Cammissionership of Internal Rev-
nue Tuesday next.
Mrs. Belknap,' wife of tho Secretary of War,
is dead. ’ She was a Mis3 Tomlinson, of Ken
tucky, sister of Lieut. Tomlinson,' who' served
in tho Oonfoderaey as Aid to General Sam. W.
Fergnsson.
New York, December 29.—Judge Blatchford
gav9 a deci-tion to-day whereby nearly §500,-
000 will bo remanded for excess of duties
paid under tho collecforehip - of Augustas
Schfiell. Tho decision involves the ultimate.
refunding of several, millions of dollars.
Ex-Deputy Collector Ferris,, of Mississippi,
is held in §5,000 bail. He protests hia inno
cence. •'
Fortress -MoNi:oE,.Deccmljor 25), 7 p.,m.—A
severo northwest_snow and 'storm set iii last
night and continued until noon to-day._ - About
six inches'df snow fell; The steamer General
Terry, from Newborn for Now York, put in for
harbor. .The United'States steamer Pawnee
dropped down from Norfolk for the buoys and
is now adjusting her compasses. The pilot boat
Maryland reports that she passed id, for Balti
more, the barks India and Yamodin, from Rib
Janeiro, and brig/Clara Brown from Havana.
Passed ont—steamer Ottowa, for Liverpool.
PoUGHKEirsiE, December 29.—It is intensely
cold. Tho river is effectually closed from Al
bany. to Rhinebaok. Tho,ico is six inches thick.
Boston,December 29 —The United States Infer
nal Revenue offioers at. this place have recently
made several important soizures of tobacco and
cigars. At Lowell, from one manufactory, 40,-
000 cigars wore seized,and 20,009 from another
and!-6,000 pounds of leaf tobacco... Similar
seizures have been made in other places in this
yieinity. ’ " . .
Elizabeth, N. J., Decembei.29,-—Michael
Duncan, in quarreling with bis. mother, shot
her dead.' The murderer escaped.
St. Louis, Docembor 29.—Tho military have
received orders to remove all settlers from the
Miami Reservation immediately- The settlors
number three or-four thousand, with a thriving
town of twelve hundred inhabitants:
Tho reservation embraces many.acr&3 of the
finest lands ia Kansas. Much of it is well, im
proved, containing houses, barns, growing or
chards. ’ *-f" v ' ..... a.; , (j ■
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. Election of School Commissioners./
The following. 5'ncular, addressed to ns Iby
J. R. Lewis, Stato School Commissioner, di
rects attention to a matter which should'not;bo
overlooked. We invite tho prompt attontion qf
tho people to it. It will be seen that the elec
tion -t*tkos place on Saturday, the 7th day, of
tho approaching January, and no time must bo
lii ft .: - -h : ;r:
DeF’t of Education, State of Georgia, .)
Office State School Commissioner, ;■
Atlanta, Ga., December 12,TS70. ) .
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Dear
Sms—Believing that you desire the most-thor
ough and prompt execution of the Public
School law enacted by the last General Assem
bly, and that it can only be accompliahed-hy ‘se
curing active, intelligent, honest and impartial
school officers,I desire to enlist your sympathies
and labors in aid of efforts to. secure the choice'
of shah men, at:the election To-be held in eicb-
Militia District,- incorporated town and ward of
any city, on-the'flrst Saturday ia January next.
Four school officers in each aro to bo elected,
viz: Threo_ School Trustees, to serve/three,
two and.ond years, tespectively, - - and one mem
ber bf iha County.Board cif Education, to serve
<tw>f ym d nutUM joustl* aj ytteK La.
. I trust that political and all other diffc-renees
will be made subordinate to iho more important
consideration of: tho: educarional interests of
the: State, and that in the selection of these offi
cers the principal questions will bo whether the
candidate is an earneetand-sincere advoeat^ of
the Publio School System, and competent to
perform the duties..: 4wtrvt'?rtt
You-will bear in mind.that tho .Qpnnty ; Board
of Education are to elect a Secretary, who is the
County School Commissioner. Ho is the only,
salaried officer in the .system, and the most im
portant of all. i.;
It is very essential that a wise selection should
be-made. Of this officer the Superintendent
of Public Instruction cf Virginia says: “He
should be a man of force, purity, education, in-
fluenco and: popularity... His chief duties con
sist in explaining U10 school laws, examining
and instructing teachers, counseling District,
Trustees, apportioning funds, auditing accounts,
attending to all school interests, and promoting
generally a apirit of education among .Unpeo
ple. A perfeot CountySuporintesdent of Schools
would be a young man, or middle aged man, of
successful experience as a teacher, pleasant
manners, irreproachable character; good speak
ing abilities, architectural taste, a turn for busi
ness, energy, talent, prudence, sound opinions,
public spirit, zeal for the education of the peo
ple, and faith in the Public Bohooi System. The
man recommended for the office should be one
who.combines tire most of these qualification 0 ,
among those whose services can.be obtained. - ’
The pay of the County School Commissioner,
as fixed by the law, is three dollars (>$3) for
oachdsty,actually employed in.the disohargo of
tho duties required by the act,, the County
Board having power to determine tho number
of days he shall be employeddl'ro bjale-,tw ; Wif
Tho remuneration should secure a man pos
sessing many of the above qualifications.
New Year.-—Several business men of the city
have requested ub to suggest the propriety of
closing doors oq Monday 'next, so aS 'ttS give
themselves and clerks an opportunity, to make
tjnelr New.Year calls and enjoy,sat least, ono of
j to discharge hef armament and coal to get her' jpie.'hifiidays. We favor the, suggestion, mfd
’ rirvlnwal n’flnilivTO-n arrival vnm Imuia ihwtll TAftfliYrt fJvnr TCI
l-.i A<:Hires* Of eh«* <’:rt!to(ic« of Vfa-
con, tt» ilis Itolhtess, P«po Pins
the.\iiilb. . : „
Sunday the 25:h Inst, was a not soon to
be forgotten by those who were present at.the
great meeting held at tho Catholic Church in
this city. ‘ That was the day appointed by the
Roman Catholics to meet and raise their voices
in protestation , against the seizure and occupa
tion of Romo l y Kicg Victor Emanuel.'
Tho meeting wa& largely attended ; persons
of every sex and calling were present and tho
order of the day was perfect. The meeting
was called to order , about 10,0’olock, • and the-
Rev. Labbe Bazin, the Pastor of St. Josephs,
was requested to tako tho Chair. The Reverend
Clergyman complied with the request, and pro
ceeded at once to occupy the position, and then
in a bhfiiling and dignified speech reminded
tha people of the plac3 in which they were as
sembled and of the; object in their coming to
gether. - :■
Three other gentlemen'were appointed to ad-
<ltes3 the meeting.. Wo are sorry that our space
dees -Dot permit ns to give .their spec oh cs in de
tail, bat it suffices to say that each speaker de
livered himself in eloquent and telling language.
At the dose of tho last speech the Rev.
Chairman roto and read the following letterlo
His Holiness i
An Address of thg Pastor and People of the City
of Macon to Hi3 Holiness Pope Pius the
Ninth. ' - - L
Most Holt Father : We, tho Pastoirj,aad
People of the city of Macon, in vast-multitudes
assembled, take this opportunity to approach
the foot of tho Apostolic throne, to tender to
your Holiness in the midst of your sorrows and
captivity, the homage of our love and obedience,
and of our porsovering devotednoss to the'suc
cessor of St. P6ter. And, Most Hc-lv Father,
we also wish to present yen with our. warmest
and deepest sympathies ia tho tffl.ciions and
difficulties to uh'.eh you and in yon,' our 'Hqly
Mother tbo Church, tho sacred spouse of Chrh t,
have been reduced by heartlassand wicked men.
But whilst so doing we aro obliged to con
fess that we cannot refrain from giving vent
to our bitter feelings at tho wrong that has been
‘done, and our just anger, against tho wrbtg-
doera ’
With the indignation of honest men, who
recognize tlie laws of nations aud respect the
rights of legitimate rulers, wo protest'against
the lawless injustice which has seized tha tem
poral possessions of your Holiness; becauso it
is a violation of right and justice, tending to the
overthrow of all social order, and as such we
denounce it as an open act of robbery consum
mated by brute force. Believing that tho Holy
Father is Vicar of Christ, the infallible teacher
of all chri°tiau truths, to whom is given tho
power to rule and govern, the Chnroh of Christ;
and believing that tho full and entire discharge
of that sublime office requires the perfect free
dom of tho Holy See frem nit control of tempo
ral ppvrers, wo repudiate and condemn the sa-
creligions usurpation which has deprived.'our
spiritual chief of a power so' much required,-
thereby'entrammeling Him and placing Hi3 sa-
crc d person at tho disDOSal -of hostile poworft,
Bcliov ing that ip this inscfntibla ways of Provi-
denoo tho .temporal .power of the Pt-pe has been
ordained by God, for tfca common good of
Christendom, .set apart as the providential guar
dian of publio order iu Europe, from which has
sprung cur ripe Christian civilization, wo pro
test that the seizureacd overthrow of that pow
er-loads straightway to tho dissolution of that
public, domestic and personal 'commonwealth,
and we add that such lawless proceedings are a
violation of tha sacred rights of tho universal
Church. Recognizing tha wisdom of Providence
in thus vesting the supreme head of the Church'
with temporal power, and acknowledging the
many and noble uses to which that power has
been applied, how, under the wise direction Of
the Pontiffs, the ends of governments havo been
grandly realized; how an example has boea set
for all governments by their patronage of the
arts and sciences—thoir tender solicitude foil
tho fteedy and distressed and therefore of jus
tice, wo protest against the attempt to extin
guish, and by means so unholy, an institution
of whiclf the world haS merited so' wc-lL ..’And
speaking of; the deeds which followed the tak
ing of tbo Eternal City, the plundering of sanc
tuaries, the desecrating of churches, tho viola
tion and dispersion of many venerable lollg ius
institutions, and the suspension of the great
/Ecumenical Council—these and . all such as
these, wo denounce, repudiato'and protest
against, and wo hold the men in power at Flor-
.onco responsible for the violedco offered- to
assembled prelates, and for tho wrong 'done the
faithful by depriving them of tho great and im-
portant blessings which were expected to follow
from, the-; Council. Now, Most Holt Father,.
; that wo havo thus, in some manner, given cX-
’pfc8>ibn t<r our anger and in-.flgua i- -n u- rii.>
wrongs and insults which have been offered to
% <Thca «hn!l .he Le B!slaJ
Meet?
Editors Telegraph and-Messenger ;
T-he people in the recent elentrons, h avic ,
pronounced so decidedly against the maladmit
istration of public affairs, effect should he
to that judgment in ‘ tho most prompt and eft
cient manner Consistent with law and orde>
It is clear to my mind' that the representalivt
of the people, recently chosen, have the con;
rational righV to assemble on tho day fixed
the Constitution, which, if my -memory servi
mo.right, is on tho so.cond Wednesday in Ja J
u-irv next. Ir is Iruo, the Constitution sutho:'
izes tho General Assembly, also, to appoint
day of meeting, but it doos not declare it sh
mset oa that d-iy. Ib declares it shall meet a:
nnally on tho second Monday in January, _
on snek dsy ns the General Assembly may ail
point. What General Assembly is here intended
Why not tho one just electe.T, as well as the o
just passed away ? There ate many reascus w
the former, and not tho latter, Shonld havo bee,
intended. Thepifestnt stale of things in Geo:
gia forcibly illustratss tho propriety of the cor.
struction contended for. A different Onp wo:
be, and in tha present case ia, intended to
but another plan of prolongation. The General
Assembly recently chosen, clearly, both by tl 3
letter and-spirit of the Constitution, have the
option whither thoy will assemble at
time fixed by tbo Constitution, or that
designated by the last Legislature. None ex
cept those engaged in plundering the public wiil
deny that it should convene at the earliest
possible moment it cah-doeo hvtnll^. jj 0
time or. opportunity should bo lost ia affixing
tho Eeal of- oondemnfttion in the most distinct
and amphatlo'manner,'on every act, either Leg.
islativa or Executive, intended to depriva ths
Stato uf its property, or misappropriate ths
same. Classify sneh acts, and the parlies en.
gagsd ia them, -with the celebrated attempt i a
former times to plunder the public of iti do.
main. v; .... - - . 7 , , f.
A' great howl wall ooius'tip from thorn inter-
ested in these oche-tnjs [of pnbiie plunderj bc[
neither the. people, nor thair .rcpr.csuntativer,
/should regard it tor a moment—bat should hast
en to silonco them by exposing their infamy-
as was dona in the ease of tho great Ya'zoe
frauds The clqmour^ of the perpetrators wts
soon huslied bv the thundering tones of public
indignation.- Let it heao again.-'.'Let tho soa
of the people- of that day prove themselva
Worthy of their sires. Georgu, |
■ Though dark us tee s’crU's.
by which you aro beset, and though wiclred
men delight iu rendering tho lowering
clouds still m.ora threnV-tiing and cmlaont, yev
wo protest that our faith in tbe our
Spiritn'il Father and in the Holy ; Cnn clr, of
which He is the visible head, is ttrq.filer’and
greater still. Wo know that .as the woundj of,tho
passion pierced tho.nianbood of Jcsti -v wlidi t
His Godhead remained unhurt, soTt wilt be with
His Holy Church. Tho powers of d.ul:n'css neuy
indeed succeed for a time nnd'strip her c? the
temporalities with which, through lhe pipiy uud
zeal of her children, she has been invcsiti. for
more than a thousand years. But we are con
vinced that such uitl not interfere with^'her gov
erning system. Its faith and its authority’will
remain intact, and its indeffectible life, its in
dissoluble unity, its infallible head and voice
will all continue aliko—undiminished in purity,
in energy, and in spiritual power and freedom.
Sho shall continue on in her majestic career,
and you, most Holy Father, will have a lino of
illustrious successors which shall continue un
broken till the lost light shall close upon an ex
piring world. And now for our filial affection.
With sincero hearts we beg your Holiness to ac
cept the promise, that onr prayers will- not be
wanting for you. In imitation of the early
Christians, and strengthened by the example
which your Holiness has always set before rrs,'-
,wo will pray constantly. Wo will pray that a
life so useful, a reign so glorious, nnd a pontifi
cate so splendid may be prolonged, in order
that your Holiness and the See of_Peter may
witness a victory more splendid than any of tho
great triumphs which the Church, in her event
ful course, over obtained over the powe-rs of
Gtarxfilxai." i* ,o*b
And in conclusion, Most Holy Father, wo
humble ourselves once' more before the Apos
tolic, throne and earnestly implore your prayers,
and we ask tbo Apostolic benediction upon this
city, aud upon oach of your spiritual children
in particular.
Horrible Murder:—At an oaily hour on Sun-
dity,morning a horrible murder was commuted
I shall he hapny to eo-opirsto with you. and >*;gne Homo, which for diabolical and pre- ;
all;, interested, ta secure thd’fullest benefits , oi mejltta^d.viUaiDy h^bcenscldomequaled. Mr.-
ai a «*_i x a _ _ j* ^iii -s. Amos liama. an old man about GO oid.
the systein foi your county,jmd will cheerfully
furnish ally information at my command.
I am, vary respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, J. K. Lewis, - .-ia« Jaimt : bad
■ ' State School Commissioner.
Christmas Darkies.-—It 1 fa a noticeable fact
that not near so many negroes from tha sur-
ronnding country are hanging around.our street
corners this Christmas as on others in yean
past. There are a good many, however, but
still there is a great foiling off in numbers, and
we are glad to say they are behaving tkomselvw
in a very quiet and orderly manner.
Grady’s Circus.—In noticing the return to
Macon of this most excellent circus, in yester
day’s paper, wo said it would be here onMon-
doy next. Wo wore mistaken. Wednesday, Jan
uary 4 th, is the day on which it will retain and
give two performances—afternoon and night.-'
Nothing short of just such weather as wo had
when it was hore on Friday and .Saturday last,
will prevent a crowded pavillion oh - both oc
casions.
hope it will receive favor wit^ypf busjppfyf cam-'
munity. ; - .
Amos Harris, an old man about GO years old,
was attacked about 4 or 5 o’clock on Sunday
morning, by negroes as was supposed, and bru
tally murdered with au axe, the villians break
ing opc-n tho door; Mrs. Harris was almost
killed, receiving severe axe wounds in the faco
and head. ' Up to this morning, sho was insen
sible ; her life was at first wholly despaired of,
but we learn now that there is some hopes of
her recovering. She was very seriously injured.
One of Mr. Harris’sons was knocked down by
the villians, and otherwise injured ; ns was also,
one of the girls. Mr. Mitchell, a near neighbor,'
hoaring tho disturbance, got up nnd went to
Mr. Harris’, iu Lis night clothes. Ho clinched
One of tho villians, and in the scuffle fell down,
the scoundrels meantime getting away.
The object of the murderers was robbery!
Mr. Harris was robbed of something over §300,
besides papers, etc. He had also a bag of sil
ver, which has not been found, and may have
been stolen.—Montgomery Mail, 28th.
Pen Sketch and Memorial of Gen. Leu.—
The editors ore indebted to Prof. B. B. Euston,
of the Georgia Practical Business College and .... _ _ .
Telegraph Institute, at Macon, for facsimile- flitflk?of Sgth
engraved copies his Pen Sketch and Memo- - *• ■- **— “— 1
rift} of General Lae. It ia a beautiful piece of
art amt will be highly appreciated bythe publio.
'-d - - ) _ .J •
The ^opthwestern train Vas ’detained to
ev^aing by an accident to a freight tram a T^w n ”
miles tbia side of Fort Valley. Three plfttfoim
cars loaded Witb. : eotto« rare toff tho track end
tbo cara wttc badly dama^d. - Estimated daffi--.
age t«iP to three, tlionsan^ui^crff.
Affairs iu CTityfou.
'Jonesbobo’, Deo. 27, 1870.
Editors Tdegraph euid Messenger: Perhsj
some of tho readers of your esteemed pa
would like to hear a word front Jor.o boro’ a:
i!_s vijinity.
Mo have a pleasant, hcalthj-, business littl
place, with a population of from seven hundn
to ono thousiud ; from fifteen to twenty stores]
four groceries,*fwo hotels, font churches, Clay!
ton High Schpol, a now Court-house aud a ne
Depot, etc. , -
That f*1al epidemic, .meningitis, whii
scourged us so ssverely last spring, has entire!;
disappeared, and it has been, as tho physiei
say, “distressinglyhealthy’’ over sinco.
Thoss engaged in agriculture and horticnlti
have been, rewarded with a bountiful harvest.
Oar granaries and meat housc-s have dungt
their appearance, and premise again snsteaaa
to our people.
It wiil ha remembered that, afew months agi
Mr.; Henry Huie, of Fayette county, killed (1
was accused of killing) Capt. O. A. Dollar, (
this place, and that; last Saturday night, a Mr
O’Neal, of Batts county, killed by shot' or mur
dered JUr. Joseph Anthony, of our town, ti
whom he had never spoken. This is a sad oc
currencd. But justico -demands that the publi
should know that onr town has been mlsrepre
sented. It has been said ihat dissipation, im
morality,' strife and kindred vices are prevalca
in Jonesboro’ and, a3 a proof of * the r.Esertion
that two murders have been committed-irr th:
place withiu the last few months.
As before stated, they were committed bv
parties from other counties, and it is claimed
that there is not a man living in Jonesboro’, c'
even in Cmyfon county, who ever killed a man
And, although some of our friends drink nlco
hoi, yet many elsewhere drink more. Aind the
recent election cf three days’—and cclil 01
tfiey'wero—passed off'.quietly and. plcasihtly.
Christmas is now far spent, and the writer,
though in town and generally or: the- streets, !.t=
seen bnt one drunken mun. and he wn-,
stranger in tho place, during that period.
And whilo tho aforesaid party was nurderiiij
onr townsman,''a large number cf onr ciHzsrs
(Free Misor.sj wero laudably engaged as a fra-'
ternify in tbr ir lodge room. At the same tia:
about sixty Good Templars were also almost::
ecsiaoies in.their enjoyment together over ti:
dorctiohs of Santa' Claus from 'a richly. freight-.
cd'Chrtstmas Trfiq and the dainties and laxi
ties cf an appropriate repast. Bnt wJule r.:
were a 1 ! thus pleasantly engaged Satan' four!
some mischief forfdle hands to do.
As other proofs that Jonesboro has been mis
represent I might stato that wo havo preach
ing from two to' three times every week, prays!
meetings twice, Gocd Templars. and mass
Bible Class once, Masonic meetings twice :
month; etc.' ' . - ■
Tbo writer has witnessed many assemblage:
cf the citiz ns of the town, and with one slight
exception, ho has always seen the best decora
and respect for the oecasiojjjy.^^Myrtatm- I
Let these who-do better cast the first-'stone
' Citizen.
irtfieu ro The Oeorfiia hlretian.
Tiio Journal of Commerce moralizes ns fol
lows upon tho Georgia electron;
Georgia’s Chakgs of Front.—If the retcras
from Georgia can bo relied on, that State li=-
been revolutionized ; and;a lesson taught to
Washington powers that be which they had bet
ter lay to heart. In 1663, Georgia eleoted fc-c-;
Republican andfkreo Democratic,member-' f
Congress, and her Legislature chose one Repub
lioan and ono Democrat for the United State;
Senate, The Adxninistiationiata were '
fled with this. They wanted everything- There
fore, Georgia was again turned out into tho
cold, and since that time cajoleries and .threats
have been freely made with the view qf achiev
ing a Republican majority in tho Sttto. Tsc
game has ignourinioa.-Iy failed. AecoidiDg to
,lhe reports before us, the Democrats have ea:
Tied four or five out of the seven eongreesmcc
aud elected a clean two thirds of tha Lagis:.
ture. And tiris has aii been done with perfect
quietness and good order, happily belying tiro
predictions made of bloodshed ail over Georgia
oa the 22d. It is strange that the liepublicacs
— some of them at least—seem to havo seriously
expected,to win.
Attorney-General Akerman, who ought to
know something about Georgia, was so satis
fied with the Republican prospects ia the Stale,
that ho thought of resigning bis scat ip the
Cabinet .to take a United States Senatorship.
He will doubtless ohanga his mind, and bf
thankful thut he is, so well provided for, i
the result of the eleetiene-to the Legislature h
as announced. Virginia, North Carolins,
Georgia I —Urns, one by one, the harsh pressure
whioiAtho dominant parly puts upon the Routt
, rcooffa upon iteeif. ..In each of-those States Ik
publicioism.would be much more than af ejblf
minority to-day had a generous "and- magntai
mous policy guided its oounciia. Expediency
apart from'higher considerations, as we
often told the Republic&nr, dloUised the ex
tremist stretoh of condonation and kind a to
tho South. Not practioiag reap
their reward, .knieh toVtk theee warnings Wing
ing -im tfeair, cars,, we still -ft.
to grarU a general asun e sty
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