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Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON NOVEMBER 28 >871.
Xhe convention.
We beg to reiterate what wo said a few days
ago upon the necessity of sending delegates,
fresh from the people, to the approaching Demo
cratic State Convention, to nominate a candi
date for Governor. Fnrther reflection strength
ens our conviction that such a course is urgently
demanded by the peculiar exigencies of the pres-
. enteituaUon.no less than by every consideration
of sound judgment and propriety. The mem
bers of the Legislature were not elected with
my such view as representing their constitu
ents in a convenUou to make a Governor, nor
is it likely that they even know the feeling of
She people who sent them to AUanta on the
subject The question has been sprung since
thoy left home, and two-thirds of them have
had no opportunity of mingling with the people
and learning their wishes.
But the strongest reason of all why this duty
should not be thrust upon them,is found in the fact
fW all of them, more or less, and very possibly
insensible to themselves, have, since their so
journ at Atlanta, imbibed ideas and prejudices
for or against possible candidates for the posi
tion which, as a rule, and as far as pracUcable,
should be kept out of a nominating convention.
Of courso some delegates, even if chosen by the
people for this special purpose, will go to the
convenUon with a strong bias for this or that
man, but the great mass of them will care Tory
litUo for any parUculor candidate, and will vote
for tho best man, no' matter who he is, where
he comes from, or what personal or sectional
interests will bo made or marred by his selec
tion. They will pass all the aspirants in review,
and make their choice impartially, and on the
sound principles of fitness and solid deserving,
alone.
If members of the Legislature are to nomi
nate tho candidate, they might as well have been
allowed to do so in caucus at once, and without
the formality and pretense of a convention of
the people. We are utterly opposed to any such
duty being devolved upon them, and we ear
nestly urge their constituents to relieve them of
it. We call upon our brethren of the press to
join us in this demand, and we especially in
voke the attention of the people themselves to
the matter. If it is worth their while to be rep
resented in a convention, it is certainly worth
it to choose men especially for this business.
Lot there bo no departure from the wise and
well settled precedents of the party, and partic
ularly at this time. Let there be an old-fashion
ed convention and a square nomination, and all
will bo well. Otherwise, we are not so sanguine.
The Relative Cotton Supply.
A writer in the Charleston Courier condenses
from the circulars of Messrs. Leech, Harrison
& Forwood, and of Mr. Otto Trumpler, esti
mates showing that upon present rates of con
sumption the world’s stock of cotton on band
30th September, 1872, will be 230,000 bales,
against 700,000 bales at same date last year;
and that any serious advance in prices will
check consumption. An advance to 91 he says
will reduce consumption ten thousand bales a
week so as to add 820,000 bales to the supply at
the end of the year, and make it within a thou
sand bales as great as that last September, es
timating the incoming crop at 3,250,000 bales.
Ho, therefore, ridicules the anticipations of the
Macon Telegraph, of any important advance
in the present prices.
We have great respect for his figures—and
for Mr. Otto Trumpler’s figures—a*d Messrs.
Leech, Harrison & Forwood’s figures, and for
our own figures, (if we have got any,) and for
every body’s figures in general. We consider
all good—one just as good as another, and per
haps just os likely to be verified by facts as
any. If there is any point in which the wis
dom of this world is of little avail, it is on cot
ton estimates and vaticinations. And still,
like JackBunsbv, we must all have an opinion*;
and our opinion is that when the most of this
crop has passed out of the hands of producers,
prices will bound upwards seven, eight or nine
cents, as thoy have had a pretty constant trick
of doing ever since the war, and as there
seems to bo more than ordinary reason for their
doing at this time. Therefore, if we had any
cotton of our own, and could afford to keep it
out of market, we certainly should do so for
the present, and probably until April next;
and run all these risks of the manufacturers
becoming disgusted and stopping their spindles,
and so reducing demand far below supply. Let
us not borrow trouble. There is certainly a full
supply of that article already on hand.
Acting-Governor Conley’s Veto.
Although, no doubt, the best talent was em
ployed in producing this document, it is not a
respectable specimen of special pleading. The
Constitution is too clear to be easily circum
vented. In e^se of the death, resignation
or disqualification of the Governor, to avoid an
interregnum in the Executive Department, it
devolves “executive powers” on the President
of the Senate, ex-officio, and then vests the
Legislature with full power to “provide by law
for filling unexpired terms by a special elec
tion.”
Now the Acting Governor’s main point in this
message is that this provision confers power to
pass only a general law for filling executive va
cancies, whereas this is a special statute! That
is to say, the Assembly may do the greater but
cannot do the less. Let him explain how any
general law could meet the particular exigencies
to be provided for. The essence of this grant
is one of special power to meet emergencies as
they arise—by special elections—at special
times—with special provisions to meet unex
pected contingencies. He contends that a gen
eral law must be meant, because tho plural
word “terma” is used, but omits to notice that
the singular term “a special election” follows
directly after, which, if his argument had any
force at all, would confound it. Would he have
a general law to fill gubernatorial vacancies by
one “special election ?” But we have neither
space nor time to canvass this weak attempt to
perpetuate the Bullock dynasty in defianco of
law and the Legislature.
The Atlanta organ comes to tho praclcalfacls
in tho case without circumlocution. It states
briefly that Conley means to hold on to office,
and will bo sustained in tho usurpation by
Grant’s bayonets. That will surprise nobody,
and will furnish what Conley cannot do—a sub
stantial argument! The logic of bayonets is
irresistible; and Grant and hi3 party ore inca
pable of any other.
Nevertheless, let the people go to the polls
and elect an honest man for Governor, under
tho laws and Constitution of tho State, leaving
tho responsibility of keeping him out of his seat
where it belongs.
Macon Cotton Receipts.—From September
1 to November 23, 1870, Macon received 48,748
balea of cotton. From September 1, 1871, to
November 23, she has reoeived 26,351 balos—
showing a deficit of 22,397 bales less two days’
receipts. This indicates, wo think, a falling off
of more than 50 per cent, from last year.
Families may secure elegant suites of rooms
while traveling, either by mail or telegraph, re
plete with all comforts and luxuries, at tho
Amebioan House, Boston. The Messrs. Rice
arc widely known as among the most popular
and successful of American landlords.
Out Upon Him.
The Atlanta New Era, the organ of Conley’s
usurpation; in an article upon “Martial Law
for Georgia and Floridia," says:
For the same reason, some of the ablest and
best men in tho State, of both political parties,
have begged the present Legislature not to re
peat the madness and folly of 1868. Nothing
can be gained by extreme or revolutionary
measures at this time. On tho contrary, we
bavo everything to lose by it. Hence, as a
matter of expediency alone, leaving wholly out
of the question the unconstitutionality and
revolutionary character of tho proceeding, we
had hoped that an issue would not be forced
with the constituted Executive of the State, by
that same rabid and revolutionary element
which made tho issue in 1868—an issue which
lead to Federal interference with the local
affairs of tho State. And now, in the name of
tho commercial and material interests of the
State, to say nothing of the moral turpitude of
tho thing, those men in Georgia who think
more of the interest of the commonwealth than
of party, protest against a fnrther continuance
of this madness.
If the late Governor Bullock could only have
gained his own consent to remain in Georgia
and join the same protest against the l, madness
of any inquiry into his official acts, when the
State was threatened with martial law, Conley’s
usurpation would never have occurred. Lo
the organ take this view of the case and weep
over the indiscretion of Bullock; or if he un
derstands the facts of the case differently,
him explain to the people whether this wa"3 not
some nice arrangement between Bullock and
Conley to bring martial law upon Georgia—the
one operating in Washington and the other
Georgia for tho same end—Bollock afraid
remain and Conley unablo to keep his seat with
out the essential prop of Federal bayonets!
What a striking illustration of insubordination
and disloyalty!
And it is the same all over the South. The
people will not lie still and be skinned. They
will resist robbery and violations of tho law.
See in what trouble the Garolinas are, and how
the gentle Sco.t complains of their turbulence.
No doubt with Conley and the Era, Scott could
weep tears of blood over the “madness” of the
people in preventing him from pocketing ten ot
fifteen millions of bonds. So it is with Reed
and Warmouth. They are certain the people
need martial law, and wonder why, in the face
of their danger from Grant, they should not
submit without question to flaying. All of these
men show their appreciation of Grant when
they make his administration a bug-bear to
compel the people to submit to fraud and usur
pation on pain of persecution by the Federal
Government. But, nevertheless, on so plain
point 03 the right of the people to fill this
gubemational vacancy the people of Georgia
will do their duty, and let the administration
take what course it may.
Usury—Important to Commission
Merchants.
The Savannah Republican, of Friday, notes
the decision, on Wednesday, in the United
States Court now sitting in that city, of a case
which involves some results very important to
commission merchants. The suit was in favor
of a New York firm against two farmers of
Sumter county, Georgia. Tho former had ad
vanced about $15,000, in 1866, for the latter,
and purchased for them 100 bales of cotton.
The contract was that the defendants were to
pay three-quarters of one per cent, commission,
and six per cent, interest on the advance, as
long as the cotton was held. It was to be sold
only upon.the order of tho partios owning it.
Under this contract the cotton was held eight
months. Like all other contracts of a similar
nature in the year 1866, when cotton was held
over, there was a heavy loss, amounting to_over
$1,600. The defendants gave their note for the
amount, but afterward refused to pay it, and
upon suit brought plead usury.
The Judge charged the jury that, if this
contract for commissions was made to evade
the usury statutes of Georgia, then tho policy
of the law forbade its execution; but if the*
agreement was made to pay the legal interest
and a commission to the factor, for each
month, for his care, diligence, labor and at
tention expended in the business of defen
dants, it was proper they should find for the
plaintiff. The jury were out but a few mo
ments when they returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for the full amount of principal and
interest
Tho parties were R. T. Wilson vs. James T.
West and Philip West. K. K. Hines for plain
tiff, and Harden & Levy for defendant
News Items.
Cotton was very strong in Liverpool yester
day, with sales of 20,000 bales in the morning,
and an advance of an eighth. • There was about
an eighth of a cent advance in New York.
Slander.—Somebody has got a bill before
the Legislature making slander a criminal
offense. We hope the Legislature will defeat
that measure.
Pay of Membehs.—The House of Represen
tatives on Tuesday passed a bill, fixing the pay
of presiding officers at $10 per day, and of
Members and Senators at $6 per day. The
vote on the final adoption, was yeas—104,
nays 27.
The English Mission.—Tho New York Mail,
of Thursday, says it is quite likely that Gen.
Schenck has decided to terminate his mission
to England and accept the position of law
officer to the North Pacifio Railroad Company,
which it is understood is kept open for hint.
Married.—The Hon. G. W. Woodward, a
Democratic member of Congress, from Penn
sylvania, and who will be remembered a9 a
visitor at the State Fair, held here in 1869, was
married last Thursday, to Mrs. E. H. McAlis
ter, of Lexington, Ky.
Public Education in Alabama.—Colonel
Joseph Hodgson, Superintendent of Publio
Instruction, in Alabama, in his address to the
Board of Education, says that the cost of ad
ministering the department this year, is $42,535
less than last year, and the pupils have in
creased from 52,060 to 107,666.
Queen Victoria has left her retirement at
Balmoral, and arrived at Windsor Castle on
Friday. This is a formal announcement of re
covered health, and a gauntlet of defianco to tho
politicians who say that she is physically and
mentally incapacitated for publio administra
tion.
The Usury Laws.—Mr. Nutting, of this
county, introduced a bill last Thursday in rela
tion to rates of interest. We presume it leaves
the price of money to be fixed by the contract
and establishes a legal rate only in cases where
none is agreed upon. If these are the pro
visions of the bill wo hope it will pass.
The State Convention.—A correspondent of
the Constitution thinks that a Democratio
State Convention cannot be gathered by the
6th December. Tho notice is short, but it has
been distributed by telegram to all points
reached by the wires, and we apprehend that
the difficulty will be found more apparent than
real. But let the people everywhere act with
energy and decision.
Road Law For Bibb County.—Mr. Bacon
on Friday, introduced into the Honse a bill to
alter the road laws of the State so far as they
relate to Bibb county. We presume this bill
is substantially the same as that reported to
the Grand Jury of Bibb about two years ago,
by Dr. M. S. Thomson, and urged by the
Grand Jury on the attention of the Legislature.
It provides for a tax on wagons, carriages,
horses and mules, and the keeping of the roads
In repair throughout the year by contract.
CONLEY’S MESSAGE.
Bis Veto or tbe Election Kill.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,)
Atlanta, Ga, November 21, 1871. )
To the House of Representatives: I herewith
return to your honorable body, in which it orig
inated, the bill entitled “an act to provide for
a special election for Governor, to fill tho nnex-
pired term of Rufus B. Bullock, late Governor,
and for other purposes,” with my dissent to the
same and the reasons therefor.
I have not adopted this courso without the
greatest consideration.
As tho object of this bill is to fill tho unex
pired term of Governor Bollock, which at tho
time of his resignation devolved by the Consti
tution upon myself, my personal prido wonld
impel me promptly to affix my signature to it,
sinco to refuse so to do, is to put it in the power
of thoso disposed to jndge harshly to attribute
my action to interested motives. But however
ranch I may feel inclined, by giving the bill my
assent, to repel such imputations, I must in this,
as in all my official actions, be guided by my
judgment rather than my pride.
Indeed, it cannot but occur to every thinking
man that if the Constitntion authorizes so un
seemly a proceeding as that presented by tho
bill under consideration, in which tbe Executive
of tbe State is called upon to sit in solemn
judgment upon the question of the propriety
or impropriety of terminating bis own official
existence—the Constitntion is in this respect,
at least, anomalous. It is a settled rule, both
of law and of common sense, that no man
shonld bo compelled or permitted to sit in
judgment upon his own rights—not only be
cause the selfishness of bnman nature leads
one to judge in his ’own favor, but because a
proud man would prefer to sacrifice his own
rights rather than subject himself to the suspi
cions of ungenerous critics. In so important a
law as that now proposed, the people are enti
tled to the free judgment of both the Legisla
ture and the Executive.
Nothing is more carefully guarded against
in the Constitution than the happening of a
contingency in which a public officer shall be
come personally interested in the exercise of
tho duties of his office.
If the Governor be impeached, even, the
President of the Senate is, upon the trial, to
vacate his seat, since, if conviction takes
place, he becomes olothed with the functions
of tbe Governor.
The Judges of the Supreme Court, if inter
ested in a case before them, are temporarily
displaced by Circuit Judges selected by the
Governor. If a case arise in which a Judge of
the Superior Court is interested, the law pro
vides that he shall not preside. And, generally,
by the Constitution and laws, by the rules of
legislative bodies, and by cocmon consent of
all pnblicits, it is as I have said, a settled rnle
that no one shall be permitted or compelled to
exercise his public functions in a matter direct
ly involving bis own interests. Were the duty
imposed a mere ministerial one, in which I was
called upon simply to do an act, in which I
was not bound by my oath of office to exercise
my judgment, the case would be different.
I have said thus muoh because I cannot but
feel that the General Assembly in tho passage
of this bill has not folly considered the posi
tion in which it places myself; and because I
cannot think so Btrange an anomaly as its pre
sentation to me for my signature was ever
contemplated in the Constitution of the State.
The Constitution, article fonr, section one,
paragraph four is as follows: “Incase of the
death, resignation or disability of the Governor,
the President of the Senate shall exercise the
Executive powers of the Government until such
disability be removed, or a successor is elected
and qualified. And in case of the death, resig
nation or disability of the President of the Son
ata, tho Speaker of the House of Representa
tives shall exercise the Executive powers of the
Government until the removal of the disability,
or tbe election and qualification of a Governor.
The General Assembly shall have power to pro
vide by law for filling nnexpired terms by a
special election.”
Withont doubt it is upon the last sentence of
this quotation from the Constitntion that this
bill is fonnded.
The bill is entitled “an act to provide for a
special election for Governor, to fill tbe nnex-
pired term of Rnfus B. Bullock, late Governor,
and for other purposes.” It provides that an
election shall be held on a fixed day, to-wit:
Tbe third Tuesday in December, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one, for that purpose.
In my judgment, tne clause of tho Consti
tution referred to does not authorize, or justify,
such a law. The language is, “Tho General
Assembly shall have power to provide by law
for filling unexpired terms by a special elec
tion. ”
It was contemplated that tbe General Assem
bly shonld provide, by a general law, not for
filling a particular unexpired term, bat for
filling unexpired terms generally. No man can
read this language of the Constitution without
feeling that it is a very strained construction,
to say the least of it, to hold that it authorizes
a special law for a special case. The language
is unstated to such an idea. Tho word terms
indicates clearly that a general law is meant,
passed in view of tho general public good, and
looking to fntnre vacancies, and not to one
that has already occurred. The action now
taken can only be called a law by courtesy. It
is rather an order than a law, as is indicated
by the constant use of that term when speak
ing of it in common conversation. It does
not provide for future events, bnt for one past
event
Upon the resignation of Governor Bullock,
I was informed thereof by the Secretary of
State, and, on the 30th day of October of this
year, in pursuance of section one hundred and
twenty-seven of the Code of Georgia, I ap
peared at the capitol and took the oath of of
fice, and the same was entered upon the min
utes of the Executive office, as required by the
section of the Code just cited. Tiiat oath was
in these words, os prescribed by the Constitu
tion : “I do solemnly swear that I will faith
fully execute the office of Governor of the
State of Georgia, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect and defend the Con
stitution thereof, and of the United States of
America.”
At the time I took said oath there was no law
in this State for filling nnexpired gubernatorial
terms by a special eleetion. The Constitution
was the only law. That conferred the office
upon the President of the Senate, until the
regular election for a Governor, in the mode
and at the time therein provided.
Is it competent for tho General Assembly,
under the clause authorizing it to provide by
law for filling nnexpired terms, to order an
election, by a special act, to fill a term already
filled according to tbe Constitution ?
Section twenty-six of article one of the Con
stitution provides that “Laws shall have a gen*
eral operation, and no general law, affecting
private rights, shall be varied in any particular
case by special legislation, oxcept with tbe free
consent, in writing, of all persons to bo affected
thereby.”
At tbe time Governor Bullock resigned, and
the oath to “execute the offico of Governor of
tho Stato of Georgia ” was administered to mo,
it was the general law that the President of the
Senate shonld exercise the dnties of Governor
until the regular election, and it is not compe
tent for tho General Assembly, by a special law,
to vary tbis general law so as to affect a caso
occurring before the enactment.
Now, is there any significance in this argu
ment ? in the use of tho word “special election,”
in tho clause referred to. The Constitution, in
article two, section eleven, provides that the
election of Governor, members of Congress
and of the General Assembly shall bo held at
the same time, to-wit: on Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. The election of a
Governor is also provided in article fonr, sec
tion ono, paragraph two of tho Constitution, to
be held on the Tuesday after tho first Monday
in November, quadrennially, at the places for
holding general elections. Any election to fill
an nnexpired term, must necessarily, though
provided for by a general law for all such cases,
bo a “special election,” since it is held at a dif
ferent timo from the “general election,” to-wit:
some time regulated by the law for filling unex
pired terms.
Had the intent been to authorize the General
Assembly to provide for filling a particular un
expired term, after it had occurred, it seems to
me the language used would have been very
different. The Constitution would have said*,
“ The General Assembly shall have power, by
special law, to provide for filling an nnexpired
term by a special election.”
A power to provide by law for filling unex
pired terms by a special election, necessarily
involves a general survey of suoh cases, and es
pecially does it involve the free exercise of
judgment by the Legislature and by the Gov
ernor. This free judgment cannot be had in a
special law for a special ease, when the passage
of it involves the official existence of the Exe
cutive. He can give no free judgment in the
matter, since be is necessarily interested in the
event
No proper provision can be made law for
such a case, after the occasion has arisen, be
cause one of the elements of every law—the
free judgment of the Executive upon its pro
priety—cannot be obtained, and because its
passage involves the violation of that clause of
the BUI of Rights which prohibits tho varying
of a general law by special enactment, .when
private rights are thereby to be affected.
Another objection to the constitutionality of
this bill is drawn from tho provisions of article
fonr, section one, paragraph two of the Con
stitution. * This paragraph is these words:
“After tho first election, the Governor shall
be elected quadrennially by tho persons quali
fied to vote for members of the GenSral Assem
bly, on tbo Tuesday after the first Monday in
November, until such timo be altered by law,
which election shall be held at the places of
bolding general elections in the several counties
of this State, in tho samo manner as is pre
served for tho election of members of tho
General Assembly. _
“The returns for every election of Governor,
after the first, shall be sealed up by tho manag
ers, separately from other returns, and directed
to tho President of the Senate and Speaker of
the House of Representatives, andjtranamitted
to bin Excellency tho Governor, or the person
exercising tho dutios of Governor, for the timo
being, who shall, without opening tho said ro-
turns, cause the samo to be laid before tho Sen
ate, on the day after tho two houses shall have
been organized; and they shall be transmitted
by tho Senate to tho House of Representatives.
The members of each branch of the General
Assembly shall convene in the Representative
Hall, and the President of tho Senato and tho
Speaker of tho House of Representatives shall
open and publish the returns in the presenco of
the General Assembly; and tho person liaviDg
tho majority of tho whole numbor of votes
given shall bo declared duly elected Governor
of this State; but if no person have such ma
jority, then from tho two persons having the
highest nnmber of votes; who shall bo in life,
and shall not decline an eleetion at tho time ap
pointed for tbo Legislature to elect, the General
Assembly shall immediately elect a Governor
viva voce; and in aU coses of election of a Gov
ernor by the General Assembly, a majority of
thovotesof the members present shall be ne
cessary for a choice. Contested elections shall
be determined by both bonses of tho General
Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed
by law. - ’
I am aware of the claim that these provisions
do not apply to special elections to fill unex
pired terms; since it is contended the power to
provide by law for filling suoh terms includes
the mode by which the resnlt of those elections
shall be ascertained and disclosed. Bat noth
ing i3 more clear to my mind than that all
parts of tho Constitution are to bo considered
together—that no part thereof is to bo ignored.
It will hardly be contended that this power to
provide by law for filling unexpired terms is to
bo construed a3 though it stood alono. May the
General Assembly, in the exercise of this
power, say who shall vote at tho election ? Who
shonld be eligible to tho office ? Who shall
open the returns, declare tho resnlt and decide
the controversy if there be no majority, or if
the election be contested ?
It seems to me that the clause conferring the
power to provide by law for filling unexpired
terms by special election, is to be read and un
derstood with this qualification—that the Gen
eral Assembly, in the exercise of the power, is
to be restrained and conteracted by any other
part of the Constitution applicable to the mat
ter. As the Constitntion fixes the qualifications
of voters, the eligibility of candidates and tho
mode of transmitting and opening the returns
and declaring tbe result; as it provides that
the person elected shall haye a majority of tho
votea cast; and what shall happeH if no one re
ceives thf-t majority; and also provides what
body shall decide the controversy, if there bo a
contested election. As all theso things are
provided for in detail in the Constitution, and
are, by the express words nsed, declared to ap
ply to every election for Governor, it is a very
unfair construction to say that they apply only
to the regular quadrennial election, and not to
the special elections to bo provided for by law
for filling unexpired terms.
The true rale of construction wonld bo, as
I think, that every provision in this paragraph
not positively inconsistent with the clause au
thorizing the General Assembly to provide by
law for tilling unexpired terms, is intended to
apply to the case of special elections. There
is the same necessity for all provisions in one
ease as in the other, and I can see no reason
for them in tho case of a general election that
does not apply equally to special elections.
In this way only can all parts of the Consti
tution be made to stand.
The paragraph I have quotod reqniros tho
returuB of every election to be transmitted to
the Senato on tbo next day after tho organiza
tion of the two houses. The two houses are
organized twice in every four years—once with
the incoming regularly, elected Governor, and
once two years thereafter. A special election
may be held and the returns transmitted to the
Senate as provided by tho Constitution, on the
next day after the two bouses shall have been
organized, only if the vacancy shall happen
during tho first two years of the quadrennial
term. Here is a solemn provision of the Con
stitution. What right has any ono to say that
it is to be ignored, especially in a case in
which it can be obeyed to the letter, and the
power to provide by law for filling nnexpired
terms still exist.
True, tho power will be much restricted, as
it will be confined only to such unexpired terms
as happen within the first two years of the
quadrennial term. But if tho Constitution can
bo obeyed in no other way, tho conclusion is
irresistible that snch was the intention of the
framers of that instrument.
A brief sketch of the history of tbis clause
for filling unexpired terms, will indicate that
this was tho probable meaning of thoso who in
troduced it. %
The Gubernatorial term had long been but
two years. Tho mode of making the returns,
declaring the resnlt, etc., was a part of the old
Constitution and was in harmony with the term
of offico proscribed. It harmonized with the
election, and meeting, and organization of the
General Assembly. Under provious Constitu
tions there was no power to provide by law for
filling nnexpired terms by a special election.
The term being but two years, it wa3 not
thought necessary to have an election in case
of a vacancy.
Tho Constitntion of 1868 extended the term
to fonr years, and this clause was added, no
change beiDg made in the mode of transmitting
and opening tbo returns for the simple reason
that it was not intended there should be a spe
cial election unless the vacancy occurred within
tho first two years of the quadrennial term, so
tl a 1 ; the returns could be transmitted to the
Senate on the next day after tho organization of
the two Houses, elected at tho end of two years
from the commencement of the quadrennial’
term.
There was, too, an obvious propriety in hav
ing this limitation of the power granted to
stand. For, whilst there was great reason for
having a special election by tho people, if tbe
vacancy occurred daring the first two years,
there was bnt little reason for it if tbe vacancy
ocourred during tho lart two. Bosides, in one
case the vacancy could bo filled, the returns
opened, the result declared, and tho Governor
elect inaugurated at tho meeting of the General
Assembly at tbe regular timo, whilst, in the
other case, a special session of the Legislature,
with all its attendant expenses, wotild be nec
essary.
This brings me to an objection Jo the bill
based upon the great expense necessary for
its execution.
The regular election for a Governor occurs
under the Constitution on the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November next, less than a
year from the time fixed by this bill for this
eleotion.
Should the election contemplated by this bill
take place, tbe returns can hardly bo made
before the first day of January, 1872, which
leaves only about ten months for the Governor
to be elected to servo.
It does not become me to say that the duties
of tho office can bo as well performed by the
present inenmbent, bnt it cannot escape the
reflection of any man that the expense of the
election, and more especially the expense of a
special session of the Legislature to receive
the returns, declare the resnlt, and inaugurate
the new Governor, will bo a large item and
ought only be incurred for some very necessary
and pressing exigency.
Should tho present session be protraotod till
that time, it cannot be done at a less expense
than one hundred thousand dollars, and should
it adjourn to meet again, say by the second
Monday in January, the expense of mileage and
pay of members and officers for the extra ses
sion cannot be less than ono hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, if the extra session continue
only for a few days, whiohis not at all probable.
To incur so great an expense in the present
embarrassed condition of the finances of the
State, for the single purpose of changing for a
few months, the incumbent of the Executive
chair, might, it is true, under some cirenm-
stances, be a publio necessity; but I may be
pardoned for saying that, in my judgment, such
a necessity does not now exist.
In looking more closely into the bill nnder
consideration, I perceive that it is based entirely
upon the idea I have endeavored to combat. It
takes for granted that tbe detailed provisions of
the Constitution for making, transmitting,
opening and counting the returns, etc., do not
apply to speoial elections, and the bill therefore
purporis to provide for said details by enaoting
that such proceedings shall be had as is provided
in article four, section ono, paragraph three of
tbe Constitntion in case of a regular election
for Governor.
I assume that this provision would not have
been in the bill unless the General Assembly
was fally satisfied that these provisions of the
Constitution did not apply to the caso of a
special election; and that withont a special
adoption or re-enactment of them for a speoial
election, there would bo no law at all to pro
vide for the case. I prosent for your considera
tion another objection to tbe bill presented for
my signature.
By some straDgo mistake, only noticed by
myself since the body of this message was
written, and therefore too late to call atten
tion to it in time for its remedy, it will be
seen that tho reference in the bill is to article
four, section one, paragraph three of the Con
stitution. That paragraph provides, not for
making, transmitting and oponing the returns
and declaring the result, but fixes who shall be
ineligible to office.
If this bill were to bo signed by mo, the ano
malous case would presont itself of a law to elect
a Governor with no provision for a tribunal to
open tho returns, declare the result and an
nounce the same. Should article 4, section 1,
paragraph 2, of the Constitution, apply to the
case, the law wonld.be that the returbs are to be
transmitted to the Senate on the day after the
two Honses shall have been organized. This it
is impossible to do, as the two Honses cannot
be organized until after the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1872, at which time
the regular quadrennial election for Governor
takes place.
For these reasons I refuse to sanction the bill
and respectfally return it
Benjamin Conley,
Governor.
Foreign Notes.
prepared for the telegraph and messenger,
There is little news from France. Gambetta
is moving again to the front. He made a very
sensible speech at St. Quentin, which, by its
moderate tone, has produced an excellent ef
fect. He said that no danger at present men
aced the existence of the republic, bnt reforms
were necessary to confirm it, and the people
should seo that legislation to that end be not
kept back too long in tho National Assembly.
Tho citizens should take a more active and
practical interest in political affairs, and make
their influence felt in the government of the
country. To give their power its legitimate
effect, he advocated the formation of a national
republican party, and set forth a detailed plan
of organization, resembling in many respects
tho American system.
According to the London Standard, the nego
tiations between the British and French gov
ernments for modifying the commercial treaty,
have been broken off.
Nineteen of the prisoners accused of being
accomplices in the murder of Generals Thomas
and Lecompte, have been found guilty. Eight
of them will suffer the penalty of death, the
remainder various terms of imprisonment.
The French army is rapidly being reorgan
ized. Imitating the German modei, it will be
divided into army corps, which will hold the most
important strategical positions of the country.
Tho Republio is as intolerent to the press as
the Empire. Two papers, the L’aviner and Le
Pays, have been suspended for printing arti
cles insulting to the Government.
Tho first Roman Catholic mission ever sent
from England has sailed from London. It con
sists of four priests, who will labor exclusively
among the colored poople of tho United States.
Previous to their departure Archbishop Manning;
told them that the mission had been established;
by tbe Church in England because tbis country
had imposed slavery on America, and it was
fitting that Englishmen shonld be tbe first to
movo for the amelioration of tho condition of
the newly emancipated race.
A subscription for the widow and daughter
of Mark Lemon, late editor of the Fnncli,” has
been opened in London.
The celebrated library of Baron Kirkup, of
Florence, will bo sold at anction in London in
December next. Besides many rare literary
treasures, it contains a great number of valuable
Dante editions, six manuscripts among them.
The German Reichstag is still debating the
coinage bilL A proposition to place the image
of the Emperor upon all tbe now coins instead
of thoso of the Princes of the respective con
federate States, was defeated by a considerable
majority.
There is no greater enemy to German unity
than the ultra-montane party in Bavaria, whose
sentiments find expression in their two organs,
“Vaterland” and “Volksbote." Revenge on
Prussia and a French alliance are the leading
topics of theso papers. Only recently the one
spoke joyfully of tho moment, when France
would be strong enough to undertake a war of
revengo. In view of these foots the Bavarian
representative in the Upper Chamber or Federal
Council has prepared a bill, aiming at tbe legal
prosecution of clergymen engaged in unpatriotio
intriguea
As the Bohemian Landtag has refuspd to
send delegates to the Beichsrath in Vienna,
tho Austrian Government has deoided that the
deputies shall be elected by direct votes of the
people. Before taking this step, the Vienna
Cabinet made a final effort by sending Baron
von Kellersperg, head of the new Cis-Leither
ministry, and formerly Governor of Bohemia,
to Prague for tho purpose of convincing the
members of the Provincial diet that r was for
the interest of Bohemia to be represented in
the Austrian Reichsrath. This mission entire
ly failed.
Count Beust, the late Chancellor of tho Em
pire, has addressed a formal circular to the
Diplomatic agents of the Austro-Hungarian
monarchy abroad, Btating that bis resignation
waa not based upon any political grounds, but
upon roasons of a purely personal character.
Spain is in danger of relapsing again into an
archy. Strikes are increasing throughout the
land in an alarming manner. Tho Crown, in
reply to tho vote of the Cortes, demanding a
permanent session, has prorogued the assembly
nntil February, 1872. Only a few days before
tbe ministers, with a nnmber of deputies, bad
waited upon the King to present their congratu
lations on the first anniversary of his accession
to the Spanish throne. Amades, in retnrn, as
sured them of his patriotism and devotion to
tho task of recovering for Spain her position
among the powers of Europe, and restoring na
tional industry and prosperity.
It i3 considered a conciliatory step of the
Holy See towards Italy that the Pope has con
sented to the consecration of the Church of St.
Snaire in Paris, which ceremony he had inter
dicted because the building is the private prop
erty of Victor Emanuel.
The States General of the Netherlands have
abolished the Dutchembassy at the Papal Court,
thus acknowledging that the Pope ha3 ceased to
bo a temporal sovereign.
Life and property continue very insecure in
Sicily and Sardina. In the latter a band of an
hundred armed men recently surrounded a little
city for tho purpose of plundering the publio
exchequer. The Government is at a serious
less how to put a stop to such outrages, and has
appointed a commissioner to inquire into the
causes of tho deplorable condition of tbo Island.
Sella, tho Minister of Finance, being compelled
to cover a deficit of twenty-seven millions, is
thinking of proposing increased taxation.
The Russian government, though prosecuting
with great vigor tho task of Russifying all for
eign nationalities within its vast domain, had
treated tho German provinces on the Baltio
more leniently than any other part of tho Em
pire. A late ukase, however, has ordered the
introduction of the Russian language for all
public decrees in tho courts and churches. At
the same time tho seat of the time-honored Uni
versity of Dorpat has been transferred to Wilna.
This moment seems to indicate that no further
exceptions will bo made in favor of the Baltic
provinces. ,
Cholera is on tho increase in Constantinople.
The Turkish government is steadily prosecuting
tho task of re-organizing tho Empire by devel
oping its resources and abolishing abus’es-in tbe
public administration. A firman of the Saltan
directs the Minister of public works to prepare
for the construction of a well-planned net of
railways over the country. Great ameliorations
for the sake of facilitating communications are
to be made by improving harbors and making
rivers navigable.
On his birthday, October 31st, the Sultan
granted an amnesty to all political offenders
who were banished previous to his ascension.
The papers have published an official commu
nication stating, that, by abolishing superfluous
sinecures and expenditures, the government
would annually save six million francs. Old de
serving officials, however, shall receive pensions.
The late Minister of War who committed enor
mous frauds, has been degraded and banished.
The Sultan will call all dishonest pnblio officers
to account and has Bent'supervisors for that
purpose into all provinces of the Empire.
Jabno.
Editorial Correspondence-'
Savannah, November 21, 1871.
The Industrial Association of Georgia began
its first Exposition to-day, about two milos
from the city, on the grounds formerly known
as tho “old raeo track.”
The several buildings are ample in size and
convenient in their arrangement and location.
On the noith side of the enclosure an elegant
flower garden, about an acre in extent, has
been tastily laid out and planted in part, with
flowers and exotics. When these attain their
full growth, this will bo a unique and pleasing
feature in fntnre exhibitions. In the centre of
tbis area a fanciful summer honse or bower
bas been erected, which will be provided with
seat3, and when covered with vines and creep
ers will present a tempting retreat to the
weary visitor.
To the eye of the up countryman this whole
region is fall of interest. Tho dead level of tho
country—the majestic live oaks and other ever
greens—the gray moss festooning the forest
trees—the -traditions and legends connected
with Oglethorpe, the Aborigines and Moravian
settlers, all conspire to awaken inquiry and en
list the sympathies of the antiquarian.
Hard by this spot still flow the sparkling
waters of tho Jasper Spring, where the gallant
Sergeant resoned the helpless prisoners from a
British prison; and within one short mile, the
remains* of the Spring Hill redoubt may still be
traced, near which the gallant Count Pulaski
poured forth his heart’s blood in defence of his
adopted country.
As yet the exposition is unfinished and in
complete—numerous entries were made to
day, and the several exhibitors are still busily
engaged in decorating their stands, and display
ing to best advantage the articles and wares they
represent.
It wonld be hardly fair at this early stage to
classify, or attempt any ennmeration of tbe sev
eral divisions of tbe fair. To-morrow the ar-
langements will be well nigh completed, and
then we hope to particularize.
We are constrained to mention, however, the
splendid array of frnits and tropical productions
entered by Mr. L. A. Hardee, of Jacksonville,
Fla. Luscious strawberries an inch in diameter,
lemons, bananas, limes, oranges, cncnmbers,
squashes, snap beans, egg plants, sugar cane,
syrup, and other garden vegetables in'the high
eat perfection were on exhibition by tbis en
terprising gentleman. Truly, ours is a great
country, covering the products of temperate and
torrid zones, and offering rare inducements to
the impoverished emigrant from Europe.
In the afternoon a trotting match came off,
bnt your correspondent saw bnt one heat, which
was won by “Rip Rap,” and cannot give tbe
resnlt in time for the mail. A large crowd is
expected to-night. In haste, H. H. J.
Savannah, November 22d, 1871.
A heavy shower last night exhausted the
clouds, and the morn dawned serene and clear
with a cool and bracing breeze from the north.
Soon the joyous snnshine illuminated the semi-
tropical landscape, and all felt ihat the Fair
wonld be a success, if perfeot weather and an
exhilirating atmosphere conld avail any thing.
The hotels are well filled, bnt we hear no
cause of complaint from any source for lack of
accommodation. The committees of reception
have discharged their dnties faithfully, and
every visitor is provided with comfortable quar
ters.
The Pulaski Honse, that ancient and favorite
resort of the fashionable world, still maintains
its prestige, and in its cuisine, sleeping apart
ments, and general management, will take even
rank with the best hotels of New York.
The crowd at the Fair Grounds to-day is
immense. A living, moving mass of humani
ty, throng the halls, and swarm abont the en
ticing side shows, which sre represented by
voluble orators, whose throats of brass never
tire in expatiating upon the wonders which
may be seen under tbe magio folds of impene
trable canvass, for the consideration of fifty
cents.
The Press are well cared for, and nnder the
ohaperouage of EstUl, of the Morning News,
want for neither solids, fluids, or any other
addenda, to make it the tine and legitimate
exponent of the progress and prosperity of
Georgia. In passing, we cannot fail also to
mention Mr. Belisario, the able master of cere
monies, who caters for the hnogry thousands
who come to the Fair, not only to see, bnt to
enjoy the substantial delicacies which earth,
forest and ocean are taxed to famish for the
gratification of the popular tastes. This prince
of caterers, piles alp upon alps of his Thun
derbolt oysters, raised from the seed, and
ready for the knife and cayenne vinegar of the
consumer, and all who fancy bivalves, in their
original jnices, will flock to the grand stand
and take at least a “dozen on the shell.”
At 12 m. Hon. Julian Hartridge delivered the
inaugural address of the Georgia Industrial As
sociation, in the principal hall of exhibition.
The distinguished ex-Member of Congress was
peculiarly happy in his remarks, and exploded
to the satisfaction of all the false impression
that Savannah was no part of Georgia, but was
antagonistic to her interests. He claimed that
tbe Industrial Association was not local in its
character, bnt was designed to develop and pro
mote tbe welfare of the entire State. It is high
time that the ridiculous quasi opposition be
tween the up country and low country should
cease. Georgia’s principal seaport is the entre
pot of her imports and the true medium of her
commerce with the world. As such all should
unite in her support.
Lack of timo and space will not allow of any
special mention of the numerous useful aud at
tractive articles on exhibition to-day. Your cor
respondent will endeavor to be more explicit in
bis next communication. Weather coft and clear.
«H. H. J.
Reply or J. A, Ansley.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Someone
styling himself “Member,” in your paper of the
19th, accuses me of misrepresenting the facts
and doing Mr. Speaker Smith injustice in say
ing “I believed he conferred the chairmanship
only on two south o f Macon ont of the twenty-
four standing committees. Mr. “Member,”
after rummaging along the eastern borders of
Georgia up the Savannah River, has joined
Effingham and Chatham, who have been hon
ored with chairs by his friend Mr. Smith.
These are naturally enough identified with East
ern and Middle Georgia, although south of an
east and west line through Maeon, yet territo-
rily allied with Eastern Georgia and connected
with that line of railway running through the
State to Mr. Smith’s own town. I cannot see
how they can be said to belong to Southern or
Southwestern Georgia. Echols does, bnt I nsed
the term “I believed” so as to include any other
crumb Mr. Smith had given ns which I might
inadvertently overlook (meaning no reflection
upon the appointees.) So, therefore, we have
one from Southwestern Georgia out of the
twenty-four, and we think Southwestern Geor
gia is some considerable more than l-24th of
the State; and if the gentleman wants to be
exact, and thinks that Effingham and Chatham
are allied with Southern Georgia, according to
his own estimate it will make only five ont of tho
iwentyfour for nearly half of the State.
Now considering that the Speaker himself is
from tho middle belt of the State, has cot, in all
candor, this portion of the Stato been greatly
discriminated against in these appointments?
This is no small matter in these days of 1 egisla-
tivo rings. The tax-payers haven’t so soon for
gotten tho opera house ring, Mitchell property
ring and other rings, which so mnch infested
the last Legislature.
I don’t say Mr. Smith is connected with the
ring, as was not in Atlanta—his friends say not.
His reputation has been inch os to indicate that
he would not. Prominent gentlemen coming
from Atlanta after the organization, think tho
ring is omnipotent, and that the organization
was tho planning of the ring. Mr. “Member”
says I have done Mr. Smith injustice. Now
suppose we have a nomination for Governor by
a convention of the people, through their dele
gates, as has been the time-honored enstom, so
that this ring, if there is any, cannot have the
controlling power, will Mr. Smith think he
has been overlooked from Sonthern and South
western Georgia, if he only gets recognized to
the extenthe Recognized us ? whether it be two,
three or five votes he gets. And if Southwest
ern Georgia will do her whole dnty—come up
manfully to the work—and only give Mr. Smith
one vote, for his ono chair, I will feel that no
very serious injustice has been done him.
J. A. Ansley.
Americas, November 22, 1871.
Even George Wilkes, of the New York Spirit
of the Times, indulges in a vicious fling at
Grant and Sickles. In a note to the New York
World, dated the 4th instant, he says:
Yon misconceived the purpose of my visit to
General Butler, on Sunday morning last, in sup
posing that it was to make roundabout applica
tion for the post of Spain, or for any other post
in the sale of the admiristration * * ** I
have never held office, and am not seeking any,
and I think you will agree with me that,‘having
kept my hands clean of patronage till now, it
would be a strange ambition- to be yearning for
the shoes of suoh a man as Sickles.
From Dooly
Editon Telegraph and Messenger • v
per is eagerly sought after and read R Pi -
county. I can’t well see what we
without it. True, there are other coos ^
in the State, bnt none, in our opining 15
comes quite up to yours; and then it 3
are so sound. P 01 ^
A certain justice of tho peace in thr-
gions, it’s said, swears witnesses in his conV* 1
the Telegraph and Messengib, declarin .v 08
although there may be some slight errors
they are not intentional, and that if a ~-}H
will come as near the truth as it dcca’
court, “if she know3 herself,” can eivT.
rect decision. fa a
The cotton crop with us is very sorry 0.
ly half an average. It is claimed by min™* -
we will make enough corn to take us Qom
Potatoes, pinders, peas and sugar ryZT®'
“bully;” better than usual. So you see * 1,1
all right on the “Department of the Intti* - :
(of man and beast.)
What has become of Bullock and his
rogues? The Legislature should neversbv
their investigations until thoy have eirS
and punished every scamp that has been s*'-?
ing from the publio crib; and if cverv' 8 *
in that General Assembly, which is rTi 8
of the 14th district, it would" be done". uS?
on this subject let them spare none. I iT
heard from very good authority that there *2
in tho last Legislature a combination f 0 ,z!
by Bullock, with some twenty or thirty of e
leading members of the Legislature, and ih!
combination, or “ring,” passed Bnllotk’j S
and resolutions by which hestole, aedhe divSl
with them. These same persons, it was ay
were appointed on committees to investS
alleged stealing, and as a matter of courser)-*
conld find any. About half this comb matin),
“ring” were eleoted as Democrats, boastedd
their Democracy then, and are yet,
cases, regarded as “simon pure.” Don’t teHri
that any of these men were genuine Deniocnb
True, they sailed under Democratio colors b
at heart they were Radical scoundrels. Weva
them all to be made to “puke up” their illJ*
ten gain. '"1
I understand some of this “ring" httiUa
re-elected, bnt others have retired from pj^
life, and occasionally make five or ten thomsd
dollar trades, whereas before they Vent totit
Legislature they had never been known tj
have one half of these amounts. Oat upoafi
such Radical affiliating Democrats. IVfo
stealing comes jast as natural to a Radical a
rooting to a hog. An intelligent and relink
gentleman has shown me a statement pnblisV
by some indignant citizens of Houston cm
showing how the Radical sheriff of that coin
has fleeced the citizens out of their wonev si
says that in passing throngh Perry he haul 1
lawyer (one whom I know to be an ornan;:-
to the bar, and a perfect gentleman), say ih
he bad partially investigated the matter,
that in his opinion the scallawags hod "Si-
locked” the people of Houston county osif
between twelve and fifteen thousand dol&s
We couldn’t stand such a3 that here. Welc;-
to seo the day when a gentleman shall fi'J£
place onee honored by Jenkins, Cobb, Car-
ford, Tronp, eta, and lately dishonored k
Bullock.
I will write again. Pinewook,
When Shonld they be Elected?
Amebicus, Ga., November 21,18711
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : As Cel
seems to be some difference of opinion in retl
tion as when the election of tbe Ordinwisl
and all other connty officers of this Stato, shoil
take place, according to the general law inreil
tion thereto, etc., 1 wish to call yonr atfeciil
to the general law as I understand and read;i:l
relation to the time of said election. First,bl
reference to the ordinance of theconventicc:l
ISOS, adopted on tho 10th of March, IS rl
which it was ordained that an election shcihl
bo held, beginning on the 20th of April, l&l
eta, for voting on the ratification of tbe Cal
stitntion, for eleotion of Governor, memberssl
the Legislature, members of Congress, : .:i l|
other officers to bo elected, eto.; and the per l
sons so elected or appointed should enter qal
the duties of their several offices, and ebEtl
continue in said offices till the regular snares? I
provided for after the year IStiS, etc. An:nI
tide 5, section 5 of the Constitntion, patsai:l
adopted by said convention, says that the Cr:-1
naries of this Istato shall bold their c£S:e;::|
the term of fonr years, eto., and article 9cta|
sa,mo Constitution says that all other count: d I
fleers shall hold tESir offices for two yeans I
From this I understand the ordinance or bill
mean that the first regular election for (BI
nary, after the one provided for by said c jits I
tion, shall or should take place on tbe isl
Wednesday in Jannary, 1872, and I come to ti l
conclusion from the reading of the 1346 seo.:l
of the revised code of Georgia, which says thuttil
Ordinaries are elected on the first Wedisl
day in January nest, proceeding the
of their commissions, eto. Aud as to '-.-I
other connty officers, article 9th of the sail
constitution, says that all connty ofiucars sbtl
hold their offices for two years, etc. X.v. i-I
not the term of office of all those elected:!
April, 1868, expire in January, 1870, acc:r:-|
ing to the ordinance above referred to, r
now, does not tbe term of office of all tk
elected last December, expire in Jannary, 1: j
and should not an election be held on the i
Wednesday in January next, for all 1
officers? I conclnde that there shonld be e
election held at that time for all connty off
and I come to this conclusion from the resi
of the 1347 section of the revised Code of C
gia, which says: Clerks of the-SuperiorC
•Sheriffs, eto., are elected on the same day 1
month (meaning first Wednesday in Jama? I
next preceeding the expiration of their c.aj
missions. This matter, I think, should -f
tho attention of the present Legislature, ski
hope the Judiciary Committee will lookintour
subject, and if necessary, bring a bill
the Legislature to have the election oM
county officers take place on the first Wee - *
day in January, 1872. Yours, etc.,
Enquirer (After the Li*/
A Darwinian Illustration.—The folk*
strange story is related by a New Zealand s
respondent of a San Francisco paper, inf
port of the Darwinian theory of man’s d£=^
Tho person thus singularly nursed is said m
one of the present members of the
and Legislature. His early life was sp*fl
the wilds of South Africa. When a mere i’>
he was one day laid peacefully at “
door of his woodland home. His w°k-J> _
rent, near tho cabin, shot the
large monkey, at which the feelings c*
affectionate mamma were, of course, -v;|
wounded. She was, however, driven
the approaching hunter, and in
cabin door, notioed and stole the fats* vl
Zealand legislator. The loss was net j-1
for nearly an hour afterward, and L %. I
efforts to find the robber proved urn'll
Three months after this period a hnnik:f.^l
came across a family of monkeys in the
ness, and there, in tho arms of the ^'Ajl
though untutored wet nurse, was the
child, who chattered and jibbered in
approved monkey fashion, apparent^ ■
equal to the exigencies of the situation,
correspondent wants to know whether
conld bo any more convincing evidenc
this of the affinity between our race ana
hairy denizens of the woods?”
T^e Central City.”—We havo ru-
from Brother Willis M. Russell, the pr
of a now weekly paper, to be estabjs®
him at Albany, Georgia, and cuk
Central City," the first numbor of whi
appear 3d of Jannary, 1872. Long (
has proven the ability of Mr. Hassell^ 3 '.
interesting and valuable newspap^’ J
to U3 he is unlucky in naming ^ T
»oto the State? That won’t *>• J
the connty? worse still. Albany
tral as to a good cotton growing region (i j
boundaries are vague, aud besides u
Central City” is a term appliad to
common consent, as very near the 6°°S
oentre of Georgia. Try some otter
friend Russell.
The Graphic.—Brown & Go*
splendid illustrated paper regularly- e
number is one of the finest we hare se _
engravings are, by odds, the best
any paper of a similar character, any* I
-Harper’s Magazine.—Brown A
the Deoember issue of this popular
It is an unusually good number, ^
cles on almost every subject coming ^ -
range of such publications. All
cnttAil fchA Attractive table of L
seems
tral as
