About Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1871)
x ire — • i •»«• ”■» 11,1 «• B«H»yJiL| Telofetopli aim Messenger. -wo rmmrtMmwm ♦****> «♦ nn« M »Prt .<f 'A tH.trtlllj s IlcniM, A Corn Ciior.j—ybu Mobil© H#gistet6»js Mr. R. B. Griffiu, of-Tafiad*',g» connty, in this State, raised this year five hundred and forty buahela of com from ela’rtn acres. Mexico.—A^Pltomoras dispatch via New York says theropsmi be a prr.end revolt agaiwet anthorizos any wort* filsli indebteda*** In the tray of aiding nlltoada, Uud« the prortatons ’I'hrr of State AM Aelhttmdy *.*«>* ft# *H«t be saddled with a ptVa* deal tMWt*dab» than she can well ©arty; and the people are (" no Cviiidi- that te anatain «H»« ttxahm. Ami forvhat T A* any tnile-ay eipetta about the eutcrprluM *!<*»% pn'K'frd under Stale nid bills, and yon trdl act hut on* tn»»wer, The most of them tt-dl revet t*e tun for any length of time—if eoMtraele*l ? and with few exceptions, tho tho Juarox government by the ttr»t taf lWem bor. Another «*wr the *ame point via* j ««••** *ecnri^ of tho State w.» resolve itself Now Orleans wfSent* tVer no* perfWon Ns 1 — <U M " ,hpr ftD * r ciitToal. The Mexican* ,>« the human race by arrd mating that country to er.tiy. fore SaltilVi aa W.vM confer *w*lto’vi*ii; c«*c ; Vffcsnt Jnafl sob T*„m/.wY XVvaaofos —About three weeks ago tht Ttv-rcwr, fcHw.wknp Dcraiter arrived at New v.uk w»ih an a*o«*td cargo, among which wore t - s v\\i kegs of Daftfe herrings and on tho same deck fitly casks of arsenic. In very rough weather her cargo was displaced—many of tho casks or kegs of herriDgs broken and some of the casks of arsenfo sharing tho same fate, a dangerous admixture) ensued. Nevertheless the herrings were repacked and went into the hands of dealers and are said to have been jobbed ronnd the country. The moral is, people should be chary about Dutch herrings for a while. Caul Scbuez lectnred on Civil Service Re. form last Thursday in Cooper Institute Hall, New York. Ho was heavy on corruption and office brokerage, and said it was high time for all honest men to unite and pat a stop to them. ** We are standing,” said he, “on the threshold of a tremendous revolution in our political life. Your splendid victory recently achieved hero will he but ephemeral, like those in France, giving’a republic one day and an em pire, or something worse, tho next, if it is not followed np until the whole system of spolia tion and patronage is obliterated all over the country.” Akibman’s Captives.—A Washington special to the Cincinnati Gazette says that at tho last Cabinet meeting, Attorney General Akerman roported that he had two thousand prisoners in South Carolina alone, captnred under the Ka klnxact A debate followed as to the ability of tie conrt8 and of the general government to taka oare of so large a proportion of the popn lation and a general disposition was manifested to have the arrests somewhat restricted, and if possible, confined in the Ku-klux order. Aker* man must be a happy man to hold so many pris oners, though, perhaps, still a little dissatisfied that he has got no more. Akerman will enjoy his Thanksgiving dinner this year. The St Louis Republican of last Thursday, has the following: Rates to Georgia.—The Iron Mountain rail road yesterday established the following tariff of rateB to Fort Gaines and Georgetown, Ga., ana Eufaula, Ala., via Macon only: First class SI 65; second $1 38; third $110; fourth 99c; fifth 77c; flonr in sacks 83c; flour, corn meal, hominy, apples and onions, $1 54; beef and pork $2 40. The Gbaud Duke at Savannah.—An Annap olis correspondent of the New York Herald, writing while the Russian Grand Duke was there announces his fntnre movements, thus: After resting himself here a short time, the Prifice and his attendants wilt sail for Savannah, Ga., where they will remain a few days and theuoe depart to Havana. The Prince will prob ably remain either in the United States or in Cnba until the middle or close of the month of January, 1872, when the Svetlana will sail for the Mediterranean Sea, landing the Grand Duke at one of the Southern European ports, whence he will travel by rail to St. Petersburg. Tho other vessels of thefleetnow here will leave the imperial party either at Savannah or Ha vana, and will sail around Cape Horn direct for the Amoor River, where they are ordered to join the Russian squadron in those waters. What Thet Eat at the Fifth Avenue Hotel eveby Day, and What It Costs.—“Eli Perkins” has been nosing around in this tavern, inter viewing the steward aa to how mnch provender is daily - stowed away by his guests, and prints the result of his queslioningsin the Commercial Advertiser. It seems three barrels of flour a day is the usual allowance, and that the yearly bill is $8,434. Milk, 500 quarts a day, at a cost of $10,500 per annum; cream $5,700—60 quarts a day; egg3$13,500—1,800 a day; bat ter $24,000—175 pounds a day; oysters $11,400 —5,000 a day; turkeys, 23 every day; chickens, 80 per day; beif, C50 pounds of roast and loin a day, which costs 25 to 30 cents a pound. Gro ceries are reckoned at $40,000, and beef, fish and vegetables at $210,000 per annum. The whole expense of marketing is $375,000 per an num. It seems rather strange that it sbonld be so, bnt according to this statement butter costs three times 88 much as flour, milk $2,000, oys ters $3,000, and eggs $5,000 more. The County Taxes.—In reference to the re quirement of United States currency for coun ty taxes hereafter, we are informed that it is consequent npon the fact that the remaining connty claims must be met in that currency. Up to the point that the local currency could be used it was taken; bnt as both State and connty taxes were received in it, while the State would only receive greenbacks, the limit was soon reached. Bankable money is now de manded to meet the debts due by the county incurred in the construction of the new Court house. Thomaston.—Mr. McMichael, of the Thom— aston Herald, was in the office yesterday, and wo were gratified to learn from him that Thom- aston is improving with unexampled rapidity. Numerous valuable business houses and dwel lings are in course of construction—town prop erty improving in value and the business of the place remarkably active. We are glad to hear such accounts from this good old connty of Up son—one of the best and most salubrious coun ties in Georgia. Captain Bacon’s Speech.—We find this gen tleman’s speech in favor of passing the election bill over Conley’s veto, in the Atlanta Constitu tion, of yesterday, and will publish it on the outside of to-morrow’s issue. It is a strong ar gument, and reflects great credit upon tho au thor. He has taken deservedly high rank among tho foremost men of the House, and fulfilled every expectation formed by his friends. Resigned.—CoL S. L. Fremont, for many yearn Engineer and Superintendent of the Wil mington and Weldon railway, has resigned that position, and will henceforth devote his whole time and energies to the duties of Superintend ent of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford railway. Oapt. John F. Divine succeeds CoL Fremont on the 'Wilmington and Weldon Rail road. Mexico.—The accounts from Mexico are more Stirring to-day. An important battle between the Government troops and the Insurgents near Oxaca, is now pending, which will decide the fate of Juarez. The insurrection is spreading everywhere. An Impabsabe Road.—We have been re quested to call attention to a part of the Co lumbus Road between Jonathan Virgin's and the Godfrey plaoe, which is now said to be im passable ard daily shutting off cotton and traffio from Macon. Cold Weatheb in the West.—Trains are al ready snowed np on the Northern Pacific Rail road, and temperature reported twenty-three degress below zero. into the mere rails, rolling stock and other ap pliance* which can be carried off and sold at public Tcndno for a song At least this is what we havo been told over and over again by disinterested men acquainted with the subject. And admitting that these railways might be run on their receipts, still they would be valueless, as security or property unless they could ba run to profit. A railway which barely pays expensos is no security to the State, nor will it be of mnch benefit to the peo ple. It will only break their necks and help to oenfase their finances. Meanwhile, a darkdondof pnbliodebt is cov ering tho horizon of the future, and threatening the direst consequences to Georgia. We im plore the Legislature to discourage, rather than give new impetus, to these unpromising invest ments. Few railways in Georgia are going to pay heavy dividends in the fntnre, and far bet ter employment of capital can bo made than in increasing the number just now. Legislators of Georgia, we call npon you to arrest any fur ther descent into the abyss of debt. Don’t en slave your children by oppressive taxation to pay interest on bonds for which neither yon nor they can show any valuable consideration, what ever. Seven Dollars a Day. We hope the Senate will not agree to the seven dollars a day, and three dollars for every twenty miles of travel programme laid down by the House last Saturday. It is too much by at least two dollars, and the three dollars for every twenty miles travel is entirely too much. No railway in Georgia charges more than five cents a mile, while on some of them the rate is'’less. Fonr cents a mile is perhaps the average rate for Georgia, even including local fares. Why, then, should the people pay members of the Legislature fifteen cents a mile, when the lat ter only pay five cents at the highest, thns making a clear profit of ten cents on every mile travelled ? It seems to us that actual trav eling expenses by the nearest ronte, are all that members are entitled to, and we are very sure those who foot the bills are nnanimoosly with us on that point. We are equally sure that they will join ns in onr protest against the seven dollar per diem. All of ns made, and with reason, much ado over the nine dollars per diem of the last Legislature, denouncing it as criminally extravagant, and it was expected that the present one wonld, in fixing its pay, utter an emphatic protest against the condnot of its predecessor. A redaction of only two dollars a day, and retaining the same mileage, is not very emphatic according to our notions. We call it mild, rather. We shall be greatly disappointed if this matter is not recon sidered and finally settled npon a basis more consistent with the principles of sound econo my so urgently required to be practiced in the present condition of onr finances, and which the people expect and will demand of their rep resentatives to carry out Illegal State Aid Bonds. In the House of Representatives on Monday the special order of the day, to-wit: the resolu tions by Mr. Bacon declaring that, in all cases where the credit of the State has been loaned to railroad companies in disregard of the constitn- tional provisions, and in violation of the same, whether by the issuing to said companies of bonds of this State, or by placing the indorse ment of the State upon the bonds of said com panies, said bonds and indorsement of the State so issued, and made in violation of the law, are without binding fnree npon the State, and should he declared null and void, was taken np, 'and after considerable discussion passed by a large majority. These resolutions are harmo nious with the conrse suggested by the Tele graph in a long article npon these bonds, pub lished more than a week ago. We are glad that the House has taken the bull by the horns and dealt with these bondholders in a spirit of can dor and manliness, while they have defended the rights of the people under these resolutions. Now lot the Senate follow suit and no matter if these Solutions are defeated by Executive veto. They will show where the Legislature will stand finally, and inexorably. State in dorsements obtained to bonds in defiance of express constitutional provisions can never bind the people. A Thirsty Soul. The New York Sun states that when Presi dent Grant was in Connecticut he had a taste of salted shad, and it had such an effect npon his palate that he ordered a barrel for consumption at the White House. This faet is mentioned so that all aspirants for office may know what sorts of fish to4ay in. Shad salts passably well, bnt it is far inferior to mackerel or salmon. Tne shad is a fish of snch delicate fibre that a large quantity of salt is necessary to enre it. Con sequently it requires so mnch freshening to fit it for the table that there is not mnch flavor left. Perhaps, however, the Sun suggests, that Gen. Grant intends to use the fish as a provocative, after the fashion of an honest citizen who de sired to drink more than he had a natural relish for, an so resorted to salt fish to produce an artificial appetite. He was a naval officer, in command of the old steamer Falton. and he in vited and acquaintance to make a trip with him. The first day oat he had salted fish for break fast, and it was cooked without being freshened at all. A piece of rook salt, powdered with Liverpool blown wonld have been quite as pala table. The friend tried in vain to swallow it. •‘Why, Jim," said he, “how can yon eat such horrible stuff ?” “Sir,” replied the Captain, “I have a design in it. By eating my fish in that condition, I get a thirst on by twelve o’clock that I wonld not take ten dollars for.” Hang3 Fire.—We regret to see the the action of the Honse on the bill abolishing the District Court system of this State, which the Senate has promptly passed. The system is, in onr judg ment, antagonistic to the wishes, asit is detri mental to the pockets of a very large majority of the tax payers of Georgia, and we felt assured that a bill abolishing it wonld pass both Honses with very little opposition—from Democrats, at least. The machine was first erected for manipulating purposes, the end and aim where of was to strengthen the Radical party. It is cumbrous, expensive, and does not at all answer the alleged purposes of its creation. It has, however, enabled some clientless attorneys who did not near make both ends meet ont of the profits of their profession, to eke ont a tolerable living. Perhaps this may have some thing to do with the opposition to its abolition that has developed itself among some of the members of the Honse, who possibly have their eyes on the prospective profits to result from a displacement of the “ins” by Demo cratic successors. We believe there are a good many young lawyers in the Honse, and the talk of hard times among even the most prosperous of the profession, jnst now, is very generaL ’t’li*' tJiibrrnntorlHl Election. I ton. A. O. Naooa’s spoeoh on the velaJfa ft! oWr and irrefutable presentation of the case. There is no question on tho subject other (nan can ho raised by more purblind self-inter est The ten commandments are not more pre cise and unmlstnkeablethan the Constitntion on this point; and so is the line of public duty. We must follow it out, calmly and temperately, and if Federal authority bo interposed to set at naught tho authority of the Constitution and the rights of the people, let it be so. It will add one more and the worst to the illustrations of a rampant, law-defying Federal tyranny which are now beginning to alarm and aronse the people in every part of the Union. We propose simply to follow ont to tho letter the rights and reme dies provided by law—so far as the Federal ad ministration permits ns to do so. In relation to candidates before the nomina ting convention, rumor name3 Gen. Wofford, Speaker J. Milton Smith, and Colonel Herbert Fielder as the most prominent candidates. Had we any disposition to back either against the others, it would perhaps be unfair to use a journal of the eircnlation and infinenoe of the Telegraph for that purpose. Our correspon dents arc warming np in their behalf, and we print to-day a firry denunciation of ex-Governor Brown, who is charged with holding an impor tant controlling influence on the question of selection. We say, in all truth and candor, if ex-Govemor Brown is seeking to control Demo cratic counsels on this or any other point, wa have no evidence of the fact in possession. Let every candidate stand npon his own merits and claims, and let us have a fair nomination. If the Telegbaph were going to advocate either, th$ writer would be tempted to strike a blow for the great Southwest in this controversy, a sec tion which has never yet been honored with a gubernatorial nomination, and which we are informed will unite in presenting Col. Fielder— a candidate who does them honor in respect to every qualification for the office. But wa will not enlist for any candidate. We bid all a fair chance and a tilt in true knightly honor and courtesy. Whoever is nominated, will, no doubt, run without opposition—in the first plaoe, beoause he coaid not be beaten, and secondly because Conley’s role is to contest the eleotion as un- oonstitutional. Under ordinary circumstances an election without a contest wonld bring ont few votes. But here let the people reverse all precedent and poll as large a vote as possible. The failure to vote will ba plead as an absence of popular sanction to the eleotion, and afford a new pretence for disregarding it. Let the peo ple torn ont, therefore, and inaugurate the Era of Reform, Public Accountability and Offioial Integrity in Georgia with their fullest sanction. The “Folly of Bolstering np Cotton.** We see copied into the Charleston Conner of Tuesday, a couple of articles showing what one of them calls “the folly of keeping the cotton market artificially bolstered up." One of these is from Memphis to the Journal of Commerce, dated November 6th, and is eloquent about the top crop which is so prodigious, that estimates have risen in consequence, from 2,700,000 to three and a half millions of bales, and wbat is more wonderful still—planters are getting thir ty-two to thirty-five pounds of lint from the hundred pounds of seed cotton, against twenty- sir to twenty-eight pounds last year. The cor respondent says the general estimate of the crop is 25 percent, less than last year, but every body says his own crop will be good—leaving the plain inference that only his neighbor’s crops will run short at all—and some overrun. The next article is from the New York Even ing Post, and deplores the folly of plan ers, speculators and factors in “keeping the cotton market artificially bolstered np.” We tru9t those parties will see and confess their sins at once, and by way of reparation straitway knock out those artificial props and bolsters and let the thing come down to a satisfactory leveL The Post says the crop will be 8,760,000 bales, and high prices will harry East India cotton to market through the Suez Canal till Enropean manufacturers will become quite independent of American supplies, and thoroughly dis gusted. We note these articles in order to follow suit with the Courier and scare planters into harry ing what little is left of their crops forward be- foro it becomes utterly worthless on their hands, in order that they may sell off the remnant for eleven to thirteen cents, and permit the specu lators to pass it over to consumers with all cus tomary grace and margin. To bay in the Soath at 124 and sell in New York or Liverpool for 25 is a thing settled by precedent to be dae to the niddlemen, and the criminal folly and madness of people who interfere with this arrangement by advice, connselor co-operation cannot be too mnch deprecated by the Southern prints. It is a dear flying into the face of Providence. It is a species of Ku-klux rebellion which ought to be punished by martial law, a known and effi cacious remedy in these days for all injustice and wrong doing in polities or finance. Let every planter abjure this folly—and hold on to his cotton till he gets ready to sell it. We have given him warning. Let him see his danger. When these journals quoted by the Courier raised their “warning voice” on the 6th instant, middlings were 18J cents in New York, and now at this time of writing they are only 19 cents. Don’t you see the folly of “bolstering upf" Tbe Banning Rebellion. All onr troops experienced this difficulty daring the rebellion. It ran from one place to another with a celerity and looseness that were wonderful. But it was “located at last.” There is an apple tree at Appomatox. We think Gen. Terry’s troops will “looate” the insurrection ’ unless it runs too rapidly.—Pittsburg Commer cial. What a funny fellow i says the Lynchburg News. How the rebellion did “ran,” eh! Splen did time it made from the first Manassas, which was oalled Bull Pun, in consequence! The seven days around Richmond, how it run! how it run! until MoClellan takiDg a flying jump over its head, lit on Harrison’s landing, on the James River. Bat for that, he would have lo cated it no donbt without any difficulty. Then, again, how it scampered at the second Manas sas, with Pope chasing it with his hindquarters in the saddle, and his headquarters in his hand, like another Brom Bones. What splendid time it made from Fredericksburg, when Burnside aighted.it aoross the Rappahannock l How like an express train it bolted from Hooker at Chan cellors ville. How its old cork legs kept getting away from the line Grant was going to fight it oat on daring the summer, until he lost more flesh than Lee had, in running after him. It was only after a chase of fonr years, four to one all the time, that one hundred thousand Federals located Lee with seven thousand half-starved Confederates, and over that they set np a howl of triumph such as Prussia has never raised in conquering Austria in fonr weeks and France in six months. a it own, the assigned causes of insanity in pa tients received at the Taunton (Mass.) Lunatio Hospital daring eighteen years, spiritualism is given in fifty-three cases; religions excitement in one hundred and fifty-one; use of tobacco in six; light reading—Agricultural Department reports, probably—in two; and intemperance in seven hundred and three, . . ; ‘ J A Sitka owl having been Bhot at Bangor, Maine, the Portland Argus predicts a cold win ter, the bird being rarely found in so low a latitude. The other birds and beasts who are supposed to be weatherwise are also, as usual, furnishing the newspapers with similar.prophe- ONC develop the material, resources of B iluwin’s Store, at Talbotton, last Thursday night,’but took a scare from somo cause and failed to finish the job. Mr. Jo3. Brown of Talbot, connty, who foil through the floor of tbe lint room in his gin house week before last, died on Wednesday. The negro who was shot at Talbotton, last week, by a man named Finley, is dead. Finley has vamosed, and the American say3 the row has proved a blessing to the community by rid ding it of the meanest negro, and the worst white man in it The negroes of Talbotton held a meeting last Tuesday night, and organized a temperance society, with one hundred and two members. Tho Worrell theatrical tronpe, dissolved Savannah last Saturday night, after its last per. formance. Sophie and Irene, with Mr. E. Eddy return to New York. Jenny, Harry Jackson the comedian, and the Leon brothers have joined the Templeton company. The Coroner’s inquest npon the remains the white man named Simmons, whose murder last Friday, on Warsaw Island, we noted yester day, left no doubt of the deed having been com mitted by the negro named John who was Sim mon’s companion on tho island. The Savannah News, of Monday, says it is thought a sequel the bloody affair is found “in the discovery of the body of a negro on Cabbage Island, who is supposed to be the murderer of Mr. Simmons. It was found floating on the water, on Saturday, by a fisherman named Zeb Wallace, and when discovered was devoid of all clothing, excepting a bine jacket. It had evidently been in the wa ter-some time, and it is supposed that an attempt bad been made to swim the distance between the two islands by the deceased, which resulted fatally.” The Demoorats of Fulton connty have chosen Messrs. R. F. Maddox, 0. L. Redwine, T. T. Smith, W. A. Wilson, W. R. Phillips and J. T. Glenn, delegates to the State Convention. The Constitution says it is understood that the sen timent of tho meeting that nominated them was largely in favor of Speaker Smith as the proper candidate for Governor. The Constitntion, of yesterday, learns “that Attorney-General Farrow does not approve the new departure of ad interim Conley, in op posing the election of a Governor." Now Con ley will play coon and come down, sure. Bill Lasseter attempted to reduce the census of Griffin, last Saturday night, by dangerously stabbing Wash Freeman in the neck. Both are brnnettes of the darkest shade. The Griffin Middle Georgian, of yesterday says: The Macon and Western, and Griffin and North Alabama Railroads are doing a heavy business here at this time,in the way of freights. Gapt. Charlie White, the agent, with his three assistants, are kept constantly engaged daring the day and till late at night with the business of tbe two roads. Large quantities of goods are received, and a great deal of cotton shipped daily over the two lines, giving evidence that they are in a flourishing condition. We elip the following items from the Monroe Advertiser, of yesterday: Sad Accident.—We regret to leam that Wil lie, son of Mr. E E. Found, Indian Spring,was so Berionsly burned on Thursday last as to cause his death the next night. The little fellow, only three years old, was playing near the fire, when his clothes caught; and although the flames were almost instantly smothered by his mother’s dress, the injares sustained proved fataL What a Resignation Costs—A Sleeping Jubt.—It is now a settled fact that Pott’s resignation was forced from him by the promise that he should not be prosecuted for his doings in the county frauds. Could there possibly be a greater burlesque on judicial proceedings? The erand jury at the last term of the Superior Conrt found an indictment against the Ordinary for malfeasance in office, and at the same time instituted a suit restraining the payment of certain claims against the county. The in junction was ably argued on Tuesday, when the Conrt granted the prayer of the peti tioners; thus placing the claims of the “ring” beyond the pale of the country’s in debtedness. After the decision of the Court was known, the jury, by some parity of reason ing best known to themselves, thought it was wrong not to pay the “ring” seventy percent, for money borrowed without anthority on the faith of tho county. Under such circumstances, a basis of compromise -was reaohed without much trouble. It was agreed that the Ordinary should resign, and in return for this gracious act, tne county to drop ail legal proceedings. Radical Stbategt.—M. A. Potts is still act ing as Ordinary of Monroe connty, notwithstand ing his resignation was sent np to acting-Gov- ernor Conley on Wednesday. It is understood that ssveral Democrats have petitioned for the appointment, bnt as Potts was in Atlanta on Tuesday, and George Glower in Forsyth day be fore yesterday, it is probable that Conley will pretermit an expression of preference nntil this brace of patriots unite in a recommendation. Conley certainly has not the hardihood to re ject the resignation. Monticello.—We are pleased to learn that Monticello is rapidly improving in anticipation of the early completion of tho Griffin and Madi son railroad. Four mercantile houses have sprung np within the past few weeks. A steam saw mill has been recently put in operation, and is cutting lumber ont of which other improve ments will be made. Monticello is remarkably healthy, society good, the country around is very productive, land cheap, and every induce ment offered to those who.want a pleasant home in a growing, healthy town. At the last meeting of tho “Covington Col ored Debating Society,” tho question, says the Examiner, was: Which is the more useful, Paper or Gun Powder ? The President was for a long time in great donbt as to which side had produced the strongest argument, when one of the pow der side” arose and very gravely said: “Mr. President, ’Spose dar was a bar out dar at dat door, and you was to go dar and shake de pa per at him, you’d see what de bar would do. But den shoon a cannot at him and mark de re sult. Now, I calls for de question.” The Pres ident forthwith decided in favor of Powder. The Atlanta Sun, of yesterday, says: Ufa. Ktmtiut.t. and EX-GoVERNOB BULLOCK — We hear it stated that Mr. H. L Kimball is in New Haven, Conn., quite sick—being confined to his room and carefully nursed by friends, who will not allow any one to see him on busi ness. This illness, it is said, is the result of his losses and failure in business. The same persons who make this report ahont Mr. Kimball, say that Rnfus B. Bullock is stay ing in Buffalo, New York, jast on the borders of the United State, wharo he oan quickly es cape to Canada, if he should be pursued. In the San’s report of tho Fulton county Democratic meeting to seleot delegates to tbe State Convention, Colonel Hogo, one of that county’s representatives in the Legislature, is represented to have said that he knew no inter ference was contemplated by the Federal Gov ernment. We find these items in the Sumter Republi can, of Tuesday: A little mulatto desperado named Hoy mashed the head of a white boy named Grantham, with a large stone, in front of the residence of A. P. Lingo, Saturday evening. No police invited We regret to learn that the condition of our esteemed Representative, Hon. Wright Brady, Sr., who came home from the Legislature re cently quite siok, has become dangerously se rious. The motion for bail in the case of GeoTge Page, came before Jndge Clark yesterday. His Honor, preferring not to pass on the question in view of circumstances which he fears may have biased his mind, on this partioular ques tion, against the prisoner, referred the issue, under a statement of facts to Judge Carlton B. Cole, of the Macon Cirouit. Until the de cision of Judge Cole is prononneed Page re mains in onr jaiL We would like to be in Savannah to-day, about 11 a. m. An Indian River green thrtle weighing 200 pounds is to be sacrificed. Now look ont for Benedicts toddling home and ac counting for various little eocentrioities of gait and speech by saying: “I (hie) took too (hio) much turtle (hio) steak, my dear.” Mrs. Martha Y. Rodgers, wife of Dr. E. Y. i receutly of Burke-oonnty-died last week. *° ThoSaudcrsville Georgian of Tuesday say.^: Turning onr back upon the Savannah Indns- & Robbery.—On Wednexdsy night last, the Ei- (, r jal Expcsilion, with its tc-eming multitudes press office ai No 13, Central Railroad, was robbed of about $500 in cash. The robbery has been traced to one Thomas Green, freed- man, who has made a confession of his guilt, restored not&ly all the money,arid also confessed other crimes committed previously. ■ Ha is now in jail awaiting trial before the Superior Court. It is supposed that he secreted himself in the ware house and was locked npf by the Agent npon the latter’s retiring at night. As is nsnal th9 negro first exposed his guilt by offer ing a one hundred dollar bill for some purchase ho was attempting to make. The Cuthbert Appeal says the rumor is cur rent down there that work will soon be resumed on the Brunswick and Albany arid Brunswick, Cathbert and Columbus roads, and that both will bo pressed through as rapidly as possible. The taxpayers of Cuthbert have voted to ratify the $5000 appropriation to erect a suita ble building for a male sohool, made some time since by tho town council. Etdridge Fain caused a coroner’s inquest and funeral in Clay connty, last Saturday, by strik ing Jasper Lewis on the head. Harris, the Savannah News man, should really be ashamed of suoh a whopper as the following; Squirrels sto selling at ten cents a bushel in Rome. Being the owner of hair even more terrifically pink than his is no excuse for such trifling with the troth. J. J. Clay, of Macon, and James Donglas, of Griffin, have letters held for postage in the Sa. vannah office. Mr. A. F. Bennett, aged 60 years, took the premium of a handsome cane with a gold head for “the best old gentleman equestrian” at the Savannah Fair on Monday; Mr. H. L. Stubbs, for tbe best young gentleman ditto, and Miss Gertrude Keller for the best female ditto. On Monday afternoon an old gentleman named HcKeDZie, who was coming to Augusta on the Charlotte train, was swindled out of $75 by man who said his name was Brinson, and that he was the Southern Express agent at Millen. It waB the old game. Brinson had a freight bill of $75 to pay as scon as he reached Angusta. bnt had nothing but gold and asked McKenzie to loan him that amount in currency, saying that when they arrived at Augusta he would go to the Express office and repay it. All the fools not being dead, McKenzie shelled out, and now whistles for his money. Olaiborn Gaddem, a brunette Sothorio, hand ed in his cheeks, at Angusta, Sunday afternoon, being persuaded thereto by Scott Mitohell and Derringer. Gaddern had been interfering with Mitchell’s mantal rights. We quote the following items from the At. Ianta Constitntion, of yesterday: Heard From.—We leam that old man Lewis, who escaped from Fulton county jail the other night, has been heard from. He went to his home in Clayton oonnty. He was shot in the arm by Frank Kimbro, guard at the jail, jnst as he was getting ont. He had his wound dressed and took to the woods again. Fire.—About half-past twelve o’clock yester day, aa Mr. W. R. Phillips, Jr., at the store of W. R. Phillips, Jr., & Co., on Peachtree street, was opening a box filled with torpedoes, sky rockets and other fire-works, a torpedo exploded and set fire to the balanoe of the fire-works. The pyrotechnio display w <s very exciting for several minutes. Wheels gyrated, rockets flew in all directions, and torpedoes kept np a con tinual racket like the sound of “many skir mishes.” The store in front presented the ap pearance of having been swept by a storm of fire, charred, blackened and grimy. The dam age to the goods in the store, with the loss of the fire works, was some $400 or $500, fully covered by insurance. Eight panes of heavy French plate glass in the front door was des troyed, valued at $525, fully insured. The Atlanta Ban, of the same date, says: State Road Trials.—Yesterday the case of James Mullins was called, bnt the trial postponed on account of the dangerous illness of his wife. The case of W. D. R. Millar was called, but postponed on account of the sickness of his mother, whose recovery is said to be donbtfnL The esse of N. P. Hotchkiss was called, bnt he was not ready for trial—alleging tbe absenoe of important witnesses, viz: Foster Blodgett, and his son, E. F. Blodgett, Jos. Fry, and Mr. Alexander. The case of E. F. Blodgett was called, but he failed to answer, and his bail was forfeited. Negroes ' Ueliiorittl (’♦rr*ijpenle!i c Jacksonville, Fla., November 25. 1871. eJ-Vr How the South Carolina were “Intimidated”—Another Radi cal Lie stamped Ont. One of the current charges made by the pros tituted newspapers whose editors lick Grant’s boots and sustain him in all his Infamous as saults upon the Democraoy of the South, is one that the white people and so-called Ku-klux of upper South Carolina have systematically shot, hung and scourged the negroes of that section in order to keep them from voting the Radical ticket. This is ail a lie, of course, and so a cor respondent of the Herald, now in that section, has recently taken the pains to prove by Radi cal figures. He copies from the offioial State returns os printed at Columbia under tho super vision of the Radical officials, and this is the way the negroes have been “intimidated:” In 1868 the total Radical vote of Fairfield, Chester, Spartanburg, Union, York, and Laurens dis tricts—where martial law now rules—was 7,835. In 1870 when all the “intimidation” was prac tised, it was 14,102. Now, how was it with the Demooratio vote in those years in the same dis tricts. In 1868 they polled 10,290 votes; in 1870 9,894 votes. This wonld seem to fit the “intimidation” boot on the other leg, as in these six rebellious and insurrectionary counties the Radical vote increased 6,267, while the Demo cratic vote decreased 895. Bat this is not all. The correspondent shows that in 1870 there were over 1,600 more votes polled in these districts than there were voters —the excess all going to the Radicals. In Laurens district, for instance, there were 4,170 voters and 4,988 votes cast in 1870, the gain all being one way. The correspondent thus con cludes npon the intimidation humbng: The fact is here evident that neither the Kn- klux nor anybody else intimidated the Radical voters in these “insurrectionary” counties. It was well known to the whites that any attempt at intimidation would be utterly futile. Had the Demoorats any part in the counting of the votes there wonld be some sense in trying to frighten voters. Bnt they are bb nobody in the State. All the Eleotion Commissioners are ap pointed by the Governor, and every mother’s son of them was a liadioal. The returns show that gross frauds were perpetrated by the Radi cals. In Spartanburg oonnty (which yon will perceive was carried by tbe Democraoy) an at tempt was made to pnt the Demooratio candi dates for the few offices still elective in the mi nority, by throwing ont a sufficient number of precincts heavily Demooratio. The rogues were caught and theix rascally attempt defeated. W. H. Fleming, the Trial Justice, of whose exploits have written yon, was one of the Eleotion Commissioners. When rebuked for this rascal ity ho replied that he had been instructed by the State canvassers at Columbus to return the Radical .candidates elected at all hazards. I do not mean to insinuate that the frauds in Chester, Fairfield and Linrens counties were perpetrated by the Commissioners, for' there was not the slightest necessity for perpetrating them. White males, in South Carolina, mnst be twenty-one years of age before they are allowed to vote, bnt male negroes, from fifteen years, enjoy the privilege of voting, and if in the exuberance of their patriotism some of them vote two or three times each, why then, repeating only helps to “make rebels behave themselves.” I trust that your readers are now thoroughly satisfied as to tho extent of the in timidation of Radical voters in this section of South Carolina. The wilful lie uttered against the whites in this regard is nailed and oiinohed by the offioial figures given by the Radicals. Visit these counties, not as a political ad venturer, not as a Federal office-holder—visit them in your private capacity, imbued with a just and impartial spirit, and it will be as easy for you to see how wilfully lied about they have been in other grounds as it has been for me to. take the figures 'and prove, beyond contradiction, that the negro voters have not been intimidated. and many objects of interest, at the close of the fourth day your correspondent took the cars of tho Atlantic and Gulf railroad en route for this bind of perennial fruits and flowers, once be lieved by the ancients to contain the fabled fountain of perpetual youth. A single night sufficed to place ns on the banks of the magnificent St. Johns, one mile in width at this point, and whose glistening waters in tho calm sunshine, resemble an inland sea of molten glass. The weather Is still, soft and balmy like the latter days of May, and the brilliant blossoms of the oleander mingle their crimson hue with the dark green and golden fruit of the orange and other tropical evergreens, while the song of birds is heard among the umbrageous oaks, and the shrill note of the locust still speaks of thesummersolsiioe. Though the ides of Decem ber are near at hand, not an object in natnro suggests the rapid approach of winter with its Kepori of the Committ.’c (i j- ^77" 'ffow In Charge ot flie Booir ****• Papers of the IV. A A. n u, Atlanta, November K -. -To the House of PeprescitiaUtes' sion: In compliance-with u which we herewith enclose, marked [we omit this correspondence in full correct statement of nil the fi cts and :iv h the same in our editorial rtmaihs.— }-v We took formal possession of th e brinks?, 5 ' 1 pers of the Western and Atlantic r';i. .the 23.h day of August, 1871, nmi > 7. N engaged tinea that time inbrinmne, „ ^ .books,, for the purpose of showinoffiB ^ In view of tho short'timo wo have l> gaged, and the vast amount of labor to bo bestowed, we have to regret that WS8 ®1 able only to make a report to The close ^ fiscal year ending September 30, iSTO 7 ^ will find from the statement annexed nina i by the general book-keeper in charge respectfully submit with his report, mart' i’JJ' hibitB, in accordance with a resolntioa of **' honorablo body, passed November 24 ir-i 101 In addition to the work dono on the hnlv we have carefully recorded all the - taken during Mr. Blodgett’s adminbtrLin, 11 the road, beginning January* 1st. and December 27th, 1870 (the day the charge), except voucher 6, dated F-brnarJ 1870, from Josephine Beck, for$4 000- 1 death dealing frosts. Bnt tbe people are tired . UU(J . _ ., of the long reign of sunshine and flowers, and 20, date d March 27, 1870, from James’ sigh for the blasts of winter, which will waft to ^ or d March, . . , ,, , . from William White & Co., for S3 Ofto. 7 V’’ their shores the profitable blpe& of passage j 6Q dated j a i s 30j 1870i fra ’ m j/£ \ Vhi ! a >;3 $5,587 50. ' I These four vouchers were never turned to onr committee, and as yet we have been? 5 able to trace them. . j We have thought proper to copy th^ V A»..v s. "which has I from the North, and give renewed life and ac- | tivity to their own movements. A SICKLY SEASON. The hand of disease has pressed heavily npon I all portions of Florida during the fall months. „ . . Biiions fevers and congestive chills have pre- ers, which has taken no small amount cf | a )7 vailed to an unusnal extent, and at Gainesville, order to facilitate 9uch investigation j Alachua county, and at other points, many have j 1)0 determined by the Logislatnre, into the ]jS been swept away by yellow fever. Even now management of the Western and Atlantic Btj near Cedar Keys the sickness continues and the roa< *s and i° T ike further purposes of moreTr mortality is fearful. This operated to retard the feotiwlly securing the records of said adnij j usual arrivals of invalids, and very few have yet returned hither. As a oonsequence the hotels The yi and multitudes of boarding houses are compar- an d properly indexed, so that they bee®, atively empty, and trade stagnant for lack of deafly and valuable references in the hac w the usual influx of greenbacks from the distant an investigating committee. North. Still, it is wonderful how soon this beau- Refering to the books of t; ^ tiful city has risen from its ashes, with improve- lantic Railroad, it were, perhaps, proper to I ments far handsomer and more permanent than tint they show a liberality in general eipecj I formerly. I turns by the administration in question, ot jj. I Many elegant stores may be seen, and Bay gantie proportions, the heaviest of which tod I street presents an appearance of life and bns- place from October 1st to December 27, is;fi ] tie not unlike the great Atlantio marts. The I As partial evidenoe of this peculiar liberality ij I market is well supplied with tront and mnllet, disbursing the people’s money by Mr. Blodgea', I and vegetables and tropical fruits are abundant administration, we give the following compirv I and cheap. Among other celebrities a real live live statement of receipts and disbursement I Chatham street auctioneer, a man of “infinite under the management of the road by Mife | jest,” and longs of brass, makes the welkin ring Campbell Wallace, CoL E. Halbert, and Ciptla * with his many sallies and drolleries. Foster Blodgett. cosmopolitan population. ,,® ro8 i ^ nder , t* 10 supervision ((j The inhabitants of this city, which number f^ajor Campbell Wallas, from January 1, is ten thousand, seem to represent every nation, 5° December 31, 1867, $1,162,450 63. Expand though the blaok eyes and swarthy hue of the j “ o?o"c 17 vr-l 8 ^L^ S .L’ 1SG i West Indian and Spaniard, predominate. Of Israelites, too, there are not a few, but the , _ „ . . , • _ names of the business houses are chiefly Gas- 6 18G9 » 40 Decemberli, tilian. Ever and anon, however, and in every I $1,288,620 02. Expenses from Janoin possible line of occupation, from the gathering j 1869, $011,752 71. of moss, to the clerical profession, the red lip ped, irrepressible yankee greets the vision, and his vim and capital, infuse life and energy into the sluggish movements of creole and native, and form no small ingredient in the prosperity of the city. A negro police strnt about the streets and market, reminding one of the pro verb, “set a thief to catoh a thief,” eto. A HUGE CBOOOUILE. It was onr good fortune this afternoon to witness the landing of an immense alligator, which was shot within thirty feet of the qnay, in the very heart of the city. So ponderous was the weight of the monster that a block and teade were necessary to hoist it on shore. It measured nearly 13 feet by' the role in length, was four feet in oircumference under the arm pits, and its capacious month was wide enough to contain a shoulder of bacon. The jaws were two feet long. So common are these '‘varmints” however, that hardly a dozen persons collected to see it, We did not stay to connt how many pairs of boots, hogs, calves, etc., would be re vealed when the creature came to be disem boweled. CROPS AND CONDITION OP THE COUNTRY, Florida has been swept by repeated hnrri- canes daring the past season, which inundated the fields, prostrated much timber, broke down and tangled corn and sugar cane crops, and well nigh destroyed sea island cotton. Net earnings $376,867 25. Expenses under supervision of Mr. Biodgel I from Jannazy 1,1870, to December 27, la j $1,566,784 26. Amount of expenses Mi charged on books, appropriating $28,000 041 Total expenses $1,594,784 26. I Gross earnings from January 1, 1870,'toD* I camber 27, 1870, $1,410,455 08. Expenses tm I earnings, $184,829 18. 1 Advanced by Henry Clews & Co , Dec 27,1870 ® 27,000 XI Advanced by J. Boorman, Johnson & Co. I Nov. 3b, 1870 28,553 SI Oct. 30, 1870.'..'. 47 000 It I One man near Cedar Keys who raises over 100 bales, has housed but three. The people groan under the bnrden of taxation and Radical rale, and are very despondent. ■ Like Georgia, Carolina (North and Sonth), and Louisiana, they have been enrsed with car pet-bag thieves for Governors, and have not tbe same faeility that we possess for ousting and exposing the wretches. The finances of this unfortunate little State are indeed in a deplorable condition.' When, oh, when, is all this to cease ? THE PRESS. We paid a visit to onr contemporary of the Courier, and were pleased to find tbe change from Americas had been a pecuniary success, besides greatly enlarging the influence and us el fulness of the paper. Florida is greatly in want of a bold and judicious press to fight the $102 563 SI . Amount expended by Blodgett over and abort I that by Wallace, $762,436 11. Add toils I $762,43611, expended'by Mr. Blodgett ow I and above the expenditures made byHajxl Campbell Wallace for the year 1867, the |R* I 131 82 turned over to Mr. Blodgett by CoM I E. Hnlbert in cash and cash assets, acd abet! j three-fonrtbs of a million of debts contradel I by said administration, paid in part by Rail-1 road commission with balanoe debt yetnopail [ and you have the grand total of abont eighteec hundred thousand dollars as the proximate sua which has been recklessly and unwarraatiblj I expended or complicitly and illegitimately sp-1 propriated. j Considering the fact that only the small rat I of forty five thonsand dollars was paid into til j Treasury by Blodgett during his fidministntia of the road, and that $109,131 83 were tucal over to him from Col. Hulbert’a administrate the increased business of the road for 1870,& I careless and irregular manner in which a lira number of the vouohers have been taken, wtid can be readily pointed ont to your committee and the sudden efflaence of so many who hm been connected with the late management ol the Western and Atlantio Railroad, it ebovs I reckless misappropriation.of the hard earning of the people, which amounts to prime fad evidence of fraud, and demands, in the judgment of this committee, the most thorough investigation. We respectfully suggest thattt shall be the pleasure of the committee ia charge j to torn over all the books and papers of the Western and Atlantio Railroad to the Legisli- tive Committee when appointed, and to give all corruptions which stalk in high places. A few I the information in onr power relating to tbe editors there are who come np to the work manfully, but they need additional help. We fonnd the name of onr senior still a power in the land, and many were the expressions of re gard and inquiries made concerning his wel fare. H. H. J. Visible Supply of Cotton. The following table shows (says the New York Chronicle of Saturday,) the quantity of cotton in sight at this date of each cf the two past seasons: 1871. 1870. Stock in Liverpool bales 626,000 374 000 Stock in London... 113,486 44,122 Stock in Glasgow 300 1.100 Stock in Havre 126,010 84.850 Stock in Marseilles 18,036 8.500 Stock in Bremen. 14.346 6.848 Stock rest of Continent 90,000 12,000 Afloat for Great Britain (Amerioan) 124,000 228,000 Afloat for France (Amerioan and Brazil) 21,324 1,494 Afloatfor Bremsn(Ameriean) 4,051 16,996 Total Indian Cotton afloat for Europe. ... 304.312 180,000 Stook in United States ports 350,813 339.734 Stock in inland towns 67,606 72,824 boohs, or that may be of value in the investi-1 gation. Respectfully submitted, O. L. Redwine, C. C. Hammock, E. E Raws on, Committee in charge. EXHIBIT B. Atlanta, Ga., November 22, 187L Messrs. C. L. Redwine, O. G. Hammock, E. S. I Pawson, Committee in charge of Books nil Papers of Western and Atlantic RaUroai: r Gentlemen : I have the pleasure to handycc herewith statements of the earnings and ex-1 penses, also a financial statement of the Wester: I and Atlantic Railroad, at the c osa of the fisc*-,! year ending September 30, 1870. Having been appointed general book-keeper a I charge September 1,1871, with competent I sistants, the duties involved in making np the* statements have been onerous. Upon an ex amination of the books, I fonnd they hadxA been balanced since January 31,1870, (which); the date of the last balance made by myselj I Several attempts had been made showing force* I balances, which necessitated a thorough iniee- ti gation by cheeking over the books of the tw from February 1, 1870, to September 1, l!;, “ In doing this, nnmeroua errors were | which will affect some of the accounts. I find that no settlements have been - — - - ■ - — i x aaaaaa iuub uu MCLuemcuu* uavo — i Total 1,760,284 1,370 468 (during a period of eight months after the row These figures indicate an increase in the cot- was leased) with the Atlanta, Kingston, Dait* >n in sight to night of 389,816 bales compared I arid Chattanooga agenoies. The different ejp;; ton with the same date of 1870. The Chronicle has the following npon the week’s operations in New York, by which it will be seen that consumers oame to the wise con clusion that it was of no use to wait any longer for a decline: have Binee my appointment, — . . , tlement, bnt I have informed them that | the condition of the books of the road, could be done with their aeoonnts, books were thoroughly examined up to the ^ of tbe lease, at whieh time their accounts w 011 be in a condition of adjustment. . (V , The labor of adjnsting and oomple tiB 8 5 lj loinnca r\f the vaoiI fpAtn flontamhpf 30* * I coi’pts „t our port,, .hid,, acting npon Licet. I SjffiS*«* poet a. *eU ^aa npen cue o.n B „X,h.. hac. SA» again through Liverpool re-acted upon aa; and as the prevailing estimates of the crop appear to be almost wholly under the influence of the current receipts, the estimates at present are less then they were two or three weeks since when they were generally raised on account of the larger receipts. Spinners appear to be taking hold rather more strongly during the tigation, and will oonsume several perfect settlements, eto. Thanking the gentlemen who have me in these labors and your commute. I am, very reepectfnlly, your obedient * | vant, B"I*** G. B. K. m ch£gfc Groes earnlngs of tbe Western^ana g{ p. there ia little n«e weitimr Innoer fnr the market I 30, 1GG9, to ber I, 1970, $1,137, 233 89. - c9 y creased crop estimates, and should the receipts 1 Octtr'l.^of^ui^tK^uBa 11 ^ i continue small the market is likely to show a Iwoecoam ^ Cl ° 80 “ Siate^Geo^ ^ A A.'B. B. a .- 6 «0 quiet at an advance of £e.. To n.i. ‘hS(H To Balanoe.. Cash paid Treasurer * 'S!S $ E. B. Fond, Bill for Committee.. . gjj 00 W XT Snap Ap fin B. M. Rose A Co. Collector Robb Certain ofConvlctlon. Washington, November 24.—From informa tion received here at the Treasury Department it now seems certain that Collector Robb, of. _ Savannah, will be oonvioted upon the indict- The True Origin or the Great ment now pending against him for malfeasanoe j Chicago dispatch of the 25th ult, say* "TI m office. oataoa2t from evidence taken before the Fire Oo . | The management of the Russian Legation [ sioners the day before, it was ascertained uuauagouicun v» »u« muonm* • mv S** mvu I •* * ■ passed to-day from Cataoazy to General Gor- Mrs. O’Leary’s cow was the cause oi loff, whose residence has been at Hartford as flre ^though that lady had no more eSlcidiA A# 4llA TTnl« ITAnflA. I 1 ° * mf IaJ {jf ™ j military attache, of the Legation. This gentle man will be very acceptable to the Executive authorities in his new position. This change relieves the President of the unpleasant duty, whioh Cataeazy's conduct had otherwise made a necessity, of sending his passport to th6 Minis ter, and may be regarded as a practical oompli- bility in the matter than was «****“—-: y i ownership in the oow. It appears I friend and <x>-Unant, McLaughlin, * i had a social time that evening, and ^ oook a few oysters for the social crow , ^ ind may »e regaraea as a practical oompn- — ; n’T>ari» 00 ance with the request of this Government for ing short of milk, went for Mrs. - , his recall It is understood that Oatacazy has and while engaged in surreptitiously^ 0 been ordered by his Government to wait npon the trom the baste, she the Grand Duke during his tour through this .. . country, and to return to Russia immediately dignant at tneir from the baste, ana jfie a dishonest practices and ’ on its close. over the lamp, hence the great
