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The Greor^ia "Weekly Telogra-pli and. Journal Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, DECEMBER 12, 1871.
News Stems.
Speed of a Stolm.—Tho Manchester (N. H.)
Mirror says the velocity of the wind at Mt.
Washington, on the afternoon of the 15th of
November, was 150 miles per hour, the greatest
velocity ever known.
Chanozs is frnE Cabinet.—The New York
Son of Monday reports that Morton is shortly
to succeed Fisb, and Judge Edwards Pierreport
to take the place of the amiable Akerman, who,
■wo trust, will be sent on a special mission to
the Fiji Islands.
Matob Ham,.—The New York Sun says a new
charter of New York-City will be passed imme
diately on the convening of tho New York
Legislature, which will remove Mayor Hall in
live days after its passage. Hia successor will
be appointed by Sigel, the Register, and will
be Ottendorfer.
Viaduct Railroad.— A summary of the oper
ations of tho great Viaduct Railway Company,
of New York, is said to be as follows: Office
dosed and to rent; collected of stockholders,
$110,000; spent in printing, $40,000; rent,
$18,000; furniture, $38,000; balance in hand,
$20,000. That beats Connolly.
Habd Case —Henry McCord waa discharged
from Sing-Sing Penitentiary 28th of November
last, after sixteen months’ imprisonment under
a wrongful conviction. Tho warden apologized
as best ho could and regretted that the law p,o-
Vided no redress, but it seems to ns tho law
ought to cl > the contrary.
It i* now reported (nays tho Columbia Phoe-
nix) that Treasurer Parker has invested the sum
$314,000 in United States bonds, and onr in
formant holds that he knows whereof he writes.
Is this tuau to be allowed to escape the dutches
of the law? Make him disgorge. This is tho
point.
Belknap, the Secretary of War, sacrifices his
personal and official veracity in this reckless
manner:
Indisputable evidence establishes the fact,
which is proven, too, by the experience of nu
merous sufferers, that an armed rebellion of
regular organization and great strength now
exists in parts of those States.
Fast Gibes.—The Sun says four girls, about
1C years of age, were seen earnestly engaged
in playing euchre while driving in the Park on
Saturday. A handkerchief served the purpose
of a card-stand, and in the lap of one of the
players were several fractional notes forming
the pool. The girls were riding in a turnout,
with footmen in livery and a pair of trotters
worth at least $5,000.
Flights of Cabbies Pigeons.—The Newark
Advertiser reports sundry experiments with
carrier pigeons made by Harry C. Bleecker, of
Montdair, N. J., from vessels at sea. One flew
1,004 statute miles at an average of 19C miles
per hoar. Another made 1,50G miles at an
average of 202 miles on hour. This last bird,
however, died upon reaching its destination from
having been overfed on the ship. A third bird
flew 1,004 miles at the same average rate of
speed and arrived home in perfect condition.
These facts are perfectly verified by the ship’s
log and the home record of the arrivals of the
pigeoos.
Annexation of Mexico.
The Herald of Monday is out flaming for the
annexation of Mexico and thinks if Grant does
not take hold of it tho opposite a will. “ None
but timid over prudent and sleepy conserva
tives” will oppose the project, and as for cause,
that conscientious journal well remarks, “Groat
and progressive nations aro never at a loss for
a cause when a profound national policy or ne
cessity calls for snch action.” And tho same is
true of “great and progressive men" of the
modern stamp. They are never at a loss for
reasons to take anything when they want it,
whether it is theirs or nob
But this shallow pated and flippant jonrnal is
bnt a timid, over prudent and sleepy conserva
tive, after alL Wo don’t want Mexico so much
as the Isthmus, and what a stupid fellow to stop
annexing short of Darien, while we are about
it. If we annex, let us at least not stop short of
Land’s End of the North American continent.
Montgomery Municipal Election.—Tho an
nual election for municipal officers of Mont
gomery, Ala., was held on Monday last, and re
sulted in a grand victory for the Democracy.
They elected eight out of twelve Aldermen,
losing the Mayor and City Clerk by only 119
and 94 majority, respectively. The last board
of Aldermen stood three Democrats against
nine Radicals, and the Radical Mayor and
Clerk had, at the same election, 600 majority
for the former, and 750 for the latter. Our
brothers of Montgomery may well claim this
result as a victory. The next time they will
make a clean sweep. Two of tho three Radicals
elected Aldermen are negroes, bnt— halleluiah!
—tho noisome carpet-bagger has no place, at
all, in tho picture. The negroes seem to have
kicked all that crew out of doors. Of the elec
tion, the Advertiser, of Tuesday, B*ya ■
The election yesterday was 4 characterized by
more turbulence and a greater disposition to
riot than we have seen manifested here since
the days of Wager Swayne. For a while when
a negro attempted to vote the Democratic ticket
he was insulted and otherwise maltreated, and
in one case at least, attempted to be beaten.
The case refened to was in Ward No. 5, where
a crowd of negro vagabonds had gathered to
'‘carry the election at all hazards.” Some white
Democrats who were present interfered to pro
tect the negro who was assaulted, whereupon
one of the impudent scoundrels shot into the
crowd of white men, attempting, as it seems, to
kill Mr. Tilgham Offutb The shot missed Mr.
Offutt, bnt struck and killed a negro man.
Another negro firod a shot, which struck Mr.
Rike in the face, and it is said still another shot
struck a negro in the side. The negro who
fired the fatal shot esoaped. Fortunately the
row ended here, or there might have been a
terrible difficulty.
Still Ahead.—We are not given to boasting,
as tho pnblio and onr contemporaries will ad
mit, bnt we may be permitted to refer with
special pride to the faot that the Telegbaph
and Messenger was the only paper in Georgia
that published the entire text of the President’s
message last Tuesday—the day after it was read
in Congress. Our Savannah contemporaries
bad most of it, bnt were prevented by an'acci
dent to the wire of the Southern Atlantic Tele
graph Company—over which they received it—
from giving it in fulL The Columbus, Atlanta
and Augusta papers of Tuesday, did not, we
believe, give even a synopsis of it. Oar Colum
bus contemporaries, however, published it on
Wednesday, and with their usual courtesy—
which we hereby acknowledge—gave the proper
credit
The monthly sales at Augusta, Savannah and
Columbus, on Tuesday, were rather dull as to
real estate, most of the property of that descrip
tion being withdrawn for lackof bids. We how
ever note some sales of farms in Richmond and
Muscogee counties at from $7 10 to $9 50 per
acre. At Augusta, one city bond of $500, due
1875, brought 89 cents on the dollar. Twenty
shares Central Railroad stock (ex-dividend)
were sold'at Savannah for $114 76 to $115 per
!,hare.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Augusta Fair Association was held Tuesday
night, 153 shares being represented. Reports
of officers were received and a board of direct
ors elected. The Treasurer’s report shows a
debt of $18,000.
The provoking local reporter of tho Augusta
Constitutionalist tells all about a “fist and skull
fight that occurred Saturday night near the
Planters’ Hotel of that city, between “ two well
known young gentlemen,” bnt don’t give their
names. Doesn’t ho know that such reticence is
utterly unpardonable ?
A drovo of 2O0 fat turkeys being driven
through the streets of Savannah, on Tuesday,
caused the greatest commotion since the war
among the ink slingers. Harris, of tho Nows,
especially, was greatly excited, and was only
prevented by main force from going for one of
them then and there. Ho was finally led off,
swearing vengeanco against any tutkey that
tried to bite him. We adviso those turkeys to
roost high, for a few nights.
In the United States Court ot Savannah, on
Taesday, in the case of the United States against
John H. Gould—the defaulting and vamosing
revenue collector—principal, and Simon Gerst-
man, W. E. Drummond and William R. Sy
mons, securities, a verdict for plaintiff against
defendants, Symons and Drummond, for $9,-
289 71 and interest from April 14 ultimo, was
rendered.
At the Milledgeville municipal election on
Saturday last, Samuel Walker was elected
Mayor, and Messrs. F. Mapp, E. Trice, H.
McComb, T. Caraker, J. Carakerand H. Tem
ple, Aldermen. P. Fair was elected Clerk,
and J. B. Fair, Marshal.
A gin house belonging to a negro named Asa
Jimmerson, abont six miles from Milledgeville,
was burned last night week, together with a
gin, six or eight bales of cotton, eto. As Asa
was a well known Democrat, the origin of the
fire can bo very easily guessed.
On last Sunday morning Mr. Rnssell Gunn,
a well known and most estimable citizen of
Bainbridge, was found dead in the rear of a
store house in that place. The verdict of the
coroner’s jury was, that his death was caused by
some external injury to the spleen, which re
sulted in internal hemorrhage. Tho Argus
thinks there is mnch mystery about his death,
and hopes that it may be cleared up.
A cargo of cotton valued at $27,727 96, waa
cleared from Savannah, on Tuesday, for the
Spanish port of Santanda—the first ever shipped
to that port from Savannah.
A Federal soldier named Ansley, fell from the
dock at Fort Palaski on Tuesday and was
drowned.
The Columbus Sun of Wednesday says:
Death of Judoe Wm. E. Andebson.—We
learn from officers of the boats that this gentle
man died at his residence at Marianna, Florida,
on Monday, the 27th. He had resided in Jack-
son county twenty four years. He came from
Tennessee, where he once edited a paper. He
was prominent as a lawyer, was before and dur
ing the war, a general of State Militia, and was
captured in Marianna, in 1864, while command
ing it, and lately has been a Judge of the Coun
ty Court. He was very well known in Colum
bus. He leaves a family.
John H. James, Democratic candidate for
Mayor, and the following Aldermen, all Demo
crats, were elected at Atlanta on Wednesday,
by an average majority of 1,900:
Wells, Castleberry, Roach, Hammock, Mor
ris, Grant, Wilson, Hill, Fowler, Leyden, Mor
ris, Mayes, Mitchell, Farrar.
We clip these items from the Atlanta Era,
of yesterday:
The money market in Atlanta has probably
been “tighter” for the past sixty days than at
any time since 1867.
One of the novelties of onr market yesterday
was a large drove of turkeys, numbering some
hundred and twenty.
Attobney General Akebman, Rev. Dr. New
man, of Washington, Rev. Dr. Rankin, a num
ber of distinguished Republican members of
both houses of Congress, and other distin
guished personages of Washington will, we un
derstand, leave that city for Atlanta this morn
ing. The excursionists will probably remain in
Atlanta some days, and proceed hence through
others of tho Gulf States before their return.
It is currently reported that the veritable
Horace Greeley, the great Texas fanner and
editor of the New York Tribune, is to visit At
lanta in a few days.
Jeipsey Hunteb, the Mubdebeb.—We un
derstand that Judge Alexander, of the South
ern Circnit in this State, has commuted the
sentence of the notorious murderer, Jimpsey
A. Hunter, who was under sentence of capital
punishment to that of imprisonment for life.
This presents some very remarkable features.
The case was of original jurisdiction in Alex
ander’s Coart, and it was Alexander who sen
tenced the murderer to be hanged. An appeal
was had to the Supreme Court of the State,
and the sentence of tho conrt below was there
reaffirmed. Efforts to procure an Executive
pardon failed. And now Akxander goes be
hind the Supreme Court decision and his own
previous decision and saves a murderer from
the just penalties of his crime.
Will Ran a Candidate.
It seems to be pretty well settled, now, that
what is left of the Badioal party in Georgia
will nominate a candidate for Governor against
CoL Smith. The Atlanta Constitution, of yes
terday, says that at a meeting of the Radical
party on Wednesday night, at that plaoe, the.
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting
appoint a committee to be composed of two
from each Congressional District and five from
the State at large, who shall seleet and present
to onr party the Dame of a suitable candidate
for Governor in the election to be held on the
19th instant.
The Era, of same date, says “it is not im
probable the Republicans will have a candi
date in the field for Governor on the 19th.”
And the Radical paper published in this city
says the same thing, announcing furthermore
that meetings will be held at Atlanta, Maoon,
Augusta, Savannah, Brunswick, Valdosta, Quit-
man, and Thomasville, which will be addressed
by the following speakers:
Joseph E. Brown, Joshua Hill, James L.
Dunning, J. W. Clift, Henry P. Farrow, Henry
Wilson, John A. Logan, John A. BiBgham, J.
S. Bigby, B. H. Whiteley, Thomas J. Speer,
Wm. P. Fierce, A. W. Stone, James Porter,
James M. Simms.
We hope they will pnt np a man and make
a fight. We only want one more chance to
bnry the crowd so deep that not even the ghost
of a stench will be left to mark the spot.
Geoboians on thb House Committees.—
We have not the space to publish the full list
of the He use committees, so must content
ourselves with giving the status of the repre
sentatives from Georgia upon them.
On Agriculture—Thomas J. Speer; on Mines
and Mining—P. M. B. Young; on Patents—
D. M. DuBose; on Education Labor—A.
T. McIntyre; on Expenditures in Post-office
Department—John 8. Bigby; on Printing—W.
P. Piero*; on Pnblio Expenditures—R. H,
Whitaly.
Evidently Mr. Speaker Blaine holds the abil
ities of the Georgia delegation in very high
Senator Norwood’s chances.
The Washington Republican, (Grant’s Organ)
of Taesday, says:
The credentials of Thomas M. Norwood, claim
ing a seat in the Senate, were presented in the
Senate yesterday by Senator Thnrman, and laid
on the table. There is no prospect of bis being
admitted, as it is generally understood that the
vacant seat in the Senate from Georgia will be
given to the Hon. Foster Blodgett, who has, by
the great revolutionary action of the Georgia
Legislature, gained strength in the Senate, and
will, undoubtedly, be admitted.
This same Republican six weeks ago, said that
Blodgett’s proper plaoe was in the Penitentiary
and not in the United States Senate. Who will
deny the right of the Senate to fix its ownlevel
and choose its own company.
The Georgia State Democratic Con
ventlon.
Wo see by the report in the Atlanta Consti
tution, that abont all the connties in the Stato
were representedin the Convention. Tho only
contest waa upon the point whether two-thirds
or a majority should nominate, and tho ma
jority rule prevailed by a vote of 131 to 38.
We add the resolutions adopted, and the re
sponse of Colonel Smith to the nomination:
The following resolutions offered by P. W.
Alexander, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Power should over bo used wisely
and justly for the benefit of those who oonfor
it; and whereas, there is a prospect for the first
time iu some years of placing the administra
tion of the affairs of onr State in tho hands of
her own sons; and whereas, it is not deemed
necessary at this time to go into a particular
enumeration, of onr views and principles in
regard to general polities; therefore,
Resolved, That we congratulate the peoplo
of Georgia upon the prospect of seenriug an
honest and faithful administration of their
State Government, and wo declare it to bo tho
universal desire of those whom wo represent to
scoure good government, to live at peace, to
pass wise and wholesome laws, and to have tho
same administered in a spirit of “wisdom, jus
tice and moderation.”
Resolved, That it is onr fixed purpose to put
down corruption in all departments of tho Stato
government, to dear the temple of justice of
the money changers, to practice eoonomy in the
expenditure of the publio money, to elevate
and preserve the public faith and credit, to en
courage education, to develop the resources of
the commonwealth, and to bring back all
branches of the government, Executive, Legis
lative and Judicial, to the auoient landmarks of
the fathers.
Resolved, That as a Domocratio convention
of tho people of Geogia, we avail ourselves of
the occasion to renew our adhesion to the great
Democratic party of the Union, and to assure
all men that it is our desire and purpose, as far
as in us lies, to preserve public order, to bring
to condign punishment ail disturbers of tho
peace, as well as all unfaithful public servants,
and to deal justly and kindly with all classes of
the people.
On motion of Mr. Hudson, of Schley, tho
thanks of the Convention were tendered to Hon.
Julian Hartridge. for the able and efficient
manner in which he presided over the delibera
tions of the body.
Mr. Lamar offered a resolution that the Chair
appoint at his leisure a committee of two from
each Congressional District and four from the
State at large as an. Executive Committee.—
Adopted.
On motion, Hon. Julian Hartridge was made
Chairman of the Executive Oommitteo.
Hon. Herbert Fielder being called for, re
sponded in a speech replete with sonnd thought.
He paid a handsome compliment lo the nomi
nee, and to the others who had been named for
the nomination.
Colonel Cary W. Styles and the committee
came in with the nominee, Hon. James Milton
Smith.
Mr. Smith responded in a speech, which ap
pears below, reported phonographically for tho
Constitution:
SPEECH OF HON. J. AT. SMITH.
Mr. President and Qentttmen of the Demo
cratic Convention:
It will hardly be expected that upon this oc
casion that I shall say much more than to re
turn my thanks for the honor you have con
ferred upon me. If, at the approaching elec
tion, the people of the State of Georgia shall
see fit to ratify your action of to-day, I shall en
ter upon the duties of the high trust which will
be imposed upon me, with a profound distrust
of my own ability for the full and faithful dis
charge of the same. But, fellow-citizens, I
trust I shall not be charged with egotism when
I say that,"however limited I may consider my
own capacity, I have an abiding faith in tho
omnipotence of honesty. [Applause.] That is
what we need to-day moro than anything else.
[Applause.]
What ia the condition of onr Stato? In tho
remarks that I make I shall confine myself to
the affairs of the State of Georgia alone, and I
shall be very brief. There is a work for every
Georgian to do, and there is an object for the
exercise of the greatest patriotism. What have
wo to do ? Wo all know that the financial af
fairs of tho State are in inexorable confusion.
We do not know how maDy bonds have been
issued. We do not know what the legal in
debtedness of the State is. Wo do not know
how these bonds were put out, but wo have a
suspicion as to the one who fat them out, and
that is about all. It will be expected that the
person who shall be selected to fill tho position
of Governor, for the next twelve months at
least, shall so administer the government of the
State of Georgia as that‘the people shall know
what their honest debts are, and what is ex
pected of them. [Applause.] He will need
honesty more than brains. [Applause.] It
will be difficulty to get at the frauds that have
been practiced upon us. It will require a firm
will and an honest heart to get at and expose
them; bnt, gentlemen of the Convention, per
mit me to say that, as God is my Judge to-day,
if I have the honor to be selected by the people
of Georgia to fill the position of Governor, I
shall endeavor to get at the bottom of these
things. I shall at least give a very largo portion
of my attention to the task of determining how
mnch we really owe, and how much is claimed
of us.
It is of paramount importance that popular
confidence should be restored in the adminis
tration of publio affairs in this State. Unfor
tunately, since the war, or within the last three
or four years, we have been placed in a condi
tion where the people, by reason of the many
impositions and the many frauds which have
been practiced npon them, have lost confidence
in those who have been selected to fill the prom
inent positions nnder onr State government.
How long has it been since it was considered
that the name of the Governor of Georgia was
hardly a synonym for honesty ? I do not make
these remarks in any improper spirit, bnt for
the purpose of calling yonr attention to the
faot that I feel in its full measure the great re
sponsibility that will devolve upon me in case
the people shall ratify yonr nomination.
It is desirable that the people shall have con
fidence in their Governor. In the event that I
shall be’chosen to fill that position, it shall be
my object to protect the people, so far as may
be in my power, not only in their rights of per
son and property, bnt in their public rights as
well, [Applause.] And permit me to say fur
ther, that in the discharge of the duties of that
high office, I shall, if elected, observe no dis
tinction except the distinction between rogues
and honest men. [Applause.]
But let me pause to say that tho names of
the gentlemen have been brought to your at
tention to-day in this connection—gentlemen
of character, intelligence and great worth,
(Messrs. Wofford, Fielder and Nichols). With
the name of ono of these gentlemen I have
been long familiar, (General Wofford^ I saw
him in Virginia. He was doing his duty there.
[Applause.] His attention was not particularly
directed to me, because he was a grade above
me—and he ought to have been a grade above
me. [Applause.] I saw him.in the midst of
smoke and fire and bullets, and he was doing
his dnty then. [ApplanBe.] And wheD, on
the present occasion in this Convention, where
his name was prominently mentioned in con
nection with the office for which yon have se
lected me, his friends—the men who know
him, the men who love him, and who are capa
ble of appreciating his high character—have
waived the urging of his name before this body,
and themselves have become the nominators of
myself, how could I feel otherwise than grate-
fal ? I strike hands with those men and with
their friends. I am sure that my honored f riendf
General Woffozd, will nnite with me in doing
everything that can be done to promote the
welfare of the State, to secure protection to her
citizens, and to plaoe the old Commonwealth in
the same, high position she formerly occupied
when men were selected to positions of influ
ence because they were honest men, and were
not chosen because they were rogues. I tell
these gentlemen I want to strike hands with
them and march forward to the emancipation of
onr State from the impositions, from the frauds,
and from the villonies which have been prac
ticed upon her. And if the distinguished gen
tleman will do his duty now, as be has done hia
dnty on other arenas—and I know he will—-suc
cess will crown onr efforts.
A gentleman remarked, as I entered the hall,
that yonr nominee waa a native Georgian. So
I am. I know that since the days of reconstruc
tion it baa been considered not altogether hon
orable for a man to have been born in the
South. Bnt I must plead guilty to the charge.
I am native and to the manor bom. I look upon
Georgia as my mother. She is my mother. I
expect to repoee in her bosom at last, and my
prayer is that I may so oonduct myself that I
may not b«. oensured by the friends who have
this day, in so marked a degree, manifested
their oonfidenoe in me; that I may so conduct
‘myself as that no man who has spoken my name
favorably to-day, will ever have ocoaaion to re-
mith. [Applause.] And that when I shall havo
run my career, and when my good old mother
shall have taken mo to her bosom, I shall go to
my grave amid the tears and blessings of those
whom I have helped to emauoipate from the
distress, tho suffering and villainy which have
been brought upon them. [Great applause.]
Loud calls wore rnnde for General Wofford,
but be had previously left the hall.
Resolutions of thanks to the various railroad
companies in tho State, and to tho secretaries
of tho Convention, wore adopted, when the
Convention adjournol subject to the oall of tho
Executive Committee.
Newspaper Poetry.
Every man and woman of litorary taste must
rejoioe that the noble rage which tho publio once
so assiduously cultivated for newspaper poetry
is cooling down day by day, and is destined in
tho course of time to play out almost entirely.
Bat some of the weekly papers are making an
effort to perpetuate the existence of this very
disreputablo sort of poetry. • They persuade
the school girls and moon-struok boys of coun
try towns to write it and send it to them for
publication. Why they encourage the growth
and spread of tho scribbling itch among the
young in this way, and thus moke fools of
thousands, is a mystery, unless it bo that they
think, which is probably the case, that every
thing that rhymes is poetry, whether written by
a school-girl ora professor of English literature
in the best of colleges. That all the true poets
of this country now living mav be numbered
by the fingers on a single hand, with two or
three fingers to spare, is a fact which the literary
weeklies seom never to have discovered. The
ability to write graceful rhymes whenever the
occasion demands that -they shall be written is
-certainly a very nico accomplishment, bat tho
persistent habit of writing rhyming stupidity
and offering it tons in print for poetry—a habit
which many full-grown men and women, scat
tered here and there, aro constantly cultivating
—is an outrage npon helplesa communities
which inasmuch as the laws are utterly power
less in the premises, may reasonably challenge
the intervention of the Ku-hlux and vigilance
committees.
Of tho weekly newspapers which are conspic
uous for their offenses of this character is Mr.
Theodore Tilton’s paper, the Golden Age, the
organ of Free-love, Woman Suffrage, Woodhull
& Cloflin, and other peculiarities of that sort.
Among other misguided females—and by the
term “females” we mean, not the “opposite
sex” amoDg the lower order of animals, but
women—Hester A. Benedict writes what is pop
ularly supposed to be poetry for the Golden
Age. There is some hope for a woman who gets
into the House of Correction now and then, but
tho woman who gets into the Golden Ago as a
contributor is past praying for. Who enters
there leaves hope behind. Hester’s last effusion
is entitled “Drifting,” and opens thus:
Wo are out together on Life’s sweet sea,
Bat a hungry pain is hard in my heart,
For I know, beloved, I know it mas: be,
We aro drifting farther and farther apart.
O! I clasp my oars, and I strive to stay
The outward sweep of my fragile bark,
But tho tido is high, and I float away
Over th» billows—into the dark!
Is it an hour, or is it a year,
Since under the heaven of stars wo stood ?
And you whispered: Though it may not be clear
To yonr faith, my Isabel, God is good! ”
That sea must be sweet indeed to a young
woman who is out upon its billows in a boat of
which she has lost the control, and which, in
spite of her frantio efforts to stay its outward
sweep, is floating away into the dark. It is
none of our concern—for we don’t care a cent
whether tho correspondents of tho Golden Age
are drowned or not—bnt if we were going to
offer Hester any advice at al), we should advise
her to let the fellow in the other boat go, and
jump overboard and swim ashore. We trust,
though, that she won’t do it—that she will
cling to her “fragile bark,” and keep on drift
ing. For tho women who write such poetry for
the organ of Woodhull and Free-Love, there is
too little room on shore.
Hester proceeds: “Is it an hour, or is it a
year ?" she asks of the fellow in tho other bark.
And then, without waiting an answer to this co
nundrum, she tells him that the words fell slow
from his quivering lips, and that she marveled
much if he knew she was near the terrible gloom
of tho 8onl’s eclipse, putting an exclamation
point after the word “eclipse.” “I oall on you
now 1” she exclaims, and asks has he whisper
ings bland and soothingest balm for this hope’s
de cay ? and would he dare to say that onr father’s
band is bearing her bark from his own away ?
Nay, nay—
continues Hester—
■’lis only the pitiless winds
Dropt out of tho clouds of our destiny ;
Only the tempest of Fate that brings
This weariest waiting to you and mo 1
*
Still, still I am drifting away, away,
Nearer and nearer the shipwrecking rocks
Can I calm my spirit enough to pray
In tho heart of the horrible thunder-shocks ?
If Hester can calm her mind sufficiently, in
the heartof the horriblethunder-shocks—whore-
ever that is—to write such cold-blooded dog
gerel as this, it strikes us that she might con
trive, in some way, to calm her spirit enough to
pray. But what good, we should like to know,
would praying do her ? Wlienshe shall havequit
drifting into such stale, flat and unprofitable
rhymes, and shall have learned that it may be
said of the women who writo for the Golden
Age, that the trail of the serpent is over them
all, she may pray with a hope of being heard,
but not until then.—Courier Journal
It ATI FIXATION MEETING.
Enthusiastic Gathering—Bousing; Spcoclies
by Colonel J. 91. Smith, General Woflortl
and others.
From tho Atlanta Constitution, of 7th ]
Last night a large number of onr citizens,
members of the Convention and members of
the Legislature, assembled in front of the Kim
ball House. Col. J. M. Smith, the nominee for
Governor, in response to the enthusiastio calls
of the crowd, responded in his happy style. He
said that carpet-baggers had infested Georgia
like the lice in Egypt, but they must now pack
their carpet-bags and leave—Bullook had already
packed Ms and left.
Wo must give these rings—organized to steal
—to understand that Grant, Alexander & Vo.
take charge of such characters, and have buggy
straps to satisfy the debt they owe to the State.
If the State Road lease was honestly made, it
should be respected; if dishonestly made the
people Bhonld not allow themselves to be swin
dled out of their property. He expressed no
opinion as to the honesty or dishonesty of the
lease. The oonrts would settle the question.
The band struck up “Dixie,” and, in answer
to the contmnon3 calls of the crowd, General
W. T. Wofford appeared, and addressed the
assemblage. He said that the present was one
of the proudest moments of Mb life. It was
peculiarly gratifying to him to again address
Georgians who have constitutional rights, and
can look forward to see the day come when
every son of Georgia is a freeman.
He was in that happy state that few defeated
candidates enjoy. Personally, he,had no desire
for office, nor had be any claim npon the people
of Georgia. What he did in the past was Ms
duty. When he heard that Col. Smith was nom
inated be felt like thanking the Convention, for
Colonel Smith was now the leader of the party,
and the standard-bearer of civil service reform
of the whole people. He wonld make war upon
corruption, robbery and perjured officials who
have stolen the people’s money and appropri
ated it to their private use. He wonld aid Col.
Smith in ferreting ont corruption, and in bring
ing abont that good old time when “offioe
shall seek the man,” and the servant of the
people shall retire from offioe with Ms hands
free from the spoils of plunder. Let ail nnite
in giving moral aid to CoL Smith and the Legis
lature in this work. When a man ia found who has
taken the people’s money let him be held up to
public scorn, letMmbe high or low, rioh or poor.
The day ia not far distant when the people who
visit the Executive will find in Mm a friend
[an honest man, voice in the crowd[, with a
heart that throbs alone for Georgia, her honor
and her glory. He urged the people to emu
late the example of the people of New York in
putting down corruption and pnblio plunder
ers. Hunt np and hunt down these felons and
pnt them in the chain gang. The people have
bnt to will it to cleanse this atlgean stable. He
pledged himself to stand by Colonel Smith and
fight to the death or victory. Colonel Smith
would have to fight railroads, rings, thieves,
and robbers, but he had the nerve and the
manhood to meet them suooesafully. He gave
notice to the robbers and plunderers to give
leg bail at once and save their baoon.
Colonels Cowart and Peeples responded in
brief and pithy speeches, to calls made npon
them, after wMoh the crowd dispersed.
General Assembly of Georgia,
PBOOEEDINGBOF THURSDAY.
Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger.]
Senate.—Tho Senate was called to order by
President Trammel, and prayed for by Rev. Mr.
Ketohnm.
Journal read and approved.
Mr. Brown moved to reconsider so much of
the proceedings of yesterday as relates to the
passage of a bill to amend seotion 4420 of the
Code, so ns to make the purchase of stolen pro
duce a misdemeanor, and the purchase of pro
duce between sunset and snnrise 'prima facie
evidence of the same.
Mr. Matthews foroibly opposed the motion,
and Blinded to various instances where the want
of such provision had worked serious injury.
He was surprised to learn that any district in
North Georgia did not need such a law; bnt
Southwest Georgia undoubtedly does, for he
believed that seotion loses more annually for
the want of such a law than the annual produc
tion of North Georgia.
Mr. Burns moved to lay the motion to re
consider on thq table. Carried.
The bill to repeal the act organizing the Dis
trict Conrt, wMch was vetoed by the Governor
ad interim, and the veto message returned
with the same, were taken np.
The message placed the veto upon the econ
omy, speed and other advantages of the Dis
trict Court, as now constituted.
The vote on the bill stood, ayes 33, nays 8;
so the bill was passed.
A bill to repeal an act to declare the poll tax
for the years 1868-69-70 uncollected, uncon
stitutional, and to prevent the collection of the
same—vetoed by the Executive, and the veto
message accompanying the same wa3 taken up.
The message based the disapproval of said bill
upon the objectionable form of the bill, claim
ing that it contained provisions not specified in
the title, and was unconstitutional in contain
ing more than one subject matter; and that
the bill, as framed, would accomplish more
than the repeal of the act aimed at.
Sent/or Campbell spoke at length against the
bill.
On the passage of the bill the vote stood—
ayes, 27; nays, 13. So tho bill was passed.
A House bill to incorporte the town of Col
quitt, Miller county, wa3 passed.
Mr. Nichols offered a resolution providing for
the appointment of a joint committee of five
from the General Assembly to visit the peni
tentiary and the several places where the con
victs are employed, and report npon tho man
ner of their treatment and all other matters
connected therewith. Also, to report upon
what interest, if any, Rufus B. Bullock has in
the contract under which tho convicts were
farmed out Also, to audit all claims against
the penitentiary. Also to inquire what disposi
tion was made of the appropriation of $150,000
to the penitentiary made in March, 1869, and
called the previous question on its adoption,
The resolution was adopted by ayes 25 ; nays
15.
The House bill to amend seotion 178 of the
Code, fixing the per diem and mileage of the
General Assembly, and the veto message of the
Exeoutive returned with the same, were taken
up and read.
The message stated that the bill was disap
proved because retroactive, as providing that it
shall take effect from the beginning of the pres
ent session, and because the slight reduction
made in the bill is not sufficient to meet the popu
lar demand.
Mr. Barns called the previous question. The
call was sustained, and the bill passed, by ayes
29; nays 18.
. BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
A bill to incorporate the Macon and Knoxville
Railroad Company. Passed
A bill to regulate and define the laws of this
State relating to the assessment and enforce
ment of connty taxes, and for other purposes.
Indefinitely postponed.
A House bill to provide for the’apportionment
of Representatives in the General Assembly.
The special committee to whom the bill was
referred, reported a substitute to the same ef
fect, and changing the Senatorial Districts,
which limits the number of Representatives in
the House to 175.
Mr Nichols moved to have the bill printed
and make it the special order for Saturday.—
Lost/
The hour of adjournment having arrived the
Senate adjourned until 3 p. sr.
House—The House met at the usual hour—
Speaker Smith in the chair. Prayer by Mr.
Jones.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.
Mr. Pierce moved to suspendthe rules to take
up a Senate resolutien directing the Attorney
General to dismiss certain suits against the
Treasurer, and declaring that the Treasurer
shall not be held liable for interest on deposits
in tbe Treasury.
Mr. Pierce said that this was due to the faith
fulness of the Treasurer who had done so much
toward guarding the publio funds.
The motion to suspend prevailed and. the
resolution was unanimously adopted.
On motion, the House went into a Committee
of the Whole on the Appropriation bill.
After a discussion of an hour or moro on the
question of granting $500 extra pay to certain
clerks, an amendment paying thechief Clerk of
the House and Secretary of the Senate $500
and mileage, without per diem, was adopted.
No appropriation was made for the Attorney
General. The committee rose, reported pro*-
gress, and asked for leave to sit again.
Mr. W. D. Anderson moved to take up the
Governor’s veto of the bill to reduce the per
diem of officers and members of the General
Assembly.
The message was read. The reasons assigned
for tho veto are that the bill is retroactive and
unconstitutional, and that the reduction of only
$2, leaving tho mileage as it was before, was
not a sufficient reduction to meet tho demands
of the people.
Mr. W. D. Anderson moved to pass the bill
over the veto.
Mr. Edwards called the previous question,
which was sustained.
The yeas Rnd nays were called with the fol
lowing result: Yeas 118; nays 31.
House again went into Committee of the
Whole.
The salary of the Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary was reduced to $1000.
It was moved to appropriate about $2500 to
pay Messrs. Rawsoil, Redwine, Hammock and
others for taking charge of and posting up the
State Road books. This averages abont $150
per month for those actually engaged. This
motion did not prevail.
Messrs. Hoge and Jackson explained the sit
uation when these parties were called upon to
take oharge of the books, and the value of the
services rendered.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, one hundred dol
lars per month were appropriated as pay to the
clerks employed on these books, and one hun
dred and fifty dollars per month, on motion of
Mr. Wofford, of Bartow, as pay for the book
keeper employed, i
On motion of Mr. Bacon, onehnndred dollars
per-month were appropriated to each of the
gentlemen who were appointed a committee to
take charge ef the books.
Oa motion of Mr. Gumming, five thousand
dollars were appropriated to Mrs. Catherine
Fleming for money which the State got from
her husband during tbe wer, as money belong
ing to the United States, and for which the
United States sued and obtained judgment
against her and collected the money. The com
mittee rose and reported book the bill.
Pending final aotion on the bill the Houso
adjourned until 3 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate.—The Senate passed the bill appor
tioning representatives. It gives Chatham,
Richmond, Falton, Bibb and Houston each
three Representatives; Bartow, Barke, Cobb,
Coweta, Clarke, Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd,
Gwinnett, Green, Hancock, Harris, Jefferson,
Jackson, Muscogee, Monroe, Meriwether, Ma
con, Oglethorpe, Pike, Randolph, Sumter,
Stewart, Troup, Thomas, Talbot, Washington,
Walton and Wilkes, two eaoh; the remaining
counties one each.
A joint resolution for the appointment of a
oommitteo of two from the Senate aud three
from the House to report on the necessity of
prolongation was agreed to.
The House resolution requesting the State
Sohool Commissioners to resign was concurred
in by a vote of 23 to 13.
House.—The appropriation bill covering the
usual purposes, was perfected and passed.
The Senate resolution for the appointment of
a committee to report on the necessity of pro
longation was concurred in.
The bill to move the Georgia Military Insti
tute to Fort Valley was passed.
A large number of Senate bills were read the
first and second time.
NIGHT SESSION.
Several Senate bills were passed, mostly of a
local ohaxaeter. )
The session trill probably be prolonged a few
days to bring np unfinished business whioh
would otherwise be lost. 8. L.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington, December 7.—The Houso is
engaged on postal affairs.
The Senate is discussing whether a witness
who placed tho Ka-klnx Committee in con
tempt shall be arrested by concurrent resolu
tion or by action of the Senate alone.
New Yobe, December 7.—The directors of
the Union Olnb have expelled Mayor Hall for
alleged connection with the ring frauds. The
Tribune says the Grand Jury will indict one
high Stato official and a large number of city
officials for bribery aud corruption.
A drunken man fell into an area and froze to
death.
A meeting of the Tammany sachems was
called for the alleged purpose of expelling
Tweed. It had no quorum.
Haoebstown, Md , December 7.—Tho Epis
copal Church and the court- house were burned
last night. Several were killed by the falling
dome of the court-house. The county records
were saved. The wind is high and the fire con
tinues at last accounts.
New Ocleans, December 7.—Up to yesterday
the yellow fever deaths of this season amounted
to twenty-three. Tho first death occurred
August 4th, and tho last December 4th. Tho
heavy frost this week exterminated the fever.
Iu the second day’s races Madame Dudley
won tho first. Time 2:24$. Salina won the
second. Time 2:52. Monarchist won the third.
Time 2:524 and 3:49$. The track was in better
condition than yesterday.
New Yobe, December 7.—Arrived, Halsatia
and Moro Castle.
Halifax, December 7.—The gale on the
coast of Prince Edward’s Island prostrated
fences, trees, houses, churches and the tele
graph lines, and wracked two vessels.
Springfield, Mass., December 7.—William
Stowe, for fourteen years postmaster hero and
six years Clerk of the House of Representa
tives, is dead.
Matamobas. December 6.—Two days’ severe
fighting resulted iu the rebel occupation of
Saltillo. The revolntionists are apparently
gaining ground. Tne second rebel loan was
exacted at Monterey. Many foreigners closed
their houses. The Mexican merchants were
compelled to pay or enter the ranks.
Washington, December 7.—The Secretary
of the Treasury issues notices that on and after
the 7th of Maroh, 1872, the principal and ac
crued interest on five twenties coupons and
registered, known as second series, act Febru
ary 25, 1862, will be paid at the Treasury De-,
partment. The amount of bonds is twenty
millions.
There was another batch of ad interim nom-
iuations sent to the Senate to-day.
The Senate had a short executive session,
but confirmed no nominations.
Frederick A. Warden, Chief of Division Ac
counts in the Treasurer’s offioe, has been ar
rested. The Government is twelve thousand
short. Warden is a Massachusetts man.
The Senate committees show no changes in
chairmanship.
Aloorn succeeds Spencer on the Mississippi
Levee Committee.
Other changes are unimportant.
Both houses adjourned till Monday.
The proceedings are unimportant.
There ia another defalcation in Treasurer
Spinner’s office. Seth Johnson, paying inter
est teller, is short $50,000. He has been spec
ulating. He is a New York man.
Boston, December 7.—A meeting of the citi
zens of Cape God to consider the effects of the
Washington treaty npon fisheries, resolved to
petition Congress for a liberal protection, other
wise their occupation would be destroyed.
Committees were appointed to co-operate with
meetings at other points.
St. Louis, December 7.—The National Board
of Trade has appointed the third Taesday in
October for its annual meeting, and amended
the constitution so as to enlarge the number of
delegates. The President of the Board of Trade
of the dominion of Canada was introduced. He
hoped the consultation wonld result in benefit
to both countries by the freest interchange of
commodities. Resolutions asking the Gov
ernment to guarantee the Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas bands to the amount of $25,000,-
000 for levee purposes, was amended so as to
tax the counties benefited.
Columbia, December 7.—Judge Bond to-day
in the United States Circuit Court, delivered
5%;J
I
the pomticae
Senator Trmnbntl on the Sltn
Passive Policy Declared a 5”,^*
*■ cv<«*ns Division in the Radies J ,
preheuded.
Special to the Louisville Courier Journal
Washington, December 4.—I w
detailed to me, by a prominent Souih 2*
ciaD, tho particulars of a conversation v (
in the last day or two, with Senator tS
of Illinois. My informant, who i,
ex-Uaited States Senator, states
Judge Trumbull in the librarv of CosoL li
that, after exchanging friendly saln> - '
asked the Senator whether he would
the use of his name as a conservative
for the Presidency against Gen
Illinois statesman replied with more V‘‘
emphasis:
‘•No, air, I would not.”
“And why not?”
“For many reasons ” Judge Trumbull
substance: “In the first place I Jr
where I am. I consider a seat in (ho c
the United Statas a position in which t'
more useful than any. other, and I fc-i.-r® 1
be as honorable as any undor the Gor^
if its duties be efficiently and cron'
charged. In the next plaoe* I do notaW 7
the programme which has been maikS'
those who refuse to support the
the President for re-election. lame'-'?
•of the need of many reforms, and 1,
striving to accomplish them. But Id, ..
lieve that a revolution of parlies would in
tary. I do not believe either the peor'" H
North or South are ready to protit L' -
change.” ’ ”
“Andwhy not?”
“Because the peoplo of tho South hiva^
accepted nothing and are not willing to
erato with the liberals cf the North in j...
the practical relations of society on & s -!i‘
generous basis. I know that the 80S
much to complain of. But so have the hi
Republicans. It is not the rebel eleiae*>
haps, but the nature of things that thsL
should not realize the complete overtW
the old order and a complete change ot J
mestic policy. I believe that the defeatefi
Grant wonld involve a reaction at the 3
whose consequences wonld be even
tho present state of affairs.”
“Don’t yon think Gen. Grant medium J
permanent usurpation of the Executive:'' *
“No, I do not. ,My opinion is that l
Grant is, in the main, a conservative man.
has madejmistakes. Butl cannot say the* jv
ty his removal.”
“What are your personal relations :- n
“Very friendly. I have opposed soEecfJ
measures; butl have no personal feeling e
him, and, indeed, this is one of the n_
why it is disagreeable to have my namij
tioned in the connection yon name.”
“The Southern Democracy would supputJ
with pleasure.”
“You are mistaken. The Democracy a J
too strong in numbers to disband, for
meaning of the passive policy. Three
of Democratic voters cannot afford to selli!
selves to two or three hundred thousand I
lican voters, and that for a mess of 1
whioh the Republicans and not the Demo,
are to enjoy. I don’t believe they will dokj
think the passive policy already a failure."
“Like the new departure?”
1 ‘ No, not exactly. The new departure n|
necessity, win or lose. Had the DenomhJ
adopted it, but in its place had adopted a
platform of J868, they would havo beer s
more disastrously beaten. The new depin
made no recruits, because tho peoplo tU
believe it honest. The Democratic party!)
ers did what they could no longer avoid-it
accept the amendments—and the Repnb!
have to thank snch writers as Mr. Stephens
Mr. Forsyth that the Btep in advance did j
make farther inroads. By 1876. the taal
the war, the amendments and the Ku-Bcsr
be ont of the way, and there may beaters
complete reorganization parties. E:t;
now.”
“ What do you think of the Kft-klni:'
“They may bo exaggerated. Bat then]
enough of uupnuished violence ut the Scrritl
justify the newspapers in all the on!crylh;;c|
making. This alone wonld beat the Deuocn? |
“Then you think the fight next yeMi2:l
a straight-ont party affair ?” J
“I think it will be so as far as the Roputttj
are concerned. The party Is not really diril
Its internal discussions merely exhibit'd;:I
til
1 the pi
an opinion on motion of tbe defence to qnash
rtf Kn°^°f a t 0 ''The cise ot individual free will and* do it gooial
charged with violating the Ku-klux law. The notharm> It will act as a body, and IS
Conrt decided that two of the eleven counties „ „ , « & j ...,«.1
were good, that six were bad, and that on three
counties the court was divided. The motion to
quash was overruled. Childers from York
county was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.
The defence challenged a juror peremptorily,
to whioh the government objected. The court
reserved its decision until to-morrow.
New Ocleans, December 7.—The Senate ad
journed tine die without transacting any busi
ness other than the eleetion of H. B. Finch-
back, President, as telegraphed yesterday.
Selma, December 7.—Tho Agricultural Con
gress, after an interesting and important ses
sion, adjourned to-day at 3 p. m , to meet in
St. Louis in May. R. K. Spurr, of Kentucky,
was elected permanent President.
Philadelphia, December 7.—The jury ren
dered a verdict of guilty against Jos. F. Marcer
on five counts for embezzlement of publio
money.
The steamer Tonawanda, from Savannah,
collided with schooner Wm. B. Cox, from New
born. The steamer rescued the crew of the
schooner, seven in sll, and towed her to North-
chester.
Hagerstown, December 7.—The fire was ex
tinguished soon jfter 3 o’clock this morning.
The loss of tbe court-house amounts to $50,000,
the chnrch $20,000.
London, December 7.—The Prince of Wales
is steadily improving.
Pabis, December 7.—A message from Thiers
announces that he has notified Great Britain of
his intention to abrogate the treaty of com
merce at the stipulated, time, but that he will
continue negotiations for readjustment.
Pabis, December 7.—The Figaro says or.
ders have been sent to Cherbourg and Brest to
prepare vessels to ernise abont the coast of
France to prever^ another return from Elba.
The appointment of Jules Ferry as Minister
to Washington, is officially announced.
Quebec, December 7.—The thermometer is
22 below zero, and 17 below at Ottawa. The
Lake is frozen over many miles.
London, December 7.—The Republican meet- B6S810n -
ings at Birmingham and Reading were disorder
ly. The Reading meeting broke np in a row.
Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Lieutenant Gen
eral of the British army is dead—aged 72.
Concobd, December 7.—The Labor Reform
State Convention Assembled here to-day and
nominated Lemuel H. Cooper for Governor.
Resolutions embodying the aims and objeots of
the Labor Reform party, were adopted; also,
one thanking Horace Greeley for his efforts to
expose and reform abuse, frauds, corruption,
iniquities and usurpations of the Grant admin
istration.
Sybaouse, December 7.—At the session of
the Methodist State Convention to-day, a reso
lution looking toward the re-establishment of
the Unity Ghnroh, North and Sonth, waa of
fered and referred to the Business Committee
to be reported.
Veb8Ailles, December 7.—Thiers’ message
warns the deputies never to forget to what
depths of wretohedness the Empire had led the
country. France should now look for a com
plete reorganization to God and to time. It was
her polioy to endure dignified peace, bnt should
war occur, despite her determination to remain
at petoe, it should not be her deed. France
most resume the position to whioh she was en
titled, not only for her own good bnt in the in
terest of ail nations.
Madbed, December 7.—The municipal elec
tions are over. Of members of the Madrid
Council, the Radicals have eleoted 75, the Re
publican! 20, and the Ministerialists only 5.
Returns are slow from the province, bnt those
so far indicate that the RacUoal party has been
everywhere Bueoessfnl.
Programme fob Next Teem.—The special
correspondent of the World, speaking of the
obstacles attending the efforts -of the Hon.
Chawles to make peace with the President and
get back to his old position as Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, says:
Grant, of oourse, expects to be President for
four years after the 4th of March, 1872. It is
well understood among his friends here that
should he be re-elected, the great feature of his
seoond administration will be the acquisition
not only of Santo Domingo, but of all the West
India Ialsads. The Santo Domingo scheme will
surely be pushed with vigor should Grant be re
elected. Sumner, at the head of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Senate, would pre-
gent a formidable obstacle, for he has committed
himself in such a way that he cannot very well
chime in with the administration programme.
Grant knows this, and he muoh prefen to have
some each man aa Cameron to deal with.
will poll a larger vote than it did in
matter what frame-work or what candidatHfI
opposed to it. The people believe inttfij
pnblican party on account of its liberal dks|
Bions.’’
I am assured in saying that the opinio J
Senator Trumbull are also the opinions of &n]
tor Sumner.
A Bill,
To be enti'led an act, to protect the peop’-i
tho State of Georgia against the irej>tl
fraudulent issue of bonds and securities,
for other purposes connected with the s;
[Passed both Houses. Now before the
ernor.J
Whereas, divers bonds, purporting to
bonds of the State of Georgia, and diverst
bearing the indorsement of the State, have
issued and pnt in circulation byKufosB.
look, late Governor of said State, and ci :
bonds issued prior to his administration’
been negotiated by him; and
Whereas, it is believed that a large portiot
said bonds have been illegally and frauds!®
issued and negotiated, and the extent ~
amount of said bonds so issued and nej
is unknown to this General Assembly,
Seotion L Be it enacted by the Sensts
House of Representatives of the State of Gsl
gia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of UT
same, that there shall be a committee of tl»|
one appointed by the President of the S
and two by the Speaker of the House, who
have full power and authority to examine
ascertain the nnmber of bonds which
been issued, as hereinbefore recited in
amble of this act, and the aggregate
thereof, and so far as they have been s»
hypothecated, by whom sold, the amount
money paid, to whom paid, when paid, for
purpose negotiated, and all other facts conn^j
ed with the history of said bonds, and to rep
the same to the General Assembly at its
Seotion 2. Be it farther enacted by ^1
authority aforesaid, That said Commits I
appointed be authorized and required to w* I
and sit imthe city of Atlanta daring a t* 1 ®.. I
exceeding sixty days, commencing I
1872, for the purposes named in the first I
of this act, and said Committee are hewo’ I
vested with full power and authority to I
witnesses nnder oath, to send for
books and papers, and to exercise such 0 I
powers-as may be necessary to carry into e- • ■
the provisions of this act . * I
Section 3. Be it farther enacied by . I
thority aforesaid, That it shall be the <1*1 I
said Committee immediately after
pointment to give notice of the time sna p* j
of sitting by publishing this preamble ano M
at least two months prior to their situn& 'j
two newspapers in the oity of Atlanta, t 1
the oity of New York, two in the city of I
don, and one in the oity of Frankfort I
Section 4. Be it farther enacted by |
thority aforesaid, That all persons jj ^1
bonds of the State of Georgia, or hM“3 J
indorsement of said State, issued »noe * j
1868, are hereby required to report the
said oommittee for registration on or berw 1
first day of April, 1872, and upon fail^®”( ( |
report said bonds, and to submit the sw* 1
registration, the same shall be deem;F J
facie) to have been illegally or fraudniewv
sued.
Section 5. Be it further enacted by “
thority aforesaid, That the Treasurer _ J
State be and he is hereby prohibited frwpi
ing any interest on any bonds issued, neg°'A
or indorsed by the State sinoethe *- ,• mw|
July, 1868, until the said committee
made their report, and the General ass'** I
shall otherwise direct , th ,jtl
Seotion 6. Be it further enaoted by ,
thority aforesaid, That nothing conW .
this aot shall be so construed as to
State of Georgia to tbe payment of wy
issued or indorsed by the State since
day of July, 1868, by reaeon of wd bo»_g
ing registered as prescribed in this ^
it afterwards appear that the same b*
illegally or fraudulently tamed. u. th* **
Section 7. Be it further enacted by ^
thority aforesaid. That the Governor be
ia hereby authorised and reqoiied ta , ^
warrant upon the Twemrer in fcvor
Gommitteteor such persons as they ®
nate, for afl amount sufficient to defray. ^
penaeeof publishing this P r6M# ’“ nte ^\
and such other printing jmi s*
to carry into effect the proviaioo* of *
Section 8. Be it further enacted by
thority aforesaid, That all law* md
laws militating against this act, be and j
are hereby repealed.
