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THE FEDERAL UNION.
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets.)
CKOBGIA FENCKS.
1. The Fence law was adopted in
1759, when there were but three
counties in Georgia, (Chatham, Burke,
Richmond,) and not 5000 inhabitants ;
when cotton culture was unknown,
and the only crops were a little corn,
tobacco and indigo, and all the coun
try was a wild pasture.
2. The lawful worm-fence, required
by this old colonial law is now become
very expensive, and cannot be kept up
generally. On small farms, it costs
double as much as the land ; viz :
1 acre square takes 1,400 rails, worth at 2c- $2800 pr acre
2 acres “ equals 4 acres.2,800 " $56 00 -11 00
OIK BtRlED WEALTH.
The Legislature ought, without de
lay, to pass an act for the appointment
of a State Geologist, and the making & ^
of a thorough Geological survey of the ed" before* thi* Stone" Mountain Agri-
state of Georgia. Our mineral resources
are known to be immense, but no sci-
All,A.\m AND cheat westeb.k
CANAL.
The Atlanta Constitution gives the
following report of a lecture deliver
Wednesday Morning, November 22,1871.
JIDGE WARNER FOR GOVERNOR.
Hitherto, except in the election of
Speaker of the House, the Legislature
seem to have taken delight in bringing
new men and small men to the front—
or in other words they seem desirous
of showing to the world that they pos
sess the power of omnipotence, and are
able to make great things out of noth
ing. This exercise of creative power
may gratify their vanity, but it is very
far from satisfying the people. They
are tired, and are becoming impatient
with the day of small things. For sev
eral years they have seen the high
places in the State occupied by men
who were eminent for nothing but
ignorance and rascality. When the
real people—the intelligent and res
pectable class—obtained power they
expected that men who had attained to
some eminence would again come to
the front. Thus far they Lave been
woefully disappointed, and the fear is
rapidly gaining ground that the Legis
lature is governed or controlled by a
“ring” who want no man raised to
any important position but such as
they can control; and ominous hints
are given out that such a man will be
selected for Governor. The Legisla
ture will, no doubt, have a controlling
influence in the selection of thecandi
date, and if they wish to do themselves
honor, and to satisfy the reasonable
hopes of the people, we hope they will
select Judge Hiram Warner for Gov
ernor. Such a nomination would be
hailed by the .people as a promise of
better times. Judge Warner is a man
whom everybody in the State knows
and respects; they have confidence in
his wisdom and honesty, because both
have been tried. He may not, and
probably would not, suit the Atlanta
ring, because they know they could
not control him ; but the great mass
of the people will like him all the bet
ter for that. The election of Judge
Warner would give confidence to the
people—they believe in him, because
they have tried him ; but a third rate
man, who has no hold upon the affec
tions or the confidence of the people,
they may rest assured will not give
satisfaction, especially if it is suspected
he is sold to the ring.
. «JU rm. A liAll • A 111 ML
Sometime before the Legislature met
reports came from Atlanta of a certain
“ ring,” composed of politicians and
monied men who had combined to
gether to control the Legislature and
elect all of the principal officers in the
State. This rumor further stated that
most of the State offices were to be
given to men living in the Seventh
District. These statements at first
were vehemently denied, but events
already transpired and foreshadowed
prove them to be true.
We do not know who the Atlan
ta correspondent of the Chronicle <!
Sentinel is, but certainly he is either
gifted with the spirit of prophecy or
he is very good at guessing. Thus far
most of his predictions have been ful
filled to the letter, and if “ coming
events cast their shadows before,”
others will be. It did not require a
prophet to foretell that that Atlanta
ring would try to rule the Legislature,
but it was not generally believed that
they would succeed. If they do the
people will soon discover that their
troubles are not yet ended.
The Legislature has done nothing
of general importance during the past
week, except to pass an election bill
bringing on the election of Governor
on the 3d Tuesday in December. It
is thought acting Gov. Conley will
veto it. If so it will probably be pass
ed over his head. '
State Geologist.—We have pub
lished in another place an article from
the Atlanta Sun on the propriety of
the Legislature providing for a geo
logical survey of the State. We fully
agree with the Sun on the importance
of this work, and if the Legislature
moves in the work we hope they will
procure the services of a scientific and
practical Geologist. No smatterer or
pretender, but a gentleman who is a
master of the science. Such a survey
will not only develop the mineral re
sources of the State, but will also de
velop the agricultural capabilities of
the soil.
No Election this Session.—The
Democratic members of the Legisla
ture have decided in- caucus that the
present session is not the time for the
election of State House officers.
Armotl'T ^ r^’ Brunswick*
Appeal learns that there was a reor
ganization of the company that owns
this road in New York, Thursday last
Charles JL. Frost was chosen President,
and two new Directors,
given, were appointed.
names not
The Legislature has passed a bill
exempting firemen from jury duty.
4
8
10
20
1 mile
16
64
100
400
640
5,600
11,200
14.000
28.000 1
35,200 1
11200- 7 00
224 00- 3 50
280 00- 2 80
560 00- 1 40
704 00- 1 10
It costs more, per acre, to fence small
fields than large, viz.- one square acre
costs $28 00 per acre ; one square mile
costs only $1 10 per acre. 4 acres
square (16) costs $7 00 per acre. So
it is, a town lot, or a poor man’s small
farm costs more per acre to fence than
a rich man’s large plantation
Again,
1. A lawful worm-fence takes 5 rails
per yard, or 8,800 per mile.
2. A lawful split jtost and 3 rail fence
takes 1 rail per yard, 1,760.
Therefore,
7,000 rails will fence only twenty-
four acres lawful worm-fence: but
7,020 rails will fence 1 square mile, or
640 acres, lawful height, “bull strong
and mule high,” with “post and three
rail" fence. Or in other words :
100 acres cotton or pasture, lawful
worm, takes 14,000 rails, and by sjdit
post and 3 rail fence, takes only 2,S00,
or one-fifth.
Conclusion.
1. Let all outside and all pasture
fence lor cattle and mules be split post
and 3 rail.
2. Let hogs be kept in on the metiers
own grounds, in close fences.
This first rate fence saves four-fifths
of rails, i.e. one rail goes as far as five
rails under the old law.
New Law.
We copy the following complimen
tary notice of our esteemed fellow
citizen, Judge Iverson L. Harris, from
the Thomasville Enterprise. What the
editor says of him is true, and Georgia
would, indeed, be blessed to have such a
man for Governor; but the Judge hasde
dined, in a letter, on being suggested
for U. S. Senator, to be a candidate
for any office until his disabilities have
been voluntarily removed.
Candidates for Governor.—Gen.
Colquitt, Thomas Hardeman, W. A.
Hull - , Fielder of Cuthbert, James M.
Smith, C. B. Wootten, M. A. Candler,
D. Irwin and others are named in con
nection with the candidacy for Gov
ernor of Georgia. The right man has
not yet been named. That man is
Judge Iverson L. Harris. We know
of no truer, abler nor more reliable
patriot in the State.
More State Aid to Railroads —
We thought the present Legislature
had had experience enough on the sub
ject of State aid to Railroads to satisfy
fkom nil - T>„
were mistaken. We see that on the
ISth inst., there was a motion made
to grant State aid to the Albany &
Cuthbert Railroad, aud that bill was
amended so as to give State aid to the
great Western Railroad ; and what is
singular, this motion prevailed, and
State aid to both roads passed the
Senate. How long will legislators
continue to give money and credit
which does not belong to them to cor
poration, for the benefit of individuals ?
This abuse of power will probably go
on until a convention of the people is
called and the constitution is amended
so as to prohibit them from givin
away other people’s money and credit.
Camilla, Mitchell Co., Ga.,
Nov. 18, 1871.
Messrs. Houghton, Barnes Sf Moore—
Gents: The Superior Court has
been in session during the week, and
as might have been expected, recom
mended the removal of the Capitol
from Atlanta to Milledgeville.
Respectfully, S.
Georgia Affairs at Washington.
—The Washington correspondent of
the Savannah News telepraphs the fol
lowing items on the 15th.
The Fighting Colonel of Illinois,
claiming that he is the head of the
Republican party in Savannah, has
sent on a mammoth petition signed by
a number of colored persons whose
names it would puzzle the oldest in
hibitant to remember, setting forth his
many good qualities, his love for the
colored folks, and the many victories
to which he has led the party in Sa
vannah and piaying that he be re
tained in office.
In answer to this petition, Secreta
ry Boutwell has sent an agent to Sa
vannah for the special purpose of in
vestigating the whole case, and as
soon as his report is received the case
'Xvill be finally disposed of.
The Treasury records show that
during the war H. I. Kimball was
employed as a Government agent at
one time, and that he was dismissed
on very grave suspicion of irregulari
ties in office.
The New York Sun to-day says ;—
“Governor Bullock is probably correct
when he says that the people of Geor
gia who desire his impeachment are
opposed to the re-election of General
Grant. It is not strange that such be
the case. The vile rabble of thieves
who have recently been plundering
the people of South Carolina and
Georgia are thoroughly identified with
those of Grant.”
euiific survey, properly locating and
determining the availability of these
resources, has ever been made ; and in
this respect Georgia is far behind. Such
a survey will add many millions of
dollars to the value of our real estate,
aud induce capital, machinery and
skilled labor to become a permanent
interest in the State.
Georgia has twice as much iron as
Pennsylvania, while we also have gold,
silver, copper, and diamonds, which
Pennsylvania has not. We also have
many other resources in the bosom of
the earth which ODly require develop
ment to j?iake Georgia one of the rich
est States in the Union. This develop
ment will be greatly accelerated by a
geological survey.
And in this connection we desire to
allude to the fact that Dr. Stephenson
the celebrated Geologist and Scientist,
has published a most valuable hand
book on the Geology and Mineralogy
of the State, showing its adaptation to
the pursuits of capitalists and manu
facturers. This work was written at
the request of a number of the mem
bers of the Legislature aud officers of
the State ; and at the suggestion of the
same he memorialized the Legislature
to subscribe for a few copies to be dis
tributed by the State at points likely
to benefit us, but the memorial was
rejected by the Senate.
We admire the determination of the
members to cut off all unnecessary ex
pense. but it may be that there is not
much economy in withholding a very
small expense, which would undoubt
edly bring such a rich harvest to the
people of the State, and so greatly en
hance the taxable value of our proper
ty-
We happen to know that Dr. Ste
phenson did not ask this as a favor
He and those who desired to spread
knowledge on this important subject,
believed it to be a matter of very small
expense, which will result in very
great benefit to the State, and there
fore, it is the duty of the Legislature
to adopt the measure.
There is a reciprocal duty and law,
existing between the people and the
Legislature ; and in such a matter as
a Geological survey of the State, and
the wide circulation of such knowl
edge as will develop our vast un
touched resources, and greatly increase
our wealth, the Legislature should not
be parsimonious. There is such a thing
as saving at the spigot and losing at
the spile.
The Geological survey of Pennsyl
vania has enhanced the value of her
real estate one thousand per cent; and
she is SSOO.OOO.OOO richer than she
was before it was made. Georgia with
four times as much wealth as Pennsyl
vania, now sells her coal, iron, silver,
aud diamond lands at from two dollars
to four dollars per acre, while Penn
sylvania sells her mineral lands, of
much less intrinsic value, at from $1,-
000 to $3,000 per acre.
California appropriated $120,000 for
a Geological survey, which has con-
+ riV«.>*../l immensely to the economies 1
working of her mines, and her rapid
development. This is an economical
expenditure to the State.
Austria, a thousand years old, has
but lately seen the vast importance of
such development, and she has now
a scientific corps, who have been en
gaged in the survey for several years
at an expense of $40,000 per annum ;
and that government thinks it is act
ing economically.
We venture the prediction that with-
in two years after the completion of a
thorough Geological survey of Geor
gia, her real estate will be enhanced
Five Hundred Millions of Dollars.
We hope the Legislature will duly
consider this matter, and do justice to
the tax-payers.—At. Sun.
President Grant is again at issue
with the Republicans of Tennessee in
regard to the proper persons to fill lo
cal offices. E. C. Camp was lately re
moved from the office of United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of
Tennessee, at the instance of Senator
Brownlow and Representatives May
nard and Butler ; but by some influ
ence or other he has induced the Pres
ident to reinstate him. Mr. Camp is
from Mount Vernon, Ohio. The peo
ple of Tennessee, when they refused
to elect Stokes Governor at Grant’s
dictation, offended the President’s
dignity, and he appears determined to
resent the slight by selecting his of
ficeholders for that State from other
communities. A man named Emory
was displaced from the office of Super
visor of Internal Revenue to make
way for Stokes after the latter’s defeat
in 1S69. Emory was from Massachu
setts. Now that Stokes has been
caught stealing, Grant has sent to
Massachusetts for .Emory, who has
gone back to Tennessee to take his
old place as Supervisor.
N, Y. Sun.
cultural Society, by Col. Frobel:
The President introduced to the
audience Col. B. W. Frobel, Superin
tendent of Public Works, who deliv
ered an able and instructive address
on the subject of the Atlantic and
Great Western Canal. The Address
showed deep study and searching in
vestigation, and his conclusions devel
op the gratifying fact that it is within
the power of Georgia to gather to her
self the immense Western trade that
will certainly flow through such a ca
na! as soon as it shall be opened.
He said the question of an uninter
rupted water communication between
the Mississippi and the Atlantic was
one that had engaged the attention of
the best minds in our country for the
past fifty years. The rapid increase
in population and production of the
Mississippi Valley makes the necessi
ty for such a communication so ur
gent that it has become a national
question, which the General Govern
ment could not longer avoid even if
it were disposed to do so. But the
government has long been fully alive
to its importance. Not a river or
mountain gap from Maine to Virginia
has been left unsurveyed by the gov
ernment in search of a route that
would afford cheap and uninterrupt
ed communication between the West
and the Atlantic ports.
The map of the United States
shows but two natural water outlets
—one by way of the St. Lawrence
river, and the other by way of the
From the Atlanta Sun.
ACCOUNT OF HENRY CI.EWS A Co.
The account which this firm, who;
are the agents and confederates of
Kimball, Bullock, Blodgett & Co., have
For tbe Federal Union.
I.ETTER FROM COf.QUITT COUNTY.
Moultrie, Ga., Not. 13, 1871.
Editors Federal Union:
Gentlemen—The past week our little town
presented against the State of Georgia ; [ )aa „hown some signs of life The Superior Court
is a fearf ul one, a bare inspection of j met on the 8th, and continued in session two day*.
is enough to make an honest j Hundieds of our citizens came to town to see
1 what was going on; but all went off “ merry as a
which
man sick at heart.
We have not time or space to de
vote to comments, but must content
ourselves, this morning, with present
ing a few facts.
His claim against the State amounts
to over $1,006,000. Among the items
are numerous drafts drawn by Bullock
for large sums of money, the proceeds
of some of which have come into the
State Treasury, but others are unac
counted for. There are large numbers
of charges for commissions, interest,
advertising, telegraphing, express
charges, &c., whose amounts swell up
enormously, and cause astonishment
at the impudence of the man who
can find the hardihood to present
them.
The charge for commissions alone is
$93,749 45, and for advertising $14,-
320. These commissions and advertis
ing charges are all for his efforts to sell
bonds which have been issued by Gov.
Bullock. The firm have a separate ac
count for transactions connected with
tbe old bonds of the State, redeeming
such as were due, paying interest, ex
penses, »fec., amounting in all to over
$300,000 ; and his transactions in con
nection with new bonds to over $700,
000.
We give a few items of charges for
advertising, in connection with the old
bond account, beginning December
6th, 1870. During the month of De
cember, he claims to have paid the
following : New York Herald, $68 80;
Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico.— n . „ . ^ • ,
There are serious objections to both of & A - Sacked, $227 50 ; Commercial
these. The termiuus of each is be- Advertiser, $272 oO , New York Sun,
Mr. A. Converse, the representative
from Lowndes, who was elected on
the Republican ticket, takes a stand
with the Democrats. He voted for
the resolution denouncing the letter of
Bullock as defamatory upon the peo
ple of Georgia.
Indianapolis, November 17.—The three negroes
w 0 mai *dere<i the Park family near Henryville, Indi-
"FJf’ ta * ten fronQ the jail at Charleston at 2
o c^ck tins morning by a mob of one hundred and fif-
from the towm U,8e and l " u * Ked from a true lia “ a niile
Attitude of Napoleon.—According
to the Journal de Paris, Napoleon III.
considers himself as still the legitimate
sovereign of France; consequently he
refuses to release from their oath of fi
delity the officers who have written to
him to ask whether they ought to place
themselves at the disposal of the pres
ent government. “Should a question
arise,” says he, “ between order and
anarchy, combat for the former ; but
you remain bound by your oath ; until
the moment that the country shall have
been directly consulted, I am the le
gitimate sovereign.”
Death of a Pioneer—The Colum
bus Sun records the death of Captain
Arnold Seale, at his residence in Ala
bama, near Columbus. He settled
among the Indians, spoke their lan
guage fluently, enjoyed their confi
dence, and was always a prominent
and useful citizen among the whites
who succeeded them. He was aged
76 years.
Arrival of the Grand Duke.—
The Russian Frigate Shetland, arrived
in New York on Sunday last, with ihe
Grand Duke Alexis aboard.
yond our borders, and consequently
beyond our control. The St. Law
rence route is very long, and is frozen
up for six months of the year, thus
compressing the work of twelve
months into six, and of course adding
fifty per cent, to the cost of transpor
tation. Besides this, every American
vessel that goes by that route passes
under the guns of a foreign nation at
Quebec. The route by the Mississip
pi river and Gulf involves the long,
tedious and dangerous passage around
the Florida capes. The shipper must
pay for instance $2 50 on every $100
worth of merchandise- The Bureau
of Statistics estimate that 25 percent,
of all the grain shipped over this
route is entirely lost by souring and
heating.
The proposed Atlantic and Great
Western Canal will be liable to none
of the difficulties and objections to the
other routes. In the first place the
cost of construction, we are assured,
will not be more than one-fourth that
of the Erie ; it will be open for navi
gation during the entire year, and
will be SS4 miles nearer to the sea.—
These are advantages that must de
mand serious attention.
It will connect the Tennessee river
at Guntersville with the Coosa at
Gadsden* The Coosa and Etowah
furnish good navigation for small
boats, at all seasons to a point fifteen
miles above Rome, Georgia. Thence
fKizx onnol vnna in o crui f h auQfnrn l ro C* -
tion until it strikes a point of perma
nent navigation on the Ocmulgee riv
er, at or below Macon. Thus by ac
tually cutting only 150 miles we can
get an outlet from the heart of the
great West through the entire length
of Georgia.
The following resolutions were un
animously adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of this
club be tendered to Colonel B. W.
Frobel, Superintendent of Public
Works, for his able address on the
Atlanticand Great Western Canal.
Resolved, That we recommend our
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress to use every effort to secure the
passage of the bill now pending giving
aid to this great national enterprise.
One of the Operations of the
“Ring.”—Governor Bullock, last
spring, employed a prominent firm of
builders in this city to construct an
addition to the Governor’s Mansion, to
be used as a kitchen, and to contain
the apparatus for heating the entire
building by steam. One or two gen
tlemen, prominently connected with
the big moneyed operations by which
the people of Georgia have been so
fearfully plundered, took an active
part in the building, giving orders for
it to be done, directing the construe
tion and promising to see it paid for.
There was no authority of law to
have this building§put up. It was al
leged to be necessary to prevent the
family from inhaling the odors of the
kitchen, and therefore the necessity
for its construction was very good.
This work has not been paid for.—
Bullock and his friends have often been
called upon to settle the bill, amount
ing to some $3,000, and reminded of
their solemn promises while the work
was going on to see that it was
promptly paid.
It was ouly the day before Bullock
left, in his flight to parts unknown,
that he was called upon by these con
tractors, who had long needed their
money. They were assured by Bul
lock most positively that they would
be paid without delay in a very few
days; and that he would see to it
himself. This promise was given by
him with the knowledge on his part
that it would not be performed, for he
was then having his carpet-bag pack
ed for his secret flight. That resigna
tion and slanderous address of his
were, no doubt, already written while
making these promises ; and he, no
doubt, knew that he would be many
miles away from this city when those
contractors would expect his promises
to be complied with.—Atlanta Sun.
marriage bell,’’ although several of them got a
little too much of the overjoyful." No riots oc
curred—a more peaceable, law abiding people
never lived than those same citizens. Colquitt
cannot boast of much wealth, or of tbe number of
her learned and talented men, but she can boast
ot hoi est, upright men—of men who do right, not
through fear of punishment, but from the pure
love of right.
The Grand Jury kept very buay looking into
the affairs for the two days—made a few special
presentments. Mostly those who had true bills
broug lit against them were of the colored persua*
sion, who cannot he taught that stealing is a dis
grace, except by being punished. The Grand
Jury scrutinized closely the books belonging to
the several officers. But 1 will let their general
presentments speak for them :
Georgia, Colquitt county.
The Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and aelected
for this term of the Court in closing their labors
beg leave to make the following general present
ments : We find the rosds iu b»d condition, ow
ing to the unnsual amount of rain that has fallen
this year.
We have examined by proper committee the
books of the Ordinary. Clerk and Treasurer. We
find those of the. Ordinary and Clerk well kept.—
The books of the Treasurer are up. but not, we
consider, well kept. We find a balance in Treas
ury of $97 50—outstanding orders $87 50
We find the Tax Collector behind for 1869 $34,
and for 1870 $98.
We find the Court House and Jail in good order.
We recommend his honor J. R. Alexander
as a suitable candidate for Governor of our State.
With full confidence from his faithful and impar
tial discharge of his duty as Judge he would ad
minister the State Government with honesty,
economy and with great benefit to the people if
elected to the position.
We hereby tender our thanks to our Judge tor
the ability with which he administered our laws ;
aud to Solicitor General W. B. Bennett for courte
sy to this body.
Also we caution liquor deal- rs to be more cau
tious, not to furnish or sell liquor to minors ; for it
is the opinion of this Grand Jury that to do so is
perjury.
J. B Norman, Foreman.
$300 ; Evening Express, S1S0 ; Even
ing Post, 110 25 ; Evening mail, $180;
New York World. 203.
In January, 1S71, New York Times
$177; Standard, $163 80; Evening
Post, S1S3 00 ; Daily Star, $14S 50.
In April, for advertising in New
York, Philadelphia and Boston, S3S0-
70.
In July following, irom the 18th to
the 2-5th, in various papers, $2,695 57;
and from that time to the end of the
month, $968.
In August last, the charges for ad
vertising were $S89 79, a single item
of which is publishing “Bullock’s let
ter,” $300.
In December last, the firm claims to
have paid the Continental Bank Note
Company $3,467 lor engraving State
bonds.
On the 4th January last, $547 85
are charged for “ foreign dispatches,”
and on the 24th March last lor “tele
grams,” $262 08, and on the 29th
May last lor “foreign telegrams,”
$208 32. On this same day (29th May)
he chargas “ expenses” on 717 bonds ot
$1000 each, sent to Europeat various
times, $1,792 50.
On the 1st Sptember last they charge
“expenses on bonds to Europe,” $2,-
332 60, and on the same day “ cabl
12. John Tipper,
13. J- I. J- Cooper,
14 A. J. Jones,
15. Daniel Goff,
16. Wm. Murphy,
17. W. W. Baker,
18. John W. Luke,
19. John M. Levingston,
20. Clark Watkins,
21. Joel Norman.
1. J. A. Tillman,
2. John Johnson,
3. J. S Norman,
4. Darling Creed,
5. Job Turner,
6. J. Barton,
7. H. W. Hancock,
S. J. W. Hires,
9. W. H. H. Nt.rraan,
10. J. J. Register,
11. J. H. Aligood,
Every citizen of the county, I think, entirely
concur in the nomination of hm honor J. R. Alex
ander as a suitable candidate for Governor ; and
all who are acquainted with him are fully aware
that be would make one among the best, if not
the very best Governor. Georgia ever had. We
hope that you will lay this before the public, and
call suitable attention to the same.
For fear we may trespass too far upon your time
and space, I will close this hasty letter.
J. I J. C.
should be secured, to bring into pl av
at the Presidential election the sanm
measures of intimidation that were ex
ercised in October, with such addition
al appliances for preventing a fair ex'
pression of the popular will at the
polls as his own rascality and his
advisers at Washington may 8 ugw egt
But it appears that there is Tikely
to be an obstacle in the way of exec/
ting this plot. A portion of the Le-r"
islature show signs of revolt against
the arbitrary rule of Davis, and o Q the
6th instant the lower House, by a vote
of 44 to 33, passed a resolution of cen
sure upon the Governor for his uncal|[
ed for action in proclaiming martial
law in Limestone and Freestone coun
ties. This begins to look as if a gen
eral election would be ordered this
year ; and if so, the despotic sway 0 f
Davis will suffer limitation. The
Governor holds his office f or f 0ur
years, but without the support of a
subservieut Legislature his power for
oppression would be greatly curtail
ed. Such a Legislature he is notlike-
ly to have if an election is now held.
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is the safest guide." To this guide the sick and
ailing naturally turn when casting about for th»
means of relief They inquire wlmt a medicine
baa done forotherg, before they adopt it themselves
Of all the remedies and preventives in use,
tetter’s Stomach Bitters meets the test most tri
umphantly, and hence its rmroense popularity and
vast sales. The sufferer from indigestion is snre
to find some one among his friends who has been
cured of that ailment by the famous vegetable
stomachic. The victim of fever and ague, liver
complaint, constipation, nervous prostration or
general debility, has only to make inquiry i n tie
neighborhood where he resides in order to discov
er what this standard restorative has effected iu
cases similar to his own. In the published testi-
mony to its merits he will find a volume of proofs
of its sanitary properties, which it is impossible
for his common sense to resist. Ho tries it, and
the effect it produces on his system adds another
to the host of witnesses iu its favor. Thus its
reputation, founded on tacts, nqt assertions, coo-
tinually grows and spreads. Charlatans and im
postors, some of them .* ere local tricksters, and
others who take a somewhat wider range, attempt
to thrust into the hands and down the throats of
invalids, their haphazard concoctions, as substi
tutes for the tonic which for so runny years has
been a medicinal staple throughout the United
States, Spanish America, Canada, auujthe West
Indies, bat only succeed to a very iimited extent.
In this reasoning age, the peop le, having ascer
tained what is really deserving of their confidence
decline “ running after strange gods." 14 j m
telegrams,” $417 4-5, making a total of! !
Chicago was Set on Fire.—A re
porter of the Chicago Journal has had
the following conversation with the
Mrs. Leary, in whose stable the fire
started :
Reporter—“Are you the lady of the
house ?”
Mrs. Leary—“ I am, sir.”
II.—Have you lived here long ?”
Mrs. L.—“Going on five years.”
R.—“Do you own this place ?”
Mrs. L.—“I do.”
R.—“ Did the fire start in your
Large Shipments.—One hundred
and twenty-one freight cars were ship
ped south over the Western and At
lantic Railroad, from Chattanooga, on
Friday last. Twenty-six of this num
ber were loaded with stock.
About two-thirds of the metal of
the Chicago court-house bell has been
cut off with cold chisels and converted
into relics by the venerating inhabi
tants of that city.
$2,750 0-5 on a batch of $933,000 of
State bonds sent to Europe.
Ail thie ie in atiJition to tho 0J01 mo
on account of State Road drafts and
notes ot Foster Blodgett, which we
laid before our readers a few days
ago.
There are numerous items of Express
charges—indicating that Clews & Co.
paid the Express Company for deliv
ering to them State bonds sent for re
demption, which if true is a fraud up
on the people of Georgia.
The debit items in this huge account
fill ten or twelve closely written pages,
while there are only two items on the
credit side of the account—both tor the
proceeds of the sale of State bonds. On
the 15th of February last credit is giv
en for the proceeds ot sale of 500 gold
bonds of $1000 each at 8 1-2, equal to
$437,500 ; and on the Stii of Septem
ber of 1,150 bonds of $1,000 each at
SG 1-2, equal to $994,750 ; in all $1,-
432,250 for the sale of $1,650,000 of
bonds.
There is something suspicious on the
face of this statement of bonds sold.
A gentleman of this city tried to sell
some of Bullock’s gold bonds in New
York last Spring, and could not get an
offer of more than fifty cents on the
dollar. Finally Mr. Clews gave him
eighty-five rather than allow them to
be thrust upon the market for just
what they would bring. We doubt if
Clews & Co. have made a dona fide sale
of a single bond ; lor it is believed
that the Bullock bonds have had next
to no negotiable value in New York,
It is particularly believed that no one
could be found on theSth of Septem
ber last who would have given 86 1-2
for the new bonds which Bullock and
Company have been trying so hard to
sell.
Louisiana Under the Rule of
Brother-in-Law Casey.—The equiv
ocal assemblages which from time to
time have taken place in the State
House Building, have not served to
give that place a reputation for res
pectability. To cap the climax, on
Saturday night last, the hall wherein
the House of Representatives hold its
sessions was given up to the prosti
tutes of the city, who, under the man
agership of the notorious Buffalo Bill,
indulged in an orgie, which, under the
name of a ball, was superintended by
the notorious Buffalo Bill. The feel
ing which the occurrence has created
in the community is not flattering to
those who have control of the State
House Building.
It issaid that the scenes which took
place during the orgie are indiscriba-
ble, and surpass by lar anything that
in olden times made the Louisiana and
Globe ball rooms so disgustingly noto
rious. The attendance was composed
in a large proportion of State and city
officials and members of the Legisla
ture. who made themselves conspicu
ous by their lavish expenditure of
money. The citizens of the neighbor
hood very naturally implore the in
tercession of the city authorities to
protect them from the invasion of
these low-lived people, and express the
Mrs. L.—“It did.”
Ii.—“What was in it ?”•
Mi a. L.—“Five cow*s, a horse, and
about two tons of hay in the loft.”
R.—“ Is your husband an express
man ?”
Mrs. L.—“ Indade, he is not. We all
knocked our living out of those five
blessed cows, and never had a cent
from the parish in all my life, and the
dirty Times had no business to say it,
bad cess to it.”
R.—“How about that kerosene lamp
story ?”
Mrs. L—“ There is not a word of
truth in the whole story. I always
milked my cows by daylight, and nev
er had a lamp of any kind or a candle
about the barn. It must have been
set afire. Two neighbors at the far
end of the alley saw a strange man
come up about 9 1-2 o’clock in the
evening. He asked them was the alley
straight through. They told him it
was, and he wefit through. It was not
five minutes till they saw the barn on
tire. Before we had time to get out
the horse or any one of the cows it was
ail gone, and fire was running in every
direction. The boys turned to and
saved the house. I hope to die if this
isn’t every word of it true. If you
was a priest I wouldn’t tell it any dif
ferent.”
All further questioning was useless.
The woman had nothing more or differ
ent to say upon the subject.
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The Texas Tyranny.—The situa
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esting. The Constitution of that
State explicity provides that Repre
sentatives to the Legislature and ten
Senators of the thirty composing that
body shall only hold office for two
years from the day of their election.
This election took place on the last
day of November and the first three
days of December, 1S69, and the term
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In July, 1S71, this Legislature pass
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annual session of the Legislature
should begiu on the second Tuesday
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first year of their official existence, and
in defiance of the Constitution, extend
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