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THE FEDERAL UNION. Corner oj Hancock and Wilkinton Streets.) Wednesday Morning, February 14, 1872' rwci,* 8*n I St LIKEI.V TO HATS MIS HANDS Fl'Mi. There has long been a strong sus picion resting in the minds of many people that Gen. Grant, when he found that other means were likely to fail of re-electing him President, would plunge the country into a foreign war rather than fail. His object in doing this would be threefold. It would give an excuse for increasing the mili tary power of the country—of giving fat jobs and contracts to his iriends— of raisingand disbursing immense sums of money; all of which would help to strengthen the power of the adminis tration and oppress the people. This he believes would enable him to re elect himself. But in order to bring about all of these desired results the administration has been a little too anxious to pick up a war, and instead of one. we are now threatened with four or five at the same time. By means of defrauding and cheat ing the Indians, Gen. Parker and other Indian agents have involved us in an Indian war all along our southwestern frontier. Our Yankee smugglers are likely to involve us in a war with Spain. Gan. Grant and Mr. Fish have got up a difficulty with Russia on a point of etiquette; and our commission ers whilst pretending to settle our dif ficulties with Britain, have got them into such a snarl that no one can untie the knot, and it may have to be cut by the sword. Here we have the Indians scalping our defenseless settlers on the frontier; the Canadians and blue noses snub bing and insulting our fishermen on the North ; the Spaniards chasing and boarding our shipping in the West In dies ; the Russian bear growling and showing his teeth ; and John Bull paw ing and shaking his horns and ready to gore us in a moment if we don’t come to terms. But how can we come to terms? Have nor Senators Chandler and Sumner insulted and defied Johu Bull in the open Senate, and are they not part of administration ? It is true we might plead in mitiga tion that Sumner was crazy and Chand ler was drunk, and that they were not in earnest, and only wanted to make a little capital for the Radicals at the next election. But John Bull is a mat ter of fact old gentleman, and don’t relish any such jokes. It would not do for us to own up the truth, and ac knowledge that all of this bluster was just to help re-elect Gen. Grant Presi dent. This would probably prevent any war, but it would also derange and break up the Radical programme of electing a military dictator. Un der all of the circumstances we do not see how we are to get out of all of these quarrels in which the Radicals have involved the country without a fight, and if we get into a fight with four or five nations at once, it will be a serious business. Then will those valiant champions who have set the world at defiance have a chance to show their prowess. Then will Bill Nye and Zach Chandler, and Charles Sumner have a chance to make good their boasted patriotism. But will they do it; will they volunteer to shoulder the musket and march against those enemies they have defied, or will they come and fling their ill-gotten gains into the treasury they have plun dered ? Neither of them will be ready to make any sacrifice for their country when the hour of trial comes. Much sooner may we look for those who have been reviled and abused as rebels and traitors to come forward and offer their lives for their country. Much sooner should we look for Breckinridge and Joe Johnson and Beauregard to sacrifice themselves on the altar of their country, than any of those win dy, boasting heroes who are only va liant at a distance from danger, and love th«ir country only for what they can make out of her misfortunes. If by Radical blundering, or by their in tentions, the country is involved in a foreign war, we have no doubt the South will do her full share of the fighting. They will fight for the coun try, not for the Radical party. Wben Yankee insolence and pride Have angered all the world beside— When fear and want at once pervade, Can we refuse to give them aid, And not sustain through blood aud thunder These rascals gorged with Southern plunder. The New Supreme Court Judge. —Gov. Smith has appointed Wm. W. Montgomery, Esq., of Augusta, to a position on the Supreme Bench of the State, to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Warner’s promotion to the of fice of Chief Justice of that tribunal. Mr. M. is the law partner of Hon. HerscheL-V. Johnson, and will, if the latter’s disabilities are removed by July, give place at that time to him. At least that seems to be the generally received opinion.— Telegraph. GREAT JAIL DELIVEKV IN ATLAN TA. “ One by one the thieves are caught, Nine at a time they all escape." At any other place except Atlanta it would seem strange that nine crimi nals should escape from jail in open daylight through the front door, and HOW ABU THU illlGUI'V FAIiLKK. A year ago the name of II. I- Kim ball in Atlanta could stand against the world; now none are so low as to do liim reverence. People in Atlanta once almost worshipped Kimball; they used his name to conjure with ; without breaking the jail; but in At' j they believed that by calling upon him lanta they do things different from j they could get anything they asked other places. Jo Fry was in that jail, j for. He gave them their Opera House, their Fair grounds, their race track, their H. I. Kimball Hotel. In short he made Atlanta what it is. If that is any credit it is his, and now the un grateful people of Atlanta want to obliterate his name from their sight, and extinguish all recollections of him from their memories. In the Atlanta sun of the 8th instant, after reading the fact that the H. I. Kimball Hotel had been sold by the Sheriff for a little over SI5,000, we find these awful words: “ Now let those iron letters, ‘‘The H. I. Kimball House," which stand in bold relief upon the lintel of the main porch nf the building, be hewn off. Let that block of marble, high up in the wall of the State House, with large sculptured letters in relief—"Kim ball's Opei a House’’— be takeu out and the cavity fill ed up with bricks. Let ns wipe out the last vestige of the out-cropping vanity, egotism, asaumacy, and swelled-up importance of H. I. Kimball. He was bloated with a high estimate of his own greatness—a characteristic seldom exhibited by men who are truly great.” Mr. Andy McMctb, an old an much esteemed eitixen (ft Tnouiaa county, died on the 1th inet. and it was necessary for the peace and comfort of many of the elite of Atlanta that Jo should be got out and be sent out of the country. And why ? Be cause Jo had been Blodgett’s confiden tial Clerk and knew many of the se crets of Blodgett’s swindling opera tions, and it was feared that when Joe was brought up on the stand to testify in some of the cases now pending that he would tell too much—a great deal too much—and implicate some of the citizens of Atlanta who live in fine houses, supposed to have been built out of the earnings of the State Road. It was necessary then for the peace and comfort of those honorable citizens that Jo should get out of jail and go off, so that his testimony would not come out in Court against them. But how was this to be effected ? Just as regular as clock work. It seems the prisoners were locked up in cells, and a strong guard placed around the jail; whilst this was the case the prisoners could not escape, so when the jailor came to visit the jail in the morning he dismissed the watch and let the prisoners come ort from their cells into the hall. He then locked the front door and went across the street to his breakfast, leaving the prisoners in the hall. The jailor seemed to know what he was about, and so did the prisoners, for he had not been gone more than two minutes before the alarm was given “ the prisoners are escaping.” VVe think the prisoners should have waited a little longer for the sake of appearances, but they did not. They had a key to open the front door, and they opened it and went out. The most natural thing in the world, the jailor got back in time to see the last of the nine dodging round the corner. But Jo Fry had escaped, that was enough for the quiet of some of the good citizens of Atlanta. The police run after the escaped prisoners, but did not happen to get them. They search ed several of the obscure houses in At lanta for Jo Fry. This was very fool ish in the police; if they really wanted to find Fry they should have searched some of the fine houses. It was only those who lived in fine houses and had got rich on public plunder, that had any interest in concealing Fry. But we suspect the police knew what they were about. The Atlanta Sun seems to think that gold or silver foil had something to do in Fry’s escape. We think Fry is yet concealed about At lanta. Those who fear his testimony will be afraid to send him off for fear he will come back again. He has been sent off twice before, but soon came back again. Atlanta is the only place where Fry is of any consequence, and he likes to be where he is of some consequence ; but we don’t think his friends in Atlanta will ever permit him to testify against the State Road pris oners. It would be too dangerous to Atlanta for that to be allowed. GEORGIA AGKICI'LTIRE AND ITS ISPROTiniXT. A few days since, in that fine agri cultural paper “ The Plantation,” we noticed a letter from General Colquitt, Col. Yancey, and other distinguished private citizens, inviting the Rev. Charles W. Howard to visit on their behalf and of others who will contrib ute the small sum of twenty dollars each (simply to defray the expenses of the trip and a residence of a few months) England, with a view to col lect information by observation and otherwise, of the modes of the culture of the grains and grasses, and of hus bandry in general of that prosperous and toiling people. The cultivated intellect of Mr. How ard—his long and watchful experience in many of the diversified subjects which fall naturally within the duties and interests of tha farmer—his de votion to Georgia his native State, and his enthusiastic perseverance and in telligence in trying to advance all the great industrial activities which alone can give us a higher civilization, mark him as a gentleman not only highly but peculiarly qualified for the proposed mission. Georgia should be thoroughly de veloped, and toward doing this we should ascertain and use the improve ments of other quarters of the world. Let our people exert themselves, and prove as they could easily do, that with such a variety of climate, soil, productions, health, proximity to markets, facility in reaching them, and such astounding cheapness of lands, that there is no spot oil the globe where limited means, united with in dustry, can secure a more desirable home. Will not oar readers exeit them selves by contribution, at once, to carry out this agricultural movement. Now was there ever anything more cruel, more ungrateful than that the man who a little more than a year B. OKATZ BROWS. He speaks to the Liberal Republicans— The Grant Scheme Shown Up—“A Despotism in the Party a Despotism in the Sation" — Views on “Southern Outrages''—Democratic Alliance. ago was worshipped as the guardian angel of Atlanta, and his name held in UD jt_ e themselves with this new action At the meeting of the Liberal Re publican Convention of the 24th Jan uary, loud calls were made for Gover nor B. Gratz Brown, who finally rose in his seat and made a brief but poin ted speech, every word of which is as telling as true. We regret space does not permit us to reproduce entire these able utterances of the great Mis sourian ; but we append such extracts as show beyoud cavil where he stands to-day From them will be &een his views upon the our great questions that to-day absorb the attention of ev ery Southerner. Governor Brown speaks for no section and for no party; only for the country and for the cause of Right and Justice. But we prefer to let him speak for himself as follows: Let me say, Mr. President, that I am not often given to doubts or hesi tancy in political action ; but, sir. if doubts did crowd upon my mind now, and if any hesitancy operated within my breast, when I look abroad over this assembly and see here, there, and almost everywhere, remnants of the old guard of freedom, ready to-day to reverence, is now driven into exile, 1 0 f deliverance, I would have all my and it is now proposed to expunge his' doubts dissipated. [Cheers.] name from the houses which he built 1 * for that ungrateiul people. If the name of the Hotel is to be changed, we think it should bear the name which Mr- Toombs has given it. “ Our House," as it was built with the peo- Mr. President, the resolutions that have been presented to you embody very fully and very forcibly the out lines of those reforms which we labor to accomplish. They cover many branches of the control of the Govern- ple’s money. But the name of Kim-j meat. They embrace the civil ser- ball’s Opera House can never be chang ed. Everything about it is associated with Kimball and Bullock. “ You may bieak, you may shatter the vase if you wiil Hut the scent of the roses wiil hang round it still/* Another Clew to Bullock’s Fi nances.—It seems whilst Bullock was acting Governor he deposited money, both for himself and for the State, in the National Bank of Atlanta. Kim ball also had an account in the same Bank in that Bank $122,950 50 in favor of the State, but the cashier says Bullock, had overdrawn on his private account over $50,000, and Kimball had over drawn about $35,000. So the cashier charged Bullock’s private indebted ness to the State. Bullock wrote to Conley about this money deposited in the Bank and Conley drew a check for it, but the Bank refused to pay it. When Gov. Smith came luto office lie found correspondence between Bullock aud Conley on that subject, and imme- vice, the revenue, and all the workings of national machinery ; and they go further, sir, and strike at the very heart of that which must be the cen tral figure and point of attack in this great fight of the future ; that is, the centralization of the National Govern ment over all local freedom. It is there that you have got to confront your foe ; it is there that it is intrench ed ; it is there that it is surrounded with all the appliances of military support ; it is from that quarter that When Bullock went off he left >t ls disseminating ideas that are de moralizing the public thought of the country, and teaching it to rely, not upon the people, not upon their own local, State, or other associations for protection, but upon the simple be hest ®f a national central power and central authority. Day by day the firm foundations of your constitutional forms of govern ment are being insidiously sapped, un der one excuse or another : now to control elections, now to suppress an alleged disorder ; and thus under the guise of maintaining the liberties of some, there is being prepared that fa tal lethargy of local independence and Judge of the Supreme Court.— VVe learn that the Governor has ap pointed W. W. Montgomery of Au gusta to fill the place on the bench, made vacant by the appointment of Warner Chief Justice. Wa have no personal acquaintance with Mr. Mont gomery but learn from a townsman who is well acquainted with him that he it a gentleman of much legal learn iDg and firmness. It is understood that the appointment is only until the meeting of the Legislature. —— At a sale in Savannah on Tuesday last 50 shares of Savannah Bank and Trost Company stock brought par; 40 shares of Centra! Railroad stock at $107 per share; 20 shares of Southwestern at 90. Upwards of forty men have been dischared from employ of the Atlantic and Gulf Road since the first of the month, and the prospect is that still more will be thrown out of employment. early one hundred uien have been discharged trom the Central Railroad during the season. —Mi tot. ° diately had ail attachment against the j self-government which hut smooths the way for the slavery of all. The assumption and continued exercise by the General Government of powers largely self-asserted in time of war, never dreamed of heretpfore in timeof peace, the military marshaling of all its functions into the control of a sin gle will, and the fierce partisanship which accords to that will almost give an immunity from challenge, are sigus of the time too plain to he misunder stood—signs full of peril to the liber ties of the people- The prolongation of a despotic control over all those sec tions that had surrendered and ac quiesced in the settlements of the war, rather for political than patriotic ends; the refusal of such policies of amnes ty and general suffrage as would have restored peace and self-government; gave ominous shadowing to many of the friends of real freedom of what was contemplated. And the enor mous stretches of executive power no less thau its ruthless exercise, to mas ter other communities elsewhere, by the power of patronage, have not serv ed to lighten up the picture. Now, sir, for one, I am certainly free to say that I do not fear that the liberties of this nation, in the preseut instance and hour, will be wrested from them by the will of any individu al man, however powerful he may be; but I do fear that if this is permitted to go on, this demoralization of pub lic sentiment, this teaching of the peo ple to acquiesce in, and consent to in fractions of the national constitution in violation of the rights of communi ties ; this dominion of the national au thority of all election control through its hirelings of office and its party ma chinery, that you pave the way for a:i incipient despotism that may some day give you a bloody account of itself. Mr. President, I am no alarmist;— but when so many of those who have been the most steadfast friends of freedom in this nation express their grave apprehension at what is trans piring. is it not time that we sliouid engage in some serious effort to bring our government back to ttiose limita tions of powers which have, been found so essential to the safe ordering of any free society. And I may add another thought, which is this : that as a believer in individual liberty, in the right of free speech, in the value of the widest discussion of national politics, I cannot but feel additional misgivings in the practices of those who assume to conduct the national government in the name of freedom, yet evidence such dire and sinister in tolerance against all who may question the wisdom of their action. They who would erect a despotism within the party, will not be loth to erect a despotism within the nation, if only public thought can be once sufficient ly demoralized and subdued. And agian, [cheers], for one, I do not feel disposed to stand idly by and see this ostracism of the bravest and the strong est in the battles of the past, go for ward without any organized resis tance. Must we signify only acqui- esence, whilst so many, many of those who are held in honor, are thrust aside by the regime that controls at the seat of government. Have we not seen already the effect of this power in the natiou since the bank and all of the assets of the Bank placed in charge of the Sheriff to await the trial. Forney Thinks Grant’s Chances Gloomy.—The Tribune’s Washington correspondent under date of Tuesday writes as follows : Col. Forney, of Philadelphia, is in the city to-day on private business.— In conversation lie speaks very des- pondingly of Grant’s chances of re- nomination, and doubts very much if Philadelphia even will support him.— Other reports from other States are to the effect that Grant stock is declin ing everywhere, and all that is now necessary for his defeat is a concentra tion of the Independent Republicans on some strong honest man- Tlie Savannah News nf Friday, has this item : Last evening, while Dr Stone, the Deputy Collec tor of Customs for this port, was escorting the wife of Captain Colesberry ofthe Revenue entter Nausemond, to th< wharf wl eie the steamer Sau Antonio was lying on which vessel the lady was about to take passage for Brunswick, he fell into the river Mrs. Colesberrv, with great presmee of mind, reached over the edge of the w harf and the tide being high, succeeded in grasp ing Dr. Stone by the hand, at the same time giving the alarm, and attracting the attention ot Mr. Henry Max well, the engineerof the San Autonio, who promptly came to the rescue aud assisted in getting Dr. Stone out of the treacherous river. To the cool and intrepid conduct of the indy the rescued gentleman probably owes his life, aud her conduct deserves more than a passing notice. The schooner Olive, from Orient. Long Island, with a cargo of 210 tons of guano consigned to F. W. Sims & Co. of Savannah, went ashore oil the oyster bed be low Tybee, Thursday morning. The Telegraph and Messenger of the 8lh instant gays ground was broken on Wednesday for the new building* of the Mercer University. An in teresting ar d eloquent address was delivered by Hon. D. E Butlei, President of the Board of Trustees, after which the ceretneuies were gone through with, a few members of the Board of Trustees, the Faculty, and students of the Uni versity, taking part therein. After having waited go long, the public will be glad to learn that the work has now fairly beguu, and will be rapidly pushed to completion. The Warrenton Clipper learns from a private let ter that there is every probability that the compa ny with which ex Governor H. V. Johnson i* asso ciated, will recover their claims for cotton tax. Parti: s who have delayed handing in their claim* should give them in at once. Trnn*ramin|[ (he L'aniplexiae.—The trails' formations produced by Hagan's Magnolia Balm are quite as astonishing ns ary scene on the stage of a theatre. That famous beautifior, transmutes a sallow, peek)'looking complexion, into one in which the lilly and the rose vie for admiration, aud impart* tq a dry, harsh skin, the softness of perfect lovelinea*. Tan and freckles, which country air and sunlight are pretty sure to produce, in spite of parasols and sundowns, are completely obliterated by it; while it has a perfectly magical effect in banishing undue redness, blotches aud pimples from the skin When the lady who has used it to remedy her complexional detects looks in the mirror, she is equally astonished and gratified at the improvements in her appeal atice. Every blemish has disappeared: her neek, arms and bosom, now rival in whiteness the snowy collar which encircles her throat, her cheek mantles with a peach-like bloom, aud she is rdudy to invoke a blessing on the inventor of the article which has wrought such a delightful trans formation. If you desire rosy cheeks aud a complexion fair and free trom Pimples. Blotches and E'uptious, purify your blood by taking Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Disoovery. A Vast Never kefere Supplied. In the South where Liver Complaint and Bilious dis eases prevail to so great an extent there has long been felt the need of a medicine that would act specifically aud promptly on the Liver, restoring it to it* normal functions, and at the same time be safe from after ef fects, and yet so simple that it might be used by any one. It is now admitted by all that DR. TUTT’S VEGETABLE LIVER PILLS supplies this want. They are now prescribed by the moat eminent Phy sicians throughout the whole South. Augusta, November 8,1869. Dr-W.H. Tutt: Dear Sir—That you deserve the thanks af the pub lic for the introduction of your Vegetable Liver Pills, no one wbo has ever taken them will deny. I consid er them a blessing to suffering humanity. I have used them in my own case and in my family for some time with the greatest success. Their action is gentle but certain, producing no griping nor requiring any change of diet. That they will find their way to every part of the country, I have no doubt. I cordially com mend them to the afflicted. Yours, etc., W. C. HEWITT, Proprietor Globe Hotel. Dr Tull's Hair Dye in the Beni ia tee. advent of West Point to Washington City ? [Cheers.] Have we not re cognized how the military service has supplanted the civil service ? Have we n it seen the whole body of the civil list turned into a body of person al retainers? Have we not seen the Senate of the United States dominated by a single executive order ? Have we not seen the Mouse of Representa tives placed upon the pension list ?— [Loud cheers.] Have we not seen all parts in the machinery of the Govern ment so corrupted that the question is not with the people—whom will you choose but who is it permitted you to choose, and yet be called Republicans? Do we not remember the edict that went forth in the State of Missouri a little more than one year ago, direct from the White House, with the sig nificant remark, “Show this to Easton, Smith and Newcomb ?” [Loud cheering.] Have we not seen the leading representative of one great el ement of our population, and certainly of a great element of Republican strength—I allude to our German fel low-citizens, who have but a single representative in the Senate of the United States—have we not seen him when he presented his card at the door of the Executive office—and it might be presumed that one charged with so much responsibility had weighty mat ters to present—have it returned to him with him the words, “not in,” [cheers] whilst Chandler, Cameron, Sherman, Morton and Drake were flitting in and out the side doors like scene shifters in a theatre ? [Cheers ] It is not uecessary that I should go on with this long list of martyrdoms that have been perpetrated in the name of freedom by those who arro gate to themselves the right to repre sent and be the Republican party of this nation. But let me tell you, gen- glemen, that strong as the President is—(against whom personally it is the fashion to charge all this) and I am of those who believe him to be a strong, brave, and self-willed man—that there are stronger intellects behind him who have more potent influences than any that he wields ; and it is with those likewise that you will have to make your fight for the control ot this nation into other aud better courses. It is they who mould these policies ; and you will find that this issue that is to be joined is not to be a personal issue against a single individual, but it is to be fought squarely and to final con summation against the whole element that surrounds and sustains him. Mr. President, it is not my purpose to go into any general discussion of the various matters that have been presented by your resolutions; but there is one to which I feel that it is appropriate that I should allude here at this time. I refer to what is known as the suspension of the great writ of right; the habeas corpus, that guaran tees your liberty aud mine, at the beck and will of a single individual, on the plea that perhaps somewhere else somebody may commit a crime. Now, I say, that more unconstitution al and atrocious legislation, designed, as I have reason to apprehend, rather for partisan than for patriotic pur poses, was never perpetrated under this Government. (Cheers.] I d© not justify those wrongs that are gen erally committed under the name of Ku-Kiux. I think that all invasion of law should be put down. I think that peace aud order should be maintained in every community; but, sir, there are other aud better modes of sustain ing peace and order in such civil so ciety as ours; and the refusal to adopt them, and the swift resort to these harsh and dangerous expedients of sub jecting everything to military terror ism, is but another illustration of that shrouded danger that is brooding in our midst. And here the question may be fairly propounded—what con struction is to be placed upon tins fail ure, for six long years, to accomplish any reconciliation of the torn com munities of the 8outh with the general order and harmony of our self-regu lating republican system ? Those who are in entire antagonism to Republi caiiism, point to that fact, and allege tiiat there has been design, under the process of piilage and misrule, involv ing so much of bankruptcy, to force new disorders for the purpose of hav ing an excuse to maintain a partisan domination there. Whilst I may not concur in such belief, certainly as to the intent of a large majority of Re publican law-makers, yet I would call your thoughtful attention to the re sult of an elaborate inquiry recently made by a commission, under Congres sional authority, into the Ku-Klux outrages at the Ciouth. It is said that this commission which has recently passed through the South ern States investigating these grave charges, has come back burdened with volume after volume of evidence, thousands and thousands of pages set ting forth this wrong, that wrong and the other. Granting all fairness to that investigation,assuming the wrongs which they represent is true, I ask you, does it not establish to your sat isfaction, and that ot all sincere re flecting Republicans, that an adminis tration which came into power pro claiming peace, aud which for years has had all the appliances of this na- tion under its hand, and yet at the end of that time puts upon your table volumes of what it calls accumulated outrages, that that administration is not fit to be entrusted with power any longer ? [Cheers.] * * # One other word and I have done. Some of our friends seem to indulge in very great timidity about what is known as the Democratic party. I participate in no such apprehensions. It they shall deem it wise to sustain our action, I am tree, for one, to wel come them all to the work of regen eration. Let us have them with us. I shall be truly glad ot the co-opera tion of ail the antagonistic elements of this nation who oppose preseut abuses, aud are zealously iu favor of these reforms; .and I shall not be afraid that my orthodoxy will be im peached or tarnished by any such as sociation. [Cheers.] And I will add furthermore, sir, that if in that crown ing victory we shall be able to assure this nation that that great Democratic party, which has occupied such a con spicuous positiou in the anuals of our country, has come forward honestly and acquiesced in the settlement of the war, and has addressed itself to the great problems of the future, with a view of their solution, then I shall say that each and every man who as sists in bringing about that result will be entitled to the honor and gratitude of his country. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Aa ■■tmaliai Lsllsr front Ike Srbaal r»»- ■iui<Hr—The Law ia Regard la Pablic Schaals. From the Atlanta Constitution.] Permit me, through your columrs, tojgive briefly as possible, certain infor mation, first, to those interested in in Public Schools to be inaugurated for the year 1872, and second, to those who have rendered services, as school officers, the past year, and are still unpaid. 1. As to the schools for the present year. Under the amended school law, no school can be established in any county till the fall term of the Superi or Court for that county. The only school officers for the county, under the law, will be the County Board, to be composed of five free holders, and the County Commissioner, chosen by them either trom their own number, or from the citizens of the county. The Grand Jury, at the first session after the passage of the law, section 16th, is to choose this Board; and it is made the duty of the Board, section 19th, to “make an estimate of the amount necessary, in addition to what will be received trom the State, to carry on said schools for at least six months in the year, which estimate shall be placed before the Grand Jury at its next session, and said Grand Jury may, if they approve said estimate, au thorize the Ordinary or County Com missioner in such county to levy a county tax sufficient to raise the requir ed sum.” Thus it is clear no county tax can be levied till the fall term of the caurt, and section 30th provides that, “in case the Board of Education of any county shall fail to make the necessary provisions for continuing the schools in operation the length of time herein required, (six months, or, in the Case of ambulatory schools, three months—Com ) Such graded or high schools, and primary schools, as the case may be, shall not be entitled to any portion ot the school fund arising from the State tax during the next succeeding school year or subsequent school years until the establishment ot such school or schools, but such fund shall remain in the treasury of the State of Georgia.” This last quota tion seems to establish it as the policy of the law to pay over to no county her pro rato part of the State fund, till the constitutional authorities levy the necessary county tax. It is clear, then, that no schools can be establish ed till the second term of the court, and not then without the grand jury shall authorize the levy of the necessa ry county tax. I would, therefore, recommend teachers to open private schools upon their own terms for the first half of the year. 2* As to the compensation for ser vices rendered by teachers and others the past year. It will be seen from the copy of the law, which has been generally distributed among the school officers, that section 4 of the act, ap proved 20th January, 1872, authoriz es the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in favor of the State School Commissioner for the sum ot three hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of the funds then in the Treasury, appropriated by law, to the public school system, and if said fund is insufficient to pay the debt now due to the officers and teachers of public schools, section 5 provides that the amount shall be raised by a sale of bonds now in the Treasury ef the State under act of July 16, 1S70. It is impossible for me to tell when this money will be ready for distribution for several reasons. In the first place, there is great un certainty as to what is due the school fund, and it is impossible to ascertain, at present, what portion af this is now in the Treasury. 2. A proviso to the section in refer ence to the sale of bonds says that they shall not be sold at rates injuri ous to the credit of the State, to be left to the discretion of the Governor. 3. Another proviso requires the money to be distributed in the propor tion of the children of each county en titled to the privileges of the public schools, and there are thirty counties in the State that have not made full returns as to the number of children thus entitled. Just as soon as the necessary steps can be taken to realize the money in a manner which shall accord with the provisions of the law, it will be done, and the parties interest shall receive the proper official notice from this de partment. Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commissioner. Siakiag alwwly. Disease* (hat progress rapidly to a crisis are no the only one* to be dreaded. Canker or dry rot does not blast a tree aa suddenly as a stroke of lightning, but unless arrested it destroys it as cer. tain; aud in like manner chronic debility, although it does not kill with the swiftness of yellow fever, is as sure to snap theapriugs of life eventually as any acute disease, if not checked by invigorating medication. There is something inexpressibly touching in the spectacle of premature decay.— Lauguor, pallor, emaciation, depression of spirits, and a distaste for extrtion, are its ordiuary symp toms, and they should be promptly met by tonic treatment. The best iuvigorant aud exhilerant that c»u be administered in a case of this kind is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The stimulating principle of the preparation rouses the dormant energies of the system, and the strengthening and regulating properties give a permanent and health ful impulse to the vital forces thus brought into play. The failing appetite is reawakened, the process of digestion and assimilation are quicken- ed, ths quality of the blood is improved, the secre tions become more natural, and every organ that contributes to the nourishment of the body under goes salutary change. By these means the repair of the physical structure is effected and its health and vigor restored. In no class of disease has tbe beneficent operation of tbe Bitters been more marked and strikiug than in those characterised by general de. ility and nervous prostration. La dies affected with these ailments rind in this most wholesome of all tonics and correctives the safest and sorest means of relief- It is strong to restore and powerless to iujure. 8uch i* tbe uniform ths- timony of " clouds of witnesses." 28 Im SPECIAL NOTICES. Ion or* Troubled vitb a Bad Breath, i t noys your friends as well as yourself. You woods like to get rid of it, but scarcely know what mean te adopt We will tell you. Use the fragrant Soz ' dont—it will cleanse and beautify your teeth anS leave your bientb pure. **** Barnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts — Lemon, Vanilla, Ac. Charge your servants dealers and observe that they do not substituts • their stead any of the pernicious unpalatable *1° tracts with which the market is flooded. Burnett* Standard Flavoring Extracts are established .! the strongest, purest and the best. ** The Terrific Duel between Prussia and I'rsnce is over, but thousands of battles between r>* Walker’s Vinegar Bitters and Dyspep s ; s Liver Complaint are now going on in every 8tat in the Union. The issue of such contests i 8 D8V for one moment in doubt. The conflict mav ).*» longer in some cases than others, but the leidin* Vegetable tonic and alterative of the nineteenth century invariably triumphs. Q Ta Owners of Horses and Cattle.—Tibisa’ Derby Condition Powders arc warranted superisr to any others, or no piy for cure o< Distemper Worms. 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Have had long ex perience in the business, and guarantee satisfaction in every particular. Orders solicited. Address as above. A SURE CURE for this distressing complaint ii now made known in a Treatise (of 48 octavo pages) on Foreign and Native Herbal Preparations, publish ed by Hr. O. Phelps Brown. The prescription was discovered by him in such a providential manner that he cannot conscientiously refuse to make it known, as it has cured everybody who has used it for Fits, never having failrdin a single case. The ingredients may be obtained from any druggist. A copy sent free to all applicants by mail. Address Dr. O. PHELPS BROWN, 21 Grand St, Jersey City. N. J . The Greatest Discovery of tbe Age. £IAU FRAKTOAISB Du DOCTEUR LAURENT, of Paris, An infallible cure for all Imitations or ths Skis, as well as obstinate EacrTioas. This preparation is universally used among the higher classes in France aud England. 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