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VOLUME XLil.]
MILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, J U N E 26, 1872.
NUMBER 48.
ght Jftticral Ittion,
^ DiTonciirn W'rvvi t
IN
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriff’s Sales, pel levy of ten lines, or less, $2 50
Mortgage ti la sales, per square,........ 5 Ull
Citaljons for Letters of Administration, 3 OU
>< “ Guardianship, 3 U0
Application for dismission from Administration, 3 OU
“ “ “ •* Guardianship, 3 00
“ “ leave to sell Laud, 5 00
for Homesteads, 1 76
Notice to Debtors aud L’redilors, 3 00
Sales ot Land, &.C., persquaie, 5 00
perishable property, 10 days, per square,.. 150
Eatray Notices, 30 day*, 3 00
foreclosure ol Mortgage, per sq-, each time, 100
Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75
legal advertisements.
Sales of Laud, &.C., by Administrators, Executors
er GuardiaiiB, are required bylaw to be held on the
first Tuesday intlie month, between the hours of It
in tne tyienoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court
/[.use iu the County in which the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga
lette 10 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices tor the aple of personal property must be
given in like inaniier 10 days previous to sale day.
" Notices to the debtois and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that applicatiou will be made to the Court ol
Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &c., must be publish
ed lor two months.
Citations for letters of Administration. Guardianship,
te., must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration monthly three montli3—for dismission
from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish
ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa
pers lor the full space of three months—for compell
ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where
bond lias been given by thedeceased, the full spaceof
three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unlessotlierwise ordered.
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d to leave their favors with this house.”
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RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE.
Arrival and Departure of Trains at Milledgeville.
MACON & AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
I> n y Trnin.
#wnTrain to Augusta arrives at Milledgev., 8.17 a m.
p Tic.u to Macon arrives at Milledgeville, 5 24 p.m
Night Train,
rrives from Augusta at 12:20 a m.
“ “ Macon at 12:15 a m.
EATONTON'& GORDON RAILROAD,
p Train to Eatonton arrives at Milledgev., 8.45 p. m
'ownTrain to Gordon arrives “ 2.35p.m
Post Office KTotice.
Milledgeville, Jan. 18, 1872.
From and after this dale mails will close as follows •
Maiis for Atlanta and Aucusta and points beyouri
iinguoith and east, arid close at 80’elock A- M.
Mails tor Macon. Southwestern Road, and points
eyond, going south-west, will close util’ M.
Mai s for Savannah aud Florida cl< se at 2:15 P M
Mails for Eatonton and Monticello closes at 8:45- P M.
Office hours from 7 A. M. until 6:30 P. M.
Office open on Sundays from 8 to 9 1-2 A. M.
Money Orders obtained from 7 A. M. until 5P.M
JO^IAS MABSI1ALL, P. M.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
The IVnj Certain Radical State House
Official* at Atlanta Handled the People'*
none, under Rullock and Conley Cast
Ye nr, (ISM.)
NUMBER 3.
Editor Constitutionalist: Having dis
jjjunur Having uia* 7 — o ——
posed of the Comptroller General’s of- that the members of the Legislature
il * l _i_ T : 11 _ r j. . din nnl - fninlr fnr a mniYi onf fhaf in
tice
the
in my last, I will now refer to
Church Directory.
BABTIST CHURCH.
Services 1st and 3d Sundays iu each month, at 11
•lock a m and 7 pm.
Sabbath School at9 I-2o’clock, a m. S N Bonghton,
pt Rev. D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service ou Sunday: 11 o’clock, am
d? pm. ,, ,
Sunday School 3 o’clock p m—W E Fiankland,
iperinlendeDt. . , .
Friends of the Sabbath School are invited to visit it
SSMiHsionary Society, monthly, 4th Sunday at 2 pm
Prayer meeting every Wednesday 7 o’clock p m-
} Rev A J JARRELL, Pastor.
STATE TREASURER’S OFFICE.
In looking over the payments under
head of Civil Establishment in the
Comptroller’s Report, I find that in
1871,
N. L. Angier, Treasurer, drew Lis annual
ea'ary, $2-000 00
Alton Angier, Clerk, drew his annual salary, 1,600 00
$3 600 On
In addition, I find the following ex
tras :
1871—January 24. Alton Angier, for inciden
tal expenses in the revision of the laws
of Georgia $500 00
December 16. N L. Angier, State Treasurer,
for overpayment of interest into Treas
ury, 7.415 26
7,915 26
Add N. L. and A. Angier’s salaries 3,600 00
$10.515 20
I know not under what law, or au
thority, Mr. Alton Angier drew the
above £700.
But having noticed in Prof. Orr’s
late communication to the public rel
ative to the educational fund, that
Treasurer Angier had been paid this
$7,415 20 out of the education fund,
I thought it rather strange, especially
as he was not a school teacher. Hav
ing inquired of an Atlanta man about
the matter, I learned the following to
be substantially the facts :
In 1S6S or 1S69, Dr. Angier, the
State Treasurer, having alaige amount
of public funds, including the educa
tional fund in the Treasury and in the
banks, and wishing to make something
out of the same for himself, loaned it
out to one or more of the banks in
Atlanta, at a certain rate of interest,
which he applied to his own use, col
lecting small amounts at a time. This
was in direct conflict with the SGtli
section of the Code, which reads as
follows :
“Sec. 86, paragraph 8. He (the
State Treasurer) shall not, under any
circumstances, use himself, or allow others
to use the funds of the State in bis
hands; and for every violation of this
section he is liable to the State for
the sum of five hundred dollars, as a
penalty, or forfeiture of salary, if said
forfeiture will pay the penalty incur
red.”
In the meantime, Bullock and
Treasurer Angier having become per-
sonal enemies, and having commenced
a personal warfare upon each other.
Bullock found out that A. had viola
ted this section of the Code about
forty times, and he had a prosecution
commenced against Angier in Fulton
Superior Com t. to enforce the $20,000
penalty. Angier, to make the best
tight he could, under the circum
stances, after being prosecuted, paid
into the State Treasury several hun
dred dollars that he had received as
ioterest on the educational, or public
funds; and paid himself or directed the
banks to pay all other interest accru
ing on this fund in the State Treasury,
as the State’s money, which it seems
was done.
Last December, however, the Dem
ocrats in the Legislature being large-
Cortley and claim said money as his
own, when not one cent of it ever be
longed to him, and contend that it was
an overpayment “by him into the State
Treasury,” and claim a refund of the
same, I cannot imagine. But to show
corporation or association. dentia! effects were conveying all the
Now I take it for granted tha , , ,, the cottag ’, w ° h en tb(!
with these provisions oi the constitu- 8tubborn J, ckM , . true t0 his Dature ,’
t.on staring them in the face, if he dden| J 0 „ ed and itive | y refused
members of the Legislature had he fllrth „ +,, e vi n/„ b ov»
remotest idea of letting Treasurer An
gier have this money upon the pre
text of “extra services,” they would
have appropriated it by law. Or, if
they intended to give it to him, they
wtnild have appropriated the money in
j it and passed this resolution (if it orig-
I inuted in the House) by a two-thirds
| vote.
! The Legislature not having done
any of these things, the “drawing of
the warrant by Conley” on the Treas
ury, for the amount of $7,416 20 in
favor of Angier, “the approving the
same by the Comptroller General,
Bell,” and the “paying” ol the same
by Treasurer Angier was such a bold,
open assault upon right, justice, and
did not think for a moment that in
voting for such a resolution, besides
relieving Treasurer Angier of the $20,-
000 “penalty” incurred, they gave or
intended to give him this $7,4A5 20, I
here present a resolution of both
blanches of the Legislature, approved
on the 20th January, 1872, which I
find on page 328, Acts 1871 and 1872 :
“Resolved by the Senate and House oj
Representatives, That the Joint Finance
Committee enquire by what authority
Benjamin Conley, the acting Govern
or, drew his warrant on the Treasu
rer in favor of N. L. Angier, for the
sum of $7,415 26, “over-payment of
interest,” and if said sum was justly
due said Angier; and that they report
to this General Assembly at as early a
day as is practicable. Said investiga
tion to be made after the re-assembling
of this General Assembly in July next,
and the report to be made at said ses
sion.”
But to show still further that the
Legislature merely intended to relieve
Treasurer Angier of the $20,000 “pen
alty,” about to be placed upon him,
and (hat they did not intend either to
vote it to him for “extra services,” or
give it to him, I will say, that, al
though neither Ben Conley, Madison
Bell, nor N L Angier seemed to know,
or care but little, if they did know, as
to the requirements of our State Con
stitution, the presumption is that
most, if not all, of the members of
the Legislature, having also sworn to
support the constitution, knew some
thing about its requiremei ts.
Article 3, section 3, paragraph 6, of
our State Constitution says : “ All
bills (not resolutions) for raising reve
nue or appropriating money shall orig
inate in the House of Representatives,
but the Senate may propose or concur
in amendments, as in other bills.”—
And section 6, paragraph 4 (same ar
ticle) says : “No money shall be drawn
from the Treasury except by law, &c.”
And section 0 (same article) para
graph 2, says : “No vote, resolution,
law or order, shall pass granting a do
nation or gratuity in favor of any per the presidential jackass
son except by the concurrence ol two- . . ^ bimse , f be(ore he had
thirds of each branch of the General ^ ? , ha|f an bour . Tbe
Assembly, nor by any vote to a section. man } lasi cl e of the Presi .
[Written for the Savannah Advertiser.]
“CLASP HANDS O'F.R THE BLOODY
CHA8.fi."
Vide—Horace Greeley’s Letter of Acceptance.
Clasp hands o’er the bloody chasm,
Tlie would-be President eries;
Unite the North and South once more
With friendship’s silken ties.
'Tit thus, says Horace Greeley,
On bis selfish ends intent,
To show your love for law and right,
Juat make me your President.
What odds that I dag the chnsm,
And filled it with Southern dead;
While the air grew gad with wailing,
And peace and happiness fled.
I gaid that the Southern traitors,
When back to their homes they went,
Should meet but woe and famine too ;
But make me your President.
I've covered your path wilb curses,)
I have been your life long foe;
I hailed with joy your wild despair
When the Southern flag fell low.
But rally round my old white hat,
My fame to you I have lent;
Clasp hands o’er the bloody chasm,
And make me your President.
Mike.
Correspondence of the New Y'ork Herald.
LONG BRANCH.
The President’* Arrivnl—Dog* and All.
Long Branch, June 13.—The arri
val of General Grant at his summer
quarters was not celebrated this
year by the slightest flourish. Ex-
Collector Murphy, who was so con
stant in his attention to the President
last year, was here on Monday, but
would Dot even afford the time to stay
one day more for the sake of welcom
ing his old chief. The President, with
quite a numerous escort, arrived by
rhe last express train from Philadel
phia on Tuesday afternoon, and the
only effect his advent produced was
to excite tbe curiosity of the villagers
while his horses and dogs were being
removed from the depot to the cot
tage beyond the West End. This
was rather an interesting scene. First,
the President and Family, accompa
nied by
THE dents and porters,
rode up Ocean Avenue in carriages,
and then followed a troop of horses,
jackasses, dogs, and the wagon train
carrying the servants and the luggage.
The head steward of the White House
had arrived the day before to put the
cottage in order. Owing to Grant’s
nomination for the Presidency he is
enabled to keep a larger stud than last
year. Then he brought only six
horses; now he has eleven, and a jack
ass besides.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING-
Irwintov, Ga., June loth, 1872.
At a meeting of the Democratic party
this day held at Irwinton, in Wilkinson -■- --- * - - .- ,
county for the purpose of sending delegates the Senate has ever drawn up 18 the
to the State Convention to assemble in At- * TnvMf ' M -
PRESBYTERIAN church.
Services eveiy Sabbath (except the 2d in each mo)
! 1 o’clock a in. and 7 pm- ■
Sabbath School at 9 1-2 a m. T T V\ tndsor. Supt.
Praver meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock, p m.
Rev C W LANE, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Without a Pastor at present.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock, a tn.
Dodges.
I. o. G. T.
Milledgeville Lodge No 115 meets in the Senate
bomber at the State House ou every Friday even-
g at 7 o’clock. C P CRAWFORD, W C T.
K P Lane, Sec’y.
Cold Water Templars meet at the State House eve-
f Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
MASONIC. , a , „.
Renevolent Lodge No 3 F A M, meets 1st and 3d
aturday nights of each month at Masonic Hail.
G D Case, Sec y. I. H- HOWARD, VV. M.
Temple Chapler meets the second and fourth Sat-
rday nights in each month. VVHTTF H P
G D Case, Sec’y. S G WHI1JS, a r-
Milledgeville Lodge of Perfection A/.& A.
• B ’ • meU ' 8 WlTE, T,. P,. G.-.M.*.
Geo. D.^Case, Exc Grand Sec’y.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
B * r < » njj
TACaraker; 4 Jacob Caraker; o J H JlcLumu,
i Henry Temples.
Clerk and 1 reasurer-Peter Fair
Marshal-J B Fair. Pqliceman-1 lnt.ie.
Deputy Marshal and Street Overseer-Peter Ferrell.
Sexton— F Beelaud
-City Surveyor—C T Bayne.
Citv Auctioneer—S J Kidd.
Viuauce Committee—T A Caraker,Temples. Mapp-
o « J Caraker, Trice, McCornb
T and « McCornb, J Caraker Trice,
f'emeterv “ Temples, Mapp, T A Caraker.
meets 1st and 3d Wednesday nights in each
mouth.
ly in the majority, and Bullock hav
ing run away, upon Treasurer Angier ; pruvision8 ^ our~State Constitu-
asking the members of the Legist- i i that j cannot account for it, only
ture to have the prosecution against ; the 8upposition , “whom the gods
him instituted by Bullock dismissed, , t0(je8t ^ y they first ma ke mad.”
&c; in consideration of Angier having ^ t jj ege remarks I leave Treasurer
fought Bullock manfully, (as any , er with the Legislature for the
Treasurer should have done, for it was get f lement of the matter .
his duty) and no doubt saved the State - Jefferson.
from serious loss, the Legislature
agreed to dismiss said prosecution and
relieve Treasurer Angier of the $20,-
000 “penalty incurred,” by the pas-
K. .. , 11 • ™t.;«n
The Fine Art of Smiling.—Why
do we not always smile when we meet
'• the eye of a fellow being! That i.
I find in pamphlet acta 1871 and , the true, intended recognition which
I ought to pass from soul to soul con-
“\Vhe?eas, It has not been custom- j stantly. . Little children in simple
ary to require the State Treasurer to communities do this involuntarily, un-
nav into ?he Treasury interest on de- consciously. The honest-hearted Ger-
nf Hip State funds I man peasant does it. It is nke magi-
lMS ‘‘Be it revived, That the Treasurer cal sunlight all through that simple
of the State shall not be held liable! land, the perpetual greeting on the
for any such interest; and | "S ht * n jf on he J® ‘’ h oTher
b i h te 8 s n ^t rsiw: WfiS
Trwisurer^involving such inte Jst,‘un-1» the fine art of smiling;” like .1! fine
derThe provisions If section SO, par- | art, perleetron of art, the simplest fol-
agraph 8, of Irwin’s Revised Code, | lowing ^Nature,
be discontinued, and that the Attorney
to go any further. The village boys
were gathered round enjoying the
sport, some of them doubling them
selves with laughter and holding their
bodies up by resting their hands on
their knees, while they shouted : “Oh !
what a jackass.” At last, while half a
dozen men were wrestling with the
obstinate beast, one of the urchins
more astute than the others, made a
great discovery, and announced it by
exclaiming: “Oh, it ain’t no jackass
at all ; it’s a jenny !” This produced
such yells of laughter as should have
made even a jackass or “jtnny”
blush. Until then the men having
the beast in charge had not taken her
sex in consideration, and they now re
solved to treat her with more gentle
ness. Accordingly a brawny Hiber
nian went up to her and said : “ Well,
if ye don’t choose to walk ye can just
as well ride,” and suiting the action to
the word he threw his arms around
the “jenny” and lifted her bodily into
the wagon, where she remained while
the horses drew her up Ocean avenue,
the people looking on admiringly as
she passed. The jackass was then
taken to General Porter’s house and
turned out to grass. As many of the
horses as could be accommodated at
the President’s own stubles were cared
for there, the rest being conveyed to
the stable attached to the President’s
Dew cottage on the opposite side of
the avenue. The dogs soon became
accustomed to their new houses, but
the big Newfoundland, when he goes
up to the cliff just above the Presi
dent’s house and looks out upon
the ocean, with its curling waves rat
tling up the beach, takes his tail be
tween his legs and runs for his kennel.
lanta on the 26th instant, James G. Ock
ington was called to tbe Chair, and G. M.
Carleton appointed Secretary. On motion
the Chair appointed a Committee of five
consisting of F. Chambers, R. J. Coch
ran. W. C. Adams, James Pittman and
M E. Boatright, to prepare and report
business for the action of the meeting.
The committee made the following re
port through their chairman. F. Chambers,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That in the approaching pol
itical contest, wc hold the great end and
paramount object to be the deliverance of
the nation from the oppressions of the pres
ent mercenary and despotic administration -
That we regard the Democratic party
as the means by and through which this
great work of redemption is to be achieved.
That, fully confiding in the wisdom and
patrotism of the National Convention to
assemule at Baltimore, we recognize in
that body the rightful authority to pre
scribe and direct the application of the
means employed to the end to be accom
plislied.
Resolved, that we take this occasion
to express our unqualified approbation of
the official course of our present State Ex
ecutive, James M. Smith, whose sterling
integrity, Roman firmness, and rare ad
ministrative ability so eminently qualify
him for the high position to which he has
been called by the voice of the people,
and whose bold and successful vindica
tion of civil authority against tbe lawless
encroachments of military power has earn«
ed for him the gratitude of all the lovers
of civil libertv throughout the land.
Resolved That the chairman of this
meeting be authorized to appoint an ex
ecutive committee for the county, to con
sist of one from each militia district.
Resolved, That J. G- Ockington, John
T. Lingo, J. J. Fountain, T. J. Jordan’
A. J. Miller and G. E. Carleton be, and
are heieby appointed as delegates to the
State Convention.
The Chair appointed as the executive
committee E. J. Coates, A. Pennington,
A. J. Miller, F. Chambers, Joshua Wal
ker, W. C. Adams, James Pittman, aud
W. M. Whitehurst.
On motion of R. J. Cochran, James
G. Ockington was added to the commit
tee, as chairman.
Adjourned sine die.
J. G. Ockington, Chairman.
G. E. Carleton. Secretary.
Taking Cold.—If a cold settles on
the outer covering of the lungs it be
comes pneumonia, iuflamatiou of the
ungs, or lung fever, which in many
cases carries the strongest man to his
grave within a week. If cold falls
upon the inner covering of the lungs
it is ‘pleurisy,’ with its knife-like pains
and its slow, very slow recoveries. If
a cold settles in the joints, there is
rheumatism with its agonies of pain,
and rheumatism of the heart, which
in an instant sometimes snaps the cords
of life with no friendly warning. It
is-ot the utmost practical importance,
then, in the wintry weather, to know
not so much how to cure a cold as to
avoid it. Colds always come from
some part of the whole of
complisbed by due care in warm cloth
ing and the avoidance of drafts and
undue exposure. While multitudes ol
colds come from cold feet, perhaps the
too quickly after becoming a littl
warmer than is natural from exercise
or work, or from confinement to a
warm apartment.— Wood's Household
Magazine.
EXTRAORDINARY BtfiOR*.
■In* Prr»id*nt Grant Trlrti *•
Arbitrator* t— £50,000 Vani»bedl Between
Wmbington nod Geuern.
The New York World ofyesterday
the Senate has ever drawn up is the gj VP8 conspicuously, space to the fol-
report of the Committee of Investiga- f owing .
letters received in this
From the New York Tribune.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE BEPOBT.
The most indecent document which
even the present servile majority in
tion and Retrenchment upon the af-
taifs of the New Custom House. To c j^ y f rQm persons of high official posi
say that it is grossly and shamelessly • ^ . London make a most extraor
partisan is to state no more than what
was to be expected. In the crisis of a
doubtful canvass it - would be rather
too much to expect fairness and hon
esty from Senators devoted to General
Grant. Yet every one surely expect
ed a certain affectation of impartiality
which might have saved a little digni
ty while sacrificing honesty. But this
report is naked and unabashed. It is
as stupidly and openly one-sided as
the New York Times. The person
who wrote it could not have been
more frankly false if he had been hired
to defend Leet and Stocking in a
Tombs court. It betrays in every
line the hand of that attorney of the
administration whose open advocacy
of the rogues he was sent to try so
often disgusted the spectators in the
committee room.
The report says that the people who
objected to Leet and Stocking and
their depredations were “enemies of
the President and the Republican par
ty.” It goes on in a strain of bar
room facetiousness to refer to the wide
notoriety of Leet and Stocking and
their accomplices, and accepts their
denials as outweighing all the charges
of the citizens who testified against
them. It insists that Leet owed all
his success to his shining merits; that
the President’s letter to Grinnell had
nothing to do with it.
New York objected to Leet and
Stocking, and is therefore called “a
great brawling city.” The committee
fear that iu the existing state of things
at Washington, any condemnation of
present-taking may not be kindly re
garded at the Executive Mansion, so
they take the question boldly in front,
and* approve the custom ! The lan
guage of the committee is so incredi
bly reckless that we give it as it
comes to us: “ The testimony shows
pretty clearly the practice would not
be condemned by good morals, if it
were not condemned by law; that
that the money is paid nut to se-
secure a violation of law, but as a
compensation for services rendered
in addition to the services required by
law.” Of course the committee find
no objection to the exaction of funds
from Custom House employes for po
litical purposes. It is even commend
ed as on a level with the pious offer
ings of church members for religious
enterprises! This will not be believ
ed unless we give the words of the
report:
“The committee can entertain no
doubt that in the experience of politi
cal parties, as in that of religious de
nominations, money is sometimes re
nominations, money mi.uei.mw.D- r ° hag d int0 disuse,
quired. There can be no doubt hat e most daneerons and in:
the members of the party, as well as
members of the Church, are often ask
ed to contribute to such needs. The
— I1UU| Uiooao “V ” “ —■ r 7
see no reason why those rascality and destroys the independence
who draw salaries may not as proper- of both Hcnses of Congress. A majority
. • , •» 1 1 Z _ . Con nf a nmim of O n 17
one cause
the body being colder than natural for ga iq c(jut
a time. If a man will keep his feet
warm always and never allow himself who draW _ ~ „
to be chilled, he will never take cold . be invitec [ to contribute as those in the Senate could at any time, uuder
in a lifetime, and this can only be ac- do not >» —fm-enan obiectionable meas-
The expulsion of members of the
Republican party from the Custom
House, because they did not belong to
lowing:
‘ Private
tion in London make a most extraor
dinary statement iu regard to the ori
gin of the marked distrust with which
both the English Government and
leading members of her Majesty’s op
position have received all the propo
sitions of our Administration relative
to the Alabama treaty. It is that
well-informed Englishman believe the
American Government to have under
taken secret negotiations with the ar
bitrators, or with some of them at Ge
neva. It is alleged that a large sum
of money (,£50,000 sterling is named)
was drawn from the Japanese indem
nity fund, or from some other secret
service resources, by the United States
Foreign Office, and that this money
was paid by a banking-house in London
to one of the agents of the United
States, who took it to Geneva and—
did not bring it back again.
“Since this story has reached us
from England it may be interesting to
observe that a similar story was cur
rent in the highest diplomatic circles
here more than a month ago. At a
dinner given about that time by a
public functionary something like a
scene arose out of this story. A Sena
tor, not very friendly to the Adminis
tration, asked a foreign envoy there
present whether he thought any of
the arbitrators men to be bought.
The foreign envoy replied with some
warmth that the Senator had forgot
ten to whom he was speaking, as one
of those arbitrators was a countryman
of the envoy himself. The story is
not a pleasant one, but it is idle to ig
nore it, as it is current in the most in
fluential quarters, and as the letters
alluded to positively attribute to it a
most injurious effect upon the negotia
tions for the explanation and protec
tion of the treaty at London.”
COBBUPT LEGISLATION.
The New York Herald, strongly admin
istration, thus positively comdemns the
recent infamous legislation of Oongi ess with
reference to the presidential election:
“There are two points to be considered
in connection with the action of tbe majori
ty : First, if General Grant could not be
re-elected without the aid of martial law
and bayonets in a third of the States of
the Union ha ought not to be elected at
all; second, if be can be elected without
such anti republican meaus, and if the law
thus pressed by the majority is not needed,
then their action in endeavoring to force it
through Congress in an illegitimate man
ner is seriouly damaging his prospects
and a piece of inexcusable political folly.
The system of “log-rolling,” by which
an improper or undesirable law has some
times been enacted through tacking it ou
to a Decessary and just law, and thus com
pelling the passage of the two or the de»
It
one of the most dangerous and infamous
resorts of corrupt legislation. It violates
the spirij, if not the letter of the constitu
tion, breaks down all protection against
-.theMurphy-Conkliugfaction.isjusti-
majonty arise from persons cooling off g ec j on the ' ’
(•Art n 11 i/»I: I xr aftor lippcminor a lif.f.le
COUNTY OFFICERS.
idee M. IL Bell. Ordinary—office in Masonic Hall.
L Fair, Clerk Sup’r Court, “ „
b p d ^nne r r n °Drp Sl .y"heriff, lives in the country.
Marshall HeVr Tax Returrs-at Post Office.
, N CiUUwhv, Tax Collector, office at ljis istore,
i Teinules County Tieasnrer, office at: Ins store.
ikHc (qislilnv Coronor, residence on VViikiuson st.
ohn^ Gentry ^Constable, residence on Wayne st, near
the Factory.
MEDICAL BOARD OF GEORGIA.
)r. G. D Cask Dean. Dr. 8, G WHIHE. Pre. dt
Regular meeting first Monday in December.
STATE LUNATIC ASTLUM.
Dr THOS F GREEN, Superintendent
M R Bell, Tr. & Steward.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
D 1? Sanford, Sec’y. JOHN JONES, Chief
Tlie M &. M Fire Co. meets al the Court jt 001 " 011
the first and third Tuesday nights in each month.
To be Pitied.—The man who is
ible to work and does not, is to be
pitied as well as despised. He knows
lothing of sweet sleep and pleasant
dreams. He is a miserable drone and
?at8 a substance he does not earn.
Judgment-—A man who has good
judgment has the same advantage over
nen of any other qualifications what
soever, as one that can see would have
over a blind man of ten times the
strength,
General is hereby instructed to dis
miss said suits. Approved
ber 8, 1S71.”
The preamble and first resolution ot
the above but recites a well known
fact, when it says that “it has not
been customary to require the Treas
urer to pay into the Treasury interest
on deposits of State funds,” and that
“he shall, or ought not to be held lia
ble for any such interest.” It has not
been “customary” to charge the Estate
Treasurer with interest on the deposit
of public funds, simply because the
above plain penal statutes prohibited
said officer from loaning out, or using
said funds in any other way, for his
own private gain.
Now, had Treasurer Angier retain
ed the interest In his own hands and
would not pay it over to the State,
and the prosecution commenced by
Bullock waR instituted to recover this
money from him, there might have
been some excuse, uuder this resolu
tion, for his not paying into the State
Treasury such interest on the deposits
he at the time of the passage of this
resolution had in his hands. But when
the prosecution was not to recover
any interest lrom Treasurer Angier,
(for all of it had been paid into tne
Treasury, after it accrued, except the
first lew hundred dollars alluded to.)
But the prosecution was merely insti
tuted, as all know, to enforce the penalty
of $20,000 incurred by him under the
86th section of the Code. And with
out any appropriation whatever, undei
this resolution, how could Treasurer
Angier have had tbe “face” to go to
Felon on the Finger.—Many per
sons are liable to extreme suffering
from felons on the finger. These afflic
tions not unfrequently occasion perma
nent crippling of the members affect
ed. The following simple prescrip
tion is recommended as a cure for the
distressing ailment: take common
rock salt, such as is used for salting
down pork or beef, dry it in an oven,
then pound it fine and mix it with
spirits of turpentine in equal parts;
put the muxtureon a rag and wrap it
around the parts affected, and as it
gets dry put on more; and in twenty-
tour hours we are cured—the felon
will be dead. It will do no harm to
try it.— Journal oj Agriculture.
Now and then one sees a face which
u.a- has kept its smile pure and undefiled.
Decern- It is a woman’s face usually ; often a
face which has traces of sorrow all
over it till the smile breaks. Such a
smile transfigures; such a smile, if the
artful did not know it, is the greatest
weapon a face can have. Sickness and
age cannot turn its edge; hospitality
and distrust cannot withstand its spell;
little children know it and smile back;
even dumb animals come closer and
look up for another.
If we were asked to sum up in one
simple rule what would most conduce
to beauty in the human face, we
would say, therefore : “ Never tamper
with your smile; never once, use it
for a purpose. Let it be on your face
like the reflection of the Bunlight on
the lake. Affectionate good-will to
a ly men must be the sunlight, and your
face is tbe lake. But unlike the sun
light, your good-will must be perpetu
al^ and your face must never be over-
A smile can be indicated by a
movement of muscles, so light that
neither instruments nor terms exist to
measure or state it; in fact, the sub
tlest smile is little more than an added
brightness to the eye and a tremulous
ness to the mouth. One second of
time is more than long enough for it;
but pternity does not outlast it!
In that wonderful wise and tender
and poetic book, the “ Layman’s bre
viary,” Leopold Scbefer says:
“A smilo snffires to smile death away;
And lore defends thee e’en lrom wrath divine.
Then let what may befall thee-sttllsmile on !
And how’er Death may rob thee -•till smile on.
Love never has to meet» bitter thing;
A Paradise blooms around bus wbo smiles.
Making People Happy.—A poeti
cal writer has said that some men
move through life as a band of music
moves down the street, flinging out
pleasure on every side through the air
to every one, far and near, that can
listen. Some men fill the air with
their strength and sweetness, as the
orchards in October days fill ihe air
with ripe fruit. Some women cling tu
their own houses like tbe honeysuckle
over the door; yet, like it, fill all the
region with the subtle fragrance of
their goodness. How great a bounty
and blessing is it to bold the royal
gifts of the soul that they shall ge
music to some, fragrance to others,
and life to all! It would be no un
worthy thing to live for, to make the
power which we have within us the
breath of other men’s joy ; to fill the
atmosphere which they must stand
in with a brightness which they can
not create ior themselves.
Tattling.—Never repeat a story
unless you are certain it is correct,
and not even then unless something is
to be gained, either of interest to your
self or for the good of the person con
cerned. Tattling is a mean and wick
ed practice, and he who indulges in it
grows more fond of it in proportion as
he is successful.
Life, according to the Arabic pro
verb, is composed of two parts: That
which is past, a dream; and that
which is to come, a wish.
Lighting Staeles.—The proper
lighting of stables is one of the most
important points in rural architecture.
Any animal going from such a dark
den as many a stable is, feels almost
blinded by the change, and suffers of
ten intense pain because of it. Re
peated sudden transitions from dark
ness to light are very bad for the eyes,
and animals are as readily injured
thereby as ourselves. Imperfect sight
in horses is frequently the cause ot an
unpleasant habit of shyirg.
Farmers Must Read and Study.—
The noole Henry Clay gave these sen
timents to the farmers of the World :
“ No man can be thoroughly an intel-
lisrent farmer who depends solely upon
his own practice, and neglects to avail
himself of the knowledge of others,
communicated orally or by the press.
It is my opinion that no farmer of ob
servation and thought can read a good
agricultural paper regularly without
deriving from it more benefits than
many times its cost, and wherever a
family is growing up around him, it
would be wisdom to subscribe for sev
eral.”
Iy Send 50 cts. and receive
Federal Union for four months.
the
Preserving Green Corn.—Boil the
corn (on the cob until it is thoroughly
scalded,) then cut from the cobs, and
dry on the earthen plates in the sun,
or a moderately heated oven. If well
dried and kept in a dry place, corn
prepared in this way will keep any
length of time, and boiled with beans
in the winter makes a very palatable
dish. Beans and peas may be preserv
j ed in tbe same manoer.
ground that some of the
men thus expelled have since joined
the liberal movement for reform ! We
hope our friends who still fondly im
agine that General Grant’s party is in
favor of civil service reform will not
omit to ponder this -passage. The
ruffianism to which Mr. Jayne and his
fiiends resorted to terrify timid im
porters into the payment of black
mail is thus referred to, in language
which shows that the Senatorial wit
is equal to the Senatorial morals :
“If they do not always uncover their
heads while investigating such alleged
frauds, as it is complained some of the
special agents of the Treasury do not,
it is better, probably, to tolerate even
that outrage upon good manners rath
er than allow the frauds to go unpun
ished.”
If any self-respect remained in the
body where Nye and Flanagan have
taken the seats of Webster and Cal
houn, the Senate would refuse to re
ceive a report equally intolerable for
its falsity aud puerile vulgarity.
Hoiv to Grow Strawberries.—In
spring I prepare the ground for a crop
of early potatoes, manuring it so as to
grow that old crop well. Work the
potatoes well, keeping them clear of
weeds. When the crop comes off I
give a light coating ot manure, plow
the ground deep, pick off weeds, etc.,
harrow and level it well. I then line
out the rows three feet apart, go to
the nursery bed with a flat box or bas
ket, lift tne plauts with a ball of earth,
and carry them to the ground prepar
ed for planting. A boy goes before
with a garden trowel, digs the holes
about four inches deep, sixteen inches
apart in the row, immediately before
the planter; he fills each hole with
water; the planter drops in the plant
Bnd covers the root with dry earth,
pressing lightly. By so doing, no
matter how hot and dryj the weather
may be, I never fail to have a full crop
the next season ; and that is as much
as you can have by spring planting. I
prefer potatoes as a crop, as the ground
is thereby well cleaned. I generally
plant all through the month ot August,
I set out ou an average, 3000 plants
every season. It is very tedious, but
it will pay. If I had not plants of
my own, 1 would purchase a few hun
dred in the spring, manure the ground
and work them well, picking off the
stems before they bloom. They will
have made good plants by August.—
Contributor to the Rural New Yorker.
such & policy force an objectionable meas
ure through the House «r Dlock the wheels
of the government, and a majority in the
Houbo could do the same in relation to
to the Senate. The Ku-klur law, which
has been fastened on to the sundry civil
appropriation bill is entirely foreign to the
subject of tbe original measure. The
President of the Senate, on the occasion
of the consideration of other bills, has rul
ed that no foreign matter can be consider
ed an amendment to the original question,
nad has been sustained by a majority of
the Senate. Both the presiding officer
and the Senators now stultify themselves
bv reserving their action in the instance
of tbe K.u klux law. They do worse
than that—they prove that to accomplish
a political purpose they are ready to vio
late their oaths, and do and act what they
know to be in violation of the spirit of the
constitution and the rules and practice of
their own body.”
Origin of Foolscap Paper.—The
term foolscap, to designate a eeitain kind
of paper, no doubt has puzzled many an
inquirer The origin is not only ami sing
but historical. Charles the I. of Eng
land, granted numerous monopolies for
the support of the Government. Among
others was the manufacture of paper.
The water-mark of the fiuest sort was the
royal arms of England. The consump
tion of this article was great, and large
fortunes were made by those who had
purchased the exclusive right to vend it.
This, among other monopolies, was set
iside by the Parliament that brought
"Charles I. to the scaffold; and, by way
of showing contempt for the Ring, they
ordered the royal arms to be taken from
the paper, and a fool, with his cap and
bells, to be substituted. It is now over
two hundred years since the fool’s cap was
taken from the paper, but still the paper
of the size of the Rump Parliament order
ed for their Journals, bears the name of
the water-mark placed there as an indig
nity to Charles.
A single county iu Califoroift hfts
150,000 arces of wheat.
Bitten by a Mad Dog.—C-ouisville,
June 17.—Twenty persons were bit
ten by a mad dog in the eastern end of
the city last nighte Great anxiety is
felt as to the result. Every attention
is being paid to them.
A Decision on thb Virginia Home
stead.—A special telegram to the
Lynchburg News states that the Su
preme Court of Appeals ol Virginia,
in session at Wytheville, on Thursday
unanimously decided the homestead
clause in the present Virginia consti
tution, so far as the same relates to
debts contracted prior to the adoption
of said constitution, in violation of the
Constitution of the United States, and
therefore void. The opinion of the
court was delivered by Judge Chris
tian, all the Judges concurring.
A desireto say^S 8 which no one
ever said, makes some people say
things which nobody ought to say.
Tbe site of Pittsburg was once sol<j
for a fiddle.