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GEORGIA JOURNALS MESSENGER, J. W. BI'KKE & CO., Proprietor*. ABBESB,l wllori . 8. HOSE, MACON, TUESDAY, FEB. 2, 1869 •I IIE NEXT BUSINESS IX ORDER. When the Legislature gets through with the Bullock-Angier matter, we suggest that it turn its attention to stopping some other leaks. There is too much money paid for legislating. It costs the people a great deal more than it comes to. Niue dollars a day is too high, these hard times. The members know it, t x). They may be sure the people do, if they don’t, and that they will have something to say about itat the next election. That amount is almost double what is paid in any other State in the Union —three times as much as is paid in New York We see no reason why the article should be worth three times as much in Georgia, as it is in New York. Atlanta may be a very expensive place to live in, hut certainly -not more so than Albany. Now, as to clerk hire: That costs entirely too much. There has never been a day since the Legislature met when work could have been found for twenty-live clerks, or the hall of them, in either House. We have been one of that honorable fraternity ourself, aud know what we are talking about. No doubt it is very praiseworthy aud clever, and all that, to give places to good fellows who worked hard for successful candi dates, but then it costs too much money. The people foot the bills, and they, very naturally, don’t care a continental about such services. They are only interested in getting their work done in the cheapest and most expeditious manner. With the pledges and promises of this or that official, they have nothing to do, except to protest against their pockets being tapped to make them good. Think of twenty five clerks in the House, and twenty live in the Senate, and costing $45,§52, when New York can only find work for nine! Gentlemen of the Legislature, the thing is monstrous, and you owe it to your con stituents to straightway rectify it. Don’t pitch into the clerks, though, without first mortifying your own flesh. Don’t make a tremendous smoke aud fuss about extravagance in other departments, and under its cover retain your present ex travagant per diem. The way to prove i your sincerity is to reduce your own pay first, and then set out on the retrench ment crusade. We tell you, the people will not., and ought not to stand it. It is a wrong to them, aud a shame to you, which you will, if you are actuated by right motives, be swift to correct. A CONSOLATION THAT WILL XOT FAIL. Geueral Cullen A. Battle, a very dull but ambitious politician, a soldier who won honorable renown in tbe late war lias wearied with waiting for official emoluments and political distinction, aud aligned himself with the miserable horde of vagrants aud adventurers who oppress Alabama, under the name ami style of the Republican Party. The Mobile Register devotes a long and scathing editorial to the conduct of Bice, McKiustry, White and Battle, the quartette who have re cently joiued the enemy. We much re gret that our space will not permit of the reproduction of the entire article, which is douo up in the best style of tbe accom plished editor of that sterling journal. Wo give tbe concluding paragraph, as follows: “In tbe presence of these examples of weakness aud defection we have one no ble consolation—leaders may run after false gods ol idolatry, lured by their power to give aud to promote; but they will not and cannot carry the people with them the people who feel the chains of oppress ion, but do not scent the odors of the vic tors’ llesll pots.” jon n Forojrtw ir, iJgnt, and has pointed out the cousolation that must come to alj in a moment of mortification, at the de fection of tried and trusted men. When Longstreet stepped from the head of the old corps that had made his name immor tal, into the ranks of Radicalism, not a man wavered on tlie line. Battle, Rice, McKiustry, White, and other sub lieuten ants, may abandon honored obscurity for shameful notoriety, but the rank and file of tlie men who won the triumphs of a revolution with their bayonets, aud have suffered all the consequences of its failure, will stand to the eud true to principle and people.— Columbus Sun. HILL 0\ IILOIMiKT. The Chronicle and Sentinel is authority for the following cruel joke upon Blod gett, recently perpetrated by Senator Joshua Hill: It seems that Blodgett had been giving reasons, uuder oath, to the Reconstruction Committee, why Georgia should be put back uuder military govern ment ; and, among other things, said that lie was forced to leave Augusta on the day of the municipal election, else he would have been murdered. Shortly after this, a prominent Radical Senator on this Com mittee met Senator Hill, and after relating to him Mr. Blodgett’s testimony, asked him, as a Georgian, and one acquainted with the state of feeliug in his State, if it was true. Mr. Hill replied, that “he bt lieved there was an ordinance iu force in Augusta which directed, that at a certain period of the year, all dogs found in the street without a muzzle, should be shot; that during those months, and only then, would Mr. Blodgett’s life'be iu danger in that city.” THK LATE MASSACRE l»\ NBW; ZEALAND CAWIU VLS. The New Zealand correspondent of the York Tribune says of the late mas sacre by caunibals, that the heads and limbs of the murdered victims were chop ped oIF, their bodies ripped up, while the tattooed savages eagerly drank the blood of the palpitating corpses, aud the burn ing of the women’s bodies finished the horrors of the drama. Thirty-four of the colonists aud large numbers of the natives were cruelly butchered. The savages who committed this butchery were prisoners taken during the late war, and sent to Chatham Island for confinement, but had managed to elude the vigilance of their keepers, and some months ago escaped. + ♦ » Correction.— The concluding para graph of Judge Waruer’s opinion dissen ting from the decision of his associates on the Supreme Bench with reference to the constitutionality of the Relief law, was so badly botched, yesterday, that we repro duce it to-day. The types made him say he was willing to “embalm himself in his own infamy,” when, in reality, his decla ration was just the reverse. The reader understood, of course, from our notice of the decision what his idea was, but we prefer to quote him exactly. His language in conclusion was as follows : In view of the obligations imposed upon me to support aud maintain the integrity of the Federal Constitution, which de clares that “no State shall pass any law impairing the obligations of contracts,” aud not entertaining the least doubt that the act of 1868, according to the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, is a palpable violation of that instrument, lam unwilling to embalm myself iu my own infamy upon the records of this court as a debauched Judicial officer, in bojdiug that act to be constitutional; therefore I dissent from the judgment of the court. —The proposed East river bridge will cost JSew York $30,000,000. | HOW TO RILL TUB CATERPILLAR FLY. We find in an exchange, without credit, a notice of a meeting recently held by tbe planters of Opeloasus, Louisiana, to hear reports of committees previously appoin ted and to concert further measures for the destruction of the caterpillar fly. The plan reported was, that fires should be made twice a week, on every Wednesday and Saturday, and oftener if practicable, by everybody aud everywhere. The fires are to be made small, so made as to create | as much blaze and as little heat as possi ble—on an elevated position, if practica ble, and at a distance of two hundred and fifty yards. Old shingles, branches, tal low aud cotton, and weeds were the com bustible material recommended. Tbe report also recommended, as the larvae of insects are found in the fields the grouud should be ploughed as early as practicable, so as to submit it to the frosts of winter, aud that corn and cotton stalks, and all vegetation capable of sheltering the larvse, should be burnt. Dr. Boagin delivered the address, in which lie said that plautersbad the policy of securing exemption from the ravages of the worm, in the simple fact that the fly produces the caterpillar—that the fly is at tracted by light, aud that fire destroys it. He recommended that the fire3 be mad j an amusement to the young folks, and that they should not be continued too late at night. Commencing at dark, they might be kept up until nine or ten o’clock. Also, that a person might usefully go about ou horseback with a lighted torch, to start the flies toward the fires. As long as the cotton lly does not appear in force, the fires should be lighted twice a week ; oth erwise, it would be well to light them every night. Failure will be almost cer tain, it was thought, if the fires were too large. In that case the flies will be started, but would fail to reach tbe fire on account of the surrounding btated air. A friend of Dr. Boagin’s, during tire prevalence of fevers last fall, lighted nu merous fires. He had planted cane aud tobacco. All sorts of insects were burnt, and at this date, although be has gathered one crop of tobacco, and the second is shoulder high, be has not seen a worm in it. Years ago, a Louisiana planter tried fires to destroy but he made his fires too large, attracted flies from all quarters, which foiled to reach the fires on accouutgf the heated air ; aud they took refugeju his field and genera ! ted caterpillars in untold aumbers, and his crop was most thoroughly dbstpoyed. The importaitce.of destroying the fly is thus calculated: One fly of to-day will be reproduc«4.by 250,000 on the 13th of Au gust; then by 125,000,000 on the 13th of September; then by 62,500,000,000 on the 13tii of October. It was believed by intelligent planters that the fly system * of destruction would succeed, and that tha^ originators of it would be regarded befoce long as the re generators of the fortunes of the South. MRS. LINCOLN ASKS FOR MORE. On Monday last the*President of tbe Senate laid before that body the following letter from Mrs. Lincoln. It may interest the curiouain such matters, to know that it “ was written upon note paper, with a heavy‘mourning border,” Oue must conclude from this pathetic appeal that the old clo’” speculation was a failure, as she declares her inability to “live in a style becoming'the widow of the Chief Magistrate of a great nation.” Plain people with old fashioned ideas are by no means certain that peddling old clothes, as she did in New Y T ork, was “ be coming in the widow of the Chief Magis trate of a great nation,” either: 'To the Honorable Vice-President of the United Slates : Sir:— l herewith most respectfully pre sent to tile honorable Senate of the United States, au application for a pension. lam a widow of a Presideut of tbe United States, whose life was sacrificed in his country's service. That sad calamity has very greatly impaired my health, aud by the advice of my physicians I have come over to Germany to try the mineral waters, and during the winter to go to Italy. But my financial means do not permit me to take advantage of the urgent advice giveu me, nor can I live in a style becoming the widow of the Chief Magistrate of a great nation, although I live as economically as I can. In consideration of the vreat ser vices my deeply lamented hu-baud has rendered to the United States, and of the fearful loss I have sustained by his un timely death —his martyrdom, 1 may say —1 respectfully submit to your honorable body this petition. Hoping that a yearly pension may be granted me, so that I may have less pecuniary care, I remain, Most respectfully, Mrs. A. Lincoln. Frankfort, Germany. The petition was referred to the Com mittee on Pensions. i’OLLAKD SWALLOWS THE “IRON CLAD.” VVe have had a good deal to say at one time and another concerning this some what notorious person and his claims, both as historiau aud friend to the South. Henceforth, however, he must be allowed to drop out of the range of notice by Southern journalists. The following state ment places him where he properly be longs, and renders auy effort to correct his statements as those of a man friendly to the Southern cause during the war, entirely unnecessary. It is from the Washington Republican, a Radical pa per: A few days ago Hon. C. H. Van Wyck, Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction, addressed a letter to Sec retary McCulloch, inquiring relative to the employment of E. A. Pollard in the New York Custom House. The Secre tary replied that Pollard had been ap pointed by Collector Smythe, and that the appointment had been endorsed by the Treasury Department. The Secretary also enclosed to Mr. Van Wyck a letter from Collector Smythe upon the subject. Mr. Smythe says that the appointment was made uuder the name of E. M. Pol lard, and adds that Pollard’s own impor tunities, and the fact that good recom mendations aud great influences were brought to bear, secured him the position. Pollard qualified according to law, aud by taking the iron clad oath. As soon as it was discovered who the appointee really was, he was dismissed from his position. Elopement in High Life—A Brook lyn Sensation.— The quiet neighbor hood of Plymouth Church aud Brooklyn Heights was thrown iuto excitement on Saturday by a genuine sensation—an elopement in high life. The principals are the wife of a cotton broker in Broad street, New York, and the son of a wealthy grain merchant of Chicago. The woman was a Baltimore belle, but made, as it ap pears, of bad metal. About eighteeu mouths ago she was wooed aud won, and was married at her father’s house. The couple boarded awhile in New York, but tiring of this kind of living they hired a house on Hicks street, Brooklyn,' where they res ded very comfortably and hap pily, visiting aud being vi-ited by friends from all quarters. Among the visitors was Mr. T , an intimate friend of the husband, who treated him as a brother. After repeated calls, Mr. T found his attachment to his friend’s wife and his love for her society growing warmer, and asth ; sequel shows, she geuerously reciprocated. The faithful husband doubted not his wife’s fidelity nor his frieud's integrity until he read the following note, left on his table, on Saturday afternoon : “Saturday Morning. l ‘Jiear Charlie: —I must to-day bid you good-bye forever. To-day I leave your house, never again to return. 1 cannot help it. For a long time I have loved Ja in my heart, aud I ku >w he loves me. When this reaches you I will be on my way across the sea. Your ouce loving Terese.” The husband at once made inquiries at several of the steamship offices, and ascer tained that his wifeand her paramour had sailed for Europe on the City of Antwerp. The wife took with her jewelry valued at SIO,OOO, aud a number of other valuables, and about $30,000 in money.—.A 7 . Y. &un. GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. fFrotn the Atlanta Intelligencer.] Thursday. Jan. 28, 1869. Senate. —The Senate met this morning pursuant to adjourumeut —Mr. Wooten presiding. Opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bowers. Journal of yesterday was read aud ap proved. Mr. Nuunally—To reconsider the ac tion of the Senate yesterday, relative to the bill of Mr. Penfield. He wished the time for the action on the bill changed. Withdrawn. Mr. Spe**r—That a seat on the floor be tendered Hon. Dr. Miller Passed. BILLS READ FIRST TIME. To fix fees of Notary Publics, aud for other purposes. To amend an act to change the time for holding Superior Courts iu Coweta Cir cuit. To authorize the Governor to make con tracts with certain railroads in this State, relative to convicts. To protect the lives of citizens of this State. To abolish the liens on certain judg ments. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Richardson—That seats be furnished reporters for nil papers. Adopted. Mr. McArthur —That a committee of three he appointed, consisting of one from the Senate aud two from the House, to inquire if the terms made by the Gov ernor with Messrs. Alexander, Grant & Cos., relative to the hiring of convicts, are being complied with, and if the convicts are being humanely cared for. Tabled. Mr. Candler —That a committee heap pointed composed of two members of the Senate and three members of the House, charged with the duty ofinquiring wheth er since the adjournment of the last ses sion of the General Assembly any original acts passed by the General Assembly have been taken from the office and care of the Secretary of State,and by whom taken,orby whose direction and what disposition was made of the said acts ; whether any money has been drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law, if so, bow the same was drawn, and the amouuts so drawn; whether any money has been drawn ou Executive warrants for which there was no authority of law, how much so drawn, aud for whose benefit drawn ; whether any amouuts have been drawn from the Treasury to pay salaried officers of the State for services reudered in their offices more tbau the salaries fixed by law, if so, the authority which the same was drawn, and in whose favor they were drawn. Whether any amouuts have been drawn from the Treasury uuder state ments of incidental expeuses, contingent expenses, extra service, stationery, aud if so, the authority for such drafts being made. Resolved, That thecoimnitteeappointed under the first resolution he directed to enter at once upon the duties specified, and in order to ensure a full, faithful, and satisfactory investigation of the same* the committee have power to send for persons aud papers, aud after such investigation report the same to the General Assembly. Mr. Candler—That this resolution be transmitted forthwith to the House. Passed. The President appointed Messrs. Can dler and Merrell the committee. BILL ON THIRD READING. Mr. Nunnally—To incorporate the Com mercial Banking Company of Griffin. Laid on the table for the present. BILL READ FIRST TIME. Mr. Smith, of the 7th—Authorizing county officers in this State to publish notices and-advertisements in the news paper or gazette haviug the largest circu lation, and published within sixty miles of their respective ortices ; and empower ing the several Ordinaries of this State to issue cost executions against all executors, administrators, trustees, and their seceri ties. BILLS ON THIRD READING. Mr. Graham—To change the time of holding the Courts of Appling, Ware, Clinch, Wayne, Coffee, and Echols. Passed. Mr. Wellborn—To amend au act to alter an act to regulate the fees of Solicitor General. Passed. Mr. Merrell—To incorporate the Mutual Aid Company of La Grange. Passed. Mr. McWhorter—To define the liabili ties of Sheriffs and other ministerial officers. Amended and passed. Mr. Richardson—To amend the laws relative to dower. Passed. HOUSE BILLS. Mr. Smith—To repeal the sixth section of the Atlanta Medical College. Passed. Joint resolution to authorize an appro priation for the education of maimed soldiers. Report agreed to. The Senate adjourned. House.—The House met pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a. m. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Crumley. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, having the floor at the hour of adjourumeut yesterday, con tinued his remarks in opposition to the resolution introduced by Mr. Price, which resolution referred to the investigation of lawlessness in certain counties, and ask ing the appointment of a special commit tee for that purpose. Mr. Price followed Mr. Scott, in de fence of his resolution, thinking that the matter should he referred to a special committee. The following is the resolution of Mr. Price : Whereas, Reports have been received to the effect that there exists in various localities in this State, and more especially in the counties of Taliaferro and Warren, bodies of lawless aud reckless men, roam ing over at night, visiting the houses of peaceable citizens, threatening tbe lives of both whites and blacks, searching cars for persons supposed to be obnoxious to them, thus disturbing the peace and tran quility of the community ; and whereas, there is power in the civil authority of the State sufficient, in the opinion of this General Assembly, to preserve order and protect individuals and property ; be it, therefore, Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives, that a committee of one from the Senate and two from the House be appointed to visit those sections where disorder is reported, or send for persons and papers if necessary aud investigate the facts iu relation to these reported disturb ances, and report to the Geueral Assembly what proceedings should be instituted to suppress tbe same, if in their judgment it should he deemed necessary, aud, further, Resolved, That should said committee find the reports of lawlessness to be true, they will report to this Geueral Assembly why the power invested iu the civil offi cers of those couuties have not been exer cised to suppress the same. Mr. Shumate spoke in favor of Mr. Price’9 resolution, and called the previous questiou, which was sustained. The resolution was again read, the yeas and nays were called for, aud the call sus tained —yeas 77, nays 55, So the resolu tion was adopted. On motion of Mr. Saussey, the rules were suspended to take up the Senate bill providing for the drawing of juries iu Chatham county. Mr. Sissiou, Chairman of the Committee on Printing; made a report, embracing a proposition from Mr. Cooper to print three thousand copies of the legislative proceedings for fifty cents per copy, and moved that Mr. Cooper’s proposition be accepted. The report was laid on the table. The committee appointed to investigate the claims of an Agent for Sharpe’s Rifle Manufacturing Company, made a report stating that Georgia was honorably bound to pay the claim and recommending the payment. Report taken up and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Shumate—A resolution advancing twenty-five hundred dollars to J. W. Burke, State Priuter for 1868. Rules sus pended and resolution adopted, and trans mitted to the Senate. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill providing for the election of jus tices of the peace and coustables iu this State. Passed aud transmitted to the Senate. A bill amending section 3761 of the Code of Georgia, also section 3814. Passed. A bill amending the garnishment law 7 of this State. Passed. A bill authorizing Clerks of the Supe rior Courts to bring up the unfinished business of the Inferior and County Courts. Passed. A bill to carry into effect an act appro priating money to the Slate Agricultural Society. Lost. Mr. Saussey gave notice that he would move the reconsideration of this bill iu the morniug. A bill requiring the Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad to charge uniform rates on freight and pas senger trains. Lost. A bill preventing stock trespassing on the lands or crops of others. Recommit ted to Committee on Judiciary. A bill preventing obstructions being placed in certain creeks in Wilcox and Pulaski counties. Passed. A bill repealing au act creating liens on steam saw mills for timber furnished. — Lost. A hill for the eucouragement of agricul ture iu this State, giving good credit to planters aud spevittc liens on their crops to merchants. Recommitted to the Com mittee ou Judiciary. A hill amending the charter of the Ma con & Western Railroad, increasing its capital stock to two million dollars. Passed and transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Barclay gave notice that he would move tlie reconsideration of the hill re ferring to liens on steam saw mills A bill changing the lines between the counties of Berrien and Irwin. Passed. A hill incorporating the Americus Man ufacturing Company, making the capital stock one million of dollars. Passed and transmitted to the Senate. A bill remitting the tax ofStewartcoun ty for 1869, for the purpose of building a jail. Tliis is a reconsidered bill. Laid on the table The rules were here suspended to take up a resolution from the Senate, appoint ing a joint committee to investigate ex penditures from the public Treasury since last session. Adopted. Mr. Anderson —A resolution making two sessions per day for the House after Monday next. Previous questiou called for aud sus tained. Rules were not suspended. Mr. Scott, of Floyd—A bill incorporat ing the Vann’s Valley Manufacturing Company, Ist reading; also, a bill incor porating the Etowah Canal and Water Works Company, Ist reading. A bill amending section 4,813 of the Code of Georgia, Ist reading. A bill to incorporate the town of Kings ton in the county of Bartow, Ist reading. Mr. Anderson —A resolution authorizing the Clerk to appoiot such sub-clerks as may he necessary. Rules suspended, and resolution adopted. House adjourned. Friday, January 29, 1869. Senate. —The Senate met this morning pursuant to adjournment, and wa'S opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Adams The Secretary read the journal of yes terday. Mr. Speer moved that the resolution of Mr. McArthur be reconsidered, aud amended the resolution —That a commit tee of oue from the Senate and two from the House, he appointed to inquire into the terms of the contract of the State with Messrs. Grant, Alexander & Cos., aud other parties, for the employment of peniten tiary convicts; whether the convicts are humanely treated, and the terms of the contract complied with. Reconsidered, and referred to the Com mittee on Penitentiary. A message yesterday from the House auuouuced that a hill had passed that body, to appoint a committee to visit sec tions where disorder is reported to prevail, and investigate the same, and report what proceedings should be instituted. Senate concurred. Mr. Huugerford was appointed from the Senate. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill changing the time of holding the Superior Court of Bryan Count.y Passed. To authorize agents aud attorneys at law to make oath to pleas in certain cases. Passed. To designate who are liable to road duty. Passed. To amend section 3,651 of Irwin’s Code. Lost. Also, to regulate fees of Clerks of Superior Courts in certain cases. Lost. Also, to fix fees of Ordinaries iu certain cases. Lost. Also, to fix fees of Sheriffs in certain cases. Lost. Also, in relation to take down evidences in certain cases, in phonography. Passed. To create the oflice of State Geologist, and define the duties of the same. Lost. To protect planters iu the sale of fer tilizers. Passed. To create the office of State Geologist and define the duties of the same; how elected, and salary. Laid ou the table. To punish parties for removing partner ship fences. Laid ou the table. Also, a hill changing the time of hold ing the Superior Courts of Clay. Passed. Also, a hill iucorporating the North Georgia Mining Company. Passed. The rules were here suspended to hear resolutions. To tender a seat on the floor of the Sen ate to Dr. Greene, of the Lunatic Asylum. Passed. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. To authorize the Ordinary of Stewart county to draw his warrant on the Treas ury of said county for fees due officers of courts —amended, provided they do not extend beyond June, 1865. Laid on the table for the present. A bill creating a State Geologist, defin ing his duties, and salary of the same, was taken from the table, aud referred to the Judiciary Committee. A RESOLUTION. That a seat on the floor Ue tendered Hon Joshua Hill. Passed. BILLS ON FIRST READING. To amend section 789 of the Code of Georgia. To amend an act relative to parties having claims agaiust the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. To amend section 889 of Irwin’s Code. To incorporate the Georgia Male and Female Life Insurance Company. To createa new county from Troupe and Harris, called Winsted. To amend the act incorporating the city of Grifiin, relative to voters. To change street in Dawsonville. RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Speer—That tbe Committee on the State of tlie Republic take into consider ation the extension of the right of suffrage to females in this State. Mr. Holcombe—That Mrs. Stowe be sent for to instruct the committee. Mr. Huugerford—An amendment that Horace Greeley be requested to come be fore the Committee on the State of the Republic, and address them on the sub ject of female suffrage. Mr. Brock thought the right of suffrage sufficiently extended now. He spoke in very complimentary terms of the women of the State; thought them abundantly intelligent to vote, and competent to act for the best interest of the State; yet lie thought the ladies did not desire it, nor had the time come to extend the right of suffrage to them. Discussed bv Messrs. Huugerford, Speer, Adkins and Brock. The resolution was lost. Mr. Nunnally—That the Ordinaries of the countiesof Spaulding, Jasper, Morgau aud Putnam be authorized to raise a cer tain tax. Mr. Bruton—That a committee of three be appointed to inquire aud report what sums of money have been paid by the Georgia National Bank for interest on the daily balances of the public money de posited therein, and if any has been paid, to whom a r 'd for whose account ; aud if none has beeu paid, whether any is to be, aud to whom, and for whose account. HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING. To make it penal to hunt with fires at night in Brooks and Randolph. Com mitted. To build a branch road from Kingston to Van Wert, to be the exclusive property of the State. Referred to the Committee on Internal Improvements. To define the duties of Notaries Public, Justices of the Peace, and for other pur poses. Referred to Judiciary Committee. To change the lime of holding courts in the Coweta Circuit Referred to Judiciary Committee. To authorize the Governor to make cer tain contracts with certain railroads, re lative to convicts in the penitentiary. J Referred to Committee on luternal Im provements. To protect the lives of citizens of this ; gtate. Referred to the Committee on the State of the Republic. To abolish lien judgments in this State, i Referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The Senate adjourned. House —The House met at 10 a. m. j Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Cloud. Journal read aud confirmed. Mr. Barclay moved to reconsider the bill 10-t yesterday, repealing an act crea ting liens on steam saw mills. Messrs. Barclay aud Hall, of Glynn, spoke for, and Messrs. Rawls and Phillips against a reconsideration. Previous ques tion called for and sustained, and mo ion to reconsider lost. Mr. Saussey moved to reconsider the bill appropriating money to the State Ag- I ricultural Society. Motion to reconsider prevailed. Mr. Benton moved to recousider the bill, lost yesterday, requiring the Superin tendent of the Western and Atlantic Rail road to charge uniform rates for freight and passenger trains, passengers riding on freight trains at their own risk. Pre vious questiou called for and sustained and the motion to reconsider lost. Mr. Flournoy—A resolution discharg ing at once all pages, guards, assistant door-keepers and assistant messengers, of the House. Mr. Bryant opposed the resolution, and thought the proper way to retrench a re duction of the per diem of members. Rules suspended, previous question call ed for and sustained, and the resolution adopted. Mr. Hall, of Glynn—A resolution ap pointing a committee of three to examiue whether it be safe for the Legislature to continue their sessions in the Operatic Capitol. Rules suspeuded and resolution adopted. On motion of Mr. Williams, of Morgan, a message from the Governor, embody ing the report of the State Lunatic Asylum was read. BILLS ON THIRD READING. A bill to incorporate the Desoto Manu facturing Company, making the capital stock two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. Fifth section stricken out aud the hill passed. A hill changing the time for holding the Superior Court iu theShoutheru Judicial Circuit, and providing for the drawing of juries for the same. Passed. A hill relieving from jury duty forty members of the Watchful Fire Company of Cuthhert. Passed aud transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Price —A resolution that the clerks, who were employed last session, be first sent before the committee appointed to investigate llieir qualifications for clerical duties. A hill authorizing the Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasurer, to the amount of $4,450 to pay for artificial limbs furnished to maimed soldiers. Passed. A hill changing section 1,045 of Irwin’s Code. Referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Mr. Raiuey—A resolution tendering thanks to tjiose railroads which have giveu free passage to members of the Leg islature. Rules suspeuded aud resolution adopted. A oill making it penal for owners of billiard tables aud ten pin alleys to allow minors to play. First reading. A bill for the regulations of the practice of Dentistry in this State. First reading. A bill exempting certain citizens of Americus from militia aud jury duty. Passed. A bill appropriating a fund of ten thou sand dollars for the burial of the Confeder ate dead. Mr. Hudson moved to strike out ten thousand dollars, and insert twenty-five hundred. Motion adopted. The yeas aud uays were called upon the motion to indefinitely postpone the bill— jeas 92; nays 19. So the motion to inde finitely postpone the hill prevailed. The Committee appointed to examine the Operatic Capitol reported that they re garded the building as perfectly safe. Re port taken up aud adopted. Mr. Hudson —A resolution requiring the Treasurer to pay to the University of Geor gia a sum of money for theeducation of in digent and maimed soldiers. Rules were notsuspeuded. The House adjourned. Saturday, January 30. Senate.—The Senate met at 10 o’clock. Tk<j Secretaiy read the journal of yester day. Mr. Burns moved to reconsider the re solution of yesterday relative to investi gating disorders in certain couuties. Passed. Mr. Giguilliat—To appoint a joint com mitteeof three from the Senate and five from the House to visit counties where disorders prevail, and report on the same and what proceedings had best be in stituted. The previous question being called, which was Mr. Gigniiliat’s amended re solution, it was passed. Messrs. Huugerford, McArthur and Wellborn were appointed on the commit tee from the Senate. RULES SUSPENDED. Mr. Speer—That the thanks of the Sen 7 ate be tendered to the Superintendents of various railroads for favors extended members,aud seats be provided for them on this floor. Passed. Mr. Wellborn —Whereas, dissatisfaction has been manifested by the Congress of the United states with the action of the Legislature of this State, at its first session in reference to the expulsion of colored members, and probably with reference to oilier questions, of which we are not fully apprised ; aud whereas, said Legislature acted iu good faith, believing that it was moving within the scope of the Constitu tion of the United States aud of this State; and whereas, said Legislature is exceed ingly desirous that the State of Georgia, w hose ajepieseu tali ves they are, should be fully rratored tothegreatcommonwealth of Stales uuder the Constitution of a common country, aud, above all else, to cordial and practical relations with the General Government iu all of its departments; aud whereas, they feel assured that the great mass of the people of Georgia share in this patriotic desire ; and whereas, they feel aud believe that motives have been attriouted to them by which they have never been actuated; therefore, in order that the Congress of the United States may he more fully informed as to the purity of purpose aud good faith of this General Assembly iu all that it has here tofore done iu reference to the vexed aud complicated questions with which it has had to deal, he it Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly, met, That a Committee of three he appointed, viz: Hon. J. E. Brown, J. R. Parrott and A. H. Stephens, authorized aud empow ered to proceed to Washington City, aud to represent to the Congress of the United States, the true State of affairs iu Georgia, aud to ascertain what solution of our un fortunate difficulties can he had which will he satisfactory to that body and com patible with our duty as sworn Senators and Representatives. Made special order of business for Wednesday, and 100 copies ordered to be printed. Bill to incorporate the Commercial Bank ing Company of Griffin. Passed. HOUSE BILL. To amend the charter of the Macou and Western Railroad Company, allowing an increase of capital. BILLS ON SECOND READING. To incornore the Georgia Male and Fe male Life Insurance Company. Referred to Judiciary Committee. To add an additional paragraph to sec tion 889 Revised Code. Referred to Judi ciary Committee. To amend section 789 of the Code. Re ferred tt> Committee on Finance. To change certain streets and alleys in the town of Dawson ville. Committed. To amend the act to enable parties hav ing claims against the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad to perfect service. Referred to Judiciary Committee. To amend act incorporating the city of Griffin. Referred to Judiciary Committee. To authorize Ordinaries of Spaulding, Jasper, Morgan and Butts counties to levy a tax to pay fifty per cent, of insolvent costs dhe officers of Court. Referred to Judiciary Committee. BILLS ON FIRST READING. To define the meaning of section 3,656 of the Code. To incorporate the town of Lumpkin. To change the line between Irwin and Wilcox. To defiue boundary lines between Quit man and Clay. To incorporate the town of Jonesboro. l’o authorize clerks of Superior Court to issue executions in Inferior County Courts when the clerks have failed to do so. To change the lines between Marion and Irwin. Misdemeanor to obstruct certain creeks in Pulaski. To incorporate Americus Manufacturing Company. Ta amend section 3761 Revised Code. To provide for Constables and Justices of the Peace throughout the State HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. To make it penal to hunt with fire by night in the counties of Brooks, Floyd, Randolph, and Thomas. Lost. To provide for holding the Superior Courts of Clarke and Baldwin counties, and for providing juries for the same. Passed. RULES SUSPENDED. Mr. Speer— Resolved, That a seat be tendered Hon. A. H Stepheus on this floor while in this city, and that the Presi dent inform him of the same. Paised. The (Senate adjourned. House.— Mr. (Scott, of Floyd, moved to reconsider so much of the journal of yes terday as relates to the indefinite post ponement of the bill appropriating funds for the burial of the Confederate dead. Motion to reconsider was lost. The call for the yeas and nays was sustained—yeas 29, nays 71. Mr. Harper, of Terrell—A resolution authorizing the Btate Treasurer to receive all outstanding Convention scripas money due. Rules suspended, and after con siderable discussion the resolution was lost. Mr. O’Neal—A resolution requiring the Messenger to employ some orphan boy as Page, at a salary of one dollar per day. i Rules suspended and resolution adopted. : Rules beiug suspended tbe following i bills were read the first time: A bill ameuding an act to organize a criminal court for each county in the j State. A bill authorizing certain persons in Montgomery County to remove obstruc tions from Gum Swamp in said county. A bill increasing the salaries of the Treasurer aud Auditor of the \V. & A. Railroad. A bill to remit the tax of Bartow county to build a jail. A bill to authorize Ordinaries to collect taxes from bondsmen. A bill amending section 86 of Irwin’s Code. The rules were suspended to take up a Senate billon the third reading, providing for the drawing of grand and petit juries in the Chatham Superior Court. Passed. A bill defining the liabilities of Sheriffs, and other ministerial officers. On motion of Mr. Price, the House took up the ameudmeut of the Senate to the House resolution, appointing a committee to visit Taliaferro and Warren counties aud report the condition thereof, aud con curred in tiie same. A bill providing for the drawing of grand and petit jurors. The bill was amended by the Judiciary Committee so as exclude negroes from sitting on ju ries, which amendment was agreed to. Mr. Bryant opposed the passage of the bill, because it excludes negroes (colored white folks) aud moved that it be re-com mitted to the Judiciary Committee. Re committed. Mr. Price—A resolution appointing a committee of three, com|>osed of A. H. Stephens, J. R. Parrott, and J. E. Brown, to proceed to Washington City to confer witn Congress concerning existing politi cal difficulties, with a view to the settle ment of the same. Resolution made tbe special business for Wednesday next. House adjourned. MATTERS AND THINGS AT ATLANTA. A friend of the editor of the Columbus Enquirer who has lately visited Atlanta, gives him some information about which little has been said in the Atlanta papers, but which the editor thinks should re ceive the attention of tbe people of Geor gia. Having called attention heretofore to the matter, we heartily agree with him, and therefore, most cordially give these statements such publicity as our circula tion affords. The editor says: Our friend iuforms us that from all that he has learned there has been a wasteful ness in the expenditures by the public au thorities at Atlanta, unparalleled in the history of the State. Commencing with the Executive administration, he learned that while Gov. Jenkins only had two Secretaries, Gov. Bullock has eight or ten, at about $l5O per mouth each; th»t though in 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864, (Con f derate times, loo,)the Clerks of ihe two Houses of the Legislature cost the people about $lB7 per day, or not exceediutt S2OO per day at farthest, the Clerk hire during the session that closed in October last was over SSOO per day—the Principal Clerk in the House and Secretary of the Senate having re ceived $2350 each for three months, and their Assistant" SIBBO each, the Journal izing Clerks $1640, the Reading Clerks $1355, and all other Clerks $9 per day ; Clerks who were elected to Committees that never met more than once or twice getting several hundred dollars; anti others elected Clerks of Committees several weeks after the Legislature met, getting full pay for all the season, or from the commencement of the session to its close, and this, too, in 'ace of the law which says that these Clerks shall only be paid for the days that they have actually served. Our informant further learned that, in addition to these things, the two Houses of the Legislature, before it adjourned in October, appointed a committee to ex amine the books of the State Road at At lanta, and that ten or twelve of the mem bers of this committee met at Atlanta and continued in sessioa long enough to draw from the State Treasury near $7,000 ; and lhat another committee, called the Re trenchment Committee, was by mistake or for some other cause called togetiier at Atlanta by its Chairman, and that the pay of this committee was between $2500 and S3OOO. Our informant further says that while the Opera House is finely finished and looks well, most of the members aud others, in private conversation,are cursing the two halls on account of the difficulty in hearing what is going on, either in the halls or in the galleries. The rooms will have to be re-modeled. Persons can better speak or be understood in the open air than in either hall. Our friend reports what all others re port, that there is no settled conviction as to what may be best to do with tbe negro eligibility question. He says that the At lanta people are trying to buy oft' the Mil- Jedgeviile people, as to the removal ques tion, by agreeing to go in for a high military school to be established at Mil ledgeviJle, with Gen. Joe Johnston at the head of it. Home of the Milledgeviile men have caught at this bait, but whether their advocacy of this measure is on ac count of their love for the Htate, or for Milledgeviile, or for themselves, some others of the Milledgeviile men, who think they see “a cat in the meal tub,” are at a Joss to determine. Our informant further says that it is thought that if Bullock carries his point and gets Congress to give him control of Georgia, by making him Provisional Governor, that he will make some of his lately appointed officers “walk the plank” —that some of the Penitentiary officers, who declined to back him up when called on to sign a certain memorial to Congress to reconstruct Georgia, will have to go. The last Legislature passed a resolution directing a map to be made for each of the officers in the State House, at a cost, it is supposed, of SIO,OOO to $20,000. This is considered bysome asa most extraordinary and useless expenditure, as these maps could have been obtained from Mr. Butts at Macon, for fifty dollars. Butts’ Map of Georgia has been made and printed, and is considered a very correct map of the State. No new counties have been made siuce it was issued, and iu the opinion of many, anew map of Georgia is no more needed than a fifth wheel to a wagon. But there seems now to be some difficulty to learn who is the proper person to make or revise ihe map. The resolution says the “Superintendent of Public Works,” shall revise the maps, etc. But there is no such officer known in the law. Col Frobel, who was no doubt appointed by Gov. Jenkins under sec. 73d of the Code to keep the Capital grounds and o'her State property at the seat of the government in order, assumed to be the Superinten dent of Public Works, and not long siuce employed several clerks, and is now working or commencing work on the map. But recently Gov. Bullock has ap pointed another, Mr. James H. Burns, Keeper of the Public Grounds at the Capi tol, or Atlanta (Query—What Capitol grounds has the S a'e at Atlanta?) and thereupon a resolution has been intro duced in the Legislature to inquire into the tenure by which Col. Frobei holds his office. And so we go. The State, in the opinion of our informant, would do ten thousand times more good, were she to give the Orphans’ Home in our city the money thus expended on this map and forthepiy of these Superintendents of Public Buildings at Atlanta. This is the first time we ever heard of a State Gov ernment going into the map-making busi ness. Heretofore individuals have antici pated the public wants iu this matter and supplied them at $-5 or $lO for each map. Georgia Legislature. —Among the noticeable features of the proceedings of our Legislature on Friday is the defeat of two bills which should have passed, viz : The bill to create the office of State Geo logist, and a bill appropriating money for the burial of the Confederate dead. The former was recommended of an enlight ened regard for the agricultural progress of the State, and the latter by considera tions of humanity. A majority of the Legislature seem stangers to both. [Savannah Republican , 31s/. We hardly endorse the severe language of our cotemporary, but we do think, and say frankly, that if the latter named bill was defeated on the score of economy, re trenchment, etc., the people whose sons and brothers are thus denied decent burial have a right to demand that the men who refuse it on such ground show their faith by other work. Let them reduce their pay and discharge a score or more of the idlers who hang around the Capitol doing nothing and drawing $9 per diem there for. Then, probably, they would be able to doju9tice to the dead. —ln a riot between negroes and white men on Friday, in Brooklyn, one white man was mortally wounded. DECISIONS OF THE SI PR KM K COURT. Delivered at Atlanta. Tuesday, January M, 1569. Woodward, plaintiff in error, vs. Gates, et al. Equity—From Meriwether Judg ment of the court below reversed and a new trial grant and, and the court below di rected to conform to the folio ; ing legal instructions on the trial : 1. In an action for waste a witness shall state facts, and while he may give ins opinion, accompanied by tiie facts upon which it is predicated, as to Lite number of acres from which tho timber has been cut, the value of the land before and after it was cut, tiie whole number of acres in the tract, the proportioned in timbered land, and the like, it error in the court to permit him to give in evidence hi 9 opinion that the estate of the remainder man has been damaged a certain amount by the acts of the defeudaut. It is the province of the jury to draw, from the facts stated, their own conclusion as to the amount of damage, if any, sustained by tbe plaintiff. 2 If a complainaut in a bill in equity intends to waive the answer of the defend ant uuder oath, he must so state distinctly, she statement that he is able to prove the allegations in his bill, without the answer of the defeudaut, is not a compliance with the Code. 3. If complainant waives an answer un der oath, the answer filed is not evidence. Jt may be used, however, as an ad missiou of record, and complaiuaut is not bound to prove any fact admitted. But when so used, the admissiou must be taken toge her witli any qualification or explanation ac companying it. 4. she Statute of Gloucester was not of force in Georgia prior to the adoption of the Code, aud it was error in tiie court to iustruct the jury that they might find a forfeiture of the life estate upon evidence of acts, most, if not all, of which were ; done prior to that date. Tiie evideuee upou which the forfeiture was claimed should tiave been confined to acts of Waste since the Ist January, 1863. 5. The stringent rules of the English law relative to waste were not applicable to our couditiou, aud were not embraced in our adopting statute. It is notalways waste in this State for a tenant for life to cut growing timber, or clear lands. Regard must be had to the condition of the prem ises; aud the proper question for tiie jury to decide, uuder the instruction of the court, will be—did good husbandry require the felling of trees, aud were the acts such as a judicious, prudent owner of the in heritance would have committed ? Campbell, plaintiff in error, vs. Miller— Equity from Heury.—Judgment reversed, on tbe ground that the court erred in various rulings on the trial; and tliata new tria! be granted under tbe following in structions : 1. The marriage settlement in this ease was a contract between tiie parties, intend ing marriage and tiie trustee, which vested a life estate in I lie $2,000 of notes, in Mrs. Miller, with remainder in her children, who are named after her death. 2. A trustee in possession of tiie trust property is only bound to ordinary dili gence in its preservation and protection. 3. If the trust property consist of prom issory notes, the trustee may receive pay ment of tiie notes when due, in such cur rency as a prudent man would receive for debts due him under similar circum stances. 4. A trustee, who in good faith, receiv ed Confederate Treasury notes in payment of a note held in trust, under tiie act of 18th of April, 1863, acted under color of law, and is protected by the act of 1866, and tiie ordinances of the Conventions of 1865 aud 1868, and if he invested said treasury notes without proper authority or lost them by negligence, he will only be liable for their value when received, allowing him a reasonable time to rein vest. 5. A trustee who held a promissory note in trust prior to the adoption of tiie Code, 7sl January, 1863, if he acted in good faith, had a right to receive payment in the currency generally received by prudent men in the transaction of their own busi ness, and to reiuvest such currency in the note of a person who was then entirely solvent, and if by the results cf the war the maker proved insolvent, the trustee is not liable for the loss. 6. A trustee who received payment of a note held in trust in the then currency, before the adoption of the Code, and after its adoption, invested it, other than in the stocks, bonds or other securities issued by the Htate, or other securities authoriz ed by law, and without an order of Court, did so at his own risk, aud is liable for the value of tire currency received by him, to he estimated at tlite time when it should I have beeu reinvested ; allowing him a reasonable time after its receipt to obtain the order and reiuvest the lund. 7. If the trustee ebaugesthe investment | with the consent of the ccslue que trust who is of legal age, he is not liable for any loss growing out of such new invest ment. • j 8. The Court erred in refusing to allow j the trustee to prove that any investment made by him, or auyelmngeof the invest merit prior to Ist January, 1863, was a j prudent investment. 9. Counsel having asked tiie Court to give his charge to the jury it writing it was his duty to do so, and he should have read it to the jury as written without any additions or verbal explan •tious. 10. Jf counsel in writing, request the Court to give certain charges to the jury, such written request must be upon a point applicable to the facts in the case, aud must not assume that to have been proven which is not in proof, and must as written out by counsel be correct law. or the Court is not bound to notice it. Jf, however, tiie Court thinks proper to give tiie point in charge with modifications he may do so, and such modifications need not be in writing, but the whole taken together as given by tiie Court, must be correct. Battle vs. Battle—Rule against .Sheriff from Warren.—Judgment affirmed. Kimbrough vs. Worrill—Complaint from Sumter.—Judgment reversed, on the ground that the Court erred in holding that the c insideration of tiie debt sued on was a slave fIV slaves. Russell, plaintiff in error, vs. Slaton— Equity from Fayette—Judgment affirmed. Harper & Ammons vs. Lemon, Execu tor, &c. —Complaint from Fayette.—Judg ment reversed on the ground that the Court erred in holding that his charge to the jury was incorrect, as to the extent of the authority, granted by the permission to let the daughter have whatever she wanted. McKibbon v-. Folds—Dower from Butts. Judgment reversed on theground that the court erred in charging the jury that they ought not to consider the value of the im provements on the dower laud, outside of the dwelling, and itscurtiiage, unless they were of considerable value, such as a two story house, etc. Dunnegan vs. Dunnegan, et al.—As sumpsit from Hal*.—Judgment aflirmed. Wallace, Superintendent, etc., plaintiff in error, vs. Cannon—Case from Fulton. Judgment reversed on theground that the court below erred in not allowing the de fendant to prove the agreement between the counsel of the parties iu relation tothe certiorari of the case from the County- Court, as set forth in the record. Henderson, plaintiff in error, vs. Mer rett—Debt, from Henry.—Judgment re versed on theground that the court below erred in its charge to the jury in view of the facts contained in the record in rela tion to the illegal acts of the parties. It being the opinion, and tire judgment of this court, that the court below should have charged the jury, that if they be lieved from the evidence that at the time Cannon was killed by the collision of the railroad trains, that the railroad company and the employes of that company, (in cluding Cannon as well as the other em ployes whose negligence caused the inju ry), were voluntarily engaged in the trans portation of Confederate soldiers over the road for the purpose of making war upon theGovernmentoftheUnited (States, then the plaintiff is not entitled to recover. Kaufman, plaintiff in error, vs. Myers and Marcus—Distress warrant from the City Court of Augusta. Judgment af firmed. Cutts and Johnson and Stewart, plain tiffs in error, vs. Hardee. Judgment re versed, on theground that the Court erred in sustaining the demurrer and striking out the plea. This judgement sustained the constitu tionality of the relief law passed by the Legislature at its last session. From the opinion of the Court in this ease Judge warner dissents. The last case from the Western Circuit was reached and partly argued this even ing. Messrs. Henry W. Cowles, Jasper N. Dorsey, and Charles E. Broyles, Solicitor General Cherokee Circuit, were this dav admitted to the bar of this Court. —Four negroes and a white man, charged with the crime of stealing the' body of a Col. Williams, from a tomb about four miles from Kinston, X. C., were taken from the jail of that place, Jast week, and hung. THE WEEKLY P RKIM , We fear very few people app rec - . county papers as they deserve m '• in many cases they do not, or the* would do better-would be more ! Ing, and therefore better able t<, , Uf ' scribers their money’s worth 14 them, however, are cruel caric^ l ,!' 1 " the very name. They are paper hardly fit for a wrapp«. r J that only mdn strength or e r ,. f: * luck can force into rep-ating p 3 l * on the paper, and with inku ,’ ~ stitueut parts seem to be of except what enters into the C os V of the real article. It i s a , . fact, too, that those sinning giously in these respects are ;! their complaints of hard time, . of public spirit on the p .rtof m ' of their county, and mosttocif constant in their dissertati importance of a generous patron*^ country press. It is rapidly ' mark of a paper’s just deserts • lo *‘ slant bagging and whining , Thosa that really merit pat'oi their appeal by tiie matter and n ' their couteuts. by tiie taste - aud energy there content to rest their claims basis, and they rarely reckon T their host. They do what they r . and give their subscribers, as lio!,'. possibly, full value received. Now to our thinking there are tot - newspapers in Georgia, aud p is one great reason why so rn,’ amenable to the criticisms we hr.. It is too much the fashion for an has failed at every tin ug el.-e t. >nr pick up a few pounds of type for a few’ quires of paper and of iuk, and on the strength of j legal advertising for his county prospectus promising all sorts of'i ;n bilities, and bur t upon the commit a blaze of bad ink and still worse - aud grammar. The first editorial u... ly on some knotty subject, that theoiT and wisest hands at the business h, . to tackle, aud is conclusive—of the • of the writer’s ears—ouly. The tv " aud his venture wag on somehow m a . of hand-to-mouth fashion, be.ging S r borrowing, and taking work at rim low rates, until at last credit bte.it> and the paper suspends publnmio;, - editor taking a parting shot at his and. t • -. aud creditors iu an unusually lot-j loud howl over their lack of appnrw,. and public spirit. Every man fam with the history of newspaper* ktn these to be indisputable facts. Aud yet there is not the slightest Dn* sity for such wrecks. Thecountry |«u, are a powerful auxiliary to their thi cotemporaries. They exercise a vmt . flueuce upon public sentiment iu ite respective localities, if even respect,; conducted, and are the means of diftW. a taste for reading and a fund of n form*, tion not derivable from any other sour* They penetrate where the dailies and no and probably never will go, and are it, only mediums between tbe great » without, and communities that think,u whose action, as guided and developed o their teachings, often decides most iuip tant questions. They are ofteu iu • potent than the primer and these: master iu leading from darkness u>U aud planting iu minds glowing with tt first impulses of new horn ambition, that hear glorious harvests. They hut by the light of pine-knot tires, poiutaiw. the path to feet whose steps have ill* trated fame’s proudest places. They tv made poets, statesmen aud orators, »t rtscued from obscurity jewels wins light filled tiie world. Hindi is their pa honorable record. We are optimist em.wt to believe that tho future will not i.*- credit it. A few words now as to what the principal defect in most of ourwwkl; exchanges, and we have done. It is tbi- Too little attention to local affairs. Ver; j frequently ttiey ignore as unworthy j public concern, occurrences which posweo ! au interest to the geueral reader every where. We suppose it arises partly froc the thought that as everybody in the i" mediate neighborhood knows them, th-y must therefore not be worth tbe telling: outsiders. But life is made up of “ft. things, aud so strong is the love forg v iu men’s hearts, that they eagerly - upon details concerning men audtlnu living most remotely from them, a: whom they probably never have L-v before. Ofteu facts are developed m important in tiieir beating upou g* questions of political, social and it trial economy, and which if not thusiu public would never be known. A * lines in tiie local column of aCM paper often furnishes texts for learnedd* cussion and scientific speculation, m ends in furnishing some link * otherwise might always been missing *' have, in our mind, now, country p*p* from whose local summary something interest may always be gathered; where the scissors are never called ini quisition. The former are always m welcomed—the latter oqjy mechanic... If the country press would lift it»e. ' - this duil, dead level, let it pay more ac tion to matters of home concern and mi borhood gossip. Let nothing note" escape its chronicling as of too moment. Let it talk more of crop; *- less of politics, more of premium cotton, w heat ami stock, aud le»sofn->- borhood politicians. Let it be, in si veritable map of tbe busy world wlf ' it lives, and its future of usefulness profit is secured beyond peradveuturt SOUTHERN STOCKS IN NEW VORh The Herald, of Thursday, * a ) B Southern and border State bon<l= dull, under a diminished inquiC day before, and the market was h to yield ; indeed, the reaction menced at the beginiug of tbe not ceased. It shows how exterH'- iate demand was speculative. Those * “unloaded” at the high price* ,J --week are “bearing” the market ' buy back again. There was little <i' the street after tbe hoard*. Tbe __ tng were the quotations at four !iL ' ‘ Tennessee sixes, ex-coupon, t 0 Tennessee, new, 671 io 67:;; \ irgif*^ ex-coupon, 58j to 581; Virginia* x 60 to 61 ; Virginia sixes, regular -b ■- a 49J to 50£ ; Norlh Carolina, sixes, 1 pon, 63J to 65 ; North Carolina sixes. 611 to 02j ; Missouri sixes, 87 to 8<! nibal aDd St. Joseph 8< to 88, 9 sixes, 84 to 87; Georgia sevens, - Louisiana sixes, 761; Louisians ( per cent, 701 to 71; Louisiana lev*;. 8 per cent, 87 ; South Carolina, o.- 74; South Carolina, new, 7<L to < bama eights, 93 to 93j; Alabama ■ to 66 ; Memphis city sixes, 52’ to o-, vannah city sixes, 89. *"*’* , —Tbe 8“ Stock Sales in Colombia of Sunday, says: At the Ellises’ auction sal the following prices were real shares Georgia Home in* 50 (par value S7O)— 50 shares " $65 50; 15 at $66 50. Ra jjro»<i > Two $.500 Mobile and O.rar.ll per cent, bonds (unendowed; 87 the dollar viwern Four shares South-'' dirt stock, seller reserving,fir dend, brought $lO3 V f^nd Twenty-thiee shares Lapl l)t slo 9 pt- Manufacturing stock b <= ‘“Sne hundred a.™ pH* Railroad stock, old issue share; 40 at "5* Lightst°* Twenty shares Columbus ' $25 shares, brought s2o o 0 pe