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VOL. XXXVI. * (Cjjront If anti srntmrl.j Terms of Subscription. DAILY. One month _ 1 00 Three months 2 50 Six months * 5 00 One j»»r 11l 00 TRI-WEEKLY. One year. $ 6 00 ■ Six montha 3 50 Three months 2 00 WEEKLY. » Three months $ 1 00 Six months 1 ISO One year 8 00 WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN’Y 24. WAS CLEWS BULLOCK’S BING MASTER ? The Atlanta Sun seems to think that Clews was Bullock’s ring-master. The Sun says : “ Clews need not try to make the peo ■pie-of Georgia believe that bis claim is all honest, or that he has not been one of the chief members of the Ring which was formed to plunder us. He occupied the place where every man would go to find the ring-master.” Heretofore public opinion assigned this position to Hi Kimball. Clew's statement would rather .indicate that he held the other position, and that public ■ opinion was correct in locating the rela tions of the parties. HENRY CLEWS. It is a stretch of charity and credulity not to believe that Clews was then deep er in the swindling scheme than any one else—not even Bullock and Kimball ex cepted. A portion of the testimony he quotes was written before much of the mischief was actually done ; and some of it long after he and all the world were put on notice that the bonds were ille gally issued, and long after the most prominent bankers and financers of New York so regarded them. On the 23d of November, 1870, a member of the great banking house of Jay Cook & Co., was in Atlanta, and tried to see Bullock—failing in which he addressed him this letter : Atlanta, November 23, 1870. JUs Excellency, Governor Bulloch : Dear Sir— Having the honor to rep resent the house of Messrs. Jay Cook & Co., and feeling a deep interest in State securities, especially of the Southern States, I endeavored to avail myself of i your knowledge and experience, add am greatly disappointed that I cannot have the pleasure of seeing you. I am sorry to learn from Mr. James and others that there is a controversy as | to the validity of the Georgia State j bonds. The controversy appears to arise out of the requirement* of the law, mail ing it the duty of the State Treasurer to sign, officially, all the coupons, &c., and 1 keep a record and description of all bonds issued. I Now, without considering the merits or demerits of either side, just so long : as the controversy lasts between your | Excellency other*, long y»ftr bonds cannot bo negotiated ; or, if ne- j gotinted, it must be done at a great sac rifice to the State until this is settled. I have examined your Code and the different acts respecting State bonds, and see no way to make your bonds what is called “ a good delivery," short of the State Treasurer signing them officially, and placing them on record, with a hill description, as required by the law. This done, I think your bonds will not only bring a good price, but you would find uo difficutly in negotiat ing them. . ' 1 trust you will not consider me inter fering by recommending this course, as it is done to promote your interest, and that of your State. The Treasurer, as Mr. Jmnos iuforms me, and as he states himself to me, will, if you desire, sign the coupons of the gold bonds as they now are, diagonally across the face.— This, I think, meets the requirements of the law; first being recorded in the Treasurer’s office before placing them on j the market. I go from here to Galveston, byway of Columbus, Mobile and New Orleans, j and hope to have the pleasure of seeing ) your Excellency on my return. Your friend and obedient serv’t, K. W. Latham. I It is proper for us to remark that, at i the date of this letter, Treasurer Angier ; had no knowledge of the amount of bonds which had been issued by Bullock. He had not seen them, and none were j reported to him for registry in his office. He did not then know of any over-issue. He had taken pains to notify the world that the bonds were illegally issued, and Clews must have known it. It is impos sible that a knowledge of the fact could have escaped him. Still he advanced j money on these bonds —holding them as collateral security. He supposed, no doubt, that the State would not refuse to pay them in full. He took the risk. He “went in”—expecting to win. He is ; confronted with the prospect of coming out loser, and he affects a very large amount of innocence, and assumes a virtuous indiguation. • “ These bonds, so far as the coupons j are concerned, not being executed ac- i cording to law, and not registered in the j Treasurer'* office as the law requires, I ( have no data by which I can arrive at , the exact amount of new bonds issued. I have made several attempts to learn the amount and disposition made of the j bonds, but the financial agent, who has them in charge in New York, has been instructed by the Governor to with- ; hold all information concerning them. Enough, however, has been learned to authorize the statement that nearly five millions have been issued and sent to New York. This attempt at conceal ment leaves grounds for grave supieions; and it would well behoove an honest Ex ecutive to expose such fraud against the State,” And further, the Treasurer states that iu his previous annual report, his state ment of the necessary disbursements for the vear was 8500,000, and adds : “‘This was ample for all honest and practical purposes ; but reekless and pillaging hands have run them up to nearly twice that amount.” And the Treasurer concludes by say ing : “ Over four and a half millions of neiv State bonds have been issued, which the Governor, in his anxiety to keep concealed from the Treasury De portment, failed to have executed and registered as the law requires.” This was published to the world and a copy furnished to Clews, early in Janu ary* He was one of the principal officers of* the B. & A. R, R-, and must have had the law and the Constitution of Georgia before him. He could not have helped knowing the bonds were unlawfully is sued aud were intended from the first to be a swindle ! So it seems to us. Bullock not only issued these bonds in violation of law, which Clews must have known, but he kept what he did, oon eealed from- the Treasurer as far as pos- Tri-Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel. sible, and in, this it looks like had as |J rsistancejOf TJlbws himself. If not, w-hy .hkabfuhe to et Dr. Angier know what nCTOs were in his ? IBiy diaregard the law, and the ’f&&tsi4rish Airier laid and follow the advice of Bullock r If Clews’ transactions with Bullock and Kimball in relation to the bonds of the State, and its endorsed bonds were all fair, honorable, and well-intentioned, why did he, on one occasion, in his own office, when Bullock was sitting there, and when inquired of by President of the Fulton Bank'WLflroolT ' lyn, if that person was Bu npptf reply- Ifthat it was not ? We are informed Sjmfj Mr. Johns made this statement presence of three responsible genWwnen of this city, and that he learned, before leaving Clews’ office, that the person he inquired about really was Bullock. If this be true, why was it ? We learn that Mr. Johns had advanced some money on Bullock’s bonds, and was becoming sus picious.—Atlanta Sun. %. LETTER PROM OUR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT. On the Wing, January 19, 1872. Editors Chronicle <t- Sentinel : Monday morning, 4he loth inst., at 2 o’clock, I left Atlanta for Griffin. The railroad fever pervades the community. In the early morning I fell into a conver sation with a gentleman who was not j very favorably impressed with the man agement of the proposed Monticello route. He said he had taken a sub contract for grading a portion of the road, but his drafts on the management had not been honored as promptly as he had been promised they should be. Evi dently the sinews are wanting and they must be supplied ere this new enterprise can become an assured success. The route is certainly a desirable one. The interests of the people demand that the early completion of the road should be at beyond a peradventure. THE PRESS. I had the pleasure of spending a few minutes in the office of the Middlt Georgian, which is flourishing and to flourish. The Georgian is a neat, well filled, and an exceedingly readable paper. Colonel A. M. Speights, lately asso ciated with Hon. A. 11. Stephens in the proprietorship of the Atlanta Sun, is rapidly maturing preparations for the publication of a live daily in Griffin. Colonel Speights’ practical knowledge of the business, deserved popularity, and genuine enterprise, are sufficient guaran tees of what his paper will be. I wish him great success. griffin Is a town of no mean dimensions. I sus pect tliut in the Spring time it is as love ly a place as can be found in the South, j Her merchants are real business-looking j men. In my strolls about town, I saw no one idle. The people all impressed me as being a thrifty set. Griffin prospers in the educational de partment as well as in the commercial. The Sam Baily Institute is in a most ' flourishing condition, under the careful guidance of Major Slaton, who has an The fZen&fr-k College commences the new session most ! auspiciously. Professor A. B. Niles, a ! gentleman of tine attainments, splendid address, and spb„lC aptness for teach- j iug, is the President. His corps of as- | sistants enjoy enviable reputations us successful instructors of youth. It was my privilege to add to the list | of my acquaintances, among the pro- ! gressive teachers of the South, Mrs. Morrow, who conducts a well-patronized female seminary; Mrs. George and Miss Davis, who jointly teach a select school for boys and girls ; Miss McGee, who teaches a clever primary school,, and Mr. Kogers, who is the head of a select school for boys. My impressions are that each and all of these teachers ore well up in their profession, and that they are accomplishing a great deal of good in the community of which they uro honored members. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The leaven is working. Griffin wants, and is determined to have a graded svs- | tem of public schools, to be operated under a local law. I talked this matter over with some of her staunchest men. They will soon take steps toward secur ing the passage of a local school law at the next session of the Legislature. I did not see enough of FORSYTH To write an intelligible dosoription of the town. I exchanged greetings with ; Capt. James P. Harrison, the indefati- i gable proprietor of the Monroe Adver tiser, one of the prettiest and spiciest weeklies in Georgia. Occasion may offer for me to see Forsyth again, possibly I shall then have time to note its beauties and at tractions. Her schools, and those in the county, are all in an A No. 1 condi tion, because they use Sanford’s analy tical series of arithmetics. MACON Rejoices in a new Court House, whose I architectural beauty is of the highest character. A department in the build ing is assigned to the post office. The i appointments are very fine indeed. When the new Mercer University i shall have been completed, Macon will have additional cause for joy. lam I told that the buildings will lie construct , ed upon the most approved plan ; and, i in finish, made to be worthy the ancient ' reputation of honored institution of j learning. At the Brown House I had a delight ful intereiew with one of the Chronicle & Sentinel’s best friends—one of the most pleasant of all the men I know — Prof. Shelton P. Sanford. He lias done a great thing for the youth of Georgia and of the South in giving them the only thoroughly analv i tical series of arithmetics ever published. | Tire Professor’s pen will not Ue idle. Now for home, a little rest, and I shall, D. V., be “ on the wing” again. Lobaine. j Editors Chronicle & Sentinel : Some time ago you published a rail i road problem : How long it would take | a train to run from Boston to Portland, j 100 miles—traveling 50 the first hour and just half the distance each sneoes | sive hour that it went the hour before — I train to start 12 m. At the end of the i 10th hour the train will have gone S 9 miles, 56,172 inches, 1} liarlecorns.— iAt the end of the 21st hour, 99 miles, 62,356 4,009-4,096 inches—learning 1,003 i 87-4,096 inches yet to go. The two par ties, “R. and G,.” may be wrong in ! their calculations this time to solve the j problem. If the Boston man can beat I this I will thank him. Curiosity induced me to try to solve | the problem, after reading “ R. and G’s” j communication. Yours trulv, Zena. j The cashier and teller of the Fourth | National Bank of Providence are accused : of defalcation in the sum of 850,000. AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY MpRNUSTG, JANUARY 25, 1872. v COUNTY COURT ACT^ An Act t* be imtifjjed an Act to create a County Conft in each county of the of Georgia. Bvsdt erected by 1% Gen eral Assembly oTthe'State- of <fi;orgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the Governor of the State of Geor gia, by and with the advice and consent Senate, shall appoint for each Ajjapyin said State of Georgia a suitable not less than twenty-five years of age, and a resident of the county for which appointed one .year immediately - before his appointment, to act as a I County Judge, to have such jurisdiction as shall be hereinafter set forth ; said person so appointed and confirpiedjo act as such County Judge lor four yfers from the time of receiving his commis sion—to be delivered to him by the Governor aforesaid—and qualifying thereunder, and to continue in office until his successor is appointed, com missioned and qualified in the same way. So long as this act remains in force, the said office of County Judge shall be filled as above, and the term of office is for four years. If a vacancy occurs after the first appoint ment, • from any cause, in said office :of County Judge, the Governor of the State, for the time being, shall fill the same as in case of Judges of the Superior Court, and shall also submit his appointments, for confirmation, to the Senate, as in case of Superior Court Judges ; and all the rules of law and requirements of the Constitution, now in force, as to the appointment of Judges of the Superior Court, shall apply to the said appointments of County Judge, so far as the same can be applied under this act. Said County Judge, when so appointed and commissioned, shall re ceive a salary as follows : The Grand Jury of each county, at its Spring term, shall, after careful examination, assess and declare what amount shall be paid to said County Judge for his services as Judge in criminal matters, and for his services in attending to such county business as may be entrusted to him by i this act. Said sum so assessed to be I levied by the Ordinary of each county, as provided in this section. And the Ordinary of each of said counties, when lie levies tlie tax for county purposes, shall, at the same time, levy the sum aforesaid, hereby allowed to the Countv Judges, which shall be collected with the other county taxes ; and after being paid over to the County Treasurer of each county, paid over to said County | Judges; and if any of said County J Judges shall die or resign his office, or 'be otherwise removed from office, then such pro rata part of his aforesaid' salary shall be paid him as he is justly i entitled to. The provisions of tins act : shall not extend over any county of this ' State until the Grand Jury thereof, by the same vote required to make a present ment, shnll, by special presentment, so recommend at the Spring term of 1872 of the Superior Courts of said counties. Sec. 2. The said County Judges shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases, mat ters of contract and of tort, (except where by the Constitution an exclusive jurisdiction is given to the Superior Courts of the State) where the principal sum in cases of contract, and where the damage claimed in cases of tort, does not exceed one hundred dollars—but in “■duseTVSeTe* feanT tftr 1 claimed, or damage, is more than fifty ' dollars, there may be an appeal to the \ Superior Court, as hereinafter provided: j any person desiring to bring his claim within the jurisdiction of the County Judge, may do so by remitting, or re leasing, so much of his claim as will bring it within the jurisdiction aforesaid, of the County Judge. The said Judge shall have jurisdiction according to the rule above laid down, over the county for which he is appointed, and may hold j his courts at the court house, or in any I other place in said county. Sec. 3. All suits in the civil matters above set forth, before the County Judge, shall be commenced by a summons, to be issued and signed by him, stating the nature of plaintiff's demand, as in the summons of Magistrates, and command ing the party complained of, or defend ant, to appear at a certain time and place in the county for which he is ap- , pointed, specified in the summons, which | shall be the trial or judgment term, to answer the plaintiff’s demand, unless the case is continued, which may be al- ’ lowed for the same ground and on same j terms as cases are continued in the Su- * perior Courts of the State, for a period not exceeding ten days—said summons may be answered to and defended as suits in the Justice Court, by defendant, an 1 either party may amend their plead ings in accordance with the general law of amendment, and the nature of the proceedings—said summons shall bear I date (15) days before the time of trial or | \ judgment., aud be served 10 days before , the same time, if the principal sum or ; j damage aforesaid claimed does not ex- ; ceed fifty dollars ; and said summons shall bear date (20) days before said ! ; term of judgment, and be served (15) days before the same time, if the princi- 1 , pal sum or damage claimed exceeds fifty j dollars, and is not more than one hun : dred dollars. Sec. 4. Said County Judge may ap- ; point an officer to serve all the processes issued by him aud all his writs, and exe- \ cute all orders issued by him, from the ; | resident citizens of the county where he is to act, to be called a Bailiff, at any time, taking from him the same kind of a bond and security as is required of Constables, except it shall not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, and administering to him the same oath ad ministered to Constables. In cases of emergency, when more than one Bailiff is necessary to attend to the business of the County Judge, or there is no regular Bailiff or he is siok or abseut, or for any other reason cannot be conveniently ob tained, said County Judge may appoint, by order, on his docket a speoial Bailiff without taking from him bond and security, but in all cases requiring the j usual oath administered to Constables. These Bailiffs, when appointed, * shall have the same authority to serve pro i cesses, summons, orders aud other legal i papers of the County Judge over the 1 entire oounty in which the County Judge has jurisdiction as Constables have in their several districts, and shall, for the j county in which they are appointed, have ! all tlie rights of a Constable and be liable to perform all the duties of a Cou ! stable. Sec. 5. When the time, as specified iu section 3d of this Act, shall have ar rived for the hearing, trial and judg- I ment of the cases specified, said County Judge shall proceed to hear and deter mine the cases as above set forth, as Justices of the Peace hear and deter mine matters submitted to their juris diction, unless the case is continued, as i above prescribed in section 3d of this j Act ; and if either party is dissatisfied with the judgment of the County Judge, and the principal sum claimed, or damage claimed, exceeds fifty dol | lars, said party may enter an ap i peal from such judgment within four ; days, under the same rules as existed before the Constitution of 1868 in rela tion to appealing cases in the Superior . Court. When such is entered said County Judge shall transmit the same, and all papers connected with the case appealed, to the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the case was tried, at least five days before the next term of the Superior Court, there to be tried and disposed of as appeals were before the Constitution of 1868, and if the judgment of the County Judge has been rendered in a case where the principal sum, or damage claimed, does not exceed fifty dollars, either par ty may sue out a certiorari to his judg ment, in conformity with the Constitu tion of 1868 and the Code regulating certioraries, and in his petition for cer tiorari may state all the decisions and (judgments complained of as erroneous, from the beginning to the end of the case—all the rules provided in the Code of Georgia for preparing! answering, hearing and disposing of certioraries from Justices Courts, not in conflict with the Constitution of 1868, shall apply to tlie said certioraries sued out to the de cisions or judgments of the County "Judge, which may be disposed of by the Judge of the Superior Court in- va cation, or at the regular term of the Su perior Court, - in accordance with said Code. Sec. 6. Whenever an execution shall be issued by said County Judge, which he is hereby compelled to do, upon his aforesaid judgments, and which may be -done as soon as judgment is entered, unless an appeal is taken or certiorari sued out as above provided, the siune to be in the usual form issued by Justices of the Peace, and shall be levied on property to which a legal claim is assert ed, said* claim shall (conforming to the law regulating claims as provided in sec tion 4100 and 4101 of the Code) be dis posed of by said County Judge instead of the jury required in said section 4101, but the some right of appeal and cer tiorari shall exist as in the cases above provided in section sth, and if an affida vit of illegality is taken to the proceed ings of said County Judge, to the ex ecution of his judgment and orders, the same shall b£ returned to him for dis position as cAses of illegality are return- j ed to the Superior Court, with the same , right of appeal and certiorari as is al- | lowed above in claims and other cases, | no claim Ease or illegality shall be dis posed of until the County Judge has j given ten days' notice of the time and I place of hearing the same, to the parties j interested or their agent or attorneys at | law. Sec. 7. The County Judge herein ! created shall have the same power to I procure testimony from witnesses in his county (to compel production of papers), | and the same power to procure testimony j by interrogatories and commission, a* \ Judges of tlie Superior Courts, and 1 shall have the same general power to issue any notice, writ, order and pro cesses necessarv to dispose of matters pertaining to his jurisdiction, as are granted to Judges of the Superior Courts in their jurisdiction, and shall be allowed to exercise the same authority as to contempts of officers and others, by fining, not exceeding 8100, and im prisoning, not exceeding ten days—and whatever imprisonment is inflicted by said County Judge, or shall be necessary to enforce his orders and sentences, shall be in the county jail of the couuty in which he is JTudge, over which, to the extent of his jurisdiction, he shall have JDHfsh cijpiivls* s tjfflia-- perior Court. Sec. 8. Besides the civil cases and matters above mentioned, which may be disposed of by the County Judge, said County Judge shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine according to law, all applications for evictions of intruders, tenants holding over, or the partition of personal property, for the trial of pos sessory warrants, to issue and dispose of distress warrants—to issue attachments, garnishments, to foreclose mortgages of personal property! liens, to attest deeds and other contracts for registry, to administer oaths of all sorts, to exercise the same power as was given to the officer known as the County Judge, by the act of 1865 and 1866, in relation to attesting, approving, enforcing, and set ting aside court contracts, as described in Irwin’s Revised Code; in relation to all the matters embraced in this section, and not falling under former provisions of this act, the said County Judge shall allow parties interested to file their de fense, in writing, under oath, as all de fenses, in all cases before the County Judge, of a civil nature, must be filed >aud proceed to give judgment only when such notice and opportunity for defense is offered—and the same rights of cer tiorari shall exist as to these subjects of the County Judge’s jurisdiction as to other civil cases above enacted in section five and six, and the same rights of ap peal, when the remedy by appeal is ap plicable, shall exist in relation to these matters as is approved in section five and six of this act. Sec. 9. The costs of proceedings in : civil cases before the County Judge shall be the same as in Justices’ Courts, and for other matters herein submitted to him, the fees and costs shall be the same as are provided in Section 313 of Irwin’s Code; and if no provision is made un der said section, then such fees and costs os shall be assessed for his services by a Judge of the Superior Court. Sec. 10. Said County Judges shall, each of them, keep a docket of his civil proceedings, such as i» required by law of Justices of the Peace, and shall also j carefully file away and preserve all the legal papers oonnected with sueh pro- \ ceedings, so that the same may be used I in other courts, and by parties inter ested. Sec. 11. Said County Judges, after : being duly commissioned and qualified, shall each, for the county over which he 1 is such County Judge, also have juris- j diction and authority as Justices of the ! Peace in this State, upon affidavit made before them, to issue orimiual warrants —to be in the form, both as to affidavits and warrants, prescribed in Section 4618 and 4619 of the Code—against all persons accused of crimes and misde meanors. In cases which, upon an ex amination—which examination they are hereby authorized to make—appear to be felonies, said County Judges shall com mit the party accused to jail for safe keeping, so that his presence may be secured for trial before the "proper tribunal, unless the case be bailable by | a Justice of the Peace, when the accused may, upon complying with the lgw respecting bail, be bound over to appear before the proper oourt for the trial of suoh a case, aud answer to the matters charged against him. If the felony be bailable as aforesaid, and defendant can- ! not give the bail, said County Judge | ! shall eommit him to jail for safe keep- I ing, so that his presenoe may be secured for trial before the proper oourt to try such cases; and said County Judge, when the felony brought before him is bailable as above, shall have the right to admit to bail at any time, until the court which has jurisdiction of felonies shall meet. In cases which do not, up ou examination, appear to bo felonies, ■ said County Judges shall have full au- ! thority aud jurisdiction, as hereinafter , | provided, to hear, determine, sen tence, decide and adjudicate up on the same ; and to the same extent as the District Judge under the Act of 1870, organizing, for certain i Districts therein named. District Courts, unless the party accused shall, in a writ ing signed by him, demand an indict m&tjt bv a Grand Jury of the county in which the misdemeanor was committed. In that case, said County Judge shall require of defendants demanding such indictment good bond and security to appear and answer to such indictment, if found at such time and place, and be fore such tribunal as the said indictment tried. If no such bond and security is given, then said County Judge shall commit to jail fortsafe keep ing the person so accused and demand ing an indictment, until the proper Grand Jury can act up the charge, and untjMihe case can be legally determined. If an indictment is found by said Grand Jury, the Judge of the Superior Court may, if he chooses so to do, order said indictment to be returned, with all the papers pertaining to said case, to the County Judge, to be disposed of by him after ten days’ notice to the party ac cuse J and the prosecutor, as others are yßfcjpJ es by Idm in which uo indict- been demanded. In cases which do not appear to be felonies, and in which no indictment is demanded by tlie jxsrties charged with misdemeanors, aud in cases of misdemeanors upon which an indictment has been found and returned to the County Judge for trial, said County Judge shall im mediately proceed to hear and deter mine "said cases, unless a continuance shall be asked for, or jury is demanded, as hereinafter provided ; which con tinuance, if it falls within the rules for thc-aritinuance of criminal cases in the Superior Courts, shall be granted to ; such time as is proper and just under the circumstances. If parties accused shall not ask a continuance, or shall be refused a continuance, and shall de mand a jury to try their case, instead of the County Judge, then the case shall be postponed until a jury can be summoned for such trials, and jurors shall be thus procured : Said Conntv Judge shall, from the list of persons liable to do jury I duty iu the county wherein he presides, I make a list, and putting their names in a box kept for that purpose, draw by lot 1 the names of twelve jurors, who shall be summoned by the same Bailiff al- j I ready provided for in this Act (he being | ! hereby fully authorized to execute all , \ warrants, orders, writs and precepts rel j ative t j criminal proceedingsj to attend j i before him at such time anil place os he : 1 may gplect, anywhere iu said county of 1 I winch he is Judge, when and where the j aud demanding a jury 1 I trialTras accused parties are tried for ; misdemeanor in the Superior Courts of i the Suite. The accused shall have no ' right »,f peremptory challenge to this j jury so summoned,‘but may show any of them not to be free from legal excep tion, "S he can, and if such exception is sustained by the Couuty Judge, others persons liable to serve as jurors shall tie summoned by said Bailill', as tales j arors are summoned in the Supe rior Court, until the jury of twelve men is obtained. In order to procure an im partial jury the Couuty Judge shall ask the jurors under oath (which he may ad minister) such question as will ascertain the mental condition of the jury, and if any are found incompetent, according to. rules provided ih the Code, he •■j. iYt-Lj l ''* above, have tales jurors sum -1 V'" ’rtprrtCstHjwryo—-- *~- procmj'd. If the verdict of said jury, which shall have the same power and duties as juries in criminal cuses in Su perior Courts as to law and fact, shall be against defendant, he shall l>e sen tenced as in cases where the County Judge alone tries the cases. The County Judge shall have the right to try any and all of the criminal cases which may properly come before him at any place iu the county where he is Judge, and his judg ment aud decision shall be subject to review by certiorari, as hereinafter pro vided. Sec. 12. In cases where no indictment of a Grand Jury is demanded, the Coun ty Judge shall frame a written accusa tion founded upon the affidavit charging the defendant, said accusation to be in the name of the State of Georgia, signed by the prosecutor and distinctly setting forth the nature of the offense charged, the time when committed, where and by whom, and that it is based upon said affidavit, briefly referring to it. To this accusation defendant may demur for in sufficiency, or plead to the merits, and if the accusation is held insufficient, the County Judge shall frame another, and another, until one is adjudged legally sufficient, but in no case shall the per son accused be discharged for such in sufficiency until full opportunity is al lowed to prepare the sufficient accusa tion. When tne case is submitted to the County Judge upon the pleadings as above set forth (defendant being allowed full opportunity also to plead and de fend as in criminal cases in the Superior Court), the ConntyJudge shall give both parties, aocuser and accused, time, if necessary, for a fair and impartial hear ing, aod said County Judge shall, on the I toil before him or a jury, make a thor ough and careful examination of all the witnesses and testimony, and in no case allow either the State or the accused to be prejudiced from any want of an ex amination or cross-examination of the witnesses in thfi’base before him. After the case is submitted, upon the evidence and law, the County Judge, or the jury, if a jury is demanded, shall, in ascer taining the guilt or innocence of the pn»*y accused, be governed by the same rule as govern juries in criminal cases in the Superior Court. If the decision of the <V?inty Judge, or the verdict of the j&y is against the defendant, County Judge shall at once sen tence ' the accused according to j i law, and the rifles of law governing | Judges of the Superior Courts in sen tencing partios found guilty of misde- I meanors. If the decision of the County Judge, or the verdict of the jury is in i favor of the accused, he slnfll be dis charged from the accusation Wl tried, aud when said Judge ur jury shall be lieve the accusation to be malicious, such Judge or jury may so find, and as- 1 sess all the costs against the accuser. — So, also, in all oases where the aocuser shall fail to prosecute the ease, said Judge shall order that the accuser shall ! pay all the costs of the case from begin- i mg to end inclusive, with the jail fees. Sec. 13. Whenever said Oounty Judge shall adjudge that costs are to be paid, either by the accused or the prosecutor, the costs shall bo assessed os follows— in all cases begun but not tried, 82 shall be paid (by the party adjudged liable) to the County j udge, and the same sum to the Bailiff—in all cases tried by the County Judge, or by him and a jury, the oosts tq be paid him by the party held liable shall be 83, and the sum of 82 to the Bailiff—said Bailiff shall, how ever, when he summons a jury, or serves subpoenas for witnesses, have extra fees, as follows : for each juror, 20 cents ; anil for each subpoena, 10 cents —all o! the costs assessed for the Oounty Judge shall be paid over by him to the County Treasurer as fast as received, and an ' account given of the same at utvnh term of the court to the Grand Jury ; if said Cotinty J udge shall use any of said costs, or fail to turn over the same, he shall be liable, criminally, aa County Treasurer, under the 4368 section of the Code; whenever the Bailiff shall not be able to collect his costs on account of property or insolvency of the defendant, he shall be allowed the same from the fines and forfeitures hereinafter mentioned, and costs paid over to the County Treasurer from coses in the County Court; and in all cases where an accusation is made by any person, the County Judge is hereby required to use the same proceedings to secure the costs of the cases presented to him as the Code requires of Justices of the Peace, issuing criminal warrants, not, however, exacting security. When a party is adjudged liable, in a criminal proceeding, to pay costs or fines, or both, the same shall be collected as costs and fines are collected in the Superior Courts; whatever fines and forfeitures are col lected by virtue of sentence or judgment of the County Court Judge, shall be col lected and paid over to the County Treasurer of each county —said County Judge shall have jurisdiction to deter mine forfeitures, as other money de mands, unless the amount involved ex ceeds his jurisdiction, when the bond shall be turned over to be forfeited in the Superior CourtSj and all money col lected thereon, save the expense of col lection, shall be paid over to the County Judge for the County Treasurer. Sec. 14. The right to certiorari from decision and judgment of the County Judge, in all criminal CRses, shall exist as in all civil cases, and the certiorari shall be obtained in the same mode, and disposed of in the same mode as is provided in section 13 of the act organiz ing the District Court in 1870, either in term or vacation, as follows : certioi-arics ! may be liad under the sanction and or der of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Cirouit in the county in which the case is tried, in all criminal cases upon a petition in writing (by the de fendant) to said Judgpy complaining of errors, and showing sufficient grounds of error, in ten days after such trial. This petition shall state the grounds of complaint, and give a brief of the material evidence, and be duly sworn to. If, upon examination, the Judge of the Superior Court shall shall consider the petitioner entitled to a writ of certiorari, it shall be his duty i to issue sueh writ, directed to the County ! Judge aforesaid, as in civil case, requir ■ ing him to certify and send up to him a [ complete and accurate history of the ease so tried, which shall be called his’ answer, and shall be subject to correc tion and traverse, as is provided in Sec tion 8990 of the Code, and 8994 of the Code, except that said Judge of the Superior Oourt shall try said traverse. Said Judge of the Superior Court shall hear and determine said certiorari and return at anytime, after ten days’s notice is given to tlie accuser, and then may pass such judgment, or sentence as, in review of the whole case, is con sistent with justice. In all eases where jf£e County Judge alone tries the ease, such Superior Courts, on certiorari, may pass sentence, or judgment, as is consistent with law. No application for certiorari, however, in a criminal case, shall be entertained, unless the party ap plying will make the affidavit set down in section 0 of the act of 1868, as fol lows : That no writ of certiorari shall bo granted, unless tlie accused shall first have filed his affidavit setting forth he has not had a fair teial and that he lias , Leon wr.7ugly auit* ..P.galiy consulted, and unless the party applying shall give suph bond and security, or make sueh affidavit as is permitted in the Code of Georgia, for parties in criminal cases, carrying up cases to tlie Supreme Court of Georgia. Sec. 15. The said County Judge shall keep a docket of all criminal cases dis posed of, as above, by him, and shall therein state the case, its nature and disposition, and shall, as in civil cuses, keep carefully all the papers separate, so as to be able at any time to make a true history of tho oases disposed of— and said County Judge shall, in the trial and determination of criminal cases, have the same authority to preserve or der and punish contempts as is given him in civil cases, and shall have the same authority and control of the jail for the punishment of offenders as the Judges of the Superior Court ; said County Judge shall at no time exercise jurisdiction in criminal oases in concur rence with u Justice of the Peace ; all cases brought before the Justices of the Peace of the county, if they shall appear to be misdemeanors, shall at once be turned over to the proper County Judge for trial, which shall be treated by him as if originally brought before him; said County Judge shall have the same authority to procure testimony and compel the attendance of witnesses in criminal cases as Judges of the Su perior Court ; all the law of the State applicable to criminal proceedings be fore Justices of the Peace, and the Judges of the Superior Court, not in consistent with the provisions of this act, and which can be applied to crim inal proceedings before County Judges, are hereby made part of this act. Sec. 16. All sales to be made by tlie Bailiff of the County Judge, either in execution of civil or oriminal process, shall bo at the Conrt House of the coun ty, or at a Militia Court Ground, as the County Judge may designate, having due regard to the interests of parties ; said Bailiff first giving the usual notice given by Constables, or, whpn the Coun ty Judge may so require, give notice by advertisement in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county. Sec. 17, All law of the State of Geor gia applicable to civil proceedings before Justices of the Peaoe, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and whioh oan be applied to the civil pro ceedings before the County Judge, are hereby made part of this Act. Sec. 18. Whenever a trial by jury is demanded, and the same ahull be had | before the Coqnty J udge and a jury, on j whioh County judge is hereby au- j thorized’to act as a Judge of the'Supe rior Court in criminal trials, and the party aoonaed is found gtnlty, and error is complained of by the jury, the Judge of the Superior Court shall have full power, and it is hereby made his duty, to revise the proceedings by certiorari, obtained as is above provided ie orimi nal cases before the Oounty judge alone, and if a material error is discovered by him in the finding of the jury, he shall grant a new hearing, before a jury to be had in the same mode ns the first trial. The writ of certiorari in this class of cases shall be directed to the County Judge, requiring him to certify all the* pooeedings before tho jurv, so that the Judge of the Superior Court can ascertain if any error was committed by tlie jury, and rectify the same. Sec. 19. Said County Judge may, in criminal cases, when he deems it neces sary, direct his criminal warrants, orders, and proceedings of all sorts, to the Sheriff of thd oounty, to his own Bailin', or any lawful Constable of tlie county. Sec. 20. The several Co intv Judges created by this Act shall keep their of fices, aud all papers and other things belonging thereto, at the oounty site, and at the Court House, unless imprac ticable from any cause, and notice of where said office is located shall be given by publication, for the space of two weeks, is a public gazette having gen- eral circulation in the respective coun ties, or by notice of the same at three or more of the most public places in the county, in the discretion of the County Judge. That said offices shall be kept open everyday, except Sundays and pub lic holidays, and days and times when the County Judge is absent from the county site, holding his court at other places in the county, which, in his dis cretion, he is allowed to do in this Act. Sec. 21. Said County Judge shall discharge all the duties formerly de volved on the Jutices of the Inferior Court-, as to county business, except in those counties where by local laws other provision has been made by the Legis ture <ff this State. Sec. 22. Said County Judges shall have full authority ana jurisdiction to hear, determine, sentence, decide and adjudicate all criminal causes below the grade of felony, now pending, or which may hereafter be commenced by indict ment or presentment in the Superior Courts, upon production, by tho State’s Counsel, or the defendant or' his Coun sel, of an order of the presiding Judge authorizing the transfer of said cases, the order for which may be granted by said Judge in term time or vacation, and the Clerk of the Superior ’Court, up on the granting of any such order, is re quired to transfer to the County Court all papers appertaining to the case, with a certified statement of the names of the witnesses for whom subpoenas' may have been issued. • Sec. 23. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. BY TELEGRAPH. TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FOREIGN. Paris, January 23, noon.—Sentences of murderers of hostages during the Commune : Ganton, to death ; Francois, for life ; Latour Forten, to twenty years; Remoin, to ten years, and eight others to banishment. The others, including all women, were acquitted. It is believed that Gravey, President of the Assembly, will be elected Vice- President of France. London, January 23, evening.—Tho New York city loan commands two per cent, premium. Tho African mail steam packet Mac gregor Laird has been wrecked. The passengers, crew and specie were saved. The claims of the Tielibome claimant are weakening. One hundred pound Tichborno bonds declined to eighteen pounds. Alexandria, Egypt, January 23. Tlie steamer Nada encountered a heavy gale. One wave, sweeping the deck from stern to stern, drowned thirty-five natives. Madrid, January 23, evening.—Cortes met. Herrtra, Ministerial candidate, was defeated for President. This will probably lead to ministerial changes. Paris, January 23, evening.—lt is re ported that during the crisis caused .by the fear of Thiers withdrawing, 4li'e agents of the Imperialists circulated among tho officers of the army, and sought to ascertain their disposition to wards the Empire, and whether there was any feeling iu favor of restoration. ► . tty ' 1 - ,V NGTOy. ) Washington, January 23, noon.—ln the Senate, petitions for Sumner’s civil rights bill and the repeal of duty on salt, pig iron, and coal, were presented. The judiciary Committee reported. Washington, January 23, evening.— Cabinet routine. No nominations to day. Emory telegraphs the Secretary of War that everything is quiet in New Orleans. Col. Leonard, staff officer of Governor Warmouth, is here. The Louisiana committee expect to be absent three weeks. The apportionment bill, as passed the House, provided for two hundred and eighty-three members. The amend ments proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee proposes to keep the number as at present, with a rate of representa tion at one fifty-seven.. Divided by this rate the States would have two hundred and twenty-six ; but the full number of representatives is to be made up by the addition of seventeen repre sentatives from those States having the largest fractions over one half the rate. In these seventeen States are included, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisina and Georgia. The President has withdrawn the nomination of Willard Warner to be Collector of Customs at Mobile. NEWS SUMMARY. Chicago, Janurry 23. Alderman Glade, convicted of bribery, was sen tenced to SIOO fine, costs of the suit, and six months’ imprisoment. St. Louis, January 23.—1 n the session of the Israelite order of “Brai Brith,” yesterday, resolutions were offered by J. Wolff, of Cincinnati, and signed by every member of the convention, depre cating in strong terms the irftroductiou of theological matters into the Constitu tion of the United States, or interfer ence in any manner with unlimited exer cise of the right of religious liberty in America. Boston, January 23.—The Board of Trade has petitioned for a weekly mail hence to Liverpool. FROM NEW YORK. New York, January 23.—The police j raided three Broadway concert saloons. I Leet was directed to inform the wm- ! mittee exactly how the profits of the General Order Business were invested. Hepworth has commenced the organ ization of an orthodox congregation, with two hundred and fifty families. Botts, the murderer of Halstead, has given up all hopes of reprieve, and has made arrangements for his funeral after being hung. It is stated that the grand jury of the General Sessions will bring in forty or fifty indictments against prominent ox officials, for frauds aggregating fifteen millions. FROM CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, January 22.—Discus sion in the Chamber of Commerce shows a strong disposition to give di rect aid to tlie Atiuutio and Pacific Rond, in order to secure uninterrupted commu nication at all seasons. Col. Washington, editor of the Ex aminer, is reported dying. The wheat crop is estimated at twelve million sacks—worth twenty-four mil lion dollars on the ground. Cheyenne advices report tne Union Pacific Road blockaded westward to an unknown extent. COWHIDING A REPORTER AND THE RESULT. Columbia, January 23. Benjamin Byas, a colored representative in the Lower House, attempted to cowhide B. W. Tomlinson, of the Charleston Eews, to-day, when he was shot and severely wounded by Tomlinson, who, until recently, was connected with the New York press. FROM MEXICO. New York, January 23.—A Herald spec::'l from Matiuporas, of the 15th, says Travino has left Saltillo to attack Ban Louis. General Correias, commanding the Government cavalry, has been defeated by General Martinez. Correias retreated to San Louis, with the loss of two-thirds of his force. It is calculated that Travino can con centrate six thousand men against San Louis. ANOTHER MUDDLE. Omaha, January 23.—A quorum was obtained in the Legislature, which pass ed a resolution declaring the Guberna tional chair vacant, and providing for the election of a Governor by joint ses sion. The arrest of the Chief Clerk of the House was ordered. The Clerk was released on habeas corpus. At the close, either House lnoked a quorum, and the Governor refused to acknowl edge the act ousting him. THE KU-KLUX I’UItiONEUH. Charleston, January 23.—Forty-nine of the Ku-K.lux prisoners recently con victed and sentenced at Columbia, reached here to-day under a strong guard of United Htates troops. Twenty-four were put aboard the steamer Charleston, which sailed for New York this after noon. They are to bo imprisoned at Albany. The rest are conlined in the Charleston jail. CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, January 23.—Senate.— The entire day was occupied with am nesty, without progress. * House.—The House was in committee of the whole on appropriations. Gar field discussed finances generally. MRS. WHARTON’S TRIAL. Annapolis, January 23.—The jury re tired at two o’clock. Shortly alter re tiring, they sent a request for chairs, which was granted. A recess was taken to await the action of the jury. The Judge did not charge the jury. Financial and Commercial. | Arbitration (ominUlce Alumina Board us Train. John M. Clash, Chairman. \V. T. WULLESS, T. G. i' .lU.LTT, Jab. A. (Ira*, T. P. Branch. AUGUST A MARKET. CHRONICLE ,fc SENTINEL, l ' Aufir.tr A, January 2,’>, I*. M. i GOLD AND SILVER— Gold- buying IDS Ci> Goll—soiling 110 (j. Silver—buying 104 to Silver—boiling 11H <,» Georgia Railroad Stock MS <&10P City Augusta Bonds Hi <a, 85 We note a better demand for Securities causod by reinvestment of January interest. COTTON.—EarIy Liverpool accounts evincing weakness, our market opened quiet and ruled with only a moderate demand, on the basis of 201 for Middling. 11ul.il the reception of af ternoon accounts from Now York, in rosponao t& which a good demand arose here and tho market closos very lirm at unchanged quota tions. ltooeipts. 006: sales. 6UU. BACON—\\ ith a light stock tho market is i‘ firm and prices advancing. We quete : Clear sides, Ml; Clear Rib at 8i(a)B| ; Shoulders, 7},<pß : Diy Halt C.. 7}; Clear Rib, 7J®74; dOi.rt'jAl rk-r-T rrarf.its oanvaasr*. Plain. 121; uuoovered S. C., 14(5)16. WHEAT—The supply is rather light and market steady at 51 Mofa)2 20 for White; $1 80@ 1 95 for Amber, and 51 70(b) 1 85 for Red. FLOUR—Continues firm with a good demand for City Mills at 58 25(511 according to qual ity. CORN—Stock ample and inquiry fair at 90@ 95 for White; 41051 05 for old White. OATS—Arrivals continue light. We quote VOCfj 75 ; Blaca, it. [by telegraph to the chronicle and - sentinel. ] * COTTON MARKETS. Liverpool. Jauuary 2J, noon.—Cotton open ed quiet—Uplands, 108 d.; Orleans, 10fd. Lateb.—Cotton dull—sales, 10,000; specula tion and export, 3,000. Liverpool. January 23. evening.—Cotton closed.dull —Uplands. 10|d; Orleans, 10}d. Yarns and Fabrics quiet and firm. New York, January 23, noon.—Cotton quiet —Uplands, 22}; Orleans, 22} ; sales, 800. Sales of future cotton last ovening, 2,150 bales, as follows: February, 21 15-16, 21}; March, 221, 22 9-16; April, 22}, 22 13-16; June, 23, 23|. New York. January 23, p. m.—Cotton steady —sales, 2.110; Uplands, 22}; Orleans. 22}. Kales of future cotton to-day, 7,300 bales, as follows ; Jauuarv, 214, 21 13-16; February, 211, 21}, 21 13-16, 21 15-16; March, 22}, 22 7-16, 224, 22 9-16; April, 22}, 22 13-16; May, 22}, 22f; June, 28, 23}. 22 15-16. Boston, January 23, p. m.—Cotton quiet— Middling. 22); ne» »nte;pts, 155; gross re ceipts, 1,750; sales, 500; stock, 9,000. New Orleans, January 23, p. m.— Cotton quiet—Middling, 21(5(21}; net receipts, 3.312; gross, 3,312; exports to Great Britain, 3,107; Barcelona; 1,000, sales, 5,500; stock, 195,004. CnARi.KSTON, January 23, p. m.—Cotton quiet —Middling, 21; net receipts, 2,269; exports to continent, 900; coastwise, 27; Bales, 100; stock, 35,841. Norfolk. January 23, p. m.—Cotton quiet— Low Middling, 20(520}: net receipts, 1,505; exports coastwise, 960; stock, 4,048. Baltimore, January 23, p. in. -Cottonsteady —Middling. 21}; net receipts. 240; gross, 520; exports coastwise, 131; sales, 410; stock, 3,287. Memphis, January’ 23, p. m.—Cotton easier but not quotable lower—Middling, 21; receipts, 3,215. Mobile, January 23. p. m.—Cotton quiet— Middling. 204. net receipt*, 1.020; export* to Cork, 2,023; Barcelona, 457; sales. 600; stock, 04,242. Galveston. January 23, p. m.—Cotton quiet —Go: 1 Ordinary, 10}; net receipts, 2,110: ex ports coastwise, 1,571; sales, 500; stock, 18.0*12. IVir.MiNOTON. January 23, p. m.—Cotton tirm —Middling, 20}; net receipts. 93 ; sales, 30; stock, 4,724. Savannah. January 23, p. in.—Cotton in light demand—Middling, 21; net receipts, 5.082; exports to Barcelona, 1,030; sales, 1,500; stuck,' 82,859. • .MONEY MARKETS. I.onoon. January 23, noon. -Consols, 02}. Bonds. 92}. Paris, January 23, noon.— lientes. 6Cf. 400. New York. January 23 noon.—Stocks heavy. Govcrnnn uta dull and steady. Mouey easy at fi<« 7. Gold steady at ll)3<<sloSi. Exchange long, 9}; short, Pj. New Yolk. January 23. p. in.— Money active at 6©7. Some Savings Banks fortifying them selves, causing scarcity of currency on Mall street. Sterling dull at »}(8;9-. Gold, Sjteiy, Governments dosed dull at an } lower. 62 s, 104. States strong and steady. Tennessee*. 071, new, 071. Virginias, 50; new. 52. Louiß ianas, 55; now. 50. I.cvees, 00 : He. 70. Ala banias. 96 : ss. 00. Georgias, 70 ; 7’a. 85. North Carolina*. 32; new, 15. South Care iinas, 50; new, 27}. Havana, January 23, noon.—Fedoral ex change, sixty days currency, 2©2}. Gold long, 11; short, 12|@13. PRODUCE MARKETS. Nf.w York, January 23. noon.—Flour dull anil declining. Wheat quiet and heavy. Com dull and declining. Tork steady—mess. sl4 37 li® 14 50. Lard steady at 91(®9 9-16. Turpen tine firm at 69®694. Rosin in fair request at IT4 80@4 85 for strained. Freights steady. 1 New York, Janhary 23. p. m.— Flour dull I and drooping—common to fair extra, $6 75© , 7 35; good to choice, $7 30(§)9 50. Whisky steady at 92. Wheat heavy and lower—winter red western, *1 58<5T G 3. Com a shade easier at 71110)714. Pork, 14 371©14 50. Beef steady. Lard barely steady. Zavala firm. Tallow, 9@!>J. Freights dull. Cincinnati, Jannary 23, p. m.—Flour lowsr I —family. $0 80@7. Fork— holder* anxious. sl3 25 asked. Lard quiet. Bacon — shouldara, I6} : sides, 7}®7|. "Whisky stiff at 88. NO. 10.