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1ME TELEGrRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 16G9.
Governor Bollock’s Message.
The telegrams contain a synopsis of the Gov
ernor’s mesage, delivered yesterday, too late for
transmission by mail. The point of the whole
affair seems to be this: The Governor announces
the total insecurity of loyalists in Georgia, and
claims that the reconstruction acts were practic
ally contemned in the State organization and
subsequent administration. He declares the in
evitable! determination of Congress to protect
' the loyal population, and proposes either that
the Legislature shall rescind its action upon the
qualification of members and the expulsion of
negroes, or adjourn and leave these matters for
the action of Congress. We have talked so much
upon the subject matter of these recommenda
tions that repetition is needless.
The Senate and Civil Tenure Repeal.
-The World’s dispatches of the 11th says, the
position of the Senate in regard to the sudden
action of the House, to-day, repealing the Civil
Tenure law, was a position of surprise, excite
ment, jnd wonder. The repeal of the law and
the manner in which it was effected reached the
Senate in less than five minutes after it was en
acted in the other chamber. The discussion
upon it had to bo private, as no official informa
tion of the repeal was before tho Senate. The
conversational comment and sensation conse
quent upon it superseded in point of fact any
other business, especially including that under
consideration—the claim question. Most of
the Senators openly disclaimed expressing
their opinion in reference to the repeal until it
became a question for them to concur; but
-Messrs. Sumner and Edwards and most of
the new Southern Senators were unqualified in
their statements that the Senate would not and
never should repeal the law. There has nothing
occurred to alter the list of Senators in favor of
and against the repeal, which list was published
in these dispatches last week, comprising twen
ty-eight in favor of and thirty-nine against re
peal in a full Senate. Immediately after the re
peal had passed the House, General Butler, in
response to a direct inquiry, whether the repeal
would be concurred in by the Senate, stated that
ho did not think the Senate would repeal the
law, but that the onus to do it was now upon the
Senate, and their refusal to do so would be
rightly understood by tho country.
Albany A Thonmsvillo Railroad.
The Thomasville Southern Enterprise, of*the
13th, understands that the Central Railroad has
appointed agents in that city to buy up the stock
of the South Georgia <fc Florida Railroad from
Albany to Thomas ville. The enterprise protests
against the movement
A meeting of the stockholders of the South
Ga. & Fla. Railroad was held in Thomasville last
Tuesday, for the purpose of giving sanction to
certain modifications of the contract existing be
tween this Company and the Atlantic & Gulf
Road Company, and also to confirm the Presi
dent’s contract for iron and provide for the pay
ment of the same. During the discussions, says
the Enterprise, we learned that the President
rpnrchased a sufficient quantity of iron at $82
-per ton, and negotiated the bonds of the Com-
■pany endorsed by the State, at 90 cents in the
dollar—terms considered by all veTy favorable,
-and reflecting much credit upon the business ca
pacity of the President of tho Company. A res
olution was adopted recommending the Board
of Directors to use all the powers granted in the
Charter to enforce the collection of subscriptions,
and they aredetermined to complete the road at the
earliest possible day. We warn delinquent stock
holders, that the Charter provides both for see
ing and confiscating stock.
Tke State Aid Question Again.
A few days ago the Savannah Republican, by
itself and a correspondent, sounded a very loud
nTflrm upon the matter of Georgia State aid to
railroads. It was represented that a “ruinous
and corrupt” combination of railroad rings had
succeeded in embarking Georgia upon a disas
trous system, which, in the interest of coteries
of speculators, would prove ruinous to public
and private welfare, and result in heavy loss and
heavy taxation.
As these allegations were very important, if
true, we discussed somewhat at length the ques
tion of State aid to Railroads, and the sound
principles which ought to govern it We showed
that in the character and conditions of the aid
extended to tho Macon & Brunswick Rood) (and
that to the Air Line and Macon & Augusta are
upon the same principle,) loss to the State was
improbable, almost to the extent of impossibility;
and the only case of actual loss so far incurred
by tho State, was that of the Atlantic & Gulf
Railroad—the single exception to State aid
which the Savannah Republican approved.
As the point is one of great practical interest
to the people, we are sorry that the Republican,
in its indirect reply to our article, not only fails
to copy it, but also fails of meeting a single one
of the points raised.
We wish to treat all these questions of State aid
and railway combinations on sound general prin
ciples, as touching a healthy State policy, and a
just, prudent and rightful exercise of their fran
chises by the railways—as affecting their value to
the stockholders and their usefulness to tho pub
lic. These aTe the two conditions of a railway
charter, and the last one is the governing condi
tion. All the powers and privileges of tho charter
are granted primarily for the public benefit; but
as the private benefit of the grantees constitutes
a condition essential to the public utility, neither
will be overlooked in any wise system of railway
legislation. The State shouldbe as careful to pro
tect this as every other private property inter
est ; and when, therefore, the Republican talks
about denunciations of the Central or any other
road as a great property interest of Georgia, he
ought to be careful to except this paper, and we
believe, every other Georgia press—for there is
not one of them which does not desire the pros
perity and protection of every railway in the State,
while engaged in the nobloand legitimate work as
a common carrier for the people.
But when, by financial operations external to
these proper functions, it is finally announced
by a Savannah print that another railway enter
prise deemed essential to the development of
the State and convenience of the people has
received its death-blow,” ormust exist, if it ex
ist at all, on the mere sufferance and charity of
hostile combination, the Republican should
not complain that the people demur.
We have copied the Republican's article in
full, in order to put the people in possession of
the defences put forward in behalf of the policy
complained of, and for the present will leave
them with the reader.
State
.Another Payment into the
Treasury.
'The Intelligencer of Friday says: Superin
tendent Hulbert, of the Western and Atlantic
(or State) Railroad, wo are glad to inform our
readers, paid into the State Treasury, on yester
day, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars,
($25,000) for the month of December last, from
the earnings of the road for that month. This
speaks well for the management of this great
State work, and especially for CoL Hulbert,
■who, whatever may be his political status—
with which, in the management of the road, wo
have nothing to do—is certainly a most efficient
Superintendent of that great work, and on emi
nently practical railroad official. This last
monthly payment of his into the State Treasury
-came in very good time.
Sensible.
The Washington correspondent of the Char
leston Courier writes as follows on currency tin
kering:
Much hesitation in business matters is caused
by anticipated Congressional tinkering of the
the currency. Congress ought to make known,
by some declaratory resolution, its decision on
the subject. It is not to be doubted that both in
and out of Congress, there is a growing disposi
tion to let the currency question take care of it
self. “Masterly inactivity,” it is said will solve
the question. If Congress can be relied upon
to keep the amount of authorized currency as it
is, without increase or contraction, the popula
tion and business of the country will be brought
to it in seven years; and then there being no
Population of Columbus.—In the city, prop
er, there are about 10,000 people. The adja
cent villages, which ought to be embraced in
the corporation, as residents derive their
livelihood here, will swell tho number to 14,-
000. The negro population has been decreased
in the last twelve months.—Sun.
The Governor’s .Message.
There is but one prominent idea in Gover
nor Bullock’s message—the expulsion of the ne
groes from the Georgia Legislature. The ma
terial interests of the State are wholly ignored,
or if alluded to at all, are barely mentioned.
He seems determined to put the nigger back
as one of our law-mnkers, and will be content
with nothing short of this. In the coarse of the
document he quotes from the various Recon
struction Acts of Congress, from Grant, from
Rawlings, from Sherman, from Meade, and last,
(but by mistake,) from John W.- Forney. He
■only alludes vaguely to the wishes of the ma
jority of the people of Georgia, but seems to
take tho will of these outsiders, and to be of the
conviction that there is no appeal from their
opinions.
He gives us tho special and extraordinary
•document he sent to Congress, in which it is
•denied Georgia has conformed to the Recon
struction Acts, and asks that she be again token
in hand. The Legislature is told plainly that
unless it purges itself of all members unable
to take the iron-clad oath, and take the negroes’
Lack, Congress will order the old and defunct
Convention to assemble again, and that body
•will so remodel its work as to plainly make them I
do so.
Aside from the menacing tone of this portion
of the message, we regret, and so do many prom
inent Repnblicans of Georgia regret, the efforts
of their Governor to again plnnge the State in
to political chaos. He is simply an executive
officer, and is not, therefore, called upon by the
dnties of bis office to say who shall be members
of the Legislature. That body is made the sole
judge of the eligibility of its members, and the
Governor is in no wise responsible. In this ac
tion he throws aside the mantle of the Governor
and assumes the garb of the politician.
How far more appropriate would it have been
for him to have devoted this state paper to the
agricnltural, mineral and other material inter
ests of the State ! Tho people are sick, tired and
disgusted with politics, and are now wisely turn
ing their attention to improving their waste
lands and rebuilding- their fortunes. The Gov-
paper. Rut Congress will not let tho subject
rest in that manner—they will alternately threat
en contraction or inflation.
It is the opinion of practical business men
that gold is on the rise, and will soon be on the
rampage. The opinion is founded upon the
belief that resumption of specie payments is far
off, and that we have exported not only the
amount of gold produced from our mines since
I860, bnta large portion of the stock we had
before that year, and that our bonds will fall in
Europe, thus rendering necessary the continued
export of all the gold we have, or can produce,
in payment of interest and of imports. But we
are soon to hear from Senator Sherman and
other financial men on this subject.
These are the ideas we entertain and have re
peatedly expressed on this subject. Cat down
the expenses of carrying on the Government
one-half, which can be easily done—reduce the
tariff—unshackle the Southern people—restore
confidence and activity to business by the dec
laration that the volume of currency now afloat
shall not be increased or diminished, and depre
ciation would be remedied by the natural pow
ers of growth and recuperation. The soil of the
Southern States alone will, in seven years, yield
fifteen hundred to two thousand millions’ worth
of cotton, gold valuation. Currency will every
year become increasingly scarce and valuable
under the increasing demands for its employ
ment. Capital and enterprise would be relieved
of the incubus of apprehension of a revolution
in values produced by a forced return to the
specie standard; and we should reach that stan
dard, at last, by constant, gradual and insensi
ble advances, which would render resumption
an easy matter. Let Congress, therefore, deter
mine that for seven years tho volume of curren
cy shall neither be increased nor diminished,
and postpone the question of specie-payments
till after the expiration of that period.
General Grant on Georgia.
From the Atlanta specials of the Chronicle and
Sentinel, we copy the following rumor about
the position of General Grant in relation to
Georgia Re-reconstruction. We ore glad to see
that t>n the faith of it or of something else, the
Chronicle and Sentinel recalls its position that
the Georgia Legislature should practically ig
nore the attitnde of Congress in relation to the
State, and go on with regular legislation as if
nothing were the matter. The Chronicle and
Sentinel now favors an eariy adjournment, and
■a general attitude of conciliation. That we
think, is the true policy.
A multitude of conflicting rumors are afloat as
to what the Legislature wifi do, now that it has
assembled. Some think that, after meeting
again on Friday, it will pass a resolution
MINOR TOPICS.
In an address recently delivered at an Agricultural
Fair in Staunton, Commodore M. F. Maury Baid:
The 54tli anniversary of the battle of Now Orleans, «Did you evcr reflecl that Virginia jg ^ the ] & titud*
the 8th of January just past, was more than ordina- of Ul0 Land-that the (same skies upon
rily noticed by the Southern press. This is altogether w hich David and Solomon and our Savior gazed, are
right and proper. That brilliant victory was won by gami8b ed for na as for them; that the Ple&ides,
the valor of a Southern citizen soldiery, lead by the Orion and Arcturus rise and set and shine upon ns
most remarkable man America ever produced. It M they did upon patient Job; and that everything
is still the Kohinor of military achievements upon that is grown there, from the fig and the vine and
this continent. corn and oil, grow here as well, and other things be-
That crazy fanatic. Georgo Francis Train, has Bid ee ? Did you know that Virginia and North Car-
once more opened hi6 voluble vocabulary of abnse olina have given tho greatest gifts from tho vegetable
against England. He gavo ns a breathing spell while ■ kingdom that men have received since history began
dammed np in an Irish jail, but ho has got Ioobo and —“that Indian com, potatoes, and tobacco, came from
now is making np for lost time. Ho reminds ns of . P ar * the world?’ ^
a story of a mate of one of the many vessels sent to According to some of our Georgia journals, Mr.
search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic regions. ; Hulbert, when he was first appointed Superintendent
Ho was very unpopular among tho sailors. It is said . of the State Road, was a very bad man. He has
that tho weather got so cold that words spoken ■ changed the opinion of somo of them, and tho fol-
would freeze as soon as they left the mouth. The : lowing is the way he made the change. We copy:
sailors took advantage of this to giro their mate a .' “Mr. E. Hulbert, the able and efficient Superintcn-
cursing. Their oaths were continued for several dent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, will ac-
days. But when tho weather moderated they com- cept our thanks for renewed courtesies for 1869.
menced thawing out, when the luckless mate was The affairs of this road are managed with great tact
dnmfounded at the volleys ho received. j and ability, and no road in the State has a better
! oorps of officers." This reminds us of a puff given
| to A Ward, by the Shoeboygan Flagstaff: “A
A petitiox is in circulation in various portions of
the country asking President Johnson to pardon . Ward _ thig accomp]iabc d gentleman and scholar
Spang er Mudd and Arnold^convicted by a military j camo ^ onr offico 8terday and a j
commission and sent to tho Dry Tortugas. Wehopo j amountof printbl g to do . W e therefore consider
it willbe successM, for no matte: whether they j him one of the finest showmen in tho world."
wore guilty or not the court which toed them had no i
jurisdiction in their cases. The petition is very long ! A cheat many stories are afloat concerning the
and reviews the leading points upon which they were ' alleged proposition of Stonowall Jackson t® attack
convicted. the Federal troops at Fredericksburg nakod. We
. . ' heard a Georgia Confederate Colonel relate the ori-
The ”*—’ — —
out
attend to at home and can’t afford to spare
upon John Chinaman, or any other man. It don’t
pay. In these last days when “bummersanxious
to take a pleasure excursion abroad at some ono
else’s expense, pass around the hat, all sensible
people will button up their pockets. We have
before us a document of a lazy fellow who wants
the modest “sum of 610,000 furnished him to
go to Japan, and adjacent Islands, to engage in the
good work,” and he forwards the name of a stupid
dolt who “ agrees to be one of one hundred to make
up this small amount.” This is decidedly refreshing.
Field hands are too scarce in Georgia to accommo
date him, and wo therefore hope he wont get a cent.
enemy, called at their Colonel’s tent at night, pass
ed the bottle freely, and, naturally enough, felt like
renewing the battlo at once. But it was suggested
that friend and foe could not be distinguished at
night. To obviate this, it was proposed to strip off
all outer garments. We believe the proposition was
sent to General Jackson’s headquarters, but it was
not adopted. This is the true version of tho whole
matter.
The earthquakes have commenced in Mexico.
They have got tired of Sonth America, California
The Atlanta Intelligencer says there is a great
contrast between Grant and Colfax. “ Grant is
modest-, unasstuning, simple in taBtes and habits,
opposed to demonstrations, ovations, orations and
I glorifications. Colfax, on the contrary, is pompous,
presumptuous, ostentatious, fond of show, tho re
cipient of numbers of ovations, tho speaker of
and the Pacific Islands, and have taken to the con- countless orations, and the incessant participant in
genial climate of our “ sister Republic.” We don’t j all sorts of glorifications.'
know of any more proper “stage” for their perfor
mances. When they get in full blast wo can con
gratulate that country upon its great improvements.
TTamt.tx and Morrill are running for the Senate
from Maine. Between the two our preference is for
Hamlin. Morrill has been the engineer of all the
tax bills passed by Congress for seven or eight years,
and some of them are disgraceful enough—always
discriminating in favor of New England whenever it
was possible to make them so. As a whipper-in of
lukewarm Repnblicans he has no rival. Hamlin was
Lincoln’s first Vice President, is heavy on “God and
humanity,” bnt is a man of no force. We have also
heard that he had a streak of negro blood in his
veins. He is the least of two evils.
The repeal of the tenuro-of-offico bill hangs fire
in the Senate. Wilson wants it amended so as to
give the President power only over his Cabinet.
Grant imperiously demands tho absolute obliteration
of the whole bill, and will be satisfied with nothing
less. We hope they will fight it out on that or some
other line. Here is what Grant says about it him
self: “Ineverwasin favor of tho tenuro-of-office
hill. While I am not a lawyer and not qualified to
judge of the constitutional power of Congress to
pass such a bill, I accept the opinion of the Judicia
ry Committee on that subject. I believe I owe my
election moro to the confidence of the American
people in my patriotism and integrity than to any
knowledgo of mine on reconstruction, suffrage or
. amnesty. The people expect me to savo them from
Tun Russians are leaving Alaska. According to a j wholeflslo robbeiy by officials, to see tbo UwB eie _
late report, three hundred have gone from Sitka to j cutedi and revenues faithfully collected. So help
St. Petersburg. The apologists of this purchase j me IwiUdoi{ or rc8ign . An executive officer,
have failed to show a single advantage which wo are j Batiafled of his inability to execute the laws, is un
to derive from it. We might have bought that much t WO rthy tho respect of his fellow-citizens, if he con-
land in Greenland for one-third the money and made ; tinues to hold office.”
as much by it. j
! The highest prices obtained for any one lot of
When the new Captain General Dulce reached ■ mulea at Paria , Kentucky on Monday last, was nine
Cuba, he issued a very conciliatory proclamation, of- I head of Jolm T _ at mo pcr hcad . y oar _
fering a free pardon to all who would lay down their hngs wer0 bid at $ 140 . Horses sold well, ranging
arms and “come down” in forty days. From tho , from s40 to 6150. Captain Kidd sold twenty-four
last news we think this time will have to be extend- head of yearlin _ mtdea at $100 05.
ded indefinitely. The insurrection, instead of dying
out, seems to be increasing. This insurrection is in ! Theee thousand pounds of “ fungus ” was landed
reality a small affair, but its very insignificance last month in San Francisco, from one ship, hailing
shows the innate weakness of the Spanish Govern- j from Tahiti This material is gathered from trees
ment.
And so Carl Schurz has been elected to the United :
States Senate from Missouri. He is a disciple of I
Voltaire and a Radical with tho instincts of Marat. J
Before bis election he promised to introduce a bill :
remanding ail the rebel States to territorial govern- j
ments. This German infidel is a shining figure in :
the Radical party, and in tho Senate will take rank !
as an unruly fanatic.
in the Southern part of the Society Islands, and
packed in bags woven from slips of tho booroa
bark, the wood of which orange crates are made.
This fungus is, in appearance, like very thin and
dirty India rubber. It is shipped to China for use
in making “ soup.” The value is about 12% cents
per pound at the island, and about 100,000 pounds
are produced there annually.
The depredations committed by the militia of
Gov. Clayton of Arkansas are a stain upon the age
in which wo live. For several weeks this Governor
has permitted bands of rapscallions, under the name
of militia, to roam over various counties, where they
have committed murders, rapes, arsons, thefts, and
OTery other crime known to the law. They seem to
be huge bands of land pirates, licensed and sanc
tioned by the Radical government of a State which
has been duly admitted into the Union and where
the forms of civil law are recognized as being in
force. As their deeds are in the name of Radical
ism, they excite no condemnation from the General
Government. They are more likely to receive a
vote of thanks from Congress than a reprimand.
General Grant recently sent ono of his Aid-de-
Camps to investigate the situation. From this re
port it appears:
1. The gangs are acting nnder the authority of the
Governor.
2. In seven counties of tho State martial law is
declared.
3. The gangs are ordered to “live off the coun-
trv."
4. In the eastern counties, the force is composed
It will be seen by the following paragraph which
occurs in Ward’s History of New England, written
in 1636, that the Boston of one hundred and seventy
years ago is very nearly tho Boston of to-day. It
only lacked Sumner: “The inhabitants seemed
very religions, showing many outward and visible
signs of an inward and spiritnal grace. But, though
they wear in their faces the innocence of doves, you
will find them in their dealings as subtle as serpents,
nterest is their faith, money their god, and-large
possessions the only heaven they covet.”
The new wing of the Treasury Department is
rapidly approaching completion. The three upper
stories are finished, and carpets are now going down
ready for occupancy by the Internal Revenue De
partment. The lower floors will not be finished for
two or three months. The walls of the “cash
room” are to be paneled with rare specimens of
Italian marble. The marble will cost about forty
thousand dollars. When finished, it will be the
finest room in America, if cot in the world.
The reader can gain a clear idea of the causes
which threaten the peace of Europe from the ulti
matum sent by Turkey to Greece. It is as follows:
itirely of negroes. j 1. That the existing bands of volunteers be broken
5. The Governor “could seldom secure good men ; upj and t } 10 formation of new ones be prohibited.
G°Thogang 8 are ordered to try by military courts, 1 J Crotan ^ Pitted to return
in cases where they may deem it necessary. ] home, and protected, if necessary, against- the coer-
The people are powerless to help themselves, j don of tho Greek committees, who hinder their re-
Both their local and their general governments are , turn. 3, That those who have hitherto prevented
against them, and they know not where to turn for i the Cretan fugitives from returning home, using
assistance—for relief from these bands of robbers j force against them as well as against the Turkish
and murderers.
The St. Louie papers are full of the disgusting
details of the prize fight which came off on Chou
teau Island, fifteen miles above the city, on the 12th.
A side-wheel steamer was ahartered to take the
roughs" to the ground, hut it seems many “re
spectable ” merchants were in the crowd. The prize
fighters, James Davis, of California, and Tom Al
len. of England, fought forty-four minutes and for
ty-three rounds. Davis was badly and disgracefully
whipped, but both were terribly battered and bruised.
W< presume that the sensibilities of the Western
“border ruffians” were not at all ruffled by the fight,
as no effort was made to suppress it.
officers commissioned to superintend their re-em
barkation, be punished, and that the families of
those murdered on these occasions be idomnified.
4. That fhe Greek harbors bo closed to the blockade
runners, and that the ships be disarmed before leav
ing port 5. That Greece engage to pursue a policy
in conformity with the law of nations and special
The identical pistols used by Aaron Burr and
Alexander Hamilton in their funousVlael,are now in
the possession of Harry Armstrong, of Newtarg,
New York. They have been for many years in the
possession of Commodore Salter, U. B. N., recently
deceased, and were turned over to Mr. Armstrong
this week. They are of the old style of manufacture,
flint locks, mahogany stocks, the barrel carrying a
half-ounce ball The barrels are of the old * ‘double
and-twist” make. They bear the mark of “J. Twiggs,
London.” The pistols resemble each other exactly.
The one wliich was used by Burr, and which
sent the death-dealing bullet, is distinguished from
its mate by an X on the butt. They have been used
in some ten or a dozen other duels, beside the one
which has' made them historically famous. The
last owner cleaned them and fired them off once t.
month regularly while ho lived. It is said they never
miss fire.
treaties.
A Rocky Mountain paper publishes an obituary
! notice of the famous “Jim,” Chief of tho Washoe
j Indians, who died recently. Jim seems to have
j possessed many virtues. He is said to have been a
: good, though very dirty red man. He possessed a
' well-balanced head of hair, and stomach enough for
1 all bo could get to eat. His regard for truth was
Mr. Senior Sacks, of Paris, pays the following ex- notable—he never meddled with it. He left no will,
traordinaiy compliment to Baron Rothschild. For a • and his estate, consisting of a pair of boots, will
man with his money to live virtuously in Paris is • have to bo settled by his heirs through the medium
something remarkable, indeed: “James Rothschild of a game of “ old sledge.” After life’s fitful “ fe-
was an ornament of Israel,” not because of his im- ver and ague,” Jim sleeps well.
mense wealth and his power as a financier, but be- ....
cause he lived since 1612 in the capital of sybaritism ' I>tralNO tbe P ast tbreo montb3 tbcro bavo bcca
and epicurism, in the midst of relations which are
apt to estrange any one from the path of higher
moral and religious life, and to beguile him into a
course in which the fetters of every external restraint
Congressional interference will be settled. Be v- j are thrown aside, and, nevertheless, stood firmly and
eral prominent Democratic members favor and j faithfully by the monotheism of his fathers and
one hundred and fifty thousand new rifles sent from
Providence, Rhode Island, to Europe. Over five
thousand have been sent to Cnba, and six thousand
muzzle-loaders, transformed to breech-loaders,
shipped to Mexico.
A Mr. Whipple, of Kingsville, Ashtabula county,
strongly urge that a connter-memorial, in oppo- j etr jctly observed these positive historical doctrines Ohio, wliile killing a hog two weeks ago, had one of
eifmn In iV.nt- n T? onl/>niQ CT AilUG TnA tnifl I . _ _ ..... 1 ° ° ° '
sition to that of tho Radicals, stating the true
condition of affairs in Georgia, and the fcets
upon which the expulsion of the negro members
was based. Others of tho party propose that,
instead of adjonrning immediately, the Legisla
ture go on with the business of the Stato abso
lutely necessary to be done, without regard to
the action of Congress. Both the Radical and
Democratic members are holdingparty meetings
to-night for the purpose of deciding which is the
best course for them to pursue. There is a
widely circulated report here that letters have
been received, by certain parties, from Wash
ington, saying that General Grant advises that
the Legislature adjourn nt once. There is a
strong probability that this course will bo
adopted. .
Editors Telegraph : Your readers noticed in
ornor would have done them areal service by : tbo TnymoTn of Yesterday the card of CoL
devoting his message to these topics. Bathe j T . j Speer> g enator of tbe 22nd District, ten-
lms chosen to reopen tho old wounds and invite , ^ring his services to persons in the district
the wrath of Congress upon ns once more. ; j, bavin „ measureswMch they wish passed by the
His message will sadly disappoint the people j Lfigislature . It but aa ac t of justice in one
of the State, with the exception of a very small ^ m ^ Bupport bilU) ^ differs polit-
black minority, and a few ambitions write men ; ^ ^ Mm> bn t who has been obliged by
who have failed to get into offico in the course - ^ propose d, to say that he has
of reconstruction. He shows a want of-wisdom | fonnd CoI . g y accommodating: d,
in deferring to tho washes of these men to the | wbat bo promises, efficient in his pi
detriment of tho groat majority. The whole ob- J not averse to any interest located at Macon,
ject is political. . I * * ' t> . Citizen.
which are the custodians of morality.”
A Washington telegram yesterday in saying, “Un
der tho following letter, indictments against Mr.
Davis and Gen. Breckinsidge were both passed,"
the word Ehonld have been quashed. Both the city
journals contained tho same, mistake, and tho city
was quite puzzled to know what it meant. But the
letter of Mr. Evarts distinctly orders a nolle prose
qui—<no cause for prosecution)—to be entered by
the government in their cases, which sets them free.
This ends tho Davis trial. And this leaves all South
ern exiles in foreign lancitf free to come home—re
moves all prosecutions pending or contemplated
against them. We hope they will speedily return to
their respective States and devote tho balance of their
lives to the development of tho agricultural and
mineral resources of the South. We are glad the
government has stopped its persecution of a dozen
men for the acts of fonr or five million. It did no
his fingers bitten off. Amputation was made above
the wo jnd, and it was apparently doing well, when
he was taken sick, and before Ins death oi
exhibited all the symptoms of hydrophobia.
A system of metallic ceilings, which consist- in the
application^ the joistingof veiythin stamped metal
in ornamental embossed panels, has lately been in
vented. These stamped panels are fitted for every
kind of decoration in color, and if inserted as plain
surfaces, may be used as the ground for every de
scription of cartoon painting, combining with light
ness and durability, artistic and ornamental effect,
at ai comparatively small cost.
A steamboat has been built for Salt Lake. She
was launched in the Jordan Biver, about 15 miles
from the Lake. This river is about 50 miles in length
and has its source in Utah Lake, 45. miles south of
the Mormon capital. Utah Lake is a beautiful sheet
of fresh water, about 40 miles long, surrounded by
mountains. Next Summer the Jordan River will be
dredged, so that navigation may' bo opened from
Utah to Salt Lake. The little steamer will then
take pleasure parties up and down the valley. She
is called the Kate Conner.
The Albany News says the great stock purchase
will not stop tho building of tho Sonth Georgia and
Florida Railroad. It says its only effect will be:
wisely established rates of freight on all the lines,
and the discontenance of unwise and ruinous compe
tition. It may possibly fix permanently the Western
terminus of tho A. & G. R. R. at Bainbridge, but we
fail to discern either policy or profit in restraining its
operations in any other direction or in any other
manner.” Again: “the stockjobbers did not buy
thirteen hundred thousand dollars of stock merely
for the pleasure of destroying a competion. They
are now as much interested in making the stock pay
dividends as were the venders, and the plainest prin
ciples of common sense guarrantees their most vig
orous effortB to that end. It will make no difference
to them which way the cotton goes from this point—
it must all go to the sea-board, and they will pocket
the profits arising from the freights, whether it goes
round by Macon or by Thomasville. “It urgently
calls upon the stockholders to come forward and pay
up. Onr Savannah contemporaries will notice the
strong point mode by tho News in stating that the
purchase will fix the Western tcrminuB of the Gulf
Road permanently at Bainbridge. And they will ad
mit that tho interest of Savannah demands, hut the
interest of the Central does not demand, that this
line should be pushed West until it taps the Alabama
system of Railways.
A Pams writer on popular science makes out
that the people of tho United States are growing to
a physical resemblance of the Indians. Abbe Bras-
eaur do Bourbourg asserts in bis works on America
the physical and moral characteristics, of people of
European origin, who have made their homes in the
North, have become like the Iriquois while thOBe of
the Sonth have become like the Cherokee.
On tho Knoxville (Term.) criminal docket there
are yet about one thousand cases of treason. In
most of these cases, however, no arrests have yet
been made. In the list of those indicted are Jeff
Davis, Governor Harris, Generals Bragg, E. Kirby
Smith, Buckner, Breckinridge, McCown, Longstreet,
Wheeler, Forrest—in fact nearly every Confederate
General or Colonel who commanded a brigade or a
regiment within the limits of East Tennessee at any
time during the war.
The Great Stock Trade Again.
From the Savannah Republican.)
*Our interior contemporaries are still hammer
ing away at the sale of Savannah stock in the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad to the Central and
Southwestern roads. It is difficult to say ex
actly what they are aiming at, but all seem to
apprehend some great evil to result to the ooun-
try, while some condemn it as illegal and void.
Some say the Macon and Brunswick road is to
be broken up; others that the Albany and Flor
ida road is to go by tbe board, while many are
startled at what they conceive to be growing np
in our midst, a vast and dangerous monopoly.
Most of : the'dissatisfaction, we are inclined to
think, grows out of the apprehension that the
transfer will interfere with the prosperity of
some favorite project with which they, or their
respective communities, are identified.
Now, as regards this matter, we are the cham
pion of neither side of the question. . We are
under no obligations to take either side, except
so far as the cause of truth and the public in
terests require it. We must say, though, that
we think there is an uncalled-for degree of ex
citement on the subject, and apprehensions felt
that are not justified by any peculiar character,
of the transaction. It was a trade on a gigantic
scale, it is true, and somewhat calculated to star
tle by its very magnitude; but we doubt if the
very serious consequences anticipated by some
of our brethren of the press will ever be realized-
We are as much opposed to monopoly as the
next one, and frankly concede that Wei would
prefer that the great lines of railroad in question
should be separate and independent in their in
terests and management. But still, we cannot
say that we see anybody to blame in the trans
action.
Is it the city of Savannah? The stock was
hers, she had a clear right to dispose of it, es
pecially as she was in debt, heavily taxed, and
could get a good price for property that was
yielding her nothing; and if her citizens Are
satisfied we cannot see why others should com
plain. We have heard of no serions dissatisfac
tion, and we think none exists. Our Mayor and
Council may have made a mistake, whether or
not-time will prove, bnt many shrewd men ihinTr
they have acted wisely.
Is the Southwestern or Central Road culpable
in the matter? Upon the legality of the trans
action, wo have nothing to say, as wo are pre
sumed not to have an opinion that is worth any
thing to the public; but it is very clear that if
they have no right to buy stocks in other roads,
every leading road in Georgia and the South is
in pari ddictu. There is probably not one of
them that has not invested money in other lines
with the view of making them tributary to its
interests, nor have we ever before seen tbe
heavens and earth come together upon the hap
pening of such transactions. In this case, it
was a clear dictate of policy on the part of the
Southwestern and Central to make the trade,
and the injunction alleged to have been filed by
stockholders of the former does not change the
opinion that nineteen-twentieths of the stock
holders will vote to confirm it; for itwas a good
one, all things considered. The losses of the
purchasing roads in the brief space of two
years, from competition with the Atlantic and
Gulf, would *be sufficient in amount to pay
for the entire purchase, even at tho high
price agreed upon. Was it then not wise
in them to buy, and thus identify to some
extent their interests with those of an in
stitution that was inflicting upon them such se
rious damage. They did in this case just as any
prudent man, or any other institution, would
have done. A compromise was found impossi
ble, as ineradicable differences of opinion exist
ed with regard to the districts of country that
were naturally tributary to their respective
roads. We condemn no one for this competion,
for each management was contending for the in
terests of its respective work; but tho conflict
was injurious to both, and a serious sacrifice to
all who depended upon them for a living or in
terest upon their capital. The freights from
competing points had come to be almost a posi
tive expense to the companies, aad the solo ob
ject of the arrangement, so far ns wo know and
believe, was the establishment of a reasonably
paying tariff of rates for the two lines. To this
the public will not object, for it is just and will-
.if Trne.
From tht ChrinitU k Sentinel.] *
The statement of our special telepranhio ^
respondent at Atlanta, of the rumor
there that letters had besn received Atom WaJf
mgton to the effect that General Grant advW
the members of onr Legislature to adjourW
til after the inauguration of his administratis
if true, is the most significant and, to
ful, induction of the probable speedy nZ
tionof the force of the GeneralWcuWdt
olarabon, “Let us have Peace,” which Ww
yet been able to discover. Te
It is quite clear to our own mind that hia d*
; sire for a postponement of any further action of
our Legislature is based upon the ideathat noth
mg more is necessary to be done to entitle tl»
State to its full and complete powers as a mem
i ber of the Union, and equal in all respects with
those known and designated in the jargon of
: day as “loyal States."
In this view of the situation we would be
gratified to see the Legislature adopt the course
■ he indicates, although we expressed the opinion
; that self-respect and a decent regard for the
1 honor and feelings of their constituents required
j the Legislature to proceed with the regular busi.
ness of the session without regard to the wishes,
of Radical Congressmen or the effect which such
legislation, might have upon the action of Con
gress. If, however, General Grant intimates &
■wish that all legislation be suspended nntil be
j gets the machinery of his administration in good
; working order we believe that members will best
i consult the wishes of their constituents by a
j prompt and cheerful compliance with such re-
not objec
to see the railroads, as well as every other
pnblio and private interest, do a living bu
siness. This neither road has been doing,
owing to the rninons competition referred
to, and just here onr friends of the Macon
Telegraph will find an answer to their argu-
- a ■» _
A Remarkable Narrative — Terrible ! ment on tbe Atlantic and Gulf road—one quite
Scenes on Shipboard.
The London Telegraph says: Fiction and
fact ore equally outdone by tbe almost incredible
narrative related in the log of the Dutch vessel
Finnechina, which has just arrived in Cork har
bor from South America. It seems that a Lon
don sailor, Rogers by name, shipped on board
the Finnechina at Bnenos Ayres as a foremast
hand upon her voyage to Cork. Captain Hotzo,
the Hollander in command, had in his cabin a
largo sum of money. The fact was well known,
and Rogers determined to obtain the coin at the
price, if necessary, of wholesale murder. The
ship’s company was rather short, consisting only
—besides the solitary pirate—of captain, first and
second mate, cook and three seamen. On the
fourth day out from Buenos Ayres, when five of
these seven men were on deck, Rodgers put his
astonishing villainy into execution. The first
mate was standing in the open gangway when
gers, with a sudden thrust, pushed the pose
,ow into the sea. The cook, hearing the cries
of the drowning man, and most likely thinking
that he had got into the water by accident, ran
'nflv"
to the taffrail with a rope to throw to the mate,
and, wliile lie was leaning over, Rodgers took! unes ’ aaQ
him by the legs and pitched him also into the j exactmgly
unfortnnate” for themselves as they hastily
thought theirs was for us. They must recollect,
too, that the Gulf road has not yet been com
pleted, and not expect of it before the work is
done and its business relations with distant
points established, to do what no other road in
the South has done before it. The stockholders
think it will pay now, and so do we. It has had
many obstacles to encounter in its progress, and
upon the whole we think its energetic President,
npon whose shoulders, the whole burthen has
fallen, has accomplished wonders.
As regards the effect of this transfer upon
the public, or tbe patrons of these roads, re-
* pectively, we have already stated that it was a
moment for self-preservation, to enable the two
lines to establish reasonable tariffs, such as will
bring to the State, and private stockholders a
fair return for their investments. We believe
such to be the intention of all concerned, and
we promise the public that should the combina
tion of interests be used as a power to oppress,
no one will be more ready to condemn than our
selves. . We may add on thi3 point that both
roads have formidable competitors in other
lines, and consequently an interest not to act
toward the pttblic.
We would also take occasion to say just here
The second mate, who came running aft in or- | ?. ome , are P} ea . se f. to denounce the
der to help, was encountered by tho Sriscreant, Oenbml Railroad as a “grinding monopoly, " and
- - - - 5 j d q £ an aXj its charges exorbitant, with the very best of
who had meanwhile, got ho!
brandished it furiously.
The unarmed Dutchman retreated before the
its charges exorbitant, with the very
management it has not paid a legitimate divi
dend to the stockholders since the war. Its re-
murderous wretch, and jumped down the com- | * hat *5“°^ t he bne bad to be
. . • . mnnilr hnrn wnnn nun iron nvwi in n vr»mvnat*
uuuo uuu Lvmuiwu uuu fell, rind *wliile Captain,, , . ,, , - ,
Hotze and his second mate^were rollingupon the j have been paid to appease the clamorsi of needy
cabin floor together, Rogers clapped down the ! stockholders, thousands of widows and orphans
hatch over the ladder ami put the pin into the j amon S tbe “- bu ^V™ s done f * b e cost of nec-
staple. Thus there were three of the ship’s essary repairs. But one depot has been rebuilt
company imprisoned below, and two men oily . and oae ^paired on the entire lrne of the road
remained on deck, an American and Irishman. : SavannnhtoMacon. _
The assassin stood amidship between tho two,! '' e bave sa ? d this much, not witii the view to
and swore that ho would kill them with his ax if. controversy, for we think such matters should be
either disobeyed him in tho least particular. He ld f ca ? aed dispassionately, but simply to show
ordered tho one to keep forward and the other, ^ ^ 3 s n ° roal occasion for the immense
off or,* u lr,™ to-do that has been made m the matter, and es
pecially for the acrimony in which some have
indulged " ”
lulged while writing on the subject. We do
[To run the ship no * bebeT0 diat the serious consequences ap-
rillinc the survi- ! prehended will follow; at least it is not fair to
aft, and made them steer the vessel by turns,
directing her course, as he supposed, back to a
desert part of the Brazilian coast.
His idea seems to have been
ashore and find some way of killing the survi- : - , .. , . ,. ,
vors. But the compasses were wrong; and thus, j ^ 6J an ^ ed ln advance,
instead of making the land, the captured ship, j, conduaon^we would simply say, in reply
in possession of the homicidal maniac, was aUjtotiieMaconTELEGBAFH, which, after approving
the wldto steering parallel to the coast line, j certain leading principles laid down by this
Twice during this the captain got a shot at Rog-! J 0 '* 13 ?? 1 - gratuitously placed us in antagonism to
ers through the gratings, but Without wounding * he Macon “ d Brunswick railroad, that we
him seriously. Four days and nights tho des- bave no Bucb feeling, but, to the contrary, would
it, Lonri ’ rivAmTvinrr« rejoice to see the road completed and pros-
quest.
We take much encouragement from. this re
ported desire of Gen. Grant, and believe, tha;
if his wishes_ are cheerfully and generously com."
plied with, it will go far to strengthen him ^
what we believe to be his earnest desire—ti»
restoration of cordial, fraternal feeling between
.tjie two sections estranged by the late war.
Supreme Court
From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Atlanta, Wednesday, January 14, 1869.
Some little time was consumed in preparing
the furniture, etc., in the new room, and the
Court did not sit till 10 o’clock a. m.
Nos. 1 aud 2 of the Blue Ridge Circuit, were
put to the heel of that circuit, counsel not being
present. No. 3 on the circuit—John Holt vs?
The Stato—Riot, from Gilmer, was argued by
the reporter, representing Geo. D. Rico and J.
R. Brown, for plaintiff, in error, Knight solid,
tor for State. Nos. 1 and 2 of that circuit, were
ihen dismissed for want of prosecution.
Coweta Circuit berog next in order—McPher-
son vs. Orme—continued from December, 1 SiJ7,
was entered settled; the other four cases con
tinued on said circuit were respectively passed
to the heel of that circuit.
No. 1—J. V. W. Dutcher vs. the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Fulton county, being a
question as to costs claimed by plaintiff from
said county, was argued by the reporter, repre
senting Hope and Sprayberry for the plaintiff.
W. H. Dabney for defendant in error.
No. 2—Blalock vs. Phillips. Case from Fay.
ette.
No. 3. J. C. Stewart vs. Mason. Equity from
Fulton.
No. 4. Alabama and Georgia Manufacturing
Company vs. Graham. Case from Troup.
No. 5. Murphy vs. Powell. Certioran from
Fulton, were disposed of without argument by
withdrawal of the record, settlement or dismii-
sal. '..i.i...
The case of Miller vs. Mitchell, Reid & Co.,
case from Fulton, was called, and the argument
opened by Geo. Hillyer for plaintiff. Pending
bis orgoment, and just after the meeting of the
Court, in. the afternoon, No. 2 was reinstated
because of providential cause, etc., and notice ’
given of a motion to reinstate Nos. I andS,
from the Blue Ridge Circuit, to be made to-mor
row.
Col. Hillyer closed bis opening speech ten
minutes before five o'clock, r. ai. The Report
er, for defendant in error, began Ms reply, bnt
was stopped by the hour of adjournment. *
As the docket has gotten somewhat out of or
der, parties had best be on tbe qui vice, thongh
it is probable that the Coweta Circuit will tale
till Saturday.
Accident on the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad.
—The Express passenger train coming east on
the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad,, when about eigh
teen miles from the city, ran off the track. Tie
accident occurred near a short piece of tiraSb
work. The baggage car was first off, and was
followed by the other cars of the train. The
cars were dragged on the trestle work, and com
pletely demolished it The trucks of the can
were badly damaged, but, with the exception of
the express car, the bodies sustained no injmy.
An extra train was sent down, which brought the
passengers and baggage to this city, about half-
past 10 o’clock yesterday morning. Workmen
were sent to the place, and it was expected that
they would have the track cleared and repaired
in readiness for the passage of trains this morn
ing. A mail agent had his head slightly bruised,
wMch was the only injury sustained by any per
son. The accident is thought to have bees
caused by a bad place in the track.
A train was sent down to the spot where the
accident occurred, last evening, to wMchths
passengers on the train coming east were trans
ferred, arriving here about eleven o’clock last
night.
iYo learn that the damage will not be repaired
in time for the trains to pass over the road this
morning; so that a transfer to another train «
that point, will be necessary.—Savannah West
A gentleman .in London fell in love with s
portrait of a beautiful girl wMch he saw in 3
photographer’s saloon, arid declared he wodi
make the original his wife. “Yoh cannot d-1
so,” replied the photographer, “for she is oik
a servant.” He vowed that this should maker 1 ’
difference. At last it was agreed that the. ge> I
tleman should dine at the photographer’s, thn I
the girl should wait upon him, and that he shod! I
thus have an opportunity of seeing whether Is I
admiration was deep enough to stand the sigk |
of his goddess in cap and apron. It stood I
test, and very soon the servant goddess beca® I
tho wife.- The relation of tMs story in a Irt;
don paper is said to havealready caused sever*
pretty servant girls to offer their faces to pho:.- j
graphers.
The shipment of coffee to the United Stare*
from Rio, from the 1st of January to. the
November, 18(58. was 999,584 bags, and h--
vessels then loading, with a capacity of 39,#
bags.
The average use of car wheels urider pass®
ger cars is about 45,000 miles.
The raisin crop of Malaga, in 1868, was ah® I
500,000 cwti
perate creature stood, ax inhand,’ overawing the r °j°i C0
two sailors on deck, himself master of the ves- P erouS-
sel; and he is said never to have closed his A Co-opeeattve Building Society in New
eyes, keeping a wUd beast s watch of fear, rage y or t composed of five hundred members, is
and avarice. It appears rather strange that established, under the following plan of opera-
unlhinn /mnlH hn Wnna hrr tha tiro roon torfothor ^ S100(
noting couM bo done bytiie two men together. tions . E mem ber takes two shares at $1000
each, upon Which he pays $L a week. At the
water; or was the lonely pirate thus pro-nded ? elld of ^ery month $2000 is thus collected, when
Perhaps it was Ms plan to starve thein to death tbe ^mbere draw lots for the privilege of using
at the hebn, or to weaken them till they could tbe mo ^ bn}Id i n g a house. The '
uy killoi
For Mm, at any rate, there was no relief—no and give8 society a mo:
be winner
respite from his despe:
the end of the fourth <
_ mm
then has the funds loaned to Mm for the pur-
' a mo: .miMM
Until the”house be-
_ _ rtgage upon the
for the amount. Until the h
tho ax,
The telegraph often refers t« the claims of “Sue
Murphy” before Congress. This is the name of a
woman in North Alabama, from whom supplies were
taken by the Federal armies during the war. She
claims, and has established, that she was loyal to
tho government. This is not questioned, nor is the
fact that tho supplies were taken. But Congress
baits and hesitates, not because it is just, but
because it' would establish a precedent to
thousands of others, involving hundreds
of millions. There are many citizens 1 of Geor
gia who have similar bills .'against the government.
They should carefully preserve, and get all tho tes
timony they can to prove them. • The present rabble
assembly at Washington will disappear in a fpw
good, but on the other hand had a tendency to keep
L ...» nnarrel and between the eee- “ tbe ™tU0U3 dayaof the republic. Their claims
irate sentinelship; and at
. , , . ,,. . daynatiire gavohimover comes finished, he pays at tho rate of five per
mto thehandsof his intended victim.^ The villain cent or $10 a J ^ a f ter completion, at
fell suddenly asleep as he touched, watohing ^ rate of ten per cent., or $20 a month, to-
tho Irn^ee and the Inshman beyond the ward liquidating the debt, free from interest,
range of the Captain s pistols The long await- when the 2000 becomes thus returned, the molt
ed opportunity was eagerly embraced; the gage is released, and the borrower owns the
Inshman sprang silently forward, and seizing g 0 £ se . U a member wishes a larger loan than
with one blow all bnt severed the bead $2000, say $5000, he pays subscriptions in pro-
f3 i 0labls tody. The hatches were ; portion, say $250 a week, from the time of-Ms
and the three prisoners were let - entrance, andliquidateshis debt in proportionate
I ie head of the vessel was then turned repay m C nts. It is asserted that lots, in abun-
toward Rio Janeiro where a full statement was , da £/ 0 ^ ^ ba d on tho outskirts of Brooklyn
made of tiie deplorable adventure, and after due . for $200 , anda good frame building can be
investigation, the EWctana shipped a fresh erect ed. for $1800. Another society is estab-
crew, and came quietly across to Cork Harbor,, Usb e d on a different basis. When $“000 is col-
where the survivors of tho tragedy have told i ec tcd, the sum is put up at auction to the mem-
their extraordinary narrative. bers, who bid for the use of it, sometimes pay-
! ■ ;■>? • ; •>• 'hi:- jingas. much, as $700 premium. Tho buyer
Facxoby Stock Sale in Augusta.—On last i gives a mortgage for tho original sum and the
Monday somo shares of Augusta Factory stock t premium, arid pays back the aggregate in ten
were sold at 150, after tho payment of the qnar-! equal'annual payments, without interest. A
Dobing the three months ending 30th Dec--
ber, there were 224,003 cases of boots and dgj
sMpped from Boston, of which 25,577'c** I
(more than eleven per cent.) were shippw v
New-Orhans. .
Doling the fiscal year ending Jurie 30, k 51 ’
tax was paid upon 590,335,000 cigars. I
The Ohio wool crop of 1868 was 25,OOft^ j
pounds.
Cotton Still Advancing.—On yesterday, t- j
13th, the price of cotton in Rome rargs* *j j
from 16 to 27 cents.
irotn io to z t cents. There has also : j
slight advance in wheat, a good article of r -
now commanding $2.05 to $2.10. . 1
Home Conner-
Or the 37,000 miles of railway in the 1 ® j
States, there are s-*>i'0 locomotives m Gaily *
Dcngerness.—It is a mistake, says the J
vanriah Republican, that Senator Spragae - I
purchased this beautiful estate on Ctnnbeih® |
Island. He is only in treaty for it; and hash I
to close the trade. • Jy ••;,' • -J
A n-ew-bokn male infant, says Mrs. Hotve.'-'--
easily he distinguished by its cry—:t cries l---1
its lungs, while the female cries from its t- I
The boy begins life with a demand, the giri*®’*
a complaint. ‘ *”
Experience has proved jit-to members at cost. ' A 1 subscription of 50
I ’ 'tp lririi
np the old quarrel and bitterness between the sec
tions. Tbe administration of Mr. Johnson deserves ^ be allowed. . . . ■
the thanks of the country for its wisdom and mod- .>. .
oration in this resnect. Gov. Bullock s message has a groat deal to say
- about what Congress requires,what Grant said, what
The Columbus Son chronicles tho arrival of a Mor Meade said and what Rawlins said, butrtiris modern
mon Missionary in that city. Ho tried to get a place Executive officer of a free republican State doesriot
to preach, Or rather to beat up recruits, but he failed, refer to the will of the people of .tho State itself. { satisfactory beginning^ and
Heriehhercotild hire, or borrow. * They are> mauds.
mako a poor showing. „ .-
that nothing.but good management is wanting to j conts a week entitles a.member
make manufacturing in the Southern States a $250.
profitable business. The power, tho raw ma
terial, the provisions and tho consumers are all
here together, and little is lacking, except skill
ed 1 labor, which can he had without difficulty.
Much has been said about the want of capital,
h’nt .tMs has been greatly exaggerated. There
is a great deal of capital here invested much
less profitably than it would be in manufactur
ing enterprises; enough, doubtless, to make a
’ripplypresent de
ad costinc
. Encoubaoino.—A Washington letter in tho
Baltimore Gazette, says that a number’of the Re
publican members of Congress-have agreed to
support tho proposition of negro suffrage and
amnesty in Virginia, and it- may be tha proposi
tion which will bo submitted will be adopted by
Congress, <
Comm Mining in Michigan employs <850,000-
000 capital aud 40,000 men.
Affairs in Samlersvillr-
! In answer to an inquiry by the Teleu-* 1 '
j the Central Georgian responds as follows: .
Your “hope” is well founded, friend
it graph. Sanders ville is looking np. A «|
' years ago, the town was laid in ashes, by a ■
• destructive fire. Still later, sacked by aw ‘.I
less foe, public buildings committed to l
flames and people loft almost penniless. J
i nothing daunted, her people have gone to .J
with a will, and while Sandersnlle mak |
pretensions to being a city; the amour., ot -1
ness done here vearly would rank her as ^ I
We are gratified’ in being able to state, Vjr I
have never known the place more prosp 1 ■
than at the present time. , >i
We thank yon, brother Telegraph, for tc- l
terest manifested in the prosperity of oa- I
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Since writing the above, we have had - ^1
vevsation with one of the first merchants'- .J
place, and he reports business in a more W T
condition than ever before within his '■ j
Credit has played out. and hence, matters
nnnn a firm basis.
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