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'T^trc of Western Market IMs-
* r patches.
w0 or throe days we have received no
* roports by telegraph from Louisvffle,
* atitod St. Louis. The omission is anoy-
ca Ag con jniercial community, and -we call
,L> . 0 f on r agents at those points to it.
f idd have these reports every day, for no
'^“rtion of onr paper is of such vital im-
jg lie pripe <rf ;, We8tem jprodaee,
rs'we may except the price of cotton. The
l -dv of onr readers first want to know
cotton is worth, then what is the price of
Particularly is this the case now, when
i," stern markets are feverish and fluctuating.
reports aro generally correct or at least
lnl] y gnarded. The only fault we find with
ia they do not come to hand regularly.
,1,0 call the attention of Mr. Barr to this
A correct report is worth more to the
h m people than all, the political stuff he
•e'egraph in six months.
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The Greoi*gia AiVeekly Telegraph.
Kjrl,
Here They Are.
. Tet aable Daniel "Wingate, advertised for
Tiby, made his appearance in the office
,je day. in the person of a likely, brown-
romh with a bright eye and intelligent
Is his account of himself tallies exactly
nartiralam given and persons named in the
e letter to us, there is not a shadow of a
„e shall be able to return Daniel to his
ring relatives.
days ago, a traveling correspondent of
faEamrn touched upon the want of a
oaker in ilonticello, Georgia, and yesterday
a letter of inquiry from a shoemaker in
t New Jersey, who wants to go there.
ve referred him to a Monticello friend,
lave no doubt, will furnish all the in.
ation and encouragement desired,
also got, in response to a communication
i remedy for the cotton worm, a note from
York, published in another column, sug-
w ihe castor pomace.
Tlie War in Paraguay.
bare the Brazilian account of the defeat
iet and the capture of "ViUetta. It is bom-
and full of inconsistencies. But there is
tmth apparently in it. Marshal Caxias
tti a strong work on tbe right of the main
and was three times repulsed with great
He finally captured it, when Lopez, now
anger of being flanked, fell back three
posted his troops and again threw down
,mt!et of battle. The Paraguayan’s lost ten
wire guns and a few prisoners. The Bra-
Marshal admits that he lost two thousand
Sad.
mxy Set.—There appears to be a lively
negroes in Chatham county. Martin
Men's house was entered by one of them
ekvho penetrated to the inner citadel, and
I to carry off a trunk. Weldelken’s wife
screamed and ronsed Martin. The negro
off with the trunk and Martin after him
revolver. Martin fired, and negro bel-
rmshot!” In a second, Martin was
y a crowd of darkies who let into him
tricks. Martin’s pistol unfortunately would
more, and be was fain to retreat with a
tag head and bruised body. The “rude
of justice"' seems to be strong in the Sa
di negroes. They deserve another oempK-
front Greeley. They are as lively a set as
smug.
woia and Alabama Manufactueing Com-
-The LaGrange Reporter says: We are
io learn that a new impetus has been given
a enterprise. It is situated about six
Mow West Point. There are only eleven
iolders representing about one hundred
•ad dollars. This factory would have
ia operation bat for the misfortune of one
principal stockholders who was to fum-
■ machinery—the other stockholders erect-
t building for the machinery and tene-
for tho operatives. A few days ago, a
igaf the stockholders was held and twen-
msand additional stock was taken by them,
ttmpaay will now go forward and purchase
aciinery, and operations will begin before
iof the year.
iCottos Plant is one of very great interest
people of tbe South, especially when the
.rings 27 cents per pound. So, also, is
•ling Stove of that name, manufactured
<in>th Bros., of New York, and sold by
■eng dealers in Stoves. The lady who
isove of this kind always has a finely
nimeal for her family and guests, and is,
rit. good humored and in high spirits,
ro wife have one if you wish to make a
'-restrnent. -
“Conquering Peace.”
The Charleston News, of the 27th, contains
the following entry of legislative proceedings in
that State :
The joint resolution authorizing the Governor to"
employ an armed force for the preservation of peace,
was passed and ordered to be sent to the Governor
for approval.
That adds a third to the list of “reconstruct
ed States,” employing “armed forces for the
preservation of the peace.” Tennessee was
first on the list, and the armed forces employed
two years ago by Brownlow for “the preserva
tion of the peace,” were simply bands of des
peradoes, incendiaries and assassins, against
whom the strongest Union men in Tennessee
headed armed expeditions, and finally hunted
them to the wilds and fastnesses of the moun
tains, where the remnants still remain in the
shape of parties of professional freebooters and
outlaws. But Tennessee has recentlydetermined
in her Legislature to try another experiment of
an “armed force for the preservation of tho
peace.”
Arkansas was the next, and the records of
civilization in time of peace may be challenged
in vain for another such scene of rape, incen
diarism, plunder and murder as that unhappy
State now presents.
For a third experiment, it seems the fires of
civil strife are to be lighted in Sonth Carolina,
and if bands of armed negroes are to be set rov
ing about that State, “for the preservation of
peace,” it will be in ablaze of deadly strife in less
than three months.
American manhood will not submit to have
premises invaded and women insulted and out
raged by such vagabonds with impunity; and
if this Congressional reconstruction business is
to culminate in the dire alternative of a death
struggle for self-protection against rampantrape,
robbery, murder and house-burning, its aiders
and abetters may at least be sure that tho South
ern people will not forget what is due to them
selves, the honor and safety of their families
and the responsibilities they aro under to the
God of Nature.
But what an awful confession of the violence,
wrong and folly of the reconstruction business
are these armed forces of lawless vagabonds for
the preservation of the peace! See what Amer
ica has fallen to by destroying the foundation of
all free government in the consent of the gov
erned ! How much worse than Austria, Prus-
BY TEX/E GRAPH
FROM ATLANTA.
A Tote of TToman Suffrage.
Nothing Important.
sia or Turkish domination are these expedients
to reduce Statesunderthe domination of vicious,
ignorant and degraded minorities of their popu
lation.
The Turk, the Russian or the Austrian puts
down resistance to the government, but he does
not rape, fire, plunder or murder. The peace
ably disposed citizen can pursue bis avocation
and rest secure in tho safety of his property,
life, and the honor of his family from the agents
of those despotisms.
Bat the agents of American despotism, as
shown in Arkansas and Tennessee, are the most
lawless, cruel and degraded fiends, impelled
alone by lust, revenge and avarice, and carrying
death, ruin and misery wherever they go, alike
upon the peacable and tho defiant. Resistance
to the most atrocious wrong, inspired by the
highest obligations of humanity and religion,
become “treason and rebellion,” and is so
oharactized in Congress and by the Northern
press. Tho man who fights to save the honor
of his wife and daughter—his house from burn
ing and his property from plunder, is guilty of a
second rebellion,” and, in the rampant pursuit
of “reconstruction,” the voice of reason, hu-1
Special to the Macon Daily Tele graph. I
Atlanta, January 29—Sight.
Senate.—In the Senate, Mr. Speer’s motion to re
consider the resolution, lost yesterday, in reference
to the appointment of & committee to inquire into
the treatment of convict laborers employed on the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, by Messrs. Alexan
der and Grant, prevailed, and the matter was re
ferred to the Committee on the Penitentiary.
The House resolution, for the appointment of a
committee to inquire into outrages in certain coun
ties, was concurred im
The bill to create the office of State Geologist was
laid on the table.
Mr. McArthur introduced a bill to incorporate the
Georgia Male and Female Life Insurance Com
pany.
Mr. Speer’s resolution, in reference to permitting
women to vote in this State, came up. A motion to
lay it on the table was lost After some discussion
tho resolution was loBt—yeas 12, nays 17.
Mr. Bruton’s resolution, to appoint a committee
to inquire how much interest has been paid on State
deposits in the Georgia National Bank, was adopted.
In the House, Mr. Saussy moved to reconsider the
bill lost yesterday to appropriate money to tbo State
Agricultural Society, and the motion was agreed to.
A resolution was adopted dispensing with assist
ant doorkeeper, pages and guards.
A resolution was adopted appointing a committee
to examino the foundation of the Opera House.
Tho building committee reported afterwards that
the walls were safe—which was a comfortable as
surance to members.
A bill was passed to pay Bird Kolb for artificial
limbs, forty-five hnndred dollars.
A resolution was adopted, returning thanks to the
Macon and Western, South-Western, and Macon and
Brunswick Railroads for free transportation to mem
bers, and inviting their Presidents to Beats on the
floor.
A bill to appropriate money to the burial of the
Confederate dead was lost. Yeas 19; nayB 92.
A General Inquiry into Outrages.
Another Female Suffrage Failure.
Washington Conference Committee.
Affairs Said to be Improving.
Special to the Macon Daily Telegraph.]
Atlanta, January 30—Night.
In tho Senate, the motion of Mr. Bums prevailed
to reconsider the voto on the House resolution ap
pointing a committee to investigate certain outrages
in several counties therein named.
Mr. Gignilliatto moved an amendment that tho
number of the committee bo increased and the coun
ties of Chatham and McIntosh bo included.
Mr. Speer hoped that every member of tho Senate
would bo included, except himself—ho being from
the 22d district.
Mr. Coleman moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Motion lost by ayes 14—nays 17.
An exciting speech followed from Mr. Bums, who
called the previous question upon tho adoption of
the amendments and the original resolution.
Mr. Adkins’ motion to include also the county of
Pulaski was then adopted and the resolution as
amended, was adopted.
Mr. Adkins moved to reconsider the vote of yes
terday upon the resolution in reference to female
suffrage. He read from manuscript an appeal to
Senators in favor of the resolution. The motion to
reconsider was lost.
Mr. Welbom introduced a resolution to send a
committee to Washington, to confer with Congress
in reference to the Federal relations of tho State.
Tho resolution names Chief Justice Joseph E.
manity and common sense is unheard by the B /°wn, Hcn * J - antJ Hon - A. H. Ste
phens.
Mr. Adkins opposed the resolution.
Northern people.
We pray God no such dread alternatives may
be imposed upon the people of Georgia.
[ Picmc Railroad.—A thousand miles of
ban Pacific railroad are now finished and
ation. The Central Pacifio Railroad Com-
kve built 500 miles, so that only 267 miles
2*in to be built. There is now no doubt
* entire line to the Pacifio will be opened
season. The earnings of the Union
-railroad for the year 1868 are officially
*dat |5,0G6,65l.
0,1 r» Vino IMA.—The Lynchburg.. News
id the growing wheat crops on tT James
' lr * looking finely and fanners ai , conse-
■'jj in high spirits in anticipation of a large
Berkshire (Mass.) girl walked fourteen miles
Sb the snow the other day to marry a
>8 man who could not come to her house for
» ox-shooter which the stem parent car-
KTBrno * or the Georgia Pbess.—The La-
“P Reporter suggests a Convention of tho
r fjl Prtiii ,
“ ‘ Ies s, to secure unaformity of pnees
measures to prevent under bidding.
« b ^ AB0EEsa -—The Augusta Daily
J 3 - The scarcity of negro farm hands
■ ***** has induced several farmers to
1 riiite labor. A number of white men
jeto *h°i for months past, have been
" Procure regular and remunerative cm-
, J" ’ ^ Tc been engaged os farm hands
l 'cew rom ® ur he county. The price offered
4. or 43 We learn > has been $10 per
of the crop, where several
•hor together.
- AT Uimo Cable.—Tho Great Eastern
on board at Brest the new cable
6 between France and America.
*P*U1 leave Brest in June on her
° Ul ca hl 0 in. command of Sir
rson - A great deal of ill-will is felt
cc(er P r ise on this side the water for
^fasonthan thatErlaager, John Sidell's
i on© of its hicrh eontraetincx tiatH
^
a Press says : “General
ft 7i»i , **® a ntiful black pony, taken from
^J S ™« 0 n during the war. It is
L *™lte among his battle stud, and
U, ^. 8 Eennsylvania Avenue, Wash-
^ the * C0I P° ra i behind him, everybody
<£•> 8piritof *he horse and the ease of
11116 ot the Central Pacifio,
’Ugf.y 11 * Nevada Mountains has not at-
111411 811 feet this winter.
4e 1)6611 brought into requisi
te f»r ■°n the mountains,
-*eir. ^ have been able to keep the
Sir. Hill’s Case.
We have been trying to find room for the re
ports of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in the
case of Hon. JcwhuaHill, but are unable to make
place for them; and we don’t know, after all,that
they are of any value, as disclosing a single sen
sible pretext for the refusal to admit Mr. Hill
the Senate. People who are inclined to as
sume that the Senate must at least show some
plausible ground for its action, will be aston
ished at the “three considerations” upon which
they base their refusal to receive Mr. HilL They
say:
The case of Mr. Hill depends upon three consider
ations:
First. Did the Legislature of Georgia, regularly
organized in accordance with the Constitution of the
United States and the constitution of Georgia, duly
ratify the fourteenth amendment, and comply with
the various conditions imposed by tho act of Jane
25,1868?
Second. Have tho Legislature and the people of
Georgia, subsequent to such compliance, committed
such acts of usurpation and outrage as to place the
State in a condition unfit to be represented in Con-
Third. Whether, in the whole case, taking the
action of Georgia, both- before and since the pre
tended ratification of the fourteenth amennment, a
civil government has been established in that State
which Congress ought to recognize ?
Now as to two of these “considerations,” the
first and third, they are each of them what the
lawyers term res ad judicata—things already
settled, fixed and established by the action of
the government itself. The constitution has
been accepted and approved by Congress, and
the work of State organization under it accept
ed and approved by the duly appointed agents
of the Federal Government The “pretended
ratification of the 14th amendment,” has been
received, recorded and filed by the Federal
Government State Representatives have been
admitted by Congress, and the State was accept
ed as a constitutional constituency in the elec
tion for President Upon the second considera
tion," therefore, we have simply to say, that in
point of law the same inquiries could just as
well bo raised in reference to the State of New
York, or any other State of the Union.
It is so poor and shallow a pretence for vio
lent and revolutionary action, that it would
have been far more credible to have raised none
at all. Mr. Hill’s devotion to the Radical party
must have received a violent shock. We con
dole with him.
Death of Edson B. Olds.
Dr. Edson B. Olds, of Ohio, died at his home
near Lancaster, Ohio, on the 24th of January.
Fifteen years ago he was a prominent politician.
Those familliar with political lore will re
member that when the famous struggle over the
admission of Kansas and Nebraska was before
Congress—a struggle which eventually led to the
overthrow of the Democratic party—he first
suggested the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise.
The bill then pending of Mr- Douglas for the
admission of those Territories was in conflict
with that measure, which fact was pointed out
by "Dr. Olds. It was immediately recommitted
to the Committee on Territories, and when again
brought forward contained a provision repealing
the Compromise. The conflict which ensued
was the most remarkable and the most bitter ever
before witnessed. Douglas triumphed—the Mis
souri Compromise was repealed and his bill
fSQtfctol editor.•qh-f*’-'" r '['J
But the victory turned to ashes on the lips.
Nearly every Northern Democrat who voted for
the bill was for a long time afterwards ostracised.
Dr. Olds was thrown into prison daring the war
by Ijlr. T.inenln and subjected to such merciless
cruelty that his health broke down, from which
he never afterwards recovered.
Mr. Bums moved as a substitute a resolution to
take a recess until Tuesday after the 1st day of
March next.
The Chair decided that Sir. Bum’s substitute WH3
not germain to the subject-matter of Mr. Welbom'a
resolution.
Mr. Bums addressed the Senate in a few forcible
remarks.
On motion of Mr. Normally, the resolution was
made the special order for Wednesday next.
In the House, Mr. Scott, of Floyd county, made a
long speech in support of a motion to reconsider the
vote upon tbo lost bill appropriating money for the
burial of the Confederate dead. Tho motion was
lost. Yeas 29—nays 71.
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, submitted a resolution
authorizing county tax-collectors to receive payment
of the ad valorem tax in Convention scrip. Tho res
olution was lost.
Mr. Bell, of Banks, introduced a bill to give all
justices of the peace and notaries public the same
criminal jurisdiction now given those who livo in in
corporated towns.
After long amendments, the bill was referred to
the Judiciary Committee, before whom the general
jury bill is now pending.
It is conceded by several Republicans and Conser
vatives that onr State relations with Congress aro
now assuming a favorable attitude. ■ W.
From Atlanta*
Atlanta, January 29 In the House, a resolution
wsb introduced to take into consideration tho exten
sion of the right of suffrage to females in this State,
and that Mrs. Stowe be sent for to instruct the
committee. An amendment was offered that Horace
Ctteeley be requeste d, to come before the Committee
on the State of the Republic and address them on
the subj ect of female suffrage. The resolution was
lost
From North Carolina.
Raleigh, January 29.—No derision has as yet
been made in the injnetion case against the Chatham
Railroad. Rumor points to-day to a derision sus
taining the injunction. If so, all similar appropria
tions will fall. The Wilmington, Charlotte, and
Rutherford and the Western North Carolina Roads
are among the only oneB which would be untainted.
In the .Senate to-day, the corruption matter was
discussed. Senator Sweet made a long speech, im
plying corruption to leading parties.
Senate adjourned without action.
House proceedings unimportant.
Wilmington, January 29.—Tho first regular meet
ing of the Cape Fear Agricultural Association was
held hero to-day, and was largely attended. Large
delegations were in attendance from fifteen counties
in North Carolina, and several in Sonth Carolina.
Tho finest spirit prevailed, and important action
was taken to revive the agricultural interests in the
State.
Trial of the Ogeechee Prisoners.
Savannah. January 29.—Tho preliminary exami
nation of the Ogeechee insurrection prisoner, Cap
tain Green, colored, resulted in his being committed.
Eighty-three other prisoners will be brought before
tbo court to-morrow. Those who can be identified
by the State witnesses will ho held on the same
charge.
The examination has occupied thirteen days, and
the prisoners have been ably defended by United
States District Attorney, H. S. Fitch, ex-Provisional
Governor Jas. Johnson, and others.
General Sews.
Augusta, January 29.—Superitendent Johnson
publishes a card, in which he says the reported out
rages by KnKInx, in taking possession of tho train at
Barnett, on tho Georgia Railroad, on the night of
January 17th, as published in the Washington
Chronicle and Philadelphia Press, are base falsifica
tions, no such occurrence having taken place.
From Cuba.
Havana, January 29.—An English schooner from
Nassau, with twenty-two native Cubans enroute to
join tho Insurgents, was captured. Seeing capture
inevitable, the schooner threw overboard her arms
and ammunition.
All places of public amusements aro closed.
Foreign News.
MADnin, January 29.—The Provisional Govern
ment has established equality in various religions
sects as before the war.
Montbeal, January 29.—Dion beat Foatera match
game of billiards.
Madrid, January 29.—It is stated that members
of the Provisional Government are unanimously in
favor of Montpensier for Governor.
London, January 29.—The American Minister, at
a public dinner in Athens, pledged a cordial sympa
thy for his government in the anticipated trouble.
Athens, Janunry 29.—The Prime Minister, Bui.
garez, has resigned.
Nothing is known regarding the King’s intention
relative to the Conference.
Berlin, January 30.—The. Deputies have passed
a bill confiscating tho King of Hanover’s property.
The bill indicting him of high treason failed.
Madrid, January 80.—The abolitionist petition
the Provisional Government to free negro children
in Cuba bom in slavery since September 1868.
The Porto Rico Insurgents are amnestied.
From Savannah.
Savannah, January 30. — Of the forty-one Ogee
chee prisoners committed for trial on the charge of
insurrection, thirty-one have been discharged.
Congressional.
Washington, January 26 Senate—The Mc-
Graham case discussion involves Senatorial corrup
tion.
House.—The House is engaged on private bills.
House—Afternoon Session.—Tho Judiciary Com-
. mittee reported a bill for the benefit of Blanton
Duncan in restoring his property in Kentucky. Mo-
Kee and Miller opposed it. The bill was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Scofield the Constitutional
Amendment was resumed.
House adjourned.
Senate.—A resolution was presented against the
ratification of the Alabama claims treaty and for ap
propriation for other objects.
The McGarrahan case was referred to the Private
Lands Committee after a long debate.
A bill was introduced by Harlan, without commit
ting himself in its favor to aid the Memphis and
Elpaso Pacific Railroad.
Tho Pensions Committee reported adversely to
the pensioning of Mrs. Lincoln.
The Judiciary Committee reported adversely to the
bill extending jurisdiction of court claims to claims
of property taken during the war; also authorizing
the payment for stores furnished the Engineering
Ordinance Departments.
Wil6on’8bill reducing the army was passed with
the amendment that two vacant brigadierships shall
not be filled until prohibition removed. Passed.
Adjourned.
Washington, January 30.—Senate.—Mr. Stewart,
of Nevada, made a personal explanation denying
charges of doubtful practices of past transactions
with McGraham.
Stewart's Constitutional amendment came up to
day, hut was pushed aside for the appropriations.
The military academy, naval and invalid appropri
ations, with Senate amendments for reducing the
amount to four millions, passod.
Senate adjourned.
House—Afternoon session.—The bill allowing
deputy collectors and assessors full pay while acting
as chiefs, passed.
.The joint resolution amending the Constitution,
was adopted—yeas 150; nays 4t2.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole
on the resolution introduced reducing the time for
naturalization to one year.
House adjourned.
From Washington.
Washington, January 29.—Tho Snpreme Court
issued a writ of restraint against Judge Underwood
returnable next Friday, in . the matter of nullifying
the Virginia Judicial acta on the ground that tho
officer* were ineligible under tbe Fourteenth Amend-
ment. , „
Sherman is sick at St Louis. He goes to New Ort
leans to recruit his health.
The Merchants’ National Bank at Little Rock has
failed.
_ _ .. , Washington, January 30.—Gen. Canby writes of-
Viboinia Lands.—The Lynchburg flews °‘J oUlly Texas, in effect, that the scheme of di-
the 27th says: _ : viding the State ia about abandoned, and predicting
Two hundred acres of land in Caroline county, jj, e Convention will soon complete a Constitu-
bslonging to Mr. SttpndSchooler, havereoentiy; •■fcnn ti-ftsai >
been sold for $8 000. * i The Reconstruction Committee heard witnesses
A tract of 357 acres in the same oounty, has regarding Mississippi. Reports regarding Virginia,
also been for $11,000. * Mississippi and Georgia are expected next week.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.']
Thursday, Jan. 28, 1869.
Senate—The Senate met, pursuant to adjourn
ment—Mr. Wooten, presiding. Opened with
prayer by tbe Rev. Mr. Bowers.
The roll being called and there being a quo
rum present, the journal of yesterday was read
and approved.
Mr. Nunnally—To reconsider the action of
the Senate yesterday, relative to the bill of Mr.
Penfield. He wished tbe time for the action on
the bill changed. Withdrawn.
besolution.
Mr. Speer—That a seat on the floor be ex
tended Hon. Dr. Miller. Fassed.
BILLS ON ITBST BEADING.
Mr. Bums—tTo fix fees of Notary Publics and
for other purposes.
Sir. Smith, of the 36th—To amend an act to
change the time of holding Superior Courts in
Coweta Circuit.
Mr. Bowers—To authorize the Governor to
make contracts with certain railroads in this
State, relative to convicts.
Mr. Adkins—To protect the lives of citizens
of this State.
Mr. Winn—To abolish the liens on certain
judgments.
BESOLUTION.
Mr. Richardson—That seats be furnished re
porters for all papers. Adopted.
Mr. Bruton—That information he asked of the
Superintendents of the Atlantic and Gulf, and
Western and Atlantic railroads, how many free
passes they have issued over these roads, and to
whom. Tabled.
Mr. McArthur—That a committee of three be
appointed consisting of one from the Senate
and two from the House, to inquire if the terms
made by the Governor with Messrs. Alexander,
Grant & Co., relative to hiring the convicts, are
being complied with, and if the convicts are be
ing humanely cared for. Tabled.
Mr. Candler—To remit a tax of $50, on Lewis
Hazelmayer. Lost
Mr. Candler—That a committee be appointed
composed of two members of the Senate and
three members of the House, charged with the
duty of inquiring whether since the adjourn
ment of the last session of the General Assem
bly any original acts passed by the General As
sembly have been taken from the office, and care
of the Secretary of State, and by whom taken,
or by whose direction, and what disposition was
made of the said acts; whether any money has
been drawn from the Treasury, except by ap
propriation made by law, if so, how the same
was drawn, and the amounts so drawn, whether
any money has been drawn on Executive war
rants for which there was no authority of law,
how much so drawn, and for whose benefit
drawn; whether any amounts havo been drawn
from the Treasury to pay salaried officers of‘the
State for services rendered in their offices more
than the salaries fixed by law, if so, the author-
ity which the some was drawn, and in whose fa
vor they were drawn. Whether any amounts
have been drawn from the Treasury under state
ments of incidental expenses, contingent ex
penses, extra service, stationary, and if so, the
authority for such drafts being made.
Resolved that the committee appointed under
the first resolution be directed to enter at once
upon tbe duties specified, and, in order to insure
a full, faithful and satisfactory investigation of
the same, the committee have power to send for
persons and papers, and after such investigation
report the same to the General Assembly.
Mr. Candler—That this resolution be trans
mitted forthwith to the House. Passed.
The President appointed Messrs. Candler and
Morrell, committee.
bills on third reading.
Mr. Nunnally—To incorporate the Commer
cial Banking Company of Griffin. Laid on the
table for the present.
BILL FXBST TIME.
Mr. Smith, of the 7th—Authorizing county
officer in this State to publish notices and ad
vertisements in the newspaper or gazette having
the largest circulation, and published within
sixty miUes of their respective offices ; and em
powering the several Ordinaries of this State to
issue cost executions against all executors, ad
ministrators, trustees and their securities.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
Mr. Graham—To change the time of holding
the Courts of Appling, Ware, Clinch, Wayne,
Coffee, and Echols. Passed.
Hr. Wellborn—To amend an act .to alter an
act to regulate the fees of Solicitor General
Passed.
Mr. Morrell—To incorporate the Mutual Aid
Company of LaGrange. Passed.
Hr. McWhorter—To define the liabilities of
Sheriffs and other ministerial officers. Amend
ed and passed.
Mr. Richardson—To amend the laws relative
to dower. Passed.
HOUSE BXLIS.
Mr. Smith—To repeal the sixth section qf the
Atlanta medical College. Passed.
Joint resolution to authorize an appropriation
for the education of maimed soldiers. Report
agreed to. t ,
The Senate adjourned.
House.—House met pursuant to adjournment
at 10 a. m. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Crumley.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd, having the floor at the
hour of adjournment yesterday, continued his
remarks in opposition to the resolution intro
duced by Mr. Price, which resolution referred
to the investigation of lawlessness in certain
counties, and asking the appointment of a special
committee for the aforesaid purpose.
.Mr. Price followed Mr. Scott, in defense of
his resolution, thinking that the matter should
be referred to a special committee.
The following is the resolution of Mr. Price:
Whereas, Reports have been received to the
effect that there exists in various localities in
this State, andmore especially in the counties of
Taliaferro and Warren, bodies of lawless and
reckless men, roaming over tho country at night;
visiting the houses of peaceable citizens, threaten
ing the lives of both whites andblacks—searching
cars for individuals supposed to be obnoxious
to them—thus disturbing the peace and tran-
quaility of the oommnnity; and whereas, there
is power in the civil authority of the State
sufficient, in the opinion of this General Assem
bly, to preserve order and protect individuals
and property; be it, therefore,
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, That a committee of one from the
Senate and two from the House be appointed to
visit those sections where disorder is reported,
or send for persons and papers if necessary, and
investigate the facts in relation to these report
ed disturbances, and report to tho General As
sembly what proceedings should be instituted
to suppress the same, if in their judgment it
should be deemed necessary, and, further,
Resolved, That should said committee find
the report of lawlessness to be true, they will
report to this General Assembly why the power
invested in the civil officers of those counties
have not been exercised to suppress the same.
Mr. Shumate spoke in favor of Mr. Price’s
resolution, and called the previous question,
which was sustained.
The resolution was again read, the yeas and
nays were called for, and the call sustained—
yeas 77; nays 55. So the resolution was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Saussey, the rules were
suspended to take up the Senate bill providing
for the drawing of juries in Chatham county.
Mr. Sisson, Chairman of tho Committee on
Printing, made a report, embracing a proposi
tion of Mr. Cooper to print three thousand copies
of the legislative proceedings for fifty cents per
copy, and moved that Mr. Cooper’s proposition
be accepted. Tho report was laid on the table.
The committee appointed to investigate the
claims of an agent for Sharpe’s Rifle Manufac-
-ttcring Company, made a report stating that
Georgia was honorably bound to pay the claim,
and recommending the payment. Report taken
up and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Mr. Shumate—A resolution advancing twenty-
five hundred dollars to J. W. Burke, State Prin
ter for 1868. Rules suspended and resolution
adopted and transmitted to the Senate.
BILLS ON THIED BEADING.
A bill providing for the election of justices of
the peace and constables in this State. Passed
and transmitted to the Senate.
A bill amending section 3761 of the Code of
Georgia; also section 3824. Passed.
A bill amending the garnishment law of thi«
State. Passed.
A bill authorizing Clerks of the Superior
Courts to bring np the unfinished business of the
Inferior and County Courts. Passed.
A bill to carry into effect an act appropriating
money to the State Agricultural Society. Lost.
Mr. Saussey gave notice that he would move
the reconsideration of this bill in the morning.
A bill requiring the Superintendent of the
Western and AtlanticRailroadto charge uniform
rates on freight and passenger trains. Lost.
A bill relieving Mrs. Lippett, of Worth county,
from double taxation. Lost.
A bill preventing stock trespassing on the
lands or crops of others. Recommitted to Com
mittee on Judiciary.
A bill changing the lines between the counties
of Gilmer and Pickens. Laid on tho table for
the present.
A bill preventing obstructions being placed in
certain creeks in Wilcox and Pulaski counties.
Passed.
A bill repealing an act creating liens on steam
saw mills for timber furnished. Lost.
A bill preventing obstructions being placed in
certain creeks in White county by mining com
panies, or other persons. Lost.
A bill for the encouragement of agriculture in
this State, giving good credit to planters and
specific leins on their.crops to merchants. Re
committed to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill amending the charter of the Macon and
Western Railroad, increasing its capital stock to
two million dollars. Passed and transmitted to
the Senate.
Mr. Barclay gave notice that he would move
tho reconsideration of the bill referring to liens
on steam saw mills.
A bill changing the lines between tho counties
of Berrien and Irwin. Passed.
A bill incorporating tho Americas Manufac
turing Company, making tho capital stock one
million of dollars. Passed and transmitted to
the Senate.
A bill remitting the tax of Stewart county for
1869, for the purpose of building a jail. This is
reconsidered bill. Laid on the table.
The rules were here suspended to take up a
resolution from the Senate, appointing a joint
committee to investigate expenditures from the
public Treasury since the last session. Adopted.
Mr. Anderson—A resolution making two ses
sions per day for the House after Monday next.
Mr. Hudson spoke in favor of the resolution.
Mr. Bryant thought it best to have only one
session per day.
Mr. Shumate warmly advocated the adoption
of the resolution.
Mr. Anderson thought, unless the Legislature
did something to redeem itself it would become
a by-word of reproaches in tbe land, and offered
as on excuse for introducing the resolution, a
decent respect for the opinion of mankind.
Mr. Flournoy said something abont Socrates
and hemlock.
Mr. Bryant spoke again.
Previous question called for an sustained.
Rules were not suspended.
Mr. Tumlin—A resolution inviting the ladies
and gentlemen of Atlanta to attend tho lecture
of Mr. C. W. Howard, which takes place this
evening in the House of Representatives. Rules
suspended, and resolution adopted.
Mr. Scott, of Floyd—A bill incorporating the
Vann’s Valley Manufacturing Company, first
reading; also, a bill incorporating the Etowah
Canal and Water Works Company, first reading.
A bill amending section 4813 of the Code of
Georgia, first reading.
A bill to incorporate the town of Kingston in
the county of Bartow, first reading.
Mr. Anderson—A resolution authorizing the
clerk to appoint such sub-clerks as may be nec
essary. Rules suspended, and the resolution
adopted.
House adjourned.
ing down evidence in certain cases in phonog
raphy. Passed.
Mr. Smith, of the 7th—To create office State
Geologist, and define duties of the same. Lost.
Mr. Anderson—To create office State Geolo
gist, and define duties of the same, how elected,
and salary. Laid on the table.
Also, a hill changing the time of holding the
Superior Courts of Clay. Passed.
Also, a bill incorporating the North Georgia
Mining Company. Passed.
The rules were here suspended to hear reso
lutions.
Mr. Holcombe—To tender a seat on the floor
of the Senate to Dr. Greene, of the Lunatic
Asylum. Passed.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
To authorize the Ordinary of Stewartcountyto
draw his warrant on the Treasury of said coun
ty for fees due officers of courts—amended, pro
vided they do not extend beyond June, 18G5.—
Laid on the table for the present.
A bill creating a State Geologist, defining his
duties, and salary of the same, was taken from
the table, and referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
BESOLUTION.
Mr. Brock—That a seat on the floor be ten
dered to Hon. Joshua Hill. Passed.
BILLS ON ITBST BEADING.
Mr. Speer—To amend section 789 of the Code
of Georgia.
Mr. McCutchen—To amend an act relative to
parties having claims against the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad.
Mr. Welch—To amend section 889 of Irwin’s
Code.
Mr. McArthur—To incorporate the Georgia
Male and Female Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Anderson—To create a new county from
Troup and Harris, called Winsted.
Mr. Nunnally—To amend the act incorporat
ing the city of Griffin, relative to voters.
Mr. Richardson—To change street in Dawson-
ville.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Speer—That the Committee on the State
of the Republic take into consideration the ex
tension of the right of suffrage to females in this
State.
Mr. Holcombe—That Mrs. Stowe he sent for
to instruct the committee.
Mr. Hungerford—An amendment that Horace
Greeley be requested to come before the Com
mittee on the State of the Republic and address
them on the subject of female suffrage.
Mr. Brock thought the right of suffrage suffi
ciently extended now. He spoke very compli-
mentary of the females of the State ; thought
them abundantly intelligent to vote, and compe
tent to act for the best interest of the State; yet
he thought the ladies did not desire it, nor had
he time come to extend the right of suffrage to
tthem.
Discussed by Messrs. Hungerford, Speer, Ad
kins and Brock. The resolution was lost.
Mr. Nunnally—That the Ordinaries of the
counties of Spalding, Jasper, Morgan and Put
nam be authorized to raise a certain tax.
Mr. Bruton—That a committee of three be ap
pointed to inquire and report what sums of
money have been paid by the Georgia National
Bank for interest on the daily balances of the
public money deposited therein, and if any has
been paid, to whom and for whose account, and
if none has been paid, whether any is to be, and
to whom, and for whose account.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND BEADING.
To make it penal to hunt with fires at night
in Brooks and Randolph. Committed.
To build a branch road from Kingston to Van
Wert to be the exclusive property of the State.
Referred to the Committee on Internal Improve
ments.
To define the duties of Notaries Public, Jus
tices of the Peace, and for other purposes. Re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
To change the time of holding courts in the
Coweta circuit. Referred to Judiciaiy Com
mittee.
To authorize the Governor to make certain
contracts with certain railroads, relative to con
victs in the penitentiary. Referred to Commit
tee on Internal Improvements.
To protect the lives of citizens of this State.
Referred to Committee on the State of the Re
public.
. To abolish Ken judgments in this State. Re
ferred to Committee on Judiciary.
The Senate adjourned.
House.—House met at 10, a. m. Prayer by
the Rev. Mr. Cloud.
Journal read and confirmed.
Mr. Barclay moved to reconsider the bill lost
yesterday, repealing and act creating Kens on
steam saw mills.
Messrs. Barclay and Hall, of Glynn, spoke for,
and Messrs. Rawls and PhilKps against, a re
ft : mideration. Previous question caHed for and
sustained, and motion to reconsider lost.
Mr. Saussey moved to reconsider the biU ap
propriating money to the State Agricultural So
ciety. Mottion to reconsider prevailed.
Mr. Benton moved to reconsider the biK, lost
yesterday, requiring the Superintendent of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad to charge uniform
rates on freight and passenger trains, passengers
riding on freight trains at their own risk. Pre
vious question caKed for and sustained, and the
motion to reconsider lost.
Mr. Flournoy— A resolution discharging at
once, nK pages, guards, assistant door-keepers
and assistant messengers, of the House.
Mr. Bryalit opposed the resolution, and thought
the proper way to retrench a reduction of the
per diem of members.
Rules suspended, previous question caKed for
Fbiday, January 29, 1869.
Senate.—The Senate met this morning pur
suant to adjournment, and was opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Adams.
RoU being caKed, and a quorum present, the
Secretary read the journal of yesterday.
Mr. Speer moved that the resolution of Mr.
McArthur be reconsidered, and amended the
resolution—That a committee of one from the
Senate and two from the House be appointed to
inquire into the terms of the contraot of the
State with Messrs. Grant, Alexander & Co., and
other parties, for the employment of peniten
tiary convicts; whether the convicts are hu
manely treated, and the terms of the contract
complied with.
Reconsidered, and referred to the Committee
on Penitentiary.
A message yesterday from the House an
nounced,that a bill had passed that body, to ap
point a committee to visit sections where disor
der is reported to prevail, and investigate the
same, and report what proceedings should be in
stituted. Senate concurred.
Mr. Hungerford was appointed from the Sen
ate.
, ; -k. ■ BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Mr. Lester—A bill changing the time of hold-
"ie Superior Court of Bryan county. Passed,
t.Wooten—To authorize agents and attor
neys at law to make oath to pleas in certain
cases. Passed.
Mr. Hinton—To aHow W. J. Avery, of Meri
wether, to peddle without ticense. Laid on the
table tax the present.
Mr. Smith—To designate who are liable to
road duty. Passed.
Mr. Candler—To amend section 3651 of Ir
win’s Code. Lost Also, to regulate fees of
Clerks of Superior Courts in certain cases.
Lost. Also, to fix fees of Ordinaries in certakt
. Lost. Also, to fix fees of Sheriffs in
certain cases. Lost. Also, in relation totak-
and sustained and the resolution adopted.
Mr. HaK, of Glynn—A resolution appointing
a committee of three to examine whether it be
safe for the Legislature to continue their ses
sions in the Operatic Capitol. Rules suspended
and resolution adopted.
On motion of Mr. Williams, of Morgan, a
message from the Governor, embodying the
report of the State Lunatic Asylum, was read.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A biK to incorporate the De Soto Manufac
turing Company, making capital stock two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. Fifth section
stricken out and the biU passed.
A biK for the reKef of WilKam L. Waterson,
Sheriff of Clayton county. Lost.
A bill changing the time for holding the Su
perior Court in the Southern Judicial Circuit
and providing for the drawing of juries for the
same. Passed.
A bill reKeving from jury duty forty members
of the Watchful Fire Company of Cnthbert.—
Fassed and transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. Price—A resolution that the clerks, who
were employed last session, be first sent before
the committee appointed to investigate their
qnaKfications for clerical duties.
A biK authorizing the Governor to draw his
warrant on the Trearorer, to the amount of
$4,450 to pay for artificial limbs furnished to
maimed soldiers. Passed.
A biK changing section 1045 of Irwin's Code.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Ramey—A resolution tendering thanks to
those railroads which have given free passage to
members of the Legislature. Buies suspended
and resolution adopted.
A biK making it penal for owners of billiard
tables and ten-pin alleys to allow minors to play.
First reading.
AbiUfor the regulations of the practice of
Dentistry in this State. First reading.
A biK exempting certain citizens of Americas
from militia and jury duty. Passed.
A bill allowing WilKam Green, of Paulding,
to peddle without Kcense.
A biU reKeving Wm. Johnson & Son and
George Lewis, of Upson oounty, from taxes.
Passed.
A bill appropriating’* fund of ten thousand
doUars for the burial of the Confederate dead.
Mr. Hudson moved to strike out ten thousand
dollars, and insert twenty-five hundred. Motion
adopted.
The yeas and nays were caKed upon the mo
tion to indefinitely postpone the bill—yeas 92;
nays 19. So tbe motion to indefinitely postpone
the bill prevailed.
The committee appointed to examine the
operatic capitol reported that they regarded the
building as perfectly safe. Report taken up
and adopted.
Mr. Hudson—A resolution requiring the
Treanrer to pay to the University of Georgia a
sum of money for the education of indigent and
maimed soldiers. Rules were not suspended.
The House adjourned.
Sunday Pee Bpobtoq.—Fortune is not akraysttis
fickle thing she is painted. To one who ia true and
steady—who has lively faith and ready work—she is
land and considerate. But upon your folks who watt
loafingly and lazily for her to bring them something
she most emphatically turns her back. She is strict
ly a business character, deals honestly and is up to
no vulgar tricks. Nowand then there may be ex
ceptions to this, but the rule is fixed, if not inexora
ble. If you've never been there just take a trip out
and see the country.
The art of making people happy is to infuse them
with contentment. Do that and you have them on an
equipoise, which in itself ia a sort of happiness. The
first step towards a general upturning of things is
that of the feKcitous circle of contentment. People
who doubt the assertion should go into a series of
experiments.
. Mankind tends to laziness naturally. Bom at the
start ’with no necessity for wearing clothes, or of
working for food, (it grew on the trees) the race ever
since has been affected with a very preponderating
inclination to do nothing and bask in the sun on
the South side of things. Out of ten men as they
come and go, nine will shirk labor if they can. Some
of us work, it is true, but it is very largely from ne
cessity, or from selfish or personal ends, and not
from the love of it. The man who Bays that he has
a thorough love of work—work that breeds aches
of body and mind—simply fibs by tbe wholesale, and
makes neither others nor himself believe it.
Well meant efforts rarely fail of achievement of
some sort. But it ia always better to put your
energies into what you feel more or less certain-
more than less—to be of a productive character.
The man who travels in a half-mile circle all his life
may have taken just as many steps as the most
brilliant explorer over the wide world, but he is not
likely to have so much to show for it.
People should never forget that thoy were onoe
cliildron; but at tho same time they should be cau
tious not to be such aU their days. One extremo
horn of the dilemma is as bad as the other. Homs
are to be regarded as of doubtful use—particularly
if of that sort that flow through the alimentary ca-
aaL
Somebody says that the three great evils of Kfe
are “noise, poverty and population.” A cure for
the first is to go into a dungeon; the second work
and money; the third a determination to make no- •
body’s sister miserable by marrying her.
The test of friendship is to be sought in deeds, not
words. Go and do a thing, and you will get credit
for speaking of it—always providing that your words
are modestly put. Boasting of a thing quite spoils
its merit. Worthy people commonly let actions
speak for themselves; and what they speak may
be relied upon as the right thing.
Merit is commonly modest, but there are times
when it is necessary to assert itself. About that
interesting period of the calender there is no mistak
ing terms and sentiment. Merit, when it gets
its hair on end, can be as audacious and “loud” as
pretensions and humbug. People who have been
there know the fact, both in latitude and longitude.
Wrappers do not always indicate the nature of
the package. A whited sepulchre may be swathed
in silk and satin, and a saint in rags. You can’t al
ways tell; and sometimes after you find out the real
state of things, you don’t care to.
Avoid people who are always talking and yet have
nothing to say, and never say anything. The sins
they have committed against the mother tongue are
frightful and their indebtedness to common sense
is formidably enormous. Avoid them as severely
and_perslatently as some folks do their poor rela
tions.
Don’t bum the candle at both ends. If you are
an early riser retire early; butif you seek yonr sheets
late don’t get up with the sun. You can’t cheat
nature—nor yourself. Mankind needs about so
much rest, sleep and laziness, and any attempt to
lessen it is at the expense of ultimate vitality
and surety of suffering. We repeat, don’t burn the
candle at both ends.
Castor Pomace—A Suggestion.
New Yobe, January 26, I860.
Editors Telegraph: I observe that a corres
pondent of your paper suggests the cultivation
of rice along with cotton, to encourage or at
tract birds, as a means of destroying caterpil
lars.
Castor Pomace, or the cake produced after ex
pressing the oil from the Castor Bean, is weU
known to be destructive of animal life. It is
used as a fertilizer, especiaKy among some of
the West India Islands, and is said to be very
destructive of the worms, etc., which infest
sugar and other plantations.
It has, therefore, occurred to me, that the ex
periment might be tried on some of the cotton
plantations, the cost of which cannot be much,
as the pomace can be bought here at $20 per
ton, and the benefit to the growth of the cotton
would amply pay for it. . D.
Fighting
Extraordinary—North vs.
South.
There 'was a fight between Northern and
Southern fowls at New York lately. Twelve
battles were fought, $200 each, and $2000 the
main. The Northern cocks were victorious.
winning eight fights out of the twelve. A New
York paper says the contest was almost une
qualled in the Northern States. The first six
fights constituted the main, and the last was
considered an outside one. A New York paper,
describing the scene and those present, says :
It was a peculiar crowd, and one worthy
of study. Imagine bankers, whoso notes are
worth thousands; drovers, whose cash in bank
would excite the envy of milKons; farmers,
whose broad acres are not easily counted by the
score; horsemen, whose raoces, and trotters in
their trials of speed have been heralded the
world over; hotel-keepers, whose reputation for
geniality and liberality cannot be excelled by any
rost in the land, blacksmiths, tanners, weavers,
men of no work, and men of aU work, and then
we obtain a fair glimpse of those that mingled
fratemaUy and joyously around the circle.
The birds were of many different colors and
strains. Those from the South, the word went
forth, were of the “Stone Fence” strain, but
when it is mentioned that these gentlemen
brought eighty birds with them, it must be re
cognized that they showed a decided mixture of
blood. Those of the North were mostly of the
grand old Long Island breed, who have fought
and won many a main, and whose gameness
has been the crowning cry of bird raisers in this
section for many years. The birds fought each
other by pairs until one was killed in each in
stance, the survivor being hatted with cheers as
the victor.
The recently-elected Lieutenant Governor of
Illinois reports his office stripped of stationery,
stamps, etc. His predecessor is the guilty par
ty. The culprit excuses Mmaelf on the ground
that his predecessor played the same game.
Stains on Marble.—How can I remove iron
stains from white marble? Subscriber, Bucks
county, Pa. [Apply with oars, and in vary
small quantities, oil of vitrol (sulphuric acid) or
lemon juice, and rub the place dry, after • few
minutes, with ft soft linen doth.]
One, John Savage, a red-hot Fenian, has
been nominated as United States Consul at
Cork. An Feptiah paper suggests Judah P.
Benjamin as British Minister to the United
States.
"Woman’s Rights.—The Evening Express, of
Washington, says:
Dr. (Miss) Mary Walker this morning made
written appKcation in due form to Speaker Col
fax to be assigned a seat in the Reporters’ Gal
lery as representative of the Oswego Times. The
Speaker declined to grant the application on the
ground that all the seats were assigned. The
fair Doctor then requested a card of admission
to the reporters’ quarters, but this request was
also refused, without reason assigned.
Dr. [Miss] Mary awaited an answer to her re
quest in the reporters’ room, where she was po
litely entertained by the members of the press.
The hard-hearted doorkeeper resisted herappe ala
or admission to the reporters' benches. When
the refusal of her appKcation arrived she freely
expressed her indignation despite the sympa
thetic exertions of some of tho tender-hearted
correspondents to soothe her outraged feelings.
The non-commissioned officers of a Prussian
battery announce in a Berlin paper the death of
a comrade in war—a goat called “Herr Schnei
der.” He had been in the corps since 1864. He
always marched with the men of the first gun,
from whom he received his rations. He attend
ed parade, took his place among the non-com- 1
missioned officers, and appealed to listen atten
tively to orders. When the war broke out ia
1866, he marched at the head of the battery,
and was promoted to the rank of sergeant ejr
the privates, who presented him with a beatfe-
ful collar, on which were embroidered the maths
of his rank. When actual hostilities eqmmenoed
ha was tied to an ammunition wagon in the near,
but during the battle ot Komginboff Harr
Schneider managed to aKpaway, and went to the
front at full gallop. Subsequently he retained
to his ammunition wagon, none the worse for
his charge. The goat marched at the head of
hia battery on the triumphant entry of thesRny
inin Berlin, in September, 1866.
End or the Indian Wax—<56. Louit, January
37—General Sheridan ia daily expected to re
turn from the plains. Nearly all the Indiana
will go on their reservation set apart toft them,
The ™«in body of troops will toon be withdrawn
from be pl»ina, and will oonoeatoato at; For
eavanworth, for distribution to other points.
