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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY NEW ERA. VOLUME III. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1870. NUMBER 49 pew to. TKltHS OB' SUBSCRIPTION. Dally, twelvemonths A f 10 00 Daily, six month* Dally, three months..... V Dally, per month.. HATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING. $2 50 Sheriffs'Sales, perlevy of tenllnes, orless.... Sssrlif** Mortgage Sales, per square...., Tax Collectors’ Sales, per square. Citation a for LetUts of Administration. Citations for Letters of Guardianship 9 00 Lettersof Applicatlonfor Dismission from Admin istration 4 60 Letters of Application for Dismission from Guar dianship .................................... 5 00 Application for leave to Sell Land 6 00 If otioea to Debtors and Creditors... 9 00 gales of Land. Ac., per square 5 00 * of PerishableProperty, 10 days, per square. 1 60 __ each time.. Hd Bales of land, Ac.,”by ’administrators, executors of gaardlana, are required by law to be held on theflnt Eatray Notices, 30 days.. Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, each Sales of land, Ac., by administrators, ; gaardlans, arc required by law to behek Tuesday in the month, between the hour* of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the court house on the ootmty in which the property is situated. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gs- astte 40 days previous to the day ol sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in Hire manner. 10 days previousito sMeday. Notices to the debtois and creditors of an estate must b \H£Jth5 appjKuon will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, kc., most be published for two months. ClUtlon. for tetter, of admlnUtntten. goudluuli Ac.. mart o. pabtteh«<]30 d»J«; tor dtemlutenfromi mtnUtr*tlon, monthly 6 month.; for di.mission from * BalMfortereclonroofmorfg^fomtut monthly for fanr months; forctAbtlAhinfi. _ for the fall sp.ee ol 3 month.; for compdUn, utte. from oxeentors or Administrators, .here bond hss bsenglvenby tho deceased, the full space 3 months. A limited number of edrertlsement. will be Inserted on the weekly. SpeetelcontmcUfor such msdest onr oon ter. THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 24, 1870. Relief. That portion of the Governor', message, (reed in both Homes yeeterdey. .ud which will be found in our published proceedings this morning) wbioh refer, in relief, deserve, the special sfteniion of the legislature; and w e hope proper action will be bad covering the point mentioned therein. The (Governor's Message. The menage of his Excellency the Gover nor, transmitted to the Legislature yesterday, will be read with peculiar interest by those who hsve expressed fesra that all local legisla tion heretofore had, uronld be invalidated by the success of wbat they call "Bullock's poli cy” of reconstruction. We commend the message to the careful pe rusal of all who may have been troubled with this ides; and especially is it desirable tbst such of the Bryant Democracy a. have not ubaodoned all reason and common sense, should give that portion of the Governor's message a careful perusal. Poor Mr. Bryant! The Bryant tronpe, while on exhibition io Washington, alleged that the opinions enter- lained by Governor Bullock of the legal rela tions existing between the State government and the reconstruction acta, iuvolved an ex- tension of the terms for which tbs members of the Legislature were elected. Io noticing this special plea of Mr. Bryant, Governor Bollock says, (in bia written state- meut to the Senate Judiciary Committee :) "I am rather nstOBtabed that the man who wake a boast of being the ouly white men who objected to the expolaioD of the negroes from the body, should be the first to claim that the terms for which these men were elect ed, should be cnrlailad by tbs revolutionary action of the disqualified rebels who expelled them.” We are not advised what reply, if any, Mr. Bryant made to thia adhomlum argument. The Vote for Pal ted State. Senator. The consolidated vote as announced in joint convention yesterday waa as follows; Hoy. Foster Blodgett. In Senate 31 In House. 84 Total .115 Hon. H. P. Farrow. In Senate. Iu House . Hon. It. H. Whitiliy. Iu Senate.. In House.. 28 82 Total 110 There were 156 member, qualified on the roll of the House, and 42 Senators qualified on the roll of the Senate. On Tuesday, just before the vote for Senators in the Qonse, there was a test vote on a mo tion of Mr. Fitzpatrick, sustaining the Chair by 76 to 36, showing nearly the then rela tive party strength, and that 112 members were present. In the Senate 37 were present. The Democrats generally abstained from voting in both booses. President Urant—The Democratic Press The New York World is quoted as having said that— The President told a Senator the other day that thera waa not a Radical in the entire Sooth who waa qualified to be placed on the Sapreme Bench, and that everybody else there who was qualified by education and ability for anoh s position, was disqualified in other re- apecta for each appointment. This is the worst eut carpet bagism has yet received, and oomiog as it does from the head of the nation, may bis taken as a sufficient reason why he ad heres to the Northern States in selecting ap pointees for the Southern vacancies on the Sapreme Beneb with soeh pertinacity- It seems more probable now that both Judge Strong and Judge Bradley will be confirmed. Those who may remember the former state- meats by the World, tonehing the conversa tions and opinions of President Grant, will re ceive with much allowance anything of a rjuiilar natnre coming throogh that channel. It ia not probable that the President ever need the language here attributed to him; nor do we believe be entertains the opinion of Southern men hem insinuated by this Demo- erstie fugleman. The appointment of Gen- . rat Longstreet to an important position, as well as numerous other sots of the Piesident, abundantly refute this slander. Wbat'i the Matter 1 In the Augusta Coostitutionslist of the 16th, we find this ominous paragraph : TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. Aii anonymous assault upon any man or any woman ia held, by by every law of gentle breeding, to be n departure from good man- nera and good morals. No honest man will resent a just admonition openly given ; but all honest men are enti led to dispise a Luke which travels as a slander without name. "A word to the wise is sufficient.” It is reported that by the addition cf the District of Columbia to the Deportment of Virginia, General Canby will, at no diet 111 <1 tv, ask permission to transfer his beadq i > - ters from Richmond to Washington. > l present be is badly engaged in arranging m ^ tors belonging to the first military distriit, \ and will remain in Richmond until the work a accomplished. The correspondence which we publish this morning, between Hon. Foster Blodgett, Uni ted States Senator elect, and his Excellency, the Governor, will arrest attention. Nothing connected with the history of Geor gia politics, daring the last five years, is bet ter understood here then the otter falsity of the charges alluded to in this correspondence; end there lives not in Georgia a well informed, fair minded man who does not honestly be lieve that those charges were preferred sol.ly for the pnrpose of impairing Mr. Blodgett's political influence. Honest and sincere in his convictions, bold and uncompromising in the annunciation of his political faith, zealons and vigilant in all things pertaining to the interests of the Re publican party in Georgia, Mr. Blodgett early became a powerful political leader, and there fore a formidable obatide in the way of those whose political fortunes and personal aggran dizements were contingent upon the defeat of the Republican organization in this State, is a species of political warfare peculiar, in many respects, to a set of local politicians and reactionists in and about the city of Augusta; and whiob, wa regret to say, has bt-en generally adopted by the leaders of the Ku- KInx Democracy throughout the State. Their policy is to decline meeting an opponent upon the merits of the iasoe in controversy; to ig nore argnmet; to substitute personal abase, of the most shameless and disgusting character, for legitimate discussion; and, in order to cripple the infloence of a political opponent, to utter charges and institute legal proceed ings which they know to be utterly ground less and wholly without merits. False and malignant as these charges against Mr. Blodgett are known to be here, they never- theleleas might have a tendency to impair the interests of the State, were he to claim recog nition at Washington as Senator for the long term. And although many of Mr. Blodgett’s friends will regret his decision as set forth in the correspondence referred to, it nevertheless shows to the world that he has more oonoern for the intereeta of hie native State, and the trinmphant vindication of the great principles of the Republican party, than for his own per sonal aggrandizement. It is an example of self sacrificing devotion to the party and to the interests of Georgia, which should be emulat ed by true men everywhere! and which will be a standing rebuke to those whose eooduct in political life justifies the suspicion that they seek their own promotion rather than their country's good. There hss seldom lived, in any age or coun try, a pubiio man who has been the object of so much shameless personal abase as has Mr. Blodgett. Only a few weeks eince, in this city, he was arraigned before one of onr local tribunals upon a charge of assault with intent to murder! This charge was made by a po litical opponent, and for no other pnrpose than that of weakening Mr. Blodgett's influ ence at Washington. The investigation dis closed the fact that the indictment was not only wbo'ly unsupported, bat that Mr. Blod gett appeared only in the capaoity of peace maker, and that the very man who procured the indictment probably owes his life to Mr. Blodgett's interference to preserve the peace 1 We allude to this fact only for the pnrpose of showing how atterly unscrupulous have been the means employed to break his infloence ; and we take this occasion to say that an in vestigation of the charges alluded to in the correspondence between bimaelf and the Gov ernor, will reveal how utterly groundless hsve been the calumnies against his good name as a private gentleman. Important Correspondence. Atlanta, February 16th, 1870. To Jlis Excellency. Rufus B. Bullock: Sin—Having been elected by the Legislature of the State of Georgia, one of her represent atives in tbs Senate of the United States, it becomes a part of your official duty to issue to me a certificate of my eleetion. My object in addressing yon at this time is to request that you withhold such certificate for the pres ent. I am well at -tre that such a request com ing from myself, will appear singular and un precedented. You will, therefore, pardon me, if I enter somewhat at large upon the motive which prompts me to make the same. It is a matter of history, and I can, there fore, say it without being accused of anything lika self-praise, tbst ever eince the Republican party was organized iu Georgia, I have been identified, and my name has been connected with it. I presided at the Iasi Union meeting held in Georgia, and was President of the first Republican convention ever held in the St te. I have labored for the canse of reconstruction without intermission, from the first to the last, with all the ability and influence which I may possess. Born in Georgia, and having the interest and well-being of my native State at heart, I sin cerely and deeply felt that both would bo best promoted by the success of the Republican party, and the speedy admission of the State, in the manner and under the conditions pre scribed by Congress. These views and those of the Union party, althongh now in the as- Cendant, were for a time unpopular; and al though I knew my political conduct wonld ex- pose me to all manner of opposition, both po litical and personal, I yet persevered in the coarse I had marked out for myself. Cal umny and slander had no effect to make me falter, or surrender my principles. As your Excellency is well aware, every engine of mal- ice and abase was pnt in operation, and if 1 received a larger portion of venom than oth ers, it was only becausa I was prominent, earn est and persistent in my advocacy of the Union canse. My enemies are only those who are also the enemies of reconstruction. It was for the pur pose of blasting my character and destroying my influence, that an indictment, known to be founded upon no facts to sustain it, was, for political purposes, tramped up against me. Although no effort hss ever been made, or is ever intended to be made, to prosecute it to effect, yet it still stands in the Coart have no fear of it, or its consequences; and that this effort has had no effect here in Geor gia, I think I can safely affirm, in view of the vote which I have so lately received for the high position of United States Senator. I was unanimously nominated at the Re publican caucus by acclamation. The nomi nation was spontaneously end cheerfully made, as an endorsement of my political re- cord and personal character. Upon the eleetion in the Legislature, I re- ceived every Republican vote, without excep tion, while many among the Democrats, be lieving that I had been persecuted without a cause, also voted for me. Under this state of facta,- it may be asked why I should desire yon to withhold the certificate of my eieotion but, Bir, I feel it to be due to the great cause of Reconstruction, and the noble, true hearted Republican party of Georgia, that I should en ter the United States Senate, if I enter it at all, without a stain upon my record or a blot upon my character. Although those who procured the indict- ment alluded to, now confess that it was only done for political effect, and rests unsupport ed by any proof, yet it is there, and never, nntil it is withdrawn, or I have been trium phantly acquitted, can L or will I accept of the position to which the honorable snfirages of my political friends have elevated me. I thank them sincerely for this flattering testimonial of their appreciation of my polit- sal services and personal character; bat for the reasons already stated. I request your Excellency to withhold the certificate of my election. Believing that justice in this matter will now be meted out to me, I remain with high respect, your obedient servant, Fosrzs Blodgett. Executive Department, I Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 16, 1870. f Boil Foster Blodgett, United Stales Senator elect: Mr Dear Sir : Your communication of this date requesting mr, for reasons which are highly cieditable to yourself; both in your position as a public man and in your charac ter as a private citizen, to withhold the cer tificate which will entitle you to your seat in the United States Senate, is received. Iu Urns acknowledging the receipt of the re- quest, and announcing to you that I shall oomply with it bv withholding the certificate until the charge against you, which we all know was brought solely for its political effect, "is withdrawn, or I [yon] have been triumph antly acquitted,” I cannot withhold the ex pression of my gratification as a Republican, that it has been the good fortune of the party in this State to show to the country that the person whom it has continuoosly chosen as its chairman since its first organization, is a man who can rise above the temptations and allure ments of one of the highest offices in the gift of the people, and decline to take upon him self its honors and its responsibilities, until, by the proper action of the courts, malicious charges which hsve been brought against him to destroy his character and his political influ ence, shell have been withdrawn or dis proved. Thanking you in the name of the party for this renewed evidence of your desire to pro mote its welfare and its success, I am Very truly yours, Rufus B. Bullock SPIRIT up TIIB GEORGIA PRESS. THE ATLANTA INTELLIQEKCEB (DEM.) Thinks that the Legislature would be unwar- rented in entering upon any business of a gen eral nature nntil its action to complete the re construction of the State shall have been rati fied by Congress; and it advises the passage of a resolution ■staying all proceedings in all cases upon debte contracted prior to the 1st of June, 1865, and then to take a recess in accordance with the recommendation of the Governor! When the reconstruction of Georgia is ovsr, we want it to stand, and not to be done over and over again, at the expense of the people sod a world of trouble and distress, such as the people never before experienced.” THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (BEXANT DEM.) Hus discovered that “Gov. Bullock in his Message, February 2d, talks in several places very fairly;” bat because the Nashville, Team, Banner made the discovery first, the Constitu tion seems somewhat disgruntled. The same paper assumes to read some of its Democratic brethren a lec ture, because they fail to denounce "Bul- lock's personal schemes" or discover a mare's nest in the oiganization of the House as ap proved by both President Grant, and General Sherman. It aajs: "Silence about rascality, [What rascality ?] In which they [the moderate Democrats] are interested, is the moderation that the distant commentator oommends as dignified and dis creet journalism.” Charges of "rascality” are hero preferred.— Now let’s see if the Constitution will under take to make those charges good, or whether it will content itself with a bare asssbtion which taken alone, amounts to nothing more serious than shameless calumny. TOR AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST (DEM.) Is still np to the eyes in the issues of twenty years ago, and talks sagely about "the Con stitution of the lathers. ” THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRED (DEM.) Advises planters to plant less cotton and more com ; and it might well here be added: "Have less to do with noisy politicians who seek to perpetuate a strife as the means of their promotion." THE AUOUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL (K. K.) Feels very sore, of oonrse, over the prospect that Georgia will soon be over her reconstruc tion troubles, and says the election of Sena tors on the 15lh was “withoutshadow of law.” The Chronicle man ia heavy on questions of “law,” vide his proclamation as "Governor of all east of the Oconee” in helium times! THE SAVANNAH NEWS, (DEM;) Singularly enough has nothing to say shoot “Bullock’s personal schemes." The Radical* Cry tor Vengeance* Upon the resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Soott, in the House, for the Governor to order elections to fill the vacancies in the Leg islature, Representative O'Neal, the Radical leader in the House, made a speech against it, in which he cried out with furious vehemence, in reply to Mr. Scott's remarks, that he was for peace, “talk about peace, when the blood of Adkins and Atex cries out foe ven geance !” —- This will do vety well for the faction that yells so fiercely about Democratic turbulence. We call the attention of Congress to it The above appears in the Constitution of yesterday afternoon. It does Mr. O’Neal great injustice. He said nothing about "vengeance. The remarks upon which the above unfair statement is predicated, were elicited by the brow-beating supercilious interrogatories and blaster of Mr. Scott, who seemed to be speak ing to the galleries; and the retort had nothing in it that any rational mind might construe into an apology, mneh less the advocacy of the “policy of vengeance.” The substance of Mr. O'Neal’s remarks will be found in onr re port of the proceedings. There is no "professor of journalism'' in General Lee's college. There are twenty-five scholarships for young man intending to make newspapers their bosines, and also arrange ments for the practice oi type-setting and stenography. There is hot one way to learn the profes sion of journalism, and that is by actnal prac tice. There is another fact connected with Journal ism which a young man should ponder well be fore taking the fatal leap. He should make up his mind to work sixteen hours iu twenty-four, deny himself all social pleasures, and take pride in helping every man to position ex- cept himself 1 Homy Ward Beecher, in a recent discourse, •peaking of the excellency < f one of the hymns of Charles Wesley, “Jesus. lover of my son!,' says that he wonld rather hare written that hymn than to have the fame of all the kings that ever sat upon the earth. Georgia from a Business Point of Yi-w— Mr. Rice's Speeds. The speech of John Rice before the Repub lican caucus on Monday evening last, deliv ered after the nominations were made, i^ema to have created a decidedly favorable imjires- sion upon tho minds of all who heard it.' It was unlike the majority of political speeches of the present day. It displayed nothing ct the mere politician. It addressed itself tof the judgment, rather than to the passions land prejudices of tbo audience; and breathli a spirit of candor and patriotism which pro foundly impressed all who were present. J •» Wo regret that it was not within our pc .-er to obtain a phonograph; report of his remal ks, and that we are therefore nnable to give |onr readers anything more than a mere onttitashf some of the points made. Mr. Bice viewed the political oonditiotppf the State, from a business stand point. 1; id. less reconstruction, as effected in .he organi zation of tho General Assembly under the jpo- visiona of the late act, should be approve7f>y Congress, tho State would go ba -k under mili tary rale ; in that event, civil government might remain in abeyance for years; ifid finally present herself for admission to the rights and privilegs of tho Union, on ter.ifs less favorable to the great mass of Georgians than those on which we cow present onrselt.es for admission. This could not but bo at tended with fatal resnlts to thehueiness ajd property of the State. No citizen had better opportunities fur. judging of the present financial needs of tie State than Mr. Rice ; none have kept mOQS vigilant watch over her financial and business prosperity ; and he did not believe there wss one syllable of truth in tho oft repeated chargesjof corruption against the Executive, cti. against others high in authority. On the con trary, he had affirmed,- in Now York, through oat all the North, and in the money center) especially, that the Executive of Georgia, a measured by the finances of the State ove,! We next present you the order of Major which he presides, stood high above that cl ! Gen ml Terry, declaring B. H. Donaldson • r ., .. a .t- from Gordon county, James M. Nunn, of any other Southern State ; and that this wa? , Glascock, and E. M. Taliaferro, of Fulton, the opinion of those capitalists and banker^! (all members of the House of Representa- generaUy throughout the North who were con-j tives in 1868,) ineligible, also that J. B. veraant with Southern business and Southern 1 ; HuSSTd. Jo securities. The credit of Georgia was on a ; ... on , Henry 0. Kellogg, J. W. Meadows, J. H. par with many of the Northern States; and, Peniand, Robert O. Snnenoy, J. R. Smith, everything considered, Gov. Bullock was the- Wj* 1 !?™ 8 ' John C. Drake, J. T. Ellis, w. Rouse, who haa failed, neglected, strongest and most influential of any of the, md refused t0 fila tha required oath, and who Southern Executives, in the estimation of u i s0 had filed application to be relieved of Northern capitalists and public men. Abroad. | tbeir disabilities, admitting thereby their in- the Governor was considered a man of much eligibility to seats, sixteen in number all of .... , . .... , ,. , whom were seated in said Legislature.— more dignity and strength than had been ad-; Aja to this number W. *F. Winn and mitted by bis constituents who attempt to ruin j W. J. Anderson, Senators declared in- the dignity and credit of their own State by eligible; and Collier and Graham, also charging him with corruption-charge^which && .w e.,1 ■>- disabihtes to bo removed, thereby also admit- ting their ineligibility, and you have nineteen .Representatives and four Senators who wore clearly ineligible to seats in that legislature un- jler the reconstruction laws of Congress. Add Jo this number B. R. McCutcben, C. R. jdoore, Senators who refassd aud failed to hako-ths required oath; also, M. J. Crawfotd, pa H. Brassell, W. T. McCullough, and J. B. Moon, of the House of Representatives, and f/ou have the aggregate number of twenty-one nators and Representatives who participated ADMISSION OF GEORlilA. Addrcsn to tne Senate Judiciary Com mittee. Gentlemen of the Judiciary Committee of the Senzf* of the United Slates': The duties of yonr committee, as well as the high and distinguished character of its mem bers, forbid our saying one word to you as partizans and members of any political organ ization, nor do we deem it necessary even to allude to the personal vituperation of the gentlemen who have preceded us. In Georgia and to Georgians we are known, and whilst we admit having committed errors, we confidently rely upon the noble generosity of our people to forgive and sustain us, both in public ahd private life. A successful army and people can afford to be both liberal and magnanimous. A conquered one should ac cept the situation in good faith and inviolably maintain it. This much, we trust, you will pardon iu reply to the gentleman from the Union Army. We understand that the reconstruction acts of 1867, placed GeorgiaYmder military rule, with very large discretionary powers, and also declared the then existing government in Georgia illegal. Said acts further provided for the creation in tho State of a civil govern ment, excluding from participation therein onlj such as were excluded,by the 14thamend ment of the Constitution.. Did any of the excluded persons participate, and if so, it may be important to ascertain how many ? The very learned and able report of your committee, on the application of the Hon. Joshua Hill to take his seat as Senator, renders it unnecessary for us to present many facts or argue this question in extenso. We shall con tent onrselveB by the statement of a few addi tional fsets to sustaian the position taken then by your committee. We offer first the report made to the Legis lature in July, 1868, by Mr. J. E. Bryant, that James M. Nunn, W. T. McCullough and John Long were ineligible members, having held offices prior to the war, requiring them to support the Constitution of tha United States, and afterwards of participating in the rebel lion, each of whom were afterwards seated, and one of them, Mr. Nunn, took the pre scribed oath under the recent act of Congress. With his commission then on file and duly re corded iu the Secretary of State's office, and his captain who commanded him in the militia, also a member of the same house. they fail to investigate, even when asked to do so by the Governor himself, in one of his State papers! Mr. Rice thought we should rise above this mere partizan prejudice, aud support the dig nity of the.State if it was worthy of it; other wise, we should lose all respect abroad, shut out all northern immigration and capital, and thus render the State a undesirable, (if not an impossible) habitation for men who desire to live in peace, and by a legitimate calling. Ft- j ! 'T * U tho P ro0 “ dto « 8 of nanciolly, Georgia ia already tbs strongest State to the South; and when thJ present government shall have been ratified by Con gress, |the State tolly admitted, the people put to harmony with the Administration; and the restless politicians set aside by a healthy public sentiment, stimulated by those who have soeial and material interests at stake, Georgia would soon attain to the front rank in the great family of States now composing the American Union. Mr. Rice thought that whatever may have been the irregularities attending the tete or ganization-even should they justify the Ju dietary Committee to reporting unfavorably, aud even if the Senate should sustain the re port (which was not probable)—the love of the Northern people for Gen. Terry, and their implicit confidence in his judgment, truthful ness, and impartiality, together with their ha tred of all unfair acts of obstruction to recon struction, would require the popular House either to admit Georgia with her obnoxious Senators, or place her back under military rule for an indefinite period. Mr. Rice believes that our only road to ma terial prosperity lies to our immediate admis sion to the rights and privileges of 'he Union; and ha is now to Washington, exo. tog his in fluence to this end—thereby seeking, as he honestly believes, the interests, not of a mere party, bat those of the State and her entire people. From Washington. Epsctsl to tho Telegraph sad Messenger.) Washington, February 16.—It is believed here that the election of Blodgett & Co, yes terday, upset the pot. General Terry tele graphed to Atlanta, Sanday, warning the erowd not to elect Blodgett or any third or fourth rata men. on pain of a reaction to favor of Hill and Miller. The Senate was getting tired of the kind of material whioh crept into that body from the reconstructed States. It is believed the failure of the Radicals to hsed this warning insures the admission of Hill and Miller. Their frtendsare jubilant and the ultra Radicals sore. B. We find the above special published in the Macon Telegraph of yesterday. It is the same old song. After the "simple Simon” Democrats as- sorted and reasserted that the President and General Sherman had decided that Hill and Miller were to be admitted to seats in the United States Senate, until these high officials were constrained to announce the fact that it was a question upon which the Senata had sols jurisdiction, they now begin to claim General Terry aa one who proposes to decide the Senatorial question. Well 1 we do pity onr benighted, befogged and defeated political opponents. Many, very many clever gentlemen are, by the force of circumstances, compelled to endure the odium of Bryant and Bradley, bnt they have our sympathy. But, seriously, we hsve no fears of a com parison of tha ability or of the record of Far row vs. Hill, or of Whitely vs. Miller. Our Senators will not Buffer by the comparison, and the Senate is never likely to get " tired of the kind of material” which will be fonnd iu Attorney General Fsrrow and Solicit eral Wbiteley, the Republican Senators elect from Georgia. Mr. John Bice, of Atlanta, withdrew in vor of Whiteley. Both come under the self- denying ordinance and will be rewarded. Tamer’s man also withdrew.—Macon Tele- graph. Mr. Rice did sot withdraw “ in favor of Whitsley”; bnt he did withdraw in favor of Farrow, as distinctly stated in the Ena on the morning of the 15th. Among the notable sermons in New York, Sanday, was one by Mr. Yonng of St Paul's, against sensational story papers—possibly an exaggerated improvement on “Young's Nigh Thoughts.”—Nashville Banner. Mndanooga is to have a masked ball. It has a skating rink already. V.'i * the iaots stated above, together with the facts in yonr Judiciary Committee’s report, can it be said by yonr honorable committee that the requirements of the recon struction acts of Congress have been complied with, and that an organization of the two hoases of the Georgia Legislature, in which ineligible members participated, was legal or binding ? If, however, yon should hold that the or ganization was a compliance, can yon hold that elections made by the votes of those in eligible members were legal? In the Honse of Representatives, the Clerk—an indispensable officer of that branch of the General Assembly, and without whom an organization cannot be said to have been effected—the Clerk, an ineligible man himself, was elected by only five votes, every one of the nineteen ineligible members having voted for him. Can this be held to be a legal elec tion in said hoase ? Ia the election of United States Senators, mafiy of those ineligible members voted, and Messrs. Anderson, McCutchen, Moore, Bnrtz, Crawford, Drake, Donaldson, Ellis, George, Goff, Hadson, Johnson, Kellogg, McCalloagb, Meadows, Nnnn, Peniand, Williams, Talia ferro and Rouse, all cast their votes for the Hon. Joshua Hitl, he receiving thereby one hundred and ten votes, twenty of whom were ineligible, leaving ninety legal votes cast for Mr. Hill, whilst his opponent, Chief Justice J. E. Brown, received ninety-four votes, one of whom, Snrrency, was ineligible, giving him a clear majority of three of the legal and eli gible members of said Legislature. General Meade, in his letter to Gov. Bol lock of the 8th of July, 1868, expressly says that “I cannot recognize any act of the Legis lature as valid, nor allow the same to be exe cuted, until satisfactory evidence is produced that all persons excladed by the fourteenth article are deprived of their seats or offices in both houses. ’ Congress certainly never intended that in eligible members should be seated in the Legislature, nor that any Legislature should be recognized composed in part or in whole of ineligible members; and if this intention of Congress has been violated, have we bad other than a provisional government in Geor gia,? If yonr committee and Congress should hold that the Legislature of Georgia was prop erly organized of eligible members, we most respectlolly submit by what right or authority you have deprived her Senators of seats, and if it is not a dangerous precedent for Congress, after snch recognition, to again interfere with such State government ? Assuming, from the action of Congress and the facts stated, that a Legislature composed of so many ineligible members was not a com pliance with the reconstruction acts of 1867, a second act oi Congress to promote recon struction was passed, requiring a reorganiza tion of the Legislature under the reconstruc tion acts of Congress and certain other terms therein provided, in which none bnt eligible members are permitted to take their seats. The enforcement of this law, to-wit: the organization of a Legislature in Georgia composed only of eligible members, was entrusted tc the Commanding General and Provisional Governor. The Congress of the United States certainly expected those officials to see to it that their laws were maintained, and none bnt eligible members under the 14th amendment, and who could oikd" the proscribed oaths, seated. The chairman of the4)emocr&tic State Committee, backed by every prominent and leading jour nal, both wrote and spoke, urging members to take the oaths prescribed, that both money and the ablest oonnsel in the State were ready to smstain them. Thus members, whose offi cial commissions were on file in the executive department, and whose captains had led them in State and Conlederate service, were seated as members, with such facts known to yonr faithfnl and able commander. He sought Rom the Commanding General of the armies information as to his duties, which comported with his own views, that ieconstraction wonld again be a failure in Georgia unless the laws of Congress were faithfully maintained in spirit and letter. There being no loyal State government Georgia, and the powers given under the re construction acts of Congress to the military commanders being ample, ho felt it his duty to interfere, and after full, fair, and an im partial iuvestigationfinto all the facts, did no more man was his duty, enforced your laws. If 3 our committee could have witnessed the no cues of violence enacted by the honorable gentleman in endeavoring to displace the offi cer appointed for organization, and in defying the sergeants-at-arms, and finally mount ing a table and proclaiming himself tAe Speaker, Ac., yon would feel the importnre • and necessity of the aid of Gen. ’1 e iy ia organizing snch a body of men; for Uei« you could have beheld an ex- Captain of tlie Union army defying an order of the Governor of the State, approved and endorsed by the General commanding. The usage in Georgia has never been to call a member to the Chair for organization, the former Clerk of the Honse, and Secretary of the Senate usually perform this duty. Con gress having declared that there existed no legal government in Georgia, those officers could not be called npon. In fact the old Secretary had died, and the then Clerk was clearly ineligible to hold office, hence the pre cedent set by Gen. Meade in 1868, was follow- ed in the appoinment of officers to organize the respective bodies. We shall say nothing ol their fitness, Gen. Terry being on the spot knew both gentlemen well, and his indosement should bo, and we believe will be, sufficient for this honorable committee. As to the seating of the next highest when an ineligible member had been voted for, it has not only the sanction of the code to which allusion has been made, bnt a published circular that this role wonld be adopted. This too is a question that was set tled by the body, after its complete and fall organization. If eligible members have been ousted and ineligible members seated, we yield jurisdiction, and earnestly ask for its immediate correction. As to the effect of a recognition by Con gress of this as the first legally organized body of eligible members of the Georgia Legisla ture, suffice it to Bay we are not responsible for it, nor should this question be settled other than by the Constitution, ordinances and laws of the State. When they are enforced we shall be content The many surmises, conjectures and asper sions by the honorable gentleman cast npon Governor Bollock, and insinuated against General Terry, toe know they can stand, for it is but a repetition of similar charges from equally as respectable sources. We have & rule of law in Georgia that not withstanding the omission of some require ments, or oven the commission of error, of affirming the judgment below, if substantial justice has been done the parties, and a new trial should not change the result Now, if the object of Congress was to organize a Legislature in Georgia of all eligi ble members under the Fourteenth Amend ment, and who coaid take the required oaths, and farther, not to exolade eligible members who received the highest number of votes, we respectfully submit that that is now an ac complished fact, and farther, solicit and defy the closest scrutiny npon this subject; whioh fact it is a little singular the honorable gen tlemen have not embraced in their indictment, or submitted facts to sustain it Whilst it once was said on the floor of Congress, “let discord reign, we de sire peace and harmony in Georgia, that her material interest may be advanced and promoted, and law and order fully restored, yet if we wait for every captious objection to be removed, and all dis content relieved, onr only hope is in the early arrival of the njilleninm. We thank yon for yonr patient attention, and trnst that your action will fully sustain your high character for intelligence, wisdom, and firmness. J. R. Pabbott, D. B. HaxbxiaT., Wil Gibson. B. Conley, President of the Senate. E. Twzzdt. LEGAL TENDER. What the Chief Justice Thought of Green backs In 186»—An Interesting Letter from Secretary Chase to the Committee of Ways ana Means. Tbzasuby Depabtment, January 29,1862. Sib: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means referring me to Honse bill No. 240, and requesting my opinion as to the propriety and necessity of its immediate pas sage by Congress. The condition of the Treasury certainly renders immediate action on the subject of affording provision for the expenditures of the Government both expedient and necessary. The general provisions of the bill submitted to me seem to me well adapted to the end pro posed. There are, however, some points which may perhaps be usefnlly amended. The pro vision making United States notes a legal tender has doubtless been well considered by the oommittee, and their conclusion needs no support from any observation of mine. I think it my doty, however, to say that in respeot to this provision my reflections have conducted me to the same conclusions they have reached. It is not unknown to them that I have felt, nor do I wish to conceal that I now feel, a great aversion to making anything bnt coin a legal tender in payment of debts. It h&s been my anxious wish to avoid th© necessity of such legislation. It is, however, at present, impossible, in consequence of the large ex penditures entailed by the war and the sus pension of the banks to procure sufficient coin for disbursements; and it has, therefore, be come indispensably necessary that we sbonld resort to the issue of United States notes. The making them a legal tender might, how ever, still be avoided, if the willingness mani fested by the people generally, by railroad companies, and by many of the banking insti tutions, to receive and pay them as money in all transactions, were absolutely or practically universal; but unfortimatcly there are some per sons and some institutions which refuse to re ceive and pay them, and whose action tends not merely to the unnecessary depredation of the notes, but to establish discriminations in business against those who in Vus matter give a cordial support to the Government, and in favor cf those who do noL Such discriminations 8honld.if pos sible, be prevented; and the provision making the notes a legal tender in a great measure at least prevents it, by patting all citizens in this respect on the same level both of rights and duties. The committee doubtless feel the necessity of accompanying this measure by legislation necessary to secure the highest credit, as well as the largest currency of these notes. This security can be found, in my judgment, by proper provisions for funding them in inter est bearing bonds by well-guarded legislation, authorizing banking associations, with circu lation based on the bonds in which the notes are funded, and* by a judicious system of ade quate taxation, which will not only create a demand for the notes, but by securing the prompt payment of interest, raise and sustain the credit of the bonds. Such legislation, it may be hoped, will divest the legal-tender clause of the bill of injurious tendencies, and secure the earliest possible return to a sound currency of coin and promptly convertable notes. I beg leave to add that vigorous mili tary operations, and the unsparing retrench ment of all necessary expenses, will also con tribute essentially to this desirable end. * * I have the honor to be, with very great re spect, yonrs truly, S. P. Chase. Hon. Thad. Stevens, Chairman. TUB SKATING CARNIVAL. Tlic Poetry of Motion Exemplified. The Skating Carnival last night at the Rink was very fally attended, aud the members present from the Atlanta Skating Association gave us here a new revelation as to the beauti ful movements possible npon roller skates. Mr. J. H. Fenton executed with ease almost every movement which the best ice skaters do, and in a most graceful maimer. We are glad to learn that this most accomplished skater is to remain her for some time to instruct the Chattanooga Association, although we are sorry to lose Mr. Barwise, who will soon de part for “fresh fields and pastures new.” With Mr. Fenton as a teacher, we think it will not be long before some of ns will be able to rival the Atlanta ladies and gentlemen.— Chattanooga Times, 161A. A majority report has been made by the Committee of the Massachusetts House on in toxicating liquors, which embodies a license and allowing licensed inn holders' and victu aled to sell to their gnests, to be draok on the premises; and licensed liquor dealers, groce ries, apothecaries and druggists, brewers and distillers to sell, not to be drank on the prem ises. The fees for liconse are fixed at from $100 to $1,500, and the bill, in the opinion of the majority of the committee, is so guarded as to make it, if it shall be enacted, an efficient law for the regulation and control ol the liquor traffic. A minority report was presented, tak ing strong grounds against the principle of license in any form. A convention of colored men is to meet at Frankfort, Kentucky, on tho 23d iust. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1870. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order at 11 a. m. Prayer was offered by the ReY. Wesley Prettyman, the roll was called and the journal read. The attention of the Senate was occupied for an hoar and a half to discussing the qneetion of employees’ salaries. Mr. Merrill intro- dneed a resolution that the Secretary should make out the proper certificate for presenta tion to the Treasurer. Messrs. Harris and Hangerford supported the resolution, which was opposed by Messrs. Candler, Braton, Hinton and Nannalty the two latter gentlemen maintaining it left the matter too open. Mr. Harris moved the previous question, which was carried, and the original resolution passed by 28 to 8. On a motion to transmit it to the House, Mr. Nunnolly opposed and moved to recon sider, whereupon a very desultory discussion ensued, taken part to by Messrs. Donning.Mer- rill, Braton, Holcomb, Candler, Hangerford, Brock, Fain, and Harris. The latter gentleman moved to lay the motion to reoonsider npon the table, which was carried. While Mr. Brook was speaking itwss an nounced that the House were in readiness to receive the Senate, to hear the vote upon the Senatorial election read and the result de clared. The Senate accordingly proceeded to the House, where they remained but a few min utes. After the discussion upon the question of employees’ salaries closed, Mr. Harris moved that s message received during the morning bs read. Agreed to. The following is the message: Atlanta, Ga., February 16,1870. To (hi Senate and House of Representatives of the Provisional Legislature : Some misapprehension having arisen as to the effect of the act of Congress of December 22d, 1869, upon the ordinary legislative acts of the Legislatures of 1868-’69, I deem it proper to say that to my judgment, the act or Congress referred to does not render invalid any of the ordinary laws passed by those bodies. The Reconstruction Aots of March 3d, 1867, and July 19th, 1867, to express terms declar ed that “no legal State governments” existed to the States thereto named; yet the Ordinan ces of the Convention of 1865, and the acts of tho Legislatures of 1865 and I860, have been uniformly, by the military authorities and by onr own Courts, held legal and binding. The "Scaling ordinance” of the Convention of 1865, "the Evidence taw” of 1866, both acts of immense importance, were, during the whole administrations of General Pope and General Meade, inforced by the Courts as valid aud binding laws: yet these acts were passed by bodies whioh Congress declared to be Legis latures of no "legal State Governments.” General Pope and General Meade were put to command in this State to enforce "the taws.” The Courts of Georgia sitting under the administration of the military authorities of the United States, never for a moment seem to have thought that the Acts of the Legislatures of 1865 and 1866 were not laws, and yet Congress had to express terms declar ed that ‘mo legal State Government existed in the State." It wonld seem from this aotion that the declaration ofCongress “that no legal State Governments exist in the late rebel States,” mast be understood in a qualified sense, to wit: no legal State, competent to take part in the government of the Union and proper to be recognized as State Governments nnder the Constitution of the United States. It wss not the intent of Congress, by any of its reconstruction legislation, to render in valid any of the laws passed by the Legisla tures it subsequently declared illegal, except so far as those laws were obnoxious to the Constitution and laws of the United States. It is true, it has not been the policy to per mit legislative assemblies, as snob, to con vene and legislate, except for specific pur poses during the military regime, bnt the whole practice of the Government has been to reoognize as valid taws actually passed and not repudiated by the United States. The simple fact that from March, 1867, to July, 1868, the Courts of this State, daring the administration of Generals Pope and Meade, apd before the Convention of 1368 bad ratified chose laws, administered without questionlthe Ordinances of the Convention of 1865, and the acts of the Legislatures of 1865 and 1866, is a judicial determination of the highest tribunals known to onr law, that the ordinary laws of said bodies were valid and binding as the acts of a Legislature de facto, however illegal the bodies might themselves have been as "State Legislatures,” to view of the reconstruction acts. Daring the existence of the military super vision, meeting of legislative bodies, exaept for speeifio purposes, hsve been deemed in compatible with the aotual state of affairs; but in all the States, taws passed by bodies meet ing as such, when the military power wss in fact withdrawn, have been uniformly recog nized and acted upon as valid and binding. It is, therefore, I think, apparent, from the uniform action of the courts, and of the United States authorities, that the laws of the Legis lature of 1868 and 1869, and its acts whiob were not of a political character, are perfectly valid, notwithstanding tho United States, by the act of December 22, 1869, has, in effect, declared that “ no legal State Govern ment existed to this State” at that time, and that the impression whioh is sought to be created that contracts ore invalidated, that State bonds are repudiated, and that corpora tions, organized upon the basis of the late legislation, are without legal foundation, is entirely groundless, and such impression is only created for the purpose of misleading the public mind, and defeating the full effect and truo intent and purpose of the reconstruction acts. Argument npon this point seems to be superfluons, in the face of the material fact that our bonds are saleable at a higher rate than those of any other Southern State; and that the bonds of railroads which have been endorsed under the authority of legislation of 1868, are selling at their full value. It has been suggested to me from various quarters, that it would be wise for your body to take some action for the temporary relief of the people from the present pressure for the payment of the war debts contracted before 1S65, now made doubly burdensome by the late decision of the Sapreme Court of the Uni ted States, that those contracted before 1862 are payable in gold. As, however, in my judgment, until your action to complete the reconstruction of the State is accepted by Congress, it is not proper for you to undertake general legislation, I would respectfully suggest that you adopt some resolution expressive of the wishes of the General Assembly on this subject, with the hope that the General commanding may, by bis order, cause the same to be enforced. When "the last step to the reconstruction work shall have been taken by the declaration of the result of the Senatorial eieotion. I would respectfully recommend that a recess be taken for such a time as may to yon seem best, pending the action of Congress for our admission. Rufus B. Bullock, Provisional Governor. Mr. Hangerford moved ihat 500 copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Carried. Mr. Brock offered the following resoln- Bssolved, by the General Assembly, That all proceedings to the several courts of thia State, founded on any debt or contract made or entered into before the 1st of Jane. 1865, and all levies and sales by virtue of any exe cution, so founded, shell be, and are hereby stayed, nntil twenty days after the recess ta ken by this General Assembly shall have ex- P1 Resolved farther. That the General Assem bly, to compliance with the just demands of the people, earnestly appeal to Major General A. H. Terry to sanction and enforce the above resolution, after its approval by the Provis ional Governor. . . He supported the above by a few well timed remarks. Mr. Hinton thought the resolution did not go far enough. He would alter the date from Jane, 1866. to the present date. Daring the remarks of Mr. Hinton, the hour of adjournment arrived, and tho Senate ad journed until 10 k. m. to-morrow. HOUSE. The House met and was called to order by the Speaker, at 11:30 o'clock AM. Proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Smith. On motion of Mr. Tumlin, the calling of the roil was dispensed with. Journal of yesterday was read and approved. Mr. Bryant handed in a protest in writing against the legality of the elections for Sen ators, as held yesterday. * Message from his Excellency tho Pro visional Governor was announced and re ceived. Mr. Scott offered a protest against the pro ceedings. Mr. Darnell moved to have the protest ta bled, which motion was put and carried. Mr. Scott, aided by the Bryant clique, wero loud in their calls for the yeas and nays, but as the matter was decided, tho Speaker re fused. Mr. Darnell moved that the Governor's mes sage be read. The Clerk then read the message, which will be found at length in the report of the pro ceedings of the Senate of this morning. Mr. Darnell moved that the Clerk be in structed to inform the Senate that tho Honso was now ready to receive that body for the pnrpose of consolidating tho vote taken yes terday for United States Senators. The Speaker gave the required directions, and the Clerk proceeded forthwith to the Sen ate chamber. Mr. Scott moved a resolution that the House request the Governor to issue warrants to call elections in those counties for which there were vacant seats. Mr. O’Neal rose to a point of order, stating that as the Senators were about coming in it was scarcely in place to commence a discus-; sion. The Senators were then announced and marched two and two led by the President and Secretary, to the front seats of the House, which were vacated for their accommodation. Mr. Mills, Secretary of the Senate, then an nounced that at the election in the Senate yesterday the Hon. -Foster Blodgett received 31 votes, Hon. Henry P. Farrow received 29 votes, and Col. R. H. Whitely received 28 votes. Mr. Newton, Clerk of the Honse, then stat ed that at the eieotion in the House, the Hon. Foster Blodgett received 84 votes, Hon. Henry P. Farrow recived 78 votes, and CoL Whiteley 82 votes. Mr. President Conley, in summing up, an nounced that the Hon. Foster Blodgett had received 115 votes in the two Houses, and he therefore declared him duly elected Sena tor to the Congress of the United States for the long term ending March 4th, 1877. Hon. Henry P. Farrow had received 109 votes, and was duly elected for the short term ending March 4th, 1873; and CoL Whiteley 110 votes; electing him for the unexpired term ending March 4th, 1871. Mr. Speer then moved that the Senators do return to the Senate Chamber. No objec tion being made they at once left the House. Mr. Rice moved that Mr. Scott’s resolution be re-read, which was done, when Mr. Scott made a lengthy harrangue in favor of the res olution. Mr. O’Neal replied iu opposition in a clear and telling speech, iu which he showed np tho machinations of the Democrats iu their true colors, and rightly setting them down to the low level to which they belong. He moved to have the resolution tabled. Motion being pnt, was declared carried, but there being a call for the yeas aud nays, they were taken with the following result: Yeas 68, nays 48. Mr. Darnell rose to a question of privilege, requesting his name to be recorded as voting in the affirmative for the XlVth and XVth amendments, ho being absent through illness at time vote was token. The names of Messrs. Franks, Powell and Belcher were recorded in same way. Mr. Bethune called for his resolution which was offered some time ago, to-wit: Whebeas, There has been a large amount of. debts contracted prior to the 1st day of Jane, 1865, sued and judgments rendered against the citizens of this State; and Whereas, It is apprehended that plaintiffs will urge the collection of the same, to great injury of the people; be it therefore Resolved, by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives, That we recommend that the mili tary commander of this District do issue an order restraining and enjoining Sheriffs, Mar shals and Constables, and all other officers, from levying or otherwise enforcing tho col lections of all debts or liabilities contracted prior to the 1st June, 1865, until the General Assembly of this State shall otherwise direct Mr. Lee offered a substitute, bat gave way to Mr. O'Neal of Lowodes,who offered the fol lowing substitute: Resolved, That all proceedings in the several coarts of this State, rounded on any debt or contract made or entered into before the first of June, 1865, aud all levies and sales, by vir tue of any execution, so founded, shall be and are hereby stayed, until twenty days after the recess taken by this General Assembly shall have expired. Resolved, That the General Assembly, iu compliance with the just demands of the peo- 5 1e, earnestly appeal to Major General A H. erry to sanction and enforce the above reso lution, after its approval by the Provisional Governor. He made a few remarks in support of it. Mr. Bryant spoke at great length against it, protesting, as usual, against the House taking any aotion in the matter, as they were not le gally organized. Mr. Harper of Terrell spoke against it, aud moved that it be tabled, Motion lost. A message from the Senate was announced, and was read by Mr. Secretary Mills, request ing the House to concur with the Senate iu a resolution to request the Governor to issue warrants on the Treasurer to pay all amounts due officers and members of both Houses. Mr. Rice spoke against Mr. Bethune’s reso lution at some length, yielding the floor to Mr. Lane, who was speaking, when Mr. Madden moved to adjourn till to mor row morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. Lane to have the floor. Motion put and carried. The Speaker adjourned the House accord ingly. Intelligence comes to us of a nature so ter rible that we almost shrink from a recital of the horrid circumstances. We ore all the more reluctant to refer to the matter, because the name of a lady who is deeply beloved by our people, the wife of the gifted and good Rishep of Georgia, must be used. Tnanks to a merciful Providence she has been spared an unutterable shame, aud is still the pure, lovely woman who, as the help mate of the late pastor of Trinity Church, of this city, made for herself hosts of warm and admiring friends. A few evenings ago, it appears, Mrs. Beck- ith, who had been spending the day with an invalid lady friend, living near her residence in the outskirts of Macon, Georgia, started home at dusk, and when about fifty or a hun dred yards from the front of her own resi dence, was met by a powerful uegro man, who, just as she passed him, struck her almost senseless to the earth. Springing npon her, the fiend struck her repeatedly in the face, bruising her terribly. To oheck the cries of the noble woman, who straggled with all the energy of despair, he placed his closed hand partially in her mouth, but was forced to de sist, as she imbedded her teeth in the flesh. Through all the terrible encounter Mrs. Beck with retained her presence of mind, tolling the wretch that she was the wife of the Bishop, and that he would be severely punished. Freeing herself finally from the rude clutches ot the negro, she succeeded in making her way into the house in a fainting condition. As soon as Bishop Beckwith neard the fearful story from the lips of his suffering wife, and saw that she was cared for, he at once proceeded to the city, and obtaining the aid of the police, caused the arrest of several negroes on suspicion. These were carried to the Bishop’s residence, and Mrs. Beckwith, who fainted at the sight of one of the men, on recovering, pointed him out as the guilty scoundrel. Upon his hand was the imprint of her teeth. He was at once taken into custody and remanded to prison. The citizens of Macon were naturally in a terrible state of excitement, and it was believed that the wretch would be taken from the jail and burned- Last Court day at Paris, Kentucky, 800 head of cattle were offered, prices very high, going at 7 cents. Near 1,000 mules were offered, at prices a little better than expected, and gen erally sold; one lot of thirty-four head was bid to $164 75 and withdrawn; yearlings went from $85 to $119.

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The weekly new era. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1870-????, February 24, 1870, Image 1