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Oniciul Journal of the United States.
Official Journal of tbe State or Georgia.
GENERAL GRANT,
The Pilot who oah and will ocidl the
Ship or State iaiet thbouoh eveey storm.
TUE NEW ERA
Will Vindicate the Principles add the
Policy or the Repdblicah Party, and Sup
port its Nominees, State and National.
TERMS OF THE WEEKLY:
Eight ••Htiisoiu.'’
A writer in the Christian Index offer* eight
reason a why, iu his opinion, Mercer Univer
sity should be located ut Macon. They arc:
tirst, that Macon ‘ ‘is the central city;” second,
that it is “a railroad city;” third, that “it ■will
afford a good population for such an Institu
tion;’ fourth, that “it is sufficiently large for
the beginning of such an Institution -/’fifth, that
“it is near, though not exactly within the
great slave belt of the State;” sixth, that
“Macon offers facilities for making Mercer
University what it professes to be—a Vnicer-
s ‘ty seventh, that “the people of Macon de
sire it,” niul eight, that -“tLe location is
healthy.”
The ** reasons’’ here assigned, from tbe first
are shocked at every new appointment which
ignores their “claims.” Some of them want
a new party; others would lain go back to the
Democracy, but husks arc as dry feeding
in one place as in another ! Neither party
suits them—the sin of the one is ingratitude;
the misfortune of the other is impotent
every prospect of remainin'
•hrj
lutio
luau'd Right? Association. 1
see the worst features of a revo-
L And the woman’s rights move- ‘
uenfc is about as noisy, turbulent and dis- j
fisting us other revolutions. But, notwith- j [Uad.im Patterson Bonaparte goes well
■landing these obnoxious features, we see a cm, if she tells the truth about her parson-
with | gleam of hope in this new sensation of the i n T
period. It is an effort to demonstrate tbe j
Points.
licago Post has a “word” for its
The “word” is a column long. The
litor- tiiat paper must be a woman.
Tbe same influences have been at work on equality of women with men, and tbe result I *Vads fair, but we can’t say what will como
the State Administration of Georgia. Mr.
Joshua Hill was the first to sluff off. It was
not in his nature to support the administra
tion of a successful rival; and the United not thinking about tbe ballot-box, tbe stumpl
States Scnatorship presented so many attrac
tions that it effectually veiled the hideous vis-
aged Democracy—the same Democracy that
rejected him in 18C3, and again in 1865. Mr.
to the fifth inclusive, will apply with much j Bryant and tbe Rev. Mr. Caldwell and Alpe-
— oria, all came within the charmed mesmeric
of it will be that women will set theiuv
resolutely to work with the earnest desire
prove the truth of what they assert
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ATLANTA, UEORGIA,; JULY ID, XS70.
The Georgia. BUI.
Our dispatches from Washington indicate an
unwillingness on tho part of the Senate to
give time for the further discussion of tho
Georgia hill, anil that it has been referred to a
Committee of Conference. Whether the re
port of such committee can be adopted with
out debate, or will go over until next session,
because of tho pressing necessity for the
adoption of private bills remains to be seen.
We earnestly hope, however, that the “Geor
gia question" will be settled, and settled
forever, at this session of Congress.
American Labor.
In some portions of Europe laboring men
get only shout ten cents a day, and this, ac
cording to' ox-Fresident Buchanan, was
“enough for laboring men in any country."
Mr. Buchanan was then a Democratic mem
ber of Congress, and opposed to Henry Clay’s
protective system for American labor. We
have never heard of the Democracy repudi
ating their old hobby of (Tee trade; on the
contrary, tho Cincinnati Enquirer and other
Democratic journals want free trade, in order
to bring European labor (at ten cents a day)
into competition with American labor, thns
practically advocating the enslavement of the
labor to capital. Arc honest mechanics and
laborers prepared to act with and indorse tho
platform of such a party os that?
The Xnv Platform.
In former times, when Democracy wonted
to mote a ten strike, it exhibited great litera
ry skill in tho construction of sentences. Its
political platforms wonld suit all its discor
dant dements. Like the castle of the Knights
of Castile, it would look red and bine at the
H» time, according to the fancy or intellect
ual mood of the beholder. This is the way it
carried in 1856. Bat the time came when the
question oi ambiguity had to be settled; and
ao Stephen A. Douglass probed the gandy
bauble, showing it to he nothing bnt gas
and discolored vapors.
Tho recent address of the thirteen Senators
and sixty-one Representatives to the “Demo
cracy” of the United States, is a bad imitation
of 1856. It has oil tbe evidences of duplicity,
but none of tbe skill exhibited by the masters
of ambiguity who flourished fourteen years
ago. They entreat the laitbfal-to avoid all
dilutions over “minor matters," allowing
every man to pnt his own construction upon
the pregnant phrase “minor matters." If in
Californio, it does not embrace the enforce
ment of the XVth Article to the amended
Constitution, then well; but if in South Caro
lina it means ho snch thing, then all right.
Aud ao of the "dead issues,” over which the
faithful ore exbnrtcl.noi *» -wrangle. “Dead
usnes^may mean State Soverignty, “the Con
stitution aa it teas,” white man suffrage, or
anything or nothing, according as the
reader may prefer; but in either ease
they should agree to say nothing about it, but
to vote atrajgbt for the main issue, that is, to
put Democratic leaden in office regardless of
their past record or their present status
“minor matters" and “dead issues." In other
words, thoFlatfonn is a mere bagatelle—on
improvised tub to tbe whale—an empty
sound, a sort pf tinkling symbol and sounding
brass to catch gudgeons; the point is office,
only that—nothing more, nothing less. This
monosylable of six letters embraces the whole
creed. It is easily remembered. It leaves no
room for “dissensions," “minor matters" or
"dead issues.” It means “harmony," and
harmony is the word! And Don Quixote said
to Sancho, Thou ahalt indeed be the Governor
of an island—when I conquer it!
the writer himself will not deny this, though
it probably did not occur to him at the time,
.fio ca j Atlanta is not only a railroad city, lratisfAciail-
road city—literally tbe Gate City—of the whole
South, no less than of Georgia. And for this
reason, it is the central city, both of the State
and of the Southern States. Moreover “it
affords a good population for snch an Institu
tion.” Atlanta has thirty thousand inhab
itants; Macon fifteen. Atlanta has four church
es of the denomination to which Mercer be
longs; Macon has two, we believe. If “the
Baptist fraternity rank well in Macon," as in
deed we admit, it ranks equally well in mate
rial and far better in numbers than in Macon.
If “society” in Macon is good, it is no less so
in Atlants; for in point of wealth, culture and
refinement, Atlanta will compare favorably
with any city of its size in the Sonth; and this
arises from the fact that it “affords such facil
ities for profitable investment of property,
and such ready access to the surrounding sec
tions.” Substantial planters and Northern
capitalists, are making Atlanta their home.
The fifth reason, assigned by the writer re
ferred to, was, for him, an exceedingly unfor
tunate one. “The great Slave belt" was the
last section to recover from the devastations
of the war. The reason is obvious. The
transition from slave to free labor, was easier
in localities where planters were less depend
ent upon the old system. Hence the thrifty
or tho leacturc-room, when we say this.
These obnoxious so-called “rights" will be vol_ j
untarily dropped. But women will claim the ! t]
right to bo educated in future, and this wil
it their pretentions. Woman claims the
right to preach, lecture and make political
circle. Nothing that Gov. Bollock could do speeches. Very well. Set her to work on
pleased them. Mr. Hill wanted a scat in the
United States Senate. His heart was set
upon it Hence he opposed an Admin
istration that sought to enforce the Re
construction laws. He would ratify the
revolutionary action of September, 1868. Ha
wonld waive tbe issne of illegality in tho
primal organization, attempted a few months
previous, and to which ha owed his election.
He could, therefore, bnt oppose tho act of
Congress of December lest; and when the act
became law, he could but oppose its execu
tion. Thus it was that he practically became the
forlorn hope of the anti-reconstruction De
mocracy of 1867. Mr. Bryant felt badly. His
rewords had not been in proportion to his
merits. And so of Mr. Caldwell; his position os
member of tbe lower House of a State Legis
lature, was by no means equal to bis abili
ties; like' Oliver Twist, he “asked for more.
But the Republicans of Georgia beyond the
limits of a disappointed junta, supported
Governor Bullock’s administration ns other
Republicans of the United States (sore heads
excepted) support that of President Grant
Both represent the Principles upon which
they were elected; and both combine the
Republican strength, the one of tbe United
States, the other of Georgia.
Whatley’s logic, and, if she masters that, it will
be one point gained. She claims that she ii
competent to do any kind of mercantile bus
iness. And here we may apply another test:
Put her through a thorough course of mathe
matics, book-keeping and commercial law, aud
it she comes out triumphantly, then we had'
better pack her off to a counting-house at
once. Bnt sho will not stand these tests. And
this assertion implies nothing derogatory to
her understanding. Woman is physically in
capable of performing certain kinds of labor,
and the confirmation of her mind -is such as
to unfit her for continuous hard mental
drudgery. There is nothing strange in this, Vj I?st of Ule ^ vom by our Uuli( , s ^ from
and the majority of womanly women cheer-' TSTleads of convicts. That must be the rea-
fully admit it. Men like women because of -«ru why some ladies are more “open to concie-
farmera of Northern and Middle Georgia bad
advanced far in the process of recuperation be
fore the men of tho “slave belt" had even
learned to accept the situation! And hence
Tire American Eagle Abroad
The “glorious Fourth” was celebrated in
this country because it is custom. The usual
number of speeches were made, and the usual
quantity of powder wasted. But the Amen-
the impetus given to Atlanta in I865-G, an cans it Paris celebrated their nation’s birth-
impetus that has kept her far ahead ever since, day with very different feelings. Men from
and which is destined to keep her ahead for I Maine and Texas, Yankees and Southerners,
years to come. It is an industrious, frugal I participated in the festivities with hearty good-
community of small fanners, according to the will. The American, separated from his coun
best authorities on Political Economy, that
give real wealth and prosperity to a State.
The wealth of Massachusetts, for instance, is
her small, well-cultivated farms, and her in
dustrious, frugal population; the poverty of
South Carolina is her landed monopoly, her
homeless and hopeless peasantry, and her
half-cultivated estates.
Tbe “sixth" reason urged by the Index cor
respondent in behalf of Macon, (like tho first
four), applies with unanswerable force to
Atlanta. For instance, Atlanta offers facilities
for making Mercer a University in its fullest
sense—facilities offered by no other city in
Georgia. Here are ready facilities for adding
Law and Mrdicino departments, and even
Agricultural Atlanta is the site of the State
Government. It is horo that the Supreme
Court holds its regular sessions. It is here
that the archives of the Stato and the State
Library are kept It is here that the United
States District Court is held regularly. In
abort, there are non law courts in Atlanta
than at any other point in the State, and con
sequently more resident lawyers, and tho bar
of Atlanta is inferior to nofio in the Sonth or
West; whilst our tacili ties for Medical ins true-'
tion are confessedly superior to those of'
Macuu.' As for Agriculture,Is not Atlanta the®
headquarters nr- me state Agricultural So-<]
ciety?
try by three thousand miles of salt-water, for
gets his sectional prejudices, (if he had any,)
and remembers only his nationality. To him,
the “Fourth" is a memory and a history,
appeals to the noblest emotions of his nature,
and the rushing waves of sentiment overwhelm
and sweep away oil petty sectional jealousies.
We heard a gallant Confederate say that af
ter the war, he left the country—with the in
tention never to return. With a number of
his comrades, who entertained similar feel
ings of hatred towards tho United States, he
went to Honduras. One day, about six
months after arriving in that country, a ves
sel flying the “stars and stripes" entered the
harbor. Involuntarily these ox-Confederstes
raised an enthusiastic cheer that made the
welkin ring. Early associations were revived
by the sight, and they realized in a moment
that, although their steps might wander over
the wide world, their home, must ever be un
der the brood folds of that banner. Distance
obliterated States, and blended sections into
one harmonious whole. The flag reminded
tance of mere
more potent will he tire distance of time?
few more years will effect the change. Then,
instead of States, and sections, and wavering
The seventh reason isa good one. “Macon I sedition, behold the Nation, invested with the
wants tho University!" Bat i* not the same glory of a Loyally that “springs eternal"
true of Atlanta? And would jm: tl.j local | the breasts of her children !
patronage of Atlanta be greater than that. of
France, Spain nml Prnsstn.
The Spaniards in their hunt for a king,
stand a chance of getting into a hnga difficul
ty. They have certainly canvassed Europe
pretty thoroughly in the search after a royal
puppet, but their eft'orts have met with very
poor success. European Princes looked with
doubtful eyes upon tho magnificent Chateau
en Espagne, tendered them by the Cortes, and
prudently determined to let it alone. Montpen-
sier wanted it, bnt the nnfortnnato Duko was a
Bourbon; and Louis Napoleon had quietly,
bnt firmly intimated to the Cortes that such a
choice wonld not bo acceptable to him. Queen
Isabella went through the useless form of an
abdication in favor of tho Princo of Asturias, a
sulky.ovcrgrown boy, who deserves a good mas
ter, (if not thrashing) rather than a throne,
and, the interests of this hobbledehoy, Napo
leon is supposed to have under his especial
care. Bnt Spain now tenders the crown to a
Prince of the Prussian House of Hohenzol-
lern. This action has created quite a furore
in France. It appears that the Ilohenzollern
is as bad os tbe Bourbon, and semi-official
French journals intimate that ho will not be
permitted to ascend the throne to which he is
called. The French Emperor has “Inter
viewed" tho Spanish Minister on tho snbject,
and will, it is asserted, recall the Minister at
Berlin,
It is also rumored that Franco and Austria
have formed a coalition against Prussia and
Spain. So the matter stands atpreseut. It is
probable that nothing serious will grow out of
it. Spain will hardly spend her blood and
treason to support the claims of a Prince who
is en alien to her people; and Napoleon will he
content if Spain will ignore tho Ilohenzollern
and the Bourbon. The end will be a coinpro-
Further particulars of tho terrible fire ii
Constantinople are to hand. The Levant
Times, which has a very full account of the
catastrophe, says that the day will go down to
all time as the most disastrous ever oxperii
ed by the Frank inabi touts of the Turkisli capi
tal. The origin of tho fire is now ascertained.
A woman had scut her child upstairs to bring
down a “mangal”—an open vessel containing
lighted charcoal—for the purpose of cooking.
Tbe mangal fell on the stairs, a window cur
tain caught fire, and ns tho window was op.-,,
and there was a strong wind Morning. the
flames soon spread.
One oi onr contemporaries thinks he has a
wonderful talent for sarcasm. If he desires to
convince his readers of this tact, we advise
him to write under his pnngeut articles tins
quotation from A. Ward. "N. It. Theal.ove
is rote sorcasticull"
Yinnie Ream is on another “husk" And
Set she calls herself a “model" woman !
Threatened with Execration t
It was a favorite proposition of Mr. Beujamin
H. Hill in 1867, but one we believe not gener
ally concurred in by his followers, that the
next generation wonld disown the paternity of
men who voted for Reconstruction under the
provisions of the law of Congress. Some of
the echoes of Mr. Hill's anathemas have
lived to see the triumph of Republican
principles; others to apply for positions at the
hands of the very men whom they said had
publicly disgraced humanity by voting the
Republican ticket
Snch is life. We are for opening the doors
to all such. To recant a heresy and confess
to a bit of human frailty, in blindly following
the lead of men of desperate political fortunes,
is manly. Such eontretempls in political life
are not without their uses. They serve to
warn the honest masses against blind adhe
sion to political leaders, whose chief stock in
trade is a contradictory record, a desperate fu
ture, and a fond of epithets and vulgar exple
tives. The wonder is, that the threat should
Macon, for the simple reason that her popula
tion is nearly or quite double that of Macon?
Morcrover, people north of Atlanta would
scud here, if the University were located here;
and the same is true of those living south of At
lanta. But would tho first patronize the
School if located in Macon? That is the im
portant question. y*
Tho eigth reason, unfortunate for Macon, is
unanswerable when urged in behalf of Atlanta.
A healthful location is an iudispensible con
sideration, and no man in bis senses will ques
tion the claim of Atlanta to healtbfulness.
Her climate and water are uuexceptionaL Our
well water is so cold and pure as to render ice
unnecessary. Is this the case either in Macon,
Columbus or Angusta? We appeal to the
candor of the reader. In Atlanta, our summer
evenings are cool and refreshing; and there
arc few nights even in midsummer, when
blankets are not a necessity. Is this so in
Macon? Wc submit the question to those
who arc acquainted with the sultry nights and
humid atmosphere of that sultry region. In
many respects, Macon is a pleasant place. It I now be burled at men who.
Is pleasant climate between tho months of tontly with their avowed political faith,
November and ApriL So is Columbus. So is I would restore the State to the Union
the low country, generally. But between the >“ accordance with the act of December 22d,
months of May and October, it is not snch a 1869- Legislator* are told that they will be
climate as to stimulate mental activity, or en- disowned by posterty if they support, by leg
leans for the application of condensed air os a
motive power for street railways. The cylin
ders arc to bo of paper and placed on top of
tho cars. A trial has been made with this
method, aud a car with twenty-eight passen
gers was driven three miles and a half in seven
and a quarter minutes,
tty women to one man in Paraguay. That .; Omaha has a Judge who recentty had before
him a couple charged with adultery. The
crime proven, the Judge sent®» cti d the guilty
couple to “marry or go to jail.” The parties
were married, and the Judge was terribly
tickled with his sentence. Soon after, another
gnilty pair was brought before him, this time
a married man z?»d a sinful Miss. The crime
again proven, the 0 idge did not even allow
them a choice, but m irried them out of hand.
An Irish girl at Erie, a day or two since,
caught another girl on the sidewalk who had
on a hoop-skirt and a white] skirt, stolen from
j ; A^Uethodlst paper says “the devil takes no
Why should he? Hot weather
injure his system much,
heroes of Trollope’s novels, like Mark
jT?Tn
must havo very “great minds,
so long to “make them up.”
j We are sometimes inclined to believe, with
-^ron Burr, that “law is that which is posi
tively asserted and plausibly maintained.
\Vouldn’t it be nice if, daring this warm
flier, we could realize Sidney Smith’s fan-
wish, “strips off our flesh and sit in our
’ mV
[Patient resignation” is the latest name for
i, when he named his last novel, re
jected that, in Lis youthful days, he was a
'my Lotbair-is.”
Commercial editors must be great readers,
hey certainly use a good many “quotations.”
[Orpheus is supposed to have had a joumal-
ifTto run his “organ,” as it is on record that
n^hsd a lyre.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL (pEiL )
Does not approve of any such coalition in
Georgia as there is in South Carolina, for the
reason that,
The Democratic party* in the event of affair
election, can carry our State by 40,000 majori
ty; but iu South Carolina the Democrats are in
a hopeless minority. Wo propose to let them
work out their own political problem as may
seem best in their judgment. If we cannot
approve what the ablest and purest men in
j'onth Carolina are doing for their political
generation—and we are free to confess that wo
do not approve the planks of their platform—
let ns not asperse their motives or impugn the
honesty of their conduct, but rather let them
go with, our good wishes todo what seems to
this very difference of mental capacity, tjould
a man talk sentiment to a woman who dressed
like Dr. Mary Walker, took seven-league
strides, and talked about all the alogies an
agonies that ever distracted human brains?
The thought is absurd. But, the Woman
movement will result in the education of wo-
And it is needed. Women think, and
are encouraged to think, that knowledge is
something too difficult for them to acquire;
that if they express on original idea, they are
liable to be called “bine-stockings”—horrid
ime!
The feminine intellect is subtile, rapid and
far-reaching. Essentially superficial in its
character it should confine itself to superficial
attainments. We use the word in its best
The most brilliant men of the age,
than others.
j3ome insane people'cbntinue to go on picnic
Scursions this hot weather. It’s all very well
who like to be in a “ melting mood,
prefer an ice-house.
tho fashion in England, now to separate
:es in Church, the ladies sitting on one
and the gentlemen on the other. It is
icted that the new arrangement makes the
ajjflr too one-sided in his views.
vas a fool to spend so much time and
TjlSormconstructinga talking machine. His
dabolical invention, even if it be endowed
rith perpetual motion, never can compete
\*th a woman’s tongue!
The New York Herald attempts to show
our population increases.” Labor lost-
men who dazzle tbe crowd by tbe flashing, -Jfenty everybody understands all abont it!
scintillations of their wit and wisdom, are su
perficial. In this sphere of knowledge wo
man can achieve a splendid success. Varied
culture will form her conversational powers,
and every woman should aspire to be a con
versationalist of the highest order. Woman
grows restless in her present state of elegant
and this is one cause of all this
agitation abont their “rights." These evils
will soon be corrected, and, before the end of
the Nineteenth Century, woman will dp
ornamental intellectual labor of the world.
Dean Swift once proposed to levy a tax on
feoale beauty, allowing every lady lo rate her
oWi charms. The tax wonld be willingly
pad, and be something tremendous!
A contemporary-, nnder the caption of “A
CrB;l Butchery,” proceeds to “butcher” the
Elglish language by coining the unheard of
wr)rd “igmabalistic !” The reckles slaughterer
1 by way of apology, “A little learning is
pious thing.” We quite agree with him.
ibnne says that the “social standing
oi a girl depends on the bnild of her chignon.’
Horn that we are to infer that a girl with a big
ciignon will pass for an heiress,
i A Tennessee contemporary triumphantly de
molishes the supposed ignorance of one of its
icighkors, by ridiculing the statement that the
lineal descendant of Josephine now occupies
. . , tbe throne from which she was driven. Says
•Some of our State exchanges are gravely .. , . . , ,. w . ,, ....
discussing the legal effect of the bill now top- ItaMoptEnt sheet, “We always thought that
A Specie of Rebellion.
The Albany News, a paper which is gener
ally admitted os the the organ of the Grand
Cyclops of the K K K Order, holds forth in
brave words as follows:
THE GEORGIA BILL.
fore the Senate for the admission of Georgia,
and ail but the Eba, and Swayze’s batch of
stealing machines, ore agreed that it means
for ns to have on election at the time prescrib
ed in the Constition.
The very tact that the question is raised,
answers aU arguments for a constitutional and
legal construction of the bill; and tbe work'
before the people of Georgia is to prevent eon-
them, them, not of a victorious party, not ri struction and enforcement nnder Bnlloclc*,
“Lost canoe,” bnt of their country, and programme of frond and force,
nothing but their country.- And if the dis- JtUg SlMSf■
fosepliinc was discarded because she had no
jhildrcn.” Has this editor never heard of
Eugene aud Hortense?
clear that W« disdain tnrmscusston. now
,WO to prevent the usurpation and resist
force ? That's the question. If the poo;
are equal to the emergency, tbe way is clear,
and the work is easy; but if they falter, or
stop to parly over their rights, defeat and dis
aster will come upon them. We should de
mand observance of tbe law and the Constitu
tion, and enforce it, if need be, by force
against force.
At the proper time, we trust the people will
be prepared to assert their rights, and main
tain them at whatever cost The present
Legislature should bo given plainly to under
stand that we do not intend they shall hold
and plunder beyond their present term, unless
re-elected, and any attempt to do so will bejlScltrer—
met by the sternest resistance.
Whenever the State of Georgia shall have
boon admitted tbe Legislature, now in session,
will be the “lawful authority of the State,”
and we wonld respectfully invite the attention
of the Ku Klux leaders and privates to sec
tions 4219, 4250, 4256, 4252. 1167 and 1170,
of the Code, and at the some time reccommend
them to give those sections of the law prayer
ful consideration before they commence orgam
ize to “prevent construction and enforce-
Pinama is going to have a Fire Company,
now that all its buildings have been bnrnt np.
Tie Prince of Wales got on a bender in
Liverpool, the other night, and was locked np
in a police station by an ignorant officer.
As “ Erie” freight car has jnst made the
trip from the Hndson to the Pacific.
' .A^treH-ear conductor in Philadelphia has
and fined for overloading his
sure robust physical health in a company of
Collegiate*.
The Federal and State AdmluUtratlonc.
President Grant is again nnder fire. His
recent appointments do not give satisfaction
to those whose fitness for official position has
been over-looked. The same wa* true twelve
months ago; and the dissatisfaction, in both
eases, proceeds from the same cause. There
are not offices enough, and there are always a
das* of persons in every political party whose
fealty to party principles is contingent upon
the recognition of their personal claims. The
President makes his appointments to suit the
office, not the office to suit the applicant.
This is very naughty. It may give satisfac
tion to the masses, bnt not to the parasites of
party. His nomination of Mr. Akennan was
made tho occasion for a renewal of the attack.
Mr. Dana, of the New York San, was, we
believe, the first to raise tho howL He is un
questionably a man of talents. As a newspa
per man, he bas few equals; bnt in bis transla
tion from the tripod to the War Department,
some eight years ago, he got his head slightly
turned. It bas never been level since. Indeed,
he has never been so brilliant since Andy
Johnson refused bim the New York Collector-
ship. He supported Grant's election in 18GS—
after a manner. A foreign appointment
second choice to a Cabinet position, but he got
neither. The result is known. With him.
Grant hssbeen and is “a failure!" Nothing
the President has done gives satisfaction.
Bontwell was a mistake; Fish a blunder; Hoar
a misfortune, and now Akcrman is on outrage.
NorisMr. Dana alone. He is a representative
man. Fifty thousand Republican; wanted
office where one succeeded in getting it. Un-
Uirabtedly the ianit was not with the Presi
dent, but with tho Federal Constitution which
limits the number of lncratire positions. Nev
ertheless, there must be a scapo goat, and tho
President furnished the most convenient sub
stitute. Hence there \v. re fifty thousand nom
inal Republicans ready to listen to Mr.
Dana's racket; listening, they become in
sympathy with it; sympathizing, they became
lukeworm; and nltkough they have kept their
hopes and tears in a state of equipois, they
islation, the proposition that the State Gov
ernment is in abeyance until the State is ad
mitted, taken from nnder the District Com
mander and placed upon the basis of tbe Con
stitution. Bnt it is not the Democracy proper
that make the threat this time. It is that de-
minntive pocket edition of the Georgia “De
mocracy,” represented by the Bryant junto.
The idea of tbe Bryant faction threatening the
men of Georgia with the dire displeasure of
posterity! We admire impudence ordinarily,
bnt this reminds one of the assemblage recorded
in the Book, where the very able but some
what unscrupulous gentleman from Tophct
pnt in an appearance when his presence was
least expected.
The New Constitution oT Illinois.
The new State Constitution of Illinois has
been ratified by a handsome majority of the
popular vote. It provides some wholesome
ment.”
At the same time, it might be well for all ex-
soldiers to bear in mind that their parole, which
was to hold good so long as they “obeyed the
laws in force at the place where they reside,”
is all that at present stands between them and
liability for tbe crime of Treason.
The people of property and intelligence in
this State, want no more rebellions, and will
promptly frown down any foolish attempts by
revolutionists to stir np strife in defying the
laws and the constituted authorities.
Silk Culture in America.
California is devoting considerable attention
to the culture of silk. A few days ago the
country was startled by the information that
the first American flag ever made of silk grown
in this country, was furnished by California.
European silk-buyers are sending their agents
to Son Francisco to purchase this new Ameri
can product The climate of the Pacific coast
is said to be peculiarly favorable to the culti
vation of silk, bnt it appears to us that our
Southern States wonld be equally well adapted
to it In fact a good deal of attention was
paid to silk-caltare a few years ago, and dar
ing the war, the Hon. Alexander II. Stephens
was presented with an entire suit of clothes
made of Sonthern silk.
Around the World.
fn London only 500,000 people attend
cfatrch.
JXhe Second Decade of Livy has been found,
in old German Library.
:*s speaking machine in Berlin, talks
HdTry Ward Beecher in his Fourth of July
Oration, expressed sympathy for Cuba.
A justice of Troy, N. Y., tried a girl eight
years old for burglary.
A St Louis paper thinks the late boat race
entitled to praise inasmuch as “song and
stoiy, marble and canvas, have given death
less fame to the Olympic Games of Greece
and the Gladiatorial shows of “Rome.”
IVof. Fisk’s lectnro on Positive Philosophy,
had an anidence of five hearers at his lost
the party of tho first part, compelled her to
take them off aud surrender them, then and
there. The affair created a genuine sensation.
In a Chicago divorce case now on trial, the
husband alleges that Caroline had, on several
occasions, beaten him, spat in his face, thrown
hot water on him, and on one occasion kicked
him down stairs. The court seems likely to
grant the prayer of the poor, ill-treated hus
band.
A boy named Bolton, abont 15 years of age,
residing in Augusta, Me., a few days since,
while catchings logs in the river, threw his
younger brother into a boat, after knocking
bim senseless, and shoved the boat into the
stream, leaving his senseless victim to the
mercy of the waves. He was rescued, how
ever, and, after some effort, restored to con
sciousness.
The excavations recently commenced in Cer-
tosa near Bologna, have resulted in the dis
covery of two sepulchres and five ossuaries.
In the first sepulchre were found a cup, a
small black pot, and a large elegant vase with
cover wholly intact, measuring sixteen inches
height. Upon one side of the vase, painted
in black upon a red ground, is old Silenus,
mounted upon a well-proportioned mare, at
tended by satyrs; and upon the other a four-
horsed chariot and two figures. The second
sepulchre contained, besides bones, a goblet,
a cup, two small plates with the figure of a
broken egg on each, and a large vase similar
to that found in the first sepulchre. Upon
one side of this vase three figures are repre
sented, and upon the other a four-horsed
chariot Near the cup were found two bronze
•simpula,” and a utensil used in sacrificing.
There is said to be 3,000 visitors in the
Adirondacks.
One hundred and seventy-five Chinese have
arrived at New Orleans via the Pacific Rail
road, to work on plantations.
Engineers are surveying the cut off opposite
Vicksburg to turn the channel of tho Mississip
pi, if possible.
The remarkable statement is made that
though Rhode Island has an erea of only 1,300
square miles, it contains 400 miles of workable
coal fields—nearly as largo as the anthracite
coal fields of Pennsylvania.
The Hawaiian Legislature has fixed the sal
aries of the judges of that kingdom upon
liberal and wiso basis. The Chief Justice re
ceives $10,000 per annum, the two Associate
Justices receive each $8,000.^,
. There being no charges before the Lord
Mayor of London, on tho 4th ultimo, ac
cording to custom n pair of white kid gloves
were given to liis lordship aud the chief clerk.
A Bridgeport (Conn.) dog has been dyed
red, white and bine to make bim look pretty.
A “female university” somewhere in New
York State divides its 174 pupils into “No-
vians,” “Cardians,” “Amplians,” “Palma-
rfans^- -Msthtans,“ nmU “ Advanced Mathi-
The North Carolina militia boasts of seven
major-generals and twenty-eight brigadier-
generals.
The Woman’s Co-operative Anti-Chinese
Laundry Association is giving a strawberry
festival in aid of the cause.
The Russian Minister of Finance has sanc
tioned the employment of women as book
keepers and clerks in Chstom-honse offices.
There are now 445 blast furnaces in the
United States.
The Massachusetts Temperance Alliance are
moving for the fall campaign.
Jeff. Tompson, of the “lost cause,” has de
clared his purpose to act in future with the
Republican party, as it is, in his opinion, the
party of progress.
The effect of the Jeff. Davis repudiation in
Mississippi is that that State has now neither,
debitor credit, and cannot borrow a cent in
any inarket of Christendom.
Tho 15,000 Chinese to be employed on the ready to clutch the prey, will pounce down
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, in p]^© on the prize, and soarmg away, fatten him-
The old belief that a feather bed is proo
against the attacks of lightning was refuted,
the other night, in Greenfield, Mass., wheni
such a bed was set on fire during a thunder
storm, and its occupants severely injured,
while nothing else in the house was harmed.
When the seven Greek bandits, after being
sentenced to death in Athens, had been taken
back to their prison, they behaved like mad
men, and threatened to kill any jailer that
would dare to lay hands on them. A power
ful keeper then took a club, and alone whipped
the scoundrels into submission. They were
then ironed, and put for two days on a diet of
bread and water. They behaved very meekly
afterward.
A blind woman in London, 40 years old, fell
in love with a young artisan whom she heard
hammering near by, and, becoming acquainted,
made him presents, and loaned him £10 to as
sist him in business. Learning he intended
to leave, she had him arrested for debt, and
then induced him to marry her by offering
release him.
In the Supreme Court at Baltimore, a jury
having rendered a verdict of $2,000 damages
for kissing a woman’s hand against her con
sent, the Judge has given the plaintiff the
option to accept $500, or have the verdict set
aside and a new trial granted..
SPIRIT OP TUE GEORGIA PRESS.
THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.)
Has found a huge mare’s nest. Drawing its
inspiration from the Millcdgeville papers, the
News says:
This Opera House business opens the door
to huger frauds. We honestly believe that
the State Road is in peril We think snch
machinations are at work, snch deep laid plans
of depreciating it by mismanagement and
misappropriation of funds, that the time Vill
come, when run down in road-bed and
rolling stock, made to appear a losing con
cern, its sale will be forced. Then some king
of vultures, now ehgeriy scanning the tainted
field, with snapping beak and sharp claws,
oolumbus.
Base Boll lively.... New resiliences
.. .Clear weather.
going up
them most conducive to bring about a refor
mation in the administration of affairs in their
State.
[“Democracy ” has abouUhirty-seven set of
Principles in the United States.]
THE SAVANNAH NEWS (DEM.)
Has this cruel paragraph:
fifth-rate politicians are always zealous ad
vocates of a new party organization, ^kn
who fail as leaders often imagine they can
rally the people in their favor by denouncing
existing party organizations in which their
chances of promotion are slight*
Of the Chinese sensation, the same paper
says:
Something may come of this Chinese labor
question. Of course there will be much affla-
uon and gustiness; but quien aabe, from this
little cloud, no bigger than a man’s hand,
may come monsoon, simoon, sirocco, and the
shifting sands may rise, and changing, over
whelm something or somebody else more un
fortunate, and perhaps our caravan, with its
hopes and fears, may straggle on towards its
oasis.
THE MACON JOURNAL (DEM.)
Says:
Our private advices from Atlanta are unani
mous in saying that strong efforts will be made
to prolong the terms of members of the legis
lature. That a number of the members who
well know they cannot be re-elected if the
pie get a chance at them, will support this
icy, we cannot doubt; but wo cannot be-
ieve a majority will attempt to over-ride the
provisions of the Constitution.
[The “provisions of the Constitution.”
That is the question. EIso why were the
words “in the year 1870” strickeu from the
bill?]
AUGUSTA.
Slight fuss among the hands on Mrs. Ram-
bo’s plantation the other day.... .Race track
at the Fair Grounds ready for trial.
ATHENS.
The pupils of Madame Gosuowki’s school
gave a very successful concert tho other ni»Ut
for the memorial fund... .People agitating the
question of removing tho Court House.
DAH3 tNEGA.
Fine rains Interesting railroad meeting
held last week; speeches from Messrs. Price
Wimpy and Riley. ...J. F. Herd dead...
Baptist revival going on.
niaATRSYILLE.
Last week young Hughs, son of T. M. Hughs,
was struck by lightning. The stroke was ao
severe that his shoes were burst open.
STATE NEWS.
SAVANNAH.
Steamship General Barnes struck by light
ning Thursday A few summer fights.
. .Ball at the Court
All quiet on the Fourth.
House Friday night.
west point.
A quiet Fourth Hot weather Fine
rains. Lice on cotton Female College
Cupola finished Fire engine christened
‘Fenians’* Female College commencement
progressing. Addresses will be delivered by
Dr. J. S. Todd, W. J. Sanford, B. H. Hill,Jr.,
and Gen. Battle.
COLUMBUS.
Rain expected Columbus Factory and
Chattahoochee National Bank have declared
dividends Superior Court trying criminal
EAST TENNESSEE NEWS.
KNOXVILLE.
The houses of several accommodating fe
males were torn down tbe other night.
Hot weather.
Major Tom O’Connor presented with a oaue
by his workmen.
At the celebration of the Fourth speeches
were made by Gen. Quarles and Cols. Clem-
mentson, Turney and Blizzard.
A man named Keith, from Morgan county
attempted to disturb the Conservative Conven
tion on the Fonrth, by drawing a pistol. He
was promptly put down.
CHATTANOOGA.
| Base Ball Clubs w anted.
Kelly, bound over for a riot on the Fourth,
has run away.
Chinamen expected next week.
u ATHENS.
Jas. Pike accidently killed by the falling of
a tree.
Two men killed by lightning in Monroe
county last week.
Rattlesnake killed a man in Meigs county
the other day.
Jim Morrow shot and killed in Monroe coun
ty. He was a noted desperado.
KNOXVILLE.
Oat crop damaged by. late rains.
H. C. Minor takes'Mr. Henderson’s place as
Cashier of the Southern Express Company.
Quite a number of people assembled Friday -
evening to witness the unfolding of the Night
Blooming Cereus at tho residences of Mrs. W.
H. Sneed and Mis. Jos. A. Mabry.
Georgia watermelons and peaches for sale iu
the city.
Miss Mary Barry has received a prize medal
for inducing one hundred children to attend
Sunday School
Six hundred cases on the docket of the Su
preme Court
David Jones, burned by a coal oil explosion
last week, is not expected to recover.
JOHNSON CITY.
John Cameron and Mr. Bonman had a
shooting scrape Friday. A liorsj w as shot in
the melee.
of the colored laborers, arc furnished by the
self and his rapacious flock.
Will we sound the bogle not about this
Sheep Rahing In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., July 7, 1870.
Editor of tiit Era: I desire to call the atten-
checks against legislative bribery and corrnp-1 ^0° of agricolturel men generally, to the fact
tion. It provides that the State never, that while they are now doing so much for the
in any way, become responsible for the debts agricultural interest of the State, there is one
of corporations and individuals. branch of rural economy that receives bnt
Railroad companies are required to keep an little attention, and that is the improvement
office for the transfer of stock and make snch of the live stock of the State. In iny travels
report to the Legislature as it may require.— through Georgia I have found tracts of country
They shall not consolidate with competing! beautifully adapted to sheep raising, and offer
lines. A majority of the directors must reside I iug snch splendid inducements for stock rais
in the State. The Legislature will fix the ing general!/, that I have been surprised that
maximum rate of charges for all the railroads 1 1116 farmers did not turn their attention to this
in the State, and no irrevocable grants or spe-1 matter. The principal drawback is a want of
cial privileges shall ever be mado by the Leg- improved animals, such as wonld pay, for it is
islature. useless to increase a stock of inferior animals
■ • that most be disposed of at a discount. Fully
It wa» Stated by one of our exchanges a few appreciating this want I sent .to Vermont and
days ago that the Council of the Protestant
Episcopal Chnrcb of the Diocese of Wiscon
sin had adopted a canon declaring “that
every communicant marrying outside of tho
communion, or being married by any other
than a clergyman of the church, shall
stand pro facto excommunicated.” This is a
mis tabu. The canon was only proposed by
an enthusiastic young clergyman, and referred
to the committee on canons without a word in
its favor except from the proposer. The com
mittee, without leaving their seats, reported
against tbe canon, and it was rejected, only
the proposer voting for it.
received, in June, two Spanish Merino lambs,
as a begining; on the 28th of tbe same month
they were well shorn, tho ewe tag, less than
one year old, cut ten pounds oi wool—her
live weight after the wool was off was 36]
pounds. The raxna tag, one year old, cut four
teen pounds of wool—live weight after the
wool was off was 50 pounds. These are spe
cimens of a breed of sheep worth raising. If
any gentleman can produce finer Iambs than
these I should like to hear from him. These
lambs are now in tbe possession of Mr. W.
Cook. Retpectfully yours,
N. Burgess.
Chinese labor contractors at sixteen dollars a wretched business, brother Bough ton? That
month and board. J will we, and we hope snch a peal will swell
.. . . / „ _ I through the length and breadth of Georgia,
At the instance of Gov. Curtin, United j ]jjj e an to Joshua before Jericho, that tho very
States Minister at St Petersburg, the Russian | walls will crumble.
Government has stationed Russian officers
who speak the English language at the fron
tier (Ustom houses. This will l>o of great ser
vice to American and English travelers who
cannot speak the language.
Woollier, the English sculptor, Is to exe
cute a bust of Dickens, aud will have the ad
vantage of a mask which was cast for the pur-
po&ej He has already produced excellent por
trait Lusts of Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle,
Gladstone, John Henry Newman, and other
eminent men.
Six Professors at Cornell University have
their positions, viz : E. W. Blake, H.
e, J. H. Whitlesey, G. F. Behringer,
W. J. [Hamilton, and W. M. Howland. Pro-
fessorBlake goes to Brown University; Pro
fessor Sprague has accepted the Presidency of
the Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn.
Certain medical men have recently asserted
that daily work at the sewing machine Is inju
rious to the women employed at it But Dr.
Decaisne, a French savant, who has thoroughly
investigated the subject, iu an establishment
containing between six and seven hundred
workwomen,- ha3 proved that the occupation
is in no way injurious.
Mrs. Gaines, tho successful contestant of the
great will case, has presented a petition to the
City, Council of New Orleans asking them to
reimburse her tho cost of her late suit against
the city, amounting to S2,181 31.
A company has been organized iu New Or-
[All fuss and fury signifying nothing]
THENEWNAN HERALD (DIM.)
Says of Chinese emigration:
Much has been said abont tho necessity
Georgia is laboring under for some “well-
perfected” plan of immigration. We have
never been able to discover or in. any manner
realize that necessity. If the Chinese are in
duced to immigrant©, they are barbarous
heathens, and know nothing of our habits,
ideas, form of government, religion, or char
acter of husbandry. They would have to be
taught how to work, civilized, and then would
not make desirable citizens.
And thence of emigration generally:
Without attempting to portray the vices of
the immigrants of other nations, we will
simply say that we think the character of the
population of Georgia cannot be improved by
immigration from any quarter, but, on the
other bond, will be damaged materially. Our
people own no more lands than they want,
snd if (hey sell what lands they have, they
will become “hewers of wood: and drawers of
water,” for imported foreigners, while their
descendants will become ‘poorly-paid laborers
for haughty landlords.
[One might suppose from the above, that tho
editor himself had taken one long, rapturous
Rip Van Winkle nap! Does he not know that
fully two-thirds of the tillable land of Georgia
is without a tenant? And would he Lave this
growing sedge and pinetops rather thau pofcn- number of melous
toes and cotton?]
AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST (DEM.)
Is publishing extracts from “John MitchSTs I re-organized Colored men •
Jail Journal.” Why not make an occasional J Fourth Figs have appeared
extract from Robinson Crusoe ?
Three colored men struck by lightning last
week Cotton promising.
MONROE.
The Fourth was handsomely celebrated
Agricultural club organizing.
AUGUSTA.
John P. Nagle, Constable, bound over for
extortion Policeman Harbin knocked
man on the head for following a lady while in
toxicated Colored excursionists left for At-
anta Friday morning.
MACON.
Two (Small alligators in the cistern on Mul-
bery :The biennial exhibition of the
Adelphian Society was an attractive affair.—
The address by B. H. Hill, Jr., is well spoken
of. The Phiolamathean Society bas order
ed a handsome gold badge for Jeff. Davis.
SAVANNAH.
Superior Court in session. The Justices’
Courts are full of small assault and battery
cases, petty larcenies, etc Miss King
married to Mr. Nisbet, of the firm of Quentell,
Nisbet and Co Chas. Sampson, second
mate of the boat Blanche, was accidentally
drowned Saturday Frank Emery shot an
other colored man Saturday night, and was
pursued by a mob threatening his life until he
fortunately placed himself in the custody of
the police;. ..The Temperance Society is
meeting with much success A colored man
cut another with a razor Friday night for
courting his wife The Russell-Hose Com
pany organized Andrew Low has donated
$1,000 to the Union Society, for charitable
purposes Butler McFoll fell into the river
Saturday, and narrowly escaped drowning.
The Nick King has arrived from Florida with
3,000 water melones.... .Bay street is to have
a gray whack pavement.
BRUNSWICS.
Thos. E. Davenport admitted to the bar
The Appeal says: “Hon. Henry S. Fitch,
employed as one of the counsel for the prose
cution in the case of the State vs. E. J. Mar
tin, was prostrated by a severe nervous attack
yesterday evening at 4 o’clock, in the Court
Room, produced by excessive heat and a re
dundancy of food. There was great excite
ment for a few moments, but timely applica
tions of cold water, etc.; brought him to rea
sons, when he was removed to his hotel, and
placed nnder the treatment [of Drs, Harris and
Blain. We are gratified to learn he will be
able this morning to resume his position in
the important case now pending” Supeorir
Court trying E. J. Martin for murder. Plea of
insanity filed.
COLUMBUS.
Superior Court trying criminal cases Wm.
Smith lost $200 on tho-Strect Dr. De Votie
preached his farewell sermon Sunday night
Ordinary Duer tried for issuing a marriage li
cense to a wlijte man and a colored woman.
Acquitted.
ROME.
James P. Patman dead The indications
are that the barbecue, bn.the 23d, will be well
attended.
AUGUSTA.
Wooden pavements proposed It is sup
posed that the census will give Augusta a pop
ulation of from 16,000 to 17,000. ...The last
pier of the new bridge of the Charlotte, Co
lumbus and Augnsta Railroad was finished
Saturday.^. .John Murray bitten by a snake
BO LTV All.
Jack Dickinson, a colored man, was killed
by John W. Fowler without provocation.
Fowler has vamosed.
GREENVILLE.
One night last week a negro man named
Bob attempted to outrage two young girls
while their parents were at church. The girls
fortunately made their escape.
CHATTANOOGA.
Lookout Water Company extending their
mains to the city limits on McCallie street
^Colored picnic party left for Atlanta Satur
day morning.
in his garden. -Whisky saved him Daniel
Hicks, who shot a colored woman some time
ago, surrendered himself Saturday and was
bound over..v. Jack Allen robbed of $80
Horse thieves active.
CUTHBERT.
The tableaux Friday night were very pretty
. ...Some incendiary made an unsuccessful
attempt to fire the Douglass building on the
4th A night watch has been organized for
the protection of property.
MACOB.
Good Templars flourishing with th» ir libra-
aiul reading room Shooting match at
the Fair in October.... A woman made an un
successful attempt at suicide the other night
..Cool weather River rising Any
THOMASTON.
Daughter of Judge Green dead... .Council
lebrated the
.. A horse-
thief tried to commit suicide tho other night.
Comptroller General’s Office, {
Atlanta, Ga,, July 8th, 1870. f
Mr. Editor: Quite a number of verbal a&l
written inquiries have been made of me in re
gard to the constitutionality of the Act taxiug
the sales of spiritnons and malt liquors 20
cents per gallon. That all may understand
my views on the subject, I have to request
that you publish this letter :
The latter clause of Sec. 27, Article 1st. of
the Constitution of this State declares that
“taxation on property shall be ad valorem only,
and uniform on all species of property taxed,”
and hence the conclusion arrived at by
many that the specific or special tax on
liquors Is unconstitutfifth And such would
be a legitimate conclusion, but for the fact
that another part of the same Constitution u
expressly authorizes the Legislature to lay
special tax on the sale of spirituous aud malt
liquors, aud thus takes liquors out of the pro
visions of the language above quoted. Arti
cle VL Section 3, declares that, the “poll tax
allowed by this Constitution, any. educational
fund now belonging to this State, except th*
endowment of and debt due to the State Uni
versity, or that may hereafter be obtained in
Bay way, a special tax on shows and exhibi -
tions, and on the sale of spiritnons or malt
liquors, which the General Assembly is here
by authorized to assess, and the proceeds from
the commutation for militia service, are here
by set apart and devoted to the support of
Common Schools.” It would seem that if the
attention of those who are engaged in. resist
ing, before the courts, the collection of this
tax on account of its supposed unconstitutiou-
ality, could be directed to the clause last
quoted, that they would at ouce abandon tbe
ground as . wholly untenable and thus save
themselves, as well as the State,- tire unneces
sary expense of litigation.
Another.ground of resistance os it is under
stood is, that the tax act of-lSCU was limited
to that year—that the act taxed the sales of
1869, aud expired at die end pf that year. By
reference to Paragraph 8, Section 2nd, it will
be seen that this ground is also untenable,
and that the paragraph by its own language,
is perpetual, from year to year, until repealed
orsuspeudedbyanewtax Act After specifying
tho tax levied, the act goes on to say that
‘quarterly returns shall be made on the fire
days of April, July, October, and January “in
or,” 4ba.—clearly meaning the year
1869 and each succeeding year. This is (he
plain letter of the law, as well as the intention,
and any other construction would be forced
and contrary to-all known rules for the con
struction of Statutes. If, however, any one
should still doubt os to the act being perpetual
by force of its own language, it is presumed
that no one will doubt that the Resolution of
the Legislature, approved 4th May, 1870, con
tinues it in force, This Is.the Resolution:
“Resolved 2d, That f<j» the same reasons
tho tax act of 1869 v _ Ue, and it is hereby
continued in full force and effect, until other
wise ordered by the General Assembly.”
I would also call special attention to the
penalty imposed by tho latter part of Para
graph 8,--Section 2d, of the tax not of 18C9,
which- says: “Ii any p t --rsuii sL.ll fail 01
refuse to inake his return and pay said tax, be
shall be assessed by the Collector, a specific
tax of one thousand dollars, and the Collector
■ ■ 1 ■" • ’ >11..-* (li.-Vm;.- by t-xecu
tion,” Ac. I would remark that those who re-
msI the tax by a resort to the courts, will
nevertheless, In my judgment, be subject to/
tbe penalty, should they fail to succeed ‘before
the courts.
While ‘ the constitutionality of the law -can
only be '“’determined by the courts*, I have
deemed it not improper for me* (it being my
duty to enforce the revenue laws of the State)
to state this much of my views of the law in
question, with the view, if possible, of saving
litigation and, perhaps, much expense to com-
plaiuunts as well as to the State.
Respectfully,
Madison* Bell,
Comptroller General
