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"c B. WOOTEN,
Attorney at Law,
MACON, GA.
VV T ILL practice in the Circuit Courts cf
v T South-west Ga., and in the District,
and Supreme courts of the State and United
States. All business from whatever section
or of whatever character entru ted to him
trill receive prompt attention. Oct 10-’7l.
Lyon, BeGraffeiiried and Irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
WACOM, - - - GEOBGI4.
ILL give attention o profs? ionai bus
iness in the Macon, South-western A
taula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, anSa
vannah, and Atlanta, and by specid con
tract in any part of the S ate.
Jttofjiey ajid Cotypllor at Lste,
/Mirso.v, GA.
~DR. G. W. FARRAR
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Office next door to the “Journal office," on
Main Street, where he can be found in the
day, unless professionally engaged, and' at
night at bis residence opposite the Baptist
church feb. 2-ts:
K. J. WARRE W,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SI*I!tKST~ILLr, - • -
C. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITH VILLR, OA.
Will practice in South Wesern and Pataula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
B A COLLIER. C. T. CIIEVES.
TOWNS HOUSE,
BROAl) ST.,
ALBANY, GA
BY
B. A. COLLILB & CO.
McAFE HOUSE,
At Smiliiville, t a.
' r l''HK undersigned having fitted up the Mo
A- Afee House at Smithville, takes pleasure
an notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide” of sue
cessful administration by himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
.Hotel. Me als readv on the arrival of the
train. VV. M. McAFEK.
* PLANTATION”
Pop Sale*
I OFFER for sale my place, five miles be
low Dawson, immediately on the Railroad,
containing 14171 acres. Well watered and
timbered. Asa Stock /-arm, unsurpassed-
Healthy ,desirable everyway*; To any one
wanting a borne, here is an opportui ity to
get one at half its real value, as 1 am deter
mined to sell, either for money or cotten, to
* responsible party. .Ipply to W. F. ORR,
at DawsoD. If not sold, will be for rent.
septl4 3m W. T. BURGE.
coTjroisr t
Campbell a. jones
Again offer their services to Planters and
Merchants, as
Warehouse & Commission
MERCHANTS,
v4nd ask a continuance of the patronage so
liberally given them the past season.
Close personal attention given to the
age and Sale of G'otton, and to the hliing of
orders for Bagging and Ties and Plantation
Supplies.
Refer to the patrons of the past season.
He member the place —
Iron Warehouse,
Poplar st., MACON, OA.
P. S.—Agents for the Winship Improved
Cotton Gin and John Merryman & Co.’s Am
moniated Dissolved Bones, which we now of
fer at a reduced piicc. septl4 3rn
XKC TYPE-SETTER.
Wn!cn on hearing a friend rail: and “talen
ted for a mere Type Setter”
“A mere Type-Setter I”.-.till n man
Ttie world, perchance, may well rev trot
Unknown, unnoted, one who cau
Have naught to hope and naught to fear;
Vet whi n the kingly sceptred hand.
Tire brow that wears the princely gem,
That wields so well a wide command—
irhose ‘stick’ may match a diadem.
‘A mere Type-Setter !' I.et us sec :
" ho gave the glorious stripes to air,
1 hat mark the banner of the free,
And bound the stars that glimmer there f
Who turned the bolt of heaven aside,
And conquered its etherial fire ?
Who bade the lightening harmless glide
Along Iris magic wand of tire?
‘A mere Type-Setter!” Search tire past’
The record of each battle Held ,
Who nailed our colors to the mast,
And died because they would not yield f
V. Uo taught our hand to strike the brow.
1 hrough toil, danger, and distress,
7 hat several England's chain of woe—.
ITho hut the masters of the Press ?
“A mere 7’ype-Sette-1” Name offcar—
To bid the slave to freedom wake—
That tyranny should quake to h ar I
An old oppression’s empire shake i
Is Franklin a forgotten name,
That men no longer may revere ?
//as Prentice lost his son] of fame,
Or Greeley dropped his pen of fire.
t: A more Type-Setter 1” Honored name,
Which ages yet unborn may bless
When empires crumble, and their fame
//as sunk in worse than nothingness.
Show me the thing whose jeers deride.
The “mere Type Setter’*” humble school,
And I’ll show you an ape of pride,
As brainless as thedaudy fool.
Col. Herbert Fielder, of Kuu
doipU, for Ciororiior.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : The
frequent mention of tho name of this
geutleinan for Governor of Georgia, in
private circles where he is known, and
recently through a number of the
newspapers in tho State, will doubtless
rentier a short personal sketch of him
acceptable to your readers. Hi. pa
rental ancestors were English, and first
settled in Virginia. Ilis grand father
came thence to Green county, Ga.,
where his father was born. His moth
er was a native of Morgan county, Ga.,
was of Irish decent, and was a daugh
ter of Joseph Heard.
The father and mother of Herbert
are buried in the county of Newton,
where he was born and raised to man
hood. Financial embarrassment de
prived him of the advantages of col
lego training. He. devoted himself
two years to the business of teaching
with boyish success, and then with the
means acquired by his o.yd exertions,
set out upon his original design, the :
study of law. He passed the y a of,
1819 in the office of Burney & i>yer,
at Mbnliceflb, and after a t ..’deal ex- j
animation under Judge Meriwether, |
was admitted to practice. At that j
time Conn, Dawson, Hardeman, Starke, j
Foster, Cobb, and others now gone, ,
were in full practice in that part ot
the State, from whom, and their cotew- ,
poraries, he caught his first inspira- :
tons.
Our yourg friend, without money or '
prest’ge hut full of hope and irrepress
ible energy, determined to stand on ,
personal merit alone, and risk his for- j
tune among strangers, he removed to ;
Cherokee, Georgia, whero his career
as a lawyer up to the opening oi the
late war was unusually successful, and
whero, we are informed, ho is held in
high esteem hy all classes of people. •
Having lost his property by the war,
he found himself a penniless refugee
in Decatur county, whence he removed
in the winter of 1865 to Ottthbert, and
entered with all the zeal ol his youth,
upon the practice again. Here, his
native elements of character have told
wonderfully in his progress from stran
ger to friend of the people, from pov
erty to comparative ease and indepen
donee, and to the universal respect of,
not only the courts and the bar, but o*
all classes of society. ,
Ilis clear head, and well balanced
judgement, inflexible will, incorruptible
integrity and devotion to truth, and extra
ordinary energy, afford a guarantee of
eminent success and universal esteem
in any position in wliich he may be
placed. Asa writet, he is terse, strong
and trenchant, having but few superi
ors iu tho State. Asa speaker he is
earnest, logical, impressive and elo
quent. He is a firm friend, patron
and advocate of education and relig
ion. Asa Christian, ho sustains an
untarnished reputation, and I have no
doubt, if elevatod to the position of
Governor, it would be conceded by all,
that ho is the right man in the right
place. Justice.
Adding insult to injury— trusting a
man and then asking him to pay you.
A dog iz the only thing on earth
that luvs yu more than he luvs himself.
How on earth is it, that at a party,
the guests grow’ thin alter supper ?
A California editor having bought a
mule, a cotomporary spoaks of it as
remarkable self-possession.
Liko the tree, wo should bo constant
ly growing outward toward men and
upward toward God.
Two women in Kansas have gone
as partners into the law business.—
They propose to bo sisters-in-law.
Tho fellow who called tight hoots
comfortable, defended his disposition
by saying they made him forget all
liis other miseries.
The Danbury News says that tho
reason schoolboys delight to dig and
explore caves, is because of the re
cesses there.
How do you define ‘black as jour
hat ?’ saj-s a school master to one of
his pupils. ‘Darkness that may be
folt,’ replied tho youth.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1871.
GOVERNOR IU I.LOI'KUE>
BIO.MS.
Hit Uer,»oiri for this Step.—An
AddiTRN l.* tlic ItepnbliruiiN
uudi Union Jit nos Grorfin.
Ex. Dep’t State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 23, 1871.
To my Political Friends and the People of
Georgia:
I have this day received information,
the truth of which I canuof doubt, that
the political conspirators who seek the
overthrow, not only of tho reconstruct
ed government of Georgia, but of the
United States, have secured the pledges
of a sufficient number of the incom
ing members of the Lower House of
tho General Assembly to vote without
previous investigation for articles of
Impeachment against me immediately
after they havo assembled at and organ
ized on Wednesday, the first day of
November next; und that having
adopted such articles in the House a
sufficient number ot Republican Sena
tors will be unseated to ensure convic
tion upon the articles so presented. I
also learn that tho Judge of the Su
preme Court, who is personally and
politically bitterly hostile to me, has
informed his friends that his pro
gramme has been perfected, and that
he has been selected to preside over
the Senate during tho trial; and that
the Senator representing Gen. Toomb’s
district is to be elected President ot the
Senate and immediately announce him
self as, and claim to be, Governor du
ring the ponding impeachment and
thereafter for tho balance of my un
expired term.
Upon this state of facts I havo do
| cidcd to resign the office of Governor,
jto take effect before tho meeting and
qualification of iho new members of
the new body, and thereby defeat this
nefarious scheme of thoso desperate
political conspirators.
By this course I shall protect my po
litical friends in tho Senate from tho
[ expulsion that has been foreordained
; in oilier to secure my impeachment,
j and, at the same time, save the State
from the disasters that would be sure to
follow in the of success on the part of
the unpardoned and unrepentent Re
bel h aders, who, though comparative
ly few in numbers, move tfce masses
by tho irresistible piessure of section
al hate and social proscription.
I hnAe maintained ny official posi
tion against the assaults of these peo
ple rfpon tho course of equal rights
and Rebublican Government just as
long as it is possible for me to boos
sorvico, and now for tho purpose of
! again defeating this latest ousluught
!of these destroyers, I havo resigned
' this office into ihe hands of that noble
I and uswcrvii'.g friend of right und jus
! tice, tho Hon. Benjamin Conley, who, 1
I under the Constitution, by reason of
j being President of the Senate, becomes
! Governor during tho unexpired part of
my term, or until a successor is elected
by the people. No charge has yet
: been brought on him, because he has not
j heretofore been supposed to be an ob
! stacle in the way of the conspirator’s
j success. It assaults are now made
! upon him the country will understand
| tho purpose for which they arc made.
[ As for myself, being divested of of
, ficial position, the charges of every
1 character which these people are sure
to make and proclaim against me can
jbo brought before the courts and 1
! shall never shrink from any judicial
' inquiry that is divested of political bias
1 and prejudice. May I be pardneed
ier a word of warning to the men who
fought against the I uion t
I Nix mouths ago in Georgia tho mass
of people were acquiescing iri the re
sults of the war, and were willing to
[ accept those results as being finalities,
1 but under the latter public teaching
1 of certain old leaders who need not bo J
: named, the whole situation has changed
and leading gentlemen, even the Dem- j
| ocratic | arty, who dared to speak in j
favor of acquiescence and peace have
been assailed and denounced, and tho :
1 people so intimidated that tliej’ dare
not follow- the advice. I
These carspirators fear, above all
else, the re-election of General Grant, j
Their insiduous efforts to mislead him
as to the true situation in tho South,
having utterly failed, they now fear
that some persistent and irresitiblo
1 maintaiuance of tho right under the
1 civil administration which so brilliant
ly marked Gen. Grant’s military ad
vances in the overthrow of tho rebel
lion may defeat their revolutionary
1 purposes.
I am now fully persuaded and sat
isfied that those men purpose to con
! trol tho Govern tin nt, and reverse tho
political results of the past few year*
by peaceful means, if they can, or by
foul moans if they dare. Failing in
this, another attempt at separation will
be made.
If evidence of this were wanting,
: wo need but point to tin* public and
private utterances of those who wore
foremost in secession and rebellion,
and now denounce and ignore tho fuu
' dameutal law— the Constitution oj tho
United States.
Will the country herd and take care,
: before it is too late to prevent another
! war with its frightful consequences '<
If my action in this emergency had
boen postponed until after the meeting
of the incoming body of legislators,
tho Executivo branch of our fcitate
Government would have been absorbed .
by the conspirators in the Legislative
j branch, and there would have been no
• check upon the wholesale repeal and
-destruction of all the great measures
of reform and progress that we havo
labored so hard to establi.-h. Tho free
school system would bo abolished, tho
colored citizen deni; and every right guar
adteed to him, and tho whole work of
internal improvement carried on by
northern capital could bo swept away.
The growing spirit of %ap r lessncss and
prescription for opinion's' sake is daily
rendering tho property and lives of
Union mon and Ropubfioum. more and
more unsafe, and 1 fear the worst con
sequences if the Executive office should
be filled by one not only in sympathy
w ith thoso who urge oil and inllaino
this feeling, but who is moved and act
uated by them. With no one in tho
Executive office to 1 ill upon General
Government for protection, its friends
and supporters, would bo banded over
without mercy to tho assaults of their
enemies.
For these reasons I have determined
on tin's step, believing that much which
has already been accomplished can bo
preserved through tho wise and firm
chock upon revolutionary measures
that will bo given by Gov. Conley in
control, of tire Executive branch of the
Government, and tin ”yby the good of
the whole people of Georgia will be
promoted ; and I shall cheerfully give
to Gov. Conley all inf Vitiation and as
sistance within my power that he may
desire. Rufus B. Bui.i.ock.
Heatili Bis-mimrc.
A then, cadaverous-looking German,
about fifty years of age, entered the
office of a health insurance company
and inquired;
“Isli do man in vat insures do peo
ple’s holts ?”
The agent answered, “I attend to
that business.”
“Well I vents mine belts inshured.
Vot you sliargo?”
“Different prices,” answered the
agent; “from three to ten dollars a
year. Pay ten dollars a year, and you
get ton dollars a week iu case of sick
ness-”
“Veil,” said Mynheer, “I vants ten
dollars vert.”
The ageut then inquired his state of
health.
“Well, I ish sick ell do time, I’s
shust out of bed two or three hours in
do day, and to doctor say ho can do
noting goot for mo.”
“It tliats the state of your health,”
returned tho agent, “wo can’t insure
you. We only insure persons who
ure in good health.”
At this Mynheer bristled up in
great anger. “You must tink I’s a
look Vot you tii k I como pay you
ten dollars fur inshurc my holt von I
vos veil ?”
Whcii the Dfii' Ont-s tiiillicr Hi
Home.
BY ANNIE HERBERT.
Wo speak, wo apeak of the lored r.r.,1 lost,
Who have "one to the I iml above,
And mists of tho river of death are ere ssed -
by the rainbow of their love.
jP.td hearts are vcarrji ibc and cot,
re ihUmt (fimio .ill'll jtftf" .
But wekno v tfie b. Dutiful . uangt act,
,4 ml our darlings ure not flcaJ.
Chorus.- -Ily Hie beautiful gate,
They watch and waft,
Till our feet aha!lcease to ro.un,
.-tu-1 over the river that Finn forever,
The dear ones gather at home.
The voice oft ue:r melody wanders free
Tliro’ the wad of broken Boil" •
A d th<gl"iun of the nuowy robes we are,
V\ lien the cartli grows dnrk with wroily ;
We feel the touch of u vanished hand,
7 hat thrilled in the days of yore
And leads us on to Ihe summer land’
Where they live forever more.
We speak when the work of the day is done,
Os the drawuing by and by,
And number our treasures, one by one,
In our Father,s house on high ;
And Oft we think when our rest shall come,
Os the meeting there will be,
When the good and beautiful all go home,
To the city beyond the sea.
A ScitsrS>!<; isleso.ve.
•‘Did j-ou ever hear sir, how it was
that Edwards, tho mason, gave up
drinking?” said a working man to his
employer one day, when ho was talk
ing to him about the evils of intem
perance.
I “No,” said tho employer. “How
was it ?”
i *‘ Well one day Edwards was drink
ing in a public house when the land
' lord’s wile came to call her husband to
dinner. ”
! “ What have you for dinner ! ” said
the man.
I “ lioast goose, ’’ replied tho wife.
I “Js tlier apple sauce to eat with
it?” he asked.
I “No.”
i “ Well, go and make some, I won't
eat goose without apple sauce. ”
, “ Edwards was so impressed with
the scene that he had witnessed, when
i tho woman had left tho room to pre
pare the delicacy, that for tho first
time it his life ho began to think what
a fool ho lias been.
I “ Hero’s this man, ” said he to him
self, “ can’t eat his dinner of roast
• goose without apple-sauce, while my
poor wife and children are glad to get
a herring for thoir dinner, ami otton
can’t have even that. W hose money
I should like to know goes to provide
this fellow with good things ? Mine,
and that of other poor fools liko mo.
Well, what’s done can’t be undono.
It’s no use crying over spilt milk, but
that fellow shant dine off tho roast
gooso any more at my expense. ”
So he paid his reckoning, and walk
ed out of tho public house novor to
enter it again.
Tho Brown House at Macon fed
5,000 people last week.
I)r. L. F. Livingston is spoken of
for Secretary of the State Agiiealtural
Society.
The uegre Ku-klux are again on the
rampage near Savannah, on the Lou
isville road.
Some young men aio a little partial
to blue-eyed maidens. Others iiko
dark-eyed lasses. Hut tho mon eyed
girls have tho most admirers.
! A (!un*« M Eiere .Tien Sever
I. >l nnli.
I How c!o you think you would lilco
jto live fearing every moment to ho
I blown up ; net daring to speak loud'
to jar any tiling, for fear of starting an
: explosion that would send you in an
other world.
Y’ou don’t think it would bo very
pleasant? Well, it isn’t; yet hundreds
of men live in just that state, work, re
leive pay, and live, year after year, iu
the very sight of death, as it were ;
nil, that tho world may have gunpow
der.
You can easily guess that thoso
men go about very quietly, and novel
laugh.
You know that gunpowder is voiy
dangerous in a gun, or near a lire, but
perhaps you don't know that it is
equally dangerous all thr.ugU the pro i
ess of making.
A powder-mill is a feuiTul place to
visit, ami strangers are very seldom al
lowed to go into one. They are built ,
fur from any town, in the woods, and
eaehbrancho f the work is done a sopor i
ate building. Those houses are quite
a distance from each oilier, so that if
one blows up, it won’t blow up tho ;
rest. Then tho lower parts of the ,
buildings aro made very strong, while j
the roofs aro very lightly set on. 80 (
that if it explodes, only tho roof will
suffer.
But in spite of every ear 0, some- I
times a whole settlement of the pow- j
dor mills will go olf almost in an in- |
stant, and every vestige ol tho work of j
years will be swept away ill a few j
soconds.
But, though you fell like holding 1
your breath to look at it, it is really a !
very interesting process to see. It is i
made, perhaps you know, of charcoal,
saltpetre, and brimstone. Each of
these artiles is prepared in a house by
itself; but tho house where they aro
mixed, is the first terrible one. In
this building is an immense millstone
rolling round and round in nn iron
bed. In this bed, and under the
stone, are put the three fearful ingred
ients of gunpowder.
This is a very dangerous operation,
because if tho stone conies in contact 1
with its iron bed, it is very apt to strike j
lire, and tho merest suspicion of a j
spark would si t off the whole. Tho j
materials are spread three or four inch-1
es thick in the bed; tho wheel, which I
goes by water-power, is started, and !
every man leaves the place. Tho door i
is shut, and the machinery loft to do j
its terrible work alone. When it has
run long enough, the mill is stopped, j
and the men come b ick. This opera- j
ation leaves tho powder in hard lumps,
or cakes.
The next house is where theso cakes
are broken up into grains, and of
course is quite as dangerous as tho ,
‘last one. But the men eau’t-go awry 1
from this, they are obliged to attend
to it every moment; and you may bo j
sure no laugh or joke is ever heard
within its wall. Every one who goes
in has to take oil his boots, und put on
rubbers, becauso ono grain of the dan
gerous powder, crushed by tie boot,
would explode the whole in uu instant.
Tho floor of this house is covered
with leather and is made perfectly i
black by the dust of the gunpowder. 1
It contains a set of sieves, each one
smaller than the Inst, through which
the powder is sifted. And an inv- j
nense groaning and laboring mill, ;
where it is ground up, while men j
shovel it iu with wooden shovels. TIIO '
machinery makes a great deal of'uoi.-e, '
but the men are silent, as in the other ,
houses. The reckless crashing of the
machinery even seems to give greater |
horror, and ono is very glad to get out;
of that house.
Tho glazing-houses como next
Glazing is done by mixing black lead .
with tho powder, to give it a black |
and shining look. The powder is put
into barrells, which revolve for several
hours. That polishes tho grains by i
their rubbing together. Then black 1
lead is put with them, and they re- !
vulvo several hours more. Os course
the dust flies from ail these operations j
and the workmen, silent liko the rest, I
look like very black negroes, working
in the blackest of powder, in a room
whose walls and floors aro blacker
than the rest, if possible. It lias a
very singular look to a stranger, and |
added to the horrible silence, malms
one feel that tho whole world is gone
into mourning. Often, the gunpow
der, revolving so rapidly iu the bar- j
rels, gets very hot; so this too is a
dangerous operation.
The stoving house is the next on tho
list, and there the gunpow lor is heated
in wooden trays. It is hot, and no
workmen stay there. From there it
goes to the packing house, and is put
up in barrels, kegs and canisters.
■Safety through ull these houses, it
goes at last to the store-house. Ui.o
feels like drawing a long breath, to
see the fearful stuff' safely packed
away, out of tho hands of men in this
curious house.
You’ve heard of things being dry
as a powder house, but you wouldii t
think this house very dry It is all
most imbedded in water. The roof is
one big tank, kept full of wafer. Did
you ever hear of a water-roof before ?
j Instead of stops to go iu there aro
I shallow tAs of water, through which
1 every one must walk to tho door
j la none of these powder houses is
i any light ever allowed oxcupt sunlight.
. Tho wages aro good, and the day’s
: work is short, ending always at three
|or four o’clock. Hut tho men have a
serious look, that makes one think
| every moment of tho danger, and glad
j to got away.
Though cariosity may once take a
i man to visit a powder mill, ho has no
■ desire to go the second time ; and he
i feels all the rest of his life, that lor
1 once he has boeu, very near death.
,’Mio t’enTiiitlsii •>{ liic Slut*)
i'Actlllliral is*3<B Loasuicrriul
Socicly,
Reported Specially fbr the Morning news.
The Convention of the State Agri
cultural and Commercial Society con
vened at the City Hull in Macon, pur
suant to tho adjournment at Romo.—
Gen. A. 11. Colquit culled the body to
order, and the minutes of tho last
mooting were read and conurmefl.
ProLiant Colquitt stated that the
object of the Conventii n at that time
1 was to receive and act upon tho report
i of special Committee, appointed under
resolution, to receive propositions from
I the ct veval localiiies in Georgia with
I reference to the establishment of an
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
under the provisions of ti bill granting
, to tho States a certain amount of tho
public lands, passed bv Congress.—
And, also, to present a bill to the Leg
islature to provide l'or the proper dis
tribution of this fund in Georgia.
Col. Lawton, of Forsyth, road a
carefully prepared report, containing
n memotial to the Legislature, and lol
loping tho same general 1 ntUno of a
bill which was intended ns an outline
of this Institution nml to govern tho
distribution of the grant. The memo
rial was olaborately prepared and sot
forth tho objects fully. Tho bill was
iu substance as follows :
Ist. Providing for the establishment
of a State Polytechnic School, in which
tho several departments of agriculture
and mechanics, with their associate
sciences, aro to lie taught under tho
government and discipline of a milita
ry ins.into.
2d. That tho trust of this fund shall
bo vested in the State Agricultural
Soceity, who shall appoint a Board of
Trustees and make the necessary reg
ulations of the institute, the Governor
to be ex officio President of tho Board.
The bill ami memorial w ere received,
and after some preliminary debate, Dr.
Moore, of Athens, moved that the me
morial and bill be laid upon the table,
and that tho bill bo printed and fur
nished the members.
Considerable spurting ensued, when,
on suggestion of Mr. Capers, the me
morial was separated from the bill,
and the memorial was adopted. The
motion to lay the bill on tho table called
forth a running discussion, in which
Dr. Moore, of Athens, Mark A. Coop
er, Governor Brown, Col. MoKinly,
Col. Capers, Mr. Howard and others
engaged. Finally, as a substitute for
the bill, Mr. IStibbsoffered a resolution
simply asking from the Legislature
that the administration of the fund be
vested in tho Society. Judge Vason, of
Albany, and Gov. Brow n sustained the
resolution, and on a division of tho
House the resolution w as adopted by a
small majority.
i The iSeifreiaiy was instructed to pre-
M-.-.t the menu Iml to tho Legislature
with the resolution.
‘ Upon a call for information, Presi
dent Colquitt informed the 81 ciety
that its next Spring Convention would
be held in tho city of Savannah, com
mencing on tho 22d day of February,
! 1872. The body then formally ad
journed the Fall Convention of 1871.
, This Society is an instil uiiou of the
■State. Throo delegates from Early
■ county, and the honorary members
, and delegates from Boards of Trades
: and Chambers of Commerce m tho
i State will make it in every sense a
1 representative body.
| Savannah will feel the full effect of
1 having this body iu session in tho city,
and will go in to capture it.
The host Agvicjltuial Fairs are far
mer’s daughters.
January is a month like tho fore
-1 man ol a jury, being tho first of the
twelve.
A writer on school discipline says :
‘Without a libeiul nso of tho rod it is
impossible to make boys smart.’
The following toast was road at a
banquet not long since : ‘Tho ladies,
G and bless thorn, are tho only euro for
the palpitation of tho heart.’
Why should wo never be frightened
at the appearance of a gho t ? be
cause, if it is a ghost, ils appearance
must, in the nutuio of things, bo im
material.
Johnny, what Jo you expect to do
fin- a living when you got to boa man?’
‘Well, 1 reckon I'll get married and
board with my wife’s mother.’
Josh Billings says, “Don’t work be
foro breakfast. If necessary to toil
before breakfast, cat your breakfast
first.’ ‘Now, if ho could fix it so that
wo needn’t work alter breakfast!
Parents, keep your word sacred to
your children ; they w ill notice a bro
ken promise sooner than any one olso,
and its effect will bo lasting as life.
Value tho friendship ot him who
stands by y u in tho s'.o in ; swarms of
insects will surround you in the suu
sliiao.
A good book and a good woman aro
excellent things"to those who know
hoiv justly to appreciate thoir value.
There are men, howov r, who judge
from tho beauty of tlmir covering.
Tho clt'zons of Harncsville aro
moving aetivelj’ in tho effort to create
anew county lrom .Conroe and l’ike.
‘Name tho longest day in tho year,’
said a Nashville teacher to a young
hopeful of five summers. ‘Sunday,’
responded tho little victim of blue-law.
Dr Johnson once silenced a noto
rious female back-biter, who was
condemning somo of her friends for
painting their chocks, by tho remark
that, ‘lt is a far less harmful thing
for a lady to redden her ow n com
plexion than to blacken her neighbor’s
character.’
VOL. VI. —AO. ?M‘
From t lk* ii .no Messenger.
Orpuiizaihiti of tin- f.ogi.ist*
titru—iluUoi k, Ac.
! Atlanta, November 1 —The Sen
ate met at 10 a. m., and proceeded
with organization The Senators elect
from the additional districts were
sworn in by Judge Parrott. The
Democratic caucus nominations of
Tuesday night were all elected. Pres
| ident. L. N. Trammel; Secretary, T.
W. J. llill; Messenger, A. Cameron ;
Doorkeeper, G W. Anderson. The
President was conducted to the chair
by Senator Welch, Hinton and Reese*
He acknowledged the manifestation if
the confidence of the body in Ids sel
j ection, and pledged a faithful dis
j charge of his duties, invoking charity
and forbearance, and hoping their con
vocation would redound to tho good of
the Siafe. B If Hinton was elected
President pro tern
The Semite then adjourned to 10'
a. st. tomorrow.
House.—3 he Democratic, members
met iu caucus in the Representative
Hall at 9 a. m. to nominate candidates
lor Speaker and Clerk. For Speaker
J M. Smith, of Muscogee, received
08 votes; J. B. Cuniuiing, of Rich
mond, 07. For Clerk J. D. Waddell
received 73; Cary \V. Styles, 4: ;
J. W. Dodd, 10.
The House was called to order at
10 o’clock a. 11. for organization The
oath to the members was administra
ted by Judge Harrell. The body then
proceeded to the election of Speaker.
On the first ballot Smith received 12 L
votes; Joel R. Griffin, (Radical) 21.
'lhe Speaker elect was conducted to
the chair by Mosers. McMillan, Gum
ming, and Griffin. He briefly thank
ed them for the confidence reposed,
and counseled forbearance, Wisdom,
justice and moderation.
Iu the election for Clerk, J. I>.
Waddell received 131 votes, und J. R.
W. Johnson (Had.) 22' Waddell was
qualified. J*. Carrington was appoint
ed assistant clerk.
A message from the Executive Do
pnriment in regard to the Bibb county
contested election was received and re
ferred to a special committee.
Dunlap Scott introduced resolutions
to tiie effect that the charges of llul
lock, as tho reasons fbr his resignation
against tho General Assembly and peo
pie of Georgia, ar • gn » ,ly defamatory
and utterly false; also, declaring a
vacancy in tho office ol Governor, and
that it. is the opinion of the General
Assembly that President Trammell is
entitled to exorcise the Executive pow
er during tho vacancy, and providing
for a joint committee of one from the
Senate and two from the House, to
wait upon Conley to coiiniutuicafto this
report and hia reply.
Tho Home adjourned to 10 a. it. to
mori i. iv.
The ioiprcssiou is general that Bul
lock will not return. His piano and
earriogo is at (lie depot for shipment
but they have been attached for debt.
The movables of 11. 1. Kimball have
been levied on
There will 00 a caucus "f the Dcm
ocra's to-night. There is nothing cer
tainly indicating the futute policy of
the Legis ature, but tho general idea
is that an election will be passed or
dering uu election for Governor in thir
ty days. The propriety ol'nominating
a candidate by the Democratic mem
b rs of the Legislature is under con
sideration.
Tho Radicals profess astonishment
at Bullock’s course.
Several weddings arc about to
“transpire” in Mucou,
Judge Gibson of Augusta, has de
cided that the ordinary was the pro
per officer to reech o and disburse the
school tax.
Tho Express and Standard newspa
pers at Cartersvillo have been consoli
dated. Smith, Wilkie & Cos., aro the
consolidated proprietors.
George Page, charged with the mur
der of young Miller, failed to put in
appearance to answer tiro charge, and
lorl'eitod his bond.
The Itomo Courier says that Jorka
Saorils was run over by the train, near
tho Alabama lino, on ISolma, Home
nml Dalton llailroad, and instantly
killed.
Colonel J. J. Findley, of Gainesville
has received the appointment of Unit
ed States Deputy Mai.->hall lor tho
Northern 1 listrict of Georgiur.
Bov. W C. Williams, Hector of St.
Peter’s Church at Home, has returned
from Virginia.
Tm‘ ksgivixg —Tlio President ap
points tho Pith of November as a day
of national thanksgiving No doubt
tho good people of South Carolina will
I olueivo it most religiously !
! The friends of N. J. Meador, of the
firm of Meador & Brother, aro respect
fully invited to attend his funeral, from
tlio Second Baptist Cliucrcli, at J :30
o’clock This Evening.— Atlanta Sun,
Oct. 30.
TlhruoNiznD by Finn.—Both tho
political parties of Chicago have har
! nmnized on a city and county ticket.
J It has been arranged that the Hadicals
1 small have tho candidate for Mayor,
1 City Collector, Police Commissioner,
twelve out of tho twenty Aldermen,
i nine out of-tho fifteen County Commis
sioners, Judge of tho Supreme Court,
and some other minor offices, while
I tlio Democrats are to havo the City
| Treasurer, City Attorney, Judge of tho
; City Court, eight Aldermen and six
i Commissioners anil some small offices.
Tho ‘ now song” will never wear
out. Wo hoar, sometimes, that some
of our tunes aro worn threadbare;
, but that will never ha said ol’ tho uo' •
song.