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(Sattahcr’s
J. C. GALL.UiKR, Editor. j
SATURDAY. MARCH 14, 1874.
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OUR CJUNrRYjA3 IT WAB ANDJAS
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When first discovered nml settled by I
tln> few adventurers, it was no doubt if
striking simile to tin- work"*earliest<)x>ch
to the dawn of human existence. When
man and woman op-nod their eyes for the j
first time on the new world's bright morn •
and beheld the widespread canopy, tin- 1
deep unfathomable blue vault, the bright j
orb that illumined everything in tmtore j
and made man and woman ti.-ippy with !
its bright rays and genial warmth; the j
beautiful plains spread out before their
vision, the forests planted and full grown,
with its rich and umbrageous foliage,
their allotted l’ursdiso planned and the
boHutifnl landseape surveyed with Divine
skill and accuracy, and the work all exe
ent‘.l tastefully and artistically by the
Omnipotent, hand. The boughs of the
trees bending with luxurious fruits, and
blooming for fresh supplies; the shrub
bery adorned with flowers of exquisite
delieaey, inflating the breezes with sweet
est odors; the insects bumming anthems
of praise as they sipped the nectar from
the opening flowers, and the birds singing
their new-born melodies in imitation of
the immortal eboiristers in the sweeter
groves of bliss. So with our early settlers.
The forests were planted and fully grown,
the seeds were sown, the flower* were
blooming, the insects humming the some
anthem of praise, the birds singing the
same melodic* of yore. With them strik
ing similarities to the lost Eden, might
not the newcomers witli enthusiastic rap
t-ire exclaim: "The lost Eden is found,
end the place for the restoration of the
tr e Israel of Ood 1”
True, anew world was found with all
<>f Nature’s charms and inviting luxuries,
the • report of which agitated the Old
World from centre to circumference, and
then the question was to utilize the gn at
Fi-iB in the transmission of souls from the
Old to the New World. This great end
being accomplished, this seas been me the
theatre of life, and magnificent palaces, in
majesty and grandeur, defied the seem
ingly Omnipotent waves and bore mi lions
and million* of souls from the Old to the
New World from the lost Eden to tin
newly discovered Paradise from the op
pressed country to the home of the free.
But the evil one—the destroying angel
--came with the tide to curse the country
to wither its hopes, check its prosperity
and hi'ght is ple-umron.
It is not our purpose in this article to
give an accurate history of our whole
country, but refer to it. as a whole, tocon
trast its prospective blessings with its
realized enrf.es, and to show that the
modern, like the aoeient Eden, has been
lost and its blessing*! forfeited, and the
New World ia a Tophut hi stead of mi
Eden.
We have no doubt that the negro was
the cause of the first as well as the latter
sad calamity. As to bis being the cause of
a* l American troubles is too manifest to
c'Vi* an argument. Dr. Clark snvs the
be-oiler of Eve was of the species of apes,
and we think there is but one species of
that genii that was ever known to converse
with rev degree of intelligence, and we
liave no doubt that all of the antediluvian
troubles, as well as the flood, wits the eon
seoueoo.'w „f that conversation, and we
think the Bible sustains us in this opinion,
for by rending the sixth chapter of Ocue
si -'t will appear manifestly to the reader's
reed that it was tbp amalgamatiou of two
d’ -'iuct races—the daughters of men and
th. sous of Ood -which was the primary
cause of the long train of evils to the
human family, including the destruction
of the entire race, with the exception of j
eight persons who were perfect in their j
genealogy and free from the taint of amid
carnation. And the descendant of
the same damnable old ape that destroyed
the equanimity of the Old World put in
his appearance os soon as the first garden
was planted in the New World, and lias
fleet! ft dissolving element in the (Jovem
meut ever since, mid devastation, ruin nud
death are ou the long roll of disasrous j
consequences.
It is imr v>iirpo*P more p rticnltuly to
r-for to onr own si'ctimi, vvliat it was anil
xv.iat it is. We hml our eotiSon of wealth,
liixqry. ease ami i-oinfoit, with all the
facilities of social pleasure unit enjoyment;
wi*U the mlvantagi-K of mental culture ami
display. But that which gave ns strength,
ease, leisure, luxury, tiunnc-ial prosperity
and fiiwiltiiw for the ih vi'topmi'ut of tint
.mil tab-lit. was the vice in fiignic, tin
iuharmoiiiouß clement which proiluecil aw
it* h giuunitc jHililieut results, ilovastation
miff rain.
We posMesscfl mi irresistablc power in
tha Governuieut. Onr section was the
i ursi-rv of great men, warriors ami states
men; tie mother of ib ’ ffecbi'ants of In
-h p-mlon-e’, the mother of the draftsmen
of the Constitution, the mother of the
Father of Liberty, the mother of talented,
honest, ooiiHtitutiousl-abiding Presidents;
the mother of all, or nearly all, the re
nowned logicians and orators of America.
Bat her apparent strength was her great
weakness; that which destroyed her vital
organization and tier prestige was lost
forever. The glory of our country was
establish,-d ami sustained by Southern
capital. Southern geiaua and Southern
man In Hal. \f t- hml au easy elimate, with
al-ives to give na lyise and leisure, and wi
led the life of gentlemen pwtrftwms and
Voluptuaries. Not so with the people of
the North. Witli their bleak winters and
sterile soil their life was one continual
round of labor, toil and hardship, with
scanty supplies and limited facilities.
But their Wimkness .jrave them strength,
bv the development of inimele and energy,
an I the itie-ease of population and po
latieil power. " Our strength i* übsorbwl
in theirs; the aeeptre has departed from
the South, and the prestige is theirs for
ever.
Tho South was represented in the
niitioual counsel* by men of ease, honor
and wealth. The North, with few ex
ceptions, by impecunious demagogue*.
Southern representatives, by reason (if
none other) of tie ir wealth was free from
temptation and free from the taint of
corruption, ami the power of her talent
and parity of her honor, the rising pro
pensities of rings, seisms mid Credit
Molriller# were stamped with infamy ’ere
they were vitalised. Hut now the locks
of our strength has been shorn; onr great
talent has been disfranchised; we hove
been robbed of our wealth, nml our in
fluence in the counsels of the nation has
lost its weight; hence the rise and success
ful progress of rings, plunderers, grab
ber and Mobiliers. and on account of ad
ministrative imbecilities, inefficiencies and
wholesale corruptions, our country has
been, and is. making rapid alrides to
degradation, centralization and political
damnation.
Slavery proved to be n curse. It dis
qualified us for the duties we now have
to perform; it nurtured us in luxury and
ease, mid furnished its witli pleasures nml
comfort* that we can no longer realize.
The end of slavery was not the end of tin
curse. Tho curse is more formidable to
the South now than ever. The labor of
the negro can never be utilized while his
services is voluntary, and his presence in
large numbers in the South will forever
deter worthy and enterprising emigrants
from settling among ns. We arc left, witli
the curse onlv, anil it weighing heavily
upon us, with scarcely a vestige of tho
dismal glories of the past to eommom.no
rute. Unfortunate as we have been and
are, let ns try and lie proud, and rejoiei
in the the 'present affords
ns.
The old political map recognized two
section* North and South. Mason A
Dixon's line was the boundary for each;
but upon the face of the new political
map the South is not to be found; it is
no longer respected ns a political power.
The new mapj recognizes but two sections
East and West. Hasn’t the ftirae, ar
rived that wo should look to one or the
other for an identity of interest and po
litieul consolidation.
Public Larceny Practised by the Pres
ident.
Under this head the New York Sun, of
Thursday prints, as editorial, the follow
ing letter from Washington City:
Washington, March 2 The picking
and stealing game, ns practised in the dif
i ferent departments of the government, haw
I been pretty well illuminated. From time
to time the .Sim has shone on these little
| villainies and br< UjLt out in hold rel'ef,
! until they are known to all men. Never
theless inaiiv good, honest people, who
have rend with shame onr exposures of the
manner in which horses and carriages,
with drivers and footmen, are kept at the
oulllie. expenses for the private use of
Government official*, are reluctant to be
; Live that tho President neontenawoes this
| robbery.
It is indeed snd to know that tho Presi
dent of the United States sanction*
petty stealing of this sort from the piiblie
treasury. Bnt when he himself practise# i
the same game there is no longer room for
doubt. //,'.* coachmen, foot me in. hhrber and j
nil the mole employe* nhnui the White ! Inner j
not provided for in the Conqreegianal appro- \
print ions for the Ereeutirr Maud n are j
home on the rolls of the Adjutant General's ■
office as enlisted men, and are paid from the !
appropriations for the. support of the j
arm'/.
These facts are ns notorious in Washing- ;
tou as they are incontrovertible; I
vet there is not a member of Con
gress on either side who lias the courage
to eall attention to them and introduce a
bill to remedy the evil.
Ex-Presidtnt Fillmore.
The following is the President's proc
lamation in honor of ex-President Fill
more:
F.xKormvr, Mansion. 1
Washington, March 9, 1871. )
It is with deep regret that the Presi
dent announces to the pet p'o of the Uni
ted States the death of Millard Fillmore,
one of his honored predecessors, who died
at Buffalo. New York, last evening. The
long continued and useful public service,
and eminent purity of character of the de
ceased ex-President will be remembered
beyond the days of mourning in which a
nation will be thrown by the event which is
thus announced. Asa mark of respect to
his memory it is ordered that the Execu
tive Mansion and the several departments
at Wushingtion be draped in mourning
until the close of day on which the funeral
shall take pifiee, and that all business be
suspended on the day of the funeral. It is
further e rdered the War and Navy De
partment.* cause suitable military and
naval honors to be paid on the occasion to
the memory of the eminent citizen whose
life is now closed.
[Signed] 17. S. Grant.
By 'he President.
Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
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A I.rtnr Boy Swapi'Kii eon a Don.—
About a mouth ago a (lerman woman who
was living at Mi-s. Cooke's, in the Third
ward, took a fancy to a large Newfound !
land dog owned by tin’ landlady, and she
offered to give one of her little boys atid
five dollars “to boot" for the animal. Mrs.
Cooke accepted the offer, and the little
Heinrich, who was about eight years of
ago, was transferred to his new mother,
and the (lerman woman took her dog and
departed well satisfied.
Thursday she returned and demanded
the little Heinrich hack again. She said
the dog ate too much, and she couldn’t
afford to keep him. But Airs. Cooke
would neither take the dog nor refund the
five dollars preferring to keep the boy. !
who had become very useful to liei* and
loved her very much. A w,.r of words
ensued, and then a tight, but neither con
quered, and they had to be parted by a
policeman. Mother Cooke stiff keeps her
little boy. and she is determined to do so :
if the law will allow her. The little Hein- i
rich is indifferent as to the result, but
prefers to stay with “mamma Coolie.”—j
Milieu tilcie 117sw*s i .
Go West,—A Nebraska joun iuvi- :
titigly says: “Who says farmers cannot j
get rich in this State ? Fifteen years ago j
j a young man came to this State, without a i
! lollar in the world. East week lie went
out of tho State, carrying with him the j
i sum of one dollar and thirty-eight cents, !
| the savings of fifteen years of frugal life, i
Come We; t. young man, conn’ West
GEORGIA NE WS.
The Savannah grocers' are about to form
a Protective Union.
A young boy named Nutt wan crushed ,
to death by a loaded wagon pausing over
him, near Hawkinavillc on Saturday |
lust.
Tho Columbus Enquirer gives the dr*
tails of Rn attempt to rape the young
daughter of Mr. Wall, a Baptist preacher of
‘Troy,Ala, by Dr. Douglass, an Englishman
who has iieen teaching her music. Doug- j
loss i in juil at Troy, and there was some
talk of lynching him.
The Atlanta Herald say; Newspaper ac-'
counts from Washington continue to repre
sent Hon. A. H. Stephens as in very pre
carious health, and wholly Tillable to at-;
tend to his duties ill the House. We re
gret to say that our private advicea, re
ceived at this office within the last few days,
are. Htill more unfavorable. It is feared by
many that onr distinguished representative
will never again resume his seat, hi* fee
ble frame being unable to weather the
present attack.
From tlieColumlms Enquirer: Mr. A. Bar
nett, who some fifteen yearsjugp sold papers
of pins, tapes, etc.,in asinall shop in Colum
bus, is now in New York, and is said to
be worth a million of dollars. One of the
minors is that he continually carries one
hundred thousand dollars of bonds on liis
person. During the war bo engaged in
the overland blockade running, then lmd
grocery stores in Apalachaeola and Co
lumbus, owned several steamboats on our
river, which he afterwards sold at a large
figures to the Jacksonville railroad. After
the war he still resided in Columbus a few
years, then turned up as commission oier
ehant in SavaunaL.niidthe helpsr of Little
field in developing Florida, like hi ,■ a!
did Georgia -with bonds of the Stine.
! Not hmg since Mr. Barnett removed to
New York, where he now has a banking
office. He is an active, shrewd man, and
his plans have paid him well. We believe
lie married his niece. We are of the im
pression that this is tile second millionaire
onr city has let loose on the world.
The Atlanta Constitution if Saturday: On
yesterday morning Mr. Harvey, the Mar
shal of Larwreneevillu, shot and instantly
killed a young man named George Baugh.
At the time of the terrible occur.en -e both
|of the men had been drinking. It seems
| that Baugh had been arrested and fined
I for some violation of the the town or.’i
I nances, and while tho Marshal lmd him
! in custody lie endeavored to make his e
: cape. The Marshal started in pursuit, and
j caught’ him just as he was climbing over a
fence. He seized Baugh, {allied him back,
and throwing an arm around him, put a
pistol to his head and fired. The ball
passed through Baugh’s face and lodged
in his brain causing almost instant death.
The deceased is a young man some twenty
three or twenty-four years of age. He
belongs to a most respectable family in the
neighborhood, but is of dissipated habits.
So far as we have learned there had been
no bad feeling between himself and Har
vey, and the whole of the terrible occur
reuee seems to have dated its origin ton
free use of whiskey. The whole town of
Lawrenc'eville is deeply agitated over the
affair. Marshal Harvey was at once ar
rested, and R thorough investigation will
take place. As court is now in session in
Liiwrcnceville, tho trial may come off in a
few days.
From the Madison Journal: Wo learn,
through a friend, of a most heart-sickening
accident, resulting in the death of a white
man by the name of Hpruee. which occur
red in the upper portion of Cobb county,
ou last Tuesday, at the saw mill of Mr.
Gault, It seems while Mr. Spruce was
engagod in running the mill he imil oeea
sion to carry a slab in close proximity to
tho circular saw. then making tremendous
i revolutions, nml liis foot eontii g in eon
| tact, with something on f tripped
1 him up and threw the upper portion of his
! Itndy immediately across the Miarp teeth of
(the saw, which no sooner than his left arm
j and breast touched the saw than it eom
j meneed its deadly work of cutting through
clothing, flesh arteries and lames. Ilia
| little son, who was in the mill at the time,
j stuped the motion of the machinery a*
(soon impossible, lint liis father was ent :
j almost in twain ere the sharp teeth ceased
i to revolve within its bloody casement of
i human flesh. When lie was extricated
from the fatal saw a ghastly sight met the
vision of those who came to his assiataucifl !
A breathing man sawed almost in twain,
ribs spit, flesh quivering, blood gushing, j
while the unfortunate man’s heart could
be aeon heating in expiring agony. ]
j Strange as it may seem, be lived four hours
; after the awful accident, spoke rationally i
a few times to a minister of Christ, i and
died.
A Mile In Thirty-One Second.
- The following story of the achievement
in respect of speed in an ice boat oir the
Hudson, in the vicinity of Staatsburg last
week, is told by the Poughkeepsie kifffle.
\ “On Thursday last the wind blew very
j fresh from tlie South, and the owner of the
: new ice boat. Cyclone determined to tjike
; advantage of the favorable opportunity for
| timing his yacht. The Hudson at this
point is very wide, and at the course Detec
ted its breadth is one mile. Having mltde
! every preparation for the feat o lie a -etgn
plished, the reef points were shaken out
of the sails, and ever stitch of canvf s
j spread to the gale.
With two men outlie windward runner
| to keep the boat down to the tee. the helm
was turned, the sails filled awl in a mo
ment. with every ine.li of canvass drew
; ing, she was under full headway. Like
j an arrow from the bow she darted away on
! the course. Clouds of pulve.i:ed ;e fol
lowed in the track of her runnel-, as they
! hummed over the surface of the river, and
in what seemed but an instant the river
had been crossed and the mile accom
plished in the almost incredible time of
thirty-one seconds, being at a rate of two
miles in a minute and two seconds. Pel
sous ou shore compared the speed of the
flying racer to that of a meteor flashing
through the sky, and watched her
movements with eager interest.
The owner afterward put the boat
through some movements on the ice, and
astonished as well as paralyzed the look
ers on by sailing all (lie way across the
river on one runner, the force of the wind
throwing her over her beam ends and
raising the windward runner from ten t >
twelve feet above tun ice. Although but
few were found willing to partake of the
amusement, all seemed disposed to coin
cide in the opinion that ice yachting is fie
most exhilarating of sjiort, and the evolu
tions of which one of these yueth is capa
ble, the most graceful of anything they
had ever witliesssed."
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A Kentucky legislator who had been nb
sent from his sent for several days was
asked what had been the matter. “Well,
'o'ks call 't newous eh iff,; others pro
nounced it a kind o mi Affection of the
heart; but to be candid, 1 call it a plain
case of old-fashioned drunk.”
At a recent golden wedding in Nauga
tuck, Conn., the old couple showed the
young folks how y'eourtin was done
fifty years ago, and those of the young
folks who know liow it is done at the pres
ent day couldn't see that the method had
changed much.
FLORIDA KIWI
The Jacksonville Union says: "There
never has been a time w hen there were so
many visitors in the Htute as to-day. There i
are Wore invalid* than ever before, also ;
more gentlemen of leisure and of large >
means. It was remarked to ns the other (
day that more than fif y million* of capital I
was represented by gentlemen atopping at
the Ht. James alone.
The publication of a very flno art work
illustrating Florida him been conceived by j
Messrs. James R Osgood Jk Cos., of Boston j
by means of the wondorfnl heliotyne pro
cess, which they have acquired the sole
right to use in this country. The pictures
are printed from a photographic negative
and with a wonderful perfectness, enabling 1
them to furnish the work at a very low j
price.
The Jacksonville Republican saya: The ‘
absurd attempt by tho last Eegiulatnre to
exempt orange grove# and other luuds de- ;
vote.! to fruit growing from taxation secor- '
ding to value lias fuilqjl of its purpose by a
subsequent act requiring assessors to assess
all lands at their full cash value. We can
not understand why Senator Ginn and
Colonel Hart, who receive from ten to fif
teen thousand dollars annual income from
orange groves, should be exempt from tax
ation, while the ordinary planter who
rarelv nets a dollar profit should be. taxed
for the full value of hi# lands.
Jacksonville Union: It is understood !
that Mr. Astor, of New York, has jmr
eliused a large tract of land adjoining Gen
i eral Sand ford’s tract near Enterprise, and
! lias made arrangements for its improve
ment. This is very gratifying, not only
| because Mr. Astor, with his means, will
probably render his place attractive within
itself, but also because tho example of so
| noted u personage will be followed by
j others. We look forward to the day, and
not very far distant, when cottages will
lino our beautiful river, occupied by the
i retired merchants and brave woikersof the
North, who, wearied with their efforts,
will seek renewed youth usirid our birds,
j flowers and sunshine.
The Ocala Manner Barn: ‘‘New York is
mostly supplied with early vegetables from
(the Bermuda Islands. Florida ought to
; be able to set iqi a formidable combination
towerds breaking up this monopoly, at
’ least, there is nothing to he lost by the
experiment. Vegetables i ll high in that
city even as late as the first id June, and
! our farmers, now that wo have several
| grange organizations, ought to be fully
alive to their interest*. < treen pe is sold in
i New York last May for Pi ja r barrel; hot
| house cucumbers for #5 ja r dozen; Irish
! potatoes for flit) per bushel and cauli
flowers for 3!) cents per head. Our farmers
i ought at least he able to hi ve these article#
; in the markets by that time.
The Live Oak 7- irtcs says; The
! spins a lengthy web in which it endeavors
|to convince the pnblio tlmt the Atlantic
'and Gulf Bailrond Company sought to o!>-
: tain control of the Jacksonville, Pensacola
and Mobile road for the purpose of sinking
; it out of sight when it asked to be allowed
to extend that road to Pensacola and to
: Imiid a branch to G.tinsv. le. ff the At
! lantic and Onff Railroad Uompanv merely
| wanted to get control of Bits Jacksonville
and Mobile railroad, why should it take
! sfieh a round -about way-of doing so t hen
: it cun get eoutrol of it at any time by ngree-
I mg to do what Colonel Hollaed wanted the
State of Florida to agree to do? "Take
| it, gentlemen and pay its debts,”Bays Hoi
| land, "for I cannot, and I wish to get rid
of it.” ‘ e
The Cotton Tax,
The compromise bill to provide for re
j funding the cotton tax. introduced by Mr
White, is the product of some of theabl st
| representative men of the Mouth now in
! ('ongress, but before being passed will be
| submitted to n meeting <d tin- Repress’nta
; tires of tha cotton .States hold for co w lia
! tion on this subject. This bill provides
I for refunding the tax levied oil raw cotton
I after ,Tune 24, 18(15; for > commission of
three persons to examine all claims and
to direct all payments, and for the ruh-s of
evidence. The fifth s< ction. w hich is the
i the most important one, de dares that in all
eases takes shall be refill dod to the parties
| who actually sustained the burden of the
tax. as follows:
First, the producer or owner in sorb
eases as he limy prove the payment of the
tax; and secondly, to the merchants or fae
i tors who in all eases wl ere they have paid
Finch taxes ns agents in their own name
I may collect the same for the benefit of
their principal and hold it subject to rea
f nable settlement of their respective nc
t i ts. Provided that in such cases the
'vlueer or principal mar come into court
id anv time before the hearing of tlie ease,
and may file written objections to the
numey being paid over to the agent or fac
tor. ;J The court is then to tear and deter
mine all questions in controversy between
tlie parties litigant as to the just disposi
tion of the amount upon the principles of
equity held in the highest courts of chan
cery’ and the amounts so awarded shall be
paid ovpr to the parties so adjudged to be
entitled to the same.
No claim is to be paid until after three
month's' notice of the organization of the
commission shall have lieeii published for
ninety days, as often as once a wok in
one paper published in each Congressional
district of the eottont tax moneys unclaimed
at the expiration of three years are to be
paid over to States in which it was collec
ted, to be used for educational purposes.
A good deid of care has been takes by the
authors of the measure to harmonize all
eonflictories. ny-1 they confidently assert
that such a bill can be passed in the pres
ent session of Congress,
St. Louis Democrat; “A young man
living on Chouteau avenue, known in fash
ionable circles as 'the Beafttifnl Blonde,’
went to New Orleans to participate in the
carnival. While there lie visited me Leg
islative Assembly to see tin* colored law
makers. He saw a stalwart negro rise to
make a speech, holding a large piece of
pie in his left hand. As the orator -pro
ceeded. he would take an bite
from the pie, and then continue his r- -
marks. The spectacle of the legislative
pie Inter so amused the Beautiful Blonde
that he laughed long and immoderately,
so as to attract, the attention of the Assem
bly. The pie-eating statesman was highly
offended, and demanded that the Blonde
should be ejected. The request was about
to be complied with, when a Air. Thomp
son. an acquaintance of the Blonde, inter
fered and saved him from being turned
out.”
A Fkrak of Nature.— The Lancet re
lates tho following strange story: “Before
Eli H was born, bis father made a
vow that if his wife should bring him an
other gill—she then having had three in
succession, he would never speak to the
child as long as he lived. The child
turned out to be a boy, and now, what is
most strange and remarkable, occurred;
this boy would never apeak to his father.
Moreover, during his father's lifetime he
would never speak to any one but his
mother and three sisters. As soon as his
father died, he then being thirty-five years
old, his tongue was unloosed to every one.
and he has remained an ordinarily loqua
cious individual ever since.''
Report of the Joint Committee.
For the benefit of onr readers we pub
lish the entire report of the Joint Com
mittee nt the last Legislature on the At- j
lunta University Appropriation!
Mr. Speaker:
The joint com mi'teg apipointeif 1(1 In
vestigate the matter of the appropriation
made at the last Session of the < tenoral
Assembly, in tar or of the Atlanta Univer
sity, ami into the expediency of contin
uing the same, beg leave to rejiort as
follows, Pi-wit:
The occasion for the appoifstmeirt of
this committee arose from Certain charges
made by H. M. Turner, in a letter pub
lished in the Huvannah Morning Neirs.
which were, in substance, that his Excel
lency, Governor Smith, had failed to pay
to this University the sum of fl.-i,000.00,
no appropriated, and had also failed to
appoint a hoard of visitors to visit the in
stitution.
It is true that his Excellency did not sp- j
point a board of visitors for the Atlanta j
Uuiversity, but it is also true that the!
Governor had no ponir or authority to j
do so, either under the charter of incor
poration of the College, or under any law
of Georgia. A mere reference to the j
report of the Comptroller General, or of
tiie State Treasurer, will show how abso
lutely untrue i* the charge of withhold.ng
. the flk,ooo.Oft appropriation. On the
I contrary, this sum was paid with great
promptness, and its receipt bus never been
denied by the trustees of the institution.
Yonr Committee are pleoed to lie ab'e
Ito state in this connection, that they are
assured, and believe, that the officers of
this institution are in no wise responsible
for this untrue report, never iiaving in
any manner given authority to any one
to state, or even to believe, otherwise
than that this appropriation had liven j
paid with all proper prompfnen#.
The other branch of your Committee’s (
duty, viz: to rnxirt upon the expediency
iof continuing the appropriation, involved
' much trouble and investigation. The first
I question which your Committee was com
pelled to solve, was whether, in justice,
this institution had any right to have
! this appropriation continued.
Yonr Committee summoned before it
and freely examined several gentlemen
iqion this subject, among whom were Mr.
< nr, till- -State School Commissioner,
! Professor Broun. Chancellor of the Uni
versity of Georgia. Col. Price, Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Dahlonegn
College, Prof. Ware, of Atlanta Uuiversity,
and Prof. Mailon, of the Atlanta Board of
Education. From these gentlemen and
from reference to the act of Congress do
nating the land scrip, and from other r
liable sources, your Committee has d<*rived
the facts upon which is based the follow -
ing rejairt:
The Congress of the United State* do
nated 270,000 acres ofiuiid to the Mute of
Georgia, to le used, upon certain condi
tions, forth*) establishment of a college
for the education of the people in agricul
tural and mechanic art#. Acting Governor
Conley, during his administration, sold
t!ie scrip for this land at the low figure of
•'G4.UXH), being ninety cents per acre.
One of the conditions upon which this
serin was donated was,that the State short id
invest a certain amount in buildings, etc.
ft is not for a moment pretended that this
scrip was given solely for the white race,
but it is admitted by everybody that the
object of Congress was to educate every
one, lakh white and colored, in the agn
. cultural and mechanic arts, at little or no
, expense. Inasmuch as the time within
which the net of Congress required that
the ,Slate should appropriate for the Col
lege building hod trorre o’ffAred. and a
the financial condition of Georgia at the
time was such as to render it impossible
or inexpedient that such an appropriation
should be made. Governor Smith, npou
taking charge of the office of Governor
.of the State of Georgia, very wisely de
termined to, ami in fact did, donate the
whole of this worn to the trustees of the ;
University of Georgia, under a grant which 1
accompanies this report.
The t',. 'Versify of Georgia, having most
of tlie builiii. -s and apparatus necessary
for instruct on in those branches o f science,
established this Agricultural and Meel an
i-’al Colh-ge at a smaller outlay of money
than would have otherwise bet n necessary.
In- the Legislature of 1871-2, when the
colored people were strongly represented
in this General Assembly, attempts w r.
made to undo this action of Governor
Smith, which attempts were finally over
- come by an agreement, that if the dona
tion to the University were allowed to
stand, the colored people should annually
have an appropriation from the treasury of
$8,000.00 per annum. Outside of this
compromise, which your Committee con
sider)! as alwohitelvj'itiding in honor upon
the members of this Legislature, we would
state that grave considerations of policy,
which it is in c -essary. n his rep rt dis
tinctly to refer to, would impel ns, in ad
justing this national appropriation, to ear
rv out the Congressional intention both
fully and fairly.
Your Committee has been very reliably
| informed that measures are now pending
before Congress for a large increase in the
amount, of tlie donation of land scrip; and
for this reason, if for no other, fairness
should be our rule iu adjusting tlie equit
able claims upon that which wo have al
ready received.
Your committee would further suggest,
that in the event of the passage of the
Civil Rights Bill, we are ussur and by
Professors Broun and Ware, and the
leading friends of education, both white
and eoh red. and by onr own good sense,
that the ‘State's protection of this cnllegi
| for the education of tha colored people
would Tie a safeguard thrown around the
University and the other colleges of Gee -
gia.
Several considerations induce your Com
mittee to recommend this appropriation
! directly from the treasury, rather than by
taking from the fund which has been al
ready donated to the State Univerrity.
We are assured by Professor Broun, that
if the fund w hich has been already do
nated to the State University were less-!
1 ened by being made to contribute towards
this appropriation, it would seriously im
pair the usefulness of the State Agi ienltu
- ral College, and of its branch at Dahlon
- ega.
Your Committee, therefore, strongly
urge the passage of the hill introduced
into the House under instruction of the
Committee, by Mr. Mills, of Chatham, as
it will finally settle thiscomplieated trouble.
We have introduced this bill in lieu of
asking that this claim be put in the Ap
propriation bill, for the reason that his
Excellency the Governor has informed
your Committee that he could not approve i
of this appropriation unless the State
were protected in the expenditure of this
money by the cr -ation of a Board of Vis
itors. Your Committee Ijelieves that this
bill amply protects the State in this res
pect, and gives certain other valuable
rights to the people of this State, while
at the same time it protects the colored
people against the whims and feelings of j
j changing Legislatures.
Your Committee, in concluding this '
report, will beg leave, briefly, to allude to
the only other charge of H. M. Turner.
: He charges that whilst Governor Smith
• refused to pay the Atlanta University ap
propriatton, he did pny a similar one in
f.ivor of the University of Georgia. In
reply to this charge, your Committee can i
state with positiveness that the amount in
the Appropriation trill in favor of the Kinte j
University is not a donation, but a debt (
due the University by the State Of Geor-;
gia. Nearly a ceutnfy ago, the State
University sold certain lands to parlies
for the sum of one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars, and took the notes of the
purchasers in payment. These notes not
being promptly paid, the State purchased
them from the Trustees of the Uuiversity
for one hundred thousand dollars, upon
the condition that only the annual interest
at eight per cent, should be always paid to
the University. This is the reason for the
annual appropriation of flfi.OOO. We have
ascertain!*!, upon good authority, that
the .State collected these notes in full,
rtnd thus made R clear profit of #50,000 on
the transact ion.
Respectfully submitted.
Oko. Hiu.ver,
Jamb* Dkveaitx,
Committee on part of Senate.
T. R. Mini/*, Jk.,
John Peabody,
L M. Feuton,
Com. on part of the House Representative*.
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS.
New Yob* March 9.—Henrv Conners,
of Montrose, N. J., aged 45, made a
| wager on Saturday that he could drink a
pint of whisky and a gallon of boor in an
hour. He Won the wager and died before
morning.
BrWAr.o, N. V., March 9.—Ex-Presi
• dent Millard Fillmore died at In# resi
dence in this city at ten minutes past 11
last night. He wus conscious ftp to the
last moment. At 8 o’clock, in reply to a
i question by his physician, he said that
nourishment was palatable. These
1 were his List Words. Hi* death w.vs pain
less.
Logons. March 10.—A Berlin special
to tho /toffy AW* announces that Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia will make a
tour around the World next summer. He
goes (outward through Prussia, Siberia
and Japan, and will land at San Eran
eisco, then to traverse the United States,
and return to Bcrliu by way of London.
London, March 10.—The Telegraph
publishes a long statement signed by
Charles Orton, iu which the writer cou
fessen that he recognized the Ticliboms
ckiin ■nt as his brother the first time he
saw him, and Iris silence was liongbt with
five pounds, paid monthly for a year,
and tile promise of • thousand or two ad
ditional, at the conclusion of the trial.
Cu’r.ic March, 7. -A dispatch from
Detroit, says XV. T. Underwood, of Cleve
land, became enamored of Miss Anna
Pridgor, of Detroit. Ho offered marriage
i (nit was refused: ngiin offering himself
and being again refused, he stubbed I <tr
to the heart, instantly killing her. Un
derwood’s former wife, who hail gained a
divorce from him, had acquainted Miss
Pridgor with l,i< character.
London, March 9. Kenoidy. counsel
for the Tiohhorne claimant, has published
a card against the language of the press
and conduct of the court towards his
client. He protests particularly against
what he styles the one-sided use of the
power of committal of contempt, which
lie declares unconstitutional, and the re
vival of the Star Chamber proceedings.
In conclusion. Dr. Keiiealv sav# the pros
ecution has succeeded in destroying the
claimant, and now seeks to ruin bis coun
sel.
H/YanNx March 7. The report of the
killing of ex-President Cespedes bv some
members of the Sun (Jiiienten Battalion
isctnrflrnied. It appears that on the 27th
ult.. the troops raptured a MrgTo and
were ordered by their commander to
shoot him. The negro [yrerMsed if Ins
life was soured (or lead them to the spot
where Ctspedes could be fotmd. This
wavS assented to and the ex Pr si lent was
discovered with a few friends five leagues
from Aserradero. His companions suc
ceeded in getting away, hut he could not
escape, and while closely pursued by a
detachment of troops 1,-d by a S< rgeant
he turned and find six shots from his
revolver. This was returned by ti e troops
and Cespedes received the bullets in his
homl and breast, causing instant death.
His bodr was brought to Santiago de
Cuba and buried on the first inst.
Concord, March 11. One hundred and
fifty-nine towns give MeCntchcn 28 192,
Western 28,4111, Blacknu r 1 .'i'.'.'t, These
towns last year gave Straw 28,025, Weston
26.261, likeknu-r 1,470. There are sev
enty-five towns yet to hear from.
Council will proluibly stand Republicans
3. Democrats 2. The Senate will proba
bly be a tie—Republicans 5, Demoeiuts ,1.
In two districts there is no choice. The
House will be very close, its political com
plexion depending on towns that did not
hold elections yesterday, but w ill elect to
day.
Boston, March 11. The Boston—Ad
rertiner. remarking upon the result of the
New Hampshire elections, says: After
making allowances for special and local
disturbance* which prevail to some extent
iu all elections, the ealient fact remains
that the Republican majority, averaging
nearly 4,500 in the last, ten years, lias
been wiped out. and that too in favor of a
parlv which could present no claim to
public confidence except as affording a
way of escape for Republicans who feel
that, in their own party, their confidence
hasbeen sadly betrayed. New Hampshire
marks the inevitable tendency of our pol
itics the waning power of once popular
lenders, the unwillingness of large classes
of intelligent voters to own allegiance to a
party which fails to keep its promises, the
settled and increasing dissatisfaction of
the counter with the administration as it
manifests itself in its appointments and
its treatment of the great questions of
the hoi r.
Had Him bt the Hip. —The irrepres
sible S. E. G. Cole, who represented Todd
county in the Legislature, is, ns every
body knows, the king of peddlers, and
tlie most übiquitous individual on record.
He might lie here on a comity court day,
and at the same time one would swear he
saw him in Paducah on the same day. He
got ofi a good thing on a citizen of onr
county shortly after he was elected to the
position he now occupies. It was one
cour* day, and King Cole was expatiating
on the virtues of his wares in a gorgeous
manner that is peculiar to himself alone,
when a fellow accosted him thus: “Cole,
how in h—l did you get elected to Frank
fort ?” “My friend,” said Cole, “it takes
a whole county to send me to Frankfort—
it would take only twelve men to send you
there-” The gentleman subsided, and
Co’e continued his peddling. —Murray
(Ky.) Gazette.
A Man left a bony steed on Alain street
list Saturday, and, coming b-.ck a short
time afterwards, discovered that a funny
youth had placed a card against the flesh
less ribs bearing the notice; “Oats
wanted—inquire within.”
How many apples did onr first parents
eat in the Garden of Eden ? Eva 8 in 1
Adam 2.
[FortSmith (Ark.) Herald.]
AN INVINCIBLE HAND.
ttoW ItlTt Jarki Happened to B*t Four
Aeee—The flr They Plr
In the C reek. Nntlo*.
During the session of the United States
District (Irani Jury, a witness was call* it
Indore them named Beipio Ohoteuu, a halt
tfrecd Creek Indian and negro, bright;
sharp aiui intelligent He was the last
witness hi lie called More adjournment
that day. After hi# examination soma
one of the Grand Jury who knew him
asked if he was the man who had four
aces beaten. .
He answered, "Yes, sab; Use dc man.
"Will yon have anv objections to telling
it ?”
"I‘se n feared it will get me into trou
ble; but if dc Judge is willin’.” appealing
to the foreman, “I will tell it."
The Judge consented; then Seipio said:
"You see, I live on the cattle trail from
Texas through the Creek country to Kan
sas, and I was out in the roud one day,
and I meets a gentleman ahead of a big
i drove of cattle.
"Heays, ‘Oldman, do you live in dis
i country ?’
I "I says, ‘Yes, sab.’
“He says, ‘lt’s a mighty poor country.
How do you make alivin’?’
"T says, ‘Sail, ’tis putty good country;
we has plenty of meat and bread, and I
make* a good livin' a-— ’
"He Rays, ‘Old man, do yon ever play
kerds ?’
"Isays, ‘Yes, sah; I does, sometimes/
“He Kay#, ‘Would you have any objee
tions to play a little draw ?’
"I says, ‘No, sail.'
j "So we gets off our horses along si 'd
| de road, and sot down, and I pulls out <’o
kerds. Well, in a short time I heat t'ei
gentleman out of sixty-dollars and a half,
and I tought I hud him; #o I put# n y
'■ hand on him—for I is, do 1 say it mysel ,■
a mighty smart hand a* kerds—and 1
know’d he vfOnl.l hub tree jacks nml I
would linb tree aces, and in de draw T
knun 'il he would git de oder jack and I
would git de odof see. So he raises a bit,
and I raises on liaek, till at last I put up l
all the mmiev I bad winned from de gem
men, and all de change I had, and I
know’d I bail him. Well, in de draw de
gent got de oder jack and I got de oder
ace. De gent wanted to bet, bnt I chiimr J
a sight for de money, and told him I had
•m liiwiueib e hand flat couldn’t be beat.
“He says, ’Util man, item is right good
hritebys you is got on; how much did day
cost ?”
" “I snvs ’Yes, sah; dav cost me ten dol
lars.’ "
“He says, ‘I puts up ten dollars agin
’em.’
“I says, ‘Berry well, sah; hut I tells you
1 got a imvineible hand.’
"He puts up de money, and I holds tip
my legs and he puls off de britches and
lays ’em down, ’long side of him.
“Now, si-h I says, *1 told you T got a
inwineible hand what can’t lie beat, Ist
got to' aces.’
“lie pent says, ’Old man. did you eve?'
bear of live jacks ben ten’ fo’ aces ?’
“I says, Is heard it, sail, but Us never
seed it; and if you convince mo ob it, dir
money's yonro.’
“ 'Berry well,’ he says, hiving down one
keerd; 'ain’t flat de Jack ob chibs f
“ ‘Yes, ifi,' 1 sny, ’dat Ms de jock ofi
clubs. ’
“He lav down anoder keerd; 'ain’t dat
de j.iek on spades ?’
“Yes, sail, (lit is de jack ob spades.’
“ ‘He lays down anoder; ‘ain’t dat do
jack ( f> diamonds ?’
"Yes. sab. dat isd<’jack ob diamonds.’
"He puts down anoder, and say, ‘ain't
dat de jnrk ob hearts ?’
* I says, ‘Ye*, sah, dat am de jack ob
hearts.'
“Den he mns his hand in his bosom,'
and pulls out a great long pistol and pints
it at me, and ftiys, ‘ain't dat jack ‘haul’ V’
"Isays, ‘yes. sal*.’
"And he says, ‘ain't dat five jacks ? and
don’t dat win de mnnev ?’
“J look m de mouf ob dat pistol, what
EC-med big as Sour barrel, and I snvs,
yes, snFi, dirt is Jack Haul, and dat is
five jacks, and five jacks beats a inwineible
hand.
“Hn he puts de money in his pock’ ,
and ties my britches on ‘hind ob Ins Bun
dle. and tells ise to scatter—anti I did.
“You see it nerved me rii lit, for I
thought the man was a green Missouri -n
when I put up do hand on him. but
was an Arkansaw elmn—and I finds dem
mighty sharp, judge. ”
Tlie übove is vouched for by the fore
man and several members of the grand
jury as a fact—every word of it.
•
Ong is the name of an adult dwarf in
j lowa, whom Com. Nutt would tower over
one inch. Ong must be very short, but it
would only take an ell to make him lonf.
/.KG AT. AD 1 EK 77’ KVKXTS.
To Tax Payers.
XJF.INO INSTRUCTED BY THE COMPTROT -
T> li-r General, I herebv cive unlive that 1 will
proceed at once to collect ail taxes due on wi.d
lauds retur e i in J!ro< k- County. Ait pailkswLu
clai-n such lands, whether I> ing in Brooks or any
n her county, if ri turned ii: Brooks, must pay tto
tax at 01 co. or the same nil! he collected a*
th - law directs.
U'I’ATE (' GEORGIA, Brooks County. —John
il H. Rogers having applied for exemption of
personalty and setting apart and xainatiou of
hon'e-V'-sd, I will nass upon the same at my
14 ' ii. Qinanat 11 c ek a, m., nc Friday.’ % h
of Mari-ii, IS,-,.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this 9ih day of March. 1871.
marl4-lt J. M. RnxAlirE, Ordinary.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Brooks Cointy.— -( n
the FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT, I
will apply to the Court of Ordinary of Brooks
County for leave to sell, at private sale, ail the
wild lands lying in the county of Flovd. State of
Georgia, belonging to the estate of M. E. Parr. -
more, dcciascd.
JOHN A. IRVINE,
fcli2B-lt Administrator with wili anne -ed.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Brooks PoyirrY.- On
the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH NEXT
1 will apply to the Court of Ordinary cf Brooks
County for leave to sell at private sale four hun
dred and seventeen (417) acres of wild land
tying in the county of Mclntosh and State of
Georgia, belonging to minor heirs of M. D.
Harris, (leceaaed, for the purpose of distribution
and maintenance of and ednoation of said minors.
fclj7 -4t JAMES B. HARRIS, Guardian.
OTATE OF GEORGIA, Brixixs CorxTY.—.
1? James E. Morrow, Guardian of Etilala Jack
son. (formerly F.r.lala Peacock,) having applied
to the Court of Ordinary of said county for a dis
charge from his guardianship of said Eulaia
Jackson's person and property.
This is therefore to t its all pers na concerned
to show cause, by tiling objections in my office,
why tlie said James E. Morrow should’ not he
dismissed from his guardianship of Enlaln Jack
son, and receive the usual letters of dismission.
Given under my official signature, this 2d day
of March, 1874.
marT-4t J. M. --'HFAIILR. Ordinary.
CHARLES S. SIIANDAL j
MINNIE SHANDAL. 1
I rBEi. foh Divorce rx Brooks Si-perior Covet, )
Ncvcnih'-’- a. rm tS7<£ (
TT APPEARING TO THE COURT EY THE
I return of the Sheriff that the defendant does
rc - reside in this State, it is ordered that service
be perfected by publication once a month for
tour months, in a public gazette of this State.
AUG. H. HANSELL.
Judge S. C., S. C.
A true extract from minutes Jamie-V sth, 3873,
WILLIAM G. BENTLEY',
jsnlo-lm4m CVrk Superior Court.