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(Sattahcr’s J. C. GALL.UiKR, Editor. j SATURDAY. MARCH 14, 1874. —— j OUR CJUNrRYjA3 IT WAB ANDJAS IT 181 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. -*-- - 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." -- * 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.