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Newspaper Page Text“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGERtfCS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA. OA„ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1870. INJULibHED DaILY AND WKfcKLY BY JARED IRWIN WHITAKER, 1» r <» i» r I *! t o r . ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Wednesday, January S, 1870. rok THC »TU»T« IHT£1.1.14#KMtiSk. Tm Ktraaf* What we Hare to Contend Wtik, BT T. HkHhBTV BCWaSi. 'Tie ttrance what w<* have to centend with, in lUa WuelJ of Borrow and care, Wc are basking la toy* of the praoent. On miser;, by anil by, we're to tor*. Contentment, alas 1 It* a shadow, A aprtte that we can't call our own ; It, to sleep, we but o’en ;ooch iu garnceat. We awake bat to nod It is gone. When I etgh for the sweet snnny bowers. Where In dear happy obildhood I etrsytd. Then I feel a greet sadness within me. For I know that I've been betrayed. By the fast fleeting Joys of the world. By many I've trusted too well. Still I look with a hope to the intarc. The fatnru that none can foretell. Comparative Easiness at tbe Snath While failure alter taiiure oi commercial houses at the North attends the decline of gold, no such results manifest themselves in the South, notwithstanding she still remains '* unrecon structed ” and her gri at staple, cotton, is not commanding that price which its growers had good reason to anticipate. It may be well then to turn from the “political situation ” ot the South which has been a daily theme with us for months past, and consider why it is. that, com parativeiy, there are so tew, scarcely any, failures of commercial, or banking houses, or banks in the South, when they are of daily occurrence at all Northern commercial and financial marts.— I'hei is is but one way, says the New Orleans Commercuil Bulletin, “ to accouut for this appear ance of superior commercial stability at the South,” and thus it reasons : “ To arrive at a sufficient explanation we must consider, first, the extremely guarded and provident nature ot Southern business within the past year cr two, as compared with tbe more adventurous spirit which has character ized the operations and calculations of business iu other sections. Parity from necessity, partly from choice, our planters and our merchants have reduced tbeir mutual as well as their col lateral relations ot business more nearly to a cash basis than they were ever brought, in any period of peace, before. No cotton crop of equal size was ever produced iu tbe South which re presented so small an expansion of credit as the crop which is now flowing into market.— Tbe average planter owes proportionately les9, to be paid out of the proceeds of the current cotton market. The average city merchant and the average country merchant, dealing in multifariocs supplies lor the wants of the agricultural population, occupy similar po sitions with respect to the present crop ot cotton. Now, as it is p r e existing indebtedness contracted on the strength of contingent pro ducts or contingent sales that causes all the present distress attending the declined currency prices, it is plain that where there is the least ot *uch indebtedness there will be the least ol such distress. There is good reason for believing that tbe general business of tho South—seeing that the productiou of cotton, an industry al ways remarkable tor its temptation to expansive credit, has entailed ad unusually small amount ot indebtedness tbe present year—there is good reason, we say, for helicviug that the general business of the South, iu comparison with the general business of the East and West, is not dangerously burdened with past currency liabil ities which must bo satisfied by selling products at reduced currency prices.” There is reason in this, and reason which must be convincing to all intelligent minds wbo have given the subject auy consideration. Necessity operated, and will cootinue to operate upon Southern planters while the South remains iu her preseut auouialone condition, as a restraint upon speculation and its constant attendant, extravagance. It drove them to adopt habits ol economy, while it stimulated their iudustry and enterprise, and the result is that they have been able to meet all their engagements with their factors or merchants, and tlie-e, iii their turn, have been made easy upon the profits of their commissions or trade with the planter. There have been no gold boat ds in tbe South ; no wild speculations iu slock; uo ■‘bulls" aud no “ bears” upon tbe streets of its cities to ruu up cr pulldown tbe national currency; but in lieu ot all these, the Southern merchanL and banker did a legitimate business, while the bouthern planter devoted his whole attention to bis fields, aud lias leaped, iu the main, a bountiful reward of his iudustry. And thus it will be in the South, if the Southern people will be wite, let them be either in or out of the UuioD, reconstructed or unreconstructed. And Uiis too shows that the South possesses advant ages over the North, of which she cannot be dispossessed—though she may yield them, which is not probable—aud which will render her fu ture a most pioaperous and glorious one. Think oi it, as it eveu now is—the South in an easier condition than the North—no failures ol her merchants, no panic in her cities at the tail ol gold, but all “ steady and reliable,” while her planters are doing well, asking only that Provi dence will give them grind seasons, and so bless them in their labors. Despite all measuris ot oppression, political or otherwise, during the past four years, the South is looming up grandly, and It requires no prophet to foretell that ere many years shall pass, she w ill recover not only what she ha> lost, but will again become power in the land. Alcoholic K tie unt at turn. Alcoholic rheumatism has been discovered and defined iu London. It is a complaint re sulting from the too general use of alcoholic beverages; the marked effect is slow and rarely ever developed except alter middle iile; it causes stupidity, suffuees in the body, hobbling gate, and ultimate lameness and palsy. The cure lies in gradual and then total abstiueuce from the use o* ail fermented alcoholic drinks, and taking vigorous exercise in the open air A Suicidal and Fvullait trolley. Personal abuse, as an implement of political warefare, has been tried iu Georgia; and the experiment has been confined exclusively to neither patty. Both should lie satisfied, by this liiiH, tlibl such a mode ot w&riare is always barren ot success. It is never mistaken lor argument; nor will it serve as a substitute for legitimate discussion, except with those whose opiniouson political and oilier matters are un important, iu so tar as they contribute to the formation of a cootrolling public sentiment. Who does not know that there are today prominent men in the Republican party who first claimed public attention iu virtue of the fact that they were the victims of merciless personal abuse by indiscreet members of the Democratic press ? It is said of “ Parson,” now Henator Brown low, of Tennessee, that, in his early political career, he used to procure tbe personal abuse ot bis opponents through the inslrnmeutality of bis chosen political aud per sonal trienifo ! This gave him an opportunity to always appear upon (he defensive, and thus to en gage tbe attention and sympathies ot the public which otherwise might have felt no especial in- real in him. It certaiuly gave him great promi nence with bis own party, and at ODe lime made him almost absolute sovereign ot tbe Eastern division ot his Slate. We do not kuow what degree of truth there may be iu tins story of Tennessee’s ‘‘pugnacious Parson.” It may be true or false. In either case, the result was the same. He owned his prom inence in tite old Whig parly to the personal abuse of an indiscreet Democratic press in that end of bis Sate; and his present exalted por tion is doubtless attributable more to tbe per sonal abuse of what the Northern people cail a “rebel press,” than to auy intrinsic merit ol his own. The principal is the same everywhere, and Georgia is certainly no exception to the ruie — There are to-day men prominent in the ranks of the party in power, who were literally forced into the attention ot the public and installed into power, by the intemperate abuse of political op NUMBER 1, Ooverawr Bill look and Treiunrer Aneter. j is that this man Angier, who claims iu i»»s letter. As a matter ot interest, especially to our city ! that “he w*- a Union man, opposed strenuously readeis-tlie Capitol question being involved ! aud publicly secession, whose office was at hoad- therein—we copy from the Congressional dote '■ quarters ot the Union Association here; left the of Wednesday last, tlie following extract from • South with any family in 1803; lived near B >s- ton until tbrtcloae of tbe war; returned " a speech delivered by Mr. Whitteamreof South Carolina, during the discus-ion ol the “Georgia Bill” in the House of Congress, introductory ot the letter ot Governor Bullock which fol lows it, iu reply to the one tiom Treasurer Au- gier, charging bun with malfeasance in office which has gone the rounds ot the Georgia press and which had previously been read to Congress.* mk. whittrmork's remarks. “Inasmuch, Mr. Speaker, as an attack has been made upon the Governor ot Geoigia wbo lias no opportunity to defend himself on this floor, and a letter from ihe State Treasurer of Geoigia has beru read to this House chargiug the Governor with specified acta of malversa tion in office, solely with u»o view ot Uaruagiug his repm&tiou aud hindering tbe passage ot this bill, I ask that the accompanying communica- tion from Governor Bullock, which is au an swer to a letter addressed by me to him, lie. read in justice to that gentleman aud to show the animus as well as tbe stains ot the gentleman wbo has lent his voice in crimination tor the purpose c-t perpetuating au illegal tw.dy by whom alone he can be retained in office. I ask that the Governor’s communication may be published iu connection with my remarks in the Globe GOVERNOR BULLOCK’S LETTER. Willard's Hotkl, ) Washington, D. C , Dec. 20. 1809 j Dear Sir: 1 am in rtc< ipt oi your kiud uole of this date notifying me that a lett*r from one Needom L. Augier, Treasurer ot the e>saie ot Georgia, addressed to an honorable mend er ol your committee, has tins day beeu presented to the Ilouse of Representatives and there read as a part of the speech ot that gentleman, and in viting me to present to yourself such tacts in relation to the said communication as may tend to explain and thereby dissipate the false im pression which is sought to lie made by its au thor. The letter to which you reler I had previously read as published iu the m wspapets of Georgia, ard is a paper intended puri lv for home con sumption. And it is noticeable iu this connec tion that it is addressed to a member ot year committee who is politically opposed to the policy and the governments which have beeii established in tlie Southern Stales under the laws of Congress. In availing myself of 'he opportunity afforded what way is he interested.” Mr. Kimball says “ He has not now, nor Inks he ever hail, unless he was a stockholder in the original Company, any iutercst whatever in the Opera House bnild- iug either directly or indirectly.” It is important lor me to say here that the original company to iu 1865; supported the Congressional measures j which Mr. Kimball refers was a stock company ot Reconstruction ; voted lor and publicly rep- organized for the purpose of building an Opera until ported Geu. Grant for President and Bullock for Governor; h-tve always Keen classed as a‘ Rad ical’by the Democrats,” 5c,should now be in coutinucicaLifn with a gentleman of the oppo site patty, and should have taken the [>osiliou which he did take, and which was at. the time, / in a formal C'^iirauui cation from nryseii to t he Legislature, on January 25, 1869, characterized as follows: *' The statements made by the Honorable Treasurer are go insidious, and his couise to- eitraordiuary for one in bis posi- ponents. We mention the fact in no spirit of cr.t- your polite invitation, it is hoped that t may The Albany Ti«*** prints the following ad vertisement: “ Wber. as, my new hat was taken from a rack in a barber shop, on Broad way, last evening, and an old one left in its place, now, this is to give notice that ii mv bat is not returned to me, at the address pasted in it, before sundown to d iv, with the cos', ol this publication, I w ill forward to the wife ol the person who took it, the letter fouud concealed in the lining of the old one.” Mctabilitt of Public Opinion.— The Un ion League of New York, which, two years ago, wanted to excommunicate Horace Greeley for standing bondsman lor Mr. Davis, now advocate the philosopher's nomination to the Presidency lor 1872. Two years ago Mr. Greeley called them a set of block bea Is. Under Greeley’s cost igat ion the league have become excessively “ loyal,'' and as a consequence go lor Horace for President. Strange things sometimes happen. In a New Role,—J£d ward Everett Hale, ot Boston, the matt wbo aaid, in the “Atlantic Almanac,” that Atlanta di rives its name from ttre Atlantic Ocean, is to start a new Literary Magazine soon. Will somebody present Mr. Bale with a copy ot Ovid’s Metamorphoses ? icism or captious dictation. The fact is as it is; and no sober-minded, observant man doubts but that the very intemperance and violence ot some ot our zealous but (as we think) impolitic Democratic editors, have contributed more to enhance the political influence of certain Geor gia Republicans at Washington than all the alleged“ Ku-Klux outrages” and “ negro rights repudiated ” combined. Is it not time to take lessons from experience, and cease driving political opponents info power? As a policy, it is suicidal. The re bound has always been greater than the pro jection. Abuse never fails to injure the party engaged in it infinitely more than it does the party at whom it is aimed. This much the ex perience ol the past three years has abundantly demonstrated. But this is not the worst feature of this dis-* reputable system of political warfare. It is wrong in itself. It is highly demoralizing in its every tendency. It is unbecoming au enlight ened, not to say a Christian people. It is, in short, that germ of anarchy which has been so disgustingly illustrated io semi-civilized coun tries through all lime. Men will differ in poli tics—and honestly differ, too~as they do in questions of science aud religion. But where fore should they fall to calling each other liars, thieves and vagabonds ? Have they not a right to differ under our peculiar form of govern ment? And it they may differ in opinion, why should they not express their differ ences without descending to tbe language ol the blackguard ? Is A a thief because he houestly differs with B? Theu why is not B a thief also ? since he differs as radically from A, as A does from him ? They are both free citizens, and as such equally entitled to the rights of free speech and opinion. No, if men must differ they should differ rationally—u<«taa the brutes. When jMilitical opponents cease argument, begin to call names, aud end in personal estrangement aDd blows, they recognize no higher tribunal wherein to settle their differences than ihe ants aud beetles, and thereby furnish a striking .illustration oi their unfitness lor self-government. Hoads OB'. The four chief officers ot Washington Terri tory—Governor Blunders, Chief Justice Denni son, Collector ot Customs Wilson, and United States Marshal Retz - having boiled the regu larly nominated Radical ticket at the last elec tion lor Territorial Delegate, they were all promptly dismissed from office by Gen. Grant. Yon can’t hold office under tbe present Admin istration and do your own votiug. You must throw your ballot on tbe spot pointed out to you, or away goes vour head. This is the decree in Washiuglou, and which, like the laws ol the Medes and Persians, is irrevocable. Tlie TeuiieHHve Imbroglio. Some low weeks since, a Mr. Hinkle, Repre sentative in the Tennessee Legislature from Hardin county, introduced a resolution pro viding for the sale ot ihe portraits ol General Thomas and Senator Brownlow, in order to raise lnnds to pay lor a large and lile-like por trait ot “Old Hickory" Jackson. This gave much umbrage to the friends of both Gen. Thomas and Senator Brownlow ; and especially to the General himself, who proposed returning a valuable gold nudol awarded to him by the State lor gallauiry displayed at the battle of Franklin. The friends of Mr. Hinkle explained that they did not desire such action on the part ot tbe General, inasmuch as the offensive resolution had no re ference whatever to Gen Thomas’ military career, but was intended only as a re buke ol his political p irdcipation iu the local affairs Ol Tennessee; and as the portrait was intended as a com pi one ul to Geu. Thomas as a politician, and not to Gin. Thomas as a aucciss- ful military leader, Mr. Hinkle thought it but right and proper that such action should be ta ken as would accord with the true political sen timent ot the State. 31uch warmth of feeling seems to have grown out of this proposition ; and we observe that it is freely charged that Mr. Hinkle is a “rebel” and an ex-Conlederate soldier, &c. Without desiring to take any pan whatever in this imbroglio, we must nevertheless be permitted to correct a false impression made iu this aud other States in re lation to Mr. Hinkle’s War record. Mr. Hinkle is quite a young man, perhaps not exceeding twenty six years of age. At the out break ot the war,if we mistake not,he was a cadet at West Point; and,so tar from joining the Con federates, he was 'among the first volunteers on the Federal side! He iought through the entire war, and made an honorable record as a Union soldier. After the war, he became identified with tbe D-m.icratio party of his State, and hence bis action in the matter above referred to—au action which we do not feel called upon to defend, but which liis colleagues seem to re gard as entirely defensible. We make the cor rection in relation to Mr. Hinkle’s record purely in Ihe interest ot truth, and for no other pur pose. They are to have another new Cotton Fac tory at Prattville, Alabama. not be charged with egotism in referring to my self and to my own acts somewhat in detail. I have never been a politician. I have never held a political office until it was my misfortune to have been 4-lected a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention, and by a large raa jority of the waters ot the State of Georgia to tbe office which 1 uow bold ; my political expe rience having been confined to that ot a voter simply, and my political record is perhaps best illustrated by the (act that my first presidential vote was east for John O. Fremont and my sec ond for Ulysses S. Grant. Whatever good reputation 1 may have hereto fore enjoyed arises entirely trom mv connection with business pursuits, and ou being elected to my present office 1 resigned that ot president ot one ot the important railroads in Ihe state of Georgia Knowing the peculiar prejn ‘tors of a class of people who assert US' among their hereditary rights that ot holding office, I executed, when accepting the nomination for Governor, made by the party who ignored auy such right of auy class, and sustained and upheld, the measures of equal rights to «li men without regard to their race, color, or previous condition to par ticipate in governmental affairs, to be made the target for the abuse, vilification, and misrepre sentation ot the class to which 1 have referred, and in this I have by no mc-aus been disappointed. And I consider myseif especially fortunate that While many others who maintained and upheld the principles whicli are embodied In the con stitution adopted at the time ot my election have sacrificed their lives and their property, I am yet able to be heard iu di t. use of my per sonal and official integrity. But to the recital of the facts in opposition to the representations and the impressions sought to be made by the letter referred to. The Constitutional Convention proposed among other things a section of the constitu tion ol the State, which was subsequently rati fied by a vole ol the people, that alter such rati ficatiou tlie capital ol the State of Georgia should be located in the city of Atlanta Upon making the proposal ol this section the then city authorities ot Atlanta pledged themselves that upon its ratification the said city would provide all of the buildings, &c., necessary for the accommodation ot the Slate government.— As is well known the constitution was ratified The first session of the Legislature assembled in Atlanta in the building known as tbe city hall, which was by no means sufficient lor the ac commodation ot the legislative branch ot the government, and was only tolerated until an other and jarger place could be provided. In pursuance ol the agreement made by the city, as before stated, the city authorities rented a certain portion ot the building known as tbe Kimball Opera House, the property of a North ern man, who had moved iuio the State after the rebellion and invested iargtly in real estate with a view ot making Atlanta his home. A portion ol the building so rented was oft-ied to and accepted by the Legislature lor govern mental purposes, and when that body adjourned its session in the city hall iu September, 1868, it adjourned to meet iu this uew building ou the 12th day of January, 1869 It was touud alter the adjournment of the Legislature that the proposition made by the city aud accepted by it did not provide tor the capitoi building and offices being furnished with the necessary niaUrial lor heating, lightiug, seating, and otherwise placing it in a condition to be used for tiie purpose for which it was in tended. The city authorities were then either not prepared or di-po-ed to provide for the necessary expense to insure a proper readiness of the butldtug tor the uses ot government on the reassembling of the second session of the Legislature, and I therefore, undi r aud by virtue ot the authority and the duty imposed upon me by the constitution and laws of the State, took such step.s as to me seemed proper to insure such readiness ol tlie buildings as was abso lutely essential to the puoiic service. It will be remembered that at the session ol the Legislature \vh:ch a joumed in September the colored m« mr>t-r= were expelled, and that in December following tins revolutionary action, and the fact that the legislative organization theu existing bad not been perfected m accord ance with the laws ot Congress, were brought to the attention ot that honorable body through a commuuication trem myseif; aud it therefore became necessary to the Conspirators who had brought about this expulsion by means of the power which they had been permitted to acquire through a failure to execute the laws ot the land which were intended to prevent such action that I, too, should be displaced or disgraced; and then it was that these acts < f mine, which as is luliy shown by the repoit ol the Finance Com mittee of this very body, were fully in accord with a long list ot precedents in similar cases ot my predecessors, were attempted to be held up and presented tc tbe State and the coumry as being crimes on my part. So apparent was this that tbe committee, composed of my political opponents, some ot whom were occupying the seats of colored men who had been expelled, felt constrained to publish aud cause to be tele graphed to the country the lollowing communi cation : GEORGIA. Governor Bullocks Integrity Unimpeached. Atlanta, Georgia, February 2.—The Sub committee (composed of two Democrats and one Republican) appointed to investigate the charges against Governor Bullock ot an unlaw ful use ol tne State funds have issued the billow ing card: To the Public: We, the undersigned, a sub committee of the Finance Committee appointed to investigate the charges made by the 't reasurer against the Gov ernor, hope that you will not form your opinions hastily. We are investigating the whole matter thoroughly. We do not donbt, with the evi dence already before us, that the Governor has acted with tbe strictest integrity. Tbe only question is as to his discretion, which is being fully investigated. We are in duced to make this request ot yon because of the hasty coarse of the Treasurer in making public certain communications. H. MORGAN, W. R. BELL, U a CLAUD ORN. Now! it becomes interesting to inquire why it ward me so — . lion, that I leer’ll due to myself, as a.citizen, as well as in my official capacity-, fo present certain facts which will. I think, sustain lt«- pusHion I now take thai» r bo iu-tiwa ot tin: T:i:i surer, a subordinate offifcx '• »•: the’"Exeohtivc ;Kfep-cn- ment, amounts u i participation ,i\ v. trit would seem to oe a con#? *»ey a^amst the Executive.” * * * ‘ i respecliuily swbmti to your committee that *he courrii pursued by the Treas urer, as herein sltfed, mrifeutes a niuiteious at tempt to discredit tne integrity ot the- Executive, to the end that a oarliz.a'i political movement iu opposition to the •present administration might be advanced. The credit of our State is better, and our bonds seigat a tugger rate than those ol .-my Southern Slaij. But I respectfully submit ihat this credit cannot he maintained by per muting subordinate officials to advance their political views or their personal opinions ot what is detnandeujby ‘courtesy’ through insidi ous attacks ujxm , the im» grety of u:e -Excqur i tre**.” I invite attention io the full report of this communication, which ts herewith,transmitted. The reason why this Mr, Angier took the por sit ion which he did at that time is to be found in the tact that it wss boldly asset ted by the then controlling element go the Legislature, that hav ing revoiui,ionizer! hs own body, ihetr next step was to declare all eh chons by the Legislature while negroes were:kr office to !;e void, ami thereupon proceed to elect another Treasurer aud other State officers. It then-tore became necessary and important for a person desiring to maintain his official position in such companion ship that he should unite wuh them in forward ing their iniquitous schemes, and in tiro Treas urer they found a ready look Another, but per haps lesser, reason tor.a is action is found in the Get that, be is the owner ot real estate immedi ately adjoining the old Guy Hall budding, and which building he desired should be retained lor tbe u e of the State as a Capital buildmg The money referred to as having been paid for the preparation of the capitoi budding, in [witting it in proper order to receive the Legisla ture and the Government o! the State, has never been regarded by me as being h sum which should ultimately come com ihe State Treasury, and is an expense which I am sine the city ol Allauta will be at auy proper time ready to liquidate. In fact, such disposition was shown by a former communication addressed to me oh thetitstday ot March, 18 ,: 9, by his Honor, Mayor William H. Hulsey, irr winch a proposition was made by which the city oi Atiaota asked tor the appointment of a joust committee from tlie Legislature to confer W7.hi a similar committee trom tbe city council with a view to a full set tlement of this matter. But as it was Relieved by the revolutionary majority in the House ot Representatives Ural the oayments made by me could be distorted and ^-eprJ&Qted iu such a way as to make usehfluaphTl lor these eouspiia- tors, they declined to accede reAihe Ribera) j.-.oo- osiliou theu aud subsequently-ftnade by the city, and prelern d to hold the matter open, as alii ged by them, “ to prevent tinllock from prosecuting bis * fiot ts for the reconstruction of the State.” Aud in ibis connection it is proper tor ine to say that I have relused repeated offers which have been made to me by persons who w re supposed to contioi this movement, to the t n- ci that all charges and objections and misrepre.-entations against myself would be promptly withdrawn whenever I would consent to acquiesce iu their revolutionary proceedings. Nor has this at tempt to purchase my siience ami to undermine my political integrity rested simply wiih propo sitions ol this character, but offers ot high po- liiical advancement have been made. Referring again to the proposition made by the city 'aiuhoriiies of Atlanta for a settfe- rnenl oi this matter, I beg leave to invite your attention to the following exit'act from my otli j cial ooiiiiuunieftiior. ot Mat ch 1, 1869, to that Iwdy, tran.-milting this proposition, where [ Say : “It.isveiy sincerely regretted that the Stale Treasurer should have made tlie iul’ormAlioir which was- conveyed to him by my special direction concerning certain amounts which had been drawn by rue from a bank in New York city a pretext lor clandestinely absenting him self from hir official position and duties, and lending him- elt to or engaging with others in a malicious aiiempt to d'seredit and dishonor my person d and official character lor the purpose, us is by himselt admitted, ol forwardiug a par tizan political movement in opposition to my self, and for the defeat of public measures look ing to the re-establishment ot military govern ment, which were lal.-ely asserted as being fa vored by me. “The subsequent action of the treasurer in re fusing to comply with an executive order re quiring ihat his report iu response to a resolu tion ol tlie House of Representatives should be transmitted to that body through the executive office, has still further delayed official comtnuui cation between myself aad the General As.em- hly Up-m this subject; and I now only emerace this opportunity out ot deference to the public expressi >n ot a desire on the part, ot the ei'-y government ot Atlanta to ascertain, with a vr« vv ol complying with the wishes ol the State gov ernment in connection with the Iu film* ut <>t the obligations voluntarily inclined by that body at tiie time ot the adoption oi Hint section «»t i.ur constitution which modes the Capital at ill s point And again in this communication, referring to my a-.tiou iu providing the means whereny the S'aie capnol was to tie prepared tor the recep tion ot the General Assembly, utter reciting ifie duty of the Executive, l say ; “H id I tailed to take such steps as would insure the completion o! suita ale acconiauajdutions in tune ta>r tlie tegu lar session of ya»:ir honorable r ody 1 slmnld hove been clearly derelict in Hie pertoiiuancc «>t my official aiiiiie^ Tne u.-e <au nay pan ot the pub oe money and tiie pubuc credit lor the geffferal weiture a>t the »iate and for public pupuses is tally sustained by a long line ot precedents, running through the recoids or the exioutive of fice in almost every administration I<>r nearly a cemuiy; and it cannot be success!uily argu d that the peculiar relations existing .lefween tbe State aDd tbe building now occupied as a Cipi- toi would make it improper lor me to regird it as public property. The Legislature had ad journed to meet at Atlanta; the seat of govern ment was constitutionally fixed at this point; the Legislature could not assemble elsewhere; they had adopted the building as the one in which to hold their session, as well as lor the location of tire offices ot the State government; and it was, therelore, to ail intents and purposes ot that character which required the general supervision ot the Executive, and made it his duty to see that it was iu a proper state oi prep aration for tbe uses aud purposes ot the State. “Had there been any doubt resting upon my mind of the legality and the propriety ot the course which I bad decided to pursue under the general provision ot law heretofore referred to, and under which my predecessors had acted, such doubt would have been removed by a proper consideration of tiie act pa-sed at your last session which authorizes the ‘Executive to effect a loan to the State, by bonds or otherwise, upon such terms as to him shaii seem meet, ot a sufficient amount oi money ic pay off the mem bers and officers and other expenses of this General Assemoly.’ “These, together with the fact that this ‘General Assembly’ having accepted the build ing in which it is now silting, and adjourned to meet therein, whatever became necessary to place tbe building in suitable and appropriate order tor ihe reception ot the Legislature aud for the public offices would by a fair’v implied j construction be one ‘of the other expenses of j this General Assembly,’ as in law both sessions formed but one ‘General Assembly.’ ” The charge that I am financially or personally interested, either directly or indirectly, in the capitoi building known as “ Kimball’s Opera bouse*’ was fully refuted by the examinations of the commitiee to which I have heretofore re ferred. Aud I find in the .sworn statement ot Mr. H. I. Kimball, made beiore tne committee on the 5th day of February, 1869, that in reply to the lollowing question : “ if Governor Bul lock has any interest in the Opera House build ing, tell what that interest is, and how and in House; that when the Opera Home was par tially completed the stock compauy tailed, and the building was bought by Mr. Kimball at Sheriff's sale. 1 was not a stockholder iu the original compauy. 1 will notj* address myself to this latest effort of the conspirators’ weakest too), which appears in the Georgia papers of the 17th instant, and nlso in the able address of the distinguished gentleman Ironr Kentucky. After repeating all that has been heretolore referred to aud ex plained, he adds to it that I admitted to him that $4,000 had been used by myself. This statement is true, but the $-1,000 was not used for myself, V.s this man well kuew at the time he penned the iiu*, and as tbe committee were in humed when they examined this matter, by the exhibition ot the lawful vouchers showing how and or what purpose the $4,000 was used; and he presents, as a further evidence ot misuser ot public money' upon my part, that since the ad journment oi the Legislature I have paid to the Messrs. Kimball an additional amount, due them for filling anil furnishing, Ac. As the previous payments were nude in ac cordance with la ^ and precedent, and as no act was passed by the General Assembly changing any of the former statutes or prohibiting any such payments, I am unable to see the force as against myself of the statement now made that I h*ve not hesitated to pay promptly the in debtedness of the State. This man adds, wiui an unction that would seem to indicate the belief ou his part that he stands as au immovable barrier between my ruthless hand aud the treasury of tlie State, he says: “There is no feliiog what further amount be [I] would have-drawn and aporonnaied to himself, in violation ot law. had I [he] not sent the banfe a synopsis ot ihe code or Georgia bearing on this subject.” But he m*glects to slate at, ihe same time the fact that not a dollar of money could reach the treasury of the State from our financial ageut in New York, the Fourth National Bank, except upon my.checka or ruy order as Governor lor its transmission to the trea-mry of the Bate He also attempts to criticise my action in re gard to placing certain bonds of the Slate, <&e it is a sufficient answer forme to say that ail my action in that collection is iuily covered by liwiul authority, aud has been done in direct conformity with the statutes; and that the cri dit of tne State has neither been impaired nor imperiled is sufficiently established by the marketable quotation ot our securities. In regard to my Executive wariants drawn upon the Treasury uuder legal appropriation, which are denounced by the Treasurer as being excessive, and as be alleges to have been used iu tiie way of patronage to buy influence, I have siihpiy to say that executive warrants do not become payable until alter they have been ap proved by the Comptroller General. And no ticing during the last summer one of these peri odical efforts at sensational literature try the Treasurer, in which he charged that warrants Were being drawn by the Executive wimp no appropriation existed to meet them, i called upon the Comptroller General, iu a communica te n under date ot July 17,1869, t<» be informed, first, “if any warrants has been drawn by the Executive and approved by him on an appro priation which has been exhausted, and second, ittaoy warrant has been drawn by the Execu tive arid approved by him when there was uo uppropri-U.ipn to cover said warrant “ tinder date of July 19, 1869, the Comptroller General, in an official published communication, states, first, “ that I have never kuouiugiy ap- pioved a warrant drawn ot any fund alter it was exhausted, because I knew such approval would be in violation ot the express provisions of paragraph seven, section nineiy-iour of the Omle. I would state, however, iu this connec tion. that upon the hypothesis that the contingent fund appropriated bv the Legislature ot 1868; for the latter halt ot the year was limited to $10,- 000, said lund was overdrawn by about finy dollars, but the warrant was the last one drawn on that lund, and was in tavor ot the Treasurer himself ” la reply to the second inquiry, he says: “ [ have never, to my knowledge, approved a warrant drawn by the Executive when there was uo appropriation to cover said warrant." All this will mote fully appear in the entire communication with the Comptroller General, whicli is herewith transmitted. It now becomes important to look ior the moving cause which ■should have brought about tliis last attack from the Treasurer, and some light may be thrown upon it by the statement oi a tact which is notoriously public iu Georgia, lo-wit; that in tlie examinations made by a committee iulo the htiaucial affairs of the Slate at lhe la^t session ot ihe Legislature it was as certained that this man, Needom L. Angier, in August, 1868, entered into au arrangement with the National Bank ut Atlanta by which the said Angier was to receive, for his personal use and benefit a certain percentage of interest upon balances ot State money deposited by him therein as Treasurer, and that the bank did pay and the said Augu r did receive, for his own personal use and benefii, certain sums of money as interest lor the use of the State's money; and that such action ou ihe part ot the said Treas ure r heiDg in direct violation ol the statutes aud laws of the Slate ol Georgia, which provides that any person making use ol himself, or al lowing’others to use, any money belonging to the State, shall, for every such offense, be liable, by himself, or by his boudsim n, for a fine of $500, and 1hat upon these facts being made ap parent, I instructed the Attorney General to bring suit against the said Angier aud hisbonds- iivn ior such violaiion of the statute; thatsucb suit was brought lor some forty-two violations <4 said statute iu tiie sum of $20,000 or more tor fines and penalties; that such suit was now in progress, and is set down ior atrial at tbe spiutgLevin of the Superior Court, at Atlanta, wiieii it is believed and expectid that said sum of $20,000 will be recovered ot and trom the said Angier aud his bondsmen for the benefit ot tiie Treasury ol the State oi Georgia. It is due Lo the treasurer for me io say that when the evidence of his secret arrangement lo profit himseti at the expense of tbe State came to light be acknowledged his guilt but endeav ored to excuse himself by a publication, in which he stated that tlie responsibilities of his tire motives w hich actuated the parties w tin have presented these charges against me through your colleague on ihe Committee. 1 inclose herewiili the report of the Finance Committee of tiie House of Representatives ot Georgia, suhinille-.l the 15th day ot Fetrimrry, 1869, with accompanying papers; also, the minority report of 1 he Finance Cominitloa of the same body, submitted February 18.1869; also, an executive commuuicatiou to the Gene ral Assembly ou ihe same subject, submitted March 1, 4869; also, correspondence between the Comptroller Ge - era! aud myself upon ihe subject referred to iu this doiumuuication. I have the honor to lie, very respectlully, yours, Rufus B. Bullock. Hon. B. F. WnrrTEMORK, M C., Member of the. Reconstruction Committee of the Mouse of lie presentatives. Wiry EmltriiHii Shouirt so Sontb. W-e. invite atltwwn to the foliowiug ariicfe which we clip trom the Brooklyn (N. Y ) Union aurl would suggest to owners of large traefe (as well as owners ot contiguous plantations) suita bly located lor establishing a manufacturing and agricultural town, lo offer to small farmers aud mechanics, suliable inducements to settle and improve, by granting alternate sections, or forty acre lois, tor farming, and a suitable plat ior a village, with alternaie lots tor residences and shops, and blocks for schools aDd public pur poses. In this way our wants for small farmers sad skilled mechanics may be supplied, as those two classes must go together. From these the manufacturer draws his supply of operatives tor larger enterprises. Linds now worthless lor any productive purpose may be iu demand at large prices in a very few years, and the Stale greatly beatfitted by some such plan: Public semiment at the South has expe rienced a chauge on the subject of diversified labor that is destined to render that section the most prosperous of any portion of our country. Formerly they preferred to pay the profits on maaut&CLured products aod transportation, rath er than’ encourage the artisan at home. All their energies with slave labor were directed to the cultivation ot those rich products ot cotton, rice, and sugar, for which their secion enjoys a monopoly. From the recent speech ot General Wade Hampton, at the Ge rgia Slate Fair, as well as from every representative of public opinion, we perceive that the people are alive to their tre'e interests. That oi encouraging not only the cultivation of their old staples, hut ot every other product lor which their soil and climate is peculiarly adapted. Every portion ot the South produces com equal to the West, and some sections grow tbe best wheat in this country. There is no section so rich in the various natural advantages as the South ern States. Almost everything that is grown in the Northern and Western States flourishes there and besides their soil and climate, they are rich in valuable timber—the hard pine, every variety oi oak, ash, poplar, cypress, and other woods are abundant. And along the Al- le^hanies, trom Virginia to Alabama, is probably the riche A section of the world lor the variety ot its uiiucrais; coal, copper, zinc, marble and lime, have beeu developed in a ruffe—stave la bor-way for many years. Skilled labor, science and capital are now directing tbeir attention to this region. But perhaps the greatest advantage the South possesses over every other section ot our vast country is its immense water power scattered almost everywhere throughout the bil ly sections ot the inter ii.-r, mrrounded with tbe In reply, i faw material lor working brio maafifaetureri,^ ...... ic*™ products, and contiguous by rail and river to ihy markets oi the world, not icq .iriug three bush els of corn to send one bushel to market.” “ True there are localities along tbe low flat- lands of the co. t, near swamps and sluggish watercourses that are sickly, but the whole in terior and hilly sections are uioie free trout lo cal di‘»tases und epidemics than ihe West or the Noith. In proportion to the population more old persous can be lound throughout the South (ban iu any other section ” “We learn that iu many o! our cities organ izations ot colonies are being formed with a view of exploring the Southern States, and ot establisbing at suitable localities, the nucleus of manufacturing towns and cities There combi nations among artisans of tlie different callings is a much more sensible mode of improving their condition than trades’ unions to coerce higher wages. The contributions required to support sukes, if applied to sending delegates to spy out the fertile fields and invitiDg oppor tnnilies awaiting their embrace, would enable many a tamilv now struggling lor existence in the crowded North to become independent in a lew years in the sunny South, where now there is no class more welcome than the mauulactnrer and the skilled laborer.” H. W. B. office were very great and his salary small, and lie tireretore desired to make all he could out ol his official position. It is also importaut to know, and I hereby slate it as a fact, that repeatedly since the said suit has been commenced the said Angier has indi cated through his iriends to me that lie was ready at any time to pay any aud ali warrants 1 might draw upon the ireasury without question From tne Tailanaairee Sentinel. Disastrous Fire in TTailaita^see——Loss Over Thirty Thousand Dollars We are again called upon lo chronicle an in cendiary fire, the most disastrous in its results which has visited our city lor years About half past one o’clock on Thuisday morning a fire was discovered burning at the rear ol the stores of W. R Wilson & i5ro., on the corner of Monroe and Clinton streets. The building on tbe main street formed three large stores, two ot which were occupied by Messrs. W. R. Wilson & Bro., one as a grocery aud provision store, the other as a dry goods; the third, in xt dour to the State Back building, was occupied by Mr. J. D Perkins, as a boot and shoe stole. In ihe rear, Routing ou Clinton street, ai d conn, cted with the main buildings were two siores used as warehouses by Wilson & Bro. From a gentleman who nue ot ihe earliest on tbe ground, we learn that the fire commenced at Ihe rear ot one ihe warehou ses, and was evidently the work of an fncendi- rv, large sticks ot wood, apparently oak, being piled up against a smail building, occupied as a errriage workshop, built in ihe c< r-ier tunned by the junction ot the warehouses and the it- res, and trom the fierce.!! S3 with which tlie flames blazed up, they must, have t.r on saturated with some inflammable fluid. At this time the flames were just beginning to creep up the sides ot the building, and our mtorm-mt states that with a few pads ot water right od the spot, the fire couid have been extinguished. Unfortunately, however, as is usually the care, the water was not to be bad without some minutes’ delay, and in a tew hours over $60,000 worth ot property lay in ashes. ****** A large number of our ciltzens were also pre sent, and every one worked with a will in any way in which their efforts could be made useiul. The burned building was tae finest nod most substantial ot any in our city, and cannot be re placed tor less than $15 000. This is tbe si cono time 'Ir. Wilson has been a sufferer by hre or. the same 6ite, his buildings haviDg been de- provided I would cen ent to withdraw tbe suit moved in 1843. The present stores were com- against bun sell. This suit has neither been | p , eltd anr ] occup fe,i in 1844. The building was withdrawn by me, nor wiil it be. Nor has my opposition to the revolutionary aciun and or ganization ot the body assuming to be the L‘g!s I at ure been withdrawn, nor wilt it oe Threats, persuasions ana vinric-ition at home have not moved me, nor am I now disposed to yield, not withstanding this same proceedurc has been presented to the nauou through the Hails ol Congress. I a in at a loss to understand how this libellous communication from Angier should have been dignified by being read in the House of Repre- sc-ntives of the U cited Slates, lor I am sure it will not be argued with any degree of sincerity that a legislative body lawfully organized by the exclusion therefrom of those who did not hesitate to take their seats in violation of their oaths to destroy the government which had been established by the vote of a majority of the peo ple, will be any Ires iikely to ieiret out and bring to punishment persons who violated the laws of the State, who unlawfully make use of the State’s pr.-periy ot its money, than a body ol men like the present organization, assamtng lo be the Legislature oi Georgia, who hesitate at nuthiog to accomplish their wicked schemes and revolutionary purposes. Words, Mr. Wihttemore, seem superfluous when the blood is yet warm of the men who have been murdered because of their devotion to the principles of equal rights and justice which are embodied in the reconstruction meas ures of Congress—men who were here only a tew months since, lawful members ot the Legis lature of Georgia under her new constitution, urging upon Congress to promptly enact such legislation as might be deemed necessary to overcome tbe evils which surround ns—and 1 retrain from comment You will please accept my grstefn! thanks for the opportunity which you have given me to explain the falsity oi the impression aonght to be made against myself, aod also to make known iosured in tbe London, Liverpool, aud Globe Company for $5,000. Messrs WiLon & Bro ii»id very large stocks or goods, both in ihe grocery aud dry goods departments, ot which only uhoti' $2 004 worth were saved. His stock was insured ho- oDly $8,000—in the Georgia Home 1> r $5,00l' aud in the Eulauia Home for $3 (KK». The t'f' loss, outside of the insurance, Mr. Wilreu esu- mates at $13,000. ***** Mr. J- D. Perkins was peculiarly fortunate in being able to save the greater part ol his stock on which there was no insurance H is loss a ill only amount to a tew hundred dollars. The State Bank Building, adjoining the prem ises burned, is occupied on the lower floor lor offices. Most of the contents oi the rooms were removed, but beyoDd tbe temporary inconven ience, little damage was sustained. Messrs. Papy & Peeler report their books and papers much disarranged, and possibly some few are lost. A few nails, a rusty hinge, some locks of hair, were all that was found when, in May, 1860, tbe grave of Roger Williams was dug open. The rest of the body had p rased into an apple tree, tbe roots ot which filled the space where it once lay. And now, they are discussing the point whether Mr. W. was a Baptist or not. The Air Line Railroad.—The Gainesville Eagle, of the 24th, says Ure engineer corps ol the Air Line Road completed the location ot the road to that point on Tuesday of last week, and that a large lorce will be placed to work as soon as the holidays are over. The ap train on tbe Montgomery and Opelika Road ran ofi tbe track near Chebaw, on Wed nesday of last week, smashing things generally. No very serious personal injury to passengers. Coulp-Peraonsl. Gkau’s Opera Troupe is in Richmond, Va At the famous Nigersol Olgivie wedding in New York, $150,000 worth ot presents changed hands. One hundred and four colored men left Rich mond, Vs., last week, lot Mississippi. Ford’s dramatic company open in Augusta to-night. Aaron Alfeokia Bradley will be on hand, it is said, promptly, on the 10th of January,’ proximo. J. R. Ivey, Sherifi of Muscogee county Las congestion of the brain. His condition is rr n- rtsented as critical. 1 2g JJ >n - Wm - Dougherty was iu Augusta the . . D , h ; £ art .' Brknztngeb, of Germany, and his brother m New York, have jost conciuch d an epistolary game ot chess which lasted ttn A m in in Philadelphia pays an annual pre mium ot seven thousand dollars on a life in surance policy of one hundred thousand dollars. John G. Whittier is regarded by the Ger- mansas the greatest of American pot ts. In this tiie Germans are not fur wrong—eveu if they are wroug'at all. Edwin Forrest has a libel suit against the New i ork Sunday Despatch, which has been pending two years. It is said that lour tons of mail matier were franked by each member ot Congress last ses sion. It is asserted that Ross Bonheur has received for her paintings upward ot three quarters ot a million ot trance. Gray, the Wall street rascal wh > recently absquaiulat. d with a good deal «>l other pci pie’s money, neither drank whisky u..r smoked cigars. Let us take warning trout his case— (jut let us t&ko it jjQ John Russell Young a to ta-come the editor of the Philadelphia Post ou the 1st of January. • Young, Jr, is said to be sojourning m Philadelphia, on account of the unwillingness of his third wife, a Philadelphia lady, to leave that city lor the pleasures or Utah Slate Rewi. Columbus is dull. Mbs. W. L. Lloyd, ot Columbus, died this week. Big Sunday School festival in Columbus. The Sisters’ Fair in Columbus was a suc cess, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Speaking of tbe Fair the Enquirer says: “Over one table, we saw tbe inscription, “Moina,” tbe poetic cognomen of Father Ryan. This ta ble contains the celebrated doll, “Vashti,” so elegantly dressed by Mrs. Dessau, it is the ob served ot all observers. “Our Southern Home," “Our Macon, Augusta and Atlanta Visitors," •The Sisters’ Table,” are inscribed above other booths in the room. Educational.—At a recent meeting of the City Council of Savannah the sum of $17,000 was appropriated to public education for the year 1870. This appropriation was independent of the capitation tax, which was appropriated, to the same punv-se. - % In Savannah, on Saturday afternoon, a riot occurred, in which some twenty-eight colored men were engaged. The Republican says: The policemen, with commendable forbear ance, and in strict accordance with positive in structions from their Chief, to use their weapons only in self-defense, awaited until they were fired upon beiore using tbeir pistols. Policeman Sul livan was knocked down and his pistol wrested trom him, with which he was shot three times, inflicting two mortal wounds, of which he died in a very short lime. Policeman Riley was also fired upon and slightly wounded, besides being cruelly beaten. An inquest has been held by the Coroner, at which a very thorough investigation has been had, and some five ot the rioters identified, but ior prudential reasons, the names ot the parties implicated and the testimony are suppressed for the present. A colored man named John Williams, said to be one of the men who fired upon Sullivan, has beeu arrested anri lodged ?n jail. The oth» r parties implicated are supposed to have lelt the citv. King Solomon Thomas, a colored Justice of the Peace in that section of the city, deserves great credit ior his eflorts lo preserve the peace. Items About Women. Miss Bdrdett Coutt’s new London market lnta tailed. Lizzie Boynton runs in opposition to Lew Wallace for Congress from Indiana. Wabash, Ind., arrests women who bake bis cuits of a Sunday. A lady out West is said to have hair like “ a waxed mass of golden leathers." A younger sister of Anna Dickinson is giving her attention to literary pursuits. It is stated that the Pirncess de Ytotteroich has restored about fifty fallen womeireto their larnilies. Mi?8 Batceldor and Miss Peabody, two wealthy 1 idies ot Boston, are abont establishing workshops lor the employment of sewing-wo men. A San Francisco lady, who had an eye knocked out by a rocket, sees ten thousand dol lars damages with the remaining orb. Many lasliionabte young ladies in New York are said to be suffering wiih abscesses on their feel, caused by the high French boot heels now in vogue. Fx Queen Isabella, ot Spain, will remain at. the Palace Farnese daring her sojourn m Rome, as the guest of the dethroned King Francis II., of Naples. A literary society is being organized in Coriiootun, Onto, composed exclusively of young ladiis. According to the by laws, no member can marry without the unanimous consent of the socitty. Mrs. Lincoln has returned to Frankfort for the winter. Of course there is not a word ot iruth in the story of her intended marriage with a German Baron. She is living in retire ment. The “ Alexandria limp ” is the latest eccen- triciiy ot lasnion. It is produced by wearing a very high heeled boot on one toot, and a fiat heeled boot on the other. The young lady waddles about like a goose. Clara Louise Kellogg wa3 offered $14,000 io gold to sing m rourteen concerts to be given in tne new opera house, built by the Viceroy or '"'■ii) pt in honor ot the completion of the Suez Canal. Says the Boston Folio : “ Kate Field’s lecture was rtfiaed aud interesting; Olive Logan’s was -illy and stale; Anna Dickinson’s was brazen and vulgar; and Josh Billings’ was coarse but ‘smart.’ ” But, then, Kate is the only Bostonian of the lot. During revival meeting recently in Berry- essa Valley, Calilornia, a young damsel got ex cited, ana in her religious lervor, embraced a young unmarried man present. The hardened sinner resisted, declaring that repentance must precede heaven. How it Is Interpreted. According to tbe Washington Chronicle— the Court journal at Washington—both the Presi dent and the Senate Judiciary Committee re gard Georgia, under the late act of Congress, as remanded to the position she occupied at the first assembling of the Legislature under the present Constitution—every act passed by the Legislature eince its convocation as a provis : onal body, in July, 1868, being null and vmd. The Federal Administration, we notice, as sumes to be the proper Interpreter of the late act; and, if the statements of the Chronicle be correct, we can easily understand what is in -tore for us 1 There will be somewhat of a rat ling among the dry bones in and about the va rious “rings.” and among all who have had. axes ground by the late “illegal body!" Let all stand from under!

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, January 05, 1870, Image 1