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VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA., WED&JKSDAY, JUNE 22, 1870.
NUMBER 25
IPrriilQ Jntrlligfnrrr
PUBLISHED I>».11.Y AND WKKKLY BY
JARED ERWIN WHITAKER,
Troji r 1 Ft o r.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday. June 32, <870.
City Water Wurbt.
Borne months ago, previoun lo tDe late election
lor Mayor, through the columns ol this |>a|wr,
Ibe attention ol the tlieo city authorities, ami ol
those wbo should supercede them, wa-> earuest-
)y directed to that one gr<*»t want ol our city,
and a growing waul it n*»s become, ol water,
uigtcg the erection of water work sol sufficient
capacity to give to the city sd abuD.iam supply
even though its presen' population should be
quadrupled in tune. Forborne mouths past this
important matter seemed to have been neglected,
but trom receDl developments, we aie pleased
to note that it only seem d so, our City Coimcl.
as well as others deeply‘interested iu the pro
gress and prosperity ol Atlanta, having L> a»to*ed
much atlerdiun upon it. Council baa uow taken
the first practical move in the matter, t«y its ap
pointment ol a committee to investigate the sub
ject aud report what can and may he done —
perhaps we ought to bay what ought and must
be done. We trust that this committee will
diligently make their investigation aud repot t
With as little delay as possible. Atlanta must
be supplied with an abundance ot pu.e water,
i! she is lo maiutain her reputation to. health
an 1 progress in population as she < vtden.ly is
destined to do.
We notice, also, that there is a private com
pany, one organized over a month ago which
has fixed upon a plan pronounced by most com
petent authoiity a practicable one, by which an
abundance ot water may be brought lo the city.
This plan, we learn, receives the endorsement
ol that eminent civil engineer, Urn. Braxton
Bragg, and to whom the erection ol the works
will lie entrusted by the compauy, and wbo will
probably become permanently connected with
the enterprise. This company proposes to in
troduce into the city a supply ol water more
than three times Id quantity that w’hich is esti
mated lor its present use. The site which
has already been secured lor the rest rvoir
(the most elevated within twelve miles ot the
city,) is sufficiently high to raise the water iu
the city seventy-five leel above the raihoad
track at liie paasc-uger depot, and it. is proposed
to supply irom the works, water lor all domestic
purposes, streets, sewers, aud fire department,
it is believed that water power lor the propel
ling ol heavy machinery tor matiiilactuiiug
purposes, can be procured by the cutting ot a
canal to the Chattahoochee, a distance ol some
thirty miles, hut the cost ot this, being estimated
at Itom two to three millions ot dollars, the
consideration ot it, is postponed lor the present
at least.
With the Company referred to, our City
Authorities doubtless can ami will make ad
vantageous arrangements Cor the eree'iou ol
tbeir contemplated Waterworks, li is a com
pa ay which combines wet are adv sed, in its
members, enterprise, integrity, and capital, and
we hope soou to hear that it has gone to work
with Gen. Bragg engineering it to tuccessulul
and early completion.
A Wealthy Fop in New York Committed
to Prison.
For & week or ten days, a man named Patrick
Donnelly has been making a sensation on
Btoadway, New York, by strutting along that
ihoroughlare attired in the most gorgeous style.
On Tuesday evening Donuelty visited Wallack’s
'Theatre, aud made himself the '‘observed ot all
observers,” by various tomfooleries. It be aim
uecessaiy to eject him from the theatre, aud his
conduct wbeu he was taken out caused the i-o
lice lo drag him to the central office, wlure lie
Was pot iu a cell. N»xl morning he was brought
beiore Justice Downing. Assuming an air <>t
mock diguily, he demanded whether Counselor
Down could be procured to deleud him. Mr.
llowe was just on hand at the time.
“Do you want to see me, sii V” remarked the
portly counselor.
"Yes. sir,” spoke the Baron, iu a loitv tone.
“1 want you to delend mem this ndiculous
charge, and jour tee shall be $5,000.
Tne counsel bowed, aud, turning lo Justice
Dowling, inquired the nature ot the offense
charged ag.itusi his client.
Justice—Th.s niau, sii, is one ol a set ot quack
doctors who are downright public nuisances,
who drive ecceutnc carnages with six or eight
horses through me public thoroughfares to
obtain notoriety and give their qu.ick protession
publicity. They cauuot drive, aud they impede
public progress aud cause ail sorts accideuts
and alarm. I, tuyselt, happened io ;>e at Wal
lack’s Theatre last uight in company with
Superintendent Jourdau and witnesst d this lei—
low's ctazy trolics, and noisy, disgusting beha
vior during the pertormance, demauding iutei
views witu Miss Delaud auo Miss Lizzie Price,
two elegant and accomplisued actresses. Super
intendent Jourdau at ouce ordered tins uuisnuce
into custody, and I am now goiug U> commit a
nuisance tor the benefit ot the public.
Counselor Howe—Alay it please your Honor,
my clic*ut is a millionaire; be resides at No. 37
West Twenty-tiist street, aud I presume he h is
as much right to drive six horses as has Jim
Fisk or HD. Hulmbold of B >adway; I piemine
there is no otlense iu all that.
Justice—Your client is a quack com scraper.
Counselor—1 hope he is not treading ou your
corns—in tegard to the ladies [tt->ars ol laugh-
ter.]
Justice—I do not acknowledge the com, and
I tell jou now tnat I shall sene, join client to
the pcuilchiiary
Counselor—What, for driving six horses?
justice No; but tor d. turbrng the audience
at Wattack's theatre, and 1 shall so treat auy
pe- sous wuo are Drought Ik.fore me tor similar
ofi. uses, uo matter what their posmou.
Counselor Howe bowed to tin- decision of the
court, which, he said, the (•utdic *ouid uo .touhi
approve, and the po.<r tool, gu.itly Willed on
crestfallen, Was conveyed to u tel. iu tb piis- n,
and Iheucc by the Black Maria lo winrc ibe
little black tug lakes passeugeis to the island
Tax Dead Alive —A curious story is told by
the GauUne ot the disappeaiauce iroui the Hat is
Motge ol a body w Inch n.id u< < u brought there.
The police haviug steu a uiau tying matnsiole
in the streets, called iu the assistance ol a «loc-
lur, who declared that toe ri.u was dead iu
IVRUI qnance ot CoQgeSllOU ot the hi am. t he
body was conveyed to tin ALngc, was undress
ed and put upon one ol the siai>s wnn the cloth
ing suspended above, iu the pockets were
lound a purse aud a letter with an address. The
keeper ot the Morge was astonished the next
morning to find the body had disappeared, to
gether with the clothes. He pi •weeded to the
address upon the letter, and e-aquaed lor the
person mentioned, and was at once introduced
to a man in whom he recognized his missing
charge. This man, a punier, employed in ihe
office «it the Gautme, e.‘j* I .Lai lie WHS SllO-
ject to ealalepiic al>»Che>. which s Uiciiillcs last
ed from eight to ten houts * *u ibe previous
eveuiug be bad been taken wi.uoueof those
fits, aao ii (named u,.coz-cinus .rilil caily iu the
m-ULiui. , w in it lecovc.i mg, lie tuiiuj hiuiselt at
the Alorge, wuu his chr.ii- s hanging over him.
He uickseit, and, as the doors wcieoniy latched,
he look his leave, inteuuiug to return later lo re
claim his purse and to explain the causes of his
sudden disappearance from legal custody.
In order to amuse the children, a lady was
engaged in reading lroiu me Bible the story ot
David and Goliati. and conning to the passage
IU Which Goliah SO hoHsliUgiy and deUaliltJ
dared the young Stripling, a utile chap, almost
tu the Hist Uowsers, saiu : “ Sister, skip mat—
skip that; he's blowing, 1 warn to hu-.-w which
licked,"
A New York lawjci wuo was put off the
cars some mourns aiuce, on me New Yolk Cen
tral Railroad, because he letusvi to up his
ticket beiore a seat was provided n-i Iran, has
sued the company for damages.
Tlie Wronei ol ibe lilAlana.
The w rougs which are constantly being heap
ed upon the Indians by the Government and
j its agents should be more thoroughly exposed
| by the press. The Boston Advertiser may well
| say that the repoit ot the Indian Commission-
i era preeeDls a startling picture ol iniquities prac-
| intxl towards the savages ol the West. The
i Goveiumenl lias never kept faith with theca, but
has driven them troin pillar to post, and has
Miff-n-J them to lie plundered at every turn.—
The wars ou the borders, almost without excep
tion, are hi gnu by white men. A class ot dis
reputable traders find it profitable to iucite an
occasional outbnak. They hang like vultures
on the rear of ihe army, ready to speculate in
differently upon the appetites of the soldiers or
the necessiiiis ot the savages. Besides, war
interferes with agriculture, and those tribes
which are allowed to cultivate the soil do not
produce Inra to enrich the traders. The com
missioners testily that the Indians are generally
willing, aud even auxious, to put sue agriculture,
it peimilled to do so without being molested
Praying tor Rain.
A French paper tells the following story :
“You know the old saying among farmers,
‘ Plenty o' rain iD May is better than great co'd
in December.’ N «w this year, if December was
cold, May has been almost destiiute of rain, sod
fiom all parts ot the country, desolated by the
persistent drought, the inhabitants are entreat
ing heaven lo letloo.e its cataracts. The vil
lagers of Janvier recently assembled iu gieat
force to hold a mass and invoke the divine as
sistance. The ceremony was very imposing —
When it was over, while the cure waslaring
aside his sacerdotal vestments, the heavens « erp
suddenly o^jrcast. The sexton rushed in to
him with a j >vlul air and exclaimed : ‘ Your
praye*8 are quickly heard; it is go'mg to rain
iu toi rents.’ ‘ Please God not’ replied the naive
pastor, looking with alarm through the window,
‘ 1 have forgotten my umbrella.’ ”
Compunction.
An cx bushwhacker at Salt Lake City has
sent to its lormer owner a gold watch, accom
panied by the following note; "Sir: Hearing
tlmt you are living iu Denver City, and having
a little article of yourn. I send it by Sam Mor
gan, which is a gold watch I took from you in
Jackson county, Missouri, in 1862, during the
war. I have never lorgot your wile’s tears sence
then, and I always swore altcrwards il I could
hear of you, 1 would send you the watch back.
1 hope you will forgive me. 1 have seed a heap
of trouble sence then, and lam now working
hard, ami doing tolerable, and with Die help ot
God, 1 hope fo make a better man Never mind
me. Yon don’t know me, anil Sam wout tell
you; so jest take your watch and lorgive tne.”
Look Out!
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more (inzttte, in his letter of the Pith instant says
that “there was missed from Ihe Treasury of the
United States yesterday, supposed to have been
sioleu, a bundle ol two thousand new legal len
der Untied Stales note.s, ot the denomination ol
ten dollars, new series of 1869, having the head
ot Daniel Webster, and numbered as follows :
113.530,001 to H3,532,000, both inclusive amount
ing to $20,000. I uote this little ‘enterprise’ lor
the purpose of putting your business men upon
their guard. Although, doubtless, these notes
have been stoleu by some high official, if they
are ever presented by au houesl third party, the
Government will doubtless refuse the retlemp
tiou. Such is the genius ol our people’s Gov
ernment.'’
tl'lir Whittemore Should be Admitted to
His Neat Iu Congress.
A Democratic member of the House proposes
to advocate Whitlemore’s admission on the fol
lowing grounds: This is a representative Gov
ernment, aud Congress has uo right to dictate
lo the people whom they shall select to repre
sent them. The House branded Whittemore as
a tuiei, and with that brand upon him he weut
back to his constituents. Tiny have re elected
him. The inference is that iu his district the
thieves are iu a majority. But the House has
no right to say tuat those thieves cannot te
represented. Whittemore must have his seat.
Dealli of the fireai South Carolina
Novelist.
The Hon. Wm. Gilmore Simms, D. C. L.,
died at the residence ol his son in law, Air. Ed.
K acli, iu this city, about 5 o’clock ou Saturday
aiteruoou. Mr. cumins had been iu delicaLe
health lor some time, but only a week beiore
his death was well enough to join iu au excur
sion down the harbor. His strength, however,
rapidly tailed him, and ou Thursday uight mere
w.is no hope of his recovery. He remained
iouscious to the end, his last words being, "Not
longThe bells ot fc>t. Michael’s tolled yester
day—the solemn notes conveying to the whole
city tue mourn.ul tidings ot the death of him
who was the ornament and the pride of the
Stale he loved so well.
W tu. Gilmore Simms was born in this city on
April IT, 1805. His lather was of Scotch-Irich
descent, aud his mother, Harriett Ann At'gusia
Singleton, was ot a Virginia family which time
early to South Carolina. While yet a child, he
was left an orphan, and was thrown upon his
own resources. For this reason hi? regular ed
ucation derived small aid from the pecuniary
rneaus ot his tamily, aud he had little classical
training; but he acquired knowledge with au
astonisidng celenty, and was soon possessed ot
a vast tuuil ot miscellaneous imormation. At
eight he wrote vtrseB, and at eighteen his sell
acquired scholarship was already reinatkable.
No professor or college did lor hiui one hun
dredth pan of what he did for himselt.
Mr. Simms was originally destined to the study
ot medteme. This pursuit jumped not with
lus tastes, aud he chose the taw Dy preteriuce,
being admitted lo the bar at the age ol iwenty-
oue. Law, however, was too tedious lor the
acutely a.-tive uimd ot Mr. Sunnis, all whose m-
cliuatious lay iu the three.i n of the pie.Sint
paths ol hteialuie. HiS ti.sl active literary en
gHgitnoui was iu the editorship ot the Gb tries,
ton c ilv Gazette, a paper which oppos d the
doctrine ot uuliiticaUou. The Gazette was a
lailure, and Mr. Simms, its piopnno. a well as
editor. Was a heavy loser. The effect was u t
unhealthy, tor it caused Mr. Simms to devote
hitnsclt, iu earnest, lo literature as a protesston.
The literary debut ot Mr. Simms was made iu
1825, when he published a Monody on General
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. A volume oi his
poems followed m 1827, and Early Lays was
puolished in the same year. The warm recep
tion giveu to his fir?t efforts was highly gratify
ing to tne young author, who thenceforward,
toi mote than torly years, applied himselt to
those pursuits iu which he woo tame ior himselt
and honor lor his native State.
The publication ot Aialantis in 1832, intro
duced Mr. Simms to the literary circles of New
York. The next year Harpers published his
hrst tale, Martin Falter, the Story cf a Criminal,
winch at uut c altiai led public attention.
From this time, so uniform was his career,
that a tew words will sum up the incidents ot
his history. A second mamage, to the Daughter
ot Mi. K. ai-li, ol Barnwell, his first w if.-haviug
died S' mu alter their union; a seal m the Stale
Genual Astembiy, wneie he made Ins mark;
the reception of the Doctorate of Laws lrom
the University ot Alabama; his summer resi
dence in Charleston aud his winter home at
Woodlands; these up lo the beginning ot the
war, ate the lew external incidents ol a career,
i whose events must be sought iu the achieve-
! uie-uts ot hands aud brain. The elegaul resi-
; dehie oi Air. 8>mims at Woodiauds—a mansion
; with equal wings ami a fine lront—was burned
1 dow u hy bberman’s raue-rs in 1865. At the
j same lime an extensive library was wholly de
stroyed. Bui Mr. Simms relumed lo his
geheial literary woik with his old energy, aud
was iu harness almost to the day of his death.
The long roll of his lueiary works is the noblest
tribute mat can be paid to the memory ol him
who is aptlj styled "ihe Waiter Scott of the
South.”
TO> TBS ITUITi INTBLUaBICKB.
Itlilledsevllle Corresponded*.
Mn.T.EDGEvnxK, Ga., Jane 14,1870.
Oar city presents this morning s dreary as
pect in the driving rain which is bnsily descend
ing. The tenanlless “ Slate House” (as the cap
ilol is popularly termed) looks more desolate
than usual. The days have passed when its
walls reverberated to the eloquence of Toombs,
aud Stephens, and Cobb, and a host ot associate
woi tiiies.
Do you people of Atlanta really want the
State capitoi located in your city ? Ii so. why
did a majority of your voters cast their suffrages
against the present Constitution which gives it
lo you ?
Our direct railway hence to Macon—the un
finished portion ot the Macon anJ Augusta Rail
road —is rapidly progressing. Messrs. Grant,
Alexander & Co, contractors, have recently
completed their pinion of ihe wot k, and on
yesu-rJay shipped tbtir couvict latmrers (they
are the lessees of the penitentiary) horn this
point to woik ou Ihe Bruuawick aud Albany
Railroad. We uudeistaud the Macou aud Au
gusta Railroad will he certainly completed in
October.
Crops, although a little backward, promise
well, f be recent laius ot the latter part ot May,
anJ ot June, are pushing vegetation rapidly.
Notwithstanding the unpleasant expirieucc of
our planters in the matter of grain-buying, they
peisist in planting tcO little core to supply the
home want. This policy must punish itself, in
the end, and compel a relorm.
Our city has recently suffered great loss in the
death ot two prominent citizens: Nathan
Hawkins, aud A A. Kenan The latter hud
been a man of most command'iDg influence in
our county, both io public life aud professionally,
lor more thin a quarter ot a century. No other
man amoDg us cb.ring all that period has exerted
so powerful an influence iu moulding the senti-
meuts ot the public. He died in the full assu
rance of a Christian’s blessed immortality beyond
the grave, and almost our whole population
attended the last sad rites which consigned hiB
remains to earth.
Our city continues to improve. When the
Legislature re atstm'des iu Miliedgeville, its
members will find that we have taktn no “step
backward ” while you have had the capitoi in
your town. Oconee.
[It does not necessarily follow that
when Atlanta voted against the adoption of the
present State Constitution, her people did not
want the capitoi. And having got it, we can
say to our esteemed correspondent, his hope of
its return to Miliedgeville, which we ate pleased
to know has suffered little by its loss, is one
that will never be realized ]
Immigration.
The number of immigrants that arrived at
New York the past week is 11,892, ot whom
8.000 went West or to the interior. The week
previous the arrivals were 12,800, making 24,-
692 iu t«vo weeks.
'■'lie Publlo Lauda.
The members ol Congress appear to regard
the public lands as spoils to be divided between
railroad and other rings of speculators. Since
the 4ih ol March, 1869, two hundred and thirty
bills for giving public lands to private corpora
tions, have hcen introduced in Congress.
“Since Airs. Stanton and Mi s Anthony have
abandoned the Smosis,” asks tlie New Orleans
Times, *• can its members be fairly regarded as
abandoned women ?” The Times must wait for
an answer until the’ women iu question shall
have been bound over to keep the peace, says
the Courier Journal.
Thb New Southern Meihodtst Bishop.—
On the 21st day of May, the Rev. John Christian
Keener was elected Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, bv the General Con
ference in session at Memphis, Teun.
Bishop Keener was born in Baltimore, Md., in
1819. In his ninth year he was placed under
the personal charge of the late Kev. Wilbur
Fisk, D. D , and entered the Willbraham Acad
emy, Massachusetts, ot which Dr. Fisk was then
principal. Three years atterwaids Dr. Fisk re
moved to the Wesleyan University, at Middle-
ton, Connecticut, and Mr. Keener entered the
first regular class that was formed in that insti
tute. He graduated in 1835. He went into the
drug business in Baltimore shortly afterwards,
aud became Superintendent ol a Suuday-schooJ.
At the end of one year in the business on his
own account, during which time he made a pro
fit ot $4,600, he resolved to become a minister
ol the gospel, and immediately sold out that he
might qualify himselt for that office. He re
moved to Alabama and was licensed to preach
iu 1842 The following year be was admitted
to the Alabama Confereuce. The appointments
to which he was assigned in succeeding years
were arduous and responsible.
In 1848 a man ot peculiar qualifications was
needed for ihe worjc of the church iu New Or
leans, which was then considered a difficult and
dangerous post, Mr. Keener was selected. He
has been almost continuously since that time
identified with the cause of Mei hndism and ot
Protestantism in that city. He has been Pre
siding Elder of the district, with brief interrup
tions, since 1859. Siuce 1866 he has discharged
in addition to those of Presiding Elder, the du
ties ol editor ot the New Orleans Christian Ad
vocate. He has devoted especial care to the col
ored churches, and has been very successful
with them. His services during the prevalence
ot the yellow lever and otbtr epidemics are re
membered gratefully.
Dr Keener is esteemed a preacher of a high
order—‘evangelical, exegetical, practical, and
often enriched with divine unction.” He is a
diligent studeut rnd a strong writer. He is a
man ol positive ch trader and principle, with
which he combines a pleasing address, and a
Willingness to compromise on non-essential
points. The degree ot D D was conferred on
mm by LaGrange College in 1856.
The Methodist Episcopal Church South now
has eight Bishops.— Baltimore American.
The Co.-tlt Luxury cf Many Wites.—
It may or it may not nave occuried to those
who lead about the polygamy of the Mormons
iliaia plurality oi wives is a luxury in which
only an unusually rich man can afford to in-
du'ge. For instance, Brigham Young took bis
whole family, spouses and pledges and all, to
the circus the other day. and the tickets cost
him seventy-five dollars. Now from this, d we
compute the cost of elothiug, food and the
other domestic expenses of this wide domestic
cuele, we shall see that polygamy is chargeable.
Iu the consideration of this, there is something
really consolatory. A State even sufficiently
demoralized to look lavorably upon the barba
rism ot polygamy, would yet be obliged to pro
hibit it lo save the laxe-. which would otherwise
he in eded to m >intain hoides ot pauper children
and widows. People who think that monogamy
(like the exclusion of women lrom the suffrage)
came into the world and was established as a
feature of its civilization merely by accident,
have a very shoitaighted way ot looking at
social phenomena.
Triangular Legal Wit —A little piece of
triangular legal wit was perpetrated in the
clerk’s office of the Supreme Court at Washing
ton, on “All-fools’ Day,” between the Senator
from Wisconsin, .Mr. Middleton, the clerk, and
the able and winy ex-attorney General of the
Unhid States, iruin New Y'ork.
“Mi. Middleton." said Srnator Carpenter,
“ there is no statue iu the United States that pro-
hib‘ft-1 a man imm m ki':g a lool ot himselt?”
“ Nor any dtci.io.i ol the court,” gravely re
joined the cit rk.
“Ami certainly,” quickly added Mr. Evarts,
with a sly twinkle ol the eye, ** there is nothing
in the practice ot this court to warrant any other
conclusion.”
“ Is that marble ?” said a gentleman, pointing
to a boat ot Kentucky’s great statesman, recent
ly, in a New Y’ork store. “No, sir; that’s
Clay," replied the dealer.
Four George Washingtous, six Andrew Jack-
sons, five Henry Clays, and two James K.
Polks reside at piesent in the Louisiana Peni
tentiary.
It is understood in Memphis that the commit
tee appointed by the General Council to con
sider tne subject, will report in favor ol a sub
scription of $290,090 to Gen. Forrest’s road.
Froai the Atlanta New Era, tCUi inst.
CHARGE* AfiAISST TRKAStittEK
anr mas.
Report or the Agent who ttximincd the
TreoMnrer’a Rooks—Nearly Hall a .Mil
lion of Dollars Dae toy the I'rraaurer
and Laaccodated for.
To the Honor-tide the Joint Committee of Gen
eral Assembly, raised in accordance toil It the fol
lowing Executive rectmmendol ons, to toil: "1
shall esteem it a personal auil an official favor
if your honorable body will atitliourize a joint
commitUe to sit during the rcc ss, aud investi
gate the indirect charges made by the Treas
urer through the public prints against the Ex
eculive, as well as auy aud all charges lie m-ty
now have to present. 1 would respectfully
reccomtnend that the committee be authorized
to seuJ lor persons aud papers, aud to adiniuis
ter oaths.
* It is also respectfully recommended that
this committee be authorized and directed to in
quire as to the Treasurer’s use ol the public
money for his own persoual beuefit, and iuto
the system ol book-keeping iu the Treasurer’s
office.”
The following charges are respectfully sub
mitted ;
CHARGES AGAINSTON. L. ANGIEH, TREASURER OF
THE t .o.TE OF GEORGIA.
1. That N. L. Angier, State Treasurer, did
gd the 14th day ot August, A D. 1868, deposit
with tftfe Georgia National Bank ot Atlanta,
$9,248 87 of the public funds, upon the agree
ment that the Bank should pay interest to film
lor bis private use, as loug as said money should
remain on deposit, at the rate ot three per ceut.
per annum; and tor such loan ot the public
money he afterward received and appropriated
to his individual-use the interest arising there-
t.om. .
And on forty-one other occasions he made
similar unlawful use ot the funds of the State,
and received for trs private benefit interest at
the rate mentioned. The aggregate amount ot
the public money thug unlawfully used hy him
is $629,664 24 and the dale of each transaction
aud the amount used is as follows;
August 14 1868 ; $ 99 218 S7
At gust 19, lbr*S Sail 00
August S2, 3808 3,800 00
An mat 81, 1863 ' ,000 00
September 1 1868 20,000 00
September 3, 863 1.431 52
September 24,18 £ 100,U(<O 00
lictobf r 2, 1S68 8 030 06
Octobers, 1863 25 614 95
October 6,13*<8 4.1.000 00
October 8.186S 739 91
Oc oher 10, 1868 2,;87 32
October 12 1868 274 41
Oclobir22. 1863 2,000 00
November 6, 1868 23,997 77
November 9, 3868 25,(K 0 00
November 12, 1868 25,000 00
November 13, 1868 1,112 60
November 36, 3868 270 00
November 39. 38.8 742 00
November 19, 3868 266 60
November 20, 1803 24,937 50
November 21,186.8 24,937 60
November 28,1863 1,214 00
November 29, lr68 280 71
December 1,1868 805 28
December 7, 3883 50,0( 0 00
December7,1868 928 30
December 12,1868 720 00
Decern er 17,18 8 25,»00 00
December 24, lo:6s 1 1,010 00
Decern her 26, 1863...' 25,000 Ot I
December 30, 1868 50<) 00
January 0,1869 6,064 00
January 34, led 25.635 (HI
January 16, 1869 1,052 24
January 29 1369 1,402 47
February 11, 1869 25,000 00
February 18,1869 3 681 42
February 18, 1869 6,669 05
February 23,18 9 2.,4 >9 74
February 27, 1869 8,000 00
The Treasurer of the State, by captiously and
unlawfully refusing to pay Executive warrants,
could keep indefinitely iu his own hands, lor his
own use, the public ItiudB; and to prevent such
conduct, paragraph 8 of section 85 ot tlie Code
provides, that “he shall not, under any circum
stances, use liimatL, dr allow others to use, the
funds of the Statejn .is hands. That section of
the Code Angier.-as.Repeatedly violated.
a. Section 80 of the Code makes the Treasurer
liable to a penalty ot $500 for eaclt offense ot
using the public money lor his private benefit,
and suit was therefore brought iu the name ot
the Btate against him lo recover the penalties
incurred by him for having on two different oc
casions loaned the public money lor his private
gain, as shown in charge No. 1; and tins suit
Angier sought to evade by coriupt menus, iu
that he declined to submit the question ot legal
ity ot w&i rants which he had relused to pay, un
less the said suit should be withdrawn.
3. Said Angier, as Treasurer, in disregard of
his official duty, refused to pay the following
described Executive warrants, which were law
fully issued and regularly countersigned by the
Comptroller General, he, said Angier, having, at
the time of his refusal, lunds in hand sufficient
for the purpose, to-wit:
IS6S
Nov. 18..
1S6‘I
Jan 19
March 12.
Varch 13.
March 19.
March 20.
Match 22.
March 22.
March 22.
Marrh 26.
April 24..
May i9...
May i9...
May 21...
May 22...
May 24...
May 26...
May 22...
June 1....
June4 ...
Jnnel.,..
June 22..
June 29..
Jnne 9 ..
April 21.
Jane 30 .
July 20..
July 20..
July 23..
July 27..
•inly 30..
Jaly 30..
Aug. 2...
Ap il 21 .
Ang. 2...
April 21..
Ang. 2...
An^ 21..
Ang. 24..
Au , 24. .
Ang 24,.
Sep . 2...
Sept. 3...
Sept. 3...
sept. 6 ..
Sept. 8 ..
Sept. IS .
Sept 27..
Oct 4 ...
Oct 4
Oct 5 ...
Oct 2
Oct 7
Oct 17...
Oct 6 ...
Nov 15...
Not 15...
Nov 16...
Oct 29....
Nov 19...
Nov 24. .
Nov 26...
May 24...
Jnne1...
Nov 30...
Oct 29 . ..
Augl7...
Ang 17...
March 15.
Jnly 1....
July 1
Jnly 1
Juiy 1
SH.pt 1.
b«-pt 1...
Sept 1.
Sept 1.
Sept 1.
Jniy S.
„uly 13..
May 22..
Jane 11.
July 1...
Sept 24
Slept 4..
Oci 4...
oept 32
sept 22.
To Whom Issued.
43 J C Swayze
1t3'B R Freeman
283 Clisbv A Keid
285 J 1 Whitaker
295 M Dwinell
125 N J Hammond.
3i2
314
.Ml
321
Stockton & Co
J I Whitaker
E 3 Pughe
W A Heinpbill
agl-.nd & Winn
J 1 Whitaker
S H Smith
Whitman & Wrench
J C Swayze
Speights & Fitch
D M Hood
J A l>amour
J I Whitaker
Clisby & Keid
J T Tayior
S A Atkinson
DeLaney & Anderson...
R M Orme A Poa
J W Woodward
J W Woodward
Ragland & Winn.
W A Hemphill
Speights & Fitch
S A Atkinson
DeL.ney & Anderson..
Whitman <£ Wrench .
Prather & Shecnt
J H fistell '
J H Krteil
J A Wright
S K wesson
T F Smith
S A Atkinson
Prather As Shecnt
Oiisby & Keid..
W A Hemphill. "
J R Hayes ‘
J T Taylor j
J W Woouwsrd
Prather & Shecnt.
•Speights & Fuem ...
t'lisoyJt Keid
J W W oodward..!'. !!
J W Woodward
SA Atkinson.. . ....’
J C hwajz.’ .
•'rath- r * » hei-tit ..!
F K Fi ! d a
J H Esteu
.J W Woodward
T F Smith
W A Ha p & < o
105 3 R fton
Ill;J K Sneed
112 W A Hemphill
1211 Stockton A Co
143 Stockton & Co
1*1 j Stockton & Co
91 J U bwayze
IC-Jamea K quintan
1611 James E Kaygood
288 h P Farrow .f
11 K H Atkinson
78 w H Scott
1* A Flesh
*•} J R W Johurton
450 ii h Atkinson
15 J K W Johnston
14 A Ple-h
12 W H Scott
“4 Marshall de Graffenreid...
,*»L Comey.
100 s W Beair j
118 JuW Mills
1 TO Dr Geor. e D Ca«e
™ J W Burke
20 Z D Harris n
74 j Gartrell
73 J L Hopkins
certain work was authorized in the Comptroller
GeDcraPs office, which was to be paid ior out
of the Treasury. Allen J. Bell was employed
to do the work, and Executive warrant No. 303
for $S50 was drawn fjr payment and was coun
tersigned by the Comptroller General. When
presented to said Augier be refused to pay it
tor the reason that his son, Alton Augier, had
not been paid a similar amount, not embraced
in the resolution of the Legislature, saving that
w hen his son’s claim WA9 allowed he would pay
both, aud uutii then he would i>ay neither;
thus refusing to piy out of the money in his
hands for tlmt pm pose a just debt against the
S'ate, until his sou should be paid a similar
amount tor certain other and distinct woik, the
l wo being in no wise connected. This with the
lemaik, “that the charge was two much for
either his sou or Mr. Bell to receive ior the ser
vice performed, but it tlie Governor would
allow tbe same to his son he wouiJ pay both.”
6. Said Augier is guilty of accepting a bribe.
He received an undue reward to influence his
behavior iu the discharge ot his official duty, iu
violation ot sectiou 4402 of the Code, and he un
lawfully received perquisits for an official act,
in violation of section »o of the Code, in this :
On or about the 17ih day oi December, 1869,
and at subs, quent times, he, as Treasurer, made
the State liable bv inducement on tbe bonds ol
the Bruuawick and Albany Railroad to (he
amount ot three-quarters of a million of dollars,
in consideration ot which he was privately paid
aud received lor his individual benefit the sum
of about eight hundred dollars.
7. Said Angier has persistently and malicious
ly used aud abused his official posiliou for the
purpose ot uujustly degrading the Executive
office. He lias conspired with others ior the
purpose of wrongfully impairing the authoritity
of the Governor of the Slate and of driving
him from his office and from the support of the
reconstruction policy of Congress, iu this : that
he said to me on the 19th day of January, 1869,
iu explanation of the charges he had made, “ I
was opposed to thia, (Congressional action) and
J decided to fight you on it in any way that I could."
In the exercise generally ot the functions ot his
office, he, the said Angier, is influenced and con
trolled by unjust, improper, and sordid motives
-to unjust and unlawful ends.
8. Said Angier sought the office of Treasurer
and procured his election in order to carry out
a concealed purpose to violate the law and to
use the office and his official position for his
own pecuniary gain, beyond the amount ot com
pensation fixed by law. By his own public ad
mission, made ou tbe 27th of August, 1869, atter
bis unlawful acts had been exposed, in eeekiug
to excuse them, he says :
“ Beiore allowing my name to be used as a
candidate for the office ot State Treasurer,
knowing the salary was not an adequate com
pensation in view ot the heavy responsibility ol
receiving and disbursing nearly two million
dollars per annum, giving bond in sum ol two
hundred thousaud dollars, aad performing
labors ot office, 1 consulted legal authority, and
was advised that both by law and custom the
Treasurer was eutilled to the interest accruing
upon temporary deposits.”
9. Said Angier has violated the 7th paragraph
of the S6th scetion of the Code, iu this: That
lie lias used and deposited the educational funds
without the direction or approval oi the Exec
utive.
10. Said Angier lias wilfully and for the pur
pose ol concealing the balance due by him to the
State, refused and prevented an examination
into the Slate of his office, as provided iu sec
tion 87 of the Code, in this that the agent appoint
ed to make examination, as provided in si c:ion
87, reports, under date of June 15; the books as
examined by me, show that the Treasurer was
indebted to the State on the 1st day of June, in
stant, $438,074 30, of which but $190,114 89 is
due the educational fund, thus leaving a batauce
ot $246,559 41. Two hundred and forty-six
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE DOL
LARS AND FORTY ONE CENTS Of CASH, FOR GEN
ERAL purposes, which should be in tbe hands
ot the Treasurer. For this balance, and also
the educational lund of one hundred and ninety
thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and
eighty-nine cents there is no entry in the Treasu
rer's books to account for its disbursement or de
posit ; nor any entry by which the whereabouts
of this balance of nearly half a million dollars
can be accounted for; and for this balance the
Treasurer refuses to account or lo make any ex
hibit
11. Raid Angier has brought discredit upon
the State and has hindered and prevented a
proper performance of the duties of the several ex-
t cutive departments, by malicious and unlawful
acts, prejudicial and injurious to the public ser
vice. Respectfully submitted.
Rufgs B. Bullock.
Atlanta, June, 1870.
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4 Raid Angier in lrs annml rr-r-ort
fiscal y-ftr eudiug D. Ccmtier ;ri, > ;)
reporti d that iu tbe month ui March isoU, he
had paid out $61,761 82, and that the’ balance
in the Treasury on the 1st day of January, 1370,
was .$471,461 78. In truth, he had not paid
out such sum during the month of March, and
tbe balance that was in fact in his hands was
$472,435 78. The discrepancies were caused
by the following false eateries made in his
books of office; to wit: He credited himself
with having paid $1,280 to R. B. Knight, when
the amount actually paid was $585. He cred-
ited himself with having paid S. B. (Jleguorn
$1,280, when the true amount was $1,020; and
he credited himself with having paid W. E.
Holcomb $4T7, when the true amount was $468,
by which false eateries he gained of tbe public
money $974 for his own use, and retained tbe
same until the eateries were discovered.
5. By express resolution ol the Legislature,
Note.—The following resolution was adopted
by tlie General Assembly:
“ W hen as, Governor Bullock has drawn bia
warrants upon the Treasurer iu lavor ol certain
persons for printing done lor the Executive De
partment, which have been duly countersigned
by tlie Comptroller General; and, whereas, The
State Treasurer, N. L. Angier, has declined to
pay the same, iu isumch as the said warrants, in
his opinion, are drawn impiopsrly upon the
Frintiug Fund:
Jhrrt fore, Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Rrpresento'ires, Thai the Tr< usurer be author
ized and required to pay f-aid warrants, and any
oilier w -r.! rants regularly issued by the Executive
aud coiuiteistgncd by the Comptroller General
in accnidaute with law, out of any moneys in
the rreasurer cot otherwise apprbpiiated.
Atlanta, Ga , June 15,1870.
To His Excellency R B. Bullock, Governor of
Georgia :
Sir—I have the honor to report that, in ac
cordance with E xecutive Order, dated on the 6th
instant, uudi r section 87 of the Code, 1 present
ed on si lt at the Treasurer’s office at about 4
o’click p m , on the 6th, and lound the office
closed. 1 called again at 10 a’clock a h., on.
the 7th, lound ihe office open, and pte-.euted the
orde t-i she Tu .suur.
The Tie a u.er expressed much irritation, and
used language very discourteous to the Execu
tive. After a n w moments delay, the Treasu
rer threw a pile id b-i.iks on his desk, in a rear
room, with the remaik, “ Your books are ready.”
I then proceeded to exatniae.and continued until
1 o’clock, when the Clerk notified me that the
Treasurer desired to close tbe office. I retired,
and returned at 24 p. m .found the office closed,
and was not open a^a'in on ihe ?ih.
On the 8th 1 found the office open at about
halt-past nine a. m I continued examination
until 12 m ; returned at 2 p m., and found the
office closed, aud it was not o^eu. d again that
eveDiDg.
On the 9th I found the office 1 os d all the
morning but succeeded in getting in in the eve
ning for a short time.
On the l()th, having arrived ;it the amount of
balance due Iroia the Treasure!, as shown by
his books, ihe Treasurer being absent, I called
on the Clerk for an exhibit of the balance. This
he promised to have ready some ime during the
evening. I called in tue evening about 3$
o’clock, and found tbe office closed.
On the morning of tbe 10ih, I called. The
Clerk imormed me that he was not prepared to
make the exhibit and would decline to make
any unless 1 would make a written communi
cation, to which be could reply, and explain
wiiy certain entries were not made on bis books.
I was unable to see tbe Treasurer at all, on the
10th.
On the 12th, I found the Treasurer at his office,
and asked lor an exhioit ol his balance, to know
tbe amnuiii <>t balance be usd on hand;
an 1 it ou d po?i\ where, and the tarns
ieposii; tti<- h-u.mihi « t • ocational fund,
ii on d. p «i, » a .a the terms.—
Thai I dialled to see Lis v uchers and verify
his balance. Ttds demand bis son, tbe clerk ad
vised, him, the Treasurer, to refuse, and he, the
Treason r, « i-1 'eiose, saying “he woald
not'd! . . any man • ■R"' ’ be money, but told
bis b <* »• .-do « ’• • i vitiu-litis HD sin,
tbe Cn I- s Rlid to m ■ ! l would have li-j list
reauy by three or lour u’e >ck, U. M. 1 called
at the hours, and found the wftlce closed. It was
closed all tbe evening, and no list has been pre
sented to me.
The disposition and conduct of the Treasurer
and his Clerk was of such a character as to sat
isfy me that they were unwilling to aid the ex
amination ordered by' your Excellency, but on
the contrary, they desired to avoid any exhibit
ot their accounts, or explanation of their trans
actions. I, therefore, hand you herewith exhibits
made by me from the office books ol State
Treasurer as follows:
Exhibit A will show you the total receipts
and disbursements: Receipts $2,932,635 44,
(two millions nine hundred and eighty-two
thousand six hundred and thirty-five dollars and
forty-four cents;) disbursements, $2,475,961 14,
(two millions four hundred and seyenty-five
thousand nine hundred and sixty-one dollars
and fourteen cents,) from August 11th, 1S6S, to
June 1,1870 ; lor each month from August 11,
1368 fo June 1, 1870, aud balance of cash ou
hand $435,674 30, (lour hundred and thirty six
thousand six hundred and seventy-iour dollars
and thirty cents.)
Exhibit C will show yon the amount received
for Poll Tax for 1S68-9; also the amount re
ceived in 1870, this amount being lor 1868 if,
$125,799 17.
Exhibit I* will show yon the amount received,
for Liquor Tax Irom August 11,1863, to Juno 1,
1870, $48,515 91.
Exhibit E will show you the amount received
for Circuses aud Show Tax lrom August 11,
1863, to June 1,1S70, $15,799 81.
Exhibit F will show you the total amount re
ceived ior Poll, L quor, Circuses and Show Tax,
which amounts are held on account of Educa
tional Fund, $190,114 89 (one hundred and
ninety thousand one hundred and fouiteeu dol
lars aud eighty-nine cents.)
Exhibit B will show you the receipts aud dis
bursements.
The books as examined by me show that the
Treasurer was indebted to the Btate, on the 1st
ot June instant, $436,674 30; of which but
$190,114 89 is due tbe Educational Fund, thus
leaving a balance of $246,559 41. Two hun
dred and forty-six thousand five hundred and
fifty-nine dollars and forty-one cents ol cash
tor general purposes, which should be in the
' hands of tbe treasurer. For this balance and
also ihe Educational Fund, of one hundred and
ninety thousand one hundred and fourteen dol
lars and eighty-nine cents, there is no entry in
the Treasurer’s books to account for its dis
bursement or deposit, nor any entry by which
the whereabouts of this balance of nearly half
a million oi dollars can be traced ; aud for this
balance the Treasurer refuses to account or to
make any exhibit.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
George P. Burnett.
Cheap Advertising.
Dr Sam. Bard is a shrewd one. He has ob
tained twenty thousand dollars’ worth ol adver
tising without paying a cent lor it.
He and Kenny are in luck. Kenny sent some
editor a bottle of whisky, and a Methodist
preacher took said editor to task for politely
thanking him lor it. Almost every paper iu
Georgia was zealous (or or against Keuny. So
it was with Dr. Sam Bard. He is the best ad
vertised man in Georgia, except Kenny. Kenny
pays for bis advertisements, but Bard gets them
lor nothing.
We clip the foregoing from the Constitution,
ot Wednesday morning last. It is another good
advertisement for Kenny, whose liberality to
the press is appreciated by the whole “ gang"
in Atlanta as well as elsewhere in the State.
But we beg leave to correct our Broad street
neighbor. It was not a bottle of whhky that was
sent to an editor in Atlanta tor which a “ Meth
odist preacher took said editor to task for po
litely thanking him for it.” It was a demijohn
of whisky—nay, two demijohns—oue ol which
fell into the hands of one of the former locals
of this paper, and the other, so the story goes,
was deposited in the counting room ol the Con
stitution. The contents ot each of said demi
johns, we were told, were designed “for all
hands ” iu each office. Our local did not so
understand it, and appropriated the demijohn
and its contents, sent to this office, to his own
use, but acknowledged the receipt thereof. It
seems, too, from reports at the time connected
with the matter, that Kenny’s demijohn sent to
the counting room of the Gonstilulion was there
taken good care of, though no acknowledgment
was returned for the compliment., nor not a drop
of the contents was tasted by any of “ the
hands.” Then came Mr. Haygooel’s assault upon
this jonrnal, for its acknowledgement of “ Ken
ny’s demijohn, which was published in the Con
stitution with laudatory ediLorial comments—
that paper " laying low and keeping dark ” in
regard to its reception ot a demijohn also. That
was not lair, neighbor, but we bore the brunt of
the reverend gentleman’s assault, and came out
of the lively controversy that ensued with him
self, second best—Kenny alone having profited
by it, being the best advertised man in Atlanta;
and so he will continue to be, uow that the
Constitution has again brought to public atten
tion the bottle—no, the demijohn affair. Be it so,
Kenny is liberal to the press, and the press
should be liberal to Kenny.
Relief for the Poor — livery city has in
ite midst a class ot people wh.> m e in constant
need of the necessaries of life, and it uot aided
by the hand of charity, must actually suffer.—
We know of many such in our city, aud no
doubt we have our full share ot them. This
produces a constant practice of what may be
denominated street beggiog. This is very an
noying to our citizens. Every well regulated
city has a system of public charity, by which
the evil above alluded to may be very much
lessened, and tbe condition of tbe poor very
greatly ameliorated, and the expense be divided
among all the tax-payer?, so as to Jail lightly
upon each one. Alms houses, orphan asylums,
houses of correction and other institutions of a
similar character might be established among
os, by which the suffering poor might be shel
tered, fed, clothed, and medically treated, so that
hanger, cold and vagrancy would be compara
tively a stranger to the helpless portion ol our
community. We make these suggestions in a
spirit ot philanthropy, hoping that they may ar
rest the attention oi some ot onr charitable citi
zens, and that some movement may be inau
gurated to carry out the benevolent object to
which we have invited attention. Charity is a
shining virtue, in fact, tbe chief of virtues, aud
the scriptures teach us this lesson, that “ he that
giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord; that
which he hath given will he pay him again.”
From Indianapolis—A woman named Raff,
who has lived in extreme poverty in this city
for the past two or three yeara, about six months
ago began lending money through the banks,
taking mortgages and securities. The sums
run up to some fifty thousand dollars, when
suspicion was excited in regard to her, and a
detective worked up the case, discovering that
the whole of it was blackmail which she had
levied upon wealthy geutlemeu. From one
man, named. Tull, of Morgan county, she re
ceived over sixteen thousand dollars.
Mr T. S. Malone and son and T. S. Hanson
Were arraigned beiore Justice Barnett on Satur
day last, charged with assault with intent to
murder the City Marshal, Henry Hogue. After
an examination of all the principal witnesses,
his Honor decided to bind them over in a bond
of one thousand dollars each, for their appear
ance at the tail term of tbe Superior Court, and
in the meantime to keep the peace. The par
ties gave the required bond and security, and
employed some ol the most experienced counsel
ot the city to defend them.—Madison Journal.
^ ^
An Illinois man got a divorce from his wife
and hired her to do the housework at two dol
lars a week. He saved money by it.
Connubial Felicity.—Nothing tends more
to connubial happiness than ebeertul aud healthy
infanta and children. Mrs. Whitcomb’s Syrup
is the great children’s soothing remedy.
JunelG It
The Grand Surprise ! —The gray-haired
can hardly believe their eyes when they see
their whitened !o< k-* u-atived to their pristine
beauty by a clear and lr mapareut ti tiJ. Pha-
lon’s V;tal : a, . j Salvation tor the Hair, is the ar
ticle in qucaiioa, aud is tree from any sedint nt.
S Id by all druggists and fancy goods dealers.
juaelO It
A. Fragment.—A butterfly of fashion passed
down Whitehall, displaying magnificent “ shoo
fly” ribbons, in fact, all the regalia of the girl of
the period.
“ That’s style,” suggested a gentleman.
“ Yes,” replied another.
“ The old man must have struck ile,” contin
ued the first.'
“And that’s what you call petroleum," rejeiined
the second-
Petroleum is good. It is a bright little bit of
philology to suit the necessities of the language.
There Is a good deal oi mushroom aristocracy
now-a-daya, and “ petroleum” stamps it.
STATE NEWS.
A letter from Putnam says farm pros
pects are very bright there. Another trom
Marshallville, describes crops as generally good
in that part ol Houston.—Americus Republican.
In one of our city churches, on last Sunday,
during the sermon, two small boys annoyed the
clergyman by exchanging their love letters.
The clergyman stopped his sermon, and asked
Ihe congregation to kneel with him in prayer for
the young sinners, which they did. This
prompt action had a remaikably quieting
effect.— lb.
We received, on Saturday last, from Mrs. Jas.
L. Keid, a curiosity in the vegetable liae—a
cabbage plant measuring tour leet across. It
was oi the drum-head variety, and just begin
ning to turu in tor beading. We have seen
large cabbage plants, but none to beat this.
There are many others near that size in her gar
den. 8he also sent us some squashes and beets.
They, too, were ot large sizi, very tender and
delicious when served up. We tender many
thanks tor this kind remembrancer.—Eaton'.on
Press.
Death of a Good Citizen.—Mr. E. L. W.
Griffith, one ot the worthiest citizens of thi3
county, died at his residence near Floyd Springs,
on the 3d inat. He was a prominent member of
the Methodist Church, being class leader and
circuit steward at the time ot his death. His re
mains were buried with Masonic honors.—Rome
Courier.
During the fierce storm of yesterday after
noon, a chair that had been carelessly felt in the
upper window ot the Custom House, imme
diately over tbe entrance to the postoffice, was
blown ofl when the tempest was at its height.—
By a curious coincidence, Mr. Alexander Mc
Cabe, who was seeking refuge from the rain at
the time, was struck by the chair and knocked
senseless to the ground. An examination proved
that the breastbone ot the unlortunate victim to
neglect, had been broken and his head slightly
contuse.!. Had it not been ior an open umbrella
in his hand, it is likely that he would have been
instantly killed. Mr. McCabe is connected with
J. H. Kuwe’s bakery, and will be remembered as
the party who so nobly risked his own life to
save a drowning man at the recent picnic of the
German Friendly Society. We are but too glad
ia stating that nis injuries will not prove se
rious.—Savannah Republican.
The Obstructions.—The work on the ob
structions near Fort Jackson has been discon
tinued, and will not be resumed again until tbe
middle or latter part of October. When, oh 1
when will Mr. Wells complete his contract?
—Morning News.
One of the Escort of Gen. LaFaybtts.—
We were introduced yesterday to a gentleman,
named Satierwhite, of South Carolina. He was
born in 1797, and hence ia now aged 73 years.
When he was 26 years old he formed one of an
escort oi a regiment ot 1,200 cavalrymen to
Gen. LaFayette, when he passed through
Columbia, bouth Carolina. He says in the regi
ment there was not a man nor a horse under
five feet high. They were halted a mile and a
half irom Columbia, and thence to that place
the ground over which LaFayette walked was
completely covered with carpets. Must have
taken a pile of them. Like all old men he has
inaBy such recollections, which are, however,
cast into the shade by late and more stirring
events .— Columbus Sun.
The merchants of Qainsville have sold near
110,000 pounds of flour witbiu a space of ninety
days, aud not more than 5,000 pounds were
Western. All sold at 4± to 4) cents. Say not
that our merchants, Hall county farmsf/ aud
millers have not slopped the mouths of the
hungry.—Air-Line Eagle.
Slipper Club.—Just as we were’going to
press we received 15 pages proceedings ot au
extraordinary session ot tbe slipper club, taken
down by the stenographic reporter last after
noon. These proceedings comprise constitu
tional amendments, “ gushing letters,” form of
oath, &c., which we will overlook at leisure and
give the “pints” if there beany. The docu
ment as a whole is too prolix for our limited
space.—Columbus Enquirer.
Railroad Meeting in Polk.—a meeting
was held at Cedartown, Polk county, on the 4th
inst, for the purpose ot directing attention to
the advantages to be derived from running the
Columbus, LaGrange and North Georgia Rail
road through Cedar Valley. Resolutions were
passed, declaring that the Valley abounds in
agricultural aud miaeral resources; that a more
easy, cheap aud practicable route lor a railroad
making Rome its point of destination, cannot
be found; and inviting tbe company to review
the line indicated-ik
The Storm Yesterday.—Our city was yes
terday noon, visited by a wind storm, which
threatened considerable damage. The wind
prevailing from the Northwest brought a black
cloud, which burst upon the city at twelve
o’clock, fortunately at a time when the streets
were comparatively deserted. It spent its force
on Bay street, and brought trom the top ot the
Exchange building a barrel, which came near
demolishing a gentleman passenger on a street
car. Fortunately the scaffolding had been taken
down the day before, or we might have been
called to note accidents which we are uot called
upon to record.
In the region ol the city known as the suburb
gardens, its effects were seriously felt, the young
cjrn being thrown down to its roots and injured
very much. Young plants also suffered exten
sively.
The storm prevailed from the Northwest, but
evidently the full force was not felt in Savannah.
We look for reports of hail along tbe Southern
coast, which may prove very disastrous to grow
ing crops.—Savannah News.
Another Printer Gone.—Mr. Cicero W.
Eeds, a printer ot Atlanta, died on the 9lh inst.
The Inteixigencer pays a very handsome
tribute to the wortb of this gentleman,—Rome-
Daily.
The Town Pumps.—Among the numerous
improvements of our Commissioners, we are
glad to notice that they have succeeded in
erecting two pumps, with hose attached, upon
the public square. These will be of great bene
fit to our citizens under all circumstances, and
especially in the event of a fire. There is only
one fault to find with the arrangements, and
that is the muddy character of the soil in the
immediate neighborhood of the wells, and
unless this is remedied by a pavement of some
description, it will before long amount to a per
fect nuisance. We notice that it ha3 already
become somewhat miry, owing to the untiring
exertions of fractional “ fifteenth amendment-
ers ” in using the hose. To pave a small space
immediately around the pumps, would cost but
a small amount, aud would certainly conduce
greatly both to the comfort and appearance of
tne square.— Washington Gazette,
Dr. Lovick Pierce, of Georgia, whose agei3
nearer ninety than eighty, preached 'a sermon
near two hoars in length, ia Savannah last
week, and some who have known him many
years say it was one of the ablest of his life.—lb.
A Humane Action.—A gentleman resident
of this city, and engaged as an officer on a
steamer running between this port and Haw-
kinsville, while at a landing on the Altamaha
river, to save his own life knocked into the
river one of the deck hands. The man was on
the point of drowning, as he could not swim,
when the officer, who bad almost caused his
melancholy decease, generously jumped in alter
him, and being au expert swimmer rescued him.
It has always been a mystery to us to find men
engaged in doing business on the great waters
wbo cannot swim. It the City Treasury of
Savannah were rich in funds, we would advo
cate the erection ot a public floating bath-house,
such an one as is contemplated tor the New
York harbor, where all may learn this impor
tant art.
Already $8,000 have been subscribed in
stock in our lair ground and buildings. Only
$10,000 will be offered. Those desiring to have
a good thing bad better call and take the re
maining amount. It will pay good dividends.
Call on Capt. D. W. K. Peacock.—Carter soil le
Express.
The Early Closing Movement.—The boot
and shoe dealers have followed the example set
by the dry goods houses of the city in tbe early
closing movement, and will herealter close then
places of business iu the evening at six o’clock,
in order to give their employees an opportunity
tor recreation during the dull summer months
instead of lounging about the store waiting for
customers who never come.
There is a negro woman thirty-seven year?
oi age living on the plantation of Mr. W. H.
Battle, oi Baker county, who weighs 300 pounds
and has twenty-five children, ail living. Mr.
Battle says she is remarkably healthy and is
a good cook, bnt never cooks "more than one
thing at a time — People's Defender x