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WEEKLY X K W S Grand 3iiry Presentments. Our readers will observe that much of our genera! news matter is left out of this issue for the purpose of making room for the grand jury presentments. The actions of this body are presented in full, and it is to be hoped, that the recommendation they present may re ceive prompt attention, and not be con signed to musty pigeon holes as useless, and mere forms of law. - - ■ Freights, Our business men will congratulate themselves on the very great reduction in freights from the business centers, East to this point. The Central Railroad management with characteristic liberality and an appreciation of the stringency in business circles have recently pub lished a circular to their agents, notify, ing them of the change in their tariffs. Mr. Smith, the agent at this point, hands os the following notice for publication : Office C R R Agency, Griffin, Feb. 26,1876. Editor ]SeW8 — Rates of freight from New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia ..and Boston to this point, taking effect at point of shipment on the 23rd inst. and subject to change without notice, will as follows hereafter: For Ist class, Lie “ 2nd " 7<3c " 3rd •• 65c “ 4th “ 55c “ sth soc Jas. A. Smith, Agent. Grand Jury Room Spring Term ( Supdbior Court, 1876. J Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: In severing onr connexion as gran J ju ms I congratulate you upon the harmo ny and good feeling existing during this long session, and if there has been one act or word from one member toward another calculated to wound the feelings of another, I have not detected it, and if I, as your presiding officer, have i -i my rulings committed any act to wound the feelings of any member I ask pardon, and pledge myself that it was not intentional. While I have spent many pleasant hours in this room of like character I must say I have never spent a more pleasant one, and I must that this see siou will ever be a green spot on memory waste yea one that memory lierseli will delight to rest upon in her excursions upon the past. War. Crittenden, Foreman Grand Jury. Fifty Years Older. Editors Daily News: Gentlemen—T see in your issue of the 2Dtk instant, an article from the Eaton ton Messenger, giving an account of an iron'bound chest in the possession of a Mr. Turner, said to be a century old. I think I have one nearly half century older. The chest in my possession is sub stantially made, braced at the corners and bottom with small oak scantling, the sides, and bottom ef stout oak plank, with a very singular lock and key. If I have its history correctly—it fled from the persecution in Ireland, and was brought to this country by Christopher Abbott, a protestant, my great'great grand father, and has been in our family ever since. I remember it when but a child, in possession of my grand mother who died at our house, and at the death of my father and mother it came to me. It is in good condition and could make dozen trips across the ocean without much damage. Shall I send it to the Centennial. Yours, John Stilwell. Griffin, Ga., Feb. 26th 1876. Remember 'i'llis. Now is the time of the year for Pneu nia. Lung Fevers, Coughs, Colds and fatal results of pradisposition to Con sumption and other Throat and Lung Die eases. Boschee’s German Syrup has been used in this neighborhood for the past two or three yea-s witho it a single failure to cure. If you have not used this medicine yourself, go to your drug gist, Dk. N. B. Deewry, and ask him of its wonderful success among his custom ers. Two doses will relieve the worst case. If you have no faith in any medi cine, just buy a Sample Bottle of Bos, ehee’s German Syrup for 10 cents; and try it. Regular size bottle, 75 cents Don’t neglect a cough to srvo 75 cents. — ♦ Tobacco! We have just received another large consignment for sale very low. feb 2-tf Johnson & Tolbert. SO.Vi E POETUY. BY A GEORGIA MAN WHO WEN X TO TEXAS. There, with a dusty, tearful eyo, I saw a thousand creeks go dry— (A whopping lie, perhaps you think.) Without a single drop to drink For man or beast, through all her wilds— Still “going West" for countless miles. I swept acroeo her whole domain, And still I found it was the same— A marked decline in all I saw Across the plains of Arkansaw— The summers dry, the winters wet, The people poor and all in debt. I must confess the lands are good That lie above the rolling flood; But in the swamps, and on the hills. You’ll have the fever and the chills— And that I saw must be the fate Of every county in the State. “The far off hills are always green," But when I found them— changed the scene— It was the swamps that showed the green— Where intermittents swell lha spleen; Blue mass and quinine you must take, Or live and die with ague-cake. I saw a thousand men or more, Almost starving, sick and poor— Among the cypress and the fern, Still sighing, longing to return To dear old Georgia—former home— But they alas ! can never come. For want of means, in sad distress, Throughout that howling wilderness, They mope, and droop, and weep, and die— Can’t help their children when they cry: All that I saw—and something worse— Of which I’ll tell you all in verse. I saw ten thousand drunk, I think, And heard the oaths of those that sink In beastly drunk’ness to the sod, Blaspheming all the names of God. May heaven save us from that fate— Bedeem that people—save that State. Bankrupt in all—in every whim, While still in whisky they will swim— All hunting, fishing—slashing ’round And scarce a sober man be found— K'n preachers, lawyers, doctors drunk— All boasting of their wealth and spunk. [(Sparta Times and I‘iantee. XASIIPPE. It seems that the memory of this wo man, like that of her renowned husband, is likely to be kept alive to the end of time. She is said to have possessed a very irritable temper, and her name has become a synonym of “vixen,”or ‘ scold” It is more than possible, however, that the judgment passed upon her by man kind has been too severe. A more char itable disposition would undoubtedly have discovered in her many good qual ities, and have attributed her failings more to physical infirmities than to mor al obliquity. The party most intimately acquainted with her, and therefore best able to form a correct opinion, gives her \ credit for many domestic virtues. It is now well known that many of the dis eases to which women arc snbject, have a direct tendency to render them irrita ble, peevish, cross, morose, unreasona ble, so that they chafe and fret over all those little ills and ’annoyances that a person in health would bear with com posure. It is fair to infer that most of the tantrums of Xantippe were due to these causes alone; and could Socrates, as he returned from the Senate, the Gymuasium, or the Antheneum, have stopped at Pestle & Mortar’s Drug Store and carried home a bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, now and then, no doubt he might have evaded many a “curtain lecture,” allayed many a “domestic broil,” made it much pleas anter for the children, and more enjoya ble for himself, and rescued his wife’s name from the unenviable, world-wide, and eternal notoriety it has attained. Thousands of women bless the day on which Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription was made known to them. Asingle bot tle often gives delicate and suffering wo men more relief than months of treats ment from their family physician. In all those derangements causing a back ache, dragging-down sensations, nervous and general debility, it is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing and healing pro perities render it of the utmost value to ladies suffering from internal fever, con gestion, inflammation, or ulceration, and its strengthening effects tend to correct displacements of internal 'parts, the re sult of weakuess of natural supports. It is sold by all druggists. —- ■ mm. Vu Have IVo Excuse. Have you any excuse for suffering with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint ? Is there any reason why you should go on from day to day complaining with jSour Stom ach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costive ness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart burn, Wuterbrash, Gnawing and burn ing pains ai the pit of the Stomach, Yel low Skin, Coated Tongue, and disagreea ble taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. No ! it is positively your own fault if you do. Go to your druggist, Dr.. N. B. Drewry —and get a bottle of Green’s August FlOwer for 75 cents, and your curb is certain ; but if you doubt this, get a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try it. — Two doses will relieve you. ■ >♦! OYFUL ! joyful! no more house burning ! No more" scared children ! All serene in*the home circle, by using OIL, Lamp3ard Chimneys bought of feb2o MANGHIM & BRO. The Stale Hoad Lease. We publish this morning tiie report of the joint committee appointed by the Legislature to investigate the charge that seventy thousand dollars were ex pended on the Legislature of 1871, by parties interested to secure the endorse ment of the lease of the Western & At lantic railroad, and, just as we expected, after a searching and thorough investiga tion, they failed to find any evidence to show that any member of the Legislature was bribed. We were satisfied at the time the charge was made that there was nothing in it, and that it was for the purpose of gaining a little notoriety, and for another purpose which we will not mention, as the thing is now ended. THE LEASE INQUIRY. Unanimous Report ot the Inves tigating Committee. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE WAS BRIBED. THE INVESTIGATION SEARCHING AND THOR OUGH. Mr. President : The joint commit tee appointed under the resolution of the general assembly, approved Feb ruary 9, 1876, to-wit: Whereas, It is publicly charged in the Atlanta Herald, of February 6th, a newspaper published in the city of Atlanta, that seventy thousand dollars were expended on the legislature of 1871 by parties interested to secure the indorsement of the lease of the Western & Atlantic railroad ; there fore— Be it resolved by the Senate and house of representatives of the State oi Georgia, That a committee be ap pointed, consisting of two from the senate and three from the house, whose duty it shall be to make imme diate investigation into the truth of said charge, and to report the result of the same to the present session of the general assembly, and futher, that in the prosecution of said investiga tion, said committee shall have power to administer oaths, to send for per sons and papers, and to compel the attendance and presence of the same. Submit the following report: The brief time allotted and the bur den of regular duties of the members of the committee in the senate and house of representatives respectively, rendered unusually difficult a satisfac tory investigation into the truth of so grave a charge. The name of no mem. ber of the legislature of 1871 and ’72 to whom it was supposed money had been corruptly paid has been furnish ed to the committee. It was neces sary, therefore, to give the inquiry a wide range in order that no source of information might be overlooked. The investigation was conducted openly in the presence of any citizen who chose to attend. Col. It. A, Alston, of the Atlanta Herald, avowed the authorship of the article referred to in the resolu. tion, and ex. Gov. Joseph E. Brown, president of the Western and Atlantic Railroad company, with the counsel of the company, Judge H. K. McCay and Julius L. Brown, Esq., wore pres ent and participated in the examina tion of all the witnesses. Col. Alston made a prelimi nary statement which appears in the testimony, giving all the information within his knowledge relating to the subject of inquiry. All persons who were supposed to know anything about the matter and who could be.brought before the committee in the limited time, have been exami ined. Portions of the testimony may appear inevalent, but that is the nec essary result of such an inquiry, un less weeks had been allowed instead of a few days for its prosecution. The allegation that seventy thous. and dollars were expended on the legislature of 1871 by the parties and for the purposes mentioned in the res. olution was found to refer to a dec laration of Mr. W. 0. Morrill, treasur er and also a memler of the lease company made in the presence of Mr. E B. "Walker, master of transporta tion,according to the testimony of the latter sometime in the latter part of the year 1872, “That the legislature had brought a heavy expense upon the road about seventy thousand dollars -1 ' Mr. Morrill denies any recollection of statement, but suggests that if it was made at all, he referred to tbe difference between the amount of the first inventory of the personal proper ty of the railroad placed by the statu in procession of the lease company and the amount of the second inventory of the same property made in 1872, be tween seventyfive thousand and one hundred thousand dollars greater, which increase was regarded as so much loss to the company. It was thought by Mr. Walker that Mr* E. W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn., at the time general superintendent of the railroad, may have been present. The latter when examined did not remem ber being present at the office of Mr. Walker on that occasion, or that such a statement was made in bis presence. The testimony of Messrs Morrill and Cole being negative merely, would not be sufficient to overcome the pos itive testimoney of N. Walker on that point, if he had given with certainty tho subject matter of the conversation so that the committee could ascertain the exact meaning of Mr. Morrill's statement. It remains a matter of doubt what was Baid on that occasion and to what expenditure of money re ference was made. Mr. Morrill states in substance in his further examination, that between twenty and twenty-five thousand dol lars was expended from the treasury of the company in the year 1872, de tailed accounts of which were never reported to the board of directors, and of the particular application of which he had no knowledge, beyond the fact that the payments were made by di. rection of the president to persons and for purposes known to the latter. Governor Bcowm, the president gave a detailed statement of the sums so expended amounting in the aggreg ate to about tbe sura of twenty.one thousand dollars. Pending the controversy in the leg islature, in the year 1872, about the fairness of the lease he states; A committee was appointed, consisting of myself, as president, Judge King, and Mr. Ben. H Hill, and our duties were to look after the interests of the lease and negotiate with the legisature or any committee of that body, with reference to the remodelling the inven tory or other matters coming up un der the lease. 1 * The president alone expended mon ey under this appointment. He states that the greater portion of the amount was paid to sundry publishers of news, papers in various places for the pub. lication ot articles and communica. tions favorable to the continuance of the lease. Several thousand dollars went to lawyers in different parts of the State, as retaining fees in the event of litigation, and for services in defending the fairness and policy of the case before members of the legis. lature and the public. The sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) was placed in the hands of Mr. Ben May a member of the company, with instruc. tions to spend it only for the purposes above mentioned, amongst “newspa. pers and attorneys in that section where he lived, who might be of ser. vice in Representing our case to the public.’ The committee investigated as far as was practicable, the purpose for which these several sums of money were paid, and the uses to which the same wero applied, and ascertained (with the exception hereinafter named) that no portion of the money was paid by the parties receiving it to members of the legislature of 1871 and 1872. Mr. Benjamin May reported to Gov. Brown before his death the expendi. ture of two thousand dollars and .made no other report of the purpose to which the balance of the money was applied. The committee, therefore, could trace the remaining three thous. and dollars no further, and the only information we could obtain, was the opinion of Gov. Brown, that from his instruction, and his knowledge of the character of Mr May, the monev had not been corruptly used. The com, mittee submit the testimony to the general assembly for such disposition as may be deemed proper, with their conclusion that is no evidence to establish the charge that any sum of money was paid to a member of the legislature of 1871 and 1872, to influ, ence his vote upon the passage of the resolution to “ratify the lease of the Western and Atlantic railroad. Henry D McDaniel, Chairman Senate Committee, Patrick Walsh, Chairman House Committee, February 21st, 1876, LBGISLAUVF SUMMARY. To prohibit the sale of liquor with in three miles of Camak Church, War. ren county. To provide for taxing dogs, and en courage sheep raising, to take effect only in such counties as two.thirds of the grand jury shall recommend. The bill to regulate the leasing out of the penitentiary convicts, by the Governor, passed with amendments. The bill to provide for a record of the bonds issued by private and pub lic corporations, to be kept in the office of Secretary of State, passed. The Senate refused to i eeede from its amendments to tbe House Conven. tion bill. THE HOUSE. The bill to allow the Georgia Rail, road to run freight trains on Sundays to Atlanta and Augusta, passed. The following bills passed. To regulate the sale of liquor in Brunswick. To amend the charter of Sanders, ville and authorize the Mayor and Council to subscribe to stock in the Sander-sville Railroad- To incorporate the Sr. Mary’s Air Line Railroad. To incorporate the Toccoa and Tal. lulah Railroad company. To incorporate the Fulton Cotton Spinning Company. To prohibit the sale of liquor with, in three miles of Holly Spring Baptist Church, Elbert county. To make it penal to catch fish, ex. cept with hook and line, in the Alapa. ha and tributaries, in Irwin county. For the relief of the securities on the bond of D B Houser, of Houston county. To fix the fees of the jailor of Twiggs county for dieting prisoners. Mr Walsh moved to take up the convention bill as amended by the senate. Adopted by yeas 73, nays 17, and House refused to agree to the Senate substitute. The Senate having refused to re* cede, a committee of conference was asked for by the House. It is believed that a compromise cannot be agreed upon, and no bill will pass. The bill introduced by Judge Reese in reference to the homestead, passed. Judge Peeples has appointed Dr Lawton as Receiver in the office of the State Printer. This was in response to a bill filed by Z D Harrison, in be, half of certain creditors of Alston & Grady, and R A Alston. The State Printers profits are to go to their creditors. Valuable Property For Sale. We call special attention to the silver tiseaient of Commissioner’s sale in an other column. The property for sale is one of the most valuable pieces of prop erty iu the State. It is near the corpor ate line oi the city, with good residence, out houses, etc. jgjgr’Butler Hudson lias a good HORSE that lie will sell on a CKELLtl 1 until next NOVEMBER. feb24-3t.