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CONSTITUTIONALIST
AUGUSTA* GA.
CTHURSDAY MORNIHG. DEO. 20.1870
Notice.
From and after this date —Jane 1,1870 —
The terms for the Tri- Weekly Constitu
tionalist will be at the rate of $6 per
annum. All papers will be discontinued at
the end of the time paid for.
ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
LAW.
Considerable interest being felt in the
election which is to be held in this State,
for school officers, on the 7th of Januiry,
we present an analysis of the new Public
School law, which authorizes said elec
tion :
The “ Georgia State Board of Education”
is composed of the Governor, Comptroller
General, Secretary of State, Attorney Gen
eral and State School Commissioner. It
holds in trust for the State all devises of
lands; pays all school moneys to the State
Treasurer, who is held upon his bond for
the amount; prescribes what text-books
and books of reference shall be used, but is
forbidden to introduce books of a sectarian
or sectional character; shall not exclude
the Bible from the schools ; reports legu
larly to the Legislature its acts and doings
and the amount whtcli in addition to the
regular school fund (poll tax, special tax
on shows, sale of liquors, commutation of
Military service, endowments, gifts, and
one-half the net earnings of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad) shall be necessary
to support a school in every school district
in the State for at least three months in
the year.
STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
This officer receives a salary of $2,500
per annum, and has a clerk at $1,200 per
annum. He is charged with the general
administration of the school law; decides
mooted questions; prescribes regulations
for making reports and standards by which
the County Commissioner is to' decide the
grade of teachers’ certificates; visits as
often as possible the Senatorial districts;
counsels with the school officers; appor
tions eqnitablv the revenue raised and
hereinbefore referred to; sees that educa
tional money is not misapplied; distri
butes the county’s share of the State fund
through the County Treasurer; makes an
annual report which shall embrace the
workings of the system in full, what is
superfluous and what is lacking. All trav
eling expenses, in performance of official
duties are paid. He keeps an itemized ac
count of expenditures in his department.
The books of his office are open to inspec
tion.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
This Board is composed of one member
from each militia district and city ward.
Members hold office for two years ; meet on
the first Tuesday of the month succeeding
thatof theirelection and organize by electing
one of their number President, and a suita
ble person Secretary, who thereby becomes
County School Commissioner; thereafter
meet regularly at the Court House every
three months. At the first meeting the
Board fully describe the sub-school dis
tricts ; are a body politic and corporate in
law; have care and custody of all school
properly conveyed to them ; may establish
such graded schools as they think proper,
with full power in respect to such schools
to employ, pay and dismiss teachers, fur
nish school honses; perform the duties of
trustees where those officers fail or refuse ;
prescribe rules for government of schools
throughout, the county; determine the num
ber of days the County Commissioner may
work ; determine how and when taxes shall
be levied for the support of the schools.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
This functionary holds office for two
years ; is allowed a per diem of $3 for the
days he is at work ; examines applicants
for license to teach, aud issues certificates
of first, second or third grade, according to
the ratio of correct answers and other evi
dences of qualification given by the appli
cant upon the examination; revokes li
censes on account of incompetency, im
morality, etc.; makes annual report to the
State School Commissioner; is the medium
of communication between the State School
Commissioner and subordinate school offi
cers ; decides points of difference between
Trustees of any district; visits the schools
as often as necessary; does all he cau to
elevate the poorer schools to the standard
of the best; advises the Trustees as to
most approved school furniture, apparatus,
educational agencies; furnishes Trustees
and teachers with blanks, etc., issued by
the State Educational Department.
SCnOOT, DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES.
There are three Trustees in each Militia
District and City Ward —one holds for one
year, one for two years, and one for three
years. After the first election, one is
elected for three years. They qualify wit.h
iu five days after election, by taking an
oath, administered by each other, to faith
fully and impartially discharge the duties
of their position; they fill vacaucics in
their number, occasioned by resignation or
refusal to serve; have management and
control of their local school interests; em
ploy teachers from among persons to whom
the County Commissioner issues license or
certificate. Non-licensed persons employ
ed by Trustees are not entitled to pay.
The Trustees certify to the County Commis
sioner the amounts due the teachers; re
port teachers to the Board for dismissal on
sufficient grounds; visit the schools at
least twice each term; may examine the
pupils; negotiate and make, under such
rules and regulations as the County Board
of Education may prescribe, all necessary
contracts in providing fuel, building and
furnishing school houses, repairing, leasing
and renting the same, and all other pro
visions necessary for the convenience and
prosperity of the schools in their district—
the fnnds for which shall he raised by tax
ation levied upon the taxable property of
said district and by assessment on the
labor of the qualified voters, as may be de
termined by the County Board of Educa
tion. Assessment du any voter may be
discharged by labor. They also make ar
rangement for instrnction of the white and
the colored youth of their district in sepa
rate schools; provide the same facilities for
each, “ bnt the children of the white and
colored races shall not be taught together in
any sub-district of the State;” have an
enumeration of unmarried white and col
ored youth in their district taken separate
ly between the Ist and 15th October of
each year: keep a record of their proceed
ings. together with minutes of all school
meetings held in their district; may meet
as frequently as they deem proper for the
transaction of business.
TEACHERS.
The certificate of the County Commis
sioner does not make one a teacher, but
represents him or her, as a competent per
son for the position. He or she may, or
may not, be employed by the Trustees'—
Teachers make regniar reports; are not
paid nniess the said reports are in every
respect what the law directs they shall be ;
when dismissed they may appeal to the
County Board and ultimately, within a
limited time, to the State Commissioner.
Their accounts are audited by the Trustees.
EVENING AND AMBULATORY SCHOOLS
May be established by the County Board
wherever desirable. By means of the am
bulatory schools, it is hoped the chil
dren in sparsely settled districts may be
reached anl benefited.
Pearls Before Swine.
A CARD FROM EX-GOVERNOR VANCE.
1 o the Editor of the Washington Chronicle:
You have stricken me some heavy and
some unjust blows. Will you allow me to
parry through your columns? Referring
to my eiection to the United States Senate
you charge, in a recent issue, that it has
been my constant boast that my opinions
and feelings have undergone no change
since the war, that my children are taught
to hate the Government, &c. I deny this
last most emphatically. It is simply un
true. It is difficult to tell what you mean
by the former. If a four years’ war had
been fought to prove the incorrectness of
the multiplication table. Ido not see how
the victors could force upon their adversa
ries the conclusion that that, venerable in
stitution lied. If you mean that my ab
stract opinions as to what was right have
not been changed by the results of the war,
yon are correct; bnt if you meant to say
that I do not accept those lesults, each
and all of them, and guide my conduct as
a citizen thereby, your charge is incorrect..
I can well see how a beaten party may be
required to acknowledge that fact, and to
engage that lie will forever refrain from
attempting those things again which were
the cause of the collision. But it seems to
me that he would be quite a sorry dog, in
deed, who should acknowledge that he had
for your years participated in all the hor
rors aud calamities of civil war for a cause
that had so little reason to sustain it that it
had become wrong as soon as two men and
$lO proved too strong for one man and sl.
You also chargethat “less than three weeks
ago, in a speech deliverd in Wilmington,
he (I) said that he (I) never asked for a par
don, aud uever would,” &c. It is sufficient
to say, in reply to this, that the last political
speech I made in that city was in August,
1864. So that is an error, as is also the coarse
and profane expression which you allege 1
uttered “some time ago,” and which has been
denied by me agaiD and again. But the charge
which most concerns me of the many which
you bring against me is, that my skirts are
not clear “of responsibility for the inhuman
treatment of Union soldiers at Salisbury
during the late war.” I am not disposed
to disavow my share in that great struggle.
However opposed to it at the beginning, it
would be worse than uncandid in me to
deny that when forced into it by the action
of mv State, 1 went into the war with all
my might and persisted to the end. Bnt, I
do deny that, I exceeded in any way the
bonnds of civilized warfare; I do claim that
I fought, that light with manliness and
humanity. So far from any responsibility
whatever resting upon me for the ill-treat
ment of prisoners, it is well known that
they were exclusively under the control of
the Confederate authorities. Notwithstand
ing this, when informed of the condition
of those prisoners, I wrote at once to the
Secretary of War and urged him, if it was
possible, to provide for their wants ; aud 1
secured the passage of an act of our General
Assembly, authorizing me to furnish them
supplies of blankets and clothing on con
dition that I would make an arrangement
with the Federal authorities to fninish
similar supplies to North Carolina soldiers
in Northern prisons. Before this_«ould be
effected the prisoners were removed from
Sallsibnry. The proof of this mnV be found
fn my official letfc r-book in custody of the
Government at Washington, and in the
acts of the Legislature of North Carolina.
The industry which it is said had been
exerted in hunting my record is most re
markable; since it hfs exhumed almost as
mnch of what'l did not as what I did do.
And itseems, also, that the acts with which
I am justly chargeable are urged as a rea
son why amnesty should never be extended
to me. If I had not, committed them I
should need no amnesty. For this reason
I expect to ask for it. We ofthe-Sonth have
been told egain and again that, we must
give up Ihe dead issues of the past, accept
things as we find them, and strive to
improve the future. This is good advice
from our Northern brethren. I for one re
solve to conform to it, and propose again
to participate in the service aud honor \ of
my country. Instead of lendingnie a help
ing hand, manj r who were loudest in their
exhortations begin to search through that
thing of dead issues—the past—for reasons
why 1 should not be permitted to improve
the future ; and a law, by which I am made
a degraded man in the land of my birth, is
held np before my eyes for a memorial, and
a testimony that the past, like the poor, is
ever with me! How can we thus forget
it ? Will you, sir, help us ? Will the vic
tors attend the funeral of this past, and
throw the first clod upon Its coffin ? If so,
I will engage that it will be buried forever.
Because we hold fast the bond of faithful
ness to each other in the shadows of defeat
and humiliation, is no reason why, if per
mitted, we should not glory in t.he splen
dors of the great Republic. Because we
refuse to leave off mourning over the deso
lation of our homes and the slaughter of
our sons is no reason why we should refuse
to rejoice over the prosperity of the whole
reunited land. Because we refuse to turn
our backs on the brave and honest living
and dead, who followed our banners in
obedience to the doctrine of State Sove
reignty, is no reason why we should not
fraternize with equally brave and honest
men who fought ou the other side. I pro
test to you, sir, that I am an obedient and
law-observing citizen of the United States;
that I acquiesce in and will maintain all
the legitimate results of the war; that I
earnestly desire the unity and perpetuity
of the whole country, its prosperity and
honor. 1 desire never again to see its
great energies, its vast resources, its illus
trious soldiers and its wise statesmen en
gaged in the ignoble task of self destruc
tion ; bnt fervently pray that every atom
of the wealth of its bosom, and every
spark of the genius of its children may be
devoted to the common welfare henceforth
and forever. And in attestation of all this,
I pledge a faith which stood by a sinking
cause through misfortune and defeat,
bright ancl untarnished—as my bitterest
enemy must say—because honor and duty
required it.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient ser
vant, Zebulon B. Vance.
[ From Philadelphia Press.
eornet’s comment.
Ex-Governor Zebulon B. Vance, recently
elected Senator from North Carolina by
the new rebel-Democratlc" Legislature of
that State, has written a letter to the
Washington Chronicle, in which he asks
opportunity “to parry through its columns
the blows which he complains have been
struck at him.” Although Mr. Vance’s
faith in the justice of the peculiar theories
for which the South rebelled remains un
changed, he avows himself an obedient and
law-abiding citizen of the United States,
acquiescing in all the legitimate results of
the war, and earnestly desiring the perpe
tuity and nuity of the' whole country. It
will be seen that Mr. Vance still adheres to
the dogma of secession, and that his sup
port of the new order of things Is Qualified,
though apparently sincere. His claims to
have his disabilities removed must be based
on better grounds than these. To legislate
for a nation one must be thoroughly im
bued with its spirit, and In full sympathy
with Its progress; and this Mr. Vance is
not.
Mark Twain writes the following an
swer to a correspondent: “ Young Author
—Yes, Agassiz does recommend authors to
eat fish, because the phosphorus in It makes
brains. So far you are correct. But I can
not help yw* to a decision about the amount
you need to eat—at least, not with cer
tainty. If the specimen composition you
send is about your fair usual average, I
should judge that perhaps a couple of
whales would be all you would want for
the present. Not the largest kind, but
simply good middling-sized whales.”
[Fro-n the New Era, 28.
Resignation of Chief Justice Brown.
His Excellency Rufus HTBuHocT, uonmur of
Georgia :
Dear Sir: I am associated with a com
pany of gentlemen who iuteud this day to
submit for your consideration a bid for the
lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
which is the property of the State, under
the act of the Legislature, passed 24th
October, 1870, aud the public notice given
by you inviting bids; and I am informed
there will be different propositions submit
ted by different companies, when it will be
come yonr duty to decide between them.
You and I are the official heads of two
co-ordinate departments of the same Gov
ernment; and this is a matter which in
volves a large pecuniary interest to the
State, where my interest and that of the
people may seem to conflict. I think it
due alike to both of ns, and to those whom
we represent, that I should, as I now do,
tender to you, unconditionally, my resigna
tion as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of this State, and respect fully request that
you accept the same before you consider
the respective proposals or decide between
the different companies upon the question
of the leaseof the Road.
Thanking your Excellency for yonr
uniform courtesy to me, and the others
officially connected with the Judicial De
partment of the State Government which I
have had the honor to preside over, I am,
very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
Executive Department, i
State of Georgia, >
Atlanta, December 24,1870.}
Ex- Governor Joseph E. Brown :
My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your
communication of this date in which yon
inform me that you have associated your
self with a company of gentlemen who in
tend to submit for consideration a bill for
the lease of the Western and Atlantic Rail
road, under the authority of an act ap
proved October 24th, 1870, and that, there
fore, you feel it incumbent upon you, in
justice to yourself and to the people, to
sever all connection between yourself and
the State Government by resigning the
high position of Chief Justice upon assum
ing the relation of a bidder for the lease of
the State property. The positive manner
in which the resignation is presented, and
the reasons which you give me to sustain
you in it, are of such a character as to leave
me no alternative but to accept it; and in
doing so you will. I trust, receive my ex
pressions of high regard and consideration
for yourself and for the Judicial Depart
ment of the Government, In presiding over
which you have, if possible, added to your
well established reputation for the success
ful administration, in former years, of the
Executive Department of the State Gov
ernment.
I am, my dear Judge, very respectfully
and truly yours,
Rufus B. Bullock.
Hon. Ben Hill.
TITF, GROUNDS FOR THE STATEMENT THAT
nr, HAS MADE OVERtURKS TO THE RAD
ICALS.
WarrentoN, Ga., December 23,1870.
Editor Constitution :
Dear Sir: lu your issue of the 17th in
stant you reprint an editorial from the
Warrenton Clipper, entitled “ Ben Hill and
Ilis Last,” and in your comments thereon
you say that it is incumbent on the Clipper
to prove the insinuation contained therein
against Mr. Hill, or remove the innuendo.
In that article the Clipper uses this lan
guage: “B n and the banished Israelites
are parallel cases—judging from a recent
private letter written by Ben to certain
prominent Radicals. So sayelh rumor.”
If the Constitution claims to be the month
piece of Mr. Hill, a note to that effect will
bring forth the proof. If Mr. Hill will pub
licly deny that he has, written a letter to a
known Republican of tni* county, in which
he leans completely over to Republicanism,
we will produce the proof. If Mr. Hill
will publicly deny tbat-lu*. wrote a letter to
th; Republican Executive Committee of
this Congressional District, 5" which he
endorses Gen. Grant for President in ’72,
and in which he uses language looking to
the position of United States Senator for
himself, we will prove that a member of
that committee reports that he has the let
ter in his possession, aud that ho boasts of
the fact.
Individually, I regret that Mr. Hill has
been guilty of these things, as he claims to
be a Democrat; but, as a member of the
Democratic party, I deem it mv duty to
make them public. I cannot tie myself to
men and ignore principle. Sorry to see
that several of the Democratic press can
not draw the line between Ben Hill an.l
principle.
Your notice would have had my earlier
attention, and my reply appeared in the
columns of the Clipper, but as I do the ma
jority of labor upon my paper, my tiiqe has
been occupied in working for the success
of the Democratic party of Warren during
the past six days, to the neglect of my pri
vate affairs, and will not issue my paper
till Saturday.
Respectfully, yours,
Chas. E. McGregor,
Editor Warrenton Clipper.
[The Constitution, in a brief comment, de
nies all sympathy with the Hill address,
and leaves Hon. Ben in the hands of
Charley McGregor.]
Luxemp.uro —The little duchy which
Prussia next proposes to appropriate has
an area of about 1,200 miles, aud a popu
lation of nearly 400,000 industrious and
prosperous people. It is governed by the
King of Holland, who is Grand Duke of
Luxemburg, and in this latter capacity is a
member of the Germanic Confederation.—
Up to 1860 it was occupied by a Prussian
garrison, and about that time Napoleon
offered to bay it from the King of Holland,
who was eager to accept the bargain.—
Prussia, however, stepped in and forbade
the transaction, and for a while there was
the appearance of a war between the two
great nations for this valuable little piece
of territory. The other Po wars intervened,
and at the conference of London in May,
1867, it was agreed that Prance shouid
withdraw her scheme of purchase, and that
Prussia should remove her garrison, that
the Grand Duchy should be neutralized
and remain under the rule of the King of
Holland, and that the strong fortifications
of the city of Luxemburg should be dis
mantled. This programme was carried out
to the satisfaction of all concerned, but the
prostration of Prance and the strength of
Prussia now enables King William to vio
late the treaty and disregard the other
nations which were signatory to the com
pact. They were nearly the same as con
cluded the treaty of Paris In 1858 ; and the
fact that they are both donbly defied by
both Kussia and Prussia is illustrative of
the security which these two great and
powerful countries feel in the strength of
their armies.
The Georgia Elections —There seems
to be no good reason for doubting that the
Democrats in Georgia have elected nearly
all of the Congressmen and a majority of
the members of each branch of the. State
Legislature. When it is remembered that
the power of the Federal Government, as
well as that of the present State govern
ment, was used to prevent this result, it
may be considered a glorious triumph of
the people over their oppressors. All the
measures adopted by the Radical Congress
to compel a vote in its favo-, in every one
of the Southern States, have totally failed
to effect that purpose. In 1873 the finish
ing stroke will be given to the villainous
party that has so long misruled the coun
try.—Richmond Dispatch.
Revenue from the Large Cities.— I Ths
Internal Revenue Bureau furnishes the fol
lowing exhibit of Hie receipts from internal
revenue for the last fiscal year of some of
,I.cities of the country^ New
PhiiaJU&T #7,693. (^Boston,’’iso,’.
SMfr ilwirtirn, $4.860.201; Baltimore, #4,-
607,981 r «t. Louis, f4.59ft.839; San Frai*
cisco, $3,151,998; New Orleans, *2,750,068;
Richmond, $2,379,180; Buffalo, $2,315,449;
Newark, $2,152,882; Pittsburg, $2,043,129;
Detroit, $2,015,966, making an aggregate
for fourteen cities of $73,966,994. The cost
of assessing the internal revenue for the
fiscal year was $4,118,201.
State Election.
From out State exchange*,we gather |he
following returns of the election: l
LIBERTY COUNTY.
The official vote of Liberty county is as
follows: |
Forty-first Congress—Paine, 259; White,
232.
Forty-second Congress—Mclntvre, 259;
Hi liver, 282.
For Legislature—J W Farmer, Demo
crat, 242; W A Golden, colored Radical,
232; D Stewart, colored Radical, 6.
For Clerk Superior Court—S A Calder,
Democrat, 260; Joseph Ashmore; Inde
pendent., 232.
For Sheriff—John E Zoncks, Democrat,
490.
ForTreasnrer—William Harrison, Demo
crat, 484.
For Surveyor—William Hughes, 478.
Ward, negro, was elected Coroner; Roy
al, negro, Tax Receiver, and Frazer, negsto,
Tax Collector.
We are Informed that a party of negroes
in the lower pait of the county, wltiicint
any legal aulhor.ty whatever, opened a poll
at Riceboro, where several hundred went
through the form of voting, but no returns
had been received from the same up to the
legal honr for closing the consolidation;at
the Court House Riceboro Is neither a
town incorporated nor organized,nor is ita
county site, though Bullock appointed man
agers for the place.
WHITFIELD COUNTY.
Dr. Emerson, Democrat, elected Repre
sentative from Whitfield county by a large
majority. Tr.e whole Democratic ticket In
the county elected by a large majority.
GORDON COUNTY.
LN Trammell elected Senator, Joel C
Fain elected Representative from Gordon.
Catoosa county has gone Democratic';
Murray county has gone Democratic.;!
PIERCE COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—W W Paine, De
mocrat, about 3l)0; R W White, Republi
can, about 254.
Forty-second Congress—A T Mclntyre,
Democrat, about 300; Y Hillyer, Republi
can, about 254.
Senator—John C Nichols, Democrat,
about 275; J Lightsey, Republican, about
240.
Representative—D E Knolcs, Democflit,
about 270; F Roberson, colored Republi
can, about 170.
i
CLINCH COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—W W Paine, Dem
ocrat, 449; R W White, Republican, 12l
Forty-second Congress—A T Mclntyre,
Democrat, 448; V Hillyer, Republican’^.
Senator— \l Kirkland, Democrat, 291; E
F Sweat, Democrat, 125.
Representative—H A Mattox, Demociat,
287 ; D H Johnson, Democrat, 161.
ECHOLS COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—W W Paine, Dem
ocrat, 224; R W White, Republican, 66
Majority for Paine, 168.
Forty-second Congress—A T Mclntyre,
Democrat. 252; Virgil Hillyer, Republican,
37. Majority for Mclntyre, 215.
Representative—R W Phillips, Demo
crat, 527; Watt Matoy, colored RepuMl
can, 54. Majority for Phillips, 173.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress Corker, 1,6(2;
Beard, negro, 946. Majority for Corker,
666.
Forty-second Congress—Dußose, 1,613;
Fannin, 946. Majority for Dußose, 667.
Representatives—D Palmer, negro, 904;
C Kelsey, negro, 934; J W Renfroe, Demo
crat, 1,624; H Taylor Democrat, 1,628 —
Tavlor’s majoritv, 694. Renfroe’s majority,
684.
Clerk of Superior Court—S Northlngt*n,
Demociat, 1,825: AD Jarnigan, Independ
ent, 715. S Northlngton’s ma]ority, 1,110.
In other county offices, all the Democrats
were elected.
CHAT rAHOOOIIKE COUNTY. I
For Congress—Nelson Tift, Demoemt,
679; Whitely, Radical, 341. Tift’s majority,
238.
I For the Legislature—D C Cody, DerJfe
crat, 578; Willis Colemuu, colored Radii;Ji,
335.
No opposition to county officers—all 1 k
mocrats. )
DODGE COUNTY.
This is anew county, and elects the •en
tire Democratic ticket. Vote for Congrc 1:
Tilt, 104; Whitely, 21. *
PIKE COUNTY.
The whole Democratic ticket was elect
ed, except Clerk of Court. Lawton, for
Forty-first, Congress, has a majority of
288; for Forty-second Congress, 389.
.TONES COUNTY.
The election passed off quietly, and the
votes are being counted. The Democratic
ticket will be beaten 100.
UPSON COUNTY.
Lawton, for Forty-first Congress, hts*B6
majority; for Forty-second Congress, 84
majority; Matthews, Democrat, for Souate.
has 162 majority ; Hall, for Representative,
has 422 majority, ami an entire Democratic
county ticket is elected.
BUTTS COUNT?.
The Democrats have carried the county
by from 140 to 180 majority. „
HENRY COUNTY.
This county gives Lawton, for Congress,
and the legislative and county ticket 300
majority.
CLARK COUNTY.
Clark elects one negro Radical aud HqII,
Democrat, to the Legislature, and the
Twenty-seventh Senatorial District, com
posed of Clark, Monroe and Walton coun
ties-, elects Steadmau, Democrat, by a band
some majority.
Sixth District—Price, Democrat, has
carried the Sixth Congressional District
by an overwhelming majority over Bard—
sorehead and bolter—and Wimpy—“ Wo
gan’s Wimpy, the celebrated counterfeit
detective—Radical.
WEBSTER COUNTY
Has gone Democratic. Majority not
known. 1
SCHLEY COUNTY
Is supposed to liave’gone Democrat!?.
TERRELL COUNTY
Goes Democratic by a large majority.
CALHOUN COUNTY
All right. Democrats comfortably ahead.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Democrats win by 300 majority.
IRWIN COUNTY.
Large majority for the Democracy.
PULASKI COUNTY. .
Tift and the Democratic ticket gloriously
ahead.
WORTH COUNTY.
Tift’s majority is 250. Whole ticket
elected.
BAKER COUNTY.
The Democrats have 900 majority. Jones
is elected Senator by a large majority. B
F and C L Sibley played for the negro vote,
and lost.
MrrcnELL county.
The whole Democratic ticket is over
whelmingly elected.
THOMAS COUNTY
Has gone Radical by 500 majority.
LEE COUNTY
Has probably gone Democratic. Well in
formed and active Democrats, vfho attended
the election at St&rksville, have made bets
that the vote is Democratic.
DOUGHERTY COUNTt.
Out of the 2,960 votes polled, it If not
probable that the Democrats have more
than 660. The negroes voted almost solid
ly, and have, therefore, a majority of 1,600
or 1,700. '
BARTOW COUNTY,
Young’s (Democrat) majority for Con
gress is about 700. Whole Democratic
ticket elected.
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—Bipby, Radical,
128; Bethune, Radical, 813; Wright, Dem
ocrat, 489.
Forty-second Congress—Bigby, Radical,
448; Wright, Democrat, 470.
Representatives—John Goodman, Dem
ocrat, 503; W 8 Zellars, Radical, 824; J
J Beall, 120.
ELBERT COUNTY-
Democratic candidates for Congress be
tween 300 and 400 abcad, and whole county
ticket elected.
d’kalb county.
Forty-first Congress—Young, Democrat,
1,021; Burnet, Radical, 268.
Forty-second Congress—Young, 1,018:
Burnett, 255.
Representatives—Goldsmith, Democrat,
569; Wlnninaham, Independent, 477; Join
er, colored, 237.
CATOOSA COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—Young, Democrat,
464; Burnett, 88
Forty-second Congress—Young, 445;
Cole, 67; Barnett, 28.
Representatives— Payne, Democrat, 389;
Williams, 167; Harris, 4.
TROUP COUNTY.
Total vote in Tronp county, 3,218. De
mocratic majority, 42?
HEARD COUNTY.
The total vote In Heard counly is 920.
Democratic majority, 120.
CARROLL COUNTY.
Carroll county goes Democratic by 500
to 600 majority.
TAYLOR COUNTY.
Col. Wright’s majority over Bethune is
76, and over Blgby 70. Mr. Bateman, De
mocrat, is elected Representative. Col.
Halsey’s majority for Senator is very large
in Taylor, but as Houston and Crawford
arc not heard from, and as Houston Is re
ported to have given a large Radical ma
jority, the result of the Senatorial election
must be considered doubtful.
WAYNE COUNTY.
The Brunswick Appeal is informed that
there was no election at the county site o!
Wayne, owing to the fact that there was
only one of the Election Commissioners in
the county. Why some three freeholders
did Hot, exercise their rights under the con
stitution, by openining the polls, we cannot
understand. Bv this failure the Democrats
have lost in this district some 400 votes.
GLYNN COUNTY
has covered herself with mud. We annex
the official vote, for which we are indebted
to the Appeal:
For Forty-first Congress—W W Paine,
Democrat, 615; Richard W White, colored
Radical, 734.
For Forty-second Congress—A T Mcln
tyre, Democrat, 616; Virgil Hillycr, Rad
ical, 733.
For Representative—James Houston,
Democrat, 614; James Blue, colored Radi
cal, 671 ; J E Cornelius, Republican, 56.
For Clerk of Court—Joseph E Lara
bright. Democrat, 608; C P Goodyear, Rad
ical, 674 ; W W Masked, Republican, 51.
For Sheriff— Hiram J Reid, Democrat,
608; James M Thomas, Radical, 672;
Frank Fleming, colored Republican, 56.
For Tax Receiver—John C Moore, Dem
ocrat, 571 ; John C Sullivan, colored Radi
cal, 671 ; Samuel F Baker, colored Repub
lican, 62; Joseph Dangaix, Independent, 0.
For Tax Collector—John B Pyles, De
mocrat, 002; Moses McDonald, Radical,
colored, 669; Hosea Sherman, Republican,
colored, 00.
ForTreasurer—Grover C Fahm, Demo
crat, 60(5; Douglas G Risley. Radical, 6(59 ;
John R Cook, Republican, 64.
For Ordinary—Wm A Couper, Democrat,
465; J F Rowe, Radical, 000.
For Surveyor—Ja i cs Posted, Democrat,
694; John A Abbott, Radical, colored, 665.
For Coroner—Dr L B Davis, Democrjt,
1,207 ;JL£ Baker, Republican, 45.
WILKES COUNTY.
Old Wilkes has thoroughly redeemed
herself. The. following is the vote at the
recent election.
For Forty-second Congress—General D
M Dußose, Democrat, 1,598; S P Beard,
Radical, 880.
For Forty-first Congress—S A Corker,
Democrat, 1,597; Isham Fannin, Radical,
382.
For Benator—Judge WM Reese, Demo
crat,, 1,592 ; W Booker, Radical, 378.
For Repiesen£,,ti ves—S W Wym. De
mocrat, 1,592; H «T Slaton, Democrat, 1,589;
L Williams, Radical, 334; C Jones, Radical,
879.
WAKRKN COUNTY.
For Forty-first Congress—Corker, Dem
ocrat, 860; Beard, Radical, 463.
Forty-second Congress—Dußose, 856;
Fannin, 462.
State Senator—Heard, Democrat, 853;
Holden, Radical, 460.
Democratic nominees to the Honse are
elected.
TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—Corker, Democrat,
486; Heard, 305.
Forty-second Congress—Dußose, 489;
Fannin, 309.
Senate—Heard, 474; Holden, 296; New
son, independent Radical, 26.
Representative—Flint, Democrat, 487;
Evans, 305.
GIASBCOCK COUNTY.
Corker, 320; Beard, 8; Dußose, 318
Fannin, 10.
Brady, Democrat, elected Representative.
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Corker, 671; Beard, 860; Dußose, 689;
Fannin, 365.
Representatives—Davenport, Democrat,
661; Smith, Democrat, 690; Cunningham,
Radical, 385; James Cunningham, Radical,
181; Brightwood, Radical, 205.
COBB COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—Young, 878; Bur
nett, 380.
Forty-second Congress—Young, 475;
Colt, 828; Burnett, 120.
Senate—Hlllyer, 963; Bryan, 433.
Legislature—W D Anderson, 808; W P
Anderson, 678 ; Mitchell, 398; Canty, 405;
Durham, 215; Baldwin, 116; Dempsey,
118.
MILTON COUNTY.
Forty first Congress—Price, 218; Find
ley, 148.
Forty-second Congress—Price. 219 ;
Boyd, independent, 151; Wimpy, Radical,
13.
Howell Is clectedJßepresentativo.
DADE COUNTY.
Forty first Congress—Young, 401 ; Bur
nett, 2.
Forty-second Congress—Young, 401;
Bnrnett, 1.
Representative—Graham, 245 ; Morgan,
113; Tidwell, 46.
FORSYTH COUNTY.
Forly-flrst Congress—Price, 533 ; Find
ley, 129. Price’s majority, 404.
Forty-second Congress—Price, 562;
Boyd, 74; Wimpy, 152.
Senate—Browu, 604 ; Pucket, 319; Hans
ford, 12. Brown’s majority over Pucket,
285.
Hughes Dean elected for Representative.
MUSCOGEE COUNTY,
For Congress and the Legislature, gives
Wright, Democrat, for Forty-first Con
gress, 927 majority over Bethune, and 928
majority for the Forty-second Congress
over Bigbee.
For Legislature—Smith and Pon, Demo
crats, have 940 and 936 majority, respec
tively.
MONROE COUNTY
Has gone Radical, electing Congressional,
Legislative and county tickets.
SUMTER COUNTY
Has gone Democratic by majorities rang
ing from 500 to 700. Dr. Black, Demo
crrtic candidate for State Senate from the
District composed of Sumter, Schley and
Macon, is undoubtedly elected over Jones,
Radical.
CLAY COUNTY
Is reported about 6 Democratic majority.
Democrat elected to the Honse.
We have also the following reported
Democratic majorities; Bullock, 70; Mont
gomery, 400 ; Laurens, 66; Johnson, al
most unanimously Democratic.
BAKER COUNTY.
For Congress—Tift, Democrat, 747.;
Whlteley, Republican, 877.
Senate—Re ben Jones, Democrat, 759 ;
George Lovejoy, negro, 858.
House—H A Tarver, Democrat, 750;
Aaron Wood, negro, 872.
When about half the votes had been
coanted in Calhoun, the box was stolen and
destroyed. A. L. McCollum.
TWIGGS COUNTY.
The following is the vote of Twiggs
county:
For Forty-first Congress—Long, 821;
Lawton, 238.
Forty-second Congress—Speer, 829, Law.
ton, 229.
State Senate—Debaux. 823; Coates, 235
Represen tati res—Grifflu, 1,017.
For Sheriff— J T Evans. 922; Jno Ren
free, 119.
For Clerk—John Fitzpatrick, 980.
For Tax Receiver—Lewis Solomon, 988.
Tax Collector—Tho-; H Jones, 981.
County Treasurer—R H Arrington, 984.
County Surveyor—E Nash, 991.
For Coroner—Harry Bennett, 895.
CRAWFORD COUNIY.
The Democrats carried this county by
majorities ranging from sixty to three
hundred.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The whole Democratic ticket in Ran
dolph was chosen by majorities ranging
from fifty-six to three hundred.
WILKES COUNTY.
Forty-second Congress—Gen D M Du-
Bose, 1,598.
Forty-first Congress—S A Corker, 1,597.
For Senator—Wm M Reese, 1,592.
For Representatives—S W Wynn, 1,592;
H T Slaton, 1,589.
For Sheriff—W A Qninn, 1.187.
For Clerk Superior Cobrt—Geo Dysoe,
1,588.
For Tax Collector—W R Smith, 1,497;
S Wheat,ly, 34.
For Receiver Tax Returns—T Jesse,
•1,060, D Jones, 173; G W Muse, 174; II
T Ruling, 104
For County Treasurer—G Bunch, 1.503.
For Coroner—John Moore, 934; I Per
fect, 570.
Republican Candidates.
Fortv-sfcond Congress—S P Beard, 380.
Forty-first Congress—l Fannin, 382.
For Senator—W Booker, 378.
For Representatives—L Williams, 334;
C Jones, 378.
Lawhencevillk, Ga., Dec 26, 1870.
Editor Constitution —l send you here
with the result of thg election in Gwinnett
countv. Notwithstanding the slim turnout
the Democracy have won a glorious vic
tory. We have e'ected onr regular candi
dates for the Legislature by an over
whelming majority, and tilled each of the
county offices with a good and true Demo
crat.
Price, the regular nominee of our party
for the Forty-first and Forty second Con
gress, has a clear majority, over both his
opponents, of over one thousand. Wier
Boyd, the friend of Wimpy, and the am
bitious aspirant far offlee, has met with a
stunniug rebuke at the hands of the Demo
crats of Gwinnett.
Here is the official count of the votes :
W P Price, 1,134; Weir Boyd, 3 ; Jno A
Wimpy, 74; J J Findley, 52.
Regu'ar Democratic ticket for members
of the Legislature: William E Simmons,
738 ; Geo II Jones, 648.
Independent Democratic ticket: Wm J
Woodward, 347 ; Jas T McElvaney, 177.
Radical ticket: J E Mathews, 264 ; R M
Parks, 194. Senex.
Fayetteville, Ga., Dec. 24, 1870.
Fditors Constitution—l forward yon
the result of the election in this county.
There was 780 votes polled.
Forty-first Congress—Bethune, 393;
Wright, 344.
Forty-s cond Congress—Bigbee, 403 :
Wright, 350.
Representative— litre, Democrat, 375;
Whatley, Republican, 389-
Sheriff—Avrea, Democrat, 305 ; Edmon
son, independent, 415.
Clerk of Superior Court—Stokes, 745;
no opposition.
Tax Receiver—Franklin, Democrat, 407 ;
Banks, independent, 352.
Tax Collector—Harrison, Democrat, Oil;
Brassell, independent, 151.
The Democratic ticket for county offi
cers, except Sheriff, was elected.
JASPER COUNTY.
For Congress—Lawton, Democrat, 769 ;
Speer, Radical, 676; Long, Radical, 675.
Representati ves—Wal ters, Democ rat,
767; Allen, Radical, 670.
County officers Democratic. ,
HENRY COUNTY.
Forty first Congress—Lawton, Demo
crat, t 04; Long, Radical, 444.
Fortv-secoud Congress—Lawton, Demo
crat, 864 ; S|ieer, Radical, 453
Representative—Bryant, Democrat, 849;
Dow, Radical, 458.
NEWTON COUNTY.
Forty-first Congress—Lawton, Democrat,
1,353; Long, Radical, 959.
Fortv second Congress—Lawton, 1,351;
Speer, Radical, 963.
Senator—Steadman, Democrat, 1,355;
Lee, Radical, 1,019.
Representatives Democrat,
1,334; Davis, Demount, 1,345; Smith,
Radical, 983 ; Thorn, Radical, 996.
Sheriff—Bank®, Democrat, 1,307.
In the Twenty-seventh Senatorial Dis
trict, the vote stood : Steadman, Dcmociat,
Walton, 855; Newton, 1,355; total, 2,210.
Lee, Radical, Walton, 463; Clark, 336;
Newton, 1,019; total, 1,818. Steadman’s
majority, 392.
In the Fifth Congressional District, twen
ty six Democrats out of thirty Representa
tives were elected.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTIE*.
Jefferson, Burke 500. Columbia, McDuffie,
Warren, Oglethorpe 300, Taliaferro, linn
cock 792, Wilke*, Glasscock, Lincoln,
Floyd, Early, Sumter, Dooly, Washington,
Quitman, Chattahoochee 200, Whitfield 400,
Pierce, Sumter, Worth, Mitchell, Brooks,
Bryan 20, Troup 42, Heard 120, Carroll 500,
Dade 401, Walker, Murray 300, Catoosa
150, Gordon 500, Bartow7oo, FultoD, Upson
85, Lumpkin, Forsyth, Milton, Terrell 407,
Dodge, Pike, Craw ord, Pulaski 400, Hen
ry 340, Butts 180, Chattooga 250, Polk 274,
Stewart, Harris, Talbot, Walton, Newton,
Clay, Richmond 800, Wilcox, Cobh—W D
Anderson 808, W P Anderson 678, Dem
ocrats—Pike 300, Jasper, Gwinnett, Henry,
Effingham, Cherokee, Baker.
RADICAL COUNTIES.
Dougherty, Decatur, Houston, 2,243;
Clarke, 361; Jones, 100; Putnam, 300;
Baldwin, 200; Bibb, 38; Twiges, 400; Wil
kinson, Fayette, Morgan.
SENATORS ELECTED.
First District—R E Lester, Democrat;
7th District—W B Bennett, Democrat; 9th
District—Reuben Jones, Domocrac; 19th
District—Columbus Heard, Democrat; 25th
District —Dr W P Mathews, Democrat;
27th District—Enoch Steadman, Democrat;
29th District—W M Reese, Democrat; 35th
District—Geo Hlllyer, Democrat; 37th
District—Dr G W Peddy, Democrat; 39th
District —Col J R Brown, Democrat; 43d
District—LN Trammell, Democrat.
Democratic gain in the Ist, 7th, 19th,
25th, 27th, 29th, 35th and 37th Districts.
REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.
Bryan—Baker, Democrat.
Bartow—J W Wofford, Gray, Democrats.
Bibb—Fitzpatrick, Turner (colored), Pol
lock (colored), Radicals.
Butts , Democrat.
Brooks—J H Hunter, Democrat.
Columbia—Sim Lampkin, Democrat, G
P Stovall, Democrat.
Clarke—Davis (negro), R Richardson
(colored).
Catoosa—W H Payne, Democratic.
Chattooga—C C Cleghorn, Democrat.
Cobb—W P Anderson, Democrat, W A
Anderson, Democrat.
Dade—E D Graham, Democrat.
DeKalb—W L Goldsmith, Democrat.
Effingham—Morgan Rawls, Democrat.
Early—Chauncy, Democrat.
Floyd—M Ballenger, Democrat, H A
Gartrell, Democrat.
Fulton—Dr J S Wilson, Democrat, Col
E F Hoge, Democrat, Harry Jackson,
Democrat.
Chatham—Rnssel. Democrat, Heidt,
Democrat, Kelly, Democrat.
Glasscock—W G Brady, Democrat.
Gwinnett—W E Simmons, Democrat, G
H Jones, Democrat.
Gordon—J C Fain, Democrat.
Henry—Bryant, Democrat.
Hancock—Pierce, Democrat, Little, Dem
ocrat.
Jasper—Walters, Democrat.
Lincoln—H J Lang, Democrat.
HuMcogee—J M Smith, Democrat, F J
Poa, Democrat.
Milton • Democrat
Murray . Democrat.
Newton—Summers, Democrat, Davis,
Democrat. . _
Oglethorpe —W W Davenport, Democrat,
j F Smith, Democrat.
Polk—M H Bunn, Democrat.
Richmond—J B Cumming, Democrat, C
Snead, Democrat, W A Clark, Democrat.
Sumter— Brady, Democrat, , Demo
crat.
Terrell—Jones, Democrat.
Talbot—P A Morris, Democrat.
Taylor Democrat.
Upson—J I flail, Democrat.
Warreu—O L Cloud, Democrat, T J
Barksdale, Democrat.
Walton —Bowie, Democrat.
Washington—J W Renlroe, Democrat,
Henry Tayor, Democrat.
Whitfield—Dr J F Emmerson, Demo
crat.
THE CONGRESSIONAL VOTE.
FIRST DISTRICT—FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Paine, Dem. White, Rad.
Bryan 279 244
Brooks 804 071
Effingham.... 417 282
Pierce 113 maj.
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Mclntvre, Dem. Hillyer, Rad.
Bryan 299' 256
Brooks 813 659
Effingham.... 416 280
Pierce 113 mnjoiity.
THIRD DISTRICT —FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Wright, Detn. Bethune, Rad.
Muscogee .... 2,115 1,188
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Wright., Dem. Bigbee, Rad.
Muscogee 2,104 1,187
FOURTH DISTRICT —FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Lawton, Dem. Long, Rad.
Bibb 2,738 2,789
Upson 931 845
Spaldiug 590 563
Newton 1,353 959
Jasper 769 675
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Lawton, Dem. Speer, Bad.
Bibb 2,745 2,785
Upson 931 816
Newton 1,303 962
Spalding 590 566
Jasper 769 676
Pike 343 majority.
Henry 411 majority.
Butts 180 majority.
Jones 100 maj.
Baldwin 300 maj.
Twiggs 400 maj.
Putnam 100 maj.
FIFTH DISTRICT—FORTY FIRST CONGRESS.
Corker, Dem. Beard, Rad.
Lincoln 590 7
Richmond .. .3,024 2,548
Warren 860 463
Taliaferro.... 485 305
Glasscock.... 320 8
Oglethorpe... 671 360
Washington.. 669 majority.
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS.
Dußose, Dem. Fannin, Rad.
Lincoln 590 7
Richmond 3,007 2,552
Warren 856 462
Taliaferro.... 489 809
Glasscock.... 318 10
Oglethorpe.6B9 365
SEVENTH DISTRICT —BOTH TERMS.
Young, Dem. Burnett, Rad.
Fulton 3,147 2,330
B \ rt.ow 1,600 589
Polk 639 365
Gordon 781 215
Floyd 898 majority.
Whitfield 700 majority.
Chattooga ... 759 majority.
Cobb 498 majority.
Dade 300 majority.
Catoosa 366 majority.
DeKalb 750 majority.
BY TELEGRAPH.
f Associated Press Dispatches.
NOON DISPATCHES.
New York, December 28. — A Herald
special from Bordeaux, 22d, says a corres
pondent interviewed Chadourdv, the French
Minister of Foreign Aftai s, who is trying
to make peace. He said he thought pence
was still distant, as accept the Prussian
terms to reduce France to a third rate
power he could not. Scarcely a man in
France, ricli or poor, was willing to allow
the Government to give up territory. Arms
are plenty; we have offers of more than
we can use from England alone. Three
months ago it was difficult to excite pa
triotism ; now, the only trouble is to get
the people to be patient. France is now
struggling for existence. Ifi-she is cinsh
ed, England will feel the loss more than
any other country. England cannotdream
of the consequence, if she should allow
France to he exterminated. Russia will
then do what she pleases in the East and
Prussia in the West. England, without, a
single ally, will cease to belong to the family
of European nations, and will be reduced
to a third class Power. Chardourdy then
spoke in terms of deep indignation of the
ingratitude of Italy, and intimated that a
day of reckoning would surely come for
that cowardly nation. He closed by stating
that new levies in the south and southeast
were proceeding w th succ ss beyond ex
pectation.
A Herald special from London of the 27th
says the Manchester Guardian contains a
statement, that, King William and the Prin
cess Royal, of Prussia wrote Victoria pro
testing against the marriage of Louise to
Lorn. The Queen replied vehemently, ad
vising them to mind their own business.—
The same correspondence represents that
the Bishop Dunpauloup is hopeless of the
salvation of France in preseut hands.
St. Lours, December 28.—The weather
is milder, with the prospect of rain and a
speedy resumption of navigation South.
Passengers on the Pacific Railroad were
snow bound ten days. The weather was
extremely cold and snow drifts ten feet
deep.
Memphis, December 28.—Mrs. Lawton
sent her two sons, aged 1-3 and 16, with a
negro named Jeff, to Lauderdale, Miss., to
sell a bag of cotton. Jeff had an interest iu
the bag. Jeft'killed the elder boy, and the
people killed Jeff.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Schenck
will depart about the middle of January.
His instructions are not completed.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions had a conference with Fish at the
State Department. The object and pro
ceedings are unknown. Sumner, Schurz,
Morton and Patterson were present.
The conference at the State Department
yesterday was confidential. Telegrams
sent hence w.t.h regard to its import are
mere speculations. All parties to the con
ference are reticent. The interview was
doubtless for mutual explanations, with a
view to the reconciliation of political dif
ferences which threaten to rupture the Re
publican party.
London, December 27.—The French
Army of the North, at. Arras, have evacu
ated Corbie, Albert and Ascheux.
Bismarck, in a note to the Austrian Cab
inet, calls attention to the reorganization
of Germany, andl trusts that the treaty of
Prague will not interfere with her develop
ment.
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Memphis, December 28.—The Varieties
Theatre was burned to-day.
Jack Downer, formerly Sheriff, commit
ted suicide. Cause, poverty.
Ice is running heavily. The weather Is
moderating fast.
New York, December 28.—The resi
dence of Gen. McClellan was burned to
day. Loss, $40,000.
The steamship Louisa Moore, from New
born, reports the steamship Fairbanks,
from Wilmington for New York, with cot
ton and turpentine, forced into Hatteras In
let, on the 9th, about 3, a. m. Smoke was
seen coming from under her pilot house.
In spite of all efforts the vessel and cargo
were burned. The crew escaped with a
few personal effects.
The World'* special from Versailles the
27th says Fort Avron is 2,500 yards
east of Fort Rosney; is anew work,
mounting naval guns, reaching the towns
of Chelles, Mont Fermeal and Clichy. Fire
from this fort to-day, replying to Saxon
guns, was accurate but not destructive.
The Express' financial article contains a
statement of arrangement between the Paci
fic Mail Company and the Pacific Railroad
whereby all passengers and freight from
China are in future to reach New York tin
the railroad. Inquiries at the steamship
office fail to elicit affirmation or denial of
the truth of the statement.
Washington, December 28.—1 t con
tinues snowing, but melts as fast as it
falls.
Atlanta, December 28 —A. J”. Kimball
has been elected President of the Bruns
wick and Albany Railroad.
Judge Hopkins to day dissolved the in
junction agaiust tho water works con
tract.
Thomas Speer, (Radical) is elected in the
Fourth District to Ihe Forty-second Con
gress by five hundred majority; Long
(negro Radical) is elected to the Forty-first
Congress. It is believed that Bigby in the
Third and Whitely In the Seeonrl Congres
sional Districts are elected ; Price, (Demo
crat) is elected In the Sixth District by a
large majority. Elbert, White, Banks,
Madison, Habersham and Franklin conn
ties are largely Democratic.
Chief Justice Brown has resigned. Ex-
Gov. James Johnson, of Columbus, has been
telegraphed for and will probably succeed
him.
B. H. Hill is out in a letter denying
writing to the Radicals favoring Radi
calism or seeking office.
In compliance with public notice given
by the Governor in October, bids were re
ceived for the lease of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad until the 25th instant.
On opening the bids the road was let to a
company of the follow'ng gentlemen, to
wit: John P. King, Joseph 13. Brown,
Alexander 11. Stephens, John T. Grout,
Benjamin H. Hill, E. W. Cole. Richard
Peters, William G. Johnson, William S.
Holt, A. J. WhiU*, C. A. Ncitting, Benji
jamin May, E. Waitzfelder, W. C. Morrill,
Simon Cameron, H. I. Kimball, George
Cook, Thomas A. Scott, William T. Mat
thews, William B. Dinsmorc, H. B. Plant,
Thomas Allen, and their associates, mak
ing in all twenty-three. Other bids were
made, but parties failed to comply
with the law requiring the rendering of
sufficient security. The successful com
pany is one of the strongest ever formed
in the South. The shareholders repre
sent, in their own right, over fifteen
millions of dollars. They gi.e by secu
rities the following railroad companies:
Hie Georgia, the Central, the Southwest
ern, the Macon and Western, Atlanta and
We>t, Point, the Macon and Brnnswlek.
and Albany, in Georgia; the Nashville and
Chattanooga, of Tennessee, and the St.
Louis and Iron Mountain, oi Missouri.—
The companies signing as securities are
worth twenty million. The high character
of the leases and their undoubted solven
cy, and the large capital of the company,
are ample guarantees that the road will
be well managed and the terms of the
lease failhluliy complied with. The rental
agreed to be paid to the State Is $25,600
per month for twenty years, and the road
is to be returned in us good a condition in
every respect as it now is at the end of the
lease.
Ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown resigned his
offlee as Chief Justice of the Supreme Coni t
before putting in the bid, and has been
unanimously elected President of t,.e new
company to whom the road is leased.
New Orleans, December 28.—Professor
Lega, a well known optician, was found
dead in his bed at the St. Charles Hotel
this morning.
Richmond, December 28.—At Lynch
burg, last midnight, a fire occurred, de
stroying three frame buildings, occupied
by Mrs. E. Hlrsch, dry goods, Mrs. A.
Boyd, confectionery, and M. H. Lobby, ci
gars. The loss is estimated at $15,050.
Berlin, December 27.—Information has
been received here that the Turks have or
dered the Bosphorus and Hard an file coasts
to be protected by torpedoes.
Bordeaux, December 28 Fuidherbe, in
a dispatch to the Minister of War, an
nounces that, owing to the inteusecold, he
will encamp the troops near Arras, and
await prosecution throughout France for
the relief of Paris and deliverance of
France.
The Prussians bombarded St. Calais, on
the 25th, then entered the place and com
mitted many disorders. Olianzy, sent a
formal protest to the Prussian General,
and subsequently issued a.: order to-day,
saying, “I have warned the Prussians
against the further perpetration of such
horrib e outrages as they have committed
against unarmed towns and people,” and
adds: “It is evident that France is not
combatting loyal enemies, but devastating
hordes; but she will continue the struggle
to preserve her honor- an l her indepen
dence."
Constantinople, December 28.—The
Government, in a note to the Powers, ob
jects to the discussion of the questions af
fecting the Dannbfati Principalities at the
approaching conference.
Vienna, December,,.23 Ylr\ journals
contain a semi official denial of thcTrnth
of the statement pnbllshcd, that Von Beust
has replied to Bismarck regarding tho Ger
mand Bund.
Madrid, December 28.—Sagosta has as
sumed the post of Foreign Minister.
Munich, December 28—The Bavarian
Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of the
enlarged South Germand Bund, that it
should be united with the jtforth German
Confederation.
The Bavarian House oi Deputies rejected
the Federal treaties with a view to obtain
ing improvement in the terms.
Madrid, December 27.—The Royal Civil
List gives the King six million francs
annually and makes him heir to half the
palaces of the kingdom.
London, December 28.—Gen. Cbanzy
complains bitterly of the conduct of the
Prussians. He denies having been de
feated, and avows the intention of taking
revenge for the vandalism of the enemy.
St. Calais, in the Department of the
South, twenty-six miles from L mans, has
been visited by the Prussians, who left the
town after a requisition npon the in
habitants.
It is said that Ronrhaki is moving with
his army to the eastern nortion of France
to operate against Gen. Werder.
The Telegraph's special says a dispatch
from Havre states that there has been in
tense excitement consequent upon a battle
which has been going on since the 26th
instant in the neighborhood—the first im
portant. struggle between French troops in
this department and the Prussians. For
two days a fight had been expected, and al
though yet without decisive results, it is
regarded a valuable experience in proving
the efficiency of the artillery and the ca
pacity of the Mobiles and Tireurs in an en
couuier with regular troops.
Periodicals. — Lippincolt's alaganne, for
January, maintains its high character as a
caterer ol‘popular information, and adds to
its reputation by increasing the variety
and interest of its topics. There is a tale
of New Year’s Eve, “The Red Fox,” by
Clara F. Guernsey; an “American’s Christ
mas in Paris.” “ Hathaway Strange or the
Second of January,” and “Old and New,”
which are suggestive of or suggested by
the season. The “ Panhellenic Dream ” is
a timely article, now that the troubles of
Turkey arc upon her. “Scribbles about
Rio” is fall of anecdotes about Brjzik Its
author was formerly Secretary of
at the
ing in Rome ” is an entertaining sketch of
domestic life in the Eternal City. Mr.
Wells' paper on “ The Industrial and Fi
nancial Aspects of the Franco-Prussian
War” is eminently worthy of its distin
guished author, who almost exhausts the
subject. “Our Monthly Gossip ”is always
entertaining, but the publishers promise iu
future to make it fuller and more varied.
The Catholic World, for January, is thus
spoken of by the Baltimore Christian Ad
vocate, a Methodist weekly :
This is certainly a first class magazine
learned without being dull, and popular
without dealing in sensation. The articles
Os the preseut number are keen and crys
talline. The reviews of Protestant books,
though one-sided, show with what plausi
bility Catholics can defend their religion,
and how the follies of their opponents give’
them weapons for the controversy. We
should like to see a Methodist magazine
edited with the tact and filled with the tal
ent of the Catholic World.
Good Health, for January, has the follow
ing table of contents: On Poisons, Lead •
Damp Houses, Chilblains and Chapped'
Hands, Disadvantages of a Potato Diet
Preservation of Eggs, Squinting Eyes'
Why and How they Must be Operated on •
Cough, Leprosy, “ Catching Cold,” or
“Catching Heat,” A Legion of Leeches
Consumption, history and treatment; Ani
mals as Fellow-Boarders, Dyeing.
The CM Guard , for January, i s the ■
same sterling, uncompromising Democratic
organ as ever. Success to It.
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