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THE FREE PRESS- Office 161 Bay Street. E. M. OEME EDITOR SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15. Reform or Revolution. Some of the so-called Republican journals are becoming alarmed at the frauds and corruption in high places, and begin to talk out. They are looking out for a remedy, and the New York Tribune is getting on the right track as to the true cause. It says : “We are fond of asserting that poli tics is a trade; that the virtue, reli gion, enlightenment of the country is to be found in her quiet homes. Whose fault is that? If the prize fighter or the professional gambler directs our ward politics and our State affair sor represents us at Washington, while the honest man, the man of refinement, the Christian, sits quietly at home, who is to blame? If we voluntarily suffer these men to become our representatives, they do represent us fairly enough. The man who, sooner than 1 soil his hands with the dirty business of politics,’ remains tranquil at home, and gives over the country to bribe-takers and black mailers, has no right to. whine on the score of honesty and intelligence.” The question naturally arises, why do the good and virtuous men of the country hold aloof from an active participation in politics ? The reason is plain, very plain. When money is raised to carry elections, to buy, to tribe, to lead men to the polls, no right thinking man, men of a nice sense of self respect will be caught x any such business. That is why elections are left to prize-fighters and unscrupulous politicians. Stop this raising of money to carry elections, and reform will begin; con tinue it, and ruin and revolution will soon follow. Our present political party tactics are thoroughly corrupt, and the people have been made cor rupt thereby. Let the reform begin in the right place—among political President Grant. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun has this to say of President Grant: “ The developments of the last week have produced more effect upon the President probably than anything which has ever happened during his term of office. It is plain now to perceive that beneath his im perturability there is an uneasiness and a disquiet which has never before troubled him. Since the fall of Bel knap he has seen but very few visi tors outside of Senators and members, and the business he has with them he dispatches as soon as possible.” Well, it is about time that he should begin to feell bad. He ought to know by this time what sort of fel lows he has been honoring and making rich by giving them office, and the influence they have exerted. If the secrect history of all were known it would make the President wish him self dead, instead of desiring a third term. Mr. E. H. Cheek, brought to this office Friday, says the Sumter Re publican, a ruta-ba ga turiyp which weighed 71 pounds and measured thirty inches in circumference. Mr Cheek gave it as his opinion that he would make five hundred bushels of turnips off one acre. He made 27 bushels of oats per acre on the same land. The planters of' Baker, says the Albany News, are well up to the sea son in their crop affairs, and their lands were never in a better condi tion.for planting or growing. Labor is ample and efficient, and the pros pect i good, though money is not and credit’s played out. Economy, rigid pinching economy may yet re deem this section, and place it upon a basis of prosperity. Explanation From Gen. Ingalls. The New York Herald publishes ail authorized statement from General Rufus Ingalls in regard to his presen tation of a $4,800 watch to Mrs. Grant, wife of the President. Gen. Ingalls says the watch was presented to him in April, 1871, by a friend, who had purchased it in Europe. Gen. In galls, upon receiving it, conceiving the idea of presenting it to Mrs. Grant, since, being a bachelor, he did not know what else to do with it. Gen. Grant had been a classmate of his, and a great attachment had always existed between them. So, on visit ing Washington, he placed the article in a small parcel and handed it to the porter at the White House to be given to Mrs. Grant, with the accom panying letter: Deaf, Madam: Animated by an unselfish affection for your husband, after an unbroken friendship of more than thirty years, with very high re gard for yourself, I take the liberty to hand you this trinket, which I beg you to accept, being a thing which is of no use to me, and which cost me so little. Yours, truely, Rufus Ingalls. Upon which the New York Sun, comments as follows, and thinks it rather an expensive trinket. A trinket —a mere trinket—that is all! How strangely this contrasts with the elaborate discriptiou of the watch which Gen. Ingalls admits he sent to the White House! Then it had been “manufactured for presenta tion to Her Majesty Queen Victo ria.” “Instead of figures on the dial, twelve letters are substituted, Dieii mon Droit. * * Each letter is made op'onyx and diamonds, set in crystal. On the reve, -e is shown the Ordeivof the Garter, with the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock in diamonds.” * * “The chain * *consists of black enamelled armor plate, linked togeth er with rubies and diamonds.’, Then there was “a lone star of pearl.” “On the reverse side is the letter G in dia monds.” \ official Degeneracy. It makes one almost doubt the com mon honesty of his fellow man, espe cially those engaged in political life, when he reads of the corruption that is now being revealed. The detec tion of one official but leads to another and the ring widens ana widens as new' revelations are made. The Republican party will have a weight to carry in the coming elec tion that must crush it; and if not, then the leaders are not only corrupt, but the people themselves are at tainted, and common honesty among officials is a thing of the past. We hope for a change for the bet ter ; for like a malignant disease, it must run its course, and the patient will be stronger and healthier for the attack. The country cannot, and will not stand the corruption that now curses the land. We shall support no man for the next Legislature who does not give an inviolate pledge to vote for an act t* call a State Convention for the purpose of framing anew Constitu tion. So writes the Rome Courier. It is now about time that legislators be in. structed, for it seems many imagine that they are far wiser than their constituents. We are sick and tired of the argu ment of expediency and policy. We need anew Constitution; one that will command the respect of the peo ple and restore confidence between man and man. It is the general impression that our present constitution was made in the interest of debtors; and such being the belief, we see that confidence has been lost, and business and trade im paired. .Sqecial Notices, JBST AN ACT TO PROVIDE for keeping a record of all bonds Issued In this Stato, and for other purposes. Section 1. Tie It enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after passage of this Act, ft shall be the duty of all public and private corporations In this State who shall issue or endorse any bonds for circulation to furnish to the Secre tary- of State a certified statement showing the letter date of Issue, number of bonds, amount of Issue, rate of Interest, when and where payable, and the date or the law, If any, authorizing such Issue, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Stato to have the same recorded In a book to be kept by- him for that purpose. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority- aforesaid, That all public and pri vate corporations in this State who have bonds now in circulation, Issued and en dorsed by- them, shall furnish to the Secre tary of State within ninety- days from the passage of this Act certified statements re quired by the first section of tills Act, and the same shall be recorded by said officer as pro vided for in said first section. Section 3. Be it further enacted by the au thority-aforesaid, That public or private cor porations neglecting or refusing to comply wlth the provisions of this Act shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offense, one half of said fine to go to the party giving information of such viola tion, and the other half to go to the public school fund of the county-. Section 1. Be it further enacted by flic authority aforesaid, That no bonds shall be placed in circulation until the provisions of the first section of this Act witli regard to such bonds shall have been complied with, and any person placing such bonds in circu lation without such compliance shall be sub ject to a fine of five hundred dollars for every bond so put in circulation. Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority- aforesaid, That the* Secretary of State shall receive as compensation for the records provided for in first and second sec tions of this Act and for giving transcripts of tlie same, twenty- cents per hundred words, file fee for recording to be paid by the corpor ation issuing the bond, and the fee for tran script to be paid by the party applying for the same. Section 6. Be it further enacted by- the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. THOMAS HARDEMAN. Jr„ Speaker House Representatives. J. L. Sweat, Clerk House Representatives. T. ,1. SUMMONS, President of Senate. J. W. Murphy, Secretary of Senate. mlilo-wlt Xrtu 2101) ntiscto cuts. leTla^cohnor, —DEALER IN NS WSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES, SCHOOL & MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. FOREIGN & DOMESTIC STATIONERY, INSTUMENTAL & VOCAL MUSIC.. STEREOSCOPES & VIEWS. 7 Agent for- Mike. Demorest”* RELIABLE PATTERNS. N. B.—The attention of the Reading Pub lic is called to our well-selected CIRCULATING LIBRARY. New Books, by the most popular Authors, added as soon as issued from the press, at No. 23 Bull St., 3 Doors North of Broughton, Cor. State and Jefferson Streets, And News Stand in the Post Office. ©utlevn, Etc. HiRD l LOVELL, DEALERS IN AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND GERMAN HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS MECHANICS' TOOLS, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, TIN PLATE, NAILS, GUNS, PISTOLS, POWDER, SHOT, SPOUTING GOODS, WOODEN WARE, BROOMS, ETC., Manufacturers of Tinware. mhl4-tf No. 157 BROUGHTON street. CORIACK HOPKINS, MANUFACTURER OF TIN W A. 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WATCHES, JEWELRY,: SILVER WARE —AND— fancy cooes, Corn**-Congress and Whitaker Streets, Savannah* Ga. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED ARUNDEL VIOLET TINTED SPECTACLES. mh 11-1 m Crodtcvn, ©lasstoavt, Etc. 142 141 Congress Street. St. Julian St. JAS. S. SILVA, Crockery. China, Glass-Ware, A N D House Furnishing Goods, SAVANNAH, GA. ©enttstvj?. VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT —IN— Mechanical Dentistry. dRBSk The New Patent Atmospheric Disk, for holding Artificial teeth firmly in their plaee, in Eating, Till king, Laughing, Singing, Coughing or Sneezing—making them com fortable and reliable in every respect. It is Invaluable to Public Speakers and numerous others with whom the old mode of fastening is not satisfactory. I have the only legal right to use this new Patent Disk in the city, and invite those requiring Artificial Teeth, to call and see me. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases sub mitted to my care. DR. F,. PARSONS. mhl4-tf 119 York Street. DR. 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