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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1869)
OLD SERIES, VOL. LXXVI. (fhvonule & J>entmcL heSbt kooBE, A. It. WBIOHT. PATRICK WALNH, Associate Editor AUGUSTA. C.A : H KltV KB[)A V MIIRMMi, FEBRUARY 3. Municipal Election.—On the 18th, the following gentlemen were elected to serve in Covington for the year 1809: James M. Page, Mayor. Councilmen : R. K. Wood, J. II Andeison. 0. H. Tucker, J. M. Levy, T. J. Shepherd, J. I’. Harris. Hardware.—We take pleasure in call ing the attention of merchants, planters and farmers to the advertisement of M hsrs. Hart k Cos., hardware merchants, Charleston, S. C. This is an old and re sponsible house, and we, therefore, com mend it to our readers. Change of Schedule.— A change has been made in the schedule of the Columbia fi Augusta Railroad, by which the trains arrive at Grauiteville at 5:03 P. M. Pas sengers can then take the 4 o'clock train (;ti the South Carolina Railroad and go to Aiken, where they will meet the through train to New York, which arrives in Au gusta at 9:30 P. M. Dougherty's Hotel, Greensboro’, GA.—This Hotel is most convenient to the depot and business part of tbe town. Porters always on band to convey pas sengers and baggage. Fare as good as could be desired, and terms reasonable. Robinson’s Champion Circus.—James Robinson’s Champion Circus is wending its way in this direction. Robinson will be remembered as tbe great champion bare-back rider who, in former years, per formed in this and other Southern cities. This company is represented as being first class. Due notice will be given of his approach hero. A New Railroad Project.— A Bill has been introduced in the Legislature of South Carolina to charter the Augusta and Manchester Railroad Company, for the construction of a Railway from Manches ter to Hamburg, with the right to build branches to Columbia. The line from Aiken to Manchester being feasible at small cost. If this road, which scorns to be desired by our Wilmington friends, is built, it will add another road to Augusta, developing this city as a great Railroad centre. Tbe more roads the better. Let us have free communications, bringing free trade. Vick’h Illustrated Catalogue and Floral Guide. —We have received aoopy of this work from the publisher, Mr. James Vicks, importer of choice flowers and vegetable seeds, Rochester, New York. It contains much valuablo informa tion to floriculturists and amateur gardi ners, and will be found of great assistance, giving, as it does, full and explicit direc tions for the culture of flowers and vegeta bles. Mr. Vick has a rare assortment of garden and flower seeds, a description of which will be found in the Catalogue. A copy of the Catalogue and Guide will be sent to all who desire it, for ten cents, by addressing as above. The Blue Ridge Railroad.—The Anderson Intelligencer , of Thursday, an nounces the return of Gonoral Harrison, tbe President of the Blue Ridge Railroad. The Intelligencer says: "Gen. Harrison speaks hopefully of tho prospect for an early resumption of the work It is con lidontly expected that tho portion of the road from Walhalk to Clayton will bo let to coutract by the first of May. A bill is now before the North Carolina Legislature for aid to the extent of one million of dol lars, and the friends of the enterprise there are sanguine a» to its success." Identification of a Swindler.—The Atlanta papers state that persons have irrivud there who have identified the man Perkins, alias Grant, arrested by Captain Edward Murphy on the 28th ult., as the man who made a run on the First National Hank of Charleston in November, 1867, and on a Savannah bank in March, 1868, for one thousand dollars, and on a Kansas City hank for three thousand dollars. Casey's Farmers’ Road.—Wo learn that the Committee have secured sub scriptions to tho amount of thirty thousand dollars, for building this road, in Elbert county, and are greatly encouraged, expect ing to increase this amount to a much great er sum before the day appointed to make a report. Meetings have been oalled, on the first Tuesday in February, for the counties of Lincoln and Columbia. The citizens of these counties seem to be earnestly at work. Our correspondent in Hart can make a note of this and he and his Iriends govern themselves accordingly. Southern Rice.—The Savannah Daily Advertiser of Friday states that a ship ment of three hundred tierces of Carolina rioe has taken place at that port by steam er for Liverpool, being tbe first to Europe of any moment from the South since the war. Amount of Gold Deposited at United States Mints. —The director of the mint reports the following table of de posits of domestic gold refined at Uuited States mint and branches from 1804 to 1567, inclusive: No. of Total Annual Date. Years. Amounts. Average. 1804 to 1827....4 110,IKK) 4,500 IS2S to 1837. .10 5,063,000 506,000 183S to 1547...10 7.635,000 763,000 1848 to 1857...10 415.557,000 41,555,000 1858 to 1567...10 271,690,000 27,690,000 Naval Cadets fkom the South.— The House of Representatives on Thurs day passed the bill authorising and direct ing the Secretary of the Navy to make the appointment of midshipmen to the Naval Academy ou or before the 4th of March next from any State in which the election of members to the Forty-first Congress does not take place previous to the Ist of July, 1869. on the nomination of members of the House from the States represented in the present Congress, provided no sueh appointments shall be made from any State sot by law entitled to representation during 1869 Uneasiness in India.—The Montreal commences an editorial with the subjoined statement: “Private letters from India inform us that there is very great uneasiness felt in all, particularly in military, circles as to the movements of Russia. On our North ern frontiers our garrisons are being in creased, and the hill tribes, with whom al most constant petty skirmishes are beiDg had, are more narrowly watched. Re ports, too, as in the days previous to the grand mutiny, are frequent among the native troops. We have it on the authori ty of the Colonel of a battalion of Affghan cavalry that these reports are finding amongst his men a very strange, though undefined belief, and all point to an early strugglc betweeu the British and the Rus sians among the mountains and defiles of Cabul. We are not surprised that such measures should be felt now, more than at any other time, though for more than forty years the progress of Russian con quest, ever advancing toward our Indian possessions, has been a cau«e of deepest solitude to successive governments, both in Loudon and Calcutta. Little ground now remains to be traversed from Bokha ra, before which her advanced corps have already appeared, and the frontier ot our Indian Umpire, and there is uothing to impede her advance an hour when she gooses to give the order to march. Important Decision. It will be seen, by reference to our special telegram from Atlanta, that the Supreme Court decided, yesterday, the Relief Law of the last Legislature Con stitutional and binding. From this de cision Judge Warner gives a dissenting opinion. We are glad that this question has been finally settled. The people know now up on what they must depend and we incline to tbe opinion that settlements outside of tbe Court House will be the order of the day in all old cases. Bullock his own Treasurer—Appropri ates $3.i,000 out of the Treasury. Mr. N. L. Angier, our State Treasurer, tells, with naixfte truly refreshing,how our great C. 0. D. fulfills both the functions of Governor and discharges the responsible duties of State Treasurer. * In response to a resolution of inquiry from the House of Representatives, the Treasurer makes a straight forward re port, which we published in our last issue, exposing the “ Governor’s ” appropriations. According to Mr. Angier, bonds were hypothecated (a favorite financial manoeuvre of our C. 0. Lb, as illustrated by our city management, his Railroad career and Kaolin financiering —we say nothing of him as an expert in Express matters, for that was his political recommendation, because it is ouf of our reach) at New Fork. This hypothecation, in the first instance, was made by the Treasurer and our C. 0. D., under contract with the Fourth Na tional Rank of New York. The several amount of bonds arc as follows, to-wit: September 21st. 1868 $150,000 October (ith, 1808 60,000 November 17th, 1868 600,000 Total SBIO,OOO The first two mentioned amounts of the bonds thus hypothecated were, we pre sume, the transfer mortgage bonds| au thorized by the previous Legislature and signed by Governor Jenkins (for reasons that will appear in the sequel). Accord ing to contract, the Fourth National Bank advanced (but upon what terms nor at what rate of interest does not appear) the following sums that were paid into the Treasury, to wit: October 6 40,000 November 9 25,000 November 12 25,000 November 15 100,000 Devein bor 7 25,000 December 12 25,000 December 20 25,000 Total $105,000 The sales reported to the Treasurer as in the bank account, were as follows : 1868 Dec. 14 $40,000@92J 37,150 00 1868 “ 16 10,000" “ 9,287 50 1868 “ 17 10,000 “ “ 9.287 50 1368 “ 19 4,000 “ “ 3,715 00 1869 Jan. 0 31,000@92$ 28,752 50 1860 “ 11 20,000 @904 18,025 00 18 9 “ 15 50,000@89} 44,025 00 1869 *• 16 74,000 •• “ 60,045 00 $216,887 50 From these sales there was realized for thu State Treasury the net sum of $216,- 880.69. The bank disbursements were asfollows: Paid into the Treasury $165,000 “ “ Interest Coupons 130,000 Total $295,000 On the 22d ot December, 1868, the Treasurer, "supposing a considerable amount of the new seven per cent, bonds ” (signed Itufus B. Bullock, Governor, David G. Cotting, Secretary of State, and N. L. Angier, Treasurer,) had been sold, asks for a complete statement. On the 9th of January the Treasurer receives a letter advising that none of the new bonds had been sold—“it being considered ad visable not to do so in consultation between our (the bank’s) President and Governor Bullock, it bemg considered by many that the Legislature authorizing these was an il legal body ; and, also, an acoount current showing that the Bank “ took credit for a large amount" which the Treasurer knew nothing about. Mr. Angier “not knowing how to account for these credits,” and we suppose thereby a little bewildered as to making up his own account, immediately started for New York to seek an explana tion. Upon arrival, Mr. Angier finds that Gov. Bullock had drawn drafts to tho amount of thirty five thousand DOLLARS, WHICH AMOUNTS NEVER HAD BEEN PAID INTO THE TREASURY NOR RE PORTED to the Treasurer by Gov. Bul- j lock. The Treasurer reports copies of drafts. Rut this is not all the difficulty which the Treasurer finds in the account current. In addition to the eight hundred and ten thousand dollars of State bonds the Treasurer finds the Bank in possession of "two notes,” given by Governor Bullock for the sum of ($570,000) five hundred and seventy thousand dollars. These Mr. An gier charitably supposes "were given as security for money advanced and to be ad vanced to meet the interest on the public debt.” Security for what? The State bonds were in the hands of the Bank. The contract bad been signed, sealed and de livered. Builock'u notes gave no security for anything, but they would serve to es timate the amount upon which interest was to be paid. The unaccounted for THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, the Treasurer ought to have known was for the Governor’s Charity Fund at Wash ington City. Cash on Delivery is the Ex press motto if not a legislative formula. If Mr. Angier’s (a Radical of the strictest sect) statement is correct, and we have not the slightest reason to doubt it, is it not high time that other than existing checks and guards should be interposed between the so-called Governor and the available I funds of the Treasury ? How long is such Reconstruc ion to go on ? But what has the “Governor” done with the money ? The copy Mr. Angier furnishes of the third draft indicates the direction in part. On the 12th December, "R. B. Bullock, Governor,” gives a draft for ten thousand dollars on the Fourth National Bank to the order of H. J. Kim ball & Cos. This draft seems to have been more formally drawn than two preceding ones, for it is attested by “Eugene Davis, Secretary Executive Department.” Mr. Kimball, we believe, is the party whom our Atlanta exchanges, some few day s since, awarded high honor for the exquisite manner in which the “Kimball Opera House'' has been reconstructed into a first, class State House, «ith all the modern conveniences, providing pictorial diversions and all the requisites for loyal legislation, with rooms to rent. Rumor has it that the bulk of the Governor’s private appropriation has gone into this “Reconstruction ,” the Washington city Charity fund.disbursed in the Bullock-Blodgett movement requiring only some five or six thousand dollars. The draft in favor of H. S. Kimball & Cos., which Mr. Angier's straighforward report furnishes, justifies thisrumorand provokes the inquiry, how much is the Governor’s interest in the “Kimball Opera House Legislative Halls,” or why these ad vances ? There is much more of this matter, evi dently, undeveloped. The original report of the Treasurer has mys'eriously disap peared from the Clerk s desk of the House of Representatives. Fortunately, Mr. Angier had retained a copy of this report, fcy this the public are enlightened as to j 2 ur “ Cash On Delivery” Governor's financial operations. Personal.— We noticed in attendance at the Superior Court on Tuesday Hoc. B. H. Hill, ot Athens, Hon. H. V. Johnson, of Jefforsou, Hon. E. H. Pottle, of War renton, and Judge William Schley, of Sa vannah. From the first to the twenty-first of January, inclusive, there were 4,145 mules brought to Atlanta. Prices ranged from slls to $220 per head, wholesale. Comptroller’s Report. The report of the Comptroller General, Mr. Madison Bell, covers the period ex tending from August 11th, 1868, to Janu ary Ist, 1869. Within that period the receipts of the Treasury were as follows: From general tax of 1867 $ 9,677 32 From Convention tax of 1868 12,942 50 From Western <Sc At lantic RailroaT). August $20,000 September.. 25,000 October 25,000 November.. 25,000 95,000 00 From tax on Railr’ds 1867 1,161 52 From tax on liquors ■1867 19 62 From tax on liquors 1868 1,466 18 From tax on wild lands 1867 63 53 From Temporary- Loan. September. .$ 100,000 October 40,000 November.. 100,000 December... 75,000 315,000 00 From lax on Insur ance Companies 4,407 73 From tax on Circus’ and Shows 3,171 41 From tax on Hanks 1867 68 04 From Insolvent lax List 1867 146 25 From Captain C. F. Rock well, ad v’ need to officers of State 1,350 00 Amount turned over by Prov. Treasurer Rockwell 103,179 37 Total $547,653 42 DISBURSEMENTS. Civil establishment. 26,469 83 Contingent Fund.... 9,543 05 Printing Fund 14,211 04 Special Appropria tions 121,183 94 Over—pa yme nt s general tax, 1867.. 159 91 O ver-p a y in e n t s Convention tax... 129 00 legislative pay -rolls, session 1868. Senate 67,109 00 House 192,152 00 259,261 QD Total amount paid out by tho Treas urer $130,957 77 The balance reported as in the Treasury od Jan. Ist, 1869, is.. $116,695 65 The Comptroller reports as paid into the Treasury by W. A. Railroad net earnings for month of December 25,000 00 Bullock’s defalcations as report ed by A! r. Treasurer Angier, in special report 35,000 00 Total $176,695 65 Treasury balance, as far as heard from, which should be in the Treasury, but not shown by the Comptroller’s report, is, therefore, one hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and ninety-five 65-100 dollars. In the opening of his report the Comp troller says that he "is required by the Code to report annually to the Governor, showing in his report, an account current from his books between the Treasurer and the State, of all receipts and payments, including amounts paid on the drafts of the President and Speaker, as reported to him by the Treasurer, and exhibiting, also, in said report various other specified items of information connected with his office.” Among the “various other items referred to by the Comptroller—the Code requires that he "countersigns all warrants upon the Treasury drawn by the Governor;” and it is made imperative upon him that he shall report annually “A statement of the condition of the public debt of the State , the amount of interest paid, and the fund from, which paid. ’ ’ The public will fail to discover any state ment of the Public Debt. The Comp troller says: “Under existing circum stances it is impossible for me to comply with this requisite, and the reasons will be apparent when the Treasurer's Report on the subject shall have been received. ’ ’ This paragraph is sufficient to show that the Comptroller has had no part in “the Governor’s” appropriations, and did not draw any warrant authorizing the pay ments to 11. L. Kimball & Cos. for the Re construction of Kimball's Opera House. All such disbursements, to be legal, should pass through his office, and receive his signature. Rut it seems Bullock waived the formalities of such legal requirements. We are glad to see that the Comptroller has not been particeps criminis in "the Governor’s” raid upon the Treasury. Mr. Bell has otherwise given us a very interesting report. We propose to recur again to it, and to avail ourselves of some of the interesting statistics he has fur nished. The Virginia Movement-General Grant and the Carpet-Baggers. The Richmond B’Aii7, of 20th inst., con tains the following as the telegraphic report of the chief of carpet-baggers in Wash ington to the “loyal” of Richmond : ".47/ is lost! Grant has joined the Committee of Nine ! Wells. ’ ’ This dispatch is significant. All the evils in the South grow out of the manoeuvres of 'he carpet-bag politicians, that oveirun the country, to carry out their schemes of plunder. If General Grant will simply, in every instance, probe the disturbances and difficulties to the I bottom, he will soon find that the first \ step to carry out his avowed policy of complete restoration and reconstruction, j as embodied in his famous campaign phrase, “Let us have peace,” will be to j get rid of'thecarpet-baggersand their allies, j and put a stop to the plundering schemes \ by which they oppress the people. All of ! these schemes are covered by raising a hue I and cry about “Loyalty,” and the dangers ! that encompass “loyal men here.” Our apt Little Perjurer, we see, has sworn be- i fore the Committee at Washington that he was compelled to fly from the State on the day of the election to save his life. It is true, sincemaking this oath, he has return ed to the city, and traversed the streets as free from molestation or disturbance as any body. Nobody seemed to regard him. and certainly no one offered him violence, or even menace, ofany kind whatsoever. So far from being afraid, the “Little Perjur er,” on the contrary, boasted upon our streets that military rule would be soon re stored, and he would be back again in office “to regulate the affairs of the city.” Again, we learn that Governor Bullock said in Washington that, unless Congress passed new laws remitting the State to military government, with himself as Pro visional Governor, backed by the army and navy of the United States, he should not return to Georgia. Our C. 0. D., however, has returned, and throws up to the Legislature his .Washington influence and Congressional interference. Blod gett's hauls upon the city treasury of Au gusta for “Charity” and “Blodgett’s Se gars” have been such as to alarm all the municipal tax payers. Bullock has already been exposed by Mr. Treasurer Angier in appropriating thirty-five thousand dollars from the State Treasury. It is high time that all this “bosh about loyalty,” which is only intended to cover plundering schemes, should cease, and a demand be made for honesty. If Gen. Grant expects to carryout his peace policy, let him discard and discountenance these carpet-baggers and sustain honest men j (there are a few Republicans for this pur pose, but no Radicals), and not ally himself with plunderers. It is high time that honesty should be made the first test for office-holding. Demand loyalty afterward, if it is necessary, but honesty first. The dispatch from the Whig, whieh we have quoted above, gives us some hope that the first step taken by the incoming ad ministration will be in this direction, and that honesty first, and loyalty afterward, will be the touchstone which will deter mine fitness for office in the administra tion of the promised peace policy. The Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, will declare a divi dend ot $lO to sl2 a share on or before March Ist. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 3, »869 Bullock and the State Money. The special dispatches from Atlanta to the Chronicle 4 Sentinel gives a clear account of Bullock’s misappropriation of the people’s money, as evidenced by the testimony of Mr. Angier, State Treasurer. With the facts and information furnish ed by the Treasurer of Bullock’s corruption there is but one course left for the Legis lature, and that U to impeach Bullock and subject him to the severest penalty which the law inflicts. If guilty of the charges of which he is accused by the Treasurer, Bullock should be sent to the Penitentiary for life. Annual Report of the Officers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Mr. E. Hulbert favors us with the an nual report of the Officers of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for the fiseal year ending 30th September, 1868. Mr. Hul bert’s report covers the whole year, not withstanding the fact he and many of his subordinates have occupied their positions for only two months of the time. Ttie gross receipts have been $943,607 24 The working expenses $655,239 51 Extraordinary “ 22,047 01 677,257 12 Net proceeds $266,320 12 Ratio of working expeuses to receipts, 70 per cent. For the purpose of affording a fair com parison we bring forward the report of 1867: Receipts $1,273,191 35 Working expeuses $685,462 22 Extraordinary “ 413,865 90 Claims prior to 1566 40,613 31 1,142,075 53 Net proceeds $131,115 82 Ratio of working expenses to receipts 53 83-100, or fifty-four per cent, nearly. The ratio of working expenses and re ceipts of the Georgia Railroad in 186S was 51 per cent , in 1867 55 per cent. In justification of this large ratio of working expenses to receipts, it is due to Mr. Hulbert to state that the business of the year has decreased over 331 per cent, from that of the year previous. Never theless, the working expenses remain about the same. The extraordinary ex penses have been greatly decreased. We confess to great disappointment in reading this report as to what is promised as future revenue. After reading carefully his report, done up in italics and small CAPS, we have come to the conclusion that the State may expect but little revenue to lighten the burthens of taxation during the ensuing year, and the Superin tendent is still full of Reconstruction and requires the whole of the net revenue to reconstruct the road. In fact, it is almost no road at all, despite Maj. Campbell’s exhibit of the immense traffic which passed over the road the year previous, and the general expectation that the net revenue of this road would iu future pay the annual interest of the State debt. What Our Legislature Is Costing Us. The Comptroller’s report affords the opportunity for the people to learn what our Legislature is costing us. The Legis lative pay roll for the session of 1868 show that there has been disbursed for pay of members of the Senate, officers, &c., and mileage, sixty-seven thousand one hun dred and nine dollars, ($67,109); for pay of members, officers, &e., and mileage, one hundred and ninety-two thousand one hundred and fifty- two dollars, ($192,- 152). These sums make a total of $259,- 261), two hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars, dis bursed by the Treasurer, on warrants issued by the Speaker of the He use and President of the Senate during the period —defined by the period—August 11, 1868, to January Ist, 1869, or the first half of the session of the Legislature. In addi tion to this sum we find the following items : to Committee on W. & A. Railroad $4,- 107 00 ; to various Committees $1,750 ; to Retrenchment Committee $2,735 25 ; for services of Railroad Committee $2,475; making the sum total paid to members of the Legislature of two hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and twen ty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents. The average pay of Representatives for about three months, has been about eleven hundred dollars ; Senators fifteen hundred dollars. Ths fixed rate of pay, we be lieve, is nine dollars per day, and twenty cents mileage each way. A comparison is made between the amount of taxes paid into tho Treasury by the several counties and the amount paid to the Senators and Representatives; some interesting facts are disclosed. Take, for example, the county of Echols —the|amount paid into the Treasury of the State is given at $697; number of voters, 204; amount paid the representative for three months’ work, or half the session, $1,075. The representative actually absorbs in three months, the whole sum of the taxes paid by the county into tbe State Treasury and about sixty-five per cent, additional. The Hon. Member from Echols is put in the pleasant position which' enables him not only to carry back to bis county all the money levied upon the county for taxes, but a handsome per centage besides. The num ber of such counties, it.is true, Knot large, not numbering more than seven or eight. But with a continuance of the pay of nine dollars per day and twenty ceDts mileage each way and unlimited sessions, we may expect to see this number greatly increase edand "Legislating” erected into a pro fessional pursuit. The extravagant pay which) this "Reconstructing” Legislature has voted each of their members, we are glad to see, has awakened some compunc tions among the recipients of these bene fits. Mr. W. A. Price, of Lumpkin has lifted his voice against it, and furnishes us with further information touching this sub ject, of which we avail ourselves: "The State of Georgia pays a higher per diem to her members than any other State in or out of the Union, if I except the State of i California! The New England States pay j the smallest amounts. For instance, ! Maine pays a salary to members of only one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecti cut, three dollars per day; whilst Rhode , Island pays but one dollar each per day to : the Speaker of the House , and to the j members. Such drafts our State Treasury | could more readily sustain at present. Penn sylvania, of all the Northern States, pays a larger sum to members. They receive a sala ry, and when the session or sessions are lenghthy and protracted, as they some times are, to six months, they have been known to vote themselves as much as one thousand dollars per anoum. New York pays but three dollars per day. New Jer sey but three dollars, and half that sum after forty days. Maryland pays five dollars ; Virginia six dollars; South Caro lina, under negro and Radical rule, pays only six dollars. Our neighbor, Tennes see, pays four dollars in gold—less than six dollars in currency ; Alabama six dol lars ; Kentucky five dollars. The wealthy States of Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota pay but five dollars ; whilst lowa, Illinois, Kansas and Michi gan pay but three dollars, Wisconsin three dollars and fifty cents. In some of these States the per diem is reduced to one-half the amounts stated, where the sessions are prolonged beyond forty days. On the subject of clerks and mileage Mr. Price says: “Illinois, after Georgia, per haps employs more clerks than any otter State, thirteen in the Senate, eighteen in the House. Missouri employs seventeen clerks in both houses. New York nine, six in Assembly, three in Sen ate. The highest sum paid to chief clerks after Georgia, is paid by A irginia, being seven dollars per day. The highest num ber of clerks employed during this session of our State Legislature, at any one time was: Senate, 25 ; Rouse, 25 ; costing in the ag gregate $45,552. The State of Georgia pays the highest amruntfor mileage to mem bers except Alabama, which,l believe,is the same as received by members of the Geor gia Legislature. Most of the States pay twenty cents a mile —the Western States generally, paying but ten cents; Rhode Island eight cents.” It remains to be seen what action, if any, our Legislature will take w this matter. It calls for some action. Four fifths of the total receipts of lait year, received into the Treasury (including three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars of borrowed money), and the Legislative pay rolls alone for three months aucunted to more than the receipts from taxation by nearly fifty thousand dollars. How the Tax-Paxers are Difrauded. The people of Georgia are being de frauded enormously under the “C. 0. D.” regime. The following extracts from the report of the “ Committee an Retrench ment’ ’ lets the light in upon shuge swindle. Certainly some parties shou/d be held re sponsible for this extravagance, and the Committee owe it to the people to “name their men” and place tfe responsibility where it belongs. We quite: The Committee also Eceived another report from the Treasurcr/rom which they learn that there was paid during the last session of the Legislature,which, it is true, was an unusually long one, ior clerical service, the sum of $15,252. Os this amount $19,639 were piid the Secretary of the Senate and his subordinates ; $20,- 387 were paid the Clerk of the House of Representatives and his subordinates, and $5,326 were paid forclerts of committees. Your Committee has no means of com paring the expenditires in this particular with similar expaiditures of previous Legislatures; but we insist that the amount thus expended is extravagant, and should be greatly reduced in future. We there fore offer the following resolution: Resolved, That it is ;he opinion of this Committee that boih the Senate and the House of Representatives pay about twice as much for clerical services as is demand ed, and that we recomnend in future that no committee of either Souse be allowed a clerk, except the Finatce and Judiciary Committees, and that the pay of said clerks bo not more thar $5 per day. We further recommend tint each House con fine its clerical force strctly within the re quirements of the Constitution and of the Code. We further recomnend that Pages, Guards, Assistant Doo 1 Keepers and As sistant Messengers bi dispensed with entirely —all of them bang innovations up on ancient usage, anc the expense at tendant upon the same; being a burden upon our impoverished treasury, and in consistent with an economical expeaditure of the public money. The contingent expenses of tho two Houses a» the late sesiion were unusual, extraordinary and in the highest degree extravagant. Retrenchment in this par ticular is imperatively jemanded. Neither the public service nor the comfort or con venience of members requires such heavy appropriations of money, and we recom mend that the pro ter officer, in each House, be notified, in advance, that the most rigid economy wll be insisted upon. We further reeommmd that all bills for contingencies made foi either House shall be audited weekly by he Chairman of the Finance Committee of each House before beiDg paid. Our attention has alio been called to the large quantity of stitionery distributed during the last sessionof the General As sembly. We reeommmd that the Mes senger of each House >e required to keep an account of the statonery furnished to each officer and membet, with a view that said accounts may bt examined by the Finance Committee whoever desired. We recommend, a; a measure of re trenchment, reform, ind economy, that members in future apfly themselves dili gently to the business o' the country, with a view of shortening tin sessions, and thus save a large amount in he way of clerical hire and per diem of menbers. A Rough Joke on he “Little Per jurer.”—Senator Joaua Hill, we under stand, recently perpetnted in Washington the following cruel jae at the expense of the Little Perjurer: It seems that the latter had been givinj reasons, under oath, to the Reconstructira Committee why Georgia should be pu back under military government; and, anong other things, said that he was forced tcleave Augusta on the day of the municipal dection else he would have been murdered. Shortly after this a prominent Radical lenator on this com mittee met Senator Ell, and after relating to him Mr. Blodgett’aestimony,asked him, as a Georgian and od acquainted with the state of feeling in hiiState, if it was true. Mr. Hill replied the, “he believed there was an ordinance in free in Augusta which directed that at certin periods of the year all clogs found in thetreet without a muz zle should be shot that during those months, and only lien would Mr. Blod gett’s life be iu danpr in that city. ’ ’ The Newton Fatory Destroyed by Fire.—A correspodent of the Atlanta Intelligencer, in Ccington, on the 23d in stant, writes that ae “Newton Factory, situated on the Aiova river, in Newton county, about tweta miles from Covington, was destroyed by ire Saturday morning about 2 o’clock, lone of the building or machinery was savd. The fire took place in the cotton roof. Its origin was un known. Understad the factory was cov ered partially by icurance, although I can not ascertain the amount or company. The Factory was mown as the ‘Phillips Factory,’ and l nderstand, was largely owned by W. R. hillips, of Atlanta. The loss is a severe owto the county as many persons are throw out of employment.” Columbus Maufacturing Company. —The Sun says tis Company now pro poses to increat its machinery, and has opened boos of subscription for shares. Gen. RH. Chilton, President, and Mr. J. R. Clbp, Superintendent, will give all informatin. This Company, on their property, amle and a half from Columlus, own tie Dost superior witer power in the world kt a very small cost, this power can b nade to run nearly 1,500,000 spindles, ;n a distance of one mile, the river has i ill of 121 feet, and a natural waste or taitoay 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep with rot walls, runs near the Georgia shore the elire distance. Southern Secubties inNew York.— The Hercdd, of Suiiy, reports : Southern securin'e were irregular and dull. The follovii? were the closing quotations :—Temesee, ex-coupon, G7@ 68 ; Tennessee, mw 67? @6B ; Virginia, ex-coupon, 58@5$ Virginia, registered stock, 50@50); \irrinia, new, 621(5,63 ; Georgia sixes, 82fg83i ; Georgia sevens, 924@93 ; North Carolina, ex-coupon, 641 @64 j ; North (aroiina, new, 621(5 624; Louisiana ikes, 76i;_ Louisiana levee six per eet, 72 ; Louisiana levee eights, 88£@89; Labama eights, 931(5 94 ; Alabama fivq 66@67 ; Booth Caro lina six per cent, 1@72 ; South Caroliaa, new, 691(5,71 ; Qy of Memphis, 531@ 54 ; Mobile and shio, sterling, 62@64 ; Mobile and Ohio,merest, 52@54. American Aoiculturist.— We have received the Febrxry number of this fa vorite agrieultun monthly. It is one of the best publishein this country, and is always filled withflsefui and practical in formation. Eacbomber contains several fine engravings, eiouted in the best man ner. After beinjmee tried it cannot be dispensed with, ad its cheapness places it in the reach ofall. Subscription only $1 50 a year. Published by Orange Judd & Cos., 245 (roadway, New York. Pomeroy’s D<ocrai.— This new pa per has a wondertl circulation. In nearly every town in tfe country the democrats and workingmen fe getting up clubs for it. It is the sharpest paper pub lished, and walk Into Congress and the Bondholders regNlicsa of results. The paper has over Qy thousand subscribers in the State ofNf Y ork alone. Send for sample copies, udeh are sent free, and see it for yourdves. Address M. M. Pomeroy, Printty Rouse Square 3 New York City. d&wl Railroad Meeting in Columbia. Proceedings of a railroad meeting, held at Luke’s Store, District No. 3, on the 21st day of January, 1869, for the purpose of taking some action in relation to the build ing of a wooden railway from Augusta through Columbia, Lincoln, Elbert, Hart, Rabun, and across to tbe Flat Woods of Carolina. On motion of Dr. H. R. Casey, A. J. Avery was called to the Chair, and R. J. Blount requested to act as Secretary. Dr. Casey then exp ained the object of the meeting, and submitted the following preamble and resolutions : "There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood, leads on to for tune ” There is also an ebb, and the people of the South have been exposed to this low tide, or ebb, for 10, these several j years. The flowing and ebbing of the ! ocean tides are regulated and governed by the immutable laws of the Great Jehovah. The one follows the other in regular and certain succession. These are God’s handywork ! ! “Manl proposes, but God disposes.” The affairs of men, the tides ot fortune are of human origin, and under the dictation and direction of minds, finite and prone to err. “Let there be light, and there was light” !! was the word which came from the lips of God on the first day of the creation. Since that time there have been perio'ds in the history of the world when darkness was upon the earth, and a pall was over the moral uni verse. I speak not of Solar darkness, but of mental eclipses, when the human intellect was in tliraldam, and men ceased to think for themselves, while their minds were but -the—passive receptacles of the thoughts of a few, when Aristotle was everything, and reason nothing. But when the human intellect was freed from restraint, it sprang forth with an elasticity which has not yet ceased to act. The human mind is restless and grasping and ever in search of enterprise and new fields of labor. The Great Southern Heart beats responsive to the dictates of honor, manhood and the Great Southern mind would fain reclaim its once proud but note lost or crushedp restige. But the heavy hand of exaction and cruelty has been and is now laid ungloved upon South ern enterprise and energy, and the great Southern mind lies a fallen star but bril leant in the dust. But we fain would in dulge the hope that the South has passed through the saddest, most fiery part of this cruel ordeal. We have faith in the pleas ant omen—“ there is a good time coming for the South ;’’ Northern capital, North ern enterprise are now making their way South and we may hope that, erelong, the now desolated and abandoned places will again “bloom and blossom as the rose.” "There is life in the old Land yet,” but we have to change and accomodate our selves to the new order of things; "old things have passed away—behold all things are new.” The old system of planting on a large scale, with fenc o s miles upon miles in length, enclosing hundreds of acres, with slaves who came at our beck, went at our bidding, must give way to small farms, with free labor, not quite so reliable. We must draw in our fences, lessen the num ber of acres and try “to make two blades grow where one only grew before.” We must economise in every particular—and as this is styled the “ age of progress," we must enter the list and become contestants for the prize in the race for gain; but in order to win, we must lessen our ex penditures and husband all our re sources. The Planter, far removed from his market-town, debarred the facili ty of rail or water communication; having to rely solely on his wagon and team— over bad roads , finds in this item a very heavy tax, and the worst incident to the delivery of his produce at market, while it lessens the net income, detracts from tho value of the animals, and materially interferes with the early preparation of the soil for the re ception of the seed. To avoid this, Rail roads should be built wherever and when ever practicable. In the present impover ished condition of our people we cannot, nor do we propose to build a first class Railroad. Creeping before walking is the law of Nature. It is proposed to build a wooden Railway from Augusta through Columbia, Lincoln, Elbert, Franklin, and across to the Carolina side,reaching as far out into the interior as circumstances and trade may justify. We do not expect to build this road aided with money alone fur nished by the planting oommunity. We shall apply to the State for aid. And this aid we may reasonably expect. Annually our people have responded to the Tax Gatherer, and small have been the favors we have ever asked in return. The City of Augusta, her merchants, the Dorr Mine, and the Elbert Factory expecting quid pro quo, will give a helping hand. But we mult first show a willingness our selves to come up to the good work. Those who would be assisted, must first help themselves. To tho skeptic and tbe doubt ing, to these, if any there be who will not act because they say the thing is impossi-" ble, and will not or oannot succeed, I will only point them to Georgia’s nolle monu ment—the State Road.Vi hen that was first agitated in the halls of legislation, there were those who hooted at the idea, and threw every obstacle in the way of its progress. “What!” said they, “build a railroad through that mountainous region, over river, innumerable mountains up whose steeps a spider can scarce crawl?” “Why the idea is Utopean, it must not be thought of for a moment.” But, fortunately for the State, and particularly fortunate for Cherokee, Georgia, in that Legislature, there was the pure gifted A. 11. Stephens; that noble Roman Chas. J. Jenkins; the great finan cier, George W. Crawford; the practical working and sound man, Andrew J. Mil ler; and other statesmen, who were deter mined that the work should be put through, and they had the proud satisfaction to see their efforts crowned with success; and that Road has been for some time, and is to-day, more than a gold mine to the State Napoleon once said there was no such word in the French language as impossible. Then let us, too, act upon this theory—go to work with a hearty good will and, with hope eternal in the breast, let us “look out for the engine when the whistle blows. ’ ’ Therefore, be it— Resolved , That we, a portion of the citi zens of Columbia, interested in this Road, hereby pledge our credit and earnest sup port to the contemplated Road; and that we will give to the Company, when formed and desired, the right of way through our lands. Resolved , That we hereby request our members to the Legislature to ask “State aid.” And now that we have put the ball in motion we ask of the citizens of Lincoln, Elbert, Franklin, Hart and Rabun their co-operation. Resolved , That these proceedings be published in the Chronicle & Sentinel, Constitutionalist and Edgefield Advertiser. The resolutions were unanimously adopt ed and meeting adjourned to meet at Ap pling on the first Tuesday in February. A. J. Avery, Chair’n. R. J. Blount, Sec’y. Excitement Among Cotton Clalm ants. —A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Washington on Wednesday last, says : “Judge Hale, the special counsel for the Treasury Department in cotton cases be fore the Court of Claims, to-day offered an objection to certain testimony, which has created quite a sensation here, and which will, if sustained, deeply affect cer tain banking houses in New Y ork, who are the reai owners of much of the cotton for which payment is claimed. The objection is to the testimony of parties who sold as well as to that of those who bought cotton during the war, when such testimony is offered to prove ownership at the time of seizure by Simeon Draper and other agents of the Treasury Department. Should this objection be sustained by the Court, some four millions of dollars’ worth of claims will be ruled out of Court, as proof of sale and purchase by buyer and seller is, in almost every case, the only proof of owner ship that claimants’ counsel have to pro duce. Duncan, Sherman &Cos., and other New York houses, originally represented in these cases of Clarence Seward, and Mr. Evarts, now Attorney-General, would be large losers, it is said, as they have ad vanced much money on these claims.” Georgll —Our Georgia correspondent, in the letter we published yesterday, gave what, in spite of all drawbacks, we must regard as, on the whole, an encouraging picture of the prospects in that State. The cotton crop is good; the relations between whites and the negroes friendly, the former paying promptly on all contracts for work, and the latter being satisfied with the results of their labor. “In no part of the world,” says our correspondent, “is the correspond ing class of laborers as prosperous, in a ma terial sense, as these negroes.— New York Times. The above statement is undoubtedly true, and is a significant comment upon the fact that this State went against carpet-baggers by so heavy a majority. For this it is pro posed to punish the State and remit it to the territorial condition.— Nat. Intel. Georgia Sixes closed at 82 to 84, and Sevens at 92+ to 93, in New York, on Thursday. FROM WASHINGTON. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE Jb SENTINEL. Washington, Jan. 21,1868. Yesterday the House passed a bill pro ! viding for the removal of political dis abilities from about one hundred parties, mostly from Virginia ; but including in the list one from Twiggs county, of your State, namely: E. S. Griffin. Farnsworth, who introduced the bill, stated that the parties were vouched lor by Republicans, which he evidently considers sure evidence ot loyalty. Some of the names were rec i ommended by members of Congress, j though but few. There is yet a large ! number of names that the Committee have not yet acted upon, includingseveral j from Georgia. This bill caused some discussion, in the course of which it was mentioned by Mr. Farnsworth that all the parties had pe titioned for themsolves, and while, in an swer to inquiry from another member, he stated that it was not absolutely necessary that every man desiring to have his disa bilities removed, should petition for him self, yet it was regarded by the Recon struction Committee as better evidence of a man’s loyalty and disposition to accept the situation if he comes and asks for re lief than if he stands upon his dignity. Some of the members were opposed to the passage of the bill —one representative making the remark that if the Committee should report daily a number of names, and the gentleman having charge of the subject move the previous question (as Farnsworth did in this instance), the House, knowing nothing about the cases, might as well make a clean sweep of it, and extend amnesty to every one, including Jeff Davis, Raphael Semmesand John C Breckinridge. The bill passed, however, by a vote of 98 to 30, and others of similar.character, more formidable in tbe number of names petitioning for the removal of their politi cal disabilities, are expected to be reported from the Committee in a very short time. The publication in the Washington cor • respondence of the New York Times of a statement,in effect, that an order was issued when Grant was in command of the Federal army before Vicksburg, directing General Banks to supersede him (which was re fused by the latter), and the additional statement published this morning in the dispatches of Mr. Warden, the Presi dent’s Private Secretary, who, from his position at the Executive Mansion, has fairer opportunites than otherwise to gain access to secret archives, that Stanton was the party who issued the order to Banks, creates considerable excitement here, and has had the effect of having many of those parties who had prepared slates for Grant’s Cabinet with Stanton’s name upon them, hastily erase that por tion of their inscriptions. . But for the fact that Vicksburg fell while Banks was hesitating and protesting against executing the order Grant would have been superseded by someone else, and retired like McClellan, or else sent)like Pope to the plains and Banks would have been court-martialed and probably dis missed. While Cabinet speculations are still the order of the day, this “rumor,” if it is to be called such, pales the star of Stanton, which was said to have been discovered in the horizon of the State Department under the next administration, and in due pro portion brightens that of Banks, whose position as Chairman of the House Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, combined with what, if the article referred to is correct in every particular, cannot but be regarded as a heroic self-sacrifice in defence of his opinion of General Grant’s superior mili tary abilities when the two were co-ope rating at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, is cited as an evidence that his appointment to that important Cabinet office will surely receive favorable consideration from Gen. urant. The President elect has put a stop to the inauguration ball proceedings, by writing a letter to the Secrrtary of the National Union Republican Committee, stating that if his choice is considered the ball will be dispensed with, and accord ingly the baU will be dispensed with. Ever since his election General Grant has avoided public receptions of all kinds, to the disgust and mortification of a party of officious office-seekers who desire to thrust their reverence and admiration upon him. In all cases he has flanked them, and, as he was determined not to go to the ball anyhow, he thought best to give a gentte hint to that effect, and possibly prevent any demonstration of a jubilant character on the fourth of March next. J. C. Washington, January 23. Did Stanton order Banks to relieve Grant, continues a subject of comment and speculation here, and the hornets nest aroused by the publication of that asser tion, has not yet subsided. Let Banks speak, and the falsity of the charge will be immediately shown. The number of visitors at the White House begin to grow small by degreos and beautifully less. The time servers who hovered around the Executive office are scattered to the four quarters, and those who now await audiences with the Presi dent, can be counted beyond the suspicion of endeavoring to attorn selfish ends. There are many who cherish respect and ad miration tor the great man, who is soon to be Governor of Tennessee or United States Senator from the State after his present term expires, Andrew Johnson the patriotic; and sound statesman, has years of useful ness still before him, and his clarion voice, in strong advocacy of the right in national politics, will yet again be heard in the field of American statesmanship. The Virginia Conference Committee are still earnestly at work, with strong hopes of early success. The Radical backbone in Congress is relaxing its stiffness and their conservatism is shedding its influ ence even in the camp of the enemy. The extremists insist that Virginia mutt guarantee safety to Republicans in their midst; that is, the carpet-baggers and negroes must be allowed to disfranchise the entire white population of the State. Congress will think otherwise when it comes to the vote, and the State will be admitted on the basis of “ universal suffrage and universal amnesty.” Grant wants this to be the ca-e, and Congress will not go beyond his views, notwithstand ing the difficulty of repealing the Tenure of-Office Bill. Butlerexplodes some “humbug” notions about the reconstruction of Virginia. He is anxious that the landed estate be di vided up, and that no man shall have more than ten acres, and expresses himself, in private conversation, as entertaining the same views relative to Georgia. Boutwell, of Massachusetts made a two hours’ speech in the House to-uay on the dogma of universal suffrage, excepting women and educated people in the South —those disfranchised ones. He said the Republican party must move forward on the great question of suffrage, and sub stantially that the North must adopt This the Northern States will never do, judging from the past indications in that particular. J. C. From the Macon Telegraph, 21 et. The Railroad War The Injunction Against the Brunswick Railroad. We have heretofore stated that Wm. B. Hodgson, John L. Mustian and John E. Jones, through their Attorneys, DeGraf fenried, Lyon and Irwin, had applied to Judge Cole for an injunction restraining the Brunswick Railroad from carrying out its contract with Dabney, Morgan & Cos. This application was made on Friday, and Judge Cole endorsed it as follows : In Chambers, January 16, 1869. “Read and sanctioned. Let the State’s writ of subpoena and injunction issue. Let the State’s writ of fifty thousand dollars, enjoining and restraining the defendants as prayed. And let such other proceed ings be had as are usual in equity- And it is ordered that complainants give injunc tion bond, with security, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars. “I will hear argument on ten days’ no tice, or at whatever time may be agreed on, why this injunction should not be dis solved. C. B. Cole, Judge, S. C.” The principal grounds upon which these legal proceedings are based seems to be tbit the conditions upon which the State granted aid to the road have been violated in the contract made with Dabney, Mor gan <fc Cos., to complete it. On the 3d day of December, 1866, the Legislature of Georgia passed an act: That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to place the endorsement of the State of Georgia upon the bonds of the Macon & Brunswick Rail road Company, which said Company may issue to the amount often thousand dollars per mile for as many miles of said road as are now completed, and the like amount per mile for every additional ten miles, as the same may be completed and placed in running order, on the following terms and NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 5. conditions, to-wit: Before any such en dorsement shall be made, the Governor shall be satisfied that as much of the road as the said endorsement shall be applied for, is really finished and in com plete running order, and that the said road is free from all liens and mortgages, or other incumbrances which may, in any manner, endanger the security of the State; and, upon the further condition and ex press understanding that the endorsement of said bonds, when thus made, shall not only vest the title to all property of every kind which may be purchased with said bonds in this State until all the bonds so endorsed shall be paid; but the said en dorsement shall be, and is hereby under stood to operate as a prior lien or mortgage on all property of the company, to be en forced as hereinafter provided for. “I# the event of any bond or bonds en dorsed by the State, as provided in the first section of this act, or in the interest due thereon, shall not be paid by said Railroad Company at maturity, or when due, it shall bo the duty of the Governor, upon : information of such default by any holder of said bond or bonds, to seize and take ; possession of all the property of said Rail- j road Company, and apply the earnipgs of said road to the extinguishment of said ! bond or bonds or coupons, and shall sell , the said road and its equipments and other property belonging to said company, in | such manner, and at such time, as in his judgement may best subserve the interest ; of all concerned.” Thenextday, the 4th of December, 1566, ! that body adopted the following- resolu tions : "That said Company shall not sell ordis- j pose of the bonds thus indorsed by his Ex cellency for more than ten per cent, dis- | count, and the endorsement of the State I upon the bonds of said Company shall not ] exceed one million of dollars, until an amount of capital equal to the additional j endorsement shall be bona jide subscribed j and paid into said Company. “That inorder more fully to secure the j payment of the bonds of said Railroad Company, it shall be the duty of said Com- I pany to set apart annually two per cent, of I the amount endorsed fur as a sinking fund, which shall bo invested in State bonds, and deposited with the Governor, to be held in trust for said Company, and which shall ! be applied exclusively to the payment of I the bonds of said Company.” The orators deny that the two per cent, i of the amount endorsed for has been set i apart by the Com pany, and allege that the conditions of this State aid have been vio lated, as follows: “Your orators further show that is this enactment, and with a full knowledge of ‘the terms and conditions imposed thereby and therein, and without any further or additional subscription to the capital stock of said Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company tothat previously subscribed,paid in and invested in the building of said road and its equipment, and which the bonds of the company previously issued, endorsed by the State, and negotiated as hereinbe fore set forth and stated, fully represented and covered, the said railroad company en tered into an agreement with the follow- j ib 6 persons and firms : your orators being | ignorant and unable to give the names of the different individuals composing the j different firms-.—George B. Morgan, of i the city of Boston and State of Massa- j chusetts ; and Dabney, Morgan & Cos., M. R. Jessup & Cos., S L M. Barlow, Mor- ! ris Ketchum, 1). Willis Jam vs, James It Jessup, Foster & Thompson, J. S. Morgan &Cos., James Godwin L. P. Minturn & Cos., J. Milbank, W. It. Garrison, W. 11. Hays and Wm. H. Gray, all residents in the State of New York and the city of New York, in which it was stipulated by said persons and firms that they would finish said rail road, equip and put it in complete running order, according to the original design of the charter thereof; and, in consideration therefor, the com pany agreed to issue its bonds and caase the same to be endorsed by the State of Georgia, under the power conferred by the aforesaid acts and resolutions of the Legislature of said State, at the rate of ten thousand dollars per mile, as each ten miles of said road should be finished by said company, and to be delivered to said persons as part payment for their said work, so agreed to be done by them at the nominal rate of ninety cents on the dollar, and so on, until the whole work was finish ed ; and then the said railroad company was to transfer to said persons, as a further and additional payment of said work so agreed to be done by said persons, one million five hundred thousand dollars of the stock of said company, which said railroad company then and there guaran teed and contracted should pay eight per cent, divideods annually, and to be prefer red to all other stock in said com pany,and, also, one million dollars of the unendorsed bonds of said company.” And they further charge that “the said Company did not, in fact, receive as much as ninety cents on the dollar for the bonds actually transferred, as aforesaid, in law ful money of the United States, nor agree to receive as much as ninety cents on the dollar on the bonds agroed to be trans ferred.” That “the same were hawked about the various markets by said Railroad Compa ny, and tho holders thereto, after such transfer, at a much less sum, and at prices ranging from sixty to eighty five cents on the dollar, and in no instance was as much as ninety cents on the dollar, in cash or its equivalent, realized ; all of which was in violation of the terms and conditions on which said aid was given, and on which the bonds so endorsed were received by the said Company, and to the injury of the State of Georgia and of your orators, and all other citizens and tax-payers there of.” We have endeavored, as well as we could, to give the general reader, in the above extracts, an idea of this railroad muddle. The next step will be the hear ing ot the counsel and the examination of witnesses before Judge Cole, who wili set the day after hearing the other side. Un less voluntarily dropped the case will be carried before the Supreme Court, which will involve months of delay. The publio, of course, perfectly under stand the animus of these proceedings. They spring out of the injunction granted in the Savannah and Gulfßailroad case, the Southwestern making the move for the purpose of breaking down the one by the suggestion of the other. Hold them to the Bond.—lt took the Radicals of the North nearly three years to make Georgia adopt a constitutional amendment forever repudiating “any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrec tion or rebellion against the United States. ’ ’ The said constitutional amendment pro hibits either the United States or any State to “assume to pay” any such debt. And yet we find the Legislature of Geor gia entertaining a proposition to pay a Con necticut firm for manufacturing Sharpe’s rifles for Gov. Brown in 1860 1 Repudiate it at once, we say, as all debts to South ern men, contracted either directly or in directly, in aid of or during the rebellion, have been repudiated.— Columbus Eng. The Savannah, Griffin & North Alabama Railroad.—We are glad to learn that the prospects of this road are indqed very flattering. The committee ap pointed to see the stockholders who have paid in the full amount of their stock, and those also who have paid only a portion of the amount subscribed, and to ascertain what they were willing to do, have met with unexpected success. There are some few, however, we learn, who claim the full amount for the “right of-way” through their lands. This is “self-suicide.” It would be better that they should give this right, for if the road is built every man’s land through which it passes, or lying near it, would increase in value three-fold. So let such parties come up and say to the committee, we are willing to give you this right through our land, or are willing to accept what you offer.— Griffin Star. Coming to Light.—Tho Chronicle a Sentinel is engaged in unearthing the stealings of Foster Blodgcit while Mayor of Augusta. The Radical apples did swim majestically at the puhlio expense. How Blodgett can keep out of the penitentiary, to say nothing of hanging, is not very ob vious. —Savannah Republican. Mining in Geobgla.— This business in upper Georgia does not appear to be brisk or flourishing just now, according to the reports of the Dahlonega Signal. It says thatoperations are generally at a stand, awaiting the move of Northern capitalists, and that these are mostly inactive; that the Chestatee Company has suspended, and the Wood mine is working but little, if any. About twenty-five hands are at work at Ive’s mill, one mile east of Dah lonega, with great success; and small com panies, composed of two to five in a group, are working about on the branches, making from fifty cents to two dollars per day to the hand, and more often fifty cents than two dollars. So numerous are these little parties, that the Signal believes the Dah lonega merchants are buying more gold now than they did when all the companies were in successful operation. (But we presume that the big companies did not sell their gold dust to the merchants.) — Sri van nah, New. BY TELEGRAPH. FROM ATLANTA. Proceedings of the Legislature. SPECIAL TELEOBAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CHRONICLE A SENTINEL. Muscogee Circuit Bill Lost—Macon and Brunswick Railroad Bonds—State En dorsement— Georgia and Reconstruction —Bill to Organize the Military Institute Penitentiary Convicts— Gold and Sil ver Tax—The State Department— C. O. D. Doing an Extensive Business—The Central Railroad and State aid to Railroads- J Atlanta, January 25, p. in.—ln the Senate the bill to create the Muscogee Cir | cuit was lost. The House resolutions, relative to the State’s endorsement of the Macon and | Brunswick Railroad bonds, caused au aui ! mated discussion, which was participated jin by Messrs. Wooteu and Smith. Mr. Wooten spoke against the resolutions and Mr. Smith, of the 7th District, spoke in favor. Without taking a vote the Senate adjourned. Mr. Wooten having the floor. In the House, Mr. Williams, of Morgan, introduced resolutions saving that Georgia had carried out the 14th Article of the Con stitutional Amendment,as she understood it, aud that Georgia acknowledged Congress the supreme power, and would obey the laws made thereunder. Mr. Madison, of Lincoln, introduced a bill to let out the Job-Printing by con tract. Mr. Barman, of Stewart, introduced a bill to reorganize the Military Institute, and make it also an Agricultural College, and locate the same iu the old Capitol building at Milledgeville. Mr. Carpenter, of Pierce, introduce a resolution to examine into the treatment of Penitentiary convicts by Raiiroad con tractors. Also, a bill to relieve securities from liability if proceedings are not com menced against principals twelve months from date. Mr. Perkins, of Cherokee, introduced a bill to compel parties to give in, lor tax ation,gold and silver at value in currency. There is a rumoi, very generally credit ed, which says the postage paid by (he State Department since July last is seven teen hundred dollars. A resolution was adopted inquiring into it. A charge was made in the Seuato that the Central Raiiroad will file an injunction against all railroads aided by the State en dorsement W. G. Proceedings of the Legislature—The Ma con and Brunswick Road—Bradley I Again—Debate on the Removal of Disa bilities—lnvestigating Committee—The J Executive Swindle —The Supreme Court, <Scc., &c. Atlanta, January 26, p. m.—Upon the meeting of the Senate this morning Sena tor Wooten, from the eleventh District, re sumed his speech in opposition to the res olution recently passed by the House of Representatives, approving the action of the Macon & Brunswick Raiiroad Com pany in the sale of their bonds, which were endorsed by the State. At the con clusion of his oration the resolution was put upon its passage, and the Senator’s arguments seem to have been of but little avail, as it was adopted by a vote of twen ty-six ayes to ten nays. A letter was received here to-day, by a prominent member of the Senate, from the great “ Wauhoo,” Aaron Alpeoria Bradley. The letter has not yetbeen made public; but it is known that it contains a protest against his expulsion, setting forth that the Senate’s action in the matter was illegal, and asking that it be reconsidered. A bill was to-day introduced in the Senate to explain the act passed at the last session in regard to the suppression oflotteries in Georgia. In the Houseof Representatives it was proposed that Mr. Line’s resolution, praying Congress to remove the political disabilities of all the citizens of the State, should be referred to a Special Committee ot Seven, one member to be from each Congressional District, and a warm debate upon the proposition ensued. Mr. Bryant proposed that the resolution bo made the special order for Thursday next, saying that delays were dangerous. He had information that, if taken at all, action on this matter should be taken at once, otherwise he feared it would be too late to accomplish any beneficial result. Congress would itself act soon and would act harshly. He was favorable to the reso lutions with some few amendments. Mr. Lane was willing to take up and act on the resolutions now and was also wil ling to make them the special order for next Thursday, as Mr. Bryant desired. Mr. Scott said that similar resolutions to these had been adopted almost unani mously at the late session of the Legisla ture, and he asked Bryant how Congress had received those resolutions. Hb, for his own part, could see no good reason for continually annoying Congress with the matter. He presumed Congress would, in its own time, remove the political disa bilities of all Georgians. He was opposed to multiplying committees, and moved to refer the resolutions to the Commitlteo on the State of the Republic. Mr. Bryant moved to amend by saying that this committee should report on Thursday. Mr. Scott objected. Mr. Bryant said that further delays on the part of the Legislature was construed into a desire to do nothing. He was afraid that this course would cause Congress to act harshly. Two parties were here, both extremists. 110 was called an extremist, but lie was fir conciliation when no principle was involved, and believed de lay would make Congress place tho State under a military dictatorship. On Mr. Price’s motion, tho whole sub ject was postponed indelinitely. Mr. Crawford moved to appoint a Com mittee to visit Washington. It was not taken up. Mr. Price introduced a resolution to ap point a committee to visit Warren and Taliaferro counties and report what action was necessary on the part of the Legis lature, to prevent further outrages by lawless persons in said counties. Mr. Barclay opposed it—his own county, Mclntosh, had suffered a year from in ability to enforce the laws; that whenever whites violated the law it was enforced; blacks were the only ones in liis county who violated the law with impunity. Mr. Rice opposed sending a committee to any of the counties, especially to Columbia. Mr. Crawford favored tho resolution, which was finally withdrawn. Rich developments are eagerly looked for relative to the imbroglio with the .State Treasurer; bonds have been sold and the money for them not put in the 'Preasum/ The Supreme Court to-day decided the Relief Law Constitutional. Judge War ner dissenting from the rest ot the Court. W. G. TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Congressional. SENATE. Washington, January 25, p. m.—Ed munds, in reporting amendments to the House Bill repealing the Tenure-of-Oftice Bill, moved it be indefinitely postponed. After a struggle for precedence of busi ness, Sherman’s Currency Bill was post poned by 21 to 30. The Pacific Railroad was then discussed to adjournment. HOUSE. Among the bills under the regular call, was the appointing ofacomrnittee of seven to investigate election irregularities in South Carolina; appropriation for improve ment ot the Savannah river ; several rail road and removal ot disability bills. By Cooley, for better protection of loyal men in the South. By Prince, of Georgia, incorporating the Southern Express Company. Thesuffrage amendments were ;>oßtpon edto Wednesday and the Deuver Railroad resumed ; it was referred to the Committee on Public Lauds, which is equivalent to killing it. Adjourned. From Cuba. Havana, January 27, noon.—Many prominent Cuban families, apprehensive of further bloodshed, are preparing to em igrate. A man armed with a dagger, attempted to ent-r Dulce’s apartments, but was ar rested.
