Georgia Historic Newspapers

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The letter of our Louisville correspond
ent, who in a large and successful farmer
in Jefferson county, will be read with in
ter;! by those who doire to form rcason
ab!e, correct, views of the condition of the
present cotton crop. His statements arc
tally confirmed by those who have had op
portunilies for examining the crop.
We have met and conversed, within the j
past lew days, with several leading plant
ers in Houthwestern Georgia, and they all
concur in the statement that the prospect
there i ; at this time very unfavorable.
Our own limited observations in Middie
Georgia briDg* us to the s3iun conclusion.
It. is true, that in the region immediately .
around Augusta, both in Carolina and
tkb<fiutc, the crop is, to far an the weed j
it conttfgbl, very good. The continued I
cats.* ~vr JiL, awrnth of Jatw, sudiw I
upon crops which had been very generally
highly fertilized, stimulated a very rapid j
growth of the plant, and on many plaecs
the plant is as large, if not larger, than it
was at this time last year. Hut thiH, we
believe, is not the condition of the crop
generally.
• It is much to be regretted that the
prurient and ill timed vanity of a few |
bummer planters, who really know v.ciy I
little alnut planting, should cause them to j
make reports, which even if they believed
them to be true, must produce damaging
effects upon the price of our great staple.
The crop prospect, taking the whole area j
in cotton, i t not flattering Tnis every ex- j
perieneed planter know'.
’tlit' Advanced Position.
The Philadelphia Press, of the 15th in
stant, contains the following paragraph:
“The leading organ of the Democracy of
Kentucky feels bound to say that it is not
in favor of proscribing Democrats who ad
hered to the Union during the war. This
i i anew and advanced position lor the
Democracy, not only ol Kentucky, hut of
the nation.”
Os course that which is meant by the
"milinn" is tho Republican party. It is
a well known fact that the Democracy,
both in and out of Congress, have designed
and labored to efface tho bitter recollec
tions of war, and so restore peace and har
mony throughout tho conritry. Not so
with Radicals both in Congress aad out
of Congress. Radical power, largely pre
dominant in Congress, lias repeatedly pro
scribed Union Democrats who adhered to
the Union during the war, and refused
them seats as members and representatives
elected from the South, simply because
they were Democrats. The Press, the
chiof organ of tho Radicals, has been loud,
mouthed in its proscription, not only of
those Union Democrats, hut of Southern
Rebels. It is rclroshiog so sec it now
taking a “new and advanced position”
with regard to tho proscription ot Demo
crats. The elections in Connecticut, Now
York, and other Northern States, have
greatly stimulated the reluctant Radicals
to this new and advanced position. Alicr
the lull elections the Press and its Radical
editor wif! again take anew and advanced
position, and doubtless wo shall see it
liorooly denouncing all distinctions as “reb
els” and “loyal men,” now so ctmmon in
its columns, and calling upon “tho nation”
to forget the rancors and passions engen
dered by civil war, which it has labored so
assiduously to foster and keepalive.
Furrow’s Address.
As n part of the history of the times, wo
lay before our readers Attorney General
harrow's address to the Republican mem
bers of tho legislature. It will bo seen
that harrow is emphatic in iiis opinion
that tho Legislature is without legal power
to prolong its term, and that any attempt
of that sort would cot only be nugatory,
but would ruin the party in this State.
This is the only sensible view that cun be
entertained on the question.
Farrow is mistaken in supposing that
action on tile part ot tho Federal Govern
ment may bo necessary to relieve tho
Georgia status from doubt. The recent
bill is clear and explicit. Congress simply
declares that “Georgia having complied
with the terms of'lie reconstruction acts,”
Ao., is entitled to representation. When
these terms were complied with is a mixed
question of law and ol fact. The Supreme
Court of the State has, wo think, already
virtually decided this question. At the
Juno term, 1569, in a ease which went up
to that Court from Sumter county, the
Court held that (lie Constitution of the
Stato went into operation and effect on tho
Isth day of July, 1868 (we quote from
nmuary), and that Georgia was on that
day a State of the Union.
Ai any rate wo are quite satisfied with
the Georgia bill as it finally passed and
was signed by the President. It secures. 1
to the people immediate release front the |
absolute tyranny of Terry’s military power, 1
it leaves the government es the !>tat e :
where it properly belongs—in the hands of j
the people ; it throws upon the people the i
entire responsibly of enforcing the laws ;
it makes the public officers of the Stats
amenable to the people for the full and
faithful performance ol their official duties; ,
it secures au client n this fail, in aceor- j
dance with the mandate of the State '
Constitution ; it enables the people to pass
upon the conduct of their public
servants during the past two years, to ap
prove or condemn, as their acts may justi'y
or demand This is all that we have desired,
if upon a fair test of the popular sentiment j
it shall he found that the present State ad- i
ministration has the approval of a ma
jority of the people, we shall submit to 1
,uo'i deci-ion with all the grace within
our power. If the present State govern
ment shall be condemned, those whose con
duct shall provoke such censure must sub
mit to the popular decree.
All wo want, all we ask, is a free, honest j
and fair election. This, wo believe, no
shall have. We boliove that the people
everywhere iu the State, tired of the uu
test and vexations suffered under our
anomalous condition of the last two years. 1
will, with one mind, rally to the support of!
of law and order, and enforce iu every |
county the right of every man, under the ;
law, to deposit his ballot lor those eandi- i
dates who bis judgment or preference die- 1
tates. The (lection laws as they stand arc
good enough. All we want is that they
be ful’y enforced. This, as we have said,
the people are willing and anxious to do.
to \\ «i fc in Kaiuest for!
Ilie Rood of tile Slate.
A prominent Radioal an d member of
the Legislature bald upon our streets, a
day or two since, that “the Legislature was !
now going to work iu earnest for the good
of the State-"
This assertion, although made with all :
becoming gravity, challenges our credulity,
notwithstanding it is pro tanto a confes
sion of past sin. The first act of this Re
publican Legislature affords no evidence of
such design. The first Republican act
which signalmen the record is the act of a
Republican legislature, which, iu defiance
of all the restraints of law, “grabs’ - some
two hundred thousand dollars of the Poor
School fund for the payment of its mcm
bes’ nine dollars per day. The poor,
honest, laboring men will recollect, when
they come to the polls this tall, that it was
a purged, approved Republican Legisia
ture which laid violent hands on the fund
set apart for the education of their chil
; dren, and appropriated it for their indi
vidual benefit, refusing even to make pro
j vision for its future return.
Again, we have the speeches of promi
i nent Radicals during the last four
| years, beliulciog and sneering at our efforts
in the cause of education, and holding up
as models the richly endowed colleges and
schools at the North. We have in our eye
more than one of those shining lights of
Republicanism—leaders ol the-Republican !
party, both in the Legislature and out ot
it—who, on more than ene occasion, un- <
dertock to lecture the people upon their i
' shortcomings in this and like particulars, ,
and abuse them therefor. How many ol 1
these virtuous aspirants for Republican j
fame and emc laments are willing to endow 1
the State’s Univcrsi'y in a sufficient sum
to make 'it ‘ ‘ret] notable, ’' and take rank
alongside of the model wealthy colleges of
the North- As compared with Harvard,
Yale, Dartmouth, the College of Now
Jersey, or of I linoisat Chicago, and many
otbere, the present endowment of the
University of Georgia is but as a
vegltr&tMlfclt. It is to such insritutiour
as we have mentioned that the Eastern
and Northern States arc indebted for the
teachers who have built up the boasted
common schools. The revenue from the
State Road in past time for a single year
would, invested as an endowment fund,
enable Franklin University to offer ad
vantages cot surpassed by Northern insti
tutions, and keep within the State thou
sands of dollars which are now beginning,
a i formerly, to flow abroad, and bring
thousands of dollars with students from
sister adjoining States. Our pure, pro
gressive Republicans are “going to work
in earnest for the good of the State.”
So alleged, by voting millions in Stato
credits ior the construction of railroads.
Will they give the people a State Uni
versity, properly endowed, to be at once
the pride and ornament of the State ?
And to remove occasion for a repetition of
like taunts and sneora from virtuous
loyalty.
Tin* Test Oatli.
The House of Representatives, on the
last day of the session, failed to act upon
the bill passed by the Senate prescribing
an oath to be taken by persons who par
ticipated in the late war against the United
States, hut who are not. di.-qualifi- and from
holding office bv the XtVth Amendment I
of the Constitution of the United States. I
Tho bill,was reached in is order on I
Thursday last, but Mr. Arneli (Rep.) ob- j
jected to its consideration and it went over, j
under the rules, to tho next session of j
Congress.
This bill provided a substitute For what j
is known as the Iron-clad, or Test Oath, and
if passed, would admit Southern men, not
disqualified by the XlVth Amendment, to
hold office without taking the iron-clad
oath. It is much to be regrcited that a
single radical Republican, under the rules of
the House, was enabled to dofeat this real
ly wise and important measure. Tho bill
pased the Senate by a very large majority,
and ifavotecould have been hadonits merits
in the House, would have passed there also
by a decided vote. Until such a measure is
enacted, the South can never be properly
represented in the National Legislature un
less that body passes special acts for the
admission of such members returned from
the South who cannot subscribe to the
test, oath.
The War in Europe.
The following; figures showing the
strength of the armies of the two first
and principal parties so the war just com
menced, and which bids fair to involve all
the great powers cf Europe, will bo read
with interest by all classes of our people :
The French army, when increased to its
war looting -the condition it is now in—
consists of seven hundred and fifty-seven
thou-and seven hundred and twenty-seven
men. Os those 515,037 arc infantry ;
100,021 cavalry; engineers 15,443; Gen
darme.l', staff and troops of the administra
tion 00,874. The horses of this estab
lishment amount to 143,238. This is the
actual force now in the field. But to this
must be added tho reserves, which em
brace nearly the whole of the male adult
population.
The French military forces, embracing
all the classifications of war material, con
sists of three grand divisions, namely, the
“Active Army,” the “Army of tho Re
serve,” and the “National Guard Mobile.’'
The active army amounts to 404,192; the
army ot tho reserve 400,000 ; and the na
tional guard 538,723, making a total force
of 1,341,915 soldiers. This grand army
is divided into seven army corps, each com
manded by a Marshal of Franco. Among
the number now in commission are Mar
shals Canrobert, Bazainc, McMahon and
Baraguay de’Hilliers, all of whom have
won distinction ou previous fields ot car
nage.
France lias for the past few years paid
particular attention to the increase and
perfection ol her war navy, and has now
afloat au armament which, in the number
and size of her vessels, the character of
their guns, and the kind of projectiles in
use, compares favorably with any of the
great powers of the world. She has sixty
two iion-ciads carrying 672 guns of heavy
cabbie; two hundred and sixty-four steam
screw propellers, with 1,547 guns; sixty
two side-wheel steamers, with 154 guns
and 113 sailing yiSsels, carrying 673 guns,
making a total of four hundred and one
vessels, carrying 3,045 guns.
Many of her iron clads are of the most
formidable character, not only from the
size and character of their armament, but
because of the terrible “rams” which pro
ject from the prows of most of them. The
guns u'-ed on these iron clads are principal
ly brceeh-loading 100 pounder rifles, fur
nished with 155 charges each. The largest
of these iron-olads is the Rochambcau,
formerly called the Dunderburg, built in
this country by Webb, and originally in’
tended for the government ot the United
States.
Tim navy is commanded by 2,2 IS olli_
cere, and the sailors atloat and ashore
number 39,340, which, together with en- 1
giueors, dockyard laborers, and others eon- !
uecteil with the force, swells the grand
total to 74,441:;.
The military establishment of Prussia
on the peace footing, is settled upou the
basis of 1 per cent, of the population.
The total number enrolled is on the pen re
footing 319,355, and on the war footing
977,263. In time of war the military force
embraces the whole adult male population.
All men between the ages of 20 and 7.6,
are held ready for offensive warfare, and
those above 36 and up to the age of bo
are bound to do service in the military
garrisons and potss within the country.
This immense establishment is divided into
eleven graud army corps, Uo of which,
the 2d and 3d, are commanded by Princes
of the present reigning house.
The Prussian navy is quite inconsiderable
as compared to other first-class European
powers. Her navy consists of six iron clad
steamers carry mg 73 guns, nine steam
frigates and corvettes carrying 200 guns,
twenty-seven steam gun boats carrying 37
guns, fifty-nine sailing vessels carrying 247
guns. TheKonig Wilhelm, iron clad, was
built in England from designs made by the
chief constructor of the British navy, and
' is of 5,738 tuns burden, carries 23 rifled 96
pounder:-, mad -of hammered steel,
and capable of bemg fired with 75!bs
1 charges as often as twice in a minute.
This is a formidable vessel, and if it should
I encounter the Rochambcau, a terrible coc
i flict must ensue.
It will be seen that while Prussia is
greatly inferior m the naval arm of her
; service to France, that her regular laud
forces are 2UJ,ODO greater than those ol
the latter. If the war could by any pos*i
| bility be confined to these powers, its duia
: tion would b- 1 very limited. The main
: strategic points are close and equally acees
! sible to both governments; the armies of
I both are in a perfect state of mobilization)
and war materiel on both sides abundant
1 and convenient. Bu* we indulge na hope
1 that the conflict can lx; confined to these j
1 powers. We regard the alliance of Russia j
with Prussia as absolutely certain, while j
Austria and Daly are equally certain to
ally themselves with France. Sweden, Bel
gium ar.d Denmark will be irresistibly
drawn into tho great war vortex, and their
position will, in our judgment, have much
influence in fixing the status of England
towards the two great belligerents. If
England’s great statesman and war minis
ter were now alive, that government might
maintain a strict neutrality, but since the
Heath of Palmerston, Great Britain has
been left without a statesman able to com
prehend her vast ipfluetiee and responsi
bility, and, at tho siuue time, capable ol
controlling English sentiment, even against
its greatest prejudices.
The action of Russia will be closely
watched by the English Government, and
if it should appear that the Czar contem
plates an attempt to retrieve the losses and
wipe out tho stain inflicted by England ar.d
France upon Russian pride and Russian
ambition in the Crimean contest 0ff854-5,
then England necessarily becomes involved
in the conflict. Russia has long had her
heart set upon the acquisition of Constan
tinople and the Bosphorus, because such
acquisition would give her command of
the trade of the East. That she will seek
the present opportunity while Prussia hojds
I ranee in check on tho Rhine, to consum
mate her ancient designs in tho East, is
more than probable.
R England should bo drawn into tho
contest it requires no prophetic ken to
foresee the ultiinato entanglement of the
United States in the great war maelstrom.
As long as England stands alool from the
conflict there would be no difficulty in
preserving strict neutrality on our part.
Every interest of England and America
demands that the government should keep
clear of the contest. Prejudice is, how
ever, sometimes stronger than interest in
determining the conduct of nations as well
as individuals, and k we shall not be sur
prised to lind, ero long, both England and
the United States drawn irresistibly into
the struggle. We of the South can lose
nothing by such a turn in public affairs.
Commercial Fertilizers.
The Savannah morning News gives the
following table, showing the amount of
fertilizers shipped from that city during
the past season:
By the Central railroad there has
been shipped up to June, 1870 50,490
Atlantic and Gulf railroad G,518
Cohen’s line of Savannah river
steamers 4,028
Florida steamers 100
Erwin & Hardee’s Oconee and Oc
mulgee lines of steamers 925
Davant Waples & Cos 200
Local uses 150
Making a total of 62,511
We have not the exact figures as to tho
amount supplied from this city, but loci
quite confident that it will reach as Ugh as
thirty thousand tons. If to this be added
eight thousand tens manufactured in the
State and brought here from other points,
we shall have the full total of consumption
for the present crop of one hundred thou
sand tons.
Those fertilizers cost the planters an aver
age of eighty dollars a ton delivered on tho
plantations. This would give the enor
mous total of eight millions of dollars for
the crop of Georgia 'alone. With cotton
at 15 cents it would require one hundred
and fifteen thousand hales to pay for these
fertilizers.
Three hundred thousand bales is, we
think, a fair estimate lor tho crop of the
State. If this estimate be approximately
correct it will bo seen that more than one
third of the entire crop will bo required to
pay guano bills. How loDg can planters
prosper under a system which takes over
one third of their gross products to supply
plaDt food. This is an important subject,
and demands careful thought and study
from our planting friends.
North Carolina—Kirk’s Jay
llawk War.
Holden, the Radical Governor of North
Carolina, is one of the most unscrupulous
despots and vindictive tyrants that ever
disgraced tlio annals of modern civilization.
Having ridden into power on the shoulders
of ignorant and semi-barbarous negroes
controlled and manipulated by a gang of
corrupt carpet-baggers and scalawags, he
is determined to perpetuate that power at
ail hazards and in defiance of all legal ob
stacles. His administration has been
characterized by so much of fraud and cor
ruption—his open and flagrant violations
of the law so bold and bare:aced—his re- i
peated robberies of the funds of the State
so apparent—his intense malignity and
cruel injusdee towards the white citizens
so savage and diabolical, that even a large
portion of those who aided in placing him
in power have become disgusted with his
infamies, and alarmed at his bold outrages
upon the lives, liberty and property of the
people.
The better informed and more virtuous
ot bis party, both among the blacks and
the whites in all sections of the State, are
hooking to the Standard of the Democracy
aml lending their aid to crush out the
grinding despotism which for four years
Holden and his gang have exercised over
the people. Those muttering* of discon- j
tent in his own jgirty have not escaped his i
attention. .For months past he has been I
calmly surveying the situation and pre- j
paring his plans to checkmate those who ;
seek to destroy his power. Having care- j
fully surveyed the whole field, he reached j
the conclusion that if the contest were left
to the arbitrament of the popular will,
under the laws of the State, the verdict of |
the people wou.d, like the "rush of great
waters, overwhelm his administration
am; bury ;,is rotten carcass forever under
the just indignation of an outraged eon
, stitueney. There was no mistaking the
1 Indications of the popular breeze. lie saw
: the storm coming, and, like the desperate
1 adventurer who ri-ks liis all upon the turn
of fortune's wheel, he threw himself in
j the face ot the constitution and laws of
i the State, invited the East Tennessee bush
j whacker and murderer, Kirk, into his
j councils, and laid before this wily ruffian
l bit' l’laus to harry the Skate, punish his
enemies, intimidate the p& pie. and secure
i a triumph at the approaching elections.
| The a large majority in
j both branches of which are Republicans,
t have, upon the application of Holden for
I that purpose, refused to authorize him to
I call the militia into active service. With
! out military power the contest would be a
hopeless one. lie. therefore, determined
! to set up a military establishment of his
| own. To give color to tins contemplated
highhanded outrage, he issued a pr.uri&ma
tion, declaring certain counties in a state
: of insurrection, and suspending the writ of
‘ hidifo* rorpi a. Then follows another pro
clamation organizing a standing army of
; one thousand men, and placing kirk at the
j betid of this foree.
AUGUSTA, (rA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1870
Kirk, having recruited his forces mainly
trom his jayhawk associates in East Ten
j nessee, takes the field in obedience to
iiililep s orders, and marching his valiant
. crew ot lmrse thieves and hcn-housc rob
bers to Gra’iam, the county seat of Ala
. mince county, declares that quiet town
| under martial law, arrests a number ml its
| leading c itizens, organizes a dram-head
court martial, and proceeds in his prepare -
i tious for a trial of his victims.
i No charges are made against these per
! ?,,ljs —they are not even informed of the
cause ol their arrest. .Denied communica
tion with their triends, they v. ait in silence
the decrees of these infernal hell-hounds
of Uokleu.
In the meantime, Chief Justice Pearson,
originally a Holden Republican, issues a
writ of habeas corpus directed to Kirk,
requiring him to bring lie fore him his pris
oners. and show by what authority they
are deprived of their liberty. When the
writ is served, Kirk contemptuously re
plies, “This kind of thing is played out.”
and takes no further notice of Judge Pear
son’s writ. One of the parties in whose
behalf the writ was issued is James E.
Royd, a leading and respected citizen, who
is now a candidate for the Legislature
with every prospect of success. The other
parties are gentlemen of unblemished repu
tation, quiet and inoffensive citizens.
Since Kirk’s refusal to respect the ha
beds corpus, the Chief Justice'has under ’
consideration the extent of Lis. powers to
compel obedience. Many of the citizens j
of tho vicinity have offered their services j
to the sheriff as a posse to arrest Kirk and |
bring him before Chief Justice Pearson to
purge his contempt, What will he the re
sult it is difficult now to determine.
Since the service of the writ of habeas
corpus upon Kirk, he has made further ar- |
rests. On Tuesday last, while the Congres- |
sional candidates were speaking at Yan- j
ceyville, in Caswell county, Hon. John
Ker, Hon. S. I’. Hill, the sheriff of the
county, and other prominent citizens,
were arrested. There is no pretence that
there was the slightest disturbance until
Kirk and ids jayhawkers pounced upon the
inoffensive crowd.
The peop'e in that section of the Stato
seem to be getting thoroughly aroused, and
we should not be surprised to hear at any
moment that having exhausted all legal
means of redress, they have resorted to
force for their mutual protection. This is
certainly a desperate state of affairs, and
in the absence of government protection
the people must protect themselves. We
arc very much mistaken as to the character
of the descendants of tho Mecklenburg
declaration if they submit much longer to
these infamous outrages. If neither the
courts, tho State government or tho
government at Washington will give them
protection, they must do as their fathers
did, strike lor themselves. In such a
struggle they will have the warm sympathy
of all good citizens North and South.
The Royal Bengal’s Tail Smash
ed.
“Mr. McArthur offered a resolution in
viting Col. W. B. Gaulden to a seat on
the floor—which motion was lost.”
The above paragraph we cut from the
proceedings of the Legislature on Satur
day last. When we remember the speech
of Gaulden at tho Loyal League meeting
in Savannah, held just after tho collapse of
the Confederate government, and his sub
sequent services in the Radical party as
an official of the Freedman’s Bureau
we are forcibly reminded of the old
saw, “Republics are ungrqatfuly.” Gaul
den deserved better treatment from the
Georgia Radicals.
V i en si it S' chen ck.
Forney’s Press lauds Schenck as having
exhibited more consummate ability, en
ergy and tact at the head of the Ways and
Means Committee than any of his illus
trious predecessors. This endorsement is
made to holster up tho waning fortunes of
the valorous Bob in his Congressional
District, where, on account of his subser
viency to the views of the Pennsylvania
iron mongers and Eastern manufacturers,
he has been exceedingly unpopular.
The more moderate and decent of the
Ohio Republicans will not support his
claims for are-election, and unmistakably
indicate their intention to defeat him,
even if ,this must be done with a full
blooded Democrat.
Grots in tiie West.—The crops
throughout Southern Wisconsin arc re
ported to be suffering greatly from a severe
drought, which lias affected them to such
an extent that in some sections the crop3
of all kinds will be almost a total failure.
The meadows arc io many places dry
enough to burn, fruit has dried up on the
trees, and grain is beading out at a height
of six inches.
Dreadful Scenes in Alabama. — j
From the Rome Commercial we have re
ceived the following particulars of the un
fortunate difficulty between the whites and
negroes at Oros3 Plains, Ala.; “It seems
that en Sunday eveniDg last, a white boy
and a negro had a quarrel and fought.
Several other negroes acd whites coming
up, a general row ensued. The negroes
were dispersed, but having armed them
selves returned, and meeting the. white
bey, with whom the first difficulty occurred,
iu company with a number of ladies, fired
into the party.
This so exasperatedptho whites, that a
large number armed themselvs, captured
and hung a Mr. Luke, a carpet-bag school
teacher, who is said to have urged the ne
groeson, aad four of the ring leaders among
the negroes, and also shot and killed anoth
er negro. Luke was taken to a house be
fore his execution and allowed to write a
letter to his family. In his letter he de
nied having incited the negroes to revenge,
but claimed to have persuaded them to de
sist.
The affair is a most unfortunate one, and
happens, we fear, at a most unfortunate
time for the people of Alabama. It is, how
ever, but what we may expect as the prac
tical workings of the Fifteenth Amend
ment and other laws having a tendency to
bring the whites and blacks in antagon
ism and keep alive the flames of the “ir
repressible conflict.”
Full Text of the Georgia Bill as
ir was Signed by the President.—
“The State of Georgia, having complied
with the Reconstruction acts, and the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Articles of
Amendment to the Constitution of the
I United States having been ratified iu good
faith by a legal Legislature of said State,
I it is hereby declared that the State of Geor
gia is entitled to representation in the
! Congress of the United States. But noth
-1 ing in this act contained shall be construed
! to deprive the people ot Georgia of the
right to an election for members of the
j General Assembly of said State as pro
vided for in the constitution thereof, and
j nothing in this, or aDy other act of Coo
! gress, shall be construed to affect the term
| to which any offieer has i>een appointed or
any member oi’ the General Assembly
j elected as prescribed by the Constitution
of the .State of Georgia. ”
Sec. 2. Ami b* it further ekac-ted, That
; so much of the act entitled “An act mak
i ing appropriations lor the support of the
Army tor the year ending June 30, I»6s,
and lor other purposes,” approved March
2, ImjT, as prohibits the organization,
arming, or calling into service of the mili
tia forces in the States of Georgia, Missis
i ffppi, Texas, and Virginia, be, and the
j same is hereby, repealed.
Mr. Thomas Kendrick, threshing east of
! Pleasant Hill, id Talbot county, had
j measured up 4.000 bushels up to the 10th.
: He thinks there are 2,00 u more ahead,
j The average work is 4,GOU bushels per
week. Mr. Kendrick reports the wheat
i crop good.
Mercer University.
Junior Exhibition — Sopitomore I’ines
Alumni Oration — Commencement
— Graduating Class —Literary Address
— Rem, cal, Ac.
Penfield, July 13, 187©-
j Oe yesterday we had a display of junior
I eloquence from ten representatives and
as each speaker did both iumsell and the
j im'iitution great eredit, we will not par-
I tieuiarize.
SOPHOMORE PRIZES,
After the junior speeches, the Sopho
i more Reclaimers of the day previous pre
j santed themselves before the rostrum,
j when the President, after announcing that j
I the gentlemen selected to deliver the
1 prizes had faiied to appear, proceeded to
i address them in a most felicitous manner,
] carrying much consolation to the hearts
| ol the unsuccessful speakers, and precious
, liule to those of the more fortunate ones.
I This is always an exciting portion of the
| exercises—aad how deeply interesting to
witness the breathless curiosity of the spec
tators as they listen for the announce
ments ! At length the sealed envelope is
broken, and the decisions of the Commit
tee rend out, when in this case it was found
that the first prize bad been awarded to
Robert N. Hoilze’.aw, of Houston, and the
second to Wylie VV. Arnold, of Wilkes.
ALUMNI ORATION.
At four and a half in the afternoon the
annual address before the Alumni Associa
tion was delivered by the Hpn. John T.
Cfarko, of Cufhbert, Ga.,‘and his gredmfgs
to the attending graduates were most
happy and appropriate. After a band
some exordium in which he announced his
intention of leading us away from the
dusty labor-fields of life, he gave us as the
subject of Is is discourse “The Music of
Nature.” And most happily did ho lead
us through the green fields and deep forests,
pointing out nature’s Ssubliiuest beauties,
aud calling upon us to listen to the liquid
grandeur of her babbling brooks, and the
gushing harmony of her countless warb
lers—and finally paid a glowing and elo
quent tribute to oor matchless American
mocker.
At the conclusion of his address, he
delivered what was termed a valedictory to
the citizens, buildings, and classic groves
of Penfield —aud as he is a trustee of the
University it may be considered as mean
ing that this is the last commencement
that will be held here —and all but a small
minority fully agree with him.
COMMENCEMENT DAY.
This, the great day of the occasion, has
brought together aa immense crowd. The
whole creation seems filled with buggies,
carriages, wagoLS, aud whickadiddk-s of
every descripiion, and the usually quiet
village of Penfield has been swarming all
day with huu.an beings. The graduat
ing class consists of nineteen young
men, ten of whom delivered original
addresses in the forenoon, on various
topics, all; of which were quite creditable.
The distribution of honors for scholarship
has been dispensed with, but Andrew J.
Beck, of Fulton, was appointed to deliver
tho Latin salutatory, and Wm. M. Kims, of
Wilkes, the valedictories. The President
addressed the class in a few brief but
touching words, and bade them farewell in
a manner which drew tears from many
eyes—after which he delivered their diplo
mas.
We could but mark to-day tho absence of
the gray-haired fathers who have, for so
long a time, watched over and sustained
the University, and whoso familiar forms
have always on occasions like this been
seen ou the rostrum. Whore were they ?
Are they losing interest in the institution
like many others ? Or did they dislike to
see its last breath where Mercer aad San
ders'and ' thfT noble spirits planted and
watered it ? Out of twenty one Trustees
only six or eight were present, and with
one or two exceptions, these were the
young men, (I like to have said the. Young
America) of the Board.
ADDRESS BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES.
At hall-past lour o’clock this afternoon,
a most popular address was delivered be
fore the societies by the Hon. Charles T.
Goode, of Americus. His theme was the
“Past, Present and Future of the South,”
and as lie exherted the young men of our
section to be true to themselves and the
past record of their country, his thrilling
words were responded to with vehement
applause. We forbear giving a synopsis
of his eloquent speech. It was received
with tho greatest enthusiasm, and won uni
versal admiration.
REMOVAL.
As is well known, the removal of tho
University from this locality is a fixed fact,
but to what point is not yet determined.
Macon offers as an inducement to have it
come there the choice of several eligible
sites and $125,000 in city bonds or railroad
stocks, and, in addition to this, will endow,
by private subscription, a Professorship in
the institution with $30,000. Forsvth
offers 130 odd acres of land, on which now
stands the Hilliard Institute, together with
$50,000 rn money, to which will probably
bo added $20,000 more. Griffin offers real
estate valued at $35,000, with fine build
ings on it; also, $25,000 in money, which
will probably be increased to $50,000.
Newnan offers 250 acres of land, some of
which is worth SIOO per acre ; also money
to the amount of $20,000, which will
probably be increased to $50,000. Ma
rietta offers rea! estate to the amount of
SIO,OOO. Atlanta makes no offer as yet,
because, as is supposed by some, her citi
zens think the College can’t go anywhere
else, and I believe a large number of the
committee think so, too. But this great
question will doubtless be settled on the
sth proximo, when the committee is to
meet iu Atlanta.
Will the removal of the College benefit
it? Is it not a feariul experiment? Is it
not humiliating to see'a great institution
pulled up from its old ground works and
placed upon wheels to go rolling round in
search of patronage ? Can any place be
chosen upon which tho Baptists will
unite? Were they ever united upon any
subject? Will not the movement involve
the institution in interminable litigation?
Is not the bill of injunction now being
framed to prevent its funds from being used
for such purposes? Will not hundreds of
Baptists make the removal an excuse for
sending their boys el-ewherc? Will not
the Great Judge send judgments, disasters
and final ruin upon the enterprise for so
great au outrage upon the memory of
Mercer, Penfield, Sanders and others?
Will not the ghosts of theEe men, and ere
long the implacable spirit of the neble old
Stocks, haunt the movers for this step ?
Look out for breakers, removalists!
But the fiat has gone forth, and these
classic groves, beautiful buildings and Ar
cadian walks are to be abandoned and left
as hiding places for the mopiDg owl and
hissing serpents. Shades of Mercer, ar
rest the sacrilege!
Rut by a formal resolution of the Board,
these buildings are offered to the citizens
of Penfield as compensation for tile losses
they will sustain by the removal, provided
thry will keep up a High School here.
New, have the Trustees the right to dis
; pose of the buildings thus ? Will not this
matter Lave to be decided by the Courts?
And if they havo the power, is not the
“ proviso ” rather cruel ? For if, with all
! jig moiiey, machinery, experience, reputa
tion* and a great denomination scattered
1 over the State to work Dr it, the College
eonlj not be sustained or »:ept up in so
dark s corner, how can a High School be
kept u»? We ask for information.
Henricus.
Letter from Jefferson.
CROPS DROUGHT —COTTON PROSPECTS.
' Louisville; Ga , July 15, 1870.
Fa liters Citron Ide & Sentinel;
Enclosed you will find an extract from
the A'Urny Ne iw in relation to the crop
prospect* of Southwestern Georgia. This
is one of the few truthful crop effusions I
hare read this year. From what Source
correspondents derive their information ;
what motives can actuate them in sending
you such very cheering accounts; how
they can build for you such beautiful
structures out of such flimsy materia), I
cannot imagine. 1 know that in my own
section and the portions of country.
I hav" visited, farmers can have no reason
for felicitating themselves upon their bright
prospects. We are now suffering from the
effects of a twenty-fonr days’ drought with
no indications of rain. Forward corn is in
jured very seriously. Late oorn, unless it
gets rain in a few days, is ruined. Cotton,
considering the fertilizers used, is small,
and on many farms is yellow and fired,
and shedding in consequence of the dry,
hot weather, aid the deep ploughing ana
injury to the roots caused ia taking away
old, long established grass. The dry
weather ha3 enabled farmers to kill this
gra*s ; hut to do this the weed has been
injured, and jostled about, and retarded
m its growth. Had the rains continued a
laigo number of plantations would have
resembled some of those gra-sy fields
which, perhaps, you have noticed about
three miles trom your town on the Waynes
boro’ Railroad. If we can have very pro
pitious seasons for the balance of the year,
and no lice or rust, or caterpillars, an aver
age crop of cotton may vet be made
but if this dry, hot weather continues
we are “gone up” beyond all hope of re
covery. A wet August and September
may cause a luxuriant growth and produce
a large weed, and tho frosts holding off
late pickings may be had. But of late
years a wet August has invariably ushered
in caterpillars in September.
I regret that I have been compelled to
write you such unfavorable accounts, and
in doing so have had to travel so widely
out of the paths gone over by so manv of
your erep correspondents. 1 know that
every faimer has some good eottou, but
this is always found near his house, just on
the public roads where every eye can see it,
aud niay be iu tel.ing of his crops he has
this patch in his mind’s eye. But bear in
mind 1 am writing of crops generally, and
tot ot “brag ( atches ’ on the public roads.
Very truly, J. H. W.
Fariow’s Address to Kcpubilcan Mem
bers of ilic Legislature.
To the Republican Members of the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia :
Gentlemen : Feeling grateful to you
for the honor eonierred in electing me to
the United States Senate, and feeling that
deep interest in your welfare, aud the wel
fare of our party and our State, which any
and all true Republicans should feel whose
destinies are inseparable from tho llepub
lican party of Georgia, I am constrained
to address you this letter congratulating
you and our country upon the long and
anxiously hoped for admission of our State
into the Union- Last night the bill ad
mitting Georgia passed both Houses, and
to-day it has been signed by the President,
and is now a law.
During the past two weeks a shower of
letters has been coming to mo from all
parts of the State, as well as from mem
bers of your body, asking for tho proper
construction of the bill pending; and now
that tho law admitting the State is before
me, I feel that it is due you that my views
upon the same should be made known to
you. There has been, as you are aware, a
great effort, on the one hand, to induce
Congress to provide in this bill (owing to
tho illegal organization of the General
Assembly in 1868, and its subsequent rev
lutionary conduct in expelling from its
body a large number of its lawful members
on account of color), that the General As
sembly, and all State and county officers,
should hold for a full term alter the ad
mission of the State, and that therefore
there should be no elections until 1872;
and, upon the other hand, to’ induce
Congress to say that those officers
shall all be elected in November next,
in pursuance with the constitution. Con
gress has deemed it expedient to do neith
er. It could have done either in its discre
tion. In refusing to do either, it has
passed a law which provides especially
chat nothing therein, nor in any previous
law, shall be so construed as to effect the
term of office prescribed in tho constitu
tion for the members of the Genera) As
sembly, or for any of the Stato or county
officers. This leaves the constitution of
Georgia just as wo made it, to operate in
all of its provisions, and under its provis
ions we must havo eiections this fall, un
less it should be held by federal authori
ties that military government continues
until the Senators and .Representatives
from Georgia arc seated, which was not
done before adjournment for want of time
after the passage ol the bill. Our
relations to the constitution of Georgia are
far different from the relations of Congress
to that instrument. Any aoc of Congress is
paramount to that instrument, and Con
gress had the right, if it had thought it
expedient, to nave shaped that constitu
tion to have conformed to its wishes or re
quirements ; while, on the other hand, we
are sworn to support that constitution; it
is paramount to your euaetkients; aDd
your action, to be valid, must conform to
that instrument.
.1 believe that in admitting Georgia Con
gress bad the right, in its good judgment,
to have expunged irom the constitution
any part thereof, as it did the relief por
tion of that instrument. And had Con
gress, in the exercise of that right, ex
punged from that instrument the (12th)
twelfth section of the (11th) eleventh
article, and in lieu thereof provided
that tho General Assembly and civil
officers of the State should hold for a
full term after, the State is admitted, it
Mould not, in my judgment, have trans
cended its authority in the premises. But
Congress has admitted the State without
enacting a law prohibiting elections until
1872, or expunging Irom the constitution
the .section above alluded to, and, afier tho
State has been admitted, the General As
sembly thereof cannot enact a law prohib
iting elections until tho year eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two , for such action of
the General Assembly would not only be
without authority of law, but in palpable
violation of tho constitution of the State.
Had CoDgress provided that the General
Assembly should hold for a full tenu of
years after the admission of the State,
such action would have been to have ex
purgated from the constitution the sec
tion above alluded to, and to have pro
claimed it to the world as a rebuke for the
folly of the General Assembly m organiz
ing illegally in 1868, with men in its body
who were there in defiance of the very law
under which they were convened, and its
folly in subsequently expelling from its
body all persons of color. But had Con
gress provided specially in the bill that
elections should be held in Georgia in the
year 1870, in pursuance with the constitu
tion of said State, would not only have
been casting a reflection upon the parly in
power in Georgia, but would have been
administering to it a most positive rebuke.
Congress simply passed a bill admitting the
State, without interfering one way or the
other in the matter of elections in Geor
gia, and the constitution of Georgia prevails
and will control the elections. The constitu
tion of Georgia being left undisturbed by
the bii! admitting the State, tho direct pro
visions of the constitution require that
elections be held in the year 1870. It is
evident Congress did not intend to assume
the responsibility of passing a law pro
hibiting elections until 1872, and the only
question now is, as the law says nothing
upon the subject of elections, are elections
to be heid in November next, in pursuance
with the constitution of the State ?
Congress has admitted the State with
out commanding that (he elections shall or
shall not be held in November next. To
have command and that tho elections shall be
held in November next, when our consti
tution plainly provides that they shall be
so held, is to charge the party in power
in Georgia with intention to violate the
constitution they have recently made, and
which they have, many of them,
sworn to support, and send us into
the opening campaign with a most severe,
though unmerited, rebuke. I have yet to
learn of the first instance of any one from
Georgia who professes any knowledge of
legal principles asserting that in the ab
sence of legislation on the part of Con
gross, superseding our constitution, the
elections can/be legally dispensed with by
the general assembly, and I would have
regretted to have seen so severe a rebuke
administered to the Republican party in
Georgia by the national government, be
cause of the expressed views of a few in
dividuals not professing legal attainments.
This brings us to the ques'ion, “Hoes
the constitution of George provide for
elections in November, 1870? ’
The convention which framed I he consti
tution of Georgia closed its labors and ad
journed on the 11th of March, 1868. By
an ord’rance of that convention, adopted
Mareh iO, 1868, an election was held, be
ginning on the 20th day of April follow
ing, for members of the General Assembly
and for certain State and county offices. It
was presumed by that convention that the
State would beadmitted within a few weeks
after its adjournment, as i« shown by the
third paragraph of the first section of the
third article ol tho constitution, which
provided that the general assembly should
meet within ninety day; after the adjourn
ment of the convention. Supposing that
the State would be admitted during the
spring of 1868, and knowing that in the
body of the constitution (par. 2, sec. 1
art. 3) tho terms of representatives and
senators had been fixed at two and four
years, without date, it became necessary to
fix, in an ordinance, a date from which
these terms should rule. It was
not deemed advisable to have the
terms commence from the date of the ad
mission of the State into the Union by
Congress, because it was supposed the
State would be admitted in May or June,
ISOS, which would have terminated their
terms in that event in May or Jun.. 1870.
But with a view of giving to the first General
Assembly, and all officers elected at the
same time, the benefit of the :ew interven
ing months, it was provided, by an ordi
nance approved March 10, 186s, that the
first, General Assembly, and ail officers
elected at that time, should hold as though
they were elected the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1868. Ihe
constitution, par. 2, sec 1, art- 3, provided
that the first elretiqn forihe Gctieral As
sernbly shou and be within sixty days
after the adjournment of the con
vention, aud all subsequent elections
should begin on Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of every
second year, until otherwise provided
by the general assembly. The first elec
tion taking place in April, and all sub-e
--quent elections being provided for iu No
vember, it became necessary to take some
steps to bring about regularity of succes
sion. No regularity of succession could
have been provided for iu the constitution,
if it bad been provided that the members
should hold for a full constitutional term
from the date of the admission of the
State, for no one knew when the State
would.be admitted. It was supposed by
those who framed the constitution,
and the ordinance under consideration,
that the provision for holding as though
they were elected in November, 1868, j
gave an additional length of time
to the legislators and officers elect
ed it: April, IS6B, which they would not
get if they only held ter a constitutional
term from the date of the admission oi the
State. A simple ordinance of the conven
tion might have been sufficient to have
protected the General Assembly, but
would not have been sufficient for the pro
tectio ;, under someeircuiustur.eesol'inany
of the officers elected at that ume. Had
the State been admitted in Ms or June,
1808, this provision would ...e given
about six months additional to the terms
of all officers elected at that time- But as
it was apprehended there was nothing to
prevent a future Democratic General As
sembly from disregard! -g a simple ordi
nance, and depriving ordinaries, who hold
for four years, judges of tho Superior
Court who hold for eight years, and many
other officers whose terms extend beyond
the election for the General Assembly of
these extra six months, it was, therefore,
provided by the 12ch paragraph of the
11th article of the constitution, that this
ordinance shall.have a force of law until it
expires by its own limitation, while all
other ordinances shall have tho force of
laws until otherwise provided by the Gen
eral Assembly.
it will be seen that no future Dem
ocratic General Assembly can disturb this
ordinance, and deprive any ordinary, judge
or other officer of these few months by de
claring that Georgia was admitted into the
Union in July, 1868, by the admission of,
certain representatives into Congress, and
hi:! term of office being fixed in the consti
tution, and that, time having elapsed since
said admission, therefore his term of
office has expired. Such injustice could
not be perpetrated upon Republican
State and county officers by a fu
ture Democratic General Assembly, be
cause the constitution forbids any Gen
eral Assembly from repealing or amending
said ordinance. If no Democratic General
Assembly can shorten the term of office,
because this ordinance is made a part of
the constitution as it were, and says all
tho officers hold from November, 1868,
and not from the time ol our admission,
then the question arises, how can a Re
publican General Assembly lengthen the
term of office in defiance of this ordinance
and the constitution ? Under tho consti
tution of Georgia it is equally out of the
power of a Democratic General Assembly
to shorten, or a Republican General As
sembly to lengthen, the term of office. But
we are told that tho government is provis
ional until \vc are admitted, and, then fore.
the and officers hold a full
term alter the State is admitted. There
is no force in tbia proposition, hut
it is a mere attempt to give a
made influence to the word provis
ional. Even if the Stale had been
admitted in the spring or summer of 1868,
yet for a brief period the government
would necessarily have been provisional
from the time of its organization up to its
admission ; and no one will contend that
its having been provisional for a few weeks
or months in 1868 would have deprived
the General Assembly or the officers
throughout the State of their right to hold
as though they were elected in November,
1868. The reconstruction laws and the
Gecfrgia constitution contemplated that‘lie
new State government should be provis
ional during a certain stage of the work of
reconstruction, and the term of the Uene
ral Assembly, or of State and county offi
cers, cannot in any way be affected by tho
question as to when the State government
ecared to be provisional. Tho word pro
visional possesses no more virtue in de
termining the question of elections than it
would have possessed had the government
been provisional tor a few weeks only in
the year 1868.
But we are (old that it is a party neces
sity, aud, therefore, it we possess the pow
er, wo must perpetuate our General As
sembly. The question of propriety or ex
pediency may have been legitimately raised
before Congress, as a body paramount to
our State Constitution ; but when Con
gress did not deem it expedient to change
a constitution, which it had a right to
change, and left that constitution to ope
rate upon and bind a General Assembly,
that body must shape and guide its action
in observance of that constitution. Party
necessity is no excuse for a legi-lator or of
ficer who knowingly and palpably violates
a provision of a constitution which he is
swotn to support.
Though oun parly may have
Congress to dispense with these elections,
yet Congress refused to do so, anti passed
a bill which does not supjrsede our con
stitution, and we must observe the consti
tution and maintain the right ol the peo
ple to say who their representatives and
public officers must be. We must seek to
perpetuate our party, not by depriving the
people of their right to hold elections in
pursuance witli the constitution, but by a
wise, a just, and an economical administra
tion of their affairs when entrusted to us.
1 can conceive of nothing that would so
effectually blast forever the hopes of our
party in Georgia as would a refusal on the
part of the general assembly to permit the
people to hold their elections this fall. A
confiding constituency would be slow
to forgive or again confide in one
who is unwilling at the expira
tion of his term to return to them
the trust reposed. I trust that there
will not bo any effort made by our Repub
lican friends in the General Assembly to
perpetuate their offieial position by pre
venting an election, but that they will,
upon the contrary, permit the elections to
proceed in pursuance with the constitu
tion, unless prevented under Federal au
thority because of the non-representation
of the State.
Now that we arc at last about to emerge
from our chaotic condition—now that we
are at last about to succeed, after three long
years cf contest, of crimination and re
crimination between neighbor and neighbor,
in restoring our State to its proper rela
tions to our national government, it is to
be hoped that all parties will now strive
to restore to the weary people of Georgia
that prosperity and happiness to which
they are entitled. Let every true Re
publican bend his best energies in one
continued effort to make the Republi
can party of Georgia the acknowledged in
strument of that prosperity and happi
ness. Let there he no rnoro schisms or
factions in our party, but let us all now act
harmoniotvly. Let there be no more talk
about organizing the good men of both the
Republican and Democratic parties into a
new party to work out the manifest destiny
of Georgia, bnt let us watch all such efforts
to disintf grate our glorious party with a
jealous eye, while we throw open wide the
doors of our Republican party to ali good
men who wish to aid us in bearing upward
and onward the banner cf progress.
Very respectfully,
Henry P. Farrow.
Washington, l). (!., July 15, 1870.
Great Cottcn States’ Fair. —Mr. T.
11. Nelson, one of the Board of Managers,
who was in this city a few- days ago, left
with ns a list of premiums to be awarded
at the first grand annual fair of the Cotton
States Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fail-
Association, of Augusta, Ga,, which will
commence on Tuesday, the 25th of Octo
ber next, anil continue five days. These
premiums amount in the aggregate to
eleven thousand dollars, in addition to
which the sum of three thousand dollars
has beeii set apart by the association for
objects of interest not provided for in the
special fist. Pis intended that the Fair
shall be the largest and most attractive
that Las ever been held in the South. The
Board of Managers invite contributions
from agriculturists, manufacturers, artists,
etc., from all sections of the country, from
the North as well as from the South.
Augusta is an excellent place for such a
Fair. It i- one of the most beautiful cities
in the Southern States. It has a wealthy,
cultivated and energetic population, who
never do anything of this sort by halve;.
They have set out with the determination
to make their association the leading insti
tution of the kind in the cotton States,
and they will he satisfied with nothing
short of that resnlL Let our artists, man
ufacturers, agriculturists, etc., remember
this Fair and see to it that Kentucky is well
represented on the occasion. —Louisville
Conrier-Journ/il, July . ~,tii
Eighteen car-loads of lumber paaum
through Maeon.ou yesterday sos Atlanta.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 30.
Georgia Legislature.
Friday, July 15, 1870.— Senate.—
Tht Senate was called to order by Presi
dent Conley.
Prayer by Wesley Pretty mao.
Mr. lligbee introduced a joint resolution
to authorize the Treasurer to advance to
members of the General Assembly S2OO on
their per diem.
Mr. Dunning moved to amend by insert
ing SIOO.
Mr. Candler objected to the resolution
as unconstitutional.
The resolution as introduced by Mr.
lligbee was adopted. .
A message was received from the Gov
ernor announcing that tho resolution con
tinuing in force the Appropriation Act of
ISOy, until further ordered, was approved
by hiuiself and General Terry.
Bills were then read for the first time :
Crayton (colored): To change the lines
between the counties of Brooks and
Lowndes.
Also : To alter and amend the charter
of the town of Lumpkin.
Mr. Speer: To increase the salaries of
3 udges of the , Supreme and Superior
Courts.
Also : To amend the charter of the city
of Macon concerning municipal elections.
AUo: To amend an act relative to a
board of commissioners of tho county of
Harris.
Dir. Smith, (36): To authorize the Gov
ernor to employ a State geologist, for the
purpose ot examining the gcologicial con
dition of the Stato.
Campbell, (!sth amenduit:,l) : To revise
the jury system of the State.
Mr, Wooten : To create a board ofcom
missioners in each jaunty in the State for
county purposes,
Mr. Holcombe moved to suspend rules
to read bills lor the second time. Tbo Sen
ate refused to suspend the rules.
Mr. lligbee moved to take up tho mes
sage from tho House authorizing the Treas
urer to advance S2OO to the members of
the General Assembly and concur iu the
same, which motion prevailed.
Mr. Nuunally introduced a resoluiion to
re-afiirm the former action of the Senate
in declaring A. A. Bradley ineligible to
occupy the seat of Senator from tho Ist
District, and that R. E. Lester, having re
ceived the next highest number of votes,
is entitled to the seat upon taking theoatbs
prescribed by Congress.
A resolution to table was lost.
A resolution to adjourn until Monday
was lost.
Mr. Speer moved to refer to Committee
on Privileges aud Elections, which motion
was lost.
Mr. Speer moved to make it the special
order for Wednesday next, which motion
prevailed, by a vote of 17 to 16..
The rules were suspended to read bills
for the second time.
To authorize the Governor to organize a
militia force.
Referred to Committee on Military.
Mr. Speer offered a resolution that all
liilis on second reading be referred by the
President to the appropriate standing com
mittees, unless the introducer of the bill
makes a different motion. Withdrawn.
To change the time of holding (he Su
perior Courts in Glynn county to tho 4th
Mondays in May and November.
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
To amend act to loan the credit of the
Stale to tho South Georgia aud Florida
Railroad.
Referred to the Committee on Interna!
Improvements.
For relief of Jap. 11. Walton, of Thomas
county.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
To incorporate Lire Thomasville Loan
and Trust Company.
Referred to Committee on Banks.
To incorporate tho Georgia Banking
Company, of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Banks.
Mr. lligbee introduced a resolution that,
whereas, Congress had interdicted the for
mation of a militia force in Georgia, that
the Senate will not act upon or receive
bills for the organization of a militia force
until Congress shall authorize them to do
so.
Not being seconded, it waa not acted
upon-
President Conley stated that he had re
ceived information from Gov. Bullock that
President Grant signed the Georgia hill at
11 o'clock.
Ou motion of Mr. Speer, the Senate ad
journed until Monday next, It) o’clock,
a. in.
Friday, July 15,1870. — House. —House
met aud was called to order by Speaker
McWhorter at the usual hour.
Prayer by : ev. Mr. Crumley.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the calling
of the roil was dispensed with.
Tho clerk read the journal of yesterday’s
proceedings.
The following bills were introduced and
read the first time :
By Mr. Colby : A bill to incorporate the
town ot Greenesboro’; to define its powers,
ote.
By Mr. Parks : A bill to change the
time of holding Jackson and Gwinnett Su
perior Courts:
By Mr. Erwin : A bill to incorporate the
town of Clarksville, in the county of Hab
ersham.
By Mr. Maxwell : A bill to change the
hoes between the c.uoties of Henry and
Butts.
By Mr. Mathews: A bill to amend the
charter of the Planters’ Warehouse Com
pany in Macon.
By Mr. Duncan: A bill to change the
time of holding Houston Superior Court;
also, a bill to incorporate tho Fort Valley
and Hawkinsvillc Railroad Company;
also, a bill to continue and renew the
banking privileges of the Central Railroad
and Bauking Company.
A message from the Senate was receiv
ed, announcing that a resolution had been
adopted by that body authorizing the
Treasurer to pay each member of tho Gen
eral Assembly two hundred dollars on ac
count of per diem.
By Mr. Felder: A bill to incorporate
the Macon Agricultural and Manufacturing
Company; also, a bill to apply provisions
relating to the sale of agricultural pro
ducts to the counties of Houston and Sum
ter.
By Mr. Page : A bill for the relief of J.
A. Walden, ol L c county.
By Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes : A bill to
remove the county of Lowndes out of the
Southern into the Brunswick Circuit; also,
to change the time of holding Lowndes
Suneriov Court.
By Mr. Hall, of Meriwether : A bill to
amend the Homestead Law.
Mr. Strickland introduced a resolution
stating that the school fund had been set
apart for educational purposes, and should
be u-ed for no other purposes ; also, that
the Judiciary Committee report a bill for
proper distribution of said fund among the
several counties of this State.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, introduced a
resolution that no other clerks of commit
tees be paid except those of the Finance
and Judiciary Oommitteea.
Mr. Duncan introduced a resolution ask
ing the appointment of a committeo to pre
pare a State aid bill, in reference to rail
roads, granting aid to them, etc.
By Mr. Hall: A bill piescribing the
mode of paying solicitors.
A message was received from the Senate
saying that the House bill in reference to
the two hundred dollars pay for each
member of the General Assembly had been
concurred in.
By Mr. Hal), of Meiiwether : A resolu
tion authorizing the Speaker to appoint a
standing corum.ttee on the library.
By Mr. Maull: A bill to repetl an act
levying a tax lor payment of clerks and
sheriffs in certain criminal cases.
By Mr. Lee: A bill amendatory of
an act incorporating the Oamulgee and
North Georgia Kailroad Company.
By Mr. Cunningham: A bill to repeal
a 1 acts al*ogatiug or impairing the statutes
of limitations in the collections of debts ;
also, a bill to allow compensation to Ordi
naries for county services.
By Mr. Darnell: A bill to create a board
of commissioners of roads and revenue for
the couDty of Pickens.
By Mr. Darnell: A bill to establish a
system of public instruction.
By Mi. Carpenter : A bill to change the
lines between the counties of Ware and
Pierce.
By Mr. Carpenter : A bill to grant to
certain persons the right to dig and mine
in the beds of navigable streams for phos
phate rocks, etc.
By Jackson (colored) ; A bill for sup
pressing midnight assassins known as Ku
klux Klans.
By Mr. Bryant : A bill providing that
no appeal shall lie from one jury to an
other in the City Court of Augusta ; also,
a bill to prohibit whipping as a punish
ment for crime.
L B ft, Mr, m Weed y : to incorporate
the E.gin slate Company ; also, a bill to
amend an act to incorporate the Savannah
Bank and Pntst Company ; also, a bill to
incorporate the Empire state Works.
The Speaker announced that lie had been
informed by the Governor that the Presi
dent had signed the Georgia bill at 11a.
m., to-day.
By Mr. Tweedy : A bill to incorporate
the Georgia Banking Company of Savan
nah ; also, a bill rescinding a resolution
, approved March 12, 1869.
By Mr. Barnnm : A bill to protect tho
agricultural interest of Stewart county.
By Mr. Holden : A bill for the relief of
T. W. P icming. former United Stales
Surveyor of Port Boy at Railroad.
By Mr. Harper: A bill to alter and.
amend die road law of this State ; also, a
bill declaring the true intent of section
4191 of the Revised Cede ; also, a bill to
provide for the hearing of certain cases
upon their merits, which have been dis
missed by the Supremo Court on tcchui-.
oalitiee.
By Mr. Bethune; A bill to alter the
law in relation to tax in Talbot county;
also, a bill to incorporate the Newnan and
Americas Railroad.
Messrs. Barnum and Sorrels were grant
ed permission to be absent a few days.
Ur. BraDtly and Rev. Mr. Crumley
wero appointed chaplains of the House.
Judge Nesbit, Hon. E. l>ougiaes, and
Messrs. Bassinger and Guerard, were in
vited to seats on the floor.
On motion of Mr- O’Neal, of Lowndes,
tlm House adjourned until Monday, 12 m.
Atlanta, Monday, July 18, 1870.
Senate.-- Semite called to order by Presi
dent Conley.
Prayer by esley Prettyman.
Mr. Welch introduced a resolution of
ewndolence with the family of Senator Jo
seph Adkins, killed May 10th, 1869, in
their loss.
Messrs. \\ elch, llungerford, Dunning,
Campbell, (loth amendment) Brock. Hig
bee and Sherman, pilule speeches in be
half of the resolution and tho Radical
party.
Mr. Speer offered an amendment that
the Senate do now adjourn in honor to the
memory of the deceased.
The amendment was accepted, the roso
lution adopted, anil the Senate adjourned
at half-past eleven.
Monday, July 18, 1870. Bouse.
House met at 12, M., and was called to
order by Hon. Mr. Tweedy, of Richmond-
Mr. Scott rose to a point of order, and
asked for what purpose the House was be
ing organized.
A letter from Speaker McWhorter was
read saying that sickness in his family pre
vented his attendance, and requesting
that Mr. Tweedy would preside.
Mr. Scott said that the rule did not em
brace such a ease as this, and that Mr.
Tweedy had no right to preside.
Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, said that the
Speaker was present when the letter was
written, and that the rule did not embrace
the case.
Mr. Harper moved that tho clerk be.
called to the chair, and that the motion be
put before the House, “that the member
from Richmond take the ohuir,” which
motion was put and carried. So Mr.
Tweedy resumed the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumley.
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the calling
of t he roll was dispensed with.
The clerk read the proceedings of Friday
las f.
Turner (colored) asked if the resolution
appointing Chaplains|had been adopted, and
that lie would move tor a reconsideration ;
that lie believed that Dr. Brantly and Mr.
Crumley were high-toned and Christian
gentlemen, but that he would like to see
the name of Rev. Francis J. Peck, a col
ored man, added.
Dir. Shumate replied that tho gentlemen
already appointed were well and favorably
known, while the divine in question was
unknown to this body and the State.
Mr. Shumate also moved to lay the mo
tion to reconsider, on the table.
The yeas and nays were called for and
resulted in the success of the motion to
lay on the table.
A communication was received from the
Governor saying that his Excellency had
signed the resolution paying each member
two hundred dollars.
A communication from the Senate was
received, saving that a resolution had been
adopted expressive of sympathy and re
gret on accouut of the death of Senator
Adkins-
Harrison, of Hancock (colored), moved
to appoint the hours between 10 a. m. and
Ip. tn., ay tho hours of daily session of
the House.
On motion of Mr. Shumate, the session
of thin day was extended to half-past 1
p. m.
The call of the counties was resumed
ant, the following bills were introduced and
read the first time:
( Mr. Bethune; A bill to incorporate
‘'Protection Hook aud Ladder Cotupauv,
No. 1,” of Talbotton.
A so a bill to authorize trustees of Le
vert College to convey the same to South
Geo-gia Conference.
Cimpbell (colored) moved to take up the
message of the Governor. • Campbell was
informed that there was no message from
the Governor to (he House to-day.
Mr. Wiloher: A bill to incorporate the
towi of Butler, in the county ol Taylor.
Mr. Carson: A bill amendatory of an
act to prohibit tho sale and purchas e of
agricultural products in the county of
Lowndes.
Mr. Guilford : A hill to authorize the
Governor to organize and equip a volun
teer militiaj
A communication, in writing was re
ceived from the Governor, announcing
that unofficial information had been re
ceived to the effect that Congress had
passed a bill admitting Georgia to repre
sentation in Congress, and that until the
meeting of Congress’ in December, the
Slate would remain under the supervision
of the military, but that General Terry
would allow the Legislature to go on with
the enactment ol laws.
Mr. Hooks: A bill to authorize tho
Central Railroad and Banking Company
to straighten its line of road.
Mr Belcher: A resolution to instruct
the Judiciary Committee to report what
legislation is neocssary to prevent country
magistrates from exercising jurisdiction in
cases of felony.
Mr. Fitzpatrick: A bill to provide for
levying a tax on properly of the Central
Railroad and Banking Company in Bibb
oounty.
Also a bill to annul and declare void the
sale of public property in Bibb county.
Mr. Shumate: A bill to facilitate car
rying eases to the Supreme Court—to au
thorize a brief of written evidence to be in
corporated in the bills of exception in cer
tain cases.
Also, a bill to authorize the ordinaries
and road commissioners to classify public
roads.
Mr. Rosser : A bill to change the comi
ty lino between Stewart and Webster
counties.
Messrs. Duncan and Wilcher were
granted leave to be absent several days.
Mr. McArthur introduced a resolution
inviting Colonel W. !!. GHidden to a sent
on the floor, which motion w us lost.
V. Mil Iyer (colored) introduced a reso
lution inviting Captain Noonan to a seat
on the fjpor.
Also, a resolution by Reid, of Dougher
ty, inviting Mr. Swayze to a seat on tho
floor, which motions were not put, because
as members of the press the privilege was
already extended.
Mr. Hall, from the Finance Committee,
reported a substitute for the resolution to
use any unappropriated funds in the Trea
sury.
Mr. Bethune announced his report ready
on the investigation made by the Bnllock-
Angier Committee.
Mr. Shumate announced his minority
report ready. Both reports were laid on
the table.
On motion, the House adjourned till 10
a. in., to morrow.
Slate >ews.
The bonded debt oi Atlantan sol down
at $789,500.
Mr. Austin W. Berry, a worthy citizen
of Sparta, died last Friday.
It is rumored that Rome is to have a
cotton factory.
Savannah shipped watermelons to
Nt w York on Saturday.
IA) Vert College will receive one hundred
or more students next session!
J. E. Day, ol the firm of Jones, Ilax
t-r A Day, died recently, at Worcester,
Massachusetts.
The jury, in (ho case of E. J. Martin,
at Bruuswick, charged with murder, found
linn a sane man.
An honest lawyer ha been found is
Columbus. He returned a burrowed um
brella. Barnum is after him.
A farmer of Early county carried a load
ol bacon and lartl to Blakely lor sale the
ether day- Tho world moves !
Mr. George Falk, of the liriu of'L L.
Falk & Cos., of Savannah, died in New
Y ork eity Saturday, of consumption.
Richard Peters, of Atlanta, offers land
worth SIO,dOD and $5,000 cash, to the trus
tees of Mercer University to locate it in
that city.
Jim Banks, negro, killed Richard Dan
iel ditto, in Elbert county, last week, by
stabbing bim, in the public road.
Mi«-> Felie Harwell, of Marietta, and
Miss Nannie K. West, or Rome, graduated
at the Rome Female College last week.
Lice have appeared in the cotton fields
c»f Talbot county, perishing the stalk and
causing the young forms and fruit to
fall off.