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Obi) SKRIES, VOL. LXXVII. iFhvcmicle & Sentinel. Tim ns or Kt ii-sctumort. DAILY. " •»’ #IOO 1 ' ■ tot .1 8 3to '>'**• >' -r a. me TKLWE&K Y. "• v»*.w *6 f/i vi re t . . w ’A'EKtvJ. Y. - '...* *i« ,. .. 8 00 WKDMKdDAT AIGUST 3. They Daiv Not do It. We have ominous news from Atlanta to the effect that Bullock and Blodgett have bought up a certaiu number of the Demo cratic members of the Legislature, suffi cient., it is said, to offset the Radicals who refuse to come under tho party whip on the prolongation question. We cannot say that wo were entirely unprepared for such an announcement. No careful ob server of the conduct id several members calling themselves Democrats, for the last twelve months, could have failed to dis cover indications arid conduct on the part of these men showing a total disre gard of principle arid a miserable truckling to the influence of I hillock’s patronage. These men seem to think that they can vole in the interests and support tho policy of the liiillock-Jilodgett ring while in Atlanta, and then go home and make it all right with their constituents by loud mouthed and hitter denunciations of scalawags and carpet-baggers. Their sue cess in the past, in thus throwing dust in tlie eyes of the people and screening them selves trom popular censure, has em boldened them in their corrupt and venal coquetries with the Atlanta robliers. They are encouraged in tlieir cotntem plated betrayal of the interests of the peo ple from the fact that heretofore they have escaped the indignation of tlieir out raged constituencies. It might lie well for them to remember that “murder will out” --that it is the weight of the last feather which breaks tho hack of tho camel, and to remember also that, while the populace may he slow to detect, they are invariably certain to punish those who trifle with their interests or betray tlieir lights. Tim people all over the State arc clam (trims for an election under the constitution and laws of the State. For two lon# years they lnvc, with bated breath and anxious hearts, waited lor the time promised in the constitution, when thiy could, armed with the power of the peaceful ballot, apply a potent remedy for the wrongs, outrages, insults and develtrics under which tbey havo suffered at tho hands of Bullock and his gang. They havo held their souls in patien to under wrongs which dwarf in to insignificance the doings of James 11. and his tool Jeffries, in the latter part ot the seventeenth century, in tlnj hope that an end would come to their outrages by the mere lapse of time. That time is now upon them, and we say woe unto that man who shall, either by his vote, or by his failure tovotc, deprive these loDg suffering people of 1 10 opportunity to redress, in a legal way, the wrongs under which they havo suffered for two louir years. Tho plcaef sickness, tho convenient ex cuse for those who have not the manliness to do what they wish to accomplish, will not shield Democrats from their responsi bility on this question. If, is already given out that the bought Democrats are not to vote for prolongation, hut to socuro that result by a biso failure to vote, on the score of siekru i \Vo warn such to beware. The eyes if the people arc upon them. The absence of thoir names from the list of yens and nays on this vital question will he considered as direct and positive proof of their infamous irmL> w itH Itullock. Those honest men in the Legislature, and we are proud to say there are some of this sort, who may bo really sick, had better e borne on litters to the Halls of their espeotive Houses than leave a taint upon heir reputation by their absence, even hough they ho seriously ill. That other class of artful dodgers who havo such a convenient way of having im portant business to transaot away from the : apital when a question of importance is to ho voted upon, will do well to remember that this dodge, to use the vulgar but ex pressive language o! tho day, has “played o ut. The people can no ionger be deceived h y such shallow tricks as these. If there he a single intelligent member of the Legislature who honestly believes that the recent act of Congress did not contemplate that an election should ho held this fall, lot him stand up in his place and give to the people a reason for the faith that is in him. While they may not he able to convince their constituents of the right cr correctness of their position, they will by such a course imprtss their riecds with a belief iu their honesty nod sincerity. Wo would have no man to vio -1; «o his conscience to please his friends. Those who are honest in their convictions ore generally brave enough to enforce them by their votes. While we may, and do, in advance, deny tho justice of their conclu sions, we shall not condemn them for a strict and open adherence to thoso conclu sions. An open, hold, manly enemy we can admire, while we feel compelled to strike; hut for the miserable, shuffling, de oeitlul, hypocritical, seeming friend, we have nothing but scorn and contcmt t. Disintegrating. The Republican party having finished its mission on the negro question is threat ened with iuteinal dissentiocs on the great political questions of the day, which will inevitably rend it in twain. Independent of the radical differences of its loaders upon the finances of the country, the question of free trade has causal such a split in its ranks as to cause sober-thinking men in the North and West to predict its thorough overthrow in the approaching elections. The Chicago Tri lame, a leading Republican journal, has long siuee taken grouud against its party ou this question, and now we find the Post of that city, one ot the spiciest as it i< one ot the most radical sheets in the Union, leading off from its party on the same issue. In l recent issue, after reply ing to some charges made against it to the tt'eot that it was about to abandon its party, it says: The highest duty of Republicans, who ;.ro such because of their devotion to hu man freedom, and not because Republican ism “can be made to pay,” is to grapple this evil with the promptness that thiy grappled with slavery. They ured not hesitate, lost tbey do injury to existing in dustries which havo grownup under bad laws Ibe great industrial establishments —those which make iron, cotton cloths, woolens. - -it, agricultural machinery; I those who.!) mine coal, silver, told, Lad ; those which build ships, and those which have licretcloie made the countless arti cles of commerce, call, and “Yankee notions," ! sre superior to the robbery called “Pro tection.' Inder ais venue tariff, and a return to specie payments, they would j flourish with new vigor and profit. As for Agriculture, the basis of all human civili xation. the ground work of all j ugt KO vern uient, and the majestic tower of the coun try’s strength—it must have relief! The juice of Western wheat, corn, meats, cot- ! ton, tobacco, and so forth, is fixed at' Liv- - erpool. We demand that the articles that Wc want, therefore, from Livcrpvo’, tr any where else, shall be had at Liverpool prices, hurdened only with taxes for the support of the Republic; and that the gateways at tvery American port of entry, ■which tax all tho farmers use, to the ex tent of 50 per cent, ad valorem, lor the benefit of the greedy and unscrupulous monopolists who have control of Congress, shall be more widely thrown open. And open they will come 1 A white man named Bowman attempted to commit suicide in Savannah, Wednes day night, by jumping into the river, but 1 was seized by tlirce men who held; him kuutil a polieman took him in charge. The Column in Motion. The Atlanta Constituti>/n, of Sa'urday, states that the following papers in Georgia have arrayed themselves against the re bellion of the Bullock-Blodgett party, and expressed their opposition to the proposed viola'ion of the Constitution ot Georgia and the Congressional bill, signed by President Grant, July 15, 1870: Augusta Chronicle k Sentinel. Savannah Republican. Macon Telegraph and Messenger. Columbus Enquirer. Albany Next. Gnffio Star. Griffin Middle Georgian. Monroe Advertiser. Dalton Citizen. Rome Courier. l.aGrange Reporter. New nan Herald. Greensboro” Herald. Athens Watchman. Tbomasville Enterprise. V aldosta Times. Marietta Journal. Sanuersville Georgian. Warren ton Clipper. Atlanta Constitution. True Georgian (Republican.) Georgia Republican (Republican.) Couldn’t Bully Grant, Vbcn i: was discovered by the Massa chusetts Senators that the President had determined to recall Motlt'7 from the court of St. James, they used every effort in their power to induce Grant to change his purpose. Wilson even went so far as to write what every getleman must consider a very insulting notqjothq President, in which he stated that “Motley’s removal was believed to be aimed at Mr. Sumner.” Sumner, in the debate on the confirmation of Preliughuysou, called for the date of the rejection of tho San Domingo treaty, and remarked that the treaty was rejected one day and Motley was recalled the next. The President showed somewhat of his proverbial “dopgedness” of purpose in refusing to be dictated to by these self assuracd leaders of his party. The breach between them is, however, wide, and irreparable, for which the whole country has cause to rejoice. The Biillock-Hloilgelt King and the fclioul Flint?. The Constitution of the State, Article VI, Section 3 provides that “the poll tax allowed by this Con stitution, any educational fund now to the State—except the “endowment of and debt due to the “State University—or that may hereafter “be obtained in any way, a special tax on “shows and exhihtiohs, and on the sale of “spirituous anil malt liquors— which the “General Assembly is hereby authorized “to assess—and the proceeds from the ‘ commutation for militia service, are “hereby set apart and devoted to tho sup “port of common schools.” On the Oth of October, 1808, the Legis lature, acting under and by virtue of tho authority granted in the Constitution, passed an act levying a tax of ten cents per gallon on spirituous liquors sold in the State in less quantities than thirty gallons: a tax on circus companies of one hundred dollars a day for each day in which they performed; a tax of fifty dollars on magicians or slight-of-haud performers for eacli performance; and poll tax of one dollar on each male inhabitant of the State between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, for educational purposes. Ou the 18th of March, 18(19, tho Legis lature passed an act levyinga tax of twenty cents per gallon on spirituous liquors sold in the State in quantities less than thirty gallons ; a tax of twenty-five dollars on magicians ; a tax of one hundred dollars on circus exhibitions in towns containing a population of over ten thousand inhabi tants ; fifty dollar* for exMUfcious In towns containing a population between live anil ten thousand; twenty-five dollars in towns less than live thousand; and a poll tax of ono dollar on each male i uliabi tant between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, for educational purposes. By the seveulh paragraph of the 80th section of tho Code, the Treasurer is re quired to “keep safely the educational fund, and manage and control tho same for the purposes to whicli it is pledged.’’ He may, under the direction of tho Governor, deposit all funds set apart for the purposes of education in any chartered Bank ol the State, subject to his draft as Treasurer. The sth paragraph of the same section re quires him “to pay all funds pledged to “the payment of the public debt or interest “thereon, or to any object of education, '"uml to these objects only, and in nowise '''to any other purpose, all payments from "the Treasury shall be paid from the funds "appropriated for such purpose, and not "from any other." Under the tax acts oflS6B and of 1869, large amounts of money have been paid into tho Treasury, raised and levied for educational jurnoses- The power of levy ing taxes on tho sale of liquors, showmen, and the poll tax is expresly limited in the Constitution to educational purposes. When these taxes are assessed aod collect ed tho fund becomes co instanti the educa tional fund cf tho State, and there is no power in tho Legislature or anywhere else to control or appropriate this fund for any other purpose whatever. It is a fund pur posely set apart by tho Constitution itseif for tho education of the people of the State. Ihe Legislature is prohibited from interfering with it except to organize a system of common schools to bo supported from this fund. The sole management of this fund is devolved upon the Treasurer, a bonded officer, and even he is expressly prohibited from paying it out except for the purposes for which it was raised. The fund now iu the treasury, rqjsed for school purposes, is said to he about two hundred thousand dollars. This fund the Treasurer has. under the authority and by the direction of the law-, “deposited in a chartered bank, subject to his draft for educational purposes.” The hank, it is said, pays for this deposit at tire rate of three per cent per annum. The law did not contemplate, nor does it require, that the fund thus deposited should draw in terest. That is an arrangement made by the Treasurer for the benefit of the fund. It is not pretended that the depository selected by the Treasurer is not solvent and safe. Owing to the bad management of the j Slue Hoad, or the corrupt use of its rev- I enues, and the illegal and extravagant ! squandering of the funds of the State, raised from general taxation, by Bollock and his Radical Legislature, the coffers of j the State treasury are reported to be ! ernptj. There is not money enough to | pay current expenses of the civil list, and j members of the Legislature, soon after its j last re-assembling, passed a resolution re- j qniring the Treasurer to pay out of the i school fund the Governor’s warrants for j he pay of the civil list. They also passed ! a resolution ordering an advance to each tmeuiber of two hundred dollars in cash, intending that this should also lie taken from the common school fund. The Treasurer, it now appears, has re fused to violate the Constitution and laws in cbedicnce to the behests of the Legis cure, contending that neither the Governor nor the Legislature has any right to touch that fund except for the purpose expressly stated in the clause of the Constitution : under which it was raised- This legal and proper refusal of the Treasurer to become a participant in the attempt to violate the Constitution and the laws has drawn upon him the fierce denunciations of the Bul lock-Blodgett ring. Bullock, on Monday, sent a message to the Legislature unbe comingly denunciatory of the conduct of 1 the Treasurer, and inviting further legisla tion in order to compel that officer to com ply with the illegal requirements of the j Legislature. We trust' that a majority es that body, upon further consideration, will at least take no further action lookmg to the improper use of the school fund, if they cannot retrace their steps and repeal the hasty action already consummated. The bold pretence of Bullock that the Comptroller has not specially set apart and designated the school fund, ar.d therefore, the money claimed by the Treasurer to be the school fund, is not really what it is | claimed to be, is too transparent to re- ! | quire notice. The terms of the Con3titu-1 i tion designate the fund—all moneys raised I by taxation from the subjects embraced ia the 3d section of article seven of that instrument are set ap rt by the nitre force ot the Constitution itself for school pur poses. No legislative action is required to designate the fund—indeed nothing is left for the Legislature to do but to provide the machinery for coliccting the tax, and then provide for the organization of a General Common School system. Until the latter action is had, the Treasurer is bound by his oath of office to preserve the fund and to pay it out only for educational pur poses. If he fails in this duty his bonds men become liable to tbe State for his improper conduct. We trust that whatever may have been the Treasurer’s other short comings, if any, the honest men in the Legislature will protect him in this manly attempt to preserve the sacred fund now in his hands, dedicated to the education of the poor of the land, from the unlawful attemps being made by tho Bullock-Blodgett riug to appropriate it to their own corrupt pur poses. Unit road to the Indian Minings. Our correspondent writing from this health-restoring and delightful summer re sort, refers to a matter noticed some time since in the editorial columns of this paper—the propriety of the State taking measures to bring the waters of the spring in reach of the body of our citizens. The spring and thirty acres of land ad jacent and surrounding it belong to the State. There is no question but that the waters of this spring are peculiarly adapted to the cure of nearly all the diseases inci dent to and caused by the climatic condi tions which pervade our State, and more especially those diseases peculiar to Mid dle, Southern and Southwestern Georgia. The spring is, however, too remote from railroad communication to be made avail able to the large class of invalids who would annually resort there for tho resto ration of health and the reinvigoration of constitutions broken down by the malarious influences and rotten limestone water of Southern and Southwestern Georgia. The long stage travel, sixteen miles, necessary to be cvcicome in a trip to the springs, confines the benefits of the waters to those whose health is sufficiently strong to stand such a fatiguing journey. That class of the people who most Deed the waters are thus deprived of their benefits. A railroad from Forsyth to the Springs could be constructed at an expense cf two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This road, when built, could be leased to the Macon and Western road at seven per cent, per annum on the cost of construc tion. The people along the line of the road are too poor to build tho road. They might, and doubtless would, lend their aiu to the extent of fifty thousand dollars. The balance, two hundred thousand dollars, we would have the State advance by the issue of its bonds bearing seven per cent, in terest. This interest would be mot by the lessees and save tho State from aDy expense whatever. The proposed road, while it would greatly enhance the value of the property along its line, would also increase the value of the State reservation. But the great ben efits of the road would be shared in by the people of all sections of the State. Let tho Forsyth and Indian Springs people move in this matter at once. We are quite sure that well directed efforts will be crotfued with success. The Crops. We continue to receive discouraging ac counts of the condition of tho cotton crop in various sections of tho State. The June rains pushed the growth of the plant very rapidly, but the grass grew quite as fast, anil in largo portions of tho country took possession of the cotton fields. The subsequent dearth of rain and the injury necessarily inllictcil in cleaning the crop lias retarded its growth, and caused the lower leaves to turn yellow. In some favored localities the rams in June and the present month have been more frequent, and the crop looks well. This is particularly tho case where fer tilizers have been used and the crop liaS been well worked. We have just conversed with a gentle man who has travelled through Missis sippi, North Alabama, Middle and West Tennessee, and he reports the corn gen erally very fine, while the cotton is small and unhealthy. We notice also the re ported appearance of worms in the Missis sippi Valley, and in the crops on the Texas bottoms. Os course it is yet too early to make anything more than a mere guess at the probable result of this year’s crop. We can say, however, that upon the whole the outlook is neither promising or flattering. Bullock's Plank Movement on tlie School Fund. It is somewhat remarkable that Bullock should be so anxious in relation to tho security of the public funds. Can it be that his own improper and corrupt use of the Statq'-s money sioce he has been dis- the Executive offiee, induces him to Suspect that because he uses funds for private and political purposes, which, by law he has no right to use, therefore every body else does the same thing? Does he make war on Angier because he really be lieves the latter is failing to perform his duty, or because he hates Angier for ex posing his own transactions in relation to the funis drawn for the Opera House without authority of law? Whatever the motive may be, it is quite certain that he intends to wago a “war to the knife” agaiust the Treasurer—a Republican— elected by his own party. In such a con test it is very evident that the Treasurer has the vantage ground, unless Bullock can, by some manner or triek, separate from Angier a Urge number of his own party in the present Legislature. To do this a flank movement is made, which may throw the victory into Bulloos’s | hands. Abandoning a direct attack on his j enemy, on'account of the hopelessness of his own cause of quarrel, he adroitly seeks to induce the Legislature to believe that their interests are more deeply involved than his own. He charges that Angier not only is contumacious of their authority,' but what is far worse, the only way in which it is possible for the impecunious Solons to replenish their empty portemonais is ob structed by the brusque form of the State Treasurer thrown directly across the path which leads to the “big pile,” known as the School Fund. If Angier can be forced or flinked out of his present positioo, the difficulties about present pay vanish at at once, and the hungry maws of the mot ley gang who daily hang around the Treas ury bad-dings in the vain endeavor to extract comfort from the sight or smell of the savory greenbacks, safe-locked in An i gier’s vaults, will at once gorge upon the i fat things of “Pease and his wife,” until they swell with obesity equal to that of [fatty Harris. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1870. Not only is this argumentum ad liomi nem plied with force and dexterity, but in order to give a plausible pretext for the j coarse which he wishes the Legislature to i adopt, he suggests that if the school fund | is not at ones taken from Angler’s control, it may be lost entirely. This hint is | thrown out in his message on Monday i last—upon a portion of which we com mented at some length yesterday—in which he says “that at least one of the “parties to whom the loan (of tho school “fund) was made—the Atlanta National j “Bank—has used the money for specula j “tion in United States bonds ; having pur- I “chased bonds at $1.13£ which can now “only be sold for SI.OB-” There can be no doubt of the motive which induced this statement. Bullock sought to create the impression that the school fund was unsafe in its present depositary, and that the Leg islature ought to provide for its immediate removal. Once out of the custody of the Treasurer, this coveted fund lay at the tender mercies of Bullock and his cormo rant gang. This was intended as a big trump card, and it is possible that with the Leg : slature to play the game, may win the trick—the school fund. Wo propose, however, to show that if Bullock really believes the fund to be in uosale hands, it is in his power and made his duty to cause it to be removed to a safer place of deposit. Tho eighty-seventh section of (he Code provides that “the Governor * * * * “shall have power to require tho Treas urer to withdraw the public funds from any place of deposit deemed unsafe by him. Under this authority the power of the Governor is ample to protect the funds of the State. It is quite true— and here is where the shoe piDthes—that no power or right is herein conferred upon the Executive to appropriate or use in any way the funds when removed. He is bound in connection with the Treasurer, to redeposit them in a safe place. This ia the full extcDt of his authority under the law. It is ample for the protection of the Treasury from the possible failure of its depositary, and it is also ample fir its protection from the uulawful grasp of the Governor. The inquiry naturally arises, if Bullock really believes the school fund is in unsafe hands, wby docs he hesitate to remove it ? Is it not perfectly clear that bis suggestion of possible loss on account of speculations in Government bonds, which he says has been made by the Atlanta National Bank, is made solely with the view to inflame the minds of Legislators, or afford them a plausable excuse for violating the laws of the State. Here is another specimen of the slight of hand performance of Blodgett’s bovine friend, the Southern Express Company’s portly agent, lie recommends the Legis lature to borrow the school fund now in the Treasury, giving for the money State bonds, drawing seven per cent, interest. This, as a specimen of deep financiering) is only equalled by the brilliant perform ance of Bullock while President of the Kaolin Company in this place. When, by his bad management or improper use of the revenues of the company, ho was un able to prosecute the business, he borrowed fifty odd thonsand dollars from the Augusta National Bank; declared large dividends on the stock, and reported the company to be in a flourishing condition. Now, he coolly proposes to borrow a fund which belongs to the people of the State, and which, by the organic law, has been dedi cated to school purposes alone, in order to pay his own salary and the per diem of those he seeks to influence in a violation of their oath, of office. This is the bait thrown to tho starving members of the Legislature, I>j- wLiuli ne hopes to induce them to support him in his attacks upon the treasury. Members should bear in mind the patent tact that Bullock has, himself, intentional ly and corruptly depleted the Treasury, that he might, with a show of plausibility, cover his raid upon the school fund. They should remember that the earnings of the State Road under ordinarily fair manage ment and an honest administration of its affairs, should have paid into the State treasury since tho first of October last, at least three hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, whereas less than one-eighth of that sum has been permitted to pass through Blodgett and Bullock’s fingers into the Treasury. * The richest part of this remarkable message of Bullosk is found in the con cluding paragraph, in which he recom mends the Legislature to direct, by joint resolution, that the school fund be im mediately placed at his disposal, “and that in the future the Treasurer perform the duties required of him by law or vacate his office.” The Treasurer is a bonded officer, sworn by law faithfully to perform tire duties of his office. If he fails to do tliis, ample remedies already exist, though Bullock i.i his ignorance seems not to be .aware of the fact. Neither Bullock or the Legislature can compel the Treasurer to vacate his office unless upon due cause shown and in the manner pointed out by law. A joint resolution of the Legisla ture, asking or requiring the Treasurer to vacate his office, would be mere brutem fulmen and as such unworthy of the serious consideration of Dr. Angier. We have perhaps devoted more space to this controversy than some of our readers may think the question justifies. Our com ments have been dictated by no partisan spirit. As far as it may he a mere personal quarrel between Bullock and Angier, we care nothing for the contest, except so far as every honest man must sympathize with honesty when attacked by fraud and corruption. Asa political struggle be tween two wings of the Radical party our preferences will always be for those who, we believe, are opposing the wrong-doers in their own party. But as a great State question we have felt bound to enter, on j the part of the honest tax-payers of the ; State, our solemn protest against this i illegal, fraudulent and corrupt attempt of j Bullock to seize a fund dedicated by the Constitution itself to the sacred purpose of common school education. Columbus, L.a Grange anti North Georgia Railroad. A mass meeting and barbecue were held at Romt on Saturday last, at which were assembled delegates from fifteen counties, interested in the construction of a road from the Tennessee river to Columbus, and thence to the waters of the Apalachicola Lay in Florida. This is a grand scheme, and from our knowledge of the country through which the road is to run, and the distance between the terminii, we should have some doubt as to its very early com pletion, but for three important facts which were developed at the meeting, and which we find carefully reported in the Rome Daily. These facts are: First, the positive statement of Judge J. W. Underwood i (Bill Arp’s big John) that “any amount of money could be raised, not only along ( l' ce . but ffom foreign capitalists, if I necessary. As money is the sine qua nan in all railroad enterprises, this statement of the Judge places the completion of the road beyond a doubt. Second, Mr. Godwin, of Harris, stated that Harris county would subscribe four millions of dollars to the enterprise, and as Harris constitutes but a small portion of the territory from which the “any amount ot money ’ of Judge Underwood is to be raised, we think it quite certain that what Big John stated is correct. Third, Jerry Coles stated to the meet [ ing that "he was willing to have the road 1 built. If there, were any skeptics in the meeting their doubts were all removed when Jerry gave Aw consent for the con struction of the road. Bat, aside from the immense blowing indulged in by some of the dulegates to this meeting, we think the enterprise an important one, and if the people along the line take tho matter up in a proper way, may be oompleted at no very distant day, We assure our friends that they have our earnest wishes for their success. But of one thing we beg, in all kindness, to remind them, “blowing don’t build rail roads.” It requires laborious, persistent and vigorous efforts, backed by large sums of money. The first we know they have in abundance, the latter we hope they will succeed in obtaining. A Georgia Senator and his Check. —The Columbus Sun says that as a bag gage master was delivering baggage a day or two ago, at the Southwestern depot, he called several times at the top of his strong voice for “Cheek 139.” No answer being made, the driver of the baggage vagon, Troup, called out to a descendant ot Ham thus: “You black ‘rangotang,’ fetch dal check to dis gemman; I know yoi’s got it!” The astonished “nig,” who tas one of the Senators of our noblo but down trodden State, after some dispuje, was forced to show hia hand, and, us Troup said, bad the check called for. He was rebuked by his colored friend, wlp said he “wasn’t ’stonished at ntiffin a nigger would do dat could be dragged into dc capitol, to show how little sense a ‘big fool’ had.” Troup advised him to Lave his person and carpet-bag expressed through in care of Bullock, and insure his lifq, as the fool killer was on the train, and would com mence on him without delay. Pretty Sen ator, that. The Atlanta Homicide.—On Tuesday morning wo published a telegrnn from Atlanta, which stated that H. M. Bentley, colored, the messenger of the House of Representatives, had shot and killed Malcolm Claiborn, a member of the House from Burke county. The Atlanta Consti tution of Tuesday gives the following par ticulars of tho affair : That paper states that about seven minutes to ten o’clock Monday morning an altercation occurred at the head of the stair-way of the Kim ball Opera House (Marietta street en trance) between Moses H. Bentley, color ed, messenger of the House, and Malcolm Claiborn, colored Representative from Burke county. Bentley fired some four shots at Claiborn, who was unarmed. The second shot struck Claiborn about »n incli and a half below the left nipple, causing death in about fifteen minutes. The other sliots missed—one striking the wall near the stair-way leading up to the Supreme Court room, and another in the lobby room of the Senate. We learn that it grew out of remarks used by Claiborn in reference to the arrest of Wallace at Bentley’s instance. It is said that Claiborn said Bentley was a disgrace to his race. At the present writing the Coroner is holding an inquest over Claiborn. Bentley was arrested and lodged in jail. The jury at the Coroner’s inquest returned a verdict that the de ceased “came to his death from a pistol shot wound, said wound being caused by a ball passing through both lungs and the heart of the deceased—the said ball being fired from a pistol in the hands of Moses H. Bently.” Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland testified that the ball “entered about an inch from, and a little below, the left nipple, passing the sixth rib, left lung, heart, right lung, and lodging next the skin, between the third and fourth ribs.” Washington better. Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette. How the Radicals are Flattering the Ger mans for the German vote—Deception its Own Antidote—An Attempt to Provoke Antagonism between the Irish and the Germans —A War of Races. Washington, July 24, 1870. I have referred several times to a dispo sition on the part of the Radicals to turn the war in Europe to their political advan tage. This they propose to do by lying promises and sickening flattery to the na tives of one of the antagonistic countries in hostile array. The head of this nation and the Premier Minister of State began the game by holding out inducements lor naturalized Gernaus in tho United States to beoome Radical partisans. Their pro fessions were hollow and intended to de ceive. It is even announced with a great flourish that Mr. Washburne "has been specially requested by the Grand Duke of Hesse “to protect all the Hessians in France, provided the French Government gives its consent.” It is further proclaim ed, with a like soundiDg of tin pans, that “Mr. Washburne has acceded to the re quest.” After such signal to the "North German Confederation,” how can any Radical politician doubt the united Ger man vote! No one that I know of here objects to the puerile efforts of the sinking Radical party in this direction. If our German fellow-citizens can make anything out of it, however, why let them do it, and make haste! The Democracy confide in their solid sense as a complete antidoic, and are not at all solicitous about the effect upon them of the trickery of its opponents ! But it must be objected that it is qu.te unneces sary, in order to cater for the German sup port, to unmercifully abuse our natural ized citizens of Irish birth. lam not aware that such antagonism between the Celtic and Teutonic races exist here as to render such extreme party tactics neces sary on the part of a rotten and already defeated organization, as is developed in the subjoined, extracted from the mouth piece of General Grant: “Well may American sympathies be thus directed. Two hundred thousand na tive born Germans rallied in defense of the flag that was fired on at Sumter, besides uncounted thousands of native Americans of German blood. •The Latin races repre- ( sented in our foreign element perhaps fur nished one fourth as many soldiers to the loyal cause, but these, after the first brush of the war was over, developed their real reactionary sympathies with slavery at the ballot box. The staple dement of the Hew York mob was Celtic— that same element that now is trying to organize a public sen timent in favor of France. The laie events seem to draw the lines of a war ot races, both in Europe and in this country. But the Celtic race here is too weak in numbers and force ot character to defeat the. establishment of Teutonic ideas in the Western World. They crowd seventy-five per cent, of their numbers in the cities and form the combustible elements of mobs." What the organ of the administration can mean by the “Celtic race” here being “too weak in numbers and force of char acter” to defeat the establishment of Teu tonic ideas in the Western World, it would i be difficult to say. Does it mean to hint j that the “Western World” is to be made a 1 member of the North German Confedera tion, under the protection and guidance of the King of Prussia, and that the only class of citizens in the United States opposed to such plan is the naturalized Irish and the descendants of Irishmen, and a few French and Italian immigrants and their posterity? If so. let me tell it that General Grant is of Celtic origin ! Or is it simply meant by the term “Celtic” to include only the Irish who, it is alleged, constituted “the staple element of the New T ork mob,” and “form the combustible elements of mobs” generally (and this undoubtedly is what is meant —tor we nowhere read of French, Italians or Scotchmen amenable to such charge in this country), then it is a shameful attempt to set by the ears the two most useful and powerful of all the classes of immigrants—the Germans and the Irish. And we thus get at what the writer for the Chronicle is really driving at, when he says that “ late events seem to draw the lines of war of races both in Eu rope and this country." It thus seems that we shall shortly have our hands full of “war of races.” First, one between the whites and blacks at the houth; secondly, one between the Celts ! and Teutons, pretty generally, and thirdly, 1 one between the Catholics and Protestants, 1 which, by the way, is really the primary 1 and dearest object of the infernal set who have usurped the Government, and of the I parasites who control their party news ■ papers. ! There is nothing to-day in the way of j news, X. Georgia Legislature. Fridat, Julv 22, 1870.— Senate.-^ The 1 Sena.e wts called to order by President Conley. Prayer by Westley Prcttyman. The unfinished business of Wednesday was then taken up. Aaron Alpeoria Bradley continued his defense, urging that the case be referred to a committee. Mr. Merrell moved to refer it to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Nunn ally opposed referring the ease to a committee, as the evidence was con clusive as to Bradley’s ineligibilty. Mr. Wooten opposed referring it to a committee, because the matter had already cost the State $40,000. Mr. Merrill sustained his motion to re fer to a Committee. [Clift, ex-member of Congress, occupied a scat near Senator Sherman, and took a lively interest in the motion to refer.] Mr. Dunning said let him remain out of respect to his district; for if the members ot the General Assembly would do their duty, an election would be held this fall and a better man sent to fill his seat. [Ap plause.] Mr. Dunning called for the previous question. The motion to refer to a committee on Privileges and Elections was lost by yeas 14, nays 17. Mr. Candler made a pomt of order that the amendment proposed by Mr. Speer was not gernmin and out of order. The President rulid that any amend ment was in order whether germain to the original resolution or not. slr. Candler appealed from the decision of the chair. The chair was sustained by yeas IS, nays 14. The amendment of Mr. Speer to seat W. Henry as Senator from the 44th Dis trict in place of R.B. MeCutchen.decacsed. Yeas and nays were called with the follow ing result: Yeas : Broek, Bradley, Bowers, Camp bell, Column, Crayton, Corbitt, Dickey, Dunning, Henderson, Iligbee, Hungerford, Jone3, Merrel, Sherman, Speer, VVelob. Wallace. Nays : Burns, Candler, Fain, Griffin, (Oth) Hinton, Holcombe, Hicks, Jordan, McArthur, Nesbitt, Nunually, Stringer, Traywick, Wellborn, Wooten. Mr. Holcombe moved for a division of tbe original resolution, which prevailed. The yeas and nays were taken with the following result ,on the first section, de claring A. A. Bradloy ineligible : Yeas : Brock, Burns, Fain, Griffin (Oth), Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, Hungerford, Jordan, McArthur, Nunnally, Smith (7th) Speer, Stringer, Traywiek, Wellborn, Wooten—lß. Nays : Bowers, Campbell, Colman, Crayton, Dunning, Higbee, Jones, Mat thews, Sherman, Wallace, Welch—ll. The second division, declaring R, E. Lester eligible to a seat, was adopted by yeas 23, nays 10, The resolutions were then taken up as amended, and lost by the following vote : Yeas: Brock, Corbitt, Dickey, Merrell, Stringer, Traywick. Nays—Bowers, Burns, Campbell, Cand ler, Colman, Crayton. Dunning, Fain, Henderson, Hicks, Higbee, Hinton, Hol combe, Hungerford, Jones, Jordan, Mathews, McArthur, Nesbitt, Nunnally, Sherman, Smith (7th), Speer, Wallace, Wellborn, Welch,and Wooten—27. Mr. Burns moved that the Senate ad journ until Monday next, 10 o’clock a. m. Mr. Nunnally moved to adjournsme die. The yeas and nays were demanded on the amendment, with the following result: Yeas—Messrs. Bradley, Burns, Candler, Corbitt, Fain, Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, McArthur, Mathews, Nesbit, Nunnally, Smith (7th), Stringer, Traywick, Jordan, Wellborn, Wooten—lß. Nays—Messrs. Bowers. Broek, Camp bell, Colman, Crayton, Dickey, Dunning, Griffin (6tb), Henderson, Iligbee, Hun gerford, Jones, Merrell, Sherman, Speer, Wallace, Welch—lß. It being a tie, the President voted nay and declared tho motion lost. The motion to adjourn until Monday was lost: A motion to adjourn until to-morrow was lost. On motion, the rules were suspended for reading bills for the first time. Mr. Jones: To incorporate Montezuma ; also, to change the time for holding Macon county Superior Court. Mr. Hicks : To change the time of hold ing Emanuel Superior Court. Mr. Hungertord : To repeal the act in corporating Waynesboro’. Mr. Conley : To create a Board of Com missioners, road andrevenue, in Richmond county ; also, to incorporate the Georgia Loan and Trust Company. Mr. Speer : To amend the act incor porating the Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company of Macon ; also, to incorpora'e thcSavingsßank of Barnes ville. Mr. Mathews: To amend tho act incor porating Fort Valley. Mr. Nunnally : To amend section 3150 of the code. Also, to amend the act incorporating the Planters’ Banking and Loan Associa tion. Mr. Candler : To legalize processes is sued by clerks of Superior Courts iu At lanta Circuit. Also, to change the time of holding Su perior Courts of Atlanta Circuit. Mr. Dunnmg : To donate lands formerly used as Georgia Military Institute to the Marietta Male Academy. •Also, to declare the liability of the West ern and Atlantic Railroad in certain cases. Also, to authorize the Ordinary of Ful ton county to issue bonds to build a county jail. Mr. Merrell: To incorporate the Colum bus, LaGrangc and North Georgia Rail- road. Also, to revive the charter of the Bartles ville, LaGrangc and Oxford Railroad. Mr. Hinton: To provide for setting aside homesteads heretofore set apart, and for other purposes. AI3O, to regulate the practice in the Su preme Court, and to fix the costs of the clerk in certain cases. Mr. Brock : To authorize the Governor to appoint an Attorney for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, at a salary of $5,000. Also, to change the time of holding Ma rion Superior Court. Also, to repeal an act to allow parties to sue and recover damages for stock killed along the line of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Mr. Wellborn : To amend section 649 of the Code. Mr. Fain: To repeal an act to encourage manufacturing aDd mining companies. On motion, Senate adjourned until Mon day next, 10 o’clock, a. in. Every Democrat was in his seat and voted House— Friday July 22.—Tho House met at tho U3uai hour, and was called to order by the Speaker. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumb y. On motion, the calling of the roll was dispensed with. The clerk read the journal of Wednes-i day’s proceedings. Mr. Hillyer asked why the remarks of Mr. Fitzpatrick in relation to the peniten tiary report were put upon the journal. He moved that they be stricken out, which motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, the rules were suspended aud the report of the Finance Committee in relation to the educational fund, etc., was taken up. Mr. Hall said that the resolutions re ported by the committee propose to use the money held as an educational fund for the purpose of meeting present aud urgent demands to carry bn the State govern ment, and that all money loaned to any party or the State should draw six percent, interest for the educational fund. Mr. Bryant asked if the resolution em braced the payment of certain bonds of this State now due. Mr. Hall said that it was intended to embrace all lawful demands. Mr. Shumate said that the Legislature has been in session about fifteen days, and the constant cry has been “money I” “money!” that the Treasurer claims to have about one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars collected under the consti tution as an educational iimd ; that this money should be appropriated, if at all, by bill and not by resolution; that this money has been deposited so as to allow its recall, aDd that banks would give no greater in terest under the circumstances. If the Legislature is bound to have money, let a bill be passed allowing the proper authori ties to sell or hypothecate bonds. Let the Legislature suppress their desire for money. That the people will imagine they have sent a set of beggars here. That he hoped the resolution would he voted down, and the whole matter referred to the Judiciary Committee, and let a bill be reported by that committee. Mr. Bryant offered an amendment so that the resolution would read “to pay the expenses of this General Assembly, and all other lawful expenses.” Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, said that be was glad to know that the gentleman from Whitfield had come over to his way of thinking ; that it made no difference how the school fund was used, whether by reso lution or hill; that he is opposed to using the educational fund for any other pur poses than those for which it wa3 collected ; that he did not doubt but that the fund is safely deposited, but that it only draws 3 per cent, interest, and that the Treasurer might have loaned out this money fiorn one session to another at 7 per cent., and it was his duty to have done so- It this body fails to pass a school bill, the Treas urer can still loan the money at 7 per cent, The proper hour having arrived for eulogies upon Hon. Mr. Flournoy, de ceased. On motion of his colleague, 12 m. to morrow was submitted. Mr. Price sa ; d that the question should be referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Legislature is expected to Organize a school system. Are the necessities of this boay so great that tho matter cannot be delayed until a bill can be read three times. Let every member hypothecate his clothes and his carpet-bag rather than take the school fund ; that the State can’t pay the money bacx in the way proposed. This money should not be taken without a law authorizing its return. Let permission be given to sell bonds and money will be raised. Ms. Harper said that the gentleman from Lumpkin had accused the Legisla ture of robbing the children of their brains ; that he would like to know if there was any man on the floor who would take the school fund ; that no such propo sition was before the House. Dir. O’Neal’s, of Lowndes, resolution to lay on the table was taken up The yeas and nays were called, and resulted in yeas 77 nays 4S ; and so the uiotion to lay on the table prevailed. Mr. Hall, from the Finance Committee, reported favorably]on the resolution asking the Comptroller General to ascertain the exact amount of funds set apart as an education fund. On motion of Mr. Lane, of Brooks, ll;c bill authorizing the sale of bonds was road a second time, and referred to the Finance Committee. The call of tbe counties was resumed. _ The following bills were read the first time: Mr. Osgood: A bill to amend section 4736 of Irwin’s Code. Mr. Cloud : A bill to prevent hunting on unenclosed lands without the consent of the owner. Mr. Fowler: A bill to change tho line between Catoosa and Walker counties. Mr. Higdon : A bill to organize anew county from the county of Decatur to be called Stephens. Mr. Fry. .■; A bill to amend section 650 of Irwin’s Code. Mr. Rawls : A bill to allow A. Rabun ii practice medicine. Also, a bill to incorporate the Georgia Steam Plow and Transportation Company. Mr. Hairison : A bill to repeal the 2d section of'tne (ax act of 1869. Also, a bill to authorize the Comptroller General to authorize an official seal. Mr. Sission : A bill to empower the Mayor and Council of Atlanta to establish and maintain a system of public schools. Mr. Welchcll: A resolution asking au thority to purchase a book on geology by Dr. Stevenson. Mr. Johnson, ol Forsyth : A hill to re peal part of section 796 of Irwin’s Code. Porter, colored : A bill to amend Ir win’s Code. Porter (colored) : A bill to amend Ir win’s Code, from sections 4725, 4726, 4732, 4733, to 4751, in relation to the city of ■Savannah. Mr, Osgood : A bill for the protection of innocent witnesses in criminal eases. Porter (colored) : A resolution to au thorize churches to own and possess prop erty in their own right. Mr. Osgood : A bill to amend the char ter of the “Vernon Shell lload Company.” Also, a bill to incorporate the Savannah Savings Bank. On motion of Mr. Tumlin the session was extended until 2 o’clock P. M. * Porter (colored) : A bill to enforce the civil rights bill. Also, a hill to ca” j into effect the 2d clause of the 13th section of the sth article of the Constitution, in relation to drawing juries, etc. Sims (colored) : A bill to incorporate tho Mercantile and Working Company of Savannah. Mr. Gober : A bill to remit tax on Cobb county for 1870. Sims (colored) : A bill to create a board of supervisors for Chatham county. Mr- Cleghorn : A bill to confer the rights of majority upon C. P. Goree. Mr Gober: A bill to incorporate the town ol'Aeworth. Also, a bill to incorporate the Catoosa Coal and Iron Railroad Company. Mr. Shumate : A bill to prescribe the duties of clerks and other officers. Also, a hill to and. fiue the liabilities of the employees, and prescribing the rights of the Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Also, to establish the act of replevin in this State. Also, a bill to incorporate the “Contract Association.” Also, a bill to incorporate the American Industrial Agency. Mr. O’Neal, ol' Lowndes: A bid to sc cure the school fund cf this State by giv ing direction thereto. Mr. Tumlin : A bill to incorporate the Chattahoochee Railroad. Also, a bill to incorporate the village of Springville. Resolutions were introduced by Porter Dolored) asking that badges of mourning be worn by the members of this House for thirty days, in respect to the memory of lions. Ayer, Fiall, Lumpkin and Cham bers, deceased. On motion o/Mr. Bryant, the resolution was made the special order for Monday next. Oc motion, the House adjourned until 10 a. m. to-morro'V. Senate Saturday July 23. —No ses sion of the Senate to day, it having ad journed on Friday until Monday. House— Saturday, July 23. —House met and was called to order by Speaker McWhorter at the usual hour. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumley. The clerk read the journal of yesterday’s proceedings. Mr Williams, of Morgan, moved to sus pend the rules to take up a resolution which provides for holding afternoon r sions, whicli sessio s were to have 1 employed in the reading ol bills ffc 3:-. and second times. Upon a calling ol lire yeas and nays, tho motion was lost. On motion of Sir. O’Neal, of Lowndes, the rules were suspended, and the bill in relation to securing the school fund, etc., was read a second time and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The call of the counties was resumed and the following hills were read the first time: Porter (colored): A hill to carry into ef fect article 6, constitution of this Stale and to provide a system of education to he for ever free to all children of the State. Mr.. Davis : A hill to repeal an act to I provide for the farming out of penitentiary convicts, etc. Mr. Hillyer: A bill to incorporate the St. Mary’s and Western Railroad Com pany. Mr. Turnipsoed : A hill to incorporate the Macon Banking Company. M. Lasting) r: A bill for the relief of Ada Taylor, of Coffee county. Also, a bill to amend the act incorpora j ting the town of Ilomerville. I Also, a bill to change the line between ; the counties of Clinch and Coffee. Mr. Parks; A bill to change section 675 of Irwin’s Code’. Mr. Turnipseed : A bill to make it pe : nal to mortgage personal property and af i terwards sell the same. Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes: A hill to change the line between Lowndes and Ber rien counties. Mr. Bell, of Banks : A bill to alter and amend section 874 of Irwin’s Code. Mr. Ciaiborn: A biil to provide the mode and manner of compelling putative fathers to maintain their bastard children, etc. Also, a bill to carry into effect section 23, ai tide 1, of the constitution ot Georgia, and to prohibit the sale of lottery tickets, etc Also, a hill to repeal so much of section 4245 of the Code as relates to criminals being sentenced to the chain-gang. Tne lollowiDg communication in writing was received and referred to a joint com mittee : Atlanta, Ga., July 23, 1870. To the General Assembly: i transmit herewith copies of a commu nication received from his Honor the Mayor, through a committee of the City Council: The city of Atlanta, by this for nal ae tion of the Council, as well as by tho reso lutions of their predecessors in office, re newed bv the present Council, disclose an entire willingness to meet all the obliga tions incurred by their proposal made to the Constitutional Convention to furnish the buildings, rooms, etc., necessary for State purposes in this city as the capitol. The city is willing to make amicable ad justment of any matters of misunderstand ing arising out of the absence of specifica tions as to the exact kind and character of NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 31. I accommodations that would be required j for State purposes, and I would, therefore, respectfully recommend to your honorable body that a joint committee be appointed to take into consideration the proposition of the City Council, and confer with the city authorities and Mr. Kimball, and ascer tain the conditions upon which the proposi tion of the city can be carried out, and re port to your honorable body sueh conclu sion as may be acceptable to the State and city. i The accommodations which would be af forded by the present building are ample for State purposes, and I would, there fore, respectfully suggest that it would be unwise to incur expense for the censtruo tion of anew capital building at this time, but that the five acree of ground to be do nated by the city should be selected, and arrangements perfected for beautifying the grounds selected, by cultivation of shade trees, shrubbery, etc., so that whenever a new capitol building is considered neoessary by the people ot the State, the ground would be in readiness. i deem it desirable for the interest of the State that the propositions of the city au thorities should be accepted and carried out. Should your honorable body concur in this opinion after an examination of the matter and unite with the city in exchang ing bonds lor the present property, an amount in currency could be realized by its sale at the expiration of ton years, or whenever anew Capitol should he com pleted, largely iu exee-s ot the amount in bonds to be given in exchange lor it now, and the rental of that portion not needed by the Srate would nearly, if not quite, liquidate the semi-annual iniere t on the State’s bonds given in exchange lor the property. Therefore, inasmuch as the pioposition from the ciiy is dependent upon the State’s uuitirig in a purchase of the property, in order to thus definitely and permanently close agitation upon the subject of removal of tbe Capitol back to Milledgeville, I most respectfully urge that.such terms, for purchase, as may be acceptable to your honorable body, be agreed to. Rufus B. Bullock. At the appointed hour, Mr. Price pro nounced a beautiful t.nd touching eulogy upon the death of the Hon. It W. Flour noy, deceased, in which he pictured vivid ly the many noble and manly virtues of tho deceased. At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Price read appropriate preambles and res olutions, which were ordered to bo spread upon the journal, and a copy thereof re quested to be forwarded to the wife ot the late Representative. Messrs. Shumate, Anderson and Maull followed Mr. Price, and delivered splendid uiogies upon the deceased, wh’ch showed i.is excellence while living, not only as a wise and prudent legislator, but as a high ly honorable man, possessed of rare vir tues and excel! :rt traits. At the close of Mr. Maull’s remarks, the House adjourned until It! a. m., Mon day.— Constitution. Monday, July 25, 1870. —Senate.—The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m., pursu ant to adjournment, and was called to or der by President Cooley. Prayer by the Ilev. Wesley Prettyaian. The roll was called, and the journal of last day read aud approved. A message was received from the Hou?e stating that a resolution had been passed expressing regret at the death of Hon. R. W. Flournoy, and asking the concurrence of the Senate. Seats on the floor were tendered to Ma jor E W. Miller, Han. R. E. Lester, Rev. Herman Bokum and Arthur Hood. Mr. Nunnally moved to reconsider the action of the Senate of'Fridayin reference to the resolution concurring in tho ineligi bility of A. A. Bradley. A communication in writing was receiv ed from the Governor. Mr. Coleman moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. The yea3 and nays being demanded were: yeas 18, nays 13—so tho motion prevailed. The communication cf the Governor was then taken up and read, being the same as that transmitted to the House on Saturday concerning the Opera House. Message from the Governor was receiv ed and read, transmitting the official com munications between himself and the city authorities of Atlanta concerning the capi tol buildings. Mr. Harris offered a resolution that a joint committee of four from the Senate and seven from tho House be appointed in pursuance of the recoinmonditnn of tho Governor, to confer with the city authori ties of Atlanta and Mr. Kimball, iu regard to the capitol buildiog. Adopted. Tho following message from tho Gover nor was received and read : To the General Assembly: The joint resolutions of your honorable body directing the Treasurer to pay each member and officer of the General Assem bly two hundred dollars on account of per diem, was approved on the 16th instant, and a certified copy of the resolution was handed to the Treasurer on Monday morn ing, the 18th instant. I am now informed that tho Treasurer refuses to rcc ignize tho order of the Gene ral Assembly, as announced in this joint resolution, -alleging as a reason for his con tumacy, that he has no moneys on hand except the School Fund. This is a shallow pretext, by which, as heretofore, the Treasurer expects, with loud protestations of his fealty to the Treasury, to excite the commendation of good citizens, and thus hide the benefit ho himself receives from his unlawful acts. To show the false foundation upon which this last pretext rests, it is only necessary to refer to the fact that tho amount of the Educational Fund has never yet been com puted and reported by the Comptroller General, and without such computation it is not possible for the Treasurer to be in formed of tho total amouot due on account of receipts from the several sources set apart by the Constitution for educational revenue ; and also to the other fact that it was not until the Treasurer had been over ruled by your honorable body and directed to pay all warrants drawn by the Executive and countersigned by the Comptroller General, that the Treasurer invented the subterfuge of crying “School Fund” to cover his refusal to obey tho order of the Legislature. It was not UDtil after the Treisurer had refused to pay warrants, and the Investigating Committee had as sembled, that he reported to the Comp troller General about $3,600 as interest to ho credit of tho Educational Fund. It is simply absurd for tho Treasurer to assume to arbitrarily set aside a portion of tho public money and hire it out for a nominal rate of interest, and then refuse payment to the lawful creditors of the State, with the silly plea that there is no money in the Treasury. But the absurdity demands attention when the Treasurer re fuses to yield to the lorrnal instruction of a joint resolution of your honorable body, and insists upon the Legislature yielding their prerogative to his demands. The great solicitude displayed by the Treasurer, and some of the parties to whom he has loaned the State’s money, to prevent its return to the Treasury, is well known to many members of your honora ble body, and becomes an additional reason why the Treasurer should he compelled to eomply with the law and the order of the General Asssemhy. As is established by the Investigating Committee's Report, one hnndred and seventy-five thousand dollars ofthe State’s money has been loaned out by the Treas urer, in violation of law; and, I now learn, from reliable authority, that at least one of the parties (the Atlanta National Bank) to whom the loan was made, has used the money for speculation in United States bond-. Having purchased bonds at $1 13), which can now only be sold for SIOB, it is very important to the bank, that the State’s money should not be called lor at present; for to close the speculation dow, it is said, would lose the parties SIO,OOO- And hence the great anxiety of the Treasurer, and his colleague, that no action should be taken by the General As sembly to compel (he return of the money —an anxiety which, it seems, is insuffi cient io induce the Treasurer to disregard the p lain instructions of your honorable body. Owing to the fact that no action had been taken by the Legislature to perfect a school law prior to the present session, the amount received from sources set apart for educational purposes has not been formally ascertained and renorted by the Comptrol ler General, but believing that it is now your purpose to establish a free school system, I would respectfully recommend that your honorable body direct that the Comptroller General proceed to ascertain, as rapidly as possible, the amount which ha-: been received from the several sources set apart for school revenue, and that, from his report, from time to time, as fast as ascertained, a sufficient number of the bonds of our own State, bearing 7 per cent, interest, be deposited with the Trea surer, to cover, at the market value of the bonds, the amounts so reported by the Comptroller General; and that thg bonds be held by the Treasurer, drawing interest for the benefit of the school fund, until funds are needed, and appropriated for support of the schools, when the amounts required can be promptly realized from the bonds. I would also respectfully recommend that an immediate stop be put to speculations with otate funds—a proceeding sufficiently reprehensible in itself, but peculiarly ob jectionable when the parties seek to hide the transaction behind the specious plea of protecting the school fund and keeping sa cred the money to educate our childrcn-a pretence which borrows “the livery of Heaven to serve tbe Devil in !” The money of the State which is thus being trifled with is now needed to meet the just dues to the public institutions, the Judges, Solicitors, and advances due the members of your honorable body, ard when money is due, or needed for educa tional purposes it will be promptly pro vided. T hope, therefore, your honorable body will direct, by joint resolution, that the mo ney heretofore loaned out be immediately returned to the Treasury, with interest to date, and that in future the Treasurer per form tho duties required of him by law or vacate his office. Rufus B. Bullock. Mr. Dunning moved to take up the mess age of the Governor concerning the School iumd, and refer it to tbe Finance Com mittee. Carried. Mr. Campbell, colored: Resolution to obtain from the Treasurer, the amount of tlm educational fund now in the treasury Tbe President ruled that the resolution was out of order. Mr. Merrell introduced a communication from Mr. William Henrv, stating that he had received the next highest number of votes to Hon. R. B. McCrutchin, deceased Irom the 44th district, and asked what was necessary to be done by him in order to take his seat. Mr. Merrell also offered a resolution that the communication be re ferred to the Committee on Elections to examine and decide upon it. Mr. Burns objected to the resolution— and thought anew election ought to be ordered as provided by law. Mr. Candler offered as a substitute for the resolution that the Governor be in formed of the vacancies which had oc curred on account of' the death of Hon Joseph Adkins, from the 19th district, and Hon. K. B. McCrutchin, from the 44th distriot, and he be requested to order elections to (ill said vacancies. Mr. Harris called the previous question. llio vote neiug taken on the motion to reier to the Finance Committee, the peti tion, resolution and substitute were so re ferred. The following bills were then read for the first time : By Mr. Holcombe : A bill to incorporate ~A tJ .a nti \& Loswell Railroad Company. Mr. Brook: A bill for the relief of the people on the grounds of equity bc~ tween debtor and creditor. By Mr. Smith, of the 36th : A 111] to relieve the Western & Atlantic Railroad, aDd ail other railroads in this Stato, for liability tor injuries to stock. Mr. Dunning: A bill to repeal all laws which make it penal to erect dams on tho Conesauga river; also, a bill to confer cor porate powers on the South Carolina Rail road, in this State. By Mr. Candler: A bill to amend the homestead and exemption law of this State. By Mr Stringer: A bill to authorize John o. Reynolds of tho county ot Hall to practice medicine ; also, a bill to amend an aet to incorporate the town of Gaines ville in the couDty of Hall. By Mr Harris: A bill to inoorporate the Atlanta Bank and for other purposes ; also a bill to require non-resident liquor dialers to obtain licenses for the sale of' liquors. By Mr. Hinton : A bill to authorize and require the Judges of the Superior Courts to grant new trials in certain eases. By Mr. Morrell: A bill to incorporate 1 e Atlanta & Lookout Railroad Company. By Mr. Speer: A bill to incorporate the I lanters’ Exchange Bank of Macon ; also, a bill to incorporate the Pottcrvillo Manufacturing Company; also a bill to incorporate the Macon Canal & Manufac turing Company. By Mr. Conley : A bill to allow the Or dinaries of the county of Oglethorpe to issue bonds to tho amount of SIO,OOO for the purpose of building a poor house and hospital for paupers. By Mr. Wooten: A hill to amend an act incorporating tho Oemulgee River Rail road Company, r.nd to change the n me to the Oemulgee & North Georgia Railroad Company; also, a bill to incorporate the City Bank of Albany. By Mr. Welch: A hill to establish a common school system and to provide a fund for the samo. A message was receive! from tho House stating that a resolution had been passed to appoint a joint committee of four from the Senate and seven from the Hou-’e to take into consideration tho proposition of the city of Atlanta, and to confer with Mr. H. I. Kimball and the city authorities in regard to his unsettled claims upon the State, and to consider the terms upon which said proposition can tie carried into effect. On motion the resolution was con curred in. By Mr. Hicks: A hill to incorporate the Fulton River Railroad Company. By Mr. Bruton: A bill to incorporate the Bainbridge Loan and Trust Company. By Mr. Colman : A bill to incorporate the Brunswick Bank aud Trust Company; By Mr. Campbell, colored : A hill to ex tend the charter of the Charleston & Savannah Railroad Company, and to ohango the name thereof; also, a hill to constitute the office of General Superin tendent of Education in that State. On motion of Mr. Holcombe, the Senate then adjourned until 10 a. m. to morrow. house. —House met pursuant to adjourn ment, and was called to order by the Speak er. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Crumley. The Journal of Saturday’s proceedings was read. On motion of Mr. Madden, Mo»es Bently, colored Messenger of the House, was expelled and turned over to the civil authorities, he having killed the Hon. Mr. Claiborne, colored member of the House. A message from the Governor was here received, whioh is the same as appears in the Senate proceedings above. On motion of Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, the rules were suspended and the hill for the Letter securing of the School Fund, was read the third time, for which bill a series of resolutions were substituted. These resolutions were (irawu under the supervision of the Chairman of the Fi nance Committee, and are in substance about such as are recommended in the Governor’s message. Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, advocated the resolutions ab a mat er of expediency—he said that tho State of Georgia is as good as aDy hank in it—and that the bonds would draw 7 per cent and could he sold whenever the fund is needed lor school purposes. Mr. Price opposed the substitution of the resolutions as an illegal way of getting at the School Fund. That any miscon duct in violation of duty in reference to the School Fund, could not be punished if the fund is taken out of the proper officer’s hands by resolution. Mr. Price said that the Bank in which the School Fund is de posited is ready and willing to pay over the money whenever called on. Mr. An derson said that if the School Fund is not sale, that it would he prudent to increase the Treasurer’s bond. That he is confi dent ot its safety. That he favors a com mon school system, and that he is opposed to any resolution appropriating fhis fund. Mr. Davis offered an amendment which provides that the Georgia RailrWid and Banking Company be the Repository of the S hool Fund. Mr. Bhuinate opposed the resolutions, ami moved to remit the bill to the Finance Committee with instructions to prepare a hill recalling the Fund from the Atlanta National Bank, and deposit the same in the Georgia Railroad Bank. Mr. Lane said that it appeared that the j School Fund is a bone of contention be | tween Banks; that the Banks want the Fund to make money, and he would prefer | that the said Fund should make money for : itself; that he would vote lor the aubstance | of the resolutions. Mr. O'Neal withdrew tire resolutions and changed their form into that of a hill. The substitution was agreed to and the bill passed, and on motion of Mr. Darnell was transmitted to the Senate. The following members were appointed as a committee on the “Capitol Question: Tweedy, Chairman, Parks, Bell, Gullatt, Hillyer, Zellers, Colby, and Darnell. Mr. Saulter moved to seat Representa tives irom the counties of Telfair and Ir win. , , , Mr. Tweedy moved to lay Mr. baulter s motion on the table. The yeas and nays were called, which resulted in the loss of the motion to lay on the table. Mr. delivered a eulogy upon Hon. .loseph Lumpkin, colored member of the House, deceased. Rice, Darnell, Porter and Sims deliver ed eulogies upon the deaths of Mest'rs. Ayer and Chambers, deceased. At the conclusion of Mr. Sims’ remarks, the House adjourned until 10 o’clock, a, in., to-morrow.
