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WEDNESDAY FEBBUABY 21.
A MISTAKE.
While the Circuit Court was in session
at Waynesboro last week, one of the
grand jurors dropped his pistol out of
hits pocket, and falling on the floor it
fired, and the ball passed through the
ceiling, and went in a few feet of the
Judge’s stand, butas it happened no one
was hurt; only scared a little.
We clip the above paragraph from the
Americas 11' publican merely for the
purpose of saying that the statement is
entirely unfounded. We were in at
tendance upon the Court during the en
tire week, and speak of our own knowl
edge. Such an occurrence may have
taken place elsewhere, but the people of j
Burke county should not be made to j
suffer for the acts of others. We hope
the Republican will make the necessary
correction.
THE GEORGIA NATIONAL BANK.
The Georgia National Bank was com
missioned by the United States Govern
ment in the autumn of 1865, to do busi
ness, with John Rice, President; E. L.
Jones, Cashier ; E. E. Rawson, W. W.
Clayton, S. A. Durand, and John Col
lier, Directors.
The capital stock was SIOO,OOO paid
in, and entirely in United States five
twenty bonds, which are deposited in
the United States Treasury at Washing
ton in accordance with provision of Na
tional Bank law.
The circulation was from the begin
ning, and is now, .$90,000, secured by
SIOO,OOO United States bonds deposited
in Washington.
The stock of the organization was
owned as follows : John Rice, 700 shares
of SIOO each ; E. L. Jones, 200 shares
of SIOO each ; W. W. Cluyton, 10 shares
of SIOO each ; E. E. Rawson, 10 shares
of SIOO each ; John Collier, 10 shares of
SIOO each ; S. A. Durand, 10 shares of
SIOO each.
The stock did not change ownership
materially from the above, till in autumn
of 1870, when Mr. Rice, then owning
805 shares, sold 800 shareß to H. I. Kim
ball. f
H. I. Kimball had previously made a
loan of Byron Kilboum, then tempora
rily residing in Florida for his health,
for which, upon the death of Mr. Kil
bourn, soon after he transferred directly
to the widow and executor, in their own
names, us collateral, 740 shares.
The stock at the present time is own
ed ns follows : S. A. Lapliam, executor,
500 shares ; Mrs. Byron Kilbourn, 240 ;
E. L. Jones, 140 ; John Harris, 10 ; L.
Bcofiold, 10 ; 11. T. Phillips, 10 ; Daniel
Pitman, 10 ; D. A. Cook, 10 ; D. A.
Walker, 10 ; A. S. Whiton, 20 ; W. W.
Clayton, 10 ; Jno. Rice, 5 ; J. Caldwell,
5. The losses through the Builock-
Kimball entanglement, such ns the law
may determine, will fall upon the bank,
and the irreparable damage of its abrupt
closure, as will be seen, will fall largely
upon depositors, orphans and a widow,
which is greatly to l>e regretted.
It is alike incumbent upon the State
officers and upon the officers of the
bank to contend for their respective
rights, in doing which it would seem no
motive could be imputed to the latter
except to protect the stockholders and
the creditors of the bank, including de
positors. The business of the bank has
been largely diminished during the past
six or eight months by the connection of
Bullock and Kimball with it. Its de
posits used to run up to $300,000. They
had fallen off to between twenty and
thirty thousand.
The matter is a great hardship to many
innocent persons. But of course the
State’s interest must be protected. The
officers of the bank should do every
thing to protect depositors and stock
holders. It is possible the Legislature
may slip into the relief of the depositors.
Undoubtedly application will be made
to that body for this purpose, and it
should be uniformly considered.— At- j
l ant a Constitution.
PROPOSED MISSION TO EUROPE
TO INVITE EMIGRATION TO
GEORGIA.
We are pleased to learn that Capt. C.
W. Howard has, upon the application of
a number of the leading men of this
State, consented to visit Europe during
the coming Spring, for the purpose of
promoting emigration to this State. The
funds necessary to carry out the project,
it is proposed, shall be raised by private
subscriptions, and already a consider
able amount has been raised. Those of
our citizens who are disposed to lend
their aid to this very important matter
will find subscription lists at the o ffice
of John J. Cohen & Sons, of this city.
The following extract from Captain |
Howard’s letter accepting the mission |
will explain more fully the scope of his ;
duties and inquiries :
Besides the points suggested in your I
letter, I should feel it to be my duty ;
diligently and patiently to inquire into ;
the details of European agriculture, j
wages, form of labor contracts, leases,
rotation of crops, laws affecting agricul
ture, and especially how it is that Eu
ropean farmers, with a climate less
favorable than our own, and with prices
of products not greater than our own,
and with no one crop capable of paying
so high a return per acre as cotton,
under high farming, can live and make
money from land worth §SOO per acre.
These details I should expect to lay
before the public weekly by letters in
The Plantation.
It would be absolutely necessary that
persons associated for this purpose, who
place property in mv hands for sale,
should put a reasonable price upon it,
furnish maps or other full description,
statements as to health, yield per acre, if
plantations or farms, proximity to towns
or railroads; and these statements should
be properly attested and verified. The
possibuitv of purchasers being misled
should be placed beyond all doubt.
Persons not inclined to sell their lands,
and vet not having sufficient means to
work'them to advantage, might desire
to obtain partners in Europe who would
furnish capital and labor. The terms
of such partnerships should bo distinct
lv specified, and tlie amount of capital
and labor required.
It would also be in my power to pur
chase live stock for the gentlemen com
posing this association at much less
than the ordinary cost, when bought
from fancy dealers. For instance, the
beautiful' and thorough-bred yearling
Ayrshires that I brought over from
Scotland some years since cost me there
$35 each. Freight is to be added.—
There may have been changes in prices
since that time.
I should enter upon such a work,
gentlemen, with great interest and ardor.
We must find out how people are man
aging who live and are accumulating
money, who never owned any slaves. It
is true we need men, but we need money
more than men. If wo had the money,
we could get the men. By selling a
portion of our own lands we not only ob
tain the necessary capital, but we intro
duce a laboring population, against
whom no prejudice exists, and who
come to ns with habits of thrift and
subordination.
VV ith the hope of hearing, at an early
period, that the requisite sum has been
raised, I am, very respectfullv, your
obedient servant,
C. W. Howard.
When- Was It?— By the treaty of
Washington the termination of the re
bellion is fixed upon the 9th of April,
1865, when, according to the recent de
cision of the Supreme Court, the war
was not over until April 2, 1866. This
is a very interesting question, though
the war is not over yet, judging bv Con
gressional policy, — Biildmore Sun.
AMNESTY DEFEATED.
The loss of the amnesty bill in the
Senate was reported yesterday by tele
graph. The measure was not allowed
to come up on its morits and meet with
» fair consideration. It was clogged
with odious amendments which com
pelled its real friends to turn their back
upon it.
This result is to lie regretted. It
proves that whatever may be the will of
the people, there are demagogues in
Congress who have both the will and
the power to defeat it. It proves that
this latter class have no desire for pacifi
cation, that their little souls are crammed
with hate, that malice and all unchari
tableness, and the welfare of the coun
try has no lodgment in their hearts.
• Well, be it so. It is the whole coun
j try that is to suffer from this vindictive
j spirit on the part of Senators. The
■ South desires amnesty oily that she
| may be secured in good government at
home. It would enlarge the field of
! choice in the selections for public trusts,
and secure wisdom and fidelity in their
administration. But few of the pro
scribed men of the South aspire to Fed
eral honors at the present day. Sensible
men seldom wish to occupy positions
where both their influence and their
wishes will go for naught. We can
imagine no more unhappy situation in
which a true Southern man can now be
placed, than a seat in either branch of
the Federal Legislature, where he is re
garded by the majority who control the
Government as a political outcast, a
criminal. It cannot be pleasant for a
man of spirit and patriotism to listen to
the vile slanders and anathemas upon his
own people. It is, therefore, not to Con
gress that the Southern people would send
their men of intelligence and political ex
perience. We need them all at home to
restore to local government republican
forms and principles; to purge the
States of ignorance, robbery, and every
species of vice bequeathed them by Radi
cal administrations. It is for this valua
ble, pructicul purpose that the Southern
people desire amnesty, and not as sup
pliants conscious of guilt. They feel no
such emotion, but regard the removal of
political disabilities as the revocation of
a groat wrong, that was neither sanction
ed by their deserts, nor justified by the
best interests of the country. The North
is interested in amnesty as well as the
South, just to the extent that peace,
prosperty and good government are de
sirable, and can never be attained to in a
reign of proscription and strife.
For these reasons we regret the action
of the Senate, and feel gratified that the
body will make one more ofl'ort to per
form a public duty to which it is called
by the highest considerations that can
influence the conduct of statesmen and
patriots. —Savannah Republican.
SCRATCH BONDS.
While Governor Jenkins filled the
Executive chair, State bonds, pledging
the Western and Atlantic Railroad for
security, were issued. Upon the amount
of $614,000 of these bonds Governor
Bullock placed his endorsement, after
getting into office. These bonds are
designated in New York as “Scratch
Bonds,” and sometimes quoted as “Geor
gia Endorsed Ronds,” at the New York
Stock Exchange. An effort is being
made to depreciate these bonds, and
“to ring” them into the class of Bul
lock’s doubtful or fraudulent issues.
Bullock’s endorsement upon these
bonds was entirely a work of supereroga
tion, adding nothing whatever to their
validity. These bonds do not, therefore,
come within the class of “anted” or
fraudulent issues, and this fact the
Treasurer recognizes, and accordingly
pays the coupons whenever presented,
either in New York or Atlanta.
Imports and Exports.— The New York
Journal of Commerce has compiled a
careful statement of the total imports
and exports at all the ports of the coun
try for the last fiscal year. Both are
stated at their gold value, the exports
being reduced to that value by taking
the average premium on gold for the
month in which the shipments were
made. It is worthy of note that the
outward and inward movement of mer
chandise and products approximates so
closely that the difference between the
total imports and the total exports is
only about SIO,OOO, in an aggregate of
near $550,000,000. It will also be noticed
that sugar heads the list of our im
portations, amounting to $63,324,362 ;
next comes woolen goods to the value of
$43,339,839 ; then silk goods amounting
to $32,341 01 ; and next coffee, $30,992,-
869 ; and next on the list cotton goods,
$29,876,640 ; but we refer to the list.
First in amount of exports is cotton,
amounting to $216,889,570, followed by
wheat to the amount of $15,143,423; then
petroleum, $34,138,736; and then flour,
$24,093,184 ; and next tobacco, $19,908,-
797. There was also an exportation of i
firearms to the amount of $13,463,915,
upon which we cannot rely as a regular
article of export.
Imports from foreign ports at all the
ports of the United States for the fiscal
vear :
1870. 1871.
Dutable mer
chandise . ..$415,817,537 $483,641,966
Free goods 20,159,964 35,951,784
Gold and sil
ver 26,400,086 21,900,024
Total imports. $462,377,587 $541,493,774
Exports from the United States to for
eign ports, reduced to their gold value :
1870. 1871.
Domestic pro
duce an and
merchan'ze.s376,6sl,ls6 $428,539,017
Foreign mer
chandize... 16,155,295 14,421,270
Specie and bul
lion 58,154,966 98,543,885
Total receipts
for the year. 5450,962,417 $541,504,112
Basis of the Electoral Vote fob
President. —The Washington corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
makes the positive assertion that the
electoral vote for the next President will
be cast on the present basis of 243 mem
bers for the House, instead of 283, as
under the new bill We cannot believe
this to be possible. It is a robbery of
the West and South. It is in the teeth
of the former precedents of 1832 and
1852. It is ridiculous, too, this voting
for President and Congressmen on
the same day, to take their seats at the
same time, that the one should be elect
ed under the old, and the other under
the new law. The new apportionment,
when signed by the President, will be a
law of the land, and all elections after
ward must be held under it, and not
under the old dead law it supercedes.—
Exchange.
The Cincinnati Commercial persists 1
in its disloyalty. It now says :
“ Zaek Chandler is a very sanguinary
person. He thirsted for the sprinkling
of blood before the war commenced, ami
languishes now because the Government
does not hang or shoot two or three hun
dred unrepentant rebels. We presume
he did it, but we do not now recall the
exact period of the war when Chandler
shed his own or anybody else’s gore,
though it was a first-class opportunity
for blood-letting.”
The Commercial will prove itself a
first-class rebel sheet if it continues to
twit loyal men about their feats of heroic
daring during our “ late unpleasant
ness."
The population of the little Kingdom
of Greece, according to the last census
for 1870, amounted to 4,457,894 inhabi
tants, of which 754,176 were males, and
703,716 femaleß. Comparing the present
returns with those of 1860, an increase
is shown of 132,515 souls. Athens has a
population of 44,5x0 souls.
THE ANTI-GRANT MOVEMENT.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of the 6th
publishes the expression of opinion of
several leading men of that city on the
anti-Grant movement. Mr. Kittredge, a
well-known lawyer of Cicinnnati, who is
said to be in possession of all the plans
of the new party, was first interviewed.
To the question of the reporter as to
who were to be the candidates of the
party Mr. Kittredge replied :
I hope, and I think it is in accordance
with the views generally of the liberal
Republicans in Ohio, nearlyallof them,
that the Republican Convention called
to meet in Cincinnati, on the Ist of May
next, will not nominate candidates, but
will adopt a platform embodyiug the
ideas upon which the liberal Republi- j
cans and Democrats are disposed to j
agree, and that it will invite all who j
agree with them in their principles to
participate in the delegate canvention to
be held some time in June, to make
nominations of candidates for President
and Vice-President. Os course I have I
individual preferences as to candidates,
as everybody else has. I have no such
difficulty as the newspapers have dwelt
upon in selecting candidates that would
be satisfactory to myself. In fact, Ido
not think the selection of candidates of
so much importance as the harmonizing
of the elements that make up the op
position. If there is any harmony of
action, I have no question that they
can agree upon candidates that will be
mutually satisfactory.
R.—Have you any opinion of your
own as to '■he coming man ?
Mr K.—l think Senator Trumbull, as
a Western man, and Charles Francis
Adams, as an Eastern man, are the
strongest candidates for the Presidency.
R.—Do you think either of those men
would be satisfactory to the Democratic
element ?
Mr. K.—l think either one of them
would be satisfactory, provided they
would accept the platform that goes
under the name of the Reunion Reform
platform, or embodying substantially
those principles.
R.—What other man can you men
tion ?
Mr. K.—Wm. Groesbeck, of Cincin
nati, has been prominently spoken of. He
would be satisfactory to me. Ido not j
think he would be so strong a candidate
as a Liberal Republican like Trumbull or j
Adams. If Trumbull should bo nomi
nated for the Presidency, I think the |
Vice-President should be an Eastern j
man, like John Q. Adams, of Massa- j
chusetts, for instance. Os course all j
these questions about candidates are i
questions about which there will be a j
good deal of individual difference as to
opinion, and will have to be postponed
until the time comes for nominating.
My own views might be very much modi
fied by the course which men like Trum-1
bull should take in the meantime in j
reference to political questions.
Ex-Secretary Cox, one of the signers
of the call for the convention, was next
visited, but referred the reporter again
to Mr. Kittredge. Judge Oliver being
asked his opinion in the new movement
answered:
I would state in one word my views
on this subject. While my observation
leads me strongly to the conclusion that
a largo majority of the voters of the
United States do not, desire the re-elec
tion of General Grant, yet every indica
tion leads to the conclusion that he must
be the nominee of'the stli of June con
vention, and that if he shall be the
nominee of that convention he will be
re-elected, unless a substantial union cf
all the elements of opposition can be
effected. To effect that union mutual
concessions will have to be made, and
partisan pride and personal ambition
put in abeyance, and the movement to
ward union so shaped that every man
in the new movement, whatever may
have been his political antecedents, may
feel equally at home and be equally wel
comed. Entertaining these views I re
gard the call for the convention to meet
on the Ist of May next as unwise in that
it is too restrictive, the call being limited
to liberal Republicans. Should this
programme of action be adhered to Re
publicans will distrust it by reason of
the fear that it will not have strength
enough to amount to anything. Dem
ocrats, as such, of course cannot take
any part in it, for they are not invited
to do so. If, however, this call- could
be liberalized, inviting all men opposed
to the policy now being pursued by the
party in power to unite in a convention
for the nomination of a President and
Vice-President, calling it the People’s
Convention, or by such other designa
tion as to dissociate it from either of
the present political parties, I should
have great confidence of its succeeding.
That is my judgment.
Col. Maund Demands an Apology.
The following will amuse the many in
this section who know Colonel M. :
Geneva, Ga., January 30, 1872.
Mr. Telegraph and Messenger: I
have a right to complain, and I do com
plain, of the injustice you did me in
your issue of last Sunday. I demand
an apology, and unless I get it I would
advise your Mr. Local to keep very close
to the police when I next visit Macon,
otherwise he will have to buy anew pair
of pants or have his old ones patched
about where they fork ; and I may have
to appear before Mr. Mayor. What if
a few ears did run over me, is that any
reason that you should publish to the
world that I am tough and clumsy, and
thereby leave the impression that I am
an old man ? It is not right, Mr. Editor,
as you know it injures a fellow, and fre
quently prevents his making good ar
rangements. I have, in my day, been
in many tighter places than under the
ears, but do not recollect that I ever felt
more pious on short notice. I once
stepped off the bluff at Eufaula and
traveled 700 feet without touching
anything until I came in contact with
the top of a tall white oak, and clean
ed the limbs off on one side like a sleet,
and struck the mud in a sort of a sit
down position and waited patiently for
my hat to reach me, (it being a lighter
body it was several minutes getting
down;) and, sir, I got entirely over that
in a week. I have been bitten twice by
rattlesnakes, and with the assistance of
four quarts of Bouborn I got over that
too in a short time. On the 6th day of
April, 1865, a day or two before Macon
fell into Gen. Wilson’s hands, one branch
of his numerous family passed my way.
I accidentally happened to be in the woods
and Wilson’s hounds or somebody’s
else’s hounds chased me four miles
through swamps and briar patches, and
finally in and through a three hundred
acre mill pond. I came out rather cool,
having nothing on but my shirt collar
and wristbands, with a part of one boot.
I got nearly over that fun in five years.
Again, I once—no, sir; I will not tell
you that scrape this time. Many other
things rather exciting have happened to
me in my short run, all of which I will
l tell you if you will apologize. Say, if
: you please, that I am tough orfugly; say
j anything and everything, but do not in
i timate that I am clumsy. Now, sir,
i will you apologize and save much
* trouble?
Yours respectfully,
John C. Maund.
Another Attempted Suicide. —About
half past three o’clock on Saturday!
morning, the inmates of No. 213 West
Twenty-sixth street, New York, were
awakened by cries proceeding from a
room occupied by Miss Winthrop. ;
When they entered she pointed to a vial ]
standing on a chair near the bed, saying
that it had contained laudanum which
she had taken to destroy her life. A j
messenger was immediately sent for
a physician, and the usual restoratives
were used. It is thought that she is out of
danger. Nothing could be learned from
her as to the cause of her act.— Post.
Se nator Schurz is reported as shaking
wofully in the Radical faith. The per
sistent. ty manifested by that party in op
posing all measures of reform has at
last disgusted him, and he is now hesi
tating between one more effort and an
open recantation of his heretofore held
political faith. The renomination of
Gen. Grant will, in any event, it is said,
secure the latter, but lie still hopes—we
fear against hope—that balm may yet
be found in the Radical Gilead.
The Forsyth Advertiser has worried
! the Government into removing the in
i competent postmaster at that plaee.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY" MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1872.
[communicated. ]
Progress of Art and Language.
Editors Chronicle «Sr Sentinel :
What a necessitous and pleasing thing
to the human family is the progress of art.
The natural advancement of the works
of men is from rudeness to convenience,
from convenience to elegance, and from
elegance to nicety. The first labor is
enforced by necessity. The savage finds j
himself in a disagreeable and fearful
| exposure to heat, cold, rain and wind ;
he shelters himself in the hollow of a
, rock, and learns to dig a cavern where
1 none was ever previously beheld. He
I finds the sun and wind excluded by the
! thicket ; and when the accidents of pur
; suit, or the convenience of pasturage
| leads him into more open places, he
1 forms a thicket for himself, by planting
stakes at proper distances, and laying
branches from one to another.
The next gradation of skill and in
dustry produces a house, in which, per
haps, apartments are multiplied and
disposed according to the various de
grees of power and invention ; improve
ment succeeds improvement, as he that
is freed from a greater evil grows im
patient of a less, till ease in time is ad
vanced to pleasure. The mind set free
from the importunities of natural want
gains leisure to go in search of
superfluous gratifications, and adds to
the uses of habitation the delights of j
prospect. Then begins the reign of I
symmetry ; orders of architecture are in- I
vented, and one part of the edifice is |
conformed to another, without any other i
cause than that the eye may not be of- I
fended. The passage is very short from |
elegance to luxury. lonic and Corin
thian columns are soon succeeded by
gilt cornices, inlaid floors, and petty
ornaments, which sliowjrather the wealth
than the taste of the possessor.
Language, like everything else, is
brought from rudeness and awkward
ness to convenience and elegance
by the process of revolution and
improvement. The rovers who first
take possession of a country, having not
many ideas, and those not nicely modi- j
fled or discriminated, are contented if
by general terms and abrupt sentences
they can make their thoughts known to
one another ; as life begins to be more
regulated, and property to become
limited, disputes must be decided and I
claims adjusted; the differences of j
things are noted, and distinctness and
propriety of expression become neces- !
sary. In time, happiness and plenty j
give rise to curiosity, and the sciences j
are cultivated for ease and pleasure ; to j
the arts which are now to be taught, j
emulation soon adds the art of teach-
ing ; and the studious and ambitious
contend not only who shall think best,
but who shall tell their thoughts iu the
most pleasing manner Then begin the
arts of rhetoric and poetry, the regula
tions of figures, the selection of words,
the modulation of periods, the graces of
transition, the complication of clauses,
and all the delicacies of style and sub
tilties of composition, useful while they
advance perspicuity, and laudable while
they increase pleasure. Thought and
Language have a great power over each
other ; while the advancement and im
provement of Language is frqm the re
quirements of Thought, yet, Language so
materializes Thought as to make it
readily apprehensive, permanent and
transmissive. From all information
of the English tongue, it is
quite like that of others. We know
nothing of the scanty jargon of
our barbatous ancestors; but we
have specimens of our language when
it began to be adapted to civil and re
ligious purposes, and find it such as might
naturally be expected, artless and sim
ple, unconnected and concise.
The writers seem to have desired little
more than to bo understood, and per
haps seldom aspired to the praise of
pleasing. Their verses were considered
chiefly as memorial, and, therefore, did
not differ from prose but by the meas
ure or the rhyme. In this State, varied
a little according to the different pur
poses or abilities of writers, our lan
guage may be said to have continued to
the time of Gower, whom Chaucer calls
his master, and who, however obscured
by his scholar’s popularity seems
justly to claim the honor which lias
been hitherto denied him, of showing liis
countrymen that something more was
to be desired, and that English verse
might be exalted into poetry. From
the time of Gower and Chaucer, Eng
lish writers have studied elegance, and
advanced their language by successive
improvements to as much harmony as it
can easily receive, and as much copious
ness as human knowledge has hitherto
required. Though the sciences, arts
and language of our country have been
brought to a remarkable station, yet, as
there is space for improvement, men
who see the necessity, and have the
power, should make it ; and if they fail
to do it, I dare say, they commit crime to
both themselves and their country.
G. H. Washington.
CARD FROM THE STATE SCHOOL
COMMISSIONER.
Dep’t Education, State of Georgia, j
Office State School Comm’r, >
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7, 1872. )
Editors Atlanta Sun :
I propose, as briefly as possible, to
give certaine information : Ist, to those
interested in the Public Schools to be
inaugurated for the year 1872 ; and 2d,
to those who have rendered services as
school officers the past year, and are still
unpaid.
Ist As to the schools for the present
year. Under the amended school law,
no schools can be established in any
county till the Fall term of the Superior
Court for that county. The only school
officers for the county, under the law,
will be the County Board, to be com
posed of five free holders, and the Coun
ty Commissioner chosen by them, either
from their own number or from the citi
zens of the county. The Grand Jury,
at its first session after the passage of
the law, sec. 16tli, is to choose this
board, and it is made the duty of the
board, sec. 19th, to “make an estimate
of the amount necessary, in addition to
what will be received from the State, to
carry on said schools for at least six
months in the year, which estimate shall
be placed before the Grand Jury at its
next session, and said Grand Jury may,
if they approve said estimate, authorize
the Ordinary or County Commissioner
in such county to levy a county tax suf
ficient to raise the required sum.”—
Thus, it is clear no tax can be levied 1
till the Fall term of the Court, and sec
tion 30th provides that “in case the
Board of Education of any county shall
fail to make the necessary provisions for
continuing the schools in operation the
length of time herein required [six
months, or in case of ambulatory schools,
three months—Com.,] such graded or
high schools and primary schools, as
the case may be, shall not be entitled to
any portion of the school fund arising
from the State tax during the next suc
ceeding school year or subsequent
school years, until the establishment of
such school or schools, but such fund
shall remain in the Treasury of the
State of Georgia. ” This last quotation
seems to establish it as the policy of the
law to pay over to no county her pro
rata part'of the State fund, till the con
stituted authorities levy the necessary
countv tax. It is clear, then, that no
schools can be established till the second
term of the Court, and not then, with
out the Grand Jury shall authorize the
levy of the necessary county tax. I
would, therefore, recommend' teachers
to open private schools upon their own
terms for the first half of the year.
2d. As to the compensation for ser
vices rendered by teachers and others 1
the past year, it will be seen from the
copy of the law, which has been general
ly distributed among the school officers,
that section 4 of the Act approved 20th
January, 1872, authorizes the Governor j
to draw his warrant on the Treasurer in ;
favor of the State School Commssioner, !
for the sum of three hundred thousand
dollars, to be paid out of the funds
then in the Treasury, appropriated by
law, to the Public School system, and if
said fund is insufficient to pay the debt
now due to the officers and teachers of
Public Schools, section 5 provides that
the amount shall be raised by the sale
of bonds now in the Treasury_ of the
State under act of July 16th, 1870.
It is impossible for me to tell when
this money will be ready for distribu-
tion for several reasons :
Ist. There is a great uncertainty as to
what is due the school fund, and it is
impossible to ascertain at present what
portion of this is now in the Treasury.
1 2d. A proviso to this section in refer
ence to the sale of bonds says : That
they shall not be sold at rates injurious
to the credit of the State, to be left to
the diseretioa of the Governor.
3d. Another proviso requires the money
to be distributed in the proportion of
the children of each county, entitled to
the privileges of the Public Schools, and
there are thirty counties in the State
that have not made full returns as to the
number of children so entitled.
Just as soon as the necessary steps
can be taken 0> realize the money in a
manner which shall aeford with the pro
visions of the law, it will be done, and
the parties in interest shall receive the
proper official notice from tins depart
ment. Gustaves J. Ork,
State School Commissioner.
[From the Huntsville Democrat.]
Dastardly Assault upon Gen. Dabney
H. Maury.
The Memphis Appeal and, possibly,
other papers, have published an account
of an assault made by Mr. Trice, the con
ductor of a sleeping cat on the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad, on Gen. Dabney
H. Maury, on the night of January 313 t,
at Chattanooga. This account varies,
very materially > fr°ni the facts of the
case, and were* probably, derived from
Mr. Trice, who desired to forestall pub
lic- opinion in his favor. Gen. Maury,
although persuaded bw friends to pub
lish a statement of rife facts, was ex
ceedingly averse to public notoriety, and
deferred" making any publication, until
the appearance of the article in the
Appeal, which is so variant from the
facts, that he has felt constraind to place
in our hands for publication the follow
ing private letter, "which he addressed,
on the Ist instant, to Major Wicks, Presi
dent of the Memphis and Charleston
I Railroad Company.
We have known Gen. Maury from boy
l hood, having been a fellow student with
| him at the University of Virginia. He
1 lias made liis own imperishable public
record by valuable services as an officer
in the Mexican war, when he received
honorable wounds in both arms, and as
a General in the Confederate service,
where his cause was ever “upward and
onward, and true to the line” of patriotic
duty. We, therefore, credit the entire
truthfulness of his statement, and have
no hesitancy in denouncing Mr. Trice’s
assault on liim as uncalled for,
cowardly and brutal. Its dastard
ly eliaracer is aggravated by the
fact that Gen. Maury is a man of
small stature and inferior strength, un
armed, and with both arms injured by
wounds received in his country’s service.
Mr. Trice is the man who perpetrated
the scandal about Mr. Jefferson Davis,
and, if reports be true, many passengers
have hesitated and refused to take berths
in his sleeping car, in consequence of
their disbelief of liis statement in that
connection. He ought to be summarily
dismissed from the road. Here is Gen.
Maury’s letter :
Huntsville, February 1, 1872.
Maj. M. J. Wicks : Dear Sir — Last
night, I arrived in Chattanooga by the
train from Virginia, having been since
Sunday week traveling almost daily.
I, therefore, went into the sleeping
car at Chattanooga, to secure some hours
of rest. The conductor of the sleeping
car met me, and politely informed me
that any of the berths would be at my
serviee, as he had no other passengers.
I laid my travelling bag and shawl upon
a seat, and fell into a civil chat with the
conductor, during which he informed
me he was from Louisa county, Vir
ginia, the adjoining county to my own,
Spottsylvania. I asked liim his name.
He said his name was Trice. I turned
from liim and, without a word, took my
valise and shawl and went into the next
car in front.
I had been in that car about five, or
ten minutes, when I missed the cape of
my overcoat ; and thinking I might
have left it in the restaurant of the de
pot, went hastily in and asked the
proprietor if I had left my cape there.
He told me no. I then went into the
sleeping car to look for it, and found it
in the seat where Iliad placed it. I
took it up, and was on my way out of
the car with it, when the same conductor
confronted me and said to this effect :
“You left this car very abruptly just
now, sir, why did you do so ?” His
manner was Aggressive. I replied :
“Because, sir, I chose to do so,” and,
then, with coarse language and insolent
manner, lie demanded again my reasons.
I replied : “I left the car because you are
the author of a scandal upon tlie South
ern people.” He then ran to the stove,
took up au iron poker about eighteen
inches long, and came quickly up to me
with it, denouncing and threatening me
in violent and foul terms, until I had
reached the door of the sleeping car,
when, just as I stepped out upon tlie
platform of the car, he suddenly caught
me around the neck, with the arm hold
ing his lantern, threw me down upon the
platform, and struck me, rapidly and
violently, on tlie back of my head with
the poker. He inflicted several cuts
upon my head, and several upon my
arms, before he was prevented by Mr.
Peck, the brakesman, from further vio
lence.
I had no weapon upon my person, nor
anywhere within reach, and having been
maimed in both my hands, was at his
mercy, from the moment lie threw me
down.
These are the main facts, known to
me, about this outrage. I lay them be
fore you, and am, respectfully, yours,
Dabney H. Maury.
Anniversary of the Georgia Histori
cal Society—Address by Rev. Dr.
Irvine.— The thirty-first anniversary of
the Georgia Historical Society will be
celebrated with the usual observances
to-day at Armory Hall. At four o’clock
in the afternoon the election of officers,
&c., will take place, and in the evening
at eight o’clock the annual address will
be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Irvine, of
Augusta, his subject being—“ The Anglo-
Saxon, His Past and Future.”
A friend in a letter to us, speaking of
this distinguished divine and orator,
says :
“ Dr. Irvine was bom in Ireland and
finished his education at Edinbtirg,
Scotland. He has been preaching for a
number of years in Philadelphia and
in Canada, and for the past year in Au
gusta, Ga. Possessing naturally a high
order of intellect, graduating in one of
the most thorough Universities of the
old world—having traveled much and
read a great deal—his attainments are
rare, and his conversations and ser
mons full of interest and instruc
tion. Easy in liis delivery, fluent in his
ideas, wonderfully versed in Biblical
lore, possessing an astonishing memory,
seeming never to forget what he has
read, having always on hand an inex
haustible fund of illustration, he is at
all times interesting, and I have never
heard him when he was not eloquent.
His church is always crow'ded, and his
congregation never leave him but
with the firm conviction that his last
sermon was the best. I have heard Dr.
Palmer in some of his grandest efforts,
and have been carried away with the
mighty power of his convincing elo
quence. I have heard Henry Ward
Beecher when he addressed not only the
crowded benches of his devoted admirers
but a whole country listening to him
through the ‘ jotting down’ of his nimble
reporters, and though prejudiced against
the man, I have always left him im
pressed with his towering intellect, his
great erudition, his profound scholar
ship, his finished sentences, his terse,
original sayings. In many respects
as a pastor I would not exchange Dr.
Irvine for either of those eminent di- j
vines. Unassuming in his manners, !
quiet in his demeanor, he does not by a
grand flourish of trumpets bespeak your
attention, nor does he, to draw crowded
houses, have to resort to the sensational
‘clap-traps’ of the day. Deeply versed
in the Bible, he can always gather from
it enough to rivet the attention—and in
confining himself to the legitimate limits
of his text, never fails in carrying along
with him the whole soul of his audience.
Calm and collected, easy in his begin
nings, he gradually and imperceptibly
wins your attention, until he seta its
whole inner man to thinking. So gently
does he carry yon along with him, step
by 6tep, higher and higher, with you
easily surmounting every obstacle,' so
that when he leaves you, unconsciously I
the fact breaks upon you that you have
traveled by the easiest stages from the
valley to the mountain top, the whole
route having been made easy and simple
of access, with every object of beauty
and interest forcibly and pleasantly riv
eted upon the mind.
Augusta is fortunate in having such a
man in her midst, and I am confident
that Savannah will appreciate him, and
that the Georgia Historical Society will
be convinced that a better selection
could not have been made. —Savannah
Mews.
It is the opinion of the gentleman
who sends news from South America
that the war in Venezuela is about ever.
PLATFORM OF THE CONNECTICUT
DEMOCRACY.
Resolved, That the Democrats of Con
necticut regard emancipation, equality
of civil rights and enfranchisement as
established facts now embodied in the
Constitution, and deserving the support
of good citizens of all parties.
Resolved, That true and lasting peace
can come only from such profound re
conciliation as enfranchisement has
brought to the State of Missouri; nor can
those governments be pure or great in
which tax-payers have no active part.
We, therefore, demand, with equal suf-*
frage for all, complete amnesty for all,
that the intellect and experience of every
State may be welcomed to active service
for the common welfare.
Resolved, That no form of taxation is
just or wise which puts needless burdens
upon the people. We demand a genuine
reform of tariff, so that those duties
shall be removed which, in addition to
the revenue yielded to the Treasury, in
volve an increase in the price of domes
tic products and consequent tax for the
benefit of favored interests.
Resolved, That the shameless abuse
of Government patronage for the control
of conventions and elections, whether
in the interest of an individual faction
or of a party, with its consequent cor
ruption and demoralization of political
life, demands a thorough and genuine re
form of the public service. Those who
would suppress investigation forget they
owe a higher duty to the country than
to any party. We honor those Senators !
whose courageous course have compelled
the disclosure of gross misdeeds, and
they deserve the thanks and hearty sup
port of all good citizens.
Resolved, That local self-government,
with impartial suffrage, will guard the
rights of all citizens more securely than
auy centralized authority. It is time to
stop the growing encroachments of the
Executive power, the use of coercion or
bribery to ratify a treaty, the packing of
a Supreme Court to relieve rich corpora
tions, the seating of members of Con
gress not elected by the people, the re
sort to unconstitutional laws to cure the
Ku-Klux disorder. We demand for the
individual the largest liberty consistent
witli public order, for tlie State self
government and for the nation the re
turn to the methods of peace and the
limitation of ppwer.
Resolved, That it is alike the duty of
honest men of all parties to expose cor
ruption, denounce the usurpation of
power and work for reforms necessary
for the public welfare. The times de
mand an uprising of honest citizens to
sweep from power men who prostitute
their official positions to seifish interests.
Resolved, That we repudiate with
scorn the oft-repeated slander of our op
ponents, that the Democracy of Connec
ticut are in favor of repudiating any
portion of the national debt, even so
much as has been fastened upon us by
extravagance and fraud, and that we are
for paying that debt to its last dollar.
Resolved, That the Democratic party,
remembering the exam pie of their fath
ers, in the expression of their sympathy
for the struggling republics of South
America, as well as for the oppressed
Greeks—and grateful for the aid which
the founders of our republic received
from the countrymen of Lafayette,
Montgomery, Steuben and Pulaski, feel
impelled by these considerations, as well
as by our obligations to our common
humanity, to lift up our voices in behalf
of the suffering Cubans now desperately
struggling for relief from their oppres
sors, who set at naught all the usages of
civilized warfare, in their savage butch
ery of captive men, women and chil
dren.
Resolved, That we are in favor of a
liberal system of free schools, and pro
test against all interference by the Gen
eral Government with institutions so
purely local, and concerning so deeply
and tenderly the ties which bind them
to our homes and to the State.
Resolved, That we look back with
pride and satisfaction to the government
of our State while administered in its
Executive Department by our distin
guished citizen James E. English, under
whose name we have won brilliant vic
tories in defense of the Constitution,
and whom we should have been glad to
have our leader again, if it had been
consistent with his private concerns to
yield his consent.
Resolved, That in presenting Hon.
Richard D. Hubbard for Governor, and
his associates on the State ticket, to the
citizens of this State for their .suffrages
at the coming State election, we cordially
endorse the sentiments embodied in the
foregoing resolutions.
[From the New York World.]
Archbishop Spalding.
Whatever the loss to his own Church
—of which in this country he was a great
light, as well as the chief in honor of
its rulers—it cannot be said that Ca
tholicism is the only loser by the death
at an age comparatively so young of the
seventh Archbishop of Baltimore. Mar
tin John Spalding, though best known
in the councils of his faith, had attained
a high position in the respect of his
countrymen, who had long recognized
the eminence of his talents and the value
of the great works of education, charity
and discipline, to which he gave life and
form.
His services were so great and so high
ly appreciated Ly those to whom he
most frequently looked for favor or dis
approval, that no other evidence need he
given regarding them than to repeat the
news which the latest European mail
has brought from the Vatican. Though
the announcement has not yet been offi
cially made, it was currently stated in
the best informed circles in Rome that at
the Papal Consistory to be hold in March
the Archbishop of Baltimore, in com
pany with the Archbishops of Malines
and Westminster, would be raised to
the Roman purple. Perhaps the associ
ations of these names will recall to many
the last great work in which these illus
trious prelates were united. How great
a part the Archbishop of Baltimore bore
in the deliberations of the Vatican
Council, and how important were his
words and example in securing the dec
laration of the last Catholic dogma, it is
not for a secular journalist to pro
nounce, but his indefatigable labors, the
weight of his name, and the force of his
eloquence were united in obtaining a 1
declaration of the doctrine which he had
received from his immediate predecessor i
in the see of Baltimore, and which they
both had so successfully vindicated.
To outsiders it seemed that had the ;
Archibisliop of Baltimore led the oppo- ;
sition to the dogma of Papal infallibili- j
ty, while the result would have been i
probably the same, the moral unanimity i
of the council would have been much
more seriously disturbed. His labors
at the Ecumenical Council were the
crowning work of his life ; they had
been preceded by many no less arduous.
After a laborious missionary career he
was consecrated Bishop of Lengone in
partibus, and coadjutor to the venerable
Bishop Flaget, of Bardstown, Septem
ber, 1848. He was then not quite 40
years of age. Almost the last act of
Bishop Flaget’s life was to impart to his
successor the fullness of the priesthood.
After the ceremony of consecration he
sank exhausted, never to resume his ac
tive Episcopal duties again. On this
account the affairs of the diocese were
almost wholly administered by Dr.
Spalding from the first, although lie did
not succeed to its charge until 1850.
As Bishop of Louisville, he attended
the Council of‘Baltimore, held under
Archbishop Kenrick—a body whose de
liberations he was subsequently to pre
side over by the prerogative of place.
When Dr. Kenrick died, the task of
finding a successor for so eminent a
prelate would have been difficult had
there been no Spalding, but the general
voice marked him out for the chief
American See. This opinion found
favor at Rome, and he was translated to
Baltimore, May 6, 1864. The most
notable works of his Archepiscopate
were his duties as President of the
National Council of Baltimore, held in
the Fall of 1866, which was attended by
seven Archbishops and forty Bishops,
and also of the Provincial Council, held
to give effect to the decisions of the
National Council, and to reorganize the
Southern dioceses, which suffered so
much during the war. There cannot be
forgotten, in referring to this work, the :
far-seeing project to convert the negro i
population of the South, which his mis- 1
sionaries have recently undertaken. But
the work of a Catholic Bishop is not con- j
fined to the more brilliant duties of pre- j
siding at national councils, or of form
ulating at an Ecumenical Council the
faith of unborn millions, and those who
knew Baltimore or who examine the
meagre statistics of the -‘Catholic Direc
tory,” will see how extensive must have
been the supervision exercised by Dr.
Spalding, and in what a field he labor
ed. What leisure he had devoted to the
dissemination of Catholic literature,
manv of the finest Catholic works of the
day being from hie pen, whist was em-
ployed with equal grace and vigor in
popularizing theology in teaching Cath
olic doctrine, and in refuting the objec
tions of its opponents. His career may
be summed up in the words which his
church applies to his order—“a great
priest who in his day hath pleased the
Lord.”
Among those whose merits are most
likely to be considered in selecting a suc
cessor to the deceased Archbishop will
be Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, and Dr.
Corcoran, one of the theologians of the
Vatican Council.
Synopsis of the Public School Law of
Georgia as Amended.
The State Board of Education is com
posed of the Governor, Attorney Gen
eral, Secretary of State, Comptroller
General and State School Commissioner.
The last mentioned official is the chief
executive officer of the Board.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE STATE BOARD.
Holds in trust all devices, etc., for
educational purposes ; deposits educa
tional funds with the State Treasurer
for safe keeping; shall report to the
Legislature, at the annual meeting of
that body, an account in detail of the
acts and doings of said Board.
THE STATE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
is appointed by the Governor and con
firmed by the Senate ; is charged with
the administration of the system of
public instruction ; prescribes suitable
forms and regulations for making re
ports and conducting necessary proceed
ings under the law ; shall visit as often
as possible the several Senatorial Dis
tricts for the purpose of counselling
with school officers and the people in
the interest of popular education ; ap
portions equitably the school moneys up
on the basis of the aggregate of youths be
tween six and twenty-one years of age ;
makes an annual report to the Legisla
ture ; has authority to require copies of
all reports at the hands of local Boards
of Education, school officers, Clerks and
Treasurers of counties, Recorders and
Treasurers of cities and villages ; re
ceives a salary of $2,500 per annum ;
traveling expenses incurred in the per
formance of his official duties paid out
of the school fund ; shall send to the
Ordinary of each county, immediately
after adjournment of the Legislature, a
correct statement of the fund stand
ing to the credit of his county in the
treasury of the State for educational
purposes ;is not allowed a clerk. The
Ordinary places this statement before
the County Board of Education at its
first meeting after the election of the
members thereof.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Each county constitutes a school dis
trict under the control of a
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The Grand July, at the first session
after the passage of this act, selects five
free holders, who become the County
Board ; three hold office for two years,
and two for four years, but all after the
first election hold for four years ; they
are to meet quarterly ; receive $2 per
day for service rendered ; are forbidden
to remain in session longer than one
day ; no compensation allowed for other
than quarterly meetings; are invested
with the title, care, and custody of all
school houses, sites, school libraries,
etc., as now organized, with power to
control the same in such manner as they
think may best will subserve the interest
of common schools ; may establish such
graded schools as they may think proper,
with full power in respect to such
schools to employ, pay, and dismiss
teachers, build, repair and furnish
school houses, etc. ; may provide even
ing schools for such youth as, by their
daily occupations, are prevented from at
tending day schools; shall, with the
County Commissioner, make the neces
sary provisions for continuing in opera
tion the schools over which they have
jurisdiction, for the term of six months
iu the year ; in case the Board fails in
this duty of continuing the schools in
operation, the county is debarred from
receiving any portion of the State fund
the next year; must issue an order,
countersigned by the County School
Commissioner, upon the Treasurer for
the disbursement of the county’s share
of the State fund, which is ordered to be
deposited with said Treasurer; shall
prescribe from time to time such text
books and books of reference as shall be
used in the common schools of the coun
ty.
THE COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER
is chosen by the Board of Education ;
holds office for the term of four years ;
duties same as under the original law ;
shall be allowed a per diem of not less
than $3, nor more than $5.
COUNTY SCHOOL FUND.
On the receipt of the State School Com
missioner’s satement as to the amount to
tho credit of the county in the State
Treasury, the County Board shall make
an estimate of the sum necessary, in ad
dition to what will be received from the
State, to carry on the schools six months
in the year [there is no inhibition
against carrying on the schools for a
longer term if the Board so desire],
which estimate the Board places before
the Grand Jury, who, approving said
estimate, shall authorize the Ordinary
or County Commissioner to levy a tax
sufficient to raise the required amount.
THE STATE FUND
arises from the poll tax, special tax on
shows and exhibitions, sale of spirituous
and malt liquors, and one-half the net
earnings of the Western & Atlantic Rail
road ; these funds are to be kept sepa
rate from other moneys in the Treasu
ry, and must not be invested in State
bonds.
INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
Any city with five thousand inhabi- J
tents, or any county, under authority !
from the General Assembly of this State, j
may organize an independent public'
school system; may receive their just ]
proportion of the State fund, but the |
chief executive officer of such system j
must make the reports required of
County School Commissioners.
Narrow Gauge Convention. —An im
portant convention, composed of all the
narrow gauge railroad companies of the
United States, is to be held in St. Louis
next June, for the purpose of discuss
ing the question whether railroads of
this description will answer the purpose
of roads of wider gauge, and generally
of ascertaining their cost, the expense
of operating them and koeping them in
repair, the relations of their freight
capacity to the demands of the country,
their safety and accommodations as res
pects passenger traffic, and what gener
al system ought to be adopted in their
construction and management. The
convention, it is said, will be attended
by the most eminent civil engineers and
railroad builders of the country, and
may perhaps result in anew departure
in its railway history.
The Roads. —We learn that the dif
ferent roads in the county are in very
bad condition, and there are many com
plaints made by the farmers. With the
bad weather which we have had for
the past two or three weeks it would be
surprising if the roads were not very
much cut up. But it is said that even
in good weather the roads are bad, and
that tne ditches and drains are in a
miserable condition. The force of road
hands, if not sufficiently large, should
be greatly augmented and work vigorous
ly pushed. We hope that the authori
ties who have charge of-the roads will
attend t# the natter at «h.
NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 8.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Lorenzo S. Stewart and John Bonner,
old and esteemed residents of Hancock
county, are dead.
Mr. J. C. Dixon shot and killed a
negro, Andrew Warthen, in an affray
near Sparta, Saturday.
Bishop George F. Pierce reached his
sixty-first birthday on the third cf this
month.
A Macon paper speaks of Theo. Thom
as as without a peer as a conductor and
“in the rendition of the old mrestros.”
Major S. J. Gorton, a good man, has
been elected Ordinary of Glynn county,
vice the developing Rowe.
It was falsely reported that the Post
master of Brunswick was a defaulter
to the tune of $1,900. It was only S4OO,
and he paid up like a man.
Brunswick has only four candidates
for Mayor, with two-thirds of the city
yet to be heard from.
A company has been organized in At
lanta to build steam road wagons, and,
strange to say, none of the Kimballs
have a finger in the pie.
A religious war, for the succession be
tween the partisans of two colored
preachers, is running Savannah crazy.
Twenty-five policemen preserve order in
the Church very nicely.
Rev. Dr. Robert Irvine, of this city,
lectured before the Georgia Historical
Society in Savannah yesterday. His
subjeot was “ The Anglo Saxon, his Past
and Future.”
Night Doctors. —A New York paper
says there is a singular superstition
among the more ignorant of the colored
people relative to the existence of what
they commonly term “night doctors.”
The same absurd idea prevails, we learn,
to some extent in Augusta. Tho “night
doctors” they believo to lie medical
students. According to popular report
among that class referred to, theso
“night doctors” perambulate the streets
in pairs about midnight, and between
that time and daybreak searching for
victims for the dissecting room. Armed
with adhesive plasters, they are be
lieved to lie in wait for “subjects” in
dark alleys, from which they stealthily
but quickly emerge whenever a colored
person of suitable proportions passes.
Advancing with muffled steps behind
tho unsu v octing victim, one of these
terrible “nicht doctors” reaches his
hand over tho r houlder of tho colored
man or woman, and dexterously claps
the adhesive plaster over his or her
mouth, in order to prevent any outcry.
while i confederate quickly ties the
arms i.ith a cord, with which ho is pre
pared. Unable to give an alarm, or
make anything like successful resist
ance, the poor victim is placed in a
covered carriage in waiting near by and
carried to the dissecting room, where
he or she is chloroformed into insensi
tivity, and then hied to death by the
heartless students. The dissection of
the body then follows, after which, some
of them think, the body is boiled in a
huge caldron. So firmly are many of
them impressed with the belief that
they are afraid to venture on the streets
at a late hour of the night. It is diffi
cult to say how this absurd hallucina
tion originated, but we imagine that it
must have come down from “ the good
old times” before the war.
A Good Man Has Fallen. —lt is
with the deepest sorrow that we an
nounce the death of Dr. David John
Bothwell, which took place very sud
denly at his residence in this city, on
Sunday afternoon. Dr. Bothwell was a
member of the firm of 1). J. & J. T. Both
well, a leading grocery and commission
house in this place, and, although he
had been in business here but a year or
two, he had won the respect and confi
dence of our people by his high integ
rity of character and affable and cour
teous demeanor in business.
In Southwestern Georgia, where he
lived and practiced his profession for
many years, he was widely known and
was universally beloved by his neighbors
and friends. He represented the county
of Dooly several terms in both branches
of the Legislature, and was, we believe,
a member of the State Convention in
1861. In the death of this most estima
ble gentleman the State has lost ono of
it3 best citizens, while the loss to his
immediate family and friends is irre
parable .
To his bereaved and heart-stricken
widow and children wo tender our
warmest sympathies and condolence, and
trust that He who tempers the wind to
tho shorn lamb will give them strength
and grace to bear this great affliction.
Spurious Fertilizers. —On the 7th
we published an article on spurious
phosphates which someone told Dr.
Means had been brought to Augusta.
Up to that date the Inspector of Fertil
izers in Augusta had received no such
information as Dr. Means says he had
sent to this city, and on diligent inquiry
wo learn, with almost perfect certainty,
that no lot of superphosphate from New
York to Augusta has lately been brought
up by any of the boats, except some
small lots taken from the wharves in Sa
vannah.
The whole story is probably a hoax to
impose on the Chatham county Inspec
tor, or to reflect falsely on the Augusta
trade. Wo have far more apprehen
sion for those who use the “Baking
Powders ” than those who may buy this
imaginary lot of manure. Such a lot
may have been landed at some bluff on
the river. That it has not arrived here
is almost beyond doubt.
Another Ghost. —During tho Winter
ghosts have boen so thick in Augusta
that one can hardly walk the streets
on a dark night without encountering a
visitor from the other world. Tho last
ghost here, with singular taste, has taken
quarters in the Council Chamber. On
last Saturday night persons in the first
story heard in the Council Chamber
overhead the footsteps of one who walk
ed as if with number 9s. An investiga
tion discovered the fact that the Coun
cil Chamber was locked, and that no one
was in it, or, indeed, in the second story
of tl# building. A few hours later the
same noise was heard, and another ex
amination was made and with similar re
sults. The ghost business, like Mark
Twain’s trip across the western desert,
is beooming monotonous, and if some
thing is not done to stop it, every pri
vate residence will have a ghost of its
own, which will disturb the inmates by
doing the most absurd things at the
most absurd times.
Suffocating Mules. —The Savannah
Advertiser says the train on the Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad, due there at
9:15 Monday evening, did not arrive un
til 11:16. The detention was occasioned
at Grahamville, where the train was de
layed until one box car was knocked al
most to pieces in order to give air to a
number of mules shipped at Charleston,
nine of which were found dead from suf
focation when the train reached Graham
ville. There were eighteen mules shut
up in the car altogether, and those that
died will be reshipped by return train
this morning. Evidently a Prof. Berg
is sadly needed in Charleston to give a
iWw wholesome lessons upon the treat-
Bssvt *( animals.
Lease of the South Carolina Rail
road. — The following extract from the
proceedings of the South Carolina Rail
road convention on Tuesday will show
what the situation is with regard to the
lease:
No further business being presented,
Mr. DeLeon moved an adjournment un
til noon on Wednesday, which was with
drawn at the instance of Mr. R. W. Cub
bedge, who offered the following pre
amble and resolution :
Whereas, It is reported that an offer
has been made of a lease of the South
Carolina Railroad for a term of years at
the rate of four per cent, per annum ;
and,
Whereas, The stockholders are de
sirous of getting some return for their
investment; be it therefore
Resolved, That if an offer of live per
cent, or more is made for the lease of our
road, the President and Directors are
hereby authorized to call a meeting of
the stockholders for the purpose of con
sidering any such offer, by giving sixty
days’ notice in the city papers ; all stock
held thirty days prior to said meeting
shall be entitled to vote, and stock
holders passed to and from the meeting
free as usual.
A member rising to second the resolu
tion, said: “I am a stockholder, and 1
will tell you who I am. My name is
John H. James, of Atlanta, Ga., banker.
I run James’ bank. I have eighteen
hundred shares in the South Carolina
Railroad, and have no interest in any
other road, except iu a street railway in
Atlanta. lam Mayor of Atlanta, but I
am not hero as Mayor, but to look after
the interests of Jolm H. James. I want
a dividend on my stock. The president
and directors had done well to put the
road in so good a fix, but if a lease, pay
ing six or seven per cent, could be got
for the road, it would be a big thing.
The lease could be protected by the di
rectors in this city, and it would pay
the stockholders something. And how
could Charleston be damaged'? With a
proper board of directors, it is impossi
ble for the Georgia Central Road to
hedge in Gliaalestou or injure her. It
is an important matter to the city;
and if the Georgia Central offer six or
seven per cent, on a lease, they ought to
have the road. It is said they now con
trol one-third of the South Carolina
Railroad stock. It is worth but forty,
and a lease guaranteed by the Central
Railroad would put the Stock at eighty
—a gain to the stockholders of two and
a half million dollars. I have seen the
sensation pieces in the papers, but these
are for the stockholders alone. One of
the directors of the Georgia Central
Road (Mr. Moses Taylor) is worth thirty
millions of dollars, and, ifhegetshis back
up, can buy up the whole South Carolina
Railroad, and every other road he wants
to. If, then, while you have the road,
you can make a lease of it for six or seven
per cent., it is more than we can get any
other way—that or nothing. You can
guard the lease so that it will work no
injury to Charleston. It is one of the
issues of the day. Meet it like men. I
have no more to say.”
General Tyler here rose, and inquired
of President Magrath if any offer had
officially been made to lease the South
Carolina Road.
The President stated that no such
offer had been made.
General Tyler then moved to lay the
preamble and resolution offered by Mr.
Cubbedge on the table.
The vote was taken, and the preamble
and resolution were laid on the table,
with two dissenting votes—those of the
mover and the seconder.
Who Released Fry ?—Our represen
tative, Col. Snead, hns had the man ar
rested whom, it is alleged, furnished
Fry with the means of escape from the
Atlanta jail. The Constitution says that
several days ago Capt. G. W. Anderson
visited the jail and conversed with the
inmates. From some of the inmates he
learned that the party who gave the
false key to Joseph Fry was a young
man named Willie P. Siler, who had
charge of the hand cart express. He
communicated his intelligence to Col.
Claibom Snead, a momber of the inves
tigating committee, who had a warrant
issued at once for Siler’s arrest. Siler
was arraigned yesterday evening before
Justice Butt. Four of the prisoners of
the jail were brought out to testify.
Avery Davis testified that Siler gave the
key through the gato at the jail to Fry
on the Saturday previous to the escape.
L. E. Kline corroborated Davis. D. S.
Harris testified that Siler handed Wing,
the guard at the jail, a newspaper, and
then handed the key in a bundle of
paper to Fry. Ben. Wilson (colored)
substantiated the others. The key was
identified and so was Siler. Wing testi
fied that when the paper was handed
him his attention was called off by some
body. The witnesses say that Siler
handed the key to Fry in a bundle ; that
Fry first put it in his pocket and after
wards took it out and filed it to fit the
door. Judge Butt required Siler to give
a bond of $5,000. Solicitor General J.
T. Glenn for the State ; General Gartrell
for defendant.
Public Ofiicerh. —The Legislature
passed an act at its last Bession prevent
ing the purchase and sale, or farming
out officers of this State. It provides
that any person or persons who have
been or may hereafter be elected to any
office in this State, who shall sell or
farm out any office to which they shall
have been or may hereafter be elected ;
or that any person or persons who shall
purchase or agree to give any money or
other things of value to a person elected,
for the privilege of exercising the duties
of said office; or agree to divido tho
profits, fees, or emoluments with any
persons so elected, shall be guilty af a
felony ; and on indictment and convic
tion, shall be punished by confinement
and labor in the penitentiary for a term
not less than one, nor longer than three
years.
Death of Hon. John Billups. —A
special dispatch to tho Chronicle k
Sentinel, given in our telegraphic col
umns, announces the death of Hon.
John Billups, of Athens. Mr. Billups
was a very old man, and had been in a
feeble condition for several years pre
vious to his death. He was a prominent
citizen of this State, and was universally
respected and beloved. He took an
active part politics previous to the
war, and was an able and unwavering
supporter of the old and its
doctrines. He was frequently elected
a member of the Georgia Legislature,
served both in the House of Represen
tatives and in the Senate, and was
chosen President of the latter body.
He was also, we believe, a Presidential
elector in several campaigns.
Cotton Stealing. —Several days ago a
quantity of sample cotton was stolen
from the warehouse of C. 11. Phinizy &
Cos., in this city. Two colored men,
John Williams and Jack Green, were
charged with the theft, and W illiams
was arrested, But Green succeeded in
making his escape. Williams was sub
sequently released, but arrested again
on Sunday, and carried before Justice
Snead, who committed him for trial in
default of bond for his appearance.
The latest carpet-bag swindler in Mis
sissippi is u wretch who is busy collect
ing donations from tho negroes to pay
for anew emancipation proclamation,
telling them that the original document
was burned in the great fire at Chicago,
and if another is not speedily gotten up
by means of contributions from them,
they will all be remanded back to slave
ry.
A Scottish lady student, Miss Jessie
Maegregor, has carried off the highest
honors at the British Royal Academy
this year. The gold medal and books
for the best historical painting, “ An Act
of Mercy,” has been awarded to Miss
Maegregor, who is the second female re
cipient of tho honor. Another lady,
Miss J. C. Smith, got the silver medal
for the best drawing from the antique.