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of hi* duties * * * * every such per
son shall be deemed guilty of crime, a and
for such crime shall be liable,” etc.
It is claimed by the distinguished priso
ner that the managers of election were ex
ercising unlawful duties, because, in his
opinion, the law under which they were ac
ting, was unconstitutional. @f that they
should be the better judges, because they
were officers, and were held responsiblefdr
its faithful execution. Were such questior s
left to individuals, there would be no law
of force in the whole land. A law thnt
would be eminently constitutional in the
opinion of one man, might be condemned
as unconstitutional by another, and thus a
whole State, or country, would be in tur
moil and strife, no two agreeing as to wln.t
was the law. If one individual assumes to
construe a law, and act upon his own con
struction of it, he but sets an example thnt
may be followed by any other individual.
Suppose-that certain persons in each com
ty in Georgia liad undertook to construe
the late election law, according to the Vari
ous notions of those persons in the differen t
counties, could it have been possible for
any one out of the whole number to have
hit upon the same plan adopted in Hancock
county*? When it is remembered that
parts of the late law were observed in that
county, apdpart repudiated, that parts c f
old*laws which had been repealed, and parts
of the Code w#re brought into requisition ,
and other parts ignored, it if readily infer
red that an election under such circum|-
stances, would be no election at all, but an
arbitrary dictation of those who had tli3
power to enforce their opinions of the law.
It is shown in the evidence that the ac
cused said |ie would have every man arres
ted who voted without complying with a
law, which the Act of the Legislature, ap
proved October 25, 1870, abrogates. He
also exhibited a warrant, or what was sup
posed to be a yffirraut, for the arrest of the
managers, to one or more of them, and
threatened its service if they did not ae
-1 cede to his construction of the law. These
were certainly attempts to “prevent, Linde:*
an'd obstruct” voters “ from freely exercis
ing the right of suffrage.” These worg'
ami actsi were threats to the end that vo-
might be prevented from voting.
It is thrni shown th£t three of the mana -
gers were arrested, as well as several who
. hud voted without complying with the de -
mand of the-accused, and that the electkm
was stopped. The three managers were
sent to jail, where they remained abou;
four hours, and until a second Board of
Managers had been formed, and had opened
the polls, when they were hailed out by vol -
untary bail from their political opponents
This action had tlifc effect of preventing t,
general election,.from the fact that the 2,-
000 voters in the county, or, according tc
the last registration 2,291, only 792 voted
at the lust board, and 149 at the first, mak
ing a total of 941, which leaves, at the low
est estimate, 1,059 voters in the county who
did not cast, their ballots.
It is also shown that at least two persons
were prevented from voting at the first
board, by the arrest of the managers; and
that the ruling of the second board was
that those who had voted at tlie first board,
could not vote at the second, thus prevent
ing 149 voters from voting, admitting, as
claimed by the accused, that the second
board was the legal one, apd the first illegal.
The board of managers which was bro
ken up by the arrest .of A majority of its
number, is held to bo tlie legal one, and its
members “officers of election,” in the mean
ing of the act of Congress, and they are
therefore entitled to protection under that
act. They having been interfered with by
tlie accused, and no paliating circumstances
having been shown for such action, the
judgment of this Court is that Mr. Linton
Stephens, the defendant in this case, be
bound in a bond of $5,000, to appear at
the next term of the United States Circuit
Court for the. Southern District of Georgia,
to be. held at Savannah, April 10th, 1871,
THE UN ION
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Official Paper of the United States.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
MACON, GA., FEBRUARY 2, 1871.
TO CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
With this issue of the Union, a large
muiiber of campaign subscriptions expire,
aud the lists will be struck from our books.
We hope the Union has sufficiently ingra
tiated itself in the good opinion of its tern-*
porary readers to warrant us in the hope
that each and every one will send up his
siibscription for the year. Rally friends,
and let us visit you during the year 1871.
Subscription only $2.00 a year or SI.OO for
six months. v * '
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WHAT WHITE RADICALS THINK OF
BLACK RADICALS.
The election in Alabama has gone Dem
ocratic by 3,000 majority, proving the fal
lacy- of forcing colored candidates upon the
people before they are competent to fill of
fices, and before the people have overcome
their prejudices against a race which was
so recently in slavery. If the colored peo
ple persist in forcing themselves before the
people for high offices, they will not only
defeat their prospects for such positions
for all time, but will blast the hopes of the
Republican party—their only friend.
We clip the above from the last issue of
the American Union , an extremely and
thoroughly Radical sheet, published in Ma
con, and print it for the purpose of show
ing the negroes in wliat estimation they
are held by their white brothers. This para
graph, we doubt not, is an honest confes
sion, and expresses the true sentiments of
nine-tenths of the white Radicals. *
• For the purpose of showing the negroes
how they are being gulled ana deceived, let
us look at this matter a moment, and. in
the examination we shall be honeat and
candid.
It is a fact known to all that whenever a j
white man Espouses the cause of Radical
ism, and begins his dirty and disgraceful
work with the negrqes, he looses caste in
the community and forfeits the respect and
confidence of the whites. Then, if this be
true we desire rhe colored man to tell us.
i why the white man makes this sacrifice ?
And why is it that you do not see men of
wealth, influence and respectability joining
the Radicals? Simply because the “poor
white trash” have to go among you to ob
tain influence and office. Colored people,
look in your midst and see the white men
who have .joined you and then see who they
are, and who they have been. Look into
this, and then ask yourselves why they come
among you, and see if you can find but one
answer to the question. They come among
you to get office and control yoiif wotes.
Were it not for office, they would see the
last one of you dead and at the devil before
they would mix and mingle with you as
they do. And if you don’t nominate them
for office you will see how quick they will
turn against you.
We hope the colored people will not be
led about and controlled Ipy worthless white
men, who only want their votes. When
these fellows come and join your party put
them on probation, as the Methodists used
to do all who joined them. Don’t let them
come and immediately begin to control.—
Keep them on back se&ts, for a few years
until they prove themselves true. _.Make
them vote for you for office,instead'of your
voting for them You have a better right
to the offices than they have. Don’t let
them deceive you by saying that your run
ning for office will break down the Radical
party. That’s all “stuff,” for you should
remember, that you are the Radical party,
not the few poor whites who are with you
only for office. You have the best right—
don’t let them lea*d you any longer. * If
you want white men to fill the offices vote
for good white men, men of principle, char
acter and standing, who will do right by
all parties. For God sake don’t vote for
those miserable creatures who leave their
own race and go to you for the
sake of office. Don’t do this.
Several weeks ago we cut the loregoing
from the columns of the Sumter Republican,
and our limited space has precluded our
presentation of it before this time. It con
tains a point or two which we desire to
canvas, for the purpose of showing the un
principled corruption of the Democratic
doctrine, and of the paper which put it
forth.
According to the authority of the Repub
lican, no man can be a Republican from
principle, which suggests the inference that
die is governed by the same rule, and is a
Democrat because lie has not the courage
to meet tlie frowns of the whites, or assert
opinions that would sacrifice his personal
standing among the aristocracy. He deems
it a sacrifice to t?e independent enough to
assert his opiuions—4,o speak the truth in
dependent of the • assaults of those to
whose favor he must look for his bread and
butter. He is, then, but a vagrant living
upon the charity of his neighbors, whose
charity he stimulates by liis sycophancy.
When we are driven to that extremity, we
shall cease to be a public journal, and ply
the vocation of a beggar on the street cor
ners. ; ■ I
It may be that there are some 'men who
align themselves with the Republican par
ty for spoils. There are bad men in all
parties; but this confession of the Republi
can demonstrates that it is of that grade in
the Democratic party. It apes respectabil
ity and talks of wealth and influence, as if
it was their representative. It sticks to
that position, and panders to every caprice
and prejudice for the money there is in it,
and then calls itself respectable!
We assume to be a guide to public opin
ion, and not a mere truculent follower of it
for the sake of tlie dollars there is in it.
We assume to speak our mind to those who
filaim allegiance to our party the same as
if they were our opponents. We propose
to correct the faults of our own party as well
as expose the errors of those opposed to us;
hence the paragraph'which has called forth
the mock indignation of the Republican,
which instead of stating our position hon
estly and correctly, seeks to place us in a
false position and then point the finger of
levity at us.
What we said in. our paragraph, upon
which the Republican comments, we reiter- 1
ate. We do not condemn the principle of
colored men running for or holding office
they have the same right that any other
men have; they should remember that they
have not only a wily and unprincipled par- j
ty to contend against, but a deep seated
race, prejudice to overcome in their own
party, wliich-nothing but time and intelli
gence will master. See the result in the
Georgia election. It came partially from
the colored people insisting upon control
ing nominations, and partially from their!
faithlessness to the nominations when made,
for none dare say that Georgia is not a Re
publican State by twenty to forty thousand
majority. With their inexperience in par
ty management, what else but defeat could
be expected, when so large a number were
pressing forward for office ? We say now,
as we said before, that if they persist in
seeking places for which they are in no
way qualified, the day is not *far distant
when they will not only be denied the right
to hold office, but the right to vote will be
snatched from them by the men who get
into office while they are scrambling to de
feat white Republicans because they are
white.
i*■ 0 ; ’
We understand that the Atlanta
Constitution has become conscience stricken
on account of the money it has received
for publishing the Governor’s Proclama
tions, and it is expected that it will i-efund
the whole to the Treasurer of the State.
That’s patriotism.
THE HEW APPOETIOHMEHT.
Judge Murcur, of the House Judiciary
Committee, to which was referred the sub
ject of the new congressional apportion
ment, has prepared a bill on the subject for
the consideration of Congress. It is pro- i
posed to have the new apportionment goj
into effect with the commencement of the
forty-third Congress. The ratio proposed
is one member for every 137,800 inhabitants,
giving an additional representative to
State for a fractional part, exceeding one
half, of’the above ratio. The following
table shows the number of representatives i
each State will be entitled to under the
bill. \. j .
The bill proposes that from and after the
3d day of March, 1873, the House of Rep
resentatives sliallße composed of 280 mem
bers, to be apportioned among the several
States in accordance with the provisions of
this act, as follows:
States. Rep’s. States. Rep’s.
Vermont .2 Kentucky .10
New Hampshire 2 Tennessee 9 ;
Maine .5 Indiana. ... . .12
Massachusetts... ..'. .11 Illinois 18 I
Rhode Island 2 Missouri ........,... .12
Connecticut J .. .4 Arkansas .............4 !
New York. .-. .32 Michigan .9
New Jersey ~.:7 Florida 1
Pennsylvania 20 Texas 6
Delaware 1 lowa ... ~. .9
Maryland OXVisconsin .8
Virginia •; California.... 4
North Carolina . ... .8 Minnesota .3
South Carolina.... 5 Oregon ..1
Georgia .9 Kansas . ............3
Alabama ....*.. TjWest Virginia, ... .. .3
Mississippi. ......* 6 Nevada .1
Louisiana s;Nebraska 1
0hi0...;. *.l9^
A proviso is inserted that after such ap
portionment shall have been made, when
any new State shall be admitted to the Un
ion, the Representative or Representatives
of such new State shall be additional to the
number of 280, herein limited.
, The New Orleans Times in speaking
of the hangers on for political crumbs
about Washington, refers to Sambard in
this fashion:
“And so on, even down to that ancient
trimmer who once flourished in these parts,
known as Dr. Sam. Bard, who of late years
has stumbled into notoriety and the favor of
Grant somewhere in Georgia. The once
dubious name of Doctor has recently been
merged in the higher sounding and more
definite one of Governor. Governor Sam
Bard was once known in this State, as a
most indefatigable and serviceable tool of
small polilicans for very small jobs. Gov.,
Sam is disgusted with the inadequacy of
the compensation of the Governorship of
Idaho, as a reward for his illustrious servi
ces in the support of Grant, and howls vig
orously against the short comings of his
whilome idol.”
So It seems that, notwithstanding that
Samuel has gone over to the Democrats,
and would fellowship with them, their news
papers delight in going for him with a sharp
stick. From the above we are led to know
that Sambard was in Louisiana jnst what
he is in Georgia; a “serviceable tool .of
small politicians for very small jobs.”
Sk gy 0 Campaign, subscribers should bear
in mind that the Union will be discontinued
at the expiration of the time for which it
was| subscribed, if they do not renew.—
Send up your money and get a good paper.
THAT’S EIGHT.
Alfred Richardson, colored Representa
tive in the Legislature, who lives at Watkins
ville was visited a few nights ago by Geor
gia’s chivalry, and after they had surround
ed the house, like pure cowards, began to
shoot into it. Three shots are said to have
taken effect upon Richardson. Thinking
they j * had finished their victim, they en
tered the house for the purpose of applying
the torch, but the leader was saluted with
a discharge from 4 shot gun, which settled
his account right there. The balance of the
gang fled, carrying off their dead comrade.
Richardson is not seriously wounded, and
will soon recover. It the negroes of the
South would, in all cases, defend themsleves
in tins manner,, there would be less fun in
Ku-Kluxing, and fewer Ku-Klux.
UgL Atlanta, it seems is not "exempt
from the raids of modern chivalry. A few
nights ago, somebody c hung Gov. Bullock,
Ex-Gov. Brown, Hon. Foster Blodgett and
Mr. H. I. Kimball in effigy. Tnis is anoth
er exhibition of that manhood of which so
many boast in this section of the country,
and -fvho are usually found in the Demo
cratic party. Too cowardly to confront
men against whom they would vent their
spleen, they seek the cover of night to do
their craven work.
When will this generation of sneaking
cowards pass away, and give place to men
who will refuse to harbor a sentiment they
are afraid or ashamed to utter ?
EUROPEAN WAR ENDED.
The latest news from the seat of war in
Europe, assures us that the war has at last
ended, and just as we predicted it would
end when the news of the surrender of Nap
oleon came. Paris has been captured, an
armistice has been declared until the 19th
of February, and the victorious Germans
are furnishing provisions to the famished
Parisians. ‘ It is scarcely possible that hos
tilities will be renewed.
Campaign subscribers, whose time is
now, or Fooii will be out, should renew their
subscriptions at once, and thus secure a
good Republican paper for 1871.
;• ■.’■ija :j
Henderson & Fleming, seed mer
chants and growers of New York, sends us
their annual descriptive catalogue of Flow
er, Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds. It
include.-, the largest variety we have yet
seen Those wishing seeds for the coming
planting season, will do well to send for a
catalogue. , ;
(Cotrespomtcuff.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Senatorial Question —A rush of Business
before Congress—Steamship Subsidies—A
Reward—The Ku-Klux Investigation—A
National School System—-The Case of Con
gressman Butler.
4 Washington, D. C., Jan. 27, 1871.;
The Georgia Senatorial ‘question still
hangs fire, but we are promised that it 3hall
be pushed on early next week. I still be
lieve that if either of the claimants are ad
mitted, it will be Messrs. Farrow and White
ley. Mr. Corker has been admitted to the
House; his seat will not be; contested as
there is not time to do so during the pres
ent session, with the close of which his
term expires. The issue Jwill be raised in
the 42d Congress as to the legality of the
declared majority in the Fifth District.
There has been a great rush of business be
fore Congress during the last week, and it
is proposed now not to take up any new
business after the first of February, so that
the calender may be cleared so far as pos
sible. There is a strong lobby pressing
steamship subsidies for,different Southern
ports, but t# opinion is that nothing can
be accomplished the present session. No
civil service bill can be passed at this ses
sion, for the reason that Cogrt ssmen cannot
agree to surrender their influence as mem
bers. As I have said before, the very es
sence of the proposed civil se: 'vice reforiii is
to take away* all the patronage of Congress
men, and they will think moie than twice
before they give their consent to this. It is
as good a time perhaps as any if a change is
to be made. :
Republics are not always ungrateful.—
Sergeant Robinson, who saved by his inlie
pedity, the life of ex-Secretary Seward and
came near loosing his own <pn the night
President Lincoln was assassinated, has
just been awarded $5,000 by Congress; bet
ter late,than never. There is scarcely any
probability of the test oath be .ng abolished,
though a committee has the subject under
consideration, and may make a favorable
report. The recent outrages in the South
will cause Congress to pause in this as well
as all other legislation tending to relieve
traitors. The special committee of the
Senate appointed to ascertain the true con
dition of affairs at the South, have already
received some startling developments. The
condition of things in South Carolina is
truly deplorable. A Union 4 an s
hot safe in many parts of that State. South
ern delegations are moving earnestly in the
matter of securing aud maintaining com
mon schools in their respective States.—
Several caucuses have been held on this
subject, but no deffinite plan has not as yet
been agreed upon, except a desire to estab
lish a National School System, which is
deemed unconstitutional’ and! inexpedient
by many Congressmen. A gentleman just
arrived here- from North Alabama, says that
for a Union man to live there isi next to im
possible. The people talk opjemly of fight
ing for their rights again. Leading public
men here believe that there will be another
civil war within ten years. When that war
ends, if it does come, there will be iio reb
els left to tell their tale.
Congressman Butler, of Tennessee, was
tried for forgery to-day and honorably ac
quitted. The Court said there was no
ground whatever for the indictment. The
truth of the whole matter is the rebels con
cocted this charge to defeat Biitler last fall.
They failed in that and he walked out of
Court to-day with an untarnished name.
Curiosity hunters are busily engaged just
now in tracing out the genealogical line of
Bob Lee. We. shall next bear of a search
after the antecedents of the family of Ben
edict Arnold, if things goes on. Our Vin
nie Reams Statute of Lincoln was unveiled
here on Thursday evening. This history of
this “work of art” is yet to be written. It
is as good a representation of Lincoln
perhaps as any ordinary stone-icutter could
make, Senator Carpenter to the contrary
notwithstanding. The city is crowded with*
strangers, and Washington is gayer if any
thing this winter than ever before. It is
one grand carnival time. ' Damquon.
SPECIAL LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, D. 9 C., Jan. 28, 1871. r
The letter recently put in circulation by
Alexander H. Stephens, wherein he explains
the motives Causing his withdrawal from
the company of* Cameron, Brown, Delano,
et. al. formed for the purpose of leasing the
State Railroad, receives pretty severe com-
ments in Washington circles. His letter
evidences that he considered the scheme in
the light of a strictly honest transaction
primarily, but learning that other parties
has offered a much larger sum for the lease,
his conscience would not permit him to in
jure the State exchequer, and he modest
ly withdrew.
Dr. Cains once avowed his intention of
permitting no honest fellow to enter his
closet, and we think all corporations better
off when free from the presence of such
honest fellows as the subject of this’ para
graph. Where was this mimosa-like sen
sitiveness in 1861, wnen he arrayed himself
against the government within,whose gra
cious lap he had been fostered ? Did his
tender heart never upbraid him for herd
ing with a crew of traitors seeking to de
stroy the life of the Republic which every
honest American citizen is bound to cherish
and defend ? For long years he was a par
asite on the body politic; he grew gray in
the receipt of civic favors, and actually
ground tht> hair from his cranium in but
ting and nudging the lacteal fount of the
Federal heifer t / make her '‘give down!”
Still this honest man would plant a dagger
in the heart which had nourished him. We
wonder if the hecatomb of lives he assisted
in sacrificing never preys upon that sensa
tive conscience?
We should imagine that the agonized
groans of the mangled soldiers, the deso
late, heart-broken sobs of the wife and
mother, and the wail of the fatherless in
fant would sound an eternal dirge in his
ears, and that remorseful memory, as an
unrelenting Nemises, would lash him cease
lessly with a whii of scorpions. The blood
of thousands and tens of thousands who
perished during the late war cries aloud to
Heaven for vengeance, and the whole seeth
ing and foaming volume of Niagara cannot
obliterate the sta ns of treason with which
his soul is dyed Avery honest fellow,
forsooth!
Among the Senators elect from Georgia
we notice the name of our esteemed friend
Hon. Foster Bkdgett, whose ever-genial
disposition, and nnate kindness of heart
have won him i myriads of friends, and in
no place is he more fully appreciated than
here. His apartment at the National Ho
tel during his recent brief visit to the
Capitol, was literally flooded with visitors
from morning till night, and it was flic next
thing to an impossibility for even an old
acquaintance to get a word in private with
him. Among the habitues of his parlor were
constantly to be met many of the most il
lustrious characters whose names add bril
liantly to the social and political circles of
our country. His unavoidable absence, we
learn, lias caused l delay in the qualifica
tions of Senators Farrow and Wliiteley.
There is no reason to doubt that either of
the gentlemen named will be denied a seat
in the Senate, it :s simply a question of
time with them, and we are informed,by a
public functionary whose opinion on the
subject cannot be doubted, that if Senator
Blodgett had not been obliged to leave town,
Messrs. Farrow and Wliiteley would ere
now have been in their seats. His State
most certainly owes him a lasting debt of
gratitude for his patriotic devotions to
her interests. Notwithstanding the bril
liant offers made by rival factions, which
would have dazzled the senses of a weaker
mail, he has ever remained leal and faithful
to the principles and his party, a diligent
public servant, and a sagacious leader.
The citizens of his State have done well in
selecting him to represent their interests
in the Senate of the United States; it is - a
distinction which he has richly merited,
and a proper recognition of liis eminent
services.
It may be somewhat premative to men
tion at this date idiat James M. McGrew,
Esq., Chief Clerk of the office of the Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Post-Office De
partment, is one popular gen
tlemen in Washingt(flrboth among South
ern and Northern members, and his name
is already mentioned iu connection with the
next clerkship of the House. We are not
personally acquainted with Mr. McGrew,
but he is reported so be endowed with bril
liant mental attainment, and executive abil
ities of the first older, while at the same
time he is one of tike most urbane and cour
teous men to be met with at the Capitol.
Should he be inclined to accept the positions
named he will unquestionable receive the
full support of every Southern member.
Hon. J. F. Long, the new Representative
from the Fourth District, (?) is morally cer
tain of making his mark in the House. Al
though a colored he is in an eminent
degree what Horace Greeley denominates a
“pan of brains.” jde is a splendid debater,
and meets an antagonist with all the con
summate skill of u scienced fencer. His
action though nervous, and animated to a
degree, is lucid, ! ar|d always to the point,
and he is fully able to hold his hand against
any one in the House of Representatives.
His thoughts run in deeper and more direct
channels than those of Senator Revels, and
his intellectual resc urces are far greater,
and he possesses 1 more honesty
than the blatant Toombs, whose seat he.
now fills! Mr. Lon" marks an era in the
politics of Georgia. Earl Lynde.
mites.
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those wiio desire to be informed as to the consti
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paid upon receipt of price. Address;
JOHN L. CONLEY.
44_tf Atlanta, Ga.
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A Proclamation.
(GEORGIA)
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of so i<l siitfe
WHEREAS, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department that a murder was com
mitted in the county of Newton on the 4th day of
July,. 186.7, upon the body of James R. Lester, by
one
GEORGE PRESNELL, J .
And that said Preshell has tied from justice ; and
Whereas, The Sheriff of said county ot Newton
certifies to the that he has made every possible ef
fort in his power to apprehend the said Presnell,
but without avail; and that the offering of a suit*
ble reward is essential as a means of making cer
tain the arrest of said Presnell:
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue
this, my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for tlfe apprehen
sion and delivery of the said Presnell with evi
dence sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of said
county and State, in -order that he may ho brought
to, trial for the offense with which lie stands
charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this fifteenth
day of December,in the year of our Lord Eighteen
Hundred and Heveiify v mhl of {lie Independence'
of the United States of America the Ninety-filth.
RUFUS IJ. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
48-41 David G. '('ottino, Secretary of-State:
A Proclamation.
(GEORGIA.)
BY RUFUS B, BULLOCK,
(itwrnor of soul S/of<\
WHEREAS, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department that a murder was com
mitted in the county ot Schley on the 22d day of
December last, upon the body of Sanders Bur
nett, by one ,
W. 11. COOK, 1 ,
As is alleged, and that said Cook has lied troln jus
tice :
I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this,
my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of,
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the apprehen
sion and delivery of the said Cook, with proof suf
ficient to convict, to the Sheriff of said county and
State.
And I do moreover charge and require all offi
cers in this State, civil and military, to be vigilant
in endeavoring to apprehend the said Cook, in or
der that he mqy he brought to trial for the offense
with which fie stands charged.
Given under iny hand and the Great Seal of the
State at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 14th day of
January, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hun
dred and Sevent v-One, and of the Independence
of the United States of America, the Ninety
fiftli, j RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor :
50-41 David G. Cutting, Secretary of State.
* A Proclamation.
. ‘ / . .. •_
(GEORGIA .)
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said Stale.
WHEREAS, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department, that on the night of
the 22nd inst., being the last day of the late elec
tion, the ballot-box at Morgan, the county site of
Calhoun county, was stolen from the Grand Jury
room iu the Court House of said county,, where
the same had been deposited by three of the man
agers appointed to hold the election at said pre
cinct, after having securely fastened the windows
and locked the door, evidently for the purpose of
interferring with the result of
Whereas, It is alledgcd that- -some* unknown
person or persons ascended’ to the window on the
outside of the room, stealing and carrying away
the said ballot-box ; and
Wiieueas, It is reported by the said managers
holding the election at the precinct aforesaid, that
the offering of a suitable reward is essential as a
means of insuring the arrest and conviction of the
said person or persons, at present unknown, who,
it is alleged, have committed this outrage against
the elective franchise and against the laws of this
State and of the United States.
Now, therefore, in order to vindicate the majes
ty of the law and to protect, the sacredncss of the
ballot-box, 1, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor of this
Stale, do hereby issue this, my proclamation, offer
ing a reward of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
for the apprehension and delivery of the person or
persons eugaged in the perpetration of the heinous
arid mischievous outrage before recited, witli evi
dence to convict,to Hie Sheriff of the county of Cal
houn. '
Given under my hand and tihe Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 31st day ot
December, in the,year of our Lord, Eighteen
Hundred and Seventy, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor: '
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State.
48-41
k * EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. I
Atlanta, Ga., January 3,1871. )
ORDERED: That the Hon. O. A. Looiirane,
of the county of Fulton, be, and lie is hereby, ap
pointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this
State, to hold said office until liis successor is ap
pointed, and that he be commissioned accordingly.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Execu
tive Department, ;it the capitol in Atlanta, the
day and year above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
H. C. ’Corson, Secretary of Exec. Dep’t.
48-41
Notice to Brick Makers.
State Lunatic Asylum, /
Near Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 14, 1871. j
BY Authority of the Board of Trustees, the un
dersigned will receive sealed proposals,'up to
the 15th of February next, foi the manufacture,
upon the premises of the Asylum, of iroin one to
three million of good brick, lor building purposes.
Suitable Clay, Sand and Water, are abundant, and
convenient, and the contractor can obtain the nec
essary fuel from parties in the vicinity. Persons
desiring to make proposals must visit the premis
es, to acquire such information as may be neces
sary to enable them to bid understandingly.
THOMAS F. GREEN,
49-31 • Superintendent, &c.
BLANKS, Cards, Handbills, Posters, Circulars
Pamphlets, and every variety ol Printing done
in as neat style, and as cheap, on short notice, as
any off! re in the State. q