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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that parts of the late law were observed in that county, apdpart repudiated, that parts c f old*laws which had been repealed, and parts of the Code w#re brought into requisition , and other parts ignored, it if readily infer red that an election under such circum|- stances, would be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 I; & fjMb 1 .^^HH A Kig* B_gjfcte^ 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 * ' l 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. To Consumptive?. —The advertiser having been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a sim Die remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who deaiie it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (f 'ee of charge), with the di rections for preparing and using the Same, which they will find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, ifcc. Parties wishing the prescription will please ad dress, Rev. ED[WARD A. WILSON, 165 South Second Street, Williamsburg, N. Y. 43-1 y-a . The constitution 'of the State of Georgia, with full marginal notes, and a copious find analy tical index thereto, by John L.. Conley, Attorney at Law. A most useful and convenient book for those wiio desire to be informed as to the consti tution of our State. Prica $1.25. Seat postage paid upon receipt of price. Address; JOHN L. CONLEY. 44_tf Atlanta, Ga. Errors of Youth.—A gentleman who suffer ed for years from Nervous Debility, Premature De cay, and all the effects of youthfjtil indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishinlg tc| profit by the advertis er's experience can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, ]■ JOHN B. OGDEN, 43-ly-a No. 42 Cedar Street, New York. Connubial Felicity I . —Nothing tends more to connubial happiness' than cheerful and healthy infants and children. Mrs. Whitcomb’s Syrup is the great children’s soothing remedy. Otti ciai tdveriisements. 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