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COLUMBUS, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1872.
Volume XLIV.-No. 22.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN Editor.
COLUMBUS»
THURSDAY MAY 23, 1872.
—Terms of HnbwHptloa-
‘•1'irlf Flirt*.”
The article under this heading, copied
from one of the leading Grant pipers,
APALACHICOLA.
Ono of the editors of the Macon Tele
graph, corresponding with that papor
from the fishing excursion that latsly took
the river at Columbus on the Baudy
Moore, gives the following gloomy ac
count of Apalachicola aa it now ia.
Closely connected as that city waa with
Columbus, in the days of her prosperity,
our people can but contemplate with sad-
m*ss her great and rapid decline, and still
iudnlge the hope that the fat are has in
will, we suppose, effectually dispel the h ture for hur a return of business activity
hallucination of «uy politician who may j and commercial importance :
vlulging the apprehension that tho
Radical Convention at Philadelphia will
endorse Greeley and Drown!
Apalachicola* tho “third cotton port of
thu Gulf," ia uow in a state of collapse.
The town is here—built to aocommodate
four or five thousaud people, and ship a
little bhoit of 200,000 bales of cotton
.unally. .She Las ahippedover 180,000.
A Little Too Kxrlstlve.
. . | til.uI.*..it. uiio unn ouiiiupu umji iou.uuu.
lhu l>»l>ers giv. rrpotls of * | Whu t h£. .hip. now .-onld b. Mured io a
* ~ tn . fl #t The railways have diverted
trade and t ruusportutiun the other way.
meeting of Democrats friendly to Greeley
nud lirowu, held in that city on Saturday
night. It was respectably attended.
Col. Ciucinnatna Peeples presided, nud
speeches were made by Ucu. Garlingtou,
Mr. Saiuucl Hoyle, Col. T. C. How aid,
and Col. John 'lliotnns. The following
resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, We, a portion of the Demo
cratic paity of Fulton county, deem it
inexpedient for tho Nstioual Democratic
party to nominate candidates for the
President y and Vice Presidency of the
Failed Status at the preseut juncture of
affairs; therefore, he it
Hest.lved, That it is the uense of this
inmting that uo nomination should bo
made by tho party; be it further
Ucm Jvod, That vur delegates to the
Hum Convention l>o requested to vote
ngaiust the same. He it lurther
Resolved, That should the party, in
National Convention assembled, nominate
candidates, we hereby pledge ourselves to
give them our hearty support.
Wo respectfully submit that the exclu
sive call under w hich this meeting assem
bled is not the proper way to Bottle the*
question whether Georgia, in. the Haiti-
more Convention, shall vote for or against
the acceptance or acquiescence iu .the
nomination v»f Greeley and Hrowu. Tint
calls should invito the attendance of all
Deinocrots, and tho real sense of the
party should he ascertained ns nearly ns
possible. Jf we accept Greeley and
Hrowu. lei it he done in such a way us to
unite, not divide the pnrty. We do not
w ishdo see a Democratic endorsement of
Greeley and ltruwu unless a majority of
the party desire it, and tho wish of the
majority canuot he satisfactorily ascer
tained by meetings to which only the
frieuds of Greeley and Hrowu are invited.
A reporter of tho New York World
status that ho had an interview on Tues
day last w ith Hon. O. H. Stevens, one of
the Now York Liberal State Committee;
that Mr. Stevens had just left Mr. Gree
ley ; and that he saw a letter from Hon.
John Rrockiuridge, promising Sir.
Greeley his support, and offering to speak
at the first mass mooting hold in New
York e.ty under tho auspices of the Liber
al Kopuhlicsnn.
Itev. J. M. Mitchell, Hector of Christ
Church, Savannah, was deposed on Sat
urday last, by order of Hisbop Heck with,
and at once left the city, with his family.
Reports of indeceut conduct by Dr.
Mitchell had for soiuo time been in circu
lation, nil of which he denied with a show
of much indignation, and a late investi
gation of them by tho Hishop and the
Vestry of tho Church resulted iu tho con
clusion that tho accused was innocent.
Hut, a few days ago, ho confessed his
guilt, and was deposed as above stated.
Jlo is a Northern mnn by birth, and hud
filled his ministerial position in Savanuah
about four years- succeeding the Umeuted
Hishop I'.Uiott as officiating Hector of
Christ Church.
We learn from the Savannah papers that
the expected “affair of honor" between
two of their citizens was “honorably
adjusted" without bloodshed. That’s
sensible.
Tho Griffin At ten reports the destruc
tion by lire of tho tobacco factory of J.
E. Paukey, Esq., at Sharpshnrg, on the
Savannah, Griffin A North Alubama ltuil-
road. Loss about $3,000.
Mr. J. P. Saw-toll offers for sale the
office of tho Cuthbert Appeal. The entire
establishment and business—but not an
interest iu it—will ho sold at a bargain,
If not sold by tho middle of August, it
will he withdrawn from the market. Tho
Appeal is a w ell established paper, and
would no doubt prove a profitable invest
ment.
A storm on the Kith inst. blew off a
considerable portion of the roof of the
Capitol at Columbia, S. C. The heavy
timbers fell into tho hall of the House of
Representatives, crashing many desks,
seats, Ac. Unfortunately, the Legislature
was not iu session.
A niQch esteemed old Alabama friend,
whoso advice wa«hava always found sensi
ble and judicious (and who, by the way,
highly compliments us by styling the
Enquirer the “Old Ship of Zion"), writes
from Henry county, Ala., to request
copy the letter of Mr. John M. Harrell to
tho New York Worlds iu reply to an edi-
They say there are about 1,100 people
w— mostly negroes. Thera are
three saw nulls—ono of them a largo
establishment, capable of over .*>0,000 feet
a day. The logs oouio duwu mostly from
the Flint liver. The lumber finds a mar-
t in the West Indies, nud South Aiueri-
ii poit*, nud uliuoxt everywhere else.
That is about all the business of the
town, except the shipment of oysters
during the winter to the towns up the
river. ****•••
Heal estate here is surprisingly cheap.
I reckon you could buy au acre of three-
story storehouses, built of Northern brick
and granite, at about ninety per ceut.
Jiaoouiil oil first cost. There are splendid
fire-proof cot ton warehouses here, equal
to four or live thousand bales apiece,
w hich might bo bought, I luny say, for the
eofrt of tho iron shutters. There are many
beautiful rcHidenrusembowered iu flower
ing shrubbery and still iu the good order
g u genteel priva'e residence, all
deserted, and tin ro are numerous others
luges of gi eater or less dilapidation,
t is cunIoun to go iuto the deserted
shops and warehouses and see in many of
them the indicia of active business, luid
aside, ns if the occupants had only quit
for the day. The “Custom House," on
thu street fronting the wharf, is, howover,
roolkss, hhutterlcHN and doorless, and
that, 1 take it, in the hi-Ht model of a cus
tom bonBO in thu country—the very bust
design for public utility. However, they
siy there is a better one lip town, where
they collect all the duties due on foreign
cattish imported. 'Near it is a billiard
saloon, where anybody cau play free, if
he will only keep his own game. Oppo
site there.is mi oyster saloon, whore tw
of our party, iu quest of bivalv.es, wer
told by the German who kept bar, “Dar
ish knives, ahentleiiieti. and dar isii oys
ters. You helps yourselves, mit notings
to pay—and dut ish hluin English.”
Iu brief, this town is for saleobeap—on
time, without interest. There are fine
dwellings, spacious and airy, still bright-
green wiul white with the labors of the
painter—and here are Hue stores, and
plenty of them, all ready for occupation ;
aud if you won't pay any rent, the owners
will bo glad to havo yon occupy them for
nothing just as long as you please, and
until you rotire ou an ample fortune—for
the people say the place is so healthy you
can’t die here.
"A. II. N." in llpply to l!«r|irr.
Ill tho Atlanta Sun of the 1 Dili, Mr
Stephens, after some preliminary remarks,
makes tho following reply to our corres
pondent “Harper’
Wo have, however, something to say ill
reply to other matters in the article of
“Harper," in the Enquirer.
1. In speaking of us and our position
that it would be better for the causa of
liberty, that its friends, in their efforts to
rescue it from Radical domination, should
be defeat, d in their efforts
the prevent crisis, “Harper" assumes that
our position aiuoiiuts to this : that if we
“cannot elect a Democrat, let Grunt,
all the misrule, military rule, despotism,
impression and thieving gang, remain iu
>!ho<
’ Ac
Now, we are for driving from Power all
this faction of “misrule, military rule
and Despotism" w hich is at present hold
ing revelry ut Washington, and all their
aiders and abettors everywhere. Hut
can this be doue by electing Mr. Gree
ley ?
No ono would more cheerfully support
the ticket nominated at Cincinnati, ia tbs
present condition of sffairs, if thiH result
cau he effected by AJr. Greeley’s election.
To us it seems clear that it cannot be;
for, first and foremost, Mr. Greeley is
one of the chiefs of this faction, if not the
muster spirit of it. Was be not “an aider
and abettor” of the reconstruction i
pations ? Did he not do as muoh, if not
more, by his powerful inlltience, than any
one man living, in inducing the Radical
Dynasty in Congress to put ten Htates of
the Union under that “Military Rule”
and “Despotism” of which “Harper” com
plains, and the oppression of whioh we
all feel so keenly? Au “oppression" and
“Despotism," taken altogether, without a
parallel iu the annals of History! iu there
—can tin re he, any rational prospeot of re-
liof from the.se monstrous wrongs, by
electiug a man who was one of the chief
perpetrators of them ?
2. Harper says: “If he is our friend
now-, shall we reject him because he was
once our uuemy ?*’
This is well put, aud we say a thousand
times, ii need bo, no!
We oppose Air. Greeley, hot because he
was once in favor of those outrages upon
the rights of lhu people and the rights of
the Hiatus under the Federal Constitution,
but because Le is now iu favor of them
Ho uow not only sanctions, all the openly
confessed usurpations, which be did all iu
his power to carry, but fuvors all the in
iquitous features of tLe Euforcemenr Acts
to give them efficiency, not excepting the
iafamoUH Ku-Jvlux act!
Docs “Harper" maintain that any such
uiau is our lriend now? May Heaven
in mercy save ns from all such friends,
now aud forever!
3. Hut “Harper” says Mr. Greeley “novo
proposes to give us general Amnesty, re
move military rule, and leave us to man
age our local uffaira," Ac.
1: this, iu truth, be his real position,
torial of that paper headed “Shall the j -y does he favor the execution of the
Damooratio Party Commit t-nicld.V We Aol«? Why au.'aln th.out-
r-.ni.B i.f Grant under the Ku-Klox Act?
read the letter of Mr. Harrell, a week or
two since, with pleasure, but we did not
preserve the paper containing it. If our
friend will send us a clipping from his
copy, we will publish it.
“Fink," the Now York correspondent
of the Cbaaleston Courier, writes to that
paper concerning the Greeley niovc-
hu show any regard for the
rights of tun people or of the States?
We h ivo not Hire t-* say more to day,
except that Mr. Greeley's “general am
nesty" depends upon the condition that
the people of the Staten shall govern
themselves, and manage “(heir local af
fairs, ’ not an they choose to do, but as he
pleases lo dictate to them. This, in his
estimation, is a free country, and every
.... ... _ man has a light to say aud do anything;
meat and fm-Jiiona in Now \ork, as fol- | )Q t U o ujan hhall say or do anything
lows: “There is not an Assembly Din- agaioRt his views if “bayonets" and sus-
trict in the city that has not its Greeley pension of Habeas Corpus can prevent it.
and Brown Club, and although meetings ®*
are hold nightly, their numbers are in- Ccrrsc in Yank celand.—The New York
creased os fust as the credentials of appli- j Sun is authority for the statement that
cants can be investigated. The enthuri-
at in amuug the young politicians is very
general, aud the masculine votaries of
fashion are deemed behind the times if
they do not wear a ‘Greeley Hat.’ These
hats of coarse are light, and the old gen
tleman hits been the recipient of some
forty presentations of various styles from
ambitious batters here and in other large
cities.” __ _
The Montgomery Advertiser announces
that Gov. Lindsay positively declines to
£e considered a candidate for ra-alection.
though New England was the cradle of
abolitionism, aud bur politicians are the
loudest iu the ory for equal rights, it la
certain that In tio other, part of toe Union
at the preseut day are the colored people
so kept under. They are never permitted
to raise their voices in the legislative
councils, and tho petty office of village
constable is the highest to tirhidk. Any
member of their raoe has sncoeeafully as-
E irod, eithor in Massachusetts or Rhode
tland. Crowded together in the slums
of tho large cities, they are kept in aetata
of- mental and moral degradation, while
the oharitable societies who send mission
aries to Fejee look with lofty soorn on the
colored heathen in their midst
out calling your speciul attention to the ' LET IS ACCEPT THE CINCINNATI N0MI.
Governor Smith Protests Against The
Use .op the Military in Warren
County in the Chap Norris Case— j
Successful Vindication of tub Civil !
Authority Against Miliary Interfer
ence.
Executive Department,)
Htatk of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., May 14, 1872 )
Col. l\ 2\ S, caine, Commander, etc., At
lanta, (ieoryia :
Colonel : Enclosed herewith please
find copy of nn originul letter, addressed
to you through the Post Office in this oity,
on the 11th instant. It having been writ
ten at a late hour on the eveuing of that
day, and, desirii.g that yon should rcceivo
it without delay, I took the liberty of
sending it through the Post Office, sup-
losing that it would reach you, at the la
test, by Monday morning last. 1 have
not yet reccivod nn answer, aud fear that
the letter has not beeu received by you.
Allow uie to express the hope that *1 shall
nn answer at an oatly day.
A 1 am, Coloucl, yours respectfully,
James M. 8mtii.
Executive Department, )
Statu, of Georgia, ’
Atlanta, May 11, 1872.)
Cot. P. T. Straine, Atlanta, Ga.:
Colonel—1 have just received a com
municution in wiitiug from a number of
. _ .portable citizens residing in tho couuty
of Warren to the effect that ono John 0.
Norris was, ou Monday lust, leg illy im
prisoned iu the common jail of that coun
ty to answer boforo the proper tribunal to
tho chargo of being au accessory beforq
the fact to the crime of murder. It is
further represented that on the day fol
lowing tiio imprisoning of Norris, a body
of armed soldiers entered (ho town of
uton, and have since remained
there with tho avowed purpose of guard
ing him against Dh-gul violence. It is al-
strtted as a prominent fact that nothing
* occured to excite suspicion oven that
the safety of Norris' nersou is in danger,
or that ho is not entirely secure iu the
common jail of Warren county. 1 beg to
Id that the gentlemen who sent up the
statements lire of highly respectable char-
nd that their statements ure enti
tled to entire credit.
Ah tho chief Executive of tho State of
[>orgi», it concerns me to know if the
aid of tho military power of the Unted
States has become necessary for tho pro
tection of a citizen of the Stale from vio-
leuce, while in the oustoday of tho law.
1 therefore resnecfully inquire whether
the body of soldiers at Warn-utou have
boon placed there for tho purpose men
tioned iu the foiegoing Htateiueiits and
huso requisition, and at whose in
stance this has been douo.
1 am, Colonel, with groat- respbet, your
obedient servant, James M. Smith.
Headquarters McPherson Barracks, »
Atlanta, Ga., May 14, 1872. >
His Excellency James M. Smith, Uuceruur
of the State of (ieoryia :
bin: Your favor el this d..to, inclosing
copy of au origiual letter, of the llih in
stant addressed tome through the post-
office suiiie day, Lnr< just b- en handed me,
aud 1 have the honor to inform you th-it
tho original letter leforied to bus not been
received by me.
In reply to jour letter of tlm llili in
stant, inquiring if ilia body of armed sol
diers ut Warrentoii huvo been pluccd there
tor the purpose of guarding uuo John 0.
Norris from illegal violence, ho being le
gally imprisoned iu the common jail of
thu county of Warren; if so upon whoso
requisition, and at whose in stance this
has been done; and stating it concerns
you as tlm Chief Executive of tho State
of Georgia lo kuow if Iho uid of the mil
itary power of the United States has be
come necessary for thu protection of u
citizen of the State from violcuco while
iu the custody of the law, 1 have the hon
or to inform you thut, under requisition
from tho United States Marshal for Geor
gia during my absence, tLe tempo!nry
commander ol this post ordered troops to
Warrcnlou for the purpose mentioned,
and i havo ordered their temporary re
tention there for the sumo purpose, at tho
iiistauce of IJ. S. Marshal Win. Smytli,
who has informed mo that on a previous
occasion, a citizen of thu State in the oils,
tody of the law and confined in (lie same
jail, was violently tukun therefrom und
murdered.
I will refer your communication to the
United States Marshal for liis remarks,
which 1 will convey to you, and it will
afford mu plenMiro if ho will couseut to
tho withdrawal of tho troops from duties
thut 1 assure you are the most disagreea
ble to those obliged to perform them, and
for which 1 make details from my com
mand with grout l'cliictanco.
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
P. T. SWAINK, .
Major Second lufuntrv,
Bvt Col. U. S. A., Commanding.
Executive Department, j
State of Gkorma,
Atlanta, May lfi, 1672.)
Colonel l*. T. Swuinc, Atlanta, (ieoryia:
Colonel: Your favor, iu answer to my
letters of the 11th und ltth instant, was
delivered to me ou yesterday, und hi s re
ceived the consideration doiuuuded by the
inipoitnnco of its contents. 1 have de
layed replying, iu the hope of receiving
the oxplti.niory teumiks of Marshii!
Smyth, which you expressed the inten
tion ot sending me. Dut 1 cannot lon
ger refrain from requesting, most earnest
ly, that the troops be no longer continu
ed at Wurientoo, for the purpose avowed
by you. 1 have not been advised of a
necessity for the presence of the military
there for the protection of Norris. Tho
reason which iulliieuced Marshal Smytli
to make requisition for troops to be sent
to Warrenton, have not been disclosed to
me. I am not aware of tbe existence of
any law authorizing him to make or you
to comply \vith such a requisition. A
most significant fuel, aud one which
throws light upon (his whole transaction,
is thut no steps seem to have been taken
to ascertain either the ability or the wil
lingness of tbe civil authorities to piotcct
the person of Norris. Although 1 was in
the city of Atlauta, almust within a
stone's throw of the office of Marshal
Smyth, at the time the requisition was
made and the troops were sent, it RecineJ
to have been considered unnecessary to
communicate with me upon the subject.
It is my duty, us Governor of the Slate,
to take care that the laws be eufurced,
and to see to it that not only Norris but
all other citizens of Georgia have the
protection of the laws. My means for
doing this are sufficient without recourse
to the military forces of the government.
It is hardly necessary for mo to add
that the interference of the militury in
this case is without warrant of law or
fact, and can be followed by no good con-
seqnqpces. Enclosed herewith please
find a copy of an originul letter received
l*y me on yesterday, from tho Hon. R. W.
Hubert, Ordinary of Warren couuty, to
which 1 ask permission to invite your spe
cial attention. If u military force is to bo
kept at Warrenton, under circumstances
and for an avowed purpose which render
their presence there a standing insult to
the people, I trust such order may be tak
en as will render the evil tolerable. The
etory told by Judge Hubert, I beg to say,
is sadly Uloatrative of tbe impropriety of
attempting to preserve order by the n*o
of unlawful means. According to bis
statement, tba first reported breach of the
pnbUe peace, after the arrival of the
troopa at Warrenton, has been committed
by tba official whose presence there is ao-
atiuiad to ba naoeaaary to preserve order.
X oftBiot dot# this communication with-
statement in your letter to the effect that
you h id been informed by United States
Marshal William Smyth, that on a previ
ous occasion, a citizen of the State, iu the
custody of tho law, and* confined in the
same (Warren county) jail, waa violently
taken tborofroin aud murdered. This ap
pears as the only rc&eoti stated for guard
ing Norris with the military. If the state
ment were correct as made, it could hard
ly be treated as sufficient evidence to war-
rum the opiuion that any violence is in
tended against Norris. This case, how
ever, is referred to bore mainly to soy,
that according to reliable information in
my possessiou, the statement iu reference
thereto, given to you by Marshal Smyth,
is not marked by that accuracy which
ought to charaotorizo statements of so
much importance.
I am, Colonel, very respectfully,
James M. Smith.
Headquarters McPherson Barracks,)
Atlanta, Ga., May Id, 1872. f
liis Excellency James U. Smith, (lorer-
nor of the State of Georgia:
Sir—I have the honor to acknowdedgo
your favor of yesterduy, handed me lute
to-day, und hasten to inform you that I
will cheerfully comply with your earua.st
request, and withdraw the troops from
Wurrcntou without dulaj'.
I regret to learn that a want of harmo
ny atnountiug to a conflict of authority
exists betw en the civil officers of tho
State and those of the General Govern
ment in regard to this matter, and that
our endeavors to act iu subordination to,
and in aid of, the civil authorities, in cou-
ficqnenco thereof, should bo characterized
as “the interference of tho military.’’--
Without fully uuderstandiug the cause of
Ibis failure to act iu concert, I am satis
fied, from the well known character of
Major Wm. If. Suiyth, IT. H. Marshal,
that bo would not intentionullj' ignore
tbe State officials, purliculttrly iho Chief
” eoiitivo.
According to promise,I enclose, for the
information of your Excellency, the re
marks of Mnjor Smyth to me, received
last night about an hour aftor your lotter
whs delivered. To prevent delay, I liavo
not taken time to have them copied, and
must therefore request that they bo re
turned to mo at your earliest conveni
ence. If you desire to have a copy of
them, 1 have no objectiou, of oourso, to
ipm being taken.
I shall take immediate steps for nn in
vestigation by tbe proper military tribu
nal of the allegations against Lieut. Hato-
man, iu charge of the detachment at
Wimonton, and, if guilty of such dis
graceful conduct, lie will bo soverely pun
ished.
I have tho honor to remaiu, with great
respect, your Excellency’s most ohmlieut
servant, P. T. Hwaink,
Major 2d Infantry, Brevet Col. U. B. A.
Atlanta, Ga., May 13, 1872.
Col. I*. T. Simine, Atlanta, Ga.:
Colonel—I take pleasure in acknowl
edging the receipt of your favor of this’
date, accompanied by the writteu state
ment of United Btntos Marshal Smytli. I
avail myself of tho privilcgo, courteously
granted me, of retaining a copy of the
said statement, and return herewith the
original. Permit uie to express my grat
ification at your prompt and cheerful
compliance w ith my w ishes in the mutter
of the withdrawal of the troops from tho
town of Warrenton.
i beg to cull your attention to the fuct
that there is i.o wuut of lmruiouy existing
between the civil authorities of thu Uni
ted States aud thuso of Iho Government
1)f Georgia, iu the case which Iihh given
rise to this correspondence. I desire that
it should be distinctly borne in mind that
Norris is in the custody of the laws of
this Slate, charged with the violation of
the laws of this State, and that it is the
exclusive duty of the civil authorities of
thu State lo afford him the protection of
its laws while in this situation.
Marshal Smyth is not an officer of this
State, and 1ms uo right w-hutuvnr to exer
cise his functions by virtue of its laws.—
No eoso oxists iu which, by tho laws of
tho United States, he bus authority to in
tervene. Entertaining those views, I feel
constrained to consider liis conduct iu
this affair as the extra official and unau
thorized action of nn individual.
In using the phrase “interference of
tbe military,” I intended no disrespect to
yourself or the officers and soldiers under
your command. Tho military haviug, in
my opiuion, no lawful right to interfere
iu tho case of Norris, tho words were ap
propriate mid such ns were proper to cou-
vey the idna intended to bo presented.
It is not only my duty, but it is my de
sire, also, to cultivate kindly official rela
tions with the officers of the genorul gov-
ernunnt, both civil and military. 1 beg
to suggest, however, in this connection,
that such relations cannot reasonably be
expectod to exist, unless dun regard is
bad by each to tho rights and powers of
the other.
I am, Colonel, very respectfully, your
obedient servunt,
James M. Smith.
What it Means.—The re-election of
Senator Ferry means that Connecticut,
which in April went for Grunt, and was
turned ovur as almost certuiu for him in
November, is now equally as sure to go
for Greeley nt the presidential election.
The lin k of Greeley is in tho ascendant.
Ho is not a second Sisora. Tho stars in
their courses fight for him. Connecticut
points out to the northern Democrats thu
direction in which victory lies. She tells
tho Grant luon that their day of triumph
is at an end. She reminds Belmont aud
the World that tho masses cannot be
cheated. She brings back the recollec
tion of tho campaign of 18 4<>, when tho
people used to collect together iu great
crowds, and with an immense volume of
sound sing—
We count from old Coulicet, whore the |>cop!u cau't
he bought,
And we’ve |>'ay«*d Vm up u turn* called ‘ The BoImt
fee. und Thought."
[ ilichmond Dispatch.
If Mr. Ferrv ia sent to the United States
Senate aguin he will be under Hitch obliga
tions to the Democratic party thut ha will
bo hubstaiitiully their representative.—
Any man who cannot see this must be
blinded by prejudice or passion, and any
one who, seeing it, still supports Ferry,
must do so because he prefers Democratic
principles to Republican principles. It
is ono of the most recent effects of that
corrupt aud wicked alliance with Demo
crats which Mr. Greeley has been the
means of iotroduping into our politics.—
A etc York Times, (had.)
Thirty-two men were arrested in Ran
dolph county last week charged with vio
lations of the Reveuue Laws. Of these
fifteen gave bond iu Randolph end ad
joining counties aud the others were
brought under guard to this city last
Saturday night. Arrived in Montgomery
fifteen otLers gave bail fol their appear
ance br-foro tho United States District
Court, for examination. Tho other two
were committed to jail. Illicit distilling
houms to hive constituted tho offeuse
charged against these gentlemen, but we
hope it will eventually torn out that there
is more in the ohnrge than in tba proof.—
Monty. Adctrtieer.
Sentiment of the Illinois Demo
cratic Press.—Springfield, May 18.—
The State Register publishes a list of 47
Deuiooratio papers published in Illinois,
forty-four of which support Messrs.
Greeley and Brown, and three advocate
tbe nomination of a straight Democratic
ticket at Baltimore. There are twenty-
nine other Deaooratio paper* in the State
to bear from*
uias.
Editor EnquirerA practical question
of tho day is, wlmt slmll be tbe action of
the Democratic Purty iu tho presout polit
ical emergency?
Mauy Boom to dopreoate the formation
and expression of opinion, in advance of
tho Nutionul Democratic Convention, and
while wo udmit that uo appeal should be
taken from its well considered action, it
is certainly not ouly competent for, but
incumbent upon, every man to furnish
every fuct withiu his possession and every
reason he can bring to bear, upon which
may be predicated a line of policy calcu
lated to ensuro success.
It is high time tho Democracy of the
country and especially of the South, were
beginning to learn icisdom from experi
ence, und were ceasing a vniu warfare
ngaiust that which, at least for the present,
has boon settled by tho progress of events.
The records of enlightened legislation
have indued furnished nothing more
iuiquitous than certain late Amendments
to tho Constitution, and the Acts of Con
gress professedly in pursuance thereof;
but ila lex script a tsl, and it ih not a ques
tion of tbis hour to cousuro the animus
or criticise tho means by which the law
was written. The caustic qualities of the
English longue have nliuady been ex
hausted upon this iiuprouiising subject;
but as the law, it must needs be obeyed,
though its complexion be now changed.
‘Vianmandiny what is wrong nud prohib
iting w hut is in gut.” For more than live
years the grand old Genius of Democracy
has fought it with all his power, aud upon
cverj* field; it is etiough for those who
have steadfuslly followed his banner to
comfort him, bruised and wounded iu de
feat, by tho encouraging assurance, “it
shall come to pass wlit-n thou shall have
thu dominion that thou shall break bis
yoko from off lliy neck.” How shall this
dominion be acquired?
The Lihoral Republican movement has
to our initial this ono simple inclining : n
willingness to accept the Democratic side
of tho unsdtlid issues of the times, if the
Democracy will withdraw from the up
proaching canvas the questions settled by
tho Presidential contest of I8(JS. Read
in tho light of existing fuels, this is the
substance of tho Ciuciunati Plat form.
Ought tho Democracy to place a third
candidate upon siibstantiallj' tho snme
cuuuoiutiou of principles—shove Greeley
and Hrowu oil' thu track aud be tbeui-
•lves distanced by tho Philadelphia nomi
nee? It would be unwise.
But, says tho writer of two lengthy con
tributions lately published iu the Son,
why may not tho Democracy triumph
through Republican divisions, as they did
through those of tho Democracy in 18(50?
When wo road the articles of “Uuterrified
Democrat" upon tbis point, wo were
strongly reminded of the qnostioti said to
have boon propounded by Charles the II
of England to the Roj’ul Academy, lo-wit:
why was it, that if u fish weighing one
pound wuh put into tun pounds of wafe
that tho whole still weighed only It
pounds? When thu loumcd men lmd
wearied their wits and tangled their brains
over the pressure of air, the pressure of
water, action and reaction, and eould not
toll why, to their groat chagrin, Charles
doliberatoly informed them that it
not so. Know then, my dear sir, and lot
all who havo fallen into the sauie orroi
know, that it is not the fact that the Re
publican success in 1800 was to any ex
tent duo to Democratic divisions. If alt
thu opposition to Lincoln in 1600— not
ouly that of the two wings of the Demo
cratic party, but of tho Bell and Everett
voto i/l the. bargain—had been concentra-
tod upon a singlo opponent, Lincoln
would still have bud u largo electoral ma
jority ; for notwithstanding the fact, that
ho was iu a popular minority of m arly a
million votes, yet in each of u number of
States casting in tho aggregate a majority
of tho electoral votes, he obtained a ma
jority (not plurality) of tho popular voto.
Can a regular Democratic candidate do
the same iu 1872, with Grant and Greeley
both in tho field ? Of course not, or no
one would uow suggest tho acceptance of
the Cincinnati nominees.
Though iu some Stntcs n plurality clouts
Presidential electors, yet we apprehend
that in most of them iho election 1
the khuio as in Georgin, and all the New
England Stales, requiring a majority of.
the wliolo vote cast.
Now, even if a Democratic nominee
might slip iu by tho votes of some Slates
which e lect plurality electors, should wo
nut took before leaping and wisely calcu
late the chances of having an opporliirui-
tj f to reap a pnrty triumph through Re
publican differences? Tho present atti
tude of the Liberal Republicans i *, as we
have said, a standing offer, nt least until
the !Ub of Julj*, to ussist the Democracy
in feeding with wholesome food tho tiring
questions of the present, if the dead ones
of the post are permitted for tho time to
slumber in undisturbed repose; and if
the Democrucj' will persist iu a disinter
ment, which can but offend still more
their own olfactories, the Liberal Republi
cans will return to tho main command
aud lie again the sentinels to guard the
graves.
“But then Greeley is so objectionable;
he fought us so long and so persistently.”
True, every word of it; but ho says, aud
so docs the plutform upon which ho
stands, that the lighting ought now to
cease, nud that tho Republican party
ought to secure some other bond of union
thuu hostility to the South. Tho Gruut
Radicals desire nono other than the one
named-assisted by tho “cohesive power
of public |.binder.” It is a bootless task
—a side scone upon tho stage of the
Great Drutna whose curtain is beginning
to rise before ns—to scan aud denounce
Greeley’s former political record. Wo are
by no means an admirer of the man. Wo
think he bus crotchets and vagaries, and
his obedience to tbo party lash bas made
him guilty sf some inconsistencies; but
be is now seeking new* associations, and
aa it is almost universally conceded that
ha ia trullfvl and honest, it is to bo sup-
posed that if elocted tbe polioy of bis ad
ministration will be cironmacribed by the
principles of the contest.
“Let ua bear then tho conclusion of the
whole matter.” The alternative present
ed to the Democracy is, Grant or Greeley
(for Philadelphia wUl nominate Grant, or
a Grant stripe Radical), and the question
at last to bo decided is, “Under which
King, Bczonian? speak or die.” If the
reply of the Democracy be, “Neither—wo
fight under our own King,” then death is
certain. It may be said that it is equally
death to follow the banner of either of
tho two monarohs proposed. Not so.—
Under one, we undergo some mortifica
tions, and submit to some indignities;
but we cau mauAge to lice. If, however,
another king in proper line of succession
shall roar aloft the tattered but honored
banner of Aational Democracy, wo shall
be ono of the army, whioh, though grand
its display in appearance, will be but a
forlorn hope in fuct. F.
A III'llltICANN IN nCSCOUKK.
Muscogee County, Ga.,)
May 20th, 1872. >
Editor Enquirer: One of those terrible
toruados that nature batches out above
and which in a few minutes sweep
nwAy tho labor of months, passed over
tho southorn portion of this, and tho
northern portion of Chattahoochee coun
ty, Saturday eveuing last. Tho ouly
locality that I havo heard from is in tho
inity of lhiiuey s bridge, across Upatoio
creek, on tho Steam Mill roud leading
from Columbus to Bueua Vista. At Mr.
Fleming Bussey's the hail and wind were
very destructive—tho latter doing the
most damage. His stables, smokehouse,
and two laborers' cabins, were overturned ;
his dwelling was frightfully shaken, but
withstood tbe blast; nearly every pAunel
•f feticiug around his piaututiou was lev
elled with tho ground, the corn bout iuto
shreds, and his cotton fields covered with
trees, limbs and bulk. Mr. lleury Mor
ris, udjoiniug Mr. Bussey upou tho oust,
suffered more from hail than Mr. B. Ho
had chopped his cottou almost to a stand ;
tho stouos being large and heavy, cut his
cottou all to places. 1 understand this
morning thut bo is plowing up what little
was loft, nnd planting in corn. Mr. Mor-
lis' laud being rather old, his crop did uot
suffer as much from fulliug timber as Mr.
Bussey's ; his fencing was also blown
duwu. “llid Out," tho homo of Mr. Rob
ert Simpson, escaped with slight damage.
At this point the tornado crossed Upatoio
creek, passing south of Cook A Eillieck’s
mills. Tho course of tho storm whs from
west to oast, nud us far ns heard from it
was about six miles iu width.
To-day tho Sloum Mill road was cloared
of all obstructions to travel as far ns to
Bussey’s bridge. From that poiut below
wo know nothing. Yours,
J. T. G.
The Terrible Aerhlent to m Negro in llnrrl*.
Hamilton, Ga., May 20, 1872.
Editor Enquirer:-’I notice in your
paper a statement of n shocking death of
a negro. It was my fortune to bo called
to see the limn. The facts lire its follows:
On the evening of tho loth inst., at tho
usual lime of “lakiug out," this uiau was
drawn to tho Louse of Mr. A. G. Burt,
ovur a distance of nearly uuo tuiie, and
over lliroo foncos, many rocks aud rough
places, with tho trnco chain hung around
tho right unklo. Hu was terribly bruised
and torn up, with about four ribs broken
from tho attachment of Iho spine, a very
severe contused wound ou the buck of tho
iiead. I visited hiui uhont 8 o'clock r. M.;
ho lived until luorniug r> o’clock, aud died
without speaking, or even being conscious
of pain.
I write this to correct you, nnd to warn
others of tho dangerous habit of riding
with tbe plough gear flistened on their
uni main. Iu my limited practice of 18
yours, 1 havo been called to about 10 cases
of accidents from not untying tho bume
string—many of them fatal cases. This
was “ouo of Iho gentlest mules ou my
place,”—so suid Mr. Unit.
Yours truly,
Tiios. S. Mitchell.
A Terrible and Fatal Tornado.—V
louru from u gentleman who returned
from Fort Vullcy on Saturday, thut some
of the districts of Macon uud Houston
counties wore on that day the scene of
frightful disaster, occasioned by a tor
nado, accompanied with heavy hail. The
storm nt its fullest strength struck Mor-
Hhiillviile, iu Macon county, about 51 p. tn
Here it commenced the work of heavy
devastation. Treos were torn up, fences
levelled, a largo gin house in tbe neigh
borhood of Murshulivilie was levelled, aud
two of Dr. Rice’s hands were fatally in
jured. From Marshullvilla it made u level
track, about a mile wide, to Perry, where
its greatest fury was spent. Tho colored
Methodist chincli was demolished. One
man was killed. A colored women in i
fulling botue was penetrated by a splinte
through tho abdomen, and eamiut sur
vive. Upwards of twenty persons were
injured in this neighborhood. Messrs.
Day Sl Gordon’s store, at l'oiry, had its
guide end blown in, nud a singular freak
took place near ti e chur 'h : tbo otid and
middle supports of u bouse wore blown
trom under it, aud it was h It ou a level,
resting ou its owu floor behind, and tho
proper supports in front. At this writing
wo cannot give full particulars, hut expect
to supply them from our exohanges iu
day or two. It must havo been a very
terrible disaster.—Macon Telegraph.
Blo\vej> Up.—Several nights ago the
store of Hudson & Co., at Hickory Flat,
Ala., was discovered to Lo on fire, aud
soon quite a concourse of neighbors were
uu hand, but upt in time to do anything
towurds saving tbe house or contents.—
Conjectures, suppositious, Ac., failed to
fiuid u satisfactory clue to the cause of tbe
fire, uutil n day or so afterwards, a negro
was found in one of the houses in tbe
neighborhood hudly burned. Hu was im
mediately arrested and questioned as to
his bums. He at ouco confessed to the
burning, but said it came about in this
wise : He lmd gone into the store with
false keys for tho purpose of takiug what
ever ho wished ; und wishing some gun
powder, took down tho keg, nud iu en
deavoring to potir it out spilled a good
deal on tho counter. Iu order to see bet
ter, he Rtruck a match, carelessly it seems,
for tlm fire instantly communicated itself
to Iho keg, which exploded, smashing up
things generally, blowing the roof entire
ly off'. Tbe negro was so badly burned
thut he Rnys he dou't know bow be got
out. During his confession he implicated
several others in various stealings. He
was lodged iu j ill at Lufayette. — Opelika
Locomotive.
Wheat and Oats.—Intelligent farmers
in Monroe and Batts, with whom we have
conversed during the past few days, esti
mate the wheat at sixty per ceut. of a
good yield. Tbe long dry spell has in-
Jnred it materially. The acreage sown is
perhaps larger than usual. Oats is also a
failure, from the same cause. We heard
of soveral farmers iu Butts who have
turned their stock into their oat fields in
consequenoe of tbe prospeot being so
gloomy, and many others are contemplat
ing doing tbt same thing.
{Monroe Advertiser,
ADDRESS
OK Till! OR KELLY LIBERALS OK NEW YORK.
Wlmt Grant** Govemnivnt I*; aad What tiree-
lrf’a May Bf.
Jo the Liberal Hepublieane of New York:
Fellow Citizens—The present admin
istration, although failing to fulfill the
first expectations of the American people,
is nevertheless attempting, through its
office-holers,* to proloug its power for the
next four years.
A large portion of the President's origi
nal supporters, and the entire remainder
of Lis fellow-countrymen, without dis
tinction of party, survey this attempt
with indignatiou and alarm.
The history of the administration ia a
shadowy record of discreditable (some
times disgraceful) acts—many of them
bluuders ; others crimes. Ever since the
day after the President’s inauguration,
when, as his firht official step, he sought
to ubrogute oue of tbe oldest statutes of
tbe republic in order to put a personal
friend in office, be has repeatedly showu
himself, on the one hand, iguornut of the
laws, and, on the other, defiant of them.
lie has transoeuded the limitations of
tho coustitutiou and done violenoe to its
free spirit by usurping for himself func
tions whioh that instrument reserves to the
States and their citizens.
lie has tyraunously invaded the politi
cal assemblies of oar own aud other free
commonwealths, mischievously iutruding
his foderul influence into local affairs.
He has alternately proposed und defeat
ed service reform, uutil, notwithntanding
his professious iu its favor, be has
proved himself tbo chief obstacle to its
success.
He has, in multitudes of cases, made
teuuro of office to depend not on good be
havior of personal fitness, but ou more
subserviency to bis partisan schemos.
He bus put crafty aud
where they still coutiune to fatten their
private pursos ou the publio funds.
lie said to u uuliou weary with war,
“Lot us huvo peace,” but bus kept the
word of promise to Iho ear to break it to
tbe hope—fostering in the North toward
the South a temper of bitterue*s aud re
sentment, instead of fraternity and good
will.
He has connived at and sustained a
number of alien aud rotten governments
in the Southern Status, somo of whose
officer* have perpetrated frauds equalled
in magnitude ouly by those of tbe Tam
many Riug.
He hn* habitually stilled investigation,
even iuto the gruvest charges, brought
against his own household.
Uu has committed nets of nepotism more
numerous than are recorded against the
entire line of bis Presidential predeces
sors from Guorgo Washington to Andrew
Johnson.
He has accepted gifts from flatterers,
for whioh he has rendered dishonorable
equivalents by bestowing publio emolu-
meuts ou the obsequious givers.
Iu short, he has administered bis high
office not us a trust devolved upon him
by the whole people, but as an estate or
property owued by himself alone iu fee
simple.
During all this over-growing maladmin
istration tho l'rosident s partisans, iutsead
of rebuking his perverse course, have, on
the contrary, aud for selfish end*, gilded
it with uticandid flattery aud defended it
with specious logic. They have put forth
a series of mueking pretenoes to the ef
fect that be is paying the publio debt,
thut ho has reduced the the taxes, that he
has collected tbe reveuue, thut he bas set
tled the Alubama claims, that he has trau-
quilized the Indians aud that he has re
constructed tho South.
but nut one of these allegations 18
TRUE.
Challenge them iu detail. Is ha paying
thu debt ? Tbo people, not tbe Presi
dent, aro paying it. lias he reduced the
taxes ? Congress, uot the Executive, has
lightened those burdens of tbe people,
lias ha collected the revenue ? Swarms
of his officers have grown riuh by its col
lection. Has he settled the Alabama
claims ? They uever were so unsettled
as ut this hour. Has he made peace with
the Indians? The latest intelligence
from tho froutier is of massacre snd
blood, provoked by frauds whioh his offi
cers huvo perpetrated uu tbe deceived
aud exasperated savages. lias he given
prosperity and conteutment to the South
ern people, who, with uuexaiupled una
nimity, are demanding the overthrow of
an administration whioh has held them iu
surveilauoe aud treated them with suorn ?
The President’s office-holders now in
vsiu put forth these glittering bat false
pretenoes of thu success of au adminis
tration which three-fourths of the citi-
zons of the United States are impatient
to vote into immediate dissolution.
the recent liberal republican con
vention,
at Cincinnati—oue of the most stately
aud brilliiitit parliaments ever assembled
iu tbis country — uttered tbe fit protest of
au aroused people against u demoralized
government, just the citizens of the
Empire Statu, u year "before, rose in spon
taneous revolution against a corrupt mu
nicipal Ring. The prompt and brave uo-
tiou of the Convention bus electrified tbe
country, aud sent a tremor through tho
Kclf-ooiupluceut security of the “powers
that bo. ’ Tbe Cincinnati platform hi
morally as noble as the grout Declaration
to which our forefathers pledged “their
lives, tbeir fortunes snd their sacred hon
or.” These principles include the equal
ity of all mou beforo tbo law ; tbe per
petual uniou of these States—which noth
ing now threatens save corruption at the
Kedurul centre—the non-revival of all
questions aud amicable acceptanoe of all
results which have been flually aud for
ever settled by the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendment!; universal am-
nosty, which is the most divine aot possi
ble to human government; the removal
of all political disabilities, occasioned by
a war whose battle-fltdds have now been
seven years green with peace; the ever
sacred and inviolate sapremaoy of the
civil over the military function of free
government; aud (last, not least) a civil
service which shall evermore tend to re
form itself through tbe wholesome regi
me of a Presidency expiring by aelf-liuii-
tation with one term.
In announcing these principles tbe
Cincinnati Convention gave them a liv
ing embodiment in the person of a Presi
dential candidate who is an illustrious
citizen of our own State; a statesman
whose bou'ored uame is a household word
in every cottage in the land; whose pro-
verbiul aud absolute and incorruptible in
tegrity is the best poasible
guarantee fob an honest government
in future;
whose prudent and economical views of
public administration are the earnest and
good hope of a safe and thrifty manage
ment of the Exeontive office; whose
kindliness of spirit is typical of the good
will which should hereafter exist between
tho two sections heretofore opposed, and
whoso long life, speut in rare devotion to
the interests of the poor, the oppressed
uud the toil-worn among his oouutrymen,
has enshrined him in all men’s respect as
one of the moet faithful champions of
human rights and ono of the most re
vered examples of personal worth.
In tbe candidate for tbo Vioe Presidency
we hail a noble and gallant statesman of
tho West; a Kentnokian try birth, a Mis
sourian by roeidoooo, who for years fonabt
the battle of freedom on alavo soil; who,
at the oloee of tho wor against alavory,
was one of tbe heartiest to dtmthd am
nesty for the Southern people, and whose
career deserves tho sympathy of ill Who
honor oourogo and two* dwtotad by no.
bility of soul.
Io view of this platform and these nom
inations we hereby invito you, follow citi
zens, of all party names, to jeriu the re
form movement at onco, and to organize
yourselves, without regard to past politi
cal differences, and without further delay,
into working iiKsocialiGus in yonr own re
spective counties, cities, towns, wards and
districts. Make judicious haste to form
a willing and working executive commit
tee, whether Deraociatiu or Ropnbiioau,
in each of theso localities, uud send the
names of its chairman and secretary t<»
the State Goniinittee’s headquarters in
New York. All who will work with u>s
are of ns. We make common cause with
all who enter for our common country.
THE WATCHWORD OF THE PRESENT HOUR IU
“organize
Campaigns aro fought. Organize! It
is thus that every worker, however hum
ble, can And a useful pluoo in tbo ranks.
Organize I It is thus thut the whole State
may be Bysteuiationlly canvassed, and
every voter reached with argument and
appeal. Organize ! It is thus, and thau
only, that the victory which awaits onr
best efforts can be magnificently achieved.
The signs of the tunes are propitious.
The air is lilted with foretokens of tri
umph. Tho uoblo response made to tho
Cincinnati ticket by our Democratic broth-
in Tenuesseu ; tho sigual overthrovy
of tho Administration paity in the elec
tion for tho Setiulorhhip iu Uouhectioat;
the sympathy exhibited at the Rocbseter
Convention by our former antagonists
and present frioudH ; tho outburst of pop
ular enthusiasm iu thu South ; the mag
nificent support vomlored by the inde
pendent press of tho country to the re-
form movement—all thecse uro harbingers
of a popular uprising for thu overthrow
of tho existing and unworthy Adminis
tration. Our cause is itself au inspira
tion, And engenders the coinage and good
cheer with which wo ahull prosecute it to
success. It is thu cause of honesty against
corruption in high pluces; it is the cause
of gonorous statesmanship, reaching with
equal benoficenco to nil sect tons of our
great country ; it is the cause of oivil
liberty, administered iu scrupulous con
formity with written law ; it is the cause
of republican government, ru-ebtablished
on its ono and only living fouudatiou—
wbieb is, tbo loyal uff ection of a free
people.
John Cochrane,
Chairman N. Y. Liberal Republican
Statu Committee.
Alfred Wilkinson, Secretary.
The »vr York Rfli'viGlou lo linllltnore and
Or retry.
Nf.w York, May 17.—Thu Suu of to
day prints tho following special from a
veteran observer:
“Rochester, May Iff.—Tho Democratic
Stato Convention held a vory abort ses
sion this morning. Tho only buainess
dono was the adoption of Iho report of the
Committee of Sixteen, naming the dele
gates to tho National Convention. The
list comprises many able men, nud, aa a
whole, is a Rate delegation. It reflects
tho averogo opinion of the Convention.
It will act as a unit nt Baltimore, aud
make tho iuflunncu of New York felt at
the right moment and iu the right way.
When the list of delegates wan road, the
conspicuous nniues elicited applause; per
haps the loudest cheers ueie given to
Gov. Hoffman. Those bestowed upon
Senator Murphy, Lieut. Gov. Bench, Mr.
Cassidy, of tho Argus, Seuator Lord of
this city ; Mr. DeWolf, of Oswego; Clark
son N. Potter, of Westclioster, and Con
gressman Williams, of Ruff'alo, were the
heartiest. Tho delegates wil' carefully
watch the drift of thu tide, and act ac
cordingly at Baltimore ? I think I am
dose to tho mark when T s.\y that if the
Liberal Republicans want the delegation
to tAke the initiative nt Baltimore iu favor
of Dr. Greeley, they must swell tho Lib
eral movement to formidable dimensions.
Thu Democrats who hnvo been selected
to represent tbis State in tho National
Convention have no intoution of taking
stock in a losing or even doubtful enter
prise. If tboy aro going to be bontan
they prefer defeut under their owu flag.
I kuow tho temper of the New York
Democracy ns exhibited by Uh leaders
bore, and £ do not init-jiulge w hen I say
that, while they aro willing to take Gree
ley und Browu if it nppoars to them that
iu that way, aud iu that wny alone, they
can overthrow Grant, tboy aro fully disin
clined to try doubtful experiments iu that
direction. Therefore, let Mr. Greeley
and his friends govern themselves accord
ingly, and mako a satisfactory exhibit of
their strength, if they want tho help of
the New York delegation at tho Demo
cratic National Convention."
Items from the Atlauta Constitution of
Wednesday:
Praiseworthy.—Tho Georgia Railroad
baa adopted a wise policy. It uncourages
local travel along its line. Parties now
have choice of accommodation, passenger
nnd freight trains. Tho ctl'eot of this can
be seen by all who travol on the road.
Tbe accommodation train is rApidly devel
oping tbe country between Atlanta and
Stone Mountain.
Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce.—This able
and venerable ministor of the Gospel is
now in the city, tho guest of Mr. William
Lowe, and will preach to night in Trinity
Church.
Bailed.—Wo lenrn from Mnj. Z. B.
Hargrove, who returned lust night from
Warrenton, tbnt J. C. Norris was released
on giving bond in tho sum of $1,000.
His case was continued.
Tho Talbotton American reports that
Rome planters, who liavo examined tbeir
cotton seed iu the ground, find that it
failed to come up becuuso defective, not
on account of drouth, uud that there ia
probably uot seed enough in the county
to replant all the ground needing it.
From tbe same paper we clip the follow
ing items:
Mr. J. W. Wilson caught several wild
turkey* last Thursday, in tbis county.
More corn from out West will be used
tbis year in Talbot county thuu bos been
since tbe war. A bad sigu.
Cotton has been very extensively plant
ed in our county tbis year, but owing to
the unprecedented drouth, a very small
crop is anticipated.
The Toronto Mail thus defines the
poKition of Caundiau parlies iu relation
to the treaty of Washington :
Tbe question which the Canadian peo-
f ile have to docido lies naked and bare in
ts gigantic importance. Shall we accept
the treaty aud sustain a seutimental lots,
r reject it and virtually cut connection
ith the “mothor country?" That is the
plain, matter-of-fact position in which we
stand.. The Dominion government say
accept—the Grits, reject. If the former
are supported, we ruiuaiu a portion of the
British empire, with England's lasting
gratitude. If defeated, the Grits leap in
to offioe, and Canada into independence,
which means into the bosom of the United
Btates.
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At Lawrenoo, Mass., lately, two boys
were fishing in the BUnwsheen river, when
one of them Ml in, and the other plung
ed in to resooe him. Tho water being
deep, both sank, when a large Newfound
land dog whioh waa with them sprang into
the water, and seiziug the youngest
brought him to land, and then returned
and rescued the other.
Donn Piatt doesn’t like the treaty buai-
ns. He says: “This is the pitiful and
lndiorons termination of a process whiohte
began tn Senatorial swagger, continued
in Exeontive sensationalism, and culmina
ted in diplomatio stupidity ; a burleeqaa
on manhood, statesmanship and r
