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JOPSIJPWJW mm A STRICT OU.I8TKUOTIOI Or TUB CONSTITUTION-Afl IIONKST All) KOOVOHK Vl, AOIIINISTR-ATION Or TUB OOVBHNMRHT. Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. 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. — ■»«-»«»- — 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