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ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,”
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1871.
Page 1-The Great Issues Involved in the Con-
aw!-Au Old Fashioned CampmceUng.-Mayor
Jourt.—Georgia Nows.
Pago 2—The Constitution.—The Sword Un-
shcathed—Tho Fraudulent Amendments, Our Po
sition -The Responsibilities of Enginecrs.-Gcorgla
glare Arrested, Recovery of Stolen goods.-Hom^
cide in Washington County, a Man Killed by H
Fatlier-in-law.—Supremo Court Decisions.
Pace 3 The Louisville, Ky., Jeffersonian Demo-
crat -Alex. H. Stephens and the Validity of the
False Amendments.—Macon and Western
a Negro Sleeping on the Track, Attempt loThr
tho iLin Off-Senator Eleet—The Sun Job Office.
Chin-Chin and Chow-Chow, the Tony of an
can Woman Through the Empire. Miss King s Ad
venture Among the Celestials, Her Conversion to
buddhism, How She Worships Her New Deities,
New Secrets from Japan and China.
Pa-c 4—Our Monta^TLetter.-Davy James.-
Mr. A. M. Speights.- Assumacy—Personal.- A
Shooting Scrapie.—Critical Notice, by C. Reemehn.
A Brilliant hut Rather an Impracticable Idea.-Sun-
Strokcs.—Relief Law Again Before the Supreme
Court-Narrow Gauge Railroad Design.-Anothei
Railroad Lcasc.-Cotton.-Tbe Fair Prospect-,
Counsel Employed.—The Investigation Committee.
Fruit Trees—Our City Agent.—Governor Bullock to
Como Back to Georgia-Weekly Cotton Statement,
4c., Ac.
Page 5—Telegrams.—Georgia News—Major
Court, Books Opened Early, hut not Much Trade.-
Aisociatc Counsel.—Arrested.
Page G-Cato’s Letter—Washington Correspon
dence—Letter from Cato.—State RoadPlunderings-
A. L. Harris Arrested—The Passenger Depot.
Mayor’s Court, the Trade Pretty Fair—Big Lie.
Communicated.—Snn Strokes.—Georgia News.
Pago 7—'Telegrams—Particulars of the Deal
of Mr. Abel K. Johnston—A Remedy for Croup.
Strange Freak of Nature—Georgia State Fair.
Page 8—The Arrest of McCaHa—McCalla’s Trial.
—From the Far West.—Telegrams.—New Advertise-
" “liaised” and “Brought up.”
The term “raised” is frequently very
improperly applied" to the bringing np of
persons. Hogs, mules, potatoes and on
ions are raised; men axe brought up.
How ridiculous it sounds to have the
question propounded to a gentleman,
“where were you raised? ”—just as if he
were a hog, or a Bquash; and what a
lowering of one’s dignity it is, for him to
say, “I was raised in Yirgina”-or an
other place l Let the use of this te ri
as applied to persons be stopped
Mr.
ing
a few days since,
S3
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1871.
Pamphlet 44 On j upon which they rest, (whether Municipal,
__^oavannaii morning News, ignoring
the real distracting issues of the canvass,
ascribes the defeat of the Democrats of
California to their sanction of the “New
Departure;” and to show the extent to
which they sanctioned it, the News quotes
from their platform as follows: “ We re
gard Jthe three several amendments to
the Constitution recently adopted as a
settlement in fact of sill the issues of the
war, and that the same are no longer is
sues before the country.”
Now, the Hon. A. H. Stephens, notic
ing this identical declaration of the Cali
fornia Democratic platform, a few days
since, said “this is our position exactly.”
—Columbus, (Ga.) Enquire)', 13th Septem-
\ber, 1871.
Now, the Hon. A. H. Stephens, notic-
the California Democratic Platform
said no such thing! .
A. H. S.
To be Secured Any Way.
We learn that the survey of the Grif
fin, Monticello and Madison Railroad
has been made, and that work will soon
be commenced on it. The line runs in
a mile and a half of Indian Spring,
This is one of the roads having State
indorsement—perhaps more of it than
the Road will be worth when it is com
pleted.
Are the Corporators harrying to get to
work, with an incomplete survey, so as
to have twenty miles completed and
claim and obtain the indorsement of the
State, while Bullock is in office, and be
fore the next meeting of the Legislature?
the Stndy of the Law.”
We give our readers to-day a “Critical
Notice” of this publication, by Hon.
Iharles Reemelin, taken from the Cin
cinnati Commoner, of the 9th inst, in
which it appeared. The best evidence of
our full appreciation of the closing re
marks of Mr. Reemelin in his review of the
pamphlet is oar reproduction of his entire
article.
In relation to the two points on which
he differs in opinion from the views pre
sented in the pamphlet, we think it pro
per to submit a few remarks:
First: He objects to the classifica
tion of law as given in the pamphlet.
This general classification is into Muni
cipal, Federal and International Law.
The objection of Mr. Reemelin to this
classification seems to be founded entire
ly upon the grounds that it is new, and
not in conformity to what are considered
standard authorities on the subject.
"Vattel, for instance, as well as Grotefend,
Heftier, and Klueber (later German writ
ers) he says; considered Federal Law, in
their classification, as a branch of Inter
national Lain. In reply to this, we have
only to say that Vattel, and the writers
to whom he refers, did not mean by Fed
eral Law, what is meant by it, and what
it is defined to be in the pamphlet. The
truth is, nothing of the character of Fed
eral Laic, as defined in the pamphlet, ex
isted when Vattel wrote. This new fea
ture in Government, therefore, and new
hind of laic, (springing from it) re
quired a name and a classification hot be
fore known in political or legal nomen
clature.
This was the new feature presented- in
the American Federal Union—(of author
izing, in the Constitution, the Federal
Government to exercise direct leg
islative powers on specified subjects,
over the civil conduct of the citizens of
the several States composing the Union)
—which so excited the admiration of
|DeTocqueville, and for which he said
there was no proper name. It was this
| new feature which also so excited the ad
miration of Lord Brougham.
Ift Now, the definition of Federal Law
the pamphlet, does not refer to the
mjxwt of Union between the States, to
rhich Vattel refers, and which is very
Ty within the purview of the Law of
ations, as he states, but to those legislative
(f the Federal law-making power,
■hick regulate, to-a limited extent, the civil
duct of the cifizegs qf the several States.
'his new feed uni in th! American system
is what DeTocqueville said required a neio
Jiame, and, of course, a new classification.
'his new name and new classification is
hat is given to it, in the pamphlet.
While it was not expected that this ad-
r ance step in political or legal nomencla-
•e would pass without criticism (as no
inch advance step ever does in any De
partment of Knowledge), yet, we mnst
lonfess, that more apprehension' was
‘elt from objections, on the grounds that
'ederal Law, as defined in the* pam-
>hlet, should be considered as a branch
of the Municipal laws of the several
States, than from the objection of Mr.
Reemelin, that it should be considered as
a branch of International law.
We feel well assured, however, that the
more the subject is discussed and studied,
the more generally will it be seen and
acknowledged that the definition and
classification in the pamphlet, though
both new, are both right.
Mr. Reemelin is in a slight error in
stating that the pamphlet attributes to
Lord Brougham, the assertion that “our
wonderful system” “is mainly due to the
genius of Thomas Jefferson.” That is the
statement of the author of the pamphlet
himself. The creative idea of the whole
system came from the brain of Mr. Jef
ferson, and was first embodied in “lan-
guaged thought,” (so far as the author
of the pamphlet has been able to discover,
after a very thorough examination of the
records,) in his letter to Mr. Madison,
written at Paris, 16th December, 1786,
wherein he sketched the plan of
making the States “one nation as
to foreign concerns,” and keeping
them “distinct in domestic ones,”
with a division and classification of the
delegated Federal Powers, into Legisla
tive, Executive and Judicial Departments.
But enough of this for the present.
The second objection of Mr. Reemelin
to the positions of the pamphlet, we
also think not well founded. He
seems to maintain that the source of
Federal Law is not “natural right," as
stated in the pamphlet, because “the
“compacts that create Federal Law ema-
“nate from Conventions of independent and
“mutually free Stales," as is well stated by
Grotefend—the authority cited. But
are not these “compacts,” from which
Federal Law emanates, founded npon the
“natural rights” of those free States,
as clearly shown in the pamphlet ? Is
not its source, therefore, natural right?
We can but think that upon a reconside
ration of the subject, Mr. Reemelin will
see that the doctrines of the pamphlet
are correct in maintaining that the source
of all just human laws, and the basis
■■■
Federal or International, or in whatever
other classification they may be ar
ranged) is natural right. A. H. S.
AN OLD-FASHIONED CAMP-MEETING
A Visit to Mount Gilead—The Scenes—
Good Singing and an Excellent Ser
mon. 1
At an early hour Sunday morning
could be seen hacks, carriages, buggies
and vehicles of every description hurry
ing out Whitehall street in the direction
of Mount Gilead, which is distant some
eight or nine miles from the city on the
Campbelton road. This is an old and
noted camp ground, where annually are
held those seasons of religious services
for which it has been famous for thirty-
six years past. It was first established
in 1834, and every year since, with the
exception, perhaps, of two or three years
during the war, has this spot witnessed
similar scenes to that of Sunday. The
long years ago of which we speak this
place was selected by the Holbrooks, the
Greens, the Smiths, the Wilsons, and
others, and dedicated to the service of
the Almighty. Many of the patriarchs
have been gathered unto their fathers,
while those who remain “keep their
lamps trimmed and burning,” ever ready
to answer tliesumons, “come up higher.”
Bat the numerous descendants of this
neighborhood of veterans have stepped
in and taken their fathers’ places, and
these annual reunions have lost none of
their pristine pleasures.
Between two and three thousand per
sons were on the grounds Sunday. The
city was largely represented, but by far
the larger proportion of the assemblage
was composed of good, honest farmers,
with their wives and children, and who
had brought a sufficient supply of the
good things of life to feed everybody who
might attend.
The singing was the good old camp
meeting style, where all joined in with
an earnestness and devotion only witnes
sed on occasions of this kind. The choir
was led by our old friend Johnson, of the
Fairbum Sentinel, and his fine baritone
notes reached out into the shady surroun
dings in a richness truly exhilirating.—
The Rev. Mr. Potter preached an able
and lengthy discourse, which was listened
throughout with profound reverence and
interest.
An intermission for dinner was an
nounced, and then the genuine hospital
ity of those good people copped out most
conspicuously. About forty and fifty
tents are occupied, and each one is
welcome home for any who will partake
of its hospitality.
The meeting commenced last Friday
night and will continue until to-morrow.
Adjoining the grounds is one of the
largest and best springs in the State.—
The entire grounds are thickly studded
with majestic oaks, and underneath is a
velvety carpet of grass—making it alto
gether one of the most delightful places
in the country. Added to this the fine
weather of Sunday, the bright sunshine,
the bracing atmosphere and the dreamy
haze of ah Indian summer—and none but
the veriest misanthrope could resist the
inclination of his own heart to thank God
for such a day of real pleasure.
»-♦-<
MAYOR’S COURT.
away, unlesk he could make an exhibit of
a ten-dollar greenback. Ho was took
ROSELLA HARTSFIF.IjD
had some ugly charges brought against^
her; but as the proof was not sufficient to
convict, she took her seat among the dark
cloud which had settled in the comer.
m. s. BALL
came in with one eye in deep mourning.
He had an ugly gash cut in the cheek,
which he says a friend of his did on
Sunday morning. This friend was not
in Court, and as it was shown that Ball
was not to blame, the Court let him offi
JOHN KENNON
is a very deep blonde, and a very game
boy, and drives a city express. Two or
three negroes went riding in John’s ex
press, and when settling time came they
wanted to “shenanigy,” and not pay fall
fare. This set Kennon’s blood to flow
ing hurriedly, and ho went for those ex
slaves in true Turkish style. His bill
was So.
SIDNEY EVANS
was introduced to His Honor for having
with malice prepense and aforethought,
to say nothing of other designs, and in
opposition to his will, flooded his diges
tive apparatus with rum punches until
exhausted nature could stand it no lon
ger, and his proud form sunk to a recum
bent position on tlie pave. Thus found,
he owned up and paid $5.
ELIZA JEFFREY,
was indulging in some saussnci. along
with a crowd of other bad. nigger girls,
and wasn’t at all particular what she said.
She insulted some ladies on the street,
for which she payed ten dollars and costs.
FANNY SMITH,
a sweet yaller damsel in pink hose,
•would make a first rate member of the
“Black Crook” family. She is rather a
noted character, and frequently shocks
the modesty of the police and other tim
id people, by words and acts. The last
shock she gave the neighborhood, cost
Francis a V.
MARTHA WHITE,
was as black as a crow, and for that and
calling Fanny Smith the daughter of a
female dog, she paid $5 and costs.
EDMUND FERRELL
keeps a negro saloon, and is such a good
keeper that he keeps open nearly all
night. To keep him from injuring his
health by sitting up so late, he was re
quested to deposit $10 with Jonsen, with
the promise of $50 more if he did not
desist from such habits.
A Bran New Hat and. EIgh.tccn Mourner*
His talk is like a stream 'which runs
With rapid change ixom rocks to roses;
It slips from politics to puns,
It glides from Mahomet to Moses.
The Mayor is a natural born good
talker, and he has improved upon the
works of nature. He is par excellence in
that line, but when he came into Court
yesterday morning with a bran new, slick
beaver on, the eighteen penitents who
were ^shedding tears over in the mourn
er’s comer at once dried up those tears,
blowed their noses and admired the good
looks of His Honor, for they had every
reason to believe that he would be volu
ble instead of savage.
J. H. CANNON
was first called, accused of firing off his
artillery on the streets. As the offense
was slight and the charge was a blank
cartridge, he had the privilege left him
of paying $5 and costs or parking his
artillery in the calaboose.
JAMES m’coy
-was simply drunk on the streets. He
didn’t intend to do anything of the sort,
and he paid $5 and costs.
WM. PERRY
was a black Commodore of the first wa
ter. Wm. was charged with disorderly
and profane, but when the investigation
was narrowed down to particulars, it
turned out to be another man—one of
the Commodore’s subalterns. Ho sailed
his vessel forward unmolested.
PEB-SIMEON BRANHAM
was a very sour case—in fact, a bad nig
ger—more than an average for badness.
He not only disgraced the Branham name
by getting drank and cursing, but he pro
posed to take the filling out of a. woman’s
dress with a stick. The Court calmly
bat firmly ordered Sim. to be taken
GEORGIA NEWS.
—
AUGUSTA.
Registration has broken out in Augus
ta; but there were only 161 cases in two
weeks.
'The Chronicle and Sentinel of Saturday
furnishes the following brace of items:
The annual celebration of the Phi
Gamma Society, of Emory College, will
take place at the Society Hall, on Friday,
September 22d.
The continued Heavy rains o£ the last
ten days have been very detrimental to
the cotton crop. From all parts of the
State we have accounts of injury done,
and in some instances lamentable “cal
culations” of the great falling off in the
crop from the excessive moisture and
gales.
MACON.
The Telegraph of Sunday, speaking of
affairs in Monroe county, says: *
A leading planter writes us that the
annals of cotton planting may be search
ed in vain for a year of such unfavorable
conditions as this one has presented from
first to last:
“There is nothing left upon the weed
except the early fruit. The continuous
rains have begotten a second growth,
causing the middle crop of forms—wliafc
little there was—to shed off, presenting
the singular aspect—for September fields
—of mingled brown and green. This
additional growth of weed is so shading
the early crop as to cause a considerable
per centage of rot.”
Picking is much interrupted' by the
demand for l^or to get out lumber for
repairing or renewing bridges and mill-
dams. Nine out of ten in the county
were washed away or damaged by the
late rains.
The same paper has this item:
We learn from a neighboring county
that a person has been operating there
trying to induce Democrats to form a se
cret political club (not Ivu-Klux—oh no!)
and claiming that he is acting under au
thority and instructions from the Demo
cratic Central Executive Committee of
Georgia. We feel authorized to say that
no authority of that kind has been given
to anybody, and that the Democratic
Central Executive Committee is opposed
to all secret political associations whatev
er. We believe any man who goes round
Georgia on such an errand as this is an
emissary of the Radicals and oi the devil,
too. His design is to entrap Democrats.
COLUMBUS.
The >ST(Oi of Sunday, lias the subjoined
news:
The freight bills on bulk wheat, re
ceived by the Palace mills in the last few
days via the Western Railroad, amounted
to $1,500.
We heard a rumor yesterday, that a
company composed of wealthy gentle
men, had been formed to build an opera
house on the old Post Office lot.
We hunted in vain yesterday for a mun
who believed in the cotton figures of the
Agricultural Bureau. It was universally
pronounced a fraud at guessing.
A female operative at the factory yes
terday had a hand badly mashed while
doing some work around the quilling
machine for the Eagle aud Phoenix fac
tory.
We understand that twenty-six gins
have been carried to river pfiujtations,
per steamers, within the past few months.
Some 5,000 bales of cotton are ^expected
by tlie river this season again.-t i,495last
year. Strange to tell, the stream, has
been navigable all of this year.