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Tlic Outrages in South Carolina.
We invite the special attention of our
readers to-day to some very pertinent,
as well as clear and patriotic views, on
this subject, ottered by the Nashua (New
Hampshire) Gazette of the 16th instant.
We republish this article entire. It de
serves the careful perusal of eveiy friend
of liberty from Maine to California, and
from the Lakes to the Atlantic.
The whole people of this, country, by
whatever party designation they may
have heretofore been known, whether
Democratic or Republican, must become
aroused to a full sense and realization of
the dangers which are threatening, or
all their boasted free Institutions will
soon be lost, and swallowed up in the
vortex of General Despotism.
On the same line with the article
from the New Hampshire paper,
we have one before us in the Burlington
(Vermont) Democrat, of the same date.
It is headed “The Grant Invasion.”
We have not space to republish it entire,
but it is directly to the point, and is no
less clear than powerful in the mainte
nance of sound Constitutional views.
Among other things, this outspoken de
fender of the elementary principles, upon
which all our Institutions rest,says,: “ It
“ should bring the blush of shame, if it
“docs not of indignation, to the American
“ check, that such scenes are to be wit-
“ncssed in any part of the country as are
“now transpiring in South Carolina.
These sentiments are certainly encour
aging to tho friends of Liberty every
where, and when they shall become the
rallying watchword in popular elections,
in all the States where the vsurpers are
on trial before the people, no one can
dbnbt the righteous verdict of condem
nation that will be rendered. All that is
wanted for this grand achievement—
this rescue of Public Liberty—is the clear
presentation, squarely made, of the great,
real, absorbing, and only vital, living
issue of the day—that is, the issue be
tween Constitutionalism and Despotism.
A. H. S.
From the Nashua (N. H.) Gazette, Nov. 16,1871.
An Usurper.
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
In establishing martial law in South
Carolina Grant pretends to be acting un
der the Ku-Klux law. It is an entirely
false pretension. That law does not au
thorize him to do any such thing. “Mar
tial law.” says the Philadelphia Age, “is
not autnorized, but, on the contrary, is
expressly forbidden by that act. Martial
law, as all well informed people know,
has no place among the laws of England
or the United States. It is the mere cus
tom of war between belligerents, and
has no limit, but the will of the comman
ders. Sir Matthew Hale and Blackstone
agree in defining it as no law at all.
We remember to have seen the word
but once in an official document, which
was a proclamation issued by Stanton in
the name of President Lincoln. It pro
claimed martini law throughout the whole
land, and against everybody guilty of tli6
vague offense of “disloyal practices.”—
As published in the newspapers, it bore
date the 24th of September, 1862. It
created a deep sensation throughout the
whole country.
This was immediately felt in the elec
tions of that year. The State of Penn
sylvania, in the following month, went
over to the Democratic side, being a loss
of about sixty-five thousand votes to the
Republican ticket since the preceding
election. The Republican Governor
Curtin, in a message, denounced military
aggressions on civil government as stoutly
as Geary has since doue in liis message
of the present year. So strong was the
popular indignation, that this proclama
tion was dropped out of the official doc
uments of the government, and is not
published with the laws, proclamations,
etc., in the authorized edition. It was
said, without contradiction, that Attorney
1 General Bates had declared the Stanton
proclamation to be a lawless outrage.
When Congress assembled, they took
early action against this monstrous pre
tense to exercise martial law, in other
spheres than that of actual war. Many
Republicans who came to that Congress,
defeated in their recent canvass for re-
election, were very bitter against the
martial law policy, to which they charged
their defeat. An act was passed to re
peal and repudiate this policy, xhe act
was approved on the 3d of March, 1863,
and it re-asserted and affirmed the juris
diction of the civil tribunals, and excluded
all pretense to exercise martial law, even
during a period of the suspension of the
habeas corpus. And now we come to
the most important point in this history.
When the Ku-Klux act was passed at the
last session, the act of the 3d of March
1863, was also formally re-enacted, as a
part of it. The fourth section of the
Ku-Klux act expressly says : “An act re
lating to habeas corpus, and regulating
judicial proceedings in certain cases, ap
proved March 3d, eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, which relates to the discharge
of prisoners other than prisoners of war,
and to the penalty for refusing to obey
the order of the Court, shall be in full
force, so far as the same are applicable
to provisions of this section.”
It will thus be seen that the resort to
martial law, in South Carolina, which is
the entering wedge to a resort to it else
where, for which all the government or
gans are clamoring, is a sheer, bold usur
pation, without a shadow of legal author
ity from the Ku-Klux law, or any other
law. It is the crossing of the Rubicon
by our military President under pressure
from the clique who surround him, who
see that a term may be put to their pecu
lation aud license, if popular government
and fair elections, are to give effect to
the voice of the people.”
The intended retention of Benj. Con
ley in the Executive chair meant the con
tinuation of all tho Radical Judges, So-
licitors-Genernl and other State officials;
the continued Radical majority on the
Supreme bench, aud the dispensing of
the patronage of the Executive tor the.
benefit of the Radical party.
The election of an honest Democratic
Governor wipes all this out ut a blow,
leaving not a vestige behind, except tho
wreck and ruiu of the past.
Notes on Life Insurance.—The
growth of Life Insurance in £he"Unifcd
States has been truly wonderful. As a large
majority of our citizens are carrying pol-
cies on their lives, and naturally looking,
with interest, upon the subject, we pro
pose giving an outline of the growth of
one of the strong companies of the na
tion.
The. North western Mutual Life Insu
rance Company was organized in 1859—
purely on the mutual plan—there being
no stockholders—every dollar pa'd in
premiums over and above an amount suf
ficient to carry the risk, and keep good
the Reserved Fund, with all profits, being
returned to the insured in proportion to
the amount paid in. It now has Eleven
Millions of Dollars assets, and the last
year it placed its Reserved Fund on the
four per cent, basis! to do which, it had
to take about one million dollars of its
snrplns to add to that fond.
This is considered by scientific Insu
ranee actuaries as safe beyond question
“The Gibraltar of Life Insurance.”
The leading Insurance Journals, as well
as the several State Insurance Commis
sions are urging their respective Legisla
tures to enact laws forcing all companies
to adopt the four per cent, basis of Re
serve on account of its greater security.
They have doubts as to the five per cent
or even four and a half being safe in
years to come.
This Company paid last year nearly a
half million of losses on 243 risks and
yet its mortality was one-fifth less than
companies of its age. Its interest re
ceipts alone came within §16,200 of pay
ing said losses. In this respect we be
lieve it has no equal. Its entire receipts
for the same time was 63,670,370, and
during the same period nearly 8,000
new policy holders were added to its
large membership, summing np, on the
1st of January last, over 35,000
It is located in the great Northwest, at
the city of Milwaukie (the second grain
city of America.) Though but 12 years
old, it ranks in tho number of its poli
cies, assets, reserved fund, interests, re
ceipts, &c., as the 8th company of the
country. If it keeps on at the same
rate it will soon be at the head.
Such progress is truly remarkable.—
The question is naturally suggested, what
has made it grow so rapidly, become so
powerful and command such general con
fidence ? One reason, no doubt, is its
being located wh er legal interest is 10
per cent., and where landed securities
(the only security it takes for its loans) as
shown by the United States Census re
ports, has doubled in value every ten
years for the last 30 years.
Neither can this be all. Its officers
must understand the business, and they
and the thirty-six Trustees, who assem
ble twice a year to examine into its con
dition, must have the confidence of the
people where personally known. As
proof that such is the fact, the Compa
ny’s business and receipts last year in
Wisconsin was 6806,000—nearly as much
as the combined receipts of the thiity-
three companies represented in that
State—where every company doing busi
ness has to give to the Secretary of State
a sworn statement.
This Company has been, and now is,
doing in this section, a large business.—
It is under the intelligent management
of Dr. W. H. White, who thoroughly
understands the business of Life Insu
rance, and will cheerfully give any infor
mation upon the subject. . We commend
him as a truthful gentleman, and his
Company as number one.
sary to propnre the warrant for arrest
would be indictable.
Mr. Wellborn supported the bill as
the best means jof checking the un
bounded licence which is so rife in the
country.
Mr. Nicholls offered an amendment
provided the truth may be given in evi
dence in justification, as in libel;
adopted.
Mr. Candler moved to amend by ex-
cepting language of housewives to cooks,
&c.; lost.
Mr. Barns hoped the bill would not
pass.
The bill was passed.
To change the time of holding the
Superior Courts in Flint Judicial Circuit;
passed.
To incorporate the town of Doraville,
in DeKalb county; passed.
To amend an act to incorporate the
town of Decatur, DeKalb county; passed.
To incorporate the town of Luthers-
ville, Meriwether county; passed.
To provide a remedy by which money
or property stolen orYmlawfully conver
ted or detained from the State or the
Western and Atlantic Railroad may be
recovered, and for other purposes.
Mr. Kibbee moved to make the bill the
special order for to-morrow; carried.
To change the time of holding the. Su
perior Courts in the Eastern Circuit;
passed. '
To amend an act to grant to the Sa
vannah, Skidaway and Seaboard Rail
road Company the right to construct
railroad on the streets of Savannah;
passed.
To authorize the Ordinary of Cherokee
county to issue bonds for the purpose of
building a court house; passed.
To fix the compensation of Grand
and Petit Jurors of DeKalb county, fix
ing the same at $2 00 per day; passed.
To provide for ascertaining the amount
of bonds which have been issued to re
quire the same to be registered, and for
other purposes.
The Finance Committee reported as a
substitute to protect the people of this
State from the illegal issue and negotia
tion of bonds providing for a commission
of three, one to be elected by the Senate,
and tVo by the House, to investigate all
past transactions of that character.
Mr. Brown contended that the substi
tute provided for the election of persons
outside the General Assembly upon this
■commission, and he opposed entrusting
the matter to any such persons as con
trary to precedent and unnecessary. He
moved to strike out “commissioners
elected,” and insert “committee appoint
ed.” The motion prevailed by yeas 22,
nays 13.
The report was adopted, and the bill
passed.
To allow contractors and sub-contrac
tors on railroads a lien on the same for
labor done in the construction thereof,
Mr. Brown offered an amendment for
all labor done under contract made with
any railroad company.
Mr. Bruton opposed the bill upon the
ground that it gives the same right to
sub-contracors as to contractors.
Mr. Nunnally thought that the princi
pal reason for the passage of the bill was
because it protects the poorer men who
are unable to protect themselves.
Mr. Candler opposed the bill as inju
rious to the rights of the State in roads
to which aid had been granted.
Mr. Simmons objected because the bill
would require the President of the road
to see to the payment of the wages of
all the laborers on the road.
Mr. Hillyer thought that the misap
propriation of funds by contractors
ought to be punished as a crime.
The hour of adjournment having ar
rived, pending the discussion, the Senate
was declared adjourned.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
eighteenth day’s proceedings.
SENATE.
Tuesday, November 2i.
The Senate met, President Trammell
in the chair; prayer by Rev. Mr. Wright,
aud the journal read and approved.
A bill to relieve parties plaintiff in cer
tain cases from the operation of an act to
extend the lieu of set-off and recoupment
to nlUdebts contracted before June 1st,
1865,"and to forbid the collection of the
same until all leual taxes due thereon
shall have been paid, being the special
order of the day, was then taken up.
The Judiciary Committee reported as
a substitute, a bill to repeal said act to
extend the lien of set off, &c.
Mr. Nichols moved to lay tho whole
matter on the table; carried by ayes,
Messrs. Anderson, Black, Brock, Bruton,
Burns, Campbell, Clark, Coleman, Cone,
Crayton, Deveaux, Griffin, Heard, Hoyle.
Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Nichols, Nun-
ually, Simmons and Smith—21.
Nays, Messrs. Brown, Cameron, Can
dler, Estes, Hicks, Hillyer, Jervis, Jones,
Matthews, Peddy, Reese, Richardson,
Steadman, Wallace, Wellborn and Welch
—16.
The following bills were read the third
time:
Xu incorporate the Oglethorpe M uia-
facturiug Company; passed.
To amend section 364 of the Code, in
relation to Sheriff’s fees; lost.
To amend an act to require the several
Judges of the Superior Courts to give
specially in charge to the several Grand
Juries of this State sections 4489, 4490
and 4491 of the Code, relating to dis
turbing congregations engaged in reli
gions worship; passed.
To empower the Ordinstry of Union
county to construct a public road in said
county; passed.
To provide for adjudicating the rights
of parties under Art. 7 of the Constitn
tion relating to the setting apart of home
stead and the exemption of personalty,
and allowing the plaintiff to file an affi
davit that the property levied on is sub
ject to execution and the property to be
sold thereon; passed.
To reneal Section 121 of the Code,
which declares a minority candidate elec
ted, when the majority candidate cannot
take the office; passed.
To abolish all offices connected with
the Western and Atlantic Railroad;
passed.
To make slander a criminal offense.
Mr. Candler opposed the bill on the
ground that it wouid give rise to a great
many unfounded suits.
Mr. Hillyer opposed the bill as calcu
lated to restrain the prosecution of
criminals, because the allegation neces-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
House met, Speaker Smith presiding.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Heidt. Journal ap
proved.
A bill by Mr. Renfroe to change the
time of holding the Superior Courts in
the Middle Circuit, was read the first
time; also, to incorporate the city of San
dersville.
On motion of Mr. Gray the rales were
suspended, to take up a resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a joint
committee to inquire into the legality of
the lease of the penitentiary convicts.
Mr. Goldsmith stated that the Com
mittee on the Penitentiary have already
made the investigation and would report
to-day. He, therefore, moved to lay Mr.
Gray’s resolution on the table; this mo
tion prevailed.
The unfinished business, to-wit: the
bill to appoint a committee to invest!
gate the affairs of the State Road, was
resumed.
Mr. Phillips continued his argument,
claiming that Mr. Scott’s bill proposes to
organize a commission with the powers
of a court, and if the gentlemen who are
proposed as members of that commission
are obnoxious to the 14th Amendment,
they could not act—that he is no new
departurist, and does not favor the 14th
Amendment, but he is unwilling to see
any action taken which might be made
political capital of by the Republican
party, aud result in damage to our State.
Ho favored the substitute, which provi
ded for the appointment of a joint com
mittee from the General Assembly to
make this investigation.
Mr. Simmons of Gwinnett, argued
that it is tiie duty of the members of this
Legislature to make this investigation,
and the people expect them to do it—
the commission of outsiders would con
stitute a sort of court, and if any of its
members were obnoxious to the 14th
Amendment, or should fail or decline to
act, Mr. Conley would have the right to
make appointment to fill vacancies. He
opposed the bill on the above grounds,
and opposed Mr. Phillips’ substitute, on
the ground that the committee proposed
is too large, and would not begin to act
nntil the adjournment of the Legisla
ture.
Mr. Davis of Newton, thought that,
outside of the guilty parties, no one can
form any idea of the magnitude of the
frauds which have been perpetrated on
the State. To ferret out these parties is
an imperative duty, and the only ques
tion to be decided is, who shall make the
investigation. He favored .the outside
commission because those who would
compose it would have more time than
members of the Legislature.
Mr. McMillan said that the charges of
villainy against high officials swarm
throughout the land like the locusts of
Egypt, and these charges call for imme
diate investigation, .and, in his opinion,
the duty of making this investigation
falls upon the shoulders of the mem
bers oi this General Assembly. He re
viewed the situation of oar people in a
speech replete with'eloquence.
Mr. Pou said that when the bill pro
posed by Mr. Scott was first presehted,
ae was opposed to it, but upon further
reflection, he thought it was the measure
which should be adopted. All admit
that an investigation ought to be made,
and the manner of making it seems to
be the only difference. If it is true that
the time allowed by law for the sessions
of this General Assembly is too short to
make a thorough investigation throng n
its committees, then the best plan is to
pass Mr. Scott’s bill. He was not afraid
of responsibility, bnt he wants the pub
lic good first consulted. If the commis
sioners to be appointed under the bill are
such officers as would be affected by the
14th Amendment, then would it equally
apply to the Irishman, a Swede, or other
person sent to Europe to bring immi
grants to Georgia ?
Mr. Jackson called the previous ques
tion; the call was not sustained.
Mr. Bacon was opposed to the passage
of the bill, saying that he did not recog
nize the fact that members of this Gen
eral Assembly are wanting in ability and
experience; that there are members of
this Legislature who are prominent and
learned, and he was unwilling to admit
that they were sent here because their
betters are ineligible. Again, as to time,
it is true that the investigation cannot be
thoroughly made before tbe session ex
pires; but tbe investigation by the Com
mittee could be continued after adjourn
ment, and its members could certainly
spare as much time for it as those lawyers
who stand at the head of the profession.
Mr. Johnson of Jefferson, was opposed
to the bill, remarking that the members
of the Legislature are competent and
willing io make this investigation. They
were elected for the purpose and are
bound to their constituents to do their
fall duty in the matter.
Mr. Riley thought the members of the
General Assembly quite equal to the task,
and did not see the use of getting out
side parties to undertake it.
Mr. Hillyer said that the old saying
that if you want u thing dono do it your
self, if you don’t want it done send some
body else to do it, applies in this case.—
Persons of all parties want this investi
gation made. Members of both political
parties should be appointed on the com
mittee, so that all parties may be satisfied
with the report, and if the charges are
found to be true he would be glad to see
punishment fall on all who deserve it.
Mr. Peeples favored the original bill,
saying that the spirit of the bill is to ex
pose fraud committed since .1868, and
the best men who can be obtained ought
to be appointed. A good lawyer, a good
banker and a good merchant shonld be
appointed, who are each experts in their
professions. He named I Phillips Clay
ton, Junius Hillyer and John A. Doane
as persons eminently fitted by experi
ence and ability for the duty, and ac
cepted the substitute offered by Mr.
Simmons of Gwinnett as an amendment
to his substitute.
Mr. Pierce favored the adoption of the
substitute, remarking that there has been
no assurance given that the outside com
missioners would serve if they were ap
pointed; and although he was not much
inclined to pay attention to the bastard
amendments of the Constitution of the
United States, yet he whs ready to follow
out the policy of this House and respect
those amendments as law until they are
repealed. If, then, they are to be res
pected, the ineligibility of these gentle
men would be a bar to their full dis
charge of this duty. In the case read by
Mr. Scott on yesterday, from the Penn
sylvania report, the opinion was given in
days of purity, by men whose character
and actions were as untarnished as
the ermine they wore. Were sach
men now to expound the law,
he would be willing to trust
to their decision; but such men and
such times are not upon ns, and these
outside commissioners would be declared
officers and held to be ineligible. He
hoped that the committee to make this
investigation would be appointed from
the General Assembly, believing, as he
does, that they are equal to the task.
Mr. Dell favored the substitute, and
said it would go a long way toward recon
ciling bim to voting for the bill if he
knew the gentleman named in the bill
could aud would serve, and thought that
the bill might be so amended by change
of names aud features that Mr. Scott, its
parent, would hardly know his offspring,
Mr. W. D. Anderson was neither for
the bill nor substitutes; he was glad to
hear encomiums upon the intelligence of
this General Assembly, and was not
willing to admit that all the intelli
gence of the State rests under disabili
ties, nor would he be understood to at
tempt to detract from the learning of the
gentlemen who are proposed as outside
commissioners. Outrages have been
committed upon the finances of Georgia,
and that some investigation must be
made, is apparent to all, bnt common
sense should prevail, and the desires of
gentlemen should not be construed as
reflections on the Legislature or others,
but fairness, dilligeuce and integrity
should be sought, and he was pleased
with the practical suggestions made byMr.
Peeples. He detected the difficulties which
will be encountered by the parties who
are to make this investigation; the diffi
culties of tracing up the skillfully ar
ranged plans of railroad: frauds, of intri
cate bank accounts, &c. He favored the
appointment of a small joint committee,
who would be authorized to employ an
expert banker, a skillful lawyer and an
experienced railroad man to ferret out
the villainies. This idea had been sug
gested to him by Mr. Wood of Walker.
Mr. Scott said that he disliked again
to intrude himself in the debate of this
question, bnt on account of its magnitude
he wanted to explain the motives which
prompted him to introduce this bill, and
again urged the views he expressed on
yesterday.
Mr. Riley called the previous question,
which was sustained.
On the motion to adopt the substitute
the yeas and nays were called for, with
the following result: Yeas 128, nays 12.
The Committee on Internal Improve
ment reported in favor of adopting me
morial addressed to Congress in relation
to the canal between tue Mississippi
River and the Atlantic Ocean, and in re
lation to the appointment of Committee
to visit Washington to farther the me
morial
A message from the ad interim Gover
nor was received, but not read. This
message returned the bill to order a
special election for Governor without ap
proval.
The House was declared adjourned
nntil 9 a. m. to-morrow.
Is There a Corrupt Rine of Men
Professing to toe Democrats 1
W e notice that there are mutterings in
the Democratic Press of the State, and
among individuals who think they have
reason to believe a “Ring” for corrupt
purposes has been formed among mem
bers of the Legislature, and others, for
the purpose of controlling certain offices
and jpatronage, influencing legislation,
and making dishonest gain at the ex
pense of the people.
We trust these suspicions are unfound
ed. We trust the corruptions and vil
lainies of the last Legislature, and the
Bullock regime are not longer to be con
tinued or attempted. That some of the
cormorants, who have-not fully glutted
their savage maws upon the vitals of the
body politic, should make another at
tempt to continue their robberies, is but
natural, and they may find some members
of the Legislature who will join their
“ring” and favor their schemes; but we
will not believe it till we have better evi
dence of it. We only mention the fact
that members of the Legislature and
others in positions of place and power,
with means at their command, are sup
posed to have formed a “ring,” to fur
ther schemes which, will benefit them
selves, bleed the people, and do no public
good, is finding enough credence to cause
some of the people and presses of the
State to speak out upon the subject,
We hope the Legislaturewill show,
by its action throughout, that these
suspicions are groundless, and that
those who desire to form a ring, have
failed, and will utterly fail for want of
enough base material out of which to
construct it.
The editor of the Macon Telegraph
seems to be convinced of tho existence of
such a combination, and deeply regrets
it, saying:
It is full of danger to the party, aud
we do not hesitate here and now to de
nounce it as wrong in principle and sure
to lead to results of which, perhaps, the
coalitionists have not seriously thought.
It will sow seeds whose harvest will be
discord and bitter antagonism, if not
open, actual revolt in sections without
whose support even the coalitionists can
not hope to enjoy the fruits of their bar
gains. We denounce all these rings or
coalitions as inimical to the Democratic
party, and, therefore, to the prospect of
fixing the full control of matters in Geor
gia in honest hands.
This is a question that rises high
above all petty, personal or sectional
considerations. It holds in its solu
tion the life or death of the Democrat
ic party of Georgia as a compact,
harmonious, irresistible organization. If
ever it comes to be fully understood that
by a combination between certain men,
representing certain sections, all other
considerations except those of mere
availability or membership of, and ac
tive, zealous work for the “ring,
axe to be cast aside in awarding honors,
then those who are outside will surely re
sent such injustice. When the time comes
that a coalition between any set of men,
or any two sections of the State, has so
firmly fixed itself inside the party as to
decree who shall fill its offices and reap
its official rewards to the total, contemp
tuous exclusion of all who do not belong
to it, and who will not bow the knee before
it, then the end of Democratic ascend
ancy in Georgia is near at hand. The
Democrats of other sections of the State
will not tamely submit to such ostracism.
They will not lie flat on their backs and
allow themselves thus to be ground to
powder between two millstones. We
sion from Mr. James, and all the matter
connected therewith, teas referred to me.
I examined the title, and found a serious
defect previously unsuspected even by
Mr. James, but had it made linn ana
sound before the. matter was closed,
am sure that Mr. James will bear witness
that in conducting that whole business I
guarded and secured the interest of the i
State with the most scrupulous care, and
the utmost caution.
The negotiations preceding the sale of
the Opera House, and, in fact, the whole
transaction from its commencement to
its close, occurred when I was out of tho
city; but I am well assured that it was
principally, if not entirely, conducted by
a committee of the Legislature on the
one part, and Mr. H. L Kimball, in per
son, on the other.
Thanking you for the publication > of
this, (for I am confident that you will
cheerfully do so), I remain yours, &c.
Robert H. Brown.
Remarks.—We very cheerfully give
place to the foregoing courteous note
from Colonel Brown, and freely ac
knowledge that we were led into an error
in the way he suggests. We have fre
quently heard it said that he was em
ployed by Gov. Bullock to investigate
the title to the Opera House purchase.—
This impression has grown out’ of his
employment to investigate the title to
the Executive mansion, and tho payment
to him of a fee of S500 for that service
—a service which Governor Bullock
should have required the Attorney Gen
eral to perform, and should not have paida
fee to an attorney who was not already
paid by the State to do exactly such a
work as this.
We regret that we have thus been.led
into an act of injustice to Colonel Brown.
We cheerfully make the amende, and
thank him for giving us the credit of
doing so unintentionally.
TELEGR'A MS
New York, November 21.—At eleven
o’clock this morning the steamer Mary
Powell, with the Reception Committee
and about five hundred persons, includ
ing a large number of ladies, proceede-
down the bay. Over a thousand person
assembled at*the pier to witness the do
parture. The steamer was gaily decora
ted with Russian and American flags
Nearly all the vessels in the bay were
dressed with flags. Many of them dis
played Russian colors. Broadway is.
thronged with persons awaiting the par-*
ade. A great number number arrived
from the country in the early trains. The
buildings on Broadway and other princi
pal streets are decorated with flags. The
National Guard is out iu full force. Tho
weather is fine. The reception will be
brilliant. The crowds on Broadway are
so dense that locomotion is alin-^t im
possible. Every window and space from
which a view can be obtained are occu
pied. Ten thousand troops are in liue,
extending two miles. ' Alexis lauded at
half-past one o’clock, when the procession
moved. During the interval M*j. Gen’l
Dix addressed the Prince as follows;
Your Imperial Highness: In the name
of the citizens of New York, I have the
the honor to tender you a cordial wel
come to the United States.
It is a great gratification to us to see
within our harbor the squadron which
has brought you to our shores. It is a
still greater gratification to us to receive
among us one or the Imperial family of
Russia, whose illustrious chief has done
so much for civilization; in whose hands
the possession of power has, under the
guidance of Providence, been devoted
to the noblest of uses—the social and po
litical elevation of those who come with
in the sphere of its exercise. The long
''and uninterrupted friendly relations be-
3£L h
clique, nor even section. We have no
special candidates for any office, bat if
there is a ring inside of the Democratic
party of Georgia, we are dead against its
candidates, from the highest to the
lowest.
We denounce these coalitions as wrong
in every aspect, and from every stand
point. We denounce them as necessari
ly corrupt and corrupting. We denounce
them as necessarily greedy and selfish to
an extreme that leaves no room for any
thought or care for the public or party
weal. We denounce them as the instru
ments by which incompetent, unworthy
men are thrust upon the party and the
people, merely because they are supposed
to be available, and to carry out a bar
gain. Finally, we denounce them as
death stabs at the very vitals of the or
ganization that has rescued an op
pressed people, and a plundered treasury
from the tyrants and bandits of Radical
ism, and the only organization which can,
in the future, give either any assurance
of safety. Down with all rings—leave
them to the foul faction that first made
them prominent in American politics,
and np with the Democratic party, one
an indivisible—dealing out equal and ex
act justice to all its members and ele
ments, and awarding its honors by the
measure of personal and pnblic deserv
ing alone.
Note from Rotot. Jtt. Drown, Esq..
have naturally created strong sym-
I pathy. on our part, in all that
concerns her welfare, and has
caused us to regard with deep
interest her steady but silent progress
eastward, shedding, at every advance,
the lights of civilization over regions
which have been buried for ages in com
parative darkness.
Your imperial highness will, no doubt,
find much in our country which is novel
to Europeans, which will be remembered
as a source of useful suggestion in regard
to political societies. Iu the name of the
citizens, in whose behalf I speak, I ten
der you a sincere welcome.”
The Prince replied as follows: “Gen
eral Dix, ladies and gentlemen, I beg to
express my warm thanks for the manner
in which I have been received. The feel
ing which exists between Russia and the
United States is as strong as it is lasting,
and nothing can disturb it.
I shall pass rapidly through New York
to pay my respects to the President,
whose high character is greatly apprecia
ted everywhere; but on my return I shall
have the pleasure to accept yonr hospi
tality so kindly tendered me.”
Denver, November 21.—The wind is
blowing and snow is fourteen inches
deep. The railroads are blocked by
drifts.
A fire originated in a barber shop at
Kit Carson. The Kit Carson House,
Perry House, several dry goods and gro-
Editors Sun: In your paper of to-day, eery stores, two billiard saloons and the
the 21st instant, and in an article upon postoffice were burned. Loss 6100,009.
the mortgage alleged to be upon the No insurance.
Capitol Building, yon have mentioned
my name, and have done me, uninten
tionally, I have no donbt, a great injus
tice. The portion of the article to which
I allude, is as follows:
“Bullock knew that mortgage was
against the property when it was pur
chased by the Legislature. Kimball
knew it was unsatisfied when he deeded
it to the State, warranting it to be free
from all liens. Bullock paid Robert H.
Brown 6500 to investigate the title, and
accepted his opinion that the title was
good. Mr. Brown must have known of
the mortgage, for his law partner at the
time, Jadge Hopkins, knew it.”
Now, I assure you that it is a mistake
that I ever investigated the title to the
property at all, or that I was paid a 6500
fee, or any fee whatever, in this connec
tion. I never expressed or gave any
opinion whatever, upon the subject.
At the time the sale and transfer was
made, I was not even in the city, being
absent on a visit to my old home in the
western country. Yon have evidently
confounded the transactions connected
with the purchase of the Executive Man-
v sion, with those of the Capitol Build-
£3” The People is the name of a news- ; j n jr.
paper that comes from Puebla, Colorado. ( The purchase of the Executive Man-
San Francisco, November 21.—The
grand jury, in investigating the recent
stage coach robberies, attribute them to
Indians.
The Apaches are again on the war
path.
Most of the persons implicated in the
Los Angeles Chinese massacre have fled
the country.
Halifax, November 21.—The cholera
has broken out in the eastern section of
Halifax county. A man who was em
ployed as cook on the steamer Franklin
is supposed to have brought the disease
into the county. He is recovering, bnt
others who caught the infection from him
have died. The local government has
adopted necessary measures to prevent
the spread of the contagion, The health
officer of Halifax is seriously blamed fo
neglect.
Lowell, Novemb er 21. —A man charg
ed with the seduction of his sister-in-law,
and a doctor accused of abortion in the
case, have disappeared.
Chbyenne, November 21.—The House
repealed woman suffrage by a vote of 9
to 3. ■ '
A dispatch from Hong Kong reports
the wreck of the ship Yang-tse-fo-chow,
for Now York. Six of the crew were lost.