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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN
Meeting in Columbia Comity.
it a meeting held at Appling on Tues-
tbo 5tli December, to select delc-
Lg io attend the Convention to nomi-
% a candidate for Governor, Dr. W.
Martin was called to the chair, and C.
Shockley chosen secretary.
On motion of Dr. H.K.Casey, the Hon.
C Jjamkin, member of the Honso of
’fpreseotatives, and Charles H. Snoek-
T Vere electod delegates,
bn motion of Dr. Casey, [
Eosolved, That in tlio person of Map
B Gtimming, of Richmond, wo reeog-
L, firm, true friend to human rights,
fetitutional liberty and to the best in
fest <ff our people, and as Mich we ile-
re to show onr appreciation of a man
f 0 Btanda true to his colors at all times.
^Resolved, That we, the people of Co-
imbia county in Convention assembled,
Ll up to Atlanta our united, most em-
ntic endorsement of J. B. Camming.
Resolved, That wo instruct our dele
tes to cast their ballot for him for Gov-
Resolved, That the proceedings of
iis meeting be forwarded to the Chroni-
7 0 )id Sentinel, of Augusta, and The At-
lsta Sun for publication.
W. A. Martin, Chairman.
Charles H. Shockley, Sec.
STATE MATTERS. •
The Americas Republican, of Tuesday,
r fl - We learn that a telegram was re
ived in this city on Saturday, that act-
g Governor Conley had pardoned Mr.
»ge, who was found guilty of “volunta-
manslaughter” at the last Superior
mrt of this county, and sentenced by
Jge Clark to ten years imprisonment
the Penitentiary. If this bo true,
ere is no necessity for law in this coun-
r, for the trial of criminal offenders. It
comes a farce.
The Hancock Sentinel, of Saturday,
tb: “A gentleman was in Sparta this
eek, who says ho was married in 1865,
d has twelve boy children now, and
inks the prospects are good for haying
ee more for a Christmas present.
A Hancock negro named George Wil
ms, benzined on Sparta pop-skull and
(1 down on the railroad track fora
ozo; He was interred tho second day
icreafter.
Sheriff Bradford of Columbus, who
assaulted by young Moses, is recov
ng. .. .. ...
olumbus comes up with the champi-
f. The Sun says: One was arrested
turday night and carried to the guard
use. The officers went through him
i\ found the stolen money on his per-
It was laid on a bench while he
It on his clothes. He stole the money
in while several officers were around
1 destroyed it—how, no one knows.—
is the sharpest one yet. The Grand
rv will, perhaps'; have a say so in the
tter.
flic editor or tho Americns Republi-
i has been gorgiug himself on straw-
nies, fresh from the patch.
[Col. Law was to have lectured in
ucricus last night.
Ltoso. and Harry Watkins are in Au
la. ...
A parrot notified Mrs. Abel A. Wdg it,
kiriffiu, that her house was on h.e, in
to extinguish the flames before much
■nuge was done.
Tlhiflin has twelve bar-rooms, and all
j prospering,
Mmlame Isabella McCullough-Brignoli
1 give an operatic and ballad concert
■Savannah to-night.
|rho Savannah Republican says:—
The Kimball House continues to be
wiled with guestf.’ The above is al-
Ant a standing notice in the Atlanta pa-
is, wo see, in spring, summer, autumn
l winter, and wo hope it is true. 'Tm
moaliJIouee, though jitAtlanta, bpr
kgs to the State, and we are proud of
I ..' •! ari
THE DAILY SUN.
Friday, December 8th, 1871.
7.
A Ring of the True Metal.
the history of this country for seventy
years. These noble deeds of true Pro
gress were all achieved by the Democracy.
Their high and patriotic mission now, if
__ . | they are but equal to the occasion, and not
e no ice in the Macon (Ga.) Tele- lees firm in spirit, integrity, and inflexi
ble virtue, than their fathers, is to bring
graph and Messenger, of the 3rd instant,
the following article:
A Protest Against tile “’Possum” Policy.
"W o find the following earnest protest
against the adoption of the passive or
’possum policy—as somebody has wittily
termed it—by the National Democratic
party next year, in that ever faithful
Democratic journal, the Boston Post.
Says the Post:
It is not progress and growth for the
party which is the inspiring motive of
the passive proposition, so much as it is
a gambling fondness for change, a traf
ficking attachment to both the party and
its great principles, and a timid and con
fused calculation of chances that pays far
more regard to the personal profit than
the popular advantage. Any politician
of ordinary penetration must understand
that a negative position for a great party
is sura disintegration and death. Defeat
outright could not bring on the catastro
phe so suddenly. It would be a general
disbanding without even the usual con
dition of external compulsion. Whether
iiTusii.'—A, mcetlnjf of’ftia iistato Central Commit- j.j ie p 0 i n t.
f the Union.Republican Tarty of Geojy' —-.v= ' H. •
1 list even-u£: The resignation of Fost: .• I ni-
was accepted, and Hon. John S. Bigby . chosen
uvV.uuatiou in his stead.
ho Committee docided that the Republican Party
iM take no part in the coming election for pov-
or—claiming that tho Election Bill was not con-
at ienally or legally passed. This is probably wise
their pirt. Defeat—inevitable under any circum.
n es. They might as well "stand and teho it, or
and catch It.”
— .»•.'< : .
Washington. Nov. * G.—On (lit, that
tilliams, of Oregon, succeeds Akerman
weakness or treachery, false judgment or
cool design, the result would be no less
thorough and complete. Genuine, pro
gressive Democrats, determined on an
expansion of the party doctrines and
methods to the utmost limits of liberal
ism, bnt.resolved to protect their faith
as their only footing in the general con
fusion, honestly believe that the liberal
element of Republicanism can be brought
into co-operative position without mak
ing this confession that they must hide
their principles in order to vindicate
them. Supposing the proposed scheme
of passivism to be possible of success,: it
still remains to be Bhown in what way
the Democratic creed has been liberalized
or what new guaranty of its operation
in the Government it will have received.
To win a triumph for a cause by refusing
to mention the cause, is so idle as a pro
position as not to make it necessary to
attempt it as an experiment.
The general tone of these sentiments
is highly cheering, especially coming
from the source they do. We join our
contemporary of Macon in giving
them a hearty indorsement. The
Boston Post seems to be awak
ing to a proper appreciation
of the “situation” and the “prospect” be
fore us. It seems almost ready to put in
and lend a helping hand in our unfinished
“editorial serial.” That “serial,” the
Post may be assured, is devoted to the
rescue of Constitutional Liberty in this
country, and aid from any quarter is, and
will be, cheerfully received.
It is with peculiar pleasure, therefore,
we hail such utterances, from this old
Democratic Journal, as these: “A nega
tive position for a great Parly is sure dis
integration and death;" “It would be a gen
eral disbanding, withoideven the usual con
dition of external compulsion;" “ Whether
weakness or treachery, false judgment or
cool design, the result would be no less thor
ough and complete;” “Genuine, Progressive
Democrats, determined on an expansion
of the Party doctrmes and methods, to the
utmost limits of liberalism, but resolved io
protect their faith as their only footing in
the general confusion, honestly believe that
the libd'al element of Republicanism can be
brought itito co-operative: position, without
making this confession, that they must HipE
their principles in order to vindicate
them!” . ;
This is all sensible talk, and directly
the administration'of the Government to
a retracement of its wanderings from
the true Road. In this glorious effort
all right-thinking Republicans, so-called,
“can only,” in our judgment, “be brought
into co-operative position," if wise counsels
shall prevail, in the next Presidential
election. But such counsels will never
advise tliQ abandonment of principles,
with the hope of thereby vindicating
them. A II. S.
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Let not the Legislature falter in the
discharge of duty. There is a tide in
tli6 affairs of men—a nick of time, which,
if taken at flood, leads on to fortune.
If neglected, its bitter fruits he held to
our lips, when we will bewail the same
with fruitless lamentations. Let them
not fail to set the House of Liberty in
order before adjourning.
The idea of President Grant inter
fering to prevent the people from having
a Governor of their own choosing is ri
diculously absurd. If the Legislature will
but do its duty firmly and resolutely, and
in conformity to law and the Constitution,
he dare not. Mr. Conley, as acting Gov
ernor, even were he rightfully in the office
he now usurps, cannot call on the Fede
ral authorities for military aid while the
Legislature is in session. It is only in the
recess of the Legislature that such a call
can be made by him.
pers, and has not the average informa
tion in contemporaneous events. Why,
he told me himself that he never read a
book.’ ” “Here our reporter gave a smile
of incredulity. ‘Yes,’ continued Blaine,
he actually told me he never read a book.
You remember just after he was elected
President, Hooper and a lot of other fel-
ibws got up a subscription to furnish
Grant with anew library. Grant told
me that he had just received a letter from
Hooper, saying that they hnd selected the
books for the library with the exception
of those relating to military matters.—
They supposed he had most of these,
but if there were any rare books they
would supply them. Grant said he re
plied that he had never in all his life
read on the art of war.’ ”
SUN-STROKES.
5®” Tho St. Louis Republican finds it
impossible to “play ’possum” any longer
-while such lines as the following are
jingling in its brain:
I’ve caught a cold—
I don’t know how;
I go chuz—z!”
Whenlk-chow!
And when I try,
Like a Chinee.
To say “p-kttz I”
I Bay “k-cheel”
t&T De Castro is humbugging Selma
with the champion poor show.
• *-•-<■
KGL, Louisville bas given 4 birth to a
“sohool-book ring.”bJNexfc.
,r.
Attorney General.
Hon. Phillip Clayton, of Georgia, yes
May drew from the Department of the
torior a draft for $275,000 of ngricul-
.'iil scrip for Georgia. Col. Clayton
t last night. . . ■
pi an Francisco, Nor. 6.—The People’s
prance Company has collapsed, and
Pacific Insurance Company is totter-
I^olumbu, S. C., December 6.—Hon.
Iverdy Johnson closed the argument
}>biy on the motion to quash tho in-
ctmciit. Ho arghect that the acts of
Emgress of May, 1870, and April, 1871
The Democratic Party is the Party
of all true Progress, in this country, and
in all countries. Radical and Jacobini
cal Leaders.are in the habit of styling it
the Party of “Reaction," of “Retrogres
sion," made up of “Boiirbqns" who op
pose the advancing ideas of the age. If,
by the-advancing ideas of the age, be
meant tho Pivgress which the present
Ruling Dynasty has made in the United
States, within the last five years, then,
Will Grant ever go down to his
tory as Ulysses the Peace-maker? nmre
“The Cherubic Klimpton” is a
fancy witli the Coluinbus Plicenix.
■ > j:Li[— ■
BS^He registers his name at the hotels
as G. D. Alexis. < v b 11
fl@- It is hard to tell which is the
deader, the possumists or the Tomscot-
tists.
Atlanta is actually threatened with
Geofrancistrain. What a pity tjjat the
people should be forced to come within
the track of this Train.
- 'I
E£5»The world contributed $2,508,000
in cash to ,the Chicago sufferers, and pos
sibly as much move in provisions and
goods.
— fefafil srgnmlo oi ;
The. hell- of that million and a
half in England turns out now to be
George Chase, a Fond du Lac, Wisco:
sin, book-binder. There is no telling to
whom it will next JTtauoo noru
A Radical exchange says: “The
Republicans cannot do better than to re
nominate Grant.”/ They, can certainly
not do worse., ___
l The Memphis Appeal thinks poli
ticians have been monopolizing the con
ventions long enough, and calls for a
convention of editors, lor a political con
. ,, .
is the Democratic Party “Reac
tive" and ‘ -Retrogressive," in its every
principle and instinct.
The Progress which these destroyers
have made, has been a “Departure’’
from all the-land marks and safeguards
of Liberty—a rapid advancement towards
Centralism, Despotism, and Ruin—to
wards the re-establishment of the old
Tory doctrine of absolutism and the
Divine Right of Kings—against the inal-
e unconstitutional and void, as far as J ienable rights of Local Self-Government,
etendiug to confer snffriige, that on tfie part of all separate Peoples and
mgress could give the Federal courts ,,, , . . . ... »aSj «v
- right to Uy violations of State laws, ^ tes ' This has been their P^ess-
il should that indictment put the pris- it. is the Progress . of the Tudors and
Stuarts in England, when magna charta
was trampled under foot for years an’d
centuries. • ^ 7*
The Progressive Democrats arc for a
retracement of the steps of Govern-
•roner Moliatt, of this city, has com-1 ment in tliat T1 '^' are for
itted suicide with a carving-knife. - imitating the virtues of their ancestors,
Col. John D. Ashmore, ex-member of in that sort of Progress, which will res-
mgrees from tho Abbeville District, i cue an q the Free Institutions of the
S biS bmiUS ° Ut Ut I country. Their Progress Is in the direc
tion counselled by Mr. Jefferson. This
great Apostle of our Liberty and founder
ers in jeopardy twice, viz, as violating
i act of Congress and a law of the State?
|Xew Oeleaxs, December 6.—The Sen-
elected Pinchback, colored, Presi-
fet, by a vote of 18 to 16. This election
I regarded as a victory for Warmouth.
Memphis, December 6.—The wife of
dis, Mississippi.
| Washington, December 6.—The con-
rreat resolutions calling Col. Saunders,
North Carolina, and Messrs. Camp,
st, <fcc., to the bar of the Senate, for
ntempt, was, under the rules, laid over.
Mr. Anthony introduced a lull ameiul-
g the Election act, making it criminal
use any written device, token, word or
■dure, with intent to intimidate voters,
counseling, or indirectly procuring the
3 of such means of intimidation.
Mr. Robertson attempted to introduce
i amnesty bill, but was declared out of
der.
The Senate caucus appointed a com-
ittee of five to nominate committees,
seems probable that Morton will suc-
ed Cameron as chairman of the Com
littee on Foreign Affairs.
A resolution calling for information
garding Cuba, and tho papers in pos-
ssion of General Buel, Military Com-
ander, was adopted.
If Grant really wants to convict
the South Carolina Ku-Klux he must send
some lawyers there. J ohnson and Stans-
beriy are not matched by opposing coun
sel. - L* hiaa 1
The New York Herald says: There
?wus a tremendous anti-Jackson uproar in
1832, but Jackson won overwhelmingly.
There is now a tremendous anti-Jackson
Democracy uproar; but it will win over
whelmingly next year.
JUST" The New York Standard says of
itself: “Devoted to Republican princi
ples, recognizing the patriotism and de
votion of the Administration of General
Grant, it proposes to give it an earnest
support. * * * /Now is the time to
form clubs.” For such a newspaper as
that there never was a time to form clubs,
and there never will be.—[CourierJour
nal.) i You’re mistaken, Mr. Courier
Join-,ml, anil the Standard is right. Now
is the very time for clubs, (good, stout,
hickory ones), to be laid upon the shoul
ders of the editor who dares to write such
stuff. -tunlo-'J k> ic. -ftnoO wmarrnt
jKar* The English tanners are on a
strike. They have just heard that an
American tanner is President, and the
news has filled them -with a “vaulting
ambition” which renders them dissatis
fied.
Trial of Rev. J. JL. Pierce.
The public probably bears in mind the
gross scandal that some months ago was
circulated through the papers, with
which the names of Rev. J. L. Pierce
and a lady from Cartersville were tulen-
viably connected. The scandal was so
great, and bore so heavily upon not only
the ministerial, but the moral character
of Mr. Pierce, that it became necessary
for the Conference, to which he belonged,
to give the matter a most inquisitorial
examination.
When Conference met in Athens last
week one of the first acts of the body was to
raise a committee for the investigation of
the matter. The committee was com
posed of the following ministers: Ar-
minius Wright, chairman; H. H. Parks,
L. J. Davies, F. A. Kimball, A. G. 'Hay-
good, A. M. Thigpen, G. Y. Smith, J. H.
Grogan, J. M. Dickey, M. Calloway; D.
Myrick, J. Lewis, Jr.; P. A. Heard,
W. P. Fort.
A better, or a more discreet committee,
could scarcely have been selected from
the Conference. They are pious, pru
dent men, who would not suffer them
selves to be biased by influences other
than facts, and men who would not shrink
from the sternest duty that could be
Drought before them.
Before this tribunal the Rev. J. L.
Pierce was brought foi an examination
of the charges against him. His trial
occupied five entire days—three sittings
of the committee being held each day.—
The testimony was taken in writing, and
covered three hundred pages of cap pa
per. Every witness was subjected to the
most thorough and rigid examination.,
Witnesses pro and con were examined
with* like rigor. There was no par
tiality— no discrimination — no favors
shown, but an obvious determination ;to
arrive at the exact truth in the case!
What points were divulged by the tes
timony it is not necessary to state. It is
sufficient for the public to know that
after a most patient and exhaustive hear-
supplied by E L Stephens; Tugalo and
Mission, S D Evans.
Dahlonega District.—W A Dodge,
P E. Dahlonega, G E Gardner; Daw-
scnville, J R Pate; Camming, N H Pal
mer; Alpharetta, S S Ballah; (janton, E
E Ledbetter; Cherokee, J M Hardin;
Cleveland, B Sanders; Blairsville Mis
sion, M H Eakes; Gainesville, J H Bax
ter; Hall, J G Worldly; Lawrenceville,
F F Reynolds, R P Martin.
Rohe District.—G. J. Pearce, P. E.
Rome, T F Pierce; Coosa, P P Reynolds;
Forestville, W P Rivers; Oostanaula, W
P Lovejoy; Cave Springs, J BMcFarlain;
Cedar Town, W F Glenn; Van Wert, W
Conyers, R H Jones, sup’y; Subligna,
W R Branham, Jun; Summerville, W C
Dunlap; Lafayette, A Odom; McLe-
more’s Cove, supplied by S W McWhor
ter.
Dalton District.—W. J. Scott, P. E.;
Dalton, W P Kramer; Dalton Circuit, S
Leak; Tunnel Hill, J T Richardson;
Ringgold, J P Wardlaw; Rock Spring,
D J Weems; Spring Place, W T Hamil
ton; Murray Mission, supplied by T J
Simmons; Calhoun, JHRobeson;*Tilton
and Resaca, G Rankin; Kingston, J A
Reynolds; Elijay, M G Hamby; Jasper,
supplied by J. M. Sullivan.
Marietta District.—F A Kimball. P
E; Marietta, G G Smith; Ackworth, J
R Mayson; Roswell, John D Hammond;
Powder Spring, E K Aiken; Dallas,
Hayden C Christian; Garrolton and Bow
den, J Chambers; Villa Rica, JN Myers;
Harralson Mission, supplied by D Strip
ling; Sand Town, supplied by J Green;
Fairbum, R S Harwell; Cartersville, G
R Kramer, J T Norris, Supernumerary,
Marietta Female College, W A Rogers,
President; Snnday School Agent, W F
Cook.
LaGhange District.—H J Adams, P
E; LaGrange, Wm M Crumley; West
Point, A M Thighpen; Newnan, R W
Bighorn; Troup, W J Cotter; Long Cane,
T H Timmons; Whitesville, T S L Har
well; Greenville and Trinity, T A Seals;
Chalybeate Springs, T H Gibson; Grant-
ville, R F Jones; Rogansville, J TLowe;
Senoia, F W Baggerly; Palmetto, J M
Bowder; Franklin, J J Little; La,Grange
Female College; M Calloway, President;
Missionary to China, Young J Allen.
Atlanta District—W H Potter, P. E.
First Church, W P Harrison; Trinity, C
A Evans; Evan’s Church, J M Dickey;
Payne’s Church and Peachtree Mission,
D D Cox; St. Paul’s and Edgewood, G
JBt Pattillo and G W Hardaway; Atlanta
Circuit, B J Johnson; Decatur Circuit,
F B Davis; Stone Mountain, W H Clark;
Conyers, W J Wardlaw; CoviDgton and
Mount Pleasant, WW Wadsworth; New
ton Circuit, A Gray; Sardis Station, B E
L Timmons; Oxford and Social Circle,
W R Branham, Sr.; Monticello, E G
Murray; Ocmulgee Mission, supplied by
J W Cook; Newbem Circuit, M W Ar
nold; Monroe, C A Conaway; Agent Or
phan’s Home, J Boring; Agent American
Bible Society, Wm. A Parks; Sunday
School Secretary, A G Haygood.
Griffin District—J Lewis, Sr., P. E.
Griffin, J W Heidt; Zebulon, J Carr;
Pike, J S Bryan; Thomaslon, M H
White; Barnesville, W R Foote; County
Line, W H Graham; McDonough, J H
Harris; Jonesborough, R R Johnson;
Forest Station, B W Williams; Fayette
ville, D Nolan; Culloden; C A Mitchell
Clinton, W G Hanson and D L Ander
son; Jackson, M F Malsby; Pleasant
Hill, J F Holmes; Forsyth, D J Myrick;
Forsyth Circuit, J Singleton.
Athens District—E W Speer, P E.
Athens, J Lewis, Jr.; P A Heard, Super
numerary; Oconee, C J Oliver; Factory-
Mission to be supplied; Watkinsville, J
V M Morris and J W Knight; Madison,
W P Pledger; Morgan, J L Lnpo
Greensboro, Geo W Yarbrough,
White Plains, James L Pierce; Lexing
ton, W A SimmoDs; Winterville, W D
. NEW YORK.
A New Trial GruntecI to two UruiKcrx—
Coif federate Suit UccLlcd In Lon
don—Tlie Cold tVentiiei*—Jlexican In
telligence.
New York, December 6.—A new trial
has been granted to. the prize fighters,
Edwards and Collins.
In a recentsuit iuLondon—tho United
States vs. the Blakely Anns Company—
the court directed the proceeds of the
sale of \,ar material belonging to the
rebel States to be paid to the American
Consul for the United States.
The severe cold continues with a high
gtiiG hist night &nd this morning.
A Matamoras special of the 2d, says
that Travino,'a rebel General, tookSaltil-
lo. Tho loss on both sides was heavy.
The government still holds the French
fort on the outskirts, but the rebels com
mand the place from two positions, and
the surrender of the fort is hourly ex
pected.
The GoyenuBaiflrcommander at Mat-
amoral- conceals all news that is consid
ered unfavorable to the Government.
The mails and telegraphs are stopped.
The Fire Commissioners will purchase
12 first class engines, on the ground that
the present force would be inadequate in
case of a great Conflagration.
The Grocers’; Board of Trade has
agreed to take legal measures against un
just exactions upon commerce by the
health authorities, and to memorialize
Congress against the bonded warehouse
system.
The prisoner, who froze to death in the
police station, was Newkirk, recently
manager of Y an - Amburgh’s menagerie.
The Government bought only half a
million of bonds to-day.
NEBRASKA^
The Beautiful Snow out West.
Omaha, December 6.—The snow is still
drifting. Twenty freight cars were piled
by encountering the drift at Sherman.—
Other trains are reported of the traok.
Passengers complain of exactions made
by division superintendents and hotel
keepers. The road is completely blocked
for the present.
The supply of coal in the vicinity is
nearly exhausted, and many are using
corn for fuel.
Western passengers, who left on the
1st instant, are at Laramie Station. It
is not known how soon the road will be
cleared.
The weather has greatly moderated.
£ A great number of persons are reported
to have been frozen to death West of
here.
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MINNESOTA.
Very Colil Morning,' Sir!
St. Paul, December 6.—The ther
mometer was 26 degrees below zero yes
terday, and is 21 above to-day.
ILLINOIS.
Cold—'Typographical Generosity.
Chicago, December 6.—The thermom
eter yesterday, was seven and a half de
grees below zero,. It was so cold that
work had to
district.
The
country
$9,401.
ing, the judgment of the committee was .. ■ _ ,
that' Mr. Pierce was not guilty of! the J*^ R A^eXSup’yl
of the Democratic Party never gave bet
ter counsel or advice than when he said;
“shotdd we wander from them (the true
principles of the Constitution) in mo
ments of error or alarm, lei us hasten to
retrace our steps and to regain the road
which alone leads to Peace, Liberty and
Safetyt£im of Inode nsv ayidtwtd
True Progress now consists in Retro
gression—in a retracement of steps taken
in the wrong direction, and which inevi
tably lead to monarchy of some sort. • It
consists in regaining the road and pur
suing it, which was marked ont by onr
ancestors, and which led to that brilliant
fcSr 3 The Sunday Herald, published iu
Washington, prints the following re
sume of nn interview that one of its report
ers had with Speaker Blaine : “ Mr.
Blaine’s reference to Grant’s ignorance,
in a literary point of view, will be pub
lished in full. Our reporter asked Mr.
Blairle what his opinion was as to Grant’s
intellectual capacity. To this inquiry
Mr. Blaine responded that he knew Grant
well personally; he often met him in ev
ery-day business, as he passed and re
passed the White House, and occasion
ally stopped to have a pleasant chat with
him. ‘Grant,’ said Mr. Blaine, *is a very
clever fellow, but lie is very ignorant.—
career of real advancement in all that jWhy, he don’t know anything about
was great and grand, which distinguished | pnblic affairs; he don’t read the newspa-
charges that had been made against him.
The. husband of the lady involved; who.
was present during the examination, at
its close said Mr. Pierce had had a fair
and impartial trial.
Here let the matter end forever.
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From the Union .Times,
The Arrests in Union, S. C.
Since our last issue the following gen
tlemen have been arrested, and are now
confined in the Court House: Dr. J. N.
Moore, Nevil Hawkins, C. Hawkins, and
Isaac Trammel. Dr. Moore, who is un
doubtedly one of the most quiet, gentle
manly and honorable men in the State,
was arrested on the affidavit of a negro,
who had seen him ride out to visit bis
patients, one cold, wet night, with the
hood attached to liisglndia-rubber over
coat over his head. Most of -the other
prisoners here were arrested under affida
vits of S. T. Pointer and F. E. Ray,
charging them with riotous conduct- in
the streets of Union while those men
were here, more than a year ago.
The result of the present state of af
fairs in this county, will inevitably bring
great suffering and want upon the col
ored people next year. Already, in con
sequence of arrests and flights, a suffi
cient number of white land owners and
employers have left farms whereon at
least two hundred laborers are employed
t.Lig year. These farms will not be culti
vated next year, while all the necessary
Buimak, implements, &c M must be sold
ont of the county, for but few in it will
be able to buy them. Without horses or
mules, implements or food, and with no
money or credit to buy these indispensa-
bles for making a crop, the negroes will
be compelled to rf sort to one or two
plans—robbing and stealing, or leave the
county. The food crop of this county,
in the aggregate, is not sufficient to last
six months, and as the negroes own but a
very small share of it, we cannot see
what these misguided people are to do.
Truly, they will say, “save us from our
friends.”
Appointments of IVoi tli Georgia
Conference for 1872.
Augusta District,—C W Key, P. E.
St. Johns, A T Mann; St. James, H H
Parks; Asbury, S J Davies; Richmond
Circuit, D Kelsey; Appling, W A Flor
ence; Thompson, J al Lowry; Warren-
ton, W F Sm’tk; Sparta, W T Caldwell;
Hancock, F P Brown; Crawfordville, A C
Thomas; Milledgeville, A J Jarrell; Bald
win, J W Stype.
Elberton District.—L. Rush, P. E.
Elberton, F P Hughes; Bethlehem, John
H Grogan; Elbert Circuit, W A Farris;
Lincolnton, G R Park; Jefferson, J R
Parker; Mulberry, J H Mashbum;
Camesville, W T Norman; Franklin
Springs, supplied by D C Oliver; Homer,
W F Quillian; Hartwell, J W Baker;
Clarksville, L P Nees*-; Clayton Miss-.-a,
Little River, Joshua Parker; Eatonton
B H Sassnett; Putnam, W W Oslin,
M Embry; Transferred to South Georgia
Conference, A Wright and A C Davidson;
To Halston Conference, R A Gidden; To
North Alabama Conference, R Stripling
Next Conference to be held in Atlanta,
TELEGRAPH NEWS
By the New York ikrociated Press.
Tri .fc'.vj qofcfi
Report of the Commissioner of Agricnl-
ture—What He Knows about Fann
ins iu tbe South—He makes some Sen
sible Suggestsons.
Washington, December 6.—The Com-
sioner of Agricnlture, in his report ac
companying the President’s message,
speaking of the needs of Southern ‘Agri
culture, says: i dt; ,'nuJAlafy I
‘It must be. conceded that the course
of agriculture in the Southern States has
not been conducted with that care,.skill,
and regard for ultimate results which
have characterized the operations of
farmers in other States. While their
lands are continually devoted to cotton
and tobacco, until they .have arrived at
state of exhaustion, those of the North
are continually improving by rotation of
crops, which is absolutely essential to the
life oi the soil itself, and without which
fanning and planting had better be aban
doned.”
These impressions have induced me to
turn my attention to the States to seek
some mode by which the influence of
this department may be directed to ben
efit them, to find out whether their im
plements anil, especially, their seeds may
not be greatly improved and how, in the
distribution of seeds and plants we may
best reach those whom they may be prof
itably sent.” ,n .
He says the Southern States suffer
greatly in their interest for want of grass
es, in the use of which, their productions
would be greatly increased, by rendering
a rotation in crops necessary. Clover
with its deep roots, and ripe grass,
strong grower, will well endure the hot
sun of the South.
Referring to the distribution oi seeds,
the Commissioner says: “I am satisfied
that the mode heretofore pursued is er
roneous. The quantity sent is entirely
too small for even an experiment A
pint or a quart of wheat, oats, or other
cereal cannot be successfully grown and
snch experiments almost uniformly fail
because the quantity is too small. I need
not here discuss the reasons for this, but
the result is manifest to those who have
tried the experiment. It would be far
better to put a half or whole bushel of
seed into the hands of one conscientious
and careful person, than to divide the
■ same quantity among ten or twenty.”
Will’s Ope i\i ii.i- beeu burned. Loss
tiity thousand dolt .re.
•av-'iw. . ,JLV, UUO V>L/^.L4. U1AU.U
» be suspended in the burnt
total contributions throughout tho
-7 for f the .VChichgo printers is
' VIRGINIA. ™ •
Tiie Legislature—Mi-usago from Gover
nor Walker. ■ it If CO . 1
Richmond, December 6.—The Assem
bly convenfed to-day; and the Governor’s
message was read. It is quite lengthy,
and treats ofd the; Stated—its financial,
so«ial, political, and material condition.
With reference to National matters 'he
recapitulates the arbitrary acts of Con
gress and the President, denounc
ing [their encroachments upon the
rights of tkstpedpte* hiiiiwpi ftiidn
PENNSYLVANIA
PUUf>u*fJ Elections.
Pittsburg, Decj..«ioer G.—Blackman,
Bhf 6 independent candidate, is elected
Mayor over Morgan, Republican, by
1,274 majority. Magee, Republican, is.
elected City Treasurer by 1,000 majority. IT
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j -•!ivviji. «j OHIO, it aoituioMem^ oJT
jnlL | MifdiiM
Cincinnati, December G.—The London •
Woolen Factory, Loudon, Ohio, was
burned. Lo§s$S0,000.
H i rti rd Jb
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SALES.
GEORGIA . SHERIFF
Sale JDay Ipiffst 'Tuesday iu Jan-
iiaoD j tmesm «hid Io ttuSmaa i
FULTON COUNTY.
City lot in Atlanta—Fi. fa. in favor of
A. Y. Brumby vs.’Hoses Jones and Wm.
Green (colored.) /
House and lot in Atlanta—Fi. fia. in
favor of Ivy A Winn vs. Jefferson
Floyd, ui} yciiaatjm ,m>iinlatm m
The stone flagging and steps, North
Bide of Wall street, Atlanta—Mechanics’
and Laborer’s lien, in favor of Young &
Walsh vs. H. I Kimball.
City lot at junction of Broad and
Peachtree streets’, known as the Sasseen
TOpnertff. B* 8 * b a * 6 ® fflL*
\\ Seventy acres of land lot 157, Fulton
county—Fi. fa.' in favor of Gilmore S.
Drake vs. E. R. Sasseen.
House and lot in Atlanta—Fi. fas. in
favor of John Keeley, Hunnicutt & Bel-
lingraths andR. W. Satterfield & Bro. vs.
O. E. Grenville.
A lot in West End—Fi. fa. in favor of
W. H. Smith V3. Julius Glatz.
Seventy acres of land lot 9, Fulton
county—Fi: fa. in favor of Wm. Wright,
WBJto. KillisBrown. . yg”*
City lot on Alabama street—Fi. fa. in
favor of Georgia Loan and Trust Com
pany vs. Peter Huge.
Fifty-seven acres of lets 93 and 100—
Fi. fa. in favor of Z. D. Graham vs. T.
E. Williams.
The H. L Kimball House—Mechanics^
lien, in favor of Heb; , Berry &Co.
DOUGLAS COUNTT.
Thirty acres of lot No. 78—Fi. fa. in
favor of W. Ji Hembree vs. James West.
Augusta has had her usual hebdomenal
rencontre. JOC
Laiids at administrators’ sale in Talia-
ferroicounty, on the first Tuesday in this
month, averaged about nine dollars an
acre. Tne Joshua Morgan estate was
divided and sold in several separate par
cels.