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SATURDAY, SBPWMBBR 19,1857.
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Direct letter* to Editor* Atlanta Examiner
Democratic PfotelMtlon*.
■OR GOVERNOR,
Maws,
JOSEPH E
~T5fncil
CHEROKEE.
FOR CONGRESS?
First District—JAS. L. SEWARD.
Second, “ M.J. CRAWFORD.
Third “ D. J. BAILEY.
Fourth ‘‘ L. J. OARTRELL.
Fifth “ A. R. WRIGHT.
Sixth “ JAS. JACKSON
Seventh “ LIN. STEPHENS.
Eighth “ A. H. STEPHENS.
STATE LEGISLATI VE.
For Senator.
JARED I. WHITAKER.
Fur Representative
JOHN G WESTMORELAND.
Se« Third page for Late News,
Illne** of Major Bate*.
We regret to learn from the Montgomery
AdTertiaer and Gazette, that Major Bates,
of the Montgomery Journal is lying ex
tremely ill. He has been indisposed for
two weeks pant.
Incredible—Cant Believe It.
We are sorry to learn that some of Mr.
Hill's sea loos supporters in the city have given
indignant expression to their disbelief in the
charge brought against Mr. Hill in oaf yester
days issue as to that cross mark Mi the hat.—
They give the most emphatic-hmtradictioo to
the story, and their argument runs something
after this sort. “ Beo Hill is not a stark fool
to make a charge that the whole world knowj
to be fafeeand have it come back on his own
head.” Sach fa almost the identical language
used by his defenders. Be still awhile gentle
men and watch a little farther the recoil of
Mr. Hill’s overloaded fusee. It is undeniably
true that Mr. HiU did charge in his speech
at Griffin last Satnrday that it was well known
to be the fact that conductors passed every
man free on the W. A- A. B. R. who displayed
a cross mark on his hat. The norelty and rank
aottrdity of such on excess of malice may
well astound and disgust the moderate aod
right minded of all parties.
For the Examiner.
A Problem—for Ben Hill.
If bolding a small Democratic Office cx-ne-
■ rssitate makes a man a rascal how big a
scoundrel must a man be who desires to beo
Know Nothing Governor.
BOB SHORT.
For the Examiner.
Give us Light.
To the Superintendent of the Stale Hoad .
Six :—
‘ Will you please let the public know
the name of the generous individual who built
the W. k A. R. It. Depot,— Engine House
and Shops—and pruenUJ them to the State
of Georgia. I see by Thursdays American
that the State voted $500,000 outlay for the
It-ad and CoL Gauleiter thinks $300,000 for
Hoginesand C'arsgud $2t>0,00fl for rood con
struction about a fair disbursement of that
money.
Who 1 ask was kind enough to give us those
little brick structures down your side of town
with their small appurtenances ! My be,web of
gTatitude are moving to meet him at his com
ing—and stick his name forever io a niche of
Fame.
GRATITUDE.
tktT We deeply regret to learn that u pri
vate dispatch was received here from Memphis
yesterday evening, announcing that the mind
of Gen. Win. Haskell has become grca'ly nn •
set'led. It is feared be is approaching insani-
'v Nashrille Daily Gazette.
official returns
rermont Election*.—Th
sum lip a-, tollows
Fletcher,
Frit*,
Scattering,
The Senate is entirely
House there arp one hundred and fifty R
publican majority.
95,075
19,014
220
Rent blicaii
Thi Lr.npool Cumulate.—It is said 'hat a
parse of 825,000 has been raised for Beverly
Tucker, to induce him to accept the Liverpool
Consulate- It would l>e well if the public
could too* why this par* is to be raised, who
are tbe parties contributing to it, and what
tbe wesideratioo inducing their curiosity.
onUP.
M
9»'l' tksiisakpou ’ «wry
"on* <tf tfae Conductors oo n
•M nnntfe**JS«h
.... m n'ftorts i|mk than the regular fere
fttwu CartirssWe to Marietta, thereby was
swindled oak of the paltry sum of Twenty-five
cent*." tike a "drowning tnau ditching at
Mr. Hilt is rainly endeavoring to
capUol out of the libove disreputable
One of tbe train bards, who
from jns of bumoess was promoted to condor-
tor pfe-tm, and not conversant with the reg
ular charges upon a Freight train—charged
Mr'. Hill, atnl friend $1,50 a piece thinking
this charge "about right” bat upon his arrival
at Marietta, be asked an old conductor if his
charge had^nMUL and was informed that
$1,28 wsstlHlBpheharge for ouch passen
ger from OarterreBTto that point—whereupon
Mr. Burnett immediately repaired to the Ho
tel to find the gentlemen who had overpaid him
in order that he might refund the twenty-five
cents—but not findiug them he paid th"
amount $3,00 to “| roper receiving officer.”—
The public have seen the couduetor (Mr. Bur,
netts.) refutation of the Oahanltid .Iristocruts
contcmptable charge, “that he was not the
regular conductor^that he did not know the
regular charge? ui^n a Freight trivio, (hat he
acted houorahly in seeking them in order to res
fund the paltry snm which Hill in absence of
other subjects seeks upon every stump to make
a moan fan oat of. We appeal to every hon
est poor uian as well as rich, has this traisac-
tiou the semblance of "swindling' ' Is not
the honor of even a Train hand or any indi
vidual who works hard for his dally bread
as dear to lea family and bimsell us
that of the Great Mogul, "Our Ben!"—
We surely think so. But from Ben Hill’s
charges, we opine he does not. No voters
of the county of Fulton. Because of the
poverty ami humble position of this Cons
ductor, whose only fault is Democracy and
an employee on the State Road, where there
is not a resurrection of a hope of Hill’s re
ceiving a single vote—he, Mr. Burnett,
must be maligned and charged with theft,
while in the honorable discharge of his duty.
Poor man look to your honor! At the Bal
lot-Box vindicate the fonl aspersion of your
eo-iaborers, hnrl back by your votes the con
temptible charge in the teak of the.fnriucraj-
ic Frmce of Know Nothingism, who gave it
birth. Frove to him if you are humble in tlie
walks of tliis life, that your votes are not too
poor but that they will cancel the bon ton
supporters of B. H. Hill. Esq. Rally uuder
the ample folds of the good old Democratic
Banner, suffer not your lionoraud party prin
ciples to trail in the dust—.lo your duty and
Ben Hill A Co. will remain at home.
(J.nf. of the Sovereigns.
lD(tl|>U of Cot Ion a t bhn vrporli
The receipts of cotton at Shreveport trom
the 1st of September, ls55, the the 31st of
August, 1857, were :
At warehouses, per wagon-, 58,893 halos.
At Mrs. Alexandea’s 1,220
Per boats from Upper Bed Ri
ver, and reshipped at this
port, 21,600
Total receipts 94,713 bales,
Shipped 94,092
Stock on hand, 21-91.713 bales.
To shipments should be added
1009 bales on hand at the
date of our last report,
which make to total ship
ment of cotton since Sep.
1, 1856, 95,722 bales.
The receipts of eolton during the same
time last year amounted to 79,155 bales,
showing an increase thi- season of 14,558
hales.
Up to the 1st of September, l £ 5ti, fifteen
bales of new cotton bad been received while
this season up to date only two bales have
reached town. ,
.Moral Courage.
Sidney Smith, in his work on moral philoso
phy speak.s in this wise of what men lose for
want of u little moral courage or intkptn-
dence of mind : “ A great deal of talent is lost
in tbe world for the want of a little courage.
Every day sends to the grave a number of obscure
men, who have only remained in obscurity be
cause their timidity Las prevented them from
making a first effort, aud who. it they could
have l*eu induced to begin, would in all prob
ability, have gone great lengths in the carter
of fame. The fact is, that to do anything in
this world worth doing, we must not stand
back, shivering, and thinking of the cold and
the danecr, but jump in and ecranib!, through
as well as we can, It will not do to be per
peiaally calculating tasks, aid adjusting nice
chances; it did very well before the Miod
where a man could consult his frieada upon an
inter,.led publication for u hundred and fifty
years, and then live to see its suciw nfle--
ward , but at present a man waitsar.d doubts,
anil h-rotates, and consults his brother, and his
uncle. a»l particular friends, till, one line day
he find, he i-sixty yean of age; that tie ii3-
loatso much time is consulting hi* first cousin
and j»articular frii mis, that lie has no more
time to follow tlieir advice.”
Trot Bet went Flora Temple and Brown
Dick.—A trot -aid to have been for two
thousand dollars a -ide, took place at Albany,
New York, on .Saturday, between Flora Tem
ple and Brown Dick. Flora won in three
straight beats. Time ■ 233 1-2,230 1-2, ami
2 30
kef- The Buffalo Courier slates the num
ber ot sUam and sailing vessels built during
tins season in that city, at 42 j the tonnage
at 15,823,62, and the cost $1,083,000.
to the Editors cf
lo the feme of tfaeftMih, Qto°Ban ofthe Clh
iost., l ace published an article from the
‘•Charleston Courier,’' embodying extract*
Rom tbe "Louisville Journal,'' relative to the
rt- opening of the Blurs Trade. That R fa a
very general impression, that the Constitution
or the United Slates, stands as an "insupera
ble barrier” to such legislation, I atn we#
aware, but (list so accomplished on editor and
lawyer, as the chief of that press, should bo
among the number who assert this, L confess
somewhat surprises tue. it ishowever. with no
hope of convicting him of his error, or iudeed
of convicting others who like him, are so pre-
drteruiinnteiy opposed to such a measure, that
1 urn induced to offer you this communication.
My object is simply to plaoe before the unbi
ased, the articles of the Constitution referred
to, and to have them judge for Ihemselves.
Thao arc two paragraphs in tbe Constitution,
which are usually cited as comprising both the
•'insupciablc barriers" to reopening tbe .Slave
Trade, uud as affording Congress ample power
to legislate for its prohibition. They will be
found in that clause which declares tuat “The
Congress shall have power (Sir. 8- clause 8.)
to regulate Commerce with foreign nations,
and among the several Stall's, and with the In
dian tribes;' uud in that other clause (No. 1,
of Sec 9.) which declares that "The migra
tion or importation of such persons as any of
the States now existing, shall think proper to
admit, shall not l>> prohibited by the Congress
ptior to the year one thousan J eight hundred
and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed
on such importations, not exceeding ten doly
lars for each person.'
Now with regard to the first mentioned
clause but little need I* said. The words are
that •;Congress shall have the power to trgu-
lale See., Ac., and iinkss regulate" and "anni
hilate'' are considered synonymous term's Con
gress certainly had no power here to legislate
the absolute destruction of that traffic 1 . It was
an entire trade within itself; it could not be
subdivided by discriminations, as is the ease
wbefe distinctions arc made between the raw
material and the manufactured article. It
could only he regulated by law? similar to
those which now govern the inlmigtation of
white foreigners. I he other clause cited there,
appears to be the one considered as the "un-
surmonntable barrier’ by so many, and among
them tbe "Louisville Journal." But with ul 1
due difercnce, 1 think this too, will be found
to be anything but unsurinouutable when fair
ly construed, indeed, I do not hesitate to say
it is no difficulty at all. Undeniably the au
thority of this clause is of a negative charac
ter. "The migration or importation of * *
persons * * * shall not be prohibited, Ac., Ac.’
And although it may be admitted to be what
the lawyers call a “negative pregnant," yet
this dots not 'n anywise alter the position ta
ken. No logician will, I think, deny the cop*-
lative conjunction "or', which connects "mis
gratiou’’ and "importation" may fairly lie
considered as a convertable one here, since to
read it as "and.' would not only not destroy
the strength and souse of the sentence, but
would give it absolutely the same significance.
Now let us bear in mind that the words "mi
gration and importation" are indissolubly con
uccted in the paragraph, and it follows, that
any legislation with regard to the one must
necessarily imply the application of such leg.
islation to tbe other. Let us bear in mind too
that the application of these terms “migration
and importation," is to “/ursons,"—not Afri
cans,—not blacks—not colored persons—not
slave—not whites!—aod here, too. it follows,
that if persons can lie made to pc-sibly apply
to slaves it must of necessity apply also to any
and all others. Well, has Congress passed any
laws prohibiting foreign immigration? and if
not, has the Constitution been violated by the
non action of Congress in tins particular ?
Would, indeed, the world wide interpretation
of that instrument have sustained Congress in
any such enactments ? On tbecontrary had not
cur country been ever considered the "asylum
of the oppressed,,' ‘'refuge" for the tyrant
trodden? Why else our "naturalization taws'
—why i i>r e,ur 1 ’ alien lawsIs it saying too
much indeed to declare that had Congress
postil iawe prohibiting foreign immigration'
such action would have been an infringement
of the great compact.' The conclusion then is
irresistable, that, if Congress could not pro
hibit immigration, it could not prohibit tbe
slave trade; oj that if under the authority of
this “negative pregnant” it could pass such
prohibitory laws or nnt as it saw fit, and did so
in the on- instance, but not in the other, it
follows that there would have heen no violation
of tbe Constitution, lmd it been equally silent
in both cases And finally, if uon-actiou in Ihe
premises would have been no violation, (siuce
in the wording of tbe clau-j "migration or
importation” stood precisely or. the some foot
ing, and emce, too, no one asserts violation of
the Constitntion as regards’ ‘migration”)—ii
follows tl>at the abrogation by Congress of all
sur-h partial legislation as now exists oo the
sutij.-ct, cannot be unconstitutional. If the
negative authority is sufficient to empower
Congress to make such laws, that same au
thority is amply sufficient to sustain that body
iu annulling them, 'therein no Con.litution-
ul difficulty in the way ; it D simply a Con
gressional impediment—a legislation which a
majority enacted, and whieb'a In re majority
can annuli.
As to the assertion that the Month would
never consent to the re-opening of the Slave
trade because, it will diminish tier wealth by
reducing tbe individual value of her operatives.
I think it will be readily found to be nothiug.
more than a plausible sophism. If the South
imports enough slaves to reduce their present
value with us, this reduction will of course be
regulated by tbe importation, aod it follow*
absolutely and necessarily, since importation
vaataga then accruing lo a* io an incrennd
amount of /afar > Let us not deceive our
selves by such Mince*. Rightly viewed, the
proportion stands thus: A. B, anil C, have
money enough to buy slaves at u thousand
dollars each, ami having invested their money
at these rates, they straight way declare that
uiho ever else fdesires to purchase [thereafter,
must not he allowed In get them any cheaper!
SOUTH.
Mr. Buchanan vs. Walker.
Mr. Buchanan’s letter, iu which he defmes
the policy of the Administration in reference to
Kansas, we arc glad to see, meets the general
approbation of the Democratic press. The
Lynchburg Republican, which has been distil
gnisbed among the firm and cousistent oppo
nents of Gov. Walker’s high-handed usurpa
tions, receives with marked satisfaction the sen
timents of the President, It says:
•■The Kdow Nothing press have insisted up-
ou it, that President Buchanan was responsible
for Governor Walker’s Kansas policy,and the
one could not be consistently denounced without
the crimination of the other. And it must be
confessed that this running pretest of the Op
position to aim a fatal stab at the Adminis
tration, received some credence from the course
of certain Democratic journals in the .South,
which too hastily attempted to sigualize their
snliterviettcy to federul power, aud afterwards
to vindicate I heir consistency, by identifying
Walker with the Fresideut.
“But this game of the enemy is effectually
blocked. Mr. Buchanan romes out iu the able
and patriotic letter which wc publia this morn
ing, and proclaims doctrines diametrically op
posed to those promulged by Walker in Kan
sas, aud precisely those held by the true De
mocracy of the .South.
“Walker's doctrine was that the " wholepco.
pie should vote regardless of all legal qualifica
tion- Mr. Buchanan’s doctrine is that the
whole people shall not vote, but only those
qualified by law.
“Walker maintained that every ‘inhabitant
in the Territory this present fall, should vote.
Mr. Buchanan declares that a previous resi
dence should be required, and that none shall
vote except those who may be qualified under
the provisions of the condition.
“Walker declared, in another part of his
Topeka speech, lliai il tbe Convention did not
submit the constitution to a vote of the whole
people, it should and would be rejected by
Congress. Mr. Buchanan says no such thing
but leaves tbe whole question to be determined
by the Convention,which alone has the pow
er to act in the premises. He makes no
threats, nor offers any bribes, but declares that
the laws shall lie faithfully executed.
"This is all the most ultra Southerner can
ask,and, that Mr. Buchanan will be true to
his word, «c have not the^ehadow of doubt.”
The Com in under of the I'lnli Kxpedltlc
Gen. A. S. Johnston, recently appointed to
the command of the Utah Expedition, is a
native of Kentucky, having been born in Ma
son county, in that State, in 1802. He i now
fifty-five years of age. HU father was an
emigrant from Connecticut, and one of the
early settlers in Kentucky, Gen. Johnston
graduated at West Point in 1826, and subse
quently served in the army for eight years.—
He served iu the campaign against Black
Hawk, in which he acted.os Adjutant General
of the Illinois troops, with the, rank of Colo
nel. fie removed to Texas in 183C, just after
the battle of San Jacinto, entered the army
of the Texan Republic, and rose to tbe posi
tion of its Commander-in-Chief, In 1839 he
acted os Secretary of War of the young Re
public. When the Mexican war broke out,
at the call of Gen. Taylor, he joined the vol-
tcer army, was elected Colonel of the First
Texas Regiment, and served till after the bat
tle of Monterey, iu which, with the Ohio Re
giment, he evinced the most brilliant courage.
Of late, he has been serving as Paymaster
General in Texas. If tbe’Utah Expedition
be carried out on the scale at first conceived,
he will have an opportunity of displaying all
the courago, tact and sagacity he possesses.—
St. Louis Eve. Aims.
•** pwhr at Ufa Batttl, t totonMifftto. To a
' rep*rt*» who vfaitsd him jCRterty, hp »W !
“My charactar. fagoM ; my bnatncai in Brooks
lyn is brokenKp ; my wife bai left me ; 1 hare
neither money nor rriemfa, and I do not care
to expose myself to tbe derision of my enemies.
Besides, 1 bare long had a desire to live the.
life of a recluse ; and although the tombs is
not this most desirable place ip the world, yet
I am well treated here, I do not find It all at
uacomfortable. No, sir; I hare not mad?any
efforts to get bail, and shall not; I dont know
that 1 could get bail if would, and Hun certain
I would not if I could. 1 shall remain here
contented, until 1 bare given'nty evidence in
tbe case for whielt I ani detained as a witness,
and then I intend to start immediately for Au<
stralia.” He was taken before die graod jury
on Wednesday.—N. Y. Sun.
• ->♦«'♦»—
ta-Tlie printer* of San Antonio have
•track’ for New Orlcaim prices, and have
started a paper called the ‘Mallet and ■''hoot
ing Slick.’
If the publishers of Man Antonio serve
them right they will not give them a si.co
until they withdraw so unreasonable an ex
action.
wri ce formed to tlie thickness of a win
dow glass, at Goodspced'.s Landing, near
New Haven, Connecticut, .i few nights
since.
tel! ' A man calling himself Jas. Johnson
has been arrested iu Savannah, for negro
stealing.
tea!' Anson Burlingame is engaged in
stump-speaking down in Maine prior to the
State election.
&*!•* share of pnbllo' confidence in so short a
tlmt aa tbb has dow. Il has apt been more
• J** *too* we flnrt. heard s»f it. and ft
uow stand*, at Um bead of all remdfc* of the
kind. We have never used any of it ourselves
having bad no occasion, as our “crown of
glory" not only ns yet retains it* orlgo*l color,
but gels more so—hat some of onr friends
have, and we have never known it to fell In
restoring the Imir to its original color. We
advise such as are becoming prematurely gray,’
to give the “Restorative” a M&s-Chestfi
(III.) Herald.
Sold by all good Druggists.
Sept. 7,1857 dtw2w
Samuel Swan ft Oo.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
BAMKSDEUL
Jtnd Dealers[in Gold, Silver, Ban/' Notes and
Domestic Exchange.
Demand Exchange on New York, New Or
leans, Ht. Imuis, Savannah, Charleston, and all
ints odin the United States. IJncnrrent Bank
Notes and Specie bought and sold. Collections
made everywhere and proceed* remitted by
Sight Draft on New York or New Orleans, on
day of payment,
SAMI'SL SWAM n*0. P. *D»V.
Atlanta, July lii, 1857 dswlf
•Smakf. Bitten.—A Scmmart Remf.dy.—
Dr. Reynolds, of Gravier Street near St.
Charles, whose special profession Is the curing
of cancers, but who lias got a special predilec
tion for snakes, was played a shabby trick by
one of his favorites yesterday. He had just
received a fine consignment of young rattles
snakes, which were placed with an old chap,
but the wires of the box, not being close
enough, allowed the young snakes to get out
and spread themselves on the lloor. The Doc
tor hastened to put them hack, but a mall
cious-miodcd one seized his thumb, and bit him
wc suppose, “ with intent to kill.” Dr. R.
immediately procured a hatchet, und severed
the wounded member from his hand. The
remedy was a summary one, but Iho surest
that coaid be practiced.—N. 0. Dill a.
Fire ut St. Louis.—The malt-house and
vinegar distillery belonging to A. Wood, and
tbe rectifying establishment of 8. W. .Sher
man, were destroyed by lire at St. l-ouis on
Friday morning. Loss about $40,<u)0; ins my
ranee nnkuown.
The tVhrat Crop in Iowa.—The most glow
iog accounts, are received daily from all parts
of tbe State, says tbe Dubuque (Iowa) Express
of the yield of the wheat crop. It fa believed
the average yield throughout the State will be
twenty-five bushel* per acre.
B£,Kight’huiidrpil mechanics -have been
thrown out of employment by the elosing
of three large munuluciuring establishment*
at Buffalo.
Special Notices
A CARD.
To Conductors of Trains on
the Western & At
lantic R. R.
The Hon. 11. H. Mi’I lias charged, in a pub
lic speech delivered at Newiian on the tith ot
thi* month, that he was charged, first $2 110
passage money, for riding betwsen Oatcrs-
ville ami Marietta, llien $t 50, and finally
*1 00
This dishonorable transaction having never
been properly brought to my notice, I am, there
fore obliged to detect, as I lies! can, the delin
quenu
Have you, or either of yon ever, had Mr.
Hill as a passenger on your trains, when such
an occurence asdetailed above, took place.
E. 11. WALKER,
M. T., W.& A. R. K.
Wc, whose names are annexed, certify upon
our honor, that no such occurrence ever took
place upon a train, of which we had charge.
Signed :
J I. WOZENCRAFT, P R CHASTAIN',
8'L BELL, JAS M LEE,
WWHARRIS, M W NEAL,
JAS A PATE, TIIOS M DEAN,
SH ROBERTS, H L WING,
W I. ADAMSON. 7. U AYOOOK,
WILLIS CARLISLE, WR HILL,
J II FULLER.
Atlanta, September 15th.
Mr.E. B. WALKER,
Sir . I, with the rest of the Conductors ol
this Road, received your circular, calling lor in
formation oboot an overcharge tor passage cn
the Western & Atlantic Railroad, exacted of Mr.
B. H. Hill, as you say he has alleged in a pul
lie speech. I cannot, in justice to myself, (the
person implicated,) give you an answer yea or
nay, without a word of explanation. You
know very well, bit, that for the last eight
months I have been on the Road in the rapac
ity ol a wmmon train hand, and have had no
thing to do with a Conductor’s buaiue s, till the
heavy pres* of work on the line, colled for ex
tra help in the running of train*.
A few days since, about the 1st >f the month
I had charge of * train, which I had orders to
run just behind the one in charge of Conductor
Wing, and which train I was running by ,Mr,
Wing’s lead. Two gentlemen g-ton my train
at Cartcrsvillo, and when I called upon them for
fare, I charged one dillar and fifty cents. All
the rigmarole of Mr. Hill about iny various
charge* of $2, $1 50, and finally ■‘{i l. is simply
a falsehood. I charged Mr. Hill and tbe other
person on the train, $1 50 a piece, and no more
or less. This money I returned to the proper
receiving officer, and there stands the entry of
these two sums on my book, end the entry and
payment ol them made without prompting from
any knowledge of these charges of Mr. Hill
which have just been brought to my knowledge
by your circular. I frankly admit that this was
an overcharge ol twenty live cents, snd Wm
Pate, one of our old Conductors, will testify
that I asked him at Marietta if the charge was
right, for never having htd the .-control of a
train in my life, until a few days before this
time, I feared I might be wrong. Mr. Pate told
me tho regular charge on a freight train without
a ticket, was $1 S5. I then looked over the
company at the Hotel to find both the gentle*
men to return them their money; hut failing to
do so, I mgde tho payment to the proper officer
ot $3 00.' '
It does seem to me, sir, a plain man, having
nothing but a good name to depend on in this
world, that this ia a harsh judgment of Mr.
Hill, and I know it is an unjust one. Ceuld he
have believed, or hoped, that in this transaction
that I was something else than a rogue 1 ' The
facts as they me, and as,I give them, show how
easily he might have given some belter explan
ation of my conduct, than lie handout 1 at New-
nan, Covington, Griffin, and 1 suppose will do
everywhere else he speaks, from now until Oc
tober.
I have, ss you know, sir, had no experience
as a Conductor—was only placed in charge of
a train for a few days, and have returned to my
old jsjst as a train hand, now tho press of our
business doe* not need me as a Conductor. If
I have played Iho rogue in this instance, dwelt
on with such joy by Mr. Hill, it was without
any motive. I played the thief, as Mr. Hill has
been playing the demagogue, all for fun and no
pay. Poor and bumble as I am, I have, thank
God,%lways liorno the character of atruthfal and
honest man, and Mr. Hill is the first man who
has said otherwise. I am thankful too, that the
•count between Mr. Hill and myaalf, and the
public, had as he triee to make me, leaves such
a balance in my favor. Ha alonl accuses me,
while thousands brand him, and God la my
judga, I had rather deeaend,even from the poor
place I hold, if there ie en humbler one left for
me, than into the pit of degradation which the
good cf ell timee sende the rat’i who will tlen-
der end lie for e reward, if he can get one, or
from mal'ce, If h* cannot.
R. P. BURNETT.
Train Hand.
XauAbucrltsmcnts.
For Sale.
A CONSTANT iUiTly of tlie justly celebrate,!
J-.VREKA O/l. ul wli"ii‘sstsumt retail. A fair
reduction made to those wishing to sell again.
„ S. J. Nil A CKELFOHl),
‘OplStt Agein,
At Auction.
A t fcMI.E.VIiOO.V on ftATI IWAY evening at •!
O'eloek, a tli.u lot of CLOTUINO and DJI V
annus-
Also, a tine ant.It WATCH, in good running ordei
Otliei artieloe, sueli ss HOLTS, PVLLIES. ItlSa
ES. rCREWS A. .V. SHACKELFORD,
plSStd V. M.
Fall anil Winter Styles
CLOTHING.
ANI* GENTS
HATS, CAPS, B&C.,
AT
W. HERRING & SON’S.
ClothingIManufactory and Merchant
Tailoring Establuiiment.
A Hl’LKNDID stork of CLOTHS, CASIMERES
uud i'ESTIXUS, all the new stylos.
A beautiful and well solve ted stock of HATS sml
( APS. Gents FURtUSHlNO GOODS, SHIRTS
I lit AW BUS, ir.\DER OARMEXTS, GLOVES.
Hosiery, CRAVATS, Shawls, and BLANKETS si
the lowest prices for CASH, at ...
ir. HERRIXO 4' SON,
Whitehall Street
*-S~ Agent for SINGER'S SEWING MACHINE
r PHE best aadchca’ est slock of CRAVATS
X in the City, is at
8 «pl fl HERRINGS.
N EGRO CLOTH.—A large stock, for sale
cheap at
“I’ 10 HERRINGS,
At Public Sale.
f IA H E^old,building on Railroad Squaro, will
-L „>-« "Old the highest bidder, ft auction, on
SA I URDAY next, at 12 o’clock, M„ (on tbe
Square.) Building to be removed within two
weeks trom day of sale, at the oxpense if the
purchaser
By order of Superintendent,
seplfidlt _ E. B. WALKER.
BETTER THAN KANSAS EXCITEMENT
210 LOTS OF
GEORGIA LAND
FOR SALE,
SITUATED in Upper ami Lo*e.r Georgia
i he numbers will be sent to any one upon an
plication by letter.
Also, several dozen new, well bound, check
MAPS, of originally IRWIN and APPLING
ountics. Price $3 each.
i®- Also, the same of UNION ccunty.—
Price $1 00.
On receipt of the money, the MAP desired
will be mailed to Ihe order of the applicant.
Address
A/ARCUS ABELL,
sept2 lmdw Atlanta, Georgia.
Hat and Cap StoreT
A L TAYLOR is now open,
ing a fresh stock of fashiona
ble Hats, Caps and Bonnet*,'
next door to Lawshc + lire’* Jewelry Stott
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Georgia.
TAYLOR’8 HAT AND CAP EMPORIUM
JUST RECEIVED,and opening, the
first entire sleek ot^^Hel* and Cent
ever offered in this city. My stock is now com
plelc, consisting of every variety and style.—
Please call and examine for yourselves!
HT All kinds of Fnr Skins bought,
May 4, 1867 J. TAYLOR, Jr
DANIEL PITTMAN,;
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends thei
in future he will he found during business hour
at the office ol Messrs. Swan A Co„ Alabama
Street, Atlanta, ju,j34*^
Fulton County,-
9 1 obn Lynch of said county, administrate
M st?t e <r M ? Sheflrr ? ‘Jret'ted, and MWl.,
Me.She dry deceased, late ol said county, wi
appljr for letters of Dismission from said fafcin
?r5“ , JSr*s7',ss.” u '
April', IB,™' " *9S»°8JW-
50
Jan 6
JUSTlREERIVl
BOXES, of diffc^Toi*
_ Cheep. w.
an 6
SHOES and*
newt 0 rk|
I HAVE concluded lo fell my Mu
and Shoes it New Ycrk Com until
August, if you ceil quick.
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