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THE GOVERNOR'S CONVENTION AND j A CARD FROM MR. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS.
THE WESTERN CANAL.
A CARD FROM R. A. ALSTON.
SUNDAY. MAY 18, 1878.
Daily | TH “‘ wkstaas tAs au. | i n the absence of Mr. Henry W. Gradr from | Ex-Governor Brown in bis letter tLis morn
77 the city, the undersigned alone will reply to a ing undertakes to exonerate me from respon-
The ConNention which assem es ere on i paragraph which appears in the (Jonslitution sibility for the letter which was written to
—— | Tuesday next will^be, in all respects, the rcost ; 0 f this morning, in a communication lrom • him by Mr. Henry W. Grady, one of the edi-
Joseph E. Brown. We have stopped our tors of this paper, complaining of the great
presses for the special purpose of replying to length of his letter, in reply to certain inter
rogatories that were propounded to him in a
previous issue of the paper. Mr. Grady’s let
ter merely stated to him that the cost of the
type setting was more than thirty dollars, and
suggested that as his letter was not. confined
to replying to our queries, but was an assault
tSpon the Western Railroad, he should
pay for the composition. This letter I saw
lying upon the desk, and destroyed it Sub
sequently Mr. Grady finding that his letter
had not been sent, instructed the book-keep
er, Mr. Dagger, to write another. When I
heard that it had been sent, I expressed great
regret for it, because I knew very well
the herald publishing COMPANY • I remarkable gathering since the close of the
ALEX. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS, war. It will be the first effort looking to a
2fA. I ALWOs! lADf * formal and official recognition ol the fact that
Mlfw Ma—ftw. ( between the West and South there is a com-
lHE terms of the herald are as foiiowe : ! munity of interests and it will be, we believe,
DAILY, I Year $N oo I WEEKLY, 1 Year.. .$2 oo ! the first step towards giving the fact force and
DAILY, « Month!... A 00 WEEKLY. 6 Months l 00 , . .
DAILY, 3 Months... 2KI WEEKLY, 3 Months 60 ] empiiasis.
DAILY, 1 Month.... l oo | ; However much Southern men may have,
Advertisements Inserted at moderate rates. Hub- | . . ... . .. - .
eeriptioni and advertisements ‘^variably in advance, i in the past, opposed the construction of m-
Addresa H£B ^tSer J^xiSmi^G^rgia ! ternal improvements by the general govern-
Office on Alabama Street, near Broad. ment, no class of political leaders in the
- - ~ - — - j South will venture such opposition to-day.
TO ADVERTISERS. The policy in favor of such aid has already
been established in the large subsidies to rail-
1*1 1 road and other corporations, both in money
j and grants of land, and whatever political
The boss fide eireulatioia of (he Daily
Herald la larger than that of fheConeti
t ration.
The hma fide circulation of the Daily ' dangers may arise from the centralizing ten-
Herairf Ik wore tnan douhee that of the i dencies of this policy, its material benefits are
Sun. unquestionably great, and hence its popu-
We are pr pared to vewlfy tills claim 1 larity.
froHk onr book-. j Q matter of the Western Canal it is ! their
impossible not to perceive the importance of j got off
the projected improvement and the immense j len 8 th -
it. The paragraph is as follows :
It may be asked why I do not address my communi
cation to the Hebald, where the frlse charges which
I am noticing were published. My reply is that I pre
fer to be heard through the columus of newspapers
known generally to the public, and which are conduct
ed honorably, and upon principles which allow no
effort to lire by black mail. Last winter the Hekald
made repeated attacks upon me, and failing to attract
attention, finally’tendered me the use of ita columns
for defense, and asked a reply to certain inter
rogatories propounded by it. I prepared,
and aent in a reply. And before it
was published, the proprietors sent me
a bill for letting up my communication in reply to
their own interrogatories. I refused to pay the bill on
the ground that I had not asked space in their columus,
but bajl only sent my reply at their solicitation. And
GOVERNOR’8 CONVENTION.
GARROTTED.
Hywaymen around Athens.
Mr. Green Knocked Down and
Robbed.
A reporter of the H*eali> visited the various head- i
quarters of the parties interested in the Governor’s !
Convention to get the salient facta concerning it.
AT COL. ADAIR’S,
who is Chairman of the Excursion Committee, we found !
that through his indomitable/energy and tact he had {
procurred free passage over all the railroads in the I
State for the distinguished party.
At present the arrangement. for exeur.ton .re M Special Telegram to Atlanta Herald
follows: *
On the first day after adjournment, the excursion
will go to Columbus, via West Point, where they will
be entertained by the city and spend one day. They
will than come up to Macon and eDjoy the hospitalities
of that city for one day, when they will go to Bruns
wick and examine her magnificent harbor, and eat the
fat of her sand-heaps. From Brunswick the excursion
will go to Savannah, where they will apend two dais,
of couiae, in enjoyment of official artillary punch and
its trimmings. From Savannah they will go to Augus
ta, and, after one day of revelry in that burg, will re
turn to Atlanta, thence it is probable they will go to
Rome; arrangements for this latter excursion now be-
I requested them to return it to me, if they did not | rejoice at the opportunity to be able to say
wish to publish it. Failing in their effort to receive | that we had refused him a hearing, and I said
Governor Brown would p not pay, but would | ing under headway.
THE BANQUET AND BALL.
rere unable to find the Chairman of thia Commit-
_ j compensation for publishing an invited response to j to M ,. Gra(ly that r wonld publish the reply I tP '’ but,f “ rnfd from Mr - B ' H ' Hl11 ' Jr- that .rr.uge-
Second Edition.
assaults, tliev laid it before their readers, , ' r ' ments were being con.umm.ted in superb atyle-.bout
best they c old by complaining of it. ; °’ Om ernor larown it tve were compelled to , $3,000 being raised, and a liberal contract being
Mr. Green, contractor on the K. E. E. E..
was knocked down and robbed of two hund
red and seventy-five dollars and a watch, last
Thursday night. Yesterday a suspected ne
gro was arrested after being severely wound
ed. On examination to-day, he implicated
three white and fonr negro men. The parties
have been arrested.
The citizens gave a superb banquet, last
night, to her victorious firemen, the Hook
and Ladder boys. All had a gay time.
_ W. V.
WASHINGTON.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
benefits it will oonfer upon the West and I , , i T , , , , , . T
south alike. Its feasibility having been prac ! A ' Alst on - Henry W. Grady and myself have j ernor brown, and everybody else, that I am
; ticaUy demonstrated bv careful surveys and j re P eatedl * given them to acquaintances, never , equally responsible with the associate editors
n- t. ui*u x , ... *. ... " . , .. i making a a secret of them, because never sup-1 for everything that appears m the Herald.
We have hitherto refrained from returning ( investigations, nothing more is needed than . ° l, lT . T ......
. . . . . e 1 e b nosine lora moment that bv anv process of i Whenever I discover anything that is even
o tins subject, from a sincere ieeling of com- the crystalization and concentration of pub- - UNU(5 ,or * k - - 1 . ......... .
J . . .. .. . i reasoning they could be distorted into an at- 1 tainted with dishonor in either partner I shall
lie sentiment in favor of its immediate con- , , ... , .. ...
1 tempt at black-mail. withdraw from my association with them.
The facts
Qply these.
j carry it through three issues ot our paper.
Colonel II. | I will take this opportunity to inform Gov-
save US FROM-OPR FRIENDS.
miseration. We have even allowed our truth
to be called in question, desiring to wait until
Mr. Hemphill should see fit to present bis
bill for the balance claimed to be due, to the
struction, to influence the legislative power of
the government in its behalf. This Governor
Smith is now striving to effect He has la-
Governor. Here the matter was closed, so i bored diligently and energetically to this end,
far as we were concerned, if Mr. Hemphill's
friends had not -seemed determined to force
ns to apeak out The Atlanta Sini, in aTicious
attack upon this {paper, for our exposure of
the management of the W'estern and Atlantic
Railroad, takes occasion to refer to us as hav
ing made an uqjust assault on Mr. Hemphill.
Now, whatwre the facts in the case? Mr.
Hemphill was elected Public Printer under an
arrangement -by which be was to allow J. W.
Burke, of Macon, to do one-third of the en-
and the success he has thus for attained in
the prompt and courteous acceptance of his
invitations, by most of the parties addressed,
to meet in convention, is a promising augury
for the future of the great enterprise.
Of the necessity for a union of the Missis
sippi and Atlantic, by means of a canal, there
is no question. While railroads, as carriers
of freight, can defy competition as regards
to speed, they cannot and never will success
fully compete with water in point of price
tire .printing, end p«ticipate in one-third of and ^ AU of the er Mississippi and
swarded to Colonel Nicholls, with carte blanch*, to ge
up a magnificent affair. Colonel Nicholls reports that .
he has had more applications for rooms, by three ] 8 ”“ fr ° ra ?“ nc ” 1 Sicklcs ; th *‘. the Cuban
Washington, May 17.1-73. ‘
The Secretary of State this evening rect ived a tele-
The Herald propounded several iutenoga- : When Governor Brown insinuates, there-
tories to Joseph E. Brown. He sent us u j fore, that the Heuald has published “false
communication in which, after briefly reply- and malicious attacks on private character for
thorities hare been ordered to send O K lly to
Spain.
Belknap has returned.
The President appointed VT. E. Davis assistant Treas
urer. Alva A. Knight, Collector of Florida.
Wo still have suthority to say that shout fourteen I Tb * Sp “ i,h anJ Americ,n commission her. iofore
Governors will be here. " I considered the claim of Perfectode Itoias, who claim-
times, than he ever had on any public occasion hereto
fore. All the muslin, tarletou, kid gloves and white
gloves m the city have been bought up for the
l all.
all the profits. Under this arrangement Mr.
Hemphill 4ms received, dnring the past two
years, owar sixty thousand dollars. Last
January he presented his bill for the printing
of the poet year, for a little more than $27,-
000. Mr. Hemphill swore to this bill as be
ing coKect, and made out in accord
ance with law. Colonel Goldsmith, in aud
iting the account, discovered overcharges to
the amount of nearly eight thousand dollars.
The ^Governor consequently returned the ac
count to Mr. Hemphill, and told him to revise
it, and when he should make it out according
to law and present it, if found correct he
would cause it to be paid.
Mr. Hemphill at once sent to Mr. J. W.
Burke to come up and help him to make out
the account. Mr. Burke (who is universally
regarded, and justly so, as an honest and high-
minded gentleman and Christian minister,)
promptly came up. lie soon discovered that
there were many errors in the account, this
among others: that after be, Burke, had added
the twenty-five per cent, profit in Maoon, Mr.
Hemphill had again put it on a second time,
making fifty-six and a quarter per cent.
Mr. Burke at once called on the Governor and
informed him of this fact, but said at the
same'time that he had no doubt it was unin
tentional on the part of Mr. HemphilL Mr.
Burke stated to the Governor that he .(Burke)
wanted nothirg but what was right, that his
character was worth more to him than all the
public printing ever would be worth. Mr.
Burke continued to investigate the ncocont,
and inrtbe course of this investigation he dis
covered that Mr. Hemphill had received the
following sums on which he had never ac
counted to him for his share:
Mat. 25. for printing for Comp. Gen’l $ 99 12
April 12. Tax digests, and other printing 1,074 96
May 11. .1*200 copies of Compt. Gen’l B«pt. C*210 10
ing to our questions, he went entirely out of
the way to attack the Western Railroad, and
advocate the granting of a subsidy by Atlanta
to a branch of the State Road.
Mortified beyond expression at the imposi
tion perpetrated by President Brown in thus
taking advantage of the interrogatories pro
pounded, Mr. Henry W. Grady, believing it
only just and proper that we should not be
called upon to bear the expense of putting the
entire communication in type, addressed a
letter to Joseph E. Brown, in which he stated
| that the article far exceeded the limits we had
iU tributaries, upon the banks of which are | aEticipated> aud sugge8 ted to him the propri-
our largest grain producing States, need this
outlet for their productions. Their present
outlet by means of the railroads, lakes and
New York canal, is inadequate aud expensive.
Besides, for five months in the year, the
water oonrses are frozen up and the entire
harden of transportation i6 thrown upon the
railroads. As a consequence we either find
the depots filled with wheat and corn rotting
ety of his paying the cost of composition.
Both CoL Alston and myself expressed re
gret that the letter had been sent, not be
cause it contained an improper request, but
because knowing the character of Joseph E.
Brown, I, at least, apprehended that upon
the first opportunity he would make the very
use of it that he has now attempted to make.
Nothing was further 'from the mind of
the purpose of getting pay for laying belore
the public the truth in defence,” he is guilty
of deliberate and wilful falsehood.
I have never yet been placed in circum
fend my honor. I, too, “have lived long
enough” to see all such characters as Gover
nor Brown sink to their proper level, and I
have no fears that my position will suffer in
comparison with his.
R. A. Alston.
J. Proctor Kuott, oi Kentucky, will be here, ami
will probably pay a visit to Duluth, bis namesake.
(Mineral Jno. C. Breckinridge will also be here. He
will occupy room 49 at the Kimball House.
The chairmau of the committee on decorations re
quests that the latlies who have evergreens, flowers,
Ac., will send what they can spare to the office of
Major Morgan, over the Sun office, to-morrow. They
stances where it was even necessary to de- I request that all citizens Will make such dis
play in the way of buntings, flags, etc., at their resi
dences on Tuesday as they can, thus helping to show
that Atlanta is alive to the great occasion, as well as
to the great work which gives the occasion to us. We
trust the ladies aud citizens will not disappoint the
committee: nay. we know the ladies will not, for
when did the ladies of Atlanta ever fall, to do their
whole duty.
Tlio committee on entertainment are perfecting
their arrangements for the entertainment and ball at
the Kimball House, and both promise to do hOQOf to
the hospitality and liberality of Otir CiUz«H s. The
various committees, who have been engaged in ma
king preparations for the reception and entertainment
of the distinguished visitors expected on this occasion,
deserve great credit for the very able and efficient
manner in which they have discharged their duties.
Dollars and Dimes.
AND DEPOSITS— FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS BANE —
BUSINESS OF THE ATLANTA BRANCH.
Ang. 5. Printing 1 for Librarian 27 00
•* 10. ** " Compt. General. 40 60
Nov. 13. “ “ « 68 00
“ 19. Banting as per act. presented 73 25
•• 3"). •• for Treasurer .22 00
Dec. ^21. 44 44 Compt. Gen’l 57 00
Jan. 17. 1,000copies Compt Gen’1 Kept.... *54 52
Mar. 17. Printing and advertisements 73 50
April 17. Printing for Compt. Gen’l 1,107 60
S4.70T 45
He brought the matter to Mr. Hemphill’s
attention and notified him that he should
demand his one-third of the profits on this
work. Mr. Hemphill contended that he did
not regard these items as public printing, but
inasmuch as all the bil s had been presented,
“The State Dr. to W. A. Hemphill, Btblic
Printer,” Mr. Burke was not able to under
stand by what process of reasoning Mr.
Hemphill had kept back his share of this
$4,707.45. He began to feel that the matter
wa6 somewhat mixed, and he accordingly
made out his account for all the printing
which he had done and 6ent it to Mr. Hemp
hill and told him he ooold make out his part
of the Account. It did not require Mr. Burke
more than two hours to make out his ac-l
count. Up to this time Mr. Hemphill has
never presented his claim for the balance
claimed to be due. ^
It must be borne in mind that the items
amounting to four thousand seven hundred
and seven dollars and forty-Ave cents were not
included in the -original bill of $27,400 pre
sented.
If Mr. Hemphill's bill is correct, why don't
he make it not and present it for payment
We ragnet very much that we have felt com
pelled to bring this matter once mole before
the public. We have remained quiet under
the very ns kind and unjust insinuations of
the press, because we scorned to have it sup
posed that our puttiehing the facts relative to
this matter were prompted by business rivalry
or any other motive than a sincere determina
tion to protect the public from injury. The
issue is no longer with us. It is now in the
hands of an honest Governor, and whenever
Mr. Hemphill makes oat his bill for the bal
ance which he claims and the issue is again
brought up, the publie will be able to decide
whether the Herald was right or wrong. We
do not fear the final result.
because they caunot be shipped, or we find j Henty w G rady than to blackmail the mis-
the hapless farmer using his grain as fuel. | erable wretch wh ‘ 0 bas thns dared to charge
The outlet proposed by the Western Canal | him and me with the offense. There is no
ends at once all the drawbacks and embar- • man in Georgia more high-toned, more hon-
rassments of the Western producer on the one j orable and more utterly above the practices
side and the Southern, Eastern and foreign j of the blackmailer than Henry W. Grady,
consumer on the other. It provides a water i No secret was made of the request upon
course, which will always be open, in a sec- ! Joseph E. Brown to defray the cost of com-
tion of country temperate in climate, and j position of the communication. It was told
through which all descriptions of grain can to almost every one of our acquaintances—
pass to the seaboard in every season, without j told weeks ago to some, and to others as late
danger of delay from any cause, or of spoiling : as yesterday—told to such men as Governor
from excessive heat. And, in addition, it | Smith, Colonel R. F. Maddox, Dr. Redwine
gives to the producers of both sections a me- 1 Dr. Miller, and dozens of others,
dium for transporting their products much I I repel' with all the energy of my scorn
cheaper than they can be transported . for at j the charge of having attempted to blackmail
the present time. him, and for making it, now denounce Joseph
Surely, when the Western Canal promises so ! E. Brown as an unmitigated liar and scoun-
much there ought not to be any hesitation on drel.
the part of Congress to furnish the aid re- Had I been open to blackmail, or to bribe-
quired for its construction. Not a great deal ; rv, he would long ago have purchased me.
demanded from the government. Ail that Jseph E. Brown, however, well knows that
is asked is the indorsement of the bonds of \ I repelled his advances with utter contempt
the company. When we consider how many j when he twice sent for me to come and see
millions the Union Pacific and other railroads ■ him. And every person in Atlanta, conver-
have obtained ss gifts, pure and simple, this j sant with my career as a journalist, well
appears as small as it is reasonable. All the * knows that I have always been a bitter, unre
opposition to the project comes from the East i lenting opponent of Joseph E. Brown, and
and from the cities on Lake Michigan, from i simply because I perceived in him a bold, un-
an absurd and mistaken idea that the canal | scrupulous and dishonest man, who bad
will injure them. New Orleans, too, seems ! vampire-like fastened himself upon the peo-
hoetile, but it is a fallacy to suppose that I pie of Georgia and was sucking at their life-
eitherthe Cresent City or any part of the blood, and I had only refrained from making
Lower Mississippi Valley will at all be in-' these views public through peisonai regard
jured. Indeed, in a country like this, yet for Colonel R. A. Alston, who, until to-day,
sparsely populated, and possessed of vast on- seems never to nave had a proper apprecia-
developed resources, no internal improvement 1 tion ot the man.
in one section can result in the inj ury of an- I repeat here, that Joseph E. Brown is a
other. New Orleans must remain the princi- liar and a scoundrel when be charges me
pal depot of an immense territory, embracing I with attempting black mail. Beyond
nearly the whole of Texas, Louisiana, Missis- my poverty I have nothing but
sippi and parts of Arkansas and Tennessee, ; against pollution, and
* .. , I that I shall maintain, pure and unsullied as
and A6 soon as the supero water courses of j been transmitted to me through nearly
the two first named States are united by a four centuries of ancestors, upon whose es-
systern of canals, her commerce, wealth and j cutcheon there was never a stain,
population will keep pace with the extraordi- ■ Alex St. Clair-Abrams.
nary development of Texas aud the other
trans-Mississippi States.
With regard to the Lake cities and New : II is with pride and pleaB,lre tbat we refcr
York: the opposition is altogether a selfish!*? the ^“^1*.management of thisgreat
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
one. Thev cannot move all the grain pro- thoron 6 hfare of onr State ‘ The fact tUat U
duced, and what they can move is transported ! is makinS m0ney ’ and handsome dili ’
at a heavy rate. The Western Canal will j dends - while a Inatter of 00arse for vWid con *
bring about a healthy and beneficial compe-
tion; its fleets of canal boats, filled with
wheat, and corn, and oats, and bacon, will
carry to the crowded and struggling popula
tions of New York and New England, cheap
food and plenty of it, thus conferring the
most benficent favors upon the millions and
injuring only the handful of wealthy men
who now use their monopoly against the pro
ducer and consumer alike.
We trust that the present prospect will be
fully realized and that the Convention will be
largely attended by the Governors of the
Kiddle and Western States. The enterprise
is one demanding energy and hard work, and
we, in Georgia, at leaat, can rest assured that
Governor Smith will perform his part of the
labor with fidelity and ability. If the same
zeal and interest are displayed by the Gover-
gratulation, is not the conspicuous point on
which we hang our praise. It is rather in
that conservatism of management, tbat liber
ality and sagacity of action, that prudence
and courtesy of conduct, which makes it such
a pleasure and convenience to the great trav
eling public. Scarcely ever missing a con
nection, never snggesting even the possibility
of a collision, provided with good road
bed, fine track, elegant coaches and
reliable engines, it is one of the most
charming routes in all the South. But one of
the strongest points of this reliable road is
the reliability, the courtesy and the efficiency
of its corps of conductors. All of them have
been connected with the road for years, and
they know every inch of ita surface and every
phase of their duty. They are kind and affa
ble to the highest degree; firm in the dis-
Desirous of obtaining reliable information, in re
gard to the financial status of the freedmeu of Atlanta,
for tbe purpose of communicating the same to the
public, for the re&sou that light upon this subject bas
been esgerly sought for, we wended our way to the
branch office of the Freedman's Sayings end Trust
Company, iu this city, aud made known the object of
our mission to Mr. Phillip D. Cory, the efficient and
courteous cashier, who received us with expressions
of friendship for the journal we represent, and though
buailv engaged in the discharge of his duties consented
to give us whatever facts aud data we desired. It is
proper here to state that the Atlanta Branch ot the
Compauy was not established until January 15th,
1870, at which time it was opened for business, first
on Bread street, then on Alabama street, in one of the
buildings now occupied by the Herald, and still later
at its present location, corner of Broad and Walton
streets. Tbe Compauy was organized since the late
war, wi!h it'; principal office in tbe city of Washington,
and now has thirty-four branch offices in the Southern
States, four of which are in Georgia—one iu Augusta,
Macon, Savannah and Atlanta.
We were very agreeably surprised at the exhibit
]made to us in reference to tbe matter of deposits
colored people of Atlanta since
the opening of the office here, and it goes
[to show that an effort has been made to save their
earnings. The total amount of deposits up to the
present time has been $357,621 27, while the amount
[of drafts for the same time bas only been $319,883 43,
Reaving a balance of $37,737 74 now due depositors.
The total number of deposits has been 14,750, and the*
total number of drafts $10,0(H>. There are now about
1,100 depositors, averaging Nearly $34 to eAch account’
Many of these are children’s accounts, of only a few
cents in amonnt, the bank receiving deposits of five
cents and upwards. The largest deposit by any one
colored man is $1,500. The company allows interest
at the rate of six per cent. on all
sums of $5 and upwards from the first day
of the month, after Mhich the amount is
deposited payable semi-annually. Among the promi
nent depositors here, we note Bevs. J. A. Wood and
Prank Quarles, C. L. Bridwell, Crawford Munroe,
William Finch, Mitchell Cargill and James Tate.
There has been over $100,000 expended in real estate
investments by depositors of the bank since January
1870, which show a tendency on the part of the freed-
man to abandon bis (migratory practice aud settle
down permanently—this strengthens his local attach
ments. The company loans money at ten per cent,
per annum, and the only investments made are in
government bonds snd real estate securities, the pol-
•<y being prudential and intended to guard against a
crisis or a crash.
Tbe office here presents a very neat appearance, and
has all the appoiutments necessary for an institution
of its kind.
Mr. Cory, the cashier, is a white fnan, while the as
sistants in this department are two intelligent, bright
mnlatoes. These seem to understand their busiueHs,
have a clear conception of their duties and the system
at command.
The counter often presents a curious and interesting
spectacle, a striking contrast worthy the attention o'
Mr. Hyde, the artist. Here may be seen the school-boy
and girl depositing nickels and dimes; the women with
children in their arms storing away the proceeds de
rived from their labor, in washing, ironing, etc.; the
old and sturdy sou of Africa, with hammer or a day’s
rations in his hand, on Saturday evening, laying aside
the remainder of bis week’s earnings to grow snd in-
London, Vienna., and J. G. Thrower.
We are in receint of information to the effect tha t
the session of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Good
Templars of tbe vrorld, to have been held early in
Juue, in the city of London, has been postponed until
the 22d day of July next. It was announced a few
days ago that our enterprising fellow citizen Mr. J. G.
Thrower, would go as a delegate to this conven
tion, and thence to the world’s exhibition
at Vienna, Austria, but this gentleman, in
consequence of the unexpected postponement will re
main this side the turbulent waters of the Atlantic
pursuing 4 he business of his profession, plastering,
which he understands equally as well as he dees tern
perance. This will be gratifying to his numerous
friends and patrons in this city, lor he is now ready to
contract for plastering, and will continue to devote his
attention and personal supervision to li s matter. He
is skilled iu his profession, aud never fails to give per
fect satisfaction.'
We have examined a great deal of bis work and can
certify that, in our opinion, he cannot be excelled in
the execution of plain or ornamental work by any
man iu the South. He seems almost formed by na
ture for this occupation—posseRcs tbe power to fin.
ish up in the very highest style of the art. Without
Thrower, both as a plasterer and Good Templar, At’
lanta would be as % bell without * clapper.
Our people can’t spare him, and we trust that he
will not again "feel constrained to depart from these
coasts prematurely,” even for a brief space of time.
Stay, Thrower, stay—you do us good, nnd we are now
ready to reciprocate.
When General KaoSaa took charge of the
Western and Atlantic Bailnad, there «ere
from fire to ten accident* every week, and
tbe train* were always out of time. Now
there are none, end the train* roll np exactly
to the minute. Isn’t he tbe right man in the
right place ? Shall he be tamed out and the
xoad reverted to chics ? Will the leasees
think of this soberly ?
oors who are to meet him on Tuesday next in I C ^ ge ° f ** ^ bB * '"P 4 *** 1 «• *’
this eity, the hopes of those who projected I 0bhe,ng * Dd a & reeab,e ’ 1119 < ' alte 8 P leaflant
the Weetern Canal will meet with a speeds I ,hing l ° ‘ P a99en K er to know that h ‘
realization. ” ! strikea the Georgia road for a twelve hoars
I trip, that he will have as a traveling compun
” 7 >M4 * j ion one of Ihote gentlemen, Reed. Smith,
Rome is going to have a wagon wheel man- Hicks, Woods, Welch or Purcell. The loss
ufactory. The hubs, spokes, etc., are to be i ° f eilh * r ° { tbem wo l ° i ld be a calaniit y-
put up there, but we don’t know whether the
“fellows” will be “tired” there or not. W.
M. Towers A Nixon will run it.
The Albany News has this rigorous item:
“A. H. 8. announces his disapproval of Got,
Smith's refusal to pardon Kiss Eberbart,
with a sort ol autocratic big Injun pomposity
that is absolutely refreshing.
“It is not likely that a man who applauds
Grant for his honesty, and boot-lieks power
for its tmilea, would approve any high official
act of an looorruptibls patriot and honest
Executive.’’
a noon showing.
It always gives us pleasure to call atten
tion to anything that shows a healthy and
happy development of any part of tbe body
of onr people.
Elaewhere we publish an interesting ac
count of the startling amount of deposits
made by tb* negroes of this city in the Freed-
man’s Savings Bank. Onr reporter has gone
to the bottom of the thing, and makes a good
showing for th* colored race. We shall ad
vert to this subject again.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Colonel W. T. Thompson, of the Savannah Nevrs,
("Major Jones,”) and Colonel T. F. Smith, of the
Brunswick Appeal, are in the city in attendance on
the Press Convention, which assembles here on
Tuesday.
Mr. John W. Burke will opec a book store in the
city very soon, in the stand now occupied by Mr. W.
J. Wadsworth. Mr. Wadsworth is going to Texas.
Mr. Howell Cobb, of Athens, was iu the city yes
terday.
We were pleesed to see Dr. J. P. Logan yesterdey,
who has just returned from a trip over the Southwest
and Northwest. He is very much improved in ap
pearance, and enjoyed his trip very much. He says
Texas is a splendid country, but not fit tor civilized
men to live in.
The following prominent Georgians were registered
at the National last night : Seaborn Reese, Madison;
J. D. Ford, Rome ; 8. W. Hawkins, Covington ; H. C.
M'Caila and S. F. Smith, Conyera ; Edward V. Bran
ham, Covington ; Geo. O. Cornwall, Auguata ; L. L.
Landrum, Fayette county ; T. P. Talmadge and E. W
Suelson, Athens ; Ed. King, Augusta ; G. H. Colter.
Lagrange ; J. S. Hollafiela, West Point News ; Thos W.
Powell, Newnsn.
And the following were registered at the H. I. Kim,
ball House—A. Taylor, Indianapolis ; H. B. Pelalfer,
Anbnrn, Me.; Judson Harman, Cincinnati; T. F. Smith
Brunswick; W. T. Thompson. Savannah; C. A. Tinsl
dall, Ga; Harry Tilden, Cincinnati; J. McGinnis. Salt
Lake, Utah; C. W. Blivens, Orangeburg 8. C.; F. H. W.
Briggman, South Carolina; G. G. Grier, Ga.
ed damages as au American citizen against Spain
the confiscation of bis property in the Island of Cuba
Rojas filed his application to become an American citi
zen on the 28th September, 1870. The claims treaty
*»* ratified February 1871. The Spanish advocate coc.
tended against the advocate for the C. 8. that Rojaadid
not come within the terms of the treaty, his citizenship
having only begun but not completed. On this ques
tion, the American and Spanish Arbitrators divided,
and accordingly the case was referred to the umpire,
Baron Lefever, Austrian Minister, for settlement. Ho
has decided that Rcjas does net come within the terms
of the treaty, and overruled the case. Six or eight
similar claims sre settled by this decision.
THE WEATHER.
Probabilities.—For the Gulf States, Tennessee and
south Atlantic States, easterly winds and rising tem
perature, and partly cloudy weatoer, with occasional
rain in the lower Mississippi Valley and western
Gulf States.
ARKANSAS.
The Convention.
Little Bock. May 17,1873.
Additional delegates have reported from Alabama,
j Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and
| South Carolina.
The Theological Seminary of Virginia Is reported in
a flourishing condition.
Gov. Baxter lias an Armed Body of Men to
Protect Him.
Littlb Rock, May 17. Ii73.
A dispatch from Little Rock states that Governor
Baxter remaius in the Capitol night and day, with a
force of men en duty fully armed, to protect him
against the threatened raid of the friends of Lieut.
Governor Smith to oust Baxter and place Smith in
in the Gubernatorial Chair.
Matters about the State house are unchanged. The
opponents of Governor Baxter have as yet made no
move towards forcible possession of the building, or
any part of it. An armed guard of new militia are on
duty again to-nigbt. Nearly all the officers of the
old militia have been mustered out, an l their places
filled by men more in sympathy with the opinions of
Governor Baxter. The action of prominent Republi
cans opposed to Governor Baxter, provokes conaide-
rable speculation.
The Presbyterian Assembly of the United States
reassembled this morning. Dr. Baird of the Commit
tee on Publication read the Secretary's annual report.
Tbe report is printed and is very voluminous. It re-
terato the publication of works of the Church, and
contains a long dissertation in relation to a benevolent
institution for printing religious tracts and books,
located at Richmond, Virginia, under tbs manage
ment of the PresDyterian Committee of Publication at
Columbus. , Mississippi, was selected
as tbe next place of meeting, and the Assembly ad
journed.
Thompson.
This inimitable caterer to the lovers of 'good eating
will open his ice cream parlor to-morrow evening.
Here he invites ladies and gents to call and partake of
the finest ice cream in America. Thia is not all he
keeps to eat either ; on the contrary, he has aii tbe
delicacies of the season, aud iu the most tempting
manner.
Kalie Alarm.
mustache and hair trimmed with all the skill of the
French artist preparing for the time when customers
depart to return no more, when men's beards cease to
grow, and w'aen nature resumes her sway. Reader,
will either of these things ever occur ?
The Osceolas, of Atlanta, played a game of
base ball with the Covington club yesterday,
crease by ‘ntereat: the gay aud festive barber, with \ Osceolas won the match.
Things in Pike.—A correspondent of the
Griffin Daily News, says prospects in Pike
are exceedingly gloomy. Cotton, the poorest
I have ever Keen at this date, bad stands,
small, and very trifling, as Uncle Rolin Jock-
son used to say: “It has come up and sat
down.” Corn looks like pin> woods children,
small, frost-bitten and yellow. Wheat knee
high; tbe heads about two inches long. Tbe
few oats that were sown, sorry. Horses and
males generally poor. Hogs gone np. Com
cribs, bacon houses, and pocket books empty.
All we need to make a poor, starved out
people, is a continuation of the present svk-
tem of farming: Guano to pay for, bacon bills
to cash, corn accounts to foot, and not a red
eent in the pocket If cotton should come
down to 10 cents, woe unto this country. In
the language of the Psalmist, “O that mine
eyes were a fountain of tears, that I might
weep daily for the folly of my people.”
The Chronicle A Sentinel reports a large
stock and bond sale &t Augusta, on the 12th,
under the auspices of J. J. Cohen A Son?.
The following is the result:
‘‘Greenville and Columbia Railroad, first
mortgage bonds, 90; Greenville and Columbia
bonds, guaranteed by the State of South Car
olina, 55; Charlotte, Columbia and Auguata
Railroad bonds. 83j; East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad, six per cent: bonds, 76;
Alabama and Florida Railroad, first mort
gage bonds, 75; Montgomery and West Point
Railroad, first mortgage bonds. $1; Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad, six per cent,
bonds, 61; South Carolina Railroad, seven
per cent. Inoome bonds, 56; Mississippi and
Tennessee, eight per cent coupon Donds,
76a80; Miuimippi and Tennessee, eight per
cent income bonda. 691a709; city of Augusta
bonds,' 861; Georgia Railroad stock, 79
Know* Where to Pffirrhuar.
Entering a street car a few days. ago, we took reata
beaide two ladica and were mnch amused by tbeir
conversation.
" Ellen, dear,” said one, "Charles 1b always remarking
upon the very Uatefull manner in which yon and jour
children drees. He thinks that your taste in hate,
especially, ie exquisite.”
44 Does he, indeed,’’ replied the other with a grati
fied air. 49 Well, love, the fact is that I am not alto
gether the cause. 1 purchase all my millinery geode
at J. M. Hollbrook’e. on Whitehall street, and his se
lections are really lovely."
" Why, Charley buys all hla bate there," exclaimed
tbe first apeiktr. "1 must call at Holbrook's to
day. i fee that he advertises a new lot of ladies and
children’s hsta and millinery goods.”
"Be sure and go, dear,” said Ellen, "^Holbrook’s
stock is lovely.”
Just then tbe car stopped, tbe ladies alighted, and
wheu we last saw tbem they were walking iu the di
recti< >n of Holbrook’s.
The Cartemfile Xxpress tells us that the
Possum Trot people subscribed $20,000 to
wards the building of tbe North Georgia end
Ducktown Railroad.
Cartersville now has her shirts and things
washed in a public laundry.
Tbs Milledgeville Union and Recorder still
keeps up a hot Are on tbe question of the
removal of the Capital.
Th. Bar. Gaorge T. Goatohina kaa baan ' r, ' rt * aiirf ‘* d '*' CK L ' lt ’ »/’ 4fc f r J
* > lie j roceede of :he sale amounted to
duly installed aa pastor of the Pre„bjWn*n . mors than out hundred and fortv thoesaod
Church in Milledgeville. ' dollars
The fire alarm was rung last night st half past ten,
and the fire companies were out promptly, and went
In a hurry in tbe supposed direction of the fire. They
cams back Blower however, after they found out that
the fire was fox fire.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a meeting of the Hibernian Benevolent Society,
at their Hall, on Friday night, tbe 16th inst., the ob
ject of which was to receive the report of the com
mittee appointed ou the J4th iuataut to draw up reso
lutions relative to the death of our late brother. R. M.
Wall, the following report was received and adopt*-.'-:
Whereas, In tha order of Divine Providence, R. M.
Wall, a member of this Society, has been removed
from this world, we, bis associates, while bowing in
submission to the will of the Almighty, wishing to
pay a tribute to the memory of our aaid late brother,
unanimously adopt the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That, in the death of R. M. Wall, this
Society has sustained a loss which we feel with deep
sensibility.
2. Resolved, That we recognize the ardent zeal and
faithful energy with which he slwaya labored in carry
ing out tha charitable objects of the Society, by visit
ing tbe sick and the dying, and beiog ever ready, with
his services and means, to allaviate suffering, without
reference to the nativity or creed of the snfferer.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the
minntea ef the Society ; that a blank page be inscribed
to hia memory; that a copy of thvee proceedings be
furnished to the family of the deceased, and also be
published In the city papers.
T. BURKE. Vice President.
Thomas Hcnan, Secretary.
A VOTE OF THANKS.
HIBERNIAN HA LI.. I
Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 187$. \
44 Resolved, That the thanks of the Hibernian Benev
olent Society are due aud hereby tendered to Messrs,
C. R. Groom os snd O. H. Jones, for their humans ss
slstanoe te the members of this Society, on tbe eve
ning and night of the 13th instant, in caring for asd
preparing for burial the body of oar late brother,
Richard M. Wall. Thia 8oeiety shall ever feel gmtefnl
to them for their kind and Christton-Uke conduct on
"Resolved, That the above be spread on tlie min.
ate* of the Society, and alee published in tbe city pa
pers."
A true extract from the minute*.
T. Nr wan, Secretary.
Special Notice. _
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