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9.35 P. M.
11.30 P. M.
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VOL. 04.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
For Sale !
Twentv-five
Horses and Mules,
AT
COOPER’S STAPLES,
ATHENS. GA.
fthbvAton
1 liavfr»n Hand nt my Stable* 4t»e
imed number ofIl »rsea and Mules tor sale, und
or son* wishing to buy would do well to call
on me before purchasing.
\V.2sq.2tn. J. Z. COOPER.
ft. 11. MAE**
HORSE MD MOLE
Stove*
Athens, Georgia.
The Mammoth Harness and Saddle Store of
Northeast tifuigia* 1 have eularpsl uir sale room
and have it Mocked with lr nd made goods, aueha*
Muddles. Harness, Bridles, Whips. Home Coven,
and Saddle Blanket*. My good* a-e all ire»U and
newly gotten up. My prices cannot be beat. My
lluggv Whips cannot l* equaled. My $1.60 Sad
dles can not be found anywhere else except at B.
H. Allen’s. Repairing done at abort notice,
nov. 18.3ui.w. H. 11. ALLha.
ASSESSOR S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the Aeacaaora
have completed the Assessment* of Real Es
tate tor 188o, mid placed their book* in mv of
fice for examination by all concerned. Objec
tion* to assessment* ate required to lie made iu
writing, sworn to ami filed with me within ten
day* from the date of this notice.
W. A. G1LLELANI), LTk of Council.
W2U
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7.51 A M
K AST. 1
; rliillT TRAIN,
10.13 P M
10.25 p m
12.50 a m
inT:i lor all poiuta
D.-iting st Charlotte
gh Ticket* on sale
;v. Greenville und
list anc Wist,
ral Manager
• iVTi.
j.l Road Company
* office,
V..,v -l, 1*80.
Mu* -I’r.l, Trai
will
9.15 a u
y.4o a u
1' VJC A M
10.48 A 3J
11.06 A M
11.21 A M
11.45 am
5.00 P u.
6.30 p if
3.28 P U
9.35 a m
7.00 a u
7.45 a w
12.55 l »
1.10 p ji
1.30 P il
1.50 p li
2.12 P m
2.47 P li
8.15 p u
nnections made ut
T-ointa North and
! CM! CHtHPEST!
IF .LEWIS,
family Grocer, Store ant Confectionery,
road Mini.
.Athens. Georgia,
Next door to A. S. DORSEY
Keep* on luindjit all time* the finest Tobacco
and Cigars. The best and Fre«*hc*t Lemon*)
Changes, Apple*, Peanuts, Candies and Con
fectionaries generally. Also keep* on hand a
constant supply of all country produce, such os
eggs, Chickens, Butter, Cabbage, Potatoes etc.,
etc. The Cheapest Fanrly Grocery Store and
KflsiiFErs
THE FIZZLED CENSUS-TAKER.
John a.uzt
•*Gol «uy boyrnF’ the mmnlul
Tu a lady from over the Shine;
And the lady shook her flaxen bead
And civilly aumwered, “Niue t"
“Gal any eirUF’ the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine,
And attain the lady shook her b«ad
And civilly onawered, “Nino!”
“Rat some are dea<l,” tliemaralial .aid
To lire lady from over the Rhine;
And attain aim ahook her flaxen head,
And civilly answered, ‘•Nino!"
“Husband, of oonrae t” the marshal said
To tha lady flour over the Shire,
And attain she ahook her flaxen head *
And civilly auawamd, “Nina f'|
“The d—1 you have 1” the mlaraha! said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And ayrata .he ahook her flaxen head
Aud civilly answered, “Nine 1”
“Now, what do you mean by shaking your
bead
And always answering ‘Nine’ "
“lch kanu kein Emrliaoh,” civilly said
The laJy from over the Rhine.
A SAGACIOUS IIORSE
A German pa|ier related lliat at
liiberich, recently, quite a crowd
gathered to witness the novel spectn.
cle of a drunken driver being taken
home by hia horse. The man was so
intoxicated that he could scarcely
stand, hut the faithful animal pushed
him onward wiih its head. Now and
then the driver attempted lo turn into
side streets, but the horse seized him
by the coat with its teeth and thus
piloted him to the stable. The horse
had a great deal ot trouble with its
master, but finally got him home safe.
Il is said that this valuable animal
had acted the good Samaritan tor his
master repeatedly before.
An Irish nobleman, riding along a
country road in Ireland, saw a very
lat hoy dozing by the roadside.—
‘Which way ia it to Macroom, my
lad ?’ asked’ the nobleman 'That
way,* replied tho boy, lazily moviug
the* toe of hia boot in the direction ot
the place. Astonished at his extreme
laziness, my lord dismounted. ‘Boy,’
said he, ‘if you can show me a lazier
act than that, I will give you a half
crown» Tho boy eyed him sleepily
for a moment, and turning half over
on his side, muttered, ‘Put it in my
pocket, sir.’ He got tho half crown.
G, JULY 6 1880.
NO. 86
THE POLITICAL HOROSCOPE ' i, trolled'under the provisions of the
.m. - • 3f r * ct * of Uie legislature' is really a
*0rto in his flesh; and tr about to
w ^ * defeat rliH i4Mniih*d npm«v»l n- hia
A Few ruunekl F*etVJf«r
ViMb m UVWIiW Aa IMf 5«xt
*Y«J
Editor Dailt Bannkr:—It -has
indeed, ooineto a pretty pasflin Geor
gia, when honest'people cannot criti
cise, object to and oppose the admin
istration of a Chief Magistrate without
having their motives ouUageously and
wrongfully impugned, and being
classed as slauderers, villifiers, perse-
OBton, thieves,, lil^ptc. I have been
a close observer of polities iu Una Uie j*resiUei»cy .pf tbla.^pfui, unul he
s& r rir.x« d ss **. »*saa
1 effrontery on the part of the
ideha mpHnw
ivy .ficriwetliftr’s
t-k.siaifh Shop.
ni'PUSITF,
. .c Keaves Stable,
i: kinds of plantation work
mu'Ii as repairing Wagons,
making and repairing
Horse shoeing a special-
... .vk done at short notice.
I i. W. MERIWETHER.
!;s>j'0NAL CARDS.
O Tr-craas,
I; a EY AT r^.W,
VI aINsVH l.K, GA.
.•(.URT-HOUSE OPPOSITE
■ lVrsonnl ultontion to nil
' 1-0-1. .1 to hill cam. opS-tt
Fortify the System..
Ami you arc armed Against disease. The finest
tonic for this purooac is Hosteller’* Stomach
Bitter*, which render* digestion easy and com
plete. counteract* l»i!liou*nca*. and keep* the
bowels lu order, nn«l so genial and beneficent
are it* effect* that not only i* the body invig
orated and regulated by it* u*e, but desponden
cy banished from tl»e mind.
For sale by ull druggist* aud dealer* gener
ally.
PiedmontSestaurant
KEPT BY
FRANCISLOUIS.
Meals at all hour*. Good bed*, and every
thing in first-clas* style. wlin.
IANH00D:
HOW LOST,
now
RESTORED!
Cobb. Howell Cobb,
r.. • < <) ilij (ml
M VS AT LAW,
then*, GaJ
Ou- Wit-ral al
,'Xtci.t the City Court o
xepl.XS.187S.2t.
C. HEERY,
tlv lncntetl in Athens, OT
X.'rvietx to the citizen* o
utintt country. M#y b
I il r Bruit Store of E C.
ul Street, und ut lii|tlt»t
pk'ir. St., houxe forruetiy
on a xpccinlty.
Juatpubtiuhed
a new edition of
Dr. CulverwrUV
Cr-lehrutnl E-say
on the nuliml cure (without medicine)
of SrxiruATuKBiioXA orSeniinul Wcjrkncus
Involuntary Seminal Losses, ixromtT, Men*
tsl aud Pnvxicul Incr.pucity. lmperlimcnts to
Harmttc, «*<■•; "Iso, Cov.t nmoN, tnum.
and Pits, induced by sell-iudulgence or xexuml
exlmv»ttiuoe, Ac.
The cclcbntcd author, in hi* ndtmntolc Essay
.iearly demonxtrates, trotn thirty yean’ suoces.
nil practice, th .t the alarmins consequence* ot
self-abuse may be rudicully cured without the
dungetous use of internal medicine or the fcp-
plication ot the knife; pointing out a mode of
cure at once simple, cert sin and effectual, by
means of which every sufferer, no matter what
hia condition may be, may cure himself cheaply
prlvatelv, and XAioeaLLY.
ateT Th-s Lecture should be iu tho hand* ot
every youth and eveiy man iu the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, rorr-r.iro, on receipt of aix cent* or
1 Ann SL, New York; Post Office Box f
SH?
-MS WiO OTHER BUSINESS tflElt
j WANT CASH-READ.
! r.-c rv pertm«nt have obtalnad
. iuthc/AjrfMv^Sa*-
• * r snnr'^Iii»g with wit and humor,
* ,v Ul cvi rything. It is the pa-
i’-injed in the n***tesl manner,
: ,nd i* thoroughly read by
> v ..u want to sell. Examlaa
• • s •• of « >»nc of your leading
r , .,i a r ndvcriiter*. Ask them,
!i ... k ; pays. Kates low. T
• v McGiu, Prblitbws, HsrtwsHi 04
M [LE JIGKETS.
tj* .I.\ UAILUOAP company, I
L-rCK lifN'l. 1**S KM* MS Aw’T f
August*. Ma.ch 2, HW0. )
IN<; THU* HAIK, this rotnpanr
VlVK hUNliKKU MILE TIGKM
ime and brmcliea, at THIRTKSK.
• |, vii.s oucli. 'J heim ticketa will Ik; Ipf
ii vi iu.*Is hniis, «r fistuliius, but nut '
l.uutlle* eoa,Wl.«l. R R HORSEY, '
, (i.nrrsl l’*M»n f.rsfent-
n> a, war .r tv. nix hfl
Barhem’v Infalllblol
PILE GORE.
8«iua7S B fSSto?&t5ki».ail
usss&sisas
WHO D1S MAN GARFIELD.
A Savannah dispatch in the Charl
eston Were*, says that the negroes are
thoroughly demoralized. In antieipa-
tion of Grant’s nomination, they hail
made arrangements tor a grand di-
monatratiou to-night. Garfield «
unknown to them and they are heuril.
derod. Remarks as|lollows could lie
heard in groups of negroes: ‘Fore
God, de ting is up. Mars Grant’s heat
and de war is no account.’ ‘Who dis
man Garfield ? Is de Demycrala whip
um ?’ etc. The darkle, are completely
crestfallen and the decisive bulletin
scattered them iu dismay like sheep.
The friendH of the late John
Brougham, who followed bis remains
to Greenwood on Wednesday were
unusually delayed there by the diffi
culty ot getting the coffin into the
grave, it being too narrow lor its easy
lowering. The cause of this was em
inently characteristic ot the comedia!
aud his extreme goodness of heart.
A little while ago, a young actress,
Amy Fawcett, died here in impover
ished circumstances, and Biougham,
though verv poor niinself both in for
tune and m health, gave part of his
lot tor her burial, rendering the
space between bis dead wife and the
young actress hardly sufficient for his
own interment, soon to succeed.
Even after death his 'exceeding gen
erosity hampered him; he baa been
so bountiful in bestowinent that he
had barely enough ground to lie in at
the last. It seems one a f the uum-
berless sarcasms of nature and desti
ny that a man so overflowing with af-
feotion, sympathy and tenderness as
Brougham was should hava had no
children by either of his wives. In *
certain way he adopted all needy hu
manity as bis oflsprii g and succored
and contributed to it like a prodigal
lather—always beyond his means.
such bold
friends and
candidate, as that which seems at (Iris
time to mark the conne ot those of
Governor Colquitt That there have
been unjust criticisms and as*ailments
ot the Governor, we have 110 doubt.
This is uothihg more than every public
tuau ha* to bear. But it shonld be
remembered that such injustice has
come of comparatively few, aud that
such cannot be truthfully, said of the
large majority oi people who are now
found opposing Hu Excellency, Can
it he that the churnpiooa pf Governor
Colquitt can brook no'oppoaition, and
become highly indignant when told
that their Governor . is by no means
infallible? They may think their
Chief Magistrate can do no wrong, lint
there are a great many good, true and
honest people in Georgia who are not
yet ready to accept such deeidedly
emperical ideas. To an honest, just
and reasoning public such a course on
the part of Governor Colquitt 1 * friends,
would seem r highhanded and rather
disreputable scheme to shield from
public attention the weaknesses of his
administration, and that the-charge of
slander, vindication, persecution etc.,
would more rightfully be chargeable
to them. Nothing dauuted, however,
by the accusations of these political
schemers, Gubernatorial chtquers, aud
newspaper orgaus; with nothing ex
tenuated nor aught *et down in Dial,
ice, hot from an honest sentiment of
duty to the public, 1 propose to ar
raign Governor Colquitt and his ad-
nii..i8tration, not upon hearsay or
conjecture, but upou the record and
the fuels. With you Mr. Editor, I see
the great sin of Governor Colquitt’s
administration is in his having aps
pniuted Ex-Governor Brown as Uni
ted States Senator.' Well, this was
fife;
the cherished project oi his
To remove this obstacle be*
his highest and most determined
ambition. He at 'once bought tLo
controlling interest in the State road
lease, leaving to Governor Browu but
one share upon which he could retaiu
thy nominal presidency. This was
conditioned,doubtless, upon Governor
Brown’s being appointed to fill the
vacancy to (M -created by Oeueral
Gordo ns resignation. How shrewd
in Governor Browhi’ifeC'turelinquish
end he be elected b£ the icglSs
U'tifty next November. Governor
Brown had no idea of being.Oiheilo
like, with his occupation gone.
Well, as tie State road uut
der tue laws now governing it,
cannot he made au exclusive road iu
any railroad combination, aud iu or-
dvrto perfect the whole Newcomb
ptan, mark it people of Georgia, if
a bid is uot introduced iu the next
legislature, so altering and amending
the charter ot this'road and tho act
leasing the same, ns to allow Mr.
Newcomb, who now owns the con
trolling interest iq said lease, to make
it an exclusive line iu h s great rail-
mad combination. This of course
will require ft verj aciive
aud popular attorney, and how
'natural aud how lucky that he shou.d
have secured the services of Georgia’s
most loved itod popular sou as attor
ney for bis road. Again the Iuter-
Oceauio bill which General Gordon
pas beep so n.ursing in Congress, it is
thought 6/ railroad meu, would if it
should become law work, great detri
ment to the railroad Interests of the
country. It-will be interesting to watch
with lirbat energy Governor Brown
will oppose this measure should lie be
returned to the Senate by the oext
Legislature. Corroborative ot nil this
is the fact that,Mr. 11. W. Grady who
has been acting as a special agent tor
Mr, Newcomb stuce his railroad move
ments iu the South came home from
New York and Washington some two
or three weeks in advance ot all ibis
transaction and tohl to several persons
the whole ptan just as it lias been car
ried out. it is furthermore stated, and
with no denial as yet, that Mr. Gra-ly
brought Geucral Gordon’s resignation
with him when he came home from
Washington. It is Hardly reasonable
to suppose that Mr. Grady would have
known the whole plau and arrange*
meat just as it transpired unless the
your permission will in nty next give
a review, telling what I know about
the financial affairs of our com mon
wealth, as connected with the present
administration. Hauilcar.
P. S.—Your correspondent- writes
from no unkind teeliugs-towan) Gov
ernor Colquitt, believing him to he a
high-toned Christian gentleman, but
simply because he regards his admin
istration a subjeot ot legitimate criti
cism, and a full review of which is doe
to the public, especially to tbc less
observing masses of the people. As I
desire lo do no injustice to His Excel
lency, orchis official acts, speaking
ftfone from- the facts and the record,
and aa I would offer every opportunity
-for biqjtto correct any mis-statffhient .
on tny part, or Explain satisfactorily ;
to the people, what seems to be great
and flagrant errors in his administra
tion. I ti-ust tile Atlanta Constitution,
will copy these letters, as a simple act
of justice to Governor Colquitt, to. the
public aiul to Hasiilcae.
debt upon the State, if the writer
remembers correctly this irregularity
obtained in a-loige degree - from the
issuing in 1873, ot tvhat are kuown
as.the Nulling bonds.
l.et- us now examine and' see
wljetme 'the ’ increased revenue
to * tilts 'treasury, which 1 has
enabled a reduction of taxes, which
has so far reduced the Slate’s liabilities
apd which has placed lier credit sec
ond to that of no State in the Union.
In 1874 lloh: H. D; McDaniel, then
the representative-from Walton coun
ty, introduced aud had passed a bill
taxing the railroads of the Slate which
had so long been "Exempted from tax-
atioh. This bill by the Executive
ul - of i Governor James (j
. became law.. , Ultder .its oper-
' ' - i - the
indued, a great sin, a wanton disregard
of, and a gross injustice to the Deiuoc-
racy of Georgia which placed him. in , .
power. But in commenting upon tills' »*tter had ail been talked over mid
riii f do not thiuk you have gmio tar “"anged beam; baud. It is lurther
you havo gone
enough, or given the tru « and correct
analysis oi this most remarkable act
on the part of the Governor. It was
certainly remarkable, and bespeaks
suiuelhiug the people of Georgia have
uot yet been brought to consider, that
Governor Colquitt should have over
looked so many good men in Georgia
wliuse records show au uiiswering loy
alty and fidelity to country, party and
n le. who certainly were much more
rviugat the bands of a Democrats
ic Governor, to appoint one whose re
cord makes him highly distasteful to a
large majority of the people of Geor
gia as a United Mates Senator, and
E irchance a leader of the Georgia
etnocracy. When the writer, re
members the bitter antagonism which
existed but a short while since be
tween Governor Colquitt and Govein-
or Brown he cannot honestly believe
that the position Governor Brown flow
slated that Mr. Grady went to General
Guidon fur Mr. Newcomb und iuduc-
ed him to accept the position lie now
holds. We heard a most careful and
well informed gentleman from Wush-
uiglyu City,>say a short while since,
•‘thathe knew the Mr. llogg, who is
Baud to have offered such large induce*
meuu to General Gor Jon to go out to
Oregon, aud that lie is a wild, vision
ary schemer and speculator, a regular
Muiburry Sellers, that he bad no capi
tal whatever, aud was worth nothing
save what’he imagiued;, was in store
tbrhira iu some wild, speculative
scheme ot the future.’’ Another corn
rohoruiiug evidence is, the recent
admission General Gordon is said to
have made to Senator Head, of Uaral-
Ben county, that he knew belorc hand
that Governor Brown was to be his
successor - I have seen no deuial of
t,bis statement and if true, is to my
before Lund. Now, as to Governor
Co.quilt’s connection with this traus-
actiuu. It is well kuown lo all that
Dissolution of Copartner
ship.
The Oqp*rtner*hlp heretofore existing b*»
tween J. C. 1'itner & C*. wa* on iho 2*1 aay of
twunary 1880, dissolved by mutual consent.
Jan bu*iue*M will be oontiutied by J. C. Pitoar
The u*Mi:mr* all liabilitiea, and will attend to
whooettliuiient of the bnauiesa of the former
the rtuershin.
copa J. C. PITNER,
n.6.tf. B. Fj II. JACKSON.
BLACESMITHING
One oi those rough-clad, big hearts
ed mitiers who come into Bantu Fo
occasionally to lay in a supply ot
grub, stepped into the post office of
that town recently and seeing in the
window three letters held few postage,
picked up one, aud, looking at the
address, said in • tone ot great astons
isbment: ‘Why, this letter is for a
lady in Denver 1’ ‘Yes,* said the clerk.
‘And you are holding il here!’ in a
tone of greater astouishmenL ‘Why,
of course,’answered the clerk,‘don’t
yon see it hasn’t any postage paid V
In a tone of utter contempt for the
man who would not forward a lett* r
to a woman, paid or unpaid, the miner
said: ‘Give me some stamps.’ It was
done; he carefully put stamps on all
letters in the window, putting two on
that of the feminine gender to make
sure that it would go all right, aud
stalked out of the office with the con
cluding remark hurled at -he head of
the astonished.Rl’ino Pinito: ’Strikes
roe there’s tome mean people iu
this town 1’
Colquitt, is more distasteful to anyone
iu Georgia than to Governor Colquitt
himself. Furthermore the writer hon
estly believes that very peculiar cir
cumstances must have surrounded or
been brought to bear upon the Govs
ernor to induoe him to make this ap
pointment. I now propose Mr. Editor
to give what seems to me the true and
most rational version of the wliole
affair, and will quietly and patiently
await developments, especially the
meeting of the neit Legislature, to
prove the correctness of my ’ mterpre.
taiions, of what seems to me a most
startling political movement
in Georgia. I hegiu with
the assertion ■, that Mr.
Victor Newcomb tho.great railroad
magnate who lately effected the
greatest railroad combination and
monopoly ever before known inthie
Southern country, is at the bottom of
this whole uioveiueut; that the res-
of General G
I have removed my Shop from Foundry "St
to Broad Street, only abont 8" feet ftom where
t wax formerly, next to Mr. W. L. Wood, and
I am now prepared to do Hoteo Shoeing, Plan
tation Work, r.nd all kinds of Btaekxml falor In
tho beet style and at moderate prices. 1 ae:
knowledge that 1 have done wrong in tbs past
but I am determined Tor the future to be “right
aide up, with care.” \»'ivo me a trial. Kind
treatment to atock guaranteed,
wjiu. ROUT. JONES.
the most positive aud determined op
position to Governor Colquitt and his
re-eieetiou, came'from Cnerpkee, Ga.
Ii was from this section that came bis
greatest apprehension oi^ieteat. Then
how natural to suppo-e that the ap
pointment of’Cherokee's political idol
as United Stales Senator, would heal
this wound aud hush the opposition to
biiu from tills section. With what
promptness did GeneralWl'T' -Wof-
lord, the arch Independent of Ch'ero-t
kee,. telegraph Governof ' Colquitt
commending the appointment ot Gov
ernor Browu. « Aud how little ot op
position to the Governor do we now
near from Ibis quarter. Governor
ColquiU cau trutluully say >* that lie
had not fiye minutes conversation
with Governor Brown on the subject.
This was altogether unnecessary as
apucduimeut or Governor BttWaI5r+« ,, **»**’ r been fixed up
liLthe vacancy is the foundation of aud . , u * ,on - Bul thal
the success and supremacy of the rail
road syndicate headed by Victor
Newcomb, aud means the manipula
tion of Georgia politics for the great
er supremacy aud farther, more suc
cessful operations of this railroad syn
dicate. This is a broad aud bold as-
sertiou, bul let the people of Georgia
uow open their eyes aui'd their tors
that they may see and hear'the proof
iu substantiation of the charge. The
railroad combination so tar effected
by Mr. Newcomb, is between the
Louisville and Nashville, the Wes
tern and AUuntiu, and the Central
railroads. It is a fact well known to
the people ot Georgia, that the act of
the legislature ehsrteriug tho Stale,
JOHNSON'S
HOXJSK
Dyes *U kinds Ot Ladle’s and gsnUamen’
clothing ' < •
DYED AND CLEANED AT THE
■Steari! Dyeing Establishment,
1 Next door to Epiaoopal CUarik, Clay tooSt. .
*cyt.*My.
Two old partners were contemplat
ing a separation of business interests
and asked their ancient chief clerk
wuich store he would like to go into.
Quite innocently he said : ‘A bouse
d vided against itself cannot make two
good stands.’ The dissolution was not
effected.
Remember it takes the moon a
month to get full.—New Hoetn Reg-i
ister. Yes, aud she gets down to her
last quarter before site is ready to
start again.
Texas Jack,’ J. B. Omahundro,
the eelshrated scout and plainsman,
died at Leadvillc Monday, and waa
buried with military honors.
somebody had, had considerable talk
over the matter, is proven by the tacts
that Grady knew all about it, and
General iGordon knew thht Governor
Brown waa to be hia’ successor.
These ate eeirtainiy remarkable oc
currences to have obtained without
any pre-arraiigeiue'nt aud with the
sudduuuess aud uuexpcetedness of a
“ chip ot thunder out of a blue sky.”
Buck things do uot} Occur often, cer-
laiuly uot often euouglt tor the people
of Georgia to be So credulous as to
believe that this Whole matter was
merely a political happening.
Now kouesi, thlukiiig people of
Georgia are you willing that these
things should so be without your outs
spoken >-coudeinusiian ?1 Are" ‘ you
willing that the railroSd Kings mill
Chieftains, should step- -ilown into
Oeoigiaaml take charge of our poli-
lies fur ' 'the accomplishment and fos
tering of their great fdtlrmjd coinbis
nations arid monopolies ? Are you
wHihig that the Stale, ro-.ul , . which iu
the past 1 ' has given »o much .political
trophic to our State, isliall again be
mode we in'edtubi ok political divisions
arid disrim&ibns in Georgia ? I call-
uOt believe that you arc'willing" for
these things to be, or that you will
and unresistingly- submit tu
(no 2.)
Editor Daily Banner :—In this
my second communication I promised
to give you somewhat oi a review ot
the finances of the Btate as connected
with the present, Governor Colquitt’s
administration. This I shall do uot
from anv conception or deduction of
my own hut Irom the undeniable taels
and.records of the State, which be
long as much to the people of Georgia
as does the right to hold property ill
their own names. This it seems to me
I can do without the slightest invasion
upon Governor Colquitt’s private and
Christian character, and without sub
jeciiug myself to the charge of slan
dering, villitying or persecuting him
“lor righteousness sake.” The feet
is Mr. Editor, this charge of Governor
Colquitt aud his friends, will do them
more h:.i m than anybody else, and to
speak plainly does uot signify on their
part the highest ty]>e of Christian pu
rity and charity. I have a very near
aud dear friend and neighbor who I
love and esteem very iiigniy and who
in point of honesty, integrity, pure
Christian character, love and devotion
for Babbalh Schools and all other re
ligious institutions is not second to
Governor Colquitt or auy other man,
and yet he would make a very poor
Governor, in feet lie would make no
Governor at all. Now, to say this
truth of my frieod and neighbor is by
no means lo slander, villify and perse
cute him, and that too just because
he is a good, Christian man. There is
au old s lying, “that there are a great
inaoy good men who cannot keep
hotel-” Bo there are a great many
good men whose goodness belter
quaiifii s them for preachers than pol
iticians, and better fits them for the
usefulness of the Sanctuary, than for
the responsible duties of a Governor
ship. But enough on this point and
now to the more direct object ot this
communication. It may astonisfoyou
Mr. Editor when I tell you that not
withstanding 1 had long siuce discov
ered tunny weaknesses in Governor
Colquitt’s administration, yet I was a
Colquitt man up to his recent speech
iu your city, which I believe was on
the 9th ulL I heard that speech and
owing to the high admiration I had
ever entertained for the Governor as
a lair, just and correct man, I am al
most oonslrained to say, I am sorry
that I did hear it. Why ? Well,
because it startled and astounded me,
to thiuk that Governor Colquitt
should have so far forgotten himself
as even indirectly to claim tor himself
and hts administration a credit that
so many people in Georgia knotv he
cannot rightfully claim. The Gov
ernor has made mistakes and commit
ted blunders, jnst as every other man
who has gone before him has done.
Then how much b-tter it would have
beeu for him just to have come out
boldly and manfully and admitted the
fact, than for him to have attempted
to bolster up his administration by
seeking to adorn it with borrowed
plumage? The Governor, told his
attdience or rather left the impress.on
upon them, that he had reduced the
taxes u|ion the people: that he had
brought about such reform in the
State finances as not only to pay off
the outstanding debt of some $350,-
000,00 hut had placed Georgia in the
remarkable atr itude of now calling in
and paying oft’ her bonds not yet due.
Well, cow, let us look a little into
these matters arid see whence this
great financial.reform, noting a- we
go along what conNpiuuotts part the
Governor played iu the whole trans
action. In tho first place, it is a fact
well known to every one, at all famil
iar with legislation, that the finance
Committees ot the General Assembly
assisted by the legislation fixes the
rate of taxation. The tax act has
always to originate iu the House of
Representatives and the rate ot taxes
are always fixed by the recordsot the
Treasurer’s and Comptroller General’s
offices, showing the outstanding lia
bilities and the estimated current ex
penses for the ensuing fiscal year.
While from courtesy, I dare aayj tjie
Governor is often consulted upop\
these mutters, yet tor him to baye any
treas
$211,811,08. What,’pray tell ms,
had Governor Colquitt to do with
this financial transaction, the founda
tion of which was laid three years be
fore he was made Governor?
I now come to the consideration of
another revenue to .the Btate, aud
about wkicn much baa been said aud
written. I menu the claim of Geor
gia against the United States Govern
ment in favor oi the Western and
Atlautic Railroad, and involving
what is known -as the Alston and Gars
lington tees. In presenting this mat
ter Ipropusc to give the lads just as
they occurred, with, perhaps, au im
material iuaccuracy its to the exact
dates of the transactions. In the sum
mer or fell of 1870, perhaps the early
spring of 1877, General llenry .K.
Jackson, of Savannah, Ga., was passing
through Washington City, when lie
jnet a Hr. Willard,-a lawyer of some
prominence there whq hud represent
ed Jackson, Lawlou «& Basinger in
the matter of certain railroad claims
ainst the United Stales Govern
ment with great success. This gen
tleman slated to General Jackson that
there was on tile in some one of the
departments a claim in favor of the
Western <fc Atlantic Railroad., which
stood on preci-ely the same basis a-
those he had hcrctoioie collected,
and that if Geucral Jackson would
procure hint the authority lo prose
cute it, he hail no doubt lie could
secuie a speedy collection. General
Jackson came, on to Atlanta and call
ed on Gov. Smith tu reference lo the
matter. Upou au cxamiigtliou of Um-
reeords of the Executive Depart,
rnent it was ascertained that many
years ago this claim had been placed
in the hands of Robert Baugh, a for
mer Superintendent of the Western &
Atlautic Railroad, ti. a practicing
lawyer at the Atlanta bar. Governor
Smith staled that this matter baviug
beeu placed in the hands ot Batgli,
and a large retainer paid by Bullock,
he could do nothing further until
Baugh had been consulted. Gi-mral
Jackson was introduced to Baugh.
The latter was confined lo his room
by a stroke of paralysis which he bud
recently .had. He expressed great
desire to havo General Jackson take
charge of the matter as, on account
of his condition, he could not give it
that prompt attention which it de
served. lie further agreed its to a
division of fees,- etc. Governor Smith
bad an interview with' Baugh on the
suDjeet. He then approved the con
tract between Jackson, Lawton' Jk
Basinger and Baugh, aud gave to Gen
eral Jackson the power ot attorney
for Willard, at the same lime increas
ing tile commission from 10 per cent,
not to exceed 25 per cent. Congress
waa cither then iu session or met soon
thereafter. The claim then pending
which thus pasted into the control of
Willard, was for several hundred
thousand dollars more than the
amount actually collected. It. was
placed in a bill with several other
claims of a similar character, and upon
thrif bill Willard ' secured a thvorablo
report from the committee to which
it. was interred. By some means, after
this report 4 was made, some one,
probably General Gordon ( introduced
a separate bill extracting irom the
general ,bill items about'which there
never was any' serious depute, ‘and
the strength of which %vas expected
to carry 1 tlirJngh’ the 'balance of the
claim. But wheu this separate bdl
was called up iu the House, even .tu
its then shape, it would nevLr have
passed had it nut been for the active
woYk of the chairman of the commit
tee hbove interred to, who was an ar-
ddnt trierid of Willard’s and acting
in his interest. This hill covered
|198 028.88. Governor Colquitt im
mediately ‘‘ revoked Mr. Willard’s
power ot attorney, thus preventing
his collection of the money, paid some
lawyer in Washington, I am inform
ed, $500,00 to get the check, pocket
ed the check, nod paid into the Stale
Treasury $152,278,24, reserving 45$,
“50,00 tor fees aud expenses. Of this.
Colquitt’s financecring, and now let
the people of Georgia consider wlmt
credit he can claim in the securing of
this $152,278,24 to the State, and if
his connection therewith, did, not only
result in injustice to those who did
really recover this claim to Georgia,
hut actually lessened the amount-that
shonld. have been paid into the treas
ury ? I will write you ngain in a few
days, continuing this review.
IIamilcar. .
IT IS BE YtH TO MIX RELIUION AND POLL
’ ‘ TICS.
,< ) - ■ ■
A man’s politics ought to be as sa-
erbd to him as his religion, but in
certain respects the two oogl.t to lx*,
as fa • apart as the earth from the sun.
These wero the teachings otour ford
and Bavionr, when in this world, ho
said, ‘Render unto Cmsar tho things
that are Ctesar’s, aud unto God tho
things that are God’s.’ Before that
lime the man who took the oath ot
fidelity to tho Roinai- Emperor, had
to include in it an nsserverution of his
faith in all the Gods from Jupiter to
Friapus. Betoie the coming of the
tnildei dispensation, the Jews wore
frequently required to slaughter whole
nations, which differed with them in
religion and politics on that account.
They suffered destruction in turn from
the same canse; and centuries after
wards, the creed of Mahomet, which
tolerated no differences iu religion and
politics. swesl the Eastern world with
fixe and the sword, in its enforcement.
In violation of the precepts of the
era have too'often in modern- history,"
disregarded his instructions ami mixed
politics, iniolemuco and religion so-
called, in such a way, as to bring tho
direst calamities upon the human
race.
Tho list is too long to name them
all, but we can recall here the folly ot
the crusades—the horrors ot the in
quisition in Italy aud Spain—the thirty
years war in Germany—the massacre
of St. Bartholomew iu France, and tho
subsequent expulsion of six hundred
thousands Huguenots in a single day
from that country; the ooidi.-cu ion of
of church property by Henry VIII—
the bloody contention of 1’rote-tanls
and Papists in England and Scotland,
aud the hon ors of GromwoU’a invasion
of Ireland, wading ankle deep iu
Catholic blood. As botcen Proles—
lams, who can forget the star cham
ber of Charles the 1—tho murder of
that Monarch, greater iu his death
than he had ever been in his life—the
Usurpation of Cromwell, by which
first Episcopacy foil, and Mien Presby
terianism, and then Independentism,
leaves nothing but the despot? Ills
is au instructive career. All, willi
him, was done tor the glory ot Gnu!
He was a great lay preacher ami vi -
itor ofSuiHlay school and church asso
ciations in his day. lie was gifted iu
prayer and exhortation above
Lite average man, an ex
pounder oi the scriptures,
and regarded by his follower.-, as a pure
Christian Govenor aud a gieut Gene
ral, hut he became currtipted by re
maining iu oliice too long. '1 In- peo
ple did not hold him to an accountabil
ity,and the result was, that he began to
use the religion of has followers, as a
aepping Stone to absolute power, and
througii it ho accomplished Ids pur
pose and reduced Great Britain irom
a Constitutional monarchy u> au abso
lute despotism. Now all these expe
riences, as well as many more equally
as disastrous, came dome to the
Americau people, when they were
forming their government, and it
there was no idea above another im
planted in their minds and hearts, and
iitio the Constitution of the United
Biatcs aud of the several States, it was
that there should he no union of
church and state, that religion and
polities should be kept separate and
apart Bo deep did this sentiment
take root ip fhe American iniud, thal
tho Catholics, uie Episcopalians^ the
Presbyterians anti the Independents,
all of whom hud in turn persecuted
more or lees, for the sake of religion
and politics, were at a discount with
the masses, and the Methodists and
Baptists, who were either too young
in their origin, or too small in their
numbers to have made a party in tho
affairs of the old world, and therefore
had not mixed in its religious and po
litical contentions to any great extent,
became the favorites of the people
•ad absorbed into their organizations
a largo proportion of the American
papulation. They agreed with the
genius ot the people, iuel|tlieir relig
ious wants and requirements r.ftd did
an amount of good, which can never
bo ccleu’.ated or told. But of late
years, these most admirnblo religious
organizations, as first conc-ived, went
into polities in the Northern part of
our Union. The same disastrous res
suits, ns those strewn all through the
pages of history, ensued The churches
North and South were riven in twain.
The Sunday-schools of the North were
inundated with selections from Uncle
Tom’s Cabin, and the refrain ol ‘John
Brown’s Soul is inarching on* rang
out from great audiences in sacred
edifices. A semis religious war against
slavery ensued, and a million oh men
were offered up as a sacrifice to the
union of religion and politics. That
struggle lias ended, but in its end has
the connection between religion and
politics also ended? We fear not,
although we do not know, from ob
servation ; but the churches North
and -South have not resunited, and an
able writer recently in a Northern
paper asserted, that
— i— . ii - ,■ ,i— —i-™v..v.., ...... 1 he Methodist
amount he immediately paid to Gar- Church North was a huge political
lingtou about $15,900,00 to the use I machine.’ The churches South until
of Alston ah*ul‘!$15*000J10^ and to
Jackson, Lawtop & Basinger mid
Baugh’s estate,; *15,000,00. iu Now,
Itow he is eatiUvd-to. aay i credit tpj
thfrodleciiou of this.money, I am un
able to perceive... Hail.-he deposited
all ot ill in the Slate Treasury, as the
direct part in fixing or det-rminingi law required, neither - Gitilingidti her
Weal era and A$feniic pplroad, aa
well as the act leariug the pipe,disv
tmctly set tonlr *u4 stipalate that
this road shall at all times and umier
all circumstances be operated with
equal aud like advantages to all con
tributing, connecting, aud . competing
lines of rail mad. Under llieas pro
visions equal and like advantages
have been given lo tbu Louisville aud
Nashville, and the Cine
eru railroads, between
sr ,: -K.»
seen that. Ale.
lunation i* imperfect,'
ad. outages over
Southern, aud that uie western anaij T*»'r."‘A
Atlautic railroad governed mm] oop-14»u-Oolq u ttt-Brown affutr, aud with
given you at
length iny version of the Gor-
~— i— • p s
the rate of taxation, will bo news to
many who tailed to learn the fact
duripg their legislative careers, 'f in
lUe i-ext place, the amount referred
to,, if yuur correspondent ia not widely
mistaken,' is >not or was not actually a-
debt,Upon the State. It obtained in
tM* way. Owing to canain liabilitiea
of the Btate falliug due in the . early
part of the year, perhaps April .or
June and the taxes wherewith to rtjr 1 *
therie liabilities not being collect
uv*l thi month of December! it I
cAntb necessary for the legislature fof'
suviral years to pass a resolution au
thorizing the Governor' to make, "a
leasjpOrary loao forthis amount, in
order to meet this irregularity. This
was a had arrangement and necessi
tated the paying often of a high rate
of interest, but it was tdlaa actual
Alston, would have rfebived any such
fees, especially ed thu latter whs then
indebted lO'lbu Btate abort *8,000,“
00 for money, misappropriated!!!* pub
lic. printer. Tbif act of Governor
Colquitt, as recently decided by - the
Supreme Court, discharged the slat-'
tie, ou his bond its public printer
HhntofeHie *8,000,00 was' Idso Thai to
the State. ' -> >° ’■ T » " 1,1
oNqW t do' 'dot' proiitic ioT^tii
question art to' tliO fegur right ol. .
Sion aiul Garlingtou to sumo'portioii
recently kept clear of jailitics. Ia this
to continue ? VVe hope so, hut of late
there drops a circumstance or a res
mark now and then which fills our
heart with forebodings. It ig an ex
pression in effect, that we will vote
for a certain man tor Governor, or
Sheriff, or Clerk of the Court, as tho
may he, because he is of a certain
religion, or wo wont vote for him be
cause he is not of a certain religion.
The beginning is small, but if carried
out the teachings of history will lie
repeated. We httve written with no
interest or motive, save that of the
welfare of our Whole people, believing
naiwe d-t; ihkt it is death to temporal
liberty and happiness to mix religion
nnd polities.—Uiirieii Timber Ga-
I' if-'--.
(Baugh’s, fee. But
aud Bassinger and Wil'lai
clearly eutitled to one bait of the en
tire fee, os it was, they only received
one sixth. So much fur Governor
S e\y York Hun: ‘Borne of Gar-
’sapol
fi&d’£ apologistB mako him out such a
fodl jri Wsincss matters that ho did
of tb«
But a
aged politician who is so fool
ish aa not to know the difference be
tween a bribe and a loan would naver
do to be in the White House.’
not (Understand the nature
' l J. t ; Credit . bbilicr transaction.
woro middle-aiged politician who isi