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M. D WINJELTi, Proprietor.
Wednesday Morning,—Nov. 21,1877
Democratic Nominations. Fioyd
County.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
S. C. TROUT,
JOEL BRANHAM.
(Election on Wednesday, .Dec. 5.)
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Judge Sajicei, Hawkins as candidate for
ilio Senate from the 42d District—composed
of the counties of Chattooga, Fioyd and
Partnw.
We are authorized to announce lion. D. B.
Hamilton as a candidate for Senator from
the 42d District—composed of Bartow, Floyd
and Chattooga counties.
We are authorized to announce Cul. A. J.
Kino as a candidate for Representative from
Floyd county.
Col. A. S. Hamilton has been nomi
nated for the Legislature in Jones coun
ty.
Ancient Rome had her golden age and
Holland her rage for tulips. Now, we are -
verging on th¥ silver rage.
Judge Wm. Reese positively declines
the nomination for Senatuiship tender
ed him, on the plea of ill health.
“Give us the dollar of our daddies!”
cry ths silver lunatics We wish we
could give them some of our daddies'
sense.—N. Y. Herald.
The die is cast, and neither senseless
joke nor dolorous twaddle can check
the change that is coming. The mills
of the gods grind slow, but they grind
a certain statutory per cent. fine.
Rev. Dr. W. P. Harrison, pastor of
the First Methodist Church (South) at
Atlanta, has been elected chaplain of
the House of Representatives, and
preached his farewell sermon to his
congregation last Sabbath. He will go
to Washington at once to accept the po
sition tendered, and also take charge of
the Mount Vernon Methodist church
there.
The first number of the Calliopean
Critique, a monthly paper, issued by
the young ladies of the Marietta (Ga.)
Female College, with Miss Sallie Long
as principal editor, is upon our table.
It is filled with excellent matter, both
original and selected. We extend the
hand of congratulation—it won’t do to
say fellowship—to the fair editor, with
the wish of success to paper, editor,
publisher and contributors.
AN EXEMPLARY COUNTRY.
Our Minister to the Hague, in a com
munication to the State Department,
says the Missouri Republican, gives
such a picture of Dutch honesty and
thrift as almost to make one wish that
all the world were Holland, and all its
inhabitants Dutchmen. The regular
army is 60,000 men, and at our rate of
expenditure, $1,000 per man, would
Cost $60,000,000 a year ; but the actual
cost is only $7,000,000 a year—a trifle
over $100 per man. The Ministers of
State get only $5,000 a year, which is
ample for their simple habits. They
live within their incomes—as do all the
people—and never think of robbing the
Departments they preside over for the
means for keeping up appearances.
Official dishonesty is almost unknown,
and when brought to light is severely
punished and followed by disgrace.
There has not been a bank failure in
the country for forty years: there is a
good supply of paper money for all
business purposes, and it is.always
equal io gold. The average rate for
fire insurance is i per cent., and the
companies pay 12 to 16 per cent divi
dend to their stockholders, and never
break. There is little poverty in,the
country, and little complaint of hard
times; the people are thrifty, indus
trious and contented; and though the
country is less than a third as large as
Missouri, with twice as large a pop
ulation, it furnishes a living to all.
Holland i3 not a heroic country—
though it has had its days of heroism,
as the history of Philip II., the Prince
of Parma and the Duke of Alva abun
dantly testifies; it is now a plain, plod
ding State, unaddicted to the experi
ments and intermeddlings • that breed
wars between the other countries of
Europe; but if the happiness of people
is the chief object of human govern
ments, Holland may be called one cf
the most perfect illustrations of good
government on the globe. The Hol
landers were once famous seamen, and
had something to do with the settle
ment of this country. They founded
New Amsterdam, now called New
York, and if it could he remanded to
them, with the right to manage its mu
nicipal government, its banks and its
insurance companies, the change would
be good for all concerned.
RECONCILIATION*
ings and influences, is contrary to the
Two years ago thTmanagers of a fair I teachin 8 of the Bible and
at Winnebago, Illinois, invited Mr. I will give you one illustration. Tom
Jefferson Davis to deliver an address 1 01iver ’ who lived in the da ? a of Wes-
before the Fair Association, but the I le y’ 8 reformation, was a coblerbytrade
people generally were not ready for so I —ver ^ w * c ^ ed > and a shrewd swindler
advanced a movement in the way of I in defra uding his fellow-men; his home
reconciliation, and Mr. Davis did not atead was migration from one place to
go. However, these same men snbse- ano ^her, which he continued until he
quently invited Wade Hampton, of created seventy debts. About this time
South Carolina, who went, and deliver- ll was the wiU of God to convert him
ed an address, and they sent, this fall, He 8aid under repentance he felt like
one of their own men, Hon. H. P. Kim- be bad 6tolen ever T cent he had receiv-
ball.down fo Columbia, who delivered edby cheating, and determined he
a stirring address, in it using the fol- wo “ ld way tbe Iast cent and ma ke fall
lowing language touching the political I rea titution. About this time he re-
affairs of South Carolina: ceived a le 6 a cy, with a part of this he
“I congratulate you most cordially bought a horse and saddle, set off
upon the public tranquility that reigns preaching Jesus, and paying his debts
within your borders; the steady revival until his money was exhausted. He
of your industries, and more especially then sold his horse and saddle, walked
upon your enfranchisement from that nr „„„i,..i j , -, ... ...
horde of political conspirtors who, un- preacbedaBd P aid untd every creditor
der the livery of the civil service and I was satisfied, and God glorified,
an incorruptable national party, [?] I I s there such a lesson connected with
plundered your treasury, bribed your the homestead law ? Can our Churches
representatives impaired your public let their light so shine as required by
credit, and with unblushing effiontery L„_ -. , ... y
outraged every principle of justice and I ’ vlt ^ out dealing with every
honor. The condition of South Caro-1 mem oeT who condescends to take the
lina uuder the usurpations of carpet- benefit of the homestead. A few years
bag misrule finds a striking analogy in ago I said to the Jiidge of this circuit:
that legend of classical mythology which -Sir, your past experience, observation,
represents Prometheus enchained to , ? . , ’
Mount Caucasus by Jupiter, and whose pr ° fe f lon and ofhclal Position enables
punishment was aggravated by a raven-1 you ’ 1 suppose, to judge correctly of the
ous vulture, that descended upon him influence of the relief laws—socalled
and devoured his liver, which grew iu (the homestead being the main one)
the night as much as it was consumed a nd which I call corrupt-have had
in the day. The league of the carpet-1 , - * » .
bag dynasty has, for a decade of years, U P 0D the mora!d of our country. Af-
constituted the political vultures of the I ter a caom eot’s reflection he said: “Sir,
South, who have preyed upon her re-11 believe every one of them have been
sources, devoured her substance, crip-1 a curse, and have had a demoralizing
pled her industries and loaded her with in fl uence .» Multitudes, if called on,
unparalleled burdens of taxation and I ,, . *
debt. Rstrioution, personified, by one ' Tould S lve the same testimony that
of the ancient Furies, armed with a lhls honorable, honest Judge gave,
scourge of venomous scorpions in one In conclusion we protest solemnly
hand and a battery of quivering light against the requirement of choosing be-
mngs in the other, should pursue the,e tlveen two evilg of fearful magnitude,
infamous miscreants, fugitives from I. . ., . , ’
justice, who are profaning the sanctuary hut lf neceS8It y cupels, we will vote
of our National capital, and drive them I ^ or ^ le one of 1S68. Respectfully,
from the boundaries of civilization.
South Carolina stands upon the
proud eminence with Illinois and Mas
sachusetts in the vindication of her
rights of self-government and her con
stitutional privileges as a sovereign
State. The General Government cai
not impose disabilities upon or.e witn
F. W. Chexev.
eral at $5,000, and 20 -sabordinates at
«1,000 each.
Financial speeches were the order of
the day in the House, bat only Mr.
Kelly’s attracted much attention. The
Record is fearfully burdened with them
this morning. Kxox.
The Jetties.
Washing-ton Correspondence.
Criticising the Eads jetties in its
usual spirit, the Cincinati Commercial
asks the following questions:
“Have the measurements been aver
aged over a large area in order to show
the proper depth ? In case there is ac
tually a channel, has it been produced
by the jetties or the dredges? If the
result is to be credited both to jetties
and dredges, are both required to main
tain the conditions that are claimed ?
What is becoming of the vast amount
of sediment carried into the Gulf by
the Mississippi? How soon and how
far is it important to extend the jetties?
How much more money . is wanted
right away ?’ !
To which the St. Louis Republican re
plies that measurements have been “av
eraged over a large area,” and do “show
the proper depth.” That the channel
has been produced by the jetties and
not by the dredges, is proved by the
fact that the Government had a dredge-
boat at the southwest pass for thirty
years or more, and never succeeded in
getting such a channel as there is now
at the south pass. Capt. Eads is using
the dredge-for the purpose of removing
certain hard lumps more rapidly than
they could bo removed by the unaided
action of the water. These lumps once
out, the dredge will not be needed ex
cept for the clearing itvray of tempora
ry obstacles. We are unable to say
‘what is becoming of the vast amount
of sediment carried into the Gulf bv
the Mississippi.” If it 13 not deposited
in the channel, and does not form a bar
at the mouth of the jetties—both of
which negatives are admitted—what
difference does it make whether the
sediment goes to Cuba, or Japan, or any
intermediate point? The jetties will
be extended no sooner and no farther
What Tom Ewing Says.
The Anti-Resumption Leader Interviewed
by a Hard-Money Reporter.
ABOUT WORDS.
The building of the Gilbert Elevated
Railroad in New York is advancing
with almost marvellous rapidity. Be
tween Seventeenth and Forty-second
streets, on Sixth avenue, upward of five
hundred men are working day and ^ and we do ?’ ve
pectefVitfhefimsfeed^downas^far as
Worth street next month. The'opposi-
tion against the project seems to be en
tirely dyiDg out.
of
MESSRS. TROUT AND BS . Nil III.
The convention that met in the City
Hall on the 3d inst., did credit to them
selves and the county of Floyd by an
nouncing Sanford C. Trout and Joel
Branham as candidates for the House
of Representatives. We know there
was, and now is, honest differences of
opinion as to the authority and propri
ety of any convention or nomination
We respect that difference, and have no
war to make with those Democrats who
disagree with us. What we have said
and what we now say, is, we would be
pleased to see the voters unite upon
them and triumphantly elect them, not
alone because they are the nominees,
hut because they are true men, emi
nently qualified for. the position, in
point of integrity, ability and true pa
triotism.
There are such vigorous affirmations
on the part of the Republicans who at
tended the caucus Saturday night, at
Washington, that the session was a very
harmonious one, that it is natural to
suspect a good deal of boxing went on
at the meeting. The ..Cincinnati Ga
zette's Washington correspondent says:
“The composition of the Cabinet re
ceived about such a handling as in the
conference of House Republicans at
Secretary Sherman’s a few weeks since.
There did not appear to be es much
dissatisfaction over Judge Key’s selec
tion as over that of Schurz and Evarts.
There was much pronounced disagree
ment with the President upon nearly
every marked feature of his course, but
some who shared these feelings fuily
were still strongly opposed to any open
hostility to the President, and were in
favor of standing firmly together and
presenting an unbroken party front to
the Democrats.”
THE HOMESTEAD QUESTION.
A valued friend and esteemed corres
pondent ha3 an article upon the home
stead question in this issue of the Cou
rier, giving his views upon the matter.
We publish it because it is a question be
fore the people, to be voted on at the
election in December, and hot because,
we coincide with the writer. While there
ha3 been wrong done, no doubt, in some
instances by parties who availed them
selves of the provisions of the homestead
clause in our Constitution, still wc are of
the opinion that in other cases it has been
a measure of honest relief to these who
have sought the protection it afforded.
The question of which homestead is the
proper and just one, either the one of the
Constitution of 1868 or 'that embodied
in the Constitution of 1S77, is for the de
cision of the people at the ballot-box. If
the new one is rejected the old one stands,
and it is not possible, now, to dispense
with the homestead provision altogether,
even if the people desired so to do.
Mr. Richard Grant White, who is
considered by agreat many people in the
United States as an authority not to he
doubted upon questions of rhetoric and
grammar, and in fact upon all matters
f philology, has recently published
in the New York Times an article in
answer to numerous inquiries as
whether it is correct to use.the phrase,
to-morrow is Sunday,” as some people
seem to think that because to-morrow
is yet to come, the expression should
always be, “to-morrow will be Sunday.
Mr. White kindly permits the use
either expression, in which decisiou
concur; as also in his idea of the proper
use of adverbs and adjectives in certain
expressions. For instance, he thinks
his words, be
fight to say "fie' feels bad, and no
one can compel him to say he feels
badly. We would be willing to go into
a revolution, or a rebellion, if the word
suits better, against the control and
constraint of any language whose laws
are so harsh as to compel a man to say
he feels badly, when the sense ot feel
ing was as acute as he could wish it,
and he had, perhaps, only eaten too
hearty a dinner, and being annoyed
from it, wanted to let a friend know
that he felt had.
But, while we agree with Mr. Rich
ard Grant White in all the opinioeg
and conclusions expressed in the arti
cle referred to, we have to express our
surprise at the opening line of the com
munication, which is in the “words and
figures following, to-wit“I have re
ceived no less than nine epistles of
late,” etc. Can Mr. White, or any
other man, give any good reason for
killing off the proper word, fewer, in
that sentence, and substituting instead
the word les3. Less is the comparative
of little, as we understand it. Suppose,
then, that we change the expression by
taking out the negative, and say, “We
have received less than nine epistles”—
we have received little nine epistles.
Washington, Nov. 16,1877. .
The delegates authorized by the Re- lhan Capt- Eads deems necessary for
, _ r publican caucus.of last Saturday to the accomplishment of his object; and
out degrading and humiliating the confer with the President, explain the he wdl want no more money ’ and want
other ' I drift of sentiment as elicited at that U n ° sooner than his . a 2 re ement with
neetiug and to report to their associ-1 the Government specifies,
ates the spirit in which their sugges
tions were received, do not appear by
current reports i.nd street gossip, to
Jere Black’s reply to Stoughton is
out in pamphlet form. It was altogeth
er too pungent and personal a docu
ment for the pages of the Nortn Amer-,, -
ican Review. The editor of the Balti- , Ve bec " glv j n any rea30n to suppcse
Thanksgivings Proelamaticn.
By the Governor of Georgia.
more Gazette, who has read it, says ot I
that the President will he much influ-
it: "“Regarded simp'ly'" from a "’liter‘s | l““ d lt a ‘^ e „£ and J? is ' | y“eaVthe'bSJ of
standpoint, it is a work worthy to be
The citizens of Georgia have enjoyed
in a large degree during the present
merciful and
compared with the writings of Junius
There is probably no public man in
missals from office by the information bountiful Providence. We hive been
imparted. He is understood to have spared tne scourge of pestilence ; our
said, substantially, that lie felt it in- harvests have been plenteous, our com-
1 mutinies have been peaceful. Social
The supreme count of Pennsylvania
has decided the dispute between the Al
legheny county grand-jury and Gov. Han
tranft in favor of the latter. The grand
jury summoned the governor and the ad
jutant general before them to give testi
mony in the case of the riots. The
governor and the adjutant-general re
fused to come, on the ground that the
information in their possesion was priy,
ileged, and to divulge it would be de
trimental to the public interests The
Allegheny county court decided that
this answer was insufficient and the ex
ecutive officers must come. The ques
tion was submitted to the supreme court
and that tribunal decides in favor of the
position taken by the governor. The
decision means that official information
in possession of the governor is privi
leged and the governor need not give it in
evidence before a grand-jury or a court
of justice, unless he is willing to.
Senator Conkling is reported to have
said of Mr. Hayes: “It is the general
record of usurpers that, though sus
tained, they do their favors to the other
side.” The St. Louis Republican asks:
Is Mr. Hayes, then, a usurper? Sena-
tor.Conkling ought to have discovered
the fact nine months earlier. Hevoted
to put this “usurper” in office, and it Is
a little late in the day to denounce the
usurpation. There was a moment in
the protracted dispute over the Presi
dential election when a speech from the
New York Senator in opposition to Mr.
Hayes’, claim would have effectually
barred him from the Presidency. But
the New York Senator refused to make
the speech—and now, perhaps, he
wishes he had made it”
1 “ , , I cumbent on him to exercise his own n , 1 . “ ave been Peaceful. Social
the country who is at aL the equal of • * . , . , , I order has been universally preserved,
Judge Black as a satirist, and in this IL = e P r _ eajl3e? , and tbat I and the hearts of the people have been
Senators must use their own discretion | cheered by the prospect and promise ot
instance he has brought to bear upon,. , * r
his puny antagonist the utmost re- in l!le confirmation or rejection of his U restored harmony and fraternity.
sources of his «rt The ease with which a PP olntf es J t" a ‘ in his appointment of 14 becomes us as an intelligent and
sources ot ms _rt. ihe ease with which Democrats {o offic - e he had . ad re „ apd grateful people to make formal, rever-
he overturns every argument and rid- , I ent and heartfelt acknowledgment of
dies every conclusion of the apologist . ^conciliation of the different I ihis goodness and mercy,
for fraud is only less conspicuous than 38Ctl0 . ns and tbe interests of the service; To this end, I earnestly invite you to
the ridicule with which he visits hi J that -, ln his opinion, the wisdom of his meet i„ y 0Ur several places of worship
,, ,, . I selections had been vindicated so far as I on mursday, the 29th cf this month, to
pretensions, and the blistering scorn | .. . J testify our gratitude to God, and with
Boiton Poit'a Wuhington Correspondence ]
Washington, Nov. 9.—The fight
over the repeal of the specie resumption
act has brought to the fore a man new
to Congress, bnt abundantly well known
at the West, to-wit: Gen, Tom Ewing,
of Ohio. General Ewing is acknowl
edged to be the champion and
ablest exponent of the views
of the soft-money Democrats of Ohio
and the West. He was sent to Congress
to bring the greenback broil to a head,
and he has succeeded admirably. Natu-
ally he is elated at the success which has
crowned bis endeavors; but he is too able
a man to belittle himself or his cause by
anything which should sound like “crow
ing.” However much men may differ
from Mr. Ewing’s financial views, no
man may justly call him either a blather
skite or a fool. He is not an expezienced
parliamentarian, and he does not claim
to be. Bat he is a close student, a hard
if not a sound thinker and a born leader.
I have been somewhat surprised, I con
fes3, to learn by personal acquaintance
that General Ewing is a very modest, a
very quiet and a very logical mau and
not at all the noisy demagogue it has
been the habit of the East to consider
him. The other evening I had the
pleasure of a long, quiet and wholly in
formal talk with him. That conversa
tion convinced me that Mr. Ewing is not
as an inflationist as an anti-construction
ist, and is not a repudiationist atalL “I
think it will be quite possible,” he said,
“to resume in twelve or fifteen years, but
I do not think it is possibly to set a day.
I feel absolutely sure that it will be utter
ly impossible to resume in 1870, and any
attempt to do so will create wide-spread
disaster.”
Of course it will be impossible in the
limited space of a letter to do anything
like justice to Mr. Ewing’s statement of
his position, but a few quotations will give
readers, who are always ready to hear
both sides of every question, a little in
sight into the financial creed of the
great soft money leader of the West.
“General,” said I, “are you opposed to
resumption?”
“No,” replied he; “but,” and he smiled
pleasantly, “I would not stop one mill iu
•he United States, I would not throw one
laboring man out of employment to ac
complish resumption.” Then he added,
seriously, “I mean to say that the pros
perity of the business interests of the
country is of vastly more importance just
now than the resumption of specie pay
ments at a certain fixed day in the near
future.”
“You think it impossible to resume
1S79 without causinga business disaster?”
“I think itimpossihle to resume in 1879
at all. I believe a large share of the
business disasters which have already
happened have been caused by the efibrts
to resume in 1879, and I believe that
what ba3 happened is but a drop in the
The Mexican Dollar.
Thanksgiving
Saa Antonio Expren, Nor J. Bloomington (Iu • *•
For two or three weeks past the sur- Illinois is
pnse of all has been as to how such to the credit nf „ t,a . ed > *e ija _
great quantities of Mexican dollars came recognition of 8 th 1Dg the
upon tbe market and into the hands of Thatiksnivinw Tl ?P B »1
the people. True, the Mexican dollar Gubernftori.-ti proc! a ./ reaide ^l
has not been a novelty in San Antonio, ble have in thermit * tlon3 i *
purposes have been in the new Mexi-1 the tmkovoi'l.’i 8 "?”'!® l *>eei;o. v 1
-, j. . . new Mexi- the turkevsa„d cra S lhe ^
can dollar, and thus many thousands constituted the tru^T 7
were soon in circulation. It is safe to and the really serin,,J iI ? ter “fatJj
say that on the firetday of this month day. But Gov r,![i buait; ee
there was a greater amount of this class | mation just issued ^’ p*J
distributed among the laboring | the horns—or rather hold*, ^
people than during any previous whole key by the feet—anHTS n ? ttu'l
montn within the history of the city, just what they arerenl!^ 3 J
and the coin all seems to bear the date Says Gov CuHom ■ " ex P e «etf
of the present year. “I therefore caUunon ,l . .
In the past this money circulated for Illinois to assemble in „ •
its face value iu ihis city, although at religious worship anH .
all other ooirit.' 1 . not onlv in Tfixaa. hut. I a * . u a ronr,ri I
. —, forgetting its reli&iou^ nh Ies *
stated large sums wvre paid out on the above all a dav for • ° serv;
firct nf f ha m tint h of no *» hut _ I e ,. ’ « . .
first of the month at par, but yesterday, of scattered kindred i reas; - :
the second, it was refused by the banks closer knitting of tC f det t
at that rate, and those who had receiv- which are the pFdvenr.,! 0Iat ^
ed the money the day previous at its tional union and pro^lv^
face value found themselves yesterday This is not quite so nhi ,
minus five cents on every dollar of it ed as it might be. but
they had. Our reporter, in order to be pardoned to the habit
ascertain how this came about, and, plomatic language in
again, how such great quantities of this and on the whole it dof t!^
money reached this city and soon be- must he a dull reader
came circulated, visited Colonel J. T. that the Governor means
h L e „ A a LS^“ ade together and eat tur»
inquiries to obtain the desired informa- berrv sauce, and have a 2
lion. Col. Thornton stated that the eralfy, and go home with % ^
Mexican dollar had found this market the evening-and that tha J*
as naturally as water would find its day is fo?-although thevt!^
tavel. When it was known that it dentally, go to church if
would be received in San Antonio at it. - ■«! J
the same rate as the national coins and Well done. Governor , c
currency, whv all that could be forced Y„ u will be abTe to eiu e-, ^'
upon the market was introduced into still more clearly another tim P h°?*
it and hence it suddenly became very J haven’t done badly this VP ‘r u '
abundant. It is said that parties here
secured large amounts at a good dis-1 Automaton Talkers.
count, and at once put it in circulation
at par, thus realizing handsomely from
the speculation.
e speculation i l A V* lkin 2 machine is said to - *,
Col. Thornton says that the banks wasYortri^AmericL 18 ! 1 ^, 130 '’
“fit- ** C7)d“IS
en it is most Bee you. I thank you for
;m to get nd i t ha3 been humorously su™ Jl
don'
densome to handle, and then
difficult, being a foreign coin
of. Europe doesn’t want any of Ft, and |
it cannot be used as the coin of tl" I ^ C ° U >>*
country in exchange—thus it must be passengers Thi* RPrv-° nS * ^
depreciated in its present form, or EXt, i s ™ » noy t ,
boiieht UD. and convert^ inta ArA J! ™, d by ^men, and often j!
can coin to augment the value.
way that makes 'he names aW
intelligible. The machine is ^
bucket to wliat will happen if the pres
ent policy is pursued to its full fmition.”
with which he analyzes his motives. | _ bee “ 0 f ered & te f I our households bow before the Majesty
But it is not the vigor of his rhetoric tbe “> and tbat be could not consistent- I „f Heaven, thanking him for past
which most deserves attention. That T 7 - Y, hlS eonce P tlcm s of his duty, cies and invoking his care and blessing
which will f-xcito the^pro^q^^.r^J WlthdraW thoso det ? r - mined on. ifhe | upon the future of Georgia and our
“Tell me why,General, you think it iin
possible to resume in 1879?
‘Because,” he said, “we cannot possibly
accumulate anything like gold enough
between now and then.”
“How much gold ought the Govern
ment have to be able to resume ?”
“Eleven or twelve hundred millions
the least.”
“How do you make that out ?”
“Very simply. Experience has shown
it to be an axiom in finance that, in order
to sustain specie payments, it it necessary
to have on hand a very much larger
amount of coin than the entire volume of
paper currency whisb is kept afloat,
mer- Take England, for instance. She keeps
constantly on hand about S700,000,000
he contests every position which his an-
the recognized leaders of the party, in-
cludingsuch men as Hamlin, Edmunds
triven unaer my nana ana me
tagon 1st assumes, and then annihilates , ,2 „
,. ... . . , „ and others equallv orthodox, were rath
him with his own arguments. 1
Homesteads of 1868 and 1877.
To Editor the of The Courier:
Dear Sir—As many look to your
valuable paper for correct teaching in
morals and politics so that if error per
vades your territory you may give the
alarm faithfully, regardless of conse
quences. If the above is true, as I sup
pose you will cheerfully admit, then I
respectfully call your attention to the
homesteads of 1868 and 1877, present
ed to the voters of Georgia by the late
convention, requiring, or permitting
them to choose o-.e or the other. In
consideration, I desire to present some
important questions. Are they or are
they not great evils, taken together or
separately, with all their surroundings
and bearings ? If so, then is it right to
vote for eithe r ? If not, then will it be
right to vote no homestead ? Thereby
setting the seal of condemnation on the
whole abomination. Are the liberties
granted and guaranteed to those who
march under the homestead banner,
and enjoy its benefits by complying
with its requisitions, in accordance with
the teachings of tbe Bible and the prin
ciples of morality ? What are the lib
erties granted and guaranteed ? That
any man who is lazy, profligate, and
careless relative to bis interest, and cre
ates an indebtedness to his honest and
pruden: fellow-citizens of $1,600, may
violate all hi3 promises, discard all his
honest obligations, crack his whip of
dishonesty and march under this ban
ner of infamy, and be safe; causing in
many cases sufferings among his honest
creditors; some of whom owned less
property than he did, and bidding de
fiance to all those who often had min
istered to his necessities.
Let us hear the Saviour's teaching:
Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them : for this is the law
and the prophets.” Can those under
this banner be of honest report ? Can
they live a Jife of gpdlipess and hon
esty? Will their fellow-citigsns esteem
them as honest i^en ? Do such walk
uprightly, work righteousness and
speak the truth in their hearts. It has
always been right for men to comply
with their promises, fulfill their con
tracts, and pay their honest deb.s, it is
to-day, and will always be so, and
many think our law-u?akers ought to
maintain these great principles if ths
stars fall and the mountains turn over.
The homestead has greatly lessened the
confidence that ought to exist among
men, and engendered strife and hatred;
and much disgrace has been brought
upon multitudes that will nearer he re
moved during life. Can dollars and
cents balance such infamy ? "It has
also lessened to an alarming extept the
influence of religion, and infidelity has
er cavalierly received, entertained and
dismissed; and as though he thought he
might have been misunderstood, or had
not made known bis determination
with sufficient emphasis, he immediate
ly sent to the Senate the name of one
Mr. Lawrence, a Democrat and ex-
Confederate, who don’t believe in ‘err-
seal of the Executive Depart
ment, at the capital in Atlanta,
this 13th day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thous
and eight hundred and seventy
sever.
ALFRED H. COLQTITT, Governor,
By the Governor.
J. W. Warren,
Secretary Executive Department.
The Cuban Insurgents.
ing brothers,” as Collector of the pat of J New York Herald-]
N’ew Orleans. Senators generally ob General Campos, whose courage, abil-
serve a dignified silence; but everyone 'tyand energyasasoldierwill.it is con-
interested feels that the very atnos- I ddently believed at Madrid.be the means
phere is permeated with a subtle seme-1 br 'j]Sj n g the long struggle in Cuba to
, . .. . an end, is not meeting with unchecked
thing, that leads every one mstin.ctuely L uccess in his cam g aign again£t t^
•o put themselves in an attitude ot de- patriots. During the past two months
tense, though no enemy is visible >r he has succeeded in gaining several im-
to seek the most convenient shdtr I ?-°^ an * advan tag e s, which must have
from a storm that seems imminet, d ‘f earte!led the revolutionary leaders,
,, „ , , ,, but now have tbe news of a slight
though to the ordinary observer tie victory which will go far to comfort
heavens were never more serene. Its them under their recent reverses'ahd
safe to predict that neither Mr. La*- destroy the idea of the invincibility of
fence nor Mr. Reed, the Toledo pos-1 t f’ u Spanish commander. List month
master, who is alleged to have securl I su r P ris ed a party of Span-
, . . . f, , , .1 larda in the Eastern Department, when
his appointment throngh a bargat several of the enemy were killed and
with Stanley Matthews, and through! wounded. The news comes entirely
most flagrant violation of tbe prt tbrou ghSpanishsources,anditisofoouse
gramme which it was announced woulJ IUJ P os sjble to get at the real facts or to
guide the President in his reform of tha Spai ? ish
... .... ... . ... , ‘°ss. l hat it was far more serious than
pointments to the civil service, will bethe Havana authorities report is ah^o-
unanimously confirmed. There is nojutely certain. But the news is signi-
inistaking Mr. Conkling’s purpose toP cant ‘ n another respect. It shows
antagonize the Administration. jj e j 6 lba44be Spanish declarations so freely
Mr. Sherman to inform bis committee nonsense, and that the patriots are still
as to the nature of the charges agaimtptrong enough to contest tha advance of
the New York custom-house office*' 1 * 1 . 6 Spanish troops. General Campos
now under sentence of dismissal, an<i' v ^{ gnd 14 illore difficult than he sus-
to have added that it has satisfactorfc ' to reduce the island to subjee
evidence that they have efficiently and!
faithfully performed their duties. It is\ New York, Nov. 17.—Vessels grrivr
the understanding that of the nomina-r° bere form Europe report terrfic
afloat T
Hoiv much gold has the Government
now at its command ?”
“About $100,000,000 all told, but not
over $30,000,000 available for purposes
of resumption.”
“General, yon know that gold is
only about 103. People generally have
on idea that it it goes much lower, say ta
101 or thereabouts, resumption will be
almost accomplished. AVliat have vou to
say to that?”
“That arises from the very common
of confounding resumption
with equalization, which is a vast differ
ence. I will supoose that gold is selling
for 100, and still assert that we cannot re-
sume. The gold quotation in the New
l ork market represents mainly the de
mand for gold. It shows simply that, at
the time, nearly all the gold that is need
ed is obtainable, and ha3 nothing what
ever to do with our ability to resume.
Facts Abou f the Electoral Conn- the human lungs, krynx. giotl'"'.
se! Fees. [tongue. It is operated ’bvYixIV
and is supplied with a keyboard?
, pedals. If the sound can be prods'
1 he publications which were recent- there would be no difficulty ip an-bi
lv made in reference to the large hotel ing the apparatus to run automaticS!
bid paid by the National Republican like a music box. Imagine a
Committee for Mr. Stanley Matthews rious voice in each end of a train?
called out the statement from his friends ing at intervals, “The next stop
that the personal expenses of all the Germantown!” In connection
counstl before the Electoral Commis- this subject it may be mentioned?
sion had been paid by the respective Psyche, the famous automaton cl?
national committees of the two parties, player of London, continues to be
Inquiry has developed that so far as great success, after about tiro jean
counsel on the Democratic side were constant exhibition. No one has V-
coneerned, there is scarcely a modicum been able to discover the mode 1
of truth in this statement Mr. Mat- which it is operated
thew H. Carpenter, who was taken out 1
of the enemy s camp a3 it were, re- The Memphis Avalanche tells i
ceived a fee ot $1,0C0 for his argument touching incident in relation to li
in the Louisiana case. Messrs. O’Con- funeral of General Forrest -
or, Merrick, Blair,-Trumbull, and all Before the cortege had yet form*’
the other Democratic counsel were vol- groups of ladies, one after aoctk
unteers. and not one of them received a slipped softly into the room ^
. . . slipped softly into the room where th
cent for his services in any shape or dead. General lay, in the residence i
form. It is of interest to see how the the last survivor of the Forrest broths
counsel on the other side fared. As Col. Jesse Forrest. Each lady stopped
has already been shown, their hotel to gaze for a last time on the faceofti
bills, which included all the luxuries of I dead, and, depositing her tribute
tne season, were paid._ Mr. Evarts is I snowy flowers, passed°ont.
in coin; but the volume of her paper Secretary of State, Mr. Stoughton is I Oni; little bunch of flowers not hat-
the same bassis we sfibafinPa^muQfi n ° r rpade cp of ■
more than SI,200,000 of coin on hand, rect assistance of the President and^Ir th^r?’ ^ f Jl j Ue histor 3 r to telL h
for we have nearly S • 00,000,000 of paper Shellabarger has been retained in all er J * - of Tuesda y wa « passing WW
* b6 profitable Government c^es before "T 131 " 0 ' 1 , near Courtland, Ala. a
the courts of this Dtatrie^ Mr m!! ? ’ s “ rcel y‘birteen years of age,arc
Crary, who appeared^ one'of ^ Re! I ‘° th ? platform > holdingink;
publican objectors, is Secretary of War them to
nearly every one of the Republican 1 8 ed W
electors for those States has been pro
vided for with a Federal office.
She was a fair maiden from the Sns-
ny South, and, he thought the sweetest
Alter the-STindo I ever sent to cbeer the desolate lift
1 tiie^SRade. of a rover en the western wilds and as
lighffXrituatad ton U ^ t ^ P ° Ured hi. Soof “nd
from the depot large ban hnraL Wa ^ I ln ;V"’°‘ c e thrilling with emotion, said,
carriages can ’ be had r’n roT ^ L Seraphina - if ™u couid have your
ternL^lenty of milk^e^ y0a ^
“Waal ves 'here’s tr > She bowed her head in silence for a
c - j — postmaster a’n’ keeps the We? T^A 8 m . oment > and ‘ben her cberrv lips nar:-
Suppose geld rate3 at 100, and we at- goods store’ Siih )i. St J nd , 7 ed ^?. d 831,1 ‘
tempt to resume on a certain day. What smith, an’Thomas Benton Wood^lfe I hn> f tbar ,' S one tbin S that’d be
will be the result? The national banks, farms it up to the corners Be vnn’!l” n !j ler n / n0tber ’ ?ud be to be onto
' lated to the tVoods™ 7 ^ I ‘ hls durned mountain country and back
-- butwhT CU7 ’’ 531(1 citizen, simmmS if 1 get EOtEe
. but what we come to the country for
is rorest.” ■
tions before his committee, those not
alleged to be inconsistent with Mr.
Haye’s civil service reform rules, are
given out from time to tiJne, or other
wise obnoxious to the majority, will be
reported favorably; the others will be
allowed to sleep in the committee room
and lapse with the session, when they
become void. Mr. Hilliard’s nomina
tion, before Mr. Hamlin’s committee, is
another of those destined to this fate, it
is thought But if reported it will be
with ths reoomiqentjatiqn that it j>e
not confirmed.
The Senate yesterday passed the
army bill, with the proviso for sending
four regiments of cavalry to Texas
stricken out, and the numerical strength
restored to 25,000. It is the prevalent
impression that the House will recede,
especially as the Democratic lawyers of
the Senate ape said to have been of the
opinion that the clause relative to the
cavalry was clearly unconstitutional,
infringing, as it did, on the President’s
perogatives as Commander-in-Chief of
the army and navy. The naval defi
ciency bill was also passed. The House
Foreign Relations Committee yesterday
agreed to report Hewitt’s Paris Exposi
tion joint resolution favorably, with
ampndtoenUi. ft accepts the invita-
sather on the Atlantic. The ship In-
pid, from Queenstown 28 day, reports
it in latitude 49 50, longitude 15 30,
had a terrific galp fro® tfcp pquth-
(st to northwest November 5th, in
Stude 46.30, longitude 48 50, she had
eavy gale, during which her top sail
• foretop sail blew adrift, and whilst
ing them fast a eeamqn fell nver-
d and was lo6t Novemlier 14th,
fy miles south southeast from Nan-
tket she passed a wreck.
who must prepare not alone to redeem
their circulation in gold, but must also be
ready to protect their deposit rs, will at
once send greenbacks to the Treasnry to
buy gold. The 3,000 national banks in
the country hold at least $150,000,000 of
deposits. You can easily ste what an
enormous quantity of gold the Secretary
of the Treasury would be called oh to
supply them. IIo could not begin to
meet the demand. Then thespeculatinns
in New York couldeasilyinvest$50,000,-
000 in greenbacks and send it to the
Treasury for the purpose of making a
corner in gold. They would have tbe
Secretary at their mercy and gold would
shoot up to a higher figure than it did
during the war. They would get rich
and thousands of legitimate business men
would be ruined.”
These samples are sufficient to indicate
the line of logic which Ewing pursues.
He is not at ail a ''loud"’ man, but on the
contrary as mild-mannered as a lady.
In stature he is a trifle over six feet and
well proportioned. His complexion is
oaiqfolly paljid. It is almost bloodless.
His hair, heard and moustache are of a
very light brown color, and his manner of
speech is very moderate, and a trifle over
cautious, if anytbiug. Both in personal
appearance and in manners, Ewing is a
striking contrast to Ben Butler, who
seems to have entered into an alliance
with him.
Jondon, Nov. 16.—A Reuter tele-
i from Ragusa says the Montene-
i have taken by assault qll {he fie-
And the guileless granger concluded T o. f Iowir, 2 ls re P orted r -* a veritable
he must be a simple sort of chap, and I- 0 * 1117 -
mentally added five dollars a week to
the price of board.
The Texas Land Warrant
Forgeries.
Larned, of Massachusetts:—“See here,
Dawes, just tell me what all thi- tox-
toolery means. You must know, be
cause I hear you are the leader of the
administration party in the Senate.'’
Dawes—“Do you ? Well. I don’t knoir
I Understand exactly what jcu
mean.” Larned—“Why, I mean I want
Frank .I. Bowman, Esq., attorney for
young Steveng, one of the accused, re-1 t T --a.
turned yesterday from Austin Texas 1 1 , Vf. whe!t ‘“ r I am a Republican or
whither he had been in tbe interest of f°' ” 6 turn) people up where I come
his client. He reports that Ham Mil-! I™ 18 d<w 1 J ust where we are.
ler and Stevens, of Kansas Oily ’were ! ' f b 1 t ’ pa,t -' fli S "lipped from under
all indicted, and it was fcsneeuj t>u.i I a^’" r h '' , sll !'pecl of!'from the party,
others would he indicted for complied, v I Sa ? -n,,w ' !>.iw,.«, honestly, has the Re
in tile land warrant forgeries. Iu the ,«!> C3n p!,r U’ f? on « to the devil or
case of Stevens, who, it is b.lieved, had DOt ^
sche D me a the Attorniv a ^ 'A dHr ' g Dl(l 7 >« ^er fe-Tthat thrilling, al-
K&Ssi?* •■=*
The Doxology.
Bishop Ken, horn in 1GQ7, and who
died jn 1711, wag the well-known writer
PS a * a ? ' t r, -a* a j., t( CiAitUJ y li nfllcr
th v princ!pal of 1116 familiar doxology, “Praise God
tfl which holds opt, though damaged from whom all blessings flow.” The
' p m i ent \i * poet Montgomery has very properly
Iimes. Belgrade correspondent I remarked of thjs perfect composition,
skirmishes are occurring qon-
inily between Servian frontier guards
ante Bashi Bazouks. The Turks
aricting entrenchments at Bagova
onfc Tirnah,
tinople. Nqv. |6.—fhe
ve been repulsed near Kars af-
nged fighting. There has been
snow in Asia. A council of
:er the presidency of the Sql-
tan,|deeided to largely reinforce
Mehft All. Rumors of peace nego-
tiati<3ire denied.
There are at present 115 Chinese been increased in proportion. The ^ tion of France, and empowers the Bres*
students in this country.
I homestead law, with all its surround- 1 dent to appoint a Commissioner-Gen-1 shall
•er morning a lady received a
" taj; her rather wa^ dead,
aid she, “John can’t help
some new clothes.”
ihe giack for fegr you
‘m the current. ’ i
that it h&3 probably been more used
than any other except the Lord’s Pray
er; that it is a master-piece at once of
amplification and compression. Of
amplification on the burden “Pratao
God,” repeated in each line; compres
sion, exhibiting God as the object of
praise in every view in which we can
imagine praise doe to Him fog nil His
blessings—yea, fog al} blessing?, nope
coming from any otliej gouroe; praise
by every creature, especially invoked
here below and in heaven above; praise
to him in each of the characters where
in He has revealed Himself in His
Word, “Father, §qn tffid Hqjy Qhos{,”
Yet this cqm Prehensile 51404a "is suf
ficiently simple that by it the ignorant
anfi wise, the young and tbe mature,
mqy “perfect prajse,”
1 •dt.-.qr 1 <»,■■■ —
Eve inaugurated the fall fashions.
^ erC ‘ 8 m furii ;b fable: Abdulla went 1, There is nothing that destroys the
to tha residence of Nasereddin to borrow {imauty of feminine grace so much as
.^ 3 S" eddl n, whowas a seady [f aw 'ag wood on a tiiree-ieeged saw-
lender, said that the mule was not at | buck. Our married men should re-
nome. At that moment the moment the I member this and see that their wives’
ma.e brayed loud enough to wake the saw-buoka have soar legs
echoes. What dia you say, Nasereddin, — - .
that your mule was not at hamo—*hi)t J , He that will put time and eternity
near him. 77 ihw « t*» n. n — 1 * * - - *
hear him.” “Q q thy way false Abdulla,” I before him, and *who will dare to look
tltir. 1 VP»1 nro nnt n I StP.Gf?Tor nn Kn«L -J at Ml
said bis netghuor, '‘you are not a true steadfastly on both of them, will find
triend, for you believe the mule and re- th at the more often he contemplates
fuse to take my word. | them, tbe former will grow greater and
the latter less.
God respecteth not the arithmetic of
our prayers, how many they are; nor
thft rhftfhnV n p nnw L i _
. , , _ j , ***** i Saying sham things doesn’t pay- R
the rhetoric of our prayers,, how long ® a - v gratify your spite at first, but it is
they are; nor the mnsic of our nravers I “tier to have friends than (
how melodions they are; nor the^ogm I f nd Hyou cannot make people happy,at
of our prayers, how methodical they I east rafrain from adding to their mis-
are—but the divinity of our prayere I ery-
v j todd. ‘Standard,datedPajidiD,Tuesday,sars*
It will soon be time for another hand 2- uST* 08 . J' e * t8rda y summoned Os-
of eleven or fifteen Indians So takeTthe I ? to surrender, and Osman
war-path find phase five or six regi- 1 re a - ’
monte nf tTm'tnrl
^ tes aud I A demijohn manufocturiprcompany
down the buffalo country until the In- In Philadelphia has foiLdf xfce >n-
dlans dl6 off or at® ooinewd in some creasing popularity of tha pocket-flask
gorge and Stowed to death. | did the bQU* P
-Sl g “ aa11 ? drinks the BiW* one deed of guilt how Met is
est part of its own poison. 1 guiltless woe,