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ATLANTA, GEOBGIA.
Friday Morning, April 19. 1867.
Ilia Excellency Qov. Jicnkin* reached the
1 city la»t night, and will remain over to-day, a
guest at the National. We regret to learn that
Ills Excellency has received such Injury aa to
necessitate the use of crutches.
W* hkoust that General Pope and 8tad, In
consequence of official engagements, were una
ble to be present at the banquet to the Press last
night.
Our brethren of the Press are reminded that
Tbb Intelligencer's sanctum “ latch string ’’
still hangs upon the outside at all houre of the
day and night.
The Press Banquet.
The lateness of the hour at which the festivi
ties of this occasion were brought to a close, to
gether with the crowded state of our columns,
render It Impossible for us to make other than
brief mention of tho happy allair this morning.
It was a compliment from the citizens of Atlanta
to tho gentlemen of the editorial profession, and
we are quite certain that they will bear to their
homes the most ploasing recollections of their
visit.
At 9 o’clock, the company sat down to a well-
spread board In the Ladies' Ordinary of the Na
tional Hotel, with Judge Whitaker, of the Intel
ligencer, for presiding officer, the Hon. Erastus
Brooks, of the New York Express, on his left,
and W. G. Clark, Esq., of the Mobile Adveriiter
«t Register, President of the Proas Association,
to his right. An hour was spent in discussing
the rich bill of fare, when the rattle of cork-ery
announced that tho moment had arrived for a
"least of reason and flow of soul." The regular
order of toasts were as follows:
1. Give me a free press, and I will give you
a tree people.
Responded to by W. G. Clark, Esq., of Mo
bile.
2. The Enterprises of Industry—We ofler in
the South, an open field for the capital and labor
of the world. ,
This was most eloquently responded to by the
Hon. Erastus Brooks, editor ot the New York
Express.
8. Liberty and Law—The Law that protects
Liberty, and the Liberty that obeys Law.
To which the Hon. O. A. Lochrane was called
upon to respond, which that gentleman did in
his well-known felicitous manner.
4. Atlanta—No fabled “ Phoenix ”—She has
risen from her ashes.
This brought forth Colonel L. J. Glenn, who
eloquently, though briefly, reviewed the past bit-
lory of Atlanta, its successes and its vicissitudes,
&c.
6. The State of Georgia—The enhancement
of her wealth by the increase of her popula
tion.
The Hon. R. J. Moses, of Columbus, was
called upon to speak for our glorious old com
monwealth, and certainly no gentleman present
was more able to do tire subject justice than the
gifted and genial “gentleman from.Muscogec."
6. Woman—
“ The world wa« sad- the garden waa a wild,
And man, the hermit, sighed till woman embed."
Onr'cotemporary of the iVetti Era, Dr. Samuel
Bard, answered to the call made upon him to
champion
“ Heaven's last—best gift.”
The regular toasts being thus disposed ot, vol
unteer toasts were given and responded to in
rapid succession. There was some severe skir
mishing all along the lice, in which Gen. Wright,
Chronicle A Sentinel, Salem Dutchcr, Esq., of Au
gusta, Dr. Bard, New Era, E. O. Withington, Esq ,
of the Savannah Advertiser, and Major John
H. Steele, of the Daily Intelligencer, took a
lively part. Sentiment flowed generously ns
did tho wine, and sparkling jests exploded like
■escaping corks from ancient “Widow Cliquot’s.”
Altogether, it was a most agreeable allair, and
we trust our brethren ot the quill may many
times in the future mingle together as joyously
as they did last night.
To Judge W. W. Clayton, Colonel J. W. Dun
can and Captain W. M. Williams, who constitu
ted the committee on the part of our citizens, la
■ it due to say that to their oxccllent management
are we indebted for the success of the banquet.
The entire programme was in their especial
charge, and handsomely indeed did they acquit
•themselves.
Of Messrs. Pond & Corey, tho obliging pro
prietors of the National Hotel, we shall have
something to say at another time. They were
Sound eqnal to the requirements of this impor
tant occasion. We regret not to have space to
insert the “bill of tare”, of the banquet gotten up
under their direction.
Tlu Preaa Convention.
SECOND DAY’S PH0CEEDIN03.
[UORK1NU SXISION.]
Pursuant to adjournment, the Association as
sembled at the Council Chamber at 10 o'clock,
yesterday.
W. G. Clark, Esq., of. tho Mobile Advertiser <t
Register, called the meeting to order, and direct
ed the Secretary to call the roll, when the names
of Ute several journals represented were respond
ed'to. *
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed. Gen. Wright, however, gave notice
of his intention to move for the reconsideration
of that p&rt.ot the proceedings which relates to
j' the admission of new members. He would not
pleas tho matter then, but at tho proper time
would ask for its reconsideration.
A communication from Messrs. Clayton, Wil
i Hums and Duncan, committee on the part of the
1, business men of the city, tendering an entertain
t rnent to tho members of the Association, was
hreadby tbe President. Upon motiou, this was
accepted, and an appropriate resolution of thanks,
expressive of tbe appreciation of the compli
ment, was offered and adopted.
A. communication from Col. J. 8. Thrasher, in
behalf ot Mr. Van Horn, Superintendent of the
Telegraph Compauy, tendering the free use of
tbe lines to tbe Association during its session,
was read and thanks teudered to that gentleman
Another communication was read from Col.
Thrasher, on the part of Mr. E. Hulbert, Supt. of
the 8outhern Express Company, in which that
gentleman placed at the command of the Asso
ciation the entire facilities oi the Southern Ex
press Company, free ot charge. The courtesy
was accepted, and thanks tendered to Mr. Hul
bert.
Refreshments, with the compliments of the
“Chicago Ale House,’’ through Mr. Tlieo. Ham
ilton, were brought into the Hall, tor which the
thanks of the Association were tendered.
The President, W. G. Clark, Esq., then sub
mitted tbe tollowlng report, which was ordered
to be placed on the minutes, aud referred to tbe
Business Cemmittee;
Gentlemen of the Press Association:
It is made the duty of the President and Di
rectors to submit, at each annual meeting of the
Association, a detailed report of the operations
of the Association during Ihe preceding year.—
In making up this hurried report I hare not been
able to obtain the advice or assistance of the Di
rectors, nor have I at command the minute books
and papers In the custody of the Secretary. I
have, therefore, to rely upon memory lor some
things that I wouhf have been glad to have drawn
from tbe record. At the time ot the last meeting
of our Association, held in Montgomery, in Feb
ruary, 1888, the condition of many of our journals
with regard to telegraphic newt, was deplorable
indeed. Some of us were paying ruinous rates
—amounting In some instances to near three hun
dred dollars per week—while others, in interior
towns, were not served at all yyjth telegraphic re-
porta Tho character ot tho dispatches waa quite
as objectionable as the extravagant cost, so that
It waa questionable whether they were not a curse
instead of a benefit to these who took them. 1
reported at that ineoting tho particulars ol an in
terview with Mr. Craig in New York, which re
sulted in banishing tho falul idea I had formed of
obtaining any improvement through him. I was
satisfied that continued association wns the only
moans through which wo could hope to obtain
relief. In conformity with my recommendations
the Association revised tho constitution, adapting
it to the changod condition of political nfiairs,
re-organized, and adopted resolutions instructing
mo to open correspondence with the managers
of the Telegraph Company and the representa
tives ot tho New York Associated Press, and to
make the best arrangement I could tor supply
ing all the members with telegraphic reports.
Immediately after tbo adjournment of the
meeting, I telegraphed Colonol Bandford, Presi
dent of the- American Telegraph Company,
(which by that time bad absorbed all the lines
extending through the South,) inquiring if lie
would extend to our Association, over Southern
lines, the same privileges accorded the Western
Association, over Western lines. His reply dis
sipated the report, which had been industriously
circulated, that Mr. Craig had secured a mo
nopoly over all the lines, and we could not ob
tain hews at all except through him. He con
sented, for the time being, to transmit all dis
patches at one-half commercial rates, and as
soon ns his lines—which were out of repair, few
in number, south of Richmond, and working
badly—were put in good condition, to make a
more favorable arrangement. I immediately
telegraphed to the members of the Association
that were not then receiving dispatches, the
terms upon which they could be furnished, nml
on receiving their reply, desiring them, I had
condensed reports made up from the full dis
patches received at my office, and forwarded
daily, making the expense just what was paid the
telegraph company for toils, and the clerk who
prepared them under my supervision. Mean
while 1 wrote fully to Mr. Craig, stating the
wishes of the Association, and requesting his
co-operation. I received no direct response
from Mr. Craig, but wais notified through his
agent at Mobile that he would send Mr. Hicks
—a supervising agent—on a tour of observation
through the South, witli instructions to call upon
me aud obtain full information of our wislies.—
Shortly afterwards Mr. Hicks came South, and I
had a lull and frank interview with him.
The result of this tour was "a great improve
ment upon tho former arrangement of the New
York Association. Tolls to tho papers taking
full reports were reduced more than sixty per
cent., and arrangements were made to supply nil
our papers with the news nt comparatively mod
erate rates. So soon as this was accomplished I
discontinued the reports I had been sending a
portion of the Press. In furtherance of the
same arrangement, Mr. Barr was placed in charge
at Washington, and this appointment gave fresli
encouragement that all grounds of complaint
would bo speedily removed. I desire to place
upon record here, my deliberate conviction that
these important changes and improvements were
rqainly, if not entirely, due to the existence of
our Association, as re-organized at Montgomery
and the efforts modo to carry its plans into
practical effect. Had we been without organi
zation, and manifested no disposition or power
for combined action, we might still liavc suffered
under the numerous evils of which we all so
justly complained. In this connection I would
refer to a communication from Mr. Barr, which
I append, marked “ A." A controversy subse
quently arose within the New York Press Asso
ciation, which caused much excitement, but was
not of long continuance. Under the new regime,
and with the cordial relations existing with the
representatives of the Now York Association, 1
thought proper to address a lengthy note to Mr.
Simonton, citing some causes of complaint, and
touching upon the topics treated in my previous
correspondence with Mr. Craig. Mr. Simonton
replied in a long and well-tempered letter, ex
pressing a strong desire to conform, as nearly as
possible, to the wishes of our Press. I have,
also, interesting and important correspondence
(some of it private) with other parties, which
ought not, at present, to be made public; and
which, with the papers before mentioned, I pro
pose to submit to the coasideratiou of the Busi
ness Committee.
The finances of the Association are in a healthy
condition. We have but little money on hand,
but we are not in debt, and hold orders npt col
lected on several journals lor the assessment
made at Montgomery. The Secretary informs
me that he did not collect these orders, because
after the arrangement effected with Mr. Ilicks,
he did not think the money was required. For
tho same reason lie neglected to publish the pro
ceedings—including the revised constitution—of
tho meeting at Montgomery. I recommend that
the proceedings of that meeting he incorporated
in the pamphlet with the miuutcs of the present
meeting, should the Association decide to pub
lish them.
1 should he untrue to my convictions of duty,
did I conclude this hasty report without expres
sing the decided opinion, formed long since, and
strengthened by every day’s observation and
experience, and the information I have obtained,
that tho true interests, ii not the safety of the
Sonthem Press, require that they should main
tain a thorough organization. They may or may
not deem it advisable to establish a telegraphic
system of their own, working in harmony with
the New York and the Western Associations,
but they should be in a condition to resort to
such a measure whenever they deem it important
or necessary to do so.
Happily, the days of telegraph monopoly are
over. The success of the Atlantic Cable, bus
effectually broken up the monopoly of the tele
graph lines from Halifax and Farther Point,
which so long held in its iron grasp the entire
Press, as well as tho commercial interests oi the
country. We are free to put our agents any
where we choose, and can obtain equal conside
ration in sending our reports over the telegraph
wires. The question now is simply one of costs
and expediency. I think an arrangement might
he effected with the Northern and Western As
sociations of mutual benefit, and under which
the most cordial and friendly relations would he
maintained. The assurances that have readied
me from responsible quarters induce this opin
ion ; and as, in my view, the arrangement I con
template, while it would he much better for us,
would also be much better than the present, in
alt desirable respects, for the New York Associa
tion. I cannot believe they would dcclino it
when properly understood and presented. If
tbe Association shall decide to keep up a tho
rough organization, it will devolve upon the
President and Board of Directors you shall here
elect, to digest and perfect a plan tor that pur-
mmnm
Washington, April W, 1887.
IF. G. Clark. Esg„ President of the Southern.
Press Association 1
pose.
With the submission of this report I conclude
my third year ot service as President of this As
sociation. In looklug hack over the varied re
cord of these years ot vicissitude and trial, I find
frequent occasion to lament my inability to serve
you as I could have \vishcd; but any failure on
my part to meet your Just expectations has not
been the result of a lack of zeal or devotion to
the work.. lam deeply sensible of the honor
thus conferred upon me by the unsolicited and
almost unanimous suffrage of my brothers of the
Press, and only regret that my merit has been
unequal to their confidence and kindness. I am
ready cheerfully to resign my trust as soon as the
Association may find it convenient to name my
succeesor. I hope he will as far exceed me in
energy and ability, as my aspirations for tho in
dependence and prosperity of the Southern Press,
have exceeded my aacceas in my poor efforts to
further an ob<ect so much to be desired.
About a year ago Geo. U. Jlickn, then nu
agent of tho Now York Associated Press, made
nil extensive tour throughout the South. His
object was to see wiint you wauled, uud to mako
arrangements to fneet yonr wishes in all possible
respects. Among tho concessions made to tho
press of liio South waa the employment ot a
Southern agent at Washington, who would he
acceptable to a majority ot tho papers of tho
South On the 17ih of" January, I was placed
in that position, arid In that character I have the
honor to announce myself in attendance upon
■tills Convention, nml respectfully ask leave to
submit the following report:
I was ordered by Mr. Simonton, General
Agent, to watch and advance your interests, and
informed by him that my tenure of office de
pended upon my making the dispatches accept
able to you. My salary was fixed nt a sum
which justified*me in devoting my entire time
to your interests, and no service wns exacted
from me beyond that of satisfying the press of
the Bnulli.
I had placed at my disposal the newsgathered
by Mr. Gobrighl, the general Washington ngent,
and his assistants; copies ol the Congressional
reports, made by the phonographic reporters of
the New York Associated Press, an average of
five hundred words, made up specially in New
York (Hid Philadelphia for tlm South, and the
use ol the regular dispatches to the Washing
ton press.
1 assure you that 1 have received no instruc
tions whatever with regard to the political tone
ol dispatches.
About tlie first, of February, the Telegraph
Company cnlorced the letter of the contract
made by Mr. Hicks after the wide consultation
with you before alluded to. 1 wns confined to
live hundred words, divided between the one
aud .eight-thirty report. I attempted to crowd
into these five hundred words Congressional
news, Washington' gossip, cable news, items
originating South passing to the Associated
Press of New York, general miscellany aud the
markets, and marine nml liver news. The com
mercial hud to include, ntsiu, lor Wilmington ;
peas, for Georgia; rice, inr Carolina; Tennessee
bonds, for Knoxville; wool and tallow, for
Texas; W estern markets, for Atlanta. In this
era Tgeiicy you yourselves failed to come to your
own rescue. All elaborate cypher was prepared,
saving many words, which you rejected. It in
volved a little labor oil your part. Under these
circumstances, it was impossible that tlie dis
patches should have tailed ol being obscure and
unsatisfactory. It would have boen very easy
for me to have sent you well'rounded sentences
to go in hand as they carncTroin (lie. telegraph,
hut you would not have had Ihe news.
it must certainly be admitted that if your dis
patches have been deficient in quantity, quality
or toue, the fault is not with the New York As
sociated Press. They placed at the disposal of
yourugent all their news; they left him perfectly
free as to the political tone of his dispatches,
and they gave you every word to which you
were entitled by a contract made by Mr. Hicks,
after wide consultation with you.
We have now " more scope. We have two
hundred words at noon, five lmndrcd-at eight-
thirty, nml three hundred words nt eleven, and
in addition, dispatches originating South in full,
ns they go to New York, are dropped to all
points taking dispatches. These increased facil
ities, I believe, are extended to you without ad
ditional cost, it is very liberal on the part of
the telegraph. More scope would not only crowd
the telegraph hut burden your columns.
Very respectfully. M. W. Baku,
Agent Southern Press at Washington.
Air. Sneed, yf tlie Macon Telegraph, Chairman
of tlie Business Committee, made a verbal state
ment tlmt that body had not ns yet matured any
business. Several matters were under conside-
ation, which would lie presented in the after
noon.
A communication was rend Irom Col. Thrash
er, in behall of .Major Campbell Wallace, Superin
tendent of tlie Western A Atlantic Railroad,
tendering an excursion, over that road to Chat
tanooga, to tlie members of tlio Association. A
resolution of thanks, in which Major Wallace
wns invited lo a seat upon the floor ot tlie Con
vention, was offered and adopted, hut no definite
action taken upon tlie invitation.
Mr. Clark, the President, then resigned the
chair, which was temporarily occupied by Dr.
Sam. Bard, editor ol the New Era.
Maj. Joint II. Steele, ol tlie Intelligencer, ot
tered a resolution of thanks to Mr. Clark, the
President, for tlie able and efficient manner in
which tlie onerous duties ot his position had been
discharged. Tills was unanimously adopted,
As tlie association could not regularly proceed
to business until a report was had from tlie Busi
ness Committee, General Wfight, of the Chroni
cle J- Sentinel, desirous of eliciting all tlie inlor-
matiou within reach in regard to tlie important
subject of telegraphic intelligence, moved that
Mr. M. W. Barr, Southern Agent of tho New
York Associated Press, be requested to throw
some jiglit on tlie subject, and to explain the
difficulties now so much complained of by tlie
Southern papers. He referred to his report
made to President Clark, and desired to elabo
rate one or two important points. He frankly
submitted to the Association tlie weak points of
the present telegraphic system, and hoped a solu
tion might he found. His remarks were in sub
stance ns follows:
I do uot think it necessary to detain the Con
vention by defending myself or the system Irom
complaints.which have their origin in purely
local interests. Purely local service cannot be
expected Irom the Association in the present
state ol telegraphic facilities, or without ruinous
cost to yourselves, li must lie remembered that
what goes to orfe point', must goto all points.
In curing a sin of omission at oue point by load
ing the wire with local paragraphs, we shall
commit a sin of commission at twenty points.
In accepting or rejecting items for transmission,
I have regarded New Orleans ns our metropolis.
The habitual question is, “ Will this matter be
of interest at Now Orleans ?’’ The answer al
most invariably decides whether tlie matter is of
sufficient general importance to he used in the
regular dispatches Southward. Merely local
affairs, affecting New Orleans mid Mobile, I hold
buck h>r the midnight dispatch, so as not to
encroach upon the seven hundred words allow ed
for all points. Southern agents liavc been in
structed to look to New York as their metropo
lis. A singlo instance will convince you of the
absolute necessity of this, or some other system,
by which your agents may he restrained. A
public meeting was held in Selina, Alabama, re
cently. It wns very important. It was worth
probably one hundred words, though thirty
would have answered. The report of this meet
ing cost fifty dollars betweqp Selma and Wash
ington. One hitter complaint appeared in tbe
Petersburg Express, founded upon tlie fact that
its specials from Richmond, during oue week, cost
it twenty-one dollars, nearly as much as tlie As
sociated Press reports. The specials were sticks-
ful; (lie regulars columns. The Express claimed
tiiat tho Associated Press should have furnished
tills news from Richmond. I need hardly say
that these specials, which cost tlie Express twenty-
one dollars, and were locally worth tho money,
were uot published by three of tlie fitly papers
taking our reports outnido ot Virginia, and their
incorporation into our regular dispatches, in
tended alike for Virginia and Texas, would have
exposed your reporter to well-merited rebuke.
There is another difficulty which cannot be
cured by tlie Associated Press, nor by the united
Southern press. There are papers withjn twelve
hours ol Washington whose dispatches close at
half-past eight o’clock. The Washington and
Baltimore papers, which hold open until after
midnight, come into serious competition with
them. They have the remedy, to a great extent,
in their own bands. Tbo cloven o’clock report
is at their disposal. They suffer undor still an
other disadvantage. Tho nows-gathoring force
of the Associated Press is strong, hut not quite
omnipresent. Each of the great metropolitan
papers maintains from two to fivo special report
ers, who make rings and combinations. They
hnut items like terriers hunt rats. These re
porters often get newB of great importance,
and nearly ovory day have interesting gossip,
which escapes us, notwithstanding our diligenco.
Ii' embodied in tlie noou report, and,it is often
.an Imperative duty to do so, tho dispatch and
tlie paper from which it is taken roach tho near
papers simultaneously. How can this he helped ?
There is another difficulty in which the New
Orlenns and Mobile papers Bbare with tiioso near
Washington. Very vital matters telegraphed to
New Orleans and Mobile at eleven o’clock, and
published in tlie morning papers, arc repeated
in the noou report of- next day. This loss, how
ever, docs not average more than twenty words
per day. Under the present arrangement, tlie
Richmond, Petersburg and Lynchburg papers
receive probably an average of one hundred
words per day of dead matter. I hopo the Con
vention will be able to suggest some menus ot
removing these troubles.
Tlie Association then adjourned until 3 o’clock,
p. m.
WESTERN & AfUNTIC RAILROAD.
Railroad Adrertlaemouts.
o
N and aftor JANUARY SI, 1807, Passenger Trains
will nm as follows.
Atlanta Advonlscmonts.
GOING NORTH.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tiirkf. 0’ci.ock, P. M.—The Association re
assembled, tho President, W. G. Clark, Esq., in
tlie Chair. Upon the roll being called, the seve
ral papers were responded toby their representa
tives.
Tlie Hon. Foster Blodgett, cx-Mayor of Au
gusta, and now Postmaster of that city, fading
present in tlie Hall, was, by resolution, invited
to a seat upon the floor of the Convention.
The Business Committee being called upon,
Mr. Sneed, Chairman of that Committee, intro
duced tlie following resolutions ns the result oi
tlie deliberations of that body;
REPORT OF THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE,
Resolved, That the maintenance of a separate
and independent organization ol the Southern
Press Association is considered of vital import
ance, and that we proceed forthwith to the elec
tion of a President, Secretary, Treasurer, aud
Board of Directors for the ensuing year.
Resolved, That the first and second clauses
of the XIV Art. of tlie Constitution shall read
as follows:
Art. XIV. Additional members may ho ad
mitted upon giving in their adhosion to tho Con
stitution and regulations of this Association, and
paying tlie initiation fee, in tlie case of daily
papers, $20; tri-weekly papers, $15; and weekly,
$10, upon the following terms; New journals,
upon tlie assent of a majority of tlie Directors,
and a pledge uot to underbid tlie established
journals in their respective localities in the prices
o( subscription and advertising, and the pay
ment of such bonus, if any, as the Directors
may assess: Provided, That these conditions, or
any ono of them, may ho dispensed with in cases
where the same shall he unanimously recommend
ed by the said established Journals.
Resolved, That the matter of telegraphic ser
vice for this Association, being one that involves
details aud negotiations, is hereby referred fo
tlie President of the Association, and that lie be
requested to proceed immediately, or as soon as
may ho practicable, to institute arrangements,
by contract or otherwise, for the regular supplies
of tho tolegrnphic news, as in ids judgment may
appear most advantageous to this Association,
we pledging ourselves to abide by and ratify any
system that may bo adopted by tlie President
with the unanimous approval of the Board ot
Directors; Provided, That no contract with oth
er Associations shall he extended beyond the pe
riod of one year from the date of its execution.
These resolutions, amended as above, were,
alter considerable discussion, adopted. The dis
cussion was participated in at some length by
.Messrs. Wright, Whitaker, Steele, Bard, Walsh,
Stockton, Brooks, Reid, Sneed, and others, and
occupied tho larger part of the afternoon session.
It was then proposed that tlie Association pro
ceed to tlie election of officers for the ensuing
year. Before doing so, however, Mr. Withing
ton, of the Savannah Advertiser, offered tho fol
lowing resolution;
Resolved, That four Directors be elected from
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala
bama, and that tho vacancies in the other States
he filled by tlie four members elected.
This was adopted, and the election at once en
tered upon, with tho following result:
W. G. Clark ..... President.
8. B. Burr. Secretary A Treasurer.
DIRHOTOns,
Wm. Laldlcr Charleston Courier.
Jared Irwin Whitaker.... Atlanta Intelligencer.
A. It. Wright Chronicle St, Sontlne).
Joh.B. Hodgson Montgomery Mall.
A resolution was offered by Mr, Sneed, of the
Macon Telegraph, complimentary to Colonel J.
S. Thrasher, in which tlie thanks of the Associa
tion were teudered to that gentleman for the
long aud faithful manner in which he had served
it, and giving him the honorary position of
Agent ot the Association in New York. This
was adopted.
A resolution, by Mr. Stockton, of the Consti
tutionalist, was ottered and adopted, requiring all
papers, members oi tlie Association, to pay tLcir
assessments to tlie Treasurer.
A communication was read irom Colonel L.
P. Grant, Superintendent ol the Atlanta & West
Point Railroad, tendering free transportation
over his road to members of the As-tociation.
This was acknowledged by a resolution ol
thanks to Qoloncl Grant.
A resolution complimentary to Major M. W.
Barr, the Agent of the Southern Press at Wash
ington City, was passed.
After tlie discussion of some matters of minor
importance, the Association adjourned to meet
tins morning at 10 o’clock.
Public .Sleeting.
All those who arc in favoi ol Reconstruction
under the law " recently passed by tbe Con
gress of the United States, and opposed to tlie
course advised by Gov, Jenkins, arc invited to
attend a public meeting at tlie City Hall, in this
city, nt 7J P. M., on Saturday the 20th inst.
apri!10-2t Many Citizens.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Jjgf" Georgia State Lottery, lor the bene
fit of the Orpheus’ Home. Supplementary Claes,
No. It. The followiog were the drawn numbere, April 18,
1867;
8 -23-84-42-89-18- 7 -08-84-89-38-44
epill-H W. W. BOYD A CO., Managers,
rs* Graceful Positions, Elegant and
Clear Pictures, at reasonable prices—$3 and
(4 per dozen—are one of the characteristics aod speciali
ties at Kuhn’s popular Gallery, 790 Whitehall street.
Good Pictures or no charge.aprlS—lw
JTJs Atlanta Opera Hall Bnlldlug As.
aocunoM.—The stockholders of tho Opera
Bntldtog Association are notified to meet at the office of
the Company, Granite Block, Broad 'street, on PHIDAY
MORNING, l»tb Instant, at 10 o'clock, to elect a Board
of Directors for the coming year, under the provisions of
the charter, and to take action on important matters to
be presented at thle meeting. It la very necessary that
all stockholders be present.
By order Executive Committoe.
aprlS—7t H. BELLS, President.
KSa Large Arrival of Cane-Neat (heirs
Of every atyle and variety.
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MORGAN A CO.
Ale.—I have just received
60 b&rrela Ale, und will keep constantly a
full supply on heart. All orders filled promptly.
W. O. DWYER,
tprli— 13t Corner Whitehall end Railroad.
Boll Sc Ormond keep Che beet Soda
end Butt kb Cbackbbs, and everythin* in the
'BACKJtM, and everythin*!
provision line. aprlt—€ t
PURE,
NON-EXPLOSIVE OIL,
At Ritafi and Wholesale, *
jelfi At V. COBRA * CO.’f.
LEAVING ATLANTA.
8.SO A. M. Daily (exczpt Suhdayb) Ghxat North-
xrM Mail.—Arrive at Daltoh at3.40, P. M„ connect-
connecting with trains of Nashville & Chattanooga
Railroad for Nashville, Louisville, and the West, and
trains of Memphis A Charleston ft. R. for Memphis.
New Orleans, Ac.
3.50 P. PI, Daily (xxcrpt Sundays) Dalton Ac
commodation.—Arrive at Marietta 4.4(1, Cartcrsvllle
6.45, Kingston 8, Dalton at 11.45.
7.00 P. iff. Daily Kxpnifse Pabsenoeb arrive at Dal
ton at 1.10 A. M., connecting with K. T. & Ga. R. R.
trains for Knoxville, Lynchoarg, Washington, Balti
more, Philadelphia, and New Yoiik, arrive at Chat-
tanoooa 4 A. M., connecting with trains ofNashvIlle
mid Chattanooga Railroad Tor Nashvtllo, Louisville,
and tho West, and trains of tho Memphis A charles
ton Railroad for MomphlB, New Orleans, Ac.
COMING SOUTH.
ARRIVE A T ATLANTA.
1.3S A. Iff. Daily Great Southern Mail.—Leaving
Chattanooga 4.30 P. M., connecting with trains ol
Nashville A Chattanooga and Memphis A Charleston
Railroads and Dalton at 7.60 P. M., connecting with
trains of E. T. A Ga. Railroads.
9.60 A. M. Daily (except Sundays) Dalton Ac
commodation.—Leavo Dalton at 1.S5 A. M„ Klngstou
4.30, 1 Cartersvillo 6.15, Marietta 8.
1.16 P. M. Dailt (Except (Sundays) Express Pas
sengers.—Leavo Chattanooga at 4.60 A. M., making
close connections with trains of Nashville A Chatta
nooga, and Memphis A Charleston Railroads, and
Dalton at 7.40 A. M., connecting with trains of East
Tennessee A Georgia Railroad.
PULLMAN'S PATENT SLEEPINO CO A CUES
Jan77
On all Night Trains.
JOHN B. PECK,
Master Transportation,
DOUBLE DAILY PASSENGER LINE
BETWEEN ATLANTA
—AND—
New York, Philadelphia, Washington,
AND OTHER EASTERN CITIES.
Western & Atlantic and Virginia & Tenn
RAILWAYS.
All R ail R onto!
Time Tables on aud alter Jan. 27$ 1867.
GOING NORTH.
Loave Atlanta
Leave Knoxville
Leave Bristol
Leave Lynchburg
Leave Washington. .
Leave Baltimore
Leave Philadelphia...
Arrive New York.
No 1. No. 2.
8.50 A. M.
9.34 P. aM.
5.20 A. M.
7.25 P. M.
i.30 A. M.
1.20 A. M.j
1.32 P. M.
5.40 P. M.
7.00 P. M
0.34 A. 31
15.20 P. M
7.25 A. M
7.00 P. M
8.50 P. M
1.12 A. M
6.00 A. M
COMING SOUTn.
Leave New YonK ...
Leave Philadelphia. .
Leave Baltimore
Leave Washington .
Leave Lynchburg.. . -
Leavo Bristol
Leave Knoxville
Arrivo Atlanta
No. 1.
8.00 A. M.
11.45 A. M.
3.52 P. M.
0.30 P. M.
5.00 A. M.
6.22 P. M.
1.20 A.M.
1.16 P. M.
No. 2.
7.00 P. M
11.00 P. M
3.40 A. M
0.30 A. M
4.60 P. M
6.10 A. M
1.16 P. M
1.85 A. M
Time between Atlanta and Now York, 67 Hours.
Time between Now York and Atlanta, 64 Hours.
Cff Tho GREAT MATL between Atlanta and New
York is carried exclusively by this Lino. The only route
between Atlanta and New York which has two Through
Trains, dally, over the entire line, running 12 hours apart.
SLEEPING COACHES ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS I
Through Tickets, good until used, and
Bnasaffo Chocked TYiroutfli.
To all Important Points.
Jan30
•JAMES LAUDERDALE, •
General Passenger Agent.
DOUBLE DAILY
All-Rail Passenger Route
ATLANTA AND NEW ORLEANS!
T IME TABLES have been [arranged, to takoefTect on
aud alter JANUARY 27,180T, by which closo con
nections are mAde between Atlanta ana New Orleans and
intermediate points via Grand Junction.
Trains leave Atlanta at 8.60 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Arrive at New Orleans at 8.40 A. M. and 7.80 P. M.
tNo Steamboats or Omnlbusses on this Route I
ELEGANT SLEEPING COACHES
On all Night Trains I
BA GOAGE CHECKED THROUGHt
Fare aa Low as by Any Other Route !
Ttckots may be procured at the General Ticket Office,
Atlanta.
W. J. ROSM,
Qen’l Sup’t M, AC. R. R., Memphis.
JOHN B. PECK,
Jan27 M. T. W. A A. R. R., Atlanta.
THROUGH RATES ON COTTON
Via Western & Atlantic, and Va. & Tenn.
RAILROADS.
T HE following rates on Cotton, per Bale, have been cs
tahlished, to take effect on and after November 1,
1866:
PROM ATLANTA, GA.,
Comp’d Cotton. In Original P’k’g’s.
To Boston $7 10 $8 50
To New York 6 80 7 00
To Philadelphia 620 765
To Baltimore 6 42 6 55
Providence, R. 1 7 20 8 40
Through Bills of Lading will be given at points of ship
ment, and rates guaranteed.
No Insurance required between Atlanta and Norfolk.
Cotton will be transferred only at Dalton, Knoxville,
and Norfolk. For further Information, apply to
J. W. ROBERTSON,
Southern Freight Agent
. W. A A. and Va. A Tenn. Railway Line,
Or to JOIi N B. PECK, M. T.,
nov2 W. A A. Railroad, Atlanta, Ga.
THROUGH RATES ON COTTON
To Nashville, Louisville, and Cincinnati.
T
Wxbtern A Atlantic Railroad, 1
Oyyick Mastxii or Transportation, J.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. l, 1866. )
11K following TurliT lias been agreed on by Hoads in
terested, to take effect on and after November 1,1866;
FROM ATLANTA, GA.,
To Nashville, Teno (7 35 per bale
To Louisville, Ky 3 60 per bale
To Cincinnati, Ohio ' —
4 35 per bale
Through Bills of Lading will be Issued to above points,
and the above rates guaranteed. Having an ample outfit,
Roads ire enabled to guarantee snre and quick transpor
tation. No insurance required.
JOHN B. PECK,
nova Master Transportation.
NOTICE.
Western & Atlantic Railroad,
Ornci Master or Transportation,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 27,1866. )
I N accordance with instructions from His Excellency,
Charles J. Jenkins, Governor, all Maimed Indi
gent Soldiers en route for Macon, lor the purpose of ob
taining Artificial Limbs, ou exhibiting certificate of the
Ordinary of his county, made in compliance with the lav?,
will be paastV free of charge over the Western A Atlantic
Railroad, both going and returning.
■ep2« J. B. PECK. M. T.
ORME A FARRAR,
Commission Merchants,
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Provisions and Tobacco.
MARIETTA ST.,
ATLANTA, OA.
J. E. PANKEY, Agent Tobacco Department.
marfiO
1867 Slier 1867
DRY GOODS !
Cheaper than Ever I
ONE PRICE ONLY!
rjlHIS principle will be strictly adhered to, and it must
be obvious to the most inexperienced that it Is the only
safe ami correct one for the purchaser, as all cannot know
the value of goods, and would be liable to pay too high
for goods where there is an asking and a taking price.
QUICK SALES AND LIGHT PROFITS!
This motto, I find from past experience in trade, to be
as immutable as truth itself, and will he falthlully carried
out.
Every customer shall have an Interest In my business,
from the fact that I will sell
GOODS HO CHEAP
That all who may favor me wllh their patronage will
save money.
THE ATTENTION OF CLOSE CASH BUYERS
Is respectfully invited to an examination of this exten
sive stock.
IMPORTED goods
At Less than they Cost to Import, in Gold!
Special Inducements Offered lo merchant*
NKW GOODS
Will be Received Every Week !
And if a decline shonld at any time take place, customers
will get the full benefit of It,
JOHN M. GANNON,
Corner Whitehall and Hunter Streets,
Takes pleasure lu unnounciug to his friends and the
public that his MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF SPRING
and SUMMER GOOD8 is now open for Inspection, and
having been purchased under the most favorable circum
stances, will bo sold FOR CASH, AT THE LOWEST
POSSIBLE PRICES.
Space will not permit more than a glance at the differ
ent Departments.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Black and Fancy Silks,
Plain and Printed Organdies,
Plain and Embroidered Grenadines,
Launs, Cambrics, and Chambray,
Challies, Tamartine,
English Barege, DcBcge,
Broch-Barege,
Printed Brilliants,
Mozambique,
Printed Jaconets,
Printed Percales,
Pino Apple Cloth.
HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT.
0,10,11, and 12-1 Bleached and Brown Sheeting,
8, 0, and 10-1 Bleached and Brown Table Damask,
A SPLENDID LINE OF
Irish Linens, Napkins,
Towols, Scotch Diaper,
Hack Diaper, Russia Crash,
Marseilles aud Lancaster (guilts
WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Swiss, Jaconet, Nainsook,
Mull, and Crimped Muslins,
Plaid and Striped Nainsook,
Swis* and Jaconet Muslins,
Pin Cord Muslins, Bishop Lawn,
White and Colored Tarlatons,
Brilliantes,
Dotted and Figured Swiss.
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
Silk and Silk Lace Cloaks,
Rotundas and Points,
Grenadine and Barege Shawls.
A FULL LINE OF
Paris Silk MRU, Aloxandre’s Kid Gloves,
Lisle Thread and Cotton Gloves,
Black and White Silk Gloves,
Silk, Linen, and Palm Leaf Fans,
Fine French Corsotts,
* Ladies’ White English Hose,
(some very superior,)
Embroideries, Laces,
Collars and Cuffs,
Bordered and Hcw-HUched
L. C. Handkerchiefs,
Cambric, Cotton, and
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Beaut I ful Parasols,
Silk and Cotton
Sun Umbrellas
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
French, English, aud American Prints; French, Scotch
and American Ginghams; New York Mills Long
Cloth, Lonsdale Long Cloth, Hills Long
Cloth, Rose Bud Long Cloth,
Hope Long Cloth,
Great A.ttrp,c
TALLEY, BROWN & CO,
WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, OEOHOIA.
SPItlNO; A1VI> 8UMMI6H
DRY GOODS! DRY GOODS
Their FIRST INSTALLMENT of Spring and Summor
Dress Goods have been received.
CALL AND LOOK AT THEIR
8ummer Silk Patterns,
Challies, Organdie Muslins
White and Black Iron Bareges,
Mozamblques, Grenadines &o.
They keep constantly on hand a large and varied stock
of everything In the
WHITE GOODS LINE.
F-Ordera from the Country solicited, and Samples
sent when requested. marUl—c
KIM, HARDEE & CO.,
H
(Ciranfito Block, Broad Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
FLOORING.
10 000 FEET KI LN- D niED, (dressed.)
6.000 feet kiln-dried POPLAR, 1x18,
10 feet long.
2.000 feet, 1x18, dressed.
-ALSO-
50 barrels Finishing Plaster.
1,000 new Corn Sacks.
Now In Store and for sale by
KINO, HARDEE A CO.
AGENTS FOB
Messrs. JOSIAH MACY’S SONS, N. Y
OILS.
LARD,
BLEACHED WINTER SPERM,
BLEACHED WINTER WHALE.
PATERSONS SUPERPHOSPHATE,
One of the oldeBt Fertilizers manufactured.
For sale hy
KING, HARDEE A CO.,
Commission Merchants,
apr5—c Granite Block, Broad Street.
J. B. CAMPBELL.
n. q. cxssxLs.
NEW GROCERY STORE,
ON PEACH-TREE STREET.
ALL GOODS PURCHASED
Delivered Free of Charge
R. S. CAMP & CO.
H AVE just received from Now York, a fall stock of
new and frosh FAMILY GROCERIES, purchased
at reduced prices. Call and examine, as they iutend to
sell CHEAP FOR CASH, so as to satisfy all who may
favor them with their custom.
Ladles are especially invited to call, and goods pur
chased will be delivered at their homes free of charge.
The proprietors will give their personal attention, as
they are determined to make it a first-class, reliable
Family Grocery. All gooda warranted ns represented.
•Patrons are assured that children and servants will be
fairly dealt with.
Arrangements have beon made to have stock constant
ly replenished to meet the demand.
Notico tho place, in Markham’s Building, near corner
of Peach-Tree and Walton streets, opposite Cox A Hill’s.
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and all other favorite brands. Also, a splendid stock oi
tine Sea Island Shirting and Sheeting always on
hand. A full supply of Augysta and
Granitevllle Factory Shlrlngs and
Sheetings, Yams and Os-
naburgs, Ac.
FOR CENT’S AND BOYS’ WEAR.
Black French Broad Cloth,
Tricot Cloth,
Black French Doeskin,
Fancy Caselmcres,
Cashmerotea, English Tweedes,
Ssttlnette, Jeans, Cottonades,
Plain and Fancy Linens,
Plain and Fancy Marseilles,
Drapt d’Eto, English Half Hose,
Hemmed Silk Handkerchlefi,
ALWAYS ON HAND, A FULL STOCK OF
Notions, Boots, and Soes,
Trunks, aud Straw Goods.
JOHN M. GANNON
Corner Whitehall and Hunter Strecte,
Atlanta, Georgia.
JUST RECEIVED !
SYRUP, SYRUP.
7 g BARRELS NEW ORLEANS SYRUP,
76 barrels New Crop Moiseees,
10 hogeheads Now Crop Molasecs
Very cheap, by
P. A G. T. DODD,
„ ...., , Wholeealc Grocers,
.Comer Whitehall and Mitchell street).
MACKEREL.
gQ HALF BARRELS NEW MACKEREL,
76 kits New Meckerel,
76 half barreli White Fish.
At lowest market rates, by
P. A G. T. DODD,
_ ..... . Wholesale Grocers,
CorneP Whitehall and Mitchell Streets.
250
SUNDRIE8.
BARRELS FLOUR—various brands,
FISH.
HALF BARRELS TROUT,
10 lull barrels White Flth.
tbevrlKdesale^* “ d fr *" 1 ’ “ 4 ** ,hem ch «*P. b r
ORME A FARRAR
60 boxes Soap,
75 boxes Candy,
60 boxes Tobacco—all grades,
10000 pounds Clear Bacon Sides,
3000 pounds Country Hams,
SOUO pounds Shoulders,
60 barrel! Sugar,
75 boxes and half boxaa Cotton Carda,
100 dozen Cove Oysters.
—ALSO—
Ratline, Sardince, Candlee, Lard, Cheese, Salt, Powder,
Shot, Wrapping Paper, Rope, Rice, Starch, In-
dlgo. Madder, Copperas, Blacking, Crack*
era, Snnff, Twine, Brooms, Wa
ter and Well Buckets,
Gun Cape, Ac. Ac.
cash rate**8^ *” 0(r ' red *° “** t " d * »* “>• TW I loweet
P. A G. T. DODD.
___ Wholesale Grocers
Corner Whitehall and Mitchell Streets
mam—c Atlanta. Georgia.
PHI VATS BOARDING.
A DAY BOARDERS can be accommodated bv
i^HMterYtral? “ C ’ niMo " tr ' et ’ * ccon<1 &-
tt* aeuajut« WILLINGHAM.
M. & J. HIRSH,
W lioleHalo and Retail
CLOTHING EMPORIUM
Whitehall Street,
K MEN’S, BOV’S, and YOUffi’S CLOTHING, and
a general stock of Gentlemen’s Fnrnlehlng Goods—
HATS, TRUNKS, VALISES, Ac., all of
Atlanta, Georgia,
(ADJOININO DAVID UAIKH’s OLD STAND,)
EEP constantly a new and splendid assortment of
OUR OWN MANUFACTURE,
Giving us the advantage of selling cheaper than any’other
establishment ot the kind this aide of New York.
The wholesale trade, or merchants from the country
- nuoivr.lv Viauv, ui auuilubuib ill’lll 11.0 1.081111/
can be supplied at our Establishment, and a liberal dis
count allowed them. apr!7—3m
PHILLIPH nc FLANDERS,
WHITEHALL STREET,
T
AKE pleasure in announcing to their friends that 1 j
they have just received a handaome assortment of t j
Spring and Summer Goods,
Which they offer as low as can be found in tho city. By
Heir dealing, with polite attention, they cipect to merit a
liberal share of patronage.
They offer, also, Factory Yame, Oenabnrgs, and Sheet- J
Inge of their own mannfactnre, with a large stock of ]
FURNITURE,
At Wholesale and Retail, such aa
Bedstwds, from $5 to $15 II
Wash-Stands, from a to f*
Tables, from ‘ 2 to I
Safes, from 7 to li
Chairs, Couches, Ac. apr!7—3m
Look Out Cor tlie Engine !
WnEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS.
WlXala DE IIV TO-DAYi
QNE THOUSAND SACKS CORN,
800 sacke Oats,
80 hogheade Bacon Sides,
10 bogheads Bacon Shoulders,
6 hogeheads Bacon Hams,
Car load Bulk Sldet,
100 boxes Cheese, Ac.
Orders solicited.
LANGSTON, CRANE A HAMMOCK,
fehg—c Alabama street
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
Hev. C. F, P. BANCROFT, Principal.
T HE SUMMER SESSION will begin May 16th,
close October 1st, 1887.
taft£?£doij5r |100 ’ waw# on entwiog ’
Drawing, Music and Languages, extra. Book!
w **lring furnished on reasonable terms.
For Circulars, with ftali
apn—lm
h fuli pal iiculare. address
Rxv. OTO. CARPENTER, Supt,
Chattanooga, Ten
St. Louis Mutual Life Iusurance Companylj
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
mHEymbscrltora have been appointed GenergUgen A {
Ftoridir U “ Comp * n *’ for lhe State) of Georgia atj| 1
Office in Ball’s Building, up stairs.
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