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Wednesday, January 29, 1873.
The late Senatorial Election.
Whilst the contest was progressing
the friends of the different candidates
become considerably excited, but the
great mass of the people were calm
and cool and exhibited but little inter
est in the contest; and why should
they? Our representatives in both
branches of Congress are little better
than spectators; they have very little
agency in shaping and moulding the
business of Congress. Not one of
them is made chairman of any impor
tant committee. Not one of them
can originate and carry through any
important measure. They are allow
ed to speak only by courtesy, and if
they say anything the majority don’t
like, they shut down upon them by
calling the previous question and stop
their mouths. Under all of these hu
miliating circumstances it is wonder
ful that honorable men will consent
tojgo to Congress, and yet they do. It
was once consideied an honorable po
sition; it is very far from that now, it
has in reality become a den of theives.
To those who were members of Con
gress in the purer days of the republic,
the sent of the roses may hang round
the name still; but there is little but
the name left. Now that the election
is over, everybody seems to be well
pleased with the result. Gen. Gordon is
universally popular in the State. He
has been but little known as a politi
cian and statesman. He has got a
name yet to make as either, but that
is very easily done in the present Sen
ate. So soon as they find out he can’t be
bribed, he will become a marked man.
We hope he will be able to maintain
that remarkable position. The late
Senatorial election has settled several
disputed points. It has shown that Mr.
Stephens still maintains his hold upon
the affections of the people of Geor
gia. His violent opposition to Horace
Greeley and all those who supported
him, rendered it impossible for some
of that class to vote for him without
condemning themselves. This proba
bly defeated Mr. Stephens’ election,but
the kindness with which he was treat
ed shows that he is still one of Geor
gia’s favorite sons. That Senatorial
election has also shown that Ben Hill
had comparatively very little strength.
Many believed that from the beginning,
but Mr. Hill’s friends claimed that he
had great strength and made up in
noise what they lacked in numbers.
None of the other candidates, showed
any strength out of their localities.
Ardent friends frequently think that
because a man is popular in his own
immediate neighborhood that he will
run well throughout the State. But
a man must have a well established
State reputation to succeed in a gen
eral election.
The Credit ZkXobiler Investigation.
This has become the principal busi
ness before Congress. Nothing else is
talked about and nothing else seei
to possess much interest. This is
it should be; when the people discover
that their public servants have been
bribed to vote for a measure intended
to take hundreds of millions from the
people and put it into the pockets of a
ring of bloated speculators, it is time
to stop all other Legislation until these
thieves have been detected, brought to
justice and punished. But how is this
to be done? If the accused were Dem
ocrats, they would be expelled at once
and the investigation closed at once.
But the accused are leading members
of the Republican party, the Speaker
of the House, and the President of the
Senate among them, and if an attempt
was made to expel the culprits it is
believed they have the majority and
can expel the honest men and take
possession of Congress. They dare
not make a scape goat of one or two
and expel them for fear they will tell
much that has yet beea kept secret.
It is very evident that Speaker Blaine
and some of the other Radicals did not
count the cost, when they invited in
vestigation. They believed they could
E ick a committee of their own men,
ave them sit with closed doors, exam
ine a few such witnesses as they should
point out, and then make a whitewash
ing report, and they would come out as
good as new. But the public press
has frustrated this well laid scheme.
The reporters for the press got hold
of some of the leading testimony and
published it to the world. The peo
ple saw that they were being mocked
and deceived by Congress and demand
ed that the doors of the committee
room should be thrown open to the
publio. Since then a mass of testimo
ny has been exposed which has aston
ished every one. Not only every one
that was accused by McCombs, but
many others have been found guilty;
and the cry is still they come, and it
is not known when or where it will
stop. All of those members of Con
gress who know that they are guilty
and we believe this will be found to
be a majority of both houses, must
feel that they are walking over a vol
cano© ready at any moment to en-
gulph them.
The result of this election will be
memorable—indeed it will bless the
giveis, as well as him who has been
honored. Justice to whom justice
was due, has been gracefully and
worthily bestowed. The defeated as
pirants have really lost no laurels—
the Napoleon of many a triumph fail
ed at last, but then a Wellington has
arisen upon his overthrow. A. H.
Stephens can blame no one but him
self—he had bat one sin, that of inor
dinate vanity; which would tolerate no
course but of his own dictation. Like
Walpole, the firm name under which
he conducted business was Walpole <fc
Co. Walpole first or a dissolution
sure—“aut Ceezar, aut nihil /” Such
was Mr. Stephens’ unfortunate tem
perament in the late Presidential cam
paign; and such has been the general
tenor of his whole political life. In
tolerance is a fault as blasting in poli
tics as it is ruinous to religion—soon
er Or later it causes secret resentment
and thence open rebellion.
As to B. H. Hill his short comings
are many. He can neither boast the
enviable prestige of years of unexcep
tionable public service, which adorns
the brow of Stephens—nor does he
wear the Statesman’s richest,proudest
badge—consistency, blazing out upon
darkness, and stilling the troubled
waters of less scrupulous but plausi
ble rivals. His hands are not clean;
hie skirts are bedraggled with the
mud of selfish complications, where
political ambition and covetousness,
the greed of money with the thirst for
high office, have overcome his better
judgment. He too will learn, while it
is yet not too late, lessons of prudence,
and what is also lacking in his role,
respect for the opinions and opposing
views of his party associates. We
commend to his study the beautiful
eastern allegory used as an exordium
to his late address at Atlanta—a pic
ture that is the counterpart of many,
and of none, as we think, more to the
life, than the distinguished orator him
self. Seriously, his tricks have been
lofty and fantastic, bold and unseemly;
and if the Angels have not wept there
at—we daro believe his warmest
friends have long since deplored the
fatal effects that would overtake his
brilliant prospects.
State Printer. It is impossible at
this time to Bay what advantage will
accrue in the change made from Mr.
Hemphill to Mr. Estell. It is doubt
ful however whether the State in a
financial way, will experience any
smaller outlays ef costs and charges;
and possibly the fable of the Fox and
Flies may be revived. The better
plan, after all, is a return to the old
one—the lowest bidder is the cheap
est; and if a rigid supervision should
be established over AzVacts, no damage
would accrue, whilst many trashy,
useless documents,—and much of
worthless surplussage, never see the
press through the State Treasury.
We notice a relic of the Bullock
Legislature is being revived—that of
inviting and formally “resolving” to
Beats upon the floor of the two halls,
every stranger that happens to peep in
upon them or spend a day in Atlanta.
This is simply fulsome and vain glori
ous—“bowing popularly low,” and as
undignified in Legislators as it is un
merited by a vast majority of the re
cipients. It brings to mind the scath
ing rebuke for a similar mania, in the
House of commons of Great Britain,
upon voting the thanks of Parlia
ment for every futile as well as a few
really distinguished public services.
It was remarked in substance by Sir
Wm. Gordon, “The custom is be
coming so indiscriminate, as to justify
the taunt of a foreigner respecting the
croix de St. Louis, “it is dishonorable
not get to it, and not very honorable
when obtained.” Many members,
doubtless, have often exclaimed, “and
who is the Hon. Mr. f Who is
Col. Jack, or Maj. Tom?” If they
have not, thousands at a distance have;
and echo answers ‘Jack—Tom’—! But
there is a suspicion abroad that such
apparent compliments are the true
“passe partout” of the wily Lobbyist;
and that it affords an unreserved mix
ing with members, and a diversion of
their time and attention to public du
ties, is notorious to a scandal. Au
revoir.
Mr. Beck presented some astound- 1
ing figures the other day in the lower
house of Congress to show the enor
mous Government expenditure during
the past seven yeats. It seems that
over three billions of dollars came in
to the public treasury during that pe
riod, collected from customs, internal
revenue, Bales of the war and navy and
the receipts of the Post-office and Pa
tent-office departments, and from oth
er sources. Of this sum, only $427,-
A CASE OP EXT8ADITI0X.
The Dead Alive and the Lost Found.
ARREST OF TIIOS. O. BOYD, OF SWEET
WATER, IN CANADA.
Dll Trail V*IU«c4 aa* the Fagitlve Ta-
kea fraai (he Fairs •( (hr British l.iea.
On yesterday morning the rumor
was current that Thos. G. Boyd, of
Sweetwater, who created such an ex
citement throughout this section in
396,641 have been paid on the public .September last, had been arrested in
debt. This leaves S2,975,139,911 j the Que^s Dominions, and snatched
which have been used In carrying on .from between the protecting paws of
lt ha ", dly nece «sary for os to say
“ot a gr J wUh aU our
fhw P Mr de 4l ‘i, Qulveve ” has to say
about Mr. Stephens or Mr. Estell, of
the Savannah News. They are his
opinions, and he has a right to express
them in decorous and respectful lan
guage, as he has.
Dog vs. Sheep.—Official reports
show in Ohio an annual loss of sheep
of $1,000,000 in injuries—a loss equiv
alent to 6,000,000 pounds of wool, or
a tax of two per cent, upon the total
sum invested in sheep in that State.
It is said that in two years, from 1868
to 1870, Illinois sank from the sixth
to the ninth rank among the States in
the number and value of its sheep,
and this great falling off is attributed
to the proportionate increase in the
number of dogs, and the lack of proper
legislation to prevent their ravages
among the sheep. In Maryland the
returns from five counties report over
1,100 sheep killed in one year by degs.
the Government for the time, or say
the sum of $425,019,937 has been ab
sorbed annually for other purposes
than the payment of the public debt.
When it is remembered, too, that the
people paid nearly S4,000,000 in tax
es last year more than they did in 1S69,
it will be seen what an expensive ma
chine our Government is. Instead of
appropriating a fair proportion of the
annual revenue to the payment of the
public debt, but a comparatively in
significant sum goes in that direction,
while millions are squandered for oth
er purposes. These figures strip the
most enthusiastic Radical of the delu
sion that we are conducting our affairs
economically, as they show us but too
plainly that the greater the revenue the
greater the cost of Government, and
the greater the robberies of Govern
ment agents andjofficial jobbers.
>
The addition of the names of But
ler, Conkling, Harlan, Carpentkr
and Thayer to the Credit Mobilier
scandal will in no way abate public
interest in further developments The
only danger to the public good now
seems to consist in a likelihood that
a majority of the Senate and House
will be in the list, and that they will
turn out the innocent minority who
have brought about all this row by in
sisting on an investigation. When the
Scotch parson was arraigned before
his church on a charge of adultery,
he proudly pointed out a majority of
the ablest deacons and most influential
sisters as guilty of the same offense,
enlisted them on his side by an over
whelming vote expelled his accusers
from the church. After that he had
all things his own way.' We fear that
Ben. Butler remembers the histori
cal fact and will resort to the same
tactics.
The Dennison Review, an Iowa jour
nal, has learned that experiments in
tea-growing in Crawford county in that
State have proved entirely successful, a
company organized for the purpose of
introducing the tea culture having suc
ceeding in producing seven hundred
pounds to the acre, this being the
weight, we suppose, when the tea was
dried and prepared for maket. This
company, believing that it was possi
ble to grow tea in the United States,
provided that a natural base could be
found in which the tea scion could be
grafted, experimented in this direction,
and, it is claimed, have succeeded in
finding such a base. The scion graf
ted in the fall, remains in the ground
during the winter, aud begins to bear
in May or June following. There is a
slightly suspicious circumstance in
connection with this story, which is
that it comes from a mysterious gen
tleman who had been suspected by his
neighbors of being either a horse thief
or a counterfeiter, and who in order to
silence the tongue of slander, at last
frankly acknowledged that he was a
clergyman and a trustee of the tea
company which had established its op
erations on a natural base. But, ad
mitting that the account given by this
gentleman is strictly accurate, it is to
be feared thattheglowmg anticipations
of natural wealth to result from the
acclimation of the tea plant here
which are indulged by the Review will
hardly be realized at present. There
are various regions in the United States
where tea can be grown ; but until we
can compete with China in the cheap
ness of labor, or invent machinery
which will gather and prepare the leaf
for sale, it will cost more to grow our
tea than it will to buy it in the Asiatic
markets.
Bribing Congressmen.—It seems that
the laws of the United States inter
pose to protect Congressmen from bri
bery. This is a wise provision in these
times. The Springfield Republican
calls attention to the fact that the act
of February 26, 1853, makes the bri
bing of a member of Congress a high
crime and misdemeanor on both sides.
Upon conviction in any Federal court
having criminal jurisdiction, the bri
ber may be found three times the
amount of the bribe and sent to prison
for three years, while the bribed for
feits his seat arid is forever disqualified
from holding any office of honor, trust,
or profit under the General Govern
ment. Let the Credit Mobilier scan
dal be thoroughly investigated and the
guilty parties exposed, and then let the
courts take hold of them and mete out
justice without partiality. A little
thorough work in this line would be of
service to the morals of Congressmen
as well as others.
Appointment*.
Oil Monday morning the following
nominations by the Governor were
confirmed by the Senate :
JUDGES.
Mr. Barnard Hill, Judge Macon Cir
cuit.
Mr. John I. Hall, Judge Flint Cir
cuit.
Mr. George T. Bartlett, Judge Oc-
mulgee Circuit.
SOLICITORS GENERAL.
J, T. Glenn, Solicitor General At
lanta Circuit.
Sam Lumpkin, Solicitor General
Northern Circuit.
Davenport Jackson, Solicitor Gen
eral Augusta Circuit.
Charles F. Crisp, Solicitor General
South-Western Circuit.
R. A. Stanley, Solicitor General
Ocraulgee Circuit.
J. W. Robinson, Solicitor General
Middle Circuit.
No other nominations were sub
mitted.
W. W. Kiddoo of Randolph county
was appointed on Friday to succeed
Judge P. B. Harrell, in the Southwes
tern Circuit. The nomination was
unanimously confirmed in the Senate.
The heaviest corn crep ever grown
in the United States was that of last
year, which the Agricultural Report
states at the huge total of 1,100,000-
000. Not only is this the largest crop,
but is said to be corn of better quality
and of greater intrinsic value than usu
al* Iowa was the banner corn grow
ing State, her average being nearly for
ty-one bushels an acre. Unfortunate
ly for some of those who would like to
have the Iowa corn it takes the price
of four bushels of said corn, to get one
bushel to the Atlantic markets. This
is one of the reason why some people
are demanding cheaper transportation
between the West and the East.
The Savannah News “heartily se
conds the motion, and endorses the
views of the Telegraph and Messen
ger in reference to removing the Cap-
tol to Milledgeville.
Col. J. D. Mathews in a letter to
the Atlanta Constitution, withdraws
from the contest in the 8th District, in
favor of A. H. Stephens.
The Governor has issued a Pro
clamation, ordering an election in the
6th Congressional District.
tiie British lion—thanks to the extra
dition treaty—was on American soil
in the custody of detectives who had
been on bis trail for long weeks, and
with their mission accomplished,
would start with their prisoner for
East Tenuessee, the scene of his
crimes, and are now on their way as
fast as steam can bring them.
It will be remembered that Thomas
G. Boyd was indicted in the Federal
Court, charged with swindling the
Government of large sums of money
by fraudulent bounty, pension and
other claims, and fearing that his guilt
would be proven, early in September
last conceived a plan which would en
able him to escape the punishment
that would necessarily follow convic
tion. This was nothing less than to
make it apparent that he had been
murdered, when of course, all proceed
ings would naturally cease, and in per
fect security he could spend the re
mainder of his life in a foreign land in
the enjoyment of his ill-gotten gains.
The idea so boldly ceuceived was
carried into execution on the 4th of
September last, when Boyd having
matured his plans, sent two men, Rea
gan aud Hensley, who were either his
willing tools or dupes, to the moun
tains for the avowed purpose of sum
moning witnesses to appear in his be
half, he following two days after and
joining them, when in a sequestered
spot in the mountains, near the North
Carolina State line, the farce of being
attacked by disguised men was gone
through with and Boyd was spirited
away by the gentle Kn-klux, when
the second act in the diabolical force
was consummated in the desecration
of the grave of Samuel Bowles, a col
ored man who had died a short time
previously, and burning his body un
til the resemblance to humanity was
almost destroyed.
The horrible details of the affair
were published in the Chtonicle as soon
as the facts could be obtained at the
time, together with the examination
of Boyd’s henchmen, which fixed his
atrocity beyond the sbudow of a doubt.
He escaped, however, by the aid of
frieuds, and nothing was positively
known of his whereabouts until No
vember last, when a relative of one of
Boyd’s bondsmen was sent to follow
the clue which resulted in his detec
tion.
The first intimation the pnblic had
of the matter was by the reception-of
a dispatch on Tuesday evening from
“ S. G. Boyd,” dated at Detroit to a
kinsman, directing him to prepare a
comfortable cell in the Knoxville jail
aud closing with a message of love to
his wife. This rumor was the topic
of conversation yesterday, and the sig
nature “S.” G. Boyd accounted for
as a clerical error, merely. But while
the public were in ignorance of the
facts in the matter, which were being
so quietly developed, the officials ol
the Government aud the sureties of
the fugitive were not idle, but were
on his trail and patiently aud persis
tently weaving a web that should en
velop him in its toils and have justice
meeted out by bringing him to punish
ment.
Curiosity was the besetting sin of
our first mother Eve, and Boyd seems
to have had his full share, for he had
an itching desire to read the newspa
per reports of his disappearance, and
under an assumed name he wrote one
or mor letters to a gentleman at sweet-
water, asking that copies of various
papers be sent to him at his place of
concealment. This came to the
knowledge of his sureties and being
heavily involved, Mr. I. T. Lenoir to
the extent of $27,000; Mr. Benson,
$8,000; Cocke and Henderson, $1,000,
with perhaps others in small sums, all
together aggregating nearly $40,000,
the two former sent Louis Lenoir, a
nephew of the first named gentleman,
to the Dominion of Ontario, who dis
covered the object of his search at
London, a town about one hundred
and twenty miles from Detroit. Boyd
passed under the assumed name of
Smith during his sojourn in Canada.
He knew Boyd by sight, though
Boyd was not very well acquain
ted with him, and writing back to
Mr. Lenoir, the necessary papers were
procured and sent by Wm. B. Lenoir,
son of I. T. Lenoir, Esq., to Washing
ton where a requisition lor extradi
tion was obtained from the President
and forwarded to Louis Lenoir, Wm.
B. Lenoir, in the meantime proceed
ing to Niagara, where he would be
within easy call, if he should be need
ed to identify Boyd. But his services
were not needed in this respect, for on
Tuesday night Mr. Lenoir was grati
fied by the reception of a dispatch,
which was sent from Detroit the same
day from Louis Lenoir, stating that
Boyd had been arrested and his cousin
Willie had been sent for from the ren-
dezvouz at Niagara.
It is reasonably supposed, though
not positively known, that the Messrs.
Lenoir and the prisoner started for
this city on Tuesday last, and his arri
val is expected on Friday night or Sat
urday, it no detention occurs.
Gen. J. O. Vaughn, of Sweetwater,
and other friends of Boyd, were in
town yesterday, and a strong effort
will doubtless be made to release the
prisoner on bail.
In a few days at farthest the full
particulars of the mystery that sur
round this remarkable case will pro
bably be made known and when all
the facts are elicited will form a chap
ter uneqnaled in interest by any other
in the criminal annala of East Tennes
see.
The First Flection.
The New Hampshire Democrats are
first in the field with a call for a State
Convention since the Presidential elec
tion^ The Convention which is set
for Thursday next, will nominate a
State ticket; the Congressional Con
ventions will be held later.
The State has been carried by the
Republicans by decisive majorities at
the last two elections, namely, the
State election in March and the Presi
dential in November, 1872. In 1871
the Republican candidate for Governor
was elected by a very small majority,
but the Democrats elected all their
members of Congress, and had in the
Legislature, by a coalition with the
Labor Reformers, one majority, which
gave them control of what little pat
ronage there is in the State and made
them responsible for the legislation of
the year. They were not entirely
wise or discreet in their use of power,
and the consequences of their unwis
dom were apparent in their defeat by
decided majorities in the spring of
1872. They have, however, three
members, Messrs. Hibbard, Bell zmd
Parker, in the present Congress, and
will doubtless make some show of a
contest for their re-election, though it
seems like a sort of forlorn hope for
any of them. Whether the Liberals
will unite cordially with them, and
upon what basis, are questions to be
settlei^in the Conventions.
New Hampshire and Connecticut,
whose elections are the first to follow
the Presidential, are the two close
States of New England, and with
them, sooner or later, will very likely
begin the refluent wave, which in the
natural order of political events must
overwhelm the party in power beftri
the close of the next Presidential term.
But we do not look for any powerful
indication of that movement in either
State at the coming elections. They
come too close upon the heels of the
great contest, and before the new Ad
ministration has been fairly launched,
to show that popular revulsion agaiost
the dominant party which we look
upon as inevitable and as only a ques
tion of time.
And yet there seems no good reason,
if there were any such thing as reason
in party politics, why the three mem
bers of Congress, who have served
their constituents so far faithfully and
honestly, should not be returned.—
There is, indeed, no excuse for dis
placing them. The only pretext for
a change is that somebody else wants
a place. Messrs. Hibbard, Bell, and
Parker are Democrats, to be sure, but
they are in a minority in Congress,
and can do no harm if they desired to.
The Republican majority in the House
is already too large for comfort or
safety. The wisest men of the party
see aud confess that the greatest dan
ger to-day is in its great strength.—
Cannot the Republicans of New
Hampshire see it too ? Paradoxical as
it may seem, there is nothing plainer
than that the Republicans of New
Hampshire can in no way contribute
more to the perpetuity of their party
supremacy than by returning the three
Democrats who now represent that
State in Congress. They will be
sure then to have honest men at least;
they will not expose their new men to
the temptations which power almost
unchecked offers its representatives;
and they will be helping to put on the
brakes to a party which can only in
that way be saved from destruction.
No one supposes, however, that they
will do ttiis. The politicians are too
strong and too hungry to permit it
They will go into the campaign just
as though the nation’s safety depend
ed on Congress being unanimously Re
publican. They will probably elect
the three Congressmen and carry the
State, and so, in the blind way in
which Providence sometimes leads
men and parties, contribute to the
eventual disruption of their party.
And probably that is the best way
after all.
The Senatorial Flection.
Long before the hour for the election bad arriv
ed, yesterday, the hall of the House of Represen
tatives was crowded to overflowing to witaaes
the balloting for United States Senator. When
the Senate and House bad met io joint aaaembly,
Hon.JC Nicholls nominated General John B.
Gordon. Hon. Senator Harris nominated Hon.
B H Hi.l ; Mr Hoge nominated Hon Alexander
H Stephens ; Senator Wofford nominated Hon
Herbert Fielder; T G Campbell, Jr., (col.) ef
Mclutosh county, nominated Hou Amos T Aker-
man.
The most lively intereat waa manifested. No
one of the candidates was present, hot hundreds
of their friends were on hand in the profoundeat
suspense'
On the first ballot, as was predicted the day be
fore, Mr Stephens gained fifteen votes and General
Gordon lost nine. This circumstance caused
pome little despondency among the friends of
Gordon, but they quickly rallied, and on the next
ballot, General Gordon gained three vote*, while
Mr Stephens gained four. On the third ballot
Mr Stephens' vote was was unchanged while
General Gordon’s had increased to ninety-five.—
The result of this ballot was very encouraging to
the friends of General Gordon.
On the fifth ballot, before voters commenced
changing. General Gordon received 101 votes, and
Mr Stephens about 75. The supporters of Mr
Hill and Fielder changed for Gordon and Stepb.
ens. At one time General Gordon had received
one hundred and seveu votes, the requisite ma
jority, but before the result was announced, sev
eral votes changed from Gordon to Stephens,
thus destroying the majority The most intense
excitement prevailed. The changes from Gordon
to Stephens were greeted with the wildest ap*
plause, which neither threats nor appeals could
suppress. Presently some of the supporters of Mr
Akerman changed to Gordon, with some of both
Mr Stephens and Mr Hill’s friends, changed to
General Gorden, securing his election.
The announcement of tho result was greeted
with the most tumultuous applause, when the
Assembly adjourned.
MR STEPHENS.
Mr Stephens seemed not to be at all disap
pointed at the result of the election. Hia candi
dacy was the result of the earnest solicitation of
many friends, who wore anxious to see him in a
position where they believed he could effect much
good for the country-
After tea about fifty persons, from all the coun
ties of the Eighth District, held a conforence at
No. 41) Kimball House, and unanimously nomina
ted him for Congress from that District. Among
those prese.it were General Toombs, ExvQovernor
Johnson, Judges Hook and Reese,Maj. Cumming,
Mr Walsh, Mr Moore, Mr Pierce, Senators Heard,
Hester, Gilmore : Mr DuBose, Mr McGregor, Mr
Stapleton, Mr Evans, Judge Twiggs. Mr Peole,
Mr Flynt, Mr Tutt, Judge Mathews and Colonel
Keod. General Toombs presided, and at tha re
quest of the conference, be told Mr Stephens “he
would have to stand for the old Fifth, or the
young Eighth.”
Among those present were three or four pros
pective candidates for General Wright’s vacancy,
all of whom personally waited on Mr Stephens
and assured him that they jwould withdraw in|his
favor, and tendered him their cordial support.—
Mr Stephens replied that he did not desire to in
terfere with young aspirants, but if the people of
the Distiict elected hint he could not refuse to
serve them.
The conference authorized the chapman to is
sue an address to the people, and also one to Mr
Stephens. It is conceded that Mr Stephens, it he
consents to serve, will be elected without opposia
tion.
The Postmaster-General has prepared the fol
lowing regulations, which will he sent to all post
masters in a few days, relating to tho recent
amendments to the otio hundred and thirty-third
section of the new postal code :
Under this law, as amended, packages of seeds,
roots, scions, or bulbs, not exceeding four pounds
in weight, are to be mailed at a prepaid postage
of one cent for each two ouuce« or fractious ofau
ounce ; said packages must bo put up so that the
coDteulg can be readily examined without de
straying the wrappers. Sealed bags, made of ma
terial sufficiently transparent to show the con
tents cloarly without opening, may be uaed for
such matter. This, as well as all other third class
matter, must be fully prepaid by postage stamps
affixed, otherwise the same shall not be forward
ed.
Dr. JOHN BULL’S
GREAT REMEDIES.
Dr. J)H.V BILL,
MANUFACTURER AND VENDER OF THB
CELEBRATED
SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP
FOR TUB CX’HB OF
AGUE AND FEVER,
OR CHILLS AND FEVER.
The
claim.
The first Russian newspaper was
published over one hundred and sixty
years ago, under the special patronage
of Peter the Great, one of Its principal
contributors.
Georgia News.
A Healthy Digestion.
Life is rendered miserable when the digestive
organs are impaired Food becomes repulsive;
the body emaciated ; the mind depressed and
melancholy broods over you. TUFT’S VEGE
TABLE LIVER FILLS is tte remedy for those
evils ; they produce sound digestion ; create a
good appetite, impart refreshing sleep and cheer
fulness of mind.
Dr. Tutt's Hair Dye is Harmless.
Ax ounce of preventive is worth a pound of cure.
To prevent Chill and Fever, take SIMMONS'
LIVER REGULATOR
Tobacco - Bo ys.—Tobacco- boy s w ill
make tobacco-men, with tobacco-
mouths, and tobacco-teeth, and tobac
co-breath, and tobacco-pockets, and
a general tobacco-smell; and, what is
worse, they will have tobacco-appe
tites, which will crave tobacco enqngh
in their life-time to feed them, to buy
a small farm, and to educate a small
family. They will moreover, spit to
bacco all along their way through life,
to the annoyance of their neighbors
and the displeasure of their wives and
families.
Tho editor of tho 8avannah Advertiser writing
from Atlanta to that paper, ventures the predic
tion that Judge Hansell.of Thomaaville, will be
appointed Judge of the Southern Circnit—the po
sition from which he was ejected by Yankee bay
onets.
We quote the following items from the same
source :
The Removal of the Capital.—This subject
is actively and persistently canvassed in Legisla
tive circles, and appears to gather etrength from
agitation. To refer to it in public subjects one to
having the fist (not always tidy) of some indig
nsnt Atlantcse shook ander one’e nose. In this
cold weather it is doubtful which gets the worst of
it, nose or fist, but the operation ie not pleasnrea-
ble. There is no sense in disguising the fsctlbmt
this is a troublesome qnestion, and is likely to re
main one until satisfactorily and definitely settled
The opinion is general that Atlanta has not be
haved well in the purchase of and payment for
that shaky rattle-trap, known as the Opera House,
and the people of middle, southern and eastern
Georgia are averse to beiag taxed to erect pnblic
buildings here while they already poeeees suita
ble ones elsewhere. The House has just refused
to carpet the Representative Hall, and it is in no
humor to appropriate funds for repairs and im
provements. *
A Fire Trap,—One of the precious pets of the
Atlantese is De Give’s Opera House. It is not
credited here that “La Seals,” at Milan, or “The
Tacon,” of Havana, equal it. We went into it on
Friday night, and have not yet ceased to be
thankful that we emerged from it alive. It is a
rather nice cosy little theatre, up stairs, with
plenty of room to accommodate everybody in At
lanta able to indulge in the lnxnry of the drama.
Bat such an entrance .' By onr watch it took ten
minutes to smpty it- If ever there is a cry of ire
raised during a!performance, one half the audience
will be killed er crippled. Shonld a fire break out
within, nobody will get out alive.
Water.—This brings us to the water supply
of Atlanta. It has none. The Kimball House
has had to have that beversge hauled a mile to
day. What little they have ef it ie simply ex
ecrable- It tastes so little like water that we
have been industriously looking about to see if
Hannibal Ishmael Kimball when he. was spend
ing onr money in bnilding hotels and raee tracks
did not put up a machine for making water.
An Atlanta paper says of some young ladies
down there: “It is no idle compliment tossy
that they are like three Graces, their faces mir
roring back the parity and softness of the skies,
their eyes floating in a light of dewy tenderness,
or throwing radiant flashes from tho inner sbrinee
of thought like jewel-tinted sparkles csngbi from
broken rainbows.” If we were the parent of
three girls, and some fool of a newspaper man
were to write about them in that way, there is no
power on earth that could keep ns from taking
him down to a pork packing establishment and
boiling him to death in a kettlo of lard.
Meningetis.—This disease is raging
to an alarming extent in Conyers.
There has been five deaths from it in
three weeks, mostly among children
A young lawyer, named Moody, died
of it last week.
Malone, convicted of murder in At
lanta, has been refused a new trial by
the Superior Court.
Mr. Seaborn Howard, of Columbus,
died at Atlanta on Friday quite sud-
deqjy.
SCHEDULE
ON TIIE GEORGIA AND MACOX AND AU
GUSTA RAILROADS.
ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, JUNH 5th,
1872, the Paesouger Train on tho Georgia and Msoon
and Augusta Railroads wifi run as follows:
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train Kill
Leave Augusta at .......8,20AM
Leave Atlanta at ......8,15 A M
Arrive in Augusta at — ........5.30 P M
Arrive in Atlanta at ...........6.40 PM
Night Passenger Tran.
Leave Augnsta at ....8.15 P M
Leave Atlanta at .......8.00 P M
Arrive in Augusta at 6.00 A M
Arrive in Atlanta at 6-45 A M
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train. —
Leaving Augusta at ..12.15 P M
Arriving at Milledgeville at 5.24 P M
Leaving Macon at 6.30 A M
Arriving at Milledgeville at................ 8.17 AM
“ at Augusta at ....1.15PM
“ at Macon at ,7.30PM
No ohange of cars between Augusta and Macon.
Passengers from Athens, Washington, Atlanta, or
any point on the Georgia Railroad and Branches, by
taking the Day Passenger Train, will make connec
tion at Camak with trains for Macon.
Pullman’s (First-CIsss) Palace Sleeping Cars on oil
j E ht Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Supt.
Superintendent’s Office Georgia and Macon and Au
gusta Railroads, Augusta, June 5,1872.
proprietor of this celebrated medicine jaetly
for it a superiority over all remedies ever offer*
ed to the public for the safe, certain, speedy and per
manr.nt oure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Kever,
whether of short or long standing. Ho refers to the
eutire Western anj Southern country to hear him tes
timony to the troth of the assertion, that in no case
whatever will it fail to oure if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out. In a great many
eases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and
whole families hnve been cured by a single bottle,
wilh a peifect restoration of the general health. It i»,
however, prudent, and in every case more certain to
cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week
or two after the disease has been checked, more es
pecially ia difficult and long-standing cases. Usually
this inedk-iuo will rot require any aid to keep the bow
els in good order. Should the patient, however, re
quire a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or
tour doses of the tonic, a single doso of DuiTs Vegt
table Family Pills will be sufficient.
BUXjL’S
SARSAPARILLA,
Read the foDowing extract of a letter from Mrs.
Rivers, wile ef Reverend Dr. Rivers, one of the most
learned, eloquent aud popular Ministers of the Method-
1st Episcopal Church, and who is at present stationed
at Broadway Church, Louisville, Ky.
Louisville, Kr., Oot. 8,1869.
Dr. John Ball—Dear Sir: Many thanks to yea
for tho medicine you hnTe so kindly given me. 1 have
been a great sufferer for years, and had the advice ef
various physicians. Some pronounced my spine, some
my lungs, and some my heart to be the seat of my dis
ease. 1 have been burnt, blistered and cupped until
I had become disheartened. Several very omineut
r hysicians who examined my spine informed me that
was threateued with paralysis or appoplexy any day
and that nothing bat a seton would relieve me. I had
a perfect horror of that, and was hesitating aboat
having one inserted, when yon kindly Sent me voir
Sarsaparilla which I Immediately begun to take three
timet s day. I had suffered terribly with a most
acute pain in the right side of my hoad, especially
when 1 would read or write for any length of time, ana
on rising to my feel I would be perfectly blind for
several minntes, and would have to hold to something
to prevent failing.
1 am most happy to inform you that tho pain in mj
head is entirely relieved ; I suffer but seldom with my
spiue and then not so acutely. My appetite is good ;
indeed for the first time io my lite 1 enjoy my dinner
more than any meal daring tiie day.
You kindly sent me four bottles again last night,
and I began again this morning, and I hope to be en
tirely relieved. Please accept my heartfelt thanks and
best wishes.
Very Irmly your most grateful friend,
M. li. C. Rivets.
My iearnal abounds with similar letters, all at
which 1 guarantee to be genuine and written by the
pessons whose names they bqAfe.
Do not suffer yourself to mrimpoged on. Don’t be
drawn away after new and doubtful experiments.
Don’t risk your health by letting novices experiment
npon you with their trash. My Sarsaparilla has stood
the test for twenty fire years ; it is still the Sarsaparilla
of the day, and of the age, towering over all others in
popularity and its curative qualities. Avoid all those
who are trying to palm off on you other extraots of
Sarsaparilla, so-called. Remember it is Dr. John
Bull’s Sarsaparilla, of Louisville, Ky., that is the old
and reliable remedy for impurities of the blood and
scrofulous affections. Always bear that in mind.
Another Testimony.
Benton Barracks, Mo-, >
April 30, 1866. {
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: Knowing the efficacy
of yonr Sarsaparilla, and the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I send you the following state
ment of my aase i
I was wounded about two years ago, was takes
prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being
moved so oftsn, my wonnds have not healed yet. 1
have not set np a moment since I was wounded. I
am shot through the hips. My general health is Im
paired, and I need something to assist nature; I have
more faith in yonr Sarsaparilla than anything els*. I
wish that which is genuine. Please exprees me half a
dozen bottles, and oblige.
Capt. C, P. JOHNSON,
St Louis, Mo.
P. S.—The following was written April 30th, 186S
by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt. Johnsons
Dr John Bull—Dear Sir: My husband,Dr. C. S.
Johnson, was a skillful surgeon and physician in Cen
tral New York, where he died, leaving the above C.
P. Johnson to my care. At thirteen years of age ho
had a chronic diarrhea aad scrofula, for which I gave
your Sarsaparilla. It cured him. I have for tea
years recommended it to many in Now York, Ohio
and Iowa, for scrofula, fever sores, and general debili
ty. Perfect snoceea has attended it- The cures sf-
ffeted in some eases of scrofula and fever sores mere
almost miraculous. I am very anxious for my son
to again have recourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is
fearful of getting a spuriont article, hence his writing
to yon for it. Hia wounds were terrible, but I believe
he will reoover.
Smpiotfnly, JRNNIE JOHXSOBi
ftefo
TO tton pet day! Agents wanted! All
— Hr classes of workmg people,
__ either ser, young or old, mske more money at work
for us in their spare moments, or all the time, than at
anything else. Particulars free. Address G. STINSON
Sc CO., Portland, Maine.
DOWNING HILL NURSERY
ATLANTA, OA.,
Offers for sale, the present season, a choice collection
of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Ornamental Trees,
Shrubbery, Green-House Bedding Plants, etc. Cata
logue free by mail. Address
W. P. ROBINSON, Atlanta, Ga.
Agents Wanted
For the New I os proved Haase Mattie mm
iag Mstkisc. Does ail kinds of family Sewing.
Lock-stitch. Straight needle. Simple and easy run
ning. Price, from $25 to $75. D. G. MAXWELL,
General Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
CONCENTRATED LIGHT.
Great invention for bnrning different kinds of candles.
Beautitnl and substantial. No dripping or waste.
One caudle made to last two trkolc nights. Neatest,
Cheapest, Safest light. Adapted for the Street, Stable,
Office, Parlor, Nursery and Kitchen. Send stamp tar
Illustrated Circular. Superior inducements to the
trade. Addrese K. II: HAYWARD, Ayer, Maes.
UWA1D
For any case ef Blind, Bleeding,
Pohiug or Ulcerated PilesthatDx
Piles, and nothing else.
$1.00.
. oh ing
Bing * Pile Remedy fails to pore.
It is prepared expreeely to rare the
Sold by ail Druggists. Price,
DSHD 28 CEXITS FOX. S
ADVERTISERS GAZETTE,
A book of 128 pages, showing how, when and win
advertise, and containing a list of nearly 3,060
papers, with much other information of interest to ad
vertisers. Address GEO. P. ROWELL Sc CO.,
Publishers, 41 Park Row, Hew York.
Jan. 6th, 1873. SSIm.
BHUj’S
WORK DESTROYER.
EXTRA (IT FROM A LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
Villanow, Walker Co., Ga,,
June 28.
Dr John Bull—Dear Sir: 1 have recently given
your Worm Destroyer several trials, and find it won
derfully efficacious. It has not failed in a single in
stanoe to have the wished for effect. I am doing a
pretty large country practice and have daily use ftr
some article of the kind.
I am, sir, respectfully,
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D.
P. 8.—So unqualified and numerous are the testimo
nials in favor ot my Worm Destroyer that newspaper
space is entirely too small to tell its merits.
It is on infallible remedy for Worm*. Try it and be
convinced. See my Journal lor a more lull desorfp
tion. JOHN BULL-
Bull’s Cedron Bitters.
Bull’s Pectoral Wild Cherry.
Bull’s Extract Bncho.
Bull's Vegetable Family Pill*-
All the above medicines prepared by Dr. JOH*
BULL, et bis laboratory, Fifth Street, Louisville. AT-
For sale ie MUledgeviUe by JOHN M- CLA**r
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