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THE UNION & RECORDER.
Old “Southern Recorder" and “Federal Union’
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Wednesday, April 29,
1874.
' The Presidents Veto of the Finan
cial Bill.
IVhilst’the bankers and brokers and
tlie bondholders at the North are rejoic
ing over the President's Veto, the labor
ing class there, and the entire population
at the "West and the South, are disappoint
ed and angry. TYe do not predict what
the financial effect will be upon the coun
try, but we feel confident that the politi
cal effect will be disastrous to the Presi
dent and his party. It is the general im
pression that this veto will make money
scarcer and times harder. If that should
be the effect of the veto, the President
has committed a blunder which the peo
pie will not soon forget or forgive, and
we believe the veto will tell most disas
terously against the Republican party
next Fall in the West and South- Noth
ing tells so disasteiously on the party in
power as hard times, and a financial press
ure, and we believe-.the President’s veto
will burst his party into fragments. There
are many circumstances connected with
the veto, well calculated to exasperate the
people. I p to the time when the delega
tion from New York waited upon the
Pres ident, he was supposed to be favora
ble to the passage of the' financial bill.
As this delegation was composed of
bondholders and bankers, men who have
money to lend, it was to their interest to
have money light and dear, and the class
whom they represented could afford to
pay millions to have the bill, vetoed and
immediately after they left a change came
over the President and he vetoed the
bill. Tills circumstance will lead to the
conclusion that the President regarded
the interest of the rich men of New York,
more than he did the sufferings of the
poor people at the West and South and
will turn many of his present friends
against him.
I&r. 3.S. Hill’s Whereabouts,
It seems to be very difficult to locate
Mr. Hill either in person or in politics.—
e have the most positive testimony that
he has been seen in one place when Mi-
Hill, or some of his friends, declare he
was in another. Mr. Stephens asserts
positively that Mr. Hill was in Georgia
when Mr. Hill says he was in Richmond,
A irginia. A correspondent of the Chron
icle & Sentinel says he saw Gen. DuBose
and others in company with Hill frequent
ly—so often indeed as to give rise to much
comment and speculation— and yet Mr.
Hiil s son declares that his father was not
in*Atlanta during the whole time these
consultations were taking place. Again,
the Atlanta Herald advertised that Mr.
Hill would stand for Congress in the 9th
District, when it was well known that
Mr. Hill was living in Atlanta. These
startling disclosures have induced many
people to believe that Mr. Hill possessed
the power of ubiquity, or at any rate that
he could be in more places than one at
the same time. Others believe that he
has what the Scotch call a “ wraith,” or
second body of a ghostly nature, which is
often seen when the natural body is in
another place. If Mr. Hill possesses one
of these ghostly attendants or “wraiths,”
many of Lis exploits which now seem mvs
terious can be easily explained. This
would account for his being seen in Rich
mond, and in Georgia, and in Atlanta, and
Athens at the same time. Some of his
admiring friends contend that he can be
a good Democrat and a Radical, and can
ride two horses at the same time when
they are going at full speed in opposite
directions. This seems very extraordin
ary, but Ben Hill is a very extraordinary
man. Since it has been proven that he
was not in Atlanta when “Halifax,” the
correspondent 'of the Chronicle & Senti
nel saw him there with Gen. DuBose, we
should not be surprised if he should de-.
ny being in company with Gov. Vance
and Gen. Toombs, and making those
startling revelations to Pease and his
wife.
The Episcopal Convention.
Delegates to the Episcopal Convention
which meets in Athens on the 6th of May,
will be passed over the following named
railroads for one fare, viz: Georgia, Ma
con &. Augusta, Western & Atlantic, Cen
tral, Atlantic & Gulf, Macon & Bruns
wick, South-Western, and Muscogee. On
the three roads first mentioned delegates
must ask for return ticket ; over all oth
ers the certificate of the Secretary will
pass them.
Wild Bogs
The inhabitants of Kirkwood, a small
aristocratic fauxburg of Atlanta, is very
much disturbed by wild dogs, which kill
their stock and annoy them in various
ways, and they don't know where these
wild dogs come from. There were a
great many wild puppies in Atlanta some
time ago, and they may have grown up
to be wild dogs. Atlanta is a great place
for dogmatism, and dogmatism is noth
ing more than grown up puppyism.
The French Steamer L'Amerique,
This fine steamer which was abandoned
almost in sight of the French coast, by
her cowardly Captain and crew, was found
drifting about at sea a few days after
wards by the crew of a British ship, and
towed into Plymouth in England. The
salvage on the French steamer will be
very heavy. The loss of three splendid
French steamers within a short time goes
to prove the truth of the old maxim that
the French know how to build fine ships
but don t know how to navigate them.
The Oat Let Out of the Bag* An*
other Family Speculation.
Many persolis were taken by surprise
at the sudden summersault taken by the
administration on the recognition of Cu
ban Independence. Until very recently
they were violently opposed to measures
of that kind, but of late the organ at
Washington came out in favor of such a
step, and bills have been introduced into
both houses of Congress recognising the
independence of Cuba. It turns out that
some of the family are interested in Cu
ban bonds. There is money in the move
ment! That accounts for it. Here is
what a Radical paper says:
“The Washington “organ” urged Con
gress to recognize the Cuban Republic,
and said : “It may be inferred that the
President will lose no time in giving
effect to such a resolve.” The chief en
gineer of the movement appears to be
Casey, of Louisiana, who is said to own
half a million of Cuban bonds, and to
have two million more ready for distribu
tion in quarters where they will “do the
most good,” after the fashion of Oakes
Ames. The whole affair is a very ugly
one, and Congressmen would do well to
keep clear of it, especially when they re
member the practical effects of Cuban
■in
The Freshet in Louisiana.
The news from those districts in Lou
isiana that have been overflowed and
drowned out is distressing in the extreme.
Whole parishes are under water, and the
people have barely escaped with their
lives. They have lost their homes, their
stock, and all their provisions, and are in
a state of starvation. We are rejoiced to
learn that heavy contributions from many
of the Northern and Westem cities are
being sent* to their relief. Congress is
moving in their behalf, and the President
has ordered rations to be issued for a few
days to keep them from starving.
The Morning Star.
e have received the first number of
this new paper, published in Macon by
Burr & Co. The first number is an in.
foresting paper. We wish the publishers
jmocess in their enterprise.
{recognition. It would give Spain the
right to search our vessels on the liigh
seas for contraband, as we searched Eng
lish vessels: and the exercise of that
right would very soon bring on a war be
tween the United States and Spain. Is
it desirable to plunge into such a muddle
as that to please the Cuban bondholders ?
A Strong Memory.—It is admitted on
all hands that Mr. Stephens has a very
accurate memory. He can relate with the
most minute accuracy things and convert
sations that .occurred years ago, and
hardly ever has been known to make a
mistake. On the other hand it must be
admitted that Ben. Hill has a very strong
memory ; he uot only remembers things
that happened many years ago, hut he
also remembers many things that never
happened.
The Arkansas Troubles.
A dispatch from Little Rock says that
Gov. Baxter has disbanded his troops
and called the Legislature together to
settle the difficulty. We suppose Brooks
remains master of the situation for the
present.
Messrs. Stephens & Hill.—Last week
we published Mr. Stephens’ communica.
tion to the Augusta Constitutionalist on
Mr. Hill; this week we publish Mr. Hill's
reply, so that our readers can judge be
tween them.
SPIRITUALISM.
Ploirucc Cooke, (lac Wonderful Lon.
tion Medium.
Miss Mary J. Holmes’ London Correspondence with
Memphis Appeal.]
Spiuitulism seems to be going through
a critical test now by the scientists of
London. The medium through whom
the experiments are mostly being made
is a young lady of about eighteen years
of age—Miss Florence Cooke. She is
not a public medium, but the manifesta
tions that take place in her presence are
of such a startling character that it has
been quite impossible to confine the ex
hibitions of them to her family and
friends only. Many persons of distinc
tion and celebrity have witnessed the
same at her house. In seeing the phe
nomena, the first condition is tying Miss
Cooke firmly in a cabinet, and sealing
the knots. There is then a curtain
dropped over the door between her and
those present which, of course, places
her in the dark, while those iu the room
are in the light. In a short space of time
there comes from the cabinet a female
figure, draped in white, with a white veil
falling over the head, but uot covering
tliQ face. The feet are naked. She walks
around the room, speaking to all; says
her name is Katie King; allows persons
to fed of her dress and shake ban is with
her, which are as tangible to the touch
as any other material thing on earth.
The size and form of the figure is much
like the medium, Miss Cooke, which fact
raised many skeptical doubts in the minds
of those who witnessed the manifesta
tions, thinking it might be Miss Cooke
who had freed herself from her cords and
dressed for the play. However, in every
instance after Katie had returned to the
cabinet, they had raised the curtain and
found Miss Cooke in a state of trance or
unconsciousness, securely tied and sealed
as when they left her. Here was a case
for Professors Crookes and Varley to test
the physical force question. Miss Cooke
very readily yielded herself for them to
experiment on the phenomena.
I will give their experiences as Pro
fessor Crookes gave them to me: He took
Miss Cooke first to his own house, that
he might be sure of all her surroundings.
He then improvised a dark cabinet with
a curtain door. They placed the medium
inside and securely tied her. Professor
Varley then placed a gold plate on the
inside of each wrist, to ■which was at
tached insulated wires leading out into
the room to a very sensitive electrometer.
They tried every motion of her hands and
arms, andJJie placingofher anus together
to sec the different forces of electricity
produced by the different positions, Pro
fessor Crookes observing her all the time,
while Professor Varley had his eyes on
the electrometer. After thoroughly learn
ing the effect produced by each movement
of hers, they placed the curtain before
her, leaving her in the dark. Soon the
figure calling herself Katie made her ap
pearance, the electrometer not showing
the least movement. She said: “What do
you want me to do with all these wires?"
They told her nothing—only to como in
to the room and make such motions with
her hands and arms as her medium had
done. Kate at once threw her hands around
in a lively manner, which did not effect
the currents of electricity in the slightest
degree. Then Katie asked Professor
Crookes to bring a lighted candle and
hold it to her face, and see if she looked
like Miss Cooke. He tried it, and found
she had fair complexion and light hail',
while Miss Cooke is quite dark hair. Pro
fessor Crookes says that, as far as human
tests are concerned, nothing could be
more conclusive than that here was a
genuine phenomenon outside of the con
scious aid of the medium. On the disap
pearance of Katie into the cabinet, they
at once raised the curtain and found Miss
Cooke in the same condition as when they
had shut her in only in an unconcious
state or trance. More than this Mrs.
Crookes says she undressed Miss Cooke
after she came out of the cabinet, and
there was nothing about her that could
by any possibility have furnished the dra
pery and veil for Katie, which disappear
ed with Katie herself. Mr. Wallace, the
great naturalist, is bringing out an article
in the Fortnightly Review recognizing
the facts of Spiritualism, and stating cor
roborating proof of its being an unseen
intelligence, and what that intelligence
says it is—-the spirits of
friends.
of the English scientists. We may soon
expect to see paragraphs in the scientific
journals on psycic force, together with
mechanical appliances and inventions.
from the Telegraph & Messenger
Georgia Baptist Convention.
This body assembled in its fifty-second
annual sessionat Americus, Go., on Thurs
day, April 23. The introductory sermon
was preached at 11 o’clock a. m. by Rev.
L. R. Gwaltncy, of Rome, from Romans
3:25, 26: “Whom God hath set forth to
be a propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are past, tlirough
the forbearance of God;
“To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness ; that he might be just, and
the justifier of him which believeth in
Jesus.”
The convention was then called to or
der by Rev. D. E. Butler, the President
of the last session, and a committee on
Credentials was appointed, composed of
G. A. Nunnally, J. G. Ryals, A. M. Mar
shall, J. M. Wood and J. H. Kilpatrick.
The meeting then adjourned until 71,
o’clock, p. m., at which time the body met
and was opened with prayer by Rev. B.
F. Tharp. The report of the Committee
on Credentials was then made, and the
following officers were elected by ballot:
President, Rev. D. E. Butler; Clerk, Rev.
G. R. McCall; Assistant Clerk, Rev. T.
H. Stout.
While the vote was being counted, by
request of the President, Rev. J. H. Camp
bell conducted devotional exercises. He
stated during the service, that he could
not recognize before him the face of a
single member of the convention when he
first entered it, in 1829, forty-five year's
ago.
Rev. G. F. Cooper, the pastor of the
church, delivered an address of welcome
in behalf of the church at Americus. After
the appointment of the usual committees,
the convention adjourned, prayers' being
offered by H. A. Tupper.
SECOND DAY FRIDAY.
The convention met at 8:30 a. m., when
prayer was offered by Dr. S. G. Hillycr.
The convention then received as corres
pondents five colored ministers, brethren,
Bryant, Gwin, Dellie, Watts and Hines.
The report of the Board of Trustees of
Mercer University was then read. It is
expected that the University building
will be completed by next October. A
full statement of this report will be sent
you hereafter. The college being located
in Macon, a fuller digest of the report
than can be rendered just now would be
proper.
A report was then read from the trus
tees on the Orphans’ Home, when it was
stated that thirty-two children were main
tained and the sum of $6,394 had been
received for the benefit of the Home. The
sum of $4,310 70 is in hand, and notes to
the amount of $20,000. This Orphans’
Home has been permanently established
about two miles from the city of Atlanta,
and is under the uaro of the Georgia Bap
tist Convention.
The executive committee, in its report,
states that eighteen students are under
its care, studying for the ministry, at
Mercer University.
The treasurer of the convention report
ed $9,636 63 received during the year,
and a balance on hand amounting to $l,v
392 22. The permanent fund for educa
tion, $26,029 97; permanent mission fund,
$200; the indigent orphan fund, $1,-
810 75; tho Hearn legacy, $5,835 94; town
lot fund, $207; foreign missions, $10 25;
domestic missions, $11 25; Baptist min
isters saving fund, $226 13. Total, $34,-
331 29. It was then stated that the Bap
tist ministers’ saving fund had obtained
a place in the hearts of the brethen, and
that apprehension in regard to its future
success and prosperity need no longer be
entertained.
It was decided to hold the next con
vention at Milledgeville, Ga.
At 11 o’clock a. in., the convention ad
journed to listen to a sermon from Rev.
J. G. Ryalls, one of our ablest younger
ministers.
The convention is composed of about
130 or 140 members, which is not as large
as usual, a good many familiar faces be
ing invisible and several prominent bretli
ren absent. The convention, however, is
Froin the Sa Tj* 66 *'-
the Centnm v«l Fraud.
Present indications Arts' that the Penn
sylvanians have secured grab, and
that after all Congress Vvll foot the bills
of the great Centennial , job. The bill
introduced in the House Fjj, Mr. Kelly,
some time since, appropr tab ag three mil
lion of dollars as the first instalment to
wards paying the expenses of the con
templatcd spread eagle jubilee, has been
referred to the Committee of the Whole,
and as the lobby have had time to operate
on the disinterested patriotism of the
members, it is understood that it will
pass. The expression of the sentiment
of the people of the country has been
most emphatic against any such use of
the public funds; but there is too much
money in the job for the lobby and Con
gress to forego the opportunity of a lib
eral divide. The Chicago Tribune pro
nounces the whole proceeding in Congress
a most shameless fraud, and in support
of its assertion gives a history of the
movement from its inception. It says:
“The bill passed by Congress some time
igo provided in so many words that the
United States should not be liable for
my expense attending such Exhibition or
by reason of the same. The eighth sec
tion of the bill was as follows:
That whenever the President shall be
informed by the Governor of the State of
Pennsylvania that provision has been
made for the erection of suitable build
ings for the purpose, and for the exclusive
control liy the Commission herein pro
vided for of the proposed Exhibition, the
President shall, through the Department
of State, issue his proclamation setting
forth the time at which the Exhibition
will open, and the place at which it will
be held.
On July 3, 1873, the President issued
the proclamation ordered by this section.
It contained the following clause:
And whereas his Excellency, the Gov
ernor of the said State of Pennsylvania,
died, on the 24th day of June, 1873, in
form me that provision has been made
for the erection of said buildings, etc.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ulys
ses S. Grant, President of tho United
States, etc.
Tho managers of the Centennial job
base their plea for bleeding the Treasury
on this proclamation. This, they say,
committed the country to the Exposition.
Not to back it now with million on mil
lion would be a disgrace. But this proc
lamation, on which the whole plea is based
seems to have been the fruit of a fraud.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has just
been discussing a bill appropriating $1,
000,000 for the erection of suitable build
ings,’ and Congress has besn asked by
the Centennial lobby to vote $3,000,000
for the buildings. It is evident, then,
that the erection of the buildings had not
been provided for on June 24,1873, when
the Governor of Pennsylvania notified the
President that it liad been. This looks
like a deliberate attempt at fraud. The
President was apparently duped. It
was a case of obtaining a proclamation
under false pretenses. Such a proclama
tion cannot bind the people to a scheme
they repudiate, cannot oblige them to
spend millions of dollars on what is sure
to be a costly failure. Day by day, the
evidence accumlates that the Centennial
enterprise, whatever it may have been
originally, has now become a job.”
Jrioqj tho St. Louis Eepublieap.
The South sad West.
Ever since the Republican party came
into power, it has lieen almost absolutely
controlled, and through it the Government
also, by New England; the tariff, the
public debt, tljenational banking system,
the internal revenue system and the re
construction of the South, have all been,
in a measure, agencies for the consolida
tion of power and wealth in the hands of
the Northeast The disintegration going
on in the Republican party during the
last two years, however, has deprived
that section of the instrument by which
it secured the docile obedience of the
West, and left both the West and South
an able body, and is proceeding with its 1 to form new associations. It is not sur
business with commendable dispatch and prising that they should come together
an excellent spirit. Several important j u a voluntary alliance, nor that they
projects will be brought up and acted H hould be startled by the power which
upon.
On Thursday afternoon, Rev. Dr. H.
H. Tucker delivered an able and profound
this alliance exhibits. It would rather be
surprising if, having discovered the pow
er of this new sectional union, the}' shall
ly interesting address on the subject of no f further compact it for future occas-
collecting money for missionary opera
tions. It was read, and created a deep
ions. Indeed, the consolidation of the
West and South into the governing au
impression, strongly sustaining the posirt thority of the country appears to be the
tion that our methods of raising money
heretofore was wrong, injudicious and in
jurious, and suggesting a plan more in
accordance with that given by Paul in
the New Testament, and showing by ac
tual figures the mighty power
littles when aggregated.
probable product of this vote on the cur
rency bill. The monstrous official cor
ruptions that have been developed at the
East, the growing divisions in New Eng
land, and the lamentable decay of public
of many j spirit in Massachusetts, as exhibited in
the recent history of many of her public
There can be no doubt that the address men, conspire with the growing habit of
will produce a good effect on benevolent | independent thinking in the West to
contributions hereafter.
Brevity.
From (be Constitutionalist, ?4th.
Bon. A. B. Stephens.
Mr. Stephens will remain w itli us sev-
make an opportunity for this transfer of
power. The very fact that the East is
anxious only to preserve things just as
they are, and that the other two sections
are becoming violently and aggressively
clamorous for something better than the
eral days. He is looking remarkably p resen t condition of things, is of itself,
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an indication of the drift of events
this direction.
m
E ojir departed
So much for the labors of some
well in the face and his eyes are as soul
ful and luminous as ever. We have never
known him when his glorious intellect
was more unclouded, penetrating and The Cause of the Mississippi Xnun*
alert. His physical trouble is of a most
aggravating character, but there is not a
trace of the inward pang upon the reso^
lute, serene and stately countenance. His
spirits are most buoyant, self poised and
brimming over with contentment. A more
exalted conquest of the body by the in
domitakle will and the aspiring soul has
never been exhibited in greater perfec
tion by mortal man. He is a« far above
dation.
Radical Rascality at the Bottom.
Why the Louisiana levees of the Mis
sissippi are in their present condition the
New York World makes plain, through
a correspondent at New Orleans. Under
the circumstanoes it is not strange that
whole districts are flooded, valuable lands
HOtf. BESJAMI" H
Bis to Mr. Stephens;
Atlanta, Ga., April 21, 1874:
Editor^ Constitution: On my retain
from Twiggs Court, I and the letter from
Hon, Alexander H. Stephens, dated
April 11th, and being number 1 of a
promised series, purporting to review
the address delivered by me before the
Southern Historical Society. With the
bad temper and worse language of this
letter, I do not now propose to deal;
nor will I allow myself to imitate either,
except to fix upon the gentleman his own
epithets.
Mr. Stephens tenders a direct issue of
veracity upon facts, and, leaving for the
present all other questions involved,
I advance promptly and accept that issue.
If I have been guilty of the charge which
he makes of stating what I did not know
and could not know, then I deserve all
the denunciation which this enraged
gentleman has employed, and shall con
fess that I ought not to be believed in
any matter what ever. On the other
hand, if Mr. Stephens has stated positive
ly and repeatedly what is false, and
what he was bound to know was false,
then he is shown to be utterly unworthy
of credit—his flock of foul epithets must
return home to roost singing their wild
“carmagnole,” and whether his falshoods
originate in an imbecility or an evil na
ture, I will, in charity leave for liim and
his friends to determine.
He quotes from the address as follows:
“The full history of the Hampton Roads
Commission and Conference has never
been written. I will not give that histo
ry now. Much has been said and pub
lisked on tho subject which is not true.
I know why each member of that com
mission, on our part, was selected. I
received from Mr. Davis' own lips, a full
account of the conversation between him
and the Commissioners, before their de
parture from Richmond,’’
This paragraph is correctly quoted by
Mr. Stephens except in one particular.
In the address, as printed, there is a
comma after the word “conversation.”
This sentence of the paragraph is twice
quoted by Mr. Stephens—the last time it
is italicised, and both times the comma is
omitted.
I was showing that Mr. Davis gave the
Commissioners no written instructions,
but held a conversation with them before
and preparatory to their departure from
Richmond. He gave me an account of
that conversation afterwards, hut whether
before or after the departure of the Com
missioners was wholly immaterial, and
was not stilted. But to give force to the
charge of untruth which was to follow,
Mr. Stephens thought it important to
make me say the account of the conver
sation was given to me before their de
parture, and why should a comma stand
in the way of this boasted paragon of
truth and accuracy? However men may
differ as to the merits of other achieve
ments by this wonderful man, it must
be conceded by friends and foes alike for
all time, that he did certainly, effectually,
and most gallantly demolish the comma,
and it is not on record that either Barere
or Munchausen ever performed that feat!
But, after all, this demolition will prove
to have been very unnecessary. It was
preparatory to liis main charge, and this
main charge I will show is utterly false
whether the comma be in or out, and
whether the word ‘'before” refers to the
conversation, or the “account” of it. So
the comma is a small matter and I let it J
pass.
After making his preparations Mr.
Stephens proceeds to his main charge in
Barere's favorite style, thus:
“The shamelessness, impudence and
recklessness of this statement could not
possibly have been exceeded by Bar
ere. ******
It is utterly impossible that Mr. Hill
could have known what he says he knew,
or received from Mr. Davis what he says
he received from him. Mr. Hill was not
in Richmond during the time the subject
of the Commission, or the appointment
of Commissioners was under considera
tion by Mr. Davis. He had left that city
before the conference or Commissioners
had been determined upon by Mr Davis.
SIMMONS
these jtfeteiwtafl*; He. is ift
truth, the mo&t artfully inaccurate aha
unfair man I ever met or heard in discuss
sion. On this particular issue of vera
city which he has chosen to make on me,
and to repeat with a real “carmagnole
of epithets, I raise the black flag, and
will neither give nor take quarter. Ii
the public incline to think I press Mr.
Stephens too heavily, my reason is, that
there is a purpose, scope, and malice, in the
issue of veracity made upon me which
the pqlflic do not suspect, but which I
fully understand. It has also a public
significance which time will develope.
Mr. Stephens consents to lead off in a
fierce “carmagnole” and a troop of accor
ding anonymous scribblers reinforced by
certain editors, Tn% to take up the reck
less refrain. The same conspirators
have engaged in the same work on several
occasions during the last three years.
The pretences that there are unkind allu
sions in the address to members of the
Georgia delegation in Congress as “ne
groes, knaves or imbeciles,” are too
ludicrous to need notice. In that delega
tion are some of my best personal friends,
and I do not believe that there is one
among them, besides Mr. Stephens, who
would ]iretend that such allusions ap-
plied, or were intended to apply to him.
Every statement of fact in the address is
true, and I will 1640111 to the subject on
its merits hereafter. But for the present
I address myself to this issue of veracity
in the most positive form in which it has
been made, and I meet the accredited
leader of the slauderous tribe at the very
threshold, and charge back upon him
the guilt of falsehood in fact, he so vann-
tingly prefers against me, and insist that
the issue thus made shall tolerate no
solution but proof, retraction or infamy
Bexj. H. Hill.
An Editor who is Deaf
We thought everybody in the State
knew that we are deaf, but once in a
while we find one who is not aware of
the fact. A female book-peddler came to
the office the other day. She wished to
disposo of a book. She was alone in
this world, and had no one to whom she ________
could turn for sympathy or assistance:
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was unmarried, and had no manly heart
into which she could pour her sufferings:
therefore wc ought to invest in her book. ■
She had received a liberal education,
and could talk French like a native; we
could not, in consequence, pay her less
than two dollars for a book. We had
listened attentively and hero broke in
with: “What did you say! we’re deaf 1 *”
She started in a loud voice and went
through her rigmarole. When she had ON TKE
finished, we went and got a roll of paper
and made it into a speaking-trumpet, " wJPtL ef n&
placed one end to our ear, and told her
to proceed. She nearly broke a blood-,
vessel in her effort to make herself heard.
She commenced: “I am alone in this
world”—“It doesn’t make the slightest
difference to ns. Wo are a husband and
father. Bigamy is not allowed in this
State. e are not eligible to proposals.”
“Oh, what a fool the man is!” she said in
a low tone: then at the top of her voice,
“I don’t want to marry you, I want to
sell a b-o-o-k!” This last sentence was
howled. “We don’t want a cook,” we re
marked blandly; “our wife does the
cooking, and she wouldn’t allow as good-
looking a woman as yon to stay in the
house five minutes. She is very jealous.”
She looked at us in despair. Gathering
her robes about her, giving us a glance
of contempt, she exclaimed, “I do believe
that if a 300 pounder were let off along
side that dear fool’s head he’d think
somebody was knocking at the door.”
You should have heard her slam the door
i when she went out. Wc heard that
Exchange.
Has been ad.led, where guests can at all hoars order
whatever cau bo obtained in the Market.
Rooms, With Board,
$1 50 per day.
DETERMINED TO RE OUTDONE BY NONE,
all I ask is atrial, confident that complete satisfaction
will be given.
JOHN BRESNAN, Prop’r.
Apiil 14, 1‘74.
ROBERT WOOL)
&
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CO-
1136 RIDGE AVENUE,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
FOUNTAINS, VASES, ANIMALS,
IRON STAIRS, LAMP POSTS,
| STABLE FITTINGS, WIRE WORK,
Cast, Wrought and Wire
Mr. Hill, at this time, was in
Georgia, and did not return to Richmond
before the general surrender. With
what amazing effrontery, then, does lie • c l
a. ° . . J ,, , . that age their feet
now affirm as an historical truth that he
knew “why each member of the commis-
Better than Poison for Caterpillars.
Said the Opelousas Journal last fall:
There is one little cotton crop near Ope
lousas which the worms have uot strip
ped of its leaves, and was not saved by
poison. The owner of it, Mr. A. Steen
and his son, tied a piece of cotton bag
ging, long enough to reach across two
cotton rows, to a piece of rope, and one
of them holding one end of the rope and
the other holding the other end, they
went up and down the cotton rows, when
the worms first made their appearance,
dragging it over two rows at a time. The
worms were about half grown, and at
_ or holders tire weak,
and the least shaking of the cotton makes
sion, on our part, was selected, and that . , , . *j , , - r J?
• ii nr tv. • • l- not able to crawl back. Mi-. Steens
“he received from Mr. Davis own lips a ■. ,
full account of the conversation between Y M ,,
himself and the commissioners, before
their departure from Richmond.” Well, !
The
the small perplexities of the earth and ]ost? ;md much proper ty Kwep t away.
the assailing shafts of personal antagon- The Radicals in Louisiana got up a levee
ism as any saint or stoic. He seems to
have soared into an ethereal table-land,
and from higher worlds than this regards
human affairs with the vision of an eagle
perched on some commanding eyrie. His
return to Georgia and home will infuse
new life and vigor into his wasted frame,
and when the sun shines again and pleas
ant weather brings health and refresh
ment, he will no doubt rally with the
forces of rejoicing nature, and live at
least through the present fight for free
dom and the truth of history. That he
may so re-establish his strength and sur
vive for many, many useful years to come
is the wish, not only of the humble writer
of these lines, but also of millions in this
broad land.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
Bishop Pierce, in a sermon at AlbaDy,
Ga., lately, said: “You will pardon me,
my friends, when I tell you that this
community has a bad reputation abroad.
You have the reputation of beingi the
most immoral people of any town in the
State.” The citizens say that if they
definitely discover that their town is any
wickeder than Atlanta they intend to
bum it up.
From Vicksburg down the- country is
partially, and in some cases wholly under
water. Stock is perishing both for want
of sustenance and from drowning. In
numbers of instances houses have bean
swept away, and the inhabitants been
left without food or shelter. Captain
Campbell of the steamer R. E. Lee,
picked up from the river banks, on his
way dowD, over a dozen persons; some of
them had not tasted food for .forty-eight
hours, many of them had been well to do
previous to the recent devastation, bat
were without money.
Affaiks in Louisiana.—The Picayune
says:
Through a gentleman who has just ar
rived from the Ouachita river, we learn
that the weather has been terrible up
there for the last month. The river,
from Camden down, has overflowed its
banks, and is rushing in a tremendous
flood, ruining the rich and beautiful coun
try and making everything desolate in
the extreme. The river is full of drift,
dead cattle and wreck of eveiy descrip
tion, and hundreds of families are ren
dered homeless by the rapidly increasing
waters, the rise being unprecedented and
rather on the increase than decrease.
From a letter from Camilla, Ga., we
learn “that a great deal of rain has fallen
here lately. The sloughs and ponds are
full. Farmers are busily engaged on their
farms, and, •believe, are about through
planting The oat crop, heretofore so
promising, and on which great calcula
tions were based, I am sorry to say, will
likely prove an entire failure. This is
owing to the rust caused by the recent
nuns."
ring; a corporation was formed “to re
claim and protect from overflow the al
luvial lands of the State." The Legis
laturc at once gave this company control
of the levees of the State, with the priv
ilege of taxing the thirteen millions of
acres liable t<? overflow five per cent. The
income of the company is about six hun
dred thousand dollars annually. On the
lands of real estate situated within the
limits of all towns and cities in the dis
tricts subjectjto ovetflow, including the
city of New Orleans, an annual tax of 1-10
per cent, is levied.. The revenue from
this source is over one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. In all, the company
has received over three million dollars
and has not expended one hundred thou
sand on the levees. The consequence was
that when the present Spring flood came,
the levees gave way, and the papers daily
report the immense damage done. So
much for another Radical scheme of plun
der.
The Turn of the Tide in New York.
The New Y*ork Tribune, of Monday,
has returns from the elections for Super
visors throughout that State which have
all been held within the past month. In
1872 the Radicals had a majority of 298
in fifty-eight comities. In 1873 the Dem
ocrats and Liberal Republicans reduced
the Republican majority to 84. This
year the Democrats have a plurality of 46
over the Republicans and a majority of 3
over all. The combined opposition how
ever, has a majority of 89 over the Re
publicans. This is a gain for the Dem
ocrats and Liberals of 183 since last year,
and a gain of 387 since 1872.
So it appears that the Democratic party
is dying in New York State at the same
alarming rate as is witnessed everywhere
else-notably in New Hampshire and Con
necticut If this thing goes on the elec
tions next fall will make an end of it We
will be a lively mourner at that sort of a
death bed.
A man was boasting that he had been
married for twenty years and had never
given his wife a cross word. Those who
knew him say he didn’t dare to.
Large Democratic gains are reported
in the recent municipal elections in New
Jersey.
From the Scientific and Mining Press.
Richest Silver Mine in the
World.
The Belcher gold and silver mine in
the’Comstock lode, Nevada, is without
doubt the greatest bullion producing
mine in the world. It has produced in
could not have” had, ^ ie Dvo and a half years the immense
— ■ ■ ■ - - sum of $16,772,965. In 1873 it produce
od $10,779,171 and paid out as dividends
$6,760,000 during the year, a large sur
plus being carried forward. By adding
the dividends under the old organization
and deducting the assessments levied,
we have the following results up to
March, 1874:
Dividends, June, 1864, to
May, exclusive.
Dividends to 1872,
Dividends to 1873,
Dividends in January and
February, 1872.*
if Mr. Stephens has told the truth I plead
guilty of the most amazing effrontery.
I will ask no mercy, and accept no pardon;
When I delivered the address I did not
know Mr. Davis had left for Europe. I
expected he would see, at least, an ac
count of the address in a few days. And
if, in a public speech on such an occasion,
and on such a subject, I have made false
statements of fact—and especially have
represented myself as having had a con
versation with Mr. Davis, wliich I did
not have, which I
and when he was in Richmond, and I
was in Georgia, then, in the language of
one of liis silly anonymous echoes in this
city, “Air. Stephens has floored liis anta
gonist" and’ I will confess that “I am a
bar and the truth is not in me.”
But if Air. Stephens has not told the
truth, what then? AVho, then, shall
wear the epithets “shamelessness,” “im
pudence,” “effrontery,” “shameless-faceds
ness,” etc., etc.; who, then, has exceeded
Barere and Alunchausen combined? If
he has told the truth, I accept infamy. If
he has told a falsehood he must take the
same penalty. AVill not a truth-loving
people say this is fair, equal and just?
Now, I stand before the public responsi
ble, on pain of infamy, to make good the
following statement of facts:
I was not only in Richmond during all
the time “the subject of the commission
and the appointment of the com
missioners was under consideration by
Mr. Davis,” but Air. Stephens knew I
was there, saw me almost daily, talked
with me, knew the interest I took in the
commission, and could not have forgot
ten these facts unless he has became im
becile indeed. I was at the man’s room
and told him that I should insist on his
appointment on the Peace Commission.
It was at my earnest instance that Mr.
Davis consented to his appointment, and
this was all done before Air. Hunter
notified him of Air. Davis’ desire to see
him at 12 o’clock m. on the 27th of Janua
ry. Still further, I had promised to go
to Georgia, on a special mission and at
Mr. Davis’ special request. For this
very mission Air. Davis deemed it impor
tant that I should know all about the
progress, prospects and results of the
commission.
The Commissioners left Richmond on
Sunday, the 29th of January, I remain
ed in Richmond, before leaving for Geor
gia, to ascertain if our Commissioners
would be received by the other side, and
at what place, and to confer with whom.
On Friday morning, the 3d of February,
Air. Davis received dispatches making
known that our Commissioners were
going to Hampton Roads, and not Wash
mgton, and that Messrs. Lincoln and
Seward would meet them. I spent
much of the morning of Friday the 3d,
with Air. Davis, and received from his
own lips all that I have stated in the
address, and much more preparatory to
leaving for Georgia. And then, with the
assurance from Air. Davis that he woold
himself send me a telegram to Macon
announcing the result of the Conference,
I took leave of him and came to Georgia,
and received the promised telegram on
my arrival at Alacon. The Conference,
in fact, took place on the 3d, and I heard
the result through the press before get
ting to Macon. Air Stephens had made more
boastful pretensions to aocuracy than any
public man in my knowledge. His flat
terers are all tutored like parrots to
them all off on the
He went
over his cotton, or that part which had
worms on it, twice, and saved it. Two
! persons can go over twenty-five acres a
; day. If the worms appeal’ again he will
again sweep them off.
Wrought
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and amelioration of the human race, none is entitled
to higher consideration than the renowned ftinedy—
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all irregularities of the womb vanish. It eures sup-
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never fails, as thousands of women will testify. It
cures whites. This valuable medicine is prepared and
sold by L- II. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga.
Price $1 50 per bottle. All respectable drug men
keep it.
Mu.
Tuskegee, Ala., 1803.
L. II. Bradfield—Sir: Please forward ns,
immediately, another supply of Buadfield’s Fe
male Regulator. We find it to be all that is claim
ed for it, and we have witnessed the most decided and
happy effects produced by it.
Very respectfully,
Hunter & Alexander.
We the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure in
commending to the trade, Dr. J. BradeikLD's Fe-
male Regulator—biiieving it to be a good a D ^ re *
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mends it.
W. A. Landsei.l. Atlanta. Ga.
Pemberton, Wilson, Taylor & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Redwine & Fox, Atlanta, Ga.
W. C. Lawshe, Atlanta, G.a.
W. Root & Son, Marietta, Ga.
$421,200
STATE OF GEORGIA-Tkoup Countt.
This is to certify that I have examined the recipe of
DR. J. BRADFIELD, of this couuty, and as a medi
cal man pronounce it to be a combination of medi
cines of great meiit in tlie treatment of all the dis
eases of females for which he recommends it. Tnis
December 21,1868.
WM. P. BEASELEY, M. D.
For sale in Milledgeville by
2,184,000 1 JOHN M. CLARK and B. R. HERTY, Drnggbts.
6,670,000 May 14, 1873.
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Total dividends,
Assessments December,
1865, to April, 1874,
1,240,000
$10,405,200
660,400
$9,744,800
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Sustain the Sinking System
The flashes of excitement produced by the stimulants
water—Claflin, the great dry .goods man, ! of ordinary use, are followed by a reaction that is al-
appears veiy lame still; Stewart has lost ; ways more or less injurious. Just as the darkness,
until it is rumored that his junior part
ners are financially wiped out. Places
illuminated for a moment by the lightning’s glare be
comes apparently blacker than ever after the flash is
ners are nnuncuuiy wiped out. maces , J ,, ,
like Tiffan’s and Ball & Black’s, where !over ' 80 tho me , n,al gi^m and physical deb,hty ti
only luxuries are sold, are let severely I ™ U,h temporary under ‘he influence of a dram, ^
turn with a ten-fold intensity*when the first transient
i /n ir l ■ i * • a m lliru nUU a tru-tuiu lutcuour^niicu *** • -
alone. Camel s hair shawls, jewelry Of i effect ceMes Yet physicians habitually prescribe the
every description, etc.* C&n be bud for H ' liquors of commerce for pstients suffering from boiiily
tithe of their cost. The hotels are losing weakness and mental despondency. The true remedy
when they should be reaping, and the in such cases is a pore stimulant medicated with the
Inhnrpr in “nfrikinrr ’’ vvVii 1 n flir.ro in nn finest tonics and alteratives which the vegetable kmg-
laborer is “striking,” while there is no
demand for his employment. On the
water we have steamship disaster quickly
succeeding disaster as the result of short
passenger lists and conseqnent negli
gence, and all the while the President is
repairing his palace by the sea, and Bab
cock is vindicated.
It is a mistake to expect to receive
welcome, hospitality, words of cheer and
help over ragged and difficult path in
life, in return for cold selfishness, which
cares for nothing in the world bat
self.
A Mississippi paper proposes this mot
to for the country:—
“Own and Eoouomy,
Hog and Honny.
finest tonics and alteratives which the vegetable
dom affords, and Hostetter’g Stomach Bitters is tue
only preparation at present known which meets the
emergency. The effect of Ibis popular restorative is
continuous. Each dose taken invigorates the vital eu-
ergies aid the brain, and its prolorged use wiil un
questionably cure any case of debility, hypochondria,
or mental torpidity that docs not arise from organic
causes beyond the reach of medicine. It « > u *
strictest sense of the word, an invigorating and B
lating cordial. If the nerves are tremulous, and ^re
latiug cordiaL It tne nerves are ,
laxeo, it relieve* them ; if the bowels are const p >
it relieves them; if the liver ia torpid, it P roir -?'';, “
tivity in that organ; if the mind is « 1 ‘'Y"/!| Yfti 0 n
' • “ “ie appetite is poor and <!«•*“>
tes a relish for tooo
away the clonds; if the appetite
a alow and painful operatior “ —
and enables the stomach
a slow and painful operation^it^tes ful
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aliment. Moreover, it is a apecific for “ • a 1 ^® r ” Ta i«„t
of ailmonU, some of which are particnla y F ex .
in the damp and chilly weather which we so le men .
perience in mid winter. Among these
honed rheumatism, chills and fever and all m
condition*ofthodigeetiveand*€fretiveorga°f nd
iodaoed by sodden ehaages of temperature a
of the sense*.