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Wednesday, September 3, 1874.
Democratic C.sgreui.nal Nomioatioa*.
2nd Di.t.—Hon. W. E. SMITH of Dougherty.
5th Dist.—Hon. M. A. CANDLER of DeKalb.
-«th Dist-Hon. JAS. H BLOUNT of Bibb.
SKh Diet.—Hon- GARNETT McMILLAN ol Ilaber-
Bhatn.
The Dnty of the Bay.
There are few men of mature age in
Georgia who can be slow in appreciating
from practical experience the importance
Of military ability in a Commander-in-chief
as an element of success in the active
operations of war. The school in which
this severe lesson has been taught was
that sternest yet best of all schools, expe
rience.
The lesson is not less important in civil
than in military matters. There are
crises in the history of every common
wealth when a political victory is as much
to be valued as a battle gained. We are
entering on one of these crises, now, in
the State of Georgia.
We assert that the return of the Capi
tal to Milledgeville, or at least its remov
al from Atlanta, is vitally essential to
pure and impartial legislation in Georgia.
Recent exhibitions of the tremendous
Bond-Ring influence brought to bear on
legislators of the “weaker vessel” species,
and a few others of less integrity still;
the indorsement of Kimball and his prac
tices by the ‘Atlantese’, and the fact that
Kimball represents thu interests of these
shameless bond-holders of unlawfully en
dorsed securities, and many other indi
cations, are all warnings of the danger
of the success of tho “Atlanta Ring” in
fastening this heavy debt of many mil
lions of dollars on the necks of the pres
ent and future generations of Georgians.
At the recent session these influences
were abundantly illustrated. All efforts
to call a Convention to revise the present
Constitution-' Radical manufacture ut-
tvriVflese tine s .<} Atlanta-Ring influence,
ed remind u» that thi the seat of Gov-
ciuent sern'ons of the , I3 jL* avor - 0 . P a y~
Talmago of Midwav nuIflTons 0 f nlegal
«.ught t» be p,A 6 venough to defeat the
wisdnu to ^ rar y to the wishes of four-
to hire people themselves.
iprpia of the honest and pru-
'of Georgia to defeat this |cor-
is at hand now A new legis-
n cl. Let the people choose
[-y ablest, best and most experienc-
hat a v county tho selection of a
'as a*y.t) assumes a higher impor-
. - ei'cwhere. All of the friends
• oi.irn of the Capital hither will look
dership in the movement to the
plv i from Baldwin county. Let us
careful to select our very ablest and
■>t man. Let us not be misunderstood;
e are not advocating the cause of any par
ticular individual; but we are presenting
an idea which should guide us in the se
lection of a member. Both parties, and
all shades and colors of complexion, are
doubly interested in this matter, first on
account of the purity and economy of the
State Government to be gained, and
secondly for the reason of the local bene
fits to be experienced. All personal con
siderations should be laid aside, and the
ablest man selected. Jf any personal ob
jections to the man be entertained by our
citizens, they should be sacrificed. By
electing him our Representative we are
not doing /dm a favor. We are merely
■electing our best workman to do a good
job, as we should employ the best mechan
ic or laborer, no matter whether wo like
him personally or not. We seek to do
ourselves, not the member, a favor; and if
he is a man worth electing on account of
his ability, his skill and tact, his readiness
as a debater, his incorruptibility and his
familiarity with the workings of legisla
tive bodies, we may be sure that he is no
seeker after the office. If such a man be
found and sent to the legislature, we may
be 6nre he will be one who will lay aside
more remunerative employments to be
come a law maker. The duty of the day
in Baldwin county is to select such a
Representative, if such is to bo found in
our county—a man competent to become
a leader in the legislature—and we may
then expect that steps will be taken which
shall secure the return of the seat of
Government hither, the return to pure
and economical legislation, the down fall
of Kimballism, and tho Constitutional
and final rejection of the corrupt Bul
lock bonds now threatening to burden
ourselves and our children with fraudu
lent indebtedness.
Honest Abrams-
With the appearance of Alex. St Clair
Abrams, a new era has arisen in Atlanta
journalism. Hitherto the accomplished
editors of that Tom Thumb Babylon
have found abundant occupation in
squeezing from “hard-bound brains,”
daily linos eulogistic of her wondrous
growth, defending her from attack, and
sedulously screening from the public gaze
all such scenes as might do her .injury-
But the independent editor of the News
blabs Atlanta’s most dangerous and pre
cious secrets. Tried by the standard of
his local cotemporaries, he is singularly
indiscreet, but the verdict of the people
is that he deserves our thanks, if we may
depend npon the truth of his revelations.
He has declared against Kimball, the
Great Developer, (we use kid glove terms)
and has revealed some of his grossest
iniquities.
This required no inconsiderable degree
of courage. Kimball is banqueted and
backed by the elite of Atlanta—the circle
•of which Mi*. Abrams is the pride and
delight—not without a rival, however, in
the witty Grady of Hibernian descent
What devotee of fashion does not know
the anguish of the position in which this
patriot has put himself by his warfare
against Kimball 1 To be tabooed—and
whom ? The virtue and honesty of
Atlanta. We hope Mr. Abrams will con
tinue his good work no matter how pain-
fill the task. If he should at last sink un
der the accumulated persecutions of
these worshippers of Kimball, we promise
him that he shall be canonized as a Saint.
What does he tell us? That Kimball
and his Atlanta coterie are organizing a
party in order to defeat the proposed
amendment to the Constitution,jdeolaring
{he fraudulent bonds shall not be paid;
and that sometime during the past Spring
A secret session of these worthies, includ
ing others from distant parts of the State
wufc held within the sacred precinct* of
Atlanta, to devise plana to carry oat their
Intention. Now is it not strange that,
with a knowledge of these facts, those
citizens of Atlanta who dress in purple
and fine linen, fare sumptuously every
walk delicately like Agag, keep dean
hands and dean faces, and who would
have ns believe that they, night and ■earn
ing, offer up David s prayer, “Oh! God
make clean our hearts,” should eounte
nance and support this “oommon robber
and oppressor of all"—this man, at whose
instance these fraudulent bonds were is
sued- and who is now B eking to fasten
the harden of their payment npon the
tax payers of Georgia? Yet snch is the
unwelcome fact.
Daring the impeachment of Warren
Hastings, his council taunted Mr. Burke
and the other managers, by saying that
in spite of their fierce denunciations, Has
tings was an object of love rather than of
hatred to the inhabitants of India, for
they had erected a temple to him at
Benares. Burke’s reply was admirable.
He said he saw no reason for astonish
ment in the incident that had been repre*
sen ted as so striking. He knew some
thing of the mythology of the Brahmins;
that as they worshipped some gods from
love,so they worshipped othero from fear;
that they erected shrines not only to the
benignant deites of light and plenty, bat
alTO to the fiends who preside over
small pox, murder and robbery; and that
he did not at all dispute the claims of
Mr. Hastings, to be admitted into such
a Pantheon. Strange as it may seem,
Mr. Kimball may take place either among
those gods who are worshipped from
love, or those who are worshipped from
fear and hatred. By the people of Atlanta,
he is regarded as the God of light and
plenty, for out of his horn of abundance
filled from the public treasury, he has
ponred npon them the richest benefits; but
by the honest tax-paying masses of Geor
gia, outside of Atlanta, he is looked upon
as the God who presides over oppression
and robbery.
Whitewashing.
We append the whitewashing Report
of the Committee selected by Beecher to
make pretence of investigating the charges
prepared against him by Theodore
Tilton. No one expected any other re
sult; but in spite of this Committee’s
efforts, enough has been brought out to
expose the utter unworthioess of Beech
er to fill a Christian pulpit. Such is the
popular verdict. We regret Mr. Beecher’s
sin leading to his downfall; but being
sinful, it is far better that he has been
exposed than that he should have glided
on through life a successful and danger
ous hypocrite.
The Committee’s Report.
New York, August 28.—The Beecher
investigating committee have submitted
their report. They conclude: 1st. That
Beecher did not commit adultery with
Mrs. Tilton at any time or place whatever.
2d. That Beecher has never committed
any unchaste or improper act with Mrs,
Tilton, nor made any unchaste or improp
er remark, proffer or solicitation to her of
of any kind or description whatever. 3d.
If this were a question of errors of judg
ment on the part of Mr. Beecher it would
be easy to criticise, especially in the light
of recent events. In such criticism, even
to the extent of regrets and censure, we
are sure no man would join more sincere
ly than Mr. Beecher himself. 4th. We find
nothing whatever in the evidence that
should impair the perfect confidence of
the Plymouth Church or the world in the
Christian character and integrity of Henry
Ward Beecher, and now let the^peace of
God that passetli all understanding, rest
and abide with Plymouth Church and
her beloved and eminent pastor so much
and so long afflicted.
[Signed] Henry W. Sage,
Augustus Stores,
Henry M Cleveland,
Horace B. Clavlin,
John Winslow,
S. V. White.
Political Hews.
Messrs. J. L. Culver and J. R. Billion
have beer, nominated for the Legislature
in Hancock county.
Mr L. M. Felton of Macon county, has
been nominated for the Senate by the
Thirteenth District.
BUT J. C. Freeman, Radical nominee
for Congress in the Fifth District, pub
lishes a card withdrawing from the con
test.
Flight of a Clerical “Nest Hides.”—
Public indignation against Rev. J. Glen-
denning, the alleged seducer of Miss
Mary E. Pomeroy, of Jersey City, has
increased to such a degree that vigilance
committees are looking for him, and he
has fled to escape falling into their hands.
The death of the unfortunate girl and her
dying protestations, implications of Glen-
denning, convinced the public of his guilt
although other proofs are being discover
ed. It has been found that lie visited
New York and engaged rooms at a lying-
in hospital for a lady, whom he said was
in-trouble, and who could have been none
other but Miss Pomeroy. The child that
was bom priorr to her death is so sickly
that it is not expected to live. Glenden-
ning still protests his innocence, and has
demanded an investigation of the charges
on the part of his Presbytery, which
meets in October.
AN HISTORICAL REMINISCENCE
me Real Aatkor ef “Old Rossom, the
Bean.”
Noticing in the Columbus Sun-Enquirer
a few days ago an article from Major
Calhoun in which allusion is made to Col.
W. H. Sparks, of New Orleans, now in
thin city, as the original author of this
well known and popular old song, I called
his attention to it.—The following letter
is in reply to my enquiry. CoL Sparks
is perhaps as well if not better know in
the South than any other man of the old
regime of aristocracy and wealth for which
the great Southwest became bo famous
anterior to the war. He is the author
ol a highly interesting book entitled
“Memories of Fifty Years."
The Col. is now over seventy-five years
of age, bat still retains his health, con
stitutional vigor and great mental strength
to a remarkable degree. He numbered
as his personal associates and companions
of the long ago such great personages as
Daniel Webster, Calhoun, Gen. Jackson,
John Bell, Slidell, and most of the states
men of note who flourished in those
times. In conversational powers the Col.
is unsurpassed, and his familiarity and ac
quaintance with all the prominent
men and public incidents of a half cen
tury back makes his society really charm
ing. He, together with his excellent and
talented lady, have been spending the
Summer at the Kimball House, and the
two have been the centre of great attrac
tion for the number of intelligent guests
who daily throng its parlors. But I give
you Col. Sparks’ own words, together
with the original “Rossum the Bean.”
Atlanta, Ga,, August 21, 1874.
Mr. W. II. Moore:
Mr Dsab Sir; I am obliged to yon for
the little paragraph from the Columbus
paper ascribing to me the authorship ol
this Bong, once so popular throughout
the country.
It is very true, I wrote the lines I send
you, and they are the first that were ever
song to the air, which became famous.
I will give you a brief history of the
writing, and of the man who inspired
them. When I first went to the West,
in 1826,1 was sometime in selecting a
domicil. Why—it is not necessary for
me to state, as the reason and causes for
the delay will form a theme for a chapter
in the second volume of the “Memories
of Fifty Years.”
Finally I located in Mississippi and
commenced the practice of law. It was in
the midst of the noblest race of people
I have ever known. Amongst these were
two equally remarkable, but very unlike
One was a school master, who was quite
old, and who had been teaching in that
neighborhood over forty years. His name
was James Rossum. He was peculiar in
his habits. On Monday morning, neatly
dressed and cleanly shaven, he went to
his duties in the old school house, where
two thirds of his life had been spent, and
assiduously devoted himself to the duties
of his vocation until Friday evening. On
the morning of Saturday he arrayed him
self in his best and devoted the day in
visiting the ladies of the neighborhood.
He was a welcome guest at every house.
This habit had continued so long that he
had acquired the sobriquet of “Rossum,
the Beau.” The other’s name was Cox,
who was a rollicking, good fellow and the
best vocalist I ever knew. He was in
song what Prentiss was in oratory, and
they were boon companions—both died
young.
Cox was frequently at my office, and
upon one occasion while he was there
Rossum walked by the door, and his age
was apparent in his walk. Cox looked
at him, and, after a pause, turned to me
and remarked in quite a feeling tone,
which he could assume at pleasure, and
its eloquence was indescribable: “Poor
old Rossum! some of these sunny mor
nings he will be found dead, when he
shall have a noble funeral, and all the la
dies will honor it with being present, I
know.”
Soon after he left the -office, arul be
ing in the humor, I seized the ideas and
wrote the following doggerel lines. Soon
after, Cox returned, and I handed them
to him. He got up, walked and hummed
different airs, until he fell upon tho old
Methodist hymn tune, in which they have
ever since been sung
From the Atlanta Mam, 28tb,
Mr. Stephans’ Retirement from
Public life.
It mast be as gratifying to Hon. Alex.
H. Stephens as it is to his numerous
friends, scattered throughout the coun
try, to know thathis retirement from pub
lic life is regretted everywhere. The una
nimity with which his constituents have
indorsed him, and the affectionate lan
guage they have used in their expressions
of sorrow at his withdrawal from the po- As will be seen from our telegrams,
litical arena, are alike evidences of their the General was too unwell to Bpeak. Our
confidence in his public character and
their appreciation of him as a private cit
izen.
Nor has the homage paid to Mr. Ste
phens’ talents and private character been
undeserved. We do not know of any
public man who has served Geoagia with
more unselfish devotion to her interests,
or with higher or purer motives. Not
always agreeing with Mr. Stephens, we
have nevertheless, even when differing
from his views, been compelled to res
pect them. Indeed, the bitterest enemy
he ever had has never ventured to impugn
his motives, or to accuse him of having
been actuated by an unworthy considera
tion in any act of his.
In the close of his public life Mr. Ste
phens is singularly fortunate. Possessed
of a larger circle of friends than ever be
fore; with a greater share of public con
fidence reposed in him than he has en
joyed at any time in his career, he can
look back with satisfaction upon his thir
ty-odd years’ active participating in the
political affairs of Georgia. We feel cer
tain that while he will no more seek the
suffrages of the people, his interest in
their social and political welfare will never
abate, but that so long as his wonderful
intellect remains unimpaired he will de
vote it to the advancement of the pros
perity of the p mle he has served so
well.
We rejoice at — •' 'tributes ol respect,
confidence and auction which are pour
ing in upon Mr. Stephens from all parts
of his district. They are so many evi
dences of unshaken faith in him, and
must r nder him conscious of the esti
mate placed upon his public services.
Fully, indeed, has he realized the utmost
that any public man can aspire to, beyond
that ambition which seeks a perpetuation
of his name and deeds when he is no
more. But the reward in this life—the
hearty, earnest, “well done, good and
faithful servant”—is obtained by but
few, and it will be the brightest memory
in Mr. Stephens’ declining years that
he obtained it spontaneously, ungrudg
ingly, and with heartfelt sincerity.
How to Hill Off Presidential Aspix
rants.
Only six of the presidents of theUnited
States ever had seats in the cabinet, name
ly, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Mar
tin Van Buren, and James Buchanan; and
all those six held the office of secretary
of state. Mr. Monroe was the only one
of the number who ever held any cabinet
office, he being secretary of war in 1814-
15, because there was little or nothing
for him to do in the state department,
and it was necessary to kill off General
John Armstrong, not because lie had
been at the head of the war department
at the time the British took possession of
the village of Washington, bnt because
he, being a New Yorker, had presidential
pretentions, that were working against
Mr. Monroe’s “claims” to “the succes
sion." Mr. Crawford, who was, first, sec
retai-y of war, and then secretary of the
treasury, could not get a presidential
nomination in 1816, nor a presidential
election in 1824—25. Henry Clay went
into the state department, and there
smothered himself, or rather his presiden
tial hopes. Mr. Calhoun was the beet
secretary of war that the country ever
had, and later he was secretary of state;
bnt he never could get into the presiden
cy, though he longed for it most arden
tly, and sought it as eagerly as it was
sought by Mr. Clay. Mr. Webster went
into the cabinet twice, in the hope of
passing thence to the presidential chair,
but failed on both occasions. How com
pletely poor old Cass expended himself,
we all know,—and yet he made a very
good secretary of war, and a tolerably
respectable secretary of state, considering
Louis McLana, of Delaware, who was.
We predicted three months ago that
the Bond Ring would endeavor to divide
the Democrats of North Georgia in order
to secure men unprincipled and dishonest
enough to vote againt the pending Con
stitutional amendment. Our prediction
is about to be fulfilled. In Gordon coun
ty it has been found impossible to hold a
nominating convention, and there will be
seven candidates for the Legislature—six
Democrats and one Radical. Somewhere
in this unhappy leaven is hidden a pack
age of bribe money. At this juncture
no man whose motives are pure will jeo
pard the success of the Democratic party
by running as an “independent” candis
date—and this especially applies to those
who aspire to seats in the next General
Assembly.—Savannah News.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
is said to be about to establish on thei
vessels a grade of cadets analogous to
that of midshipman to the navy. Ap
plicants will be required to engage for
three years’ service w ith the company and
during that time will bo instructed in
snch commercial and nautical knowledge
as the chief officers of a ship are required
to have. They will be well treated, work
with the sailors, but will have separate
quarters and mess with the officers. From
these midshipmen the officers of the com
pany’s fleet will be recruited, promotion
being based on the experience they may
have gained in this branch of the mer-
chantile service and their abilities as sea
men and navigators.
Hon. Marshall Jewell, late Minister to
Russia, and the recently appointed suc
cessor to Mr. Cresswell, as Postmaster
General, has gone to Washington to en
ter upon the duties of his office. In con
nection with this event, the following
statistics may be interesting: In the de
cade from 1864 to 1874, the number of
letters transmitted by the United States
mails, has increased from 335,000,000 in
1864, to 900,000,000 in 1874—a greater
increase than has ever taken place in any
country daring the same fcvigih of time.
In the first five years of toe decade, the
rate of increase was 50 per cent, and for
the last five years it was 80 per cent—
The cost of handling 502,000,000 letters
in 1861, was $33,698,000, and the cost of
900,000,000 for toe year ending June 30,
1874, was about $34,000,000. This shows
that an increase of 80 per cent in the
amount of business has increased the ex
penditures of toe department 44 per ct
In 1868, the annual deficit was $6,437,-
000; in 1873, it was $6,180,000.
“William B. Astor is over eighty, and
old age is telling on him pretty rapidly.
He will leave a little matter of seventy
I have always considered Cox moreen- successively " secretary of the treasury
titled to the authorship of the song than ^ secretary of state, had presidential
r ° aspirations but never could get any sups
port. Judge Woodbury, who had been
secretary of the navy and secretary of the
treasury, probably would have been made
president in 1852—53, but that death
cut short a most promising career. Chief
Justice Chase, who lias half crazy for the
presidency, and never got it, had been
secretary of the treasury. Secretary of
War Stantonjiad presidential prospects,
bnt he died before they could ripen, if
they had a ripening capacity. So it
would seem to be the part of prudence in
politicians to keep out of the cabinet, if
they expect to get into the white house,
—and what American does not expect to
reside in that uneligible mansion, or is
not expected to reside in it by his mother
or his wife, his sister or his cousin, his
daughter or his aunt, his sweet-heart or
his grandmother?
myself.
Hundreds of lines have been written
to tho air, by a3 many persons, and almost
as many have claimed the authorship of
the lines; but this is of no moment. I
claim no merit for my lines, but every
thing for Cox’s singing tlftm. I have
seen him draw tears from the eyes of old
and young, with the feeling he threw into
toe song:
Now, noon on some soft, snuny morning.
Tiie fiist thing my neighbors shall know,
Their ears shall be met with the warning—
Come bury old Rossum, the beau.
My friend* then so neatly shall dress me
In linen, as white as the snow—
And in my new coffin shall press me,
And whisper; Poor Rossum. the beau.
And when I’m to be buried, I reckon.
The ladies will all like to go ;
Let them form at the foot of my c' ffin,
And follow old Rossum, the beau.
e to
And let them all staggering go:
And digs deep bole in the meadow,
And in it toss Rossum, the beau.
Then shape oat a couple of domicka,
Place one at the head and the toe;
And do not fail to scratoh on it—
Hera Haa old Romnm,the beau.
Then take yon tbeae dozen good fellows,
And stand them all round in a row;
And drink ont of a big-bellied bottle
Farewell to old Rossum the bean 1
W. II. Sparks.
Many years ago there lived in this city,
a sportsman familiarly known as “Beau”
Wilson, who at that time held on undis
puted claim, so far as we knew, to the
authorship of “Old Rossum, toe Bean.”
Old “Beau” had something of toe gen
uine poet about him. Some of his pieces
were framed and hung in the saloons of
this city. He will be remembered by
many of our citizens, members of the
legislature and visitors to Milledgeville,
a quarter of a century ago, who will be
sorry to see this wreath torn from around
his name. He, no doubt, was the author
of the verses familiar to our boyhood,
which, with toe above statement before
ub, we suppose were only a parody on the
original.
■—iaa^-
(tenoral Hancock.
The Norristown (Pennsylvania) Herald
says Gen. W. S. Hancock spent several
days last week in visiting his friends in
Norristown and its vicinity, and that,
while in conversation with some of our
citizens, he intimated that he was an as
pirant for the highest political honors,
and that his name would be offered as a
candidate for the Presidency in the next
campaign. He stated that there would
be a number of candidates brought for
ward; but there were certain considera
tions which he thought entitled him to
party favors.
Coming Fall Trade.
A New York dispatch of the 24th says,
“The belief seems universal, that Septem
ber and October will bring a brisk busi
ness from the beat firms of the West and
South, with a good prospect of prompt
payment”
The indications for a good business
were never better in the South. With
excellent provision and a fair cotton crop
the lamer will be all right and the mer
chant will have a fine business if he is
equal to the oocaaion.
While toe Tafbotton negroes were in
dulging in one of those remarkable warm
religious revivals which only toe colored
people can kindle, toe bottom of toe
Chinch dropped out There was a sud
den lull in the proceedings and then a
Mild acauUe fix thfl upper p r
Rea. Vcwibi for
The Herald despatched on Sunday a
reporter to Crawfordville to report the
speech of Gen. Toombs. It was believed
that this speech would be especially im»
portant, as Gen. Toombs would probably
declare himself npon the question of run
ning for the Governorship, and announce,
if he had concluded to ran, the platform
of his candidacy.
As will be seen from our teli
reporter, however, announces quite posi
tively that he will be a candidate for Gov
ernor, and it is likely that he will make
his promised speech before many days.
Our reporter will probably have an inter
view to report at an early mail—Atlanta
Herald.
The following is what the Herald re
porter says from Crawfordville:
Gen. Toombs will be a candidate for
Governor at the next election, and the
people here are very enthusiastic in his
behalf. He has never been beat in a
popular race, and will be hard to turn
down this time, if he can be turned down
at all.
Sensible Advice.
Olive Logan in her Parisian letters,
speaking of the women in the French
capital, says that the great mass of them,
as is the case everywhere, are poor, and
mast work for their living. They have
no time to sit down and give themselves
up to the luxury of idle sadness. Their
work is in demand, and they need its
proceeds. And oh! what a lesson it is to
whomsoever chooses to study it, to see
these nimble fingers flying in agreeable
and thoroughly learned work! to hear
not one sound of that incessant whine
which rises till it becomes a groan from
the lips of women all over our country,
“How am I to get a living?” There is
bnt one answer to this question, and that
is just the answer most of our women will
not accept—“Work for it; learn some
thing thoroughly, perform it faithfully,
and you will be paid for it fairly.” Pride
and laziness have much to do with the
non-solution of the woman question in
America. What do you think of a charm
ing young girl who comes to my rooms
from some remote suburb where she fives,
rerre War.
Ilia naaiaaa to shut our eyae to Re
foot that we have before us a gnat deal of
trouble; and how to avoid as muck as
ible of it, is the question that, doubt-
is puzzling toe minds ot our best
and most discreet citizens. The negro
war has already opened is Mississippi,
Sonth Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky.
These outbreaks, of course, will be con
fined principally to the black or negro
belts of the country, where the negroes,
being in the majority, will be incited to
riot and bloodshed through toe agency of
bad white men.
We expect soon to have the war opened
in Georgia. Before this political cam
paign is ended, we expect to see the war
of races inaugurated in the lower tiers of
counties in this State. We expeet it to
break out in the Second Congressional
District first, under the influence of that
bad man, Dick Whiteley, the Radical can
didate for Congress. In that event, we
agree with the Albany News, let
the Whiteleya be quickly dispatched
and save all toe negroes possible.
We shall have no trouble with the col
ored race, except through the agency and !• harmless,
influence of bad white men in the Radical !• no dras,ic violent medicine,
party. These men should be watched
closely in all their movements. They
have no object in view, they have no am
bition in fife, but to stir up trouble,'where
by they may rise to the surface and slide
into office and plunder. If they can get
up trouble and lay the responsibility of it
at the doors of the white people, and
thereby secure Federal interference in
the domestic affairs of the State, they
will have accomplished the base and ig
noble ends for which they have aligned
themselves in party fine with the negroes.
That will secure them office, and office
and plunder are what they seek, end to
secure it they are prepared to get it by
bloodshed, rapine, disorder and robbery
of the white people.
What we have to say in this respect,
is to repeat what we have said before.
Let the white people give no occasion by
any act of theirs for a collision with the
negroes. Let us resort to all the means
of peace to maintain friendly relations
with the negroes—giving no excuse for
any disorder or misunderstanding be
tween the races , so that when we have
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opera are in full swing, she saves money
Lawless Conduct in Tennessee—He\
gToes Killed.
Nashville, August 26—A number of
—not that she charges more, bnt that her negroes at a picnic six miles from Hum-
time is more fully occupied. Now what boldt threatened riot last Saturday and
but pride or laziness, or both, is to pre- Sunday, on account of some supposed
vent any one, or one hundred, of the girls wrong done them, and manifested
who are clamoring for some way to be strong desire to kill two or three citizens
open for them by which to earn a living, and fire and sack the town. Yesterday
from learning this trade, and practising sixteen of the ringleaders were arrested
it in our cities? and taken to Trenton and placed in jail
The Paris coiffe use is really ambitions for safe keeping.
in her business; she desires that I shall
be thoroughly pleased with her hair
dressing. She wishes to get the patron-
About one o’clock this morning be
tween seventy-five and one hundred
masked men entered the town, and riding
age of a large number of ladies. Her up to the jail, demanded and compelled
(bream for the future is a nice shop, in the Sheriff to deliver np toe keys thereof,
which she shall reign as queen, sitting be- They then took the sixteen negroes from
hind her elegant counter, on which an 1 the prison, and after killing four and
odorous boquet stands, with her ponder- 1 mortally wounding three, on the confines
ous ledger open before her, on whose j of the town, rode off with the remaining
great leaves she is inscribing a host of , nine and are supposed to have killed
names, which means for her just so many j them.
Georgia News*
The Milledgeville Union says we are
too sangnine when we say the holders of
the bogus bonds are badly whipped. Per
haps. Batons thing is certain; if the
man who votes against the pending con
stitutional amendments is thrown down
and searched, as he deserves to be, the
price of his vote will be found in bis pock
et. Few Georgians, except professional
politicians, will dare to record their votes
in favor of the payment of tho fraudulent
bonds. The money influence would be
too apparent—Savannah News.
Marion Oates, the young man who was
so seriously wounded at Athens two
months ago, by an accidental discharge
of a pistol, died a few days ago.
The cotton crop in the vicinity of Fort
Valley will, it is said, be cut off at least
one third by the drought The Athens
Watchman repeats the same doleful story
for that section.
The Lumpkin Independent says the
problem of the hour down there is “some
thing to eat” Bacon and lard have bal
looned ont of sight, garden “track" and
potatoes have been rained by the drouth,
and digging for ground hogs seems the
only resource. The editor of the Inde
pendent proposes to make up a party for
that purpose.
The Savannah News says; “The en
dorsement of Kimball by the politicians
and other influential citizens of Atlanta,
is nuts for the capital movers. Honest
men outside of Atlanta think the seat of
government shonld be removed far away
from the influence of those who endorse
a thief.
Messrs. F. D. Dismuke, E. W. Beck
and E. P. Spear have been appointed re
ceivers to sell the Griffin, Monticello and
Madison road in order to pay its debts.
Mr. Joseph P. Smith, of Thomasville,
who was nominated by the Radicals for
the State Senate, declines to run. He
says he is opposed to the civil rights bill
and opposed to paying Bollock’s bogus
bonds. In that case there is everything
to prevent Mr. Smith from affiliating with
the Radicals.
An Augusta negro, not content with
playing the part of Beecher, polled ont
his barlow knife and carved np the ebony
Tilton of the affiur.
Mr- J. M. Mathews, candidate for the
Legislature from Talbot county, an
nounces his opposition to the bogus
bonds.
We are glad to learn that the rowing
machine agents of Atlanta are sewing each
other for fibeL
Berrien county has 7,049 acres in com
and 3,524 in ootton.
heads to be dressed and so many francs
to be earned. If she marries, she will
marry for love’s sake. Being entirely self-
reliant and self supporting, she is in no
way fial >le to contract a marriage for the
mere cnance of getting her board and
lodging paid thereby; a fatal error this,
into which hundreds of our young girls
fall. Without perhaps fully confessing
it even to herself, many a girl has seen
in the acceptance of an offer of marriage
of some suitor to whom she was indiffer
ent, if not worse than indifferent, the
means of escape from a humiliating fife
of dependence on others who are perhaps
weary of the burden. Ignoring the home
ly truth which shows that hot as the fry
ing-pan is, the fire is still hotter, she cuts
loose from bonds which may chafe her
body, to leash herself with thongs which
possibly may cut into her very soul.
Judge Reese, Democratic candidate for
the Senato in the Wilkes district, made a
speech at Crawfordville last week, daring
which he took occasion to refer to the
great importance of sending toe very test
men in the Statute the Legislature, and
particularly at this juncture. We quote
a portion of his remarks, with onr hearty
endorsement:
“But it is the members of your Legis
lature who make the laws by which you
and your interest in fife are daily affect
ed. It is the law-making power which
protects you by day and by night—which
gives you a sense of security while fife
lasts, and comforts yon in death, with the
assurance that the provisions of your
will, for the distribution of your proper
ty shall be faithfully carried out It pro
tects your wife while you are gone, and
provides guardians for your minor chil
dren, and saves your property for their
benefit These are the land of laws en
acted by our legislators. It is the exer
cise of a power vastly more important
than nine-tenths of the acts of Congress.
Shall we intrust these great and impor-
hands ? And the importance of lookini
well to the men you select for this work
is illustrated, when you think of the un
exampled amount of power of this kind
confined to a Senator. The man you send
to the Senate is one of only forty-four
persons, who have thiB vast power, so
directly affecting your interests and your
fives confided to them. This is a very
large share of the sovereign power of the
State, which is conferred on one man.
See to it, that he is in every instance,
honest, capable and faithful. I wish onr
test men could be prevailed npon to go
to the Legislature, and that onr people
would rise np in their majesty and send
them there. I want to see such great
talents and virtues as are possessed by
Mr. Stephens, Gen. Toombs, Mr. Jenkins
and Judge Benning, in the Georgia Leg
islature, and the people ought to send
them there—taking no denial, and refus
ing the importunities of the great swarm
of men who are not well qualified. The
Legislature is the point to which all
thoughtful, patriotic men shonld turn
their attention and see that toe best men
in Georgia are sent there. There is now
more at'stake right there, than anywhere
else. The raiders are coming upon ns.
They are coming in swarms from Ger
many and France (I mean toe foreign
bondholders) and from toe North They
are not going to give np their claims up
on ns lor eight millions of dollars', with
out a straggle. Everything that can be
done by fur means or foul, by fraud, by
intimidation, bribery, deceit or any
scheme ortrick or villainy, will be resort
ed to, and it is your duty to have men in
the Legislature who are absolutely in
corruptible—who are made of the stern
est staff—who know yonr rights sod their
~ dare to stand by and
Nothing has been heard of the party
since they left Considerable excitement
exists among the negroes, and the whites
are taking steps to defend themselves in
case of an outbreak.
The Atlanta Herald has the following
“history" of the recent appointment of
Dr. Thos Janes, of Greene county, as
Commissioner of Agriculture :
The Governor, after months of delib
eration and correspondence, has at last
felt himself free to make an appointment
of Commissioner of Agriculture of Geor
gia. Early in the year his Excellency
placed himself in communication with
Professor Le Conte, of California, and
did his test to recall and reclaim this
splendid man of science and secure his
services for his native State in the geo
logical department of this bureau This
of itself delayed the appointment of toe
commissioner some months, and it has
only teen in the last two weeks that Gov
ernor Smith has been able to fill the place
of Geologist. This he has done by offer
ing the appointment to Professor Little,
of Mississippi, a gentleman of wide and
decided reputation. Captain T. G. Holt,
of Macon, one of the prominent yonng
agriculturist of the State and the rising
man among the farmers, and the Rev. C.
W. Howard, who possessed high qualifi
cations for the post of Agricultural Com
missioner, withdrew their application for
toe important place. The position was
then offered to Dr. Thomas Janes, of
Green county who will in all probability
accept the place.
The Atlanta Herald thinks the next
race for “the Governorship in this State
will be one of the severest and sharpest
ever made in this State. Onr reporter
informs ns this morning that General
Toombs will sorely be a candidate. This
information, from General Toombs’ own
bps, is the first official news that the peo
ple have yet had of this fact. It is hard
ly less certain that General A. H. Col-
, . , - . qnitt’s friends will bring him forward with
taut powers to feeble or untrustworthy ^ uch warrath ** he Cannot refuse the
duty, and who will
maintain them at all hazards sod to
last extremity. ’ (Immense applause)
the
A Good Nomination.—All things bong
equal, we always prefer to confer honors
upon the brave men who did their dnty
in the Confederate army. Such will do
their duty in office. They deserve the
confidence and support of
people over all ol
Smith, the man who is to V*
ior Congress, is forty-fbur
is a lawyer, was a member
erate Congress, folio
through his great campaigns,
leg npon
tiefirids.
one of Virginia s Moodiest bat-
use of his name. Hon. John H. James
has many friends who will insist npon his
running, and it is very probable that he
will go in to win. Hon. Thomas Harde
man has already declared that he will be
a candidate, and his admirers are even
now actively working throughout the
State. With these four men in the field
it reqires no skill to fortell the fierceness
of the straggle.”
An Unwholesome Season.
The closing days of winter and the
early days of spring are very trying to
the feeble and sensitive and are apt to affect
unpleasantly even the more robust and
vigorous. Nothing can be more uncon
genial to the nerves or more depressing
to the spirits than damp, chilling winds,
fogs ana cold rains, and of such unwel
come visitors we have a superabundance
at this season. Common prudence sug
gests, therefore, the propriety of fortify
ing toe system against these insidious
enemies of health and comfort, and toe
experience of more than a quarter of a
century points to Hostetter’s Stomach
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Some of the negro representatives in
the South Carolina Legislature manifest
singular conscientiousness abont toe
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gro preacher, a member of that body,
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