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THE l\IO\ & RECORDER.
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‘Southern Recorder" and
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‘Federal Union'
2VTIZ.I.ED SEVILLE, OA:
Tuesday, January 12, 187S.
\
airau an* Sheridan.
Work far the Georgia Legislature.
Besides tho common routine of busi
ness which occupies a considerable part without his
of the time of every legislature, the 1 it.
We have alluded to the curious fact
ihat the President should select the se
cond, instead of the first, officer of the
army to send to New Orleans The fact
is made more singular still by the defini
tion of the task which Sheridan is sent
to perform. “He does not go,” the Chi
cago dispatch sr.ys, “in obedience to any
lirect orders, but in compliance with the
personal request of the President, who
lesires to have some one at that point
in whom be had implicit confidence, and
of such rank that in case of emergency
ho can act without special orders frpm
Washington.” The officer here indicated
ought to be the General of the army, he
is the person in whom the President
ought to have implicit confidence, and he,
too occupies the rank that ought to au
thorize him to act in case of an emer
gency, without special orders from Wash
ington. But in fact Sherman is not the
man, it is * his first lieutenant, who is
sent on the delicate and difficult mission
chief being apprised of
The State Agricultural Society.
The Macon Telegraph and Messengci
says: The next semi-annual conventior
of the Georgia State Agricultural Soeie
ty will be held ia Thomasville, common
cing on the 9th of February. For tin
information of county and neighboring
clube and societies, and ail other parties
interested, we print 8uch portions of the
circular that has been sent out by Mr
Malcolm Johnston as will be of service in
giving information:
Wo would hereby announce that the
next semi-annual convention of the State
Agricultural Society will be held in the
town of Thomasville on the second Tues
day in February (ninth day), 1875.
2. We hope, through the continued
liberality of the railroad companies to
obtain transportation for the members
as heretofore, free both ways.
3. The State Society mokes the follow
ing requirements of the subordinate so
cieties in reference to the admission of
delegates, as set forth in Article III of
the constitution:
Wbat the Tost says of the Proposed
Mteetiag.
The Evening Post says tha interest on
the subject of tho proposed meeting is
deepening. In Wail street it is the prin
cipal topic of conversation, and frequent
.expressions in regard to the wisdom and
xpediency of holding the meeting art
.itard. Ex-military men generally art
opposed to it and one prominent broker,
formerly an officer, considered it as entire
ly uncalled for. The conduct of Sheri
aan he considered entirely justifiable, ai
a subordinate officer to the War Depart
ment, and he should be sustained so fa:
as he could in a military capacity, wheth
er his opinions on civil affairs were incor
rect or not. He would not support a
call for an expression of indignation, as
he did not think there were facts enough
on which to base such a call.
The opinions of several bankers were
solicited, a large majority of whom were
in favor of an earnest and general expres
sion of disapproval of the course of the
administration in the treatment of the
■H
*k« LeuItUns Oilrap.
Front the JfewTortrSoa.]
In order to be consistent in his iniqui
ty, the President hae resolved to pnnme
the vindictive crusade against the people
of Louisiana to the bitter end, without
counting the cost or the consequences.
He gives no more heed to pnblie opinion
now than he has hitherto done to justice
in this malignant persecution.
The Returning Board, which after two
months of manipulation has counted out
the fairly elected candidates and snbsti-
tuted others dictated by their employers,
was organized expressly to do this infam
ous work. It was a part of the conspira
cy and an element in the fraud. And
now when the work is done, the Presi
dent repeats the part which he previous
ly played in recognizing Kellogg es Gov
ernor, who had been set up by his own
intervention, and he claims the sets of
this infamous board to be legal and reg
ular. To sustain it, he produces an opin
ion from Landaulet Williams, who is
known to be on'e of the chief conspirators
legislature which meets on Wednesday,
if they meet the expectations of the
people, will have two or three impor
tant objects before them. First and fore
most, we hope and believe they will pro
vide for a Constitutional Convention, to
revise and amend the Constitution forc
ed upon us by our enemies. Nearly every
one admits that our present Constitu
tion needs mending and that a Conven
tion must be had sooner or later, but,
some say that this is not the proper time
to call it. But those who use this argu
ment do not tell why this is not as good
A time as we shall ever have. The next
Congress will contain a large majority of
our political friends, so there would be
no danger of the interference of Con
gress, and the sooner we provide against
the influence of the holders of bogus
bonds with our State politics, the better
for us. We believe also, that our Consti
tution can be so altered that our annual
expenses need not be so heavy as they
are now, and consequently our taxes
may be lighter. We hope also that our
legislature will pass some resolutions
condemning Grant’s military subjuga
tion of Louisiana. Wo hope the legis
latnres of every State will condemn it,
and Georgia as strongly as any one of
them. It is also hoped that the present
legislature will do something to encour
age immigration into this State.
Military 1 e po iim in Louisiana
Consumate i Z idignation and Up
rising of the People all over the
United States.
Our readers have already learned tho
astounding fact that when the Louisiana
legislature had organized by electing
a Conservative speaker and clerk, and
were quietly progressing in business,
Gen Sheridan who had assumed com.
maud of the U. S. troops in that military
division, sent a body of armed sol
diers into the legislative hall and drove
out five of the Conservative delegates at
the point of the bayonet. After the forci
ble expulsion of these five delegates, the
Radicals had a majority in the house and
It has been the custom heretofore to
dispatch the head officer of the army on
these discretionary and pacificatory tasks
It waB Scott who was sent to the Canada
frontier when the Caroline affair threat
ened to end in war; it was Scott who was
sent to Charleston during the nnllifica
tion excitement of 1833, and it was Scott
who was sent to San Jnan in 1850 during
the boundary dispute. Why is it not
Sherman who is sent to New Orleans
at this critical time—why the head of the
army should be carefully overlooked in
the selection of the right man for the
business is a very curious matter.—St.
Louis Republican.
A Clean Apron.—A lady wanted a trus
ty little maid to come and help her take
charge of a baby. Nobody conld re
commend one, and she hardly knew
where to look for the right kind of a girl.
One day she'was passing through a by
lane and saw a little girl with a clean
apron holding a baby in the doorway of
a small house. “That is the maid for me,”
said the lady. She stopped and asked
for her mother “Mother has gone out
to work,” anBewred the girl “Father is
dead, and now mother has to do every
thing.” “Should you not like to come
and live with me 1" asked the lady. “I
should like to help mother somehow,
said the little maid. The lady, more
pleased than ever with the tidy looks of
the little girl, went to see her mother af
ter she came home, and the end of it was
that the lady took the maid to live with
her, and she found—what indeed she ex
pected to find—that the neat appearance
of her person showed the neat and order
ly bent of her mind. She had no careless
habits, she was no friend to dirt, but eve
rything she had to do with was folded
up and put away, and kept carefully.
The lady finds great comfort in her, and
helps her mother, whose lot is not now
so hard as it was. She smiles when she
says, “Sally's recommendation was her
clean apronand who will say that it
was not a good one.
Washington, January 9,1875.
There are rumors here of grave com
plications in the Cabinet over the Presi-
tlion all of the Conservative members left ■ dent s Louisiana policy. It is positively
the house, leaving the Radicals without
a quorum. This no doubt was a pre
meditated plan of the President who be
lieved that this act ; f tyranny would
drive the people of Louisianna to desper
a tion and eauso them to commit some
act of violence and give him an excuse
to declare martial law in several of the
Southern States, and *hus prevent them | Darien.
from voting in the next Presidential i Previous to the receipt of Sheridan’s
election. For this purpose he sent Slier- 1 message to the War Department detail
idan there, who he knew was a suitable ing the events of Monday last, it is well
asserted that Secretaries Fish and Bris
tow will resign. In officials circles the
rumor is, however, emphatically denied
The Un’ted States ship Canondiago
left New Orleans for Aspinwall. to meet
Lieut. Collins and his party of inter-
Oceanic Coast Explorers, and will carry
them from Aspinwall to the Gulf of
mu
f the
These are the plain facts of the present
case, pilpeble to every eye and notorious
Louisians difficulties. The desire to j himself, and the bribed agent of the Ring
Thn hod- is rrmin-l of d v. i “ i ? n tho cal] for a meeting, though ! who have been plundering that stricken
T_e bod„ -s 1 generally felt, was thought to’be made. I State.
qaately met by those having the call m
hand. Inquires were made, when the
subject was mentioned, as to the places ' to the whole world. They may be said
where lists of signatures could be seen, to surpass in audacity all the previous
and readiness to sign it was generally ex- ‘villainy, astounding as it has been. If a
pressed. Fifty signatures of prominent similar condition of things had occurred
men so far have been obtained, but a : in any Northern States after the recent
complete list of their names has not yet election, and a returning board had de-
been obtained.
tool for any villainy. That Grant did
not misjudge biin r his telegram to the
Secretary of War proves. In this tele
gram he advises tht President to issue a
prodamati* m
the white 1- .,
o .or fi. him,
hen 1 err. 1 ;
military ex e
forbi arance •
frustrated te
did not j.i<
to dec
dec!
ruts.
, cutiu
i.i.m,
cl r
It memo;-'
,and turn
ti y b
m
niai n
Uinm-
’ to punish by
i.’ r ' But the patience and
th- i v of Orleans
Si c p K1 ! .lie It. ■,
the i .' nt a 11 excuse
The plot fail u '
and the engmec-r has been hoisted l y I s |
own petard. Instead of lalsing a storm |
O: indignation against the people of Louis i
iana, he has raiser: a storm of indigna- j
tion against himself for acting the pait of ,
a military despot. Sheridan probably
over acted his part, when he advised j
Grant to declare all of the white leaguers !
outlaws, for the white leaguers com- i
prise nearly all of the white men in j
the State and the people have not yet
become willing to see all of the white
men n a gallant State turned over to be
butchered by Phil Sheridan. On the
contrary t lose infamous acts of Sheridan
aBcl Grant have opened the eyes of the
people to their own danger. For they
rightlv conclude if Louisianians can be
known that Secretaries Fish, Bristow,
Robeson and Postmaster General Jewell
with the information before them, entire
ly b sap nr . ved of the acts of the military
i- N w Ori-an -. °nd of the tone of all
the di-mat -lu-s received from Gen Sheri
dan. But in the absence of any official
information very properly declined i) in
dicate what might bava been their further
n («n f * h Mljfh t'lOY *LPY2
bee ) -pokes in Mjter (
of Gen. Sheridan’s conduct.
iemnatton
-.. ;n:ng
"'int d tr
of Lieu-
New Yore, da" -a j 7.— Ti.
Toot save: “The people are >
uc indulgent in their ircatnioi:
tenant General Sheridan, who comes to
the front as latest loader of the Repub
lican party, bearing the pronunciamento
of this freshest development of the peace
policy on the point of his sword. Ho has
never pretended to be anything but a
soldier, and a rough one at that. When
there are no great campaigns to bo made
hi3 fancy naturally turns to Indian war
fare, and it is, therefore, not surprising
that, finding himself under orders in
Louisiana, he believes that he is there
to fight Piegans or Mudoes. It is true
that if he had added to the military vir
“We. th< undersigned, recollecting how i tues something of the broader culture
the rebellion was inaugurated and the j which has heretofore made great captains
country forced into a wa? by the failure eminent in civil life without dimming
of t’ne Government to protect its forts j their military renown, ho would never
butchered by Sheridan and the army, no and officers, hereby testify our approval j have proposed that in a purely political
one is safe. H<nce indignation meetings j of the prompt action of the Government'
are being called all over the north and ’ in the late case of the Louisiana Legis-
the blunder of Grant and Sheridan may riatnre.
save the country from a military despo : „
.. . , , , *, ; GOTHAN MISCELLANIES—VICE-PRESIDENT
tis and pluck down rum upon the heads !
of the t-iaiits themselves.
NEW YORK.
Failure-Mayor Wickham to Pep.
side at the JTsw Sfork 30at:onal
Meeting.
A Conulrr* *I«Trmr»f,
New York, January 6.—Babcock & Co.,
grocers, have failed.
M ayor Wickham presides on Monday
night at the Louisiana indignation demon
stration. Both parties are getting up
ca ls The counter document reads:
from lesser societies, life moral
the offieere and all ex-Prq^idents
society.
1. Delegates from any society or club
heretofore connected with this society
shall be admitted on the following basis
of representation, viz.: One delegate
for any number of members from ten to
twenty ; two delegates for any number of
members from over twenty and not ex
ceeding forty; three delegates for any
number exceeding forty ; provided that
not more than three delegates shall be
admitted from one county. Such dele
gates to be elected at the January meeting
of the society or club, for one year. The
credentials of delegatee to be signed by
the president and secretary of the socie
ty or clab, and to be accompained by a
report of the nnmber of meetings held
in the preceding six months, and a list of
officers and members.
2. Life members are entitled to admis
sion without fees to the Fair Grounds,
and to the same privileges as delegates at
the conventions of the society.
Associations or clubs not heretofore re
presented may make application to the
secretary, who can admit them provision
ally upon the same basis of representa
tion, subject to the approval of the Exec
utive Committee.
Applications for life membership are
subject to the same conditions and the
payment of twenty fiv6 dollars.
4. Societies should by all means endea
vor to have their reports in at the Secre
tary's office by the 25th of January, in or
der to insure the reception of their rail
road tickets in dne time. The tickets for
each society will be mailed to the secret
tary of the club, and by him will be
distributed to the delegates.
5. Life members expecting to attend
the Convention should notify the secre
tary, that he may send them passes.
ORDER or BPBINE83—FIRST DAY FEB. 9.
1. Opening address of the President.
2. Agricultural Ode or Pastoral Poem
by James A. Stewart, Esq., of Atlan
ta.
3. Report from the Experimental Form,
by Dr. E. M. Pendleton.
4. Discussion thereon.
SECOND DAT FEBRUARY 10.
5. Green Soiling, with report of exper
iments relating thereto, by Dr. E. C.
Hood, Columbus.
6. Discussion thereon.
7. Cotton Seed—its agricultural value
and uses, by Dr. W. L. Jones, Athens.
8. Discussion thereon.
9. Report of the Executive Commit
tee.
THIRD DAT KEBRUART IItH.
10. The Moon—its influence upon veg
etation and animals, by Colonel W. Le-
Roy Broun.
11. Discussion thereon.
12. Gardening, by R. H. Hardaway.
13. Discussion thereon.
14. New business.
15. Closing exercises.
Testimony of the Foreign Citizens of j
STew Orleans.
i'oivcrinl I nd i gtaulfon Antony •!*<* !
Overhauling the Departments
dared candidates chosen whom every
body knew to be largely defeated, would
the people submit tamely to be defraud-
led of their rights by such a proeeed-
A recent experience in the Treasury ing 1
Department illustrates the rottenness of Lot us bring the question home to oor-
its interior, and furnishes a warning of selves, for that after all ia the true test-
what may be expected in the event of a The people of Louisiana knew aa well on
change of Administration. Mr. Bristow the 3d of November that they had elected
had occasion to examine the papers con- | their State Treasurer and a large majori-
nected with the notorious seal-lock con- i ty of the Legislature as the people of
tauct, one of the many corrupt jobs sano- New York knew on the 4th of November
tioned and protected by his predecessor, that Tilden was Governor and the Leg
under the known influence of, if not by islature was Democratic on joint ballot
direct orders from, the White House. * In neither case had the result been offi-
An exorbitant bill had been presented cially announced, and yet it was morally
by the contactors, and it was necessary certain in both.
to examine the conditions of the obliga- Now, suppose that two months after
tion and the correspondence, in order to the election, and this result had been ac
ascertain how far the department might cepted by the country, a board of parti
be liable for this monstrous claim. A san counters had figured Tilden out and
thorough search revealed the astounding Dix in, with a Republican Legislature,
fact that every paper relating to this con- what would have been the feeling in this
tract except a single order for six thou State and in this community ? It is
sand locks signed by Assistant Secretary hardly necessary to answer such a ques-
Sawyer, tbc same who figured so exten- tion, or to suggest that a prompt and a
sively in the Sanborn and Jayna jobbery, stem remedy would have been found to
had disappeared from tho files! Not a redress such a monstrous wrong,
letter or scrap of written evidence was The people of Louisiana have submit-
left to bear witness against this scanda- ted to tnis last and greatest outrage with
lous fraud- ; a forbearance hardly to be expected in
And what is more remarkable still, is presence of so gross a provocation. M ith
that these papers were distributed in dif- shotted guns from ships of war pointed
ferent offices of tho Treasury, so that a at their firesides, and a small army pa-
perfect system of collusion must have ex- I rading the streets in time of profound
isted between the chiefs or the subordin peace to illustrate the beauty of repudi
ates, in order to have stripped them all can institutions, they are held as prison-
at the same time. The notorious - men j ers under orders from Washington, and
and women who were able to procure subjects of the thieving despotism the
the original contract, and to keep it too j President has erected by force,
against the most damning proofs of exs | Conscious of the crime which has been
tortion and rascality, were also powerful J committed with his privity, the President
enough to enter the bureaus of the depart- ' sees danger in every passing shadow, and
m6nt and to carry off or destroy public fears that in their very despair this crash-
records that would have convicted them J ed and plundered people may rise up
of crime in any court of justice. ! again and strike as their forefathers did
Tnis robbery could not have been con- ; for far less reason againstthe cruel tyran
summated, therefore, without the concert ny which he and his creatines have impo
und co-operrtion of various persons oc- sed upon them. He seeks a pretext for
•upying different positions, and indepen- slaughter, and has sent Gen. Sheridan to
lent of each other in tlnir separate the spot, because he believes him to share
-pheres. So that it is clear these papers
were stolen by arrangement, and thatt.be
guilt is distributed in several branches
of the Treasury. It cannot be difficult
to discover who had tho custody of tfi in,
or to fix that portion of tho responsibility
all his own
prejudices and pas
sions.
If the people of the United States now
turn a deaf ear to the just appeal made
to their patrotism and manhood by Lou
isiana, and fail to denounce this fraad and
if Mr. Bristow is determined to investi- tyranny, they will invite the harsh jndg-
gnte so as to find out. But he, like many 1 ment of the civilized world. The time
committees that started out very vigor . has come when these arbitrary tuorpa-
ously, may relax in zeal when the figure tions must cease and the President be re-
of the President or his confidential secre- quired to obey the laws.
< ary appears on the field. j We are to-day living under a vulgar
If this was a solitary otample it might despotism, of which brute force and ven-
b > attributed to personal treachery or dis- ality are the chief characteristics. Power j
practice has become is centralized at Washington in the hands
WM, ROONEY.
CHAS. MATHEWS.
ROONEY A MATHEWS,
Would be pleased to Contract for -and Execute in the Best of Style all kinds of
Brick Work, Plastering, Painting. &c. f
Satisfaction guaranteed in all instances. Will also keep on hand an! for sale
FAJLXS and VAZIYZVG MATERIAL
of all kinds, which they will sell to Patrons at wholesale prices.
MILLEDGEVILLE, January 5, 1875.
24-6m.
nr 1800!
CARHART & CVRD,
faporters sad Dealers ia
Hardware, Guns, Cutlery,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Z3LOM, STSBL, If ALLS. MOBS.
HOLLOW-WARE, WOODEN-WARE, SPRINGS, AXLES,
AND ALL KINDS OF CARRIAGE MAKERS' MATERIALS,
AGENTS FOR FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES,
Cbcrrjr Street, Mares, 6a.
C. G. JV1L S OJ\,
[Removed to New Brick Store Opposite Washington Hall.]
X> BAliB
IX
Groceries, Provisions, Tobaccos,
CIGARS and LIQUORS
A LARGE LOT OF
Arrow Tics and Bagging
Just received and for sale cheap. AIro, Sole Agent in this city, for the sale of the
Celebrated “Georgia Club” Whiskey. Fine Whiskies, Tobaccos and Cigars a special
ty, and I defy competition in either, Call and examine my goods and prices before
purchasing elsewhere.
C. G. WILSOtf.
Milledgerille, Ga., Oct. 13, 1874.
WIL-
M.
BON CONDEMNS THE LOUISIANA POLICT.
The New York bank statement is fa-
a a.« vorable, having an increase of net reserve
S ephenson the Louisiana Out of 33,889,450. Loans increased $1,948,-
Letters frem Whirgton seem to J 00 ’ 6 P ecie increased §5,268,100, legal
, ., , , ,, *7 , ; tenders increased $177,100.
convey the idea that Mr. Stephens lays Warden Lipscomb, of the Penitentiary
the blame of the military outrage on was it moved to-day, and Jno. Fox ap
Congress, and not on the President. Yet pointed in his place. It is supposed
Mr. Stephens is said to believe that it is 1 the removal is due to the warden s leni-
the fixed policy of the Radical party to ' ^ey toward Vi m. Tweed
. „ , . ., a .7 A W asbmgton special says Vice Presi-
get up as many outrages at the South as | dent Wl ;, on tlimk ‘ a prav / mi8take haB
po?si >le, and thus give an excuse for • been made in the Louisiana affairs. Hecon-
Cong 1 ss to increase the standing army ; demns Sheridan's dispatches,
to 100,000 men, and then hold the South- ! Dawes entertains the same opinion,
e.n S:a es by a military occupation and
j „ '. . , .. J. . i The usual number of steamships sailed
decure martial law in those States that! for Europf , to-day, carrying, in the
States
are sure to vote the Democratic ticket.
If Mr. Sttphtns believes this to be the
Radical j u _. mm , wv can’t see why he
i hu:i 1 . 1 iiant *rom all blame
fun- '• iial 1-nefit him
n.' • i Lee Fieri
oil. 1 . 2 »,u:L.oak and blood
she. i:. v 1 . wlij din he send
Slitiiv. n 1. li., un,u of all others
most . k. y to get up a row and huit
some body, ;.nd why did he approve of
Sheiiu; n’s iniameusconduct?
C- neral Gor >n Adv ; scc Fo bear*,
ancc.
Senate Chamber, )
Wasih :gton, January 7, 1875 j
To (rov. John j)[cE/tcrg, Lieut. ( lov.
Penn, o u! 11. //. Mu r:
1 congratulate you on tho forbearance
of the people. Still forbear. Bear every
wrong; and if arrests and handcuffs are
respited to, still forbear, and your rights
will be vindicated by the American peo
ple. You cannot b. tic: subserve the in
terest of Louisian:, of the South gener
ally, and of iibe:ty, than by continued
ft rb ar..nce unto death.
[Sis nedj John B. Goru.CN.
Bte w <-n sixty «r. 1 seventy persons left
HhZ'< burst. Chnr-mas day, for Texas.
Ail v ere midents of ielite county
It is reported that one thousand share;
Centii It iuoi.d stock wereltctntiy solo
at fi.iy 1 ents on .he dollar tor fuluie de-
ri'tiy.
W. M W'adity haB been unanimous
iy re-e;. c-ed President of the Centra.
Ra.lroad.
The family of tre late D. H. Sims, of
Newnan, has been heavily afflicted. The
father, mother, and infant child, together
with a colored nurse, have, within the
last month, died of the Email pox. One
other child is now sick, but hopes of her
recovery are entertained No other eases
are in the neighborhood.
Europe, to-day, carrying, in tne ag
gregate, a larger passenger list than for
several weeks past. Cargoes as large as
usual, consisting of grain, cotton provis
ions in 1 goneral merchandise.
In t)m case of Carl V-ifgent,’ whose ex-
ira ution is asked on a charge of minder
and arson in Brussels, the prosecution
closed before Commissioner White to
day, to opt-n February let, to which time
the case was adjourned.
A ben' h warrant has been served upon
an alleged queen of smugglers, Seoni Ju
vin, against whom information for smug
gling laces and silks intended for the
fashionable ladies of Murray Hill some
days ago, was filed in tho United States
Circuit Court.
The action in the great Tilton-Beecher
scandal suit are all resting after the exer
tions of the p 1st week, with the exception
of Beecher, who has been busy preparing
his sermon for to morrow.
The Chicago Tribune is not at all satis
fied with Mi. Conkling’s bill for the re
organization of the District of Columbia.
It declares that if the proposed issue of
District bonds is made it will never be
paid, because the District is virtually
oankrupt, and that consequently the
§18,090,000 which tho new hill proposes
to mrke bonds for, will simply become so
much of an additional charge upon the
general public—so much addod to the
public debt. Certainly; but it is not ne
cessary to point all this out to Mr. Conk-
ung. The Memphis Appeal thinks the
result foreshadowed by the Tribune is
toe ouly one its author, unless a fool—
rad be is not a fool—could have contem
(dated. The object of the bill is to ob
tain for the speculators who hold the
District debt a government guarantee of
5 per cent, interest
Primus Wilson killed his wife in Liber
ty county last week, by tripping her np
md placing bis knees on her. He is
oinety years old, and she bat s fer years
his junior.
struggle citizens of a free State—citizens
representing a majority of the people of
that State—should be outlawed as ban
ditti and brought to the summary judg
ment of the drumhead with short shrift
and a volley of musketry In the whole
record of political crimes and political
blunders committed by the Republican
party, there is nothing which surpasses
in blundering criminality yesterday’s pro
ceedingS of the Senate and House of Re
presehtatives. In the Senate a resolu
tion was offered calling upon the Presi
dent for information; instead of allowing
it to pass the Republican Senators oppos
ed it on a wretched quibble, but opposed
it in such a way that they forced them
selves and the Republican party into the
position of defending the Louisiana
wrong; defending the action of the Presi
dent and Lieutenant General, and adop
ting the drumhead banditti policy. Of
course there will be scarcely a dissenting
voice in the popular verdict rendered
upon the situation thns apparent to the
country. After yesterday’s proceedings
it seems vain to hope for any good thing
from the Forty-third Congress, except its
final adjournment. But that adjournment
. brings up a very serious question. We
have heretofore urged an early meeting
of the Forty-fourth Congress on the
ground of the necessity of action upon
financial questions and other matters af
fecting the business interests of the coun
try. The graver inquiry now presents
itself whether it is prudent to leave the
Federal Government during the interval
from March to December in the hands of
its Executive branch—whether the liber
ties of the country are safe in the absence
of Congress—bo long as important politi
cal concerns are turned over to a rmlitary
officer who disposes of them as if he were
fighting Piegans. It is hardly too much
to say that the Republican party will
find it impossible to rally from the effects
of this staggering blow received in the
house of its friends.
SHERIDAN AS A LIAR.
New Orleans, January 7.—A meeting
of the foreign residents of New Orleans
at the St. Charles Hotel to-dav adopted
the following-
Resolved, That our position as foreign
ers residing and carrying cn business ia
Louisiana and subject to its law.: does
not permit us, as a body, to express any
opinion upon the political questions now
unfortunately disturbing this city, or to
take any part therein; but having road
a telegram sent by Gen. Sheridan to the
Secretary of War at Washington, stigma
tiring the community, of which we form
a part, as defying all lawful authority by
lending itself to murder and to other
crimes, wa hereby declare the character
thus given to ourselves and to the honor
able and law-abiding men and citizens
vnfb whom we are brought into daily con
tact, is nht consistent with the troth, and
is ealoolaisd te injure and degrade os in
the eyes of the hostess community at
jtiga as well ee oar own oountrymea * at
horns sod tociety ngfmoal |
honesty. But the
■..miliar, if not common. The records of
i..c Bool! comtmartial disappeared from
rim files of the War Department- Awards
for large and suspicions clirims nvegnne
from the Navy files. Valuable decision:,
e.ianot bo found in the Interior. Fras-
ures, interlineations, snd forced balances J satisfy personal Vengeance,
disgrace the books of the treasury, liberty left.
Throughout the public service, with rare j Here is a fraudulent government estab-
ind honorable exceptions, the records | lished and upheld by Federal bayonets
exhibit tampering and venal manipula- j in Louisiana for two years, entirely by
tion. tij e ac t a a nd approval of the President,
of one man. and majorities in Congress j
obey the order -; of the White House as if
the} . rt tl.e slaves of who m on tor. If
ihe i.i.ny and navy may he used at the
angry v.ili of caprice of a feckless Presi
dent, to servo a partisan purpose or to
there is no
What the chiefs have done on a large
scale the subordinates have imitated on a
lesser. A ring, composed of certain
agents for claims on one side, and cer
tain clerks in tho accounting and warrant
officers on the other, control absolutely,
and divide the profits between them and
their confederates, of a great business
before the depratments. Honest claim
ants are thwarted, delayed and menaced
in their rights, until they are forced to
yield to an organized system of black
mailing, and to employ “the right
man.”
All this and mnch worse is well known.
But when the proofs are presented, which
require dismissal and disgrace, then a
leading Republican is found criminated,
and he must be protected in any event.
So the thief or the forger, or the Ring
confederate, is retained in the place which
he has corruptly abased, and runs around
again in the same vicious circle as be
fore.
The departments are rotten, and the
corruption in them is appalling. A tithe
of the real truth is not known to tho
country, and if told, without the support
ing testimony, would seem almost incred
ible. Now that an Opposition House
of Representatives is certain in the next
Congress, and that investigation of the
iniquities which have been perpetrated
under Grant will be among its first duties,
the incumbents are beginning to prepare
for this contingency, by concealing or
burning or molitilating the records which
might establish their complicity in crimi
nal offenses, and send some of them to the
penitentiary.—N. Y. Sun.
LOUISIANA
Speakers of the Vew Fork Meeting-
Ntw York, January 9.—The Executive
Committee of arrangement for the mass
indignation meeting to be held at Cooper
Institute, in relation to Louisiana, have,
it is reported, invited the following nam
ed gentlemen, among others, to address
the meeting : Wm. Cullen Bryant, Jas.
S. Thayer, Clarkson Potter, Wm. E.
Dodge, Geo. Solomon, Abram S. Hewitt,
Wm. M. Evarts and Frederick A. Cork-
ling. The President of the liberal Re
publican General Committee has appoin
ted a committee to co operate with the
Citizens' Committee at the meeting.
without which it could not have stood
one day. Then comes an election, and
in the face of all these obstacles the peo
ple calmly vote down the usurpation. A
conspiracy is then organized to cheat them
out of the 1 esult, and the President ap
pears again on the scene and threatens
bloodshed if they venture to assert the
privilege of every Ameircan citizen
This is the situation.
Go forward to the Presidential election
of 1876 and apply this experience to
South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, and a few other States that
might in a certain contingency hold the
result of that contest in their hands. It
is easy to foresee what dangers are in
store for the country unless safeguards
are now provided in the present emer
gency.
Grant is a candidate for a third term,
and tho military machinery which ia used
to-day to beat down Louisiana and to
uphold the most barefaced iniquity will
bo applied on a larger scale two years
hence to retain him in office. Ha and
his creatures co not mean to go out until
they are driven out; and it is well to pre
pare for that contingency now, when the
conspiracy may be stamped out by an in
dignant public opinion.
The first step is to call public meetings
all over the country, but especially in the
North, without respect to party. There
are tens of thousand of honest Republi
cans who abhor this oppression and dev
test Grantism as much as tho moat pro
nounced Democrat can do. Let these
meetings speak boldly to the point and
give the Administration to understand
clearly that it must halt in this mad ca
reer, and that the mailed hand of the
robber must be taken from the throat of
Louisiana. New York should take the
lead in this movement to defend the
Union.
LOOK SHARPr
One of the best assorted and Cheapest Stock of Family and Fancy Groceries,
Confectionaries, Ac., in the city of Milledgeville is kept by
U. IF. THOA1.1S.
TOBACCO ill HUH
a Specialty. Stock Large. Good and Cljfap.
HIS PALACE RESTAURANT
Is now open, and constantly supplied with FRESH FISH, OYSTERS, GAME,
Ac., in fact, with everything that is good. An elegant Cook Polite, attentive and
efficient waiters; Saloon fitted up in superb style, everything neat, clean comforta
ble and quiet.
Call and try his meals and you will be happy; buy his Groceries and Confectiona
ries and go home rejoicing. [nov. 10, 1874. 16 tf.
G. T. WIEDENJUAN,
Is still at his oldstand, next to W. T. Conn, where he keeps con
stantly on hand a fine assortment of
Watches. Jewelry, Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware,
and many other articles too numerous to mention, all of which he
offers very cheap. Call and examine his Stock and you will be sure to find some
thing you want.
SPilOTAOLBS,
He is also sole agent for the L, A M. Celebrated PERFECTED SPECTACLES
and EYE GLASSES.
Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
On that he would state that he still is attending to ALL of his work himself,
which enables him to do the finest Watch work—as well as any other work in his
line—in the best Workman like manner and at the Lowest Prices.
Nov. 23rd, 1874. 18 6t.
Prices Reduced
AT THE
aeon
Branch Store.
In
GREAT BARGAINS
Clothing and all other Goods
For the Next SO Days.
THE FDDLXXO XX VEW TO!
The Statistics of Cbimh and Educa
tion.—The current number of the Lon
don Quarterly Review contains some in
teresting information touching the crimi
nal statistics of England from 1855 to 1873.
As the influence of education upon crime
is an interesting question in America,
these figures will doubtless command
attention. This exhibit shows that the
percentage of the whole number of crim
inals who were able to read and write im
perfectly, was in 1836, 52.33; 1871, 62.3;
1873. 63.1. The per cent, able to read and
write well was in 1836, 10.56 per cent.;
1871, 3.2 ; 1873, a fraction of one per
cent The nnmber who had received in
struction superior to reading and writing
was 9 in every 1,000 in 1836, and 1 in eve
ry 1,000 in 1873.
The Ordinary of Butts county refuses
to issue liquor licenses. In Jackson the
corporate authorities who have control
of the matter have doubled the price
of the lioenses as compared with last
year ' t
Tho convicts in the Newton cormfy j|fl
escaped last Fricti^ night*
She Call for an Indignation Meet
ing.
New York, January 7.—The following
address to the citizens of New York,
dated January 5, was issued this eve
ning:
To the Citizens of Nete York:
To-day’s Associated Press dispatches,
of the events which took place in onr sis
ter city of New Orleans, present the moat
marked attack upon the rights of Ameri
can citizenship which has been made
since the establishment of our Govern
ment. The legislative body of a sister
State, peaceably assembled, has been bro
ken into and dispersed by Federal troops,
acting under orders from the President
of the United States. To give expression
to the outraged feelings which every citi
zen of a free commonwealth must expar-
ience at a crime, happily in this country
so unparalleled, against the underlying
principles of onr Government, we aak
you to assemble, irrespective of party
ties, at Cooper Institnte Monday evening,
January 11, at 8 o’clock.
[Signed]
William Cullen Bbtakv,
William H Wickham,
William M. Evahts,
William B. DuncaiT,
Auguste Belmoht,
Maxtor Marble,
Whitelaw Reid,
Charles A. Dahha,
Sydney Webster,
JYussbaum, Danenburg Sf Co.
Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 22,1874.
12 3m.
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