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ALBANY. GA.:
Cbaitanoo^a—Her Kesaarres.
Our risit totiie lorely city of Bocks, »n(l
31. 1879 | tbe pleasures of association with her gener
ous, bi^h-spiriled, hospitable people, had
aided, and the hour for departure bad ar
rived. But before leaving Nashville, for we
cannot stop on our return, one more word
about her Press is dne to merit and enter-
arpose to Send Delegates to I prise. We have for a long lime been read"
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i fead important political and original
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;e Denoeralfc Conreation.
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pets at Atlanta Juie 26th.
iant to the call of the Chairman, Hon
ing the Union $ American, and regard it the
peer bf the very best Southern Dailies. It
| ranks, in enterprise and business, with the
j Courier Journal Missouri Republican, New
Orleans Picayune and Times, Baltimore Gaz-
R Hoge, iu Atlanta, on Wednesday,
h inst., at 1G A. M.
& were present the Chairman, Hon
Hartridge, Col E F Hoge, of Fulton;
) Mathews, of Oglethorpe; Hon. Gar
-Millan, of Habersham; Eon Geo^ F
Jr., cf Hancock; Hon Charles C Kib-
if Pulaski; Hon Clifford Anderson, of
Hon Hugh Buchanan, of Coweta; Hon |
inclined to say that it is oonduoted with
more editorial ability than either of these.—
CoL Burch is the managing and political edi
tor, and within a few years has secured for
the paper power and influence that well nigh
fixes and controls Tennessee sentiment. He
has able, high toned assistants, and all the
iflonBuchS^of CoweS° D Ho° D f departments of the paper are conducted up-
.lerning, of Decatur; Hon C D Me on a high standard of digmty, intelligence
;c, of Whitfield; Hon W E Simmons, I and enterprise.
oge proxy) of Gwinnett, and Hon. I Ilie £ ann „ rfral of nearly, if not
Jo’ln^n was tatrfduoS and adopted <1“‘<> "t*** and strength. IU mam
, a Convention of the DemocraU of agers and editors are gentlemen of exalted
‘ia to meet in Atlanta on Wednesday, | worth and great ability. They are enter-
prising competitors, and Col. Bnrch has so
easy task to keep pace with them.
To these two magnificent papers Nashville
is vastly indebted for her present stains in
manufactures andcommerce, and the obliga-
* ;th of June, for the purpose of nomlna-
I, delegates to the Baltimore Convention,
.. meets on the 9tli July.
„ esolntion was introduced by Col. Styles,
' dopted, urging Democrats to organize
. I air respective districts and counties at
- I 8 P Jl? Crv7ntLV e ^i d t g nipp 8 i»11 *» is “» recognised but liberally ap-
selves for the campaign. preciated by all classes. The Emterpruc is a
V ' 3 Chairman, Hon. Julian Hartridge, at I young vigorons enterprising weekly, dero-
! ilicitation of the Committee, wijl i88uc I tad to Immigration, Agriculture, Manufac.
■l . JUCIUIUUU •« fUO VWU4IM.V.V.,
[ Ivisory address to the people of Georgia.
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tore. Education pnd Progress. Is a neat quar
to of forty-eight columns, and ably conduc
ted by Mr. John Moff&tt, assisted by Mr. B.
C. Stone.
Comparisons are distasteful to us, but we
could not avoid the humiliating fact that
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Amnesty.
Defeat of the Senate bill extending the
ilux bill and suspension of Habeas Cor-
.{ill the end of the next session of Con- 1 (3 e0 rgia lags behind her neighbors in jour-
s—94 to 108. I nalism, as well as in many other pursuits.
1. Defeat of the Senate Supplemental J ^y 0 bear In grateful remembrance,
1 Bights (social equality) bill—113 yeas, j tbe kindness and courtesies extended to ns
ays. Two-thirds required. J by the gentlemen of the Nashville publishing
I h. Pending proceedings in the courts for I bouses, and bespeak for them, at the hands
jed violations of the 14tb Amendment to I of ft n Qeorgians, unstinted reciprocation
1 liscontinued. I whenever anil wl»«.
.h. The withdrawal of Federal troops uauhotb oxva.
n the town of Warrenton, in this State, | midnight our car was attaohed to the
j! n the demand of Governor Smith. J touisville train, the courtesy having been
' hose achievements are dearly and di-1 0 i,tiiinod for ua by Col, Hulb"*. and at
-ivmiag ve disembarked at Cave City.
Col. Halbert had telegraphed for breakfast
and hacks, and after swallowing a Sunday
morning mack—the breakfast amounting to
nothing more—at 75 ets. a head, our party of
thirty-seven crowded into three splendid
fourhorse coaches, the word “go” was given,
the keen crack of the JehuB’ whips waked
tinted reciprocation
.ypuriunity offers.
j tly traoea M * "■••'■O-B liberal move-,
ilit »>‘ a ir bB aooom P 1: -'— - K more,
i as trophies will redeem him.
i 'hompson of the Morning Newt, like “poor
man j| " parrots after the little God he has sl
ide iya worshipped, and squeaks out “no,
w*£H jKer V* The truth is, if the Baltimore Con-
bond ■ ‘lion takes notion without consulting Lit- J |he fiery steeds, and we were off for Ken-
“i Elicit and Major Jones, and conforming | ^orld-ienovsed sosdor.
were their wishes and whims, the oountry will
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‘‘tot and Sun will hare to make terms with I
' it old fellow’s post masterB to asoertain I
,ie largest aggregate circulation.’
These coaohes are comfortable, the horses
are firet-rate and the drivers are as good as
ever polled a line over a team. The road
in good condition, though nearly half the
way is up the mountain, and Blow of ascent.
We lead the way with the head driver, Mr.
M. Wright, whom we fonnd quite intelligent,
kindly disposed, willing to answer questions
and generonsly accommodating. Our eoaoh
was honored with the company of Mr. M. H.
Johnson—Saltut Mohigau of the Union
American, and Mr. Stone of The Enterprite.
, P . —— ~ ..who acoompanied the exoursionista
e id passes westward about four miles north I ohroniole sights, incidents and doings. They
Pi: ' j Chattanooga. When Georgia makea the | ar0 both young men of Tare ability, raoy ra
sa o W and the National Judiciary becomes | portorial geniuB, and attractive aoeial qual-
,n..i IiDasoI T.ftvwllnn®* Will Vi (1 flllTB I - - m 1. — A it J. J t.I.JI r _ _
| i’ns Boston Post talks abont “Chattanoo- I
, Georgia.” We shouldn’t suppose the [
Ople of South Carolina wonld like to be I
1 indled out of their favorite oity in that |
,y —Louisville Couriers Journal.
The Boston Post is right. Chattanooga I
c ai | [iblfully belongs to Georgia. The proper I
' no. n Q run , from the head waters of the Tugnlo, I
ities. They made the rids decidedly pleas
ant by their genial humor, sallies of wit and
eUei inest, “Ross’ Landing” wHl be oars,
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(0 j ADJ0UB3.M*sr op Cokqrkss.—On the 28th I i m p rom ptu effusions of - poetry and senti-
nrri : ;,ie Sonata passed the House compromise, re-j mont _ Friend Hanleiter, of the Plantation,
.avq j'jlutlon to adjourn on tho 3d of June. So |.^ also in our ooach, and said many fanny
things.
iW “ r : a Monday night msxt legislation will cease
[ |0 ° jir a season and the country will breathe ea-
ond |,er.
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P Thus writes John Forsyth to the Mobile
t i Register: “It ia olear that the Greeley tick
1 I t is not the first ohoiae of tho mass ot the
i'isople who are falling into that line. No
Oemocrat, North or South, will embrace Mr.
I ireeley as a polltloal luxury. He ia iaken,
hen, as the readiest instrument for the defeat
““j .if baneful power at Washington. It was,
ag, .herefore, a case for dispassionate and calcu
lating notion* Tho very first necessity was to
preserve the integrity of the Demosratio par
;y and throw its weight solid into the scale.
“Cor-reci”
1 response to a direct question put to him
ent l* 11 Kenluoky reoently, tho Hon. George H.
Pendleton made answer: “I think well ot
A ': th» Liberal cause, but I am for having a Na
tl, tioual Democratic Convention, and abiuing its
a i deoision. It looks now liko we ought to back
v 11 .the Liberals, hut I am for taking advantage
of all the lights that way be thrown on the
1,11,1' aitnation between now and the assembling ot
a | tho Convention in July. If, at that time, it
tir' a PP earfi » as now that we ought to make no
| w& l nominanations, I shall favor snoh action or
a*! non-motion. On the contrary, should it be
d, }' olear that we can snooeed with .our own nom-
. • , {nations, why mike them.”
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, -Ex-Governor John Gill Shorter, of Eufau-
i la Ala., died at his residonoe, on Tuesday
i night last.
Tna Alabama Claims Wab Cloud Dis-
.. pbllbd.—Tne Administration has craw
fished, and the adoption of the supplemental
li*a \ it article to the Treaty of Washington, has dis-
| bit ;i ipated all hopes of a war with England.-
lote'i Another trophy for the Liberal movo-
U n i ment.
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f N< Ed Blodobtt is still in jail in Atlanta, un-
|st* i dor an indictment for felony, (stealing from
i' j r the State) and will he tried next week,
fete I “ —* —
■ The General Feeling Abont Greolej.
1 The Maine Denooraoy is very united for
Greeley. The Maine Republicans are sup-
. porting him well.
The Pennsylvania Deocracy and Bepubli
cans are against Greeley.
The New York Demooraoy is for Greeley
nearly as a mass, but the Republicans are for
Grant.
The Deleware Demoracy is against Gree
ley.
The Demooraoy of Jllinoise, Iowa, Minne
sota, and Michigan Is for Greeley* Wheren
ver there ia a strong Radical majority, the
Democracy seems for Greeley.
In Ohio a Democratic majority are for
Grreley.
That irrepressible and pestiferous nuisance,
He .ry S. Foote, of Tennessee, is & Greeley
candidate for Congress, and runs indepen
dent.
The Maasaehnaetta Democracy is leading
off for Greeley.
Senator Ferry, of Connecticut, Liberal
Republican, lately elected by the Democratic
vote, says it would be midsummer madness
to aleot Greeley.
Ex-Governor Magoffin, of Keetucky, has
written a letter favoring the indorsement of
the Cincinnati nominees by the Baltimore
Convention.—Constitution.
At the top of the mountain we found
onrselves upon a beautiful plateau overlook
ing valleys and villages several hundred feet
below, and stretching away in the distanoe
to ihe utmost tension of vision.
Making a distance of nine miles in a little
less than, two hours, we were halted in front
of the Cave Hotel, whioh is .a two story
building on one side of a square, about 200
feet long, with a one story wing of same
length,—both fronting, with deep piazxas, on
the square, which is covered with beautiful
oaks and bine grass. The situation is at
tractive, and must be delightful for summer
resort. The Hotel is kept by a man named
Graves, and judging from the dinner served
in the afternoon, and the price ($1.00)
charged for it, he is ono of the kind that
goes for all in sight. There were thirty four
Newspaper men, and three gentlemen in the
party, and a five dollar lunch would have
been more keenly relished and more satis*
factory than the thirty-seven dollar dinner.
>Ye simply advise visitors to the Cave,
carry a lunch with them, and avoid the
dead-beatsat Jie Hotel.
A remarkably acccmmodating, busy kind
cf a fellow showed us down the hill about
three hundred yards to the mouth of the
Cave, where we found Mr. Lyon, the Agent
for the unsettled estate to which the property
belongs, who was very polite and clever, but
who was pretty stiff in his demand for $8 a
ticket for the short route and to the River'
Lethe. Finally, however, he took the res
ponsibility (T) and allowed ns to go in for $2
each.
THB MOUTH OF THB CATS
is a big hole in the ground, without a soli
tary feature of interest except the registxy,
the pay, the guides and the lamps. Uncle
Mat, who has beeu guide there for thirty-five
years, and his assistant William—both col
ored—here take charge of tho Cavistg, and
after cautioning them to keep together, obey
orders, and keep silent to hear explanations,
the rude door.is unlocked—Uncle Mat leads
the way and William brings up the rear, re
locking the door when the last lamp has eu
tered.
Within fifty yards of the entrance, the
Cave opens with an immense
ROTUNDA,
which William proceeds to light up with
some luciferous, or sulphurous preparation,
carried along in small packages for the pur
pose of dispelling the solid darkness when
Mat desires to expatiate on the history,
beauty or grander of noted places. This
Rotunda Is probably 300 feet in diameter
and sixty feet to the dome, and from it leads
off to the right, or eastward, a small caver
nous way which possesses no object of in
terest—and to the left, or Northward the
“Main Cave,” which we were told was called
“the main Cave, because it was the largest
Cave.” This is an open continuons arch
way, varying in width from thirty to sixty
feet and in height about the same. The bed
or floor, is irregular, rocky and very rough,
though the path is comparatively smooth.
The walls are perpendicular formations of
lime rook—quite smeoth and beautiful in
some places, and fearfully jagged and shelv
ing in others. The arch overhead is oni-
ropnlnr »n it* purfa^i*, nlmostt es
mouth as plastering, aud nearly describing
be catenarian curve.
There iavery little curvature iu this “main
Cavo,” if any, for something over a mile,
hen it makes a graceful curve to the left,
the “Star Chamber.” Its direction is
pretly well preserved for three or four miles,
and at every step evidence showed that it
was once the channel of a swift Tunning
stream, and that the singularly beautiful
and awe^striking grandeur of the formations
are results of the action of the water, and
the hardening process of atmospheric con
tact with the oxideacalcareousand phosphatic
substances everywhere visible.
The uniform temperature of this and all
the lateral Caves, is 5b 6 , and so pure is the
tmosphere that nothing decays. In 1812
the Americans made salt-petre in this “Main
Cave,” and the vats used are there now, sit
uated a half and three-fourths of a mile from
the entrance. Water was conveyed to these
vats throngh wooden pipes from the mouth of
the Cave, and those pipes, placed there sixty
years ago, are neither petrified nor decayed;
but there is no living thing in ihe Cave, and
vegetation cannot inhabit the sunless sepul
chre of silence and darkness.
About half a mile from the entrance the
guides called & halt, and exhibited “The
Chapel,” which is a nook formed, by the
pouring in of a small creek when Time was
young. It was lighted up and looked very
beautiful, but not altogether as inviting as
some places of worship wev'e visited on the
top Bide of earth.
A little further on we were halted again,
and ordered to “close up.** Here we ascen
ded a flight of steps to the right, and found
ourselves in the _
HALL OF STATUARY.
The statue’s are rude and grotesque form
ations from the drippings—some quite pret
ty, and others shapeless and ugly. We are
now in a smaller Cave, and pursuing it, the
“REGISTRY HALL’
next attracts attention. This iB sixty feet
wide and about fifteen feet to the arched
oeiling, which is nearly curveless, and is as
white as marble and smooth as ordinary
plastering. Thousands of names were written
upon it, but we failed to find Greeley and
Grata among them. A little 4 fnrther on, the
guide sung out
“BRIDAL CHAMBRR.”
This was a brilliant spot, and we were in?
formed bad been the scene of three marri
ages. The first was aj>it of romance,
dying mother exacteff a vow" xrom* netr -
daughter, never to marry any man on earth.
The girl was canght by the “garish flame,’
and sought this retired gloom under the earth
to avoid a violation of her vow. The second
married there from an insane desire to mn
matrimony into the ground, and the third to
gratify a prurient modesty that could not
brook the sunlight under the trying ordeal.
THB DEVIL’S ASH CHAIR,
the Elephant’s head, the,Giant’s coffin, nu
merous beautiful stalactites, sundry fathom
less abysses, and many other objects of inter
est made up the show on this line, and we
descended a deep, dark, dismal gorge by
narrow perpendicular flight of steps, entered
thedeserted chamber traversed the “narrows’
crossed the “bottomless pit,” went through
the “Arch way,” peeped through a window
at “Gorham’s Domevisited “Martha’s pal
ace,” and the “Side Saddle Pit,’* “Minerva’s
Dome” and the “Valley of humility;” escaped
the “Scotchman’s Trap,” made the “Bridge
of sighs” successfully and reveled for a mo
ment in “Reveler’s Hall;” crawled, squeezed
and suffered through “Fat Man’s Misery
and returned thanks on reaching “Great
Reliefsurveyed “River • Hall,” and the
“Meat House passed along a narrow ter
race, or ledge, high above th? “Dead Sea, 1
crossed the “River Styx” on the “Natural
Bridge,” and halted on a muddy, slippery
promontory over hanging thb Lake, or River
“Lethe.” Descending a dangerous pathway
about one hundred feet, we stood by the wa
ter’s edge, and by the dim weird light of our
lamps discovered a stream some forty feet
wide beneath a dome of surpassing beauty
and towering grandeur. All the boys took
a ride in the boats, and some of them de
clared they saw the eyeless fish.
This is the grandest Orchestral hall in the
universe, and Johnston suggested that it
would be a good place for a Boston Jubilee.
Some twenty voices joined in the chorus of
“Beautiful River” and the resounding echoes
and reverberating strains of melody literally
filled the cavernous cathedral.
“Old Hundred” was also rendered with tre-
mendons effect, and the report of a small
pistol went rolling and sounding through the
long aisles and arcades like the boom of a
twenty-four pounder.
From this point we retraced our steps to
the “Main Cave,” adown which we wended
our way to the
“Star Chamber.”
This is not a chamber, but it bears the
name, and by the aid of Uncle Mat’s genius
aB a necromancer the most pleasing illusions
are produced. The walls give a space of
forty to fifty feet in width and sixty-fire in
height. A well formed catenarian arch
spans overhead, and an acute curve gives
the place the appearance of an enclosed
chamber. The ceiling is colored with black
gypsum, from whioh peep oat innumerable
mites of glauberite, which is efflorescent,
and by a dim light resembles very much a
deep blue vault “studdied with stars unutera-
bly bright.” Uncle Mat now has all the
lamps, and, commanding his audience to
keep silent and look up, slowly disappears
into a small parallel cave on the opposite
side, bringing up the Cimmerian darkness
from where we gase, and suspending it like
a cloud of blackness and fearful portents
midway the starry dome. The effect was
good, and several of the “country editors”
broke forth in rapturous applause and cu
rious exclamations of wonder and delight.—
One was sure it would rain in a few minutes,
another imagined he saw a flash of light
ning and a third heard it thunder.
Like a skillful show-man, Uncle Mat
closed this scene before it grew monotonous,
sung out “good night,” tho last ray of light
melted in the gloom and “there, under ebon
shade, and low*browed reeks’’ we sat in a
solemn darkness that crawled along the vault
like that that shall come when the sun goes
out and the moon and stars shall be no more.
The next scene was the “Rising Sun”—a
beautiful illusion produced by Mat with his
lamps, as he emerged from his narrow aide
subterrane around the corner—the curve of
the outer wall forming the rim, ard ite glit
teriug lines of glauberite, shaded by irregu
lar figures of blaok gypsum, reflecting gold
en rays and draping the morning clouds with
a silvery fringe.
“How beautiful J” “Splendid 1” ‘ Grand!”
’Sublime!” were tome of the exclamations
that involuntarily leaped from the sonle of
the auditory, and which burst forth in a loud
refrain of joyous enthusiasm as the picture
onlminated in the full-orbed reapptaraaoe of
Mat and the lamps.
With an extract from the note* of Mr. R.
C. Stone, of the Nashville Enterprise, who as-
ooapaniel ua, jg§»»JI ire found most
ttoKFanioubine*
“Being foret-J foreg-j detailing our frip
lU esACtueaa and lediouane**, we wilt eim
ply give Houie of lli« iuipreaeious iqeffe^ea-
bly eiauipttd on our mind Probably the
most tangible and profound impressions left
by a tour through the cave are those of ei.
lence and darkness. As we extend our sub
terranean walk, this sense of silence and
darkuess grows Lamps hardly diffuse their
light here, they simply make a mark. Sound
drops distinctly and bard through the gloom
like pebbles. The unvarying atmosphere
rin^a a moment from the shook of the slight
est noise and then is the same again. No
sea6ou and day are here w th their varied
life. Eyeless fish and crickets both of
hitish gray and equaly voiceless, are the
nly specimens of life belonging here.—
Whether we tread grand corridors with bro
ken curves, jagged angles, and rough, wide,
high arches, wind through tortuous fissures,
halt breathless over some fearful chasm,
peer wonderingly into vast domes, or trenr
ble on the brink of imprisoned rivers we find
ever the same still air, the same darkness,
the same silence. It is the empty Palace of
Death and one feels nearer eternity while in
When Dr Mitchell opened the meeting
there with the Lord’s prayer, few hearts
were insensible of anew awe as the words
“Onr Father which art in Hoaven” smote
the rocky walls. Nothing of life was near
except our party and memory, and we bowed
reverently together as the petition went up
to the Creator, for chaos was around ns.—
We toiled on over the slimy, dangerous path
to the river Btyx. Mat, our guide, a black
Stalagmite of cave intelligence—under
ground, autocratio, ragged, dirty, above
ground, courteous, ragged, dirty—stood on
the muddy shore, “a grim ferryman, Charon
of frightful slovliness.' as he pushed off
with the first boat load the entire party sang,
“Let us gather at the Rfver.” The peculiar
surroundings gave this an effect that is in
describable. At last all have had a ride on
the river that flows two hundred feet under
ground, and we turn back, visiting on our
way Star Chamber, that wonderful counter
feit of night and stars. Near the enirance
when the firs* rays di day reached us, lamps
were suddenly, extinguished and a rush was
made for the gate and sunlight. O, the glo
rious, beautiful, life-giving sunlight. How
darkness reveals ITs blessings.”
Col. Hulbert, who had kindly consented to
constitute himself “rear guard,” reported
“all present or accounted for,” the ponder
ous gate swung upon its lunges, nd we were
once more on the upper side of the “foot
stool.”
A mean dinner at the hotel made us wel
come the hour for leaving, and a rapid,
pleasant moonlight drive over the mountain,
prepared us for tranquility and repose in
our “Palace” on a side track at Cave City.
duc(*<l on tiie in»i;*ls of the excursionist*
were in the highest degree favorable, as to
the citiiens, surroundings, enterprise and
esources of the city.
COL. E. HULBKRT
was in charge of our coach, and superinten
ded the movements of the excursion. His
acquaintaoce along the lines, and bis famil
iarity with Railway rules enabled biip to be
of incalculable service to the party. He is
WhaI is reekyRepiibUcan
Strength ?
A Rochester correspondent of the New I
York Son writes to that journal, regarding |
the delegates recently appointed to the Bal
timore Democratic Convention, and thus |
speaks ot their action in the matter of
mination .*
‘The delegates will carefully watch the I
drift of the tide, and act accordingly at Pal., j
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probably the most thoroughly educated, as I limore. I think I am close to tlie mart when
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he is the mo9t genial, patient and accommo
dating excursionist on the continent.
In common with onr confreres, we had
ample and extraordinary means of looking
into the character, and becoming acquain
ted with the head and heart of this remark
able man; and whatever others may think
and say in their blind prejudice and unfath
omable hate, w e are prepared to renounce
1 say lhat if the Liberal Republicans want |
the delegation to take the initiative at Balti
more in favor of Dr. Greeley, they must I
swell the Liberal movement to formidable di
mensions. The Democrats who have been |
setected lo represent this State in the Na
tional Convention have no intention of taking j
stock in a losing or even doubtful enterprise. ‘
If they are going to be beaten they prefer |
defeat under their own flag. I know the \
temper of the New York Democracy as cx-
, , hibited by its leaders here, and I do not I
our suspicions of his complicity witn tne j m jgj a( jg e when I say that, while they are j
supposed false count of the Gordon-Bullock i w jm n g to take Greeley and Brown if it ap-
vote and do him the justice lo withdraw the I pears to them that in that way, and in that
charge. We are construed to heliere that -^-^5
he never broke the seal ot a single package I ments direction. Therefore let Mr. j
of ballots, or saw a ballot counted. His j Greeley and his friends govern themselves
duty under the law was executed with rigor accordingly, and make a satisfactory exhi:it
J ... .V*. *_r_ j..*.. I of tneir strength, if they want the help of J
the New York delegation at the Democratic J
EMPORIUM!
and energy, but it was no part of his duty
or authority to count the ballots and pro
claim the election, and with that branch of
the matter he had nothing to do.
If what we state be true, is it not time
National Convention.
This is exactly, the important ^matter to 1
which we have repeatedly refered, as on^ 1
upon which information is absolutely essen- I
that the people discard the suspicion, and I t j a j before the Democracy in any event can ICORNER THIRD A CHERRY STREETS,
relieve Col. Hulbert of the load of prejudice j j Q j n bands with Greeley. It expresses our j
and injustice that has so long weakeued his I v i ews precisely. The Democracy cannot af- |
energies and parallyxed his great powers for J f or( j £q be defeated under Greeley’s lead.-
good in the progress of our industrial P ur I Therefore, says The Constitution, even if I
suits and development of our vast resour- j 1S decided after full survey of the chances I
ces ? That he is a man of ^tremendous J D cmocra tic success single-handed is im- I
mental capacity, great physical resources, 1 p 0Sg ible, it must be satisfactorily shown that
iron energy, vast experience and knowledge I (j ree ] C j can carry enough Republican
in Railway interests, and thoughtful, pro- | strength to give victory to a coalition of I
gressive enterprise, will hardly be denied j D emocra t a and Liberal Republicans before I
by any who know him ; and it is in the hope j we wou id advocate such coalition. Other- j
of bringing these elements of concentrated I w | ge we mus t counsel the rejection of such
strength into the service of the State, that I coa i]tion, believing that defeat on a square- I
we make this appeal to the common sense out D emocra tic nomination would be less |
and common justice ot the people of Georgia. I injurious than defeat under Greeley’s lead-
One such a man is worth millions of capital, j grship.
Macon, Georgia.
because he can create and wield it, and un
earth resources that capital cannot reach
without the aid of brains, energy and enter
prise.
In return for CoL Hulbert’s kindness to
1 bj^to tks Cmvs.
the return.
The express train from Louisville, coupled
ns on at 3 next morning, and would have
given us timo for a good breakfast at Nasn-
vme, urn. uuuer is epeeu uf thirty or forty
miles an hoar, oar coupling pin jumped oat,
and the detention threw the train behind
time; so a snack at a Restaurant was only
half devoured when “All aboard for Chatta
nooga !*’stampeded the party.
Oar oo»ci> wm pushed, up to the Nashville
& Chattanooga depot, whero i£*» wheels and
journals were examined, and one journal
found to be burnt put. A new one was put
in, and we started an hour behind time.-—
This lost time bad to be made up, and twen
ty minutep had to be consumed at the din
ner, house for all the Journals were dry
at noon, and hungry too. The Road was in
splendid order, and the, engineer was not
afraid. At times his speed was above fifty
miles to the hour, and bridges and tressela
were passed without reducing it. Beautiful
valleys, luxuriant farms, rivers, mountains
and gorges slipped behind us like the bird’s
flight, and we arrived safely on schedule
time at
CHATTANOOGA.
We had telegraphed to Mayor Rathburn,
and CoL Tomlinson Fort, an old Georgia
friend, from the dinner house, that the Ex’
cursionists would spend the night and the
following day in their city, and on arriving
we were greeted by committees, whc t tender
ed the^hoepitaUliea of the city, and oenJuct-
ted us to the Read House for necessary ab
lutions and.refreshment8.
The freedom of the city, during our stay,
was duly, proclamated, and a campaign of
sight seeing, business discovery and festive
pleasures was promptly inaugurated by
visit to Pond’s superb establishment, where
the system of corkology was exemplified,
and the Dolly Yarden art of “mixing” illus
trated.
Splendid carriages from Crawford’s mam
moth Livery were waiting in front, and
courteous cicerones accompainsd ns in
most interesting drive throngh the National
Cemetery, and about the city.
Next morning the excursionists were ta
ken in charge by the committees. After
visiting the Roane Rolling Mill and carefully
examining the process of making Railroad
iron from the ore to the rail, and the Vulcan
Iron Works, where we saw the finest mills in
the State in fall operation, and witnessed the
carious and interesting progress of ft pig
from the “puddle” to an engine, we were In
vited to occupy ten of Crawford & Carroll’s
gayest vehickles, and the “Rock City” on
Lookont was made in about one hour and ft
half. Refreshments preceded us to Avenues,
a deep fissure in the rocks, resembling
somewhat the crossing of two streets ftt right
angles, with lofty structures on either side*
Here we were honored with the company of
two of Chattanooga’s accomplished ladies,
who were doing.the mountain on horseback,
as a mark of respect to the Georgia Press.
Their husbands are iron men, and, though
“hard-ware” was the chief luxury at Ater-
nias, they exhibited no signs of assimilation
to that meUl; They accompanied us tc
Point Lookout, and placed us under pleasant
obligations for pointing out places of inter
est and the beauties of the situation.
The party returned to the Read House at
3 p. k., just In time for the banquet, which
had been ordered by the city authoritiea, the
Mill men and the citizens generally. This
was the best prepared dinner v» e saw any
where on the route, and it affords ns pleas
ure to bear testimony to the faet that Mrs.
Read gets np the best meals of any house
from Albany to Louisville.
Several interesting speeches were deliver
ed during the banquet, and a resolution was
adopted by the citizens requesting copies of
the remarks of CoL Hulbert, CoL Rathbnrn,
and the writer for publication.
The latter could not comply for the reason
that he has been too much engaged since,
and could not, if he desired, recall the
thought or language of the occasion. The
remarks of Col, Hulbert and Col. Rathburn,
cover the whole question aud will appear in
our next.
We were pleased with Chattanooga, and
her live, progressive, hospitable people. The
city is improving more rapidly than Atlanta
or any other city in the South, and she pos
st sees natural advantages far surpassing all
her sisters. Fools may laugh, and wise-men
shrug their shoulders in affected skepti
cism, but CoL Halbert’s prediction will be
realized, or the plans of the Almighty most
fail. Chattanooga is the key to the
tion, and her destiny is inevitable.
The hospitalities extended torn ia
taaooga ware not leas generous and
than ia Atlanta and Nash'
done that liberal hearts and
have anggeated, o
have desired. Onr stay'
and profitable, and the
This is one of tho very nice questions cono
nccted with ihe political situation, that re
quires time to gather the facts, and to con
sider them, before coming to a conclusion.
The Democracy must act in this grave 1
the excursionists, and in token of their high I juncture intelligently, carefully, sensibly, I
appreciation of his superior worth, on their 1 rightly and unitedly. We can only do this J
arrival at Atlanta, they presented him with I by being thoroughly informed before we do- I
a neat gold-beaded cane, with appropriate I c ide our course, and by avoiding premature j
inscriptions, which they procured at Ihe j individual committals that may render adhe- [
Jewelry establishment of Sharp & Floyd. I B i 0 n to a different party programme after- j
The presentation took place at the Kim- I wards very difficult,
ball House, at 6 a. m. on the morning of the
CORN. CORN. CORN.
15th and the excursionists dispersed.
DOW AIR. GREELEY I'AME TO SIGN
JEFF. DAVIS’ BOX!).
[Prom the New York World.
The following correspondence has been
handed to us for publication:
May 18,1872.
Charles O’Connor, Esq.
My Dear Sir :-~\Vi\\ you allow me to call
your the enclosed extract from I
an editorial in The Yfvru 0 f p r j_
Greeley S fits.
All the Democratic papers in New York,
except the World, denounce Voorhee’s speech,
are.all for Greeley, except the World
and Pomeroy's .
The Sunday Mercury, htrougij- in
its tapdencies, says Daniel W. Yoorh’ees, the
ally of Radicalism, delivered himself last
night of a whole bog full of sophomorical day last, and to ask you whether it does or
stuff for which act he either was or will be I does not accurately represent the facts in re
paid. We heartily commiserate th« good I gard to the connection of Mr. Greeley with
people of Terre Haute, Ind., that they seem I the release of Mr. Jefferson Davis?
to have been compelled to listen to Dan’s j No man is so competent as yourself to
subsidized oration under the embarrassing j speak io this point.
circumstances which now surrouud him.— 1 “We will not do Mr. Greeley any injustice.
From the time that he appeared iu the Vir- 1 we acknowledge that with a liberality and a
ginia courts to defend one of John Brown’s 1 defiance of party trammels which reflect hon-
adjutants, and failed in saving him from the I or on his generons impulses, he advocated
gallows to the present hour, 'Voorhee’s elo- I universal amnesty when it cost him his
quence was something of a blunderbuss.— I chances for a United Stales Senatorsbip,
The most that Voorhees can do is to earn the I and that he signed the bail bond for Jefferson
The Largest supply of CORN and OTHER GRAIN, at the very Lowest Market price,
always be found at the store of
W. A. HUFF,
price to be paid for his disorganizing coarse,
aud be that never -so little, it will be too
much for what he is worth.
The Gormans of Nashville proclaim for
Greeley and Brown.
General Leslie Coombs says Greeley is
neither a reformed nor an unreformed drunk
ard, and is therefore preferable to Grant.
Jefferson Davis is understood to have in-
Davis. But these commendable acts resulted
from mere generous impulse, without much
regard to’priuciple. After the court had decid*
ed to set Mr. Davis free on bail, he could have]
found plenty of bondsmen, and Mr. Greeley’s
[journey to Richmond was quite superfluous [
as a means of benefitting Jefferson Davie,
while it impaired his influence in his own |
party as au advocate of universal amnesty.”
The impression of many persons is that this I
BACON & BULK MEATS.
statement is not wholly just, anil that Mr.
timated a preference for Greeley, as between I Greeley’s journey to Richmond was not quite
him and Grant. superfluous as a means of benefitting your
The Missouri Republican says: The at. ? Uenl . ‘. Ile ***** T y °, u I ,ronoance lhis
tempt of Mr. VoorheeB and of all other so. *“P re3aKm corret . ma J 13sk ‘o f»™r me |
Middle and Southwestern Georgia can be supplied with the artiole of Bacon aud Bulk
Meat, at packing house-cost, aud freight added* by sending their orders aud money to
W, A. HUFF.
called Democratic leaders to scold the De
mocracy into a separate nomination at BaL
timore will ignominiously fail. Ignominious-
ly is the word: - The attempt will bury all
woo make it. This presidential movement of
1372 belongs to the people, and the reci
pients of Democratic honors must lake hold of
the rope and run with the machine, or be
crushed underneath its swift revolving
wheels.
The truth is, the people have got this bus
iness in hand, and we are gratified to see
unmistakable indications, from all quarters,
with an exact statement of the fact, and with
permission to lay it before the editor of The
World for publication ? I remain, with great
respect, your mqpt obedient and faithfal ser
vant .
MR. O’CONNOR’S REPLY.
New York, May 19, 1872.
My Dear Sir:—From his capture until the j
hour in which he was bailed, Mr. Jefferson I
Davis was iu military custody. He was then |
confined as a prisoner of war for about two 1
years. From the very commencement of this !
term his counsel directed their efforts to I
that they are ignoring the politicians and I procuring his delivery into civil custody, to
. .. .. I t h P pnd Mini, h* mirrlit Iia.a Vila ImaI af am.a
sore-headed leaders of all parties.
There is but one contingency that can
oheck and roll back the Greeley avalanche,
and that le his failure to develops Repuhli
can strength at Baltimore, sufficient to justi
fy its onward sweep under Democratic aus
pices. Mr. Stephens, Voorhees, Belmont
and the World are as powerless to resist it,
as the breath cf man to turn back the North
ern blast.
A telegram from Washington to the Rich-
momd Dispatch, with reference to Mr. Gree
ley’s letter of acceptance, says “theinfluence
it has exercised over the feelings of promi?
nent Democrats is undeniably great. The
opinions entertained that Greeley will be
nominated at Baltimore are visibly strength
ened by the publication of this important do*
enment.
Tommy Hauck.—the Washington corres
pondent of The Constitution, furnishes
these ileus, under date 2>th.
obeeley’s chances.
Greeley appears to have lost ground during
the week, though one cau hardly tell how or
where. Carl Schurz has looked gloomy and
heartbroken since his return from Cincinnati,
and is doubtless disappointed in the nomina
tion. Though he has declared his intention
of standing by Qreeley to ihe end, it is by
no means sure that he will carry with him
the German vote. The Teutons don’t like
Horace Greeley’s cold water doctrines; nor
are the free traders, who went into the Lib
eral movement with a vim, better pleased.—
They already show signs of revolt, Senator
Trumbull, as cold blouded a mortal as ever
lived, was only enthusiastic over the Liberal
movement while he had hopes of getting the
nomination, and has since made no sign,
doubt if either he, Schurz or $umner, the
great sore-head trio of the Senate, will take
any active measuiea to secure the election of
Greeley, notwithstanding their professed hos
tility to grant. Still, Greeley may be the
“coming man” for all that.
A WORD OF ADVICE.
A part of (he electioneering programme of
the Granlites is the inciting ot disturbances
in the South, (hat the cry of the KuKlux
may be raised to “fire (he Northern heart
Between this and November no stone will
be left unturned to bring about collisions be
tweeo the whites and the blacks. It there
fore behoves the Southern people to give their
enemies as few opportunities as possible for
accomplishing this purpose.
A Set-Off foe the South.—The House of
Representatives on Thursday inserted in the
civil appropriation bill an appropriation ot
$2,500,00j (a pay Southern claimants the
due them under mail contracts ex-
to May 1, 1869 A proviso that
should be made only on proof
stricken out. The same bill
1,000 to be expended by
[wetioe in prosecutions ot
the Ku-Klux bill,
be intended as an
measure.
Crawford and
favor of non-
r, and in favor
the end that he might have his trial at once
or obtain liberation upon bail until the gov
ernment should think it fit to bring on the
trial. The counsel for Mr. Davis havln first
solicited and obtained the consent of Mr.
Greelev,' Mr. Gerritt Smith, and Commander
Vandebiil, offered to give bail in any sum
that might be required, and to procure those
three gentlemen to unite in the bail-bond.—
The offer was never formally accepted; but,
under tho belief that it was satisfactory, the
oounsel of Mr. Davis obtained a writ of nabeas
corpus, and brought Mr, Davis before the
court at Richmond.
Mr. Evarts attended by appointment, and
on the part of (he government he acquisced in
bailing Mr. Davis in $100,000. Conceiving
himself bound to do so, the counsel of Mr.
Davis requested the attendance of the gentle
men in question. Commodore Vanderbilt’s
attorney acted for him; the other two gentlemen
appeared and. signed the bond in person.—
They had every reason to understand and be
lieve that their altendance was absolutely
neccesary to the release of Mr. Davis. The
counsel of Mr, Davis supposed it to be bo,
and has now no reason to think otherwise.
I am not aware of any officiousness on the
part of Mr. Greeley in this business, and
never supposed that he did anything beyond
what he considered essential to the liberation
of Mr. Davis.
1 am, dear sir, yours truly,
Chas. O’Connor.
Commencement Exercise op Andrew Fe
male College,—Sunday, June 23, 10 o’clock
a. k., Commencement Sermon, by Rev. Lov-
ick Pierce, D. D.
Monday, Jane 24,10} o’clock a. m., Address
before Literary Societies, by Sterling Toney,
Esq., of Eufaula, Ala,
8} o’clock, P. H., theyoungladies of Andrew
and Taylor Societies will give an entertain
ment.
Tuesday, June 25,10 o’clock, a k., Sopho
more Readings, Prizes awarded by Rev. Geo.
T. Gcetchius, of Albany, Ga.
5 o’clock, p. m., Re union of Alumnae.
8$ o’clock, p. m., Exercises of Junior Class.
Wednesday, June 26,10J o’clock, a. m. An
nual Literary Address, by \V* Watkins Hicks,
D* D. of Macon, Ga.
8£ o’clock, p. k., grand Musical Concert.
Personal.—Under this head, the Memphis
Appeal of the 27th has the following truthful
paragraph.
Colonel E. Hulbert, of Georgia, distin
guished as one of the ablest and best inform
ed railroad men of the South, is in the city.
He is on his way to St. Louis to attend the
meeting of the committee of arrangements of
the Narrow-Gauge Railroad Convention, to be
held in that city on the nineteenth of June.—
Colonel Hulbert has more varied, extensive
and accurate information in regard to the
iron and coal deposits of tbe Southern States
than any other man, and his letters and
speeches have awakened a lively interest on
this subject throughout ueorgia and Alaba
ma.
s^., ■».<» ■» . i^ :—
|A strawberry hunting party will
leave Coviugtoo to morrow morning, to spend
the heat of the day in the patch aod return
home late in the afternoon.—Covington En
terprise.
This reminds us*»f tome of onr fishing par- ,
ties.
FLOUR. BRAN & MEAL.
large and seleot stock of FLOUR, BRAN and MEAL always on hand, at lowest cost pries
W, A, HUFF,
SUGAR. COFFEE. SYRUP. SALT
The above articles can be found in large or small quantiles by calling on
W, A. HUFF,
T£!KMS CASH
Plrti ** hllTln g tim money to psy for their supplies will do
well to aiI rise with me before purohasiog any of the store owned erticles. P To chesh eus-
.omers I intend to offer extraordinary inducements. My good, are not for sale on lime"
W. Jl. htiff,
macon, Ga.