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PROFESSIONAL. CARDS
Attorney at Lav,
ALBANY, QA.
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Devoted to 1}ie Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
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HOTELS
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120 Per Month.
BOG BN HOUSE,
(TMMUU.T TOWER HOUSE.)
SSOAD STREET. ALBANY. GEORGIA
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A tinmm. naiuMli B wHci.nl m
krt Ike know will be kep« In InKUrn «jle.
IrOHl -.ill to TO*
McAFEE HOUSE,
Smith ville- * • QeoraiUA
OffoAul R Depot.
m «. VeAFEE. Proprietor.
BARLOW HOUSE.
^uucoa.
uq&tork is arriving every
afjc invite the atten-
i unite people of South
west anti Southern Georgia
to tlie same.
Our expenses are low, our
CLOMASSIERS
Imported anti Domestic,
erv Best Make, and
Guarantee Fit and
Satisfaction.
Best Tailoring Establishment
. In this Section.
DAY BOARD
lo bllh LgCWUo. see us, above the
r+> til;.
Farrington & Price.
ilHI'fl » »
20 splendid, fresh, young
Horses, just from the West,
as good as the best, and
SOUND ALL OVER!
Call and see them at Sta-
ble&ouposite the Post office,
ft A V D. W. Kir km ax.
■it* Ik* Coart Boom.
Board Par Day $2 00
a. r. COLLI**. Proprietor.
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
SAV.
CITY TAXES*!
ff «HF ntf Tar Books trr now o|*en f..r ike .'-lief
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The Albany News Oifioe.
Tk* y •ill IwrlovJ on the
1st Day of November, 1878,
at which time executions will l**> ivoe.f against all
tUmtamts.
■f •WHJflB M, DciL
FRANK V KVANS
flm and Trwurrr.
OOB tbe greater convenience of otar friends ami
■*" customers. ve bare rented the popular affim
formeiJy occupied hr Boat, Johnson A Co„
$2.00 Per Day.
tllniinrrr Inn* .fuller Fihe and Washingt<
on Accommodation* to
esxis:
JOBS BRfSKAN. Manager.
Oil
cordially javfte our friend* and patron*
at mj pfw quartern. Allbuiiltiem.ro-
SALE OF «/rroN. will be expedition*,
ly transacted. Cotton will he stored at our Ware-
- - * ot, where Mown J. M. Mer
I tie found at all bourn.
el. A A. F. TIFT A CO.
Power in a Nutshell!
Come and Nee.
1 AMnow prepared la pat ap la Gold, Sliver
Mlefcnl FlateSand ttteel From**, . «
MlEHOUSE
fl. -iii'C .noil- A. *Atfl v '48 PAVAV-1V
mw.JomtaMra.j^j.j. 0OOK,
Djing and Cleaning
Ert.blidmi.nt, T (jhuhq, |[ gR (; HAN <|>
k
*5 r25—
■attatta ii—ty.
Mtt Mata eleased and promed In latest style*
CMrythlaapMlalalDctotlM boslnms a/a in
cjammtabuAsmnt wetland promptly executed.
•lOriflnalj -
MISSION OF A PkW DROP.
BY JOHN ADAkls, JR.
A dew drop cam# from-lla airy half tit,
A ad dwell oa a fed lag A$w4r;
It caamlathesUUofaatairy night,
Itatraad wsaas soft at a Uam of lifbt,
And Itadarfcanadfcna ween lowly sight,
Till the morning aaa la powar,
Revealed In U beau I lea so wwod'fously rare,
A Perl might wish for a Paradise (hare.
The drop was exhaled as the morning sped;
It had vanlehed—cone—ah, where T
Hut the fading flower ooca more waa rad.
Its reviving colon It flreoly spread.
And Its sweet aromas profusely abed
On the anxious, yearning air.
They ware precious boons Baa gratefully gave.
Those odorous waits on the breezy wave.
The couch where a wan, frail sufferer lias
la near where the drop he* lain ;
And his heart la real with such agonies—
The loved ones must w*atlf the parent dies.
Hark I odors now great his olfactories.
And soothe and lemea hts pain:
Twee only a’dew drop, meek, transient, unknown;
It came unattended, It want all alone.
Albany, October tlh, 187*.
Jurors Prawn for November
Term, 1878, Baker 8n
lierior Court.
(IRANI! JURORS.
.1 1> Cullen CW Hoblxt
K It Odum
Urk
W II Wliitehcnd
It Worslmni
.1 F Brinson
M S Davis
I! (' Jackson
W J Mathis
It E McCollum
I* D Davis
Wm Baldwin
Bryant Collins
t: S Hudson
I a llall
Buck Smith
W II Thoni|>soii
.1 H Sinqiietiehl
W M Williams
Henry Jaekson
Alley* Ilerlz
'Uolit Burnett, sr
Ah.I McMitrrv
W.T Morgan
J M Odum
Win McNeil
G K King
Green Wiseman
J B Harrell
petit *r KOIES.
Frank Griffin J P Broadway-
11 II Tarver
Rob! Butler
W P Smith
Ins Thompson
E C Jones
LG Rowell
Win Griffin
Wm Durham
W I. Curry
lohn Pruned
Inhn Johnson
W T Milligan
Henrv Adams
t II Williams
Geo L Bell
folin O Perry
William West
Pickens Butler
J T Whitehead
W C Odum
Willis Jones
R D Taylor
M Hair
W P Ryals
•I N Porter* -
Reuben Jones
G W Willis
T P Elliott
John Tavlor
C E Norris
E II Brown
S P Davis
E D Taylor
W D Barnett
Preparing to Interfere in South-
era Elections.
Washington, October 7.—The At
torney General has written to the
United States Attorneys in Louisiana,
Vlaliaina mid South Carolina that he
lias information of certain outrages
dleged to have been committed and
hreatened to be committed in the
northern and middle districts of Ala
bama in connection with the ap
proaching Congressional elections.
The information is of such an im
portant character that he deems it
proper to call their attention to the
taws intended to protect the freedom
and purity of such elections; and, in
>rder to secure all citizens their jnst
rights, he calls the attention of the
•fficers to section 5520, Revised Stat-
ites, imposing a fine and imprison
ment upon persons forcibly, or by
threats, deterring any citizen from
liis right to vote or support any can
didate for the office of President,
Vice President, or Congress, and
ilso instructs them to promptly ar
rest all violators of the law. The at
torneys addressed are also required
to show the letter to United States
Marshals, if they have occasion to
place warrants iu their liMids relating
to this subject.
The above is the result of wliat
Secretary Everts said some time ago
viz: “We have tried one thing, ani(
now we intend to try another.” It
lias an ominous meaning.
■ws Office, iju iiui, ^
lKM#88iiIlkai|, fa'eargla
Bagging and Ties
jAhgr* ongMd^st Market Price*. Atm
^GbsxJ rooms for customers, sod lot* for
uSBRV“S:„ u
The Central Knilroatl-
We have not seen the late report of
President Wadlcy upon the Central
Railroad, for the year ending August
ilsL The Atlanta Cu>itti(uli9» says
it is sufficient to disclose the reasous
for the recent rapid rise in the stock,
and further says:
“The receipts of the year were
12,721,024—an increase over the year
previous of $281,970; while the ex
penses werejil,598,914, a decrease of
450 73—leaving an increase of net
earnings over those of 1877 of $281,.
821. All parts of the road contributed
to this handsome result—the increase
of earnings on the Savannah division
footing up $105,532; on the Atlanta
division,'$15,544; ami on the South
western road, 55,287. Even the Up-
■win comity road produced $1,409 more
than it did in 1877. These guilts are
attributable to the recovery from the
fever epidemic or 1870 and to the in
creasing prosperity of the farmers in
the sections of State traversed by the
road and its mimeroiia branches.* The
increase in net earnings is also
duo to an ccoiiorinv that was Imtli
strict and wise.
The property was improved during
the past year.. Three thousand tons
of steel rails were, laid, fifty freight
ears were added to' the stock, one new
engine was built at the company’i
shops in Savannah, and extensive re
pairs were made upon the older cars
mid engines. Severn! buildings were
thoroughly repaired, and the shops at
Macon enlarged. President Wadley
considers the pro|ierty of the com
pany in a satisfactory condition.
In view of these facta the resump
tion of dividends in Jauuary last
stands approved; but Colonel Wad-
ley is confident tlint they should be
kept at a figure that will enable the
company to create a sinking fund of
not less than one hundred thousand
dollars, to meet the maturing obliga
tions of l|ie company. He desires to
maintain ,llie present high credit of
the company ; uml to do this he urges
upon the stockholders the policy of
not paying, ‘at least for the present,’
a larger dividend than live per cent.”
Qijzrv : “ Why,wlU men smoke com
mon tobacco, when they can Imy Mar
burg Bros. “Heal of frorth Carolina,'
at the same price ?” juu31st-ly
T H U It S 1) A V, OCTOBER 17. IX7X
Ink Drops Prom l<es.
MUSTANG INIIUI.UKS IN A VERY OOOII
SET OE REASONS — EAI.I. TERM OK
COURT—“o. ». o.”—COUNTV INII.I-
TIC8— Will. COOK—BASK HAUL, ETC.
Leksburo Sanctum, Oct. 7, 1878.
We are curtly amt courteously ask
ed to “go for” certain parties around
Is-eshurg, because their ideas and
actions do not meet the approbation
of a few j/otnl, clever thinkers, which
we promptly decline for the follow
ing very plansjlde reasons; If we
“go for” everydni tliAt’ is set in the
field as that sort of a eandidale, some
body will he sure to “go for” us. Our
hide would not hold shucks; there
would be no bump on our head well
enough to wear our Sunday hat; in
these our feeble days, alter being
knocked down and “junod around ’
a few time*, the school children would
find out bow easy it was done, and
they would commence regular “busi
ness” upon us, and then, “Othello’s
occupation's gone,”—we'd loose our
reputation as a fighter, writer and
thiuker. We are not willing lo |ieri!
our reputation iu these highly essen
tial and valuable accomplishments in
the hqpepf winning a fiteuio fWend—
ur mdre’probatily a tnakc-in thegrtns.
“Mustang, you nmjht to, you must
.‘go for him!” is no 'assurance against
injury to our person, or profit to out
purse, with considerable doubts aris
ing iii our mind'as to whether you
would “dance alter our fiddling” or
not.
KALI. THRU OK COURT.
Superior Court, fall term, coin-
indices oil Ihc second Monday iu No-
vember, his Honor J. F. Crisp pre-
iding, with Col. C. B. Hudson as so-
licitor. We have no positive infor
mation of the! docket, but presume it
to be light The business of the coun
ty court has been meagre. Some few
in jail to be disposed of, and our
grand jury may raise some new issues
with violators of the laws. Our effi-
•ient sheriff and deputy are always
on the alert, ready to “trot ’em in.”'
“o. s. o.”
Our brother scribe up the line is
pleased to make complimentary men
tion of us at the “south” end of hi*
'oininiiuicatiou. We can but con
sistently and conscientiously “tickle’'
back, a* he will prove a valuable ad
junct to any live newspaper; and will
say to “O. S. O.” and the readers ot
the News, that we hope ever to live
“sprightly” enough to kick oft' the
lieel-flies.'
COUNTY POLITICS.
Politics and candidates for county
offices * have simmered down to a
luietus. Each candidate thinks his
lain* so stroug upon the dear people
that,they are unigilling to invest in
printer’s ink or even “set up” a sec-
md-class cheroot. But, any how,
hand in your announcements.
PHIL COOK.
Colonel Phil Cook addressed the
itizens of Lee county on the political
issues of the day! *4 the Courthouse
in Leesburg, on Saturday, 5th. HU
social intercourse with the people
throughout the day made him many
friends. ’Rah for Cook.
BASK BALL.
Whenever the Pfcenix gets well and
lierfectly at leUure, the Muckalee is
willing to try that game of b. b. over
with them again. Come; we have
good grounds—cometeud win that
bat and ball. *
THANKS.
Our thanks are due to Uncle Kit
for the use of his office as a sanctum.
Items of news, printing, -advertising,
and work of tjiis nature promptly at
tended to by Mvstanu.
A Good Farmer.
Our friend “H. W. J.,” the spicy
and peppery correspondent of the
Savannah News, writes a letter that
we like to read, in his last he dis-
-ussed “good tarniing,” and under
this head says:
Last Sunday I “headed” for the
country, and soon found myself at the
home of iny old friend, Mr. John V.
Mock. Knowing that the News i&
ever ready to disseminate cheerful
agricultural items, 1 kept niy visual
as well as my auricular organs wide
open. Mr. Mock runs a three-horse
farm. This year be planted fortv
ncrcs ill cotton, and lias already gili
ned and sold fourteen bales, and will
probably get four or five more. 1
cmild not ascertain the exact amount
of corn made, hnt saw a large crib
“rammed aud jammed” with it, and
can assert with confidence that maize
will be sold from that establishment
another year; In another house I
found three hundred bushels of shell
ed oats, not quite half of this year’s
crop, tlie balance of the crop having
Item sent 16 market. Another house
I found packed with oats in the straw,
shucks, and other winter feed for cat
tle. His field {icacrop was never bet
ter, anil he est'inales liis syrup crop
at about a thousand gallons. I notic
ed a drove of fat, lazy-looking hogs
in an oat pasture, and poultry, of
fine breeds, scattered over the preui
iscs.
A descent into the cellar revealed a
number of barrels and kegs of home
made wine, varying from one to three
years old. Mr. M. owns a splendid
vineyard and makes a considerable
quantity of wine each year, but onlv
for home use and that of Ids friends.
He is clear of debt, has a good
round sum of money out at interest,
and i* yearly aildiug to it from the
products of his farm. He believes iu
raising hi* supplies at home, and in
having all the comforts of life around
Id in. Hard work, intelligently ap
plied, has lined hitn above poverty,
and he deserve* tlir whole of his suc
cess.
Ex-Secretary of tlie Navy Robeson
has been nnfnluated for Congress by
the Republicans of the first District of
New Jersey. In accepting the nomi
nation Mr Robeson expressed grati
tude at the prospect which liis nomi
nation afforded of meeting his accu
sers face to* thee on the floor of Con
gress. The District is strongly Re
publican, hut Joseph L. Topliam, a
iiinu|of large means, lias already an
nounced himself as an independent
candidate, and proposes to make the
light on the broad ground that Mr.
Robeson is a corruptionist.
Ben Hill on Ills Fruinliilency,
ltiitliy Kiiyi-s.
“THE lillVEBNMKVr HAS HEOOMK IIIKN-
T1KIKII WITH KBAI'll AKItlHAD-
MIMSTKHKIl Ilk THE AU
THOR* OK Kit A I'II."
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 2d, 1878.
M/i Dear Sir: In this day of much
printing it is almost impossible to
have one’s opinions or motives cor
rectly represented. I suppose it is
liecniise iiiisrcpresciitation Is so easy.
I have never cast any “Mur* on the
President.” I have never expressed
any “bitterness towards Jtjf- Hayes,"
because I have never felt auv.
I have never eomplaiiietTiir indulg
ed iu pique because Mr.-sHavcs did
not -appoint persons to.—office who
were recommended liv nTe. I have
never recommonded nny. I have on-
itorsed some applicant's atg qualified,
and have greatly desired jo see the
civil service improved—especially in
the South.
I trust no nmn who knows me needs
to be assured that, in tlie discharge ot
my public dtitiea, 1 am incapable ol
being influenced by personal piques
and disappointments.
With me all personal feelings and
relations, whether of frieildsliip or
otherwise, nre subordinated to tlie
-public good.
But I should lie very unenndid if 1
did not confess that I have been most
grievously disap|miiited in Mr. Hayes
and ii. his administration. If iny
grievance were only personal, tlie
world would never suspect it in my
official conduct and opinions. It is
because my grievance relates only to
our National character and the public
weal that I make known its existence,
and will proceed to set forth briefly
the reasons for it.
I believe that what is known as our
“civil service" is it now exists, and
has long existed, is a crime against
popular government and eivilizatian.
I believe it has been the ehief cause ot
many troubles and corruptions in the
|>ast, aud if uot thoroughly reformed,
will surely undermine and destroy
our free institutions. I will not stop
here to discuss the grounusof this be
lief. They have been long and well
considered, and have produced abso
lute conviction. I always did abhor
that old party slogan, “To tlie victors
belong the spoils. It was never suit
ed to any but bandits and plunderers,
aud was always disgraceful to men
claiming to be patriot* aud statesmen,
it reduces the science of government
to. the tricks of gamblers, the hypoc
risy of demagogues, aud the blo ws ol
ruffians.
I heard Mr. Hayes when, in Ids in
augural address, he announced his
policy, or rather his purpose of civil
service reform. To say I was pleased,
would feebly express tlie truth. In
spite of my conviction that he was not
elected by the people, but owed Ids
office to unmitigated frauds for which
I believed lie was not responsible, 1
felt willing to bury this last and
greatest wrong with the many Hint
had preceded it, and for which all
sides were more or less responsible,
and unite inv humble effort* iu sii|>-
portof a policy which, in iny judg
ment, promised escape to our whole
country from all sueli wrongs in tlie
future.
What is spoken of as Mr. Hayes’
southern policy, was of far less sig
nificance. This southern policy was
a necessity of the situation. Mr.
Hayes had' uo power to'avoid it. The-
end of carpet-bag plundering in the
south and disgrace to the nation liad
come by events. Even Gen. Grant
saw that tlie army could no louger be
used to settle contested elections in
the states, and maintain robbers in
power. But with our corrupt and
ever corrupting civil service, tlie sit
uation was different. Tlds evil liad its
irigin before tlie war. It had grown
up under tlie nurture of leaders of
parties. It liad pushed its brazen sup-
porters and beneficiaries to the front,
seats of authority. It had grown and
strengthened with every year, and
seemed lo have intrenched itself im
pregnable during Gen. Grant's ad
ministration. When, therefore, in
tlie very day of its insolent power, in
tlie very midst of its pampered cour
tiers, and on Hie very field of its grent-
stsway, Mr. Haves announced in
tear and uufaltcring voice bis pur
pose to strangle this hydra of many
heads, he seemed to exhibit the cour
age, manliness and patriotism of one
worthy to lie president. Tlie exhibi
tion gave me higli hopes of. tlie man,
and several early, free anil frank in
terviews which I felt encouraged to
seek with him, greatly strengHicupd.
aud encouraged these hopes; 7vy
Now, my friend, it is tlie utter and
sickening disappointment which these
hopes have experienced, and nothing
else, which lias forced from me the
few words to which you allude, and
which have been falsely construed by-
republican papers to express ]ierson-
al bitterness aud hostility on inv part
toward Mr. Hayes.
In iny opinion Mr. Hayes has utter
ly failed to improve—indeed, has
strangely thrown away—an opportu
nity to make for liiinselt a naine wor
thy to be enrolled with that of Wash
ington, because that opportunity im
proved would have conferred on his
country a benefit quite equal to any
conferred liv Washington himself.
He liu* failed because lie lias shown
himself utterly unequal to Ids oppor
tunity. He lias shown himself une
qual in that lie lias utterly failed to
realize that the chief magistrate of a
great country lias no personal friends,
no personal' enemies, and owes no
|M-i-smml obligations, but is under ob
ligations only to Ids country, and to
that country s honor, glory, prosperi
ty, constitution and laws. He has
thrown away liis opportunity to hon
or himself and serve his country by
recognizing an obligation to reward
those wholly fraud most disgraceful
to their country gave him this oppor
tunity. He lias thrown away the
grandest opportunity ever given to u
man, only Hint lie might give offices
and rewards to u worthless set of rap
scallions as ever disgraced humanity.
A man may become president liy
reason of a crime, and yet himself not
be tainted or even culpable. Twice
in our history have men become pres
ident* by reason of crime. Andrew
Johnson became president by reason
of a wicked aud foul assassination.—
Mr. Ilnyes became president by rea
son of a wicked and foul conspiracy
to change, anil which did change. Hie
ballots of the people after those bal
lots Imd been cast. Yet each became
president through tlie forms of the
constitution aud laws.
. HowilHr Mr. Mi
lillei
i
•l.-al tvill
ivlm «■
__tnHnn
Htr*e who coinmir
••Igirged with ni.lfug to mjL Hi.
iirhueHiy which IicJkMuic pvcsmfesit
Ik pursued flirin for pnuisiiWen
with Jiich vigor thit. ns all the worh-
how believe, an innocent woman wa-
hanged!
How has Mr. Hayesilcall williHm-
who committed, nuil tho-c u 1)1 > nSi-i
charged with $iiling to commit, the
itMJuedM' 'Which Im became pre-iile-'t -
If-ytMi wiTThinmine the list t'Kofa tin
liumlljpst innnngcMhfltlc election jive-
clnctd- in Florida and l.ouisiami
t-Hfhugh (lie visiliilg statesmen a* t lift
nre now ip xnockerv called, anil up to
and through the electoral comtdss'mn.
and show me one,'black or white
high oBdow. who known lobe guil
ty. »r wlid’js suspected of Hie guilt ol
this cnine, who hu)fi)bt iv.-eived oi
been oOhis&an ofl^jawi wilt icli.Wi
to thnX’.extont the psaifleaml mot-liliea-
tion I feel'll) looking over these sick
ening development*. There a wo
man charged to lic'auiong the cojispi
rators in both criiutW***
In Mr. Jnlinsoii'Acase. Mrs. Stir rail
protesting her innocence with an hon
est- woinalf* tears, and a devoted
mocked and Iniug!
In Mr. Hayes’ case. Agnes leaks
confessing her guilt in brazen ••ibliet-
ish never before equalled, receives tut
office of good pav umt little work in
the treasury, anil that. too. at a time
when many ladies of unquestioned
worth, with liungrv children, and
husbands slain iu battle, were rndi-lt
turned away with the gruff answei
“no vacancies.”
If. instead of fleeing as a criminal.
Wilkes Both had sought Hie presence
of AuiXlcW.Johuson a* one who hmt
rendered the latter a good service,
ami Mr. Johnson had entertained him
at Hie executive mansion and given
him tin .office, what would tlie world
have said ? IVliat would von s»v ?
Letters have been produced before
the Potter Committee, wr.tten bv Ih-
publicatk members of Cpngrcss.-M hh-ld
were written to Republican friend?
and not intended for publication,
strikingly exhibit the superior in
fluence of Kellogg, Packard, Well
and Anderson at the executive man
sion. In other ways we ..know now
that almost every person connected
with the fraud has claimed or exer-
cised special influence or fhVor at the
white house. But tlie contrast may
be staled Intoni^sItpt-tseiWeiH-e
In Mr. Jo! mson* case all tlie crim
inals, real or suspected, were espe
cially marked for punishment.
In Mr. Hayes’ case all criminals,
real or gitspeclpd, were especial I v
marked for reward.. ;! , v.
I would be really glad if I could
find some excuse, some apology, or
some paliation for the. course - Mr.
Hayes has pursued in this matter.
But, after full consideration, 1 can
find rnrnef It IS no paliation to sjv
that assassination was a greater crime
Mian fraud. Both wet e crimes. I f it
is right to reward crime at. all, then
tlie greatest crimes should receive
the highest rewards. You cannot
produce innocence, much less merit,
by grading crimes. All deserve pun
ishment aud none arc etiiillcd to re
ward. To reward fraud is a greater
crime Hum to commit it, for the re
ward iuvites many commissions. If
Mr. Johnson had rewarded Booth Hu-
whole world would have prouoinu-ed
him a greater criminal than Booth.
It is difficult to conceive of a greater
•Time than the defeat bv fraud of tlie
popular will of a, government tj liich
rests ou thef popular will. If there
be;a greater crime it is committed bv
those who reward tlie authors of sm-ii
fraud, for such reward invites the
perpetual defeat (tf'lhe popular will.'
mostiarijiio.us tarfq <>$ triton.. ■
It ao-wArsn tliRidno excuse—it -etSt-
self a crime—to say that Mr. Hayes
iyas under obligation to these authors
of fraud. If there had been no as
sassin Booth, there would have been
no President Johnson. But. was the
President, therefore, tinder obliga
tion to the assassin? If there hail
been uo frauds iu Florida and Luui-
iaua there would have been no Pres
ident Hayes. Is the President, there
fore, under obligation to all nlio
helped commit the fraud ? It seems
that all have ‘claimed reward.
It is no apology to say that Mr.
Hayes did not believe these people
were guilty of any fraud. It was
his duty to protect.'tlie character of
the nation and the intcgi-it\ J of tin-
administration, lie can do neither
j>y placing great numbers of men iu
office who are charged with crimes,
and whom largely 1 more than half Un
people believe are guilty, in truth,
l do not believe auv intelligent man
doubts their gui|t. But. I trust we
have in this country a sufficient uum-
ber of men of unsuspected honesty to
till the offices, and both the public
character and public interests require
that only such men should be appoint
ed. Besides, if these men were in
truth innocent they would not have
asked or accepted office from Mr.
Hayes, for they would not have been
willing to bring weakness upon Hie
administration nor disrepute upon
the civil service. Their universal and
brazen demand for office is tlie high
est proof of their guilt, for it riioM’s
that they care nothing for Mr. Hayes
—nothing for the honor of the coun
try—nothing for the good repute of
the civil service. Their every act iu
preNsijig for;office shows that 'reward
wa* 'tneir object, and reward ile-v
must have. Every man of tlie guilly
gang who ha* not been satisfied with
the;office offered him has confessed
tlie fraud*. Every man who lias not
confessed the frauds has been kepi
satisfied with office. tVliy should lie
confess whose coufessiuu would dc
leat Ids reward? How docs it hap
pen tliatthose only are not entitled to
belief who confess the frauds? And
how does it liap|teii that Hie credit ot
none was denied until after the
confession was made ?
It is no paliation now to say Him
the larger number of these appoint
ments were made by certain mem
ber*, or by a member, of Hie t'nbjurt.
if Mr. Johnson had made Wilke,
Boutli a member of bis Cabinet, Iu
could not have complained if Booth
had provided places for his loots and
subordinates. Nevertheless, if, when
tlie reveUtious ou Uds subject were
made before the Hotter Committee.
Mr. Hayes had promptly ordered a
sweeping purgation li-diii the civil
service of these obnoxious characters,
as 1 greatly lihped lie would do, lie
would have been largely vindicated.
Instead, however, of dismissing nnv,
he appointed more, and some of the
appointments seemed to have the
NUMBEH 42
. iceial purpose of suppressing or af-
•cliug testimony before tlie Coin-
lillee.
If anything Were wanting to in-
a-a sc the wicked It. i-itinsiie.-.s of tlie
i-aud- upon tlie ballots in Florida
■ ud Louisiana, it would lie found iu
Ii" only excuse wUich the authors
in i abettors of these frauds have of-
■ •■ I for their perpetration. It must
u -i- tic forgo 11 on Him the great
Il ls arc not denied lull admitted, lo-
vit: Hint the haltnl* were changed
Iter they were rust, ami Hie verdiri
f the people reversed after it liad
een rendered and was known. Tin
• xciisr for this, as alleged, is Ilia
iciv were intiuiliV.ttWu* at Hie pre,
•inets which prevented a fret' expre-
ion by the people.' If this excuse i-
ilsc iu fact, lit,m the ■■rime stand
• •lil'cssed without excuse. Those o
s who have been familiar with car-
.-ctliag villainies, knew from the firs
; bat the. excuse was false. Bui tin
’ roof now' revealed abundantly show
l *al (lie excuse is not only false, Im
actually manufactured for the
: xpress purpose Ii? a cover for tli-
'-and. Thus Hu; excuse itself beeonie
mb of the fraud, anil the most iiifa
? unis part ol ii. Not only*, was Hu
xi-iish manufactured, hut the evi
ciu e lo make tlu- excuse deceive tlu
• orthcrii people was also maiiiifac
1 red iu the Custom House in Xev.
►•leans and elsewhere. Forgeries ari
howu to have been numerous, aun
•erjnries were secured under prom
II- of reward. In thjg vile work men
milling high positions took actiri
.•art,.anil every one who look sucl
part lias received high office from Mr.
laves, and Iris ihus been enabled
•i become biois.-lf a dispenser of re
wards to subordinates.
Take it ail in all—its origin, its ex-
•nl, its wicked adroitness, its delib-
ration. the variety ••! characters eh
a;:» d, i! numberless prejuries ami
-■etles forgeries, its -marvellous sue-
•' s and its absolute control ot a
overnmeut of equaled patronage
■ or its. rewards—andTit must be con-
•ssed that the Presidential fraud ot
s7i< is without a parallel iu any his-
•ry. It dwarfs all oilier frauds, con-
piracics aud robberies into conipar-
dive insignificance. If allowed logo
inpuiiislted it will elevate perjury
■ilo a virtue, forgery into an art, aiict
ill reduce usurpation iuto a science.
The administration which I for one
*ad fondly hoped would inaugurate
- new era of elevation, purity and
efficiency in our civil'service, Inis per-
istentlv identified -ill. Hfiefits power
• ml its character with the frauds ol
s origin, and has thus done more
• nan a)l our previous history to bring
hat. eivil service into disrepute, and
lie advocate* of it* reform to coufu-
ion and .shame. The keenest pang
•f all is that which springs front the
id which will not down, that all has
•cell done lo silence, gratify and re
tard as vile a set of scoundrels as
ever robbed without remorse or lied
vithout blushing. •.
It ha* given me no pleasure to
vrile this letter. I have been slow
- luct.ml to give up the hopes 1
• ml i
mil formed of this administration. 1
: in uot willing even now to discredit
ay own judgment of men so fai
ls to admit that my first impres-
ions of Mr. Hayes were altogether
neorrect. I prefer'To.'hefieve, and do
■elieve, that he has fallen under tlie
-out ml of men who Were deeply in-
olved in tlie guilt of this fraud, and
vliose power over him he lias not
been able to resist. Even now, if he
roulil purge his administration of
very person connected with tlie
rands, lie might yet rally good men
> his support, and close his term ol
•i-vii-c with something of benefit to
vtis country and respect for himself,
hit I fear the serpents of fraud have
heir coil* so wrapped aronnd him
bat he i* unable, amt. may have bc-
X;uine unwilling, to release'himself.
Then- i* hut one more *tep between
■ur free institutions aud destruction,
■’lie government has become iden-
1 died with fraud and it* authors,
- bettors aud rewarders, then we shall
have entered upon that phase of out
•areer when tlie ottice» mid Hie im-
m-use patronage-of this ghfiteAglol
•mill l ies will take Hu- form of glitter-
ng prizes ottered to induce tin- com
mission of crime .-ig.-tinst the popular
will. Assassins will he made heroes.
■ ml the greatest criminals will. be-
omc most entitled to eiyov the hon
ors amt live ou the benefactions of
government; Beyond that^'the man
vlio talks of the safety and- purity of
•opular goveruineuts will be a luna
tic. Your friend, B,H. Mill.
lion. It. f. Humber. Ealouton, Ga.
allwjr'
3*u?.'
UruHEuT"
mo, S». Louis.
Senator Gordon in Citliimbia.
-lumuia Readier.)
( In a certain Sunday afternoon in
November, 187(1, when victory hung
m llie balance between eontendiug
parties in South Carolina, Senator
cprdon arrived in Columbia by a
I ial train, lie came to tender liis
ervices in .behalf of llie Democracy,
and for. Weeks his vigilaut, active ef
forts were freely given to the cause
of civilization, in this State. Only
■ hose who were intimately associated
u itli him can fully appreciate the ta
bors performed.and the practical as-
isiam-e rendered, hnt tin- whole peo
ple of Sooth Carolina are cognizant
of the fact that he .was an important
adjunct in -solving Hie itiltH-nlt prob
lem then under cm-iialion. When the
Mine arrived for liis departure, and
Jtj* duties a;. Senator demanded his
prejeipw at Washington,General Gor-
.hm only Iransferred liis energies in
■ •ur In-hall' lo a more fruitful field,
■ml the final result nl'our deliverance
fnmi carpetbag nd.wl.Miitd him still
'••nr warmest advocate uni most faith-
• <d rricml. Tim opportunity has 'otvl
been given to testify an appreciation
• •I' hi . fidelity and friendship, iu a
public demonstration ; out on Satur
day next llie people ol Riehlaml
county, iu sonic measure represent
ing llie Slate, will have the pleasure
>>i greeting General John It. Gordon
•tM'-'t again iu our iitidsi. The ova
fivih In* will receive mtisi hevomiueii-
surate with hi* gvuat merit' Os a sol-
•ticraml a -stalcsuiaiw « -
- -Mais -•^■m ♦ m'
tinge Kalllrsnakc.
Opr young friend. W.S. Dozier, iti-
forms US Hint ou Iasi Moiulav a large
rntl|esiiaho was discovered Vicar lib
■■■•sidriu-c. Mrs. Ibccoinpbuied Miv
several young ladies, gat herd up all
llie gun*, pistols, and other tire-arms
on tin- place, ami made war iiptui his
snuUeship. After several shots bad
been tired, a 1 of victory for the
ladies washcai-il. ’I'lic snake measur
ed over live feet long, aud had eight
rallies and a cotton boll on his tail?
Daifson Journal.
VEG’TtW
: Wilton the Blood and Gives
Strvnjeth.
(Haras' 1 I-. January 31, IK*.
I*»c Sit -Y-rnr Vaqrtl*? hat>Mi» dolag wonders
r w. Ilaee hm> ten I ns Ibe chills an* rarer,
•tit rat ted in lh« avanipR of t .e HotUb. nothloRziv-
■“>•»* *«7 M—*y«<»i»« arroaih: whenae all
■er •itnlicinea weaken, d me, and * lied mv aeetem
•lit *-«-«; and lam aaliaAcd that ITIkmuiee tbat
mul t.xi, be troubled vi(U the l fcUU or the
nnt Krvrni that prerall at certain “
ar, tore iluctora' UlU.hnd lire to a m
ttesjieettully youra. J. K. MI
Agent Henderson's Ixxmie, til.
\i.L IHMCaanornuc BuiOD. If Vegetlao will
Here |«in, rkonae. purify, sud cum such dtnoasm,
(turiiii; the ratlrattopmktftrailh. after trylag
limit pUynifiatiN, many remedies, suffering (ar
sis, fa* it imi coMchMire pruof^ ifyon aremsnfferer,
•ii ran he cuml ? Why m this Medicine perform-
• <Mich grmt cum? It works in the Mood. In tho
.imbuing fluid. It ran truly he os Had tba O*—*
:ood Pu riArr. The great source, of disease i
lie* in Um* blond; and uo medicine that floei
VEGET1NE '
Ihs Entirely (Jurcd "Me of
Vertigo.'
. H R. s'rrv.ax- , '* ,r0 ’ «,«*».
Ih-at .sir- I iuvK.Nwd several tdOUiesot-Yegeilna';
l|:f ruliralj cured me uf tefttgo. I hare al-o
•ffll for hieliiev (..niplnint It i* the b-4 Madi-
i.ei ki.iuey voot|.i,.jni. | oo«ild lec.#mmen4 It
* P«r1 I.I-hkI i-iirttier. N ViKUIi.
••sit AM. lM8K«sR~4'«n Ve espre* to enjoy
«• health witcii hud or corrupt hotuora cir'tiUls
«h ll*e hi iod. < snsiOK |>o!« aud JlsHise, aiul thewa
►ujonv, tb - ti i; d.|*osi(m ti«. Hgh Ibe emir, body,
nm.“ other cf.ui|eisiu* i rttkiim llie rouse toy
^ii*> Vt-fbiK, 'be i;. . iWi»i.tc reiHidy far
Art.I I-Ii.i yin ihe Wa. ..t
VEGETINE
Believe to be a Good Medi
ci iu?.*
» I wl4i lo Intern you *Ul ».$tr Vrgc»
I *..C lot ur I b«re teva. oMiclrd vttb
. -uo u»in,r three hoi tie* t.| ibe V«$-
< oiiieiy imIkvmI t ah> touud my gr-»*
h luoi L Udpr.oMl f Mlt«c ItllMUl fi'.-uA
Vo.,r 9 duiy,
FhKO It A VFK§Til £.
VEGETINE
I h ujjgiat’s Keport.
R. Ml VtlSS:
Ocsr.>ir—WV h«ve heen your VryeUnn
r the |Mit e-ightcx-u uutmhr.and •«• take- iihewure
. aUtiu.' ti.hi iu ereiy esse, •» our kunvledwe, It
i fciktu saliafiicttwit hvMtrctfuhy.
BIU K A . .ii-t- i*(UK.zUla.
Hickman, Sj.
1 VEOETIHE
l-j 1 UK Bl-f
Spring tVIcdicitie.
VEGETINE
Prepare j bz
. R. STKFE1K , tusTOV, itUSS.
."egetine is Sold by all Drug
gists.
f’EESfl GROCERIES
DRY GOODS.
’UIaL new stock
U £ (HritlftlFPS.
tost Conveuityit. Location in
the City.
Just rcceivcii, ami'still arriving,
nc uf the largest m l liesl selected
•ucks of FASttLl AN r I5~FANCY
■ ROCERIES ever brought to Alba-
■y, consisting in part of- • ■ " ■
bouatiAMs,
BREAKFAST MEATS,
TEAS, COFFEE.
SUGAR, laABO,
, BUTTER, CHEESE,
KM*. MEAL,
ANNED FRUITS, -GRITS. Etc.
■ FANCY'CAN DIES,
' . , ; N.Um RAISINS, .
WINES,
LIOITORA
CIGARS, Etc.
KUITS, FISH AND OYSTl’ERS A
SPECIALTY.
fcffrCustoin solicited.
fry Goods Department
complete. We offer
t its Hoot* sud Sboes ai sa low prices as any bourn
iih^.-iitr.
* 1
AVfirti i E ROUTE to FCOffna
SAVAVVAH!
tlie MAGNIteS^Stediiers,
.Stj’ of Bridgeton
, / , an3 iJavid tlark,
•’1* leave Brum
■wick for Florida, loaduaa ar a
— lackaonvllle, and alt pnlalt o
eeerj Wedaeaiat ana Snoda
im 1 !. Fsmsadlns. __
t. Johns Hirer, every Weduealsy a
oorning, at IP o'clock. Keturulng. vni lean
irunsvlck for SflYsunah, t uchiog at SL.Simon*
*»boy, Darien and St. Calh>r nes
Connections are made at TocoaterSt AuiniHm
a Palitki lor all p-data on the Ocklanba Hirer, m
vruandina with Tfvik'tt K R and St. amship- flu
aW Orleans. Key We*: aud Havsnua, and at S«
.tunah with railroads and 4$i«skl|M in aU point:
s'onh. East and Wist.
For freight or passagr. *|S*tv to
Cun.twFlt&D A TISHN.
Agents. Brourvlrk.
or. J. H. LaWKKNCK.
< j en Manager, HaranMh.
SfiAftCDS
ifissons in Slrjinil Wriiiii.
Only Tv. » ►llars.*
•y their aid au> miOmalv aUlil
ev luoaihs, vlihout tl»« add11ion U aid of a teaebrr
M-«4uire a tib'*Wkl*” .»* tUU useful ajad temilun on,
:T*ei hare heietuf.iiv »^*n vritieo 'miI in liSJ
i AMD.and itmii«M by until to *tudenta 4fnwt L fl
to twenty d dlaia! I u.»* praibrv lo hire (brut
•rimed. au«l 48 Ibe lab i Iff 'HgflUmwi U removed,
i will veil them at only tiro dollar* tot ibe toll
•ninte. Apphu-jibiu di.mld lK>mad.'at o«i.v, a* ha
(.nans areal tout- to Im pat to prrw and only \ limit-
il uuiulier will In* printed. They will be ready for
Mlrering l<* saimerihera In thirty days, neatly
.►duted. au«l illuatrated with beautiful engrarutg*,
ml bound in iioe chdh. The honk haa been act Up
in type ami the engraver ia fluishlng u
vet promptly iTyou wish to take adn
•pportunity b* add to yonr entertL
real eat accomplishment of the age. Addn
W. K. H- SEAKtDT,
Ortioial tb*|Mrter, Flint Circuit, Grimn.tia.
MhuIkwmI and all dlaordem brought on hyuuUb-
cretiou or exceatt. Any I’ —**— *
xl lei Its. . bflflaBM. r *
u* Hca Uath a