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THE ALBANY NEWS.
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ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 1880.
< NEW SERIES-Vol. 14, No. 46.
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Hancock’s Letter
Gen. Sherman.
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General Merchandise,
Fine liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc.
&n andyricemy r-d. before buying «toewh.re.
^TmTEPHBKS.
LAWYERS
Z. J. ODOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, OA.
JESSE W. WALTERS.
V. T. JONES,
JONES ft WALTERS,
at Law,
Lott Warren,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
■ ;ALEAST. OA.
DOCTORS-
uaoum W.M.DSMG63
Dis. Holmes & DeMoss,
SE3TTZSTS,
ADUST, • • • GEORGIA.
Office, Huhlnfton
mayl.U7t.ly
W. A. STROTHER, U. D.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
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HOTELS
The Old Reliable
BARNES HOUSE,
rue St., ilkasy, Ca.,
THE JOHNSON HOUSE*
wiTBmn, OA,
la the place to stop and get a GOOD,
SQUARE MEAL.
market square,
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Batca $1.50 to $2.00 per day, acconling
to location of room*.
JOSEPH HEBSCHBACH,
April», 1880—ly. PROPRIETOR
J. W. JOINER)
WATCHMAKER and JEWELER
LOCATED AT
W. H. Gilbert, AgH, & Co.,
BROAD STREET.
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AND JEWELRY!
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'Repairing a Specialty
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New Yoke, August 1.—The World
this morning will publish the follow
ing, written in rfeply to two letters on
the situation received from General
Sherman:
Carondeleie P. O., St. Louis, Dec.
28,187ft. MyDearGenbral: Your
favor of the 4th Inst. reached me in
New York on the 5th, the day bafoi'e
1 left for the West. 1 Intended to re
ply to it before leaving, bnt the cares
incident to my departure interfered.
Then again, since my arrival here, 1
have been so occupied with personal
affairs of a business nature, that I
have deferred writing from day to
day, until this moment; and now I
find mvself in debt to you another
letter.' In acknowledgment of your
favor of the 17th, received a few
days since, 1 have concluded to leave
here on the 29th (tomorrow), so that
1 may be expected m New York on
the 31st inst.
It has been cold and dreary since
my arrival here. I have worked
-like a Tujk" (I presume that means
handwork) in the country, in making
fences, cutting down trees, repairing
buildings, etc., and I am at least able
to say that St. Louis is the coldest
place in winter, as it is in the hottest
of summer, of any place that I have
encountered in a temperate zone. I
have known St. Louis in December to
have genial weather throughout the
month, but this time December has
been frigid, and the river has been
frozen more solid than I have ever
known it.
When I heard the rnmor that I
was ordered to the Pacilic coast I
thought it propably true, and consid
ering the past discussion on the sub
ject the possibilities seemed to me to
point that way. Had it been true I
should of course have presented no
complaint nor made resistance of any
kind. I would have gone quickly if
not prepared to go promptly. I cer
tainly would have been relieved from
any responsibility and anxiety con
cerning Presidential matters which
may tall to those near the throne or
in authority within the next four
months, as well as from incidents or
matters which I could not control,
and action concerning which I might
not approve.
I was not exactly prepared to go to
the Pacific, however, and 1 therefore
felt relieved when I received your
note informing me there was no truth
in the rumors. Then 1 did not wish
to appear to be escaping from respou
sibilities and possible' dangers which
may cluster around military com
manders in the East, especially in the
critical period fast approaching.—
“All’s well that ends well.’’ The
whole matter of the presidency
seems to inc to he simple and to ad
mit of a peaceful solution. The ma
chinery for such a contingency as
threatens to present itself has been ail
carefully prepared. It only requires
lubrication, owing to disuse.
The army should have nothing to
do with the election or inauguration
of Presidents. The people elect the
President; Congress declares in joint
session who he is; we of the army
have only to obey bis mandates, and
are protected in so doing jm\y so far
as they may be lawful, tjnr cominis
sions express that. I like Jefferson’s
way of inauguration—it suits oar
system. He rode alone on horse
back to the capitol, tied his horse to
the rail fence, entered and was duly
sworn; then rode to the executive
mansion and took possession. He in
augurated himself simply by taking
Ibe oath of office. There is no oilier
legal inauguration in our system.—
The people of the politicians may in
stitute parades iu honor of the event
and public officivls may add to the
pageant by assembling troops and
banners, but all that only comes prop
erly after the inauguration—not be
fore— and it is not part of it. Our
system does not provide that one
President should inm.giirate another.
There might be danger in that, and
it was studiously left out of the char
ter. But you are placed in an excep
tionally important position in con
nection with coming events. The
capitol is in my jurisdiction also, hut
I am subordinate and not on the spot,
and if I were, so also you would be
my superior in authority for there is
1 the station of the general-in-chief.—
On the principle that a regularly
elected President’s term of office ex
pires with the March 3 (of which I
have not the slightest doubt) and
which laws bearing on the subject
uniformly recognize, and in consider
ation of the possibility that a lawful
ly elected President may not appear
until the 6th of march, a great deal of
responsibility inay necessarily fall
upon yon. You hold over. You
will have power and prestige to sup
port yon. The secretary of war, too,
probably holds over; hut if no Presi
dent appears he may not be able to
exercise the functions in the name of
the President, for his proper acts are
those of a known superior—a lawful
President. You acton your own re
sponsibilily, and by virtue of a com
mission only restricted by the law.—
The secretary of war is the mouth
piece of a President; you are not.
If neither candidate lias a constitu
tional majority of the electoral col
lege or the Senate and House, on the
occasion of the count, do not niinile
in declaring the same person legally
elected by the people, there is a law
ful machinery already provided to
meet that contingency and decide the
question peacefully. It has not been
recently used (no occasion present
ing itself) but our forefathers provi
ded it. It has been exercised, and
has been recognized and submitted to
as lawful on every hand. That ma
chinery would probably elect Mr,
Tilileii President mid Mr. Wheeler
Vice-President. That would he right
enough; for the law provides that in
case of a failure to elect duly by the
Iq alcct a President, and the Senate a
Vice-President. Sonic tribunal must
docide whether the people have duly
elected n President. I presume, of
course, that it is in the joint affirma
tive action of the Senate and House—
for why are they present to witness
the count if not to see that it is fair
and just? If a failnro to agree arises
between the two bodies, there can be
no lawful affirmative decision that
the people have elected a President,
and the House must then proceed to
act—not the Senate. The Senate
elects Vice-Presidents, not Presidents
Doubtless in the case of failure by
the House to elect a President by the
4th of March, the president of the
Senate (if there be one) would be the
legitimate person to exercise presi
dential authority for the time being,
or until the appearance of a lawful
President, or for the time laid down
in the constitution. Such courses
ould be peaceful and, 1 have firm
belief, lawful.
I have no doubt Governor Hayes
would make an excellent President.
have met him and know of him.—
For a brief period he served under
my command, but, as the matter
stands, I can't sec any likelihood of
his being duly declared elected by
the people, unless the Semite aud
House come to be in accord as to
that fact, and the House would of
coarse, not otherwise elect him.
What the people want is a peaceful
determination of this matter, ns fair
determination ns possible, and a
lawful one. No other determination
could stand the test. The country, if
not plunged into a revolution, would
bacome poorer day by day; business
would languish and our bonds would
come home to find a depreciated mar
kct.
I was not in favor of the military
action in South Carolina recently,
and if Gen. Huger had telegraphed
to me or asked for advice, 1 would
have advised him not, under nny cir
cumstances, to allow himself or his
troops to determine who were the
lawful members of a State legisla
ture. I could not have given him
better advice than to refer hint to the
special message of the President ill
the case of Louisiana, some time be
fore ; but in South Carolina lie had
the question settled by a decision of
the Supreme Court of the Slate, the
highest tribunal which had acted on
the question, so that his line of duty
seemed even to be clearer than in the
action in the Louisiana case. If the
Federal court had interfered and
overruled the decision of the State
court, there might have been a doubt,
certainly ; but the Federal court only
interfered to complicate, not to de
cide or overrule. Anyhow, it is no
business of the army,to enter upon
such questions, and, even if it might
be so, in any event if the civil au
thority is supreme, as the constitution
declares it to be, the South Carolina
case was one in whicli the army had
plain duty. Had Gen. Huger asked
me for advice and if I had given it, I
should of course have notified you
of my action immediately, so that it
could have been promptly overruled
if it should have been deemed ad
visable by you or others superior in
authority. Gen. Huger did not ask
for my advice and I inferred from
ba£and other facts that he did not
desire it, or that, being in direct
communication with my military su
periors at the seat of government,
who w$re nearer to him in time and
distance than I was, he deemed it un
necessary. As Gen. Huger had the
ultimate responsibility of action, and
had really the greater danger to con
front in the final action in the matter,
did not venture to embarrass him
by suggestions. He was a depart
ment commander and the lawful
head of the military administration
within the limits of the department;
but besides I knew that he had been
called lo Washington for consulta
tion before taking command and wns
probably aware of the views of the
administration towards the civil af
fairs in his command. I knew that
he was in direct communication with
my superiors in authority in refer
ence to the delicate subjects present
ed for his consideration, or had ideas
of his own, which he believed to be
sufficiently in accord with the views
of our common snperiors to enable
him to act intelligently, according to
his judgment, and without sugges
tions from those not on the spot, and
not as fully acquainted with the facts
as himself. He desired, too, lo be
free to act, as he had eventually far
the greater responsibility ; and so the
matter was governed as between him
and myself. As I have been writing
this freely to you I may still further
unbosom myself by slating that.I
have not thought it lawful or wise to
use Federal troops in such matters as
have transpired east of the Mississip
pi within the last few mouths, save
so far as they may he brought into
action under that article of the con
stitution which contemplates meeting
armed resistance or the invasion of a
State more powerful than the State
authorities can subdue by ordinary
processes, and then only when re
quested by the legislature, or, if it
could not be convened in session, by
the Governor; and when the Presi
dent of the United States intervenes
in that manner it is a state of war,
not peace. The army is laboring un
der disadvantages, and has been used
unlawfully at limes in the judgment
of the people (in mine certainly), and
we have lost a great deal of the kind
ly feeling which the community at
large once felt lor us.
“It is time to stop and unload.”—
Officers In command of troops often
find it difficult to act wisely uud safe
ly when their superiors in authority
huve different views of the law from
theirs and when legislation lias sanc
tioned an action seemingly in con
flict with the fundamental law, and
they generally defer to the known
judgment of their superiors. Officers
of the army arc so regarded iu such
great crisis aud are held lo such rc-
ncar the bond of it, Hint il is necessa
ry on such iiioiiieuloiiK occasions lo
dare lo determine forlheniselves what
is lawful aud wlutl is not lawful un
der our system.
If the mililuiy authorities should
be invoked, as might possibly be the
case in such exceptional limes, when
there exist’* such divergent views as
to the correct result, the army will
suffer from its past actions, if it lias
acted wrongfully. Our regular ar
my has little hold upon the ntfections
of the people of lo-duy, and its supe
rior officers should certainly, as far
us lies in their power, legally and
with righteous intent, aid lo defend
the right which to us is laws and the
institutions which they represent. It
is a well meaning institution, and it
would he well if it should have an
opportunity lo be recognized as a
bulwark in support of the rights of
the people amt of the law. I am tru
ly yours,
[Signed] Winfield S. Hancock.
To General W. T. Sherman comman
der of the army of the United
States Washington, D. C-
Farm animals when kept on grass
or green succulent feed nnlurally
lake more salt than when kept on
dry fodder. Salt increases digestion
by increasing the flow of saliva, aid
ing also by promoting thirst, and a
constant flow of fluids to assist in de
solving much of the food which oth-
wise might be imperfectly digested.
—
A Lawful Marriage.
“To hnre and to hold from this
time forth,” said Augustus, who is
studying law, as he took Matilda
Jane on his lap on the evening they
became engaged. And Augustus
placed upon her finger a ring, and
clasped about her suowny arm a
bracelet, and'murniured ffi“Know all
men by these presents,” &c.; and
that he might show that l<e was in
lawful possession of the chattels, he
did then and there produce what pur
ported to be a bill of sale, wherein it
Was stated that “in consideration of
one dollar to me paid, receipt which
is hereby acknowledged, I do bargain
sell, and convey one plated ring, the
value whereof is twenty-live cents,
aud one pinchbeck bracelet of value
seventy-five cents.” To which Matil
da, realizing that she had become “ar
tided to an attorney,” replied; “I am
lawfully seized in fee simple,” and
“I am held and firmly bound unto
Hichard Hoc”—which Augustus re
garded not, knowing him to be a
fabulous character, incessantly in lit
igation with John Doe, and'whose
name Matilda, took upon her lips on
ly from adhering too literally to the
text. And Matilda, having vested ill
Augustus “power of attorney,” as a
form, said: “I do appoint Augustus
to be my true and lawful attorney, iu
token of which I have pledged my
hand, and now cause the seal of our
lips to be affixed.” And Matilda ob
serving that it was now the end of
term for which this court was sitting
did this court adjourn; but Augus
tus, as a petitioner, did humbly pray
that the court might not adjourn sine
die. Aud so she fixed the day, and
the attorney turned away.—Boston
Advertiser.]
STORE
IS HEADQUARTERS FOB
Housekeeper’s
Supplies
Always on Hand !
NONE BUT THE BEST.
In Dry Goods and Clothing
Inducements Extraordinary!
Court of Commissioners Roads
aod Revenues.
July 17tb, 1880.
Uuder and by virtue of ao Jet of the General As
sembly of Georgia, approved September 10th, 1879-
authorizing the Commissioners of Dougheity Coun
ty to issue bonds to the amount of 830,000 to pur-
eba-e the Bridge acioe- Flint River at Albany, and
in accordance with the expressed wish of a meeting
of the citizens held this day.
It (a ordered. That ao election be held on
Saturday, 21st Day of August,
at the Court House and voting precincts in a tld
county, to determine whetlivr or not salnF Bridge
•hall be purchased, and that a book for the
REGISTRATION OF QUALIFIED VOTERS
be kept open from this date until Ibe night of the
Uth day of August next, at the Ord^iarv’s office In
said county, for the registration of qualified voters*
as provided by said Act.
It is further ordered. That this order be publish
ed in the Albany News and Albany Advertiser once
a week for four weeks.
C. M. MAYO,
E. H. BACON.
• ommissioners Dougherty County, Ga.
A true extract from the minutes of the Court o r
Commissioners of Dougherty County, Ga.
W. P. BURKS,
July 20th, 1880.-w4w Clerk County Comr'a.
Knowledge in a Nutshell.
A cubit is two feet.
A pace is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A span is 10% inches.
A palm is three incites.
A great cubit is 11 feet.
A league is tiiree miles.
There arc, 2,750 languages.
Oats, 33 pounds per bushel.
Bran, 20 pounds per bushel.
Barley, 48 pounds per bushel.
A day’s journey is 33% miles.
Two persons die every second.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
A square mile contains 040 acres.
A storm blows 30 miles per hour.
Coarse salt, 85 pounds per bushel.
A tub of butter weighs 84 pounds.
Buckwheat, 52 pounds per bushel.
The average human life 31 years.
A barrel of rice weighs 000'pounds.
An acre coutains 4,840 square
yards.
A firkin of butter weighs 50 pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200
pounds.
Slow rivers flow five miles per
hour.
Timothy seed, 45 pounds per bush
el.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per
hour.
A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per
hour.
A hand (horse measure) is four
incites.
A rapid river flows seven miles per
hour.
Electricity moves 228,000 miles per
hour.
The first lucifer match was made
iu 1829.
Good plowing means the thorough
pulverization of the soil, and the best
plowman is he who can break up the
ground into the finest particles. Ncv-
be in hurry at this kind of work. If
you have not the time to do your
work just right nmko the time.
For Fifty Costs
—THE—
Louisville Courier-Journal
[Hon. HENRY WATTERSON, Editor.]
Will be found, as usual, it the front In the present
Presidential Canvass.
As the Representative Southern Paper
and a leading organ of the Democratic Party of the
United States, it will be a guide to Democrats
throughout the laud, valuable to the fair-minded
everywhere and full of instrucUvo points to Re
publicans.
As a Family Newspaper
It will continue, as now, to be filled with attractl' .
features for the home and family circle. Fifty cents
will secure the Weekly Courier-Journal until Do*
ceniber 1st. from time subscription lz received, or
eleven copies for Five Dollars. Address
W. N. HALDKMAN,
President Courier-Journal Co-
Louisville, Ky.
Id, IffD-ilU »ev 23. i. W. JOINER
No good Preaching.
No man can *<1o a good joh of work,
preach a good sermon, try a law suit
well, doctor a patient, or write a’good arti
cle when lie feels niiHcrahlc and dull,
with Hliiggirth In:tin and unsteady nervcH,
and none should make the attempt iu
such a condition when it ran In* so easily
„ and cheaply removed 1»y a little Hop Hit-
people, the Ilou«e shall immediately aponaibility, especially those at or tern. See other column.—Albany Time*.
300,000
FOR bALE. Apply to
J. W. SHEFFIELD,
Atnericus, Ga.
HOES! HOES!
€Sp»ta draftles*
We desire to call yonr special attention to our
Improved Sweeps*
Wood ashes makes an excellent
fertilizer for pear trees. Mixed coal
nnd wood ashes may also be suppled
with advantage. For fruit trees of
nil kinds ground bones are belter
titan fremented manure.
GEHTIEMEH'S HKD YOUTH'S
FASHIONS
D. W. PRICE’S
TAILORING
FstaftllsXuBOiit,
(Over Ccutrtl Railroad Bank.)
Please call ami examine Sam
pies, Plates and Patterns.
No Bogus Material 1
Good, Honest Work!
1). w. THICK,
Merchant Tailor.
Albany, August 28,1879-tf
V v- - ; ■
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
up?
WE HAVE NOW IN STOCK (bought before any advance,)
THE
STILL THE BEST !
If yon want to repair that old buggy or wagon, come and see ns and we
will fit you up with new material.
If the flies trouble you, come nnd buy one of our FLY FANS or FLY
TRAPS. ; *
We <keep the Largest Stock in the City !
Therefore we CAN and WILL sell goods cheap for Cash.
Conic and see us whether you waut to buy or nob
SHEFFIELD & BELL,
Next Door te Gilbert’s Drug Store, Albany, Ga.
Imported and Domestic
FRUITS,
CIGARS.
TOBACCOS,
GANDIES,
FANCY AND
FAMILY
GROCERIES.
FISH. OYSTERS, &c
Next Door to Poatoffice,
IT, ALB
WASHINGTON STREET,
ANY, GA
0. J. FARRINGTON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
inounces to his friends snd former patrons that
he has opened a
Merchant Tailoring Establishment
In inillogham^ Buildlnx, upstairs. Will cut and
make Coats, Pants and Vesta In first-class style and
as cheap aa any house In the State.
I keep always on bind a full line of Cloths. Come
and examine my goods, and have your Spring 8u!ta
rFAR&INGTON.
mch25-tf
ATLANTA, GA.
HUFF & BROWN, Prop’s.
HEADQUARTERS
-FOB-
HEED AND DDIED FRUITS.
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Ay^ttAISINS, ETC.VO
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f J. B. REEDY/ 0
^GROCER AND IMPORTER, ’
SAVASRffAB, - - «A,
First-Class in Every Partianlar.
WHEN YOU GO TO A TLA NT A
STOP A T TU E MA UK It AM.
Circular Wo. 8.
Office of THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
ATLANTA, Oa. June 19, im
TPON A full .bowloR ot two umnth'e buxlnexe by
J the Columbut A Rome Rullroud, the ellowuce
or2» per cent, on “StandanlRolen," U continued ua
the maximum ratee a. to Cotton. FerUHxer. mod
Lumber, nnd on nil other clamee (100) one hundred
percent-on the “StAndonl Rntre" U allowed as a
maximum. JAMR8 M. SMITH, Cbxlnnao.
R. A. BACON, Secretary,
jnuellKMt