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THE WEEKLY DEFIANCE PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY BY BROWN & BURNETT. TUESDA F, 00T724J1882? SUBSCRIPTION; One Year... $2 (X Six Months 1 (X *•» Positively no subscriptioi t•. n tor less than six months. _o VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Clabt of Five to one address 6 2' Clubs of Ten to one address 12 (X Clubs of Twenty to one address 20 (X Money should be sent by money order oi register d letter, addressed to J. Brown it Co All communication* and papers should be addressed to The Weekly Defiance. ADVERTISING RATES. -Less than fivt user ions 75 cents a square for eaeh insertion For live or more insertions 50 cents a squart each insertion. Business notices 10 cents a ine each insertion. M>rriage and Fun era notices 25 ceuts each. Address THE WEEKLY DEFIANCE. HF* 34*4 Dbcatur street Editorial Paragraphs ' 0 Vote for Felton too. Rally for Col. Buck. Pay your taxes, and vote for Buck. The Defiance will come out as usual. ■ r " ’ ' •.i +4} ♦ 1 ■ ■■ ■ ii..j B-u-c-k spells “Buck." Vote for him. •Vote for Atkins in the First and Buck in the Fifth. New York and Pennsylvania will give the usual Republican majority. After this week the manage ment of the Defiance will change in some respect. Hon. Jeff Long is in the field for Buck and Atkins. So are all true colored men. Five of the six colored persons condemned to be hung at Kast- were executed last Friday. ♦ • - Nothing is more typical of dis truction than a glass “aggate” and! a Democratic “nigger?’ — After this issue all persons in] debted to the Defiance will get] no paper, unless money shall be] forthcoming. ». < Mr. Davis, of the Athens post-1 office, has all his clerks democrats ] except one man, and he only gets] twenty dollars per month. We have employed the services] - of friend Dudley for this paper] and will in our next issue give our| readers some of his old time chat.| We are at a loss to see how Mr I Speer can expect to receive the] support of colored men, since he] says in the mountains that he has] never appointed but one “nigger’’] and he was nearly white. Through the assistance of W.l A. Pledger, E. Seward Small and] Capt. Pleasant, the matter of re-1 prieve for the Eastman rioters] was broght to the Governor’s at-] tention, and cne of them re-] prieved. All of them doubtless] should have been. —— Colored men who enjoy nil that they have, in the shape of liberty, as a boon from the Republican party, can’t afford to be luke warm, in the forthcoming Con gressional contest. Pay your tax-1 es and vote for Buck. - Mr. E. Seward Small, of East-1 man, Dodge county, was in the! city several days this week in the! interest of those poor prisoners] doomed to be hanged on the 20thl inst. He succeeded in getting al respite of thirty days for one oil them— lsaac Shipman. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? We notice since the recent guber r.atorial eleciion that all the In dependent Democratic papers are clamoring for the organized can didates for congress. During the gubernatorial contest some of the now ardent supporters of In de pendent candidates for congress supported Mr. Stephens, many of the ardent supporters of Gen.l Gartrell “cuss” and abuse RepubJ lican candidates for congress. We are at a less for data to decide! the difference between Demo-1 crats of different factions. Every] time you shake the bag and drop] him out, be he Independent, or] Regular, he is “moss back” just] the “same-e.” All that is in it.] bq office is sought. Let a man] take sides somewhere, and let his] fruits indicate what he is at heart.] This is right, and let men who] swore in the union league to sup-1 i>ort Republicans, leave off all] kind of men except Republicans.] | JOHN HENRY BROWN. I On last Monday the question] ■was asked on every street corner,] ■‘‘Have you heard that John ■Brown was dead?” “Yes;” was ■the answer Poor John took sick ■about the first of the month and ■on the fifteenth expired. During ■these days he fought and strug gled with death as seldom men ■do, but death was too- much for ■him. His friends called on him ■and sympathized with him, and ■received the words from him that ■lie would soon be out. He lived ■and trusted in his strength to ■over-come the destroying fever, ■but it was too much for him. Ev-| ■ery hour it continued to grow on| ■him, and he grew weaker, yet be llievingand fighting against death,] ■He was born and reared here in] ■Georgia. He was at the time of] ■his death about 28 years of age J ■ln 1870, his father, Mr. Adami ■Brown, was killed on the W & A| ■ Rail-road, where he was serving] ■as a brakeman. John struggled] ■and gained whatever of education] ■he could. He went to Columbus,] [Ohio, and worked with Mr. Rob-| [ert Jones, druggist, for a long] [while and then returned to his| [native heath. For long months] [here he suffered with rheumatism! |but after while strong constitution] [pulled him through. But now| [reaching the outskirts of man! [hood the appreciation of hardships] |was more powerful. His strugJ [gles were great, the impediments] [were numerous, but as a maul [ambitious, determined and unreJ [tenting he pushed on and upward! He commenced without a doll liar a little newspaper, andhisun! [tiring efforts made his project a| [success. His writing was tearless] [and aggressive. lie gave no] [quarter to any class of men] [whom he thought the enimies] [of his race. He asked no favors of] [those with whom he disagreed! ■it was thought by many of] |his friends that his uncompromis-| |ing course was not politic, though] [he steered on in course not-] [withstanding. As a man none] [braver lived. He feared nobody! |lnsult him and he was wilder than] |the raging waters and winds, and! (those who thought they stepped] (on a worm or insignificant insect] [soon found an adder in the form! (they crushed. Athletic, stout and] (impulsive he moved with his| (friends, ready to fight their bat-| (ties and support their theories. In| |death, his eyes rested upon these] (with whom he had lived and[ (whom he loved, as thought he] (would like to stay for their sake.] As a colored man, he who] (would strike a blow for his race] (soonest and risk his life most fre-| |quently has gone. If the question] |were asked who had done most] (for the giving the Negro back-] |boneand nerve, the answer would] (certainly be John Brown. If] (asked who had for his years done] (most in every particular for the] (Negro in Atlanta, the answer] (would also be John Brown. He has gone. He had hisH [faults; with him they were] [buried. Who of us has them] [not? None, When the books] are balanced, his good acts put] opposite the frailties of this life,] it will be found that John Brown] was a man to be admired. Who] will take his place is hard to say.l That but few would dare be al John Brown is indisputable. Let] him rest in peace! HON. W. S. THOMAS, OF OHIO At a mass meeting at the City ]Hall, on last Tuesday evening, the ■above named gentleman was the jchief orator. The manner with ■ which he handled the tariff ques tion and the relation between Jpublic schools, honest money and |the Republican party, challenged |the admiration of all who heard |him. His language was choice and lit made all colored men feel proud Ito know that the race can furnish |such talent as is found in him. |lle speaks in Forsyth to-day, and |we take occasion to suggest that |the noted Pledger, who will speak] |at the same time, will have to] |brush up his old eloquent box, if] Lot be will lose prestige on his] |own heath. We always wel | [come men of whatever color fo| lour midst who come prepared to] (talk logical (ruths. Mr. Thomas] will speak during next week at] other points in the s state, and] wherever he goes we predict a] crowded house for him and Buck.] Col. A. E. Buck, our next Con gressman, -will soon pack his trunk for Washington, where he will sojourn during the wintry days in the Council of the Nation.! Pat your taxes. vote for Buck. TO OUR SUBSCIBERS If the subscibers of the De (fiance desire to have this paper (published any longer in this city, II beg of you to come up and pay (what you owe and renew your (susbeription at once. I shall do |my best to give you a good, new |sy, spicy and enteresting paper. |And it is for you to say at once, (whether or not you want the De (fiance published any longer. It (takes money to run a newspaper, (and if our subscribers will come [up and lend their aid and take |rhe propers interest in the paper |as they should, there will be no (trouble at all; and you will |then have a paper that you will (ever feel proud of. The Defiance (made its first appearance on the (13th of August, 1881. Since that (time it has never teased nor hesi jtated to speak for the rights and (privileges of our people. The De jtiance has always been found de bouncing the many outrageous (wrongs that are daily perpetrated |upon our race, There is not- a (society in this city but what (shounld feel themselves interested (in this enterprise; for it has done (much for the elevation and sue |cesss of them all. Remember, (citizens, that Atlanta is the capi tal city of Georgia and the (colored citizens pay over §3,000 (taxes on real estate, which is more (than any other county in the (state can say. So there is no ex cuse for not sustaining this paper; |and there is no city that needs |such an enterprise any more than | Atlanta. It will be ashame and a [disgrace upon the societies and |the citizens of Atlanta if they allow the Defiance to die. Yours respectfully, A. W. Burnett. - ■ ■ •# ♦ - 1 !■ « Plenty of Music. Read what the Philadelphia hays; ‘ Of all the circuses traveling it [Ameiica, none furnish more musi< | r han the Great Forepaugh Show, the street parade, menagerie an< krena are alive with it. Four large and well-organized bands, three hugt Hteam organs, a movable orchestrion, s .■iet of chime bells and the never-tc-Le korgoten, ear-peircing caliope provide pleanty of music Our music lovinp [readers will have an opportunity t< hear all their instruments Nov. lltb, for on that day the Great Forepaugh Show will appear at Atlanta Ga L 4 Bicycle Beating a Locomotive. Among the countless curiosities col l ected by <4dam Forepaugh for hi.- big show this season is the high bicy ole rider, who manages a bicycle eight feet high. Extraordinary time hac been made upon this instrument, in rider having raced with and beaten o Locomotive on the Great Northen. railroad. England. The race was foi $5OO a side straight away, distance thirty miles, and excited a great deal oi attention. When the bicycle reached the goal, the locomotive had just pass. ?d the twepty-Qfth mjle, The big bi pycie appears in the street paradt of the Forepaugh show Nov. lltb WCillllllHliSf -o-o- IS STILL ON A BOOM. -0 0- You can get better acommodation chon ever before. Mr. Calhoun ha* pucceeded in lilting up a new and ele L r ant lunch counter. He can give you hi hot or cold lunch at all hours, give him a call!, 34 Decatur St. NEW SHOE SHOP, Cor, Wheat and Butler, T, Brown, ZEProp. I am prepared to do all kind of Shoe Work. AH work guaranteed. I w|ll make the best shoe of any man in town, for <2.50. Give me a call at once. Repairing a specialty. Don’t forget the place, corner WHEAT and IBUTLER Streets. sept. 9-1883. BARBER SHOP, 24 Decatur Street. 24 iHair Cutting - , 25c. Shaving - - -10 c. J. B, Thomas and C, J. Johnson, with W, R. FINLY, Prop’r, iunelOtf 71 PEACHTREE 71 BROWN’S RESTAURANT. Open at all Hours. I have on hand a choice selection ofconfectionerles. and ail the Fruits of the season, also Delicious Soda water. J. A. BROWN. HUT IViII WIHII ■WJLIT TLITJZ) SEE 20 TRAINED ELEPHATS 20 r«cSi B Till! Great Foiwli Shows WILL EXHIBIT AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT ATLANTA, Saturday, Nov. 11.1 AT CORNER GRANT AND FAIR STREETS. The only location in the city of Atlanta with large enough area for iAc erection af its mammoth tents. LARGEST IN THE WORLD. (IWTH ANNUAL TOUR,} With two, three, and requires often 4 GREAT RAILWAY TRAINS. ' 12,00 MEN AND HORSES, 1,000 WILD BEASTS AND RARE BIRDS CAPITAL INVESTMENT THREE MILLIONS. EUROPE SWEPT CLEAN OF ITS! GREAT AMUSEMENT FEATURES. GKRAEJVTZEST OF ALL The now, for the first time, consolidated Great Forepaugh Shows. Four Menageries Com-! bined. Ihiee Great Circus Troupes. Mammoth Museum, Oceanic Acquarium Adam I Forepaugh Jr’s Great Congress of 20 Trained Elephants. Renz’s Berlin Circus I Hippodramatio Sports and Gorgeous Oriental Spectacular Displays. Moro than ’ equaling in magnitude and and cost nearly ALL THE SHOWS ON EARTH COMBINED. • Daily expenses greater, canvas, larger, parade, grander, cost morel shows more, and is the most perfect, chaste and respectable travelinyl tented exhibition ever organized. Look at the unparalled and asfon/sA-l ing array of famous foreign features. FIRST AND ONLY GREAT! HERD OF 20 PERFORMING ELEPHANTS, and the just added I IT2OT TV A D largest and heaviest OIzJuJL V JSibXv, elephant known to exist] <150,000 will be foreited if any circus in the world can duplicate the unparalled act of LE-I ONATI, from Milan, RACING UPON A BICYCLE UP AND DOWN A SPIRAL FLEVATEL'I ROADWaY 60 Feet In Height; or the fimous French Troupe—SILBONS, from Paris ml their blood-cardling gymnastic exhibitions. GREATEST LIVING LADY RIDERS IN THE WORLD. Lousi Renz, from Berlin ! Lizzie Deacon, from London. Beho'd ! Sec! 100 Perlcss Perl formers. Tallest Giants. Smallest Dwarfs. Zola Blown from a Cannon. Wild Men Zulus. 200 Performing and Ring Horses. Hippopotami. Trailed Lions 'li gers. Hyenas. Baby Camels. Wohderful Sacred Cattle of Persia. More Rare Animals than all the Shows in America Handsome Women. Fat Ladies. Big Babies. Two Race Track Aienas Equal to Any! Four Great Circus Rings I Seats for 20,000 in the Cloud-Toivering Pavilions. 1,500 Chairs on the grand stand. Peerless, Poetic, Princely Grand Gorge-I ous Free Street parade, every forenoon of Exhibition Day, between 9:30l and 10:30, the Greatly Grand and Gorgeous Carnival street Parade 1 in ivhich is seen the Wonderfully grand and sublime Pageant, | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt I .A.LTID I Mi Kmtt Princess of Dm WITH THE HANDSOMEST WOT^CJk.LT ITsT I Personating “Lalla Rookh,,’ and the Barge of Cleopatra, with Egypt’s Queen the most ma iir I pificent spectacles ever beheld upon the streets of an American City. Living Wild Baasts LoostH -A I ®, ®nd aLo a Score of Sun-biight, Sumptuous Chariots. Albion, sweepingalon<’H with his J-feet-high Bicycle; areal Simon-Pure Troupe of Southern Camp Meeting Singing as the Procession moves. . 3 Great Bands of Music 31 And grand, new and novel Procession of Industry, the very largest, longest,®; greatest, grandest, gratuitous and 2 Million Dollar Pageant ever seen in tbc| Streets. Exhibition afternoon and evening at usual hours and prices. Arenicß gOhaire. Grand promenade Concerts one hour before commencing, by the Si Great Bands. Low Rates and Excursion Trains on all Rail-roads to se<| this Great Show. the special accommodation of Eadies and Children,| and all who desire to avoid the crowd surrounding the ticket wagon on th(B< Show Ground, tickets will be on sale during the entire day the Exhibition it-Hi here, at Phillips & Crew’s Rookstore, No. 10 Marietta Stieet. ■ -A.ZD AZMZ -i-ZE’A’W, Sole JFroprietor.l Will exhibit at the following places in Geogia: C nbusH November, 9th; LaGrange, November 10th; Atlanta, No vem 'llth J: Rome, November 13th; Dalton, November 14|h, and not cisewhereH" in Georgia. 3t-roct2l 28 nov4 top col SfflilMlK, FURNITURE MECHANICS, TOOLS. GUNS, PIBTOI 8, LOCKa and KEYS Bought, sold or repaired or exchanged. by W. H. SULLIVAN, septU 99 Whitehall St. J. H. GAVAN, Furniture Repairer AND MATT HESS MAKEIL Furniture to rent. 78 Peachtree. 8o» Parlor Bostaarail AND ICE CREAM SALOON. Boarders by the week or mouth. Meals pentout. Give me a call, No. 278 Decatur st june-10 3m m. Freeman, M. E. MAHER, Dealer In Imjorled & Domestic Win es, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, No. 11 Mitchell & 52 Peachtree sts. ATLANTA, GA. I Old Books BOUGHT AND SOLD W. B. BURKE, No. 8 Wall Street, HERMAN RICH, dealer in FAMILY GROCERIES JS@“* .And Country Produce —ALSO— Liquors, Wines, Tobacco * i And Cigars. Cor. Wheat & Younge Street, june 17. THE ntoiu Wills Lins 72 MILES SHORTER Than any Existing Route TO WASHINGTON AND THE EAST 35 ’CXMTIes Shortei* Than Any Route> Via Cincinnati Schedule in Effect Express, MsTT 2lst, 1882. 51 53 * Leave Atlanta via R & D R R 2 40 p m 4am Toccoa “ 7 10£, n 8a m • Greenville “ “ 10 OS p m 1104 Arrive Charlotte “ “ 315 am 4 p m Leave Charlotte “ “ 400 am 4 40 “ Salisbury “ “ 553 am 6 21 Arrive Greenoborro “ “ 800 am 8 20 “Danville “ « 10 17 am 10 12 [Arrive N, Danville “ “1020 am 10 15 Lve N Danville via V .M RR 1040 a m 10 30p m Lvnchburge 2 10 p m 12 35 a m Charlottesville 4 40 p m 3 10 a m Arrive Washsington 9 25 p m 7 40 a in A M B M Lve N Danville via R&D R R 10 35 1100 « . F M A M Burkville 215 4 22 Arrive Belle Isle 4 20 7 12 Richmond 4 20 7 20 Lev Richmond via RF& P R R 5 CO 8 OO Arr Washington via A&F R R 9 50 1 10 Lve Washington via B&P R R ]o 20 1 30 Baltimore P W & B R R 11 35 3 Arr Philadelphia PW& B R R 330 630 New York via Feun R R 650 9 35 Boston 355 7 45 THOMAS S. SMITH, Silltltir it Pituts, Cm®, Trait- Marks, Copyrights, Etc., —FOR THE— BUM Stales, Canada. Ei iMFraiMJGoiw. Office, St. Cloud Building, cor. 9th & F St., Opposite U. S. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, IX C. :O: Prosecutes Claims befcie the Wai Savy, Quartermaster’s, Poet Office’ Interior and Treasury Departments *nd Congress. ftejc* Attention given to the business >f postmasters, pension agents, Ju lian agents. Registers and Receivers >f Land Offices, Surveyors, Army and Savy Officers, Quartermasters, Rev enue Collectors and Mail Contractors. N. B.—Rejected Pension Cases made a Specialty. sept 9 1882,