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THE l)A f EY SUN Monday Morning.. Mr. HiephfD»' Salutatory* There were some slight verbal iiianon- rmciee iu thie i^per ah it appeared in The Sun of Saturday morning. We there fore republish it this morning, fully oor reeled. SALUTATORY. Since the “Announcement" of Mr. Speights on the 15th instant, it is proper for me to stab* to the patrons of Thk Sun that, in consenting, as one of the pro prietors, to take charge of the Political Department of this paper, my object is j him, to make it a true organ of the Jcflerno- >h civil, whether high or low, rich or poor, The IVew York Tribmn* Corres pondent. y | We give place in our columns to-day, to a letb r written at Crawfordville on t&e 4th instant, to the New York Tribune. We do this partly as a matter of news, that our readers may see what is going on, but more eepecially to make some comments on it; to show how what called public sentiment in this oouutry is frequently manufactured and imposed ujK>n the credulous masses. It iu true that Mr. Smalley, who an nounced himself as a correspondent of the IVibune, did call on Mr. Stephens on the 8d inst. He was received civilly by all persons are whose demeanor nian principles of the Federal Govern ment, under which the Peoples of the United States lived in so great peace, prosperity and happiness for more than a oentory. The object will be to ad- such doctrines a* will secure a tual and harmonious union of the Use under the Constitution, iu the *'rit slid for the purposes for which it was origin ally made by the fathers ; and upon the principles announced by Jeffer son, maintained by Madison, and set forth by Gen. Jackson in his “author ized” explanation of the principle's of his ilamntion on the Nullification move ment in South Carolina in 1832, and iu his Farewell Address. Upon these principles and those an white or black When, however, the object of his visit was stated, Mr. Hteplicns promptly told him that while he wished to tseat him and all {arsons civilly, yet he could hold no conversation with him for any such purpose as that which he proposed; that he did not choose for his views upon public questions und public affairs to be given to the public in any such way ; that when he had any thing to say to the public he preferred it to be said in his own language; that no man could talk with another for an hour [ or two und from memory alone give an ( accurate report of the tcords used, even if the object was to give the substance of what was said; but in most instances of nounced by Gen. Washington, be who this sort, the object was to distort the first in war, first in peace, and 1 meaning by giving the exact words in first in the hearts of his countrymen,” The Sun will stand. Its position will l»e, that the Government of the United States is a “Confederated” or “Fede ral Republic,” formed by the States, possessing in itself no inherent Sover eignty; but that all its sovereign Powers- which are specific and lim ited—are held entirely by delegation from the several States, and that the States are absolutely Sovereign in the exercise of all reserved or undelegated Powers. The Si n, under my general control of its political course, will continue to stand upon the principles of the plat form of the Democratic Party of the Union, as announced in their last Gene ral Convention at New York, in 1868. A chief object will be to show by calm f and argumentative appeals to the good sense and patriotism of the true friends of the Constitution, North as well as South, that any departure from the essen tia* principles of that platform will lx* exceedingly dangerous, if not fatal, to the liberties of the whole country. The great “living issue’' now before the Peoples of the United States, is between Consolidation, Centralism and Empire on the one side, ard the sacred sovereign right of local self government by the Peoples of the several States on the other; or, in other words: The great question now is, whether the Peoples of these States are to live under a government of laws or a government of bayonets. This is the great practical, absorbing, “living issue” at this time. With regard to the post usurpations ^ some parts of the report, while omitting others in their proper connection, by which very erroneous impressions were produced ; that lie had a perfect loathing and detestation of having his views thns presented to the public on any subject; and that he had no con cealment of his sentiments on public questions, to make from any person who might desire them for his own informs tion, and where everything said would stand together in its proper connection, producing its proper impression. It was not until after an assurance was given by Mr. Smalley that he would not make any report for the proas, of any thing said by him, that Mr. Stephen! consented to talk to him at all, on public affairs. Upon the repeated urgent wish of Mr. Smalley, that he might be permitted to Kive some account of the views expressed, Mr. Stephens gave full permission to him to refer to any written exposition of his views which had been published by his authority, using the words of such au thorized exposition of bis opinions, and not tin se of hie own substitution. For this purpose Mr. Stephens fur nished him with a copy of the Augusta (Oa.) Chronicle and Sentinel, in which his position, on most of the matters alluded to in the conversation, was very correctly stated, and by bis authority. “If you wish to give my views to the readers of the Tribune” said he “take that, and give them in the words and connection therein set forth. ” This artiolefrom the Chronicle and Sen tinel, appears on our first page to-day. We even so much as allude to; or if he din Intend tofdlafr toft, in one sentence, it Is in snob terms as weakens its force and breaks its effect Mr. Stephens did not, in any part of the conversation, speak«**of the civiliza tion of Oeorgia before the war as the highest in the world.” He did speak of the general condition and happiness of tlie people of Georgia at the time re ferred to—of all classes—black as well as white. He moreover said, taken as a whole—looking to phyaical comfort, to habits of temperance, sobriety, industry’ i and thrift; to the general aim* nee of ftpeclal Correspondence of the Hew Tort Trttmae. HE FIRST MAKES FUR <J* THE FLACR. Ckawtordvillb, Ga., Janet.—This is a straggling, shabby, 1st; kouthara town of perhaps 400 or 500 inhabitants. . The streets are without sidewalks, and infrequencf of crime, to the standard of pedestrians |hair oknist between moral culture and religious trailing, talking in the mud or dost Oj4be road- not 11*unt, to til. muong the rtlllr WOB&Jtat !1U honor ^ spaces between Che whetf-Cracks l> iitflKJi Wifq AltEX. H. 'it it -Wild lx> n I W to 11 ■ **•. vyouLi <lividt* into I* 11 |. f* question, und the one yuut </p t >OM*l the 'measure, with the aid of the votes of the negroes, would oarry the day. But the fact that universal suffrage was so firmly established did not, he said, les sen the duty of all lovers of constitutional liberty to oppose the XVth amendment, fhk usurpst ion should never be permit ted to pass without proper rebuke and condemnation, even by those who favor the object aimed at by it. The de jure Governments of the Southern States, he j STEPHENS. Hi* ViririM|al{<U^IIt 4Hi JV«I Accept (lie Situation— He Thinks the Constitutional Amendment! vm>uMl«a Despotism will MW fc EUA- ■ tilled. - sml lust, though principles of integrity and —they were unsurpassed by the and the fences. * Th# 1 houses were pstntsd-so long spe Wat they people of sny State or Commonweslth of J now show no truues af psiuL .This is the equal number of inhabitants in the world. I county town of theoouutj of Tsbstirro-- Mr. Btepheua i. s little better informed, j ^““VtbJ pe5£l^toWw-and and not quite so loose or extravagant in jn lbe ceu treot s weed-overgrown squ»re his language, as to apeak of theae moat 1 in the town there is a Utile ugly brick admirable charaoteriatica of the people of j court-house, but no btuuuM seems to be Georgia in other days, a. the highest civ | '"““^tbe'iqmw stand tom or five ilization in the world. It w.a hut th. with t between; beginning in their progress to that high elch >ture bw ito complement of half a er eminence to which they idmed. But: dozen dirty, yellow-faced loafers, in bat- of it, aa it was, her mods may evar be ternut pantaloons, coarse cotton shirts, proU( j I und broad-brimmed slouched felt hats, 1 ttt l . .. .. . I who w» re hanging sbont the doorway We have not the time rr apace to my j M|( , rhfwiag tobaooo as vigorously sa if lies to Mr. Grady The Borne Cbtrier oontaiaa the lol- lowing: VO 8LAND1E—MORE INTENDED. Rome, Ga, Jane 16th, 1871. Henry W. Qrady, Esq.: Your editorial this morning was t doubt hastily written withoat a roll knowl edge of the foots. The anonymous let ters—three in namber, I have in pomes sion. The first end eeoond came to bend during the reoent canvass, and 1 paid but little attention to them. The third •aid, ere still in acouditiou of repression; J came to hand last Monday morning, and he dedard that the history of no conn-' through the same channel (the poet of- try showsgrosser or more palpable usur- j flee), and contained the following words: potions of power, or more glaring acts of I “Ignore uen and oaner. Onit sneak- wrong, violence, fraud aid perfidy, on the port of those in authority, than were com mitted by the Republican party in the passage of the so-called amendments and the reconstruction laws. Mr. Stevens talked for more than an hoar in this manner, rehearsing all the old arguments with which Democratic orators and newspapers have made the people too familiar for the past few years. BETRAYS CONFIDENCE AND MAKES AN INCOB- HVCT STATEMENT. ignore pen and paper. Quit speak ing. Attend to yoar mill; and thank the good Lord that the people of Floyd will allow you to live in il* On receiving this, I determined at once, if possible, to detect and expose the author. I oommenoed by showing the said auonjmoas letters to those I deemed most competent in such cases to judge oorreotly, in view of finding m one or more who might reoognixe the author. I did not see oat to convict you. I was only trying to detect the author of the letters. And I am sorry to inform In answer to an inquiry as to what he you that the evidence points to you. I thought of the New Departure of the ! authorized your friend Mr. Thomas Mo- Nortnern Democracy, he read me a copy Afee, to so inform you, that you might of a long letter recently sent to a friend have an opportunity to prove yoar innc4 in Pennayvania, who had asked his opin- cence. ion of the platform lately adopted by the \ Your friends were os sorry as I was, Convention in that State. The letter | that the anonymous letters bore a near expressed very positive opinions, and j resemhlanoe to yoar handwriting, and thesM he elarged upon in conversation, that a letter from you to me, written more on this subject at present, except to , that were the chief btuinreeof life. The : but h „ rtpec ui| y desired me to make no ! about a year ago, over your own sign* add: Thst whatever others may think of j rude little tavern has po outward toaioa- men ti on of his views upon this subject, j tnre, by comparison, points in the eo™* he wishf d that they should not be | direction. Not wishing to do you injoo- the grades of civilization, high or low, tion of readiness to furuiah entertain- ...... , 11 raeut, except a much whittled beneb oor opinion is. that good manners and . upon tljB ^ jrcb> % wu h basin and genteel breeding, constitute one of its | towel for public use. There is a church brightest ornaments; and that it is no or two, but no public school, no newspa- evidence of any degree of it to boast of, i’ < ? r > »° talograpkoffiMalthongh the rTTT. J.L I . O. . wires run through the plaoe, and no par- in behalf of the people of any Htate or UoaUt sign o( mo d era civilization, ex- Kingdom, for one of the recognized en-1 c( .pt the van of a traveling photographer lighteners of his fellow-citizens or snb-j established among the weed, on the jocts, after being civilly reoeived and j 8l l a * r0 - kindly treated by strangers, to go off and KB. STEPHENS' IWMDBICE. On the outskirts of the village, aeroes the railway track, is Liberty Hail (the residence of Alex. H. Stephens, late Vine President of the Southern Confederacy), so named, not with any referenoe to the mansion of the hospitable old fellow in Goldsmith's comedy, but to indicate the interest of its owner in the cause of hu man liberty; for even here in the South, in tlie old days of slavery, men talked with enthusiasm about liberty, meaning of course the liberty of the white reoe.— , i Liberty Hall is a plain white farm-house, here, is recognized as one of its “blest w iU, a large sioping lawn in front, shaded and raciest correspondents. |, r locust trees, and ntimeroos negro Now we venture to say that but few houses and other out-bnildings at the Georgians, if an/, could be found, oven j ride aud io the r«r, ail freshly painted. . iu aj a u a-l- A sprightly mulatto girl took in my cord, | in the present down trodden condition ftnd ‘ ri! t nrn ed at onoe to the porch to es of the good old State—with nil the du*: CO rt me through a narrow haii, past a mor&lization of the upturning of society j little, plainly-furnished parlor, through by military force-wbo would, after re-! “ room walled around from floor to moke such gratuitous flings and sneers at the poverty of his hospitable entertainers, as the Tribune correspondent has seen fit to do in this case, upon the good people of Crawfordville and their humble reeri dencea. This may be taken as a sample of the type of the Civilization - and progress in •ooial intercourse, favored by the New York Tribune, as Mr. 8in..Iloy, -A description and revolutionary measures of Congress ask our readers to peruse it carefulty and since the restoration of tiio Union in j compare it with Mr. Smalley’s report. 18G5, by the resumption of their obliga-, This will show how much he regarded turns to the Union under tlie Constitu- Mr. Stephens’ wishes, and the unwar- tion, by all the States which had at-1 ranted liberty token in the letter he tempted to withdraw from it, and for | wrote. which alone the war was professed to be j in reference to the “New Departure” by waged in opposition to this attempt, the late Democratic Convention of Penn- The SrN will advocate and enjoin strict' sylvania from the old creed of the party, obedience to all acts of Congress and acts Mr. Stephens did not say that he did not of State Legislatures under them which wish his views “to be made public,” bat have the form of law as expounded by he did not wish them to be made public the courts. State and Federal, and im- in the way proposed; and that when he posed by those in authority clothed with power to execute them. Constitutional Liberty is the offspring of Reason -not of physical force. Tlie rectification of all political wrongs and usurpations under our sys tems of Government, should he sought through the instrumentalities of the Constitution—through the peaceful ope- j ration of the ballot—the Legislative, Ju- should be disposed to give them to the public, if ever, he wished them to be given in his own words and in snoh way os he might ohoose. In referenoe to another war, and the difference between Mr. Stephens and Gen. Toombs as to the “possibility” of another war “between the North and Mr. Smalley entirely omits to . _ , , state that Mr. Stephens was exceedingly dictzl, and Executive Departmonhi of the erapUtic iu his ( , ppoaition any TOch Government resort, without regard to its potnbilUy. Bat no people devoted to Coustitn- .qj„ lW 0 „ r „ f OovernmenV’-id tional law, need ever expect to secure a . ... . f . ... ,* .. | he “the im lv sure hope for the preserva- rect meat ion of admitted usurpations of .. t „ * | tion of public liberty, and the rechflca- Fower by accepting them as aooom- 4 . - . . „ .. . , . •v ‘ e .. , ! tion of wrongs of any sort, as well as pushed facta, aud grautiug,m advance,u ... „ v , 4l xx z •cttnig aside usurpations by Congress, complete absolution to the perpetrators of > , , , '° . .« r ... . 1 „ . I Wis in the peaceful and more effective them. The position of The Sun to-1 , . t . . . . .... * .. ... 1 .. , _ appeal to the lustrumentalities of the ^>'T. i 7.. a 7STL! Con»titution-the ballot-box-tho Logiz- ... . ... ... cviling with books, snd into a room at oeiving shelter, and partaking of «>*' i tho of the honaa fare, such as it might be, of the liuiohlest | M|c htei'HENs’ person- colort'd man in the land, go off, aud either speak or write contemptuously of the unpainted hut, the puncheon floor, the broken chair, or what not, that might have fallen under his observation, when his wants and comforts, to tho extent of ability, hod been kindly supplied. made public, and hail cautioned his | uoe , I sought for other specimens of your Pennsylvania friend not to let his letter) handwritiug. I found two—one at the banking house of Cothran k Maguire, qrALi t and one at the Courier Office. But they j unfortunately, strengthened the evidence against you. get into print. THIS PREDICTION WAS MADE F1CATIONN, BUT TIIE QUALIFICATION NOT STATED BY Mlt HMAULEY. H* expressed the belief that the mo re-17 * lm? “ heard no <>■>« e*P"» anv thing ment toward centralizing pawer in the I b“t “orTow that you are thua unpuoated. General Government, which he anid was j AuJ 1 J'»“ ‘hem heartjlj in auch ezprea- going on with constantly accelerated ra-1 eious, and hope you may be able to ea- pidity, would end in destroying ull tLie ! tablish your inmweoce.^ IshaUoonrinue power and independence of the Staten 1 “ “ ” however, without affection or favor, in my yffurta to spot the right man. The anonym ms letters in question oat be seen by any one wishing to examine them; aud you cau have ample opportu nity to remove all suspicion against yon by a thorough comparison of yoar manu scripts, including your pencil editorial, along side of sain anonymous letters. I met you las. Monday morning in per- son; showed the objectionable letter^ told you I was trying to find the author; that the evidence I bad was against you; that on showing said letters to others, they TT .r re ■ ,, a . . told me it looked like yoar handwriting; Unlike Mr. Toombs, Mr. Stephens aQ(J j u ^ m ot those who does not believetlmt another war is pos- had th B n „ e i preae ed themselves. This* and next the liberties of the people.— This, he said, wot- the deliberate purpose of the Republican loaders, and lie looked for it« speedy accomplishment One pre text after auotlicr would be fouud to in vade the liberties of the j/VopIe und de prive them of the right of self-govern ment “I may not live to see it,” he said, “bnt you are young, and will yet witness the dowufull of republican gov ernment in this country and tlie estab lishment of a centralized despotism.” INOoKKM.T AGAIN. ifttflldtite&s. Dutch Pete’s Eesta Under James' Hantt, BEEN BBOENTLr FOIOOgHED WITH No. 1 OOO And »U oth«r modem appUanceat BE. MEALS 8UPPJJED AT ALL HO regui.au board $6 per week. THK »KST THK MARKET AFFORDS WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND Af HIS TABLES. mjYO-Sm INTELLIGENCES. Atlanta, Ga., Juna 15,18?i. J HAVE bought, at AaaigUbe’a Halts, tins sutirw iu- talllgenoer newapaper pru|Mrty. It la optm to pu from me, or other arraugeiu.mt, till the fir J0I7. aa private bualsoM forbid* my paldic; DEMOCRATIC PAPER. Any person deatring to buy or make any i meat In the meantime, cau confer with Mr. N. Fowler, of the Arm of Wall»c* A F&wtCL AttonU. B. 0. KANUKY jelS-tlJy Late T«Uer Ga. Nat * HOYT & JONES, Bankers and Bro" ATLANTA, O Dealer* in Qold, Silver, 8 Honda, Dniiiaatin and Foreign Railroad and < Spools GIVEN TO LEE & HIGHT0 Gli/nn, a LIVERY AND SALE STABLi NEXT TO THE GEORGIA HOTEL, K EKP8 FINE and SAFE STOCK, and ELEG BUGUHlH. PH.EIONS aud CARRIAGES. 1 Indian Spring, ChaUe "** ‘ of G any point In reach of Qrifim, Another Kailroittl Project. sible between the North aud South, and he thinks a remedy for the evils of which he complain? cun be n ’ched only through K iceful mean*. He f-ui i he in lieved the mocratic party could save the oountry if it would make an • 'Tie'st aud solemn appeal to the people »« lie next py ' Presidential election, warning in of ' the plot to destroy their JiN r*.. If this were done, he was conttd-ui that th *re was yet honesty aud s< : ».i enough *u.:ong the people to cause ill mu to rise nud “hurl the Jacobins Horn power,” as ONE UNFRIENDLY TO HIM. Here I found a little withered, wrink led old man, with wonderfully brown eyes, white hair, and a frame so tutu ’ia- ted that it seemed to be literally skiu and J e ^, r , , ;ed it. bones. Hew«>r< a horoc^pun suit of butter- /•,£ condition of the negroes. nut color, und had an old black fait bat upon his hen b This person was Mr. Hto- pliens. He half rt»se ss l entered, and extended a hand sn ginnt and L^hless that it did not seem to 1»p the hand of a living man, and immediately afterward lu course of the oonwr.-iatiou a 1 conceive to be all the “frankuess” that could be requirod of a gentleman such oases. J. A. Stewart. Rome, Go., June 15, '71. The men, as already intimated, both possessed great muscular power, and had learned to use ifc to the best ad vantage. The gun, revolver, and slung-shot were identified as the pro perty of John Bryant Tt was prov en by his son that he left the house with the gun on his shoulder shortly before the affray, protending that he On the 16th instant a public meeting was held at Chattanooga to push forward I he sank back iufco his easy choir, the building of a direct liue of railroad further manifests unfriendliness, from that point to Louisville. The dis- ^ not hatred. tunes is 280 miles. It was estimated that At his right hsnd stood » roond tabl,, the cost of bridging and grading the »P confused heap of hook. XI . ,, , o, letters, newspapers, manuscripts sml whole road would be W,480,000, or an ■ writjug mHt ,. ri ak A pair of crutohe- average of 816,000 per mile, and that the ] leaned oga’nst t\io wall on the other side total cost of completing the road would ; of his chair, aud he rested Ills feet on the came in, presented Mr. Stephens was going to shoot some turkeys. be 88,500,000, or 830.000 per mile. It won estimated that tho counties through which the road would pass in Tennessee would subscribe 81,908,000. And the s.une class of coun ties in Kentucky 1,966,000. Louisville would subscribe... 2,000,000. rounds of anotlu-x chair, for which lay an ugly, fat, brindled dug, that the flies would not allow to sleep. There were two bods in the room, a bureau oovered with bottles of every size and Bhape, con taining medicines and liquors, and a grate in which n coal fire was burning, although ir wen a warm June day. A sin gle picture, t presenting Faith standing Chattanooga 300,000. | by the cross, bung above the mantel” which rivaled the bureau in its array of Total estimate 86,263,000. It was calculated that when this fund should be expended, the road would l>e near completion, and that money could be easily raised on mortgage to complete and equip it. The meeting was enthusi astic. bottles. There were piles of books up on the floor, and articles of clothing were scattered about the room. MOT OOBRKCTLY STATED. Mr. Stephens said he was always glad to see visitors and to talk upon pul blic affairs, but that he invariably insisted that correspondent* who called upon him should not publish what he said, because he had no wish to be brought before the | public. This prohibition t afterward prevailed on him to modify so ter os to be the same as that of Mr. Jeffersou to wards the “Alien and Sedition” acts. This is quite enough for the present It is proper, however, to add for gen eral information, tlut it is not my inten tion to change my present residence. There is no prospect of my ever being able physically to do so, even if I were inclined fore, to lative, Judicicial, and Executive Depart ments of the Governmaih Liberty is.sel- dom achieved by wars or physioal foro#: it is the natural offspring of a cultivated reason, and an enlightened sense of jus tice.” In regard to the Acts of Congress All communications, there ' known “ thc “Rooonatrection MeMures," _ _ connected with my engage-1 wllieh were b “* d thu Fourteenth ment with The Sen, must lie 'addressed I “ n<1 Fifteenth Amendments, all of which to me at this place. Alex vndeh H. Sx'ki’iikns, he considered gross usurpations by a ma jority faction in Congress, he expressed Liberty Hall, Craw fordulle, Oa., lfitli y mw lf ,n most decided language, that June. 1871. L, , .. . . . * ^ , . there should be no resistance—no physi '*1 force. Tlie proper course, in hiB opinion, to be pursued by the friends of liberty in all the States, towards these measures, was tho same as that advised by Mr. Jefferson to be pursued by the same class towards the infamous “Alien and Sedition Acts” in 1798-99. While holding them to be flagrant usurpations, «ud iletK/auciug them as “nullities snd luSttl no ‘ Uw “" J®‘ having the lormof prwcQWUou of «oaud prariioai v of laws, they were to be obeyed so long os ■Oif Mtl policy, and nol Ute vskirlc »nui>ly of Ui«o . . ... . . .. . rtM and abatrart >p«coUuou«i u i* ft time wht*«i they wt*re held to be so by those in an- Ssp^ D 'S~ ,dU "'° ,u ‘ ,w ‘’' , ' U ‘' W, *'| tlionty, clothed with power to execute We would respectfully ask: Are the :“>«“• Fhe rightful remedy for these principles of truth, justice aud liberty, outrages upon Constitutional High*, was “simply theories and ebatraot spooul* ; uot in scoepting them sa “aoeompUshed June, 1871. Editorial Accession. The Augusts Constitutionalist of the 17th, in publishing the aunouncemont of Mr. Stephens' connection with The Sun. soya: It will be perceived Uiftt tho Hon. Auclandm !L *00—ion. Tb« pomtion of ed!U>r la ftlwftyo • r*opon«lbliit> ftOd of diMUity In no po«itlon « 1 of lDlcilttct *nd of sound J.nlKiovut bfl facts” not to bo assailed nor questioned ; nor in granting absolution to the perpe trators of them : lurifby exhibiting their eooruioun wrong* ; to arunae the iuoshos of the jH?oplc everywhere and to rally pollh, that they might there The Era quotes a paragraph from tho GrifHu Star, commenting upon Mr. Stephens iu the usual slang style of that j consent that I might mention whatever paper. It is not at all strange that the Era should do so, as its political opinions no doubt agree with*the Griffin Star.— At least the people have as much confi dence in the politics of the Era as they have of the Griffiu Star. Stealing a Railroad Train. The troubles about the Alabama and he should say that l^ad heretofore been mode public, and ho told his nephew, a a young man who came iu while we were talking, to give me a copy of au Augusta paper, which he said contained aa au> thoritative statement of his views as far os he wished them to be known. GOBS ON TO RBU’OKT PRIVATE CONVERSATION, WHICH HR HAD PROMISED NOT TO Do. Mr. Stephens denounoed the Repabli- Cbattanooga Railroad are developing can leaders in the strongest strange actions on the part of some per sona The Chattanooga Times of the 16th instant contains the following: A party of men who came here from Meridian with the custodians of the A. guilty of “the most outrageous perfidy” iu prosecuting the war fbrthe avowed pupose of restoring the Southern States to their old places in the Union, and then, when they had tr\amphad^ refus ing to let thorn take those places, deny k C. Railroad, managed to get posses-1 ing them the rights ot self-government sion of a train yesterday afternoon, and left with it, following the Jasper train. Mr. Stanton telegraphed to the sheriff at Tuscaloosa to stop tho train and bring it bock, and was making arrangements to send troope after it if necessary. The Versoillists have collected 375,000 rifles in Paris. The non-Episcopal Methodists of Penn- and representation in Congress, putting them under bayonet rule, and afterword reconstructing them by uprooting all the foundations of their society, disqualify ing all men of intetligwuoe and property from holding offloe or voting, and plac ing their Governments jn the hands of the ignorant and vicious. He spoke of the Republicans os Jaoo- bins without conscience or consistency, whose purpose woe to’ establish a central ized, despotic government, and to de- sylvsDie have refused to ordain women to ^ preach. There iB a woman in Arkansas, n&mod Emily Saruh Lord, who has lived in ten States, and has indulged in ni ne husbands, two of whom have died suddenly, aud three have been divorced. She is mis named, for she is evidently one of the Em mu-Sarahs of Satan. All of the Reconstruction legislate u of Congress he believed to be uoooor dto- tionul, fraudulent and void. The XUIth Amendment he admitted to he valid, because ft hod been ratified by the rightful Governments of the Southern Statee—the Governments <fe jure, and not the Governments de facto afterword established by bayonets. The XIVth and Xvth Amendment* he claimed were no part of the Constitution, because tneir pretend From the facts and circumstances, the inquest found that the killing was clearly in self defense, *an<L Lo gun was accordingly acquitted and released from arrest As far as we know there is not an individual in the neighborhood that dissents from the decision. Logan appears to jbe deeply affected at having killed a man ! It has been intimated in our hearing that Bryant may have been under the influence of temporary in sanity. This is possible, but we pre sume* all will agree with us in the opinion that if so, he manifested “a method in his madness” very extraor dinary. wi-li a btfckt?t of opples, and asked his advice about welling hia peas at the pres ent market price. After he hud gone Mr. Stephens anid that all his former slaves still lived upon his place, und work ed the land on sUitroa. He found it more S rofitablu than slave labor. Tho negroes ivided tho crops tiiemselvesand brought him his share. He depended entirely upon their honesty, and did not believe they deceived him. The negroes were not as well off for comforts as in the days of Slavery he said; they wore not as well clothed, fed or housed, but he presumed they preferred freedom to slavery with more comforts. In one of tho brief in tervals in his political talk, Mr. Stephens spoke of the civilization of Georgia be fore the war as the highest in the world. Pauperism, he said, was almost unknown, and in all his practice at the bar lie had only known oue case of deliberate mur der; bat he admitted that cases of killing in quarrels were frequent. MORE UNMANNERLY SNEERING. Nearly all of cur two hours' talk was on the political topics indicated above—1 should say, rather, his talk, for most ot the time Mr. Stephens seemed nearly ob livious of the presence of his auditors.— With his eyes fixed upon one point on the wall, he would talk as steadily and consecutively os if repeating a well-learn ed oration, and he seemed impatient of questions or any interruptions. It was as if he were rehearsing from memory the chapters of his book, and felt bound to get through with them all. Sitting iu Eis disordered room surrounded by a con-. . ^— fusion of old b Kike, manuscripts, bottles, j ** vials, a* d onoiJnt furniture, and discus- jumwit ’ i. f. cox, PrM’t. sing qoc. ti .ns, many of which were long | stockholders' JUeeilnj Called— iVcnj Qibnettiatmtntt. i~i.ro roR MtA ■rty. I will give » bargain a* I am determined toil. I will hcU it in lute of tw*ntjr-five or fifty acre u suit a purebaeer. Fur particuiare oaU on addreee SOUTHERN FEMALE OOLLEOC. Commoneemen t Exercises day. Jfitli. CONCERT—Monday night. JUNIOREXUlUITlu.v-i'ueedAj morning. Addroee since settled and are nearly forgotten, he seemed to Ih> a sort of necromancer try- Georgia %rc9tem ft. ft. . .» • •• . .. , , * A T a meeting of the board of Directors of the ing to revive the spirit of the (load past. Georgia Western fteilrutad. held this day. I watt **'• ’•— I giro notice that tho Anuual Mss ting of be held on MR. STEPHENS INFLUENCE. He has been au ivalid for the past two i ihlera of this Company will n ‘Jtth ot July, at the City 1 years, and is obliged to use crutches iu city, aud that the irieua# or*Uie" enterprise'are oor- walking. He never expects that his heallli I mviud to attend the meeUng prepare to anb- will permit him agein to take sny part i “ d “ r “‘ r ‘“ b * ““ u “ in public life. IuHpiteof his infirmities, I junuKUUwtjntt* however, he makes his influence widely felt by means of conversation with men who come from all parts of the South to see him. Scarcely a day passes that he does not receive visitors from a distance. In this way he keeps up his acquaintance with public men throughout the South, and if still potent iu controlling the uctiou of the Democratic \ arty in this State, and, to some extent, iu all the Southern States. Probably no man iu Georgia wields the influence that he does with the class thnt still refuse to accept the situa tion. The people of the village have a great reverence for him and seem to rely upon him for advico and assistance. His Mayson & Haralson, QKNKHAL AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CORNER MARIETTA AND BROAD STREETS, ATLANTA. OA. ^PKCtAL attention given to the a*le of Furaltwr*, Stock, Bo. Orders for the pnrchaae of gooda promptly attended to. Cddh advanced ou gooda ( b*“ aoid at aucUon. MaYSON A HARALSON, _ J unlWlw Auctioneers. In the DUtrlct Court of th* United Stntea for the Northern DUtrlct of Geor gia—In Uaakraptcyi oharity and kiudnes of heart are proverb- iV T May. L is7iT A ’ c * £uiiUtA ’ TUta 30TB DAY Of ial in all the country round, aud he is i>eloved alike by white men and negroes, ' poinuaentm Aaaigtwe tor’i who, when in trouble, come long dis- SUS5ct°wunlive* Prince Bismarck, say the German po- pere, will receive the Dukedom of Krotos- Muwure . . . . , chin in Prussian Poinud, which is osti- j ed ratification had been effected by j eventually end iu llieir total tances to get hit Negrorn Dying Unt. The Richmond correspond - t of the Norfolk Journal say>: * Our board of health makes weekly mor tuary reports, and these reports al ways tell the same bad tale, that the c^grt)ef are dyiug here at a rate that Cr ‘ xLtor »- b 7 Uxa Dutrici Court of said District I nuyJl-lawiw mated at 82,400,000, as a present from (be Imperial Government of German;. A Plaster oast of the Tablet of Cano pus, with the trilingual version iu Hiero- gljphs, Greek and Demotio, haa arrived at the Uritiah Museum. It Uaa been pre aeotad by the Ehedive of Egypt The insurgent lossre, previous to Msy or do they enbrace every praeti- osl question coming within the pnrviow of all true statesmanship? Whether they be of the one character or the other, Ten Suit, under its present editorial charge, will be the vehicle by which they w.li lie pvoesuigaUii and tuainUiued, with a zeul 8 lVe tkeir pnbtic condemnation, both | Puia, are eetimated at li,000 r killed an.i | did not beiiev* end en eerueetuese, which nothing oon- upon them and their anthore, aeotad with periia now threatening the free iuslitu Hons of this country, could inspire force aud frao.L They Wtae not re suits of the war, as the Radical leaders falsely claimed, but were conceived after the war was over, as.. part of the scheme of centralization which those leaders had concocted to keep tkemaeivee in power. He did not hold the XVth Amendment to be iuvalid because he oppovnd negro oiiffrage. bat because of the nearpatioua id outrages upon tbs Constitution by <*, when the Vera.alley troops entered I which it was wrongfully adopted Paris, are estimated at 12,000 killed and | did not believe the ballot would ores be wounded, and 25,000 prisoners; and since taken from th, negry if the XVth .iT.ir. lull til.. Thi. „„r* »k. uuu.u—t.uu i. j.x May 22 at 10,000 killed and wounded and Amandment were declared void, and the human affairs, but the great ; Tin. part of the conversation, it did J$00 prtaonera. A later account states control of the suffrage placed nut suit the purpoee end objeot, perbape, i tho number of the recent prisoner, at rightfully belong,-under the of the IVibune "interviewer" to repeat or 36,000, and the killed at 40,000. i jurisdiction of the btates. la an where it exclnsive in snob aoaae, HITCHCOCK dr WALDEN, WHOLE HALS AMD RETAIL Musas Books and Stationery, 64 PEACHTREE Hr 11 MKT (POWKLL'S BLOCK,) ATLANTA, GA. K EEP on hand a large and elegant ■to,.k o[ STATION HRv.tuoU U p^T^Xn" matter of mortality the ratio is more siuM.'rooa- than reversed. Take the figures of i m,. mm., ^ d-4trnction. Our white population, oomjiared witli our colored, is in the ratio of 100 to 76, and yet in the last week. The total number of per- . .... «•».bundxysohooi.BooxsdHxocsrrxa. sons who died liere at that penod was < >c>ic. worxr,im«isxoa wottuiz^uw ntt* 35; of these 7 only were whites, aud wmo".’ SStajLiUSi JOXIor JBJfiv, Hirer AS KEi'HUPM iui-n U.o ... . _ ' ■ ■■ 28 wore i ilored; four negroes to one white. This, of course, is not usual, at least not in so gseat a degree; hut it is a fact that though tiio negroes I H UUCMA “ B *“ OLt > nsso iv o . r e i are in the minority here, they steadi- | ly furnish, we<‘k a ‘ ty of the deaths.” i ^i 1 ** M rl#ud# %DJ to iu°Iud TIC B. ego Commencement*. LEGES will be held at COVINGTON. June lHtb. 1871. OXFORD, July lttth, 1871. ATHENS, July 30th, 1871. defliring to attend any of Mid Com Full far* to be paid icolng, aud the Agent wilt li» full fare ticket will give rtturn ticket* FREE, i ticket* good for dltovu daya, from Tliure< ASSIGNEE’S SAXsE. * tA• U. H. OJsSrlet Cmmrt I nt.triet * Utdrg-lm—Im th* Jean Jf im Mmmkrmptrp. T HIS la tu give notice that I will wll, puranai>t to an order from the Hon. U. H. Diatrict Cun ' Northern Diatrict ui Georgia, On Monday Morning-, at 10 o'clock. July 3d, 1871, subject to incumhrauc< tha Furniture Factory of Rondeau A Co., Bankrupt*, aiUtated on the o>inter of Butler and Uarria sUn m the city of Atlanta, cunaiHting of the hnuae a lot, and everything thereon Or therein, at publico to the higheat bidder. Terms caah. R. HAMMOND, Aaaignee. cry to the June 10 GEORGiojf, Eu It on County. OaniMABT'* OyricK, \ Atlanta. Ga., June 13, 1871. | J ESSE M. COOK haa applied tor exemption of per- aonaltv, and actting apart aud valuat bomastead. and I will pa a upon the «ai o'clock a. k., on the J7tli day ot June 1871, i lo*. JK PEASE & HIS WiFi:. ^VOME to me if you are poor and need FINE PEACHES, I will gire you your money'* worth or guea* at t: difference. PEASE A HIS WIFE will aefl yon Pachea from oentaagrabto more than you can toat off !"r li money.Junla ti FRANK QUEEN. AUCTIONKER. 2 TIERCES sril.VH.ceuBDCANVAS.SEI' HV to arive, will be Hold on arrival, at Ami. Notice of time will bo given. A. K. SEAGO, Dealer in Real Eatate and TV Sale* to Plan tern. . Offico—Corner Foreytli and ell street*. juni:J« i X 0 33! EVERYBODY KEEP COOI.! Prices Reduced 1 WUhIn the Reach or J" ' xmaequenoe of * reduction in cost of tram bon, and to inureaMe the consumption, 1 <*- rodneed the pr 4 ce of ICE: 9i 1-Jle per Pound by the 100 lbi.aadO' 3e per Pound Hrtall orLm than 1001 An lnexhbu»>t)Me aupply of Pure Ice on band. Parties desiring to make special arrangi ineni Ice by th* to* (. uuO lb*.) o t by the car load- pleaae correspond with tne undcrs.gned, and m reduction will be made. < Branch Ice House* on Whitehall and Marietta will aell at same price*. H. F. EMEK». Juul7dlw Atlanta Ice »«'••» • Auction & Commission. Tike Dagaa Building, on Hill tU" 1 ’ where we will be pleased to serve those who need our sendees. Wepropoae to sell •BIB*' of property, deal right aud make prompt rvtjjrw *11 sales. Conaigumeut* aolicited. Liberal • dT 1 made on goods in atore, to be sold at anotiou. - ular sale daya, Weonesdaya aud Saturday*, a* 11 ' Tatete promptly attended to. J. A. CHERRY, Auctioneer. . MCDOWELL OKI VEIN, OS., Msj IS. Jell. sow. m. son. HOWE & HUBBLE, £MFOBTKKS OT AND DKALEBS ill Ol kin* foriion and ooisiari IiZQUORd- (PICUL ATTENTION TO SO DTD: RNTE* Dt J*>. u, »S Mg as, sramart tT.ni.v.vx ti, smi: ml* 1 NtyiTCK- CITY ENOINEER S OFriCT j AtLX»TX,8... JiuwlHSW.*- KROPOSAL8 for OLKAKINO, yDBNIf®, oHading x tdbnvike boad bci»«« * •M Motor, will ta iwc i.wl tiolil Jab m MAPS, PBOPILES xu. I SPItClFICATIOXS.« tan at my offloe. Kl(ht Itourrad to rrjc t xuy Oottace For WILL SELL A BARGAIN Uf AW* cottage of tsm. J w <7, of s»o«Uau« »w«mwt iwhm. Tt.w *11 tieae- o*y .ilUe djjjjjj**