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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING.
AT ATLANTA.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1877.
(OI.INHIIN. « A. t
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 1873
LARGEST Cl nT CIRCULATION
AND MORE TUAN
TWICE THE LARGEST
AGGREGATE CIRCULATION!
A VinonfXA pap«r thinks that Thomas
Jefl orson's great out deed was bringing
“lovo npplos" (which we now call toma
toes; from France to America aw food for
hia hogs.
Prof. A Enina W. WaioHT, of Yale Col
lege, has inado an important discovery ir
eloctro'paiuting. It is foandod on the
Yplatili/ation of metals by the electric
current, and by means of it mirrors can
bo made of silver, iron and other motals
Last Sunday, Kabbi Gotlboil, of New
York, preached a sermon in which he de
clared that tbo prejudice of Israelites
against being called Jews bad nothing to
rest upon, and that the name of Jew
is one which any person might be glad to
boar.
Gen. W. T. Forrest, of Cincinnati, one
of tho Democratic candidates for the Ohio
Senate, called at the rooms of tho Cam
paign Committee on Monday to say that
his check for $300 was at the immediate
service of the committee, and to ask what
he could do beside for tho success of the
whole tickot.
Gen. Gkosvenob, according to Eastern
dispatches, made a very damagirig admis
sion in uging the clerks at Washington to
abandon their posts and go borne to vote,
ilo said the situation waa very critical and
tho dangor of defeat imminent. The re
sponses iu money were, bowover, very
meagre in amount, most'of the emancipa
ted clerks declining to contribute.
The nearest approximation to a defini
tion of the difference between the Demo
cratic and ltepubliean parties would bo
about this : Tho Democrats dony Mr.
Hayes’ titlo to oftioo, but Lave a high
opinion of bis policy because it was their
owu which he hrs adopted; tho Republi
cans on tho other hand have a poor opin
ion of biH policy but protoud to have a
high one of his title.
THE NORTH A HOUTtl K. It
Columbus must act in this matter.
There can be no dodging or evasions. A
road tbirty-one miles in length and tap
ping a rich and populous oountry, and
having oost tho owners only about $2,800
per nnle appears a most valuable invest
ment. We invite attention to the article
of a leading merchant, who signs him** If
“Muscogee. ” Ilia argument* ere forcible
and conclusive.
We submit, for the consideration of oar
people, the following estimate, which has
been carefally made, of the probable cost
of the North A Mouth Railroad to ten and
one-half miles from its present terminus,
which would place it to an accessible
point beyond Pino mountain :
fUll.30 (.nanda p* r yard Q 141 i*tr
•4,*.oo cross tie., ji»r mile (n ISc
S|>ik<*, boll* iiii'1 fa*t--nlng...,
Laying track, |*r utile
t 2,116 C
Tbi* make* a coat for auper atruct-
fi.OOu grading (t 12Ujf
ijO.OOO foal traatbug, 11 M kt I17J^ per
Repairi
Coat of road to Eingabor
nil** and cam..
Stanley Matthews, in a recontspeoch,
doclarod that it was neither fair nor right
“to undertake to deprive President ilnyos
of the honor and grace of first conceiving
and originating tho (Southern) policy
which ho himself carried out. It was
born of his own good sonso mid his own
good heart.” Now if this is so, why
should Hoerotary McCrary have taken
such pains to show that tho polioy origin
ated with Grant ? It is ovident that
Homebody strayed from tho truth. It is
the best kind of Democratic polioy and
it is utterly foreign to Uopuhliotumtn.
Tn
c property left by Thlors, beside his
library and objects of art, which are loft
to tho State, is estimated at about $2,700,-
(KHi. It comprises tho hotel of tho Plaoo
Ht. Georges, in Paris, throo neighboring
bouses, lots in the Avonno do L’ltupora-
trioe, mining and railroad stocks, and
French, ltuasion and American Go von-
luent bonds. Mdnio. Thiers is his solo
executor. Among bis minor logacii
one of $-150 a your ‘o Louis, his valet,and
$2,4(H) a year to bo divided Among i
oral othov servants.
An Affair “of Honor" in Mississippi.
—Sunday morning of lust week, a’dutd
took place near MoComb City, in Missis
sippi, contiguous to the State line, be
tween Dr. Albert Lamer, of Arkansas,
and Mr. B. 11. McClellan, of Now Orleans.
Tho New Orleans I'icayune soys the af
fair must have been speedily gotten up,
as the parties wore acquainted only a few
moments when a dispute arose upon
somo subject, which resulted in Dr. La
mar calling Mr. McClellan a liar atul slap
ping his face. Tho result of the duel was
the wounding of the latter in tho arm, and
the hasty flight of both northward to
escapo arrest.
Cotton Planters’ Strike in Mississip
pi.—A letter received by a prominent
cotton firm in Now Orleans from Brook-
haven, Miss., report* that the farmers in
Lincoln and adjoining counties are on a
strike, icfnsing to deliver their cotton to
the merchants who hsd assisted them to
make it by advancing supplies, milosa at
fifteen cents a po»"id, claiming that a
pound of ootton ought to be worth as
much an u pound of bacon sold on a year’s
credit, and accusing fbo country mer
chants of making exhorbitant profits ou
the supplies furnished. Snob a proceed
ing on the part of the planters may work
very well this year, but thoy will have
oauMo to ruo their bad faith next year
should they again be under the neces
sity of oalling on their factors for sup
plies to enable them to iiinko their crops.
Tho only way for planters to he indtqxui-
d«nt of their (actors is to make their own
baoou.
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A UENKRAL INDIAN WAR
>t: %u».a».
Gen. Sturgis, outstripping tho tardy
Burn Howard, has strnrk the Nex Forces,
given them a decent whipping, and forced
them to drop six hundred horses. He
means to pursue them until they abandon
everythiug. The Indiaus killed a sou for
Gen. Sturgis in the Coster fight, and he
will wreak veugeance on the savages
wherever he strikes them, lie applied
for the present command after his be
reavement. In tbo several tights with tbe
Indians las own force lost heavily and
been compelled to abandon many horses.
Army officers anticipate a general In
dian war. The vnriotis tribes are moving
northward to join Sitting Dell in Canada.
They arc said to number 40.000 warriors,
and Bitting ltnll has 1,000 additional. He
says he will not treat with Americans, he
cause they are liars. He is aware that
the Govemmeut has not kept faith with
him. lhe Indians were gnurantoed by
aoleum treaty certain lauds A- aoon aa
gold was discovered the whites, regard
leaa of obligations, rushed thither, the
Government made no effort to prevent,
aud the Indiaus commenced lighting for
their homes. Now it is a war of exter
minalioo, and the s|)eedier it is done the
better for the country.
Total roat for 30^ mile* !
The present 20 miles earned an average
from October, 1872, to October, 1873,
$838 13 per mile. We think that at tbe
very lowest calcnlation, the road can earn
$1,000 per mile, when completed across
the mountain. This would give per
annum, say 30j miles, $1,000 per mil
$30,500. Deduct for expense of keeping
road in repair and all running expenses,
$450 pwr mile for 30$ miles, $13,725. De
duct interest on $00,005 at 7 per cent,
par annum will be $003,005—$20,055.0.1
leaving net surplus per annum of $!
814 05.
Those figurca will bear the closest scru
tiny and investigation. The estimates of
tbe oost of rnnning the road are taken
from tho books of tho Superintendent.
Tbo estimates for iron, cross ties, nes
tling, grading, .to., Jco., arc full, and, if
anything, over the actual oost. The osti
mato of earnings is very low. Wo fully be
!iove it will be nearer $2,000 per mile than
$1,000.
Hero is an investment that proporly
managod will be suro to pay a good divi
(lend ; but far more than tbe situplo inter
est on tho investment will bo roaped
tho increased business that will be suro to
reach this point. The question is before
tho pooplo of this plaoe. Will yon see
the opportunity pass, or will you forward
and make one more effort to plaoe your
selvos in a condition to be froo and inde
pondout ?
THAT t'AMOVE POLICY
We have been reading for months of
tho Southern policy of Mr. Hayes. Why,
it is nothing but Democracy. As Senator
Thurman iu hiH opening speech
Ohio campaign said, ho (Thurman) bad
hoou oponly advocating that coarse
for ton years, so can every Domocrat in
tbo land ropeat tho sentiment.
Hayos hsH originated no new thing. Has
not the Democratic party ever sinoo tbo
revolution been on tbe saiuo line? Has not
every Democratic Hountor aud Repre
sentative on tho floor of Congress de
manded tho removal of troops from Lou*
isiaua and South Carolina ? Was it not
the chief cause of attack on President
Grant that he ref used the demand ? What
part of it can Mr. Iiayes claim m his own
devising or the offspring of his own brain?
If ho know anything of Democracy, ho
must have been aware of the fact that a
cardinal principle of Democracy is local
self-govermnont, and that its right could
never bo exeroisod with bayonots sup
porting a faction in power. Does
anyone suppose for a second that
Tildon wonld have allowod thorn in
South Carolina and Louisiana several
weeks like Hayes did. They wonld have
icon ordered off ns soon as tho command
could havo boon written. Mr. Hayes en
deavors to impress upon tho people tho
iden tlmt the outire Southern policy, so
'balled, is (he result of his own careful
flection and wise fureoastlo. Why ho
talked glibly in Atlanta concerning tho
poaco and ordor prevailing in tho South.
This is a niero fulfillment of tbo predic
tions of Democrats that when the people
aro allowed to deoide who shall be thoir
rulers, and intelligence governs the land,
that tho lUdloals who sought power by
exriting animosities and mnnnfacturing
atrocities to fire tho Northern hearts
ould have no motive to telegraph orimes
Inch never existed. Tbo Democrats for
years liavo claimed that as soon as tbo
men who owned the land rule it, perfect
harmony between the races wonld prevail.
Hayes was foroed to pursuo this policy or
the Democrats would have by fillibuatoring
kept him out of the White House. His
policy is not in the least in accord with
Republicanism, but Democracy, and it is
what ho calls national. Wo notice, how
ever, spite of hia nationality talk he has
never appointed a sound Democrat to
otfioo. The few to whom bo haa given
plaoe are those of “doubtful associa
tions. "
We are glad to know that Senator Thur
man is reiterating the strong point in
Ohio that llayes was never elected by tho
poople, bnt waa returned by notorious
frauds. Ho charges the truth, that ho
accepted power knowing ho did so wrong
fully. Mr. Hayes will get no comfort from
the Senator. He tears away the flimsy
gauze from the De Facto splausible words
and shows that Mr. Hayes was absolutely
obliged to copy a policy from the Demo
crats who opposed aud defeated him, and
’ould have left him in Ohio had it not
been for the Returning Boards, State and
National. His Southern polioy is Demo
cratic, has been so for yean, aud by
adopting it ho has simply admitted Demo
crats aro right, and of conrae they con
stitute tbe only national organization. If
Ohio goes Democratic (and all the indies
tiona are it will) therefore, it will not be
condemnation of the Southern policy but
an endorsement of that adopted in re
moving troops from the support of lied
icel State governments.
Mr. Hsyea by his own course has ahown
“That, often lm.<», •main* of a Unit
Doth uuk< tie I«u>l th« worm l y th« picum "
LIGHT BIIKAHINL IN.
Fnquirer-Sun: By tbe by, allow
to say that we enjoyed very ranch “Grand
Fa s letters; they gave everybody informs-
tion And pleasuro, and brightened up our
resting lovo for the good old land of
home.
We have arrived at a point in our busi
ness where we think wo can begin to see
tho long deferred hope brightening
promise, and the once be antiful and at
tractive Queen City of the Chattahoochee
moving gradually up to the mark of her
cnte-bollnm promiso, onr small place on
the map promises to be larger very soon,
and we still hope to be a pride to om
State and a blessing to tbe present gene-
ration.
And now we invite tbe deliberate retlec
tion and jndgment of all who feel an in
terest in the future and are willing to
help illustrate it, to their own profit, to a
reliable statement In regard to the North
and Sonth Railroad, and a reasonable
calculation of the results of an investment
i it.
First of all, whenever it shall
have reached north of the Pine mountain
it will open up to daily intercourse with
us one of the beat sections in Georgii
and the most healthy region of tho Sonth ;
and we really know of no land that com
pares more favorably with the hills and
valleys of Scotland, so beautifully dig-
oribed by Scott. The bleating lamb and
fleecy ewe bore find a natal climate for
the twofold blessing of man, aud all the
necessities of life grow abundantly, and
tho variety of productions are unsurpassed
anywhere in the world. There are
families in this section under
whose roof an M. D. has
never entered, and tho vigor of the
old man would allow you to think that
three score years was but the middle of
manhood. We do not hesitate to say,
that Talbot Valley, Warm, and White
Sulphur Springs neighborhoods are tho
most inviting sections for emigration we
know of in tho South or Southwest, and
the oountry is susceptiblo of the very
highest type of life, viz : The success of
the tiller of the soil, and tho flocks of the
herdsman.
The purchaso money of tho twenty-two
miles of tho road now in ruuuing condi
tion, say iu round numbers is $40,000
To extend it boyond the Pino
Mountain and ono ongino 00,000
Repairs to be made 10,000
Expenso of running tho road, per
year 15,000
$125,000
Tho road will bring to os 8,000
bales of eotton $ 8,000
The up freight will be 10,000
Passengers 8,000
$32,000
To pay tho intorost it will require, say
$8,000 or a little moro. This will leavo
the bands o( tho owners *24,000,
which would more than consume the debt joined
SPEECH OF MR. HAYES.
Senator B. II. Hill.—At the Hayes'
celebration in Atlanta Senator B. H. llill,
the telegraph reports, said he was 6n
the Administration platform. Of course
he is, for so far as what is called the
Southern policy i« the Democratic plat
form.
lime* and road tho editorial in it, that I
wonld simply hold that paper up and say
ditto,” for it has a very excellent
ipeooh which I suppose I was to make,
aud really it is so good a speech that I do
uot like exactly for the speech I have
made to be in competition with it.”
Evarts in bis speech said: “I, too,
have observed in this Chattanooga Time*
that wo had been quite anticipated in
vorything, eloquent And beautiful, truth
ful, advantageous and impressive, that
could expect to say. Your editor,
accomplished rhetorician as he is, has
intimated tho ancient historian who pnt
in the mouths of Peracles and other groat
orators’ speeches that would become
them to make, but he has transcended
Thucydides in this, that Tbnoydides
made tho speeches for them after they
hail made them for thetnsolvos. But this
editor has been superior to us and to
Thucydides iu making speeches that wo
ought to have, and that wo might have
made before we had an opportunity to
rnako them. [Applauso.’J
In to-day's issue, will bo found tbe ar
ticle. We advise all our readers to peruse
it, as it is couched in beautiful language.
The different correspondents of the
great Northern dalies telegraphed the
speech Hayes made, as well as the one he
did not make, but “dittoed,” and our
rebel Major is, to-day, tho American
USUAL CREDIT CLAIMED FOR PACIFICATION
POLICY, BUT FOBOETt TO SAY UK OOT IT
FROM TOE DEMOCRATS—OOOD ADVICE TO
WHITES AND BLACKS.
The Conhtitution thus reports Mr.
Hayes' speech in Atlanta Saturday :
Fellow Citizen* of Georgia : My friends
of Georgia, I regret that by reason of a
slight cold taken a day or two ago in a
rain storm in East Tennessee, my voice is
not in a condition to be heard for the first
few sentences of my address by any con
siderable portion of this vast audience,
but if yon will bear with me I suspect in
a very few minutes I shall make myself
heard. The day before yesterday at Chat
tanooga I met a committee of your citi
zens, who desired me and nrged me to
extend, with the party accompanying me,
our trip to your beautiful and prosperous
city. We were all very desirous to accept
that invitation. We felt that, extended
as it was, it was a very great honor to us
individually. We felt that it wonld be a
very groat pleasure to meet you at your
homes, but our ^arrangements ahead had
been made, and I supposed it was out of
the question to extend the trip. Hap
pily, our railroad friends assured us that
by riding all of last night and all of to.
night, we should be able to visit Atlanta,
and at once thode who were the healthior
and stronger of the party urged by those
of the other sex, consented to come. And
now we are here, I wish to say in a single
sentence, we are glad to be here. (Ap
plause.] The very eloquent address to
which we have listened, and especially
the very encouraging statements we havo
heard from the Governor of Georgia are
surely of themselves, greeted as they
have been, and endorsed by the applause
of this great audience—they are of them
selves so great a gratification that I would
not, on any account, have missed tbe
pleasure that I have felt this morning.
| Cheers.] I suppose that here, as every
where else, I am in the presence of men
of both great political parties. I am
speaking, also, in the presence of citizens
of both races. 1 am quite sure that there
are before mo very many of the brave
men who fought in the Confederate
army. | Applause.] Some, doabtloss,
of the men who fonglit in the
Union army. [Applause.] And here we
are, Republicans, Democrats, colored
poople, white people, Confederate sol
diers and Union soldiers, all of ono
mind and one heart to-day! [Immonse
cheering J And why should we not be?
What is there to separate ns longer?
Without any /anlt of yours or any fault
of rniua, or of auy one of this great audi
ence, slavery existed in this country. It
was in the constitution of the oountry.
Tho colored man was here, not by his
own voluntary action. It waa tbo mis
fortune of his fathers that ho was bore. I
think it is safe to say that it was by the
crimo of onr fathers that he was here.
Ho was bore bowover, and wo of tho two
teotions differed about what should bo
with him. As Mr. Liooolu told us
>i war there wore prayers on both
sides for him. Roth sides found in tho
Bible confirmation of their opinions, and
both sidos finally undertook to settle tho
question by that last final means of arbi*
You horo mainly
Confederate side, and
fought bravely, risked your lives
j heroically in behalf of your convic-
approximating fi ™"' “ d »‘ in '• e “““f trn « m “ n “ n r
, w hore, fail to respect tho man who risks
aro assured that is an bis life for his convictions? [Prolonged
cheers.] And ns I accord that roftpeot to
you, and believe yon to bo equally liberal
and generous anil just, I feol that as I stand
hofore you, as ono who fought iu tho
Union army for bis couvictionB, I am
entitled to your rospect. | (/hours. ] Now
that eonfliot is over, my friends. Gover
nor Hampton repoated to you last night
the way in which I havo been in tbe habit
of putting it since I came to the South.
There was a larger proportion of trained
soldiers iu your army at first than in ours;
in a much larger proportion you wore
good marksmen ami good horsemen, (aud
that is two-thirds of a good soldior.)
1 Laughter } But gradually wo learned to
ride, too, [laughter] and, as some of you
know, gradually wo learned to shoot.
[Renewed laughter.] 1 happen to kuow
how well you shoot. [Cheers J Well,having
learned how to ride and shoot, then it
was a case of tight between Greek and
Grook, and when Greek meets Greek yon
kuow what the oontliot is ; | cheers] and
more than thut, you know exAotly how it
will terminate. That party in that fight
will always conquor that has the most
Greeks. [Laughter and oheers ] So,
with no discredit to you and uo special
credit to us. the war turned out as it did.
[Cheers. J Now shall we quit fighting ?
[Cries of “Yes, yes !”J I have been in the
habit of telling an anecdote of General
Scott and a statesman at Washington, in
which tbo statesman said that as Boon as
the war was over and the oombatants laid
down their arms, we wooldhave complete
neaoe. “No,” said General Scott, “it
will take several years in which all tbe
powers of the General Government will bo
employed in keoping peace between the
heMigerent non-combatants!" [Laughter ]
Now. I think we havo gotten through with
that, [Cheers], aud having peace between
tho soldiers and the uon-oombaUnts, that
is an end of tho war. Is there any reason,
then, why we should not be at poaco for
ever more ? We are embarked upon the
SAtue voyage, upon the same ship,under the
same old flag. Good fortoue or ill for
tune affects you aud your children as well
as my people and my children [Cheers. ]
Every interest you possess is to be pro
moted by peace. Here is this great city
of Atlanta gathering to itself from all
parts of the country its wealth and busi
ness by its railroads, and I say to you that
every description of industry and legiti
mate business needs peace. That is what
capital wants. Diaoord, discontent and
dissatisfaction are tbe enemies of these
enterprises. Then all onr interests are
for peaco. Are wo not agreed about that ?
What do we want for the future? I be
hove it is the duty of tbe General Gov
ernment to regard equally and alike the
interests and rights of all sections or this
country, j Cheers. | I am glad that you
agree with me about that. I believe,
further, that it is tho duty of the govern
ments to regard alike and equally the
rights and interests of all elaases of
citizens. (Cheers j That covers the
whole matter. That wipes out in the f otnr
in our politics tbe section line forever.
[Cheers. ] Let ns wipe in our polities the
color line forever. [Cheers.] And let
say a word upon what has been done
me say another thing. We have been
trying it for these six months, and in my
opinion, no six months aiuoe the war havo
there been so few outrages ami invasions
of your rights, nor you ho secure in your
rights, persons aud homes, as in the last
six months. [Great cheering.] Then,
my friends, we are altogether upod one
proposition. We believe, and in this all
those who are here agree, in tbe union of
our fathers, in tbe old flag of our fathers,
tho Constitution as it is with all its amend
ments, and aro prepared to see it fully and
fairly obeyed and enforced. [Cheers ]
Now, my friends, I see it stated occasion
ally that President Hayes has taken the
course ho has because he was compelled
to it. [Voices—“We don't believe
it!’’] Now 1 was compelled to doit. [Ap
plause J I was compelled to it by my
senRe of duly under oatb of offioe. (In -
tense enthusiasm and cheers.) What was
done by ns was done, not meroly by force
of special circumstances, but was just and
right to do it. (Cheers.) Now lot us
come nearer together. Let oach man
make up his mind to be a patriot in his
own home and place. Yon may qaarrel
about the tariff, get up s sharp contest
shout the currency, about the removal of
State capitals, and where they shall go to,
[ laughter |, but upon the great question of
the Union of tbe States, and and the
rights of all tbe citizens, we shall agreo
forever more. [Great cheers. ] I shall not
forget this reception and this greeting.
Every good purpose I have will be
strengthened by what I havo seen end
heard here to-day. I thank yon for the
help it will give me hereafter daring my
term of office. I bid you good morning
[Cheers. J
SENATOR THURMAN.
BANKINC AND INSURANCE.
UVSIJRANCH DEPOSIT
MADE BY THE
Georgia Home Insurance Company,
In the State of Georgia, for the protection other polioy holdera.
om DM’OAIT la Ample lor Hie Protection of onr 1‘airva.
WB nBFHBBBNT TIIE
Home of New York o.pitai aud a»boi» * 6,600,000
London Assurance Corporation .capitaiA A^eta 14,000.000
Mobile Underwriters Oepimi end Anaete 1,260,000
Petersburg Savings & Ins Cepitei and Aaaota soo.ooo
KINKS will In* written »t Itutes as low, Adjustments will be tuudr
an liberallj, ami payments made as promptly, ns by Aliy other Urst-ci*^
Company represented In Georgia.
OFFICE : In Georgia Home Buildlns;. fi epieeodtt
1849. WIIXCOX’S 1877.
INSURANCE AGENCY !l
flvo years, or pay annually over iiftoon
per cunt.
This of course is i
statement, and wo
nndor rather than an over estimate. This
ill leave a property in tho hands of the
owners worth two bundrod and fifty
thousand dollars at tho vory lowest esti
mate, and if tho improvement in valuo of
all tho proporty along tho line does not
excood 25 por cent., we will give up our
jndgniontiu prophesying about tho futnre,
and iu ton years tho population of tbo
section adjacent to tho road will bo io -
crooned beyond the hopes of tho most
sanguine.
And now, follow-oitizoos, come np to
the aid of your own interest and show a
liberality and dovolion to it, for which
your childrou’s childrcu will oall yon
blessed. “Muscogee."
THU AUTHOR OF Till’. HPKIii'll
TO WHICH IIA V US MAID
•*D ITT ©.”
Many Southerners will reraetubor with
ploasure, the poemH of “No Monuments”
and “Immortelles,” which Lave About
them, a true ohivalrio ring, and com-
momorAto the deeds of great Con
federates. Thoy aro both from tho pen
of Major 8. K. Phillips, formorly of a
Georgia regimeut in Lee's army, bat on
old Marylander.
lie is now the oditor of the Chattnnoo-
\ Time*, and wrote tho ‘editorial of
bieh Mr. Hayes said iu a speech on tbo
!0tii inst:
I did think at ono time, as I picked
np tho papor called tho Chattanooga
oh. »ij ' u. u 1 j ■ , ! I do not undertake to discuss or defend
Thueydld*. Mr. Hayee Mid, in private I p#rtjon| „ r mo4 „ lreB , th( pMple
conversation, that he was more pleased
with the editorial than anything be had
seen ou hia trip.
Major P. was, for many years, jn the
office of the Washington National Intelli-
grocer, and also with the Selma Argu*.
He was at one time a clerk for General
(then Captain 1 ' Meigs. Q. M. Genersl. and
wan also General Freight and Ticket
Agen of some Alabama railroad since.
with their knowledge of the facta to ex
amine, discuss and, decide for themselvea
as to them. I speak of general considera
tions and notions. What troubles otir
pcdple at tho North? What has trouble*!
them was that they feared that these col
ored people, who had been made free
men by the war, would not be safe io
their rights and interests in the Booth
unless it was by the interferenoe of tho
General Government. Many good people
, ..... , had that idea. I had giv«jn that matter J Tax tJoliaoior.
Location or th« Cai-itu..-MilloJge- „,n,id.n,tion. And now, my colored I >» Hulldlc,.
Tillo a{ipear. to bo RAtmc^ K round. lhe frfc m u, who hare Ihonghl, or who hare — wp« «od«w
world would be nothing without senti- been told that I was turning my back $100, $200, $500, $1,000.
ment, and the “Halls of our Fathers' upon the men[ whom I fonght for, i N ALEX kkothinoham
associated with past glories, aud the re
nts OPENiaVO SPEECH OF TOE OHIO CAMPAIGN
—the topics of tub day discussed.
Marion, O., September 22.—Hon.
G. Thurman made bis opening speech in
tho Ohio campaign at Marion this after
noon. Great interest was manifested,
i.nd a large audience of representative
Democrats and many Republicans were
iu attendance. Senator Thurman spoke
two hours. His remarks covered the
questions:
1. Relative to the disputed Presiden-
tiitl election, Mr. Thurman olaimod the
fair and undoubted election of Bamne) J.
Tildon to tho Presidency; that tho count
by the Returning Boards of Louisiana
and Florida was fraudulent and the meth
ods by which tho final results wero nr
rived at in those States dearly illegal un
der tho law which created tho Returning
Boards, to say nothing of tho unconsti
tutionally of tho act itself. Ho claimed
tho Electoral Commission, in refusing to
hear the evidence of want of jurisdiction
in tho returns of Louisiana and Florida,
wero clearly in orror. lie warned the
people of tho dangers of closely contest
ed elections if such proceedings did not
receive their severe and immediate oon-
damnation.
2. Senator Thuininn olaimod that tho
policy of President Hayes was precisely
that whioh ho (tho Bonntor) had contend
ed for during tho past ten years. Ho con
trasted this policy with tbo speeches of
Republican partisans last year, and drew
the conclusion that tho Democracy wero
right, us tho result in the South had
provon.
3. Ho showed tho necessity of reform
in tho administration of tho Government,
and callod up tho Rpcoch of Hon. John
Sherman in evidence, showing by his
speech that an array of useloss relative!
had fed upon lhe Government for yenrs,
drawing pay for no serviced whatever to
tho amount of nearly $2,000,000 in a por
tion of the customs service aud Treasury
departments, and clnimed that this indi
oated extrnvoganco in all tho departmontf
of the Government, and that reform in
tho fullest sonso of tbe word could only
be seenrod by complete chango of admin
iBtratiou positions by plnciug men who
had no intorost in ooncealing and cover
ing np the wrong doing of tbe past.
Iu reforonoo to tho depression of bnsi-
MM and tho want of employment of la
bor, he said that without referring to the
destructiou of property in tbe oivil war
and tho peculiar circumstances to which
tho war gavo rise, thero woro throe great
causes that deserved notioe : First, th«
effect of improved labor-saving machin
ery ; second, of exorbitant taxation; third,
of the appreciation in value of the our-
roncy, that is, in tho purchasing power of
the dollar. lie spoke ai some length of
the effect of each of those causes, and in
reference to the last, said that however
dosirnble a roturn to a sound basis for
our currency might be, it oould not be
denied that it was a severe operation
upon pooplo or governments in debt, and
that experience showed that we woro
reaching tho specie bastR as fait as a just
regard to the interests of *he oountry
would permit, and that to foroe resump
tion was neither just nor politic. Ho
feared that forced resumption oould not
be maintained, bnt thought without arbi
trary moasures resumption would take
plaoe iu a comparatively short time, and
wonld be maintained, lie explained the
acts of Congress demonetizing silver, and
advocated the remonetization of the dol
lar of our fathers, ns an aot of simple jus
tice, as well br of good policy.
Oldest Agency in Western Georgia!
TIME-TRIED! FIRE-TESTED!
8250,000 in U. S. Bonds Deposited with
aerTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF GEORGIA
For ADDITIONAL Security of Policies Issued at This Agency I
Just Settlements! Prompt Payments!
FOR SAFE INSURANCES ON DWELLINGS, STORES, GIN-HOUSES, CALL ON
septSO eoritr D. F. WILLC0X, 71 Broad Street.
'T-IIK
MERCHANTS’ & MECHANICS'
INSURANCE COMPANY I
OF niCIIMOND, VA.
Cash Capital $250,000! Cash Assets $315,000!
$25,000 In U. S. Bonds Deposited in tho Treasury of Georgia for FURTHER
Security of Policies!
(loon*la, by the hamla of the unilerulKnotl, s!ik
earnetl reputation for skillful, conucrvativo, prompt .
STOKES, GIN HOUSES lOHurod at lair raton. -*#-AkoiiIh at all prominent i>olnts lot
State to whuui appply, or to
D. F. WILLCOX, General Agent,
soptao .odtf VI Airoad Sti-oot.
G. GUNBY JORDAN.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
JORDAN & BLACKMAR.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS,
The U. S. Supreme Court, on the 21st,
Judge Bradley pronouncing it, decided an
assiguee may sue in State courts to re
cover tho assets of a bankrupt.
Thf. famous war despatch sent by tho
Eastern correspondent of ihe London
Daily New*, wlicb described the seooud
battlo of Plevna, cost $1,200 simply for
trauBiniwHion.
A CARD.
To all who are AuMerlmc from the errors and
discretion* of youth, nervous woakneas, early
decay, loss or manhood, \c., 1 will send you
receipt that will cure you, FREE OF
OHAKOE. Thl* great remedy waadlacovered
|by a missionary In South America. Send a
self-addressed envelope to tbe Rkv. Joaarii T.
In mah. Slat ion U. t Hi bit liouxe, New York City-
Masonic Notice.
HEOULAK MEETING of
Ml. Herman Lod^c, No 304, (
I A M., will I o held THIS
(Tuesdayi EVENING, Septem-
her 75th, at § o’clock.
Then trill be work in Ike Third
Degree
Transient and Visiting Brethren of othor
“re cordially invited.
neleot
Lodites In u
Hy order of the W. M
T. A. CANTRELL,
Secretary.
Strayed or Stolei-$25 Reward.
J1KOM the
ier. h
also, has
•strtl; tall als<
Ite
Icrs’.aned, ONE
j* KG E HLACK HORSE.
el*ht year* old, and In n«od
|small scar on rlaht knee; 1
hair rubbed off lust above rlxht
dr-’ worn iH by the shafts.
I will vivo a llboral reward for the Horse
delivered to me or J. M. Fletcher, or Twenty.
hve (26) Dollars lor Horse.and thle', with evl-
To Tax Payers of Muscoge
County.
T HE KOOKS are now ni*n tor COLLEn.
TION OF STATE AnI> COUNTY TAX-
tho year 1877. Prompt settlements are
“ D. A. ANDREWS,
cquired hy law
listen _
.. . ‘ ” , , , believed that your rights and interests
collection tbftt Georg., never voted to won|<I bo „.,/ r if lhta of
the Capital from Milledgevi le, intelligent white men were let alone by
are having a powerful influence all over the Geuorsl Government. | Immense
the State. It will not do to attempt the thnMAMUi and cheering for several uun
ridicule of a sentiment j utee. J And now. my colored frienda. let
- ,850.
After thinking over it, I j ou., Hrokcrr, Mo. la Will nreet, (lew York
make desirable Investment* In atocka, which
frequently pay from nv* to twenty time* the
amount Invested. Stock* bought and carried
as Ion* a* desired on deposit of three per cent.
Expi atory circular* and weekly report*sent
o oui eodiy
Representing the Well-known, Responsible and justly Popular Companies.'
Commercial Union ANsurnnce Company,
LONDON—Atsete $19,351,671 02, Gold.
WestcheHtei- Insurance Company, N. Y.,
Assets 81,000,000, Cold,
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company,
SAN FRANCISCO—The Most Popular In9. Co. in the United States.
Scottiwli Commercial—Assets $6,500,000, Gold.
(Joinpanlos cheerfully dopoult Rond* (U. S.) with the Klato Troasuror, to ooinpl
*■ J»o31o V Holdens.
d promptly paid,
holograph (Mtloe, or to G
:o, will receive prompt
lyl 3m
Risk* reasonably rated.
Odr Application* for Insurance made at olthur our"(Hllce,*noxt t
GUNliY JORDAN, Eaglote Phenlx Manufacturing Oompuny’s Olttco,
E. B. MURDOCH’S
INSUR ANC £ AGE NCY !
IVO. 03 BROAD STREET,
Representing Fourteen Millions Dollars Capital!
Southern Mutual Insurance Company, Athens, Ca.
Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn.
Manhattan Insurance Company, N. Y-
Lancashire Insurance Company, Manchester, Ene;.
SOU TIIEUN MUTUAL returns FIFTY l’Klfc CENT, proiuium to tho insured and no
liability to policy holders.
MANHATTAN WILL INSURE GIN HOUSES AT LOWEST RULING RATES.
CROCERIES.
A. n. AI I.KV I’rcwldeiit.
O. S. JORDAN, Trenau
PIONEER STORES.
CHARTERED CAPITAL
$50,000.
Pioneer Building, Front Street, opposite E. &. P. Mills.
Two New Stores Full of New Goods!
AGENTS OF CHEW ACL A LIME CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in General Merchandise.
Crocery Department.
Dry Coods Department.
Crockery of Every Style
Clothing In Endless Variety.
Boots and Shoes, specially made for us.
F.verjrthing now. Everything bonght for cash. Everything »ol,l close. Tho cele
brated CHEWAOLA LIME, by car loail, barrel or bushel. All retail ptirebaaea de
livered iu lirownoville, Girard, Itoae Hill, Wvnnton and tho city.
A. M. ALLEN, late Allon, Proor A Illgek; OBCAU S. JORDAN, late ealeanian
Eagle and Pbenix; THOB. CHAPMAN, late Chapman A Verstillo; \VM. COOPER,
ate proper, will ho happy to aoo yon. ang2h dlf
THE CENTENNIAL STORES
HAVE JUST RECEIVED 1,000 BUSHELS
GENUINE RUST-PROOF OATS!
W. A. SWIFT,
Proprietor.
1 Pis