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ignorance, than is an ultimate nanse-of
jastioeln ths hearts of tho poo pis tho*
will sTsntasUy assert itself end rebuke
ths wrong-deer. In tho coos of tbs gen
tlemen whose name heads this article, it
has boon tardy, bat UhtU bt Hons ths lsSs
iiMia iU cotuimr. TUbimmiIb mKIA
this distinguished oitizen of Georgia has
;bssn treated'by s portion of tbs prossand
a few of tbs leaders of tbs people—tbs
reckless aspersions of bis motives sod
aba rooter—tho misrepresentations of bis
vVow IsVor of the 24th of Kay,
tUtyom ' UMtaotd' tho (teorgi*
io RottLc, up to th? w/rooooTwo^b
CoiamUh tho baai* ef«4M kind of trade
daring the atraggle whieh fu moot rapid
in gnln, Mid mutf dtmftgtag to the eotfae.
He waa *h»rp enough to oarry lt off North
and toko car* of hit fortune in the flfcti
eraeh; end to ferifig it tooirto Attest* in
time foV lncky investment. By. meant of
hit clevernew end hla money, he bhe
raieedhiiueeif to eohigh a raak otto toe
ohueeu mayor of thp city, and finally to
hare himtolf published to the world es a
suitable person for thq high end respon
sible ofltoe of Governor of thef^tate.
I do not blame the printer* who insert
the praipea of Mr. James. Bat all most
feel some pity for the unfortunate mono,
rnaniae for distinction, who hae the bold
ness and cool effrontery to brook the Jest
and ridicule of the entire people of the
Btate by thus pressing himself upon their
attention.
With the exception of a few, to whom
the fidelity of Gov. Smith to the finan
cial interest of the Btate ia distasteful,and
a few who, without a knowledge of the
facts, have complained at his disposition
of the agricultural scrip—and now and
then a man dissatisfied about failing to
get an appointment or contraot, the peo
ple are not only for him but support nim
warmly. If he had pandered to the mon
ey rings that have been gutting the Btate
bo long, be would huvo been popular with
tho clans that are uning their money to
produce opposition to him. Bat in that
case he would huve deserved and reoeived
tho execration of the great body of the
people, w bo are now bis friends and sup
porters. He hss puraued the only course
open to an houent, faithful and patriotic
Executive, who has not only tho ability,
but the inflexible will to protect and
guard the interest and honor of the State.
Gov. Smith has brought to tho tank the
Mkiil of an able lawyer, the energy and
indefatigable perseverance that has char-
nctorizd bin whole life, uud ability to his
trust, and integrity of purpoue, which no
tuati, not Keeking a pretext to
complain, will qucnlion.
The honest, intelligent,tax-pay ing people
of Georgiu know and feel it; and all op*
In reply I beg to. say i * First, that I
never employed you, and I never beard of
yon before. Second, that I consider the
visit of the Georgia Bond Committee to
New York a perfect faree and disgrsoe to
the State of Georgia. The committee
oame bare eel believe to ‘4nonse" round,
and try to get excuses for repudiation,
and I am adviaed that they intend tore-
port in favor of repudiation.
. Instead of paying you for indooing
suoh fellows to oume to New York, I
would rather contribute to a fund to help
them and ail like them away from New
York for all time to come.
Yon eay I got my bonds before they
were registered. You are mistaken. My
bonds wore registered in the office of the
Hooretary of Btate, and the records there
show it.
You say you are a ‘ ‘Georgian. ” I am
Rorry for you. In my judgment it is not
just now a matter to bouNt of.
YourH, etc.,
William F. Dulse.
New Youk, Juno 21, 1872.
IF. F. Drake: Your epiatolary squawk
of yeoterday reached mo per post a mo
ment ago. It ia felicitously iuipudout.
I shall give it an airing in Georgia. It
may or may not benefit you. Well seo.
Had your reply boon respectful it would
have gone with all recollections of you,
into the wnato basket; but you soom am
bitious of attracting attention and 1 will
flatter your vanity by desoendiug to your
level for a momont. You sav your bonds
were already registered. Then why did
ngi*ter them again f Did the law require
them to be registered ? If yea, what do
you take by your plea? If nay, I ask
again, louder still, why did you bxoistkb
them? Have you a passion for this sort
of amusement ? Then it was a luxury, I
brought, to you door, aud for it I demand
my wages. You say that vou did not em
ploy mo. Thut is true. That you never
hoard of me, that is immaterial. Tho
question is have I served you? I did.
At whose instauoe ? Your friends. Did
I you accept the services ? Yon did. Hsvo
you paid for it ? Not one oent. Do you
intern! to pay for it ? You say no. A
lovely pink of honor indeed aro you, sir
to cdok yourself up to pertly prate about
repudiation in the very breath in which
you yourself perpetrate that very Rolf-same
outrage upon good morals. Your ram
bling twaddle Bounds liko the ravings of a
rabid Badioal, who had rejoiced at tho
frauds by which Grant mado Bullock Gov
ernor of Uoorgiu, and had seized with
avidity upon the flrst hint Bullock gave
you to joiu him iu a cruRado against the
unprotected Treasury of tho State, only to
realize how swift and sure is the doteotion
of crime, and how stern and Revere aro
the penalties of justice. Iu the same sen
tence iu which you salute Goorgiu with a
sneer, yon tender me your compassionato
sympathy. It can reasonably cost mo
nothing to have been a Georgian, that I
will not resign without a rogret, but if a
counterfeit presentment of your compas
sion is all I aui to rocoivo for whatevor
tualico may uiako it cost me, huidII indeed
will my losses have to be wlioa I shall be
ablo to feel thut^ your orocodilo tears
squares tho account. Your loas of temper
iu a note to mo on busiueHS, displays a
tout© and a diRcretion worthy to be insop-
oruble concomitants, but I cunuot Hay that
tho ono surprises, or that the other dis-
§ nsts me. I have had occasions of late to
iRsoct, professionally, too many subjects
of your stylo of anatomy after their moral
decomposition had set in, to be diRgusted
any longer with stench or surprised by
deformity, and I can readily realize how
bitterly you mnst hate a noble people
whose liberties you couspired to destroy,
Skd 1000
tttel*, m »e*oi--
i >■¥ Hum. And
i jte vac the pio-
«•} to toapori-
■u to keep quiet, ha ptoeeedad •* ouoe
to town and obtained assistance.
Tm n#Wa spread like wild fire over the
town, and evatx. boaxt ran- out in anenish
(or the condition of the unfortunate one.
Those who went to the 'Neons tnede
“quick time" to get there. Hen wen
stationed et the blue 03 the north side to
signal tho petty on top et Whet' point to
. Illinois nee nix.spo se speoupy
of over 1,000 sort* with t,MMn
end less then 1,000. IWliafit‘4
.number one at the igrtcaitM*
.North. Georgia perhaps rental
in the South, Tex** hot being ,e*
oneooount of itn leek of fiats)
Georgia he* 00,35* nil told, with 01
1,000, end 1,500 between 609 a
eons. We cannot et the presold
exeot comparison of the wealth a
speotlve State* In deiett m the tel
mince, injustice, unonermoieneee, ana
lack of State pride, is anything bnt orsd-
iteble So either our heeds nr hearts era
people. Georgia should foster end ober-
i«h ell her greet men. Their intelleoU,
their achievements, their triumphs, no to
make op her own glory ee a Bute. It is
not the pert of a mother to rejeot and
decry even en erring son. To tarn her
book upon one whose genius has Illustra
ted her name, end is e eUr in her crown,
is both annetarel end orael.
It is time this war upon Ur. Hill had
ceased. It is both unjust snd senstlsss.
A few great men, whom we honor with
the rest, end who hive collided ioteUsctu-
elly with him in ths psst, psrbsps to their
own disadvanUgs, lisvs no right to per-
petnste their own prejudices, maeh less
to infuse them into the minds of trusting
followers. Thera should be same end of
strife. Thera is suoh e thing es forgive
ness, even of injuries, end it is e god-like
etlribute. Aud there is no better time to
oommence the work of harmony then
now. We ate in the midst of e storm,
tierco and fearful. Georgians are ell in
the came ship, and we have reached e
point of common danger when ell should
be harmony with the orew. There is too,
perhaps, lees to divide us then et any
previous epoch of oor history, end never
before could we, with eo little Baaridoe,
bury tbe deed peat end come together a.
a band of brothers.
As regards the political oareer of Ur.
Hill, all should now be satisfied. Time
has vindicated it. He opposed secession,
end the whole world is now convinced
thut it was e terrible mistake. Tbe South
plunged into war without his agency end
against his remonstrance; be nobly laid
aside bis individual opinions snd stood by
her, among the flrmeat of her sons, until
her flag went down and darkness closed in
over her tragic oareer. Her peoplo sub-
off back intereat.
The veins of the raid
end persons! property of the State, ac
cording to official returns, is about $125,.
000,000; it will therefore take bIx dollars
and eight.v-ftve cents on every hundred
dollars worth of property in tho State to
pay np hook interest alone! If every
man, woman and child—blaok, white end
mixed—in tbe State of North Carolina
should each pay into the Treasury of the
Htste the sum of soven dollars and nine
ty-nine cents, tbe aggregate amount
would barely be sufficient to pay off the
interest doe on the public debt on the
1st of October next! If every man,
white, Muck and mixed, who voted at the
Inst general eleotion in the State, had
with his vote deposited the sum of forty-
sovon dollars and thirty cents, snd if
overy oent of it had gone into the Treas
ury, tho amount thus collected would
only have paid iho iutorest due on the 1st
of Ootober next.
add atili maiu-
teiopyogainat the despotic rale lo whioh
rise 4kmfiwru Btatee-wato vubjoeted.
i The BeVaUeh Xtlct of the Mk’lost., in
f rapJJ to As article of the Itepubliaui,
adduces two chargee against Mr. BUI an e
jneUfioatton til the warfare mode upon
him, end whioh chatgee, the AVtrr beys,
M- "has never efiswered, and never at.
tempted-to answer.” They- aro—1st, that
hlr. HUI “in lSiU.wus wining and dining
with liullook and other Uadieala who bad
plundered heir "people and slandered tbe
good name of Georgia;" 2d, that be is a
descend. ' • 1
Securing the rope to n seder tree firmly
imbedded between two mneeive rocks,
Colonel J. T. Willingham nod F. P. Johan
made the perilous deeoent to reecoe the
men. About three hundred feet from the
top of the mountain they oame to him.
Ho was lying iu a guloh, or water-eourse
farrowed out of the rook by rains. One
foot wee jammed in a orevloe, end tbe
other bent under hie body. He wu hog
ging the rock oldeely, while one hand was
grasped in tbe strap on the ootiar of his
coat. A small tablet of look two or three
feet long, end a foot or so wide, was all
that wae between him and a fall of some
twelve hundred feet to the ground. Had
he moved two or three feet, either to the
right or left, he would have bean precipi
tated twelve hundred feet to the bottom,
and only a horrible uiais would have been
found to tall tbe tale. He had lain there
from Friday eveniug late nntil Saturday
evening abont S o'olouk, e period of nearly
twenty-four hours.
His anxieties end sufferings were in
tense no doubt. Hie feet wero swollen,
lacerated end blistered by tbe hot rocks;
the suu pound upon him its fiercest rays,
causing the most excruoialing thirst, aud
producing almost entire blindness, lisath
seemed to stare him in the faoe on ail
sides, lleturn, without friendly aid, ho
could not. Ue wae afraid to move either
to the right or left, or get up, for that
terrible tall was beneath bun. Without
succor, be most die a lingering, torturing
iwu.fuz. xno unmoor 01 farms u> new .
York is a little more than four times as
many as in Bontb Cnrollmt; the value of
prodnetion ia si* times as mtub, - JUte' ”!
storage also of farm in Nsw York *» Mi
acres and in Bonlh Carolina 283. Wn
find then that a form of 103 acres in that ’
former produces 1 j times as muoh *f • 1'
233 aoro farm in the latter. : i-'i®
Comparing Alabama aud Indiana.
find that the total values are raapeotneW', j;
$07,522,335, and $122,314,302.. ThedUw v/,
of farms is respectively 222 and H* .?■
acres. \ *%>
The Indiana farms of U2 acres pro- .
duos an average of 1(7112 each, and tbe .
Alabama farina Of 222 acres each prodnow
$1,002.
Again, comparing Illinois and Gacffgfc,
wo have n Value of produote of $210, MOy;. < 1
585 and of $80,390,228 respectively. . «
The average size of farms in Illinois Is
128 aoras, in Georgia 338. The minol* :
farm of 128 aores produces $1,089. Tbs'
Georgia farms of 338 acres produce but
$1,149.
We might still further pursue the com
parisons, not wbiy es between Norther*
and Southern States, but also as between
those of large and those of small farm* in ■
either section, and the result will in ends
ease demonstrate clearly the advantage of
tho smell over the large form system as
regards the general prosperity of the pen*
pie.—American Farmert Advocate.
First Bale of hew Cotton.
Ginvuron, Jnly 8.—The eotton worm
is reported to have appeared on the low
lands of Sabine and Trinity riven. I am
informed that about a thousand nans of
Hea Island cotton is suffering from tho
ravages of the worm.
The Seoretary of the Treasury and tho
Collector of Galveston will not allow tho
shipments of oatfle to Cuba, unless pro- .
vided with food and water. The eoUaotor
says complaints have boon made on tho -
subject. This, however, is believed to bO
n pretext to prevent shipments. For
some time a shipload has been cleared
every Saturday.
Negotiations are on foot to supply the
Spanish Government with 10,000 head of
cattle—a transaction which is supposed
to be in anticipation of possible hostili
ties.
The first bale of new eotton is reported
from Brownsville. It was bailed on the
8(1, and will be shipped to New OriaUB '
by the tint steamer. It is classed Low
Middlings.—iY. O. Picayune.
The Wesbington Republican is one of
the earnest supporters of Grant, tad,
like many other Radical journals, it is in
sore distress a*, the prospeots of the elaie- ,v
tlon of Greeley end Brown. Snob a re-
salt would, according to ths lUpublioea,
simply restore the Demooratie party *9
E wer, n consummation so devoutly to’ '
wished that every Democrat in the
country should lend a helping hand to
bring it abont. This is ths way oar Knd-
ioal eotemporary views the matter:
“Mr. Greeley's triumph in the earning
election would give the Southern ana
. won in the State ltoad lease. In regard
*0 the fliat ofthos* charge* it may bo said
iLk Mr. lit]l did aoeiaGy get into some
Ibid company while drinking the w ine and
^ ehtingHho dinners of tho Radicals afore-
j lint i nless it can be shown that he
imbibed some of the pvtitiM principle* of
pipi. ' 1 nti Mrange social associates, the affair
WXS not a grave or unpardonable matter;
It*.of **“* ** nu charge that Ida pelilica no-
~ derwent any change as a oousequnoe.—
•Tj .uir quite probable, ,we think, that Bul-
lld^a dock's liqqor was muoh better than bis
i- 'tfce palUiue, and that Hill made the proper
^ ^ discrimination. As t6 the leese of the
eatin it yet remains to he asoer-
.j. - tained whether there was corruption or
fraud eopnected with it. If there wae,
and Mr. Hill was privy to it, he will of
oourse have io share the guilt and tho
,.. .*■ odinm. Bnt of this the JV’eicr and cither
- papers aasailiug Mr. Hill areas yetigno.
- rent. iVe only know, as yet, that the State
2^. has made a good thing out of the lease.
If these two objections era the weight-
“ ieet that can be. adduced to Justify tho
Wirfsre on Mr. Hill against which Iho
- KepuiUean prut eats, they only serve to
t show that it bud good reason to raise its
.• thfct votbeof remooatranee against the eetue-
UBt- Me slid inexpliaable injustice done to one
Ito th of Georgia’s most brilliant and dlslln-
A Word of Caallon to the People.
EUiturn Atluiita Coiutitution:
Strange news bos been rooeirod here
from tho surrounding countie*. It ig
known that einiHHarieii have been at work
for tho lust three months trying to mg-
uipnlate the couuty delegations iu tho iu-
tore.st of Mr. John U. James, but the
triokM by whioh his friend* hope to pack
the couventiou have become kuowu only
within the pawt few duy*.
A part of the pl*u of operation is to
intorcHt k few active partiaanH in each
couuty, who idiall cull huiuII meetings in
back oilicoH, or Rome other tb*n the ueual
placen of holding public OBRemblggea, and
have dolog&tou appointed who are favora
ble to Mr. Jaine* 1 aRpirationa. Borne of
thcHu emi*HarieH, it i* said, have been
traveling about the country an iaeurauee
RgoutH, or to sell bookH, etc. Iu this way
tho people aro to be ignored and a snap
judgment taken iu favor of a man who
quit his country during the war to engage
iu the blockade business and iu speculat
ing on tho nocosditieH of our half>uaked
HoldiorM uud famishing womon and chil
dren, while Juiuoh M. Smith was gallautly
leading bin heroic regiment in the de-
fuuKo of our homes—our all. Contrast,
Georgians, tho positions of the two men
at thut time, and render yonr verdict.
Another part of the plan purouod by
(huso peoplo in to represent Gov. Bmilu
iu Rome placos us opposed to tho grand
projected cnnnl, the otato lload lease, the
giving of Btuto aid to Railroads really en
titled to it, etc. And in other places to
represent him as in favor of all these. Iu
judicial circuits whore there are sevorul
applicants for the appointment of Judge
aud Solicitor, a report is started that the
Governor has announced his determina
tion to nppoiut this, or that man, general
ly the most unpopular one. This is done
to otl’cud all tho others. Bo with candi
dates for Cougress and tbe Btsto Legisla
ture. A few weeks ago Gov. Biuith de
sired to visit Now York to negotiate a
lean for the Btate, but finding tho press
position to Gov. Smith, let it come from
James, a respeotablo democratic competi
tor, a Uadical or what not, will bo swept
from the field like chuff before tho wind.
The peoplo have had enough of rings,
and bartering, aud milk and cider, in bigb
places. Smith is a big brained, big heart
ed, old fashioned, flat-footed patriot, that
came up from the ranks of the people,
aud is both in principle und feeling devo
ted to their interest; and he will be per
fectly safe in their hands. If he were to
all the publio men of our Btate—we make
no exception—he was tho only one that
had the courage and the patriotism to
press through tbe threatening hosts of
the despot, denounce their outrages and
wrongs to their very teeth, aud proclaim
to his prostrate countrymen that they had
rights and must rise aud defend them.
Aud if our peoplediave risen from their
state of hopelessness aud despair—if they
have been reiuapired with a love of liberty
aud the energy to preserve it—they are
this day, more than to any other living
man, indebted to Benjamin H. Hill. We
state but foots fresh iu the memory of all,
aud all will testify to their truth.
At u still later day, after fruitless strug
gles at the ballot-box with the unequal
numbers and tbe fierce hatred and preju-
The editor of the Atlanta Constitution-
* telegraphs to his paper the following ras-
\ ohit ion adopted by the Goorgia delegation
to Baltimore, as the form in whioh they
preferrod for the Deiuoorats to ratify tho
5ol« for Umlc)-,
St. Louis, July i.^Ex-Becretary of
Navy Welles has written a letter to a
friend in this city, which was published iu
the Times this morning, the main points
of whioh are as follows:
We were a good deal disappointed with
*»... mah.iIa ..A *'« — —.7 —. -.1 v. - -I J *. — — _
nomiuttion <if Oroolfy end Brown:
Resolved by the National Democratic*
p*rty, Tlmt while affirming its uuebaugo-
•Me fidelity to the great principles of
Oonstittitinnul Government for which it
baitao long beeu tho champion, wo de
clare it inexpedient to make any nomina
tion; Aud recommend that tbe full strength
of-lhe Democracy be throwu to Mr. Uree-
Jey, the candidate of the Liberal Hepubli-
the result at Cincinnati. It would have
been difllcult to fiud a more disagreeable
and objectionable oaudidute to three-
fourths of the men who must vote for
him, if ho is to bo eleoted, than Horace
Greeley. But while 1 have for a lifetime
been opposed to Greeley on most sub-
ltica, Carroll county, went on the top of
Stone Mountain, taking with him a bottle
of whisky. He drank rather freely, and
perhaps was light-headed. Ue started
down in Jearch of the “Devil's Cross
Roads,” and finding the desoent becom
ing abrupt, he pulled off his boots. He
had not gone far when he recollects fall
ing and scrambling. His boots were
found by Master George Jones, with an
empty bottle, at the foot of a cedar tree,
some ono hundred feet above where Mc
Carty waa found. Hence it is supposed
that he fell and scrambled together some
forty or fifty feet. He recollects leaving
his boots there. The acoident occurred
about nightfall.
It ia doubtless one of the most miracu
lous escapee from death on record, when
it is considered that death seemed inevita
ble from falling down the steep, or from
starvation, or that he ahould fall that dia-
tanoe and escape without serious injury.
That this providential eaoape will have
its influence on him we oanuot doubt. He
expressed a desire, as soon as he got safe
ly to the top, to join a temperanco socie
ty. This sermon on the mount to him is
more effective than a hundred temper-
ance leoturea. Bunday he left for home.
[Atlanta Count., dth.
could possibly restore the Democratic
party to power, aud put an end to Radical
usurpation and oppression. Upon pro
clamation of the result to the Southern
people, it was denounced as a “new de
parture,'' and Mr. Hill snmmarily read
out of the Duuiooratic party and into the
ranks of the enemy. A howl went up
from his enemies iu every part of the
Btate, and there was no word in the vo
cabulary of invective too bitter to be
burled against him. Yet, firm in the
truth, he quailed not, but stood manfully
of business such that he could not
leave he provuilod upon ex-Governor
Jenkins, a man of ominont character and
ability to undertake tho negotiation, aud
foi l liwith it its charged that a broken down
politician had to bo employed at a Louvy
expense to dischurgo this simple duty.
The truth is, however, as I learu from iu-
quiry, that Mr. Jenkins did not charge
ono cent for bin serviced, whorous, one
llonry Clews who, like Mr. James, is a
bond monger uud note shaver, churged
tho State .^1 JO,000 for negotiating a cer
tain loan for liiR friend Bullock.
And this reminds mo to ask are not all
of Bullock's and Clows’ friends iu favor of
James?
It is also a part of tho programme that
if the emissaries who have been, aud ure
now, ho zealously at. work, that if a James
delegation ia brought up from their coun
ties, nud that JhiucH is nominated aud
olectod they can huve anything that they
want.
Let tho people be on their guard, and
Attend all public meetings, and see that
safe and responsible delegates are ap
pointed to tho couventiou. 1 have bnt
two words to say iu reply to “Tax Payer,”
and they are these:
1. Mr. James has been hard at work
for months, personally soliciting the sup
port of the people, like a constable at a
district meeting; yet his friends complain
thut the Executive Committee called the
convention prematurely.
2. Mr. Jumes' friends throw tbe first
stone. They have been misrepresenting
uud abusing Gov. Bmith publicly and pn-
vately from one end of tho State to the
other, and they need pot be surprised if
their man should catch a blow now and
then. Wnue Gaxss.
Grant. The question ia not a personal
ono, and ought not to bo so considered.
The Republican party has performed its
mission. Its organization is kept up snd
prolonged, not to promote essential prin
ciples, not for the interest of the country,
but to snbservo tbe selfish purposes of a
few individuals who have their own ends
to accomplish. Under these cironmstan-
oes a change of administration is abso
lutely necessary. We must get rid of
Grant, Grant bun, and tho
which for several years has
•w —i" vwbnhrmip rani VI
the M UiexKniveei Bi.lrit l »r Alebe-a.
By authority of tbe Executive Cimmit-
tea for 4be lid Oaagteaaionel District, e
rail fora District Convention of tbe Party
i* hereby tnede, to be beliL in the Court
House at tbe city of Opfira, at tbe hour
of 12 o’oloak M., on Wednesday, the 7th
day of August, 1872.
The business of tbs Convention will bo
to nominate • oandidate for Congress to
represent this District in tbs 48dOon-
grase; - to,nominate a candidate for mem
ber of the Board of Education for this
Congressional Distriot; to nominate on
Hector for President and Vioe President,
and to re-orgeuiae tbe party for tbe com-
iog Campaign.
J. A. Tnaxu.,
- , W. D. Bunau,
. ,, Central Committee.'
/ Daunvtug, Jnly let.
’ The Mlkt-IUvr feller, BsaMeitnlto.
We imto repeatedly eeU that tho work
of the- world eon not be done in'eight
hofin. . If anybody bos doubted this, tbe
'foethr experiment* made for tbe pul two
moutnAio Uiis city should here oouvinoed
btm. fit astral trill, instituted with a
riucire deeiro to know the truth, the folly
of tto eigbKhoar system ia now ooaelu-
eiraly demonstrated. Eaiployers in sev
eral of too trade* fanvoteetedUpeftoitly,
nod have buon futoed to return to the teo-
hiofir plan or shut up shop. Among the
tram end. tuetal workers pertiautarly, tbe
.right-hour theory bu bun tried on its
nierits, »od toe result is that the employ.
whose till yon put up a job to tap, whose
peace you would mock with Iho bayonet,
whose industry .you would cripple with
taxes, whoso motives you would miscon
strue with malice, whose feme yon would
lie to slander, and whose justice you
dread to meet, and would, if yon could,
hide to escape; but you must remember
you entered this war under Bullock's flag,
and you must share its fate. There is a
book wherein it is written, “He who lives
by tbe sword must die by Iho sword,” und
as your General is u skulking fugitive, it
would really seem Ihut you are writing un
der the ghostly impression Ihut your hour
has come. If it bus, let me warn yon that
no man ever died mud und made a comely
corpse. Yours, Ac.,
Andbew H. H. Dawso.v.
P. 8.—Your Ueuerri B motto wus O. O.
D., which properly rendered reads thns:
“I trast nobody." Why then did you
trust him ? D.
uiuuuti platform, and is now acoeptod os
wise and honorable, aud tbe only nope of
reform, by the Democratic party ia ev
Ututo of the Uuioo I And in tnree c
from this time it will receive the unai
moas endorsement of all the States
convention assembled!
been punned,
,—n of the United
States will be entirely subverted. Let tbe
government become consolidated and dis
ruption will aoon follow. Wu shall be
broken into ueotlons and warring factions.
Grant has evidently no eomprebension
of our governmental system. Nor does
be oara much for it. To oommsnd and
obey *re bis ideas of government. He
knows nothing abont constitutional re-
atraints. Tbe place be occupies be con
siders his right, a perquisite whioh be hae
earned. Now, we must get rid of this
man sod bis evil snrroundiogs. Greeley
is not tbe inetrument I would have select
ed, but bis election would be an advance,
en improvement on tbe present state of
things. A crooked stick may be mede
available to beat a toad dog. Itisneceo-
Northern Democracy all that they oauld
Is this not a
complete vindication of Mr. Hill ? Does
it not show that; iasteud of departing his
party and seetioa, ha only looked farther
uhoad than ths men who decried him, end
eighteen months ago stood on a platform
which they have marohed np to sod occn-
py to-day 7 Never did man more aignally
possibly obtain by tbs elsotion of a gey-
moor or a Bbur. Already we ere tail
that he baa selected for hie Cabinet T
of tbe leading Democrats in ths coasts*,
who, in tarn, will select se their f-
and subordinate men of their owg v
to thinking. In ibe Southern State*
eleotion would be the triumph Of tbe i
tinct rebellion, tbe only substantial 1
amph it boa won since 1881. It war
ig'Uat, tod, o*iy a few
fVbaenfondgniUj
retotoed lira* office,
wtoOfeesnrtofim-
totlvee.'who were with
> momenta, ; etgte that
triunph. All may not approre every
plaak in that platform—neither did he,
for he aeoeptea it under the neceeeitiee
of the case ee eseantiri to victory end tbe
Democratic Mcctlue at Scale, Ale.
Below will he found toe prooeedinga of
a convention et 8eole, on Monday tut, to
appoint delegatea to repraaant Russell
county in toe Distriot Congressional Con
vention, to be held in Opelika on the 7to
of next August:
Col. S. 8. Scott was called to the chair,
who stated tbe objeot of toe meeting. E.
Herndon Glenn woe requeated to aet os
Secretary.
Many resolutions were offered, built
was finally agreed that each Bant in tho
county should be entitled to appoint two
delegates and ona alternate to tbe Opelika
Convention They were appointed as fol
lows:
Girard—A. J. Nix and N. A. Nnokols,
delegatee; Joseph H. Lewie, alternate.
Crawford—A. O. Jones end 8. B. Brin-
eon, delegates; Henry Benton, alternate.
Traywiok—John Bacbenen end Jeeae
Wilkenon, delegatee; Boykin Jones, eU
The Stale lload lease.
Tbe city hss keen agog for tho last week
with excited gossip abont the State Road
lease, and various accounts have crept into
the papers over the State through corres
pondents.
The pith of the matter seems to lie the
iestioiony of Cspt. While, President of
the Macon A Western Railroad, who was
a lessee hat who has sold ont. He is said
to have added to his testimony gi von when
a lessee, by additional evidence since he
ceased lo be a leasee. His later testimony
is said to bo to the effeot that Kimball
told him $180,300 had been used to get
the lease. On this it is also reported that
four of the eoanuittee will report agaioet
the lease for fraud, and one that no frand
bad been disclosed. Subsequent gossip
says that Brown on the 15th will go before
toe committee and show everything to be
clear. An immense aruoontof conjecture
end crimination ia floating abont, whioh
it ia needless to repeat.
Wa allude lo the matter simply to ex
plain why The Corutitmion, which is
always so prompt in fnraisfaing all news
of ia tercet, has been silent an the anb-
i**t. As wa print the taetimony in tbssa
lavaatigationa, aa tba Public Printer, wa
bate access to too facts, and therefore
know juat the amount of truth in tba
wiidarneaa of gossip that baa bean breed
ing out of bait understood matters. But
I ha committee has adopted tbe rela of
alienee in regard to the testimony—* rale
fonndad id strong propriety, and which
wa beta rigidly respected, both as a mat-
tar of honorable obligation and pnblie
good*
The publication of tba partial evidence
M it progresses, changing as 1* does drily,
ft *0 aritarioa of -tba ultimate result, and
j« calculated to emberraa* toe oommiitee
In Its duty by tba pressure of pnblie sen-
UmonV and tbs constant ferment of pub-
Ho prejddio*. Testimony is rebutted! The
t^wa* Ot to* to*M*r may change a dooon
times. Great injustice mey be dona to
tba Mpntntien of innocent persona. To
onabtdto* lotasUgaUon Committee to do
but re-eaboea toe sentiment of every
leading Demoerat io tba land, with a
faw isolated exceptions, from Mains to
Texas,
In view of all these foots, wa ray it is
time to make friends with Mr. Hill. The
politicians should oeaoe to perseoute him
sod eo&oantrele on one oandidate. If wa
oanuot have ont first choice, 1st us have
ths beat wa sen gat. If wa oen elect a
new Chief Magistrate, we can elect a new
and batter Congress. Wa ahall rescue the
government from unconstitutional hoods
add from military rala.
Some of the extreme and impracticable
freetraders, a* they call themselves, pro
pose a new ticket.. This, if it oan do any
thing, will aid Grant and existing evils.
Suvum Ootax of Uxoxora.—Jn
No 3. Albany circuit oontinnad
January Term, 1872, Undorwrltnu I
race Company va. Wm. T. Butl*
Attachment, from Dougherty. Atm
/mt,nlMjla,1 Uaaaa Re YX— _ nL,
against him without a cause. In tbe oom-
iug struggle, whioh is for uo laas.a prise
then liberty and the life of the ltepoblio,
wa shall need his great iutelleot, hia brave
heart, and clarion voice. Than let all an
imosities and jealousies cease, and Geor
gians, ss one united brotherhood, fight
shoulder to shoulder in the great battle
for deliverance and liberty.
Aud now, jut one word to our breth
ren of tba prase. We have great power
tor good ana evil in our beads, and a cor
responding responsibility for its proper
nw. To vindicate tba right, to oondsmn
the wrong, and to dosrtriet Justice to all,
on among iba highest obligations of the
profession. Pesos, and not war, should
be oar aim. Tba adilor'a sanctum ia sa
cred to truth, and passion and prejudioe
should find no admission there. Wa
scon injustice and unfairness in others
—let ns keep our own skirts cleer of the
stain. Wa denounoa tba low of bate that
perverts tba popular sense of-the North-
let oa nat follow thsir bad example by tbe
unnatural inauguration of it at home.
Bnt tbs other day, when ths moat out
spoke* friend of Mr. Greeley—the Augus
ta Coattitatiootlist—obumed for Msears.
Toombs and Stephens tba rights of broth
erhood and tba respect of all Georgians
for (hair great endowments and ainearity
of purpose, wa rejoieed to see toot nearly
every leading prose of toe State, though
differing from thorn i* opinion, gnva s
banrty response to tba aentiment. Let it
be so toward an, Mr. Hill with ths rest.—'
The prase will do itself honor, and lay e
graceful offering upon tba altar of Geor
gia, tbe elements of whose fame ere the
reoords ot her son*
concluded. Vasoa A Davis, Ots
Goes, (or plaintiff in error. W. E.S
aontrs.
, No 1. James Harrison at oi. va. 1
Young and Benjamin Wilson. Ejadt
from Worth. Argued. I, F. D. Wa
Hinas A Hobbs, R. B. Clark*, f*( |
tiffs in error. D. H. Fop* contra.,
- No 3. Jeremiah Wilton v*. Henry
gen. Complaint, from Dougherty,
missed for deftotlv* bill of axgtp
Hinea A Robbs, Z. D. OdutP, far i
tiff in error. H. Morgan, D. EL 1
contra.
N* 3. B. L> Hudson vs. Th* I
MRdsmsgnor, from Dougherty. HI
Hobbs, D. H. Fops, for plaintiff in r
T. R Lyon, represented br B. F. 1
John 0. Rutherford, SoikitqF <M
oontra.
At toe oonoluaionof the qtgnipai
John C. Rutherford, Esq-, tba Coss*
Jotuned until 10 0'rioek, a. *. .S®
• iu - -
Baa, ip%i teleyaphit
effectually top Nsw Ydrk Tribipift
•« of tbs “flaunting Bn” stkrtad bp
ton Doaoan And aopted Hjf thnWc'
Qrealay'(>ayiiansAttAf^orai .‘wjmjj
■■ that Mr. Gr$4(> qomt aeqyswsd Ote
UM
Cure fur Snake Bites,
To the Editor of the Courier-Journal :
Having seen tho notioo of tbe mad dogs
rampant in Louisville a few weeks ago, I
have felt .frequent promptings to giva yon
a few facta—five facts. When • boy I
was snake bitten. The anaka waa oolted a
house nusks. Various remedial ware used.
Tho third night I became partially delir
ious. The neighbor sitting up with me,
waked my parents, thinking I wee abont
dying. My father, as an experiment,
mixed me a dose of epaom sails. They
gave immediate relief, and I toon got
well. The next year 1 bad n younger
brother bitten by a copperhead. One dose
peoriiy of bankruptcy. Tbe whole of
(bat trad# will inevitably follow emit,
.though tsmo’fre still under lbs right-
boar rote. Th* cabinet tbops wora among
•tba first to yield to the strike, and the
Workmen in tbi* btokab of bmuoeue
boosted tout they would eoovinca to#
world-that tbe “boas**" oould moke
'napBsw on right boars. Tb* strikers ia
(hi* trade and toe ’silted one of wood
earring, termed so Eight-Boor League,
Why talk of free trade and revenue when
tb* government itself is hi. peril? I
am for reaoaing tb* government and
preserving free Institutions before con
tending on mere matters of eipedieney.
Grant baa not one single, qualification for
chief magistrate. Greeley ban soma.
Grant has soma valour cunning, and is
extremely selfish and avaricious. Gree
ley has intellect and generous and patriot.
teraate. Uchee—J. P. Walker and Bur
rell J. Bmith, delegates; Frank Wilker-
■on, oltornato. Hartvllle—E. N. Brown
and Dr. 8. A. Holt, delegates; M. L.
Long, alternate.. Baris -B. H. Henry,
and W. C. OUfteSk, delegates; L. W.MeN
Un, alternate. Oawiohea—W. Q. Cham
bers aud 8. B. Fitts, delegates; W. J.
Howard, altermto. Glenn villa—Samuel
Eberhart end H. H. Dawson, da legates;
J. W. Howard, altsriinta.
A resolution wae adopted, oalling n
mam meeting of the people of tbe oounty
to nominate oandidate* for Sentator, two
Rapreoeaetativea, County Sdtlaitor, Ao.,
lo meet in the Court Horae at Barit np
Monday! the 9th day of Bsptewber nsit.
Maj; Weddell mods a speech, edvoont-
ad.) Us got well in half tba time I did.
Tbe next year I waa bitten byneoppar-
baad on toe 6th day of August. One dose
of salts only wu given, nod I got wall in
half tbe rime of the first cue.
I told these feats to a physician, Dr.
John B. Whittaker, a member of my
oburoh io E. B. perish, Louisiana, Plains
Store F. O. Ha told use of two other
foots. A lady wts bitten by* rattlesnake's
Ha gave bet e large dose of arite
plied aqaa ammonia to toe wound.
.,—■- * I t was
ittlasoake after dinner
Ha cant a negro to
I* does of salts. Whan
lb* dog wee helptea*.
see bold him op, pry
fflSSffiajssK
gbraieaas in New York; Bat tbs
htSSSSSS-SZ'SAR,
paly made. The empleyerendvib-
air prices, ef course, and hdpad to
op. toe loan by that maano. Tho
i uepoe «f toil operation waw .to
osetl (ori
and at, . .
She soon got over it. A terrier dog
bitten bj l ly** 1 **JHees*«Vo uflsu Aim
ia toe eotton
toe hduefot
the amount i
•ritt. TM
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