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The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H. MARTIN F-orron.
‘ COLUMBUS:
TUB8DAT -JULY SOjJSTJ.
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=S=== ^rOR~PRK8IDBNT,
HORACE GREELEY,
OF NEW TORS.
FOR VICK PRESIDENT,
BENJ. GRATZ BROWN,
OF MISSOURI.
STATE ELEGTOliAL TICKET.
FOB RATE AT LABOK :
PrintipaU. Alternates.
w. T. WOFFORD. A. H. COLQUITT,
1L L. HENNING, ELI WARREN,
JULIAN HARTUIDGK, A. II. IUNBRL,
>VAf*UlNUTON POE, QKORQK D. R1CC.
DJftTKIOT ELECTOR#.
1. U. G. TURNER,
2. M. N. ELY,
8. W I. HUDSON,
4 JAMKf* M PACE,
ft. N. R.CA8KY,
€. J. N HORSEY.
UP OH AIIA H,
1. J. Ill VERA.
2. A. L. HAWKS,
3. IJ. y. SMITH.
4. T. V. NEWELL,
5. A. M. HOlXIKIlR,
L. J. ALLRED,
7. ft. A. AIM TON.
FOR OOMR\OR OF GEORGIA,
JAMES M. SMITH,
OF MFSCOGKE.
CON SI DK.lt THIN IN TIME I
The Havminoh Jfeisi Cad ant 1-0 roe I
“Democratic” p*|ior), which declared he
tore iho Italtimoro nomination* that
4 ‘Grant will bout Groeley twenty thousand
vote# in Georgia,” noit wiya: “Hince then
there has been a trorauuduu# ravolution
among the Democrats, and if the negroes
enter the ramjmign with their present apa
thy, the Greeley ticket will carry tho
Htete with littlo or no oppo»ition."
The point in this remark, to which we
wiah to call the attention of the peoplo of
Georgia, in not the confeaeion that there
has been a “tremendous revolution
among tho DctmicmlH in fuvor of Greeley
—for there was not bo much devolution”
needed as the Xnr.i imagined ; but it ia
the implied oonfeaHion that Grant mnwi re*
ly almost exclusively upon tho negroen to
xuako for him any tight ih tho Btate.—
Mow wo ask the white men of Georgia if
they ran stand aloof, or view the oontohl
with indifTornnoo, wbon they know that
Grant and his friend* will vnuko an effort
to err Ay the blacks against the whites in
this struggle, and mako it almost stein-
•ivoly one hot ween races and color Y It
ia not timo that that kiud of a division of
our population, in political conteals,
should bo etidod ; or, if it is forced upon
ns by tho nmoliiuatiofiH of Graut* support
ers, in it not the duty of ovory white man
to take his aland promptly and decisively
on the side of his own race ?
The “apathy” of tho negroes will not
oontinuo until tho day of the election.
The appeals of Grant's Cabinet offlcors
and othur supporters, addrossod to tho
negroes of North Carolina, show that they
know, an well as the editor of the Aar*,
upon wliat Hasses of the population of
the Hnuth Grant must rely for snpport,
and that they will avail thomsolves of
•vory means to make that support avail
able. Littlo do they care what firebrands
they scatter through the Bouth—what
serpents’ tooth they sow—what distrust,
suspicion and irritation they leave bohind
them. With the cry “Lot us havo peace”
on thoir lipH, thoy will aggravate an
alienation of races, re-arouae the old faars
•nd distrusts of the negroea that time
and experience were allaying, and leave
behind them a condition of things here
that must inevitably perpetuate the very
state of Nooiety et the Bo nth which gives
lUdioeliam power at the North.
The party aligumonts that are now being
made at tho South, aud the artful, unscru
pulous and incendiary efforts of Grant's
emissaries to array tho blacks against the
whites, should ho noted in time, and
measures taken to circumvent them.
Bhould they succeed, “discord will reign
forever" in tho South. “To your tents,
oh, Israol1"
The New Dl*trlrtlaf Rill.
The reports of proooodings of the Legis
lature, published m this paper, show that
the House of lteprusontativoe on Taoeday
peaaed by a Urge majority a bill dividing
the Btate into nine Congressional Dis
tricts. The bill ombrnocs Muscogee in
tha 4th District, aud associates with it
oonnties that iusko the District largely
Democratic. Tho large majority by which
the House passed this bill iudiostea that it
gives general satisfaction to tha Demo
crats, and that the Sonate will promptly
oonour in the action of tho House.
Should this ho the case, or should the
Democratic Htsto Convention be assured
that thia or a hill for the same purpose
will certainly pass both Houses, there will
be no need for the nomination of candi
dates at large for Congressmen, and we
ahall not expect nuob nominations. The
prospect that personal and sectional predi-
lactious for a ro-orrangcment of the Dis
tricts cau be so promptly harmonised, is
vary gratifying and encouraging, ia tho
difioultioe encountered by the Legisla
tures of other States had led us to appre
hend a protracted and distracting contest
over this quostion.
NepmaeCeart Rtrlilea*.
The Supreme Court of Georgia decided
4m Tuesday, in the ease of Jones vs. Ad-
mbs, from Sumter, that in a suit upon an
open account, tha leaving of n oopy of the
writ at the defendants house is not such n
“personal ' service as tha law requires to
aaabie the plaintiff to take n verdict by
default of defence.
In the ease of Levi Johnson vs. The
Jbyor and Council of Amarious; the
Coart decided that an officer or private
peieonhaaa right to arrest a disorderly
peceon without a warrant whan tha of
fense ta committed in the praaanoa of
thane making the arroat, and there is like-
ly to be n failure of jnatioe for want of an
liim to isene n warrant; bat that in ev
ery case of erred a without wsnuat the
person or persona making the arrest
■hoeld without unreasonable delay ooavey
the offender before the moat convenient
eAoat authorised to receive an affidavit
and leene n warrant, and the imprieon-
lent of the offender beyond a reasonable
im allowed for thia purpose would not
ABTMUV WKLML
We have been strongly in favor of the
Idea of .applying water for sUtea by
ohm oI Artesian wells, .m .inoo wo
witnessed tb. eompl«ta .doom, of tho
Amt ooo Bank ot Montgomery, Ate. It
lie. now stood tho Uet of twenty year.,
oad to .till Ute boaatlfal end anfBiUng
crystal fount that it n wbon it Ant
ejected from n depth of' nearly toron
hundred feet the parcel stream of water
in tho city. Heel one may fail, and Urn
loppliee of cieterne of rein water may be
etheneted. but the Artaalxn fount never
fail., and ia uiweya an objoot of internet
and utility—a plaoo of rofnobnont and
beanty.
When tbo coolly “Holly qyatein" wee
noder dieonwion ia Coliunbue, a year or
two ago, wo aoggaeted Arteeten well, ee a
nmoh cheaper mode of eoppiyiog the city
with oonaUut etreamo of water, and with
water of a purer quality than any other
system could fnraieb. It may be remem
bered by oorne of our readers that we
then received and pabliahed e letter from
a geollemau of reeeeroh and oxporienoe
in Huob mettera, in wbloli he expreaeed
the opiuioo, founded upon enrfaoe exauil-
neilons and the natnmof the country,
that at a depth of UiiO or 400 foot, a etreem
>f water thnt would discharge itself nt
the aarfaee coaid bare be reaobed. Noth
ing waa then dona toward! tbe aeonrlng
of a ayalem of extended and eonetant
water anppiy for Oolnmbat, and nothing
baa yat bean dona. Bnt we are gretiged
at tbe annonnoemont that on# of onr cili-
/.ena, Mr. John M. Orean, baa determined
to make the experiment and nee whether
water cannot readily and cheaply be ob
tained beta by the ainking of Artesian
wells. If ba succeed!, we take it for
granted that his snecem will be apprecia
ted end remunerated aooording to ila
value, lint we base no doubt of hie anc
ones , neither boa he, aud that very feel
ing of lonAdenoe and determination to
stiocoml is “naif tha battle'' in e matter
of this kind. Ha told ua yoaterday that
ho would alert last night for Montgomery,
and there prepare himself for the work.
have never known a private enter
prise In Columbns to which we no heartily
wished aucoeaa.
John saya that people think him vis
ionary end wild, end that some have oven
gona so far aa to euggaet that be ought
to be “bored for tbo aimplm” before ba
bores for the water; but that bo Intends
first to bore tbe deepest hole in Ibe
ground that woe ever eunk hereabouts,
and then let those who talk about the
"aim;lies" fathom bis philosophy if they
oen. We trust that be will surmount tbeir
gihos by “rnnniug them into the ground."
Ckarinl lllrntl, II.sir to tlraat.
Hon. Carl Hoborz, in a apoaob at HI.
bonis on Mouday last, not only obarged
that corrupt means wore used to procure
tho ratidoalion of the Hen Domingo treaty
by Iho Henate, but traced the corrupt
proposals diroelly home to President
Grant. He was replying to an assertion
attributed io Gen. Grant, to the effect
that Hchnrx bacaiue the enemy of the
Administration bocanaa he could not ob
tain tbo Federal patronage he demanded;
and lie acid : “Whan tbe Hauto Domingo
eohoiuo waa pending, two gentlemen in
iutiiuata relatione with tba White House
oauio to me, each one separately, solicit
ing my sAppoi t of tbo project. They lei
sured mo that if I would giro that sup.
porj, or abstain from opposition, all tho
patrunsgo 1 desired would ba at my dis
posal, making me io that respect oue of
tbe most iuttiieutiai men in tbe land.—
One of those gentlemen anbaoi}aontly ad
mitted to me in writing that tbe offer waa
made to ma with tbe consent of tbe Pres
ident himself. If tbe faote should be
questioned by authority tha proof will be
fort booming. As to (be President's as
sertion that I oppose him because I did
not receive all tbe patronage I wonted,
Hie Excellency knows that tbe boot is on
tbe other lag. I oppose him rather be
cause I have good reaaou to think that I
might havo had of hia patronage even
much more than 1 wanted had I consented
to aell for it my convictions of duty. If
oua of ua was in the market it waa not I.
Thia charge ia made so distinctly end
circumstantially, and by a public officer
enjoying ao high au ufflcinl position and
private character, that a neglect on tho
purl of Gen. Grant to deny it must ba
regarded as a confession of Ita truth.
Ilaw rawer Werke la aorta Corollas.
We alluded, the other day, to tbe onr-
rupt exercise in North Carolina of the
“power" of tha Federal Administration,
usurped under tbe Ku-klna or Eoforce-
ment act, io controlling the eleotion in
that Htete. A oorreapondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from North Caro
lina, explains how the Administration ia
also using ila power under the ltevenue
laws to oontrol votes. He says i
“But the Administration has a atlll
more affeotive weapon than money to use
against Merrimoa aud against Gan. Leaeh
in this district. It ia tha threat of prose
cution for alleged offeaaea against the
rovenne or against the Ku-klux law. A
revenue officer sees a wagon load of to-
"—a passing along the etreeta of Greenr.
, and eeir.ee it i
Rntcrpriu still Aiee the
■aa* of John H. Jamas ax ita candidate
far Governor, notwithstanding the feet
i*jgl IK has Jamfiff card withdrawing from
tho contest (or tho Democratic need.
.member of tho Bopablieou
of Now Tork km ebon-
apd d lateral for Greeley.
boro, and eeir.ee it without informing the
owner whet tbe chargee against him are.
The case is delayed by tbe revenue offi
cers, by the District Attorney, end in the
Federal Courts, until et length the owner
ia informed that if he voice for Caldwell
or slays et home, hia ease will be settled
without farther doable. I have heard
from eeveral trustworthy sources to-day,
that promisee at this kind have been
made to several man in the western part
ot the Htete."
The Bavaaaah Republican explain
how tbe Enforcement law ia also made to
secure votes for the ltadieal Uoket, as fol
lows :
In the cane of the Ko-Unx law the
modue operandi ia much the acme. Un
der this act, paused by order of the Exec
utive, by hie obedient Senate, more then
two thousand unvote won made in n ala-
gle district (SetUe'a) n year ago. These
era all pending in the Federal Court nt
ltalelgh, and ahhongh the nccnaed have
clamored for trial, it has bean held sus
pended over their heeds until now, when
ere shown. A hint la given thnt
an moot either stay away from the
pot la, or, in moot cease, vote for the Ad
ministration. Re la n poor man with n
large family dependant on him, who Io
thee selected aa a Kv-klnx, and it la whis
pered to him Umt hia Mai will not bo
eorried on if he cotes for tho -Idmieu-
I ration can didate
m pc ica iaa> “akckiym."
A Washington dispatch of the ZAd, to
the New York Herald, makes the follow
ing statement regarding pa para ineluded
in the “archives" of the Confederacy pur-
ohaaed by tbe Federal Administration
fromCoL Pickett;
1 ‘Tho letter of Jacob Thompson to J.
P. Benjamin, Secretory of Btule ot tbe
Southern Confederacy, faced among the
Confederate archives whieb have recently
boon sold to this government, shows that
Thompson wee ibe regularly eutberiacd
agent at the Confederacy both for the
purpose of procuring lot burning ot
New York, Philadelphia, Ht Louie and
Cincinnati, and for organizing a coanter
revolution at the North. For these par-
E ases Thompson and hit associates—Clay,
oicuiob aud Bouudera—were supplied
with 11,000,000 ia gold, and in further
ance of their schemes they were in ouin-
mntiiselion with residoate at tbe North,
and met some of them personally at Ni
agara. The Bt. Alhaus raid and the at
tempt to free the Confederate prisoners
et Johnson'* Island were same of tbe re-
sult,. It ia said that thia latter possesses
the greatest public interest of all the doo-
ninante which have thos far been exam
ined. It is very long, end details witb
mii.ntunoHs tbe proceedings of Thompson
and bis associates. Tba papers are in tbe
custody of tbe Treasury Department."
On the other bend, e New York corres
pondent of the Herald, who states that
ha “performed n subordinate port, aud
bad access to those wbo were chief actors,
possessed their confidence, sod became
familiar with muoh that was done or at
tempted on tbe Canadian frontier,” point
edly denies that Ute Hon. Jacob Thomp
son's mission and employment had any
aiioh character aa that named above. He
puhliBboa a letter from J. P. Benjamin
Hocretary of Htete'to Hon. Jacob Thump-
si n, dated Iiiohinond, March 2d, 1805,
which, while not specifically mentioning
any other “secret service" work confided
Pi or expected of Thompson, exaspt the
elding of escaped prisoners to return to
the Confederacy, goes fur to show that
no undortaklugs liko Ihose shove referred
to wore contemplated, because tho letter
enys that it “onvora all tho points."—
Among other things, it instructs Thump
son that tho Administration at lticliuioud
waa “determined not to permit any just
oomplaiut of broach of nontrnl rights by
oar authority ot sanction.” The corres
pondent of tbe J/eralii also refers to pre
vious investigations which failed to con-
uect tbe Confederacy or its agents with
plots of tbe kind uicntioued.
Wo arc not surprised at tlio Telegraphic
nntiuuuocineut that tliu Grant Admiuistra-
tiou bos keen offered an unlimited quan
tity of additional Confederate archives
(the latest invented), but has concluded
to “stop archiving.”
Opelika, Ala., July 26tb, 1872.
Editor* of Enquirer;—Your extousive
circulation in East Alshsinn and emitiguilf
to our peoplo, makes it uaturul aud ex-
cUHablu that you Hhutild lie frequently ap
pealed to iu connection with East Ala
bama politics.
Your having made frequent rcfcroucu
to tbo status in your neighboring Alabama
Congressional District, furnishes addi
tional rassun for troubling you witb this
communication. It uniat bo conceded ou
ail bauds that tlm supporters of Gruoiey
aud Drown should coalesce in tho wnruiuel
effort to accumulate thohuuviest vote cast
since iho war, both for President aud
Vice President and members of Congress.
It must likowise be gooorully conceded
that controversies among ilia fricuda of
the sovorsl aspirants for Congressional
honors should be conducted witb courtesy
aud uiildnes, but yut that Ibo just claims
of all should be duly presented, and ac
cordingly divers of them havo received
notices of Uio press throughout tha Dis
trict.
The most marked peculiarity of tha
contest in *tbo ltd District is tho fact that
it lies principally among thuse wbo served
tba Boutb in the late war, and were
placed uudar disabilities in tbo contest
of 1868.
By tba unjust proscription which de
prived tha country uf thoir services, all
of those disabled citizens were excluded
from participation in tho honors of that
struggle, to whioh they ware so fully en
titled by reason of their patriotism, ser
vices, ability, eloquence and learning.
Aud we frankly thiuk that sumo of those
thus at that time disabled should bo
chosen to beer onr steuiinrd in the ap-
approaching contest.
Of tbe present incumbent, wbo war
nominated and elected under tbe circum
stances of the compulsory exclusion of
those who now aspire and who no longer
labor under tbe disabilities of proscrip
tion, we desire to speak with iho utmost
courtesy; bnt It will not be pretended by
his warmest adherents that be ia anperior
in genius, worth or ability to Hall, Bulger,
McDonald, Waddell or Graham, or any
other of the (fortnorly) disabled.
It ia well knowu that tbe United States
Congress would have pardoued any of tbe
gentleman above referred to upon their
own aolieitetion, and they ought not now
to auffer because they nude no suoh solic
itation.
It ia also well known that Ibe disabili
ties of tba present incumbent were re
moved by special sot of Congress in his
favor, and we think it but justice to all
eonoerned that wo should reproduce his
letter, published during Ibe oampeigu of
1870. It will thus be eeen that the pres
ent incumbent, by availing himsalf of the
efforts of influential friends, put himself
In a poeition to obtain and did obtain the
nomination in 1974.
The following is the lotler above re
fected to i
Koanobb, Ant., Feb. 17, 1870.
O. A. Smith, Etq., Wedoiree, Ala.—
Dear Sir ; Allow tue to thank you kind
ly for Um great sarvice rendered me in
signing yourself, and getting the eigna-
tores of others to sign my application to
the Ooogreee of the United States, caking
that my political disabilities be removed.
1 have forwarded the eppliaation to Gov.
Health oad Hoa. Jaek Wood, Montgome
ry, Ala., aching their signature*, with the
raqoeet that they forward to Hon. K. 8.
Heflin, Washington, D. G., on noaipt of
whioh Han. B. ft. Heflin will, I think,
anoeead in having the bill pained. If
oonrtetent, I would bn glad yon would
write Haflin n private letter urging the
of the bill for my benefit. I
went la ba a citizen of Um United Htntee
now and forever; nod should tha 15th
amendment to tha Ooaatitntion of tha
United Btetea ba adapted by two-thirds
ot tba Htntea of tha Union and become
the organic law of tha land, I cannot nee
myself at the preoent writing any gnat
Genoa bofor* the people oMcolated to
keep olive (trite. Policy and local quea-
tiooe will no doubt be the hobbies, and
Susie'S* '/if: BSfaa
am for building railroads, bat mom <
Gaily I want the Opelika and Oxford rood
built. Is aonelualon allow ma to thank
yon moat heartily for Ute aid you have
instead ma is Ih* nutter.
I am, your friend,
W. A. Haxolxt.
Without dhpstogiBg Mr. Handley's
Usdnhli amhiUm to atrvn his country to
tha beat at kte ability, we nivnrthelem
[from the AtUsu Coastlmtloa, H.|
SXPOBT 01 BULLOCK.
John C. Nichols, E. F. Hogs, ft A. Mo-
Nail, W. H. Payne, and O. J. Wellborn,
tha oommittee os Bollock's otfioiol mis
management, have reported. The evi
dence is Tolumiaoae and decieivo of
boundless guilt. The committee has
dona its work well. Its labors have been
toilaom* i&d
W# «b*U Aire Ilia maUftiR eeUbliehed,
Tlie complicity and copartnership of BdL
lock end Kimball is clearly pro yen. E.
B. Jones teetiflee that KimbeU admitted it
nod enjoined blm “to keep mom. ” They
kept their bank neoonnte together. As
Bute's agent KimbeU borrowed $255,000
and owed $54,500 on the Open House.—
Making nn aggregate of $000,500, of
which he only paid $100,000, leaving
$140,500 still due the Btate. Bullock
permitted Kimball to borrow mono/ on
the Bute's credit and one it privately, and
alno paid out the Bute's money interest
on Kimball * private loans. AU of the
fraudulently aided railroads Kimball wee
President of.
Bollock overdrew hi* personal account
in the Georgia National Bank $88,057 08.
Ho had a “epocUl account” in tbe same
bank, which i* made up of Btate itoni*
amounting to $776,8U4. Tha balance of
tbi* account due him waa $122,058 00.—
It in tbe change of thi* account to tbe
perHonal account by the bank to Hectare iU
nelf that canned the aeizure of the bank.
Bullock permitted Bute money depowited
in the bank to be used on Kimball'* ac
count.
. The purebaae of the Opera nouae ia
abown to havo been corruptly aided by
Bollock.
The ooinmitUe report* that a fraud waa
porpetraUd at tbe atari, in which Bollock
participated. Bullock framed the leading
papers connected with tbe mutter. To
cover the mortgage of $60,000 on the
building, Kimball deposited with tbe Gov
ernor a certificate), for $180,000 of city
bonds. The city was only due $ UK),000
of bondfl, and, therefore, the certificate
was a false one. TheHe bond* were ap
propriated by Bullock aud Kimball for
their private use. Bullock wua charged
with the care of thene bonda uud corrupt
ly permitted them to pa«s out of hi*
hand*. Kimball waa to return $51,500
advanced to him for fixing the Opera
liuiiKs. Bullock ihhuml him all of hi*
bond*, without requiring the return of
thin money. The mortgage of $60,000 ia
unpuid, tho bciitlH to cover the wortgago
gone and KimbHli'a $51,500 ntill uupmd,
all of which is duo to Jiullock uud hlowh
olficiul corruption and venality.
The committee convinced that Bul
lock had an interest iu tho Mitchell prop
erty. Wherever Kimball figured there
wan Bullock. Kimball bought tho prop
erty once, but that waa roticinded and a
new arrangement wo* mode that gave
him the entire control of tho claim tor a
certain nutn, aud Kimball and the heir*
Hhould divide after payment of cxpenac*.
The property brought $215,000. T'lio
heir* got about $50,IN/I). Governor Jen-
kniH employed Collier A Holt iu thi* chho.
Bullock employed Col. Dougherty, flop-
kitin A Brown, audDoyal A Nuuuaity, uud
returned Co Iter A Holt. All tbe*u attor
ney* were added to tho ncrvico of the At
torney General. When Kimball submit
ted tho turiun of comprotniae to pay
$85,000 for tho Mule’* title, Governor
Jiullock went tbe propo*itiou to tho law-
leisure laeUDsff by feroe tm Um lk»y
■ever served, sad tfaa* wtben served and
g6t pay for.' TM oommittee recommend
suite fo get this pooey back.'
But it vonld be en endlee* job to re
count all the thfags against Bollock. The
committee preeeut a powerful and unan
swerable indictment against him. If he
failed to do any Gubernatorial wrong it.
was because be leaked tbe chance.
.The oommittee has done its work well,
end Is entitled to public thank* for it.
TBB DALE COUNTY “KtLKLUX” PRISON KM
AT AUKALLA.
Ae tbe adherents of Gen. Grant give
hia administration tbe credit of whatever
of good may be accomplished for the
people, so most they tes it witb the evil*
they suffer. Therefore, U is proper to
charge Geo. Grant witb tbe outrage which
has been perpetrated upon several citizen*
of Dale county, e report of whioh ia con
cluded in to day’s paper. The facta are
briefly these, aa reportod to ua by promi
nent citizens of Dale county.
Pope Martin, and e negro, John Wilaoe,
had a difficulty about the 20th of June, at
a bonne of ill fame, iu Dale county. On
tbe 24tb, it wae renewed in the etreet* of
Oz*rk, but the partioH did not come to
gether. Martin procured a wurrant for
tbe arrest of Wilnou. Hearing upon un
doubted authority that Wilson would realist
ihe arrest, the officer rmmmoned a poaae
to asaiat him. Wilson did violently re*i*t
the officer and hi* posse, endeavoring to
fire upon them when thoy approached
him in the woods where he had taken
•bolter. He had with him another man
for bis defence, and it is reported that the
day previous several men wera in tbo
woods with him for the purpose of pro-
tecting him from tbe arrest, but bad left
before the officer came ap. Wilson made'
his escape, however, but left, In hia flight,
a carpet-bag or satchel which contained a
letter written to Judge Keils, of thia city,
which recited that a great outrage had
been committed in Dale county, and that
Wilson could give him the particulars,
and suggested the names of persona as
witneaae*. Tbe author is known, and has
confessed writing the letter, aa we are in
formed. Wilson, as before stated, wa*
not arrested, and nothing more wuh beard
* We take Ibe foUewfnf beeetiful belled
from the Hew York Bun:
“Tea Uttle betters gectftr la to line,
One of tbe in bolted, oad then Uses were nine.
Blcht Uttle bolter* delated te be eleven,
Oae couldn’t m U, nod tbeo tber* were eere*.
One got disgusted, •
Nix Uttle better* getting In n bfve,
Oae got‘along, and then tber* wen Ire
Fire little bolter* plnyed n gnme of **dn
One gov buried, and then then wen fo*
F'-ur little Loiters getting np n tree,
Quo tumbled over mnJ then tbare wen t
LETTER FROM HORACE 4IBEKLET.
HIS FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION'.
New You, July 23, 1872.
Official aotifieetioe of Greeley’s nomi
nation at Baltimora:
Baltimobk, July 10, 1872.—To lion.
Horace Greeley—Hear tiir : It ia our
pleasure, in compliance with tbe loetrae-
tious of tbe Deaaoeralie Natkmal Conven
tion assembled iu this city, to inform vou
that you have been unanimously nomina
ted ita candidate for Preaident of the
United States. The Convention, consist
ing of 752 delegates, representing every
Bute end Territory in the Union, adopted
without amendment# tbe deoloretion of
principle* affirmed by tbe Convention of
Liberal Republicans et Cincinnati end
strengthened by the endorsement con
tained in your letter of acceptance. The
action of this great body of delegates
proves that they ere, with sing alar una
nimity, determined to enter, under your
of the matter until lost' Friday, when U. j leadership, upon the patriotic doly of re-
H. Marshal Williford, with a squad of atoring to the administration of the gov-
Federal Holdiers, appeared in JJalo and ' eminent purity and integrity, and that in-
arroMted Pope Martin, Wilhouru Yelver- j dependence to ita departmenU which re
ton. Scrap Moseley, Babe Andrew* and f gard* the constitution as alike tbe source
Collier Thomsa. Martin waa the perhon j aud the limit of Federal power. Laying
who had the difficulty with Wilton. Yel- * aaide the differences of tbe past, aban-
vertou aud Thoms* were pruHont Co* were doniug all purpose of mere partisan ad-
many others, it being a public day iu j vantage, asking for no pledye other than
Ozark J but took no part iu it. Andrews ! that of fidelity to tha principle# to which
wan summoned with the bhetiff’s posse, j they have given their deliberate and rea
but was not present wheu the effort was i oiute adherence, and which they believe
made to arreat Wilson. The others nr- will command the approval of a large tua-
rosted had nothing whatever to do with jority of the Amerioen people, they ten-
tho affair, in any way. Marshal Williford j dor you their nomination, oontident that
arrived here with his prisoners Buuday peace and good government will be iuau-
nighl, and the trial began on TucHday, I gur»trd aud maintained under your ad-
before U. H. CommiHidonor A. W. Coch- j miuiHtratiou.
run ; Capt. Ben Garducr representing tho
proHecution, upon a warrant for tho
lion of tho Enforcement Act. District
Attorney Mini* wum telngraphod to in the
uiouiititue and arrived here Tuesday night,
lie appeared in tbo court room Hedne*-
day, and r« ud tbo evidence iu the cako of
the day before. Being then asked by the
Court if ha waa ru rdy to proceed, he arose
Respectfully, youm obrdiently,
[Signed] J. R. Doolittle,
Chairman of the Convention at Balti
more, July 10, 1872, and members of the
Committee ou NotiUoation.
prieion. tyranny wtfieh 4icUtoff il.
ittank JO* MtiMwil, that toy State
ia to bo coocpteBoad* ... notated witb
yoon in o d!temiiMd effort to irate
unoMty complete rad anixranl ia epixit
Mocllte in Utter, ft M-tilnek.
mm would tear# M atiof, <UU txiwopti
would rank it with tkoa. xiotoriM wkich
no blood reddrax, xni which aroks so
toon bnt IboM of grttttod. tad joy.
Gentlemen, your pi.tform, which la
nlxo nine, cuurM me that Democracy in
not h.noeioxtb to Mud for on. thine nod
BepubUcuiem for another, bat that thone
term! axe to mean ia pulitim M they bare
elwaye meant ia tbo dictionary, rabateo-
Hally oat and the aanu thing, namely,
equal righto, ugndleMof creed or oiune
or color. I bail thia M a genniua naw
departure from outworn fenda and moan-
inglMa era ten lion, in tho direction of
progTOM rad rofana. Whether 1 ahall ba
fraud worthy to bur tha atendaid of the
groat Liberal movement whioh tho Auer-
lean peonie bare inaugurated, ia to be do-
teruinad not by word, bnt by deada.
With mo, if I atendiiy tdranM—oxar me,
if I falter—tbla grand army mvra to
achieve for onr oonntry her gloriotu
beneficent deatiny.
I remain, gentleman, yonia,
Houci Omelet.
Dills Ialrv4an4 ea FrMay.
The following were among the bills Id-
troducod in the House of Repres entail vet
of the Georgia Legislature, on Friday, end
not noticed in the report elsewhere
copied:
To regulate the rates of freight charged
by railroad companies in this Btete fOr the
transportation of freight.
Mr. McNeil—To proscribe a fee bill for
the Olerk of tbe Bnperior Courts in this
State.
Also, to require the Sheriffs of the
8tste to pay all fine# and forfeitures col
lected by them directly to tbe County
Treasurer, etc.
Mr. Crittenden—A resolution request
ing tbe Judicierv oommittee to report a
bill making all debts of equal dignity in
this Btate.
Mr. Baker—To make it penal for any
immigrant who ooiues to this 8tate to
leave tbe service of hie employer, who has
paid the traveling expenoee in passage
money of said immigrant, unless ho shell
refund the amount in full the expenses no
advanced by bis employer.
Mr. Clegborn—To amend an sot incor
porating tbe North A Boutb Railroad
Company.
Also, to incorporate tbe Columbus
Water Works and Paper Mill Company.
Mr. Dell—To regulate tbe manner of
Sheriff * advertisements in certain esses,
and to amend the lawa in relation thereto.
Mr. Pou—To construe end declare the
true meaning of section 1066, part II,
title 8, chapter 3 of the code.
Also, to authorise the Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing company to establish a
savings department, aud to provide for
securing depositors.
Also, to allow A. W. Allan, an aged and
iufirm citizen of Muscogee county, to
peddle in tbe State.
Also, to organize a County Court for
lepnbBqa&s es their
Presidency wee then
id. If r. Johneon wee
Republics!
of Congress, end Gen. Great e
eetf of tbe first opportunity t
ieetie witbhtan Against the
MR. GREELEY’S REPLY.
..... pro.cn,, u..tu.o New Yobk, July 18, 187‘J. Oentlemen.
rail ruvuiuuiand.«l tbe duch.roo of tbe Upon metare deliberation it wem. fit lli.t i MtMoogee.
priaoiinre. He Halil bo «■ ..tolled that. 1 " tuu ld «l*e to your letter of the llilb | Mr. 1 lorce—lo facilitate the aale-of
the law had been violated, perticolnrly by lu “ t - * ulu0 tntlhot end fuller reapouae
“ than the Lohty, uupremeditated words i-
Hon. John J. Kelly, n representative of
Chatham raotaty, who ted ia Sraurak
eeveral day. ago, daviaed Moat of
property to bwevoiwt anideHn, te M-
ivwai Ma. Melewate, hoaM Bad latxe
ih* covaar of Ball mi Whftakxt Iteitei
lot* Md iwpiav iterate fnatte* am *L
Jateaa Bqware to Ow Uaira Sgatety at
Savanaah, voted at *<*,000; hewn and
lot maxi of liberty aad Jaffaxara, vab
w*d at to tha Hlbawira, Bt
6.000 ahan* at Oratete Etetewd terak,
rad 6,000 ahans ftUaxite ft Gxdf S
xfioafc to Hteterira teteMpi *U,000 te »
thtoklhla ra ateteraHy appropriate«bm
Mph *ahoqi, rad a home omt tot to te *•» *>• M tha dratte* at
' riwI^NteNwSoeN.'
tho loading couuncI. Tho couunoI wore
four again*! coiD;>roiui*o, Colonel Nun
Dally being excuHcd from K> V >UH su opin
ion. There ia a con Hut of testimony.
Colonel Hopkins made tho report of tliu
cuiiiiKol. Ho undorrttood that they had
arrived at no conclusion und ho reported.
Tho other* underatood differently. I'uder
hi* report Bullock sent s mnoHage favor
ing tho compromise which wa* made by '
tho LogiHlaturo, who took $35,000 end
regiHtorud s bid of $100,000, offered by
corlsiu citizen* of Atlanta. Tho com-
mitton roporta that tho meuHuro was ear
ned through by s resort to the most
HhaiuelcMH eipudiouts, which Bullock
kuew (f.
Bullock contracted to tho pro** for ad-
vertiHiug uud procluinutions $140,305, in
cluding lorty-two paper*. Tin* i» outside
of public printing and Stale ltosd print
ing. Of thi* amount $28, lit; 17 is still
unpaid, 111,05154 having boon paid.
Tho heuviost aiuglo amount duo i* $1,242
50 to tbo Methodist book concoru , the
HUmlloat $5, to tbo Columbus Sun. Tho
Atlauts Deutohe Zoitutig ia due $068.
Reward* for criminals wore followed by
pardons for tbe sumo culprit. Kowurda
wore offered after capture of Hoamps whs
made. Tho purchase of the “Era” wuh tho
crowning outrage of thia sort of thing.
Tho oommittee report Bullock tho reul
owner of tho paper, and do not doubt
that he bought it with tho Slate's money.
Blalock, tho business manager, under
stood from Dr. Burd, who sold, that Bul
lock was the real owner. Bullock gave
directions about its management, return
ing employees, raisiug saluries, eto. The
paper was forced on the Btato Road em
ployees, wbo were discharged if thoy did
uot take it. The Btato ltoud waa bled to
support the paper. State patronage was
poured upon it to a criminal extent. Bul
lock aud Kimball borrowed for tbe State
end themselves $3,3.34,267. There is still
due of this $702,654 .‘*0. Tbe Fourth Na
tional Bank of New York advuuced $1,-
285,263 30 for coupons and expenses.
The oommittee report against* paying
$35,000 to Fulton Bank of Brooklyn ou
$50,000 currency bonda, loaned to Kim
ball ; against $75,000 to Russ#U Sage,
loaned on $ 130,000 currency by Sage to
John Rice for Kimball. Bullock tried to
subsidize tbe lawyers as well as tbe press.
He paid fee* to the sum of $40,361 75.
He paid his node, K. H. Brown, over
$7,000. Large fees were paid in cases in
which the Btato had no interest. The
committee recommend suits to reoover
the money illegally paid.
Bullock pardoned broadcast, generally
going ou the reoommendation of his Sec
retary, Capt. Atkinson, who examined the
papets. He pardoued 528 eases. Honey
could get pardons. Borne of the Gov
ernor’s staff had a pardon brokerage.
Pardoning before eonviotion was a favor
ite practice. Pardon for political fealty
was muoh on docket. Bullock sinned
broad-gauge in this particular.
The management of the Penitentiary
under Bullock waa a wholesale system of
stealage. Colonel Walton, Chief Keeper,
Post ell his son-in-law, Clay, Eugene Wal
ton, Wills—all ora proven to have stolen
Peniteuliary property. The record is
shameful. Bullock’s attention waa called
to the matter, but he did not interfere.
Bacon, shoes, wagons, oxen, whisky, etc.,
walked into the pocket# of it# officers.
Grant, Alexander A Co. paid Hulbert
$5,000 to uae hia influence with Bullock
to let them have tba oonviota. Tho oom
mittee conclude that Bullock shared in
tha plunder. It recommends that atepa
ba taken to get back tha otolan property.
Bulloek'a connection with the State
Road ia attended to by another committee.
This committee satisfied itself that Bul
lock waa in the frsnda.
The oommittee looked very little into
the Btato Bond lease question, nod express
no opinion.
Bullock indorsed bonds for the Bruns
wick A Albany Railroad, the GartenviUe
A Van Wart Railroad, and tha Cuthbert,
Bainbridga A Columbus Railroad, with
full knowledge that tha roads warn not
oomplatod to warrant the indorsement,
end be lied repeatedly afterwards to help
the sale of these illegally indorsed bond*.
The committee argea that be would not
thus have repeatedly violated Uw save
for pay.
The record of BuUock’s role aa a “re-
oanatruetor” was a diabolioal one. His
remodelling dt the Legislature is too froah
to need recital. George P. Barnett Is
satisfied that Bullock paid his Washington
expenses out of the Biota Rood.
The oommittee touches om Bullock's
general axtravepmoo. Bullock
through tha Exproaa Company North
$5,533,000 in bauds. Be paid the Ex.
press Company $*,68* freights. Ha
paid the Telegraph Company $f,2D7. Ha
paid $800 to Mtf a doaao papers in Geor
gia to publish his State’s-right letter te
Senator Boot!. Ms paid John L. Conley
$11,500 far his unasnemary Analysis of
the OnuaBtutinu. Tba aaot of the Anal
|Msmaa$Lt84*
Martin, but that the offouse wuh aguiost
tbe State law, to wbiob bo wa* amenable
iu his own county. Copt. Gardner also
advised a dismissal; whereupon the pris
oners were diuebarged by the Commis
sioner.
Now, we ask tho people to connider
thesu facts. Our Reporter has given a
full report of the evidence, pertinent to
the case, taken iu open court.
Tbe foregoing was not relevant to tho
case, and even uot brought out iu the
trial, but are fact*, nevertheless, aud wo
give them to show tho origiu of the difli
which 1 acknowledged and accepted yonr
nomination at our meeting ou the 12th.
Thut your convention saw fit to accord its
highest honor to oue who had been prom
inently, pointedly, opposed to your party
iu the earnest and angry controversies of
the last forty years; audit is essentially
noteworthy that many of you origiualiy
preferred that the liberal Republicans
should present another candidate for Pres
ident, and would mure readily have uni
ted with us In the support of Adam* or
Trumbull, Davis or Brown. It ia well
culty, and upon what pretexts eitizeus are ! known that I owe my adoption at Balti-
arrested by the military authority, and wholly to the foot that l had already
draggod from tbeir home* for trial before | l,eou nominated at Cincinnati, and that a
tho United Htates Courts. i concentration of foroea upon any new
The next time Mr. Buckley auks the J* 0 *®* V een P^ved impracticable.
of this city what Geo. Grant has Gratified as 1 am at your concurrence in
lit Al»585Mli
Oowrt reporter's righto. Ha paid by draft
mmtilm*rnmm*mitm 14*
people (
dune to npprea the people of Alabama,
be may bo reminded ot tbo Ku-Klux oaae
front Dale. — Eufuula Unite, ‘Jiilh.
Sui.rlliluii lire tlio.l U. Oull.m,
It Keenie that tbe young men wbo .hot
Tom Lowrey were out on e bunt after tbe
entire bund, and that Stephen Lowrey
and Andrew tHrong barely minaed bear
ing Torn company, 'l'bero were eome aix
or .even young men together, on tbe look
out, on Friday night lut, in what ia call
ed “Holly Hwaiup, " about II) inilea from
Liunberton. They hud been in conceal
ment but a vory abort timo, when tbeir
■cunt announced that a party waa np-
proanhing them. Thone proved to be tbe
three ontlawn, who were acconipnniod by
a number of tbeir frieuda. The young
men could have e.nily diupatched tho out-
i.iwa, but fur fear that Home innocent per
sona might peri.h with them they forbore
to fire. Ae the gang panned, the young
men followed clunely in their truck., until
tho ontlawn .topped at a houne, where
they were heard to nignify their intI'll 1 ion
of attending a big ltadieal meeting thnt
wan to lie held at Union Chapel, tho next
day, Tom Lowrey, tho deccaned, Buying
that ho intended to rauko tboro a apeecb
iu favor of Gen. Graut. The party of
young men then fell back to tbeir lint
poeition, where they remained all night,
awaiting a obanc. at the outlaws lb. next
day, a. they paaaed up the road on the
way to the Badical meeting. But tba
thru member, of tb. gang did not go
together that day. Stephen Lowrey and
Audrew Strong, with aom. of their friends,
took one root., and Tom Lowroy ond-the
l-revatt, another, and the one which led
them by the youog men. Aa they reached
this point the outlaw wxa heard to remark:
‘Here ia that damned rsaral'a track now:’
aud “if they expeet to keep ma from go
ing to the speaking, they'll find thern-
aeivea very much mistaken, for I’m going
or boat a gut." This elegant eipreu.ion
was Tom Lowery's last on oarth.—- lYil-
mington Journal, SttA.
Expebihbntxi. Fabix roa tux Gboboia
State Aobioultoual Gollxob. —A bill in-
Lroduoed by Mr. Durham, Ueprcaentaliv.
from Olarka county, now pending notion
of tha Legislature, authorising tha Gover
nor to iaene 7 per cent, bonds witb which
to pnrohaae au experimental farm for the
nae of the State College of AgrionUaro
and Mechanic Arts, ia accompanied by a
written proposition signed by the widow
of the late ex-Governor Lumpkin, offering
her place for the ram of *15,000 to be
paid in 7 per Mat. bonda.
Thia place of Mrs. Lnmpkin it almost
in immediate oocjncotion with the Uni
versity campus, contains 168 acne, rad
Um within the corporate limits of Athene.
[Augveta Chronicle;
WaanmoTOM, July 23.—The Central B.
K. and Banking Co., in compromise of all
claims against their road and branches,
submitted a proposition which has been
aocoptad by the Ucvcnnc Bnroan. This
compromise covers all olaimi against the
company and tbeir branch roads for bock
taxes from 1865 lo 1878, inclusive. Tha
mm wm taken np on the 15th, but waa
not disposed of until to-day, owing to the
opposition of local rovrane officers to the
aooeptanM of the company's offer.
Govaaaoa Ccarm's Poomoa.—Than
ia no looger any doubt in regard to the
course which ex-Govornor Curtin intend!
to pursue in the presidential campaign.
Letters have bean neatly received from
him in which be annonnoM his purpose
to rapport Mr. Greeley, end to oanvaM
tho Bute of Pennsylvania for him oa aeon
m he retains home next month. He also
states that ha bad determined a year ago
to oppose Grant, in consequence of hie
objectionable conduct and unfitaesa, even
if he had bora ohligad to support an old-
fashioned Democrat in onposstion to his
roteetion.— Weuhtngto* Patriot.
Imtostaht Daemon cw ns Scrum
Oocot—We understand that tha ~
Coast yoaterday morning tho
Election Law pamsd by tea loot Leeiaia-
twro te ba uaooawUtattoael, ra tbs around
that, aa tegoad an* published, it ia sot
eoraMaat with Ua Jenraal of the Senate
Tha Court, wo Man, aaamsd to regard
thia ms great miafortnae to Ua BUte.
From what wo era ra distend than te
avideoM to show that Ua law ia mat raaHy
la conflict wiU Ua Renata Joaraalsalt
wrttera—IMfraiffy
the Cincinnati nomination*; certain a* I
am that you would not have tbun concur
red, had you not deemed me upright *nd
capable, 1 find nothing ia the oiroaiiiHtea-
oea calculated to inflame vanity or Hour-
i*h nclf-coiiceit. But that yonr conven
tion huw fit in adopting tha Cincinnati
ticket, to re affirm the Cincinnati platform,
ia to me a Mmrce of the profoondeet *at-
iftfnction. That body wm oonotrolned to
Uke this important step by no party ne
cessity, real or *uppoeed. It might have
ucceplod (he candidate* of th* Liberal
Rcpublicttua upon grounds entirely ita
<wu, or it might have presented them m
the flrat Whig National Convention did
Harrmon and Tyley, without adopting
any platform whatever. That it choaa
to plant iuelf deliberately, by a vote
nearly unanimooH, upon the fulleat and
deurcHt eutinoiation of the principlea
which ure at onoe inoonteatably Republi
can und emphatically Democratic, give*
truNtwortby anNiirance that a new and
innro aiiHpicioQK era i* dawning upon our
long dixtructed oouutry.
Some of the beat years and best effort#
of my life were devoted to a struggle
agaiiiNt chattel alavery—a straggle none
the lo** earnest or ardaoua because re
spect for constitutional obligation* con
strained mn to sot for tha moat part on
the defen*ive at a diatanoe. Throughout
most of those years my virion waa cheer
ed, my exertion* wera rarely animated, by
even ho muoh a* a hops that I should live
to *ee my country peopled by freeman
alone. The affirtuanoa by your conven
tion of the Cincinnati platform ia a moat
concl arive proof that not maraly ia slavery
abolished, but that its spirit ia extinot;
that despite the nroteato of a respectable
but isolated few, there remains among us
no party and no formidable iu tercet which
regrets the overthrow or desires the re
establishment of human bondage whether
iu letter or in spirit. I am therefore jus
tified in my hope and trust, that the first
oentnry of American independence will
not close before tha grand elemental
truths on which ita rightfulnesa was based
by Jefierson and tha Continental Congress
of 76 will no longer be regarded as glit
tering generalities, bnt will have become
the universally aooepted and honored
foundation of onr politieal fabric.
1 demand the prompt application of
those principlea to our existing oondition.
Having done what I could for the ooaa-
f fiete emancipation of tha blaeks, I now
usist on tha full enfranchisement of all
my white ooantrvmen. Lot no one say
tbe bar has just been removed • from all
bnt a few hundred elderly gentlemen, to
whom eligibility to office son ba of little
oonseqae&oe. My view ooatemplates not
the hundred proscribed, bnt tha millions
who are denied tha xithttob. rated rad
represented by nan of tbeir unfettered
choice. Proscription wera aboard if Umm
did not wiah to deet tba very men whose
they are forbidden lo choose. I have a
profound regard for the people of that
New England wherein I wm born, in
wboaa common schools I wm taught. I
rank no other people above them in Intel-
iterate, Mpeeity end moral worth. Bat
while they do many things well and boxes
admirably, there ia ona thing whieb I am
son they can't wisely or safely do, and
that ia tha Miration for HUM* remote
from aud unlike their own of the pereona
by abate Umm Btetea ahall be represented
inCoagrsM. If they could do this to
good purpose, then repqbliten Inatitutioas
wua unfit aad aristocracy the only tine
political ayatem. Yat what hove we «-
MBtlywitneseedf. ZebnlonB. Yanoa, tbe
aaqaieetloned ehotoe of a large majority
of tba present Legislature of North Car
olina, a majority booked by a majority of
tbe people wbo voted it hie deotsra, re
futed the seat in the Federal Senate to
which be was fairly oboeen and the Leg
islature thus corn trained to ebooM an
other io his steed or leeee the State u-
rapraaanled for yearn. The volte of New
England thaa deprived North CaraUee of
tbe Senator of bar okatoa, aad on«opalled
hi to send another in hia steed—smother
who in our late contest was, Uke Vraea, a
rebel end a fighting rebel, tort who had
not served in Ooagnto before the war ae
Vases bad, ttornga toe Uttar remained
faithful to tbe Union tiB after toe aloes
of hie term. .. .
I protest againrt the UaftraiMiimmt
at a Btate, praeumpUeafy of s'nimbi of
Btetea, on grounds ra narrow id tetoai
Ml m this. Tbe feet the! the mraa Ssnete
whioh refused YeneehU MSt pros is did
to remove toe diaablHHw after that seat
to-—-ft Wmmm 4Hrai Wra asuiikftK MBKM toga
5M DOSE RIMMi Pf #**$1^ *8y
real estate ia Georgia end to encourage
emigration.
Grower—To amend the election lew of
the State ho oh to open two ballot boxes
during elections for white rad black vo-
tors.
Mr. Griffin, of Honaton—To authorise
the Ordioary of Honaton county to levy a
tax for tbo purpose of building a Court
House.
Mr. Johnson, of Clay—To increase the
compensation ot the Tax Iteceivers in the
Btate.
Mr. Cody—To relievo Wm. Bagley, of
Cba ttahoochM oounty.
Also, to proteot tb. rights and interests
of rumors, feme, eorrrt, and other clause.,
laboring under logoi diaabiliUoa, so far M
regard, tbe sale of land for taxes, and to
authorise tbe redemption of them on cer
tain conditions.
Exit 8. AAims lac.
Oxtobd, Ala., July 23, 1872.
Editore uf Adeertlecr; GaaTnaHkn : On
tbe 13ib inst., yon give a abort descrip
tion ot the orpbsu, 8. Adams Lee. On
tbe moruing of tbe 20th inst., ba pat in
au appearance at this plaoe, and privately
aunounaed that ba would preach on Bun-
day morning, but his reoord had goue in
advanoeof him; tbaAdvartiMrbaaabown
him up. When shown the article, In yoer
issue of tbe 13tb, be denied being tbe
mu at all; be acid the editor had con-
fouuded him with eome bed man ; was
sorry, Ac.; bnt on Monday morning a
letter was received by H. L. Oliver, editor
of tbe Oxford Chronicle, from bis mother
iu Talladega, stating that tbe reports
against 8. Adams were true; that be bad
while staying at tbe huaoe of Uav. Hr.
Oliver, pastor of tba M. E. Chareh nt
Talladega, stolen from tbe drawer of e
bureau, in tba room ha oocupiad, a gold
book, e silver ooio, aud a book of poems
by Mrs. Moore. B. Adams waa staying et
tbe Oxford House. Mr. Oliver, upon re-
Mipt of tbe letter, after eonaniting with
some of oar oitizens, bed a Mich war
rant leaned, aad tha property stolen from
Hr. Oliver in Talladega was found upon
bie person and in his poMtasiua. After
thia exposure it wm thought bnt by some
to let bim go, if ho woulateave the Stele;
but en affidavit waa mads rad a warrant
iasuod for hia arroat, upon tha charge of
petit isreray. After his arroat he con
fessed he had bean in tbe Penitentiary in
Pennsylvania for hone stealing; bod
never been in either the Northern or the
Boutbern army; that daring tha war ha
waa in a lanalie asylum (more likely e
prison); and that hia whole ooeroe a'
coming South hod bean infamous.
After bis arrest he wae brought before
Magistrate 8. J. Kelly, wbo, after bearing
tbe evidence, sent ft Adams to the ooun
ty jail for thirty days. He went to his
new holding hones yesterday evening,
where ander charge ot our friend Bead
(who keows bow to keep him fart) he era
ponder upon the ope end downs of 8.
Adams, tha penitentiary eonviot.
Yotus truly. Vsarras.
toaster WUsea te Jtertt Carollao.
Apert*! L» th* Cincianitl Commercial ]
Naw Yoaa, July 28.—A special from
North Carolina dated yesterday, uys Sen
ator Wilson mode his loot speech et Golds
boro' to-day, and in the eveniog left for
home. The meeting vm held in the
eourt-honM, rad was composed of about
one handled aad fifty negroM and a dosen
white men, Wilson returns the mast dis
gusted man that ran be imagined He
has utterly failed to arouse ray entooet-
asm, and, with the exception at a meet
ing et Newborn on Saturday teat, nans of
tbe meetlnga have at ell been respectable
in numbers, avenging from fifty to one
hnndnd peoplo, and all negroea at that.
Fancy tho Senator', feelings at having to
oddraM such an audienoe.
BAitPAoneos Wrraa.—Cincinnati, Jutf
25.—Tha town of Carthage, Indiana, wm
thrown into oommotion Tuesday evening
by tbe breaking ap at several mIoom in
the ptaee by about 60 famalia, wbo farm
ed thasoMlvM into t eoeapray to* that
purpoM. The ringleaders era arid to be
the wivM of drunken husbands, end took
thia way to crush the traffln.
Aziaksas —A letter from n citizen of
this State, in Arkansas on s long bn tin am
trip, say. tbe Btete is sore for Greeley.
The Bedteala give it np. Meet nil tbe
white Bepablteue ere for Greeley, n an
ion Btete Ticket baa bean formed, and tbe
Liberals and Democrats on united and
horse onions, while the Clayton and aeti-
Clayton factions divide the tottob
The majority for Greeley is pot down at
20,060 to 80,000 and evra 40,000. In tha
liver eounties the colored voters ere
mostly for Grant.
Tes Onaiw.—On Tuesday last Hr. J.
W. Kayo, of thia oounty, broaght ia a
eottosi teal with throe eeteirpillere upon il
—just as he pulled it from e stalk in hit
field. These are the flrat and only we
have beard of thia sees—, in onr oosnty,
aad we attU have nraon to hope that the
dtolia oH n anhaase trill not eo thickly
infest ou eettra fields this yam an teat,
and that them hot dgje rad qvrata*ah"w
am vri* yield as aboattfel crop, not-
wttkrtrarteg the raddra fitobtsT tome
phffiNB.. J#d*r ym mT .
1 Sent et
Gnn. Gnat, for n brief period, wnn n
member of Mr. Johnson* Cabinet. He
■eeeptnd^ibe position of Beorelnrjof Wmr
In puMs of Btnntoo, eonpended. It ona
not be dotibted that the idea of being
nominated by the Rep ~
oandklnU for tbe Ff
uppermost in kin mind,
unpopnlnr with tbe Republican members
' “ availed him-
to raise an
Against the removal of
Sheridan from the oommand of the Fifth
MilUary DUtriet he entered hi* protest,
from which wa take the following extract:
“It in nnmiataksbly the epressed wiah
of tin oonntry thnt Gen. Sheridan should
not be removed from hi* present oom*
mend. This is n republic, where the will
of tbe people is the law of the land. I
ben that tbeir voice may be heard."
Mr. Johnson ooolly replied;
“While I am cognizant of tha efforts
thnt have been made to retoin Gen. Sher.
idan in eotnmand of the Fifth Military .
District, I am not swam thnt tha question
ban star been submitted to the people
themselves for determination.’*
Sheridan wa* removed because ha had
converted bis department into an absolute
tyranny. In regard to bin coarse, John
son remark*:
“Hi* rale has been one of absolute
tyranny, without reference to tbe princi
ple# uf onr Government or the nature of
oar free Institution#. The state of affairs
which ha* resulted from the course he has
panned ha# seriously interfered with n
harmonious, satisfactory, aad speedy ex
ecution of the act# of Congress, and is
alone sufficient to justify a change. • • •
In summing that it ia the expressed wish
of tha people that Gen. Bheridan should
not be removed from his present com
mand, yon remark that ‘tbi* is a republic,
where tbe will of the people is the law of
the land,’ and ‘beg that their voloe may
be heard.’ Tbi# indeed is a republic,
based, however, upon a written constitu
tion. Tbe constitution is the combined
and axpresaed will of the people, and their
voice ia best known when reflected in
tbe mess ares which that instrument pre
scribe#. While one of it# provision#
makes the Prerident commander-in-chief
of tbe army and navy, another requires
that he shall take cure that the laws ba
faithfully executed.”
All we have to say is that Gen. Grant,
in this first civil act of bi* life, showed hi#
alter ignorance of the principle# whioh
underlie oar Governmont, and he has
been holding hi# own remarkably well
up to thia God-blessed day.—Louisville
Courier,
How It ii la Ohio.
Correfipondfucc uf tho ClnrlnuEti KtHjniror.
Colajubuc, O., July 22.—You sill re
member the repeated denial, of the Post
master-editor of the Ohio Btato Journal
that there were any Bepublicans in Oo-
lumbuc who would support Greeley. Bo
ooattdeDt did the editor preteud to be
that ba would be onablod to preservo the
roil of bi. party intact for Gen. Grant,
that he offered yonr Colnuibne corres
pondent a “Greeley hat" if be could pro-
rare the name! of six Greeley Bepubli-
cana. I sent hliu eighteen, aud claimed
the hat, but the hat didn't eome; be-
oauae, ax he said, many of the name, were
tho.. of obecuie men, forgetting, as he
did, that tbo vote of ooo man te just os
good m that of an ofiiee bolder, and
would count just a. much. Allow me,
through the Eoqnirnr, to xond bim the
names of one hundred and fifty luoro Lib
eral Republicans, whoao name, are signed
to a call for s meeting on Tuesday night,
at Turner Hall, over Theibolda restau
rant, to form a Greeley aud iirowu Club.
He will find in the list names that are not
obscure, but among them gentlemen who
in actual obaractor, wealth, (the tittea in
ltepubliuan aye. make tbe. men,) who in
Uta past furnished much of the brains ot
tbe Bapublican party. The list is as fol
lows. It will bs largely increased:
{ Here the names uro given. ]
offered to excuse Gen. Comly for not
.endiog the bet per promise tf he wonld
publish tho name uf a single-known Dem
ocrat of Oolumbun, witb lu. consent, who
two year, past ha. voted tho Democratic
ticket as nominated, who i. now ready to
vote for Graut against Greeley, but tha
Democrat cannot be found. Gael.
-Them that are Bet for Is are Azalnst Ila.’-
What reason can a trao Democrat now
give for refusing to support Greeley i To
My that ha is not a Democrat will not do,
nor does it any way furnish an excuse
why he should not ba supported by Dem
ocrats. Wa are satisfied that many of
them, yat most of them, likely all of them
era true Democrats, but if they be ever
so irna in principle, yut the elTeot of their
peraleteut opposition is the same as if
they were in the Hsdical ranks bailing
for Grant, bis administration, rad his re-
eleotion. The eource of these men te
certainly having the effect to “tie oat"
many of onr beet Democrats. A. H. S.,
of the Atlanta Bun, tho uinu that we de
light to honor, aud several other leading
papers in Georgia, are opposing the se
lection of an electoral ticket. What is
that but opposing the eotion of a Demo
cratic party’/ Because, forsooth a man
is outvoted, and a majority uf bis oharch
or his party ia against him must he battle
for tbe enemy 7 Ia it ciistuin&ry to act
thus? Tbe man who advises non-action
on the part of tbe Democratic party is
indirectly working for Grant. He may
not no Intend, but thie is the effect, and
ovary blow ha strikes against Greeley is
an advantage to Grant, and tbe journal
ist who seeks to keep on electoral ticket
from being oboeen by tbe Democratic
party in hia Btato thereby aids in carrying
his State for Grant.
Tba m»n who, after his party has
spoken, eontinnss to battle against its ac
tion, is oertainly not working to tbe inter-
eat of the party, or he seta np hia judg
ment against the naeembled wisdom and
wish of tha party; in othsr words, it is
raying that “I possess mors wisdom,
more intelligence, rad more honesty than
all of ths party together; the pity mart
go M I think it ought to-go, or I ref nee to
set with it; it mart be governed by me
or it is no longer tho Democratic party.”
This ia all wrong; let o liberal spirit
oharacterixe all our actions; let theta ba
no brooking of ranks. Conservatism ex
pects ovary man to do his whole duty.—
TaUapoooa Heine.
The Pbbss of Gboboia.—^Wo see s par
agraph going the rounds ot our exchanges
in reference to the press of this Btato,
whioh is nn injustice. This paragraph
rays information has reached Washington
that fourteen Democratic papers out of
tho thirty-seven in this State are opposing
Greeley and Brown. AU tha (spin in
tbe Btete that are now opposing Greeley
and Brown can be counted on the fingers
of ooa band, and tbeir opposition and ot-
taranoos have bean so eagerly gathered
op and need by the Bodioal press in tbs
oonntry that they wiU soon be .shamed of
the company they are keeping.—Savan
nah Republican.
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A 8MBit Kxetroyte hy aa karth.sAkv.
A eorraspondent ot the Hong Kong
“Tha recent earthquake almost com
pletely destroyed the large seaport town
at Haisande, tba Mpitel of Sekitbo, sit
uated on tha wart oowt of Japan, being
180 English mile, almost dns west of
Kobe. This appears to hsvs been tbe
oratre of the earthquake. Ths first shock
was tha most severs. The number of
people killed te estimated roundly at 500.
As tba earthquake oocurred at shout tha
hoar devoted to tbs evening meal, the
remains ot tbe kitchen Atm were (till
smouldering, and igniting the debrie of
foreign timber, it flared ap into e eonfia-
gration, thaa adding to Ilia terror of tha
raffarera sad completing tba awful oolamt-
tv. The earthquake appeals to have last
ed a oonoidanble time, and ao' severe
wan the shocks that the terror-stricken
were unable to walk, and wera
to trawl sway upon tbeir hands
xm m bast they could in asareh of
a plate at safety, generally making
tba Manat bamboo grove., aa tha
Japanara enostdorsd them the safest re-
sort in ohms xmxigxartM, it being thrti
opinion that tbe complete network formed
by tha krtarined note of tba bambeoa
andorgrouad binds tha earth together,
and that laaosae ite liability to open and
swallow thorn ap. Many large fletaiaa
and ersvixm opened up in and obeut the
lawn from wfeteh the ora inter gashed
(Hawaii
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