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Newspaper Page TextA BTHIl'T OUJIITHVCTIOII OK TUB CONSTITUTION—AM HONBIT AND BCONOMICAU ADNINISTHATION OK TUB OOVBRNMBNT. Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1872. Volume XLIV.-No. 40 The Weekly Enquirer. JOHN ~H. MAUTIN .Ernon. bOLUMBUflt THURSDAY SEPTEMHEU 28, 1872. —Term*, uf KilnrrlpUoa- K.M. MR. fllRtLKri RPIKBH. Our paper of Sunday morning contained Mr. Greeley’s remarks at Xenia, Ohio, on subjects of party politics, and his speech at Cincinnati on “corners” and the rela tions between the currency and com merce. To-day wo print a full report of his speech made at Pittsburgh, l*a., sev eral days ago, his speech at Newport, Ky., on Saturday, and his speech yostorday at Louisville, Ky.,—all on current political topics. To-morrow wo will publish his speech at the Cincinnati Exposition, in which he spoke of Labor and its triumphs and grandeur. Mr. Greeley is evidently paying little regard to the admonitions of tho dangers to cundidutcs from their writiug or speak ing too much, lie gives utterance to his thoughts us freely and boldly as whon in bis sanctum writiug for the Tribune, with out an nspiration for cilice. And they are thoughts that must arrest the attention of his countrymen nml elicit their admira tion, whether they fully agree with him or not. They nre thoughts that must set other men to thinkiug, and we hope arouse many of them to action. We have now iu nomination for tho Presidency ouo of the great thinkt rs of the country—not a man selected rh a candidate because ho had done or said nothing that could he brought up to his prejudice, hut a man who, throughout his busy life, 1ms bocn prominent iu the discussion of all the po litical topics of his time, and who hns boon selected mainly because it was be lieved that his generous impulses, his phi lanthropic feelings mid acts, his enlarged views and his comprehensive statemau- ship would commend him to an eulight- cued people, it does not become such a mau to permit tho gag of caution to ho thrust into his mouth—to he silent for four of losing votes by giving otl’enco. Mr. Greeley h character is of the jxm'tiri kind, and his popularity is baaed on posi tive, not negutivo merits, llo will, if elected, bo n President who “knows some thing” of all tho interests of the country and is familiar with the general administra tion of all the departments of the Govern ment. Wo will have, in him, n vigilant, working, impartial Chief Executive, who will make tho Presidency of tho republic once more what tho framers of tho Consti tution intended it to ho—tho intelligent regulator of the whole governmental ma chinery. Wo have had a surfeit of milita ry popinjays, puppots moved by party wires, aud imbeciles selected on tne score of availability. Tho country now wants, aud its interests sadly need, n statesman iu the Presidential chair, and Horace Greeley is the man for the times aud the emergency. A letter to the Macon Telegraph con firms tho report (heretofore alluded to in our column) that William Hawes, post master at Lumpkin, Ga., has been re moved or suspended, and Hit Lumpkin jtostoffice abolishid. It is suruiisod thut this bus heeu done because Hawes, who ia said to ho a supporter of Greeley, re fused to pay a levy upon his salary or per quisites for electioneering purposes ! Hut no matter what may have been his offence, the breaking up of tho postoflice is a most extraordinary proceodiug that de mands explanation. Tho Democrats of ltibb county, on Saturday, nominated tho following strong ticket for Ueprosentalivcs : A. O. bacon, C. A. Nutting, A. M. Lockett. Wo are advised by telegraph that the “straights" of Indiana have nominated a State ticket of their own. Hut tboy ap pear to ho as unforluuato in their State as in their nntiouul nominations. Mr. Ed- gerton, their uomiuce for Governor of Indiana, has just published his determi nation to support Greeley and Hrown, and an indignant disclaimer of any con nection wbatevor with the bolting move ment. Gon. Toombs Iiuh promis ed to attend the meeting of tho “Central Agricultural and Mechanical Association” at Holma, Ala., nnd to address the people there on the 14th of November. We learn from the Selma Times of the 22d inat. that several gonlomen from Ar kansas were then iu Selina, looking for hands to pick cotton. They reported that most of tho negroes in their section of Ar kansas were serving in the militia, and the cotton was going to waste for want of picking! The Eufatila Times reports tho death, on Saturday last, of Mr. (.’has. Hall, a very old citizen of Harheur connty. Ho was familiarly known os Undo Charlie, lie died in the eighty-first year of his age, and was a soldier under Gon. Andrew Jackson in the Indian wars. Ex-Gov. Hrown has written a letter urg ing all Liberal ltcpublicAns to volo for Gov. Smith and the other State Democrat ic candidates. Hon. Philip Clayton (who was too “straight" a Democrat to support Greeley) has accepted tho negro nomination as the Radical candidate for Congress iu tho 8th District. The Democrats of Chatham county have nominated for Representatives Geo. A. Mercer, Thos. K. Mills, jr., and A. G. McArthur. The New York Times report that Mr. O'Conor had written a letter accepting the “straight' nomination fur the Presidency, has not yet been confirmed by the nppea - anco of the letter, and tho general opin ion is that tho statement was false. Tho Times, though zealous in behalf of tho “straight” movement, has very crooked ways of its own. The Lumpkin Independent understands that the Postmaster of its town was re moved because ho supported Or. J. E. Garter, the Democratic candidate for Sen ator. It says nothing about the breaking up of the post-office, and we hope that the report of its discontinuance was in correct. THE FLECTION NEAR AT HAND. The pooplo of Goorgia seem hardly to realizo the fact that onr general Stnto election occurs on Wednesday next, the 2d dny of October. Wo have seldom known so perfect a political calm on the very eve preceding a day of trial—such apparent lisllessness when twp political parties had formed their lines and n pitched buttle between them was impend ing. We hope that tho many local con tests for party nominations, some of which have been unwisely permitted to stir up much jealousy nnd dissatisfaction, have neithor disgusted nor wearied the people, hut rather Hint, these preliminary differences being settled, they will now address themselves earnestly to the wholesome and legitimate work of the eanvass. Nor should wo delude ourselves with the idea that work is not required in Georgia. Tho Kadical party are certainly working with energy, and with hope in spired I»y our luto divisions nnd present seeming iudiffereuco. They do most of their work ill soeret, it is true, hut it will ho fouud no less effective iu organizing the party aud bringing out its vote ou that account. Most of our interest is di rected to the rresideutinl election of No vember ; hut it is tho State election of October that demands immediate aud earnest attention. It will he upon us in less than a week, and iu its result is in volved no less important n question than the restoration of Itudical rule in the Slate, with all its tyranny and corruption, upheld perhaps by Federal military pow er, or tho coutiutmuco of the present faithful and honest State administration that has ulrcudy done so much to redeem Georgia from the misrule of Hullock aud his Legislative aud Federal hackers. In this connection we copy u spirited amt timely address of Hon. Thos. Harde man, Uhairman of the Stnto Executive Committee, and entreat our people to give it speedy und earnest attention. To the In luorralir Part) of GrorglM. Macon, Sept. 2d, 1872. On the second day of October next a battle will ho fought in Georgia thut will decide whether you will ho freemen or slaves. The result thereof will depend upon your own will urn! hearing, ltndi- oalisiu has marshaled her forces for tho conflict ami is confident of victory. Tho enemy niiiht he met and driven from the Hold. Victory is suro if you discharge your duty—deloul awaits you if you are luggurd and iuaclivo. Would you save your State from misrule and oppress ion ? Go to tub I'oi.i.s. Would you prevent Radical usurpation aud curpet-hug tyran ny ? Go to THE Polml Would you have sound legislation und constitutional rule't Go to tub Rolls. Would you have crime punished nnd your State laws ad ministered ? Go to tiir Polls. Would you prevent your people from being bur dened with a debt of seven millions of dollars, now pressed by hungry bond holders? Go to tub 1’oli.h. Would you havo a Governor thut will protect your treasury, practice economy, execute your laws, lighten your taxes, encourage your industrial pursuits, foster your com mon schools, elevate your State ? Again I say, Go to the Polls. I^et nothing keep you at home when your interests are nt stake und your liberties iu jeopardy. Holy not upon your success iu the past. The army, strong in numbers, may suffer defeat when the e ff ective force is dimin ished by hospital attendants nnd idle camp-followers. Arm your sick, carry your lame to tho field and your aged to tho tronchcH and urge each and all to en gage actively iu the strugglo, and a glori ous victory awaits you. Apathy may cause defeat—aud straggling, a disaster. Up, then, aud to duty ; tor all you hold dear, as a people, deponds upou the re sult of tho conflict. Arouse your dormant energies, for danger threatens you. Hury petty divisions, aud, with locked shields, go forth to battle against tho plunderers of your troasury, the oppressors of your people, tho huugry horde who havo waxed fat upon your earnings, and who uro seek ing again to “rob yon iu tho namo of loy alty, ami tyrannize over you undor the guise of liberty.” No business plea should justify your nlmeuco from your |>ost on election day. Go yourselves nml carry your neighbors and friends. Duty demands it, safety re quires it. The eyes of the Democracy of tho Union are turnod toward you—falter not—lint strike as men, buttling for tho right, for homo aud altar—and victory is yours. A success in Georgia will encour age the armies upon other fields, who, with you, nre struggling for constitutional government And the rights of the States. In tho name of an oppressed and impov erished people, in the name of subverted laws, of violuted justice, of tArnished honor, I invoke yon, my countrymen, in behalf of the committee I represent, to go forth to tho conflict determined to route your enemies and secure a victory (brilliant and decisive) for Gov. Kraith, our worthy atandard hearer, and tho gal lant men who with him are battling for your rigbts.your interest and your honor. AgAin I say—to the polls—to tho polls— und victory is yonrs. T. Hardeman, Jil, Chuirman Executive Gommiltoo. Tho Macon Telegraph states that the Radicals of the 22d Senatorial District arc flush with money to bout Mr. Simmons, aud that it is said to have been furnished by Clews & Co., of New York. Lot the people of other counties seo to it that their candidates for the Legislature nre not beuten by the money of the negotia tors or holders of the fraudulent bonds issued by Hullock. Tho Democrats of Macon havo organ ized and seem to ho working effectively. They havo clubs in every ward, and fre quent meetings. It is proposed there to rc<jnest tho business mon of the city, by resolutions, to close their houses on the dny of the election, so as to gite all con nected with them an opportnnity to attend the polls. The so-called “straight" Democrats of Atlanta, ou Tuesday, nominated Col. A. M. Wulluce, Capt. John A. Stephens aud Dr. John 8. Wilson as candidates for Rep resentatives of Fulton county. Col. Wal lace ran for the regular Democratic nomi nation, and was beaten. The “Andes Insurance Company,” of Cincinnati, is now re|>orted to he in a critical condition, cuused chiefly by its losses by tho Chicago fire. It oppeurs to he yet undetermined whether it will he able to overcome its difficulties by an as sessment upon the stockholders, or will have to suspend business. A German correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette says it has been established by official inquiries that tho first shot in the Franco-German war was fired by the Prussian sergeant-major, Hchranz, who with a patrol from Saarbrncken, met French cavalry, aud wounded one of them. He has been decorated with the Iron Cross, and presented by the Emperor William with a revolver of very hob work- man ship. Tho Noblest of the Campaign. Fellow-Citizens—'The wiso King says there is a time for war and a time lor pence. Tho city of Pittaburg has recent ly witnessed a rchorsal of tho pomp and pageantry, the blazonry and circumstan ces of civil war. A very large number of meu were collected at vast expeuso, with the single purpose of rekindliug the hitterueHN amt hatred, the anituositifs aud aulipnthieH, tho fears and exultations of civil war for the advantage of a political party. I take you to witness that tho greater portion of the journals of Pitts burg, us well as tho oratorH on this occa sion, havo heeu trying their heat to make us, tho people, hate each other for tho sake of partisan ml vantage. A st ranger would imagine, who was reading the jour nals of Pittsburg for tho huff, few days, thut wo wero still at war, aud that their purpose was to revive aud to exasperate the hatred and animosity of civil war in ordorto intensify and invigorate their side of tho contlict. They talk about rebels and traitors. Fellow-citizens, are wo ucver to ho done with this? We demanded of our adversa ries in tho grout civil war that they sur render their arum and go to thoir homes. They surrendered them. Wo domauded that they enfranchise the blacks, nnd tho tilacks are enfranchised. Nouo hut the white men now stand disenfranchised on the soil of our country. Wo domuudod that they stipulate that tho emancipated slaves shall not ho puid for, oud that tho rebel debt shall never ho paid by the Government or by a State, and they us- sonted to that. So tar as 1 euu seo, every duuiuud made on tho part of the loyal States, mul the loyal people bus been ful ly complied with on the part of those lately in rebellion. Everything has heeu douo that wo asked. Everything lias heeu conceded, and Htili they tell us,‘Why, wo want them to repent!' Havo they not brought forth works meek for reponl- Aud then, coming together in solemn convention, the representatives of thu Southern people have given their assent to the plutioriu of thu Ciucinuuti Conven tion, which was thu most intense, the most complete Republican platform that had over been presented by uuy national eouvoutioii whatever. Ail this being done, we are told by these gentlcmeu who mot here, ‘All this is mockery ! All this is fraud ! You don't mean anything by it!' And the cry goes oil, ‘Rebels anil traitors! rebels and traitors! denunciation, pro scription, the same ns ever. Four years ago, iu tho Ucpubliouii National Conven tion, it was declined that this proscription should speedily eiitso. Four years buvo passed, and still it is maintained. There are this day thousands of puoplo of Ar kansas alone prohibited, the most intelli gent, the most rcsponuible people of thut State, forbidden to exercise the right of suffrage, foi bidden exclusively by the par ty that meets hero and shouts lor Grant and Wilson. Nobody ulse asks for pro scription; but then no one doubts, no other puity requires, that any human be ing should stand proscribed on our soil for a rebellion Hint ceased seven and a half years ago. No party, no men of any party, doubt this hut tho very parly that held u great military parade this week, in order to further and lurthcr separate and divide the hearts of tho American people from each other. They hold essential to their triumph thut hutreil should contin ue, that distrust, suspicion and alienation should continue. Do what you will, do what you may, they are determined not to he satisfied. Now, follow-citizens, it is not enough that those who fought against tho Union should he proscribed. Those of us who stood for it uru equuily denounced, if wo do not linppuu to ugroo with them iu our present polities. Hero stuuds one who is charged by them with being a secession ist. Could that he truo fellow-citizens? Look the fuels iu the face. When Lincoln had been elected and this conspiracy for secession began to ad vocate itself, we Republicans were told by our own men, nml told still rnoro by those out of tho circlo, ‘you must hack out of your Republicanism! You must surren der your opposition to tho extension of slavery, or consent to n great civil war.’ I his, they suid, was tho only alternative. Woodshed nml devastation over the wholo country, or you shall surrender tho prin ciples ou which you havo just curried the election. I wus ouo of those who snid, No, there is no such alternative. 1 deni ed that tho Southern people, the groat minority of them, are aguiust the Union. I demanded that tliero shall ho open, free discussion before the Southern people, and an honest untorrified, unconstrained vote. If they approve, if tho pooplo of tho South say they want disunion, I will couseut to it. I know they will not. I know the Southern pooplo, that the great majority, would have voted as they actually did thut winter, not for secession hut for clinging to tho Union. And now to-day, if Hie nation were to he imperiled ami there wero just two modes of suving it, to trust to thu chances ofufroc, fair vote of the Southern people, 1 would very greatly prefer to take the latter chauee rather than tho former. For, fellow-citi zens, they do grcutly misunderstand and malign this American people when they assiimo that in cold blood, before there had been any clash of urnis, tho people in the South, uuy inoro than tho pooplo iu the North, desired disunion. Iu its incep tion, in its origin, tho gront masses of those who consented to tho secession movement meant nothing by it but to buck down thu North ami make us con sent to the extension of slavery. That wus their purpose, and that purposo I did my best to resist nnd defeat. Weil, the wur is ended. I think it ought to ho ended. We had u great, a terrible, a bloody, a destructive civil war. Our success was perfect. Tho defeat of the adversaries was more complete than any defeat recorded in history. They have suffered much. They have conced ed all. Can not wo afford to he magnani mous at least ? They see, fellow-citizens, they see that the Southern people uiny vote—somo of them may; hut thu instant they vote, the cry is raised ‘See how theso fellows vote!' They cry * Yon must voto tho other way.’ Is thut an election ? or is it only tho fashion of war in another asjtect ? Fellow-citizens, yon belong to one of tho great hives of American industry. I plead hero for pcuco and reconciliation, for the interest especially of thiH busy, prosperous, onergetic people. How I have sympathized with Pittsburg, how I havo rejoiced in her prosperity, how I have wondered and admired her magnifi cent growth, you surely do know. No place on this continent has been doarer to me than Pittsburg. There ban been no spot in whoso prosperity I have more heartily rejoiced, aud this is because I be hoved her prosperity was firmly linked and hound together with the prosperity and growth of our whole country. Now, 1 uppe&l to her business meu, 1 appeal to her manufacturers, to stop this war. It kuH gone on long enough. You can not afford to teach part of your country to hate you, to feel that yonr success, your greatness is identical with their humilia tion. People of Pittaburg, I ask you to take a generous part in this work of re conciling your counlrymon to oacb other. I ask you to take the hand hold out to you by our Southern brethren in their adoption of the Cincinnati platform, those who were oar euemies. I ask you to O that hand, and say brothers, we dif- ; wo fought; the war ia ended; let ua again be fellow-countrymen, and for get that we have been enemiaa. ’ Friends and fallow citizen# I bid 70a good fiigbt, DUEL LEY'S UEI EI’TIOX AT CINCINNATI. Cincinnati, Sept. 20.—Horace Greeley arrived at Little Miami depot at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon, in clmrgo of the Reception Committee of the Hoard of Al dermen nnd Councilmou from this city, who met him at the villago of Morrow. At tho depot ho was met by tho entire Common Council iu carriages. Mr. Gree ley was placed with Mayor Davis in tho leading carriage drawn by four horses. Currier's Hand in a wagon drawn by six greys led tho procession. There was an immense crowd at tho depot, and Grooley was received with eheeis. Tho whole line of inarch to the Hurnctt House was a solid throng of people. The demons! tious wero hearty und cnlhusitio, hut did not asKtmio n political phase. Hut fow banners were hung out on tho line of march, liis reception was ns a guest of tho city and ns a distinguished visitor t the Industrial Exposition. At tho Hurnctt House the jam oi people was very great, large details of police being necessary to clear the streets. After Mr. Greeley had remuined a little time for rest at tho Hur- nett House, ho was escorted to tho Expo sitiou Hull, the stroot along the liuu of march being densely thronged with peo ple. Tho reception ut the Exposition took placed iu tho Commissioners' room. Thoro a few ladies, the Commissioners, tho Mayor aud members of tho City Conn oil, lmd met to receive him. Tho recep tion speech, in behalf of tho Exposition Commissioners, was made by A. Goshorn, Frusidetit, nnd m behalf of tho city by Mayor Davis. Mr. Greeley responded as follows: A solitary soldier equipped aud plumed for wur is not an imposing spectacle. Surrounded by tho ugeuctes aud incidents of pcuoo, ho seems incongruous and fan tastic, a relic of some by-gone age, a rep resentative of a social order long sinoo fallen into ducuy. Hut mass one hundred thousand such as he into an army, careful ly ranked, thoroughly disciplined and sup plied with nil Hie requisite enginery of defacement and destruction; and its ma jestic power, its terrible significance are plain to tho awed, admiring gaze of child hood. So tho work of the lonely pioneer, buried deep iu the primitive forest where in liiH rude log cabin has just been thrown up, nrouud which he is slowly beating back tho empire of shade and suvagisiu by dint of ux und tire, seouis petty and casual, when regarded by itself; but could wo from homo commanding height, some ship of tho air, look down at once upon the whole body of pioneers ut their daily labor, wo should recognize in their desultory array the skirmish liuu of ad vancing civilization, the harbinger of in telligence, comfort, thrift, Immunity and religion. Tho wolf, tho hear, the ser pent, perishing or vanishing as tho pin. ncor host slow ly, irregularly, yet inexora bly moves oil, are now seen to ho tho typos of 11 moral order which civilized so ciety is destined to supplant and replace. I take this to ho one chief end of indus trial expositions, to make tho workman toalizu the essential value aud tho digui- ty of his work. Tho infinite division aud subdivision of labor exacted by modern invention aud machinery are calculated to obscure these inspiring considerations. Tho artizan or artificer devotes his days to uiukiug not a whole watch, but a wheel or pinion, nt most a spring. Ho may give his life to watch-nicking, aud yd never seo one watch perfected. As the most skillful and valued worker ill a fuclory may spend his year in setting up looms or compound ing dyes, aud never make one yard of cloth, tho Exposition is needed to inspirit each with a thorough, cheering conscious ness of wlmt has boon effected by tho com bined labors and eff orts of nil. 1 gazed with interest on the opening of the first World’s Exposition at Loudon twonty-ouo years ago. Apparently superficial, tho procession of Quocu nnd Princes, of Dukes and Garter Knights, iu honor of tho eff orts und products of smiths aud weavers smuckcd of grimace and allega tion. How could they truly honor iimu- ual industry, who had all their lives shunned it as degradation ? And yet thut parade of feudal trappings aud gcw-gnws did honor poductivo labor, however blind ly and oven insincere. No prophecy of tho utiHpici<JU9 day when swords shall he hoaton into plowshares nml spears into prunuiug hooks was ever clearer than that procossion of royalty uud aristocracy, of plenipotentiaries and gold sticks, iu wuiling t«i usher tho display of nil nations’ products iu tho domain of art nnd indus try at the Crystal l’uluco iu Hyde Park, April 20, 1807. Our work too gcuorally compels us to look down, to fix our guzo ou something petty and minute, to shut out the view of stur and muuntuin, and concentrate our thoughts on hits of metal or u few pounds of wool or cotton. Wo work with bowed heads and bent frame. We need occa sionally to straighten up, to expand our chests with the full inspiration of tho free uir of heaven. Wo uced to realize thut work has other ami nobler ends thou tho highly needful replenishment of thu basket aud store, that its best result is the skillful, modest, upright, fuitbful, largo soled workman. Such is tho lesson which this Exhibition is touching to tens of thousands. Tho inutorinl recompense of luhor is indispensable, but the honor paid to tho achievement of Hie highly deserv ing workman is beyond and above this, as the sky is above the earth. Nor is this all. I hoc in every great Exposition an incitement to that industrial co-operation, which sooins to mo, oven though distant nnd difficult, nevertheless inevitable. Htrikos for higher wages, strikes for short er days, look-outs, trades, unions, all sug gest to me tho radical vice of our mode of determining tho woikmun's compensa tion. Ho should manifestly he paid iu proporliou to the value or excellence of his product, lie is oft oner paid in pro- |>ortion to tho time he manages to con- sumo iu creating or fushiouing it. Hence eyo service, dawdling, und the production of fabrics or wares that look well but fuil to wear or serve well. 'J his cannot al ways endure. Yon need not tell tue thut any essential change is difficult, for I know already that all genuine reforms ure exceedingly ao; thnt they ure only achicv- od through suffering and sacrifice, and after repeated failures. You do not frighten me by asserting that co-opera- tivo industry involves complicated, trou blesome account keeping, for 1 know thnt despotism is tho simplest form of govern ment aud slavery requires less reckoning and bargaining and book-keeping than any system of free labor. Do not ask me to tell you how co-ope ration is to he reduced to praclico, for 1 cannot toll that. Thero will ho experi ments, mistakes and failures, iu tho oarly tontativo stages of tho reform. I foresee that roguos and charlatans will seize upon it in the hope of thereby promoting their own aelfish ends. I clearly see nil this; hut I think I discern a brighter vista ntretchirig away beyond it. Now that the Republican theory hns heeu fully applied to government und proved n success,after making all due allowance for drawbacks, I believe its application to industry is only a question of time; that tho workers who make tho clothes or shoes or what- ovor olso may minister to human suste nance and comfort, will learn how to do this aa partners rather thau hirelings, di viding equally and wholly tho proceeds instead of accepting a share of them as wages. Years, if not ages, may yot be required to perfect the safeguards whoro- by the ce-operation of workers alono may be rendered practicable, beneficent and secure; and yet I feel assured that the day will come in which ho who wants a house built in Cincinnati will apply to a corporation of practical builders organiz ed like any bank or railroad, bargaiu with does with tho master builder or firm, and have his work douo at the least hs well and reasonably as now, while tho stipula ted price will he wholly und fairly appor tioned among those who havo curueu it. If you ask where is the capital to lie had, 1 point to thu huudreds of millions now deposited in tho savings hanks, whereof at least two-thirds belong to the working meu and women, aud say thero it is. Tho depositors nre careful, saving, thrifty per sons, who will not risk their scanty hoard ings in rash experiments, as indeed they should not. Hut whenever it shall havo boon demonstrated thut they may ns safe ly iuvest iu co-opcmtivo undertakings as loud to those by whom the laboring class are now hired oud paid, thero will he no lack of capital for such investment, oven though thu rich should supply none of it. Ours is pre-eminently nu ago of inven tion, of industrial progress. I can re member thu time when ihe steamboat was still a novelty and fireside marvel, when 110 mile of iron track lind yet been laid on tho surface of our planet, when American canals wero merely contrivances for cir cumventing cataracts mul of small ac count ; anyhow when no steam propollcd vessel lmd ever crossed a sou, und whon thu olectrio telegraph was ns iuconcoiva- hlo ns n broad firm highway to tho moon. To mow grass, cut grain, or sew garments by machinery was then unitnngiucd. Wo exported no grain hut that grown near the shores of tho Atlantic, its lmys uud inlots, nnd our rnuils wore wholly drnwu by horses at on nveruge speed of loss than AO miles per dny. Looking hack at tho immense strides of invention and ma chinery, of steam nnd olootricity, during tho present coutury, and mainly in my day, who can rationally doubt that indus trial progress is yot on tlio threshold of its careor, that tho inventions of tho next half century must far surpiss iu scope und utility those of tho preceding. Happy tho gouorntion just entering upou this stage of being, if its leaders and tenuhors shall realizo that tho noblest achievement toward which its exertions should be di rected, the highest attainment within its reach, is n more generous, more enlight ened, nioro courageous, moro devoted generation to follow it, qualified and in cited to tnko up tho work which its prude- ciKsor has laid down ami hour it on to still grander, more heiieficout triumphs. This concluded, lie went through tlio Exposition halls, followed by many curi ous visitors, though the attendance nt the Exposition did not appear to have boon much increased by tho prospective pres ence of tho distinguished visitor. The Gcurfdii Stale Fair of ISM. Among tho more prominent features of tho upprouching Fair will be the exhibi tion of the English Farm Locomotive or Road Steamer of the A Tiling At Forte r I patent. This will bo quite u novelty In our State. Wo understand thnt eight hundred of these locomotives have been manufactured, and that two or three of them an; working with line success iu the Stnto of New York. They are uduptod also for threshing, pumping, etc., in ad dition to their ability to haul heavy loads on roads iu almost uuy condition of mud and dirt. Another interesting exhibition will bo steam plowing. It has been demonstra ted that steam plowing by “direct trac tion is a failure, and tho only practical method is by the capstan arrangements where there are two unginus on opposite sides of the field aud the plow is pulled by means of a capstan and ropes. Our far mors will lose a golden opportunity, if they fail to witness this exhibition. Whilo tho public mind ia ho absorbed in the political questions of the day, lei not our people forget the groat aud fun damental interest of agricultural and in dustrial progress and that nothing pro motes this interest so directly as the agri cultural fairs. We also learn that Messrs. A. H. Allen A - Co., of Now York City, probably I ho largest doalers in thoroughbred stock in in tho United Hiatus, havo already enga ged to exhibit spucimuuH ol their stuck, among which will be Ayosshiro and Jer sey cattle, Herkshiro und Essex hogs, Colswold sheep and thu finer varieties of poultry. Indeed, tho approaching Ktato Fair promises to ho a grand success, in every way. Lot everybody eomo to it and sou for thomsolvoH.— Atlanta Constitution. Tho Cincinnati “Commercial” of Wed nesday says: “Wo have satisfactory rea sons for knowing that a very extensive colonization of negroes from Kentucky into ludiaua has boon going ou recently. They arc crossing tho Ohio river by the score nt Mount Vernon, Evansville, Jef fersonville, Lnwroucoburg, aud other con venient points. Fifteen ou a single train ruuchod Louisville tho other day on route for Lafayetto, with tho ostensible object of securing employment thut had been promised thorn there. Furiuers iu thu HI110 Grass region uro already feeling thu effects of thiH unusual emignqtiou, and co/upluin of the scarcity of hoip." About clovcu o’clock Inst Thursday evening Aldcrmnn S. 11. Fuiro of Mobile, Into City Attorney of that city, was dis covered by officers O'Hricn, Simon, Huscb, McNamara and McDcvitt, in thu net of filing tho cotton office of 'j'. R. Irwin, over tho store of Mayor Parker on Water street. He resisted arrest at first and attompted to shoot tho watch, firing one iuofl'ectiiul shot, uud afterwards at tempting to use a pair of brass knuckles. Hut all in vuiu ; he was seized and carried to the lock-up, whonco he was taken be fore the Mayor on Friday morning on the charge of arson nml burglary. Waiving a preliminary examination lie wns ro com mitted in default of $.'1,000 bail. At ouo o’clock in tho afternoon lie was trans ferred to thu county jail. [ Montgomery Adc. Tiie Ci:jjan Sinews or Wail—A New York letter says : Prominent members of tho Cuban Junta in this city are quite sanguine os to tho proposals they havo opened iu London for a $20,000,0(H) loan. They say they can satisfy tho great eapital- its there that with fumls to that amount iu hand they can drive tho Spaniards out beforo next spring, even if King Amadeus succeeds in flouting bis loan <>t ouo hun dred milliouH. What tho Cubans most fear is that the Hritish Government will stop in nnd forbid subscriptions iu aid of a rebellion against a power with which it huR treaties. In any evont, they talk ns if the final futo of tho present strugglo must ho decided in the Europoun money mar kets. If Spaiu gots her $100,000,000, nnd Cuba has to go away empty, tho game will bo up; but should the conditions ho reversed, they say Cuban houds will soon ho Hulling ut par. An Unfortunate Family.—That “mis fortunes come not Hinglu handed" kcciuh to he verified in the series of misfortunes which havo recently coiue upon the Kirk- ey family. About three weeks ago Mr. W. F. Kirk- ey had the sad misfortune to loose two liildreii, u daughter aged 18 and a son aged about ten. They both died of con gestion in uhout live minutes of each >tbor. Mr. E. F. Kirksev, (uncle to W. \ Kirkhoy) wiih Kent for, on Sunday morning to attend their burial. Upon sturting back to Luiunkin after u minister to perform the buriul services, the mules that were being driven ran away und throwing Mr. E. F. Kirksey out, broke his leg in two plaeeH, and he Htili lien in a critical condition. Subsequent to Huh Mr. Win. Kirksoy, sou of W. F. Kirksey, has gone blind from the offcct of some lotion put in them to euro a case of com mon Horo eyos.—Lumpkin Jndipcndcnt. The Radicals in the Seventh District _ have uoiuiuated Colonel James F. Dover, th# agent of thnt corporation ns bn now ttt>wnut CvUwtw, foi tyDgwn, TO TIIE VOTERS OF UEOROIA ! As an old man, devoted to the host in terests of Georgia, and deeply conoerned for her future, and not oh a politician, I desire to address you a few words for so- bor rcliccliou. The election for Governor will ho hold on tho 2d day of Octobor. Thero are two candidates for that office—one a Demo crat, nominated unanimously by a large and intelligent convention of the people, because of his patriotic, wiso and honest administration of tho State Government; tlio other a Radical, nominated by a fow white mon in a convention of nogroes, because these white mon nnd nogroos, and their candidate, aro opposed to an honest and patriotic administration of the Government. To prove this proposition, 1 ask your attention to tho following facts: Keep it beforo tho pooplo, that Hullock wont iuto office with this declaration on his lips: “I am on tue Mare.” Keep it beforo the pooplo, that Gover nor Smith went into office with this de claration on bin lips: “1 believe in tue OMNIPOTENCE OF HONESTY." Kcop it beforo tho people, thnt Hullock aud Kimball plundered and robbed tho State of millions of dollars by issuing spurious and illegal houds ! Keep it beforo the people, that Hullock Hlodgctt A Co., robbed the State Road of hundreds of thousands of dollars ! Keep it before tho people, that Gover nor Smith, during his short Adimuistra- tiou, lias been busily aud successfully en gaged iu making Hume rogues disgorgo, or in having them brought to justice, and tlmt by hiH honesty nnd vigilanco, aided by a Democratic Legislature, ho has caused many thouRnuds of tho people’s money, thus Htolcu, to ho roturnod to the Treasury ! lveop it beforo tho people, that Hullock used tho pnrdouiug power for corrupt, political purposes, and thnt, duriug hiH admi(listration, tho verdicts of juries aud tlio judgments of couits wore a uullity, nml crimo was rampant! Koop it boforo tho people, that, since the election of Governor Smith, tho par doning power has censed to ho used for corrupt purposes, tho judgments of tho courts have heeu respected, and thoro has been a marked diminution of crimo! Kcop it lieforo tho pooplo, that, during Hullock’s administration, scores of people, all ovor Northern Georgia, wero dragged from their business and thoir homes, undor trumped up Ku-Klux charges, and carried to Atlanta to havo their liberties sworn away or iiuporiljod by perjured witnesses ! Keep it before tlio pooplo, thut since Governor Smith's accession to office, tlio Ku-Klux orgauizatiou, if it evor existed, has melted awny, and peace nnd quiet now reign throughout our borders. Keep it beforo tho people, that Hullock believed in tho subordination of tho civil to the military authority; thnt he invoked tho aid of thu latter in arresting so-called criminals, niul desired nnd socurod a largo garrison in the Stnto to protect him in his villainy! Keep it boforo tho pooplo, that Gover nor Smith has demonstrated that, uuder a wise and impartial administration of the luws, the civil powor is ample to pro tect tlio lives and liberties of tho pooplo, and that, in recognition of tho fact that they are no lougor needed, tho Federal soldiery iu this State liuvo dwindled to a “corporal’s guard." Keep it before tho poople, thnt Gover nor Smith's ndministration has boon tho very opposito of Hullock’s iu ovory par ticular ! Keep it prominently boforo tho pooplo, that Dawson A. Walkor, the Radical can didate for Governor,votod for aud helped to elect Hullock; that ho was his support er, adviser aud counsellor while iu offico, and now attempts to justify Hullock’s thieving course ! !! Keep it beforo the poople,that tho elec tion of Walker would ho a vindication of Hullock and a condemnation of Smith—it would ho nu emphatic endorsement of corruption and villainy, and tho restora tion to powor and reHpootability of those who hnvo plundered tho Troasury and disgraced tho Stuto. Hullock and Hlod- gotl, with their tbioving crew, now bidiug from tho ministers of justice, would joy fully catch tho signal, oud, hastening hack to tho thoatre of thoir crimes, would dt timidly Haunt their pardous in our faces. Democrats, Liberals, and all truo men of Goorgia, who desire honost aud good government,nnd who aro opposed to pub lic plundering, remember this, nnd stay not away from tho polls! Remember, too, that tho enemy is nctivo and thor oughly organized, nnd will briug overy man to tho front ou tho 2d of October. You cuu carry tho day, if you hut will it. Victory is within tho roach of oarnost, manly eff ort. 1 appeal to Democrats— both “Straight" aud “Greeley" Demo crats—to defer the Presidential question, nnd miito as one mnu to rctniu in tho Executive offico the present incumbent, Governor Smith, iu whose hands tho in terest of all will be safe. An Old Georgian. law! Wwk’i Cotton FiffuriN. From tho New York Chronicle, of the 21st instant, wo learn thut the receipts of the seven days ending huff Friday night wero 51,282 hales against 22,825 hides lost week, 13,554 hales tho previous week, and 4,481 hales three weeks since, making the total receipts sineo the first of September, 1872, 27,528 hides, against 42,484 hales for thu sumo period of 1871, showiug an incrcusu since September 1 this year of 55,134 hales. Thu New York mnrkot has shown a daily decline of 20$ to 18$ during thu week. This wus duo not only to large receipts, hut also to a close monuy market and tho scarcity of funds in the Southern ports which had dragged down the mark ets so much ns to rcuct on the Northern markets. Futures were quoted at 18 3-18 for October; 18g for November; 18 5-18 lor December; 18$ for January ; 12jj for February and 12$ for March. Tlio table of visible supply showed 1,880,425 hales against 1,801,827 lust year, nu increase of 258,528 hales. Average Weight of Hales.—A table from the N. O. prices current, showed for 1.‘18,788 hides of Texas cottou, an average of 424 pounds; for 825,510 New Orleans, an uverago of 458 pouuds each ; for 137,- 277 Mobile bales, an average of 500 pounds; for 225,088 Savauuau bales 478 pounds. Memphis showed an average of 470 pounds, and Charleston 480. General average 471. Calliug tho averago price of last year's crop 20c, ita aggregate value was $280,171,524. The week’s receipts at the interior porta were 18,825 bales against 8,818 laat year, Hbvwutg Ml VtWM 9119)912 Mfll From tin* riuittmirMipi Tli.’.r-, B2U. The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. PARTICULARS of tue decree of judge DUADLEY. Judgo Haralson, Receiver of tho Ala. & Chattanooga Railroad, urrivud yester day from Now York, bringing with him a copy of the decreo uuder which he was appointed, which is dated August 28th. lira decree stutes that it appears from affidavits thut the roud has been deterior ated uud cannot bo now sold except ns a sacrifice, and thnt it 1h agreed upon by all parties that the adjudication iu bankrupt cy is not to be disturbed, uud that all suits instituted l>y tho A. A C. R. R. and tho trustees of the second mortgage, in any courts, oro to ho dismissed. The llo- ceivors aro authorized to borrow mouey upon certificates, payable iu tun years, hearing 8 per cent, iuturest, und not to he sold at less than 20 cents on tho dollar. Iu case the Stato of Alubnmn sells the road to parties paying tho interest past due and the interest nnd principal ol any money borrowed by the Receivers, thou tho Receivers aro to yield peaceable pos session to such purchasers. The Receivers are to cxpoiul tho money raised on theso certificates of indebted ness or from running tho road, in build ing tho road, clearing the title to uuy lauds or right of way belonging to tho A. & C. It. R. Co., and included in the lir.it mortgage, aud in stocking tho road. Tho coiiusel for the first mortgage bondholders are to be reasonably compensated. The Receivers gavo bond for $200,000, nnd if they have more than tbui amount in their hands they are to givo bond for tho excess also. Tho decree expressly states that noth ing iu it contained is to affect tho rights of the first mortgage bond holders uud uf tho State of Alutmma, and declares that after sulo under this decreo the State may at auy timo seize the road for default of interest under statutory lien. This do- crco docs not declare, oxcopt by implica tion, hut it is very evident that it implies, thnt no othor persons, whether second mortgage bondholders or general credit ors, have any rights to be respected. Tho adjudication in bankruptcy is not to he disturbed aud thnt cutH oil ail the Hunting debt. The rights of Aiuhnnm uro utmnduutly protected and we uto unu- hlo to sue from a hasty perusal of tho de cree why tho result is not a victory for thu Stuto of Alabama us much us, if uut more than, for Stanton. Tho State gets lid ut an expourivo elephant, without compro mising its rights, while Mr. J. U. Stanton, if we uro nut mistaken, lusts his heavy claim against the mad for construction, for which ho has attached the road, by reason of tho adjudication in bankruptcy being con firmed, lie bus not got posses sion uf thu load aud his prescut connec tion with it is only as an vmployoo of tho Receivers, who alone aro authori zed to receive and disbuso mon ey, aud who cannot apply nny money to any iiho not provided lor iu the decreo of the court without forfeiting their bond. All persons nrn enjoined from interfering with tiie Receivers iu the diKchurgo of their duties. Wo uiuleiHtund tlmt thero is overy pros pect of n speedy negotiation of the *>!,- 200,000 certifies'on, authorized by tho de cree, uud that within n week or two the work of reorganizing this groat railroad will comtueuco. Poll Ti»\—IMImim-nts Mini Defaulters. C’OMFTKoLLEIl GeNK.IIAI.'h OFFICE, > Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18, 1872, » James ,/. Met Iowan, T. (’., Savannah, SI cor gin: Sir—I havo to say, in reply to yours of tho 12th iust., that the poll tux cannot exceed ono dollar nuuunlly on each poll, uud you should receive the poll tax for 1871, and receipt ncconliugly, not with standing tho tax-payer may bo in arrearr for former years. When a tax-payor hns made his return to tho receiver, und fails to pay tho money to tho collector, ho is a dt Unguent, and is chnrgouhlo only with Riuglo tax and with the costs in caso a li. fa. has been issued. When no return has buon made to the receiver ho is a default< r, nnd is iu such caso chargeable, in addi tion to the tax, with the penalty, nnd if n fi. fu. hns heeu issued, witii the costs also. Tho above aro lawful charges against deliuqueuts and defaulters, and it is your duty to collect them accordingly. If a tax-payor chooses to tender the tax for 1871, separate from tho pcuulty and costs, you should receive it and givo a receipt accordingly, so worded, however, as not bar the collection of the penult// and costs. Citizens ought to have tho menus of showing that they hnvo paid this tux, if they desire. * * * * * Madison Hell, Comptroller General. Greeley on Speele Pajiiirnts. Indian\roi.is, Sept. 28.—At linlf past 2 o’clock Mr. Greeley accepted an invitation from President Wright, ou buhalf of tho Hoard of Trado, and wuh received shortly after threo o'clock in the Hull of Com merce. The crowd attending his pres ence was immense nml the utmost enthu siasm was manifested. He was welcomed on behalf of the Heard by thu President uud responded iu a few words. After refer ring to thu rapid growth uf the State, its development in uiiuernl resources, iron aud coal interests, etc., ho said: Mr. Chairuiuu : 1 hear that you hnvo been told that he who now addresses you is a fanatical udvocuto of tho resumption of specie payment. Such is not the fact. I do indeed believo thut we might havo resumed specie payment sovornl years ago. When we hud $125,000,000 iu the Treas ury, mainly gold, uud aud an iucomo ex ceeding our curreut expenditures by $ 100,tMHi,000 per annum, wo might have resumed with less difficulty uud less dan ger of fuiluro than tho banks encountered when they resumed iu 1888 und at other tirnos. Hut the opportunity was allowed to pass because resumption was deemed undesirable, and siuco then wo have drift ed further oud f urthcr away from tlio point at which resumption was practicable. Our national iucomo is diminished ; so is our surplus iu tho Treasury, whilo tho premium ou gold bus advanced. Iu short, we are not on tho road to spccio payment, hut aro traveling tho other way. llenco I say, use the money which lies dead iu tho Treasury tempting its custo dians to stock gambling, embezzlements and speculation, to reduce tho public debt aud diminish tho interest accruing there on. It wus well to hoard gold while wo professed to he ou the point of resuming specie payment. Now thut we havo post poned that purpose, all oxcusu for hoard ing has vanished. Lot the govornmeut pay its debts so fur us its rneaus will go, und thus liberate thu money it now use lessly boards, to iuvigorato thu husiuess aud industry of the country. Such, gen tlemen, are my ideus of tiuuuco, and hav ing stated them I will relievo you from further atteulion. A Swindle. Tho Now York World is exposing the manner iu which tho people are being swindled by Grant's custom house ring, and presents figures to show that in many cases thousands of dollars are expended iu tho collection of a very few hundred. For cxumplo, few of the forty millions of people who inhabit the United States have heard or know anything about Ed- gartown, Massachusetts; yet it ia a port of entry, und no doubt supposed to he of groat importance by tho authorities. Its eommorco is, nevertheless, in a sort of coma. It may as well be called dead. During tho year ending Slat March, 1872, tho foreign trade of Edgartown was: Imports $258 Exports Nothing Hut if tho commerce of Edgartown ia . dead the personnel that superintend it j are all alive, ns it takos tho following reti nue to nttciid: Salary. Ono collector $ 730 02 1 deputy collector nnd inspector 1,350 00 1 “ “ “ “ 1,025 00 1 temporary inspector 800 00 ... 500 00 500 00 .... (500 00 .... 730 00 .... 800 00 Iu a recent interview, the Circuit At torney in St. Louis used the following language : “There ia no nso denying the foot that this thing of hanging a man by the neck is about ‘played out.' It re quires almost superhuman exertions upou tho part of a prosoucutor to get a jury to declare iu favor of liaugiug a man, uud, when thoy do so declare, in nine cases ont of ten Governors interfere and corn- mate to imprisonment. And everybody kuows, or ought to kuow, that tho effi ciency of a criminal statute is in exaot ra tio with the certainty of ita boing ouforo- ed. And what ia the use of having a law that can not be euforoed ? Because capi tal pnniabmeut ia tho only punishment prescribed for murder in the first degree, some of the great tat oriiuinak* in the Und go i i “ “ 1 night inspector I “ “ 1 revonuo boatman.... Total $8,705 02 Somehow this important port of entiy was unknown under tho Huchannan Ad ministration. Tho discovory was mode by tho Radicals, and has been worked no doubt simply as a political mnehiuo ever siuco. Colton l'm>l|itN Tho cotton receipts at tho sovon princi pal ports of export for tho week ending September 20 were as follows; Hales. Savannah, Sept. 20 12,782 Charleston, Sept. 20 10,228 New Orleans. Sept. 20 10,718 Galveston, Hopt. 20 4,825 Mobile, Sept. 20 3,752 Norfolk, Sept. 20 3,125 Wilmington, Sept. 20 1,148 Tho Now York liornld, in a long edito rial over last Wednesday's corner in Wall stroot, furnishes a wonderful commentary on Greeley’s speech on tho financial situ ation boforo the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. The Herald charges that three men—Daniel Drew, llonry N. Smith and .lay Gould—controlling not moro tli m ton millions of actual capital—cor nered all the ninrkots iu gold, stocks and merclmnd iso—raised the prico of money li\ e-eighths per cent, u day—disturbed all values—paralyzed all trade so that not oven a hale of cotton could bo sold. And thu funniest part of the business seems to be that all this timo theso partios wero cornering each other as woll as cornering outsiders. Drow, whilo making a corner in Erie,found himself cornered heavily by Smith uud Gould in gold niul currency. Gould was making a corner in gold aud while at tho husiuess wns coruored by 'Uuith in turn, who wns dolihoratoly man ufacturing' a corner in tho currency. The result was thnt whilo the throe speculators substantially frustrated each otk r’s plans in tlio matter of heavy profits, all outsid ers were punished heavily. Tho entire business community in Now York were more «>r less embarrassed, and trade throughout the country felt the disturb ance. The Herald denounces all such op- ations— no mutter what may he the pre tentions of tho contrivers—as no better than stealing, and it is not.—Macon Tele graph. Russian Hiiam Hattles.—Some excel lent noting was recently brought into the monotony of a Russian canip-mancevre. A sham tight was arranged, nnd to drill the ambuianco corps certain ones who wero ticketed wero ordorod to fall with greater or loss severity. Tho combat was ennied out occording to programme. The atubulunco men advauced and began to pick up tho sufierors. Tho wounds of each ono, as indicated by the ticket at- tutched to tho body, were carefully exam ined and tho proper remedies woro prompt ly administered. (>uo ol' tho soldiors, howovor. received iust ructions which justified him, as he thought, iu giving up tho ghost. Those who wero taking caro of tho wounded wero surprised at lindiug that he gave no signs of life, nml immediately called an officer for consultation. The officer asked the man what ailod him, hut received no reply. A physician was thon called, un der whose direction water was thrown in tho wounded man's face, hut without tho desired result. Finally, tho signal sound ed for tho closo of tho exercises, where upon tho doad man jumped tip as well as over. In reply to tho questions which woro put to him ho said that he had dona nothing but what it scorned to him the se verity of his wounds required him to do. Tiie Preparations for Hlockadino thb Mont Ckkis Tunnel.—Tho Genova cor respondent of tho Loudon Times says, in regard to tho French mining operations near tho Mont Cenis tunnel, which havo siuco boon stopped in consoquonco of friendly explanations: Tho Alta-Italia Railway Company has ■on requested, it is asserted, by the ouch military engiuours, to suspend some of tho trains which now run through the Mont Cenis tunnel, in ordor to facili tate the establishment of powerful mines in tho French half of tho passage. In ease of war these mines would ho exploded atul tho tunnel would ho blocked up. Tho report says “pratiquev dee fourneauxde mines," from which wo may perhaps infer that tho miues wuold bo preporod bat not loaded, ulthough this is not certain. On the now road from Gouova to Chamonix, within a few miles of tho latter place, aro stun os bearing inscriptions to tho effect that so many hnudred kilogrammes of powder are lodged iu a mine. This sort of work seems the very pedantry of mili tary vigilanco ou thu part of tho French authorities, who certainly have no grounds to apprehend nggression from Italy. Of cmuHo overy precaution would ho taken, mid travelers would havo nothing to fear; but tho idoa of a mined tunnel might ho shocking to nervous persons, aud the mere talk of such warlike preparations has an uupleu auit sound. Death^ of Hon. Garrett Davis.— Can's, Kg., Sept. 22.— Hon. Garrett Da vis, Dnitod States Honator from Ken tucky, died at his rosidonco in this oity at 30 this morning of gangrenous affec tion of tho lungs, iu tho 72d year of hia ago. About four woeks ago, immediately after engaging in nn excitiug discussion at Mt. Sterling, ho was taken with tho same disease thnt came so near proving fatal last wiutor at Washington. About threo weoks ago ho was roiffoved from Mt. Sterling to bis home at this plaoe, whore ho has boon coufined to hia bed ever since. Friday and Saturday morn ing' bis Hyiuptoms wero more favorable; but Saturday afternoon he grew rapidly worse, aud died at 8:30 Sunday morning. Tho funoral will take pl&ee from St. Pe ter’s Episcopal church here at 11 o’clpok Wednesday morning. It was decided to keep him this long, so as to allow hia many friouda aud relatives an opportunity of being prosout. Important Decision.—The Supreme Court decided yesterday that the contract# of tho HuUding and Loan Aaaooiation, mado iu accordance with ita by-lawa, •*<>., aro not usurious. This decision if an imporUnt one. Atl. Const., 2otA. Improve You# Stock, See idTlfflUj p»nt vl JR’t’

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, October 01, 1872, Image 1