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ATLania WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 30, 1877.
The Atlanta constitution
WEEKLY EDITION.
IDE CRAFT OF 7UR CAMERONS.
li ia useless for Mr. Hsyes and bis
cabinet to dray the fact that they have
been completely outwitted by Don
Cameron of that Ilk. The whole affair
was no skillfully and effectively man
aged aa to give nae to the suspicion
that old man Simon himself mapped
out and suggested the strategy which
baa been tacceaafol enough to ember
raaa the administration. Mr. Evarii,
albeit learned in the law, ia, we take it,
not precisely op to enuff in the ways
of politicians. He is evidently a c m-
fiding old gentleman, who, having
succeeded in dispensing with the
period as a mark of punctuation
is now engaged in perfecting a plan
whereby scholars and orator*
may rid their productions of semi
colons and commas. He appears to
a statesman in the abstract with th«*
theory of government at his tongueV-
end, but entirely ignorant of the prac
tical workings of the machinery there
ot.
In an unlucky moment, not many
days ago, this confiding man summon
ed Senator Don Cameron to hia pret
ence and with many a wink and nod in
formed that wily politician that the
administration had concluded to give
the English mission to Pennsylvania,
and asked the Don to name the roan,
To all outward seeming, this was an
ceedingly shrewd move on the part ot
the administration. In the first place,th<
election in Pennsylvania ia close at hand
and it was no doubt wiae to throw tne
English mission as a sop to the repubii
cm Ceberua in that state. In the second
place, it was wise to call Don
into consultation and ask him to name
the man, because the Cameron influ
ence ia worth winning, and because old
man Himon has, upon all proper occa
siona, expressed, with as much blunt-
ness as Anglo-Saxon expletives can im
part to our language, bis hearty con
tempt for Mr. Hayea’s policy. It was
thought, moreover, that Don would not
tie indelicate enough to name his own
father for the place. Nor did he. He
was far too cunning for that. He mere
ly suggested that the matter be left to
the entire Pennsylvania delegation, and
this suggestion Mr. Evarts was glad
enough to adopt, evidently believing
that Wayne McVeagh was the coming
man. But, alas for the well-laid scheme
of the administration! The crait
the Cameron’s was equal to the
emergency. The Pennsylvania dele
gation was called together,
after going through D m’s patent cod
dling process, and lo! they presenter)
the name of Himon Cameron.
Mr. Hayes was thunderstruck, and
Mr. Evsrfa sat down upon himself
with such violence that he lost the
Valentis end of a cable sentence which
he had begun in New Brunfewick and
proposed to bring to a conclusion in
New Orleans next winter. Itwsssug
gested that it might be a joke, but
there was not the faintest sign of hu
mor in the solemn faces of the sturdy
Pennsylvanians, and the administra
tion did not need to call for an invest!
gating committee to discover whether
or not they meant business. They
said Cameron and they meant Cam
eron. When the news wan tele
graphed through the country there was
a general inclination on the part
of the public either to bec< nie very
indignant or to enjoy a hearty
laugh. For our part,we think it would
be a wholesome lesson to the atuck-np
Britishers to send old Cameron over
He would teach them more manners i
a month than thev could learn iu three
years si a young lady's boarding school,
Wc can imagine the distinguished old
duffer sticking his number eleven bro-
gana under Derby’s mahogany, waving
his white cotton gloves, looking cross
eyed at the liveried servants, and dis
cussing diplomatic subjects in chrici
United States language. *‘D n it all
Derh; you might as well sign this *<
treaty. I ain’t goin’ to he hangin
roan* here four or five days every
week. Slap your fist to the p spes, old
hnaa, and let's take a drink.”
Hayes don't want Cameron,of course:
but what is he going to do about it ?
If a buxom widow conldn
g.*t away with Simon,
we can't see bow an inexperienced
man like Evarts is to outwit him—and
lienee the embaransment. Th* Penn
sylvania election is close at hand, and
something must lie d ne, for Mr.Hayet*
and hia cabinet have learned from tra
dition what they will soon know by
experience, that when Simon says wig
wag things have got to move. It is
hinted that, in order to relieve himself
of the embarrassment occasioned by
this action of the Pennsylvania dele-
gatian, Mr. llayes will not name a sue*
ceesor to Pierrepont until after the
electiona in November, and that his
choice will then fall upon a western
man. At all events, it seems certain
that he will not send so preposterously
absurd a nomination to the senate as
that of Simon Cameron.
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT
Th* Coxstthttiox prints this morn
ing the first of a series of articles, to be
prepared bv a member of its staff, upon,
the subject of southern immigration.
It is undeniable that there is just now
more attention directed towards Geor
gia, than ever before. Thousands of
intelligent men in all sections of the
north and west, are looking out for new
homes, ard naturally turn towards the
a rath t>i fi .d them. It is equally cer
tain that Georgia presents claims to
these persons that is offers by no
*:ber slate or section. Our climate is
incomparable, our debt ia small and
our taxes low. Oar school system is
good, our soil ia unsurpassed for fer
ility and its variety of resource,
mr society is fine, and the wel-
come extended to all honest comers, is
learty and genuine. If these points
of vantage, properly accredited and
pleasantly narrated, are put before the
people of the north and west there can
be no doubt that , we shall capture a
large share ot the population that if
put afloat by the exigencies of the
times.
As the leading paper of the state,
published at the capital, it is the duty
of The Constitution, and no
pleasure, to work up these points and
present the result to the public. This
*eek we enter upon the duty and shall
prosecute it until the subject is ex-
tiaoeted or the end accomplished. We
■ihall publish articles upon the fiasnees
if the state, the school system, the
uiuing interests, the climate, the
health and the death rale, the special
topics of farming, such as sheep-rais
ing, stock farming, market gardening,
fruit culture, etc., and give the
result of practical experiments
is evidence of what can be done. We
hall publfah, in addition to the above,
letters from various northern men who
have settled there, and the success or
failure that has attend* d their efforts,
and shall trace as far as possible, and
publish the history of the several colo
nies that have been planted in this and
neighboring states.
In short, we shall give, as rapidly as
is consistent with the general duties of
a newspaper, articles that will carry to
any northern man all the information
that he may desire concerning the state
that he expecis to adopt as his home
we feel sure that the articles will lie
productive of much good to Georgia,
and we commend all those interested
to the columns of The Constitution
for the finding of such information as
they will want.
AN AUTUMN MOOD.
There are momenta when the soul
MR. IIA YES AND 1 HE 8KNA TR.
THE WEEK IN THE EAST.
FLORIDA TRAVEL.
We regret to learn that there is a
chance for Georgia to load a la ge pari
of the Florida travel this winter.
At a recent a convention at Chat
tanooga, it waa decided that excur
sion tickets should be pUced on the
market from Louisville to Pensalols,
Fla., and return for $30; $28 from
Nashville to Pensacola and re:urn, and
$40 from St. Liuis to Pensacola and re
turn. Thia is done for the purpose
of turning travel from these points
through Alabama. The St. Johns river
country in east Florida is the finest
part of Florida. Tn >«e who go to Flor
ida must see this couutry or they can
not be satisfied with their trip Pensa
cola ia a great distance from the St.
Johns river, and persons who visit Pen
sacol* w 11 find it out of the way.
We do not know what our rail
roads are doing to procure this
travel during the winter, bui
it is time steps were being taken
to turn the tide of trade where it legiti
xnately belongs. The argument again*:
the roads in Georgia is that they
are too slow. While this may be
said of some it cannot be said of a'l
The Georgia road Is now making the
trip via the Port Royal road to Savan
nah in twelve hours. The Wee ter a and
Atlantic railroad makes the fastest
time in the south. These two roads
will carry persona from the west al
most to Florida. The Air line from
North Carolina will certainly bring all
from the north on just as quick time,
and as comfortably as any route in the
state.
We hope thoee who are Interested will
look into this subject, for it ia oae uo
only interesting to our railroad*, bu
to our state. Scarcely a winter passes
but some visitors drop out on the way
attracted by the fine climate and soil of
our state, and remain with os a* citi
tens.
The events of the past three orf
days indieV»e squalls between the im
mortal thirty-nix and the man at the
qther end of Pennsylvania avenue
The senate has adj >urned to Monday.
Before this long and unusual adj rarn-
ment occurred only a few of the many
nominations before that body were
acted on, and these were, as a rule,
either unimportant or significant.
For instance, the nomination of John
A!. L-irgston as minister-resident to
Hayti was confirmed. Langston is a
negro, who has not, we
believe, left for his post. He was ap
pointed long after Governor Noyes aud
Mr. Com ley, the president's two best
friends, weie on their way, the one to
France aud the other to Honolulu.
Why was Langston confirmed, and
Noyes’ name bung up in the commit
tee? Mr. Hilliard's nomination is also
in suspense, with perhaps a hundred
more. The anti-IIaves organs say that
all the diplomatic nominations are to be
carefully scrutinized in the committee
room; aud in the meanwhile they nre
throwing all the mud they can. The
Washington National Republican of
the 24.b iustant devotes, for an exam
pie, a column and a hrif of its
editorial space to an attack on Mr. Hill
iard's record as a commissioner of I he
confederacy to the state of Tenneseee.
His speeches before the legislature of
that state are given, and sentences in
tended to inflame the sectional tenden
cies of the thirty-six are presented with
all th* emphasis that the italic case ad
mits of. “It is great clemency,” say.
the Republican, “to allow him to live
under aud er j oy the prot* ctio i of the
old tlig and the blessings of a saved
onion.”
All this stuff is intended not so much
as a personal attack on Mr Hilliard as
a general at trek on the president. The
thirty-six aud their friends propose to
find out without delay who is running
the govern mental machine. The John
son issue is before the country again.
The control of the patronage is this
time however almost the only ground
of difference. The civil service order
stands between the capitol and the
white house. It is an interesting light,
and we hope the demo :ratic senators
will do all they can to give the presi
dent a square ch. nee iu the struggle.
The notorious thir.y-six can t»e brought
to terms if the president remains
firm. He can break their ranks so
as to give the thirty-thice democratic
senators an opportunity to help him
out of the difficulty. Toe nominations
must wait until the fight for the mastery
is decided.
man yearns for solitude—there are
momenta when the best of os long to
ipe from the crash and confusion
fairs and railroad conventions—
there are moments when even the
most practical desire to hide them
selves in the eolemn silences of the
oods where, for a brief season at least,
neither invitations to dinner, nor pos
tal cards from the tax-collector
reach them. Such a desire is one ol
the inevitable Tesnlts of the autumn
mood—a mood, let ns believe, that, at
least once in a lifetime, sways and
thrills the most prsgmsticsonsof Adam
and the buriests of the daughters of
Eve. Why even your greengrocer,
albeit appearances are dreadfully
apunst him, occasionally longs to wan
der off into the hazy distances that lie
spread across the hills, and your land
lady—she iu the black bombazine—al
though she does not pause iu the midst
of her duties to analyze her feelings,
$ haunted by a vague unrest that can
.nlv be quieted by a ride to Ponce de
Leon and a ramble with her children
iirough the uninhabited suburbs of
that popular resort. It is the time of
all times In the year when memory
seizes upon unwary mortals and bids
t'iem walk with her a little while.
You will be none the worse, gentle
reader, for giving way to the mood, and
even thoegh memory, sweetly sorrow
ful, should not walk by yoar side, you
will renew yoar youth by standing
face to face with nature. Yuu
will find new and startling mysteries
every side; and you will find that
the problems which your boyhood so
easily solved are problems to you for
ever. Ah, the old, old days! What
was then clear is now confusion. Yon
have lived your life backwarl so far
as nature is concerned. The field
flowers that in the olden time
served to guide your wayward
feet-the massive trees that stood as
finger-posts—have no lesson for you
now. You have chained yoar life to
the figures in yoor ledger; commerce,
with busy fingers, has woven the web
ot self-intereet about you. You have
succeeded in life. Your busim
prosperous. You have no cause to
complain—and yet, standing in the
cool, dim woods, surrounded by the
silence that lends impressiveni
the place, you feel poor indeed. The
feeling of awe that gradually comes
over you is not one of reverence. The
solitude is strange to you and you feel
the embarrassment of a stranger
a strange j lace, and this feel
ing ia accompanied by
vague regret for which yon
can find but one explanation—that na
ture has managed to get along passably
well without either your presence or
your sympathy. The fl owers have not
missed you. The birds that once sang
you welcome from thicket and covert
sing for you no more. The bee, ju»t
closing lus contract with summer, and
sailing around .n an airy whirlpool of
his own construction, has gathered no
sweets for you. The pines that nodded
so graciously to the boy, aud perhaps
sighed for his return, do not recognize
their old friend in the care-worn,
business-perplexed man who stands
before them. The wood rat disappears
yoar coming, and the
ground nqui'iel Hits away
like a shadow. Tne sentinel crow gives
of warning to nis fellows, and
they all,with many gutteral complaints,
s.nl away and lose themselves in the
purple mists of the hills beyond. A1
is new and aH]:s strange. The boy in the
olden time was welcome to lay bis head
upon the bosom of natnre, while the
birds sang, and the flowers bloomed
and the odorous winds of heaven came
softly out of the west. You can re
member that, hard of heart, sordid
soul and rheumatic aa you are.
And yet, the sorrow that comes
hand in hand with memory, lead
ing your lost yoroh, is scarcely akiu
to grief. It gives a touch of romauce
to what vou thought was commonplace,
and quietens into life all that is pure
and unselfish in yoar nature, anti),
last, in the old boyish fashion, you fl
yoarrelf down upon the pixe-tags and
lie there in a half dream, while the
fass shadows chase each other over and
around you, and the mellow sunlight
slips through the leaves as of yore.
The pnrple mists, that seemed so far
away, draw nearer,the pines bend closer
together and the silence and the soli
tnde wexve a vision of what might have
been, but never is to be.
Coxgebss was cot thrilling jester
dav.— Memphis Avalanche.
Wx hare had enough of thrilling
cor greases; give us one that is dfapoa.-d
to conaiier the pn ctical intervals of the
country to the entire exclusion of par-
uga matters.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF ATLANTA
It has been suggested that the friends
of Atlanta have certainly secured som-»
one to write for the Tel. A Mess, on the
capital question. This can hardly
so, but that paper does furnish in every
issue s: me strong prints for the capital
in AtUuta. Speaking of the litigation
before thesupreme court from southern
Georgia, it says:
Now, every ore knows that In summing
the expenses ot each caw the mi'eafo, buari,
etc., of every attorney is charged to his Cilent
Hete.. if the court holds Its H«i)u at so re
mote a point a* AUa.ila. nearly th:e * fourths of
the l;i gaols ot i>c..rgu must foo their lawyer-'
biLa for mi e*g * to that city, which would ex
seed the cjss to M.lkdgvTitle bT 1 ram sixty to
oaehuLd.td tones lor each. This charge, at
ten tvnis per nti.c for the rerned rnp sw hi
aa a*tgregAte oi Uiouar.nd# the coat of obuuttin*
J uiice by tne tax oppressed people oi th;
state
1* this rtgn\ Is this equitable? Should the
inhsbtunuot that uafortuna’e recuon whicr
Mr. H U declares wtil soon be beaten fourfold in
popuUU*. and wraith by Atlanta acd Its Uu
mcdWte surroundings, be made topsysuco
t.tbuie as this excess of mileage will protuce
that powerful metropolis? A-wnrelij uo
This is ac arguvun turn ad turn* • era, aud appeals
directly to th.* preset* of sa impecnaious peo
ple.
Let tbe soy re me coart, then, together with the
capital, b- hen led where nature and in fathers
placed it. at Mu.edg Tille. the g.vgrspuicai esu
tit of the state
Now, if this is true every one whc<
are near to Atlanta ought by all mean*
•o vote fur Atlanta, while thoee who
are near to Mtlicdgeville ought to vo.e
tor MilledSeville.
Thk losses by fire this year in the
United S-aies and Canadas bare been
fully twenty per cent, more than they
vere durin: the corieepondirg month
i last year. The insurance snthori
ties attribute this great iucrease, not to
accident, but to the increased pressure
oi the hard times, which has ltd to in
cendiarism. If the companies would
refuse to suffer a re > ive by over-insur
ance, the crime cf locendiariam would
almost disappear. Tneir own act*
bring on them rabid punishment.
—* 4 F.c;s are stubborn things,” and
j « are coughs wad colds, but toe latter
w't invariably yieid to Dr. Bull's
j Co gh Syrup, «Lu cuaiabui 25 cents.
ASSER TIOX AND NOT A R GUM ENT.
As well m'gbt they my that became not on
•r qncntly the light lingered (gentry of Atlanta
relieve the uuwsry visitor of his cash, therefore,
every dtis*n of Atlanta is a ptckpjckcu Bat
this, be it far from os to affirm —Macon Tele
graph
Why, of course you don't affirm
but vou and those who follow your lead
intimate and insinuate that because
there was fraud and extravagance
the administration of Bullock, that the
atmostphere of Atlanta is tainted and
that the “external influences” of the
city on legislation are unwhohs me.
And then, when the absn.ditv of this
argument is made plain, yon fall back
oa the argument of economy and say
it will cost the people five millions
dollars to retain the capital in Atlanta,
whereupon yon orint a table of figures
to show that legislation is cheaper
Milledgeville than in Atlanta. You take
care, however, not to quote the figures
compiled by Hon. Thomas J. Simmons,
which prove that expenses of legiala.
tion in Atlsuta in 1876 were consider
ably le*s than the expenses of legist*
ti*m it, Mi Hedgeville in 1858. In short,
beloved brethren, instead of argning
in favor of Milledgeville yen aie en
gaged, no doubt unconsciously,
making italic assertions that are
amusing as they are inconclusive
That this should be so is not due
any lack of intellectual resources
your part. You have made the best
of s very p* or cas*~, aud it is no fault
of yours that you have been
driven to the necessity of sub
stituting assertion tor argument. There
is really no argument iu favor of Mil-
ledgeville as the capital. The question,
as you have saul, is one of economy,
comfort, convenience aud accessibility.
These cover the entire ground, and to
trgoe that Milledgeville will even com
pare with A*'.anla in respect to econo
my, convenience, comfort and accessi
bility is simply to ignore facts that
have been presented and proven time
and again.
grow under their feet since tbe day
they overwhelmed Mukhtar at Aladjs
mountain. As they number about
70,000 men and the opposing force can
not exceed twenty-five thousand, their
advance has been rapid and practically
unobstructed. They quickly reinvested
Kars, and pushed on west of that fort
ress to the passes ol the Soghanlu Dogh.
Mukhtar admits that they are on the
astern elopes of that mountain, or
not over fifty miles from E zeroum.
Russian advices chum that the ad
vance has reached Hannan kaleh, which
within a day's easy march of
i central city. This
not, however, probable. If true, it
shows that they are not afraid of the
combined armies of Mukhtar and
Ismail Pacha, who are tryingt o farm a
junction at Zeidin, a town about fifty-
miles southeast of Kara. Erzeroum is
about one hundred miles from
Kars in a southwesterly direc
tion. This distance is, however,
partly made up of bad roads, steep
mountains and dangerous defiles; bnt
any considerable detachment has
crossed the Soghanlu mountains, the
march to Erzeroum is no longer imprac
ticable on account of natural obstacles
The investment of both Erzeroum and
Kars is clearly comprehended in the
Russian plan of tbe campaign. In the
campaign of 1855 against Kars, snow
did not fall until November 16lh,
and military operations were prac
ticable for several weeks later. Great
military results are therefore possible
in Armenia before winter sets in. All
the chances of war are now in favor of
the Russians, except the diffi julty of
supplying their armies from bases as
distant as Alexandropol and Tiflis.
In Bulgaria tbe Russians are pushing
the Turks to the wall at every point.
The czarowitch on the one side-withan
immense army and the Dobrudsctia
army on the other are threatening Su-
lieman, who has lost his fighting pro
pensities. He has fallen back to Ras-
grad, hoping to keep the railroad to
Rustchnk intact. Rasgrad
thirty-four miles from Rurichuk, and
its fall wonld result in a close seige of
the latter city. The army of the czato-
witch is said to be 170,000 strong, and
Sulieman probably can not master one-
half that number of effective men.
Plevna may now be said to be invest
ed. Todleben is in front, and Gonrko
in the rear on the Sifia road—the best
engineer and the best cavalry officer
that the Russians possess. Things look
blue for Osman Pasha. He cannot re
ceive supplies or reinforcements if the
Russians hold their ground in the rear
of his army; he cannot attack the 6u
perior force in front of him; he can
only fight his way to another position
in the rear. Can he do that success
fully, watched as he is by armies on
everv side?
It is plain that a Winter campaign
with all its hardships is almost a cer
tainty. It is also plain that the over
whelming resources of Russia are be
ginning to have their weight
this conflict^ and that she
i itends to posh on, regardless of
weather, until submission or an armis
tice intervene. A series of R isrian
victories wonld now satisfy Russian
pride, and perhaps lead to an accept
ance of terms that would save the Turk
from being permanently driven across
the Bosphorus, and the Russians from
national bankruptcy.
IN OBNMJCAJL
bananas as desert ?
- What is the Brooklyn bridge built
of? Of wire and steal.
—The population of the Black Hills
mining country is twelve thousand.
—“Women can talk if they cannot
vote,” says the Woman's Journal. You
bet!
—Kicking a fatten man abont the
head is called in London, “the Yankee
touch.”
—Tweed's familv expenses from 1871
to 1876 were $220 000. His escape to
Spain cost him $60,000.
—Raskin declares that “the chief
curse of this age is the universal gabble
of its fools.”
—The newspapers of the country are
substantially a unit in asking tbe re
peal of tbe bankrupt law.
—If von would please a pretty wo
man, don’t talk to her of her beauty,
but of the homeliness of others.—
Biwles.
THE WINTER SCHEDULES.
A convention composed of the chief
officials of the roads between New Yoik
and New Orleans, was held in Balti
more last Wednesday for the purpose
of arranging a winter mail echedule.
Twenty-eight railroads were repre
sented. Mr. Foreacre, of the Air-Line
road, stated that the meeting was
called “for the purpose of organizing
r gultr semi annual convention to con
struct time-tables upon southern roads. 1
Tbe meeting was harmonious, and wil{
doubtless lead to other similar conven
tions. Tbe next one is to meet in
Richmond on the third Wednesday of
April.
The schedule adopted at BxltiL.ore
goes into effect on the eleventh of
next month, when the southern
mail will leave New York
6:30 p. m., or half of an hour later than
at present. The train will however
reach New Orlean an hoar and a half
earlier than at present, owing to faster
trains on some of the southern r< ads.
The return mail will arrive at New
York at 9:30 a. m. instead of 6:40 a.
as at present. A schedule was pro
posed that would enable Savannah
merchants to receive letters and send
replies the same day, but it does not
appear that the proposition was acted
on. The details of tbe new schedule
are however to be hereafter adjusted
by a committee of officers appointed by
tbe convention. Tbe new echedule
substantially that of last winter, and
will not materially change the time of
the through mail trains in this part of
the country.
Lawyer* iafora us tfixt ersn if the odtrol
Atlanta la made ia f<xhi Mth to build a capi o'
O cost a* much as Uie one at Milledxerille. pro-
vtd-.ns Uie capital is ^located la that city, any
dtaou who pays ft ux can erj jin the City gov-
tr. ournt from appropriating tne public money
tor such a pu no#:.—Irwin ton Southerner.
Whereupon the Li Grange R; porter
asks: B t which is most worthy of
c nfidence, vague assertions like the
above, or the written opinions of each
lawyers as N. J. Hammond, Joseph
Gad ah l, Porter Ingram, and others of
6|tuU reputation ?
Harry Holland! A:1 live within
their income, and there has been no
bank failure in forty years. Insurance
companies cever fail to insure, and de
faulters are promptly punished. Firet-
clis* railroad fare is only one cent a
mde, and dishonesty of any kind ia
business means public diabunoih. Un-
h ppy United States 1 .
A NEW CONVENIENCE.
The telephone fever has not broken
out in Atlanta, as it has in Memphis
and many other places of the south
The Appeal says that nothing else is now
talked of in Memphis; and we have
before ns a letter from Bartow station,
on the Central road, stating that tbe
creek, which divides the prosperous
town into two parts, is now bridged by
the telephone. The distance is about
cue mile, and the merchants of the two
districts use the telephone freely
daring business hours. We state these
(acts to show that a telephone mania
is due iu Atlanta any day. Thousands
of these simple and inexpensive instru
ments are already in use. and in the
course of a short time every merchant,
lawyer, editor or other business man
will be able to sit nnder his own
and fig tree and yet be for most purpo
ses in hia office. In no southern city
has this latest prod <ct of man’s inven
tive genius been more thoroughly tested
than in Memphis, and for this reason
we quote from the Appeal of that city
It is now believed that tbe day is not
far distant when vocal sounds'will be
conveyed across the Atlantic and tha*
the telephone wi.l finally dispense with
telegraph operators. At present the
telephone is rude and incomplete. Al
ready a great improvement has been
made on the original instrument, and
yet it continues to be simplicity itself,
it cons'fits of a small mahogany box
with au aperture for the mouth, and in
front of this opening a small magnet, a
fine wire, and a very thin copper plate
upon wLicn the voice impinges. This
sensitive piste is connected bv an ordi
nary telegraph wire with a similar box
at the other end, which may be many
mi.es dir-aat. That is about all. At
first tbe little instrument, as yet unde
veloped for practical purposes, was
rim pie cylinder of tin covered witn
piece of bladder at one end and con
nected by a string with a similar cylin
der at the other. Doubtless many of
our readers have Been it as a child’s
conversation toy. Another form of
was used to convey morical sounds
from distant points, bnt when put on
exhibition was only moderately suc
cessful. The vocal tele oh one has al
ready come into use for burise*s pur
poses. It has been adopted in Eng
land in the deeper coal mines to eo:i-
vej from, tbe pit'a. mouth to
the L ’
# —Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Madison, Har
riet Line and Mr.*. Hayes are the most
intellectual of the ladies who have pre
sided at the White House.
—The young man is sedate. He is
thinking how he will have his overcoat
made up, and what kind of a story he
will tell his tailor in order to get it out
of the shop.
—There is one noticeable leature
among all the congressmen aud senators
this year—tney all have their pockets
stuffed with bills aud resolutions.
—Eight men on one side of a street
car can “b : »ch along” for a female, bat
the five women on the opposite seat
can’t. They will let her stand up first.
—Prince Leopold is 24, and yet his
royal mama, Victoria, directs his every
action as if he were a little child. Even
when he is away from heme all his
movements have to be telegraphed to
her.
—When Dom Pedro arrived home at
Rio Janeiro, the empress was surprised
to find that one of his largest trunks
contained 444 pairs of Blockings that
wanted darning.
—Washington correspondents att
agree that the present session of con
gress promises to be tbe dullest one
kaown in many years. And yet there
seems to be a good deal of music lurk-,
icg in the air.
—Mr. William B. Astor, the son of
John Jacob Astor, has been nominated
for the New York assembly by the re
publicans of the seventh diotrictof
.Sew York city. He is said to be an
industrious and able lawyer.
—“I will not learn a trade!” exclaimed
a young Chicago blood to his father.
But thia business of learning a trade is
only a matter of time, for within a year
that young man was studying harness
making in a state prison.
—The majority for Bishop, the dem
ocratic condidate for governor of Ohio,
is 22.700, and not 38,000 as printed by
the Cincinnati Commercial, the latter
figures having been reached by errone
ous footings up.
—If Simon Cameron does go as min
ister to England the Prince uf Wales
ueeon't be surprised if the old roan
suddenly becomes his stepfather. Vic
toria is a widow, and Simou is great on
the widows.
—The Washington Republican says
the democrats are trying to “secure a
portion of the fruits of a republican
victory,” and pathetically inquires:
“How long! oh, how long is this raid to
be tolerated by those who have the
power to put a stop to it at any mo
ment ?”
— Miss Ann McDonald died in Phila
delphia the other day, aged eighty-
seven. For nearly half a century she
was matron of the Magdalen asylum,
where thousands of erriDg women
passed under her care, and the amount
of good she did is incalculable.
—The value of the ore reduced and
marketed iu the Black Hills in 1877 is
estimated at about $1 500,000 As to
the placer claim?, their yield Las been
less than last year, and will not proba
bly exceed $1,000,000. This makes the
total product t f the B'ack Hills for
1877 about $2,500 000, or one-fourth as
much as that of Colorado.
— The princess of Wales wears over
the whole top of her head a large piece
of false hair, arranged iu a mass of tiny
curls aud crinkleis, from her forehead
back to where it meets the putts of her
back hair. The false piece is called a
scripette. and waa invented for tht
princess.
founcAfi.
—Tilden men own the house of con
gress. Fact —Cincinnati Enquirer,
dem.
—It was a sadder and a wiser con
gress aa it came back from Pimlico.—
Cincinnati Gazette, rep.
—Mr. Hayes will not receive appli
cations for office during hia stay in
Richmond.—Richmond Enquirer, dem.
—This Cameron affair is an awful
warning to the president against letting
out his leading appointments to con
gressional delegations.—Springfield Re
publican, rep.
—It has just been discovered in
Washington that Mr. Hilliard induced
the state of Tennessee to secede. Cer
tainly he did. But the war ended eev-
eral years ago.—New York Tribune,
rep.
—In the name of international com
ity let us not send S mon Cameron to
England. It wouldn’t be many mouths
before the queen would be suing him
for breach oi promise.—Chicago limes,
ind.
Mr E.arts is an eld lawyer, but
the preri lent will have to find a man
of more discretion for tecretary of state
if this Cameron affair is to be taken as
a simple of his wisdom.—Boston Her
ald, ind.
—The National Republican shows a
determination not to allow the senate
to confirm H. W. Hilliard as minister
to Brazil, without a proper understand
ing of his record. No Tennessee union
ist will shed tears if Mr. Hilliard is re
jected. —Knoxville Chronicle, rep.
—A republican war on Mr. Hayes
conld not continue a week before re
vealing to democrats tne propriety of
supporting him against the opinion,
approving bis assailed policy, and giv
ing him all the aid aud comfort that he
need* to make his administration suc
cessful.—St. Louis Republican, dem.
—The pith of the English mission
bua» oess seems to be that if Wayne
McVeigh is agreed on, Pennsylvania
c*%have it; if not.it will go somewhere
As to the middle age statement,
we would like to inquire if Mr. Hilliard
is a youth. He is scheduled at seventy
years of age—but waa not too old fur a
prominent diplomatic mission. He
waa a southern rebel. — Pittsburgh
Commercial, rep.
—The Morton idea is clearly not the
Hayes idea; there is a wide difference
between them. The Morton idea is a
thorough reformation of that service.
There is no harmony between them,
and the Iodian senator must try again!
If he really approves Mr. Hayes’ civil-
Bervice scheme let him say so outright
—St Louis Republican, dem.
— Senator Gordon's re-election, ac
cording to reports from Georgia, is
certain by an overwhelming ma j ^ity.
Tbe Toombs movement seems to have
stopped before it got fairly underway,
and the state will be saved the possi
bility of losing an excellent senator and
gaining a most eccentric one. The
southern bourbon makes a good deal
of noise whenever he lias an opportu
nity, but his power is happily dimin
ishing every day.—New York Tribune,
rep.
— Rutherf ird B. Hayes hai no right
to appoint a democrat to a cabinet
office. If a majority of the presiden
tial electors appointed bv the people of
the several states had desired this they
would have elected his opponent. He
has no right to appoint democrats to
the local offices north or south. Had
he declared this to be his purpose in
advince, he wonld never have beeu
nominated by a republican convention;
acd had he so declared during the can
vass, he would not have received an
electoral vote iu any state in the union.
To a* sert this right after his election is
a breach of good faith neither honor
able to him nor flattering to the honor
and in 'ependence of such republicans
as defend it.—Burlington Haw key e,
rep.
1HM CAPITAL QUESTION.
i A PICTURESQUE POWWOW
4'nrreot Opinions of tbe Prei
tbe Snbjeel.
1 Cp °“ DRAMATIC FEATURES OF THE
ABORTirm COUNCIL WITH
CAPITAL ArhOBISMS.
Rome Tribnue.
Whenever Atlanta goes down Rome
will go down with hen Mark the pre
dict ion.
It is to the interest of R >me to keep
the capital in this end of the state.
Whatever attracts attention to this end
of the state benefits our section just
that much.
Our people should allow no narrow*
minded seifislinet>8 to control them iu
considering the capital question. L?t
us look a’oae to the future weilfare aud
glory of the commonwealth.
BEGGING THK QUESTION.
Crawfordville Democrat
Tbe Gallant Toons British Com
mander who will Meiulnd All
Americans ol Custer.
HOME POLK UOS.
—Cleopatra wore such few cloth*
that it is not easy to see what shj
ted of two such big needles,
she went to see C»«r, wrappe
a bale of carpet, the hadn’t any (
on at all, and her going down thiwiver
with Mark Antony exhibited much of
the same disregard of naedle-work.—
Cincinnati Tures.
—It would seem that not only is the
climate of Iceland growing so cold that
grain cannot ripen tnere, bnt that cf
Scandinavia and western Europe is be
coming more severe. This is due, it is
supposed, to the steady descent of*he
ice of the far north upon the shores of
Iceland. It has been ascertained that
the temperature of Greenland was once
much more mild than at present
;—Elections will be held November
6 in New York, New Jersey, Massa
chusetts, Minnesota, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Wisconsin, Mississippi,Nebraska,
Illinois and Georgia. In all these states
except Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ne-
brasKa, legislature* are to be chosen;
and in Georgia, Maryland, New York
and Wisconsin the new legislatures
will elect United States senators.
—Richmond, upon a fair t« at vote,
has decided in favor of bell-punch
—Col. John A. Stephens, of Tallia-
ferro county, will probably be nomi
nated for the senate from his district.
—Mr. A. J. Goldsmith is a candidate
for the legislature in DeKalb county.
Mr. George B. Hudson and Mr. B. N.
Campbell are also candidates.
—The Rime Tribune says that the
people in that section are spoiling for a
free fight, and casually remarks tha*
the man who accepts a nomination at
laLthe hands of a clique will be beaten.
—The names of Messrs. John H
tesJ'Hull, John S. Johnson, T. N. Pool, W.
in- W^. Swain, A. S. Morgan and R. T.
Barksdale are mentioned in connection
with the legislative race in Warren
c ranty.
—We notice that Judge W. F. Wil
liams, of Columbus, is a candidate for
the legislature from Mucogee county.
While we have no voice in Muscogee
politics, yet we are glad to see such
men as Judge William i comin / to the
front. He served in the legislature
before this last with distinction to his
county, to the state and to himself.
His record was first-class and he wan
considered among the very ablest of
that body. We hope, for ihe good of
the entire state, that Muscogee will
contrioute the ability of Judge Wil
liams in the next legislature. Such
men ougut not to have opposition.
—Thomaston Herald: On Tuesday
last a primary election was held in this
county, which resulted in the nomina
tion ol Dr. J. C. Drake for seuator of
this, the 25th senatorial district, and
Judge Jjhn VV. Brown for representa
tive of this county. According to the
rotation system a inpted in this district
a few vears ago, Upson is entitled to
the senator this time, and we are as-
method of collecting the ri*te tax on i gured by prominent men in both Tal-
drinks, and this although the bar
keepers and bummers got up a move
ment especially to defeat it. It is
therefore impossible in Virginia to
assuage the paugs of thirst at the
house of a publican without contribut
ing to liquidate tbe debt of the state.
Shunld tbe old commonwealth avoid
the b*-g of repudiation, her thirsty sons
will drink her bouds up to par in a
few years.
—A London journal cautions its lady
readers against sitting down in canen
bottomed cha:rs when they are dress
ed in velvet This is a miserable
plagiarism from a remark of Mrs
Fannie Kemble, who, when she found
such a chair provided for her at one
of her reading* in the west, turned up
on the leading committeeman a basi
lisk glance aud exclaimed, “man, do
you wish mo to give my best velvet
gown the small-pox?”
—When the Sprague estate went into
bankruptcy, four Years ago, its assets
were valued at $19,495,000 and its
debts amounted to $11,475,000. The
debts have been reduced to $8,500 000.
but as the paper of the firm is offered
at 20 c-n:s on the dollar, that would
give the aspe s au ava lable value of lesa
than $2,000,000, or, in other words, it
has taken $17 000.000 of assets to pay
$3,000,000of debts. Oi course the case
is not quite as bad as that, but even on
the best showing it reveals a frightful
shrinkage in the value of manufactur
ing property.
—Mr. Joseph Jefferson arrived from
Europe on the 17th in*t, and next
Monday evening will commence an en
gagement in New York in his renowned
character of Rip Van Winkle. H-
will play at B>oth’s theatre under the
auspices of Mr. Daly’s preparation and
management. Mr. Jeffe a jn’s “Rip” is
as fresh as ever, and although a go>d
many ac:ors have tried their hands at
it—aud all seem to have th*: privilege
—the public cannot be made to believe
in any but Jefiersou’s. He treats all
imitaiors with silent contempt, and
never gave any of them the benefit of
advertisement*by prosecution for pur
loining his property. It was,therefore,
valueless in their hands. Mr. Jeffer
son’s silence was better than sensa
tional injunctions.
—The late Chief Justice Chase fa
said to have quite unconsciously con
quered an Oaio county by a dinner of
bread and xniik While he was a can
didate for governor, he went to a little
rural town to make a speech. Among
his auditors was an houest farmer who
had come from ten mi es away to Bats
fafy himself in regard to his candidate.
His mind was not set at rest until he
had dintd with Chase, and, as he said,
“seen what he would eat.” Mr. Chase,
who had not been well for a day or two,
happened to order only bread and milk
for bis dinner, and the farmer was de
lighted. “Cnase is the man for gover
nor,” he said to his friens. “ He only
eats bread and milk. He fa no stuck
up feller. He fa l:ke us. He fa the
fanners’ ca^didrie, by all means.” And
the good old farmer told the story en
thusiastically throughout the country
side, and ween the v»tes were counted
it was found that the bread and milk
had won a larger whig ms j mty than
that county bad ever known before^
oot and Harris, that the deleg ties ol
those two counties will readily aud
willingly accept the candidate’ thit
Upson presents, Dr. John C. Drake,
and we hope that every democrat in
tbe district will go to wuik aud thereby
secure his election.
—-The following from the Crawford-
ville Democrat will apply to nearly
every county in the state: As stated
last week, politics in our county
becoming more complicated every day
We have warned our people that ther
was great danger that harm would grow
oot of the excitement thus raised, and
we think we see the evil consequences
already croping out These things
should not be; no good can pos3i’ ly
come of it, aud much harm may.
Friendship* will be broken up, and e •
mit es engendered that years will no:
settle the question and determine hon
estly whom they want to represent them
in the legislature when the proper tim
comes, and wr&ugliug over the nuu«r
will not change their action. There is
one mistake made by aspirants for office
which experience does not seem to cor
rect, ai d that fa that a great deal of
electioneering, with an intelligent peo
ple will change their opinions and ac
tions. and we believe we are safe in as
serting that to-day almost every voter
in the county has his mind already
ma le up, and no amount of electioneer
ing will change it.
• —Mr. Henry L. McGeehee, of Mari
on county, fa a candidate for the legis-
lature, and he talks like he means bus-
mess. Here fa an extract from hfa an
nonneement:
“Fellow-citizens: I want the office, I
have waited patiently for fifteen yeais
for the office to hunt the man aud I
have despaired. I am now g ring for
the office, and I am free to ackuowl
edge that ray friends are not at all urg
ing me to this step. I think I have
many friends in tbe county and I am
sure that a number of them will vote
for me, but if ever one has asked
be a candidate it has escaped my mem
ory. In conversation with friends I
have euggested name atter name hop
ing some oue would suggest mine, but
“nary time.” I have, therefore, come
to the conclusion that il a man wants
political preferment, the best plan fa
to come boldly to the front and ask for
it. I am in earnest a v »out this matter.
I want to go to the legislature and have
wanted to for a long time. It is au
honorable position, and who is there
that does not desire to fill such a posi
tion. I ask it of you because I think I
merit it, and if you will hear me speak
I think I can convince you that I do.”
—The poor and bumble, alike with
the rich and powerful, find in Dr, Bull’s
Cough Svrup a true, tried and trusted
friend. Price 25 cents; large size, 50
cents.
—Happy t dings for nervous suffer ;rs
and those who hare been iloaed,
drugged, and quacked, Pul verm icher’s
Electric Belts effectually cure prema
ture debility, weakness, ard decay.
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Qlrv^nn«ti 0*1 ifV
In a late number uf *he Chronicle aud
ConBtitu’ionaiist it gave as a reason
for its support of Miiledge ville that it was
the capital of grand old Georgia in the
purer days of the republic. That it
was the capital in the “purer” days of
the nation, we are free (3 admit,* but
w.l! puttingi. back restore these “purer ’
days aud bring btek the diys that are
past ? It so, we should most heartily
advocate a return oi the capital even to
the dilapidated old town of Milledge-
ville; but he must be possessed of a
fertile imagination indeed who can for
oue moment euiertaiu so unfouuded a
sentiment. A miglri.y revolution has
swept over us with the power of a tor-
nauo, our interests are not the same,
aud our advancement positively de
mands that our capital shall be changed
to meet the convenience and necessi
ties of the people, who will not consent
tostanu still in the r oad of progress. The
ground taken by our esteemed contem
porary is a begringof the question, a
flit admission of the superiority of the
claims of Atlauta. The people will re
quire more substantial reasons than
simpering, ecbool-girl sentimentality
before they can be blinded to the ne
cessity of a permanent lee ition of the
capital of their state. Better reasons
must be given. Will carrying the cap
ital back relieve the people of taxes ?
Will it lfahum the burden they now
bear? Will it be more convenient for
the people to transact their public bus
iness? N >; none of these things will
be gained by carrying the capital back
to Milledgeville. On the contrary,
taxes will be increased, public debt
iucrea*ed, and inconvenience increased.
Thfa will not do, the people cannot
sacrifice their material interest for so
flimsy a sentiment.
WHO FAVOR ATLANTA.
Baiabridye Democrat.
It fa consoling to those who favor
Atlanta as the capital to know the good
company they are in. These men
named below have often led the people
to honor and renown.
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, ex-gover-
>r, president late comlitutioual con
vention, and the purest and truest
statesman the empire state can boast
of - the old and venerable man to
whom Georgians look as a father,
against whose fame no suspicion was
•er breathed is for Atlanta.
Alexander 11. Stephens, our great
statesman and historian, whose fame
is world-wide, aud who, standing upon
t ie very verge of the grave, gives les
sons of wisaom to nis people, fa for At
lanta.
R >bert Toombs, the Demosthenes of
America, the friend of liberty, and the
defender of the people—the man whose
very name sends au electric thrill of
patriotism through every heart, and
who would suffer death rather than the
fame of Georgia should be tarnished fa
for Atlanta.
J hu B. Gordon, the Chevalier Biy-
ard ui the s:>uth, the man who follow
ed Lee at the head c f Georgia’s legions
from the first to Appomattox
grand soldier statesman, who in the
United Spates senate has so cf en shed
lustrous glory upon his people—the
good, the pure, the true and chivalrous
Gordon! is for Atlanta.
B. H. Hill! Men of southwestern
Georgia—men of Decatur county—who
of you do not know him ? The grand
orator who, time after time, came
among us to lend his mighty talent in
•ur effort to remove from us the incu-*
bus of radicalism—the southern states
man who defend d from 'dishonor our
glorious confederate dead, and sent
Blaine, the hvena, howling into obscu
rity, is for Atlanta.
And so we might go on ad infinitum,
mulliplyii-.g -.dorious namesnfier names
of men who prefer that Georgia's per
manent capital should be in the heroic
city of A lanta. But we will say, that
in the mountains she numbers as her
adherents the Wrights, the Trammells,
the Johnsons, the Holcombes, the
Brown**, etc., etc., and in the wiregrass,
W. E. Smith, Gib Wright, John A,
Davis, Jas. L. Seward, with A. R. Law*
to i nnd « host of ethers.
And besides we have Gov. Colquitt,
the Cnri ti n soldier, with Hiram
Warner-and so on, and so on—we
might write precious names fora week.
Who then can say Atlanta's cause
not virtuous, is not just?
HOW IT WAS D*NE.
Grawfcrdvllle Democrat.
We hear much about the removal of
the capital to Atlanta by the radicals.
Thfa fa a mistake. The true history of
the affair is as follows: At the time
of the election of members, to the con
stitutional convention assembled, the
Milledgeville papers, theSrathern Re
corder and Federal Union both c\me
out in the most earnest appeals to the
citizens of Milledgeville urging them
by no means to give the members ehet
any accomodations. These articles,
appearing week after week in the local
papers, so fired the minds of the peo
ple of Mil'edgeville that the members
of that convention could not obtain
hoard and lodging during the sittiugs
of the convention ; and upon this fact
being ascertained Gen. P >pe, then the
military governor, ordered the conven
tion to meet in Atlanta, and incorpora
ted *u article in the constitution of
1868 removing the capital to that place.
These facta can he proven, and an ex-
ami nation of the files of the papers
named will prove the assertion here
mule.
Wo know that the convention of 1868
was composed of material obnoxious
to a very great maj >rity of ihe respect
able people of the s'at ; bur while that
fa the cane, we do not thick it is fair to
saddle the blander of Milltdgevill*
upon Atlanta and her citizens, who hsd
nothing to do with it, and who voted
226, as shown bv the record in th<
comptroller general’s office, against the
constitution of 1868, which carried the
capital to their city. It ia admitted
that our people made a great mistake
when they refus d tn vote upon the
constitution of 1863, and to have sent
our best men to it, but we did not do it,
and the consequence cannot
changed. Bu*. it the capital-hod been
left in Milledgeville In 1868, would it
be allowed Ly the people to remain
there now ? We think not. The neces
sities of the people demand that it
should he put in a more convenient
piace, and they are going to put it
there.
The cont- mptuous reception by Sit
ting Bull oi the commissioners sent
to him by the American government
with a view to inducing him to leuirn
Iron: Canada, w ith all the picturesque
accompaniments of the ^council, as por
trayed in the special dispatches to the
Herald, form a conclusion to the
second act of the thrilling Indian
drama, the first of which closed six
teen mouths ago with the extermina
tion of Custer’s brave men. The Terry
commission left 8t. PaulS.-pteu her 14.
aud after some delay, caused by the
necessity of parting with the escort to
reinforce Miles, pressed forward from
Benton on the 10th inst with an escort
of some twenty infantry. Not long
after the original escort of three com
panies of cavalry was fallen in with,
and-news having been received that
Sitting Bull was at Fort Walsh and
would probably await the arrival of the
commissioners there,the commissioners
pressed ovei the difficult country of
rock and clay, with alkaline pool* in
the de>p-worn coukcs, by forced
marches.
On the 16th, earlv in the forenoon*
the commission met Colonel McLeod
at the boundry line, the scarlet uni
form of himself and hfa small squad
showing conspicuously afar off against
the clayey monotone of the pra’re
While American officers and soldiers
on Indian service pay little attention
to the niceties of uniform, the Eng
lish endeavor to do so with a vie'w to
impress the savages. A small squad
of scarlet-clad cavalrymen, their
lances bearing gay red and white pen
nous, escorted the commiss : oners, whe
left their own escort on the American
side of the boundary, and,after a rapid
two days’ march, Fort Walsh was
reached, nestling in a pleasant valley
between darkly-wooded heights. It fa
a log stockade, surrounding a low and
irregular pile of buildings aud offices,
brightly whitewa hed and looking new
Borne Opinions.
R ME Ga , Oct 24. 1877.
Editors Constitution -The constitution
will receive almost a unanimous vote
in this county; Atlanta about the
same vote for the perm men: capital of
the state. Crops of corn and cotton
fi st rate. Times improving. Politics
getting lively. Glad to sec that good
men are bring proposed n.11 over the
state fur the lecfalature. Co'.crH J.
Clements fa in tne fi r'd from the torty-
fourih district for the settle. Colonel
Fain, of Caihoun, fa out for the s«na»e
in hfa district, a*id Judge Samuel Htw
kins, of Chattooga, fa in the field, with
out opposition, from then forty-second
to fi.i out the ueexpired term of (Jol.
Gamble. The judge was a member of
the state convention and was a prom
inent working member. He is well
known all over the state, and is a gen
tleman of high order of intellect and
will reflect honor on hfa district. Now
is tbe time for g.-?od men to come to the
front. I am glad to see that Captain
E P. Howell, of Atlanta, is spoken - f
for me senate, and hope lie may be
elected by an increased majority. Mere
anon. Uimeryeu.
TEETH1N A (Teething Powders) Cures
ti* Chad Rtfcu *'e» the Bowel*
For de by Geo. J. Howard, Drag ri ts
r .i! o.liQ.. deod/w Jtweow-TO 4th
Opinion ora Baltimorean
I have used Dr. Bull’s Syrup fersnne
time in my family, aud found it the
best rentedy for colds, Coughs, Ac., I
ever tried — Louis JlruuinfL, 26.Choroline
JheeL.
id gay. Scattered round it were a few
straggling Indian tepees, in oue of
which, standing aloof from the rest,was
Sitting Bull.
Fort Walsh takes its name from its
builder, Major J M. Walsh, of the
northwestern mounted police, a dash
ing young officer,who is likely to prove
another Custer lie is aged thirty-
three or thirty-four, fa a native of Pres
cott, Oat., (just across the river from
Ogdensburg.) and fa known to every
sportsman in the province as “Bob”
Walsh, field-captain of the famous
Prescott Lacrosse club, turfman and
what not. He fa a very handsome
young fellow, straight, slim, bronzed,
with an eye like a hawk and an iron
frame, conscious oi hfa good looks and
thirsting for display and adventure, i
born leader of men, with much decis
ion and shrewdness and a showy way
of doiug things, it fa not to be won
dered at that he has already msde hfa
mark in the northwest and acquired
singular influence over the Ind-aus. It
fa understood that during the Riel re
Dellion of 1870 he volunteered to go into
Wiunepeg as a pretended volunteer,
obtain Riel’s confidence, kid.tap him
and in company with ihe late Detective
Edward O’Neil bring him through the
Rainy Lake region aud deliver him up
to the Canadian authorities. The plan
came to nothing because the then
Canadian government did not want
capture Riel.
Maj >r Walsh’s most charac'erfaric
exploit in the northwest was the bring
ing to reason of the Assiniboine chief.
White Dug, whom he found riding
stolen hurae, and instautly compelled L
dismount and deliver up the animal
under penalty of being handcuffed and
treated as a common thbf. This scene
took place in the heart of Sitting Bull’s
camp, to which White Dog had gone,
intending to cement an alliance, aud i
moral effect upon the Sioux refugees,
c*n readily be imagined, was immense,
The ascendency that the young volun
teer officer thus obtained over the
Sioux chieftain was retained, and be
was thus enabled to induce the Indian
chief to come in and pay the cuminis
tion at least the deference of a con
temptuous hearing. To the Sioux camp
Maj .r Walsh rode as soou as the ap
prn«ch cf the cumrr.issioners wa
announced. At first the Indians stren
uously refused to meet the Americans,
who, they said, had lied to them ton
often, but while he was resting in their
camp an incident occurred which gave
him an opportunity still further to in
crease hfa influence with them. Au
alarm was given that a strong body ol
whites was approaching, and the Sioux,
alarmed, were about to strike their tents
aud fly, despite Walsh’s assurances that
uo white men would dare to attack
them. He then offered to lead a re
connoi8sar.ee, aud rode out, followed
bv 200 warriors. The discovery was
soon made that the new-comers were
White Bird's Nez Perces, who had, with
their women, childreu and wounded,
escaped from Milep, a9 was at the time
reported in the World. The Sioux,.
Walsh’s return to camp, treated him __
a reception positively enthusiastic, but
it was only by long pleading that he
could induce them to accompaov him
to Fort Walsh, as they pointed to the
wounded fugitives who had sought
shelter with them, saying: “Why
should we go and talk with men who
are killing our own race ?” Finally, on
hfa assurance that the council was only
a council and that no constraint woui*
be employed to compel them to fall iu
with American overtures unless they
wereLeely willing to accept them, the
Indians agreed to meet the com mis
sioners, though they declared that
their minds were made up—that they
would remain under the protection
the While Mother.
Sitting Bail is described by the cor
respondent of our contemporary as
ntcromatcer or “medicine man” ...
unusual ability, who has sscared and
rnai tained hfa ascendeucy over the
hostile bands by practicing upon their
superstition. He fa said not to ba a
warrior, although there fa in existence
a famou* aud historic autobiography
hfa, painted with rude pigments ond...
leaves of a trader’s account fa.ok, which
extols his prowess and represents him
as »he siayer in s uglecombat or mixed
affray of some thirty persons, whites
or Indians.
On the 17.h Sitting Bull and the com
mi-sioners met iu council at Fort
Whlsh, the scene being one of the must
dramatic recorded in our Ind an annals.
In the mess-room of the post were
placed tables and chairs for t he Amer
icans and buffalo robes for the Indians.
At 3 o'cl. ck S.tiing Bali entered, wear
ing a quiet, ironical smile. His black
hair streamed down hfa beardless and
Hwarthy cheeks over clean-cu: ears, in
which he wore no ornaments. Ou his
head he wore a wolfskin cap. lit.,
shirt was of black calico, specked with
white dots. Hi* blanket, wrapped neg
ligently aroui d him. revealed below its
edge a pair of rich, beaded moccasins,
the only finery he wore. Silent, stately
and impassive, he seated himself on a
buffalo robe, filled his pipe, and began
smoking S.enographers, interpreters,
a couple of correspondents and the
English officers made up the auiieuce.
G. nural Terry delivered hfa addres ,
which was translated sentence by sen
tence, expressing the wish of the pres
ident that the Indians should return
and make a lasting peace with the
Arm-rican government, promising that
what was past should be i> rgotten and
forgiven, but warning them that if they
persisted in rema ning in Canada they
would, should they ever undertake to
return to the states with arms in *heir
hands, be treated as enemies. The In-*
dians heard i i n with their customary
imperturbability, though Sitting Bali’s
lips curled with an ironic emifa, and
Shotted E*gle, from time to time.wink-
ed at the English officers as if bidding
them s aud by aud tee the snubbing ol
the Americans, bitting Bull then re
plied: “For sixty-four years,” he said
* you have kept me and my people and
treated me badly. It fa the people on
your side that have started us ou ail
these depredations. We cotiTd go no
where else,so we have taken refuge here
I did not give you my couutry, you
took it from me. I was born and raised
in tiiis country with the Rtd River
half breeds, and I intend to stop with
them. That ia tbe reason why 1 have
come over here shaking hands with the
English officers. This is the way 1 was
raised in the hands of
these people here, and that is the way I
intended to be with them. You have
got ears to hear and you have got eye*
to see, and yon see how I live with
these people. You see, me.. Here 1 Ma
If vou think I am a fool von are a big-
.. r fool than I am. This house is a
medicine house. You come here to
tell us lies, bnt we don’t want to hear
them. I don’t wish any such language
used to me. D »n’t you say two more
words to me. Go back home where you
came from. Thfa country is mine and 1
intend to s'av here and to raise 'his
country fall of grown people. See these
] >eople here. We were raised with them
’ again shaking hand* with the English
officers.) That fa enough. You see me
shaking hands with these people. The
part of the country you g*ve me you
ran me out of. I have now c« me here
stay with these people, and I in end
stay here. I'wisn you to so back and
take it easy going back.” Meaning
by tills not to be in any hurry about
returning on ano her embassy.
At the conclusion *'( ’hia defiant
peech several other lt.d»ans spoke,
most all to the same effect. “We
were over in your country aud you
treated us badly,” said a Santee, “and
we came here, and now you want to
get u * back auain. You didn’t treat
us well and I don't like you at all. I
will be at pence with these people here
» long a* L live.” A Yaukton said:
We came over to thfa country, and I
ara going to live with these people here,
riifa country ove,-here fa mine. The
hu'ile s I have over I intend to kill
somethiugto eat, not to kill anybo ly
with them. That is what these people
told me—to kill nothing but what I
wanted with the ammunition they gave
me. I will do so.”
Then ensued an almost unprecedent
ed scene iu such a gathering, a squaw
—and the squaw’s position in an Indi
an tribe is so abject that it was impos
sible to doubt that she was let play the
orator by way of emphasizing the insult
to the commissioners—rising to speak.
She thus concluded her harangue:
came over to thfa country to raise my
children aud have a little peace (shak
ing bauds with the English officers )
That is all I have to say to you. I want
ou to go back where you came from,
hese are the pe >pie 1 am going to stay
with and raise my childreu.” Fiying
Bird, the Minm'conj m chief, was the
last speaker, and bis oratim did not
differ from auy of the others.
Generals Terry and Lawrence exbib
ited little couceru during the progress
of the proceedings. The Indians, rath
er chagrined at the non-effect ol their
tactics, arose and were about to leave,
but the interpreter was desired by Gen.
ral Terry to ask the following ques-
What is Accomplished by
VEGETINE.
tun -
“Stiall wo say to the president that
you refuse the utters he has made to
you ?**
“Are we to understand from what
you have said that you refuse those
offers ?”
A long pause followed. All the red
skins cast inquiring glances toward
Colonel McLeod aud Major Walsh
who gave them no responsive sign
They deliberated with some trepida
tion. fautiug Bull agaiu stood up aud
said:
I conld tell you more, hut that is all
ihat I have to te’.l you. If we told you
more, why you would have paid no at
teutiou. That is all I have to say.
This part of the country does not be
long to your people. You belong on
the other side. This side belongs to
i.’*
General Terry asked the interpreter
the plain question, “Do they refuse?”
bitting Bui* looked up and said : tr
told you what I meant ; that’s enough,
Geueral Terry, smiling, said . "That 1
all,” and, consulting with Colonei Me
Leod, said. “I think wo can have noth
ing more to say to them, colonel.”
“Well,” said Colonel McLeod, “
suppose you nre right.”
“In that case,’’said General Terry to
the interpreter, “loll them there is
nothing more.” bitting Bull comp'eted
his insult by rising at the end of the
conference, sliakiug hands with the
dominion officers and addressing to
them terms of affection and respect,
while at the same tirqe ho Slighted al
Americans present by not even saying
the Indian “how*’ or go <d by.
Thus abortively ended the great
council of Fort Walsb.
Vkobtinx will renew ihe blood, Rive to^e to the
stomach, ret?tore th liver to Its proper action,
ftimnl*’ the ki ‘ncj s so as to onaYe them to
perform 'h> fraction* devolving apon them,
rarry off the putrid humors, rctu’a’e tre bowel*
restore the whn'o sj stem to work! g order,
i Is precisely whti Vso time doej, a*d this
tbe«-x*ct wav through which it h.u accom
plished so many wonder fnl < arc*, asm y he seen
the following n* q icet'oi able evidence:
Unobiiud m Statement of IheUrmt
Snneilsg of Ills Wife.
Harwich, Mass., Se. t. 3!, 1875
H. R.8titv***:—
Dear Sir—I feet i’ iny duty to say a word In
pra'se of Vroettmb My wife hu* b.an troah'cd
bad hamor for severs! year*, which n^c
Inherited from her p rent*. We have trod
severs! physician* and a great mauy dtff rent
kinds of mcdici r. c with bnt little lent fit sh : was
mnch emaciated that w, ha* almost des
paired of her ever being any bet er. Herrin.' of
Veoetuh we resolved to try onre more, an! *h„
commenced u?ir g it1a-*t March, and hu been
imp- v:ag a hra’th ever since. From 104 pouuds
she has advanced to 115 pounds, having gained
prned in seven mcnlhs. and is now able to
about her work. Iu short, she b-' kves s
eoetink has been thr means of sav ng he-1
ind that ?hc cannot *<ay too mnch In its pra
I'it pisses* yon to make are of This s ntem*
at liberty to do so. She has tak
fifteen bottles ai.-d is still ndne it, and I raneaf
recommend it as a great blood purifier.
Yourv rcrp»ctfa v, y,
JOSEi H L. IUTLER.
The V Iff* Ms rnsriu.
II iRAicu. Mass., Sept. 24. 1875.
Ma. Steceks:—
Dear Sir-I feel I must sty a few words about
ihe VianriNE The p '.jsMan* raid I had so
many comp mints they did not ki ow wlat to give
me. They said l ha 1 a bad hamor and I had ihe
kidney com;l.ini, the liver c*.rop:ai_l, ni> bean
was very wejk, and I dont’t lhi.uk ih-reis ary
who suffered more with the p:;o< .ha.i 1 d d.
Thephys.cian*ali sanl it was uo use forme io
take medicine, I could noth' e thr rgh then.oil*!
of May. I truly ihlnk the Vkuetine hstns.- d
my Ufa, end my neighbors say th-itihe Vkohtink
has really accomplish>-d a wonderful rnre iu tny
and 1 ’ell every one whom i u,cet it ia he
best medicine iu the world.
Yours, very lhaukfally,
MUS. J. L. ruri-ER.
VEGLTINE
RELIABLE EVIDE.VE.
Mb. II R. H-tKVEN*:-
Dear Sir—i will m ust cheerfully add my t-ali
mony to the great number you have already re
ceived in favor o! your great and good medicine,
VSoutine, for I do not think cuotu-h a n he said
in it* praise, for I was troubled over .10 , cars
with that dreadful disease. Catarrh, aud luultrch
bad coughing spell- that it would seem a? thun^h
coul 1 never breathe a:*y more, and Veo tins
has curd me, aud I feel to thank God nil the
time that theie is so cood a medicine as Vitor
ia laisothink it one of the bet mcdici w a
for concha aui weal;—inking recline* at the
stomach, and advi'e everybody to tale the
VioETisr, for I can »ssure ihirn it is one of ti e
bett medicines that ever was.
MRS. L GORR,
Corner Magazine aid Walnut sire* t>,
« ambridgt, Ma.—.
The KeneMl Tiling Iu Base Ball.
The Times.
Cincinnati, October 20.—The game
of base ball between the B >stons am!
the Cincinnalss here to-day was marked
by an experiment of extraordinary
lerest in pitching a curved ball. A line
running parallel with the line from the
h<une plate to the first base bag was
taken as a straight line fur the trial. O
the Cincinnati grounds it runs north
and south. The pitcher was placed
the sou h end ot it, opposite the home
plate. Mid vay between the home plate
acd firsi base, whs placed a section of a
piling fence, one end resting on the
line and the other pointing toward tbe
intieid, at right angles. This, of course,
formed a hairier to the ball started
ttie west side of the line, unless
should cross over to the east side. An
other section of the fence was placed
r tht angles to the line opposite ihe first
u»8 -, but being ou the east side of tbe
line. Then at the south etd aboard
was placed on end on the line. Brad v
the pitcher of the Bostons, waa placed
ou tlie west side of the board, and h
little behind it, so that tie was obliged
to deliver the ball from the west side
uf the line. It was for him to demon
strate that the ball could be made
leave his hand on the west of the line
cross over to the e^st side so as to avoid
ttie fence on the west side, and recrors
to the west side to avoid the other
fence Bond at first sent the ball
against the edge of th * board, but aiter
several trials he whs able to clear that
and, t-e .d n ; the ball fairlj’ around th
middle bAirier, landed it on the same,
side it started from at the other end
the line. The curve was not only vi
b!e to the ej e, but it waa shown beyond
possibility of dispute.
Tt>«-r« UsiiKcr Attend
When those usually active little organ?,
the kidneys, arc re. Icctful of their duties t
grow siueg’-h. Fatty deg ueratioa, Bright':
olaeaso, dub -lev, and o her ■ angeron* i
are the result of ce l »ct to remedy this inactivil
by rtu-dlcinal means. When the all impo-fint
funct -ms of tbe kidneys are irrj arfect'y dla-
cLargud, those organs i e d slimu sting, and l
best, po.-aib'.e ag*iut for tha purptec -*■
p:rfovn its offire without czcl.irg tin
. tetter's Stonut h Bitters, which. In combina
tion with its tonic and cathartic ptopcrtica,
poa*e«i-e* valuable qua:id as aa a diure tic,
kidneyi and bla lder are strengthened by it, i
the vivor wh ch it imp irta t • them, and the ge
ba. • Tcctnal impniro wb'ch it gives to
< perat'.on, is the b*st p>?sib*e gutraoty aga i
h ur becoming die a-cd Tbe Litter* are luvtl
ukb'a in otner re-a^-c r »e w-1. t-s the ab.
taav remedv general debility, n‘.< rine troubles,
ctlUa and '•/f, dyspeoeia, constipaou, gout (
ih umatiatn, and other ailments.
31 octiO. M C3: ines ibur sat A wort31
VEGETINE,
VrsETXNE is a greti ipim-icta fur our ag*-d
fathers and mothers, for it gives them strength,
quiets th lr ne ves, and give* than Nature's
sweet sleep.
VECETISE,
Prepared by
R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
Vegetlne is bold by all DrucKis’s.
Or. tutt’s PUIS.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO TUB rUBLIC
U,«L>
teftrrh o' a remedy wtiic i would rortore k, wh .i
aleeaseu,ttIt*norma! condition. Tne rosuiiuf
labi r has been ihe, rod action of
TITTT*« LIVKR FIV lS.
Their popularity has become to extended and the
" ’ t-at as to h'ducc nn*cm ul--us
crfe'.t theihereby ri»hu-v**»e
of the reward, and the affl cted oi th- ir virtues
TO i'amios THK PI7B1.10.
nd protect ti.cra from vile imposlrions, I have
dt pted a new label, which bean* my trod* mark
i d notice of its t-niy in the Offl * of th - Litir*-
iaii of Cm cress, a'so my signature, thus:
49* To count Ear kit this is r >n«»ruT.“€a
Before purchasing, enm ne the laoe- closel;
THE GE U1NE TUTT’S FILLS
exert a perudar influer c
I their goad < IT.-ci
of c
benflts, *ud a vim imitnti<-i
them?
Let tub hone-t r ople or A me uc.\ hfe to
that Tit.T >ki not okpkaloeo. he.ruurn
the label cl jeely, s e that it be rs ail i bn ms
aiN«ve m.-niiomd, and buy iho lutd.cim* < E
fre-m re pc. able dtaers. ltc»n bo found cv.i
where. Very re-pect ally,
w. H. TUTr.
coo n r *n
rira, and fom in o b^-r fruits. Two *Cr«e cultl
vat d n garden vc .-cr.it l.*. the baia c< iu lurni
■duel*. For particular- app y to Mrs. N. B.
prodacta.
Htok*«, o
•be preru’se-.
t A wit
uLOnUlA, t-ullou rourely.
Ordinary's Office, October 27,1877.
M RS. MAKTUA PITTMAN hi* applied for
cxcm/Ka of person.Iiy, i.d I will p**e
upou the same a* 10 o’c!ock a. in., on lit. :0ih
ort28 ..wn
DAN1BL I
Ordinary
Fallon «
How They Inlerprrt Hhj«V* CTvtl
herylce Order
Bo-ton, October 27.- Attorney Gen
eral Dm yens, writing from Washington
excusing himself from active participa
tion iu the suite campaign, says:
I learn with surprise and re gret that
auy of the rejn:l> iran officials hesitate
either to speak ur vote, alleging as a
reason the president’s receut civil sen-
ice order.
IN DISTINCT fFRM«;
that order states that the right of offi
cials to vote and express their views on
public questions, either orally or
through the press, is not denied, pro-
videal it. does not interfere with the
discharge of official duties. It such
gentlemen
CHOOfrE NOT TO VOTE,
or not to express or enforce their views
in rapport of the principles oi the re
publican parly, either orally or other
wise, they at least should nut ipve a
reason for r>uch a course which fa not
justified by the order reterred to, and
which fa simply a perversion of it.
ON TO RICHMOND.
Programme of the Prewldent'a Visit
to Virginia.
Richmond. Va., uct. 27.—The pro-
g am me lor the reception and enter
tainment of President Hayes fa arrang
ed. The president aud party reach
the city Tuesday on a special train,
which will stop at Monroe Park, where
the welcoming speech will be made
by acting Mayor Meredith. After the
response by the president, the partv
will be escorted by the military, fire
department,etc., to the Exchange hotel,
where, at night, a reception will be
held. Wednesday, the president visits
OAT TO RUE itOUM.
WkrirnbuntMOt Mnbktnr's I'orqurr-
or I'Rvuia ('oniplrffly Inv»-»Ced—
Can Owm-m Nlwnd « Mrgc?
TO EKZTROUM
London, October 27.—It fa reported
that the Russians pursuing Glu-zi
Muhktar have advanced as Lr as K*n.-
rassan, and that Muhktar has retracted
Kiprikos, between Ki.oras-.n ai d
ilassankaleh. Erxen-um fa preparing
for a siege. The inhabitants are arm
ing and reinforcement* are hastening
up from Trebizond. Ghazi Muhktar,
however, reportu that the Russiai shave
not advanced farther than Meliidoose,
on the we*tern slope oi S ghanii D igit,
which fa more probable than the tirat
statement.
THE INVESTMENT OE PLEVNA.
The Daily News’s Bucharest c< res
pondent represents the invehtmem of
Plevna complete. The Ruwiaris appear
determined to surround Plevna by .i
series of works, the Germans did Parfa.
The correspondent doubts whether
Pevna is provisioned for a waiter’s
riege, and c >nclud<s: “I mutt say now
that the question of a second campaign
is resolutely faced and the prospect
looks more hopeful tor the Russians
than atanv time since G„*n. KruJener’s
defeat in July.”
tbe Pbllftdelpiila direct Railroad
Philadelphia, October 27.— 7 he
grand jury has indicted John S Moi-
ton, Hauauel B. Hugh, B. F. Stoker-. J.
R Nagle And George N. Y’icker, on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the
Market street railway company cut of
$200,000. Another indictment charges
Morion, Stokes and Hugh with embez
zling $200000 belonging to the com
pany, and Vickers w-ith receiving it. -
Pruroc'iHi.
London, October 27.—Parliament has
been further prorogued to December
19th.
** Fhe Trial.-* « «**.*.••?Itcr|jrr' f
A r e never experienced by thoee who
use Drxlev’s Yeast P.wjih El-pant, light,
whoVome biscuits, bread, ro’J# and muffins
every time. Try it aid be convinced
Brrad l*» ihe Man of Life.
By Ilo-ad we mean all the various
forms into which It is •.o«;omwy to convert c* re*l
fl .or. When is Dread goo. ? Br a-: l* en d w h« n
U?h , awe laud nnt-iioas, and without d lit-ri -
ore quali >es How are these piop>.riles best
the state fair and* will be welcomed to recare< ?* _ ,n . co vray ’ ** an " Wfr - we!l tnd
Virginia by Governor Kemper. At
night, a s ate reception will be held at
the executive mansion. Thursday there
will lie a review of the military at tbe
lair ground*, a competitive drill and
excursion to Dutch Gap canal, return
ing to Washington at night. The pres*
ident will be accorded au ovation..
onealjr %» Frau .oP-iu Weighl.
The purchaser is entitled to full
mifAf always hi laying any commodity. Doo
lav's Ybast Fob me hi strictly la.1 weigh*, !**-
•Jdce which it la ahtalaulx i«ra.