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Newspaper Page Text8. THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN THE DAILY SUN I politics l\ Georgia. Monday Morning August 21. Communication. WASHINGTON CITY COR RES * PONDENCE. Tiie Adoption of tlie New De parture Yields Everything. Important Letter from Cato, i St. Mary's, Ga... Aug. 17, 1S71. i Editors of the Atlanta Sun: I Washington, Aug. 18,1871. j have read with great care the various I learn from a trustworthy source I opinions of leading men and journals, that the administration (I mean 'ground con, upon the “new departure Grant and his Cabinet) will, at the opening of Congress, covertly favor, if not officially recommend, the pass age of an act by the requisite two- thirds’ vote, granting universal am nesty ! St. Pierre, when nobly vol unteering to be the first of the six victims demanded by Edward III, up on the surrender of Calais by the French, in 1347, exclaimed, (upon being pardoned at the instance of Philippa, the politic wife of the En glish King) “Now I tremble for my country!’. / It is one of those mysteries in poli tics that sometimes takes centuries to solve exactly why the Northern abo litionists, after accomplishing the adoption of the thirteenth amend- meut with the universal consent of the South, did not stop short and ex tend the right hand of fellowship to their recent intelligent opponents.— The extremes are always nearer to each other than the intermediates are to either. Doubtless, in 18G5, this was the intention of the thinking men of the dominant party. I may ven ture to explain that, in some degree, a contrary course was determined up on, in consequence of the avidity with which mere office-seekers, North and South, of the so-called Democracy, Tushed in to support the “No Party,” alias the “No Principle Party,” of Andy Johnson’s Cabinet. Such men in the main were influenced by sordid motives alone—office ! They were mostly chronic, inveterate office-seek ers for pelf, like the English poet, Young, who lias less successful : •‘Twice told tho period spent on stubborn Troy. Court favor, yet unt ikon, I besiege." We must watch these office-seekers with the eyes of an educated cat. I recollect very well the principal per sonages at the Convention in Phila delphia in 1866. Not a single man of them but is now a rampant lladi- eal or a Inischievous “New Departu- i ist.” Principles, to be sure, that no Jeffersonian Democrat could object to, were adopted, but the very men who were foremost in proposing them were the first to turn their back up on and spurn therm—witness the very author of the address—but “de mor- tuis nil nisi bonum.” Any remarks going to show that the information I now give, affords some evidence of a return to com mon sense on the part of the Radical party, would be out of place here. I am, however, one of those who would require a Shyloch bond of our com mon enemy. Nevertheless, it is clear that a. movement in this direction must needs take the wind out of the sails of the New Departurists. If the South must, of necessity be bought, then I demand cash, not promises! In this connection I am sorry to see so-called Democratic journals, which should favor the complete emancipation of the South ern white people, as the “Depart- urists” think in the only way it can possibly be affected, rather throwing cold water upon the Radical pro gramme of universal amnesty—blunt and outright. They even misquote the speech of Mr. Morton, delivered at St. Louis a few days ago, in order to prevent what he really did say from having its legitimate effect! And Morton, I am told, has lost ground upon this very point with Grant and his advisers. What a muddle in pol itics. A gentleman of the Radical persua- fion, the other day, asked me why the opponents of the doctrine of the va lidity of fraud did not quote author ities going beyond, if not superior to the Constitution of the United States? lie cited an old act of Parliament, (I think passed in the reign of Henry II, which, by the way, was only confirm atory of the Common Law and com mon sense) to the effect that a solemn judgment, though rendered by the Court of King’s Bench, the highest judicature of the realm, should be upset upon the allegation and proof of collusion or fraud. Fraud vitiates everything. The Legislation of En gland is full of repudiation by the Courts and repeals of acts of Parlia ment, the passage of which had been procured fraudulently, and these acts nave been regarded in all their conse- • quences, even before repeal, as mere nullities. Acts of Congress in abun- could be quoted, vitiated by fraud, which ex post facto have been declared null and of ho effect, from the beginning, by subsequent acts.—} It will not do to say that the remedy in these instances, was mainly, though not exclusively, through the Legislative authority." The “amend ments” to tho Constitution complain ed of, preclude in some cases the in terposition of a majority oi both Houses of Congress. Is it not mon strous to say that a naked fundamen- policy” now before the Democracy for consideration. It strikes me that the only possible hope of defeating the Radical party is in keeping them on arraignment before the public for having been guilty of violating the cardinal principles of the Constitu tion, of disregarding laws made by themselves when corrupt policy sug gested it, of imposing extraordinary taxation for the support of wanton extravagance, of neglecting to punish defaulters who pocketed huudreds of thousands of dollars drawn from the pockets of the people, of licensing crime by the pardon of criminals for party purposes, by the total disregard of Democratic principles as contra distinguished from monarchy, and by the general winking at corruption and the enforcement of arbitrary usurpa tions in sapping the very foundation of Democratic government. * Now, it appears to me that if we stand upon the “New Departure” platform that we have nothing to contend for, because it is simply a Republican platform, differing only on minor points with the extreme men of that party. Then we would go into the canvass with silent tongues, closed mouths and yielded arguments. If we admit the right, even for policy sake, of the greatest crime they have committed, then it would be worse than foolishness to bleat about the lesser ones. If they are right in the adoption of the amendments, then they are justified of small matters in comparison. It would require a microscopic view to discover the real difference between the Republican and the “new depar ture” platforms, and the only hope of a success worth having is to grant the Radicals no amnesty, but to hold them responsible for all their usurpa tions. In this way we may achieve a victory based upon the fundamental principles of Democratic government as contradistinguished from anything that looks towards or approximates monarchy. Radicalism in power and adminis tration, to some extent, and in’effect, smarts of monarchy. We have felt it. J.M.A.1 ! regular opening of the Syndicate. The i bonds are active at l£ to li per cent. ‘ premium. FRANCE. Jf Storm;/ Direnssion in the .Jytembty. Paris, August 21.—In the Assembly to-day a stormy discussion was aroused by an irreligious expression used by some Deputies in their speeches in the distri bution of prizes in a school in Lyons.— M. Jules Simon, who was present, made a speech, in which he declared he should ever uphold the principles of morality. WASHINGTON. Preparing against Cholera—Content/ ppistoli- zrs Grant—The Weather. Washington, August 21.—Sherman departs North to be gone five weeks. Tlie Delaware and the Albany have been turned over to the health commis sioners at New York for quarantine use. They will be anchored hi the lower bay for the reception of the people coming from cholera-infected regions. Thos. W. Conway, who signs himself as “State Inspector of Education, Lou isiana,” publishes a long letter addressed to the President, wherein, after alluding at length to his services to the Republican party as an excuse for his boldness, he proceeds to narrate that on his way from New Orleans, the bearer of the dispatches from Casey, Packard aiid others, to the President, read the dispatches to the pas sengers. Conway impeaches the truth fulness of Casey, Packard, Sewell and the rest, and concludes by saying: No act of your administration will give more satisfaction to the men who voted for you and made you President than would the removal of the officials who have per petrated the outrage in question; and that nothing short of their displacement will save the Republican party from de feat in the campaign. Meteorological. Office Chief of Signal Service, 1 Washington, D. C. August 21. J kecokd fob the past 24 hours. The barometer has not altered materi ally since Sunday afternoon from Iowa and Missouri westward to the Pacific. The area of low barometer on the lower lakes has moved somewhat to the south east, hut the pressure has risen very rap idly north and east of Ohio. The ba rometer remains low on the South Atlantic coast. Fresh winds from the north and east have very generally prevailed on the Southern and Gulf States, with hazy weather. Light rain is now reported from the Carolina coast. Increasing east erly winds continue from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod, with cloudy and threatening weather from the coast of New Englanc. to the lower lakes. Clear weather, with smoke and haze are reported from,Michi- gan to Tennessee, and westward to the Mississippi river. IgT* “Alexander H. Stephens on the Study of the Law.” - This is the title of a 16 page pamphlet, being the substance of a Lecture to a class of Liberty Hall law students. It is printed aud now ready for sale at The Atlanta Sun office. It is one among the ablest and profonnd- est productions that ever emenated from Mr. Stephens’ pen, and is deeply inter esting and instructive, not only to law yers, but to all classes and professions. Price—single copy 15 cents, 50 copies $5.00. Address J. Henly Smith, Manager Sun office, Atlanta, Ga. augl8-tf The Courier Journal says: “The DemJ ocratic party, the Democratic organiza tion, the Democratic office-holders ought to be grateful for what they got of us.”— No doubt they woxdd all be more than grateful if the C.-J. had given them half the cause to be grateful that it gave Harlan and the other Radicals. TELEGKAPH NEWS By the New York Associated Press. DOMESTIC NEWS. NEW YORK. j(}5r*“The new departure of the Hitlerites is se for tlie third of nest month.” Tlie Courier-Jouraa has borrowed one of Harlan’s shirts as an “ascen tionrobe.” and is ready to join the new departure. The garment just fits.—Atlanta Sun. The Courier-Journal man will not wear Harlan’s shirt on that - interesting occa sion. He would be in imminent danger of slipping out through one of the but ton holes.—Louisville Ledgei'. It was expected that Harlan would “tear his shirt” when the election returns began to come in, but no one would have supposed that the rents would be so large. However, it may be that the Couriei'-Joumal has grown very small to Kentucky Democratic eyes. Probabilities. Easterly winds will probably continue in the Middle and Eastern States, and it is probable that a storm of some severity will continue at a considerable distance off the South Atlantic coast, with easter ly winds and threatening weather from Georgia to New Jersey. Cloudy weatlie will probably continue in the New Eg- land States, Northerly winds and warm, hazy weather from Michigan to Alabama and westward. Poisoned—Another Explosion — Westfield Suits—Itucfiii Helmbolil attempts Suicide—- //(■ Denies It—Steicarl Recovering, Sc. New York, August 21.—A family of six persons were poisoned by eating fish caught near a wreck. It is supposed that the fish wereimpregnant with copper.'— The symptoms are similar to poisoning from strychnine. The tub boat Starbuck exploded her boiler and disappeared. Her boiler con tained fifteen large patches and a seven inch cl-ack on the inside. The Fenians will join the proposed Italian procession if other nationalities are allowed to participate. About fifty suits have been commenced against the Staten Island Ferry Company for damages sustained on account of the explosion of tho Westfield. Helmbold telegraphs that while out gunning this morning his gun accidental ly went off, but he was not injured. A special from Long Branch says about 9 o’clock this morning Dr. H. T. Helm- bold attempted to commit suicide. He borrowed a double-barrel shot gun, and hired a carriage, with a colored driver, aud started out on Ocean Avenue toward Seabright, to shoot meadow larks. Be low Arlington he got out of the carriage, placed the muzzle of the gun under his chin, and fired. Being a small man, the effort to pull the trigger caused his head to move, and his face only was injured. In desperation he repeated the experi ment with the same result. The driver, in the meantime, rushed to him,, caught him, fainting and bleeding, in his arms, and bore him to the Arcade Hotel, whence he was taken home. A. T. Stewart is recovering from a dangerous illness. Wm. A. Bartis, President of the Em pire City Fire Insurance Company has been arrested upon the charge of having in his possession, with guilty knowledge, a stolen bond with altered endorsement He was bailed. Helmbold denies that he attempted to commit suicide. He says he was blow ing out one barrel of the gun when the other was discharged, wounding him in the face slightly. EIEES. The Ward Hospital, on Center street, Newark, has been burned. Loss 880,000. The Waverly House, and thirty other buildings, at Williamsfort, Pa., have been burned. Loss §125,000. An incendiary fire in Virginia City, Ne vada, destroyed fifty buildings. Loss $50,000. Thirteen buildings, at Warsaw, Indi ana, including a Baptist Church, have been burned. Cause—spontaneous com bustion. Loss $50,000. It; -finblau’s Sous Jrou iDorks. Macon Comes to Atlanta -&.gain! ?? FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS “General Banks has gone to En gland for health and recreation;” after which he ought to go to the Fejee Is lands for the benefit of his morals. The Harrisburg (Pa.) Slate-Jo urna quotes, approvingly, “Ambition makes fools of us all.” What an ambitious fel low the editor of the Slate- Joui'nal must be! ►*« K@„The Courier’-Journal exclaims, there no hand on high to shield the brave!” Of course there is; but it is not surprising that the C.-J. is not advised of that fact; since it is in no wise entitled to such protection. SVimerliscments. Notice. I HEREBY consent for my wife, MRS. E, W. MAB- BETT, to bo a Free Trader from this date. nglSwlmo J. M. MABBETT. PORTER FLEMING, COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, JACKSON STBEET, - - AUGUSTA, GA. Commission for Selling Cotton, Per Cent. aug21-5tw GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE Legislative Charter Granted in 1849. Rev. Geo. Y. Brown, President. fJlHE next Academic year begins on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. An Eclectic Class bas been formed for the benefit of those graduates who may desire still further to improve themselves, or to prepare for teaching. ■Kg, New Patent Arion Square Grand Pianos are used. . Expenses are as moderate as in other similar institutions. For further particulars address the President. Madison, Ji*y 29,1871. jy31-d2taw&w2m, TELEGKAMS. the Caldewing is elected Chief of Cherokee Nation by 200 majority. A Sergeant-Major and private, of the 3d cavalry, were killed and horribly mu tilated by the Apaches at Camp Verdi, Arizona. A dispatch from Algiers announces the arrival of a la-ge number of French troops. The Saratoga races have been post poned on account of threatening weather. Amongst the late arrivals at White Sul phur Springs are Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, M. D.; Corse, and Hon. John Goode, of Virginia; Generals W. W. Gary and Jas. Connor, of South Carolina, and Gov. Jacobs, of West Virginia. A dispatch from Fortress Monroe says a large three-masted schooner was ashore off Body Island last Saturday night. It was too rough to communicate with her, hence her name is unknown. Assistance will be sent from Norfolk. A new Belgian Ministry has been formed, with Heguewarberg as President. The carpenters of Berlin have struck for an increase of 25 per cent, in wages, and the reduction of a day’s labor to nine and a half hours. MARTIN INSTITUTE, Jefferson, Jacltson Co., Georgia. T HE FALL TERM of the year 1871 will open on MONDAY, the 21st of AUGUST, instead of Wednesday, the 16th, as it was announced. We think that very few if any institutions of the same grade can offer to patrons inducements equal to ours. Board is only $ 12 to $11 per month. The very low rates of tuition are reduced about one-third by tho endowment, and the quiet, moral and studious habits of the pupils cannot be excelled. Our applications from abroad are already nume rous, and those wishing to secure board will do well to apply immediately. For full information address Prof. J. W. GLENN. Prof. S. P. OP.R, or aug7 wlm. FOREIGN NEWS. ENGLAND The Potato Crop its Danger—Parliament Prorogued—The JYetc Loan London. August 21.—It is feared the potato blight will almost destroy the Irish potato crop. John Bright ismuch better. Queen Victoria is ill at Balmoral. A Russian fleet with +oi “ n , [— ~ | XJ. 0..1U30J.ULL ,,^1* the Grand Duke tai tratid upon .he American people Alexis left Cronstadt yesterday for New without redress of any kind, can be J York. perpetrated, because Congress has The Parliament has been prorogued to Been proper to tie its own hands in i November the 7th, by the Royal Commis- sucli a manner as permanently to fix ! s * on ; . ^, e re l at ions with foreign powers A 1 - J - - ! are friendly. A hope is expressed for the Ex-Governor Brown's Speech. A griculturnl For the benefit of such of our readers as are interested in farming, (and who is not ?) we publish afnll and correct report of the very able and instructive speech of Hon. Joseph E. Brown before the Rome Convention. The Reporter was present and took notes of it at the time, but we have waited till the author could revise and correct it thoroughly. The speech, like everything emanating from Governor Brown, is dear and com- Head of Third St. ? Sig*. ctf • Flag.** MnACON 3 r . THE LARGEST IA THE SOUTH! Skilled Labor and Modern Machinery. Northern Prices for Machinery Duplicated. STEmMJtM EA'GXjVES OF .Wl' KAF/I 1&/T0 SIZE. AIM Gearing. Kettles; Iron igs of Iron anti m ass of Every UescripiSoik and Jflachinc- yy of nil Hinds Tfl 0 312) ESI. IRON WH .A. I 3Li. X TV O- , Of Elegant Designs, and at Prices that. Defy Competition. itS”No Chirge for New Patterns in Furnishing Outfit of Machinery for Saw or Merchant Mills..®* REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES! Competent Workmen furnished upon application to overhaul Engines, Saw Mills, etc., in any section of the country. FINDLAY’S SAW - DUST GRATE BAR SHOULD BE USED BY EVERY 3.VW-MCLL PROPRIETOR. Millstones, Belting, Circular Saws, Steam Fittings, Babbit Metal, etc., etc. FURNISHED TO ORDER. TERMS. GASH OR APPROVED PAPER. Ti- FINDLAY':*? SON'S, Macon, Ga. THH GREAT ECLIPSE Screw Cotton and Hay Press! JAS. E, RANDOLPH, Sec. Board of Trustees. W. H. HOWARD. C. H. HOWARD. W. H. HOWARD & SON, COTTON FACTORS COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 2 WARREN BLOCK, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. W E again tender onr services in the Warehouse business, in aU its branches, to onr old pat rons and planters generally. Commission for Selling Cotton, One anti a Quarter Per Cent, j As usual. AU family supplies ordered win bo carefuU y se lected by one of the firm, at the lowest market prices. . Orders for Bagging and Ties will be promptly filled, and at the lowest cost price. Liberal cash advances mado on cotton in ware house. We extend all the facilities offered byjWare- liouse Merchants. Consignments solicited—satis faction guarantee. aug21w3m University of Georgia. SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR. FACULTY. A- A. LIPSCOMB, D. D., LL. D., Chaxceixos, p. H MELL, D. D., Vice Chaxc'ellok. . SCHOOLS. Ancient Languages—W, H. WADDELL, A. M, Modern Languages—M. J. SMEAD, Ph. D. Rhetoric and Belles Letters—CH AS. MORRIS, A. M. Ethics and Metaphysics—P. H. MELL, D. D. Mathematics—WILLIAM RUTHERFORD. A. M, Natural Philosophy—W. L. BROUN, A. M. Chemistry, Geology, and Agriculture—W. L. JONES, Patented Peb ? y JL373L, by Pindlay Sc CJraig. An ANTI-FRICTION SCREW—A MECHANICAL WONDER. This wonderful Mechanical achievement in point of RAPIDITY and LIGHTNESS of DRAUGHT, STANDS WITHOUT A RIVAL, and is destined at an early day to supersede ALL OTHER Cotton Screws, t>« they fabricated of Wrought or Cast Iron. - Coi,.iPAEcnKK, Ga., December 21,1870. R. FINDLAY’S SONS. Findlay’s Iron Works. Macon, Ga.: Dear Sirs—Late this fan I purchased from yon one of yonr Findlay & Craig Eclipse Patent Screw Cot ton Presses, and, after a full and fair trial, do not hesitate to pronounce it tho most rapid, of lightest draught, most powerful—in fact, the best (without an exception) Cotton Press I ever saw. Between this and all other Iron Screw Presses I have ever seen or used, there is. just simply no comparison. Every planter shonld use yonr Press. JOHN L. GILBERT. P. S.—You may consider my order in for two more of the above Presses for next season, and may loo* for many orders from this secUon : my neighbors are determined to have them, as th n y can pack by hand twice as fast as any of the other Iron Screw Preases can by horse power. ' J. L- G. Since last fall, and before accepting Patent, we added improvements and labor-saving conveniences- rendering it PERFECT in every particular. The screw or pin, has a pitch, or fall, of G>I inches ; that u, at every turn of the scrw, follower block descends (or ascends, as tho case may be) 6?£ inches. The de vice of the tube or nut in which tho screw works, is such as to materially reduce the friction, so great in the common screw ; thereby rendering it an easy task for threo hands to pack a bale of cotton in HALF THE TIME OF ANY OTHER Iron Screw Press by horse-power. [See J. L. Gilbert’s certificate.] When desira ble, an ordinary mule can be substituted for three men without change of fixtures. STRENGTH, DUBI- BILITY, RAPIDITY, LIGHT DRAUGHT, and STANDING ROOM attop of box, etc., etc., in short, we pro nounce it the BEST Screw Press IN THE WORLD, and respectfully invito a public test with any and su other Screw Presses. To purchasers wo GUARANTEE SATISFACTION or REFUND PRICE MONEY. SEND FOR PRICE LIST, ETC. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. CRAIGS PATENT HORSE POWER, FOE DEIYIXG COTTON GINS. 4Sf*Simplest, Strongest and Best ever yet invented. Requires no Wood Work. Sets upon the ground, cache put up WITHOUT the aid of a Mechanic._rE£T Satislatiou Gr u a.r antoed or Money Relunded- SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR. .. t ** ifHM.lLq aH-sH- JitoititlS %u'. ‘ R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. -x>:- Tlie New Portable Steam Engine For Driving Cotton Gins, Printing Presses, and for any purpose requiring from one to ten horse Pow^r- PS o ft 35 ft „ . Civil Engineering—L. H. CHARBONNIER, M. D. prehensive, and is full of instruction.— j La ^~^j v ' ^ mit chell, a. m. and R. D. moobe, He is one of tlie most successful farmers J University High School—W. W. LUMPKIN, A. M., - - - A. L. HULL, A. M., B T. HUNTER, A. M. the fraud upon onr posterity in all time to come ? Cato. “Money is a queer institution,” says an exchange. Too, there are some kinds of money known as “Queer.” continued tranquility in the East. The speech was mostly devoted to local affairs, and dwells satisfactorily on the Treaty of Washington. Twenty millions of the five per cent. Bonds have been taken in advance of the in Georgia; has given the subject a great deal of careful attention, and his views are worth something. What he knows of farming is not merely theoretical, but is practical the soil, preserving it from washing, and raising stock, which cannot fail to be val uable to every farmer. T HE next session opens September 13,1871. The above named Schools are in full opperation. Students may select whatever Course they wish. Special attention is i>aid to the professional Schools of Law, Agriculture, and Civil Engineering, which He gives ideas of enrichins I have been expanded to embrace a much larger fielJ. - s I Industrial Schools of Telegraphy, etc., are estab lished in connection with the University High School which opens upon September 1st. Tuition, including all other fees, In all Depart ments, $100, viz: $lo upon 15th September, and >60 upon 16th January. Board $1G to $30 a month. By messing, students reduce this to $10 a month. Total expenses $275 per annum. For further information, address tha Chancellor, or WILLIAM HENRY WADDELL. Secretary of the Faculty, aug22-2twdlt University of Georgia, Athens. Ga. £35°* One hundred and forty-one new NationalBanks are all that the country has been able to organize this year so far. LJ ft fed tn H © I s <2 C 3 % tn st & ss 5? *4 o go boT, url0N AGAINST EXPLOSION. It is e natural "opark arrester,-V,. SPARK CAN ESCAPE, NO MATTER WHAT FUEL IS USED—an imp wtant consideration m nuigand similar work. Awarded first premiums by American Institute 1869-70. Send fteJJeacw Circular and Price List. Kimball s B. & A. It. B. money received for old claims or new orders. B. FINDLAY’S SONS, juse23- FINDLAY IRON WORKS, MACON.