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THJfi STATIC ROAD BOOKS.
Tite Struggle for tlieir “Possess
ion”—Tlic General Bookkeep
er and the Attorney-General—
A HiglilS'IntercstingandCour-
teous Discussion—A Satisfac
tory Termination.
Important Correspondence.
In our last issue we'stated that the
question a3towho should have charge
and hold immediate possession of the
books and papers belonging to the
Western and Atlantic Kail road, was
a matter of serious consideration and
negotiation all day on Friday, and
that they were guarded by a posse of
policemen on Friday night.
The final solution of the matter in
all its details, however, was not reach
ed till Saturday—all of which the
following correspondence fully ex
plains :
Atlanta, August 25, 1871.
To the Hon. Henry P. Far rone, Attorney
General: Sir—As my right to the custody
of the books and papers connected with
the State Road, left over at the time said
road was leased, is disputed, I now offer,
in your presence, to turn over said books
and papers to the Comptroller-General;
but I respectfully decline to surrender
them to Hon. Foster Blodgett, or to any
person designated by him.
Please state if it will satisfy your claims
upon the books and papers for me to
make the disposition above indicated.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Chas. P. McCalla.
Atlanta, Ga., August 25, 1871.
Sir: Your proposition to turn over all
the books and papers of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, alluded to by you,
cannot be accepted for the reason that I
consider it my duty, under the laws of
Georgia and instructions this day receiv
ed, to ascertain from those books and
papers, as speedily as possible, who are
ir. default, and the amount of tlieir de
fault ; and further, who have now in their
possession any money or property of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, whether
fraudulently or otherwise, and cause
proper demand to be made of them for
settlement, and, in case of failure to set
tle them, have proper statement of the
sum thus withheld made to the Comptrol
ler General that he may issue his execu
tion as the law directs, aud thus bring
them to a settlement in the most sum
mary manner. With a view to thus
placing these matters in such shape that
the Comptroller can issne his execution
and bring these purties, no matter who
they may be, to a speedy settlement, I
wish to place all the books and papers
under the immediate control of Judge
Collier, or any other citizen of like unim
peachable character, and have them fur
nished with such aid as will enable them
to speedily furnish me a complete state
ment of every defanlcation or fraud.
Daring the meanwhile you or any other
citizens desiring, shall have free access to
those books and papers in the presence
of Judge Hammock, Dr. Redwine, Judge
Collier, or such other like citizen as
might be selected, and only in their pres-
ence; I aud all other persons heretofore
connected with the road being under the.
same restrictions, and in the meanwhile
every facility shall be afforded to ascer
tain fraud-aod bring parties now, or here
after, arrested to justice, whether they be
high or low in station.
Very respectfully,
Henry P. Farrow,
Attorney W. & A. R. R.
Chas. P- McCalla, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta; August 25, 1871.
Col Farrow: Without committing my
self to anything you may hold touching
your rights dr duties in reference to
making collections, I consider your prop
osition <fs to the custody of the books and
the terms of access to them not unfair,
and therefore accept the same.
It is indifferent to me which of the
three gentlemen you name is selected.
Please designate any one of them for
yourself.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Chas. P. McCalla.
keep all they had on hand at the time
the lease was perfected. But, upon the
contrary, the General Assembly was con
tent to leave them to be brought to set
tlemcnt as the Code directs; aud placed
nothing in law leasing the road to con-
met with those sections of the Code.
The remedy prescribed in the Code is a
summary one. It is the duty of the
Superintendent to ascertain the amount
due the road from them and demand
settlement. If they refuse it is his duty
to make a complete statement of the same
to the Comptroller General, whereupon lie
is required to issue hisexecution as agaiuRt
a defaulting Tas Collector, which
execution is to l>e free from any judicial
interference whatever. Thus, the Code
directs that all these agents or appointees
of the Superintendent shall be brought
by him to a settlement, and there is noth
ing in the law leasing the road which
conflicts therewith. It may be said that a
sufficient time has already elapsed for all
these settlements to have been made; but
with that question I nave nothing to do.
My connection with the matter com
menced yesterday, and I will pnrsue the
law vigorously.
While I regret to know that I have
been compelled, from a sense of duty, to
take issue with his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, and the Superintendent on some
questions, and oppose them with all the
power and influence I possessed, even to a
rupture of pleasant relations; yet, so
long as his Excellency, Governor R. B.
Bullock, remains the Chief Magistrate of
Georgia he shall have from me all the re
spect and support to which his official
position entitles him. And believing
that the law makes it the duty of Hon.
Foster Blodgett, Superintendent of the
Western aud Atlantic Railroad, to bring
all his subordinate appointees to a set
tlement, I shall respect him as such, and
faithfully discharge any and all duties
which may devolve upon me as the attor
ney of the Western and Atlantic Rail
road.
T have entered upon this duty untram
melled by any private instructions or re
strictions by either the Governor or Su
perintendent, and I trust they both know
me well enough to know that in the dis
charge of my duty I will screen no man.
I have had an interview with Dr. Red-
wine, and am inclined to think I will be
able to procure his services, and if so, you
will be informed when we are ready to
open the books and papers, and will be
invited to be preseut, either iu person or
by attorney.
With the highest personal respect,
I am, &e., Henry P. Farrow,
Attorney W. & A. R. R.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26, 1871.
Hon. 11. P. Farrow, Attorney General:
Sir—In answer to your communication
of this date I would say that I am satis
fied with the selection of Dr. C. L. Red-
wine, C. 0. Hammock and John Collier
as the proper custodians of the books
aud papers of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad.
While I disagree with you as to the
authority by which you . claim the right
to prosecute claims to full settlement,
nevertheless, I am more than willing to
jvaive all points at issue and agree that
these gentlemen shall at once take cliaTge
of all books and papers of said road.
With respect,
I am your obedient servant,
Chas. P. McCalla,
General Book-keeper.
THE a tlanta weekly sun.
5.
Atlanta, Ga., August 26, 1871.
Sir: I am glad to learn from your note
of yesterday evening in response to mine,
declining to consent to a proposition sub
mitted by you, that you- consider the
course wliich I intend pursuing “not un
fair,” and it is perhaps highly proper for
me to inform you at once, in response to
your declaration, that you do not wish to
be understood as committing yourself to
any theory I may hold as to my duties
and rights in the premises, that it is im
material with me whether you so commit
yourself or not. Under the Code of
Georgia the duties and powers of the
Superintendent of tne Western and At
lantic Railroad are most clearly defined,
and cannot be misunderstood. The law-
leasing the said road superseded or re
pealed so much of the Code relating to
the rights, powers and duties of the Su
perintendent as were in conflict with said
law; and all other sections of the Code
relating to his rights, powers and duties
stand unrepealed and of full force. The
law leasing the road passed the road itself
out of hispossession, and relieved him of all
duties in connection therewith. It f iu-ther
passed all financial settlements 'between
this road and all connecting roads out of
his hands and placed them in the hands
of the company leasing the road,
farther passed out of his hands all settle
ments to be made with parties holding
liquidated demands against the road ex
isting at the time of the lease, whether
due or to become due, and placed the
same in the hands of his Excellency, the
Governor, who is authorized to draw his
warrant for the same. It furthermore
passed out of his bauds all settlements to
be made with parties holding unliqui
dated demands against the road, existing
at the time of the lease, and placed the
Same in the hands of a Board of Com
missioners named in the law itself,
whose duty it is to pass on the same.
But nowhere iu that law or all other
laws is there a sentence, a clause, or a
word, relieving him of the duty of bring
ing all his subordinate appointees and
agents to a settlement; and unless there
is some law relieving Mm of those duties
under the Code, it is still bis right and
imperative duty to bring them to a set
tlement. It is not to be presumed that
the General Assembly intended to turn
all these agents free and at liberty to
Atlanta, Ga., August 26, 1871.
Messi’s- C. L. Redwine, C. C. HammocJc
and E. E. Rawson, Atlanta, Ga.—
Gentlemen: I herewith hand you a cor
respondence which you will please give a
careful perusal, as it is my wish to pro
cure your se: vices, as citizens in whom
the entire community have implicit con
fidence, to take charge of the books and
papers of the "Western & Atlantic Rail
road, and one or the other of you, or all
jointly, supervise personally the bringing
up of all the books, and supervise person
ally all investigation of said books and
papers made with a view to ascertaining
any and all frauds perpetrated by any
parties, whomsoever, in the affairs of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad. It is not
my desire to ask any labor of you further
than to be present and see that the duty
is correctly performed by competent
book-keepers wliom I will furnish you,
assuring you that I will not employ any
clerk for this duty under your supervision
who is in any particular objectionable to
either of you. It is my desire that no
man, whomsoever, shall be permitted to
handle any book or paper except under
the eye of one or tbe other of you, but
that you permit any citizen to exercise
the right the law gives him to see the
same under your eye. For this impor
tant duty I will see that you will be prop
erly compensated. Hoping you will con
sent to perform this duty
I remain, very respectfully, <tc.,
Henry P. Farrow,
Attorney W. & A. R. R,
Foster Blodgett’s Say So.
We find the following in the Era
of yesterday, and lay it before our
readers that they may see what Capt.
Blodgett has to say for himself:
Atlanta. August 26, 1871.
jEditor Era—Dear Sir: In a conver
sation with C. P. McCalla on Thursday
morning, he said to me that he had been
advised to remove his office and the books
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
from the Capitol Building to some other
part of the city, and also said that the
same parties did not think he was acting
“square,” for the reason that his room
and mine were adjoining, etc. I told him
that the rooms for the books, etc., had
been provided by the Governor, and that
all the books had been kept safely, and I
■would not consent to their removal with
out orders from the Governor. McCall
seemed to agree to this. As I had been
quite unwell for several days, I called on
Dr. Orme, who gave me medicine, and
advised me to go home and go to bed,
wliich I did about 10} o’clock a. m.—
About 6 P. *V information was brought
me that McCalla intended to remove the
books of the State Road from the build
ing belonging to the State to some pri
vate office. As the books had been safe
taon of any citizen; but tbat I did not
think they should be taken away and
controlled by C. P. McCalla and a small
coterie of persons.
Now I desire to say a word iu relation
to tlie money received from Alexander,
being paid into the hands of the State
Treasurer: On the 16th of this month,
iu a conversation with Major George
Hillyer, I asked him if it might not be
important to have tbo identical money
received by McCalla from Alexander at
the time these cases were presented to
the Superior Court, aud if, in his judg
ment, it would not be advisable for Mc
Calla to make a special deposit in some
Bank. Maj. Hillyer replied that he
thought my suggestion a good one, hut
that it would be better to have the money
deposited with the State Treasurer. I
immediately saw McCalla; told him of
this conversation with Maj. Hillyer, and
told him to put the money in the envel
ope, endorse his name on it. and deposit
it with State Treasurer. I inquired sev
eral times of McCalla if he had deposited
the money, and he answered, no. On
Wednesday, 23d instant, I was told on
the street that botli McCalla and myself
would be arrested if tbat money was not
placed in the hands of the State Treas-
er. I went at once to room 45, Capitol
Building, aud told McCalla what I had
heard, and urged him to deposit the
money with Dr. Angier immediately.—
Next morning, Thursday the 24th, I rea
in The Daily Sun, tbat McCalla had de
posited the amount of $3,950 with the
State Treasurer. So when I saw McCalla
about ten o’clock tbat morning, I said
to him that I saw by The Sun tbat be bad
deposited tbe Alexander money with Dr.
Angier, tbat I was very glad of it, for be
would certainly have been arrested if it
bad not been done. He said be bad paid
it over and bad Dr. Angier’s receipt. I
bad requested a friend to see Dr. Angier
and find out tbe amount of money paid
over to him by McCalla. This gentleman
reported to me that he saw Dr. Angier at
three o’clock p. m. of Thursday the 24th
inst., five hours after McCalla told me
that he had Angier’s receipt, and that at
that time no money had been paid J' Nor
did I know that the money was turned
over until after the order was published
removing McCalla.
. The above is a statement of facts as
they occurred, and yet newspapers say
that I removed McCalla because he paid
over this money, when it was ordered to
be done by me. I do not believe it
would now be in the hands of Dr. Angier
but for McCalla’s fear of being arrested.
The charge that I desired to retain the
books for the purpose of mutilation, al
teration or secretion, is perfectly ridicu
lous; for, in either event, I would be tbe
party to suffer, and would justly incur
the execration of the whole community.
I will also add that I have been ever
willing to assist in any way in exposing
fraud in this matter, and in bringing
guilty parties'to justice; and I have not
hesitated to give any information or to
voluntarily give any papers or books that
have been asked for by those whom I
believed were honestly endeavoring to
expose crime, but I have not, and will
not assist in any persecution, either for
political or pecuniary considerations.
There are some other facts that will
appear at the proper time, that will be
astounding to the public, but as the
whole matter will be judicially • investi
gated, I think it best to say as little as
possible, and I would not have written
this but for the reason that the facts and
my motives have been so terribly dis
torted aud misconstrued.
Yery respectfully,
Foster Blodgett,
Sup’t W. & A. R. R.
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.
From the Day Boole.
ly kept where they were since the last of
December, 1870, over seven months, and
knowing no good reason for their remov
al, I instructed CoL A. L. Harris to con
sult immediately with the attorney for
the Western aud Atlantic Railroad as to
the best course to be taken by me. The
consultation resulted in the orders issued
by me. I requested Colonel H. 1. F;xr-
row, the Attorney-General, to let it be
known that we did not desire to score ,e
the books, or any of them, and that they
would be open for examination or inspec
tion. Alexander H. Stephens and
the “World.”
Several weeks ago the New York World
had a civil enough editorial in relation to
the position of Hon. Alexander H. Ste
phens on the fraudulent “amendment,”
in which it asked Mr. Stephens some
questions, and expressed a desire that he
would be * ‘more explicit. ” Mr. Stephens
quoted the whole of the TPon’efs article
in The Atlanta Sun, and replied to it at
length in an article of great ability and
fairness, which completely silenced the
World. It neither copied Mr. Stephens’
article nor attempted any reply to his ar
guments. For a whole month it was
silent, and then it came out with an arti
cle entitled: "Is Alexander H. Stephens
a Democrat?” which for assurance and
downright impudence, surpasses anything
the New York Times can do in tbat line.
It opens with this sentence: “We are
not among those who approve of the sus
picions cast by some Southern journals
on the motives of Mr. Stephens,” etc.—
Now, we take the responsibility of saying
that no respectable paper, North or South
has cast “suspicions on the motives of
Mr. Stephens.” This is a falsehood of
the Worlds own invention. And its
whole article, under the hypocritical cov
er of defending Mr. Stephens, is the most
malignant abuse of him. Unable to
meet and refute his arguments, it resorts
to the dishonorable trick of aspersing his
motives.
The man who could write such an arti
cle is a sneak and a coward. We mean
just that. That a journalist who is noto
riously in the market for sale, and who
was, until within a short time ago, to
the best of his ability, the most lyiDg
and venomous enemy of the Democratic
party—who, when his sheet had proved
a failure as a rabid Radical organ, and
he was compelled to sell out to the Dem
ocrats, wrote to Mayor Opdyke: “ I must
have more money to keep my paper going
or I shall be compelled to sell out to the
Democrats, which will be the most mor
tifying event of my life:” that such a dis
honorable carpet-bagger as this in the
Democratic party should attempt to-as
perse the motives of any honorable man,
is proof tbat journalistic impudence has
gone up to a pitch unknown in the world
before.
gJThisAminadab Sleek of the press says:
“In thus defending Mr. Stephens, we
take it for granted that he intends to sub
mit his judgment to that of the Demo
cratic National Convention in 1872.”
Now, this comes well from an editor who
two weeks before the date of the last
Presidential election, in a long and leaded
editorial,-threw overboard the Democratic
nominees, in eonsidsration, it is believed,
of a large sum in hand, paid bysome
capitalists at Washington. Who will go
boil that he will not do the same thing
this time ? We do not suppose there is
a Democrat in the United States who
does uot honestly believe that this man
would go back to the Radicals, and if
they check up to his figure, they can have
him again.
After Grant’s election be tried to sell
out his paper for a New York Grant or
gan. The price was agreed upon, but
Grant was unable to fulfill his part of the
bargain, which was the disposal of certain
official plunder for the purchase. Be
sides, it was discovered that for Grant to
get hold of the World as lii3 especial or
gan, would set the Tribune and Times
dead against his administration ; and so
Judas Iscariot failed to get his money.
When he wheeled his paper into the
Democratic party lie was bought—bought
to forsake his own mongrel principles,
and to play the part of a Democratic pa
per, which he believed was “the most
mortifying event of his life,” as Mayor
Opdyke on oath affirmed. And it lias
been the most “mortifying event** that
ever happened in the history of Demo
cratic journalism in this country, for the
paper has been only a source of cor
ruption, bribery and dishonor. It is as
untruthful as it is malignant against all
true Democratic principles.
In this article against Mr. Stephens it
says: “Five-sixths of the Democratic
journals of the country approve and en
dorse Yallandigham’s ‘new departure.’ ”
Now, we challenge the World to name
twenty well-known, able, and efficient
Democratic journals in the whole United
States which have heartily endorsed the
“new departure.” Less than one-fourth
of the Democratic press of all sorts have
done so, and we do not know one of the
leading papers of the “departure,” here
in the North, which was ever a sonnd
Democratic paper.
If there is such a paper, which is it ?
They are all the fossil remains of the old
“free soil” and abolition “departures.”
“Departure” from the principles of the
Democratic party is no new thing to
them. They are as familiar, with it as
the devils were with the swine they pos
sessed in Gallilee. They “departed” in
1848. They “ departed” in 1863, into
the service of Lincoln. And the sooner
they are “departed” finally and forever,
the better will it be for the Democratic
party and our country.
The World hopes Mr. Stephens will be
“loyal and submissive;” wliich is the
vernacular of treason to the Constitution
of the United States. It is not the lan
guage of Democracy. The editor of
that hireling sheet has not been long
enough in the company of Democrats to
know either the principles or the lan
guage of the party.
But he says “we” with the impudence
quite equal to that of the unmentionable
things which swam down the river in
company with the apples. “Seehow we
Democrats do swim” says the World.
And so, indeed, they do swim, almost in
the black waters of Mongrelism, quite
oblivious of every principle of the Dem
ocratic party. They have been swimming
ever since ^1863, and they now abuse
every Democrat who will not strip him
self bare of his principles and plunge
into the same filthy stream.
But it is a slander to say that “five-sixths
of the Democratic papers” have gone
bathing in those turbid waters, which
are full of the sediment of “frauds,”
“despotism,” and “amendments.” And
it is simply foolishness to imagine that
the Democratic party, when it assembles
to nominate a President next year, is
going to denude itself of all its princi
ples, and follow these departureites into
the cesspool of Mongrelism. We Jhave
never for a moment conceived the possi
bility of such a thing.
But the World and a few other papers
of the hybrid character (half white and
half black) talk as if they owned the
Democratic party. They tell what it is
going to do next year as though they car
ried it in their pockets. It was three
tailom who once petitioned the crown of
Great Britain, beginning thus, “We, the
people of England! ” etc. The impu
dence of the “departed Democrats” is
about a match for that. Mr. Stephens’
sentiments, as*expressed in his paper, are
essentially the same held by an overwhel
ming majority of the Democratic party
of the whole country. The doctrines of
the World are held by less than one-tenth
of the party,—Hew York Day Book, Au
gust 12, 1871,
telle of the 26th :
We are informed that Augusta Presby
tery will meet at New Hope Church,
Paoli, Madison county, Ga., on Friday
uight, the 8th of September, 1871, at 7}
o’clock,
It has now been a little over seven
weeks since we have had rain enough to
do much good in Elberton. We never
saw crops looking more promising than
they were before the dry weather set in,
but they are almost ruined now.
On Sunday morning last, about four
o’clock, a fire broke out in the T.nmnr
House Saloon, which was fortunately dis
covered before it bad made much pro
gress, and by the powerful exertions of a
few men, was stopped before it did very
much damage. Mr. Deadwyler, the pro
prietor, perhaps lost some six or seven
hundred dollars in stock, besides the in
jury to the house.
We regret to learn that Mr. Tinsley R.
White, who resides a few miles below this
village, had his residence, with nearly all
of his furniture, bedding and clothing
burned on Wednesday night last. Mr.
White and lady were absent from home
whqn the fire occurred, and it is supposed
that the fire broke out from a room in
which a negro woman had a fire for the
purpose of ironing.
cartersvtlle.
The Express has the following :
We are pained to announce that our
esteemed fellow-townsman, Colonel Akin,
and family are the subjects of severe
afflictions. Two of the children have
died during the past week, and at the
present writing, another one, we learn is
dead. The Colonel himself has been in
bad health for some time past.
All the prisoners except four in the
Bartow county jail escaped on the night
of the 23d inst., about 10 o’clock, it is
supposed, by sawing through the floor
and digging nnder the wall. It is sup
posed that they must have worked nearly
a week before they accomplished their
design. How they obtained tools, and
by whom assisted, if assisted they were,
no one knows. The four who remained
in the jail could have made their escape
if they had wished to do so; in fact, one
of them did get out, and went to the
jailor’s house to inform him of the other
prisoners’ escape. Their time having
nearly expired, we presume they thought
they would remain and “tough it out.”
CALHOUN. Wl’i
The Times of the 25th, says :
As we go to press a refreshing rain is
gladdening those who have not yet sowed
turnip seed.
The digest of taxable property for this
county shows an increase oj $154,000 for
the present year over the returns of last
year.
Ned Anderson, colored, an employe of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, on
Wednesday of last week, fell between
two cars of the wood train and died very
soon from injuries received.
Planters in middle Georgia
Would do well to remember that W.
H. Howard, Jr., is connected with the
house of W. H. Howard & Son, Augusta,
Ga., whose advertisement appears in an
other column. His personal attention is
given to the weighing of cotton at the
Warehouse. For several years since the
war he has Joeen engaged in business in
Atlanta, but for the past two years he
has been connected with the house of
Howard & Son, of Augusta.
This old house and all its members en
joy a high reputation for business integ
rity and accommodation to its patrons.
TELEGRAMS.
MR.
STEPHENS’ PAMPHLET ON THE
STUDY OP THE LAW.
GEORGIA NEWS.
The Banner of the 25th has the follow
ing:
The first bale of new cotton was
brought to this market on the 22d,
Mr. Henderson Willingham, an old and
well known citizen, died on Tuesday
night, after an illness of only ten hours.
His disease was a congestive chill.
The corps of surveyors of the North
eastern Railroad have been detained sev
eral days by not receiving some portion
of their outfit, but expect to commence
to-morrow or Monday, and j>ush forward
vigorously.
The protracted dry weather has greatly
injxu-ed crops in this region. On Monday
and Tuesday high winds prevailed, and
.the dust held high carnival. On Wednes
day there was a heavy rain, and every
thing wears a more comfortable and hope
ful aspect;
We learn that a squad of United States
troops entered Madison county a few days
since in Search of illicit distilleries.—
They succeeded in finding one, which
they demolished, and required the
owner to give bond in one thousand dol
lar/; for Ins appearance at Atlanta for
fcriaL . .
COLUMBUS.
The Sun lias the following:
We understand that the N. & S. road
are negotiating for an engine and iron.—
The first ten miles will beready.for them
before November.
There are now being built in Columbus
a number of wooden houses, some small,
and others are undergoing repair, the
cost of which complete will be in the
neighborhood of $50,000. No mechanic
is idle.
Gen. Ed. Johnson, the gallant leader
of the 12th Georgia, and commander of a
division at Spotsylvania Court House,
was at the Rankin House yesterday. He
registers from Richmond, Ya.
We are told there are two or three
large dogs in the city who understand all
the calls of the watch and will rendez
vous at the spot designated as quickly as
an officer. Then, woe to the man who
touches a policeman, for they will go for
him at once.
elberton.
The following items are from the Ga-
A member of the New York bar sends
us the following letter:
New Yoke Cits, Aug. 22, 1871.
J. Hexes Smith, Manager, &c., Atlanta, Ga.:
Inclosed please find ?5 for fifty copies of the great
letter of Mr. Stephens to his Law Students. I want
it to give away here as benevolent men purchase re
ligious tracts to distribute gratuitously among the
heathens. This is missionary ground, and needs the
light this luminous letter sheds upon the lofty mis
sion of the Law—the proud position its practitioner
should sustain, and the high and often holy duties
resting upon one of the members of our noble pro
fession.
I have never read anything that so mnch filled me
with profound views and conceptions of my profes
sion, as has this glorious gift o. Ihis great Georgian,
to young men who hope to win honors and earn for
tunes in our profession.
I feel a double interest in this, as it is the produd-
tion of one whom I personally know, whose puriiy
and personal virtues, give to alibis sentiments, opin
ions and arguments the weight of authority which no
other man's opinions or arguments can command.
Whatever Mr. Stephens writes is read with un
bounded avidity by e'l men, and his readers are
often smitten with wonder at the marvelous vigor
which pervades, not only the thoughts but the ex
pressions of this pain-riven invalid, toward whom
the hearts, affections and gratitude of true men as
naturally turn, as the sun sends its rays flowing tc
the God it worships.
Long may he be, spared to wield the glittering
blade of his logic in defense of the Constitution
which our Fathers gave us, against the assissin as
saults of madcap adventurers, who are sapping for
ever Liberty’s last foundation upon earth ; and
whose temple, if it is now thrown dewn, will never
be erected agSin. Yours, truly,
SUN-STROKES.
ISir* Since Helmbold’s attempt, he has
not so much “cheek” as he had.
: The Chinese - American Tea
s interesting the New York
Trade”
Het'cdd.
Renfortk’s death is attributed to
apoplexy—but England will not believe
the report.
The Courier-Journal, at this late day,
comes forward and says that Bill was sent
to Rodman by mistake. That is a better
joke tbau Prentice ever got off.
JKar’ That Rodman bill was all a mis
take, explains the Courier-Journal. Of
course it was. It was the great mistake
of tlie Courier-Journal's life.
London, August 26.—Napoleon visited
Chatham to-day.
The French Assembly will probably
adjourn on the 10th of September.
It is stated the seige in the depart
ments will be raised when the National
Guards are disarmed.
Blanco’s rebellion in Uruguay is crushed
and amnesty proclaimed.
The police and populace of Rome had
a conflict, in which one person was killed
and two wounded.
The governments of Great Britain and
the United States have chosen Count
Lugi Corti third Arbitrator at Geneva
under the Washington treaty.
It is positively announced that the
Emperors of Germany and Austria will
meet at Salzburg soon.
The report of Beust’s retirement from
the Austrian Ministry is groundless.
The entry of the Carlists into Spain is
imminent.
Five heavy columns of troops were-
sent to the frontier and the civil guard
has concentrated.
The Archbishop of Madrid directs the
clergy to refuse sacrament to all persons-
married by civil rite.
All parties in the French Assembly are
dissatisfied with their leaders.
Boston, August 27.—The Banger Ex
press ran into the Beverly train, seven
miles from Boston, last night. Eighteen-
men aud three women are dead.
Later.—The particulars of the accident
last night on the Eastern Railroad are
appalling. The Express ran into an ac
commodation train, at full speed, with
such force that the engine and tender
reached the center of the last car which
was demolished. This car was crowded
with passengers,sitting and standing. The
wood-work instantly took fire, and the
scene which followed was terrible. The
boiler of the engine burst and the victims
were enveloped in a cloud of steam and
deluged with hot water. The latter ex
tinguished the flames, but only a few of
the passengers in the ear who were not
instantly lolled by the collision escaped
the fatal effects of the steam;
Other cars in the accommodation train
took fire from the upsetting of kerosene
lamps; but the passengers got out in
time.
The hateel.
The number of dead so far is twenty-
four, among them the Rev. Dr. Ezra Gar
rett, of Boston.
At the time of the collision the ac
commodation train forBeverly had its red
signal lights behind, and the red signal
was twisted ;;t the masthead of the signal
port for the Express train to hold up,
which it did at Everett; but, subsequent
ly, proceeded and was under full head
way when near Revere station, the engi
neer evidently not being aware of the
proximity of the Beverly train until, per
haps, within sixty rods of it. Ho then
whistled “down breaks,” but was not
soon enough to avoid the calamity.
Some of the passengers in the rear
part of the accommodation train heard
the whistle, but too late to escape. On
came the express train, at a great veloci
ty, and the engino struck the rearmost
car full in the center, and forced its way
in, in| telescope manner. Tho car was
crowded with people—every seat being
filled and many standing in the aisle.
The locomotive rushed in, quick as a
flash, just as tho Beverty train started,
mangling and killing in the most fright
ful manner. Subsequently the boater-
exploded and shattered the lamps and;
fired the cars.
Charleston, August 27.—Three new
cases of yellow fever are reported, and
one of the cases previously reported,
died, The first excitement occasioned
bv the appearance of the disease is sub
siding, and the feeling of the commnnity;-
is quiet and hopeful.
Jacksonville, August 27.—The brig'
Pomona, of Richmond, Maine, went
ashore twenty-five miles South of Cape
Canaveral, August 17th. Her cargo of
cotton can be saved. No lives were lost.
The steamer Lodina was stranded six
miles North of Cape Canaveral. The
beach was strewn with her cargo for thir
ty miles. The Captain and twenty men
were lost. The first and second officers,
chief and* assistant chief cook, one fire
man, Captain Harvey’s son, mess boy,
and five seamen, were saved.
The brig S. and W. Welsh, of Phila
delphia, is ashore fifteen miles South of
Canaveral. Her cargo of sugar was
washed oyt. Captain Watson was drown
ed, and his body was buried on the spot.
The brig H. Y. Berry, of Baltimore,
is ashore fifty yards from the Welsh.—
She is a total wreck. Her cargo was su
gar and molasses.
The bark Hilda, from New Orleans for
Cowes, is stranded six miles south of St,
Augustine. Her cargo of tobacco and
flour is a total loss. .One man was.
drowned.
A telegram from London, Ohio, says
Mrs. Colburn, charged with poisoning
Buffenbarger, was honorably discharged.
John Adams, one of the oldest Pay
masters of the United States Navv, is
dead.
The house of Jacob Ribskate, of Chi
cago, has been burned. Ribskate and
child burned fatally. His wife burned to
death.
A passenger and a freight train collided
at Westport, Pennsylvania, on the Erie
Road. Four employees were killed and
two passengers.
Faidherbe has resigned his seat as
Deputy, because the committee has de
cided to report iu favor of making the
Assembly now sitting a Constituent As
sembly.
Renforttb’s Yiscera has been sent to-
New York for analysis.
Crop reports from Arkansas are not so
favorable. The drouth and worm are
mischievous in some sections.
Goldsmith made over the $5,000 trot
at Chicago in the heats—time 2. 33},
2. 01} and 2. 02}. The track was heavy.
A Fortress ’Munroe dispatch to-uighfc
reports no additional disasters.
CSP" Bowen—he of the plurality of
wives—has entered the ring for the Re
publican nomination for Governor of
South Carolina, with the chances iu his
favor.
One objection that Greeley has to
the renomination of the present incum
bent is “Grant’s family is too large.”
There's where. “great minds differ.” It
has all along been one of Grant’s regrets
that his stock of kin, near and remote,
was exhausted before all the offices were
fified
“Alexander H. Stephenson 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 profound-
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 Sux office, Atlanta, Ga.
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