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Newspaper Page TextT H E -Z rEL EGBAPH NEWS FOREIGN NEWS. A T L A N tic New York Associated Press. pOMESTIC NEWS. MARYLAND. The Commerelat^CoHrcHliou. Baltimore, Sept. 28.—Tbe Railroad ,-lmiltee reported, among other resolu- declaring that the Air-Line fV f rom Cincinnati to Chattanooga old condnce to the general •welfare, 'L-hllV of the South, and one favoring nwd fr° m Atlantic to the Pacific, the Central Pacific road. ~ TENNESSEE. The Turf. ; -Wjflllfl Nashville, Sept. 28.—Nelly Gray won ,,2 mile heat and the mile and a half She distanced Calcutta in the first ice Time 3:37$, and in the second td SOUTH CAROLINA. The 1'elloio Peter. Charleston, September 28.—Three Jeatbs { r om yellow fever have occurred ^the last 24 hours. OHIO. BouUcell on iheJSlump. Cincinnati, September 28.—Boutwell jj ^dressing a political meeting to-night. PENNSYLVANIA. Commercial failure. Philadelphia, September 28.—The failure of Cbas. Vesin & Co. is reported. »-•-< MASSACHUSETTS. SPAIN The Cor te*]to'Open Monday—Sa gotta Decline*. Madeid, Sept. 28.—King Amadeus opens the Cortes on Monday next. Sagosta declines the candidature for the Presidency of the Spanish Cortes. The Carlists will vote in blanks AUSTRIA. Kumoreel .indication of frauds Joseph. Vienna, Sept. 28.—It is rumored that Francis Joseph is about to abdicate, be cause of despondency at his unfitness to meet the constitutional crisis which threatens the dissolution of the Empire. — INDIA. The Death Sentence. Calcutta, September 28.—The Assas sin of the Chief Justice has been sen tenced to death. —4 — Foster Blodgett's Case. .Mflim .leccpls -The Radical Convention Rot- tie* fuller. Boston, September 28.—John Quincy Adams has written a letter accepting the Democratic nomination. Worcester, September 28.—Tho re suit is: Washburne- G43, Butler 4GL— Butler declares that ho will accept the ac tion of the convention, as final. The resolutions indorse Grant, and say v/oman suffrage requires respectful and careful consideration. LOUISIANA. The Wlloto fever—Its fxMeuce Denied— Efforts to Remove the Texas quarantine- Homicide*. New Orleans, Sept. 28.—Tho Pica yune says the President of tbe Board of Health accompanied a delegation of merchants this morning to tho Gover nor’s office, and stated that he had per sonally seen every case of fever in the city,and was satisfied that there would be no further mortality, or any spread of the disease. He considered the alarm about fever here, at Galveston, or elsewhere, as premature and without any just cause, Two negroes were killed last night in affrays in different quarters of the city. A number of merchants called 'on the Governor regarding the Galveston quar antine, and Warmoth telegraphed Gov ernor Bavis as foliow t s: “There are but five cases of yellow fever in the city, and but three deaths have occurred in ten days. None of the cases are considered dangerous, and there is no fear of the spread of the disease. The quarantine now enforced seriously impedes com merce, and many persons of your State, now in the city, are greatly- incommoded by it. (Signed) H. C. Wabhoth. ALABAMA. Sorrow for Clanton—Montgomery in Mourning —People of all Classes Testifying Their Re spect for the Dead. Montgomery, September 28. — The death of General Jas. H. Clanton, Chair man of the Democratic State Executive Committee, creates the profoundest grief among all classes. Every business house, without exception, and many private houses, are draped in mourning. Fes toons of«crapo stretch along the streets for more than a mile. The colored peo ple vie with the whites in testifying their affection for ^Clanton. All the business houses and engine room are heavily draped. An immense meeting of all parties at the theatre, passed resolutions and ap pointed committees to receive and escort his remains. The Mayor and City Coun cil did likewise. Every heart is bowed down, and eveiy countenance shaded among the people of Alabama, who loved him. regardless of party. NEW YORK. Coroner's Per diet—Reported Case of Cholera-- The Syracuse Contention—.1 Hopeless Split— tlreeley men in Council. New York, September :28.—The Cor oner’s verdict in the case of the young lady who died in the dentist’s chair, ex onerates the Doctor 1 , but urges the dis use of chloroform except in severe cases, A man is said to have died of cholera in Essex street on Wednesday. The Brooklyn police report a case of yellow fever in that city. Syracuse, Sept.- 28.—Alex. Barkely was nominated for canal commissioner. The Resolutions indorse Grant. The Convention adjourned. The Greeley delegation Iras reconvened in Wild’s Opera House. The speeches are very denunciatory. A Committee of six appointed with power to add to their number and call State convention, if necessaiy. Adjourned. The following is an extract from a speech at the meeting of the Greeley del egation, attending to the convention from which they withdrew: “We have met in this convention the collectors of poits and internal revenue officers from all over the State. We have met postmasters in solid phalanx, the district attorneys, the registrars in bank ruptcy and the bankrupts; also, and yet, the people against the office-holders have only been defeated by a majority of 30. The money-bags of Wall street were brought here also. Henry Clews had brought money here to give the office holders a victory over the people.” UTAH. Reported Jrrest of Brigham J'oung—U'hat Brigham Will Do. Salt Lake, Sept. 28.—There is much excitement here, caused by the reported arrest of Brigham Young. No arrest has been made, although it is expected. It is stated on good authority that Brigham willmeet all the charges brought against him as a law-abiding citizen, and will offer no opposition to arrest. At 10 o’clock yesterday, Judge Butt took his seat, at the City Hall, to investi gate the charges made against Capt. Fos ter Blodgett. The ^prisoner, with his counsel, Gen. Gartrell, accompanied by several triends, entered the Court room and were seated. Maj. Hargrove and CoL Bleckley appear ed as counsel for the prosecution. The papers in the case were handed by the Court to Capt. Blodgett and his counsel, and while they were examining them, CoL Farrow arose, and said in substance, that he appeared in this case to aid in the prosecution, in his official capacity as At torney General, and he deemed it proper to say that on Tuesday last, in consulta tion with his associate counsel, Messrs. Hill, Underwood and Milledge, they thought it proper to ask Mr. Blodgett to come to the room where the Committee had charge of the books and papers of the Road, and explain certain papers. This course had been pursued towards others, and would be in the future, in cases of irregularities on the face of papers. He appeared, and Mr. Hargrove and his associate counsel being ^otified, were present and interrogated the prisoner. While this was being done by himself (Col. F.) and associate counsel, under the eye of the committee, this warrant was issued by Mr. C. P. McCalla, with out their knowledge. Col. Farrow said that they did not feel that they had advanced far enough to make an arrest, hut as McCalla had made the arrest, trusted he was in possession of facts sufficient, and announced him self and associates ready, with him and his counsel, to proceed with the prosecu tion of the case. Whereupon Maj. Hargrove rose and remarked that the case had been brought into court by Maj. McCalla, without con sulting Col. Farrow; that he had hoped there would he but one aim and one pur pose on both wings of the prosecution: to punish the guilty and not hunt down the innocent. He stated that the prosecu tion was not entirely ready to proceed with the case; that he would confer with the defense and agree upon a day to pro ceed with the same; and should CoL Far row ho disposed to give information, he would be glad to receive it. In reply to Col. Farrow, he further sta ted that the arrest had been contempla ted for several days, and the papers for the same were made out before Col. Blodgett was called before the Commit tee to make the explanation referred to that Col. F.’s remarks had made it nee essary further to explain to the court, that he was surprised at the course he had pursued, and should claim the right for himself to give full direction to the case; that if Col. Farrow claimed the right to manage the -case, ho (Maj. H.) should demur in toio; that he had not believed CoL F. and his associates would thrust themselves into the prosecution without the consent of the prosecutor was willing to receive aid in anything he might know, and would willingly co-op erate with him and his associates; but would not consent for him or any one ; else to take charge of the case. CoL Farrow replied that he recognized the right of the Court to give direction to the case, and that if the witnesses were not on hand, the Court must send for them. Gen. Gartrell announced himself and bis client ready to meet the charges at any time and place. After some further remarks the hearing of the case was postponed till 9 o’clock this morning. n i A r done—the giving of the note or notes, and the payment of the money. Blodgett was invited before the com mittee to explain this, and was unable to give any satisfactory answer. He could not tell who oomposed the Company, nor where or when the cars were made or de livered, nor whether delivered to the road or not. He said, of course, he knew they were delivered, but he could not re fer to any evidence of that fact—had no bills for the same—no reports or certifi cates of subordinate officers that the cars were on the road, or had ever been put on it—only he simply knew they must haye been received because they were. Jasper County after a. Tennessee Fox. Y esterday Meesrs. Goldsiy and Ridley, from Jasper county, passed through this city on their way to Nashville with a pack of eleven hounds for the purpose of capturing a red fox in that vicinity, which has heretofore defied all successful pur suit. These gentleman are scientific hunters, and having heard the repeated tales of this fox, have determided to take their dogs and catch him, and thus show Tennessee how to catch a fox. We venture the prediction |that they succeed in taking the “brush.” —► ♦ -< WEEKLY -1—■ SUN, Just as we Predicted. Dr. Bard has hauled down from his masthead the name of Gov. Hoffman as his candidate for President in 1872.— Hoffman, we suppose, is not Radical enough for the Doctor, and, of course, don’t "contribute much to the support of the World, the Washington Palriol, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Richmond Enquirer, and the Montgomery Adverti ser—all claiming to "be Democratic, (but strongly on the Departure line;) also the Washington Chronicle, an avowed ad vocate of Centralism, and an enemy to Liberty, and the ra-Trae Georgian, whose editor openly declares that he has not changed since he was distinguished among the Radical leaders of Georgia— advocating and defending the measures and men who have disgraced even Radi calism itself. Our readers will recollect that a few days ago, we expressed the opinion that the Doctor would soon haul down Hoff man and hoist the name of Chase. This expectation is half realized. We do not now, however, look as confidently for the elevation of Chase’s name to his mast head as we did then, and think it notun- likely it will not he done—indeed, we now think it not improbable, and shall not be surprised, if he openly falls into line with Holden, of the Chronicle, and again advocates the election of Grant.— He plainly tells now, that his principles have not changed. P. S.—Perhaps the Doctor intends to nominate Schurz. True, he is a foreigner born, but that makes no odds. Radicals care hut little f orconstitutiomd provisions. They can effect'their purposes “outside” of it, just as well as in accordance with its provisions. Doctor, hoist Schurz’ HcLanglilin Again Found Guilty. In the United States Court yesterday Judge Pope made the closing argument for the prosecution in the case of the United States vs. E. A. McLaughlin, charged with embezzlement of Post-office funds. At eleven o’clock the case was given to the jury, who retired, and at half-past one they returned with a ver dict of “guilty.” He has not yet been sentenced. Coming Events, &c. Judge.Robert H. Brown, the unde of Governor Bullock, and who has been his campaqnon du voyage to Utah, California —and the Lord only knows where else— returned to the city yesterday. Whether His Excellency returned with him or not could not be ascertained. Perhaps the Judge is making a reconnoisance just to see how the land lies, you know. ACQUIESCING IN UNCONSTI TUTIONAL AND WRONG FUL LEGISLATION. Answers to Questions which were Suj)- X>oscd to he Stnnning. The Tennessee Car Company. This mythical company would seem to have been gotten up for the express pur pose of improperly making a big pile out of r the State Road. As before remarked, it is a bogus con cern, no such company having any local ity or actual existence, so far as any one can learn. A contract was,'it seems, entered into by the Western and Atlantic Railroad, with this bogus company, to furnish a large amount of cars for the Road. This contract was signed, on part of the Com pany by E. N. Kimball as its “manager In fulfillment of a purchase of Cars from this “Company,” Foster Blodgett, as Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, gave his note or notes, payable in bank. These notes were indorsed by E. N. Kimball and H. L Kimball, and there upon were discounted by the bank. When they were due, they were paid by Capt. Blodgett on a passed bill of the W. & A. R. R. The whole was deliberately A late issue of the Savannah Republi can contains the following article, which explains itself: The Morning News copied the whole of Mr. Stephens’ comment on an extract from the Republican, and instead of giv ing our reply an equal showing in its col umns, culls from it here and there to suit its. own purpose. This is nbt exactly fair, but perhaps we should not look for en tire candor in argument in a journal whose position on the question discussed is both unreasonable and inconsistent. We are perfectly willing to let the ar gument rest where it is, knowing lull well the temper and sentiments of a vast ma jority of thinking, sensible men in the South. But we take the liberty of pro pounding to onr cotemporary a few ques tions, and we hope it will answer them at its convenience. 1. Some years ago, under Federal ap pointment, a so-called election was held in Georgia, but a portion of the people being allowed to vote, for members to a State Convention. A pack of Yankee adventurers, a few degenerate.Georgians, and between thirty and forty negroes constituted eight-tenths of the body, and they framed and put into execution, after a fraudulent popular indorsement, what is now called “The Constitution of Geor gia.” Does the News consider that in strument the fundamental law of the State and binding upon the people? 2. A little later a similar election was held for Governor of the State under that Constitution, and under the manip ulations of one Hulbert (also a Federal appointee) one Rufus B. Bullock was de clared elected, while every honest man who has inquired diligently into the facts believes that General Gordon received more votes by several thousand. Does the News recognize Bullock as Governor of Georgia ? or is it willing to say that his official acts as such should not be re spected by the people of the State ? 3. About the same time, and under ex actly the same circumstances, a body known os a Legislature was elected, or declared to be, and after various changes at the option of military dictators here, and a Radical Congress at Washington, its final membership was constituted by the arbitrary edicts of a military com mander, the persons chosen Senators and Representatives by the people being denied their seats in nearly all cases where their views did not accord with those of the arbitrary authority referred to. Will the News say that the enact ments of that body, created in defiance of the Constitution and the rights of the people, are not laws of Georgia, but should be repudiated and defied ? When these questions shall have been answered by our contemporary, the pub lic will be better advised as to the sound ness of its position regarding the Consti tutional Amendments. The News of the 25 th inst. copies the foregoing entire, and annexes the follow ing explicit replies : 1. We regard the Constitution adopted by the black-and-tan convention, at the dictation of the Federal authorities at Washington, in the same light in which we regard the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments—as a flagrant fraud and usurpation—only binding on the people so long as it is enfored by an alien power, and to be altered and amended or abro gated and set aside whenever the people are permitted to exercise their inherent, inalienable, sovereign right of self-gov ernment? T M afjjir AlF. 2. The Morning News has never recog nized the carpet-bagger Bullock as the rightful Governor of Georgia, and his name’ has never appeared in its editorial coiumus with the prefix of Governor at tached. We have no respect for the crea ture officially or personally. Most of his “official acts” have been notoriously fraudulent and illegal, and instead of be ing “respected by the people of the State” will, we trust, he promptly con demned and repudiated by the Legisla ture, whose first act, after its organiza tion, should he his impeachment and ex pulsion from the office he disgraces. } t 3. In our opinion no “body created in defiance of the Constitution, and the rights of the people,” ha3 any legal au thority to make laws to govern the peo ple. An essential element of law is au thority in the law-making power. A law to be of any binding force must emanate from a legally constituted body having the power to enact laws. There is no au thority in the Constitution, State or Fed eral, or in the army regulations, to con stitute a mob of carpet-baggers, scala wags and negroes, a legal Legislature of the State of Georgia, and though our people have had to submit to a [forcible usurpation of their State Government, under Pope, Bullock and Terry, it does not follow that we are bound to respect or continue in force their corrupt and ob noxious legislation, any longer than we shall he able legally, in the exercise of our rights of self-government, to wipe them from the statute hook. We make a distinction between repudi ation and “defying” usurped power. Communities as well as individuals, may refuse to”recognize —may ‘ ‘repudiate" power, which it would be vain to defy. Under the Kn-Klux law, (and that is new departure law,) our neighbor may be ar rested without a warrant, without an of fense charged, and incarcerated in pris on. He would justly denounce and re pudiate the unconstitutional law under which he was thus summarily deprived of his liberty, though, like the men of North Carolina now on trial at Raleigh, he would not deem it prudent to “defy” the power by which it was enforced. - Nor does it follow that we must acqui esce in, accept, approve as settled for all time, as legal and valid, usurpations, wrongs and outrages which we can nei ther prevent nor “defy.” Honest men are not necessarily compelled to indorse with their acquiescence and approval ev ery successful villainy. Because the Radicals have, by a system of usurpation and fraud, revolutionized the Govern ment so far as they have been able forci bly to carry out their designs, is no rea son why the Democratic party should abandon their principles and take-a “new departure” to meet them on their revo lutionaryjplatform. As well might the victim of a hand of highwaymen make peace with his plunderers by joining the gang and turning freebooter himself. Our neighbor has placed in array some of the many wrongs which the people of Georgia have endured from Radical usur pation and lawlessness—the botch-work of the hiack-and-tan convention, the fraudulent installation of Bullock in the office to which Gen. Gordon was elected, and the corrupt and venal acts of a Leg islature packed by Federal bayonets—and asks us if we repudiate them. We have answered bis questions frankly, and, we hope, satisfactorily. Like many other outrages, the fruits of Radical usurpation and misrule, the wrongs which he enu merates are for the most part irreparable, but they are none the less execrable and infamous. By uncompromising and vig ilant opposition, the true men of Geor gia have averted inflictions which would otherwise have swelled the record of their wrongs, and we trust the time is close at hand when they will be able to rescue State Government from the vile faction who have so long revelled in its spoils, and restore it its former purity, dignity and honor. If our neighbor finds anything in onr answer to' his interrogatories, “unreason able” or “inconsistent” with our opposi tion to the so-called “new departure,' we will be pleased if he will point it out to us. H. ifitiblaiFs fiotts Jroti CDorks. Macon Comes to Atlanta Again ninnTimf^i nil mill (f.lTTrT.TuVi i FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS * Head of Third St. MLA.-OOSST, 'GEORGIA. THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTH! Skilled Labor and Modern Machinery, "Worli. \%7KT Northern Prices for Machinery Duplicated.. STEd/JTI EJFGI^ES OF .IAT JStIJl'12 ^2JTS) SIZE. Findlaifs Improved, Circular Saw .Will, .Herchant .Will Gearing^ most approved hinds; Sugar .Wills dud Sijrtsp Hetties; Iron Fronts, Window Sills tend IJntels / Castings a! Iron and Grass of Every Hescript ion, and rflaclsinc- ry of all hinds 7TO OICOESl. I I* O TV 3R, I H, X IN &■ 9 Of Elegant Designs, and at Prices that Defy Competition. IQyNo Charge for New Patterns-in Furnishing Outfit of Machinery for Saw or Merchant Miils.«i5Srj3 REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ! Competent Workmen furnished upon application to overhaul Engines, Saw Mills, etc., in any section oL the country. FINDLAY’S SAW - DUST GRATE BAR SHOULD BE USED BY EVERY SAW-MILL PROPRIETOR. Millstones, Belting, Circular Saws, Steam Fittings, Babbit Metal, etc., etc. FURNISHED TO ORDER. TERMS, CASH OR APPROVED PAPER. R_ FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. THE GREAT ECLIPSE Screw Cotton and Hay Press, Patented Peb’y 27, 1871,Jby Findlay St Craig; • 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, be they fabricated of Wrought or Cast Iron. Coiapaechee, Ga., December 21,1S70. . R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Findlay’s Iron Works, Macon, Ga.: Dead Sms—Late this fall I purchased from you one of your Findlay & Craig Eclipse Patent Screw Cot-- ton Presses, and, after a full and fair trial, do hot hesitate to pronounce it the 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 should use your Press. JOHN L. GILBERT. P. S.—You may consider my order in for two more of the above Presses for next season, and may look for many orders from this section 5 my neighbors are determined to have them, as they can pack, by hand twice as fast as any of the other Iron Screw Presses can by horse power. Since last fall, and before accepting Patentee added improvements and labor-socASienuoo Su J.avie- -rendering it PERFECT in every particular. The screw or pin, has a pitch, or fall, of C. l .( inches ; that G. at every turn of the scrw, follower block descends (or ascends, as tho case may be) <3A,' inches. The de vice of the tube or nut in which the screw works, is such as to materially reduce the friction, so great- in tho common screw ; thereby rendering it an easy task for three hands to pock a bale of cotton in HAU 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, DURA BILITY, RAPIDITY, LIGHT DRAUGHT, and STANDING IIOOII attop of box, etc., etc., in short, we pro nounce it the BEST Screw Press IN THE WORLD, and respectfully invite a public test with any and aU other Screw Presses. To purchasers wo GUARANTEE SATISFACTION or REFUND PRICE MONEY. SEND FOR PRICE LIST, ETC. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, G~a^ CRAIG’S PATENTHORSE POSTER 9 FOR DRIVING COTTON GINS. j£3“Simplcst, Strongest and Best ever yet invented. Requires no Wood Work. Sets upon the ground, and can he put up WITHOUT the aid of a Mechanic.,!?# Saiislation Guaranteed or Money Hefunded SEND FOR ILLUSTBATED CIRCULAR. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga.' The New Portable Steam Engine For Driving Cotton Gins, Printing Presses, and for a ny purpose requiring from one to ten horse Power. w jj *S ** a ■« ' w Speaking of The Sun, tbe Wash ington Chronicle says: “It does not like W. W. Holden.” That can be safely set down as one instance in wbicb a Radical paper lias told the truth. KgL-The latest wail of the Courier- Journal is after the following style : * “ ' Departed ’ dears and did vou hear The news that’s got a start? They say the thieving New York RiDg Has paid us to ‘ depart. ’ I’m not surprised at ali to hear Such talk as that about; But then, you see, what puzzles me, Is how the news got out.” The Mobile Register says: Savannah News is a tidal wavalist.’ r < next! “Thd Har- o J* i-3 •a ua w s — — s 50 A rpHEY are safe. The furnace i3 surrounded by wi'i r. L protection from fire. They are safer than a stove. -ept at the door. The wate 1 FIRE INSURANCE C EXTRA CHARGE where these engines are used. There is POSITIVE PROTECTION AGAINST EXi'I.OSION. II Is a SPARK CANESCAPE.NO MATTER WHAT FIJI J. S U'ED—an :sapor ningand similar work. Awarded first premiums l y A erican Insutt Circular and Price List. jgSS-Kimball’s B. & A. R. R. money received for old bii'-.is or new orue :ural “spark t conside—’ t ■ 16C-70. 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