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THE A T L A N T A WEEKLY SUN*
THE DAILY SUN.
Thursday Morning. OctoBBB 5,
WASHINGTON’ CORRESPON
DENCE.
Letter from Cato.
The East
Lefislatnre
Next.
and The
Washington, September 29, 1871.
Suppose you allow me to go back a
little, at the risk of being charged with
old fogyism, and cite the laws of the
British Parliament, upon which are based
the civil liberty we now enjoy, and which
we derived from that much derided
source.
The first of these laws is that which
gives the Utilise of Commons the power of
fixing the subsidies—(copied into our
Constitution, and the aforesaid “power”
expressly conferred upon our House of
Representatives, a body the nearest to the
people, and every two years directly
amenable to them.
The second is the act'of Habeas Corpus,
.passed in the turbulent reign of
Charles the Second, when the people, by
a miracle, as it were, found themselves
in full possession of the power of giving
vitality to the dormant generalities of
“Magna Cliarta. ”
.! Tho third is the trial by jury, which
secured a fair hearing before a man’s
peers whenever he should be charged by
the proper authority, (to be enquired into
by virtue of the aforesaid “writ”), of of
fences ngainst.the public peace !
The fourth the liberty of the Press!
And the fifth, the manner of keying
the tares—which is also in our “Constitu
tion,” specifically fixed, and openly vio
lated !
All these principles of civil liberty,
roughly, and by penee-meal extorted by
the people of Great Britain from their
rulers, were our inheritance! The Con
stitution of the United States was care
fully framed forever to guarantee them—
and Mr. Jefferson practically carried
these vital principles into effect!
Ought we not, (those of the people, I
mean, who supinely see these principles,
one by one, ignominiously abandoned,
or, which is the same thing, “acquiesced”
in, or “accepted") hang them heads in
;very shame before the shades of their
•forefathers.
It is thought that the inroads upon
well recognized and well defined perso
nal rights, made by the so-called law-
making power of this country, were suf
ficient to arrouso the whole American
people to a sense of their common
danger. But I see that the encroach
ments of politicans of the so-called Demo
cratic “New Departure” stripe, far out
strip in magnitude of political turpitude
any thing yet done by usurped authority
on the part of Congress.
Mr. Tweed’s jiaper here is by no means
satisfied with silent acquiescence, or im
plied “acceptance of the situation. V The
the thing must be done up brown; that
is, the liberties of the South, at least,
must bo surrendered viva voce, or their
allegiance brought in question. Just
look at the views of the Patriot of this
city—owned body and soul by Tweed,
Connolly & Co., upon this all important
point. The new? editor, Mr. Jeffries, who
was lately turned out of office by Gen.
Grant, commenting upon Gen. Hamp
tons suggestions, speaks to the point, as
follows:
“If the South, in the-Convention, were,
with any thinglike unity, to express the
wishes that dead issues should be buried,
and an existing state of things accepted—
nay, more, if, while the judgment of the
North, was balancing in the choice of can
didates, tho South were, not obtrusively,
hut earnestly and with genuine accord, to
ask the nomination of one who had,
like a generous soldier, fought and helped
to conquer them, or of a statesman whose
remote antecedents were far from being in
harmony with theirs, but who stands
firmly on the great basis of Amnesty and
Peace in the broadest sense—if this
were to happen, as it casly might, who
would doubt that the wish would be
listened to and the great co-operation secur
ed by harmonious counsel, and notbymere
acquiescence? “Yet all this is impracti
cable if the representative men of the
South arc absent.”
Could sheer impudence be pushed fur
ther than this? I confess I don’t know
who is meant by the “generous soldier,”
who has “fought and helped to conquer”
the Southern people. Perhaps the im
maculate Butler, of Fort Fisher notoriety,
is hinted at—as it seems since his late
defeat he has grown very popular with
tho “outsiders.” But I do know very
well who is meant by the “statesman
whoso remote antecedents” are “very far
from being in harmony with theirs;” but
who lately went a great deal out qf his way
to indorse the heresy of Vallandigham!
We thus see to what “base uses” we
may be brought! Judgo Chase has added
another to his many blunders. Did it
never occur to the very many Radical as
pirants for the Democratic nomination
that the South will and must have a word
to say, and that the people there, who
are supposed to be a set of nobodies, may
see proper to go a great deal further into
tho opposition ranks for a candidate than
auy one North has yet deemed to be
among tho “possibilities” The man
who irill subscribe to the principles embodied
in our federative system cf government, and
none oth er, may expect the compliment
of her vote—and it may suffice ior more
than a mere “compliment.” Who knows?
Cato.
Enough has beeu developed to settle
conviction upon the minds of every in
telligent and impartial man, that the
last Legislature was largely composed of
corrupt men. There were quite a num
ber of as good and true men in both
branches of that body as Georgia can
offord, but this class did not preponderate
as it once did, and as it will hereafter.
Tliat the rascalities by which the State
has beeu plundered, was known to and
participated in by many of the members
of tbe late so-called Legislature, is i
matter upon which but few people enter
tain any doubt. If two-thirds, or even
half the members had been men of
tegrity, having the good of the country
at heart, sneh wholesale thieving as seems
to have beeu done, could never have been
practiced. The corrupt rings of the
country,. from NewjYork to New Or
leans, appear to have had full sway, and
carried everything as they liked. It also
seems that large numbers of the mem
hers profited hy jobs of their own. It
verily looks like the halls of Legislation
were prostituted into a cesspool of seeth
ing corruption, pollution and rottenness,
We give it as our opinion that the
members of the next Legislature will have
principles which will not be for sale, and
votes which cannot ho bought.
The implicated parties who were in
high places while the hungry wolves were
holding high revelry, gnawing into the
vitals of the body politic, will, no doubt,
attempt to save themselves from the ex
posure, disgrace and punishment they
deserve, by manipulating the next Leg
islature as Ihey did the last. When that
body meets and the matters involving
these plunderings come,before them,' the
votes of members will show who is on the
side of the people and of public virtue,
and who can be hired or in any way in
duced to screen public plunderers.
telegkams.
j of the charges of corruption in, New
j York. They waive the right to partici-
■— | pate in the Convention and pledge their
O ! support to the ticket nominated.
Washington, October 3. tie, After a recess the Convention re-as-
sembled at 5 o’clock. It was announced
ltcv. Myram D. Wood.
Yesterday at Decatur Court the
motion for a new trial in Mr. Wood’s case
was heni'd, and refused, and Judge Hop
kins sentenced him to twenty years in
the penitentiary.
We further learn, reliably, that similar
cases of misconduct to the one on
which he was convicted before the
Court, have developed themselves,
on which he was arraigned before his
Church on Tuesday night last and
expelled. We learn that the proof was
positive, he being caught in flagrante
delicto, and his expulson from the Church
followed as a matter of course.
figUThe New Ei-a of yesterday con-
taied what purported to. be an abstract,
or the substance, of Maj. Z. B. Hargrove’s
testimony before the Ku-Klux Committee,
which did not fairly represent his views
as given by him before the Committee.
There is one circumstance connected
with this publication which is disreput
able to Foster Blodgett, who claims a
seat in the U. S. Senate, now soon to as
semble.
Maj. H. had acopy of his testimony in
his possession—perhaps the only one in
this city. He loaned the book to Capt.
J. C. Norris, of this city, who desired to
read it. While in his possession, he met
Capt. Eoster Blodgett, who desired to
read it. Norris hesitated about loaning it
to him,' but at the earnest solicitation of
Blodgett, allowed him to take it, exacting
a promise to return it the next morning,
and not to allow any one else to read it,
or any publication of it to be made. This
promise was given by Blodgett, and upon
the faith of it, the book was loaned to
liim.by Norris.
This statement was made to ns by
Capt. Norris, yesterday, in the presence
of others, among them Maj. Hargrove.
By some means this identical copy
found its way to the Era office, and the
erroneous abstract of it above noticed,
appeared in the columns of that journal.
We acqoit the editor of the Era of any
design to do injustice to Maj. Hargrove.
We understand the Era will publish the
testimony in full, thus relieving its editor
of all grounds to charge intentional in
justice.
But what shall we say of Foster Blod
gett, who promised to keep it wholly to
himself and did not? Why desire the
publication of that testimony now?—
What could have prompted itj at this
time, but a bad spirit? If Maj. H. were
a candidate for office, the discussion of
his political opinions and the publication
of his views about the Ku-Klux-Klan
would bo appropriate; but as he is not,
these a~e out of place. What has the
public to do with the private political
opinions of a private citizens, who is in
no way connected with the political
movements of the day? and why should
the opinions of such a man, on any sub
ject, be thrust before the public?
What, but a desire on the part of Fos
ter Blodgett to damage Hargrove in the
estimation of some persons, could have
induced this side issue?
He and Maj. McCalla are earnestly en
gaged in trying to ferrit out the real
perpetrators of the embezzlements of
State Boad funds, and to this t end have
made arrests. McCalla was arrested in
turn, on a charge of embezzlement, but
has been triumphantly vindicated. No
one has dared to bring any accusation
against Hargrove, but this effort to di
vert public attention from the great work
he lias in hand, to his views on the K. K.
Klan, shows the desperate straits to
which Blodgett and his friends are
driven in trying to erect a screen behind
which to shelter themselves, ever so
slightly, from the storm of public indig
—i---' 1 -- -- rising
The Herald calls it “the Mutual
Admiration Commercial Convention of
Baltimore.”
which is now
around
nation,
them.
Has Hargrove, or McCalla either, de
frauded the State ? If so, who will show
it? If not, it is idle to try to raise a
side issue by discussing or publishing
the views of either of them on the K. EL
Klan, or anything of the sort; and it will
be found that the public care nothing for
it
► ♦ <
More Prisoners.
Tbe Federal soldiers marched into
town yesterday a squad of nine prisoners
who had been captored in the upper dis
tricts. They have been violating the
Revenue laws, by distilling without the
proper authority.
Robert Anderson receives forty-two hun
dred dollars per annum from tbe United
States—half pay as a retired Brigadier.
The story of his poverty in Switzerland
is ficticious.
Louisville, Obtober 3.—At a balloon
ascension to-day the balloon broke, pre
maturely, from the fastenings. Two men
sprung from the car bnt ODly eaugbt the
ropes ’and were carried off. One fell
thirty feet, the other, Professor Wildurn,
clung to the rope until the balloon at
tained the height of u mile when he came
whirling to the earth. As he approached
the earth he was feet foremost, he spread
out horizontally, doubled up, turned
over, and then straightened out with his
head downward?. As he struck the earth
he fell upon his head and back. His
head was mashed into an indistinguisha
ble mass, and lxis body was bruised and
crushed horribly. His body made an in
dentation in the ground eight inches
deep, and it rebounded four feet from
Where it struck. Wilburn’s 3-oung wife
and little daughter were on the ground
and witnessed the terrible affair.
Salt Lake, October 3.—Brigham
Young has been arrested aud indicted for
licentiousness. Owing to sickness he was
allowed to remain in his house under
guard. The marshal and another com
pany of Federal troops have arrived.
Serious resistance is improbable. It is
believed that Brigham Young will be in
dicted for murder.
Later—Young’s arraignment has been
j postponed on account of his sickness. He
' remains at home in custody of the Mar
shal. His arrest caused some sensation,
but no popular excitement.
St. Louis, October 3.—The Fair open
ed under favorable auspices. Four hun
dred bales of cotton have been entered.
A partially constructed bridge over the
river near Fort Gibson, on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad, fell, drown
ing one. Sixteen were seriously wound
ed,- of whom eight or ten will die.
Charleston, October 3.—Four deaths
from yellow fever have occurred in the
last twentyfour hours.
Macon, October 3.—Dr. O. L. Smith,
of Columbus, has been elected President
of Wesleyan Female College, vice Dr.
Bonnell, deceased. He will enter at once
upon his duties.
Memphis, Oct. 3.—A Jacksoa, Tenn.,
correspondent of the Press, says: Dut
ton, who was to fight a duel with Magur,
became intoxicated and attempted to
shoot a man named Whitesides, who pro
cured a shot gun and killed Dutton, and
accidently wounded an omnibus passen
ger with the other barrel
London, October 3.—The ship Jane
Booth foundered in the bay of Biscay.
Nineteen were drowned.
Four hundred women, employed in the
flax mills, have joined the strikers.
Samuel Dickinson, writes from Tehe
ran, on the 7th of September, giving an
account of the condition of affairs in the
famine-stricken Province of Schaxassar.
He says during the month of July, 8,000
persons perished in the city of Weschid,
and that 40,000 inhabitants of the Pro
vince have been carried off unto slavery
by the Afghans, who had taken advan
tage of the general disorganization, to
make incursions for plunder.
The bakers demand such exorbitant
prices for br.ead, that the authorities had
intervened, and a number of extortion
ers have been executed.
The country is disturbed by frequent
insurrections. The pestilence still wages,
and its horrors are increased by; destruc
tive inundations. Yet, notwithstanding
the fearful situation of the country and
people, the Persian Government has re
fused to avail itself of the aid proffered
by Great Britain and Russia.
Washington, October 4.—Extensive
preparations are being made by tbe Navy
Department to meet the Grand Duke
Alexis. A naval fleet, under tbe command
of Yice Admiral Rowan, will receive the
Russians off Sandy Hook. The best
available ships in tbe service will be in
the reception fleet. The Grand Duke
will be saluted with an Admiral’s salute,
It is thought he will come to Washington
immediately, aud receive no hospitalities
till he has paid his respects to the Gov
ernment.
Baltimore, October 4.—The Triennial
General Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United Slates,
resembled at Emanuel Church in this city
to-day. The edifice was crowded this
morniug.
The exercises were conducted by the
Right Reverend Johns, of Yirginai, who
preached the sermon, after which the
Bishops disrobed, and were called to or
der by Presiding Bishop Smith, of
Kentucky.
A resolution was passed to proceed in
a body to Grace Church for organization
at which their Lordships, the Bishop of
Litchfield and Right Reverend Dr. Yen
able, Bishop of Nassau, were present.
Among tho deputies on the floor were the
Hon. Hamilton Fish, and ex-Senator
Stevenson.
New York, Oct. 4.—Mayor Hall ap
peared this morning at the Yorkville
police court to answer charges preferred
against him for signing fraudulent war
rants. He waived examination, and of
fered bail in any amount. Judge Bar
rett, counsel for prosecution, said there
was no necessity for the Mayor giving
bail. It was not contemplated to hold
him in durance.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee has been in session since 9 o’clock,
It has transpired that Hon. Clarkson N.
Potter, of Westchester, is to be made
temporary chairman. The position was
tendered Allen G. Beach but he declined
it. Tammany is pressing its claims to
representation in the convention with re
newed energy, and attempts are bein_
made to conciliate its delegates, but thiis
far without success. It is probable that
they will appear on the floor of tho con
vention, when the matter will be referred
to the committee on credentials. It is
said that Tammany accepts Potter for
temporary chairman.
The Convention was called to order by
Mr. Tilden, Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee. Clarkson N. Potter was
made temporary Chairman. In his ad
dress he called upon the Convention to
purge and pnrify the party of corruption.
Horatio Seymour’s presence in the
Convention was greeted with enthusiastic
applause.
A communication was read from the
Tammany Hall Delegation asserting that
that Gen. McQuade; the contesting dele
gate from Oneida, in the interest harmo
ny, had withdrawn his claim to a seat.—
Francis Kiman was invited to a seat.
Committees on the permanent organiza
tion of resolutions were appointed, and
recess taken till 7 o’clock.
It is generally believed the Convention
will complete its business and adjourn
to-night.
The proceedings are most orderly and
harmonious.
Ex-Governor Seymour would have been
tendered the permanent chairmanship
but business engagements prevented his
remaining to the close. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Beech will probably be chosen.
The platform submitted by the' Com
mittee on Resolutions arraigns National
Administration as false to its pledges and
constitutional obligations, in prolonging
dissension and refusing amnesty to sub
missive citizens, squandering lands, &e.
in taking strides fatal to Republican in
stitutions. It recognizes emancipation
of freedmen of the South and their en
franchisement and perfect equality before
the law as the inevitable sequence of the
civil war, and hold it to be the duty of
all to sustain them in the enjoyment of
their established rights and aid them in
promoting their welfare.
They denounce the management of af
fairs in New York, and will look with
satisfaction on the punishment of all on
whom guilt can be fixed.
The platform also calls on the next
Legislature to provide for a further re
form in the city charter, which shall,
among other things, secure an early op
portunity for the people of the city to
choose new municipal officers; also, the
liability of the Mayor of New York, with
all Mayors of cities, to be removed by
the Governor in the same manner as
sheriffs are now removedT on proof be
fore him of malfeasance ur neglect of
duty. Also, to bring on the eleccion in
the spring of the year, so as to place in
the hands of the people the jJower to
make a change in the city government.
The-resolutions also say that while we,
ready and determined to purge the local
administration of the abuses, we must
not lose sight of the duty of correcting
all prevailing corruption in the Federal
government, Congress and the executive,
and demand some other safe guard than
the registry laws for preventing fraud in
elections.
They praise the Democratic State ad
ministration and declare the government
should levy no tax on imports, except
for revenue purposes.
The resolutions also hereby compli
ment Governor Hoffman.
After their adoption .the Convention
adjourned till 10 o’clock, tomorrow.
the latest.
After the recess the Convention organ
ized permanently by adopting the report
of the committee, making Clarkson N.
Potter President of the Convention.
New Orleans, October 4.—A storm
this morning uprooted trees and pros
trated the telegraph wires on the New
Orleans, Mobile and Jackson Railroad.
The road is slightly overflowed, causing
the trains to stop running. A strong
northeast wind has prevailed here for
several days past, which filled Lake Pont-
chafrain from the Gulf. A northeast
storm, with rain, began last night, and
still continues. Fears of another over
flow of water over the Mobile and New
Orleans Railroad at three different points
between the city and the Rigoletts, are
entertained.
The steamship Liberty, from Balti
more to New Orleans, put into Pensacola
on account of a lost rudder in the gale on
the 29 th of September.
later.
The railroad overflow has abated.
Trains are running. The wires are
down.
No Texas election news has been re
ceived.
Columbia, October 4.—Ample prepa
rations are making for the third annual
fair of the State Agricultural and Me
chanical society. The fair will open on
the 6th of November next, and close on
the 11th following. About $7000 in pre
miums will be distributed. A ladies
bazar on ground and, a grand tourna
ment will be feartores of the fair.
The Survivors’ Association will hold
a meeting during the week aud will be
addressed by Gen. Jubal A. Early, the
distinguished Ex Confederate.
There will also be a grand ball during
the week under the auspices of the
South Carolina Club.
It is expected that Columbia will be
crowded with vistors.
Milwaukee, October 4.—A special to
the News from Green Bay, says the fires
in the woods between there and Michi
gan have extended across Fox River, and
covers a strip of thirty miles in Suwanee
and Oconto counties. The large lumber
ing towns of Marquette and Pishtego are
threatened with destruction.
The fire sare now raging over three
hundred square miles of territory. One
hundred families have been burned out
of house aud home.
Farm buildings, bridges and fences
have been swept away, and thousands of
square miles of valuable pine woods de
stroyed
The entire population is fighting the
fire without success. All supplies of food
for man and beast has been destroyed,
and starvation during the coming winter
stares them in the face.
Southfarningham, October 4.—The
Labor Reform Convention is fulley atten
ded. Fifteen women are among the dele
gates. E. W. Chamberlin was nomina
ted for Governor.
Barton, October 4.—The prohibitory
State Convention, nominated Judge
Pittman for Governor.
Hartford, October 4.—Returns from
114 towns show the Republicans have
carried 67, the Democrats 36, and in 16
mixed tickets were elected.
Darmstadt, October 4.—A meeting of
Protestants representing the various por
tions of the German Empire, is now be
ing held in this city, for the purpose of
discussing the condition of the Protestant
religion in Germany. A declaration has
been adopted setting forth that it is to
the interest of Germany to oppose the
doctrine of Papal infallibility; that the
dogma is inimical to the sovereignty of
the State, the liberties of the people, and
destructive of that freedom of conscience
which is the base of pure religion, and
that the establishment of the Order of
Jesus must be prohibited.
Dublin, October 4—A club is being
Nbw York, October 4.—Governor Bol
lock arrived here to-day from the West,
and will leave for Georgia to-morrow
morning. He will reach Atlanta Satur
day or Sunday.
Macon, October 5.—The Grand Lodge
of Good Templars met yesterday. One
hundred and fifty delegates were present.
The following were elected officers: E.
J. Kirkscey, J. W. Burke, Maggie Blake
ly, W. E. H. Searcey and Rev. . At
kinson. The Lodge adjourned to-night.
P. J. M.
Washington, October 5.-—-This gov
ernment having asked Russia to recall
Catecazy, the Czar has requested that he
be tolerated until the visit of the Grand
Duke Alexis is over. The President ac
ceded to this, wishing to show friendship
to the Duke and his Imperial father.
Catecazy lias beeu informed by the
Secretary of State if, when the visit is
over, he shall not be recalled, his pass
ports will be sent to him; and further,
that the President will not receive him
unless accompanied by the Grand Duke;
nor will he, at auy time, hold convention
with.him. -.7 . J 4bQ
The President puts the request of re
call upon the ground that Catecazy’s con
duct, official and personal, has been such
as to materiaUyimpair his usefulness to his
own government, and to render inter
course with liim, for either business or
social purposes, highly disagreeable.
New York, October 5.-—The delegates
which, withdrew from the Syracuse Radi
cal Convention have resolved to unite in
support of the ticket nominated by that
Convention.
Rochester, October 5.—In the Demo
cratic Convention to-day, the Reform
candidates from New York were given a
hearing.
Several delegates made speeches de
nouncing Tammany, and a letter from
Charles O’Conner was read bitterly de-
nduncing the working in New York, and
declaring that the Democratic party in
its State Convention is bound to so con
duct itself that tbe public prosecutions
now demanded may be fairly heard, and
innocence vindicated from false. asser
tions, or ascertained guilt condignly pun
ished.
The Convention nominated the follow
ing: For Secretary of State, Died erich
Willois, Jr.; Comptroller, AsherP. Nich
ols; State Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bustal;
Attorney General, Marshal B.. Champlain,
State Engineer and Surveyor, Yan R;
Richards; Canal' Commissioner, George
M. Chapman, and Inspector of State
Prisen, D. B. McNeil.
The Convention then adjourned sine
die.
Memphis, October 5.—In the Cliicka
saw races the purse of $250—mile and a
half dasli—was won Joy Sentinel, beating
Billy Williamson, Bayonet, Tom Corbett,
Minnie Sims, Yidocqi, Morgan Scout
and Gray Ella. Time 2:42£. The purse
of $600—two mile heats—was won by
Nellie Grey, beating Morgan Scout.—
Irene Shepherd was distanced in the first
heat. Time 3:432. Tlie favorites won
both races. The attendance was good.
Baltimore, October 5.—Tbe case of
Mrs. Wharton, who is charged with poi
soning Gen. Ketchum, has been removed
from the Criminal Court of Baltimore to
the Circuit Court of Anne Amndel county.
Iu the Episcopal Convention the stand
ing committees were announced. The
English Bishops were formally intro
duced and made addresses.
Jefferson, October 5.—The election
progresses quietly. Probably 1,200 votes
were cast here yesterday and to-day.—
The people generally are voting. Noth
ing definite '.-an be known until the elec
tion closes to-morrow.
Springfield, Octobers.—The Demo
cratic State Convention nominated,
yesterday, A. S. Hayes for Congressman
at large.
Charleston, October 5.—Two fever
deaths have occurred in the past twenty-
four hours.
Boston, October 5.—The mackerel
fishermen report the season a perfect
failure.
CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING Tbp
RECORDS. E
C. 1*. McCalla Before Justice Bntt.
Yesterday, at 9 o'clock, the case of C
P. McCalla, charged by the State Attor
ney, with falsifying the books of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, came tm
before Justice Butt.
B. F. Moore, being sworn, produced
iu Court two papers—one a consolidated
statement of the earnings and expenses
of the road for the fiscal year, endin'-
September 30, 1S70; and the other paper
was a trial balance, both of which were
made out in lead pencil figuring. This
trial balance showed a difference of
$313.85 from the books, or rather, fails
to balance by that amount. The figures
were taken from the foot notes in pencil
from the books, and therefore the papers
were not a correct representation of the
books. There was no name signed to
them, nor were they addressed to any
one. The books were not settled up.
Saw nothing on these papers in the shape
of any official endorsement from any
source. It is nothing unusual for a com
petent book-keeper to make out a report
in pencil before making a formal report.
4 A. L. Harris, sworn, and testified that
the paper handed him is the one McCal
la gave him, after repeated solicitations
as the report of the earnings and expen
ses of Western and Atlantic Road, and
so stated it when he gave it to him. That
he told McCalla he wanted the statement
for .the purpose of incorporating it in the
annual report. In the report was an
amount of $154,000 to the credit of I.P.
Harris, as Treasurer of the road. Neith
er one could explain how that was, as
everybody would know that I. P. Hams
did not loan the road that amount of
money. Witness remarked to McCalla
at the time that he did not like the looks
of that item. McCalla then told witness
he could make a little “star” at that place,
and refer to it at the bottom in a note
explaining that the $154,000 to Harris’
credit was for bills payable. The wit
ness did not make the note at the bottom
as McCalla suggested. Both he and Mc
Calla concluded that tbe statement would
not look right.
J. C. Alexander was sworn, hut before
he was examined his attorney objected on
the ground that Alexander was under a
bond for his appearance in court, as be
ing connected with this matter, and,
therefore, could not be forced to testify,
as being liable to implicate himself. The
Court so decided. And farther, that ev
idence going to show that McCalla had
made such propositions as the above,
were irrelevant, and the prosecution
could not go outside of the charge prefer
red in the warrant for his arrest.
When this decision was given, the pros
ecution withdrew the warrant, and the
case was dismissed.
A CHAPTER FOR BULLOCK
AND BLODGETT, ET AL.
TO STUDY.
they don’t wish to embarrass the Conven-: organized in this city to consist of the
tiou and calling for a rigid examination I advocates of the home rule policy.
Accounts of G. Washington.
The Treasury Department officials, in
making arrangements for the better pre
servation of the valuable papers, have
lately removed from a vault, for which
they have laid for more than half a cen
tury, the accounts of General George
Washington, while he was Commander-
in-Chief of the American army during
the Revolutionary war. The accounts
are stated in General Washington’s own
handwriting, and are written in clear and
bold characters, and are araanged with sys
tematic accuracy. The title page of these
accounts hears the following inscription:
“ Account of G. Washington, with the
United States, commencing June, 1775,
and ending June, 1783,” compre
hending a space of eight years.
Entries are made of every item of his
household expenses, and for all moneys
used in the transportation of troops,
and, in fact, every expense incidental to
the revolutionary war. Reference to his
tory will show that General Washington,
although offered a competency while
serving as Commander-in-chief, repeat
edly declined to accept any, as these ac
counts show. General Washington’s de
termination not to cover up and take ad
vantage of the oversight of other govern
ment officers is well illustrated by the
following entry and the marginal note in
explanation of the same. It appears as
follows: “By cash ^3133 16s.”" Note—
“This sum stands in my account as a
credit to the public, but I can find no
charge of it against mein any of the pub
lic offices. Where the mistake lies I know
not, but wish it could be ascertained, as I
have no desire to injure or be injured.”
Washington also submitted a table,
giving the amount of money received at
different times, giving its nominal value
and yalue by depreciation, from which it
appears that in October, 1777, one thou
sand dollars was worth nine hundred and
eleven dollars; in January, 1778, two
thousand dollars was worth thirteen hun
dred and $70. The market value of
money continued to depreciate, so that in
March, 1799, two thousand dollars was
quoted at two hundred, and five hundred
dollars at fifty. The final note at the
end of the statement is as follows: “I re
ceived moneys on private account in
1777, and since which, except such surps
that I had occasion now and then to ap
ply to private uses, were all expended in
the public service, and through hurry, I
suppose, and the perplexity of business—
for I know not how else to account for
the deficiency—I have omitted to charge,
whilst every debit against me is here
credited. July 1, 1783.”
[From the Chronicle and Sentinel (Augruta Ga.) 30th
September, 1871.]
< Mr. Stephens.
The’reply of Mr. Stephens to the cor
respondent, “Law and Order,” of the
Constitutionalist, is a complete vindication
of himself from the charges and insinu
ations of that illy informed and evidently
biased writer. 1
That paragraph of his letter in which
he replies to the charge of being “ex
treme ” in, his Southern and constitu
tional views, is particularly lucid and
strong. We doubt whether, outside of
the Radical party, a single intelligent
man can be found in the State who does
not fully indorse and approve Mr. Ste
phens’ position as laid down in this letter
in regard to the 14th and 15th amend
ments He maintains the only true and
constitutional ground upon this vital
question.
The letter will amply repay a careful
perusal, and we specially commend it to
the attention of our readers.
The Tribune says: “The Demo
cratic leaders are glib with, their unbelief,
but they have no positive belief.” There
the Tribune is mistaken, for every Demo
crat in the country positively believes
that the Radicals are endeavoring to de
stroy the last vestige of constitutional lib
erty. They also positively believe that
Horace Greeley would like to have the
next Radical nomination for President;
and they further believe, most positively,
that if he does get it he will he beaten
by the Democratic nominee. They be-
live, too, very positively, that Dr. Gree
ley’s party was badly demoralized by
Grant’s Custom House brigade, in the
Syracuse Convention. Therefore, the
Tribune will peroeive that the Democratic
leaders havo some positive belief.
Putnam County Fair.
We have received an invitation to at
tend the Annual Exhibition of the Put
nam County Agricultural Fair Company.
The exhibition begins on the 11th insfc.
and terminates on the 13th—thus afford
ing all an opportunity to visit this place
before the Fairs at Atlanta, Macon and
other localities.
Judging from the reputation old Put
nam has for thrift, enterprise aud public
spirit, we predict for the Fair Company
and the citizens of the county a most flat
tering success.
Secretary Fish has informed his
associates of his intention to withdraw
from the Cabinet soon after the Novem
ber elections. This sets the mind of the
country at - ease, as most people were
afraid he would not withdraw.
The truly loyal Bourbon is a
successful disorganizer,” says the Courier-
Journal. Fact—proven by tlie summary
manner in which they disorganized the
“New Departure” movement.
