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daily sun. Pubiisiinl by the Atlanta Sun Publishing Company. jtuxiindcr H# Step] ArcUibulrt H. Spel) J. Hcnly Smith, belli, gnu, Proprietors. Alexander H. Stephens, Pol Weal Editor. A. R. Watson, - - - - News Editor. I llenly Smith, General Editor and Busi ness Manager. Local Editor t WILLIAM II. MOOSE. Traveling Agents t J. II. W. HILL. J. W. HEARD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1871. 'Oar City Agent. Cant Jons S. Wise is our A(»ent for Ailantv He in authorized to receive subscriptions, make collect- JlMis, and contract for advertising. HOW TO REMIT MOSEY. Vfe will be responsible for the safe arrival of all money pent us by Money Order, by Registered Let ter by Express, or by Draft, but not otherwise. If money sent * a an unregistered letter is lost, it must S, the loss of the person sending it. j- 0 paper will bo sent from the office till it is paid for, and names will always be erased when the lime seD ding money by Express must pre pay charges. To Correspondents. Mr Stephens will remain in CrawfordvRle. His connection with The Sun will not change his resi dence. All letters intended for him, either on pri vate matters or connected with the Political De partment of this paper, should be addressed to him it CrawfordviUe, Georgia. All letters on business of any Kina, connected with Tbs SUN, except its Political Department, should be addressed to J. llenly Smith, Manager, Atlanta, Ga, Terms of ©xifosoription. * DAIXilT: Sincle Oopy Per Annum $10 00 .. Six Months... S 00 .< •< For a less period than Six Months (per month). 100 CLUBS TOR THE 'DAILY. Three Copies One Year..l.. 27 00 68 00 84 00 3 Cent*. Five Eight Ten Single C'cplet . . ■ - • • WEEKLY PER ANNUM : Single Copy,........:.; 2 00 Threo Copies 5 00 Five •• 8 °0 Ten •• - 15 00 Twenty " 28 00 Fifty ■' One Hundred Copies 65 00 1Z5 00 •WEEKLY—SIX MONTHS: Single Copy,, •••• Three “ Five " Ten " Twenty “ Fifty * One Hundred Copies, Six Months. .'...65 00 Single Caplet 5 Cenl*. 1 00 2 50 4 00 7 50 15 00 34 00 CONTENTS “ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,” FOX THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER. 18th, 1871. Page 1.—The Mou'jomery Advertiser and. the New York Platform. Those Railroad Charters and Indorsements. Pollies in Mississippi. Next U. S. Senator. Sun-Strokos. SUto Matters. Page 12.—Democratic Unity on tho Right Line. Bullock—Interview with the Great Absentee. Liv- ’ crpool—Letter from A. M. 8. Mayor’s Court, Wed nesday. Washington Correspondence—Letter from Cato. .Georgia Matters. University of Georgia. The Farce. Criminal Trial at Fairburn. Page 3.—Telegrams. In Search of a Post Office. Special Premiums. Advertisements. Page 4.—Now York and New Orloans Correspon dence—Letters from Observer and Ivanhoe. Of Course. A Few More Words About the New Departure. Sun-Strokos. Georgia Mailers. Mr. con. From Cincinnati to Nashville. aFcwF- ts. Etc. Page 5 Telegrams. Tho State ’t Danger of Bankruptcy. Mayor’s Court. Sun-S’ - okes. Cob T. C. Howard. Georgia Matters. Sheep T ising for Profit. Etc. ‘TT?'.... The Montgomery Advertiser and the New York Platform. We clip,from the above journal, tlie fol lowing editorial in its issue of the 13th instant: laving His Bacon. "A. II. 8., haring condescended to accept the New York Resolutions, the most ultra New Departure Platform yet published by any Northern or Western i Democratic State Convention, is no doubt willing to ; recall bis intemperate declaration ‘that he would not vote or counsel’ with the Northern and Western Democracy. He also is willing to admit that ] waa very wrong in denouncing the Ohio and Penn sylvania Democracy as • accessories after the fact' to Radical usurpations and fraud. Having done this, as the only compensation in his power for the mis chief he has done or tried to do, he would be wise to abandon the editorial pen, and retire to ‘Liberty Hall’ and to philosophical meditations on ages that are past.” It would be difficult to squeeze more errors into an article no longer than the foregoing, than have been crammed into its twonty linea A few of these are of a character which require notice and exposure. .i-ynl • JL. It is not true that’“A. H. S.” has “condescended to accept the New’ York Resolutions.” 2. It is not true that the New York Res olutions “are the most ultra New Depar ture Platform yet published,” &c. *. 3. It is not true that “A. H. S.” ever declared that “he would not vote or coun sel with the- Northern or "Western De mocracy.” * 7. 4. It is not true that “A. EL S.” ever denounced the Ohio and Pennsylvania Democracy ‘as accessories after the fact’ to Radical usurpations and fraud.” These are all baseless and groundless assertions. The facts in the premises are these; ■ 7/.' uieu :;t I m» Jjufor 1st. “A. H. >3.” denounced, “as acces sories after the fact” to Radical usurpa-. tions and frauds, those only who main tain before the country, that the 14th and 15th Amendments, so-called, have been incorporated in the organic law, “in the manner and by the authority consti tutionally appointed.” The Ohio De mocracy has never done any such thing; nor has the Pennsylvania Democracy. It is true, a packed Convention, at Harris burg, in the latter State, at the instance of a corrupt political “Ring,” did so de clare; but the masses of the Paifcy utter ly refused to join in the utterance of so monstrous an untruth. 2nd. “A Hi S.” said, that. he would never vote for, nor counsel with, any one will not be so heavy, as if allowed to nth loosely, without rigid supervision and accountability, as such matter’s seem to have gone in the past. POLITICS IN MISSISSIPPI. Joint Discussion at Springs. Holly Tlie Eiulucnt man. Driven to the Wall and Boated! GLORY ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY t Page 0.—Policy—Candor. Sua-SLrokes. S*'te Matters. London—Letter from A. M. 3. Balti more. Great Fires of Modern Times. Caught the Rascals. “,I Told. You So.” Garroting—An Old Man Choked aud Robbed. Court and Other Mat ters. Governor Bullock Spending Money with the Lawyers. The Liverpool and London and Globe. Page 7.—Telegrams. A Negro Shoot") himself. Statement or Accounts. Stophens aud His Cato, Supreme Court Decisions. Letter to tho Members of the Georgia Legislature, a !a Hon. B. H. Hill All Hail the Sweeping Victory of the Gallant De mocracy of Texas. New York Correspondenc Democratic State Convention. Etc. Page 8.—Liverpool—Letter from A. M. S. Tele grams. Personal. City Trade. Narrow Gauge Engines. Tho Spaight Trial at Fairburn. Mayor’s Court. In Jail. District Court at Jonesboro. Spocial Train. F.. Tickets to tho Fair Ground. Very Hugo Affair. Commercial. Advertisements. or* of the Montgomery Advertiser see I his opinion that if the New York Con-1 omy and good faith in the construction of anything like the “New Departure” her-1 vention at Roohester, the other day, had roads. In such a case, loss to the State gone to the country upon the issues as thus presented, without another word, the victory of the Democracy of that State in November next would have been no less signal than it was last year in Georgia, and%as been this year in Ken tucky and Texas. For some reason or other, however, they were not content to let well enough alone; and incorporated another Resolution, which is in these wbrds: j “Resolved, That we recognize the eman cipation of the freedmen of the South, and their enfranchisement and perfect equality before the law, as the inevitable sequence of the civil war and of the over throw of the rebellion against the Union; and we hold it to be the duty of all to sustain therfi in the enjoyment of the ; r established rights, to aid them in pro moting their own welfare and the gener. prosperity ofjfche country.” This is, dqpbtless, the crumb, in the whole proceedings, which is so savory to the palates of the “New Departure” Ed itors of the Montgomery Advertiser, and which throws them into an extasy so ex travagant, as to cause them to pronounce the whole “the most ultra New Departure Platform yet published by any Northern or "Western Democratic State Conven tion.” i, • . >'i _ : . . ; While, as stated above, it is not true that “A. H. S.” has ever accented or ap proved this Resolution—but, on the con trary, has not, and does not, approve it, either in policy or principle, as the mat ters therein are set forth; yet, he is far far from concurring with the views of it, expressed by the Editors of the Adver tise'. it :»> ' '- - "• • He does not regard it as an indorse ment of the “New Departure” heresy, in any respect whatever. His objections to it rest more upon phraseology than sub stance, if its true meaning is to be arrived at, from reading it in connection with the other Resolutions. No one has more ex plicitly expressed his recognition of the “emancipation of the freedmen of the South,” a3 a result of the war against Se cession, than “A. H. S.” has done, and repeatedly done. No one can more thor oughly recognize their “equality before the law” in the new order of things, than he docs, and has done, ever since the war was over. Nay, more: no one can more thoroughly recognize “the duty of all to . sustain them in the enjoyment” of their as nearly all the channels of pohtical jusfc rigbta and “to aid them in promo- administration: and nvnfliora/aoH in tho J — unsworn-house, the internal- revenue b . -■ " , r E ” * - - prosperity of the country, than he has done, and still does. . 1 While all this is true of the position of “A. H. S,” on these subjects, it is also wy in this Resolution? If so, why have they been so rabid in their aaannlfa. upon The Atlanta Sun, and other anti-Depar- tureDemoeraticJonrnalsNorth and South, which have been so strenuously endeavor ing to persuade the Democracy of the Union not “to turn their backBnpon the enemy,” but to stand equally square, with a bold front, upon the same broad issue as it is here clearly presented ? The oth er Resolutions of this Platform, which meet the approval of *‘A. H. S.,” are as follows: “Resolved, That we view with indig nation the corruption and extravagance recently brought to light in the manage ment of the municipal affairs of New York, and denounce as unworthy of our countenance or toleration all who are re sponsible therefor. We pledge onr best efforts to prevent the repetition of such abuses, and will look with satisfaction upon the punishment of all upon whom guilt can be fixed. We appeal to the records and the facts to prove that the deplorable condition of affairs existing in New York was inaugurated and foisted upon Gie city by a system of irresponsible government, instituted by the Republican party and continued by them through many years, under which the growth of extravagance, peculation and fraud, was inevitable; and we demand on the part of our next Legislature such further reforms in the city charter as shall secure, among other things—first, an early opportuuity for the people of the city to choose new j municipal officers; second, on the part of the Mayor, more complete responsibility for the subordinate departments of the administration; third, the liability of the Ilayof of New York, with all the Mayor’s ordei ■, to be removed by the Governor, iu the same manner rs Sheriffs of counties are now removable, upon proof before him, of Malfeasance in office or neglect of duly. “Resolved, That experience has shown the necessity of restraining and defining by constitutional enactments the power of towns, countos, and municipalities to create a debt and tax the property of citizens. “Resolved, That while ready and de termined to purge the local administra tion of abuses, we must not lose sight of the duty of correcting ’ the confessed and all-pervading corruption of the Federal Government, Congress and the Executive. In consummating their scheme of centralization they have openly d ; sregarded constitutional obli gations, tampered with the judiciary, and so manipulated the system of ex- [SPECIAL TO THE CLARION.] Holly Springs, Oct. 10, 1871. The discussion yesterday between Al corn and Lowry drew an imme: S3crowd. Alcorn took the . position that the South had sacrificed every right by war, and had no right to talk abont Constitutions; that we are doing all we can to prove we are not capable of self-government; that the world would have indorsed the Govern ment : f it had treated us as the French did the Communes (hung us), and that the restoration of Conservatives woe Id undo all he had done, by placing the State in opposition to the Republican party. Lowry’s speech was a masterly effort and completely demolished the Governor. He proved that the Governor has done more. harm to the State than all her citi zens put together; that his administra tion had been extravagant, unprincipled and corrupt • ; A discussion was had at nigh'\. when the gallant Lamar whipped the Eminent Man at every point. Lamar’s speech was withering, convincing and unanswer able. Monday was a gala day for the friends of law, peace and economy. Alcorn has had enough of Marshall county. F. —Jackson [Miss.) Clarion, 10 Oct., 1871. — —v-#—* ■ Next U. S. Senator. sion of the writ of habeas corpus, as provi ded by the fourth seotion of the aet of April 20to,which says that anyKn-Klux Oljj| ganization or combination shall be deem ed. a rebellion against toe government, the limits of which shall be prescribe-^ by proclamation, commanding the insuN gents to disperse before the privileges cf the writ of habeas corpus are suspended. A prominent minister of the Gospel, and also- a leading Republican, stated to day that the arrangements of the civil and military for wholesale arrests of mem bers of the Ku-Klux Klan had been per fected, and that the country would be surprised, if the proclamation were n< t heeded, by the arrest of well-known Southern men. The leaders ol the party have seen the Southern States, one by one, pass out of their clutches just as rapidly as the terrorism of military sur veillance was removed. Out of the whole eleven “insurrectionary” States, two or three remain to do reverence to the great Molcch of Radicalism. If things are permitted to go on peaceably, not one of the Southern States will cast its electoral vote for the Radical nominee next Fall, unless it be South Carolina and Florida; and even iu those States the Radical hold is weakening. The party cauuot afford to go into toe canvass with the oertainty that the vote of the Southern States will be cast for the Democratic nominees.— They know that well enough, and under stand the necessity of securing, at least, a portion of this electoral vote, even though foul means have to be used. These schemers covet nothing so muoh as a semblance ol lawlessness in the Southern States, as an excuse for a restoration of the satrapies which bat a short while ago were removed. With martial law declared—with a o, tlie perpetrators of .lose usurpation | corrupt social and business life, as well and frauds, nor for any one of “the ac cessories after the fact,” to any of them. This was very far from saying that he would not vole for, or counsel with, any Northern or Western Democrat. There is not a true Democrat, in the North or South, East or West, who will not affirm that these so-called amendments > re, i solely upon usurpations, fraud and per fidy. la-iitmjrni 01 it \ H S ” didexnress ^ratification far froM preventing frauds in elections, 3d. A. M. b. did express giatitication haye pro £ ed to be shields under the cover at'trwo tilings done by tlie late -New lork 0 £ they can more easily beconsuhx- boards, in the army and navy, and in the hignest walks of office, as well as in mu nicipalities, are ripe fruits of this sys tem; and we call the attention of the people to the fact that this corrupt power , , , , , , , triumphed in and controlled tho recent ^ell known that he does not regard the The incoming Legislature, if they truly represent the Democracy of Georgia, will, when they go into the election for United States Senator, do as the State Convention of August, 1870, did whan they formed toe platform upon which Lhe- D«niocracy of Georgia won the victory. B&y about the darned amendments disabilities, but select a man for his ability and 8tates&3*l~ J- ship. All this fuss about Congress seat- 1 ing the “next highest” is folderol and bombast. It is a well known fact that the House of Representatives, just at the close of the last session of Congress, passed an amnesty bill that removes the dk abilities from a large Mass of our peo ple, and it is confidently believed that jhe^agie^ g&paflalhe Senate. As to suspension of civil authority and with the sword hanging over the necks of the Southern people, they believe they will be able to gerrymander these States into a support of the Radical ticket. The Enforcement Act of Congress was a ne cessary step in this direction. The Pres ident will be nothing loth to carry out its provisions. He will declare martial law in every Southern State, if need be, in or der to accomplish the designs of the par ty that purposes keeping hinf in office. It is apart of the Radical Campaign, and will be persisted iD a as a means of secur ing electoral votes. The people of the South have only to bear their ills as pa tiently as they can, and do nothing that can be construed into disorder, or law lessness. *»’* has never done that,— ! Clipper, 12$ October. . VAMigrcao aneekUm.4Qu.) | Republican, Convention at Syracuse. ‘Resolved, That the registry laws, so SUN-STROKES. STATE MATTERS. From Monroe, in Walton county,* cometh a new weekly paper, styled the Walton Casket. John P. Edwards is the editor. The initial number gives prom ise of a very clever paper. When an ox refuses to pull in Col am bus, same inventive genius catches a cat and suspends it by the tail over the back arc - Democratic Convention. One was the rejection of the delegates of the “Tam many Fung,” who were the real authors of the “New Departure” heresy ; and the other was their treatment of this lieresy in the same manner as their treatment of its authors. He, also, hailed with appro bation, tho clear and bold language in which the Democracy of New York had presented the real living issues now be fore the country, in their general Plat form. This was taken in the right conraging sign of the times that the Democracy of the Union will, in the end, be united upon that line of policy in the contest of 1872, which is right in princi ple, and which will secure success. Coin- mated, demand that some other safeguards be provided against a fraudu- ’ent repetition of votes and a dishonest c'lvf' ; of the ballots, crimes which are •eason to representative government, and that we approve of the passage of the constitutional amendments now pend ing, making bribery a ground of chal lenge to the elector, and denying the suf frage alike to him that receives and him that offers a corrupt inducement. Resolved, That the Democracy of the State, to sustain their confident claim on Enfranchisement of the negroes of the South, as an “inevitable sequence” of the This part of the Resolution, there fore, in the form in which it stands, does not, and never can, receive his approval— nor can that other accompanying expres sion, which characterizes the late war between the States as a “Rebellion.”— This Resolution, therefore, in the parts stated, as well as some others, which seem to afford the Editors of the Adver tiser so much delight, is the only one in the New York programme to which “A. H. S.” objects. It does, unquestionably, in his opinion, weaken the force of the others, 1 b the suffrages of the people, point to the 7 ” .__ d cas regarded as a great step L. esult of ° the administration during tlie I before tbe P ublic > and will greatly tend ight direction, and an cm | brief, term that the power and responsi- to “handicap,” to say the least of it, the bility of legislation have been in their active men in the canvass throughout the hands. They have rescued them from the gt a t e> ments upon the details of this New York reduced tlie expenses and lowered the ■ * 1 tolls, with such practical benefit to the revenue and to commerce as to extort Arrival* ami Departures or Trains to and from Atlanta* THE WESTERN A ATLANTIC (OR 8TATE) RAILROAD. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN—OUTWARD. Leaves Athtutt..**;*..** ..10;30 p m Arrives at Chattanooga 6;16am DAY PASSENGER THAIS—OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta . C: 5? am Arrives at Chattanooga 1:21pm FAST LISE TO SEW YORK—OUTWARD. Leaves Atlanta Arrives at Dalton 1 :o3 p m SIGHT TASSESOEB THAIS—ISWARD. Leaves Chattanooga 5:20 pm Arrives at Atlanta 1:42 a m DAY PASSES GER THAIS—ISWARD. Leaves Chattanooga 5:30 a m Arrives at Atlanta 1:32 pm ACCOMXODATIOS THAIS—ISWARD. 1 Leaves Dalton 2:25 am Arrives at Atlanta 10:00 a m ruin to which a reckless and improvident system of repair contracts had exposed them; they have restored them to the Still, no one will be more rejoiced than “A. H. S.” to. see the Democracy of New THE GEORGIA (AUGUSTA) RAILROAD. {.Yo Day Train on Sunday.) Night Passenger Train arrives.............5:35 a. m Night Passenger Train leaves ...5:15 p. m I'.iy 1’iisM-i- Train arrives 6:20 p. m Day Passenger Train leaves 7:10 a. m Stone Mountain Accommodation arrives...8:05 a. in Stone Mountain Accommodation leaves....6:35 p. m MACON AND WESTERN RAILROAD. Day Passenger train leaves 7:55 a. m Leaves Macon 7:55 a. m Day Passenger Train arrives..*:.' 2:00p. Arrives at Macon 1:40 p. m Night Passenger Train leaves 2:55 p. m. Leaves Macon. 5;05 p- m. Night Passenger Train arrives 10:25 p.m. Arrives at Macon 8:33 p. m ATLANTA AND WEST TOZSL RAILROAD. Sight Passenger Train arrives 7:10 a. m Higtat Passenger Train leaves 7:00 p. m Day Passenger Train arrives... .....5:00 p. m Day Passenger Train leaves................G:45 a. m ATLANTA AND RICHMOND AIR-LINE RAILROAD. Leave Gainesville 6 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta. 10 A. M. Leave Atlanta 3 P. M. Arrive at Gainesville. 6:42 P. M. Platform were expressly reserved by “A. H. S.,” until a full report of the proceed ings of the Convention should come to hand. This has subsequently, reached him, and for the information of his readers, as well as the special information of the Editors of the Montgomery Advertiser, he now reproduces, in full, those Resolu tions in that Platform, which lie does, without any condescension, most heartily accept, and indorse: Resolved, That the Democracy of New York arraign before the people of the Urion, the administration at Washington as false to its pledges, and faithless to constitutional law. It has prolonged the dissensions that followed the civil war, kept alive sectional animosities, refused amnesty to submissive citizens, and has denied peace to the restored Union. It has set up privileged classes, and ini tiated a system of exemption from taxa tion, to the protection of the monied in terest-, the tendency of which is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It has squandered upon mammoth corpora tions the lands which were the pledged heritage of settlers, and it now attempts to perpetuate its power by recourse to the grossest corruption, by direct inter- highest efficiency, and at the same time | York triumphant on the great leading* living, and absorbing issues between Con stitutionalism and Centralism, as present- Mempliis and Charleston Railroad. W. J. Akers, Agent, Atlanta, Ga. TIME TARLE OF TIIE MEMPHIS AND C1IARLESION R. It. GOING west: Mornln g Expree 3 leaves Chattanooga...... C :30 A M Arrives iu M.-mphia, same (lay ..10:15 P M Mail Train leaves Chattanooga 8:00 P M Arrives iu Memphis, next day 12 ;15 P M COMING east: Morning Express leaves Memphis...'..!.. 10:20 A M Arrives in Chattanooga, next morning 5:00 AM Mail Trainleaves Memphis 12:10 A M Arrives iu Chattanooga, next day 500 P 51 from onr political adversaries) who at first denounced this statesman-like pol icy, a reluctant approval; they have cat off an immense mass of special legisla tion, and reduced materially the volume of taxation.. They challenge comparison between these results and twenty years of accumulated misrule, waste and cor ruption of their adversaries. “Resolved, That in John T. Hoffman, the Democracy claim a worthy successor of the great Democratic leaders, Clinton, Tompkins, Wright-, Marcy and Seymour. Regarding himself as the servant of the whole constituency, he has placed him self above all subserviency to localities. He has by vetoes protected the Treasury and millions of money for the people. He persistently resisted that species of local and personal legislation npon which the lobby thrives and all which perverts our system of equal laws in their admin istration. As to the pardoning power, while sensible to tho appeal of justice and mercy, he has been true to the re quirements of his office, to see that the laws are faithfully executed. He has as serted and maintained the civil rights of all citizens, no matter what race or color.” The foregoing Resolutions embrace all that were passed by the Convention, as appear in the full report of the proceed- As. they very cor ed in their general Platform as a whole, With unity on these, there will be very little, if any, difficulty in adjusting all minor matters, pertaining to the rights of the freedmen and the proper disposi tion of all questions of that character by the Party in General Convention, in such forms of expression as shall correctly, and on proper principles, state the views of all, without giving! needless offense to any. The prospect, therefore, is still bright ening (now that the “New Departure” is dead” “Jelo de se,”) not only for unity and harmony in the Democratic Party throughout all the States, but for unity and harmony on that line which adheres to principle, and which alone insures suc cess. This is the glorious “mischief” aimed at by A. H. S. New York subscribed over a mil lion of dollars to Chicago. BgL»Tlie New York Tribune thinks the Radical party needs a little less preach ing of harmony and a little more prac tice of it. ■rMwnlnaao s-. Victor Hugo is writing a book winch he calls L'Armee Terrible. Of course he means the French “army with banners,’-’ and little of other equipments. The Shreveport Republican says: “We must have a reduction in rents if we want new commers to settle permanent ly here.” It is evident the punters in that office work by the in. - odir Whyte, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Maryland, says: “The only New Departure I pm in favor of is the departure of Grant and his crew from the - White House.”., . . A ten pound mushroom :is the agricultural product of Kent county, Vir ginia. The mushroom that odorizes the the Courier-Journal office weighs at least twenty pounds—or would if so much of him were not gas. Those Railroad Cliarters Indorsements. and ference of Federal office-holders in pop nlar elections, and by a resort to military i mgs at hand, except one. force to repress the civil tribunals of the staE d tll iudeed countrv, and to control popular assem- .... ... 1£ . „ c „ mi b 1 ages and elections—acts and usurpation c i ia % accepted by A. H. S. They which all history shows are strides to- < present the real issues substantially, as wards despotism, and which, if not avert-! they were presented by the Democracy ed, must prove fatal to our Republican - 0 { Georgia, Connecticut and Indiana, institutions. This is the first and leading Resolution in the Platform. In it the great issue between Constitutionalism and Central ism, is as squarely presented, as it has 'ever been by “A. H. S. ” Do the Edit- last year, and as they were presented by them in New Hampshire, Kentucky and Texas, this year, when and where most signal victories were achieved; and “A. H. S.” does not hesitate to give it as As a partial remedy for the threatened evils which we alluded to yesterday morn ing, we have these suggestions to make: 1st. Let no more charters ever bo granted to Railroads coupled with State indorsement. Let ns get no deeper into that trouble than we are. 2d. Let the incoming Legislature see to it, that in the construction of all roads under charters already granted, the law is faithfully complied with, and that no indorsement is given to the bonds of the road, except upon a strict compliance, on the part of the corporators, both in letter and spirit, with the law. I This will,in a great measure,secure econ- Richmond, Va., has a negro wo man who is 113 years old. It is very evi dent that a movement has been put on foot to get up a rival of Mathuselah; but it will never succeed until the editor of the Courier-Journal can be persuaded to tell how old he is. The recent Presidential procla mation, affecting certain counties of Scruth Carolina, was something more than a mere note of warning to the peo ple. It was simply the announcement that, within a few days, a proclamation would be issued, declaring the several counties named, under martial law. Re ferring to this proclamation, a Washing ton letter-writer gives utterance to the following: The Ku-Klux proclamation to-day turns out to be a most important step in a new policy to be pushed towards the South. It is now known positively that for more than six weeks, or ever since the Ku-Klux Committee of Congress re turned from the South, the administer, tion has had under consideration a policy to be enforced, not only against the so called Ku-Klux organization, but in the administration of Federal civil affairs in the South. There was no substantial difference of opinion among the Presi dent and the Cabinet and the leading Representatives who favored this new order of things, except as to the time when it should be enforced, and that ac counts for the delay until after the Octo ber elections. The proclamation is, therefore, but the forerunner of martial law and the suspen- The Second Infantry Band, from Huntsville, Alabama, will furnish music for the State Fair. Mayor Huff has received 1300 flags with which he means to decorate the Fair Grounds at Macon. He certainly ought to be able to hang liis benner on the outer wall. Rev. George G. Smith is lecturing Rome on Francis Asbury and l is com panions. It lias been said that the man is mad who attempts to get an audience out to hear a lecture; but in the case of Mr. Smith, it may be said there is Meth odism in his madness. The Savannah Advertiser of the 15th inst., says: The steamer Yirgo arrived at her wharf yesterday, having experienced a rough voyage with head winds all the way. On Thursday, at 6 A. m., Miss Caddie Moore, one of the passengers, died of heart disease and was buried at sea. She was a native of Maine, and was known as the “Fat Girl,” her age being nine years, and weight 350 pounds. She was on her way to the Fair at Atlanta, accompanied by her mother. The Macon Telegraph, of Sunday, says: As.the night passenger train from Colum bus reached a point about midway be tween Butler and Reynolds, on Friday night, the engine exploded a flue, and the engineer, Mr. R. R. Raiford, findir£ he was in danger of being scalded to death, jumped npon the outside of the locomotive. In doing so he missed his footing and came in contact with a crank pin, which inflicted a very painfnl wound on his leg. The Quitman Banner says: “During the war three negroes and one white man, convicted before Judge Lynch of at tempting to incite insurrection, were hung in or near the town of Quitman, and their bodies buried near the present site of the Quitman Factory. There they remained until a few days ago, ^when their bones were dug up and appropria ted by parties to us unknown. The dis interment was conducted in the night time, and the bones secretly carried awa y—for what purpose we are unpre pared to’state understanding^.” Proba bly those bones have been pilfered away to be exhibited before the Ku-Klux Com mittee as testimony against the people of the State. Hon. T. G. Lawson, of Eatonton, and Zeno I. Fitzpatrick, late of Madison, have formed a law partnership, under the name and style of Lawson & Fitzpatrick. Their office is in Eatonton. Mr. Law- son is a lawyer of high repute, while Mr. Fitzpatrick is a yonng man, recently admitted to the bar, full of energy and of promising talents.