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Htaamw October 11.
Ilemeentlc Unity on the Right
Line.
The signs of the times are becoming
.more auspicious. -almost daily, for the at
tainment of tbe great object for which we
have been iuii^ onr utmost exertions for
the last six month*. As signal evidence
of this, we refer to (the fact that the late
State Convention of the Democratic Par
ty of New York, -eaCLwed all mention of
the “New Departure,’* and planted them
selves in bold antagonism to the usurpa
tions of the Ruling I^uasty at Washing
ton.
To those whoehargons with being “im
practicable, ” “redhat" and “revolutionary, ”
in onr doctrines, aod sdlegethatwe are ad
vocating principles which tend, not
.only to disturb the harmony of tbe
Democratic Parly, bat to ;fix upon ns
: proofs of “lunacy” and “madness?' we re
ply that Mr. .Jefferson was denounced as a
.revolutionary agitator by the J&perialists
of bis day. He, and tbe Democracy
under him, however, rescued and saved
the free Institutions of the country for
more than half a ceotnty. By the
same -sort of revolutionary principles, and
by the-oame sort of Revolution, the De
mocracy may again rescue and save the
Xabertjcs of the country, in the contest
•of 1872. JJnity in sentiment, on the rights
line, and amity in action, for the accom
plishment.©/ the same great object, is all
that is necessary to secure the grand
achievement. The signs of the times,
we say, are strongly indicating that this
unity will be attained before the open
ing of the campaign.
And we have the following from an
other quarter: ; °* * Um ,
It is a leading Editorial, taken fiom
the Manchester (N. B.) Public Forum, of
3d September, 1871. We give this artil
cle to our readers, in fall and commend
it especially to those who have charged
us with “warring” against the “Northern
Democracy.” Here is a true utterance
of Northern Democratic Sentiment. It
is, as we believe, the realsentiment which
is entertained by the honest masses of
the Democracy everywhere; South as well
as North:
The True Issue.
. "Nawepapor editors, stump speakers and profes-
“jjonal politicians of every name and sort, may do
"tuejf pest or theirworst to mislead and bewilder the
‘‘public mind, they raise a largo amount of dust
and smoke, blotv their noisy trumpets in any way
‘‘and upon anything, they sc» flt. Hy* j- Trn ~-
^x^airectly and unequivocally to' Tim main pnint,
“great overshadowing iasue of the present time is
“whether our Federal Government is to be restored
“and maintained aa its founders established it, based
“upon a written Constitution, with the powers of the
“Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments
“limited and defined therein, reserving to the States
“and the people thereof, all rights and powers not
‘‘voluntarily delegsted to ths General Government:
“or, in other words, whether the United Statos shall
‘■be and remain, as the name itself implies, a Union
“of Sovereign States under the Constitution, or be
“tranaformod into a centralized despotism with hcad-
“quarters in Washington, and we the people be gov
erned by a usurping caucus and the President _at
“W»-ukj. ‘ctitnir tne nut nuiorcemeut Bill of Coa-
"gress, called the ‘appropriate legislation’ author-
“lzod by that stupendous frand and forgery known
“as tho 14th Amendment to .the Constitution, the
“Executive may, in his discretion, overturn the
“government of any State, arrest its Governor, im-
“prison or disperso its Legislature, silence its
“Courts, suspend the writ of habeas corpus, declare
“martial law and trample the people down under
“the heel of his armed soldiery. Such is the law
“enacted by an utterly depraved and infamous Con
gress, sanctioned by its subservient tool the Presi-
“dent, and which a cowardly Court dare not decree
“null and void. No man in this country to-day en-
“joys any right whatever as a right.
“Everything we do, have, or enjoy, is by suffer-
“ancc of a reckless, unprincipled, audacious, itn-
“plaeable gang of usurpers and tyrants. It is under
“precisely this condition of things that we write
‘ and print this article to-day. We dare to do it and
“defy the consequences.
“The question is, shall this monstrous infamy
“continue? The groat paramount issue is, whether
“the people of this country will restore and main-
“tain tho Democratic Itepublican form of Govern-
“ment of onr fathers, or give way supinely and final-
“ly to centralization and military despotism.
“Tho great duty of tho Democratic party and of
“all who love liberty, is to unite in an honest, bold
“and resoluto effort to stop this Radical revolution.
“It can only be done by putting this Administra-
“tion and the party at its back, out of power. This
“is the work before us, end until it shall be accom
plished, all other issues are as bubbles in the
‘‘turbulent stream, comparatively worthless and in
significant.’'
When the party leaders shall become
united on this common sentiment of the
mass os, and shall join ip the issue thns
presented, they may look for one of the
most glorious civic victories ever won .in
this or any country. The American Peo
ples are not yet ripe for Centralism or
Despotism: but they can never be
aroused to a grand rally for the preserva
tion of their Liberties, under the lead of
men, who call upon them to connive at,
or sanction, the foulest frauds and gross
est usurpations by which those Liberties
liavo been, or can be, assailed.
We have other evidences on this sub
ject, to which we may allude at an early
day. A. H. S.
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BtJLLOCK.
The Governor's intention to visit' Cali
fornia was not known thqpublir, and
it is oErtainbis Secretaries, Ac nwteh o€
the time he was gone, did not know
whore ho was, where he intended going,
nor wkeu he would return.
Mr. Conley may have known his inten
tion to go to California, but lie, too, was
Chen absent from tbe State," and we be
lieve 8dJH, is. He is President of tbe
Senate, hot is not ex-officio Lient. Gov
ernor, nor authorized to fill the Govern
or's oflBee.in his absence.
The that appears to have been ad
vanced, t-W. the Treasurer has no discre
tion, bat *no»t pay all warrants approved
by the Controller General, is not cor
rect. The law requires the Governor to
draw his warrant on the Treasury, which
must be approved by the .Comptroller
General; Urtwdien a warrant is presented
to the Treasurer; for payment, which he
knows the Governor *did| not draw; and
that he was beyond the limits of the State
contrary to law, ihe is not bound by the
Comptroller’s approval.
The Treasurer Urns sought to save the
credit of the State, by giving to the pub
lic the law on whiehisLe bonds were issued,
in order that none might be imposed
upon. The currency bonds which the
Governor has been tlying to sell had the
Treasurer’s name lithographed upon
them, without consulting that officer,
while the law requires him to sign them;
and unless he does thus sign them with
his own hand, the law requires them not
to be paid unless the bond itself is brought
to the Treasurer’s office, and the coupon
is by him detached. None'of the gold
bonds have the Treasurer’s genuine sig
nature, as required by law. This fact
Dr. Aagier has made known far and wide,
which it was his duty to do. If he had
not, no doubt an immense quantity pf
those bonds would have been sold, which,
with the fasts before them, capitalists
have beep unwilling to take. He has
not tried to injure the State’s credit, but
to save it from bankruptcy.
“For the purpose cf buying them ala
large discounlTIf the Governor actu
ally made this charge, it is a strange one.
He and his Mends have all the opportu
nities to play this game, while the Treas
urer lias no 'more than any other indi
vidual. There is, in tho issuing of these
bonds, and the effort to sell them, a sem
blance of illegality, andjfeeyg “Seems to
have been issqgfhni amount far in excess
o£J&Q'wants of the State. These things
give just grounds for suspicion, that the
best of intentions were not entertained
“ Buying them in /” Tho Treasurer has
not been building fine houses, indulging
in fine equipages and long “ summer va
cations.” Though possessed of a good
property, bis income has been largely
firuxnf,.tPAwwianriMrt/w\na.r»f PiJl/in]/’g
schemes before Congress to put The
people of Georgia under a military dic
tatorship, with himself at the head, hav
ing supreme control of the persons and
property of the State. He has spent
largely more than his salary as Treasurer
for this patriotic purpose, and with the
assistance of other patriotic men, their
schemes for the degradation and rain of
our people have been thwarted, in a great-
measure. - —
This charge of wanting to buy the
bonds at a large discount, if really made
by tbe Governor against Dr. Angier,
comes with an ill grace from his Excel
lency. -ioq«79i4d «riT
It is believed that he has not succeed
ed in selling many of the bonds. For
this, if it be so, let the Treasurer and
others who have labored with the same
object in view, be tba&ked.
P. S.—Since the foregoing was in type,
we bave concluded to annex tbe follow
ing two sections from Irwin’s Code, being
the latest revised code of the laws of the
State, so that all may see the law as it
stands:
and belfcfre it would be
to aridpt the custom
' {menfc to a large
f of our people.
struck with
well for
<if thus fi
end most aejJend
Wherever there is light and nimble work
to be done, we found universally ladies
.employed. In the extensive draper es
tablishment of Lee in Liverpool, frequen
ted and patronised by the nobility and
wealthy of the land, the long lines of
counters were attended by scores of
beautiful young girls tastefully dressed,
«Ril who were waiting upon the crowds
of ladies and gentlemen, pnrcliasing
employments afford a wide field
forilaljor to poor and dependent girls,
who, otherwise might be burdens at
boeie and drones in society. In Eng
land every member „ of a poor
family seeks employment. Wages
are low, applicants numerous, and
he&oe all-employments that can be served
by females, are yielded to them, while
the naen seek : rougher and sturdier busi
ness. •
A hansom, :the cab used now almost
universally iniLiverpool and London, is
a two-wheel wehicle, drawn by a single
horse, with a broad body, sitting low on
the axle, ^vory much like our physician's
gig), with leather top. On the rear of
the body the driver has a seat bnilt, and
drives from that perch—his reins passing
over the leather lop. His seat is elevated
so he can see over the top, and direct and
manage his horse. The body of the
hansom is enclosed with wooden doors
that fold in front like a .double-leaf door,
and which you can open or close at pleas
ure. The seat is comfortable, and you
are protected entirely from the weather,
The wooden doors reaching to your body
protects the legs and feet, while the pro
jecting roof shelters the head and shoul
ders. The driver, sitting behind yon,
with his body as high as your bead,
is signalled readily through a small
hole in the top of your cab.
There are thousands? of these hansoms
threading and rolling along the streets
of London, day and night. You can
hire them to take you a mile for a shil
ling—or by the hour, as you choose.
Police officers are seen on every street,
and on nearly every corner, dressed in a
blue uniform, very much like that of the
Federai army. I would here remark also
that all the railroad officials and em
ployees are dressed in uniform, with a
badge or number to designate them.
The first object of interest that struck
my eye when I began my walk from the
Queen’s Hotel, was the equestrian statues
of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria,
ejected on the public square near St.
George’s Hall. They occupy positions
in front of the Hall, on either side of the
entrance, and are placed on platforms
of granite. The casts of the horses are
perfect, and that of the figures of the
Queen and Prince were admirably seated,
The statues are much larger than life,
yet the proportions are fine, the positions
natural and graceful, and the drapery, of
the Queen especially, flowing and life
like. t r. -. , • ■ A. M. S. |
WASHfiWFF&N
DEN-
PON
Letter from Cato.
Reply to th« Washington Citron-
tele.
Interview
witli the
Absentee.
Great
919. They may, before or after issued, be presented
to the State Treasurer, who shall sign in his official
capacity, all the coupons thereto attached, which
then may be paid at maturity by the Treasurer,
without the presentation of the bond or further war
rant or authority.
950. If coupons are not thus signed, they shall not
be paid, unless accompanied by tbe bond to which
they belong, and before payment, shall bo, by the
Treasurer, detached,
LIVERPOOL.
Letter from A. M. S.
The Docks at Liverpool—How English
Women are Employed — Something
Hansom—A Work of Art.
We find the following telegraphic des
patch in several of our exchanges:
New Yoke, October 6.—Gov. Bullock, of Georgia,
who arrived in tbia city yesterday, was interviewed
to-day by a reporter, in reference to the notice re
cently issued by the State Treasurer of Georgia, to
the effect that in consequence of the absence of tbe
Governor, and no one in tbe State Department
knowing where he was, no warrants on the State
Treasury would be paid, except those on the civil
establishment and special appropriations, the law in
these cases specifying the amount.
The Governor states that the notice of the Treas
urer is a singular combination of falsehoods and
absurdity. The Governor leit Georgia in the latter
part of June upon his usual summer vacation with
his iamily, His intention to visit California was well
known to his personal friends, to his secretaries,
and to Mr. Conley, President of the Senate, who
is ex-officio Lieutenant Governor. The Governor
Will start for Georgia within a few days.
The exception made in the Treasurer’s notice in
cludes all the warrants that are drawn, and hence
the absurdity of tbe notice. All executive warrants
must be first submitted to tbe Comptroller General
for approval, and when so approved the Treasurer
has no discretion, and is required by law to pay
them. The Governor states that the notice of the
Treasurer is only part of a vigorously pushed scheme
to injure the credit of the State and depreciate the
market value of Georgia bonds, for the purpose of
buying them in at a large discount.
The foregoing presents a singular
combination of the ridiculous and the
nntrue, and there surely must be some
mistake about it.
London, 16 Sept., 1871.
"We landed at Liverpool the tenth day
from New York, having had a smooth and
delightful passage. Tho first object of
interest that strikes the stranger are the
magnificent docks that line the shore for
miles. They are huge stone basins, bnilt
of granite brought from Scotland, into
which ships float, through, large gates,
and where they lie perfectly at rest,
though the severest storm may rage.—
The harbor, naturally, was unsafe, being
greatly exposed to storms; and to remedy
this evil these docks have been built, and
when a ship arrives to unload, by passing
into these docks great facilities are offer
ed for discharging them. They are a
wonderful monument of the wealth, per
severance and commerce of the city.
Having landed and nndeigone the in
spection of Custom House officials, (and
I will do them the credit of saying they
were very kind and gentlemanly in their
examination of our baggage), we took a
hansome and drove to the Queen’s Hotel.
Here, as in every other hotel in Eng
land, I found ladies at the bar, keeping
the register of arrivals and assigning
rooms to guests, receiving’ payment of
bills, Ac,. So in the Telegraph, office,
and in all the stores and shops, young
and well dressed ladies, form a large por
tion of tho attendance. I was greatly
MAYOR’S COURT- WEDNESDAY.
“The autumn winds begin to sigh,
The crimson leaves turn pale,
As Jonsing and bis crowd went by
Tied on to bis ccat tail.
They songht the court-house far away,
Where they remained for hours,
Watching the hands the police play,
While the Mayor holds both bowers.”,
TEis morning tne crowTTat the levee
wasn’t as numerous as it was select.—
Some splendid blood was on exhibition,
among whom.
SAVANNA GARTRELL
was found to be which. This was a case
of the deadest drunk the Court had ever
had the honor to hold an inquest over.
’Van had been picked up on tbe streets
the day beforo in the most deplorable
state of inebriety imaginable, and it was
no use in saying she wasn’t guilty, for
when she woke up during the night and
asked her “ma” for some water, the
guard told her he wasn’t her ma, and
then the truth flashed upon her like the
explosion of a kerosene lamp. As she
had never been drunk before, the Court
played his small bower and took her §5.
“As the day was slowly melting, .
Melting into shades of night;
As the sun was genUy sinking
In its golden waves of light;
As the sighing breezes murmured
Thrilling music soft and low;
As the warblers fluttered downward,
Resting on each leafy bough,
He was stealthily gliding onward,
Police following in the rain,
When they picked him np and entered
Him for the early morning train.’’
This was the testimony given in the
case of 0. H. Holliday, who had acci
dentally taken one drink too many. The
Court told him if he could convince
him (the Court) that he got drunk acci
dentally, ho would not only not fine him,
but beg his pardon to boot for having
him up; but, after trying several times,
he failed, and had to fork over five dol
lars, with costs, before he got off.
JESSE TIMON
was no blood kin to “ Timon of Athens,”
qut a straight out simple Jesse. He was
up for whipping his daughter, who made
such a terrible noise that it alarmed the
whole neighborhood. Two of his daugh
ters testified against him, and it was
proven that he was an habitual drunk
ard. The Court delivered a long lecture,
and Jesse pays ten dollars and costs for
his behavior on the occasion.
MISS JOSEPINE SIMMONS
was floating through the realms of space
attired in red poplin and a nobby hat,
surmounted by a huge feather and other
artificials. She was one of the girls of
the period.
“For she’d light blue eyes and golden hair,
Tiny little feet and a waist so rare
A face and a form that would compare,
With that of Cle—o—pa—try.”
The Court compared her to nice little
girls wh didn’t get drunk and roam around
on the streets, in such tender and pathic
tunes that it made Josephine sob and
cry and promise never to do so any
more. Her appeal was overpowering,
and upon her solemn pledge never to be
guilty of the like>gain, she got off with
costs.
Several cases were continued for want
of absent witnesses till-this morning.
SQ^-They bave a “Feeble-Minded In
stitute” at Frankfort, Kentucky. It is
to be hoped that it is not set up as an
opposition to the Courier-Journal office.
Washington, October 3, 1871-
I append to this letter an article, in
full, from the Chronicle, of this morning,
in reply to certain portions of my pub
lished letter of the 28th ult., thereby giv
ing an example of fairness which that
mendacious journal would do well to im
itate.
To the gratemen of my charge,
namely, that the Chronicle newspaper was,
and is, “suslainetV’ by party corruption,
a special technical plea is interposed. I
said that at the time Mr. Morris bought
out the Chron icle, “it was one of the won
ders of the world where the purchase
money came from.” To this, it is rejoined,
that “Morris bought for cash," and it is
feebly intimated that he got the “cash”
in a way that Cato seems disinclined to
earn bis pittance.” Truly enough, per
haps, but it is farther on said that his
process was “by diligent, truthful work!"
Now, it is precisely the question what
sari of “diligent” and “truthful work”
Mr. Morris did, and who paid him for it.
It is known of all men who know any
thing of the inner doings of Radical
Senators last winter, that the Chronicle
passed into the hands” of Mr. Morris,
then a mere clerk of that body, in the
interest of the enemiePbf Gen. Grant—
that Forney was himself shaky until
bought over by the President with the
Philadelphia colleetorsbip, and that the
Chronicle was from thence utterly re
pudiated by the Administration.
Now, it is scarcely necessary to affirm
that the publication of a daily paper like
the Chronicle at this point, is a very ex
pensive luxury. I am told that the ex
pense is over a thousand dollars weekly!
I repeat, then, “Where did, or doqs, the
money come from ?” If any one -will take
the trouble to look oyer the advertising
columns of that sheet for the past six
months; he must per force open his eyes
wide—and reiterate the interrogatory!
It was under these circumstances that
“Governor” Holden, after having run
away from North Carolina, dropped down
here, and immediately commenced “ ne
gotiations” for the purchase of the
icle newspaper, as was Announced by a doz
en different correspondents, at this point,
and not denied by any one. * It will be ob
served that, in the carefully prepared dis
claimer of Mr. Morris, he specially avoids
referring to any “visits” paid by either
himself, or the “Governor,” to.New York
about this time / It was, be it remember
ed, anterior to the flare up of the Tam
many ring, and long before the “flare up”
between Greeley and Collector Murphy.
“Just here,” to use a phrase the. venera
ble Ex-President Johnson delighted to
employ in making a nola bene, permit me
to refer to the exact condition of New
York politics, with direct reference to
the different wings of each party, whose
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ten to rtasotitt 1 For the first time in many
a day I se^ t*&tmorHinyfk sop from the
Government ip, the IIIronisle pan—i post-
offioe advertisement 1 It mast, therefore,
be concluded that Conkling’s and Mur-
phy’a myrmidons have supplanted Sum
ner’s nigged regiment in the estimation
ot the “casli” paying Mr. Morris ? The
President must, nevertheless, bo careful
of ingrates and turn-coats.. But “rr is
NOT THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE THAT”
General Grant “has tut the largest
TRUST IN THE GREATEST BOOBY AND CHEAT.”
Cato.
ADDRESS OF TRESIDENT WHITE
of Cornell University. “And hern r
combat an error—an error which ^ 1
excellent men have fallen into—nn !° me
which has terribly injured industrial ^/
ucation already, and which, if ^ f a ,'
10, will ruin it. This error is tW 5*
endowed institutions for educati™, 0Ur
plied to industry, are intended to’JP’
primary instruction in the rudiments It
Agricultural and the Mechanic Arts fh
in agriculture they are to takeyoungS
whomever touched a spade-who
know wheat from barley—who are tn
a®, Morton calls Schurz, /‘the politi- ^‘tSch^hem 1 thV^A^C^of
” iac—tile usual xnoittnrl spadi *
cal whangdoodle.” Schurz says that’s
not what’s tbe matter with Morton.
Grant went to the Maryland Ag
ricultural Fair, on the 3d, and elicited
brays from bis peers.
BSL. An Indiana paper says: “Mc
Kean Buchanan belongs to a school of
actors that is fast passing away,” And
the public are united in the sentiment
that the sooner they pass away, the
better it will be for the American stage.
Horace Greeley’s daughter is
said to bo one of the most accomplished
mathematicians in the country. She is
properly named Ada. With all lief ac
complishments, however, she has never
been able to cipher up what her father
knows about farming, or to de-cipher the
political situation into what he and his
party are tumbling.
The Louisville Ledget' puts the
question in the following manner, which
is none the less pointed, because it is a
little jocose:
N. D.: “Good evening, Mr. Republi
can. Don’t you intend to join our New
Departure Democracy ?”
Republican: ‘ ‘Why should I—my mon
grel brother ?”
N. D. : “Because I accept all your views
—and wouldn’t change ’em if I could,
and couldn’t if I would.”
Republican: 1 “Is that so ? Well, then,
what am I to gain by going with you ?—
And besides, as my party is several years
older than yours—and thoroughly organ
ized—why in the d—l’s name don’t you
come over to it ? You’d have less bag
gage to move, you know ?”
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Neither of them care a jot about General
Grant, the Radicals, or the Democratic
party.
I put in evidence, firstly, the fact that
the Radicals, when partially in power at
Albany, devised a scheme by which, es
pecially in the city of New York, the
plunder should be equally divided ! This
fact is not disputed by any one. The
enormous frauds upon the public of that
city, were perpetrated under this regime
to a very great extent.
Secondly. After the Murphy wing of
tho State plunderers was excluded, ap
parently, General Grant was approached
and bought with a “Cottage by the Sea.”
Everybody knows this to be a fact, but
who can say he saw the papers and heard
ihe verbal preliminaries? I will venture to
affirm that, although the thing is trans
parent, no man could prove it before a
Court of Justice, especially such an one
as is presided over by His Honor, Judge
Bond !
Thirdly. That the money to establish
and sustain. mere partisan newspapers,
for a purpose, on-either side, comes from
no where else than the political (Jmurrrah
of America—New York City!
I might here rest the case but prefer
not. I wrote, in special reference to the
Chronicle, as follows:
“Under these circumstances, it was with more
wonder still, (if wonders may be said to have de
grees of comparison), that the public read a recent
announcement that the Chronicle had passed into
the hands of that other huge patriot, ex-Governor
Holden, of North Carolina!’’
* * * * “And now properly comes the informa
tion that I am enabled to-give in this very important
letter. It is that Holden got the money to ‘sustain’
the Chronicle, from the adjuncts of tho Democratic
Tammany Ring.’’
The specific “information” thus given
in my letter upon this particular point,
was in every body's mouth. I supposed
its correctness to be conceded in all quar
ters, Living beard it all over tbe city
without a breath of denial; in fact, every
one knew from the general facts, what
must necessarily be the case, and no one
seemed to be at all surprised at it. (These
Chronicle people seem to think, that be
cause they stick their heads into the first
hole, no other parts of their bodies or
pockets can be seen by an inquisitive
public.) And how am I met? Why, by
a cautiously worded denial that “Holden
has bought out Morris, or in any way dis
placed Morris from the editorial or busi
ness control of the Chronicle!" What
mean, then, the columns of congratula
tions extracted from other journals and
published in the Chronicle itself, of his
accession to the political “control” of
that paper ? What means the insertion
of his name as co-editor ? Above all, what
in the Devil’s name, constitutes his rela
tion to the concern, if it be neither an
“editorial” nor a business relation ?
But, suppose it to be admitted that his
function of pulling the Chronicle on its legs
again, has already ceased, and his posi
tion merely nominal—on “the Btaff”—
that, in short, it was only a
job—what then ? Every one here
knows what I mean by “the Radi
cal adjuncts of the Tammany RiDg.”
I mean Murphy and the gang of i)lun-
derers of the New York Custom House.
Will it be denied that they have always
been, and are yet, hand and glove with
the plunderers of Tammany ? Is it in
tended to be gainsaid that succor from
that quarter has not reached the coffers of
the Chronicle?
While I write I perceive evidence of a
change, fundamentally, in the status of
that wayward journal. Have Murphy &
Co. brought Grant, Creswell & Co. to lis-
GEORGIA MATTERS.
Mr. UemyG. Doyal, of Griffin, went
Cheslnut-iug last Sunday. He got one.
Her Christian name was Ella. ' t ' ,a
The Thomaston Herald, with a decided
show of candor, announces that “another
small moustache has been started in town
and two in the country.”
Dr. Jesse Boring preached to the
Thomastonians last Sunday.
Some thief stole the parson’s carriage
harness, at Thomaston, one night last
week. He should be flayed with one of
the traces.
Mr. F. M. Richardson, of this city has
Deen BauGay-scnool leuittring- in - Thom
aston.
The Griffin Middle Georgian is fully
persuaded that the unusually large num
ber of freight trains which pass that place
indicate a good business for the Macon
and Western Railroad. T
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Address of Col. Sam. Barnett to Students
—The Proposed Agricultural College—
Alumni Report—Educated Farmers—
Bible Society—Professors JJIell, Brown
and Waddell.
Athens, Ga., October 9ib, 1871.
Editors Atlanta Sun : The address of
Col. Sam. Barnett to the young men of
the University, on 8th inst., ^llj a. m.,
opened by a beautiful allusion to his own
college days. Then, a glance was taken
at the Professors and their relations to
society and civilization. This was fol
lowed by a general view of agriculture as
a field of cultivated thought.
The importance of having educated
men in this mode of life was argued very |
forcibly from the fact that four-fifths of
nag—the usual method
hoeiDg and plowing—just as tL^
might Igam it in every field of this Wh
land. Or that in Mechanic Artl * 1
should take young men too indoleuW
too proud to go into the work-shop ami
set them at playing with tools m the
hope of teaching them to wield’a ham
mer or shove a plane. In sho t the error
is that a 1
ROYAL ROAD
shall be given to young men, by allow
ing them to play mechanic, or play for
mer, while their parents are too proud to
let them do the real thing. Nothin^ can
be more absurd—nothing more repug
nant to tbe spirit which has prompted
National and State endowments; nothin*
more fatal to the true practical purposes
of those institutions.”
ALL HONOR
to President White for uttering such a
truth! With this truth both parent and
child should be impressed. Not only the
proud and indolent young men, but the
proud parents, are reminded of the ab
surd folly—a folly that has ruined thou
sands of young men—of rearing children
in school rooms and within college walls
without calling upon, and if need be
forcing, them to do the “real thin*” of
life, !to experience, in a practical °way,
the workings-of nature, by which
only common sense is acquired. More
should be said, aye,, more will be said,
on the powerful arguments and logical
reasonings of the report in favor of the
principle of association, but a want of
space prohibits just nowv I can say that
the report, which will be before the pub
lic in a few-days, must necessarily create
much interest and. discussion with Geor
gians generally.
Yesterday was celebrated tbe 5th anni
versary of the ;;
ATHENS BIBLE SOCIETY.
Touching and eloquent addresses were
delivered by Professors Waddell and
Broun. Rarely do we listen to such men
talk—one acknowledged to be one of the
finest linguists of tbe age, the other giv
en up by all to be one'of the’clearest rea-
soners and most accurate thinkers of this
country. They certainly did honor to the
association and reflected credit on their
University. Large crowd in attendance.
Time forbids comment on the substance
of addresses. Let it suffice to say, they
were splendid and instructive. Rev. Dr.
Irwin, of Augusta, will preach here to
night, to-morrow night and the night
following.
DR. MELL,
we are glad to say, is slowly recovering.
The students miss him much, as he has
always been a favorite with them.
A. A.
0®=. The Macon Citizen says: “Alexander Stephens
treats his readers in The Atlahta. Sun to seven
columns on ‘law and Order.’ Poor readers. How
you suffer!’’ There is a-class of newspaper readers
who suffer at every mention of “Law and Order.”
but who would have thought that tho Editor of the
Citizen was in a condition to) sympathize with such.
What has he done ? Will not some kindly disposed
individual examine the Bibb county criminal docket
and let the fact be known.—Atlanta Sun.
An examination of the criminal docket
of Bibb has been made as you desire.
Nothing can be found against us. We do
find, however, that the “Kings' writs”
have been after some of Stephens’ family,
as there appears _ on record a criminal
case of the U. S. vs Linton Stephens,
who, we understand, is a brother of the
“Senior” of The Sun,—Macon Citizen.
A little further search in a pursuit
of the Record, would have discovered
the fact, that the “Kings’ writ” in this
case, w r as dismissed when it was found
that the “said Linton Stepens,” so far
from having committed any crime, had
only been maintaining “Law and Order”
against the usurpations of the “fraudu
lent amendments.”
The Farce.
Our neighbor, the Era, seems to be sen
sitive about wbat is said of the remarks-
the capital of Georgia were in agricul-1 0 f its editor,.in relation to the postpone-
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ture; and he further remarked that the
next twenty-five years would probably
witness a greater amount of improvement
in agriculture than had accrued in 6,000
years.
I have in possession a copy of report
of special committee of Alumni of Uni
versity of Georgia, on the proposed
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC
ARTS,
to which I would specially call the atten
tion of Alumni of the University; for in it
many arguments are forcibly presented
in favor of associating the agricultural
college with the State University, as has
been done by so large a majority of the
States.
We should all notice particularly the
forcible argument in favor of this asso
ciation under a head of the Report en
titled “Economy of Association,” ia
which is shown that by associating the
Agricultural College with the State Uni
versity, the salaries of seven Professors
would be saved to tbe State; au amount
equal, at least, to §14,000 per year; in that
there are seven Professors of our Univer
sity filling departments that are regarded
as absolutely essential to every well or
ganized Agricultural College.
Let all friends of the University ob
serve closely tbe following statement,
which I quote from the Report: “ The
University of Georgia now presents, not
one curriculum as in former years, but
she offers to her students, (1) a Classical
Course, (2) a Scientific Course, (3) a Lit
erary Course with Modern Languages
and (4) an Engineering Course. She has
recently organized (5) a Commercial
Course, and (6) an Agricultural Course,
and, besides, she has (7) a Course
in Law. Students may elect any
one of these courses for which they
may be prepared, or they may elect a
portion of any coarse.”
As regards the object of a well-organ
ized Agricultural Coliege, I would direct
those persons, “who seem to suppose that
the duty of the College is to develop -. - . - _ . „ .
muscle, and not brain," to an extract, in tpartially, and especially is a terror
the Report, from the * law-breakers.
ment of the investigation of the charges
against Capt. Foster Blodgett, on Satur
day last.
It has been stated—and to some extent
the Era has intimated the same—that all
these prosecutions amounted to a farce,
and would most likely end in smoke.
This is the impression conveyed by read
ing several articles which have appeared
in the columns of the Era.
What has really been dene, so far, is
the arresting and binding over to Court
of the following persons:
I. P. Harris, N, P. Hotchkiss, B. W.
Wrenn, James Mullins, W. D. R. Millar,
J. C. Alexander, Jos. Fry and Foster
Blodgett—all, except two of these, upon
the affidavit of Maj. C. P. McCalla.
_We have seen a list of over twenty
names, whose cases, with specific charges,
jWillbe presented to the Grand Jury—the
result of which we shall see.
We are inclined to the opinion that
here is not much farce in it.
Criminal Trial a t Fairburn,
One year ago Mr. L. M. Spaight
killed John Bradbury about a half mile
from Fairburn, and is now on trial
charged with murder.
Yesterday morning the case was called.
Some witnesses who had been sum
moned failed to appeal’, and Judge
Wright fined them §100 each, one jury
man who failed to appear was fined §40.
The entire day was spent in trying to get
a jury. When court adjourned, only nine
jurors had been selected.
Judge Wright is highly spoken of as
a good judge, administering the law im-
