Newspaper Page Text
4.
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN.
THE DAILY SUN i
Saturday Morning November 11
Judge Stephens’ Letter.
% Wc need not invite the attention of j
onr readers to tlio important communi
cation of this distinguished gentleman,
for it will be attentively perused by all.
It is addressed to our neighbor, the Era,
in reply to its strictures upon the article
of our correspondent “S,” on the sub
ject of electing a successor to Gov. Bul
lock, and the assumption of the Era, that
Judge Stephens was the author of that
communication. Judge Stephens hds
kindly furnished us with a copy of bis
letter to the Era, that it may appear in
The Sun at the same time, as the subject
is one of special importance, and a con
tinuance of the discussion begun in our
columns. »
This letter, like everything frojn its
% distinguished author, is clear, able and
exhaustive of the subject-matter. It is
so direct and conclusive, that we do not
see how the editor of the Era can attempt
even to dodge it; and he certainly can
not escape the crushing force of the un
answerable argument.
Our neighbor fell into quite an error in
attributing the authorship of the article,
by our correspondent “ S,” to Judge Ste
phens, which article it attempted to reply
to, but in the attempt made a signal fail
ure, as it will, if it attempts a reply to
Judge Stephens, for the truth is against the
Era's view of it.
Over-Issue of £‘.50,000,000Sontii
Carolina Bonds.
The New York World oi Monday gives
the rumors and reports in that city in
regard to tLe carpet-bagger, Gov. Scott’s,
financiering iu bonds of the Siate oi
South Carolina. The editor says:
“It is discovered almost beyond a doubt that the
over-issuea are a palpablo fact, and that instead of
$20,010,000, they wiU reach the figuio of $30,016,000;
that of this amount $15,000,000 havo been signed,
scaled, and shipped to Europe for sale there, and the
remainder have been put on the market here."
Scott and Bullock, it seems, have been
playing the same game. Bullock has
fled, but Scott is all serene, for he has
no fear of a Democratic Legislature to
investigate his conduct, expose his
•wrong-doing, and impeach and depose
him, if found guilty.
Tli3 Holcombe Bill Repealed.
^ We return thanks to the Legislature
for so promptly passing the act relieving
the city from the Gerrymandering action
of the last so-called Legislature; also, to
the jad interim Governor for the just
measure of approving the same without
hesitation.
This measure of justice to us was of
pressing importance, for our municipal
election is soon to take place. It has
been a special favor to the people of At
lanta, for which we are thankful. We
would not have asked a favor of this
kind except to rid us of the great wrong
which Badicalism had wickedly imposed,
in o case which would not admit of de
lay. Our immediate representatives in
both Houses deserve well of the people
of this city for their zeal in this matter.
Tlie Gubernatorial Vacancy.
SrARTA, 7th November, 1871.
To the Atlanta Neno Era : \
In an editorial of the 4th inst., com
menting on an article signed “S.,” which
appeared in The Sun a few days ago, on
the subject of a special election fo fill the
present vacancy in the office of Governor,
you allude to me in a way which entitles
me to a reply through your columns.
You hold me forth to the public as the
author of the article, and at the same
time characterize it as discourteous, un
worthy of my talents, and inconsistent
with my well known principles.
If-the article is indeed unworthy of
my talents, and inconsistent with my
well known principles, then its own in
ternal evidence ought to have preserved
you from the discourtesy of imputing it
to me. Thislinternal evidence, surely,
was not overcome by any credible exter
nal evidence; for, in point of fact, I
am not the author of the article
in question, nor did I ever see it,
or hear of it, until I saw it in The Sun
newspaper. Do you think you are quite
as careful to refrain from discourtesy as
you are prompt to complain of it ? Or,
e the “rules of disputation known and
recognized among gentlemen of educa
tion,” “construed” by you as a restraint
upon others, but a license to yourself,
authorizing you to hurl charges of dis
courtesy, unworthiness, and personal in
consistency, not only without evidence,
but against evidence, and against the
truth of the case ? Do not understand
me, however, as dissenting from either
the conclusion or the reasoning of “S.”
As to the epithet of “stupid,” which was
applied to you, it was simply superflu
ous. After the cogent and convincing
argument of “S.,” it might safely have
been left the public to apply the proper
epithet to yours.
I must aric some additional space in
reply to your comments on my views of
“strict construction.” And, first of all,
why is it, that you, in discussing a con
stitutional question, appeal to my princi
ple of “strict construction, ” rather than
to your own party’s principle of most
" latitudinarian ” construction ?—so
“ latitudinarian ” as to have got
entirely “outsido” of all the Consti
tutions, Federal and State, and overrid
den them all with the bayonet during
more than four years of profound peace?
The public will be apt to believe that you
have abandoned •your party’s favorite
priuciple of construction, only because it
would serve your present party neces
sity. You are most welcome, however,
to all possible benefit, which you can
legitimately derive from the rule oi con
struction held by the constitutional
school to which I belong. All I ask is
that you shall abide by it, after having
appealed to it, and that you shall have it
correctly stated.
It is a great mistake to suppose, as
your reasoning assnmes, that the doc
trine of “strict construction” has an
universal application to all parts of a
constitution, without regard to the char
acter or subject-matter of the different
parts. It is confined to such parts as
confer powers to be exercised on the peo
ple, and is not at all applicable to such
parts as provide machinery for the exer
cise of powers, by the people. These
latter are purely remedial in their nature,
and, like all purely remedial laws,
should be so construed as to ad
vance the remedy. Here the rule of
construction is liberal, and, if you please,
’latitudinarian,” stretching the remedy
even beyond the scope of the words,
when the object in view, or the reason
of the provision, would otherwise fail.
Now all those parts of our State Con
stitution which relate to the elections of
Governor, quadrennial and special, are
remedial, and should be so construed, as
to facilitate the people in the exercise of
the elective franchise, rather than to de
bar them from it. In the remedial parts
of the fundamental law, furnishing rem
edies, or machinery for enabling or fa
cilitating the people in the exercise of
rights and powers, all parties have, in
the main, agreed as to the rule of con
struction. Those who have been known
as “iatitudinarians,” have insisted that
this same rule of liberal construction
should be applied alike to all parts ef the
fundamental law, while the strict con
structionists have manfully struggled to
keep it confined to the remedial parts,
insisting that all powers, which are to be
exercised on the people, shall be rigidly
limited by the scope of the words em
ployed to describe them. It is, however,
an enormous mistake to suppose, as
your reasoning again assnmes, that
the rule of *“ strict construction” holds
these powers to be limited by nothing
but the words, and to be always and nec
essarily co-extensive with the full scope of
the words.
On the contrary, the strict construc
tionists, while insisting that the words
shall always constitute an absolute limit,
upon the power, yet agree with the “lat-
itndinarian j ” that the words themselves
are to be restrained and controlled, and
the power limited by several other things:
For instance, by the particular subject-
matter about which the words are used;
by the consequences to which the full ef
fect of the words would lead ; and by the
general object in view', or, in other words,
by the reason or spirit of the provision ;
it being a universal rule of construction,
applicable alike to all laws, criminal and
civil, constitutional and statutory, that
the mere words shall never carry the law
beyond the object or reason for which it
was made, when that object or reason is
satisfactorily ascertained by any means
whatever. “ Cessante ratione leg is, cessat
lex.”
The doctrine of strict construction, as
applicable to constitutions, has a perfect
illustration and elucidation, in the same
doctrine as it is applied to, and univer
sally understood in, criminal law. Crim
inal statutes are never to be extended be
yond the scope of the words, however plain
may be the object, or reason of the law; or
however absurd may be the consequences
of slopping at that boundary, And just
here is found the rule of strict construc
tion.
Thus the statute of Bologna, mention
ed by Blackstone, enacted taat “whoev
er drew blood in the streets should be
punished with the utmost severity.”—
This law could not be applied to the
most wanton murderer who might kill
his victim in the streets, if the killing
should be done by strangulation, not
drawing any blood; for the words do not
cover such a case, although the case is
quite as bad as if blood were drawn in
the killing, and is as clearly within the
reason of the law. But it is equally true
that however clearly a case may be covered
by the words of a criminal law, yet the
words will be restrained and limited to
the object in view, or by any absurd con
sequence which would follow from their
unrestricted natural force. And just
here comes in the rule of liberal construc
tion. Thus, the words of this same Bo
logna law clearly covered the case of a
surgeon who bled a man in the streets to
relieve him from a fainting fit; but it
was held to be not applicable to that case,
because the infliction of death fora truly
banevolent action would be absurd—I
will not offend you by saying “stupid.”
The sum of the matter is,‘the consti
tutional school, to which I belong, holds
that constitutions are to be construed
strictly, or liberally, as the one construc
tion or the other will operate in favor of
public liberty, just as criminal laws are
to be construed, strictly or liberally, as
the one construction or the other will op
erate in favor of personal liberty.
Your argument is that a special elec
tion, to fill the present vacancy in the
office of Governor, finds aq insurmount
able obstacle in the one word “Every,”
which occurs in parapraph H, section I,
article IY, of the Constitution, directing
that the returns for “Every” election of
Governor shall be laid before the Senate,
the day after the organization of the two
Houses. That day is already passed,
and your conclusion is that, therefore, the
election of a new Governor caunot be
now declared, nor the Governor qualified
on the day prescribed by the Constitu
tion—not even under a special election—
which, according to the express terms of
a subsequent part of the Constitution,
may be provided for by statute', the statute,
of course, regulating the whole matter,
returns an/1 all. Your one great word
“Every,"occurs where the Constitution
is providing for the regular, quadrennial
election. Judge Blackstone says “words
are always to be understood as having a
regard to the subject-matter, for that is
always supposed to be in the eye of the
legislator, and all his expressions direct
ed to that end.” The subject-matter is
the regular quadrennial election, and all
the words, including this tremendous
word “Every,” must be considered as
“directed to that end,” and limited to it.
The subject-matter of a subsequent part,
is special provision for vacancies, the
Constitution itself providing that the
Executive powers shall be exercised by
other officers during the vacancy; but
leaving the Legislature to provide by law
how the vacancy shall be filled, and so
ended. The Constitution itself makes
complete provision for the regular quad
rennial elections, but makes no provision
for the special elections, only empower
ing the Legislature to make it—to make
it complete in all respects. Is a
single word iu one part of the Constitu
tion relating to one subject-matter, to de
stroy the unlimited power which is
given to the Legislature in another part,
in relation to the different subject-mat
ter ? One part of the Constitution pro
vides that the Governor shall hold Iris
office during the term of four years.—
Does this apply to a Governor who comes
in to fill an unexpired term ? Does it
apply to your so-called Governor Conley,
who is exercising the Executive powers
ex-officio, without having any office by vir
tue of xcliich to exei'dse the power's of an
other office ? Is this general provision
violated by the removal of a Governor
on Impeachment, under a special provis
ion in another part of tin- Constitution ?
Such are the absurdities into which you
are betrayed by attempting to use the
doctrine of “strict construction,” with
out understanding what it is, or even
professing a belief iu its soundness.
The precedents v/hich you cite in the
cases of Governor Babun and others, can
have no possible application under our
present Constitution; for the simple rea
son that the Constitution under which
they’occurred‘did not empower the Leg
islature to provide by law for filling va
cancies in the office of Governor by spe
cial election. This feature appears in
our constitutional history, for the first
time, in the Constitution of 1868. The
precedents occurred when the Governor
was elected by the Legislature, and not
by the people. Linton Stephens.
THE CAPITOL.
The House was occupied all day yes
terday upon a special order, which was a
bill bringing on an election for Governor,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the ab
dication of Bullock. The bill reported
by the Judiciary Committee was one in
troduces by Hon. John L Hall, of Up
son, and was passed, with the exception
of a single section directing the manner
of making returns of the election. The
bill is a good and prudent one, and
evinced a clear conception of the consti
tutional and legal questions involved.
The third section, which was stricken
out, provided that, in addition to the
returns required to be made to the Gov
ernor, duplicate returns be sent also to
the President of the Senate and Speaker
of the House of Representatives. This
might have been misconstrued into a re
flection upon, or a suspicion of Mr.
Conley, therefore it was wisely and pru
dently omitted. While the Assembly
unquestionably has the authority to do
as suggested by the section, still it was
deemed unnecessary. [The 3d section
was added by the Committee to which
the bill had been referred.]
William Henry stand np. Who rep
resents the 44th District in the Georgia
Senate?
“Be blistered if I know! But yes
terday the honors of the office were
mine,*'and the emoluments loomed np in
the future. To-day all are gone—gone—
gone. The ‘Hon.’ is knocked from my
name, even as the ashes are knocked
from a segar. I am defonct—deceased—
done for—east aside like an old
shoe—turned out—unseated—ejected—ex
pelled. I’m a gone np Senator. I was
a bad bill and they wouldn’t pass me.—
Pm out. Have the foil consent of the
entire Senate to go where I please. My
leave of absence is perpetual. Adieu. 1”
Go home, William Henry. Go home
and tell your people that you’ve come
to stay. Tell them an honest Senate is
sitting in Atlanta—one that has some re
gard for law. Tell them that legality
now is esteemed to be of higher value
than Radical or Democratic voters. Go
home, and when election day comes, if
you can get more votes than your oppo
nent, come back, and not one word will
be said against your occupying the seat
for the next two years. But, for the
present, vale.
; >-•-< ■■
“A New York young lady has officiated
as bridesmaid fourteen times.” Pogue
S .says he knows a young lady who has “of-
j'ficiated” as bride four times, and is
I “fishing” to “do so some more.”
SUN-STROKES.
figy* “East and West Poems,” by Bret
Harte, is juri out. As a poet, he must
have a good deal of the yeast in him for
he is rising.
JBgg 0 * Tilton approves the re-nomination
of Grant. That is almost an apology for
him for having written that book about
Victoria Woodkull.
JOST* “ Even Jonathan Wild Akerman”
says the World “admits that ‘ thefes things
had mainly occurred some time ago, the
culminating point having been reached
last March, and that there had been com-
partivelyfew outrages for some months.’ ”
J6gg a ‘“The President leaves no sand
stone unturned to secure a renomination. ”
(Boston Post.) Bat having cast off his
“Seneca,” who now is his adviser; or
upon what foundation rests his hopes of
re-election ? He has built a financial for
tune upon sandstone; but it is possible
that his political bouse is built upon the
sand. >
. MM
£@“The Boston Post says“her admirers
think that Vinnie is achieving a Rearu-
arkable success.” If the pun were not
so excrutiatingly bad, the Post would be
liable to the charge of plagiarism, for
the thing has appeared before iu 4,000
of the 5,000 American newspapers, and
in the Courier-Journal also.
A countryman, who visited Green
ville, Tennessee, had his attention at
tracted by the glittering sign of the An
des Insurance Company. He looked at
it long and intently, and then broke out
in a joyful exclamation: “Well, I
knowed old Andy would be at somethin’
afore long; I tell yer, they can’t keep
him down; no, they can’t,” and walked
on.—Boston Post.
The Lynchburg Republican asks:—
Will some of our New York or Washing
ton papers do the Democratic party the
kindness to make up a list of the names
of the Radical defaulters and the amount
of their little stealings ?” Possibly it
would be difficult to find a paper that
would be willing to transform itself into
a complete gazetteer of all the Radicals
.who now hold, or ever did hold office.
MS** Some “Southern Journal” said,
“if the people of the North have any
respect for liberty let them speak out,”
whereupon the Washington Chronicle
makes it the text for a characteristic tirade
against the Southern people. However,
Holden may have thought the remark
was addressed to him, as he had so much
“respect for liberty” that he fled from
his State to keep out of the penitentiary.
Jgg^It seems that the result of the
New York elections is not regarded as a
Radical victory after all. The Evening
Post says it was an unpartisan triumph.—
The Washington telegraphic correspond
ent of trie Savannah News says: “In ad
ministration circles the result of yester
day’s elections is regarded as a hopeful
sign of the renomination and re-election
of Grant, while on the other hand, saga
cious Conservative politicians regard the
result in New York not as a party defeat
or party victory, in the usual sense of
these words, but simply as a general re
volt of the people against fraud, corrup
tion, bribery and official dishonesty in
high and low places—not even excepting
the White House.”
STATE MATTERS.
The Dahlonega Signal says: From a
private source we learn that our
former townsman, Col. J. J. Findley, of
Gainesville, has been appointed United
States Deputy MArshal for the Northern
District of Georgia. From our knowl
edge of the character of Col. Findley we
unhesitatingly say, he is the right man
in the right place, and much wisdom has
certainly been displayed by the appoint
ing power in making the selection for
this truly important office.
Died—Wm. Hassler, of Murray coun
ty.
Rome is to have a fountain.
Rome is expecting Katie Putman, with
a comedy troupe, early in January.
One hundred and eighty-two marriages
in Floyd the present year.
Rome projects a chess club.
Captain John C. Brain is lecturing in
Macon.
Macon is expecting the arrival of the
Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany.
Sheriff Bosworth, of Sumter county,
has gone to Chattanooga to fetch Page.
“The Great Lingard,” with a full
troupe, will play in Columbus next week.
Street cars run empty through the
streets of Macon.
Hewitt offers his Globe Hotel in Au
gusta for sale.
St. John's Church.
This is the eighth Southern Methodist
Church organized in the city of Atlanta.
It is on the corner of Irwin and Rolling
Mill streets. It will be opened for reli
gious service to-morrow (Sunday) at 3
o’clock, p. h. The Pastors of the M. E
Church South in the city, and a number
of prominent laymen will be present, and
some interesting addresses will be deliv
ered. The public are cordially invited to
attend. The Pastor of the church, Rev.
G. H. Pattillo, has performed a great
work this year, in organizing a number
of Mission Churches and performing the
ministerial labor of all. His task has
been a herculean one, but he has labored
earnestly and successfully.
Nomination for U. S. Senator.
Last night, at a caucus of the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature, Hod.
Thos. M. Norwood was nominated for
United States Senator on the eighth
ballot.
The candidates were Hon. E. H.
Worrell, Gen. P. M. B. Young, Judge
John T. Clarke, Dr. H. V. M. Miller,
Hon. Thos. M. Norwood, Gen. A. R.
Wright, Hon. J. S. Hook, Hon. G. J.
Wright and Ren. J. B. Gordon.
The following are the ballotings:
1st Worrell, 19; Young, 22; Clarke,
22; Miller, 25; Norwood, 36; Gen.
Wright, 27; Hook, I.
2d. Worrell, 14; Young, 16; Clarke, 23;
Miller, 26; Norwood, 35; Gen. Wright,
30; Hook, 2; G. J. Wright, 8.
3d. Worrell, 13; Youug, 15; Clarke, 19;
Miller, 23; Norwood, 43; Gen. Wright,
32; Hook, 2; G. J. Wright, 7.
4th. Young, 18; Clarke, 23; Miller, 14;
Norwood, 52; Gen. Wright, 45; Hook, 1.
5th. Young 17; Clarke 8; Miller 2;
Norwood 5; Gen. Wright 41; Hook 2;
G. J. Wright 7; Gordon 21.
6th. Young 13; Norwood 64; Gen.
Wright 43; Hook 1; G. J. Wright 2; Gor
don 31.
7th. Norwood 70; Gen. Wright 48;
Gordon 29.
8th. Norwood 81; Gen v Wright 44; G.
J. Wright 2; Gordon 9.
After the fifth ballot a motion to nom
inate Gordon by acclamation, was voted
down. After the seventh ballot there
was considerable anxiety and excitement,
motions for an adjournment, and some
of the members left the hall—though
there was no unpleasant feeling,
The highest aggregate vote cast was
155; the lowest 136—on the last ballot.
One blank vote was cast on the 1st, 2nd
and third ballot, and two on the 5th
ballot.
June Apples in November.
From the orchard of Mr. T. J. Per-
kerson, about four miles from Atlanta,
we have specimens of June apples.—
These are of the second crop which the
trees have produced this year. The first
crop came in its season, after which the
trees again budded, blossomed and bore
fruit. The specimens before us are up
to the average growth of the apple, pur
pie-red, and fully ripe and sound. This
is certainly a remarkable circumstance.
Tlie Central and Macon and Western
Railroads.
The proper representatives of these
two roads are now engaged in taking an
inventory of all the stock properly, and
assets of the M. and W. Road, preparatory
to the consummation of the lease to the
Central, which takes effect on the 1st of
December—the Central, on that day tak
ing full control of the line from here to
Savannah.
County Scut of Clark.
A committee of gentlemen are here
from Athens with a petition signed by
1400 citizens of Clark county, asking the
removal of the court house from Wat-
kinsville to Athens. A great many very
cogent reasons are given why the remov
al should be made, and unless the oppo
nents of the measure are very active,
Athens is very likely to get the court
house. The gentlemen here, in the in
terest of Athens, are Col. W. L. Mitch
ell, CoL S. P. Thurmond, Capt. Alex. S.
S. Erwin, Mr. A.. L. Mitchell and Mr.
Emory Speer.
Who Owns tlie New Era 1
An interesting trial has been going on-
in the Superior Court for two days. A
genuine carpet-bagger named Ro;kafel-
low has sued the New Era for slander,
claiming ‘damages. For some reason the
Editors of the Era formed a bad opin
ion of him and said unpleasant things of
him in the paper. We learn that among
other things, the Era copied an article
from Swayze’s paper, the Macon Citizen,
charging that Rocky had defrauded that
paper out of $50, or other sum of money,
by collecting subscriptions and appropri
ating the money to his own use. This
Mr. Rockafellow refused to remain silent
under, and brought suit against the Era
for uttering and publishing the slander.
In the trial it became necessary to
prove the ownership of the paper, which
proved to be a difficult nut to crack. Mr.
Scruggs, the editor, and Mr. Grubb, the
Business Manager, did not know; they
only knew that they were employed by
certain parties, but knew not that the
parties were owners; and these parties
are not in the State. The attorney who
drew up the papers when the present
owners purchased the Era, was excused
from testifying because he was counsel
in the case now before the Court. We
know not what will be the end of the
The Ku-Klux Outrage in Jack-
son.
Rufus B. Bullock, now defunct, has
offered a reward of one thousand dollars
for the Ku-Klux who. fired Holliday’s
mill in Jackson county. Some interest
ing events have transpired in that county
last week, which * militate against this
theory of our quondam Governor. A
number of gentlemen in Jackson ascer
tained facts which led them to suppose
that the Holidays themselves had burned
the mill, and they retained Emory Speer,
Esq., to investigate the ease.
The following significant result was
attained: F. M. Holliday, the brother of
J. R. Holliday, who has suffered so many
oritrages at the hands of the Ku-Klux,
has been bound in a heavy bond to the
Superior Court to answer the charge of
arson. The trial created great excite
ment. J. R. Holliday had threatened
his brother if heshSJSJ
facts, and this Holliday was arrested un
der a peace warrant at the instance Jf
Addington, the witness. Both of the
Hollidays resisted arrest, and were taken
>y force, the Federal soldiers who had
been yarding Holliday, mounted guard
m the Court House, as if the country S
under martial law. 7 was
After the decision of the Court wn*
pronounced, we are informed that the
HoUidays were overheard attempting to
induce a man of the name of Casey to
start a row in the Court House. He made
tue attempt, which, however, failed
owing to the prudence < f the people
Among the facts proven, J. R. HolHdav
was shown to have offered the witnesJ
Addington, $8,000 to convict a TO uS
man named McElroy, of burning the
mill, when McElroy was shown to hare
been engaged in nursing a sick
all night when the miU was burned
These are the men through whose in
stigation a number of innocent voumr
men were arrested at night, hand-cuffed
and carried to jail in Atlanta, and the
whole affair is regarded by the people of
county f » vile attempt to mK
Ku-Klux outrage, and they are glad that
it has recoded on the heads of its perpe-
trators. We honor the people of Jack-
son who have had the manliness and the
courage to enforce the law against these
men in spite of the bayonets which
guarded them.—Athens Watchman.
Ur. Miller’s Address.
Last evening a number of the members
of the Legislature, and many .‘of the cit
izens of the city, assembled in Represen
tative Hall of the Capitol to hear an ad
dress from Dr. H. V. M. Miller, in which
he purposes to defend himself against
certain charges, and vindicate his political
record for the last few years.
He was introduced to the assembly by
Maj. George Hillyer, and after a few ex
planatory remarks read the following
letter, which, he said, had been circulated
among the members of the Legislature,
for the purpose of defeating him in the
coming election for Senator:
[copy.]
Atlanta, jGa, November'2, 1871.
Hon. James L. Dunning—Dear Sib:
Did you not say to me, in a conversation
held with me, in front of my residence
some time last year, that Dr. H. V. M.
Miller called to see you after supper one
night, and that you gave him some ap
ples, accompanied him to the Loyal
League room, and introduced him to the
meeting there assembled as a speaker ?
Did you not say that Dr. Miller ad
dressed the meeting on that' occasion ?
Was not a committee, subsequent to
that meeting, appointed to wait upon Dr.
Miller, arid' ascertain his views in refer
ence to the “Sherman Bill ?” Did not
you indorse Dr. Miller as a supporter of-
that bill, in consequence of some oppo
sition to him by members of the league?
Did not Dr. Miller's speech on that occa
sion remove all opposition to him on the
part of the members of ths league ? Was
not Dr. Miller nominated by the league
after this meeting, and elected to the
Constitutional Convention.
Yours truly,
T. S. Powell.
Atlanta, Ga., November 2, 1871.
To all the foregoing questions I con
sider in the affirmative.
J. L. Dunning.
He acknowledged having a conversa
tion with Mr. Dunning—that was no
crime. He received the apples; that was
suspicious, (he said). He accompanied
Mr. D. to a room, and made an address.
He had no knowledge of the room hav
ing ever been occupied by the Loyal
League. The committee mentioned
never waited on him. He did not in
dorse the Sherman bill—far from it, but
believed we should conform to the law,
until we could repeal it. He did not
know that his speech removed all opposi
tion, he hoped it did. He became a can
didate for the Convention before he made
the address, and not afterward. If he was
nominated by the League he did not
know it. He denied unconditionally and
unqualifiedly the implied charge in the
letter, viz: tbe insinuation that he was
not a true Democrat.
Dr. Miller then reviewed his action in
the convention and Congress, with a view
to vindicating the same.
The entire speech was reported. We
have not space to go into further details.
He was frequently applauded by the au
dience.
After the address, Dr. Powell was call
ed upon by a few individuals, but the
audience were in the act of dispersing
and did not remain to hear him—some
persons manifesting disapprobation.
Dentil of D. 31. Grlnss.
From the Des Arc (Ark.) Citizen, we
learn that Mr. D. M. Glass, recently of
this county or from this vicinity, was
killed on the night of the sixth, by an
armed band of negroes, who were at
tempting his arrest. He was a party to a
difficulty in the afternoon, but effected
his escape, taking refuge in a citizen’s
house. At night, the constable, with a
posse of armed negroes, surrounded the
dwelling and demanded his surrender.
While trying to escape from the back
door, he was shot, and died in a few
minutes. At last accounts, a jury of in
quest was engaged in collecting evidence,
Oar Texas Letter.
The letter of “ Sic Semper” is from
the pen of an old Georgian, and is fall
of interest. It will be enjoyed by &U
who read it.
Robbery.
Recently an old man who had bought
tickets to Little Rock was robbed, while
getting on the cars, of his pocketbook,
containing four tickets and a small
amount of money. Gov. Brown and the
Agent of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad m-omptlv duplicated the tickets.
