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THE ATLANTA wnyfiTKT.Y SUN, FOB THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 20, 1872.
TT4 T? V rpT \ XT»T A QTTXTI But we are glad that public indigna- any and all the property of the defendant.
J- rl Vj A1 JJiYiN JL iY. Q U I. , , j V AaainatNathan P. Hotchkiss, allecr-
tion has become so widespread and pow-
fuom the daily edition op ^ gffjj ag to force the plunderers from their
Thursday, March 2.1st, 1S72. j p] aceK) and force those who have lately
been their party associates to join in ex
ecrating and disgracing them.
Republican's Address.
We have before us an address “to the
friends and supporters of the National
Union Republican Party in Georgia.”
It is without date or signature, or the
imprint of any locality, and looks very
much like a Ku-Klux document, though
looks are sometimes deceptive. Its
caption is “The Rights of the People
Vindicated,” “A Convention of the Re
publican Party of Georgia Called.” We
suppose it was issued by that wing of the
party which has been fighting against
the thieves, usurpers and plunderers
who have controlled the party in Georgia
for years. The opening sentence makes
an important but candid admission. It
says:
There ban bean ranch connected with the rant
management of the affair* of our party in tbis State
to alienate the people from our organization.
That’s SO.
It then assails those who have been
running the party in their own interest,
as follows:
The Sait* Againat Alleged State Defaul
ter*.
No one circumntance has so universally aroused
the indignation of the masses of our party as the
recent attempt of a portion of the State Central Com
mittee to asBUino to themselves the prerogrtive of ap
pointing the Delegates to the Philadelphia Conven
tion.
It then alludes to the “outburst of in
dignation” which followed upon the ac
tion alluded to, which resulted in Hon.
J. S. Bigby calling a meeting of the
State Central Committee, which assem
bled in tbis city on the 14th inst., result
ing in the calling of a convention to meet
in Macon on the 8th of May.
This address then says that when “a
few intriguing men” made that appoint
ment of delegates to the Philadelphia
Convention:
They did not wish to have their private pro
gramme interfered with and hence they were ready
to chargo BEunsasEss, and every other improper
motive, to thoso who first stepped forward and de
manded, In the name of the people, that the masses
of onr party should have the right to participate in
tho nomination of President and Vice-President, by
sending up delegates from their respective counties
to a State Convention to appoint delegates to the
National Convention to nominate candidates for
President and Vice-President of the United States.
They made a great effort to make the masses of our
party believe there was no principle involved, and
ihat It was only a cosiest between “binds;” but
they havo been taught, in this instance, that the
honest masses of our party know the difference be-
■tween a principle and a "ring,” And it foreshad
ows a better and a brighter day for our party
iu this State, to see the masses cf the party
rise lip simultaneously throughout tho State,
as tli'-y have iu this instance, rnd rebuke an
ontra,.c a,.on their rights, attempted by a small por
tion «f tho State Central Committee. Those who
think i .< masses have no rights, had as weU under
stand .< d accept the action of tho people as meaning
that th -y will no longer submit, like slaves to the
arrogance and nsurpati-ns of those who, for Jour
years, have disregarded and trampled under foot all
their rights and interests. Tho action of the Com
mittee, in revoking the appointment of the Dele
gates made of a few members of the Committee in
January, was in response to the stern demand of the
honest masses of our party,' who are at last aroused
to tlio necessity of taking their affairs out of the
hands of those who have managed them so badly,
and tho watchword of our party will now be “ hon
est men and honest MEASCBEs," with fairness In all
things.
Thoso who have managed our party affairs during
the past four years will now be called to account by
those whoso business they have been managing; aDd
in consideration of the fact that our party was one
la large majority
hundrod thousand strong, and had
in tho State, and had immense patronage, when
thoy took chargo of its affairs, and that under their
management it haa dwindled down till it controls
scarcely a county within tho State, it is reasonable
to suppose the party will ask them jo step aside, that
new mon may be chosen for the mniagemout of our
affair*. |
It will be observed that the phrase,
“our party,” occurs in tits foregoing no
less than eight times.
But it is heavy talk, and makes some
straight home thrusts at the* plundering
gang. The party was “a hundred thou
sand strong, and had a large majority in
the State, and had immense patronage,”
but has “dwindled down till it controls
scarcely a county in the State!” That’s
about true.
Rut again:
The attempt, on the part of the agents of our var
iety to prevent the patty from mooting in Convention,
is conclusive evidence that they know they have
managed our affairs badly, and that they ought to be
displaced, and will be, whenever a Convention
meets. This cannot be said of all the members of
the Committee, for some of them have nobly done
• their duty. We have had no State. Convention in
Georgia since the Convention hold in Atlanta on tho
4th of July, -1867. The Convention (if indeed it
should ho called a Convention), which nominated It.
B. Bullock for Governor, aud which appointed tho
Delegates to tho National Convention at Chicago to
nominate candidates for President and Vice-Presi
dent, in 18G8, was a self-constituted body, without
any appointment from the people, and possessed as
little authority for its action os did the body which
assumed in January last to appoint Delegates to
Philadelphia. Not having had a regularly called and
duly constituted State Convention in Georgia since
the 4th of July, 1SG7, five years ago, it is not surpris
ing that tho party should rise up en masse, and de
mand a Convention.
That’s heavy, hut it’s the first time the
-members of the party have openly
-charged i ts leaders with rascality. Long
time in finding it out!
But again:
Our Bepublican friends must bo active, and send
«p to the State Convention delegations composed of
the best men in the party; men of character and
standing, whether white or colored, and not men of
notoriously bad character, nor men who have proven
defaulters in every position they over held. Let
men of had character, defaulters, and gamblers, rep
resent nono but Democratic constituents. We most
show to the people of Georgia, In the selection of
the delegates to the Macon Convention, that faro
bank keepers and gamblers have no longer any voice
in tho afiairs of onr party.
That is the coolest
These suits are brought upon informa
tion of Charles P. McCalla.
L Against the Scofield Rolling Mill
Company; alleging that said Company,
and also that Lewis Scofield, Wm. D.
Cook and Asa L. Harris, as individuals,
have “ defrauded the State of Georgia,
and unlawfully and fraudulently detains
from the State the sum of $57,156, be
sides interest”—iu this:
1. The first count of the petition charges
that on the 15th day of January, 1870, and
at divers times from that date till the 1st
of February, 1871, said Rolling Mill Co.
unlawfully and fraudulently collected
from the Treasury of the State the sum
of $47,600 for 560 tons of railroad iron,
pretended to have been furnished by
said Company to the W. & A. R. R., but
not furnished in point of fact; bnt being
in excess over and above rails which were
actually furnished to the said road; and
the said defendants, Scofield, Cook and
Harris, assisted in the perpetration of
said fraud.”
This is founded on a statement of col
lections set forth in a bill of particulars
accompanying the case, showing the
amounts collected by the Rolling Mill
Company from the treasury of the State
Road and the State Treasury, from the
15th of January, 1870, to tbe 1st of Feb
ruary, 1871. The sum of $85 per ton
was collected for all the rails furnished
up to the 5th of October, 1870, on which
day, and also on the 17th of November
following, $80 per ton was charged and
collected; and on the 1st of February,
1871, the sum of $82 per ton.
2. The -next count charges that the
Company collected as aforesaid for 700
kegs of iron-spikes at $7.50 per keg,
“ being in excess over and above spikes
actually furnished to the Road by the
Company,” which is founded on a like
bill of particulars, amounting to $5,250.
3. Another count charges that the said
Company also collected for 486 kegs of
iron-spikes, at $8.25 per keg in excess as
before, amounting to $4,005.
4. The last count charges the collec
tion of $301 during the same period for
fish-bars, “over and above the quantity
actually furnished, as shown on their
own books.”
The suit is brought to require the said
Scofield Rolling Mill Company, and the
said Scofield, Cook and Harris to appear
at the next Superior Court, to answer the
demand of the State in the premises.
II. Against Varney A. Gaskill, a non
resident; but who holds property within
this county, alleging that he has “de
frauded the State of Georgia out of the
sum of $15,548.”
That on or about the 7 th of Novem
ber, 1870, while unlawfully pretending
to act for the State, he compromised and
settled with Miles G. Dobbins, his suit
then pending against the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, for cotton alleged to
Lave been lost bstween Atlanta and New
York, by which $7,000 were paid. That
on pretext of making the payment, said
Gaskill fraudulently drew from the State
Treasury the sum of $22,548, and after
paying Dobbins, retained unlawfully and
fraudulently the sum of $15,548.
Col. McCalla has made the proper affi
davit according to law for obtaining an
attachment against a non-resident of this
iState. The petitioner prays that process
of attachment may issue against said de
fendant, to be levied upon any and up
on all of his property, to answer the
aforesaid claim.
III. Against Asa L. Harris, alleging
that he “ fraudulently detains from the
State of Georgia the sum of $8,486.62,
besides interest,” which sum so unlaw
fully detained, was received by him in
sums at different times, as appears by a
bill of particulars, dating from December,
1870, to November 1st, 1871.
■Wherefore the State brings this suit,
and prays that process may issue requir
ing said Harris to appear at the next
Fulton county Superior Court, then and
there to answer to the State in the premi
sing we ever
knew. It is notorious nil over the Union
that the leaders and contruiing men of
the party in Georgia have been the great
est set of pablio scoundrels that ever dis
graced any country, yet these “reform
ers” in their party have the effrontery to
hold up their heads and talk thusly be
fore an intelligent community!
We introduce one more paragraph*
It’s rich:
V. AgainstNathan P. Hotchkiss, alleg
ing that he “fraudulently and unlawfully
detains from the State of Georgia the
sum of $14,639.14, besides interest.”
That during the year 1869-70, he was
acting as Auditor of the Western and At
lantic Railroad, and in that official capa
city, did fraudulently and unlawfully
receive from its treasury large sums of
money on divers fraudulent and pretend
ed claims; and did fraudulently audit and
approve claims in favor of other persons,
as fully appears in a bill of particulars,
and refuses to pay the State any part of
the sum aforesaid.
Wherefore the State brings this suit, re
quiring said Hotchkiss to appear at the
next Fulton connty Superior Court, to
answer the demand in the premises.
YL Against James Mullins, alleging
that he has “defrauded the State of
Georgia out of the sum of $6,867.31, be
sides interest”
That on the — of December, 1870, he
paid to one Walter S. Withers a lot of
scrap-iron belonging to the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, for an iron fence or
railing, “made and delivered for him
self,” thereby defrauding the State out
of the sum of $494, the price of the
scrap-iron.
That on the 27th of December, 1870,
he unlawfully and fraudulently received
from the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
State property, the sum of $233.31, as
salary for Superintendent of the Car-
shop, from November 18th to December
31st, 1870; and the sum of $145 on a pre
tended and fraudulent claim for expen
ses to Philadelphia and New York.
3. That on the 7th of December, 1870,
he, as Master Machinist, < id fraudulently
approve and account iu favor of the
firm of J. M. and J. C. Alexander
against the Western and Atlantic Rail
road, the sum of $5,995.
Wherefore the State prays that legal
process may issue, requiring the said
James Mullins to appear at the next Su
perior Court for Fulton county, to an
swer the demand of the State in the
premises.
VII. Against Foster Blodgett, alleging
that he “ fraudulently detains from the
State of Georgia the sum of $50,188.73,
besides interest,” which sum was unlaw
fully and fraudulently received by him
in sums at different times, as appears
from a large bill of particulars, dating
from February 25th, 1870, to the 24th of
November following.
Wherefore this suit is brought, pray
ing that process may issue requiring- the
said Blodgett to appear at the next Ful
ton County Superior Court, to answer
the State in the premises.
Total amount, $182,385.66.
H. O. Hoyt Absconded !—Yesterday
morning the community was startled on
learning that Mr. Hoyt had escaped from
his guard and disappeared. The time
was set for the hearing of his applica
tion for habeas corpus, which pretended
to be an effort to get his bond reduced.
He has been at home and in the city at
will (though nominally under the charge
of an officer) ever since he sufficiently re
covered from that very sudden illness
some weeks ago.
He has continually protested his inno
cence and his readiness to submit to any
trial or investigation whatever, and in
this way has caused some of our good citi
zens to believe he was not guilty, and to
sympathize with him as a persecuted
THE McDUFF*E KOBBEKY.
AN OLD MAN ROBBED OP $400—THE BOB
BERS DISCOVERED AND ARRESTEED-—AN
ORGANIZED GANG OP THEM: ON THE
MURRELL PLAN—THOSE ARRESTED CON
FESS. ~
He has “woodbined.” He has inglo-
riously fled and trampled on his high
professions. It is an acknowledgment of
his guilt. He has betrayed the confi
dence of those who have defended him,
and placed still deeper stigma upon his
He was placed under the charge, of W.
T. Dozier, a constable deputed by the
Sheriff, who guarded him for weeks. On
Monday last Mr. Dozier’s sister died,
and he turned Hoyt over to the Sheriff,
who appointed Mr. Woodliff to guard
him. He did so on Monday night, and
undertook the same on Tuesday night;
but while sitting iu a chair in Mr. Hoyt’s
chamber at his house, he fell asleep.
Hoyt slipped out of his bed and left the
premises. Woodliff knew nothing of it
till daylight yesterday morning. He
came into town and reported the matter
to the Sheriff, who immediately sent out
men in every direction, bnt up to a late
hour last night he had not been heard
from.
Such briefly are the facts.
Of course, the Sheriff is the responsi
ble party in this matter—though it is due
to Mr. W. D. Brown the Deputy, imme
diately concerned, to say that he has
been inclined to imprison Mr. Hoyt for
some days past, and he would have done
so, bnt for the pressing importunate in
tercessions of those who looked upon
him as a persecuted man. Mr. Host’s
attorney, General GartreU, we are in
formed, interceded for him the evening
before—urging that he would be before
the Court next morning and could surely
be trusted for one more night. And
Hoyt’s feeble health, and the danger of
causing the same to terminate fatally, has
been most eloquently urged upon Deputy
Sheriff Brown. In the last hour Hoyt
has betrayed his counsel and his fast
friends, and all who trusted and defended
him.
The parties confessing state that this
gang has made several robbing excur
sions over into South Carolina; and that
there exists a regularly organized band,
similar to the Murrell Clan, headed and
controlled by Capt. C. V. Hamilton,
who concocted and perpetrated just such
diabolical, cold-blooded deeds upon the
community as the one above recited.
It seems that several raids were made
into South Carolina to rob a man who
was supposed to have a large amount of
money, and the clan actually visited the
residence of one Littleton Smith, of
Edgefield county, used violence Upon his
person, gaggiDg him and taking from his
house what money they could find.
The three persons confessing, Willis,
Roney and Ramsey, were the parties who
robbed old man Evans, and state that
Hamilton sent them there for that pur
pose; and that Long was also to have ac
companied them, but failed on account
of not being able to procure a convey
ance.
George Tutt, a young man living near
this place, was arrested on the affidavit
of Willis, charging him with the South
Carolina robbery.
Joseph Musgrove, of this county,
stands charged with the Same offense,
and a warrant has been issued for him,
but up to the present time he has suc
ceeded in evading every effort of the offi
cers of the law.
On Sunday and Monday, preliminary
proceedings were had before Justices
Johnson and Hobbs, and all those who
had been arrested were committed to
await their trial at the next term of the
Superior Court. Tutt, however, having
committed the offense alleged against
him iu the State of South Carolina, is
held iu custody for the issuing of an Ex
ecutive warrant from the Governor.
There being no jail in our county, the
prisoners were sent on Monday evening
to Augusta for safekeeping.
II tho Republicans will bnt half discharge their
duty, -wo will have a better Convention in Macon on
the Sth day of May than \va havo over had in Georgia,
and will achieve a glorious victory in tho election
next fall.
This fight in the Radical ranks
is a scramble for the spoils. The
thieves in the party have had it all
their own way, and controled every
thing for a long time, and all would
have been harmony in their ranks now,
but for tho fact that the honest Demo
cratic masses of Georgia have turned
these thieves out of place and power, and
those who were not participating in the
robberies now come to the front and
IV. Against John Rice, a non-resident,
holding property in this county, alleging
that he “fraudulently and unlawfully de
tains from this State the sum of $29,500,
besides interest.” »
1. That on or about June 1st, 1870, the
said Rice got possession of $9,500 from
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, pro
perty of the State, under the fabricated,
unfounded and fraudulent pretext of re
ceiving payment for cars said to have
been furnished by the Tennessee Car
Company, of which he claimed to be
President.
2. That afterwards, early in June, the
said Rice received $20,000 belonging to
the State from Rufus B. Bullock, then
Governor, through the hands of Foster
Blodgett, “for the illegal and fraudulent
purpose of buying and publishing the
Era newspaper, in the city of Atlanta.
3. That the defendant has never ac
counted to the State in any way what
ever for either of the aforesaid sums of
money; hut, on the country, still detains
them illegally and fraudulently.
Tho informant aforesaid has made
The McDuffie Journal of the 20th has
the following:
On Saturday las.t our quiet and peace
ful town was shocked and startled by the
report that a most daring and shameful
robbery had been committed tbe preced
ing night cn Jesse Evans, an old and
very respectable citizen of this connty,
residing near Huff’s Bridge on Briar
Creek — about thirteen miles distant
from- this place. - Three men, well
armed and disguised, visited Mr.
Evans’ house about two o’clock in
the' night, and nearly kicking the
door from its fastenings despite the
'old man’s (he is 73 years of age) efforts
to hold it shut, and in a peremptory
manner demanded admittance. Gaining
access to the house, two of the men
presented their pistols at the head of
Mr. Evans, and the other at the person
of Mrs. Evans, threatening instant death
if the least out-ery or resistance was
made, demanded his money in true
knight-of-the-road style—compelling the
old man to produce all his hard earned
savings, amounting to some four hun
dred dollars, in specie and greenbacks.
After occomplishing their hellish pur
pose, they beat a hasty retreat, leaving
the old man moneyless.
While engaged in the robbery, fortun
ately the mask of one of these cold
blooded miscreants dropped from his
face, revealing his features, and was in
stantly recognized by Mr. Evan’s little
son, lying on a bed in the room—the
brave little fellow appreciating the dan
gerous situation of affairs, had the pres
ence of mind to show no signs of the re
cognition, and the party left thinking
themselves entirely unknown, and, per
haps, that their story, that they were
Sonth Carolina Ku-Klux, fleeing from
that State, and were only taking the
money to travel on, was believed. This
recognition, together with the lavish use
and exhibition of considerable sums of
money, finally led to the discovery and
arrest of several of the gang.
After information received, onr citi
zens commenced cautiously to investi
gate the matter, and link by link rapidly
developed the testimony, until suspicion
plainly pointed to the guilty parties.
Late on Saturday evening, warrants were
issued, charging Captain C. V. Hamil
ton, John Ramsay and Thomas Willis as
the guilty parties—Willis being the per
son recognized from the accidental drop
ping of his mask the night before.
Hamilton and Willis were immediately
arrested, and an effort made to appre
hend Ramsay, but by some means gain
ing information of the proceedings of
the authorities, he fled, and at this writ
ing, (Monday evening), is still at large. ^
During Saturday night Willis made a
fall confession of his guilt, and this con
fession led to the arrest of two other par
ties, viz: Howard Long and Adolphus
Roney—the latter also making a full con-
fftSSlOD. POTTflll01*0flT1 flf \\7Artfl
proper and lawful affidavit for an nttacli-
claim tho patronage which Grant kjjp to j ment against a non-resident, and the
bestow. This is what’s the matter. j State prays that process mav issue acainst
fession, corroborating Willis’ statements
in every important particular. Ramsey,
we learn, has confessed to some of his
friends since the act was committed, cor
roborative of the statements of Willis
and Roney, and leaving not the shadow
of a doubt on tlm mind of the public of
the guilt of all the parties.
Recorder's Court—His Honor Lbc
tubes on Versification. — We went
along to His Honor’s reception room like
a gentleman; we never troubled any pret
ty gills, aud only took four drinks on
the way.
w. P. PALLACB
had a magnificent palace—nominally
speaking—but notwithstanding all its
weird enchantments of oriental splen
dor, the calaboose had a secret fascina
tion for him, and he was obliged to lodge
there sometimes. His last confinement
cost him $5 and cost of pumping the
lager out of him.
A. WILLIAM
thought he would invite the father of the
“father of his country in the following
adventure:
“I found a youngster in ray hall—
A seedy little loafer—
Marring with marks ray stairway wall,
Tho rascal I did “go for.”
Said ho, “I cannot tell a lie,
Like George with his little hatchet;
You see, I saw a niche in the wall, *
And I was bound to scratch it.”
Poor little George Washington, Jr.,
was charged $5 for trying to imitate his
illustrious name-sake.
The Way the Clerks in the .
Office Department
ployed.
are
Em.
_A correspondent of the Perry- County
(Pa.) Democrat of the 13th March wpt- y
from Washington the 11th instant”?. 8
lates the following about the
.Tnlin Anrlvnn? Trt/»l»oAV* n ^
John^Andrew Jackson Creswoll employ^
tho Government clerics in his
ment
depart. S
It is supposed by the unsophisticated that whe
a person receives an appointment as ClnrV,: 1 ^
Rost Office Department, or anywhere else un i
Government, that his duties would ho tns ****
wnrlr nf thnf nfHpn and 4bat bia °0 thft
„ , by the
General, to the 29,000 postmasters thronutww.r’.T*
United States, the New York Times, which °hr !v*
way, contains an extended account of the
commendable (?) and wise t?) acts of this deWhS?
and infamous administration. Here is cwT 11 *
tho civil service for you. CIOrm «
This is the same Creswellwhohas been ad™.,.,
the abolition of tho franking privilege. Tkisw*
way in which tho people’s money and time is
dered. Tho Radical party, it would seem from S?'
own the Government and are adminlsterincit,' 1
their sole use and behoof forever. This man
well, too, has the effrontery to ask Congress form"
clerks at every meeting of that body. HeaW 6
gets them too. Your correspondent at one f " r
lucui wu. iuur correspondent atonetima vl
the work that four clerks are employed to do nn» ■
this Department in question. Radical
Department in question. Radical catnip
documents didn’t go out then under the frank nf d
Postmaster General, as they do now, hence iw
wasn't the need of so many clerks.
From the London Times, Feb. 23.
Not a Farthing to lie Paid For Conse
quential Damages.
BELL PABSHOBLDER
became tired and fatigued very suddenly
on Tuesday nigbt, and lay right down
on the sidewalk. He slept very soundly.
In reply to the question why he took his
repose in such an embarrassing situation
he said: “Oh, the pedestrians were not
in my way.” His Honor charged him
$5 for being a fool.
F. C. PATCHLAND
was a penny-a-liner poetaster, and went
to His Honor to have a regular literary
discussion about the merits of various
systems and theories of versification.
Said he: “There’s Poe’s disquisition on
spondees, dactyls,meters and—” “Stuff,”
said His Honor,
“There’s a metre dactylic, spondaic,
A metro for laugh and for moan;
Bnt the metre not alone prosaic
Is the meet Aer by moonlight alone.”
These are our sentiments too.
Honor “know’s what’s what.”
Nothing could be more absurd than
an abandonment of our position because
the Ministry have received a civil reply
from Washington. Is it supposed that
what we wanted was an angry reply, and
that, having prevailed in provoking one,
we yield at once and admit the Ameri
can case without further question? The
negotiation of the Treaty of Washing
ton has not given us an exalted notion of
diplomacy, but we have comforted our
selves by thinking that it was only to
amateur diplomatists that our interests at
Washington were confided; if, howev
er, the diplomatists at Paris can real
ly believe that we will submit to the
authority of the arbitrators on the
question of indirect damages be
cause we have received a soft answer, we
shall be tenanted to give up diplomacy
altogether. We do not intend to pay
anything in respect of consequential
damages; and the reason why we cannot
consent to go on with the arbitration if
the claim for consequential damages bo
pressed is that it is neither just to our
selves nor to the tribnnal before which
we should appear to allow a question to
be argued which we insist is not within
the reference, and any determination of
which we are determined beforehand to
treat as a nullity. This is our position,
and it cannot be too clearly understood.
What may be the result of the difficulty
we know not, and it does not rest with
ourselves; but it shall never be laid to
our charge hereafter that the Treaty of
Washington was abortive because we did
not make our meaning plain when the
question of its construction arose.
Horrid Butclicry of an Aged Negress.
His
A New Role for Alexis.
There is a rumor that the Grand Duke
Alexis is to be made Viceroy of that part
of Poland now owned by Russia, and that
Polish autonomy will be recognized.
The assertion that negotiations are now
in progress in London between Russians
and Poles to that end is doubly true,
since it has been a part of Russia’s policy
for a year past, to secure, as much as
possiole, the forgiveness of Poland for
the wrongs she has done her. In case of
a war with Prussia the Russians would
find it immensely to their advantage to
possess Poland and the friendship of the
Poles. Prussia will use her utmost en
deavors for the next twelve months to
prevent any unification of the country in
whose partition she had such a shameful
part; bnt she will find the Russians re
solved to carry out their plans. Viceroy
Alexis! It will sound odd, and will cer
tainly be the oddest position in Europe.—
Boston Journal.
— The bed and bedstead upon which
Lincoln died, are offered for sale in
Washington. The owner evidently is in a
speculative mood.
The • new appointee to the New Or
leans Custom House is accused of being
a brother-in-law of General Butler. As
soon as he gets confirmed he is going to
hunt the man who originated the slander.
Emerson preached a whole discourse
in a few lines thus: “The accepted and
betrothed lover has lost the wildest
charms of his maiden in her acceptance
of him. She was heaven whilst he pur
sued her as a star—she cannot be heaven
if she stoops to such a one ns he.
— One of the largest Mississippi River
steamers is commanded by a woman—
Safah Pinckney. “She’s a Captain.”
Tbe Macon Tdegraph and Messenger of
Tuesday, recounts the following horrible
tragedy:
We are sorry to learn from various
sources that one Dallas Dyer, of Twiggs
county, perpetrated, on Saturday last,
one of the most inexcusable homicides
we ever heard of. Dyer went to Gordon
on Saturday and got to drinking. He
started homeward from Gordon in a
drunken condition on Saturday afternoon
and on the road overtook a negro woman
named Jennie Brantley, about seventy
years old, who, with two younger women,
had started for Twiggs to attend church
on Sunday.
Dyer accosted the old with a proposi
tion to drink, which she declined. He
then demanded “who she belonged to,
and receiving an answer, at which, in his
drunken condition, he took offense, and
attempted to ride over her. The old
woman fended off the horse with her
umbrella, and then Dyer, dismounting,
drew a nife and cat her almost into pieces.
The old woman was conveyed to Dr.
Massey’s house, where she died in about
two hours.
A coroner’s jury was immediately sum
moned, and a verdict of wilful murder
returned. A warrant was issued for
Dyer, but for some reason unknown was
not attempted to be executed by the offi
cer into whose hands it fell, till Sunday
morning, when it was reported that Dyer
had fled. Dyer is the son of a peaceable
and worthy citizen of Twiggs connty, and
a qniet and well disposed man when
sober, but a demon when drunk. The
event has excited much indignation and
regret among the people of the neigh
borhood of all classes.
Building
Railroads
cliinery.
by Ma-
The following extract from a recent
New York letter, is very interest-
ing as showing the great improve
ments that are being made in the
adaptation of machinery to the heaviest
and most difficult work of railroad con
struction:
They are even building railroads by
machinery, and under its magic villa^y
are springing up with the speed that re
calls the fairy work of Aladdin’s lamp.
Five months ago there was no commu
nication between the north and south
side (k Long Island save by the old fash-
ioned dirt road. Yet before the flowers
bud in May, twenty-two miles of rail will
be laid, and no less than twelve beautifnl
villages will be brought within an hour’s
ride of New York city. By machinery,
the work of three years will be com’,
pressed into about seven months. A por
tion of the way lies through a rocky
spine ridge, which at first seemed a bar
rier almost insurmountable. But at this
juncture a^well known railroad contrac
tor, Mr. James N. Smith, of Brooklyn,
stepped forward and said, “ Gentlemen,
that hill is only a mile and a half across;
I’ll guarantee to go through it in ninety
days.” It was thought to be animpos-
sibility, but they lei him try. He at once Sj
put a steam excavator at work on eithu S
side and commenced operations. With a |j
ton of coal a day, they have perf jrmed |
the work of three hundred men, and are
now within a few rods of each other,
puffing and blowing while they burrow
deep into the heart of the mountain.
I drove out the other day to sc-e these
monsters at work, and the first object
that attracted my attention was the six-
foot millionaire contractor, Mr. Smith,
with his broadcloth coat thrown aside,
driving a drill with a twenty-pound
sledge. I asked him if he was “taking
his constitutional ?” “Not in that style,”
was the reply; “I’m only teaching this
man how to economize his muscles and
work to advantage. ” The answer seemed
to illustrate the genius of the place.
I looked down the deep cut at the ma
chine. It was not much larger than a
small cabin—a sort of young house on
wheels, but those wheels with the motive
power iu the heart of the engine could
give it speed of six or eight miles an hour.
A gigantic arm protruded from the front,
at the end of which was a great iron hand
with sharp claws, and these were made
to ascend and desend at the will of one
man. The operator occupied a platform
near the engine, and with but a simple
contrivance—a stirrup for his foot and a
lever for his hands—he moved tons.
I remember that a great rock was bnlg-
ing from the hard knotted face of the
bank, which it seemed as if nothing but
a blast of powder could stir; and it was
curious to observe how deftly those large
iron fingers cleaned out, first the dirt be
neath; then removed the dirt from the >_
sides; then gently scraped the top; and
finally, taking a firm grip, shook the rock
with a giant’s strength, until nature at
last gave way to the art of man, and the f 1
immense boulder weighing ten or twelve 1
tons was lifted from its bed with as little I
power apparently as a boy would lifts |
marble, swung around and deposited in j 1
the dump-car by its side. At each opera- j 1
tion of the shovel on the pure earth, a |
ton and a half is swept forever from its 13
bed.
A train of forty or fifty cars wait on the I
machine, and it was curious to observe I
the almost human intelligence with which ) j
the horses, trained to their work, dashed I
up on a run, each with an empty car to J
give it impetus, and of their own accord 1
went back, turned and presented the ■
traces to be hooked on to the next.
A Illoral Hero.
Alabama’s Wealth.
The Montgomery Advertiser of the 19th
has the following brace of paragraphs:
At twenty dollars a ton the iron of
Alabama will produce the State, five
thousand millions of dollars. Annual
interest, at 8 per cent, four hundred mil
lions. Annual tax on the interest, at
lj per cent, six millions. Annual taxon
interest on coal and iron combined, ten
millions eight hundred thousand dollars
—a very pretty revenue.
At fifty cents a ton the coal mines of
Alabama are worth four thousand mil
lions of dollars. The annual interest on
this vast sum nfc 8 per cent, is three hun
dred and twenty millions of dollars!
The first question that arises upon read
ing these paragraphs is, why in the deuce
the people of Alabama don’t go to work,
dig out that iron and coal and glut the
market at once and be rich. With such
wealth, all ready for the market, it is a
sin for a State to be poor.
— The Louisville Courier-Journal as
serts that “the Democratic part lost its
power through its corruptions.” It might
also assert that the Democratic party lost'
From tho New York Tribune.
The Rev. Abraham B. Carter, rector
of the Episcopal Church of the Holy
Saviour, has evinced a moral heroism
which entitles him to the gratitude of
the pure. A beautiful young woman,
who had attended his ministration and
called on him in his vestry room under
pretense of seeking spiritual instruction
and guidance, wrote him a letter in whiei
he is charged with seducing her, then
promising her $1,000 to hush up tte
scandal of the crime, paying her $700 oi
it by installments, and declining to pa. v
the rest, which she demanded under
penalty of exposure and prosecution. *
coward, however innocent, would have
paid the money, knowing how ready a 16
the vile to believe any charge of licen
tiousness, especially one aimed at a cler- 9
*- i\r~ in ]ji5 9
gyman. But Mr. Carter, strong in
innocence, at once assumed the offen
sive, charged his accuser with an attempt
to black-mail, had her arrested and cited
before a magistrate; whereupon she col
lapsed, begged for mercy, and was per
mitted by the j ustice to go with her father,
but with the charge still impending over
her. Such women as this are, happhy>
rare; but such men as Mr. Carter are on
fortunately, not so common as thev
should be. We are sure Mr. C. nins
enjoy the consciousness of having lait
fully fulfilled an important duty
which too many would have recoiled.
Miss Fay, of Oregon, being more than
a great deal of its weakness when the} usually Fay-vorable to the weed, n
Courier-Journal went over to the Radical set up a cigar manufactory, and expec -
party. l to “roll” in affluence soon.