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THE ATLANTA SUE
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENtC Political Editor.
A. B. WATSON, New* Editor,
j. HENI.Y SMITH, Oeneral Editor »nd Business
Manager.
Traveling Agent*.
J. M. W. HILL, THOMAS C. BBACEWELL
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J.L. Wright, Woodstock, Ga.
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H. 0. Hamilton, Dalton, Oa.
W.O. Davis, Jr., Eatonton, Ga.
Taffax, Mafp & Co,, White Plains, Green co„ Ga.
3. L. 8mith, Chattanooga, Tenn.
J. C. Pabham, LaGrango, Ga.
E. A. Vabnedof, ThomasTlUc, Ga.
A. G. Williams, Union Point.
J. A. Bell, Ath«n», Oa.
CONTENTS
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17th, 1872.
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Page 1.—Telegrams, etc..
Page 2.—The Kimballs. The Lost Paladin. About
the Crops. The Morse Memorial. •‘Little Khody.”
Grant's War on South Carolina. The Pullman
Palace Car Company. Tho Siler Suit. Recorder’s
Court. Arrest of E. F. Blodgett. From our Rov
ing Correspondent and Agent. Foreign Items, etc.
Page 3.—Watchmen, what of the Night?” Istbo
• Democracy to bo Sold? Keep the Flag Up. No
Surrender. Rather Ludicrous Approximation to
Homicide. Startling Exhibition of Corruption.
Colombo*. Consumption of Cotton by tho Colom
bo* Factories. An Important Arrest The Collego
land Scrip, etc.
Page 4.—Stockholder* of the CartcrsviUo & Van
Wert Railroad. Collation to tho Railroad Men.
Western A Southern Railway Association. Our
Special Correspondence. Tho Earthquake. Letter
from our Roving Correspondent and Agent etc.
Page 5.—A Shave. Cartersvillo & Van Wert Rail
road. Orphans' Home Anniversary. Value of
Property in Atlanta. Goorgia Medical Association.
Georgia Teachers* Association. Cobb County. The
North & South Railroad. Clarice. An Old Man’s
Romance. Letter from our Roving Correspond
ent and Agent, etc.
Page G.—The Situation in Mexico. Arkansas
Politics. The Cincinnati Convention. Recorder’s
Court Supreme Court Decisions. Society News.
The Affidavit Man. The Popularity of Governor
Smith, etc.
Page 7.—All Alike. About Railroads. Wealth and
Taxation in Georgia and the United States. O for
tho Indian Summer Days 1 Georgia Matters. An
other Negro Homicide. Advertisements, etc.
Page 8.—Where is Bullock? About Newspapers.
Stato of tho Markets. Telegraph Markets. Com
mercial. Advertisements, etc.
TELEGKAMS.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, April 9.—The committee
having charge of the memorial services
in honor of Prof. Morse, to be held in
the House of Representatives, Tuesday
evening, the 16th inst., held a full meet
ing to-day, and reported the near com
pletion of all arrangements, which will
make the event of great interest. Lead
ing members of both Houses of Congress
will deliver short addresses, and Oliver
Wendell Holmes will probably read a
poem written expressly for the occasion.
Letters have been addressed to the
mayors of cities, requesting them to call
public meetings the same night, and a
plan is being perfected to hold similar
meetings throughout the world, and com
municate by telegraph with the move
ment here.
It was resolved that tho following in
vitations bo extended: “To His Excllen-
cy, the Governor of : The.National
Telegraph Monnment Association have
appointed you one of the Vice Presidents
on the occasion of the memorial services
in honor of Samuel P. B. Morse, to be
held in the House of Representatives, on
Tuesday evening, April 16th. Telegraph’
your acceptance, and, if you cannot be
present, the appointment of a proxy re
siding or sojourning here. Address A.
Solomons, Chairman Committee of Ar
rangements.”
It was further agreed to invite the
widow and family of the late Professor
Morse to be present on the occasion, and
become the guests of the nation.
Rev. Dr. Adams, pastor of the Pro
fessor, is invited to open the proceedings
with prayer. Admission to the building
is to be by card only.
A dispatch was recently sent from this
city staling that Senator Trnmbnll had
declared that ho would not be a candidate
before tho Cincinnati Conventiou, and
believed that Judge Davis would be the
strongest candidate that could be named.
Lieut. Governor Koerner, of Illinois, see
ing this dispatch, wrote to the Senator,
asking whether it was by authority.
Senator Trumbull to-day replied in a dis
patch to Governor Koerner, saying,
“There is no foundation for the dispatch
to which yon refer.”
Washington, April 10.—A bill abol
ishing the franking privilege is np in the
House.
Washington, April 12.—The Elections
Committee refuse a motion to dismiss
Bowen, because he held a State office
while contesting a seat, and will proceed
upon the merits of the case. The chances
seem to be in favor of Bowen.
Washington, April 10.—A resolution
to print 250,000 copies of the Agricultu
ral Report was referred to the Printing
Committee.
The bill to abolish the franking privi
lege, after a long discussion, was re-com
mitted. It is dead.'
Washington, April 12.—The Senate
has passed the bill for a bridge across the
Missouri River at Nebraska City.
The House is discussing a proposition
to extend the Capitol Grounds.
Washington, April 13.—The Wort&s
preface to Cooper Institute meeting, is
as follows: Last evening the first gun of
the comiug Presidential Campaign was
fired in New York, under imposing cir
cumstances. The great tide of national
reform which has swelled and surged for
months past through the length and
breadth of the land with irresistible vol
ume rose then to its highest point and
swept everything before it
The announcement that several of the
ablest and most honorable United States
Senators would expound the principles
of this movement in favor of sound
statesmanship, and against abuse of good
government, attracted an immense con
course of people to hear their eloquent
words in behalf of the now Reform Pro
gramme.
Never, since the Cooper Institute was
built-, has such a tremendous audience
"filled the large hall of that building. In
the square and on the sidewalk, in front
of the Institute, a dense crowd congrega
ted, at an early hour, and strove, long
after it was announced that the hall was
filled, to gain entrance within.
The firing of cannon, and explosion of
fireworks, attracted still greater numbers,
to join the multitude already collected;
but they came only to be disappointed.
At 7-30 p. m., the police refused to ad
mit any more persons within the door
way. The corridors and stairways were
then jammed to suffocation. The out
lets to the main hall were blockaded,
while the hall itself was a dense, excited
mass of strangling humanity.
To estimate the size of the crowd would
be idle; but it is enough to say there
were thousands present, and almost as
many more were turned away without
gaining admission. The hall was utterly
inadequate for the occasion, and it is evi
dent that, if the need of the Reformers,
daring the campaign, is to be consulted,
we must have another and far larger
meeting place in New York to contain
them when they meet in Conncil.
The crowd was as respectable as it was
large, and comprised many of our most
prominent citizens. They were well
dressed and well to do, including profes
sional men, mechanics and politicians.
Democrats and Republicans, Germans
and Americans, without regard to opin
ion, or condition. It was an audience
comprising the wealth, respectability and
intelligence of the city, and it was truly
representative in character.
The hall was decorated with the Ameri
can flag and a number of small streamers,
while a brass band played appropriate
airs at intervals. ’The platform was not
less crowded than the auditorium, mauy
noted persons being noticeable.
The meeting was opened promptly at
8 o’clock by the selection of Fredrick
Conkling, as Chairman, which position
he filled with excellent judgment and
good sense, pacifying the audience when
a disturbance occured, owing to the ef
forts of the crowd outside to force their
way into the room, and preserving order
in spite of the difficulties under which
he labored.
The usual reading * of the names of
officers then followed and the Secretary,
Professor Glaubenskee, read the resolu
tions which were brief, weighty and
emphatic.
Senator Trumbull was next introduced
and was received with tumultuous cheer
ing, which, however, was surpassed by
the enthusiastic applause from all sides,
when Horace Greeley appeared on the
platform and took his seat near the
speakers stand.
Mr. Trumbull spoke with great energy
and fire, and not only electrified but in
structed his audience by his eloquence.
His assaults on the centralizing tenden
cies of the present administration were
hailed with indignant cheers, and b9 as
tonished his hearers by showing them
the despotism which threatened the safe
ty of the Republic. He upheld,in unqual
ified language, the frue democratic doc
trine of State Rights, and while denounc
ing the rebels us traitors, he yet said they
were never thieves.
He warned his audience against the
dangers of a centralized authority, which
has already established in different
States of the Union, tribunals for the
adjudication of the property and lives of
the people, subject to its own control,
and said that this power was in great
danger of abuse.
Senator Carl Schurz next took the
stand, and received a similar over
whelming ovation, to that of Senator
Trumbull, as the lion of the occasion and
the leading light of the Reform move
ment. His speech was eagerly anticipa
ted, and attracted many persons to hear
it. He spoke calmly, and yet earnest,
using very full notes. His manner was
not “full of fire and fury, signifying
nothing,” bnt clear, logical and convinc
ing. His dispassionate arguments
did not carry away the feel-
feelings’ of his audience; but appealed
to their reason and held their attention
closely. His voice lang loud and clear
through the vaulted hall and throughout
the packed yet silent throng, like the
notes of a clarion. The audience seemed
spellbound, and only at intervals re
covered themselves sufficiently to ap
plaud. This, however, they did repeat
edly and with vigor, showing that the
eloquence of the orator was fully appre
ciated. Each word was received with
attention, and every strong point against
the administration was fully appreciated.
As to the speech itself, we can only re
fer to the full report annexed, which,
alone, can do justice to its acumen, pro
fundity, close reasoning, wit and other
admirable qualities.
Tho Times' preface to the Cooper Insti
tute meeting is aS follows: The meeting
at Cooper Institute last evening was a
large one. As early as seven o’clock the
great hall was crowded, not a few Demo
cratic organizations having turned out in
force. On the platform were chairs for
distinguished gentlemen, among whom
were Messrs. B. Texter, Moses
Wier, W. J. Traver, Jonathan Bix-
ley, B. E. Watson, H. W. McDonald,
S. Keepman, W. Treffinger, Arnold
Tanzer, H. B. Stanton, F. S. Bryne,
R. Y. Hamberger, Samuel A. Hopkins,
Henry O. Kent, of New Hampshire;
Geo. P. Edgar, Francis Snyder, Stephen
Holden, B. P. Drinoster, Bernard Reil
ly, John Honey, and T. H. Barker.
Afterwards, when the Senators arrived
David Dudley Field, Sinclair Trousey,
Col. Louis Grossvenor, of Missouri, and
some others came upon the platform
with them. /
As early as 7 o’clock the hall was
crowded to excess. At half-past 7 Mr.
Ethan Allen proposed Frederick Conk
ling as Chairman, who, in taking his
seat, made this short address:
Tho Secretary of the Treasury has pre
pared and submitted to tho Committee
on Ways and Means, a bill aoolishing the
offices of Collector and Assessor of Inter
nal Revenue, providing for not more
than fifty supervisors, who shall perform
all the duties of Collectors. The bill
proceeds upon the assumption that all
taxes are to be removed except those col
lected by stamps.
It is the Virginia & Tennessee, and
not the East Tennessee & Virginia Rail
road, from which the Southern Express
Company has withdrawn its freight.
Washington, April 14—The Demo
cratic members of Congress are consult
ing among themselves regarding their
political course, in view of the Cincinnati
Convention. Some of them freely ex
press their willingness to vote for the
nominee of that Convention, provided
the demonstrations there shall give
promise of success, and the platform be
of such a character .that they can indorse
it.. They say they want only the enuncia
tion of a few general principles.
Some of the anti-Administration Re
publicans have been privately exchang
ing views with them, in order'to arrange
a basis of coalition. It is generally ar
gued, however, by the Democrats that
their course will be governed by the
National Democratic Convention, wheth
er it shall agree to support the Cincin
nati nominee, or make a nomination of
its own.
It is thought the President will, this
week, nominate a Comptroller of the
Currency, to supply the present vacancy.
The preparations for the memorial ser
vices, in honor of the late Professor Morse,’
are completed. The speakers are Senator
Patterson and Representatives Fernando
Wood, Garfield, Cox, Voorhees and
Banks. Rev. Dr. Adams, of New York,
pastor of the church which the Professor
attended, in that city, will open with
prayer; and Dr. Wheeler, the pastor of
the Church which Morse attended at
Poughkeepsie, will pronounce the bene
diction.
The President and Cabinet, Vice-Pres
ident, Judges of Courts, and other promi
nent officials, have been invited. The
Governors of States, .who cannot be pres
ent in person, have designated Proxies
to act as Vice-Presidents of the meeting.
The Secretary of the Navy has com
plied with the application for music by
the Marine band, and there will be vocal
music by the Choral Society of Washing
ton. Numerous letters and telegrams
have been received, some of them stating
that similar meetings will be held on Tues
day evening in several cities.
The Committee on Ways and Means
were a long time in session yesterday, on
the subjects of Tariff and lnternal Reve
nue, aud will resume their consideration
to-morrow morning at half-past nine
o’clock, hoping to perfect the measures
in time to he reported on daring
the afternoon. The Protectionists on
the Committee wanted the Internal Re
venue bill to be first reported to the
House and acted on before considering
the tariff, so as to revive the tobacco and
other domestic interests, in order
that they might know the extent of the
reduction of revenue under that hill, as a
guide in modifying the tariff; but they
were outvoted by the committee. In
consequence of this, Representative Bur-
chard, of the majority, will report the
two measures, the tariff taking the prece
dence.
Instead of tea and coffee being first in
the list; they are, it is said, among the
last, which will exclude, from the com
mencement of the consideration of the
bill, a test on the two articles producing
probably twenty millions of dollars an
nually, under present duties.
It is probable that at some stage of the
proceedings, a substitute will be offered
for the bill of the Committee, leaving
the House to select between the two
propositions.
Washington, April 15.—The Senate
has passed a bill authorizing honorably
discharged soldiers to be bnried in pub
lic cemeteries, free.
The North Carolina contest is np.
The House is engaged in the regular
call of States.
Washington, April 15.—The Supreme
Courthosrendered an important decision,
seriously affecting Utah and, to some ex
tent, all the territories. It was in the
case of Engelbrecht vs. Clinton. The
three Judges of the Supreme Court of
Utah had unanimously decided that a
jury, summoned by the United States
Marshal, and not by the Mormon Ter
ritorial Marshal, was a lawful jury; but
Chief Justice Chase, delivering the
opinion of the Supreme Court, overrules
this decision, and holds that the jury
should have been summoned by the Ter
ritorial Marshal.
NEWS ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New York, April 8.—The Evening
Post, in commenting on the dispatch to
the Associated Press, from London, stat
ing that the Post, of that city, published
a rumor that an important dispatch had
been received from Washington, giving
the prospect of a satisfactory issue of the
Alabama question, says.* “The important
dispatch from London which we print,
indicating that an amicable agreement
between England the United States is
likely to be made, at once, deserves more
attention and credence than its exces
sively cautious, language would common
ly attract. Independent of this London
rumor, we have strong reason to believe
that our Government has conveyed to
Great Britain, its willingness to exclude
by agreement, the consideration of
claims for indirect damages, from the
work of the arbitrators, at least so far as
to demand no award upon this ground.
Those claims, indeed, or, rather, those
representations of the injuries which we
have suffered at the hands of Great Bri
tain must remain in the case, as they are
there presented, as arguments in favor of
the award of a gross sum, but not as
claims for money to be paid us. The
proposition, as we are informed, is in a
form which the British Government can
hardly fail to accept.
New York, April 10.—A Matamoras
special says it is reported from Saltillo
that General Rocha is moving in that di
rection with 9,000 men. Sonld the La-
basco, from Vera Cruz, arrive in time
she will have Matamoras. The revolu
tionists on the river have two gunboats
mounted to stop her.
The WorUl says many leading Repub
licans, including Marshall O. Roberts
and A. T. Stewart, are going to the Cin
cinnati Convention.
A parent has sued the Board of Health
Jersey City has elected a Democratic
Mayor. The Republicans have a major
ity in the Council and Board of Educa
tion.
The investigation of the conduct of
Judges Barnard and Cardozo find no
bribery, but presents are traced to them
from successful litigants and favorites.
New York, April 12.—Many called
upon Senators Trumbull and Schurz
to-day.
There was a heavy vote in the Meth
odist Conference to-day in favor of lay
delegates to the General Conference in
May.
The Committee of the Georgia Legis
lature to investigate the registration and
sale of Georgia State Bonds, during Bul
lock’s administration, held a session at
the Grand Central Hotel yesterday. The
committee is composed of Messrs T. J.
Simmons, John I. Hall and Garnett Mc
Millan. Alton Angier accompanies them
as Clerk, and General Robert Toombs as
Counsel.
Bonds to the value of $12,000,000 were
sold, $7,500,000 of which were in aid of
various railroads, and the remainder, ac
cording to Bullock’s statement, were
made for legislative expenses and to
meet the interest upon previously dated
obligations. It is claimed that all in ex
cess of $1,000,000 were unnecessary, and
that the majority were unconstitutional,
and the State of Georgia is not respon
sible for them.
The powers of the committee are main
ly to enforce the registration of these
bond. Every holder will be required to
register, and the examination will relate
to the manner in which they came into
his possession.
To-day the committee will visit Henry
Clews & Co., to make inquiries.
New York, April 12.—The meeting of
Republicans favoring the Cincinnati Con
vention at Cooper Institute, to-night,
was one of the largest in numbers, and
most imposing, in composition, ever held
in this city. The opening of the meeting
was announced for 8 o’clock; but, hours
before, the large hall of the Institute was
crowded to the utmost capacity, and
throngs failed to get admission.
Col. Frederick A. Conkling presided.
Among the Vice Presidents were Horace
Gieeley, Sinclair Louis, Moses H. Grin-
ell, Hiram Barney, Charles A. Dana,
Marshall O. Roberts, Judge Blatcliford,
Samuel'Sinclair and Gen. John A. Dix.
A number of prominentjGerman citizens
were present.
The following declaration of principles
was adopted at the opening of the meet
ing: That the political action of individu
als and conventions should be free from
the influence of political patronage; that
business should not under the fear of
unjust official interference, and its af
fairs be compelled to pay tribute to
political purposes; that public offices are,
or should be, created for public con
venience at' \ not as rewards for partisian
services, nor for personal aggrandizement;
that the acts of officials should be con
fined within the strict letter of the laws;
that the triumph of Republican principles
is of paramount importance to the coun
try; that the success of these principles,
in the approaching National election,
does not depend on any one individual;
that the prosperity of the country de
mandsa thorough, radical and immediate
reform in a]l the departments of the
public service, civil, military and naval,
and that the one term principle for the
Presidential office will conduce more to
that end than any other measure.
At a quarter before eight, Senators
Schurz and Trumbull arrived, and were
greeted enthusiastically.
New York, April 13.—Horace Greeley
last evening was elected President of the
Liberal Club.
All the morning papers give full reports*
the Liberal Republican Meeting last
evening. The general opinion is that the
gathering was the largest and most enthu
siastic political meeting ever held in this
city.
The World says, “It is now certain that
the Cincinnati Convention will nominate
a ticket, and unless some great blunder is
perpetrated in the selection of a candi
date, that ticket will unite the elements
of opposition. The Democracy will not
put obstructions in the way of a move
ment which, seems to stand on so strong
a basis; but it must nevertheless reserve
u final judgment until the present hope
ful anticipations ripen into established
facts.”
New York, April 13.—The Tribune's
preface to the Cooper Institute meeting
is thus: “A crowd of thousands, outside
of Cooper Institute, utterly unable to
gain admittance, but unwilling to leave,
and making the square ring with that
old-time chorus of the nation, in its times
of peril and heroic effort, “John Brown’s
body lies mouldering in the ground”—a
crowd inside that filled every seat and
packed every aisle, that overflowed the
platform till the orator had scarcely room
to move from one side of the narrow
reading desk to the other, and jammed
the great space behind till egress an in
gress were alike impossible, with an audi
ence back of the speakers far larger than
the average lecturer is able to get in
front of him—a crowd that contained the
best elements of the great Reform meet
ing last summer, which began the over
throw of Tammany; but was as much
larger and more imposing than than
that, as the work of National reform is
grander and more imperative than IHere
is an omission in telegraphing]. It
numbered many of the foremost of the
country—and was neither gathered by
the Custom House, nor any of the ordi
nary appliances of party demonstration—
that patiently waited for an hour, for the
sake of getting places, at all, and staid
en masse, orderly, but enthusiastic, till
the last echo of the last cheer that fol
lowed the last speech, had died away.
Such was the opening last night of the
Liberal Republican Campaign for the
Presidency, and the answer of the Em
pire City to the call to Cincinnati.
There has been no such meeting in
tried patriots, but ostracised since by the
shoddy contractors and Custom House
clerks, who now assume to control the
organization; and the speeches were
worthy alike of speakers, audience and
cause.
New York, April 15.—A special dis-
path from Leesburg, Virginia, reports
another supposed poisoning horror. Mrs.
Emily A. Lloyd is suspected of poison
ing her husband, four children and their
aunt. Professor. Tonery, of Baltimore,
claims to have found arsenic in the
stomach of the last deceased child.
The Colonelcy of the 9th Regiment
has been tendered to the wealthy Jerome
D. Fellows.
Delegates from the various trade or
ganizations yesterday consolidated their
various organizations by the formation
of a Working Men’s Assembly. The In
ternationalists were rejected on the
ground that theira is a political organi
zation.
The Rev. Beecher yesterday preached
in denunciation of the Calvanistic ideas
and tendencies of the Cambridge Con
fession.
The Internationalists, yesterday, dis
cussed the various differences existing in
their organization. The chief cause of
these differences is the Woodhull-Claflin
Section, which has been suspended by
order of the General Council in London.
New York, April 15.—Prof. Agassiz
and his expedition were in quarantine at
Montevideo, February 26.
Thomas I. Simmons, John J. TTall and
Garnett McMillan, the Georgia Legisla-
tiye Committe, appointed to register and
investigate the ownership of the Georgia
State bonds, have taken offices at 49
Wall street, and expect to hold daily ses
sions until May 1st. General Robert
Toombs is not with the committee, as
was erroneously reported, but is detained
in Georgia by illness.
The power accorded to the committee,
by the act creating it, is that they have
full authority to examine and ascertain
the number of bonds which have been
issued and the aggregate amount of the
same. If any have been sold or hypothe
cated, by whom sold, when and to whom
sold, the amount paid for them, when
and to whom paid, and all other facts
connected with their history.-
Where such information is refused, or
where such bonds are not reported for
registration, should be considered prima
facie evidence of their fraudulence and
illegality.
The act also states that none of its pro
visions shall be construed into a pledge
for the payment of any bonds issued
since July 4, 1868.
The American Methodist Episcopal
Conference recommends a jealous care
and discrimination on the subject of
amendments and recognizes the civil and
religions instruction of freedmen as an
imperative duty. _
The Grant mass meeting takes place at
Cooper Institute Wednesday night, the
17th. The call is signed by a large num
ber of banking’ and mercantile firms.
Among the speakers announced are
Messrs. Morton, Wilson, of Massachu
setts, and Fred Douglas.
NEWS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
New Orleans, April 10.—The Colored
Men’s National Convention met in the
Hall of the House of Representatives, at
Mechanics’ Institute, to-day at noon. It
was called to order by Lieut. Gov. A. J.
Ransier, of South Carolina, who read the
resolutions of the Colored Men’s Na
tional Convention held last year at
Charleston, under which the present con
vention was called. He delivered a brief
speech, stating the object of the conven
tion to be to promote the welfare of the
colored race, and counseled moderation
in their proceedings.
Lieutenant-Governor P. B. S. Pinch-
back, of Louisiana, was then chosen
temporary chairman, and G. Ruby, of
Texas, Secretary. Prayer by J. Fletcher
Jordan.
Upon a call of the States, delegates
were registered as follows: Alabama, 8
District of Columbia, 1; Georgia, 1
Louisiana, 7; Massachusetts, 7; Mary
land, ^Mississippi, 1; Ohio, 2; Penn
sylvania; 1; Sonth Carolina, 5; Texas, 3;
Virginia, 1. Other delegates are ex
pected.
A committee on credentials was ap
pointed, and the convention took a re
cess. The proceedings were orderly and
decorns.
New Orleans, April 14.—Fred Doug
las arrived and presided on Saturday.—
He stated that the party led by Trum
bull and Schurz, favored State Rights.
In that party, he had no confidence; but
the Republican party must come up high
er. Though Gen. Grant is an honorable
man, and one for whom I expect to vote,
(cheers) yet the Republican party has oth
er leaders,besides Gen. Grant. (Enthusias
tic applause). There is now a man at
Washington who represents the future,
and is a majority in himself, a man at
whose feet Grant learns wisdom. That
man is Charles Sumner. (Applause.)
know them both; they are great men,
but Sumner is steady—is no flickering
light. For twenty-five years he has
worked for the Republican party, and I
hope I may cease forever if I cease to
give all honor to Chas. Sumner,
On motion, the House arose and gave
three cheers for Chas. Sumner.
London, April 15.—Dispatches from
Madrid report a general uprising of mal
contents.
Reports are current here that tronbles
have grown out of recent diplomatic ne
gotiations between France and Germa
ny. Relations between the two coun
tries are said to be in so critical a condi
tion that grave complications may be ap
prehended.
New Orleans, April 15.—In the Col
ored Convention to-day, a platform, of
resolutions was adopted. The preamble
regrets the necessity which called into
existence a colored convention, and is
grateful for past triumphs in behalf of
equal rights, aud submit the resolutions
port of the nominees of the Philadelphia
Convention; the third indorses President
Grant, and thanks him for recognizing
men without regard to race or color in
making appointments; the fourth prays
that the colored Republicans of the
States where there are :uo Federal posi
tions given to colored men,may no longer
be ignored; the 5th acknowledges over
whelming indebtedness to the services
of Charles Sumner; the sixth praises
the action of Vice-President Colfax in
delivering the casting vot a in favor of the
Supplementary Civil Rights Bill; the
7th appeals for protection in civil rights
in public places and upon public convey
ances; the 8th condemns the Republicans
who voted against the Civil Rights Bill,
and pledges that they will voto for suc
cessors to them whenever they have the
power.
St. Louis, Mo., April 12.—The Belle
of St. Louis has arrived with 28 survi
vors and the bodies of seven who died
during tho'passage. The books and pa
pers of the Oceanus were lost. It is im
possible to obtain a list of those who
were lost.
George Constable and wife! of Noyes’
circus, are missing.
The dead on the boat presented a hor
rible appearance, their bodies being
swollen and many of them the color of
raw beef, the skin having been entirely
scalded off. Those not otherwise designa
ted are not injured.
The engineer said he went on watch
but a few moments before the explosion
and tried five guages, in all of which he
found plenty of water. He then walked
back to get a cup of coffee, when the ex
plosion occurred.
Robert Chew, one of the proprietors of
the Atlantic and Pacific circus, saved
himself by a plank. He thinks George
Constable and wife, circus performers
from California, Frank Staten and Frank
Williams, also circus performers, were
drowned.
George Keithly, first engineer, who
was on watch when the explosion oc
curred, says the boat had just struck a
bar, the engines had been stopped and
he looked at his watch to note the
time when the explosion occurred
with terrible force. One of the boilers
was blown back to the cylinders, and the
whole forward part of the boat, including
the pilot-house and forward state rooms,
was scattered right and left. The boat
took fire instantly, and the startled and
half mad passenges who were not killed,
asvoke to the terrible reality. But one
boat was left and that wa3 broken badly.
The officers did all they could to assist
the passengers. Ca^. tain Reeder and his
clerk, Henry M. Worsham, gathered to
gether all the life preservers that were
left in the back part of the cabin, and
distributed them to the half distracted
passengers. There wore but two women
on board—Mrs. Constable and a cham
ber-maid named Wallace.
Boston, April 15—A meeting was held
at Tremont Temple, last night, in favor
of the proposed religions amendment to
the Constitution, providing for an un
questionable basis of religious education
in our common schools, and for every-
other Christian feature of our national
life. Addresses were made made by Rev,
Mr. McAllister, of New York, and Pro
fessor J. A. Zelye.
Philadelphia, April 15.—The Grand
Jury found a true bill of indictment a-
gainst Charles A. Daua, of the New York
Sun, for libel on Wm. H. Kemble, ex-
State Treasurer, for an article published
in the Sun relating to the Evans frauds.
, t ot nnnn i New York since the war. The speakers,
lor lor tlU.OOO for forced vaccination, like the audience, were Republicans
charging, first, assault on the child, and, j from the start, recognized champions in. j. ra umuuu KllC o
sbcodo, the mtroductiyn of scrofula into j council and on the field, in the day when emancipation and citizenship; the second
\ tne chiki s system. i to be leading Republicans meant to be I pledges unswerving devotion to the sup
to the American people.
The first resolution gives thanks for
GEORGIA SHERIFF’S SALES.
Sale Day First Tuesday in May.
FULTON COUNTY.
H. B* Gardner vs. N. E. Gardner. Atlanta city lot.
Crane, Boylston & Co. vs. D. H. Heath. Lot on
Decatur street.
Hoyt k JoneBvs. Margenius. A. and Marcus A.
Bell. Atlanta lot.
Mann & Murphy vs. Luke Husketh & Co. Bar and
fixtures.
L. Lowenthal vs. B. J. Massey. The Edwardy
property.
N. J. Hammond vs. Atlanta Medical College. One
acre lot, with improvements, in Atlanta.
G. 3. Boothe vs. A. B. Forsythe. Lot on Decatur
street.
Chamberlain, Boynton & Co. vs. Michael and SalUe
Fitzgerald. Fart of land lot No. 148.
W. L. Cleveland vs. Mrs. A. Clay. Atlanta city
lot.
CABEOLL COUNTY.
J. P. Watson vs. J. H.Lasntter. Land lot 251.
Wm. G. McWilliams vs. Georgia Manufacturing
and Paper Mill Company. Paper mill and fixtures.
HABBALSOX COUNTY.
Wm. Allman vs. 3. D. Phillips. Land lot 1,258.
Fi. fa. vs. 3. C. Mann. Land lot No. .
HALL COUNTY.
W. A. and A. M. .Stringer vs. Jas. A. Stringer. Fifty
acres of lot No. 38.
T. H. Sanford vs. Hardy Bryant. Land lots Nos.
10,13 and C3.
H. 3. Harris vs. Wm. Richards. Brick Hotel in
GainesvUle.
FLOYD COUNTY,
T. McGuire ys. Mrs. M. Berrien. House and lot
in Rome.
Executors of Samuel Gibbons vs. S. F. Smith.
Land lot 235.
Williams, Bernie & Co., and others, vs. Charles M.
Harper. Half interest in four town lota in Rome.
S. Disharoon vs. W. A. Williamson. Land lot
No. 95.
J. H. Coleman vs. Jas. G. Yeiser. Lot No. 91.
Chas. H. Smith vs. Jos. Payne. Land lot No. J135
FOLK COUNTY,
Fourth interest in lots Nos. 526, 559, 592, 560, 591,
C36,183, 521, 593, 561, 662, 635, 558, 590, 622, 521 and
061, property of Mary T. and J. M. Trotter. .
One Steam Engine and Boiler, property of Sarah
A. Vinson.
One house, property of John L. Dodds.
Lots Nos. 1,193,1,194,1,195, 1,255, 1,192,1,146, and
half of Nos. 1,182,1,183, 1,184, 1,185 and 1,256, in
favor of Jane A. King.
All that part of the Cherokee Railroad that lies in
Polk county. . _ „ „
One-half of town lot No. 22, in Cedar Town, pro
perty of J. D. Morgan.
One Railroad Steam Engine, narrow gauge, named
Euharlee, and seven Flat Cars,
Lots Nos. 208, 2S0,143, 297 and 29S, property of
A. B. Sims.
One Machine Shop in Rockmart, property of D. D.
Snyder.
XOBSYTH COUNTY.
N. L. Hutchins vs. Thomas Thornton, and others.
Land lots 632, 7UG, 709, 550,708, 705, 783, 629 and 627.
Isaac Strickland vs. Tolbot Strickland. Plantation
on Hightower River.
COBB COUNTY.
Anderson Cook vs. John W. Hill and J. A. llisaner.
One store house and lot in Marietta.
T. M. McGruder A: Co., and others, vs. E. Pago
Co. Lot in Marietta. ,,
W. S. McElpish .v Co. vs. The Marietta -dale
■Veademy. The Academy with laud attached.
CHEF.OKEE COUNTY.
D. E. Wiley vs. John N. Jackson.
S. M. McConnell vs. School Trustees
No. 3JC.
Land lot No.
Land lot