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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY S 1872.
THE ATLANTA SUN
FROM the daily edition
Thursday, M.vy 'id.
1 ^72*
The State nmlthe Federal Government.
Lint .Monday, in the caee of Whiter*. Hartond
other*, on appeal from the decision of » h « Supreme
Court of Georgia, the Supreme Court of the United
State*, for the first time, formally announced* Su
preme Legal interpretation of the
atlitodes and powers of the Feder^ and State gov
ernments—the duty of allegiance and the crime of
^ChtS'Justice Chase dissented, and is to furnish
the grounds of his dissent hereafter ; but his dis
sent does not affect the force of the decision a* law;
nor does the verdict of history or the authority of
the founders of the Govern Bent and framers of the
Constitution affect the matter.
The Supreme Court, for ex^sple, affirms that “the
National Constitution created not a confederacy of
State? but a government of individuals.'’ That is
iintrae historically and actually—but the dictum of
the court makes it legally true.
It asserts that the government of “the nation” and
the States are each alike independent and "abto-
lutf’ (?) in their respective spheres. That is untrue
in every point of view you can possibly take, wheth
er as to doctrine or fact, and any school boy ten years
old wonld be compelled to pronounce it untrue on
examination, but •till it is the Supreme Law.
It affirms further, that the States in rebellion were
never out of the Union—and this in the teeth *f all
the Congressional Legislation of the past seven years
to get them back into the Union.
In short, the opinion of the court makes docks and
drakes of all history—all political science and au
thority in this country, since the Constitution was
adopted; but still it is law.
Moreover, if the court in the same opinion had
affirmed that the sun rises in the West—that the
moon is made of green cheese, and the stars of
heaven are scintillations from the cave of the Cyclops
or the forge of Vulcan, we should have been equally
bound to accept it as law in this country. Some
legal commentator says “law is common sense,”
but the 8upreme Court in this cat-e has made it a
great political lie. However, thongh the lie may
be exposed a thousand times, it will still be the su
preme law, and there let it rest.
The “opinion” will catch fits from the political
scholarship of the country, but still it will be law,
and* settled interpretation is perhaps desirable, al
though it may not accord with reason or the facts in
the caso. The friends of political truth will, at least,
have a definite point of assault, and that is a great
advantage.
The advocates of centralization have heretofore
oommittod themselves to no clear and specific doc
trines. They have advanced overy shade of opinion
and held to no one of them when bard pressed.
The Supreme Court of the United States, unfor
tunately for tho country, and for itself, will be a long
time in regaining the confidence and popular respect
which was once entertained for it. Even the politi
cal party which has dragged the ermine of tho Su-
{ irtmo bench through tho mire of timid and cring-
ng subserviency to the bold and partisan dictation of
Congress, must have lost respect for it. They have
boon compelled, like every one else, to see that it
offors no secure defense or protection to the citizen
against public lawlessness, and must have learned,
from tho ease with which they controlled the court,
that it is bound to fail every minority in the hour
when most needed. Whenever called on to confront,
in the defense of a minority, a hostile popular opin
ion or a defiant and tyrannical legislature, it will
quail as it has done in soveral cases of late years,
where tho law and its convictioos were to conflict
with the fierce passions of the hour.
Tho spoctaclo of that court evading its clear duty
and tacitly imploring the intervention of Congress
to protect it from tho necessity of maintaining public
law,evoked from one of tho bench not long ago a pub
lic and agonized expression of conscious, self-degre-
datlon, which will be remembered by the reader.
His dictum on constitutional doctrine will not in-
croaso intelligent public respect for the court.—
Macon Telegraph, April 26.
Tile Bond Committee.
Messrs. Hall and McMillan, of the
Bond Committee, have returned. They
adjourned in New York, after.having
been in session in that city some three
weeks, and reached this city yesterday
morning. Mr. Simmons went on a visit
into ihe interior of the State of New
York, and has not yet returned.
The Committee made what investiga
tions they could. They have registered,
all, between nineteen and twenty-one
millions of dollars- They fonnd great
frauds in the issne and sale of all
the bonds either indorsed or issued by
the State during Bullock’s inglorious ca-
These include the Currency
Bonds, the Gold Bonds, the Brunswick
Albany Railroad and the Cartersville
& Van Wert Railroad Bonds.
Of course it would be improper in the
committee to proclaim their conclusions
or the full nature of the facts they are in
possession of ; but they do not hesitate
to state what is here given—that as
tounding frauds in these bonds have been
discovered by them.
We learn from the Committee that
they have not been either wined or dined
by any one while in New York—though
numerous invitations to dine were ex
tended to them while there.
Day Triumphs !
The Georgia Teachers’ Association.
This Association is now in session in
Augusta, having met yesterday, and will
remain in session to-day and to-morrow.
It is one of the ablest and most influen
tial organizations in the States, and
gives promise of becoming one of the
most useful. It is composed mainly of
those who are actively engaged in the
school-room—men and women who are
shaping the minds which are, hereafter,
to make the State.
In 1867—two years after the close of
the war—the subject of such an organi
zation as this began to be agitated
through the press, Mr. Martin V; Calvin
being a leader in the movement. The
utterances of the press very soon attract
ed the attention of such educators as
Chancellor Lipscomb, of the State Uni
versity; President Tucker, of Mercer
University; Professor Orr, of the South
ern Masonic Female College^ President
Bonnell, of the Macon Female College,
and others.
In August, 1867, a call was issued,
sanctioned by the above-named gentle
man and several others, for a Conven
tion of teachers to meet in Atlanta, on
the 21st of that month. They met, and
the Georgia Teachers’ Association was
organized, with Dr. H. H. Tucker as
President, and Professor Wm. M. Janes,
of the Atlanta High School for boys.
Secretary.
An adjourned meeting was held in
Macon during December of the same
The readers o! The Sun have been in
formed by telegraph that the Supreme
Court of Florida sustains Lieut. Gov.
Day as acting Governor of Florida. This I year, and the organization began to feel
We give our readers the above edito
rial in full from our Macon cotemporary,
We thus give it to express our hearty in
dorsement of the general tone and senti
ment that pervades it, but at the same
time to say to our readers as well as to
our cotemporary, that there are formulas
of expression in it which we are far
from indorsing, and presume they were
not very maturely considered by the
writer before they were put on paper,
For instance, it is said in this article
“ The Supreme Court affirms that \the
“National Constitution created not a Con-
“federacy of Slates, but a Government of
*' individuals. Thai is untrue historically
“and actually, but the dictum of ihe Court
“ makes it legally true.”
We dissent from this formula of
pression, because while it is true that the
dictum of the Court, in the last resort,
must bo obeyed in the particular case
before it, yet it is very far from being
correct to say that the dictum or mandate
of any court in this country can- make
that legally true which is actually false,
either in fact or right.
We most respectfully say to ou
temporary, that if the Supreme Court
were to decide that ‘‘the sun rises in the
West,” or that “the moon is made of
green cheese,” etc., we, in this country
would not be “bound to accept it as laic,
No court in this country has any power
to make laics. The law-making power is
lodged in the two other Departments of
Government. The Judicial power is only
to interpret and construe the laws in each
particular case that may be brought into
court. A judgment so rendered, if
in the last resort, is binding upon the
parties in that case. But if the interpre
tation and construction of the laws in
that case be wrong; if it be against fact
and right; if it carries upon its face a
lie, it is no more legally true than it is
morally true, and never should be ac
cepted as hue, binding upon the country.
It should be denounced and exposed for
its untruth and its violation not only of
fact and right, but of law—of the or
ganic law. It should be reversed, and
can be (if not so “accepted” by the people),
through the proper instrumentalities of
the Constitution—the great-fundamental
organic law.
The proper course for “ law and order
men” in this country is never to “accept 1
as true, either morally or “legally,” any
dictum of any court, which is in violation
of the plain letter as well as spirit of the
organic law. A. H. S.
Revolution Still Struggling.
The insurrection in Mexico still pros
pers, notwithstanding the efforts of news
mongers to crush it with rose-colored
dispatches. The telegraph announces
that fighting has commenced in the vi
cinity of Matamoras, a prominent city
on the Rio Grande, just opposite Browns
ville, Texas, and judging from the over
whelming influx of children from the
beseiged city to Brownsville, one would
judge that the inhuman Government
General, Cevalos, does not entertain an
very sanguine hopes of success
the insurrectionists, so-called.
If the civil—or, rather, tmeivil—war
continues much longer, it will soon be
difficult to ascertain who are rebels and
who are not; and even now the original
cause of dispute is so obscure that the
revolution seems to tend daily to a spe
cies of feudal warfare, which has always
been the precursor of anarchy and semi
barbarism.
decision of th9 Supreme Judiciary of
the State places the discomfitted Gov.
Reed in a delicate situation. He must
await the action of the Sen
ate, which body will hardly ac
quit him, considering that the
vote for impeachment and suspension
was unanimous. In the meantime, Reed
will probably retire to his seaside refuge
in Jacksonville, and besides incurring
the censure of his own party, will bear
the stigma of having endeavored to
usurp the existing authority by acts of
treachery and violence. The people, how
ever, have no cause for congratulations
on this change in the executive office.—
Day, we learn, is as fawning and obse
quious a servant of the Grant Dynasty
as ever obeyed the would-be Eemperor’s
dictates.
In regard to this decission, the Savan
nah News has the following special report
from Tallahassee, which is more explicit
than that sent out by the Associated
Press
“A majority of the Supreme Court
Judges advised Harrison Reed to day
that his trial for impeachment is stifl
pending before the Senate—the Court
holding that that body is the only tribu
nal authorized to acquit him, and that
until he is acquitted by that tribunal,
within the meaning of the Constitution
of the State, he is still suspended.
The majority of the court, however,
declined to express any opinion as to the
that it was on a fair footing and in work
ing condition.
The next meeting was not held until
August, 1869, when the body assembled
in Atlanta, re-elected Dr. Tucker, and
Prof. Janes declined. Prof. B. Mallon,
then Superintendent of Publio Schools
Savannah, was elected President,
which position he has since uninterrupt
edly filled.
An adjourned meeting was held in No
vember, the same year, in Macon, in
which a report, recommending a system
of public Schools for Georgia was adopt
ed. From this report the better features
of the present school system were copied.
In 1870, the Association met in Savan
nah, and in 1871 in Columbus. At Sa
vannah, the late Dr. Bonnell was elected
President, and at Columbus Dr. A. A.
Lipscomb was elected for the current
year.
The strength of the Asssociation has
been increasing yearly, until it has grown
to be formidable and useful.
Important Case.—A case of very great
interest is now being argued before the
Supreme Court—that of J. B. Johnson
vs. R. Stokes Sayre, el al., from Han
cock. It involves the validity of the
acts of the last session of the Bullock
Legislature after the expiration of the
legal term of forty days.
The Constitution provides that the
Legislature shall not remain in session
legal - effect of the adjournment’of the I for a longer period than forty days, un-
Senate without giving Reed a trial, but less .the same be prolonged by a two
content themselves by saying that the | thirds vote of each House. That Legis-
Senate is alone competent to determine
the effect of its action.
Chief Justice Randall, in an able opin
ion, dissents from the decision of the
majority, holding that, as the Senate had
adjourned sine die while the trial of Reed
was pending, the Supreme Court could
decide as to the effect of that adjourn
ment, and that its effect was a virtual
acquittal of Reed,
The accidental fire this (Wednesday)
morning, about 4:15 o’clock, on Peach
tree street, opposite McPherson & Bar
nett’s, destroying over $4,000 worth of
property, originated as follows : The bro
ther and brother-in-law of Mr. R. N,
Fickett were sleeping in his store. The
latter, Mr. J. W. Rollo, became sick to
wards daylight, and the former, Mr. A.
W. Fickett, went across the street to the
drug store of Howard & McKoy, and re
turned with medicine, which he proceed
ed to administer. On coming back from
the store-room with some sugar, in step
ping down into the sleeping apartment
the glass part of tho large parlor lamp,
which had been glued on, containing
petro oil, was jarred off, and the flames
rapidly spread, as the stock of the store
was quite combustible, composed of large
quantities of oil, as well as groceries and
general family supplies. A lot of dry
goods, boots and shoes had lately been
put in. Mr. Fickett’s loss is about $2,000,
with $1,200 insurance in the Andes and
National companies, Mr. L. B. Davis,'
agent, who was early at the burning.
The fire, in spite of the prompt and
energetic efforts of the engine compa
nies, consumed all the buildings between
the Marble Yard and Morris & Brothers’
store, which for a long time seemed en
veloped in flames. Only the high and
thich brick wall, without windows, saved
their stock, and a greatly extended con
flagration. It was cracked by the in
tense heat.
The following losses were without any
insurance:
Mr. D. N. Judson, marble dealer,
saved quarry stock and finished work in
the yard, without any damage; but his
buildings, tools, materiala, etc., were
lost, worth at least $1,500.
Dr. W. N. Judson lost his drugs and
medicines and $90 worth of new medical
books—a few worthless remnants only
remaining; in all about $200 worth.
Mr. H. P. Guess, gunsmith, residing
at Stone Mountain, lost his building,
tools, etc., worth about $500.
Mr. G- W.' Sanderson, carpenter, lost
about $200 worth of stock and tools. In
the same building, F. Macy Gantt, pain
ter, suffered a total loss of his materials,
worth about $100. In the rear, Sam.
Neal, colored, lost a part of the contents
of his shoe-shop.
[From the Savannah Morning Nows, 29th April, 1S72.
TIic Cincinnati Convention.
There is just about now avast amount
of wire-pulling going on among marke
table politicians, and much speculation is
indulged in regard to the probable up
shot of the Liberal Republican Conven
tion, which assembles in Cincinnati day
after to-morrow. By some it is claimed
that the Democratic party, in the person
of Mr. August Belmont, assisted by the
editors of the New York World and
Boston Advertiser, have settled the nomi
nation for President in advance of the
meeting of the body, and that Massa
chusetts’ favorite son, Cnarles Francis
Adams, is the coming man. The World
has signified its preference for Mr.
Adams, Mr. Belmont has declared that
he is acceptable to the Democratic parly,
and the Advertiser states that it is informed
in quarters which must be considered
authoritative, that the nomination of the
Cincinnati Convention is to fall on
Charles F. Adams; that he is ‘the favo
rite of the East,’ ‘the favorite of the
West, ’ and ‘the favorite of the South.' ”
From this it will be seen that the mat
ter is as good as settled, and that any re
monstrance on the part of the Democrats
South, East or West, who may not have
been consulted, would be useless; and
yet we have rumors of discontent. There
are some Bourbom Democrats, so obsti
nately devoted to principle, that they do
not make the somersault into the ranks
of the Radical party with that alacrity and
graceful agility which has so distin
guished some would-be political leaders
and their trumpeters, the editors of the
New York World and Louisville Courier-
Journal. A Washington dispatch says:
There has been some developments made here
within a day or two, of political movements which
are calculated to disturb the harmony of the Cincin
nati Convention. Some of the friends of Mr. Trum
bull, backed by the Chicago Tribune influence, now
openly declare that if Justice Davis is nominated for
President, they will refuse to support him. They do
not go quite so far as to make the nomination of Mr.
Trumbull an ultimatum, but that is quite apparent.
The latter's attendance in the Radical caucus last
night excites suspicion. TheDcmocrats, on the oth
er hand, are quite unanimous in Congress against
the nomination of Charles Francis Adams, which, it
is fsaid is proposed by Mr. Belmont on behalf of
some of the New York Democracy, and indorsed by
the New York World. They say that if Adams is
nominated the National Convention of the Democra
cy will nominate a straight ticket, and ignore the
Cincinnatinominees. Thereseemstobe more unan
imity among the Democrats in Congress in favor of
Davis and Curtin than any other ticket, though not a
few favor Davis and Parker, or some Democrat for
the Vice Presidency. The friends of Governor Cur
tin have fall assurances from him in Europe that he
is in harmony with the liberal movement, and will
be in this country the middle of May. '
“White man is mighty uncertain,”
and speculations in regard to political
events are vain at this time. Let us pos
sess our sonls in patience. The moun
tain will be in labor in a few days, and
whatever is to be the result, whether the
Convention is to give the country a bran
new Radical President, or end in a ridi
cnlous muss, we shall soon know.
FROM OUR ROVING CORRESPOND
ENT AND AGENT.
ALL ABOUT COVINGTON.
lature did continue in session for a long
time after the expiration of the forty days,
and without prolonging the term as re
quired by the Constitution. It was
after the expiration of these forty days,
that many of the most important acts of
that plundering body were passed. If
all acts so passed are invalid, it wipes out
at one stroke most of the villainies of
the Robber Band, and finds an easy so
lution of what has been, by some, con
sidered a perplexing question.
Our readers will recollect the very able
opinion of Judge Warner on this sub
ject, which we published not long since.
What the views of the other two Judges
are we know not.
% Yesterday Hon. B. H. Hill argued the
case—contending for the validity of the
acts passed, in which he took the ground
that the State dare not repudiate the acts
of that Legislature, which might be de
fended and maintained by the General
Government. His remarks were elo
quent, and uttered with his usual bril
liancy.
Gen. Toombs began a reply and will
conclude this morning. The contest is
really a grand one, and attracts much at
tention from attorneys and many who
are interested in the question involved.
Against the Sheriff.—A case is set
for trial to-day, in the Superior Court,
in which action is brought against the
Sheriff, J. O. Harris, Esq., to recover
damages to the amount of several thous
and dollars, basing the claim upon al
leged neglect of official duty.
Mr. Harris’ bondsmen are H. O. Hoyt
and Wm. Jennings.
Air-Line Railroad.—The work on the
Atlanta and Richmond Air-Lino Railway
is being pushed vigorously through.
Track-laying is progressing rapidly be
yond Gainesville, and even now abut
ments are being constructed for a bridge
to span the Tngalo near Walton’s Ford,
in Habersham county. Trains will prob
ably be running to the river by the 1st
of July, so we learn.
Yesterday William DeLiance and
Georgia Baker, also Bedford- Wadkins
and Melinda Williams, colored,preferred
to marry rather than go to jail—a grim
alternative to them.
Three and thirty women ware publicly
flogged in Mecklingberg-Scjftverin last
year, and the Mecklinbnrg-Schweria
branch of the Victoria Woodhull Wo
man’s rights Universal Equality and
Free-Love Association ha3 disbanded
in consequence.
Covington, Ga., April 23d, 1872.
Dear Snu.-Arriving at the Covington De
pot at a rather unseasonable hour, we had
the benefit of a morning walk going from
the Depot to the city, which sharpened
our appetite and gave a double relish to
the excellent breakfast served up to us by
Dr. Cox, the proprietor of the Coving
ton hotel, which is a large and comodi-
ous building, presenting a fine ap
pearance. Messrs. Jones & Brother,
keep a fine livery, good stock and ve
hicles of all kinds. McEllis, whom we
fonnd attending to their business, is po
lite and obliging. To these gentlemen
I return thanks for favors shown me.
Covington is an incorporated city, its
limits extending one mile from the cen
tre in every direction. It contains some
fine residences and some splendid public
buildings. Its shaded streets give it a
fresh and inviting appearance; indeed,
the whole city gives evidence of prosper
ity and refinement.
We called at the office of the Georgia
Enterprise, which is published here—
found Messrs. Beebee and Anderson in
their sanctum. We understand there is
also an edition printed here for- Thomson,
of which Mr. Neal, of that place, is
Local Editor. The Enterprise is in a
prosperous condition. There is also a
neat monthly published here, The Journal
of Health, edited by Dr. P. M. Cheney.
Here is located the Masonic Female
College, which is attaining a high and
justly merited reputation under the faith-
tnl and judicious management of the
Rev. J. N. Bradshaw, supported by a
corps of superior teachers—three gentle
men and five ladies—who are devoting
their whole energies to the work. The
organization and discipline are complete,
giving to each separate division its full
share of attention. The Institution has
the earnest sympathy and good wishes of
the citizens of this place. The Com
mencement exeroises this year are look
ed forward to with great interest. We
would be glad to see the Fraternity which
claims this as one of its enterprises be
more zealous in its support. It is worthy,
and should number three to one.
There is also a male academy here,
conducted by the Rev. A. Rowland with
good success. We have known this
gentleman for a number of years as a
cultivated gentl&man and a successful in
structor. There is also a colored school
here.
The city has but two churches—Metho
dist and Baptist. Connected with them
are two Sabbath schools. The colored
people have a church.
There is a large number of business
houses in this place, conducted by first-
class business gentlemen, some of whom
axe extensive cotton buyers. Among
them we might mention Mr. D. W
Spence (our local agent for The Sun)
Judge, Pace & Co., Anderson & Hunter,
Lee & Son, and many others. Messrs,
Henderson & Harris have an establish
ment ran by steam, at which several
thousand bales of cotton have been
ginned in the past two years, in which
the seed is entirely freed from lint,
shelled, crushed, and made into a fertil
izer, of which several hundred tons have
been manufactured and tested by the
planters of Newton county, and found
to be equal to any imported into the
State. This enterprise is in its infancy,
These energetic and scientific gentlemen
will no doubt extend its operations with
gratifying results. How much better
to manufacture fertilizers in our own
midst ? Why can’t this be done ? Every
planter has the materials on his own
farm for enriching his lands. The
Picnics.—The first of May i a a i way3
tho signal-day for a host of picnic excur
sions from this city, which, by the cheer
ful spirit, merry laughter and bright faces
of many children, always diffuse a spirit
of gladness throughout the country for
miles around.
The First Baptist Church Sunday
School, accompanied by the children of
\*i 6 Orphan’s Home, under the care of
Mrs. Crutchfield, went on a picnic to
Stone Mountain yesterday.
Five car loads of gentlemen, matrons,
and children left here at any early hour
yesterday morning, and after spending
the day with rambles on the mountain,
during which time they reveled in the
luxuries of mountain breezes, fine^scene-
ry, and basket dinners, they returned
to the city last evening flushed* with the
days pleasures. The entire day was
passed without any disturbance and
without even an unpleasant word. The
beloved pastor, Rev. E. W. Warren, was
present, and lent his approval and exam
ple to the innocent and recreative pleas
ures of the day,
Hibernian.—-The sixth annual picnic
of the Hibernian Benevolent Society was
celebrated yesterday at Ponce de Leon
Spring, on the Air-Line Railroad. Over
a thousand persons were present. Dauc-
ing and musio gave their charms to the
occasion, and all went merry as a mar
riage bell, without a single disturbance
or harsh word to mar the pleasures of
the day. Messrs. Carroll, Hughes, Mann,
McGuire, Bollman, Roach and others
of the committee are etitled to
thanks for their excellent management.
Cold Water Templars. — This organ
ization went on an excursion to Marietta
yesterday, with the Knights of Jericho.
The day was spent in the most agreeable
way, in listening to speeches, eating re
freshments, and rambles among the
shady groves, so aromatic with flowery
perfumes, and fresh with mountain
breezes.
From the Mobile Register, April 27.
Charles Francis Adams.
The Chicago Times thinks that only
few anti-Grant Republicans in New
England desire the nomination of Charles
Francis Adams for President by the Cin
cinnati Convention. Mr. Adams is a
gentleman of the “old school,” of much
polish and culture, who, as American
Minister to England gave mortal offense
to every Irishman on the planet, but
who, as President of the United States,
would undoubtedly sustain the dignity
of the office at the highest notch. It
wonld be very refreshing to every sense
of decency to have a gentleman once
more, for chief magistrate of a nation
no? wholly composed of roughs and
Leets. But then some refreshment it is
very dangerous to attempt to enjoy.
There is little probability, and the
barest possibility, that Mr. Adams’ name
will be mentioned at Cinninnati save as
a merited compliment. Even did some
of those unforeseen combinations, that
sometimes sway conventions, give Mr.
Adams the Cincinnati nomination, there
is the slightest possible chance of his
election next faff The Kmes reasonably V™. Ior ““
mid not receive a ma- Pinters of Newton county are alive to
estimates that he could not receive
jority in a single Western State; and why
anybody in New England should pro
pose his nomination, is not perceived,
unless it be for the reason that he could
not receive a majority in a single New
England State. The Boston Advertiser
undoubtedly approximates the truth
when it says: “ The Liberal movement
has no foothold in New England. The
Republicans who go to Cincinnati will go
without a constituency.”
Possibly it is because the New Eng
land Republicans who go to Cincinnati
will go without a constituency, that they
think the next best thing is to go with a
candidate. Seriously, the talk of making
Mr. Charles Francis Adams a Presiden
tial candidate, with the idea that he
would stand the ghost of a chance to
beat Grant, is perfectly absurd. And the
main point of the Cincinnati Convention
is to offer to the suffrages of the whole
country a man that can and will beat
Grant. Unless that convention choose
such a man—with reference to that one
contingency—then it stultifies itself and
violates the trust it has voluntarily as
sumed. Mr. Adams seems to recognize
this fact himself in his decided declen
sion of candidature; for did he feel
strong enough to win the race, he is not,
in any sense, the man to refuse to wear
the colors.
Strangely enough, then, will appear
the bugle blast in last night’s dispatches,
wherein the New York World answers for
the Democratic party as thongh it were
held in the hollow of its hand. Unless
improvements in the mode of farming
and the advantage of scientific applian
ces. This is shown by the report
their Agricultural Society. Some of the
leading men in this movement are Gen
erals Henderson and Livingston, Colonels
Henderson and Steadman, and Messrs.
Montgomery, Paine, Graves, Ansley,
Meriweather, Brown, and many others,
This city also has a shop for the man
ufacture of buggies, wagons, &o.; a cab
inet shop, and various other industrial
establishments.
To make our lives pleasant, we must
improve every occasion. Since we have
engaged in the interests of The Sun,
has been, as it were, a continued source
of pleasure, for which we are indebted to
its numerous friends, and for which we
extend our warmest thanks.
On the Go.
Recorder’s Court—The Reporter's
Merits al Last Recognized.—This re
porter, after a series of unsuccessful ef
forts, and a trying probation of miny
months, has at last been elected unaii-
mously a member of the Damphool So
ciety. He was to have been initiated
yesterday at Cincinnati, but many otheia
having prior claims, by virtue of their
superior and more illnstrious merits—
such accomplishments we mean as are
calculated to promote the growth of this
benevolent Society—this reporter with
drew his claims in favor of bigger dam-
phools elect than he. Consequently, the
people of this country are again permit
ted to witness, in panoramic display, the
pyrotechnic scintillations of his matchless
genius (for whisky—“in a horn.”)
MR. JERRY FREEMAN
undertook to demonstrate the propriety
of his name by peddling Jews’-harps,
dime novels, steam engines, or some like
trifle, on the streets without license. He
won’t do it again, “yon bet,” for his
Honor charged him $10, and told him if
he should be guilty <>f such an offense
again, he wonld give him a month’s
board at the “Hotel de la Blodgett.”
ROBERT TURNER
had a private business engagement with
a mud-hole out on Washington street,
Tuesday! night, and while there he be
came so absorbed in (his business with)
the mud-hole that he became insensible
to all surrounding objects. This is not
at all extraordinary though, for he is sel
dom very sensible about anything, sur
rounding or not. His sensibilities, how
ever, were touched by that eloquent pas
sage from His Honor’s speech: “Five
dollars and costs.”
A DRAYMAN
was prosecuted by an eloquent Attorney
for careless driving, in that he had run his
vehicle over a boy’s foot. Said the able
advocate, with invincible logic: “Your
Honor, you may
Let dogn delight to bark and bite,
For 'tis their nature to,
But the engineer on a high pressure steamboat
should never desert his engino room to go out
and see the fight,
Or the boiler up may blow.
If Your Honor has not enough pene
trating discrimination or enough dis
criminating penetration to draw from
that rythmical syllogism or that
syllogistic rythm an. inferential de
duction or a deductional inference,
I can only regret your intellect
ual infirmity, or infirm intellectuality,
and deplore the miserable fate, or fatal
misery, of my olient consequent upon
your monstrous error, or rather your
eiratical monstrosity.”
His Honor replied: “I regret to say I
cannot exactly divine the meaning and
intention of your oratorical damphool-
ery, or rather . damphool oratory,
presume to intend to intimate
Macon & Knoxville Railroad Com-
fany Organized. — At a meeting of
the Corporators of the Macon & Knox
ville Railroad Company, held this, May
1st, 1872, which assembled at the Kim
ball House in Atlanta, for the purpose of
organizing said Company and commenc
ing work on said Road, the following
officers and Directors were unanimously
elected:
President—Col. James P. Simmons,
of Gwinnett.
Directors—John A. Jervis, of Fannin,
our memory be sadly impaired, at least John Hockenhnll, of Dawson, H. P.
one occasion lias arisen in which the
World answered too much for the party,
and had to eat the leek after getting a
bloody cockscomb for its pains. We be
lieve it is putting it rather strong to say
that the Democratic party “would en
dorse by acclamation” any nominee of
the Cincinnati Convention. That we may
coalesce with the progressive men of the
Liberal Reform movement is most possi
ble; but snch combination depends upon
them alone—upon their discretion and
honesty, not upon any suddenly contrived
howl of any particular clique in favor of
any particular man. We want the strong
est and best man, be he known or un
known. We want him set up on the sim
ple platform of honesty, and we will take
him and beat Grant.
Mrs. Peter Gronda, of Mackinac coun
ty, Michigan, is the mother of twenty-
three sons and daughters, each of whom
is parent of a dozen or more; consequent
ly, Mrs. Gronda is grandmother to at
least three hundred little one3.
The ladies of Rome have adopted the
10th day of May as memorial day. This
is the day observed by the ladies of At
lanta.
Bell, of Forsyth, N. L. Hutchins, of
Gwinnett, J. S. Hammond, of Walton,
G. T. Bartlett, of Jasper, A. Hamilton,
of Jones, C. A. Nutting and W. A. Huff,
of Bibb, and D. W. Spence, of Newton,
At a subsequent meeting of the Direc
tors, N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, was
elected Secretary of the Company.
The meeting then adjourned, subject
to the call of the President.
ths>t the defendant
ing a nigger’s toe.
Superior Court, May 1st, 1872.—
Geo. C. Spencer vs. John Ccughlin—
Complaint. Being no defense, judg
ment for $179.60 principal, and $23.00
interest for plaintiff.
Mills, Johnson & Co. vs. Heery & Co.
Complaint. Being no defense, judgment
for $146.75 principal, and $10,27 interest
for plaintiff
■ >-• •<
The Philadelphia Post, of April 22,
publishes a letter from Caroline S. Burn
ham, who, having been refused admis
sion to the law department of the State'
University, fiercely denounces the faculty r
accordingly. " *
has been mash-
Since, however,
this conclusion isn’t very patent, and
being unable to decide which is the
greater fool of the two, you or the ne
gro, I dismiss you both, with my warm
est commendations.”
COL. THOMAS NASH
was accused of using profane language.
He pleaded that he had been in jail so long
that he had forgotten how to talk in any
dialect. Moreover, when he returned
home he discovered that all his shirts had
been converted into dish-rags. His
Honor rightly concluded that was enough
to make a preacher curse, and excused
Col. Thomas Nash.
ADMIRAL DEENAL SCHYHANE
incurred the displeasure of the police by
his sqbriety and. gentlemanly deportment
for tlie last 24 hours—but we "forget; he
requested us not to mention his name,
and since Dan is a friend of ours we
won’t say anything about him.
Deatli of Dr. Willis Willingham.
Lexington, Ga., May 1st, 1872.
Editors Sun :—Surprised and saddened,
were we last night, to hear of the death
of an old and respected citizen, Dr.
Willis Willingham. He was found dead
in.liis office at eight o’clock p. Mi—April
30th. He was seen yesterday on the
street, in apparently good health, but
grim death gave no warning of his ap
proach; but prepared his dart for his
victim at a time when we were least ex
pecting it. Respectfully,
JohnW. Bacon.
■_ The school girls of Versailles, Ky.,
have been complained of by order-loving
citizens for cowardly tying tin kettles to
cows’ tails, and sending the cowed
beasts coursing through the town, to the
destruction of much valuable property.
Rome La3 a Dolly
tain.
Yarden so la ioun