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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOE THE WEEK ENDING iuAY 29, 1872.
FOREIGN NOTES.
Swimming races are becoming popular
as public amusements in England.
The University of Strasburg was re
rate as most of tlios
tthe same quarter. ?
which come from
THE ATLANTA SUN
FROM THE DAILY EDITION OF
Friday, MayS4tli, 187&
The truly able A. H. Stephens, iR Rtillof the op in- \ -- # w # . ;
ion that a Democratic Pres id* nt can bo elected with- opened CO the 1st of May* With, imposing
out voU'6.—Mcmp!lit* Avalanche, 19th J/ny* 3872. j
The above s’atement is about as accu- cen - raomes>
The average weekly wages of farm la-
i borers in England is about 82 40. In
It is very far from being our opinion syme counties it has reached $2 90.
that a Democratic President “can be i The Prince of Wales, who lias been on
-elected without rotes” but it is our Opiri- an Alpine tour among the Italian lakes,
ion that a true Democratic President can j will return about the 1st Jone.
be elected without the vote of the editors There are regularly organized societies
of the Avalanche, and without the votes' j n Britain whose avowed object is tho
of all those in the Democratic Tanks, who severance of the Church and State in the
are disposed to “depart” from the faith British dominions. They claim that the
of their fathers, surrender their princi- un i 0 n fetters personal liberty. *
pies, and go over to the Radical camp, Knatclibull-hugessen, a member
IIotV Can True Democrat, Support
Greeley I
in hopes of sharing the spoils of office,
under tho banner of thie master spirit of
the Radical Party. A. H. S.
We mar have done A. H. 8., the pleasant para-
(rranhist of Th* Atlanta Scn, an unintentional
injustice. In looking through hie latest utterance
(an item of only two columns) we fail to discover
that ho . is for Greeley—or against him.—Emits and
Chronicle, Cincinnati, Ohio, VstU JUaj, 1872. .inu<
Our cotemporary, in the above para
graph (short as it is)~ exbltnts qualities
which leave us in no doubt whatever of
his fitness for the support of either Gree
ley or Grant. Does he understand this ?
A. H. S.
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Stuml to Principles.
We have a most patriotic letter from a
plain fanning man—one of the masses—
in Wisconsin, asking The Sun, and urg
ing upon the people of the South not to
give up Democratic principles in the
Approaching conflict. “To the noble
statesmen of the South,” says the writer,
“we are indebted for the glorious old
“Constitution so long.”
We say to our correspondent that we
are doing all in our power to keep the
good old Party true to their principles,
as he will see in the columns of The Sun,
which we send him, as ordered.
The Robb, Once 3Iore.
The Washington dispatches yesterday
contained the information that T. P.
Robb, the fighting Illinois Colonel, and
late the Collector of Customs at the port
of Savannah, has been appointed one of
A commission of thoso.to proceed to the
frontier of Texas, and ascertain the
amount of damages the people of that
State have received at the hands of dep
redating bands of Indians and Mexican
thieves.
A casnal observer might think that
this is rather an insignificant position
for ono to be assigned to who has held so
high a position in the favor of the Presi
dent, and so lucrative an appointment at
his bauds; but the fact is, Grant, like a
good father, takes care of his own; and
the position which ho gives Robb offers
as many of the advantages for specula
tion and peculation as any outside of
pretty fair Custom. ILnn^.
— new la a good one, and Robb will tin
doubtedly work it to a good advantage.
Robb, it will be remembered, was, as
-was understood, relieved from duty in
the Savannah Custom House, because of
Sundry grave charges impeaching the
“regularity” of his method of doing bus
iness; and now Grant shows his purpose
- of reforming the Civil Service, by the
appointment of this “unfaithful servant,”
to a responsible and lucrative position
under the government, in spite of the
reproach that has been heaped upon him,
And from which he has not been relieved
by even a show of explanation.
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Eet us have Peace-lei a Lot of Horns.
FROM OUR ROVING CORRESPOND
ENT AND AGENT.
“The coming peace jubilee in Boston
promises to be ono of the grandest
“blow-outs” the world 'has ever seen.
Musicians from all the world will be
there, and Boston is happy in anticipa
tion of being the proprietor of the only
musical sensation that can be supposed
to surpass tho big organ. In regard to
the preparations for the occasion, the
Boston Commercial Bulletin has the fol
lowing:
The contract for decorating the Coli
seum has been awarded to Messrs. C. W.
1 Booth and L. Hollis. The central tower
will bear an oriflammo banner of white
" bunting, lettered in red with the words
“International Musical Festival.” The
corner towers will be decoratedwiiu Amer
ican banners, and *the terrets with flags
•of various natious.
Over each entrance will be suspended
a lyre, surmounted by an eagle painted
in oil, on wood tipped with gold; a green
wreath will depend from the lyre, sup
ported by gilded rosettes. A standard
seventy-five feet high, surmounted by a
dove bearing an olive branch, will be
-placed at each side of the entrances, and
from it will depend a white banner bear
ing the motto, “Peace.” The Union
shield and the American flags will be
suspended midway the standards. The
side entrances will be ornamented with a
lyre in a laurel wreath, with draperies
caught up by rosettes. The walk of the
vestibules will be covered with water col
ors in neutral tints, with valances in
■crimson, and gold at the angle of ceiling
and walls. Between the braces will be
■oval armorial shields, festooned with
t* -formed draperies.
The reception lobbies will be similarly
trimmed. In the interior the walls will
be tinted in water colors. An allegorical
painting in semi-eircnlar form will be
placed over the organ and orchestra.
Horizontal poles with turned ends, gild
ed, will be suspended over the central
aisle, trimmed with green, the extremi
ties supporting festoons, terminating at
the top of the columns with a banner
drooping gracefully. Painted valances,
eleven feet deep, will bo longitudinally
arranged over the galleries, and draperies
twelve feet deep will cover the dividing
columns. Armorial designs and medal
lions of composers, wreathed in laurel and
palm, will alternate the whole length of
i ie sides. Between the columns designs
o roplnes will supersede conventional
Si“J’v S "T ounted ™ eMfe sur-
of Parliament, while debating the ques
tion of woman’s suffrage, made the as
tounding assertion that “woman is the
silver lining that gilds the cloud of man’s
existence.”
There is a society in London for teach
ing the blind to real and to train them
in industrial occupations. They teach
mnle pupils to make brushes, baskets and
chairs, and females are taught to bead-
work, knitting and general needle and
fancy work. A number of tbe pupils
also receive a musical education, fitting
them for situations ai organists, piano
forte tuners ancl teachers.
Over 250,000 women in England have
petitioned Parliament to be endowed
with the suffrage franchise. This move
ment is one of the direct consequences
of the act of the House of Commons
one hundred years ago, in which women
were positively and formally excluded
from the galleries during the delibera
tions of that body. In the House of
Lords there is a special part of the gal
leries set opart for the use of the ladies.
During the month of April forty-six
ships left the port of Liverpool for the
United States, containing 26,556 emi
grant passengers—being on increase of
5,077 over the emigration for the same
month of 1871. The emigration for the
first four months of the year numbered
55,522—being an increase of 12,844 over
the corresponding period of last year.
Of the number, about 11,000 were Eng
lish, 450 Scotch, 6,000 Irish and 11,000
German, and other continental emi
grants.
At a' recent meeting of the Society ol
Arts in London, a scientific scholar read
an essay accompanied and illustrated by
experiments, by which he demonstrated
that telegraphic commnnication could be
made upon uninsulated wires, provided
the line traversed water. Water itself,
he contended, is so perfect an insulator
for electricity of low tension, that wires
charged with the electric fluid, retained
it with the utmost obstinacy. If this
iiue ot a LQjauu>UgaiHt5. it will greatly re-
J ' ! ‘ 6 . ueXv duce the expenses of international com-
municatinu over the seas.
On the first of May a bill wes intro
duced into the British House of Com
mons, to allow women who were owners
and occupiers of property, to vote for
members of Parliament, and was lost by
a vote of 222 against 143. This bill was
supported boldly by many distinguished
members of Parliament. The bill, in
some form, has been before Parliament
for a number of years, and each year en
lists new friends iu its behalf; and it is
predicted that not a great while will
elapse before the bill will pass with
large majority.
A fellow-countryman of the celebrated
Admiral Nelson has just exhumed a pos
thumous letter of that illustrious naval
hero, written in 1803, in which he pre
dicts the famous victory of Trafalgar,
when the English navy defeated and
destroyed the combined fleets of France
and Spain, which was intended to cover
Napoleon’s contemplated invasion of
England. Napoleon heard of tho dis
aster on the day of his memorable vic
tory at Austerlitz; and when he had read
the dispatch he .exclaimed: “I can’t be
everywhere” — an exclamation dearly
proving that he was conscious of the
magic influence of his personol presence.
The correspondent of the London
News that accompanied the Livingstone
search expedition, telegraphs to that pa
per from Zanzibar, on the east coast of
Africa, that Dr. Livingstone is certainly
alive at Ujiji, where he had been joined
by Mr. Stanley, another white explorer.
Ujiji is a town in Ethiopia, on the Uni-
ames lake, about 500 miles south of the
Equator, about 700 miles from tho east
ern coast, and about 1000 miles above
the source of the Nile, in the mountains
of the Moon. It is in the very midst of
the most savage ol the Pagan and idola
trous tribes of Ethiopia. At last ac
counts the search expedition were within
twenty days’ march of Ujiji.
J. C. Nobris Released ox Bail.—F ronj Major
2t, si. Hargrove, we learn that J. C. Norris, who was
recently arrested by virtue of a bench warrant from
tho Superior Court of Wairen county, has been re
leased on bail. The case was heard before Judgo
Andrews, Judge of tho Superior Court, who, alter
hearing the evidence, required a bond of $1,000,
and ordered the pris: _er released. The bondsmen
were United States Marshal Smyth and Air. John
Neal, of this city.
Tho Superior Court is in session in that county.
By mutual assent of counsel, MaJ- Hargrove states,
the case was continued, and may possibly be heard
during the recess of Court. The counsel for tho
prisoner are MaJ. Z. B. Hargrove and Gen. Lucius
J. Gartrell; for the State, Judge Linton Stephens,
Col. Pottle, Clns. S. DuBose and Solicitor-General
Lumpkin.
Editors Atlanta Sun: Now that the
question which is agitated in the Demo
cratic party is whether the Convention
■ to assemble at Baltimore on the 9th of
July should decline to make a nomina
tion, it behooves every Democrat to
pause and consider well the consequen
ces of such a step before urging it upon
the party.
Let us consider the inevitable conse
quences of an indorsement of Mr. Gree
ley by the Democratic party. Suppose
the Baltimore Convention should decline
to make a nomination, and advise the
party throughout the United States to
support the Cincinnati ticket, what will
lie the result? "What becomes of the
Democratic party?
Can it adopt this conrse and maintain
its organization ? Party organization
and party discipline are iudispensablo to
success; and how ore we to have these
after the Democratic flag is lowered, and
the great mass of Democrats advised to
array themselves under the colors of a
Party composed of a few disaffected Re
publicans—men who, becoming dissatis
fied with the recog^zed leaders of the
Party, have frithdrawu^rqm the camp;
but have not, in any particular, aban
doned their principles?
They are not deserters. They are firm
adherents, to-day, of tbe principles upon
jyhich they supported Gen. Grant four
years ago. They wage as fierce a war
upon tho true principles of Democracy
now, as they ever did under the leader
ship of Grant. The Greeley wing of the
Republican Party numbers in its ranks
men who, disregarding the Constitution,
have trampled upon our rights as often
as ever did Grant, or any of his support
ers, and tho fight they propose to make
in the coming campaign, is against Gen.
Grant, and not the Radical Party.—
They are opposing men, and not princi
ples.
“Auy man to beat Grant,” is the-battle-
cry raised by the Greeley party. Not a
voice is raised in favor of constitutional
government, as it was administered by
the Democratic party during the better
days of the Repnblic. Every violation
of the bond of our liberties, "every out
rage which has been perpetrated upon
the people of the Southern States, has
been sanctioned by the men of this par
ty; and not only sanctioned, they present
us a man, as their standard-bearer, the
exponent of their principles, who has
done as much to build up the party in
power as any other man in it, and ask
for him our support; a man who has ad
vocated every measure of oppression that
has been enforced upon our people.
Can the Democratic party support
such a man? Can Mr. Greeley, if he
bring with him only half a million of
votes from the Republican party, rely
upon receiving the support of three miP
lxone of Democrats after the dismember
ment of the party ? It will be useless to
tell them to choose the less of two evils.
The honest masses have trl-d in vain to
see which is the less of the two evils
presented to them in the choice between
Gen. Grant and Mr. Greeley.
“Any man to beat Grant,” is the most
delusive cry ever raised in any campaign.
HonestDemocrats are asking everywhere,
why beat Grant, unless we can beat him
with a better man? Failing, as a ma
jority of them do, to see wherein Greeley
.isUoiter than Grant, will not thousands
of them slay away from the polls in No
vember next? They desire, in the de
feat of Grant, to see a triumph of De
mocracy, and failing in this, the mere
question of what man shall occupy the
Presidential chair ceases to be of any in
terest to them. If the privilege of going
to the ballot-box to defend and preserve
their liberties is denied them, they care
not to go there to make a choice of ty
rants.
The stubborn fight made by the dem
ocratic party for years has been the only
obstacle in the way of the Radical march
to despotism; and after having kept
their colors flying so long through the
gloomy period of the past, now when the
first prospect of success, in the form of
dissension in Republican ranks, comes
to gladden the hearts of more than fhree
millions of patriots throughout the land,
well may a righteous indignation spring
np in their hearts at the counsel to give
up the fight.
But, say some, we do not propose to
ubandon principle. We only decline to
moke a nomination, and advise the party
to support the Cincinnati ticket. Do
they decline also to adopt a platform and
advise the party to support the Cincin
nati platform? If so, where in the Uni
ted States can be found an organization
supporting the principles of the time-
honored Democracy? This seems very
much like an abandonment of principle,
a dismemberment of tho party. Three
millions of voters, disorganized in a Pre
sidential campaign, are turned loose with
no recognized leader, no ticket as the
exponent of their principles, and no
platform upon which to rally and stand
as a party—nothing whatever to guide
them iu their action, no ambition except
to preserve their unblemished record in
the past.
Who doubts tho course that will .be
pursued by tho majority under these
circumstances ? Justly dissatisfied and
disaffected, they will take no part whatev
er in the contest. If the principles of Con
stitutional Government must be surren
dered, they care not into the hands of
what despotism. Knowing that the prin
ciples of the Democracy, if once sur
rendered, are gone forever, that" they
can never be recovered, they will feel
that their own duty has been discharged
and nobly discharged in their efforts to
preserve them, and that they are not
called upon to sanction their own degra
dation. Such a course upon the part of
disbanded Democrats, inevitably re
elects Gen. Grant, and gives us a milita
ry despotism instead of a “despotism of
isms,” and thus the great argument in
favor of Democrats declining to make a
nomination, falls to the ground.
Snrely such a course can never be
adopted by tho Baltimore Convi ntion.
The Democracy has sustained a noble
fight through the dark days of the past,
against theJRepublican party united, with
scarce a ray of hope to cheer them, and
I can never believe they will now surren
der the principles for which they have
struggled so long, when the first notes of
coming victory are already greeting our
anxious ears. Oglethorpe.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD AND ITS OFFICERS.
At Hoaie, May 22, 1S72.
Bear Sun: We have endeavored to de
scribe and give information of various
towns and places on the Georgia Rail
road and its Branches—giving their con
dition socially, intellectually and reli
giously. At present we will attempt to
give a few of the superior excellencies
of the Georgia Railroad and its manage
ment. Most of its officers, from Presi
dent to baggage masters and foremen,
we have known for a long time.
Financially, the road is iu a good con
dition. The amount of business is con
tinually increasing, as we learn from its
officials. The Stockholders have evinced
sound judgment in the election of their
President and Directors; and the latter
have manifested the same in their selec
tion of general officers.
Judge King stands on the ^opmost
round of this ladder of firm and solid
men, where he has stood for many years.
His is one of those far-reaching minds,
seeing the end from the beginning,
grasping results and disposing of diffi
culties with as much ease as one would
dispose of the “titulary dignitaries of the
chess-board.”
Col. E. W. Cole, general superintend
ent, in whose praise we can’t say too
much, is a man of large and compre
hensive mental powers, sound judgment
and sterling integrity. His heart and
feelings are always enlisted at the right
time and place. The history of his suc
cess plainly shows that he is fitted better
by nature and education for a railroad
man. Link by link tbe chain of roads
have lengthened under his control until
they bid fair to form one vast unbroken
line from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Col. S. K. Johnson, superintendent,
is a striking example of what a perse
vering, energetic, and upright young
man may become; His unflinching in
tegrity and thorough attention to busi
ness has secured for him a lucrative and
honorable position in life, and the confi
dence and esteem of all.
Mr. P. W. Printup, road-master, is
one of the oldest railroad men of the
South, a Christian gentleman of capa
bilities and experience. His long and
efficient service in every position he has
occupied speaks for him in unmistakable
language, and points him out as the right
man in the right place.
Messrs. Shipley and Printup, Super
visors, are thorough, energetic men. Such
is their promptness of action in case of
accidents that they seem to be almost
ubiquitous. The accidents of the road
are comparatively few—scarcely ever in
volving the loss of life. Sucb-a remark
able exemption from calamities in the
midst of continued danger is, no doubt,
owing to the morality of the officers and
men, and their conscientious observance
of the Sabbath in stopping trains on
that day.
It gives us great pleasure to testify to
the efficiency, politeness, and public
favor given to its corps of conductors.
The highest praise is universally award
ed them. We have been personally ac
quainted with many of them for years.
For high-toned, honorable, accommodat
ing, and gentlemenly bearing, we have
never seen them surpassed on any road.
For patient endurance, under the most
trying circumstances, they have few
equals.
The conductors on the mainline of the
day passenger trains, are Messrs. Hicks,
Reed and Purcell; of the night passen
ger trains, Messrs. Smith, Walsh and
Wood; on the Augusta and Macon trains,
Messrs. Burnett, Johnson and Harris;
Washington Branch, Mr. Edmundson;
Athens Branch. Mr. Grant. The freight
conductors, Messrs, Branham, Yining,
Bell, Mell, and many others, whose
names we do not now recollect.
We return our thanks to these noble
men for uniform kindness shown us. We
are glad to know they love to read “The
Atlanta Sun.” We shall bid them good
bye for a abort time, and with our defi
cient power of locomotion, we must still
depend upon them to keep us
On the Go.
. Savings Bankv
The statistics of the savings banks of
the United States indicate a very gratify
ing condition of affairs. These banks
contain deposits of about 81,000,000,000,
of which • sum 8275,000,000 are in the
savings banks of New York, 8163,000,000
in Massachusetts, and 81,000,000 in the
rest of New England. During the last
six months it is estimated that between
850,000,000 and 8100,000,000 have been
withdrawn from these banks. As nearly
the whole of the immense sum on deposit
in the various savings bauks of the coun
try is derived from the surplus earnings
of mechanics and laboring men, the fact
speaks loudly in favor of the careful
economy of this class of our population.
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The Louisville Ledger has found
an Indiana office-seeker named Wolfe,
who howls for straight-out Democratic
Presidential nominations. He is evi
dently the Wolfe in sheep’s clothing we
have all heard so much about.—Memphis
Avalanche.
It is probable that Mr. Wolfe is able
to prove that he has not, and never had,
on any article of “clothing” belonging
to the editor of the Avalanche.
Aitleton’sTublicatioss.—We invito the atten-
j tion of the intelligent public and ail who seek for
eneral sciences.
Standard Publishing
fourth page.
£©“* The Mobile Register puts Jacob’s
cattle forward as the first Dolly Yardens
on record.
jEST* Mr. Jno. F. Neal, a prominent
citizen, died in Talbotton, Sunday after
noon.
The following gentlemen have been
elected officers of the Augusta Exchange:
W. F. Herring, President; W. S. Rob
erts, Yice-President; H. H. Hickman,
Treasurer, and Messrs. H. F. Russell, J.
M. Clark, C. H. Phinizv, W. T. Wheless,
G. R. Sibley, J. J. Cohan and W. E.
Jackson, Directors.
Negro Killed in Harris.
One Willis Kimbrough was riding a
mule on the farm of Mr. A. J. Burts, in
Harris county, Friday week'. Mule threw
him. Negro became entangled in gear
ing and was thus drawn one hundred
y^rds, the mule jumping two fences and
dragging the black man. after him. Ne
gro died in a short time.—Columbus Sun.
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An Atlanta typo named Horace L.
Cranford, eloped with Miss Lizzie Kidd,
of the same place, last week, and never
stopped in his flight until he reached
Jackson, Miss., where the knot was tied.
The happy couple are now honey-moon
ing at New Orleans. This is a most ex
traordinary case of Kidd-napping.
A A'oicc jfromPcnnsylvanta.
We publish below an article from
the Philadelphia Age, of the 15th in
stant, one of the .leading Democrat
ic papers of that State. It speaks in
no equivocal language. The truth is, a
great reaction seems to be going on in
the public mind, especially in the Sonth,
in reference to the Greeley-Brown ticket.
How it will all end we shall see. We
trust that all who feel an interest in the
subject will not fail to read the following
article from the Age:
THE ATTITUDE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
DEMOCRACY.
The discussion by the press and the
people seems to have settled the Alaba
ma question, and .cured the blunders and
brushed away the tricks of office-holders
and office-seekers.
The free discussion of political topics
before the people tends to their wise set
tlement, when that discussion is temper
ate, judicious and guided by no selfish
iuterest. The course of the Democratic
party is a matter that concerns every
member of it, and his voice and judg
ment should exercise their influence in
determining it, whether he speaks as a
ournalist, or a Congressman, or a citi
zen—for this also is an important public
character, the duties of which no man
should shirk, and one of its duties is to
form and speak his sentiments with- the
independence of an American freeman.
Let them all utter their true thought,
and thus swell that voice of the people,
which will find political utterance
through the Democratic Convention on
the 9th of July in the city of Baltimore.
We have already very distinctly given
our opinion upon the nominations at
Cincinnati. We have left our position
iu no doubt. In our judgment, it is.not
desirable that the Democratic Conven
tion should adopt the nominations made
at Cincinnati. That, to the best of our
information, is the opinion of much the
larger portion of the Democracy of Penn
sylvania. On their behalf we deprecate
any effort to forestall the action of the
National Convention by the actfon of
local bodies.
We trust that the Democratic Conven
tion of Pennsylvania, which assembles
on the 30th of this month, will not re
commend the ratification of the nomina
tions at Cincinnati. We do not believe
that it will. It is not ehosen for that
purpose. It is chiefly at the South that
Mr. Greeley’s nomination has been re
ceived with much enthusiasm, by Demo
crats. This it is pasy to account for, by
the peculiar and unfortunate condition
of that section of our country, from
which it seeks relief at any price.
. But before this feeling finds vent in the
formal action of local political bodies, will
not it be well to hold a free and untram-
elled council with the Northern Demo
cracy, at the National Convention ? Do
not let there be any precipitate and ir
regular action, that shall impose on the
deliberations of that body afore-gone
conclusion. The Democracy of Penn
sylvania deserve a hearing through their
representatives.
Our Southern brethren left ns because
they would not submit to the election of
Abraham Lincoln. Will they come back
to us insisting on the election of Horace
Greeley? There is much in his charac
ter to attract respect, but the concessions
iu his platform are not the outpourings
of his personal benevolence,but the hard
won fruits of the battle waged by the
Democracy for the rights of the States
and all the citizens thereof.
The Democracy of the North have not
been content with the assertion of their
own rights, menaced in common with
those of all the States. From the hour
the war closed they have labored for a full,
frank restoration of the Union, and the re
establishment of free, civil, constitution
al government, jeoparded by the convul
sions of war and by the military tenden
cies of the Grant administration.
Ii is the revival of Democratic princi-
ciples that is marked in every local and
general contest; it is the predominance
of those principles, again leavening and
permeating the’great mass of the people,
which wrings concessions from the baud
of power.
We do not object to Mr. Greeley be
cause he was a Radical. The men of
that party who were willing at the end
of the war to re-establish free civil gov
ernment, thus came into cordial co-oper
ation with us. But Mr. Greeley was not
one of them. No journal did more than
his to help the foul conspiracy for seizing
the executive power byan un j net impeach
ment; no journal heaped baser asper
sions on those truly noble men in the
Radical party who refused to soil their
souls with tho false verdict for which the
Tribune clamored. If there is any meas
ure of that sort that it ever opposed, we
will be glad to hear of it.
Mr. Greeley declares for amnesty, but
he was also for every measure that makes
amnesty necessary to any free-born citi
zen of our country.
The progress of public opinion has, by
successive acts, narrowed the limits of
proscription, till little is now left that
any sagacious politician is not ready to
concede.
If the Philadelphia Radical Conven
tion should nominate Mr. Greeley, we
should recognize the wisdom of the
choice. He is morally and intellectually
the superior of Grant. But if the Phila
delphia Radical Convention should nomi
nate the editor of the Age for the Presi
dency, it would hardly be a proceeding
more anomalous than the nomination of
the editor of the Tribune, by the Con
vention of the National Democracy. W.
have definitely made up our mind in the
first case, not to accept the nomination.
But as we are in a humor for entire frank
ness, we say now, that if the Democratic
Convention present the name of Mr.
Greeley as its regularly chosen candidate,
it will no longer be, in our judgment,
wise or proper for any citizen or journal
ist of the Democratic party, to foment
discontent in it.
No political action is possible among
large bodies of men, unless there is a po
litical machinery to adjust differences of
opinion. Now is the time to utter them,
and maintain them by the voice of argu
ment, not by threats of factious opposi
tion hereafter. The Democratic party
and the country have suffered enough
But uo nomination ought or will M
can be made that is contrary to the ®;ii
of tho mass of the Democracy; C a n
be brought to desire the nomination J
Horace Greeley? We think not. Then 1
if the Democracy do not want it, let them
speak, and no such nomination will be
made. ^
The ip*™®"" 1 ^eUng in St. Louis is on
27tU. Yesterday several aelegates were empetd.
leave Atlanta, to be In attendance. Among ourei«
zens, Messrs. O. H. Jones (and family), a. Levrlon"
C. W. Winter, JohnN. Dunn, and probablv J r’
Toon. From the State there will be, as deleeatso
Messrs. M. P. Callaway (and family), bf Mitchell
couu.y; O. T. Rogers, of Covington; Thomas p
Jones, of Penfied; E. B. Whitman, of Stone Mm™
tain, and others. r*
The Agricultural Congress, which met last Fall in
Selma, (and of which wo believe Gen. W. J. Harris
is President,) was solicited by a commit tee from th»
National Agricultural Convention, which met in
Nashville about the same time, to consolidate with
it as one organization. Tneynow meet together in
St. Louis, and will probably make a fusion.
Mr. Oliver H. Jones, of this city, is the Vice Prea
ident for Georgia of the Natiodal Agricultural Con*
vention; ex-Governor U. M. Patton, of Alabama is
a Vice President. General John S. Marmaduke of
St. Louis, editor of the Illustrated Journal of Anri
culture, Commodore M. F. Maury, and such men, are
officers. Messrs. F. Julius LeMoyne, of Pennsvl
vauia, is President, and J. B. KilLbrew, of Tenn«
see, Secretary. es ‘
United States Court.—Liquor cases consumed
nearly the whole of yesterday. Twelve ba:rels of
whisky and brandy were declared not forfeited; out
bonds were forfeited in suits for illicit distillery
against Larkin Bagwell, of Gwinnett; Andrew Flor-
ence, of Paulding; L. B. Hannah, of Meriwether-
John A. Plant. C,scs were continued against David
Dunlop and John Gill, the latter for keeping an un.
registered still.
Messrs. C. W. Sproull, Aaron Peeler and James K
P. Douglas, traver-e Juror.,, were discharged for the
remainder of the term.
The following named gentlemen, who had been
drawn as jurors, were excused for non-attendance:
Walter Griffin, John B. ltaper, S. S. Hendricks, Oscar
Thompson, John M. Hiil, Dr. Jones, Thomas R.
Alexander. J. A. Beeks, M. A. Mayes, B. H. Herndon"
John A. Waddell, D. P. Ferguson, W. O. aud Robert
A. Heard.
through insubordination to the great
Democratic principle that, within its
legitimate sphere, the voice of the ma
jority shall rule. "We do not know any
better way to give it utterance, on the
subject now in hand, than through a fair
ly formed National Democratic Conven
tion. Till it meet, and when it meets,
let free discussion be the rule; and when
it has acted, let general harmony and ac
quiescence be the result.
Recorder's Court—.1 Fight toith (he Devil.—The
first thing this Reporter thought of yesterday morn
ing before he waked was the Recorder's Court,
around which institution seem to circle all the af
fections of the wayward. He consequently departed
for the scene of that tribunal at an early hour. Un
fortunately, about the time he re chedthe bar room
on street, he became the victim of the delusion
that court was to bo held in there. His Honor waited
long and anxiously for him; but, suspecting where
be was, sent a policeman after him, who found him
trying to report the proceedings of the bar-keeper
with a vengeance. Arriving at His Honor’s Court,
he heard Johnson invite
ARCHE HORTON
to come, forward for his blessing. Archy was a little
boy, accusedmf drunkenness. He asked to be al
lowed to make a few remarks, which he did in tbe
following energetic style: “May it p’etso Your
Honor:
“I know I’m on the winning side;
Drink will not master me sir;
I feel I am my mother’s pride,
Drink ne’er will break her heart, sir.
“I’ll fight the monster, that I will—
I have a sword for this, sir;
I’ll drink the water from the rill,
And that will stab him through, sir.
“I’m only now a littlo mau;
But when I am full grown, sir;
I’ll beard the monster in his den,
Aud follow up the blow, sir.”
His Honor patted Archy on the head, and com-
meuded him for his bravery, and told him he would
be President yet, before Horace Greeley.
MB. JERRY MARTIN
was charged with having two big feet. He went into
a store Saturday afternoon, but his feet circulated
around so promiscuously that customers had to seek
refuge from their depredations by bouncing on the
counter. His Honor ordered Johnson to trim Jerry’s
feet to respectable dimensions, and assess him $5
for the operation.
GEORGE MARTIN
went into a grocery store some days ago, it seems,
for the avowed purpose of showing himself. Not
knowing how to dispose of his hands, ho concluded
for his individual comfort, and the pleasure it would
Afford her, to rest them an the shoulder of a young
lady near by. The gentle girl did not seem to ap
preciate his benevolent intentions, and intimated
her pleasure by putting her hands on his jaws, but
with a little more cordiality than was shown by him
in his familiarity. She further took occasion to im
press upon him the propriety of his going to the
d—1. Ho did not heed this exhortation,
and said he did not allow any woman to
put her liand3 . on his immaculate person,
he was going home aud take a bath, but before de
parting, took occasion to make a display of his elo
quence by cursing out the young la-ly and the gro
cery establishment. This little piece of indulgence
cost George ten dollars.
COL. PHILIP CARROLL,
was a venerable old negro, who was charged with
disorderly conduct. He was a wealthy landlord,
having many h uses to rent. He had, however,
s >me diffioutiy in satisfying an account of four dol
lars, which was presented to him. a fact indicating
that either his houses or his tenants were not worth
much. He was consulting with one of his tenants,
about collecting 25 ceuta from one of his other ten
ants, Rachel Thompson, which lady, (some three
hundred yards distant;, exclaimed at the top of her
voice from over the hill, that he was a darned liar,
whereupon he intimated she was another. The
Colonel was willing to submit the question to His
Honoq on his good looks, (not His Honor's), feeling
satisfied that would vindicate him, and he was fined
the costs.
ZACK MORION
was discovered out on 'Washington street, grabbing,
snatching and plunging at a lamp-post in a most
frantic manner. The police thought he was drunk,
but he told His Honor that he was fighting the devil.
He alleged that he had a fight with His Satanic
Majesty every day, and s metimes at night. His
Honor remarked that it was very shrewd in the
devil to ass til him only when tile was t runk, arid
fined him $5 and costs.
The Court being about to adjourn,
A tSS TABITHA WATKINS
made bold to step up and deliver a rose-tinted envel-
ope.to His Honor, with the request that he deliver
toe enclosed message to her dearest Jimmie Law-
son. We subjoin a copy of the message. We trust
we may have further intedigence of this extraordi
nary d’plomacy:.
“I send you this cat.
As 1 promised one day.
For fear that .some rat
W-..U-: your cheese take away.
■bhe i» not as pretty
A- some other cats,
But U- r liusiuess. you see,
Is ihe kiX..ug of rats.
When you hunt you a wife
Don’t think much of look,
But your partner lor life
Should ue a good cook.
If your breakfast is ra v
And your dinner sad.
Your supper too late,
Y-ju’U be sure to be mad.
It has often been said
You never can tell
By the looks of a toad,
How he jumps In a well.
So a cat and a wife.
If not famous for beauty.
May each fill their place, —
And each do their duty.
May your -At prove a good ono,
Slay your rats and your mice,
And soon may you get
A partner for life.
Yours till June-Bngs come,
Taditha Watkins.”
The United States soldiers who were sent in such
rapid haste to the rescue of J. C. Norris, and who
were withdrawn by Col. Swalno, the commandant o
this place, returned to this city on Saturday after
noon.
Hendrick’s Habeas Corpus case, which was
called before tbo United States Court yesterday, was,
at the instance of the State’s counsel, doferred until
Saturday, at 10 o’clock, when the case will be disposed
of. The absence of Attorney-General Hammond has
rendered the postponement advisable.
“The Enterprise,** is the title of a live weekly
newspaper, published in Nashville, Tcnn., by the
Tennessee Land, Immigrationand Real Estate As-
soc'ation, now on our table.
It is devoted to Immigration, Education, and the
material advancement of the interests of Tennessee
and the South. It has a large circulation in Europe
and the Northern cities, and is doing a very large
business in the way of bringing immigrants from
abroad, and making sales of land to them,
J. O. Griffiths, of the Union and American, is at
the head of. the paper, and the Vice President of the
Association. With him it is bound to succeed. Dr.
Hines, tho roving correspondent aud agent of tho
Enterprise, is in the city for a few days.