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1'HE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOB THE WEEK ENDING JULV 10 1872.
TH tO ATLANTA »UN
More “Apple* of Gol«l *n Picture* of Sil
ver.”
Let no one who feels an interest in
public affairs fail to read the communica
tion in to-day’s issue of the Sun, taken
from the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and
Sentinel. In giving it publication, Gen.
Wright, the Editor of that paper, says :
The following letter 1* from the pen of one of the
shiest and truest men In the South. The views which
he presents ire worthy of most careful consideration.
The writer is a gentleman who more than once has
been honored bv the people of Georgia with the
highest ofllee in their gift, and whoso public record
is one of which they aie justly proud.
He further soys that it was a private
letter to him, and not intended for pub
lication ; bat he took the liberty of mak
ing it public, because he felt that at such
a time as this the people should be tally
advised upon the great questions which
now agitate the public mind throughout
the entire State, &c.
We are truly glad that General Wright
took the liberty he did, with this exceed
ingly interesting, able and patriotic let
ter. If there ever was a time when the
honest, earnest, well meaning masses of
thp people, should take counsel of their
ablest, traest and purest public men,
now is that time.
Of all the periods through which the
country has heretofore passed, not ex
cepting the war, none has ever been more
fraught with perilous dangers to the fun
damental principles on which American
Free Institutions rest, than the present.
Never was there a period when it was
more incumbent upon, the people to be
calm and deliberate in what they do.
The consequences of a fatal error now
will remain lor years and decades to
come !
As to the authorship of the communi
cation to which we specially refer, for
the information of our distant readers we
will say that the remarks of General
Wright upon that point leave no doubt
upon our mind that it was penned by the
Hon. Herschel V. Johnson. This arti
cle, from so high a source, with that from
Dougherty, heretofore given to our read
ers, from the pen of another of Georgia’s
ablest, truest aDd wisest men, should be
carefully read, re-read, and profoundly
considered by every friend of the Institu
tions of our fathers.
To one and all we say, with the entire
earnestness of our nature, pause and re
flect before you take the fatal step of
aiding in the election of Mr. Greeley to
the Presidency—even as a choice of evils
between him and Gen. Grant. In poli
tics, never choose between evils when
either is death to the essential prin
ciples of liberty. In such case, cling to
your principles—keep them alive—trust
ing to Providence for a better day to
come, when they shall be vindicated and
preserved by your oi^n standard-bearers.
It is in this way alone that liberty can be
maintained and preserved. A. H. S.
A 8ad Cask.—On the 26th ve noted that a Texan
fell, on Alabama street, in wh»t appeared to be a
cataleptic fit. He had just arrived from Chatta
nooga. Subsequently he was taken care of by Mr.
W. B. Elder, ot Fairborn. That gentleman, in a let
ter (not delivered) to Judge Pittman, of this city, last
WedneBdav, says that the unfortunate man is ac
quainted with bis relatives in Texas, and be believes
him to be altogether worthy of sympathy and as
sistance.
Upon arriving here on the 3d, he was prostrated
on the corner of Marietta and Broad streets with a
violent convulsion, blood fiowingprofnsely from hi*
mouth. Drs Johnson and White came promptly to
his assistance. His first intelligent act was to com
municate to Dr. White the fact that he was a Mason,
and confided to him and this reporter certain papers
about his person. From these it appears that his
name is Joseph Simms, a native of Giles county.
Tennessee. At the breaking out of the late war his
family lived in Texas, and ho inlieted in the regi
ment of Col. John B. Hood, who once “charged”
about Atlanta. He was subsequently in Stonewall
Jackson’s Brigade, aed then under Longatreet.
Three days before the fall of Petersburg he was
wounded in term places at one charge—in the head,
chin, cheek, arm, band, leg and groin, and from
side to side through the lungs. The wounds are
deeply marked. Being of very hardy constitution
he survived, and until about a year ago has re
mained at a hospital in Richmond, Va. Patriotic
friends then assisted him to Texas in
search of his family. Bnt they were gone.
In searching for them his money
became exhausted and his health broken down-
He hoped to find some of his relatives in Ken
tucky and Tennessee, and started thither on foot.—
He walked a large portion of the way lrora Rnsk
county, Texas, through these States. The Knox
ville Prets and Republican of the 22d ultimo gives an
account of his having had two fits in that city, and
of the tmly Christian and Masonic attention which
he received from citizens there. This paper ssy s:
“He has been on the way about three months, and
often suffered extreme want. He is, as before stated,
a Mason and a professor of religion, and seems to be
quite willing to be relieved from bis earthly suffer-
ings.feeling assured that'there is a rest prepared for
the weary;’ but says that he would ine to see his
parents, brothers and sisters once more before his
final departure.’ ’
One of the papers is a "petition to the kind hearted
along his route to render him whateve' aid and as
sistance lies in their power,” signed by fourteen
men whom we can vouch for as good citizens. Also a
recommendation by Mayor Jno. 8. Van Gilder to
Railroads, to help on the poor man in search of his
kindred—some of whom it is hoped he may find in,
or about Newberry, South Carolina.
He had medical and friendly attention in this city.and
was sent on his way by the Augusta train on Thurs-
day night. His appearance alone is enough to elicit
the sympathy andassistanceofall patriotic an d tender
hearts. May he receive more than a “pension” for
havingbeen literally covered with wounds in defense
of Southern homes and the honor of the South.
We must take this occasion to speak of the urgent
necessity of having a city hospital, and point to the
absolute shame of having none. There are many
good obvious reasons why sympathizing citizens
cannot take suffering strangers, like this one, to
their homes. Must they die on onr streets?
Wednesday evening was stormy. Th s poor.
tlarvinj, bnllet-sbattf red Confederate soldier—who
had just been carried from the bloody place or
the pavement made by a fearful hemorrhage, accom
panied with a severe convulsion—tottered again
upon the street in the rain, and no doubt would
have been put in th6 old guard-house (which for the
credit of the city will be abandoned -next week) had
he not piteously begged of the police not to put him
there among rowdies and criminals, and had not one
of The Sun Reporters brought him to The Sun office
and fed, nursed and watched over him until he was
sent on hiswiyto find his kindred. His life was
dependent upon close attention. Twice aft6r he was
brought to this office he had profuse hemorrhage
and convulsions; and once an almost killing cramp.
Dr. Jas. B. Baird, City Physician, prescribed for
him. and furnished medicine, or worse would have
occurred.
Is the guard-house a suitable place for such a case?
Others more delicate than this might occur. There
is a constant need for a hospital. Is there any city
of near the size of Atlanta that has none? Suppose
this heroic soldier, crazed and covered with scars
for our honor and protection, had bled away his life
in the storm of Wednesday night upon onr streets—
every one passing by on the other side and leaving
him there—and the probability was very strong at
dark, is there a citizen of Atlanta that would not
have shuddered at the public shame, and reproached
the entire community to the end of his life?
This is not a matter for appropriation of city bonds
as in great enterprises where onr credit mast
be staked to secure something we cannot afford to
lose, but it is a matter where we cannot afford longer
to sully our good name by so gross a neglect of hu
manity and Christian duty. Only a few dollars will
provide apartments where our city physicians cau
rave unfortunate strangers, or others, cared for as
beco'mes the Capital City of Georgia, and that Good
Samaritan religion which declares: “Bear ye one
anothers’ burdens, and to fulfill the law of Christ?”
A Voice from Indiana.
The following communication from a
valued subscriber reflects the sentiments
of unwavering Democrats in Indiana:
, Ind., July 1,1872.
Eon. A. H. Stephens:—Dear Sir: If it
were really true, as our friends tell ns,
that this wholesale departure from truth
and right into the fold or domicile of the
enemy would effect such benificent re
sults, there would be no difficulty with
me, and thousands of others, to deter
mine what course to pursue; but when a
few Radical leaders of the most corrupt
party beoame too disaffected to longer
work with it, has the time arrived
when the honest masses, who have fought
from principle “for lo, these many
years,” are to be transferred like a lot
of sheep or cattle clear over into the
camp of the enemy ? God forbid ! Can
it be true that falsity has become of such
distinguished and paramount importance
that it is safer to trust the people under
the leadership of false and deeeptive in
fluences than the time-honored princi
ples of the Constitution as interpreted by
Jefferson, Jackson, and other justly dis
tinguished men who have preceded ns.
It does appear as though many who
have distinguished themselves heretofore
have become tired of waiting the
return of right reason, and seek to
climb up, some other than the true'
way to power which appears to be lost to
them for the time being. It is only ap
parent, however, if the people are to be
trusted with self-government. I have
ever had an abiding faith in the intelli
gence of the people, I think they will yet
return to the original landmarks of the
Constitution.
There are many things which might be
said, but I have not time or inclination.
Much has been said about the Bail-Bond
of Greeley for Hon. Jefferson Davis. It
has no significance to my mind, except
the Republican party had an elephant on
their hands. It was costing too much to
keep him, and hence their anxiety to get
rid of the trial of one whom they conld
not have convicted.
Their only hope now is to get the De
mocracy divided, which is rather adroit,
I admit; but it will not win unless the
building which our fathershavereared
is to be upheld by falsehood and crime.
To mo tho contrary has been sadly
evinced for these last twelve years of the
rule of fanaticism and falsehood. If the
leaders of the opposition are wise
enough to see it, in the name of Heaven
mt them come to us, and not the Lion-
Hearted Democracy of other times
crouch to them. The great fault of the
times is, men are apt to think that peo
ple elected to Congress become superior
to them; hence the mistake of giving
servants dominion over all things, even
to thinking for them.
Yours, &c.,
W. H. W.,
A Massachusetts Democrat.
P- S.—-I was bom in Massachusetts*
learned the truths of Democracy in afflic
tion, or in the minority. Hence as Jef
ferson said, I am always sure of being
right when in opposition to the enemies
of them.
W. H. W.
Construction Engineers. — The Construction
Engineers on the Georgia Western Railroad, have
commenced revising and perfecting the location of
the first twenty miles ef the road. On the first res
idency, embracing ten miles from the city to a point
beyond the Chattahoochee river, Mr. J. M. Edwards
is employed as Resident Engineer, and Mr. Henry
L. Collier, of this city, as rodman. Both of these
gentlemen are graduates of the engineering school
of the State University. Mr. Edwards is a graduate
of some years’ standing, and has met with unprece
dented success. Mr. Collier has but recently gradu
ated, but comes with the most unqualified recom
mendations from his teachers.
Mr. Richard Peters, of this city, has control of
the second residency of ten miles, and, we learn, is
now actively engaged in revising the location, pre
paratory to construction. The contractors are now
busy at work beyond the Chattahoochee, excavating
and embanking.
The Temperance Cause.—A council of the vari
ous temperance Orders of' the Southern States was
held at Chattanooga on the 4th. Mr. J. J. Hickman,
of Kentucky, was President, and Mr. W. E. H. Sear-
cey, of this State, Secretary.
The action of the Right Worthy Grand Hodge of
Good Templars, relative to negro Hodges, was in
dorsed unanimously; and steps were taken looking
to a consolidation of aU the temperance Orders now
working in the South.
The SonB of Temperance, in which the Southern
States were represented, organized a Grand Division,
to be separate from that now operating in the North.
This was necessitated by the action of the United
States Grand Division, which admitted negroes to
the lodges on an equal footing with white people.
These facts we get from Mr. J. O. Thrower, of this
city, who was a member of the Council.
A Good Work.—On Sunday night Rev. Mr. Dozier
addressed a small audience at Peachtree Chnrch, on
the subject of temperance. Such was the power of
the Doctor’s eloquence and arguments, that out of
the fifty present, thirty-seven gave their names to
form a lodge of H O. of O. T. Friday night, July 5th,
was set apart as the time the lodge should be organ
ized. What was our gladness when we proceeded to
the place designated, to find the numbers nearly
doubled,and fifty-seven men and ladies took the Good
Templars’ pledge. In looking over the smiling faces
we conld not but exclaim: “This night's work will
make many happy homes!’’
The following officers were installed: Warren
Payne, W.C: T.; Miss lizzie Johnson, W. V. T.;
B. F. Walker, W. R. S.; E. H. Wood, W. F. S.; James
Walker, W. T.; W. J. Wood, W. M.; Miss H. K. Bing
ham, W. L. M.; J. H. Mashbnrn, W. A.R.S.; Miss T.
G. Walker, W. O. ©.; Miss M. Carr, W. R. H. S.; Miss
J. M. Johnson, W. H. H. S. Meetings will he held
every Friday night. »
Commencement Reception.—The entertainment
given last Wednesday evening by the graduating
classof Oglethorpe University, was a brilliant affair.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
many ladies were in attendance, and we have seldom
seen a more mirthful and happy assemblage. The
repast, served up about 12, exhibited the good taste
of the young gentlemen in providing for the bodily
comfort of their guests. The following toasts were
proposed and responded to:
“Tho Ship of State,” response by Ex-Gov. J. E.
Brown; “The Hadies”—J. C. Jones; “Oglethorpe
University”—A. S. Clayton; “Atlanta Constitution"—
E. 1. Clarke;” “Atlanta Sun”—Burgess Smith;
“The Faculty”—Prof. Richardson; “Emory Col
lege”—F. H. Richardson; “University of Georgia”—
no response; “Lawyers"—W. R. Brown; “Gradu
ating Class”—W. A. McDowell; “President of Ogle
thorpe”—J. M. Brown.
The evening closed as pleasantly as It began, and
all were loath to leave.
City Hospital.—This urgent necessity in Atlanta
was almost under construction in 1853. A Commit
tee of the City Council bought one hundred acres
of land from Mr. Allen E. Johnson, for about $1,700.
It was designed to build a pest house and hospital
at extreme distances npon it. Bnt a need of money
on’the construction of the City Hall caused the sale
of thefend next year, notwithstanding the veto of
Mayor Butt. It sold for $2,500; but is now worth
many times that mount.
Pomological Society.—The meeting yesterday
w*3 fully attended and well sustained. Mayor J. H,
James and Dr. J. A. Cherry of this City, and D. C.
Shntze, T. J. Nolan and J. H. Parnell, of West Point
were elected members.
The following officers were elected: J. R. Wallace,
President; Col. Robert Baugh, Vice President; M.
Cole, Secretary ; W. P. Pattillo, Treasurer.
There was a fine display of peaches, apples, pears,
figs, plums and grapes. Of the latter Mr, D. C.
Shntze, of West Point, had fourteen varieties. Dr.
A. C. Ford sent lo three targe cucumbers grown to
gether.
The following paper was read by the Committee
appointed to secure specimen fruits from.the State
at large, which are to be sent C. O. D.—the Secretary
paying charges:
In the month of July, 1871, a number of gentle
men of this county met and organized The Atlanta
Pomological Society. The obj ect ot the Association
was the mutual improvement of its members in the
art of fruit-growing—embracing in all its branches
the propagation and cultivation of the same—and,
witn this end in view, the Society has experimented
and sought practical tests of such varieties of fruit
as are best adapted to our own soil and climate.
To further these objects the Society earnestly in
vites the attention of the fruit-growers of G“orgi»;
and requests them to send in such specimens of the
different varieties of fruit as succeed best in their
immediate localities, together with a written de
scription of the habits of the tree or plant; the soils
in which it flourishes; the mode of cnltu: e pursued;
the time of ripening; diseases, if any, to which the
tree or vine is subject, the remedies emp’oyed,
whether successful or not, etc. With this assistance,
the members of. tbe Society hope to extend their
lists of such fruits as have been practically tested
and found adapted to this locality.
No branch of productive industry has received so
greatly increased attention during the past few
years as has planting and growing of fruit trees,
vines and plants.
Thirty years ago a few small nurseries of a few
acres each iu the vicinity of New York, and a few
here and there in Massachusetts, furnished all the
trees and plants of improved varieties of fruits then
planted in the United States. At this period around
the city of Rochester, N. Y., thousands of acres are
devoted to this business. Nurseries where improved
and largely increased varieties are extensively pro
mulgated, are now counted by hundreds in the
States of the Mississippi Valley and Gulf States;
some of them having their hundreds of acres in
nursery stock.
Then few, if any, societies were in successful op
eration specially designed to promote the cultiva
tion and improve the varieties of fruits; now we
have our National Pomological Society; almost every
State has its State society, and in many of the
counties or districts we find associations—pomo
logical or horticultural—organized for that purpose,
and all sustained with a vigor, a zeal and enthusiasm
scarcely found in any other industrial pursuit.
The period is within the recollection of many of
ws, when fruit, indifferent in quality and variety, was
regarded as a luxury, only to be indulged in by the
wealthy or prodigal. Now every intelligent family re
gards a constant and regular supply of fruits—em
bracing, in their proper seasons, all the various
kinds successfully grown in our soil and climate —as
articles of prime necessity, as tending to the pre
vention ol disease, and consequently to the promo
tion of the health and happiness of our people.
Great as have been tho improvements in other
sections of the country, bnt little progress has been
made in our own State; especially in the varieties
grown; but if our efforts, individal and organized,
shall be well directed and earnestly continued, we
trust we may soon be able to herald great progess in
this direction.
Every householder in town who has a little yard
in front or rear can have fruit. That old rubbish
and pile of ashes which now encumber and disfigure
the hack yard may be made to give place to forms of
utility and beauty. The peach, and nectarine and
vine aU rejoice, like the domestic animals in the
presence of human beings.
Grape vines will climb around your doors and up
the sides of your houses, yielding their delicious
clusters.
Many persons say that the fruit crop is too uncer
tain to waste ground and time upon. This is a mis
take. When the fruit only partially fails, that part
which is saved and sent to market will secure a bet
ter price, on account of the scarcity. If destructive
insects in one season abound and inflict great dam
age npon maturing fruits, their very abundance will
bring into existence another set of insects which
may not only destroy the depredators, but prove of
lasting benefit.
Again, if your orchards or vineyards are one year
robbed of the promised fruit by au untimely frost,
you will onl> lose the fruit, while the tree or the
vine will be enabled on that account to make a more
vigorous growth, and prepare itself for greater at
tainments in the future.
G. W. Hinkle,
Sam’l Hape,
W. S. Thomson,
Committee.
Recorder's Court — “Fourth of July.”—First
among those who came up to do penauce for “Fourth
of July” excesses yesterday, was
MR. DANUBIUS CARLTON,
whose meanness, if in proportion to his age, would
have long since given him a gratuitous through
ticket to the regions of Beelzebub. Mr. Seaborn
Jenkins, the first witness, preferred the following
gross charge against Danubius: “Mr. Carlton has
been vilatin’ my name I’d like tur know what busi
ness he has reducin’ of my good name in dis man
ner, a backbitin’ of me, he drawed his knife out and
ripped my shirt sleeve into forty-leven jiblets, and
called me a son of a b h."
Here old Dannbins shook his head and declared
he « as too old, he was not able to call any person by
such names. When asked if he had any witnesses
he said he had not, that he depended on the clinch
ing declaration that he was incapable of such 1*-
guago as competent and unanswerable defense. His
Honor, however, concluded that Danubius was un
der the influence of some magic spell that rendered
him oblivious in his fearful crusade against Seaborn
Jenkins, and fined Dannbins costs.
SEABORN JENKINS
acknowledged that at the very first approach of
Danubius he knocked him down, aud for this ex
alted privilege he paid five dollars and costs.
OBADIAH MULKEY
came to town on the “Fourth,” for the especial pur
pose of “cutting a swell;” and be it to his honor
said, he did it very well. He was found out on
Mitchell street, obstructing one of tbe drains in
that section, prostrated on bis back, helpless as a
child. The policeman who fonnd him, inquired
how he had met with so disastrous au accident. He
replied: “I had seen it reported in the New York
Police papers, that gentlemen could stand on the
corner of a street, and kill a woman dead by one
single look from their wild and bewitching eyes. I
thought I would try it too.
So, quick I shucked my country clothes,
And bought two splendid suits,
And placed * Heaver on my head,
My pants within my boots.
I walked, and threw my shoulders back,
And drew my bowels in,
Placed both my thumbs within my vest,
And to myself would grin.
And thus I met two ladies fair, •
And I raised my beaver hat,
Then one unto the other said,
" What white-eyed fool is that}”
At the utterance of that last exclamation, I felt a
giving-way of the knees, accompanied by vertigo of
the head, and I tumbled over in this shocking place.
His Honor thought that story sounded like “Fourth
of July” fun, and he assessed Mr. Mulkey ten dol
lars and costs for his premeditated, bnt suicidal, at
tempt at assassination.
LIZZIE BAKESTOAW
was discovered on Friday night lying with her head
in a mud-puddle on Washington street. She. said
l(er head ached, and she placed it there for relief.
She was not very minute in her recital. Probably
her head ached very badly. In consideration of that
fact, His Honor thought five dollars would be a
proper license for converting mud-puddles into
apothecary shops and refrigerators.
SAM SCRUGGS
was fined five dollars for mistaking a bottle of
whisky for milk'. He did not know the difference in
twenty-four hours.
June 30th, 1872.
Gen. A. R. Wright, Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Seeing by the newspapers
that you are a delegate to the Baltimore
Convention, and feeling a lively inteiest
in the result of its deliberations, I ven
ture to make a few suggestions for your
consideration.
I have inferred, from the general tone
of the Chronicle and Sentinel, that you
are in favor of the Cincinnati ticket be
ing adopted by the Baltimore Conven
tion. If I am mistaken in this, I can
only say that I share iu the general im
pression which yonr editorials have pro
duced. I have no quarrel with those
Democrats who take this view; for I
readily concede that there is ample verge
for an honest difference of opinion
amongst Democrats touching this, a
pure question of policy. Tbe older I
grow, the more tolerant I become of the
opinions of those who differ from me.
do believe, after the most calm and de
liberate consideration, that the adoption
of Greeley and Brown will prove disas
trous. But if you think otherwise, I can
readily see that you may be just as hon
est and sincere as I claim to be. You
may be right in one aspect, and from
your stand-point. I don’t think I can
be id error iu differing from you.
Your position is predicated upon the
idea that it is better to forego your objec
tions to Greeley and Brown, and thus,
for the nonce at least, to let sound prin
ciples be held in abeyance in the hope of
defeating Grant. I maintain that it is
better to adhere sternly to our principles,
even though Grant should be re-elected.
The defeat of Grant may bring good to
the country by the installment of Gree
ley and Brown. But, admitting this, the
good will be but temporary and transito
ry ; whereas, the maintenance of sonnd
principle, even in the face of defeat,
leaves us some hope—very faint I admit—
of the future restoration of the Govern
ment to constitutional administration. It
is rarely, if ever, safe to depart from
sound principles. The rule of mere policy
is never to be adopted, except for the ad
vancement of sound principles.
Now what sound principle is promoted
by the adoption of Greeley and Brown ?
Is it not the mere preference of one man
over another, when neither of them
holds to a single principle in harmony
with the Democratic creed ? What I
have said proceeds upon the assumption
that we will elect Greeley and Brown.
But I have little, if any, expectation that
we can elect them. Then,’ how humili
ating our position ? To depart from
principle to vote for the worst enemy the
South and the Democratic party have in
the United States, and then to be de
feated, combine the concentration of im
measurable humiliation. If defeat must
come, as I think it will, I prefer to meet
it under the old flag of the party, all il
lustrious with the glory of its past re
nown.
But what must be the effect of the
support of Greeley and Brown by the
Democratic Convention, whether we
elect him or not ?
1. Disavow as we may, their nomina
tion at Baltimore is a moral indorsement
of the men and their principles, and it
will emasculate of nearly all its energy
and power our futnre opposition to the
principles and measures, the life-long
advocacy of which has given Greeley all
the character he has for talent and po
litical position.
2. Having indorsed and voted for Gree
ley, how vain and feeble in the futnre
will be our opposition to the 14th and
15th amendments, to the “Ku-Klux”
law, to political and social equality—the
civil rights bill—between the races?
How weak we will be in maintaining that
the right of local self-government is
inherent in the States, against the cen
tralizing doctrine of Greeley, that it is
derived from and depends npon the
grace of the Federal Government ?
3. It will dissolve the grand old Dem
ocratic party, and you will never see it
reorganized upon the great principles to
which it has adhered throughout the
whole history of the Government, up to
the beginning of the late war between
the States—principles which are indis
pensable to the existence of constitu
tional liberty.
In my judgment these, results are in
evitable, whether we succeed in electing
Greeley or not. His election will not be
the triumph of a single great constitu
tional doctrine which is peculiar to the
Democratic party. It will be the tri
umph of Radical principles. They may
be enforced in a manner less objectiona
ble—it is so to be hoped—than that in
which Grant has executed them. But
his election will be flaunted before the
world as a great Liberal (so-called) Re
publican triumph, and truthfully, too.
For they profess to nothing more than a
milder enforcement of Republican princi
ples. So that, by adopting Greeley and
Brown, we consent “that the Govern
ment shall be administered upon the
principles which, it is well known, con
stitute the creed of the republican
Party.”
I fear I am becomeing tiresom to you,
but you-will, I trust, pardon two or three
other observations.
"We profess to believe—and so the truth
is—that the great political contest now
is between centralism on the one hand
and constitutionalism r n the other. The
Republican party, in all its factions and
divisions, that hold our government is
purely national, of which Congress is
the Supreme Head; whereas the Demo
cratic party insists that it is a Federal
and liberty. The Democratic party, in
round numbers, contains 3,000,000 voters
—the Republican party scarcely more.
Think you that the theory of nationaliti/,
held by the latter, can ever become the
accepted theory of our system, so long as
the former, numbering its 3,000,000 of
firm, brave, patriotic, organized and dis
ciplined freemen, are unalterably deter
mined to uphold constitutional liberty ?
Never. This is all the hope I have, or
have had for fifteen years, for the future
of this country. If our cohorts waver, if
our forces disband and join one wine of
the enemy merely to put it in power over
the other, disintegration is inevitable,
and we pass into centralism, impercep
tibly perhaps, butcertmnfr/.
Our salvation hangs upon unremitting,
patient and courageous fighting for the
right. We never can arrest the tendency
to centralism by making its biggest devil
onr leader. We can only hope to do it
by a breastwork of our 3,000,000 brave
voters. If centralism must come, let us
not assist in its advent. Honor, patriot
ism—everything dear to us—bid us fight
on, and if vanguished at last, let our
colors be furled amid the smoke of bat
tle. So vital is this momentous issue
that I feel sure it is more important to
meet it manfully, though de’.eat be cer
tain, than to depose Grant by electing
Greeley, or any other man known to be
an advocate of the theory of centralism.
I do not subscribe to the cant phrase
“anybody to beat Grant;” my maxim is
anybody to expel from power the des
potic dynasty of centralism, and give su
premacy to the great principles of Con
stitutional Liberty. If I cannot get that,
I cannot say I have much choice between
tyrants.
Now what more I have to say is this :
When you get to Baltimore, if it be well
ascertained that we cannot elect a pure
Democratic ticket, see if it is possible to
secure a conference with the so-called
Liberal Republicans, the view of agree
ing upon a candidate that will unite all
the elements of opposition to Grant,
without abject humiliation to any. Gree
ley cannot do it. It is just impossible.
To secure such a result, I would be will
ing to have an adjourned meeting of the
Convention, allowing time for a grand
committee from your body to confer with
the Greeley party. Whether this is prac
ticable I know not, but I think it desira
ble.
Failing in this, I would nominate a
pure Democratic ticket. If this should
fail, I would make no nomination; but
proclaim our principles and leave every
Democrat free to act in accordance with
his convictions of duty. My opinion is
that if you attempt to bind every man of
the party to vote for Greeley and Brown,
by an affirmative adoption of them, you
will get up schism—-fatal schism. Few
men can be fonnd who will hold that the
Convention can bind Democrats to vote
for one who is an enemy to the party and
all its principles. There are 10,000
Democrats in almost all the States that
will not vote for Greeley.
From what I have said, you see I pre
fer a straight Democratic ticket. If I
cannot have that, I feel free to vote as I
deem most consistent with patriotic
duty. Should Greeley be embraced by
the Convention, and I be shut up to a
choice between him and Grant, I may
not vote at all. In this I shall be guided
by»tlie light of events, as they may arise,
in the progress of the canvass. If I
should feel it my duty to choose between
Grant and Greeley, I shall vote for the
lattar npon the principle that I prefer
ipecac to tartar emetic—because it is less
nauseating. To defeat Grant will con-
fuse, without destroying, the Radical
party; but we cannot expect any substan
tial advantage from such an administra
tion as Greeley will make, tmless he
should belie all his antecedents. ,
Yours, sincerely, *
Sunday m Gain e8viUc>
Editor Sun: Butf^ towns in Geor*
have excited more interest, orattracte?
more notice, than this one for
two past. The healthfulness 0 f H
region, the cheapness of living, andtl
generous hospitality of the people rf T
der it a very pleasant place indeed
I spent last Sunday in Gainesville ,
it is se'dom I enjoy more pleasure ani *
day than fell to my lot on this occSion 6
Most of the citizens are a church-m!? n '
people. I had the pleasure of ho^n
^ °Ll OXlt W Pleach »
Presbyterian Church. It is the boas!Z
the people that he said some time aj.
at a Communion meeting' here, thattn
, . ,. - single congregation be.
fore, of which not a single being left ti>«
house until the benediction. ue
The Methodists and
preaching, and I learn that there were
good congregations in each of tlm
Churches. UB
There are flourishing Sabbath schools
here in all the churches, and the at 1 end
ance was, until recently, very large. ' For
some time past an excursion train from
your city has come up to IArne Spring
passing Gainesville about the time con
gregations are meeting for worship
This has caused some disturbance in the
community. Hacks, omnibuses, and
other vehicles, go dashing along in a lit
tle town just as people are assembling
for worship, arid the whistle of the loco
motive and noise of the cars create
some confusion, and really disturb
the good people here. It is to be hoped
it will not long continue. ‘Would not
the merchant, the mechanic, or the
farmer just as well ply Lis vocation on
the Sabbath ? Is it well for the people
of a quiet town to be annoyed ? We do
not believe that those who have directed
the matter intend to do wrong by it. It
is intended as a recreation; but it dis
turbs us. We also think it is having an
injurious instead of a beneficial in
fluence.
There is now a revival of religion going
on in the Methodist Church. Quite a
number have joined, while the anxious
crowd the altar. Wandered.
A gentleman passing over the State Road reports
that the corn crop in view between Chattanooga and
Dalton in particular, evidently presents the best
prospect of a large yield for many years. That re
gion appears not to have been blessed with our late
heavy rains.
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Fatal Shooting.—W e have mentioned the Bhoot-
ing of Joseph Middlehrooks by his brother-in-law,
C. D. Greer, in Monticello, on the 2d inst. It is said
that he was shot through the heart, and never
spbke. Greer immediately fled on a horse. A
brother of the deceased offers $1,000 reward for his
apprehension. Tho kUling, it is alleged, was at a
meeting about ill treatment of Middlehrooks’ sister.
Government, formed by compacts between
Note From Hon. T. S. Hammond—An
Krror in tlie Record of His Vote on
Jackson’s Resolution.
Jackson, Butts County, Ga, )
June, 29, 1872. J
Editors Weeldy Sun:
I have seen to-day, for the first time,,
the Journal of the House of Representa
tives, at the annual session of the Gen
eral Assembly for 1871. In looking over
the same, I discover an error has been
committed in regard to a vote of mine,
which puts me in a wrong position be
fore the Legislature, my constituents,
and the country, and I am made to ap
pear in company not of my seeking,
choosing or ■ selecting. I respectfully
ask a small space in your paper for the
purpose of putting myself right upon
the record.
I refer to my vote on a Resolution in
troduced Friday, November 3d, by Hon.
Henry Jackson, which is found on page
18 of the Journal of the House. My
vote is recorded against this Resolution
on the Journal. This is wrong. I voted
for it, as also did every Democrat in the
House.
On the same day, and just before the
above mentioned resolution was intro
duced and voted upon, Mr. Cumming
offered a substitute for a resolution in
troduced by Mr. Hoge, and the vote of
the House taken upon Mr. Cumming’s
resolutions. I voted against these reso-
States. We are justly alarmed lest the
former theory should prevail and become
the settled doctrine as to the character
of our government. [[Now, does not
After the adjournment of the House,
I noticed that the city papers, in an
nouncing the vote of the House on Mr.
Cumming’s resolutions, named myself
Greeley hold that to be the correct theo- amon g those, who had voted for them,
ry of our political system? Do you not tbe reading of the Journal, I dis
give it force and momentum by endors
ing him at Baltimore ? After all, is not
this the great vital issue of the campaign
about to open ? Being so, can we safely
disband our forces simply to aid the en
emy in changing their chief in command?
Can we afford to allow an armistice mere
ly to accommodate a discontented por
tion of the enemy’s hosts? Is there’not
danger here? Should we not hesitate ?
It may be said—it is. said by many—
that to elect Grant continues for four
years the power of the centralists; it can
be no worse under Greeley—it may be a
little better. Grant it. But in this con
test the friends of constitutional liberty
must never cease the fight, and that
under their own flag, if for no other
reason, to preserve organization, discip
line and manly courage. Centralism may
hold sway for years. But their own follies
and corruptions will ultimately alarm the
masses, who will drive them from power,
if there be an intrepid organized neucleus
around which they can rally in the final
and eventful struggle between despotism
tinctly stated that I voted against Mr.
Cumming’s resolutions, and asked to
have my vote corrected on the Journal,
and was assured by the Clerk that the
correction was made. But here the mis
take was made. Instead of correcting
my vote on Mr. Cumming’s resolutions,
a change .was made in my vote on Mr.
Jackson’s. I never knew until this mo-
that this error existed, and in justice to
myself this explanation is made, which is
true in every particular.
T. S. Hammond.
Teachers.—The 12th annual meeting of the Na
tional Educational Association will meet in Boston,-
Mass., August Cth to Sth. Nine good, aud some of
them the best, hotels in the city have reduced rates.
The Grand Trunk Railroad from the West and the
State roads pass at half fare.
Well Done—A horse ran away with a dray, on
Marietta street, on the fourth, and was making full
headway toward some carriages, which he could not
have passed without a collision, when a lad con
fronted him, dashed a bucket of water in his face,
and stopped his flight immediately.
Street Railroads.—Early this week, cars will
run regularly on the Decatur Street Road to the
State House. The Peachtree track will be completed
to North Avenue iu about six weeks. The cars from
the West End route will soon be taken across to the
car shed at nights. A track wiU be constructed from
tbe present terminus to tbe turn-table at the general
junction. The cars e ill jump the rails of the State
Road, as this track will be over an inch higher.
Out op Jail.—The notorious “Hon.” Tifnis G.
Campbell, negro Senator from the Second District,
who was lately committed to Fulton county jail on a,
bench warrant from Judge Hopkins, charging him
with marrying a negro man to a white woman in
this vicinity in 1868, celebrated his 4th of July by
giving the required $3,000 bond—and again “walks
to and fro in the world and up and down in it.”
Peachtree Improvements.—E. H. Gay & Son
are having the old wooden fronts of their own, and.
adjacent store torn down, and propose to put up
handsome iron fronts instead. Both stores, we un
derstand, will be occupied by Gay. Let others in
that vicinity follow the example of Mr. Gay, and 1
that quarter of the city will be materially improved,. i
A Turn-table of peculiar construction has just’
been put in at the junction of the city railroads
It is mostly of cast-iron, and weighs about 6,000
pounds. The corrugated top turns on twenty-four
steel rollers in a steel bed. It turns very easily, and
locks itself at the proper places. It will be used
only to exchange cars, as they can be driven across.
it four ways. Another will be put in on the Decatur
street line at the head of Ivy street, to take off the
cars from the various lines to to the car-shed on-
Line street
Death, from a Singular’ Cause.
The Columbus Sun of Saturday relates
the following:
A gentleman told us yesterday the
overseer of the Wright river plantation,
met his death strangely a few days ago.
As he was entering his house, a favorite
dog, in the joy of meeting him, leaped
upon him and otherwise signified his de
light at seeing his master. While gam
boling, one of the paws of the animal
scratched the owner’s arm above the
wrist. In a short time the arm began
to swell, and mortification and death en
sued. The tear of the flesh was very
slight—hardly noticeable.
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Fatal Accident.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of the 6th r
has the following:
On Wednesday evening, Jonathan
Lewis, a very worthy and respectable
citizen of Burke county, was found with
his neck broken, on the side of the road
leading from his own place to his broth
er’s. His body was found on one side of
the fence and his horse on the other, and
the impression is that he was killed in
an attempt to mak%his horse jump the
fence.
The Greensboro Herald, of the
4th, makes the following remarkable
record:
Mrs. Hinton Crawford, 75; Mrs. Sa
rah Creddille, 94; Mrs. Sina Credille,
79; Mrs. Harriet Poullain, 79: Mrs. F.
A. Kimbrough, 61; Mrs. Pope Robert
son, 70; Mrs. Julia E. Grimes, 81; Judge
Matthew Winfield, 77.
The Ringgold Courier learns of
the death, by suicide, by Miss Coker, of
Walker county. No particulars are
given.
Mrs. Sarah A. HcGinty died in
Caxtersville on the 29th nit.; aged 27.
Arrangements are being made to
build an Episcopal church in Carters*
ville.
The London Court Journal says
Schenck “is not exactly a Talleyrand.
Precisely so 1