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THE ATLANTA SUN
Answers to Correspondent*.
1st We have a letter from a valued
friend, dated at Marion, Miss., the 22d
ultimo, in which he says: “ I have
“ somewhere seen it stated, that yon
“ have published, or contemplate doing
“so, a School History of the United
“ States. If the work is published, or
“ will be soon, pleaso inform me where it
“ can be obtained,”
In answer to this letter and several of
a like character received lately, we
adopt this method of saying to our
friend in Mississippi, and to all others
who wish information upon the subject,
that our “Compendium of .he History of
the United States, suited for Schools and
Colleges, as well as general readers, •’ is
in the Press of Messrs. E. J. Hale &
Son, 17 Murray street, New York city;
and that we are advised by letters re
ceived from them to-day, that the work
will be ready for delivery this day week.
All who may desire the work will have
their orders promptly filled as soon as
they may be sent on.
Supplies for the fall sessions, or terms
of schools for this year, can be obtained
in time by all who may wish them
All correspondence on the subject, we
add, should be with the publishers. The
publication and sale of the work is under
their management and control.
The book consists of about 510 pages,
with copious index and numerous illus
trations.
The price for a single copy, we under
stand, is $1 50, with the usual discount
to the trade and those taking a number
of copies.
But on this point, as stated, we refer
all desiring more specific information to
the publishers themselves.
2d. We have another letter from
valued correspondent in Newnan, in this
State, who writes as follows:
“Han. A. H. Stephens:
“Sm—Will you please answer through
“The Sun,”&c.—
“Was there not a time when the States
“voted on different days for electors for
“President of tho United States?”
To this we say that anterior to, and down
to tho election of 1844—the contest be
tween Mr. Clay and Mr. Polk—the elec
tion for President took place on differ
ent days in the States; that is, it was
not held on the same day in all the States.
It was to remedy an evil which it was
thought arose irom the improper influ
ence of the election in some of the
larger States on those which came after,
that Congress passed the following act:
Am Act to establish a uniform time for holding
elections for electors of President and Vice-Presi
dent in all tho States of the Union.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Jfoute of Representa
tives of‘the United State* of America in Congress as
sembled, That the electors of President and Vice-
President shaU he appointed in each State on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in tho month
•of November of the year in which they are to be ap
pointed: Provided, That each State may by law pro
vide for the filling of any vacancy or vacancies
which may occur in its college of electors when snch
college meets to give its electoral vote: .1h<Zprovided,
also, when any State shall have held an election for
the purpose of choosing electors, anu shall fail to
mate a choico on the day aforesaid, then the electors
may be appointed on a subsequent day in such man
ner as the State shall by law provide.
Approved January 23,1845.
Our friend, and all others, will see
from the above when the change in this
particular was made, and how the law
now. stands upon the subject.
A. H. S
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, POE THE WEEK ENDING JULY TO. 1872
Perilous Predicament.—A stranger,
who claimed to be from Carroll county,
and in search of the “Cross Hoads,”
upon Stone Mountain, went up there
last Friday evening, as he -says, “to
sec the sun set and the moon rise,” and
celebrate the sight, with a bottle of
whisky. He celebrated.
About 9 o’clock, he began to bunt his
way down in the dark on the very steep
side. When the descent became exceed
ingly interesting, be pulled off his boots,
and left with them his almost empty bot
tle. Shortly afterward, he slipped fifteen
or twenty feet, almost perpendicularly
down, and lodged on a small offset in the
solid rock side. Tho place was but a
few feet long and narrower across. Im
mediately below him was a precipice sev
eral hundred feet deep. Eetnm unaided
from above, was utterly impossible.
Here ho remained grasping the rock
through Friday night, and in the broiling
sun, against the bare precipice all day
Saturday till nearly dark.
About 4 o’clock, Mr. Steward, who
farms near th^ North base of the Moun
tain, having noticed a white object during
the day, in the crevice aforesaid, walked
over nearer for a better view, and was
hailed by the unfortunate man; who
shouted that he would give all he had in
the world if he could be rescued. Hopes
were speedily got in town, and that ad
venturous and humane gentlman, Mr.
F. P. Juhan, decended to him and
brought him up safely. No apparent in
jury had been inflicted by the fall, ex
cept that the feet were badly cut on the
rocks. The rescued man had but little
to say, and came next day to this city.
The moral is very simple: Don’t try
to see double by the use of liquor, the
sight of the sun setting and the moon
rising on the perpendicular side of Stone
Mountain, and subsequently start down
in the dark.
Rey. Dr. Wills’ Baccalaureate Address.—We
have often been asked why we did not publish the
address of Dr. Wills to the graduating class of
Oglethorpe University, inasmuch as it was a rare
combination of learning and sober, common sense.
Had we anticipated at the time that the few volun
tary remarks of the Doctor would have been pro
tracted into an eloquent and profoundly philosophi
cal discourse, alike entertaining and instructive,
beautiful and practical, our reporter would have
been better prepared to make a faithful report.—
However, through the kindness of friends and the
reporter's notes combined, we have been enabled to
collect and present some of the more striking fea
tures and thoughts of this admirable address.
The Doctor began his address with that noble pas
sage of Sir William Hamilton: “Knowledge is only
valuable asit exercises and by its exercise develops
and invigorates the mind; and education is only
education inasmuch as it at once determines and
enables the student to educate himself,” and pro
ceeded: “It is the high office of our literary institu
tions to snppiy a system of gymnastics by which
every bone and muscle of the immortal mind may
be developed and strengthed—a system which shall
serve as an expanding and polishing process to all
the powers of analysis and combination. It is not
BOOK NOTICES.
ANGELINA GUSHINGTON’S THOUGHTS ON
MEN AND THINGS. By Angelina Gushington.
New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Atlanta: Phil
lips & Crew.
This is a reprint of an English book,
which has already passed through three
London editions, and said to be very pop
ular with gushing cockney’s and buxom
English girls. It is a humorous work—
so-called—though, to persons who are
not educated up to English manners and
English customs, its fun is considerably
narrowed down; in fact, for very many
pages at a time the American reader may
admit that he “fails to see it,” without
laying himself liable to the reproach of
dullness.
The book derives its principal merit
from its local adaptation; hence it is not
altogether one that is calculated to take
the American public by storm. But
there is some demand for it, or Carleton
—who has done more in this class of
literature than any other American pub
lisher—would never have ventured to
bring it oat with the sanction of bis im
print.
[communicated. ]
A Fciv Words Mildly Spoken on
Gubernatorial Question.
Daring the past few weeks, and secret
ly lor a long time—dating as far back as
March, and perhaps a little farther-
war has bean waged against tbe present
Governor of Georgia.
A great many harsh tales are being
whispered around, and numbers are en
gaged in furthering them.
Some
root of t
say that “money is the
1 evil,” and without a doubt
this State of Georgia has suffered exceed
ingly from “moneyed rings,” as those
who have heretofore formed them were
but thieves and robbers.
If there are any of those thieves and
robbers left in Georgia, it is not strange
that fox-like there should be a great hue
and cry raised against the man who has
shown, himself indefatigable in their
pursuit, and who pardons 'not when one
is caught and convicted.
It is trne that all men are liable to
errors of judgment, and none more so
than he who occupies a position of pub
lic trust conferred upon him by his peo-
.ple; hence on some occasions Governor
Smith may have erred in the opinion of
some when he disposed of the land scrip,
and in several of his appointments; but
for those things Governor Smith can
give his reasons.
What Georgia wants to-day is an hon
est man—one not to be led astray from
Democratic principles—and snch a man
I take James M. Smith to be; and un
less I am utterly mistaken, when
“weighed he will not be found wanting.”
If he is not the man to restore the old
State’s credit—lost through a moneyed
ring—if he has not sense enough to de
velop the old State’s resources^-or if he
has been guilty of wrong-doing—then
the people of Georgia should have no
more of him; but ye who are bis ene
mies, come ont of darkness into light,
and prove him guilty before you demand
his dismissal.
Let the friends of Democratic princi
ples remember that these are troublous
times. Georgia wants an honest man.
Junius.
HORACE GREELEY. A REPRESENTATIVE LIFE
of HORACE GREELEY; with an introduction by
J Cassius M. Clay. By L. U. Reavis. New York
G. W. Carlton. Atlanta : Phillies & Crew.
A few years ago, a young man who
fancied that he was specially adapted
by nature, for tbe broad and noble field
of journalism, applied to Horace Gree
ley, hoping “the Philosopher” would ap
prove the estimate the young man had
placed upon himself. The advice
received was, “Go West, young man and
work on a farm."
That young man was L. U. Beavis—
the same who went West and concocted
an unpatriotic scheme to corrupt and de
stroy the sedate society of St, Louis, by
removing to that city the National Capi
tol. Instead of going West and working
on a farm, as advised, he went West and
built a magnificent capitol for the na
tion (on paper) and dropped it down to
the great wonderment of all the St.
Louisians. No one has ever heard of
that young man since he went West, ex
cept a few years ago, when he had re
moved the Capital and had started on the
return trip for Washington monument,
which he fancied was a chimney he had
left behind. What has become of him the
world may never know. Perhaps, even
at this late day, he has taken the advice
of Dr. Greeley and has gone very far
West, and is perhaps propagating five
pound potatoes in the fertile valleys of
Montana—that “Switzerland of Ameri
ca,” as Samuel Bowles calls it—and he
ought to know, for he has been out
there; though he makes no mention in
his book of having met L. -U. Reavis on
his travels.
The above-named book can be bought
of Phillips & Crew.
Political Notes.
Talbot Democrats meet on the
13tb.
JEST* Washington, Ga,, has now a tele
graph office.
ESx* The Muscogee Democrats con
vene on the 11th.
Morgan county Democrats will
convene on the 13th.
JG6?*Miss Augusta Pope, aged 22, died
in Washington on the 2d instint.
Another Voice from South Carolina.
Editors Sun : The contest for politi
cal ascendancy which, at this time, di
vides this country, is without a parallel
in her history. The contest, hitherto
waged between Federal usurpation, on
the one hand,and the supporters of State
Bights doctrine on the other, now threat
ens to assume an entirely new and unex
pected phase, and unless there is a speedy
amendment it will culminate otherwise
than advantageously to the last-named
party. The question is now before the
country in a tangible and matter-of-fact
form.
“Choose ye this day whom ye will
serve;” bow to the mighty jnggernant of
military usurpation ; kiss the rod that
smites and cry God save the hand that
plies the blow; rivet more firmly tbe
maDacles which now bind ns, or else,
tion ruay put forth, success will be ours.
Let them, at least, remain intact—un
contaminated by amalgamation with the
disaffected wing of Radical misrule.
The Democracy can suffer no defeat more
ignominious than that of shamefully
abandoning princioles which form the
ground-work of the Constitution, and
which, as a party, they have so long
maintained.
If by the mad foily of onr own party
we must again suffer defeat, let it be in
open, manly conflict, rather than by base,
truckling submission to the mandate of
an unprincipled foe. Like the sentinel
upon the watch-tower of Atrides, who
waited for ten long years to herald the
approach of Agamemnon, let us be found
at our post, ever ready to grapple with
onr enemy whenever the auspicious mo
ment shall appear, remaining true to
ourselves, to our party and to onr prin
ciples. * . * K.
Marlboro Co., S. C.
A correspondent of a New York paper,
states that he has seen documents con
taining indisputable evidence that the
collusion between dissatisfied Republi
cans and lukewarm Democrats, which
finally culminated in the Cincinnati Con
vention, was effected by Waldo Hutchins,
Horatio Seymour and Horace Greeley.
At the recent Fifteenth-Avenue Con
ference in New York, at which speeches
were delivered by thirty-two individuals
from various parts of the country, only
one speaker expressed himself satisfied
with the nomination of Greeley.
Circulars from Louisville and Cincin
nati calling for a straight ont Democratic
nomination, have been sent to numerous
Democrats to secure their attendance at
Baltimore with a view to organizing a
separate Convention in case Greeley is
indorsed.
JESF* “An Ohio Judge distributed all
his money among his children, died poor,
and his wife is now in the poor-house.”
He was emphatically a poor judge.
ignorance, but half-knowledge, which is fall of . , .
whims and crotchets, the prey of fana’ieism, and the ] throwing aside every vestige of former
dissension, or unkind feeling, the De
mocracy, those who are' trne to them
selves and their principles, unite heart
and hand with the unswerving resolution
of freeing their country from her pres
ent unhappy situation. These are the
alternatives that present themselves to
the consideration of the masses.
How stands the account with the
Palmetto State,” do you ask ? Are her
sons, with the emblematic chivalry of
Harry Percy, girding on tbeir weapons
for the approaching conflict ? Alas !
" Yeknow too well the story of our thraldom.”
Seven years ago, Sherman, with a van
dalism well worthy of an Attila or a
Brennos, marched through our State,
plying on every side his fearful weapon,
the torch, with merciless fury, and leav
ing behind him his grim sentinels in the
form of blackened walls and chimneys.
It was bant to be borne; nevertheless, it
was accepted as the rights ’of war
vindictive conquerer to a gallant though
unfortunate foe.
Eight months ago, while bravely strug
gling to regulate the internal disorders
within her boundary, caused by the in
flux of rapacious carpet-baggers, and
their intrigues with the ignorant, unsus
pecting negro, another dire enemy ap
peared within the borders of the down
trodden State. Under the aegis of peace,
and in the name of liberty, armed bands
of soldiery scour tho country in every
direction, drag innocent and unsuspect
ing citizens from their homes, huddle
them like brutes in felon’s cells—but
why should I rehearse ? “ Inae regio in
terris nostri non plena labrisl” Other
States have suffered, and grievously, too,
but to South Carolina, alone, it has been
decreed by her unfeeling oppressors to
qnaff to the very dregs the chalice of deg
radation and sorrow.
“Desperate situations sometimes re
quire desperate remedies,” and Grant has
fully verified the assertion, when, in his
frenzied efforts to prejudice the popular
mind, hide his own evil dealings, and
secure his re-election, he declared a por
tion of the State of South Carolina se
cretly banded together for political pur
poses, and which organization he believes
to permeate the entire South.
Can it be wondered at that, under such
circumstances, the proud spirit of our
people should have well nigh given way
that, driven to the verge of despair, actu
ated by the law of self-preservation alone,
they will entreat relief, let it come from
what source it may? It is even so, how
ever sad the contrast with her former
characteristic independence, and how
ever disastrous this detested “Departure'
mixed with “Passiveism” may prove to
the existence of onr free system of gov
ernment.
It is a fact to be deplored that many
public journals to-day, throughout the
State, advocate the election of a man to
the Presidential chair who has ever been
the firm champion, the Ajax, of the party
who, in the campaign of 1856, declared
the Constitution an agreement with death
and a covenant with hell.' How well he
and his coadjutors have carried ont their
dictum, the wretched condition of our
country, the discordant elements that
are now rending her vitals, and the gen
eral disorder that prevails in many sec
tions, attest too plainly.
What can the true men of the Union
promise themselves in exchanging one
of the minions of power for the “Head-
Centre” himself? What good results
can they hope will follow from such
course of conduct? What if the con
vention that nominated Seymour in 1868
bad placed Horace Greeley in his stead?
What a howl of indignation would have
resounded throughout the land, and
especially the; South! Who would not
have cried, down withthe traitorous dele
gates that had proved recreant to their
trust?
Though the principles at stake to-day
are precisely the same that they were
then, yet, sad to say, many of our news
papers are quite uneasy—some in their
zeal even working themselves into a fever,
avowed Democrats nevertheless—lest the
Baltimore Democratic Convention will
fail to indorse the Cincinnati Radical
ticket; at the same time loudly condem-
ing those “bolting” Democrats, as they
unjustly style those who dare maintain
their principles, let the consequences be
as they may.
But, “Greeley.is honest,” they tell ns,
and what we want now is a man who will
administer the affairs of government in
an honest and economical manner, re
gardless of party distinctions.” Just so,
but what assurances have we that such
will be the case ? Has Greeley ever re
tracted a single one of the ultra-Radical
sentiments, of the thousand and one
abusive epithets applied to the South ?—
We have never heard of snch being the
case. Who charged Grant with dishones
ty prior to his election to the high office
which he now holds ? No one ! Yet,
since then, he hashadanathtnas of every
discription, and from all sides, hurled
against his avarice, venality, and all the
other detestable traits that have charac
terized his administration. Who knows
but that the preceptor will surpass his
pupil in these commendable qualities ?
An opportunity to practice these “tricks”
has not been offered to Greeley, and if
elected, time will prove whether or not.
he will pursue the modus operandi he had
ever dictated to Grant previons to their
rnptnre a -hort time since.
Then why halt between two opinions ?
Shall we exchange the witch for the devil
himself ? Has the contest narrowed
down to a choice only between these two
factions ? Is it possible that snch is the
only alternative ? By no means. Let
rs have a triangular fight; and if all true
Democrats will only unite on an eligible
candidate that our Baltimore Conven-
Tlie 6tti District--Hon. Garnett McMil
lan for Congress.
parent of disorder and change.
It is not those who make no pretentions to learn
ing, bnt those who have passed through College
without improving their advantages who are the
great tronblers in Chnrch and State. These mere
pretenders are proud, arrogant and revolutionarj ;
whereas the modesty of true science has grown into
proverb. All men of ripe scholarship are liberal
in their views, and meek in spirit A man who has
great idea of Himself, will never have but one
great idea. [Laughter.]
'In this institution we claim to give the students a
thorough mental drilling for the duties and labors
of life—a sound classical and mathematical educa
tion; and if they wish to stndy the specialties of sci
ence, they would do well to enter the walls of the
older Universities of Europe and America. He who
digests a few elementary authors, is better discip
lined than he who pursues rapidly the
most extensive course of instruction. We will put
the Latin poet.Horace against, the world for univer
sal scholarship. In respect to statesmanship, his
tory, agriculture, poetry, eloquence, and the best
rules of sermonizing, he stands second to none, so
that he who has mastered old Horace is not only in
possesion of the choicest treasures of Roman liter'
ature, but also the elements of all knowledge.
'About a year ago, I sat in the Library of Yale Col
lege gazing upon the paintings of the distinguished
graduates of the institution, when we took occasion
to ask the question, ‘Who is the most intellectual
alumnus of this College since its foundation?’ And
the prompt answer was; ‘Jonathan Edwards.’ And
it is a fact that he preserved his extraordinary ment
al vigor and acuteness by simply solving Euclid’s
Geometrical problems till the close of life.
It is moral excellence that makes the man. Edu
cation, with religion, has flooded the world with
blessings; bnt unsanctified learning bas been the
bane of ages. The history of the race proclaims
this fact in tones of thunder. Napoleon Bonaparte,
perhaps, haJ as great powers by nature, as the apos
tle Paul, but the one w?s actuated by a spirit of
boundless ambition, and the other by a spirit of
heaven-born benevolence. And whilst the great
warrior, with his mighty intellect, drove the plough'
share of destruction through the nations, and died
amid the maledictions of millions, the other has
left the impress of bis sanctified genius upon all
succeeding generations; and the waves of his holy
influence will roll down the great conflagration.
'Lord Byron and Henry Martin were cotemporary—
were educated at the same college; were both mon
of splendid talents, and began life with equally bril
liant prospects. But the one gave himself to wine,
debauchery and poems, and the other devoted his
life to the-sublime work of the world’s conversion.
And when the gTeat poet had grown old with dissi
pation and disease, he wrote in the bitterness:
•My days are in the yellow leaf;
The fruits and flowers of love are gone.
The worm, the canker and the grief,
Are mine alone.'
and then died with the vision of a Turkish scimitar,
flashing over the field of blood,
•Bnt the great missionary, after translating the
word of God into Persian, and laying a copy of it on
the throne of the King, while communing with God,
his solace and his joy, was borne to the third heav
en in a chariot of fire.
“The substance of what remains to be said, win be
embraced in a few simple negatives and affirma
tives. Young men: Do not drink; do not chew;
donotBmoke; do not swear; do not gamble; do not
live above your means, [applause]; do not he idle,
for remember, ‘Luck is a fool, and Pluck is a hero.”
[sensation]. Do not pay court to the ladies before
you are ready to marry, [applause]. Do not marry
until you are able to support a wife, [continued
applause], and do not unite your fortunes with
fashionable women of expensive habits—I mean
the Dolly Yarden tribe. [Laughter and prolonged
applause],
“Love your country, your State, your parents,
bothers, sisters, friends whose adoption you have
tried; and I exhort you to endeavor to practice that
sublime Christian philosophy which loves and prays
for enemies. ‘To your own selves be true, and
then It follows, as the night tbe day, that you can
not be false to any man. ”
Let ns ho sr the contusion of the whole matter:
“Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is
the whole duty of man.”
Recorder’s Court.—His Honor’s reception yes
terday morning boasted some of the very champion
damphools of the city, who came there, not to pay
their respects, bnt their “stamps” to His Honor.
Prominent among the penitent guests, awaiting his
sentence, was
MB. CICERO GREELEY.
If there be anything in a name, we had here the
embodiment of eloquence and tomfoolery. Mr.
Greeley had only one characteristic in common with
his illustrious namesake, viz: his promiscuous love
for the ladies, or in more delicate and elegant
par’ance, “ free-love-woman's-rights-ism.” Mr.
Greeley, ou Sunday evening, as usual,
■was promenading down Pandemonium street, to
wards Beelzebub Park, in pursuit of some nocturnal
adventure, when suddenly feeling a swimming in
the head and a weekness in the knees, after a few
circumlocutory gyrations, reluctantly concluded to
lie down in the most convenient place. The most
convenient place for Mr. Greeley fix his present de
moralized constitutional condition was the drain in
the street. Mr. Greeley having fastidious tastes.could
not well iorego the luxury of a pillow, made a sweep
ing search for this nuptial comfort. In the disordered
state of his highly-wrought imagination, he fancied
that he had fonnd the desired comfort; and being of
that impulsive nature and enthusiastic tem-
peiament peculiar to young children, evinced upon
possessing a long coveted prize, ho songht to
plant hie weary head in the celestial folds of
the eider-down pillow, as he imagined. But. .alas!
for the fate of human calculation, Mr. Greeley, in-
itead of reposing bis face in the soft folds of swan’s
down, unfortunately fractured one of the city’s
curb-stoDes. Hr. Greeley’s nose being thus sponta
neously convex ted into sausage meat, was instantly
conveyed to Tennessee Beef Market No. 23, where
all persons who have evinced such a longing desire
to swallow Greeley can find it at reduced prices this
morning between the hours of 2 and 3 p. m. Mr.
Greeley contriouted $5 to repair the city’s curb
stone. SSBc”=
MONSIEUR G. FLEMING
is accustomed to so regulate his morning dram so
that he shall become tipsy just as he regains his gate
after visiting his bar-room. By mistake yesterday
morning he got some “pop skuR” whisky, and the
consequence was, he did not reach his gate before
he needed the assistance of a policeman, who kindly
gave him shelter, for which Fleming paid $5.
HARVEY THOMAS
was accused of disorderly conduct and quarreling.
When asked by Johnson whether he was guilty or not.
he seemed to imagine that that gentlemanly official
was attempting -to defame his epotless character,
and he exclaimed: “I swears I won’t plead guilty.”
Fate was against Harvey, however, and he paid her
five dollars.
MISS NANCY PIKE
stole a trough from a brick-yard, and in vindication
of this suspicions proceeding, said she “jes wanted
ter wash.” Bis Honor thought Bullock just wanted
to buy a few horses, &c., with the State’s money
also; and fined Nancy $2 50.
SAMANTHA ROSS
is one of the wicked nymphs that haunt the labyrin
thine mazes of Beelzebub Park. She, however, took
a notion to saunter out on the street Sunday even
ing; and finding that the Etar-light wa3 not in good
proportion to the whisky she had aboard, she neces
sarily sought repose in the first ditch she encoun
tered. Her night's lodging cost her S5, which she
paid with the air »nd grace of a princess, shook the
’ ,n "* from her shoes, and returned unto her revel-
» ings.
Editors Atlanta Sun: Having spent
most of my time in Atlanta during the
session of the Legislature in November
and December last, and watching the ac
tions of members of the Legislature,
generally, 1 was soon particularly struck
and pleased with the exhibition of good
sense, sound judgment, ability and work
ing powers of the gentleman whose name
heads this communication.
The Legislature had hardly gotten un
der way, when, upon some motion look
ing to the Democracy’s asserting its
rights, and providing for the election of
a Governor to fill Bullocks unexpirsd
term, than this gentleman, a Represen
tative from Habersham county, about
thirty years of age, tall and rather slen
der, with dark hair and dark eyes, arose,
and with a brogue or voice peculiarly
pleasant, and earnest, made a few re
marks so direct and pointed, and soul
stirring and patriotic, in relation to the
duty of the Legislature towards those
who had been wronging and robbing
our glorious old commonwealth for the
past three or four years, that I was at
once much “taken” with him.
The remarks themselves were calcu
lated to please much any one opposed to
these thieves and robbers. But learning
that the speaker was the son of my old
“unterrified” Democratic friend, the
Hon. Robert McMillan, formerly of El
bert, but residing in Habersham county
when he died, I could but feel more in
terested in his son, and watch his ca
reer more closely. The result was that,
such were the evidences he gave of being
useful almost any where—being able,
watchful, ready, active and earnest, and
yet not rising out of time to speak, and
always “hitting the nail on the head”
when he did speak—so fearless and un
flinching and ably did he stand up to
what he believed to be right, that I could
not but think that he was one of the
young men of our State that are now
needed in Congress ; and I concluded at
the time that, if living this summer, I
would suggest his name to the Democrat
ic voters of the 6th Congressional Dis
trict, as a fit Representative of them and
their State in Congress.
What the South wants most in Con
gress at this time, is honest, cool, fear
less, able and untiring men, to claim,
urge and battle manfully for her rights,
without quivering. Of all the young
men in Georgia, and especially of all,
either old or young, in the 6th District,
I know of no one so well calculated to
meet this want as Capt. McMillan; and,
with your permission, I have concluded
to suggest his name, through The Sun,
to the Democrats of the 6th District.
That those who do not personally
know Capt. McMillan may learn more
particularly about him, I copy the fol
lowing from “the Manual and Biograph
ical Register of the State of Georgia,”
published at Atlanta last winter, by A,
St Clair Abrams.
“ HON. GARNETT M’MXLLAN.”
The course pursued by Mr. McMillan in the State
Legislature, thus far, has already -won for him an
enviable reputation throughout the State. He was
born at Elberton, Georgia, on the ffth of May, 1812,
and was educated at Emory and Henry College,
where he was graduated in 1861. He immediately
after engaged in the study of the law, but tempora
rily abandoned his studies in March, 1862, when ho
entered the Confederate service as a private in the
24th Georgia Regiment, commanded by his father.
In November, of the same year, he was elected
a Lieutenant of Company K, and in June, 1863, was
promoted to a Captaincy in Company B,
3d Battallion of Georgia Sharpshooters. Captain
McMillan served as a line officer in all the campaign
of Lee’s army from Fredericksburg to the last bat
tle of Cold Harbor, receiving slight wounds at
Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania Court House, and
behaving throughout with gallantry and skill. In
September, 1864, he was detached from his
command and assigned to duty as Assistant
Adjutant General in the Engineer’s Bu
reau, and at the time of the surrender was in the
Secret Service Department. On the return of peace,
he resumed his legal studies, and in October, 1865,
was admitted to the bar. Entering actively into
politics, he soon became prominent as an advocate
of tbe principles of the Democratic party, and in
1868 was chosen an alternate elector on the Sey
mour and Blair ticket, for the Sixth Congressional
District. In 1870 he was nominated by the Democ
racy of Habersham county for the Assembly, and
was elected by an overwhelming majority, over two
opponents. Captain McMillan is one of tbe most
promising young lawyers and politicians in Geor
gia. United to a logical, well-cultivated mind ora
torical powers of a high order, he has already made
a marked impression upon the Assembly. As a
public speaker, bis style is argumentative and for
cible, and his ideas are always expressed in felici
tous language.”
The various members of Congress
from the counties composing the 6th'
District never became much distin
guished until the Democracy of that
District took up and elected Hon. Howell
Cobb, then a young man about Capt.
McMillan’s age. Mr. Cobb had had no
experience in legislative matters, but was
considered quite an able young man, and
earnest and Unflinching in the advocacy
of bis principles. He was not long in
Congress before he made bis mark, and
soon rose to distinction. Should Capt.
McMillan be now also taken up and
elected, I predict that he, too, will soon
make his mark there. He may not be so
fortunate, and rise to the same high
eminence, as Mr. Cobb—not many do—
but I feel confident that if he be elected
to Congress, it will not be loDg before he
will be felt to snch an extent, as not only
to 1 e decidedly the favorite of his own
district, but also a favorite son all over
Georgia.
An Old Time Democrat.
Exceipts of 1 un uiui Humor,
“ Paddy,” says a joker, “ -why
don’t yon get yonr ears cropped—they
are entirely too long for a man l”
“And yours,” replied Pat, “ought to
be lengthened—they are too short for an
ass.”
£~ A young lady once married a
man by the name of “Dust,” against the
wish of her parents. After a short
time they lived unhappily together, and
she returned to her father’s house ; bnt
u rei " as ed to receive her, saying: “Dnst
thou art, and uuto Dost thou shalt re-
tnrn.” And she “dusted.”
SS?* A .person was boasting that hG
sprung from a high family.
“Yes,” said a bystander, “I have
seen some of the same family so high that
their feet could not touch the ground.”
“Mary, I am glad yonr heel has
got well.”
.** ^ hy ?” said Mary, opening her eyes*
with astonishment.
“Because,” said Jane, quietly, “I see-
it is able to get ont.”
Perhaps Mary’s stocking tad a large
hole in it.
horse is a
Mi
“I say, friend, your
little contrary, is he not ?”
“No, sir!”
“What makes him stop then ?”J
“Oh, he’s afraid somebody’ll say wo 1
and he shan’t hear it.” a
“To-morrow” is the day on which
lazy folks work, and fools reform.
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The Atlanta Sun is very popular,
among its exchanges. They cut ont Mr.
Stephens’ editorials for paper weights*
Courier-Journal.
Not the biggest fool on record was the-
leronaut who stuffed his balloon full of
Courier-Journal editorial, thinking that
they were lighter than any gas he coulcl
invent.
_ fiSS?” The articles in which the New
York World caves in to Greeley are • no
doubt consoling to A. H. Stephens,
Toombs & Co.—Memphis Avalanche.
Messrs. Stephens, Toombs & Co. have
become so accustomed to the World’s
caving in” to the Radicals, that a
movement of that kind now bas no effect
upon their minds. The World “caved,”
it will be remembered, during the can
vass of 1868.
JESsT The Atlanta Sun of tbe 3d insi.
contains one of Mr. Stephens’ para
graphs, more than a column long, in
which there doesn’t appear a single-
italic letter! This is wonderful.—Courier^
Journal
Not at all “wonderful!” The article* -
was of no interest to the Courier-Journal
hence, no help to the understanding was-
needed.
The Hart county Democrats send ..
Hon. J. W. Jones as a delegate to the
State Convention and instructed him to
vote for Governor Smith.
' fl§5“\'Mrs. Mary McWaters, aged 25,
of Newton county, was found lying dead,,
on the 2d. Her death is supposed to have-
been caused by sun-stroke.
B@“Mrs. Julia E. Grimes died, in ..
Greensboro, on the 27th ultimo, aged S2v .
Professor Y. E. Mangefc has been*
elected President of LeYert Female Col
lege.
JKar* Between 200 and 300 Montgomery
excursionists were in Atlanta Thursday
and Friday. On Friday night the Pro
prietor or the Eimball House gave them
a ball, and of course there was the cus
tomary allusion next morning in the local
papers to tue “wee sma’ hours.”—Macon
Telegraph aad Messenger.
Correct as usual, Bro. Reese, as no pa
pers were published in the city “next
morning.”
BgL, J. R. Sanders has been elected?v
President of tbe Greene County Fair As
sociation.
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Capt. Jesse L. Baker, of Newton
county, died last Friday, at the age of
seventy-five.
M. Schmeer,a Washington shoe
maker, was found dead in his bed on the-.
2d. Intemperance.
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fSgg* Colonel W. T. Thompson of the-
Savannah Mornin gMews, bas gone healths
hunting to Montvale Springs.
JB^S^The First Presbyterian Chur eh ©£
Savannah has set aside some pews fox-
the use of the guests of the hotels.
J6g§“‘ Dalton has voted almost unani
mously to donate §10,000 for the erectiocz
of a Baptist Male College at that place. |.
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JSSF^Col. R. H. Mitchell has been decid
ed Ordinary of Oglethorpe county; to- fill'
the vacancy occasioned by the death oiZ
F. F. J. Robinson.
After all big occasions there is a calm, such as r
was tbe case with Atlanta after tbe Fourth. The day*
it is true, was not observed as “in tbe long ago,”*
but yet it seemed to bring a reaction against trade,
Withthe opening week, however, our citymer-,
chants are alive again, and tho unusual bustle indi
cates a good amonnt of business.
Eminently Deserved.—At a recent meeting of
the teachers of the Public Schools, of this city,»
resolution of thanks was declared due and mosS
cordially rendered to Superintendent Mallon, for
his kindly sympathy and helpful encouragement^
also, to Mrs. Mallon, for her important and hear
tily appreciated instruction and drill in the elocu
tion and calisthenics, and for her general favor an&
friendliness.
Justice Butt’s Court.—Yesterday, Bob Cartex-
was sent to jail, and Joe Bngg, alias “Frias,” gave
$ ICO bond to appear before tbe Superior Court on .
the charge of robbing Zack Bice’s money drawer of.’
about $60. Only about $28 50 wa3 recovered from
Carter by Lieut. Holland.
John Elder, colored, charged with peijury, was-
discharged—preferred against him by Frank H,.
Hall, who was convicted in the late Superior Court,
of shooting a Mr. Cushman.
A Davidson College.—This old and popular instf-
tution, located where American Independence was-
first declared—where Liberty was first proclaimed-—
has an advertisement in our paper this morning.
The Savannah News.—See the advertisement at '
this sterling, able and unswerving Democratic pa
per in onr columns this morning. It is one of our-
most valued exchanges, and one of the ablest expo
nents of the true Democratic faith.
EA Greeley Convert.—Dr Wills, in his address ta
the graduating class of Oglethorpe, affirmed that
Horace, as scholar, statesman, warrior, historian,
poet, and agriculturist, was unequalled. Where
upon a gentleman present remarked to his compan
ion, “I will vote now for Mr. Greeloy if it kills rue—
always kuov.-ed Horace was the right kind of
man.”