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VOL. 3, NO. 14.) ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1872. {
W H O L E, 1 1 O
DUMBER 11^
' CONTENTS
.i or TH *
^ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN,”
roB thx vm XJnmro
WEDNESDAY, SKPr. 25th, 187».
How. Ai.TT.vnrB H. Stefhzxs continues to pub- I
liah what he calls the "platform adopted by the
Jeffersonian Demc-cratic State Convention assembled
Atlanta on the 20th August, 1872." What la the
use? There Is no party to represent that platform.
Like the tower of Bable, It has outlived Its foolish
Guilder*. The idea of a “Jeffersonian l>evuy-rat‘
voting for Grant Is the quintessence of cool impn*
deuce in the "straight out" Impostors. It Is
well known that the Louisville Convention failed to
“rule with all governments.
A. Many ot these parties,- I under
stand, are infirm—a few of them old—
of them depend
ent upon them—all of them have suf-
BDITOUIALS BY MR. STEPHENS—
Beply to the Macon Telegraph; The Straight
platform; TbeNewYork World....;i IV.,. 3
. xiio l’reseut out-l.iOk In Oeorgta................ 4
On the Speech of Hon. Jt. M. T. Hunter........
Te the Thomssvlllo Enterprise......i.i-
Local Law in Masaachusct-a. and Connecticut...
Ku-Kiux ITlsoners; Flippant Not so, Mr. Harper
ON PAGE 1—
Alabama Claims Awarded; Locals, Ac. ■
ARTICLES UN PAOE 2-
(Jeorgla Politic*; Political Notes: Savannah Nows
Tho Nathan Murderor in Georgia; Gen. D. H. H1U
<m Mr. Stephen a’ History: State Fair; The Profit*
of llaiihif.^:; A most Astounding Case.
MraaHflF- .. J ^.
Dtaslitons Of tlio Supreme Court; News Items.
ARTICLES ON PAGE 4—
Georgia State Fair; Tunis G. Campbell again
Humor of Company D. 29th Georgia Kegiment; Pay
full Postage; Fair; Wirt.es and Elbert CounUes;
Democratic Meeting In Douglas County; Clarks
County Convention; Ac., Ac.
ON PAGE 8— *
Politic*! Notes and othor News; Important Com
muBicatlon from Missouri; Decisions of the Su
preme Court, Ac., Ac.
ON PAGE 6—
Local Mattora; The Greeley Jamboree; Journal
istic Euterpriae; Tolegrama, Ac.
ON PAGE 7— :;
Poem on Judge Stephen's; Advertisements, Ac.
Am., Ac. ... i 1 i
ON PAGE 8—
Advertleomenta; Telegrams, Markets.
**X,ocal Law in ’Hnaaachnsetta and Con
necticut."
We have just received a small work or
treatise with tne above title, from the
Press of Joel Munskl, Albany, New
York. It consists of 104 pages, and is
from the pen of William Chauncey
Fowler LL. D., of Connecticut.
Dr. Fowler is one of the ablest writers
of tho day. In politics he belongs to
that pld Bobool of American Statesmen
headed by Jefferson. *
The work before ua is not only ex
ceediugly interesting and instructive,
but also most opportune and timely.
We would like to give our readers
advice to its followers. This was s complete dissolu
tion—a virtual abandonment of it* pretentions, and | I _
to cap the climax, it* president and many of its “ fered severely. For these reasons, I
most prom, nent supporttrs went over to Grant— ,, , ,, ...
Thomatniu, Go., i'nterprite. “ask you, by the authority vested in
Ot;r cotemporary is slightly mistaken, “you, to grant them, one and all, a gen-
wu think, as to the fiuul results of the “eral pardon.
“3. When the object of punishment I words of reproof, intended quite as much I £
upon the individual and noon Bocietv for those who had preceded him as for vorabiy consider a*ia proposition; and f ir the pur-
r • ! taAfwfi iii I poM of effecting to d»air*ble *n otj©ct, we r«coir-
is accomplished, lenity should be the j Job.
These words of Elihu, now so cited and
relied upon for his support by this Mr.
Harper,” were soon followed by others,
wh.oh showed him in his trne light; and
Louisville Conveution. The organiza
tion, as \vc understand it, is not dis
solved. Our own State organization
certainly it> not. Perhaps our cotempo-
rary, after the State elections are over !
“I will present you with no view
“founded upon the unconstitutionality
“ of jhc Act under which they are suf
fering, or even of its doubtfnl con
stitutionality; but appeal to you to do
on the 2d of October, will see a Jel- “as Mr. Jeff-rson did with those who
fersonian Democratic elecfcirul ticket in “ were imprisoned under the Alien and
the held in Georgia, for wnich all Demo- “Sedition Act of 1798: give them a re-
crats esu vote who do not wish to make “lease under the pardoning power, wise-
uny choice between the two Radical can- “ ly lodged in the bands of the Eiecu-
didates now before them. A. H. S.
The Ku-Klux Prisoners anil Air. Ste
phens'’ Petition In their Behalf.
1 tive.
“If, my dear sir, this petition cannot
“ be granted, I trust it will not be
“ deemed obtrusive. Let it be at
tributed solely to my deep sympathy
The New York Herdldol the 18th inBt.
has just reached us. In it we find the I “ for all who are in prison. !4This appeal
which-were referred to by us before; and
are to be found in the same chapter. . YeaUriUy morainR pr , ;imiMry investigation
These W6 now quote in full for the of the case of Policeman Stewart and Wm. Bolin,
. , charged with the murder of the negro, Newton
special Deneht Of : this Mr. “Harper, Irving. on Friday night of hat week, was resumed
., . v „ „ i, „ I at the City Hall, before Justice* Saaaeen and Waters
tUat he, as well as others, may see how 1 A isrg* congregation of the colored population ol
closely he fits the character we assigned y^s^d'learn thermit! l ° " ritue ** lhc luTe8ti if»-
him, and'how fully he has confirmed the |vt The defense introduced no maieriffTaElunony,
. . , . . , , 1 but, with the permission ol the Court, placed Mr.
propriety and justice of that assignment: I stewsrt on the stand. And directed him to make a
. . . ..... . w *r*. . I statement of the transaction.
16. When I had waited (for they spake not, but jjr. Stewart, in hla statement, spoke in aubatanee
,** atood etill, and answered no mare-X lift ' Isa follows:
‘•17. / raid; 1 wUl answer also my partalso will “Thisuegro. Newton Irving, had been ltabls to
. . arrest for several weefca, but by some means, he
ahow mine opinion. I had eluded the vigilance of the police. Having iu
18. - For I am full of matter, the spirit withln me 'ormaUoa of.hi« whereabout*, Mr. Bolin, in oomp*
t _ . . I nj with myself, proceeded to » house orer on Fra
“constraineth me. | z [ tI atreet, and asked if Irring wu there. We wart-
19. Behold, my belly is aa v»lne which hath no | told he was not; bat presently we diecoyered him
-. v.nt; ItU r«d, lo b„« Ut, u.. boUlu." u. ..d ,UrUd lo
Ju,t ,o it »iththis Mt. “Harper,” %£££, *»£* .aUSSSlftlJS.t
and SO much for hi8 retort upon our go no further. We urged him on, whtn
„ ' ‘ „ .. „ ’ bll struck him over the eye with my baton.
greatness, * Wisdom, age and | He proceeded then some dtatance further,
when Irving stopped and asked permission
to step across' the street to pay some money he
was owing. We nbaerved that he had his bauds in
following telegraphic dispatch:
Wahhikotos, September 17,1872.
j “ I shall put in the hands of others who
“ I hope may, after giving it their in-
“ dorsement, forward it to you.
i “ Most respectfully,
“ Alexander H. Stephens,
The foregoing is an exact copy of the
Tint XTJ-XIaTJX PniBONERS—ATTORNEY GENERAL WTL-
LIAMS' R£FLY TO A* H. BTKFHEN8.
It is understood that the Attorn'ey-General, after
several weoka' cousideratlon, has addressed a letter
to Alexander H. Stephens, in reply to hla appeal for
the discharge cl aU the Ku-Klux trom the Albany .Jfl
Penitentiary. The ex Vice President of the so-called letter Sent by Mr. Stephens to the Presi-
■■Southern” Coniederacy argued at length that the j _ . —. ... ... - , ~
conviction of the Ku-Klux was Ulegal, as the law dent. How far its positions correspond
was not in force at the time of the alleged offens-s. jxv ^dMtwitbmtha InLimmi nnr
He farther urged their pardon on thegronnd ofjus- TVltll tne Statement m tlie telegram, Onr
tico and an exercise of I^ecuUve clemency that rea ders call judge; but how far, or where
would be in keeping with the professed friendship I * T{, , ..
of the Chief Magistrate for the south. in its “allegatiofis are questioned by the
Tho answer of the Attorney-General is courteous, I.,,' ^ . _ ..
but firmly denies the allegations contained in the Attorney-General, we don’t know—as his
letter of Mr. Stephens. Admitting that there are . i_ nfivpr rPAchfid ns Wfi pan
some among the number upon whom Executive re Pv nas never reacneQ « 8 v vve can
clemency would not be misplaced, he contends that therefore, at present, Only reaffirm what
Its exercise would not have any more political sig- . ^
niflcance than pardon extended to those who have we understand to be the facts Of the C&S6
virtatedotherstatutesandbeenconvictedofheinouB w^nwe wrote, to-wit: that UO one of
lottS bnSvThe e ^^?iTpubU® teplien8 theae prisoners was convicted for any of-
The substance of tbit telegram, in a I fense commtted after the passage of the
modified form, and without the last sen-1 Act of jlq^L
tence, was sent by telegraph to the South-1 A® we understood it, and still under-
ern Press, and published some days ago stand it, it was under the Ku-Klux Act
in The Sun, as well as other dailies in of 1871 that martial law was declared in
the South. several counties of South Carolina, and
In answer to divers inquiries about arrests made • of parties under it,
copious extracts; space and time, now- itreceivetl f rom various sources, and es- who were then prosecuted and convicted
ever, confine us to one only. This is | pec i a Uy nnder the invitation of the last of offenses alleged to have been commit-
sentence of the above quoted telegram, the passage of this act the act,
as it now appears, we have only to say, I under the provisions of which, they had
at this time, tnat we have, ns yet, receiv-1 been arrested, with the denial of the
In presenting his subject the learned and ed nQ communication froin the Attorney privilege of the writ oi Hahma Corpus.
distinguished author says: General upon the subject. If he has If are in error on this point, either
“ This love of local law, and the mado any replytothe petition referred I a» to any one, or all of these cases, we
“struggles to maintain it, are, in the t0j we do not know what has become of it. repeat, we shall, with due candor, stand
following pages set forth m a series Meantime, however, as the matter has corrected, as we always do, when the
“ of historical facts, in the hope that | b ^ before the public, we error is shown; We only stated it, in
mend Colons! A. M. Wallace to our feJow-citiisns
for nomination, and that »e pledge ourselves to
abide the nomination to the Democracy of the coun
ty.”
THE POLICE HOMICIDE.
Bolls Commits-d to Jail —Stewart
Bound Over.
“ judgment.” ■ :ioj. :i
We see inhere it -okme frdm. ’‘ HI w ^ -
.... . . .. i .. ^,,1 . . . I hla pocket. Suspectingtbatpossiblyh? had some oon-
When Will the “belly Of this revived. I cealed weapons, I ordered him once or twice to tak
-r, nf hishandoutofhia’pocket. Hedid aojprssently.'and
Buzite, SO filled with the new Wine • of I in aoing a->, pieced it rather ih a menacing attitude,
, ,, .. „ ■ ... ... . T . hand irom his pocket, I observed the flash and re-
ens? Wo slldl wait nr that event. In Oort of apiatol, and I interred that Mr. Bolin dis-
tho nieaDtime, however, we shall remain | “££••*£?■£
I lingered t ! -ere
'I'HM POLLS.
A Perfect Plafae of llekrt*—A TV ni pelt
of Voices—A Multitude of Vo
ters, and a Simoon
of Dust.
It Is the settled purpose of this reporter on the
eve of snether day of nomination In thi*
county, to spend many hours in “fasting and
prayer,” for the chanoes are that he will never am
the light of day again.' Awaking yesterday morning,
the first thing that attracted hia attention was a sig
nificant handwriting on the Wail; «• For Sheriff; J.
O. Harrit." Startled at this phenomenon, ha was
about to invesUgate it, when, to hia dis
may, it suddenly disappeared, and the
name "Far Sheriff; Perkerson,” appeared »n^
disappeared on the same spot, like a Hitting shadow
in the morning sunshine. A tremendous deafening
uproar ws* heard out doors, he saw about 6,000 oar-
itage*flying by at rapid^apeed; *»ch one ^bearing,
iu Hauling placard*, the names of Harris and Per-
sersou. iUepUoarus had sciuahy Leeu reflected
upou the waMS ol too room.
Cogitating ou tut* phucaophical discovery he TO-
arueu xo uia toilet, uo was aooui to proceed when ha
found a blud-red paper iu hi* shoe,hearing tne nam
of d. B. Hoyle for T. 0.. Beoovering somewhat from
hia astonishment, he proceeded again when suddenly
there gleamed forth from the mistical depths oi ai*
socks, another uusteriou* document. ‘<D. p. mij t
for the Lejiilature." Gathering his hat, he ob
served it filled witn tickets ol a thousand vanties.
Pulling out ms kauditeromei a host of the .jetnta
fell to the floor. Presently s young deluge of the
white-winged messenger* ol truth came flying pell.
n.idl into UtJ a*udoW.
Thinking that discretion was the better part of
valor, here*-lived to retire irom the place before ha
was submerged hf tm* locosi-like plague of tickets.
So opening tne door he was aooui to beat a precipi
tate retreat down stair*, when to hia utter set mien-
mouc, a* waa confronted and oeeieged by a .nultl-
tude of person* otclnmiug: •• Voted?" "Jure’*
ticket.” "Say.here’ayour mau. 1 '‘Harris i* tho man.-’
Put him through boy *.” "Oul daru it John,you know
you’re lying." • Perkerson. put Peikersou on.
Harris’ made too much money already." "Say.
won'tyou take a drink." "Gome with me. HtrrisaU
right aooordiug to Hoyle." *-0, you vote as yon
darned please." “Bill, by hoky, get off my toes.**
‘0, Pike Hul's your man, l know—the great cham
pion of tne Democracy." "What did you sayt*
IP* a lie—an iufernal lie.’’ Say, mako for these
Hoyle men.” “Stop there, you fool.” -You’re
another, darn you.” "O, Hill’a a oat, he
is,” “81^ did you call me a lie?”
Perkersoua's the.” "O, Harris is a." -Liar,”
Liar.” Hold him back. “Murder,” "Fire.”
Thunder nil iigutm-ig," "dunder and blitzen.”
Ding, doug, lieig.io.'’ "l'uthim out;” end during
the confusion'this reporter made hie escape to the
iront gate, where uewas met by another delegation.
Having promised to vote for every one of them he
was at length exonsed, when he rushed to town tn
hi,ate. Alter being halted X63 times, he finally
reached the polls, where the strife and turmoil anfl
disti nction and tumuli were terrific.
Here Mr. Reporter: you voted?” "V 0 .<■ v
* lickot—good man-voto for him.”
as quiet and patient under the oensure of w fr^.°gfeU “ground, .hot.
fault finders from all quarters as ever.
Whether we be “wise” or “foolish,” we
have a profound conviction [tlijit the
election ot Mr, Greeley to the Presiden-
* moment to learn the actual condition of the negro;
and I believe that at one time I had my pistol in my
hand, though I did not use it. I then hurried to
the calaboose to inform the officers of the occur*
renoe.”
After Mr. Stewart’s statement, Mr. B. H. Thrasher
, „ , . opened the argument for the prosecutisn. newas
cy of the United States, by the Democ- followed by Ca,H. John A. Stephens and Mal.s. B.
racy, with an indorsement by them of S^or’w/a^n^con^fuded^b^
his ideas Of “Constitutionalism,” immlA evidence and the argum.nt,
be among the worst, if not the worst po- I the Court ordered that Mr. Bolin be committed to
.... . , .. . ... ... jaU on the charge of murder, and required Mr.
lltical calamity that could befall tills I Btewart to give a bond of $1,000 on a charge of as-
* n-nd “ -indhtrifiTit sault and battery. The court then adjourned,
country, and tms juagmeni Mr. Bolin was sent to jail and Mr. Stewart, we
W6 8hall Continue to proclaim, not-1 learn, gave the required bind,
withstanding all tho railings of all the A Gentleman Dies Suddenly in s Court
Temacites, Naamuthites, Shuhites and ' Koom *
Buzites of the day combined together, I Yesterday afternoon this entire community waa
"How'b Harris running ?•• -Wavahead w.„ .GH'*
"Oh well it’s no use to help hlj th^’” 1 B^t^top
air. I don’t know—I waa juat guessing P
Going on further, some one saluted us- •< Vnn*i«
a Perkeraoa man, I know.*’ *• How’s h* '
“Seven hundred [a head.” -Poor Harris mi^ta
for him just to help him out.” "Oh*lL v l
Idon't kuow;_I heard Perkerson was 3go behind.’*
f’Sorrytohesrit, sir; but l’U always vote^Ute
strongest man.’’ “Weil, friend, I kmw P^i^
"“goLm m “ hour ’ Vota for Wm!*
Going still further, ^ WM announced that BUI
Blalock ws* elected
cobonxk;
and upon the strength of .uis announcement, he
proceeded to make au exhibiuou oi hi* *knl and
knowledge 'of ‘the business. Bo calling aoieu wit*
nesses, he approached a drunken mau who waa lying
prostrate ou the gtouud, and auuionishing them
thai H wash.» lli»t sulij.jct aud fi.at inquest, he
wauted to sit over it with proper dignity; so calling
upon them to witness him, he proceeded to ait
on the case, which he did by placing -himself
astride the drunk mau. After a few iu incuts of
rileut observation, he pronounced ju ’gmeut: -this
m*n is not dead, but he sleepeth;* aud, consider*
from tho preface, and from this the na
tnre, design and general scope of the
work can be judged and appreciated.
... , £ , v * i Mr. Turner, who was a naan of wealth and leiaure,
Subject, as we have always Heretofore had, a few moments previous to his death, taken his
'seat in the court room, about 4 p. m,, during tne
done on similar questions, to the test of
the future.- A. H. S.
The Award for the Alabama Claims.
The Geneva Arbitration has closed its I
from
D prisoners auuaea to; ana we aeem it v i,UD '““"w . t?v
“the annals of other States of the ^ LqnaUy proper, in this connection, that we presented that, as a strong view for
uThtofoam. wonld snow that thev. too. I the ghoaldknow what that ap ^| Executive consideration.^
peal was. It was in these words: m ' L “
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Thirteen, would show that they, too,
“ jvero animated by the same spirit to
“ struggle for the same object.
« Nor is there now any reason for the
“decay of that spirit, or the cessation of
4« those struggles. After the States had
“ ceased to be Colonies, and had formed
“ their own separate Constitutions, they
■“proceeded, in due time, unitedly, to
“form the present Federal Constitution,
“ ns supplementary to the State Consti-
4 ftions.
"They so adjusted the Federal Con
stitution to the State Constitutions,
“that nnder a two-fold Government, the
“internal concerns of each State conld
“be taken care of by local laws tnacted
“by itself, while the external concerns of
“the whole, conld betaken care of by
“the Federal laws enacted by the States
“in Congress Assembled.
“Thus the States are separated as to
“one class of interests, and united as to
“ another class. Thus, too, as separated,
“the States, each of them, can pass
“such local laws as it sees fit, within the
“limits of its reserved rights; and the
“States, as limited, can pass such Fed-
“eral laws as they see fit, within the
“ limits of their delegated powers. Un-
“der this two-fold government, with two
“ sets of laws, with two sets of agents,
“ the problem is to keep eaon State gov-1 „
“eminent on its own domain within the
“limits of its reserved rights, and to
“keep the Federal Government on its
“own domain within the limits of its
“ delegated powers.
“If this problem shall not be worked
“out, our two-fold Government may be
“come the worst Government on earth.
“If it Bhall be worked out, accordmg to
“the original idea of the founders of the
“smaller Republics, the separate States,
“and of the larger Federal Republic,
“the United States, it may beoome the
“best Government on «arth.”
It would be difficult to find, anywhere,
in fewer and apter words, the grand ideal
of our American systems of local self-
government than is clearly set forth in
the above short extract Irom Dr. Fow
ler’s preface to this most, interesting
treatise.
We commend the entire work to tne
careful pci usai and close study of all who
appreeia e tbc .ibertiee of tneir country
and who would maintain in tbeir place
the foundations on which those liberties
rest. A. H. S.
[copy.]
“Liberty Hall, Crawfordvillb, Ga„
“ 6th August, 1872.
“ To Eis Excellency,
“ U. & Grant,
“ President of the United States
“ Washington, J). C.
“My Dear Sir:
“ Of my own accord, I make an appeal
“ to your Excellency, for clemency and
“ mercy in behalf of till those prisoners
*• now suffering in Penitentiaries nnder
«» sentence of courts in several States of
“ the Union for a violation of the : Act of
“ Congress generally known as the Ku-
“ TTlnv Act—or for violations of the En
forcement Acts of Congress, under
“ prosecutions founded upon the last
“ named Act.
*» Not a single one of these parties is
“known to me, norami acquainted, in
“ the slightest degree, with the nature or
“ character of the charges brought against
“ them, nor with the facta upon wkieh
“ the conviction of a single one of them
“was ionnded. My appeal is simply
for clomGney and mercy. It is found
“ed upon these considerations:
“ 1. My impression from what I have
“ seen in the newspapers is, that all the
convictions rest upon prosecutions for
offenses committed before the passage
“of the Kn-Klux Act. It is, I believe,
“ well-known, that 1 was utterly opposed
“ to all those combinations known as
“ Ku-Klax organizations. I have, all my
“life, been for law and order. Without
“ therefore saying anything about out-
“ rages of this sort, either in extenna-
“ tion or condemnation, before the pass-
“ age of tne Act of 1871 for their snppres-
“sion by theFedaral anthorites, Irepeat
“ that my impression is that no one in
“ whose behalf I make this application,
“ committed the offenselor which he is
‘now suffering after the passage of tha
Act. This view of the case r it seems
to me, should have weignt with your
Excellency. . * :uol V •»;. P.
“2. The great purpose of the Govern-
“ meut, it seems to me,lifts been aooom-
“ plished. I believe that no one sow has
“ any serious apprehensions of any fur-
“ ther distorbaixes of this Bort; indeed,
“as I said before, none, sal believe, have
“occurred since the postage oi the act
“ for their suppression by Federal an-
r ‘‘thority.
With this exposition, for the present,
we forbear all further comments, until
we see the Attorney-General's response
to the appeal thus made, and see wherein
he shows onr understanding of the facts
to be incorrect. A. H, S.
Tile flippant, “ Not So,” Hr. ** Har
per,” ot tbe Columbus Enquirer, once
more.
This restless, fault-finder, so full of
Greeleyism, seems as determined to
scribble, as his great prototype did, to
talk. He comes back upon us with a
terrible discharge of words. In the
whole, however, there is nothing that
nses to the dignity of what could be
properly'considered as much as an at
tempt to gainsay, or deny our position;
that Mr. Greeley has ever held and now
holds, that neither the States, nor the
people of the States, have any rights in
the regulation of their internal civil af
fairs, which are not. “subject” to the
control cf the Central Authorities.
We, therefore, dismiss that point at
issue without further comment. A few
words only we submit on another:
The chief aim of this Mr. “Harper” in
his last volley, seems to have been to re
tort upon us for saying that, in his fault
finding against us, he “ most strikingly
illustrated the character of Elihu tbe
Bnzite.”
But even in this respect he is as unfor
tunate as he was unsuccessful in sustain
ing any of his “NotSo’s” ; for in his re
tort he has but confirmed the comparison
we made.
His reply is a counter reference to an
other verse in Job, to-wit: the9lh, of the
32d chapter. That verse as used by him
and applied to us in these woros:
9. Great men are not always wise; neither do
the aged understand, is judgment.”
He may think this very appropriate
material for his purpose. On this point
,vre shall raise no issue -with him.
But to whom, we ask, is he indebted
for it ? The same identical Elihu the
Bnzite ! He thus exhibits himself as not
only acting tee cnaraeter, but in his ex
tremity. falling back for support on the
very wores of his illusmous prototype.
It was, as all Bible readers well
know, after hia senior associate
faultfinders had utterly failed to
move tha equanimity of ttA great
Local Matters.
owned and operated successfully anextensire plan-
tation. Upon adopting Atlanta as his home, h* pur
chased the Wm. Bushion place on McDonough street,
where he has been residing up to the time of his
■■■ , . sudden death. He was an nonest, old-time gentU-
THE Gebhan Mkeiiso.—In response to s notice man, and had the esteem of all who knew him. He
in the morning papers s number of persons—Ameri- was about 60 years oi age at the time of his death.
cans, Irish, etc., as wallas Germans assembled last learn that his family and Irian da have been ap-
chub, »o nauuo u »» prehensive of this sudden mlsfortnne for some time
night at tne Garden, opposite the CapitoL
John Ficken announced the object to be to corn
aider the Immigration bill passed by the late Legia
lature, and to get the views of the various candL
dates on the subject.
D. P. wm being called on, addressed them, de.
claring he was a Greeley man, and was in favor of
every Dutchman voting tor him. He wanted to go
to tho Legislature.
L.H. Alexander was opposed tothemeeting.lt
currence Blalock's ticket ran like wild-fire.
The candidates all being our personal friends,
and feeling an into-eat iu the r success, we approach*
ed them individually, and enquired of their pros
pects. We were assured by ah, novel-ally aud singly,.
that he was most certainly u.ected. Rejoicing In this
Milieuium like happiness, every candidate being
undoubtedly elected, e were about to retire from
the field oi battle, wondering how both Rides could
be victorious, when it was announced th\t the polls
were closed.
The 'ast scene was niie iu which two opposing
candidates were endeavoring to vole for each other.
Presently sotno peraeu Knocked one of them down
with a car load oi tickets, which becoming a signal
for casting away the. tickf ls, in a moment space
above and around was g.it r-riug with ibe blazonry
and picturesque splendor of lOu.UiX) "red, white anil
blue" papers, which showered uoa-n forming a tab*
leau in the evening sun-light.
We want every candid*.., to understand that
preliminary investigation of Messrs. Stewart and
Bolin, charged with tho murder of the negro New-
ton Irving, which was progressing in the Superior
Court room at the City Hall. Mr. S. B. Spencer was
addressing the Court in behalf of the prisoners, and
was within a few feet of Mr. Turner, who had come
simply as a spectator.
Suddenly and unexpectedly Mr. Turner was ob-
labors and awaided damages against tlie I served to throw his head back and gasp, and his
. . . , throat swelled instantly to extraordinary dimen-
Gbvermnent of Great Britain for an al- aions. it was suppoeed at first that it was only a
, , , c momentary spasm, and several gentlemen rushed
leged Want of duo diligence in not pro- I t 0WM( ig him to relieve him; but upon reaching him,
Venting tho Confederate cruisers which I hough it was only * moment, Mr. Turner waa
WAVA hnilt in thfi kingdom dnrinthe fottn'i breathless. He had ceased to breathe in a
were DUllt in tne Kingaom auring suc moment, life was entirely extinct ins minute, and
war from leaving Her waters: he had died without uttering a word. >
“ fpiio oryrrrAfrcitA nwftrd is. fiftafin and Several unavailing efforts were made to revive I We want every ci
I He aggregate a r> ara. 1& III teen ana j hj mi qjy chafing his hands, face and limbs. 8pirits I votad for him, thus securing uia eleuti»n, lor which
One-half millions of dollars, of Which were administered fruely to his person, and other favor we return our mo,t grateful compliments aud
tho nmnnnt award-“d to individuals is I restoratives applied, but all without effect. He was heartfelt thanks, and hope these few lines will finfl
... t-nA nnn a j.v,„ Qf„i no I hopelessly dead. I them enjoying the mmo blessing t
$11,g00,000, and to the United States I He was taken from the chair, transferred to the P. S. It >s btated on authority of our best citizen*
about $1,000,000, for expenses inourred jnry-room, and placed upon a temporary Utter that all the candidates, tnough they have thus bean
in tho rinranit of the Alabama Shenan- ^here further attempts were mide to re-nve him, thrust forward aa the nominees of the party against
in tne pursuit OI tue ikiauama, oueuau ^t ^ithoutsncceas. ’ their inclination, wiU forego aU personal influences,
doah and Florida. Un all questions Of 1 Physicians were called, but too late to render any aud accept the nominations tendered them. Such
international importance the arbitrators service. Upon an examination, they decided that forbearance, fortitude, patriotism and mageammity
„ 1 ‘X thQ TV, An ATT onjavrl Hiv he bad died of apoplexy. At the moment of hia deserve* the higheat commendation; and we trust
were a unit, un tne_ money awara air I Mr. Turner turned suddenly very nle but ihey will be rewarded for sacrificing private advan-
Alexander Cockburn thought $15,000,000 in a moment hia face was suffused with black spots, tage to nubile good,
too bid E SUm for John Bull to pay to andlt waa supposed, that this'was occasioned by tbe
Tv ,1. h , . . ■ , ,5, breaking of a blood veBseL He was kindly cared
allay the fiery patriotism of the United f 0P> *nd immediately taken to bis residenceon'Mc-
States claimants; and therefore, did not Donough street. •
sign the award, and Count Sclopis virtu- IS
ally coincided with the gallant Admiral. He has been a citizen of Atlanta about a year and &
This ends the question.” I Half, having removed here from Alabama, where ho |
Incidents of tlie “ ursnd RouiemeaL”
Some time since, a gentleman of this this city,
formerly a most enthusiaatlo supporter of Grant,
[one ot the speakers at the "Grant-Ureeley Rouse-
inent,”] becoming dissatisfied with his political
affiliation, changed his base and went over to Gree
ley, hoping thereby to ameliorate his pecuniary dr*
cnmstances. Having deliberately resolved upon
this course, ho sat down and addressed a note to
Horace Greeley, asking for three or four thousand
dollars, with which to commence the campaign, and
resolute in a determination to canvass the State for
ths land-lord ot Chappaqua.
In response to this formal application, Mr. Etham
past. Mr.Tanuerhascomplldiiedof anaffectionof ^ wrote that there were no fund, in their
the heart, and has suffered with reaUeas nights for WOUld
several davs past We trust that tha in licatilm* nf exert aU hla efforts in Mr. Greeley’s behall.
several aays past, we trust tnat tne indications of | The gtntleman wag Bore i y diaappomted. He did
not care a ‘Vontinenta 1 red’’ lor Greeley. He
approaching dissolution were sufficiently apparent to
prepare, in a degree, the family for the sad news of i
his death.
‘sidewipin’ around after the orthography of money,”
aud he was very much uiortihed that hi*proposition
was treated with such ind-fference.
He, however, observed in the Constitution that
Bchurz, Biown and Yoorhees (the gentlemen who
delivered such eloquent addresses in tbe "Greeley
Temple, Humbug-Square, a few days since) would
lie here, and be tui ther learned that Mr. Greeley
would be piesentat tbe "Grand Rouaement."
At this announcament he took courage. He da*
The Nominating Meeting Last Night
At the meeting of the Jeffersonian Democratic
Club last night at James’ Half, Col. A. M. Wallace,
Vico President, presided.
„ , .On taking the chair he made an earnest address,
had been called for tho purpose of farthering the In* showing that,Demoorats as such conld not support __ __ _ _
teresta of a certain candidate, which waa contrary Greeley., In hia address he expressed the opinion I termined to have a peraenal interview with Mr.
to the true interests of the German and foreign ale ***** but Greeley when he came, aud to this end exercised a
1 one man as a candidate for the Legislature, in ac- constant vigilance over the regiaur of the Kimball
I coroAnce wiUi OY^rturei thit Uftd been madeb/ tbe j Hou&o. boine mischievous boytt, determined to plaj
A* Ginxberger thought the Dutch were much im. J leaders of the Greelejr Democrats, a*jd submit his J ^ rractical Jose, Quietly registered the name of Hor*
posed on. The bill was an imposition on the Dutch- ** ^ priiaary “osuinating election aot Greeley, at the hotel.
* ~ _ , * . I on oaiuraay* I 11 was sooa o’jseryed by the indefatigable gentle^
men. There was not a German or a Foreigner in Capt. Bray moved that a committee of seven be min, whereupon he deliDerateiy adjusted his spec-
the Legislature, yet the} had negroes there. He appointed to prepare business for the meeting, tactes, and instituted a thurough search for the old
thought* Dutcumau as good aa a negro, aud the w^M.VaK^; Wt^m^HMf B^^t! r'a^s
smeU of Sauer Kraut as pleasant as the oders ol Smith, Calvin Fay, R. C. Young, and R. M. Wall.—
Africa. He did not specially favor the running and I These retired to prepare business for the meeting.
'««<*». »«* —*
office who were friendly to, and would do justice to plauded. Sidney DeU also addressed the meeting
tne Dntch.
Samuel Weil denounced the Immigration bill—!
said he waa for Greeley, and wanted. Dntch, Irish
and natives to vote for him for the Legislature.
Others made short addresses, and the meeting ad
journed.
The meeting was a jolly one which aU seemeu to
enjoy—judging from the extent to which they in*
daiged in Lager Beer.
It seems that this meeting, called by Germans to
eviewing at length the difference between the
Straight Democrata and Greeley Democrats. At the
conclusion of his address, the oommittee retained
and submitted a resolution that a committee of five
be appointed, who shall, on Saturday, present to
the primary elections in the county the name of
Col. Alcxande. M. Wallace as the candidate of tho
Jeffersonian Democracy for the Legislature; and if
he shall be chosen aa one of the three candidates
for Fulton county, when the Straignt Democracy
will make no further nomination, but support tbe
t.cket for members of the Legislature which shall
be ao chosen.
Col. Wallace begged to be excused and desired
discuss their objections to a certain law, and to get I a^mA other nomination to be w»sa
tbe views of candidates for tbe Legislature upon it, j Mr. H. K. Shackleford, one ol the Vice-Presi
was, in a measure taken possession of by other par- ^ enta of th* Dlub. took the Chair and pat the reso-
, . . . . , J I muon, which was unanimously adopted, and atter
ties, uninvited, who diverted it^na great measure I bejhg urgently appealed L' by several CoL Wallace
from its legitimate object. They were. Intruders, consented to alio»• the nae of hi* name.
with selfish purposes to serve, who took part in .he ®\£* Smith- ^ 8idn ®J D* 11
. . . V , „ ’ , and Wm. M. Bray were appointed s Committee to
proceedings and seemed to control tbe crowd, all of ^ rry 0Qt the action of the ctno.
which was quite displeasing to those who tailed the A Finance Committee was appointed, after which
meeting. Such complaints are made. I Hie meeting adjourned
The proposition has been made by s number of Iks nil frightened." ...
! the Greeley Democratic leaders, that if the Jeffer- “See here; you’re a darned fool, and if y
surveyed the billiard room, looked through
the parlors, traversed the halls, examined the clos
ets aud searched the house throughout.
At last he discovered an old genueman sitting in
the vestiouie, who wore a self-complacent smile, and
a pair of spectacle*, which, together with other pe
culiarities of his person, led the gentleman to be-
hove he was Horace Greeley. Taking out hia eye
glass he scrutinized the old fellow from "afar off,’’
as if hesitating to venture near.
Becoming emboldened he approached nearer, and
made a series of cautions observations. Presently
he discovered that the old fellow had a genuine
"white hat," when all doubts and fears were elleno-
ed, and he rnsned forward to jump across the
bloody chasm," and seized the astonished gentle
man by the band, he exclaimed: "Welcome, Mr.
Greeley, I extend to you the right hand of fellow
ship. I shake bloixl-a-a—I shake blood across the
handy chasm! Let ua bury the past; let us forgive
and forteax; let us look to our selv—a-let us look to
the future, and—’’
"Pray, compose yourself, my friend. I am not
Her—’’
On, air, I know yon’re not horrified, for I am
your friend. 1 will work for you. I only need a
little—a little mu-money, to carry the election in
Georg.a.”
"Y'iu are mistaken, friend; I am not Hor—”
No reason why yon shonid be horrified. Don’t
The Effort to Harmonise.
Tbe Straight Democracy Thursday night nomi
nated CoL A. M. Wallace for tbe House of Repre- 1
aentatlvea, in response to overtnres from prominent _
leading Greeley Democrats, both verbally and j to acceede to this proposition, and they did so.
through the Conrlilulion—the Greeley men to nomi-1 — t —-* I while ths rumor that Horace Greeley waa in the
nate him and two ether* to-day, and the Straight* to BTsanomso.—Yesterday wo aaw a young gentle- city waa prevalent some one was pointed out to tha
support me three thus nominated. man, about twenty yean of age, who belongs to one d t r news-boys aa the old Chappaqua chap. This
The "Straight’’ committee met the Greeley Ex- of the most widely known and respectable families I annocnoement seemed to be the aigosl for* general
ecutiva Committee last evening—T. W: J. Hill in in Georgia, who has been affected from infancy with ] assault. About twenty-five of the impudent little
the chair—making the proposition. It wme dis- atammortag to snch a degree as to be'painful and urchin* crouded around him, took hi* hat, stole hia
cussed over two honrs. mo«tdisagree*ht«. He had been with Dr. Mosee, I handkerchief, pulled his coat tail, and tantalized
Tbe Greeley committee all this while insisted on J whose advertisement appears in thi* morning's I film in every oonostvnble wm, until tormented bo*
au arrt t ‘ ln 8 to the proposition, ex.ept to submit I Spar, only two days, and waa able to converse and I yond forbearance, H» lalohatl, and rush*
Cel. Waite's name to tbe primary election to-day, { read wit* bat very little hesitancy, the Impediment 1B g frantically to the depot, left on ths next train,
and support him if nominated,,and -he Straights be I being vary slight Indeed. We ter* no doubt h*
bound to support whatever ticket may be nominated, will be perfectly cured of this very disagreeable im*
w&Kher' Col. Wallace be one of the three or not. I perfection th loss than a week.
Finally tha Conference dissolved, and most of the j , ——t W
Committee on both. side*, left with this disagree- j Rnoosmup.—The case or Polk MlU'X. whs was
axemptar ol Homan Patieqcc, *H»t stnSTntm.iy-.^. J-rSKtwiy
flippant “Not so” JBIihn, entered the Ki
1 for driartfng his with, Wss
rbitrated yssSsrdsy. ltUleT and bU wife mad*
com promise., and reaqi sad tolire together, with
wm* n**u mc«3 aaw vioer nerisDDawuvu’uu.A, — -Hi ctave fieiet mlnatf on X5“grln and bear ft.”
Thx Knesau. Hooax.—We hi-ar
thara will be a change in the proprii
Kimbai House hotel in this oity
that tbe successor of the pn
either Mr. NichoUs, of
the Brown
change w
