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THU. ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30. 1872.
Tin: ATLANTA NUN
FROM OUR DAILY EDITION OP
Thursday, October? 24. 1872.
An Important Matter, and One which
Should l>e Clearly Understood and
Definitely Settled.
Wo clip from a late issne of jbe Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph ar.d Messenger the follow
ing :
The Law with Rboasd to Sepiiu.i*T:ckits,
OoL Hardemsn. Chairman of the pemocrmtlcSUto
BxecntlTe Committee, sent the following ditpetch
yesterday to tho Hon. F. W. Blocem, Chairman of
the Democratic Congrea-lonal Committee at Wash-
iDgtOB :
Macon, October 18,1872.
Hon. a. Ir. Stoeum, Washington City:
Doee the law of Congreee require separate ballot
boxes for President and CoDgreeemenT
T. hasdckan, Je., Chm’n Ex. Com.
To which the following answer was received:
* Washington. D. C., October 18,1872.
To T. Hardman, Jr.:
The law requires separate tickets, not separate
ballot-box-*. H. W. Slocum.
This information Is important, and we ask our
Democratic exchanges to copy it. This law had es
caped our observation, and, we doubt not, that of
our cotemporaries generally.
We confess we do not understand
the meaning of Gen. Slocum about "se
parate tickets," nor do we know to what
law of Congress on the subject he alludes.
The law doubtless, makes the matter
clearer than his telegram does.
Does he m«an by separate tickets that
the names of the electors for President
aBd Vice President shall be on distinct
and separate pieces of paper; or that on
the same paper the names of the electors
be distinctly designated and separated
from the name' of the candidate voted
for, for Congress ?
The latter has been the uniform coarse
in this State heretofore; that is, the
ticket has first—
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,
with the names of the electors voted for
under this designation; then follows the
Congressional ticket under the separate
heading:
FOR CONGRESS,
with the name of the candidate or can
didates voted for andcr this designation.
In this way the tickets have ever been
considered os separate, though on the
same piece of paper.
Now, are we to understand that this
syste.il lias been changed by law of
Congress, and that each voter who is en
titled to vote for Presidential Electors
and for a member of Congress in his
District in this State, will be required to
hand in two separate and distinct bal
lots—one for President and Vice Presi
dent, and the other for member of Con-
On Monday the manifestations were
again renewed in a more wonderful and
frigl'tfnl manner. While a company of
ladies and gentlemen were seated in one
of the rooms of the house, a hog sud
denly appeared in the middle of the
floor, and without the slightest manifes
tations of fear, executed a few manoeu
vres and evolutions, when it quickly re
treated to an adjoining room, where, in
full view of the company, it suddenly
vanished like a ghostly apparition.
An old sea Captain, who baa been an
eye witness to all the phenomena and
strange demonstrations incident to a
sailor’s life and several voyages around
the world, came to the place determined
to solve the mystery. He watched with
fixed attention for some time a smooth
ing-iron which heretofore, by its super
natural exploits, seemed to be ring-mas
ter of the game. Becoming exhansted
and thirsty, he longed for a bottle of the
“crater,” which he understood was in
theotber room, when instantaneously the
bottle fell on the floor at hie side. He
partook of the liquor, replaced the bottle
and resumed bis watch, but the bottle
disappeared as mysteriously as it came.
Mr. Surrency is represented as a man
of intelligence, and during the time of
these strange manifestations he has never
been able to offer any explanation of
them. Despairing of any relief from
each weird demonstrations, he has de
termined to abandon the place. *
It is confidently believed that the hu
man agency, which directs these phe
nomena, it is supposed, will soon appear.
Until then, let the superstitions indulge
their fancy and the philosopher puzzle
his brain for a solution of the mystery.
INTERESTING TRIAL IN PIKE
COUNTY.
Bnlloclx’s Pardon Investigated.
This is the point which we say should
be clearly understood, and definitely set
tled—and that, too, as soon as possible.
If our old system is changed in this
particular, it will introduce some confu
sion at the polls. Every voter who ex
ercises Lis right of franchise in full, will,
in point of fact, vote twice—once for
Electors and once for member of Con
gress; and both tickets will be deposited
in the box, will have to be numbered
separately.
If this bo the law let it be strictly com
plied with; but let voters everywhere as
well as managers of elections, know the
fact in time. A. H. S.
THE DEVIL AND HIS AGENTS AT
WORK.
Mysterious Spiritual Manifestations.
Haunted House Alive with Supernatur
al Demonstrations.
From the Macon papers we learn that
some strange phenomena have appeared
recently at the residence of Mr. A. P.
Sorrency at station No. 6, on the Macon
& Brunswick Bailroad in Appling county.
Supernatural demonstrations of no re
markable character, it seems, have been
frequent there for the last twenty years,
bnt it was not until Thursday, 10th inst.,
that they became incomprehensible,
olent, and even frightful.
A reporter of the Telegraph and Mes-
iger visited the scene of these miracu
lous phenomena, from whose account we
ibtaiu the following facts:
Mr, Surreucy’s house is a two-story
o ucuse, plastered and weather-
arded. Mr. Surrency, on returning
omc Thursday, the 10th inst., was as-
mished to observe the glass goblets be
gin to tumble off the slab, and the crock
ery to roll from the table, and foiling on
the floor, break into a thousand atoms.
Books, brick-bats, pieces of wood,
smooth ibg-irons, bisouits, potatoes, tin
pans, buckets, pitchers and numerous
other articles flew about the hoase pro
miscuously, without rny visible cause.
They seemed to spriDg up involuntarily,
and often were never seen to move nntil
they were shattered to atoms at the feet
or against the wall.
On Suuday morning the strange phe
nomena were renewed. The first de
monstration occurred abont eight
o’clock, when a pair of scissors which
had been lying on a distant table were
observed to descend on the hearth. A
brick, which had been lying near the
fire in one room, was seen to fall in ano
ther, apartment of the hoase, producing
a load noise. Pieces of crockery were
shattered against the doors, but no one
saw them move, until they were broken
to pieces by the sadden percussion against
the door.
Late in the afternoon, while all the in
mates of the house were at their supper,
a noise was heard in an adjoining room.
A gentleman was promptly at the door,
the winaows were all secured, and it was
impossible for any one to escape without
being observed. Presently a book fell
in the passage, wbich only a few mo
ments previous was certainly’seen in the
book case.
The Monroe Advertiser gives the par
ticulars of an important trial for mnrder
at the late session of Pike Superior Court.
Some three years since, John A. Dom
inick shot and killed his father-in-law,
Robert Pilkington. He fled, and while
he was gone, through the aid of friends,
among whom was Hon. Thomas J. Speer,
now deceased, he obtained a pardon from
Bollock.
“ Soon after the pardon was granted,
at the instance of Mr. Speer, who claim
ed that he had been imposed on by the
friends of Mr. Dominick, Bollock revok
ed the pardon. The Superior Court af
terward held that Bullock could not re-
voko the pardon. In the trial of the
case, the counsel for the State and pros
ecution attacked the pardon on tbe
ground of its being fraudulently obtain
ed. The jury returned a verdict sustain
ing the pardon, which was an en<l of the
matter, as far as Mr. Dominick was con
cerned.”
NEWS.
The Oolnmbus Enquirer of the 22d
instant says a late fire at White Snlphnr
Springs, Meriwether connty, consumed
a store and a portion of the goods—loss,
S3,000—partly insnred.
We notlo° from the Savannah Daily
Advertiser that Mr. A. R. Lamar has as
sumed control of the editorial columns
of that papers, and proposes to make it
a more welcome visitor to readers. The
Advertiser is already an interesting pa
per, and is as neat as a pin in its person
al appearance. Success to our new bro
ther.
The Washington Gazelle and Warren-
ton Clipper support Gen. DnBose for
Congress.
W. K. DeGraffenreid and Dr. Stro-
hecker, of Macon, Ga., were in Nash
ville lost week, on business connected
with the Macon & Knoxville Railroad.
They have just returned from New York,
where it is said they have made arrange
ments to ensnre the completion of the
road.
The Commencement exercises
of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Alabama, located at Auburn, will
begin with the Commencement Sermon
by Rev. G. H. W. Petrie on next Sun
day, the 27th instant On v Monday, an
address by Hon. Jas. Hodoson, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction in Alabama,
on “The Value of Educated Labor to a
State.”
The exhibition of the Wirt Library
Society takes place on Monday evening,
when the annual address will be delivered
by Hon. Wm. F. Samford.
On Tuesday there wilt be a grand
Military Review and reception of the
Governor by the Board of Directors ana
Cadets, an Agricultural addreess by
Hon. 0. C. Langdon, and the Exhibi
tion of the Websterian Society. On
Wednesday the Degrees will be con
ferred, and Gen. A lpheos Baker will de
liver a Literary address.
Death or an Aged Citizen.
The Griffin News of yesterday records
the death of Col. Leonard Worthy, of
that city, at fifteen minntes before three
o’clock in the morning of yesterday.—
He was about 84 years old, and had been
very low for some time. The News
speaks of him as one of the noblest works
of God.
Wm. Dougherty.—The Columbus En
quirer of the 22d says he was the second
by birth of three brothers who acted a
prominent and honorable part in the
politics and legal business of Georgia
and Alabama. They were Charles, Wil
liam and Robert—all men of strong
minds and excellent personal qualities,
and all now deceased.
The Geoegia Western Railroad.—By an ad
vertisement of this Company in The Sex. it will bo
Been that the Stockholders of this Road are called
upon to pay in ten per cent, installments of their
subscribed stock on the tenth days of November,
December and January next.
Maj. Wallace, tbe Eogineers, and Contractors, are
all pushing their work vigorously.
Oar Neighbor, the Coastltatleia, Agala
Rise* to Kxplota, bat eaa’t Explain.
In the issue of our neighbor, the Con
stitution, of the 23d inst., we find the
following, which we give our readers in
full:
"flowacT to eum Bo seme CojtsrrrcnoH.il. Obu-
oatiobs.”—Along, labored reply has been attempted
to oar article of a Say or two back on the above sub
ject. We eee nothing new In the reply to cell for
enewer. It le simply the amfllieetion of the qub-
ble, that we punctured, and lta painful elaboration
of argument ahowa that we made a centre shot.
Mr. Greeley's wiillagneee te subject himself to
“Constitutional obligations'' is praiseworthy and
ample ground tor supporting him. Had he declared
that subject to imcontUUtUonal obligations to main
tain the equal rights of cltiaens, etc., we could net
have supported him. Bnt since he holds himself sub
ject to the Constl.utlon and its limitations in main
taining the equal nghts of the cltiaens,then we have
nothing so fear ftsa his election.
Whet we want most, what she Democracy has
been battling for, and what is last in tbe grasp of
the people, throngb a support of Mr. Greeley by a
united Democracy, aided by Mr. Greeley’a constitu
tional Liberal Republican friends, is a willingness to
subject the country to the Coastltution and the lews
In parruance thereof, a willingness te obey consti
tutions and laws weather we lice them or not, until
time and experleaca can enable ns to alter them in
a constitutional and legal way. to alter, reform or
abolish whatever has been found injurious, and re
move what the intelligent legal discrimination of
the honest Jurists shall deem unconstitutional. e
Th# following questions are put to ns, wbich we
cheerfully answer:
“lat. Will he assame to deny that Mr. Greeley's
platform covers, and was intended to cover and jus
tify the whole “Radical policy’’ of “Reconstruo-
tloa.” with Its subversion of the itate Goveraments
by Federal bayonets?
“2d. Will he assame to deny that it covers and was
intended to cover and justify the whole policy 61
the Enforcement and Ku-Klux Acts?
“34. Will he assume to deny that Wr. Greeley, to
day maintains the principles and policy upon which
these usurpations rest?
“4th. Will he assame to deny that it is the object
of the Liberal Republican movement, so-called, to
build up anew party in these Statss, organized upon
Mr. Greeley’s doctrines?
“3th. Will he assume to reassert to the people of
Georgia that if they sleet Mr. Greeley, and sanction
these principles, “the Democrstio creed will once
more be triumphant?”
“6th. Will he assume to maintain that these mon
strons outrages ever were or ever should be held to
be in accordance with the principles of the Democra
cy of the United States?”
1st. We deny that Greeley’s platform justifies Rad
ical Reconstruction with its subversion of State
governments by Federal bsjonets.
ad. We deny that it justifies the Enforcement and
Ku-Klux Acts, ,
On the contrary the platfom enunciates principles
that antagonize the iniquities mentioned in:both of
theso questions.
3d. We deny that Mr. Greeley maintains the prim
ciples on which tnese usurpations rest. Not only
this, bnt he absolutely stands pledged to principles
that forever antidote and forbid them.
4th. We care not whai any Liberal Republican
may have for his object In the Liberal movement,
as to a new party. The success of the movement
vitalizes Democratic pNociples, put constitutional
ism into power, and secures rule to the Democracy.
6th. ffe do assert that the success of Mr. Greeley
as the Democratic candidate on tbe great principles
of 1 jeal keif-government contained In the Baltimore
platform wiU make the Democratic creed once more
triumphant.
Gth. Those monstrous outrages never were and
never should be in accordance with Democratic
principles.
Our neighbor certainly has very sin
gular notions about “quibbles,” and ex
ceedingly strange fancies about “centre
shots.”
He sees nothing new in demonstra
tions, as clear as mathematical truths,
that his candidate for the Presidency is
a “Radical” and “Centralist” of the
deepest dye, and therefore he has noth
ing to say in answer to them.
This seems to imply that he knew this
himself all the time, but thought it pro-
dent to keep the proof from his readers.
He is, therefore, mum upon the great fqct
that Mr. Greeley’s chief objeot, as an
nounced by himself in the beginning of
the canvass, was to defeat the Democratic
Party and to prevent the success of its
principles.
He is mum upon our exposure of his
erroneous quotation of Mr. Greeley.
He is mum upon our exposition of the
3d clause of Mr. Greeley’s pronunciamen-
to, and what is its clear and unmistaka
ble meaning.
He is mum upon all .these points ; but
to hide his exposure, or to prevent his
readers from even suspecting that any
exhibition of his deliuque ncy in this par
ticular has been made, he,with apparent
perfect self-composure, reiterates these
misquotations, as if they had not been
questioned.
With a nonchalance, amazing under
the oircumstauoes, he says:
Mr. Greeley’s willingness to subject himself to
“Constitntionsl obligations” is praiseworthy and
ample ground for supporting him. Had he declared
that subject to unconstitutional obligations to main
tain the eqnal rights of citizens, Ac., we could not
have supported him.
Now we had demonstrated beyond the
power of cavil or “quibble,” that Mr.
Greeley had not declared his “willing
ness to subject himself to ‘Constitu
tional obligations 1’ ” We had shown
beyond the power of cavil or “quibble
that our neighbor had not quoted him
oorrectly.
We had shown coudusively, that so
far from Mr. Greeley’s having declared
“his willingness to subject himself to
Constitutional obligations,” he had ex
pressly declared that it was the duty of
the Central Government to do what
“Constitutional obligations” bound it
not to do.
Had we not demonstated that this was
equivalent to his having said that he held
himself under -unconstitutional obligations
to maintain the eqnal rights of all the
citizens in the saveral States ? On this
complete exposure our neighbor is mum.
He doee, however, venture to open
his month on our concluding questions.
This he does after the manner of a sul
len, reluctant, cornered witness, who
neither faces the court or jury, nor even
recognizes his interrogator in Iris re
sponse, but with eyes upon the floor,
mumbles ont a short reply to one-third
part only of the questions propounded.
“We deny,” says he, “that Greeley’s
Platform justifies Radical Reconstruc
tion with its subversion of State Gov
ernments by Federal bayonets! ”
The question was: “Will he asssume to
deny that it covers, and was intended to
cover, and justify,” Ac. With the expo
sition before him, it seems that it was
more than he could screw himself up to,
under the pressure, to deny that Mr.
Greeley’s platform did cover, and was in-
iniquities attending the subversion Of *>«e:the subjection of the whites to the domination
of the blacks, avowedly In tbe service of psrty: tho
the governments of ten States of this
Union! These great crimes against Pub
lic Liberty—the rights of local self-gov
ernment—the sacred privilege of the
writ of Habeas Corpus—which Mr. Gree
ley aad his most “illiberal associates” at
the North perpetrated under what he and
they, claim to be the “ solemn constitu
tional obligation of the Central Govern
ment to maintain the equal rights of all
citizens,” will stand forever upon the re
cords of this country, and without a par-
rallel in the annnals of the world, in
their open and flagrant breaches of Pub
lic Faith, under the most “solemn of
constitutional obligations.”
Did not Mr. Greeley approve these atro
cities? Did he not urge their perpetration
for the avowed purpose of “ maintaining
the equal rights of all” the inhabitants
of these States? How, then, in the face
of these facts, and with Mr. Greeley’s
platform before him, can onr neighbor
deny, as he does in his 3d answer, that
Mr. Greeley now “maintains the prin
ciples upon which these usurpations
rest?”
H >s not Mr. Greeley again and again
avowed, since his nomination, that he
stands upon his record? Is he or not a
truthful man?
What we have said of our neighbor’s
answer to the first question, applies with
eqnal force to all his other denials.
We subjoin a few additional remarks
only, on his answers to the 4tb 5th and
6th questions.
It will be difficult, we apprehend, for
our neighoor to persuade sensible minds
that “Democratic principles can be vi
talized” by bringing into power men
whose whole lives have been devoted to
their extinction, and whose present
avowals are to carry out a policy which
will forever annihilate them!
It will be difficult, we apprehend, for
our neighbor to persnade sensible minds,
that that sort of “local self-government”
which Mr. Greeley holds to be *•' subject”
to the rightful power of the Central
Authority, is of any practical value to a
free people.
The last answer of our neighbor is
quite to the point. This we hail with as
much pleasure as we did his announce
ment last year when he said that when
the proper time came, he would “ strieb
AND STRIKE BOLDLY FOR THE EIGHT !
We can only express the wish that we
shall not hereafter be as much disap
pointed in the hope which these words
are calculated to inspire, as we have been
in the former announcement.
We can but trust that, after Mr.Greeley
is beaten, as he will be, and badly at that;
after this whole “ground swell move
ment” intended to “radicalize” the
Democratic party will utterly fail, as
it will—onr neighbor and all his “crook
ed associates ” in Georgia wiil have got
their fill of all “New Departure” de
vices, and will come back with an “un
compromising adherence” to the time-
, honored creed of the Jeffersonian De
mocracy. So may it be. A. H. S.
Vote non Greeley.—Let aU men who feel dis
posed to heip Grant by voting for O’Conor remember
Grant’s official message to Congress, that neither
life nor property are safe in the Sonth. Such an
utterance coming from such a source is a practical
blow at Southern prosperity. It keeps away capital
and immigration.—Atlanta Constitution, 24th October,
1872.
Let all men who feel disposed to helD
beat O’Conor by voting for Greeley re
member, also, that Grant’s message re
ferred toj was based, in part, upon Mr.
Greeley’s statement that five thousand
negroes in South Carolina alone had been
murdered by the whites—not one of
whom had been punished for the crime.
Let them remember, farther, that
Greeley had proclaimed, just before this
message, that any country which toler
ated the crimes which were perpetrated
in the Sonth “ought to be swept from
the face of God’s Earth.”
If such utterances, coming from snch
sources, “will keep away capital and
immigration,” will not the effect be the
same in case Mr. Greeley is elected as in
case of Grant’s election i A. H. S.
disfranchisement of the natural leaders among the j
whites that the sudden enfranchisement of the ser- j
vile race might work the worst possible mischief< ; j
the goverment of the Sonth by “force bills” and its
plunder by Intrusive) "carpet-baggers” deliberately
fastened on tha necks of t he whites with the conni
vance of Congreaa and with the rapport of the pres
ent Administration—ail these represent an atrocity
of purpose and a violence of oonduct which far
transcend the enormity of vindictive punishments
levelled against a few individuals under the sanction
of judicial process. —Hew York World, 20th October,
1872.
And wbo did so much in effecting all
these outrages and atrocities in the
Southern Slates, after the war, for the
Union was over, than Mr. Greeley, the
World's candidate for President ?
What act of usurpation, in any of these
particulars, has been committed by the
Radical Party daring General Grant’s
Administration, which Mr. Greeley did
not advise and urge, under his doctrine,
that the central authority is under “a
solemn constitutional obligation to main
tain the equal rights of all” the inhab
itants of the States;” even if it shall re
quire, not only the suspension of the
writ of Habeas Corpus— the Enforce
ment and Ku-Klux Acts—but the entire
subversion of the State Governments?
A. H. S.
B '*t collection ol seedlings, to cover season. Gun
10 OC; O T slid man, Bartow. Ga.
Beat summer p* ars. Cup. 8 >0: O T Sh-linsn.
Beat collection of seedlings. Cup, lu 00; C T Shel
man.
Beat fall peaches, Cup, 3 00; C T Phelraan.
Beat collection pe.vcher. Cup, 10 f0; J B Keys, Lt-
thoni-.
Beat collection quinces, Cup. 5 00; C TShelmaa.
Beat collection grapes, -Gup, 10 00; J Van Buren
Clarksville, Ga.
NURSEBT, FRUIT TRHRIt, SMALL FRUITS, FLOWERS, M.
Beat collection Southern seedling apples, Diploma;
T J Mercer, Snapping Shoals.
Geuerai collection Southern fruit trees. Diploma
and pitcher, 25 00; Ha-den, Cole A Co.
Bouquet, Pitcher, S 00; Miss Mamie Glover, city.
SIXTH DEPARTMENT — UOMI INDUSTRY HOKB
nmm.
Best butter, froth, net leae than five pounds, cnp,
10 00; Mrs Wm Phillips, Marietta.
Best display of dairy vessels and Implements, cup,
10 00; Harry Scott, Atlanta
Best soap, hard, hum# mad,, twenty pounAti
5 00; Mrs B fl UrooiubpaR, Atlanta.
Best jeilles, collection o(, 8 eu; Mrs Dr Johnson.
Beat preserved fruits, 8 00: Mrs Dr Johnson.
Best catsups, 8 00;JTOwon-, CartersTlUa,Ga.
Beat collection domestic wines, -jo ixi: J Van
Buren. ’
Best quinces, driid, 3 00; JC Ragsdale, DaKalb
county.
Figs, dried. 100; J O Rap.dale,
itiacknerries, one quart, 3 00; Mrs J M Mabbitt
Atlanta.
Ipedtuan-of not fewer than three varieties canned
fruits. 3 vi. Liz/ie J Hale, Smyrna, Ga.
Greatest riety of speotmens of canned fruits.
Cup, 1 ik); Lizzie J Hale,
Ul-stMi i] amity of canned fruits on one farm,
(by certifies >) with specimens exhibited, Cup, 10 00;
J J Camp.
Best ci > tion of dried vegetables, corn, okrv
Ac, oil;'. ■ 0; Mrs. J M Mabbitt.
—Let Ohio and Pennsylvania ponder well this
matter before they cast their vote in November
next. There is a position of peculiar responsibility
and tremendous moment in the pending crisis. If
they act wisely and well, and vote in the Interests of
peace, reconciliation, and consecuent general pros
perity, there will be a time of unusual rejoicing in
the land, when all our citizens, from Maine to Flor
ida, and from the Atlantic to the far-off coast of tbe
Pacifis, will join in the happy acclaim—
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious siimmtt by thiB sun of York,
And all the clouds that lower’d upon our house
In the deep besom of the ocean buried.
Sense.
So writes, and so subscribes himself,
a correspondent in the Augusta, (Ga.)
Constitutionalist, of the 23d instant.
Strange must be the infatuation of the
mind, of any man, either in the North
or South, in Maine or Florida, or “on
the far-off coast of the Paoifio,” who
imagines that the “winter of the discon
tent” of this country which has brought
such ruin upon the land, can ever be
made “glorious summer” by putting at
the head of pnblio affairs that “sun of
York,” who was one of the chief authors
“of all our woes.”
The infatuation, however, is not less
marked, nor less to be commiserated,
than that of the pure, innocent but over
powered maiden who, in the wildness of
her dilemma—prostrate, mad, and frantic
—should clasp to her Dreast, and hail as
her deliverer, tUe ruthless violator of her
honor. A. H. S.
Oun Straight-out Friends.—Those gentlemen
calling themselves Jeffersonian Democrats seem
bent on doing mlscnief. They surely can’t have
the ltast hope of getting an electoral vote in Geor
gia for the reluctant candidate. Why then do they
put an electoral ticket in the field, if it is net to help
Grant? Whether that is their intention or not, it
will have that effect, if any. But we are rejoiced to
belitve.that the trne Democracy is so strong in
Georgia, the combined forces of Grant *nd the
Htraight-ouis can’t jostle them.—JliUcdgcvillc [Ga.,]
Union d Recorder, 23d, Oct. 1872.
Whether our “straight-out friends”
have, or have not, “tne least hope of
getting an electoral vote in Georgia for
theL- candidates,” ’heir course in putting
out a ticket cannot, by possibility,
help either Grant or Greeley. If they
cannot elect a single man on their ticket
they may, by possibility, get enough of
the popular vote, to prevent either of the
Radical candidates- -Grant or Greeley—
from receiving a majority of all the
votes polled. In that case the choice of
Electors for the State will devolve upon
the Legislature. It would then be for
this bodv—after it will be seen that the
Greeley “bubble” has trust, to cast the
vote of Georgia in such manner, and for
such men, as will comport with tli9 hon
or, dignity and glory of the old Com-
monweatk. A. H. S.
—While Jefferson Davis was held as a prisoner In
Fortress Monroe he expressed a willingness to offer
up his life on the scaffold, in the hope that it would
be accepted as an expiation on behalf of the people
whose civil agent he had been. The Northern peo
ple were wise in refusing to demand any such vica
rious a'onement, and it is to ibis generous senti
ment of the nation rather than to any magnanimity
of the Radical leaders, who openly thirsted for his
ol-.o-.l, that the country is to-day indebted for i’~
exemption from the fonl blots which womd have
been left on the national conscience by penal execu
tions foliowing in the wake of war.
All a Allstake.
The most intelligent lawyers in this
city were not awaie of any law requiring
voters to use two separate ballots in the
county election—one for Presidential
Electors and one for members of Con
gress; and freely expressed doubts of
the correctness of the impression made
by the publication of the telegraphic
correspondence between Col. Hardeman
and Gen. Slocum.
Dr. Miller, of this city, was at La-
Grange when he first saw it. Feeling
sure there was a mistake in it he sent the
foliowing dispatch to Gen. Slocnm:
LaGbange, Ga., October 22, 1872.
General H. W. Slocum, Chairman Con
gressional Democratic Committee:
Does the law require the votes for
electors and for members of Congress to
be printed on separate pieces of paper ?
H. Y. M. Miller.
To which he received the following
reply:
Washington, D. C., Oct. 23, 1872.
H. V. M. Miller: There is no law re
quiring separate tickets.
H. W. Slooum.
Col. Hardeman was inconsiderate, it
seems to us, to make public a dispatch
which was, no doubt, “bulled” in trans
mission, and which conveyed to the pub
lie mind an idea having no foundation
whatever, in fact. Why did he not take
the pains to inquire farther and investi
gate, and know the truth of the whole
matter before publishing it? If he were
Governor (as it is said he wishes to be,)
would he issne a proclamation or sign a
grave State paper, with the same incon
siderate haste that ho, as Chairman of
the State Executive Greeley Committee
gave this dispatch to t he public?
These thoughts arise in our mind, and
we think them not inappropriate to lay
before our readers in view of the present
exigencies.”
There is no change whatever in the
method of voting. Let all prepare and
cast their ballots as they have done here
tofore.
LIST OF AWARDS OF PREMIUMS AT
THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR OF 1872.
But it cannot be doubted that tbe aagregate of
tended to cover the principles upon wbich I
the Radical policy of “reconstruction” I wara ,Ue 8011111 U ^ u 11 w, >uia have teen u me lives
was based; but he stopped with the sim
ple denial tliift it justified it.
In this he is right. Neither Mr. Gree
ley’s Platform nor any other Plat form can
ever justify, or wipe out the monstrous
of a few inen bad been declared legally forfeited end
had beeD judicially tukeu in vengeance on the “lost
cause.” Anr more barbarism as well as more con
tempt for taw and order has Ixsen betrayed by tbe
punitive statutes of Congress than conld have been
summed up in a score of judicial muraers. though
even a Sce ggs or a Jeffriesc juldhave b en found
to execute the revenges of the dominant taction.
TU, upheaval of Southern Society from its lowest
Best field peas, one bushel, 5 00; M V Johnson.
Best sweet potatoes, one bushel, 5 00; R H Atkin
son.
Best irish potatoes, one bnshel, 6 00; T L Wells,
for John H Winston.
Best onion setts, one peck, 6 00; O E Stiff, Cobb
county.
Best syrup sorgho, one barrel, 10 00; G H Brown.
BeBC earliest variety of sweet potatoes, 5 00; B H
Atkinson.
Best display of farm products, stock, and results
of home industry—the contribution of a single farm,
25 00; B Peters.
Best clover seed, one bushel, 5 00; MW Johnson.
Best lucerne seed, one bushel, 5 00; M W John-
son.
Best blue grass, one buBhel, o 03; M W Johnson.
Best herds grass, one bushel, 5 00; MW Johnson.
Best timothy, one bushel, 5 00; M W Johnson.
Beat meadow grass, one bushel, 6 00; M W John
son.
Best orchard glass, one bushel, 5 00; M W John
son.
Best coJection garden seeds, 10 00; M w Joiin-
ton.
Best bale upland cotion, 100 00; J H Traylor, La-
9—ng“. Ga
yest ban* rung i cabie, upland cotton; J W Knelt.
Best box chewing tobacco, Georgia raised, 20 00;
Simonton, Jones A Hatcher.
Best box smoking tobacco, Georgia raised, 20 00;
Simonton, Jones A Hatcher.
Best turnips for table, one peck, 3 Oo; B H Atkin
son.
Best tomatoes, one dozen, 3 00; J M Mabbitt, At-
lanta*.
Best celery, one dozen, 3 0-3; J M Mabbitt.
Beir sugar beet, one dozen, 3 00; T W Cocally,
as. P int, Ga.
Best reafueg ear, one dozen. 3 00; J M Mabbitt.
Best okra pods; one uozen, 3 00; W Hudgins.
Best pie melon, 3 00; J C Huff. ,,
Bt-t winter apples. 5 Qiv »-i
KITCHEN DEPARTMENT.
Forth* '■>-> hghtbread, 3o0; MraJ 0 Courtney.
R‘>!«. 3 •; Miss Flora Wilson, DeKalb county.
•Npocig .to,;» 00; Mrs B U Broomhead.
Poua t .e, 3 00; Mrs Dr Johusou.
I ed .t .wnuoiental cake, Cup 10 00; Mra Star-
boug-T l ri.-tta.
U • u i«. e l w tn skin on, 3 i-0;Mrs Dr Johnson.
Cluck - i pin, 5 ut); Mrs Dr Johnson.
DOMESTIC FABRIC!.
Be<- i ^ of r» s, 6 00; Mrs S»m’l Hapo, Atlanta.
Ouv -i-.e.ot wo-d or mixed, 6 00; Mrs. J O Huff,
c tj.
Suit i-f olorhes :or a gentleman, home made, of
ho.uo mule mm. rial by a lady, 15 00; AS Way.
Marietta. Ga.
Walking gjiKuuo fora lady—neatness and cost
considered. 15 -i ■; Mrs. R H Atkinson, city.
Best infant’s suit, 5 00; Mrs J H Anderson, city.
Best iufant’s oioak, 3 09; Mrs J H Anderson.
Best infant’s cape, 2 00; Mrs W B Bass. city.
Best infant's flannel shirt, 3 00; Mrs W B Bass.
Best specimen of raised work. 5 00; Miss Isabel!*
Warwick, city.
Best Biik embroidery, 5 00; Miss Ida Rokenbaugh,
Atlanta.
Best tapestry, cup, 10 00; MrsP £ Bowdre, Macon.
Best uiano cover, cup, 10 00; Mrs Blalock, Fay*
•tievilla.
Best chair cover, 5 00; Mrs Agnes Turner, city.
Best ottowan cover, 3 00; Mrs J O Courtney, city.
Best pillow cover, 3 00; Mrs A 0 Ladd, city.
Best chemise band, 2 00; Miss Mary O Hardeman*
Decatur.
Best set—collar, sleeves, chemisette and hand
kerchief, cup, 10 00; Miss Minnie Pinsdale, Macon.
Best afghan, 5 00; Mrs Agnes Turner, city.
Best tatting, 3 00; Nannie T Swann, Atlanta.
Best hair work in frbme, cup, 10 00; Miss 0 V
Edwards, Bartow county.
Best hair jewelry, bronze medal, 5 00; Mrs Agnes.
Turner.
Best Bhell work, cnp, 10 00; Mrs K O Gilbert,
Atlanta.
BeBt wax work, cup, 10 00; Mrs K O Gilbert.
Best rustic work, 6 00; Miss Wellburn, city.
Best wax flowers, 6 uu; Miss £lta Foreacru, city.
Best feather flowers, a 00; Mrs C E brewer,
Macon.
CHILDREN'S WORK.
For tho best dress, 300; Mattie J Kellam, Atlanta,
For tho best chemise, 2 UO; Miss Eddie Evans,
Cave Springs, Ga.
Best Pantalettes, 2 00- Miss Eddie Evans.
Best hemmed handkerchief, 1 00; Mary R Kellam.
Boat shirt, 3 00; Mattie J Kellam. city.
Best embroidery, 3 U>>; Hattie Swift. Litbnnia, Ga.
Best crib quilt, 2 Ou; Miss Ida H Rokenbaugh,
city.
Best baby's blanket, 2 00; Mrs A C Ladd, city.
children's kitchen department.
For the best light rolls. 1 00; Salllo Todd, city.
Best biscuit, 2 uU; S&Uie Todil
Best Ioafbread, 1 00; Moilie Courtney, city.
Best Sponge cake, 2 Jl; Mattie J K»liam.
Best plain cake, 2 00; Sloliie Courtney.
7th DEPARTMENT — IMPROVEMENT OF TASTE, FINE
ARTS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS. PICTURES, ETC.
Best oil painting of an animal from nature, cup
10 00. Fanny C. Tonuyson, Newnan.
Oil painting of subject chosen by artiste, pitcher
13 00. Miss Kate Hillyer.jDrcaiur.
Single painting in water colors, bronze medal 500.
R H Knapp, city.
Collection of paintings in water colors, one exhi
bitor, cup 10 00 R H Knapp.
Painting of fruit, bronze medal 5 00. MrsWT
Burge, N Y.
Crayon drawing, bronze medal 5 00; Tt H Knapp.
Pastel drawing, bronze medal 5 00; Mary B Greg
ory, Marietta.
Exhibition of paintings, drawings ard engravings
by one exhibitor, pitcher, 20 00; B H Knapp.
Exhibition of cliromoa, bronze medal, 5 uO; E An
drews, city.
Drawing by girl under 14 years, cup 10 00; Lucy
C Erwin, city.
Plain photograph, imperial, diploma, Smith h
Motes, city.
Drawing of the fair grounds and buildings, 25 00;
John W Pearce, city.
Best plat of fair grounds with dimensions and
ground plans of buildings, 20 00; John W Pearce.
Specimen of pen drawing, diploma, B F Moore,
City.
Specimen of pen drawing by boy under 14,5 00;
R B Russell.
Best display of lettering, 6 00; Eastman’s Bust*
ness College, city.
STATUARY AND MODELS.
Best bust, Original, Cup, 10 00; Pelegrini & Georgi,
city.
. Best display of statuary by one exhibitor, Pitcher,
15 CO; Pelegrini & Georgi.
Best model in other material, original. Bronze
Medal, 5 00; Pelegrini k Geoigi.
CABINETS.
Best cabinet of minerals, Bronze Medal, 5 00; N JT
Nicholls, Clarksville.
Best cabinet of curiosities, Cup, 15 00; Edward
Parsory, city.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Best piano, diploma, Guilford, Wood k Oo., city.
Best performer on piano by pupil, bronze medal,
5 00; Mary Son. Halle, LaGrange.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
A Man “ Stands and Delivers” Before
Drawn Pistol.
On Tuesday, abont 6 o’clock in the afternoon, as
Mr. Michael Kearney was coming from East Point,
seven miles distant, to this city on foot, he was
joined by a stranger, also a pedestrian, who asked
permission to become his traveling companion to
the city. Mr. Kearney not suspecting him of any
evU design, of course assented—glad to have his
companionship. The strahger introduced himself
as Mr. J. J. Jackson, and the two traveled together
some distance, probably a mile or so, when sudden
ly and unexpectedly Jackson ordered Kearney to
deliver up whatever money he had on his person,
at the same time presenting his pistol and threaten
ing to blow Mr. Kearney’s brains ont if he refused.
Mr. Kearney, being unarmed, soon observed that
he was in the power of a highway robber, who,
upon the slightest provocation, might murder him
on tho spot. He therefore prudently and quietly
delivered to the desperado all his money, about
twenty-seven dollars, without any remonstrance.
As Eocn as Jackson had received the money, ha
ordered Kearney to “take the back track,” that is,
to return to East Point. Kearney promptly obeyed,
retreating until he was out of signt of tho robber,
when he retraced his steps and followed Jackson to
the city. Arriving at this place he put the police
on the alert. After a few hours of careful watching,
Mr. Kearney detected him on the streets, and point
ed him out to the police, who promptly arrested
him and discov ered the twenty-seven dollars abont
his person. He was arraigned before Justice Butt
yesterday, and after a short examination, was com
mitted to jail.
Jackson said that Mr. Kearney fell sick on tho
road, and ho took hi3 money and came on to tho
c*ty to buy metticiue for Ms relief, leaving the un
fortunate patient on the road-side until he could re
turn, but that story was “too thin.”
A. day or two since a gentleman stepped inff
Mit.hell’s Cotton Warehouse, to protect a ms*'
from the w<nd with which to alighthis cigir^, •
getting cosily down between two bales ojey-
struck the match. Tha fulminating si;’
in all ".Erections like a shower of m<“* 8eQ U-
t-vo bales of cotton, which wte Wltll the
lighted match from the brepm»]j” j shill-