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THE ATLANTA 8TJN
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FROM OCR DAILY EDITION OF
Wednesday, October 30, lgl^
Wilti swiuc lleHc^
AckmiHii-ugi-mtui,
tlcms for Public Consideration
"We have just received from a valued
friend in Alabama, a letter from whic*
Vf6 give the following extract:--
<< . } October 21,1872. i
«« Hon. A. H. Stephens;
“ Dear SiR—After much reflection, I
4< jj av0 arrived at the conclusion that the
them to “oppose any reopening °
questions settled by those amendments; )
a platform that would make slavery
voluntary and tyranny eternal ?
In his famousletter of December 14th,
1870, Hon. B. H. HiU, speaking of those
amendments says:
But In trath Umm change* in the
oi the rtiff*r«BtT»oe» »re the motl in«l*niflc»nt of-
fecU of ths—bmendinonU. Not only h»» th®
and political *t*tni of the «egro been changed .but
whati, inexpressibly tar mow. the ‘unedlctton over
theclvU end political aiatua ofall the rac*«m »U
the States will be held to have been transferred!) J
these amendments, from the States serervllj to t^*e
General Government. This effects s great change
1b the character of tha General Government, greatly
increaeing it* Nattonel and greatly leeeenh^ Fed
eral featuree. Indeed, language cannot
ideas more intensely National than are theide
SUN, FOB THE WEEK
The company failed to comply .with
tnis contract. The deposit was not
made according to agreement. In the
meantime, the officers of the company
had sent certain dispatches North which
were charged to be untrue, and were in-
Sl»" polities eff,*,. The*, had
prejudiced the company in the minds of
the people of the State. - .
The failure to comply with the first
contract, and this action of the officers,
to hesitate to have anything oounties,
ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 1872.
Wintervtllb, Oglethorpb Co., Ga.,
October 28, 1872.
as “On the Go” would
village on the Athens
branch of the Georgia Railroad, six miles
from the oifcy of Athens, and directly on
the line between Oglethorpe and Clarke
It is, as Brewer ton would say,
Winterville,
tell yon, is
cn^a SrtKr-SSCrS? ofmne pound b.bj” town us yet,
“ enlightenment of the people »on!d o. ZZg&jjsSiS&gS? SS.%«-
«* the surest means of establishing good I ooafarred, ltwiiibedifficuittoeay what power
“ government. This would secure us all I k^kiiVsut»aST*nimenU may remain **
“againstthe arts and tricks of BUMUk 1
“ politicians. jssgsc:
“To attain to snch a state of enlight- Hill’s view of the extent
“ enmspt, I can think of no better I those Amendments. The “Straights
“ moue to recommend, than that all, faUy with him as to the enormous
— ebonld become reader. o, l *“*?* o'oT^n^‘llTeThe, eaunoi
“That, attentively read and heeded, p le dgethemselves to “oppose any re-
“ would secure them against the assaults open big Q f the questions settled’ by
« of all the logical legerdemain and syl- them.
— logistic subtleties that eonld be | LaS^^^Tno,, to eom-
off Dy Greeley and all the army of J meQtipg npon this letter, on 14th De
cember, 1870, saia:
“ tricksters and radical ranters,
“That I may contribute my mite to-
“ wards promoting this good work, I
“sendyoui$12 00, the subscription of
m balf a dozen subscribers. The names
“Now the point we complain at most especially in
Mr. HiU’* letter ie that he aeeme to accept »» » “•
nality Cxetkalisk a* henceforth the ad °P’* < L t * 1 ®5 , [y
or Government for thia country. if wo.“"wfhold
corstrueing him. We cannot accept thia. Wehold
it the holy duty of patrioi. to oppoee thi. cxi^-
secure*the*services originally contracted
for, a second contract was entered into,
vhich was as follows:*
[COPY.]
Atlanta, Ga., July 20th, 1870.
It is agreed that L.N. Trammell,Esq.,
shall use his best endeavors to defeat any
legislation detrimental to the interests of
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad Com
pany by the present Legislature, and in
consideration of said services, said Com
pany shall pay him, on condition that no
egislation shad pass, whereby said Rail
road Company shall be deprived of their
chartered rights ortho indorsement of
their bonds by the State, as now pro
vided by law, tbe sum of Twenty-Five
Hundred Dollars in cash, to be paid up
on the last day of the present session of
this Legislature, ■_ _
H. I. T^totat.Tj, *
Financial Agent B. & A.R. R. Co.
and postoffico will be found on the | -A d-nyh.r..y against Con.titutional Govern,
next page,
“Most truly yours, &c.,
"We hereby return our sincere thanks ]
Will the Constitution please explain
why it does not complain at Mr. Hill
now ? That gentleman advised the peo
ple of Georgia, in the letter anove re
ferred to, to accept those amendments
to our friend for the interest he has taken fl ' afina b t y. He ‘advises the same now,
in extending the circulation of The Sun got he and toe Constitution have, by
among UU neighbor, and acquaintance. “t
We feel assured that they will never has e c - ua;lge( j. P jj 6 | laa been consistent nearly
cause to regret their investment, if the lwo y ears ^ Has the change been in the
establishment and security of good gov- Constitution? Is it now ready to “accept
ernment be their object. To this great as a finality centralism as henceforth the
TdThe whole energies of onr life have U)£d theory of government for the,
been devoted throughout ail tne terrible | Wo rt , be llious , stiff-necked
rebellious,
scenes we have passed; and to the same gtraj(?hts <« einjll0 t accept this.” “We
great end they will continue to be devoted a jj ie ] w iy duty of ah patriots to op-
ro lone as wo can wield a pen or raise our nose this criminal, deadly heresy against
® . • 1 a . O□ YVin/*h HOW
voice in defense of truth and the right.
Whether our counsels at present be
“heeded” or not, is a matter of small
personal consideration with us. We are
governed by infinitely higher and purer
motives than any which spring from _ ^ |
personal interests of any kind whatever. I experience sucbT a tremendous change.
It is, of coarse, a source of deep re- Yet the Constitution is to-day the bold
oret that we find so wide a difference ex- unblushing advocate of a candidate
8 . , , whose* platform perpetuates centralism,
isting between us and former politico, j vestige of constitutional govern-
Constituiional Government" as much now
as we did in 1870. Why does not the
Constitution do the same ? Why can it
accept Centralism in 1872 any more than
it could in 1870? How cau it advocate
a “criminal deadly, heresy” now ? Is it
less a patriot tnan in 1S70? Two years
is a very short space of time in which to
associates on the great questions which
are now agitating the public mind.
But this is no new thing in our experi
ence. Tbe same pang we have often felt
before. Similar differences have here
tofore ariseu on like great questions.
Our consolation how is, that in the re
trospect of the post, with all its ills,
evils, misfortunes, disasters and ruin,
which have come upon the people or the
country, not one of these ills, evils or
misfortunes, sprung from any counsel of
ours.
ment do those Amendments leave, upon
tne Constitution's own showing ? Is the
Constitution ready to abandon the fight
for constitutional government? Indeed
it has already abandoned it; and, with
the characteristic venom of apostates, it
denounces its old associates, who remain
true to their faith.
Is such a paper a safe leader for the
people? Should they trust it? The
Greeley fiasco will soon end; the “fitfal
fever” of madness and infatuation that
seized Democrats will pass away; the
altars of Baal will be thrown down; the
worship of the true God be reestablished,
and tbe Ark cf our Democratic covenant
On the contrary, the whole fist fol- be brought again cut of the land of 4he
lowed from “unheeding” onr earnest ad-1 Philistines, whither it was carried after
vice and entreaty at the time, and pur
suing the line of policy recommended
by those political friends and associates
from whom we then'differed, as we now
do.
Whether our views, or theirs, upon
present questions be the better, safer, or
tviser for the obtainment and security of
good government, time with its disclos
ures must determine.
In past differences we left our acts,
the surrender at Baltimore.
The Constitution and other mis-ieaders
of the Democracy may then learn that
even in politics “honesty is the best
policy.”
We will give a few more extracts to
morrow, Straight.
Card from Hon. L. N. Trammell.
These are the contracts which I held
against the company, when I called on
Mr. Frost for a settlement, when he be
came apparently much excited and with
out knowing the amount of my maim or
the consideration of the same, (unless he
had been informed by some one else,) at
once declared that the company had no
money, end that he could not settle;
when I informed nim that I should at
once take legal steps to collect my fees
and after some discussion of the matter
which ho complains of as being conduct
ed in an unfriendly maimer lie agreed
that if I would give him till the next
day he would make arrangements to
have the matter settled. To this propo
sition I gave my consent.
Here the matter rested for that day.
On the next day I was approached by
Mr. Kimball, who asked me if I would
take the paper of W. T. Trammell in
settlement of my claims. I informed
him I would do so. W. T. Trammell on
the same day gave me his obligation to
settle said claims, and at the same time
informed me that Mr, Kimball was to
turn over to him bonds as collateral to
secure him in the matter.
I never spoke to or communicated
with Mr. Frost after leaving him that
evening. W. T. Trammell paid off his
obligation, and here the matter ended
until Mr. Frost appears before the Bond
Committee, and states that while he was
in Atlanta four gentlemen called at his
room, two of whom he understood to be
the Messrs. Trammell, and notified him
that they had a claim against Kimball for
services rendered in getting through the
Legislature the Act of 17th October,
1870.
Now, I state most emphatically that
there was no one present at the interview
that I bad with Mr. Frost but W. T. Tram
mell, and he was there at my request;
and that neither the Act of October 17th,
1870, nor any other Act was mentioned;
that I did not inform him that I had a
claim against Kimball for services ren
dered in getting through tne Legislature
said Act. I never advocated the passage
of the Act, nor had I a fee for so doing.
These are the facts as they transpired,
and. as the written contracts show; and,
in my judgment, there is nothing in
them which can be tortured into a viola-
but it promises in the course of a few
years to grbw tip into a f place of some
importance. It already contains a Me
thodist Church, a store, some shops, a
groggery, a resident physician, etc. It
occupies a beautiful site, and there are
many splendid locations for improve
As to the morality and intelligence of
the place, all I need say is, that we have
a flourishing Lodge of tfie Knights of
Jerico; and that more copies of the At-
lanta Wbhklt Sum come to this office
than of any other paper. .
The crops in this vicinity, and indeed
throughout this section, are very good.
Farmers devoted more than the usual
area to corn this year, and thanks to
kind Providence for favorable seasons
the yield is very abundant. Cotton
has also done very well, and the en
sneing year will find the people generally
in a much more independent condition
than during the present.
Winterville is in tne midst of the
“hill-country” of East Georgia, a region
sometimes noted for its worn and un
fruitful soil; and the stranger would
speedily come to the conclusion, from
the appearance of the corn and cotton
fields at present, that this section had
been slandered. Indeed, some of the
people have wrought wonders during the
pass few years by a better system of cul
ture and the judiciousUS9 of commercial
fertilizers. As an instance, I may men
tion thaat Mr. Fielding Dillard, a gen
tleman living in the vicinity ot Cherokee
Corner, will make, this year, some twelve
or thirteen bales of cotton on eleven
acres; and his sons, James and Miles
Dillard, will average nearly a bale to the
acre on twelve and twenty-five acres re
spectively. Fortunately, these instances
of good farming are not as few and far
betweeu as angels’ visits.
Though the Presidential election is so
near at hand, there is no political excite
ment among the people. The “Straights”
are somewhat inactive, while the Gree-
leyites begin to fear that they will, after
all, bo cheated out of their mess of pot
tage. Busticus.
Political Scnri.
Local Matters.
A Duel With Daggers.
Probably the public, whose minds
have been much agitated recently with
accounts of duels, will be interested in
perusing the following account of a duel
with daggers, in London. It was an
English King who once said, when it
was suddenly announced to him that his
minister had been assassinated: “Where
is the woman ?” thus intimating that a
woman is always at the bottom of every
difficulty. In this case, too, it seems
this disturbing element of human socie
ty, as beautiful as she is, plays her mis
chievous part:
Two German gentlemen, said_ to be
well known in the city of London, re
cently qearrelled about a lady, and, it is
alleged, their feelings towards each.other
was so bitter that they could not be ap
peased without resort to a hostile meet-
iuclu wiuuu mu wo ■ "V* 1 i n g. Seconds and a medical man were
tion of law of sound morality or upright accor aj n giy engaged, and the duel was
and patriotic action. , arranged to take place in FinsburyPark.
It was simply an agreement for a fee, Tlie combat was not, however, permitted
the consideration of which was that I tQ ta ^ Q p ] ac6j an a the (belligerents were
should, by fair and honorable means, en- j corQ p e n e d. to proceed some distance far-
Messrs. Editors Daily Sun: In my card
oi the 17th ultimo, I said that the state-
^ | ment of Mr. Frost did me great injus-
with their results, to the arbitrament of I tice, which fact I preferred to show by
deavor to prevent legislation detri
mental to this corporation. The enter
prise was, in my judgment, one of great
merit. So strong were my convictions
in its favor that I refused to take a fee
against it, and did not hesitate to be
come the feed counsel of the Company,
tho future; so we do now.
Time, with the enlightened judgment
of mankind, is always, however slow,
the sure avenger of wrongs, and the only
ultimate arbiter of truths To this Tri
bunal we submit our present views and
course, without tho slightest misgivings
os to the decision that will thus be ren
dered. A. H. S.
the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.
‘•on: Consistency, Thou art a Jewel.
Old Document* Dangerous Things.
Editors Daily Sun: As the Constitution
has been very conspicuous in its denun
ciations of those Democrats who fail to
see the eminent virtues of Horace Gree-
ley, which his adherents have so sud
denly discovered, we propose to examine
its claims to superior intelligence and
patriotism; especially as it seems to con
sider every onfe as either a knave or a
fool who differs with it.
It has taken great pains to convince
its readers that every vote cast for O’Con
or is a vote for Grant and Centralism.
The “Straights” advocate identieally
the same principles that the Democratic
party has always advocated; and in
voting for a Democrat, they are guilty of
what the Constitution is pleased to term
" tomfoolery."
We stand upon the Democratic Plat
form of 1868, which declares the Recon
struction Aots to be “usurpations” and
“unconstitutional, revolutionary and
void.” The 14th and 15th Amendments
embody all the odious principles of those
acts. Thoy make general and perpetual
the tyranny that was before only local
and temporary. Those amendments sim
ply extend over all the States those ex
traordinary powers that Congress had,
under the Reconstruction Acts, exercised
over the Sonth.
If those aota were “usurpations” and
“ unconstitutional, revolutionary and
void,” how much more so are those
amendments ? They destroy the rights
of the States, and make their internal
k tx)lity entirely dependent upon the will
the General Government. In short,
la *%establish Centralism.
irprising then that there are
ho cannot support Horace
v filch pledges
The Corsicana (Texas) Observer re
pudiates Greeley and supports O’Conor
and Adams.
The Camilla (Ga.) Herald comes to
the front for U. S. Grant. This, we be
lieve, is the third paper in Georgia that
supports Grant.
—The Lone Star Eanger, published at
Austin, Texas, hauls down the Greeley
rag and flaunts to the breeze the names
of O’Conor and Adams.
—The Jeffersonian Democrats of Mis
souri have placed in nomination en elec
toral ticket for O’Conor and Adams, and
have issued an address to "the true De
mocracy of that State.
The Pennsylvania Legislature will
stand as follows: Senate—Republicans,
18; Democrats, 15. House—Republi
cans, 64; Democrats, 36. Republican
majority on joint ballot, 31.
— The Jeffersonian Democrat, which
is located in the red sea of Radical Gree-
leyism, in sight of that Apostate and
Recreant to the Democracy, the Courier-
Jounnal, is bold and unflinching in its
support of O’Conor.
— The Republicans in Indiana elected
every State officer, escept Governor and
one other, all the Congressmen but
three, t and both Congressmen at large,
and a majority in both branches of the
Legitlature. ,
— The following is said to be Gratz
Brown’s evening lament:
** There vras an old person named Greeley;
When enraged ha could swear very freely,
When they Baid 'Pennsylvany,'
With might and with main he
Would bellow, ‘It’s all up with Greeley.’ ”
—The offioial returns of the State elec
tion in Pennsylvania give Hnrtranft, for
Governor, 35,627 majority; Harrison Al
len, for Auditor General, 36,780; Ulysses
Mercur, for Supreme Judge, 40,443. The
average Republican majority for Con*
gressman at large is 44,427.
Tha Charlotte (N. C.) Daily Bulletin
hoists the names of O’Conor and Adams
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
From correspondence published in the
Issue of Saturday, it appears that promi-
1 nent Democrats all over the'State are re
nouncing Greeley and coming to the
support of O’Conor.
The horse disease and the Mayoral
ty questions at present absorb all the
spare time of Menton Marble, the editor
of the World. Mr. Greeley, by some
sort of mischance, seems to have fallen
behind. We fear this Hanton Marble
mouldering monument of political hy-
pocriey, considers Greeley a grave sub
ject.
—Dan Yoorhees, the “gallant Voor
hees,” said thiee months ago: “No hon
orable-minded Democrat can yield a
hearty support to a man who has spent
a quarter of a century in opposing the
principles and slandering the leaders of
the Democratic party.” It looks like
Mr. Voorhees turned a somersault, “to
man up a tree.”
—The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Blade says
the best thing that can be done—all the
Alabama newspapers which are opposed
to Grant, and in favor of the Democratic
State ti ket, is to take down the names
of Greeley and Brown, put in their
stead those of O’Conor and Adams, and
let the electors be instructed to cast the
vote of Alabama for the latter.
—Around O’Couor and Adams the
faithful will rally—and when the battle is
over, and the coalition will live only in
the execration of Democrats, the Demo
cratic party will re-organize on tbe Louis
ville Platform, pnrified and purged of
malign influences and prepare for a tri
umph in 1876—over all the hostile ele
ments which then remain to be encoun
tered.—New World.
The Match Game ot Billiard*. ~
The match game of billiard*, a* announced, took
place last evening, at the Billiard Room of the
Kimball House, between Messrs. W. J. Waldron 0
the Mexican player, and Thomas Bonnell, of thii
city, ordinary player.
Mr. Waldron, tha Mexican player, picks the b*U
from the table with his two cues, which he hold
horizontally side by side, and removing to any point
on the table, allow the ball to roil off the cues and
play against the other balls as in ordinary billl W( i a
In this manner the player's ball has no impetus or
momentum oxcept such as is imparted to it by the
weight of the ball itself. Mr. Waldron exhibited
much dexterity both in picking his ball fao m ^
table and in playing it.
The regulations of the game were: To play fc r
500 points, Mr. Waldron to double discount Mr
Bonnell, making throe counts every Bhot.
Thero was a larpo number of spectators present
who manifested much interest in the progress of
the game, which was very clone for awhile. During
the early part of the contest, Mr. Waldron made a
“run” of 96, which, considering the difficulties of
the Mexican mode, was truly excellent.
There we <e two gamss. In the first, the games
stood: Bonnell 500; Waldron, 177.
The second game was played on a carrom table
70 points, Waldron treble discounting Bonnell.—
The result was: Waldron. 70; Bonnell 37.
Higli Times in Augusta.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of yesterday says that
within twenty-four hours preceding Monday night
murder was committed, a colorod man was mobbed
for opinion’s sake, and a daring burglary was par-
petrated.
Che negro man who was mobbed was named
Stephon Brown, said to be respectable, orderly and
Industrious, and a Democrat. He went to Church
in Hamburg Sunday night, accompanied by his wife
and Rev. Bonis Williams, a colored preacher, and
his wife. After services, a mob set upon him,
clung to tho preacher, who, with others, tried to
defend him, but finally be was cruelly beaten. Sev
eral were arrested next morning charged with this
outrage.
The burglary was a most amusing and for a short
time an exciting affair—negro man discovered in a
house and chased extensively by the proprietor in
full undress, bringing out tbe neighbors to witness
it—escape—nothing stolen—nobody hurt. It was a
first-class sensation while it lasted; but it did not
resnlt in anything tragical.
Tne murder was on thiswise: John H. Zeeley, a
colored man, was drunk; David Crawford, do., car-
ried him home, delivered him to his wife, and went
back kO tbe house of another colored man, n&med
Hunroe, accompanied by Maria Munroo. In a short
time Zeeley camo to Munroe’s. Crawford snatched
up an old cavalry gun, met Zeeley near tbe corner
of the house, abusive words passed, when Crawford
raised the gun, took deliberate aim, and shot Zeeley
in the head, from which he died instantlv.
Crawford went to loading his gun, swearing ho
would shoot any one who attempted to arrest him;
hut a policeman took him in out of the wet without
difficulty. He declares tho gun went off accident
ally; that he was only using the gun to frighten
Zeely away.
evidence other than my own, at a proper
time, by showing fully what was the na
ture of my employment and for what
consideration I received compensation
and the amount received, &c.
In compliance with that statement
herewith hand yon the contracts between
myself and the Brunswick & Albany Rail
road Company, and request that you
publish the same with accompanying
explanation.
Determined efforts had been made in
the courts to embarrass the company and
render nugatory the Act authorizing the
indorsement by the State, of the bonds
of the company. It was apprehended
that an effort to repeal that Act, or oth
erwise cripple the company, would be
made upon the assembling of the Legis
lature of 1870; hence, my services were
sought and the first contract made, which
is as follows:
Atlanta PG°f.fiov. 9th, 1869.
It is agreed that L. N. Trammell, Esq.
shall use his best endeavors to defeat
any legislation detrimental to the inter
ests of the Brunswick & Albany Railroad
Company, at the next session of the
Georgia’Legislature, and that in consid
eration of such services, said Company
shall pay him, on condition that no such
legislation shall pass, five thousand dol
lars—one-half in paid up stock in said
Company, and one-half in cash—the
sum to be deposited in the hands of
some responsible citizen of Atlanta, on
or before the first day of the session, to
be delivered to said Trammell on the
defeat of any such unfriendly legislation,
or at the close of the session.
The Brunswick & Albany Railroad
Company by
W. L. Avhbt, At’y.
L. N. Trammell, Aty.
[Indorsed.]
Stath of N«w York, 1
County and Cm cf N. Y j
Pearsonlly appeared, the undersigned,
Wm.L. Avery the within named attorney,
who testifies that the within named
writing is tha original contract between
the Brunswiok A Albany Railroad Com
pany by him as attorney, and L. N.
Trammell, made and entered into at the
date set forth, and for the purpose there
in indicated.
W. L. Avbby,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of October, 1872.
P. J. Pagb,
N, P., N^w York city and ooonty.
I repeat what I Mid in my --1 p 0S i tiGn
offense, wiser and better
if this be ah
men are subject to
ther, to a spot where they were screened
from the observation of chance specta
tors by a high hedge. It is asserted
that they then fought with dagger-
knives, having blades seven inchts in
length; that the distance they stood
the Uompany. j . t wag on i y at arms length, and the
first card, that toeto toe. The eyes of each
:er and better com b a t. an t were protected by a vizard,
I . . similar charges. ^ two of tbe fingers and the thumb
Some of the purest, wisest and best men ^ erQ pro t ec ted by the guard of the
ever known to this country, have appear- knive = Hostilities commenced at seven
ed as paid advocates of measures pend- 0 - clock and in the first few passes the
ing before legislative bodies. Names Lighter antagonist wounded his adver-
and measures could be given by the I ary twice in the right arm. The wounds,
dozen, if necessary. however, were not of a character in the
The legality and sound morality of the I - nion of thQ bystanders to cause an
question has been decided by the highest of the duP i to be declared. The
legal tribunal in England, and by the contesfc pr0C eeded, and the thrusts and
Supreme Court of tins otate. ^ carries followed each other in fierce sue*
But I do not purpose entering infc o a ^gsion.
discussion of the legality of such con- Vp^e ’combatant who had gained the
tracts, this being a private matter be-1 success seemed to have lost nerve,
tween myself and this corporation; one j alter twenty minutes severe fighting,
that had not, nor can have, anything to ^ j ^ big guard, and received an ugiy
do with any official act of mine. No' & • -•
member bribed, or attempted to b»
bribed; no fraud perpetrated, intended
or attempted. The whole matter wa»
merely a private business arrangement.
I was to leceivethe compensation named
for the services named.
Recorder’s Court.
for
The following Electoral Ticket
O’Gonor and Adams m Missouri:
E. H. Norton, at large, Platte.
T. T. Gantt, at large, St. Louis.
First District—George Maguire.
Second District—Hy. Kayser.
Third District—P. H. Mason.
Fourth District — James Patterson,
Mississippi county.
Fifth District—L. Zevely, Osage coun
ty-
Sixth District—Col. B. F. Massey,
Lawrence. ,
Seventh District—James Blackford,
Henry. m ^
Eighth District—William P. Barnes,
Cass county.
Ninth District—Joseph HcAleer, Bu
chanan conntv.
Tenth District—H. L. Gaines, Charl
ton county. ^ _ _
Eleventh District—Thomas B. Reed,
His Honor welcomed the return of his right
bower yesterday with a courtesy that would hays
put to shame any effort of Mr. Pickwick or his Il
lustrious cotemporary, Mr. Pecksnuff. No one mii6t
suppose that this was a bid for tho support of The
Sun for the Mayoralty. His Honor having failed to
receive tho nomination for the PresiOeDcy, holds
himself aloof from all political aspirations, and de
votes his time to reforming and elevating the morals
of the poor heathen iguoramuses that throng his
Court every day. The Court having drawn a big
picture of a Ku-Klux, as the symbol of vengeance
and death for the days in question, it called up
JOHN EPBAX BEERY.
John had been doing something rather naughty,
skinning a nigger, “cussin” out a preacher, or
something of that kind. He pleaded guilty, and
tried to juBtify himself by pleading a short and
treacherous memory. Said he: “May it please your
Honor, I tell you I am naturaliy a pious man, but
then, I’m forgetful; I have a bad memory—a very
bad memory, Judge. For ins’ance, Judge, Just as
an instance of my goodness, the other
Sunday I started to church, I did; bnt,
strange to say, I forgot all about it
before I got half way, and went to a bar
room, and right on top of that, Judge, old hJss, I
forgot the way home. Treacherous memory, Judge,
treachsrous memory. Why, I started to remonstrate
with a man the other day, and, if possible, induce
him to abandon his sinful ways, but Lord bless
your soul, Judge, before I knew it I had knocked
him heel over head, and cursed him out. Couldn't
help it, Judge, couldn’t help it. Treacherous mem
ory. Forgot what 1 was going to do. I’d get some
to tell me where Heaven was, and
to get there, hut its all non-
- I’d forget all about it in a day. Tell
you. Judge, its no use. Can’t come it; I'm forget
ful. By the bye, Judge, I thought I’d be a preacher;
but then I knew I'd torget it, and apt is not, would
be skinnin’ niggers or something else, as you say
ve been doing, and then I’d be arrest and fined —•
“Five dollars and costs, Mr. Berry,’’ said Hie
H>.nor, aud Berry never forgot that until ho paid
person
how
sense ;
gash from the corner of the mouth to the
<nfi of the ear. The physician and sec
onds here interposed, and hostilities
were suspended. The dangerously
wounded man was conveyed in his car
riage to the German hospital. He was
r the services named. . speechless when removed, and all com-
Tke active part I took in get king passed maD j ca tj on vpith him involving the use
the legislation wliich was intended to
ferret out the illegal issue and indorse
ment of bonds, and the interest Mr. Frost
has in such illegal bonds I think will
furnish to the public the reasons which
actuated him in making the voluntary
statements he did to the'Bond Oommit-
With the publication of the facts in
the case I here dismiss the subjeot.
Respectfully,
L. N. Trammell.
Col Weems’ Speeds.
of speech has been forbidden.—London
Teleqravh.
Gram* or Greeley.
No Democrat can honestly rote for ei
ther one of the Republican candidates
for President. To vote lor Grant is sim-
ly to admit that the Republican party
_:as been right all the long years the De
mocracy have been opposing its meas
ures and policy; to vote for Greeley not
only admits the same that a vote for
Grant does, but it is paying a premium
on political villainy of the most elaborate
kind. ......
Grant Has earned oat with stoncal m-
e and exacting
According to appointment, the above
named gentleman,Democratic Elector for
the State at large, addressed the people difference mil the mbiwi
of Wilkes county at the Court House in msasurem which Greeley favored and
this place on last Wednesday. Unfortu
nately, the day was a very bad one, m
Northeast rain storm prevailing all day.
There Was, nevertheless, a fair attend-
ice.
Col. Weems was introduced by Dr. H.
F. Andrews, alternate Elector.
It is deeply to be regretted that the
day was so unpropiiious, for those who
failed to hear the address, missed a treat
not often to be enjoyed.
The arguments of the Colonel were
like sledge hammer blowe against radi
calism of both the Grant and Greeley
varieties, and if the people throughout
the whole country could hear such con
vincing. eloquent and telling speeches,
and could have the irate spoken to them
by snch men, there would not remaim
the shadow of m respectable Greeley man
in all the South, nor amongst the old
Democrats of tbe country.— Wdshmgton,
Ga., Gaud*, Oct, 25,1872.
forced upon the Republican party, and
m vote for one means just tbe same thing
as a vote for the other, therefore Demo
crats have no business voting for either.
—Logansporl (Indiana) Sun, 24Ih October,
1872.
ThzEmpibb State.—The sEpporterm
of General Grant appear to be confident
of carrying this State on the 5th of N o-
vember, mad by a rousing majority. The
friends of Mr. Greeley are equally san
guine that the State will go for the Sage
of ChappaquA with m rush. But how
many dineffectet Republicans ere there
in the State who nay be counted for
Greeley? And how many Bourbon Dem
oeiats are there who will vote against
him or stay mt bone on election day
Upon the settlement ef these twe qure
tionsthe i»ne depends, and they emu be
settled only by the election.—V. T. Her
ald.
Randolph county,
Twelfth District—Dr. B. F. Fowler,
Scotland county.
Thirteenth District—Bernard Pratte,
Montgomery county,
—The following is a partial list of
newspapers sunporting O Conor and
Adams, that reached us this morning.
The number is constantly being aug
mented by papers taking down the
Greeley flag and putting up the O’Conor
ticket:
New World, Philadelphia, Pa., daily.
Home Mirror, Snreve City, O.
Democrat, Columbus, Miss.
Sentinel, Gainsboro, Tenn.
Union, New Haven, Conn.
Clipper, Warrentou, Ga.
Irish World, New York City.
Falcon, Oxford, Miss.
State Gazette, Austin, Texas, daily
Gazette, Barnesville, Ga.
Sucker State, Le Roy, 111.
Herald. Jersey Shore, Penn.
Democrat, Salem, Neb.
Guard, Sanbury, Pern*.
Anzeiger, St. Louis, Mo.
Palisade News, West Hoooken, N. J.
Advertise, Delavan, 111.
Democrat Abhville, N. C.
Independent, GrcenviUe, Ky.
True Democrat, Marble Hill, Mo.
Sun, Lovansport, Ind.
Patriot, New Orleans, La.
Times, Chicago, III., duily.
Conservative, Beaver, Penn.
Courier, Prairie du Chien, Wis.
Guard, Eugene City, Oregon, daily.
Sentinel, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Independent, Winchester, LL
Civilian, Galvestou, Texas, daily.
Jeffersonian Democrat, Louisville, Ky.
Free Press, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Rescue, Shelbyville, Tenn.
Unterrified Democrat, Linn; Mo.
Blade, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Little Lively, BJuffcon, Ind.
Day-Book, New Tor*., N. X.
Examiner, Nevada, Mo.
it.
FRANK ELLINGTON
becoming disgusted with piety and religion, sought
to establish a new creed, ana in this enterprise ho
sought the assistance oi’ a bottle of whisky. He
succeeued in establishing hinnelf Immovably on
the sidewalk, where he doubtless remained as the
pillar on which to erect his new church. His Honor
charged Frank.* 5 for heterodoxy.
HENRY MARE
took a moonlight piomenado the other night, and
became eo moon-struck that he forgot to ga home,
and just lay down in the middle of the street, with
a black bottle as a life-preserver, ana coolly com
menced cursing out all Atlanta for being full of
moon-struck fools.
Mr. Marr was arrested for disorderly conduct,
and learning that bis v >ciferations wero the occa-
aton of his unrest, he immediately commenced rep- f
rimauding the moon as a “darned pale-faced idiot,
whereupon he was escorted to the lockup nntu yes
terday morning, when he paid the penalty forms
wickedness—“$5 and co»ts.’’
Sudden Death.—Mr. Jas. A. Sledge,
of Athens, temporarily slaying in tins
oity at tho house of Hon. Madison Bel!,
the Comptroller General of the State,
whom he was assisting in some special
work of an important nature in Lis office,
died suddenly, it is supposed, last night-
He was found dead in bis bed this morn
ing. - safe “ t .
He was for a number ot years tne
editor and proprietor of tbe Athens Bin*
ner, and is well known throughout North
east Georgia.
His remains will be sent to Athens
for interment.
Democrat, Mancie, Iud. fTnend-.v) at 8 oVcc*.
Pemeroy’s Dem»c’.-t. New York City. Uwwi.iyj. e
Kast Alabama Fair.
Tbe Sixth Annual Fair of the East
Alabama Agricultural Society will be
held at Opelika, commencing Taesday,
the 12.h of November, anil continuing
four days. -
An attractive Premium list, aud nam-
beis of special Premiums are ottered.
Send lor the list. Address Tbomas h.
Frazer, Secretary, Opelika.
Eg- Mr. E. J.' Waldron, the great
double-cue billiard player, will pl a 7
matched game of billiards at the
ball House Billiard Room to-night