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THE ATLANTA 8TJN 5# 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