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)f •*!<* UK ATLANTA SUN DAILY AMD WKLKLY. •UK SUN PUBLISHING CO. [on. A.H. STEPHENS POLITICAL EDITOR. XOVKIHCRT WPI' A” The Chattanooga Times, which aims to be Democratic, but which. fear, is as much anything else, jlitically, as it is Democratic, says: The current topies (?) treated ol Ithe Atlanta Sun and Mobile egiater, are the resolutions of ’08, late Rights, etc. We humbly sup L-st to our older (tfcey shoulu be jger). cotemjoraries, that these ere curient fortv years ago, and iat the eurrent of events has sub- lerged them, and moreovei, tl at h*v are out of the current of }>opular bought. Trinciple should be anu is always urrent with those who are actuated ud governed in their jonduct by rinciple. Principle never dies, what- v.-r tlie “current ol events” may be. •rinciple may be defeated on theen- snguintd field or in the forum by and corruption, but still. . r ... ■ _ • disease and hastening his death ike truth, the soul of winch is prin- ... . iple, though crushed toearth will rise gain. What was principle forty-years go is principle to-day. The HolyBi'de THE .WEEKLY SUN. VOL. a, NO. 501 1 ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1873. WHOLE ” fc S OIBI aDUD Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty- eighth, Thirty-ninth, (hie seat in which was succesfl r ully contested by W. E. Dodge,) Fortieth, Forty- second, and the present Forty-third Congress. Tnree years ago the deceased made a tour around the globe, furnishing his paper with letters descriptrie of his travels, which have since been published in book form. While at the mouth of the Ganges he con tracted a malarial disease, which has baffled the most celebrated physi cians, and which gradually under mined his constitution. It is be lieved that the excitement and denunciation which attended the Credit-Mobilier developments had mu oh to do in aggravating his I br n, Ki, ■ Oft 0104 fer- kUr i ot »up* Of i lor aid* iMl« com- «U- tilt'd IS. iTA », <*■ i.ry, rt »f tnee, ttiug ir.*» belt Uun ror*. let*. aril l» li*. ••A , OA M •• , 1ST*. >rop« none the less current now than it is centuries ago, and its sacred utlis are just as potent now as en. Principle is truth, and truth the spirit, the life of s icred teacli- und cannot be “submerged” by the current of events,” whatever lay be their character. The getting away from truth, from rinciple, and from all that is ancient id honorable, on the line blazed out the Puritan advocates of the so iled “progressive ideas of the }>res- it generation,” is the first cause of ie political corruption and official limorality that characterize the poli- of the day. New lights in reli- ions blaze out almost every day, and •e new religious organizations pringing into existence almost con- tantly. The same spirit for soine- ling new is seen and felt in politics, ‘olitics are taking all sor*s of shinies ml assuming n'l sorts of complex- on*. Aa it is in religion, so it. ulu he in politics; W( should en- eavor to stand by the truth. The anaticisin in religion is the lanati- m in politics, for str’ what we may, ■ religion ol a people give shppe Mid tone to their politics. But for stern ana unyielding de- otion to principle, truth would be wept from the land; and it is a natter of regret to sec this spirit r disposition for change in the Democratic wski manifested in the fcei'si degree. This ever grasping for imething new, for something iliffer- nt, either in politics or religion, lias lie tendency to upset and disorgan- disrupt and destroy tlie rnosf jtital principles of either, li is by adherence to “first princi- s” that a government is perpetua- l ai d the hapniness of the people ured, and their libe ties preserved. These were never ihrea ened as king as the resolutions ot 1798 con- itituted true Democratic faith and tale rights were respected and en •reed. To make these current igaiu, and restore to the States and liw people their rigiits is the uutv of idlest political journalism. These ubjects should certainly form cur ent topics to be discussed at all inns, especially when the rights of ie people are threatened-. Until these developments were made implicating Mr. Brooks, no man stood before the country with a better record for honesty and in tegrity. Such was his exemplary- character, that when it was charged that lie was thus implicated, that many involuntarily exclaimed that, if he were not honest, then, there could be no honesi Congressmen ! Mr. Brooks is dead, and let the mantle of charity hide the very few faults he had. May he rest in peace HONOR, r>. F. H A.MMONH, llecordcr of the i lly of Atlanta. IlO*. J.VMKH BROOK.'*. This distinguished gentleman, for lauy years editor of the New York veiling Express, and for several erms member of Congress from the th District of New York, who died n Washington city, on Wednesday veiling last, was born in Portland, Ie., on the 10th of Novemoer, 1810 \fter having graduated at W aterville ollege, in that State, he studied aw and was admitted to the bar, but uiopted journalism as a profession, ind was first celebrated lor the in- rcsting letters which he wrote as he WWuiugton correspondent of the ’ortland (Me.) Advertiser. After an extended tour .in Europe ind a term in the Maine Legislature, ie went to New York city in 1846, ud established the Express, of which has since been the chief editor •ud proprietor. He was then an irdent Henry Clay Whig, and as uch was first elected to Congress, rot he finally became thoroughly deutified with the Democratic party, nd was its recognized leader on the loor of the House of Representat ives. He was a member of the TJJE JMUOOCS. On Saturday morning, the 2Gth iust.., a detachment of United States soldiers, consisting of Capt. Evan Thomas, Brevet Major, and sixty- nine men, departed from tlie camp of the United Stales forces on the lava bed^, for the purpose of reconnoiter- ing the supposed position held b the Modocs. After a march -of four miles, and when they were almost directly in the supposed locality of the Indiam, the troops were sur prised, fifteen killed, n’neteen wounded and nine missing—making a total of casualties of forty-three out of a c, minand of only sixty-nine men, Capt. Thomas and two of his lieutenants bein ; among the killed The object of the n connoissance was to find out the real situation of the savages, but not to bring on a fight—the iutentiou being, when their position and locality were ascer tained, to bring up the artillery and shell the woods” and thus drive the Modocs from their strongholds. But the troops were surprised with the results already stated. Here we have a hand full of savag es, numbering scarcely seventy-five warriirs, successfully coutending against one thousand Unit* d States soldiers drilled in all the arts of mili tary science, and supplied with all the munitions of war, the best that science and skill can devise and per fect. But “ the extraordinary scene of combat,” says the New York Herald, “ which lies inside an area of a hun dred square miles and more of vol canic ruins, resulting from a gigantic upheaval of a deep rocky formation, fractured and tumbled about in end- less confusion, the vast field of these laTa beds abounding in holes, chasms, caves and underground passages, diffi cult for a hostile force to enter and more difficult to escape from, sur rounded by the invisible sharp shooter? of a cunning a ud desperate enemy, give to this unequal fight a terrible fascination which we find No word of Introduction of Recorder Hammond to the readers of Tub Sun is necessary. If there is one man more thoroughly discussed iu our columns than all others, Judge Hammond is cer tainly ibat man. It is true, he is not al- ways mentioned by name—that is to say —by his proper name. With as he bai- several titles, which, if not so dig nified, are at least os familiar in Atlanta as the round, determined fsatured face itself of our Recorder. “Old Ten a id Costs,” “T&C,” “Old Vinegar Bit ters," “Double Triggers,” are the names reflected perhaps, from the pent-up feel ings ol the victims of his court, through The Son’s pen sketches of the police conrt proceedings. If any ot our readers suppose that theso ludicrous court papers are published from any want of respect for the K.-oorder’s court the\ are Hereby corrected of a mistaken supposition. The writer of these cour; papers, and his associates ou The bos, entertain the highest degree of respect for this court. But our readers like our Recorder’s Conrt proceedings, and they are the ones we like most to plea.-e. Nor is the Recorder, nor Capt. John L. Johnson, our most excellent chiel of Police (The Son’s “Jonseu”) damaged by oar -iaricatures. To the contrary: wherever The Son is read, these two personages would be viewed with curios ity and pleasure. ’It is in response to often expressed wishes of subscribers outside of the city to see “ old Ten and Coats,” tnat the excellent engraving of him, (by Edward H. Hyde of this c.ty,) appears iu Ihe Son to-day. Recorder Hammond is naturally .en dowed with the qualities that constitute the just Judge. In his present oflice he is at once Judge and jury, and when he announces himself through sifting a case, before him, it may oe safely con cluded that he knows about as near what the accused have done, and the motive tnat actaated them, as it is possible tc find out. And the nnfor urates. be they friends or foes, are sure to be fined, (tfcueruily “ ten dollars and costs”) if they have been in the wrong. Judge Hammond is now fifty-three yean of age. He was born iu South Car ol.ua ; nd moved from that State to Geor gia when eighteen years old. He com menced at twenty the practice of the law in Newnan—w.s appointed Judge of the TaHapoosa Ciicuit when it was organized, by Governor Johnson, re-appointed by Governor Brown, and elected to the nme office twice by the people of his circuit, winch honor he decli ed however, though strongly solicited by the people of his Di-trict. In 18G2 he moved to Alanta, where lie has ever since been actively en gaged in the practice of law. In 1871 he elected Mayor of Atlanta, and Re corder in 1873. His judicial course s Judge, Mayor <nd Recorder has been characterized by a fraRess, indomitable purpose, lo suppr-ms vice and crime, by ail available means ; shrinking from no responsibilities, ami making no discrimi nation between friends and foes. His popularity is bused upon real merit. He has the m inliness to rise auove the con derauation of enemies and the flatteries of friends. His course has teen crowned with success, and has won to his support every 1 ver ot law and order, who have been tlie recipient of the benefits of his inimitable administration. Judge Hammond is also a minister of no secondary ability, in the Methodist Episc ipal Church, South, and as such esteemed wherever kuowa for his devo ted Christian qualities. His personal ap- earanoe is ludieativj of great moral strength and meat 1 abil'ty. Oar artist, Mr. riyde, has succeeded in giving a clear and life-l’kt portraiture of him. We wish Judge Hammond a green old a^i , and a happy finale to his useful lite. cirr roLirn c*r«r. " He eite In • corner fro n morning to nWht— Tie smoke, chew, smoke 1 He rlece at dawn Ale pipe to light. Ooee pnfflag and chewln* with sU hie might TUI the hoar of Bleep. Tie hie dt light To smoke, ebew, amdke. Tba quid goes in whan th* pipe goee oat— TU ebew, chow, chew; Haw cloads of amoke go up from bia threat, Hia month Bends constant streams afloat— Tls chaw, obew, rhaw. Ha aita all day In a amoke or fog— *Tia puff, puff, poll: Ha growls at hia wifa, the cat au l dag. Ha aoveas with filth the oarpet and rug. And hia only answer whan I give him a jog Is puff, puff, puff. Tba haoao all o’er, from and to and. Is amok*, amoke, emoke ; In whatever room my way 1 wend. If I take hia clothee to paten or mend. CngralefrU perfumes will ever serend Of amoke, am >ke, amoku. At homa or abroad, afhr or near. Tie smoke, amoke. smoke; Hie mouth la stuffed from -Sr to ear. Or puffing the stump of a pi p» so dear. And hia days will end, I very much tear, In smoke, em >ke, emoke,” Mr. B. Garci.r, wao ism cigar manufac turer ami dealer in tobaoco, was up ou complaint by his wife. Aside from the objections nrged above it appears that Garcier has bad other domestic troubles which is not at all likely to end in amoke. His «ife emphatically and vigorously testified that sue was com pelled to leave borne aud lock her door. That Lis treatment was such that g*”e bet just cause of alarm, *nd that from the first day of May she has considered herself and Garcier two separate aud dis tinct folks. Garcier offered no rebu 1 tiDg testimony, but intimated that the difficul ties arose from her deriliction of duty. The Court had known Gatcver for twenty ytars, and was certain if the whole truth was known that he had been using mean whisky. He then related his leccuro on “Man and his Treatment of a Wife,” and that he was fifty-three years old him self, and had had lots to do with women in his time, and had yet to Bee a true woman desert her husband when that husband came anyways near doing light. He wound up by Baying a man tnat would mistreat his wife ought to be rammed down a cannon and fired head firtt against the rock of Gibraiter. He tln-n tiucliedoff tne municipal howitzer and Garcier found himself about 625 worse off thau wheu the piece was loaded. No. 25 (w hoever mat is) plead guilty to b-Miig drunk. When a mau pieaus guilty through Jouseu, tuat officer acta us wit ness, jury aud attorney, and the prisoner gets off about as well as if he had hired ail the Darnel Websters iu towu. Jou seu said that No. 25 was on so high a drunk that he fancied that he was astride of the moon, riding a mule race through the atmosphere with this terrestrial globe. When the guard found him he was ou his face iu a prostrate altitude, with his nose making priuts iu his native heath. Tue police overheard him in the follow ing rhapsody to the aforesaid terrestrial globe, which he seemed trying to hold in his outstretched arms : “ Roll on. thou ball, roll on 1 Through seas of inky air, noli on I Its trus, I’ve got no shirts to wear 1 Its true, my butcher’s bill is due; Its true, my prospects ail look blue— Hut do’nt let that unsettle y ou— Never you mind Roil on 1 IP. S —It rolls on I] them were pretty dear cakes, but the Court pm a period to Jim’s thinking by remarking in a qu et wav. *■ I don’t think a gout - is a swan, I don’t think a .beep la a rabbit. Bui 1 think, when I'm thinking thereon. That thinking's a danaerous habit. Tor some pe pie thtrk they are right, ▲ud some people thick tt< y are Oliver. An i -'ome thing that black atoat be white Aad eotue think of nothing whatever. Morgan thought o too, and retired. Richard Clayton, is neither a white man noi a black man, Richard is badly mixed. The boys put him down M “Red Dick." ^He is a harmless looking old black aud tan, and works ou *the railroad. D<ok came to towu aud by way of a rtjuveuator, took ou about half * pint of rulroad twist-knee, aud went to Jerry Thompson’s restaurant to get • lunch. Jerry gave Dick, among other tbiDge, some ct ffte, which was so hot, that, as Dick gsaiu, he conld scald a chicken, and he took a swallow, which took off a flake of the mucus membrane of the lining of thorax. I'his made Dick so hot that he gave Jerry a genteel tongue lashing, lor which Ur paid five and coat Just here th< re was a rustle of silks and the lights ot the Harem of the “ House of Clifton” glided like a bunch of sunbeams in amongst tin- unterrified. This house is presided over by an ihua- tnoua female, who rejoiceth iu the higo- 8oundiog name of “Elizabeth.” Her palace of Coa'o, snut iu by Alpine hilk, and lit by petroleum iu alabaster larnpr, is sit uated, geographically speaking, on the Georgia Railroad. The extraordi nary prtseuce of the Railroad street creme da la ertima, was for ihe inves tigation of a charge of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. Be fore the case was called, a private interview with Jonsea was had, who nudged the Court, with stveral omin ous winks, a few more hurried whis pers, and a “pW of guilty,” was scratched down. She hud on a velvet cap, a white feather ou the top aud flowin' 1 ; curls be neath. After the pies the indignant god dess swept uuduiatingiy streetyv.trI. James Gordon is a “good ‘un” on a short fight, and was clasped in ihe strong embrace of the law for disorderly conduct The law was prevailed upon to let go its hold, upon payment of ten dollars and costs, after which the curtain fell and the Conrt adjourned over to permit the ma chinery of municipal goverumont to take a shave and put on a clean shirt for Sun day. iys that the teoided im- ouffee, urd ged hands tuliy e ne- (.KtKHAL STATU. ITEMS. —Quitman is illuminated with street lamps. * —Brooks Superior Court will begin uext Monday. —The Sand ‘tsvilie Herald is clamoring for fresh mtute. —The corn is growing rapidly in Wash ington county. —Crop Drospects in Upeoa county are more flattering. — Fo tj to fifty cents for spring chick ens in Albany. —“Modoc Whisky” is the lavorite drink iu Augusta. —May celebration will come off in in no oilier cootliet of all our lrnliau | Macon on Tuesday. through tin* State. Frost is reported from luauy localities. — A Roman prophet has predicted a b'figcr irtsbet than beiove seen in the “City upon Seven Hills.” —The Ci>n8'ian Cburch in Savannah ha w e determined to investigate the moral character of Ruv. Will C. Moreau. —A railroud meeting is to be held in Athens iu the interest of tue Eatontoc, Madis-m and Athens Railroad. —Jas. H. Morris uvs drawn his drapery ! around him and silently stole away from TalLne-vie, Upson county, for parts un known. — Cotton, corn, potatoes, sugar-cane and traits all progressing splendidly, aud an abundance planted in Southwestern wars. The suppression of the Modocs, if they are to be suppressed, will cost the government millions of dollars. But how is it to be done ? Not by West Point strategy, but by sur rounding and cutting off their sup plies with a large force of troops. Theie brave savages are fighting upon mysterious grounds, every inch of which ia familiar to their tread. It is simp*y murder to order men in to their traps and dead-tails. Thh Patent Wall Ado**.—Mr. W. D. Rowell, who ia introducing tne PAfc- ent Well Auger, ha* now completed his krrangemeuta, and will he ready to sink a well on Monday. Mr. Row«U ia now ready to receive letter* on the subject, and will give them prompt atteuiioo. Parties oat of the city desirous ol eom- memcktiog with Mr. Rowell can da so by addressing uim through the Atieuta Post Office, and will reocu him wuwever 1m may be. —Tue colored Methodists are building : a new church in Fort Valley. —Col.Christy,of the Athens Watcbmau, was in Madison on Wednesday. The new Baptist Church at Sandtre- ville is to be dedicated to-day. — A negro child was burned to death near Cuthbert yesterday was a week ago. —The revival in Coiumbns still j»ro- i greases, services. —Cotton is now going in o Colnmbus, largely in excess of the corresponding weeks of last year. —The Ocmnlgee river is on tne ram page. Sue had men seven feet on Fri day morning. Rtv. W. L Bebee, editor of the Cov ington Enterprise, has gone North for a mouth or two. —A negre military oompany ste^s to the mnsic of the fite and dram. They are tba Lanooln Guards. The wo r k on the bridge across Mul berry creek. Norm and booth Rulruufi, has been oommenoed. Heavy amounts of gold which nave been ilHides aaay, are Oeiug put mto c:r uuialiou tn Columbus. Tue ram has been quite general E. C. Bendetson gave a GrandConc»rt in Rume on Wednesday lor the benefit of tua Episcopal Church, neitiric S91 75. — R-v. J. IS. C-’zny, for several year* i pastor of the Cutbbi rt Presbyterian Cburch, has resigned the same aud will I soon leave ftrS-'Uio Carolina. —The following t fficer* of the Grand revival in vommoiw Chapter have ,«. D elected foi ihe ensn- Large congregations attend the , P^. M £ vv AdamS( G . H . P ; R E. Lutner J. Glenn, D. G. H. P.; R. E, Win. J. JuIjdkiu, G. K.; K. E. B>>t»«-rt M Smith, G S.; R. E. William J Pollard, G. Tre R. E. J Emmett Biactabear, G. S- e. ; JA Rev. Fransis E. llausiii, bnu Chaplain; Comp. John E. N ivy, Grand Seotinei. —Tne CorV'***tions of the Grand C jUiCiIm c>i R'jal and Select Mas*er Maeons of Georgia will hereafter be be»d il Mia: u. * he following are the offi cers foe tli«- ensuing y«»r: RobL M. Obillii, o! Alliens, Go., T. L G’ M.; To J P rnr, of It .tne, Gvl, L G. H. B uj -mu. F M >< :•*, of Atlanta, Ga., L G. H A.; cLchard X Turner, of 8a- viun»i.. lit, G’ao: l Captain General; W.j. J P • • r'-V'U s'u. G-, Grand rrta-..rer;< K. Anu-trcng, of Macon, Ga., Gr ■mi aeuUnei. No. 25 was pl»ced in a wheelbarrow, aud at last accounts was “rolling on,” in the direction of the Station House. H. E. Baldwin is the man who waiks the street carry ing his umbrella under his arm. Friday morning he stopped suddenly to speak with a friend on De catur street, aud a man behind him uearly broke the joiut of the umbrella off by running ms eye against it. The mau swore aud Baldwin wheeled sudden ly, tearing off a young lady’s back hair, lie turned to apologize, and jobbed the end of his umbrella into a very tall po liceman’s stomach. The policeman ad ministered a jerk and the umbrella point tore off a p >rtr :n of a small boys ear, a-d immediately after carried the star board oc rner of a m-.n’s mouth up into hio iront hair, titepping back in dismay at what he had done, he rammed the umnrella down a bystander’s throat, and at the same time fastened the book handle (me probauihtns are the uandle was n <t only hooked, but the entire uni- b'eila) into a colored citizen’s wool. In his efforts to get his umbrella loose, the unfortunate owner of it npset a candy and trait stand, and plunged headfore most into a show window. In the ex citement ind cotuosion that ensued, the umbrella was pat into a hacs. and carried to a doctor’s shop, and the man was brought to the lockap for examination. It cornea off on Monday. Jamea Morgan’s wifa sent him to the grocer to get a jag of molasses. He got urunk and fetched the jog home filled w’th ▲ hisky. Mrs. Morgan took it op, ■melt it, set it down, and then squaring her elf, arms akimbo and eyes flashing, she ax Maimed: “ Where’s them molas ses ?” Morgan smiled and winked plms- antiy and waving hia left hand prapiiiat- ingiy exclaimed, “ To eras they 1” It wonld not have been so bad ha«l be stuped right there; bnt he worked him self into a furious passion, when ne was worked up into ginger cakaa by tlie —The Baltimore Gazette late Rio advices have given petUh to ihe moveintnt l . Saturday someG,500 ag-« ;i.. iu <hat market at an advance ball a cent gold on the ori •*.■* pur! previ ous to tue receipt ol the K >» nev>.-, and tbe market closed very srroug at th> ad vance, with a tendency o f prices still up ward. Private advices from an iutell - gen aud ie iable scu ce state exp’icitly that the maturing Brazil crop will be largely snort cf that of the previous year, but though estimates of crops are always more or le.s uncertain, there seems little tason to doubt this statement. — Miss Mary Healey, tbe author the pleasant stories, “A bummer Ro mance” aud “Lakeville,*' bus accepted the invitation cf the Princess of Wal- lachia to pass the summer in that ro mantic region, which has hitherto been iittie explored by oourists. Her father, the American artist, G urge Heuley. has paiuteu the portraits >f the Wal- lachian prince and princess. —The Woman’s Journal sayr: “bero- sis has voted to devote the Btcond day of June to a woman's peace meeting, as suggested by Julia Ward Howe, iu the Woman’s J -urual of jlast week. Sorosis has also voted to call in beptember of this year a woman’s congress, for the promotion of more perfect co-operation and good friendship among women en gaged in kindred objects and pursuits. The call will soon be printed and sent out.” —Tne Rev. Charles Kingsley, the popular novelists, has had a canonry of W stminister conierred upon him, and therefore resigns a similar appointment at Chester. Short of a bishopric and some four or five deaneries—for deane ries ai e not what they were in the bad old times—a canonry of Westminietry is regarded as one of the most delicious plums which can ceme in the way of an. English ecclesiastic. —Henry Watterson, the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, having settled np ah the little difficulties in Kentucky, and elsewhere, which have con s pired to make journalism in the Southwest lively this winter, is about to march off the field with flying colors, and take six months’ furlough in Europe, Railing on the 14th of May, witn his wife, babies and all. —The Indianapolis Journal urges upon Congressmen the propriety of making an . appropriation for the widow of General Canby. It says that his wfiole mind and might, strength and soul were devoted to his country, and in these days of selfish greed he died, after thirty odd years of fai hfnl service, a poor man. The coun try can, it thinks, well afford to reward, soeh honesty and fidelity. Hirjrai, May 2.—Seventeen more bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Atlantic yesterday. A violent snow storm has prevailed here all day. N*w Tors, May 3.—The failure of N. H. Gillet, a heavy tea merchant, is an* Conrt at $10 a piece. Morgan thought 1 nonnoed.