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'pH E A rfjAl^ A. SUN ^ hel '?PP°* 1 ^ on to corruption, and
TIIK CAPITOL dl'EITIOI.
This matter has been discussed
almost “ad nansenm,” and we would
not say anything upon it at this
tune, save that it is our duty to cor
net what appears to be pn erroneous
statement in The 8cn o r the 11th
iiist. Ia that article it is stated that
the people of Atlanta, at the ballot
box, repudiated the present State
Constitution which lemoved the
capitol to this place.
The writer of that article ac
knowledges that he made the state
ment from a long standing popular
impression, not only on his own
uiiuil, but upon the minds of thou
sands of intelligent men in Georgia.
The records show a very small
majority of the votes cast in Fulton
county to lie ir tavoi of the Consti
tution. The Jesuit of that vote is ac
cording to the footings of Hulbert
& Co., whose “sharp and quick”
manipulations made a majority in
the State for Bullock, which men of
candor and good judgment believe
did notex.st; ami such men further
believe the declared majority for the
Constitution in Fulton county—
especially in this city—was fabrica-
tod^jipially with that ol Bullock’s.
We Know that at the time, the be
lief was wide-spread, that the rial
sentiment of a clear majority of the
voters in this county, if it could
have been fairly expressed, was
against the ratification of the Con
stitution.
So much in explanation of the
error; and while upon the subject we
will discuss its merits a little
further and dismiss it.
W<- re'ret the appearance of an
error in The Sun. We always try
to ho accurate; and we will af all
times correct any misstatement made
in our columns. Will our cotem-
poraries do as much ? W e specially
put this to the Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel, and the Milledgeville
Union and Recorder. The former of
these, in noticing the error of The
Sun, says:
Tli*‘ name assertion haa been fre
qtiently made belore, not only by The
Sun !>ut by tbe other | upers of Atlai ta
iu discussing the removal of the capital
to it* locatioi.
The latter paper indorses this
statement of the Chronicle, and adds
in its own words, that
— tbe Atlutitu | apera have been doing u
very large amount ot bragging upon a
very huihII eapital.
Both these statements are erron
eous, so far as we know and believe
We never saw what the Chronic!
calls “the same assertion,” in any At
lanta paper, at any time, previous t«
that in The Sun on the 11th inst.
and we do not believe that any such
“assertion” can be shown. We chal
leuge any one to do so. It is possi
hie such a statement may have been
nnde which we never saw; but w
feel sale ia assuring both our co
temporaries that “the same a
tion” has not lieeu “frequently made
cither by the The Sun or the “other
papers of Atlanta,” and that they
have not been doing a “large amount
of bragging” on this “small capital.’
In The Sun of the 9th October
1871, an editorial appeared entitled
“Atlanta and Her Prosperity,” in re
ply to the reckless aud unfounded
charges against Atlanta and her peo
pie by the Milledgeville Union and
few ot her papers. From that artiel
we tak > the following :
“Tut Capitol is located here, because
it is bo Dominated aud required iu tb
Constitution of tbe State. When tin
election was held, at which this Consti
tution was submitted to tbe peopl
we recollect rightly, Savannah, Augusta
Maoou and Columbus vott-d tor Bullock
aud tbe Constitution. Atlanta is the
only leading city iu the State that gave
Cordon a clear majority. Even Mid-
edgevdle, we believe, voted for Bullock
and the Constitution. Tuis looks like
Atlauta is not auy more to blame for tbe
Capitol neiug here than some other por
tioua of the State, even if there be auy
blame attached to the matter. *
“It is a singular fact, that notwith
standing all the efforts of Bullock and
tbe Sttie Road Ring, Atlanta is tbe only
large city iu tbe State that has uot folic u
into Radical hinds: baa k.ipt, all tbe
whiles a souudly Democratic city gov
ernmeut. The charge of prospering
thr mgh Radical corruption and fraud
-amply ridiculous. We have kept th
Radical plunderers from bankrupting us
as they have other cities; and we tiave
sternly and defiantly, in the presence
Bullock and bis oohorts, proclaimed our
city as their political enemy, and have
stood our ^ rounds nnsoathea.”
The reader will see that the “asser
tion” to which the Chronicle aud
Sentinel, and the Union and Re
corder refers, is not made in the fore
going extract—neither is it. made
any part of the article. We have
iullv <iuoied all that is germane to
the issue.
Tile Sun ol the 30th November,
1871, contained an editorial from
which the following is extracted:
“Xne people ol Aiiant. nave shown
, • • »-— • » UOIIOU,
demonstrated that they mnnot _
bought, bribed or cajoled, to vote foi ot
favor men or measures wlj:ch }, uve
Oorrunt
taint
or
a ■
suspi-
in moral
cion.
‘The preient Constitution was
tramed by a Radical bayonet conven-
*ion in this city. It required tbe capi
tol to be brought here, and the party
wbioh framed it presented Bullock as .
candidate. Notwithstanding our peoplt-
were unanimously in favor of tbe re-
®ov»l, Atlanta is the only city in Oeor
gia which votea against Bullock. It is
the only one wl ioh has kept the standard
of pars Democracy afloat in its govern
ment, and kept th- dutches of tbe Radi
c«le out of its Treasury. Bullock’s gov
ernment, and Blodgett, and the Boboer
Band, had tueir headquarteis here. The
public money has been squandered for
corrupt objects, but th* 1'Bc.kle of At
lanta have kept their eseutcheou bright
dud their honor untarnished. A few in
<iizUluaU have joined the band and par
ticipated in the spoil* oi dishonesty and
fraud; but no snch charge can be brought
against one man in a hundred of our
people. TLty M-orn with loatbiog and
ntempt all buch ill-go'teu g ins and
those who participate tbertin.”
Not a word hsre containing the
assertion ’ which is charged; and
e do not hesitate to say that do
such “assertion” ever appeared in the
columns of The Sun, except on the
11th inst., and we are confident no
such “assertion” has ever appeared
any t'me in any other Atlanta pa-
per.^If it has, we never saw it, or
heard of it. If such ever did, and it
can be pointed out, we will stand cor
rected.
The Milledgeville Union and Re
corder of the 21st inst. sta es that its
editor has beet. “informed” “that
many of the leading men of Atlanta—
the elite of the city”—went among
the members of the Convention
hich framed the Constitution, and
used arguments “not very honorable
or honest”—“principally to the col
ored members,” “to induce them to
te for moving the capitol;” and
that forthi8 purpose “infamous false
hoods were told the colored members
against the people of Milledgeville."
This charge against the “elite” of
Atlanta (ior the publication of such
statement in this connection, and
inf the way it is, is tantamount to a
charge—so we consider it—) is a
base slander upon as virtuous, hon
ruble and upright a people as Mil!
ugeville or any other city in Georgia
an boast of. Discussions like this—
in fact all discussions in newspapers
should be conducted decently, with
dignity and courtesy. Editors should
uot degrade themselves to the leve
drunken brawlers, nor disgrace
the once honorable profession of jour
nalism to the contempt which gentle
men feel for the language, example
aud inlluence of loafers and vaga
bonds. The elite of the city of At
lanta would not do a wrong or dis
honorable act any sooner than the
elite of the city of Milledgeville, or
the editor of the Union and Recorder
The using of such language only
shows its author to be reckless, aud
that he is desperately engaged in
bad cause.
The people of Atlanta are justly
proud of their record as a people, and
chal'enge a comparison of the same
with any other city in Georgia. W
respectfully ask that those who hav
aught against us, will, in stating the
the same, say nothing but what
true, and taat they have the courage
aud manliness to insinuate nothing
intended to reflect dishouorab’_
against us; and to say what they
have to say as if they had some re
spect for the feelings of honorable
men—such as they would wish mani
fested towards themselves.
This criticism upon the propriety
of language is for the special consid
eration ot the Union aud Record?r.
Before closing this
cent. Fulton majority for Gordon I
is eight per cent, of her registered
vote, while Baldwin’s majority for
Bullock is nearly fifteen per cent.
We present the following figures:
Chatham Cotnty—Registered
voters, 8,422: for Constitution, 4,513;
against Constitution, 2,741; Bullock,
4,471; Gordon, 2,782.
Richmond County—Registered
voters, 5,995: for Constitution, 3,103;
against Constitution, 1,723: for Bul
lock, 3,078; Gordon, 1,749.
Muscogee County—Registered
voters, 3,100: for Constitution, 1,698;
against Constitution, 1,108: for Bul
lock, 1,640; Gordon, 1,170.
Bibb County—Registered voters,
4,591: for Constitution, 2,209;
against Constitution, 1,894: for Bul
lock, 2,192; Gordon, 1,919.
Fulton County—Registered vo
ters, 5,094: for Constitution, 2,229;
agaiust Constitution, 2,019: for Bul
lock, 1,944: Gordon 2.357.
Baldwin County—Registered vo
ters, 1,935: for Constitu.ion, 989;
agaiust Constitution, 718: for Bul
lock, 996: Gordon, 713
We will add that most of the
counties adjoiuing and surrounding
Baldwin, aud in that section of the
State which might be supposed to
desire the capitol to remain at Mill
edgeville, voted to ratify the Const!
tution; while most of the conntiies
ntar Atlanta winch might be sup
posed to desire the capitol brought
here, voted against the Constitution
We will add only this: The pres
ent Constitution requires the seat of
Government to be in the city of At
lanta: and it cannot be removed
from here till the Constitution
changed. This will require the as
sembling of a Sovereignty' Conven
tion. We think it wouid be wel' not
to call such a Convention for some
vears to come. It is better to bear the
ills we have than fly to those we know
not of. If the people of Georgia want
the capbol carried back to Mil Edge
villt, they have the right, and can do
so at the proper time; and if it i
ever done, we pledge the people of
Milledgeville that the press and peo
pie of Atlanta will not fly into a
passion and call their best citizens
by all sorts of hard names, nor
bring unfounded scandalous chaiges
agaiust them, nor indulge in any
vituperation on account of it. We
will, willi good grace, acquiesce in the
removal when it is legally done.
COHOMMBD IRWI.
Alabama I tanas.
The Mobile and Girard Railroad has
earned into Colombos this year 17,618
bales of cotton.
A sturgeon five feet long and weighing
one hundred aud fifty pounds was caught
in the Warrior river, near Tuscaloosa, a
uay or two since.
0*1 ton’s new pocket map of Alabama
ignorte Coloert count*, altogether. I*
unites Franklin and Ooibert and calls
the combination “Franklin.”
The Coiumbas Enquirer, of Friday,
says that crops below here, on the Mo
bile and Girard Railroad, though back
ward, are by no means loosing so an
promising as we hod expected to find
them.
The post offioe at Uni jn Springs has
been moved by the new incumbent to a
very inconvenient place. The new post
master pays a high tribute to Grant by
publioly proclaiming that he, the post
master, is not fit for the office he holds.
The Selma Times, referring to tbe sus
pension of Ferguson A Co., bankers, of
Seima, says that “not a merchant or
business man will be involved or dam-
iged, and while the affair is, of course,
much discussed, still there is no aneasi-
uees, aud tne course of business will not
be aflected by it. People away from
Selma need not put any confidence in
auy will statements they may bear. The
rue status of the affair will he furnished
through the Times, tad a reliable de
tailed statement of the condition of tbe
tirm wili be given as Boon as it cau be
obtained.”
North Carolina Items.
The fruit crop in North Carolina will
be f hort this year. And from every quar
ter of the State the prospect for field
crops is very discouraging.
The Wilmington, N. C.. Star chronicles
several eases of small pox at Rocky Point,
there being as many as six in one family.
It has raged mostly among the colore 1
people, but a number of whites have also
had it.
The Goldsboro Messenger says the cost
of growing cotton this year cannot be less
than 14 cents per pound.
Political Items.
Letter From Jonesboro.
Editors Sun: We left your city last Sat
urday morning on the Macon Road for
this pleasant and sttractive town, which
is itself last becoming a little city, judg
ing from the improvements which have
been made recently. It was our good
fortune to make this trip with that gen
tlemanly, polite and efficient conductor,
Mr. David Croft. A better condncior
never pulled the bell rope. After a
pleasant ride we found ourselves nearing
Jonesboro. On arriving at the depot,
Mr. William Harnett, the genial, ever-
obliging and popular hotel man, gave us
a most cordial welcome to his house.
The new building now occupied is very
conveniently situated within a few feet of
the depot, the rooms are large and com
fortable.
This town has another well kept aud
popular hotel, being presided over by
Mr. Hightower. To-day, being Saturday,
whioh is quite a busy day with the plant
ers and merchants, we noticed many
wagons from miles around. Jonesboro
enjoys a most excellent trade with tbe
surrounding counties. The merchants
witn fair and honest dealings, together
with an enterprising spirit are rapidly in
creasing their sales.
We were pleased to learn with what
fine success the s<:h *ols have met with
here. A1 are in a flourishing condition.
The Jonesboro High School is fast attain-
Colonel George Williams, of Louisiana,
has been appointed resident minister in
the Central American States.
Ev-Congressman E. Y. Rice of the 10th
Illinois District, is said to be building a
new house with his 85,000 of the salary
grab.
A fe w weeks ago it was reported that
S. C. Pomeroy had given up politics
nnd was ab.mt to honor New York City
by accepting a lucrative business offer in
one of our great commercial houses.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher 8towe, writing
from Fiorina, says: “With suitable iu-
stiuciion, alligators may yet be seen in
the Legislature. They ctrtainly would
uot be more grasping and voracious than
many in the situation; and there is a fine
openness about their mauner of doing
things that is prepossessing.”
A special dispatch from Columbus,
Ohio, says the Liberal Republicans pres
ent at the meeting of themselves with the
Democrats, on Thursday, to fix the date
for a State Convention, manifested a
desire to preserve an independent organ
ization, aud determined to issue a call
for a mass Convention, to assemble at
Columbus on August 6, the date fixtd for
the State Convention.
The coinmen’s upon the Republican
nomination for btate officers in Ohio by
the press of that Sta*e are somewhat in
teresting. The leading aomini tration
journal, The Cincinnati Gazette, emphat
ically commends both the ticket and the
platform, and thinks success is even more
certain than it was in 1871, when Gov.
Ncyes was first elected. The Cincinnati
^ Commercial (Ind.) ridicules the platform
tor censuring Congress for the salary
grab, and praising General Grant for his
i “rigid economy” when his salary has been
increased to $200,000 a term. It thicks
Governor Noyes has gained popularity
daring his official tern, but says nothing
about, hi* prospects for re-electicn. The
Enquimr (Dem.) of the same city dis
poses of the matter in this summary way:
“ The ticket represents about as little
talent as auy placed in the field in this
State under the present Constitution.
1 he gentlemen who brought it into the
world have been guilty of the crime of
the period.” The Columbus State Jour
nal (Rep.) thinks the platform a strong
one, but considers its resoluti in for the
repeal of the Salary bill too sweeping in
including the President’s salary and that
of the Judges. It thinks Governor
Noyes will be re-elected by an increased
majority.
RcII(Im» imm.
UaiUrianism, it is said, is novas strong
in New York as it was twenty-five years
Ago.
One half of tbe Protestant Epiaoopa 1
Churches in the UaV G States are tree-
seated.
The number of converts m the Protest
ant m.sMons of the world » computed at
1.334,993.
The Baptists in Iowa claim a member
fhip of $20,000. Th-y b tve 874 churches
and 109 pastors.
Tichendorf, the celebrated Biblical
critie, will be one of the delegatee from
Germany at the Conference of Evangeli
cal Alliance.
There are 321 students in the seven
Congregational Thelogical Seminaries in
th j United 3tates, forty-three more than
last year.
According to tbe last census there are
43,8”4 clergymen in the United States.
Of this number 3,572 reside in tbe Stite
of Ohio.
Tue Old Catholics have arranged for
the election of a Bishop at Cologne on
the 4th of June. This, It is believed,
will give definite shape and permanency
to ihe movement.
According to Methodist statistics, the
increase of their denomination in the
United States for twenty years has been
fifty percent greater than the increase of
population.
The rationalists of Germary are en
gaged in a revision ot the Bible, which
they propose to colt tbe protestsnt Bible
of the New Testament. The same have
united iu a nody called the Protestant
Union. I
A Methodist paper says it is no secret
that tbe itinerant syste a, with all its ad
vantages, is severe m its severances of the
paBtors and peop e. This is said in v.ew
of the recent removal of several hundred
ministers.
A missionary in Utah states that of the
Mormons he found fifty-seven per cent,
had belonged to the Church of England,
eleven to the Methodists, and eight to
the Presbyterians; only six per cent, had
Mormon parents.
The centenary of tbe first Methodist
Ecclesiastic Convention held in America
is to be oelebrated by the Methodists of
Philadelphia in July next, beginning on
Sunday, the 13tb, and continuing for
three days.
The organic union of the various pres
byteries o' British America is now as
sured. Tiie committees, which met at
St. John, N. B., have agreed upon terms
of union, and nothing remains but tne
ratification of their work by the several
assemblies. •
M i*cell a neons Item*.
The Union newspaper ot Columbia,
S. C. has been sold, and it is said will be
discontinued or temoved to Charleston.
lug renown, being taught by a coifs of
discussion competent ieaeln rs. Pupils from various
, , - , , . c , . portions of the State are in attendance,
(which we ho(*e is liiuil, on our part, j mjQibering near one hundred. The
and that we shall have no further academy is beautifully located in the
occasion to notice it) we wish to show
who is most responsible for removing
the capitol to this city so far as the
vote for Governor, and on ratifying
the present Constitution in 1868, is
concerned. The registered vote, in
1868, or* Fulton county was 5,094;
and of Baldwin county 1,925. Ful
ton’s majority for Gordon was 413,
and Baldwin’s majority for Bullock
was 283. Fultou’s majority for rati
fying the Consti tution—notwith-
Mu-Ooal and D..«malic Items.
mulst of the shade of large oak trees.
Hard by are two very handsome church
edifices.
The young men have organised a de
bating society, of which s large namber
are members. Ti.ey meet once a week.
Tbe Good Templars have also many mem
bers. Most all the young ladies, who are
ever ready to strengthen the noble work
ol temperance, are becoming followers of
this grew and goed institution. May
their efforts be crowned with success.
Yisitiug the Confederate cemetery,
wherein are buried many of oar gallant
heroes, we there saw plain evidences of
the love mud devotion of the lair ladies
for the fallen braves, whose lives have
standing the fact that it brought the j been sacrificed upon the altar of liberty,
capitol here, aud the further fact
that a few of our good citizens labor-
A slab here and there marks the resting
place of sd unknown soldier.
I Under tin green mound, free Irani battle strife, liee
ed earnestly to induce the people to i the weniorbnre; . ..
cu - r 1 I Nothing bni the einplt word u*kiuntm marks his
grave.
Tea, njnkiio* n. bat still nut unknown to the true
Southern breast,
Whose patriotic love will ever be with the unknown
in hie anal place ol rest
J. C. 8.
H. E. K-mal Bey is said to have a hand
in a new drama in Turkish, turning upon
incidents of tbe defense of Siiistria.
Madame Nilson-Rouzand is singing in
London for the first time Bince hir mar
riage. She is being encored and admired
to her heart’s content.
Henry J. Byron’s comedy of “Fine
Feathers” has not been praised by the
London newspapers. Hie “Time’s Tri
umph” is ehortlv to be brought out at
the Charing Cross.
When Signor Goveau first offered his
,< Ge8u Cristo” to the Teatro della Com
media at Milan, it was forbidden; but a
change in the title to “II Redeatore"
made it acceptable to the authorities.
Blanche Davenport, of 'Philadelphia,
daughter of E. L. Davenport, the trage
dian, is said to be the coming American
prima donna. Blanche is iu Italy, study
ing under Perini, the tutor of Rose Her
see aud Miss Gary.
A new Marguerite was recently intro
duced at Govern Garden Theatre, in Lon
don, whom the critics do not seem to
like. It is said in a notioe of her per
formance that “the ideal Oretehen neither
is a coquette nor does she gush.”
The City Council of Richmond offer
to give a site on Gambles’ hill, in that
city, for the monument to General Lee.
Mrs. Elizabeth Leo died at Spartan
burg, 8. C., about two weeks ago, in her
100th year.
The report is that Chicago gets impor
tations of European merchandise by the
way of Montreal much cheaper than
througn the New York Custom House.
The Memphis Ledger says that Ham
Carter, an ex-Memphis negro politician,
will Le a candidate for Governor of Mis
sissippi before the Radical convention in
July next.
There are 74,800 Biptists, 260 Baptist
Sunday Schools with 13,000 pupils in
Alabama.
The remains of General Canby were
interred at Indianapolis on Friday last.
Iu the Connecticut Senate last week,
constitutional amendment, providing
for one State capital, to be located in
Hartford, was passed.
Of the grand jury impanneled to in-
vestig te the late troubles in Louisiana
sixteen are colored, and every one a Rad
ical.
Ezekiel T. Cox. father of Hon, S. S.
Cox, of New York, died recently at his
home in Zanesville, Ohio, and at a ripe
old age. Mr. Cox was many years prom
inently identified with journalism.
The annual council of the Episoopal
Church of Virginia and West Virginia
convened recently at Winchester, for the
first time Bince 1857.
The editors of Ohio in convention last
week declared in favor of a discrimina
tion in postage on newspapers circulated
in the county, district or State in which
they are published, and those sent from
a distance.
Nearly one thousand feminines of St.
Louis have signed a petition to the Coun
cil of that city asking a repeal of the
social evil regulation Bystem in practice
there.
The Geneva Arbitration oost the Uni
ted States $144,000. The amount award
ed in our lavor is fifteen and a haif mil
lions.
Tbe Atlantic and Q a If Railroad Exten
sion.
FROM CUB HPHINO.
brand Pirate Rsrnreton of R»<M T«m«
|,lar».
Cave Rvum*. Ga., May 22, 1873.
Editors Sun : We were present to-day
at one->f the mo-t delightful pinnies at
this p’aee if has ever been our good for-
tuue to attend. .Certainly there is no
more tavoted soot iu all this region for
the purpose. Tne excumonistr from
Rome, Go., and from Talladega, Jackson
ville ana Oxford, Alabama, were met
at the depot by a deputation of
the citizens of Cave Spring and es
corted to a beautiful and spacious
grove d magnificent old oaks, near the
Baptist church and the famous Cave
Spring. After all were seated, the speak
ers of the day were invited to take their
position on the staud, which the tasteful
hands of the fair hal draped and arched
with evergreens; and ihe exercises be
gan with uu Appropriate song by the
youDg tadtes of Cave Spring School.
Next, the Rev. Mr. Tavior offered a
beautiful and toticning prayer.
The R?r. D. B. Hamilton then wel
come! the visitors in a cordial aud hap
py address, which was responded to ia
an equally happ» effort by our geuiul
lrieu.t, Mr. Al. Plowman, of Talladega.
Then followed adurpsess by Messrs. A.
A. B S. Moselv aud S. C. Robinson, of
R iuie, Ga., and Judge Turnly, Rev. C.
D. Oliver, and Prof. W. G. Borden, of
Alabama. The addresses were all replete
with wisdom and sparkling with wit.
Some of the orators took ad vantage of
the occasion, to maae urgent appeals to
those young men and ladies who were
not already identified in this great tem
perance movement to enlist under tueir
banners, and lend the : r aid in the great
fight against King Alcohol and his host
The people may sneer as they please
against the order of Good Templars, but
the good they have done and are doing
in this section of Georgia and Alabama
is immense. It is no longer considered
polite and stylish for yourg men to in
dulge in “brandy smashes” and “cham
pagne c >cktaiIs,” for the fact'of the busi
ness is, the better p.rt of creation, the
moulders of society, those potentates for
good or evil, our noblewomen, young
and old, have taken this matter in hand,
and hr vho would bask in the si*'- j
smiles the young uud b; autiful r
win thv. approbation of tbe more ma
ture and elderly, must absolutely refrain
from the use of tbe intoxicating thief
that steals away our brains, fills our asy
lums with orph a ns aud paupers, and our
prisons with criminals.
After the exercises were over the as
sembly dispersed and wi re soon engaged
in the discussion ot the nice edibles that
were prepared lor the occasion. The
balance of the day was spent by the young
in pursuit ot pleasure and the elderly in
sober, staid conversation ou crops and
other interesting topics. We learn that
an Agricultural Club has bten recently
organized here in which the members
take great interest.
The wheat in this section as in others
is very uupromis’ng. It is believed that
not more than hi If a crop will be har
vested. Cotton and corn crops are back
ward but looking well.
Regretting that time and space will
not allow us to allude to many other
items of inteiest, we bid adieu to Cave
Springs, feeliDg that this enjoyable day
will long be fresh in the memory of
Kbo-Kwiuu
CAPTAIN JACK.
The
Ken-
VOte in favor of it expressly upon the
ground that if rejectee, it, we
wouid never _et anotuer one as
good—was only 210; while Baldwin's
uiajontv iu fa> o r of ratifying it,
notwithstanding her smaller voting
population and the tact that it earned
the capitol away from them, was
271. Baldwin’s majority for the Con
stitution is more than fourteen pc 1 .'
cent of her registered vote, whih
Fulton’s maiority :s only ou: ,>er
Barncm. it is said, has offered Capt.
Ja.-K tweuiy-uve thousand dollars
travel with mui in.t be exhioited. We
hope ihe grn.1 Chief of the M«-docs
will not accept the tempting off.x. If
tin does, we shu:l uot ask to be dead
beaded » the great snow when it visiU
riant i _ Xi xu.
Ptntaal Items.
Ex Congressman Georgs A. Halsey, of
the Sixth New Jersey District, has re
turned his back pay to the United States
Treasury.
The present editor of Linpincott’s
M ig iziiie is John Foster Kirk, who has
obtained a good deal of reputation in
1° j Pnil’deipUia from the anthorabip of sev
eral nisioncai works.
After the late Captain Hall’s return
from Lis firs Arctic explovauon, L dy
Frauxlin jouruoyed rromCalilornU, while
sh was traveling, cn purpose to see him.
His additions to the mementoes of Sir
.Job- Fraib iu yreuriv lutciesUj net
The Thomasvide Enterprise, of the
20th, says: “ We had the pleasure ot
meeting yesterday Hon. John Screven,
President, and Col. H. S. Haines, Super
intendent of the Atlantic and Golf Rail
road, who visited Thomaaville on busi
ness connected with their road. A pleas
ant chat with them informed os that the
new survey for the extension ol the At
lantic and Gulf Road from Bainbridge
to Pollard ia about half completed, and
the loate found to be the most favorable
yet surveyed; making a difference of
from twenty to thirty feet average grad
ing per mile leas than the former Unee.
Two remarkable tangents of about twen
ty-five miles each also appear on the new
rente, one of them commencing at Bain-
bridge and tbe other at tne crossing of
the Chattahoochee, thus giving fifty
miles of air-hue road iu the fint fifty-two
or fifty-three miles surveyed. President
Screven ia all energy and activity in set
ting on foot this much needed extension,
and we hope to see the whole country
support him in the great undertaking.
11 ia no small matter to extend a railroad
oue hundred and sixty or one hundred
aud seventy miles in .his section of the
country, and under the present stringen
cy of the money market, but if any dud
hi Georgia can do it, we believe Presi-
d-nt Screven cau. Tne people along the
line, however, should net sit dovn, fold
iheir hands and wait for him to open up
their localities to the world, aud make
heir toitunea tor them. They snoutd
ri»r op, like a strong man, and put their
i-nou .-rs to the wheel also. If the
com i be great benefits to be d rive
.'rum i*, let them also show grit and man-
nuefto iu the acquisition.”
Modoc Chief the Sou of
tacklan.
Frankfort (Kentucky) Yeoman.]
It is at this time currently reported in
this community, and by many believed,
that Captain Jack, the celebrated Modoc
chief, is the son of Capt. Jack Chambers,
a native, and formerly a well known citi
zen ot the western part of this county.
In support of this belief, the following
facts are given: Abont tne Year 1845-’(i
a party ot emigrants, made up of citizens
of Franklin couDty and other parts of
Kentucky, went to California on a for
tune-seeking expedition. With this party
went Capt. Jack Chambers, a bold, dar
ing man, who, though a fall-blooded
white man, possessed many of the char
acteristics, physical, as well as mental
and moral, of an Indiau brave. On
reaching California, the party gradually
broke up and scattered, but it was well
known, and so reported by all those who
subsequently returned to Kentucky,
taat Captain Jack Chambers fell in with
the Modoc Indians, married the daugh
ter of their head chief, at whose death
he—Captain Chambers—succeeded to the
chieftainship by election, and so con
tinued until the day of his death, only a
few years ago. It also s^id that, alter
living with the Modocs some years, he
became 60 much like the rest of the war
riors of that tribe, both in speech and
physique, that the closest observer never
suspected that he was other than a full-
blooded Indian. Besides, the Captain
himself tavoreu the delusion, and hence
it is that we see it stated in all the
sketches oi “Captain Jack,” the present
Modoc Chief, that he is the son of a full-
blooded Chief of that tribe. In faetthie
was the general belief of all the Indian
traders and agents who ever came in con
tact with them.
At the time of his joining the Modocs,
Capt, Jack Chambers was between thirty-
five and forty years of age. _ Previous to
his emigration to California, however,
he had volunteered in the war for the l*de
pen deuce ot Texas, where he distinguish
ed himself as a brave soldier and capi
tal officer. It is an interesting and re
markable fact in his personal history,
that he was one of a family of twenty-
four ooildren—twenty-one sons and three
daughters—all of whom grew to matu
rity; most of whom are still bring, and
nearly all whom were remarkable for
physical qualities closely resembling
those of the higher types of the Ameri
can Indians.
Nawpoar.—The probabilities are that
the ooming season at Newport will be
one of unusual brtliancy, and the Ocean
House, where tbe most sumptuous entei
tain meat is farnidfced, will he open ’.or
visitors next month. In tne experience*!
hands oi Messrs. 'Weavers «v Bates, tbe
guests of the O^ean mav expect every
comfort, and tbe elegance not usually
found at the summer resorts.
(®r “ I’m not in monrmug.” said .
ug French lady to a frieun; “ but as
widows are getting all the offers now-
-, wc poor girls have to resort *o
See.’'