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the ATLANTA SUN
from ' •»« D»«'F »f Ju»e 7
CltlMB IN OB K*U ANDTHK WAWII-
nOTOR CHRORICLE.
The statement is going the round* of
the S rtheru preea, doubtless not gener
ally know 'i but it it nevertheless a (act,
that the State of Georgia has some twenty
oondt mned criminals, all of whom are ex-
peered to bang before the 4th of July next,
jbe Cincinnati Times and Chronicle thinks
it "a grand opportunity for tne instal
lation of the national hangman that some
of its exchanges, are oalling fori I 1
troaM b« excellent ilea to lamp the
kfodoos with the Georgia candidates, ap
point tome dead politician to bang them,
and then give him a foreign mission for
it,” And the Washington Chronicle has
this to say about it:
f'-ron Osorgia newspapers are «. 1 star bed at thU.
Xb<-) cell It too much of a good thing. If hanging
be reellr » Just and proper punishment for crime,
tw-niy 1* s mmute fraction of thoae In Georgia who
iMerve it.
■‘Even Georgia newspapers” are al
ways in favor of executing the laws of
the oountry, however obnoxious they
rnsy be. If the Chronicle intends to con
vey the idea that any claaa of the people
of this State regard crime, in any of its
phases, ‘’a good thing,” we tell it now
that it does a peaceable and law-abiding
people great injustice. The very fact, if
it were true, ot which we do not say, that
inch a number are to be hanged, goes
to show the determination of the Courts
and juries of this State to enforce tbe
laws lor the punishment of crime. Can
the Chronicle say as much for justice in
its own latitude ?
Until the Democracy of Georgit,
which party reprevents mainly the white
men and tax pay. rs of the State, aa well
as the intelligence came into power, it
was almost a matter of impossibility to
secure the execution of the decisious of
the courts for any sort of crime. Crimi
nals were either pardoned or their sen
tences commuted in the interest, as it
was generally believed, of partisan spirit
As to the assertion of the Chronicle
that “twenty is a minute fraction of those
in Georgia who deserve” to be hung, we
have only to Bay that such expressions
betray it very malevolent spirit, and is in
no way calculated to cultivate the kiudlier
feeliups between the people of the differ
ent sections of this country. Such as
persions upon tbe character of the peo
ple ol this State, by a paper which, but
a few days ago, expressed sentiments on
the subject of memorial day so far dif
ferent iu spirit to the paragraph quoted
from the Chronicle, shows conclusively to
our minds th t it has no well-tit fined
ideas or sense ot propriety in regtud to
that comity ot conduct between the peo
ple of the two sectious of the conniry
which must, aud can alone, remove the
asperities engendered by tbe late war
A paper mu . tug tne pretensions that the
Chronicle does from the Federal metrop
olis, aspiring to the position of levler of
public opinion and sentiment,shows very
clearly that it does not comprehend the
elements of that kind of journalism which
inspires respect, even irom political op
ponents, as from its party friends. There
is a certain amount of dignity in express
ing ideps and conveying ti.oughts of re
spect to those who differ with us that
the Chronicle ougnt to understand, iu its
aspiration to be regarded as a Federal me
tropolitan orgm.
These remarks are calmly directed to
the Chronicle for the purpose of bringing
to tbe minds of its conductors tb»i thtre
is some decency to be expected from the
journals occupying the position it aspires
to, aud that it caunot expect to rise in
public estimation as long us it betrays a
disposition to calumniate the people of
any State,
A IIOP1C FOH. THE FDTtIHE.
The Columbia South Carolinian (Con
servative), iu an article upon “The Pub
lic Debt of Georgia,” and the healthful
state of affairs that has been brought
about within tne space of two years, is ot
tbe opinion that the “same could be done
lor South Carolina, if the State govern
ment so willed it.” Bays the Cirolinian:
If ill* d»bl be reduced to the proper amount aud
tlie current expei.ee* of tbe State orought down to
riuuonahle figure* like that of Georgia, there la no
SUte In the Union which oan outstrip South Caro
lina In the race of civilisation.
Not until tbe intelligence and honesty
of South Carolina can be heard and al
lowed to act for the interests of the State,
as did the people of Georgia, will South
Carolina be in a condition that there shall
be no State in the Union which will out
strip her in the race of civilization.
Such are the results of reconstruction
measures which the Democracy have
been asked to regard as “fixed facts,
“not to be disturbed,”
OH AND ARMY Off THE BEFCBUC.
Major A. B. Gal ho a t late a resident
of Philadelphia, but n. w the editor and
proprietor of the Columbus inquirer, of
this State, says that tV« 'Iran i Army of
the Republic waa organised seven yean
ago in Illinois, and the intention of the
lounden was to make it a charitable aaao*
ciation, to wbirb soldiers of both parties
oonld belong and mutually aid in tbe
care of those left destitute oy tbe war.
It worked well enongh for a few years;
and then old soldiers began to fight shy
of it, for they faoud it was made the ma-
oh-ne to elevate joliticai soldiers into of-
floe, and during the last four yean its
ranks have been depleted by good men,
and now it is controlled completely by
tbeae soldier politicians who are princi
pally distinguished by their ignorance ol
war and their familiarity with the strate
gy of politics and the counting of elec
tion retarna. The whole “ Grand Army
does not number throughout tbe enti.e
Union 20,000 men, though fifteen hun
dred thousand soldiers were mustered
out of the Union service at the dose of
the war.”
These political babblers uader the guise
of heroes and patriots, were properly re-
laprva* twart.
scpiutxs oockt or oboboia, mu* 5.
No. A—Argument concluded.
No. 6.—Fleming Jordan, Solicitor Gen
eral, vs. Elbert W. Baynes, et al. For
feiture of bond, from Jasper. Argued.
Flemming Jordan, Sobeitor General,
for plaintiff in error.
C. L Bartlett, contra.
No. 6 —A. J. 8. Jackson, guardian,
va. 8. C. Hitchcock. Certiorari, from
Greece.
Edward L Lewis, Jco, C. Reid, for
plaintiff in error.
B. F. Abbott, contra.
Pending tba argument of Jno. C.
Reid, Etq., the Court adjourned until
10 a. m. to-morrow.
SUPREME OOCKT OP QUO ROLL, JUNK 6, 73.
No. 6.—Argument concluded.
Noe. 7 and 8.—Withdrawn.
No. 9—L. N. Callaway et al. va. The
Mayor and Aldermen of Milled genii e.
Case from Baldwin. Argued—J. L.
Harris, Sanford A Forman, for plaintiffs
in error ; L H. Brisooe, represented by
Z. D. Harrison, Esq., contra.
No. 10.—A. Stoddard vs. 8. Lemmond.
BROS ST BART’S.
Of CAMDEN COCNTT UNDER WAR
RANTS ISSUED BT UNITED STATES
COMMISSIONER HEN ST I*
HUjLYER.
buked by the orator on the occasion of! ClailE ,rom Morgan. Argued—Reese
memorial day at Arlington, on the 30th
ult., who was no other than the Rev.
D-Witt Talmage, of Brooklyn, New
York. It anil bt remembered that orders
k Reese for plaintiff in error; A. G. and j
F. C. Foster, contra.
No. 11.—Joan P. Key vs. R. A. Reid,
Administrator. Complaint from Pat-i
were iss’icJ ny the authorities of that or- 1 nam ’ Argued Titos. G. Lawson, repre-
ganization that no flowers should be
strewn upon Confederate graves on that
dsy. Mr.Tslmagc asid on that occasion,
“ Let nothing be done to stir up tbe old
fend betweeu the North and the booth. ”
Rat that is just what the present mem
bers of tbe Grand Army of the Republic
most desire to do.
THE ATLANTA SUN.
Referring to the recent change m the
editorial and business management of
The Sun, several of our exchanges speak
in kindly terms of this paper.
From the Rome Courier.
Dud«r thl* Dew management, we prtdlA for Tbe
Son* continuation ot ua u-elui earner. May it*
Influence be widened, »ud it* useful .ep* be pro-
touatd lor m*ny yesra to come. It give* out no un- 1
certain sound, but I* true to the core. We regard
it as the sheet anchor of Georgia journalism.
From tbe Rome Commercial.
Tbe hex hi* been re<inced In size for tbe summer
campaign. We hope that under ita present man
agement ibis able journal may oommand a cordial
eupport irom Atlanta and tbe State.
It will be the ami of the conductors of
The Sun to make it a useful paper to ita
patrons and one to subserve the general
public welfare. It will ever be their pur
pose to maintain the great truths of Con
stitutional liberty aud fr«e government.
The people cf Georgia will ever find it
the defender of the rights ol this great
State. A his we propose to do in the
forum ci reason and in obedience to “law
and order." While The Sun will be con
servative in its tine, it will not bend to
.he fuse principles of what are falsely
denominat* d “the progressive ideas of
the present generation.”
seated by Z. D. Harrison, for plaintiff
in error; no appearance for defendant.
No. 11.—George Flemister vs. The
State. Perjury, from Morgan. Argued—
Billapa k Brobston, for plaintiff in error;
Fleming Jordan, Solicitor-General, oon
tea.
Eastern Circuit:
No. 1.—T. G. Campbell vs. the State.
Misdemeanor from McIntosh. W. B.
Gaulden, A. T. Akerman, Hill and Con
ley for plaintiff in error; A. B. Smith,
Solicitor General, contra.
Pending the opet.ing argument by Mr.
Comey, the Court adj jorned anti 1 10
o’clock a. m. to-morrow.
No. 1—Argument concluded.
No. 2— Dismissed.
No. 3—Mitchell Cogswe 1 vs. the State.
Harder from Chatham. Argued. A. P.
Adams, represented by H. B. Tompkins,
for plaintiff in error; A. Rv Lamar, So
licitor General, represented by A. B.
Smith, contra,
No. 4—Elizabeth A. Maner vs. J. H.
Salter a id others. Complaint from Bul
lock. Argued. R. E. Lester, A. Smith,
by brief, for plaintiff in error; no appear
ance for defendants.
No. 5—Jno. Savage vs. E. D. Smythe
and others. Trover from Chatham. G.
A. Mercer, represented by II. B. Tomp
kins, for plaintiffs in error; Hartndge &
Chisolm, Harden & Levy contra.
Pending the argument of Mr. Tomp
kins, the Court adjourned until 10 o’clock
a. m. on Tuesday next.
St. Mart’s, Ga , May 30, 1873
Editor* Sun—Henry L. Hillyer and Ray
Tompkins were candidate* for <be Legis
lature from this eonnty in the October
election. Hillyer contested the a«t of
Tompkins, and upon tbe evidence, wnieh
exhaustive, the seat was given to
Tompkins. Although the election took
plsoe as far back as October last, we beard
nothing of prosecutions unt’l to-day,
when tbe same Henry L Hillyer tarns
np as United State* Couimissioner, and
is wed warrant* for the arrest of * num
ber ot gentlemen who voted against him.
He knew at the time that there is no
foundation in truth for such prosecutions,
and that it is simply persecution. One
of th* parties wno swore that he was
Hindered irom voting did Tote without
being objected to, and tue whole eviden t
taken in lhe contested case, fails to
show any oases where parties were de
prived of the privilege of voting who
were legally entitled to ao so. Without
turtner comment at present, I dose by
promising to report fnture developments
Farrow is hare. “ How Iona, oh Lord
how long ?” Ltcubgus.
n*a*ral RcKcesU.
General Ronald 8. McKenzie, who has
been brought into great prom’nenoe,
within a brief time, by his raid into
Mexioan territory and punishment of
the Kickapoo Indians, is a son of
Commodore McKenzie, who, in 1843,
hang to the yard-arm of hia ship, for
mutiny, Midshipmun Spenoer, a son
o. the then Secretary of War under
President Tyler—John C. Spenoer. Tbe
name of Commodore McKenzie was orig
inally Alexander Slidell, he having
changed it at the request of a relative,
in order to inherit some property. He
wns a native of New York, and a brother
of John Slidell, of Louisiana,
and Mason and Slided fame,
captured on the high sea by Commodore
Wilkes, while proceeding to France as
Minister of the Southern Confederacy.
General McKenzie graduated irom West
Point at the head of his cla.-s in 1862, and
took up arms m the Union cause as 2d
Lieutenant of Engineers. Step by step he
won bis way to higher position, until,ne»i
the close of the struggle, he was made
full Brigadier-Genertd, with the brevet
rank of Major-General. He now holds
rank in the regulars!my as Colonel, and
commands the Fourth Cavalry. He has
been stationed in Texas for several years,
and during that time has done good ser
vice againet the red skins.
The Late ben. tinm u—A Correction ol
Some Error*.
% COM/.Vtf HOMS.
Frau woodlaad pa*tnr* with It* tofu of *-*.«
And btvk-n trail u r »x.oe.
Throogh crooked bora and - -»ten track the/ ^o*a.
The cattle tuning l.onie.
Cloee st th*tr heels tbo hare foot boy inapt on.
Whistling a merry air,
Oktehia* the gold gleam ot tbe setting ana
la tangled, bath** balr;
Breaking tbe daiaie* at hi* idle band.
Crushing th- ci iTer red.
Dipping b .* boro feet id the ririding rand,
tij loitering catue led ;
Led e'er tbe abady road ben-atb tbe pines.
Across tbs village green.
Where tbe oid term h u*. window redly shines.
Tbe maple bough* between.
HUSWbLb FACTORY.
We le-irn irom tbe Marietta Journal
that tue Roswell Manufacturing Compa
ny, nnder the Presidency of Gen. A. J.
Hassell, presents, for tbe last six months,
a most satisfactory report of operations,
and profits eqnal to 71 percent., but with
a declared dividend of 5 per cent. Dur
ing tne time new i nd improved ma
chinery has been added. They are now
m 'kiDg over 3'J,000 yards of excellent
standaid sheetings and shirtings weekly.
President Hansell is the right man in the
management of this splendid pieod oi
property.
All xeports from similar manufacturing
establishments are equally encouraging.
It is to be hope! that such reports may
insoire greater investments of capital not
only in cotton factories, but various
cnaunels of meebanioal and manufacture
en terprises.
Death of an Editor.—From the last
number of the Lumberton (N. C.) Robe-
sonian, we regret to see chronicled the
death by drowning of Mr. W. S. Mc-
Dtarmid, the editor ot that paper. He
was bathing iu Lumber river, and was
attacked with oomething .ike a cziuup or
fit, to which he was subject. We knew
Mo. well at the beginning of the war.
He was then a minister of the Baptist
Church. He enlisted as a private in the
37tli Alabama regiment, andseivcd faith
fully throughout the war.
HYFHKNiTBD NAMES.
The New York Times thinks the Louis
ville Courier-Journal has set a bad exam
ple. “ Already,” it says, “ we have the
Colombia (S. C.) Union-Herald and the
Newberne(N. C.)Republic-Courier.” This
thing is beooming epidemic, and the first
tning we know some of our fancy people
will indulge in parting their names in the
middle with a hyphen.
Next to parting one’s hair in the mid
dle, we know of nothing so well ea’enla-
ted to betray the janitv of the plain
American citiz*n"Tn attempts to ape for
eign impeonnioos Counts.
HF Gen. Rosa, commanding the Ore
gon Volunteers, having brought Captain
Jack to terms, has been congratulated by
the Governor of that State. Tbe prison
ers, except those nnder indiotment in the
SUte Courts, will be torned over to the
United SUte* authorities.
The Cotton Factory.—The prelimi
nary 6ieps were taken yesterday to or
ganize a cotton factory in tnis city,
Some fifty or aixty thousand dollars in
stock having been subscribed, a meeting J p a y Q f her ( wo gone, aged 10 and 12 years,
The Atlanta Herald, of Sunday, June
1st, publishes a le.ter from a Tennessee
correspondent, iu wnieh he stales “tuat
the widow of Gen. Clan'ou had married
>igaiD, and consequently the conduct of
the prosecution was left to the prosecu
ting attorney of the Sra’e, who is a law
partner of Nelson's brother.” We are in
formed by a connection of the fate Gen.
Clanton’s family, and a gentleman we
know well, that upon Gl-mton’e assassina
tion by Nelson,bis estate was found to be
worth nothing. Sjme $3,500 were made
up by tbe people of Alabama, to buy his
window, xchois still a widow, and in deep
mourning tor her husband, a house and
lot Mrs. Clanton still owes something
on the house.
The State of Alabama bas never paid
her for the legal services rendered by her
husband, and during tbe year of 1871
ann ’72 her main support was from the
was held, and the following persons were] as pages in the Legi-taiure. The State
chosen directors: Messrs John C. Peck,
Judge Hayden, L. P. Grant, B. F. Long
ley, J. M. W illis, G. Winship, E. E. Raw
s'm and A. Murphy. E. E. Rawso.i was
el. cted President of the company. Books | ant also^ asks us to
of subscription are to be continned open
to receive farther subscriptions to the
stock.
of Alabama is to blame for not paying
the widow of Gen. CLuton the amount
dne him; whioh would have been wil
lingly spent by her m prosecuting the
murderer of her husband. Onr inform-
quest the Knox
ville (Tenn.) paoet.-, aud any paper
wbicn may have puMisbed the Herald
correspondent’s notice, to publish this.—
Columbus Sun.
CONDENSED NEWS.
C«»r(i* Items.
Dawson is still groaning with the
mumps and measles.
Rain has been pretty general for sev
eral days throughout the State.
The local department of the Rome
Courier is a live column.
Rev. 8. H. Smith, of the Carters-
ville Express, is quite ill.
Gen. Green has invaded the plan
tations of Burke county.
Two farmers’ granges have been
recently organized in Washington
county.
Tha first regiment ol Georgia Vol
unteers had a grand parade on
Wednesday.
The watermellon prospect of Grif
fin is verv fine. So are vegetable
crops of all sorts.
An Italian, name not stated, com
mitted suicide in Barnesville on
Thursday by cutting her throat
Mrs. Clarissa Barganier, of Burke
county, died at her residence after an
illness of nine weeks, on the 16th nit
Farm labor is scarce in Washing
ton couDty. One dollar a day and
board is the price offered for it
Misses Safford and Moon, teachers
in the Cartersville Female College,
are soon to leave as Missionaries to
China.
Wiihin the past week portions of
Washington county have been visited
with severe storms of rain, hail and
wind.
The commencement sermon of the
Cartersville Female College will be
preached to-morrow by Rev. Mr.
Surkhead, and the literary address
will be delivered by Gen. Colquitt,
on Friday evening.
The commencement exercises of
the Southern Masonic Female Col
lege will begin on Sunday, the 22d
inst., and end on Wednesday follow
ing. The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached by Rev. A. A. Lipscomb,
D. D., chancellor of the University of
Georgia. The railroads will pass vis
itors at half rates to the commence
ment.
Mtacellaneona Item*.
The Japanese have decided to call
the seven days of the week, Light,
Moon, Sun, Fire, Water, Metal aud
Earth.
Congressman Henry L. Dawes will
soon sail for Europe, and remain till
the opening of the next session of
Congress.
Dr. Von Dollinger has been ap
pointed to succeed Baron Liebig as
president of the Bavarian Academy
of Sciences.
MaF* Mr. Bonlly, of tbe Hamilton Vis-
iior, has engaged a printer all the way
from New Foundland. As Bonlly is all
thg way from Fort Natal, Africa, we thus
aee how “extremes meet.” But, then,
Mr. B. is a good Englishman, and ha a
none of the African blood in his veins.
Local Markets.—Attention is called I
to our fist of prices of the wholesale mar
kets. Though short, it comprises all]
the leading articles.
Early Pears.—Mr. John R. Wallace
sent to this office yesterday specimens of
his “DoyalPear ” fiom hisgarden, which
are the first of the season. They were
fully ripe and luscious.
Personal —Tne many friends of Neal
Robinson, Esq , will be glad to hear that
he is able to De ont on tbe streets again.
Ho list b en “hoiH“*d” for six montus
with xLeutnuUsui, and tatnough looking
considerably used up, he still retains his
spirits and vivacity.
Flipper Admitted to West Point.—
From oar dispatches this morning it will
be seen that Flipper, the colored cadet
appointed by Congressman Freeman from
this District to West Point Mditary Acad
emy, bas been admitted, be having pass
ed a successful examination. The father
Affairs In Camden—Hillyer’i Coart.
St. Mart’s, Ga., May 31,1873.
Editors Sun:—Hod. L. M. Adams and
S. C. Pratt, Esq., o< jected to being car
ried before Henry L. Hillyer, United
States Commissioni -, under whose war
rant they were arr .-o d. He, however,
overruled the obj-.-c.ion.- raised, and com
menced proceedings. The parties ac
cused claimed that tbe Deputy U. S. Mar
shall could carry them before any United
States Judge, Justice or Commissioner,
nnd that Hniyt-r, as Commissioner, hau
no say m the matter; also, that Hillyer
being a candidate, as I stated in my last
letter, ilisqual lied him to act.
The government official who appointed
Hillyer has put it m the power of
defeated can mo ate to avenge himsel
against person, who aided to defeat his
aspirations. Wnat he will do, and how
much trouble he will give an impover
ished people, run tins to be seem I bear
it reported that tie w.llextend his invita
tions to persons iu Chariton county.
Ltcubgus.
g^rMirm Susan B. Anthony says she is
willing to “stand face to faoe with Satan. ”
She ought to remember how her mother
Eve was tempted and fell by meeting the
devil in tbe garden.
The authorship of “ Betsy and I
are out,” is producing much discoaraon.
It is e of greet delieeey that “Bet
sy’s” going “ont” should attract so much
attention. __________
Personal.—We had the pleasure of
the preseiioe in our sanctum, yesterday,
of Rev. Mr. Knowles, of the Georgia
Home Journal.
The United States Treasurer has
f9,000,000 in ooin cheeks on ae-
connt of called bonds on which interest
ftTWrr fl the first of the present month.
“The weather lavora crops in
nd.
An Intbrbuftion in Postal Card
of this boy is celebrated in this city as a I FaiNTiNG.—The manufacture of postal
bo °' "taf" 'to
quiet and orderly negro. We gave the j stopped by direction of Special Agent
fall particulars of this appointment some 1 Tyner, until paper should be obtained of
weeks ««»»«&■ j the requisite body and finish, which has
a e n — - I not yet been done. As the Hudson
Saved at Last.—Harris, of the Sevan- Cheney paper company made the paper
-* x. ~"'vh tbe bids were
they can do it
again. Complaint is made by the paper
makers and the contractors that the
eoerae water mark of the Government
renders it impossible to calendar the
paper satisfactorily. It is hoped that the
printing of cards will be speedily re
tained.—Springfield Republican Mag 31.
■J9"In tne proceedings in Camden
county nnder the United States enforce
ment law against parties named in cor
respondence, Col. Farrow appears for U.
S. Government, end Hon. J. M. Arnow
for defense.
asa-.ii i.ro
“fixed off” with a wife, baa no care as to
how he speaks oi others. Under the above
heading he gives Albeit Wrenn the fol
lowing notice: “A hanc*some youcg man
who has wandered over the railroads for
several months, stopping occasionally in
Atlanta and Savannah, has at last been
saved from bachelorhood by nniting
himself with e young lady of thia
city. He was here, as he said, on rail
road business bat unlike Georgs Wash
ington, he never told—the tenth. The
marriage notion will be found ia the osaal
place. Ha traveled over ten thousand
ia tha last three months in th*
of matrimony.”
Hooray fob the Council 1—Marshal
Thomas yesterday, according, to adt of
Council, concentrated all the city hands
and carte in the oentee of the town end
commenced cleaning the streets. This
act is commended and endorsed by every
citizen in Atlanta. Tha Marshal baa a
b : g job before him
“J arnalt.tlr roaip.tlllaa.”
Tin- following article we Clip froK
the Memphis Atulunclu', of the 4tk
inst:
An i.rticle on “Journalistic Com
petition” in The Atlanta Suw
contains so many truthful observa
tions in exposing fallacies that we re
gret not having space for it entim
To the following we direct the at
tention of all newspaper pub
lishers whose lack of bnsineai
ideas induces them to regard jour
nalism, not as a business, but as te
grand raid on the useless strong
holds of cheap glory:
Notuing has done more to cripple tha
naefulneae and business of the press Uuua
unprofessional competition. It is a
practice to be condemned by all good
and true men of the press. Honorable
competition is to be expected; bat w‘iea
men parsae a course of underbidding
for advertising to snoh an extent aa la
reduce it to starvation jraint, then it bo-
oomea diagmcvtul. Houoraole competi
tion doee not lie in such competition. B
is not the low pric-a of work that con
stitute real competition. Real compaa
tition is iu prooucicg a paper the merit*
of which rooouirnrtid it to public patron
age and bipber rates ot advertising ae
the paper becomes more valuable, by
reason >f lts.ex eusive circulation. It m
generally i> i r~rrv certain evidence j
paper’s Wofwiatts»u'ofc tkm tkis aver
medium wuc i’.<* advertising
sold at the lowest t.gures.
Any established newspaper con
ducted on business principles, and
rendered sufficiently attractive lor
the public to seek i’s columns for
facts or opinions, will become a pe
cuniary success. Bat this result
is not reached by the puffing
and blowing to which some jour
nalists resort to in the hope of
deceiving the public. They deceive
only themselves; for after all, tha
columns of their papers are mate
thougii unimpeachable witnesses for
or against them. “Filling np” with
“dead” advertisements; i. e.: print
ing them after the time for which
they were inserted has expired, is re
sorted to by some publishers to make
a showing of business. This, in
journalism, is a practice similar to
that in other business pursuits of
parad ng empty boxes iu lieu of
goods. The object is to deceive, but
everybody sees through these thin
devices, and their authors alone suf
fer. Every adtertisement in a news
paper should represent, in cash, the
regular rates onarged by the journal
iu which it appears When it does
not it is because: 1—the publisher
cannot afford h> li 11 the space with
live readiug matter; and 2—because
he is seeking by this species of fraud
to make a fictitious showiug of pat
ronage. In the end this policy is
ruinous to tnose who employ it.
“Business is business;” and artifice
of this kind never paid printers or
paper manufacturers, for it is an at
tempt to reverse business principles;
aud naturally enough, it is ol'tenest
resorted to by publishers who at brief
intervals puff and blow about their
extraordinary pecuniary success, and
the terrible pressure of their adver
tising columns.
Mr. E. H. Summers, who was the
first President of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, and Preident of
the present New Orleans City Bank,
died on the 2d inst. at Pass Christian,
Louisiana.
The Washington Chronicle an
nounces that Senator Buckingham
has not drawn his back pay. The
Chronicle does not say, however, that
he has returned it to the Treasury,
where alone it belongs.
Col. Thomas A. Scott intends to
visit the money centers of Europe
this summer, for the purpose of pre
senting to the financiers of the Old
World the superior advantages of the
Southern Pacific Railroad as a source
of investment
The Chicago Inter-Ocean, refer
ring to the judicial elections in Il
linois, on Monday, says that generally
throughout the circuits, wherever
“ farmers candidates” have been dis
tinctively nominated, they have been
successful.
The Bald-Headed. —A convention of
ba d-beaded men are to amenable in Bal
timore next month, and representation ia
invited from all parts of tne oonntxy.
John Ransome ia about calling a primary
meeting in this city to appoint delt gates
He Mi tbe real rrj^t of tbe Baltimore
Convention ia to reorganise the oid Wig
party.
Congressman W. S. Holman, of In
diaua, answers the repeated calls of
the press of his State for an expla
nation of his position on the salary
grab by announcing that Gen. Spin
ner has his receipt for his share of
the plunder.
Miss Anna Dickinson was to have
been married to Senator Allison, of
Iowa, on Wednesday last, according
to the St Louis Republican. We
believe this is the tenth or twelfth
announcement that Miss Dickinson
was about leaving the state of single
blessedness.
The eldest ^Freemason in In
diana is Mr. Caleb Schmidlapp, of
Madison, a vigorous man of seventy
years of age and two hundred and
thirteen pounds weight, who attended
last week’s Masonic convention at
Indianapolis. He became a member
of the society May 4, 1825, at Cin
cinnati.
One of the Administration organs
at Washington is “authorized to Bay
by the President that he was not the
gnest of Senator Cameron” during
his recent visit to Pennsylvania, and
that the subject of changes in the
Federal officials of Philadelphia was
not even mentioned while he was
here ; nor is there any change con-
emplatcd at present.
Memorial Day at Arlington.
Rtv. DeWitt Talmage was the or
ator at the floral decoration of grave*
ol the Federal dead at Arlington on
the 30ih ult. The following nobte
sentiment is an extract from his
oration:
Let nothing be done to stir up the
old feud between the North aud
South. Surely there has been blood
enough shed, and groans enough
have been uttered, and families
enough destroyed to satisfy the worst
mau on earth aud the worst demon
in the pit; aud if, amid the holocaust
of the dead, any hand, North or
South, shall ever be lifted to tear
down a peace established at so much
sacrifice, may that hand turn white
with the snow of an incurable leprosy.
Instead of flowers upon such a vil
lain’s grave let the whole nation
come and fling a mountain of nettle
and nightshade.
I am told that after a Southern
woman had decorated the grave of a
Southern soldier, a Northern man,
wearing a uniform, took up the
wreath aud tore it to pieces and
threw it to the winds. He may have
had on epaulettes,but he was not wor
thy the name of soldier. I would
that all the wreaths that have been
laid upon the graves of the North
ern and Southern dead might be
lifted and linked together, each gar
land a link, and that, with that one
long, bright, pleasant chain, a chain
of roses and Ulies, this whole nation
might be encircled in everlasting
unity and good feeling. This is the
only kind of chain Americans will
ever consent to wear, and woe to the
government that ever tries to foige
another.
Death-bed Co^FEsaiON. —It will be re
membered by our readers that a man by
the name of Lee, imprisoned on the
charge of waylaying and murdering
Capt. Fletcher, was killed in the jail at
Dawson, Ga., some time ago, and it haa
remained a secret up to the present time
aa to who committed the awful deed.
The following postscript to a letter
written from Dawson, dated tbe 25th
hint., to a gentleman of this city, throws
some light on tne dark picture:
“ The report has just reached here that
Jesse Gill is dead, and confessed on hia
death-bed that he and Dr. Lassiter were
the perpetrators of the awful, and I may
add, the hellish crime, of murdering Lee
in the Dawson jail some time ago.”—
Americus Republican, 29ih.
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Hon. Phos. L. Snead, a New York
lawyer, has been extensively investing
in the new Georgia 8 per cent, bonds*