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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: DECEMBER 4, i877.
have themselves passed awnj| They
arc united now in principle and es
pecially in the great work pf reform.
Let them stand shoulder to shoulder,
indivisible aud invincible, or reform
will be checked in its inception, aud
the dawning and brightening hope of
the country utterly crushed^
How do I connect this view with
the Senatorial election in^this Dis
trict? Why just in this <s?ay. As
surely as the sun shines if ever this
scheme ot dividing the now solid
DEMOCRATIC UNITY.
Necessity fob rtnrt ouhinizitiox.
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR JENKINS TO
HON. M. A. KVANS.
[From the Chroniole & Constitutionalist.)
Augusta, November 22,1877.
M. A. Evai.s, Esq.:
My Dear Sm—I have your letter
of the 19tu instant. I regret very
much the attitude assumed by Jeffer
son county, in regard to the Senato
rial electi-m. It strikes me as being
not in keeping with her well known
conservative course in the past.
When I began to take an imere«t in
politics, Jefferson was my hoiue, and
from that lime to this I have been
much in intercourse with her people,
and closlv observant of their course
No people in Georgia have been truer
lion, which does not seem to me to
commend him very strongly to Dem
ocrats who desire to perpetuate Dem
ocratic principles, l»v Democratic
unity, in accordance with Democratic
usage.
The Democrats of Richmond, see
ing that no citizen of Jefferson or of
Glascock at this time aspires to the
position of senator, and not altogether
relishing this Independent moveineut,
in which they think they discern, not
only a lack of good fellowship, but
War on the Tramps.
niond movement—but a movement ot
the Richmond Democ: acy entirely in
to the party they espoused than have 'subordination to the will and final
also the seeds of disintegration, and Southern Democracy by enticing the
death of the party liave held a pri- its Old Line Whigs into the*Republi-
tnary Democratic election, to select can camp, meets with any success, it
a suitable candidate for the Senate will be accomplished by -n«> open
subject to the nomination of a Vis- movement, but by cunning devices.
trict Convention. This was no ring The old log cabin of 1840, with the
proceeding—no Independent Rich- coon skin hanging on the- outside,
they, and this, in their case, has been
« sure test of their fidelty to princi
ple, lor the reason that principle cov
ered their party associations. In
Republican governments there inu-t
necessarily he parlies, and to preserve
parly integrity and party efficiency
there must be parly nominations, to
office. If the party in the majority
tolura'e a multiplicity of candidates
for i he same office and cast their votes,
bv personal preference, the result will
usually be that the minority parly,
conscious of their weakness, will colt*
wet rate on one of their men, and by
« plurality vote carry election—win
decision of a District Convention.
Polls were opened in every District,
and ail Democrats, and only Demo
crats, invited to express their prefer
ence. The choice fell upon Major
Joseph B. Camming, who says he will
be a candidate for the Senate, if
nominated by a Democratic District
Convention, and not otherwise. Can
anything be fairer, more open, more
in deference to the will of the party,
or more conducive to its prosperity ?
Look at the two men in their widely-
differing, self-chosen political posi
tions, and say which finds most favor i pendent candidate of the District
in your eyes. Should Major Cum- j with entertaining such a far reaching
will not he rolled ont in open day
light. There will lie no rallying cry
of “ Whigs to your old allies, who
deserted and betrayed you.’’ Oh!
no. Thci e will be first a poling out
of treasury pap, then here and there
a merry junketing. But tfre great
instrumentality, th«* wedge which
will rive this now compact body will
be independent candidacy. The Re
publican minority will always incline
to the support of the independent
candidate of the Democracy against
the regular nominee. Iu this way
obligations will be created, good will
engendered, and reciprocities brought
ahuut. I do not charge the indci
TOUGH TO THE LAST.
Formation of Vijilnn Committees la Northern
Pennsylvania—A Series of Conflict* with the
Oatlaw*.
The brigandish tramps and masked
robbers have pursued their illicit avo-
ctition to 6uch an extent in Northern
Pennsylvania that the people in the
communities that have been subjected
to tiie outlaws* raiding inenrsions have
risen en masse against the invading
nomade, and several lively and san
guinary skirmishes have occurred be
tween the authorities, citizens and
marauders. The lust of the conflicts
occurred near Coopersburg, a small
town on the line of the North Penn-
juapua FBIIH A TRAIN ANB RUNNING, SWIM
MING AND FIGHTING WHILE WOUNDED.
Deputy Sheriff Ed sail, of Chemung
county, New York, was on his way
to Rochester cm the Erie railway
train, with Mike^JVIhrphy, a ci imiual
who had been sentenced to the peni
tentiary. When two miles west of
Kanonah, and while the train was
running at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, Murphy jumped from the car.
The train was stopped as soon as
possible. The officer went back, ex
pecting to find the mangled body of
lib prisoner. He found the ground
Ahead of All
DOMPETITIOH
sylvan a Railroad, and in a section of j torn up tor twenty-five feet along the
country that has been infested by j track where Murphy had tumbled
-| o\ver—and use it to violate the ; adng he nominated by the Couven- j derigii.
principles and policy of the majority.
Hence tiie lU'cimiy cl party nomiu-
tions. Where there are several as
pirants to the same position, in the
same p.-rtv, personal preferences may
legitimately control individuals in
making nominations; but here they
should stop. As the largest number
of voters control in legal elections, so
the will ot the parly, declared in party
nominations, should control the jxirly
in liic legal elections. Personal pre-
fercnci-s should then be laid aside.
O ie rwise can he no such thing as
partv organization or party oscendan-
<-v—-in fact, no party ai all.
Influenced by these considerations,
the Democratic party of Georgia has
adopted -the policy of making nomi
nations U has become settled usage
among them—it may he safely said
to have become a parly principle.
The Democrats of good old Jefferson
have in the past given it their sanc
tion and acted upon it. Only a few
days since they nominated their can
didate- for the popular branch of the
Legislature, but tefused to partici
pate in the nomination of a candidate
for the Senate.
I pause now to inquire why is this?
I have no inclination to utter censure
or reproach. The thing is done, and
Jefferson will have neithir j art nor
lot in making a nomination. But
Glascok and Richmond, her si.-t* r
counties, will meet in Convention and
nominate a candidate, anil there is
nothing whatever in the action of the
Democratic Convention of Jefferson
county (declining to he represented
in the Senatorial District Convention)
to prevent any good Democrat iu
Jefferson from voting for the candi-
VI.He nominated by the Convention,
whoever he may he. All who desire
to maintain sound, well-established
and conservative party usage, are as
free to vote for the nominee, as if
Jefferson were represented in the
Convention. This cannot he disputed;
and I trust many, very many, of them
will illustrate their fealty to the
Democratic party by so doing.
The circumstances, at this time arc
peculiar. It is certain that neither
Jeffersou nor Glasscock has put for
ward one of Iter citizens ns a candi
date for Vne nomination. No citizen
of either of those counties is known
to be seeking it. There is' at this
moment one, and only one, candidate
for the Senate in the District, the
Hon. H. Clay Foster, of Richmond—
an Independent candidate—a candi
date independently of Democratic
nomination—and, therefore, a candi
date independently of the Democracy
of the District. Mr. Foster certainly
has the right so to declare himself. I
am not denying this—nor am I de
nouncing him for exercising that
right. I am simply defining his posi
tion, we shall have to choose between
them.
For myself, though very far from
entertaining any hostility to the In
dependent candidate, I confess to very
warm personal friendship and admira
tion of the gentleman who will stand
before you, only under authorized
candidacy. This friendship and
admiration, embracing intellectual,
moral and political consideration, is
founded upon intimate acquaintance
with him from his boyhood; so that
I know of whom I speak- These last
considerations, however, will not so
jMiwerful y actuate those who know
him. only by repute,, but no excellent
and so wide is that repute, that none
need hesitate to repose in him high
political trusts. .
lint there are considerations which
concern us all alike and which point
to the nominee of the Convention,
whoever lie may be, as the proper re
cipient of onr suffrages. But a few
years since the South had no politi
cal status at all—no representation in
councils of the Fedeial Government—
no home government. Now all this
is changed. Once remitted to free
suffrage wo so worked out our salva
tion, and asserted our political creed.
Tiie South is solidly Democratic, and
has a most important part to act in
retorming the Government, which
has been going from had to worse
until it has become wholly corrupt.
So much so, that the whole people of
the United States have been denied
the President of their choice. The
power of the South is again being
felt, and unless she can he divided,
the days of Radical rule are number
ed. Systematic efforts are being
made to accomplish this division. It
has been several days since announced
from Washington that the de facto
President has avowed himself as en
gaged in this work, and so far there
has been no contradiction to it. He
has sought, to reconcile his leading
Republican friends to what lie calls
his Southern policy, by saying that
its probable effect will be to Oivide
the Democracy of the South as now
constituted, by detaching from it the
Old Line Whigs and uniting them
with the Republican party. He is
reported to have made these utter
ances, there lias been time for con
tradiction and no contradiction las
come. Now, whilst we should ap
plaud him and thauk him for his
good acts, we must not allow him or
any other power or principality to
scdr.ee us from onr allegiance to
party, to principle, to country—for
just now these allegiances are one and
the same.
The people of Jefferson were Old
Line Whigs. None stauncher, none
truer. The issues which divided
them and the Democrats in the past
I do n«>t believe lie <C$es, but I
doubt whether he has carjsful'y con
sidered the dangerous character of
the tool he is using. He has prece
dents for it, and perhaps Jjiey made
the perilous step more^easy for hint.
He is adding another to the list, and,
when numbers give them great
weight, they will assuredly come
hack continually to plag’ifff their in
ventors and copyists, and tlyiir friends.
When, l>y their mini her, tfijiy become
imposing, the old salutary party usage
will be extinct, an<l “Meiu*, Meiie,
Tekel, Upharsin,” will be written on
the wall of the DShocratflhskiictum.
And the judgment will fojlistt for
they who are nut rue to themselves
merit destruction. The Democratic
party have it in the’r power to arrest
this growing evil by simply with
holding their suffrages from those
who thus irregularly seek them. If
they will not do this, the conse
quences be on their heads.
The Cause.
T. e underlying cause of nearly all
the forgeries, frauds, defalcations,
etc., of the present, is the desire of o’clock
wandering law breakers for several
month past.
A number of stores having been
broken into and plundered in Lehigh
and Bucks counties, the authorities,
upon the complaint of Levi Meschter,
a merchant, whose store at Gerryvill
was robbed on Friday night, determ
ined to hunt down and bring to. jus
tice the perpetrators of what has be
come extensive and systematic rob
bery. From certain suspicious cir
cumstances it was believed the house
of Widfrife, which is situated about a
mile east of Coopersburg, was the
rendezvous of the outlaws as well as
being the receptacle of their plunder.
Constable Ponti, a number of vigilante
and citizens visited the place, aud,
after a slight resistance, captured the
inmates and discovered several thou
sand dollars’ worth of goods that have
been stolen from the merchant and
citizens of Lehigh and Bucks counties.
The prisoners were taken to Quaker-
town and locked up in a room in Bar
low’s Hotel and a strong guard placed
about the building to prevent any
attempted rescue.
Another visit was made to Wid-
frife’s house early Saturday evening
by tiie vigilants, and when they were
in a short distance of the premises a
party ot men, who were ambushed iu
and ploughed through it. There was
blood on the ground, but Murphy
W88 nowhere to he seen. Some men
working near said they saw Murphy
jump off, and that he had picked him
self up and told them the conductor
put him off. He had started across
the fields on a run. 'He was sighted
by the officers nearly a mile away.
The sheriff started in pursuit. Murphy
plunged into Five Mile creek anil
swam across, and ran up along the
stream. The sheriff crossed the stream
in the same way, and gained rapidly
on the fugitive. When within pistol
shot he fired at Murphy, who then
jumped into the water a second
time and crossed hack again, and
continued on up the stream. The
officer swam the creek again. After
running half a mile, Murphy again
swam the creek, followed by the
sheriff.
Murphy then struck off into the
fields and took the Hammondport
road, which he finally left and made
for a thick place of woods. In cross
ing a rough place of ground Murphy
fell. He made two efforts befor he
could get up. The Sheriff was then
so near exhausted that he was unable
to go much faster than a walk.
Murphy reached the woods followed
by pistol balls. The Sheriff had nc
the woods, opened fire upon them, j ticed blood at intervals on the trail.
The vigilant:- n ade an onslaught upon
their assailants and succeeded in cap
turing two of them, the rest of them
managing to elude pursuit. The two
outlaws were locked up with the
others. One of these, thowever, in
formed Constable Ponti that another
party of robbers wete secreted in an
old lime kiln, near Eckhard’s mills,
between three and four miles from
Coopersburg, and that a large quanti
ty of valuable booty was also stored
there. Acting upon this hint the
oonstable and the vigilants made raid
upon the place designated about eleven
Tom Jones and his family to dress
finer, to give entertainments oflener
and more elegant, and to drive a
more stylish turnout than Bill Smith
and his family. Economy is a dead
letter—to talk of it is to he treated
with inattention—to practice it is to.
be avoided. There is as much dis
grace attaching to it, in the minds of
some people, as there is to poverty
with others. If dull times come,
people who, in flush ones have been
accustomed to a certain style of liv
ing, have not strength of character
enough to come down graceful'}'.
They prefer to hold on, risk all, hop
ing some foituunte turn will come,
anil they recover. Tne turn not
coming, in an unlucky moment, to
save themselves, they take a short
corner, and fall, down— way down,
past all recovery. This was the his
tory of Gilman, Morton, and others
of their stripe, and the same is being
repeated from day to day. Better
for a little less show, and the con-
ciousness of unstained hands, aud
eyes that need not fall before the
gaze of any.
—A young mail sent sixty cents to
a firm in Michigan who advertised a
recipe to prevent bad dreams. He
received a piece on which was writ
ten, “ Don’t go to sleep.”
•-©-•
—“Whisper You’ll be Mine, Love,”
is the title of a new song. It is sup
posed that the old folks always re
mained up with their daughter when
the author went to see lii- girl, and
she didn’t get a chance to speak right
out.
Between thirty-five and forty despe
radoes were concealed in and about the
lime kiln, and these, upon the approach
of the vigilants, opened a heavy and
rapid fire upon them. The assailed re
turned the fire of their assailants
briskly, and for about half an hour a
terrific battle raged, which ended,
however, in the repulse and capture of
ten of the law breakers. Three of
them are severely wounded. The
whole party was taken tc Quakertown
and imprisoned in the hotel. James
Waters, one of Constable Ponti’s posse,
was slightly wounded during the af
fray. As the rest of the party, with
Thomas Widfrife, the keener of the
robber-’ resort, operated in Lehigh
county and were captured within its
boundaries, they will be taken to Al
lentown for trial. As it is known
other bands of outlaws are roaming
about Lehigh and Bucks counties
committing outrages, the vigilants
have gone in pursuit of them, and it
is expected that by to-morrow they
will be captured.
■ ■ —-• • • ■ —
Girl to butcher—“ How much is
that big turkey a pound ?" Dealer—
« Twenty-five cents a pound.” Girl—
“ Give me about half a pound.”
—A Nashville man answered a
Chicago advertisement, “How to
win at poker,” and received for liis
two dollars the following: “Hold
four aces or don’t poke.”
—Gabrielis Greeley, it is said, is
looked upon by Joaquin Miller as
“ the one fair woman.” T> e too fair
woman has yet to be discovered, we
think.
When the officer got into the woods
Murphy was nowhere to be seen.
The Sheriff walked in, when he was
soon a! most stunned by a blow’ across
his neck from a club, and before he
could turn, he was seized by Mur
phy, who began to shower blows on
the officer’s head. The latter man
aged to free himself, and made an
°ffort to use his revolver, hut Murphy
knocked it out of his hand, and tried
to get the weapon himself. A strug
gle then began between the two men
for possession of the pistol. By a
luekv chance the officer got the club
Murphy had dropped, and, springing
back, he struck him a blow that felled
him to the ground. He then choked
Murphy until the latter was forced to
beg for mercy. Edsall secured the
pistol and marched Murphy in front
of him to Kanonah station, threaten
ing to shoot him if he turned or ran.
Murphy’s wounds were in his legs,
pieces of flesh having been lorn out
when he jumped from the train.
How lie managed to run four miles,
swimming a swift stream three times,
and then offer resistance to his pul's
suer, is wonderful.
Old Mr. Meriden had* been mar
ried forty-three years when his wife
died, last week. He didn’t appear
to miss her very much uiitil bed time,
when he sat down and stuck out his
foot for somebody to come and pull
off his boot. And then when his
son-in-law coldly handed him the
boot-jack, the full weight of the irre
parable loss he hud sustained broke
upon the old man he gave way to a
flood of tears. As for the boot-jack,
it had been so long since he had seen
one, he didn’t know how to nse it.—
Hawkeye.
A few week ago the quartermaster
general of the Turkish army issued
rations of soap to atl the regiments
in the army of the faithful. The as
tonished warriors took it, looked at
it, felt it, ■wondered what it was for
and finally made soup of it.—Hawk-
eye.
Cardinal Manning will visit Rome
or the purpose of receiving from the
hands of the Pope his cardinal’s hat.
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The Midtcal Department of the I'xiymwity
Of Georgia.
Tho Forty-sixth Session of this Institution
will commence at Augusta on the FIRST MON
DAY IN NOVEMBER. Apply tor Circular to
DKSAUSSURE FORD, Dean.
For Catalogues of Academic Department,
apply to Wit. Henry Waddell, Secretary of
Faculty, Athens, Ga. oet2-lm.
To the Tax Payers of Clarke Co.
Uy books are now oticn for the collection of
State and County Tax tor tiie year 1877. Office
No. 1, Broad Street, over Mathews & Jacksons'
Store. V. B. LUCAS,
oct28.Ct Tax Collector Clarke Co.
WOOL CARDING.
The undersigned, having newly fitted up hie
Carder, near Harmony Grove, is now prepared
to card Wool in a very superior manner. He
will famish oil, etc., and card at 10 cents per
pound. Wool left anywhere at Harmony
Grove will be taken to the carder and returned
free of charge. Country produce taken in pay
ment for carding. R. C. WILHITE.
octlG-ltu.
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At the solicitation of many -f roy former pot
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from this dote. I will pay especial attention to
the diseane of Infants and Children, and the
Chronio Diseases ot Females.
WM. KING, M. D.
tune 18- 1375—88-ly
Notice to Tax Payers!
I will be found at the following places, upon
datesriven:
ATHENS, until .November 9th.
BRADBURY SHOP November 10th.
SAYE’S MILL November I2tb.
WINTERV1LLE November Uth.
GEORGIA FACTORY...November 15th.
F. B. LUCAS,
Tax Collector Clarke County