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The Weekly. Democrat, la^ , "' h * D "””“ i ‘”" tar, ° l * BEN E. RUSSELL PBOPblBTORg. HI %. BtUEUk Ji fc JOi\L roRg. II tl THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1872. M TUBE DEMOCRATIC TldtET. For PmUtnt .f the VbIM lUtci« GEN. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. For Vlee-P*-ciiIdc»t i HON. THOMAS A.. HEN DRICKS. Fob Governoror Georgia: The noble old Roman who now so ably fills that position, HON. JAMES MILTON SMITH, ■'* Of Muscogee. A FEW REASONS - . Why the Scalawags Should be Drivr^'From Office is Decatur c OU|*V First*-Vhey are traitor* to their race and section. Sheond—They have arrayed the negdfles against the whites by pro- jpa^ating.thc .damnable principles of Better, 8a inner, Greeley & Co.- Third—They prevent immigra- tTdii' to our country, for capitalists amf. industrious laborers prefef keeping out of the bounds of Radi- cal misrule. - Fpurth—They do not represent the taxpayers of tue county, but an ignorant poverty-stricken rabble; therefore the property-holders havh filled up with men of patriotic princi ple, and not cringing cowards ready to answer the beck and call of tbe arch enemy -of ibe South, Herace Greeley. We think this a derlisb poor way of showing that Ibey prefer a Democratic nomination. If -they did, they would wortofot it, and never would they attempt to foist Greeley upon tbe party, until tbe party itself accepted him at Balttmore. If they prefer a Democratic nomination, again, we ask, why the deuce don’t they advocate it! no voice in their own Interests. "Fifth— 1 They have plunged the cOurity in debt, and its paper is al most worthless. Sixth—They have-done ail in their power to aid the hell . hounds at Washington in -trying to crush tliespirlt'yfilie. Southern.peoph;^., Scventh-4-Their feeling is in uni son with that which actuated the Yankee vandals who laid Waste .our laud, burned our houses, insta ted our women, and even.* robbod the graves of our dead; felsfc, why could the craven-hearted crew affili ate -With the Radical party. ' \ ^Highth- 1 —Prominent in their -Tanks Are villians, who, during the war, infested our swamps and bushwack- cd our soldiers. Ninth—Their appropriate sphere is.iiv the' society afiuegroes and car- pet-baggers, and gontfiei '' should drive thorn “lock stock and .i,»rreir Into it. Every Radical nigger and dog that attended the Philadelphia Con-, vention had “Grant” marked on their collars* Ot course Grant was nominated; and may the devil get him before the election. Grant and Wilson. The Philadelphia Radical Conventou have nominated for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, Grant and Wil son respectively. They propose to conduct the campaign in the ultra Radical spirit, and in fact they can well afford to do so being backed by tbe Congress and Treasury of the United States. Tyranny will hold high carnival in thie contest. Bayonets, bribery and corruption will go Land in band. Ac tuated by nothing save personal mo tives and avaricious principles tbe Radical party will enter the campaign, not as a political organization but as a band of merciless plunderers and robbers. Grant may triumph again. Democra cy may have to bide its time four years longer. The South may lb bleeding at the de e pot’s foot for some time yet Outrage upon outrage may yet be committed; but just ascertain as just God rules the universe, a day ot retribution is coming. Tbe hand of vengeance will "not always be stayed. With tbe exception of Horace Greeley, Grant and Wilson are tbe most damnable knaves (the Southern scallawags excepted)' in their party, and they make fit leaders. Shall they be elected ? It ie a ques tion for tbe Democratie party to ans wer, If they are true to their tradi tional principles at Baltimore, we’U wager our bead, that Grant and Wil son will retire into obscurity after next November. ELEY ; old -The chances of this old demagogue for Democrat ic endorsement are getting “smaller by degrees and beautifully less.” He has developed no strengt h with tfie Radicals since his nomination, While. Scburz, Trumbull and other eminent Reformers have abandoned hint ..in utter disgust. His ouly strength lies in the frothy- fulmina- tioqs of a few weak-kneed Democrat ic newsfifipert. - . The Senatorial Election. ThaJCamilla Herald claims Mitchell cbnnty to be entitled to the next Sen- •(orirt.1 nomination, and whether or not the claim of that county is para mount to Miller and Decatur we are not, at this writing, fully prepared to say. -ff The beet. way, however, to deter mine which eonnty shall have the Sen ator is by a Senatorial Convention, when the claims of each, can be rep resented and fairly considered. If then, Mitchell is found to be en titled to the nomination, we shall give her nominee,our undivided support, provided he is a Democrat of our school; that is, anti Greeley, anti- weak-kneed, untorrified and true ^as steel in the faith. We are net personally acquainted with Cf>l. Bacon, ‘the aspirant from Mitchell, but the -name is good; anol we have heard of him as a man of ability. If Decatur should secure thp nomi nation, her candidate wi.1 more than likely be Dr. H.^S. Jones, a man too well and favorably known to need any cdiWmeedation from ns at this time. '., .. Away with Greeley. Horace Greeley has developed no strength whatever in the Republican party. We doubt hi* rarriimr a .inrrje northern SValeJshould the Democracy endorse him. The entire Northern Republican press condemn him as a deserter'and a party renegade. A straight Democratic ticket will ■ com mand twice as many Republican votes ns heesn. This we firmly believe af ter a careh.il persusal of the leading newspapers of all parries. Greeley’s only strength lies in the fears of a small portion of tbe Demo cratic party, perhaps a third of it. Now suppose this third should control the Baltimore Convention, is it reasonable to suppose that tbe balance of tbe partv will endorse their, action.' No, never. If, through the machinations of a few leading milk-and-water Demo crats, the party sellout to Greeley on the 9th pros., the true Democracy of the country will ignore their action and bold a Conventioif for the purpose of expressing the sentiments of the party at large. We bope that such necessity may not occur,, but. just as certain as it does there will be no half-way action on the part of the'Democracy, but timely, judicious and unequivocal. Again, let us say, throw Gree’ey and the Radical party to the dogs, for we’li none of them. Whtthk Deuce Don’t they Advo cate a Democratic Nomination.—The Atlanta Constitution puts down a list ®f twenty-six Georgia newspapers as preferring a Democratic nomination, but if Democratic success on that line iis impracticable choosing Greeley be fore Grant."" If these papers prefer B Democratic nomination they have a decidedly funny way of showing it. Their editorial columns teem with fob sotne'-praisea of Greeley and his Cin- cinoatti platform,, and.argtjmyjfe to pesL Down, with Greeley! Down, prove that a Democratic success i^im^ ^\yith Grant,!! Down with Radical- possible* They tairl broadsides of ijm!!! Up with Hancock! Up with venom at Alexander B. Stephens li»fl Democracy ! I say we. Col. W. T. Thompson because they Governor James M. Smith is just Editorial Raids. Keep, the editor of the Live Oak (Fla.) Times, is ilx search of a wife to help him Keep house. Hon. Henry W. Hilliard used to be a Methodist preacher. He is now a Greeley politician. ‘ ‘Ye Gods, how the mighty have fallen.” In the proceedings ■ of the Grant Convention at Philadelphia, we see the name of a fellow from Georgia styled “Hon. James N. Sinn.” We never heard of him before, but pre-. sume him to be first cousin of the Devil, the father of sin and the Rad ical party. The white nigger who edits the Savannah Journal regrets that WhiteJey voted against the late Ku- Klux Bill. Mr. W. C. Gunn writes to the Cuthbert Appcaf to the effect that the local editor of the Macon Tele^ graph is a dirty Radical. If so, we advise ihe Tdegraphto kick Mm out without further ado, “When thieves fall bnt honest men get their dues "—apropo of Sumner and Grant. “Up with Greeley f down with .Grant!” says the Brunswick Ap- as good a Tuler as the people of Georgia want, and they’ll have no other. Some wretch says: “Don’t marry dimples, nor ankles, nor eyes, nor mouths, nor chins, nor leetb, nor simpers:” That fellow’s either a natural fool or. crazy. The only Greeley men in Decatur county are scalawags who see no chance for elevation in the Grant party. We notice that the Greeley papers throughout the South are slandering many of our Confederate Generals by publishing them as for Greeley. We hope the Camilla Herald will never again confound The Demo crat with the scalawag organ of this city. • * If the Democratic party of Deca tur will act like'tbeydid during the Seymour and Blair campaign there will be no doubt as to the result. Reply to “Democracy.” Bainbridge, June Id, 1872. Editor Democrat: In your issue of last week I ob serve a communication signed “Democracy,” calling.upon me for an expression of the principles with which I expect to enter the coming political campaign, in aspiring to the Legislature from this county; and asking of me an explanation of my connection with the Southern Sun of this city. First, then, I may say that my momentary connection Vith the Sun has been already fully and truthfully explained by yourself. It would be a useless consumption of yo.ur* valuable space to say more, That Tdiffer with all who favor in the least - the Liberal Republican movement, may be seen by what I here say of my political faith. 1st. I believe in -the Democratic party, and in each and every of its principles, as the only party and the only principles capable of guaran teeing Constitutional liberty and of finally redeeming a corrupt and dis solute government, * 2nd. I believe it would be worse than suicidal to made one concession or to give up one iota of our just principles to any sect or creed of in dividuals to come crying tC us that we are weak; asking us to ground ■*' to tlioiu that they may use us in carrying out unholy schemes of ambition thatperr.ain no more to our interest 'than they do to our salvation in the world to come. Our hope lies only in the tenacity with which we may cling to our own ship. 3rd. I believe we should have a straight-out Democratic nomination at Baltimore, and I trust that it may be so. h 4th. I believe that Greeley said Grant are brothers in corruption, who have fallen out not from consid erations of national importance, but ior reasons purely personal and Selfish. Greeley may possibly be the less “evil,” but since it is possi ble to remedy both, it would - be wrong to accept?either. 5th. I believe if we will but help ourselves, Providence will also help us, and that the day is not far dis tant when our three millions of Dem ocrats will be increased to a major ity that shall forever drive opposi tion from the land, and raise the banner of constitutional liberty on the ramparts of national prosperity. These are my principles, and it is to them that I would refer “Democ racy” for his reply. That I aspire to the position of Representative from this county, I do not deny; but I have no wish, no ambition that is not subject and sub servient to the will of the people to be expressed through their nomina ting convention. With thanks to yon, Mr. Editor, and to others of my friends who have, kindly urged my name for that position. I am, respectfully, &c M Robert W. Davis, Nor for. Greeley. Editor Democrat: To enthuse Domocrats, nominate at the Baltimore Convention Han cock and Hendricks, standard bear ers that all true men of the nation, North, South, East and West, can support with an assurance that all constitutional laws will be executed and enforced. To paralyze the votes of the country, let the Democratic Convention endorse and ratify .the nominee of Cincinnati, a candidate whose heterogeneous record is dis tasteful and unsatisfactory to all parties and policies. In- the one case the masses will arise in the majesty of their power, to triumph over despotism', central ization and corruption: and in the other, the true and tried friends of Constitution, sentinels on the watch- tower of liberty, will remain luke warm and inactive, powerless to protect or defend the great princi ples handed down to mlTby the Pa triots of the past. < • • - « Numerical statistics giving the electoral vote of different States, are greatly In favor-of a straight-out Democratic candidate. The people feel that in the signs of dissolution, so apparent inthe Republican ranks, that now is the accepted time—tlie time to win and the*tirae "to restore peace, prosperity, hoiKsty, dignity and happiness to this great nation. Give us the unobjectionable ticket of Hancock and Hendricks, and the victory is almost certaiu. J. . Our New York Letter. Faces on Wall Street—Habitues of the Street—A Demoralizing Place—Relics of Old New York —Haunts of the STnickerbock- ers—J une* Amusements—Death of James Gordon Bexnet—The Home of Edgar A. Poe, ect. New York, June 6 1872. I wonder if there isn’t some subtle influence in Wall Street, that writes itself on the faces of men, and makes that peculiar expression which you see in the habitues of no other locali ty. Perhaps it is only a fancy of mine, but I always leave the erbwd with the sensation of having just coine out of a high-toned Pandemon ium, wherein humanity -exhibits its most distorted shapes, and the revel ers wear such countenances as dogs and children turn from with instinc tive dread. You may hunt the pur lieus of the old Five Points, and find tilth, and rags, and crime, undisguis ed; but if you want to encounter a mass of well-dressed rascality—a procession of social hypocrites—hard, blunted, soulless, selfish men, whose faces would stock a first-class Rogues Gallery, and fitly illustrate passions and vices that one would not like to run against after dark—just walk through Wall Street. Let me show you some of the pictures from my mental portfolio—types of classes. Here is a boy of twenty-one or two, dressed in tbe height.of fashion; a swaggering member ot the Gold Board, or Stock Exchange, and a loud-mouthed, impudent member of •society generally. His father has money, and the son gambles with it. In a lew months he will have been fleeced out of his bottom dollar, and you will hear of a forgqry, defalca tion, or flight. Meanwhile he ijni- tates his seniors to-the extent of his poor brains, drinks his wine with a gusto, drives home in a coupe, and uilishes. the day with a lrolic aittfiruf tha dr a ViimJj sonic, fasluauahle. tiger- Another, lhis subject is gray- haired, smooth, sleek and oily. A parson couldn’t be more circumspect. He almost purrs when he talks to you, and yet is a living falsehood on the street, at home, and in the church. Those cold, green eyes, never shed anything but crocodile tears, and never looked real sympa thy on any'-child of want. They seeiu to be a part of the straight, thin lipped mouth,’which has just, said, savagely—“Crush ’em!” m Here is a third, with a. face that might have belonged to old Fagin; sharp-nosed, with strong lines run ning down, and apparently hooking on to the corners of his mouth, which they twitch up in conversation until- you see the snaiT that precedes the. bite of the dog, and wonder if he Has tusks. An animal built for dirty work, from his cranium to tendo. Achillis. The fourth specimen. i3 a fellow born to good luck, for it has kept him out of the penitentiary and put money in his pocket. He has man aged bogus stock companies by the score; don’t hesitate to change a few figures here and there, to make his accounts balance; knows the de tectives and politicians to a dot; keeps in the ring, and - is a first-rate stool-pigeon for its peculiar business “on the street.” * He spends money freeley; is quick, plausible and po lite, and has a bank account that insures an entre into “our best society.” - I might go and describe dozens of other characters—the old men who totter among their former haunts, “just to feel the pulse of the mark et;” the fancy clergyman, in his straight-buttoned, frock and white cravat, who has come down to make a call on some rich parishioner; the nabob who moves millions and is the wonder of young clerks; the poor, round-shouldered fellows, who drive their pens and rack their brains from morning until night in keeping the run of the business on which their employers thrive; the hurrying office boys rushing to or from bank with their books or boxes containing money, chained around their bodies to keep thieves from snatching the treasure, en route—all these and more, but the want of space forbids. Come and see the panorama for yourself, and you will say that it is a mixture of moral pigments that represents every shade oi humanity, and every road on which it is journ eying, save that which leads to heaven. In short, Wall Street is an immense sum in vulgar fractions, and the more you meddle with them the worse you are off. By the way, it is not generally, known that the locality derives its; name from the fact that the wall or j boundary of old New York here ran across the city from river to river, i It was removed, however, long be-1 fore the Revolution, at which time, tised infill the Grant newspapers in the present City Hall Pari was call-., that much goveilied city, at a cost rwl ilia Pialik orwl Ampripun i of $1^8291^ * " j prisoners "were executed the#. The "Changes that have taken place within a hundred years have - obliterated most of the old land marks, but a few are still, preserved and cherished. At the foot of Broadway, for in stance, the mansiona me standing that wereoccupied by Gen. Washington, Lord Howe, Bene-ift Arnold-and other historical celebrities. * Castle Garden itself has in its- structure . the bones of a eolonitfl fortification. Bow-; iiqg Green in the same neighborhood is surrounded by the identical' iron railing from which lhu patriots broke 4 ff the iron knobs repiesenting the head oi King George, to u«e as cannon butts. The present city post office is apart if the fatuous Dutch' church used first by the settlers for worship, and subsequently bv the British as a military riding school and prison. Further up town one-will find on the comer of’t'lii ripen th street and Third avenue, a pear tree planted Uv Gov. Peter Stnyvesani in 1647. Ever) May it^j covered with b'ossoma, a pa- iriarciRwo hundred and twenty-five years uld, standing in tbe midst oi strangers, crowned, with hoary honors of age and clustered with wonderful associations. Another ancient chap el in the neighborhood enthrones the tombs of SriiyVesant, and many of the •lead Knii*keib«ckers. Go-still fur- ‘her up the island,.and yon.will find on either shore mansion* erected, and once occnpied bv the aristocratic citi zens of New York a hundred years ago as country resiliences, now, alas! converted into resoits whither people flock on Sundays to enjoy horseflesh and whisky. Perhaps you are' not aware of the fact, that the.name 'Man hattan signifies in the Indian vernacu lar - ‘a place of drunk ness,” and there is no doubt tbal the inhabitants are fully determined to maintain its titu lar reputation. June opens, gloriously. Music in allnf tbe parks attracts the crowd I wo or three times a week, and the base ballists, and ya?htsmeq have begun their usual summer c ntesis. .Racing week has commenced at Fordl om on the elegant Jerome grounds, and - ev.. eryjay witnesses 'a congregation of fashionables and celebrities of both sexes in full dress that is posilively dazzling. Returning from the race course..qne may pass ihe little low- roofed cottage.wherein Elgar A. Poe wrote “The Raven.” 1 The poet, here passed some of tbe happiest and sad- dest years of Iris curious life. ! The death of Jam. s Gordon Bet.nett was npi’unexpected. He was worn j out with halt a century of toil, and five years ago he rptiied fmm the sc- ! live management of the Herald. The paper goes into - tlie hands of h.is son j now -11} ElllOpe, who has heel) educated j nu agert.’enl which charaqierises the im- meuse estal’i siiaient will in no wise be affected by lh« 'oss oi its Jotmer chief. I he Aldine for this inoi.th .contains some of the most beautiful j>;c titiS that have been ptihl'shed in any Amei-I can periodica). Every issue is, if possible, better dian tho last, ai^l tlie circulation' has ciept stea ily up to 50,000, The publishers are Raines Sutton & Co., 23 Liberty S:. ■ Brave, Generous and Manly.— Editors Constitution-. Will you please allow me,through the columns ofyour valuablq journal, to throw a stone at some dogs and a.cat, who were too cowardly even to growl at me while I had a! paper to reply to them. But, as goon as I hJtd. tbe misfortune to faU, they set up a terrible! barking anti growling, when they saw no pos sible chance to get into any danger. I mean crazy Fitch, of the Griffin Star, and sap-head Grady, of the Rome Commercial, -who have . brass enough in their ‘face to build a mill wheel, and sap enough in’their heads to turn it, but are not brave enough to attack a live man; but as soon as - he is dead they go for him. The cat of Athens had better leak out or the rats will eat him. Poor little Grady says “Rough Rice had'better suspend himself.” If Grady- had his dues he would be suspended by the heels and nibbled to death by young ducks. Yours, etc. Rough Rice. OF THE-- * BAHST^RUDGE DEALERS ' . • Ri THE MARKET WITH THEIR SPLENDID STOCK OF Nprfin g Good s! Vie are now offering our usual FULL ASSORTMENT of GOODS, ajuung *hj c |, are to be found v \. - ORGAND1S, GRENADINES, CAMBRICS. WiRTE PIQUE. LAW^ LINEN nd SEERSUCKER SUITS, BEACH.PARASOLS, HAMBURG TRIMMINGS, BLEACHED and BROWN SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, COTTON.iDES, LINENS. DENIMS, CASSIMERES, NEW STYLE HEAVY SHIRTINGS, UN- • " TRIMMED HATS for Ladie* A Mis-es, (in black, brown . and white) ALPACCAS A PRINTS. «@“IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT LOW PRICES! SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY. McGUFFIE’S and GOODRICH'S READERS. DAVIES' and SMITH’S ARITH- _ METICS, MONTEITH’8 GEOGRAPHIES, arid ALL the School Books tnmally uaed. rST* Also Billet, Bommereial, Note, Letter, Fuokdap arid Legal Cap Pspere. |F1 3MC «ro m Uf - IJAT^ and SHOES of all styles, sixes and prices, for the million and th« min'ioniim - • CJrt An assortment, in .Granite a BAUUERS, <nd other I.ANTE ERY. LATES, DISHES, B\K Also JUGS CHURNS, JA r oil or candle. w- CUES n] liif e Xest«l 9 Oils, AND THE FAMOUS “TOWN AND COUNTY PREPARED PAINT,” * Respecting which any information wiil be given upon application."®! Iron. Steel, Nails, Faping and Gardening -■ m-wmjmk exvtsi, To which special attention Is asked Hfteoii, Flour, &c. Ten’Thousand pounds Bacon, 10T) bbls. "Flour, io LLfo. ew-nr {mt -grkacs‘j, rosaces Coffee, 20 bbk Whisky, To All of which, and "a complete stock of other goods, we respectfully uV the lion of C'ish and prompt, paying buyers. • (a HI ly) BABBIT & WABFULD. THE OLD RELIABLE WEST- STREET op James Gordon Bennett’s will is understood to give his Fort Wash ington Heights estate to his daugh ter, Jeanette, his Filth Avenue man sion to his-wife, and the New York Herald and the real estate connected therewith, being nearly the entire block, bounded by Broadway, Ful ton, Nassau and’ Ann streets, to young Bennett. He cannot sell the Herald. It must remain' in the family. — —. The Democratic organ in this city, the chairman of tbe National Demo cratic Committee, Vorhees and his friends in Congress, and hosts of others are already od the side of ther administtalion. The writer of the above for the New York Herald, knew he lied when he penned the assertion, and we were astonished to see it copied by the Columbus Enquirer, and made the foundation for an editorial reflecting on the Northern Demo crats.—Columbus Sun. k IS BEIXG CONSTANTLY SUPPLIED WITH HEAVY INVOICES OF - mil ier spring & Nu «- » o> n m 9 OF till LATEST STYLES A1 TOGETDER WITH A Very Xiarge Stools, of Staple Groceries ALSO,. • • HARDWARE, WOODWARE, WILLOWWARE, uuiv »U uviMjum Vi j/uj muilb UI IGA* : g ^ * es amounting to $584 12, .with ac- • Jq f act there is nothing wanted by the public that they cannot supply at TDOst J** crued interest. The sale was adver- onable prites . Give U8 at»U, examinooar g 06ds and take adrx^agenf onr induce®®* / Hot Times for Tax Payers.— The loyal negroes in Washington are putting tax-payers - through a course of sprouts: A lot on Penn sylvania avenue was recqptly put up for sale in default of payment of tax- ■ kpril6 PATTERSON it MCNAIR-