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[ UOKNINUi 71A V 11.
v; Columhu* Rose.—This gentleman
. ; , was so badly shot by the Marshal of
Newnan, is getting well.
Goon Size Pf.bcii. —Dr. Ed. ft. Schley
u /lit Saturday in a lake near Upatoie
r ,a white perch weighing two and a
iialf p I'tnds. It was sixteen inches in
length and six broad.
Solid Hoof Hogs.—Mr. A. Zorkowsky,
proprietor of the hotel of Seale, Ala., has
whose hoofs do not part, being solid
tike those of a mule. The hogs were
raised by Mr. W. L. Ingram, near Uchee.
Escaped from Jail. —Tom Johnson
,lured, charged with robbing the store
of Hubert Allen, at Sand Fort, some two
weeks since, made ins escape from the
nil of Bussell county on Saturday, by
running over the jailor, Mr. Simpson,
while feeding the prisoners. Mr. Simp
.,n shot at Tom twice, without effect.
Georgia Thief Arrested in Alabama.
-Ned Davis, colored, (of course) was ar
rested below Glennville on Sunday,
charged with stealing a horse, the prop
erty of Dr. Tuggle of this city, from the
'aide of Mr. Jack Odom, of this county,
a short time since. Dr. Tuggle had
loaned Mr. Odom the horse to ride to his
home, ami the animal was stolen at night.
Ned carried the horse to the neighbor
hood of Glennville and traded him. He
„uvh he traded a Jack for the -horse with
someone in Girard. Ned slecpeth in the
jail at Seale, awaiting a requisition from
the authorities of this State.
A Frequent Okfknrkh. —Sheriff Ware
returned to Scale from Opelika on Satur
day w ith one John Ivey, colored, charged
with stealing a horse from someone in
(he southwestern part of Russell county,
some two years ago. John was arrested
soon after the theft was committed and
put in jail, but was demanded by the
proper authorities of Macon county to
answer the charge of attempting to com
mit rape. John had broken jail in Macon
before stealing the horse, lie was carried
to Tuskegee, tried for the attempt to
rape, convicted and sentenced for a term
in the penitentiary, but was placed, with
other convicts, at hard labor on the dif
ferent railroads where convicts have been
worked. His last place was the Savannah
and Memphis Railroad. He bids fair to
oh tain anew lease of railroad privileges.
Fii.es of N ewspapers. — Ah an evidence
of the value of the files of a newspaper, it
is stated that a complete tile of the London
Tunes is quoted at three thousand pound;
sterling—equal to about twelve thousand
dollars in gold. How often have lawyers
in our courts been sorely puzzled in at
tempts to ferret out facts of importance to a
ease ponding, inconsequence of the absence
of thu copy of the newspaper in which cer
tain legal publications wore made. It is
this feature, principally, that gives the
value referred to to the London Times.
How many papers aro there in the State
us Georgia or Alabama that can produce
complete tiles from the date of their'es
tablishment to the present time? We
venture to say not half a dozen in oither
State can do it. This paper has complete
tiles from its first establishment, 30th
July, 18.15, to the present time, substan
tially bound and in a complete state of
preservation. Two copies of every issue.
One thousand dollars could not purchase
either copy. Their importance is shown j
in the frequent application of our friends
for opportunities to consult them.
Russell County Delegates. At an
iuljoui nod meeting of the Democratic
party us Bussell county, on Monday even- j
ing, at Scale, Col. A. G. Jones, Chairman
us the Executive Committee of said
cimnty, in the chair, the following named
gentlemen were appointed delegates from
the different boatsto represent the county
in the State Convention, to be held in
Montgomery on the 19th day of June next.
Fight delegates from the county at large
" ill lie appointed by the Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee, be
tween this time and the meeting of the
State Convention:
Boat 1. David Dudley, Freeman Stewart.
Beat 2. A. G. Jones, J. M. Fuller.
Boat S. S. Scott, William Himes.
Beat 4. O. R. O'Neal, R. H. Edwards.
Beat 5. Dr. S. A. Holt, E. N. Brown.
Beat 6. J. F. Waddell, 11. M. Henry.
Beat 7. W. J. Howard, M. L. Patterson.
Beat 8. Dr. D. W. Johnston, A. C. Miteh-
Good Cotton.— Mr. J. T. Gray yester.
day showed us a specimen of cotton, ta
li from his plantation, some ten miles
east of Colmubns. The plant was fully
i ght inches above the ground. Ho says
he has three acres equally as good, and
that the land was richly fertilized with
stable manure. No one in his section has
any approaching it. He does not think
tile dry weather is much effecting the cot
:i above ground, but is preventing much
from sprouting. It is, however, seriously
Tiring corn. The stand of cotton is
v > ry thin. We have yet to hear any favor
able account of crops.
Apropos of the subject, we aro told the
A' v Orleans Chamber of Commerce is
salting arrangements towards securing
•‘gents in every county in the Southern
states to give weekly atatemehts in regard
rowing crops. We are told that Mr. W.
1. Young Las consented to furnish lhe.se
’Torts from Muscogee.
Hie general tone of the Democratic ;
rt'ssof the country is against it hasty;
‘ lament in reference to the Cincinnati
'foment, but to submit the question to
decision of a National Democratic
' "' ciihou, soon to be called, and in the
ultimo to interpose no obstacle to the
ptien of any course that may then be
■■" tad best to meet the emergency pre
ufd. In the terse language of the New |
* borld. the temper of the three par- 1
C present may be thus expressed:
l iberals confident: tbo Radicals
•••rung; the Democrats waiting."
'"'femur Walker, of Virginia, strongly
‘•uorses Greeley and Brown. James
'kx M. C., has declared in his favor,
‘ support Horace in the New York
: • ss. There is a growing conviction
“ at " r, ' ( '’fy will be accepted bv the Dein
• s . in which case liis election is re
■'t'Jed as certain.
Actios ! —Every genuine bos of Dr.
'• we s Liver Piles bears the signature
1 ming Brothers, Pittsburg, Pa., and
‘‘•' ir private U. S. Stamp. «T Take no
" ;r ; the market is full of imitations.
! !s the popular verdict that people
' ' have been accustomed to the use of
‘•tors or Cordials, are obliged, eventually,
•esort to Mci.ane'r Liver Pills for per
tinent relief. ap 23 Wfim
lorn 0 Connor, an unassuming Irish
in T lB
h lr a l as ' He does not know exactly how
>’ he has, but the total will not vary
“'ten lrom 60.000.
VOL. XIV.
Wo regret to see on the part of promi
nent, life-long Democrats, a disposition to
let their anxiety to get rid of the Grant dy
nasty, carry them too far in committing
themselves to the Cincinnati ticket The
constituted authority of the Democratic
party lies called a Convention of the par
tyof all the States of the Union, to assem
ble in Baltimore, on the 9th of Jnlv. In
this body, the great lights of the party—the
wisdom of the great Democratic party of
the 1 nion will be assembled, to consult
and determine what shall be done in the
premises. The decision of the Conven
tion should be the word of command to
all Democrats. If, in the wisdom of the
body, it should be determined to nominate
a straight-out Democratic ticket, every
Democrat should stand untrammelled, and
prepared to enter the contest for victory
with all the vim that is within him, deter
mined to conquer. On the contrary,
should the Convention endorse the plat
form of the Cincinnati Convention, and
recommend the support of its nominees,
it is equally important that Democrats
should occupy a position to go into the
contest determined to win victory. Then
how important it is that we should not
put ourselves in a position to be embar
rassed in the happening of either contin
gency.
A great work is before the country —
Constitutional liberty is on trial—the
people constitute the jury. The contest
which will end in November will decide
the fate. The nominee of the Philadel
phia Convention, which is to assemble in
Philadelphia on the 7th of June—whether
he be Grant or other member of his
dynasty, must bo defeated. We believe
the Convention can put up a standard
bearer who will secure victory to the
cause, if the Democracy will rally in a
body to bis support. The Convention
may take a different view of the matter.
Should it do so, we ttust every Democrat
will be in position to do his duty in
bringing the entire strength of the party
to the policy it shall indicate.
Mr. Greeley has many commendable
points in his character which we admire,
and others we do not approve. Whatever
may be his foibles, he is an honest man—
opposed to peculations, and all kinds of
thieving on the part of officials. His
most objectionable feature is negro on the
brain. Os this we think he will bo totally
cured before twelve months of the Presi
dential term shall have elapsed. Should
he be recommended by the Convention to
the support of the Democracy, none will
go into the contest with a greater deter
mination to win victory than the quill
drivers of the Sun.
Another objection to too great haste m
Democrats declaring their determination
to support the Cincinnati ticket, is the
strength it will give the Grant dynasty.
More than a month will elapse between
the time the Philadelphia nomination will
'lave been made and the assembling of
the Democratic Convention. In this in
termediate time the two wings of the Re
publican party will have so for progressed
in their discussions as to have created a
permanent breach—such a gulf wiU
have been created between them as can
not be healed or reconciled. Such a
breach ns cannot be reconciled with a
large portion at least of the Cincinnati
party, even though the ticket should be
withdrawn in the event of « Democratic
nomination. Then how important is it
that Democrats should be cautious in tak
ing position in advance of the decision of
the Democratic Convention. Good Gen
erals never divulge their plans of battle.
Grant Uneasy and Distrustful,
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says the defection of
leading republicans in Congress from the
proposed renomination of Grant, is no
longer a secret to the President or his person
al adherents. The plotters are moving cau
tiously and dread a premature discovery
of their designs. What they hope for is
that may find safety in some apparently
spontaneously abandonment of Grant as
the Philadelphia candidate, or shelter un
der the bold utterance of some recogniz
ed giant of the party. The names of a
few of them are known. The unexpected
turn that affairs have taken since the Cincin
nati Contention and the time-serving po
licy of men on whom he has showed po
litical favor have greatly affected the
President, it is said, and inspired him
with such unconcealed distrust of every
body that tho friends who have clung to
him, by their own showing, through the
coldness and neglect of the three years of
his Presidency, aro justifying themselves
in advance for their own contemplated
desertion to the camp of the flying politi
cians. Through the whole circle of poli
tics there in a feeling of uneasiness and
j doubt.
From the Baltimoro Sun.
Virginia and tho Political Campaign- Posi
tion of Senator Sumner.
Washington, May 10. — Gov. Walker, of
Virginia, is iu town, and was on the floor
of the House this afternoon in conversa
tion with many of the Democratic mem
bers. He expressed the opinion that the
Virginia delegation would support Greeley
and Brown in the Baltimore Convention,
and that the State would ratify that nom
! inatiou if made by the Convention. The
feeling among the members seems to
grow stronger every day in favor of allow
ing the Convention to decide the great
question of such ratification without at
tempting to influence the result by speech
es and letters from members of the party.
Even among those opposed to adopting
the Cincinnati ticket, no special candi
dates are talked about, unless possibly the
the namo of Judge Davis is now and then
favorably mentioned. The statement that
he has declined the Columbus nomination
and is not in the field is denied on the
best authority. Whether it will appear
or uot before the Baltimore Convention is
yet to be seen.
There has been some gossip to-day over
a reported movement on the part of some
of the Government Senators to conciliate
Mr. Sumner and restore him to the ehair
ni.uiship of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee. His undecided position on the Pres
idential question, and his recent coalition
with those Senators to defeat amnesty
and pass the social equality bill, have
doubtless given rise to the story. The
liberal Republicans, however, find that
while Mr. Sumner is so pronounced againt
Grant, he is so much in favor of himself
that they have quite abandoned their
efforts to" enlist his active support.
It is reported that after the Cincinnati
Convention, the Chairmen of the Repub
lican State Executive Committees of Illi
nois, Wisconsin apd lowa hurried off to
Washington, to urge the nomination of
some other candidate than Gen. Grant, at
Philadelphia. _
A Sensational Bet. —The Western
press dispatches say that on I riday, Sen
ator Pomeroy bet his riding horse against
five hundred dollars, on the part of Conk
ling, that the Democrats' would ratify
Greeley's nomination.
Prospects of Greeley and Brown. —
The New York Herald says: "There is
no mistake about it. The majority of
our exchanges, Democratic and otherwise,
go for Greeley and Brown.”
The World still fights shy, but admits
that Democratic editors have a perfect
right to indicate their preference for the
philosopher, •provided they acquiesce in
the dicta at the Baltimore Convention.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
GEORGIA NEWS.
The residence ocenpied by Col. W. T.
Weaver, inThomaston, was burned Thnrs
' day night. Col. W. has been burned out
; three times.
The Bibb county Grand Jury has found
j a true bill against E. Wooliff, barber, for
I mercilessly whipping an apprentice. 13
years old ; color not stated.
The New York Sun states that Gen. Jno.
B. Gordon is in that city, and says the
; democratic endorsement of Mr. Greeley,
j is a thing which will he agreeable to the
; South.
YV e don t believe Gen. Gordon said any
1 such thing.
In Columbia county, one of the mines in
; which Col. J. Belknap Smith is interested
j has yielded over one million dollars since
; it was opened.
At the last day’s tournament at Augusta
the silver spurs were given General R. H.
Anderson, commander of the Savannah
Club, as the best rider. Messrs. Tilton
and Baynon, of the Savannah Club, won
the first and third prizes, scoring 38 and
35f points respectively, and Messrs. Hack
and Thayer, of the Augusta Club, second
and fourth prizes with 36| and 31{ points.
Mr. Tilton crowned the Queen, and was
presented with a medal; Mr Hack crowned
the first Maid of Honor, and was presented
with a saddle and bridle, and also a
plume, and Messrs. Baynon and Thayer
crowned the second and third Maids of
Honor, and were presented with spurs
and a bridle, respectively.
The horse and wagon, of Dr. D. B.
Plumb, of Augusta, ran over a boy named
Lawson, hurting his back and leg.
The Augusta Boat Club have christened
their new boat the Lady Emma, after the
wife of member John W. Clarke. It is
saicj to be the lightest race boat south of
Baltimore. She is forty feet in length,
seventeen inches wide and is constructed
principally of paper. Her cost was three
hundred and fifty dollars.
Last Friday afternoon, Dr. JohnM. Mil- i
ler, died of hemorrhage of the lungs, at ;
his father’s house, on Beech island, near
Augusta.
From April Ist 1871, to April Ist 1872,
31,545,418 pounds of Guauo were trans
ported over the Georgia It.R.
The Augusta Chronicle says last week a
party of South Carolina boys went in bath- j
ing. Three have died.
The Augusta Typograhical Union, on
Tuesday afternoon, elected Mr. A. J.
Gouley of the Banner of the South office,
to represent them at the approaching ses
sion of the International Typographical
Union, which meets in Richmond, Va., in
June next.
The Saw Mill of Mr. Cribb, on the B.
& A. R.R. was destroyed by fire on Thurs
day last. Five cars loaded with lumber
were also destroyed aud a portion of the
track burned so that the train for Newnan
was detained several hours.
Judge Cooke has decided in a habeas
corpus case that on the separation of man
and wife, the right to the possession of
the children is vested in the mother equally
with the father, and that she was entitled
to their possession as between herself and
a third party.
The Griffin News says twenty acres of
old field within a mile and a quarter of
that place, and without a tree on it, sold
a few days since for SI,OOO.
Th« Crriflßn CS-oovgiaii nuy o 00-grvoicus
farmers in that region consider the dry
weather by no means a bad omen—as,
they say, they never knew a bad crop year
when there was a drouth in May.
The wheat crop of North Georgia is re
ported unusually fine.
Mr. John Halbrooks, of Rome, aged GO,
is dead.
The Bainbridge Black-and-tan have en
dorsed Grant and Wliiteley.
Mr. H. H. Ash, of Lumpkin county,
with several wagons, containing two
thousand dozen eggs and nine hundred
chickens, passed through Gainesville last
week. During the month of April, Messrs.
Sanford & Lathem shipped from this
place 2,750 dozen eggs, 3,550 chickens,
450 ducks, and 12 turkeys.
The firemen of Savannah contemplate
forming an association, to be known as
“The Volunteer Firomen,” the character
of which will be charitable and benevo
lent. Such organizations exist in New
Orleans and Mobile.
Harper C. Bryson, a native of Ireland,
and a citizen of Augusta for 50 years,
died Friday.
The Mechanic Hook and Ladder Com
pany of Bainbridge, claims the champi
onship of the State. They say the com
pany run 100 yards, took off three lad
ders, placed one against a house, a man
ascended to the top, descended, and they
replaced all three ladders in the short
space of thirty-eight and a half seconds !
Some 250 men, who have been cutting
live oak in Florida for the United States,
were in Savannah Saturday en-route for
Maine. One fell between the cars on the
Jacksonville road and was killed.
The stockholders of the Jacksonville,
Mobile and Pensacola Railroad, at a meet
ing in Jacksonville, elected M. S. Little
field President, Calvin Littlefield Vice
President, and F. IT. Flagg Secretary and
Treasurer.
Charles McCay, a wood passor on the
State Road, fell between the cars Friday
and was killed.
Capt. Hamilton, Long and Willis, con
victed of robbery in McDuffie county, and
a negro named Henry Spines, convicted
of barn burning in Lincoln county, wore
brought to Atlanta and lodged in jail for
safe keeping until they can be turned
over to Grant, Alexander & Cos. They
were all securely chained together.
The scoundrels who have been arresting
South Carolinians in Georgia on Ku-Klux
charges are about to be arrested. One
of them arrested Mr. J. T. Hancock. He
sued out a writ of habeas corpus before
Judge Erskine and was discharged on his
own recognizance. He had immediately
arrested one scoundrel, H. W. Kendrick,
who had figured conspicuously in his ar
rest. In answer to telegrams the clerk
of the U. S. Court in South Carolina, stat
ing that no warrant had bet n found
against Hancock. The case, by request
of U. S. Attorney Farrow, was continued
to Thursday and Hendrick required to
give a bond of $2,500.
Dr. P. H. Mell, the Vice Chancellor of
the University of Georgia, has not been
able to read a line of print in over eight
months. He is going to Europe.
. After consultation with the trustees a
motion has been introduced into the At
lanta City Council providing for giving
Oglethorpe University #50,000 of 20 years
8 per cent, bonds, provided the college
will raise an additional #50.000 and erect
buildings mortgaged to -the city and edu
cate all boy residents of Atlanta free of
charge. The resolution was referred to
a Committee to get legal advice whether
the city can do this lawfully.
To the Hawkinsville and Enfaula Rail
road, Dooly county has subscribed #50,-
000: Americus #100,000; Webster #45,000
—#5,000 more to take: Stewart #60,000;
Quitman SIO,OOO. Stewart and Quitman
are expected to subscribe SIOO,OOO.
Lumpkin had a united Sunday school
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 21,1872.
1 picnic on the Bth. Mumps are raging in
! the schools of Lumpkin. Mr. J. A.
Matthews, of Lumpkin, had his knee pan
broken last Monday by a kick from a
mule.
The Ordinary of Stewart county has
awarded the following bridge contracts:
Paremour bridge; to Charles Chesnut,
for $8C0; Pataula bridges, (four) to B. E.
Bozeman, for $795: Turner creek, to T.
P. Kimble, for $595; McKinnon bridge,
to J. E. Carter, for $l5O. The above
bridges, except the Pataula, were let out
uunder bond, to be kept up for seven
years. The letting of these bridges leaves
but few bridges yet remaining upon the
county. All the balance have been let
out under bond for a term of years, and
are being kept up by the contractors.
Os the Georgia cotton cases decided for
four claimants in the Court of Claims in
Washington, on the 10th, the most impor
tant was that of Edwin M. Price, for cot
| ton to the value of sixty-eight thousand
dollars, seized near Adairsville. The
other decisions were in favor of Edward
Lovell, Wm. B. Adams, Lovell & Latii
more and Abraham Becker.
Houston county has returned 11S com
mon law suits. The railroad from Fort
Valley to Perry is to be completed by Oc
tober Ist or contractors forfeit remunera
tion. There are now at work 150 hands.
A house owned by Henry S. Fagin was
burned in Houston county.
Chancellor Lipscomb has appointed Mr.
George W. Calvin, of Augusta, as one of
the students from the State at large, in
the recently organized Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
About a hundred students have already
been admitted in the new agricultural col
lege, at Athens.
The Early county News thinks there is
no doubt but the Southwestern Railroad
will be extended from Albany to Blakely
40 miles, by November.
Capt. C. G. Wheelar has been appoint
ed, by Mayor Huff, to take the census of
Macon. In Bibb Superior Court, James
Newman, charged with the murder of Mike
Hartley, has been acquitted.
Hon. D. W. Voorhees has this to say
about the late Radical Legislature of Geor
gia in Congress:
“In the earlier times the clerk hire of
the Legislature of that State did not ave
rage over SIO,OOO per annum. That item
alone reached the sum of $125,000 for the
one Legislature whose conduct I am dis
cussing—more than equal to the expendi
ture on that account for any ten years of
the previous history of Georgia. The Gen
eral assembly consists of 175 Representa
tives and 44 Senators, making 219, taking,
both branches together. The record dis
closes 104 clerks in the employ of this
body while the Republican party was in
the ascendancy there. One clerk for every
two legislators is a spectacle which I com
mend to the consideration of the American
tax-payer and voter everywhere. Who can
doubt that such a body was organized for
the purpose of robbery and extortion. ”
Aldermen F. J. Ruckert, A. G. McAr
thur, Hon. Edward C. Anderson, H. Brig
ham, William Grayson Mann, Esq., and
Hon. W. W. Paine have been appointed
by Mayor Screven to represent Savannah
in petitioning Congress for aid for the
Great Western Canal. They have gone to
Washington.
On Saturday two negro Delilahs eucred
one B. R. Screvon, negro, of $250 while
he was asleep.
John Jones, an aged colored man, well
known in Savannah as “Old Jones,” died
at the advanced ege of 103 years. The
deceased had, throughout his long life, so
conducted himself as to merit the respect
and good opinion of that community. He
was born in Nassau.
A Griffin man in a card addressed to the
slayer of his little pet terrier, says: “I
trust that you may yet live to learn to he
as good as that dog was.”
The Atlanta correspondent of the Grif
fin News has this :
It is rumored here that Judge Montgom
ery’s concurring opinion delivered on the
question involving the legality of the ses
sion of the last Legislature after 30 days,
was made in accordance with the wishes
and desires of the Executive.
A newspaper writer should be ashamed
to write such slanders about a gentleman.
It’s pure bosh, stuff, too thin for the most
sick-hearted to swallow.
Georgia Railroad stock, since the meet
ing of the stockholders, has been sold for
$lO2 per share.
The Macon Enterprise reports that dust
is plentiful in Columbus—trees are cover
ed at least a foot, and the river has a coat
of dust so thick and hard that the young
people think of using it as a skating rink.
That’s nothing to the reports that come
from Macon. It’s so dusty there that all
the trains go round the city, and the place
looks like a floating sand cloud, and the la
dies’ eyes likejaponica jars. Twenty gentle
men came over yesterday to get rid of that
horrid dust.
The mother of Mr. Chas. Gamble, of
h e firm of Small & Gamble, died at her
residence. She was about seventy years
of age.
A match game of billiards took place in
Ralston Hall, Macon, on Monday night,
between Messrs. Tutt <fc Palmer—l,ooo
point*. American four-ball game, push
shot barred- Sixty innings played. Time
of game, 1 hour 58 minutes. Palmer
made 703; Tutt, 1,002. Tutt was presented
with the gold-mounted cue by Col. J. B.
Weems. Number of ladies present.
In Atlanta on Sunday night Mr. W. F
Jackson was married to Mrs. Lou Sartian,
only daughter of E. W. Holland Esq.
The Chattooga Advertiser has been in
formed that a party of surveyors will leave
Chattanooga next week, to locate the road
between Rome and Chattanooga. This is
a very important line, and one that mnst
be built. This is a continuation of the
North and South Railroad.
On Friday night the steam mill of Mor
rison & Gilliam, in Rome, burnt down, and
their machinery almost totally destroyed.
The fire was the result of an accident; no
insurance.
The annual revenue from the Water
Works will now amount to about $3,000,
and it is uow increasing at the rate of $25
or S3O a day. It will soon run up to about
SB,OOO. This will pay all expenses, inter
est on the bonds, and provide a handsome
sinking fund. In five years the income
on the Water Works will be $15,000: in
ten years it will be $20,000. This is a
reasonable presumption. So says the
Rome Commercial.
An elegant Episcopal church has been
erected in Frankfort, Ky, by Mrs. Emily :
D. Tubman, of Augusta.
A Healthful Political Move.— The
Reform Association of New York city re
ports fifty-five thousand voters enrolled.
The one "plank” of their platform is hon
esty in the municipal service. Each voter
by "his enrollment gives his pledge that he
will vote only for honest, capable men for
the various offices of the city government.
Partisan political issues are ignored by the
association, which embraces men of all
parties. The association adopts the usual
party machinery, district and general ex
ecutive committees, nominating commit
tees, Ac., as means to exercise its influ
ence in the city government.
The recent cold weather and cut-worms
are damaging the cotton crop seriously in
Decatur county.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
More than fifty new cadets have appli
ed for admission to the University.
The wife of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley
tlied at her residence last Thursday.
Sir. M. Cody has been appointed to fill
the vacancy in the Barbour county Com
missioners Court, occasioned by the res
ignation of Mr. Adams.
From April 10th to May 10th Eufaula
received 12,424 bushels of com by the
Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad—rep
resenting in credit prices some $15,000
—all for cotton.
Mrs. Crew of Eufaula has a hen that
laid 48 eggs, and 12 more in other nests
than her own while she was setting
There was a disastrous fire at Tuscaloo
sa, and North-Port on Wednesday night
last. In Tuscaloosa a livery stable be
longing to Messrs. Baird & Hurst, and in
North-Port a warehouse with 250 bales of
cotton was also destroyed. Both fires are
thought to have been incendiary, but sus
picion had not fixed itself on any one.
The loss is estimated at $75,000
Mrs. Jas. E. Wells, jr., while engaged
with a sewing machine, suddenly looked
out of a window and happened to place
the forefinger of her hand under the nee
dle, and it pierced entirely through the
end of her finger, about the centre of the
finger nail, and fastened it to the cloth
on which she was sev. ing. The pain was
so intense that she swooned.
A fisherman at Selma found attached to
his trot line a dead negro with a broken
skull.
j Mr. James Mass, aged GO, was thrown
j from his horse in Selma and broke his
j right arm.
Sweet potatoes can't sell for $1 50 per
i bushel at Selma.
| The Red Iron Mountain Company iias
secured sufficient capital to develop their
property iu North Carolina amounting to
7,340 acres. Daniel Pratt was elected
President; A. J. Noble Secretary and
Treasurer aud H. F. D. Bardelaben, Su
perintendent.
The following was disposed of in the
Circuit Court of Mobile county on the
9 th: W. I. Squire vs. the Mayor, Aider
men and Common Council. Judgment
for plaintiff for $2,600, on the ground
that the plaintiff was deprived of his office
by the Mayor, Aldermen aud Common
Council without authority of law, and
without fault on his part.
A drove of eight or nine partridges
walked gravely and undismayed up one of
the main streets in Jacksonville, about
dusk last Tuesday.
The artesian wells in East Selma are
failing rapidly and some of them have
already ceased to run over. The cause is
attributed to tbe big well in rear of the
Central Block.
The Episcopal Convention of the Dio
cese of Alabama, recently convened in
Montgomery, adjourned on Sunday, the
12th. Tbe next annual convention will
be held at Christ Church, Mobile, begin
ning on the 2d Wednesday of May, 1873.
The Eufaula News has this about the
Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad :
Gur informant states that a petition was
filed in the United States District Court
at Montgomery to have a Receiver ap
pointed. whose duty it shall be to appro
priate the earnings of the road towards
paying off the floating debt, pro rata,
among the creditors. The object of the
petition is to prevent the road from being
forced into bankruptcy by impatient cred
itors. It was granted, and Col. A. J.
Lane, President of the road, was ap
pointed receiver.
Two days prior to this petition for the
appointment of a Receiver, a petition in
bankruptcy was filed by creditors of the
road, asking that it be declared bankrupt,
and Thursday next, 16 th inst., was ap
pointed by the court in which it would
hear the case. The friends of the road
under a petition for a Receiver, declare
that it is not bankrupt, but that their pe
tition is nothing more than an effort to
obtain a little more time in which to meet
its indebtedness, and they are making an
effort to induce the withdrawal of the pe
tition for bankruptcy, and so harmonize
the matter as that the road may remain in
its present condition until its creditors are
paid off.
For the first time in the history of the
State since 1860, the claims of several
counties upon educational account for
any one year have been fully paid. All
the outstanding warrants for the year
1871, upon the educational fund, have
been paid, and every legitimate claim of
teachers has been cancelled by the State.
This can be said of no other year during
or since the war, and is a conclusive an
swer to the Radical attacks upon the ad
ministration of Public Schools by Dem
ocrats.
The proceedings in relation to the
bankruptcy of the M. & E. Railroad in
Montgomery, have been postponed until
the 27th inst., when there will be a regu
lar term of the U. S. District Court.
The Montgomery Advance, of the llth
inst., says “it is whispered on the streets
that some of our largest business houses
are about to fail. ’’ The Journal thinks there
is no foundation for the report.
The mails from New Y'ork now reach
Montgomery in 57 hours making an
average of over four hundred miles per
day.
It is reported in Montgomery that J.
L. Pennington, late Senator from Lee
county in the Alabama Legislature, has
beeu appointed Governor of one of the
Western Territories; also that the Opelika
Era, now for Greeley, will change propri
etors within a few days and come out for
Grant.
A difficulty occurred at Calera on Mon
day between a fireman and oue of the em
ployees on the S. A N. Road, in which
one of the engineers became involved
when a regular cutting and shooting en
sued, in which the fireman was cut and
the engineer so badly shot that no hopes
are entertained for his recovery. No
names given.
Dr. A. G. Mabry and Hon. E. H. Mo
ren have been appointed trustees of the
State Asylum for the Insane vice Dr. E.
F. Bonchelle, of Pickens, and a colored
M. D. of Mobile, removed. A. F. Given,
of Montgomery, has been appointed to !
another vacancy in the same board.
Hon. J. Q. Smith, on last Saturday, •
held, in his charge to a Lowndes county '
jury, that the late act of the Legislature 1
squelching the Tuskaloosa and other lot
teries in Alabama was unconstitutional,
and the jury, acting under the charge. ’
fined an agent of the former institution
five hundred dollars.
The Herald says that at the last cabinet i
meeting it was determined that every
iron-clad in the navy should bo put in
condition for immediate service, and the ;
Secretary of W T ar was instructed to make
the coast defences impregnable, particu
larly those on the Southern sea-board,
where there are so many valuable niggers j
to be protected. Fourteen sea-going iron
clads will be ready for sea in a few weeks.
Three have been sent to the private yard
of Cramp A Son, Philadelphia. All those
at Boston, Brooklyn, Norfolk and New
Orleans are being fitted oat as fast as
possible, and the Committee on Naval Af
fairs will report a bill to put ten more
iron pots in course of construction imme
diately.
TELEGRAPH IC.
FOREIGN.
Paris, May 14.—Reports have beeu re
ceived. from Carlists sources, that the in
surgents have ocenpied Bilboa. Don Car
los has entered Biscay, and the Carlists are
i masters of three basque provinces. An
important engagement is expected iu Bis
| cay.
Madrid, May 14.—Fifteen thousand
government troops are now concentrated
j in the Department of Biscay. Opposed to
l them are 7,000 Carlists, who adopt the
I Fabian policy.
| The Carlists leaders who escaped into
i France, have been arrested and returned
j by the French authorities.
London, May 14.—Parliament has ad
journed for the usual holidays. The
House of Lords will re-assemble on the
31st inst., the House of Commons on the
27th.
Paris, May 15. — Marshal Bazaine, tho'
placed under arrest, is allowed to remain
at home, but guards have been placed in
the grounds surrounding his residence to
prevent outside parties from communica
ting with him.
Madrid, May 15. — The force of Carlists
which entered Spain from Portugal was
met by Government troops and driven
back into Portuguese territory.
London, May 15, 3 r. m. — The message
of President Grant to the U. S. Senate,
submitting proposed additional article to
the Washington treaty rclativo to indirect
claims, serves to reassure the public that
the differences between the two nations
will be honorably settled. The publica
tion of the message has had an effect upon
the market for American securities, which
are now firmer than at opening.
Paris, May 15. — An official decree ap
pears to-day announcing the following ap
pointments of French Ministers: Duke
DeNoalle, at Washington; Jules Fervey,
at Athens: M. Gabria, at The Hague; M.
Gadomean, at Stockholm.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 12.—General Jones
and Major Sayre are doing well. No ap
prehension, though both are badly bat
tered.
Washington, May 13.—House.—Voor
hees’ personal explanation was made. It
was a bitter anti-GrGeley speech. It is
the sensation of the day.
The Senate is considering supplemental
enforcement bill.
Casey’s successor will not be named for
some days.
The Conference Committee have adopt
ed the House substitute to Morrill’s
amendment to the Deficiency bill with
the same restrictions with regai-d to
payment.
The President to-day transmitted to the
Senate the correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain. Tho
Senate is in possession of all the facts.
The matter will be adjusted to the satis
faction of both governments. The mes
sage was ordered to be printed. There is
scarcely a doubt that the Senate will ad
vise au acceptance of the affair in the cor
respondence.
The Senate Committee on Conference
was ordered upon the House amendment
refuting taxes upon burned whisky.
The Judiciary Committee reported a
bill removing the political disabilities of
Clark, of Texas, who was sworn in.
The Court of Claims has adjourned to
November.
Washington, May 14. —Senate.—Un-
important.
House.—Tariff; no action.
Senate.—Bill for a District Court in the
Indian Territory was up.
Nye said the reservation policy for
Indians was a complete failure. He favor
ed a railroad through them and the open
ing of lands to settlement.
Kellogg’s supplemental enforcement
bill resumed and finally passed—34 to 17.
Mr. Thurman, in the course of the de
bate, said he thought the bill a fair one,
but would vote against it from principle.
The discussion was quite ex nting over
various amendments, and indicated the
hopelessness of amnesty this session.
Deficiency bill resumed. It is thought
that both of Morrill’s amendments and
the House substitute will be dropped,
leaving the matter in statu quo.
Scott called up the bill extending to
March 4, 1873, extraordinary powers of
the President under the Ku-klux bill. No
action.
Night Session.—Naval affairs.
House.—Conference ordered on naval
appropriation bill.
Tariff resumed.
Buckley, of Alabama, moved to except
cotton machinery as an amendment to
the section affecting iron aud iron manu
factures. Adopted.
A resolution that watches and articles
of ornament be excluded from the general
reduction was carried.
The Committee on Naval Affairs re
ported in favor of the construction of
ten sloops of war.
The Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate held a meeting to-day on an
additional article to the Treaty of Wash
ington, but came to no conclusion.
The Committee meets again to-morrow.
The opinion of the Senate has not yet
developed itslf, although the measure, as
au administration proposition, will, it i s
thought, be ratified.
The President sent a message to Con
gress advising Federal regulations for the
protection of emigrants.
The delegates from the Western and
Southern cities arrived in this city last
night, representing the interest of the At
lantic and Western Canal which is to open
water communication between the Missis
sippi river and the Atlantic ocean. A
meeting to-day was attended by several
Senators and Representatives from these
States, and was organized by electing Ed
ward Anderson, of Alabama, chairman,
and Col. Capers, of Georgia, secretary.
The delegation will call upon the Presi
dent m a body to-morrow, and present au
address.
Washington, May 15. —Negotiations
are about resalting in a waiver of conse- j
quential damages before the Geneva tri
bunal. though retained in case they will
not be noticed.
To-day a delegation of Georgians, con
sisting of Judge Holt, of Macon, Henry ;
Brigham, of Savannah, State Senator ;
Gresham. Cois. Edw. C. Anderson. H. D. i
Capers, and Mayor Huff, of Macon, sent"
there in the interest of the canal project,
to nnite the Mississippi river with the At
lantic, called on the President. They
were accompanied by the entire Georgia
delegation in the House of Representa
tives, and were introduced to the Presi
dent by Gen. Young.
, Col. Frobel, in a speech of a few mo
| ments, called the attention of the Presi
: dent to this important movement.
The President replied that if not for the
; lateness of the session of Congress he
would recommend its adoption, but would,
however, give it his attention at the ear
liest moment. He said the measure de
served National aid.
Senate —The Senate concurred in the
Conference report on .deficiency appropri-
ations bill, and discussed at length the
Baltimore and Potomac ilejiot site bill.
Recess till evening.
House—The House ordered a confer
ence committee on Consular aud Diplomat
ic bill.
A resolution that both Houses adjourn
from the 29th inst., until the last \\ ed
liesday in November, was introduced, but
subsequently, the mover gave notice that
he would offer it again to-morrow.
The tariff bill was considered.
Dawes withdrew his pending substitute
for the 2d section.
The 2d section now stands as follows: it
reduces the existing duties on the follow
ing articles—lo per cent, on all manufac
tures of cotton, all wools, hair of goats aud
other animals, and all manufactures there
of, all iron aud manufactures of iron, all
metals not herein otherwise provided for,
and all manufactures of metal except
watches, jewelry, and other articles of or
nament, all writing paper, all manufac
tures of India rubber, gutta percha, or
straw, and oil-cloths of all descriptions;
provitled, that the duty ou umbrellas, &c.,
shall not be less than on goods of the samo
material and quality as the coverings
theron, of all steel, and manufactures of
steel wire rope, and wire strand made of
iron wire, or of steel wire.
Tho Conference report on the iiefieien
cy bill was submitted and agreed to. The
paragraph in regard to cotton claims,
which was the chief point of disagree
ment, is modified so that the Secretary of
the Treasury is authorized and directed to
pay to the lawful owners or legal repre
sentatives of all the cotton seized after
the 30th of June, 1865, by agents of the
government unlawfully, and in violation
of their instructions, the net proceeds,
without interest, of the sales of such cot
ton actually paid into the Treasury, the
receipts thereof to be entirely in satisfac
tion of all such claims, and not to apply to
any cause now pending before tho Court
of Claims or to any cause uot filed in the
Treasury Department, within six months
after tbe passage of this act.
NEW YORK.
New York, May 14.—There were five
trots at the Fleetwood Park yestorday.
The first was won by Frank in three heats,
the best time being 3:06. The second
was won by Belle Jones in five heats, tho
beat time being 2:541. The third was
won by George M. Patehen in four heats,
best time 2:58. The fourth was won by
j Starlight in four heats, best time 2:431-.
j The fifth was won by David in two boats,
best time 2:55.
A letter from Cadiz says Dr. Howard
suffered considerably on the voyage from
being loaded with heavy chains, but upon
the request of American officers at Cadiz
the irons were removed.
Albany, May 14.—The break in the ca-
nal at Big Nose, will be repaired by the
20th.
The new officers of the Stock Exchange
were installed to-day. President King
and Chairman Wheolock made addresses.
The Board voted a service of silver plate
to ex-President Clark.
In the Methodist Conference Rev. Dr. |
Wild, delegate from Canada, addressed 1
the Conference, saying the Canadian
Methodist Episcopal Church would prefer
a union with the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States, rattier than
with other Methodist bodies in Canada, j
under their present traditions with Eng
land. He said the M. E. Chiux-h in Cana
da is growing more and more favorable to
the independence of church and State aud
for the non-interference of Europe with I
this Continent, and was politically and re- I
ligiously growing tired of the interference
of England. (Applause.)
The Tribune, of to-morrow, publishes I
the following card:
The Tribune has ceased to lie a party j
organ, but the unexpected nomination of i
its editor, at Cincinnati, seems to involve
it in new embarrassment. AU must bo ;
aware that the position of a journalist who i
is. atthe same time, a candidate, is, at best, i
irksome and difficult; tkatjhe is fettered!
in action, and restrained in criticism;
whatever he may say or do is closely scan
ned, by thousands, eager to find in it what
may be so interpreted as to annoy, or per
plex, those who aro supporting him as a
candidate, and to whom his shackled con
dition will not permit him to be servicea
ble.
The undersigned therefore withdraws
absolutely from the conduct of the Tri
bune, and will henceforth, until further
notice, exercise no control nor supervision
over its columns.
(Signed) Horace Greeley.
May 15th.
The editorial management of the Tri
bune falls on Whitlow Reid.
MICHIGAN.
Detroit, May 14. A special dispatch
; from Houghton states the strike ?s gen
-1 eral at Calumet, Hecla, Schoalfact.Quincy,
Franklin, and Pena'oeck mines. Two
\ thousand men have been engaged. The
ringleaders at Calumet and Hecla mines
were arrested but were rescued by a
mob. No one has been injured as yet.
i The strike has been going on twelve days.
MARYLAND.
j Baltimore, May 14.—1n the Superior
1 Court this morning, the counsel for the
Rev. S. D. Huston filed a declaration in a
libel suit brought by Huston against the
proprietors of the Baltimoro American,
laying damages at SIOO,OOO.
The committee appointed by the Church
authorities are about commencing their
official investigation of the charges against
Dr. Huston.
CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, May 14. —The combination
to elect Senator Ferry has succeeded.
The House to-day gave him sixteen ma
jority. The Senate gave Hawley seven
majority. Ferry’s majority on joint jiallot
on Wednesday will he nine or ten. Haw
ley was the regular Republican nominee.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, May It. —New arrests of
citizens under the Enforcement .Act are
daily reported from Fairfax and other
counties.
Hon. Alfred Huger, a well-known
Charlestonian, and a conspicuous Unionist
in the days of nullification and secession,
died to-day of paralysis, in his 84th year.
He was postmaster of Charleston from the !
time of President Jackson to 18(55.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, May 14. Round trip
tickets has been announced to the Con
vention at about half rates, and covering
liberal time, and adopted by most of the
railroads, including the Pennsylvania
Central and its connections.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, May 14.— The Daily Tribune,
of this city, hoists the names of Greeley
and Brou n to the mast-head this morning,
i subject to the people of Alabama, through
the Representatives of the Convention
1 which meets at Montgomery, June 10th.
TENNESSEE.'
Nashville, May 14. — First race, Dou
! ble-ont winner; time— l:sl, 1:474.
Second race, time—l:474, 1:46f.
KENTUCKY.
Lexington, May 14. —The first race w»s
won by Hollywood, 3:30, 3:39^.
Second race. Plantation ; time—2:44.
NO. 15.
WEDNESDAY MORWre. tmv is.
Rice Mill —What K
of One. —A gentleman in our office has
been suggesting the propriety of estab
lishing a rice mill in Columbus. He
thought such an establishment would pay.
He is a practical farmer and a nail pro
prietor of many years experience. There
are no such mills in this section—none
nearer than the coast. His estimate was
that within a radius of fifty miles from
Columbus about one hundred thousand
bushels of rice were raised annually. The
only way to clean it was with the old
fashioned wooden mortar and pestle. On
his own farm ‘-'.VO bushels were raised,
and on every place rented by negroes
some little was sown. White planters also
give the cultivation some attention. He
said there wa; much land in this section
suitable for rice, and if some establish
ment could be erected at which it could
bo cleaned easily and rapidly, large areas
would bo devoted to its production, and
make the enterprise pay well. He thought
a good-sized mill could be built for #20,-
000. in this day of modem improvement
it is very desirable that the productions of
the earth be varied as much as possible,
llice is one of the articles whose cultiva
tion, our informant says, requires little
time and money. We recommend that
thoughtful attention he given the subject.
The “New 'Cotton Factory.”—Hap
pening in the neighborhood of this enter
prise yesterday, wo paid a visit to the es
tablishment, and were kindly shown the
modus operdndi of manufacturing now
going on in that busy looafiiV. Quite a
number of males, as well as females, are
employed in the works, and if the constant
clatter of looms and the noise of other
machinery in full operation are an index,
the fabrics made must certainly be meet
ing with ready sale. Some twenty-five or
thirty looms were in operation, and to our
inexperienced eye, each loom seemed to
be employed in weaving a different text
ure or variety of cloth. We were inform
ed some thirty different patterns of checks,
ginghams and stripes are already made,
and many of those which we were shown
iu the salesroom, and being baled for
shipment, were quite handsome.
Notwithstanding the short time this
factory has been in operation, many or
ders from abroad have been received, and
the goods manufactured are daily becom
ing more widely and favorably known.
Messrs. A. Clegg, (!. E. Dexter, T. Mcll
henny and It. S. Stockton, under the firm
name of A. Clegg & Cos., are the proprie
tors of the factory.
- The Ice Comfany. —This company has
resolved to increase its capital stock from
ten to fifteen thousand dollars. Present
stockholders are to have the first opportu
nity. Capt. Golden, of the Columbus
Iron Works, who went to New Orleans for
the purpose, saw a model of the Muhl
patent, and also conversed with the con
tractor from Texas, who has built several
of the machines. He is confident they can
do all that is claimed for them, and his es
tablishment is prepared to take the eon
fraet which will probably be closed to-day.
The ice company is confidently expected
to l>e in operation in forty days, and citi
zens be furnished withrice at one and one
and a hah" cants psrpotmd. Capt. Brain
toil.i ns the Directors have agreed to pur
chase the :sito of the Carter mill, and run
the establishment with water. The price
of the property is # 10,000, and the compa
ny is allowed tea years to pay the amount.
The Eagle and Phcnix Mills Company,
from whom the property is to be purchas
ed, guarantees all rights.
Mutin'/ at the Jail—Neguo Shot.— [
It has been the custom in the jail to re- '
lease the negroes from the cells and allow :
them to walk around in the iron recess.
Yesterday there were seven negro priso
ners in there. One George Elkins, who
has been a numerous offender, had been
kicking up a fuss and in consequence giv
en bread and water, lie became very
obstreperous. He refused to allow the
jailor, ('leghorn, to enter. The negro was
armed with a stink pot and piece 'of iron.
The jailor sent for assistance and several
policemen were sent him. The negro re
mained insubordinate. The jailor attempt
ed to enter, when Elkins threw on him
the contents of the pot, and was prepar
ing to strike with his iron, when Captain
Cash, of the police force, shot him with a
double-barreled gun, loaded with duck
shot. The load entered the negro's wrist,
arm and right breast. The wounds are
not considered very dangerous. The ne
groes came to a “pint” of order at once.
Is it a Valuable Glass 't- —Judge de
Launay showed us last week a tuft of
grass which was growing all over his
premises. The stalk is slender, and seem
ingly juicy, some eight inches high and
has very small seed. The bunch shown
us, some twenty stalks, had grown from
a single seed. Judge D. noticed it only
within the last few months. We have
] asked a number of farmers concerning it
[ but they did not recognize the variety.
Cast. A. 11. Buech. — This gentleman is
announced by his friends as a candidate
j for the position of clerk of the criminal
court of Russell county, Ala. He was a
brave Confederate officer, and is as true,
staunch and undaunted a Democrat as
breathes, and is an honest gentleman and
admirably qualified for the place. He
ought to have the office, and we feel con
fident he will get it. See the card.
That Knock Off. —The man we men
tioned yesterday, as having been knocked
from the Western railroad track, by the up
passenger train Sunday night, between
Auburn and Opelika, was Mr. Young, a
section master. He left Opelika that af
ternoon for his home. It is thought he
was asleep. One arm and a leg were so
badly broken that both had to be amputa
ted.
The Westeen Railroad.—Superintend
ent Foreacre is splendidly managing the
line; Mr. E. A. Bacon is helping him ably
at this point. The mail trains now make
22 miles per hour, as au average. Col. F.
is having the Westinghou.se Air-brake put
on all the passenger cars. By means of
this brake the engineer has entire control,
and can stop his train within two car
lengths when moving nt the rate of forty
miles per hour.
Reduction in Duy Goods.—A turning
point seems to have arrived at least in the
price of fancy prints. The New York
telegraphic report for last Wednesday,
states the Pacific Mills have reduced their
prices for prints to Uic., which is only a
prelude to a redaction in the price of all
other makes.
Labge Rewaed.—Governor Smith has
offered $250 reward for the apprehension
of Ferdinand Spann, who killed his wife
in Webster county on the 4th inst., and
the same amount for the girl, Susan
Eberhart, with whom he eloped. When
last seen they were at the Montgomery
andEufaula Railroad in Eufaula. Both
were afoot and each carried a bundle
of clothing. Our officers should have a
lookout for them.
From tho Savannah Nowt
Voorhees Goos for Doctor Greeley.
WHAT HORACE KNOWS ABOUT ELECTION LAV. -
»NO THE Kn-KLTTX.—A SCATHING SPEECH.
Washington, May Iff, 1872.
VOOEHEES VEESCS GREEI.EY.
There was quite a sensation in the
House of Representatives to-day. Mr.
Voorhees, of Indiana, rose in his seat and.
in the expressive language of the prize -
ring, “went for” the great and good Mr.
Greeley, formerly of New York and Texas,
but now of Cincinnati, iu the liveliest
manner imaginable, lie reviewed the po
litical career of the Cincinnati nominee at
some length, and in a style which caused
the Greeiey-Demoorals some uneasiness
The members from the ilepublican side
of the House crowded around \oorhees
and greeted him with warm and oft-re
peated applause.
H. G. AS A POLITICAL ECONOMIST.
He reviewed the antecedents of Mr.
Greeley as a high protective tariff man
and the life-long exponent of a policy in
imical to the western constituency which
he (Voorhees) represented. Going farther
bao.t, the issues which had divided them
were as wide as the Gulf. In 1850 and
ISfiO Greeley hail maintained that the
States which felt aggrieved had an iualieu
able right to set up for themselves when
ever they so desired. Had he recanted?
WHAT HORACE KNOWS AIiOUT SECESSION.
On tiie contrary, on the 10th of April.
187,1, he had published a book giving an
analysis of Iris opinions at that time, in
which these views were repeated, reaf
firmed and reiterated. Greeley had been
assured by the Southern, people that, more
than any other one thing that led them to
take the slops they did. was the voice of
the then victorious Republican party
through its organ, tho Mew York Tribune.
But when they went, no wild beast ever
spin tg for blood more eagerly than Gree
ley did, shouting “On to Richmond.'”
THE WARRIOR OF CHAFF AqUA.
A red sea of blood was not enough to
satisfy him, no General was quick enough,
no army could fight enough for him.
When the law was passed in 18(52 confis
cating the homes of the men, women and
children of the Southern States, he, not
satisfied with blood, gloried also in this
work.
GREELEY AS A KU-KLUX.
lie had been a savage advocate of the
Ku-Klux law, while President Grant had,
under his oath of office, executed the law,
Greolev had, without an oath, clamored
for the law itself, lie had been one of
the earliest and most earnest advocates of
the bayonet election law. Two years ago
this very month, he had clamored and
raged for a law placing the election hi the
State of New York under the control of
Federal troops. Was such a man tit to
lead a reform movement?
NOT FOB DAN.
Others might do as they please, hut as
for himself (Vorhees) and his household,
they would have noue of this worship.
There was something higher and sweeter
than success. One whom he held in the
highest reverence had said that he would
sooner be right than be President. He
would sooner be right than be successful.
The Democratic party had three million s
of voters, and he protested against the
transfer of the organization to a camp
where there was nothing belonging to it.
ROSEVELT RISES.
Rosevelt, of New ; York, asked if lie
would support the nominee of the Balti
more Convention, whatever he might be.
Voorhes replied he would define his posi
tion as standing by principles and voting
for the man who represented them. It
had been said that Mr. Greeley went hail
for Jefferson Davis. That was too narrow
a platform to stand upon. A million of
men stood ready to otter the bail, and it
had seemed to him (Voorhees) a piece of
needless impertinence on the pari of Mi*.
Greeley.
WHAT GRANT DI1).
When Andrew .Johnson proposed to ar
rest Gen. Leo, Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, ami
other leading officers of the rebellion,
there was one man who had stepped in and
told him that these men had given their
parole as soldiers and should not be ar
rested; that man was tho present incum
bent of the Presidential Chair, and ho
feared if he took the stump for Greeley
he would find one opposed to- him who
had done more for the South. (Loud ap
plause on the Republican side and
galleries )
The speech has been the universal sub
ject of comment and conversation through
out the day.
Trade Prospects. —We heard one of
our largest and most prominent merchants
say yesterday that if good crops were
produced this year, next season would see
the largest trade Coliunhus has ever
known. Credit has been so strained that
now few merchants are able to extend it
except to the most reliable of customers.
The result is that farmers are unable to
secure much accommodation, and hence
will be forced to provide means for sub
sisting their prodcclivc force on their
own plantations. The result will be next
fall that they will have few debts com
parativily, and considerable money. With
funds all will purchase more or less of
luxuriei, which pay better profits than
necessi lies. He thought now that steam
had to be put on to prevent one from sell
ing goods. AVi th prospering seasons all
will go well.
Col. John Forsyth in the last Mobile
Register thus concludes a long editorial:
There never was an hour when the pru
dent maxim, Fes ina Lente , was so fraught
with meaning to the Democracy and with
[ safety to the country. It is the first duty
j of every citizen to make haste slowly;—
to consider without, haste and without heat
I wherein lies his political saltation. There
lis plenty of time. Two full months are
given, wherein for him to decide if he will
think it best to instruct him who speaks
for him at Baltimore to accept, or tore,
ject, the men of Cincinnati:—to decide if
that ticket shall he utterly refused, shall
be supported by the Democracy , or shall
be voted for by Democrats.
Agricultural Congress. —The third
session of this body convenes at St. Louis,
Mo., on Monday, May 27th, under the
auspices of the St. Louis Agricultural
Mechanical Association. Delegates arc
being appointed in all sections of the
| country, and the prospects for a full at
\ tendance and an interesting meeting, are
I most flattering.
Societies in every department of agri
! culture are entitled to send delegates
upon a Via,is of one of each fifty of its
members.
The Secretary, Mr. Chas, W. Greene,
of Jackson Tenn., will furnish any infor
mation desired. We would advise our
local societies to he represented.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Sa
vannah Advertiser has been informedthai
the committee appointed to investigate
the lease of the State. Road have complet
ed their labors, and sent in their report t .
the printer. The report is exceedingly
severe upon the lessees as well as upoi
the lessors. It is shown that the lease was
obtained by fraud and collusion, and that
money was used to insure its success.
Whether or not the committee recom
mended declaring the lease void, he has
not learned, but lie hears that they hav.
advised the Legislature to grant others
authority to bring suits against the State,
with a view to testing the validity of the
lease.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Grif
fin News says:
The proposition now pending in Congre -s
to withdraw the Circuit jurisdiction from
this Court and organize a Circuit Court for
Georgia, will probably go through. Its
purpose is probably to provide a place for
Akerinan, without interfering to any great
extent with Erskine.
Quite a number will go from Atlanta to
St. Louis to attend the Agricultural Con
gress which assembles on the 29th.
Mr. Stephens says in the Atlanta Sun :
The telegram published a few days ago
from Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, clearly
shows that it is the determination of the
leaders of the party in Congress to make
no choice between Greeley and Grant, the
present Radical candidates; but to run a
straight Democratic ticket. This also
seemsto Vie the determination of the Penn
sylvania Democracy.
At the Philadelphia Medical Conven
tion, last week, three negro doctors pre
sented hemselves for admission, fully
empowered with credentials as medical
doctors But by on overwhelming vote
the Convention declined to receive them
as men and brothers, and cruelly closeu
doors against the American citizens u f
Afrieandescent.
