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TUESDAY MOBXIHO, JAN. 7.
Fpbthkb Reduction.—The Hi.iuh.-rn
anti Atlantic telegraph office in this city
has maile a still greater reduction iu rates.
Prizes fob Columbus.—At the Savan
nah Fair the Eagle and Phenix Mills se
cured prizes for best bed ticking, and the
Columbus Iron Works for manufactures
in Iron, brass and steel; and. also, for
best saw mill.
Took the White Veil.—ln the Catholic
Convent, Sunday, Mrs. Lottie Parker,
lately of Macon, took the white veil under
the name of Sister . She is rather
an elderly lady. Her husband, we under
stand, died some years ago.
Act epted the Call. Rev. George
T. Goetchius, now pastor of the Presby
terian Church in Albany, has accepted a
call to take charge of the Church iu Mil
ledgeville. He is a son of Mr. It. R.
Goetchius, of Columbus, and a young
man whose career promises to be one of
great usefulness.
Do not defer till to-morrow what should
be done to-day —that is, subscribe for the
Weekly Sun for 1873.
The Jewish Yeab.—The present is the
5G32d year of the creation, according to
the Minor Era of the Jews, and the 6232d
according to the Greater Rabinical Era,
and the 5877th according to the English
Rible. We make this statement to an
swer questions and settle bets made yes
terday.
Love Lauohs at Babs. —Yesterday
morning Mr. Z. 11. Wingard and Miss M.
J. Kichbury were married iu the Ordina
ry’s office by Justice Shivers. Both were
young and handsome—the bride seeming
to be hardly more thuu a school girl.
Runaway matoh from Alabama. When
the knot was tied the groom approached
the officiating Justice with “Judge, be as
light as you can, I havn’t much money
and am far from home.” His request
was complied with and he is now happy.
Can’t Give Bond. —Aleck Johnson (col
ored) was elected Bailiff, Saturday. The
authorities tell us that such officers must
give a SSOO bond, and must sign it iu tha
presence of the approving official. A mark
will not do on such a bond. The name
must he written by the party himself.
Now, those who know say that Aleck can
uot write, so he cannot give bond, and
this being the case, we suppose the candi
date who received the next highest vote
will be declared eleoted. 8o that will be
the ending of that chapter.
F.leotion of Justices and Bailiffs. —
The following additional returns have
been received :
I)2lsf, Bozeman's District. —For Magis
trate, Janies W. Massey was electejl. He
received 75 votes; J. W. Morris 28. Foi
Bailiff, Richard Hutohinson waN elected
without opposition.
TIM, Nance's District. — For Magis
trate. C. Ogletree was eleoted. He re
ceived 13 votes and 0. H. Miller 20. For
Bailiff, J. A. Spinks received ill votes and
James Vaugn 20. Both were elected, us
each District is entitled to two Bailiffs.
Cotton Receipts at Interior Towns. —
The following shows the receipts of the
named interior towns from August 31st
to Deo. 3d. Their united stocks on the
3d. were 77,511, against 02,033 same date
lust year :
1873 1872
Augusta 110,134 07,000
Macon 47,251 42,055
Eufaula 10,108 14,584
Columbus 30,010 20,032
Montgomery 51,000 43,423
Selma 32,100 44,708
Nashville 31,501 33,024
Memphis 104,843 200,802
Total 634,028 612,317
Argument Against the Telegraphic
Postal Bill. —We regret , that we have
not space to reproduce from the sixth
volume of the Journal of Telegraph the
most important paragraphs of an ably
written defence of the Western Union
Telegraph Company against the argument
of Postmaster-General Creswell in favor
of the General Government taking charge
of the telegraph, and running it in con
nection with the postal service. The arti
cle is well written by someone well versed
in the subject and on both sides of the
question, as his lucid explanations, table
and calculations show. If this Postal
Telegraphic bill passes, there will bo an
other grand horde of office-holders to be
supported by the Government. All our
Southern operators would be placed in
subordinate positions.
Do not defer till to-morrow what should
be done to-day —that is, subscribe for the
Weekly Sun for 1873.
The Arlington Hotel of Washington, I).
0., for the third time since its opening,
has undergone a complete embellishmeut.
It was originally fitted up in grand style,
with every convenience, elegance and lux
ury that experience, taste and judgment
could desire, and money accomplish. Dur
ing the summer succeeding, it was beauti
fully frescoed and renovated throughout.
Within the past two months all the cham
bers have been covered with new style of
corruscated gold and silver paper. Ihe
House has been re-pafnted, re-carpeted,
and a number of the rooms re-furnished.
From the constant efforts of the Messrs,
lloessle, to beautify and improve it, “lhe
Arlington” is now far more luxurious and
magnificent than when first opened, and
is beyond question what they designed it
should be— The Hotel of the Capital.
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The Almanac Publishers complain that
their business is destroyed by Ayers
American Almanac. The people prefer it
to any other, the Farmer’s, Western,
Southern, and the numerous local alman
acs when they can get. Ayer s. It supplies
the best astronomical data, weather and
j i,, - ,f mem all, and above them all,
men u ;v.,-c which is invaluable for
even ! ,;l. v. b is supplied gratis by the
druggists, and should be preserved for
constant reference and use. We are sure
that no good housekeeper or grandmother
goes willingly without one. — Anti-Slave
ry Standard, N. T.
The Memphis Appeal publishes a long
letter from Rev. Dr. Samuel Watson, in
which he states his reasons for withdraw
ing from the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, of which he has been a member for
more than a quarter of a century. The
Doctor, unable to make concessions de
manded by the Book of Discipline, and
unwilling to surrender his belief in spirit
ualism, whichhe has been investigating for
some time, he has retired from tne minis-
H.V) and even membership of a church he
had labored in the wilderness to build up.
A young Yankee has been arrested in
Savannah for robbing a Northern bank.
VOL. XIV.
Address of the Committee on Direct Trade
and Immigration.
We publish to-day the short and well
written address of the committee ap
pointed by the State Agricultural Conven
tion, assembled at Griffin, on direct trade
and immigration. We earnestly Com
mend it to the people and members of our
Legislature, with the sincere wish that
the subject will early command their se
rious attention and action.
The exodus from Georgia and other
Southern States is at this time most pain
ful to contemplate. We have been told
lately by high and intelligent authority
that in two years about twenty thousand
of our citizens have left their old homes
and in several counties hundreds are leav
ing and have gone within a few months.
This is a sad state of affairs. This bleed
ing at both arms—the rapid depletion of
labor and capital on one side, without a
supply equally as rapid on the other,
must soon exhaust and prove fatal to the
victim. When the tracks of visitors to
see the sick lion all point in and none
out of the den, we may conclude that
nothing can there be seen but blood and
bones. This unpleasant sight may not
excite especial wonder as to the fate of
poor South Carolina and other States
where the whole air is filled with Radical
poison, but as to Georgia, rich in soil,
climate, minerals and water power, and
above all, in the intellect and patriotism
of her sons and the beauty and virtue of
her daughters, this separation and exile,
this breaking of all tender local affections
and associations is enough to cause bitter
tears to roll down the most stoical cheek
and stimulate us to the most prompt and
active efforts to check and, if possible,
remove this sore evil.
The New York Tribune publishes an in
teresting letter from Washington, giving
some facts as entertaining as they are
valuable in regard to the movement of im
migration to this country. They are ob
tained from the forthcoming census re
turns, and throw a great deal of light upon
the subject of the origin and the distribu
tion of the vast army of immigrants
which is continually landing upon our
shores. It appears that although the na
tive population still maintains its majori
ty, it is rapidly losing its relative superi
ority to the number of foreigners and
children of foreigners. Out of our thirty
eight and a half millions, five and a half
are foreign born, whilst almost twice that
number are the children of foreign pa
ents. The Tribune says editorially :
Os course the two most considerable
elements in this mass of new blood are
the Irish, who numbered in June, 1870,
1,855,827, and the Germans, who were
counted at 1,090,410. They are shown
thus to be rather more equal in numerical
strength than would generally have been
supposed, and the last two years, as we
shall p'-esently see, have brought them
still nearer together. But there is a great
difference between them in their choice
of homes and way of living. The vast
preponderance of Irish is in the East—
chiefly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
New York city and its vicinity. With few
exceptions, they seek the neighborhood of
large cities. The Germans, on the con
trary, are much more generally dis
tributed. They are, of course, very
numerous iu New York and Phila
delphia, but not in New England, and are
scattered throughout the entire West.
They are found in great masses in tha
western part of this State, on the shores
of the Ohio and Mississippi, and on the
west coast of Lake Michigan. There are
ilso consiileral le settlements of them in
Texas, which form exceptions to the na
rioual distaste for the South. The Scan
dinavians in bulk go to the Northwest.
It is the best commentary on the disturb
ed condition of things in the South that
even yet the tide of no part of this valu
able immigration has set in toward the
South. Every requisite to the comfort
and welfare of the new settler except one
is found in abundanoe in the South; a
good climate, a fertile soil, a sparse popu
lation, unlimited opportunities open to
industry and enterprise; but until tran
quility and good government are assured
in that region its great natural advantages
will go for nothing.
“The usual distribution appears to have
takeu place. Most of the Germans have
gone West. Most of the Irish have re
mained in the East. Outside of New
York, Illinois appears to have gained the
iargest detachment of the immigrating
army, ilo less than 34,000 having gone to
that State. Pennsylvania has, as usual,
received a large contingent, We do not
agree with some of our cotemporaries in
deploring this peaceful invasion. We
hope and trust that we shall be the better
for gaining them, and that their own
countries may find some relief in losing
them. ”
Real Estate at Auction. —At Ellis &
Harrison’s auction sales, yesterday, the
following prices were realized:
South half of city lot 569, with improve
ments, sold for a division among the heirs,
#535.
Lot of land, acres, four miles from
the city, little or no improvements, $2,-
015.
One hundred acres of land, about ten
miles from the city, adjoining the place of
J. P. Biggers and others, #560.
The Butt place, in Wynnton, two story
frame house, and ten acres of land, sl,-
660, Major R. J. Moses being the pur
chaser.
More Than All op Last Season,—Co
lumbus has thus far received 40,719 bales
of cotton. The whole of last season she
received only 40,650. So that to yester
day she had w arehoused 69 bales more
than the whole of the cotton year 1871-2.
After this date last year, there came to the
city 11,074. We can certainly expect
15,000 as the lowest amount from%ow to
September, w'hich will sw'ell our season’s
receipts to 56,000 bales. The Columbus
factories take some 6,000 bales yearly,
and mav exceed that sum the present
season.
Ora Congressional Distbict. —Bethune
makes twenty-five solemn allegations
against the election of Mr. H. R. Harris —
all intimidations. The twenty-first is
that at Franklin, Heard county, intimida
tion, threats, drunkenness, <fcc., were
brought to bear against the colored voters,
whereby he (Bethune) was swindled out
of 400 votes. The allegations do not have
a word about those 500 Alabama negroes
who voted for Bethune at Columbus.
The Ice Manufactory.—The commit
tee having failed to; procure an increase
of stock, the stockholders have resolved
to leave the whole power with the direc
tors. They are authorized to sell, lease
or run it. The general hope appears to
be that the Columbus Iron Works will
lease the property and operate it, at least
for the next twelve months.
An Idea. —While debating the tolling
of the bridges one of the strongest advo
cates of the measure stated if he had the
power he would make every man pay
something who passes through Columbus;
but if he stopped here, he would be equal
ly as willing to give him something.
Postponed to Next Term. —In the At
lanta Superior Court, on Monday, the case
of Mr. Penn Bedell, charged with murder,
was postponed, on aeeount of absent wit
nesses, to the next term.
Epizootic.—We hear that many chil
dren in the country have the regular
horse disease—bad cold and dry cough.
The type is mild and not at all dangerous.
Bailifp to County Court.—Judge W.
F. Williams has appointed Mr. Barney
Casey bailiff to the County Court.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
SAVANNAH CORRESPONDENCE.
Pulaski House, Jan. 4, 1873.
Editobs Sun : The Augusta Sabre Club
arrived here on Thursday evening last,
and was met at the depot by the Savannah
Sabre Club, both organizations in full
uniform, but unmounted. General R.
H. Anderson is captain of the latter, and
Major Cummings of the former organiza
tion. The appearance of both clubs was
quite imposing. Brief addresses were
delivered ; after which the Augusta boys
were escorted to the Screven House, which
is their headquarters. The ball at night
was a most magnificent affair, and the
elegant parlors of that hotel were crowded
with the rarest of female beauty and the
flower of Southern chivalry. Generals
and Ccionels were quite numerous, not to
speak of lesser military heroes. We met
there General J. B. Gordon, whom all
here concede is to be our next United
States Senator. He certainly is compe
tent to reflect the highest honey upon that
position, either in the Senate Chamber or
in the social circles of the National capi
tal. We also met Gorman, of the Stan
dard, and Colonel Leitner, the representa
tive from Talbot. Our thanks are due Gen.
Anderson, who is a most accomplished
gentleman, for his kind attentions to us
on that occasion.
Although yesterday was quite showery,
a largo crowd of beautiful ladies graced
the grand stand with their presence to
witness the tournament, while innumera
ble carriages lined the track on either
side of the building. In fact, every por
tion of the Fair Grounds presented a
lively appearance,'as the attendance on
that day was the largest of the week.
Seventeen men from each club entered
the contest, which resulted in the defeat
of the Savannah Club. The Augusta Club
scored 404 j points and the Savannah only
389. General R. H. Anderson, captain of
this club, made 35 points, and was award
ed the white feather of his command
amidst great applause. The white feather
of the Augusta Club was awarded to J. A.
Twiggs, second sergeant, who made 32£
points. Notwithstanding the frequent
showers, everybody seemed to enjoy them
selves, and to make the most of their
misfortunes. To-day the attendance has
been good, and the riding of the Savan
nah Club much better than on yesterday.
The contest to-day was an individual one,
and each man of course did the best he
could for himself. The prizes will be an
nounced to-morrow. Aside from the tour
nament of yesterday and to-day, which
attracted quite a crowd, nothing new was
offered. The gamblers and horse jockeys
from Charleston all returned home on
Thursday night, at which time the races
closed.
In everything but the tournament the
Columbus Fair excelled this one. In fact,
the showmen here who have attended all
the fairs, frankly admit that yours was
the best, the most numerously attended,
and the most fairly conducted of any that
they have visited. This is also the testi
mony of many gentlemen whom we have
met, as it is our unbiased verdict. The
officers of this association have worked
hard, and it is no fault of theirs that the
present exhibition has not been a complete
success. No better or more efficient Sec
retary, or popular and accommodating
gentleman than J. H. Estill, Esq., has
come under our observation, and to him
is largely due, as well as to Gen. R. H.
Anderson and bis associates of the Sabre
Club, the success which has attended their
persistent and unselfish labors. The late
ness of the season, however, and a want
of interest in such exhibitions, have com
bined to prevent the full success of their
plans.
We now take our leave of the Pulas
ki House, the most elegant and comfort
able, although not the largest, hotel that
we have been quartered in. Messrs Came
ron & Papot, the proprietors, with Capt.
Walthour, and Messrs. Poole, Coffin and
Papot, clerks, are most attentive to the
wants of their guests, and allow no one to
be neglected in any particular. Few ho
tels have so excellent a patronage as is
now bestowed on the Pulaski House.
Carlotta Patti and her troupe, with numer
ous distinguished gentlemen from all parts
of the country, are now its guests.
Sidney Hkrbekt.
Pulaski House, )
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 4, 1873.)’
Editors Sun ;—We cannot leave Savan
nah without making some reference to the
extensive improvements now being made
here by the Central Railroad Company,
under the supervision of Captain Charley
Blaine, of your city, “a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed" of his opera
tions at this point. It is well known to
many of your readers that this road now
has a track running to the river, where
they have constructed ample wharf room
for vessels of all sizes. One large storage
building is already in use, and Capt.
Blaine is now putting up two more of
large dimensions, and finished in the most
substantial manner. The Compress De
partment has a fine building, two stories
in hight, containing four powerful presses.
Capt. S. J. Whitesides and son have
charge of this establishment, which is a
sufficient guarantee that it is well man
aged.
Col. Wadley is now in negotiation with
the city for the opening of a broad exten
sion of Bay street up to this wharf, and
when this job is completed—and its com
pletion is not far distant—great improve
ments will take place in this long neglect
ed portion of the city. Freight from the
interior, as well as freight going to the in
terior of the State, is now loaded and un
loaded at this wharf. We noticed the ship
Bessie Crosby unloading eight hundred
tons of iron rails for the Central Road, the
import duties of which alone amount to
$11,293 31. This item will give some
idea of what it costs this vast corporation
to keep up its various lines of travel. We
fear that the people generally do not ap
preciate its responsibilities aright.
The old friends of Dr. D. M. Dennison
will be glad to know that he is now at the
head of a flourishing horse hospital here,
situated at the corner of Lincoln and
Broughton streets, where we saw some
very valuable stock under his treatment.
Messrs. Dennison A Bell have treated
over three hundred cases during the past
six months, which shows that they have
the entire confidence of the community.
Mr. D. still retains his Masonic connec
tion with Columbus, and speaks of your
city with a great deal of interest. In fact,
all whom we have met, who were once
residents of your quiet and beautiful city,
still cherish the kindest feelings for her
future prosperity, which they feel confi
dent will yet be worthy of her grand posi
tion as an unrivalled manufacturing city.
The result of the Sabre contest to-day
is announced in favor of the Augusta
Club, they making 410 J, and the Savan
nah boys only 406 points, but the Augusta
Club had one more rider than the latter
organization. First prize in Augusta Club,
to J. M. Cook, 40 points; first prize in
Savannah Club, to O. L. Tilton, champion
of last year, 35 points; second prize, to J.
A. Twiggs, 39 points; third prize, to J.
H. Thayer, 35$ points, both Augusta boys;
fourth prize, to Gen. R. H. Anderson, Sa
vannah. 34 points. Cook and Twiggs are
the champions of the Augusta Club, and
Tilton and Anderson of the Savannah
Club, and they are very hard to beat in a
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14,1573.
| contest of this kind. The prizes were
awarded by Capt. G. A. Mercer, which
■ closed the exercises of the week. The
various judges of the departments also
made their awards, from which we gather
all that will prove of interest in your sec
tion.
The Columbus Iron Works were award
ed a silver medal for the Upright Engines
exhibited by them, and also a similar
medal for Golden’s Improved Engine and
Saw Mill Combined.
The Eagle and Phenix Factory comes
in for a diploma for the best Cotton Blank
ets, and the same for the best bale of
Bed-ticking on exhibition.
Messrs. McKee and Bennett, of Savan
nah, have the choice of a diploma or
medal for the best buggy in the carriage
department.
Mrs. P. E. Bowdre, of Macon, whose
magnificent tapestry work was noticed in
a former letter, was awarded a silver
plate worth $5 for the “most elegant
workmanship and design’’of ter contri
bution.
Miss Sallie E. Speer, of LaGrange, takes
a silver plate, worth $5, for the best Ot
toman Cover, and the committee also call
her embroidered slippers “very pretty
indeed.” That is just what all the young
men say about them, and then ask if the
young lady who made them is also “very
pretty, indeed.”
The Atlanta Terra Cotta Works carry
off a large number of premiums, having
no competitors. They are awarded four
diplomas and three medals for the various
designs and patterns exhibit by them,
many of which were quite meritorious.
Mr. W. W. Dalton, of Dalton, was also
quite successful, being awarded plate
worth $25 for the best Morgan stallion—a
magnificent black steed—and $2 for the
best bushel of barley. A diploma or
medal is at his disposal for the best South
ern made brandy. Miss V. P. Tomlinson,
of the same place, takes a prize of $3 for
best preserves.
Mr. John Ryan, of Savannah, is offered
the choice of diplomas or medals for his
ginger ale, soda water, native cordials and
raspberry syrup, in which articles he w'as
the successful and only exhibitor.
Wm. H. Young, Esq., of Columbus, as
might have been expected, was awarded
the premium for the best bushel of rust
proof oats, which consists of silver plate
worth $5. The reputation of these oats
is too firmly established to need this en
dorsement of their merits, yet it will be
gratifying to our excellent agricultural
friend.
Mr. C. F. Davis, of Thomasville, takes
$lO for the largest crop of oats per acre;
and Mr. John Stark, of the Piney Woods
Vineyard, same place, has a diploma or
medal for best home-made claret wine.
This gentleman made a fine display of na
tive wines, all of which were highly com
mended by experienced parties who sam
pled them.
The sewing machines ware all compli
mented in one way or another. The
Singer as the best hand sewing machine,
and. also as the best for harness and shoe
work; the Wheeler & Wilson as the best
family and best shirt and dress sewing
machine ; the Domestic as the best sew
ing machine for the manufacture of cloth.
These wer e the only sewing machines we
saw on exhibition. There was one sewing
machine run by steam, and also one by a
magnetic battery. The Singer Company
took prizes for the best sewing silk, best
linen thread and best machine thread.
The hand quilting machine, from Atlanta,
was awarded a premium.
Several prizes are awarded to Boston,
Ga., and others are scattered about, but
the great majority of the premiums re
main here in the city. This is the fault,
to a great extent, of the people of the
State. Very little interest, of late, seems
to be felt in the success of our fairs, ex
cept by the citizens of the places in which
they are held, and the interest they mani
fest is not remarkable. Something must
be done this year to infuse new life and
energy into these annual exhibitions,
otherwise they will all be made hopeless
ly bankrupt by one more attempt to win
sucoess.
We take the liberty to suggest, there
fore, to the efficient and enterprising offi
cials of the Columbus Fair Association,
that they at once lay their plans to secure
a more universal and extended interest in
their next annual exposition We are
convinced that it will pay them to keep
a competent individual constantly on the
watch for articles and stock to be exhibi
ted. Unless early and persistent efforts
are made, the success of the next Fair
may be reasonably questioned. Anew,
livelier and more extended interest in its
plans and purposes must be awakened and
cultivated, and the present officials of the
association are the very men to accom
plish this desired object. Col. Salisbury
and his popular and hard-working assist
ants, all gentlemen of character and abil
ity, are unequaled iu their labors and
successes by the officers of any fair asso
ciation in the South. They can proudly
point to a financial success, based upon
the most liberal management, (hat leaves
them without a single debt unpaid.
Sidney Herbert.
“SKILLED TALENT.”
W e publish the editorial from the New
York Times headed “ Skilled Talent,” for
the especial information and benefit of
the legislators now about to convene in
Atlanta. The practice that prevails, and
the comments thereon, are as well appli
cable to the meridian of Georgia as New
York.
The legislation of our country, both in
Congress and States, is completely revolu
tionized. Formerly the representative
was supposed to have sense enough to
know, and virtue enough to will and to
act, so as to promote the interests of his
own immediate constituents, and uphold
the honor and glory of his Stato. Now,
enactments have become merchantable
commodities, and legislators mere ma
chines to grind first their own axes and
then the axes of professed lobbyists.
What a scene, from the election of United
States Senator to doorkeeper, will be pre
sented to-day at the capital of Georgia.
What a gathering of vultures smelling for
official spoils. What a running after that
which should follow true worth and ser
vice. What combinations for personal
advancement will be formed—what but
ton-ho’#lng and drinking free, mean whis
key. The lobbyists will swing around the
whole circle and grow fat and kick. These
outside Oily Gammons will pick up the
green ones and swallow them as fast as a
pigeon swallows peas. It will be a whole
sale slaughter of the legislative innocents,
and furnish a living, moving witness of
what unlimited and universal suffrage can
do and a profitable commentary on the
fitness of man for self-government.
Do not defer till to-morrow what should
be done to-day— that is, subscribe for the
Weekly Sun for 1873.
The National Debt Increasing. —The
public debt statement of Mr. Boutwell
admits an increase of the public debt
sincethelstof Decemberof $1,684,307 80.
To this must be added an item not in
cluded by him—interest accrued and not
yet paid on the bonds issued to the Pacif
ic Railroad Companies, $1,938,705 36;
making a total increase of the debt of
$3,623,013 16.
TE LEO BAPHIC.
LOUISIANA.
New Obleans, Jan. s.—Careful inquiry
fails to show that there is any truth in
the statement telegraphed from Washing
ton that a Custom House employee has
resigned his seat in the Kellogg Legisla
ture. Such resignation, it is believed,
would break the quorum in the Senate.
Postmaster Lowell, Surveyor Ingraham,
the two Herrings and Sypher, took part
in the Legislative proceedings to-day. It
is understood that Custom House mem
bers have leave of absence from the Cus
tom House during the session of the Leg
islature. Pinchback’s address threatens
to disperse the Fusion Legislature, and
creates considerable excitement. It is
believed only Federal”troops' can i prevent
the Lyceum Hall Assembly from meeting.
New Obleans, Jail. 5—3:50 p. m.—Ad
dress and resolutions unanimously adopt
ed by the Committee of Two Hundred:
New Obleans, January 4.
This committee, deeply impressed with
the importance of discreet and harmoni
ous action on the part of our people, in the
present critical condition of our affairs,
venture to submit the following statements
of its views, in fulfillment of the mission
confided to us by the people. We have
laid before the President of the United
States an impartial and truthful history of
the extraordinary events which have re
cently transpired in the State of Louisi
ana, resulting in the overthrow of the
government elected by the people, and ii
the temporary installing in the offices oi
men who were not in any manner elected
thereto. The President, while maintain
ing the propriety of the course which he
pursued in a purely executive capacity,
has not professed to consider his action
as finally decisive of the vital questions at
issue in the politics of the State, but ha:
submitted jis to Congress as the proper tri
bunal to investigate the facts with more
minuteness than the means withirrExecu
tive control would afford him the oppor
tunity of doing, and to render such relief
as the nature of the ease may seem to re
quire. We have the assurance of both the
President and the Attorney General that
such an investigation by Congress would
meet with no opposition from the Admin
istration, and that they will readily co
operate in affording such appropriate re
lief as Congress may see fit to recommend.
We confidently anticipate that Congres:
will promptly appoint a committee to in
vestigate* fairly and impartially the fact:
of the case ; and, in view of the gross
and palpable wrongs which have been
committed, we cannot doubt that such a
committee must admit and report to Con
gress the necessity of prompt and com
plete relief. We do not allow ourselves
to despair of such relief at the hands of
Congress, because the Republican party
has a large majority in that body. Then
sometimes arise in the political history oi
free governments conspicuous emergen
cies, in which duty to the common weal
rise superior to party ties, and the impera
tive demand for justice overwhelms all
personal or partisan considerations. We
are impressed with the belief that the
universal public sentiment of the United
States will point to the present crisis of
Louisiana as constituting such an emer
gency, and we are disposed to encourage
in our people a spirit of trust and confi
dence iu the virtue and justice of the
National Government, which will be their
best safeguard against rash and desperate
conduct. If that trust should prove to be
misplaced, and the monstrous usurpation
which has taken place should be permit
ted to pass unrebuked, we may well give
way to despair; but in the meantime it be
hooves our people to pursue a line of con
duct which shall rob apprehensions of ev
ery pretext or apolgy. We have every
where, and at all times, proclaimed our
conviction that tile body styling itself a
Legislature, nowin session at the Mechan
ics’ Institute, does not, and never did
comprise a quorum of members elected
by the people; that it has no other claim
to authority over or obedience to the peo
ple, than such as it derives from the sup
posed recognition of the National Execu
tive, and we feel justified by the language
and action of the President, himself, in
regarding that recognition as merely pro
visional and temporary, subject to the fu
ture action of the Congress of the United
States, to which tribunal the President
has submitted us for relief. We are equal
ly convinced that the body which recently
assembled at Lyceum Hall, iu this city,
did comprise a quorum of lawfully elected
members of the State, and that but for
the refusal of the National Executive to
recognize it that body would encounter no
legal obstacle to the exercise of all the
constitutional functions of the State Leg
islature. While fully accepting the situa
tion as it stands and advising a studious
abstinence from all the proceedings cal
culated to provoke a collision with the
powers that be, there are certain duties
imposed by the Constitution in impera
tive terms, which nobody claiming or in
tending to claim recognition as the lawful
General Assembly of the State can omit
without abdicating its claim to be con
sidered and recognized in all lawful pro
cedure. Looking only to the association
of their legal existence with a view to
their future recognition by the Congress
of the United States when the controversy
now at issue shall be determined, they
should receive the moral support not only
of the citizens of the State but that of
every right-minded citizen of the United
States, wherever he may reside. Iu view,
therefore, of the approaching meeting of
the General Assembly now about to take
place, be it
Resolved, That we recommend to the
people of the city and State of Louisiana,
now about to assemble, the moral support
and earnest sympathy and such material
aid as may enable them to assist and
maintain, by legal means, the rights of
the people of this State to local self-gov
ernment.
On motion the above report and resolu
tion were unanimously adopted.
T. Adams, Pres’t.
D. C. Labatt, Sec’y.
New Obleans, January s—lo r. m.—
The announcement has just been made
at the Fusion Headquarter. apparently
by authority, that General Emery has
received instructions from Washington
that United States troops shall only be
used to preserve the peace; that any body
of citizens, styling themselves what they
may, have the right to meet peacefully
and for purpose not unlawful, and that if
any attempt should be made to disperse
any such assemblage they shall be pro
tected.
The following telegram was sent to
New Orleans to-day by the Louisiana sub
committee : The President has tele
graphed Gen. Emery not to permit any
interference with the peaceable assemb
ling of our Legislature. The matter will
be held in abeyance until a judicial in
vestigation shall be had. We counsel
great moderation. T. H. Kennedy,
E. B. Wheelock,
Waltef. Heabn,
P. M. Sealleb,
A. C. Joineb.
New Obleans, Jan. s.—The stores on
Canal street are generally closed. Not a
lady to be seen on the great thoroughfare.
Federal troops are judiciously placed to
preserve peace. Up to 6 o’clock there
was no farther of the Fusion Legislature.
Largest meeting ever held. No speak
ing, no action only to give moral support
to the people’s Legislature. Thirty thou
sand people participated in the demon
stration.
No quorum in either House* Adjourn
ed to to-morrow.
No interest is manifested in the other
Legislature. A committee of one hun
dred have supplied money merely to main
tain the people’s Legislature.
New Obleans, Jan. 7.—The city is very
quiet.
The Pinchback Legislature is in joint
session for the purpose of counting the
votes for Governor. .
In the Peoples’ Legislature the House
has fifty-eight members and a quorum
present. Senate has no quorum.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 5. —A private
dispatch from New Orleans states that all
business will be suspended to-morrow,
and that the Conservative or Fusion Legis
lature will assemble.
A number of prominent citizens of
Louisiana now here, apprehending the
danger of a collision between the con
ending political parties, called on the
Attorney-General to-day and entreated
him to initiate such measures as would
guard against such a result. They were
informed that the subject was now under
consideration by the executive authorities,
and that all proper steps would be taken
to preserve the peace.
Washington, Jan. <>.—The following is
an extract from au editorial of the Chron
icle :
“We have not hesitated to deprecate the
reckless or lawless action on, the’part of
the Republican body calling itself the
Legislature, as an infringement upon the
rights of the minority. We can find no
apology or defence in this quarter. When
ittempts'were madto deprive men of
their seats because they were known to
leclare minority candidates elected, we
denounced the action as entirely inexcus
able. So we now state, not to affirm, in view
of the proclamation of acting Gov. Pinch
back, published in yesterday’s dispatches,
that he is going entirely too far and too fast;
that he is placing himself on treacherous
ground. While the body recognized
as the legal Legislature should retain pos
session of the State business and comply
with the forms of law, in its action, it
should not attempt to dispose of, or in
terfere with, the opposition. If they see
it to meet and organize what they may
jhoose to call a Legislature—if they see
it to inaugurate McEnery and call him
Governor, and elect someone whom they
may please to call a United States Sena
tor—let them do so without molestation.
They may not, and should not, be per
mitted to exercise power in defiance of
the orders and decisions of the courts;
but they should be permitted to do any
thing and everything that will help them
to make up and present a case for the
State and Federal courts. It is evident
that the cause will have to be heard be
fore Congress and the courts on its merits,
and the sooner that result is peacefully
reached the better it will be for the State
and the country.”
The Treasury Department to-day paid
Col. T. P. Robb, late Collector of Savan
nah, $232 in a final settlement of his acts
as Collector of the port of Savannah.
Washington, Jan. 6.—The following is
an official view of the situation iu Louisi
ana. The New Orleans dispatch of Gov.
Pinchback’s proclamation of the 4th inst.
did not include the following expression,
which it is alleged that he used:
If they, (meaning the Fusion Legisla
ture.) inaugurate an Executive and exer
ercise governmental functions iu the pres
ence of, and in conflict with the existing
established authorities, such parties are
revolutionists and must he dealt with as
such. It was not cout< mplated to inter
fere with the mere assem ling of the Fu
sion Legislature for the j ; t > >se of reserv
ing their legal status. ]: s’: *h had been
the case the United Slates troops would
not have aided to prevent its assembling,
as prompt orders were issued by the
President to Gen. Emory not to use inter
ference, but only to preserve the peace.
The day has evidently been one of great
excitement in New Orleans, but has hap
pily passed without violence. The Fu
sion Legislature has assembled pro for
ma, and probably a like ceremony will en
sue upon the inauguration of Governor
McEnery.
House.—The evidence already taken
by the Committee on Credit Mobiler is
ordered before the House, and that the
committee hereafter s t with open doors.
Passed by a vote of 130 to 7.
A motion to commence suit against the
Credit Mobiler for five and then for eighty
millions, was read by 92 yeas to 26 nays.
A second vote was taken, when no quorum
voted. Those voting in the negative were
Adams, Barry, Butler, of Tennessee,
Davis, Dell, Darrell, Frye, Howard, Mc-
Crary, McKee, Morrill, Nigly, Orr, Pal
mer, Pierce, Roberts, Seyt, Staughton,'
Slow, Taffe and Wheeler.
A committee of five was appointed to
enquire whether stockholders of Credit
Mobiler hold any Union Pacific bonds.
A message from the President vetoing
a bill to remit the duty on spirits, was
presented, read and laid on the table.
Washington, Jan. 7. —Senate—Sher-
man called up the resolution regarding
the elections in Louisiana and Arkansas.
Thurman, Frelinghuysen and Trumbull
have spoken and the discussion is pro
gressing.
Washington, Jan. 7. —In a conversation
to-day, the President declared his purpose
in recognizing the Pinchback govern
ment was, only to enable parties to make
up a case for Congress. He did not re
gard it material which party he recogniz
ed. It was only necessary to recognize
one or the other. The military was only
ordered to preserve the peace. Pinch
back’s proclamation, ordering citizens not
to assemble, the President regards as an
outrage upon the Constitution, and puts
Pinchback’s party in the wrong.
The President has now no fear of any
violation of the peace, and says the whole
difficulty will soon be settled by the prop
er legal tribunal.
Senate.—Sherman’s resolution, regard
ing Louisiana and Arkansas, passed. It
empowers the Committee to send for per
sons and papers, and to deputize persons
to take evidence.
The'Secretary of War sent a communi
cation to the House in reply to a resolu
tion. stating the cost of a ship canal from
the Mississippi river, near its mouth, to
deep waterjn the Gulf of Mexico would be
$7,500,000.
The interest due from the State of Ala
bama on her bonded debt, both foreign
and at home, was paid in full yesterday
in London and New York.
Mr. Mitchell, Financial Agent, and
Treasurer Bingham, have laid their mone
tary plans before the financial depart
ments of the Government.
Washington, Jan. B.—Senate.—Twenty
thousand dollars were appropriated for
the expenses of the Committee on Elec
tions.
House.—Nothing whatever affecting the
South.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Jan. 7. —Judge Charles G.
Lane, a prominent citizen of Hagerstown,
suicided. A breach of promise suit per
plexed him. He leaves a large estate.
NEW YORK.
New Yobs, Jan. 6.
Stokes’ counsel have determined to take
a bill of exceptions, and steps will be
taken at once to obtain a stay of proceed
ings and obtain anew trial. Stokes will
be sentenced to-day, when he will be
placed in the murderer’s row at the Tombs.
There is no doubt of the authenticity of
the following dispatch in all its details.
It has been reported in high quarters:
Yesterday morning, shortly after ten
o’clock, a rain storm began which soon
turned to sleet, and continued until in the
afternoon. Everything became fringed
with icicles. No such spectacle has been
witnessed in years before. The trees
were cased in ice. Locomotion on the
sidewalks became almost impossible, and
throughout the day the streets looked de
serted. About half past one, telegraph
communication with points outside of
the city was stopped. The ice froze
to the wires and broke them down. The
police and fire-alarm telegraphs were de
stroyed throughout the city, and the w'ires
and poles falling in the streets and side
walks. The whole of New York became
isolated so far as concerned communica
tion with the outside world. It will cost
$150,000 to repair the fire alarm and po
lice wires, and the work cannot be com
pleted for some time. In the meantime
extraordinary measures has been taken to
insure prompt transmission of fire alarms
or other emergencies. Mounted patrol
are kept at the station houses, and the
police and firemen are to work amicably
together in case of emergency.
No dispatches were received here from
the West or East. There was never so
complete a wreok of telegraph wires in
this city, not even during the July riots of
ten years ago. Great damage was done
to trees by the breaking of limbs by great
weight of ice. At ten o’clock last night a
high wind increased the gale from the
southwest, clearing off the dense fog, and
this morning is bright, with falling ther
mometer. All streets in low situations in
this city, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Williams
burg, Hoboken and other places are badly
flooded.
New York, January 6. —After notice
of exception to the ju-y ruling, Stokes
was asked what he had to say why the
sentence of death should not be passed
upon him. Stokes, in reply, said he had
nothing, that he had no intention of vio
lating the law. Judge Bowen then sen
tenced the prison to be hanged on Friday,
the 28th day of February next, that being
the shortest time that could be legally al
lowed.
Aububn, Jan. 7. —John Hillsman, den
tist, formerly of Madison, Ga., shot his
wife, her alleged paramour, and himself
dead. The paramour was a highly re
spected farmer, and leaves a wife and
three daughters.
Albany, Jan. 7.—Alonzoß. Cornell was
elected Speaker of the House.
Governor Dix, in his message, congratu
lates the State upon the calm which has
followed the National Election, and that
animosities of the late rebellion are grad
ually falling away.
New York, January 8. —An Aspinwall
letter states that the steamer Edgar Stew
art, which had received anew crew from
New York and was announced as having
sailed from Carthagena with a large cargo
of arms and ammunition for the revolu
tionists, is under command of General M.
Augero, who has heretofore been quite
successful in similar expeditions. She
has a crew of sixty and forty recruits for
the Cuban army.
At a free tight among quarreymen, in
a drinking house in Ceutreville, a hamlet
near Saugerties, New Year’s night, a Miss
Hillis bad the top of her head beaten in.
A Mrs. Stewart had several ribs broken
and was fatally injured. Another woman
was also brutally beaten, and some twenty
men, combatants, were more or less in
jured. The fight was one of unusual sav
agness. No arrests.
Oswego, Jan. B.—Monroe A Judson’s
block burned. Loss $135,000.
MASSACHUSETTS. *
Boston, Jan. 7. —Nearly all the cities in
Massachusetts inaugurated municipal gov
ernments for 1873, yesterday.
Mayor Fierce, of Boston, in his message,
gives the following statistics of the great
fire:
“Considering the small extent of terri
tory it covered (sixty-five acres), and the
short time the fire had been burning, the
amount of property destroyed was unpar
alleled. The number of buildings destroy
ed, exclusiveof those slightly damaged, was
776, of which 709 were brick and stone
and 67 wood. He asserts that the valua
tion of those buildings amounts to $13,-
591,000, and it ts estimated that to replace
them it would cost at least $18,000,000.
The value of personal property destroyed
was about $60,000,090. Only fourteen per
sons were known to have lost their lives,
and of this number seven were firemen.
The debt of Boston during the year has
increased $4,356,000, and other cities
show considerable increase of indebted
ness.
OHIO.
Columbus, Jan. 6.—At 11:40 o’clock
Saturday night, the citizens in some parts
of the city were aroused by a low, .tum
bling noise, as of distant thunder, accom
panied by three detonations that shook
houses, rattled furniture, and caused gen
eral alarm. Many persons left beds in
search of the supposed burglars, and oth
ers to the streets to learn the particulars
of what they supposed was some boiler
explosion. Up to last evening diligent
inquiry iu all parts of the city failed to
discover the reason of the shock, and
many believe is was caused by an earth
quake.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Jan. 8. —A meeting of the
Democratic Senators and Representatives
was held iu the city last night. Sentorial
aspirants having been invited to address
the meeting, Cos!. V. Bogg, ex-Gov. Rey
nold, Col. J. C. West, Judge Upton, and
Gen. Edwards made speeches expressing
their viewß on national affairs. Neither
Senators Blair nor Phelps were present,
both being too sick to attend.
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Jan. 7.—The Legislature
has organized. Baxter was inaugurated
as Governor. His address was brief and
conservative, and was well received by
all parties. Both parties are pushing
matters before the Federal Courts.
FLORIDA.
Tallahassee. Jan. 7.—Governor Hart
was inaugurated to-day.
Connor was elected Speaker of the
House by Democrats and a few Republi
cans.
Senate did no Business.
MAINE.
Bangob, Jan. 8. —The courts have ad
journed on account of the small pox. The
whole of the day was consumed in argu
ment for a motion to quash the indict
ment against Mrs. Wharton, which the
court denied.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Jan. 6.—The Board of
Commerce is thronged with influential cit
izens, who are protesting against the ces
sion of Goat Island to the Central Rail
road.
FOREIGN.
CHtsELHUBST, January 6. Napoleon
passed a most restless night since phlebot
omy was performed.
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THURSDAY JIOBXUC, JAY. 9.
What Bethunk Charges Against Co
lumbus. —Capt. C. A. Redd, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic party of Muscogee county, has re
ceived a letter from Mr. H. R. Harris,
Democratic Congressman from this Dis
trict, in which he states that Marion Be
thune, Esq., of Talbot county, his Radi
cal opponent, has notified him of his in
tention to contest the election.
Bethune’s paper is quite voluminous,
consisting of twenty-five specifications, in
which he charges “that at each and every
precinct in the District, fraud, corruption,
bribing, intimidation, use of whisky,
violence, menace and threats of social
ostracism, were freely practiced, and that
by said means five thousand voters were
deceived, defrauded, scared and prevented
from voting for me,” (i. e. Bethune.)
The Fifteenth Specification is as fol
lows :
“That at the precinct at Columbus, in
county of Muscogee, in said Distriot, the
Democratic managers or other Democrats,
by unnecessary delay in questioning col
ored voters, wasted and consumed the
time allowed by law for receiving the
votes, allowing in the meantime, Demo
crats to vote without hindrance or delay,
but holding back colored Republicans
until the hour for closing the election,
five hundred of whom were present with
tickets prepared to vote the Republican
ticket with my name on each, and by said
fraudulent practice deprived five hundreu
voters from voting for me,” i. e. Bethune.
This charge against Columbus is laugh
able. The managers were Messrs. T. J.
Shivers, John McCarty, and Enoch Wil
lett, the two first Democrats, the latter
one of the strongest of Republicans.—
Surely it could not possibly be manceu
vered so as to deprive 600 persons of the
privilege of voting. The Democrats are
gentlemen who would scorn to act as Be
thune charges, and Mr. Willett would
certainly never consent to it. The charge
is absurd and false in every particular.
The truth of the matter is that at Co
lumbus at least 300, and wo believe 600,
negroes voted for Bethune who had pre
viously voted in Alabama. All the frauds
were on his side. All he is making thi>
contest for is to make money. He expects
to get back his expenses from Congress
with an enormous percentage. He has
no hope of anything save money, because
he has no ground to base a contest upon.
Mr. Harris will soon publish a statement
showing up the contest in its true light.
Plant Coen —Thus early we must again
advise our farmers to plant corn sufficient
to make plantations self-sustaining.
There is now enough in this section to
supply all until spring. Those who have
made sufficient to subsist them throughout
the season have evinced wisdom. We care
not what calculations show. Experience
proves that no Southern planter can make
money and buy corn. When he is de
pendent on the West for his bread, he
becomes merely the overseer of her mer
chants. Those with abundant granaries
and well-filled smoke-houses are independ
ent of the West, are not ruined by paying
enormous interest, and can sell their cot
ton as they will. They can employ over
seers, and not themselves be overseers for
strangers. We simply refer to the history
of the past eight years for the truth of
our observations. The South should be
the richest country in the world. Few
are poorer. Can’t our farmers one year
endeavor to redeem their section.
Beautiful Womf.n. —A gentleman who
has traveled extensively, and whose op
portunities for seeing beautiful women
have been unusually good, yesterday re
marked that Columbus could boast of
possessing more beautiful ladies than any
other Southern city. This remark was at
once cordially endorsed by two gentle
men equally ; well qualified to judge of
the truth of Xie assertion. Our ladies are
not as flashy and attractive in some re
spects as the ladies of many cities, yet for
natural beauty and grace they cannot be
excelled.
Absent Minded. —A good joke is being
told on the Itev. J. W. Hinton, Presiding
Elder of the Macon District, who preached
in the Mulberry Street Church on Sunday
morning last. Although it was the regu
lar Communion season, and the Lord’s
Supper was spread before the altar, the
reverend gentleman pronounced the ben
ediction and dismissed the congregation
before discovering the fact. The joke is
creating considerable fun at his expense,
and it is thought that he will not be
caught again soon.
Negeo Emigeation. —We learn that sev
eral hundred negroes left Fort Valley on
the Macon train this morning, their desti
nation being Mississippi. Several hun
dred more are preparing to follow them
in a few days. The planters in that sec
tion are feeling deeply depressed at this
state of affairs, and fear a great scarcity
of labor during the present year.
Dnuo Stobe fop. Sale. —Dr. R. A. Ware
advertises his drug store for sale. It has
been well-established in Columbus for
thirty-seven years, and has been conduct
ed successfully. It is a rare chance for
an investment. The Doctor wishes to
change his business.
Withdeawn fkom Market.— The Mo
bile and Girard Railroad Directors, we
hear, have withdrawn their lands granted
by the United States Government from
the market for the present. It is a poor
time to dispose of lands.
Making Resolutions. A gentleman
remarked the other day that he intended
to join a temperance society on January
Ist, but he forgot it. Now he has to wait
twelve months before he can make an
other move.
At Home. —We were glad to welcome
home yesterday, Major Sidney Herbert,
our traveling correspondent, whose letters
from Savannah and elsewhere have proved
so interesting to our readers.
Registek Your Orders. Ordinary
Brooks calls upon holders of county or
ders to have them registered. They will
be paid according to priority. See notice.
Do not defer till to-morrow what should
be done to-day —that is, subscribe for the
Weekly Sun for 1873.
A dispatch was received at Washington
from Loudon, Jan. 7th, which states that
it is asserted there in American circles
that it is the intention of Presideht Grant
to notify the Spanish Government of the
Ultimatum of the United States, which is
that Spain must conclude peace with the
Cubans on the basis of the abolition of
slavery or sell the Island of Cuba to the
United States. The announcement, as
might be expected, creates great excite
ment here.
The New York Herald says the Fifth
Avenue Theatre, recently burned, belong
ed to Mrs. Lucy D. Fisk, widow of James
Fisk, jr., and was valued at $200,000. Au
gustine Dally, the lessee, lost $50,000 in
wardrobes and fine library, and the actors
and actresses some $12,000 or $15,000 in
jewels, costumes, etc. Daly is soon to
resume the theatrical management with his
company, all having resolved to cling to
his fortunes.
Wo Only Want to Know. You Know !'*
Less than a year ago Mr. Stephens, of
Georgia, pronounced Liberalism “the sum
of all Radical infamies.” Not mnohmore
than a year ago Mr. John Forsyth declared
that he “would not give a pipeful of Ken
tucky tobacco for the Democratic party
if it endorsed the hateful constitutional
amendments.” Matt. Gallowav, who makes
a habit of discounting Stephens and For
syth. swore that the repudiation of the
XT\ th and X\ th amendments was the
cardinal faith of the true Democrat,
wherever he might be found. Well, as
we are beginning anew year, we only
want to krow, you know!— Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Mr. Stephens has denied that he ever
used the expression, but it is on a par with
the other numerous falsehoods uttered
against the Georgia Statesman by such
pigmies as Waterson, whose legs are too
feeble to carry the old boots of Prentice.
If Mr. Stephens clings to the principle*
of Democracy—Local Government as
opposed to Presidential and Congressional
Centralization, he is denounced as an
“Old Fogy Red Hot, a Revolutionist and
guilty of fits /” If he advocates a resort
to the forum of reason instead of arms
to remove the evils of the “null and void"
amendments accepted by “Liberalism,"
and out of which has sprung the troubles
of Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and
the oppressions, imprisonment and star
vation of the Carolinas, he is by these
same “Liberals ”(?) called an unrecon
structed Rebel, with his hand always on
his sword. Here is beautiful consistency !
We cannot answer the assault on Mr.
Forsyth better than to quote his own
words, from the Mobile Register of the
6th. He says, in reply to the would-be
wit and the man who has a perfect cata
ract of words and a powder magazine of
ideas, as follows:
Well, we can let you “know, yon know”
all about it in short order. Know then,
ihat the Knapps of the Missouri “Repub
lican,” and Waterson, of the “Courier-
Joureal,” are the prime and moviDg par
ties guilty of the pre-ent defeat and hu
miliation of the Democratic party. Th®
first hour in which the words “New De
parture" were-printed, in that hour the
wedge was entered that, little by little,
was at last driven home to the riving of
the Democratic party. Before that first
fatal and cowardly word w r as written, the
Democratic party was slowly but surely re
covering its strength, its standing and in
fluence in the country. It was getting
back to its command of lost States, cities,
and districts. It had run its membership
in Congress from low down in the forties
up to over a hundred. It was in the asoen
dant, its rank and file were strong, steady,
confident, aud hopeful, and all the politi
cal signs of the times were full of fair
promise that at its then rapid rate of pro
gression, unmolested by marplots of easy
virtue, it would have attained to a majori
ty in the electoral college in No
vember, IS 72. The first effect of
the slogan of abasement of the
Democratic creed, so wittily and so
sneeringly and so assiduously sounded by
Waterson and his passivista, was tobreak
the backbone of the Democracy and cut
short the accretion of the Conservative
dements of the country that were rapidly
crystalizing on its solid form. But the
smart politicians, who were impatient of
the slow but straight and open paths of
honor that led to a triumph worthy of the
party and the cause, bethought them of
certain short-cut methods of reaching the
prize, taking little heed of how it should
be smirched by those methods, and entire
ly oblivious of the fact that a great cause
finds its greatest strength in its fidelity to
its mission and the brave integrity of its
champions. The philosophy of the Pas
sive and the Liberal movement, was to de
compose the two great rival parties, and
to build up a conquering one out of the
weak material sloughed off from both.
The result was that the chaff was win
nowed from the wheat in both the Radical
and Democratic parties, aud the chaff fell
to Cincinnati and Baltimore. The policy
not only elected Grant by default, but it
blew the so-called Democratic and Liberal
attempt at a coalition to the winds. The
nomination of Mr. Greeley was the inev
itable sequence of this adaptation of the
Missouri policy to a case in no ways par
allel to it. The Democracy was sold, and
the endorsement at Baltimore was hardly
dry on paper before the hollowness of the
compact became visible. We do not mean
to aver that thousands of sound Democrats
and truly patriotic Conservative Republi.
cans were not drawn to the support of the
Greeley ticket. But “drawn" is the
word, and it was like “drawing” them by
their heart-strings to expected defeat.
Carl Sehurz never struck his flag until the
Fifth-avenue conference proved to him
that further resistance to a weak coalition,
weakly organized, was in vain. The
Register opposed it to the last, until it
was forced to see that it had to stand idle
in a great battle or follow a forlorn hope
against an enemy it had to fight under all
circumstances of good or bad report, of
hope ordespair. The men, then, who de
feated the Democratic party were th®
men who broke down its courage by abus
ing its standard. We have high respect
for the Democrats who stood against the
“Passive” movement. Although we dif
fered with them at the time as to policy,
we could not but respeot the courage of
their position.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS NOMINATION*.
Special to the Macon Tolegrphand Messenger.
Atlanta, Ga., January 7, 1873.
In the Democratic Senate caucus to
night, Trammell was nominated for Presi
dent; T. B. Cabaniss for Secretary of
the Senate; J. B. Gumming, of Macon,
Door-Keeper; Jack Cameron, of Telfair,
Messenger.
Nomination for Speaker will be made
to-morrow morning. All the candidates
are hopeful. Anderson’s chances are the
best.
Gen. Benning and Col. Fielder have
arrived. Both are active candidates for
Senator. Stephens and Hill are gaining
strength. Nearly all the members are
here. Ocmuloee.
The same party writes to the paper the
same day that it is pretty positively stated
that Governor Johnson declines to be a
candidate for Senator. He is seeking a
place on the bench of the Supreme Court.
It is understood that the position was
tendered to Judge Montgomery, a par
ticular friend of Gov. J’s. only tempora
rily, until his disabilities could be remov
ed. Friends of Gen. Gordon still claim
that ho has decidedly the advantage.
In the event that the Legislature en
counters some difficulty in concentrating
upon any one candidate, it is believed by
many that Gov. Smith’s name will be sub
mitted. Strange to say, in such an event,
he would have support from two or three
antagonistic sources. First, his real friends
who are anxious for his promotion ; sec
ondly, many of the “disaffected” who are
anxious to displace him from the guber
natorial chair, and thirdly, a number of
the State Road lessees, to whom his poli
cy, it is alleged, is quite distasteful.
He adds that Gordon already has nine
ty votes pledged to him.
The Democrats on joint ballot have 201
votes to the Radicals 18.
The Macon Manufactory makes this ex
hibit of consumption and production for
1872: Total number of days run during
1872, 279; total bales of cotton consumed,
1,217; total pounds of cotton consumed,
573,629 total cords of wood consumed,
1,645; total yards of goods produced,
1,501,876; average yards of goods per
day, 5,383; average yards of goods per
loom, 1,140.
The Central Railroad aud Bank stock
holders, on Monday, elected the following
Directors: William M. Wadley, Andrew
Low, John It. Wilder, Wm. B. Johnston,
General J. F. Gilmer, George W. Wylly,
John Cunningham, A. S. liartridge and
W. H. Wood*.