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VOLUME 11
THE EASTMAN TIMES.
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H. W. J. HAM. j j TIIOMAS H. DAWSON
HAM & DAWSON,
ATTOR NE Y S A T LA\Y ,
(Office in Court House.)
EASTMAN, GEO,,
'Will practice in the counties of Dodge, Tel
fair, Appling, Montgomery, Emanuel, Laurens
and Tul iski, and elsewhere by special con
tract
Feb. 14-tf
O. C. II01?.\E,
ATTORNEY AT DAW
llawkinsville, Geo.
Oconee Circuit—Court Chdendar 1873.
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Telfair —Thursdays after above.
Jan.3lst, ly.
LA. HALL,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
EASTMAN, GA.
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Courts of the United States, for the Southern
District of Georgia, the Superior Courts of the
Oconee Circuit, and ay counties adjacent to
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GEN’L SUPEIUNTEN DENT’S OFFICE i
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad,
Savannah, January 3, 1873. )
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JANUARY
sth. Passenger Trains on this aoud will run as
follows:
EXPRESS PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah daily at 4.30 p.m.
Arrive at Jesup “ 7:55 p.m.
Arrive at Bafcbridge 7:40 a.m.
Arrive at Albany “ 9.15 a.m.
Arrive at Live Oak “ 3.05 a.m.
Arrive at Jacksonville 8.00 a.m.
Arrive at Tallahassee 9.15 a.m.
Leave Tallahassee “ 5 :15 pm.-
Leave Jacksonville“ 6.15 p. m.
Leave Live Oak “ 11.25 p.m.
Leave Albany “ 5.20 p.m.
Leave Bainbridge “ 6:45 p. m
Leave Jesup 6:35 a.m.
Arrrive at Savannah at 10.00 a. m.
Train runs through without change to Jack
sonville.
N Q|change of cars between Savannah and
Alb Ty.
iTogc cenuectign at Übany -airk '.uses on
Biuihwestem Railroad.
Sleeping car on this tr dn.
Passengers for Brunswick take this train,
except on Sund i\ T s, when there is no connection
to Brunswick.
MACON PASSENGER,
1 Leave Savannah Sundays exc’pt’d . . G. 50 p m
I Arrive at Jesup 10.30 pm
| Arrive at Macon Mondays excepted 7:30 a m
| Leave Macon Saturdays excepted .. 8:25 pm
Leave Jesup Sundays excepted ... 5:20 a m
Arrive at Savannah Sund’ys exo ptd 9:00 a m
Connect at Macon with trains on Macon and
Western and Southwestern Railroads.
Passengers lor Macon on Sunday, will take
4:30 p. m. Express train from Savannah.
Passengers irom Macon on Saturday night,
will arrive in Savannah by 10.00 a. m. Express
train on Sunday.
I No change of cars between Savannah and
I Macon.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN —WESTERN DIVISION.
Leave Lawton (Sundays excepted;. . 7:50 a m
Arrive at Valdosta “ * .. 9.52 am
Arrive at Quitman “ . .11.10 a m
Arrive at Thomasville “ ..I.lopm
Arrive at Albany “ .. 7.40 pm
Leave Albany “ .. 2.10 pra
Leave Quitman “ ~. 4,21 pm
Leave Valdosta “ ~ 5,48 pm
Arrive at Lawton “ .. 8.00 pm
Connect at Albany with night train on South
western Railroad, leaving Albany Mondays.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and arriving
at Albany Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays.
Day Train on J. P. & M. Railroad leaves
Live Oak at 1.20 p, in. for Jacksonville, and
at 1.55 p. m. fnr Tulin .assee, and arrive at
Live Oak from Jacksonville, at 1.15 p . m . ;
Irom Tallaliasseo at 12.25 p. m.
Train on Brunswick <£ Albany Railroad
i< aves junction (No. 9 Atlantic & Gulf Rail
road) for Albany, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, at 11.00 a. m., and arrives from Albauv
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 3.12 p. ni.
. Mail Steamer leaves Buinbridge, for ApalacL
icola, ov cry Wednesday, at 9-00 a. m.
If. S. HAINES, Gen 1 Sup’t
Change of Schedule.
OFFICE MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD, )
Macon, Ga., November 16, 1872. ’ |
On and alter Sunday, November 17, tlm La
lowing Schedule for Passenger Trains will be
observed on this road:
DAY PASSENGER.
Leave Macon 7.25 am
Arrive at Macon 7.45 a m
Leave Atl mta 1.45 a m
Arrive at Atlanta .. V. 1,25 pnj
NIGHT PASSENGER,
Lea ve Macon 10.00 p m
Arrive at Macou 8.20 p m
Leave Atlanta 2.30 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 6.00 am
Making close connection at Macon with
Oentr 1 Railroad for Savannah and Augusta,
and with Southwestern Railroad tor points in
Southwest Georgia. At Atlanta with Western
A Atlantic Railway ior points West.
A. J, WHITE,
Superintendent.
THE MACON BAR SPEECH.
Inttresting Personal Correspoii
ilrncn* Between Gov, Smith anil
Ex-Gov, 11, V. Johnson,
gov. smith’s first letter.
Atlanta, Ga , June 17, 1873.
lion. 11. V. Johnson :
iS i' —I lio Mao n Tp’egraph and Mes
*engnr uf ;!io 15th inst. contains an ac
c tint i'l a(1 liner, g von by the- Macon
liar, in c.iinplinjont b v.ur<elf at the
■**' wn 0 ii- , n f!io 14'h inst, In
i re n.it i 11 > i 'lie to lu\v ii g
language, n a spot oh, ,s tupii oil o
y u : “In roloronro t< my adinimstra
trion as the Exocut vo of tin* Stat , this
much I will declare—,/ never deceived
any one with false promises”
When 1 state that gentlemen who
heard the speech delivered have ex
pressed the opinion that in using this
language you intended to make an in
jurious imputation against myself, you
cannot fail to see the propriety of my
requesting you to say explicitly wheth
er, upon the occasion referred to, you
used, literally or subsequently the lan
guage above quoted ; and what refer
ence, if any, you intended the same to
have to myself.
Candor compels me to say that I
have from time to time heard vague
rumors of unkind remarks made by
you in reference to myself ; but their
uncertainty has hitherto prevented me
from calling your attention to them.—
The language imputed to you in the
Telegraph and Messenger, however, and
EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST (5, 1873.
the construction placed upon it by in*
telligcnt gentlemen p ”t, leave me
no alternative but to make the above
inquiry.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
James M. Smith.
ex-gov. Johnson’s first letter.
Sandy Grove, Bartow, Ga. )
June 21st, 1873. j
Hi Excellency, James M. Smith, Atlan
ta, Ga :
Sir :—T thank you for yours of the
17th instant, as iUaffbrds me an op
portunity of ci .ecting the remark at
tributed to rm the a Bar din
ner. \ ;.
Without • y.■ r&|%*
said, I did say, on the point concerning
which you inquire, in substance : As to
my administration, while Governor, I
shall say but little. It is for other* to
1 pass upon its merits. And I conclu
ded with the remark, “that I never de
ceived anybody.” The words “wv .
false promises,” were addl'd by tb*
porter, without inter ding, I presunro
to do me or anybody else injustice -7*
It was an occasion of good hum r,
akl Ihe remark was made in Unit
spirit.
At the moment the charge against
you, which I have so often heard, of
having received applicants for offer,
came into my mind, and suggested the
remark. Thus far, I may be said to
have alluded to you. But I intended
no such charge myself, rnr to express
any opinion in reference to it.
Many of your friends*were present,
and I was their guest. If would havp
been discourteous to them to have se
lected such an occasion to be offen
sive. lam sorry they understood me
as you say they did.
I am, sir, your obedient serv’t,
Herschel V. Johnson.
GOVERNOR smith’s SECOND LETTER.
Atlanta, Ga , June 27, 1873.
Ron, R. V. Johnson, Bartow , Ga.:
Sir—Your letter of the 21st instant
nas rt '-••ivi'd, and I r. gret y
that its contents are how utt> : go ti n* 1
such as I had hoped for. k
J understand you a3 saying, in rf
w, that you wore led by the charge,
so often heard by you, that I had re
ceived applicants for office to state in
reference to your own administration,
as Governor, that you had never de
ceived anybody. You disclaim that if
was your intention to charge me with
having deceived applicants for office,
or that you meant to express any opin
on in reference to such charge. You
nowhere say what meaning you did in
tend to convey by the use of the words
mentioned
In my communication of the 17th
inst., I requested, in substance, to be
inf r ied what reference, if a iy. the
language used by you was intended to
have to myself. Your answer to that
request admits, in effect, that the ob
noxious remark was made hy you wirh
allusion to myself; but you fail to
state what application you intended
the same to have. In brief, you state
what your intention was not, but do
not say what your intention was.
Since this correspondence commenc
el, accounts of the dinner have ap
peared in many papers, and have been
published in a way to leave no doubt
whatever of l eneral understati
ng, that it was voiir purpose, in mak
ing- the remark referred to, to reflect
injuriously upon me. In view of this,
1 canjmt consent that the matter shall
rest where your letter places it. I
must, respectfully, but earnestly, re
quest you to give a full and definite
answer to mv inquiry of the 17th inst.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant,
James M Smith
EX-GOVERNOR JOHNSON’S SECOND LETTER.
Sandy Grove, Bartow P 0., Ga. j
July 4th, 1873. j
His Excellency, Jas. M. Smith, Atlanta,
Ga.:
Srn—Living six miles from Bartow,
I did not receive yours of the 27t'n ul
timo, until two days ago. lam sorry
that mine of the 21st ultimo fell short
of your hopeß.
The second Daragraph of your last
letter does me injustice. My reply to
yours of the 17th does not admit, in
substance, as strongly as you seem to
thick, that the obnoxious remark was
mac- 1 by me in allusion to yourself.—
I will restate, in rather different lan
guage, what I intend to be understood
\ ) say, in order that you may catch
♦he precise shade of thought which I
pushed to convey. The reply to the
h.tter clause of your question of the
17th ultimo, n< cessarilv involved the
analysis of a mental operation.
1 am not, even now, after full reflec
tion, conscious that, at the moment of
the remark, you personally were in my
mind. You certainly were neither the
■subject nor the object of deliberate
thought But a certain matter, to wit:
Lecharge that von had deceived ap
d
a ct of thought came into, my mind.—
it was thus only that I had any refer
ence at all to you ; and that, not as
the subject of the thought, nor the ob
ject of the remark. Hence, according
to the law of association, it was the
result of a rapid intellectual operation,
;oi which the charge just stated was
the suggestive circumstance or fact—
the mere punctual saliens I have thus
given you the interior working of my
mind, from which you can see for your
self, “what reference, if any,” was
made to you. The remark perse, does
not, necessarily, point to you, and can
not be offensive to you, except from
its connection with the suggestive fact
just stated, and upon the construction
placed upon it by “intelligent, gentle
men” who heard it.
I have disavowed chat construction.
T have no idea that any such construc
tion would have been given to the re
mark, or that you would have been so
sensitive, but for the existence of that
charge. lam frank to say, however,
that if it had occurred to me at the
time that my motive would have been
so misapprehended as it has been, I
would not have made the rein >rk ; or
else would have used some-other ex
pression. For, surely, I would not
have taken such an' occasion to be of
fensive.
vThie ' vpy p f bit >n your last coramu
p.dg.itiin* that n y reply of the 21st
t<> your note of the 17th ultimo is not
full in this : that I stated “what my
intention was not,” but did not say
“what my intention was,” Having
disavowed the obnoxious interprepre
cation given to the remark, which you
are pleased to consider the negative
aspect, I should not suppose that you
would feel any particular interest in
the affirmative aspect. It seems to me,
also, that both aspects are covered by
wha' I said in my first letter. lam
quite sure it is, if read in connection
with the foregoing paragraph. Still,
however, I have not the least objection
to meet this point more fully, if possi
ble.
You know, as well as I do, that in
these degenerate times, the absence of
ingenuousness, candor and fidelity in
high political quarters, though not uni
versal, is yet so prevalent and appar
nt as to be obvious even to careless
observers. My administration was in
a different day. It had been but too
kindly alluded to by the first regular
toast offered at the dinner. I was re
sponding to it It is now one of my
most pleasant reflections connected
with it, that what errors I may have
committed, I tried to practice the sim
ple virtue of sincerity ; and by the re
marks under consideration, amplified
into its affirmative signification, I in
tended to imply that my intercourse
with men, touching matters of consti
tutional and official duty, to the best
ol my poor ability, I exercised entire
candor and good faith. Referring to
nothing particularly, but the degener
acy of the times on which we have
fallen, I supposed that I might imply
that, without arrogance, I could not
have said much more without egotism.
Is it possible that it is offensive to any
living man ?
I am, sir, your obedient servant.
Herschel V. Johnson.
governor smith’s third letter.
Atlanta, Ga., July 10, 1873.
Hon. H. V Johnson. Bartow, Ga.
bm—l acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 4th instant, and re
giet to say that, in my judgement,
like the one which preceded it, it
fails to meet the requirements of the'
situation. Upon the metaphysical
points raised and discussed therein, 1
have noli ling to say; nor can I appre
ciate the force of your insinuation,
that I am unduly sensitive when held
up, in the public estimation at least,
by a gentleman as prominent and
distinguished as yourself, as unworthy
of respect and confidence.
The whole matter, in inv opinion, re-,
solves itself into this ; Iu a public
speech in the city of Macon, you rook
occasion to use language which has
universally, so far as I can learn, been
interpreted injuriously to me as Chief
Magistrate of the State, and derogato
ry to my qharaoter as a ymtionian.
•You adi-il. ->L" ♦’ 4 . 1 *.'■} ' '
** * > V
language had reference to my se:f, or
was suggested by a certain charge of
and. ception which you have often heard;
at the same time you disclaim that
any offense was intended by yon.
Now, as under the circumstances, I
stand a9 if charged before the public
by yourself, with faithless and dishon
orable conduct, I conceive it to be
due to me that in reply to this commu
nication, you state explicitly, with the
liberty, on my part, of making such
use of it as I may deem necessary for
my own vindication—that nothing
you said in your Macon speech was
intended as a reflection on myself, or
an indorsement or coutenance of any
injurious charge against me.
tl iving never done me the justice
publicly to correct the report < f your
remarks in the Telegraph & Messenger,
which you admit was incorrect, nor
denied the justness of the public infer
ence therefrom, I trust that you will
see that the request I now make of
you is both reasonable and right.
1 assent to the correctness of what
you say in reference to the degener
acy of the times; and I think you
will agree with tne that one of the
strongest evidences of the existence
of this lamentable condition is the
readiness of disappointed place-hunt
ers to malign the motives of those up
< n whom rests the disagreeable duty
of making appointments to office.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
James m. Smilh
EX-GOVERNOR JOHNSON'S THIRD LETTER.
Sandy Grove, Bartow P. 0., Ga., )
July 18th, 1873. j
His Excellency , James M. Smith, Atlan
ta, Ga.:
Sir —Yours of the 10th instant is re
ceived, and I confess I am surpised
and disappointed that mine of the
4th is not satisfactory.
Your first letter complained that
gentlemen who heard the speech de
livered had expressed the opinion,
that in using “the language” (the re
mark compla ned of“ I intended to
make an injurious imputation against
yourself.” I replied that misap
prehended my motive. Yon further
asked me to state “will at re fare rices, if
any, I iuteiided the same to have to
yourself?
I disavowed in substance, having
any offensive reference to you, and
stated how the remark was suggest
ed; but that I did not intend to make
any charge against you of having de
ceived applicants for office, nor to ex
press any opinion in reference to it, and
that I was sorry that I was misunder
stood
In your second letter you seemed to
be satisfied with my disavowal of
offensive intention; but said I failed
to state what application I intended
the same to have. “In brief, that I
stab d.what my intention was not.
In reply to the letter repeating
the same disavowal, in stronger terms,
I stated what was affirmatively my
intention. And in my earnest desire
to show you all, I brought you into the
inner chamber; of my thoughts, that
you might see for yourself, that if the
remark had any reference to you at all
it was so unappj.'eciable that I could
not define it except by describing the
operation of my mind at the moment
of uttering it. In your third and last
letter you call this “metaphysical” and
dismiss it as unworthy your con
sideration.
I now disavow for the third tiW;
any intention whatever, by the lan
guage used, “to make an injurious
imputation against yourself. I did not
intend, by the remark, and on the oc-
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casion of its utterance, to charge you
with deceiving applicants for office,
nor to express any opinion in refer’
cnee to such a charge. And that
there may be no misunderstanding as
to what I mean, I add, that I did not
intend to do either of thoso things di
rectly or indirectly, overtly or
covertly. As to “indorsements or
countenance” of any such charge, I
can only say, that the state of my
mind was just what it was relative to
the expression of any opinion in refer
ence to it. That is to say—after tho
most careful self-examination, I am
not conciou| f .it I had any intention,
olthii- to indorsing or
' -> , Certain it is, that T
nc?fTr Dfanjgnrcf such a t.nng, U ub
the receipt of your last letter. The
idea never for a moment entered into
my mind.
You think I insinuated that you are
too sensitive. You arc mistaken. I
deprecate insinuations in auch a cor
respondence as this, looking to tho
healing rather than the infliction oi
wounds. All I meant to say was,
that but for tho existence of the
charge alluded to, you would not have
even suspicioned that you were refer
ed to No man can be too jealous of
his honor. It I offend uny person just
ly or unjustly, lam bound to justify
the offence, or to make suitable
amends, have redeemed that obliga
tion in this case.
You complain that I “have not cor
rected the report of my remarks, nor
denied the justness of the public in
ference from them” If, in the first in
stance. you had simply called my
attention to tho matter, and suggest
ed that course, I would have prompt
ly published an explanatory dard.
But i had no intimation of tin* misap
prehension of my motives until I re
ceived your letter of the 17th of June,
written only two days after the re
mark was made. I had a right to sup
pose, and I did suppose, from that, flat
you preferred a different mode; and I
therefore doubted tho propriety of
pubifctuii:g arwr card oombna- she enj*.
respond, I
have always expectod its publication
as terminated. It is qntio desira
ble to me as to yourself. Fwr *
far from being satisfied to haye
lieved, that I wOuM violate the pro
priety of a festive occasion,
to assail } r ou When tliisteSrrespond
ence shall be published, I doubt not
the public will have the sagacity to
see that I intended no such tiling.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Herscuel V. Johnson,
GOVERNOR SMITH’S FOURTH LETTER.
Atlanta Ga., July 22, 1873.
Hon. H. V. Johnson, Bartow, Ga.:
Sir—your letter of the 17th instant
has been received, and I take pleasure
in saying that the disavowal of any
intention to reflect injuriously upon
me, by anything said m your Macon
bar-dinner speech, is full and satisfac
rv.
It is proper for me to say before
closing this oorrespondencc, however,
what I bad often heard before your
speech was delivered, viz: that a re
port had been circulated in the east
ern part of the State to the effect that
I had violated a promise to you by
not offering you a place upon the su
preme Court Bench. I had given no
attention to the report, supposing
that it had originated in the petty
malice of some evil disposed person.
When I learned, however, that a gen
tleman of your consequence—the per
sou whom the report charged me with
having deceived—had used in a pub
lic speech language understood by
persons present as intended to imply
that the charge w . b true, it bee m3
proper for me at once, not only t > seek
an explanation, but also to require a
distinct avowal or disavowal of such
intention on your part. It was due to
me that the explanati >n should bo
v ry full, and that th * disavowal, if
tn de should be broad enough to meet
.he charge in all its aspects, with a
negative
I am pleased to repeat that in theso
requirements your last has met my
reasonable expectatioa
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
James M. Smith,