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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
M. L. BURCH, Editor & Proprietor.
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1878.
TIIE COMMUNE.
To add to the troubles afflicting the
country, growing out of the fraudu
lent election of President llayes, wo
have a foreign element, altogether
wild, ungovernable and revolutionary,
organized for mischief, without the
hope of accomplishing the results in
volving expropriation of property and
other rnad and unreasonable doctrines
set forth with so much apparent inde
pendence and boldness. The leaders
are fanatics, exiles from their country
on account of the sedition they sow in
the minds of their credulous followers.
We have no faith in them. There is
no more patriotism in them than
there is in an oyster. They exercise a
mastery over the ignorant for purely
selfish pecuniary and mercenary pur
poses ; and while we respect the lights
of the working man, and will see to it,
as far as our advocacy goes, that the
full measure of liberty bo given him,
yet we are against organized crime.—
Judging the future by the experience
of the past,we are led to believe that the
Commune is bent upon murder, rapine,
incendiarism and all the horrors inci'
dent to riotous warfare.
It is greatly to be hoped that effec-1
tive measures will be set on foot to
quell this threatened uprising. In this
great country of ours every citizen,
however humble, is iu possession of all
the rights any free republican govern
ment can confer, and it is the duty of
the government to protect the rights
■of its citizens against any threatened
attack, whether from the Commune or
othetwiae. One thing we wish to put
on record as a warning to these bad
men, and it is this : We have in our
land a numerous population, ignorant,,
easily led by political knaves ; we do
not wish them led astray, taught more
meanness than they already possess ;
and if any attempt of the kind is made,
we promise the gentlemen as form id a-*
ble a resistance us it is iu our power to
make.
CONGRESS.
ExcitenMmt in the House over
the Passage of the Potter
Resolutions.
Washington, May the House
the long protracted struggle over Pot
ter's resolution for a select committee
of 11 to investigate the alledged Presi
dential frauds in Florida and Louisiana,
resulted to-day in a victory for the
Democrats in adopting the resolution.
Democratic members who had been
absent or paired on Monday last, when
the resolution was offered, have been,
since then, recalled to the city or giv
en notice of the termination of their
pairs, and to-day there were present in
the House, free from entangling alli
ances, 148 Democratic members, in
cluding the Speaker.
After various preliminary movements,
comprising a call of the House, the
closing of the doors, and the issuing
of warrants for absentees, none ol !
whom were iu the city, etc., a final
vete was taken on the adoption of the
preamble and resolution. Not a sin**
glc Republican member bad his vote
recorded, and but two Democratic
members, Mills, of Texas, and Morse,
ol Massachusetts, voted in the ngative.
The affirmative vote vras 145, and the
preamble and resolutions were declar
ed adopted.
There was a good deal of confusion
uproar and excitement throughout the
day, but no demonstrations attended
tfie announcement of the resclt. Mr.
Stephens did not vote, as he was pair
ed. An incident occurred over this
question of pairs, which at one time
threatened to be serious. Goode of
Virginia has been paired with Loring of
Massachusetts, who was in the city but
sick, and when Goode stated the fact
that he had given notice to Mr. Loring
of the termination of the pairs, and
that under the circumstances he felt it
his duty to vote, a sneering remark,
that it was simply a question of honor,
was made by Conger, of Michigan.—
Goode retorted with a strong feeling
of indignation, that he would take
care ol his own honor, and that if Con
ger assailed it, lie, Goode, would hold
him to a personal responsibility.
This response was loudly applauded
on the Democratic side, and was res
ceivod with jeers and contemptuous
laughter on the Republican side, Con
ger remarking sarcastically that
Goode's threat was making him trem
ble in his boots.
Mr. Goode’s remark was objected to
by Mr. Hale of Maine, as being unpar
liamentary ; but the Speaker decided
that the first offense had been given by
Conger, and that it would be as rea
sonable to expect a child not to ‘holler’
when struck, as to expect a man not
to resent an insult. The Speaker's
ruling gave intense satisfaction to the
Democrats,and corresponding displeas
ure to the Republicans.
Of course Mr. Potter of New York
will be chairman of the select commit
tee. It is understood that as soon as
possible after its organization the sub
committee will be appointed, and will
proceed to Florida and Louisiana. It
is expected that Mr. gpringer of Illi
nois will be a member of the committee
and probably chairman of the Florida
sub-committee.
It is very probable that the Repub
licans will to-morrow offer a resolution
to extend the investigation to Oregon,
Mississippi, South Carolina, and other
States.
REPUBLICAN ADDRESS TO
THE VOTERS OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
The Title of Mr. Hayes to the
Presidency.
Washington, May lU—The Re
publican Congressional committee
have issued the following address :
To the Voters of the United States ;
The Democratic House of Represen
tatives has to-day, by a party vote,
adopted a resolution which, under the
pretense of au investigation, is to lay
the foundation of an expulsion of the
President from his office. This is the
culmination of a plot which has been
on foot from the day Hayes and
Wheeler were constitutionally declar
ed elected. It made its first public
appearance in the resolution of the last
Democratic House, adopted at the close
of the session, declaring that Tilden
and Hendricks were elected. Tilden
and Hendricks subsequently made
similar declarations .themselves. A
few timid members have long held
back, and some of them, after being
coerced to the final vote, 6till pretend
they will halt as soon as their partial
and one-sided investigation shall be
ended. In others words, they intend,
after hearing suborned evidence, to
bring in a verdict that Hayes is a
and that he shall not remain
in office. These men have no control
in the Democratic party, 'they dared
not even follow Alex. H. Stephens in
a revolt against caucus dictation to the
extent of showing some semblance of
fair play. They will be impotent in
the future as they have been in the
past. Moreover, it is difficult to believe
in their sincerity, iu view of the public
avowal of their party that its purpose
is, if possible, to displace the President.
It is a matter of history that the reso
lution just adopted was the object.—
The Speaker of the House was con
sulted in advance as to whether he
would rule that it was a privileged
question. The party managers wee
anxious to conceal their purposes, if
possible. In this they were defeated
by the Speaker, who would not rule it
a question of privilege unless it clearly
assailed the title of the President.—
The resolution being offered, he read a
carefully prepared opinion, deciding it
to be a question of the highest privi
lege, because it involved the question
of the validity of President Hayes' ti
tle. Here are his very words :
“A higher privilege than the one
herein involved and broadly and di
rectly presented as to the rightly oc
cupancy of the ehief executive chair of
the government and the connection of
high government officials with the
frauds alleged, the chair is unable to
conceive. Tne chair linds enumerated
among the questions of privileges set
down in the manuel the following :
election ot President. The preamble
and resolution embrace questions of
privilege of the highest character, and
recognizes the right of the gentleman
from New York to off a* the same.”
Upon this the Republicans com
menced a struggle against the revolu
tionary scheme, which, after five days’
duration, terminated in the success of
the conspirators. The Republicans
offered to favor the fullest investiga
tion of the alleged frauds which our
party is charged with having commit
ted ; but the Democracy pursued its
course shamelessly and recklessly, and
stilled all inquiry into the attempts at
bribery in Oregon, South Carolina and
Louisiana, and murder and violence in
several of the States. Neither amend
ment nor debate was allowed. The in
exorable previous question was applied
and enforced. This scheme, if pursued,
and it is now fully inaugurated, can
only have the effect of further para
lyzing business of all kinds, preventing
the restoration of confidence (which
seemed promising) casting a gloom
over every household, and bringing
our nation into reproach before the civ
ilized world. The peace of the country
is the first consideration of patriots.—
This new effort of the Democracy to
inaugurate anarchy and Mexieanize the
Government, by throwing doubts upon
the legitimacy of the title of the Pres
ident, is in keeping with the record of
that party, one wing of which rebelled
against the government, whle the
other wing gave them aid and comfort.
We call therefore upon all who oppos
ed the rebellion of 1861, without dis
tinction ot party, to rally well to the
support of law order and stable gov
ernment, and to overwhelm wth de
feat the reckless agitators who, to gain
political power, would add to the pres
ent distresses of the country by shak
ing the foundations of government
they failed in a four year’s war to de
stroy.
By the unanimous order of the com
mittee.
Eugene Hale, Chairman.
Geo. C. Gilliam, Secretary.
REWARDED AT LAST.
The editorial correspondent of the
Telegraph & Messenger writing from
Washington City, after speaking of
“Gen. Gordon's very eloquent, able
and exhaustive speech in favor of the
repeal of the resumption law/' and
some other things, says :
“Packard's appointment to the Liv
erpool consulate, worth at the lowest
estimate in salary and fees, SIO,OOO per
annum, has set the town-tongue wag
ging. Some of the stalwart gabblers
pretend to doubt his acceptance. I
see him declining. That breed of cat
tle are not in that line of business. As
a general rule they don't decline any
thing with the least smack of pelf or
plunder about it. See if Packard don’t
gobble this fat place. If he doesn't he
is either crazy or an unworthy mem
ber of his class. I have been running
over in my mind the names of all the
men who helped boost Mr. Hayes into
the White House, and it strikes me
Bill Chandler is about the only one
that hasn't been ‘recognized’ in some
way. Bill hasn't even had a bone.—
Neither has that ‘white-souled' friend
of John Sherman's Eliza Pinkston. —
Such neglect will stand against Mr.
Hayes in history. They say John is a
little afraid both of Eliza’s tongue and
temper, and that is why he hesitates
to bring her on here He prefers to
dote on her at a distance. Wny Chan
dler was not rowarded long ago, is a
mystery to me. He had as much, if
not more to do with stealing the vote
of Florida for Hayes than any of the
rest of the gaug that hurried down
there, and should have been paid as
well and as quickly as were Noyes and
Kasson. I am sorry for Bill, but it
may learn him a lesson about deliver
ing the goods before he has his money
in his band, when dealing with some
people
Speaking of Florida, I hardly think
there is any question of an investiga
tion by the House or the frauds down
there. lam pretty sure the judiciary
committee will report a resolution to
that effect. At least that was their
generally understood intention yester
day. You will know all about this
before Sunday, I judge.
GENERAL COOK.
I see one or two Georgia papers and
notably one in his own district, have
been doing General Cook injustice in a
matter which they will doubtless has
ten to correct when it is brought to
their attention. They quote him, on
the authority, I believe,.of an inter
view in the New York Herald, as
characterizing an investigation of the
frauds by which Mr. Hayes was in
stalled in office as senseless in the ex
treme, and declaring his opposition to
it. This was not the truth. General
Cook has never expressed any such
opinion on that subject. He was refer
ring to the Blair bill, introduced in the
House by Mr. Kimraell of Baltimore,
to try Mr. Hayes' title before the Su
preme Court, where a majority of the
Judges were Radicals, and three of
whom had already declared that his
title was good. That is what General
Cook thought foolish and outside of
Blair himself. I hear of nobody who
doesn't agree with him. He will vote
for investigations by Congress of the
frauds by which the votes of Florida
or any other States were stolen for
Mr. Hayes.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From our Own Correspondent.]
Washington, D. C. ? May 20.
The chief subject of conversation
here now is the great fight on President
Ilayes. The lobbies and halls at the
Capitol are tHled all day with interest
ed groups, and men congregate on the
corners of the streets to compare the
iatest rumors or items of news. Peo
ple don’t care whether it is the “ war
inevitableor “peace assured’' day
with the cablegraph operator in Eu
rope, and the proposed Fenian raid
sinks into the oblivion of forgetfulness.
It reminds one very forcibly of the ex
citing period during the electoral com
mission tights, when the enterprising
news-boys were constantly enveigling
you into buying “extras,” and all
Washington was teeming with excite
ment. The political boot, however,
seems to be upon the other leg now,
and it is the Republicans who assume
the role of fillibusters. The proceed*
ings of the House have been closely
guarded by each party, and carefully
planned beforehand. The Republicans
have annoyed the Democrats by leav*
ing the House every time the investi*
gation business came up. This would
not leave a quorum, and adjournment
of course would be the only altcrna*
live lor the Democrats. Immediately,
however, upon the motion to adjourn,
the Republicans would quietly return
and defeat it. In this way they have
staved off the main question. If they
continue this filibustering much lon*
ger the Democrats will resort to the
precedent established by the Forty*
second Congress, when the Democrats
then were ..bout to defeat the force
bill by these little ‘tricks of the trade,'
the committee on Rules brought in an
amendment to the rules which cut off
the practice. Mr. Blaine, then bpeaks
er, decided this report to be a question
of privilege, and it was adopted by a
majority report, and enforced. This
committee has the right to report at
any time, and it only requires a major
ity to adopt anything reported by a
committee. The Democrats claim they
will have this in a day or so, as all the
absent members have been telegraphed
for, and when they are present their
majority will be seven. There is an
element of dissatisfaction in the party
and a split is feared before any telling
results can be accomplished. The an
ti*Potter men want to amend the in
vestigation resolution, so as to declare
there is no intention to disturb Presi
dent llayes. Mr. Casey Young or
Mr. Mills will be the leaders in this ef
fort. The proposed amendment reads :
Resolved, ‘That it is not intended
by this proceeding to disturb the pres*
ent Chief Magistrate in the occupancy
of his office, nor to impair public con
fidence in the policy he has inaugura
ted toward the Southern States.'
Those partisans advocating this say
they think the only claim Mr. Ilayes
has on the Presidency is the decision
of the electoral commission, but this
they think is a clincher. Matters noil
political which smack of news are
scarce. The suit brought by General
G. W. Custis Lee (son of the late
Gen. R. E. Lee) against the Govern*
ment for the restitution of the old Ar*
lington Estate, which was sold during
the war for taxes, and purchased by
Uncle Sam, is still undecided. The
tract comprises some eleven hundred
acres. A portion of this is now used
as a national cemetery, and sixteen
thousand soldiers are buried there.—
Under one monument dedicated to the
‘Unknown,’ lay the bodies of two thou
sand, all killed during the first of the
war. The almost unending rows of
white marble head-stones make the
name the *‘City of the Dead’' a very
appropriate one for the place.
The death of Prof. Joseph Henry,
the secretary of the Smithsonian Insti
tute, is a great loss to the scientific
world. The funeral cortege from his
residence to the church wass very im
pressive affair. Delegations from all
of the departments were in procession,
as well as the f >reign embassadors in
full court dress. The twelve pall-bear*
ers walked on either side of the beau
tifully draped hearse, and beyond them
were the twelve marines who served
as body bearers. At the church the
services were deeply impressive, and
fully proved the affection in which
this great man was held by all who
knew him. His successor has not as
yet been nominated, and several per
sons are talked of, among whom is
Prof. Arnold Guyot of Princeton Col*
lege. Phono.
The birth rate in Georgia since 1865
has been a little more than 30 per cent
among the whites, and among the
blanks a little more than 50.
FROM EFFINGHAM COUNTY
Mr. Editor— ln 1732 a charter was
granted by Charles II to twenty-one
noblemen and gentlemen in England,
constituting them a body corporate by
the name of “The trustees for estab
lishing the colony of Georgia, in Amer
ica." The design of this enterprise as
stated by the trustees themselves was
not only to provide a home and the
means ©f subsistence for the indigent
inhabitants of Great Britain, but also
to furnish “a refuge for the distressed
Salzburgers and other Protestants."—
This colony was planted by General
Oglethorpe ; who arrived in Georgia,
with the first company of English set*
tiers, on the 20th of January, 1733,
and laid the foundation of the city of
Savannah. No sooner was the corpo
ration organized and its objects made
known, than the “Society for the prop
agation of Christian knowledge" be
gan to interest itself for the removal
of some of the Salzburgers to Georgia:
C? 0 7
and application was made to the trus
tees for aid in this benevolent design.
The trustees offered grants of land in
their new colony, advanced, in part,
the funds necessary to passage, aud on
their arrival in Georgia, each Salzbur
ger was to receive three lots, the whole
umbrae ng fifty acres. In considera*
tion of these liberal grants, the Salz
burgers were to obligate themselves
to obey the trustees' orders and be*
come citizens of Georgia with all the
rights and privileges of Englishmen.
Ihe first company of Germans who
came over here were from the town of
Berehtolsgaden and its vicinity. They
arrived at Charleston, S. C., early in
March, 1734; on the 9th day of that
month they re-embarked, and on the
12th reached Savannah, where a cordi
al reception was given them Gen.
Oglethorpe informed Barou Von Reck
(who conducted this expedition) that
his people might exercise their own
choice as to the location of their set*
tlement. The place selected was about
25 miles from the city of Savannah, in
a district of country known as St.
Matthews parish, and subsequently
erected into a county, which was cak
ed Effingham, after an English noble*
man—Lord Effingham.
These Germans, together with those
who subsequently joined them, were
the first settlers of ths county, and
though one hundred and forty-five
years, with its many changes, have
come and gone; yet by far the greater
part of the present inhabitants of the
county are descendants of those who
here found a sheltering home of sym*
pathy aud love. Of the county and its
people as* we find them at present, I
may have something to sty in my fu*
tore letters. For the gratification of
the readers and the exercise of his vo
cal powers, I give a few of the names
of these Salzburgers : Goswandel,
Hortzog, Arnsdorff, Flo*
erl, Schartner, Spcilbiegler, Reidels*
perger, Ott, Zeigenhagen, Helfenstein,
Schuele, Oechsle aud Pfluger.
More anon. Occasional.
America’s Disgrace in Paris.
Paris correspondence New York Herald.
But of our own facade what shall I
say ? I am sure it is the wonder if
not the glory of the exhibition. Mr.
"V oorhees and other reformers will be
glad to know that it could not have
really cost more than $125, exclusive
of the paint. The paint will be a large
item, for Gen. McCormick depends up
on the paint to prevent the visitors
from finding out what it really is. I
stood before this facade and puzzled
over it. 1 had been studying Holland
and Spain, England and Japan ; now
I could see some of the architectural
glory of our own country First I
thought it was a corner grocery in
Kentucky; then, that it must be a port
able gin-mill of the plains, and that our
Commissioner was giving the foreign
er an insight into the ruder forms oi
American life. But there w T as evident
ly a deeper meaning in the house, and
we shall have to wait until the reports
are published to find out. I must do
Mr. McCormick the justice to say that
he is not proud of his facade, but lie
has doue the best with his money. It
is not the commissioner who is to blame
but the government, who would have
him make bricks as good as those sent
from Belgium and Spain, aud all the
time refuse him straw. It is, in fact,
cheap and ridiculous, and a blot upon
tbe exposition.
Bill Arp (Maj. C. H. Smith of
Rome) has entered upon his lecturing
tour.
Sad and Fatal Accident.
From tlie HftwkinsviUe Dispatch, IRth i ns *
About 5 o'clock on Sunday eve ,ir ,
last a sad and shocking casualty
cuwed in our midst. As Mr. D p
Searing, a painter employed on a jo],
of work for Dr. W. N. Fleetwood, ar.,j
Mr. M. O’Brien were taking a stro’l
on the river a short distance l>el, JW
town, Mr. Scaring discovered sou,,,
magnolia blooms and at once c< m
menced climbing the tree after them
When he had reached a height 0 f
a' out forty feet lie missed his footin.
and foil to the ground, receiving i n
ries which caused his death in a h •
three hours. Mr. O’Brien placed the
injured man in as comfortable positio
ns possible and came to town for help
A party of gentlemen were soon col*
lected and the suffering man was eons
veyed to the Hudspeth House, whore
he received every attention that sun
gic.d skill could devise or kind and
sympathizing friends could bestow.
The unfortunate man in falling com**
in contact with the branches of the
tree, breaking his ribs and receiving
the most internal injuries ever wit
nessed. He spoke only a few words
alter his fatal fall, and they were iu
regard to his sufferings.
From papers found on the person of
deceased we learn that he left New
Nork City, where he has a wife ami
two children, on the 9th day of oC
tuber last. He arrived in Hawkins
ville about the 22d of January, and
had been engaged on jobs of paint*
ing for different parlies up to tlie
time of his sad and untimely end.—
He received an affectionate letter
from his daughter on Saturday even*
ing, and had an answer to the same
in his pocket at the time of Ids
death.
Mr. Searing was a Mason in good
standing, and bore a certificate of
membership from Chapter No. 288 of
New York city, lie was a first-class
and had, by his gentlemanly
deportment won the esteem and coufi*
dence of our people generally.
The remains were decently interred
in Orange Hill Cemetery on Monday
evening by Mt. Hope L>dg', No. 9,
P. & A. M.
The papers, hooks and other effects
of deceased are now in the hands of
Dr. W. N. Fleetwood of this place.
Utilizing the Telephone.
Mr. Edison lias made a contract with
the Western Union Telegraph Compa
ny by which all his electrical and mag'
netic inventions become the property
of the company. These include his
telephone, which the company consid
ers the most useful telephone invented.
It can be used with a wire in close
proximity with other wires without
picking up confusing sounds coming
trom other sources, or giving up the
secrets of messages conveyed hy it to
other telephone wires. The company
hopes to establish telephone c< mmunb
cation with at least four thousand
towns too small to support the expense
of telegraph operators. The system
will be such that any one having access
to a telephone can in a few minutes
time, be put into communication with
any one else having such access, and
the two can converse in entire confi
dence, without the intervention of
even an operator.. Telephonic clubs
will bring the privileges of telephonic
communication to almost every one.
Uncle Sam’s Cash Isox.
dhe amount of subscriptions to the
four per cent loan yesterday was
$202,000.
r I he amount of national currency re
ceived lor redemption yesterday was
$1,116,000.
lhc amount of internal revenue re
ceipts yesterday was $778,265 78; cus
toms receipts, $376,742 96.
Tire bureau of printing and engrav
ing delivered yesterday $32,000 in IT.l T .
S. notes, $175,000 in National curren*
cy, SI,BOOO in four per cent registered
consols, and $480,000 in silver certify
cates.
The amount of legal tenders out
standing at the close of business yes.
terday was $346,681,016; fractional
currency, $16,804,981 59.— Post, 14 tk
There is trouble in the wire-gr3ss
counties. Stock raisers are alarmed.
Prominent among the evils are the
burning of woods, thereby ruining the
range, and sheep-killing dogs. A con
vention of stock-owners is suggested
by a prominent citizen. A good sug
gestion this, and the same should be
heeded.— Central Georgia Weekly*