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THE REASON WHY.
The following article clipped from
the Chronicle and Sentinel, touches up
the friends of the bogus bond compro
mise in good style. The editor says:
The advocates of the odious com
promise seem undetermined as to who
shall be held responsible for the pre
mature death of their little scheme.
Some swear it was Governor Smith
who dealt the blow, while others damn
the Legislature for the murder.
Though it is “none of our funeral,” we
may be pardoned for remarking that
we think both wings of the compromise
men are at fault, and that an indict
ment will not lie against either the Ex
ecutive or Legislative branch of the
Government. If any one is to be
blamed it is the “magnanimous” bond
holders themselves. When the job was
first concocted they were cursed with
too much confidence and were entirely
too sanguine of success. Because the
people and the press waited to hear
the proposition and decided to investi
gate before denouncing it, silence was
construed as weakness, and the ring
imagined that they had only to come
and conquer. Upon his first appear
ance in Atlanta—at the commencement
of the session—the Agent of the bond
holders stated to a reporter of the
Herald that he “would not come before
the Legislature at all with my compro
mise, unless I come backed by Gover
nor Smith’s special endorsement, and
by the endorsement of the very best
men in Georgia. The plan of compro
mise will be considered by over fifty
men—among others, Governor Jen-
Z ins, for whom I entertain the very
highest feelings of admiration—and
when I come to the Legislature I will
come bac/ed by the endorsement of
the Bond Committee, ami the endorse
ment of fifty men whose w isdom and
patriotism cannot be doubted.”
After publishing to the world this
magnificent ami patriotic declaration,
the agent perhaps imagined that if he
departed from its terms the scheme
would be covered with merited ridi
cule. Having announced his line with
so much confidence, its abandonment
was out of the question. As to carry
ing out his plan, that was, of course,
an impossibility. Governor Smith
would not endorse the scheme, nor
Governor Jen/ins, nor the Bond Com
mittee, nor the other celebrities, whose
names it was so confidently announced
would go upon the bondholders’ paper,
and the. fifty wise and patriotic men
dwindled ns rapidly as Falstafi ”s men
in biieZram, to ex-Governor Brown
and three or four others. How then
could the innocent purchasers and
bona Jide creditors have the hardihood
to asi< the Legislature to accept their •
compromise? In view of the deelara
l ions of their agent, did they not even
go too far when they insinuated their |
little proposition into the desks of the '
members? Fie upon you, gentlemen, '
for tiie charges made against guiltless I
parties! The blood of the murdered
compromise is not upon the heads of
the Governor and the Legislature. It
crimsons the garments of the bond
holders. I’hey have slain their own
offspring, and their clumsy attempt to
hide the deed will not avail. Igno
rance and over confidence have been
followed by infanticide.
Gen. Giiant received the insignia of
office on Tuesday last for the second
term ns President of the United States.
He H'.ys we are to judge his futuit by
his past acts, and therefore the coun
try has In fort* it, what they may expect
from the incoming •administration.
There is much to condemn in the offi
cial acts of General in the past
four years, and we should thiiiK that
instead of adhering to error, that he
would profit by them, and give the
country a better President, acting s >
as to conciliate rather than disturb the
varied political and social elements of
the Nation.
We expect nothing from the present
administration, therefore will not be
disappointed, let what wiil turn up.
Should tin President xisit the South
this spring, we hope by the action of
our people, he will be convinced of tin
injustice he has doin' our section.
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The Gen'l K. E. Lee Monument.
The grand monument to the memory of
Gen l L*e is now rapidly being constructed
under the direction and Aill of Prof. \ olen
tine. And in order to complete it at the
earliest possible day. the Executive Com
mittee of the Lee Memorial Association, of
Lexington, Ya., w aich is composed of >uch
distinguished men a Gen’l Pendleton.Geu’i
Terr... Hon. Win- McLaughlin, Col. Pres
ton .Johnston. Chas. Davidson, and others,
have <*uth rued the publication and sale of
a perfect steel engraved portrait of Geu’i
Lee. I'be proceeds of its sale to be ap
-1 eI in furtherance of the object of this
Association, namely : to the erection of a
monument to the memory of Gen’l IL E.
Lie, at the Washington and Lee Universi
ty., Lexington, Ya. The portrait will be
1 ’ sold only by subscription, through regular
; authorized agents. Every aubscriber for
• the portrait will receive a certificate signed
i by the Secretary and Chairman of the Lee
1 ; Memorial Association. We commend this
portrait to the public, and hope some good
energetic man will secure the agency in
this section in order to help on the good
work. Messrs. W. W. Bostwick & Co.,
Nos. 177 & 179 West Fourth Street, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, have been constituted and
i appointed General Managers of Agencies,
and any communications addressed to them
for circulars, terms, and certificates, will
receive prompt attention.
New Apportionment Bill—This bill
as it. finally passed provides three represen
tatives each to the counties of Bibb, Burke,
Chatham, Fulton, Houston and Richmond.
Two representatives to the counties of
Bartow, Cobb, Clarke, Coweta, Carroll,
Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd, Green, Gwin
nett, Hancock, Harris, Jackson, Jefferson,
Macon, Mei ri wether, Muscogee, Ogle
thorpe, Monroe, Newton, Stewart, Sumter,
Talbot, Thoma-', Troup, Washington and
Wilkes.
(hie representative each to one hundred
and three counties.
Bill takes effect after expiration of terms
, of members of the present General Assem
bly.
A SPEC of war is being made on Gov.
: Smith, mostly in regard to his appoint
ments. We know nothing of the Gover
nors appointments, except that some seems
jto have given dissatisfaction. In the ap
pointment of one Judge, we have heard
some particular complaint, more from the
| fact that the Governor disregarded the al-
* most unanimous wish of the Circuit. How
this is we do not know, but hope the disap
pointed will soon tame down, and ail become
quiet along the line. It is better to laugh
i than cry over defeat. Hope for better luck
next time.
The only honest ring that has been
reported upon and not whitewashed
by a Congressional Committee in these
latter days, was that of the Ku Klux.
While they made some parties git up
and git, yet they always notified them .
in advance of what they might expect '
if they did not move to some other I
latitude. The Ku Klux were ostensi- i
blv organized to prevent Credit Mobil
iers from stealing what little was left !
in the South by the thieves who passed '
through her borders during the late
unpleasantness.
I An Ohio Farmer correspondent ‘having
' nothing to start with’ puicbasod on easy
( terms ‘one of the poorest farms in the
' township' and made it productive. His
plan is as follows : First, plow deep, then
seed with wheat; in the spring sow clover
in the field, the summer after I take off the
crop I pasture one season, and the next
season 1 let the clover grow up and come
out in the bloom, and when the heads be
gin to turn brown 1 take my three horse
plow and break up the land nine inches
deep let it lie until the first week in Sep
tember, then I take my two horse plow and
go four inches deep, and then sow in wheat
again. The year following, in the spring
turn up for corn to the depth of nine in dies
as at first.
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In a Tight Place.—The /«//<■ face radi
cal members of the Alabama L gislature.
How about the civil rights bill, your col
ored f riends insist shall pass your honorable
body, will you dodge the issue, or will yon
vote them social as well as political rights?
When you vote them social rights do you
propose to brtol and bed with them ? We
would recommend cinnamon drops as a
deodoriser, ns we believe, if the proper
qua ity i n-<d, it will out smell most ne
groes. especially if they pay piopcr atten
tion to daily ablutions.
—
tint is the best attitude for self-de
fence?’’ said a pupil, putting on the gloves
to a well known pugilist. “Keep a civil
tongue in your head,” was the significan
reply.
A Chinese proverb declares that a wo
man's mouth leaks secrets, in which ca.-e
we would advise that the roof of the mouth
be shingled.
It is stated in a Wilmington (N. C.) dis
patch that Henry Berry Lowery, the out
law reported killed some time ago, is now
living in New York cty.
It is said that claims have been filed
against the estate of the late Jatne.: Ei-k.
Jr., almost equal in amount to its entire
value.
The freight business of the Louisville
Railroad, from Iziuisviiie to Montgomery
is heavy. Iwo hundred and fifty freight
ears passed Birmingham iu one day last
week, which the lit ml- I says is not uncom
mon.
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IIIavH declared war a jainst the fo?y extortioning system of setting goods at enormous profits. J buttv
goods direct from the manufactories. Ail of my
China, Iron Stone and Queens Ware,
IS IMPORTED
Direct From LiverpooL
without breaking bulk, lienee no middle man is paid to handle them, and I am enabled to sell them a great dea
chea ,ei than merchants buying from Jobbers iu New York and other cities.
1 am now opening my second stock which is complete and embracing everything useful or ornamental in ttie
HUSE FURNISHIG LINE,
Everything in China —White, Gilt and Colored.
Everything iu Granite Ware
Everything in Queens Ware—White and Flowered,
Everything in Glass Ware —Plain, Cut and Engraved.
Everything in Wood and Willow Ware.
Everything in Tin Ware.
All kinds of Silver Plated Ware and Cutlery.
The largest and best selected stock of Baskets ever offered in Rome.
New and beautiful styles of Doorand Buggy Maps.
Fancy Notions and Toilet articles in great variety.
Lamps and Lamp Fixtures.
A Thousand and One New and Useful Articles.
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Mony nd Labor Savd.
Att ntion Housekeepers
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Is now manufacturing a Laundry Soap of pure cotton seed oil, one bar will go as far as two of the old style. For
sale everywhere.
\y. D. HOYT & CO., WholesaleSAgents,
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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG
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FOR 1573
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