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;LT FOB THK ATLANTA HKHALIL] MARCEL’S rOKTIOK r- He landed here a poor boy, and has worked | men employed by Mr. Von Dusen, made heavy | “Fellow citizen*,” Tom commenced. “This I The Black Crook WnnPV hi* wav to eminence. He once dug ditches ; inroads upon the Repeaters, but, they man-j won't do. You may beat any Pions Fraud I ua - • in this city. I am proud to know it ; it is a : lolly prepared to do buttle with mytinucished | you want to, but you can't beat this man. I’ll qualification. No man is fit to hold the courage. smash the first fellow's head that lays his hand office of President unless he once drove a pair Fearing a riot, superintendent,Crusty, of upon him. D—n me, if I don’t, of horses in a canal boat, split rails, and was j the Police, had reinforced the officers ou duty j “He’s a Pions Fraud,” said a dozen voices. ; new play on the 10th of November. I j the first' star. When the night came, a Yoi-Jto actob's stbuogl* I* the theathes of ! theater, which was new and elegant in THE WEST—H1HTORT OP THE UARBAK A NOVEL IN THREE PARTS. born in a log cabin. He ran§t be one of the in the district early in the morning, and they | “He was challenging me.” ! people—must be born of us. aristocrats as rulers.” We want no j were stationed at < , ditigu to a reserve, BY SANDY DeTAVARKS. This and a great deal more of the same : .stations, to i h voting precinct, in ad- j “Don’t make the slightest difference,” re- he'd in readiness at the turned Tom, brandishing his club. “Keep r York Sun, June 14. The cross-examination of Alfred M. Barr as moment’s notice to ! off’, I tell you. Don’t make the slightest dif- was resumed yesterday before Mr. Burtsell, ' sort comprised tbe oratory of the Repeaters. I any given points. Humors of an alarming i terence. He has a right to challenge you H With the Pious Frauds, the speeches were | character were in circulation. The Consol j The crowd here gavj vent to loud nmr i referee, in the Surrogate's Court. The family register produced by the Barras ! finished. Entered according to Act of CongreM. by the lit: Pvblishino Company, in the office of the Libra rian »t Washington. extreme, w«b opened too soon, and the st and appointments all temporary and \ finished. The house was crowded: the p. proceeded, when the scenery, owing to t temporary and careless arrangement of t gas fixtures, took fire twice within view ihe audience. This created a panic for a fe moments, but it subsided and the play wi 1 "“ L * ’ -But the incident ruined the bus. bald | confined principallyto the enormity of human declared it had leceived information from a ] mure, and made energetic demonstrations, j brothers was shown to the witness for identi- ’ ueiK of the week as the idea hecan e rren^n Abra. | slavery, and to the blessings of a high tariff, reliable source, to the effect that it was the I but were eventually reduced to order. fication. The book is a small Bible, seven that the Loose was insecure and ladies ronl The first subject necessarily included mor- intention of the llepeaters to take possession j “This man,” continued Tom, “Is a mem- and a half inches long, four ami a half wide, not be tfotton into it »™rt?r.«iorT^Jr,#*, olilr Llinblll frwulrim onri (ha raoli-vat^n nf nf (l>a l.nlh.l 1. ..11 nraainnl* uhara (1... I I n . f < 1.. *1 • _» . .i.f.i. A.. .1 , P Ik UttrilCOlBri V V, . Ill lUl £ CONTINUED FROM OUE LAST SUNDAY J ality, human freedom, and the realization of paper. ] g reat moral ideas. Mr. Greenmount demon strated to au incontestable point that it was cheaper for a mechanic to purchase calieo of the ballot boxes Pious Frands w ere known to poll large HU HR | „ inB o “thrt this* Yast'cbnree Inroad for fifteen cents per yard. As nuts-1 its political allies that these was a conspiracy a-guu of yon that hits him wilf'have'hiTneck I shows'the original names of the nine’ members : bad\o 'throw «n nu'mr’offrt Greeumount dMlarra toot ims uure cuurge . j orl ‘y of his hearers plaoed implicit confidence among the Pious Frauds to prevent them broken. Who’ll help me t ....Awolrfth.fin.il.- uaa io turow up au my other engagements Jha S Le fc wa fi h?oucht frouTthe country to his in everything he said, they fully believed his | polling their full vote by stationing cballen- “D-n me,” ho added in a w the bov was orougm. iruw ui« tuuuuj w w anA ,. t „ nA «k-s. a I—... u in... i ,.u.n„o., Q ...m.,. 1 all precincts where the : berot the Press. D—n me, if you can beat a ! nearly three inches thick. Ou the second j remembrance of the ^destructiok "oiT the He’s Ay-leaf was the inscription: “Presented by j theater on the same spot by the same means, ted in ; only three months before, fresh in their family j minds: and to crown idl, on the fourth night hand- j my tangs commenced to bleed. i him through. The first son-of- writing on both pages of the first fly-leaf, and I “I worried the week through, however but ll.nf l.a.. . r ;il I - l.: I. I C ina-c 1 IP ftPtntn.il tmi.iaonl’dw. .......I . , a . r* * * _ newspaper man while I’m near at hand. . jorities, and by sniffing them with bogus | a pretty poor specimen, I admit : but that the Benevolent Visiting Society, located votes, compel their being thrown out in the j don’t make him less a member of the Press. I Bpring Garden, .Tan. lj 1835.” The fan « • u kl:<nrove all the made ftt home for twenty-five cents per yard, court, and thus compass the election of Mr. , Now, I want you fellows to open a passage record is written in a bold, distinct hand* -htirges U e'zcep^'by *mOTe asserthms, 1 | than to ^ purchase a superior article made j Rooney. The GorUam Duty Uepeattr warned I for me to take hii ’ ’ ' ” in Goram new and ri.h : aasertton, and stood ready to swear that there | gers at each ballot bos ta challenge every ; hoys look iuclined for mischief.” fathers read ’ him and at was a clear gain of ten cents per yard by tho Repealer who offered to vote. The Consol| “Stuff, nonsense !” said a voiet ipuame ciot ^ ^ ^ p - rin J Fr .„, da j operation : hut, it mast be confessed, , called upon the police authorities to protect “We’ll carry him through.’ to protect him hisper, “Those of the family. Mr. Barms testified that himself, John, and I lse where, and have not played a night since, urn now in negotiation lor the National Tbc- voice b\ his side n t r-a maaUHriftf pi A , w v^rirU operation ; but, it must be confessed, called upon ihe Nappes red at the side of-Mr. Van Dusen | ** M to know in .hem, j theballot tov*es. toe top** called upon its ! appeareu a. ” | pockets the clear gain went. - -i the speakers stand, looking very much 1 addition to the canvassu,.. uy s.rcaaers frinhtened at the large number of persons ln attention to tne canvassing u> *ptaKers KaKtcrsetaw 3?.“ .’5 1 s>«"4 "'“-s - compatriots to be "prepared for any emergen canvassing by speakers j cies. Superintendent Crusty, who whs a Pious | and put him Tom turned and saw Mr. Koppered. Washington wrote their names with a letter I atre. It I can get it ou the terms I have of “• befo ”’ **>« tnrname, the M. .standing for j fered, I will open it next fall with a .piendi. ■ Moore, their mothers family mime, but that H r p his politics he was quite popular clas6as of citizens, and although the Uepenl* of devices. The Pious Frauds covered one ' ers acted wilh the crowd wonhl persist ?» interrupting | half the wal.s of the city with en- j P^l stationed gan. and of the most pronounced stripe, crowd- the district with hi* officers. The ltepeat- ptcess. Near by every of stalwart men of the first speaker and stoning Wm wiih roimC p™ representing niggers being lashed | the Lowin.h eta tne nrsi speaK " advanced tn hunted down by hounds, tortured and burned ' geons, ready to protect their rights, enSstic” : ‘te stake by the Slaveholding Aristocracy ; j gave the Pious Fraud challengers t. theedgeofthe plataor^^ WM enMm^Uc h . le Northern H t ers were seen compla- stand distinctly that if ihey desi allycheeredn After speakmg at taghnpon looking on v^ frightfn , spec J le . ! heiu , 8 brokelli ,f U they hiu , u/do w„ linsild tn the charge of immorality which i 0ne P lctare represented the martyrs, for the struct the Repeaters in the exercise of that \ bloody about the face, was not _ had been brought against that gentleman. ! re P ose °. 4 who ? e soul8 a P r ayer was offered up, estimable privilege of freedom, the elective ijured. He was placed in the midst of those ] thirty years ago rmed with huge blud- and who to under- they desired their all thev had to do was to ob- they were christened without the middle D—n me,” said he, “Is that you? Tm f name; yet their mother always recognized It seem: iad to see. Just lift up that fellow, will you, them as John M. Barras, Allred M. Barms, -**■* * * ‘ and Washington M. Barras. Washington M. Barms, having been sworn, open new company. I have nothing to thing to win. * * hard that with such gold piendid jse and his legs again.' By this time a number of the better class had gradually forced their way to the front, j said so that the reporter was now' immediately sur- “I reside iu Beverly, New Jersey. Have rounded by none but protectors. The Shoul- lived there since 185*2, when my mother died, der Hitters, though ever ready to smash the | Before that I lived w ith my mother on her head of a Pious Fraud, promised Tom to obey f arm f rom 1841 or 1842 until 1852. Her sec- his instructions on this occasion. 1 ond husband, Daniel Stockton, died about Mr. Koppered raised Sentetout and placed 1831. She married him in Philadelphia about him on his feet. The reporter, though rather 4841 or 1842, and then moved to Beverlv. e . . . • . I fpLic UILl i a ......... . had been brought against that gentleman. He believed that he was a humane and affec as described in this veracious history, sus- franchise. At sunrise the polls w Ska.-,-*. SUSLIK. A‘ ‘hi* P'.mi h« caught th-Ru*. banging fwi.ih.ir month*, nnd Ih.ir 7 “k E-SK.iff 1 ’” *• m * i “■Here ’’'slidhe, “Is a living witness before , Th ‘, s P'" ture considerable attention, nere, sam , h h * and had marked effect upon the populace, al- Z%£ onr Sate b^th^^ffianT^d | though it was nearly spiled by "one man ob- Scoundrels of the Repeaters. ’ j Here the little fellow set ,up an awful howl serving to a crowd looking at it with him that if “them fellers was barf so ugly as the nere luunw t n lit nni of P icter make ’ em they desarved to be bunged.” tng, and kicked and struggled to get ont of , P ■ Repeaters had ban- the speaker’s arms, which quite disconcerted Mr. Greenmount, and utterly spoiled the iny^ tended effect. On the other hand, the Repeaters had ban * I ners, on the top of which were printed in glowing letters, “What we Will Come to iously in- t of those r j who responded to the call for assistance, the cver *ince. ere opened and a rush : Shoulder Hitters advanced first, headed by er - Saw the writing done on this fly-leaf by lar^e lithograph, was made by the voters. During the first | Tom, and cleared a path. The crowd veiled Alfred. It is a copy from the original family London, Pans a hour one thousand Repeaters cast two tbous- j and hooted, some proposed to break Sentet- record. The original was in a large, hand and votes, and eight hundred Pious Frauds J out’s neck, others wildly suggested hanging, some Bible, but was pretty well worn out, lut;c , Cl< .„ ttnu UJttM wu , t voted. Somewhat before ten o’clock over | and not a few hinted at holding him under and 4 don’t know what became of it. Mother i shrill return early in the fall one-half the vote in the district was polled. | the pump. Oue gallant Repeater in front re- ke P l tkis co P. v until she died, and tuen I fell Trulv, vours Theu it was that Tom made his appearance j turned to hurl a stave at the reporter. Tom ke “* *° Mother always referred to that ~ ^ _ mounted on a horse, which he had hired at a rushed after him, caught him and smashed i^t>°ut our ages. There are four of us brothers livery stable. The stirrups being too short I his head with the club. Before this exhibi pros pects before me I should be sub ject to this unfortunate bleeding at the lungs. I hope to, but I fear I shall not be able to play again. " * * “Very truly your affectionate brother, “Charles. “P. S.—The religious press came down on my play, but I soon closed it. One shot did the business.” June 18, 1858, he wrote : . . , - , “ You are doubtless aware that 1 have presented to my mother about ( taken the management of the great opera- j. Have seen it at mv mother’s house here—the most magnificent establish- f-f lived withjny moth-, ment *n the world— of which I send you a I start for and Vienna on next Wednes day to purchase a new appointment, ward robe. etc., and to make some engagements. Charles. for his long legs, caused his knees to come in tion of determination the crowd gav . ! left. John was the oldest, Charles was next, 1 then Alfred, Hiram and myself. I was the close proximity with the top of the saddle, j Had Tom been a Pious Fraud, he would have youngest. I hadn’t seen Hiram for twenty- i The Humorous Side of thi: Modoc Cam paign.—A correspondent of the New York Times, writing lrom the camp of Gen. Davis, says the Modoc campaign is not without its Keep Stiil,” said he, in a low tone to the " the Pious Frauds Get in Power.” Below . ’ ..r. was a drawin£r of a maser, arm in arm with yelling child, then went on, “Fellow citizens, behold! here, resting in cairn innocence.” | was a drawing of a nigger, arm in arm with ! a white woman. On some he was seen eating \ Denom . nere p* ' at the same table with whites, on others he oneof the Repeater’s b a r ho7 onW^doXd his 1 1 kicking a white laborer out of his path, Shoulder ■hKu.eV ’ , ■ “D—n me, sir,” said Tom to Mr Koppered, n . .. . . , T * , i unn hooths. “Whereare the j speaking indignantly, “How dare’em to beat L ob ’ «»«»>» time ot the funeral. I have been , ... , , . ! a worker for the press ? The press is the pal- I m con J ita “ t . communtcaUpn with Charles ever ; *“®- » ske ‘\ UJ,m 1U re f■ ladium of liberty. Can’t be thought of for “““ f hlm - 1 h:lTe « tten kirn , ™ lorn, “ ihey are c hal- j an instant;’ theu be added: “How do you like " rite - how v his remains at Mr. Lane's house, in Cos from being calm, the boy only redoubled his 1 Jr, - - ■ efforts to escape, and howled' several octaves | J hile on not a few was represented the higher. He kicked persistently till he had ” T „ r kicked off Mr. Greenmount’s hat and smashed e “ 1 his spectacles, amidst roars of laughter. “An infernal little jackass,” muttered Mr. Greenmount, as he put him down, picked up his hat, and wiped his face. This mishap was quite a damper upon the meeting, in point of political effect, although it created considerable merriment and excited the Repeaters in the crowd to such a pitch they thiew up their hats as the only means of giving vent to their feelings of hilarity. It was reported on the following day that as soon as Mr. Van Dusen got home he soundly boxed the boys ears, sent for the nurse and told her to take the child away and never let him see it again. Of course this story came to Tom’s hearing, and was instantly written np with appropriate embellishments and pub-, onr martyrs to Human Freedom,” .“Think lisbed in the Repeater. | of the nnor sIaTe - tollm£r from “°rnintz But Tom did not rest content with writing. I What’s the matte “Matter!” echoed r J lenging every one of our voters in the fitteenth have cleaned out the we had there. Lively ^ ^ time, though, before they did. Three of ’em . carried to the station with bloody heads. Where are the boys? We want 'em round there.” “You’ll find ’em iu at Riordan’s taking a drink,” replied the man. Around the corner T cm lode and stopped before a saloon, tue doors and windows of which were closed according to law. Alight ing, Tom called a boy and gave him the an imal to bold. He then knocked at the saloon door, which was cautiously opened by a man with a big club in his hand, wno, upon recog - These, and many others like “Remember i nizing the visitor, immediately admitted him. — * Tom was received wilh a cheer, and invited of the poor slave, toiling from morning till j to take a drink, which he accepted. How many of von are here, boys ?” he The mottoes of both parties were striking , precinct. The polict and suggestive. In Pious Fraud processions J four Shoulder Hitters such as these weie displayed : Who Roasted a Black Man ? Repeaters. Shall the Shackles be Stricken from the Slave ? the election, sir. D—n me, sir, it’s been the liveliest election we have had for vears. Ha 1 The three letters offered lo t enjoyed myself so thoroughly for a long on 4he preceding day were handed to the w Glorious fun, sir. In a few minutes they got crowd. Tom and Mr. Koppered accompanied Who Support the Fiendish Slaveholders ? Repeaters! night with the whip of the slaveholder over him,” and * ness, who said they were it. Charles, hand- • and it j, rather amusin* to ret. of the wntiDfi. The portrait he s«.d was that of ment of j dea8 . one wishes Charles M. Barras. deceased, my brother.’ - tfi, Sentetont to a cab stand, placed him in u cab ^he two receipts were also shown and the j fij s K j r i nwav f r and directed tho driver to drive him home Kionninma «*i-a n. a *L.’ — . . Never saw such a fellow iu my lit. said Tom to Mr. Koppered as the tw traced their steps to the precinct. “ He nev tuitions, squibs and sharp satm <. Each mail brings also to camp an extensive correspond ence for Captain Jack, and occasional notes postal cards addressed to Sekonchin and Scar-faced Charley. It is surprising to see much folly is wasted in this way, the new , . postal cards being the favorite mode of ad- ldentification dress. The Quartermaster is accumulating a small museum of such contraband literature. ^■tke assort- k to come there and scalp the fellow who wants to win him: another assures him signatures were tn Charie. handwriting fi e can get plenty of volunteers if he will come ’ llfe - »*■’ “rtore'T^ V 016 h, » “’ ‘kat village; still again he is congratulated lie two re-: departure lor California at mothers lurm. ; on fi is heroism, »nd told to go on and conquer. ! “ He nev- Arinas and Hiram had grown up together Business cards, congratulation -, good advice. rowd tnat be doesn't get and about eighteen months alter ihe■removal and fnn are forwarded a* regularly bv mail as me, sir, if lie hasn't been ; to Beverly Hiram bad returned to Fhiladel- — ‘ beaten fifty times to my personal knowled^ jnst wait here a minute for me.” he continued, as they reached a corner. phia and learned butchering. Further evidence is to "be taken to-day. any other matter, and the extent to which it carried shows to what degree the sensational uvwuuuucu, . _ - - -- -- -- — .—wv-wwj. | element prevails among voting people. While I most go after Hiram D. Barras, the l rot her whom i i -• - - ■ .w* ‘ t .tt,uuu «* w.uc. x liiuai uiicr ---- -7---— . ‘“’7 . v ‘ j 1 am writing this, a courier bus arrived with a my horse. Got to stop that noting, sir. It they wish appointed administrator, is a rather fresh installment of Captain Jack’s even-uve we don’t, we wont be able to poll our votes, slender man, five feet eight inches iu height, ; correspondence. Fun enough in it, but, d—n me, can’t neglect w Bk an intellectual face, with He personally visited all the Pious Frauds of j *™ na ? ( .. . , ™ distmgnished icligions proclivities, w ;tu I the shackles of the slaves as they clash against whose names he was acquainted, and election- tb ® S0 . d , ftD ( d K Ve hf * d f‘° ‘heir sufferings f Friends of Freedom : listen to I asked, as he put down the empty gl; Eighteen,” replied one of them. the election, you know. He darted off at a j semblance to the other brothers, except in but returned in a resolute expression. He served eleven eered against Mr. Van Dusen “D—n me, sir,” he said to one of them. “You claim to be a moral man, and you Pious Frauds claim to be a moral patty. How can although at the moment this last motto was carried through the streets amidst the enthu siastic cheers of the Pious Frauds, the shack- vnnvntp for D mien then ? Have von I dinners of pork and beans, potatoes alter the horse until the leporter returned 7. ... ..-it’t- „ ta...* , and corn bread. Anri were Withered together on and hurried towards the fitteenth precinct LnoUpm ’ Are thev safe with Van Dusen v and corn an(l were gathered together on and hurried towards the fitteenth precinct Thi^of yoor home.Vri^ o? its brightest, ‘be plantations dancing jigs to the tunes of As there were only fourteen Pious Frauds T\ n Ki r inet think nt tnnr numerous fiddles. ; iiviDg here, the Repeaters bad not thought it going home and being informed that the » not be forgotten to mention a pa-, necessary to place a strong force of .Shoulder child of your bosom has eloped with a liber- ' het * c represeutatiori ot a negrc.holdmg above Pritersou the ground a tine.” And he proceeded to draw a glowiog j kead his manacled hand and asking, “Am j lieved the enemy would ve picture of what would follow such a discov- 11 k ot «■ mau and , a brother. The pictnre m their stronghold, was Almost, ji fiip-simi p. thp lllnRf’.rfttinnK W hen thereiuforc vita* atv* vit tat a mu, UUI 1CIUIUCU IU it £ ov* cintu • _ . . , . w . , . , short time mounted on his horse. When thev months m the United States army, and holds aea ’> on hls hanas. , “You must come to the tiiteenth preciuct at j r 0 ac hed the precinct Tom bade adieu to Mr. I ft discharge given for disability under sickness is j once, then, said lorn. “D—n me, tne Pious j Roppered, saying before they parted: acquired in camp. Hh also did good service ii- Irauds are getting the best ot ns there. t “To-morrow that poor woman is to be * ke community of Cincinnati by ridding it i. i 1 n * brought before Judge Stern, you know. Will j rt noted rough for sefeu months. be on hand. I suppose ? Pity that lawyer of yours was so slow. If we could only have had lour days ago, her story espondenc The boy with the big watch said time hung HOTELS. Headed by Tom, the men passed out of the ‘ led and suffering slaves had jnst finished j building, the bar keeper promising to look they scarcely be- euture to beard them her out three a fight with a desperado. He tells the story himself as follows: About 1849 I had a stall in the market in Madison House. MADISON, GEORGIA. wouid have made a four column sensation. ' Cincinnati Oue night in returning from the T 1 i$T'E2 , . il ^ >■ ‘be Brighton House, j tA tralM*!ra*f w was almost a fac-simile of the illustrations ! When the reinforcements arrived, they were j a f tcr obtaining order, waileth won’t be worth a paragraph. Chambers is devilish slow. Good day. See you to-mor row.” Tom rode into the midst of the crowd and speech. For his own sake 1 am sorrv to record the , mo * ^rient\y seenon the labels attracted compelled to force their way through a dense | He tol(1 themriiat they had better ‘ disperse JhecotS l, * . * ■ , , tn hlnrl-infT IviTPg nml ImUlpg And «r*ntli_ I ftrmvrt that filled the street for tWO blocks. , ..«/) 1. „ 1 i * t . .1 . . ® ' which was a sort of headquarters lor drovers and butchers. I saw a number of men jump * MayiS-d-tf out of the window. I stopped my buggy and requested a young man to take it home. Run ning up the steps I tried to get admission at aiitl* audfamilies will find this cr.e hotels iu tbe Sonth. Porters at ail ill take care ot Uaggs^o. Terms P. ii. WOODARD. SPOTSWOOD HOTEL, MACON. GEORGIA. , . , . * ,, * - mg open 1 looked m and saw a desperado lyohstructeJ the polls aud Dxk Cook, holding a man hv the throat, with 1 1-rands "ho were voting as bis back across lbe bar . It ‘ uas a gentleman • ' Vl ‘b “““J ttques.s to named JoseDh Patterson, and Cook had fact°that TornS ^rtonal^nYMSing ptoduced *° blacking boxes and bottles, and was anoth- crowd that filled the street for two blocks j „ nd go"hmne, those'who had vo'ted; that' V7- !“g op7n nVokedln^nd' ’d£mrad-‘ rU0MAS H ' HAB1!IS * nn fruits whatever He did not make a sin- eT P ateat al A t0 l he I ions Frauds. One un-[ During Toms absence the pol.ee had been j mn i mil g there only obstninr**.! tha nniu n°, l , , ,... •P era . v » Sle ton^ AU of the highly pious STd sentimental (Repeater, in whose soul there ! thrashed and forced to retire, but had now be ip ed the Pious i’ moral min wifh whom he converaed were lQrked no vestige of pathos, looked at the returned, and were engaged in a sharp club , tbey conld . dreadfully shocked at his profanity. When j drawing, and after reading the question af- fight with three llepeaters. in the days ot, daulll himi be spokli (or haif an hour, loudly i choled hrurill Tom got excited he reiinested his hearers tolled, exclaimed, “Ar yea man and a hrnth- which I write, policemen were not allotted to I cbeered by tbe auditor-, whom he put into a X h damn 8 him in everv sentence bespoke, and as er, are ye ? I m damneu if ye are . ; carry firearms, and shoot do«n.citizens with . good humor nnd prevailed upon to take his wb he invariably became excited while canvassing. The mottoes of the lteneaters were also impunity, as in these more civilized days. | A f.. r d«liv.rin» th»„„ M ..i, i,„ . , ... the number of times he made this request is beJ '.° n 0 n‘'g I "man” n -aid one pious gentleman, ; j^nty-live thousand persons were present, measure his hands, rollimr hiS eves and ! transparencies exhibited such sentences as j stunned, number ot Repeaters, and several his Cook —, -- , * .. ., , , , I advice. After delivering the speech, lie visited killed jT ^ At the great mass meeting, They were, therefore, ^compelled' w depend | tbe police station, bullied the officers nnd | ninths hetore with an a The mottoes of the Repeaters were also impunity | very suggestive. At the great mass meeting j They wei ‘ held three days before the election, at which ! upon their clubs, for oftensiv umJ defensive j threatened to f Already they had knocked down f° named Joseph Patterson, and Cook had black in the face, ve brothers, all ot i oue of them had quire’s office a few Dick Cook was a erv powerful man, *ix leet three inches lifting up his hands, rolling bis ej*es and , ‘ ‘ speaking with religious severity, “Young i 1 esC man you need not ask me to damn you. I am j afraid you are already damned.” And he shook his head and sighed. Tom, after the election, accounted fur his bad luck by declaring that these truly moral 1 men were all hypocrites. “D—n me,” he remarked. “I’ve said a thousand times that the Pious Fraud party j is made up of knaves and fools. Morality be hanged ! What did they care for it ? Relig ion be blistered ! Why, d—n me, sir, I’ve more morality and religion in the tip end of my boot than the whole kit of them put to gether.” While the Kepealers were thus dissecting Mr. Van Dusen’s character, the Pious Fraud Consol was engaged in publishing Mr. Roo ney's record. He was declared the most cor rupt man who ever lived. In his early youth he had been guilty of burglary, and was only saved from a merited incarceration in the State prison by a legal flaw in the indictment. As a man he was known as one of the most “Do you Want Your Daughter to Marry j Nigger!” ‘ White Husbands or None ! Shall White Mechanics be Underworked by Niggers ?” them a raking in the next and rendered helpless a large j IhTl'ton^Fraud''t’hallUge^ from 0 'deiajri"- 1 The Cook brotbets used t0 ride ,beir the voters by means cf annoying essary challenging. The heroic reporter waited until everythin; had quieted down and the voting resumed, were making desperate efforts to rescue a dozen or more Pious Fraud challengers, who had fallen into the hands of the Philistines, and 1 were being rather roughly used. At a glance, Tom perceived the situation. • His party was the only one on his side carried with clubs; stones, brickbats and i bottles being the weapons used before his nr- 1 rival. He hurriedly told the. Shoulder Hit- iters to push through the crowd and charge upon the policemen. With loud shouts, and J'® brandishing their clubs, the stern defenders Indeed, it can be trulv said, that iu this of tbe elective franchise obeyed the order, I contest, everything was Subordinate to the and, in the twinklmg of an eye, were tree to nigger. He was irrepresstble. Whenever : f ace WIlb tbe 0 * cers ’„ A . , fi 8 bt ot bnef ‘\" ra : yera tamed he stared von in the tace. Iu 1 bon ensued, and resulted tn Jibe utter rout of your house and on the streets, he was there. The burden fof every conversation was the nigger. His Dame was on every voters the supporters of the Pious Frauds, w ho fled in dismay with a loss of five of thfir number, whose heads were broken open, mid leaving lips. At breakfast; dinner and supper, and i ‘ be ch . ulleu S e9 stiU in tbK band “ tf tbe ira,e between these, walking or sleeping, there K®P eaters _ horses into the Billy Tell oyster saloon and aud unuec- the Brighton House bar-room, attract the po- j lice by their noise, lock the doors, put out the : lights, and beat the policemen and all others . - - * , . n £ ,, , .« - ■ I in the room. Tbey used to rouse the drovers before he started for the Bohemian Shades, j ail( j other boarders out of bed, and push them there to modestly iecount the adventures ot [ 0 g* the porch at night. the day, and to tell how he had prevented porch at night. Fearing that Cook would kill the man, I bloody riot, over several glasses of whisky, j jumped in at the window, aud demanded that with a little sugar in them. The sun went down and closed. Bonfires blazed in every street and containing ice water, aud threw it at he should let him go. With an ugh’ expres- the noils were s j 0 n he picked up from the bar a heavy pitcher * ‘ | me, but I activ immense crowds of men thronged around the dodged it. In those days I was verv newspaper offices, with uptorned faces gazing and I bu bim rigbt aud Ieft knocki at the bulletins, upon which the returns were d0 wn behind the bar. Then those vw ua „ written in large black letteis as last as they jumpe d out of the window to escape came were received. : * • * . . . ~ _ Proprietor Board $3 Bor Day- up. PsssoDRpr Depot, aud Only oue Minute « Walk NATIONAL HOTEL t Formerly T:bl>* E- use.) Dalton. G-corsia, L. P. O’NEILL k JNO. BARCLAY. Prc»nr;elori«. felt s-tf NEWTON HOUSE. MRS. JANET HAUDROP. ooavxa OF MAIN AND SPBIN 1 CTSSCTV SPARTA, GEORGIA. TERMS: per day Lod^inc included. 50 per meal Without Lodgin march 25-tf. “A GOODJHOTEL.” The uaAuiuimoua exclamation ot aU «bo stoi> at No jierson eared about the vote in any other district except that iu which Mr. V B and Mr. Rooney were the candidates. PLANTERS HOTEL Gainesville. Georgia. TheyW. D. OLDS, - - PROPRIETOR. and shouted, “Go it. Hi wanted to fight Cook, bat I wouldn’t allow Dusen this, telling them they were cowards to go off *44 a and leave the man at his merej*. The pro- H O WA RD «l«c*2i? little after midnight the result was announced j I)rie tor of the house, ‘.Mr. Porter,'then To these last Tom directed hh attention. shore forth, clearly and unmistakably, the „ , , .11 *, , , everlasting nigger. He was there in every | He d ‘ , , clare ' 1 tbat , th '-- v bad beec ‘lt™^ed W.. «. Bepablic. As . ^ ^ S ' ST^SSt St the'infamous jobs^at had ma^rthe'ciW . T *>e public mind contained but one thought : leuge any more Kepeaters on that day. Con- government of Goram a disgrace to demo-, ^ ke P u blic heart contained but one impres- , cratic institutions. He had been repeatedly . «<> n the mirror within both reflected the neriectTv TSeane bribed. His vote as a member of the Board i image of the nigger. There was the poor ^^^lent mome^te in parts" of Aldermen was ever ready for sale to the nigger and the d-d nigger; the man and the owS to^d wheie the challetcers were! highest bidder. His social character was brother, and the descendant of an onrang tnecroud told jOieie the chalk egera *eve\ ; 7 sidering that all of them were so badly beaten none could do more than walk, this to the multitude. It was altogether a remarkable result. The Repeaters had kept a tally of the vote. in and let Cook out the back way to escape the crowd. Cook theu went across tne fields to bis slaughter house, aud got a Irai worse thin his public one, the Cbnsof de- I outang. Ponderous books were written about, be i°8 b* 61 ,!”' To ? di , vid<!d b ! 8 ,1“^ int ? j °‘ tbe Consol countang room, and gazing t dared his companions were the murderers, him, some to prove he was a human being, They were ready to swear that nine thousand toucher knile aud a loaded whip,'and returned Repentere had cast sixteen thousand votes. l0 combat, threatening deatu to me. I That the Pious Frauds had only cast eight bad toll the hotel, but my friends telling me thousand five hundred votes, was a tact tlmt he was wailing there for me, I returned equally susceptible' ot the most convincing „,,,) chose the entrance where he stood Vs proof. They dared not deny it themselves. But the Pious Frauds had counted the votes, and the result as announced with great joy by Mr. Greenmount, standing ou the couuter ;oiug in he stood with his burglars, j»ick-pockets, petty thieves and , others to prove he wasn’t a human being. In four, sendiog each detachment in different I nevoleutly at the Pious Frauds before him, directions, 1 1 *“ “ * * * - - - a word, every element of material benefit to 1 P nsoners with instructions to nscue the 1 with a smile ot satisfaction upon his pliilo- *d aud tell to the brick walk together, from the mob. Accompanied by I sophical features, was as follows: we were down Cook’s cousin came ~ J J J ~ * ^:oap that ’ ** he moved towards rx>APF.P whip uplifted, saying, “Now I have got you, yon ^ --,'* and aimed a terrible blow at my head. I dodged and struck him again, and we clineh- While awe to his rescue, and I kicked him in tbe stomach. HOUSE BROAD STREET. Nearly Opposite Montgomery and Es.fauIeP. K. Dep<'t EUFAULA. ^iAtAMA. BOARD—Per Day 5 2 The beet Hottee in town, mprll ly W. J. HOWARD.Prop r. THE JONES HOUSE, near the prituc sqriaE. COVINCTON. CEORGIA. K. W. JOSES. Proprietor a«- Free eonvryanra lroi aprtIMIy 3XT J3-W T O IST 1 thr tUilrowL -** HOUSE. and to common man to Congress ers! we implore election day and we can succeed in —, -o W — , L_ hannis of vice, this jobber, this lobbyist, this infamous man!” on with an energy and a strength that no person would have imagined him possessed ot. Thus the time passed amidst a , „ vas of nnparalleled excitement. When the day ! In a few seconds he administered serial hard It must he admitted that Mr. Rooney treat- 0 f e ] ect j on ,. on , ei bo t b parties felt confident I rape upon the beads of his allies, anc ou corn ed their attacks upon him with superb con- of v j ctorJ , (be ’Bepeaters depending upon i iug iu sight of his unlucky opponent, per- tempt He declared that be didn’t care their abihlv to vote early and aften the Pious , ceived that it was the Pious Fraud uewspa- what tho /.Wof said abont him. Old Green- Frands depending upon their ability to count i per reporter Sentetont, whose mishqi nt lie- ”™" 1 “ irrsverantlv called the distan- (ke yotcg a , t( . r tbc Repeateis cast tliem. I peater’s Hall the reader is already iwnre of. The Knight of the quill wns closely Sirround- ment of the cause ot Human Freedom, the cause j but J j consjd ered I had done nothing hut mv of Great Moral Ideas and the cause ot l m- - ® • vereal Liberty and the Rights of Man, as Mr. mount, as be irreverently called the distin guished editor, wan halt crazy anyhow. He insisted that if he wasn’t fit to fill the office to which he aspired, then no man in the country was. His knowledge ot the arts and sciences was alone a recommendation. Besides it was | a question of principles, not men. “You have heard a good deal said about Mr. Rooney,” obsent one of his advocates at a public meeting. “ Now I want to ask if we are electing the man for the sake of him- Greenmount declared counter. (TO BE CONTINUED.) We hear of strange things in medical prac CHAPTER XIII. i ed by three men who seemed to be making j tice, but here is one entirely novel. A Mrs. | . ‘every exertion to save bim from injury. | Emery, ot Portsmouth, N. II., while washing cause he moved in such high society. Iu May Charles ns I threw up all my engagements. Had my Presently**the eye,"! remained good, I would have made : duty to my fellow-men. Charles was in Cin- .• , . f. cinnati then, and hearing of the fight he drove his speech from the , ollt to my boose in biK ,” lgKr tosee me> 1Vmr . ing that I was hurt. This was the first time it was known in Cincinnati that he had h brother. Charles was a kind of high-toned man and didn't like to have it known that he had brothers who were butchers, be- Athens, Georgia. utersijni'd having taken charge r*f tbe al»o\«» named popular Hotel, of which he haa l eeu the last six year*, tmkoa pleaaure tn an&ounciiiK traveling public ami citizens of Athens and sur* country, that he i* prepared to mceomxum ho may favor him with their patronage. Persons wishing to speud the summer months in 1 this delightful ci*y, will be accommodates! at very rea sonable rates. 4. D. CL1KARD. _japrilK-2mo Proprietor. universitTHotel, ATHENS, GEORGIA. By R. H. LAMPKIN MR. VAN DUSEN IS ELECTED AND BELLE IS DIS CHARGED FROM THE ASYLUM. | Every now and then, however, some flenched ■ recently, experienced a sensation in her left | fist succeeded iu finding a way to lus head | eye, which she described as sounding like a ' and face, which were both badly battered. I watch running down. . . ^ , — As Tom oarne up, the three frienlly men 1 eyelids, aud left cheek began to swell, until s-0,(KH) the hrst year. 1 have had to give Up At length the morning ot the election , surrounding Sentetont were torn tromhis side ' the lids were beyond the eyebrow, and the ; heavyjtafts, huco as Hamlet, Richard, Morti- I f 1 dawned. At daybreak large numbers ot men j three or four blows sent the reporter to | eye beyond the lid. Her doctor treated her Bwr * Shylock, etc., and confine myself 1 - assembled at the various election precincts, j the ground. A ru«h was then made but at \ for erysipelas. In a few days the eye began comedy. I begin this by pmdacing a NATIONAL HOTEL new splen- eorner1 self, or for the sake of his principles. My ,where they formed in line, awaiting tho ris-1 t h a t instant Tom darted torward. Us club ' to slough and was removed, but mortification i romedv, November 10th, at anew aud fellow citizens, this is a Ttepublie. We don’t ing of the sun, for the polls to open. Near to j describing a circle and violently sweeping j ensued and the patient died four days after, did theater, now being erected on the want any aristocrats here. When the bird of \ each building where the votes were received, • a wav all who came into contact with it, f Tho physicians pronounce the case oue ot ^ Sixth and \ ine streets, liberty extended her wings and flew to this j booths were erected on the curb stones of the *ij_)— u me,” exclaimed Tom, taking up a i apoplexy of the eve caused by the breaking of regard to the decoration of mothers grave, ' La uof Piedmont sail Or%».^r h i land, it was never intended that none but ( sidewalks, and to these the electors of both portion astride the body of SentetoiU. ‘This i a blood-vessel, ‘mortification eusuiug, and . the offer to* incur the expense alone was voluu-' J. E. OWENS. P -prietor. i won’t do boys. I’m as good a l{f>i>e»ter ns | ultimately, apoplexy of the bralu. rich men should rule us. If Mr. Rooney wns parties went to obtain tbe required ticket^ ^_ .... n 0 nce a bad man, the more credit to him lluit Public interest centered u[xtn the district, ivny of you, but thiH won’t do. I>—n me, he stands where he does now. He is one of in wb:ch Mr. \ an Dusen woe running. Iu won't yon follows in the rear bush np tnd let the people. He is a self-made man. Fellow j all of the others the PiouH^b rauds were ih^*° ' me speak?” he added ns the noise from the citizens, Mr. Rooney, by bis own, unaldsd | hopeless s minority tbat there was not the efforts, has risen from obscurity to eminence , slightest possibility of their candidates being —coming from the Emerald Isle -(Cheers) ; elected. But in this tbe two parties were that laud enslaved and tyrannized over by I pretty closely divided in i>oiut of numbers, the English—(tremendous cheers) the land of ■ electing their men almost alternately. The Emmett, O'Connor, Wolfe aud —and—aud determination of each to triumph on this several others, whose names are written upon i occasion was great. Lato on tbe jtrevious tbe glorious scroll of tame, nnd whose mem-1 evening, Mr. O'Snubnose *Dd his club—uinm- ories will ever'be cherished within the hearts bering some two hundred and fifty votes—had of their countrymen. [Great enthusiasm.] I left-Mvi city. Three, with the fire hundred tary on nty part, ami there is no doubt tho others would willingly have contributed their share. It was their intention, but 1 preferred , I to do it myself. Your williuyness to share I crowd drowned his voice. Society belles are in a flutter iu con* _______ queues of the intelligence that the King of I a^xMnTe with me is'jurt'mt' good To mu M “Shut un ” “Silence ” “Order ’’ “It’s Tom I ‘“e bMidwich Islands is corning here. Well, ’ tbon b b(ld 8barcd it . Tuerefore let it ouui np, uwoocs uraer, its loin | is a marrying man, and the girls will have rost backers, by , “Let^him Hpeak, ydkd ont j a g OQ( ^ chance. A dozen more or loss is — .1- - nothing in the eves of a Sandwich Islander. 1 n bnndred voices, while a few of the better class of men in tbe crowd, one of whom was Mr. Koppered, who was, by tho way, one of the three that had endeavored to protoct the Repeater, reinenHtrated with the more violent ana finally prevailed upon them k> preserve order. A new Texas paper announces its religious position thus: “In religion we are conserva tive, and was intend to adhere to the cash sys tem.” Your oft’eetionate brother, Charles. A FIRE IN A THEATER. March 31, evidently the following year, he writes: “My Dear Hiram— I, according to agreement, produced my BAGGAGE CARRIED TO ANO FREE OF CILV y h a si bTo c mT >« o WEST POINT CEO: The travelling nubile ai* m/« • obtaiu First-daiM meal* anc . e i this houee. Trains stop here for dinner, aide of oar abed. 'air.VdttU) Hotel *uruated PAT. G BDONK FteprioUv