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The Daily Herald
HENRY WARD BEECHER AND THE
FREE LOVERS.
SUNDAY. JUNE 29, 1873.
ALKl. ST. CL AIR* ABRAMS.
HE NIK Y W. GRADY,
R. A. ALSTON,
Editors and Duaagen.
j The Woodhull-Claflin sisters have been ac-
! quitted, by the ruling of a Federal judge, on
THE HERALD PUBLISHING company, [ a legal interpretation of the law relating to the
mailing of ‘‘obscene publications.” While,
however, this is the ostensible reason, we sus
pect that the real cause was the possession by
Woodhull and Claflin of letters written to
them by Henry Ward Beecher and Theodore
Tilton, which would have covered those
worthies with disgrace, if they had not ac
quitted the free lovers.
No person who has paid attention to the
course pursued by Henry Ward Beecher can
avoid the conclusion that the damaging
charges brought against him are something
more than mere slanders. Mr. Tilton is said
to have accused him of making improper ad
vances to Mrs. Tiiton; and Bowen openly
charged him with having ravished a member
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INCREASE OF THE HERALD STAFF.
Our Summer Resorts
Although we are in the midst of the dull
season, the Herald will not limit the amount
of its reading matter; neither will we suspend
any members of our staff as has been done by | °f kis congregation and with holding illicit
other papers for the summer. We believe' relations with other ladies of Plymouth
that our patrons are as keenly desirous of j Uhurch. It is true that the Bowen scandal
reading the news in warm weather as they j was suppressed by all the parties signing an
are in winter; hence, we shall not deprive agreement not to oay anything more about it
them of an ample supply of mental proven
der.
and to forgive each other; but the accusation
' concerning Mrs. Tilton has remained un-
BE Al'REGARD'S BLUNDER AND CRIME j
Not without the deepest possible regret we 1
find published in the Nashville papers a note
from General Beauregard, in which he avows
himself the father of the Amalgamation reso
lutions. He says that they had become a ne
cessity; that it was a question of existence ,
with them.
We cannot nnderatand the necessity that ITS LOCATION AND MANY MINERAL
impels white Southern men to make such ! WONDERS,
startling concessions to an inferior race, as
A Visit to Dr. Taylor’s Mineral
Springs.
those proposed by G«ieral Beauregard and j BK m a r Ia . BL e AND BAPID CUBES BY j
his adherents. Does the General mean to tell ]
THE WATEBS.
A FINE HOTEL, GOOD FABE, MUSIC,
DANCING, FISHING, AND FUN
GENEBALLY.
> | | t
THE GUESTS —WHO THEY ABE, AND
WHEBE THEY COME FBOM.
Instead of “cutting down,” we propose.*) j answered, while the Woodhull scandal has
increase the amount of reading matter, and neTer been P roven false - 0n the otber band .
with a view to the greater efficiency of the I tbe Woodhull crowd have always expressed the
local department, we have engaged the servi- 1
cesof Mr. Wm. H. Moore, who will from this
date hold the position of City Editor of the
Herald. For weeks Mr. Moore was the
mainstay and support of the Sun; his depart
ment being noted for its admirable manage
ment. One of the best city editors in the
South, a diligent worker and an easy, grace
ful writer, we feel assured that under his
management the city department of the Her
ald will be unequalled by that of any paper
in Georgia. Mr. Moore will have the assis
tance of Messrs. Goodwin and Anderson, who
have been, for months past, connected with
the Herald.
The editorial department will remain un
der the exclusive management of the proprie-
ters, Messrs. St. Clair-Abrams, Grady and Al
ston. In this connection, it is proper to say,
that there is no foundation whatever for the
absurd reports which have been current that
one or more of the proprietors desired to sell,
utmost confidence in their ability to prove the
truth of what they averred.
While it is more than probable that the
horrible story, told with such dramatic force
by Victoria Woodhull greatly exaggerates,
still we are forced to the conclusion that it
contains much that is true. No innocent man
would shut his lips in the face of charges so
grave. Mr. Beecher is certainly a man of
prominence, holding a high position in the
social world, and wielding a vast influence;
still his previous good character and his influ
ence are not enough to give the lie to an ex
plicit charge of immorality so flagrant that, it
it be trae, merits him a hell deeper and hotter
than any we have ever beard of. Neither can
he afford to remain silent any longer without
engendering in the public mind a belief that
he is a base, bad man, who, in the guise of a
preacher of Christianity, has practiced and
secretly promulgated the most beastly social
idea that ever cursed the world; and by his
or was about to sell, his or their interest in j abilit 3’ position sought to undermine the
the paper. No interest whatever in the Her- j purest and holiest tenets of society.
ald is for sale, excepting the interest which 1 ^ e candidly confess that the acquittal of
every reader feels in it when he has paid his i ^ oodhull and Claflin on a demurrer, appears
subscription in advance, or purchased a copy 1 *° us * be result of a successful effort of Mr.
for five cents. Beecher’s friends to prevent the reading in
We desire to add, that arrangements are public of the letters they claim to have in
making for additional and marked improve- i their possession, written by him. Corrupt
ments in the Herald, which will, we trust, I and immoral as these women are, they never-
make it the best newspaper south of New j theless represent a social idea and are, there-
York. What these improvements will be, our i f° re > entitled to consideration. It bas been
readers will see. Sufficient to say that they | something more than brazen insolence which
embrace a system of news gathering more ex- * bas impelled them to defy their prosecutors,
tensive than has ever been attempted in the and challenge inquiry. Of Mr. Beecher
us that the existence of white Louisianans
depends upon what bis resolutions call the
“unification of the races ? ” Is their existence
dependent upon the sweeping away in one
blow of every barrier that four centuries of
social customs have erected between them ?
Is there not something puerile and cowardly in
this declaration ?
We very readily admit tha t the political sit
uation in Louisiana is a grave one, and that,
by the action of the Federal Government, the ;
State is now in the hands of a most unprinci- !
peled set of scoundrels. But if the rapacity
of thieving carpet-baggers had become so
great, and their oppressions so severe, that the
existence ot white men was at stake, there was
a nobler and a more manly method of meeting
the danger than by welcoming the doctrines
of the most violent advocates of social equal
ity. Twenty well armed, determined men
could certainly have been found in Louisiana
to strike one bold, daring blow and end the
danger. True enough, such a course would
have put the State under martial law; but it
would, at any rate, have taken Louisiana out
of the hands of the scoundrels who bad placed
.he very existence of her white population at
peril.
Exactly what Geueral Beauregard expects
to gain by bis present coarse we cannot im
agine. The negroes whose votes he expects
to obtain will not place credence in the sin
cerity of his declarations; and it will be utterly !
impossible for him to unite the whites on any J So del ; sbl( , d was the Doctor witb the pllc(! thMi ln
platform of social equality with negroes. All, j p,rtnership with Dr. Hooke, of Chatlanoogo, he bought
then, that be can possibly effect will be the ! out the Springs, and during last winter went to work
division of the whites in a crisis which de- I “ Dd erected ele 6» nt building., capable of accommoda-
.... , . .. ting more than two hundred persons, and this summer
mands their complete unity. . ? .. , . .
1 J be has thrown open his doors to public patronage,
Under the plea of necessity the South has, j ^ every p ro , pec t of a successful season,
for eight years past made concession after j pays his board.
concession, and in return, has obtained noth- j Your readers will credit
I iniorm them that I am paying my board bill here
and that Dr. Taylor does not
[ Special Correspondence Atlanta Herald ]
MINERAL HILL.
Bean’s Station, East Trnn., June 35, 1873.
To persons familiar with this "Switzerland of
America," it is unnecessary to tell of Its lovely
scenery, its forests and its thousand and one beauties
which are really to be seen if one wants to eLjoy them
thoroughly.
DR. TAYLOR’S CASK.
You have all read or visited the numerous mineral
springs in Virginia and this State, but it is only re
cently that the springs at which I now write have been
made prominent. Scarcely more than a year
ago Dr. J. A. Taylor, of your city, a member
of the large drug house of Pemberton, Taylor A
Co., sought these springs, hoping to get
some relief from the rheumatism, to which he had
been s victim for a long time. He left Atlanta on
crutches, with dim eyes and hollow checks, looking as
if death had marked him for his
shortly, claim him. When Dr. Taylor returned, every
acquaintance of his was astonished. The change in the
man was absolutely marvelous. His rheumatism was
entirely gone, bis crutches were thrown away, and he
stout and hearty as any man in Georgia.
THE PURCHASE.
Writen for the Sunday Herald.
FARMER NUMBER TWO.
The farmer, be he poor or rich.
As high as prince or low as peasant,
His calling still is one in which
Poetic themes are ever present.
And fitly does tbe farmer deal
With forms of rare poetic beaut r.
Their high enchantmeot oft to feel,
Ho pauses in his rustic duty.
Sun, sky and cloud, frost, wind and rain,
He views apart or groups together;
They serve his cotton, grass and grain,
But do not spend themselves in—Weather.
The seasons, which to most impart.
A hint for smiling or tor weeping.
Wake softer passions in his heart
Than care for planting, tilling, reaping.
Diurnal changes —night and day—
So rich to sight and contemplation,
Charm sense and spirit, while they sway.
Hia meals and rest and occupation.
The very crops he loves to rear.
Poetic essence fills their being:
The stem, the leaf, the bloom, the ear.
All team with beauty for his seeing.
Ah, noble is the farmer's toil!
Its trait a priceless boon and blessing :
He catches, too, ’twixt sky and soil
A prize more worthy of possessing.
New York News!
Seizure of a l arge Import
ing House.
Rev. Henry Want Beecher
and the ‘ Slanders”
Against Him.
ONE OF HIS CONGREGATION IS SUM
MONED BEFORE AN ECCLE
SIASTICAL COURT.
WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN FREE FROM
INDICTMENT.
A MURDERER CONVICTED AND A HIGH
WAYMAN SENTENCED.
This beauty courts the farmer's eyes:
He spends his life to it the nearest;
And proof that he is truly wise
Is that he sees and holds it dearest.
.Tune, 1873.
L. E. B.
iDg but oppression and contumely. It is like-
A subtle beauty, sweet and fair.
Which nothing can aubdue or shatter.
Forever floats on earth and air, - - .
Aud clings to every shape of matter.
Sew York, June 29, 1873.
The heat is excessive.
FIRM IN TROUBLE.
The firm of Dardin, Freeres Jc Co., merchants, whose
principal business is in Brussels, and with brand
houses in Nottingham, London, 8t. Petersburg, San
Francisco and New York, have been seized by the
custom house officers, on a charge of having, during a
long series of years, carried on a systematic course of
swindling on the revenue department.
, and would, very TWO I&liifi&HS Attack 3. StTP6t The Superior Court, at tbe general term to-day, af
firmed the judgment against the Broadway Bailroad
Company, awarding $5,000 to the widow of Avery D.
Putnam, a victim of a car-hook murder.
BEECHER’S CASK.
The Brooklyn Eagle states that the Examining Com
mittee from Plymouth Church has received from F.
West s specific charge of slander against Henry C.
Bowen, and his expulsion is called for. It is charged
that he has circulated false slanders against Beecher,
and at the latter's request, the investigation is to be
proceeded with immediaiely by fifteen deacons. The
Eagle adds that the charges refer in the main to cer
tain utterances made by Bowen at the recent confer
ence which took place at the house of Woodhull.
There is much excitement among the members of
Beecher’s church over the matter.
THE FREE LOVERS.
The two remaining indictments for obscenity
against Woodhull and Claflin being substantially the
same, as the others are to be nolle prossed.
MORTUARY.
The number of deaths for the week are 476.
LACE IMPORTERS IN TROUBLE.
can j distance from the Clinch river. Near this station is disguised as policemen, and when the car was making Freeve*** >eUa *** es * m P° rterB * k^deu,
j tbe inwa-d bound trip, it was suddenly assailed by I
spending a few weekB. I must begin by saying that . Pities concealed, who threw a perfect shower of
of the rocks and bricks at t
things generally. The policemen immediately jumped
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY-
Car on Peachtree at
Night.
Policemen to the Rescue.
One of the drivers of the Peachtree line of street
cars was attacked last night about ten o’clock, by a
couple of negro ruffians, who had stationed them
selves on the side of the street at the further extremi
ty of the track, and beyond the limits of the extension
with truthfulness when 8 aa l*Shts in that direction.
It appears, from particulars obtained, that for several
...... . . , , o | •«« w»i/i. xivwi uun uui o»cu know of my inten- j ni8btB back the drivers on this line have had good
ly that the movement inaugurated by Gel i- | tions t0 write this letter. Therefore all that I shall reaaon8tor Nuspeeting that something of this kind was
eral Beauregard aud his allies will produce j nay in praise of Mineral Hill can be depended upon
any more palatable results? If political sue- etrictiy true,
cess depends upon concession to negro 1
A FINE HOTEL.
Bean's Station, as your readers are aware,
in a lovely valley ln the East Tennessee Mountains,
contemplation, and had rather been t
for an assault; and last night the evidences of an at
tempt at robbery warranted one of them in soliciting
eituated ; the attention of officers langston and Hinton, who, in
disguise, rode out on the car in question. These officers ;
some five miles from Morristown and about the same ; occupied the back steps, with hats off and otherwii
arrogance bo well fixed, he will find
the adventurer more than his match.
There is not a siDgle privilege he
offer to the negro that the carpet-bag- J located Mineral Hill, where your correspondent is
ger has not already offered him; and between B P endi °8 » few weekB. I must begin by i
., . , ] the hotel of Messrs. Taylor and Hooke is
the two, the negro will trust the adventurer .,, .. . T ,
’ ° • j most delightful establishments of the kind I hav ( _ _ . , L LL ,
Stoopiog, then, will not even enable him to j been in. It is handsomely furnished throughout aud out an d pursued the would be robbers, who fled and
conquer. Not a negro will vote his ticket, ; the beds “— ’ ' -** * ' - - - -
i altogether unexceptionable.
THE FARE.
Not the least Important
exaggerate when I say that i
the meals. I do not known.
i disappeared in the darkness. The officers fired
peatedJy upon them, but with what effect
hotel in the South
The supposition is that the robbers contemplated
South. Of course, they will largely increase Mmself we expect nothiug now. He has re- * bo ^ould not have voted it upon a promise
our expenses, but we feel confident that the mained so long silent that we do not believe j ‘° res P* othls P° 1 lcal 1 '8 s and 0 pr0
public will support ns handsomely in our en- be w ‘ p venture to speak. But if his congre-1 ’ m ln C1 J exerclsc - “ e ° e * aa > ------- .— , ,
deavors to give them a first-class newspaper. g a ‘ion do not sympathize with the beastly im-! thousands of white men, dtsgmsed and indig. ; Every deliracy that can tempt the appetite la placed on [ Perh.pe, if neceaeary, do greater violence. The time ,
mnrfll.tr rhurcpd t«» him th«- will mnl-fl a I “ant, and feeling that the concessions offered ! the table at each meal, and everything that can pro- and occasion and the surroundings, all warrant tbe ’
: Z ch LiTvesttlLn “nd tot Ih rLktom are * button to their race, will abandon ! -te the heaith and comfort of the gue.t. i. provided. | — «■- — —
searching investigation, and Hot shrink irom I Ci lJ I The proprietors are unremitting in their attention.
furnish a finer bill of fare, or better cooked food. attac k upon the driver; get what money he had, and
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
| the political field in disgust, and thus leave
the result even though it be the tearing away
The Savannah Xews says: “We «re in- of a mask 0 , hypocris> . and the cramb l mg to | Louisiana more hopelessly in the hands of L, trolll .
formed that several of our volunteer compa- <Ju S t of the disguise of their idol, leaving ■ car P et -bnggers and other scoundrels than ever.
and have become
attentions
nmensely popular with their
belief that this was a premeditated attempt at high
ay robbery and perhaps assassinatiou.
nies have instructed their officers to vote j n a u hideous deformity a moral leper
against a parade of the First \ olunteer Regi- f rom whom good men and virtous w omen
: must shrink in horror.
THE HERALD FOR TI1E PAST WEEK.-
The following will show tfie iucrease in the
ending
ment on the 4th of July, the anniversary of
the first battle of Manassas, an event which
will be remembered as glorious and honorable
in Southern history.”
This, in our opinion, is all wrong. The
Fourth of July is the anniversary ot American Hekald’s circulation foi the
Independence. We of the 7- '►nth have as much yesterday:
interest in commemorating it as the people of ^* 0 quires for week ending June 28
th© North. ! No. quires for week ending June 21 t
The American flag is our flag, and we are Average per day for week ending June 28 3,;j'
not willing to see the people of the North ap
propriate it and turn it into an emblem of
oppression and misrule against our people.
Who helped to make this flag all it is ? Who
in the revolutionary war, who in the war of
1812, and who in the Mexican war contributed
General Beauregard has not only commit
ted a gross blunder; he has committed a
crime against his race and his people. His
THE SPRINtFS.
The Springs are, of course, the great ceutre of at
traction. They are situated close to the house, and
are reached by admirably constructed walks. Their
variety, and in such close proximity to each other, is
resolutions cannot elevate the negro, but they I what excites surprise, bide by side are Black. White
can drag white men down to the level of ne- ' aml lied 8ulphur Springs, while scarcely one hundred
I groes. It would have been better to h
i enacted the scenes of the barricades in the
streets of New Orleans, than to have given to
Atlanta. Ga., June 26, 18
To Henry D. Copers, Esq., Covington, Ga.:
Tbe Fourth of July being a memorab’
Co., whose books have b*eu seized by tbe
Custom House authorities, will reach the sum of $2,-
500.000. That House is trving to form itself into a
.mMh.Dg broking joint , tofk
company so as to avoid part liability.
billiards.
The billiard championship games resulted in a tie
for ownership. The first prize was between Ganner
and Daly aud Cyrille and Dion. The final games will
be played Monday night next.
CONVICTED OF MURDER.
James Jacksou, colored, was convicted of murder
coroner’s j ary, of Mary Sullivan.
ELEVEN YEARS.
Jerry Donovan, highwayman, has eleven years.
While going to a fire this morning, the tender to a
fire engine upset, injuring six men, one fatally.
HEALTH MATTERS.
There were five sunstrokes yesterday, one fatal.
The Health Inspectors are disinfecting the 6th, 6th.
day in the annals of American history, and believing * 8t am * °*htT pcstilerous wards,
that it should be celebrated by appropriate ceremo- ^ r ‘ " att8 > °f Brooklyn, health bot&rd, has issued
nies, by all our people through all coming time, the ®*nitary instructions and precautions for the citizens
r day for
MALICIOUS COM31UAT
EFFECT OF THE WATERS.
The effect of the waters upon the human
despair of succor that cowardly form which ! surprising. I believe them an infallible re
abandons pride of race, pride of birth and de- ' rheumatisi
votion to principles, and by basely surrender- j
ing everything—even manhood—sought to
Iu the Herald of yesterday appeared a com
munication, dated from the National Hotel ;
signed “ Visitor,” which was published
to its glory, more than the people of the | „ . . .. .
6 J .... 1 ! without our knowledge or coosent, and which
Jy for
A Mr. Leltwich, now here, was u
sufferer from this disease for nearly seventeen years.
Tlireo weeks after lii? arrival he had got rid of it
. and is now hale aud hearty, aud drinks about a gal*
tV.50 j retain two pittfnl gifts-pitiful when placed I loa of , hc water each d „,. Another remarkable cure
i beside right and liberty, a little money and a ! is that of a sou o
; few years of life. Alas I we fear that Louis- ! chants of Atlanta
perished when Lee surrendered !
undersigned, your fellow citizens, earnestly request
you to deliver an address on that day iu the city of At
lanta, touching the duties and dangers of our citizens
in the present political crisis, and one whose general
scope and sx>irit will be suited to promote peace, har
mony and prosperity among all sections of this great
r obe
i THE STEALING OF OUR SUNDAY
we most emphatically condemn as calculated
to create an nnntcessai
We have frequent complaints from our sub-
alarm and to have ' 8Cribers ou tbe Point Bailroad, that they
do not get their Sunday paper. We have in,
quired the cause aud find that the fault does
not rest with the officers of the road. The
baggage master kindly delivers the packages,
South, and especially the people of Georgia.
Shall we give np all this to justify a narrow
minded sectionalism. Shall we gratify the , an erroueou8 iffipres!j ion upon the reader,
reproach of the people of the North that we are We lmve t . ndeftVore d to find out who wrote
still aliens contemplating another revolution. the nota ^ who pJaceJ
it on tbe “copy” file:
If we are to live under one government, and but ^ ave failed.
pursue tbe same interests; if we are to have Whoever “ Visitor" is, we suspect that his ; but after ,he y leave bis hands , the Y are ‘"ken
the same laws for the North and the South, J ob j ect was We do not believe that! Possession ot Ly parties who frequently rifle
and the East and West, the sooner we aban-1 any prom i ne nt physician ever told him that I tbe Packages and thus deprive our snbscri-
don all this ill-natured spite against theremi- cho , era was here . We have made inqu.rv
niscenees of a common ancestry and a ccm- from the nlost prominent ph y iic ians in Allan-,
mon glory the better for us. yield to nc amoDg them Buch men aa Drs Westmore- j the postmasters to have persons at the train
man in our love of the South. We feel proud ’ lan< j_ Logan, Rauschenberg, Pinckney, Owens i to rective thc paper and deliver it ou Sunday.
of the record of our soldiers. We glory in Bnd a doze n others equally as well known’ ~ “
the sacrifice ofour people to maintain the prin-; and aU unite in declaring that there has not
ciples of self-government. We fought more | been a case of cbolera At i ama . i nde8d> we
than four years for the vindication oftheseprm- j are certa in that had there been one we would i eIal ver >' obliging and disposed to remedy all
ciples. We hate no regrets for the past except' baTe known it, and we should not have hesi- reasonable causes of complaint, we have no
tbe most yromiueut mer-
il become a confirmed dys
peptic, and all ordinary remedies had failed to restore
him to health. His lather told me that before he
came here it was scarcely possible for him to retain
the food he ate, and that he spent his time lying on
Ins back and reading. Well, he was brought here anil
in ten days his digestion was completely restored, anti
| he was running about the woods fishing and hunting.
OTHER CASES.
ervauts.
? 2ath, 1873.
amet, A. Ant-
Gentlemen.
tbe courtesy of 1
I mention these cases because they are undeniable J fully cousidersd.
v. Dr. Wills*, has beer
id aud i
ridences of the efficacy of these waters. There
numerous other persons here who have experienced
the same bcnefl.'ial results from their use, and I can
safely affirm that every guest, here has been restored
to complete lieuhh who was ailing.
; The duty you
1 which should i
tdopt against cholera.
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
Specie shipments one and one-eighth million. Bank
statement—loans iucrease two and five-eigtf th millions*
1 Specie iucrease one-fourth million. Legal tenders in-
, crease nearly two and a half million. Deposits in*
crease < ,. r three aud a half millions.
Curious Customs in tue East.
Dr. Anderson, who accempanied the expe
dition sent out by tbe British Government iu
1S'-S, to ascertain how far it was possible to
open the great highway to Chinn, by the Val
ley of the Tapeog, to British commerce,
| makes the following interesting statements,
which wo extract Irom a review by John
Evans:
The practice of horse-worship ip connection
with the Buddhism ot the tvinda Valley, may,
however, be noticed, as well as the Shau meth-
i od of concealment of gold and precious stones,
1 by burying them beneath the £kin of their
S chest and necks, by making slits, through
pleased to assign to me is
be lightly assumed by the • ^ _ w
strongest and tbe best of oar citizens. I trust that I which the coins are forced, and which subse-
may be adequate to tbe responsibility of such a
which is well indicated in your note.
the quests. ’ i ‘‘As much as in me is." I will endeavor to serve
’» at present, some thirty-five guests here, i you, and to invoke the spirit of peace, harmony and
prosperity—a good genius, but long absent from a
There
Mr. Moore, of the firm of Moore & Marsh, of Atlauta,
too much of ber ® 1481 u ‘‘ ek ' but hM 8°® e back hou,e - H ® w * u j part of our common country.
" ’ * With assurances of respectful regard,
I am, your fellow citizen aud friend.
H. D. Capers.
that we did not snceeed. We believe that to mako public tbe fact ,
one of tbe chief reasons for onr failure was Wh.te our foreman acted in good faith in ! the P reuji
because we abandoned the flag aDd attempted P ubliahing the malicious and mischievous com-
to cast behind us all the fond associations of mU nication, we deeply regret that it was ever-
our past history. We eau truly say that the permitted to appear iu our columas. It was '
people of the South loved the Union when surrep titiously placed upon our copy tile by
they took up arms better than the people of I gome one who knewthat we were abseat . the
the North, and we never saw a drunken ob j ec t be mg either to injure Atlanta or to ob-
cavalryman tie the flag to his ' tain its publication, and thus place us in the
horse's tail without a feeling of att itade of an alarmist. If the writer is not
disgust. When Mason and Slidell L miserable sneak, and if he wrote iu good
were ignominiously surrendered we could not faUh( he wiU declare bim8elf t0 UB aftOT read .
but share in the humiliation that wm cm( up-1 ing article, and give the na.uei of the
on the country, and *0 clear was this feeling | .. promineI1 f physicians who told him there
tnat we consulted other officers and found it I were several ca, B80 f cbo i e ra here, and that
to be the same with them also. there had been two deaths from tbe disease.
e war, owever, is over. Vfe are living Words cannot sufficiently express oar indig-
under tbe same Government, and must con- nation at onr columns being thus used; and
tmue to do so. We can’t help oureelves, and j we tru , t lha( . tho8e of oar ootaIDporarle8 wbo
must, therefore, make the best of it. Let us, noticed the communication will also he kind
therefore, exercise a little common sense. If enough to pabHgh thi8 art|cU .
we ore to be a part of tbe United States Gov
ernment, let us claim some of its benefits. too much bTooo ot* it.
We, too, reooguize the anniversary of tbe
battle of Manassas as an event “ glorious in • An editorial which appears iu the Herald
return, with bis family, in s few days, I understand.
1 Mr. J. Hirsch, of Atlauta, aud his family are also here.
; Both tbe gentlemen named are greatly pleased with
We shall write to the Department at Wash- ' the springs. The remaining guests art* principally
i ing to give ns a regular Sunday mail, and as ' froin Alabama and Tennessee. Dr. Tsvlor expects I
J we have hitherto found the Postmaster Gen- about ODe bnntired more vi#itors b> tbe latter part of'
next week. He can accommodate over two hiudred
comfortably, and I have no doubt that in ■ brief while i
Mineral IH11 will become the most popular rt-Bort iu j
tbe South.
KILLING TIME;
Time is passed her® vsry pleasantly. During tbe j
day we hunt small game, fish iu Clinch river, drink
[juently heal up. When the valuable object
is wanted a second cut is made upon the spot,
and it is extracted. In some instances as
many as fifteen stones or coins were found to
be hidden beneath the skin cj men just ar
rived with a caravuu at Mandalay-
Their method of producing fire is very re
markable, anc is effected by the sudden aud
forcible descent of a piston in A closed cylin
der. There is a small cup-slnd^d cavity at
SERIOUS DIFFICULTY IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
vill issue the necessary orders i
TAXES ON SALES.
“Tax Payer,” in a communication, very
properly protests against the increase of the
tax on .sales. In our opinion the present rate
tiuder is inserted. The apparatus is identical
j in principle with one now employed in the lec
ture rooms of onr colleges.
Both bronze and stone celts are very com
mon. Tney are thought to be thunderbolts.
The Citizens VS. U. S. Officers. I « bi<:b penetrated the earth, and after-
; wards worked their way to the surface. lhe
i belief in the celestial origin and healing pow
er of these implements is as common iu Asia
of taxation is high enough and to increase it j Joug. Tell all your readers who are invalids, or wbo
would only injure the commission merchant
witbont benefiting the city. The commis
sion business is chiefly confined to corn,
bacon and general produce and such articles
as pay very small profits. A merchant has to
sell a very large quantity to make a very
small amount of money, and hence a tax on
sales bears more heavily on the commission
merchant than any other. A merchant who
sells a sack of coffee for $48 and makes 75
cents does well to pAy 12 cents tax, without
raising it to 50 cents. We sincerely hope that
the recommended increase will not be adopted
the mineral waters and cat plentifully, besides read, j A Deputy Marshal Shot and j as in Europe. They are worn as Charms and
carefully kept in small hags; whei. dipped :u
water they are supposed to impart curative
| , #1 • properties to it. and it i* administered a* a
meaicine. which is supposed to po.^ess great
value, especially in difficult labor crf*es.
ing, Ac. In tUo evening an excellent band regales us
with music, aud every night we have a flrst-cla&s dance.
CONCLUSION.
I unit now close, as this letter is getting rather
*re seeking a pleasant resort, to try Mineral Hill for
month, and I urge that they will never regret the
journey or the expense, which latter, by the wav, is
very moderate. Mountaineer.
p. 8.—rhe reports published iu au Atlanta paper
that cholera is at Morristown is utterly false. There
has not been s siDgle case there, aud not a esse closer
than at Greenville, sixty miles distant. The fact is
that in this region of miueral springs cholera cannot
come. M.
Chargm of Fraud Ag*ln«t Employees of
the Georgia Railroad.
some months past the Herald has received
onerous letters complaining of malfeaaance in office of
ithout dne consideration at least of all the ! certain parties on the Georgia Bailroad. We hate rc-
onr history.” It is glorious, because Honth- this morning, on “The Fourth of July,” I
ern men died to maintain tbe principles which dissent from most decidedly. Whilst lam
made the Fourth of July glorious, and we ' ready to, and shall obey the lawn of the
earnestly desire to see a spirit of nationality United States Government so long a* I am
I intereH's involved. ! trained from giving th«»e complaints publicity, hop-
■ • « ing that these matters would be investigated by the
We are glad to announce that Colonel Geo. : proper authorities. We art' gratified to learu that
\xr a j • i i «. r . I these complaints have excited the attention of Freai-
W. Adair has been appointed Waterworks , „ v , ja #1| . w „ ,
_ , , w ^ * I dent King, and that the auditor of tbe road. Mr. l ari-
Commissioner, in place of Mr. Ormond, re- j , on uuly „ ri „ „ ow ln out the tr»th
restored to onr common country.
compelled, by necessity, lo live tinder such
i of toeee chargee,
which this \ from ►aw Dust ti
It is stated that the frauds extend
Decatur, but w« have uot yet re-
We had written tbe above when the corres- * Government, I do not aud cannot feel either
pondeoce between a number of onr leading ^veneration of affection for a ting, from the
citizen* «td Colonel Henry T). Ctipors was : ! folds of which the blood of two hundred
laid on our table. We cordially approved' Unmaand Mouthers men is drippintr, and
the spirit which animates this movement, nnd t which has lor twelve ye*r« been au emblem
hope that it is the beginning of a feeling of ! of oppression* o4 humiliation and of degra-
fraternity that will bring about a complete i datiou to the South. Heuc* I cannot even
restoration of all the benefits of n common [seem, by silence, to indorse any eulogies of it.
gsvernmeut. ; ” 'MM Abiums,
signed.
Kuowiug the deep interest
genilflUHU feels in tbe immediate prosecution j calved the full particulars. Vlu-u we get them, we
i •diall make them public, because we believe it to be a
I duty to eipoeo rascality whenever it la astt-rLined.
I Water Wore*.—We are Informed ou good authority
i that th* Board of Water Uounaisaiouere have cm-
i ployed * competent byhraubo eu8\o3er, wbo will im-
i uieiiately go to work and make the mcesaar* surve.s
I from the city to the diffjreut w.vter course* uoar the
[ city, with a view of selecting the ino.t eligible place
I trout which to briu^ au abundant supply of 'pure
' Water tut» Atlanta.
of MoniH plan to supply our city with water,
we shall txi’eet to hear from him iu his new
position.
I* s*vtiit to be settled tlmt the tnsu arrested
at jU dor iiupids, Iowa, is uot Bernier. M»*>tu-
whi e i t uiciubtHh ot the family are being
trr- -»ed in every enterprising town iu the
W**st •tid -S- u h, ViCKsburg being one of lie
latent to k«t t-eiu.
From a thoroughly reliable gentleman, wo learn that
» serious difficulty occurred in Union county, Ga., on
Thursday laat, between about twenty citizens and
three United States Deputy Marshals, wLicb resulted
in tbe killing of one of the last named. It appear*
that the three deputise—Manchester, Ledford, and
Kay—were traversing the county in search of illicit
distillers, with a view to arresting them, when these
twenty
them aud tired into them. Ledford was ahot and died
on the spot, while Kay, atrauge to say. was taken into
caatody by these opponents of the revenue law. and
has not been heard from sinoe. He will doubtlera be
released on complying with tbe condition* prescribed
for all other prisoners of wsr—for they perhaps con-
Frsx and Heim BOLD.—A moral, *»ys tho
Louisville Courier-Journal, c*n be found
occasionally even in a Long Branch 1-tter.
Only two summers ago, says one, James ?isk
and" Hembold had the moat elegant, or,
** u8 .rly" air of *theai"« , ui* , d. Intercepted ratner. moat expensive carriages »t tbe
Branch. Each atternoon Fisk, in his car-
liage glittering with vsruish snd gilt orna
ment. drawn bv tour hones, two black and
two white, attracted tbe attention and shock
ed the good taste of thousands of those who
saw him there. I'snallr, be whs alone, but
. ,, ...... . _ ,, „ sometimes that brazen, painted woman who
.Ul r him a legitim. . trophy or t . eml,* Non. ) ^ (iwth m by £ 2b. Everybody
ot th. participant, tn th. r..l.tan<-« to th. o«e.ra had , )ooked bnt very few w8ra 80 meau or poor as
' |S A to do them homage. Helmbold's team eras
still louder. He was ever seen by the side of
been arrested up to last accounts.
Prnonal lntvlltgrure.
Judge Erakine has left the city for a tew da)a iu the
direction of Augusta.
The following prominent persons were registered at
the Na:ion*l Hotel last night:
Matt O’lirieu. Augusta, J L Trimble, -—,4 D Wil
liamson. Daltou, 8 T Banks, Griffin, EC Harris. Louis
ville; J K Towers, Borne, 8 8 Bobert, Chattaunoojja,
W A Colcluugh, Feu field, F W Baruea, Forsyth, D M
Spence and Mmae* Ophelia, Lillie and Jennie Billings-
lea. West Point, E T Whit# and daughters. Stoue
Mountain. J M Me Lain.Florida. Geo IVrctval, Air Line
railn 11, G K Ghiaoini, Ringgold, and Wm M Duuu, —.
Mr. J. O. Gsr.er. a prominent Mitchell street m«r.
chant, has Jn-t re uruod to the city from Northeast
Georgia, where lie has been epeudiug a lew week*.
Mr. .1. Rtx'ou Audereoo. »»t Marietta. Ga , one of the
boat young busiues- meu tu North Georgia, a ns iu the
viifi.) *’ster day.
his wife, who is nverv pretty woman.
A Swedish Peinck Coming to America.—y
letter trotn Sweden represents King Oscar as
saving that be had lor many years been de
sirous ot visiting America, adding: “I should
have gone to America when I was a priace,
and it was always my intention, i>ut many du
ties devolved upon me, and in later ymrs,
when my brother’* io-aith was improve!, I
con Id net leave. Now I am a king, and the
beet place tor a king to be is in hia own cain-
try. I mean to send my jh»*. tbe pnne* as
soon as hi* studies are tar enough advanced
to permit him to travel, as did the Prince of
Wale*. The Swwdwk people iu the l T nted
States will be glad, I know, to see hitn. All
the account* we receive show th*t they are
welcomed by the Americaua.”