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The Daily Herald.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1873.
TiJfc. tIKliALU COMPA.M^
ALKX. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS,
nt'AKV VV. GRADY,
ft. A. ALSTON,
Edlthrs unit DlnncfffrH.
THE 1'JtlKNlU 01 tli© tlKKALD are n» roilowe :
DAILY, 1 Year $10 00 I WEEKLY, 1 Year...$2 00
‘OF WHAT AOCOCIfT
GRANGES.”
ARK TOUR
Well, gentlemen, bo patient a little longer,
and we Till tell yon. The Granges ! Why
eince the daysof Abraham Lincoln’s “Wide
Awakes ” there has been no such stupendous
power developed in America! May heaven grant
that this vaifc strength now taking shape and
organization, may never forgot its duty or its
sphere, and that for once we may see a power
in the land that shall lapse into no license, no
abuse. But of the power there now, there can
sub- j b° D0 * a doubt. We pass by the significant
dent. In this regard, there is not a particle ! I don't say this was done; but (with a smile)
DAILY, 1 Month.... 1 00 l
Advertisements umerted »t moderate rare*
tcriptioc* and advert lament* ‘nvanably in advance. | indications of the elections of last week, tell-
Addrees HEKALD PCTBLIBHIIIG CO.,
Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia, i i Q g prophetic
on Alabama Street. near Broad. i:
they ore. But
it is with the out-cropping of the
events that are to come out of
I the organization, that wc are the most pro-
^ECGND rAOE— Advertisement*.
THIRD PAGE—The Grangers—Advertisement*.
TO-DAY’S HERALD
Contain? the Following Matter* ©f in- j! f oUn( jiy interested. With the impoverished
tercst. j anc | 0 pp rease( j meo 0 f South for the pres-
rir.5T PAGE—Telegrams— New York News—Wash- j en *» economic suggestion and devices
ington News—Foreign Nejvf—Tbo jSoutli— Geor- j which are to be born of $thc # Grangers, is the
grand consideration. These axo so multi
tudinous and so vast—permeating the entire
social fabric of our section, that no living
prophet or sage, in our opinion, can begin to
Men, whose “wish is father
I to the thought,” predict a short-lived and
stormy existence for the “Patrons.” But, if
motives of material advantage—of social com
merce—cf professional advancement—of
mutual defence and protection, and
of overmastering, prevailing power
Last—Advertise roc nis. j eah supply the principle of cohesion, then
to stick,” and stick
together. So far the existence of the “ Pat
rons ” as a body in the South has not given
- Aavcr-
SIXTH PAGE—Notes cf Travel-Advertisements.
SEVENTH PAGE—H»fd;>a
EIGHTH PAGE—City P.ecord—To the Public—The ! are the Granges bound
Opening at DeGwe’e—Court Record—Advertise-
meats.
. r ~ X7 ri 1 1 rise even to a criticism us regards any of its
Mr. G. Clifford Sorren, ofnee No. 32 Cedar , ,, , J .
.. . - A . „ . i aspects, and the real strength of the order is
street, is the agent of the Herald in New:. , . , _
. . .. . , . . intneiact that those who understand the most
lork, and is authorized to receive subscrip-! e . L ,, , «...
, , A t , 4 . x of it see the most to approve. But what we
lions and contract for advertisements.
I he safest rule tor voters—Elect that man
to office that is sought by the office; not who
makes it a business to run for it.
man is Judge Collier !
BECO.111.YG POPULAR.
The Columbus Enquirer now issue; a spe
cial Sand-y j Enquirer, and announces a Christ
mas Present Distribution similar to the
Herald’s. The distribution plan is likely
to become very popular.
A pretty little mvss.
Our Eufaula dispatch this morning discloses
a nice little row in that city. We know
nothing of Alabama law on tho subject perti
nent. but if Mr. Iveits was in Georgia we
: hon’d say he was decidedly on a “cold trail,*
:: not an absolute “ back »rack. ” The certifi
cates have been passing in Columbus for sev
eral wciks. Why not in Eufaula ?
y jstbject for thought.
livery citizen of Atlanta should ponder
well and thoughtfully before he casts his vote
in the coming city nominations.
started cut to do in this article was to call
special attention to the action of the “Alston
Grange” at its last session in Decatur. We
Such a | fear our sanguine temperament may overstep
the bounds of moderation in tho value we at
tach to the movement first inaugurated
by the farmtrs in old DcKalb. Bnt
let our readers slick a pin right liewe and re
member what we say. The day that this first
shipment of cotton is made to tho European
market by, and in behalf of the men who
produced it, and the venture proves a suc
cess, it will load to tho most complete radi
cal and startling revolution that was ever wit
nessed in this country. It will place Liver
pool at oar very doors; it will make gold the
of difference between it and Mr. Morton'
District system. Both contain, in their prac
tical operation, the odious anti-republican
doctrine that a minority of the people can
lawfully control the majority. We have had
several minority Presidents in our brief his
tory already, and it is desired to put an end
to a plan of elections that is palpably in con
flict with tho spirit and genius of free popu
lar government. If a minority, however
largo, bo allowed to elect tho President a
great vital principle is overthrown, and it be
comes a simple question of discretion whether
tho voices of two-filths or of one-twentieth of
the population of the United States shall be
represented in the election of a Chief Magis
trate. Tho whole thing to only part and par
cel of the Itadical plot to rob tho people of
their rights and to transfer all political power
in the country from the many to (lie few. We
hone Congress will adopt no each amendment \ whether chri.stiaiTor "pagan” "recognise* oniy
how easy it would have been for him to ha\
done this.
Reporter. Did the financial crash strike
you as precipitate or unexpected ?
Mr. Johnson—Oh, uo; I kuow it was inev
itable, but I did Dot expect it so soon. I
thought sooner or later it must come, but 1
dul not look tor it for a few yearn.
Reporter—Did the failure of the Cookes not
surprise you?
Mr. Johnson—Well, I confess It did. I did
not anticipate that they would be the first to
go under. You see Mr. Cooke has been
dabbling in District politics, and I never did
believe that banking iuu-rtsts and politics
could harmonize. The truth is our whole
banking system is wrong.
A. J. 13 A HARD CASH IIAX.
Reporter*^ In wbnt respects do you consider
ii deficient ?
Mr. Johnson. Well, lei’s go back a little.
Before the war we had a floating currency of
$210,000,000. The war, cf course, expanded
the volume. Now, with the* war over, we
have over $400,000,000. Now, all countries,
MACON DEPARTMENT.
N. C. STEVENSON
CITV EDITOR.
MACON. GA.. MONDAY. OCT. 20 1873
Tlie llcruld Office
lias boon removed to IUwlato&’s Block, Tbit J a
first door ontbe right.
to the Constitution. j one basis, and t(iat is gold. Stou may have
Iq order to illustrate to tiro satisfaction of j ln co * n » irare, in ingots, or in jewelry,
tho commonest understanding this defect in
both the electoral and district systems, we
will state a case: We will snpposo tho State
of Georgia divided into throe districts, under
Mr. Morton's plan, and A. and B. candidates
for the Presidency. Each district casts one
vote, to be determined by a plurality. The
first district gives a majority of fivo thousand
votes tor A., while tho second and third dis
tricts give, each, a majority of only ten votes
forB., oran nggregato majority of twenty.
The result of this election is, that tho vote of
Georgia is cast in favor of B., while A. re-
ceives four thousand nine hundred and
eighty votes more than B. receives ! Acd,
and yon offer it for salo. Wnat is tho effect?
Why. all that is required is to know how much
it weighs; it will always bring its value. How
about legal tenders? They call them legal
tenders—I call them greenbacks. Go with
your legal tenders to buy a bill of ex
change on London; wbat do you buy it with?
Why, gold, or its equivalent iu coiu. Now,
ho-.v about national bank notes? L-t me
tell you, if it were not for tho lirct that the
national bank notes aro secured by Govern
ment bonds, tire present financial crash would
have spread distress in every section of tho
country. The full effect, tor this reason, is
not now felt. But it is coming. Suppose
another war was to be precipitated upon the
country—where would bo your national
banks? Where would be their notes? Why,
depreciated fifty fold, and why? Because
this in a Democratic government, where the j ^rntuent securities would decline. In old
, ... ' . . ’ . , : times when a bank failed its notes went with
people are said to make choice of their votes .; it. Now national bank notes are secured by’
Extend the system all over the Union, and it j Government promises to pay, nn<l the full
is not difficult to see bow, under our Repttb- \ ^ orcc the crash is in a great measure iru-
lican forms, an insignificant portion of the
people may override the majority and die- 1 specie payments ?
tate the choice of a President.
I peded.
Reporter—Do
on believe in a return to
Mr. Johnson. I think gold and silver is the
only true basis. What a ridiculous attitude
CcniKJunicitca. tho Government is placed in. It issues its
Grand Movement of lire DvKbI!) County i notes and then goes into the market and buys
• Farmers. • them up at a depreciated rate. Why, it shaves
j its own notes, and such a transaction, not
On yesterday was the regular clay for the ] many years ago, among honorable business
meeting of the Alston Grange, No. 33. The ! mcn » was considered disreputable.
low price to which cotton had declined in At
lanta was the chief topic of discussion. Tho
fact that cotton is now selling in Liverpool at
Od. to 9;]d. in gold, makes 13J in Atlanta,
absurdly low. It was therefore decided that
AXDY ON WALL STREET.
Repoiter. Do you think the action of the
Government in relieving Wall street was a
wise measure?
Mr. Johnson. I don’t think the Govern
ment had aDy business to interfere. If the
the South by middle men, and most of them
j in New York; it will, in two winters, build up
a vast shipping centre at Tort Royal and so
! extend Savannah that its present habitues
j will not know her in ten years from this;;
I it will protect tho men who pro-
, dace, by honest licks, the real wealth
of the land tic m actual robberies
in a thousand cases which all men havo seen
ted among tho farmers for their signature, and ritics, and tho Govcrxnent, like a note shave ,
signed by every one to whom it was shown: j rushes in and buys its own obligations
v l)frf q, ct.ir.v~ • A «i * at a reduced rale, and calls it relief. Whv,
Lliereas, Cotton is selling m Atlanta at j the slloe must pinch somewhere. *
For once, fellow citizens, break loose fiom j and all honest men deplored, and finally, and
■jZT ring leaders, your petty tyrants, and • not least by’ any means, it will cut the Lading
ote, soberly, cautiously, wisely.
i strings in which th9 entire business cf the
mo interest on Atlanta's debt is iOuO per j South has been geedaud hawed about as our
lt, and it is time that prejudice should | drivers and task-masters have willed. The
cease to rule the cit
take its place.
13 i cents; and whereas, tho same cotton is j the opinion th*t we havo enough gold in this j a
worth in Liverpool 9 to 9]d. in gold, equal to j country, and it produces enough, to return to i
lOaltFi. currency; and whereas, a bale of cot- i ‘ l fi ,ccie bas.s. All the gold is hoarded some-,
. , , . “ , . , ,, , i where, end when tho financial crash comes i
ton can be shipped via Port Royal or Charles- j t £j C wealth of the nation will be held iu a
ton and sold m Liverpool for less than $15 j doz-n or two reserved places where gold is j
per bale, it is clear tho farmer is losing $1G hoarded. If wo aro to have carrcucy, let u - i ’
Be it ^ k ftve u uniform currency, and
c | with gold. Of course, if iny
The City—-Ccol Weather.
Yesterday the dust culiu nated bybeingd ivenbo-
foro a feliong EoitLcrn gi!*». In the afUrnoonbeavy
scuddii p clouds were ruEiiii g before ILonaird. and
about dailc we actually bad the good luci to get a !i*bt
sprinkle of rain. Tho ground vn not wet to the
; thickness of this paper, but still we were tbarkful
for even that.
The barometer fell at least fifteen degrees since Sat
urday, and the last was certainly the coldest night of
the reason. We are truly glad the long hot cummer
is over, aud hopo that frost will come and put an ena
to it. The sear an! yellow would look better than
tfce foliage half famlehi u for water winch is now tho
case throughout all the forests.
All Quiet along the Onnulgtc.
Trom Saturday night to this, Monday, morning the
police did not make a single arrest, This ia remarka
ble when we consider th-t the Mayer almoat always
has Irom six to ten cases before him every Monday;
but tho truth is.moaey U toe scarce among the raj-U «r
easterners of
whisky,
themGsiVis whether they are iuclinsd to or not.
“One by One ti»c Roses Fall.”
Tho announcement in your paper yesteiday mon -
ing of the rumored defalcation iu tho Atlanta poit-
oflice was quite a topic of consideration. The elder
Dunning ie regarded as a respectable man, consider*
ing that ho is a professional poiitian and a Federal
cfRcer-holder. Uo used to moot in the State Conven
tion of the Ridical party at Macon, and a mot’ey
crowd it always was.
Hopewell Acatltuiy Sunday School.
The children cf this Sunday School, of Hull and
District, had their annual celebration tho other day,
aud a fine time they are 6aid to hove hud. The school
numbers over fifty regular attendants, and i3 super
intended by Mr. J. W. Shipper.
The people of the district for
the celebration, for which preparations had been mak
ing for a week. Many weut oat from Macon. Mr.E.
A Harman, of our city, was the chosen orator of the
day, and made a most excellent address, fillel with
good advice to Mr. F. iaUctua and alt his little rusti-
CUPSC8.
At an early ho ^i cf tbc day the children end their
teachers formed a procession aul marched through
tho woods. Daring the marsh they tang their sores,
presenting a beautiful, novel, and certainly original
fight.
After returning ti the stand, tho regular address
was d iivered, followed by specche. !r< m th * cv e end
girl*, interspe sed with music.
Bnt the most interesting portion of all was the din
ner. Too fatted calf, tho spotted pip, the larr^rt
turkey, the choicest chicken hid b ca killed, hiked
and spread upon the tabic in tlao greatest profusion
TU & re were oaoiigh for all precect and as trany more.
Tho scoue prcseatel throughout the Crr ludlcnticM
I that tli at portion of country ia ceraialy : •'vuncirg in
j religion, wea’tli sad civilization.
ion far J, J.
THE CRASH IN EUFAULA.
Some First-Class Go-Back
ing Bone.
Eagle aud Phcenix Certificates.
Keits Goes for the Bankers
The Colored Troops Fight Moat
Gallantly.
Brass Coats with Blue But
tons Threatened.
Special Telegram to tho Herald.
Elf.vixi, All.. Oot.-ber 20, 1873.
During the panic the bathing houses of
court to allow them to drink much i Morton *t Son and E. B. Y'onng A Son 1)01 row -
1 they are therefore cbiigcd to hrhave j ed several thoussud dollars of Eagle & Phocn;..
certificates, the merchants of Eufaula agree
ing to take them.
E. M. Keits, »ko pre.-iJes over the City
Court, refused them, and ordered the bankers
to appear before him acd answer a charge of
violating the law. The bankers refuse to go,
and up to this ii mo Keits has not been able
to get a pc -e to take them.
T. J. B.
LATCK.
The negro Sheriff acd a negro posse wen
into Young 4 Sou’s banking house to arrest
them, and they refused to be arrested.
Keits talks of tending for troops. Nobody
and attended j hurt or scared.
T. -J. B.
(lu’iBi i
Chnrcli,
m ii ia circulation ia the Kuiiaa-1 1>. -
tr.ct for tho benefit cf Mr. J. J. Kih. who kal tk.
tuue to loao nearly all his houses and their en-
.teats last wee's The I033 fell upon a worthy
to $20 on every bale* cold in Atlanta,
therefore agreed among u-j whose names are
hereto signed, that wo will ship our entiro j tho
crop to Liverpool via Charleston cr Port Roy- !
all, sending our own supercargo, who will sell j nov
par in gold I feel better
and make it par
greenback is
ban when carrying
SPECIE IMY«ia.\TS.
\V0 call attention to a very striking letter of
tho President, favoring a return to specie pay
ments, published in another column to-day.
Tlie President's argument? seems to be:
The danger of ordering a return to specie
payments has always bo.-n that it would cansc
such a shrinkage in socnriLes as won d bank-
rapt tho country.
Now, that shrinkage has already ocenrrt h
Then let us take advantage of it and
at once!
dom should j South has given tho world the proof in a i n , - ., . .
: , _ . b 1 ! rectly to us for lao proceeds.
j thousand instancDS that what she cared to at- | , T
| tempt she could do, and do as well as any
■ rivals. But our love of a groove—how won
derful has been our sleepy love of that thing !
It is io sweet to glide and slide your way
down tho hill of life without any jir and
without tho bother of testing new vehicles or
untried motors. But a new age is upon us,
and let it be distinctly understood that new
men are giving it vitality and moulding its
destinies. Let the old fossil ornaments in the
political and material world rest quietly in
their cabinets.
Wc would add, ia conclusion, tint the fact
DIRTY, NASTY FRACTIONAL CURRENCY
issued. The system of inflating the
the manufacturer, and account cii- j currency is all wrong. As currency is in
flated, gold recedes. If looked at in the
, T .. . , right light, the laws governing the circulation
v "* oro *‘ ma * wo hundred b.i: js were sub-1 of money, whether iu gold or its equivalent
• I scribed before sundown. The matter has | iu paper, are ju^t as inflexible r.s nature’s
been placed in the hands of Mr. Jos. Reese, i Y?ith the ebb and flow of the tides. With
urrea.se of the Police Force,
j Tli? Mayor I113 cousiJUrably iii reaso l Lis j okce
| force, lt is always v«ry necessary to Uwc- a larger
; farce on in the winter than summer, anl cs in view cf
' the g cat Fair which opens here or.e week from to day,
| nv© luuTt necessarily be full handed iu officers of this
kind. We believe that the force for months past has
only numbered ten regular men ci d tea detectives
But they have perform? 1 their datv eo woU, that tha
city l as b?oa kept a’most as orderly r.6 wh n we use 1
to hive thirty or forty on llio force. The expense
saved ia this direction hasaxnonnted to ceveral thou-
Master of Alston Grange, Edward Ccx, and
others among the most enterprising and ac- j might only receive one dollar pe
live citizens of tho county, end it is confi- j be buys as much with one del
a depreciated euirency ft man receives two
dollars, where, with a good sound basis, ho
ay; but if
ot gold as
j On Sunday morniE^, Elder T. M. Harris, pastor 0:
j this ckurth, preached an eloquent ana impr?fi*ire ser-
! mon frem the follovirg vrerde e? recorded in Ike list
j three verges of the XL chapter cf Matthew's testimo-
j ny: “Como unto mo, all ye that labor, and sre Loavy
j laden, av.d I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
| you. and learn of me: for I era meek and lowly in
I b art; and ye shall find rest unto your eon’s.**
j Wc fe i our inability to follow the specter as with
l the most impassioned eloquence, Lt dwelt cu tboaob-
j lime potentialities 0XG0I in Christ. The Eavior.
j standing in the very midst of the common conditioned
j of earth, struck the k y note of husna hopes and
) aspira lona vriien Hs offered r?-t. I eCVr neither
j place or preferment; tut, corcc unto me, ye heavy
1 lad 2, an i ie shall find rest onto j our ronls. In an
j eminent decree the S*vi>r poefioswl that which He
j promised to give 10 u-au—t! a‘. which alone can
; cati^fy tbe icste longing cf the Lnmtn
I poui—peace; that r?ace which lha world can
1 neither give cor takeawsy. At Caaa cf Galflrc, where
| His first miracle was wrought, the Savior evinced an
j inward composure that was truly euti3in;e. At the
I marriage feast, Ilia mother, in that cx:itei date eo
| peculiar to her tex, ra:i to H.m, exclaiming, “They
| have uo wine,'* when, with a calm dignity. He replied,
| “Woman, what have I to do with thee; min© hoar is
j no: yet come.” And ea another oerauon, wh. n He
( and His disciples were launched oa board a thip,
and while Ho peacefully jHejt, a ttorm crc-3?, and
j as tho wares tossed the vessel abml as if it were
t a toy. Ilia affright:-! diacip'.es avoke flim, c J-
j ir." “lilts'cr, we p rish ” With a calm and Lea ealy
| exprts-. on His ..r_'c, Un arose, and with a voice ud.
A Geer;
ivy at the cotton \
dently expected tint two thonsand bales will ^ ^ " ith two dollars of . depreciated stuff, j Oeor.-i.'.msiher. ss
ipment by
lit cl
Ho seems to be very muck iu eirnest about ! °f Atlanta price for cotton bc-:n^ men-
i, aui wo suppose will talk to Congress j tione( ^ not intcaded to leave the impressicm
A DESPICABLE PRACTICE.
There is no practice more despicable than
that cf certain small politicians who, like cne
Mr. Eansey Sniffles wo Lave all read about,
keep then.selves in prominence and provender
by going about and setting the different
classes cl society •gainst each other.
Nothing is more beantilnl or more admire
ble than t’, mntnal dependence of the one
class upor the other. The mechanics are
powerful i . hemselves, but aro entirely de
pendent, in 1 certain sense, upon tho mer
chants, th; 1 inkers and the farmers. The
merchants, in turn, with all the cap
ital and ail ; heir education would bo utterly
powerless were it not for the strong armed
mechanic. A blow Etrnck at one mnst injure
tho other, and the success of the one is based
upon tho pro perity of tho other. No one
can fail to sec their perfect mutuality of in
terest existing hr tween tho various classes of
society, and he who tries to array one against
the other mns b ■ seekiug a cheap notoriety,
or working up a small ambition.
As example of this little way of working
things may be teen in the Municipal cam
paign war being waged in this city. A ticket
is suggested to tbs attention of voters by a
number of genii, mon who wish to see the
city government in good hands. After find
ing that there are no ralid objections to tho
ticket, an attempt i - made to play upon preju
dice, and tho “wool bat boys 1 ’ (mythical non
descripts) arc called upon to “rally against
the kid glove aristocracy.” Now what about
tho sense of this clamor? What rights that
r. workingman ought to Lure would ha fail to
got from a ticket beaded by John Collier—that
Christian gentleman—and composed of such
men as John Flynn, .T. Warliek, C. YV. Iltiu-
nicott. Bob Farrar, J. C. McMillan, Aaron
Haas aud their com; .v.i;cn 5 V The truth is
there are mote workie pr.cn upon this ticket
than upon any other C t has been nominated,
and if the “wool hot boy.,” (whoever (boy-
are) mean business, they will rally to its rap
port. But tho ticket was suggested to
court no clap-trap support. It is composed
of honest men,not as anxious for office as they
art\for good government, and is meant to meet
the wants of evory class of men in Atlanta.
YVhile we shall probably not vote every name
upon the ticket, it is, ns a whole, tbe beet by
all odds that has yet been offered, and should
command the snppr.rt of our intelligent cit
izens.
be rc u’17 for
vember.
Let every farmer iu tha counly of DeKalb,
dun’t it show that something is rotten, and
; that tho people know it? Why, I I
j young man, there are lots o( young men in
tbe country, plenty in Tcnuessee, who have
-tlottl
I-fifty vo
road to call
ra of aso, an
or of any of the adjoining counties, who de- j ue T er se l? /’ 8°^ °"' u tutir own countr y,
, , , , , and would be surprised to see the same. The
sires to make tho venture, apply at once to national bank system is all wrong _ all
tell yon, | than that of t
of cotton, and LaJ i
ti town foe tli© pur;
debt of forty d >liar.-
production of her
Joseph Reese, Master of Alston Grange, No. : wrong.
33, Dccalnr, Ga., and be will give tbe desired ,
information as lo when tbe vessel will be j
ready to sail from Port Royal.
Affairs at the Capital,
that Atlanta does not pay as high a price for
cotton as any other Southern market. The
Atlanta buyers are always ready to pay as
high as any other Southern market, but what | ex-president Johnson’s arrival—tiie story
the farmers complain about is that cotton is
below the Liverpool market even in New
York.
lOPOSED CHANGE IA' THE RODE OF
ELE-mOHin PRESIDES!*.
Fine leather will bo used cs a drot-s (rim
ming this winter.
Tbe question of a change in the mode of |
electing the President of tho United States,
has been agitating the public mind for some
years, and daring the last session of Congress
it took tho form of aa enquiry, and was re
ferred by the Senate to its standing ccmmit-
t f e on Privileges and Elections, of which
Senator Morton, of Indiana, is Chairm-.n.
This committee recently held a conference in
tho city of New York, and, it is said,
decided to report favorably, at the
next session of Congress, on tho plan of
Mr. Moiton for electing by popular vote, the
votes to bo cast directly for the candidate. It
contemplates, of coarse, tho abolition of tbe
present cumbersome and expensive Electoral
Colleges, substituting instead districts in each
State, equal to tho number of Congressional
representatives, tho vote of each district to
count one Presidential vote, the plurality in
the district deciding the vole ^of tho whole;
the candidite receiving tho majority of the
district vote to be accredited with the two
State votes at large; the recipient of tho great
est number oi vole; in nil tho States to 1)2 de
clared President. Tho election of Vice Presi
dent on this plan i-; the same. Such, at least,
arc said by a Now York contemporary t > be
its provisions.
While the plan of Se .ator Moiton evidently
works a change in tho rooflo cf electing the
President, it neither remedies the existing :
evil nor sati.slies the demand of the country. 1 f
It abolishes the lumbering and expci: .ive 1 j:
Electoral Colleges, Mis true, r.n.l in this re-
specl it i.; to bo cornnicnde 1 ; tut in no other.
"What tho people want is a direct veto for
tboir eh: f cx sitivo magistrate, flia great
democra’ic d c'rino of a majority to govern
m tho clricc. Iu this respect tho District
system, as recommended by Senator Mortar,
while it rids tiro country of the Electoral Col
leges and saves money, is loided down with
the very objections to which tho sys
tem to be abolished is obnoxious.
The people demand that they, or «
majoritj’ of them, shall control in
the election of tbdr President, and the most
formidable objection to the electoral college
system was that it allowed a minority to over
ride a majority, and say who should be Pieei-
OF HI3 LOSS BY THE SUSPENSION CF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK CONFIRMED AND
A HUMOROUS HIT AT THE PRESIDENT
IN CONNECTION WITH HIS OVER
DRAWN ACCOUNT.
Special Telegram to the Trees.
Washington, October 3, 1873.
Ex-President Johnson, accompanied by his
son, Andrew Johnson, Jr., arrived here tbis
morning, A reporter of the Evening Star
called upon him to day and had a long inter
view. The ex-President’s appearance is de
scribed as follows;
ms PERSONAL ArPEABANCE.
Sir. Johnson certainly holds his years well.
Ills face is as fresh as ft mountain rose, and
his complexion lair and transparent. He in
cheerful in his manners, and received our re
porter with the utmost courtesy. He was
clad in a full suit of conventional black, with
coat cut full in tho skirts, and a pair of roomy
pantaloons, black vest, well st arched shirt
and standing collar, with black necktie. His
son accompanying him is of ft ruddy, health
ful color, heavy built, nnd withal a scion the
great advanced nldcrmin should feci proud
of. Upon entering tbe room, our reporter
accosted Mr. Johnson ns follows, after ex
changing the civilities of the day:
Reporter. Mr. Johnson, it has been stated
in newspaper paragraphs that the object of
your present visit to Washington is to place
your, elf right, as you said, as to your
ACTION IN THE SURRATT CASE,
again brought prominently to the surfftuo by
tha rcc nt letter of Judge Holt’s.
Mr. Johnson. Well, I camo to Washing
ton, is my custom at inter vain, to attend
to a liltio private business. I don’t like to
answer your question, wait a few days, mul
something in connsc'ion therewith may de
velop itself.
AXDY 0 DEPOSITS.
view. I it true, Mr. Johnson, t-utyuu
1,000 on deposit in tho I Iz.it National
f this city?
Mr. Johnson. Yes, bii; j ;ai about that
amount.
ltep, rt-r. Was it a special deposit?
Mr. Johnson. Yep, sir, aud at'a small rate i f°r two coxuplct
of interest, I assure you.
Reporter. That makes you, of course, one
of tbc preferred creditors, as a special depos
itor ?
Mr. Johnson. Yep, 1 presume ro.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S DEPOSITS.
Reporter. Of course you heard that Presi
dent Grant was a depositor iu the bank ?
Mr. Johnson. Yes, und they say bis ac
count is overdrawn. Now, how easy it would
have been—of course don’t say I said tbis—
but how easy it would have been for Mr.
Grant to havo drawn a check for ihe large
nmouut he had in the bamc the day it sus
pended, and not knowing exactly how much
he should cheek for, aecideltaUy overdraw
seventy-eight dollars. Now understand me,
THE SURRATT CORRESPONDENCE
Reporter—Mr. Johnson, allow me to ask
i you a direct question, ns the lawyers term it.
Do you think the publication of the Judge
Holt version of your declining to interfere in
j Mrs. fcurralt’s cate was published nt the time
j it was to injure your chnnces of political pro-
I ferment in your native State—Tenuessee?
HARD ON JUDGE HOLT.
Mr. Johnson (smilingly and good-humor-
edly)—Well, let mo answer that this wi«=e
Let mo suggest something which may give
you an idea. Suppose a man had aspirations
to bo placed on the Supreme Bench of the
United States, and that, practically speaking,
hejmd been lost sight of by the American peo
ple. Now, suppose his desire to reach the acme
of his ambition constrained him to use almost
any means and nt any expense, how easy it
would be tj rake up some old story. If‘lhe
misstatement of facts in tho Surratt case,
which, from tho very prominence of events
which surround it would give him prominence,
why should ho not uso such means if they
were at his disposal. 1 mean, of course, ftn
unscrupulous ambitious man would only do
it. It ho wanted to go to the Supreme Bench,
and it became necessary for th-i people to be
prepared Mr such an appointment, ho mu*>t
first make them know b« still lives. The Sur
ratt case afforded him the opportunity—he
Q«sd it. You know a boy can’t fly his kite iu
a dead calm -ho must havo wind; nor cau
boys play at fives without a battery—ho need
ed wind and a battery, and tried to get them
over my bead. I shall meet all tbc misstate
ments made concerning tho publication in
due scahon.
It is understood that the ex-P.csident will
remain several days.
THE DESTRUCTION OF CURRENCY.
Your correspondent called this afternoon
upon General Spinner, Treasurer of the
United States, to ascertain tbc facts about
destruction of the greenbacks and the frac
tional currency, ns referred to in his annual
report.
. General Spinner M iL-1 that the Redemp
tion Bureau had greatly disappointed him in
its failure to mako a thorough statement of
j the destruction of tho ctim-nVy. It appears
(that the Rodempiion Bureau did not rhow on
1 their buoka tho amount of currency dt-stroy-
j cd and redeemed. The Treasurer has di-
I reeled that n new statement ho made on
point, it wi!1 be prepared iu a few
v. This year aha ha l, with no other a • is'.&ncs
hilJr *a, produced (bree hales
Drnia^ brought the first bale
of discharging an honorable
the
: • Mrs. Julia
3 the l
.vcigbed.
as being
sampled, she to. k out bar knitting noedlrs. took a
seat among the buyers, and bavlly plied them on a
pair of sock3 for one of tho littls loved one3 at home.
Her bale of co.ton was of tiis silk variely, aud readily
brought tho very top of the ma- ket.
We dare say tha*. this Georgia moth; r of tho ol 1 re
gime has money to spare for her chuich, auu that her
children will bo raised well. And these l*it two words
reminds u» of lha fiuest eulogy wo ever heard pro
nounced upoj a woman: “ Sho raise 1 a family of
seven children in pericct Loner.**
Personal Mention.
It was announced in the city yesteiday that Mr.
Dunninir, a e’erk cf tbs Atiucti rested jo, was in
town, bat we could not trace it to any authentic foun
dation. Hi* fiiends in thu city from AtUuta do net
believe him a di fau’.ter, and Insist that I’m ug’y ru
mors about Lim will ia the end prove without founda
tion.
Among ether arrivals at the Br u a IIoa ■» w no
tice tha following:
E L Litting, of Sivannah; S V Bei l, t Lm ..UAti, A
J McDonald, B&'.timorc. Cha-> A sin.!. :] and w»f.»,
Grifiln; Geo A Bowiey, Si Louis; D Fiko H U, A J
Orrvo, Atlanta. Ex-Jcdgo Montgomery, cf tie Su
preme Court of Georgia, ia also Et the B:\ wn H n e.
indie
ard c
Hoc
nd..
be still.” Tha posseaaioa of
this beivealy pexca is within ilscl. sufficient to prove
that Christ was. more llivn man; and b?-.ieving that II:
has tli:.* di-p.<si:ion and tho ability to beolowoa man
this grcahst of ali blessing*, tho question Cuiarally
arises, bow arc we to come to Him?
B-fore answering tliie question, it w:a thought prop
er to ascertain, first, who are no*, iavltia; and second,
to whom is the isviiatioa addressei?
1. Infants tro cot itvi td. Tiny arc with Him
air-aiy. *>Qt such,** sail th h_ : r. Ihe Ktar-
dom of Ueavea.'*
2. I -fiie'.s and aabeii^v.Ta a.-e u . inv.tcu; bec&au
“lie that e.ra jib to G>i rau§t bcli r. j that H) is. an i
that He i* a re warder of them t .at ddigect'y seek
II m.’*
Then who are included? “Ail ye that labxr aa 1 aro
heavy laden;*’ ^11 yo who nro ladeu with sin and are
wei'.y of earth's disappointments sad its blasted
hopes. Th ’so only aro invited to come, and how ? By
tho performance of specific ac's and obedienco to pos
itive law—by faith in Christ; repentancs toward*
God—such sorrow for sin will work a complete refor
mation of tho life and baptism into the ?.aae of tho
rather, Son and Holy Spirit. In this way *re ve ri
come, and when a man has thus ccme to the body (tbe
church) of Christ ho has to all iutents avd pur
poses accepted the Invitation. To render a
partial obedience will not safacc. The obedience,
like the reformation cf the life, must be thorough and
compute. Bat this ar’.uts that baptism is essential
to fa VAtion. Then be it to; for Christ said it, and we
should contend for the truth of Hie utterances, though
it necc:si a*.es the overthrow of all tho ays rms •*
earth. The inv.taiioa to corn .' docs not mean the an
nihilation of tho sp&cs that intervenes b.tween m.tn
and bis God; but it is a moral dis
tance an« must be measured a* G->d alcmo
directs. Having thus accepted His Invitation, tho
Saviour pays: “My peace I give unto y*.u; no. as xi 0
world k-v< th. g ve I unto y u.”
At the conclusion of this most interesting fcraiou,
A that on next Sunday i
•eld v
i sermon on “The Signs of th*’ Tim n
J. A.
day*.
’i'iu: I’orfi's New Clothes.—A Vwtr'.atst*
paper clrronicles tire iVfct tlr.rt Bio N.-rm i.n.r
(iren or.lers to Iris tnilor, B rf.relle Oiomir.i,
suits of elotliing, oue suit
for ftnlumu nnd ouo for winter wear. Tire
rnnteri.il m .1 is white ami so,ill. t doth. Be
ing an iuuriliuiuo user of snuff, his Holiness
requires each year tiv.‘ now whilo upper gar-
moats. Tlreso cost S80 each. His stockings
cost SI.80 per pair. Each red cloak costs
S1G0, and a pair of slippers made of red cloth
with a gold border, und embroidered with a
gold cross, cost $24, the I’opo requiring six
(inirs a year. Id ronud numbers, tho Hope’s
necessary outfit does not cost him much over
?HOO per annum—a modorato sum tor one in
hts position.
SlAC.n, tv-, her 1STJ.
■iaalioa cccurri-d at llyro-.i Station-
w Mucon, Saturday night,
i Wilson fired a pistol th
t rli.
White. Tbe ball struck him in the leftside, I purulent bloody, putrid, offensive, e;c. Iri
A brutal a
twenty miles
named Kelts
nt Fr
killing him immediately, He was arrested, but after
ward.* made his escape. The theory for tbc murder
is that a i;tere had been rabbrd, !»nl the asRasein
thought th * vlcliin would pcccfc.
Two ntw engines arrived in the c‘:y t!iia afteinoou
for Companies two ar.d four. That f.*r Ocmol;*»e No.
2. third c!a«?, of Ailcu’s patent, coat $5,003, and
uaicfd Sunri Ro?e, and will be tested Wedcesday
afternoon. That for Defiance No. 4, is third clas-,
Harrold patent, beautiful machine and c
named, llarroid will bo hero to-roor
when it will be tested and Mti?factoii:y
Cotton closed hoary nt HSgli V-
b.x'ef. Sr.l^a 500 halve.
Nj mptorn
Ok&tiuclivd'.H of naval passages, disoharge
A negro | falling into throat, 8oajc:imca profuBo, va-
wiodow j tery, acid, or thick and tenacious, mucous,
tin tun
r. Fat vu i
dentil bio
Lll tV
'id;;
l Sa
t $1,000, not
after noon
Tin
day evening, and mentioned in 1
last week, proved incorrect only as t
the name. It was not Augustus I,n\ ; . :
*tftte-l f but a Mr. Nolequist At tho time the
storm camo tnp ho, with bis wife, two child; n
and father worn in his dot»* stone hou n . The
wind disturbed the roof, entirely rcur v. d it,
wo believe, w la n the wli: lo party : h nh
in tho bar s Thi.-i was b'iu k i y lightning.
! and the father, l.u banJ. wii*; and two child-
re instantly killed. A span of horses
cow in tho burn were also killed. A
oliirra a dryness, we«k or inflamed eyes, ring
ing in ears, deafness, ulcerations, scabs from
nicers, voice altered, nasal twang, offensive
breath, impaired smell and taste, etc. l\w
only of above symptoms likely to be rr. >. ;
in any case at one time.
To cure—take Dr. Pierce"* Golden Medical
Discovery earnestly, to correct the blood nnd
system, which nro always at fault, also to act
specifically, as it do.e, upon the d;sc.\sc‘c\
gland j and lining membrane cf the noso and
its coniniunicating chambers. Tbe to.rr: 1
cc of this odious disease, the more potitiv
is my belief that if we weald make treatment
afui iu caring if, we must u ^
ict through th *
nd healing local
atarrh Remedy,
plied with Dr.
ct5 cur. s upon
ml tr<
Dr.
i ai Dot
tuisc,” r.
is mild, f
t
Ly'yieVD.
n j
Oamooa have gone out of huh on lor jewel
ry, having been mo'etdel by iatogUo*, an
tique it possible.
:t in pfrlcct or-
Medical Dit-eov-
ect.y safe, geientifi ‘
ling upon ar.d bcal-
iuth.it tfco pioprietor offers $60*1
a c.uo ho c.m cot care. All iLr'
r.*c: ", n.
1DRV neighbor, Charles Law u, passing from iTcpiictor, Buffalo, X.
his boose to Lis bara nftcr tic crash to see if • oc pj dtodlw.
any damugo had been done, observed tho tire —^ «-*-•
bursting from Nokquist’H barn. C>n arriving i '* Out, Damned Spot !
there he was unable to remove tho bodies, ! i lnumtion of Macbeth is mentally ejaculated
which become partially coobumcd by the j by every housewife when confronted by tho
The energetic cx-
entally ejaculated
. jnirouted by tho
flumes. The sud catastrophe occurred on tho : insniiold variety of stains nod spots that dis-
sontli fork of tho creek, near the ltundolph figure articles of household ornament and
road, aud in a southeast direction from town ' use. But tho “spots’’ are not so easy to re-
about ten miles. —Blue RapUls — xl » * —
Times.
(Kansas) ; move by ordinary means. A little' ftapolio
‘ brought iuto timely use cause* theta all to
♦♦♦ disappear us if by magic, and bring peac<
A critic say at hut uo English woman i f ml- j aud si’isfactiou to the housewife mind. A*
tivution wt j.ra her gaiter le’.ow her kn-
Is ruinous to tho calf.
nb it | cheap as common soap nnd ft hundred time*
j more effective. oct20-dlw.