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Newspaper Page TextTI I E W 1 I 1 G . REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR PRKJiIDENT, ULYSSES S. GRANT, or nuNCN* FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HON. HENRY WILSON, or KMliAclimTTE. FOR GOVERNOR, DAWSON A. WALKER, or wnrrvunm oovxtv. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. STATE AT LAMK. AMOS T. AKF.RMAN. BENJAMIN CONLEY. Alternate*. JAMES C. FREEMAN. w. h. McWhorter, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. First District. A. W. STONE Alternate. ED. H HOWARD. Second District JOEL JOHNSON. Alternate. PHILIP JOINER. Third District. AV. It. JONES _ Alternate. ELBERT HEAD Fourth District. W. AV. MERRILL Alternate. WALTER JOHNSON. Fifth District. JOEL R. GRIFFIN. Alternate. DAN \ JOHNSON Sixth I‘is!riel. JOHN F. SHINE. Alternate. J F. I,ONG. Seventh District. (’. D. FORSYTH Alternate. WALKER BROCK Eighth District. G. S. FISHER Alternate. THOMAS I’. BEARD. Ninth District. (’ A, ELLINGTON. Alternate. J. AV. O'NEAL Atlanta, (ta<, Thwr.'ilnx, Nept. 12, isja, The woini'ii <><’sho Hout h, iiurseil l»5 ItlnekM, Wttll llllinilll ptlMMloil, Illi •»!•>«» it <l*olll < Ill'll* Itlll-Ml'M, mill on iii*i*ix Ing ni the il|r<' «»i* piiberQ. lin oi«'<l In t «'li IllllUltl'Mt 11 lltiMil’O t<*li>*Htl I",V Mi'iiMim 11< 5 Iluroct ttinlry. The Greeley Radical Organ of this city denies that Horace Greeley wrote the following infamous paragraph: ‘•The woiiii'ii of Uie Hontb, nurwd by blnck*. fi11,.1 with nnilnitl passion, imbibe it treat tbtir nurses, atiJ on striving nt the age el pub.-ily. immediately urnuifest n desire to gialify Miisiinllty," Now wo have this proposition to make to the Organ: If Mr. Greeley will, over his own signature, disclaim the authorship of, or the responsibility for the publication of that paragraph, then, in default of our ability to protr that he did write it, or that it was pub lished in the Tribune by hiti direction, we shall discontinue the paragraph ns standing matter in Tin Want, and sub stitute in its stead Air. Greeley’s denial. This is a fair proposition, and wo only hope that Mr. Greeley may accept it. Otherwise let his Georgia Organ keep quiet Governor Smith declines to meet Judge Walker on the slump. The Greeley Radical Organ of At lanta snys the Democratic motto ought to be, “ United wo aland, divided we fall." But the Organ fails to state what the existing status of that party is. It’s motto was recon structed nt Baltimore, and note reads: “ Divided wo stand, united wo fall." Tin' IVth Consivsstonal Uldrlct AVe are glad to learn that Hen. John S. Bigby w ill probably l»o a candidate for re-election to Congress from his District Although that district has Ih'cii ho jerrymandered by the last Leg islature as to throw into it a majority of Democratic votes taking the hist election returns as a criterion -never theless, we believe that, with Judge Bigby as the candidate, the District can lie carried Republican. Judge Bigby is one of the few men in Geor gia who is stronger than his party. A man of pure personal character, fine abilities, and with an amiable record ns Congressman, he enjoys* the confi dence of the people to a di greet which seldom fulls to the lot of any man. AVe hope, for the sake of the party in that District, that bis nomination may be uncontented and unanimous, unit that he will accept the position. The vets lu Uio Louisville Ooavoulioa stood for O'Conor, six buudred, for I’eU'lleton, four. ••The Muth" te this Tiiv RepubliviUi policy stands up proved even by its enemies. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Conutituli.HU'l Amoidinents, nnd all the nets of Cuugros in concert there with, or in enforcement thereof, in eluding the Enforcement and the Kn-Khix Acts, stand approved by the enemy. Nay, they are not only ap proved; they are indorsed and adopt ed by the Democracy, in National Con vention assembled, ns " essential to jest Goveoxment.” Therefore, none of those measures arc longer on trial. Judgment has been rendered in their favor, nnd this, too, by their former assailants. Thon, whaTWthr issue? When till men nre thus agreed as and policy, upon what ground is a po litical contest to be waged, except upon issues merely personal ? This is, then, a personal campaign; it is the charac ter of the two men, nnd not the prin ciples they represent Hint gives rise to division of sentiment. Mr. Charles Sumner opposes Grant because the President failed to make Frederick Douglass one of his invited guests at n dining party ! He advocates the election of Greeley* because he as slimes that, were Greeley President, he would reverse this practice and unite social, with political Equality! Do Southern Democrats support Gree ley, ns against Grunt, for similar rea sons? Ono would litippose, from the past record <>f Hint party, that politi cal eipudity ought to satisfy their tie mauds; but it st urns they hiivo become so soundly con ici ted that they would fain enforce uncial equality also! Ah, but "centralism" and the "mili tary rings," quoth the Southern Demo crat. Then, why, ns between Greeley ami Grant, do they choose the former, knowing na they do, that ho is the greater Centralist of the two? Look ul Mr. Greeley's record for the past forty years, and sny whether there hits over lived on this Continent a num more devoted to the cause of Centrali zation ? Examine not only his writ ings in the Tribune, but ~hir- Hilary of the Into war, and deny, if you can, that Mr. Greeley is not the »i'wl ultra ami fanatical <f all Centralith? Nor hns he, up to this hour, over recanted or modified these extreme views. Ho liohla now, as heretofore, Hint the Stales have no rights except by the grace of the Central Government, Is it not the most altameless hypocrisy, then, to support him ns the choice of the States Rights Democracy? But "the present corrupt Adminis tration," says the Democratic apolo gist, "must bo supplanted by an hon est one 1" Then, is it true Hint, the present Administration i.s corrupt? Bare assertion is not suffieiont to es tablish thia fact. The people want the proof: ami Huh has never been at tempted. There is not the slightest ev idence of its corruption. On the con trary, its honesty ami its fidelity to prin ciple challenge the admiration mid respect of the world. Can ns much bo said of the notorious "Tammany Ring," whoso especial pot and chanip i< n Mr. Greeley Ims become in this canvass? It would seem, then, that, with mon less incapable of shame than (he Greeley ites, uh little would bo said on the subject of “corruption" ns pos sible I Well, but “llio bloody oha»ni" un<l "rcvoncilintion." \vry well! Who wrought that "chasm?" Democrata theniNelvcH have been nt great pains to convince tho world that it won CharleH Sumner, Lyman Trumbull, Nathaniel B. Bnnkn and Horace Gree ley who, as leaders of tho Abolition party, made this lent on tho American Union. And tho name nnthorities toll ns that this chasm was made “bloody” first, by Mr. Greeley's advocacy of the right of soecHsion anil then by his Sa tanic cry of "On to Richmond.'' And they tell uh, moreover, that this na tional sore was aggravated and in flamed after the surrender of the Southern armies by the Greeley h and Sumners, who instituted a new revo lution. over the pacific recommenda tions of General Grant, in his official Report of iNli.’i. This renew'd of the conflict, looking to the humiliation of the Southern people nnd the Africani zation of the Southern State Govern ments, Democrats say is chargeable to Greeley and his confederates. Such being the case, how, then, can they now urge the man who wrought this misery over the “bloody chasm ?" If the military Reconstruction mensuroa urged by Greeley and his associates, resulted in "military rings," then, by whnt process of reasoning can it be shown that Gen. Grant, who was charged by Sumner nnd Greeley with opposition to those measures, is alone responsible for their reaulta I In short, intelligent Southern man, even accepting tho Democratic prem ises ns lieing correct, look in vain for one creditabio reason why they should vote for Horace Greeley as against President Grant, If the utility nnd justice of the Rvpublieiui principles uro conceded by all tho parties hereto fore opposing them, thien, when tho issue of the can Vass turns exclusively upon the persona! fitiiese of the two candidates, the comparison is nil in favor of Grant. lie is lens fanatical. He is loss extreme. He is less bigoted. He i, more tolerant of the opinions of others He is less fickle. He is more courageous in times of peril, and more magnanimous in pence. To Southern mon, hi., past record is less offensive. He has never been abusive of his ad versaries; still less hns he ever de scended to the plane of the black guard in order to blacken the fame of the people of a whole State. Ho has never uttered one harsh or unkind word of the Southern people; still less has ho ever t;. :.cd slanderer and sought to defame Southern female vir tue. The educated soldier and chival rous gentleman has done none of these things, whilst the Editor of the Tribune has exhausted the vocabulary of abuse nnd obsccntity in his efforts Tte-iujsropresent nnd ridicule the Southernpeople before the eyes of the civilized world. x it is not strimgeXJlu reforo, that very many of the ablcsfNqind bravest men of the lute Confederate uzmiuH have declared their purpose to vote tor Gen eral Grant ns against Horace Greeley. They can do thia without tiny sacrifice of self-respect, especially since tho cam paign is purely a personal one. There is between accomplished and veteran soldiers, oven of opposing armies, a sentiment of respect amt confidence that is little understood, anti less ap preciated, by men who, like Mr. Gree ley, deal exclusively in u warfare of words; and tho physical conflict citib-«1, those chivalrous leaders of opposing armies have over boon tho first to give an example of reconcilia tion mid fraternal fooling. *- A Word to lllng Masters, • From its very first issue to tho pres ent time, Tm. Wino has been an in dependent Republican journal, wholly uiitrninmelcd by rings and cliquca. It hns had, and still has, but one lending object in view; and that was and is the reorganization, reunion and harmony of tho Republican forces in Georgia. Those who have rood ths paper need not bo told this. It has been apparent in each nnd every issue, ' ■ • Os course wo have been ngd arc op posed in work by the load ers of Rings. AsHthwiyo that tho Na tional Republican ticketwsqild be tri umphant, nnd this whether Georgia should go one way or the other, those juntas have boon interested in keeping the party in this State ns galoot as pos sible. Thoir aim seems to have been to prevent nccossions to tho party. They feared the accession of now and able mon ns the devil feats holy water ; all this flint 11 division of offices might bo made satisfactory to tho few who assumed leadership. It was 11 short-sighted policy on their part. B exhibited nothing so plainly ns their ignorance of tho char acter of the President, But what they lucked in wisdom and prudence, they have attempted to make good by zeal in carrying out their short-sighted policy. Honco, from tho very outset, Tiik Wuiu has boon terribly in tho wny of nil such mon ; and they have fought it with 11 virulence nnd persistence worthy of a bettor cause. But thoir fighting has boon in vain. The Wino to day enjoys 11 larger circulation than any other weekly paper in Goorgin ; and as one of tho good results pf its existence and its teachings wo point with pride to the late Republican Con vent ion nnd its work. Onr course in tho past is tho best guarantee for our conduct in tho fti tnre. Wo bid dofianco to a class of selfish and little minds who, failing to control our columns in tho intorosts of Ring candidates, still seek to impair the influence of tho pnper by insinua tions, covertly made, that its advocacy of any mnn for office is alwaya based upon u consideration. This lie, or something like it, liiih, wo understand, boon uttered in private letters written from this city to other sect ions of tho State. Similar represent at ions have, wo lonin, boon made at Washington ; but made in both cases only to bo laughed at. Is it not time tho viper should eoiiso gnawing his tile? Tho groat muss of tho people in Georgia uro Republicans at heart ; ami if per mitted to vote u* they please, will make Judge Walker onr next Gover nor, nnd curry tho State for Grant nnd Wilson in November. To this end wo again urge upon our friends through out tho Htate to perfect their county orgnnizntioiis. No time to lose. All should be up nnd doing. '♦ • «► From tho Report of the Comptroller General of this State, dated April 3, 1872, wo learn that tho sum of $387,- 72(‘> Ofi was eollectod and paid into tho Treasury, on account of taxes up to March 1. 1872. Since that time, there has been collected nnd paid into tho Treasury poll taxes amounting to some ten thousand dollars. Tho monthly rental of the State Road for the twenty months past, promptly paid in nt the expiration of each month, foots up IftOO.OOO. Half this belongs to tho Public School Fund. Then wo have tho sum of $037,725 00, that should now be in tl.j Treasury to tlxo credit of tho Public School Fund. And yet the teacher* tn the Stale are unpaid The { question ia, Whnt hw» become of nil this money ? I Jiitlae O'Neal on Hie Stump for tiiHiit. In our issue of Inst week, wo hu<l oc casion to refer t<> Hon. John AV. O'Neal of Gainesville, in connection with tho Preaidential campaign in Georgia. Mr. Hardeman, tho Chairman of tho Greeley Radical State Committee, mid by odds, the ablest stump speaker of that party in Georgia, refused to meet Judge O'Neal in debate upon an equal division of time. Mr. Hardeman know something of O’Neal’s power as n de bater, and conscious of tho weakness of his own cause, very prudently de clined to meet the gifted young orator in open discussion. Not so, however, with a Mr. Dorsey, one of the Greeley Radical electors in this State, who made an appointment to speak, lie accepted Judge O’Noal’s proposition for a diusion of time; and tho result, according to all accounts, will long bo remembered by those who hoard tho discussion. Never was a man more thoroughly used up py an adversary than was poor Mr. Dorsey on that occasion. Ho was met and ut terly routed at. vwsry point of argu ment; ami when he assayed refuge in ridicule nnd invective, he found to his amazement that ho had unwittingly provoked a stormlbr his own destruc tion. fair in argument, cool mid Holf-composctl in debate, Judge O'Neal ovjmok tho very highest abilities as ti logician; but when his opponent throw opon tho door to the arena of ridicule and sarcasm, ho seemed to rise uh Jost to the point of inspiration, mid carried his audience as if by magic. The result of this en cQUiitor demonstrated tho wisdom and prudence of Mr. Hardeman in declin ing to moot such ii man as Judge G'Noul upon tho Stump, before an in telligent audience! Judge O’Neal has boon one of tho earliest and most consistent of tho Re publicans in Georgia. His political record and porswial character is such as any mmi might well onvy; and, al though yet a young man, ho has filled many important positions of honor and trust in tho Htate Government. AVe arc glad to know that ho purposes n continuance of his active and effici ent campaign far Grant and AVilson. An able lawyer and eloquent speaker, ho is, if ho should live, destined to make his impress on tho men of his time, oven beyond tho geographical limits of his own Stalo. “ Hreclcy Never Miule Out a Lhir,’’ So says tho Grcoloy Radios! paper of Atlanta. It follows than that Greeley never was a slanderer of tho Southern people ; since, according to that paper, all his slanders were truths, and therefore no*'Glanders nt all, but merely tlamnum alxqw iiyurie Prom inent among those slanders is the fol lowing, which Mr. Greeley wrote and published before ho became a candi date for President, but which ho has never retracted, explained or modified. It is, therefore, Mr. Greeley’s present opinion of tho mon who are support ing him in Georgia. Hero is the par agraph : "Virginis wmt ;n Ind pally soltlcil by convicts by tbs oat-parses nnd stranipsts ofLomlon by mon sml woven of whom the Moll Finn tiers and Col. Jock of 1>« Foe sre excellent types. Tbiit Hlitiv, ns sll lliH world Snows, whs for years n penal colony of Great Britain, which MiiHsucbiiselts never was, because Mss anchusdts uever would tubmit to the Indig nity. Ho, nt n Into period John Westley found Georgia so full of blnckguarils that, though lie oarneatly desired to remain, ho wni> forced to return to Englund. Aa n geiicrnl rule, the emigrant scamps, who left their country for their country's good, went to ths Hoatbern colonies.” Now. inasmuch as Mr. Greeley still holds these opinions, nnd inasmuch as his trulhfiilnoHs is indorsed by the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, there remains but one infer ence ; and that is, that n man who can write thus about tho Southern peo ple writes the truth, and therefore de serves tho suffrages of Southern mon for tlu> highest office within tho gift of tho people! AVhen party spirit nnd tho love of office once siczo upon the minds of men; when reason is thus discarded ami mon rtm to and fro like madmen, there is all the more reason why men of clear heads nnd steady hands should be retained at tho holm of Government. Hero is Mr. Greeley's difinition of “a Southern gentleman." Let those in Georgia who contemplate tho eleva tion of this reckless old slanderer to the office of President, ponder well his words, nnd then say whether Gree ley Ims over “been made out a liar!” "If a mnu who «yxtntn»tlcslly dsfrsnAi hts luborcra of their biro—who lnoosra* of apsoeh amt Hi-nl la all hi» habila who is st ths best but half v<lnoete<! who sslls bio own cblldrsn who is always ready upon tbs allglitest provocation to aaaaiisioato bin antag onist who dsbanrhes all bis inaiit-asrvanta who happen to be good looking—who, being IhCHingbly idle, fluda bia amuoemsnt in drinking and duelling, in lynching and laa- C’vionaneM, in bav-rooin brawls and pot-bones joliUc« who. In tbs Isolation of bia planta tion, Hvea In a sort of aeml lgnorsnca of all that ia going on In the world—who pays Lis debla when he plMoes, and very often dots not please to pay bis debts iho potty, bully ing, blustering autosral of bio neighborhood if thio man bo also a gentleman, then the Huaeian Lords in tb< time of Peter the Groat wore geullomen, wbw they oonaamed tbolr days In ftogglug ae* fa ami tboir tdgbu Io swilling brandy." Extracte like tlioae might be multi plied almost iudGimte'ly. Indeed, Grcoloy's whole life has Im oii it lie and a slander upon one entire section of the Union. And yet, quoth tho Atlnii ta Constitution, "Groclcy haw never been made out a liar!” Complaintu are made in several counties nnd Congressional Districts in the State, of interference with local nominating Conventions by the State Central Executive Committee. AVe have received a number of letters from different sections of the State com plaining bitterly of this unwarranted meddlesomeness on the part of the Committee. AVe know not to what ex tent these complaints are sustained by the facts; but one thing we do know, and that, is, that the State Executive Committee should be, hands off' in all county and District nominating Con ventions. Least of all, should officers of the State Gbmrnittec use their power to force unpopular nominations upon the people of local Districts. It creates dissatisfaction and dissension in the party, and can but result in defeat, where otherwise our party strength gives assurances of success. By forc ing n'nf/ candidates upon the people of a county or district, contrary to the known wish of the majority of ths Re publican voters, wo invite inevitable defeat. Therefore, in so fur as these charges may lx> true, we hope this fer tile cause of division and bad feeling may bo removed, and that the Repub lican voters in each locality may be permitted to select their own candi dates for Congress and county Repre sentatives. Tho State Central Com mittee has nothing whatever to do in these nominations. It is beyond the prescribed limits of their duties, and tho people should take the matter in hand and make their own nominations. The H<l liirtrlct. AVe are gratified to learn that Hon. R. IL AVliitciey, our Representative in Congress from tho 3d District, will probably canvass the State at several points outside the limits of his Dis trict, in behalf of the Republican ticket. Mr. AVhiteley is a fluent and logical speaker, and will draw large crowds wherever ho may make ap pointments to speak. As a member of the State Constitu tional Convention of 1368, Mr. White ley distinguished himself as a close de bater, a sound lawyer, and an able ex ponent of tho great principles of Re publicanism. Subsequently, ns a mem ber of Congress, he made a record of which his friends in tho whole State, no less than in his immediate District, feel pround. Under the Into act of the State Legislature redistricting the State, his District is supposed to be Democratic. This was tho only avail able method tho Democrats had of keeping Mr. AVhiteley out of Congress for tho next term. Nevertheless, wo be lieve that ho can bo re-elected. He can certainly make a stronger race than almost any other Republican in it; and it is hoped ho will consent to make tho race. Scinitor illll’w Curd. Wo call the attention of our readers to tho card of Senator Hill. It speaks for itself. Senator Hill belongs to that rare class of our public men who disdain the use of political chip-trap, nnd stand f'unily and with dignity upon the broad foundation of principle. Upon this ground Mr. Hill has always stood as a consistent Republican and Union man, and wo confess to having been a little surprised to see liiii name mentioned by a Greeley organ as belonging to the Baltimore Dolly Varden crowd. Mr. Hill is one of tho ablest men of our Stalo, and his record in the United States Senate i« such as would reflect credit upon any man. Wo, are glad to sec that he has so decisively vindicated his name from any association with the schemes of the opponents of President Grant and tho Union. The last Ixigialature, famous forever for its imbecility, passed a characteris tic act to imprison or fine any foreigner laboring upon farms, or otherwise, who alia!! leave his employer before the contract term has expired. There is no provision made for the “ imprisonment or fining " of the em ployer who shall, through mistreat ment of the laborer, force the Utter to quit the service of his employer in self defense. Any scoundrel of an em ployer may thus use a poor man’s la bor, up to a certain time, and then get rid of him without giving him a legal right to his wages, simply by forcing him to quit by personal or other abuse. This law ties the ]xx>r Ulmrer’s hands behind his back, and gives the merci- Icss lash into hands of the rich master. Hnch ore some of the Ix-auties of Democratic rule. Can wo expect emi gration to Georgia with such outrage ous dospotiam staring the emigrant in tin face ? Certainly not It :>« evident that a fissure exists somewhere in the Greeley balloon; it ia collapsing slowly but surely, and the Grecky Bodicul organ, in spite of puff ing and pumping, finds it impossible bi keep the thimj afloat at a decent altitiid! Let her rq<. Exirsme brat continaas in N«w York. The glorious Republican triumph in Maine has thrilb I the heart of every lov r of hi . country, of peace nnd of good goviinment. Greeley Itadical ism, on tic oilier hand, has the “ dtmy m " t< rribly, and is ready to give up the ghost in despair. Greeley Radicals arc extremely sore and touchy on the “ political situation.” It you want to one of them “ with his eyes in a fine phrenzy rolling,” just a: 1; him how the " Greeley ground swell " is getting along. Just Mo. It UlMit 57 por cent, to celltct the internal revenue in thin Htate. That’s the way the money g.'i< « pop goes the- brandy ! AVe find the above squib in one of the Greeley Radical papers in Georgia. For shameless ignorance or bare faced lying, it deserves a premium. The cost of the collection of the Internal Revenue in this State does not, as the records show, exceed even 5 per cent, of the tax collected. But of course the Greeley Radical papers are not inter ested in giving their readers the facta. They seern to rely exclusively upon misrepresentation. A Mr. IL P. Trippe, a Greeley Radi cal orator, in a speecli made recently at Barnesville, and which the Greeley Organ of this city designates as "a very powerful one," said: “lam will “ ing to lie do ~ ii not only v.itli Horace “Greeley, but even with the Devil hiin “sclf if that would restore liberty to “ the country." AVe consider this the “most unkind est cut of all ” that the Devil has ever received since the day lie was kicked out of the sapphire gatps of Paradise. Wo protest, in the name of humanity, against a comparison so damaging to the diameter of u fallen foe. “ No more of that if you love me, Hal." •i hi; si pph p. <* p.i> a j:hi ism» . Tho lloii.l ComtiilHe* racy Muppri w Air. < liurli o 1.. Froxl’a T.. 41- many in neaer to r«it* * i*t< „r >*arty Pi l< ixl«. Ia the.r cfficial Report to Um l.o t i..lulure, the Bead Investigating Committee hupprcua the following textimony given before them un der oath by Sir, Cbaries L. Front, President of Urn Brnr.Hwio.k and Albany Railroad: “When I wan In Georgia making this «x --cbange (2d mortgage bond# for gold bond*) the four gentlemen called at my room, two of whom I understood were tho Slcssru. Tram mell; they notified rno that they had a claim on Kimball for forty-six thousand seven hun dred and fifty dollars, for services rendered in getting through the Legislature the act of the 17th October, IS7O, end that I should not leave the Htate with these gold bonds until I settled their claim. I replied that f bad nothing to do with them, never having em ployed them, nor had tho company employed them, and I would have nothing to do with it. f told them at tho time, If they would satisfy me that they bad a elairn on the company for their services, I would have it settled. Before I loft, I turned over to H. I. Kim ball, as one of the contractors, C 5 24 mort gage bonds, numbered from 1,601 to 1,065 in elusive, wlileh he used to pay these men, either by sale, hypothecation, exchange, or otherwise." [Nori:. ~on the margin of the paper in the original copy is written with lead pencil: “Take this out in copying."] "Take this out in copying Such were the instruction)* of this over-righteous Com mittee. How much more such testimony has been suppressed in the same manner remains a question of conjecture. Now let the Com mittee give their ro/ p.r i,ot allowing this testimony to go before the world! We are anxious to see their ev m e for this ijrpaite and one-sided Report of their so-called “Investiga tion." As tho matt' r now stands, It looks badly, A <»i 4 front IfoMe Jodiua Hill. The Greeley Radical organ of this city, in its issue of September 10th, contains the fol lowing explanatory card from Run, Joshua Hill: MxJrieox, September?, 1872. hlttora i':>Ml'leit'ion: You are mistaken in classing me witii Senators opposed to the elec tion of General Grant to tire Presidency. You may have inferred from my liberal and inde pendent coarse in the Senate, that I desired a change of administration. Or yon may have misconstrued my silence and inaction into op position. In either case you are lu error. True, I have f«r n . ; solely of a personal tbarseter. abstained from active participation In the pending contest; but at no time have I hesitated to express t»y preference for the re election of General Grant, and my great sat isfaction at the liberality of the Democratic •pttly in adopting uv their candidate a life long, perststent, and intolerant adversary. After their accr ptsrncc of Mr. Greeley as a candidate for the l’r<.wid«» 7, surely my Dem ocratic friend* will pardon any erratic voter, who may pr<! reo ether leas pronounced adversely. J like ijhcii'lit-. in politics, and selcnowiedge myself indebted to it for the po aition I now ocr ■;>>'. But marked es was the display of ge:i. -ity in my ' it is sur pasaed by the cordial embrace of Mr. Greeley. I never ma I-a political bargain in all my life. Tiie Georgia Democrat* Lad confidence enough in me to believe I would do nothing calculate 1 to harm the State, and gave me a voluntary and generous support I infer the National Democracy have a like faith in Mr. Greeley, and have accepted him, trailing to his magnanimity and patriotism, without ex acting a promise or a pledge. I have wen too much of mankind to con sent to become the zealous partisan of any one. I shall not despair ot the Republic, let whoever may be elected President. Personal ly, it will likely be of email consequence to me, who shall prove the successfat candidate. And yet. I Mncertly declare that unlettered by obligati',u» in the post, and without expec tation of any personal advantage from the re sult, from all I know of the respective candi dates aud the condition of our public affairs, that duty to toy country cud the best interest* of my family in.;*! sue to tb. support of Gen eral Grant My object in ad in .sing you 'bi* note i» merely to correct tLe rnuaf prehension that your notice of u.e may occoaion. Very re«t><ettoffy your obt.aerv't, J,;.«1-a Hltn. ÜBfIUUIA IV II 111 EK. The fall fights have opened lu Augusta. The Columbus Fair begins October "Ist. Columtras has a bonded debt of $1’44,500. Greensboro will soon have fine fairgrounds. Morgan county is efllictcd with the cater pillar. A railroad between Athens and Eatonton is projected. Corn and cotton crop* are fine and abundant in Forsyth. A new paper is to be issued in Newton, Baker county. The caterpillar is devastating cotton in Floyd county. Rockmart is shipping large quantities of lumber and slate. The cotton crop of Coweta county will be short this season. A railroad to connect Athens and Madison is in contemplation. Caterpillars are causing s great deal of dam age in Taylor connty. A lively campaign against foxes bos com menced in L’pson county. Several routes will be surveyed for the- North and South Bailroad. Jackson, Botts county, will soon have a handsome new court house. Dougherty county to make only a half crop of cotton this year. A paper is to be started at Cedartown, to be called the Cherokee Georgian. New fodder in Dahlonega is worth abont one dollar per hundred weight. E. Barrett, of Taylor county, was tataliy •tabbed recently by G. W. Wade. The caterpillar Las made its appearance in the cotton fields ot Baldwin county. The Baptists and Methodists are going io build bouses of worship! in Calhoun. Little damage was done to cotton by the caterpillar in the vicinity of West Point. The Okeefiuokee and St. Mary's Canal and Draining Company will soon be organized. The Lumpkin Telegraph thinks corn will sell for fifty cents per bushel in that vicinity. TLe caterpillar scourge Las appeared in Troup county. A two-thirds cotton ciop in expected. The new Lawrenceville court house has been turned over to the county officers by the contractors. Stewart county reports 775 white and 1,28 C colored polls. Its taxable property is valued at 81,797,232. The Washington Gazette runs up tho name of O’Conor for President on the Straight-out Democratic ticket The Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Kailroad is ready to operate fourteen miles of the road beyond Newnan. From July Ist to September Ist, 08,222 wa termelons and 17,782 cantaloupes were shipped over the Georgia Bailroad. CfHen Krpublican Meeting In Greene County. Greexhboko, Ga., Sept. 7th 1872. Editob Atlanta AVhig: Ata meeting of the Union Republican party of Greene county, held at Greensboro, the follow ing delegates were appointed to the Con gressional Convention of the Bth district, to be held in Augusta on the 11th instant : Win. Kocks, John Heard, Edgar Jerrell, Luke Jerrell, with their alternates; and the following resolution was passed: Resolved, by the Union Republican party of Greene county that Judge Daw son A. AValker, Hon. H. P. Farrow, John 8. Bigby, Win. H. Harman, J. F. Quarles and E. Belcher, and the nominee for Con gress in the Bth Congressional district, are earnestly invited to address the voters of Greene county, in mass meeting at Greensboro, on Saturday 21st inst. at 10 o’clock a. m., on the political question of the day. Respectfully, D. A. Newson, Secretary. TELKGItAPHIC XKVVH. AMBBICAX. Joseph Jefferson has been obliged to leave the stage on account of hi* eyes. TLe United States Treasury last week stowed a baUuce of seventy-two millions in coin on hand. The Indians are very troublesome in Utah Territory. The block below Union and Monroe streets in Memphis was burned Bth instant. Loss, $250,000. The State election in Maine on the Olh inst. resulted in a glorious Republican victory. The State was swept by tho Republicans, and the Groeleyite* routed “horse, foot and dra goon." The Republican majority is over seventeen thousand, being an increase of over thirty per cent, over the former election. Tho entire Congressional ticket was elected. Gov. Perham's majority may reach twenty thou sand. Alexander 11. Stephens ha* addressed a let ter to President Grant, urging that certain Ku-Klnx prisoner*, now in the Albany peni tentiary, be pardoned. Three outlaws were hung by a mob last week at Florence, Alabama. The Kansas Republican State Convention nominated F. O. Osborne, of Leavenworth, for Governor. A reaolution was adopted pledging the party now, as in the past, to fa vor free and incorrupt exercise of the elective franchise, both at the polls and in the Legis lature. The aggregate claim* before the Texas Bor der Commission are reported at eight million dollars. The general impression is that a searching investigation has been made of tho troubles on the lower Bio Grande, and satis faction is expressed at the result Great anx iety exist* among the Texans to learn the pro prosed line of action of the. government re garding these claims. The caterpiller* have done immense damage to the cotton fields of Alabama The State election in Vermont last week re sulted in a brilliant Republican victory. Re publican majority about twenty-seven thou sand, an increase of six thousand over the re suits cf the previous State election. O'Conor'* letter to the Lousiville Conven tion has been adopted as the platform of th • Straight-out Democracy. Wilmington Delaware elected a Democratic Mayor last week —the fir»t since 1860. His majority was one hundred. Seventy-six towns in Vermont elected seventy-one Republican*, four Democrats and one Greeleyite to the Legislature. The health of Chief Justice Cluse i: luurii better.