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Mutability ot Fortune.
Pinch, the thunder- bearer of the £reat
and nunoerou* party of high moral idea*,
waa none of your common darkeys. His
own race looked upon him, to use their
ow« phrase, as “ a quality nigger.” He
waa, so to speak, an embodiment of the
Ixmsted spirit, scope and design of so-
called progress and reform in public
ideaa and administration.
His case was even more majestic and
imposing than that of the “Guinea nig-
ga*a” and “savag a” of various kinds,
who are every now and then introduced,
with much pomp, into the British court,
clad in red breeches and golden epau
lets, to play the part of dummies in a
splendid pageant, illustrating the far-
reaching power and influence of the
id man of business in that tec- I UriHili Empire—to show tbattbo isles of
dvertxsing medium tn that tangf
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Til* TELEOBAPH AUD MKasiVGIB represents
tt.rne of the oldest note a papers in this section
of Georgia, and for many years has furnished
t\r earliest news to that large scope of Georgia,
'A' j '■ i na and Florida trading at this point.
Jt find* its way to almost every intelligent
(Telegraph S^fUssettfler
FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1876.
to h<
otul
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The Democracy Uesf to bo Ex
cused.
M. S. Dudley declare*, in the New York
Tribune, that now is the auspicious mo
ment to form a now party, as neither the
Republicans or Democrat* aro to be
trusted. Thu rascality of tho former,
and the weakness of the latter on the cur
rency question, aro tho reasons assigned.
Mr. Dudley saya "‘let us hare a rally
ing of all honest, intelligent, patriotic
men. 1 suggest a preliminary meeting of
a few true nnd tried men, to make pro
vision for a convention, ismu a call, and
devise a method of procedure in choosing
ilelugules, etc. Lee these men be like
Mr. Erart* and Mr. O'Conor, of New
York. Dr. Hopkins, General Bartlett,
nod Hon. C. I"'. Adams, of Mi“suchuaette,
ex - Senator Fotlsr, David A. Wells, and
Dn. Wool-i-y and Bacon, of Connecticut,
and men of like character and ability
through tho Western and Southern
States. Let the president* and professors
of colleges, teachers of high schools and
iiea leinies, ministers of the gospel, law
yers, pnyrici.ns, business men,all honest,
true, thoughtful men, who have held
tbumselvos aloof, in the past faw years,
from political conventions, come forward
and ru.life their influence felt in securing
delegates to this convention and in pro
moting its success. Thera are two prin
ciples, if no more, around which wo can
rally: •
1. Honest currency.
2. Intelligent and honest Civil Service.
We n.-ed candidates worthy of tho
•pooh. Neither of the existing parties
will give them to us. The party mana-
ger» will try to "Ax things,’ but the lead
ers of tho two coming conventions will
only look to the main chance.’’
Wo prophesy that it will be like "call
ing spirit* from the vasty deep” to get
the assent to any such absurd proposi
tion, of Mr. O'Conor, Mr. Adams, or Mr.
Erart*. These gentlemen have too much
good sense to jeopardize the great inter
ests of tho nation by inaugurating new
fictions and divisions, at tho very mo
ment when the united action of all good
nnd constitution-loving men is needed to
overthrow tho hydra-headed monster—
Radicalism.
As to tho currency question, pnrty
lines are not drawn closely upon it. We
brV i, thcro is a general softening of
the view* of Democrats in every so< , ion
upon this aubieet, and it is not too i net
bat sotuo happy i
t'li'ru will be bit
upon. whK w yj Ka ti g fy tbs patriotic
M 1 ” i. vv onslaught upon the ;
i :Hon at Wash- I
• n.i • 1 ■ in, »xpos ire and |
P i- —i"
go f.u io huh, f v .-are the Do-
mot racy of the nation, nnd nerve thorn
for tho grand struggle now so near at
hand foi the possession of tho reins of
government.
All questions of minor import should
ho innde subservient to that great end.
If tbo presont opportunity be allowed to
pass unimproved by the wrongheaded
obstinacy of certain party leaders and
interested capitalists, then the Radicals
will renew their lease of power. What
greater calamity could befall the country?
Let us first then vanquish the common
enemy, nnd nfterwnrds settle all differ
ences ns to matters of mere party policy.
There ought to be, and donbtlcsa tbe
sequel will develop a sufficient amount of
patriotic nnd conciliatory feeling on tbo
part of the victorious Democracy, to har-
monize all sections, and assure the peace
and prosperity of tho entire country.
Wo predict that this third party move
ment whioh is so obviously impolitic and
quixotic, will have a very meager follow
ing aside from the utopian “impraotica-
blas" who proposo to inaugurate it.
TUo Oldest Cavalry Corps In
the Houtli.
The nine8villo Gaiette gives a spirited
nccount of tho late anniversary celebra
tion of tho Liberty Independent Troop,
on the 22J of February. This corps was
incorporated in 17S9, and SAve the Chat
ham Artillery, is the oldest military or
ganization in tho State, and the oldest
volunteer cavalry company nt the South.
The company parndad with full ranks,
under the command of Capt. W. A.
Fleming, nnd waa reviewed by tbe field
officer of the squadron. Major Anderson,
of Savannah, who was present with his
staff.
The Major was introduced in a neat
address by Jndgo W. S. Norman, and
responded in appropriate terms.
Afterwards came a sumptuous dinner
nnd the annual contest with the sword
at the head and ring, for the prize medal,
which is worn for one year, and has been
the property of the corps for a half cen
tury. It was won by Sergeant J. B.
Martin, and presented by Adjutant Mel-
driin. the Gazette says, “in his usual
graceful and fascinating manner.”
The day wound up with a dance, in
which all the sorrows of the past were
forgotten in the joys of the present.
The old troop enjoys an illustrious re
cord. and is justly the pride and bulwark
of that negro-afflicted region.
Ox* cf our enterprising joung Macon
drummer* tells a funny tale on a learned
limb of the law who resides in a village
in Southern Georgia. It was when the
spelling bee mania was at its height, and
all the townspeople, including parson,
schoolmaster, lawyers, merchants, black
smiths and pupils were placed in a row,
together with visiting stangers, and put
on tht-ir dictionary mettle.
All went on swimmingly for awhile,
and it began to be patent indeed that
tne schoolmaster was abroad in the land.
Hut. unfortunately for the disciple of
Blacketone, the word “conscientious"
was given him tc spell, and h« utterly
broke down upon it. A malicious wag
accounted for it by saying there was no
such word in the lawyer’s vocabulary.
But this was a vile "canard.” and if our
informant whs not a right bower in the
Methodist zburch. we should set down
the whole story as one of Atlanta’s sen
na tionals.
the sea and the ends of the earth wait
upon her for law and instruction, and
that the slightest touch of her scepter
can, if necessary, transfer the lowest or
der of tbe human race, and even a bab-
boon or a gorilla, into a fit and lovely
companion for princes.
These spectacles at tho Coart of St.
James really mean little else than a com
placent strut of national vanity. So to
speak, they are the spreading of the gob
bler’s tail of British power, wisdom and
beneficence, and the blare of tho trum
pets and the general daze of tbo fetes are
the same as the turkey cock’s thrum—
intended to say—“look at me—see what
I am and what I do—and how I shine in
every particular—especially in the lustre
of beneficence. Bat a month ngo tbe
beings whom you see here shining in tbe
skies of royalty like gold beetles or june-
bugs, were running naked through tbe
woods, and bunting snakes and worms
for food. Now see what they are, and
remember it’s I. John Bull, who made
this change by tbe Bimple touch of my
sceptre."
There was a great deal of this turkey-
cock display in the efforts of tbe Ameri
can Radicals to push tbe negro into po
litical position; but unfortunately the
display did not end with the wearing of
a red breechclotk, and a mere pageant
and court spectacle. They could not re
tire him at a safe and proper time and
drop the curtain, so as to save tbe eihi
bition from grotesque, damaging and
silly aspects. The consequence has been
that tbo exhibitors seem to be becoming
painfully conscious that the sbovr is not
meeting their own expectations, and thoy
are " taking down” the actors so uncere
moniously that some of tho colored breth
ren arc becoming incensed, and some of
them, as wo have seen, are anxious to
take tho management and chuperonage
ontof Radical hands.
Tbe last illustration is the case of
poor Finch, who has been suddenly or
dered off tbe Senatorial stage, and tbo
doorkeeper of tbe Senate charged to lock
him out hereafter forever. Finch is to
day a sad illustration of the faithlessness
of Republican princes and tbe muta
bility of African greatness. He is shut
up, shut off and shut out by a door
keeper. He leaves tho theatre of great
affairs and men of might and mark by a
back door—kicked out aud told, in effect,
to take to razor nnd towel, to brush and
comb again. No wonder, in the words of
tho telegram, "this action is thought
harsh," Had Finch gained bis case the
arrears of back pay due tho "seat” would
have been over twenty thousand dollars,
so it is said; but instead of getting this
seat, to be compelled to «*•*<*'•«— *— "**
cutting, curling and easy shaving way,”
at fifteen pence a head, is harsh. No
doubt abont it. It is what even Squcers
himself would term "a fatal go.”
Governor bnilth Defended
the New York Herald.
•VY. refrained from copying th**
111 lawyer in fall practice. He had com*
manded a regiment in tbe army of the
Confederacy. He was disabled in battle,
inconsequence of which he was unable
lent personal atUck upon Governor to serve bis section in the capacity of a
Smith by a writer bailing frem Atlanta, tidier. He was sent to the Confederate
J ... , , - .Stitea C&ngress, where he served with
because of its scurrility and iow flung ^traction unt il the overthrow of the
tone. It was too contemptible for re* Government and the surrender of the
production. Now, however, we are glad Southern army. Immediately before
to note that the same great metropolitan i waa called to tbe gubeimatonalcharge
, ” , . , , . . . i of this State he served with acknowledg-
journsl publishes a reply, also datea from ; t}d abiIit y f M Spea ier of the Georgia
The Guano Trade.
Tho track of the Central railroad from
Macon to the Savannah wharves could
easily bo followed by tbe blind just now,
by tbe mere scent of guano and other com.
mercial fertilizers, and we suppose tbe
same fact is equally true below Macon, in
the Southwest. The movement of trade and
freights seems to bo, to a great extent,
movements in fertilizers. This fact, we
suppose, is attributable, in large port,
to tbe offer to "take pay in cotton at fif
teen cent* a pound.” In tbe present out
look of tbe cotton market, tbe offer of
fifteen cents a pound for it is magnifi
cent, although not payable in “rag
money.” The old hunter himself could
not withstand an offer of $250 for his fa
vorite bound, even though payment was
to be made in fire pups at $50 apiece.
As Mr. .Weller remarked, “it is the name
of tho thingas does it."
And then, too, the offer comes in the
quasi form of a bold backing up of prices.
It is encouraging, in that particular, and
tbe planter says to himself, “if these men
are willing to bet on such a price next
year, surely I can afford to risk my la
bor and capital on a full crop.”
These two facts may in fact, explain
why, with such an outlook as the cotton
market now presents, the planting inter
est are making largely increased prepar
ations for seeding the next crop, and they
also go to show that the anticipations ex
pressed by a leading Liverpool house the
other day, that a cotton price below the
point of compensation, must necessarily
diminish the product, are in fact, (as we
said they were at the time,) groundless,
with a season equal to that which pro
duced the cotton crop of 1S70-71. The
Southern crop of the current year will av
erage five million bales in all probability.
New
Atlanta, which has the-ear marks abont
it of Col. I. W. Avery. This is a calm and
sensible review of the first article, and
vindicates the Governor from the asper
sions cast upon his name and adminis
tration.
We print this, below, as an actof respect
and justice to* the chief magistrate of
Georgia, albeit the fact is well known,
that he is not our choice for Governor,
unless the nominee of the conventions
Atlanta.- Ga., March 2,1876.
To the Editor of f/*e Herald :
Oar citizens were surprised and cha
grined to read in your issue of the 25th
ult. a moet scurrilous and abusive letter
against tho Hon. James M. Smith, the
present Governor of Georgia. Tbe let
ter was dated Atlanta, February 19, and
was marked by a keen and fiery venom
which so inflamed tbe maddened mind of
the reckless writer that be was led to
tbe promiscuous misstatement of recog
nized facts with a most heedless and
criminal indifference. We do not propose
in this communication to offer combat
with the author of that wonderful pro
duction by invoking the aid of the well
selected weapon. In the use of which tbe
writer of that letter most prominently
exhibits a marvelous skill. In the rich
possession of such unenviable accom
plishment we intend to leave him undis
turbed. Nor, indeed, would we give ex
pression to our honeat indignation ot the
composition and publication of such an
ill-founded and violent article were it not
for the national circulation and acknowl-
edged eminence of the journal in which
it appeared. We can but feel assured
that a journal characterized by snch uni
versal catholicity as thq Herald could not
have intended by the publication of that
letter to offer an insult to the good peo
ple of Georgia or willingly to have done
to gross an injustice to her chief execu
tive. For such a letter to have fallen
lifeless and without effect it was only
necessary that its publication should
have been made withi^ho borders of
this Commonwealth, part of the
press throughout this State, even though
not in complete harmony with the pres
ent administration, would have extended
no encouraging countenance to such un
just invective nnd palpable misrepre
sentation. Inasmuch, however, as that
TI1IADK OF ABUS*
drew its first breath through the columns
of a leading journal of another State, the
extensive circulation of which places it
before the nation, we ask that tho follow
ing review of some of the assertions in
that letter shall follow in tho wake of the
same circulation, and to which we invite
the attention of the country and the
judgment of the impartial citizen. Upon
the very threshhold of his communica
tion tbe author of that notable letter
mnkeB the following proclamation to the
people of this country:
“Georgia, in this centennial year of
onr national existence, is in a far worse
condition than she has ever teen since
her first settlement."
What a noble typejof patriotism, and
what a lofty State pride animated the
heart of that Georgian (if Georgian he
be), who was thus impelled to hold out
to the nation such a magnificent induce
ment for ready immigration, and who
would thud so generously and unselfishly
extend so boundless a buoyancy to the
credit of onr State in the markets of the
world. If there is any real philosophy
in patriotism, if there is to be found any
solid "substance, any dignity in State
pride, we believe they support the en
couragement of the truthful condition of
affairs for the probable benefits that
f'"Vfnr n »?' rKt1 - ier - than
joiiow.
THE EXISTING SITUATION.
Feace and quiet reign throughout our
State ; the law is impartially administer
ed; a most perfect security is extended
to both life and property; our people
are all hard and hopefully at work, and
while her industries share, to a certain
extent, in the feeling of general depres
sion which weighs at this time so heavi
ly npon our whole country, Georgia looks
through the bright medium of her splen
did resources, through the strength of
her laws and the ardent love and deter
mination of her people, to what Bha be
lieves to be an encouraging present and
brilliant future. Why the Governor of
Georgia should have been attacked in a
style and manner so denunciatory, and
why so great an indignity should thus
have been offered to our Commonwealth,
we are totally unable, with the lights
before us, to understand. Tbe gentle
men whom the Governor has gathered
immediately nround him arc all men
of quiet, unobtrusive, dignified de
meanor, .and are to-day, in their
several and respective capacities, in
tbe full enjoyment of the respect and
confidence of the peeple. By whom has
it been decided that Gov. Smith "ia one
of those men who, unfortunately, figure
too-frequently in the world’s history?”
What was the basis of such conclusion?
Was the sjBtem of reasoning by which
this result was reached prompted by a
sore disappointment or some personal
pique ? Tne heated hostility to tbe Gov
ernor is clearly exhibited in the first al
lusion to the Erecutive, and continues
to wax stronger and more pointed until
it reaches a flaming climax of hate in the
lost reference to His Excellency, "where
passion takes the place of reason,” and
justice is overwhelmed by the power of
personal spleen. Happily, however, the
reputation of a distinguished officer, “the
rights and liberties of a citizen, the hon
or of a government, are not, under onr
laws, at the mercy of any one man, no
matter how vindictive.” It is true that
the conduct of a public officer is properly
a matter for review by the people ; but
in manly consideration of individual feel
ings, and the worth and dignity of pri
vate character, would it not be a wise
step toward reform, in this regard, for
the press of our country to elevate the
standard of criticism ? See in what a
false light the Governor of Georgia is
paraded before the readers of the Herald.
"A view of H13 Excellency as he prom
enades up and down the streets of Atlan
ta is the sublimest spectacle that ever
greeted mortal gaze. The appearance of
Governor Smith as he goes to and from
the capitol, for pure, unmitigated, unpro
voked and inexcusable grandeur, far
House of Representative*. Do such
evidences of the people’s regard argue
that his only qualification for office waa
that he was “unknown,” or establish bis
positive obscurity?
We will make here but a slight allusion
to tbe "deception” which Governor Smith
invariably practices upon applicant* for
appointment to office at his bands. I ap
plied to Governor Smith for an appoint
ment to office, which he had at his dispos
al. He did not deceive me or attempt so
to do, so far as I could discover. He re
ceived me with friendiy courtesy, and
positively assured me that my claims
would be properly considered by him in
connection with the position; and I can
bear personal testimony to the fact that
the consideration of my name in connec
tion with tbe position is the only connec
tion with the place which I have ever
enjoyed. I presume that the Governor
made up his mind—and the wisdom of
his decision I am not sufficiently disap
pointed to questton—after canvassing
”my claims.” and duly concluded that I
had none. I am very sure that the result
plainly illustrated the fact that the Gov
ernor acted most thoroughly in accord
ance with such a conviction. I hnmbly
confess, in this connection, that I am not
an office-holder, nor is there a prospect of
my being one, as "the loaves have been
divided and the fishes distributed.”
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
A brief glance at the " financial chaos”
in Georgia and the " disastrous adminis
tration " of Governor Smith. When the
present Executive came into office Geor
gia bonds were worth from fifty-fiva to
seventy-five cents in the dollar, and to
day, beneath the gloom and shadow of
his " disastrous administration," they
are worth from ninety-five cents in the
dollar to 110. Onr public debt has been
well ascertained, and the interest on it
regularly and punctually paid. The
greater part of this debt was created by
carpet-baggers, thieves, scalawags and
robbers, who were floated to the surface,
brought into position and forced upon
the notice of the public by the recon
struction measures of Congress. Our
finances have received a thorough over
hauling and Lave been put in sound con
dition. In performing this doty a rigid
investigation disclosed the fact that tbe
Taeasurer of the State was unable to ac
count for about $300,000. In conse
quence of this discovery the Governor
proceeded to displace him from office,
and we firmly believe that the people of
Georgia approve of his “action in this
matter, your correspondent to the con
trary notwithstanding. For further in
formation on the question of Georgia
finances we respectfully refer you to your
own financial and commercial columns,
in which Georgia securities are quoted.
You will see that Georgia securities are
put down at a higher rate of quotation
than the securities of any Southern State.
Still, with these facte before the country,
the nation would be led to believe that
there exists to-day in Georgia a wild and
reckless administration of public affairs,
and that the Empire State of the South
was sadly cursed with a’ muddled, disor
dered and disastrous financial condition.
I would do a flagrant injustice to tbe
commendable jorbearancp, the marked
statesmanship and the positive foresight
of the present Executive, should I bring
this communication to a close without
some proper allusion to the
BECENT NEGRO DISTURBANCES
in Washington and the adjoining coun
ties. It is true that the people in that
section of Georgia were much concerned
and in a state of great excitement over
wbat they believed at tho time to have
been a well settled plan, npon the part of
the negroes, which tended directly to-
plewero^xcifcdi'and^mbst serious trouble
was threateningly imminent. The Gov
ernor of Georgia went wisely and prompt
ly to the scene of action. He went not
in thecause of war, but he went among
his people as a sincere messenger of
peace, quiet and good order. It was said
that the Governor could not resist the
temptation to play the demagogue, and
"harangued tho people in a series of in
cendiary and inflammatory speeches,"
but the whole people of Georgia are
ready to rise in earnestand emphatic con
tradiction of this bold and unwarranta
ble assertion. Governor Smith acted
well the part of the patriotic statesman.
He appeared in the midst of the excited
populace. He wisely counseled peace
and a strict observance of the law. He
earnestly endeavored to “pour oil upon
the troubled waters,” and to the very ex
tent of his ability restored harmony be
tween the disturbed and divided sections.
The State of Georgia holds to-day in
grateful remembrance hie services in
ihis regard.
Governor Smith’s whole administra
tion has been characterized by a won
derful prudence and foresight, a marked
sagacity and a manly resolution, which
have commanded the applause of the
press, and the confessed admiration of
t!:.- people.
Though this letter is written without
the knowledge or consent of the Gover
nor, we feel confident in stating that, at
the close of his term oE office, if it should
be the will of the people for him to "re
tire to private life," there could be found
in this Commonwealth no mau who
would more gracefully yield to the pre
ference of the people.
In conclusion, we will say that, had
the affairs of Georgia been, in fact, in so
terrible a condition as pictured by your
correspondent, it occurs to us that it
would have been the worst of policy so
cheerfully to have published our dis
grace to the world. We believe that,
under the most trying and distressing
circumstances, we would stand far more
in need of the cheering encouragement
and earnest support of true and devoted
patriots at homethan of the mo3t bound
less pity which conld possibly be ex
tended from abroad. Fiat.
l-’HOH WASHINGTON.
Hooka for tlie .Public
Jhlbrary»
Very few days pass without new and
well-chosen books beiDg added to tbe
1,900 volumes already on tbe shelves of I surpasses them all.”
our Public Library. This picture is that of a pompous.
That excellent series by Jules Verne, f™-' ?■*"**
*1 ! ting individual. Now the facts in the
called “The Mysterious Island, were j ca je, as are known to the people of Geor-
received yesterday, in two volumes, viz : gia, show that Governor Smith is one of
“Dropped from the Clouds,” and "Aban- I most quiet, modest and thoroughly
*■ t
by Burner Eytton, and two copies of j from dealing in conspicuous grandeur it
“Maud Mansfield,” by Mrs. Frances I appears that quite the reverse is true.
Hamilton Hood, of Rome, Georgia. This Daring his whole term of office—nearly
novel is just published and bound by J. ! Sre b °™ s -
_ x. , X J I or carriage. He waiks fiotn his home to
W. Burke & Co. to the capitol, where he is always to be
Mrs. Hood is tbe accomplished sister found in the earnest and busy discharge
of Capt. C. A. Hamilton, of Jones conn. ! his otS' !a I dat y to his Slate and bis
ty. and was educaied at Wesleyan Fe- P?° P H' H ! £ for th f P|°P, !e ot ' j dosing Mr Bristow will soon begin
J c , . J Georgia a laudable example of clever, ; to take a melancholy and mournful pride
male Col.ege. is the wife of Judge i unostentatious bearing and of marked in him. He will be forced more and more j
D. M. Hood, of Borne. Her book will be : and striking economy. It has been to abandon his old chums who have be- }
sought eagerly by her old acquaintances i charged by your correspondent that Gov- | trayed him and to trnst to the better |
and friends in Macon ernor Smith's administration “has been and greater influences around him. So I
c * a gigantic blunderthat previous to hi? far as the administration goes the Balk- |
* • * election to the Governor's chair “he bad nap affair merely kills Grantism deader
How to Pronounce It. for nearly sixty years lived in Georgia, than ever. Its effect on Congress and j
The name of our infamous ex-Secreta- during which time he bad revelled in ob- , party politics a le?s clear. Nothing is so |
ry of War is called so often that it may | It was further charged that | unlucky for the Democrat* as apiece of
not be out of place to say that in pro
nouncing it the “k” is silent, and the
The Springfield Republican has this to
say of the effect which Belknap’s fall
will exert upon Grant:
On President Grant the revelation
comes at this moment with crushing
force. His particular friends have been
detected, in the past few months, in al
most every form of betrayal of his friend
ship and of his official trusts. Some of
them have gone to the penitentiary, »nd
Gen. Bibcock is only just restored to
him, a half vindicated and distrusted
man. The President has been compelled
to make peace with the Cabinet officer
who has shown the most courage in the
parsait of guilt. And now Belknap, who
counted one in the Cabinet against Bris
tow, and more than one in the unscrupu
lous zeal of personal loyalty with which
he has sought to serve the President’s
friends, and Stewart, his colleague, has
himseif fallen in a day—Belknap, not
merely the fnend of Grant, but the
President’s own discovery and manufac
ture. No man in tbe Cabinet owed less to
himself and more to the President. The
immediate political effect is, first, to
greatly strengthen anti-Grantism in the
Cabinet. The President, so far from
Edit.rial Correspondence, No. 28.
Washington City, March C, 1876.
the bxlknap blow up.
The echoes of this explosion are still
reverberating over the country, and
gather increased volume every hour.
The Rads are hiding out as each report
is beme upon the air. and of all the mis
erable, panic stricken people that ever
found themselves sailing through the air,
their condition seem the most desperate.
They have been terribly stunned—almost
to insensibility. I doubt whether their
leaders have been in snch awful fear
since the day Beauregard sent their
legions swirling back to Washington in
1S61. They Beem unable to rally, but
the force of discipline, and the tremen
dous stake they are playing for, will
doubtless enable them to reorganize their
shattered battalions for one more cam
paign. They fully realize the nature
and extent of the gaping wound Bel
knap’s crime has made in the party, and
will dare and do all to close it up for tho
coming fight. But Belknap’s is only the
forerunner of others that the Democrats
mean to unearth, and by the time Con
gress adjourns, the load will be heavier
than wa3 ever saddled upon the shoul
ders or any party in this country. If
Radicalism has not read its final doom in
the disclosures already made and to be
made within the next ninety days, then
have the American people lost their
shamo and sense of national honor.
From all quarters come the cumulative
proofs of the wide spread and intense
conviction that the time has come for
the final trial, conviction and execution
of the monster. The God of Heaven be
be praised for this 6hinmg bow of prom
ise!
grant,
they say, maintains nis usual dogged re3
olution'and impassive pluck through all
these tremendous events and foreshad
owings. He breasts the storm with the
same courage and contempt of popular
indignation that have always character
ized him. The same spirit that could
enable him to go out on the morning of
the disclosures and calmly sit to an artist
who was making his portrait for an hour
and a half is still strong within him. He
has doubtless fully accepted the fact that
a third teim has no longer tho ghost of
a hope, but he still holds on his course
without a waver. If his courage is not
of the highest order it certainly has not
and will not blench. He will go down
without blenching, and with sails all
full and colors flying. Be suro he will
"die game.” The only Bign even of wa
vering he has shown i3 the dismissal of
beloved Babcock, who, it is now reported,
will at once return to bis duties as an
army engineer; and this step, it is pretty
generally believed, was determined upon
before tho Belknap revelations.
THE REVELATIONS TO COME.
It seems taken for granted that Bel
knap's case is only the forerunner of a
flood of similar infamies that are bound
now to be uncovered. The air is thick
with rumors and suggestions. Men
whose mouths have been closed through
fear, or interest, or other causes, are now
coming to the front with whispered hints
and suggestions that foreshadow a terri
ble crop of damaging facts when tbrir
Hilence is fully broken. If the investiga
tions now on foot “pen out” as they
promise, there will he .rnough to keep
Congress in session until late in the Cen
tennial. But let it,all come. There must
be a reckoning some day fotr the crimes
and infamies perpetrated for fifteen long
years by Radicalism in the name of lib
erty, and there cannot be a better time
than the present. If the reckoning he
postponed much longer, there is danger
that there will not be enough of the salt
diA-take it. Hon glorious will it be to
watch the flapping wings and listen to
the hoarse screams of the noisome birds
of prey as they are driven from their
nests into the broad light of day 1
THE EFFECT
of the recent revelations upon the com
ing elections in New Hampshire and
Connecticut—the first on the 35th inst.
and the latter next month—it is conceded
will be very marked. The Radicals, un
til Belknap’s fall, confidently claimed
New Hampshire by 1,000 majority, and
fully expected to carry the Legislature
in Connecticut. E ich party sent half a
dozen speakers to Now Hampshire from
the House last week, but the Radicals
expect little good from their men, one or
two of whom had to be almost forced off.
Mr. Bell, M. C., of New Hampshire, tells
me that party lines have been drawn with
even more than usual strictness in that
State this year, and that while the Dem
ocrats have had their prospects greatly
improved since last week, the contest
will still he close. The Radicals have
been badly “ hacked,” he thinks, but will
make a contest of desperation. In a
State that usually votes within one or
two thousand of its full strength it must
be something extraordinary that can
turn very heavily one way or the other.
In Connecticut, however, the Jacobins
will get an awful licking, and Mr. Eng
lish, or some other Democrat, will be
sent to swell the Democratic strength in
the Senate. In my humble judgment,
the aweep'of the Democratic current will
be found stronger in both States than is
even generally anticipated. Aud I base
my opinion upon the fact that other dis
closures of official rascality will he un
earthed by the Democrats in time to sup
plement the effect of the Belknap ex
posure.
WHAT " SOCIETY ” THINKS OF IT.
Of course " society" has been awful
ly exercised by the late developments,
and the tougnes of the women clack like
knitting needles in full swing over the
unctuous details. Some pity, others
rather gloat over the fall, as is the man
ner of men and women the world over—
especially the latter, who shine in wbat
is commonly known in the country as
"fashionable society.” They recall all
the slights,'fancied or real, received
from the proud, beautif ll Mrs. B. and
now roll the story of her downfall under
their tongues as the sweetest of morsels.
Those who liked her sing a half hearted
miserere over her fate and dismiss the
subject from their minds, while her dear
enemies inflate their little soul3 with
gratified spite and chuckle: " I told you
such extravagance could only be under
stood upon the theory of something
wrong.” So they go. Tho peepers say
only " a few friends have called ”—which
is just what might have been expected.
The “ society ” of "Washington city, es
pecially, don’t waste either time or sym
pathy over “lame ducks.” No more
" cham,” nor elegant suppers, nor fat
contracts from B, and he may go hang.
And so runs the world away. R.
GKANTlS-ti hi I ilk V- R 1 ft' •
Official Corruption Even In the Re
motest Cornerof the Kepublle.
Washington, March 5. — Captain
Campbell, commanding the'post at Sitka,
Alaska, says in a letter to the Secretary
of the Treasury: “I will state that the
impression made upon me as to the zeal
of the customs officials for the suppres
sion of illegal trade is not very favorable.
I was obliged to arrest the Deputy Col
lector, Carr, at Wrangel, last year, for
the violation of the liquor law and mal
feasance in office, in regard to the custo
dy of seized property, and since then all
kinds of rascality ate being found out
against him. The Deputy Collector,
McKnight, at this place, encouraged the
violation of law by purchasing liquor he
knew was illegally sold. The customs
officer* are directed by the_'Hon. Secre
tary of the Treasury to assist the mili
tary in the execution of the non-inter
course laws, but they never, or rarely,
actually do anything.”
Four Tennessee Brothers Silled by
* ‘ an Illinoisan.
Wittsburj (Ark.) Correspondence of the Mem
phis Appeal.J
I give you an account of a shooting
affrav which happened ten miles from
Wittsburg, in Arkansas. I was sitting
on my horse, talking to a young man
from Illinois by the name of John C.
Rimge, when two men, well mounted,
rode up, drew their pistols, and fired at
young Runge, at the same time remark
ing that he had killed their two brothers
some two or three months ago, but d—d
if he could kill them. Such rapid shoot
ing, with as deadly effect, I never wit
nessed, although I served in the army
four years. Both of the strangers were
killed. Runge’s horse went down at the
first fire, when he placed himself behind
the dead animal, and two shots from his
pistol killed both of his enemies. Runge
then came to where I was aDd told me
that he had had three different shooting
scrapes with this same crevy, and he was
getting d—d tired of tho life he had to
lead. He took one of tho dead men’s
horses, gave one good look at his victims,
handed me twenty dollars to bury them,
and rode off. He has been pursued, but
has not been heard from since. I have
heard that the two men killed were
named Williams, from Tennessee.
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Collections made on all accessible points.
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Interest paid on all .urn. from $1 upwards.
msr6 ly
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EXCHANGE BANK OF MACON 1
Office In Huff’s New Building.
Receives Deposits
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Makes Advances on Stocks, Bonds, Cotto
Store. Also on Shipments of Cotton.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
fehl&ly
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Bankers and Brokers,
HACON, GEORGIA.
Buy snd Sell Exchange. Gold Silver, 8tocks ana
Deposits deceived
On Which interest will be Allow**
AS AOBFBD UPON.
PAYABLE ON CALL.
AdTincw made on Cotton nnd Pr*
duee In Store.
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TRANSACTS A GBffiAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Ofllct hour*, O to 1 and S to 4.
New York Exchange 1-4 Prem.
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Ianl5'75-ly.»
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DR. W. W. FORD.
DENTIST
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my 27 MACON", GA.
accent is on the 1—thus Belnap. This is a
small matter, but let us not mirepresr-nt
one of the great Ulysses Cabinet men in
tbe sound of a single 1-tter.
J- w. Hisf has a cattle ranehe in
Northern Colorado-!50 miles long, upon
which 26,000 head are maintained.
the people of Georgia, “in obedience to
I a cowardly and ultra-conservative fael-
i ine, contemptuously thrust aside her
| gifted sons and fished up out of the low-
. est deeps of obscurity” a man whose
! highest qualification was that he wa?
• "unknown.” Now, throw
THE LIGHT OF KNOWN FACTS
upon this statement, and mirk how resd-
i iljr tbe complexion of the assertion
1 changes. Previous to Governor Smith’s
I election he was recognised as an able
j-^-d In k. On the other hand, the char
acter and manner of the offence give it a
p- r.oml and family air, of which the Re-
public ,ns will take the advantage to> de
ny its political significance.
A Frenchman who ha* lived in Amer
ica for some years save : “When they
build a railroad, the first thing they dots
to break ground. This is done with great
ceremony. Then they break the stockhold
ers. Tuis is done without ceremony.
A statement made by the Adjutant
General, giving the nationality of men
enlisted in the United States Army from
January 1, 1865, to December 31,1874,
shows the largest enlistments to have
been made from natives of the following
countries:
United States 97.000
Ireiand 38 649
Germany 23,127
Rngiand 9.037
Canada 4,703
Scotland 2,456
France 1,592
Switzerland 1.5G2
There haTe been smaller enlistments
from nearly every other nation on the
globe.
Like the Democratic House at "Wash
ington, the Mississippi Legislature does
not coufine itself to impeaching Radical
corruptionists, but is also actively re
trenching, having reduced the pay of its
own members from $500 to $300. The
t->tal saviag on legislative expenses is
$35,000.
That wasn’t the sort of economy our
law makers wanted.
1837. THE 1876.
SOHTHEB# CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Rev. F. M. KENNEDY, D. D„ Editor.
Rev. J. W, BURKE, Assistant Editor,
Rev. A. G. HAYGOOD, D. D.,
Editorial Correspondent.
THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME.
rPHIS RELIGIOUS FAMILY WEEKLY, es-
JL tablished in 1887, hnving for the hcodo of its
circulation Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and
Last Alabama, maintains the position long held
by it as the equal of any family newspaper in the
country. «ubscnption, TWO DOLLARS AND
FIFTY CENTS per year, invariably in advance.
Postage paid by thf- publishers. Ministers fur
nished at HALF PRICE.
To Advertisers.
As an advertising medium the Advocate has
no superior in the States above named—indeed
it can hardly beeoualled in this respect—and the
attention of merchants, manufacturers, and oth
er “Men who Advertise.” is confidently called
to its superior merits. It will pay them to try
it. Rates of advertising reasonable and indis-
criminating. Address
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feblO’tf Macon. Ga.
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AMMONIATED
bone SUPERPHOSPHATE!
We assure those who have so confidently and successfully used it that it, manufacturer i,
determined to maintain its high character and make it
TBE LEADING FERTILIZER IN GEORGIA!
analyses, made by the State Inspector, shows the splendid result of
..10.50 per cent.
.. 3.80 per cent.
The average of all
Available Soluble Phosphoric Acid
Ammonia...—
The analysis of last cargo inspected (January 10, 1876.) shows:
, . . ,, -..11.S5 per cent.
Available Soluble Phosphoric Acid V.V.V.V.V/.V.’/.’.V.r.V/.V. per cent.
Valued by Ur. T. P. Janes, State Commissioner of Agriculture, in his Circular > T o. 2i as worth
219 16 per ton, 'cash.
These results can only be attained by use of the richest material.
Purchasers have our personal guarantee that every sack .old by us trill he fully up to former
high standard.
Our prices are reduced, particularly for cash sales.
For tho convenience of planters, we will keep a deposit ot the SUPERPHOSPATE at the
warehouse of
ENGLISH & HUGTJENTN,
MACON, GEORGIA.
For further information, address them or us.
PURSE & THOMAS,
General Agents for Georgia,
feta 2m SAVANNAH. GEORGIA;,
WfiiWTl.'MADE SHOES I
I am now prepared to sell the
CHEAPEST SHOE IN THE MARKET
Made from GEORGIA-TANNED LEATHER, and MANUFACTURED BY HAN Don
my own premises.
I also keep a full assortment of the
FINEST BOOTS AND SHOESI
AND MANUFACTURE TO ORDER.
SOLB. UPPER and HARNESS LEATHER for sale at low prices.
GOOD PRICES PAID FOR OAK BARK.
i,n27 rod Sm -TA.COB SOHALL. 80 Cherry Mt.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
FEUTIXjIZ e
mi
PRICES REDUCED!
MARK W. JffllOI k WOiltllFF
ATLANTA. - - GEORGIA,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS.IN
Farm Implements, Seeds, Fertilizers, Wagons,
Buggies, Carriages, Portable Steam Engines,
IMIPROVED LIVE STOCK:, ETC.
Now offer, at prices greatly reduced, the following attractive stock, to*wit:
500 BOY EXCELSIOR PLOWS.
50 No. O 1 EXCELSIOR TWO-HORSE STEEL PLOWS.
500 DIXIE CAST ONE-HORSE PLOWS, at $3, or six at one order for $15.
500 ONE AND TWO-HORSE FARMER’S FRIEND CAST PLOWS—the best Turning Plow
eve -r offered to the public.
500 FEED CUTTERS, all sizes and prices,
150 CORN SHELLERS. from $9 50 up.
200 dozen HaNDI*ED FARMERS’ SHANK HOES, cheaper than ever before offered.
75 TWO-HORSE IRON AXLE FARM WAGONS, from $75 up. and warranted.
BUGGIES.—We have tho largest Repository in Georgia, and can suit every taste and pocket.
FERTILIZERS!
8,000 tons of the BEST STANDARD FERTILIZERS, now ready for delivery, consisting, in
part, of
1.500 tons RUSSELL’S AMMONIA TED BONE SUPERPHOSPHATE.
100 tons PURE FLOUR OF RAW BONE.
150 tons LAND PLASTER.
500 tons OYSTER SHELL LIME.
200 tens WANDO FERTILIZER.
500 tons WANDO ACID PHOSPHATE.
20.000 pounds SULPHATE AMMONIA, NITRATE OF SODA. MURIATE OF POTASH, etc.
SEED SI
Our Soed Department is tho most complete to be found North or South. No Seed can be
^called for that we cannot furnish. We have now arriving:
10 000 dozen papers of Choice and Genuine Garden Seeds.
1,000 barrels Early Rose, Suow Flake, Brownell’s Beauty, and Peerless Potatoes. Order at once.
250 bushels of the celebrated St. Domingo Yam. Very fine and early.
5«* bushels of Red Clover. 1,000 pounds Lucerne, White Clover, Crimson Annual Clover, etc.
S.frOO bushels German Millet.
And, right here, let us urge every farmer in Georgia to order at once one or more bushels of
Vais German Millet. We know of nothing equal to it under the sun as a hay or forage plant, and
seed will be scarce.
1,( 00 bushels Hungarian Grafts. 500 bushels of Timothy.
2,01*0 bushels of Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Rye Grass, Vitches, etc.
5.000 bushel* Red Top or Herd’s Grass.
509 bushels new, rare and desirable Cotton Seed, etc. ___
We are in earnest, and mean to sell eheap, and will give one of WARREN’S PATENT HOES
to fill who send us an erder amounting to $10. Send for Price Lists.
We sell FARM ENGINES cheaper than any other Southern house. Try us.
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GIN GEARING of all sizes made and kept on band.
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES of|all sizes on^hand.
IRON AND BRASSICASTENGS1 made to order, and all other work that is made at a first
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For further particulars, address
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tf MACON. GEORGIA.
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TO ALL3MH0M IT MAY CONCERN,
Northern District of Georgia, at Monticello the
14th dm of February, A. D, 1370.
T HE unil.r.igned hereby mves notice of hi.
appointment as assignee of L. A. Lane
near Monticello, in the countv of Jasper and
Stated Georgia within said district, who hss
been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition
by the District Court of said district
feb!7-l»w3w W. x, ZACHR.Y. Assignee
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14th day of February. A. D., 1876.
T HE uudersigned hereby gives notice of his
appointment as assignee of A W. Lane,
near llontioello. in the countv of Jasper and
State of Georgia, within said district, who baa F
by the^District Court of_ aaid*d*i»trict° Wn petition, WAkEIlooMtS i On Second Street, opposite J. W. Burke & Co.’s
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feb!7 lawSw W. L. ZACHRY. Assignee.