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T. A. IT A I>T„ Proprietor
h m. Mclntosh, ■ ■ Editor
THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1876.
“Cnt Down.”
We do not feel that we are due any
one an apology for reducing the di
mensions of the Refortek to a size
more proportionate with the general
falling off of businessand the extreme
meagreness of the local patronage it
is now receiving, with no prospect of
increase during the dull summer sea
son before us. Our merchants and
mechanics have nenrlv all let their
advertisements run out, and when we
approach them on the subject they re
fuse to renew before fall.
The only course left for 11s to pur
sue, then, is to curtail our expenses,
which can be done only by reducing
the size of the paper. We shall
try to keep it up to what it now is
throughout the summer, but unless
there is an improvement upon the
present standard of business in our
line we do not know that we will be
able to do it.
Tin expense of publishing a twenty
eight column paper is no small thing,
and it costs editors and printers as
much to live in this country as it does
the balance of mankind, the manifest
opinion of some people that they can i
subsist on air to thecontraryn otwith- j
standing.
Although we have dropped off fonr |
columns, there will be no ma- \
terial diminution of reading j
matter in the paper. We have j
cut down just enough to leave out all!
dead or non-paying advertisements, j
which will in no wise affect the quan
tity or quality of reading matter. |
About the middle of September next
(or before if business will justify it)
we shall resume our former size.
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Gov. Smith Declines.
We publish elsewhere the corres
pondence between Gov. Smith and a
committee of gentlemen in the west
ern portion of the State, in which it
will be seen that he positively declines
to permit his name to go before, tljg.
approaching gubernatorial conven
tion for nomination. This, we-think,
is as it should be. Governor Smith j
has enjoyed all the honors and dig
nities the position can bestow, and as
his renomination would have met
with strong opposition among a re
spectable number of the Democrats ,
of the State, we are glad that he has
adopted the course so plainly and
manfully expressed in his letter.
Foster Blodgett, the well known
State Road greaser, was arrested in
Augusta last Monday night, and
carried to Atlantn, where he has been
badly wanted for some time past to
answer ’ divers charges pending
against him there. Gen. Gartrell,
on a writ of habeas corpus, went be
fore Judge leeples Tuesday after
noon and asked for his discharge, on
the ground that Gov. Conley had par
doned the offenses cha-ged against
him in the four warrants under
which he is held. This case brings
up fhe interesting legal question as
to whether an executive can pardon
an offense before the offender has
been convicted, and the arguing and
settlement of the question will prob
ably occupy some time.
Congress has been in session more
than four months, and neither house
has passed a single important appro
priation bill, so an adjournment may
not be expected before August. It
is thought that the Belknap case will
take up at least three more weeks of
the Senate’s time. Thus runs the
“Best government the world ever
saw:”
The general Assembly of the Pres
byterian church of the United States
(Southern Presbyterian') will meet on
the 18th of May, in the First Presby
terian church at Savannah. The
opening sermon is to be preached by
the Kev. Moses Hoge, D. D., Moder
ator of the assembly.
Half Fare to the Convention.—
Col. Screven and Mr. Haines, Pres
ident and Superintendent A. & G. R.
R., we are glad to learn, have kindly
consented to pass delegates to our
District Convention at Albany on the
26th inst., at half fare.
The cotton crop of Georgia for 1875
has been estimated at four hundred
thousand bales. The average cost of
production being eleven cents per
pound, the crop has not paid out.
Den Hill.
j It seems that some of the newspa
t per hounds of Georgia have a special
! hankering for the distinguished in
dividual whose name heads this arti
cle, and they persist in following hiir
l at close distance and keeping up a
I constant pow-wow at his heels. One
| not knowing better might really sup
pose from the yelpings of this sense
j less set of dogmatizes that Ben Hill
was a perfect madman and a common
enemy to his country whom public
safety demanded should be hounded
down.
We cannot see why Mr. Hill should
|be held to account for all the impru
dent acts committed by Southern rep-
I rcseutatives in Congress, or why he
should be blamed with provoking the
vile slanders and missiles of hutred
j that are being almost daily hurled at
I the South by such Northern men as
Blaine and Morton.
The truth of the matter is, Ben Hill
is about the only man from Georgia
in the House who is not afraid to
spenk out in defense of the people he
i represents, when they are assailed by
I Radical tyrants. But when he does
! speak—when, for example, the late
wnr is brought up by Northern fanat
ics to defeat amnesty of Southern
subjects—and Mr. Hill attempts to
defend his constituents, ho is con
demned and yelped at even in the
midst of the very people whose nat
ural feelings should prompt them
to send up a hearty amen to every
word that he utters in their behalf.
But instead of this he is accused of
wanting to “resurrect secession;’’ and
the latest charge which he has been
called upon by papers in his ow n
State te answer is to the effect that he
had prepared a speech in defeuse of
the right of secession, to be made as
soon as the New Hampshire election
was over. The following picturesque
comment of Mr. Hill touching this
accusation will probadly ease the
pains of some of those who have been
groaning in dread of the anticipated
speech. We quote from the Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincin
nati Enquirer-. “I see the Radical
papers are calling on me, now that
the New Hampshire election is over,
to make the speech on secession that
I have been holding back on account
of the New Hampshire election. This
is a most infernal lie; I was amused
to see even a paper in my own State
calling on me, if I had such a speech,
to suppress it. This is a lie started
by the Rads over there!” and he nod
ded his head toward Blaine’s side of
the house. “Fact of it is, I never had
any such speech prepared. I could
not deliver a secession speech without
stultifying the record of my life. I
have made hundreds of speeches
against secession, but never one for it.
; I always fought Yancey and Rhett.
During that debate, the other day, I
I sat and looked at Blaine while he was
j speaking. It seemed to me that the
spirits of Yancey and Rhett had fouud
habitation in his body, and there was
only one thing that shook my belief
in tho doctrine of the transmigration
of souls, and that was the contempti
ble littleness of the man’s nature,
which drove him to seek refuge in
lies! Yancey and Rhett were bitter
opponents, but they were too manly
to be little or dishonorable ! All sec
tions of this country have favored se
cession, but the issue is now dead for
ever, and no one but a madman or a
fool would attempt to revive it.”
Dogs Flesh Food.
AVe have been favored with the fol
lowing from a reliable gentleman:
It has come to his notice that many
persons in various countries are trying
the meat of dogs for food. Several
colored persons have been interview
ed, who pronounce it equal to “’pos
sum.” After diligent enquiry, he
gathers from an old mauma, whose
culinary knowledge is of high repute,
the following receipts:
Fried Cutlets from Hind and
Fore-qnarler.
Soak over night in brine, in a wood
en material, hang it up to drain; fry,
with herbs that may be handy, with
the addition of a few cut up potatoes;
it makes a savory meal.
Slewed Fibs, Hock and Kunckle.
Soak and drain as above; boiled an
hour and a half; add a few greens,
potatoes and onions; season with pep
er. If indulged in freely it will prove
a sovereing cure for the Dog
Tax.
Grangers who will take the trouble
to disseminate this intelligence
among the colored citizens, will
probably be the means of improving
the wool crop if not in price, at least
in quantity. —Seapoart Appeal.
Mr. Jefferson Davis will sail for
Europe May Ist, where he will remain
for six or eight months, to promote
the establishment of a direct trade
with the cities of the Mississippi val
ley.
A. T. Stewart, the rich New York
merchant, died at his residence in
that city Monday.
From Washington.
The “Bloody Shirt” to be the
Republican Battle Cry.
('tingresKlmial Labors—The Hetdqnar- 1
ters of the Army to be Returned to
Washington The llclknu|> Impeach
ment--The Political Outlook.
! [Special Correspondence of tho Quitman
Repoiiteb. ]
Washington, D. C., April 7th, 1876.
It is definitely ascertained that tho
"Bloody shirt” is to be the Republi
can battle cry. The policy of hate is j
to be inaugurated and the prejudices
and passions of the people are to be ap
pealed to in the effort to keep corrup
tion in power. The Republican lead
ers know full well that reason, right
and justice are against them, and that
j their only hope is in exciting preju-1
dices and blinding the eyes of the
people to their manifold shortcom
ings. Hence they cry that the peo
ple of the South are “disloyal”—that
“they have not accepted the situa
tion”—that they long to rescue the
attempt to destroy the uuioD—that
they deny the colored men of the
South equal rights, and so through '
the whole gammut of lies. This is
supplemented by the new cry about
the schools being iu danger from the
Roman Catholics, and that the Dem
ocrats are conspiring with them to j
destroy our system of education. By |
thus arousing prejudices tho Radical
lead ers hope to attract attention
away from tho startling revelations
now being daily made, of the rotten- \
ness that exists in every department
of the government. But the egort
will fail, tho exposures of thievery, bri
bery and corruption made by the
committees of congress, which show
that the highest officials of the land
have been engaged in selling offices,
that even the President sent a spy to
St. Louis during the whiskey trials
to assist iu saving his favorite from
conviction, that a man was put upon
the grand jury to give information j
that may be used to defeat the ends of i
justice, that millions are being stolen
annually from the over-taxed people
to supoort thieves in idleness and lux
ury. All these things are making the
people turn with disgust fjsiuqtbe
Radicals and their only alliance for re
lief is in the Democrats, jflfee Re
publicans howl about reforinSMt they
have never been louder i(AHplp cgjJ
than when their hands were
in the pockets of the people, a|wii>
attention will be paid to them nofc.
The House is working steadily,,4m
the legislative, executivo and judicial
appropriation bill, and it will soon,
in substantially the form reported by
the committee, find the Republicans
of the House are using every effort to
defeat the saving of six millions made
by this bill, but they fail, as Mr. Ran
dall understands his business and
puts down all opposition and amend
ments. When it reaches the Senate,
that body will no doubt do with it as
they have with the numerous appro
priation bills already sent to them,
and that is increase them to the esti
mates made by the departments.
There will be a dead lock on the bills
between the Senate and the House,
and the House should stand by its
figures; they have been carefully made
and are known to be sufficient, with
economy and honesty for all purpo
ses.
The bill passed in the House mak
ing silver dollars a legal tender for
sums not over SSO has been amended
in the Senate and the amount reduc
ed to five dollars. Babcock, Luckey
and Bradley have been examined be
fore Clymers committee as to the tes
timony of Bell the detective, who
swore that he was employed by them
as a spy on Dyer and Henderson and
that they endoavored to induce him
to steal the papers in the Babcock
case. An analysis of their evidence
shows, that while they were anxious
to deny Bell’s statement, they did not
dare to do so, and confirms in the
public mind the truth of Bell’s testi
mony, which was not accepted as true
and would not have been without cor
roborating facts.
The head quarters of the army have
been ordered to Washington, and
General Sherman will have to return
here. This is as it should be, for they
never ought to have been removed.
Senator Morton refuses to summon
the witnesses asked for by the coun
sel for the State in the Spencer case.
Morton is determined to protect his
friend Spencer at all hazards and has
persistently kept the fact from being
brought before the committee. The
bloody shirt committee, consisting of
Senator's Boutwell, Oglesby, Corner-!
on, of Wisconsin, Bnyanl and Me- j
Donald, will soon start, for Mississip
pi to maifufacture political capital.
The Senate as n covert of impeach
ment has ordered Belknap to answer
on Monday the 17th of April. It is
said that his counsel who are Mont
gomery Blair, Jere Black and Matt j
Carpenter, will on that day ask for
two weeks longer. It will be seen that
Belknap has a most formidable array
of lawyers, three of the best in the
country, two of them being eX-Attor
ney Generals of the United States,
while tho House selected, with the ex
ception of Proctor Knott and Hoar,
country lawyers as managers. They
will be terribly overmatched. The
Schenck investigation will probably
close to-day, though the ex-Miuister
wants a large number of witnesses
summoned to show that he was nei
ther a fool nor a rascal, which is
about the position he now stands in,
having the one or the other horn of
this delimma offered him. When the
investigations now in progress are be
ing closed up the friends of the Texas
aud Pacific railroad bill intend to
briug up that measure and endeavor
to secure its passage. They seem to
be very confident of success, and say
that large numbers of Congressmen
who at first opposed tho bill now fa j
vor it.
Judge David Davis is being most |
prominently spoken of as the proper
man for the St. Louis nomination.
His friends say that he would draw
from the Republican party a very
large number of old whigs, who have
been forced to affiliate with tho Re
publicans and would be glad to leave
them to vote for such a man as Davis,
while they will not support an old
Democrat.
The news from Mexico is very con
flicting, but there Reems to bo little
doubt that Portini Dias has a strong
following and may succeed in over
turning the Government of Tejada.
The bill to make tho Queen of Eng
land, Empress of India, meets with !
unexpected opposition. The French
assembly seems to be proceeding!
moderately and sensibly in establish
ing the republic. The tone of Russia .
in regard to Turkey Iras charged, and ]
fears tire entertained that “the sick
man of Europe,” will be cau.se of:
another general war.
P Dem.
Governor Smith.
He Deeliues to Allow His Name to Do
Before the Convention for lteiioinina
tion.
[From the Columbus Enquirer ]
Columbus, Ga., March 13, 1370.
Hon James M. Sinith, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir —The undersigned, your
I former neighbors, and still your
! friends, have, with great surprise and
indignation, read the unwarranted
assaults upon you and your adminis
tration, and through your administra
tion upon the Democratic party of
Georgia, by correspondents through
the public press, the most notable of
which appeared in a recent issue of the
New York Herhld, and through such
means have obtained a wide circula
tion in the States of the Union, calcu
lated to prejudice, not only the high
standing of our State, but the good
name of the Democratic party of Geor
gia.
AVe do not know from whom these
attacks have proceeded, whether from
the holders of discredited bonds,
partisans or personal enemies. AVe
believe, however, that they do both
yon and the party which placed you
in power gross injustice, and place
you in a position where the good name
of the State, the welfare of the party
which placed you in office, as well as
vour own dignity, required that the
I truth or falsity of these assaults shall
be brought for decision before the
people of Georgia. AnJ to that end,
we very respectfully urge upon you
the great propriety of meeting these
assaults by again permitting your
name to be placed before the people
of Georgia as a canidate for renomina
tion to the office of Governor by the
Democratic party of Georgia.
Should you consent to do so, we
feel assured that you will be sustained
by a majority at least equal to that
given yon at the last election.
AVe are, very respectfully,
Your friends and fellow citizens,
[Signed] R. H. Chilton,
AAh L. Salisbury,
John H. Martif,
AV J. AVatT,
Peter Preer,
E. C. Hood.
THE REPLY OF THE GOVERNOR.
Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1876.
Messrs. H. A. Chilton, H r . L. Salisbury,
John H. Marlin, IV. J. Watt, Peter Freer
and E. C. Hood, Columbus, Oa.:
My Dear Sirs. — I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your fa
vor of the 13th ult., asking me to al
low my name to be presented to the
people for renomination for the office
of Governor of Georgia. The gravi-
ty of the question thus presented will,
I trust, be accepted as a sufficient rea
son for any delay in replying to your
esteemed communication.
It is known to yon, gentlemen, as
well as to other friends in different
parts of tho State, that I have not de
sired a re-election to the office I now
hold. So far as my own personal
feelingß are concerned, I have made
no secret of my intention to retire at
the expiration of my present term. If
for a little while past, I have appear
ed to occupy a differed, position from
that originally taken and frequently
announced, it was in conseqnence of
assaults made on my administration
nnd, indirectly through me, upon the
Legislature nnd the Democratic par
ty in the State.
It is not necessary to discuss the
motives which inspired these attacks,
further than to say that they were of
such n character as, in ray judgment,
made it proper for me to suspend my
first intention, and hold myself in a
position to answer any demand
which the party might think fit to
lay upon me. Tt is now manifest,
however, that any injury resulting
from these assaults lias fallen alone
upon those whose interest they were
designed to subserve —whether the
assailants lie, as you suppose, “the
holders of discredited bouds, parti
sans, or personal enemies.”
This consideration leaves me free to
return to my original purpose and de
sire, nod to decline, as I now do with
great respect, to have my name pre
sented to the approaching Guberna
torial convention for re-nomination.
I cannot conclude this communica
tion without returning my thanks to
you for the flattering terms in which
you are pleased to express your
friendly regards for me. I desire,
also, to make my grateful acknowl
edgements to the people of Georgia
for the unmerited honor they have
conferred upon me. and for the gen
erous support they have accorded my
efforts to administer the great trust
confided to my hands. When we re
call the chaotic state in which we
found every department of the gov
ernment in 1872, and contrast it with
our present peaceful and happy con
dition, I feel that we all have cause
for congratulation. Our public debt
has been ascertained, and the interest
on it is now regularly paid, while onr
bouds are, to-dav, rated far above par
in the great centres of trade. Our
educational system has been estab
lished on a solid foundation; our va
ried resources are being rapidly and
systematically developed; and our
judiciary, for integrity and ability, is ;
second to none iu the entile Union.
I can only wish that the prosper
ous career upon which we have en
tered may suffer no check, and that
both in our State and Federal rela
tions we may enjoy for many genera
tions to come the blessings of peace
and liberty.
I am, gentlemen, your friend and
obedient servant,
James M. Smith.
A New Treatment for Rats.— A
Sacramento gentleman whose premi
ses were overrun with rats, was in
formed that the best way to get rid of
them was to give them a feed of yeast
cakes, the idea suggested being that
the rodents, finding the cakes palata
ble, would eat as long as their stom
achs had room, then take a drink’and
retire. The water and the gastric
juices in their stomachs would imrae
'! lately cause the yeast to act, and, as
the suggester of the plan remarked,
“it just raises’em up!” The citizen
purchased some yeast cakes by way of
experiment, and next, morning discov
ered some very fat, but greately in
disposed, rats in his yard and dis
patched them.
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