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(Quitman Reporter. 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. i . m. 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. Telegrapli and Messenger iron. iB7o, GREAT REDUCTION! ON and after January. 187 G, onr Mam moth Weekly, the Great Family Pa per of Georgia, and the largest in the South, will be sent to subscribers at $2 A YEAR, and postage. This is but a small advance on cost of blank paper. Weekly for six months, $1 and postage. 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