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THU RSDAY. .TUNE 1, 1876.
Cot.. Jack Jones, late State Treas
urer, foil lid i t very difficult to got. any
of tlie "wealthy and respectable” citi
zens of Atlanta to go on his bond
when arrested, the other day. Col.
Jones is a Democrat.
F The last issue of the Thomasville
Euter/irise announces tlio retirncy of
Mr. \Y. E. Davies from his proprieto
ry interest in that paper. It is not an
nounced whether he will continue as
one of the editors or not. Willie is a go
nial, clever fellow, and drives a racy
pen, and we should regret to see him
leave the craft entirely.
The Atlanta Constitution alludes to
“prominent Democrats in this city."
Who tlio deuce are they? If there
arg any “prominent Democrats” in
Atlanta we would like to have a list
of their names to display in big type
in these cotfmus, as standing excep
tions to a steries of allusions to the
“prominent” of our modern Sodom,
that we shall make this summer.
Bullock has written a letter to one
of the Atlanta papers, in which he
pathetically remarks: “But, my good
friend, lot me assure you that while
his Excellency, Governor Smith, lias
t-ikeu all the formal steps presciibed
by the laws of the land for placing
within the jurisdiction of the courts
one who is charged with violation of
the statutes, I have been treated with
a consideration, kindness and courte
sy, that lias been very gratifying to
my personal and political friends.”
The “consideration, kindness and
courtesy” alluded to is of course that
of the “wealthy and respectable citi
zens of Atlanta,” who signed his j
bond.
Tim Floral and Horticultural
Fair at Thomasville last Friday was a
success. 'J'lie floral display compar
ed favorably with that of former
years, whilst the vegetables, in point
of variety, surpassed what we have
seen at previous fairs, though, in eon-
sequence of the dry spell imn ediate
ly preceding the exhibition, some of
them were not so large. The attend
ance was remarkably good, all thiugs
taken into consideration, and we be
lieve there were more people there
ifrom abroad* than from Thomasville
and Thomas county.
One of the “eleven able editors” of
the Atlanta Constitution, with a mark
ed degree of originality above the j
others, says that it is “all wrong, un
fair and unreasonable” for newspa
pers outside of Atlanta to be insinu
ating that jlullock will not be tried;
and if he is convicted he will not be
punished. “But,” he eloquently con
tinues, “of those who habitually re
vile Atlanta and everything transpir
ing here, nothing else need be ex
pected. And, we may add, the peo
ple of Atlanta are quite able to bear
it.” Of course they are able to bear
it. Any people who can open their
arms to Blodgett and Bullock, go on
their bonds, celebrate their return
like prodigal sons, and give banquets
to Hi Hannibal ought to be “quite
able to bear” anything.
These are verily the heydays of the
Georgia Gubernatorial aspirants, and
perhaps the average country editor
never felt his importance moro than
at the present time, when every little
silly squib that he writes in favor of
either of the prominent candidates is
copied in the “leading dailies,” ala
the journalistic “ethics” introduced
when the lease of the State Road was
being so strongly advocated by Gov.
.loev 8., at twenty cents per line,
double-lsaded long primer, in these
same “leading” journals. However,
we diil not start out to write an essay
on “journalistic ethics,” but merely
intended to rise to a question of
privilege and say that whilst we can
not give up our columns to fostering
the hopes of any of the prominent
candidates for the Governorship, we
are at the same time willing to let
them all enjoy the full measure of
happiness afforded by the passing
moment, for, in a very short time, ail
save one of them will have “to step
down and out.” And perhaps those
self-esteemed journals who seem
to be laboring under the hallucina
tion that they can drive, those of their
cotemporaries which they are pleased
to term “fence riders” off their bal
ance, by unkind flings, will see that
their incessant and extravagant howls
in the interests of their respective fa
vorites have had a tendency to disgust
rather than favorably influence the
minds of the peqple. To those on
the fence, who are so situated as to
view the indications of the guberna
torial storm in all -its aspects, the
prospects of the “Great unknown”
are the most promising of a nomina
tion when the jmt/ile have their say in
convention.
The Corruptiou of Our State Cap
ital.
That, the time has come when some
thing must bo done to check the
. high-banded trickery and robbery
and the rapidly increasing moral and
political corruption around our State
enpitol must be evident to every intel
ligent citizen outside of Atlanta who
has the prosperity and reputation of
the commonwealth at heart.
: Of all the Southern cities and capi
tals of the States under Democratic
! rule Atlanta is certainly the most re
markable—remarkable for its corrup
tion and for being the seat of more
political fraud, trickery and debauch
ery, practiced by “wealthy and re
spectable citizens,” who have gained
prominence by plundering the tax
payers without stint or shame. Veri
ly, it is modern a Sodom.
The more princely the scoundrel
j who is arra : gned for cheating, swind
ling or embezzlement in Atlanta the
more eager are tlio “leading citizens”
to go upon his bond and set him at
- liberty. If we are to judgof rom recent
I developments, if a man lias been a
t carpet-bag adventurer, a corrupt of
lice holder mid a fugitive fromUhe
| State, the arms of these “wealthy and
respectable citizens” of our State
capital are but opened tho wider to
receive him upon his forced return.
It is such debauchers of our State's
record as these that are tendered
public receptions and banquets when
they return to the embrace of their
! confederates—“wealthy and respecta- j
ble citizens.”
The oi:e great thing needed, then,
is reform. Upon this depends the
continued strength of the Democratic
party of the State, but we do not be
lieve it can ever be brought about iu
Atlanta. It therefore occurs to us as
a matter of vital importance that the !
capital should be speedily “removed to j
Milledgeville. Let the issue of the :
removal of the capital be made among
the people iu the approaching clec
: tiou for representatives to the Legis
lature. The old State buildings still
: stand in our former capital city, and
let the ex-opera house be sold back
to the “wealthy and respectable citi
zens” of the remarkable “Gate City.”
The cost of the removal of the prop
erty of the State in the various offi
ces, and the necessary repairs on the
old capitol at Milledgeville would be
more than covered by what would be i
saved in one year from the army of !
plunderers in Atlanta. We see no
other way to bring our legislation and
State government back to its original?
honesty and purity.
Over Production-
The greater majority of the people
believe that the present depression
upon tho country is brought about by
over-production. This We regard ns
an absurdity, and expect from time to
time, as our space will allow, to prove
our position. If it was over-produc
tion that has brought on the depres
sion, then would it not he wise, if we
want to bring in good times again,
to let all hands lay up the shovel and
the hoe, and remain idle until
the over-production is consumed?
Is this the way to do it ? Perhaps it
is, but we think not.
There are other and much graver
causes for the preseut crisis that is
upon the country, and if our friends
will be patient we will give them
what we believe to be the true and
only cause. In the meantime we will
be pleased to have others write upon
the subject, not in reply, but upon
the principle that if any plan can be
arrived at that will lessen the bur
dens of the people, and inspire new
hope to those who are struggling to
furnish their families and others de
pendent upon them with an adequate
supply of food, and the commonest
necessaries of life, there is no time to
be lost in bringing such plan to the
notice of all.
They had a picnic near Valdosta,
last week, at which, we are left lo sup
pose by what Charley Pendleton of
the Times says, they ate ice cream
churns. Hear him: “After one of
the most sumptuous dinners we have
ever partaken of, several largo ice
cream churns, of delightful delicacy
were served to the refreshment of all."
Miss Laura Spence, of Georgia, is
six feet two and a half inches high,
and when her young man sings, “Thou
art so near and yet so far,” he can
throw more feeling into the song than
any other man in the State. So says
the Sun.
In selecting members of the Legis
lature this year, the people should
look to it that they are in favor of a
Constitutional Convention and the re
moval of the State capital—that they
are for Georgia as against Kimball
ism andßullockism.— Savannah News.
Bullock says in his letter published
in the Atlanta papers: “If there is
anything that can compensate for the
unpleasant sequences of my political
experience, I lind some measure of it
in the hearty and generous manner
in which I have been received and sus
tained iu this emergency.”
Letter from Washington.
Washington, D. C., May 26th, 187 G.
Had tho Republican party still rt -
tained its ascendency and no Demo
cratic House of Representatives inter
vened to check its wild career, it is
but fair to suppose that the same beat
en tracks of official corruption and
personal depravity which lmd mark
ed its course for the last, eight year ß
would still be pursued, and the multi
tudinary investigation which lias re
sulted in such mortifying disclosures
would have never been heard of.
When, where, and how the reign of
of wholesale corrutiou in government
officials from tho highest to tho low
est would have ended, if it ever would
have done so, is difficult to determ
ine. The fair presumption is that
the next Centennial would have wit
nessed it in all its hideous forms and
proportions. But the end is not yet.
Every day something new is brought
to the surface, which, like the bloated
and offensive corpse of a drowned
man, requires first an examination
anil then a speedy removal. And
i now among all tho damnable iniqui
t ties that have us yet been exposed
uone have equalled in hideous heart
lessness and glowing inhumanity the
manner iu which the government In
sane Asylum has been managed by
Doctor Nichols. This investigation
has been in progress for the last two
months, nud has disclosed a state of
affairs shocking in detail and revolt
ing iu the extreme. Ductor Nichols
has been fuirly proven to have been
with his family living at the govern
ment’s expense in a style of almost
princely magnificence, while the pa
tients have been fed on mouldy bread
aud tainted meat, and more than oue
of them it appears did not get enough
of that to sustain life. Many of the
patients have been found covered with
vermin and suffering for food, while
the scantiness of their clothing was
an outrage upon decency. Tho de
tails axe sickening and sound more
like the over-wrought imagining of a
distempered brain than the plain aud
substantial facts which they have
boen proved to be by unimpeachable !
testimony. All tho facts iu tho case J
are upon record, and may be obtained
by any one who will venture to read j
the filthy history of crime and cruel- j
ty.
The Freedman’s Bank investiga
tion disclosed a case of a well devis
ed and ably perfected swindling as
can well be imagined. This institu
tion was chartered bv Congress with
the best intentions to unoitd rut van ur
ges and facilities to former slaves who
felt disposed to lay up money or en
gage in mercantile affairs. Its first
managers were men of unblemished
reputation who used every exertion to
carry out the views of the originators
of the project. See. stlj, of the char
ter expressly provided that the money
secured on deposit should be invest
ed only in TJ. S. securities. But when
the small sums brought in by the
poor ignorant and confiding Freed
man began iu the aggrgate to assume
gigantic proportions, it attracted the
every watchful eye of the Washington
rug of Commorants who delight to
fatten on plunder, no matter where
found or acquired. Their great po
litical influence with the dominant
party enabled them at once to get
the original managers removed and
some of their chosen and well tried
associates appointed in their stead.
Then to get the charter so altered ns
to allow them to deal in any kind of
stock they might please, was but tho
work of a moment, and tho thing was
accomplished. The most reckless
robbery and bare-facod stealing that
annals of crime has ever disclosed
was now commenced in good earnest,
and this too under the guise of friend
ship. Some idea of the heartless vil
lainy of those men may be formed
when it is stated that 70,000 poor
hard-working Freedmen have been
robbed of the earnings accumulated
by years of toil. Somo of these men
it seems iu 1873 went to New York
with a warrant issued here to arrest
Mr. Dana, of the Sun, who saw their
object in seeking a change in the
charter and at once exposed them.
They were defeated iu their designs
and returned crest-fallen to Washing
ton. Four of them have been desig
nated by the House Committee as fit
subjects for indictment by the Grand
Jury. Mr. John H. Patterson, of
New Jersy, was last night renominat
ed to succeed Fitzbugh, and will of
course, be elected.
Dem.
As we have said before, Atlanta is
a great town. A citizen of Savannah
wrote to an Atlanta man tho other
clay, and asked if he had signed Bul
lock's bond. Iu the course of his re
ply, which is published, the Atlanta
man says: “We, of course, would
sign anything that helps to build up
Atlanta.” Precisely so; and that is
one among the many reasons why the
Slate capital should be carried back
to Milledgeville. When people get
so they will sign anything to build up
a town it is about time to call for the j
police. -Savannah New,;.
LETTER FROM “S>
Some Timely Remarks About Primary
Political Meet ini;*.
Mb. Editor:—A writer in a late
number of the Savannah News ovor
tho signature of “Unus Populi” al
ludes very sensibly to the importance
of attending primary political meet
ings, as wo are soon to have a State
Convention toseloct. a standard bear
er for the Democracy in very impor
tant elections, State and Federal.
The writer is not an aspirant for
office, but an humble citizen who feels
concerned for tho welfare of his coun
try. If the views of a State Conven
tion are to be properly enlightened
such a result must be obtained
through the actiou of the counties in
primary meetings—hence the impor
tance of such meetings. M ere they
fully attended wo might hope that
the principles and policy enunciated
by the general convention would com
mand the assent of the people, and
the candidates presented would re
ceive their united assent, thus avoid
ing divisions and insuring united
support. How often ij it true that
the primary meeting which assumes
to speakfur t'is wlkilo county, really
speaks tho sentiments of but a few.
The district meetings for the appoint
ment of delegates to meet at the Court
House oil a given day in county con
vention is perhaps almost entirely
neglected, and should there be a few
present, the question first to be con
sidered is who will attend the county
convention, and the “leisure man”
whoever he may be is the delegate
from the districts, or ns is sometimes
the case no one comes as an accredit
ed delegate from any of the districts
in the county, and on the day ap
pointed for the meeting of the county
convention a few of the citizens meet,
after repeated calls from the sheriff at
the Court Houso door, and resolve
themselves into a mass meeting, and
proceed to send delegates to the State
Convention. This is doing tho best
that could be done under tho circum
stances, and all that could be done,
but is it by any means giving expres
sion to the views of the masses? The
consequence is that the actiou of tho J
State convention based upon the ac- i
tion of the county convention, is lia-!
! ble to misrepresent the preferences j
| of the democratic masses, and breed |
! dissatisfaction, derision and defeat.
i Now the remedy for all this wrong is i
with the people themselves. If they j
would have the district meetings rep
re ;ented, not misrepresented, let them !
be present, attend your primary j
meetings in person, show that you!
feel an interest in them. Let your
delegates charged with the responsi- j
ble duty of selecting or making up |
the ticket for Governor, and for Con- j
gressioAal honors be themselves tlio !
choice :> the counties they claim to
j epreseiSt midi! meyeiy of a few j
trading, scheming politicians and :
their personal political friends. Let,
the people turn out en masse, there are
great issus at stake to bo lost or won,
and much may depend on the spirit
m which the approaching campaign
is to be opened. The most firm and
uncompromising efforts on the part of
j the friends of law and order against
: the continuance of the dishonest and
intriguing policy of the past eight
years is on the hands of the white peo
! pie of the South. Our success will be
the dawn of a better day—of a return
;to the former days when our repre
t sentatives were honest, and to steal
j was not the rule itself but only an oc
; casioual departure from the rule.
; In a popular government like ours,
popular rights must be maintained by
; popular actions. Every man should,
! even at some inconvenience attend
■ the district and county meetings, and
not leave all to the politicians—you
neglect your duty, and after you find
the interest and well being of your
I country is iu jeopardy, you say, “well,
■ I am sorry, but too late now, must be
! so.” Some of you have lived to vote
for a long time, but never since you j
gave your first vote was there the |
same necessity for wisdom, rnodera
j tion and energy iu all our movements,
looking to the rout and overthrow of
| the party in power. S. i
A Change in the Method of Hand
ling Cotton.
The St. Louis Times says that
“much irregularity, if not fraud, ex
ists iu the handling ot cotton from
the time it leaves the boll until it en
teeiS the fexs-wi. That there should
ever be a fraudulently packed or
water packed bale of cotton is a
shame upon the entire cotton plant
ing States.”
We will say in reply to 'the above
that planters are just like the others
who handle the fleecy staple. Some
are honest, and others dishonest.
Those who permit, knowingly, a bale
of cotton to be fraudulently packed,
are the dishonest ones, and should be
published to the world as such, as
they are the first to make it public
that they are dishonest.
All planters should provide them
selves with a brand, or stencil plate,
with their full name, and never allow
a single bale of cotton to leave their
premises until it has been branded,
as there will then be no trouble in
tracing the fraud back to the perpe
trator.
\m ♦
Sale of Suoiit Horns.— A herd of Dur
ham Lawn short horned cat tle, owned
by Col. Robt. Holloway, of Alexis, 111.,
was sold at auction on last Tuesday.
Buyers were present from all parts of
tjie United States and Canada, and
the bidding is said to have been spir
ited. Sixty-five head were sold, and
a total of over $70,000 was realized.
The average price for cows was $1,136;
bulls, sBll.
Corn mid Wire W orm.
A correspondent of the Prairie Far
mer communicates the following:
Last spring I planted a field of corn,
which was tlie socond crop after break
ing an old meadow. Tho wire worms
attacked tho corn before it came up
and made clean work of it, in places,
all over the field; iu some plaees for
nearly an acre tho corn was entirely
destroyed by them, while in others in
tho same field the corn came up and
looked remarkably well. We went to
work with our hoes and replanted the
vacant places. Tho ground being
warm and in a fine condition, I sup
posed tho corn would be up in a very
few days, but to my sad disappoint
ment there wns not one hill in fifty
that came at all. When I examined
for the cause, I found from four to
six wire worms in each bill, which had
entirely destroyed the germ and heart
of the grain before the plant got
through the ground. I thought I
would not give it up yet, though it
was getting late in tho season, so 1
procured some early corn and put. it
to soak in copperas water in the even
ing, and let it soak till morning. I
then poured the water off and went to
replanting the same ground again.
Nearly every hill came up in aWw
days, grew finely', and made good,
sound corn. I am fully convinced that
seed Corn, soaked as above directed,
will prevent wire worms and many
other insects from troubling it. The
only difficult is, it may become trou
ble to plant with a corn planter while
damp.
The General Commercial and In-
I dustrial Depression is thus comment
ed upon by the London Times of a
recent date: “Looking to the world
as our customers, wo must be content
to injure some anxiety (ft a period
when all commercial nations are suf
fering. That wo can bear such an
! ordeal without panic is the best proof
of our commercial stability. We
await quietly the period when the ef
fects of overtrading and reckless
speculation will have passed away,
and if we must meanwhile make some
sacrifices, both capitalists and work
men will have learned some valuable
lessons. Tho owners of capital will
feel that a too eager pursuit of imme
diate profits may place them at a se
rious disadvantage; the working peo
ple will perceive that their prosqerity
does not depend on their driving hard
bargains with their masters, but ou
economic laws to which their employ
ers are as much subject as the men
they employ.”
Brougham and the Two Websters.
When Mr. Webster visited Eng
xafed, oilbl Be Sad attained J fame
enough to precede him, an English
gentleman took him one day to see
Lord Brougham. That eminent Brit
ain received our Daniel with such
coolness that he was glad to get away
and back to his room. The friend
who had taken him at once return
ed to Lord Brougham iu haste and
anger.
“My lord, how could you behave
with such unseemly rudeness aud dis
courtesy' to so great a lawyer and
statesman ? It was insulting to him,
and has filled me with mortification.”
“Why, what on earth have I done,
and whom have I been rude to ?”
“To Daniel Webster, of the Senate
of the United States.”
“Great Jupiter, what a blunder ! I
thought it was that fellow Webstor
who made a dictionary aud nearly
ruined the English language.”
Then a great Chancellor quickly
hunted up the American Senator, and
having other tastes in common besides
law aud politics, they made a royal
night of it.
“Your visits remind me of the
growth of a successful newspaper,”
said Uncle Jabez, loaning his chin on
his cane and glancing at William Hen
ry, who was sweet on Angelica.
“Why so?” inquired William Hen
ry-
“ Well, they commenced on a week
ly, grew to a tri-weekly, and have now
become a daily, with n Sunday sup
plement.”
“Yes,” said William Henry, bracing
up, “and after we are married wo will
issue an extra—”
“SB—li” said Angelica, and then
they went out for a stroll. — N. O.
2 imes.
Queen Victoria’s birthday was gen
erally celebrated by her loyal subjects
last Wednesday, when she completed
her fifty-seventh year. She was
crowned iu June 28, 1838, and she
was married to Prince Albert in 1840.
She has had nine children, all of
whom are living. Prince Arthur,
Prince Leopold and the Princess Bea
trice are the only unmarried members
of the family, and the Empress is now
making arrangements to mate them.
Her grandchildren number eighteen.
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At the prize reading by the pupils
of Clavton Institute at Jonesboro,
Miss Jessie O’Neal obtained the
prize. —Atlanta Constitution.
We are glad to see from the above
that Jessie O’Neal carried oft the
prize for being the best reader at the
Clayton Institute. We have always
believed that Jessie would make her
mark some day.
The bill reducing the President’s
salary to twenty-five thousand dollars
was reported back to the Senate on
Thursday, with the recommendation
that it he passed over the President's
veto.
Telegraphic News.
CONDENSED FOR THE RE
ROUTER.
VANDERBILT.
Commodore Vanderbit is conscious,
but very low. Members of the family
are permitted to see him.
THE RED CtODDS OF WAR.
Omaha, May 29. — Captain McKcr
son, Gen. Crook's aid, telegraphs from
Fort Fettermnn that all the young
warriors from the Red Cloud agency
have gone northward to join Sitting
Bull. The indications are that Gen.
Crook will have to contend with the
whole force. Cook's command left
Fort Fettermau this morning.
BAD NEWS FROM TltF, BLACK HILLS.
New York, May 29.—A dispatch from
; Fort Fettorman says a man from the
Black Hills reports helping to bury
seventy-three persons and thinks
three hundred have been killed since
the first of January by Indians. Poo
ple at Custer City are in constant ter
ror.
WILL TAKE JURISDICTION.
Washington, May 29.—The news
comes from the Capitol that the Sen
ate, by a majority of 8, has decided to
take jurisdiction in the Belknap im
peachment case.
HOMICIDE.
Memphis, May 29. —Passengers from
Hot Springs, Arkansas, report intense
excitement there on Saturday, over
the shooting of John C. Hale, a prom
inent citizen of that place, and son
in-law of ex-Govornor Brownlow, of
this State, on last Saturday, by Win.
P. Walsh, postmaster and a promi
nent politician. The difficulty grew
out of Walsh’s building a store on
ground claimed by Hale. Reports
are conflicting as to who fired tho
first shot. Walsh emptied the con
tents of a double barrelled shot gun
into Hale’s side, inflicting mortal |
wounds. Walsh was arrested.
keeii’s alleged “crookedness.”
Washington, May 29.—Harney,
who had charge of a door in the
House during two terms of the Con
gress of 1865, testifies that he has
been continuously in office since 1858
in several positions, for which ho had
nobody to recommend him but his
honesty; that his friend Green came
to him after a commission. lie had
given Mr. Kerr good morning ns an
acquaintance. He left his door to tell
Mr. Kerr about it. Air. Kerr invited
him to his room. He called and told
Mr. Kerr he was a Republican and
Mr. Kerr told witness it would be
necessary to have somo credentials
from New York Democrats, and that
if it was worth anything it was worth
SSOO. Subsequently witness and
Green called at Kerr’s house with
tho credentials, and subsequently
handed Mr. Kerr at his door in the
House of Representatives SSOO. In
two days the nomination was made,
and in due time Green received his
commission and was subsequently
cashiered. This story is adhered to
with exact particularity. Green could
only raise $460 and witness supplied
the S4O. The cross-examination does
not shake these leading statements.
Witness had no communication with
Mr. Kerr before or after this affair;
had never done or attempted any
thing like it before or since; did not
know where he hoarded or with whom
he associated during his two years in
Washington. Beyond the main inci
dents of bribery the witness hus no
positive recollection. The witness
first declined to testify, and the com
mittee seemed disposed togivo him
time to consider, when Mr. Kerr said
if witness hesitated on his account he
wished the examination to proceed.
Witness asked Mr. Kerr if he desired
him to tell all he knew, and Mr. Kerr
replied, “Yes.”
Speaker Kerr said he did not want
to retire without saying a few words,
and asked to be sworn. He then tes
tified: “I only want to remark to-day
that as to a very material statement
made by this witness affecting my per
sonal honor and official integrity, I
deny it, That is all. If I were in
sufficient health I would make a state
ment of the circumstances which led
to this investigation in connection
with the anonymous letter I received,
hut Ido not feel able to do so to-day.
I will say that consciously I never
knew this witness in my life, but I do
not say or wish to be understood us
saying tknt he did not introduce
Green to me. I do not know six door
keepers about this House now, though
they are supposed to be my political
friends. I never consciously exchanged
a minute's conversation between heav
en and earth with that person. I nov
el' knew him, and he was never at my
room, as he has stated, and of course
I never received any money from him,
nor from any one else.”
Washington, May 29:—Harney’s
testimony is tho general topic of con
versation to-night. Leading Repub
licans do not hesitate to avow their
thorough disbelief of Harney’s story.
Harney, on his return to his hotel,
stated that he had been before the
committee, and when asked whether
he had been scalped, replied: “No,
but I liave killed the Democratic par
•ty.”
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