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(f)intnuin ilcpovtvr. h m. Mclntosh, ) - Editors. ■P'S. TiI,I.MAN, \ 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. —————' 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.” CUT THIS OUT It May Save Your Life. There is no person living but what fuffers more or less with Lung Diseas es, Coughs, Colds or Consumption, yet some would die rather than pay 75 cents for a bottle of medicine that would cure them. Dr. A. Boschee’s German Syrup has lately been intro duced in this country from Germonv, and its wonderous cures astonishes every one that try it. If you doubt what we say in print, cut this out and take it to Kayton, and get a sample bottle for 10 cents and try it. Two doses will relieve you. liegu’ar size 75 cents. For sale bv H. H. Kayton. Subscribe for tho Reporter for tho ' Campaign. THE REPORTER FOR THE CAMPAIGN! Now is the Time to Sub scribe! Desiring to extend the circulation of the Reporter throughout Southern Georgia and Middle Florida dur ing the approaching campaign, we offer to send it to subsribers until the first of Jan uary 1877, for only ONE DOLLAR! As an out-and-out Democratic campaign paper we propose to I i:vi> THE ATVTV in Southern Georgia. Its columns will not only contain interest ing reading for the campaign, and faithful ly and fearlessly writ ten exposures of all political corruption and knavery, but will be filled Wyth such other matter as will be inter esting to the general reader. The? freshest news from all parts of the country will be condensed in each is sue; in fact, we desire to make the Repor ter A Paper for the People in South Geor gia. Able corespondents In different sections of the country have been engaged to keep ns informed as to all that transpires, and the latest news from both our State and National capitals will appear in each week’s issue. We oiler Spe cial lii<luce -ments to clubs Specimen copies sent free upon appli cation. JOSEPH TILLMAN, Proprietor. QUITMAM GA., MAY 15tb