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g §eyortci;. JOS. TILLMAN. Editor. THURSDAY. APRIL 5. 1877. Breaking (iai's Failli. If anything were wauling to prove thnt 'lr. H '■'<••• is more of u trickster than a states man, his conduct for the short time be has been in the Execu tive chair would determine that point in anyone’s mind save his estimable wife, and the happy congregation at tho Foundry church where ho wor ships. Mr. Foster gave assurances to the Southern Congressmen that if they would not aid the filibustering scheme indulged in by Northern and South ern members alike, of the XLTVtIi Congress to force anew election, that the Federal troops would be with drawn from tho States of South Car and Louisiana immediately after his inauguration. Air. Stanley Mathews entered into a negotiation also with prominent Southern statesmen, beaded by Sena tor Gordon, to the same effect, olily with this marked emphasis, “ subject only to the Constitution of the Unit ed States, and the laws made in pur suance thereofand we are told from Washington that the friends of Air. Hayes, fearing that his Presidential cake was becoming all dough, and that very rapidly, visited Grant just a few hours before his term expired, and induced him to issue an order withdrawing the troops, which order was handed 10 Gen. Sherman ; but for some unaccountable delay never got any further than Don Cameron’s pocket ; and it was hidden in the Hayesy atmosphere which was then surrounding Washington as a besom of destruction to civil liberty. What feelings of contempt and scorn must now arise in every honest heart at Hayes's keeping his friends' promises to tho ear and breaking them to the hope ? Can the stream rise higher than its fountain ? When it is recollected that Morton, Blaine & Cos. are the recognized leaders of the Republican party, the brilliant Colliding not brooking the great fraud, and tiiat Hayes was but a crea ture of compromise at Cincinnati ; that all his public life displays a weak, negative character ; how can tho Southern people have any hankering after office under tho ‘great un-elect-, ed,’ surpasses our comprehension. We arc informed that the gallant Gor don almost weeps and is tempted to swear over this weakness of office seeking 7 , as is being exhibited daily by the hundreds of applications he is receiving for place and pelf. Let the headers of public opinion, and the Press of tho South, labor in and out of scisoa, in warning tho people of the inevitable consequences likely to follow the consummation of such a scheme of office-holding run mad. Why, accept an office from a man who has no decision of character, or respect for his oath of office? Is there any cause, human or Divine, for quartering and keeping the military foisted over the civil law in Louisiana and South Carolina? We notice that Gov. Hampton lias returned from his visit to Washington, where lie went iu the interest of peace and reconcil iation ; and while wo read tho char acter of Carolina's noble sou, through his burning words, “so help me God to take nothing else, - ’ we feel sure that his life is of no eonsoquence if his countrymen are to suffer the hu miliation of Chamberlain’s reign of plunder and self-aggrandisement any longer ; and we feel certain that no Chamberlain will ever lied and board in the State House again, or return to the State he has so conspicuously dis graced. Louisiana’s cass is very different. Hayes’s right to the Presidency comes front the decision made by the infa mous Grand Higb.-low-jaek-and-game Commission, and we are fearful that military government awaits that im happy State, or else Ilayes decides against himself, and thus ackowl edge his baseness as well as weak ness, and hell only will be a refuge from the storm of obloquy yet to ho heaped upon him b\ the American people. But there is a crumb of comfort in the reflection that Congress will in a measure right the wrong, and that this great ltepublic will soon be with out a standing army to do the Presi dent’s dirty work. The suspense is still kept up, busi ness is languishing, and everything uncertain and unstable in the Peli can State. The President dosen’t trouble him self much about Washington eti quette. Wanting a little talk with Garfield Wednesday he jiißt put on his hat and strolled to the Congress man’s bouse, instead of sending a messenger to summon Garfield to the White House. He has also decided to abolish the old practice of having visitors at the White House reception introduced by the Marshal ot the District of Columbia. — I'hda'Mphvj Press.' lit 1 warding Iniquity. Stearns never forgets a friend or a favor, even if he has to lie to get, his friends in office. News reaches us that. Samuel B. Ate Lin, late Secretary of State under Hart, who appointed him to that pos sition because they were both scala wags, and later under Stearns, has been appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Alexico, by His Fraudulency. Ate Lin is one of the most unsavory and contemptible of all the scalawag crew who lorded over the Floridians during the Republican regime in Florida. He was such a drunkard that even Purtnan could not keep him as a clerk in the U. S. Revenue office at Gainesville. When he edited tlie Lake City Herald, his paper was known because of his peculiar fitness in abusing men better than himself ; hence Hart rewarded him by the ap pointment of Secretary of Stale, tor I Ins dirty work during tho campaign !of 1872. His confirmation was a matter of doubt for four long, event ful (lavs to him in the State Senate ; but at last, after a promise to quit getting drunk, any lying about loose ion the streets like a mangy cur, he ; was confirmed. His services were required on the Tallahassee Sentinel, and he , continu ed to edit that paper until it died, of rottenness and corruption. AlcLin is | a lawyer in name only; he was States Attorney before crawling into tho j cabinet. He will stifle justice and screen Lis party friends'from merited punishment; and if Tilden had been inaugurated would have died, because | of an opportunity to play the rascal any longer. If a meaner man lives than AlcLin, it is J. Madison Wells. If it will only he cold enough to ; kill him, ho has no vitality, the peo- I pie of New Alexico will be really blessed by such an indirect visitation of Providence. We are sorry to be able to inform the Now York daily journals that he 1 has a white skin. He is not a color !ed man, and it is really a slur upon the “ man and brother” for the usu ally well informed journals of New York city to make such a mistake. Reed’s Secretary of State was a j colored man, who died of grief, his : race nominating Pnrman for Congress in the fall of 187-1. His name was Jonathan C. Gibbs. The Question of :i Const itulioiia! j Convention j The experience of the past nine years has developed the necessity foi a few important changes in the pres- J cut Constitution : Ist. There should be embodied in j the fundamental law an absolute pro hibition of “State aid” in any form whatever. 2nd. The General Assembly should 1 only once in two when convened in extra jsetfsion by the exe cutive, and the compensation of the members and officers ought to bo fix ed iu the fundamental law. 3rd. There should be one uniform tribunal for the management of coun ty affairs throughout the State. Some counties now have Commissioners for this purpose ; in others the county business is in the bands of the Ordi diuarv, and in others still, it is lodg ; ed in the hands of the County Judge. These changes in our present sys tem would secure to the State an av erage annual saving of seventy-five thousand dollars. We must have these changes, or raise the taxes ! Private rights ought not to be dis j turbed. If we are to have a now Constitution, it ought to have the hearty .sanction of the whole people. I The best way to secure the popular | sanction, is to send the ablest, the most unselfish, and the most prudent men in the State to make the Consti tution. Let the people summon such : men as Charles J. Jenkins, and Her : schel V. Johnson to revise our funda mental law and all will be well. But iif political quacks, scramblers for place, and journeymen pretenders to statesmanship are to take charge of the movement, then it would ho well to vote down the Convention. Ex-Gov. Brown writes a three col umn letter to the Chronicle and Con nlitulionalid, in response to a query as to what his views are on the sub ject of Southern men taking office under Hayes, from which we extract the following: “Whatever view' individual Demo ; crats may take as to the inexpediency ior inexpediency of accepting office under the present Administration, the Democratic party, and each individ ual member of it, should bear con stantly in mind the injustice and fraud bv which their gallant leaders, Tilden and Hendericks, were cheated ! out of the positions to whicli the people, following the lead of the Dem : ocracy, had legally and fairly elected | them; and each and every Democrat j should resolve, whether in or out of : office, to do no act, and make no con cession which can in any way divide j us, or endanger the triumphant .sue ■ cess of the party, in t he next election, ' by overwhelming majorities.** FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. ATLANTA MUST HAVE A SENSATION. SUNSET COX LECTURES TO A I HATTY AUDIENCE. Tim Library Association Judge them by their Associates Hive Us (Jood Hooks mill Papers Political Opinions | (Solid Joke on Hampton The Con vention. Etc. Atlanta, Ga., March 29,1877. Editor Reporter: Atlanta must have a sensation; if she can’t get up ! one in the shape of a murder, a sui cide, or a fire, (all of which she has had very lately,) she will send to the j Northwest and bring down a lot of I excursionists, or to Texas for a big flag. One of the latest sensations was a New York lecturer in the person of Hon S. S. Cox, euphoniously called Sunset Cox. This gentleman deliv ered a very entertaining and amusing lecture lust Friday evening on “Irish Humor.” By tho way, tho telegraph wires made quite a mistake in telling us that, his theme was, “Just Hu man.” If the mistake was calculated to mislead the expectant hearers, it furnished to tho lecturer a very pleas ant way of introducing himself and his lecture. It was not the privilege of the writer to hear the eloquent gentleman, but tho general verdict ! is that tho lecture was intensely in teresting and enjoyable. When you organize your Library Association, you too may enjoy the same pleasure which the Atlanta Li brary Association provided for our 1 cit : zens. I am glad to know that the people of Quitman have determined to have a Library. It is a sure sign of progress and improvement, and I hope that the highest measure of suc | cess will crown this laudable effort. Somebody has said, “One great need of our country is good, books and more of them.” I generally, as you do, form my estimate of a man by the company he keeps. I also form my estimate of a family by the books I find in the house. The same may be said of a com munity. Its culture and refinement will generally be in proportion to the books and periodicals read anil circu lated. I once asked R. D., a member of H. 11. church, why it was that his church was so much more active, I wide-awake and liberal than many others. He replied about as follows: | “Weinke the Index and Slute Grange, attend the associations, conventions and other gatherings, and know what is going on in the world.” One of the most painful things to j me iu niv peregrinations is to see the absence of books and papers in many families that I visit. Sometimes I see only a Bible, a patent office re port, and an almanac, and occasion ally that is out of date ! I once spent the flight vitli a preacher (not in Georgia), and had occasion to ask for our denominational paper. “Don’t take it,” said he. “Do ; you take any religious paper ?” I asked. “No,” ho replied; “if they'll let me alone, I’ll let them alone." “Do you take any secular paper?” I again asked. “No.” “Don’t you want to know what is going on in the world?” “No, so I make a livin'; that’s all I care for.” (!) A poor living, I thought, for his wife and children—no books, no pa pers. This same man fed mo on fat middling meat, when he had a line lot of nice hams hanging up in his smoke-house! Yon would’ut expect much of him, would you ? Give ns books, good books and plenty of them. Give us papers, good papers (not too much politics in them), and plenty of them. Give us books, and we can talk with Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Give us books, | and we can hear Hall, Wesley and Whitfield preach. Give us books, and we can hear Copernicus, La Place and Newton talk of nature and her wonders. Give us books, and we can travel on land and water with Colum bus, Humbolt, Kane and Livingstone, (five us books, and we can enjoy the I company of the muses with Spencer, Sbakspeare, Milton and Young. Give us papers, too—religious and secular, with a slight sprinkling of the politi cal ! That father who proposes to rear a family of children without books and papers has but a feeble sense of responsibility, or a very slight conception of tho truth that “knowledge is power.” Then go on with your Library movement, and don’t stop til! all classes of good books and papers are accessible to young and old. To change the subject, we are all wondering hero how Hampton and Chamberlain will settle their troubles at Waulnnghrnt Mauy think that it is an effort on the part of Mr. Haves to get Hampton down and out. We shall be surprised if Chamberlain and Packard are not recognized in thiity days. I must tell you a good joke on Hampton. During the recent heated canvass in South Carolina, everybody, old and young, except the Radicals, ■were wont to cry out on all proper occasions, (and on some improper ones, as will be seen,) “Hurrah fur Hampton ! Hurrah for Hampton !’ On a Sabbath, during the excitement,‘ a child was taken to an Episcopal church to be christened. As the father held tho little fellow ill his arms in front of the clergyman, who, by tlio way, was a Republican, ho raised himself up and cried out at the top of his voice: “Hooyinv for Hamp ton !” His brother, about a year older, sitting near by, said: “You, dog you, wlmt you holler ‘hoovaw for Hampton in do church for?” Tho audience found it difficult, if not im jpossible, to maintain their dignity, as j you may imagine, and the preacher hurried through with the ceremony ! as rapidly as possible. One of the chief topics of conversa tion, and the most fruitful theme for newspaper articles, is the approaching conventional election. Fulton county has an abundant crop of candidates, who iiro willing to serve the county and State “to the brut of their abitili/.” Every other county may say the same, I presume. How about Brooks? V. The Convention. Editor Reporter: Tho State of Georgia will, from all indications, have a convention to make anew Constitution or change the old one tho present year. The organic law to be fashioned by that hotly is not to bo designed for any particular pe riod or emergency, and should not he regarded as a temporary make-shift or emergency, looking to present dif ficulties or defective legislation— should not bo made in the interest of any clique, caste or race—but should be enacted for the conservation of the rights and liberties of all who are citizens and belong to the body poli tic, and for all time to come. Great care should, therefore, be i exercised to exclude mere local puli- J ticians and partisans who may be aspiring to seats in the convention;! and to this end all agitation should ! bo deprecated, and every appeal to j the passions and prejudices of the j masses should be frowned down. What we want is an assemblage of j the wise and pure minds of the coin- j monwealth, embracing, if possible, all the sections of tho State. The jn-1 diciary and legal lore of the State should he represented there —the intelligent farmer, the educated me chanic, and experienced statesman and skillful financier. All those parties should he sought for by discerning public opinion, and he who would resort to electioneering tricks to secure a place in the con vention should be severely rebuked. There are men within the boundaries of this district, ex-Congressrnen and jurists, former Senators and Repre sentatives, and agriculturists, who, like Cincinnntus, are driving the plow—learned professors of colleges | and schools, commissioners, and in any other noble citizens out of the politi cal harness —who would grace and adorn this convention or any other. We trust, therefore, that there will be no eabaling, treating, bull-dozing, or any other tricks for seats in the convention. Let the people speak through the press, or in primarily as sembling after mature deliberation, and so choose who they want to rep i resent them. Georgia is able to gather together a convention of citi- S zens who would be an honor to any .Slate or country, and this can be done if politicians and party backs can be induced to stand aside, and allow tho people to select their man or men without any. undue influence i or interference. This district is entitled to four del egates. Thomas' ‘county thinks she is entitled to two. If this is so, then Brooks and Colquitt are entitled to ! each one delegate, 'the Thomasville papers have declared in favor of a convention, but our local press is mum. Citizen. New Advertisements. Postponed Coroner’s Sale. TTTIL . BE HOLD BEFORE THE COURT V t House door in the town of Quitman, Brooks county, Ga.. within the legal hours . of sale, on the first Tuesday in May next: ! One acre of land, lot No. 21, in the south ! east section of said town, as property of Jasper.lf. Thomas, to satisfy an execution issued upon an attachment, from Brooks County Court Jo brujpy 27, 1877. in favor of •T. T. Thrasher .vs. Jasper U. Thomas. Property pointed out bv execution. 211-217" E. D. BONDER, Coroner. * $ $ # UE.VI) THIS ! ONLY ONE - DOLLAR! For one dollar the Savannah Weekly | News will be sent, postage paid, to any ad ! dress for six months. It is one of the cheap est papers published, and is a welcome visi tor to the counting room, fireside or farm. It is a neatly printed four-page sheet, com pactly male up, and contains the political and current news of the week; a eompre - liensive summary of the telegraphic dis patches and local news, and interesting sketches and stories. It also contains full reports of the markets. Thus, those who have not the advantage of a daily mail can get the news for six mouths by sending one dollar. It is just the paper for everybody interested in Georgia and Florida, It will be well invested, and will educate your children and make home lmppy. Monty for either paper can be sent by Post-office order, registered letter or Express, at publisher’s risk. Address J. H. ESTILL, 214 Savannah, Ga. CELEBRATED JACK, IIcV IL IT ys I rjVUE UNDERSIGNED WILL STAND | HIM IN QUITMAN FOR THE SEASON. *,lO PER SEASON. 1 211- I>. 15. THIIAKIi£R. New Advertisements. PRI( MCK —TO Suit the Times! Having just returned from Now York where I have Helooted a FIRST-CLASS STOCK OF GOODS with great care, for ntsli, at bottom prices. lam now fully prepared to sell to my old customers and thepublie generally. GREAT BARGAINS IN Clothing’, Dry Goods, BOOTS AND SHOES, LADIES’ and DENTS’ H ATS Together with a large and complete stock of < i l* <o <3 e i* ics, | SUCH AS SUGAR, COFFEE, TOBACCO, BACON, FLOUR, SOAP, Ac., Ac. Ac., Cull and see me before purchasing else where, and convince yourself that goods have never been sold so low before in this mark. t. 211-222 JACOB BAUM. TO THE PUBLIC! UNUSUAL INDUCEMENTS ARE OFFERED AT John Tillman's! WHO IS CONSTANTLY RECEIV ING lIIS EXTENSIVE STOCK OF Spring and Summer GOODS, Which he is offering at. greatly re duced prices, consisting of _! _ l__ | DRY GOODS, j r~ ; OF ALL KINDS, ! : Hoots and Shoos, i ; iPIATS.:' j LI J HARDWARE] j • ; CROCKERY,; i L_ j |PLO W S , ~'\ l —AND OTHER — I Farming Implements ! * v * The price on plows reduced 331 per cent, from last year. My friends and the public generally are respectfully invited to call and examine my extensive stock before purchasing elsewhere. I expect to sell, if low prices will induce customers, and will keep goods constantly coining as they are wanted. JOIIA TILLMAN. April 5, 1877. 214 >,< M H E3 M> —WORTH OF— CLOTHING, HOOTS, SHOES, &c., To be sold immediately to make room for more goods. OUR FRIENDS IN FOREIGN MAR k ts having heard that we are doing a large business, are crowding goods upon us on consignment and otherwise, daily from ev< ry market, consequently wc must sell to make room for them. If you want goods for Cash or Produce, VERY CHEAP, Come Now! Ton will buy at such bargains as you have not thought of. We can assure our friends that we are surprised at the prices of many kinds of goods being daily sent, to us, and we mean to sell them accordingly. We MEAN BUSINESS, and SO HUM BUG. No market shall out do OURS. BRIHGS, JELKS & CO. Qnitmm, Ox, April 4, 1877. 214 DRY GOODS. IT A r r II It Ol* A o 0., HAVING decided to relinßutali the Retail Dry Goods business, are now offering their large and well assorted stock in that department AT BARGAINS. Now on hand full lines of and Black Silks, ( iislimei’cs ) Grenadines, Alpacas, Print© Lawns, Percales, Cambrics, Hosiery, Cloths, Shirtings, Sheetings, Linens, &e. Dry Goods at Wholesale! LATHROP & CO. Have now in stock full lines GEORGIA. STRIPES, CHECKS, SHIRTINGS, SHEETINGS, COTTONADES, TICKS, DENIMS, JEANS, PRINTS, BLEACHED COTTONS, HOSIERY, Ac., &c. LATIUtOP & CO.. 21‘2- SAVANNAH, GA. ; I I The Kennesaw Gazette, g A MONTHLY PATER, PUBLISHED AT M ATLANTA, GA. Devoted to Railroad interests, Literature, Wit and Humor. Fiftv Cents Per Year. CHROMO to every subscriber. Address KENNESAW GAZETTE, 213 ATLANTA, GA. —a— slo REWARD! IWTLL GIVE A REWARD OF TEN DOLLARS i.i CASH for the apprehen sion of the person who obliterated the figure | ONE (1) on the mile-post on the Quitman andTallokas road, with proof to convict. There is a place in the “chain gang” especially reserved for this class of offenders. EDWARD R. HARDEN, Judge County Court Brooks Cos. Quitman, Ga., March *27, '77. 213-215 A SPLENDID PLANTATION FOR SALE! IT CONTAINS ABOUT FOUR HUN- 1 DRED (.400) ACRE i OF LAND, and | lays directly east of Quitman; about 50 acres ! inside the 'irtwfcirfi"' ~ : t <*i the town, j an 1 are eligible as town lots. 125 acres cleared land on tho place. Good Gin-house j and new Gin, a dwelling house and two negro cabins. The hind is good for farming purposes, and a bargain can be had by any one who wishes to purchase, by applying to MRS. C. imPFFPER, 213- Quitman, Ga. “NEWSY, SPICY, RELIABLE.” THE Atlanta Constitution. I yXDER ITS NEW MANAGEMENT, C The Atlanta Constitution has won for itself the title of the leading journal of the South. Its enterprise, during the re cent election excitement, in sending corre spondents to different portions of the coun try, and its series of .special telegrams from Washington while the electoral commission was engaged in consummating the fraud that placed Radicalism once more in power in our national councils, are evidences con spicuous enough to prove that no expense will be spared to make tlqp Com titution not only a leader in the discussion of matters of public concern, but a leader in the dissemi nation of the latest and most reliable news. There is no better time than now to sub scribe for a fresh and vigorous newspaper. Albeit, there has been a quasi settlement of one of the most dilh ult and dangerous problems of modern mleril politics, the discussions springing therefrom and the re sults likely to ensue have lost nothing of their absorbing interest. In addition to this, the people of Georgia are now called upon to settle the convention question, and in the dissension of this important subject (in which the Constitution will take a leading part) every Georgian is interested. If a convention is called its proceedings will find their earliest and fullest embodiment in the columns of the Constitution, and this fact alone will m ike the paper indispensable to every citizen of the State. To be brief, The Atlanta Daily Constitution will endeavor, by all the means that the progress of modern jounmli-m has made possible and necessary, to hold its place as a leader of Southern opinion and as a pur veyor of the latest news. Its editorials will be thoughtful, timely and vigorous -calm and argumentative in their methods and thoroughly Southern and Democratic in their sentiments. Its news will be fresh, reliable and carefully digested. It will be alert and enterprising, and no expense will bo spared to make it the medium of the latest and most important intelligence. The Weekly Constitution. Besides embodying everything of interest in the daily, the Weekly Constitution will contain a Department, of Agriculture, which will be in charge of Mr. Malcolm Johnson, the well-known Secretary of the Georgia State Agricultural Society. This depart ment will be made a specialty, and will be thorough and complete. The farmer will find in it not only all the current informa tion on the subject of agriculture, but timely suggestions and well-digested advice. Subscriptions slioul l.be sent in at once, TERMS FOR THE DAILY: 1 month $ 1 00 3 months 3 00 0 months 5 30 12 months 10 00 TERMS FOR THE WEEKLY: 0 mot ths .sllO 12 months 2 20 j Money iti iy be sent by Fost-olßee money order at our expense. Address: THE CONSTITUTION, 213 Atlanta, Ga. 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