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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
WEDNESDAY, May I*, 187'>.
Ben Hile, Congressman-elect, rna<le
a great speech at Athens on Saturday,
a synopsis of which appears elsewhere.
We publish another letter from our
talented Atlanta correspondent, F. H.
A , this morning.
The communication signed “Vigi
lant is declined—not because of any
objectioual matter, but for the reason
no responsible name accompanies it.
A Dr. Gross has delivered a lecture
before the Louisville Medical Conven
tion favoring a revival of the old prac
tice of nearly bleeding a man to death
in order to cure him.
Many thanks are returned to the
ladies of Saint Paul’s Church for the
refreshments sent last night. Their
Fair will be continued this evening,
and the public most earnestly invited
to attend.
The Richmond county lady who yes
terday sent the bouquet of rare aud
fragrant flowers is tendered many
thanks. And, more than all, there
came her congratulations for this
paper under the new regimo*nd her
best wishes for its success. Plague
take the men if we can only succeed in
pleasing the ladies !
The news from Berlin this morning
is significant. There is no doubt that
the German Government has fully re
sulved to withdraw all pecuniary sup
port from the Romau Catholic Church.
It is further stated that the 13th inat.,
the eighty-third birthday of the Pope,
will be improved by sending his Holi
ness an addiess of sympathy aud con
dolance, with one million signatures.
In the Hon. B. H. Hill, who has been
elected to Congress from the Ninth
District of Georgia, the South Carolina
Conservatives will find a fearless and
willing friend at the National Capital.
As we have no Congressmen of our own,
brethren of North Carolina aud Geor
gia speak up for us when they have
a chance. And they do it!—Charles
ton News and Courier.
Beauregard.— -Alluding to the state
ment. that Geu. Beauregard whs, at one
time, somewhere between 1861-65, in
favor of fighting the invaders of South
urn soil without giving or taking quar
ter, the New York Herald says : “ The
matter is scarcely worthy of further
discussion, and, so far as Geu. Beaure
gard is concerned, we prefer to think
only of his humanity and courtesy and
courage, and not of any of the foolish
purposes he may havo supported in
the heat and fury of any unhappy war.”
Capt. Thomas, of the ill-fated steam
er Schiller, died like a hero on the post
of duty. It is not recorded that he
ever left the sinking ship until death
called for him. High above the cries
and shrieks of his panic-stricken pas
sengers and crew his stern voice was
heard at the supreme moment of dau
ger, commanding his sailorsjto duty,
and even using his revolver in en
forcing nis orders. Let his name be
written on the roll of fame.
Contrary to expectation Mr. Hill
w.as supported as well, if not better in
the .mouutain counties of his District as
he was in the “ flatwoods,” “ white set
tlements/’ “ around the University,”
“ among people who occasionally put
on a clean shirt,” and other elegant
expressions we are used to in expres
sing the “physical geographey” of the
Ninth District. The result plainly
shows the Gainesville Convention to
havo been a “stuffed concern,” in
which “cold decks,” “ strippers,” and
marked cards wore played.
Augusta will be a lively city during
the week. Our firemen had their au
nuai parade yesterday. To-day the
stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
meet, and the Schuetzen Club have its
annual festival The city is crowned
with its friends from the country, and
from other cities and towns. The
meeting of the Georgia stockholders,!
always interesting, will be additionally
so from the fact that anew President,
is to be chosen in place of the vener
able and universally respected John
P. Kino. He will retire from the office
full of honors and years. To his su
perior ability the great corporation is
greatly indebted for its high staudiug
financially.
Czar of all the Russias is in Ber
lin where, rumor says, he has gone to
settle thd details of an Impending
European wai. There is great un
easiness felt in Fi £ nee and Germany
over the situation. Ths only dissatis
faction of Germany seerntf t 9 be that
France is not remitted to a secoila -rate
power, but has fully recovered from
the late, war and is now as strong as
ever. It is certain, however, tffat
France does not desire a conflict of
arms at this time, although in it she
would have a better chance of success
than before.
m Mil fanstMioMM
FROM WASHINGTON.
Successful Whiskey Campaign,
Washington, May 11. —The best
planned and most skillfully executed
campaign ever made by the Govern
ment against the whiskey ring culmi
nated yesterday in the seizure of more
than thirty of the largest distilleries and
rectifying houses in St. Louis, Chicago
and Milwaukee.
Other distillery seizures have been
ordered at Pekin, Illinois, Cincinnati
and elsewhere, and the Secretary to
day directed that legal steps be taken
at all points where frauds have beeu
discovered, aud that arrests be made
where evidence is sullicieut to justify
theui. The officers have already ascer
tained that quantities of this crooked
whiskey have been distributed through
out tho country, especially in the North,
but tho form of tho packages in which
it was originally shipped has been
changed in many instances, and it will
now bo impossible to detect much of it.
Tho value of distillery property
seized was over one million dollars.
Detectives are hunting up consign
ments from illicit distilleries. Broken
packages are seized.
The Progress of River Improvements.
Senator Conover, of Florida, has as
surances that the execution of the fol
lowing clause of the River and Harbor
bill, which lie championed through
Congress, is progressing favorably :
“For the surveys to ascertain the most
eligible lino on which a canal across the
isthmus of Florida can be constructed,
hud whether a safe land-locked naviga
tion between the waters of the Missis
sippi aud the Gulf, along the coasts of
Alabama, Louisiana and Florida, aud
through the latter State to the Atlau
t.ic coast, can be had ; to estimate the
probable cost aud practicability of con
struction of such works, and of any
artificial water routes found necessary
to provide a safe inland navigation be
tween the Mississippi river and one of
the seaports on the east coast of Flor
ida.”
Indictment of King and Hinds.
The grand jury lias indicted Con
gressional Postmaster King for per
jury in connection with the Pacific Mail
Line, aud ex-Marshal Hinds on four
counts for bribery iu connection with
mail routes.
Appointments.
The President has appointed Jas. W.
Wood, Postmaster at Corpus Christi,
vice Taylor suspended.
Washington Notes.
Pierrepont will assume the Attorney
Generalship on Friday. Lieut. Tyler
relieves Capt Cook in charge of the Na
tional Cemeteries at Chattanooga aud
Knoxville. Federal and Confederate
soldiers are cordially invited to join iu
the decoration of graves at Ar lington
on the fourth of June. Confederate
graves will not be decorated on the
thirtieth of May.
Jrms for the South.
The War Department to-day decided,
in accordance with the argument of
Gen. Young, that the order from the
ordinance department withholding
arms and munitions from Southern
rates should be revoked.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Czar in Berlin.
Berlin, May 11.—The Czar arrived
to-day. Ho was received on alighting
at the railway station by the Emperor
William aud all the Princes of the
Emperor’s family. Gens. VonMoltke
and Manteuffel, and other distinguish
ed personages, were present. The Em
peror’s greeting was exceedingly cor
dial. An immense crowd gathered
around the station and cheered enthu
siastically. The city is decorated with
flags. The Czar, accompanied by
Prince Gortsehakoff, visited Prince
Bismarck.
A False Rumor.
Berlin, May 11.—The rumor that
Germany and Russia intend addressing
representations to France in relation
to armaments is false.
The Religious War.
The bill for the suppression of re
ligious orders passed its third reading
in the lower House. The Berlin Post
says there are reasons to suspect that
certain Polish Priests have conspired
against the lives of Prince Bismarck
and Dr. Falck, Minister of Ecclesiasti
cal Affairs, and that three persons,
whodo names are already known to the
police, were hired to carry out the plot.
The London Thunderer on the Situa
tion.
London, May 11. —The Times, in a
leading editorial, says: “We believe
the Czar is resolved to hold the most
decided language in favo" of the main
tenance of peace, and to use every ef
fort *0 put. a stop to the present alarm.
A few days will probably bring forth
official disclaimers of the recent re
ports. It is possible that it will be said
that there is nothing to justify French
apprehensious, but there should be
no mistako on this point as long as the
preseut condition remains. There must
be uneasiness, even danger. An unfor
seen incident, an outburst of jealousy,
may precipitate a rupture. The Czar
is unable to guarantee that France will
not attack Germany within a few years.
Gigantic, armaments are a mutual
menace. While they exist it is beyond
the power of even imperial peace
makers to allay apprehension.”
The Wi'eck of the Cadiz.
Later advices swell the number of
lives lost by the steamer Cadiz to 62.
The Cadiz was out of her course in
consequence of a misreekouing of her
captain. {She struck a rock and sunk
almost immediately
The British Parliament.
London, May 11.—In the House of
Commons this evening the peace pre
servation act for Ireland passed its
third reading.
Pacific News in England.
111 the House of Commons this p. m.,
Mr. Bourke, Under Foreigu Secretary,
in response to an inquiry of Sir Chas.
Dilke as to the Continental situation,
said the Government has received to
day the most satisfactory assurances
from Berlin of the maintenance of the
peace of Europe.
European Crops.
London, May 11.—The Mark Lane
Express, in its weekly review of the
breadstuffs market, says : “ Late rains
have done immense good, and warmer
weather following almost promises to
do away with the lateness of the sea
son. More rain is wanted, but the
beneficial change has lowers*! prices.
In France the crops are promising.—
\Vi?eat is from sixpence to a shilling
lower.” . . .
Many of the British provincial mar
kets show a similar decline in prices.
An Address to hie Pope.
A special dispatch from Berlin to the
Pall Mail Gazette says : A Catholic As
sociation has left Mayence for Rome
A.TJG'LTSTA., GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 12. 1875.
to present the Pope with an address
congratulating him upon the anniver
sary of his birthday, which occurs on
the 13th iust, when he will be 83 yeais
old. The address, which is said to
have one million signatures attached
to it, is couched in terms of the deep
est devotion and allegiance.
The War Feeling iu France.
Paris, May 11. —The feeling here is
more hopeful. La Liberie says the
Czar will propose a general disarming,
which Germany will support.
Meeting of the French Assembly.
Paris, Msy 11.— The National Assem
bly met to-day. No event of import
ance attended the resumption of the
session.
The Schuylkill Mining Situation.
Potts vxlle, May 11. —The situation
iu the Schuylkill mining region is grow
ing daily more critical. Men willing to
work are compelled to abandon the
mines under threats of death.
Wiekesborre, May 11.—About 30
men went to work in Hutchinsons mine
this a. m., they marched from their
homes in a body aud were armed with
rifles and revolvers. A crowd of men,
women and boys followed them with
threats and imprecations, and were
only deterred from acts of violence by
the weapons of the workmen. The
women were particularly bitter wit If
invectives, and at one point, in the mile
march nearly preeepi tated a conflict.
A Half Million Fire in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, May 11. —The Planet Car
pet Mills are burned. Loss, half a
million dollars. They employed four
hundred people.
Later.
The loss of the stock, machinery and
building in the Planet Carpet Factory
was $330,000.
Minor Telegrams.
Cincinnati, May 11.—Three ladies
were drowned while attempting to
cross the Sandusky river in a wagot*
Leavenworth, May 11. —Col. D. K.
Anthony, editor of the Times, and post
master, was fatally shot by Win. Em
boy, editor of the Appeal, oil the stair
way of the Opera House. 11l feeling
existed between the parties.
New York, May 11. —The rush of peo
ple to the agents office still continues.
Mr. Leonhardt, of this city called to
day to ascertain the fate of his brother,
George • Leonhardt, of Augusta, Ga.,
who had left in the Schiller with his
wife and child l’or Stuttgardt, taking a
large amount of property with him.
No news could be given to the distress
ed gentleman, who lett the office in
tears.
The Pennsylvania Winter Wheat
Crop.
Philadelphia, May 11.—Reports
from two hundred counties indicate
scarcely half a crop of Winter wheat.
The Health of Key West.
Key West, May 11. — The Mayor and
health officer officially state that the
city is perfectly healthy. They pro
nounce as false a special dispatch
dated Washington, May 3, reporting
that there had been two deaths recent
ly from yellow fever, and that sevetal
cases existed in the city.
An Ancient and Marrying Kentuckian.
IN. Y. Tribune.)
When an old gentleman (like David
Craig, of Amerieus, Ky., aged LXXXV l
years) not only desires to be married,
but actually advertises for an old lady
of about his owu age, we are at a loss
to decide whether to him should be
awarded the palm of courage or the
credit of good sense. He is a fool to
marry at this time of life at all. He is
wise in not marrying a young chit.
When the learned John Daurat iu
extreme age espoused a girl who, ac
cording to Menage, was only nine
teen the old humorist made) a joke
of the matter by saying that “being
to die by a sword, it is better to perish
by a blight than a iusty one.” The
Romans at one time had a law which
prohibited man aud woman from mar
rying, he over sixty years old, aud she
over fifty ; but after trial it was re
pealed. Perhaps the experience of the
world shows that a very old man is no
more likely to make a foolish marriage
than a very young one. ’Tis a perilous
business at any rate, aud therefore we
are not surpiised that an old French
Calvmistie should print a book which
advises nobody to get married without
long previous prayer for light and guid
ance. But let us return to our David.
The octogenarian, Craig, informs us
that “ he is as spry as a girl just six
teen years; that there is life about
him ; that he can ride as gay a horse
as any young man ; that he does not
use a cane ; and that he desires no old
lady who is not as gay and spry as he
is.” We must admit that wo do not
exactly relish this untimely friskiness.
Anacreon might not have been choked
by the grape stone if ho had not been
so anxious to prove by his voracity
that he still possessed the appetite of
youth ; aud we always thought that
the lecture which took down Sir
•John Fulstaft’s courage was well
enough deserved. Mr. Craig, who
militated not without, glory in
the war of 1812, receives a pension
from the United States, and, as one of
the salaried fathers of-the republic, we
think that ho should maintain an ex
emplary gravit y. In fact, we deem him
a little inconsistent; for in one place he
tells us that he deserves a premium for
being so very old, while in another he
insists that he is as young as anybody.
In the present state of the Treasury. lt
seems hardly patriotic for a man so
extremely and, as we may say, preter
naturally able bodied, to depend upon
it for support. At eighty-six it is quite
impossible to be indecently vigorous.
There must boa touch of feebleness in
in the longevity which secures our
veneration. We cannot imagine the
hermit of the poets riding fast horses,
dancing break-downs and doing mus
cular wonders with his legs and arms.
Thegraybeaid should creep and not
skip.
Should Mr. Craig be fortunate enough
to find a Mrs. David of eighty-six, it is
no great presumption to predict that
he will be saved from “ pale jealousy ”
and the “ heart sick thoughts ” of
“which it is prolific. Even if anility had
the mind to gad about, it has not the
power ; and David may be sure that
the roystering gallants of Amerieus,
Ky., will not seek his lady in the bower
to which her old bones will confine her,
since we may take it for granted that
the whole male population of that ham
let isn’t of the ancient sort. It is only
on the canvas of Balthasar Deunerthat
wrinkles and rheum are esteemed cost
ly. But enough of our random specu
lation. It will be time enough to con
tinue it when we hear that Mr. David
Craig’s advertisement has been an
swered, and that the two eighty-sixes
have been made one hundred and
seventy-two.
ATLANTA (JOfeSlP.
Various Matters of Interest—Politics—
The Episcopal Convention—Mr. Ste
phens—The Teachers’ Convention at
Griffin——Social Am usements—The
Bribery Case —Something About
Southern Text-Books—A Discussion
Brewing—The Herald and the Con
vention—Ben Hill’s Victory in the
Ninth District.
(Correspondence of tho Constitutionalist.)
Atlanta, Ga., May 9, 1875.
Of the many-sided life of Atlanta,
the first week of real May weather has
been beautiful in illustration. This
rather cosmopolitan population has
found as many methods of diversion
as there are sources of the tide of peo
ple that perpetually flows to Atlanta,
leaving, despite the reflux, a consider
able debris of humanity. “ Mon may
come and men mfty go, but I flow on
forever,” said Tennyson’s river; and
so may be epitomized the human cur
rent that, with varying flow and ebb,
passes and repasses Atlanta. “ It’s
another Chicago,” said old Mayor Vau
sant, of Baltimore, to me last Autumn,
when the old gentleman was here in
attendance upon the Odd Fellows’
Convention, with a rush of eloquence
that proved irresistible. I gave the
venerable public functionary the sta
tistics furnished by our Young Men’s
Christian Association, and other re
ligious bodies, sufficient to convince
any skeptic as to the moral and re
ligious character of Atlanta, that the
parallel with Chicago cannot be sus
tained, except in the matter of mate
rial growth.
Well, this restless population with
the agility of a chamois leaping from
one mountain rock to another, has di
verted itself for a \\eek past with al
most every conceivable entertainment;
or, to speak more correctly, it has been
occupied with matters belonging to all
the more prominent subjects of modern
thought. Iu politics, for two or three
days, it occupied itself with tho strug
gle iu the Ninth District, and about the
time it had become satisfied that Ben
Hill had been elected by a vote ap
proximating its own high estimate of
his merits, Mr. Stephens came along
on his return home from tho Teachers’
Convention at Griffin, and Atlanta has
given to the venerable statesman a de
gree of attention that must have been
gratifying to himself and his imme
diate friends.
Dropping politics, Atlanta turned, on
Thursday, to religion as embodied in
the annual Con vention of the Episco
pal Convention, which, by resolutions
adopted yesterday, will adjourn sine
die to-night. The Episcopalians of tho
ciLy have, of course, been much in
terested in the proceedings of the Con
vention, and the report of the Commit
tee on the State of the Church will be
received with interest throughout the
State. It is hardly probable that your
readers can receive, before this shall
reach you, the full report of this im
portant committee, and I therefore
give you, for the information of your
Episcopalian readers, the substance of
its statement as compiled from the
Bishop’s address, his parochial reports
and from other sources as follows :
Thero have been within the past
year, baptisms, 613; confirmations, 438;
communicants, 4,198; communion aims,
$3,778.96; diocesan alms, 2,990; for do-,
inestic missions, $478.90; foreign mis
sions, $146.37; and for other church
objects about $51,000. The committee
states that the number of baptisms
fall below the number reported for the
last two years; the confirmations are
below last year. The greatest anxiety
is excited by the diminution of receipts
for diocesan missions. A body of self
denying men engaged in this work re
ceive only enough to supply the barest
necessaries of life. One of the oldest
and most devoted, who has a large
family dependent on him for support,
has less than three hundred dollars
pledged for his support. A call is made
on the society of the church to increase
their support in this matter, and
strongly urges the suggestion of the
Bishop in reference to the use of the
mite boxes, not only for the purpose of
increasing this fund, but also for the
support of the-young then engaged in
the study for the miuistry. The com
mittee called the attention of the clergy
and parishes to the standing resolution
requiring stated collections to be taken
up, giving as a reason therefor that
there are some fifteen parishes which
have failed in the matter of the collec
tion.
Pic-nics, almost unnumbered, have
been a part of the programme of the
religious public, and these„have given
enjoyment to hundreds of people be
sides the children of the various Sun
day schools, and have employed the
surplus means of transportation of the
various railroads converging at At
lanta, Stone Mountain. Ponce de Leon
Springs, aud other localities within
easy roach, have been the chosen local
ities of their May idyls, and the vim
with which they have already begun
promises a seasou remarkable for the
number of the entertainments sought
in sylvan resorts.
A sensation of at least a fortnight’s
duration has been the trial of the mu
nicipal bribery case. This case, invol
ving the official fidelity and honesty of
members of the City Council, arrested
for a much longer period thau would
any ordinary sensation the inquisitive
gaze of the public; and was decided at
last with a verdict of acquittal by the
Council, that body being the tribunal
before which its own members were
brought to judgment, which meets
with various commentaries from the
press and the public.
Apropos of the Educational Conven
tion at Griffin, its sessions were marked
by some interesting discussions, and
there are already indications of the
development speedily of more thau one
interesting question likely to occupy
the rpinds of professional educators
and of the general public to an unusual
extent. The subject of the origin aud
nature of the recent cyclone was ably
investigated by Professor Broun and
Mr. Stephens, and the presence of the
latter gentleman at the convention is
deemed by its members and the pub
lic to have been a very interesting
feature in the deliberations of a body
designed to exercise an important in
fluence upon the educational interests
of the State. Unexpectedly, too, from
the incidents of the session has grown
a discussion which is likely to prove
tolerably comprehensive in Its scope,
and to elicit no little polemic display
on the part of those most interested in
the methods of education aud best in
formed as to the objects and appli
ances of education. The Herald was
represented at Griffin by Mr. Moore,
one ot the most capable and careful of
its active and vigilant staff. His enter
prise enabled the Herald to obtain an
excellent synopsis of Mr. Stephens’ dis
cussion of the cyclones, aud was illus
trated by a careful analysis of what
Mr. Moore believed to be the spirit and
the sentiment of the convention arriv-
ed at from other sources than the for
mal routine of proceedings. In Mr.
Moore’s summary of the proceedings,
he dwelt at some length upon what he
conceived to be an unfriendly disposi
tion towards text-books prepared by
Southern authors. His strictures are
answered in a communication to the
Herald of to-day from Mr. W. F. C.-
Stephens, Secretary of the Teacher’s
Association. The communication aims
to refute the conclusions reached in the
Herald's report*aud cites the presence
of distinguished Georgia educators
representing the leading colleges of the
of the State in the Convention, as de
cisive evidence against the existence
of an unfriendly feeling towards South
ern text-books in those naturally shap
ing the feeling and action of the Con
vention.
A moment’s reflection will disclose
the possibility of discussion that this
small beginning contains. The reply
of the Secretary of the Convention to
the entirely decorous comments of Mr.
Moore upon the seutiments of his Con
vention are j ustPodsnapiau--are enough
to elicit a sharp editorial replication
from the Herald, It is well enough to
understand at the outset of a discus
sion such as may arise from this inci
pient controversy that the question is
one in which the whole intelligent pub
lic have an interest, and regarding
which the reading public have a right
to be informed. Dogmatic denials of
allegations made by an impartial and
intelligent observer of the sessions of
a body in whose proceedings the whoie
public is interested, and whoso action
any intelligent man can understand,
will not stop discussions. Ex cathedra
declarations will not be accepted by
the public in such matters, since in the
end the truth will be arrived at inde
pendently of the utterance of mere in
dividuals. It is not my purpose to
take sides in the controversy between
the Herald and the Secretary of the
Convention. 1 was not at Griffin; nei
ther am I acquainted with the spirit of
that body, or the practice of its mem
bers in the matter discussed by the
Herald. lam able, however, to main
tain with entire confidence the entire
worthiness of text books prepared by
Southern authors in every branch of
instruction embraced in the scope of
the duties of a competent teacher, uo
matter what the grade of his classes.
A North Carolina teacher, Bingham,
has prepared a system of instruction in
Latin which eminent teachers in the
foremost universities and colleges of
the South unqualifiedly endorse. A
Virginia Professor, Gilderslieve, has
prepared a Latin grammar which ad
mirably supplements the grammar of
Bingham, and the two leave nothing
short of the higher classical training
of the German Universities coining
within the demands of the student of
the philosophy of the Latin lauguage,
Citing from memory alone, it is only
necessary to mention in addition to
Bingham and Gildersleeve, such names
as those of Waddell, Smead and Sand
ford, of Georgia; McGuffey, Veneblc,
Holmes and Joyner, of Virginia,among
our eminent teachers who are also
compilers of text hooks, who have pro
vided in their various and comprehen
sive labors, an infinitely better academ
ical course than can be obtained from
Northern sources, and who, moreover,
are in sympathy with the genius of
the peopfe among whom they labor—
proud of the same history, animated
with the same impulses, familiar with
the same views and associations.
An especially interesting phase of
this question arises in connection with
the subject of history, often the most
valuable of all studies, aud in its very
nature the most easily taught in the
hands of a good teacher who has a
good text book. To us of the South
this branch of education takes pre
cedence of all others, for upon
the wholesome instructions of Southern
children in American history depends
largely their judgment of ourselves as
well as of our immediate and remote
ancestors. The self-respect,- the man
hood of the South and the future are at
stake, aud we can not insist too earnest
ly upon having Southern children
taught the history of their country
from text-books prepared by those who
are capable of its just interpretation.
In the average “American School His
tory” the services of Southern patriots
are uniformly dwarfed, and those of
eminent patriots of the North are cor
respondingly exalted. Bunker Hill is
improved with emphasis upon the
youthful mind, while King’s Mountain,
Moore’s Creek, and Cowpens are dispos
ed of in a breath; Bostou Harbor the
same the beginuiug aud the end of the
Revolution; John Hancock, Roger
Sherman, and tho Adamses were the
patriots; Massachusetts was the Revo
lution, while Virginia, the Carolinas
and Georgia were the mere outlying
adjuncts of the great movement" for
liberty. In view of the recent misfor
tune of the South, and of the misrep
resentation of which our people have
beeu the victims, much of which has
already been accepted as history, our
duty becomes doubly urgent.
Have our teachers weil looked into
this question with the interest demand
ed by the subject? Do Southern pa
renty examine the text-books put into
the hands of their children ? Are such
school histories as that of Mr. Ste
phens’, for instance, calm, impartial,
narrative of tho eveuts of American
history, in which simple justice is done
to the services of both sections in all the
epochs of American history, always
provided in the schools of the South ?
Should the question which the Herald
has raised be discussed at length, per
haps it will receive additional con
sideration in this correspondence.
The joy of Atlanta over Mr. Hill’s
election in the Ninth District is ex
treme. His election has been achieved
against great odds, and has been fairly
won in a good cause. From the out
set of the canvass he has been entirely
confident,\md his sagacity has aston
ished his friends. Returns from the
mountain counties show almost as great
unanimity for him as in Clarke and
Gwinnett. Returns from Pickens, re
ceived to day, give him a handsome
majority over both Price and Estes.
The four or five small counties un
heard from cannot alter the present
status, and Hill’s majority over both
his competitors will fall little short of
two thousaud votes. The people who
rejoice over Hill's triumph have not
failed to honor Mr. Stephens during
his visit, and the fact is significant of a
lesson which the intemperate partisans
of both these eminent Georgians would
do well to study. F. H. A.
While the Chief of Police of Bridge
port was testifyiug iu court the other
day, agaiust a tramp,- he said ho had
known the fellow as a tramp for fifteen
years past. This started the tramp,
who denied the correctness of the
Chief’s assertion, saying : “It is only
fourteen years ago last Spriug since I
have been a tramp. I swore then I
would never do another day’s work,
aud I never have, aud I never will.”—
Hartford Vourant.
THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Further* Figures About the Flection
of Ben Hill.
| Atlanta Herald, 11th.]
Tho following are the majorities of
the several counties as far as heard
from, reliably;
Hill. Estes. Price.
Clarke 937
Oconee 300
White 304
Jackson 642
Habersham 59
Banks 210
Morgan 263
Hall 46 ...
Madis#n 127
Lumpkin 258
Gwinnett 1,028
Rabun 40
Forevth 124
Franklin 209
Pickens 120
Total 3,775 514 382
The above figures for Mr. Hill are
his majorities over the field, while the
figures given to the other candidates
are their simple pluralities over Mr.
Hill. If wo consider that Mr. Hill has
to beat Mr. Estes we should add to his
vote iu Gwinnett 76 votes. Lumpkin
he carried over Mr. Estes by 47 votes ;
so that, as opposed to Estes, he will
gain in those two counties 121 over the
majorities estimated above. It is, of
course, impoasible to give with a cer
tainty the results of the other coun
ties ; but taking the votes of the coun
ties heard frbm as a basis, we feel jus
tified iu making tho following predic
tion. The eounties yet to vote will, we
believe, not vary very much from the
following estimate :
Hill. Estes. Price.
Towns 225
Union 50
Gilmer 150
Dawson 150
Fannin 100
Total 50 475 150
Add official majorities. .3,775 514 382
Total 3,825 989 582
This result will give Mr. Hill a ma
jority over the whole field of 2,254; his
plurality over Estes of 2,836, over Price
of 3,243. We shall not consider this a
weak calculation if the result varies
either way by two or three hundred
votes, especially in the change of plu
ralities from Price to Estes.
He Makes a Great Speech at Athens.
[Reported for the < Constitutionalist. |
Athens, May 8, 1875.
To-uight it was the privilege of the
citizens of Athens to listen to the great
victor of the Ninth, the hero of the
hour, Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, of Clarke.
From the balcony of the hotel, Mr.
Hill held his audience spell hound for
one hour and a half.
He began by remarking that iu many
respects, this special election was one
of the most remarkable ever held in
this country. After discoursing upon
this topic, Mr. Hill went on to say that
twenty years ago he had decided to
enter politics. Then his great objost
was to arrest a revolution which he
foresaw. Since that time, he alTrmed,
he had never a selfish thought. Al
ways in the minority, as they who op
pose popular revolutions aro, or he
had entertained no personal motives.
Asa private citizen ho had always
had the nerve to stand up for what was
right. It had been affirmed that he
had no strength with the people,
though he had never credited the as
sertion, for ho was conscious of fair
dealing with his countrymen; aud iu
deed the test which had just beeu made
rendered a verdict at variance with
this belief.
Iu the campaign just passed he for
gave all animosities. By endeavoring
to do his best in Congress he would
requite his friends and satisfy his ene
mies. The purpose of the twenty
eight delegates of the Gainsville Con
vention had been patriotic, and further
more by their unswerving action they
had brought him before the people
without the advantage of a nomination,
so that he might stand upon any merit
which he may have possessed. They
had also settled the question that a
convention, like an election, should re
flect a voice of the people.
One thing particularly complimen
tary to him had been the vote of the
colored men. They knew him to be a
Democrat, and to have fought recon
struction in every phase and form, aud
yetj in the face of this, they had voted
solidly forjhim in Clarke, Oconee, Jack
son and Gwinnett counties. He had
always regarded the colored people
kindly, and promised them that he
would protect their rights as long as
they remained in their own place. In
regard to a seat in Congress, Mr. Hill
said that he did not accept this from
any individual motives, lie could take
care of himself without office. There
appeared, liowover, that more was ex
pected from him than he could per
form.
Nevertheless, he had reviewed the
situation aud comprehended the duties
of the hour. It had been said that his
object was to get up another war.
Some predicted that he would be rash
aud reckless, and others that he would
be too conservative. He thought he
knew what he was about, and would
endeavor to perform his part with zeal
and fidelity, according to the dictates
of his own conscience, whether the peo
ple liked it or not.
His great object was to make peace
between North and South. This peace
must be permanent and must not re
flect upon the principles or honor of
either side. He believed that peace
could be made. We would not require
the North to admit that secession was
just, and yet while the blood is warm
and the heart is true we ueed never
link the memory .of the dead heroes
with that of treason. Turn this issue
over to posterity and let them deter
mine which was right, and the same
way with coercion of States and recon
struction. He would entreat that they
bury the angry passions and return
to the paths of peace, aud though not
recognizing reconstruction, he would
endeavor to protect the rights of all.
He impressed upon the colored men
of the country the truth that if this
folly and wickedness was consummat
ed in war, they would be the greatest
sufferers. If peace was preserved they
were safe, but as sure as one war had
freed them, just so sure would a sec
ond one re-enslave them; aud he be
lieved that their conduct iu this elec
tion showed that they were willing to
vote with their former masters despito
of the demagogues of the North. He
looked forward to the time when white
and black should vote, work and live
together, each in his own proper sphere,
and each respecting and protecting the
rights of the other.
He would iu all honesty take the
oath for supporting the Constitution
of the United States, and would dis
charge his duties impartially; con
ceding to Massachusetts all he asked
for Georgia, yet he should demand for
Georgia all he granted for Massachu
setts. The whole country was his
country. As much was he tho country
man of the man who broke ice in the
North us of him who gathered oranges
iu tho South—as much of the mower its
of tho grower of cotton. Equal privile
ges was what he desired, aud never
would he waver iu fidelity to his own
people or in veneration of the dead.
He hoped that those angry passions
would never return, aud that ho would
some day see the country as happy
and as prosperous as in the days of
our forefathers, and if such a thing
could be reached ho would go to his
grave with assurance, and with that
peaco of soul which the diadems of
kings could not grant or the dominion
of emperors could not bestow. Any
comments on your correspondent’s
part would be a work of supereroga
tion. Let this policy bo adhered to
and we will predict that the *• Great
Hereules of the South ” shall one day
triumph over the fanaticisms of fac
tions as completely aud as signally as
he has over tho prejudices of the
Ninth. Picciola.
THE SCHILLER DISASTER.
Interesting Description of the Seilly
Islands.
I Baltimore Gazette.)
Perhaps the most dangerous part of
the coast of England is the cluster of
isles, a hundred and forty in number,
off Land’s End, Cornwall, and known
as the Seilly Isles. Only six of them
are large enough to be habitable. All
the rest are mere outcroppings of gran
ite rocks, some of which rise conspicu
ously above tho surface of the sea,
whilst the sharp and rugged crests of
others are only visible at low tide. Of
these, the worst the mariner hits to
encounter is the scattered group that
has been known for more than two cen
turies by the singular title of “The
Bishop and his Clerks.” The dread of be
ing wrecked on these treacherous rocks
is so great to seamen approaehing
or leaving the coast of Cornwall, that
in stormy weather they give them a
wide berth, and when fogs prevail they
stand off until the weather clears. Yet
from mismanagement, or recklessness,
or from the too great confidence of
skilled mariners in their ability to navi
gate the channels between the islets,
disasters are of frequent occurrence.
There aro light-houses on the islands,
one at St. Agnes, and another on the
rock known as the Bishop, the peril of
striking either that fantastic mass or
the multitude of low-lyiug rocks (his
clerks) scattered about for a space of
several miles, being the greatest of any.
It was on these rocks that in 1707 three
English ships-of-war, forming part
of ihe Mediterranean squadron of Sir
Cloudesley Shovel, struck iu the night
and went to pieces, with a loss of two
thousand lives, including that of the
Admiral. His body was subsequently
thrown on the sandy beach of St.
Mary’s Island, but so disfigured that it
was only identified by the emerald
ring that the Admiral was accustomed
to wear. The other six ships narrowly
escaped the same fate. The loss
of this brave Admiral, who had
risen from the position of cabin
boy to the chief command of
tho English navy and of so
many hardy seamen, was mourned all
over Euglaud, and from the magnitude
of the disaster is tho saddest incident
in her naval annals. Other terrible
wrecks have occurred there even of
late years—t he most notable being that
of the steamer Thamns, when 61 per
sons were swallowed up by the re
morseless sea, and of the Douro, with
all on board. We have now to record
the loss of the steamship Schiller on
her voyage from New York to Ham
burg, via Cherbourg. The Schiller, one
of the finest Clyde-built vessels, was
complete iu all her appointmeuts.
She was built with other steamships
of the same class, for the German
Trans-Atlantic Steam Navigation Com
pany, but the business, proving un
profitable, the line was consolidated a
short time since with that of the Ham
burg American Packet Company. The
Schiller left New York on her fatal
voyage twelve days ago, carrying one
hundred and forty-five cabin, aud one
hundred and twenty steerage passen
gers. Including the officers and crew
the total number of souls on board
,was three hundred and eighty-nine
Of these, up to the present time only,
forty-three are known to have been
saved. From tho accounts of the
terrible catastrophe which hive reach
ed us thus far, it appears that she
struck the rocks, apparently of the
group known as the -‘Bishop and his
Clerks,” at 10 o’clock on Friday night
iu the midst of a dense fog ; and it is
a remarkable circumstance connected
with her fate, and with the confidence
of those who went so hopefully on
board of her to revisit the Fatherland
—for the great bulk of the passengers
were Americanized Germans—that her
commander, Captain Thomas, was
regarded as one of the best offi
cers in the service of the com
pany. It would be idle to moralize
over an event that has brought pro
found grief to many German families
in this country and great sorrow to
kinsmen and friends who were waiting
to welcome the victims. Nor is it worth
while to speculate on the cause of the
catastrophe, but we feel more than ever
the propriety and the solemn beauty
of that prayer in the Protestant Epis
copal Church service “ for those who
go down to the sea in ships.”
From a thorouguiy reliable person
we learn that at a recent meetiug of
the Centennial Commission, at Phila
delphia, the subject of an appropriate
badge for newspaper reporters visiting
the exhibition was discussed. The gen
tlemen composing the Commission first
resolved that a small hatchet would be
the proper thiug, but after mature de
liberation it was concluded to add a
cherry tree or two to make it as sug
gestive of the peculiar virtue of the
profession as possible. This will
therefore be the reportorial emblem.
We aro betraying a confidence in di
vulging this in advance of the official
promulgation of tho fact, but we will
stand the consequences.
Mecklenbuhg. —The chosen orator of
the day at the Mecklenburg Centennial
celebration Is Hon. John Kerr, a gifted
aud noble son of North Carolina. It Is
contemplated to raise a monument in
honor of the Declaration of Inde
pendence adopted on the 20th of May,
1775, and its twenty-seven signers. A
large portion of the sum to pay for
this monument has already been
raised, and It is confidently expected
that the remainder will be contributed
on the day of the celebration, if not
before, as subscriptions are dally com
ing in.
Our country’s little wine and liquor
bill last year footed up the mere baga
telle of $400,000,000 ; and this doeen’t
include the tear and wear of lamp-posts
either.— Phila. Times.
Mr. Pierrepont is a “philo-Cuban.”
JNew Series—V01. 3. No. 92
THE FORGER CALHOUN.
A Son of the Wealthiest Planter in Ihe
South Convicted of a Great Crime.
|New Orleans Titnes.l
“William S. Calhoun, convicted of
forgery on evidence of his quadroon
mistress, Olivia Williams I”
This announcement iu the Sunday
papers supplies the text for a long and
Instructive moral discourse, and a very
interesting chapter of domestic his
tory.
The Calhoun referred to abovo is the
only son of the late Meredith P. Cal
houn, for many years before the war
the largest and most lordly planter in
the South. The wife of Mr. Calhoun
wits the daughter of Judge Smith, for
merly of South Carolina, where he
played a very prominent part in the
polities and society of that State. Judge
Smith was of one of the most ancient
and respected families in South Carolina,
and inherited large estates, which he
augmented in value by his judgment
aud enterprise. In the political "arena
he was regarded as the only formidable
rival of the great John C. Calhoun.—
Judge Smith was the acknowledged
leader of the Union party in the great
secession fight of 1835. Shortly after
this he removed to Huntsville, Alabama,
where he bought large estates and
established himself in an elegant resi
dence, which was the home of a large
and generous hospitality. The eldest
daughter of Judge Smith married
Meredith Calhoun, a young adventurer
from the North, of polished manners
and good address. Mrs. Calhoun
received as her dowry a large
9mb, which wits invested in an
immense tract of the rich land on
Red river, then held in great de
mand as the most valuable aud pro
ductive iu the State. This is the land
which embraces the greater portion of
what is now known as Grant parish. It
extends ten miles on the river, and has
been leveed at vast expense, and pos
sesses unlimited resource for the pro
duction of cotton aud sugar. Upon
this estate Mr. Calhoun expended a
very great sum, stocking it with eleven
hundred slaves, aud all the expensive
structures aud machinery required to
pfbduce cotton and sugar. Iu the
palmy days of this kind of culture thq
yield of this large investment was
highly remunerative. For several years
before the war the tegular iueome was
between $250,000 and $300,000. Having
made several visits to France with his
family, Mr. Calhoun acquired a taste
for French society and habits, and du
ring the latter period of his life resid *d
in Paris. Here he expended his laige
income iii affording his wife and
daughter every opportunity of partici
pating in tho elegant and fashionable
enjoyments of the gay aud luxurious
capital. Besides his daughter, an ac
complished and elegant young lady,
who was born aud educated iu France,
so that she speaks the French lan
guage with more facility than her
mother tongue, Mr. Calhoun had a
sou who came into this world partially
deformed, but not on that account
was regarded with less affection and
tenderness by his parents. No child
was over more carefully aud tenderly
watched and cared for than the poor
little buuehback, Willie Calhouu. Pre
ferring to live on the plantation ratLer
than expose himself in the brilliant
society of Paris, Willie did not accom
pany his parents abroad. Devoting
himself to agricultural life, he finally
became a sort of head manager or
agent for his father. This was the con
dition of the family when tho war broke
out. Mr. Calhoun was lesiding with
his wife and daughter in France, and
Willie had charge of the plantation. Of
course tho war produced most disas
trous effects on the Calhoun estate. —
Tho destruction of the slave property
alono was enough to swamp the whole
estate. Mr. Calhoun died about the
close of the war, and the widow hud
given her power of attorney to Willie.
Iu 1868 she returned with her daughter
to Louisiana, and proceeded on a steam
boat to the landing now known as Col
fax, with a view of seeing her sou and
investigating the condition of her
affairs. Her mind had been greatly dis
turbed by rumors of her sena’s “carry
ings on” from old servants and others.
Among other stories which had reached
her was one to the effect that he had
become a practical as well as a politi
cal miscegenationict—that he had been
elected by an exclusive negro vote to
the Legislature, and had formed a
liaison with a buxom quadroon who
claimed to be his lawful wire, and who
assumed all the airs and authority of
the lady of the Calhoun mansion.
It may be imagined with what crush
ing force these terrible stories fell upon
the pride of the high born mother.—
Whether it was from the realization of
their truth or from seme other warn
ing, Mrs. Calhoun, after a brief conver
sation with some of her old servants it
the rivt r landing, came to the eoncl 1-
siou not to expose herself to the h i
miliation of witnessing the son s de
gradation and the profanation of the
family mansion, so with her daughter
she re: urned on the boat to the city,
and procuring board for herself and
daughter at the Bay of St. Louis, so
journed there for s me months. Here
Mrs. Calhoun died, in the Summer of
1868, leaving her daughter alone in
the world, moneyless and almost,
friendless. Nothing could be got from
the estate. It had been hopelessly in
volved by Willie.
Miss Ada had been nurtured with
boundless indulgence. She had never
known what it was to want anything
which money could command; ami
here was she, totally inexperienced, an
orphan thrown upon tho world from a
position of long-assured wealth and
high rank, with no other relative but a
brother, who was new her bitterest
enemy; but the young lady proved
equal to her great emergencies. It
would, perhaps, beau intrusion upon
her private affairs to refer to the shifts
and expedients which she was driven to
regain her fortunes, and to save her
from the miseries of a poverty which
would be tenfold bitter to one reared as
she had been.
Suffice it to say that, with the aid of
a zealous and persevering young law
yer, she has been placed beyond the
reach of the perils so much feared by
her, and wo sincerely hope her fortunes
are in a fair train of restoration, aud
that her future will realize the old dra
matic climax of “virtue rewarded and
vice punished.”
And surely this conviction of the bad
brother for forgery would seem to ful
fill tho last condition of dramatic and
poetic justice. After degrading aud
disgracing bimseif and family by a
disreputable alliance, and incumbering
his mother and sister’s estate by con
senting to a judgment for breach of a
promise of marriage, of $20,000 in fa
vor of his quadroon mistress, he
sought to rid himself and the estate of
this incumbrance by an act which the
jury have decided to be a forgery.
Truly has the psalmist declared “th§
ways of the transgressor are hard,”