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OUR NEW GOVERNOR.
Tiie Inauguration Ceremonies.
Atlanta, November 4.—At noon
the fionr fixed for the inauguration of
Governor elect Stephens, the General
Assembly convened in joint session
and inarched to De ive’s Opera
House, which was crowded with
representatives audience. Upon the
stage were seated the several .State
officers Judge- ot the courts, Senator
Brown, Congressmen Hammond and
Bio mt, and others. Governor Col¬
quitt sat to the rear of Mr. Stephen s.
while Genera’ Toombs was seated on
hja left, in a clear voice Mr. Steph¬
ens delivered the following :
inaugural address.
Gent emen of the General Assembly,
Senators and Representatives:
Having received your official noti¬
fication of my election to t.ie Chief
Magistracy of the State, I now appear
before you according to a joint reso¬
lution of your- respective bodies to
take the official oath prescribed by
the constitution.
Before taking this oath and assum¬
ing the discharge of the duties of the
office thus conferred, in conformity
with immemorial custom, it is doubt¬
less expected that I shall present
some remarks indicative of the gen¬
eral line (if policy which will mark
my administration, These views,
concisely stated, I shall address not
only to you, gentlemen of the Gen
eral Assembly, but to tire large and
respected auditory of citizens com¬
prising ladies and gentlemen who
grace and honor these inaugural cer¬
emonies.
Indulge me, then, fellow citizens,
in saying that being called to this
high office by the voice of the people
/ shall enter upon its duties with no
feelings of elation, but rather of deep
depression from a profound sense
the weight of responsit i i y attend -
ing this new position. I am entirely
untrammeled. 1 have no promise*
or pledges to redeem, except to faith
f„!iy .l.sehargo tUa .l.it.«» «f the olllc*
to the best of my ability. I have no
enemies to punish, no'perso.iai aim,
or objects to accomplish, no partisan
views to advance, no purpose to pro-
mote the schemes or objects of am
combination orclass of p*.-r on* wnat
ever, and nothing to serve but the
interests of the people, ifie whol
people of the Mate. With ihe e<<
operation of the Legislative Depart-
uient of the government my
will h.e directed with :>u eye single
to the advancement and promotion
of the general peace, welfare and
prosperity of our beloved State.
In the administration of the laws,
ns far as iies in my power, it will De
my object to see that equal justice is
done to all alike.
All our industrial pursuits, agri¬
cultural, manufacturing, mechanical,
commercial, mining, shipping, and
internal transportation, should be
looked after with care. All tlu.se
institutions, educational, benevolent
and « tliers, which are provided 1 r b\
our fundamental laws should be
fostered and promoted to the extent
of legislative ability with like care
and attention.
In this way we shall be able to
promote and add to the honor and
glory and renown of our good old
Commonwealth.
As to general measures in practical
legislation, I have nothing further to
otter than my past public record, in a
long and not uneventful life. This is
the only guarantee as tq the character
qf my acts in the future.
As to those general political
principles by which my udministra
tion, Providence permitting, shall be
governed I can but repeat what
said in tny acceptance of tiie notnina-
tion tendered me for the office. 1
repeat these , on tins more solemn
occasion with an emphas.s. and
especially because ot evident ami
o aic COU 1 UM to neglect and Ignore
tht ?“*
r 1 hese are tho»c , etoeutiat ...... principles
of republican government which He
at the fou il amou o. oui w io»e
system of tree institutions, and vndr-.i
can be main.amed only Ln
deeply impressed upon the imuds of
legislators and all other officials
whatever grade or character, as well
fts upon t ic masses ot t no people and
especially the rising generation.
These arc th-pi iimipies announced
by Thomas Jefferson, and adopted
m m i NEWS ^
By Edw SCHAEFER- r
VOL X.
by the fathers of the Republic, early
after our complicated system of
government was instituted.
These principles apply as well to
our Federal system as to the several
State governments, and by their
maintenance the harmony and success
of the system can only be preserved
and perpetuated.
They are as follows:
‘Equal an 1 exact justice to all men
of whatever Mate or persuasion,
religious or political.,,
‘The support of the State govern-
ments in all their rights as the most
competent administrators of our do
mestic concerns, and the surest
bulwark against anti republican
tendencies; the preservation of the
General Government in its whole
constitutional vigor as the sheet
anchor of our peace at home and
safety abroad.
‘A jealous care of the right of elec¬
tion by the people.
‘Absolute acquiescence in the de-
cisions of the majority—the vital
principle of republics, from which
there is no appeal but to force, the
vital principle and immediate parent
of despotism.
‘The supremacy of the civil over
the military authority.
‘Economy in the public
that labor may be lightly burdened,
‘Encouragement of agriculture, and
commerce, its handmaid.
‘Freedom of religion, freedom G f
the press, freedom of person, under
,.r..!«cu«» o( the hahcM cotj.Be.
and Inal by juries impartially select-
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• 1.
‘These are some of the. principles
(said Jefferson) which constitute the
reed of our political faith, the text of
civil instruction, the touchstone by
which to try the service of those we
trust, and should/ said he. ‘we wan-
lor from thorn in moments of error or
alarm, let ns hasten to retrace our
steps and to regain the road
alone leads to liberty and safety.’
These are what constitute the es-
sentials of the creed of Jeffersonian
Democia v.
7'hey were proclaimed when there
was a strong tendency to abandon
the federative feature in the
:o\ernuient, and to merge tiie State
government into consolidation or
centralism, the inevitable end of
which would have been empire and
despotism.
The object of the founders of the
old Republican-Democratic party, at
the head ot which stood Mr. Jetfer-
son, was to cheek this tendency of
the government, and to preserve that
system from which alone springs all
hope for the perpetuation of the
entire fabric. These principles look
ag wc ]| { 0 t| ie preservation of the
Federal Union in its proper sphere,
as to the maintenance and preserva¬
tion of the reserved rights
of the several States, in their
proper spheres, under the
Constitution of the United States.
This is the true doctrine of home
rule on the part of the States under
our novel and wonderful system of
Federal Union.
There is evidently now, mv conn-
try men, a tendency to centralism, as
in 1798 and 1799, by the party now
in power in the administration cf the
General „ baar.Bg . .
government the name
of Eepnbncan.
As Burke, upon a most memorable
“
.lug party Q t England, to the old
Uln * s ut hls earher da ? s 80 we
appeal trom modern Republicanism
to the ancient creed of our
lliosc wuo have departed* or are
departing, from that patch under
apprehen&ion of danger, we, and all
friends of the Constitution, organized
from one extent of the Union to the
other, should invoke ‘to retrace the
steps and to regain the road which
alone leads to liberty and safety.’
I am now prepared to take the oat-h
of office.
Devoted to News* Politics, Agriculture and General progress-
TOCCOA, GA., NOVEMBER 18 , 1882 .
TAKING THE OATH.
At the conclusion of the address,
which was heartily applauded, Chief
Justice James Jackson administered
the oath of office, and Governor "de-
phens received the great seal of the
State, which he delivered to Secretary
of state Barnett. Amid the strains
of‘Dixie’ and prolonged cheer tha
audience dispersed, and Governor
Stephens drove to the capitol, where
he entered upon his duties,
POWER OF
New York Independent.
A man was recently tried at Platts-
burg, in this State, on the charge of
murder in the first degree. The jury
after being out about two hours, re¬
turned, and requested Judge Landon
to explain to them the difference
between murder in tiie first and sec
ond degrees. Tire Judge was about
to give the explanation, viben the
prisoner arose and said :
fioui honor and gentlemen of the
J ur .V> this was not a muider in the
scc °nd degree. It was a deliberate
au ‘* premeditated murder, i know
that / have done wrong, that I ought
voidess the tiutn, and tuat I ought
to be hanged. Here the prisoner s
C( 'unsel tiied in » am «.o silence him.
" S,) ’ t0!ltllluSa ^ ha\e done
' vn ' n ^- lv ‘* s ,f D' 1,0 0011 ‘ C3S it,
tUK * J ' ca!Ula ° ‘ ,e ‘ i) ! ‘ ,),!1 8 80 5 - canuou
keep still. I.plead gamy to muium
iU lu0 c * e o lc0 - H Nvas hi teen
LtU ['1/ck
him the second time, and aji this time
I kept «,uinki»ig I will fiuLa tnis naan,
^ 1:5 uo ° piemeditute.l murder
"kat is tU 1 Lae m.ea ivtucu «.uo
^ iav, is m\ b>e v<) me. *-hc
of either oi tu>>se wu> men wnom
I have killed is w.n.a a uozen o.
ir, * nc *
The judge, after this statement by
the prisoner, told the jury that there
was no necessity for any explanation
of the law on the subject of murder.
Pfie jury retired again, and in a few
moments returnej ,vi.;, a v,r l.«t of
gaiUyorm.mler.in the Hr* degree,
Tiie judge then asked tiie prisoner
whether lie hud -my tiling to say why
sentence of death should not be
pronounced upon him, who promptly
replied ;
‘Nothing, sir. Tlie sentence is a
just one. 1 ought to be hanged.’
Tue judge then sentenced him lobe
hanged on tiie 4th of next November
It is seldom that such a scene 13
presented in the history of courts.
Usually criminals, when arraigned
tor their orfenses, seek in every possi
ble way to escape punishment,
especially if the punishment be death.
Here, however, is a man said to be
remarkably intelligent, who confesses
his crime in open court and makes no
attempt at a defense. Indeed, he
reasons with the court and jury to
show that his killing is murder in the
first degree. Me says the sentence
is just and that he ought to be hung.
A sense of du-y compels him to make
the confession and a sense of ill
desert points him to the doom which
he has justly incurred.
The case, supposing the man to
be sane and the facts to be as stated,
is a terrible illustration of the power
of conscience when, in the fullness of
the chambers of a guilty spirit,
lhose wUo slleer an , Ua ^ h j.
have a very i„a Luate ilea
f the giant - that pepsin their bo-
Conscience, aroused and wrath-
ful by reason of conscious guilt, L
severe3t tormentor. R can
make a heIi anyw h ere , whether in this
wor |^ or t j, 8 next ^ One can have no
b etter f r ienl than a peaceful con .
sc j ence an( j no t * oe \ norc t ,. rrible
than a condemning conscience The
pangs of a guilty conscience would
Q f themselves be quite sefficient to
explain the horrors of that divine
which awaits the unforgiven in
the life to coirc. ~
A WOMAN’S NERVE.
Minnesota WIFE ATTACKED
and \ ANot isiied a determined
blrqlar.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Early on Tuesday morning Mrs.
David Conhaiaa was aroused from
sleepily a burglar s stealthy step.
She could hear the burglar moving
along on his hands and knees from
the dining room to the bed room, and
each step something struck the
floor which she believed to be either
a billy cr a revolver. But in the
meantime the burglar had taken all
her husband’s clothing which had
been left on a chair, including a gold
watch and chain and $60 in cash,
and was stealthily making his way
back toward the dining room door,
which opens into a yard fronting
Eleventh street. Mrs. Conhaim con¬
cluded that the time for action had
arrived. She left her bed, walked to
a bureau in one corner of the room
wherein a loaded revolver was kept,
and in doing so must have passed
within a few feet of the crouching
burglar. After gaining possession
of the revolver, she entered the
dining room just as the burglar had
passed out to the porch, where he was
found standing on the step with most
of the stolen clothing under one arm
and the vest held in his right hand,
This brought them within about three
feet of each other The brave lady
covercltbe thief with the weapon and
i « j.
‘ '
‘Drop the clothes or I will fire !’
The response came in the shape of
a blow over the hea l and face with
the vest held in the burglar’s hand,
he evidently intending to either blind
her or knock her down with the
weight of the heavy gold watch in the
pocket. Luckily, however, the watch
flew out of the pocket and, as Mrs.
Conhaim threw her hand up to ward
off the blow, the chain struck between
her fingers, close to the watch.
I'»t»oUy she cloreJ her hand over
the time piece. g«ve a jerk hack ward,
which broke the chain, whereupon,
the burglar, with a fierce oath, threw
the vest at her face, unconscious of
the fact, that the sum of $30 in cur-
rency had been left undisturbed in
one of tiie pockets.
The burglar then started toward
Eleventh street, Mrs. Conhaim firing
two shots at him, without effect
probably, an 1 following him as close¬
ly as possible. vVhcn he reached the
sidewalk on the latter street be
stopped an instant, threw up both
hands and dropped all the clothing
on the sidewalk. V ; rs. Conhaim pick¬
ing them up and carrying every
garment back to the house.
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A SMALL NUBBIN.
It will be remembered that the
Peace Conference, which assembled
‘ n fortress Monroe, was
attended by Mr. Stephens, R. M. T.
id uliter and John A. Campbell, as
representatives of the Confederacy.
arid Lincoln Seward, and others, for
^* !e Northern States. Mr. Stephens
e xtre “ e attenuation had long been a
subject M notoriety but it seems that
Liucoin never seen him before. At
that lime a kin I of cloth, nearly the
color of corn husks, *as worn by
Southern gentlemen, and Mr.
P— overcoat was made of this
material, and beodes, being very
fraU, he wore many other garments
ben « ath to l ,rofccct against
raw wind « Hampton Roads, and
Mr - Lincoln watched with such
iu tcrest the process of sheding until
tiie man was finally reached. At last
Mr Stephens stood forth in his phy-
sical entity, ready for business. Mr.
Lincoln giving Gov. Seward one of
his most comical looks, and pointing
to the discarded coats, said: ‘Well,
I never saw as much shuck for as little
a nubbin in all tny life.’
-j TtEMS-$l 50 A YEAS.
M 19 •
GIRLS, HELP FATHER.
sly hands are so stiff, 1 can hardly
hold a pen,* said Farmer JFilber, as
he sat down to figure out some ac-
counts that were getting behind-
hand.
‘Can I help you, father,’ said Lula,
laj'iug down her bright crochet work,
‘I shall be glad to do so if you will
explain what you want.’ ;
‘Well I shouldn’t wonder if you I
could, Lucy,’ said he, reflectively.
‘Pretty good at figures, are you?’
‘I would be ashamed if 1 did not
know something of them after going
twice through the arithmetic/ said
Lucy, laughing.
‘W ell, I can show you in five min-
utes what 1 have to do, and it’ll be a
wonderful help if you can do it for
me. I never was a master hand at
accounts in my best days, and it does
not grow any easier since I have to
put on spectacles.’
Very patiently did the helpful
daughter plod through the long line i
of figures, leaving the gay worsted to
lie idle all the evening, though she
was in such haste to finish her scarf,
It was reward enough to see tired
father who had been toiling all day
for herself and the other dear ones,
sitting so cozily in his easy chair
enjoying his weekly paper,
The clock struck nine before her
task was over, but the hearty ‘Thank
you, daughter, a thousand times 1’
took away all sense of regret that
Lucy might have felt.
‘It’s rather looking up when a man
can have a clerk,' said the father.’
‘It’s not every farmer that can afford
it.’
‘Not every farmer's daughter is
capable of making one/ said the
mother, with a little pardonable j
maternal pride.
•Not every one that would be will- I
ing if able/ said Mr. Wilber; which]
last was a sad truth. How many
daughters might be of use to the
fathers in this and many other ways,
who never think of lightening a care
or labor! If asked to perform some
little service, it is done at best with
a reluctant step and unwillipg air,
that robs it of all sunshine or claim
oi gratitude.
Girls, help your father. Give him
a elicert.il home to rest in when even-
ing comes, ami not worry his lile
away by fretting because he cannot
afford you all the luxuries you cover.
Children exert as great an influence
on their parents as parents do on
their children. — Exchange.
STOP MY PAPER.
The Keowee (s. C.) Courier of Nov.
9th has this to say :
Some people think that to make an
editor view matters as they do, and
force him into measures when things
don’t suit him, is to order him in a
peremtory manner to ‘Stop my paper!
It invariably follows, also, that such
men, after discontinuing their sub"
scription go about the street and
predict all sorts of calamities to
befall the paper: ■ It can’t live/ and
such like expressions. In cases of
this kind—and we call upon the fra-
terni for corroboration 0 f what
asser “_ the cditor> no matter
““ h . 1 Amis u ab u«el almost
£ ys j o‘ the ‘ Iff funeral luoh and l/opic. wmes
^ , .
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“
‘Laurie’s mother was teaching him
to add, and held up two fingers. He
counted. ‘Now/ said sfce, ‘here are
three more. How many does
make?' The little fellow did not
quite understand. ‘Why, Laurie/
said she,‘if you bad two apples, and
7 should give you three more, what
would you have?’ Looking up with
his great, speaking eyes, he said^
‘Ah*/, mamma, I would have the
stomach-ache.'
SHE WANTED COMEDY.
Detroit Free iYe
Thtee months ago when a new
servant girl came to a Rush street
family the mistress said she desired
to post the girl in advance on one
certai " littlB i’ oint - she and iier
husband belonged to an amateur
theatrical company, and in case Jane
heard any racket around the house
she must not imagine that they wore
They would simply be
rehearsing their parts. The ‘play'
began on the third evening of the
girl's engagement. The husband
taunted his w ife with extravagance,
and she said he plaved poker for
money, and chairs were up*et and
footstools kicked around, and threats
were made of going home to mother.
Next morning the mi tress said to
the girl:
‘Did you hear ns playing our parts
in the ‘Wronged Wife’ last night?’
‘Yes'm.’
‘It was simplj* a rehearsal, you
know', and you mustn't think strange
of my throwing a vase at my hus¬
band and calling him a vile wretch.y
Three or four nights after that the
curtain went up on a play called ‘The
Jealous Husband,’ and Jane heard
sobs, sighs, protestations, threats and
exclamations. The next play was
entitled ‘Coming Home Tight/ and
was mostly played in the front hall,
Then followed ‘The Depths of De¬
spair/ ‘Threats of Divorce’ and ‘Such
a Wretch/ until .Jage \v:i3 at last
t : rcd of having a private box and
being the only audience. The other
morning she appeared in the sitting
room with her hat on and her bundle
under her arm, and said :
‘Please, ma'am, but I'm going this
morning/
‘What, going away 1 :
‘Yes’m/
‘For what reason?’
‘i lease, ma’am, but Pm tired of
tragedy. I m a girl as naturally like3
to see hugging and kissing and love-
making on the stage, and ^hen
Marks, the lawyer, comes in on the
wbat-do-you-call-it I’m sure I'll be
tickled to death. I think 111 try
seme family where they rehearse
comedy and have a good deal of
kissing, and perhaps I may come in
as a supe and get a small share of it
for myself!’
MARRIED FOLKS WOULD BE
HAPPIER.
It'home trials were never told to
neighbors.
If they made up after every quar-
rcl.
If household expenses were pro¬
portioned to receipts,
If they tried to be agreeable, as in
courts| , ip (i ., ys .
]f ^ ^ wquM to fce a
™. t an( , comfort lo the other,
*
if ca ,. h remembcrcd tliat t!le ot |, er
wag hHman bct - not an y
Kwon)fn vver ,‘ . i5 Xla ., to tbe ; r
husbands as they are to their lovers.
If fuel and provisions were laid in
during the high tide of summer.
If parties remembered that they
1 were married for worse well for
as as
better.
If men were as thoughtful of their
; wives as they were of their sweet-
] hearts,
If there were fewer silk and velvet
costumes, and more plain, tidy house
dresses,
7f wives and husbands would take
some pleasure as they go along and
I not degenerate into mere toilsome
machines. Recreation is necessary
] keep tlie heart in place, and to get
Moug without it is a big mistake.
Young America.— First proud
- mother - ‘M v boy is only eleven
! yea,, old, and he comes in fruit! every dav
with his pockets full of He
can W get over the top of any fence they
! can up. the darlingh Second
proud mother-‘PooU for vour boy!
! Why - mv Jimtnv is only ten. tj
he - s a corner loafer, an 1 has be a
j the po!ice court twice/
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Her Mistake.-‘W hy do you sup-
pose Rev. Johnson Reed is always
driving over to Smith ville? asked one
Austin gentleman of another. ‘His
wife says he goes over to admire the
beauty of the place/ was the reply,
*Yes ; but does his wife know that the
beauty of the place is a young wkU
ow?