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NO. XVI
ATHENS, GKEORGKLA-, TTJESDA.Y, JU^TiU 2*2, 1886*.
VOL. XXXI
again when from out ttie bushes
sprang old Hero, the watch dog and
constant companion of the swoon-'
ing girl. Clearing the often space
at a bound he fastened on the throat
THE SITUATION IN THE EIGHTH
DISTRICT.
The- graceful retirement of Capt.
Carlton from the congressional are-
na in this district leaves the lield i ' be c °wardly Redwood and bore
now to Messrs. Reese and Neshit. ! b "^'° l ! , h e & r ° und .’ ..
.. i ... . ,, , Here the seconds discovered that
Op,. Car ton d,d not yreld the j the ball which had drawn the blood
contest in the face ot defeat, for on- from the fair Annie’s arm had pen-
lv three counties had acted, con- etrated a vital part of poor Auclare,
trolling twelve votes, and there • |*y apparently in the throes
weie twentv-two votes yet left to ? a ' a ' I| h R f"" 1 ,! around the
, * XJ , X J , ! fainting girl. Before they could act
conte.nl tor. lie had the most for excitement Hero had finished
promising prospects of success, and j his work, and Redwood lay before
it was only topre/ent a triangular ! them a corpse,
light that he withdrew. i Henry got well, however, and
,. , v . -.i : lived to enjoy a long life with An-
Lol. Nesbit cannot now, with any ; n j e j,; 8 w if e . B
degree of propriety, refuse to take |
up the gauntlet that Capt. Carlton MANCE JOLLY.
has laid down, or decline to accept _
the high compliment tendered him | THE S ' AY ^ av ° P ™“ TY * FlVE
by his county, and his friends will • _
expect to see him enter the race Some of the Exploits of a Daring
with all the zeal of a laudible am- I Gorilla Who Operated In Georgia and
hition. Capt. Carlton was largely ! l0,u Carolina After the War.
sulicited from Putnam to .-rake I .
, ,, , .Many or our readers remember
the race, and it was a well-kn >wn ^ Iance „, Iolly wl , ooperitt , |inSonthc „.
tact that the county was overwhel- ' 0 |;„ a and Georgia soon aftcr the w „. and
mingly for him, and was so con was a terror to those that wore the blue,
ceded by the Reese men throug- .lolly had a terrible account to settle with
oat the district; and but for the ! the Yankees, and he paid the debt with
generally known candidacy of Col. j interest. Five of his brothers had been
Neshit Ins friends would have turn- i killed during the war, and he swore that
ed out and selected a Carlton dele- ! l,e wo " ld ki " fivc Yankees for each one
ga'iim. The fact that Putnam j " f hi » brotl,,rs ‘hat were slain. Aftera
c .untv would instruct her emigres. d “ cUred b,!,wcc,, Joll Y a,,d
... . . ,, , x . .. lht? * aukevs, he went to Texas and imur-
sioiiii! delegation tor Col. *>esh»t was I . , ... e , . . ,
rieii. His father-in-law gave him a plan-
known for two weeks l>eforc the par- 4n .-_ a e *i
' ~ tiition on the? opposite side of the river,
ty convened, and the fact announced j an ,j ,j 0 Uy commenced building a house
in the public press. Of course he Col. I and would swim bis horse that he rode
Neshit would not h ive done a per- j while on his many raids in Georgia over
sonal hiend and ftllow-demociat the j to where he was building. He was re-
great injustice of conspiring to his j fuming to his father-in-law's for dinner,
defeat by accepting an empty com- J am * while al>out midway the stream,
phracm :it the hands of his county, j ,he name of .Jolly’s horse, gave
i. would put him in GlC -»< »»d they went down together, to rise
, , , . i *-i» , • i no nior**. dolly ha:
sit imeful attitude of allowing him- *
used as a decoy <luck, set !
interest of Mr. Keese, and \
CARLTON _WIThDRAWS
FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL BACK
IN FA YOB OF COL. NESBIT.
i met
st-it to be
up in the
no more, .lolly has a relation now liv
ing in Athens, who has given us some
interesting occounts «>f his hair breadth
to dnivvthe Putnam delegation from I M n»co .lolly was a very restless fellow,
C ipt. Cailton. Such a step would alld s , c a y an kee a mile off. His
degrade ami ruin Col. Nesbit politi • relative says he was in church with him
ca)l\, place Putnam county in an once in Hart county, and all at once Jolly
iaide lij^i.t, and bring upon became *.ery nervous and walked out of
her the contempt of all fair-minded ! t, ‘ , ■ church, closely followed by his rela-
and just people. So we feel no 1 tion > w,, o saw from Jolly's action that
hesitancy in predicting that the gal
something was wrong. Glancing through
the woods he saw a regiment of negro
soldiers coming through the woods.
Jolly saw that it was too
too late fur him to get his horse, as the
black troops were nearly to where the
fully give him all the aid and J animal was hitched, and they had begun
Unt Mandaul-hcarer of the Putnam
democracy will at once enter the
congressional contest, and both
Opt. Carlton and hi* friends will
support in their power.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH-
A STORY OK I.O\ E AND BLOODSHED
IN ANTE BELLI M DAYS.
Bow a Northern Guest Attempted to Steal
tne Love of Uls Rost's Sweetheart—The
Bloody Vengeance of a Foiled Fiend—A
Faitnful Doe.
VYinn'mioiio, S. C., May 2S.—In
a beautiful grove just on the road,
>ix miles from here, stands the tire
old mansion so celebrated in the
ante-bellum days as the "Auclare
!\.ice.” A large white house with
double windows and green blinds,
it has all the characteristics that are
possessed by the ideal Southern
home. The enormous portico is
supported by heavy Corinthian col
umns that reach lull two stories,
with wide verandahs on either side.
From the roadside the view is par
tially hid by the dense foliage in the
fmnt said. Flowers, evergreens,
rare plants and shrubs all grow in
piotusion a'nd serve to add much to
the clou ms of the magnificent prop-
ettv.
l'oity-five years ago or there
abouts, when the fortunes of the
Auclare family were at their zenith,
tin- old gentleman had retired from
the active management of his large
plantations and placed them in the
charge of Iris only son Henry, wilt
was just home from Yale. Henry
v... petted and spoiled by indul
gent parents, hut aside from a
haughty manner, was voted a good
fellow by all his acquaintances. It
terms that soon idter attaining his
majority he had invited, among
many other guests, a college chum
to spend several weeks with him.
A continued round of gayetv fol
lowed, which led to unpleasant re
mits. The young New Yorker fell
in love with the girl Henry had
chosen for himself.
She was the daughter of a neigh
boring planter, who had long before
planned with old man Auclare that
their children should marry when
of suitable age, and while Henry
bad never openly avowed his love,
it was umleistrod that the mutter
was settled. So it was with some
anxiety that young Auclare saw
lohn Redwood so deeply smitten.
Hts own guest endeavoring to dis
place him in Annie’s affections!
Tvvas enough to cause jealousy be
tween himself and his college
friend. For a time he bore it pa
tiently, hut his manner toward his
gue-t lost much of its former
warmth.
Matters came to a crisis when,
without a word of explanation,
Redwood moved his trunk to the
village inn, and began driving out
to the young lady’s home every
evening. The now enraged An-
dare wtute a note asking for an
exp.anation of his conduct. Red-
woud made no reply - A friend of
Auclare then sought an interview
with a view to an amicable adjust
ment and mutual explanation. Miss
Anuie was meanwhile unconscious
c! being the cause of any trouble.
Redwood only smiled supeicilli-
ouriy at the mediating party, and
told him that Auclare might go to
. as he would wed the girl' or
'be, despite any interference of Au-
tlarc. A challenge followed.
I hey met, accompanied by aec-
°tids. The word was giveu—“rea
dy, aim”—when an unearthly shriek
broke the stillness of the morning
a ' r , and Annie, Ipale and exhausted,
*“ r ew herself between them and fell
Liming in Henry Auclarc’s arms,
moaning as she did so- “Save me,
lenry." The fury of Redwood
s'lew no bounds. J uniping forward,
r? 'f v «led his revolver at the pair,
busing “To h—1 with you both,”
. fir ' d - A low moan from An
te and a crimson flood flowed from
» wound in her arm.
a.,a c 8econdt *eemed paralyzed
*bdthe villain was about to fire
firing at Jolly. He ran through the
woods, the soldiers shooting at him all
the time. His mother was in the church
and fainted when she heard the report of
the guns. The soldiers, after capturing
Jolly's horse, left and had not been
_gone many minutes before Jolly had
called together a few of his followers,
who were desperate men, and followed
after the soldiers. Jolly’s mother and
the preacher all tried to stop him, but it
was no use. His blood was up and he
intended to pay them back for shooting
at kirn and stealing his horse. They
hau a skirmish with the negro soldiers
and several of them bit the dust. Next
morning Jolly rode into Anderson, S.
C., and informed the commanding offi
cer that unlcs his horse was sent to his
house the next day that he would kill
him and five of his men. The officer
knew the man he had to deal with, and
sent the horse to deal with, and sent the
horse to his house. Five thousand dol
lars was olfered for Jolly, and squads of
cavalry were continually scanning the
country, but they always caine back mi
nus one or two ef of their men, who
were marked “kiled” on the muster
roll. The horse, Dikie” that he rode *n
all ofhisraids, was a thoroughbred racer,
and it was foolishness for any common
steed to try and catch him. The horse
was well trained, and Jolly could make
him come by a shrill whistle. The horse
would not allow any one to approach
him after dark except Jolly. If a stran
ger came near, he would get perfectly
frantic and kick and bite as long as they
were in reach. Mancc Jolly has several
relatives still living in Franklin and El
bert counties. His history was written
and published in Harper's magazine, and
is said to he very thrilling and inter
esting.
A Rinsing and Patriotic Letter—Be Otter
ed the Call of Bis Friends In the District,
and Row That Another Candidate offers
Leaves Him the Field—A Personal Sacri
fice for Party Harmony.
Clovf.rhi-rst, Ga., June 15.—To the
Democracy of the 8th Congressional Dis
trict: Some three weeks since, yielding
to the earnest solicitations of friends so
numerous and cordial, as to leave me no
other alternative, I became a candidate
for the congressional nomination of the
democratic party in the 8th district Hot
claiming that my candidacy was purely
Arcadian, and frank to say
that if the office was seeking
me. I was willing to meet it, at least,
half way, yet owing to my business
relations, which at that time demanded
ray whole and undivided attention, I with
some reluctance entered the race. Not
withstanding, however, that such was
true, yet it may not be amiss for me to
say, that in allowing my name to go be
fore the public for congressional prefer
ment, it accorded fully with a cherished
aspiration of which no man need be
ashamed; and it would have gratified me
in the highest degree to have been called
to this honorable and most responsible
station. Indeed, I might go further and
say, that having devoted the most of my
life to the advancement of the interests
of my native country and its people, with
whom I have been raised, and for whom
1 bear an ever-increasing love
and admiration, I had hoped that the
time had arrived when I might devote
what of energy and ability I may pos
sess to their further advancement, b y
encouraging and inaugurating such na
tional legislation as would tend the
needed relief of our people and the ma
terial advancement of our loved south
land. But, my fellow-countrymen, how
ever laudable may be this ambi
tion, and notwithstanding 1 had so ar
ranged my business atfairs as to gratify
the wish of my friends, and had in good
faith entefed the race for congress, ex
ercising a zeal and earnestness, in some
degree commensurate with the high
compliment of their earnest support, and
which etrorts have ever been
met with much promise of final success,
yet there is, and shall ever be with me a
higher, and I trust a nobler ambition—
the peace and happiness of my people,
and the harmony and success of the
grand old democratic party. With this
feeling and with this desire, I have re
peatedly, during my short candidacy,
said that if any other good man of the
district should come forward to meet
the wishes of those who seemed to de
sire a change of our representative in
congress, that I would not he in his way,
and would cheerfully retire that their
expectations and desires might not be
disappointed by a triangular candidacy.
To-day having learned.by telegram that
Putnam county had presented a candi
date for congress, in the person of her
gallant and distinguished fellow-country-
man. Col. R. N. Nesbit, who
no doubt will enter actively into
the canvass I herewith with
draw from the race in his favor, and ask
of my friends to give to this gallant
gentleman and true democrat
their earnest and cordial support
Thanking with all my heart those good
and true friends who have so aided and
encouraged me in my race, and with an
assurance that I will ever hear them in
grateful remembrance, I am most respect
fully, your obedient servant,
H. H. Carlton.
MACON FALLS IN LINE-
DECISIVE VICTORY 1% THE BA
CON FORCES.
Gen. qordon Throw* Might and Main into
the Content In Macon, But Falla to Find
t'fiponttaidtr'-Putnam In Favor of the
General.
Montezuma, Ga^ June 15.—The elec
tion by the primary passed off quietly
to-day. Gen. Gordon had massed his
batteries on Macon county and was de
termined to carry it by means foul and
fair. R. D. Smith, of Crawford county,
was hired to buy up the freemen of the
county, but it was no go. General Gor
don’s speech, the personal letters to those
he thought would support him, and a
thousand copies of the Constitution scat
tered over the county Sunday missed the
mark and had no effect. The official vote
has been received, and while closer than
was expected, the Bacon men are in hi
larious spirits and send greeting and en
couragement to other counties yet to act
The vote is as follows.
Total votes cast .832
Bacon 407
Gordon 305
Our success was the result of thorough
organization and unremitthig work
against money and the Atlanta regency.
Hurrah for Bacon.
THE AUGUSTA STRIKE.
HOW
HU xTlNGTON
„ MONEY.
jr*. •
USED HIS
Bit. Felton in Macon Televrepli.
Editor Telegraph: To show Ilun-
Hun in<:'on rather than T<> n Scott."
Then, as now, the Constitution did
nut il"fcn I Gmeral Gordon hy a
single tact in his favor, and the con
clusion i» irresistible that such “lack
ot moultle w-s and is wholly un-
THE CONTEST IN GREENE.
CARLTON'S CHANCES.
The Captain Not at all Disconcerted at the
Loss of Greene—Re Is Confident of the
Nomination.
Meeting Hon. II. II. Carlton yesterday,
e asked what effect the loss of Greene
county would have on the congressional
campaign.
It will only make me work the hard
er,” was the reply. “When l announc
ed my candidacy T-did not count on the
vote of that county, but after seeing and
talking with its people thought 1 could
carry it. Many friends from Greene
told ine that 1 was sold out on the day
of election by a swapping of votes. I am
indeed grateful to my friends in that
county for their gallant fight in my be
half, and shall ever hold them in the
most grateful remembrance.”
“What counties do you count on carry
ing, Captain?” the reporter asked.
“Putnam acts Tuesday, and if it docs
not go for me will instruct its delegates
to support me after the first ballot. T^at
is 4 votes. I am almost as confident of
carrying Morgan as I am of Clarke, which
makes 6 votes. Then even my oppo
nents concede me Oconee, Clarke, Mad
ison and Franklin, making 14 votes.
Hart and Elbert are strong (or me, and
this secures my nomination. Besides, I
have a good showing in Wilkes and
Oglethorpe, and I will make a thorough
canvass of these counties. My time is
short, snd I have to work like fighting
fire; but 1 njn entirely confident”
A CLOSE SHAVE.
A change of nine votes would have
given Capt Carlton Greene county, and
he would have carried it anyhow, had he
not been persuaded out of making a
speech at Penfield. Only a half vote
was polled. Had the farmers turned
out Carlton would have captured Greene
by several hundred majority.
THBPIMTTBIP.
The street car made its tint trip, through
tot&e North-Eaatem dopot yesterday
evening] Regular schedules will bow m
run to both depots.
Mr. John L. Davenport Tells Da How the
Day Wat Carried for Gordon and Reese.
Last Monday our popular young friend
Mr. J. L. Davenport, of Greene, one of
the leading young farmers of Georgia,
came into Athens, and a Banner-Watch
man reporter interviewed him as to the
particulars of the campaign:
“I hear it reported that Toon Powell
and myself traded Bacon votes for Carl
ton, hut there is not one word of truth in
it. It is true that Toon and Vase Mc
Whorter worked together in thei* buggy,
but at that time it was understood that
Vase was for Carlton, and Toon was also
travelling in his interest But we were
both as true to Bacon as to Carlton, and
worked for both candidates equally at
the polls. Vase came to me and threat
ened that if I did not quit working so
hard for Bacon that he would carry eve
ry vote that he could for Reese, and I
told him to lay on McDuff, etc. 1 do
do not know how the McWhorters
voted, hut think they were all for Reese.
In fact, I heard that Lig. was working
like a heaver for him. A shower of rain
that night defeated Carlton. It was
splendid weather for working, and his
friends did not turn out. ■ In my own
district there were enough Carlton men
who failed to vote to have changed the
result. The Bacon men, tpo, had the
county, hut they lacked leaders and
were bulldozed out of working by the
Gordonilcs. We ran around likes flock
of frightened sheep, and no one to organ
ize us. We gave up a victory that was
in our grasp.”
A prominent gentleman Vho saw Mr.
Hamilton McWhorter in Xlreeneaboro
tella us that he denied emphatically the
report that any of his family would sup
port Carlton, and upon being told that
his brother Vase was committed to him,
remarked that he would see him at once
and “fix that.” On the morning of the
election Major McWhorter and his fol
lowers were up long before daybreak,
waking up voters and sending them to
the polls. It was by such work as this
that Greene county waa carried in the
face of a Bacon majority.
THE NEXT SENATOR.
Rockdale has nominated Hon. W. L
Peek as her choice for senator from the
counties of Clarke, Oconee, Walton,
Newton and Rockdale. As it has been
conceded to Rockdale, we suppose this
settles it. We team that an independent
will oppose Mr. Peek, who will make it
lively for him.
overaeer McGaw Resigns and the Hands
Return to Work.
A great deal of interest has been man
ifested in Athens over the strike of the
weavers of the Algernon mills, aud eve
ry one felt relieved when the news came
that the difficulty had been settled and
the weavers went to work Monday at
dinner.
Overseer McGaw, of the weaving room
of the Algernon mills, has assisted the
mill men out of the unfortunate and
hasty position in which they placed them
selves, and has voluntarily resigned his
office. The operatives said they would
not return him, and the mill men had
given notice that unless the weavers re
turned to the Algernon mills they would
order all the mills in the city shut down
to-night. Mr. McGaw promptly step
ped into tho breach and said he prefer
red to resign rather thau see operatives
not concerned in this strike suffer in con
sequence. He deserves full credit and
highest praise for his action. His resig
nation, however, speaks for itself as fol
lows;
Mr. J. Woodward, Superintendent Al
gernon Mills: My Dear Sir—I hereby
tender you my resignation as overseer of
the weaving department of the Algernon
mills. I take this step in the interest of
operatives connected with other mills
who may be the innocent sufferers by
reason of the unfounded charges made
against me. Whilst I do this, it is my wish
that all the charges made shall be thor
oughly investigated. Yours, very tru
ly, D. E. McGaw.
This was very magnanimous on the
part of the overseer, and has certainly
averted a great deal of trouble and suf
fering.
CRAWFORD DOTS.
The negro who was whipped above
here last week is reported as being up and
at work.
The infant child of Mr. W. 0. Tucker
died Saturday and was buried here Sun
day. Rev. Dr. Gibson preached the fun
eral sermon.
Sickness continues unabated in this
entire section.
Rev. M. H. Dillard, of Atlanta, is on a
visit to his parents.
Mr. Ira Thornton, near Cherokee cor
neT, lost a child last night, one year old.
It died of dysentery.
The friend 1 of H. H. Carlton are anx
ious for him to come down and mix with
the citizens of this county. ■ X. Y.
THE JUOBT LINE.
Hon. Pat Walsh, of Augusta, says in
his speech at Warrenton: “While these
Atlanta gentlemen charge “slander” on
the gentlemen who ore advocating the
cause ofMajor Bacon, 1 would pluck my
tongue out before I would utter^ slander
against Gen. John B. Gordon—but his
fitness, his capacity are fit subjects for
discussion. I hope there is no syndi-
dicate, no ring, so powerful as to be
able to ostracise a citizen for supporting
one net from Atlanta for governor. At
lanta now has two senators, which no
other city its size in the union has; be
sides, it has one congressman, and now
it demands the governor. Such a cen
tralization of power is not democratic,
nor is it for the best interests of Ueor-
THEVOTEOF GREENE.
PKECINCT8.
tington’s designs, when h : employ. . attractive. ’ The polished corrup-
ed “Gordon of Georgia'’ ds His man, I Huntington was not ,o rough
lettis review the history of the p ;t _ in h.s approaches as Oakes Ames,
cific corruption, in the years helot,- a ’ ,t! consequently attractive to both
Gordon went into the senate. I„ I <.or,:..u an.1 ms ring organs. What
October, 1S67, the men entrusted 1 w * ! '“ “aUtaction?” If by any
with the management of the Facitic 1 *" 1 '"‘‘
roads made, a bargain with them
selves to build the road tor a sum
about equal to twice its cost, and
pocketed the profits, about thirty
millions of dollars—this immense
sum coming out of the pockets ol
the tax-payers of the United Slates.
This was the infamous Credit Mu-
bilier Company. To do this, they
bribed congressmen with gifts of
stocks, etc. In the campaign of
1S72, the bribers fell out among
themselves and the story leaked out,
Mr. McComb, of Delaware, giving
the names of congressmen who had
been bought As a result, Oakes
Ames and James Brooks—both
members ot congress, were expelled
—as scapegoats for ouch men as
James G. Blaine and Garfield and
others of both parties. In 1876 and
1S77, Huntington and Jay Gould
determined to prevent, the passage
of the Thurman funding bill, which
required the Pacific railroads to set
aside some of their earnings to pay
a debt which would be due the tax
payers when the thirty year bonds
became due. T.o do this, they bribed
congressmen and senators. Hun
tington employed John B. Gordon
in the year 1S76 to decoy twenty-
five Southern congressmen into the
control of his railroad, “Duke”
Gwin having failed to “deliver the
goods” that he was paid to bring
in. On December 22, 1S75, after
the forty-fourth congress assem
bled, Huntington writes to Cotton;
“Dr. Gwin was unfortunate about
the railroad committee. There is
not a man on the committee who
was on his list, and I must say that
I was deceived.” He then dropped
Gwin, and took up “Gordon of
Georgia.” On Februaiy 26, 1S76.be
writes: “I have sent Doc Gwin to
Mississippi to set up some back
fires on Scott, 1 ’ and on July 26,
1S76, he writes: “1 have been
working for two months to get a
party ot twenty-five Southern mem
bers of congress to go out to Cali
fornia. I told Senator Gordon, of
Georgia, if he could get up a party,
we would pay all expenses, which
I suppose would not be less than
$10,000, and I think it will be money
well expended.”
P. S.—“I have had several talks
with Gordon, and to-day I sent him
a letter—see copy.”
This kind of letter-writing about
Gordon prevailed until August 25,
1876, Gordon all the time assuring
him they would go; but they didn’t
go. It is a historical fact that Lord
Bacon took two bribes, for which
he was disgraced and driven from
office by the honest judges of Eng
land. Yet he did not gain either
case for the men who bribed him.
The judges convicted him on the
intention, not the result. With all
the lights before us, Gordon was
just as guilty as if he had decoyed
his southern friends into Hunting
ton's trap, and there are no thanks
due to him that southern honesty
repelled made in his effort to help
Huntington. Fie made his mister
believe in his sincerity. When
“Doc Gwin” failed to fix up the
committee Huntington sent him to
Mississippi to denounce Tom
Scott, and in less than three weeks
afterward -John B. Gordon intro
duced Huntington’s bill, which the
latter thought he could pass with
$200,000. That he did not pass it
with Southern votes was due to
the honesty of Southern men, not
for John B. Gordon’s failure to
work for the “King of the Lobby.”
Perhaps the $200,000 was not
enough for Gordon himself. Who
knows? He had just moved into a
tine house in Georgetown, with
conservatory and tine furniture.and
he must have expected help from
some quarter to buy it, as the sena
torial salary “never did support lbs
family.” Who paid or expected to
iay that money? After the bill of
; l|i =
stretch 01 imaginationyou can frame
in your mind such a scene, what
would Wm. C. Dawson have said
to the people ot Georgia, if either
Oakes Ames or Huntington had
coupled his name with their money
either in private or in public? Sup
pose John M. Berrien has been thus
aligned? Suppose Herscliel V*.
Johnson had been thus published in
San Francisco and New York, as
well is in Georgia? Don’t you
know, Mr. Editor, that their indig
nation would- have resounded
through Georgia like the blast of a
thousand trnmpets? Don’t you
know they would have stamped out
the lie? Btit John B. Gordon says
not a word, except that he followed
Huntington rather than Tom Scott.
He fails to present one word in de
fense of hit honor, except that he
could have made a colossal fortune
by remaining “silent” in Tom Scott’s
service! Perhaps Huntington’s
purse was the largest. Great God
in Heaven! Did the man make
money enough to go to Europe and
spend a summer with his family ot
five by speaking and voting with
that “accomplished corruptionist
Huntington,” whose very venality
was not “unattractive” tojohn B.
Gordon’s newspaper organ?
How General Toombs would have
shaken his lion mane and giant fist
in the face of any dirty dog who
would have coupled his name for
one minute with the money of Hun
tington. Yet, John B. Gordon, the
man who says lie was too poor to
stay in the senate, is found in close
affinity with Huntington from f875
to 1S7S, and who left the senates to
“privately” counsel Victor New
comb at a salary so large as to be
come a wonder to all who know the
shallowness of the legal adviser.
Has the Slate of Georgia been
turned over Alto Huntington’s con
trol ? Has the “attractiveness of his
lack of morality” defiled the whole
machine, which is now even flood
ing the county conventions and hack
stands with money to defeat the will
of honest taxpayers in Georgia?
Huntington may conclude to use
money in Georgia for his “man.”
Plain Talk.
Jones. The doctor is pastor of the
largest and most influential church
ot the Baptist denomination in this
city, and what he has said will have
considerable-influence in the recep
tion to be given by the local minis
try to the apostle of the South. His
own congregation heartily indorsed
his protest, and it is pretty sure that
Jones will be made to feel the
weight of a baptist boycott, when
he comes.
Mr. Jones has charged them with
a want of intellegence I could have
rluntington tailed to pass, then 1 smiled at his ignorance and pittied
Huntington succeeded in getting i his self-conceit; but when he says
Gordon on the railroad committee they are ” liars,” he presumes to
Greenesboro
White Flains
WoodTille.
Union I’oint
Penfield..
Scull fjhoats
Greshamfffle
Liberty., i
Yeazey
Siloam
Reynolds
A E. t. CELEBRATION.
We last Sunday attended a Sabbath-
school celebration at the Fork church,
Madison county, and met many of our
old Oglethorpe and Elbert friend*. We
had a fine dinner yrith Capt, J. B. Eber-
faart, and spent a delightful time.
Total.
Gordon.
Bacon. |
w
p
Carlton, j
112
101
108
107
30
35
35
30
70
16
52
30
4G
27
27
49
40
10
36
10
33
30
13
45
35
12
3
44
32
4
26
10
13
10
17
8
22
23
45
1
21
31
27
27
460
298
399
375
MASS MEETING IN JACKSON.
The chairman of the democratic exec
utive committee of Jackson county has
issued a call for amass meetingtobe held
in Jefferson up the 1st Tuesday in July,
the 6th day of the .mouth.
the present
ey call a con-
Whigs to meet
in Newoan te nom-
candidates for the
also call Whig
tssional conven
tions to nominate Whig candidates
fpr the state senate and for congress.
tjie
inatp two W
legislature. -
senatorial and
DID SAM JONES SAY IT?
A preacher Talks About the Billingsgate of
a Mountebank.
Sam Small, the sub-evangelist,
will begin a series of meetings in the
new city hall next Sunday,and Sam
Jones will come to his aid on the
Tuesday following, writes an Indi
anapolis carrespondent of the Cin-
cinnatti Enquirer. They will labor
with the the unregeneral ed for two
weeks, and it success attends their
ministration the meetings will be
continued indefinitely Yesterday,
after the close of the services at the
First Babtist church, the paster, Rev
Dr. Jeffrey, asked the congregation
to remain while he presented a pro
test which may be said to have
gone for the e/angelist, Jones, in a
manner severe it seems that Dr. Jef
frey, in the New York Independent
saw where Jones was quoted with
saying: “If any man says that only
immersion is baptism tell him I say
he is a liar,” and he took some pains
to verify the fact that Jones really
said it and it made his Baptist blood
boil. Hence the protest. “I take ex
ception to this language,” said he in
his protest, “not because he has ex
pressed his dissent from an opinion
held by millions of intelligent peo
ple, not because he was violated the
demands of courtesy anil good faith
in proclaming a sectarian opinion
from an undenominational platform
not because a more intelligent per
son wonld have represent phra
seology but becaue of the gross and
insulting epithet with which he has
branded the men and woman who
hold a sacred conviction. * * * If
BEN FRANKLIN’S GHOST.
Strang* Sights and Sounds Furbished by a
Cemetery.
Philadelphia, june 5.—Strange
stories have been afloat of late re
garding mysterious sounds and
wierd sights in tba old Christ
church burying grounds, at Fifth
and Arch streets, and though the
police are inclined to attribute the
commotion which nightly takes
place within the high brick enclo
sure to rats and cats which make it
their retreat, there are many who
declare that there is something su :
pernatural about it.
Remington Wray, a dealer in knit
goods who resides at No. 1,405 Ox
ford street. states that while passing
along Arch street about 3 o’clock
one morning not long ago he was
startled by the violent ringing of a
bell, the sound of which seemed to
come from about the centre of the
churchyard. He peered through
the iron bars of the gale and de-
clrres that he saw a tall white fig
ure with arras extended perched
on one of the tombstones and pull
ing at what appeared to be an im
aginary rope.
The form, at first clear in outline,
gradually grew hazy and indistinct,
and then disappeared altogether,
only to reappear in another part of
the cemetery and repeat the same
operation.
While looking Mr. Wray was
joined by two or three belated pe
destrians, and all saw the appari
tion.
Another gentleman, who lives at
the Girard House, and whooccupies
an office in the rear of a Fourth
street building which overlooks the
graveyard, states that frequently
detained late into the night he has
heard the most entrancing music
floating up from the resting place
of the dead below. He has also
heard the ringing of bells and has
seen ghostly figures.
A particularly interesting feature,
he said, was the fact that on some
dark nights he had seen an electri
cal display over the spot where the
remains of Benjamin Franklin lie.
It was of a most extraordinary bril
liant character.
He did not pretend to account for
the phenomena. He had seen and
heard these things and he knew
that there was a good deal ot talk
about the graveyard being haunted.
He was satisfied that no rats, cats or
any other animals could produce
the effects which he had witnessed.
A MONSTER ALLIGATOR.
ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY.
The shameful story published by
the Carnesville Register, to the ef
fect that an agent in the interest of
Gen. Gordon’s candidacy had vis
ited Hartwell and attempted to
bribe Mr. McGill, of the Sun, into
supporting the candidate of the At
lanta Ring, we trust for the honor
of our state and tor the good name
ot one of the South’s most gallant
officers will be found a mistake. If
this wretched story does prove
true, we cacnot see how any hon
est and pure-minded voter can sup
port a man whose friends resort to
such lengths to secure his election.
It will be simply engrafting the
Huntington methods onto Georgia
politics, and will corrupt and de
grade our state. The people can
not too quickly arise in their power
and crush out such methods by
covering the candidate in whose
interest they are attempted with
defeat. It is the duty of Editor
McGill to expose the whole of this
infamous scheme to defeat Major
Bacon and create a spontaneity for
Atlanta’s candidate by a liberal use
of money. It will explain to the
people a good many flop-overs of
late and draw an issue in the gu
bernatorial campaign between pu
rity and corruption, and so strong
ly, too, that the people will crush
with a weight of indignant votes
any candidate who injects such
methods into Georgia politics. If
an ambitious aspirant cannot be
elected Governor of Georgia with
out corrupting and degrading his
people, he should seek some other
sphere.
THE PRIVATE RECOGNIZED.
ot the senate, but by this time Gor
don’s record begun so to stink in the
nostrils of honest democrats, that
he was taken off, and Bogy, of
Missouri, was put on. These are
lacts, for Mr. Stephens wasinfortn-
ed ol the reports circulating, and
was horrified to find Gen. Gordon’s
attitude in the senate correctly le
potted from the Record. The Con
gressional Record shows the plac
ing of Bogy—and Huntington telL
ot Gordon’s displacement—auU
Gordon dares not deny it. Thur
man, Bayard, Baily, Beck and oth
ers then resolved to make a square
fight on Jay Gould and Huntington,
and succeeded in suite of Gordon
and Blaine’s continued opposition
and votes against the bill, but Thur
man was defeated in his re-election
to the senate by the Ohio legisla
ture, while John B. Gordon was
able to be re-elected the same
year. Thurman attributed his de
feat to the money of Huntington in a
published interview, and the money
that appeared in Georgia, especially
in the seventh district, was accred
ited at that time to Jay Gould and
Huntington, as the public prints
will testify. The money “talked”
in certain newspapers, and after
Huntington’s money was traced di
rectly into Atlanta, it was directly
charged upon a certain venal news
paper of that city.* There is no
doubt but Huntington’s money, or
somebody rise’s money is now talk
ing in the same place. Huntington
has raised another scandal in Wash
ington during the past week, and
thanks are due to Holmari and
Springer for unmasking a' lobby,-
although some Southern democrats
are now in a bad fix. When Hun
tington’s letters to Colton unmask
ed General Gordon, the Atlanta
Constitution admitted iq an edito
rial that “Huntington was a more
accomplished corruptionist than
Oakes Ames ever was. Huntington
is an elegant rascal . who
couples sentiment to obstruction,
and a lack of morality
both with an abandon that
lolly unattractive. I copy
literally. Vet Gordon’s letter to
Major Whitner followed in the same
columns only a day or two later, in
which Gordon admits he “followed
stignatize them with an epithet that
society has ever regarded as among
the vilest in the category of the
terms of vituperation—an epithet
which gantlemen never apply to
each oilier, and which the lowest
scullion would not use except in the
passion of malice and for the pur
pose ol inflicting a deadly insult.
Mr. Jones has already grieved mul
titudes of decent people by the
coarseness of Ins denunciations ot
meanness and vice,Out they accept
ed his plea that he resorts to such
devices in order to attract people of
the baser sort. When however
this moral scavenger dares to reckon
as offal any accredited denomination
of Christian people for the simple
reason that they are true to their
conscientious convictions, he proves
the coarsenesss ot his moral ffbre
and puts himself beyond the pale of
recognition on the part of all who
have regard for‘the amendities of
Christian brotherhood, of social col-
mity and decent speech. I utter ray
protest in interest of denominational
fealty and Christian cathlicity.
I snould count myself a coldron
were I to give the countenance of
my support or even my presence to
a man coming here in the garb of
a Christian minister, who vilifies the
honest convictions ol the denomina
tion to which I belong, or outrages
my respect due to ihe equally con
scientious opinion df any portion of
the great brotherhood of Christians.
Further along in the protest the
doctor said that, whUe he did not
wish to appear as dictating to his
congregation, he for one, would stay
away; nor could he see hoto self-res
pecting itnmersionists could seek
a lesson of purity, Iqve and honor
from the “billingsgate chatterings of
a mountebank, who in 'addition to
411 the other indecencies of his
speech, has dared to call them liars.
* * ' * * Mr. Jones claims, 1
understaed, that., his special mission
is to the mean. Let all who
consider themselves in either class
find ample time to wait upon the
ministry ot a man whose stock in
trade is scurrility and scum.” With
due deference to Dr. Jeffrey,* will
put even Evangilist Jones, on hi*
mettle to say -anything mote bitter
ffrev In his ti
Narrow Escape of a Milton Inventor from
the Jaw* of Death.
Milton (Fin.) News.
Col. E. D. Johnson, the inventor
of the best sawmill dog in existence
has a turn tor natural history and
frequently leaves his couch and
rows up the river or into some of
the numerous bayous in the neigh
borhood in search of whatever is
new or strange.
Some two or three weeks ago, in
one of hss matutinal excursions, he
observed what seemed to be a
wagon way through the marsh
about half a mile above Marquis’ old
mill. Upon close examination he
made the discovery that .this was
the trail of a monster saurian which
measured 9 feet and 2 inches be
tween the tracks of his fore feet.
The tracks themselves were 26
inches in length and of a corres
ponding width. After mature de
liberation Col. Johnson concluded
to captuie the alligator, and with the
assistance of some colored men set
a deadfall, which was constructed
of a saw log 36 feet in length and
24 inches in diameter at the sroali
en d- The log, which weighed about
two tons, was supported about 5
feet above the ground on the old-
fashioued “figure 4” trigger and
baited with a 2-year old hog.
For several days; the wily animal
left the bait untouched and made a
new road round the trap, but the
ripening influences of the June sun
operating on the hog until the at
traction became too great to be re
sisted by the average alligator, he
fell a victim to his appetite. He
attempted to walk off with the hog,
when the huge log fell with a crash,
and in a moment he found himself
imprisoned]qcneath a weight of two
tons of solid pine.
In his frantic struggles the huge
alligator tore up the mud over a half
acre of marsh and finally released
himself by biting the log in twain.
Col. Johnson showed us several
splinters from the log and we feel
quite sure that he has not exagger
ated the length of the animal. Judg
ing from the splinters we have no
hesitancy in stating that the alliga
tor ^vas 32 teet 1 inch in lengtti.
Col. Johnson has put several of
his saw mill dogs on the trail of the
beast, and we feel quite sure that
they will hold him if they ever get
the grip on him.
While Georgia has tore the las
sprig of laurel from the brow of her
every other soldier to weave awreath
that will completely enshroud Gen.
Gordon and place at his feet all the
glory and honor of the great strug
gle, our sister State of Alabama has
set us an example, and at the same
time given us a gentle rebuke, by
nominating for governor a private
soldier. This is indeed glad tidings
and we hope that the good example
set by Alabama will bring to the
front more ot the boys upon whose
shoulders fell the brunt of the con
flict; and who made the reputation
not only of Gen. Gordon, but of ev
ery other officer in the Confederate
army. There is a deep meaning in
this step on the part ot our neigh
boring state. It means that her
people are aroused to a sense of jus
tice, and intend to bestow honor
and recognition where it rightly be
longs—on the private in the ranks.
We glory in this action on the part
ot Alabama, and every private south
of Mason and Dixie’s line will thank
her gallant democracy for this great
and righteous recognition of a
branch of the service that did all the
fighting, and bore the brunt of the
war, and yet, when peace was de
clared, had to step aside while their
commanders quietly gathered in all
the honors and offices.
GREENE COUNTY AND BACON.
ON A HOT TRAIL.
Wayne County Citizen* on the Wine tn Be
half of Their Noble Women.
Jksup, Ga., June 10.—About three
weeks ago a negro, supposed to be
Tom Dillon, attempted to outrage
Mrs. Thomas Strickland, wife of a
respectable farmer living about three
miles from Tesup. Every effort was
made to capture him, but all in vain.
Again to-day he returned during
Mr.Strickland’s absence andjthreat-
ened Mrs. Strickland's life. * In the
attempt the yard dog attacked the
brute, and Mrs. Strickland made her
escape add gave an alarm. Citizens
from JCsup and near neighborhood
are on bis traiL They have captur
ed his hat, coat and shoes. Blood
hounds are expected here to-night,
and it is hoped that he will be over
taken in the morning and brought
to justice.
CONFERS.
than has Jeffrey 1
i tiradcft&ainst
The Contest tat the state Senate Won by
W. L. Peak.
Confers, June iz.-—Primary
election here to-day for State sena
tor. Hon. W. L. Peak defeated
Judge A. C. McCalls by a majority
of ail
Never was bulldozing and bluff
more successfully played than in
the Greene county election. On a
full and fair vote the county will go
for Bacon by over a hundred major
ity; but by bragging and bluster the
Gordon men frightened their oppo
nents into lethargy, and the Bacon
side actually gave up the fight when
victory was in their grasp. Once
during the day Gordon was beat,
and it was then that report says
trades were made that saved the
4ay for the Ring candidate. We tell
4his not as a complaint, for Gordon’s
backers certainly did some shrewd
work, and we admire their strategy
—but to ’encourage the Bacon
voters in other counties where the
same tactics as played in Greene
are attempted. Bacon is to-day
triumphant in Georgia if his friends
do not allow themselves to be bull
dozed and bluffed by the minority.
One Gordon man, in a crowd, can
keep up more racket with his
tongue than a room full of Bacon
followers, and what they lack in
numbers they make up in gab.
This is a part of the programme,
and the instructions from the Ring
headquarters in Atlanta are to claim
everything and drown with their
clatter all arguments from the Ba
con side. This programme won in
Greene, and it will now be tried alt
over the state. But keep firm—do
not be bulldozed by such Chinese
warfare. If his friends will only
stand solid and not relax an effort,
A. O. Bacon will be.the next gov
ernor of Georgia.
In 1SS0 Dr. V. H. M. Miller and
Reuben Arnold were making
speeches for Norwood and denounc
ing Gordon, Colquitt and Brown.
Dr. Miller made a speech in Atlan
ta denouncing the campaign and
was cried down by the Colquitt
men. The Constitution ridiculed
his speech and alluded ti> him as
Alphabet Miller. This is the same
Dr.'Miller who is now harrangueing
the state for Gordon and didn’t be
lieve that Beck ought to be htfng
for the murder of his wife and sis
ter-in-law.
“How does the Atlanta Constitti-’
tionstand on the.tariff now?” asked
one Athenian of another, Monday^,
“Well, I really don’t know,” was-
the reply, “for I missed my paper,
Sunday, and haven’t seen it sines
Saturday.”