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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.
Great Sensation!
The t'apitol in a great state
of ECxeitement !
Bullock Resigned ! !!
Conley in the Oubernato
rial Chair! ! !
The legislature meet to
day !
Candidates Swarming !! !
Bullock In Yew York at
last accounts !
Conley Issues a Procla
mation as Governor !
[Correspondence Staxdaro & ExprelS.
Atlanta, Ga„ Qct. 30, 1871. )
0 o’clock p. m. )
I I send you heiewith a “ Constitution
Extra,” containing the correspondence
jin reference to Governor Bullocks
! resignation, received at the State De
partment tiiis evening at 2 o’clock.
The correspondence explains itself.
The news of Bullock’s sudden abdi
cation has created a great sensatioß
in the city, and is generally looked
upon as a mean and cowardly dodge
of the impeachment, which was to
follow the organization of the Legis
lature. It is apparent, from the cor
responce, that this move has a double
purpose. The first is, to dodge the
mpeachment and make good bis es
cape with the millions which ho has
evidently stolen from Ihe treasury of
Georgia ; and the second to throw
the executive office of the State into
Radical hands instead of allowing it
to fall into the hands of the Demo
cratic President of the Senate who
will be elected on the Ist proximo.
There are conflicting opinions in
regard to the probable course of the
Legislature in reference to this matter.
It is thought by some that it will per
fect its organization and do no other
act at present,, except to pass an act,
ordering an election for Governor, to
take place in thirty or forty days, and
take a recess until the election comes
off. Others suppose the President
elect will supercede Mr. Conley in the
office of Governor and that the work
will go on, without a recess. There is
a general feeling on the part of the
Democratic members, who have ar
rived here, not to allow this trick of
Bullock’s to cheat the Democratic
I
party out of the legitimate fruits of
its well-e..rned victory, by quartering
upon them his Radical successor, to
clog their efforts at thorough investi
gation. There is, manifestly, a strong
determination to take this favorable
opportunity to rid the State of Radi
calism, and to go through every de
partment of the State government
after the same manner that Yan
Trump swept the British Channel
with a broom at the mast-head.
A large majority of the members
have already armed, and the rest are
pouring in upon every train. The
Kimball House is thronged with visi
tors ; in fact, every hotel in the city
seems to be packed to its full capacity
It is hard to tell, in the confusion
which reigns here at present, anything
about the probable result of the elec
tions for presiding officers of the two
Houses. I think there will be a Dem
ocratic caucus here to-morrow, which
will have a tendency to dispel the
fog which invests that subject.
There are several distinguished gen
tlemen here, signifying their willing
ness to serve the people of Georgia
in the oapaeity of United States Sen
ators. General Young’s chances are
thought to bo good tor the place.
More anon. J. W. P.
From Atlanta Constitution Extra.]
THE CORRESPONDENCE
ABOUT BULLOCK’S
RESIGNATION.
Conley Entered Upon Duty at 3 P. 31.
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Department of State.
Atlanta, Oct. 30,1871 —2 o’clock, p. m.
To the Hon. Benjamin Conley, President of
the Senate;
Sih i I have, at this moment, been
placed in possession of the enclosed
communication from the Hon. R. B.
Bullock, being his resignation of the
office of Governor of the State of j
Georgia, said communication being j
transmitted to me through iiifi hands !
qf Col. R. H. Atkinson, the Secretary
of the Executive Department.
I hereby give you notice to repair :
to the Capital iu Atlanta, within teu ;
days of the date hereof and take the j
oath of office of Governor before j
Judge of the Supreme or Judge of the
Superior Court, otherwise it will be
my duty to consider you as having
resigned, and I shall proceed to in
form the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
Respectfully, your ob’t servant,
• David G. Cotting,
Secretary of State.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of Georgia,
Atlanta, October 30, 1871.
H>n David G. Coding,
Secretary of State, Atlanta, Ga.
Sir : lam directed by his Excel
lency the Governor to transmit to you,
to be filed in your office, the enclosed
paper, containing his resignation as
Governor of Georgia.
I am very respectfully,
Yonr obedient servant,
R. H. Atkinson,
Secretary Executive Dopt.
Executive Depautment, 1
State of Georgia, [■
Atlanta, Oct. 23, 1871.)
To Whom it may Concern, Greeting:
Be it known that good and suffi
cient reasons me thereunto moving, I
do hereby resign the office of Gover
nor of this State, to take offect on
Monday next, the 30th day of Oct., in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, and
on that day and date deliver over to
the Hon. Benjamin Conley, President
of the Senate, the Executive powers of
the Government, until the election
and qualification of a Governor in the
mode prescribed by paragraph IV,
Article IY, Section I, of the Constitu
tion of this State. And the Secretary
of the Executive Department will en
ter the foregoing of record in the Ex
ecutive minutes, and place the Capitol
Building, Executive Records, Docu
ments, Seals, and Mansion, in the
control of the said Benjamin Conley,
upon his taking the oath of office pre
scribed by paragragh V, section I, ar
ticle IY, of the Constitution.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor.
Sad Casualty.
On Wednesday evening, the 18th
ull., little Nina, only child of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Craigmiles, came to
her death under the following sad
circumstances : She was riding in
the buggy with her grandfather, Dr.
G. B. Thompson, who was crossing
the railroad on Inman street—a
freight train at the time was slightly
in motion in a forward and back mo
tion, in delivering some cars loaded
with coal at the exact place for un
loading ; the buggy was well upon
the track when the engine made a
sudden forward movement, the cow
catcher coming into contact with
the buggy, smashing it down, throw
ing the Doctor some distance be
yond the track out of danger, while
little Nina fell immediately upon the
track and was instantly killed by the
cow-catcher passing over her, mang
ling her person in a most shocking
manner. The Doctor was only
slightly injured.
It is thought that when the Doctor
attempted to cross the road that he
was under the impression that the
train was not in motion, and appre
hended no danger. When the ac
cident occurred the eyes of the en
gineer were turned to the rear of the
train, and he knew nothing about
anything being before the engine un
til after the child was killed.
Little Nina was aged about seven
years—was a bright eyed and intel
ligent little girl—a universal favorite
with all our citizens, and our whole
community deeply sympathize with
her parents and relatives in their
sad bereavement. —Cleveland Ban
ner,
The Proclamation Business.
State of Georgia, j
Department of State, >
Atlanta, October 31, 1871. )
Ordered :
By his Excellency, Benjamin Con
ley, Governor of said State, that all
Proclamations offering rewards for
the apprehension of criminals, which
have heretofore been issued, be, and
the same are hereby revoked.
Given under my hand and seal of
office.
David G. Cotting,
Secretary of Slate.
The following papers will publish
the above order one time, to-wit:
Constitution, of Atlanta ; American
Union, of Macon ; Constitutionalist,
of Augusta ; Republican, of Savan
nah ; Enquirer, of Columbus; and
Southern Banner, of Athens.
A Kansas town is named “ Dev
il’s Delight.”
A Coal famine is feared at Cin
cinnati the coming winter.
The municipal election in Baltimore
resulted in the selection of Van Sundt,
Democrat, for Mayor by 8,000 ma
jority.
A negro named Robinson proudly
claims to he the champion chicken
stealer in this State.
A young lady translates the C. O.
D. on express packages to Call on
Dad.
“ONWARD AND UPWARD.”
A STARTLING STORY',
TUt Socletc luternatimult and the Chi
cago Flre-A Diabolical Plot for the Dt«
•traction of the City - Horrible Con
f,wlon of one of the Prime Mover*
Remarkable Verikcation of a Proplie
cj by George Frmncts Train.
From the Chicago Times, October 23.]
I am a member of the Societe
Internationale. The headquarters
of the organization are in Paris and
its ratifications extend all over the
world. There are branches in Lon
don, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liver
pool, Dublin, Berlin, St. Petersburg,
Naples, Florence, Vienna, and other
cities in Great Britain and on the
continent, ami in New Y'ork, Bos
ton, Washington, New Orleaas, and
Chicago, in this country. Its mem
bers are bound by a fearful oath
never to divulge auy of the plans or
operations of the society, and were
it known that I was about to relate
the story I have commenced I should
never live to finish it, while if the
author of this ever becomes known,
I will die a death more horrible than
that which met any of the victims of
the inqusition. It is, therefore, with
fear and trembling that I sit down
to write the true story of the origin
of the Chicago fire, and nothing but
the sternest sense of duty, and a
desire to clear my conscience of a
load that is too heavy for endurance,
would induce me to pen these lines.
During a short residence in Paris,
in 4867, 1 was thrown much into the
society of leading members of the
Commune. Being an American, it
was supposed I would favor anything
that would tend to bring about an
absolute equality between all men.
At first I laughed at all such no
tions, regarding them as not only ut
terly impracticable, but as tending
to overthrow all law and order. But
as expedient after expedient was
suggested, some of them seemed to
be feasible, I caught the infection
that animated my associates, and
soon became a blind enthusiast in
the cause of socialism. While there
I became a member of the Societe
Internationale, and it is not sur
prising, therefore, that on its
FIRST ORGANIZATION IN CHICAGO,
some eight months ago, I was se
lected as one of the prime movers.
Since I had returned from France I
had been in correspondence with
some of the most prominent in the
movement there, among whom were
M. Henri Martin, who was among
the first to fall a victim to the Ver
sailles troops at the capture of the
city; M. Assi, whose tragic fate is
so fresh in the minds of all, and M.
Julius Garadine, from whom I learn
ed the progress the society was
making, and many of its future
plans.
The organization in Chicago was
formed under the direction of two
Commmunists, who had fled from
Paris, and myself. As elsewhere,
none but the most daring and trust
worthy were admitted. The avowed
purposes of the society were harm
less in themselves, They were to
endeavor to elevate the working
men to the level of the rich ; to pro
mote communistic sentiments among
the masses, and, as soon as possible,
to inaugurate the reign of socialism,
when everybody should enjoy equal
benefits, and poverty and want
should be unknown. To these dec
larations there was a codicil binding
the members, if it were found im
possible to secure the results by
peaceable means, to resort; to what
ever measures should be deemed ad
visable by the directors of the or
ganization.
The first two months of the exis
tence of the society were consumed
in
FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS
te stir up a strife between the me
chanics of the city and their employ
ers. But the disastrous cousequen
ces of the eight-hour strikes in 1867
were yet fresh in remembrance, and
for once the labor unions refused to
do the bidding of their prompters.
This was & discouraging blow, but
the members of the society were de
termined. In no city oi the Union
was more to be feared to communism
from a continuance of the existing
eonditlon of affairs, for colossal for
tunes were being amassed in an in
credibly short space of time, and an
aristocracy of wealth was springing
hp that threatened to become so
strong as to defy overthrow. Plan
after plan was suggested, and aban
doned as impracticable. Finally,
the
BURNING OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF
THE CITY
was suggested. Appalled by the
thought of working such desolation
in the fairest city on the continent,
Pat first shrank from participation
in the transaction. I protested that
instead of promoting the objects of
the society, it would only retard
them. But all the others were firm,
and weakly I yielded. Gradually
the insanity produced by being a
promoter of a calamity” that would
shake the world to its centre took
possession of me. Sleeping or
waking, my thoughts were filled
with the plan.
To mature the details of the plot
required the utmost caution. The
project of raising a mob by means
of some popular excitement, and to
burn and pillage the city was, debat
ed at length, and at last abandon
ed because of its hazardousness and
! the inevitable loss of life that it
| would involve, for to take life was
not our object—it was only to hum
ble the men who had waxed rich at
I the expense of the poor. The incen-
I diary torch was finally fixed upon,
and on the 9th day of Agust prepa
rations were actively begun to carry
it into execution.
Several times a day for the awful
tragedy, but as often abandon and.
THE CO-OPERATION OF THE ELEMENTS j
was needed. The torch was first ap- j
plied to the warehouse on the corner ;
of State and Sixteenth streets ou the
gusty morning of the 30th of Sep
tember. It was hoped that the
high south wind then prevailing
would carry the fiames to the row of
frame buildings to the northward,
but a sudden change in the wind de
feated the project by enabling the
fire department to quench the flames.
Again on the Saturday night pro
ceeding the catastrophe a match
was applied on Canal street, and for
a few hours all seemed to be working
well, and but for the failure of one
of the petroleum mines to ignite,
Sabbath morning would have seen
Chicago in ashes.
But the doom that was overhang
ing the city was delayed but a day,
and that day came near proving
fatal to our plans, for then and only
then were we in danger of betrayal.
George Francis Train, a member of
the Societe Internationale, lectured
in Farewell Hall on the evening of
the fated Sunday. In the course of
his address his manner changed for
a moment while he made use of
these words:
“ This is the last public address
THAT WILL BE DELIVERED WITHIN
THESE WALLS 1 A TERRIBLE CALAMITY
18 IMPENDING OVER THE CITY OF CHI
CAGO. More I cannot say ; more I
DARE NOT UTTER !”
It was well for him that lie closed
as he did, for there were half a score
of hands grasping half a score of
pistols that would have checked any
further utterance forever. It is with
much hesitancy that I approach a
recital of the
SCENES OF THAT HORRIBLE NIGHT.
All day long we had been in se
cret conclave where no mortal could
spy out our doings. Petroleum
mines had been laid in a score of
places, and trusty men were station
ed at each of them to apply the
match at the proper moment. The
plot had been so arranged that all
should appear as accident, our part
being mainly to assist the progress
of the flames, for we know that, once
beyond a certain limit, no agency
could stay them.
The place, above all others in the
city which promised the great meas
ure of success, was in the barn on
DeKoven street. No “ old Irish
hag” was milking her cow at the
time, as the reporters of the city
press are determinded to have it.
A human being of a different sex
was there, however, but had disap
peared as if by magic, before any
mortal eye had remarked his pres
ence.
Before the arrival of the jaded
firemen at the scene of the conflagra
tion, half a dozen mines had been
touched off, and their eflorte to sub
due the fiames were as futile as the
efforts of a child to stem the raging
cataract of Niagra. When the
flames had reached the river, work
began on the South side. Simulta
neously a mine was sprung at the
gas-works and another near Van
Buren street bridge, and two whole
blocks were a
SEETHING HELL OF FLAME
in less time than it takes my unacus
tomed pen to tell it. From thence
onward the fire was assisted by a
mine on Wells street, near Monroe,
another block and a half further
east, and still another in Farewell
Hall. Little did those who listened
to citizen Train on that eventful
Sunday night suspect that they
were sitting over a magazine that
needed but the touch of a match to
involve them in a perfect hell of
flame.
From that point the destruction
of the South Side, with its massive
granite piles and well-stored ware
houses, was assured. Onward sped
the flames, and wherever they ap
peared likely to skip, anew maga
zine was fired, and rum with its
fearful front involved the fair city.
I had been delegated to explode
THE POWDER MAGAZINE ON SOUTH
WATER STREET.
Our only want of success was that
the authorities, failing to stay the
mad current of fire by ordinary
means, would resort to the last and
only hope—lay a few blocks in ruins
by means of gunpowder. To guard
against this, a train had been laid
communicating with the magazine,
and required but a spark to destroy
it. Wheu the work had been so
fully inaugurated, I hastened to the
point to which I had been assigned,
wild with frenzy more thrrible than
any I had ever before experienced.
I reached the spot where the mat«h
should have been applied. A huge
lay within a few feet of it. A slight
kick from my foot would have placed
it over the hidden fuse, hut the
streets were thronged with people,
and I shrank from committing the
act that would have
PLUNGED HUNDREDS OF HUMAN BEINGS
INTO ETERNITY.
That moment's hesitation was
their salvation. The powder brig
ade arrived almost upon the instant,
and the explosive gas was removed
from the building. Among the first
removed were those with whi ch the
train communicated, and although a
stray spark afterward fired the fuse,
no explosion followed.
Hardly had I recovered from the
momentary flash of humane feeling
that overcame me, than I was placed
in imminent peril of my life. The
flames had advonced northward on
both sides of where I stood, and
were rushing toward mo with fearful
rapidity. Dared by the various
conflicting emotione that bad filled
my breast, I had not noticed this,
and when I awoke from my trance the
most horrible of deaths stared me
in the face. Hemmed in on every
side in a crucible of fire, I for a mo
ment gave way to despair. But de
spair gave me strength, and, break
ing down a heavy door, I rushed
through a store to the river, and
plunged into its waters. A boat
moored at the dock assisted mo to
cross, although I did waste time in
getting into it, but pushed it before
me as I swam. Reaching the North
Side. I ran with all my speed
through the streets toward the city
limits, seeking to escape from the
terrible scenes my eyes had beheld.
In the meantime my co-workers in
crime had not been idle. As the
current of fire passed northward from
Van Buren street it appeared that a
large tract bounded on the north by
Maiden street, and on the west by
Dearborn street, including a valua
ble section of the city, would escape
the terrible destruction that had vis
ited the remainder of the city. The
flames had proceeded along Harrison
and Van Buren streets to Fourth
avenue, and here seemed to have
spent their force. It vvas
A TERRIBLE MOMENT,
For millions were trembling in the
balance. A few brave men battled
with the demon, and but for the om
nipresence of the Internationals
would have stayed its progress. But
a man rushed into a house that had
been abandoned by its occupants,
ostensibly for the purpose of saving
some household utensils that had
been left, and returned laden with
goods ; but a moment afterward the
rear of the building became a mass
of flame, and a gust of wind carried
it eastward to the lake and north
ward over the district that had thus
far been been spread, thus comple
ting the universal ruin.
ON THE NORTH SIDE
It had been intended to destroy but
few buildings, and these the busi
ness headquarters and residences of
the affluent. As during the progress
of the fire on the South Side, mines
were sprung in various localities as
the flames advanced, but only where
the natural course of the fiames was
likely to have the work imperfectly
done.
The fire progressed too slowly.
The waterworks were in full blast,
and there was danger that through
their agency some of the buildings
doomed to demolition would be sav
ed. The works had been prepared
for destruction, but the time had not
arrived, as the fire was several
blocks away. But notwithstanding
this fact the match was applied, and
the workmen were obliged to fly for
their lives. In their flight the man
who had fired the mine was over
thrown and badly injured, and as
the fire advanced he fell a victim to
its fury.
This ended the work of the incen
diaries of the Societe Internationale.
The elements completed the destruc
tion, and the loveliest portion of
Chicago is now a
WASTE, DREAR RUIN.
Habitable only by ghouls and the
ill-omed birds of the night. The re
sults are more than had been antici
pated, but are yet not satisfactory.
Many buildings that had been doom
ed by the Internationals escaped the
firery ordeal, while a large tract that
it had been determined to spare is
now a ruin.
RETRIBUTION
Is hot long in following the perpe
trators of great crimes. Two of the
original founders of the organization
in Chicago met death in the terrible
conflagration they had instigated,
and I alone am spared to suffer worse
than a thousand deaths from the
stings of couscience. Seven of the
men delegated to assist the fire in its
progress also perished miserably in
the hell they had conjured up, while
two others are probably maimed for
life.
As for myself, I have little hopes
of escaping the vengeance of the In
ternationals.
1
THE OATH
to which I subscribed carries with it |
the penalty of death in a form more
horrible than any that has been visi
ted ponu mortal since the sun first
rose over chaos. The organization
is omnipresent, permeating every
circle of society, each member being
bound to mete out the penalty of the ]
oath to any one who may divulge its
secrets. This, its greatest of secrets,
has been written under the load of a
guilty conscience. Life has lost all
Smith, W iklo & Cos., Proprietors'
its attractions for me, snd I scarcely
care to live, save to sec the damage
caused partly through mv instru
mentality repaired. But if it shall
appear that i cannot escape from
tuo&e who have already involved me
in so much misery, I will yet not die
at their hands, but will prefer to lie
in accursed ground.
P. S.—Let me add one word of
warning. Other cities, both in this
country and Europe, have been
threatened with fire. The Socicte
Internationale is implacable.
Over the River, my Darling.
nr a. w. rassCH.
t have grown weary my darling.
Weary of wondering here
Never to meet or to greet you,
Never your sweet voice to hear.
' Shadows around me are falling
Longer my feet cannot roam
Say! are you waiting ray darling,
NV aiting to welcome me home?
Over the river my darling
In the bright mansion of gold
Ever I long to be sitting-
Close by your side as of old.
Say ! are the pearly gates open,
Is there a place left for iho ?
Will I be welcome among you,
When from this earth I am free
Tho’ here in life we were parted,
Notliiug could chill our fond love
Dearer and brighter it groweth
As I draw near you above.
Waiting the spirit’s last bidding,
Calmly death's coming tide,
Soon 1 will meet you my darling,
Down by the lone riverside.
After the Funeral.
Never any more,
Till my broken dream of life
Is swallowed up in death
Shall I look upon my wife.
I prayed that she might live,
But my prayers could not save;
For here 1 am alone,
And she is in the grave!
It seems an ago to ine
Since I saw the coffin there ;
The lid was off, and lo !
A face within the square
A pale but happy face—
Sweet lips without a breath ;
How beautiful is sleep,
How horrible is Death.
I lifted up the child,
In her little morning gown,
But she turned away her eyes
Until I put her down.
Then they look the coffin out
In the blending light of day ;
The black horse moved,
And the coaches crept away !
We stood around the grave
While the hollow prayers were said,
And the heavy, wet earth
Was shoveled on the dead ;
As it struck the coffin lid
With a dull and dreadful sound,
It seems to strike my heart—
They led me from the ground.
But all is over now,
And it almost soothes my pain
To think, whatever comes,
She cannot die again !
The blow has fallen —I know
The worst that death can give :
The worst oflife’s to come
For I must learn to give?
What must I do to live?
I will play my part—
Ply my subtle brain,
Forget my stricken heart;
Go again on Chance.
1 Buy, and sell and scheme ;
Fit my ships for sea—
Anything but dream!
I know the day will pass
In the air and light ;
But how can I endure
The coming home at night?
No watching at the pane,
No meeting at the door,
No loving wifely kiss,
No Alice any more.
A colored preacher at a Georgia
camp meetiug is said to have told
his hearers they could never enter
heaven with whisky bottles in their
pockets, and urged them to “ bring’-
em right up to the pulpit,” and he
would 4 ‘ offer'em a sacrifice to de
Lord.” It was done ; but the preach
er was found incapable when the
hour for evening service arrired.
As the fire would have certainly
consumed, and the lions, without
doubt, have rended and devoured
; Daniel, had not God, by the inter
i position of His own band, stopped
and hindered the effect; so would
the sin in us, and the malice in oth
ers, quickly ruin our souls and bod
ies, were it not that the same hand
guides and keeps us every moment.
At a recent burglars’ convention
jin Vermont it was resolved that it
was “ expedient” to use chloroform
on victims.
If all that the dogs of this coun
try eat were fed to hogs, it would
make $50,000,000 worth of pork.
And these dogs do no good, to say
nothing of the 80,000 sheep they
kill annually.
True greatness consists in being
what every man should be—a chris
tain.
NEW SERIES. NO. l.
