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THE COURANT. Published JFCVery Thur^ilHy, < ARTKRXYILLE. GEORGIA. lIIR COURANT i* published every Thursday morning and i* delivered by carrier* in the city or mailed, pnetaye free, at $1.50 a year; tint month*, SO cent*; three month*, BO cent*. ADVERTISING RATES depend on location in the paper, and will be furni*hed on applica tion, CORRESPONDENCE containing important netr* eolieited from all part* of the county. A DDRESS all letter*, communication* and tel egram*, and make all draft* or check* payable to TliK COURANT, Carter*rille, Ga. Official Organ Bartow Connty. DOCTOR AND MRS. W. H. FELTON. * OCTOBER 15, 1885. Tiik Atlanta Constitution asserts that one member of the Railroad Commission was in sympathy with its unreasonable and unjust war upon the Commission. If we have a traitor to the people upon that Commission it should be known. Who is he? What is his name? rf this is an unjust charge, like the “Bryant coalition lie,” then the malligned and slandered Commissioner should see that these liars and slanders ars brought to justice. The peculiarity and facility with which the Atlanta Constitution in sults and slanders people who differ with it should he brought to a check. If one of the three Commissioners is a traitor show him up or iet the defamcr perish as he deserves. Wk think the unkind criticism on Mr. Tate, of Pickens, is unjust. Such open charges against a member should be ac companied by the proof. Con. Everett, of Polk, is one of the most intelligent and efficient members of our General Assembly. He is an honor to the splendid county he represents. Thk vote on the railroad bill shows the people whom to trust and w hom to shun. Our liberties are too sacred to be trafficked off' for money, position or power with the railroads. Messrs. Peeples, of Murray, Spinks, of Paulding, Lumpkin of Dade, Milner of Cordon, and Walker of Floyd, have each and all stood by the people in the late struggle with the railroads. Coi.. llackett of Catoosa, is one of the most valuable members of our Leg islature. Honest and incorruptible— with a level head on all questions of pub lit: interest, he deserves to be honored and rewarded by the people of Georgia. ■■ .. + The brave light for the Commission was not the leadership of any one man. All united heart and hand to protect the people from the domination of railroads. There was no money on their side of the light it was pure and simple patriotism. Judge Harrell of Webster county, is one of the ablest and most valuable members that ever served Georgia in her General Assembly. Asja constitutional lawyer lie has no superior in the State and his perpetual vigilance over the money of the tax-payers entitles him to the gratitude of every Georgian. Our old-time friend, Mr. Wheeler of Wivikcr, will return home from this ses sion with the consciousness that lie has served his State as wisely and as success fully as any member of our State Legis lature. Long may he live to oppose the wrong and advocate the right. Skxator Glenn of Walker, and Sena tor Rankin of Gordon, have fully met the expectations of their friends during this session of our General Assembly. Any constituency in the State would have been honored by the ability and pa triotism they have displayed upon all im portant questions. Wk are heartily glad that the old Sev enth, with two or three exceptions, has shown such a patriotic spirit in the late vote sustaining the Railroad Commission. In our opinion if a popular vote was ta ken to-morrow ninety-nine-hundredths of the masses would sustain the Com mission and rebuke railroad extortion. Mk. Bkrskk of Monroe, Mr. Terrill of Meriwether, Mr. Reagan of Henry, Mr. Arnheim of Dougherty, Mr. Hawks of Sumpter, Mr. Harrell of Decatur and Mr. Russell of Harris, are young men who have endeared themselves to the people of Georgia by the ability and zeal they displayed in defeating the Senate bill abolishing the Commission. If anything was needed to show the people of Georgia what a great evil they eseaped in defeating the railroad con spiracy, the proof is given in the furious attacks made on Gov. Smith and Maj. Wallace since this deieat. For heat, ii - temperance, impolicy and injustice, the leader in the Macon Telegraph of Monday exceeds anything we remember to have seen. This sort of thing will re coil on their own heads. Maj. Hanson is a gentleman, but he is allowing other parties to break him down and run his paper. Tins attack on Gov. Smith and Maj. Wallace will do more to open the eyes of the people of Georgia than any thing that has been said or done in the Legislature. To denounce a man for doing his duty, his sworn duty, and to deprive him of his office, is something old Georgia is sure to resent. It is very apparent now that the railroads intend to alter the commission, as they could not repeal the law; indeed, it is openly stated in Atlanta at this time, that they intend to have a Commission favorable to the railroads on this subject. We shall say more next week. To our merchants: The business sea son is now upon us, and a lively one it promises to be, too. It stands to your in terest to lay in your stationery before you are too* busy to attend to it. Our presses are entirely new, our type is new and of the latest and prettiest designs, and it is impossible to execute an infe rior job in the office. Nothing looks illrtier than a badly printed letter head from old, mashed up type. Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Note Heads, etc., nicely printed and put up in handy tablets, at The Cockaxt Job Office. Lobbying in Georgia. It is openly charged that the railroads are using money, oodlesof money, to bribe the mem bers, and that they have hired the press all over the State. Do you reckon there is any probabie cause for such charges? Have our people come down to the like of that? Is lobbying for pay a business like it used to be during the Bullock reign? Has General Alexander a big fund sure enough that be is using tq kill the commission? —Bill Arp in Constitution. The Courant saw no money paid to any member of the Legislature, and even Kingsbery failed to offer the Courant his little bribe which proved such a per suasive factor with many of the newspa pers of the State. But our neighbor Arp is behind the times when he ask3 if any lobbying has been carried on in Georgia since Bullock’s regime. Bullock was a fugitive from the State iD 1872, and a full-fledged democratic administration and democratic Legislature was in pow er. There were not as many outside evidences of lobbying in 1872 as there have been in 1885. It took four years to bring out the facts of 1872, they not being revealed until 1870. It may take longer than four years to bring out the facts of 1885. Our readers may ask what were the facts of 1872. Gov. Brown ad mitted that lie paid twelve thousand dol lars to certain newspapers—he gave their names and stated the amount he paid to each. The object of this bribe, he stated, was to influence public opinion and the Legislature. The balance of the twenty one thousand dollars he paid to certain lobbyists to ‘talk up’ the lease to the members of the Legislature, and the dis tinguished Senator says his hired tools did it most effectively. He only placed one restriction upon them, and that was, they were not to buy any liquor for the member they were endeavoring to honey tuggle. For small favors, God be praised. To relieve Neighbor Arp’s ignorance and innocence, we will tell him the Atlanta Constitution received five thousand dollars of this fund as its share of the lobby money. As the Con stitution is now known to be fat and flourishing, we think it ought to pay Neighbor Arp fifteen dollars per week instead of ten dollars per week, to help them fight the Commission and apolo gize for the monopolies of the State. It looks rather hard to grease a fat sow and let all the poor shotes root for a living. Our neighborly solicitude for Mr. Arp induces us to urge him to ‘pitch in’ while the pot is supposed to be boiling and bubbling over with good things. Brother Arp seems to be more familiar with Bullock’s peculiar style of lobbying than he is with Gen. Alexander’s far reaching scheme for controlling all leg islation in behalf of railroad monopolies. Even lion. N. E. Harris, of Bibb, seems to be ignorant that Gen. Alexander lias any connection with the railroads of the country, or that he was ever connected with an association, the avowed object of which was to strangle all new railroad prospects, and to influence the execu tive, the legislative and judicial depart ments of all the States in the Union in favor of railroad rapacity and oppression. We give, for the information of Mr. Arp and all other innocent parties, the fol lowing extracts from letters written by Mr. Fink (Trunk Line Commissioner) and Gen. Alexander, vice-president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, and, according to Gov. Brown’s state ment, the largest shareholder in the lease of the W. & A. Railroad. Gen. Alexander writes to the ‘crank’ who Hon. N. E. Hurris says managed this association, in these words: “Should you wish to advance nly name with any one who does not know me, Sir. Albert Fink, I am very sure, would give me such endorsement as would an swer, as he recommended me two years ago to be his own successor.” Mr. Albert Fink responded in these words: “Gen. Alexander has been connected with railroads for many years, and he stands yery high as a railroad manager and a gentleman ; he was formerly vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railway Company; he has written much on the railroad problem and very sensi bly. Yours respectfully, Albert Fink.” Immediately the ‘crank’ announces Gen. Alexander as the president of the association which was organized to in fluence governors, legislatures and courts in favor of railroads against the people by the infernal force of gold. Gen. Alexander is now government di rector of the Pacific railroads, and draws, we understand, ten dollars per day and his travelling expenses as re muneration for his services to the United States Government, which employs di rectors to see that these Pacific railroads pay their dues to the government, and to protect the people against unreasona ble and unjust discrimination in freight and passenger tariffs. “When the wick ed reign the people mourn.” Next Year’s Campaign. It is only an uninformed man who insists that there is not going to be a big time in politics next year. The truth stands out that the Inde pendents and Republicans are going to kick up a big racket. Just as certain as 18S6 comes, Dr. W. H. Felton, who has lately been warmed in the bosom of the Georgia Democracy, is going to cause trouble to the party, and he is going to have John E. Bryant for a first lieutenant. There are certain individuals who are interested in denying that fact, and they squirm under the charge, but the truth will appear in time and the people maj' as well be informed on the subject, in advance. It is going to be charged by Felton and his friends that the press of Georgia does not represent the Democracy of the State, and that the men who are now at the head of affairs are the tools of the corporations. There is no doubt on earth about this, for it has been intimated al ready . With that cry for his stock in trade and with his issue further made up of anti-whisky anti-chain gang, etc., Felton will go to the coun try and array the country people against the town people. In his speeches in the Legislature the doctor has played on one string about half the time, and that string has been “the farmer out yonder at the plow.*’ John E, Bryant don't work for nothing and he has been organizing the negro vote of this district for two months. There is no risk in predicting a very bitter fight for next year and one in which the worst passions of tile people will be appealed to by unscrupulous demagogues. The above, from the Savannah Times, is the second effort of this shameless sheet to injure and defame others by unblushing falsehoods. It has lied so persistently upon this matter that it is barely possible it may have persuaded itself that an untruth is acceptable to the corporations and monopolies which pay it to lie. The creature who does this dirty work in Atlanta is well known in the State as the man who will do anything for pay. We have his name, and the public shall have his character. Having traded so long himself with Bullock and Bry ant, and having been a principal actor for many years in every dishonorable and dishonest scheme about Atlanta; having offered and sold himself in every Democratic and Republican market in which he could find a purchaser, it was natural that he should slander and fal sify. We know the man who from At lanta instigated all these dispatches about coalition between the Independ ents and Republicans to defeat the Sen ate railroad hill —a hill which was born in corruption and nurtured by the most disreputable agencies. The Savannah Times has enjoyed the reputation of being an honorable news paper. It now asserts it has the proof that Dr. Felton is in collusion with John E. Bryant to break up the Demo cratic party and make himself Governor of the State. Now, we demand the proof, and if it is not forthcoming then the editor of the Times must, in conjunc tion with its “Atlanta prompter,” en dure the infamy which they merit. Was It a Junketing Committee? The Albany News and Advertiser de sires to know if the recent Falligant Committee which was carried in a pal ace car over the State to inspect the rail roads of the State and report to the Gen eral assembly upon the importance of abolishing the railroad commission was a junketing committee on a junketing tour, or not? We will attempt to gratify the laudable curiosity of our Albany con temporary. We must picture a mag nificent palace car standing at the ear shed in the city of Macon. It is furnish ed most luxuriously—sleeping berths, refreshment stands—indeed, everything which can stimulate and satiate the most refined and cultivated taste. The rail roads of Georgia have exhausted their ingenuity and tapped largely their $70,- 000,000 of capital to fit up a palace car worthy of the gentle spirits who are to occupy it. The following is the schedule of time prepared for this elegant company of gentleman who start on time from the city of Macon to inspect the roads which are oppressed and impoverished by the commissioners: Leave Arrive May 19—Macon 9am Columbus— Ipm “ Columbus... 2pm Eufaula 6pm “ 20—Eufaula 9am Albany Ipm “ Albany 3pm Blakely 6pm “ Blakely 6>£pm Albany 9pm “ 21—Albany 6am Thomasville.. Bam “ Thomasville 10 am Waycross Ipm “ Waycross ..I:3opm Albany 6 pm “ 22—Albany 7am Maeon via E. TV4 G 11 am “ Macon 12 m Brunswick .. Bpm “ 23—8 runs wick via B if; W. 9am Jacksonville. 4pm “ Jackson vile. 7pm Savannah .. 6am Remained in Savannah May 24, 23, 26, 27 “ 27—Savannah... .9 am Augusta 2pm “ 28—Augusta ..7:4opm Atlanta Ipm “ Atlanta via W& A 2pm Chattanooga 7pm “ 29—Chattanooga via ETV&G Bam Austell Ipm “ Austell 1 pin Birmingham 7pm “ 80—Birmingham 2pm Atlanta 9 pm “ 31 —Atlanta June I—Leave Atlanta for Tallulah Falls and return to Atlanta. Remained 1 hour in Columbus. “ 1 night in Eufaula. “ 2 hours in Albany. “ % hour in Blakely. “ 1 night iu Albany. “ 2 hours in Thomasville. “ H hours in Waycross. “ 1 hour in Macon. “ 1 night in Brunswick. “ 3 hours in Jacksonville. “ FOUR DAYS IN SAVANNAH. “ 1 night iu Augusta. “ 1 hour in Atlanta. “ 1 night in Chattanooga. “ iy t days in Birmingham. 1 night in Atlaflta. Journey to the Falls. Total number miles traveled, about 2,243 “ “ days out 12 “ •' # hours out 288 “ “ hours at rest lBB “ “ hours in motion.. 100 Average speed per hour travelled about 22>£ miles. It will be seen from the above how rapidly they were carried, around Geor gia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, in elegant ease. We can see the intelligent face of the Senator from Chatham as he points out to his colleagues the indubita ble evidence of the “arbitrary powers” of the Commission; and we can hear his musical voice as he exclaims, “Gentle men, we need no more; this Commission must go;” and we catch the response of the exhilarated members of the commit tee and the attending railroad magnates as all exclaim : “The Commission must go!” It will be seen that they tarry nowhere until they reach Savannah; one hour in Atlanta, one night in Augusta, one night in Macon, and so on, until uuder the guidance of their compagnon de voyage they arrive at the delectable city. There they linger for four days. We have of ten been impressed with the description of Lot’s escape from Sodom. The in spired writer represents him as leaving very reluctantly. It is said he “linger ed.” He lingered until the angels had to drag him from its delightful palaces and attractive amusements. Its wine cellars, its fragrant Havana segars, its claret punch, its splendid drives over shell-roads, etc., we are not surprised that Lot lingered in the delightful city. So our junketing committee, when they reach the most refined and elegant of Southern cities, are disposed to linger. They lingered four days amid the hospi talities of the great Central Railroad Company. The balance of Georgia did not hold out sufficient inducements to our committee to tarry long, therefore when the Central railroad said the Com mission “must go,” our committee is equal to the occasion and respond the Commission shall go! Every bottle of Shriner Indian Vermi fuge is guaranteed to give satisfaction if used according to direction. Our job office is the best equipped in North Georgia, and additions are being made daily. THE COXTEDERACY. Recollections of the Civil Service of the Confederate Government. BY HENRY D. CAPERS. CHAPTER VII. An examination of the regulations found in the preceding chapter will fail to convince any one at all accustomed to the systematic order of business affairs, that there was a single exaction made which would accomplish in the least par ticular, the personal dignify of an official, or that would place a restraint upon the employee not demanded by the interests of the public service. The opposition to the enforcement of these regulations was, in my opinion, not from a disposition on the part of an v official to avoid the per formance of duty, but simply from the fact that the habits of the objeetor form ed among the associations of a people who, from their infancy, were accus tomed to freedom from all restraint, were such that he rebelled at the very sugges tion of a master, however made. This was noticeable not only in the civil ser vice, but in the military organizations of the confederacy. To command was so much the nature of our people that it was, of all things most repugnant to their natures, to be commanded. Obe dience to law as an abstract virtue might have been, and was frequently, eulogized by those whose spirits were ready to defy the constituted authorities of the law at the least provocation. Hence our army was once styled ‘a convention of officers.’ Once having announced his regulations to the subordinates of his department, Mr. Memminger not only conformed his official life to them, but was inflexible in their enforcement. No political or social influence could save a recalcitrant or negligent official. This was distinctly evidenced in the case of a gentleman from Virginia who held a clerkship in the secretary’s office. Shortly after the announcement of the secretary’s rules, this gentleman gave expression to his criticism in a communication to a Rich mond newspaper, in which he very im prudently, but, as I believe, not wilfully, made puh’ic certain business transactions of the department. As soon as it was ascertained that Mr. Popham (for this was the name of the gentleman) was the author of a communication to the press, he was at once notified that his services were no longer reauired. In vain did repentant regrets and the appeals of in fluential friends reach the secretary, or seek to secure the intervention of the President. It is by no means a necessary inference that in the routine of our official duties we were denied the pleasures of such so cial interchange as serve to make the spice of what otherwise might become an insipid and prosy fife. On the con trary, there were times when our social contact brought out the finest expres sions of wit and a fund of good humor which I often recall with the greatest pleasure. Among the most genial of our bureau officers was Alexander B. Cletherall, register of the treasury. To a gentle man of manner indicating a refined cul ture, there was an open manly frank ness, and an easy flow of language which made his presence always agreeable, while his bright mind furnished, upon all occasions such crisp freshness of thought, and such a fund of sparkling wit that one at all capable of appreciating good company always found the com panionship of the judge a precious cor dial, as cheering to the soul as the very best of old wine. He carried his good humor and happy spirit so gracefully into the details of the dullest business transactions that there was not the least interference with the despatch of official duties, but one nearly felt stimulated to greater exertions by his presence. The signatures to the obligation of the first bonds issued by the Confederate Govern ment are those of Judge Clitherall and my own, supplemented with the initials of Mr. Charles T. Jones, chief clerk of the registry. These signatures were not lithographed, as is the custom these later days, but made by the individuals with pen and ink. Judge Clitherall had, for many years, occupied not only a high so cial position among the gentry of Mont gomery, but had won considerable dis tinction in the profession of law. He had served the Montgomery district as judge of the Chancery court, and was justly regarded as high authority in all questions on the equity side of the court. Just prior to his appointment as register of the treasury, Judge Clitherall was connected with the provisional con gress in some critical capacity. Con versant with the progress made by this body in framing the legislation necessa ry to inaugurate the Government of the Confederacy, the judge had an opportu nity furnished for the display of his ar dent patriotism, which he alwavs refer red to with the greatest self-satisfaction. This was upon the report of the commit tee appointed to report a flag for the Confederacy. As soon as he was aware of the design agreed upon he procured the necessary bunting, and had the willing hands of a few lady friends em ployed fashioning it to conform strictly to the committee’s report. A flag staff was hurriedly improvised and secured to the most conspicuous elevation of the capitol building. With this flag fixed to a rope and the halyards well oiled, Judge Clitherall might have been seen on the roof of the capitol eagerly waiting a sig nal from the legislative hall below. Im mediately upon the adoption of the re port of the committee, the signal was given, and the first Confederate flag ever unfurled to the soft winds of the South was gaily waving in the sunlight of a beautiful March day. The fact that the new born flag was floating above their heads soon conveyed to the Congress, while the news rapidly spread through the city. In a short time quite a number of citizens were gathered in front of the capitol. Clitherall still re mained by his flag staff a picture of pa triotic animation. From his lofty sta tion he called in clear, ringing tones, “Three cheers for the Confederate flag.” These were given with a hearty good will, a cordial greeting to the chosen cn sign of the newly formed government, destined to a short career of glory, bnt, as an emblem of chivalry, the index of unsullied honor, to live forever among the proudest and brightest standards of modern ages. I have, at different times, noticed newspaper statements, the best of them not more than a conjecture, pur porting to give the heraldic, signification of the Confederate flag, and the reasons j why the particular device known in common parlance as the “stars and bars” was adopted by the provisional congress. It may not be out of place for me to present just here the report of the i congressional committee. It gives the j lull history of the first flag, and as a his torical paper Is well worth preserving. On the sth day of March, 1861, Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, chairman of the committee to select a proper flag for the Confederate States, presented to Con gress the following report: “Your committee beg leave to report that they have given thi3 subject due consideration and carefully inspected all the designs and models submitted to them. The number of these has been immense, but they all may be divided into two great classes. First, those which copy and preserve the principal features of the United States flag with slight and unimportant modifications; second, those which are very elaborate, complicated or fantastical. The objec tion to the first class is, that none of them could, at any considerable distance, be readily distinguished from the one which they imitate. Whatever attach ment may be felt, trom association, for the stars and stripes (an attachment which your committee may be permitted to say they all do not share), it is mani fest that m inaugurating anew Govern ment we cannot retain the flag of the Government from whicli we have with drawn with any propriety or without en countering very obvious practical diffi culties. There is no propriety in retain ing the ensign of the Government which, in the opinion of the States composing this Confederacy, had become so oppres sive and injurious to their interests as to require their separation from it. It is idle to talk of ‘keeping’ the flag of the United States when we have voluntarily seceded from them. It is superfluous to dwell upon the practical difficulties which would flow from the fact of two distinct and probably hostile governments, both employing the same or very similar flags. It would be a political and military sole cism. It would produce endless confus ion and mistakes; it would lead to per petual disputes. As to ‘the glories of the old flag,’ we must bear in mind that the battles of the Revolution about which our fondest and proudest memories clus ter, were not fought beneath its folds, and although in more recent times, in the war of 1812 and in the war with Mexico, the South did win her fair share of glory, and shed her full measure of blood under its guidance and in its de fence, we think the impartial page of history will preserve and commemorate the fact more imperishably than in a mere piece of striped bunting. When the colonies achieved their independence of the‘Mother Country’ (which up to the last they fondly called her), they did not desire to retain the British flag, or anything at all similar to it. Yet under that flag they had been planted and nur tured and fostered ; under that flag they had fought in their infancy for their very existence against more than one determined foe; under it they had re pelled and driven back the relentless savage and carried it further and further into the decreasing wilderness as the standard of civilization and religion; under it the youthful Washington won his spurs in the memorable and unfortu nate expedition of Braddock; and Amer icans helped to plant it on the heights of Abraham, where the immortal Wolfe fell, covered with glory in the arms of victory. But our forefathers, when they separated themselves from Great Britain —a separation not on account of their ha tred of the English constitution or of English institutions, but in consequence of the tyranical and unconstitutional rule of Lord North’s administration, and be cause their destiny beckoned them on to independent expansion and achieve ment—cast no lingering regretful looks behind them. They were proud of their race and lineage, proud of their heritage in the glories, and genius, and language of old England; but they were influen ced by the spirit of the motto of the great Hampden: ‘ Vestigia nulla retrovsum .’ They were determined to build up anew power among the nations of the world. They, therefore, did not attempt ‘to keep the old flag.’ We think it good to imitate them in this comparatively little matter, as well as to emulate them in greater and more important ones. The committee, in examining the representa tions of the flags of all countries, found that Liberia and the Sandwich Islands had flags so similar to the United States that it seemed to them an additional, if not in itself a conclusive reason, why we should not keep, copy or imitate it. They felt no inclination to borrow at second hand what had been pilfered and appro priated by a free-negro community and a race of savages. “It must be admitted, however, that something was conceded 1 y the commit tee to what so strong and earnest a desire to retain, at least, a suggestion of the ‘old stars and stripes.’ So much for tne many models and designs more or less copied from and assimilated to the United States flag. With reference to the second class of designs, those of an elaborate and complicated character (but many of them showing considerable ar tistic skill and taste), the committee will merely remark that however pretty they may be, when made up by the cunning skill of a fair lady’s fingers in silk, satin and embroidery, they are not appropri ate a> flags. A flag should be simple, readily made, and above all, capable of being made up in bunting. It should be readily distinguished at a distance. The colors should be well contrasted, and durable, and lastly, and not the least important point, it should be effective and handsome. “The committee humbly think that the flag which they submit combines these requisites. It is very easy to make J. A. CRAWFORD, Georgia. R. N. HUDSON, Tennessee. Crawford & Hudson, CARTERSVIL.LE, GEORGIA. SALE mid LIVERY STABLE. East of Railroad, Near the Courthouse. , OUR TURNOUTS ARE STRICTLY IIOKSES AND MULES kept on OUR accommodations for DROVERS CANNOT BE SURPASS HICKS <ST BREVARD, CABINET MAKERS, Manufacturers of and Dealers in * FURNITURE of EVERY DESCRIPTION. IJN DETiTAKINGr A SPECIALTY. Can Furnish the-Most Humble Coffin as fell as the Most Elegant Castet. JOB WORK PROMPTLY EXECUTED. Shop on Eagt Main Street, Cartersville, Georgia. o!5 It is entirely different from any national flag. The three colors of which it is composed—red, white and blue—are true republican colors. In heraldry, they are emblematic of the three great virtues of valor, purity and truth. Na val men assure us that it can be recog nized and distinguished at a great dis tance. The colors contrast admirably, and are lasting. In eflect and appear ance it must speak for itself. “Your committee therefore recom mend that the flag of the Confederate States of America shall consist of a red field with white spaces extending horri zontally through the center and equal in width to one-third the width of the flag. The red spaces above and below are to be ot the same width as the white, the union blue extending down through the white space and stopping at the lower red space. In the center of the union a circle of white stars, corresponding in number with the states in the Confeder acy. If adopted, long may it wave oyer a brave, a free, and a virtuous peonle. May the career of the Confederacy, whose duty it will be to support and de fend it, be such as to endear it to our children’s children as the flag of a loved, because a just and benign Government; and the cherished symbol of its valor, purity and truth. Respectfully sub mitted. THE IPIGOPIjK’S VIOi OR Y. Atlanta Journal.] The great struggle is over the anti- Conmiission bill in the Legislature, which has for weeks engrossed the attention of the State, culminated this morning in the House, and resulted in a victory for the people. The Senate bill failed to re ceive the requisite constitutional majori ty. We rejoice over the result, noton our own account, but on account of the people whose interests were seriously in volved iii the matter, and which would have suffered great and inevitable injury had the desperate attempt of the railroads and the colossal coalition which they had under their control, succeeded in forcing the issue in their favor. Every unpre judiced man knows what the real pur pose of this bill was. Disguise it as they will, it was a bold attempt on the part of the railroads to be rid of the Railroad Commission, and to regain the power they formerly had to make their own rates, without the fear of effectual inter ference on the part of this regulating bo dy sworn to perform their duty as the agents of the people through the consti tution and the Legislature. To accom plish their purpose to emasculate the Commission, every agency which unlim ited money power and unscrupulous dis regard of'all interests save their own selfish ones could compass and control was set in motion, a subsidized or cun ningly misled press lend its powerful aid to the scheme, and for a long time the cause of the people against aggression, rapacity and the rule of the “bosses,” trembled in the scale, and the prospect looked ominous. But thanks to the un wavering fidelity of the true representa tives of the people in the House, the masterly eloquence of their speakers, the inherent righteousness of their cause, and the steadlastness to principle of the little phalanx of the press who refused to take sides with monopolists and bosses against the people, the scheme of the latter has failed and wisdom, justice and moderation have triumphed. Let it be distinctly understood that the men who fought this iniquitous bill are not “com munists,” nor that they fail to recognize the great value of railroads, their incal culable u efulness and their splendid re cord as developers of Georgia’s material interests. This is frankly conceded. But the interests of the people are su preme, and while benefits are reciprocal, the creature must not presume to be greater than the creator. The railroads attempted to change this prime relation ship and were defeated, a3 they should have been. Let us learn a lesson from this of mutual forbearance, comity and patriotism. These crises work tor the good of a people after all. 'The vote was then had with the follow ing result: SACRED TO THE MKMORy OF Those Voting in Favor of Railroad Monopolies versus The People. B. F. Abbott, of Fulton, J. F. Baker, of I’ike. B. F. Bartsdale, of Wilkes, C. L. Bartlett, of Bibb, W. W. Beach, of Appling, J. I. Beck, of Calhoun, W. P. Bond, of DeKalb, A. Brandt, of Richmond, W. G. Brantley, of Pierce, J. H. Butt, of Hall, M. V. Calvin, of Richmond, T. C. Candler, cf Bank% T. J. Chappell, of Muscogee,* C. C. Cleghorn, of Chattooga, G. W. Comer, of Jones, J. E. Dart, of Glynn, J. T. Dennis, of Putnam, Willis Dorminy, of Irwin, B. C. Duggar, of Fannin.- W. D. Ellis, of Fulton, A. W. Fite, of Bartow, D. B. Fitzgerald, of Stewart, F. Flint, of Spalding, J. E. Gardner, of Pike, W. C. Gill, of Lee, W. W. Gordon, of Chatham, C. 11. Greer, of Jasper, F. P. Griffith, of Oconee, G. W. Gustin, of Bibb, T. J. Haralson, of Union, S. If. Ilardercan, of Wilkes, N. E. Harris, of Bibb, W. Harrison, of Quitman, J' C. Hart, of Greene, G. Hartridge, of Chatham, E. C. Hawes, of McDuffie, It. M. Heard, of Elbert, J. E. Hightower, ot Lourens, J. K. Hines, of Washington, G. L. Humphries, of DeKalb, W. F. Jenkins, of Putnam, J. L. Johnson, of Floyd, B. F. Jones, of Miller, J. F. Jones, of 'Troup, J. S. King, of Upson, li. N. Lamar, of Baldwin, L. M. Lamar, of Pulaski. J. I. Langston, of Raban, J. W. Linesey, of Wi[kinson, A. Lively, of Surka, A. Lott, of Coftee, S. G. McLendon, of Thomas, J. McWhorter, of Oglethorpe, R. B, Matthews, of Oglethorpe, W. H. Miller, of Ware, I'. B. Montgomery, of Hall, G, 11. Morgan, of Effingham, T. 11. Nibleek, of Jackson, J. Palmour, of Dawson, B. B. Parker, of Hart, C. R. Pringle, of Washington, D. J. Ray, of Dooly, W. F. Raybon, of Wayne, Peter Reily, of Chatham, C. A. Robbe, of Richmond, R. B. Russell, of Clarke, I'. J. Scott, of Madison, John Sims, of Lincoln, W. 11. Snead, of Berrien, C. F. Staten, of Echols, O. B. Stephens, of Terrell, A. E. Tarver, of Jeffe s in, J. W. Thayer, of Baker, W. W. Turner, of Coweta, J. W. Turner, of Floyd, P. G. Veazey, of 'Taliaferro, 11. L. Wathins, ot Colquitt, W. K. Williams, of White, A. Wilson, Camden, 11, Wilson, of Mclntosh. Jack Womack, of Clay, J. 11. Word, of Carroll, • Y. A. Wright, of Butts —S3. 'Those who voted for the people and against railroad monopolies are: J. L. Adderson, of Sumter, J. R. Alexander, ot iliomas, j. W. Andrews, of Gwinnett, L. Arnheim, of Dougherty, W. G. Ballard, of Campbell, R. L. Berner, of Monroe, Wierßoyd, of Lumpkin, J. W. Brinson, of Jefferson, W. B. Butt, of Marion, J. M. Canaday, of Charlton, N. B. Cash, of Jackson, Willis Cason, of Wilcox, A. S. Clay, of Cobh, R. A. Connell, of Decatur, J, 11. Corn, of Towns, ]{. W. Darden, of Emanuel, Thomas Eason, of Telfair, R. W. Everett, of Poik, W. 11. Felton, of Bartow, W. J. Ford, of Worth, J. S. Franklin, of Elbert* E. Fagan, of Houston, J. B. Fraser, of Liberty, J. B. Goodwin, of Coweta, J. M. Gresham, of Walton, A. T. Ilackett, of Catoosa, L. A. Hall, of Dodge, C. S. Hamilton, of Montgomery, J. I). Harrell, of Decatur, D. B. Harrell, of Webster, W. M. llawke3, of Sumter, Levi Hollingsworth, of Heard, J. W. Hopson, of Brooks, E. G. Jones, of Fayette, John Kytle, of Habersham, M. W. Lewis, of Greene, J. R. Lewis, of Hancock, W. R. Little, of Franklin* S. T. Lolly, of Macon, R. A. Lovett, of Burke, T. J. Lumpkin, of Dade, J. H. Lynch, ofllariis, J, J. McCants, of Taylor, J. C. F. McCook, of Chattahoochee, Israel Maples, of Mitchell, M. 11. Mason, of Johnson, . J. T. Mattox, of Tatriall, JBk T. B. Meyers, ofScnlev, T. C. Milner, of Gordon, I. N. Moon, of Cobb, J. W. Moore, of Hancock, 11. L. Patterson, of Forsyth, W J Peeples, of Murray, T J Perry, of Randolph, W R Pool, of Gwinnett, E J Reagan, of Henry, II Reynolds, of Twiggs, R A Russell, of Harris, W H Shurley, of Warren, J N Smith, of Crawford, M M Smith, of Douglas, J M Spinks, of Poulding, J A Stewart, of Rockdale, A Studdard, of Morgan, J II Sutton, of Monroe, J W 'Terrel, of Meriwether, John Thomas, of Fulton, E C Thrash, of Meriwether, W W Turner, of Troup, R L Usry, of Giaseock, J M Walker, of Floyd, T A Ward, of Clayton, E W Watkins, of Gilmer, J 1> Webb, of Milton, R M Willis, of Talbot, J W Wimberly, of Houston, J B Wheeler, of Walker—73. These not voting are — A J A vary, of Columbia—sick iu bed, W F Brown, of Carroll, II Chancy, of Early, S M Davenport, of Haralson, J W Harrell, of Lowndes, J II Heath, of Burke, BZ Herndon, of Whitfield, R B Johnson, of Clinch, J W Johnson, of Screven, L L Middlebrooks, of Newton, R o* Bryan, Carter Tate, of Pickens, W A Teaseley, of Cherokee—l3.