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TRIPPE & NEEL,
T T O R NEYB-A T- L A. W,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS,
both State and Federal, except Bartow
county criminal court. J. M. Neel alone will
practice in said last mentioned court. Office in
northeast corner of court house building. feb27
JNO. 1. MOON. DOUGLAS WIKLE.
MOON * WIKLE,
Attorneys-at-La w,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
IVftir Office in Bank Block, over the Postoffice.
W. T. WOFFOIID,
ATTORNEY - t - l aw,
—AND—
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
CASS STATION, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.
G. S. TUMLIN,
r r r r ORNEY -AT- LA. W.
C ARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
in Bartow countv, the Superior Courts of
the Cherokee Circuit, the Supreme Court and the
United States Court for tl\e Northern District of
Georgia. . declU-Imos
T. W. H. HARRIS,
vk TTORNK Y - AT-LA "W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF
JL Bartow and adjoining counties, and will
faithfully attend to all business entrusted to him.
Ofliee over postoffice. dec6-ly
It. W. MURPIIEY,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE (up-stairs) in the briek building, cor
ner of Main A Erwin streets.
J. A. BAKER,
A T T O R N E Y-AT-LA AV ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
\LTILL practice in all the courts of Bartow
\ V and adjoining counties. Prompt atten
tion given to all business entrusted to his care.
Office in -Bank Block over the post office,
j uly 18. f
K. D. GRAHAM. A. M. FOUTE.
GRAHAM * FOUTE,
AT TO K NEYS -A T- LA W.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Practice in all the courts of Bartow county, the
Superior Courts of North-west Georgia, and the
Supreme Courts at Atlanta.
Office west side public Square, up-stairs over
W. W. Rich & Co’s. Store, second door south of
Postoffice. julylS.
T. W. MILNER. J. w. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER & HARRIS,
AT TO RNEYB-AT-LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Office on West Main Street. julylß
F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist,
(Office over Stokely & Williams store.)
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
I WILL FIL j TEETH, EXTRACT TEETH,
and put iu teeth, or do any work in my line
at prices to suit the times.
Work al. warranted. Refer to my pat
rons all over the county,
anglo-1 y. F. M. JOHNSON.
JOHN T. OWEN,
(At Sayre & Co.’s Drug Store,)
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
WILL sell Watcnes, Clocks and Jewelry,
Spectacles, Silver and Silver-Plated
Goods, and will sell them as cheap as they can
be bought anywhere. Warranted to prove as
represented. All work done by me warranted
to give satisfaction. Give me a call. July lß.
CHAS. B. WILLINGHAM,
StenosjraT>liic Court Reporter.
[ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.)
I MAKE A CLEAN RECORD OF CASES,
taking down the testimony entire; also, ob
jections or attorneys, rulings of the court, and
the charge of the court, without stoppiug the
witness or otherwise delaying the judicial pro
ceedings. Charges very reasonable aud satis
faction guaranteed.
Traveler’s Guide.
“(360SA"KIVEft NAVIGATION.
On and after December 16th, 1878, the following
schedule will be run by the Steamers iIAGSO
LTA or ETOWAH BILL:
Leave Borne Tuesday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Wednesday . • . . Bam
Leave Gadsden Wednesday 7pm
Arrive at Rome Thursday spm
Leave Home Friday Bam
Arrive at Gadsden Saturday 7am
Arrives at Greensport 9am
Arrive at Rome Saturday -. i .... 6pm
J. M. ELLIOTT, President and Gcn’l Sup f t,
ROME RAILROAD COMPANY.
On and after Sunday, June 3rd, trains on this
Road will run as follows:
DAY TRAIN—EVERY DAY.
Leave Rome 8:10 am
Arrive at Rome . . . . • • • • .12:00 m
SATURDAY EVENING ACCOMMODATION.
Leave Rome s:oopm
Arrive at Rome 8:00 p m
CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
On and after Monday, April 7, 1879, the train
on this Road will run daily as follows (Sunday
excepted):
GOING WEST. Arrive. Leave.
Cartersville 2:30 pm
Stilesboro 3:20 pm 3:25 pm
Taylorsville . . . : . . B:4£pm 4:05 pm
Rockmart 5:00 p m
GOING EAST.
Rockmart 6:00 a m
Taylorsville 0:50 am 7:15 am
Stilesboro 7:20 am 7:45 a m
Cartersville 8:15 a m
WILLIAM MacRAE, Snp’t.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
The following is the present passenger sched
ule:
NIGHT 'PASSENGER —UP.
Leave Atlanta ?’£~ pm
Leave Cartersville , p m
Leave Kingston p m
Leave Dalton 6:85 p m
Arrive at Chattanooga 8:25 pm
NIGHT PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 5:15 p m
Leave Dalton 7:05 p m
Leave Kingston 8:34 p m
Leave Cartersville 9:00 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 10:55 p m
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Leave Atlant*
Leave Cartersville 7:08 a m
Leave Kingston 7:30 a m
Leave Dalton 8:47 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 10:56 am
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga . . . . . . ~ . 7:05 a m
i.eavc Dalton ,9:06 am
Leave Kingston 10:39 a m
Leave Cartersville 11:06 am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:00 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—UP.
Leave Atlanta 6:00 pm
Arrive at Cartersville • 7:20 pm
CARTERSVILLE ACCOMMODATION—DOWN.
I-cave Cartersville 5:55 am
Arrive at Atlanta 8:35 a m
S7~J. FRANKLSN,
EAST MAIN STREET,
Cartersville, ----- GJ-eorgia,
—DEALER- IN—
DRY goods and family groceries,
Keeps on hand all kinds of staple
Dry Goods and Family Groceries. He keeps
also a fine stock of *
BOOTS .AIN'T) SHOES,
All of which he propdses to 6611 at the lowest
Jr’ 1 *" prices. He invites the patronage of his
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GRAND OPENING
AT THE
New York Store
—OF—
Spring and Summer Goods.
READ AND BE CONVINCED,
BARGAINS IN 1 BARGAINS
BARGAINS —o— BARGAINS
BARGAINS CHECKED BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
BARGAINS VICTORIA BARGAINS
BARGAINS LAWNS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS cu/iccfc BARGAINS
BARGAINS . BARGAINS
bargains Handkerchiefs, bargains
BARGAINS TABLE LINEN, BARGAINS
BARGAINS DAMASK BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
BARGAINS TOWELS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS DOYLES. BARGAINS
BARGAINS cnriNrS BARGAINS
BARGAINS BARGAINS
bargains Embroiderings, bargains
BARGAINS INSERTINCS. BARGAINS
BARGAINS uAcicDV BARGAINS
BARGAIGS nu * lt " T ' BARGAINS
BARGAINS CLOVES, BARGAINS
BARGAINS PARASOLS, BARGAINS
BARGAINS caiic BARGAINS
BARGAINS UATIAU JBARGAINS
BARGAINS* NOTIONS, ETC. BARGAINS
Undoubtedly the Cheapest Bargains Ever
Received Here Before.
FINEST DISPLAY OF GOODS EVER
MADE IN CARTERSVILLE.
I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFORMING THE
citizens of Cartersville and surrounding
country, that I have received au immense stock
of Spring and Summer Goods, such as 1 ever has
been received here before, in regard to cheapness
and quality. To give you au idea what 1 am
doing, I will offer the following great bargains:
250 pieces CALICOES at 5c and upwards.
PECAILE, 7c and upwards.
PIQUE, 6c and upwards.
GRASS CLOTHS, 6c and upwards.
4-4 SEA ISLAND, 6c and upwards.
4-4 BLEACHING, soft finished, at 6 y % and up
wards.
CASSIMERES, for boys and gents’ wear 20c, 25c,
and 35c—fully worth 50c.
DRESS LINENS, 18c and upwards.
11-4 wide SPREADS, 75c and upwards.
Favor me by pricing all our QUILTS —they are
fully 50 per cent, cheaper than elsewhere.
The Cheapest and Finest Milli
nery Goods, Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats Ever
Brought to Cartersville.
ASTONISHING TO BEHOLD !
0
50c FLOWERS for 25c.
50c Untrimmed Hats for 25c.
Trimmed Hats for 50c—tullv worth sl.
Biggest Bargains in Ribbons, Hats
and Trimmings, to make room
for another Shipment at 25
per cent. Cheaper than
Elsewhere.
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CLOTHING.
I would call especial attention to my fine stock
of Clothing, which I have in abundance AT ALL
PRICES. WHI sell cheaper than the cheapest.
White Linen Duck Vests at 85c and upwards.
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Cents’ Furnishing Goods.
My stock of Gents’ Furnishing Goods is com
plete iu every particular. I would invite eyei >
body that are in need of anything in that line to
look at them before purchasing elsewhere.
Big Stock of Shoes, ■ Boots, Hats,
Caps, Trunks, Valises, Cheaper
than Anybody in Town.
In conclvsisn, I would say, that having bought
mv entire stock for cash, I am able to sell goods
cheaper than ever before aud at prices to .->ui
the times. Thanking you for past favors extend
ed to me during the past, I hope by fair and lib
eral dealing to merit a continuance of the
same.
CHARLES AUERBACH,
Proprietor * r eto Fork, Store,
THE FREE PRESS.
THE COX TRIAL.
The Finding by the Jury and the Sentence
by the Judge.
Atlanta Constitution, 7th inst.]
“A verdict!” Such was the demand
of the popular voice yesterday morning
when the people ascertained that the
jury in the Cox case had been out those
dozen hours without giving sign of agree
ment. It was not a revengeful demand
nor the greed of a vindictive spirit-, but
it was the expression of a strong public
desire for the triumph of law and order.
It was the hope of good citizens that mis
applied sympathy or squeamish ness
should stand in' the way of the prompt
and impartial enforcement of our penal
laws. It was not a demand that Cox
should suffer, but that the peace of so
ciety and the safety of human life should
be put in jeopardy with impunity.
THE WAITING CROWD
that filled the court-room and loitered
about the grounds and building were full
of feverish anxiety. The matter was
discussed among them from every point
of view and wild conjectures ran riot all
the forenoon. Rumor after rumor chased
each other over the city concerning the
verdict and how the jurors were arrang
ed, when a moment’s reflection would
have shown them absurd. Scarcely ever
has a jury been more closely guarded,
and we hazard nothing when we say
that not a single communication regard
ing their status passed from them to the
officers of the court or the public from
the commencement to the close of their
deliberations.
ASKED TO BE RECHARGED.
About noon the jury sent word bo the
court that they desired to be recharged,
and Judge Ilillyer brought them again
before him. He asked them what they
desired, and Mr. C. P. Bogan, the fore
man, replied that they desired to have
the charge re-read to them.
Judge Hillyer asked if they meant any
particular portion of the instructions?
Foreman Bogan said they desired to
hear the entire charge again.
Judge Hillyer then proceeded to read
over again the entire body of the able
and impressive charge. This he did
coolly and with all the clearness and em
phasis demanded by the occasion . When
the reading was concluded, the jury
again retired to their room.
An hour later they had asked for the
copy of the testimony taken from Sams
on the coroner’s inquest. The matter
was submitted to counsel upon either side
without the healing of the jury.
General Gartrell, for the defense, stated
that his side had no consent to give and
no suggestions to make in the matter.
Judge Hopkins, for the state, said they
did not think the paper a proper one to
go to the jury. It would, perhaps, be a
violation of the rules of evidence and they
did not desire to be understood as- hold
ing differently. If the jury desired they
could recall the witnesses and have the
testimony read over to them.
General Gartrell said to do that would
open the door for other and boundless
testimony.
Judge Hillyer said he would not per
mit the paper to go to the jury, adding
to the portion of the charge concerning
Hams, as follows: “But under the rules
of law as a writing it does not properly
go out with you to the jury-room You
charge your minds with it and remember
it along with all the other evidence in
the case.”
The jury again retired and it was not
until 3:45 p. m. that they returned into
court with
THE DREADFUL VERDICT.
As they filed into the well-crowded
court-room there was a solemn stillness
in the air. The jurors looked fatigued
and anxious and their countenances
showed no expression of exultation.
Owing to an informality in writing the
proper form of the verdict some delay
was caused in its correction. When it
was tendered the solicitor-general, Mr.
Hill, took it, glanced hastily over it and
then in a sympathetic and earnest man
ner read.
“We, the jury, find the prisoner guil
ty, and recommend that lie be punished
by imprisonment for life in the peniten
tiary. C. P. Bogan, Foreman.
This, then, was the finding of the
twelve honest triors of the prisoner.* In
those few words there went out to the
world the witness that these men had
done their duty nobly and all the sorry
rumors and reports of tneir alleged senti
ments and predilections had been un
founded and unjust. It gives us pecu
liar pleasure to find that our hopes and
faith, as expressed yesterday, were made
good by the foreman and others in their
verdict. The public wilh not fail to hon
or and applaud this action. The law has
been sustained by them and they should
be doubly honored for their devotion to
it.
THE HEARTRENDING SCENE.
Cox heard the awful words of the ver
dict with forced calm and composure.
He did not once give token of unusual
emotion, and, either to cheer his relatives
or to defy the public’s demands, he re
mained the brave and stoic defendant as
he was.
Mrs. Cox sat for a moment greatly r agi
tated, then rose hysterically and made as
if to rush at an open window from which
was a clean fall to the ground below.
Cox caught her and held lier back, and
his whole concern then seemed to be to
soothe and repress the grief aqd distress
of his poor wife. Clinging to him with
her arms twined about his neck she
shrieked and called upon the name of the
great and good God! “Oh, my God!
Oh, my darling, my love, my ifusband!”
filled the air, and her moans and grief
were of the most heartrending character.
The sternest men in that assemblage shed
tears in sympathy with* the deep grief of
this poor lady. The mind went back to
her distress, to her virtually orphaned
children and desolate home! But with
these thoughts came others equally poig
nant, picturing Qie widowhood, orphan
age and desolation in the home of the
man who was slain, and that these might
all come on other homes and to other
hearts, day after day, unless a check
should be put to the career of those who
recklessly, heedlessly and ruthlessly
strike down in death their fallow-men.
THE SENTENCE.
Judge Hillyer stated that he would, s s
usual, complete the record in the cause
and pass sentence upon the prisoner.
He asked ii there was anything further
to be said why sentence should not be
pronounced.
General Gartrell said nothing except
ing to give notice of a motion for anew
trial.
Judge Hillyer thereupon passed sen
tence upon Cox as follows:
“Whereupon, it is ordered, considered
and adjudged bv the court that the de
fendant, Edward Cox, be taken from the
bar of this court to the jail of Fulton
countv, and be there safely kept until a
sufficient guard is sent for him from the
penitentiary of this state, and be then de
livered to, and be by said guard, taken to
said penitentiary and there, or at such
otUw plaoe as the governor may direct,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1879.
he, the said Edward Cox, be confined at
hard labor for and during his natural
life.
Bv the Court, May 7th, 1879.
B. 11. Hill, Jr., Sol.-Gen’l.
Geo. Hillyer, Judge, S. C., A. C.
Counsel for the prisoner thereupon
took the following order in the case:
“Counsel for defendant having stated
in their place their purpose to move fora
new trial in the above stated case, and
that execution <sf the sentence be sus
pended until time can be had in which to
prepare a motion for anew trial; it is
ordered that execution of the sentence be
suspeftded for twenty days to give such
time. It is further ordered that this or
der be entered on the minutes. This
May 7th, 1879.
Candler and Thompson, Gartrell and
Wright, et. al., attorneys for defendant.
Geo. Hillyer, Judge S. C., A. C.
This will suspend all further proceed
ings until the testimony can be written
out and the motion for anew trial ar
gued.
HOW THE JURY STOOD.
As one evidence how public judgment
may go wrong, and to give each one who
in thought or word prejudged any of the
fair and true men who tried this cause,
we give the following notes of their de
liberations :
First ballot—Messrs. Hitchcock, Hurt.
Bogan, Baker, Landrum, Harper, Robin
son and Dollar were for saying guilty of
murder; Messrs. Yancey and Jordan
were for voluntary manslaughter, and
Messrs. Plaster and Henderson for “not
guilty.” These two last named explain
ed that they so voted as upon the trial
ballot to ascertain for themselves the at
titude of the jury. Mr. Plaster then
went for voluntary manslaughter with
Mr. Jordan and Messrs. Yancey and
Henderson for murder. They stood thus
ten to two until yesterday morning at 10
a. m. , when a proposition was made that
the ten for murder should agree to im
prisonment for life if the two for man
slaughter would agree to that finding.
This was gradually achieved, Dr. Hitch
cock finally agreeing at 3:30 p. m. Thus
the verdict was made.
THE GENERAL APPROVAL
with which the verdict has been receiv
ed by the public is a compliment and en
dorsement of the action of the jury, and
of the conduct pf the court and counsel.
In case of a refusal of anew trial the
case will go up to the August term of the
supreme court.
STEPHENS ON FINANCE.
Interesting Letter from tlie Great South
ern Statesman.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
The letter below is one written by Mr.
Stephens to a friend in this city. As
will be seen, it was written for that friend
“only.” But that friend anxious that
others might see and read a letter he had
enjoyed himself, and note the deep and
patriotic interest Mr. Stephens is taking
in matters which look to the alleviation
of the sufferings and oppressions of the
poor and the laboring classes generally,
while others are courting tlie money pow
er and hobnobbing with millionaire bond
holders, wrote and earnestly asked the
privilege 01 giving it to the public. 11 is
reply is frank, patriotic and prompt —
thus: “Your letter of the 26th at band
this morning. 1 hardly know what to
fsiy in reply to your request about pub
lishing my letter to you; for it was very
hastily written, and not even read over
by me. It is only intended to give for
your reflection what I considered the
proper policy. If you really think it
would do good to publish it, as it stands,
I withdraw objections.”
I know, Messrs. Editors, you will take
great pleasure in laying before your
readers this letter from Georgia’s great
statesman. J.
Washington, 23d April, 1 5 79.
* , Augusta, Ga :
My Dear Sir — I received your letter
of 21st this morning. I had noticed the
article signed “Burke” when it came
out, and was highly gratified at it. I cut
it out of the Chronicle and Constitutional
ist, in which it was published, to lay it
away for my scrap book. My position
was outlined as well as I could have done
it myself, except I might have modified
some of the qualifying adjectives. lam
for thorough revision of our most iniqui
tous system of taxation. lam using iny
utmost endeavors to get the democracy in
congress to strike from the statute book
the whole system of our present internal
revenue tax. The income from it is only
a little over $100,000,000 per annum,
while there are engaged in it 3,000 offi
cers, whose annual salary amounts to
about $4,000,000. These $4,000,000 are
used really and virtually with a purpose
of creating an active corps of partisan
workers to control elections. Many of
them are mere pimps, detectives and
spies in the secret service of the adminis
tration. The internal taxes paid by
Georgia, from all sources is a little short,
I think, of $50,000, while the regular fees
paid to those in collecting it, is a little
over $20,000, being not far from 40 per
cent, collected and turned into the treas
ury. lam not exact in my figures. I
give the outlines only, which I know are
not far from exact figures.
But besides this, the destruction of tlie
property of the country, by tlie official
raiders who go out to break up illegal
distilling, etc., is enormous. Then to
this is to be added the cost of arresting,
trying and punishing citizens uncon
scious of having violated any law,
which is, in Georgia alone, about $50,000.
I saw the other day, in the National Re
publican here, a telegram from Clark, at
Atlanta, announcing with apparent grat
ification the result of one of his raiding
parties. The number of wagons, mules,
gallons of whisky and of beer and stills
seized and destroyed ammounted on a
fair estimate to not less than $3,000. 1
made the estimate at the time when the
figures were before me. Tlie stills I es
timated at o.:ly $25 per still. If this was
the work ot one raiding party, the like
destruction of property in the state of
Georgia alone, per annum, cannot be less
than $30,000 to $40,000. Was any free
people ever more unjustly treated in rais
ing the necessary money to support the
government? This announcement,
moreover, was made seemingly with as
much pride and glorification as ail army
officer would announce the destruction
of a hostile Indian town on our frontier.
Now, l maintain it would be cheaper for
the government, great deal cheaper, to
borrow the $100,000,000 if necessary. It
seems that the monied men of New York
the other day in a few hours took $150,-
000,000 United States 4 percent, bonds,
and 1 have very little doubt would just
as readily take $100,000,000 more at 3 per
cent, if ottered. This I say would be
cheaper for the government while it
would be infinitely less burdensome upon
the people than the present system of in
ternal taxation. Bye the bye this taking
by the monied men in New York the
other day of $150,000,000 of tlie 4 per
cent. United States bonds is to my mind
one of the saddest commentaries upon
the present condition of the country.
The money men it is true are boasting of
it as an evidence of great national pros
perity. Its true indication is that no gen
eral industry of the country—agricul
ture, manufacturing, commercial or in
dustry of any other kind—pays as much
as 4 per cent, upon the capital invested;
money goes where its investment pays
most. Its instincts are unerring. My
opinion is, that another $100,000,000
would be taken as readily, as I have be
fore stated, for capital cannot be employ
ed in any of the general industries that
will yield even as much as 3 per cent.
Now, I have just stated if need be I
would resort to a loan even at 3 or 4 per
cent, to meet the requirements of the
government for one year, and let the
present paralyzed energies of the people
revive and react. This I say I would
only do in the last resort, but I do not
think such a loan at all necessary. The
deficiency in the revenue arising from an
abandonment of this internal revenue
system could be easily supplied by taking
off the prohibitory duties and putting a
revenue tariff upon many articles of im
port and by putting a small duty upon
many articles now coming in free, and a
very large amount could be raised from a
small ad valorem tax upon the property
of the country. In this way the tax
would fall equally on rich and poor.
The estimated value of the property of
the United States last year was a little
over $98,000,000,000, but without resort
ing to that it might be better in the pres
ent depressed condition of labor to effect
by a loan without interest. This, if I
recollect rightly, was done to some ex
tent in 1837. It was effected by resort
ing to treasury notes; so now, as a last
resort, rather than continue the present
burdens and exactions and almost rob
beries of the present system of rifting the
pockets of tlie people, I would authorize
the re-issue of $100,000,000 of United
States notes of the legal tender class.
This would increase the debt of the coun
try to that extent, it is true, but it would
be a non-interest bearing debt. I barely
throw out those ideas as an outline of a
proper policy of that just relief to which
the millions of our peeple, north and
south, are hopelessly looking. That’s
one view. Another, which I fondly
cherish and am endeavoring to get the
democrats in congress to adopt, is the is
suance of gold and bullion certificates to
an unlimited extent. I think this might
be run up in the course of a year to $500,-
00(,000. This increase of the volume of
our currency (which, in my judgment,
would be the best in the world) would
give new life and energy to all kinds of
business throughout the country.
But I haven’t time to say more. What
I have thus said hastily is, of course, for
yourself oidy ; it is only intended to out
line my general views.
You see I have succeeded in getting
through the house my subsidiary coin
bill, making such coins a legal tender to
amount of S2O, and making it exchange
able for legal tender money at the treas
ury in a like sum. This I consider a
great triumph. It is true the relief it
will afford is small compared with the
other great measures referred to; still it
is in itself a very great relief, it is like
the removal of a grain of sand from the
shoe. It is a small but exceedingly an
noying and irritating obstacle in locomo
tir>l, 'l'hio 1100 my o 11 1 01-l 1, ££
The first step. So far so good. In
health 1 am better than I was last spring,
but cannot yet use the pen myself, as you
see.
With kindest regards and best wishes
for you and all yours, I remain as ever,
very truly. Alexander H. Stephens.
FRED. DOUGLASS ON THE EXODUS.
A letter opposing the exodus from the
south has been written Fred. Doug
lass, who says: “lam opposed to this ex
odus, because it is an untimely conces
sion to the idea that colored people and
white people cannot live together in peace
and prosperity unless the whites are a ma
jority and control the legislation and hold
the offices of the state. lam opposed to
this exodus, because it will pour upon
tiie people of Kansas and other northern
states a multitude of deluded, hungry,
homeless, naked and destitute people to
be supported in a large measure by alms.
I am opposed to this exodus, because it
will enable our political adversaries _to
make successful appeals to popular prej
udice (as in the case of the Chinese), on
the ground these people, so ignorant and
helpless, have been imported for the pur
pose of making the north solid by outvot
ing intelligent white northern citizens.
I am opposed to this exodus because
“rolling stones gather no moss,” and 1
agree with Emerson that the men who
made Rome or any other locality worth
going to see, stayed there. There is, in
my judgment, no part of the United
States where an intelligent colored man
can serve his race more wisely and effi
ciently than upon tlie soil where he was
born and reared, and is known. I am op
posed to this exodus because I see in it a
tendency to convert colored laboring men
into traveling tramps, first going north
because they are persecuted, then return
ing south because they have been deceiv
ed and disappointed in their expectations,
which will excite against themselves and
against our whole race an increased meas
ure of popular contempt and scorn. I
am opposed tq this exodus, because 1 be
lieve that the conditions of existence in
the southern states are steadily improv
ing, and that the colored men there will
ultimately realize the fullest measure of
liberty and equality accorded and secur
ed in any section of our common coun
try.” *
Bill Arp’s attack upon the person who
compiles this column is uncalled for and
unjustifiable. We can prove by Uncle
Tom Hardeman, by Colonel Jones, and
by Mr. Frank Smith, of Bartow county,
that he wasn’t sick a minute while he
was in Macon; that ne flirted and pi
routed among the girls like a roan mule
in a peafield ; that he called Frank Smith
“cousin Frank;” and that he wanted to
“rastle” with Jack Slappey for the beer.
Finally, we can prove by Colonel Ben.
Lockett, of Albany, that he took a twi
light ride to the fair grounds with some
young ladies —and we can prove by Con
gressman Blount that he boasted of his
conquests after he got on the train, and
exhibited four photographs and a lock of
hair that were not in his possession when
he went down. We regret the necessity
of exposing this gay deceiver, but a sense
of duty compels us to. once more assert
that while his family were under the im
pression that he was in the agonies of
rheumatism, he was hopping around with
the fair sex like a bantam rooster in a
pan of-hot ashes. We -have letters to sub
stantiate what we say—or if we haven’t,
it is an easy matter to sit down and write
them. — Atlanta Constitution.
It seems from the official reports, that
Gen. Robert C. Sehenck, otherwise
known as “Poker Bob,” was the first to
take pecuniary advantage of the arrear
ages of pensions law. The general re*-
ceived a wound in the hand during the
war, which owing to his rank, entitles
him to a pension of thirty dollars per
month. Lender the operation of the ar
rearages act he receives $4,925 in a lump.
TOLD BY DR. FULLER.
The Monumental Lie of the Nineteenth
Century Refuted.
Lewis County, New York, Democrat.]
The following communication was re
cently received by a citizen of this place
from Hon. Benj. H. Hill, United States
senator from Georgia, in answer to a let
ter of inquiry addressed to him, asking
him information concerning E. Q.
Fuller, some of whose statements, made
in his address before the northern New
York conference at Lowville recently,
were considered of sufficient importance
to demand enquiry. Senator Hill is a
well-known member of the M. E. church
of Atlanta, Ga., the home of Dr. Fuller.
The letter will explain itself:
United States Senate Chamber,!
Washington, April 24, 1879. f
Dear Sir—Your letter of the 11th inst.,
was received several days ago. I have
delayed this aitgwer sotna in
fo'rmation eoiicei FiTfi.U 7 : f
do not know him personally. He is, 1
learn, the editor of a paper published in
Atlanta, Ga., called the Methodist Advo
cate. The paper has but little circula
tion in the south; its object seems to be
to make money by a system of menda
cious pandering to the lowest sectional
passions.
You say that this man addressed ‘the
northern N. Y. M. E. conference on the
atternoon of the 10th inst., on the condi
tion of the south and the freed men, in
which lie said that “in none of the ac
counts of negro outrages which we read
in the newspapers, are the negroes the
aggressors, but in every instance the
whites; and that every account we read
of the outrages on the negroes is the
truth, only it is a hundred times worse
than represented.” You report him as fur
ther saying that “after the last presiden
tial election a negro was missing from
the vicinity in which he lived, and that
he (Fuller) with two others were deputed
to drag a pond in the neighborhood, in
the search, and that in this pond they
found the bodies of. sixteen murdered
men—fourteen negroes and two whites,
etc.'’
There is not one word of t.ruth in these
statements. They are miserable slanders,
entirely manufactured for a wicked and
nefarious purpose. The object of this
man (whose name is, 1 believe, Rev. E.
Q. Fuller, D. D.,) is to excite the passions
of the good people of the north in order
to get money out of them. His calling
is far worse than that of a highway rob
ber, and much less manly ana truthful.
How long will the good people in the
north allow such criminal hypocrites to
to play upon their feelings by such man
ufactured outrages, in order to get their
money V
Such men are doing more to bring dis
credit on the church, -and peril on the
country, and disgrace on our civilization,
than all the professional rogues and bur
glars in the union.
For years philanthropic people in the
north have been bled by these bad men.
Abuse and slander of the southern peo
ple is the professional avocation which
thousands are following fora living; and
that so iiimjj good and intelligent people
should COrUtlnUf* t n hw.rt.na tViait* flnln.'lrt(l
victims, is one of the most remarkable
features of these degenerate times.
It does seem that clerical hypocrites,
political demagogues and famished car
pet-baggers are now engaged in a con
certed conspiracy to revive and increase
sectional animosities; and the pulpit, the
senate chamber, the public press and the
fireside are all vigorously used to pro
mote the wicked work.
To what extent they will succeed will
depend altogether upon the extent to
which the northern people are willing to
be deceived. If the stories of such crea
tures as this man Fuller are true, the
southern people ought to be outlawed as
barbariaus. If they are not true, then
such men as Fuller ought to be outlawed
from the church, from the state, and from
all decent society, as vile hypocrites seek
ing to filch a living from honest but de
luded people. If our northern fellow
citizens could ascertain the real truth on
this issue we should at once have a coun
try far more peaceful and prosperous,
and a church fai more righteous and ho
ly.
" Surely all good and honest men ought
to be willing to ascertain the real truth
or falsehood of this man Fuller’s state
ments. Why could not the people whom
he addressed appoint reliable persons to
go to Georgia and require this man to
point out the pond he dragged, and show
the graves of the sixteen dead bodies he
says were recovered ?
Such a statement is capable of absolute
proof, if true; and if false, the northern
people ought'to adopt .measures to pro
tect themselves from their repetition.
Yours very truly,
Benjamin H. Hill.
Hayes’ point that if the vetoed army
hill became a law there would be “no
power” vested in any officer of the Uni
ted States to protect himself in the exe
cution of a civil processes attracting con
siderable attention oiraccount of its utter
absurdity. Where, asks the New York
World, is the civil posse of the marshal’s
entire judicial district? Will not citizens
aid the marshals on call? Will not the
militia of the states aid them? Marshals
have as much power as state sheriffs have,
excepting that, as the law stands since
1878, no part of the army can be sum
moned as and made a part of the posse,
although all civilian bystanders must as
sist, and to do so may arrp themselves to
the teeth. And even the New York
Times (republican) is constrained to ad
mit that “the veto message is rather
plausible than sound in the stress it lays
on the fact that the vetoed bill forbids
civil officers of the government (meaning
United States marshals) to employ armed
men at the polling places.”
Senator Hill is quoted as saving that
the democrats will not be so foolish as to
withhold the necessary supplies with
which to carry on the government, lie
says, however, that they intend to make
a direct issue with the republicans on the
question whether this is to be a central
government of limited jurisdiction or a
central government vested with absolute
power, having the states at its mercy and
ignoring their rights under the constitu
tion. Mr. Hill says he regards this as
the real issue which underlies the present
conflict, and believes that upon an ap
peal to the country the republicans will
be pulverized to atoms, and the demo
crats will be retained in power for an in
definite period.
There is one democrat whom Zaeha
riah Chandler always treats with marked
respect. That is Senator Voorhees.
Reason : In the dining room of the Kirk
wood house, Washington, a good many
years ago, Zachariah ventured to refer to
Voorhees as a traitor and a copperhead.
Whereupon Daniel hoisted a pitcher full
of milk and sprawled him. The land
lord was kind enough not to charge ei
ther for the pitcher or the milk.
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NUMBER 35.
GRANT’S RECEPTION.
New Orleans Times.]
The programme for the reception of
General Grant upon his arrival ip San
Francisco has been satisfactorily arrang
ed. Several minor details are as yet in
complete, but the general outline is as
follows:
1. As the steamer approaches the Far
rabone islands, thirty miles out from the
entrance to the harbor of San Francisco,
she will be met by a convoy of thirty
men-of-war, built by Robeson —provided
the sea be calm enough to let them go
out that far; Robeson himself will accom
pany them, but, for safety, will be borne
out on a steam tug. The squadron an ill
fire a salute of blank cartridges loaded
with United States contract powder—a
thimbleful of real powder being inserted
in the touch-hole at the firing to make
the report audible.
2. On the way in, salutes will be fired
by the batteries at Fort Point, Lime
Point, Black Point and Alcatraz. Forty
nine guns will constitute the salute —one
more than was fired for Kalakaua in
1874. The military will then turn out.
the militia being under command of
General McComb, the hero of the Amu
doc war; General Belknap, with an effi
cient corps of post-traders as aids, vril
act as fieul marshal of. the day. General
Babcock will command the New Jersey
troops.. The royal airs, “When Johnnie
comes marching home” and “Set ’em up
again,” will be played at appropriate
times.
3. A committee of eminent citizens,
headed by Hon. Dennis Kearney, will
wait upon the general at the lauding,
and present him with a gold box contain
ing the freedom of the city, half a pound
of sand from the sand lots and a smug
gled cigar. He will then be escorted to
the Palace hotel, where Jim Casey an ill
pull his boots off for him and put him ro
bed.
4. The evening will be devoted to the
reception of private embassies from vari
ous political centres, followed up by a
serenade.
5. On the day following, the excur
sionists of the I. O. B. A. P. T. (indepen
dent order of brotherly and political
tramps), who will have, been forwarded
from the east by the Union Pacific rail
way at sixteen dollars a head —they to
find themselves—will assemble in num
bers not to exceed one hundred thousand,
and welcome the general home in time
for the campaign of 1880, in which he is
not to take part. Kearney street will be
lined witlrTree lunch tables, and the bar
looms on' Market Street will be opened
gratuitously to grace this auspicious oc
casion. Freddy wi.l be taken charge of
by a special committee of ladies. In the
evening, if the general be not too full for
utterance, be will addressHhe populace.
0. There will then follow three days of
general public rejoicing at the expense
of the state of California, after which
twenty minute trains will leave for
Washington, to convey the welcoming
party back with the general to Washing
ton.
It is actually cheaper—to say nothing
of the humanity of the matter —to civil
ize the Indians than to exterminate them.
A compilation from official records re
garding the Indian wars shows that the
rtf fho rawnus tmltm wars nf" iba
past forty years has been as follows:
Black Hawk war, 400 lives and $5,000,-
000. The Seminole war cost 7,500 lives
and SIOO,OOO, only 1,500 Indians being
warriors. A war with the Creeks and
Cherokees, about the same time, cost
$1,000,000. The Sioux war it 1862 cost
300 lives and $40,000,000. The Cheyenne
war in 1857 cost 3,000 lives and $12,000,-
000. The Indian troubles on the Pacific
slope for the past twenty years have cost
about $300,000,000. Three campaigns
agains the Navajoes cost $30,000,000.
This amount of money, if it had been
pioperly expended, instead of going into
the hands of army contractors and army
sutlers, would have civilized every red
skin on the continent. The Indian poli
cy of our government is a disgrace and a
reproach to the American name.
"New York Tribune: “It costs money
to come in collision with some people.
When recently Win. 11. Vanderbilt ran
over a man on the avenue the courts took
no notice of it, and the man went off to
work again, feeling rather chagrined at
having been in the way. It should be
added that Mr. Vanderbilt did notap-,
pear to have been to blame. When a
poor man rau against the vehicle con
taining the person of August Belmont,
the man was arrested and was fined one
hundred dollars and sent to jail for ten
days, although it was proved that the
collision was a simple accident, which
the driver did all in his power to prevent.
It certainly a difference who is
In vetoing the army bill, says the New
Haven Rdgister, Hayes is, in one respect,
consistent. Himself the creatureof fraud,
he could not, unless the army had been
used in his behalt, have been counted in
over a quarter of million of a popular ma
jority. Appreciating the valuable services
of the army in bis own case, he insists
that the army shall be used to help the
republican candidate in 1880.
x\fter this Kansas deception, with all
of its horrors of suffering, what next?
Friends of the colored race be not deceiv
ed. Cling to the old land. Cling to the
old friends. Avoid professional politi
cians. Suspect and avoid those whose
only political capital is their property in
your votes. You have been the dupes of
the politicians.
The principal club of Boston, which
has been instrumental in inducing south
ern negroes to emigrate, add Besses them
in one of its tracts thus: “We do not
care so much where you go to, but in the
name of heaven go somewhere.” This is
the true Bostonian style of telling them
to go to the devil.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Inter Ocean states that Mr. Bo
rie joined General Grant in his voyage
around the world for the purpose of dis
suading the latter trom being a candidate
for the .presidency. This news domes
under the head of important, if true.
Vice President-elect Hendricks is said
to advise the democratic congressmen to
stand firm, amfto assure them that they
have the law on their side, and are sup
ported by T the sympathy' of the people.
He says the democrats will never get a
better issue to fight the republicans on.
“I don’t care a d—n for the decision of
the supreme court,” was the utterance of
Grant while president of the United
States. That is the man the republicans
want to place in power again to “execute
the laws of the United States ”
The English don’t take a joke. The
Lieutenant in the royal navy who got up
a pirate hoax some months since has
been court-martialed, - convicted and
cashiered.