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Arrive at Taylorsville 10:50 a m
Arrive at Rockmart 1 J * a m
Arrrive atCedartown pm
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Arrive at Stilesboro p m
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. Arrive at Fish Creek 8:25 am
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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 'BjURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1880.
FROM OLD JAKE.”
What he Current State Politics.
Boss —Well, e, it seems you have
been absent. Amt’s the news ?
Jake—Yes, lids; Ihab reached out
side de county a j|tle, feeling de pulse
ob udder people jD organ grinders say
Felton, Speer aiMPersons am good aigs,
but dey are ’postßto de morus-aparatus
ob da gittin in—it am not “policy.”
Boss—What Joe and Gordon?”
Jake—Fokes sa |dat old Nick hab put
up him headquartrfs in Attalanty; but
dey is ’rong, he hj| neber bin ’way from
dar since Sherna* drapped him dar in
’64. Kase he htbgome ob his ehillen at
Dalton, Rome md Cartisville. Dey tink
he hab gone ’Wy.
Boss—You fust explain yourself.
Jake—Well, Jd Nick entered into Kol
kit tudder day eid he ’pinted for to cir
cumcede John Hack Gordon. Dey say
he ’suited wid ice scribes, Pharsees, and
de high priest? in*l ’greed upon Joe at
30,000 pieces o\ silver. De only ting dat
’prizes me is, <j*y didn’t ’pint Bullock,
j Kimball, Fatty Harris, Norcross, or de
Lockchain, de Q isman. When old Nick
gits into fokes d‘y ’stroy deyselves like
de hog in old tine. Kolkit dun cut him
frote wid all trie men.
Boss—The pipers endorse the govern
or.
Jake—Yes, lese papers hab got fat
outen Joe’s orib fnd incourse, dey can’t
go back on him. All de moufs of de
talkin folks hab bin stopped by Joe’s free
tickets.
Boss —But Joe has come back to the
party, and says that all that he did was
merely ‘policy.
Jake —Yes, boss, “policy! policy!” is
zackly what ails banner, and has been
her complaint for fifty years. Policy is
what makes Gordon recline him chair,
kase Blaine hat axed some questions,
and nobody wants to answer. Policy is
what makes Gordon and sich look so
Haysy. It was policy dat cut Tilden’s
frote, and as Kellog nozc all about it; dey
blister and freeze to him, to keep him
mouf shut. Joe is put on de lass round
ob de ladder, den to step up to de full
term when de legkiatur meets. Dat was
policy. But, BosSj I am mad, sick and
half crazy. Is it any use to vote for A
democrat governor 2 But dey say dey
’moted Gordon ka3e he lit under Lee, fit
reconstruction, Bullock, Joe,’Cole, Nor
eross, Fatty Harris, de debbil and Doctor
Foster. Well, what next? Dey say dey
’mote Joe kase he got brains, kase he
’’posed Jeff DaviSj Lee and Gordon, on
de ’scription, kase he was on de big idea
ob vocal, self-government, kase he bowed
him knee to Baal jjis policy, fit for recon
structin’ foi Rnlloolc, ’ginst Gordon for
played de debbil ginerally, all for de good
ob de souf, and Georgy in ’tickler—
policy! policy! But boss, where is con
sistency? If dis isn’t blowin’ hot and
cold outen de same mouf, den tell me de
moon ain’t green cheese. But Joe hab
jibed de ban by ’knowledgin’ nuffin, but
splainin’ all wid policy. Den ’spose dis
nigger takes a tater, and when dey fetch
es him in court, he says if I didn’t had
took dem taters, I been goin’ to de poor
house ; so it was policy.
Boss—What will be the outcome of it?
Jake—De outcome will be, Joe elected
for de full time or much money will he
flung away for nuffin. Joe paid tudder
time wid railroad offices, but he didn’t
come in. He got Bullock, Kimball,
Kolkit, Logcliain and all dem dat kissed
Bullock and Kimball and put ’em in offis.
Joe got nearly all de papers and plenty
money to hold ’em. But for de seventh
and ninth district, Georgy would be gone
to de dogs.
BROWN IN THE SENATE.
Washington, May 26.—Mr. Gordon
announced that he had resigned his seat
in the senate, and moved that the ap
pointee be sworn in. The credentials of
Gov. Brown were read. Mr. Edmunds
remarked that they were dated May 21,
and asked if the date of Mr. Goi don’s
resignation was officially known to the
senate. It had been held by the senate
on some former occasion that the gov
ernor of a state has no power, under the
constitution, to appoint a senator until a
vacancy actually exists. Of course ev
erybody knew that he had no objection
to Mr. Brown’s being sworn in, except
the sorrow it gave him that his friend,
General Gordon, was to go away, but he
thought it right to call the attention of
the senate to the fact. It might, perhaps,
be better for the senate to hold, as a mat
ter of inconvenience, that the former de
cision was wrong and that the governor
might issue a commission in anticipation
of a vacancy. Mr. Gordon stated that
his resignation ante-dated the commis
sion of his successor by four or five days.
Mr. Edmunds said the question then
arose, if the vacancy had actually oc
curred on the 21st of May, the date of the
commission, then by what constitutional
or other authority had his friend, Mr.
Gordon, exercised the faculties of Sena
tor since that date. That would be a
puzzle, but he did not know that it would
affect the present question. Mr. Hill, of
Georgia, thought it had nothing to do
with the present question, which was
simply whether Governor Brown be
sworn in. He moved that that be done.
Mr. Brown was thereupon escorted to the
desk, the modified oath was administered
by the president pro. tern, and he took
his seat.
A statesman who had held a high place
on the bench, who held a seat in the sen
ate until he got a good chance to sell it,
sent his young wife where he hoped she
would fa'll into evil ways, and hired a de
tective to dog her. The statesman is
deemed by this pure Administration a fit
person to represent American honor and
interests at the capital of a friendly re
public, while the detective enjoys an
official position in one of the executive
departments. It costs the people about
$15,000 a year to support these two crea
tures, And yet there isn’t a one in the
thousand of farmers and laborers among
those who pay the $15,00 ihat would
speak to the one or allow the other to
speak to him.— Washington Post.
Queen Victoria was sixty-two last
Monday week.
OUT OF OFFICE.
Gen. Clement A. Evans Fays a Feeling
Tribute to General Gordon Both in War
and in Peace.
General Clement A. Evans (editorial in Georgia
Advocate.)
Senator Gordon’s resignation will be
noted as another historic event in his dra
matic and useful life.
The state at large was surprised, and
some were startled when the last fact was
announced.
There w r ere those who cared nothing
for it, onlv as they might make use of it
to serve political ends, and for such ready
detractors of the character of good men
we have no excuse. Some who suffer
themselves to be suspicious of every ac
tion of public men began to conjecture
other reasons for this resignation than
those which were given to the plain state
ment made by this well-tried citizen and
Christian. The people at large, however,
will feel that while imperious necessity
forced Gordon’s retirement, he has not
deceived them nor betraj r ed their inter
ests, but has only (and we trust tempo
rarily) suspended a twenty years’ public
service of sacrifice and usefulness unsur-
passed by any man in the country, and
that he has terminated his senatorial life
in the right manner, and at the right
time. He will speak for himself, and the
people whom he has served will believe
him. We do not believe in the thing
meant by the slang phrase, “Mixing re
ligion and politics.” Religion, pure and
undefiled, is to visit the fatherless and
the widows, and to keep unspotted from
the world. The prophets should keep
out of political entanglements. But we
put in a plea which all men understand.
What is character worth, and what avail
is self-sacrificing public service if for the
lowest political ends the wildest, most
baseless and abusive accusations should
be heard above the plain and probable
statements of men like Gordon, Colquitt
and Brown! These three have become
equally concerned in the senatorial va
cancy and the sensation it has produced.
They are Christians—one a Presbyterian,
the next a Methodist and the last a Bap
tist. All have the confidence of their
churches, and the last has just met a
pressing need of his denomination by
the spontaneous gift of $50,000. Colquitt
is a member of our general conference,
president of the international sunday
school association, accepted as a lay
preacher in all Christian pulpits, and of
Gordon’s religion we would be glad from
a bosom acquaintance with him in war
and peace to give our testimony. In
prayer and exhortation he has warmed
the hearts of many an audience in camp
and church. Now shall the character of
these men be torn to pieces at the will of
any who in prejudice or passion, or for
Elfish ends, invent and circulate baseless
suspicions? If the public are prepared
to deal in that way with the citizens, no
man is safe. Every good man is con
cerned in this issue. Every fair-minded
man will put the right estimate on the
worth and word of good men, and when
the dust of the present passion has set
tled it will cover the skirts of those who
stirred it up.
We welcome Gordon out of the politi
cal arena. We welcome him again to the
work of the church as a private Christian
man. We do not wish to ride with him
ssxjstaes* ° oP v a;<Uy,
glad as we once were made by the exhi
larations of red hot battle, but we crave
to hear his clarion tongue in exhortation
and to join him in the old time prayer.
We would take Colquitt also, and make
him such as we are. We have known
him in martial and in civil life, looked up
to him and loved him from early man
hood, and in all vicissitudes have ob
served him comingout of trial unscathed;
with a near intimacy have known his
heart and life—and would he glad *o see
him escape from the turmoil of public
service if it were best for the state. But
good men and good laws are the requi
sites of society, and constitute the
healthy life of the state. To put the
character of such men at discount is to
put a premium on vicious conduct. The
sneer of the scorner at religious men in
high places is only evidence of an unpa
triotic as well as of an irreligious heart.
To be moved by such attacks on state of
ficials is to agree that the more wicked a
citizen is the better he is qualified for
public trusts. We cannot believe that
the present prosperous condition of our
great state and its national reputation
would be advanced by taking the back
ward step from its present forward strides
in temperance, education and religion.
We have had our say.
NO USE FOR THE GUARDS.
Detroit Free Press.
In the spring of 1865, when Sheri
idan’s cavalry moved up the Shenan
doah Valley to have a last wrestle with
Early’s troopers, a halt was made by a
portion of the union force near Waynes
borough. Guards were thrown out to
protect property, and among others the
house of a lone and aged widow received
such protection. Two dismounted cav
alrymen were stationed at the front door,
and it was half an hour or so before any
stir in or around the house gave token
that it was inhabited. Then the widow
limped to the door on a crutch, and called
one of the guards to her and asked:
“What are you doing here?”
“We are guards to protect you and
your property,” was the reply.
“Well, you needn’t fool away any time
here. Early he come and took our hay.
Then Sheridan he come and took our
corn. Then Mosby, he come and took
our hams and taters. Then Sheridan
took our flour and cider. Then Sheridan
run off all our horses. All I had left
this morning was an old sick mule and
meal enough for one hoe-cake. The
mule he died two hours ago, and I’ve
just eaten the last of the cake, and if you
can find anything worth guarding around
here you can have it and tote it off.”
“But some of the soldiers may disturb
you.”
“I guess not,” she said, as she pointed
to the spot where a cannon ball had torn
through the house. “The day that hole
was shot through there I was rocking and
singing the ‘Pilgrim’s Hope,’ and I
did’t miss a rock nor drop a note! I
don’t hardly think one brigade of horse
soldiers can distuib me very much.
You’ll obleege me by jogging along!”
Toombs is a safe man; one in whom
the great masses of Georgia can place im
plicit reliance; his heart is witn them to
the last extremity; he knows nothing
but duty—duty to his state; duties to his
fellow countrymen; duty first, last, and
forever —such a man in Robert Toombs.
Grand in his isolation, grand in his con
sistency to principle, grand in his integ
rity, grand in his fidelity to his people,
and the constitution of his fathers, grand
in his denouncements of spoliations, and
wrongs done in the name of lioerty
Such a man deserves the highest and last
honor that Georgians can bestow; he has
signified his willingness to serve his state
as governor, it his people, with one ac
claim call him to the helm. —Gainesville
Southron.
A LIVELY ANECDOTE.
Bob Toombs and Senator Morton, of In
diana.
I have heard Gen. Robert Toombs tell
a good story that will bear repetition, as
illustrating his peculiar and exceptional
feeling of alleged hostility to the federal
government. In his lively moods the
general is a good story teller, and has a
great fund of apt ones that he can use ef
fectively.
He said he w’as in Washington, and
dined with the late famous Senator Mor
ton, of Indiana, the great leader of the
republican party. This was since the
war, and the subject of amnesty was dis
cussed, and Morton urged Toombs to
make application for the removal of his
disabilities. Toombs says he replied to
him that he w ould illustrate his position
in this amnesty matter by an anecdote of
an old fellow that lived in Georgia by
the name of Peavy. In bis settlement
there w r as an old maid named Miss Ra
chel, who had a squint in one of her eyes,
and as she was an acrimonious old spin
of sharp tongue, and quarrelled a good
deal, the superstitious in the neighbor
hood got up the story upon her that she
possessed an “evil eye,” and as the said
“evil ej e” did a good deal of damage in
making stock die, and the children sick
and mistortunes happen to people. Old
Peavy especially disliked the old maid,
and believed reiigiously in her evil eye.
He had one of his cattle to die when she
w r as about the house, and the old chap
got outraged, and telling her she had
done him enough harm and it had to stop,
he kicked her out of his house. The en
raged spinster brought the matter before
their church, of wdiich both he and she
w r ere members, and every Saturday for a
year the church council had this remark
able case for trial, This, of course, did
not make old Peavy any better disposed
to Miss Rachel. Peavy was a good church
man in the main, and a liberal fellow,
and his church didn’t w'ant to lose him.
So eflort was made time and again to
make him express regret and contrition
for what he had done, and they would
forgive him and drop the matter. But
Peavy was inexorable, and the more the
thing was pressed the more implacable
old Peavy became, and the more he
hated the “evil-eyed” spinster for her
apparent persecution of him.
At length, one good old brother wrought
upon him so effectually by earnest ap
peals that he got him to consent to get up
and use the simple expression that he
was “sorry,” without saying what he
was sorry for, or using any further ex
planations. It w r as difficult to get him to
go even this far, but he finally consented,
and as he did not get up and in a peculiar
snappy and curt way he said the single
words, “I am sorry.”
The preacher was a venerable, pious
brother named Mercer, was not alto
gether satisfied with the manner nor the
words of old brother Peavy, so he told
him w 7 ith great solemnity that he felt it
his duty to ask brother Peavy what sort
of sorrow he felt for his unchristian con
duct, and desired to know if it was such
godly sorrow as a child of the church like
him should feel and express. This
knocked the fat in the fire. The brother
who had induced old Peavy to say he
was sorry groaned in spirit over the un
reasonable (severity _of Parson Vf"
gorie, and the repressed fire of the old
man broke out ungovernably. Looking
around detiantlv, he shot out the words
that he wished to put the church upon
notice that he was going to do what he
had not done before for forty years since
he had joined the church. At this the
women screamed out in horror and beg
ged him not to do it. Unmoved old Pea
vy turned to the preacher, Mercer, and
with indescribable emphasis said.
“I’ll tell you what lam sorry for. I
am sorry I didn’t break her old neck,
her!” and stalked out of church
in a roaring fury. And it is said from
that day the old fellow couldn’t find
curses enough to heap on his once be
loved church, and finally died an incur
able swearer.
Toombs told Morton that old Peavy’s
sorrow 7 in connection with the old wro
man w'as his sort of sorrow for the fed
eral government. Senator Morton and
his companions broke into a storm of
laughter, and Gen. Toombs said that
Senator Morton told him if he would
make his application for pardon and let
him tell that story as coming from
Toombs as illustrating his repentance, he
would guarantee that every republican
senator would vote for his amnesty.
Toombs liked Morton very much and
speaks of him w ith great kindness.
THE FIRST ADMITTED.
John F. Quarles, a colored man, for
merly a lawyer in the state of Georgia,
later a practitioner in the District of Co
lumbia, and more recently consul at Mal
acca, presented himself before the gen
eral term of the supreme court yester
day, seeking admission to the bar of this
state. Mr. Algernon M. Sullivan, who
was present and made the motion for the
admission of Mr. Quarles, after reciting
the necessary qualifications entitling him
thereto, said : “Although such motions
are usually pro forma, for special reasons
I depart a little from that custom. Mr.
Quarles is a colored man, and the first of
his race, w'ho, within my knowledge,
wiil have become a member of the bar in
the city of New York. On behalf of that
bar, distinguished for character, learn
ing and liberal accomplishments, I wrel
come Mr. Quarles in advance to his full
equality in the franchises of the profes
sion, and I assure him that his entrance
into its ranks is observed by the bar with
cordial and respectful interest and most
graceful good wishes.” Mr. Quarles is
endorsed as to standing and character by
Rev. Charles B. Ray, Collector Merritt,
Professor Greener, Ebenezer D. Bassett,
B. S. Wolcott and Secretary Sherman.
The court, having found his papers all
regular he was at once sworn in and
signed the roll of attorneys.
Mr. Quarles is the son of a colored
Baptist clergyman, was born a slave and
had his freedom purchased by his father.
He is of pure African blood, robust frame
and intelligent face, and hails from Au
gusta, Ga.
Some of the good people of New York
are utilizing the popular series of Sunday
free thought lectures now in course, by
Ingersoll at Booth’s theatre. The crow'ds
that besiege the entrance and fill the
street in front while the house is filling
are threaded by the agents of some
Christian association, who give away to
those who will take them neat little cop
ies of the new testament. The agents
have no difficulty in getting rid of their
books, which are accepted with good
grace, and carried into the theatre for fu
ture reference. They refuse to tell for
w r hom they are acting in this gratuitous
distribution, and are very quiet and gen
tlemanly in deportment.* They get their
w T ork in first on Col. Bob’s audience, and
do it in the true Christian spirit.
Col. Blanton Duncan has sued the Lou
isville Courier-Journal to recover $25,000
for alleged libel.
NUMBER 47.
out,” or “bargained out,” I pronounce it
infamously and shamefully false, and my
blood almost curdles and my ld limbs
totter with indignation when I think of
such charges being made against him.
From his youth to his manhood he has
been the embodiment of honor and truth
fulness. In his boyhood he w'ould never
betray a friend, and at least once, to my
knowledge he suffered a severe punish
ment at school rather than betray the
confidence of a schoolmate. Would he
then now r , in the zenith and glory of his
manhood, betray the people in whose de
fence he has proven, on a thousand occa
sions, his readiness to die! Would he
betray, or sell for lujre that integrity and
honor which is dearer to him than life
itself! No! no! no! Aw'ay with such
infamous falsehoods. Let them who
condemn his course put themselves in
his place. He had served his people in
war and in peace with undying devotion.
He had on his hands a large and grow
ing family; his shite and people are now r
free and prosperous, and no longer re
quire his service; his financial and home
matters demand his attention. The con
stitution and the laws of his country give
him the right to resign. llis salary is
not sufficient to support his family and
meet all his need^f or He is not
servi<‘p, he comes out poorer Hl‘n bn u-mi t
in. He is offered a position which will
afford him rest and quiet and a compe
tency. Georgia has other sons capable of
filling his place in the senate. Where,
then, is the crime of which he is guilty?
What one of his aebusers would not have
acted as he did under similar circum
stances ?
With Governor Brown’s appointment,
I have nothing to do, and only feel inter
ested in it as an old citizen of Georgia. I
am satisfied of one fact, however, and
that is that he has the brains to serve his
state with great distinction, and that Gov.
Colquitt appointed him because. he
thought he was the best man for the
place, and that Georgia’s interests would
n'ot sutler in his hands. I voted for him
for governor and judge many years ago.
He certainly made a good judge and ex
cellent governor. I sincerely trust and
believe ne will serve his state as faith
fully now. Truly yours,
Z. H. Gordon.
GOUED AND KEENE.
It is said on Wall street that Gould has
not given up his efforts to crush Keene.
The story now is that Gould intends to
dispose of Keene while he has the advan
tage of him in the market, and take re
venge upon him for numerous insults re
ceived from him and at the hands of his
followers. Gould is reported to be confi
dent that Keene has been materially
weakened by his losses. Gould’s recent
successes in the market and his prestige
as a leader have brought him a numerous
following, while Keene’s failures have
deprived him of a great deal of this sup
port, which has heretofore been valuable
when he was openly fight
ing Gould. It is said that Keene started
the rise in the market on Wednesday by
large purchases of stock, which were
sold him by the Gould party Some of the
traders in the room followed Keene’s
lead, and others, in the interest of Gould,
ran the market up so as to make Keene
pay high figures for his stocks. This
will account for the extraordinary rise in
of the specialties on Wednesday and yes
terday morning. In the afternoon, as
soon as Keene stopped buying, Gould
commenced to sell freely, intending to
force the market down to a point which
would compel Keene to unload at a loss.
This morning these tactics were repeated,
but it was observed that Keene was in
disposed to buy very treely, while Gould
was moving in a very determined man
ner upon the stocks in which his adver
sary is supposed to be specially interest
ed.
TBE PRESBYTERIANS.
On Wednesday the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly heard a long ovcrtuie from
the synod of South Corolina as to the le
gal authority of the “In these deliver
ances of the general assembly and gen
eral power of church courts.” The dis
cussion came up on the report of the
committee on overtures,. re-affirming the
action of the Louisville, Ky., assembly
on this subject in 1879. Dr. Girardeon
opened with a two hours speech offering
the legal authority of the deliveraneies in
question. Doctors Woodrow and Wilson
will follow to-morrow in opposition. The
report of the committee on narratives
was read and approved.
The debt of the publishing house at
Richmond has been reduced to ten thou
sand dollars. Three years ago it was
fifty-nine thousand dollars.
Dr. Hazen is retained as secretary and
treasurer. The assembly refused to take
any action on the overture from the
Athens presbytery on the subject of danc
ing and worldly amusements, the church
already having sufficient on
the subject, Rev. G. H. Rout, (Ky.)
was elected delegate to the general sy
nod of the reformed church with Dr.
Pryor, of Virginia, as alternate.
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A TOUCHING LETTER.
Gen. Gordon’s Father Appeals to'the Peo
ple of Georgia.
Jackson County, Ala., May 22,1880.
—Editors Atlanta Constitution: I see
from a copy of your paper which has
been sent me by some fiiend, that my
son, Hon* John B. Gordon, has resigned
his seat in the senate of the United States,
and that much excitement prevails on ac
count of it. I see some favorable and
some commendatory expressions concern
ing it. I think it, perhaps, not out of
place for me, his father, to write you
this short communication. My son has
ever been obedient, dutiful and confiding.
From his earliest youth to the present
time he litis been the pride and joy of my
life. lam now'nearly eighty-five years
of age—a few more days and I shall have
passed aw'ay.
I would feel that my teachings and
counsels w'ould have been to little pur
pose if the slanders and falsehoods ut
tered against-tny son had any founda
tion in fact.
As I stated above he has always been
obedient and confiding. When he could
reach my ear he has always consulted me
before taking a momentous step.
He made me a visit in March last, and
while here he said to me, “Pa, I am tired
of public life. I crave the peace and
quietude of my home and home affairs;
besides I can’t save up any money out of
my salary; and the idea of dying and
leaving my family without a competency
troubles me no little.” He then w*ent on
to say that if he was out of the senate he
could make a great deal more money and
would have to spend a great deal less,
and added that he had about concluded
to resign, feeling that the public inter
ests w'ould not suffer thereby, and his
private interests w ould be protected. I
advised him to that course and urged
him not to delay it, and instead of being
surprised at his resignation now, If am
onty surprised that it was not sooner. As
to the insinuations that he w r as “bought
