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BENSON A McGILL, Editor*.
A. 0. MoCPNRY, Aaaociate F Utor.
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THE OLD I'Rl OF REVOLUTION.
Such member* of Congress as Garfield,
of Ohio, and those of his creed have been
making the old arch chntnbers ring with
the cry of " Revolution !" since the con
vening of the present Congress. They
think to baffle patriotic public servant*
from a faithful discharge of their duties by
the false cry of •* Wolf!” when there is no
wolf. The majority in Congress know
their right* and have the manhood to
maintain them, and no matter how much
the stalwarts may prate of revolution, and
may threaten the power behind the throne,
the people in their sovereignty, yet in de
manding a repeal of the law authorizing
the use of the annv to intimidate and over
awe Americans in the free use of the bal
lot box they are striking at the very evils
which, in their tendencies destroy the
liberties of the people of this country.
If it he revolution to guarantee to all the
people of this country free elections, with
out the intimidations of the sword and
bayonet, then the majority in Congress
should be willing to acknowledge the cum
as to proposing revolution. And if these
revolution cryers want to appeal to the
verdict of the people in IKKO a* to whether
they prefer free elections, or elections un
der the dictation of an army, let the ap
peal be entered at once, and we are w illing
to abide by the enlightened sovereignty of
these United States. The freedom of the
ballot is the grand bulwark of our liber
ties ; it is the lighthouse to beacon the
storm-driven manners amidst the surging
billows of oppression. Through all the
ordeals of the past, through oppression,
cruelty and tyrannic sway, our people have
patiently endured, trusting to their ulti
mate redemption through the peaceful in
strumentality of the ballot box. Our
hopes have not been in vain. That justice
which was crushed to earth has risen
again, and it has arisen because the people
in their sovereignty have decreed that o|>-
pression shonhl cease. The Belshazzars
in Congress have, with horror-stricken
hearts, beheld the mystic writing on the
wall, and they think, as a last extremity
they can assuage the tide that is hurrying
thee- onward into the gurgling deep by tho
wild cry of revolution. If there is any
danger of revolution it is a revolution that
will establish liberty over oppression and
a government of civil law and order over
a military despotism to which the party so
long in power was fast carrying it. With
such a revolution the people of this coun
try will rest content.
PISTOLS AGAIN.
In our issue of the 28th ultimo, we sug- i
posted the propriety of restricting the sale
of pistols as one of the means to remedy
the prevalent evil of carrying them con
cealed. Since then we are glad to sec the
views ol Major A. 0. Bacon, Speaker of |
the House, given to a reporter of the Con
stitution. which show him to he thorough
ly on the same line ; indeed he plants him
self flat-footed on the idea of banishing
pistols from the State. A condensation ol j
Major Bacon's views is about us follows :
Our people are opposed to law breaking.
Recent events and the outspoken ut
terances of the press is reforming public
sent intent on the question. Legislation can
be done to break up.the evil. Prompt trial j
should he given those who violate the law. ;
Nearly ail the acts of violence are sudden ;
outbreaks which would not have occurred
had it not been for the concealed pis
tols. The use of this weapon retards
our civilization, lie is one who thinks
pistols should be outlawed or banished
from the State. Asa member of the Leg
islature, lie has not moved in the mat
ter because he did not think public senti
ment was prepared for the reform ; is in
clined to think public feeling is ripe for the
measure now. As long as pistols can be
easily purchased, a large number of per
sons will carry tlietn. There is no good
use to which the pistol can be applied
where an instrument with longer barrel
would not answer. The greatest use of
the pistol is to kill people with; take
this use away and pistol factories would
soon be stopped. It should be made a
penal otieuse to bring a pistol into the
(state, or to offer to sell one. If he bad
the power, would drop nil the pistols ;n
the middle of Atlantic Ocean, He thinks
such a law would be constitutional. Law
can regulate how arms shall be carried,
and thinks the law can regulate what kind
of arms shall he carried, provided it doe*
not amount to a practical denial of the
right to bear arms. Major Bacon then
urges the propriety of giving offenders a
more speedy trial than is at present admin
istered. We have no doubt the next ses
sion of the Legislature w ill thoroughly con
sider the question and provide some means
to check the alarming evil that is becoming
a blot upon our civilization and deluging
our fair land with blood. A great public
policy, the rights and liberties of our peo
ple demand that a reform should he effect
ed, and while It is true Mr. Blackstonc.
the English commentator, does say that
the law passed during the reign of Edward
the Fourth, vfhieh torbade the tint gentle
men of those times, under the degree of a
Lord, from wearing pikes upon their alioes
or boots of more than two inches in length
was a law that savored of oppression, yet
tin* wholesale flooding the country with
instruments of death is a matter of much
more serious consideration, and from the
great public policy involved it would seem
that a law preventing the evil would be
sustained by the court*.
MR. DAYIS INTERVIEWED.
A correspondent of a Boston psper re
cently had an interview with Mr. Jefferson
Davis, in which, after giving his views in
general, he went on to say that he was
not the devil they hail painted him. that he
neither had hoafs nor horns, and that the
readers of the Northern papers on ac
quaintance would find him pretty much a*
one of themselves. This language was a
very just rebuke to that bitter feeling that
has singled our Mr. Davis as a subject of
special hatred and opprobrium as well as
invidious distinction on the part of the
Government. As one of our able repre
sentatives in Congress remarked, the crime
of Mr. Davis was the crime of every true
Southern patriot who embarked in the
| Confederate Cause. And when the nar
row and splenetic fanaticism hurls bitter
i epithets into the face of Mr. Davis they
are hurled into the faces of all the true
Southern heroes who imperiled life and
fortune in a cause they believed to be just.
What was the crime of Mr. Davis ? At
the outbreak of the struggle he was a
leading light in the United States Congress,
from Mississippi. His reputation and abil
ities caused him to be selected a* the most
competent leader to head the struggle
the Southern States were determined to
make to seek redress against the many
grievances under which they felt they were
laboring. The only crime, then, was the
abilities which he possessed for leadership,
and this was no crime. And after the
struggle has long passed away, nnd the
time has come for its hitter memories to be
forgotten, wo lind Mr. Davis reviled, and
singled out as an object of hatred among
the Northern fanatics. Mr. Davis, leader
as he was. was entitled to the same grati
tude from his countrymen as the humble
private who valiantly did his duty on the
bloody field, and leader ns he was. should
no more be derided and censured, or invid
iously treated at the hands of the Govern
ment.'
EDITORIAL MELANGE.
Massachusetts bad a severe snow storm
on the 4th.
A World’s Fair is to be held in New
York in IHS3.
Chicago has elected a Democratic Mayor
—the first since the w ar.
The office of Timber Gazette at Darien
Was destroyed by tire on the 3d.
Fires played havoc with houses, fences
and timber in Southwest Georgia last week.
M issZurilla Mathews, aged twelve years,
was married in Oglethorpe county recently.
A ben in Talbot County lays four eggs
at a time. What eggstraordinary eggser
tion !
The Gainesville Southron wants the
President’s salnry reduced to #20,000 a
year.
The Constitution says Georgia spends
six millions of dollars a year for mules and
guano.
A protracted meeting in Thomasvillehas
added twenty members to the Baptist
Church.
J. G. Truitt, of LaGrange. has an Ayr
shire cow that gives four gallons of milk
at a milking.
Reports from all parts of the State rep
resent the fruit crop as badly injured by
the recent freeze.
Ohio realized last year by the tax on
dogs the ‘large sum of #2;>(i,758. Let Geor
gia dogs be taxed.
The General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian Church will meet in Louis
ville. Ky.. May 15th.
The Macon Telegraph asserts that if the
cotton crop were reduced ten per cent,
that the South would not lose a dollar.
Madame Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
died in Baltimore on the 4th. She was the
wife of Jerome Bonaparte, brother of the
tirst Napoleon.
A drunk man stole the Bible and com
munion goblet from a Church in Pike
County recently ; but returned them when
lie became sober.
England is in w orse condition financially
than it has been this century. All of her
industries are crippled, aud many of her
people are suffering.
Two negroes wore married in the jail in
Atlanta on the 4th. They did their court
ing through the bars in their cells. How
true that ** Love laughs at bolts and bars.”
Barnutn says there are more fools now
thnn when he tirst started in business.—
Detroit Free Press.
Why how many children has the man
got
One of them walking fellows died in
Louisville, Kv., on the 4th, from overlcgs
ertion. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys
are marching, cheer up, comrades, let's be
gay.
The Xetv Orleans Times says, “ The
cost of living m Louisiana recently de
creased JOO per cent.” Yes. about the
time the yellow fever was raging; but it
cost a man his life to die.
If people could look in upon a newspa
per office and see the efforts of the editors
as they attempt to make out the hiero
glyphics and partridge-tracks (called writ
ing) sent in bv contributors and correspon
dents. they would be willing to forgive the
printers and editors for using some bad
words, tew people write s good hand,
but everybody can write plainly if they
would try, and it is no evidence of great
ueaa to write an article that cannot be
r -*l.
The first chapters of anew serial atory,
entitled •• What a Wife Can Do,” by Misa
Mry E. Bartlett, of Cave Springs. Ga.,
will appear in the Savannah Weekly New*
on Saturday. April 12th. The story ia
one of absorbing interest, and will run
through some eight or ten numbers of the
Weekly. The scene of the romance ia
laid in F.uropc—chiefly in London and
Paris—and the author, evidently familiar
with the localities she so vividly describes,
through the medium of a pleasing fiction
imparts to her readers the additional pleas
ure of a tour of the continent. The sub
scription price of this excellent paper is t 2
a year. £1 fr six months. Money can be
sent by Money Order, Registered Letter or
Express at the publisher's risk. Address.
J. 11. Kstill, Savannah, Ga.
The House of Representatives has pass
ed the Army Repeal Clause, after an ex
citing debate, on the tith. Ibis, if it be
comes law. w ill forever put a stop to using
troops in elections. The vote was a strict
party vote, but nearly all the Grcenback
ers voted with the Dctnocrata.
In Lowndes County recently, a fisher
man named Downing was attacked by alli
gators. killed and devoured. Two alliga
tors were afterwards killed and cut open
and their stomachs contained the tlesh,
bones and clothing of the unfortunate man.
Ayres Jones, the man who murdered
Lieut. Mclntyre about two years ago. was
captured and carried to Atlanta one day
last week by U. S. Deputy Marshal J. B.
Gaston and Mr. James Findley.
In the celebrated breach of promise ease,
in Washington City, brought by the Wid
ow Oliver against old Simon Cameron, the
jury reported a verdict in tavor of the de
fendant. And now Simon says wig wag.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta. Ga. March 31, 1879.
Ki>H. Sun : As you have no regular cor
respondent from here, an occasional letter
may be of some interest to your readers.
Atlanta is grow ing in every way all the
time, and the increase that is constantly'
taking place is wonderfully grand : first
one industry after another springs up, then
new houses of business are opened. Con
stantly the sound of the workmen arc
heard, rearing up in tremendous propor
tions. new buildings of all styles and mag
nitude.
It is said by those who know, that by
the first of next January, the population
of this city will reach fully 50.000 inhabi
tants.
Courts of justice arc grinding here all
the time, and there is not a day in the year,
except Smfdays. but the law is adihinis
tered in one Court or another. On last
Saturday the U. S. District Court adjourn
ed. and to-day is the beginning of the
soring term of the Superior Court. Judge
Hillyer is the presiding Judge, is a good
man. and has a strong bold on the people
of his circuit. He was raised in Athens,
and n great many of your people are In
niiliar with him. At this term, will be the
time for the trial of Cox for the murder of
lion. Roht. A. A list on. It is highly prob
able that with the number of eminent
counsel in bis behalf, he may get a respite
until the fall term. Under the present
state of feeling I do not suppose he could
get a fair trial now ; for the popular voice
of the multitude cry that justice may be
done, and whether it will be changed bv
the fall term or not. still perhaps he will
get a continuance thereby.
The report that every other man here
carries a concealed weapon, is a foul slan
der. and a great injustice to the people of
this city. That there are a few men who
carry weapons there is no doubt, but it is
absolutely false that they are carried by a
majoritv of the citizens.
The Felton-*Jordon letters excited some
comment here, but now the excitement
occasioned thereby has died out. and the
whole thing seems to have ended in smoke.
There are two sides to the matter, and
both claim to be right. our readers are
no doubt familiar with the whole allair;
hut we canned,agree with the majority of
the newspapers, that Mrs. Felton has been
lowered by writing this letter in the de
fense of herself and her husband ; but on
the eontrnrv there is a large and growing
sentiment all over the country, which com
mends her action.
Respectfully. K.
On the Hartwell Railroad.
West Bowersville. Ga. \
April 7, 1870. J
Eiutoks Sin : As the time of year has
again arrived to agitate the building of the
Hartwell Railroad in time for the trade of
next fall. I respectfully beg to offer a fewr
suggestions on that important topic, which
is of vital interest to the future prosperity
of the citizens of our County.
Since the Elberton Air Line Railroad lias
been running, a great many liavo used the
argument that for all the requirements of
this County, the facilities offered by that
road were sufficient, and that it is unwise
to go to building this road, which will only
build up the town of Hartwell and will
not be of general benefit to the County.
Now. fellow-citizens of Hart County, you
know that this argument is a foolish one,
for many reasons ; amongst which are the
following :
Ist. The Elberton Air Line runs through
only a small portion of this County, and
can only benefit a small number of our
citizens ; aud for all purposes of a market.
Elberton or Athens is now a bettorniarket
for a majority of the people of this County.
2d. By building a railroad to Hartwell
it will give this Countv all the advantages
of a market equal to Elberton. Athens or
Augusta, and which it can never get with
out it.
3d. The town of Hartwell is losing her
trade, which drying up of your County
town is an everlasting disgrace to the
County. No county can be flourishing or
prosperous without a fiourishing conntv
town. Your children and children's chil
dren will always feel the stigma and dis
grace. by your neglect in not providing for
them bv building this Road.
4th. From the geographical situation of
Hartwell, there being 37 miles of her bor
der f'o the Sftnnap rivor—no point of
WE ADVERTISE WHATWE SELL AND SELL WHAT WE ADVERTISE!
THE BEST COOX STOVE IN AMERICA!
If you don’t believe it, ask JOHN B. BENSON, a. k. chiles &co
jr a Allll' o, O.a.
which is more than 10 miles distant from
Hartwell, and a great portion of it much
nearer —brings that whole country to Hart
well ns a mat ket, together with the rich
neighboring counties in South Carolina;
who all demand this Road, ami are ready
and willing to assist in the building of the
same; whilst now their whole trade is
going to railroads in South Carolina, and
to other points out of the County.
These are a few of the reasons that de
mand the building of this Road, which are
important and vital to the prosperity of our
County. j
The amount of #20,000 has been raised
in good and bona fide subscriptions, and j
that is more than one half of the necessary i
amount to build and equip the Road. \\ ith !
the meeting of the legislature, we will
have a charter, and it is necessary that at
the very earliest day thereafter contracts i
should be made tor the final completion of I
the Road. The sooner that is done and
advertised to the world, the better it will I
be for tbe fall trade, and for the good and
prosperity of our whole County.
Let every man. woman and child of
Hart County go to work at once, and use
every exertion to put the ball in motion.
If we raise our subscription to #30.000 (of
which there can he no uoubt of our ability)
the Road is assured beyond any lear of
contradiction ; and which when accom
plished will be to the eternal good and
prosperity of the good old County of Hart.
X.
General Gartrell.
Editors Sun : It is rather early to
commence the Governor-making business,
but wc sec a good many papers are figur
ing a little in that line. We think our
next Chief Magistrate should be a wise,
clear-beaded man. familiar with the laws
of the State and United States—just such
a man as General Lucius J. Gartrell—who
could not be fooled by any of the lawyers
or other folks in the State. We don’t ad
vocate him on the ground that he is an up
country man. but that he is the most suit
able man in the State.
Hard Pan.
Speedy Justice.
Gainesville Eagle.
Mr. John Satterfield, a young farmer of
White county, started early one morning
last week from his home to visit this city.
He had made very good time, and at an
early hour had readied the suburbs of
of the town, and was riding leisurely along,
undisturbed by care or any thought of
coining trouble. He had with him. doubt
less for protection, a small pistol; but no
opportunity bad been presented for using
it, ami, more to hear the report, perhaps,
than anything else, he took it I rota his
pocket and blazed away at the trees as he
rode along. He did not observe, however,
that another man was coming into town
not far behind him ; or if he did. he did
not then see anything in his appearance
to indicate that he was more than a com
mon citiz.en. But there's where he made
a mistake. The man behind him was a
grand juror, and by the time the two reach
ed town court had convened. It was but
the work of a few moments for the said
conservator of the people's rights to give
his evidence before the august body of
which he was a member, and a present
ment was found thereon instanter. This
went immediately to the court room, the
case was docketed, and the sheriff gently
led Mr. Satterfield within the bar. This
was the first intimation the gentleman had
of the grave conspiracy which had been
formed against him. He was. therefore,
not a little astonished when the Judge with
solemn dignity, sounded the ease of The
state vs. John'Satterfield, carrying conceal
ed weapons. He was allowed time to con
sult a lawyer, but he soon found that the
case was dead against him. and his inno
cent amusement was likely to cost him
dear. I pun advice h“ owned up like a lit
tle man. entered a plea of guilty, and re
ceived Ins sentence from the court, which
was 325 fine and costs. He paid up and
went home a sadder and w'iser man. I lie
whole affair, from tfie tiring of tfie pistol
to the sentencing of the prisoner, did not
consume over three hours. This shows
how determined the courts and people of
this country arc to put down this perni
cious practice of carrying concealed wea
pons.
Go to Benson A Go's and examine their
new stock of Plows, Stocks, Ac. Prices
down, down
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Comities :
Excellenza Cotton Fertilizer,
Giant Guano, Fatapsco,
Grange mixture,
Acid Phosphate,
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The above Guanos can lie had from our Agents on the Elberton Air Lino Railroad at tbe following
places: Kovaton, \V. A. Houston, Agent; West Boweraville, Glover A Ronds, Agents; Lavouia. T. J.
RlaoVwell. Agent.
Talk is cheap—but Cotton buys the Goods. Planters wishing Guano, will do well to call on the abeve
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