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tiffin Semi-weekla Star. VOL. 7. '■ " ■ The Griffin Semi-Weeklj Star. PahltnUoa DaiyWrimiari * Friday*. Office —In Aimak EaU Building. Tuu or Scaaoupnoa—Fo# Dollar* par annum; Two Dollan and Fifty Cent* tor six montha-taawte- Wy in advenes. JOB PRINTING OKPIv K. Is Jilted up with entirely New Type, and suitable convenience for dispatching work. ¥« SOLICIT OMDXMM TOR Pamphlets, Circulars, Bill Heads, "Letteb Hkap« Checks, Cards, Posters, Hasdbills, Visiting Cards, Wedding Cards, Labels, Programmes, AMD EVERYTHING DONE IN A FIRST CLASS PRINTING OFFICE. aria* Professional Card*. * DR. E. F. KNOTT informs his ma ny friend*, that he has changed hie lodging* to hia aona, below the Freight Honae, on the north aide of the Railroad, drat honae below H. 0. Roberta, where he may be found at ail hoar* of the night. Call* left at Wm. Reeve* A Co.’a Drag Store, in the day, promptly attended to. Griffin, Inn* 85, 1872. ts Charles R Johnson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, \ I TILL practice in the Courts coin- V T posing the Flint OlrenU. Prompt attention given to the collection of claim*, Ac. February SO, 1873. IT OOYNTON & DISMUKE, Attorneys X) at Law, Griffin Ga. Office in Almah Hall, neit dooi to the Sian Omni. Will practice in the Conn tiee composing the Flint Circuit, and In the United States Dlatrict Court. Attention given toeaaea In Bankruptcy. Nov. 37-ly William M. Cline, Notary' Public, (EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.) Oilloe with Meaara. Boynton A Diamuke, Almah Hall, Solomon Street. I WILL HOLD a Regular Monthly Court (or the trial of Civil Oaaee, at my Office, on the SECOND MONDAY In each month, and will tor criminal oaaea at any timg neceaaary. April 16,1869. iSoYAL & NUNNALLY, Attorneys JLv at Law. EA.Offloe in Jonea, Drumrlght A do.'a Bank Building, Hill Street, Griffin, Ga WUI continue the practloo In tho Flint Olrcult; will alio attend any Court In the State Whore aunlolent Inducement! are offered. Special attention given to the practloe tn the United States Courts. March 33, 1870-ly Dr. Hibbler JJAVING permanently located in the Offers hia PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ia of Modiciiie, and its various branches, to the ..'(teens, and the surrounding counties of Spald ing. M-HHmer, Pike, Coweta and Butts. «.arHpEEnld call especial attention to his Card that iipiew in exteusivo circulation throughout the llTflake this opportunity of soliciting the MOST Ipli&aAlVT CASK OF NEVKAI.au OR ■KpfflffATlSM IV THE LAND for treat "fj THaiiaaim of Women of all ages and conditions with encccss. Try my romedles, and enjoy 69*1 gnarantee a certain and speedy care In the JgptmirrnT V of children IN EVERY CASE. BBliNhargea moderate, and accommodating terms, sMCffic*-Andrews’ Hotel, near Passenger Depot. @|HOOMBULTATION3 FREE. Jm ’ Griffin. Ga., April 36, 1873. U |p If. CAMPBELL, Attorney at Law, SBr, Griffin, Georgia. Office overG. B. Beecher A HplMon. Deo. 17-ts MatAMPEB M. SFlin, ) JOHN D. BTSWABT. f Speer & Stewart, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GRIFFIN. GEORGIA, October 17, 187 L ts reiVAn:i TYB. M. J. DANlEL—Office at Harris’ k JLf Drugstore, Hill Street, Griffin,Georgia. WJtoV.ffl. ly iflß. D. T. JOHNSON, Griffin, Geor ■ AJ gla—Office at Harris A Co.’e Drag Store. IgHKb 10,1671. ts Mf 1 ; ■ ■ •• ' 1 " S. MoKEE, at “Uffokd’s Old m*. Stand," Wholesale and Retail Mannfactur- MSm* Dealer In HARNESS, SADDLES and SADDLE- MggABDWABE. WHIPS, BRIDLES. Ao. oat-ALL pWOBK WARRANTED, June SO, 187L-ly s. C. McDaniel, AT LAW, mcdonouoh, Georgia, TTTILL practico in all the counties iioapoaing the Flint Olronlt, and In the United 6tatea Court, and elsewhere by special contract. ! April 38, 1873. ly W. A. LOFTON, ATTORNEY AT I*AuW, H ' MACON, GEORGIA, continue the practice in Oc mulgee Circuit Febrnary 9,1873-3 m j ~ . -a T. 8. WOOD & CO., DEALERS nr Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. IN opening our new enterprise, we rsapeetfOUy Invite a share of the publio patronage —feeling aasnred that we will give BVnSFAOTIOR, (toil: as to work and prloea. Onr experience author pi ** to wamatall work fortwalvs months, p MPN|mk-UI attention ia invited to onr slock of tb MCT GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, offered at ppannilto prim. T. H. WOOD A 00., Map Pda of Hill strap, Griffin, Ga. March U, 1671. ts B thorn Form and Homo’— sultar*! Monthly. UIN, Wri.UAM lltflf. At |i t§ mm Mr i» mtmm OMOMMMMM WHh VoWNPhO MMB | HMLPMMJVIP>nHh Imm g Itfrnrr-. OIT Y X>IBECTORY. i. a a f. Warren Lodge, No. 30, meeta every at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fallow* halL JOSEPH W. SPARES, N. G. Max Lobwbnstbw, Sec'y. Oaala Encampment, No. TANARUS, meeta the second and fourth Frhlay nights of each mouth, at Odd Fellow* ban. HUGO HASSXLKUSS. 0. P. G. D. Stewakt, Sec'y. Richardaon Lodge, Danghtara of Rebecca, meets at Odd Fallows hall third Thursday of every month, at 8 o'clock, P. M. G. J. DRAKE. N. G. Miml, Jos. Richardson, Sec’y. l a o. a. t. Perseverance Lodge, No. 30, meeta every Friday night P their hall on Hill Street. O. D. WHITE. W. O. T. Pm. M. Bbown, Sec'y. The Degree Temple meet* the lap Friday night tax each month. G. B. NILES, D. T. G. D. Stewabt, D. B. 8. MASONIC. Meridian Snn Lodge, No. 76, meeta lint and third Tuesday nights In each month, p Masonic Hall. A. B. NILES. W. M. A. W. Jones, Soc’y. Pythagoras Chapter, No 10, meeta second and fourth Thursday nights in each month, at Maeaonto Lodge. . JASON BURR, M. E. H. P. S. W. Manuham, See’y. Griffin Council, No. 8, R. & M. meeta third Thurs day In each month, P Masonic hall. JASON BURR, T. I. M. 8. W. Manuhah, Sec'y. CHURCH DIRECTORY. „ ST. OEOBOX'S EPISCOPAL CBtmCH. Honrs of service on Sunday*, 10.1 o’clock A. M. and 6 P. M. Bunday School 9 o'clock A Ml Evening Prayer, Wednesdays and Fridays 6 P. M. REV. C. DOW*, Rector. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Honrs of service on Sunday, 10V o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Sabbath School 0 o'clock A. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday 4 o'clock P. M. REV. R. H. NALL, Pastor. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Hours* of Service on Sunday: Prayer meeting • o'clock A. M. Service at 101 o'clock A. M and 8 o’clook P. M. Sabbath School 3 kjdpck P. M. Prayer meeting 8 o’clock P. M. Conference first Wednesday In each month. REV. J. H. DEVOTIE, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH. Hours of Service on Sabbath: Prayer meetings o’clock A. M, Service at 101 o'clock A. M and 8 o’clock P. M. Sabbath School 3 o’clock P. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday 8 o'clock P. M. REV. j. W. HEIDT, Pastor. CITY oiiIOERB. Matob—JAMES S BOYNTON. Aldermen.—J. D. George, T. J Brooks, G. A. Cun ningham, J. D. Alexander, J. M. Boyle, C. R. John son, W, B. White, J. H. Grant. Clbbk and Tbxasubkb.—J. M. Blood worth. Ouixr Marshal—T. G. Manley. Police-A. J. Gibson. W. W. Hoff, 8. A. Hawk, S. D. Fox. Cm Phtocxan—Dr. T. A. Warren. Cm Attornxt—K. w. Hammond. Sxxton.—B. W. Doe. Cm Bub vitor—Daniel Holman. Street Overseer—J. A. Gunn. Clerk or Mabixt—David Brown. Schedule of the Macon hi W. Railroad. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Macon 7 10 A M Leave Forsyth 8 60 A u Leave Barnosville 9 67 A m ARRIVE AT GRIFFIN 11 03 A M Leave Griffin 11 06 A u Leave Bear Creek 11 Mix Leave Jonesboro 13 30 * X Arrive at Atlanta 148 p x Leave Atlanta 3 00 A X Leave Jonesboro 8 04 A if Leave Bear Creek 8 84 A M ARRIVE AT GRIFFIN 4 00 A M Leave Griffin 4 13 A N Leave Bameavllle 6 14 A M LeaveForsyih 6 01 A M Arrive at Macon 7 80 A M NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Macon 6 80 P M Leave Forsyth 7 08 P M Leave Bameavllle 7 66 p M ARRIVE AT GRIFFIN 8 40pm Leave Griffin 8 61 p if Leave Bear Oreek 9 31 p x Leave Jonesboro 0 61 P x Arrive In Atlanta 10 60 P K Leave Atlanta.'. hope Leave Jonesboro 311 pm Leave Bear Oreek 9 40 p M ARRIVE AT GRIFFIN 8 10 P M Leave Griffin. 8 13 P M Leave Bameavllle 4 08 p M Leave Fonyth 4 63PM Arrive at Macon 6 10 p u A. J. WHITE, President. C. H. WHITE. Agent at Griffin. Marsh 16. 1873. ly Schedule of the A. hi W. P Railroad. L. P. GRANT, Superintendent. DAT PAaaXNOXB TBAIN. ■ ~ Leave Atlanta 7 10 a M Arrive at Newnan 0 00 a m Arrive at West Point 11 40 a m Leave West Point 13 80 p m Arrive it Newnan 3 66 r m A-rive at Atlanta 6 00 P x XXNOKT nUdOHT and pxaaxxoEß TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 7 00 p x Arrive at Newnan 0 31 p x Arrive at West Point 13 16 a k Leave Wait Point • 1 46 A X Arrive at Newnan 4 38 A X Arrive et Atlanta 6 46 a x Febrnary 38, 1873. W. D. SMITH’S <3-arden Plow! PATENTED, AUGUST 22ND, 1871. gUPPLIEH the Garden with (be beet Implement now In nee. USED BY HAND ALONE. tek-A man can plow as much, safest,** good, and with more ease In abort tow* then he can with a good boras and au ordinary plow. Strange I but true I Try It, and yon will tray it, and yon will be pleased with It la two days lie entire eoet may be aevtd In labor iphl ap—d VtfttablN /row bolter from Ui u*. then they do from thaua* of tb* ordinary garden ntenalla, kamuM a palverlaaa era xott liip axl near tbs plant. irWllblt|WNrMlblVOf>Ml nr MHr.*CI *». A.raa* wealed la dUßanal aaMlea* of IbaHMa. Mart- M. COUCH, of Wswteei, ua., pnprie*er for lb* Stela af oeeagta. A M- flefoHlM, a#hm Hi UmMMMmm, Ortffia. •Man. April It MMf Thf Pant is Paetj Lot ua watch the Present find the Future * tT'-i *»“WBLL WOETH CONSIDEEINQ I 40-On and after Sunday, Jana Id, 1873, Paaaengem leaving Atlanta by Western & Atlantic Rail Road, At B*o a. m. and 8:88 p. m., 60-Make connections at Obattanooge with Nashville A Chattanooga Relhroed, arriving la LontavtU* In time to connect with Pulman's Palace Sleeping Cars Throngh to New York without change. REMEMBER: 69-The time from Atlanta to New York via Louia vilta, ia lam than via Angnata. «R.Uohlers ol Tickets to New York end Boston via Louisville, are privileged to atop over at CATOOSA SPRINGS, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, MAMMOTH GAVE, AND NIAGARA FALLS, Without extra charge, returning their Journey et pleasure. OarOome to Railroad Agent's Office, No. H. I. Kim bell House, end inquire for representative of tho NASHVILLE ROUTE, and got reliable information. Try Nashville Ronto. IFBeet Route North anil Plant !6t ST. LOUIS, MEMPHIS, NASHVILLE, AND CHATTANOOGA ••-Central Short T^ine. 69-Two Daily Passenger Trains from Atlanta leave 8:80 a. m. and 8:36 p, m. 69 This la the beat route to— CARIO, BT. LOUIS, OHIOAGO, KANSAS OITY, ST. JOSEPH, OMAHA, DENVER, SALT LAKE, ST. PAUL, SAN FRANOISOO, JACKSON, 'lhiNN., FT. SMITH, HOT BPRINGS, 69-And other points North, East, West, Northwest and-Southwest. WUShortest uniform gauge to 81. LouMs 100 mllea shorter than via'Memphis and Louisville, and 6 to 13 hours qntekor than via Corinth to St. Lonla and West. Baggage Checked Through ! *a»Tlckotß for sale at all the principal points Sonth. WARNING I—See that yonr Tickets read by this line, and take none othor. B. WRENN, Traveling Agent, No. 4 H. 1. Kimball House. J. W. THOMAS, Gen'l Sup’t, Nashville, Tenn. Atlanta, Jane 31, 1873. 8m Samuel Bailey Male Institute, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. W. F. Slaton, A. M., Principal. R. H. Johnston, AB ] . . o , Wm. M. Sims, A B j Associates., SPRING TERM OPENS 2nd Wednesday ill January, 1872. I&.Duration, 24 Weekt. T E It M H : THIRD CLASS— $lB 90 SECOND <> ....34 90 FIRST •• ....80 00 Contingent 1 00 egh-In order to secure prompt attendance, Students entering the Drat month wlll.be chargee from the be ginning or the term. Deduction* made only for alokness', of fifteen day* lnration, or upwards. OjrTultlon payable montly. 69-Send for drcnUra to MAJ. W. V. SLATON, December 1. VB7l-tf Principal. Important to Lawyers I GEORGIA LAW DIRECTORY. are preparing a full and com plete LAW DIRECTORY of the State of Georgia—to contain the name of every Practicing Lawyer and Law Firm In th* State, with Boat Offloe address. As soon aa completed, this Directory will be given four Insertions In the “Norcroaa Courier,” and then printed In convenient form for preaervaUon and ref erence together with the name and address of the Superior Opart end County Officers of every county in the State. This Directory, In pamphlet form, together with the four number* of the Oonrior containing the same, wUI be aant, post-paid, to every Lawyer or other per son who win forward their address, aeoompaoled with Fifty Cants, to this offloe, within three weeks. 69-The legal fraternity will appreciate, *1 one* the advantage of having snob a Directory always at hand; and at the aame ttm* having their own eddrase in ev ery law otto* in the State. So send on your names end money et ones, kddreee Jane 4, liW-iw THI OOUBUffi, Noreroae, On. Regular Schedule GrifYln k North A. R. R. Latvte Ortffia 4t I 00 o*atosk, P. M Arrive* el Griffin at • 47 o'clock, 4, M leaves Mewses a*. 7 <« o-otoek, A. M Arrive*Hffiawag at... 6 60 o'etaok, P, M Sffi-Oenaeel* it Oriffin with dow IMfhl lr*<u for Meson, and np pnasaggar Irate Rom Mason. „ _ a. W. JONM, Agent. MriffirvHb IS7I. GRIFFIN, GA., JULY 2, 1872. The Griffin Semi-Weekly Star, FITCH & ALEXANDER, Editors and Proprietors. URIEFIN. GEORGIA, Tuesday Morning, Jttly 2,1872. Authorised Agpnts for the Star. J. J. Dickey, of Henry County. B. F. Canthorn, of Atlanta, Ga. A Word to Advertish»B. —The Star lias the largest circulation of nny pa per published in this city. The Star is the official organ of Spalding, Fayette, Butts and Henry counties. SENATORIAL. ttd-As Fayette County ia entitled to the noxt State Sonatorchlp, according to the rules of oourtesy. I have concluded after consulting with manyFayotte people, to announce my name as a candidate for Sen ator of th* 36th District. Respectfully, Fayetteville, o*., June 7, 1872. Q. O. GRICE. Gen. Toombs’ Atlanta Speech. Fellow Citizens: I have accepted the invitation of a portion of my mends to address you to-night with no cheerful spirit—no hopeful one, but with a firm resolve to itand by prinoiple to the last extremity. [Applause.] There never has yet been a time in the history of this country when it was more impor tant to the people of thisoountry to find the true faith, and to maintain it Clouds and darkness surround you. There are strifes and bickerings where there should be harmony and concord. There is abandonment of principles ly - ing at the foundation of human rights and human society, by those to whom they should be the sole solace and the sole defense. [Applause.] We owe it to the kindness of Providenoe, that while the Creator has concealed from ns thous ands of secrets, in the arte, in the scien ces, locked up in the bowels of the earth, in the planetary system, everywhere to bo sought out by labor and by toil, the Father of men in His kindness has made the road so plain that even a “ wayfar ing map, thougn a fool,” can find it to the most important principles of this life and of the life that is to come. We all know that He has taught us plainly our duty to God and our duty to man. The weak, the simple, as well as the wise, oan learn that We know the great prin ciples upon wbioh human happiness is based in this world. We know from the very beginning of the catth tnat no man has a right tb wrong another man, and that ia the first prinoiple of government —that which prevents one man from injuring another; and that is the whole sum of political economy that I have earned in forty years. Here is the great principle of human rights that has been maintained by the old Fathers of tho • Hepuhlic, hy yonvJaffersonaby your Madisons, by yonr JaektenK wmnigntwf their torohes at the saored firos of Magna Charta, and illuminated liberty from the days of Bunnymede to tho present hoar. He who holds life, liberty or prop erty by the will of another is a slave. He who has a government put upon him by aliens, by enemies, by conquest, by force, hy fraud, or by any other means but his own will, it is bis duty to use every effort in his power to overthrow that government. [Applause.] Gov ernment is instituted among men for the benefit of the governed. It has bnt one true foundation and that is the con sent of the governed. Have you that government? The government of the Southern States is one placed upon them against their consent by aliens, by for eigners, by foroe and by fraud. [Ap plause.] Four years ago the Democratic party met in New York. The triumphant party was then strong. There was no appeal to publio opinion—there was no public opinion. In the midst of these times, the Democratic party deolared that the Constitutional acts were revo lutionary, were usurpations, were null and were void; 2,700,000 people with 300,000 majority affirmed it at the ballot box. We were defeated. We have gone on another cyole of four /ears. Despot ic governments hove been set up in the Sonth. We have been reconstructed. Despotism has hod full sway. Look at those government* and what are they ? Do they promote the publio happiness ? Behold your brethren across Savannah river. They are governed by 300,000 elavee led by 5,000 knaves! [Applause and laughter.] f Driven from the courts of jnstioe, from the the legislative halls, and her la#s actually made by brutes and executed by demons, [ap plause.] We have been somewhat better, bnt it is more due to our personal man hood than to the wtshea:of the govern ment. [applause.] I tnut some of my friends will not be shooked when I sav I hate the government. I say further that no honest man oah love it [ap plause,] An honest man can never love a government that affordl him no protec tion, that tramples on' tus rights; in whioh he neither makes laws nor exe cutes them. If yon love that government yon are not human. Yon have not got nature in yon. It has my undying hos tility. Its enemies are my friends, and ita friends, are my enemies, [applause. Well, the Democratic party stands opposed to this government. They don’t go as far as I do. There may be degree* of hostilities. I support the Democratic party because it is opposed to despotism u all its form. Look at the present Ex ecutive of the United States I He has no oonoeption of any law exoept the last “general orders from these headquarters.” (applanse and laughter.) I challenge any man to weigh and say whioh prevails, his ignoranoe or his incapacity. Men say they want peaoe. There is no road to peace through despotism. There never shall be peaoe with despotism. It is a violation of God’s law, and He will see to it that there will be no peaoe with despotism. Peace can maintain itself only by blood and by the (word. Bnt we have additional reasons now for adhering to prinoiple. Wo are not as vulnerable as ws were ten yean ago. We have not as much to lose. (Laughter) The most of our possession now is onr liberty. When it isjpne, how poor in deed ere all of us ? Your money is gone, yonr property is gone, your State credit ugone. The poor have been robbed, for all wealth ooues from the sweat of the poor man. Home take handspikes and Klnto vaults to get it; some get into government ottoee to get it; some get it under protection of bayonets; but alter all It oorae* to this at lasi Gold In it* last analysts is the sweat of the poor, and whoever robe the Common wealth is robbing the poor. Welt, that is some consolation, yon bavd nothing .to lose. That’s one oonsolation from poverty. Stand by j astioe, stand by trnth, and stand by right. There are thousands of men in this country who believe, and they are taught to believe, the Democratic party has no ohanoe whatever of snocess, that their principles are dead, that it is impossible for them to succeed uuder any state of circumstances. They say that the Con. stitution is changed, that the spirit of the government is changed, that there is anew era, that there must be anew revolution and we must take anew de parture. It wonld make no difference with me if this waß true. If men will overthow liberty, I will endeavor to re build the temple. If the Constitution is changed, whioh I deny, it ia my bus iness, it is your business, yesterday, to day, to morrow, and forever, to re-estab lish these great principle of liberty and fight their enemies wherever we can find them. These great principles demanded by the Barons of Bunnymede, for all freemen, were frequently overthrown. They were sworn to forty different times by the Kings of England. Though oftea overthrown, patriots fought on ror them for over four hundred years, until the last generation when Hampden bled and Sidney died, and to-day the British government are the freest people on the face of the earth. They didn’t give it up because it failed the first time. But because you have fought four years and been defeated, if you hug yonr chains of slavery, O, miserable wretch that you are. [Applause and laughter.] Why, the broadbacked Dutchmen fought seventy years for their liberties. The Greeks, after thirty years of war, yielded to the thirty tyrants at the persuasion of foolish friends. And the first seven of peace cost more blood than the whole war. [Applause.] The Greeks gave it up at the fall of Constantinople. What’s the result? To-day, after five centuries, they are the most servile and degraded of slaves. Their wives, their daughters and them selves are not only slaves, but the slaves of Turks. Everybody else got from uu der their Empire. Spain got from under it—the aame Turk. These who fought got from under it—all exoept those who hugged their chains and were contented with their manacles. And you will do that way, too, if yon love your slavery. You say you fought four years and were defeated, and will give it up. If yon Xmen, you will never give it up. [Ap use.] How will you do it ? How will yon go into this contest ? Peacefully,' if you can. How shall you do it ? I say maintain the Democratic party. There is so trouble about the South’s doing •that. Northern men say they accept the ltth and 15th amendments because the black race cannot carry a single mi litia distriot in one of the Northern States. They have a virtue of looking with great equanimity upon other peo ple’s misfortunes. [Laughter and ap plause.] But here you put a raoe with no intelligence, no c&paoity, to partici pate with yon in a government of whioh they know nothing and can never learn. You know that element cannot govern yon. If there be any acoepted prinoiple in this world it is this, that a free gov * •CfMteeHt saiiuot bu- £uvnt<*iiuu} any where without virtue and intelligence and there is not a particle of it in them. There is no capacity of government in them at all ana that was the very rea son tho franohiso was given them. It was not because the Northern people wanted it so. They voted against it. Bnt the party demanded it and they said we need the votes. We will make five millions of voters, and turn the waver ing balanoe in our favor, and for this motive they enfranchised ignoranoe and vice that as long as it ruins makes good government with you forever impossible, therefore, the man of the Sonth who can acoept these five million of men in that condition—from the lowest to the highest—aocepts rain for himself and degradation for tys family [applause,] and he knows it os well as you do; and among the foremost among these in pat ting this corse upon this people has been one of the nominees for the Pretideooy— Horaoe Greeley I [Applause.] It is he who destroyed the Whig party, who car ried its glorious flag into the free-soil den. It was Horace Greeley that car ried that flag into Abolitionism. And then since the war there have been the 13th, the 14th, and the 15th amendments, civil rights bill, yonr bayonet bill and snspennon of habeas corpus bill, and in the forward march of this great army of yonr enemies, he has led the van—their proudest leader. [Appl«jxse.] And yon propose to follow. [Ones of nol] Well, I believe these gentlemen are for an advanoe. They go for throwing Bourbonism behind them. Well, aU truths are old. Nothing ie new butlies. [Laughter.] There are no new truths about government. The same old truths that were thundered from Sinai troths are to-day, and “the devils believe and tremble.” They are Bonrbon, though, [laughter.] They want to develop. Here are some of the developments yon are standing under, and I do too, (allud ing to the oapitol) and what did it cost ? [Laughter.] Yon oannot afford to fol low it.. Yon hold no principles in common with him. When I was with Mr. Gree ley in Congreaa he went for the tariff He was never a favorite with the South. Instead of the old .United States Bank Sou have that litter from a thousand evils instead of one. Yon have 800 banks now, and their money is bnt the shadow of a shade. It is paper payable with paper, and you can go on banking forever. (A voice: “Horace Greeley was the first Abolition horn we ever heard sound ed in the South.”) No! no I He is not an original man. [Laughter.] Many men advocated freedom for the Afrioan slave before him. He took it up among other isms. There is not an Ism that passes by him that doesn’t stick to him Bke a cnckle-burr to a sheep. He is a little four feet eight inches high fellow. Yon would think he is a Yankee ped dler. He has got all the onteneas and sharpness of one of these, and he is not a very bad man. He is a philosopher. He is one of that kind that doesn’t care how much other people suffer. He bean the suffering of others with sublime stoicism. [Laughter.] Well, I don’t mind that. Some have opinions and ohange them very fast. I know soon very good men that do that way. Prob ably there is one present here to-night whose father was asked about how he stood in politics. “ Well, Xdon't know," he said. “I haven’t seen him sin on breakfast.” [Laughter.] That was about noon. They say he ie a very good fallow. They oaaT help it. Some have a constitutional inability to stlok to anything. Why, we know whet W oocbm of ell these fellows. They heve got the onree of Henben upon them. “Unstable as water, tbon ehelt not exoel,” ia God Almlgnty’e curse upon that kind of people. Applause. I don't know what's inwri for me or for yon, but I know one thing. In looking over the history of the world, seeing freedom’s great straggle, I know the beet place for the true man, when the donas, darkness, thunder and light ning surround him, and when the earth quakes is to find the solid foundation, and stand there and trust to God. God disposes of man's affairs, therefore I know that if I were to follow the truth, and stand by it as becomes a man, 1 shall live a freeman, or die a martyr and free man tool [Applause.] Therefore, be ye steadfast. Don’t abandou the truth beeause its enemies are legion. Do your duty, and the balance will come. I see a speck in the horizon now. You have got principles in life and in death to defend—the old time-honored princi ples of the Democratic party, that no man shall be deprived of life, property or liberty without due process of the law. All governments have their just foundations in the oonsent of the people. Laws are made for the happiness of the people and not for rulers alono. These are the principle* yon are **». They are good yesterday, to-day, for ever. Live by them, die by them and leave them to your ohildren. Wealth takes wings and flies away. Men can not be happy without money. If I were to make any crusade in this world it would be against this cursed thurst for gold, whioh has demoralised men, wo men and ohildren and brought them to worship the god of gold, the meanest of all gods. And you offer me'tho ohoice of two evils, you say many have come here to night to hear my principles. I have them and they are fixed. I will never abandon them. I set not up my judg ment against that of ray assooitates. I have not yet formed an opinion as to what is best to be done at Baltimore. Why? Beoause I am I am not in a position to come at all the facts. I will wait until I get the faots upon whioh a correct judgment can be formed. What is that correot judg ment ? A party means a body of gentle men united to carry out the same prin ciples ; the mode of carrying them out they may differ about, but the principles themselves they oannot obaugo. Then the rale is they must carry them out by tho friends of those principles. That is the first principle. There fore when the party meets, if it stands upon my prin ciples I will stand by it and carry oat its action. If they abandon principle they are traitors to me and to my cause. Suppose you go to Baltimore and noni nate Grant and take the Fhiladelpha platform. Will yon go in for it ? Well, why not Berve with the party ? Would you accept that as the regular nomina tion ? Would you stand Dy what they did I What would yon do? wonld yon go with them ? If you would, you may go, and I (rill give yon a free tioket to go. [Applause.] I don’t oall that backing friends; I call that deserting friends. I want what the old Baptists down in my seotion used tq say, “AU persons of the like faith and order.” (Laughter and applause) Consult those men. Take their judgment upon what is best for yon to do, who must be the nominee. Ex press your opinions upon pnblio pubUoy. As to whether or not it is best to rnn any one, there are exigencies in whioh a v party, t» their opinions, not to 1 aband on them, bnt to pnt them m pow er and to make them eifioint, may sup ' pdrt an enemy, when, by so doing, they may break the enemy’s lines. I remarked the other night, when Mr. Hill made his speech, that was the best argument presented on his side. And it is. If you were to be satUfied that by supporting Grant you would destroy tho organisation of yonr enemies, or by supporting Greeley, or by supporting Groesbeok, for there are three parties— one the free-trade—it has my hearty ap proval—the Liberal Republican party, it has my contempt, and the RepubUoan party, whioh has my hatred. I shan’t be bound by any nomination. I shall remain free to oome to a conclusion. I wish to give a little leoture to these genJemen of the press. They have con stituted themselves pnblio censors es pecially o{ myself. There’s year Thun derer from thu place and yonr Organ from that place, a little bit of a Gazette from Washington with a still small voice, and yonr Atlanta Constitution, and all that pile. Now I tell yon Messrs. Editors, -you are equal to just a similar number of respectable gentlemen and nothing more. Bnt whenever yon use • the royal pro noun “we,” and set np for a thousand, I despise your olaims. [Applanse.] lam one of the “we.” [Laughter.] Fellow oitizens, I say stand firmly, stand teadfastlv; don’t abandon your prinoiplee at all. Go and consult with yonr brethren; stand by yonr Mends. Let the cause of trnth and yonr prin ciples stand. Then I say, if yon are thoroughly convinced that yon oannot do any good, don’t nominate but retreat and throw yonr votes to Grant, Greeley ortheDeviL I implore yon men and women—everybody—stand np to-day firmer than ever, and I trust that you will stand firm. Throw yonr banner upon the outer wall; display a courage and magnanimity as great as the cause, and as prolonged as the oonfliot! If yon should fall now, your fall will be the fall of Lucifer, never to rise again I (Grert applause.) [Atlanta Constitution, Tuesday. MF*lt is a singular and pleasing fact that Southern boys have borne off the highest honors at Princeton Col lege, N. J., during the last three years. The late wonderfully gifted Theodo rick Pryor, son of General Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, was graduated in 1870 with higher honors than were ev er taka? before by any stndent In 1871 Skinner Lassiter, of Oxford, Miss., stood foremost in his class, and is now at Berlin, Prussia, in attend ance upon the University, his Prince ton scholarship supporting him.— Whilst the other day Richmond M. Pearson, of Raleigh. N. 0., bore off the highest distinction in a doss of ninety-six graduates. Changes in the Bankrupt Law.— Congress, a few days since, passed a bill amendatory of the bankrupt law. It allows all exemptions allowed by any State law on the Ist day of Janu ary, 1871. It also exempts a widow’s dower, or other estate in lien thereof, if the State law so provides; also life insurance to the amount of five thou sand dollars. The time during which Ss!ssf , o."is?ii2roi; ! s: debtedness, is extended until July Ist, 1878; judgments obtained against per aoos of property, before petitions in hffinkraptey are filed, are to be first and fully satisfied. Changes in the meth ods of appointing Registrars, in the matter of Marshal's fees and other lees Important partioolare, are also made. NO. 68. From th* New York Commercial. Japanese Religion. One of the Embassy (ell* what he Knows about It We had a long talk with Nakshima, the Japanese Commissioner. He is a gentleman of superior intelligence, and don’t look like a heathen at all. First we uskeil him about his reli - gion. “I am a heathen,” he said smiling. “I don’t believe in religion—that is, in tho forms of religion. My religion is to do good, to be honest.” * •‘What do you think of our Christ ?" we asked. “Humbug—all humbug.” ho replied. “What do you think of Moham med ■?" “Mohammed is a fraud too, and so are all those middle men who say they we inspired. Confucius w.i# a wise man, but no more inspired lhan Soc rates. All these men like Brahma, Buddha, Swedenborg, Brigham Young, Joe Smith, and in fact every man from Moses to Brigham Young, who has set himself up as one inspired from God, is a humbug.’’ “What kind of religion do you be lieve ia ?” “Well, though I am ft heathen, I be lieve about as yon do.” “How is that ¥” we asked, becoming interested. “You believe in God - so do I, and does every nation. We only differ in the Saviour or Christ Why, tho Arabs believe in the same God, but take' Mo hammed as a Saviour; 200,000,000 of people believe in Mohammod, and on ly 50,000,000 in Christ It is always the same God all over the world.— They may spell it differently, but it Is the same uod, with the samo attri butes, such as omnipresence, übiquity, omniscience, infinity, potentiality, etc. In Greece, they call him Theos; irt" France, Dieu; in Germany, Godt; in'. China, Jos; in Asia, Brahmin; in Amer ica, God. Many Fap&neße believe in the same God which you do, but re ceive Buddha os a mediator in place of Christ Buddha was a good man. He was modest, sincere and Belf-saori ficing, but he was not God. He gave up a life of ease near the throne to teach men to bo good. Ho gave up immense wealth, and went with the poor. Your Chrißt made no such sac rifices. He was poor—a carpenter’s son. He was killed beoause he preach ed heresies which the Jews didn’t be lieve. He went a little too far and lost his life, like Cramner and Latimer, and as 10,000 foolish people do in India every day. Rossel lost his life in France, and John Brown here, for preaching what tho people didn’t be lieve. The day will come when yon will almost worship John Brown as the Swiss do William Tell. Dying for oucfcaik signifies jiothing. Why^wr. 10,000 people in India burn ana kui themselves every year for their faith. “Bat don’t you think a Saviour is neccessary ?” “No. God can do all the saving or destroying. When you bring a man to assist him, yon destroy his greatness —his potentiality. These people who claim to be mediators are only religi ons brokers. God is too great to ask or permit any one to assist Him. We have the some law of right and wrong which yon have, and still we don’t be lieve yonr Bible at all. God has given His law to us. The Koran, your Bi ble, the teachings of Swedenborg and Brigham Young all differ, but the doc trines of the philosophers like Justini an, Socrates and Confucius all agree. That is, they agree that God is great —and that ne is too great to have any prophets.” “Dont you believe that Christ came into the world to save it ?” “No, sir. He did not come into the world any more than yon did. First, He knew He was here—a boy like all the Nazareae boys. His miraculous birth is the fancy of the legendary his torians. He was put to death like John Broom beoause He went roOnd breaking Jewish laws. After He was killed, St Paul and St Peter establish ed yonr church. They made a grand political center and established the se ven ohurohes of Asia, none of which stand to-day. Ephesus and Antioch believe in Mohammed now. I know Mohammed was a humbug, and of the same knowledge I know all prophets to be hnmbogs. Yon call me a heath an because I reject yonr Church. I call you a heathen because yon reject my Buddha He was a great and pore as ever a man was. More than that, he gave np riches and station. Ha taught people to work, not to aU be come idle preachers. While I respect Buddha, I do not think he was inspir ed, and if he wasn’t, then no man ever was.” That is what the heathen said, and he didn’t think he was talking sacrile gious. He did not think he had said anything rode, at least no ruder than we are always saying of him. Extraordinary I— An extraordinary suicide reoently occurred in England. A bov aged ten years, after leaving school, told a playmate that he was going to commit sniride, and gave ltim a knife to take care of for him. He then walked to a pond near the school, but finding the water was not deep enough, he made his way tb a railroad crossing and deliberately laid himself on the rails, in front of an approach-'