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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: WEDM-SDAT. NOVEMBER 1830.
T ftriVPCTfV'. HTTP,l* t It? Atlanta Constitution, the interview
T LI> liNuoiUAO J LLI,. rtiferrcd l0 ls .. iven In lull:
. WIfAT COLONKb I.IVIMiSTON BAY*.
“Yc?, it’s u I'aipaulo fraud—an infa-
ous forgery,” npeeatod Colonel Llv-
A Mi LIT A III' SENSATION.
- WRITES A CIRCULAR AND
LEONIDAS DENOUNCES IT.
, c.ursta llvlni»«on
liiwTrcwberr to ilio Dow
tr «llc Part) l,iC Alllamt-
cu „ ir . M«<«® lim,cr °“"‘-
oJay afternoon tho Telegraph re*
J the following circul .r, mailed on
v . York and Dunltlik railroad:
New York. Krooni, county.
Biostoinfiou-John Llvingeton
o Tioga coaniy, New York,
■ft. in’r of Sow York, being duly
. n* lollowi:
'■. t i jgjo, I mailed In anld city,
to Hon. Matthew S.
. letters up it different matters,
, | c r _- addressed to him at
*p. anti tlto eecond, a true c py
' ’ i, n.llsw*. to hi. Waaliloitton ad-
'“ihM ^eet. N. W. lntl.el.et
ti! tier was eno oecd a printed copy
TLeonidas V. Litington. letier
„,,f July LO. lffi'f. (eopy annoxod)
Z. ordinal of two other letter. re-
.It I v me from aaid Lconidaa K Ltv.
of which originals the
itslae is a true copy, the bandwr.t-
E Lid ordinal ■ settling the »anio os
'.“(more than a ooren other letters
sI«ltrotn him since last May; and
r !t reason, a. well os Imciiiim lu
i, le .d substantially with that of
’ j ,l c , L outers, I entertain no doubt
ELitref ns genuineness.
i, i . Livingston. President
..AhtatsAliume, 25 Meat Humor
■,’rt •.tL.at.i. Uu„ July 21.—John Llv-
TOOll*
ing&ton, as ho completed reading the
circular.
“And furthermore,” said lie, “there
cr* men In mr offico now who know
'• ha: I did writoou the force bill. The
only correspondence on the Lodge bill be
tween John Livingston aud my elf grew
out of a letter he wrote mo asking if the
Furme<a Alliance of Georgia wished the
force bill killed. I wrote him wo did
unhesitatingly, and gave toy reason?,
lie then replied that at my request,
backed by my State Alliance people and
those of other states, ho would do all in
h s tower to prevent tho passago of tit;
bill.
“He published this letter over his ovru .
signature in a purer published ia Ech*| cates, Confirmatory evident* mailed
uicnd, Vo,, in »hich he said, at the re- | kjj T *’ * **
quett of 1* F. Livingion, prisidei t of
the Gcortfiu State Al ianc^, bached by
his Alliance people, he had done and
was doing all in ht« power to provent tae
pas*a e ot the Lod/o oil
“Now, this letter, purporting to he
Gguod by myself, and sent to J"hn Liv
ingston, isa villainous fraud, and entirely
a substitution for what I did say. In
stead of saying we watted tho
Lodge* bi.l or something liko it.
1 told him emphatically we
did not want it, and onion;
other reanons for my opposition I wrote
sections of lids country, aud j'
t!e??tb, gives w ; t John Livingston
I a* to tay m relrtion to the matter. It
ba% follows: j —
To-day tho Atlvcrllscr wired Hint j A DISGRACEFUL ATTEMPT TO BRIBE
Stephens of Uingliampton, N. Y., asking mccauBDen
Lint if Jultn K LivinK*tr n iiad sworn lo | DISCOVERED,
the affidavit in the circular before him.
lie answ ered “yts, lie did.”
To night the Advertiser received the
following irom John F. Livingston, presi
dent of the New York Stat*Alliance:
• “Yea, and t oh Livingston’s etter wav
used in congrens to ur*o through the
force f if/, though he subsequent!? re
verted himself, under fear of defeat.
The sub-treasury.pla :, like that of forty
Bens nnd a mule, is a wicked device to
republicani/e tho South. It originated
with tho railroad lobby at Washington,
and there is nothing Inmost in it. 1 am
on tho inside, und warn you good peo
ple of tlw South to shun it and its ndvo-
you to-night. John K Livingston.”
The telegram is dated from Bing-
burni»ton, N. Y,, nod was rent at tho re
quest of the Advertiser for an authentic
utterance, regarding the circular.
Col. L. F. Ltvinsfttou Hu aorta to III#
Win* lo Ulgbt Kllmseir.
Atlanta, Oct. 28.—A telegram re
ceived from Owens oro, Ky., to-duy
states , i hot in the course of a speech
there Senator Carlisle read a copy of a
letter purporting to be from L. F. Liv
ingston, president of the Georgia S ate
Alliance, to John Livingston, president
of tho New York Slat • Alliance, in which
five Georgian favors the Lodge 1
nult ** *’• Livingston is the democratic notni
could not he othor than disastrous to a l
t?i tlons and ail people of our couutry.
And still in this circular John Livingston
sweats this letter is a copy of one I wrote
r,,, ..J,y L.- Win. It is a forttfry ftorn Luttu.i to top.
. > n. ,r Liro*: Of course we wt.ut, sene. Lit fo K ery. It coe.net rep-
fS/thdl orsomstbinglllt.it. tut j J 1 *™* "inn'- scnt.mcnt of mine.,
*3 I.',,, - an ,t urcjteticeit is no. t Furtbsrnior-, 1 can prove by men in my
uuwi J c* U/- f j - ! officer who saw ujv loiter to this mau
Tl rrSftMv “L^'l P erore C, t!o 4tt“of I ^t th.,...not. wo d of trot:, in it
, IS sod it relieve me from say- tli.t I neverapp al.d to
.latlwotWtto ..wavleaed-lmw, Jolm Lmup.ton for any part.oeof
: t-r tton 1-i.all be willing to vote - h ^‘‘ m toy canv.«, either tit tb. wuy of
1 V ii .. n 4 . n nil iiAitv nucs- “*»*ney or Mpecdi-maktng, but he has
uTu ht^otes tor our sub-Uva»ur». | »»»«* U P°“ »• »*«trt him, which was,
1 i r i«t r< tnr it nutter vou s-nt i * o.v ever, declined,
'm!uwff? 1 • retnrnS.- 1 . 1 *! w.- could "Wliat yer propoeitlors tbfa men m»y
o j to print it now in the Alliatuo h » Tl ' nm-etotho repulff.can t a ional
At.riteof talu.ble tuoport Committee halo been wholly uilntlUior-
iLmlboutltert. ratlr .dv. Later cn "“J entirely without toy it, ewiadge
■Al -0 for teior-a all along tne Ji-.e. or c .nsenl;
dll L. V. LfVlaOSTOH" Apatn," conftn etl CoL Livingston,.
L.'lv , arcled and c.tu-cd “Ute statement in tho second letter It te
..-it o-ereli to t o mis among the sthtiid by Joh . Uyingston, quotlB* front
itninuVtaper, in my country liom.-, a letter wrttt-n by a leading memoer
unpeSVetid also iu New York from a New Lnglmd state tlmi toe-.t.."
unable to find that Choir-1 rea-urv plan pul through by the Na-
* tioniil A.hanct* couvemian at bt. Loi.is
last Dc* eit Ur f<*>r the purpo-e of diver •
mg tho fuMun-rs' atu-ntion front tlv.* rail
roads und advico cngtuccro » by the rail
road repu! l eans to be lived*like- thvir
promi-e to the ncgr >esof ‘forty acre-* and
a mule’ is an ini.-unous falsehood out of
whole cloth. There was not a republi
can < r a ra lroad nai on the comqjittte
which formul ted it.
“Now, a* to another charge. I want
to say ttiut neither John . Inman nor
nnv o her pet son connected with the
Kichmnid and Lanvule Kuiirond ever
ms e snr prepo*!!;©*?. ••!!»•*? dir— t*y
indirectly, touie, cr an>one cobnccped
wtth the i\!hsnc<*, looking to an uhianco
or icdermion with our pojlu for onv
purpose wha ever, lndtt d, the charges
tn every line of the circular, from begin-
. j , M hg to end, are one man of infamous
iut througti the National Alliance falnehood^ .... , ,
H-kid last December ak Su Louts ( “Tftere’a moro in thia circular than ap-
the in rpu.se of diverting the farmers’ «n the surface. I imagine it was
: c tno the railroad*; th.it It was 1 8°}!9D up by my ropubhron o. pontn -
ice rngiueeied ky the .uii.ua i Z h ° hs .T ? (rnr . utsoi.* w* ^ in
mt, to t o used like their promise! ib» nation, therefore be it
’ Quay returned either of said origL
tueii, although oo had \ revioutiy
Uu. tne epesKing approvinglv of
iavincaUsnY • tfo u to rouvera Geor-
g vvii ce-s by hL le tats:
op., h it r tua led as above stated
... ilattnew .s. (iua 1 :
r*v v- uk, Aug. 1, 18DJ.— My Dear
t >r (^uny: Your* o: duly 4, requ. st-
n • to poxa the qtiu.-t.on of aiding in
l r. i .ii of the »ubir usury man Coi.
. L v.ngtton, over to H n. .iames J.
rniau of the repub.tcun na-
gressi n *1 committee, h s
•a coBpa«vi wan. auu having hi* ini-
ie fluent of the Munc, 1 nni not at
yvituy more, the whole mutter
in liit'cliarge.
■A Lading iiM»uit*er of that committee
i a .New England at >te informt-d mo
tiij sub-treasury plan had snrewdljr
s for congress in the fifth district. Aa
soon a. tl»o telegram was shown to him
he telegraphed to hknutor Carlisle as
follows:
“Hon. J. G. Carlisle, Owensboro, Ky.—
The letter of John Liv.ugs on that you
»have read ns being signed by myself L
an infamous and an outrageous forgery,
at.d aa such I ask you to niinom co it.
(Signed.J “L F Livinoston.”
Tile letter referrd to is being indus
triously circulated throu :h Georgia.
CO It DON mu .'IAN UANTIiD.
Proceedings of a Public meeting at
ramming.
CuMHisa, Oct, 27.—[SpeciaLj—Agree-
nl>ly to a call rnado by the chairman of
the democratic executive committee of
Forsyth count/, a number of citizens of
raid county met in thu court house thia
morning at 11 o'clock.
Aft.r the chairman of the committee
cahed the house to order und explained
the object of the meeting, tho lion. Ii
C. McAfee was called lo tiie elm r and T.
L. 8im« was requested to act as aecre ary.
The ihiiirumii announced the hou.-e
ready lor business, din- Honorable Geo.
L B 11 offered llv following preamble
and resolutiaas, which* were adopted :
Whereas A entail crowd as^cmblhd in
the court house in the town of Gumming
on the 7th day of October inst., nnd with
cl'jxcd doors. iti secret meeting, wuhout
giving notice to the people of the object
of ti e meeting, | osse.ii resolution* c- n*
deii.n.rg our t*« 1 ve l governor, John U.
Gor.ion, nnd reque-ting and instructing
Our bL-nator ana reprcientutivo-eioct t •
vote iigmust him tor United b.aus sent-
Whereas. This meeting is assent Mod
up n the call of the chairman of t e
th-moerntic executive committee, after
not'eo published in the countv paper, for
the express purpose of considering ths
scnat ri.ii quea.ton as (lctoo:ruts, with
op ii doers; and.
Whereas, Believing it to ! e for the bast
interest of <»ur entire country, ;iolitically.
which die l still torn. But for tli.aL
..... .... v.w . w. ,.v 1 mov. uient of tho opvouition to the uiH-
.it L* *lioi.Saalfe’Md tmtlft: i. «»| f-Hly of tnoUrmo. ratic t«riy of t «he
4y rvpubdcan as it has heretofore *
uetroosi i 'forty acres aud a mule'
sfirr the do e of the war—to repub-
o have the chief of the 'forty
mule* ad vi cutes in our dear
*4 Leonid s, who proposes to meet
i t*. br;«o. u>o chstrman ot the
rstic national corututUe.*. and our
I Kostreil I*. Flower, c airman t-f
n o ratio cone regional committee,
i o|H*n political grnvo that L* being
[for ii eni.’ us you will note Irom vumo
bis letters herein enclosed, which
* return to me after perusal.
1 am uut at 1- to find one farmer in tho
date of Lew York who doe* not
[bate the feuL-trenoury plan av a dc-
a tod ii snare. Tt.o negro*a did not
their tnuie, cor will Col. Livingston
•treasury; but in tho service of
1L Inman’s Hiehmou and Danville,
pays his espouses, ho is doing
iu the way of r* publican-
ia. Yours wry truly,
John Livinoston,
P. O. 1 ox 2560, Now York.
tn.ike thin affidavit reluctantly and
-bur fcuveral days’ fruitless search
i<?oiiginal of eaid letter of July 21.
dto Air. t^uuy Auy, 1, os unovc
J - John Liwostox.
utweribed and swum to before mo
i John Livingston, whoi<* V> me
ally known, mis 2id day of Octo-
1 F. U. »n:i*HKNs,
cml ih« C’.trof fitogframp(on, S. Y.“
tis extraordinary document seemed
Til.EonAPII a hoax, or something
•-tal >t was laid oxide without
t>i IIIi t it would cut u figure in'
j* lilies. In tho Atlanta CousU-
»of y. ainrday, h -never, it is set in
l*cwu|ook.d by «n interview with
[H v ion, in which tho letter with
district tln*re Would have been no elan
dvrs like this Yci, the republicans are
evidently being urge*I on by»« rew men
who art* seeking to disrupt the Deuio-
ctstie party for their own personal ag
grandizement." _____
LIVINGSTo.V.H dufensi:.
Etldeuts to Nltovv that John Llvlns*
•Ion Hum Ucd,
Atlanta. Oct. 2& —[Special.J—Ths
Journal this afleincon prints tho follow
ing:
For the bansfit of those whom any rea-
4oti* might possibly induce to give u
liiadow of credeuce to the puhiishetl lot-
itroi’ John Liviugston of New York,
charging Gob L. F. Livingston with fa
voring the Lo.lge bill, The Journal pub
lishes the following facts which personal
»nv fttigatmu arrived aLthis morning:
The letter attributed to Cob Livingston
wls said to be datod July 21, und written
on hisoificial letter heuds aa pro idem
of the Georgia State Alliance, when Col.
Liviu^aiou did not have any leltor head
at that time. Ilia first lett* r heads -were
piinted hy “The Mutual Printing Com
pany” of Atlanta, on Sept It). 181k). Tne
Juuinul r. prvsentative eaw the original
bill of mem thia morning, Mr. lb L
Burkes and Mr. W. 11. Burgess both cor-
rob. rated the >tat* n>eut that this was
the bill of tho first otlicinl letter beadd
that Cot Livingston hud primed.
Again: On July 21 Cob Livingston
show a Uut he filled two engagements in
Clay ton county aud w as Lot iu his t-Uke
in Atlanta at alb
Slate Lecturer Deck te-tifies that he
met Cob Liv.ngston et Eltnwcod. Clay
ton county, cm mat day.
Thu following publication in iltoSouih-
-ture, incorporated in John 1 vtn Alliance Farmer of Sept. SO, iiUo
licftolvcd. That our, represcntatlve-
el« ct, Uoo. P. U Brown, i« and he u
hereby canibitly r.’quw-tc^ to-support
Hon. John JJ. Gordon for tho position of
United S'ates senator, mi l to mu> ad
honorable me ans to tecur« l.U election.
Kesoivvd, That our statu smalor-elect.
non, John U. Johnson, be requested to
adhero to his repeated promi-es made
during his canvass for the position he
holds, und vote for Gen. Gordon, a num
ber of tia having voted for him upon his
asMiratice that he favoiod (ieu. Gordon
and would vote for him.
Hesolvcd, That a copy of this preamble
and resolutions he furnUhed Hon. P. U
Brown, our representative, and n copy
furnished Hon. John ii. Johm-nn, our
senator, and that all pupers which are
opposed to gag rule and are in favor of
juttico aud fair dvaliug bo requested to
copy the same,
T. L Sims, ,E. C. McAfee,
Secretary. Clmirinau.
IFEAKKIt UltKOON Tllli TA1CIFF
St. Paul, Oat. 29.—Kvery one of tho
2.800 «ea a in tiieLUta Grand Opera
llou-e was filled to-night, while others
stood vrherovor there was ttand*rg room,
dutiugihe repuhtienn inaai-nieeiing at
which Spetkcr Thomas K Jiccd was the
chief orator. Governor Merriaui pre
sided. .Speaker It.ed waa given a r .us
ing reception. The main subject which
he considered wa* the t.trflf, explaining
the attitude of each of tho two great par
ties towards it. Tho principles of
the doiuocracy would require that this
revenue t>e raised by direct taxation.
The tariff may be placed cn what we
proJuceor on what we do not produce,
and in the former case there is a differ*
once between the vartios. llepubhcans
-ay the tariff is a iiceute for tho u a of
Officers and Members of llie Goto City
Guards Involved—: onto of Them
Confess Tlielr Guilt, Rut exon
erate Their Captain.
Atlanta, Oct. 2.?.—[Special./— Last
Wednesday a Mg military sensation con
nected with tho inter-state drill was
promised in this corr«upondcnce. Here
The ciptain, junior second lieutenant
and two private* of the Gate City Guard,
the winning company, are charged whh
making repeated attempts to bribe the
Printer and Lieut. McDonald’s servant
ftud get possession of the judges’ itro-
tfamme contain lug the orders to be given
by the captains in udvauco of the proper
time. q
And the lieutenant and piivnto* all
admit Uu-ir connection with tho affair.
They shoulder tho whole guilt and
declare that Captain Jir.eed had nothing
whatever to do with the scheme.
The iicu’cdiiiit is Char os M. Roberts;
the privates, B. P. Myen anil J. II. Spill-
man.
A court-martial will bo ordered in the
caso and the scandal investigated. It
will bo field within a month, the judges
probably being the captains of tho
various military organizations of this
city, tin* Guard excepted, with Lteut.-
Coi. MiUedge. Judge Advocate John D.
Candler will prosecute.
As«triy as Monday, the 20th, CoL
Calhoun of tho fourth battalion had his
* teution called to the mutter, but no
official action was taken till tho 23d. tho
scandal Lcing kept veiy quiet, lo *f<i:o of
the fact that a question was raised on
Weduc day wbeiht r the Gate Ciiy Guard
should bo allowed to drill
Thcr- was good reason for behoving
that'the attempt to get hold of the pro
gramme had faded, and the men uguin-t
whom t o chargeaare prefertod, with
the cxceptiou of the captain,
were not members of the
drill team. Tho Guard was
tlurefore, rermitted to remain in the
contest and bore off first money, which
ha* been paid.
it is ■ ud, hut on what authority no
one so in, to know, that ibe programme
Was changed by tho ju ge- shortly before
the drdi to guard accidents.
Notwitlixtanding the sok-resy of those
who t ad been inforuieJ of the affair,
e tne ugly rumors neces arily got afloat.
But thur were all wild until yesteiday.
i or cv.r so long the general pu lie did
not dream that a court martial was
brewing. The report was that tho Guard
A Null for $10,000.
Atlanta* Oct* Uk—lf>pc*d«l.]7'J. D*
Akridge has fued the ADnntaand West
Point railroad for $K),rtO'» damages on
recount of personal injuries sustained
through tho fondness of ft foolish en
gineer for frightening horses. Akridgo
was recently uriving along tho country
road running parallel with tho Atlanta
and West Point truck at Ekit Point. A
train ctine along and''whlatlctl, frighten
ing Vs hnrte. which, however, he was
able. • i oontiol, till tho engineer recog-
aUal the anfma^a skitltibnenr. As anon
as he did. t o plaintiff says, ho bl.w
acain and again several loud
blasts, with tho evident intention
of frightening the animaL ID suc
ceeded; tho horse ran away, btoka op
tho vehicl.* and throw hie driver ngaiatt
a poit, nearly putting an end to him.
The railroads hero nearly all hato
CLEYKLAND IN COURT-
EX-PfiZGJDl-.NT ARGUES A CASE
IN WASHINGTON.
•d by III** A|»-
Wasiiington, Oc';. 27.—Ex-Prexfdcnt
Clevt hnd to-day tnsde his argument be
fore tho supreme couit, as associate conn-
a-l, for JatiicH Yvaliuco Peake, iu wh%t is
known as the New Orleans drainago
cose. Public curiosity to sob and hear
tho ex-prealuent anpeareff to have been
whetted by tho failure to reach tao who
last week. Some time before the open -
hed t*uTcct*dad‘ in oMuiaiug the pro- Dan Wick*r and Miss Same Casm, both
gramme. This doubtless owed its otlgin ! °f th e place, ware un tod in mmriage
toss to tho official action tak»n thau to thu n.orniug, by tho Rev. Mr. KnpaL
t..e apparently reckle-s bets some were! Hok, at tho home or the bride. The wed-
putting up < n tho Guard and ti e lonfi-1 *1 '^ os a private oi t. only • ■* nn
deuce manif-sted iy individual member* invited; and
of the e**iu]*nny in cotiveraation. n ““ * *' r ‘
wngon roa- scr streets running parallel, j a - cf ^ st BOCO t jj# — rn was
with their tracks, and a uutubnr of tho' - - - — •
engineers seem to think it mighty funny
to seo tho horses jump.
The Ilnw Guard Vlrtorloo*.
Atlanta, Oct. 2%— (SpeclaLI—At the
(Exposition grounds to-day the Liberty
Independent Troop,wan defeated in tho
cavalry tilt by the Governor’* Horse
Gtturds for the first place. Tho prizes,
which as tel-graphed you last night,
were restored to tho original figure on
accouut of the protest of the Liberty
boys, wero awarded as follows: First
prize, team No. 1, Uor«e Guard*, $500;
second prize, Liberty Troop, $250; third
prize, team No. 2, Homo Guards, $KKb
First individual pri.;e, J. |F. Dentine,
Atlanta, $75; second individual prize,
D. II. lioylstone, Atlanta. $50; third iu-
< ividual prize, A. ii. Wait, Liberty
Troop, $‘.'5. Tho only other feature ot
ta-day’s exhibition of special ^interest
wat nn exhibition drill with fancy
Diovementa given by the Atlanta Zou
aves.
Judge Clifford Anderson Named for
the fiuprciue Item h.
Atlanta, Oct. 27.—[Special]—The
name of Judge Anderson is being used
in connection with the vacancy on the
supreme bench,
A gentleman said to-day that if Judgo
Blandford is to bo supplanted Judge
Anderson will tie Jus succcstor, though
the latter is not a Candida e.
The Alliance, lie continued, will be
found friendly to Anderson. Though.
th»y li tenrd to lion. Steve Clay’s appeal
in behalf of his friend and neighbor,
Judgi* Lester, And nominated the latter
over Anderson, that notion cannot bo
construed into a want of upp-ecintion by
the sterling qualities of the late Httorney-
general wuh which tho Alliance is well-
acquainted. -
Wedded la tlarreuton.
Wap.reston, Ocr. 27.—rSj>ocial.l—3Ir.
ks^stoa’a alildavtt, in renounced us a • conclusively piovtn the utter falsity of i the American market, und it is paid by
^■cation and an infumoua tho charges against CoL Livingston:
It i* impanit.le to say positively alliance in politics.
tn* acircling of Col Livingaton’e The following evidence of the effective
whether he intended to ex-' opposition of tho Furiuera’ Alliance to
m ! nthat the whole circular, 1 Loclgo electLu bill ia just received. Op-
' posjti..n by thu presidrnt of the Stale
Alliance of New York will Le a power
ful help.
TO WHOM IT MAY COXCKHN.
IlMihii t iogedletter, wasa forgery,
str-nt point he se*-ms to g< ve a rc*:uon
uiv ng.it n should »euk an
to injure him. Thia is lu tho
. Vv lo ." iy lbat 1 never uppealvd
J >hn Livingston for any particle
a tny canvass, either in the way
Qe - r , r speech-making; but he hue
«!oq nao lORsaUt him, which call,
^J r - was declined.”
s 'uggeated, may have been fn-
0 *'* ovv tha$ Mr. John Living ion
r enmity; but ut he. a creat-
fo.-i'igtier •, while dem crabs say it is paid
by ttie consumer. He said tho trouble
witlt the democratic portion was that
when it catiio to proving it they had au
expiaeatiou ready, but itdi l not figure
out. fle then cxpbimd whereiu incite
ligurcs did not prove* the case.
Tho republican position wua that home
competition, after the tariff had t een
While striving lor reformation ail p seed, reduces the price on protected
along the hue, and demanding, among
ottj. r thing-, a free b*l ot and f..ir count,
yet at the earaeni retprestof Co'. Ltcni-
tlaa F, Livingston, president of lie*
Georgia btale Al.iance, in lorsc-d hy tta
convention, aud by otuer Soutuern stab*
Alliances. w;.ooe orders I am pledged to
ob*»y in the matter of the i ending election
I... bill, I heicby proun-c* to op{*ose the same
^‘uuy and working under lib !—leaerving, however, the privilege vi
ceitviniy had no right to ca 1 ! char ging luy views iu cam) satisfactory
cru ic candidate for congress proof sliaii te presented of such unlawful
" -P tn bis work, nor reason to exp--ct
w ‘ ul « given, tne cause for
r • n«>t a great one.
iicity .h« matter by the
j ‘ ul ' 0I, »h..wev»-r, Ie*i to the sending
«.ra!i.» of inquiry to the min or at
•‘*oj|ton, N. y. Oiu- sent by a
* ..sa of Atfaata ft a* foil w*:
a.uxta. Oct 2?.-Ud vou witneoa
lit! 1 *• 1 efor ® on 22nd
' “‘ kn Uvingaton, president New
* M ‘ a **ce? Anaw*r.’ r
* **peuat came the following Ule-
•^ UBAMPf 0 ^ N. Y„ Oct 27, 1800.
**.1 Cid,
. "F. II, 8tephexso!V, Mayor."
■'crt wi, editor of the Montgnm-
r JT lM ‘ rt, ser, also telegraphed to
n • *♦ #D ‘* Tccrived a re; hr
- a John Livingston made the
‘ft as stated in tli* circular.
tniiuitdaiiou, vio!-nce and fraud against
Affiancemea in Hies# stites, at the No-
vemiier election, aa shall afford unduubt-
i, t
how it would affect
plate industry. Regarding the reported
effect* of the McKinley law on business,
i e called attention lo the fact teat pric s
had no gone up, but were said to be
ibuUt !5 SO '-** U? r«>m»mr*»i| iIia fnt-
John Livingston. matVnolthe Mil s aud the McKin ey
Accompanying the orhend copy of bills, claim ng the latter was tho result
thU article waa thu iol owing private ot con ereucee whh all interested par-
fetter to Cok Lfvfngelou from Joan Ltv- ii« . It was the product of tho aver-
ingst n: ages nse of Auieiioa, ami le thought
' office of tbc State Farmers' Al- u «aa all righP. Thegr wtband proa-
ltaxck, UgPViLLK, N. Y., fiept. 20, pt-rit of th- country he considered i- di-
Ibik).- 3Iy Dear Colonel: Publish-d iu cative of the pr^prio-yof a protective
the Alliance larmer and wi ielycircu- tariff.
lined, the within should exculpate y.m o' tbeloige bill he said he believe<l
from all question as to your po-tuoti. to the rule ot the majority. When he
Exercbe your jud.ruent and inform me sp.krei t .e obstreperous min rity»\ho
ff 'aiductory. If not, it shall be made wanted to run ttdngs to. themselves but
sa Yours hurriedly, di jm-Lthe audi-tn-o apphunic . him to
"*Joiin Livixustosl” tho vrha NYver before h:*«i congrvM
After giving this to the Journal man, pas <d »u U a cotui 1 te Uritf in the face
th* Alliance champion said: of an election, end he closed by asking
‘•Tltfcs letter aud .Ic contents show that ■ that v. ten», hr their bat lot* next 'i
prcductionN I’rutectton is uecvfsary to
entablish Industrie#, which thrn compete
with each other. High-r wages in tnia
country and ertubliahed industrira rl<e-
where make the protective tariff more
ucces-arr. C’ompe ition at iiomu ia added
to iy coin pe» Lion abroad, and | rices are .
greatlv reduced, and lie quoted from his- mulgated tho following:
to y to prove bis statement. He took un “Headquarters Fourth Battalion
the tin-plate tariff and expbd.ai Georoia Volunteers, Atlanta, Oct.
Below 1- t io ofihiil coriei*t»ond?nco,
which gives roioor details of the affair.
Lieut. J. H. McDonald, Uniied b*ate*
»rmr rrn# »tntinn«*d at Aul.iirn, Ala.,
gave the first o.iichl information in tho
following report:
“Atlasia. Got. 21.—Gon. J. M. Kell,
Adjutant Gom-ral Slate of Georgia,
Atlun a, Ga.—Dear Sir: 1 have the lion- r
to make the following facts known to you:
“Mr. is. P. Myers came to the printing
office in Auburn, Ala., and iouud that
theprc.TMiumw for iatc-tetut* drill at the
eMrjoaifh•» , i i-uml* to-nunovr wero bo-
«ne puLiulicd there, und sent the ful:ow-
Tcv.yr.tiu tOvGapt. bused of tho U»to
Ciiy Guard, a company of Atlanta, and
one of ttiuse contesting to-morrow tor
ihvurttt: -—
[CopyTHejiaw.]
‘Auburn, Ala., Oct. 15. — X C. Sneed:
LotatvcL iip.r.t to obtain. Iropriotor
does work. Snail I offer money condd-
lOjpy of Answer to TeUfraacJ
“Atlanta, Ocl 10.—B. P. My eft, Au-
Lurn, .Via.: S cure it nt any rcasonablo
cost; don’t fail, A. C, fc.”
Mr. Myers then offered Mr. R. J. Rice,
the proprietor, as much ns $100 f r tlv*
programme, anil being refused, asked if
money would get it, und was answertd,
“No.” Mr. Myera thon loft Auburn,
A short time alter this Mr. C. M. Rob
erts, a tnetnbrr of the said company,
cmno and made the same proposition to
Mr. Rico, with liko result*.
Cspt. bated »ent tho following tele-
gr.im lo i:obcr:s in Auburn, which Rob
ert* did <- >t get, having been refused tiie
It.jgraiuiiio and ielt:
ICopy Teit?xram.l
Atlanta, G.»„—u Ah Roberts,
Auburn, Ala.; Jiuvo written you full
pariiciRati, care hoic-L M. is at homo.
8.
“Then Mr. Spillman, another mem er
of the Gate Gity Gttaid came to Auburn
ostensibly to ecil printer* ink, an l male
the same propositions to Mr. Rice, und
failing to got the programmes jjataid in
Auburndiutil I leL and came to Atlanta
on train wvth me. The night be? re I
Jeff wjjb mo programme 3Jr. Roberta o -
fer. d my servant, Ben Duskey, $2J if ho
would steal one of the programutesfrom
my desk nnd gtv. it io him. Very
re .pectfuily your obedifni servant,
inignedj “J. IS. McDonald,
“1st Lieut. 10th U. ti. Cavalry.”
This order was lamed the day before
lbs drill:
••State of Georgia, Adjutant Gen
eral’s Office, Atlanta. Ga., Oct, 23,
lhWX— L.euL-Ci*). W. L. Calhoun, com
manding FoUith Bat allot) Georgia Vol
unteers, Atlanta, Ga.: Sir—I herewith
enclose a copy tf a communic:-th>n iu-
voifiag two oilicors aud two )yrivates of
your command of conduct unbecoming
un officer and a gentlefuan,
“Yon wilt at ouce proceed to sospeuJ
tho officers end privates so charged in
tiie indeed communicatlou from further
duty, and forward to thin office charges
ana tp.educations, in order that a court-
martial may be ordered for their trial
Respectfully yours,
“John McIntosh Kell,
“Adju'aut aud Inspector General.**
Yerterdav Lieut,-CoL Calhona pro-
few lielng
it nad keen looked
op n us ; probability, y- t its tccunenca
at this timo was a stir; rise.
Tho hide ii one ot Werren'on’s most
loveable y. ung 1 dies, ble»s»d with all
tho-u love y trait* of character that mo t
adorn a wouiun.
The groo'n, Mr. Wicker, is a young
man of .t-rling won hand huh chanc
ier, and h in ftoty tense of the word a
man. Ilia safe to preict a happy fu
ture for this yotin »couple.
Mr and Mia Wh ker left immedistely
after tho ceremony ior Liber ton, which
is to b« tbeir future home.
J. it. wrii.ni
u iNiiif oi veracity I Q|ad*every po^lbie effort syain-t tho day.
n.iono Livinu-toa, i resident ot D'dgelih. I have ever bee.i, aui t--oay. ’ entered I
. * lorn Alliance, and L. F, fjv- slid uiwa)* will be.
indorse the actio i which they had
Kfffrd bf teas fit
Waycro--^ OcL 27.—{Special.]—To
day, nt Waiesloro, «eveu mil*s from
tlyis. l it/, ia.jd Davidson b 1 . t J. H.
Vulliai. *m. a turpentine man doiug
builneoii n; t '..at pis* >•.
JlirUj'r; w«« nnHar tba fnflni
sliiskey, and went to Williamson's store,
where he trot into a dispute. Aft- r some
words, they loft tho store, whereupon
Davidson shot Williunsan with a Win
chester riffe, the ball euteriog tho abdo
men.
Tne w ound is mortal, and there is no
hope of reco err. Davidson was dis
armed tnd placet under arrest.
Accident to i-*r?d Olsmnke.
Griffin, Oct. *8. — [Special] — This
morning Fred DUtnuke, ths lG-year-old
son of CoL F. D. DUmtikt, who holds a
position at the ice works, had hia face
terri Jy burned w th ammonia. Hia in
juries are very painfuL It was at first
thought both oj©9 were burned, but in
vestigation proved that only his face
■uttered.
I*Xr. \Yoi)tlrnfl*Get*» l*rlze,
Atlanta, Ocr., 2$, —[SpcciaL J—D, Ek
Woodruff of Maccn bore off tne secood
prize of $30 for cut llowers in the horti-
cultutal shor.
Deatruetlve 1'lrr at .% pslarbleola.
Apalachicola, Fla,, Ocr. 28.—’Yester
day forenoon lire was communicate i lo
the Kennedy milt from the dab pit, in
a few minutes ail was a sheet of flames,
continually fanned by a strong north-
Mvat wind ami sparks were >eai flying up
Water street. While the Kvnneu v mill
was roaring nnd cracking, an old Ice
house, four blocks away, caught fira,
then the Kimball warehouse?, the wharf,
luruter in the mill yard *uu finally the
Kiiuball mill. The triungular < uiiding
opj>oiito the ice hottas then caught, then
Grady A Co.’* store. Bfonro* & Ctx’a
office, the iron woras, the Kimball plan
ing will, aud McUlynn’s furniture
factory. Th* fire went up to Commerce
str.it from Water street, and hy hard
work of the bucuet brigade the Alabama
H« uso oppoi.te was saved. Tb* Kennedy
mill was worth about $20,000. There
were 850,000 feet of lumber in lh« ya*d.
The insurance is at out $10,000. Ice
UouBft, $10,000, no inauxance. Connelly
A Cu lost $5,0cU Grady & Ca lose
$1G,0j0, partly cover.cl by,insurance,
McGlynn Lumber Compai y lost 4.0 A-
000 teet of lumber in addition to iiiids,
warth uses and way* Tno total loss nr
this company wit; approximate $i5,0 0
pirtly in ured. Rust & Martin, drug
gist*, lose about $5JO, fully insured. The
oti er loetea will f ot up $12,00^ Steven-
teen buff dugs wire burned in aiL Nine-
tenths of the n "grots i of used io work.
U was thought for a while that tho en-
tilled with members of th« bar and spec
tators be!, nging to tiie gen-ral public.
An impatient crowd nicauv>hiu blocked
the mum entrance, waid* g such an op
portunity to enter os was afford- d by t*ic
egress ot persons who had satisfied their
curiosity,
Mr. Cleveland arrived at tho capitol
promptly et uoon. Finding tho main
<‘ntratice to tho court room obstructed by
tho crowd, he aud Messrs. DeGray and
bennnes. ths coin el with whom he is
ossocintod. were conducted through the
marshal'* oil. e imo the courtroom.
SCRUTINIZED BT BIC1HTSKEM.
3Ir. Cleveland seated him elf in tiie
fro t row among the counsellors at the
bar, anJ a good opportunity f«*r the ex
ercise cf patience, as a full hour was oc
cupied by the court in tno disposition of
routine budnrss i • i • i •• £■. • < . o was
reached. i ids trial
With equanimity, sbowin? no sigrs of
win.ing under ne cur.* u< and continu-
cus scrutiny of bone re .» of eyes and ap
parently interr ing ht n»elf us much as
possible in tho current business.
By a cotnciuenco tser-j were three
K ih’ons present who had Leea ciem-
« of the ex-Fri t Jent’a ca j .<•*. Bay
ard was there and gave a hearty creel
ing tolls termer chief. Gar -ad had
Come with a motion to file and aeUvd
the opportunity to ahako hands with
Cleveland, while Just ce Lamar bowed
a raluta ion from the bench, to which
helud be nappoi ted by hj lawyer
who now sat befi re him wait ng to
plond a case. Cleveland w.u in his usual
Costume, cousioting of a black frock coat,
(lark trousers and a black ailk tie. He
appeared to bo in good health and spirits
HEADING His PRINTED BRIEF.
Dr. Gray made the op /ling argument
in the cas**, and it was 2:45 o'clock cfore
Mr. Cleveland arose to speak. Adjusting
his steol-|iouiul eye-^leases, he took hia >
stand at the reading desk, op ued hir
piinted brief and, utter a preliminary
statement to the offoct that what had
already been raid enabled him to omit
reference to the first twenty-seven pmo*,
I (gun to read. HU voiie sounded low
but clear at first, and as he progressed ho
gradually showed more and more anima
tion. modulating hh voice Skillfully and
enipluifizing hi* points Ly frequent nods
of his head. lie did not gi*-.t<culate to
any extent but os a rule held h a hands
lx*bind liia back, clainiogand uuclaspma
his lingers.
A DRY CASE MADE INTERESTING,
HU languago was made simple and
businesa-like, and although tiie case was
very technical, he succeeded in holding
the interested attention of overy mem
ber of tn« court. Th:ough all Mr.
• • ! .:;.i ; . k . o •!>• to > , : i 1
brief and he wa* u^t interrnptea by n
or aquation until the Lour ot
4 o’clock was reached when Chief Justi.-t
Fullwr c ill** 1 attuntLn to tho fact that
it v.us customary for the* court t mrn
at that hour. *Upon Mr. Cl v-iun.i'
x votnent tl'.it hi* bid neatly conolul-d,
J.i- »v.ih permitied to continue and iu i
n f , q r.r.e: of an hour n ached tho end.
tii* c .urc then atijtiurned.
Carlton Hunt, ntterney for tho city of
Odcaiu, mil reply ite au aiguHiiul
to-morrow. •
2.'—Special Oruer Na 1: In accoidauco i tire town would go.
> pr * »d»nt cf ..... rM — „
Ihat the readers of the Tel:
-U of tho latter lo
.oil
they vo .
From tn’
meaauree for naiatiis too iHitenr'o rciwat' wt* driver H
to in en rn ut d tin*'* who «l«**ire a fr e * wfc"r** bo d tirt-e «*d a big au henc ? i »rcqu*-ntly tnentione i a
ballot and au un ram moled fia chUe.” j briefly *n the teritf. lie took o night; pdcar.t for tne adjutnn
A TU LOEAM wm jo hn uvimmid^ tram 'or Lau Uaire, wL«re be speak* to-, the >u:o. Ilis sianuing
to the foregoing order of ths adjutant
and inspccter-gentral. Capt A. G on -aJ,
Junior .Second Lteut Charles 3L Ro ktu,
l'ri\at*i U i*. Myers and J. H. Spill
man of the Gate city Guard, are im
pended from further duty ss officers and
priva.es of »*id company. By order oi
. “»V. L. Calhoun,
#/ £Jeufenant-Cofonef Comutondmg.
“A. 1‘, Woodward, Adju ant”
R berts, Spillman and Myera fnai t
that they i eu-d an Individual* and not m
ohrdienco to instructions. They lurtner
claim t; at Capt. SneoTe nauio was
signed to telegrams without his knowl-
• 'ge.
The captain himself declares hi* fnno-
cence. and states that lie i a I uo knowl
edge of tho order* contained io the < ro-
gramme till it Wiis place*! in hi* hands by roreumpti^
the judge* jj.-t betqre the drib. To tns EDrrok.—
Tiie affair ia greatlv rrgrettod by the j Plea.-m inform year readers that Ibavs
mil tary and by the ci tz*ns gen*r..ll/, I a petitteu icaicdy for above nam ed dis-
anl everybody join* in the wish that can.. By it* tiuniy u.v* thouicmds of
ForUr’* Ceiun* Couklilered Too
Fauliy to Muuili
Philadelphia. Oi l 2» — Mayor Filler
dri ide to-dajr that nn^ enumerrtiou of
muiiictpaf authorities. The corr*ctne»s
cf tha census tak-u by tne federal au-
tliotities is do tbic-d. and it was sft«r con
sultation wtth several chiefs or tba city
bur ;uis, who have had experience in the
work, that Mayor Filler decided that a
recount should be mad**. On Thursday
. ii ordinance will be introduc.d in coun
cil, fappropriating the re.ea<*ry amount
of money ter the work, nnd at soon as
p 'kible after It ii passed, and the funds
§ cured, the ««n of reepuming the peo
ple will be begun.
i surely Cnrid,
vo »*j of i vvo y« ar» nsiv U r;.:. Sneed msy lie able t^
I opera liou o Mr. Ho d skirts auoluteiy before the
Mon comerr. dated > mu>ruw.
1 been t. -h.
bis j 1 oj.closs cate* lave l.cn |a*rtuanrntly
t/ai. i cured. I shall begLsd to tend two bottles
jeon i cf my rc»».c iy frae to any of your n*
e ap- [ ers who t :.vi* c * -uinpti ”n, if I her i
p of rend me ttu-ir fc\; r» k- and P. O. addn
r has ] Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C.
The I'lrit Steamer I*a**es Throiiab
Hoiid hlioaU Canal.
Cil.ttanooca. Tcnn., Oct. 27.—The
•tramcr V. ielzcil of L:. ttuno.-ga, passti!
t .r ugh tho M--S 1 MtoaU cioaf irom
i :.•*•: ...... a. h .. i.. ; ..:i. iat en
gineers, Colonel J. W, Barlow, m charge
of the Tenncj*<-o river improvements;
Majar A. J. McKenzie, in c ..»rge of tho
Mississippi and Major H. IL A-'anu,
who determiol d the location «>f tl.o ca-
tiabing and impruviog of Colbert Shoals
The Memphis and Charloslun nee bridge
was swung and the Wietecil was ti.e
first steamer to go through.
This practically opens the Tonnecaee
river io navigation although the date for
the celebration el tbe event in Chatta
nooga has Uca set for Nov. 12, when
Socr«tary of War Proutor will be pres*
•nt ___
ISarly Snow Iu Tenu«*are.
Nariiville, Ten a, OcL 2d—A special
from Kuoxull * »%;■: Reports receive*!
hire last night show that a considerable
quantity of »novr fell in the m luntains
IshC nigbt. Two to four inches are re
port d a: Crgaterry. This U about twt,
or three weeks earlier than usu »1 for
■now in tlu* mountalifc. la some place*
snow has fallen on green leave*
Light on I lie llarlrlot JUTalr.
Londov. CcL 2d— lie. Jameson's
widow, in a commun.cation to th«
lir: «, tay* her bust anlife and
(tbrie*. ahiut to bo puid.siictl will probt-
Llv throw li|lu on u.e il.riclot affair.
Bctcliam's Pills cure sick headache.
Peculiar In conhkutlflQ, pr>?crti*jn, and
ft*; r.ratl m cf Ingrrdlcnts, Hood's S-mpa-
rllla pos.'--.*<»the curative value of the test
known feme- L| lU '* 01 th0
vegotaM• rsOOCl S Ingdom.
Peculiar in Its strength end economy, IIodd*s
Sarsaparilla U the only medicine of which can
truly be said, ’One Hundred Doses OueDol
Ur.” reeuliar In Its ueUldnal merits, nood's
SamparlQa aeecmpUvhes cures hitherto un-
“ :I Sarsaparilla;i! e h “
the title cf “The greatest Mood purllererer
discovered." rc< ;:.ir la lu “good naiae
at home,”—there Is more of Hood's 8a;..>
parlila sold tn Lowell than of a!l other
Hood purifiers. Peculiar tn Its phenomeual
record of abroad
no other f” CLVIllfll rrer=raCon
eT.r attained so rspkdfy ncr held so
Bteadfi ;i/ the confltenee of all classes
of people. Peculiar la the brain-work which
it represents. Hood’s flusaparlOA com*
bloes all the knowledge which rc'Mera
research*o«_ f in '- vJ I
set. •* 1 * SO i ibtl i tlevciO;.: J,
with riany year* practical exportence la
yreparlcg mcdiclaet. Be me to get ooly
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
SoMbratMrvcglrtj. fRsUferfS. Prvyoredealy
bjC. I. ROOD A (XX, Ap*ik*aui4t,LowtU, .Mom.
I0D Ponoo Om Dollar
181 Pearlol. New U«*. u.v.ituor«;i>c,alayicailhu,A.Tfi.’