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Cleanse* blood, qaicicrns sluggish oirculstioii.
BUmbates Boils, difcnneles ard »«alds.-W
Bins Scrofula and Kings Kell, twin brothers.
Chaosos bad breath to good,
ey Route biliousness and clcara oompMßUNfc
Channini resolvent and matchless UxatlTO.
It dxiTos Sick Headache like the wind.**?®
E Contain# no drastic cathartic oroplato.
aptiy cures Rhonmatisruby routing
ores llfa>gtving properties to t « bloc 4.
Is gaarenteed to cure all nervouß di orders.
%jf- jiuUiu.lo whan ail opiate* tall."**
Roftcahca the mind and Invtsoratv* th* body.
Coro* djapepsla or money reiandud.-**
a-Bnoorsod In writingby over Ally thousand
Loading phyalclan* In c. 8. and
Leading clergymen in U. S. and
Dljeaaes of the blood own it n conaneror.-t*
for aale by all leading drngglata.
Xho Dr. 8. JL Slehmbnd Medical Co. Props.,
8t Josspk, Mo. (It)
1 Tor testimonial* and circa'.crs send stamp
Ota*. X. Ciithmtoa, Agent, Now York dtp
AUonn*>9*.
MONEY LOANED
On Farms; 5 Years Time,
at reasonable rates,
IN WALKER AND 6HATTOOBA
COUNTIES.
Apply >0
tOEO. M. NAPIER,
LsFajetto, Ga.
W. ISAUOSX.
Att .*ruev a> LiW,
SUMMERVILLE, - - lEORbIA,
Will practice In tlie Superior, Coun
ty, uud District Courts.
fTw. Copeland,
Attorney at Law,
I Fayette, - - Georgia.
vw> LI- practice in the Superior Court*. «f korao
W Mrcun. kUewhere Wy sgecUl agreemeat. Col
lecUng • npceislty.
H. P. Lumpkin
Attorney at Law,
LaFaykttk, - ■ Geobgia.
, v ILL tire prompt ailcoltaa lo all ku.laa»
mairutled to bitn.
fey warn la :*r mis.osENQEB Bulldlog.
Robert 51. W.. Menu,
Attorney at Law,
LiKayrtt*, - --** Gkoboi*.
Will practice hi the Hnpeiior Courts
of the Koine am) adjoiniiig.ciicuUs slid
ibe Supreme Cuu tot Georgia Or
tic* 4 on ea*t side <>f square iu building
Aitn Dr. J . Hill Hammond.
aSlZio.
ifiijDellaneoua Advertisements.
DR. J. HILL HAMMOND,
Pbywician and Surgeon,
Offino in L.Kayette on the east ride
of the square, immediately south ol tbn
knelt store, where he can be found at■ all
heurs, day and night when not profes
sionally engaged.
DA.I. s.
RESIDENT DENTIST.
K’NSUGOLD, - * Geokuia.
if'JTSfflih o® erß ser y> 3e ° * n * i! braDch
of his piofissiun to the
itizens of Walker aud Utoosa Coun
ties. W rk promptly done at moderates
? All w„i k warranted. Office on Naeh
.tile street, first building west of W L
W bitojuu’s store.
GEORGIA HOUSE
and restaurant.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.,
Cos. Makkkt and Ninth Ht«.,
Kept by CH AS. TETTER.
Board $1.25 per day.
(Jail and see Fetter and get a square
meal and a good drink. The coolest
beer nnd the best liquor in our elty.
DIAMONDS
IM« -Jewelry, 81 Irony or* and Finer Good*
Largest Stock and Lowest Friooa
•and for Ulnatratad Cateloguo.
J. P. BTEVENB A CO.,
A ATLANTA.
PR ACHING NERVES CAUSE
aGONYI
1 PERRY DAVIS'S PA® KILLER j
11BINC3
RELIEF!
n 1
NEURALGIA
SCIATICA
TOOTHACHE
E.VA.CHE
Old t'.e v "ii’: \jons family of J
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I Ail Ka.iTCTABTE DRUGGISTS j
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Walker County Messenger.
VOL. VII.
THE MESSENGER.
-LAFAYETTE, - • * GEORGIA
liWiiß**#*** 1 *"
To the Editor Ueeeenyer:
I attire through the column* of
your riper tn give to the public th#
facte ia rslat on to th# trouble#
arising from the Bale and run nag#-
meut of th# Rising Fawn iron
pr-'perty in Dade Cooaiy, G«., in
which a large number of our citi
xons wet* interested, and about
which to much has l-eeu aaid, and
to little understood.
Th# Com par y had iseued Uonda
to th# amount of thr#* hundred
thousand dollars, in 1876 ono hun
dred and twenty-fle# thousand
first mortgage bonds, and on# hun
dred and asrtnty-firs tbousaud
amend mortgat# bond# on tl>«
property, t# run fl»# year# at t#n
par cent., ptyaol# semi annually ;
and in default of paying said iotei
##t six siootba, th# whole becam#
du«.
In lß76lbi»C«aapany failed, and
th#ir creditor# obtained judgment
amnuDUng to about eighteen thou
sand dollars,up m which #xee.utions
war# issued, and the property ler
ied on. About 150 of these were
claims of laborers, w foreclosed
their liens, end the reet Justice and
Superior Ouuit eieeutions.
When the day of ealu earn#, a
hrge number es ireditors were on
tbe ground, and attr.roeya repre
senting all the executions in the
bends of the Sheriff 1 , end also the
sttorsLYE of the company. There ww
conaidei able eon fueicu among them
It was finally settled by the credi
tors ead attorneys, egrerinff to get
■ me one to bid it off for tbe credi
tors, for eighteen thousand dollars,
that being the amount of tbe ex*,
culions ie the bands es the Sheriff;
eueh creditor te bold an interact to
the amount of his debt, in the
pr..party. The company's attar
n»js were to hare thirty and eixty
days to redeem their property, in
default of which, the title te nst in
bidder for the croditors, as abov*
stated. The attorneys for tbe cred
i ors, weru, E. D. Graham, It H.
Tatum, J. G. Hale, sod W. U. Jac
eway, and for the Company, T J.
Lumpkin and Maj. E. M. Dodson.
After the sale hours were far ad
vanced, tbe attorneys came to me,
and asked me to bid it off as above
stated. I refused, and they ineit
ed; said they couldn’t barnooniz
on any one else, and I would have
no trouble. I then stated to all
present that I would assume no
personal liability in maxing the
bid.
Before the sale was cried, E. D.
Graham announced ia tbe presence
of Sheriff aDd creditors, tbe terms
as follows; that J. W. Cureton
would bid off the property for tie
creditors ; and no money was to be
paid and tbe execution* in th#
Sheriff’s hands were to be satisfied
by seid bid. and the Company
were to bate 30 and 60 days to re
deem it in. After the 30 days bad
expired and tbe Company bad fail
ed to comely, tbe creditors were
notified and a meeting ot tbe credi
tors was held at Rising Fawn. I
was called on to act aa chairman,
and at that me. ting the croditors
appointed E. D. amham, R H.
Tatum, J G Hitti, W. U. Jacoway,
W. C. Peters, W R. Thomas and J.
W. Cerotob Trustees to manage
the the property with power to
Imm*; operate, or sell, said proper
ty, whenever a majority of said
trustee* may determine it to bo
beet for tbe interest of all concern
ed, aad that tbe said J. W. Cureton
will vest to# title to said property
iD whatever company, corporation
or individual th* laid creditors
may direct.
It was also agreed at that moot
ing. that each attorney would Uzo
bis Uses ia atock in aaid proporty.
This agreoaaent was mad# oa the
9th of Dec 1876, and waa reduced
to writing on the 28tb of the seme
month, by E. D. Graham and aigo
ed by ail tbe trustee* above mea
tinned aad a large Dumber of ertd
ito.w, and ie now in the Clerk’s of
£•« in Dad* Superior Court.
Aa agrexl at the above elated
uietting ot the creiitsrr, t*-# deed
o*B made to me in accordance
witu ta« terms of the aa e, aad tbe
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1884.
property turned oter to me by th*
Phrriff.
A few daye after the above stated
meeting of th# creditor*, the seven
trustees met, in th* interest of the
tirstconfided to them, and tmploy
ed Jerry R»oirJ*n to look alter,
and see that no depredation! were
committed on it, and that he most
look t# th# product of th# fnrnace
for his pay. I waa authorised by
them to make this arrrngenieat.
Sometime about tbs middle of
Febrnery, th# tros eee j»*d# * lease
of th# property t* Dr. Wm. Mor
row th* Preeideat of the Teuoeeesv
Coal and R R. Ce, for 90 day*.
Tbit teas* waa signed up by all th#
traeWas, befer# I ever eaw it and
they sent lor me to some and sign
it. Th# terms us the lea** were:
they were l* repair the foriae*
and pay th* trustees 87 25 for *v
try toe es iren delivered on the
■id* track ot the Alabama sad
Cuatianeoga railroad, aad t* make
setUaaeeete mouth iy .After tbe tim*
t r eeitlemeet bad pasted,w* found
tbet all the trastern, except Jae
•way aad myself, were aetiug
with the lesees and refuted to make
any settlement, or let u# base ac
cess to tL* books. The trustee*
held a meeting at Mr. Graham’s
hoes* and agreed to have a meet
ing at th* store hone* es the *oas
ps ny aud produe* th# hooks and
make a settlemew* is aeeerdane*
with the leas ; th* sreditors were
very much dieeeiiefied with the
m ansgtmea t end were demure ns
fora settlement. I untied th*
creditors to be present and have a
creditor meetieg an the earn* day
the trastern held thuiru; which wm
about 2itt of Mdfi when th* day
arrived med tbe trustee* met, Mr.
Graham aad thee* so tie g with
aim, slieilatolj igaered eay eeule
ment, sod refused to produce the
lease papers whieh they held, or
leader eay a oeuat to th* credit
ors. But, instead, had a nice
resolution drawn up, investing on*
half interest m th# whel* property
t* Morrow A Haraer, on condi
tion they would pay the July and
January interest oa the bond* Mr.
Jaoeway and myself pretested
end refuted to eigntaodeed, an Ires
it wee submitted to the creditor*;
they, neverihtlee*, med* the deed
end then proceeded to organize a
stock eompauy, with Mr. Waruer
President, Mr. Graham and W C
Peters, directors, aud tbe rest ot
them in Naehyiil*. fhi* whole
scheme was uoneoctod and carried
out by E D Graham, without the
knowledge of the people he preten
ded to serve; and Mr. Warner was
on tbegrouud with his seal rvady
made, nnd his etook certificates
printed ready to be signed up be
fore the proposition wav mad*
known.
I eeut for Col. Dabney to make
a aelllement, and went with him
to the Furnace and met Mr Gra
ham and he refused to Svtt * or
produce tbe books and referred Col
Dabney to Mr Warner, Who would
settle when he returned, being
absent out of the State.
Mr. Warner had nothing to do
with this leas*, it was th* Tennessee
Coal and R. R. Ce. They never
did settle or pay the creditors, un
less W C Peters aad E D Graham
reotivsd it to 00mpens*to them for
violated plighted laitb. After this
he and hi* associate* could conceal
their duplicity to tocf *r; took open
grounds for Warner dc Morrow
against th* people they pretended
to serve This excited the just
indignation of tbe creditor* nnd n
meeting was sailed iu which they
were severely censured and n reso
lution passed, dismissing tbe
trustees and appointing ethers as
fellows: Bellmen Croes, Jehn Long,
Peter Forester, H L W Allison,
P Gilbert, J W Cureton. Th*
first easiness es new board was to
prevent a default of the bond*,
and we mad* a joint not# to raie*
tbe money, on expenting to one the
property nnd refued R eut of the
Furnas*; w* didn’t snoieed as
readily aa we expected, nnd the
time wan about out, only about
three daye left, when I met tbe
•gent of a Mew York bond bolder,
with whom I made airaegmente
to pay the interest te ) retent a
sacrifice of the props, ty, nnd to
•eve tbe eieditors; after I tad paid
th# interest they (till refused tn
give poeeseeiunt aud E D Graham
made a speech at the Ka#n ai>d
also at the Furnao*. in wkiah h»
advised tbe operative# in shed the
bleod of nor fed iw-oitis# is rsthsr
tbau give peieeMiou; end accor
dingly went to th* Foresee, aid
armed th# negroes and while ls
bereie, with guns, pistols, and
clubs, with orders not to let inter
sst-.-d creditors came about; and
actually several lespctnhle citizens
were foiced to leave the place; #ll
tbe same evening about dusk 1
was walking up to th# Furtive#
and met Graham and Petirs. Gra
ham said te roe, I bud better not
ge up there w* bn vs a police; I
said that didn't make any differ
ent*; he said he would go with *l*,
aed accordingly turned round end
went back and pas*ed through ids
mob without being molested, and
aed he by my side On rexebing th*
far side of the furnao*, I stopped
turned round and saw two nogroes
and a white man, following eloee
behind me, each wits a alub; I
asked Graham what it meant, (lie
mad* no reply) and then vexed
th-m whet they were going to do
with their clubs? they made me
no reply. Graham insisted on
going back; before goit.g very far
I saw a considerable crowd gath
ering behind me, end commenced
pushing me out; I turned round
and told them they could net p'ty
that game, and that they eould
not push m« oat In that way.
A few d»ys after this occurred,
in full accord with the trusts#* and
ereHitors, I made nn affidavit and
took out a posteriory warrai.t, and
waa put in petition ly the Sheriff.
Every eolered employe# waa
persuaded to leave hi* pnet with
the pramiv* that they should re
ceive their pay until they regain
ed poreetsion; they notified th*
K. Road net to switch any coke
cars on tbe Fames# track, and
claimed the track as theirs. The
Furnace Co., refused to sell us th#
cuite, Jtxepk Brown refused to
•ell os coke, hi# superieteadent at
Cole City refus'd aud the Tennes
see Co., refuted to eell us a train
oad es toke, then on th* sid# track
at Rising lawn. W* procurred four
ear loads per day, from tks Etna
Mines, which wer« aot a suflicieat
■apply; and was forced te blow
out at a k eavy lost, la the follow,
iag Fell I wrote a letter to Gov.
Brown, to know if 1 could negoti
ate with him for coke b, supply
tbs Foresee; his reply was, accor
ding t* an agreement eilb th#
Kernses Company, he could
■ot furnish more than oa* half;
hut would writ* them and *ee
what eould be dnne; wbicb reeul
ted in a contract for a supply of
coke with the tw* parties Mr. J
M Pearce, in th* mean lime, cauis
down here in th* interest #f the
Mew York B mi holers; tnd through
him 1 procured mean* ( o repair
t * Furnace) from the pitrtiet he
represented; and about th* Iset of
December w* pat the Furnace in
blest, at a cost* es about thirty -five
hundred dollar*, th* forces fully
organized, and was working from
40 to 50 tens of iron per day, Be
fo e on* moiita bad passed, I wes
notified lo appear before the Fed
eral Ceurt it Atlanta, to answer
U bill filed b» Warner A Morrow,
and show cause why a receiver
sheuld not be appointed; the evi
dence they produced, were cerlifi
ieetes of E D Graham and wo la
borers that worked at the Furnace;
•bo swore th* ispair* would not
lust over two or thrs* weeks, and
w* were wanting tbe property; on
th* other side I gave tbe affidavit
of eucb men, a* Gallitan Stephen*,
H L W Allison, Potsr Forester, T
J Lumpkin, Hugh McK»ig, F De
mon. s Foundrymvn, sod Craw
ford the ceutiactor who did the
work; til stating the! it bad boon
as tootnomirally maaogi d, and
done an well as bofor#; upon this
ovid#noo a receiver was appointed
and took poaeovion; leaving a
with oar goods andeommiosion oa
haod, which wo had to dipose of
at a heavy ar.cn93* A large
amount of vuppli'S, had beta
furnished by me; which I expec
ted to get back frem the product
*f th# Furnace. I tried in vain to
get a Lairing for two long years
without nv#il I wtnl to Wa<h
ington and br.ingh* th* css" before
Judge Bisdlv fir rev aw sad he
doclin*d until alter a final tria'.
Afier waiting two year* without
a i.v hearing, th* b.'sai ia iren
c*m», an 1 Mr. Chafer cam* hare
(who is a r*<poa«ibl* banket in
New Yerk) prepared t* redeem th#
i property and pay off Warner A
Mjrrew'a bonds, if amng»menta
nail be made tn secure ihs equity
of ledemptioii; it wv* the fi #t offer
and tli# only ##* w* had ever hod,
to eecia 1 e our debts. Mr. Bbsfer
agreed to pay the remaining judg
ment* of tbe creuitor# aud fully
indeiun.fy lb# tor niy tun# ai d ex
pense. I agreed lo the proposition,
aud also wbat be should pay tor.
wm agr ed on; lie pared me part
and was to pay in* th* rttl ia 90
daye.
He furnished Maj.Dedson sever
al ihoevaud dolors, with waivb ha
paid OiTjjdgmtnls; and b*furnish
ed me $375 'o pay ■ ff executions;
whieh 1 applied in that way ; aad
was t* be furnished the mousy, ss
fast as I got up tba judgment* to
pay tham off.
Tbii eon'ract was mad* en tli#
81b (if Oct., it* I on th# 14th,
they d*.drtd to make a
charge, by my withdrawing
my suit in Atlanta, and let th#
c iuit decree a tala in order to Bat
tle tbs title ; bet ie all other res
pects, the contract of th* Bth te be
in full for**; this eoatract ie now
in tbe hands of attorneys in Mew
York, for collection. It was mads
at the suggestion of eooae of the.
ahlett legal uiindv in the Sute, for
th# protection of tli* creditors end
myaelf. 1 had prior to this time,
procured ihe payir.eat of twelve
thoussad dollar# of thee# claim#;
and th# proof is ia theclark'i office
ic Dad* Superior Court. These are
tbe facts of this eomplieated mat
ter ; given in as short away aa I
could, to make it comprehensible.
I invite scrutiny and defy centio
rervion.
Mow, I propose t* addrses inv
sslf to E. ff, Gribam, and some of
hie co, tiusteee who (like Judas)
bi««ly betrayed ib<- p"ipl
that made him, into the bands
es tb»ir enemies ; and lo sever «p
the infamy they charge MR with
wiling out the creditor* and pat
ting tbe money in try poeket L'k#
lii# incendiary, set the house on
firs and then give tbe alarm. They
have nudertuke# to poison th#
public min I by *ffrr#ptiiiously cir
culating that I have sold out the
creditor#, nnd Lave tbn money in
ruy pocket Every word and every
HvlUhie in tlm clinrce, it s base and
unmitigated li#. Your ronaieuce
let's you, you have sinned against
kncwledzc; and whatavvr defence
vo» make is contrary to your in
ternal conyietiens. You bosited
to me Mr. Giahum about getting
up the liens, you nnd Mr. Lisle, to
eav# hard working leai hie right#;
you took them into your stock
company, when you sold one-bad
interest to Wnrafrdr Morrow, or
give it to thrm. And when the
creditor* refused to ratify yonr sale,
you SUd a bill for Warner &
Morrow, in which you deciar* ev
ery labor* r*’ lien, deftotiv* and
vo d. Did you rot cist n in
that bill, that the Justice Court
Judgment* were obtained by fraud
and collusion, and other defecle?
Did you not ask the. court, to re
strain me fr*m paying any money
to any cr-ditors, until your ciffnia,
the T"iine###e Company, cuM re
cover judgment aud tale tbe toon
ey ? Did yeti not abandon yitur
trust, and s*r»* '.hemoneyed Lords
for Did you not boast you
were to g#t SSOO to try, and $5,000
if you succeeded iu getting a re
cover appointed in the interest of
Warner A Morro* ? Your foot
print# sr* made in every effort this
foreign onrpora'ina made, to take
this ‘prLpertj from th# creditors,
some of whom w*re your owa eli*
ents.
Did you »ot, on Ih* dsy of #s|e
aeispt the promise of • fee of tlOii
by th* company's attorneys, to
unit* ia recaaoelingth* credit' rs to
tbe (era •of the sale, as abov* re- j
fotred to? And did not th* ftbsriff
he'd ia bi* bauds tbe exscutiei ■
you now >#ek to make me liable for?
Did you not meet the ci editor*
on tbe 9 h day of Deceemher
lol'oaring, in melt meeting a*
which tin* you and lix other
tr i«te*e w«re eppnletad to manage
th*prop#rtv. on certain term* em
bodied in an agr*#oieat you wret*
out yottrself on the 28 f b of Decern
ber, and afterward* awor* to at
Dalton , in which y*u agreed to
Uk* yonr fees, in stoex in the
property, and enoh creditor the
amount of his judgment? And
did voo not (ttempl to exclude i>e
tnd the creditors from th* proper
ty. by en arms I mob? Now, Mr.
Grabano, didn't you and Mr. Hal*
• near in court at tn* Mirth term
'B3 six years after, that I took pos
session for myself and claimed it as
n>y ow*? Now, I leave yeu to
reosncil* tide ecmluct as best yeu
nay. "False prophesy that dream a
a lie, 1 hat tool* believe and knsvas
apply.” Nuw, air, let eopbiatiy
evade; let fa'aehood avaert, and
impudence deny 1 H>rt stand*
your reeoi J c nnpicuou* and ui re
moved, to direct no throogh this
troublesome tea of controversy.
I hope my coualryapn will be
no longer imposed upon by artful
and designing men, or by wrstshs#
who bankrupt in busineai, in fain*
and fortune msau n(thing more
than to involve this country in tbe
same common ruin with thein
e-dvee.
Now, Mr. Graham, did you not
bid off four lots of land on tbe lat
Tuesday in June, 1877, iusludiog
coal hank, encline, ears, engine,
boilur, pumps, Ac., that was excep
ted from tbe ssls, under an execu
tion that made good title? and did
you not agree with me and other
creditors to bid it off for the credi
tor* to secure the debts ? And d-d
you not basely betray os, and deed
it to Warner and Morrow ; and then
comets me, and tell me you had
a bond from Waroer to r* di ed to
me for S6OO, the amount it brought
at the sals? And did I not Under
you th# money ? You valied this
property at SIO,OOO. It was worth
it lYbrt did you get for this ac
of treachery and fraud ? 'I lie pub
lic would like to know. Wh#r*
were ths (locutions (you *«*k to
make me Table for) wbil* yeu wsr*
handling this fat little job, and de
luding ihe men who had entrusted
you with their claims? Whato>ed
itor have yox ever paid ss attorney?
■one. What effort bays you
mvl* as tracts*; non* but tn de
ceive them and fils bills dsolsr-.
ing their judgments, not worth
tli* paper th#y wer# writlsn on,
and sou eof your alii** elsiining
fee* for work they proclaim to be
worthless I ha*e paid over SI2OOO
of these claims, nnd bnt for your
treachery every dollar would hav#
been paid. The product of ih«
Furnace under the receiver, would
mors than pay ths ds'jt. You
mad# no affolt to get yo«r execu
tion paid ass, yon stood by and
»iw J## B'#wn and Warmer bay
tt#pr#'>#rty for s3<N>,ooo. leis than
it was trorlh amassing a fortune
in a day; - whllti 300 creditors,
most of wbom'wsr* laborers wh te
hard earnings were vested ia this
property, ar.d *ho hsv# received
nothing but thcrsnlisstioa es your
tre&OLsrv, end iho betrayal of the
trust thoy confided to you, and, in
the fro* of nil this, yon, end your
followers, toll ths, psaple that I
have sold them out; and you intro
dnoait presumption ‘*t variance
with facts, and iaferensss at tbs
tbs expelto# of reason, to prove a
fraud hat bos no piralell is th*
sunala of tk#dwurl records of tbe
couo 17: Is it rsavonobl* that I
would agree to bid off this proper
ty io tbs prsssoo* of 200 witn< as
** far thorn, and aftorward signed
all obligations to vest ths litis I
hold for them, in whoever they
■aid and aeoept a trustvnhip and
act with six ether trust -**.each with
as much power as myself, lsasinit
and sonirolling th# proper'/ for
months, and than claim it as mine
Wks it a crime for me to maintain
my p igbtod lai'h by defending the
rig’it of those creditor#, ag«ir*t a
foieixn corporation, after all the
other UltsUsshad deserted them,
snd the Federal court hart taken
p snessiou of all th# property? 1* ,
it vqtitiy, isitjuatiee to make me I
lia'*ie for debt* i n*v«r agreed to '
pay?
In 1 fifty Mr. Graham esmit la
Trent"o, tssaid, expressly to rots
promise. He propoj'd to abtndon
*ll lit* clnlui* he t eld against tnu
Reing Fawn Iron Co., if / would
l’»V Lim tha fa*, aud would sever
have an> thing aaora to do with it.
N >w, Mr. Graham, ilia first Inn.
inflra you aver had of any sonee
qaau w, waa to become Adminislra
tor «f the Dorbary estate in thia
couattr. Yoa pr.nured my Lama
and C il. I’araa’ by tellhig ua that
several othar reapnnaible mow
would sign it; but inaioad of car
rying out your pledge to ui, In
good filth, you deposited It with
tlia Ordinary without oor ooneeut,
aid wbieb wa navar anew, until
you ware a defaultar Y u woroauad
and you ga'md thaauil, on aaoouii.
of tbera being no Revenue dtawipi
on tha aotaa. It way Ukan t*>|the
Supreme Court and waa affirmed.
Now you ait by and Buffer it re
newed (afar it ia barred by a at at -
uta ol limitation) to gratify your
mu ice toward thoee who helped
you in time of need.
I* 1372 you'told the people, after
tha disa-trous failure of tha K,
Road, if they wor'd elaat you to
the Legislature, yanr paramount
influauaa with tha tha Governor
and botaa, won'd enable you tw
get taelr money. Waat was Uta
raaalt ? Yau ware not alactad ; but
they aenl you to Atlanta to kelp
thun, pou ipent tbair money and
never beueftuad tbom one niakla,
and I laut you mosey to Uome
bowia or., and you never have paid
it yet.
In 187 fl yon went to Crawfish
Springs to ■ Convention to nomi
nate a candidate far Senator from
the 4i h District; you tried to
break up tha convention, and afW
I had reoaivad tba nomination,you
declared against me; and tbeu you
made a epeecb publicly and de
clared for tbe nominee; and after
tbia you did everything you
could for the Independent. Tba
next time I bear of you, you are m
caudidatu for tba Legialalure.au the
Felton ticket in Rartow Co. Have
you no opinion of your owu, or is
it the gratification of betraying ev
ery friend with whom you bate
been oonneoted. and of deserting
every political principle io whiob
yea bad concurred.
Extremes apeak for Ihetnealvaa
and make their owu law*. It i*
the prerogative of fully alone, to
maintain both aides of a proposi
tion. Shame should blister tbair
tongues and infamy tingle in tbair
earn. It ie a winged oauae that an
vaiopeH ti e obscure aa wall aa tha
diatinisishad, and unsotile* our
moral and social relations, andaaps
the foundation of liberty.
Fr .m wba'ever origin your influ
ence io this country arias*, it ia a
pbenomsnou in the history of hu
man virtue and understanding.
Good men can hardly believe tba
fheta; wise men are unable to ae
cotinl far il; religious men-find ex
eroiav fir their faith; and make it
the lasi effprtof tbair piety not to
repine against f'.evidence. Tha
salsa inaidiour partisan who creates
or ferments the disorder, aeaa tha
fruit of his dishonest industry ri -
pen beyond-his liapea, aud rejoices
in tha promise of a banquet, only
delicious to such au appetite aa bia
own.
It i* lima for thoee who raal’y mean
tha cause of justice, who have no
view to private advantage, and
who have virtue enough to prefer
lb* general good of the co.nmsnity
to the gratification of persona! ca
lumniator*; it ie lime for auch men
t*» interpose and onndemn to infs
am the p.dsou vampiree who are
seeking tba life blood of our coun
try. raising suepisian, and Ibrow
i g their poison dart* from some
dark corner.
Come forward you foul calumni
ator*, or hereafter hold your
peace. I have more material on
hand. “On rtg'e* wings immortal
scandal flies, While innocent vir
tuous sotiun is but horn aad dim-”
1 have written three lines, more
in sorrow than in anger, I have
knewu intimately tbe family with
which Mr Grabsm la concealed,
and have always held them in
high «'earn. Butthedityl owe
to myself sod family, and oourtry,
demands that I ahcild riot resent
silent longer. J W Olbkton.
From the Press.
Mr. D. K. fisrith, Fitter aft he
Kcowee Courior, \t alhalla, 8. C,
sav * : ‘‘l have used Norman's Neu-
PaTiing Coreitl several years awl
find it sup-rior to any remedy I
have tried f-r sd disorders of tbe
bowe-s. it n»s tlia fret pine in
our boi|.c|io|.| and is inli*|.>usi •
ble.”
NO. 27.