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GALLAHER'S INDEPENDENT,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT
QUITMAN, GA.,
by
J. C. G A L L A H E R.
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THE WOLDEI SI OR.
There is mtnv a rest in the road oftife,
If we only would stop to take it:
And many a tone from the better land.
If the querulous heart would make it.
To the sunny soul, that is full of hope.
And whose beautiful trust ne’er faiJeth.
The grass is green aiul the flowers art* bright,
Though the wintry storm prevailed}.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And to keep the eyes still lifted.
For the sweet blue sky w ill soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds arc rifteu.
There was never a night without a day,
Or an evening without a morning:
And the darkest hour, as the proverb goes,
* Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many a gem in the path of life,
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
Taht is richer far than the jeweled crown,
Or the miser's hoarded treasure;
It may be the love of a little child,
Ot a mother’s prayer to heaven.
Or only a bsggar a grateful thanks
For a cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden tiling,
And to do God's will with a ready heart,
And hands that aroswdt and willing,
Than to snap the delicate, minute threads
Of our curious lives asunder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends,
And sit and grieve and womb r.
LOVE IN Tilt: SOUTH.
Tlie grouse shooting hail commenced a
few days. The steamers on the Caledonia
Canal were crowded with sportsmen and
tourists. The inns at Fort William and
Uenevie were nightly besjeged by wild
troops of hungry Sasseimchs. Eley’s car
fridges and Black’s hand-books rose to a
premium in the provincial markets; and
the Highlands rebounded with the joy of
the stranger. The Gael gladly reaped,
in expectation, the anticipated harvest,
"while the breast of every motherpalpitated
with pleasurable excitement as she fixed
one eye on the list of arrivals in the
Grouseshire f'nurier and the other on her
red-haired daughters. Meanwhile, the
said nymphs were deciding on their
dresses for the northern meeting, and
thumbing the Bed Book for the geneal
ogy of ever new comer. lu fact, gaiety
regained in the North, except in the case
of a few unfortunate tourists who found
themselves at Inverness, and having visited
Macbeth’s castle and the Field of Culioden
"were at loss how to employ themselves.
In one of the many country houses fam
ed for Celtic hospitality a very merry
party was met. There were grouse shoot
ers and Highland belles. The host and
three other chieftains, who rejoiced in the
names of the McDum, Kill-devil, Devil hit
and Kill bogle—there is a run on Satanic
uomeefature in the North, such us would
drive a Yezidi to distraction—two or three
English visitors made up the party of gen
tlemen. Of ladies, there were the daugh
ters of the houses of McDum and Kill-
Devil, with many other of the neighboring
damsels, and of course closely related to
each other.
The mornings were devoted by the gen
tleman, ns in duty bound, to the game.
In the afternoons they, perhaps; competed
as Tox ophilites with tile indies, or assisled
them in adorning their albums w ith carica
tures of the face ol' nature. In the even
ings dancing, music and flirtation pre
vented the most ardent sportsmen from
Itecomig totally brutalized.
Of all the young ladies assembled be
neath tbe roof of McDum the one most re
nowned for desperate flirtation was Miss
Clementine Kill-Loon. She was a young
lady of great animal spirits. She was
handsome, had a tolerable figure, and her
uraMes were not much larger than an Eng
lishman’s. She could ride, shoot, fish,
dance and reel against any number of con
secutive Sassenachs, and was altogether a
great accession to a country house. Yet
she remained unmarried, and her tweuty
seventh year was drawing on. But the
reason was, the gentlemen said, she was so
very affectionate. Every one was fright
ened at her readiness to catch at an offer,
besides, she so soon changed from one to
another. There were Smith and Jones—
they came on Wednesday. Ou Thursday
Smith nearly capitulated, when she got
hold of his hand in the conservatory, and
would keep it; but on Fridav, coming un
expectedly into the diningroom, he found
heron her knees before Jones, rubbing
bisleft arm, which was rheumutically given
—Jones looking rather sheepish. Smith
fled on the spot, and refused to return.
This season she had determined to make a
victim of some unconscious Southerner.
The natives, she knew, were too shrewd to
be caught; besides, they none of them had
any thing to live upon but the proceeds of
their shootings and fishings. So she laid
her pluus accordingly. At the last North
ern meeting she had met a Lieut. Spooner,
then on recruiting service in the vicinity,
He saw—admired —danced as often with
her as propriety would permit laud they
don’t think much of propriety beyond the
Highland line, as long as a lady had a
“lang pedigree,”) and was encouraged by
her kind behavior to say non- than he
had ever dared to utter before; for he was
a timid youth and inexperienced in the
ways of the world. Therefore, when he
had replied to the question, ‘‘How do you
like the North, Mr. Spooner ?” by answer
ing, “I wish I could always remain where
I am now”—she was lovingly squeezing
him up in a corner of the sofa —he blushed
violently, and almost repented his audacity.
However, her glances and squeezes of the
hand restored his courage, and before lie
left the ball room he was desperately in
love. He told his passion in confidence to
a friend, who, of course, told his friends,
and so the tale came, not uudiminished,
to the ears of Miss Clementina.
A year’s absence had a almost effaced
her image from his mind, for he had been
suddenly called on duty; but the lady
Could not divine this, and therefore, when
she 1. ard he was coming to pay The Mc-
Dum a visit, she natuaailv concluded he
was irresistibly drawn thither by her
charms; of course, to came to seek her
consent to make him the happiest man on
earth. Full of this idea, ou the morning
of his arrival she held a couucil of the
ladies, and expounded to them the state of
the case.
“But, you know, he is so shy,” she said
to her sympathizing friends.
“Well, Clementina, we will do all we can
for you—you are quite sure he wishes you
to propose ?”
“Oh, yes 11 know he only wants an op
portunity. The dear creature —how jxile
and interesting heis looking.’
“Listen, ladies all,” said Miss Mc-
Dum. “This evening, after dinner, we
will slip out of the room and leave them
alone —then he is sure to speak.”
So it was settled. The gentlemen en
tered readily into the plan, each one de
lighted to find the fair Clementina was not
after him. Meanwhile the unconscious
VOL. L
j Spooner was deliberately kind intentions
i preparing for dinner quite unaware of
their kind intentions tow ard him
Of course, he handed Clementina down
from the drawing-room, and the tender
! speeches and affectionate glances she be
stowed upon him during dinner-time re
called many of his last year’s feelings to
wards her. Indeed, he would have been
: still more subdued lmd not his timidity
| led him into a mistake, the confusion aris
ing from which banished all thoughts of
| love from his breast. Not thinking him
self sufficiently intimate with the chief to
call him simply “McDum,” he actually
addressed him ns Mr. McDum ! The head
!of the olau looked like an insulted lion,
an embarrassing silence rebuked the trem
bling offender. He had scarcely recovered
j by the time when the gentlemen resought
the drawing-room, and he was glad enough
to seek for consolation from the charming
! Clementina, from when allowed him to
nestle close by her in a curtain recess.
Engrossed by hor conversation, he
! scarcely remarked the departure of most
of the company from the room; hut, at
last aroused by the silence, he looked lip
just in time to catch a glimpse of the last
couple as they disappeared through the
doorway, and he and Clementina were the
only oocupant.s of the room. He felt the
awkwardness of the psoition and suggest
e i tub :r that they should follow theotho s
“Why should we, Mr Spooner ? Do you
wish to go away ?”
“Oh, dear, no I—only I thought—they
are all gone somewhere," gasped Mr.
Spooner.
“Dear me ! so they are, but I dare say
I they will soon be back; but pray go if you
wish; don’t let me detain you.”
What could Mr. Spooner do ?He bal
anced himself on the right foot, then on
the left, and then sat down again, but at
the other end of the sofa. A pause en
sued; he felt very much like a schoolboy
; for whom the schoolmaster has sent
something was evidently corning. There
was music on the chair close bv. Clemen
tina took up a song, “Oh had I but one
loving friend I"
“Can you love me ns a friend, Mr.
Spooner ?” she said, with a sweet glance.
“Oh yes, l dare say I can, if you wish
it, Miss Kill-Loon, replied the unhappy
man, clasping his moist hands together,
and feeling as if he would have given the
world for a thunderbolt to fall in the room.
| “What is she going to say next?” he
thought. He looked at the door; if it had
been open, ho would have fled. It was
shut —she would catch him before he could
| get it open. An involuntary sigh escaped
j from his lips,
“Why that sigh ?" she whispered. “Is
there any grief upon your mind ?”
He determind to make an effort.
“Really, my dea Miss K 1 -Loon, if ;ou
w ill excuse me—"
“Oh, Mr. Hpooner I”
Sin- blushed and turn and her head.
, ‘Now is t -e time to bolt,” he thought,
rising from the sofa.
“He is going to fall on his knees,” she
thought,
“If you wfill excuse me for a few ruiu
i utefi,” he began.
She turned her head back again. She
; seized his hand.
“1 know it all,” she said. “You have
! come hereon purpose to see me
“ Hear mo one moment, Miss Kili-
Loon !”
He would have given the world to cry
for help.
“On purpose to see me—to tell me all;
hut papa will never hear of it—but, oh !
my heart,” sobbing, “my heart has long
been yours.”
“What will become of me ?” thought
the unfortunate Spooner. It must, be a
dream. It was too horrible to be true.
No—she held him firmly by the hand
there wan no mistake about it.
“Take this,” at last she said, placing a
ring ou his limp, passive finger, and ab
stracting his, the most valuable of his
gems, in exchange, “these shad bo the
tokens of our mutual affection.”
She paused awhil ", and then, as lie
seemed incapable of doing or saying any
thing, she left him standing alone, and
disappeared.
The company returned, Mr. Spooner :
pleaded indisposition, and retired to his
bedroom. In that night his whiskers be
came prematurely grey. Before breakfast ;
time he was on the mail with his face to
wards the South. At Carlisle he was laid i
up with a nervous attack, arising, as the
doctor said, from some excessive mental i
agitation. On his recovery, he turned tie
ring in a letter, the concocting of which j
cost him four days' incessant labor and a j
quarter's pry expended in stationery.
Even then hedid not think himself, safe and i
he seriously entertained a project of emi
grating to some very distant settlement,
when one morning, on looking over the
7Vines for vessels bound for California di- j
rect, his eye was caught by a paragraph- j
“On December 3, at Loonty, Augustus i
Reginald Fitz Stephen, only son of Time- j
thy Stephen, Esq., of Camberwell, to j
Clementina Alexandrina, eldest daughter!
of Hector Kill-Loon, Esq., of Htrathbogk), |
and neice of The McDum.”
Mr. Spooner immediately gave up all
intention of emigrating, and became calm:
but always to this day, shudders at the j
very name of Grouseshire.
A Des Moines druggist sent his clerk out !
to drum for sales of oil. He called upon a ;
tradesman, and tossed a card upon the
counter saying that he represented that es
tablishment, The tradesman picked it up, !
gave it a steady look, and said it was a fine
establishment, and was informed by the'
clerk that he had represented it about three
years, whereupon he remarked to the.
youth that he supposed he would soon be j
a partner. The youth said he would he
pleased to Sell him some coal oil, and that
liis establisment handled more oil than i
any other in Des Mi inns. The (tales
man took another look at the card, and
asked the boy if lie wasn’t mistaken. He ;
blnshingly guessed he was, as he returned
the girl’s picture to his pocket.
The Baltimore <SWs Washington- cor
respondent says some slight objection was t
made in the Senate when the question of
the confirmation of Gen. McLaws came ,
up, “but the personal influence ol the
President, and the effort of Gen. OW-don
carried him through with very little delay. ”
The correspondent adds that “Gen. Mc-
Laws is not the first Confederate general j
whose appointment to office lias been con
firait and by the Senate, but he is the first
one who has been so fortunate without j
having previously sealed his allegiance to
tie dominant party. The world moves.”
An “Instant Dress Elevator” is the
latest thiug nufifor horrid streets.
QUITMAN. GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1874.
WRONGFULLY ACCUSED.
It lias been many long days since then
yet 1 remember it all, just as though it lmd
occurred but yesterday.
1 was a carpenter, the foreman of a large
establishment, and as such possessed the
entire confidence of my employer, who by
the way, had been a shool mate of mine.
One day he called me into his office to
look at some coins he had just purchased.
“Here," said he placing ill my hand a
heavy gold piece, "is one worth more than
all the rest put together. It is a great
i curiosity. I paid two hundred dollars for
it. and considered it cheap at that. I
i could easily double my money in selling it
and so you see, Harvey, it is really a good
investment.”
“No doubt it is,” said I. “thought it
seems a large sum to have lie idle.”
1 breathed an involuntary sigh as I laid
the coin down on the desk, for two linn
i dred dollars would have seemed a fortune
i to me just then.
The severe illness of my wife and one of
my children, and the death of an other,
made serious inroads on my purse, and it
had required the exercise of the utmost
economy to keep myself free from debt;
nay, I had been obliged to withdraw from
I the hank the small sum which besides my
salary, was all I possessed of worldly
treasures. Thinking of this, 1 laid the
: coin down with a sigh, and turned away to
attend to my duties.
The next morning I was again sum
: inoned into the office, but this time 1 met
with no such friendly greeting ns usual.
“Harvey,” said my employer, abruptly,
“that coin we were looking at has disnp
; peered. I have made a thorough search,
j but it can not be found. It has been car
ried away by someone. You alone saw or
- knew of it, and—”
He paused and looked significantly into
my face. I finished the sentence for him,
j the hot blood dying my cheeks and brow
as 1 spoke.
“You mean, that I took it— I!"
“W’lmt else can I think? The coin was
! here, you alone saw it. I can not recall
having seen it since it was in your hands.
You are in need of money; you have told
'me that yourself. It was ft great tempta
tion, and I forgive yon because of our old
friendship, but 1 can not retain you in my
! employ. Here is the salary due you.”
“Very well," said I, with forced calm
ness. “bo be it. Since you have so poor
an opinion of me after years of faithful
service, ! shall not stop to defend myself.”
Then 1 took the money he lmd laid upon
the desk, and went from his presence a
! well-nigh broken-hearted man.
But for the tender love for my wife, I
doubt not but that 1 would have hurried
my sorrows in the grave of a suicide.
Supported by that love, however, and
the consciousness of my own innocence, I
j took fresh courage, and set resolutely to
: work to find anew employer.
| Powerful is the breath of slander; turn
which wav 1 might, 1 ever found that the
story of my dismissal for theft had pre
! ceded me, and application for employment
uniformly met with refusal.
Time went on; piece by piece of furni
ture, and every spare article of clothing,
found its way to the pawnbroker’s, until at
| length even this poor resource failed us,
-and my children cried in vain for food.
Yet 1 did not sit down in idle despair; 1
could not afford to do so; the. life or death
of all I loved on earth depended on my
-exertion, and so, turning away with a
heavy heart, J once more set out on the
weary search for work.
All in vain ! refusal after refusal met my
; entreaties for employment, and I was
turning homeward with a listless step,
when, passing an immense church, I was
, attracted by a group of men at its base.
Impelled by some strange impulse, I ap
-1 proiiehod and mingled with them.
A workman was standing near by, look
■ ing up at the great steeple, which towered
aloft some two hundred and fifty feet
above them, while a gentleman evidently
an architect, was aderessing him in earn
est language, and at the same time point
ing toward the golden cross at the summit
of the scire.
“I tell you,” he exclaimed, as I drew
near, “It must and can be, done. The
cross must be taken down, or the first
heavy gale will send it down into the street,
and lives will be lost. Coward ! is this
the way you back out of a job after engag
ing to do it ?”
"I didn’t know the spire was so high
up there. Do it yourself, if you want it
done.”
“I would if I were able,” said the archi
tect. “But go if yon will; let it be. My
honor iB pledged to have it done at any
price, and I can find a braver man than
yon to do it.”
The carpenter walked off with a dogged,
slouching step, and the gentleman was
about; to move away also when . I stepped
forward.
“What is it yon want done?” I asked
“I am a carpenter; perhaps lean do it.”
He turned eagerly toward me.
“I will make it worth your while. Take
down that cross, and I will pay you a hun
dred dollars. You will have to ascend
those ornamental blocks, and I tell you
candidly they are not to be depended on.
They must be weak and rotten, for they
have been up there for years.”
I looked up at the spire; it was square
at the base ami tapered to a sharp point,
while along each angle were nailed small
gilded blocks of wood.
“It’s a dangerous place to work,” I said,
“and there will be oven more peril in de
scending. Suppose I succeed in moving
the cross, and then—”
“If any accident happens to yon, my’
brave fellow, the money shall be paid to
your family. I promise you that. Give
me your address.”
“Here it is,” I said, “and as yon value
your soul keep your word with mo. My
wife and children are starving, or I would
riot-attempt this work. If 1 die, they can
live on the hundred dollars for a while,
until my sick wife recovers her strength.”
“I’ll make it a hundred and fifty,” ex
claimed the architect, “and may God pro
tect you. If I had the skill necessary to
ascend that steeple, I would ask no man
to risk his life there. But come, and keep
asteady hand and eye.”
I followed him into the church, then up
into the spire, until we paused before a
narrow window. This was the point from
which I must start on the perilous feat
which I had undertaken.
Easting a single glance at the people in
the street below—more specks in the dis
tance—l reached out from the window# and
grasping one of the ornamental blocks,
swung myself out from the spire.
For an instant my courage faltered,
b it (lie te-nembrance of rnv starving fain-
ilv came to my aid, and, with n silent
j prayer for protection and success, 1 placed
my hand on the next block above my head,
and clambered up.
From block to block I went, steadily
and cautiously, trying each one ere 1
trusted my weight upon it.
Two-thirds of the space had been
passed, When suddenly the block that sup
ported mo moved--gave way. O, lieav
-1 etts 1 never, though 1 should live to see
a hundred years, shall 1 cease to shudder
at the recollection of that terrible moment.
Yet even iti the midst of my agony, as 1
felt myself slipping backward, I did not
for one second lose my presence of mind.
It, seemed to me that never before had
my senses boon so naturally acute ns then,
when a horrible death seemed inevitable.
Down, down l slipped, grasping at each
block as I passed it by, until at length my
fearful course was arrested; and then,
while my head reeled with the sudden re
action, a great shout came front the peo
ple below.
“Come down ! of me down I” called the
architect from the window; “half the sum
shall he yours for the risk you havu run.
Don’t try it again. Como down 1”
But no; more than ever now 1 was deter
mined to succeed. I was not one to give
it)i after having undertaken a difficult task.
Coolly but cautiously I commenced the
ascent once more, first seeking in vain to
reach uctoss to the next row of blocks, for
1 did not dare to trust myself againou that
which had proved so treacherous. This .1
was compelled to do, however, until the
space between the angles became suffi
ciently small to allow me to swing across.
Accomplishing my purpose at length, 1
went up more rapidly, carefully testing
e ioh block as I proceeded.
Ere long 1 reached the cross, and there J
l paused to rest, looking down from the
dizzy height with a coolness that even ;
then astonished me.
A few strokes with a light hatchet that
the architect had hung at my back, and
piece by piece the rotten cross fell to the
ground.
My work was done, and, as the last frag
! incut disappeared, I found a sad pleasure
in the thought that, should 1 never reach
I the ground alive, my dear ones would have
! amply means to supply their wants until
! my wife could find employment.
Steadily and cautiously 1 lowered my
! self from block to block, and at length
reached the spire window amidst the
cheers of those assembled in the street.
Inside the steeple the architect- placed a
; roll of bank notes in my hand.
“You have well earned the money,” ho
i said. “It, does me good to see a man with
Iso much nerve -but -bless me! what is
j the matter with your hair ? It was black
! before you made the ascent, now it is
| gutty.”
And so it was ! That moment of in
tense agony, while slipping downward,
i had blanched my hair, until it appeared
I like that of an old man. The work of
| years had been done in an instaut.
Entering the Imre, cheerless room which
was now all 1 called my home, I found a
visitornwaitiug me—usy laic employer.
“Harvey,” said ho, extending his hand,
i“1 have done a great wrong. It cost me a
i terrible pang to believe in your guilt, hut
! circumstances were so strongly against yon
I that-1 was forced to believe it. I have
found the coin, Harvey; It. slipped under
; tin-secret drawer in my desk. Can you
I forgive me dear old friend V”
My heart was too full to speak. I si
lently pressed Lis hand.
“I will undo the wrong I have done. All
the world shall know how I accused you
unjustly, not through my words only, but
through my actions too. You must be my
partner, Harvey. If you refuse, 1 shall
feel that you have not forgiven me.”
I did not refuse. Instead, I thankfully
accepted the offer which my friend so gen
! erously made, knowing that no surer
i method could he devised to silence
! forever the tongue of slander and free my
name from the unmerited reproach which
of late had rested upon it-.
Prosperity has attended my steps ever
since that eventful day. but neither pros
perity nor wealth can efface memory from
my heart, nor restore my withered locks to
their own raven hue.
- - -
The Prosecution of the Bishop of Olinda.
The trial, conviction' and sentence to
four years’ imprisonment, with labor, of
the Catholic Bishop of Olinda, at Pernam
buco, Brazil, on the 21st of February last,
is a matter of no little interest to the Cath
olic world. The causes that led to the re
sults above are succinctly set. forth as fol-j
lows:
The issue arose out of the interdicting
by the Bishop of Olinda, of various semi
religious brotherhoods, secular societies, j
which were formed to promote the splen- :
dor of religious worship and to perform :
acts of charity and mutual aid. The bishop
gave as a reason for the iudcrdicts that
they had not expelled all the Freemasons ;
among them. Legally the brotherhood
were utterly without power to expel Free-;
masons, and, on appeal to the crown, the
Emperor, by advice of the whole council |
ol ,State, held that the brotherhoods were
without power to obey the bishop’s com
mand; that this was therefore exorbitant
and the interdicts unjust, and that the ;
bishop be required to undo his work and
remove the interdicts.
The bishop perempt'rilyrefused to obey
the Emperor’s order, though made in
proper legal form after consultation of the
Council of State and denied the jurisdie
tion of the- temporal power and the right \
of the brotherhood to appeal to it, alleging
that appeal lay solely to the Pope; and to
emphasize his position proceeded to inter
dict some twelve more brotherhoods for i
the same motive. He also published, con- i
trary to law, a brief from the I’ope without
first obtaining the government permission
to do so. 'The legislative chambers were
in session at the time, and offered to give j
the ministry any special powers required
by it to deal with the issues raised by the j
Bishop of Olinda, and supported actively i
or verbally by the other bishops. The j
government, however, held that the new j
powers were not necessary, and determined ;
to promote a prosecution before the Hu- j
preme Tribunal of Justice.
On the second day of the trial the !
Bishop of Rio Janeiro published a long .
representation to the Emperor, appealing
to him to stop the prosecution of the mar
tyr, and hinting that, otherwise the Brazil
ian clergy would withdraw their support
from the dynasty. The trial however, was
continued with the result stated.
Tnc world uses 250,000,000 pounds of
tea and 718,000,000 pounds of coffee every
year. China furnishes nearly all the tea,
and Brazil more than half the coffee.-
[Correspondence of tint New York Hun.]
GOVERNMENT BLACKMAILERS AND
ROBBERS IN GEORGIA.
Nhot'klng RrvrlntioikH of Olllrlul Crime.
Washington, April 0. —On last Friday
morning Sir. J. 0. Norris, of Georgia, ap
peared at the instance of the lion. Alexan
der H. Stephens before the House Com
mittee on Expenditures of the Department
of Jnstice, tor the purpose of giving in
formation concerning extravagance and
fraud in the United States Marshal's office
of the Northern Judicial District of his
State. Ho stated to the committee that he
had filed in the Attorney General’s office
charges against the Marshal and his depu
ties, and that the Marshal had made an
swer in writing. The committee then
postponed further hearing of the case,
deeming it- expedient; to first obtain from
the depart ment the charges and answer re
ferred to, and tiny information the Attor
ney General might ho disposed to give ou
the subject.
Your correspondent- sought Mr. Norris
and heard from him the following state
ment:
STATEMENT BY MB. NORMS.
There is in the Northern Judicial Dis
trict of Georgia a conspiracy between in
ternal revenue officers, the United States
Marshal and his deputies, and array offi
cers, who, under the pretence of enforcing
the revenue laws, rob the citizens and the
government out of many thousands of dol
lars and commit deeds of violence that
have made them a terror to the people.
Fertile purpose of more successfully pros
ecuting theiroutrages they are in collusion
with some of the illicit distillers, who
number in all about two thousand within
the district. The Judge of the District
Court is John Erskiuo, a resident of Geor
gia for many years, and his court is located
at Atlanta.
The District Attorney is Henry I*. Far
row, originally from South Carolina. The
Assistant District Attorney is George 8.
Thomas, and the Marshal is \Y. H. Smyth.
Smyth is a carpet-bagger, who was a major
in the Federal Army and stationed at At
lanta. He was appointed to his present
ulfice shortly after he was mustered out at
the close of the war. YV. B. Smith, an old
resident, of Georgia, was clerk of the court
from the close of the war until within the
last, six mouths. He was also United
States Commissioner, and as such respon
sible for the numerous blank warrants is
sued to deputy marshals, under which so
many outrages were committed. The
present clerk is Albert- Buck, also n carpet
bagger. A man by the name of George
B. Chamberlain, from Boston, is designa
ted as the chief deputy marshal. A. Spen
cer, of New Y ork, is.the deputy in charge
of the books of the office, and lie disburses
the money. In addition to these there are
about a dozen deputy marshals employed,
in o g whom are the following: Henry
Martin, W. B. Whitmore, Aaron Collins,
J. Jefferson Findley, -fames Findley, J. E.
; Carter, - - Huffman, Manchester
and Alike YVhoclin.
“GOING FOB THEM.”
Under tho direction of Chief Deputy
Chamberlain who pockets the principal
part of the swag, these men raid over the
country with blank warrants issued by a
United States Commissioner in search of
; illicit distillers and others charged with
violation of the revenue laws, They are
all Special Deputy Collectors. They never
fail to make a trip profitable, the orders
given by Chamberlain being to “go for
them.” Sometimes one deputy will have
a hundred warrants sworn out for the ar
rest of people he never saw or knew any
thing of in his life, many of these persons
being innocent, and known to be so.
They have spies all over the country, who
send in the names of persons both guilty
and innocent, and upon such information
ns this the warrants are sworn out. Blank
warrants are issued by the Commissioner
in large numbers to meet cases of emer
gency.
The way in which I got into the fight
was this. I had served as County Sheriff,
and afterwards as military Sheriff, and
knew something of the business. About
two years ago this month I procured the
appointment of Deputy Marshal under
Smyth, and went to work. Nunjero 1 s
complaints soon begun to pour in against
tiro deputy marshals, and it was not long
before 1 discovered tho conspiracy. Find
ing that the District Attorney would not
prosecute these officers, I determined to go
to Washington and lay the whole matter
before the Attorney General. Upon reach
ing Washington I found that the Attor
ney General was absent-, but I hud an in
terview' with his chief clerk, Mr. Falls, to
whom I stated the case. He advised me to
return to Atlanta, und say to District Attor
ney Farrow that it was the wish of the de
partment that he immediately cuter upon
the prosecution. I delivered the message,
and Farrow obeyed tue order in form
merely, allowing the case to be defeated.
While in Washington I called upon
Commissioner Douglass, who, after hear
ing my account of affairs in Georgia, re
ferred me to Mr. Cushing of his office. It
happened that the Supervisor of Internal
Revenue for tho district including Geor
gia, Mr. P, W. Perry, was here at the
time, and ho was called into consultation
with us. After learning the facts he said
I was the very man ho wanted to see, and
that in order to enable me to break up tiie
combination he would instruct J. A. Holtz
claw, Collector for the Fourth District of
Georgia, to appoint me a Special Deputy
Collector, and that he would arrange with
the commissioner to have me compensated
out of the SIOO,OOO appropriated for spe-,
cial service and information. I received
the appointment of special Deputy Collec
tor, retaining the office of Deputy Mar
shal, and proceeded to investigate the
frauds and outrages of the Marshal's office
with the view of making a general raid on
the distillers, deputy marshals, and all
others concerned. This investigation was
made under instructions trim Commis
sioner Douglass.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS.
I will now tell you some of the results
of my work, which will give you a tolera
bly clear conception of affairs down there
I will commence with the case of Deputy
Marshal Henry Martin. Martin went into
Union county with numerous warrants
issued by the United States Commission
er, some of them blank and some s worn
out ou hearsay, also a few bench war
rants, and he was attended by a squad of
twenty-five soldiers. He arrested a great
many persons charged with violation of
the revenue laws. In one night he afres
ted seventeen citizens and locked them up
in a stable. They demanded to see the i
warrants for their arrest, but this was 1
NO, 50.
refused them, and they were not even
informed ns to the nature of the offence
Charged agniuiA them. One Green B.
Holeofnb, who claimed to lie a revenue
officer, was the only man allowed to visit
them while in the stable. He told them
if they would pay him $250 each ho would
get the officer to release them. They were
poor and not able to pay that amount of
money, and Holcomb compromised upon
their agreement to pay SB2 50 each and
costs for taking bonds, $7 50 each,
Martin hud come prepare and with blank
bonds, but of course he had no authority
Jto accept bonds. These bonds were never
I returned to the United States Commis
j sinner by Martin. There was no record
at Atlanta of any Warrants issued against
the parties arrested, which shows that
I blank warrants had been used. After
they had paid the money demanded of
j them they were released, and went to
Atlanta to inquire whether warrants hud
| been issued for them, but none were
found. One of them was an old man
I about seventy-five years of age, named
| John Souther, a good citizen and a plan
ter of Union county. Another was named
Josiali Daniel, about the same age, and
a tnan of means and good standing. Nei
ther of them hud ever made a drop of
whisky, or in anywise violated the reve
nue law.
Martin and Holcomb we.ro indicated in
Union county, but their cases were trans
ferred to United States Court at Atlanta
under a provision of the revenue law, and
were there nolle pmeequied hv District
Attorney Farrow. In tho investigation at
Atlanta the parties who had suffered the
outrage were all summoned as witnesses
before the grand jury, and swore to the
facts in the case of Deputy Marshal Mar
tin. But Farrow advised the grand jury
not to find any bills against Martin, as he
knew of no law by which he could sustain
tho charge.
TURNING ST ATI;' S EVIDENCE.
Several true bills were however, found
agaiust Holcomb. Holcomb proposed,
through me to the District Attorney, that
to save himself he would turn State’s ovi
donee against the whole Ring, give the
names of all the parties between whom the
money was divided, saying that he would
give the name of witnesses to prove it,
whoso oaths could not he successfully im
peached. Tho money received by Hol
comb was paid to Martin and Chief Dep
| uty Chamberlain. The District Attorney
j consulted with Martin and Holcomb, und
I then refused to accept the proposal of tie
I Litter to turn State’s evidence. Holcomb
I lins in his possession some of these blank
warrants and blank bonds, and one bond
j given him by Henry Martin to have filled
j out for himself. The surety on a bond is
j required to swear that he is worth a given
I amount over and above his homestead
| ($3,000) and liabilities, and a clause to
! this effect is printed in the forms used.
Bondsmen would be very scarce iu that
| county if this requirement were faithfully
| observed, but it- is not. The form is pre
j seated to the surety, and iu hundreds of
' cases he sayH he cannot swear to it. The
deputy then says, “No matter,” and
j runs his pencil through the homesterd
el m e upon which the surety is wilkrg
jto execute the bond. After he bus
I sworn to it and signed liis name, the
; pencil marks are erased, leaving the surety
swearing to a lie. When Holcomb was ar
j rested and needed hail, he was instructed
I by Martin to procure it- in this way. Hol
comb is now in attendance on the United
States Court awaiting his trial, and ready
to turn State’s evidence and reveal ail the
secrets of the Ring. But there is no prob
ability Unit lie will lie permitted to do so
without an order from the Attorney Gen
eral, who is thoroughly - informed in the
case, and who has been applied to for the
order. Holcomb says that if he fails to
furnish the witnesses to prove a ease of
conspiracy such as he has charged, he will
ask no clemency of the court.
The next case I think of wits that of
Manchester. He was a Deputy Marshal
in South Carolina, a Deputy Marshal iu
the Northern District of Georgia, and a
Special Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue. He went into Union county, Ga.,
with his pockets full of warrants of all
sorts from the Marshal’s office at Atlanta,
for the purpose of arresting numerous
persons on the usual charge of violating
the revenue laws. He arrested several
! citizen : seized a great deal of illicit whisky;
!as a revenue officer, seized horses; shot
two men to death and wounded a third.
; He sold the whisky and never accounted to
; the government for a dollar. In addition
; to this, he received $1,600 in gold to re
i lease fifteen men he had arrested. These
| parties were summoned as witnesses be.
[ fore the grand jury at Atlanta to indict
; him. He, learning the fact, intercepted
them to Gainesville on their way to Athui-
I ta, told them that the grand jury had ad
joined, and that they need not go there.
They accordingly returned home. This
was found out, and tbe witnesses were
again .summoned, and they appeared.
Several true bills were found, and he run
away.
ROBBING AN OLD MAN.
The next case I give you is ono in which
Deputy Marshal and Special Deputy Col
lector J. Jefferson Findley was a princi
pal actor. He arrested Durkin Bagwell, of
Gwinnett county, on a charge of illicit
distilling took him to Atlanta, and then
offered for a consideration of SSOO to get
him out of tho difficulty. Bagwell bor
rowed $250 of a friend, and gave this sum,
together with his due bill, to Findley, who
then allowed him to go home. Soon af
terward Findley called on Bagwell for
payment of the due bill, and got $l4O on j
uecoiiut. Bagwell sent for me to come to j
his pbice, which I did, I found him to be
-very gild and feeble man, Owning a
plantation of two thousand acres, and en- i
joying a high reputation in liis neighbor
hood. He told mo that Findley had come
there and charged him with having an ;
illicit distillery on his place, and that after |
he was arrested and taken to Atlanta,
Findley told him that unless he got out
of the difficulty the government would
confiscate all liis land and offered to release
him for SSOO. He futher said that unless tbe i
money was paid Bagwell wouldtbe certain- ;
ly convicted, for he (Findley) could prove '
anything,
1 investigated the case; went over his
plantation, but saw no traces or evidence
ofa still. The neighbors were unanimous
in testifying to the integrity and general
good character of Mr. Bagwell.
Ho was an old man, hardly able to get
about, and almost demented. I returned to
Atlanta, laid the ease before District Attor
ney Farrow, furnishing him with a copy in
writing of the statements I had taken from
Bagw ell mid his neighbors, and demanded ;
that the outrage be inquired into and that,
Findley he indicted. Furrow flatly refund
to do so, l then wrote to Findley, stating
that 1 had lttamcd of liis operation wih Bug
wcl!, and advising Mfn to come to Atlanta
at once and bring the money and note ho
had received, so that it con ill be restored
to its owner through u person then in At
lanta autliffrir.Od to receive th*. He all
swered that I should see Chief Deputy
Chamberlain, and that whatever (he latter
should advise iti the premises he would do.
Findley supposed 1 Was in the F.tfig or ho
never would have referred me to Chamber
lain. But f did not see Chtgntierlain. 1
called on tho Marshal and told him tho
facts. The only response I got from him
was the question why I had not told him
I before. 1 answered that it wit. sc it
- enough if ho was disposed to act.
j The Marshal dismissed mo as deputy,
! hut I continued the investigation lit my
own expense. 1 will add that all the offi
cers of the court down there live iu fine
style, sporting carriages and horses, but
the District Attorney eclipses theta all.
He lives in a splendid house, and has
built up his fortune within fliefe years.
But-the Judge is not backward in good
living, although his salary is small.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMf.
An elderly journeyman bnkor is lik-
I ened unto Virginia, because he is on old
l dough-minion.
Don’t take off your flannel yet. The
! rheumatism goetli about seeking whom it
i may find with his flannel off.
An lowa clergyman who had a donation
; party lately, has beahs enough to lost him
thirty-Aeven years.
The mothers of some young Indies wanf
: everything on the square and therefore
! oppugmite round dnntes,
A lraly fainting at tho Opera House
j Thursday evening, begged her husband
' with her falling breath not to forget to put
j tho mackerel to soak.
“And did you hear him call benny deaf
| or anything jike that 7” asked the iaivver.
; “No, sir! of course not; why, she was his
; wife,” answered the lady witness.
It is a rule of etiquette in Arksnass that
no true gentleman will eat with his leg
thrown over tho back of his neighbors
i Lair, if he can help it.
A North Carolina landlord posts a notice
in his dining-room that the Legislature
| would bo first seated, afterwards the gen
| tinmen.
The Washington Slur says that oh act
count of want of practice it takes a veteran
Congressman very long to apply a postage
j stam]).
If there is one time more than another
when a woman should ho entirely alone it
is when a line full of clothes comes down
in the mud.
Fires in Jersv City, Norwalk, E’mirrt/
Philadelphia, Orange, East, Newark und iii
I Canada. All On the 24th inat. Total loss
. nearly $600,000.
It is frequently a source ai Wtin'iler to us
| why hi) oUe lifts thought of writing the
word “weekly,” when qualifying a literary
| production, as weakly.
Hereafter no portrait is to fed placed up
on any of the bonds, securities, notes, frac
tional or postal enffency of the United
j States while the original of such portrait
; is living.
“If a man bequeathed you a hundred
I pounds, would you pray for him ?’’ Naid ri
Sunday school teacher to a pupil. “No,”
said he; “I would pray for another like
him.”
A policeman, in making out a eharpa
against a pfisofief, wrote: —The prisoner
J set upon me disorderly, and called me an
i ass, and a precious ruffian, and an idiot —
all of which I certify to be true.”
A gentleman having a deaf servant wns
I advised by a friend to discharge lu r.
! “No,” replied that gentleman, with much
; good feeling, “the poor creature would
never hear of another situation.”
A dear, good old lady ou t West lost hofi
muff and jumped from the ears after its
But when they hacked up after her the lo
cal reporter pathetically remarks, “death’s
clammy fingers has clutched her throat.”
A colored hov twelve years old was ar
rested iu New Haven for stealing dia
monds. “1 won’t talk aforo I see a law
yer,” lie said to the police captain; “but
I’m willin’ to gib five dollars to square do
job wid you.”
“Professor,” Haul a student in pursuit of
knowledge concerning animals, “why does
j a cat, while eating, turn her head first ono
I way and theu another V" “For the reason,
replied the professor, “that she cannot
turn it both wayß at once.”
A cowardly fellow having kicked a news
boy for pestering him to buy an evening
newspaper, the lad waited (ill another
boy accosted the “gentleman,” and theu
shouted in the hearing of all bystanders,
It’s no use to try him, Jim, ho can’t read.”
An ingenious mechanic in England has
invented a drag by which a vehicle going
ut full speed is quickly stopped, and the
i impetus stored up to he used In aiding to
start the vehicle again. The apparatus is
especially adapted for use on stages.
The proprietor of a young ladies’ acad
emy in Illinois has utterly ruined liis busi
ness by causing to be inserted in n large
, number of papers a picture of the bidding
' with two girls standing on the balcony
; with lust year’s hats on their heads.
“Unless you give mo aid,” said a beggai
to a benevolent lady, “I mil afraid I shall
have, to resort to something which I great
ly dislike to do. ” The lady handed him a
dollar, and compassionately asked, “What
is it. poor man that I have saved you from?”
“Work,” was the mournful answer.
A pious but uneducated judge closed a
sentence with the following touching re
proach; “Prisoner at the bur, nature has
endowed you with a good education and
respectable family connections, instead of
which you go round t'te county stealing
ducks.”
They have some very smart business
men in New Jefsey. Last week a youug
man Was struck by lightning in a field near
Trenton, und when the people began to
flock to tho spot to look at the victim,
they found a man standing by the corpse
trying to sell lightning rods to ths crowd.
A Mistake happened some time ago at a
funeral iu Mury-le-lionc. The Clergyman
had gone ou with the sefTict', until be
came to that part which says# “Our deceas
ed brother or sister,” without knowing
whether the deceased wns male or female.
He turned to one of the mourners, und
asked whether it was brother or sister. Tho
man very innocently replied, “No relation
at all sir, only an acquaintance. ”
Chicago is a phenomenon. Her Clergy
men invited Anna Dickinson to lecture on
the Social Evil. All the good protested
agaiust an unmarried woman doing such
sri unheard of thing, and then wenttosee
how she did it, and then went to set) bow
she did it, und were sorely disappointed,
if not vexed, that she did not say something
vt rv naughty. There is no betting ou
s me folks.