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TUI?CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT-DRIVING TWENTY-SIX NEOkpES OUT Of THE LEGISLATURE. WHEW! (JET OUT DARKEY, YOU SMELL HAD.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1874.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
FOH CONGRESS,
I *n. W. 12. Smith,
OH DOUGHERTY.
FOH STATE SENATOR,
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Col. Mol)onnl(l,
OF THOMAS.
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WILLIS WATKINB.
\Jie propeirt thin out to the colored men
nsillustrative of tile character of the
friendship to your raoo of Willis Watkins,
yonreandldato for the Senate id the com
iug election. Colored men, have you so
little self respect, so little regard for your
o.iti moo, so ignorantof your own rights,so
wanting in priile of diameter, and proper
1 iontmenl, ns to elevate to position the
an who, by Ilia Legislative acts, declared
,iHI uuWorthy and not. eutjtled to hold ni
ce, and \iy Ida vote drives you out of the
Jjudatura to,which you were fairly and
..gaily elected. This identical Willis, who
i /w.appottU to the hlaek people of the
7'U Senatorial District for their votes to
elect, him hi fill a position out of which,
aim similar positions he drove and help to
drive, twenty -six or more of your.race, de
claring them ineligible ns delegates.
o.VVigi lm in favor of the Civil Rights hill
then? Hasn’t ho boon opposed to it ever
ijiyce 1 t 110 doelartvl one y(uek before his
nomination that lie was opposed to it.
Declared after his nomination tlml ho ae
efcptod it to keep a negro out of the Legis
lature. That declaration is in strict con
formity with his acta iu the Legislature in
1800; voting tho negro ineligible to seats.
Dliick men, how can you repose confidence
iu such a nnui ? Ho stands recorded upon
•the journals of the Legislature as the ene
my of your political rights. And, now,
with. Henlawag impudence, he appeals to
you to put him in a position that he dyi
nies the riglit to you to hold on account of
your htco and color. Now, wo would sug
gest to tbu white peoplu that they prevo
this fact to the Mack people, that they mny
not bo deceived, there are enough block
men that can understand those attempted
frauds, there are enough of them possessed
of principle enuogh to condemn the motive
of Uieae Scalawag office-seekers, when they
learn them and as soon os they are oon
viuoed of tbciT error, they will turu their
hooka ou teem and denounce them. Tho j
Mack people are not to hlouio, they are
misguided and misdireetoiL They are
honest iu tliia and it is tho duty of every
white man to reason with them, and if
possible, o xroct their errors.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.
On Hnturday the 12th int., Hod. 11. 11.
Vhrtdey, in pursuance to an appointment
previously unuounccd, delivered his speech
to qnite a large, mixed nudieuee in the
Court House. One hour, or ueurly that
hagth of time at the oomiueucement, was
devoted to a recital of tho numerous Leg
islutive wonders he bad performed during
the period of liis representation of tho
people of this District. One of which was,
sod one for which ho seemed to claim
lunch credit, and doubtless felt, for haviug
performed this almost miraculous feat,
that the people were ingratoa for not
deifying him and falling down and wor
shiping at liis shrine; and that was re
lieving one or two huudred citizens of the
District from political disabilities. This
was a representative set of his passed bv
the ltepublicuu jMirty in Congress—but
the gentleman carefully uvoidod, telling
who aud what purty imposed these disa
bilities upon the people. Cnn it lie possi
ble that Whiteley is Ass enough tti l)o
--lieve that ho' can * impress it upon the
minds, even of the uninformed colored
people, that tin: Kudioai party did a righte
ous net by iin|xmiiig upon these citizens
these disuhilities, nml then did a praise
worthy and coiuuienduhleuct for which the
party is to In: sustained, and him deified
and to-elected to Congress ? If Mr.
Whiteloy will admit that it was wrong for
the Radical party to iiuposo tho disuhili
ties ii|iou prominent Hoiithcm citizens,
then lie is entitled to that credit due to a
servant who performs his duty mid noth
ing more. It is not our purjKise to an
swer his argument, as we will show that it
was done effectually.
Another glorious piece of legislation of
his, for which he thinks lie ought to he
deified, wns obtaining an appropriation to
iiave the Apalaeliacola, Chattahoochee,
Flint and Ocklochonee rivers surveyed snd
for the removal of all the obstructions, he
expects at the next session to ohtaiu an ad
ditional appropriation of 850,000.
Another matter of wonderful impor
tance, when ho entered Congress there was
only thirty-seven post offices in the Dis
trict, now there is seventy.seven or eigtit,
paying double tho number of Post
masters and mail carries, distributing more
than double the amount of money in the
District.
And further ho said when 1m ontered
C'.ingress there was only about five thous
and dollars of the Government patronage
distributed in this District, now it is eigh
teen or twenty thousand, and mostly paid
to native Georgians, and this, doubtless,
he thinks, ought to immortalize him os a
Legislator.
Can it hcpossihle tlmt ho is so simple
as lo tliiuk, that the intelligent white peo
ple of the district, don't know the ob
ject of the croution of these of*
lic.es, and the increase of salaries, and
the inerossed distribution of the pub
lic money. Every knows
that it was done to increase VanHuinhor
of Budicals, and give them position upon
which to feed and clothe themselves.—
These are the miraculous, wonder work
ings of the lladical representative, White
ley, in Congress, and for which he thinks
he ought to he re-elected. After devoting
about one hour in self-glorifying, he coni
mcnocd a discussion as lie denominated it,
of the merits of the Civil Uights bill, in
which labored effort, lie endeavored to
show that the creation of equal rights, did
not in any dgrcc, effect the social relation
of the races. That it did not necessarily cre
ate mixed schools, or plnco the two races in
the same cur on the liailrouds, or on the
same Heals in theatres and other places of
amusement. Equal comforts and equal
facilities, furnished by proprietors, will be
a sufficient compliance with the spirit of
the act, tlmt ou account of race the pro
prietors may separate them. Notwith
standing the letter of the law is, that there
shall be no distinction made on account of
race or Without attempting to ar
gue the question, suppose a black man
gets iii the car provided for the white race,
can the conductor put him out? If so, upon
wiiat groiimlß? If lie has payed his fare
and is behaving himself, wouldn't the ex
pelling him be on account of race and col
or, and tlmt lieiug the only distinctive
ground, wouldn't it be a violation of the
letter of the law? Tho same rule will ap
ply in every other respect. After exhaus
ting himself in making a complete failure,
he surrendered tho stand to Col. Seward,
who, by previous arrangement, was to
reply to him, And in ten minutes, Col. S,,
by the power and tho simplicity of liis
logic, had cveu the dullest negro’s mind
convinced of the fallacy of Wliiteley's ar
gument, and to use a communism to the
intellectual mind, there was not of White
ley "a greasy spot to be found.” Wo don’t
propose to give Col. Sewards line of argu
ment, it will at onoo occur to every intelli
gent mind, liis scathing, withering, sar
castic, donounciations, of Whitely,
Wade and Griffin’s mercinnry motives
that aotnntod them in the abandonment of
their own race, or their effort to degrade
it, as lie pointed the finger of Room in their
faces is beyond all discription; none but
hardened sinners and political apostates
could have endured it. He denounced,
not only their acts as base, but their mo
tives as corrupt, and at tho overwhelming
truthfulness of his assertions, they could
but smile. Aud, when he told Griffin that
he knew him whou a boy, and now he
would' gladly take him buck to his home,
and on his knees, baptise him with a weep
ing mother's tears, jsmred out for her lost
aud fallen son. And that only provoked a
sickly siniiuonhis fuee, which, at the time,
rosombled s dish of tainted pork. Col. S.
made a good impression upon tho colored
people ami with the intelligent ones it will
be lasting.
LETTER FROM COL. JAB. L. SEWARD.
Thomajtvim,*, Oa., 1
Sept. 15th, 1874. f
Ehh rr ftltlejterulent:
That we nmy preserve unity in our
ranks mid lie just to each other, will you
allow me to say that you and others have
not understood Milton 0. Huiitli. Wbeu
Mr. Hinith, Mr. Carson and Col. Cutler,
wore elected to the Constitutional Conven
tion of 18(>8, I pleased upon Mr. Hmilti to
ho a candidate, and contributed to the
bringing out Obrson and Cnlter, with a
view of I icing represented by white per
sons, that, I thought, would endeavor to
give us a good constitution. Mr. Smith
was also a candidate and elected
to the legislature afterwards, with
the pnr]M>se, if possible, of having sound
laws and preventing the mischief that
might he dono by laid men.
I submit to the judgement of sound
thinking men, now, that the days of abuse
and persecution are passing away, to say
whether or not Mr. Smith did not do good
service to the State —1 think he did. Ho
voted against the bogus hoods, and got up
a public meeting at Thomasvillo and had
resolutions passed protesting against the
bonds of the Brunswick audQtlbnny Rail
road.
Mr. Smith and his lamented brother,
Payton I’. Smith; wore the pioneers of
Methodism in Southern Georgia, und con
tributed to build up that denomination
more than all the others of their brethren.
Mr. Smith may huvo erred—who of tw bus
not ? Ho is a man of large benevolence,
and large charity, and his demeanor is
now, ns% believe, that of a Christian minis
ter, trying to walk worthy of his vocation.
His son Joseph is a yonng man 4>f go<id
morals and fine promise, and though lie
came very near being tempted to bike a
wrong position; he is entitled to our kiud
ness and respoet.
The meeting at. Hold Spring Church, in
my opinion, acted in haste and unadvised
ly, which, perhaps, provoked an article in
your pn|>er, which von will allow me to ex
press tho opinion was rather revere.
J. L. Hew aui>.
Our first article was written immediately
after the convention tfiat nominated Mr.
Joaeph Smith, as the candidate of the
I helical party for Hie Senate. Not doubt
ing, but that lie was an aspirant to the po
sition, and tlint he would ococpt the nomi
nation. Believing, in fact, that he was au
aspirant mid that there would lie no ques
tion ns to his acceptance, os a public journ
alist, we felt it our duty to attack him as
the leader, and to woakeu and subvert him
in the effort to organise his forces. Upon
the presumption that ho would accept tho
nomination aud advocate tho infnmoua
doctrines of tho party who had selected
him as its standard bearer. Therefore we
denounced tho principles of the party, and
his conduct as base, groveling and eon
timiptable. Wo denounced the causes that
produced these deplorable results, and the
influences that had been brought to bear
tqiou the young iimus mind, and coutrolcd
his notion. This ooutroliug nnd influential
spirit, wo believed from Thomas county
testimony to be his father, who has been re
garded as a lladical of tho deepest dye, and
we felt it our duty to break down or weak
en as much as possible, that dangerous in
fluence, and our readers will remember
how we attacked it, and from the above
state of facts will iiuderutandKand appre
ciate our motive. It was not to injure
either the father or the son in tlioir private
relations, but in their iniquitous political
effort to degrade our race, aud to entail
ruin iqwm the poor ignorant negro race,
tlmt wo made war upon them.
After our article was published and bail
gone forth, wo saw Mr. Joseph .Smith's'
non-neeoptnnoo of the nomination. But
from that wo could not learn on which side
he stood of tho only prominent iiwuo nom,
agitating the public mind. If in his notice
declining the uomiiiatioui he Imd frankly
published his utter detestation of the prin
ples, as pernicious to the mind of every
right thinking man, revolting to cniicas
sian pride and dignity, abliorent to every
principle of honor, manhood and inteHj*
geuce, then it would have given us a
pleasure, approximating ineffable delight,
to have slated, that we hail been misled
nnd had dono the young man injustice;
that he was not our enemy, but our friend.
The letter from Col. Seward, aud what
ho and others tell us in private conversa
tion, places both father and son in a very
different light, politically, from the facts
aa generally understood and believed in re
lation to their political tenants, and if it is
true that- they do not endorse the Civil
Bights bill with itscomcomitant evils and
social equality, and will not support the
party whose measure it is. Then our article
was mistimed, misdirected, uncalled for
and unjust And upon tlmt contingency
wo will with pride, stele that our opinion
was made up, and our article based upon a
state of facts that did tho parties injustice.
Not denying, however, but that under the
facts as presented to our mind, we did our
duty as a journalist, and if they do exist,
as we at first understood them, we will
neither retract nor modify the severely of
our language. For we have declared war
in good fait h against social equality and
the civil rights bill, and we are determined,
if wo have to do it atone, to fight it under
the block flog to the end, neither giving nor
asking quarters. When we say fight we
mean politically, using every honorable
means to snrprise, and at the ballot box
whip the enemy, and wo wont every aoMier
in our ranks to show bis hand, aud be
drilled in our step and munnel of arms.
Truth.is the principle for which we
propose to fight. Truth is pur fortress.
Truth is our weapon of offense and de
fense. And with truth's own inherent
electric force nud power, wo propose to
send it like thunderbolts into tho enemies
camps; leaving not cue stone on another of
the temple erected to the father of lies and
Radicalism. And should it so hsppeu that
any of our professed brethren should be
worshiping in that temple and teaching
tho doctrines of Social Equality, they noed
not expect to escape the fearful concussion
of onr ex idling cMlossel shells. They
need not expect to come out witli singed
eye-brows and seared and tattered gar
ments from these sinks of iniquity, these
cesspools of filth and corruption, this tem
ple of lies, with the view, or tho hojic of
intimidating us while we arc thus armo4i
and munitioned with truth in its sublime
infinitude, gcnuiucly orthodox in religion
and Democracy, for with its sharpness,
like a two-edged sword, we will (lefeqjpmr
position, and with the infinitude ink its
irresistahle crushing power, we will
throw it into the enemies camp. It
isn’t the place lor our frieuds, we don't
expect them to lie there, and it (here
is any over there, we will give them
one week to come out from among
them, at the end of which time, we will
open up a fresh fire and continue it nntil
the Radical fortress shall crumble to dust
and the dust be blown away.
THE WORK GOES BRAVELY ON.
Our people ore all fully ali re to the im
portance of the occasion; we lore pence,
we waut pence, and we are all at work to
prevent any discord and troubles between
the races. Every effort is being made by
the best men of the country, to convince
and reconcile the colored people, that their
interests arc identified with the people of
the South, and this, there would bo no
trouble to accomplish, if they were left to
themselves and to reasfm, hut those efforts
are subverted by tho multiplied lies that
are poured into their ears by wicked, de
signing men, and Office seekers, utterly,
regardless of the future welfare of the vic
tims of their frauds and deceptions. We
are delighted to lea re, that tho whole
heart erf tho districts. Congressional and
Senatorial, and each couuty is fired with
zeal and animation, and all feci confident
of tho success of our ticket. Our oouctry
is safe beyond all question and we feel that
with the majority that Brooks and Colqnitt
will give, that our Senatorial oaudidate
will come out with flying colors. Aud we
do earnestly hope that in Thomas oounty
there will not a lagard bo fonnd, but that
with a zeal worthy of patriots, with a zeal
commensurate with the importance of tho
oocason; all true men will work to so
A MODEL RADICAL—ONE-EYED JERRY, THE JAIL BIRD, LISTENING TO
WHITELEY SPEAK.
"Who took yon out of jail ?”
“Dat Democrat lawyer over dar; but, I golly, boss, it didn't do me any harm, I’se
too pood a Bailic.il for dat, I stole agin and got right back.”
“Well done, gov si and faithful servant, prove your faith by your works aud ye shall
be rewarded with Civil Bights aud Social Equality.”
cure the election of Capt. Wo. M. Ham
mond to the popular branch of the Legis
lature. To miss this would be one of
Thomas county's BOdest misfortunes, and
wo sincerely hope the people will realize
it in anticipation and avert the evil. To
speak to my many readers in Thomas
county, through this medium of the merits
of Capt. Hammond, would be a work of
supererogation. He is known to ali, and
ills talent properly appreciated. Work
Thomas county, work; yon hsVe our
heart's best wishes. Your day-star is ris
ing, don't let it go down behind a cloud
or in darkness, hut be absorbed in tho
brighter light of n still greater luminary.
Frees on to victory, gain it and you will
never lose it.
DUE TO WHITELEY.
It is due to Major Whiteley to state that
in his speech on Saturday last that lie gave
the colored people some good advice. He
advised them to live peaceably and be
law-abiding citizens. There was nothing
in his speech that could be construed as
encouraging, disorderly, or riotous con
duct. But one piece of advice he gave is
worthy of notice, liecanse of its cmitempta
bility, and that was, “don’t listen to the
reason and argument of Democrat*." It
is very patent to bis mind, that if the black
people listen to Democratic reasoning, that
they will soon be convinced of the corrup
tion of the Radical party, and will at once
abandon it. Wo wish our people, would
impress it on the mind of the colored peo
ple, that the only fear the ltodicul leaders
have is that they will listen to reason and
learn the truth. If we can only impress
the minds of the black people with the
troth, they will cense to act with Rio Radi
cal and will utterly detest those w ho
have and still continue to deceive them.
Treatment or Prisoners. —A eorres
pendent of the London Times, writing
from within the Curliat lines, graphically
doscirbes the manner in which the (/artists
treat their captives. From motives of pure
humanity the correspondent festeml the
lines in order to aid the sick
ed, but no sooner had he made
snoe than he was seized and for six
months immured iu that Bastile, which is
as bad as the Black Hole of Calcutta, and
uothlhg but a constitution endowed with
an incredible power of resistance brought
him out alive. Imagine yourself, says ho,
sleeping for two months on freezing tiles
in tho depth of winter, without even an
qvercoat to cover yon, nud rising in the
morning with every joint made stiff by
cold and rheumatism. At the end of thnl
time a little straw was distributed to the
prisoners—so little, indeed, that all one
could do out of his lot was to improvise a
pillow. The food, too, was as bail as ft
could be, and so limited in qnantity that it
barely sufficed to support life. Twice a
day was the wretched pittance served out,
consisting of half nn ounce of common
chick peas, with a few spoonfuls of hot,
salty water and a piece of Mack iiread
nbont the sizo of your fist, which to the
bite felt like a lump of baked clay. Such,
for months, was the sustenance accorded
the nnfortunatea. The prison lieing liter
ally invaded by myriads of lice, fleas, hugs
and ants, it was necessrry, in order to se
onrenny sleep at night, to keep one’s ear
plugged with chewed paper to prevent the
tormentors from entering by that portal.
THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES.
The contest in New Orleans is not be
tween the races, but between the honest
and upright citizens on the one side, and
the thieves, robliers and wholesale plun
derers on the other.
The good people of Louisiana have sub
mitted to the usurpations and oppressions
of the Kellogg Government until forbear
aDce has ceased to he a virtue, and now the
crowning act of the many outrages in the
seizure of the fire-arms, tielonging to pri
vate citizens, is sufficient to exasperate that
high spirited and honorable people to a
resistance of any such violations of their
constitutional rights. Now, the question
is, will President Grunt protect the citi
zens in their constitutional guarantees ?
Or will be give aid to the lawless and reck
less usurper 7 If the citizens have rights
and the State officials disregard them,
wfiy will not the President, if he interferes
at all, send troops to maintain law
ami protect the rights of citizens ? Or,
why will he not, satisfied as he must be,
of Kellogg’s usurpations, let the citizens
depose him and regulate their own inter
nal affairs.
The President appears to acknowledge
bis own incapacity to control the affairs
tn the South, or he is endeavoring to
shirk the ros]x>nsibility by placing all the
troops under the department of law,
and subjecting them to the orders of At
torney-General Williams, who is known to
be an extreme Radical and a bitter, un
compromising enemy of the South. There
fore, Louisiana noed cherish no hope of,
but may confidently expect, that limit
oppressors will bo sustained in tho most
extreme measures by the law department
at Washington. Below wo give the ad
dress of the people of New Orleans to the
colored people of the State, which shows
dearly that there is no trouble between
tho races: *
To the Coloreil People 1/ the St<tte of Lou
itiaua.
In t'.e-grand movement now on foot
against the enormities of the rule of Kel
logg’s usurpation rest assured that 110 harm
is meant towards yon, your property or
your rights; pursue yonr usual avocations
and you will not be molested; we war
against thieves, plunderers and spoilers of
States, who are involving yonr race and
ours in common ruin; the rights of the
colored as well as of the white race we are
determined to uphold and defend.
[Signed] D. If Penn,
Lieut. Gap., acting Gov. and Comman
der -iu-Chicl of Louisiana State militia.
The people seem to have responded
with ulacrity to the advice given them bv
nr. one of the speakers at the
Canal streiJMfctyig, nnd by three p. in.
armed at the intersec
tion <>f on the south side.
Washington, September IT—Details
from New Orleans arc not obtainable to
night, but it may be said that the people
have possession of the city; they have
poaemion of the city lire telegraph and city
hall; there is one company of United
States troops there hut they remain at the
custom house. Details are impossible
to-night.
TOE NEW ORLEANS TROUBLE.
Washtnoton, September H.— Advices
from New Orleans show that Gov. Kellogg
refused to see the committee upon the
ground that there were armed men in
various parts of tho city. Judge Man
assured, Kellogg’s aid who was the go be
tween, that liis delegation had no knowl
edge of each armed men. It is known,
however, that Gov. Kellogg has made ap
plications in a constitutional form for
C rotor lion against the shadows of which
e is afraid.
A PROTEST AGAINST TYRANNY.
New Orleans, September 14.— The
Picayune publishes an address signed by
fifty persons and business firms, calling 11
jneeting at the Clay Statue at eleven
•’clock a. m., on Monday, to consider tli#
matter of the seizure of private fire arms
by the State authorities. It is understood
that messengers to-day notified the white
leagues to attend, as it is intended to
make a demonstration in force.
A Bio Foot.— Bruce, we call him, not
long since kept a general store in the
northern part of the State. A tall coun
tryman stalked into his establishment one
day with his feet encased in moccasins
and planting one of-them on a barrel,
asked Bruce if he could fit him with a pair
of IHHItS.
“Certainly !” said the latter, and after
glancing at the foot proceeded to pull
down a 00$ labeled “assorted brogans, 11
to 13:” selected a pair of the former size,
he handed it to the countryman with the
polite request, “try that one.”
The elevens were tried but to no pur
pose; the combined palling of*a dozen
horses wouldn’t get these boots on liis
feet. Twelves were next tried, but with
no bettor success. With an air of assu
rance Bruce handed him the thirteens,
but they shared the fate of the others.
The countryman looked blank—Bruce
puzzled—but he was equal to the emer
gency. Quickly turning the box over so
as to empty its contents on the floor, ho
smilingly handed the case to the astonish
ed customer, with the request:
“Here, put on a pair of thin socks and
try on the box!"— Ex.
(From onr lialtimore Correspondent.J
Bautmok*, Sept. 14, ig74/
EKtor G'lUnher's Independent.
Major—Having contemplated for mmo
time sending you an occasional letter from
Baltimore ; knowing that the people of
Georgia and especially those of Quitman,
(whose interests your paper so fully and so
ably represents,) would appreciate a few
lines from vour sister State, Marx land
'Hie twelfth of SeptemW, ,°d„y neve?
to be forgotten in our State, and especially
in our monumental City, was celebrated
with more than usual pomp on its last re
currence. Saturday being the day oif
which we were called upon to celebrate the
anniversary of Uie battle of North Point,
in which the Valor of Americans was s<r
ully tested and by WbteL we were saved
from British tyranny, seemed to be a day
set apart, as the elements appeared to joil
shown Mi ?! U ' C T**' sun
shown brightly in the early morning, but
bv the time the hoary beaded old veterans,
(I wgh to write yon, they were ▼try few >
wore marching through ourstreets, wiring
the old cockade and bearing the tattered bat
tiattle nugj the sun seemed to hide himself,
and a black cloud hung between him and
leirafirroft,reminding your corropr.ondrnt
that, while we who live, rejoice-in the vic
tories or achievements of tho post, at the
same time, should not forget those who
reward 6 or gone to their
The few old defenders still surviving, after
having been driven through the park were
laken to Hall s .Springs where Mr. Bishop
entertained them with a good dinner. Tho
re-nnion was one .which to look upon
would afford any one the utmost pleasure
save female ernssders. *
The Fire Department, in command of
Lhief Engineer Spilman, made tl.e grand
est display ever before witnessed of the
kind in onr eity. Your correspondent wes
standing in company with the Mayor, as
it passed in review, and heard “old father
Joshua (Ygnsaut) say this is an institu
tion of which we are justly prond.
- Democrats are making things lively
in the Stale and particularly in the city the
contest being between Messrs. Swann and
MoClaine. Yt ard meetings are b iug night
ly held, (Sunday excepted.) we mast have
one day to recruit onr breath aud talk the
matter over more calmly.
General Wm. 11. Hayward, the honest
Magistrate for the past twenty years and
who, by the way, is a poetical contributor
to your gnllant Independent, is loudly
spoken of as the next Mayor of our city.
He will be the right mii> in the right
place.
Business in Baltimore seems to lie stir
ing up again and we buve a fair prospect
of a lively fall.
I will, with the assistance of Gen liny
ward, keep yon posted on such matters its
transpire here and mny interest your read
ers from time to time.
For the present “adieu.”
Diamond.
Bull Battles in Texas.
A correspondent among the great cattle
herds in Texas writes to the Galveston Nerrt :
In case of a severe winter, when grass is
seant, a pnejk of wolves single out some ohl
bull, that has fought his last fight, and been
deserted by his herd long ogo, which
they follow find vorrv day aud night
until he is at Hist pulled down. Like the
buffaloes, which formerly roamed over
this country, these bulls arc coifstantly
fighting for the mastery of the herds, and
cows have a hearty contempt for the fellow
that is not ready at all times to present an
undaunted front. With their immense
frames and terrible horns, a pair of Texas
bulls make a bad fight. Short horn Dur
ham bulls have been in trod need by mew
who thought to improve the stock; but
they have no slnMfcit all—and one ia oc
casionally seen feeding in solitude. In
rounding up cattle npon the prairie, tho
driver witnesses a great many of theso
fights. P a dozen distinct herds
are brought together; and the “lords” take
occasion to plume themselves, and mean
dering around, with deep roars, pay their
respects to the gentle sex, and glanoe de
fiance at each other. Young aspirants
for honors are equally as demonstrative;
and outcasts thus brought into contact
with victors in former contests are punish
ed for their seeming temerity; old scores
are revived; hostilities begin"; and soon a
dozen fights are going on in different
portions of the large herd. The first
symptoms of an accepted challenge ate
telegraphed over the herd by prolonged
and shrill roars. Instantly, all the bulls
in the immediate vicinity, not engaged,
rush to the spot, and caper about the two
adversaries, in a way they would seem
incapable of—all the while bellowing—and
undoubtedly taking sides, and urging on
the two central fingers. About twenty
feet apart they stand, tossing up dirt with
hoof and horn, untd suddenly, with lower
ed head, they spring at each other, and
their fore heads meet with a dull thud.
They rebound, and a second aDd third
time rally, when comes the sullen strain head
to bead and horn to horn. Every nerve and
muscle are exerted to the utmost; and no
livipg thing can long endure such fearful
tension. Presently one will prove tho
weaker, or slip a foot, and for the moment
be thrown off his guard; but the slightest
advantage is not lost to those watchfnl,
glaring eyes of liis antagonist, who throws
his last energies into a mighty plung for
ward, which turns s neck, and
tlie long, raking wound in the flank follows.
It is not good to bo too near then, for horse
and rider might be over turned. Nothing
will stop a vanquished bull in his headlong
flight; and blind witli rage and agony, he
runs faraway upon the prairie. Many lose
their lives fighting. If not gored in a vital
part, the wounds are flyblown directly, of
ten causing death.