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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1884.
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Tux young men of the State sadly need
opportunities for Industrial training, and
important enterprises are vastly crippled
by the fact. •
Tikes might be a shed fishery at this
point. There might be other things here,
too, of a productive character, that will not
be here during the next dozen moons.
Maine wants to furnish the material to
be used in building the State capitol. Will
the owners oi Georgia material keep tills
fact in mind in making their bids? If
they be wise, they will.
Wlion the pcopio of Cincinnati and other
places along the Ohio look out upon the
receding waters, they can easily imagine
how Noah felt when lie looked forth on the
flood from the summit of Ararat.
N. E. Hasris, Esq., of Macon, is proper
ly considered os the champion of technical
training for the young men of the State.
It is their battle he is fighting, and the en
tire State has an abiding interest in Ins
winning the victory.
Mr. Arthur has no "lottery of assassi
nation” or of any other sort to fall hack on
in New York, and it Is by no means certain
that he will secure the delegates to the na
tional convention. A little man has a
rongli time rattling about in a big office.
Macon ought to have samples of canned
goods on exhibition at the State Fair.
True the factory isn't in existence yet; but,
then, neither is the fair, “It is never too
late to do well,” and setting that enter
prise on loot would be doing better than
well.
Tns Comlilulion publishes a piece of
news to the effect that a "recumbent
statue” of General Lee is to be soon un
veiled in New Orleans. The recumbent
etatue wss unveiled at Lexington some
months since. The date and place both
need doctoring.
Siixxr-RviiiHO ought to be agreat Indus
try in Georgia, in spite of tho world, the
flesh, the Legislature and the dogs. There
is money in It despite ail tho drawbacks.
The best results are impossible of attain
ment under the present conditions, but
such as are possible are remunerative.
Souk people in Georgia appear to be ig
norant of tho fact that Georgia used to
"protect" manufacturing by exempting
the factories from taxation. Some of the
cities and towns do this now, by way of
encouraging tho building of factories.
It is a matter of business, not of sentiment.
Are the people of Georgia virtuotu
cnouglt and independent enough to send a
poor man to represent the 8tate in the
Federal Senate? We shall see. The de
cree seems to have gone forth in some >f
the States that only the rich shall enjoy
exalted stations, lletter things are to be
hoped for< from the people of Georgia.
Tux negro witnesses in the Danville riot
investigation have begun to testify. The
first ono examined contradicted the testi
mony given by himself at the investigation
nt Danville. This wifi doubtless win tor
him the special regard of 'Liza Pinkston's
patron, who dotes on a lying negro wit
ness.
Morhoh missionaries arc active In the
Southern States, and misguided recruits
are pouriig into Utah. The business
ought to be broken up. Whenever a Mor
mon missionary makes bis appearance in
this Slate he ought to he summarily dealt
with. There is danger in giving tree play
to such rascals,
Tim Columbus Timet rises to remark;
"Emory Speer seems to be fighting Gen.
Longstreet. Wo don’t tike the way that
llnory has made ills bed and we are will
ing that lie should lie on it, but it looks
mean in him to try to roll his old forerun
ner in Republicanism, Gen. Longstreet,
out of the Radical bed. Gen. Longstreet
may not be sharp, aa Speer is, but we will
not question his Integrity, politically, on
Speer's evidence." This is about equiva
lent to saying that It would not believe
Emory on bis oath. Hia testimony against
Longstreet was delivered under oath be
fore an investigating'committee.
A Washington spocial says; “Dorsey
has been quite ill. At one time it was
feared that lie would die. The continued
nervous excitement of the last two year*
has culminated in a heart trouble. Dr.
Blits, who was called in to attend Dorsey
ntl o'clock Tuesday morning, has since
recommended to bis patient the greatest
quietness and abrtention from everything
likely to create nvrvous excitement." Dor
sey roust hare a charmed life, that be can
face Washington malaria and Dr. Bliss
without fatal results. 'What a chance old
Bliss lost to probe a “pus cavity.”
Macon and the Fair.
We stated yesterday that the execu
tive committee of the State Agricultu
ral Society had decided to hold a fair
in Macon during the coming fall, pro
vided the city would contribute three
thousand dollars towards defraying tho
expenses.
This brings the matter before our
people, and a few words as to tho
course we should pursue will not bo
out of place at this time.
Macon should not only raise tho
three thousand dollars asked for
promptly, but tier people should, in
addition, take hold of the matter, back
tlicir money with their energy und in
fluenee, and see that tho fair is made a
brilliant success.
Macon is now enjoying a boom, her
property is advancing in price, new
buildings are springing up in ail quar
ters of the city, her population is rap
idly increasing, her commerce is cover
ing wider and wider territory, her man
ufactories are constantly growing, her
credit is the highest; but she still has
ample capital to conduct a much larger
trade than she now enjoys, and to sup
port many new manufacturing enter
prises. She was never before so well
able to bear the expense of a fair; was
never before in condition to be so much
benefited by one, or so liable to lie in
jured by allowing one to fail on account
of parsimony.
We have the finest fair grounds in the
South, ample buildings, central loca
tion , unsurpassed transportation facili
ties, and the committee appointed by
the society to take charge of the mat
ter contains some of the best executive
talent in the State. Leading farmers
feel that the continued existence and
usefulness of the society depend upon
holding a successful fair, and they are
therefore ready to give the enterprise
their hearty support. All of the
conditions are favorable, and the
time is opportune. It is only
necessary for the people of Macon to
meet the canvassers, who will call upon
them in a few days, with liberal contri
butions, and success is assured.
Macon lias never failed to do the
handsome thing in the past, and she
will not surprise and disappoint the
people of the State’ and cripple her
growing influence, by making a differ
ent record in this instance.
A Washington special to the New York
World says: “Henry Watterson is not
booming old 'Saddlebags,' as he called Mc-
DonaliL with as much ardor as he former
ly displayed. McDonald,when became
here yesterday, committed the fatal blun
der of not calling upon the Louisville edi
tor and avoided him all the evening. Wat
terson is hen advising Democrats to nub
on with the tariff in the House, while Mc
Donald does not believe that there is any
great hurry and that it will be good policy
to postpone the tariff agitation. This
wide t baam between the Louisville editor
at.-I in- f ivoritc candidatehaacausedn>t
a little talk, and may result In Watterson
with-lrauing his favor from Indiana's fa
vorite ton.” It is pretty well ascertained
that McDonald cannpt get a delegation
from Kentucky, Tills may account tor
Walters- ndr ppingtheSaddlebag*.
Fighting Tlge" In a Bad Fix.
When Conkling and his ‘‘Me too”
quitted the Senate in a terrible huff,
the Legislature of New York filled their
places with Wood Pulp Miller and
L-aphatn, the latter better known
among the boys of his section of New
York as ‘‘Fighting IJigc.”
How Lapham won his sobriquet we
do not know. He is very fond of fight-
in" tho South with words, and engagos
in some terrific combats with ardent
spirits, at times. In these last he
is generally worsted. Occasionally,
‘Fighting Tige” may he seen peering
from a curtained box of the Theatre
Comiquo, in company with somo syren
of one of the departments.
He is a very beery, reeky-looking
old gentleman, with yellow hair, that
one might easily mistake for a Ion-
comedian cast for the character of “Ec-
cles,” in tho comedy oi ‘‘Caste.” It is
proposed that ‘-Fighting Tlge,” on ac
count of his bull-dog courago perhaps,
shall accompany Senator Hoar to the
fastnesses of the Mississippi despera
does in Copiah county, as a body
guard. Fully appreciating the risk of
the expedition, “Fighting Tige”
seems to have laid in a supply of
Dutch courage, and under its influence
proceeded to take farewell of the Sen
ate in a unique if not altogether solemn
manner, which is thus described;
“Senator Lapham, of Now York,
came into the Senate this morning
looking very tired. He sat down in his
seat with a dull thud. Ho looked
about vaguely, as if In a dream, and
then began to clap his hands feebly for
a page. Tho Senate was in session,
tho boys were buBy and none of them
heard his weak signal. He struck Ills
hands together once and then tho next
time tiiey missed each other, and the
second result was less effectual. Then
the Now York Senator straightened
op os if angry and began to whistle a
sharp cat-call, greatly to the scandal
of tho Senate. Threo pages dashed
to answer this entirely originsl Senato
rial summons, while Edmunds in his
most rasping manner sharply call
ed the New York Senator to
order. The latter made no reply to the
rebuke. He gave a message to one of
the pages and ttien sank down Into the
deepest of deep studies. A little later
he rudely startled his next neighbor,
Mr. Mahone, by flinging a wrapped
newspaper over the Senator’s shoulder
os he was about to rise to make a mo
tion, the paper striking the wall with a
terrific bang. Later on he went aboat
the chandler patting several Senators
familiarly on the back anil engaging
them in spirited conversation. Ho is
about to go to-morrow with tho Hoar
investigating committee to Copiah, and
was making his farewells to the breth
ren liefore venturing into a country that
may be found full of danger even to
Senators.”
ThaWastarn Floods.
Telegrams at noon yesterday report
the Ohio still rising. At Cincinnati it
had then reached the unprecedented
height of seventy-one feet, being three
feet higher than last year. The high
est mark attained by the floods, pre
vious to February 15,1883, was in the
years 1847 and 1832, when the river
rose to sixty-two feet above low water
mark. The maximum height will
probably 1* reached to-day—exactly a
year from the maximum of 1883. The
regularity of the overflow for the hut
five years has been remarkable. In
all of these tite floods have occurred
between the 7th and 2?d of February,
‘each reaching it* maximum between
the. 15th and 20th.
When we consider the condition of
the cities and towns along tho Ohio,
many of them three-fourths submerged,
their stocks ruined, buildings gutted,
machinery damngcil and business in
terrupted, wo can but wonder at the
curious judgment that lias directed in
vestments and built up large interests
in theso overflowed sections despite the
ever-returning flood .whose records have
been kept for fifty years. Dwellers in
the river cities have in' their future a
problem as difficult ns their experience
in tlie past has been bitter.
The WeBtern flood should always bo
the signal for dwellers in Georgia river
valleys to make preparations lor an
overflow. We have noticed ttyit the
rise in Georgia waters follows the
Western freshets. Let those who have
weak levees proceed at once to
strengthen them, and those who havo
unsecured property in the flats take
measures for its safety. We predict
that by April 15 our rivers will be far
beyond their usual confines.
Southern Mormons.
A party of Southern Mormon con
verts passed through Atlanta or
Wednesday on their way to Utah
The Atlanta Coiutitution, speaking of
these emigrants, says:
“The party consisted of Mormon con
verts, from Cleveland county, N. C. They
were en route to Utah, under the leader
ship of Elder Davidson, a glih-tongued
Letter Day Saint, who had persuaded
them to abandon their homes in the old
Norili State for the polygamous paradise
on the shores of Salt Lake. Two of the
men were middle aged, two were stalwart
young fellows, and the fivo women ranged
In age from nineteen to forty. All of them
were rather good-looking, well-dressed and
apparently above the average in intelli
gence.
“But the Mormon leader, F.Ider David
son, as he was called, attracted more at
tention than his simple victims. The
elder was a young man, not over thirty,
with a handsome face, keen, flashing eyes,
and a black moustache. He was welt
dressed and would have been prenscntable
anywhere. Elder Davidson had plenty
to say for himself, but as his train was
about to start, it was impossible to inter
view him satisfactorily. As the train
rolled out of the depot with the deluded
converts and the impish guide who had
them In charge, the bystanders gave ex-
j ression to their views in strong and not
particularly choice language.”
Sonator Brown, as wo learn from our
correspondent, left the same afternoon
with the Mormons, and presumably on
the same train as far as Dalton. The
Mormons were journeying to Salt Lake,
whither they go to join the polygamous
fraternity. The Senator was returning
to bis scat in the Senate, where he has
advertised the country he will enter
upon further defense of the Mormons,
as against the new bill now pending
before that body.
Wo regret that the Constitution did
not have time to interview Elder
Davidson and his party of emigrants.
The country would like to know what
arguments were employed to in
duce-the party to renounce the
Christian religion, and to aban
don their virtuous Southern
homes for a life of irreligion and shame
among the Rocky Mountains. They
had doubtless perused Senator Brown’s
late speech, in which ho contrasted the
practices of tho Later Day Saints with
the evil courses of Eastern communi
ties, to tho discredit of the latter. These
poor deluded Southern men and women
may have been misled by the ingenious
arguments and sophistries of this South
ern Senator, supplemented and rein
forced by the seductive pictures which
tho salacious elder painted to their ex
cited imaginations of Mormon life.
Whether it was tho sophistry of tho Sen
ator, or tho subtle whisperings of the
polygamous serpent into their ears,that
Influenced them *<? nbnmlonhoine, kin
dred, religion—everything good und
sacred—tho peoplo of Georgia cannot
fail to bo shocked by the spectacle wit
nessed in Atlanta on Wednesday lost.
Wo regret still more that the Consti
tution did not interview Senator Brown
on tho subject of his late speech against
tho bill to overthrow nud stamp out
polygamy in tho Territories. The
country expected this much of tho well-
known enterprise of the Constitution. It
was hoped that tho Senator would avail
himself of the friendly columns of that
journal, to offersomo explanation of the
extraordinary stand ho had taken in
defense of the Mormons, and against
legislation which seeks to interfere
with their abominable practices. Pos
sibly the Senator was too busily en
gaged in mending bis fences, and get
ting ready far the great battle that
must be fought next winter.
who acted with him have not sown tho
seeds of dissolution In our body politic.
It must bo said of him that lie was
an honest fanatic. An honest fanatic
with ability to supplement hie honesty
may be and frequently is a dangerous
citizen. In his riper years Mr. Phillips
came to despise and contemn the Re
publican party and its leaders, anil
to make publication of his sentiments.
The BOd will not press heavier upon
him for this, nor will a just judge put
it down as against him. His friends,
his admirers and his co-workers
may dq his memory reverence,
but tho American Congress would step
out of its legitimate sphere to become
an eulogist of lu's career, or a mute at
Ids funeral. In tho course of his stormy
career, he had called Webster a “bank
rupt statesman,” Choato “a chattering
monkey, ” Everett a “cuckoo,” Chase
a “trickster,” Washington “the great
slaveholder,” Lincoln a “slavo hound
of Illinois," and Greeley a “moral sui
cide.” He had denounced the consti
tution of Ids country as a “covenant
with hell” and “a league with death.”
He had emptied the vocabulary of his
wrath and vituperation upon every
body who did not agree with him. It
is asking too much of frail humanity to
judgesuch a man impartially so soon
after his death, and while the country
is still suffering from ids defiance of
the laws and the constitution.
Tha Reason Why.
When Congressman Finsrty desired
that Congress should indulge in eulo
gistic oratory and funereal resolutions
upon the death of Wendell Phillips, Mr.
Eaton, of Connecticut, very properly
objected. For this he has been roundly
denounced by tho Radical press, and
tho question has been repeatedly asked
why Mr. Eaton shonld have interposed
an objection.
Ordinarily it is a safe thing to object
to anything that the wild Mr. Finerty
desires Congress to do. Mr. Finerty is
not controlled by the proprieties of any
occasion, and really represents nothing
so much as ids distempered imagina
tion.
But in the case of Wendell Phillips,
there was no reason why Congress
should have stepped aside to notice his
death. That he was an earnest and
courageous man is true. It is no less
true that ho was able and eloquent and
earnest in the work that he had
appointed himself to do. Ills mind,
ills money, Ids time and fils tongue
wero devoted to the overthrow of the
republic. He was an agitator who
despised all roles and laws that stood
between him and the accomplishment
of his purposes. He performed no
great public service-to tlie country,
and was never at any time
in accord with anything bnt a faction.
Tlie negroes arc due him much for hit
efforts for the overthrow of slavery, but
it is still an open question if the meth
ods adopted by Mr. Phillips and those
Remorseless Drown.”
We confess that we havo watched
with alarm, not to say consternation,
tho liberties taken with the English
language by the enterprising correspon
dent of tlie Augusta Chronicle. Under
several bold exploits of his in
this direction our apprehensions hare
been for some time, to quote from his
boundless vocabulary, in a state of
“agitated activity”; for however in
teresting it may be to witness occa
sionally a hurricane of words and a
tempest of metaphor, to men who have
at all times to venture into the storm
the situation is full of peril.
In a late issue of our cheery contem
porary, we find the Atlanta correspon
dent declaring that “we had a short
young deluge last night. I cannot re
call a more savage fall of rain in a
short time.” What is a short
young deluge? And why in the
world does the gentleman want to
recall it in a short time? Or
why his evident regret? Those are
questions we can only propose. “The
very floods descended,” continues the
correspondent. “Great swashes of
water dropped in solid torrents, bring
ing down an overwhelming flavor of
remorseless drown with them,” Great-
Scottl “Solid torrents?” Think of
having “solid torrents” of water lying
about town! And think of the flavor
of a “remorseless drown!” Only the
flavor mind you: no man can actually
drown in u solid torrent. But would
drowning be disagreeable after having
been struck by a precipitated “solid
torrent?” Could he even sniff the
flavor of a remorseless drown? Where
were tlie police; and why did not the
health officers cart off tho solid tor
rents, and stop the.flavor of remorse
less drown with the flavor of manilla,
or winter green?
But tho correspondent continues-
The very gates above seemed ajar,and
cataracts came through in crushing
column.” Did the cataracts come
through the jar? Or is the gifted pen
brandislicr troubled with cataract in
the eye? What sort of a jar was it?
Stone jar, glass jar, pickle jar or family
jar? Maybe it was tho talented sprink
ling pot of J. Pluvius that the gentle
man saw, and not a jar after all.
The excited scribe proceeds: “The
foundations of the houses trembled un
der tho massive liquid sheets." Where
did the liquid come from? Is a “liquid
sheet” tho samo as a “solid torrent?”
And why shonld the foundation of tho
houses tremble? Arc tho foundations
afraid of sheets? We do not
know. We are too much confused to
work out problems. Only a picture
rises before us; black night torn by
electric Are; air full of chunks of Bolid
torrents; liquid sheets flying off the
clothes lines and frightening tha life
out of house foundations; heroic cor
respondent clinging to lamppost watch
ing nature's convulsive writhing*, sick
with apprehension and tho flavor of re
morseless drown. Great Swash 1 Great
Gosh! In fact, Great Gush I “Ob,
Muchee Hellee!”
FROM ATLANTA.
num. His bond is in the sum of $200,-
000, and his salary is tlie pitiful sum of I
$2,000, without perquisites of any kind, j Unl,otl States Marshal Lonsatrcet on
With this bond and tills salary, tho
temptation to vrong-doing is ever pres
ent to a weak and unstable officer. In
deed, tho best and surest bond after all
tho people cun have that tlicir hard-
earned taxes will be faithfully kept and
applied, is to be found in the robust
honesty and unbending integrity of
the man placed* in charge of them.
The recent experience of Tennessee,
Alabama and other States, Northern
and Southern, should ho a lesson to tlie
dominant party in Georgia, and the
peoplo should see to it that they have
an honest and capable treasurer.
Georgians, unfortunately, are not
ignorant of tlie ways of politicians and
the power of money. Governors, Con
gressmen and even judicial officers
havo sometimes felt it necessary to
submit to tho iron will of “the ring ”
This is bad enough in all conscience,
but our fate would be worse still if this
same hateful power were permitted jo
name a Judas to carry “the bag.”
A good and faithful officer is cheap at
any, even tho highest price; whereas a
bad and unfaithful, or incapable one
would bo dear without any salary at all.
Passenger Fares.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Savannah Timet has interviewed ex-
Governor Smith, chairman of the Rail
road Commission, on the rumored re
duction of passenger rates to two cents
per mile.
The chairman stated that tho sub
ject, so far as ho knew, had not been
considered by the commission. He
did not favor any farther reduction
himself, especially at this time. He
thought the rates were low enough
now, and that tho people were satisfied
and the railroads were doing well. He
believed that a redaction to two cents
per mile would be very hurtful to the
roads. When the population of Geor
gia becomes as dense and prosperous
as that of New England, and tho coun
try along the lines of onr railways
looks like a continuous city, then it
might be proper to adopt two-cent
fares. When that time comes, how
ever, he thought the roads themselves
would reduce their charges without
waiting for the commission to inter
vene. In some instances tho roads
of Georgia now haul passengers for less
than three cents. They can transport
them for nothing if they see proper.
All that the commission requires is
that they shall not charge more than
three conts.
It is tho general opinion that the
reduction of rates to three cents per
mile has worked no injury to the rail
roads, but has rather been n benefit.
Tlie travel has increased very heavily
in consequence of the redaction, and in
this way tho roads havo been abun
dantly compensated. It costs about as
mucli to haul an empty car ns it docs
one filled with passengers. Cheap fares,
like cheap postage, involve no loss of
revenue, but tho roverso rather. The
time has not come, however, when pas
senger rates con bo safely reduced
below tho present figures.
Stats Treasurer.
We reproduce elsewhere, at tlie re
quest of a correspondent, an article
from the LaG range Reporter, favoring
the nomination and election of Hon.
R. C. Humber, of Putnam, as State
treasurer. Hon. D. N. Speer, the pres
ent incumbent, has already announced
that he will not bo a candidate for rc-
clection. We stated some weeks ago
that Mr. Robert V. Hardeman, of
Bibb, and Mr. U. B. Wilkerson, of
Coweta, would seek a nomination at
the hands of the convention.
It is well known that the Telegraph
and Messexoer has no candidate for
any office within the gift of the people
of Georgia. At tho same time we feel
free to say that Mr. Humber is a man of
the highest integrity and fine business
capacity. Georgia has other worthy
sons, but none more deserving than he.
He wonld make a safe and vigilant
treasurer, an excellent Congressman,
or a wise, prudent and capable Gover
nor. Nevertheless we are indisjiosed
to depart from the role laid down for
ourselves, and enter the lists in his be
half, or that of any other candidate.
It will not be out of place to say how
ever, that the Democratic party, when
it assembles in convention, cannot be
too careful in its selection ot a candi
date for State Treasurer. In sonic re
spects, it is the most important office
uiuier onr Slate government. A* the
financial officer of the State, he receives
and disburses nearly $3,000,000 per *n-
Tho New Capitol.
Wo are indebted to tho enterprise of
the Atlanta Contlitution for a wood cut
of tho proposed capitol. The cut was
gotten up in haste, and is withal a
wood cut, and not very clear and dis
tinct ; hut it affords a pretty good idea
of the outlines and proportions of the
building, whichjis to be cruciform, after
tho prevailing style in this country of
such edifices. We think it will be a
handsome structure. Tlie dome Is su
perb and tho entire building will lie ot
Imposing appearance. It will crown
tlie highest eminence, wo believe, in
the city, and will be a striking object
to the beholder approaching by any tit
the lincB of travel that converge nt the
Gate City.
It only remains to he hoped that
suitable Georgia materials wilt ho fur
nished by our own people, ns good and
as cheap as those offered by bidders
from othor States, and that enough
skillful Georgia artisans can he found
to do this work on terms both just and
reasonable. When tlie building has
been completed and~Tumished, tho
next thing for the people to do will be
to send up a Legislature as firm as tho
granite and pure as the marble which
shall support and adorn their new cap
itol.
Emory Speer—Complimentary Cer-
man to a Macon Lady—Tho
Defoor Murder Case.
1 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. 1
Atlanta, February 14.—Your corres
pondent called on General Longstreet at
bis office in the custom house Jliis morn
ing, and found him at his desk. The' Mar
shal was pleasant, courteous and full of
business. I called his attention to a Wash
ington special to the New York Tribune,
republished in the Cbiufifotfon of this date,
in which District Attorney Speer, before
the Springer investigating committee,made
very serious charges against his official
conduct and competently. Tho General
had a copy of the Tribune containing tlie
special referredto. Wbllebedid not think
proper at tills time to give a full reply to
the chaiges, he favored the Telegraph
with o general statement in regard to them
which I give yon below. He slates that he
will appear before the Springer committee
at tlio-proper time, and will submit Incon
trovertible evidence rebutting every charge
that the district-attorney has seen fit to
make against him and his office. In ref
erence to the specific charges nmile by Mr.
Speer, Gen. Longstreet had this to say:
“Mr. Speer says 'lie was thwarted in
every direction by the open disloyalty of
lhe marshal towards -the government.’ 1
do not know what he means by di loyalty.
I have aiwnys tried to discharge my duty
faithfully in this office. -If it is dis-
loval not to discharge official duties
faithfully, tlion I would say that the dis
trict attorney is disloyal. He is disloyal
to the government and to everybody else,
and disloyal to himself. I think I will bo
able to prove this before I am through
with him.
"When his name was first brought for
ward for the position of district-attorney, I
favored his appointment and wrote some
letters to Washington to that effect, but
long before tlie appointment was made, I
found bin out, and was satisfied that lie
was unfitted for tho office, and it I had
been called on at the time the apppoint-
ment was made, would not have indorsed
him. I do not think I ever gave any
official indorsement to hisappointment.
“As to the resentment that Mr. Speer
charges I cherish against him, I know
nothing of it. It exists only in his own
imagination.
“In respect to the charge that
Deputy Marshal Crawford was in
dicted for presenting false accounts
for his services as United States marshal,
and that I permitted him to go fifty miles
from Atlanta to obtain hail, on which trip
he escaped from tlie depuly in,,I has not
since been arrested, 1 have to say that
the man was allowed to go to his home,
among bis friends, to make Ills bond, by
order oi the jndge. and put in charge oi an
experienced deputy, when it was learned
that he had cscajied, the deputy was
promptly discharged.
“On being told of the escape. Mr. Speer
reports me as saying: ‘Well, I don’t think
he has done anything anyway.’ I don’t
know where Mr. Speer got this informa
tion. I never said it, and don't think any
body told him that I did.
“As to the charge that no effort was
mad" to arrest Slowman, indicted for on
attempt to corrupt the jury in the Howard
case, there Is this to be said: When Infor
mation was received that Slowman, who
had fled the State after indictment, had re
turned from Florida, three deputies were
sent to arrest him. At his house, two of
the deputies stationed themselves outside
to prevent his escape and the third went
in to make the arrest On entering, the
house, it was found that Slowman was dy
ing of typhoid pneumonia, and ittrans-,
ptred that ho died tho following day. Un-
iler tho circumstances no arrest was made
that nlgijt. and an official retnm made
here of tlie tacts and rc;>ortcd to
tho district-attorney, who agreed that
Sioman might be allowed to appear with
out arrest under tlie warrant.
“Furthermore. Mr. Speer states in ref
erence to my incoinpetency, that I live in
Gainesville, fifty miles from Atlanta, and
•never reaches his office until 12 o'clock In
the day.’ It is mv mlo to resch my office
by or before 9 o'clock In the morning, and
it will be found upon investigation
that 1 do >o. It will be found further that
there is as much truth in the other charges
as this.
“I do not care to enter further into these
matters, but am prepared to go before the
investigating committee with every evi
dence to refute these charges. My friends
need not be uneasy or anxious, as I feel
that I will come out from them unscath-
lils library this morning, busily engaged in
tlie preparation of the Southern Mutual
Insurance case, which will probably come
up in the Supremo Court next Wednesday
I expressed surprise at finding him looking
so well, and apparently in such good
health. He replied that tho reports of hi*
sickness had been greatly exaggerated. Ho
had a severe attack before Christmas but
wss able to get out of his bed about the
20th of December, and has been perma
nently Improving since. It is the first
sickness that has put him to bed in over
thirty years.’ Colonel Hammond thinks
it Is not a very sick man who
con travel 1,500 milea in such weather to
argue a law case. He would not havo left
Washington except that the case is a very
Important one, involving a million dollara
in cash, and the Southern Mutual was un
willing that the case be heard withoutbim
Tho appearance o! tlie Congressman sugl
gested to your correspondent that if bison-
imnents entertain tlie idea that they oti
lighting a sick man, they will do well to
change tlicir base.
Colonel Hammond's friends over tlie dis
trict, personal and political, will be glad to
learn of bis improved health.
In the conversation that followed there
was little said in reference to the opening
campaign in tlie Filth that lias not already
been said. Colonel Iiainmond isconfidcnt
of his hold upon the people of tlie district
and Is willing to rest the Issue with
them upon his record in their
service. Ho spoke in pleasant
tormaol afiolUs opponents, classing in
Hist list Capt. Henry Jackson, ot Fulton,
Col. James & Boynton, ot Spalding, Hon.
L. F. Livingston, ot Newton, and possibly
Judge Stewart, of Spaldi L g. Col. Huge and
Col.-Mynatt, ot Fulton. Ho is perfectly
satisfied with the new arrangement of the
district and thinks his strength not affect
ed by tlie changes that havo been made.
I asked Col. Hammond about politics at
Washington. Ho answered that there
was little to be said. Tho Democrats had
a caucus last Wednesday night for tlie dis
cussion of the tariff question, hut settled
nothing. The party matters and policy
for the Presidential campaign have not
yet taken shape. Col. Hammond will
probably return to Washington the last of
next week.
the$1,000,000 surr.
The litigation between the Southern Mu
tual Insurance Company and some ot its
stockholders is a very important one, with*
which the readers of the Telegraph are 1
ed.’
A CONTRACT SIGNED TOR THE SEW CAPITOL
This morning tho Capitol Commission
cloaeil n contract with Mr. Kdbrook, which
was signed In duplicate, engaging him to
superintend the erection o$tbe new capitol.
generally familiar. The company, finding
itself loaded with a surplus of $1,000,000,
asked the courta os to the proper disposi
tion of the interest on that fund. Tlie
stockholders come in and claim a pro rata
division, not only ot the interest, but also
of tlie entire surplus, so that the company,
instead of a litigation involving $00,000,
they have been drawn into a million dollar
suit. The company triumphed in the
court below.
ArTERTHE “cracker
The talk about tho streets to-dav is the
belligerent complication growing out
a cartoon published in tho Cracker, an il
lustrated paper published here by Messrs,
ltamsdell )k Moser. Tlie issue of to-day rep
resents Mr. 8teve ltyan. of this city, crush
ed under two huge black balls, and one of
his friends near By in a very disgruntled
attitude, with several suggestive phrases
scattered over the page. The gentlemen
who thought themselves Indicated by the
cartoon called at the sanctum ot the pub-
lishera this morning, found those gentle
men in, and a sharp belligerent engage
ment ensued, from which, however, no
serious damage resulted. The statements
concerning the proceedings are eonfiiot-
ing. both sides claiming substantisil re
sults.
BUTCHERED.
A serious cutting is reported in tho city
tills morning. Young Cornish, the butch
er, at an early hour this morning was at
tacked by a very abusive negro, and after
some forbearance proceeded to carve tlie
negro with a butcher knife. A cut across
tlie stomach, inflicted witli tlie knife, is
considered dangerous.
BOLTON CONVICTED.
In tlie Superior Court, R. D. Holton, the
United States deputy marshal, charged
with stabbing a negro in Gwinnett county-
last year, the particulars of which have
been published, was convicted, affil Judge
Hammond ini nosed the extreme penalty, a
fine of $500 and six months imprisonment
In jail, and. unless the fine is p.iiil In thirty-
days, six months on the chain-gang.
(LUGGERS.
It Is understood that I'cte McCoy and
Joe Gould, celebrated New York aluggers.
are In town,and will giressparriBE touch
at DqGIvc's next Tuesday night. It is re
ported that a friendly match has been ar
ranged between one of them and “Dig
John" Rosenberg, of this cltv. The ama-
t. r r«a.~srn c u :iX^ ar of »
ich la to be neither incrca*«l nordl- torMtc * 1 -
Senator Brown'a Intentions*
Tho racy correspondent of tlie Au
gusta Evening News, writing from At
lanta, says:
“Although Senator Brown came to At
lanta to attciul s meeting of the railroad
officials, l have it from the safest author!-
some of his friends upon tlie subject of hU
future position in the politics ol Georgia.
In other words, ho will be guided Very
much by tlie results of these conferences
in making up his mind whether or not he
srill offer for re-election to the Senate. I
am inclined to believe that he will not be a
candidate, but will seek to elevate to that
position some one of his friends, who is
able and capable, and has always been
faithful to the interests of the Senator. I
am so well satisfied upon this point that I
consider it s certainty that Senator Brown
will retire."
Is not the correspondent mistaken?
If sucli an intimation has been given
out, it may havo keen done for the
same purpose that Stonewall Jackson
sometimes “shelled the woods"—to
develop tho whereabouts of the enemy.
A ruse that wouhl bring a number of
aspirants prematurely into the field,
only to be tuned upon and Tended, is
not likely to deceive. “Hardy In vain
is tlie net spread in the sight of any
bird.”
Horsford's Acid Phosphate, SpecHIo
Virtues In Dyspepsia.
Dr. A. Jenkins. Orest Falls. N. II. says.
“I can testify to its seemingly almost spe
cific virtues in cores of ilyipepia, ner
vousness and morbid vigilance or wakeful-
which
mini-tied. They also require him to enter
Into a bond, with good security, to lie np-
proveil by the Governor, in tlie sum of
$25,000 fur tlie faithful jierformancc of the
contract.
Architect Erlbmoke estimates the cost
of lhe new cupltol, built according to his
plans at fSUO.OOO. This will give the com
mission u liberal margin to complete the
building in tlie best style.
[hpecial correspondence,!
Atlanta, February 15.—I caded this
morning at the office o( the superintendent
ot the Southern mud service, tc enter com
plaint in regard to the frequent delay in
the transmission of mall matter posted
hero at the post-office or the postal cars
for the Telegraph. Col. Uloscock, chief
clerk, took the matter In charge and prom
ised to give it immediate attention. Dur
ing our conversation he stated that the
controlling cause of irregularities in the
mails, of which complaints are made, is
the inadequate appropriation for the pos
tal service. This is more particularly true
ot the railway service, where the force has
been cut down greatly under what is re
quired for careful and perfect work.
CoL Glascock illustrated this by a de
scription of tlie postal service on the Wes
tern and Atlantic railroad. The postal
clerks on that road handle an immense
quantity of mail matter coming and going
to nearly every section of tlie country.
The postal clerk is not only reiiuired to
handle every package ot thb matter, but
must be able to make the proper distribu
tion for fourteen States. The time given
for the run between Atlanta and Chatta
nooga is five hours. During this run tlie
train (s moving at a high rate of speed,
tlie postal car rocking from aide to side,
and the -, “ J * —-* -*■— * ••
time
the Postal clerk must stand all the
»at the case. Tlie motion of the car
t**recn Atlanta and Chattanooga there were
twelve crews to do the work. Since the
appropriation bos been cu* down the force
has been reduced to six crews* of two
clerks tach, and it 1a impossible for them
*o do tbe work thorougldy. It must be
considered, too, that while the working
force has been reduced, the mail matter to
be handled fs constantly increasing. The
chief clerk has a poor opinion of tbe Con
gressmen who insist on a reduction of this
the moon.
THE M. * B. PURCHASE MONEY.
Attorney-General Anderson is busily
engaged to-day in bis examination of tlie
arguments and authorities submitted by
the attorneys of the K. T. V. A G. K, 1L in
reference to the proposed payment to the
State of the balance of purchase money
due by the purchaser* of the Macon ami
Brun.iwick rahroad. Ife may probably
reach a decision tonight.
To be exact, the balance of the purctuui
money, due the 2$tb of this month. L
$025,000. To this must l*» added the inter*
est at 5 per cent, for fonr year*. f 1:3,01)0,
making tlw? total—principal ami Interest—
1750.000. **
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.)
Atlanta, February in.-Your corres
pondent found Hon. >\ J, Hammond in
makes it very difficult to stand at nil, and
it is a constant strain with the clerk to party Is here; consisting of four or five
kc. p his place at the case. men, who have been working large cities
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DECISION.
The attorneys of the Hast Tennessee,
Virginia and Ueorgta railroad, after the
adverse decision of the Attorney-General
yesterday in the matter of the per cent.
United Htatej registered bonds, upon
which tho treasurer refuses to accept them
In payment of balance of purchase money
of tho Macon and Brunswick railroad, ap
plied to the Governor to atri for tnt wih
io a consent case, to be heard by the
Supreme Court, touching tlie question nt
issue. Governor McDaniel to-day refused
to enter into such agreement, for the con
trolling reasons, that he had no authority
to do so, that the law did not give such au-
’li" ’ . -: I that lit* M'lt" • <• :M ' .» In?
made a party to a soft la moll * way.
There is no precedent for such a step, cer
tainly not sinco tlie creation of the office
of tho Attorney-General.
The Governor acted, furthermore, upon
the conviction that the opinion rendered
by the Attorney .General lain every respect
correct and covering all the legal questions
of the State. It ia hardly likely that tlie
company will make further resistance. If
they should fall on tho 2*th to
make payment in the bonds required,
the State will seize the road to bo
■old again for its own benefit, and tho pur
chase money already paid will be forfeited
according b"talma of tlie contract, if
million dollars already paid. Tin
now probably make pavment in
Georgia 7 per cents., which mature
in i"*'. and if th«‘v in*i«t
on what they now claim as a right, may
make the payment under protest, and
seek to recover from the State tho differ-
In any . wiit. it appears that the
State has nothing to lose.
A COMPLICATED CASK.
At police headquarters to-night, I
found Chief Connolly engaged in an
interesting and complicated case
which may lead to developments of
Interest to publishers and adrerti*
party is her
in a newspaper for a certain date,
tain rnte, with the privilege of filling It
with tlie advertising cardi of merchants,
professional men, etc., which they solic
it in person. Wince the party
reach*! Atlanta there has been :i grevion's
split, which will engage the attention of
the courts next week. Mr. L.D. Palmer,
the chief, to-day caused the arrest of Har
ry Marshall, on the charge of larceny. Mar
shall in Ins turn to-night swore out a war
rant against Palmer for perjury, and
threaten* besidethat oiHen-c t*»
expose palmer and Ms business as
a fraud—that while he car
ries out hia contract with
newspapers, he does not do «*.» with adver
tisers. Marshall says that Paim.-r In*
made S%),000 or $40,<XX)out of tl.i-lm-im-^
in the last thi < e or four year*. As if thi*
was not a sufficient complication todi«-
eny ordinary business enterprise.
Chief Connolly lias made a city case against
Palme; ami three ot bis men K. F
Strong. J. J. Russell and T. H. Keans, for
doing huiin. • < without a lie :.-. Mr.
Palmer, in defending the hone*ty of his
busine**, exhibits references from *>me of
ner-paper pub!;-. ? in
The comm baton of tbe
but fsexj*
morning, n
turned tu*i?
new hoar.
VI*™
tVash
be here bv }
rhlcb time the office
> Mr. Wilson before tl