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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1884.
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H. C. HANSON, Manager,
Macon, Ga.*
Tiir hardest thing yet on the Cincinnati
snob is the charge that it was led by an
Atl^j.ta negro.
Gewkr&l Suermxn contradicts the report
that he would accept the Democratic nom-
. ination for tho Presidency. Thanks.
Tnfe rebellion of the white Republicans
of Georgia against the bull-dozing-negro
leaders may be termed a small cry over
much wool.
Royal Bengal Tiger Pledger has at
last proven too strong for the party stom
ach of Uncle Jonathan Norcross. It was
only after a long, long struggle that the
stomach succumbed.
The "agltatlvc activity” of the atmos
phere on yesterday was sufficient to create
the suspicion that George Adair had sold
an Atlanta clerk an eight by ten lot of
precious dirton a credit. There was blow-
tog. ^
. The United Ktates has more to fear
from Communism than from monopoly,
and the people will some day be startled
into a realization of the fact. The Cincin
nati riot is simply "the beginning of the
end.”
The fellow that has lightning rods on
his house, to protect it from thunderbolts,
thinks that the fellow who digs a cyclone
pit shows a wicked distrust in Providence.
Ills wisdom is of the sort that Job couldn’t
comprehend.
Several things are suggested by the
Cincinnati riot, and not tho least impor
tant of them is the necessity of maintain-
ingState military organizations on a war
tooting. The State authorities will doubt
less be wise enough to see the force of the
suggestion,
TnE present generation oi free traders
will all be dead when the people of Georgia
consent to direct taxation, at the hands of
the Federal government, in order to re
lieve foreigners of the duties which they
now pay for the privilege of selling their
goods in this country.
An an evidence of the disordered condi
tion of that portion of the Democratico-Re-
publico coalition represented by the 8a-
vannah Echo (negro organ), Colonel Jack
Brown, the soldier, patriot and statesman,
who led tlie coalition in 1880, is contempt
uously referred to ns "Jock unwnalnntnn
Brown.”
Another Precedent to be Wiped Out.
When it liecame necessary to the
fortunes of a few political managers
the two-thirds rule was abrogated in a
State convention, by what machina
tions tlie record still stands to show.
It is now proposed to wipe out
another precedent of tlie party. Tlie
Savannah Morning ■ Xctcs seconds tiie
motion of the Atlanta Constitution in
the following paragraph:
"The politicians, perhspf, want two Hate
conventions this year. It is safe to assume
that the people want only one. 'they
ilon’t want to be bothered with con volitions
and polities any more than Is absolutely pei
essarj. Out* convention
and an electoral ticket at
to Chicago as.well as twi
less sOme reasons in fav
minute a State
‘loot the delegates
There are doubt-
ol two conven-
i* not as strong as the reasons
BasAToa Blaiii wants to confer tlie 1ml
tot on tlie negro women of the South.
Buch fanatics arc worac enemies to the
material intercets of the country than
open-mouthed advocates of pillage like
Moat and Schwab. It is comforting to
- know Uiat be can’t accomplish Ids fool
purpose without the support of some of
the Southern States and not one of them
will ever consent to any such lunacy.
Sows of tho Democratic papers in the
South arc trying to convince themselves
and their readers that the English manu
facturers arc literally pining for Utc privi
lege of furnishing them with cheap goods,
There to something painfully '-fresh" in
the idea of there being any solicitude
among British manufac turers for the en
joyment of cheap markets in their line by
the people of this country. Being "free
traders," their theory binds them to "sell
in the dearest market and buy in the
cheapest.”
Where Are the Free Trad. Statesmen
and Orator, ?
la the Broadway Note Book ‘‘Gath,
after a recent visit to Washington
writes as follows:
I saked a tree trade manufacturer, who had
keen e cIom student ot this i|ue»tlon, if he
law anybody to Congress r.pwblc ol leading
bis aids in the debate. Said be: "No. There
Is nobody In Congress able to debate It on that
aide. Than are a number of amattervrs up
there who, from politic.1 or other motive.,
lean townrd free trade, but I know of nobody
who can make bln speeches os that side eS
stoat,
Where is the eloquent nod learned
Blount and tlie electric Black
burn and tlie ear-spUtting Mills?
Can it be possible that these
profound nnd erudite states
men are unable to cope with Judge
Kelley, Hiscoek, McKinley and Bus
sell ? And yet a free trader calls them
in derision, "smattcrers.”
The truth to, it the tariff debate
does take place, there wilt not be
scraps enough left of the free trade
statesmen to afford a decent funeral.
The people, those of them who be
long to tiie Democratic party, have not
complained ot two conventions during
a Presidential year. It 1ms been cus
tomary to have a convention to send
delegates to the Presidential conven
tion. When that convention has acted,
then it becomes proper to hold a con
vention to ratify its action as to the
platform and candidates, and to select
an electoral ticket to carry out its pur
poses.
This is regutar, correct and wise.
Why should a convention that selects
delegates to perform a certain duty, as
sume to itself the power to frame an
electoral ticket before that duty has
been performed?
Why tlie haste to make this radical
change at tiiis particular juncture?
Political sentiment is in a transitory
condition at present. If the Chicago
convention should adopt a protec
tive platform and put upon it
a protective candidate, Georgia
would look and feel cheap witli an
electoral ticket composed of free trad
ers. How could otir esteemed contem
porary rally with enthusiasm to such a
ticket and platform 7 How stale nnd
flat would be the speeches of free trade
electors in favor of protection candi
dates? Great mistakes can be made
in this way. It is not safe to predict
just where men will stand a few weeks
from now. A notable example occurs
that may be used as an illustration.
Two years ago, just before the State
Democratic convention assembled,
distinguished member from the State
atlaTgeof the Democratic executive
committee, published a violent diatribe
againsttho Democratic party, the party
that had elevated him to tho position
then held. Supposo that the con
vention should get some statesmen oi
this calibro on its electoral ticket in
advance of tho action of the Chicago
convention? It would bo n trifle awk
ward, to say the least of it, and the
chances for any such contretemps can
easily avoided in following a prece
dent to which there can ho no valid
objection. No Democratic convention
has yet assembled without full repre
sentation.
It is so manifestly proper that State
affairs should be separated, from the
national campaign, that tlie mere sug
gestion carries its own reason and ar
gument.
If any compiainta have been raised
against tlie practice of tlie party, save
such as are quoted in this article, they
have escaped observation.
Tlie opinions of politicians have not
been made public upon tho convention
question, unless the expressions ot tlie
Constitution and .Yews may be so con
sidered.
If the Chicago convention shall
assemble and present to the Democracy
oi Georgia a ticket and platform unoli-
jectionable, then it will become
the bounden duty of tha
Democratic party in an official manner
to ratify and indorse its action. If it
should fail to do this, no flxing tip be
forehand of an electoral ticket should
hold the Democratic party of Georgia
to action Oiat it cannot honestly and
sincerely* indorse.
The clear majority of the Democratic
party in Georgia has patiently
submitted fur years to political
jugglery tliat was as unjust as
distasteful to it. Tills lias been done
tor the sake of the party. It may bo
well enough to have it distinctly un
derstood now, that the margin for
further submission to theso tactics is
exhausted. Tlie real reasons for one
convention, and an early one, though
not made public, are well understood.
When the necessity arises they will be
uncovered.
that they were merely flashes of temper
and not the result of any deep-seated
evil—such occurrences as have been
witnessed in every State in the Union
during Gie last twenty years, and mat
ters of State concern only.
These disturbances fado into insignifi
cance before tiie Cincinnati riot, botli
in cause and effect. Tlie latter was
tlie result of a persistent nbuso of tlie
forms of justice on the part of
tlie legal profession. Tim failure
to hang a certain murderer was the
strain which added to tho load that
had been slowly accumulating upon
tlie people's back, broke it, and threw
tlie corporate body into convulsions.
‘‘Fifty murder cases are on docket in
Cincinnati,’’ we read recently in a
Western paper. This is the simple ex
planation which, added to tlie mob’s
demand that the criminal lawyers bs
hung, makes clear the causes which lie
at tho bottom of Saturday's and Sun
day’s riot. A corrupt influence ruled
in criminal courts, crime was no longer
punished, and, having endured tlie out
rage which was breeding criminals in
their midst and making life and prop
erty insecure, the people rose in arms
and protested. “The burning of the
court house was a piece of wanton mis
chief,” says the telegram. It was the
message of a blind fool. The Cincin
nati court house was burned in the
same spirit ns was tiro Bnstilo destroy
ed. Built like the Bastile for public
protection, it became a public curse,
and the people laid it in mins.
Here now is an opportunity for John
Sherman. But to bring about tlie nr-
rest'and discomfiture of the people and
tho poor wretches who took part In the
unfortunate riot, is not the plan
would suggpst. The cause of this riot
should be tlie subject of Congressional
investigation. The constitution of tho
The Lesson e? the Hour.
In an analysis of tlie causes which lie
at tlie root of the communistic outbreak
in Cincinnati, the Courier-Journal says -.
Faith In tho Integrity of the people, in the
execution of law, in the omnipotence of jus
tice, cannot be established bv a change ot par
ties, by a change ot law, by newspaper clamor,
if the “best citizens,” as they are called,
become co-partners with tho worst by neglect-
ins their political duties. A man too sensitive,
too highly cultured, too devoted to his busi
ness, too much occupied with church affairs,
t© perform ordinary duties ot citizenship, to
attend the primaries and servo on tho jury, is
too much impregnated with selfishness, sweet-
and light to live in an American city; lie
is it bad citizen—bad because of his own
leet, bad because of the evil force of his
example—and he should emigrate.
There is more good, hard, common
sense in these words titan in all the
Courier-Journal has ever published in
connection with the free trade and
whisky legislation. It will bo a for
tunate day for the peoplo when tlie
newspapers treat this subject of law
lessness as directly chargeable, not
to the depraved, but to what is known
as the “best citizens” division of so
ciety.
In one of Ca Lie's little Creole stories
is a simple-minded priest, who accuses
himself as directly responsible for the
sing of those about him who go astray,
and who plainly charges up to his con
gregation a share in tlie guilt. Tlie
simple-minded priest inculcates this
principle in his sermon witli
telling effect. It is a great
mpral lesson, not only for individ
uals hut for such, communities os
Cincinnati, Louisville, Macon; indeed
all cities inay seize upon and profit by
it. The man who shirks jury duty and
suffers justice to lie administered by per
sons easily debauched; the man who
avoids the polls and suffers political
control to pass into dishonest hands, is
directly responsible for all the evil re
lent storms aud electrical displays,
just as certain conditions of society
gender riots and social disturbances.
These disturbances are more common
in wealthy and civilized communities
than in countries where the people are
poor and ignorant. Indeed, the mob
is ono of the hitter fruits of
wealth and poverty, culture and igno
rance brought in contact with each
other. Under sucli circumstances a
diversity of interests is always sup
posed to exist.
In somo respects, the outbreak in
Cincinnati is unlike other riotous dem
onstrations. The object was not to
advance tlie personal aims and inter
ests of its promoters, nor to enforce the
demands of tlie laborer, nor to defy tlie
constituted authorities, but to imjirove
and render certain the administration
of the law!
Bail and evil as tlie whole affair was,
the air is doubtless purer in Cincin
nati to-day than it was last Friday.
The mob is not tho best
agent to improve tho moral at;
mosphero, nor is the cyclone
the agent that a prudent man would
chooso to purify the air he breathes;
but if such visitations bring along a
trifle of good, we should not reject it
because of its ugly origin.
Dr. Livingstone speaks of a poison
ous plant ho found in Africa, from tiie
deadly flower of which tlie busy boo
extracted wholesome honey. Possibly
onr legislatures and courts may draw
a valuable lesson from the work of tho
mob. If the one will enact good laws,
and the other will promptly and fear
lessly enforce them, the public will
fee! less indisposed td forgive the riot
ers.
The Legend of Honest John,
Being a record produced by the Txlx-
GRAru's machine poet, to illustrate the
poor policy of fencing in cotton fields and
leaving the corn to be raided by tlie hogs.
He was a politician—as nimble si a flea—
And a buzzing In bis bonnet was tbo Presi
dential bee;
And they say that he was "on It." in an ofllcc-
sceking sense,
Not only In the present, bet In the future
inf-he. been said ns to any Preside.
cm. littote as yet,although that u,n' r V" 1
in it- time, The lea,ling idea noiv of f' I
new party is, as already stated, to cut ee l
from tiie crowd now dominatlngthe i.srtV I
Thereto evidently a very bitter 1 i$:l
TIIE JAM. nORBOR. |
J*. the reports .arc true, the condition nfl
affaire at the I-niton county jai, | s bs ; I
say the least. Crowded with prison—P
an epidemic of measles prevailing there!
for some weeks, lias bad fatal res m?
Many of the prisoners are United suL'l
convicts serving short sentences for vioh I
tion of the revenue laws, and among t£ I
tho disease seems to he most Prevalent P
One of them. Pilgrim, died last night An’ I
other T. M. Smith otFraukhn county t’,
fenced to two months for Bulling an,i.,..'l
of whisky, died this morning, and anotl I
cr. John Messer, of Jackson county, nj3z I
a similar sentence, is reported ovine I
day, and will hardly live till night S 'tL I
authorities are now doing everythin. I
nossibio for the sick, a number of tS I
having already been removed to the in
Urinary, I
It is unfortunate that those precaution, I
and theso efforts to relieve tlie sick an,!
stop the spread of tlie disease were not
sooner made. 1 1
A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Early this morning, about 8 o’clock iust I
beyond tlie end of Marietta street a ft.
people in tho neighborhood were attracted
by groans coming from somo clumps of
bushes and undergrowth. Hastening in
the spot they found a man «
the point ot death, a pistol ball
through his head, and tlie pisto
by his side. Tho unfortunate man was
unconscious, and died in n few minute.
His long bead plumed and bclmctcd—upon Tho coroner was notified, who took charge
his arm a shield; ot tho body and bad tt removed to tlie un-
No military honors bad crowned his past
career,
Nor had a tongue of eloquence made him
more than doubly dear;
Facts aud financiering were the things he rau
upon,
And smiled when people doffed their hats and
called him "Honest John.”
Hut facts and financiering arc things that
greatly tire:
They do not pleasantly enthuse a crowd, nor
stir Its eager ire;
And to obtain his office, the deep Ohio man
Gave up cold-blooded figures fora warmer-
blooded plan.
Ills brother, great Tecumseb, had risen into
power
military harness, the hero of the hour;
And if in war high office, by Tecumseb, might
bo w*on,
by might not war bring honors to his
brother "Honest John?"
He smiled before the query, and straightway
tonic the field,
United States gqarantces to every «c- 'Ws that are obtained. Twelve hon-
cused man the right of an impartial
trial before a jury; if tho trial is partial
to the man accused, or to tho great
body of men wito accuse him, the con
stitution is violated. The charge is
made by tens of thousands of tho citi
zens of Cincinnati that the constitution
is continually and persistently violated;
they make the charge openly, and
write in blood upon the city’B walls
their protest. Let tho Senator from
Ohio look nearer home for an opportu
nity to ptove himself an enthusiast for
constitutional liberty.
Wnat Ceneral Young Says.
General P. M. B. Young, in a letter
to the Savannah Times, expresses the
opinion that the Hon. Roswell 1’
Flower ia a strong 4h<l promising Pres*
dential candidate. General Young says
of him:
He enjoys the absolute confidence of all the
business Interests of the East, and without the
aid of the State of Kew York and iu powerful
influence how can w« hope to elect a Freni
dent? Mr. Flower’s political and private
record Is without a blemish. He la In the
prime of a vigorous manhood; he Is bold,
fearless, able and aggiesstve, and manifests
deep and lively interest In all affairs of the
South, as well as of the whole country.
General Young adds: “It to with rc-
gn* tliat I most give it as my opinion
that ‘protection’ to gaining ground in
Georgia.” The opinion of the General
ia well put. The protection sentiment
is v<-ry strong, and General Young and
then will lira to nurse regrets that
H y were over led away Into free trade
nil-' -CM,
The Cincinnati Riot.
Sunday morning’s Telbukapii laid
before tlie public the details of one of
those fearful outbursts which seem to
have been common to ail ages and to
all nations. Over the simple failure
of a jury to convict of murder in the
first degree a ntan who was undoubt
edly guilty and deserving of death, the
city of Cincinnati was thrown into the
wildest confusion. A rrob of 10,000
met and passed condemnatory resolu
tions and adjourning amid great excite
ment was easily led to an assault upon
the jail. It was met with a determined
resistance, and soon the populace, po
lice and military were engaged in a
bloody affray which filled the streets
with dead and wounded men and re
sulted in the destruction of the new
court house, burned by the mob os it
windered blind witli passion, it is said,
seeking for something upon which to
wreak its fury.
The first thought, doubtless, that
flashed across the South was to com
pare the trifling disorders of Copiah
county and Danville, which John Sher
man has tortured for political purposes
into affairs of national importance, with
tlie great disaster at Cincinnati. In
the former, mere personal quarrels
happening in a season of great political
excitement, resulted in bloodshed snd
brought about a conflict between a few
members of each race. The entire his
tory of the iwo affair; develop* the fact
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle’s cotton article of
March 28th, wo gather tho following
facts relative to tho movement of tiie
crop for the past week:
For the week ending March '28, tlie
total receipts have reached 52,884 bales,
against 42,035 bales last week, 49,876
bales the previous week, nnd G8,720
bales three weeks since; making tlie to
tal receipts since September, 1883, 4,-
582,570 hales against 4,329,782 hales for
the same period of 1882-83, allowing a
decrease since September 1, 18S3, ot
747,212 bales.
The total receipts at all the interior
towns for tho past week, liavo reached
,107, since September 1, 2,601,S55,
showing a decrease of 4,002 bales, as
compared with receipts of tiie same
week last year, and for the season a
falling off of 597,757.
AmotiR tho interior towns, Macon is
credited with 737 hales for tho week,
and with 78,801 bales for the season.
For the same week last year the re
ceipts were 300 bales, and for the sea
son 50,082. Theso figures slio-.v an in
crease for the week, over tlie receipts
of tlie same week last year, of 437 hales
—and for the season an incrcoso of 2
719 hales.
Taking tho receipts from plantations,
the net overland movement to March
1, and also tlie takings by Southern
spinners to tlie snine date, the amount
of cotton substantially in sight becomes
6,325,720 bales, against 0,400,824 hales
last year, a decrease in tlie total visi
ble supply, as compared with that pe
riod, of981,104 bales.
The imports into continental ports
this week have been 71,000 bales. The
exports have reached a total of 72,599
bales, of which 40,174 were to Grea
Britain, 9,091 were to France and 17,-
334 to thereat of the continent.
Tlie following, taken from the Chron
icle, shows the drift of speculation
in cotton for future delivery during the
past week:
There has (wen continue-.! activity in tbs
•peculation In cotton tor future delivery at
thto market the peat week, an<l prices show a
further advance. With no very active Influ
ences at work, except that Liverpool and Man
chester accounts were better and stocks un
dergolng a rapid reduction, there was a slight
advance on Saturday, aud on Monday the
market was quite buoyant. Tuesday, under a
weak Liverpool report, there was some selling
U>; realize, which caused the loss of part
o! Monday's advance. On Wednesday
there was a further sltoht decline, which was
recovered In the later dealinza for that day
The feature of tho week, however, wu in
Thursday’s business. This wu the first day
for the Issuing of notice, for d-iivery on April
contracts. Tzeso came out quite freely, hut
u they generally "stopped,” showing
that the tattles receiving them intend
ed in no<l eyes to receive the cotton, a
sharp advanca look place, aud this crop closed
S to IS points dearer. To-day the .speculation
wu less active, and the coarse of valuce be
came soon after the opening quite irregular,
but later became entire and buoyant lor the
early months on threats ol a “corner' 1 on
April contracts. The close wu barely steady,
at an Irregular advance compared a Ith last
Friday, of 24 hi 25 points fur March and April,
IS to IS point* (or the remainder »f this crop,
15 points for September and 5 to 10 points (or the
nexterop. Colton on the spot hu remained
very quiet, and there Is now an unusually
large accumulation of supplies at this market;
but, in sympathy with the advance iu lulnree,
quotation* were advanced 1-lSe. on Monday
and again on Thursday. Today there was a
further advance of e*a-, middling upland*
closing at 11V
cst men, twelve of tlie best citizens of
Cincinnati, would have hung Berner,
tlie man who lia<l seven times confessed
himself a wilful murderer. But they
gave way to twelve corrupt men, and
to-day the streets of that city are slip
pery with the blood of 150 victims of
crimes left unavenged, while sorrow
and desolation brood silent over many
darkened homes.
The citizen who rises in his seat
when his name is called as juror and
pleads a fireman’s excuse, or any other
exemption, invites the torch and un
sheaths the knife which may deprive
him of life or all life holds dear. Can
anyone deny it?
Political Judges.
The Albany AVtrs and Adterlitcr
makes the following statement:
The constitution ot Atotoima forbids the res-
lunation of a judge of the Superior Court to
enter the political arena, and thus prevents
ambitious men from dragging the judicial er
mine through the dirty cesspool of politics.
There may be wisdom in such a provision, but
Ocorgia has not been favored with it.
We have not a copy of the Alabama
constitution beforo us, but assuming
that our contemporary is correct in his
statement, we desire to express our
deep regret that tlie Constitution of
Georgia does not contain a provision
similar to that to be found in tlie or
ganic law of Alabama.
It seems tliat when a man accepts a
judicial position in Alabama, he can
not resign it “to enter
tho political arena.” In Georgia on
the contrary, our judges may abandon
the bench for the express purpose of
engaging in politics, or they may retain
their scuts and embark in politics from
the bench, using their judicial position
for tlie advantages it gives them to pros
ecute their political designs.
This disreputable practice prevails at
tills time in more than ono judicial dis
trict in Georgia. Indeed, it is feared
that many of our more ambitious law
yers seek positions on the bench, not
for tlie small salaries attached to tiie
same, nor yet for the honors of the
office, but for tbo facilities afforded
them to push their political schemes.
A man who would thus prostitute tlie
higli office of judge is unlit to retain
his scat on the liench, or to hold any
political position; and we trust tliat
the necessary steps will be taken by
the next Legislature to render all judi
cial officers ineligible os candidates for
positions of honor or profit which arc
political in character.
Until the judiciary shall
be divorced from politics, tlie
country will look in vain fur a thorough
ly independent and upright adminis-
trationof the law. Judgesdo not make
very satisfactory politicians, while pol
iticians make very sorry judges. No
sensible man would be willing to have
his life or his property passed upon by
a judge who had sought a place on the
bench os a step to political preferment.
When judicial officers desire to enter
upon a political career, it is their duty
to retire from tlie bench; and the soon
er they do it, the better will it be for
themselves and the country. A man
whose time is divided between politics
and the law, is not likely to make a
good lawyer, nor a good judge,
nor even a good politician.
Railroad Wrack.
tTinTAXOO.lt, April Z—A paswtRsr
train on tha Alabama Great Southern rail
The Wesleyan Rebellion.
There is gloom in the Wesleyan College
the gloom of apprehension, guilty con
sciences and punishment delayed. And
tho gloom is widespread.
Early on the morning of April 1, while
the gifted President's deep Bass snore was
testing the building's foundations, and the
B flat.G sharp and higli soprano breathing
of his talented assistants rose iu 4 o'clock
peacefulness throughout the wings and
basement, a hundred figures might have
been seen gliding about the grounds of the
institution. The figures belonged to the va
rious classes, and were abroad in obedi
ence to the spring impulse recently ana
lyzed In these columns. There was heard
a conglomeration of suppressed "alts'
and "oh’s” and “mercy me’s” and "gra
cious goodnesses,’’ and ono decided femi
nine shriek when an inquisitive angleworm
cantc out on the hand that was supporting
his tin carriage. There was n fluttering of
wraps, a munching of stalo biscuits saved
up for the occasion, a hurried arrange
ment of a column, and ot the hour when
fair Juliet parted from Romeo the proces
sion, m open rebellion, moved away, leav
ing the front door unlocked and a deserted
hall.
It is not politic, considering the present
unsettled state of affairs, to natno tlie bold
leader of this insurrection. Sufficient now
to say tlie forces were well led. Tlie first
engagement tested the high courage of the
gallant band. A, dusky object suddenly
confronted the vanguard in Utc darkness.
The first rank at once fell back in some
confusion upon the second, the second on
the third, the third on tlie fourth, and
on, until tho last thumped up against the
next to the last, and a general dispute
to whose com had suffered most began
and soon assumed a serious aspoct,
The common danger fortunately quelled
the Internal disorder, and a detachment
was Anally induced to advance and recon
noitre. Exhaling a masterly movement
by the flank, the scouting party soon re
turned with the Information that a cow
fay in the path and refused to move. This
necessitated a breaking of the rank, and
the forming of the column again on the
other side of the obstacle, a movement
very gracefully performed. Littlo clso
transpired to disturb tlie march, if we
may except a terrier tliat jammed its nose
through a crack and barked near the rear
rank, nearly causing a general stampede
ami the unearthly tenor of a serenading
cat, that caused the advance guard to shy
out into the big road, from which it refus
ed to return, thereby necessitating another
reforming of the line.
After a few minor casualties, the insur
gents went into camp near a gurgling
stream on a pleasant hillside, and took
breakfast.
Then commenced the romp. A naughty
boy, who concealed himself near at hand,
gives us a description too personal for
publication. He says, in brief, that it Is
all a mistake toebelieve a girl can’t chunk
rocks or climb a tree; and that when it
comes to wading in the branch a boy (for
various reasons) to nowhere—but we draw
the curtain.
it ia said that not a single sardine nor
cracker to new to be found in a grocery
on the Vinevtlle road.
Space only permits a glimpse at the part
ing scene. Worn out. the rebels came in
and surrendered at discretion, jut before
dark, and were immediately thrown into
prison, until the authorities can batch up
a proper form of punisbmsnL
The TzLaosAra thinks that an example
ought to be made of these rebess; one tlia t
will for all time time crush out the spirit
of rebellion. It suggests, therefore, that
initead of taking the girls down to Adams
Park thto year, to hare a good time with
him all by themselves, Dr. Baas ought to
tarn them loose in oar park, to be stared
at by the young men on May Day. It will
be severe punishment, but then they de
serve ib
Ills steed in warlike housings, pranced 'nesth
a golden spur,
And in the warrior’s hand thero flamed tn
army scimctsr—
behind him, Hoar, his tnisty squire, rode
boldly and alert,
bearing upon a silver lance, their flag-
bloody shirt.
And as they hied them merrily, their south
ward mission on,
Folks said: “Ill fato betid, the foe who fights
with ’Honest John.' "
We dwell not on his bloody deeds. This
plumed knight of Ohio
Rode madly into Pauvillc town, and province
of Copiah. .
The enemy fled far away, whenever he raise
round,
And folks turned out os on the day the circus
strikes the town.
In wide-mouthed wonder gaped the trowds
about his banner red,
Sec, 'tis the garment of the man on whom
the lions fed."
Thus spoke they, bnt the cavalcade tn war
sparred madly on.
And telegraphed the triumph ot Ohio's
Honest John,
Alas, atas, misfortune’s blight tails on my
story's end.
While far away, black traitors do our war
rior's prospects rend;
They stir up war and fill the streets of Cincin
nati town
With bloody shirts of dying men, and hunt
its temples down.
And all tho people cry aloud, "where is our
leader great?
Why spraddles he the country round, while
bleeds his native State?"
And others laugh within tbcirslecvcs. and say:
"To Washington ,
TlicyTlliar.il>- send this warrior hold, (Hilo's
'Honest John,'"
FROM ATLANTA.
The New Move of the White Republicans
—An Outline of the Address—Cen.
Longstrsst's Views—The
Jail Epidemic.
Another View of the Riot.
The fearful riot In Cincinnati ho*
furnished the text for many sermons
from the press and tlie pulpit.
The following sentence, with which
the New York World concludes
thoughtful article on the subject, con*
tains m much sound sense os any
thing that h^s come under our no*
lice:
There U no ssfetj for the community of elr
Mixed men but in the deep consciousness that
be must jseke common cause against the pas*
•bms of bis brute nature, and minglr bis
indiroalkm at wrongs with bis obedience to
law.
Riots may occur in Any part of the
IsrEClAL CORRESPONDENCE.j
Atlanta, April 1.—The address just
issued by certain white Republicans of this
State is a unlquo nnd artful paper. The
leaders of the movement, ns they appear in
the call recently mado for a contention of
whit* Republicans, ure General Longstrcet,
Jonathan Norcross, William Markham, J
C. Freeman, A. G. Murray, Thos. S. King
and B. M. An ten. The origin of the move
ment may be stated very briefly: The
negro politicians, tired of voting their white
brethren into office and getting none of the
spoil, have assumed control of the party,
aided and abetted by a few notorious white
men who affiliate witli the negroes for prof
itable considerations. Naturally dingmted
with such a state of tilings, us well in
with the gang now running the party,
these white Republicans propose u new
deal, which is the organization of a white
man's party to unload the negro, who, it
Ircady unloaded tuein.
r. .a« i world, but like cyclone* and earth-
rood was wrecked thirty miles from this , .. . ..
, city last night by a tree, which was blown R nake ». lh *T * re more frequent in dome
across the track. Ed Brown, the fireman, countries nnd among some national!*
Uian in ^ ***.«■«.
two cars vrrro demolished. I tiona of the atmosphere pioduro rio-
* Republican Compliment to Morrison.
Chlcsgo Inter Ocean, Rep.
It to easy to see that the politician who
to rendering most service to the Republi-
cane at present to Morrison. We are not
•ore but the Republicans, irrespective of
their views on the question of protection
end free trade, ought to combine and pre
sent some sort of testimonial to Morrbon
for the vere valuable and telling services
be has rendered the Republican ports dur
ing this session. He lies lightened fbe
labor and Increased the ease of carrying
the country for the Republican candidates
next fall by fully seventy-fire per cent
within three months.
The Gainesville Southron is encour
aging tobacco-growing in Hall county.
It says: "Cultivate tobacco like cot
ton, only deeper, and later In the sea
son. The Southron will tell yon the
best methods of handling, curing and
preparing for market. Wc- are deeply
Interested in tobacco culture in tnfs
section and hope our farmers will go
dertakers establishment of Patterson *
lkiwdcn, where tho inquest was held The
corner’s jury agreed on a verdict of suicide.
Tho dead man is apparently thirty yearn
old was dressed in n dark diagonal »uit
with a light brown overcoat, a centre!
derby lint, n new pair of iliocs. and' clean
inen- He had in his pockets a>alletcon-
taitiing 8110 in currency, and four Conner
cents, a guttapercha watch chain
and two pieces of tobacco'
There were no letters, no marks
on Ills clothing, and absolutelv noF.ine
about his person to Indicate who he was
where lie came from, or the cause of his
suicide. There were in his pockets a conv
of yesterday’s Journal, to-day’s Constitu
tion, and a copy of a paper nuCt
lislicd in Osburn, N. J. There
was also found in his pockets
a small vial ot laudanum apparently full
Tlie pistol wnv a small Smith A WSesvni
live shooter, "Smith's patent, April, 1873 ”
with one cliamlier empty. Tliehiillentcred
tlie left temple, just over tlie eye, and
ranged downward. At tlie inquest the
wound woa probed seven Indies without
finding It.
The suicide to shrouded in mystery.
Hundreds of people have viewed tlie re
mains tc-day, but as yet no one has recog
nized the man. He is evidently a atranerr
from tlie North or West.
A prominent dealer in agricultural im
plements thinks he came into his cstsb-
llshnicot yesterday engaged in the sale of
rcmiers and mowers.
Tlie deed was very deliberate and the
greatest care taken to destroy all evidence
tliat might dtoclooe his identity.
RUTTIXO box os.
One hundred thmsand dollars of the
Nutting bonds fell dno to-day. Major La
mar Cobb, of Athens, treasurer of the
board of trustees of the Bute Uni.
versity, walked Into the treasury this
morning »ud prneuied ninety-six $1,000
bonds of tliat issue for which iu- requested
in exchange a certificate for tin- amount,
in the shapo of a bond for $!O,C00. to run
'fty years at 7 per cent. The certificate
ill he issued to-morrow. As the old
bonds were 8 per cents and the certificate
a 7 per cent, bond the State will sare in
annual Interest of $900.
A NEW BAXKIKO COMPANY.
A number of Georgia capitalists met
here to. day ami organized the Georgia In
vestment Hanking company with a capital
of $'230,000. The business of tlie concern
will be to jilaco foreign capital with real
■ state sccnrity In connection with a ear.
ings bank. The bank will be in operation
within sixty days. The following direc
tors were elected: Gen. K. P. Alexander.
Holiert l’owell of BarnesvUlc. W. II. Head
of Pursy tit, Pat Calhoun of Atlanta, Boseom
Myriek and Alfred Baker of Augusta.
Tho Btato va. ltcnfroe was called in the
Supremo Court to-day, but coutlnuedto
the 20th.
The Capitol Commission received a dis
patch from Edlirook iLL morning to the
effect Hint lie left Chicago lost night and
will reach Atlanta to-morrow. Tlie com
mission will meet at 3 p. m. to-morrow.
“How are we ever going to get 'through
our spring and summer's work? Wc are
nil run down, Urcd out before it begins."
80 say many farmer's family. We an
swer. go to your druggist and nay five dol
lars for six bottles of Ayer’a .Sarsaparilla.
Tt.ii is just the medicine you nerd, and
will pay compound interest on the invest-
IttctlL
seems, lias air.
THE ADDRESS.
The address. Issued hy the Republicans,
reviews tlie jioUlicul situation in Georgia,
the attitude of tlie Republican party, its
domination by ignorant negroes, and tlie
necessity of retiring them to tlie rear. It
is a masterly treatment of the negro as s
voter, asserting tliat he is incompetent ni
11 leader, unreliable ns a voter and lias no
capacity whatever, for organization, con
trolled In almoat every case by money or
wltlaky.
"Various conventions >f tho Republican
party have beep called in Georgia with tlie
view of organizing so as to make the parly
strength available, but every such call has
been rendered useless, its design frustrat
ed and Its object defeated by the action of
ignorant negto politicians, who have as
sumed to themselves the leadership ot the
party, and thrust themselves Into posi
tions they were totally Imcompetent to
fill. Bucli lias been the case liere-
to ore, and will doubtless be ao again
whenever a Republican convention
may be called in the usual way. • • •
“It being true that the mass of the ne
groes are unreliable as voters, and that
the bigoted ignoramuses among them,
who push forward as leaders, are wholly
incompetent, as to iilainly shown by the
fact tliat the Republican rote of Uie State
decreases every year, and has now ceased
to be a check upon the party in control,
tli us endangering the safety and prosperity
of the people, a new arrangement becomes
a necessity demanding attention.”
The address appeals to the old Whigs
ami onion men to join, the white men's
S , and oilers political preferment to
ring young men just beginning life
esirousof occupying high positions.”
"All positions of importance in the pres
ent organization of the Democratic party
are now filled by men who are surrounded
with such backer* that they are almost as
impregnable as the castle of Gibraltar. A
young outsider, who seeks poiition.com
Ing in contact with one of them in that
party, baa a bad chance of saccess. But
we have noplaces filled and can offer a
fair chance to all.
"Wc propose to act in conjunction with
the national
atlohal Republican party,
that is the only national
with which we agree in MS
and stand in opposition to Democracy,
which it ia our purpose to check. A party
with no nationality to only a faction.
This to an outline of the address, which I
concludes with an earnest call for a large
attendance at the convention of April 6th.
WHAT LOXOSTSSST UTS.
Your correspondent interviewed Gen. I
I/mg.treet this morning and asked bis
views of the movement, and what woo’-d
be accomplished by it
The General said that the object of the I
movement, so far as he to concerned, tomaa
h~-k-.'77-ra£gafW.?rw»mi-"e l anw.v«os
»•»•! wlsto la ritohitsL ,
Mlra||a«. Tha MhaUj, i
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CONSUMPTION.
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EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES
■HHHiALrasMMwx
followers, who are now in control of tl..
SDS5fi£H2SSS eighteen sizes and kinds
April sth will csll a regular convention to
nett some time in May to select delegates
to the Chicago coavrntkm. The new
movement bite been invited by the nation
al central committee to send delegates to
Chicago. 1 called Use General'! attention
that bis movement
atitatonce. If they knew bow itwHli^^^““? 1 ln ‘^ l 1 . , '‘» rert
pay n know they would doit” >9
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