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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1878.
VOL. XI., NO. 17.
^onsfiiution
tIm Magia In th* s??uib.
The remarkably able editor of the Chi-
??? cago Inter-Ocean pretend* to believe that
we are *omewhat exerdaed because the
ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 15. 1*7*. fndependenta are endeavoring to control
;rs==rr=s: m ???=nr the negro vote. The-editor of the Inter*
Tu* camp-fire* of the democracy are Ocean it* evidently making an effort to
all ablaze in the aeventh. Independent- read between the linen; but, fortunately,
ifim in that diatrict will expire by limita- we do not write in riddle*. When
tion on the 5th of November.
Gener al Gordon it* doing good work in
the seventh. He hat* bad the nerve to
meet the disorganize!* face to face, and
bin presence, bit* position and bin com
manding intellect will make themselves
state tliat the negro is a valuable auxiliary
to tlie south, we mean precisely what we
nay. His vote not only protects him, hut
it in a weapon which we can
turn upon those who have con
ceived it to l??e their duty to oppress
We make no complaints. At this
felt He will l.ntfin on the Kb, , 0[< . (|nVt wiUl virt(irv helping .?? over tl.e
M.1 at I hint u r on the 18th Ax *e have ^ w( . ^ affor(| (r , |lt
Wore remarkeil, other demo-: We ^ affw , to t oam . hm in t)l< ,
crata might follow (ieneral Gordon a ez- ^ thoBe who have tlle
ample with great profit to tlieir popu
larity.
machinery with wliieh to humiliate ui.
Tlie ilriving-wbeel of tliat machinery was
negro Huffrage. Ia it any wonder that,
after practically capturing it, we should
hesitate to my a won! or twoaa to ita per
fection and ita power? The editor of the
Inter-Ocean ahould not wilfully miann-
deratand a*. We hold aimply that the
Paor. Batan, aaaei reUryof the .Smith
aonlan institute and aueceaaor of Prof.
Henry, haa (trapped the flail propagation
huainnw with a view to a reorganization
of the adentfflc ataff of the institute. He
ahiaihl not forget that the work of the inzti
tution ia properly naiional>nd tliat there I trading negjjiea of the aouth have come to
are competent adentiata outside of theJ the eoncluaion that'theirrace rramot prott-
eirclea of iwatern ???culchar.??? There ia I |a-r either materially or politically unlaw
here and there a wextern or aouthern man I the whitea proaper; and they have
wlm can comprehend a arientific prohlem. | (ranted, moreover, that the political atatua
Tiiz death., from yellow fever now ez m0 " t th ?? *????itea of the aouth
eeeil 10,(WO, and the lint ia heing .welled 18 Iff"'???? ???????*?? ????'*<* ??* "><??' <*??>-
at the rate of over one thouaand a week. I * 10 ** ,c ?? oe * **"' e ^> u,r
New Orleana heada the terrihle table with I ??? l,e Inter ?????*n ??<*???* ??????? negroeaare
figuiea that were onlv exceeded in that r** 1 * 7 Some of them are Jgnorantenougli
city in 1853, when'the mortality waa a , n,, enough, hut in lieorgia,
8,18V The deatha for the preaent year "??? , ' r 1 le * d *???, h * V< ??? 1 ' ,r * "-lve.1 the
willnot, however, exceed one-half that Problem which vexed their alinple aoula
number. In Jfe.np>,ia on the other lurod free<,on | d * wnH "P>" >???*
tlii* year'a mortality ia far in exrrax ??? f atate, at leant, they are happy an.l
previoim epideinh-a. In 1873 tl.e tidal ld y wellI off. Tl.eyareaccnn.ula-
....mla rof deatha in Memphia waa 1002; ???"if P"^^. ??lueating their children
thia year up to Ort. l they numbered * ommK tt ' ,th t, ?????? " l,iu>s in ""
3,700. In no previoua epidemic haa the c f ort to ??**?? the " ooth the dominant
fever aprea.1 an freely ami fatally ov ??? ???l?? ??mn of theeountry. It iana.-l.wa for
???urmimding plantationa and into amall ??? ,,p '??cry out. Fate ia m our
interior town*. The mortality from thia fttVor - Tl-?? "WO vote will yet be the
timet., the coming of front will in ??'*???????????'???<> tl.e aouth the power
|??rt occur in country diatrirta. and the preal.gc al.e would have pon-
i I Howell if the bomblc blank of the war
Always lbs Freshest. I between tlie states had never interrupted
We have frequently of late alluded with I mir history. We have learned some val-
sonie degree of complacency to the en-1 liable lessons. If the stalwarts will have
terprise which enables Tu* Constitution I a little patience they will heboid the re-
to furnish its readers with later and I suit. They may not admire it, hut they
fresher telegraphic news than any of its I will be powerless to stay the tide.
state content |K>rarieit. To show that such I ~r ??????~~T
complacency is pardonable we beg to re-1 * eyeww* n re
for those interested to the character and Mismanagement and rascality are at the
extent of the election newa printed in I oi *** De " , ?? di * n <"**??"??* in the
yesterday???* Constitution as compaml I w ??? ,ern I"** oi Kansas ami Nebraska,
with the meagre dispatches in other Geor-1 ^ ,< * Ckrad Indians were l??M*afod on
gis dailies. It is only necessary to 1 *l???? upper Missouri. They wi re promised
make the comparison to tonvincc IP* 1 ???*???" to remove fo Wl.ite Clay, hut
the public that our claims are well I '???ncciNsle*! delay until, becoming
grounded. Our special dispatches ??up-| tirwlof farther waiting, they went lmck
plementeil the regular press telegrams I into tlHS ??> ,,nt, T ????x>nt one hundred miles,
with such aptness that the readers of where are or recently
The Constitution wen* enahUsl to make I wer ?? .* n . ???>n ^
an intellig??>nt estimate of the result. We a ,r ???* ,u,ar >' of the W bite
allude to this, not for the purpose of vain-1 r * ver * un '^ er8 * an< * ^ u ??? situation we
glorious Isiasting, but for the purpose of 1 1,1 UH| now ^ ^ 10 ** ie ?? M ??? n * war ??
assuring our readers that it is our purpose I in whirh the Cheyennes and Sioux fought
to supply them with the freshest and tbe| a ^ a ' nsl t ^ u * invasion of the Black Hills,
best of everything tliat goes to make up I he < ' a,,H< * 't waH territory guarantee*! to
likelier to give greater satisfaction or to 1 44 the manner prescribed by law." In the
prevent the confusion and embarrass-1 first place, the legislature adapting its
ment that must follow an indiscriminate I work to the demands of the new consti-
<-andMate before tliat hotly. Tlie remedy I tution, will be compelled to prescribe the
for this is plain. The man who is tlie I details of the method by which local leg-
choice of a majority of the legislators from I islation is to be effected; and if this opin-
any particular cirruit ami who has the I ion be correct, there can be no local leg-
endorsement of a majority of the mem-1 islotion at the first session of the general
lien* of the liar of the circuit ought to re-1 assembly. Paragraph 15, of the same ar-
eeive the uimnimiKVsupportof the gener-1 tide and section from which we have
al assembly. There should be some poll-1 already quoted provides that ???all special
cy to govern the legislature and we know I ** or local hills shall originate in the
of none that would give more satisfaction I ??? house of representatives. Tlie sjweaker
Ilian the policy which would ful-1 ???of the house of representatives shall
fill the expectations of those most nearly I ** w ithin five days from the organization
concerned. Otherwise the confusion will I ??? of the general assembly, apjioint a com
be almost interminable anil the dissatis-1 ??? mittee consisting of one from each con-
faction widespread. I" gressional district, whose duty it shall I voice of England was for war. The in-
In view oi these larts, it is the duty of *??? lie to consider and consolidate alllgnlt must be avenged, and Russian in
the people and the members of the bar I ??? special and local bills on the same sub- ,rign e foile.1 Negotiations have lieen
of U.e circuits to which judges are to he "ject, and report the same to the house; I alsvndon.il, and the massing of troops
elu ted to designate tlieir choice, so that ' and no special or local bill shall be read before the three lasses indicates that War
the legislature may art with some degree ???or considered by the house until the to the point of complete subjugation, if
of certainty. We know of no other ??? same has been reported by said com- ??? ot of annexation, has been determined
method of choosing judges so as to give I ??? mittee, unless by a two-thirds vote. I upon .
satisfaction, and we breach tlie subject at | ??? And no hill shaU be considered or re-1 Tld
thin time in orderthat our state exchanges
is the Turkish war on new ground. Not
long ago Russia sent an emblsev to Ca
bal, who were well received by the
ameer. The object of the mission is sup
pose*! to have related to a railroad pro
ject from the Caspian sea; hut whatever
it was England was alarmed, and a Brit
ish mission was straightway resolved nj^n.
General Sir Neville Chamberlain, an old
Indian warrior, and a personal friend of
Shore Ali, was put at the head of the
English embassy, hut the ameer refused
to receive him. Tlie expedition was
turned back by his officers long liefore a
glimpse was obtained of the capital to
which the Russian embassy had been
warmly welcomed. From that time tlie
This war is practically a war between
??? ported to the house by said committee I England and Russia. It is scarcely credi-
T give the subject their consideration ??? nnlcss the same shall have been laid be- bU that the ameer repulsed the British
make Kuril tuicvoKtions km ihhv s^cih I ???fun. it I . . . >
COMING VICTORY.
the slogan in the seventh.
Tht Mountain Boys Sally to tha Oauo of Democra
cy???A Grand Gathering of Patriot! at
Adaihtrlllo???General Gordon Hakea
the Valleys Sing.
successful effort. It won all hearts and
raised the cheers of the conquering democ
racy to the very heavens. He converted
many voters to ilie cause of pure democracy
and rose another long step upwards towards
his certain victory.
COL. JAMES R. HROWN,
after a bounteous dinner had been dis|H>sctl
of by the large crowd, took the stand
ami made one of those admirable
and telling si??ecches of which he is
caimble. He talked "business*??? suid bis
sterling arguments and apt illustrations and
anecdotes kept the audience in roars of aro
plause and i*???al after jieal **f laughter. lie
j??aid his resiKK-ts to Felton. Stephens and
Toombs and left them poor imUnsl in the
good opinion >??f his hearers. The speech
was a telling and cltHpu-nt t??ne and clinched
the nail for Lester.
At its conclusion thnn.* thundering cheers
for "our George*??? were given with a will.
The day was a Waterloo defeat foriudei??eii-
dentism. and the one-aruieil Wellington of
the democracy rot It- proudly on the wave of
In this, llartttw. eountv, where Dr. Felton
received l.SOt) majority iu the last race, his
own friends now openly admit that if he
gets 1,000 it will 1m? by the iHitchman???s
"d???n tight scliqueeze!**
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
made to the ladies who so hamlsotiielv
HILL ON HAYES.
fore it witliin fifteen days after tlie or-1 embassy without encouragement or o&crs
??? ganization of tlie general assembly, ex-1 of protection of some kind from Russia,
cept by a two-tliinls vote.??? I Some would ha
an*l make such suggestions as may seem
to them pertinent.
r i i-n I ???cept by a two-thinls vote.??? I Some would have us believe tlia^ it is
- ... . 7 . * r ?? . . I * 8 a PP aren t to any one who I sirnplv a quarrel between tlie viceroy *nd
Me publizh in znotl.fr column^ tlm.|i?? avquainted with the im- ,he wneer, hut there i-ouid h?
morn.l^, a lrttet from the Hon. B. H.I I11C ????? aniount of Iegi> , Ueatef mistake than this. It
Hill that will excite v ery great interest lation usually brought before the general a part of the old fight for Asiatic
throughout the length and breadth of assembly and the im,K>rtant el.ai.ges trade and territory. And we are told
'I, ,,, . , . , 1 made by the new constitution relative to I (hat if England conauere and annexes
Mr. Hi 1 is one of the foremost states- this species of legislation. Tlie commit-1 Afghanistan and Beloochistan, Russia
ut n o ns coun ry. n rea i o I tee to las appointed, as prescribed by the I will seize the balance of Turkistan, ^jiich
though , pertinency of utterance and I funflamentai Uws, will be one of the she docs not control; and then tjtwo
Mgoro ac ion, le lasjio superior. . s 1 most important in tfie house of repre-1 countries will be brought face to fifce in
one o ea is senaors rom le I sentatives. Its first duty will he the I Asia. The bodv of Asia would then be
attention and respect. But, in this esia- U n .. *. , ... ??? , ???
???i n , fu l , . ??? , 1,11 prescribing the methods of legisla-1 and there would not be much left to un
cial case, Mr. Hill has claims on the pub- li(>n tIli ??? ,* lrt j t . u , ar subjectYnd,
lu; interest lieyond all that are enumcr-1 IJn der thia i
ated above.
.w . a,l<1 ??*ptN?lal hills presented t?? tlie house. I and Persia lien bet^ween the first named and
ih ra kiii r-1 The lamented General Thomas R, R. I Asia Minor. From the Bosphorus to tlie
1.11 ,.?? consHlercd its m.at powerful I Coj.b, one of tl.e most brilliant lawyers ,???dns is disputed ground that England
nend in the south The writer "men- tliat ever practiced in Georgia, once re- lml st control if she is to i>ennanentlv re
ars that a considerable sensation marked to his law class in Athens that tain her Indian possessions. The Afghan
created in Washington when, on tlie day the most intricate and difficult points of difficulty is hut one phase of the long
of the .narration, Mr. Charles Foster ha* had ls.cn presente.1 to him in his I struggle against Russian dipiomaev,
lame from t^pr??ident. pnvate.room, I pnu i iw jnHtice8 , 8 courts . an ??? tltt . I an 7arms that BeaeonsHeld hi
' ??? P* . * ??? . reason for this was tliat in dealing witli I committed his country to by the
that gentleman back with him. It was I
a progrtiwive newH|Mi|M-r.
them by solemn treaty. After sSitting
Bull had lieen *1 riven into (Tanada, Dull
North (.corals stock ood rale *???????-1 ICnife???s band of Cheyennes surren*lere*l
Under Ibis hcwl'rire Turf, Field anil I"" Cr ??? k ??*??? b ??' K ?? 1 Cloud agency.
Farm, of New York, one of the most
??? prominent sportingpap<*rs in the country,
???ays: ??????This enterprising association luui
???grown to l??e *|nite an institution in
Tlie remainder of the hand under Little
Chief, Brave Wolf and Two Moons came
to tho mouth of Tongue river, where
they surrendered to Gun. Miles. Dull
Knife???s band iminediatelv removed to
??? northern tie*??rgia. Its officers are gen-1 _ . . _ _. ; . 4 .
4i .a * . .. . , . . I Ca in p.Supply in the Indian territory, where
???tlenH??t?? ??*f ahthtv aikI social standing.I , 1 1
4, & _ i .. . Ithevwere t*??l*l they must stav. Little
???an*!, as mav readilv Ik* supi**??ai**l, tlieirl ??? . . * - : .
I Chiefs lwnd are at Sydney on their way
I to Camp Supply, hut the hands of Brave
I Wolf and Two Moons were left at the
'example and business qualifications
??? give a wholesome tone to the interests
??? they represent. Theannual fairand race, . . . ... . .
,4 .. 1 ... . , 41 I mouth ??*f the Tongue nver, a tributary of
???meeting, under the auspices of the I _ rn .n
44 . . ... - . ,. . ci , 4, M ellowstone nver. The rosult of this
soeietv, will Ihi held at Ogletnor|??e pork, I . , . .. Mll .??
???? ??.i *. .. ,i ..... I slowness and clumsiness on the part ol
??? Atlanta, on the 22d, S!d, 24tb and 25tl.| , ...u..,i;, ;.;,.,,
??? *4 O* IoIkt, for which *K*caaion a sum|>-
??? tuous programme has been prepared.
??? That jMirtion of the si-lw'thile set a{*art
the g*>vernment was a distressing division
*??f families, and the family tie is v
strong among the Cheyennes, who are a
. . . ... ' | superior race of savages. There are
for running and tn??tting ??*ontt*stsl 1 .
1 members of a family in each of tlie three
???has ls*en mad** quite an attractiv
??? featur** and shouUl command the atten-
???* tion of our owtern and western turf-
??? men. Our southern brethren are mak-
' iug heivnlean efforts to re-establish ra-
widelv-separated l>ands. Even Little
Chief has a wife and son with Dull Knife.
It is Dull Knife ami his band
who have left a trail of blood across Kan-
4, . ... , , ??? * I and Nebraska. They broke away from
??? c??ng on a liberal scale, and it behooves I . ... .. *. . . / ??? ,
. .. , . . 4, ??? ??? cICampNipidywiththeintentionofreach-
??? their co-mijutators in other sections of 1. 1 / * . ,
??? . ... . . . . . ??? | ing Red Cloud's new camp on Pass creek,
r hour of mid. Thin cm be brought ???"' l fc-nninK a junctum w
|der of their tnl>e. Tlieir favorite camp
en* in the neighborhoral of
I nex, except Persia. Happily, nature has
* measure, tlie committee will I put the Hindoo Cush between Turkistan
all astonished that we should allude to
New England ???virtue??????particularly when
that ???virtue??? is used to draw an odious
???mparison between the north and south-
style that savors somewhat of vinegar
' the country to give a helping hand in
??? the
??? about, happily, without any sacrifice, as I'. 1 ^ ^ mn ,j s
??? tht* prizes hung up for distribution an??-1^ roun ' s ,
J.lv ron.iaumto for tlif trilling outlay of I th.??? ramp for wl.rch they have starte.1
*' transportation. The time wa* when I Thaw northern Cheyennes were neve.
??? the southern clubs were pi**m*ers in the I L u ..wn togoon the war-path unless driven
??? noble s|s*rt. I-ater *??n they acquired I. j| y, v starvation or uniler tlie sting of
???an enviable prestige which they pre-| ??? .... ,
???served unsullied up to the late war. la great wrong like that *??f the irruption
??? N*??w that they an* struggling t*?? revive I of whites into the Black Hills regions m
??? tlie gl??tries ????f the past,tlu* patronage that I jsy.vTt*. It is plain that i( the goveru-
* can he bestowed should Ik* freely ex 'I men | had promptly removed the entire
I tribe to Camp Supply this terrible ami
The Yellow Fever t ommlolon. exceedingly dangerous flight would not
Through the active philanthropy of have occurred. If the different.band* of
Mre. Elizabeth Thomi-on,of New York, Cheyenkf. anceee.1 m reaol.mg
.* _ ,, , ,, .minor and often trivial cases he was fre-1 tenns of the Berlin treaty. \Vlieth-
ir n pen . tT o'tTo'n t ' T h w ' <,uentl} ' ???????? nfr, >" t ???? with points for which cr wisely, or not no man can now 'deter-
u - ?, ??? ???P 01 * 8 " I there was no precedent to aid bin. in I mine. Ghulstone and his followers say
tl.e president, and that the president forming l.is opinion. It will be so with no, hut a majority of U.e British people,
.... . .. . . I ** 118 committee. A great portion of tl>c I it is plain, sustain the dazzling but peril
sweet eye. When U.e president visit-1 legislation that will he ???t ??i' I * . . *
..I i.i.. .. i , , ... u:n I y l ' mt w,u 1)0 required ot Uie I OU s policy of tlie premier.
ed Atlanta he wa-s urgent that Mr. Hid I general assembly in the future will be of l ???
should express l.imself on the situation, 1 1 (, ( . hinil referred to above, and the coirt-1 ,T is Brest regret that we call tl.e at
and was very much impressed with Mr. m i tt)M . to ...insider these questions will lx- rention of our respeeted eontcmpdmry of
Hill???s speech. With Uiese facts in view, the in i??? 1|M)rtanre of anv tllat the New York Evening Post to the fact that
Mr. Hill???s terrific assault wears a signifi- s ,.. a k,. r 0 { the i, ouse w ;|| ap.g.fot. I hi tlie state of Connecticut, a few days ago,
cance beyond what is given it by tlie I . . I a man and a woman murdered a conipau-
distinguislied position held by its author. I. le gene asst???111 j w ion it meets I j,,??? ami endeavored to sell tlie corpse.
...1, ,i-i. = | ,n November, shall determine, after ill-1 They placed tl.e body in a larrel, and tl.e
It ?? foolish to say that Mr. Hill is vestigating the subject, that it cannot woman oili-red it to i)r. Leonard J. Sanford,
nerved to this attack by any personal I lmiw any l, K - a | or special measures, it will I a professor of Yale college. He refused to
pique. I-ess than any man from Georgia I 4o ta u ??? sjsi-ial session in I pureliase because the woman had no cer-
1S Senator Hill a politician. He is utter-1 )8 j-q Tliere is not a city in the state Unit I tificate that the Juan dieda natural death.
*y careless of the spoils of office, and of w j|| not require some sort of local legisla- Nevertheless, this professor in Yale college
the demands of his friend??-it being said tkm aml manvof the counties will also I allowe.1 the c.ri.-e to t?? c-arteil off, and
of him that his carelessness is often I ,i t . mam | j ( It seems to us it will lie im- I'd'd*t???t trouble himself to inquire ih??6 the
puslied to the point where carelessness )aKwibk , to ' have su ,. h l^Uition, llnIeS!(!1 ' matter. What does our res,xetd eon,em
ends, ami ingratitude la-gins. That he is I session is ralle.1, until the fall of 1 1 "??? rary . of the . Mnk . of .. tb !r. Is
really grateful to his friends no one who 1880 In tllis vicw of the it wi ??? , M .
knows him can doubt; hut he thinks he the )llJtv o{ , he ???,. nenil asselnblv to meet
ran serve them lx-tter by attend , m d,xirfert ali iegislationnecessa'ry, fitting
ingto his senatorial duties! ,|, e machinery of the state to the require-
"' Hn *' y P'cking out offices f?? r I m ents of the new constitution, and then | hitters. We advise our respected.route
them, w e mention tliese things to show I a djonm until some time next year. Un-1 uomry to make au earnest etulefgi
tl??at it cannot l??e peraonal wpite or tliaap-1 ,j er jj ie circumstamvj* two short sessions-1 form such civili/etl savng*^ as the man um.l
|Mtintmcnt that has alienate*! Mr. Hill I w jjj ^ |^ er than a long one. I woman who committed the muitler ami the
from Mr. Hayes. I , I Yale profess*??r who allowed the corj*^ *'
The causes that have roused our sena- r The Aualo-Arahnn War. | carted off without Inquiry into the matter,
tor from his usual quiet, lie deeper than I The relations, commercial and other- ??? ,
any personal feeling can plumb. He is I wise, of Georgia witliCaboolorthe lamlof I '* F f iTF ' R 18 t * v ' t * tars ?? *
* .. l-i-i i ..i Li tr i ????? . | Dr. Felton is tlie first man tliat ever assailed
thoroughly and sincerely su-kened at the I the Afghans were never very complicated; I |ijs or private character We -hnll
hrazenneas displayed by Mr. Hayes in 1 and it may be well therefore to go over I ^ Aether tlie slandeis of Mrs. F.???s K
tilling the high *??ffu*es of the reiuihli*-1 the gn>un??l more thorou^dy than we oth- I In ,, re p,tt en t tlian the truth. We shall
with the creatures of crime and fraud??? I erwise would. Those of our readers who I whether the slanders of colored sjMakers
ind in keeping them in office after the I have traveled over the country or are on I against the virtue of the women of the sev-
rime and fraud have been proven and I intimate terms with Sliere Ali, ameer, I enth district are to be endorsed by the elec-
confessed to. He is disgusted with the I will of course skip the geography and I tion of the man in whose behalf they were
president that, with promises that might | history in which we are about to in-1 uttered,
have become the mouth of Jefferson, lias I dulge.
.lchauched the civil service in a manner I Afghanistan is nearly a square, bound-
that would have blackened the record of I o*l on the east by British India, on the
Grant. His indignation is aroused at the I north by Turkestan from which it is sej??-
spectacle with which the American peo-l crated by the Hindoo Cush, an extension
pie are confronted, and at tfie stain that I of the lofty Himalayas; on the east by
has been put upon our institutions. And I Persia, and on the south by Beloochistan, I tiring down upon him the abu*e of the
ltesides, we shrewdly sns|M*ct that a year I ?? country of alMiut equal size and similar I t j re Chicago press. We congratulate the
??f contemplation and a long chapter of I shajK*, which rests upon the Arabian sea. | Doolittles.
exi*osure and confession of rad-1 Tlie leugtli of Afghanistan from north
ind fiends lias hardly eon-1 to south is nearly 450 miles; its breadth,
firmed Mr. Hill in his opinion of the wis-1 ^ It nmtains a!x>ut five millions of
loin of the decision of cunj!rt*ss on the | nn) j ^ *l*??es Belo*M*bistan. We
Arriving in the quiet and pleasant village
of Adairsville shortly after noon I found it
almost totally deserted. Everybody and his
family had gone over the bill to the l>arbe-
cue. I had been led by report to believe
that this was one of the strongholds of the
disorganize!** in the seventh district, ami
that when the democrats came to rally the
arithmetic would not be wrenched in the
counting of them. When 1 looked at the
deserted streets I concluded that the Adairs-
???ville people were
MIGHTY CURIOUS PEOPLE ???
to thus turn out and attend a Lester meet
ing. But when I went over the old red
hill and got in ear-shot and heard the
shouts of applause that were making the. . . , . ???
leaves tremble and echoing along the dim | ! !?? "???S**" 1 'i'???' 1 >. ,le "*>??????!
-i-i , 4 , , ???, ??? * I and rural dinner. \ our reporter gives sue-
a??!es of the forest I knew tliat the Felton- [ c-ial thanks for the reurlesies shown him
ites hail been taking the good name ot* the
people of Adairsville in vain. They un
true democrats and will prove it on elec
tion day.
GATUEKING or TUB HOSTS.
leeting was held near a splendid
'pring, about naif a mile northwest of the 1
own -in a beautiful grove. A stand had I
been-crected-and seats prejiared /or the-peO-1
pie. Early in the morning General Gdnlon 1
and Judge Lester arrived fnun Atlanta upon
train. Colonel James U. Brown was al-
n hand. The |??eople began to gather by
the humlrods. They came on f??M*t, on horse-
lwck. in buggies, carriages ami wagons. Tlie I
hundreds soon grew to thousands ami when I
the siH*aking began there were fully I
thousand if not twenty-live hundred I
l*ersons had assembled. Tlie 1 at lies were I
strong array. Their bright smiles
and cheerful faces added greatly to I'
pleasures and enthusiasm of the occasii
There were also present a large numlM?r
cblored people, who came to hear the issues I
discussed by true and gaudid men.
The news had run along the hills and j
through the vallies that the gallant Gordon |
mid be present to s)>eak the true dein*
ratic faith to the people, and they earn
listen and remember his eloquent word-
GENERAL GORDON,
up*??iT taking ' the staud, was greeted with I
such a rousing cheer as has seldom greeted a I
mlar hero. He needed no exordium of |
urod length to warm his audience to en
thusiasm. General Gordon explained to hu* I
nearers why he was present. He was there I
ill ros)M)iLse to the calls of duty???a groat I
duty that admitted of no neglect. It was I
duty to tlie iK?opIe whom he loved and who I
had honored him, it was duty to the |*arty [
ii had redeemed his state and im *
from tyranny and misrule, duty l
the future welfare am! proeqieritv of the I
country, that groans under oppression and I
maladministration, and whose only salva-
tion is based upon the lRqies ????f democratic
triumph in the next groat national contest. 1
.vas not simply and solely by reason of I
. feronce of men. It might* make little |
actual difference in the district who wa
Icctcd, hut when a man he loved and lion
>ro*l was the representative of thejiarty *i
l*eoj??le and the champion of thei
ft* and their li????|ies duty called I
him to the field. He came in the* interest [
harmony and success to the party.
xnr. unity or the party
as treated by Gen. Gordon in a masterly I
manner. He reverted to the history of the I
by organization and unity of action
democracy had succeeded in throwing I
off the shackles of radical rule, of military
domination and organized robbery
and oppression. He eloquently de
leted the triumph which * had
???wed up the union of every lover of
liberty, under the democratic t>aniier, not j
Georgia, but throughout the coun-
>uth from radicalism and desiiotism; it I I*apen?? throughout the state,met i
lia.l put a democratic house of representa- 1
??? ??? er the public
guard
ury and hold the purse, without which tlie
of tyranny was jntwerless
unity of action, by this same harmony
work of the democracy the country t
???ted in 1880 to put in the pi
lice a president in
All the Chicago pajK*rs appear to lie op-
I jxtsed to the Doolittles. The question is,
| do the Doolittles deserve such an extraor
dinary compliment? The*older one
prominent man, but we had no idea
I that his talents were marked enough to
As a straight-out democrat Brick Pomeroy
drove away thousands of voters, and now,
a bogus greenback er, he is endeavoring to
ek, or in forming a junction elsewhere
eriously crippled, the
oiild have been repressed had Mr. I v j|| probably, in the event of a
IlayeH acted honeatly ia plain. But since I s t u Ll>om war, become the allies of the
Mr. Hayes has acted with crying and fla- amcer . The Afglians are Jlahommcdana
grant dishonesty, it doubtless gives em-1 _ aboat Imlf rtvilired, and chiefly devo-
phasis to Mr. Hill s protest. I, agriculture, which is of a greatly
Tlie letter itself can hardly be reviewed. I varied nature, on account of the differ-
Atf with all that Mr. Hill writes, it car-l en ces of elevation and water-distribution.
u criticism in its swift and tell-1 The language of the people, the Pushtu, I G
ing sentences. It is a terrible arraign-1 is allied to the Persian; but only ballads I er *'
a rotnraiittton has Ikvii appointed to i_ .
vestigate the epidemic that has turned I wtthout la-ing .
the lower Mis-issippi valley into ?? n 8 ????? ??hc adjarant *it.ons
vast charnel house. The commissioners H Nebrasks. Ikdtota, Montana and \\ y -
are Ur..?? M. Beiniss. of New Orleans ;'*??*"* ?? ,U 1,e k, T??? 1 un ??? 1 *' r ??? rv,,r " "" v
1^. Jenm.e C.whmn. of Mobile, an.! Dr. "* ??" wintor long- and the md.rat.ons
E. Uovd Howard, chief physician of the ????????* ??<* that Dull Kn.fe * land w.Uelude
Baltimore marine hrapital-.ll .vmpe- ??he Irmfia and smi-eed ... B>??tmB timer
lent and scientific medical experts. They *?? h ????? ,hey , h ???V r ^.
will begin their labors st omv in New I needle*ly ami cruelly se,aranil for over
Orleans. They do not propose to use a I tw0 yoar5 *'
micretH'Ope; they are physicians, not I The Lext??Utnre and the Jadcr??.
mere theorist*. They do not propose to I When the Georgia legislature meets
add to the controversial stock, which is I November the member* thereof will
almost as much of a dread as the fever I have a very responsible duty to perform
itself. They will first try to find out the I in the election of judges of the superior
first case that occurred in New Orleans. I courts of tlie state. Tlie responmbiUty
When fonnd they will ascertain whether I involve*! is very great. When the gover*
it originated there or woe imported. | mir apjKitnteit, as under the old COnstitU
Tliey will then tnu*e the disease to other I tion, a judge of the superior court, he not
towns, trying to account for its peculiar I only knew the qualifications of the dif-
skipping of places, and for its appear-1 ferent applicants, but had before him the
once at distant places from the centers of I editions of members of the liar, and
infection ; whether such appearances were I these were often supplemented by the
due to climatic influences or to conta-1 signatures of prominent men, who, hav-
gion; whether, in short, quarantine I ing no connection with the law, are. nev-
amounts to anvthing. I ertheless, prominent ami powerful in
The report of the commission, if eon-1 their sections, and are what is known as
fined to the practical programme that I conservators of public opinion. The gov-
we have outline*!, must he very valuable I emor might have had his personal pref
in the future. The commission projioeK' I erences, hut lie had
to study up the plague on the groundl other choice tlian to recoiu-
whilc tiie epidemic remains unsubdued. I meml to the senate the names of those
While tliev trace its coarse, they will in-1 who had, or seemed to have, the large
quire into the i??oculiarite* of the disease I nutnlicr of hackers, if such an expression
as it n*??w prxaents itm Ii. It is Indicvtsl I may he applietl to those who are in favor
tliat the men who have been selected fori of the most popular man. To this extent
this important work will not flinch from I the duty of the governor was plain. He
any necessary danger, or leave any part I had all the facts before him. and by
of the sanitary problem untouched. They 1 merely referring to the petitions, could
are sent out on the maxim tliat an ounce I tell, with reasonable certainty, which can
of prevention is worth astound of cure and 1 didate would he most aeeeptalde to the
it U to lie hoped that they will Im* able to (people,
give us something definite relative to the! It is to he feared tliat the legislature
origin and propagation of the disease. At I which is to elect judges will not he as
present we do m A know much about its I fully informed with respect to the wishes
career ami character than our forefathers 1 of tlie people and of the bar, and in view
slid one hundred years ago. If it is a dis-1 of thia fact, it is to he hoped that the
eaae that science and skill cannot con-1 people and the bar of each judicial cir-
quer or curb, the sooner we know it thelcuit will unite in putting forth a candi-
better. The commissioner* can not give I ulate for the vacant judgeship???^candidate
too much thought or labor to the subject I that will he satisfactory to each. The legia-
in hand. Congress will doubtless as soon I lature. if it acta in good faith to the peo
ns it assembles, make all necessary pro-1 pie, will have to adopt some policy in re
union for an extended investigation.
ment of Mr. Hayes. The parallel drawn I apjM'ur in the native language. The Per-1 ^ usta -
lietween the present administration and I sian is employe*l in prose composition, I jj oN Hiram P. Bell is still on the war-
that of Andrew Johnson is a most strik-1 an ,l the educated Afghans are familiar I in favor of Colonel Billups, and Jim
ingan*l just argument. There is not a j w itl, Persian authors. I Turnbull has been detailed to meet him.
point made in the whole letter that does I Tllt , t . ovlntr y is full of mountain ranges; I They say tliat Jimmy is a badly used-up
not telL A more compact and powerful an< , |he chain8 that lie between the val- Ruck ^ hira a tarn * a,ld " ow
pieiv of writing has seldom lieen given toL. of U|e Iu , lus in British India and the | MrBe11 l,,m * xer ,he%
the public. " hether or not Mr. Hill will I i an< j s 0 f Afghanistan are of peculiar
see fit to follow it up with supplementary I ,mf lcU \ t y Tliese mountains are very I When Kearney declared for Butler it
speech or procoedure, it will have a I j 0l *jy t an( | there are only three known j generally admitted that he was gaining
marked effect on the country. |j??asees. The oue nearest the Hindoo J ground; and the fact that the sand-lot *>ra-
Local Legislation. I t ush is the Khyber pass, in front of I tor has never had all the real estate sponged
Under the new constitution, we are to I w hich is the Punjaub city of Peshawar. I off him would seem to give color
.residential question. Tliat this doubt the latter liecause the Beloocliee l t ,ri, ; g tl.e greenback idea grief. It m?? to
Im? feared lie will succeed. Three months of
Brick Pomeroy, and one month of Blanton
Duncan, will ruin any cause.
C???aft. Thomas, the gentleman recently
???lected to the legislature in Burke county
the nominee of the democratic party, was
gallant soldier in Virginia, and served
P. M. B. Young???s staff. He is a broth-
law of Judge Claiborne Snead, of Au-
have a new and more economical mode I Not far from the Kyhber pass is the Ko-1 * itor >'
???f making local laws. Under the old con-1 liat pass. The British hold this pass, but I The y ew York Nation, the only organ
stitution, local legislation had grown to I it is of inferior importance because it I c -Uw-hanimer politics in America, is still
such proportions that*it became ahso-1 does not lead to the interior table lands. I issued w eekly. We make this announce-
lutelv necessary to put a check upon it |The third is the Bohui pass, which l??uh 1 luont in order to allay the suspicions of our
in oixler that the expensive evil might be I through the Soli man mountains to the I foreign subscribers,
remedied, ami the framers of tlie new I heart ami capital of the country. Khy-1
constitution took steps to remedy the I tier pass is closed to the British, hut the I TuK republican party is prepar t ^ l* a >
eviL Whether the effort to put an enJ I iv.lan joss is, through the secure 0 f I huge rewards for sout en. outrages. . r-
to this peculiar extravagance will be sue- Qaetjah, entirely iu their control. UeVens ** nb ???* * du ???"
cessful or not remains to be seen. It will I musrid is an Afghan stronghold in the I ^ ^
have to be tested, and it will fall to the I Khvher |>ass.
lot of the next legislature to test the! The relations of England with Afghan-1 Col. Reuben Arnold has just about
matter. I istan has never been very satisfactory. I much cliance of election as CoL Billy Mark
In article 3, section 7, paragraph I In 1838 Lonl Auckland, then viceroy of I ham had. The truth is. Col. Markham
right
{ and he wants them
%
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, of the Adairsville
hotel, and their handsome and accomplished
daughters. s. \Y. 8.
rawtinr Away.
BY T. F. S.
The fairest flowers tliat bloom on earth
Must wither ami decay;
The frost of death the petal'* touch
And then they pass away.* * ,
The grandest structure man can rear???
The pride of human power???
Are touched by time???s relentless hand.
And crumble in an hour.
And man with all his boasted skill.
Must yield to death???s embrace;
Must find within tlie narrow grave
A silent resting place.
That furrowed brow with hoary locks
i be laid away;
No power on earth the stream of life,
Or tottering stejis can stay.
Thut noble youth, whose bosom swells
With prospects bright and fair.
Must see those prospects fade away???
For life is ebbing there.
And that sweet maid, with bouvant step,
With spirit glad and free,
Must feci the icy hand of death???
Must cold and lifeless be.
We pass away! The old???the young
Around in silence fall;
And stam the hour will come when we
Must heed the solemn call.
O friends! shall we all meet at last
When earth shall And no prey?
When all that???s good and pure and sweet
Shall never pass away?
Atlanta, October ??, 1878.
THE PRESIDENT A PATRON OF FRAUD-
His Civil Service a Delusion???Using Office ns the
Reward of Peijnrert???A Contrast With
Andrew Johnson???Mrs. Surratt
and Agnes Jenks-
Shortly after Mr,
Washington, at the
a reporter of The * ?????
him to get his views
IIill???s return from
???sc ??*f the last session,
<titi tion called upon
n the currency ques-
lYnding the interview on this subject a
gentleman ajiproachcd and solicited Mr.
Hill???s aid In a matter before Mr. Hayes.
Mr. Hill, in very earnest language, declined
to approach Mr. Haves at all, and in an
emphatic manner denounced his sham
"civil service reform.??? He said that Mr.
Hayes, by his wanton course in tilling the
ollices with incompetent partisans, had
broken his promises and forfeited the sup-
jH*rt of all lHinest-tliiuking men.
We added these remarks to the inter
view on the currency, and they were copied
far and wide over the country. They ex
cited a world of comment, anil are the??K>
easion of the following letter. A letter of
inquiry from Mr. Humber, of Ka ton ton, a
friend and admirer of Mr. Hill, has fur
nished the point upon which to hang the
following:
Atlanta, Ga., October 2.???Mv Dear Sir:
In.this day of much printing it is almost
ini|Missible to have one???s opinions or uio-
irrectly represented. I suppose it is
IHxmuemisrepresentation .. ...
II wf??evcr cast any "shins on the presi-
1 have .liever ex proved any "l.it-
terness t<???warnsMi*. Hives,*' because 1 have
???ver felt any. *-
???1 have never ciunplaiue*! or indulged in
because Mr. Hayes did not appoint
ns to office who were recommended by
I have never recommended any. *1
fiidorsed some applicants as qualified,
and have greatly desire*l to see the civil scr
im proved; especially in the south,
trust no man who knows me needs
to be assured that, in the discharge of my
puhlic duties, 1 am iiica|>ahleof being intlu-
???nced by personal piques ami disappoint-
With me all |M>rsonal feelings and rela-
.vliether of friendship or otherwise,
sulNtnliuate to the puhlic g??NKl.
But 1 should Im* very uueamlid if 1 did not
onfess tliat I have been most grievously dis-
| ap]H??iut<sl in Mr. Haves and in his adininis-
on. If uiy grievance we re only iM?rsonal,
*??ul*l never sus(iect it in my offi
cial conduct and opinions. It is because my
| grievance relates only to our national char
acter and the public weal that I make known
its existence, and will pnK-eed to set forth
I briefly the reasons for it.
1 believe that what is known as our ???civil
s, ami has longexist-
| cd, is a crime against isqmlur govern-
enf ami civilization. I lielieve
t has lieen the chief cause ????f many troubles
ami corruptions in the past, and if not
| thoroughly reformed, will surely under
mine and destroy our free institutions. I
will not stop here to discuss the grounds of
[ this belief. They have been long ami well
???onsidered, and have; produced absolute con
viction. 1 always did abhor that old party
logau, ???To the victors belong the spoils.*???.
It was never suited to any lmt bandits ami
plunderers, and was always disgraceful to
men claiming to Im? patriots and statesmen.
It reduces the science of government to the
???ks of gamblers, the hyjxxTi.-y of dema
gogues, and the blows of ruffians.
lien, in his inaugural
address, he announced his |mtliey, or rather
purpose of civil service reform,
say i was pleased, would feebly
???xpress the truth. In spite of my convic-
that lie was not elected by the i*eopie,
???cd his office to unmitigated frauds for
which 1 believed he was not responsible. 1
felt willing to bury this last and greatest
wrong with the many that had preceded it,
and for which all sides were more or less rc-
tnup cTiTC rnMMiTTPP I *P^tisible, and unite my humble efforts iu
THE STATE COMMITTEE. I sU j,p ort c fa policy which, in mv juddmeut.
It* UnlleU .Session on TueiMlay. I promised esca(>e to our whole country from
The state dem<M*ratic executive commit-1 all such wrongs in the future,
tee, in pursuance of a call made at the re-1 What is spoken of as Mr. Hayes'a soutli-
Itomc.
Some leveled hills, a wall, a dome
That lords its gilded arch ami lies.
While at its base a a ia-ggiir cries
For bread and dies???ami that is Km
Until the stare have fallen to dust.
Yea, Time on yon eain|mgniuii plain
nd tnunjteted in vain.
??? j* up an _
And Time outfaced and still defied,
8its by and wags his beard at Kome.
- Joatpiin Miller.
southern policy was a necessity of the
<*lintnlM?r at the capitol Tuesday. I tion. Mr. Hayes had no power to avoid it.
The meeting was harmonious ami enthu- I The end of cariiet-hag plundering ii
iastic. After taking such steps as were I south and disgrace to the nation had come
ord-ariu of tvrannv was powerless as I deetnwl necessary for the good *??f the cause. I by events. Even Gen. Grant saw that the
.???ugh paralvzcd'; and* how. tiiiallv, it liud I the committee adjoumeil subject to call. | army eoulil no longer be used to settle
wen the ???tMsiple a democratic* senate I The various memliera **f the commit
presidential of-
lympathy with the jmh??-
au???d true to tlie highest and purest demo-1 the contested district:
ratic principles. * Mil*-- n i
p committee | tested elections in the states, ami maintain
xpressed great interest in the cauqiaigiis be-1 robl??ers in power. But with our corrupt and
ing waged in the contested districts, and re-1 ever corrupting civil service, the situation
urt that the masses of the fieopleare every-1 was different. This evil had its origin before
here awakening U> the necessity of orgunizn- I tin* war. It had grown upunderthe nurture
tion against the selfish schemers that are try-1 of the leaders of parties. It hml imshe*l *
break down the party. The voters, they I brazen supjM??rters and lM*neticinnes to
fullv equip^Msl for the fight before I front seats of authority. It had grown and
...??.1 t.. '???*?????" .??-...??.??? ???h of | strengthene*l with every year, and seemed
to have intrenched itself impregnabl e during
Gen. Grant???s administration. Wlien,there-
THE NECESSITY FOR DIVISION.
iN, Pi ??? ,v * u ???v t '* **** *??? ,v **f'** 1
them, uml there is little doubt that??
ie contested districts can be carried.
Colonel Miles O. Lewis, ??*f Greene, wa
ide temporary chairman of the coiumitte
the absence of the chairman, uml Colonel |
E. Y. Clarke acted as secretary.
SAD ACCIDENT
I A Savannah Lady Probably Fatally
Hart in New York.
Yesterday
Atlanta tin
Chisholm, of Savannah, had received
- ... . day of its insolent powx..,
the very midst of its pam^red courtiers,
aud on the very field of its greatest sway,
Mr. Hayes announced in clear and unfalter
ing voice his purpoee to strangle this hydra
of many heads, he seemed to exhibit* tlie
murage, manliness and patriotism of
n the face of these historic facts, splen
didly portrayed by Senator Gordon, he de
manded to know* what necessity had arisen
for a division in the democratic ranks
whereby the achievements of the past and
the hopes of the future would be ruthlessly
sacrificed? He had considered every argiir
ment advanced by disorganizers and he had ??? a
failed to find one reason that should appeal I j ur ies in New York which will probably
to a sensible democrat and cause him to 1
abandon the party. Now, if ever, was the, ??? .. . , . ...
i ^ ??? v . 2 t I i ..i:* Pridt... a ftan.rtrti| as she was stcj>-1 eniiig disappointment which these lioi>es
??? - . ie of the New York I have experienced, and nothing else, which
ization*merely*but to save the fruits of the I thoroughfares, she was knocked^down by | has forced from me the few words to which
. -i* i...?? I worthy to be president. This exhibition
*'t ??? C xvjL / I C \V??^ I ^ ave n,c I'igfi hope* of the man, and several
at the wife of Judge \\ alton >. I ,. ar iy f riH . on j frank interviews which I felt
early
encouraged to seek with him, greatly
strengthened and encouraged these hones.
Now, my friend, it is the utter and sick-
the "grander ^benefits w^ich it' is upon thj I vehicle passed over her inflicting serious iii-1 construed by republican pam?rs to express
eve of achieving within two more short I juries, the result of which cannot yet l??e de-1 |*ersonaI bitterness and hostility on my part
years. General Gordon depicted in graphic I terniined. ... I toward Mr. Haves. *
terms the exceeding great dangers thut ] Judge Chisolm ^vas ^telegraphed^ f*ir and | ^ B^niy ???l' ,, ^ 0 > 1 ^ ;5*,_^has utterly
free, popular government Independ
left at once for New York. *At the latest I failed to improve???indeed, has strangely
accounts his wife was no better. Mrs. | thrown away???an opportunity to make for
entism could not and would not sap the I Chisolm is a sister of Gen. It A. Anderson, I himself a name worthy to Ihj enrolled with
foundations of the onlv party that promises I of Savannah. She has many friends in I that of Washingtoii, because that *>i??i??ortu-
relief, peace ami prosperity to the people. I Atlanta who will regret very much to learn I mty improved would have conferred on his
x ??? ' 1 * * ?? tuntrv a benefit quite equal to any
. prosj??erit>'
dangerous and
a rank contagious disease.
n this district the virus is spreading
i>r the state. It has gone into other
ts, and the democratic party is
tiaced by the disorganizing efforts of
who sacrifice every principle dear to the I during the fair,
people for the sake of office. To attempt to I Marietta has a j??ark that
mil down tl??e democratic (tarty in this | j ar r efj*??rt with the visitors,
uncture of public affairs is to give evidence
of a criminal disregard for the rights and
liberties of the people. Every duty that a
freeman owes to his neighbors and his
country appeals to him to stand l??v the or
ganization, and fight the goml fight through
to victory.
Gen. Gordon then spoke of Judge Lester'
rcord and in a glowing tribute to tlie
orth, ability and manluMMl of the noble
tie-armed h*ero, brought tears from the
_ res of the assembly. He vindicated the
chivalry and honesty of Judge lister by the
most conclusive proofs and defied the whole
orld to put its finger upon the blemish
is record. .
Gen. Gordon, in his closing words, |??or-1 handsome stores and
frayed to the people and to tlie young men I The old bridge
es(??*?cially the great danger
them politically and morally
association in politics with the radicals win
had, when in power, robbed, insulted and
persecuted the people. This was a graph : ~
and convincing picture and brought - Z ~- A
to view the corruptionfby ???*' ???
of her misfortune. t v< - ----- ^ , , . ..
ferretl by Washington himself.
COBB COUNTY CHIPS* I He has failed because he has shown him
n r. I self utterly unequal to his op|??ortunity. He
NketelaeM from the Point of a Marietta I ||JW M | lown himself unequal in that lie has
Pencil. I utterly failed to realize that the chief mag-
The Marietta brass hand will visit Atlanta I jstrate of a great country has no (M?rs*mal
quite a |M>pt
The last lawn party of the season ha?
and gone in this little city.
There are three livery stables.in Marietta,
th Chuck Anderson in the leail.
Several Atlanta boys s(*ent Sunday
Marietta ami had a most enjoyable time.
The drives around Marietta are the finest
be found anywhere in this secti
i he state.
The/ have two varieties of drinks it
rietta???whisky with water and whisky with
out water. .
A number of new buildings an
Marietta. Among them a
art-houses.
| friends, no j*ersonal enemies, and owes
gati'
untry???
niy to his country, and to that
glory, pn*s(ierity, constitution and
He has thrown awav his op|>or-
law:
hoi
himself ??? and
tunity
sene his country by recogni*-
??? obligation to rewanl those who by
framl iu*??st disgraceful to tlieir country gav
him this op|??ortuiiity. He has thrown
the grandest *??p|iortunity ever given
man. only that he might give offices am!
aids to a worthless set of ra(???scair
r disgraced humanity.
l man may liecomc president by reason
t crime, and yet himself not Im? tainted or
u culpable. Twice iu our his
tory have men Imm-oiiic presidents???
. Andrew Johnsmi
became president by reason of a wicked ami
the Western and At-1 foul assassination. Mr. Haves becanie pres-
huitic railroad track has been pulled down j ident by reas????n of a wicked ami foul con-
ami a new one Is going up in its place. I spiracy t<?? change, and which did change,
Many of the re.i.lont?? of Col.h cuntv | the ballots of tin- fieoi>le after those ballots
will make exhibits at tlie north Oeorj-ia f a if. 1 lia.l been cast. 1 et each became prcsnle.it
Marietta will he well represented
fancy work department.
The churches of Marietta did not seem t*
* going up
av be stated in one short sentence:
In Mr. Johnson** case all the criminals,
real or suspected, were especially marked for
punishment.
In Mr. Hayes???s case all the criminals, real
or suspected, were especially marked for re
ward,
ould be really glad if 1 could find
excuse, some apology, or some (???allia-
tion f*??r the course Mr. Hayes has (mrsuetl
this matter. But, after full considera
tion, I can find none. It is no palliation to
say that assassination was a greater crime
than fraud. Both were crimes. If it is
right to reward crime at all, then the great-
rimes should receive the highest re-
ards. You cannot pr??Kluce innocence,
much less merit, by grading crimes. All
deserve punishment and none are entitled
reward. To rewanl framl is a greater
ne than to commit it, for the rewanl in
is many commissions. I f Andrew John-
had rewarded Booth the whole world
would have pronounced him a greater crim
inal than Booth. It is difficult to conceive
of a greater crime than the defeat by fraud
of the |M??pular will of a government which
rests on the. jMjpular will. If there Im* a
greater crime it is committed by those who
reward the authors of such fraud, for such
rewanl invites the |M???r(??etual defeat of the
popular will, and, therefore, a direct subver-
of tlie government, uml assumes the
most insidious form of treason.
orse than no excuse???it is itself a
crime???to say that Mr. Haves was under ob
ligation to tliese authors of fraud. If there
had been no assassin Booth, there would
have been no President Johnson. But, was
the president, therefore, under obligation to
the assassin? If there had been' no frauds in
Florida and Louisiana there would have
been no President Hayes. Is the president,
therefore, under obligation to all who helped
commit the fraud? It seems that all have
claimed rewanl.
It is no apology to say that. Mr. llayes did
rt belifcv?? these people were guilty of any
aud. It was his duty m protect the char
acter of the nation ami tlie integrity of the
administration.' He caii fio neither by
placing great numbers of men In office who
charged with crimes, ami whom largely
more than half of the people lielieve are
guilty. In truth, I do not lielieve anv in
telligent man doubts their guilt. But I
trust we have in this Country a sufficient
number men of unsus|K*ctcd honesty to
fill tlie offices, and both the public charac
ter and the public interests require that
onl y such men should bo appointed. Besides,
these men were in truth innocent they
ould not have asked or accepted office
from Mr. Hayes, for they would not have
been willing to bring weakness upon the
administration nor disrepute tip??m tlie civil
rice. Their universal aud hmzcn de
mand for office is the highest prm??f of their
uilt. for it shows they care nothing for Mr.
nothing for the honor of the coun
try???nothing for the good repute of the civil
vice. Their every act in pressing for of-
??? shows that reward was their object,.ami
ard they must have. Every man of the
guilty gang who has not been satisfied with
the office offered him has contcsscd the
frauds. Every man who has not con
fessed the frauds has Ih-ch kept satisfied
ith office. Why should he confess whose
confession would defeat his reward?
d*K*s it hap|M?n that those only are
not entitled to belief who confess the
frauds? And how does ii hup)M'it that tlie
redit of none wa* denied until after the
??n was made?
no palliation now to say that the
nrger number of these apiHuutnicnt* were
made by certain members, or by a member,
of the cabinet. If Mr. Johnson Imd made
Wilkes Booth a member of the cabinet, be
uld not have complained if Booth had
wide*! pla**es for his tools ami subordi
nates. Nevertheless. if, when the
???elutions on this subject were
nle before the Potter com-
ttee, Mr. Hayes had promptly ordered a
weeping purgation from the civil service of
these obnoxious characters, as ] greatly
???l**d he would do, he would have been
largely vindicated. Instead, however, of
dismissing any heappointed more, ami some
??f the ap(ioiiitments seemed to have the
(???ecial pur|K>se of suppressing *??r affecting
testimony before that committee.
If anything were watite*! to increase the
icked heinousness of the fraud* upon the
ballots in Florida and Louisiana, it would be
found in the only excuse which the authors
and abettors of these frauds have offered for
their perpetration. It must never be for-
???tten that these great facts are not
enied but admitted, to-wit: that the
I Nil lots were change*! after they were
cast, ami the verdict of the people
reversed after it had been rendered and was
known. The excuse for this, a* alleged, is
that there were intimidations at the pre
cincts which prevented a free expression by
the people. If this exWwElufaW in fact,
then the crime stands confessed without ex-
se. Those of us who have lieen familiar
th carpet-bag villainies, knew from the
first that the excuse was false. But the
.???roof now revealed abundantly shows tliat
the excuse is not only false, but was actual
ly manufactured for the express purpose of
cover for the fraud. Thus the excuse itself
becomes manufacture*], but I lie evidence to
make the excuse deceive the northern
(???eople was also manufactured in the cus
tom house in New Orleans, and
elsewhere. Forgeries arc shown to have
been numerous, and perjuries were secured
under promises of reward. In this vile
work meu holding high |iositioii8 took ac
tive part, and every one who took such pail
has received high office from Mr. Hayes,
and has thus been enabled to become him
self a di*(??enser of rewards ' to subordinates.
Take it all in all???its origin, its extent,
its wicked adroitness, its deliberation, the
variety of characters engaged, its number
less perjuries ami reckless forgeries, its mar-
ellous success and it* absolute control of a
great government of unequaled patronage
*??r its rewards???and it must be
???nfessed tliat the presidential fraud of
1876 is without a parallel in any history. It
dwarfs all other frauds, conspiracies and
robberies.into comparative insignificance. If
allowed to go unpunished it will elevate
perjury into a virtue, forgery into anart,
id will reduce usur|iation to a science!..
The administration which 1 for one had
fondly hoped would inaugurate a new c
through the f<
laws.
How did Mr. Job
???f the constitutio
deal with
and
those
ril service,
life, its power and its character with the
frauds of its origin, and has thus done more
than all our previous history to bring that
???ivil service into disrepute, and the advo
cates of its reform to confusion and shame.
The keenest pang of all is that which springs
tlie fact which will not down, that all
has been done to silence, gratify and rewanl
as vile a set of scoundrels as ever roblK?*l
without remorse or lied without blushing.
It has given me no pleasure to write this
letter. I have lieen slow ami reluctant to
give up the hopes I had formed of this ad
ministration. I am not willing even now
to discredit my own judgment of men so
far a* to admit tliat jny first impressions of
Mr. Haves were altogether incorrect. I pre
fer to lielieve. ami do believe, that he ha*
fallen under the control of men who were
deeply involved in the guilt of this fraud,
ami whose power over him lie ha* not Ihjch
able to resist. Even now, if he would purge
his administration of every (??erson conneet-
ith the frauds, he might yet rally good
men to his support, and close his term of
ith something of lieucfit to his
ml respect for himself. But I fear
. at* of fraud have their coils so
???cd around him that he is unable, ami
may have become unwilling, to release biin-
whicb would follow such a course. , The churches of Marietta did not seem U. ; "vim werecharaid with
Senator Gordon???s sueech was a triumnh-11?? well attended, if we may judge from the | Vi? comuiitteo ana a no were cnargea wiui
.H t., S. * rize of the eow^Mion at the Presbyterian a.d.ng to commit the .nine by which he be-
ant one in all its details and the ringing
cheers with which it wa* constantly inter-
pted proved that it went straigh
; the congregatiot
church last Sunday night.
Marietta is inviting refugees from Chatta
came president? lie pursued them for putt-
ishment with such vigor that, a* all tlie
;-?? w " ** 7 '??? V???~ 1 V? -?????? ??? world now believe, an innocent woman
hearts of its hearers. It made many votes I nooga to come and take up their residence I i ianee di
for the democratic nominee and did honor I within her limits. A more delightful little I ?? . j iaM dealt with those
- 1 '??? a -H.v could not beaelected by any one. I committed, and thc*?? who were
The ???Uhucks,??? it Is rumored, are practic-1 charged with aiding to commit, the crime
ing for the base hall match which comes off I by wliieh he becanie president? If yoi
during the fair at Oglethorpe i??rk. TliL* I examine the list from the humblest
game, it will l??e remember*?*!, is for the state I ager of the election precincts in Florida and
to the name and heart of the ever true and
zealous Gordon.
judge lesteb???s speech
lengthy and careful review
issue, jiersonal and political, in th*5 canvass.
He left no argument unchallenged and
passed by no charge without first giving it
championship.
Marietta for some time (la-t
has lieen vis-
16, the new constitution provides tliat I India, sent General Elphinstone at the I more l???*l* u,ar tlian Col. Arnold.
???no local or special bill shall I head of 16,000 troops, and nearly os many I .Shepherd d^n???t believe Grant
lie passed unless notice of I more camp followers into Aiglianistan for I l>e a e^.didate unless the country demand'
the intention to apply therefor shall I the purpose of dethroning the able and I \ u The country can therefore go to bed and
*??? have been published in the locality I popular ameer, Dost Mohammed, and I .deep quietly,
where the matter or thingto be effected I putting in his place the British ally, I . . . .
may be situated, whidt -otice aitafi he Runjert ?? Only one m. ^
given at least thirty days prior to the to ratry the ntirngs of anmhiUtton to the b the wo
introduction of such bill into tlie gen-1 commandant in tfie Bolan pass. Inner I jk)w
eral assembly, and in the manner to lie I forces were sent in the following year I
** prescribed by law. The evidence of I into the country until its subjugation was I Matt Carpenter refused to become a
?????? notice hating been published shall he I considered complete; but in 1846 tite Af- resentatlve on the ground that the house
*??? exhibited in the general assembly before I ghans formed an alliance with the Sikhs J * be ^ r H *t liad been a beer garden
*??? such act shall be passed.??? These are I in the Punjaub, and it was only after sev- *
the w ools of the new constitution. The I end ranguinary engagements tliat D**t I senator Thurman is ill???but not too ill
question as to whether there can lie any I Mohammed was driven back*over the I to be a very thriving candidate for the pres*
local legislation at the first session of the I Indus. .Since the Sikh war the Afghans I idency.
general assembly has been discussed by 1 have remained tranquil, bat there has
some of the leading men of our state I been a constant feeling of jealousy to-
through the columns of the Augusta I wards England???a not unnatural senti-
Ohronide and Constitutionalist, and this I ment when it is remembered that the I ???Boston brings together birds and babies
discuwion has developed the fact I preaent ameer is a son of Dost Mohani-1 in a public exhibition. The most wonder-
that there is considerable difference 1 roed. | PhilLripiriTi".mrati o?i
of opinion upon the subject. We are I The existing trouble is a part of the I and only we^ui sixteen ounces. When
stronglv inclined to believe that, under I struggle for Asiatic supremacy, which has I bpni she was only twelve inches long, aad
. '. v a 1, . r* ??? , -r, 1 she has grown one inch since them Her
the section quoted above, there can be no I been going on between Russia and Eng-1 bemd b remarkably small, but her body
gard to this matter, and we know of none* valid local legislation until it is done ??? in 1 land almost from time oat of mind. It 1 and limbs are very diminutive.
???licit and emphatic refutation. Doctor I ited with quite a number of ca*es of scarle- |
Felton, the adopted republican candidate, I tina. At the Kennesaw house there
had based hi* candidacy almost wholly upon 1 now eiglit case* of this fever. Many of the I
jMTsonal charge* against the honesty and I lhlarders have (tacked up tlw*ir tra(i* and I
integrity of Judge Lester. In treating these I fled,
varied accusations, Judge I>?ster fairly stated | j??| eill v pf
them and triumphantly
ilicate*l his rec-
??nl. No man of sound mi nd and honest heart
can lustcn to the dignified and irrefutable
defense made by Judge Lester without re-
sjionding to its truth and despising the ac
cuser. As charge after charge of lobbying,
consorting with radicals, holding sinecure
offices under Bullock, of degrading the ju
dicial ermine and of infidelity to the people,
fell before the lance of the brave soldier and
pure democrat, the applause of that
assembly made the forest* ring with the
music of triumph. The facts, the records,
the proof from men and results, were all i ,
found standing sleepless guard over the | ua -
honor and virtue of I .ester.
When Judge Lester went further and laid I ??=*. ar ?? 1,1
his hands upon Dr. Felton, he fairly * ???
r cotton is coining into Mari-
from all sections of Cobb and adjoining
counties. We hear that the crop this i
much larger than it has been am . ???
nee the war. Cobb is one of the richest
???unties in the state.
Louisiana, through the visiting statesmen
, they are now in m??K;kery called, and up
?? and through the electoral c*??rnmission,
and show me one, black or white, high or
????w, who is known to be guilty, or who i*
inspected of the guilt of this crime, who has
rived or been offered an-office, you
ieve to that extent the f iaiii aqd mor
tification I feel ill hsikingover these sicken
ing development*. There wa* a woman
charged to Im? among the conspirators iu
both crimes.
In Mr. Johnson???* case. Mr*. Surratt, pro
testing her innocence with an honest
Politic* have been declared ay epidemic I , W an???w tears, and a devoted mother???.* entrea-
Marietta. The knowing ones announce. I t j es was chained and mocked and hung???
the strongest terms, tliat Lester will clear* J j n Mr. Haves???* case, Agnes Jenks, c
up Felton in^Cobb county by a handsonie j f^jng her guilt in brazen gibberish never
i- ..?? ....???? - ??? an office of good
treasury.and that,
ladic* of unques-
up Felton in Godd county oy a naimsome ?? her guilt m brazen
majority. Lester, it i?? said, is gaming I befi??r??ve*iualled, receives ai
ground every day. The popular, ???Close up, I pay and little work in the ti
boys,??? is heard all over the county, and the I too, at a time when many 1
Dr. Fxlton???s private secretary's husband
s in a bad way.
ranks of the Lester
???'rapt*
-nay hi
self.
There is hut one more step between our
free institutions and destruction. The gov
ernment ha* become identified with fraud
and it* authors, abettor* and rewarder*, then
we shall have entered upon that phase of our
career when the offices and immense jtatron-
age of this richest of countries will take tlie
form of glittering prizes offered to induce the
commission of crime* against the popular
wfU. Assassin* will lie made heroes, and the
greatest criminals will become most entitled
to enjoy the honors and live on the benefac
tions of government. Beyond that, the/nan
who talk.* of the safety and purity of popular
government* will Ik? a lunatic. Your friend,
' BenJ. II. HILL.
Hon. RobertC. Humber. Eaton ton ,G a.
WHAT WILL TIIE HARVEST BE?
The above letter will raise a lively discus-
Those who know Mr. Hill know that he
never writes anything without having a pur
pose in it. lie never declaims for bun
combe. It is hardly wiwnble, however, that
he will supplement tni* letter with any-offi
cial step. It is doubtless intended to cor
rect public sentiment ami ??Jiow the Anoeri-
people that they cannot tolerate either
Mr. Hayes, the method', by which he was
igurated, or the party that forced the
idstl
are growing larger 1 tiotic??l worth, with hungry children,
I husliands slain in tattle, were rudely turned
???k Anderson???s three trotting hor*-1 away with the gruff answer ???no vacancies.???
,- at the Macon track getting ini If. instead of fleeing a* a criminal, Wilke*
trim for tlie coming races. Tl??e stable will I IVs.th had **>ught the presence of Andrew
visit Albany and Americus and then come I Johnson a* one who ha*i rendered the latter
WORK the ground oct I t o Atlanta in time for the races at our fair. | good service, and Mr. Johnson had enter-
with him. His pretensions, hrpocrLsy, I Mr. Anderson passed through Atlanta Sun-1 tained him at the executive mansion and
apostacy, double-dealing, radical'affinities | day night for Macon to look for Ins trotter*. I given hnft an office, what would the world
and despicable methodsof political warfare j We wish him success in the many races in | have said? What would you say?
were exposed to the gaze and scorn of the I which his horses will take i*rt. I Letters have been produced before tlie
people, and held up to the indignation and I One of those old time, red-hot revival* is I Potter committee, written by republi-
retnbution of an inspired and deceived I going on in a negro church at Marietta. | can member* of congress, which were writ-
people. Such a scathing and terrible casti-1 Sunday afternoon during service some I ten to republican friend* and not intended
pat ion has seldom been administered to a I members of the congregation became so 1 for publication, which strikingly exhibit
canting demagogue and conspirator, and the I worked up that their cries could be heard I the superior influence of Kellogg, Packard,
honest.- virtuous indignation of the people 1 in the next county. Services in thia church I Wells and Anderson at the executive man-
burned upon their cheeks and found ex I continue from week to week without inter-1 sion. In other ways we know now that al-
prearion in repeated cries of ???shame! I mission. A few of the congregation find it | most every???person connected with the fraud
shame!!??? 1 necessary to take a recess occasionally for has- 1 - 4
Judge Lesters speech was a grand and the purpose of laying up for repairs. *???
fraud* through.
The letter was mail h1 in circular to all
the memtar* of the senate and to a few of
tlie leading papers of the country.
The Lucky
New Orleans. OctoL
ana state lottery drawing to-day ticket No.
10,290 drew $90,000; ???*,724, $10,000; 71,09.1.
$5,000, and 10,658 and 0,909 drew $2,500
each.
Kmart Children.
Mr. Matthew Sims, of Campbell county,
is two very promising children. One of
them, a boy ot seven, recently picked 120
pounds of seed cotton iu one day, while hi*
sister, ten year* old, picked 100 pounds.
The father is justly proud of his children.
???Ah! how well do I remember???It was in
the bleak November.??? when I caught^ the
cold that was wearing me surely and swiftly
away: when I heard of Dr. Bull???s Cough
Syrup, took it, and am a* well as ever. '
