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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1880.
VOL. XII.. NO. 35
AN OPEN QUESTION
BhT.VEEH STEPHENS AND V/ALTHALL
la Wkith Waitkall Beexs to Hava Becnrtd the
Mr. Cbesasl Fails to Remem
ber the AU*g*4 Conversation, and
Mr. Miles Has His Views.
Written tor The Constitution.
F.bnaa* 0>x»nT»-Tiox: Since my an-
♦wrrto the stricture* of the Hon. A. II.
Stephen* era* written, the subjoined letters
have been received from General James
Che*nut and Colonel W. Porrher Miles,
IkhIi of whom were member* of tlieproviv
ional congrew from South Carolina, throw-
sn* further light upon the events which
Xiave been the subject of recent di-eiiwnena.
J had not spoiled to any of the delegates
Irom South Carolina for information before
the publication of Mr. Stephen* * article,
bccatuw tio question hail previously been
raised as to the action of that delegation.
It will be observed that while both these
gentlemen bear witness to the general con
currence of the South Carolina delegates in
the choice made by the congress for the
irrst two ollirers of the confederate govern
ment, on* of them bring* to light the sig
nificant fart that the only "opjKtsifion” to
thwt choice, as regarded tne presidency,
proceeded from two gentlemen, both of
whom were Generally regarded •* m<re?en-
tatives of the moat '‘extreme" school of
rwotbam atnI intent. Even this oppoaifioa
eon Id not havu been very pronounced or
emphatic, as it seems to have escaped the
recollection of < Vonel Miles.
Notwithstanding t!»e deprecation of all
'"controversy” on such questions by some
■whose opinions are entitled to the niost re
spectful consideration. I think that what
has always been elicited by this little dis
cussion illustrates the value of legitimate
•controversy. That indefinite |*eraonage,
"the future historian,” to whom it is
•customary to relegate the settle
ment of doubtful or disputed
point*, ran never perform the part
expected of him, if con temporaries and i»ar-
tinpants remain silent. As General Ubex-
nut well puts it. in hi-* lelier given helow.
it is from "no aggregation of differing re
collections" that the truth is elicited. Mis-
foncentiony, fiermitted to remain incorrect-
•daod uncontroverierl. Iiecorne crystallized
*mU> the shajie of accepted truths.
Thus, there is no misconception more
generally prevailing, outside of the limits
oi the late confederacy, than that which re
gards the men win* organized it a* a set of
rash, violent, impetuous revolutionists—
•lisunionista from choice and from hatred of
Che union—acting under the influence of
bastion, and intent not ii|«>n conserving,
but ittion destroying. Much men would
ns'iually put forward the most ex
treme destructives and revolutionist.*
as their lenders. The best refutation
of this fallacy — a fallacy which has
wrought, and the per initiation of wdiicli
will continue to work, so much social and
political mischief, is to lie found in an ex
amination of wnat they actually did. Not
the least significant of their acts was the
choice for the highest positions in the new
government ot men mi entirely conserva
tive, so oinniiinioiw for devotion to the
I irinciples of the old constitution, ami for
uve of,the union which it created, as Jef
ferson Davis and Alexander II. Stephen*.
There were some very distressing ty|*o-
Krapliica) errors in my last communication,
published in The Constitution of January
•#Hli. Most of them only mad* the writer
appear guilty of very had English; but one
of them requires qn-cial correction, as
implying something of discourtesy
in meaning, as well as barbarism in expres
sion. I did not write that the preponder
ance of testimony was "almsivc to the accu
racy of Mr. Stephen's impression*,” but
that it was adverse to their accuracy.
W. T. Walthall.
February1»80.
LETTER FROM TIIE HON. JAMES CHETNUT,
of Houth ttaMllns—a mcmlierof the prorldnnal
emigre** **f in'll.
Camden, January ”1 isHrt — Maj lr W. T.
Walthall, Dear Sir: Yesterday I received
your letter of the l!*tl» instant, covering an
extract from a publiidietl letter of the Hon.
A. II. Stephens.
(Extract]
On the night of the :vi of Fcbmurv, on v.iktuc-
ihe cars at t'rawfnrdvlHe, my rwi'lfiio
Montgomery, when? the ••onvention was to
Die next «lay, Monday, I met with lion. James
Uhesnut. jr., late llntti*) Suit's senator, who
one ot the delegate* from South < aroliun, and Is
Mill living. In conversation with him during the
night's travel upon divers mailers touching the
^•nth Carr'ir.a delegation well in hand for
Mr. I)avia.” On the contrary, Mr. Khett
Mod Colonel Keitt were strongly opposed to
Mr. Davia throughout.
Mr. Ilhett was a very bold and frank man.
was Colonel Keitt; and they, am always,
avowed ibeir opinions and acted upon them
with energy. Nevertheless, the rote of the
delegation was cast for Mr. Davis.
I agree with you that this matter dries not,
in any firoper sense, involve personal issues.
It involves an aggregation of difteringre
collections, out of which, however. I think
you will have no trouble in evolving the
truth. Yours respectfully, etc., etc..
(Signed.) Jamjx Chesnut.
LETTER EROM TIIE UON. W. TOUCHER MILES,
of Virginia, formerly of South Carolina, and a
mem her of ibe provisional congress of lilt.
Oak Rite.e, January 27, 1880.—Major W.
T. Walthall—Dear 8ir: In resfionse to yours
of the Ifuli instant, I would nay that to the
best of my recollection there was entire
unanimity in the South Carolina delegation
at Montgomery on the snbjectof the choice
of a president. I think it very likely that
Keitt, from his warm personal friendship
for Mr. Toombs, may at first have preferred
him. I have no recollections of t'hesnut's
predilection*. I think there was no ques
tion that Mr. Davis was the choice of our
delegation and of the whole people of .South
Carolina. A* to the South Carolina dele
gation being "undtribe lead of Mr. Khett,”
a* General Toombs is reported to have said,
that is a great mistake. I do not think Mr.
Khett ever attempted to influence the
course of bis colleagues, either in this or in
vnatunv generally before the congress. Nor
do I think his personal influence in the del
egation was as great as that of some other
members of'it. If I were to select any one
as having a special influence with us. I
would consider Mr. Robert Barnwell as the
one. His singularly pure and elevated
character, entire freedom from all personal
ambition or desire for place or position (he
declined Mr. Davis’ olb-rof a .-eat in the cabi
net) as well os hi* long ext»erienco in pub
lic life and admirably* calm and well-bal
anced mind, all combined to make his in
fluence with his colleague* very great. But
neither could he lie said "to lead” the dele
gation. He had no desire, and never made
any attempt to do so. I think the re was no
delegation in the congre*-*, the indi
vidual members oi which were more inde
pendent in coming hi their own conclu
sions oi what was right and expedient to
lie done. There was always the frankest
and freest interchange of opinion* among
them, hut everyone determined hi* own
course for himself.
Hoping that I have srfliciently covered
the ground of your inquiries, I am very
faithfully yoiux.
(Signed) William Posen er Miles.
THE 31. & B. RAILROAD.
ITS LEASE AND PURCHASE EFFECTED
e More Head Lifted Out of tie Problem—The
Hew Company—Who It is and What They
will Probably Do—The History of
the Lease—A Hew Line.
Kwporfa anti Imports.
WahiixotojV' February 5.—The bureau of
statistics has received complete report.* of
the foreign commerce of the United States
for the calendar year 1$7;», whirh,compared
with the reports for 1878, show a gain of
$.*8,038,420 in the value of merchandise ex-
tried. and a gain of $81,007,53:) in the val
ue of merchandise imported.
EXPORTS or MKR« HAMHSE.
The value of exjiort* of merchandise by
months for 1878 and 1870 was as follows:
187S. 1870.
January...^. S M.iKi/TW 3 M»,409,191
February flfl.-xii.flto 6l,MN.7*7
March 71,7;>»,57s 00.tril.7r>
April fl0.lll.7Xl
May
•ti'jtva of o
r mlMiion and t!i«> hwine* tirforr i
® repeat)"
v, that t
December...
Total |7»7.092,07.1 *765, 130,493
The fact should be mentioned that this
statement represents the value and not the
quantity of exported merchandise, and
values were generally lower in 1870 than in
1878. The quantity of merchandise c-x-
|>oried was at least seven per cent greater
in 1870 than is shown by the above com
parison of values. The Increase in exports
lion was mainly in breadstuff*, cotton, pro-
ieions and live stock.
IMPORTS OK MERCHANDISE.
With the revival of business the importa
tion of merchandise has increased in a won
derful manner, and the aggregate for the
last year is larger than for many years l*e-
fore. The following is a comparative state
ment by months for the last i
187*.
January $35/ fl«,2t
February 32,9«,L'
March ;J»..«7.K
April - 36.20ti,3
i years
1*79.
en,:) *;i ( 4l9
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43.1W.10I
40 the pm
gat Inn b.til had a con-ulUt'oii
tnecniirlmion that no persor . . ..
should Ini presented for that ofll e. He **id that It
was generally understood that Mr. Davis did not
wt*h U. but preferred Uiu military immiUoii herein
Wfore slate* I. and that NiulU Carolina wa* look
ing to Georgia for the presidency, I’pon my
naming several civilian* of our own state. rnnouii
whom I named Mr. inomlx. Mr. Cobh, i.uvemot
JeukiiiN am! Governor llrown, well qualified foi
the pollum. he said Urey wore not hoiking u» Mr.
or the other* mimed, but mainly to Mr
T«M>mtw and m>»elf. Held him frankly that I
could not permit my name to l«e naed In ihal
in • Hon and gave my reason* tor iL Hr left
under that imprc*»lon, aln-r what 1 had >*id
to him. that the South ramUna delegation would
go lor Mr Ttaimlak 1 had no further convert-
I ton with him on the subject.
On Thurwlay night the 7th of February, afti
the pntviMonal eo:i»titution was nearly goi
throuith wnh, Mr. Keitt, unotner ttelcgate fro
Cuutn Carolina, took me out into the lobby of the
hou^' In which the nmvemlnn waaatcthtr
a*krd me II I would accept the prwMcnrf.
ataietl auleiantlndy what senator t'hesuut had
mid to ino on the car* on the nght of the :-f. a* we
were golug u> .Montgomery, that is. that th
South Carolina delegation had determi ’ed to jrc
rent no per**n from ihelr *u\te for either nl t..
cxecurtve off -es.lmt Ihev were looking to Georgia
for the presidency, and ih t their choice waa d'
rectal to one oi two—that wan to cither M
Toomlw or tuyreU. They were not wilUng to take
Mr. ttthh. Afier gntug him my realms, a* 1 had
given them to Senator Chesuut, whv inv name
nhoiitd iu*t be coonecied with ihat oift,**. he left
me under the name impreannon that -cnator Chea
nut did a* to the cour*e South t nrolma would
take on the qiication of the presidency. * °
You ask me to give you my recollections
touching the subjecl-iiinucr of the extract
abovecite«I A* lar as 1 am able, 1 will iio
m> w illi pleasure.
I well remembt'r traveling in company
with Mr. Siephens on our way to Mont
gomery lo meet, in convention;'tint I have
no recollection of any conversation with
him on that occasion.
II is probable, however, that much con
versation fell out between us during the
journey, and equally so. that it related io
the organization of*the government in all
ita detain men is, and especially a* to who
should be rejq*vctively president ami vice-
president of the new born confederacy.
Hui, I repeat, after a lapse of time so long
(nineteen years since) no trace of it remains
in my memory. 1 am satisfied, how
ever, that Mr. Stephens is in error as to all
the declarations he has ascribed to
me, except one—and that is. i Ailirmed. tire
Carolina delegation bad determined not to
pul forth any candidate for either of the
high otlbres mentioned "
This 1 may hava said, because it was true,
bull do not remember having said so. 1
have great respect for Mr. Stephens, and the
spotless purity of bis character induce* me
to believe that, through mistake, or perhaps
lorvetfuliMWS, he has attributed to me ob-
rervaturns and opinions which wereexpresa
td by some one else. I say this, because 1
know what my opinions and purpose* were
al that time, and 1 know also that it «vas
not my way ol doing things, and l think it
impossiblotherefore that 1 should have ex
pressed opinions at variance with my j>o>i-
me convictions and settled purjH'se-
Befora leaving home I had made up my
mind as to who was the fittest man to lw
S resident, and who to he vice-president:
lr. Davis for the first, and Mr. Stephens
tor the second. And this was known to sll
uiy friends, as well os to my colleagues.
Mr. Davis then conspicuous
ability—had long exj-erteine in
srrvice, was reputed a
successful organizer and administrator of
the military department of the United
States when he was secretary of war, and
cauic cut of the Mexican war w ith much
oclat as a soldier. Possessing a combination
of these high and needful qualities, he was
regarded by ucarly the whole south a* the
fittest man for the position. I certainly
a iigiisi
September :{7,41g.tkk!
Otiobef :5*,4J9,*fl7
November :i*,glVI,.VC ...,.........
Decc-mtier. r . — ni.51fl.m 59,783,697
Total «.$ LU,81A*H.t IMS,7*0,016
The increase in iiiifmrts is due to tlie
great demand for silk* and other dre
g* mm Is, fancy articles, and articles of lux
ry
The balance of trade in favor of the Uni
trd Stales in merchandise in 1H7M won $2T>1,
:;5n,477. In 1878 the balance of trade in
our favor waa $905,27D,&90.
THE MOVEMENT or GOLD ANI» SILVER.
The excess of imports over exports of
gold and silver coin and bullion was
lows:
Month ended Doc. JU t 1*79 _4 5,*73 751
Month cuded Dec. at. is * •JVJ.3X7
Six month* ended Dec, 31, 187J 7'
Mix month* ended l>ec, 31, 1878 *J,9rJ,16!
Twelve months ended Dec. , 1879 67,:>72.; *2
Twelve month* ended Dec. 3L 1879 ‘2,092,513
THE BaiTiail TRADE BErORT
for 1871) shows that there was an increase of
import* from the United Stales in some of
the leading articles over the imports for
the year 1878. as follows:
Cart*. Value.
Fresh beef 75,00 ? l.oc.om
Wheat. 7,000,009 13.000,909
Wheat, Hour and meal 3,'JOOORi 11.009.(01
Raw cotton 500,900 3.200,ul0
Tallow and sU»rtne — llu.uOO r.W.OU*
The total import* of wheat into Great
Britain increased from 40.800,out cwts in
1878 to .**0.400.000 cwts in 1870, the value*
twing $133,300,000 for 1878 and $132,300,010
for 1871*.
The total imptrts of Hour and meal in
creased from 7,800,000 cwts in 1878 to 10.-
700.000cwts in 1870. the values being *$3:>,-
0U0.000 and $11,400,000.
There has also been quite a remakable
crease in the ex ports ot some articles from
Great Britain to the United Slates, as fol
io
Alkali, increased
Railroad tmn
Hoop, sheet and boiler i
Tin plates.
Other manufacturers oi iron
Old lion ior remannfacture.....
Steel, unwrought sw.uw
l.tnen piece goods - 'J.OOO.iXiO
Jute monulaciurt# — l.Mjo.itN)
Wool - 2,390.900
Woolen cloths and wor>ted stutr* 835.000
The import* of wheal into Great Britain
from Russia, Germany, the United States,
and British North America are .stated as
follows:
1877. 1878. 1879.
Russia, cwts 10,838,000 #Ut2.9;» 7.975
Value*! at *t2.413.8tt $20.8\5.57l $19.113,92l»
Gi-rmanr, cww.... 5.455,7U» WIM* 3.«»»o,V9
Value*! *l »l7,*s:.ti0**U.4'»V>i.; f> V.2.56.**
Unit’d 8tates.c«U 2UKH.M7, 28,961.9n ;C».976> :*
Vslucvt si ..$x\ >*>•.',w71 $8J,la\906 $J2,989,j61
British N. Amer
ica, cwts. 2.812.178 2.EQ3.584 4.ti?d.i*6
Valued at. $9,243,6?J $fl.81;1.4ll 3l2.461.sii
We are happy in being able this morning
to lift one more railroad out of the region
of doubt, and in eliminating one more
equation from the problem that has t>er-
ptexed n* so sorely.
The Macon and Brunswick road will this
morning be taken in out ot the wet. Ita
lease was apparently effected some time
sg ». but never until on last Saturday war
il definitely known that the trade made in
Macon on the 13th could be perfected.
The knowledge came to The Cosstitctiox
on that day, but was withheld until every
arrangement was completed.
The monev with winch to make the first
payment rei ch -<1 At an La Wedm a lay at 12
o’clock, and was covered into lue treas
ury next morning. The purchasing compa
ny is a strong one, headed by K. T. Wilson
and C. M. McGhee, of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad and the
Memphis and Charleston rail load, embrac
ing George Hazlehurst and A. J. Lane, of
this slate. The road will be promptly and
certuinly extended to Atlanta, and the pro
visions of the bill carried out. The lease
will be ^substituted with a purchase this
utomin£ or as soon as iheTease is perfected
in the terms oi tne law.
Further dciailsof the trade will be found
below:
The History ot a Lease.
The history of the first attempt to lease
or sell the Macon and Brunswick road is
well-known. Governor Colquitt, moved by
the failure of that attempt, that desperate
opposition would be made to the lease and
nbsequent extension ot the road, deter-
uined to carefully hedge every point for
the second attempt.
On the 13th of last month the Macon and
Brunswick road was bid oil to Mr. Janies M.
'oii|*er, of Brunswick, for $1!H,000 a year.
After a spirited bidding iu which a uozen
mdders participated, Mr. H. I. Kimball
being the only serious coni|*etitor, the an
nouncement that Mr. Couper had bought
the road was received with cheers, it being
understood that he represented the people
of Brunswick. A convention of thirteen
counties had indorsed him on the morning
of the sale. *
It was hard to discover who Mr. Couper*s
company embraced. It was clear that Mr.
Chauucey Yibhurd, an allegeu capitalist,
had a good deal to do with it. Mr. CoU)»er
exhibited a dispatch from ^Ir. Wheeler, of
London, stating that money had been
cabled to his credit, and mat lie could
draw against Morton, Bliss A Co. This dis-
patch and others from the same source,
had a business look and justified
the belief that Mr. Couper was
standing on a rock. It was said that
he had been telegraphed authority to bid
as high as $l,rJ>.<Vj0 lor the road. After the
sale was over Mr. CoU)ier stated that lie
could not name his company positively, but
would say that Mr. Yibbanl and his brother,
Mr. Wheeler ami Mr. Nathaniel Greene
were ccrtairly interested, in his opinion. It
was a strange circumstance that almost im
mediately after the sale there were suspi
cions expressed to the eflect that the Je-as
ou!d not lie made good. These suspicions
ere noised about, and began to take defi
nite expression when it was discovered that
the $10,000 had not iieen paid in up
four o’clock in the evening,
seemed to be understood
that Mr. Vibbard did not intend to pay in
the money. This belief seemed justified
by the delay, as a telegram would have se
cured the $10,000 if he had wanted it.-
THE MONEY 1\\II» IX.
At about 5 o’ch ck, however, Mr. Couper
went to Gov. Colquitt's room and an
nounced that he was ready to {»ay the $10.-
000 to confirm Ins trade. He was accom
panied by Mr. George Hazlehurst. We learn
that during the conversation that followed,
Mr. Couper stated that Mr. Vibbard had
not |iaid ihe money which he then tendered
the governor. Upon asking how the receipt
should be given it was suggested by Air.
Hazlehurst that it he given to Mr. Couper.
We learned afterward* that the money wa*
raised by Mr. Hazlehurst and Mr. A. J.
Lane, who put it in the hand* of Mr. Cou
per so that he might not have hi« bid for
feited. Si it ap|*ears that Messrs. Hazle-
hurst ami Igine were really the purchasers
of the lease. The $10,000 having been paid
the crowd at Macon adjourned. The exi
gency had passed and there was thirty days
in which to; arrange for the payment of
the balance of the $104,000.
Since that time we have had rumors upon
rumors of the lease. It has been reported
that it was ofiVred to the Louisville and
Nashville road, (although Mr. Couper .*ays
most i*nsitively that lie never oliered it)
and was offered to various other parties.
One day we would hear that it had been
successfully closed upand the nextday that
it had been broken up. Once we heard that
the lessees would a*k the governor for fur
ther favors, and again that they would ask
for none. Iu the meantime, the 13th of
February, the last day of grace, is rapidly
approaching.
A CHANGE OF THE SCKSE.
The first thing definite that we bear of the
lease after the adjournment at Macon, is
that Mr. George Hazlehurst, who is the
father of the Brunswick road, and was
most seriously counted on to put it through,
had called on Messrs. "Dick Wilson and
Charlie McGhee,” as our informant called
them. Mr. Hazlehurst wa* in trouble, and
stated that he was fearful that the lease
could not be perfected. He had secured
the help of Mr. Mill bank*, who wa*
one of the original owners
road, and some other
parties but there was an interest still
untaken. Messrs. Wilson and McGhee had
ys been very intimate with Mr. Hazle
hurst and trusted him implicitly. After
he bad discussed the matter with them at
some length, and showed the present ad
vantage* and the mere posibiiities of the
route, they concluded that it wa* a bargain
at tiie figures named, and determined to
help him out, by taking the share of the
lease not taken already. They did so, and
Mr. Hazlehur.*t then thought that the lease
all fixed, but he received a statement
from Mr. Millbauks, stating that lie could
not be relied on to carry the amount of the
lease that he had at first thought of. This
put the whole thing at sea again, but Mr.
Hazlehurst never wavered. He went back to
Messrs. Wilson and McGhee and thev sta
ted that they thought they could probably
take what was needed to make the lease
good.
Mr. Wilson then went to New York and
Mr. McGhee and his lawyer, Mr. Webb, ac
companied by Mr. Hazlehurst, came to At
lanta and spent some time looking into the
paper*. At length they became satisfied
that there was nothing in the threatened
suits against the road, and that the papers
were bm straight and square. They so tele
graphed to New York. But in the mean
time there was a hitch in the proceedings
at that end. growing out of a lack of under
standing of a certain point or two of impor
tance. This was settled by telegraph,
but Mr. McGhee and Mr. Hazlehurst
left Atlanta on Saturday evening
without knowing whether or not the lease
would be perfected. When they reached
Dalton they received a dispatch from Mr.
Wilson in New York stating that everything
was all right. Mr. Hazlehurst thereu|*on
telegraphed to the governor that the "man
and money” would be on hand before the
13th instant. And so at last the lease was
closed—much to the credit of Mr. George
Hazlehurst. tiie untiring friend of the road.
having said: "I will never be satisfied until
I get into Atlanta!”
WHERE THE STATE ROAD COMES XX.
On the other hand it is claimed that
Governor Brown’s management of the
Western and Atlantic road will prevent the
building of this link. The relations of the
East Tennessee and Virginia railroad have
been very intimate with the State road, the
former using the line of the latter to At
lanta from Dalton upon equitable arrange
ment. It is believed by many that Gov
ernor Brown will continue to treat the Wil-
son-McGhee influence with such liberal
ity that they will not lie justified in
building the extension to the Selma, Rome
and Dalton railroad. This may be true, out
we have the authority of a gentleman for
saying that the relations by these roa<is
and the State road have not been entirely
friendly, and that they have most grievously
telt the necessity of a new line to Atlanta.
If they do not build the road now, they will
be in po*-i:ion to build it at any time on six
months* notice. If it is built from Rome,
even, it would be done within a year from
the date of starting.
THE GEORGIA WESTERN.
It will be seen too that tbe purchase of
this lease by the owners and friend* of the
Memphis and Charleston roads only adds to
the necessity of them getting iiosscssiofi, if
possible, of tbe Georgia Western road. They
own a line reaching troni the Mississippi on
the west (at Memphis) to Decatur. They
own a line reaching from Brunswick to At
lanta, where the extension is built. If they
could only get control of the Georgia West
ern and build aero** tbe gap of 185 miles
tbev would have a line, and almost air-line
Connection from the west at Memphis, - to
the Atlantic at Brunswick. If Jay Gould's
hint of barge* on the Mississippi was im
proved, and the produce of the .Shawuee-
town region floated down to Memphis It
could there be curried across to the ocean
by this short line. Without the
Georgia Western, however, the Memphis
system and the Brunswick system are ser
rated hopelessly, and business from one to
the other must he worked up by Chatta-
TIIE BIGGEST YET!
SWEEPING RAILROAD COMBINATION.
The Louisville and Nxihrille RcjuI.' the Georgia
Bead, and the Central Road Enter Into a
Combination for Fire Yeaij—A
Controlling Consolidation.
11 o’clock r. si. February 11.—Sinoe writ
ing the article elsewhere on t>*2 railroad
situation, matters have become t \*ery much
simplified. A startling mmorjeame to tis
at dusk yesterday, that we diligently sought
to trace to a responsible source. . A t last, we
succeeded in getting it to an aVoInteiy re
sponsible head, and we can gite vtas
the truth. *4j :.!■« J
The Louisville and Nashville Ju-d Georgia
Central railroads have enteredpiito a com
bination that amounts in ♦ernv»*o a'partial
consolidation for the term of five years, j
This grand scheme was first ivgoproed by
Mr. H. Victor Newcomb, who n.-pears lo be
the master-mind in all the cohiblbationjk
when on a visit to Atlanta a week or two
since. He impressed bis views so forcibly
that the other roads come m Kthia way of
thinking without much delibera^on.
The Central road, after amending the con
tract somewhat, ratified it one week ago.
The Georgia road ratified tlwxontract, as
amended by the Central, on day b^ore yet-
Tfie Louisville and Nash»*\ie r'lkd will
consider the matter bcforw1lft°?Qfrd oa t^-
Iron orz, and just along the rivers where for
years the copper has been mined in paving
quantities, with a wagon haul of from
fifty to seventy-live miles. The road will
go through some of the finest faming lands
in North Carolina and open up to our mer
chants a country that is not now trading
with m.
FELTOFS FRIEND
AND THE RUMPUS HE HAS CREATED.
CURIOUS CUPID.
i in Geor-
uLpnd disgraceful transactions,
’ late to repair my loss, which
nooga, down to Stevenson, and across to De
catur—a much longer route, and one under
alien control.
What the outcorrc will be we cannot di
vine—but there is no doubt that the recent
purchase ha* added to the value of the
Georgia Western franchise and has made it
much the more desirable.
AVIIERK WADLEY COMES Jx».
And then there is another contingency.
There is what appears to be the most posi
tive authority for the statement that Mr.
Wadley has written a letter in w hich he
states that the very moment he discovers
that the Macon and Brunswick lease has
fallen into the bands of men not friendly to
the Central, he will begin the building of
the line from Carrolton to Chattanooga—or
from Carrollton to Decatur. In that he will
seek an outlet for the Central, in
dependent of all other line* ami fl inking
Atlanta. It is even said the Louisville and
Nashville and the Central have pooled their
issues and will unite with each other for
the building of a line to the left of Atlan
ta. We do not believe this rumor.
Closing the Trade.
The parties bringing tbe money to close the
trade reached Atlanta at 12 o’clock on ves-
terday. Mr. II. T. Wilson is not here, but
is exjtected in a day or two—possibly to
day. His brother came yesterday; Mr. Mc
Ghee and Mr. Hazlehurst came on the II
o'clock train of Tuesday night. The com
pany, it is said, comprises Messrs. Wilson,
McGhee, Lane, Iihzlehurst. Adrian Islin.
The trade will be closed this morning at tbe
capitol. The company will first pay in$!G,000
(minus the$10,00(1 already paid in) which is
the amount of one year’s rental on the bid
of Mr. Couper at Macon. This done and
ilie lease perfected they will then propose
to buy the road at $1,125,000 the price
named in tiie bill. The purchase will be
made at once as soon as the papers can be
mad 9 out and the first payment of $250,000
K id in. The $101,000 paid on »he lea*e will
deducted so that only $50,000 above that
amount w'U be needed.
A WISE MOVE BY TREA8CREB REXFKOE.
The payment of the$250,U00 | cover* a very
fortunate transaction for the state made by
Mr. Renfroe, who continually demonstrates
the fact a that he is one of the very best,if not
the very best treasurer the state ever had.
The law required that the |tayment for this
road should be made in Georgia or govern
ment bonds. Mr. Uenfroe had on hand
200.000of the 4 per cent state bonds that are
to be sold this year to meet tl e maturing
high-priced bonus.. In these days of flush
investment and universal boom, Mr. Uen
froe had pretty good evidence that lie would
find it difficult to float the four per cents at
l*ar.
He therefore opened negotiations with the
parties about to buy the Macon and Bruns
wick road, and soon succeeded in selling
them the entire issue of $200,000 4 percents
at par. These bonds will be taken this
morning, and will be paid back immediate
ly into the treasury, and the proceeds ot
tneir sales devoted at once to the retiring
of $200,000 high rate bonds. So that by
this fortunate stroke of Mr. Benfroe’s, we
have the second issue of 4 per cents sold
without a dollar’* expense. There remains
only $100,000 which will be issued next
year, and which will be put out without
any trouble. With such a treasurer in
charge of afliirs. it is little wonder that the
credit of Georgia is higher than that of any
other slate in the south, and equal
to that of any in the union.
ED. COX.
Tbe Georgia road, the Central, and the
South Carolina roads, have made a sub-con
tract that divides the territory occupied by
the three and commanded by the ports of
Charleston, Port RoyAl and Savann ah.
The combination controls every Atlantic
and Gulf port between New Orleans and
Charleston except Brunswick, and wifi
have lines of steamers plying the ocean
from each port, fed by through lines of rail
under one control troui Chicago and the
lakes, St. Louis and Louisville.
The management of the lines will remain
with the Louisville and Nashville road, and
it is thought that the great current of
freight will be down the Louisville lines to
Montgomery, thence across to Macon,
where it will be divided between the Cen
tral anJ the Georgia roads (the Macon and
Augusta division) in the proportion agreed
xu. What freights come by the Nasnville
and Chattanooga route will be divided on
reaching Atlanta between the Georgia and
Central roads in the proportion agreed on. It
will be seen at a glance, however, that the
Louisville and Nashville will insist that
the bulk of freight shall go by Montgomery,
because they get 400 miles haul on freight
that way, while they get only 185 on freight
deflected at Nashville over the upper lines.
This movement would seem to dwarf the
Georgia Western enterprise into small pro
portions for the present.
It begins to demonstrate that in Louis-
rille, there sits a young man. wav this
side of the forties, that is the Napoleon of
the railroad world—the easy and assured
master of the situation. The contract is to
extend for live years. This explains the
strong bouyanev of the stock of the Central
and Georgia railroad for the past few day*.
It is certain that tbe Georgia railroad stock
will go above par considerably. Several
hundred shares were sold here yesterday at
par. The Central will go to par very soon,
it is thought, by every man that knows any
thing about this combination. The Louis
ville and Nashville is now at 120.
Just OM lie Wrote It.
Forsyth, Ova Feb Mh. 1880.—Mr. Editor
Weekly Constitution.—l see a letter in your
paper of lUe&iof Febuary stating that »
baud’ in a rurlal district of this county has
been arrested for kidappinga little negro
for | girl from a widow lady who had raided her
ivil ! trotu and infant your author or informant l Brunswick road from Macon to Atlanta.
mo*t ] is and inu>ertinant liar of the above stated | The parties at interest, or their triends,
Ilow He Received tbe Judgment of the
Supreme Court.
Considerable sympathy was expressed iu
the city Monday for Mr. Cox. He has
had many visitors. On Sunday, after the
decision was delivered on .Saturday, many
of his friend* called to see him. He L
in good health. He ha*suffered with pains
iu his back; he looks pale, and his left eye
has never recovered entirely from the
wound in his cheek. He says that the sick
ness he has had was caused by his confine
ment. He had always led an active life,
and confinement in close quarter*alTect* his
health. He claims that he killed Alston to
keep him from killing him, and that when
he fired his last shot that struck Alston in
the head, he had received a wound in his
face that shattered his teeth and made him
almost blind and deaf.
On Saturday when the news was carried
to him by one of the guard* at the jail
door that he had been refused a new trial,
after a few moments’ studv, he said:
•Well, if it is the will of my Redeemer
and the highest legal tribunal of my state
that for claiming the meat and bread that
belonged to my wife and children and for
protecting my life has made me a convict,
I will submit with as much cheerfulness as
manhood will allow. The tears that are so
freely flowing from my eyes are not from
any remorse of conscience or guilt, but for
the thought of my i»oor wife and five little
children. Ye*, my unfortunate business
connection with Bab lias made my wife
liusbAndless. my children fatherless and al
most |>enniless. May God have mercy on
them. I will try and make a better con
vict than I did a citizen, if my acts were
unmanly or unlawful.”
As yet there seems to be no new develop
ment in tbe Cox case. There is still a gen
eral impression that the Counsel for the de
fense will make an appeai to the supreme
court of the United States on the ground
that the prisoner did not have a fair and
impartial trial of guaranteed by the consti
tution of the U nited States. The interest
in the case seem* to remain very strong.
Tbe Action of tbe State Road Lessee*.*
—Tbe New Kabnn Gap Ronte.
The stockholders of the Western and At
lantic railroad elected all their old officers at
their annual meeting on the fifth unani
mously: Governor J. £. Brown, president;
Colonel E. W. Cole, vice-pi esident; Gen
eral William McRae, superintendent, and
Colonel W. E. Morrill, treasurer. The old
executive committee are appointed.
We hear it rumored that some of the
le-vsees have sold their interest in the line.
It is reported that Mr. Nutting, and Colonel
John T. Grant have sold their shares,but we
could get no definite information on the sub
ject. We asked several of the shareholders
about it, but they seemed not to know much
ubout it. We give the news itr what it is
worth.
Colonel Nutting failed to attend on the
5th insL, and we believe it is the first an
nual meeting lie has missed since the lease
was made.
The lessees of the Western and Atlantic
railroad are emphatically a close corpora
tion. and when a newspaper man gets any
new* out of them it is just such as they are
willing to let you have.
The election of the old officers unani
mously. shows the utmost confidence of the
shareholders in their officers. We don’t
think tlieir interests could be in safer
hands.
RABUN GAP ROUTE.
When a few months since a newspaper
an announced that Atlanta was seventy
me miles further west than Detroit, Michi
gan, many people consulted their maps be
fore they would believe it. Yet it is true
If von ask a citizen of Atlanta what direc
lion Knoxville is from Atlanta, nitie out of
ten would say it was northwest,
rectly northeast, and as the crow flies is
only one hundred and fifty miles. We
reach Knoxville now by going two hundred
ami twelve mile* over two good railroads.
The recent railroad stir has brought to
the surface another route from Atlanta to
Kuoxviiie via Rabun Gap.tliat will be only
about fifteen miles further than the pres-
Nome Matrimonial Escapi
!, .Vv * ln -
' A "MELANCHOLY FATHER.
From the Gainesville Southron.
Lowmavsatlle, IIall Co.. Ga., January
27,1880.—Editor Southron: Married, on
the 24th instant, in the woods between Air-
Line church and the silver mine, between
the hours of 9 and 10 p.m.*. by the Rev. Mr.
Duncan, Xenr Coffee and Mi** H*deu Louisa
Austin, stolen daughter of 8. H. Austin,
merchant. Sulphur springs station. This
is the second or third occurrence of this
kind in this region of late. I think it
high time that coiumunitie* put a stop to
suchshamefuf “ J ” ' ’ * *
Bat it
is im r „
alone, and ap c
the entire care of since the death oi her
mother, in 1S55. She has had advantage*
that not one in a thousand has bad in this
region, and was my only hope and reliance
on this earth. But she is now the same as
dead to me and will be while I live—had a
good home and kindly treated. Editor,
please make your comments in editorial on
suclu trfpsactldpa. A once happy'home
the house of death to xue. S. It. Austin.
FORCING AU AT TUB BRIDE.
Meriwether Vindicator.
Late last Tuesday evening Mr. Thomas B.
Wheeless, living near Greenville, came to
the residence of Judge A. J. Hinton, our
ordinary, and asked for a marriage license
for himself and Miss Wamble. In reply to
the questions of the ordinary, Mr. Whee
less stated that the lady was a resident of
Meriwether, and over IS years of age. Ob
taining the license, Mr. Wheeless returned
to the residence of J. W. Florence, where
lie had left Mis* Wamble, and I>r. Floyd
being present, the marriage ceremony was
performed and Mr. Wheeless and the* lady
were legally made man and wife. Soon
after the marriage the husband escorted his
bride to the resilience of his father. Wednes
day morning Mr. Thomas Wheeless, the
newly-made husband appeared in Green
ville and reported that about daylight seven
armed men, three of whom were the broth
ers of the bride, rode up to the residence of
his father, and with threats of violence to
liiiuself, forcibly carried away his wife,
she with tears and screams protest
ing against her abduction. No time was
allowed the unfortunate lady to complete
her toilet and without bonnet and shoes
she was hurried into a buggy and driven
rapidly away. Such is the story as related
by Mr, Wlieless, who came to town Wednes
day morning to seek legal retire**. It is
proper to state that the lady was a resident
of Upson, her father being one of the most
prominent citizens of that county.
A TOUCH OF ROMANCE.
Si»arta Times and Planter.
Two brothers of Warren county were mar
ried on the 27th ult., in n*niatiner tinged
with romance, and as one of them took off
one of Hancock’s most beautiful ami
complished young ladies, the particulars
may not be uninteresting. Mr. W.D.Howell,
son of Mr. D. IL Howell, of Warren county,
arrived from Camden, Miss., recently,
and on the day named was married to Miss
Rosa L., daughter of Dr. J. T. Andrews, at
the Baptist church in Powelton. Mr. Fla
vius L. Howell, a brother, it seems, was in a
marrying humor also; although his imme
diate intentions were known to but few,
even of his most intimate friends. On the
day ofihis brother’s wedding, he started os
tensibly to attend it; but switched off to
Thomson, where he took the railroad
after a vain effort to procure license
there. lie then proceeded by railroad with
his affianced. Miss Valley DeBorgaine, a
lovely Warren young lady, to Hamburg,
8 C., where they were united in the holy
bomls. At mi lnight the same night lie re
turned to his father’s house, bringing his
bride home in triumph. The "runaway”
The Proceedings of tbe Late Caucus as Narrated by
Mr. Siephsni—Ih# Charge Against Gen
eral Gordon and Heir Ha Kat it—
Some Opinions of thePrcsii
Palm. The family followed in «UTiage$
and soon the little party gathered In thb
small reception room adjoining the fur
nace. It was very cold outside and
the wind whistled drearily around
the building and blew the loose
snow against the window panes- John Dye
(there ia fitness in names sometimes that
cannot be explained), the queer, sour look
ing man who built tbe crematory and has
had charge *of it whenever it was iu use,
had the furnace filled with coke and the re
tort was brilliantly white with beat. Dye
said it wan jnst right. "It was not hot
enough.” he Coc*?1t wlded, as though speak^
ingot roasting chestnuts, “when De Palm
was burned and was too hot when Mr%
Pittman come here, but it is all right row.*?
Tbe coffin was opened and the body iai<J
opon the iron framework of the catafalque,
It was theg-wrapped in a linen sheet drip*
ping wlih nltim water. The figure of the
young lady Wit!»*ad!r wasted by di*ease,aml
. . _ „ - .. »t looked very slender Indeed in its moist
strumentality, 1 do not know, but leave it I drapery. The Rev. Mr. Vettcrling took a
to the inference of an intelligent public, [ small shovelfull of ashes front the firc'placA
when I state that as 1 understood it, the I and read a few words about the severanceojf
meeting to which I was invited of the tl)t spiritual, and earthly body. Then he
democratic members of the senate commit- I sprinkled tbe ashes on the body. The iron
tee on census, wa* to be strictly I frame was then lifted by the attendants and
private, aud when 1 further state no | shoved t A to the long and narrow vault of
persons were present except four mem- the retort. The door was poshed into a rim
Washington, February 7.—Mr. Wn». H.
Moore, Evening News, Angnsto. Ga.: Dear
Sir—My attention wo* called thisvnorning,
by a friend, to tbe following dispatch from
this city to the Ilslrim^re Hum which ap
pears in its issue of to day, I wish yup
would do me the fiVor to publish it entire,
with the comments 1 shall make opon It.
The substance of this dispatch, 1 under
stand. has been telegraphed all over the
country, by whom, or through whose in-
ent route, and this line is becoming active,
and has more life in it than we had any
idea of.
erday we met in the city Mr. Robert
THE TALLY-SHEET
FOR THE STRUGGLE OF 1880.
The Bofitfal Claim* of the Republicans aiiCom-
pared With the Actual Results of the
Latfe BUotions—The Rotten Party
Proven-.in 4he Minority.
TUB PRESIDENTIAL OUDLOOEl
The New York 8un of the ICtli instant
publiobOR’- anartiito which ‘ft both timely
and valuable, and worthy the consideration
of every ififcn in the country who is dis
gusted with the rottenness and corruption
of republican rule, and who is desirous oi
seeing a change in the administration of na
tional affairs. The emptiness of the so-
called victories of last fall, over which the
republicans shouted themselves hoarse, and
claimed the presidency as a foregone conclu
sion, is clearly shown by an interesting ta
ble of figures. The peoplo did not in any
sense, by their votes in the elections in
1S7P, express confidence in the republicans.
The Bun says: If they (the republicans)
will study the condensed..returns given
below, they may learn the exact condi
tion of the republican party, and
learn it. perhaps, with some surprise, after
all the boasting so freely indulged in, when
Gordon and Hill, and Mr. Hammofld and and’ttai incineration began«
myself of the house. 1 lma not myself 1 about a second there
mentioned anything that occurred ih the I ajmust imperceptible
committee to anybody outside the circle of burnt c* * ... »
those who were present, ami had no idek I could *
that any of those i«rtiee present would act | small hole in tbe door of in* * •»»* i llran _ in the v -two States wliich'u-ill
differently under the circumstances, | theoutUneoi thssh«, shrink jlghtly am} ]&SI
» »■ , 7 _.T.;. .;| an me ooasung so ireeiy inuuigea in, vnen
no sni^U whatever and faction Rave them an empty tri-
■SrfejSfUB £2& £5 io'il 1 ustrate 6 on'ly^the's t rength e 'repub^
■ |gaga?
[Here follows the dispatch to the Baltimore 8ui I movable. I looked in el* times within the I j|.-^ associates, the republicans conccdo
l nexthoura, butoouldseenoI ^he•olidro^^U> , thehT^mommta. C °lbeir
aware of at ilie meeting of the committee j win not w°ei S h more than four or five and a 25,*^ aSdu!7s »cum themaiOTit^n nuim
waich appeared J
day morulug.]
On this I make two comments:
There was no excitement that
1 wot)
with the parties referred to, on the parted I half pounds.
* ~ ' ‘‘ pep*
soutli, and thus secure the majority in num-
any one hut General Gordon, tfan'y per-1 ^fhefamdv of Sliss Uartman leftthc ere-1 Kgurc'' must atS nUentmuf"
whatever was looking for a “lively ses- matory and returned home at 3 o clock, and * I* 1K -o
I was not aware Sf it. I certiiuly Ion Monday or Tuesday the ashes of the dead I <-a..1!W.ma, -ox mtsor.-lsja.
had never heard of any attempt on the part girl will be sent to them In a small tin box. Re P® b l!j? 11 * workingmen,
of General Gordon to disprove any state- [ The entire cost oHlie cremation will not be ] Re j mbllcan pi wra jity, 20,40s.
nient recently made iu reflation to the fall- I over $35. Mr. Hartman was very much
ure at the last congress of the appronria-j please** with the result thus far, and sajTs
lion for the Savannah river above I hi* own body aball be similarly disposed of.
Augusta. This dispatch contains the Mr. Harding, son-in-law of Dr. Le Moyne,
first intimation that I have received that and one of the trustees of tbe crematory,
General Gordon intended to get or bring says he has over one hundred applications
forward any such proof. I was, therefore, J from persons now liviug for the use of the j Republican,
t at all rutiled in temper on this account, j crematory, and he added that a large mini- I armt.t
implied in the dispatch. When I see ber of the applicants were residents of New
such proof you may hear from me again I York and vicinity.
I was seldom iu a more placid niood of J •— w —
mind than I was on entering the room, in CftlMB AND CASUALTY.
compliance with the request of the com-1 ,
mittee, to give them my views of the mer- Londonderry, N. H., February 10.—A
iu of the controversy on tbe confirmation tra gedy was enacted near this place
of Mr. Simmons This I intended to do. tertlaN% in which Mrs. Sarah, aged 33,
and did do. without any personal feeling 0 fg y. Dillingham; a respectable
on the subject. farmer, was tbe victim, and a nephew of I I»env*cmtic plurality. i::,7r,'..
2. During the whole meeting, which ] husband Frank Dillingham, aged 20,1 Itepublkaui minority on combined vote, *3,181.
lasted over two hours. I witnessed no ex-1 was the criminal. Frank went to live with iowa, *hjvernor—1879.
citemcnt or ill temper on the part of any unc ] e April, and yesterday Mr. Dil- Republican. Democrat. Greenback. Prohibition,
one, except Gordon. Alter stating very Hu-bam w «nt to Manchester, leaving his I
clearly anU brietiy my views upon the ob- , 1( ,phewat work near tbe bouse. During Bepnbllean majority over all, -W7S.
jections to the conbrmation of Mr. Sim- t hi afternoon William Wallace, a brother Kassas, oovKaxoit-ls.s.
1110ns, General GoMon replied in a manner I 0 f jj re Dillingham called to ace his sister I Republican. Democrat. Greenbnck.
and tone which exhibited unite us inucb ill am i found the door locked and curtains
temper as bad manners. In my reply to (lrawn dowI1 . Supposing her to be nslcep.
him. winch was not at all In the tone nnd he ret „n>ed home. Soon after Frank
matnmr exhibtted by him, bat without the | ral i ed at , ha oonnttyl store of David Burns, Kepnbltaan.
IV 11 1 I
44,620
Republican minority on combined vote, 24,212.
COLORADO, JUDGE SUPREME COURT—1879.
Republican. Democrat. Greentmck.
16.1L-1 12,702 1,246.
Republican majority over both, 2,972.
CONNECTICUT, GOVERNOR—1878.
Democrat. G reen bock.
48,867 46,385 8,314.
Republican plurality, 2,482.
Republican minority on combined vote, 5,832.
ILLINOIS, TIIEASCREK—1878.
Republican. Democrat. Greenback.
215,2*3 169,965 65,672.
Republican plurality, 45,818.
Republican minority on combined vote, 20,855.
INDIANA, SECRETARY OF STATU—1878.
Republican. Democrat. Grecnlumk.
7,208
7,057
Republican majority over both, 9,755.
MAINE, GOVERNOR—1879.
Democrat Greenback.
21,668 47,.590
Republican plurality, 21,176.
Republican minority on combined vote, 492.
MASSACHUSETTS. GOVERNOR—1879.
um)wmvm. wv. "v. | jjiq. "i nave snot auih oantu. w "^ i BannhiiPtn Ind Democrat. Prohibition,
is not correct. In one of his interruptions I immediately taken into custody by persons 122,751 109.149 9,989 1,615
ne said, in a blustering manner, that he J j n ubout the store who took him to Republican majorit
least personal feeling, he interrupted me in ouly about tor ,» (rom t | lc place of the
the course of my remarks by some matters tra i edy nnd cJned for Frank Burns. vH.
which led to the altercatiou stated in the camQ the door and young Dillinghab
dispatch. Thus, as set forth in the dispatch. nid . -i |, a ve shot Aunt Sarah." He wis
2s,mi
Republican majority. 6,589.
NEVADA, GOVERNOR—1878
was very nicely conceived and executed—
ali being over before the young lady’s
parents knew anything of the young folks
plans. These young gentlemen arc both
said to be promising young men: and the
only reason for the latter's running away
with liis bride was her extreme youth; her
parents objected on this account. Mr. W.
1). Howell will soon return to his Missis
sippi home with his lovely bride.
GEORGIA CURIOSITIES.
Remarkable People nnd n Remarka
ble Invention.
\ Mfl gI V OLD LADY.
Cedartown Advertiser.
There is an old lady now living in Cedar-
town whose vitality, at her age, is some
thing remarkable. She is seventy-one years
old, and only a few days ago took up her
knitting, started at nine o’clock in the
morning and walked to her daughter’s, eight
miles in tbe country, with whom she took
dinner, and chatting an hour so. returned
and about the store who took hint to Republican majority over all, 1.9C8.
.. . . , . , . - , .,.Uuigham’s house. Upon entering a fear- Michigan, supreme judge—1879.
him, which I deem it unnecessary Here to spectacle met their gaze. Mrs. Billing- Republican. Democrat and Greenback,
repeat. I replied, in the most courteous hara was lyinR on t |, c floor j n the front 182,313 120,270
and good-humored manner: room on her back with several garments Republican majority, 6.M3.
"General, I have heard that you w t °re I thrown over her head and body. Upon ex- I Minnesota, governor—1879.
favoring the nomination of Major Smyth. animation tflev found a rope drawn tightly Republican. Democrat. Greenb’k. Prohlbi’n.
This was only intended as an offset jo around , be neck; her clothing was disar- *57,471 42.444 4,ow 2.W
what he said he had heard. I ran(red and her fare pwrple from the severe Republican mijorliy over tdl. -s.cj..
It was then he arose with a good deal of 0 to£i nK produced by the rope. xaniism, cosoitR»-187S.
excitement and demanded the name of my X bifllet wound was discovered at ®cP“ l '' l “ n -
informant. . the base of tho skull, the bullet having pas-
I replied that this is not the occasion or ^ through the brain. Phv.-icians were
time to answer that question; we can talk summoned, who pronounced the case fatal, Kc p Ub iicanr ' Dcrancmt.
over these matters elsewhere. . I and death momentarily expected. Frank K p », 0 78
General Gordon replied: * No; it is best 8A y a was cleanings revolver, which was Republican majorit)’, 527.
to settle it right here where the statement I accidentally discharged, but he does not at-1 sew Hampshire, governor—1878.
n..Ha I tempt to account for the rope around his I Republican. * Democrat. Greenback.
KESII a ?? 1 ’ 8 ne( ** °. T f .°r lhc disordered condition | m|ljority :; ‘;}J , b(>Uli ^ 0,507
nr lxn NEW JERSEY, ASSEMBLY—1879.
in this matter, and I replied by staring ^,00^ himself with the same revolver, but Republican. Democrat. Greenback,
what I had heard about you.” I considered throuch lack of courage or some 79,190 80,557 2,558
this barely as an offset to what he had sajld, JX? though an ugly ..Democratic plurality, 1,367.
without intending anything discourteous I hul?et hole was made® in his fore-1 V
««* *«» .J Js 4 g& £& -lya- &
citement. Then l pronounce it an infa-1 ^ a comely, modest appearing young wo* I Republican plurality, 42,777.
mo ns, infernal falsehood, from whoever it I man very highly resiiected. Tne conclu- | Republican minority against both Democrats,
“Stir'’" 1,01,1 • VOUPCr3 ° n,llly r n ““ family be 3 ‘&bUam minority on total vote, 57,502.
responsible lor n.. tunate woman was ravished; either belore j
To thus I replied in the same manner and or afler the shooting and choking, and that I OH, °* «o>«nNOR-l84 j.
is made. 1
1 said, "This is not the place
tone I had observed through the whole dis- her assailant then Seeing the fearful Critiie RepuWlcan. •*“«*»*- 0rc ™£* ck - r «*iMUou.
cussion, “Geucral. I hold my-self respunst- I he had committed hastily fastened t lie door, I aKltam majority overalla.912.
hie to jott for the truth of what I have hs-1 pu ded down the curtains, aud retired to I
serted—that is, what I have heard of vour [ he fore3t the rcar of the house with
position in this matter, hut this is no time the ilue ntion of ending his miserable exist-
or place to bandy words about it. We con cnce- H is wound ia not thought to be fatal Dcmoc-nUc
settle this elsewhere.” I then went on | j Republican
Battle Creek, Mick., February 0.—Sev- I
Republican majority over all, 3,912.
OREGON, CONGRESS—1878.
Democrat. Grcenl*ack.
16,744 1,18*
Democratic majority over both, 967.
. Republican minority on combined vote, 3,335.
with my address to the committee without Battle Cbeek, Mich., February t).—Sev- PENNSYLVANIA, TREASURER—1879.
further interruption, and cone.tided in J cra j ago a young man, JohnNevins, a I Republican. Democrat. Grcctibnck. Prohibitin'
urging that the objectionable words »n butc { ier b y trade, was married in this city 280,153 221,715 27,207 3,219
Mr. Simmons* letter of applica-I (Q a RexfonL They lived here for I Republican majority overall, 21,012.
■' some ; inl e t and a few years ago moved into I wiode islaxh, c
The Eflect of the Kstenalon.
Tiie first effect of the lease will be, we
{ presume, the extension of the Macon aud
case l will
ed I
giv« you the true facts oi s ute positively that they intend to carry
the first place the little negro I olU lue provision* of the law: and those
was not raised by widow lady, the nejtro who ought to understand their purpose say
never lived with tne widow lady but three J it is their design toget to Atlanta ns
days in her life she was in ray |r»-ession ouick as possible and so complete their
and had been for eight months where she j ^jnnection ;o the ocean. It is impossible
had been left by the father of the little ne- I lo determine wiiat route this extension
gro and when she left my house she was , ^ niaae on. The choice of Colonel
regarded him. and did noichange niy.mind l persnated away in my opinion by the | Hazlehurst, as we have already shown, is
outlie way to Montgomery. And at that widow iady. and in the second place. They | t j, c ridge route, which would carry it
time 1 was not aware that ne did not desre 1 saw at once that thire proceedings were il- jdong by Mon*;ceilo. and allow it to strike
to be president and wished to be com-| legal they then withdrew the kidnapping Georgia road at about Social Circle or
mandei-in-chief of the armies, etc., etc. No ( jvirt and in ray honest opinion hr a |M»ct j Covington. The question of the route will
communication having fussed between us | court the little negro was token out of ray be left, however, to the determination of
aince 1 left Washington in the summer of possession and placed under the charge of
19GU. 1 learned these facts after we reached j the widow lady, yours Re*p, J. \V, Deu-
Montgomery. berry.
Geontia waa a great aute—great in num- ' •"
ban, comparatively great iu wealth, and I Tto< ‘ kontflens Cultivator,
great in the intellectual gifts and experi l Charleston Southern Cftristian Advocate.
ol many of her sons, l onspicuou.s | That old staodard authority ou agricul-
“ :or, has
Athens
among them were Stephens. Toombs and i tural topics, the Southern Cultivator, i
Cobb. In view of thase tacts, it was thought j changed its publication base from Ath<
by all of us expedient—nav more—posi- ' Atlanta, but its asricultural column* *
accurate and careful surveys which will be
made at once.
Beyond the extension from Macon to At
lanta. it i* said that there will probably be
a road built from Atlanta oat to tiie Selma,
Rome and Dalton road, or probably to
Rome. The object of this extension
What the Virginia Remljasters Pro,
pose to do.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Richmond. February 0.—The dominant
party of the ceneral assembly, known local
ly a* the read)listers, agreed upon in caucus
and tivdav presented to the senase a bill to
"re-establish the public credit.’’ It reduces
the principal of that debt by elimination of
the heretofore funded war.’ reconstruction
d compound interest debts $."2,000,000
$19,065,000 and rate of interest
three per ceut, and forbids collectors of
revenue receiving tax receivable coupons
cut either from the consols or 10-40s. and
provides that o:ie-third of the net revenue
of the state shall be paid into tbe treasury
to the credit of the public debt as re-estab
lished. The coupons from the new bonds
are not to be receivable for taxes nor ex
empt from taxation. A loan of one mil
lion dollars is authorized. Certificates is
sued thereunder are to be sold
to the tax-payer at 5 cents
on the dollar and to be received in payment
of taxes. This feature is intended to coerce
consol holders who sell thetr tax receiva
ble coupons for a much higher figure. No
writ is to be issued by any state court com
pelling tax collectors to receive tax receiv
able coupons. The act is to be submitted
to the people for ratification in November.
N. Hood, of Maryville, Tennessee, who
president of the Knoxville and Augusta
road, at present running from Knoxville to
Maryville, a distance of sixteen miles. Mr.
Hood is in the city to confer especially with
the Air-Line authorities about reaching
their line near Mt Airy or Toccoa City.
He will go from here to Augusta, and from
thence to Charleston, to coufer with parties
who arc anxious to reach tbe west by his
route.
Wo learned from Mr. Hood that he can
finish his road to the Tennessee line, which
is only thirty-eight miles from Maryville,
and t‘*at it wiil be done just as soon as he
can arrange to get the road built through
North Carolina. The road leaves Maryville
and after crossing the Tennessee line strike*
the Little Tennessee river, ami runs up this
valley through North Carolina to Rabun
Gap, a distance of only seventy miles.
From there to the Air-Line is only thirty-
six miles.
The state of North Carolina lias by its
legislature given to the line a certain num
ber of convicts to build the road, and are
willing to increase the number, and a com
pany is now being organized to push this
line through.
Tbe people of South Carolina, and esi>eci-
ally Charleston, have been exceedingly ac
tive lately on the extension of the Blue
Ridge road. This is an unfinished road that
connects with the Greenville and Columbia
rood at Anderson, and is built from there to
Walhalla, South Carolina, crossing the Air-
Line at Seneca. It is the purple, as we
understand it, to push this extension
through to Rabun Gap, but to do so three
tunnels will have to be built between Wal
halla and Clayton, a distance of not more
than twenty’miles. It is time that the
work on two of the tunnels is con
siderably advanced, but we learn front
good railroad authority that xt will
take as much to build the road from Wal
halla to Clayton as it will to build it Irom
Clayton to Maryville, Tenn. The Charles
ton people however have an easy way out of
this difficulty. They can either use the
Sparianburgand Asheville and connect with
Knoxville by Wolf creek, or they can come
down the Air-Line from Seneca City to
Mt. Airy or Toccoa, and then join with Mr.
Hood and the North Carolii.a company to
build the new route to Maryville. This is
the object of Mr. Hood’s visit to Georgia
and South Carolina.
Cuthbert Appeal.
Mr. William Linier, who lives two miles
from Hatcher’s station, is eighty-two years
old, and his wife is seventy-six. They have
raised seven children, four boys and three
girls. There are twenty-one grand ami
great-grandchildren, and what is so remark
able about the family is, there never has oc
curred a death'In any of the families. The
old man is active and stout, can walk, plow
and reads without glasses. Mr. Lanier and
his wife have been consistent and orderly
members of the Baptist church for the last
fifty years. Their children and grandchil
dren, as soon as they are of sufficient age,
attach themselves to the church. Truly an
honored and Christian family.
5,bU6
Uiniier, s»u uiuuiiug *»u huui w, inuiuuu t |on a b? u ^ cornipt 8ecess 0 tr re | WU1C Uiue, MIU a ivw Jt»ta M.W.V-|
home iu the afternoon and cooked supper 5 v, f as . not intended by him to apply to scces-1 t j ie nor ih woods, where Kevins found cm- Republican,
for four persons. Now, if anybody knows riomsts generally, but to those who had j j,i 0 y nien t as fireman on an engine on the I
o 1,1 lady who can beat this let them trot denounced and cursed him for giving Hayes and Osceola railroad.on a train which Bepublican majority over both. 3,s*t.
and \\ heeler tickets to colored voters at the I conveyed logs out of the woods to the main I Vermont, governor—1878.
last election, and that no such insult to the I j rac |^ His wife’s two brother.-, William I Republican. Democrat. Greenback,
southern people generally was intended, ns aiM | Frank Ilexford, were employed as gang 37,812 17,247 2,635
has been argued by Gen. Gordon. Upon all I h an fl s on the train. On November 6, 1879, I Republican majority over both, 17,430.
other matters pertaining to the discussion I at night, the engine on which Nevins was I Wisconsin, governor—1879.
referred to I forbear saying anything at Hi-eman was thrown from tho track, and Repnb i lcaIU Democrat. Greenback,
present. Respectfully, Nevins and two other men scalded to I 110,535 75,030 12,996
Alexander H. 8tephf.ns. I (j en th. Investigation showed that some per- Republican majority over both, 12,509.
GENERAL GORDON’S REPLY TO MR. STEPHENS. I SOU hf d pU»-posely fastened logs crosswise I RECAPITULATION
United States Senate Chamber, Wash- on the tra: with 1 he evident intention of ^Iepubucan,
isoton, February’7.—Editors Chronicle and I destroying ihe engine and its dm ere. 'Vbo j Minority. Majority.
Constitutionalist: I have this morning re- l had done It was a rettery. Nevins was I ntM|[|twit 21,212
ceived your paper of the 3d inst., contain- well l.ked, and liad no enemies in wrap. r lorado
ing the somewhat remarkable letters of I The wife appeared to be heart broken> at the I 3rtunecU 2Jf| [ ....’3.^*."’.*.*.... 5,832
vour correspondent and the Hon. A. H. I loss of her husband, whose body wto I mj no ta 2n,:i55
Stephens. 1 note also the editorial stigges- 1 brought to this city, and the funeral held I Indiana 53,l»l
tion that ”ou "would like to hear from | at lire father's house, who is a respectable I Mwo.--—— —
General Gordon” touching the subject mat- merchant of this city. After the funeral Kansas..—........
ter of the last named letter. I shall dis-1 the wife returned to Evart and again re-1 ^ awi)M jjinritn‘
miss Mr. Randall with two remarks: I sumed the life she had led. I Michigan.*.
First. That the character of his let- . A reward was offered for the anprehen- Minncrota
ter, as well as the manner and personnel | sion and conviction of the wretches who I NebrwJt
of the conference over it, were re- had thrown the irain from the track, but I iiwYnraKire ■'
ported to -»* :*• »-f. t:- « j- l M/utiU v.«vwo.1 anil nnthinir was discovered. I ** um**!""**’ —<
HIDDEN TREASURES.
Cortersvillc Express.
On Monday morning January 19th, last,
a stranger neatly dressed got off the cars at
Cass station, left a trunk at the depot with
a request tbnt it be kept there until he
called for it. and then went off from the
station, saying he was going towards Cass-
ville. On the next Thursday morning, Mr.
Teat, a shoemaker of Cassville, went out
into an old field half a mile back of Mr.
Pence’s house, at Cassville, and
found a hole four feet deep and
three feet square, apparently re
cently dug. The hole was near two trees
which were blazed probably years ago, ami
a tall pine tree standing alone. Somewhat
startled by this strange sight, Mr.Teat went
back to Cassville and xold some people
about it. but they seemed to attach no im
portance to the tale. On Sunday afterwards,
Mr. Teat, accompanied by his brother and
another gentleman, went over to that quiet,
secluded, loneiy spot to examine the strange
excavation. What was their consternation to
find the hole eight feet deep, and away down
at the bottom the print of a pot! At the
side of the hole, lying on the fresh dirt,
were a mattock and spade. The mattock
belonged to Mr. Pence*and had been missed
by him a few days previous. Looking
around to find some cue to thi9 startling
revelation, ihey discovered the tract of a
man leading from the hole toward Cass
station. Uf»on inquiry it was learned that
this same strange man had gone back to
Cass station tbe day before, called for his
trunk and left.
HE WILL RUN,
be to give the East Tennessee aud Virginia
system and Memphis and Charleston sys-
. ...... tern of roads which belong to the friends of
lively right and just, that Georgia should \ »till be presided over by Dr. Wni. L Jones. ; this new lease, a connection with the line
have a corresponding weight in the conn- | one of the most cultivated, experimental j through Georgia to the sea. The same
eels and conduct of the new government, j and practical agriculturists of the country. S parties. or parties friendly to
Mr. shepben* was al*> a man of conceded i The January number is full of interesting them, that own these systems of roads own
ability, of high character, conservative, de- ; matter, fit food for thought. The inquiry ; the Selma. Koofcand Dalton road. A short
voted to the rights of the states, and known ; department is unusually full and instruc- I line, therefore, connecting the Macon and
to be a power in his own state; hence all five. Atlanta is a go-anead city, and we j Brunswick Atlanta extension with the S?l- iaif , ,
eyre turned to him toRjli the second place, trust the removal 01 the Southern Cultira- , uia. Rome and Dalton road, would give a tom£ both horses killed and two houses "Will the Air-Ltne co-operate with this
Howell Cobb became president 01 the tor may increase ito circulation, and add to Messrs Wilson. McGhee, and their friends, j au j a barn beside the road coaudetely sua:- ' new road?” we asked Colonel Foreacre,
convention, and General loom be secretory . the prosperity of the state. The persistent a line from Bristol, Tenn., to the ocean at j teredand demolished. * * 1 He said there would be no trouble about
of slate. These two gifted Georgians were efforts at the session of the late legislature Bruuswick. This rood would be only 50 to —— that. That every facility would be given
called to there respective positions because to abolish the state board of agriculture j miles in length, and would cost, wean- A False Knmor. them to bring freight to Atlanta and with-
of their experience, ability, aud ardent affords the strongest evidence of the ueces- ; demand, less than #1.009.009 It is claimed. J New York, February 9 —superintendent out breaking bulk.
patriotism. sity of enlightenment. Terms. $1 50 in ad- r to be sure, that these gentlemen are deter- : of police says positively there is no truth J Colonel Foreacre showed us by his maps
General Tuotubo, also, has fallen into J vance; Constitution Publishing Co., At-1 mined to get an independent line into At- j in the rumor that a clue has been disco v- that the route from Maryville ’to Rabum
Bradford, Pa., February 9.—A two harse
sleigh in which two men named Hackett
and Feney were! conveying one hundred
pounds of nitro glycerine to Coleville.capsiz-
edfour miles from Bradford to-day. and the
nitro glycerine exploded. Hackett was in
stantly‘killed and Feney seriously, if not
fatally injured. The sleigh was blown to
HOW ARE W E TO BE BEXEUTTED?
As soon as we found out from Mr. Hood
that he had cood prospects before him to
get through North Carolina to tbe tip end
of northeast Georgia, we at once b?gan to
consider what Atlanta’s interest was
in this route. We called to
«ee Colonel Foreacre, who we
knew must be posted about this route, and
sure enough, we found him well posted ou
all the points connected with it. In fact,
be reached over to a bundle of maps on his
table and laid before us a map that made it
os plain as the nose on a man’s face. We
put the question directly to Colonel F. about
Atlanta’s interest in the road.
He replied that it was just as important
• Atlanta as the Georgia Western. "You
see,’ said he, "with this road built to Knox
ville we have a competing line to the Carv
ville coal mines, with not more than twenty
miles longer haul. With this read com
pleted. and grain elevators at Knoxville to
take the immense amount of grain, stock,
eta, that comes down the Tennessee, Hol-
ston aud French Broad rivers, we can de
liver it to our merchants here as cheap as
any route con.’*
3,912
ir lie Can Get It In toe Usual Way
New York, February 9.—The following,
relative to Grant's position, wiil appear edi
torially in to-morrow’s Times. A near,
personal, and political friend of ex-Presi-
deat Grant, who doubtless knows whereof
he speaks, authorizes the following
correct statement of the general’s position
with reference to the presidency: He says:
The general is not now, nor hat he
ever been, a candidate for the presi
dential nomination; but should the
republican national convention nominate
him in the same manner as any other candi
date would be nominated, he would feel it
his duty to the country and party to accept.
Travelling abroad he was a stranger to
the contest now going on for the presiden
tial nomination, and has written no letters
on the subject to any person, and asser
tions to the contrary are without founda
tion in fact.”
FOR THE LADIES.
• rror iu staiiug that "Mr. Khett held the j .auto, Ga.
j lanto. A geallexuau quotes Mr. Wilson as J ered in the Charlie Ross
Sti ffed birds hare appeared as hair o
menu.
Long black kid gloves are worn with bracelets
of yellow rosebuds.
Three million fworkinc women in America
are Gependent upon their own exertion* for a
living.
I Ladies now clothe their pretty feet to match
their costumes by covering their old cloth shoes
with scraps of the dress material.
Fashion can almost completely turn a woman's
head, she will twi«t it nearly off to look at the
rest, the comparative quiet of t.ent. daring which
I Gap would run through immense beds of
v uTtr it, —vie 1 v 1 , . ,1 v<*4l- iiiinir»'-hi
w . after it left his hands, months pusedand nothing was discovered J l erae »™_
Second. That he has, intentionally or unin- and the affair had been forgotten by the I >j cw \ork
tentionally, so suppressed sotuu facts, and 1 cold and heartless world. ..
so misunderstood others, as to give an en-1 The announcement to-day that the wife I
tirely erroneous impression of the matter (now widow) had been arrested, together j {lh l s i>i«nd ""—
about which he writes. with her two brother, Frank and Will
In reference to the imputation of Mr. I Rexford, for the murder of her siusbana, J Wisconsin..
Stephens that I had refused or neglected to I bas caused a great deal of excitement m I
labor for an appropriation for the Savannah I tbi® clt y, where they were well knowii and I *
river above Augusta, it is enough to say I lived from childhood. I It thus appears that the republicans have
that be is entirely mistaken. Had he in-1 It appears that Pinkerton, of Chicago, I a majority in but fourteen states, and
quired of me or of any member of the sen- I sent two of his best det«:tives there, who J ^ they are in a decided minority in most
ate committee on commerce, or of the j disguiaed themselves and went to work in I 0 f the other eight. In New York the corn-
senators from South Carolina, with whom I the gang with the rest of the laborers. By pined Robinson and Kelly vote is greater by
conferred in the interest of this appropria- being in the brothers’ society and going to xo.000 than that of Cornell, with the grecn-
tion, he would have learned that it was daucea and other entertainments with the 1 feckem and prohibitionIsta superadded. li
st ricken out of the river and harbor bill, gay widow, they soon worked Uiemselyes I Unois and Indiana and California do not
with many others for new internal improve- Into her confidence, and found out the I 0 xf 6r them much comfort, and all the talk
ments, by a majority vote of the commit- names of her gentlemen correspondents, i a bo U t the Pacific states being republican ia
tec, in spite of mv earnest efforts to prevent They intercepted her letters to her brother I pure assumption. If the opposition ele-
such action. I have no comment to make and from them gained the clew to the rnents unite in California, they will grind
the taste of Mr. Stephens in publicly 1 whole transaction. It appears that the wife I j nto powder corporate combinations and
charging a senator from tils own state with I and brothers murdered him intentionally I corporation candidates,
dereliction of an important public duty, I to obtain what money would be giver, by I xbe .Sun further says that the voice of
without having made one inquiry of that sympathizing workmen, and a lifeinsur- I the people calls for the nomination by the
senator, in order to as-^rtain tne truth. I ance. Of course they all three pleaded not 1 democratic party of a sound union * man
J. B. Gordon. guilty, and the case bas been adjourned. I j g honest and capable, who means to
I ——— I reform abuses and to enforce retrenchment.
STRANGE WHIM OF A SCHOOLGIRL. | The Weakness of Grant* I Such a candidate will be elected by rousing
E. V. Smalley in tbe New York Tribune. I majorities every where, just us the reformers
A Beautiful Yoaoc Lady CrematM. I Aftettbi* there can be no more talk about Gen-1 elected General Harrison forty years ago.
Washington. Pa., February 9.—The body end Grant’* overwhelming popularity. In the upon a mere suspicion of extravagance and
of Mto SSlie Hartman, of PUtabu-g, wa, STS'T.!'’ in t , b ?, wh '“ hou *- Tbe artlC,e< ”"'
cremated to-day in Dr. LeMoyne’screma- SSSVS.alftf l JIr!cS£ ollows:
tory, in this place. The funeral services eron’s machine. And It is Mr. Cameron who has Tbe independent \otcre, who btand 1oc
were held at the residence of Mr. Hartman | mode thU fact conspicuoit* to | tween the party cxtremes and hold the bai-
yesterday afternoon. The fact thit tl *’
mains of the pretty young school girl
to be disposed of in an unusual way and
the novelty of the raauner in which the fu
neral was conducted attracted a very large
number of persons to the house, where
they were courteously treated, although
Mr.’Hartman did not desire bo much pub
licity. He is an ardent follower of Sweden
borg, however, and he submitted to the
presence of the curious in order to give
them an opportunity of witnessing the last
ceremonies of his creed.
The body of Miss Hartman was so ar
ranged as to simulate life with startling!
fidelity. She lay on her side on a sofa, with
her head resting on a pillow*. A gayly-
colored afgban was thrown over the lower
Dart of the body and the fingers of the left
hand rested on its edge as though It had
been drawn up by the sleeper. In the hand
were two loose rosebuds. A light-blue
worsted shawl was placed with studied
carelessness behind the body and formed a
background for the silent figure in its pure
white dress of soft, fleecy material. The
hsur was unfastened and a stray lock lay
half across the lips. The features were
calm and only slightly discolored. The
big blue eyes were covered by the pallid
lids. She looked wonderfully pretty there
in her last rest in her father’s home, and
the very naturalness of her appearance was
most pathetic. The customary service for
the dead was read by Rev. Mr. Vettcrling.
who made a few remarks on the life and
death of her who slept before h>m.
This morning Mr. Hartman, and Frank
Lewis and Will Hartman, his sons, with
Miss Foulk and two or three friends, ac
companied the remains to this place. They
arrived at 11 a.m. The body, which was
in an elegant mahogany casket, was placed
in a bear*e and driven to the little building
state* the weaknr-M of fits cand?<Ute in Penasvl-1 mentof the untold resources of the conn-
voniau General Grant might still have occupied I try Thev are watching with interestlthe
the poriflon of a pile’s candidate. movem «nts of the two machines, and Wait-
ss -s«»». * >». democ™* -m ^«»•
ofcAuens organizers and convention managers, enough to give them the cpi*ortumty to
ThU u why I my Senator Cameron made a mis- I tarn the republicans out of office, and intis
take, if he really de-lres General Grant** noml- I end a career of corruption and plunder
nation, in forcing the instructions through the | - n the administration of the government.
There has been no such chance fcdrl wenty
years, and if discarded now the democracy
may as well hang their harp on the willow.
Grant Will Accept Every Time.
St. LouU Republican.
The idea, so industriously kept in circulation,
that Grant will not accept a nomination for the
presidency, unless It be unanimously tendered to
him. carries no weight with Hand iuflaeuces no . — ..
thinking man's judgment. It wa* started by the J admires, the ont*pokcn^jKhB
Still Faithful to Grant.
Chicago Times.
Lemors and Okolona exchange greeting. Each
_ - .admires the outspoken gibberish of the other,
friends of tbe ex-prcsldent (Imply as m piece of land, inhU different sphere, bids him Godspeed,
political strategy to pull the wool over tne eyes I They are arcadis ombo; working the borne racket
of the credulous and relieve Grant's candidac y totherame end—notoriety. The Lemors U still
os for os possible from the appearance of parti- | faithful to Grant:
Kinship The assertion may be safely made, and “Why should tiie people of .
tbe action of the Harrisburg convention clearly “Fumble around the back aJ
proves it, that the nomination is not only part of
a programme, long since preconceived, but that
it will be accepted, no matter how bitter the
struggle or by how narrow a margin it may be
secured. It will only remain to nominate by Re
time the ba«r brains of fashionable ladies will be
on the hilt which «. lint made (amooe by
the spring styles that are to be. | the ceremonious cremation ox Baron De
Grant oss Robert E. Lee.
Manchester Union.
U. & Grant thinks Robert K. Lee was not much
of a general, according to J. K. Young in his
latter says of Lee.
eof Grant that the
Tbe Dor In the Radical Manger.
Recent Remark from a Stalwart to a Correspond
enL
“We can elect a yaller dog If we see fit to noiui
nate one at the Chicago convention in June?”
1 the mountain heights;
“A man
••Whose lofty soul
"Disdain* the truckling ways of
"scrub politicians;
“That is sturdy in American character.
"Kclf-reliant in American manhood, him
"Seif-sacrificing in American patriotism.
"Drop on the -yaller dogs' aud
"Give us Grant.”
Damaged.
Iain don, February 10.—-The steamer Stal 9
of Nevada, which sailed from Glasgow Fe—
ruaiy <>th aud from Lome 7th, for Xt*f
York, put back with propeller damaged.