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THE WEEKLY* CONSTITUTION". ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JUNE 29,1886
QUANTRILL.
ANOTHER CHAPTBR|OF THE LIFE
OF THE GUERILLA.
Not to BlMk no «y Faints*. T»ou*b Dark
Xronsfa in Vsot-KI. Aunt a Barolaa-Tka
fTrua onglaal of - Barbara Fristohl.''th.
WlltofQiisnnrlir. xxonored Uncle.
Columbus, 0., June 25.—Concerning Quan-
bill, tbo guerilla, many new incidents have
been told me by his former achoolmato at
Canal Dover, W. IV. Scott.
“I don’t believe ho was half the villain that
he has been painted," said Ur. Scott “He
manifested no pnrtlcular spirit of meanness
when be was a boy among us, and the western
atrocities charged to him were not all of his
doing. His men often divided up Into squads.
Each sqoad sought and robbed In the name of
Quantrill. And so Qntintrill was ubiquitous.
He was reported as doing some devilment at
several places, widely apart, on the same day.
i He ad opted this scheme possibly to divert any
f knowledge of his real whereabouts, and to Im-
t press the territory with the magical terror of
his name,"
To prove his idea that Quantrill was not
I guilty of so much cruelty as charged in print,
* Mr. Scott baa the letters of several western
peoplo who met Quantrill in war and In peaco.
I. B. Savage, of Lawrence, Kansas, has written
a letter, describing the conduct of the guerilla
when that city was sacked and destroyed.
The story told by Hr. Savago is that Quantrill,
to please his old friend Stevens, agroed to pro
tect the strangers at the EMridgo house. He
escorted them out the back door and down a
path to the Whitney house, kept by a man
named Stone. There they were told to stay,
and were glad of the privilege. Stone himself
waskillcd, but not by Quantrill's order, and
much to his subsequent anger. One of
the gang had admired a ring on the fingor of
Stone's daughter. Ho demanded it with
a cocked pistol, and the girl obeyed.
Quantrill beard of it and ordered the vil-
liantogivo it back or suffer death. The
wretch obeyed, but camo around again to par
ley with the father and pick a quarrel. The old
man resented any further foolishness and was
shot dead before any word could be sent to
Quantrill for protectien. Retribution came
quickly enough. When Quantrill rodo up
and found the daughter crying ovar her mur
dered parent, there was an instant order for
the vlllian, who had ridden away. ‘ 'Bring
him here," was tbs order to a lieutenant.
The villtan was found and did not deny the
deed, claiming his right to rob and kill as he
chose. Another second and Quantrill's pistol
sent a bullet through his skull, and he fell
dead near his own victim.
This was Quantrill’s method of dlscipllno.
He ruled his men like a tyrant They dared
not drink. A dronken follower was shot dead
with no more mercy than if he had been a
leadership. They found fault with him at
Lawrence that they were not allowed to kill
everybody. Quantrill himself had proposed
this indiscriminate death for ovary prisoner,
but he was generally the first to grow weak
and relent. He proposed when at Richmond
to get his commission as a colonel, that his
band should be allowed to hoist the black flag
—which meant death to captives. There was
mercy in the confederate government and
Quantrill was refused permission—and some
say bis oommillion—because of his bloodthirst
iness. But he raised tho black flag anyhow.
He was more of a man than tho James or
Younger brothers. He was imbued with an
idea that his destiny was to be as a great loader
of mon, a Napoleon, a founder of a new empire
in the west. His early historical reading at
Canal Dover had fired In him a desire for
greatness. A man who knew him Intimately
describes him as “a lazy looking man, with a
smooth face but piercing eyes, which looked
right at you. Bo waa slender, hut in all his
limbs, back and neck physically perfect.’’
Thera is a remarkable romaneo in Quan-
trill’s life. For a beardless blonde boy of
twenty-five to go from the school room to tho
saddle, and then for four yean to lead tho
roost despente band of men known to any
history, is thrilling Jn its comparison. And
even his death is a matter of dispute. His
mother at Dover secretly hopes every day that
her son William will come home beforo tho
sun goes down behind the Tuscarawas hills.
Many of his old followen swear that they
have teen him since bis reported death. One
claims to have found him in Oregon calmly
living a decent life. Othen have asserted that
ho crossed tho ocean, and that tho man who
died in the Louisville hospital was not Quan-
trill, but a confederate of his command.
But this is all a part of the vail
which coven his history. After the war the
mother saw the reports of her ton’s death, and
tent word to Thompson Quantrill, another
son, then In Kansas, to find out tho truth.
Thompson visited Judgo Wagataff at Paolo,
Kansas, and inquired for bit brother. Boforo
leaving he^borrowed a pistol from tho Judge
and a pony from his daughter. Word was
tent to Judge Woodson, of Independence, to
whom Thompson was going for further infor
mation. Woodson remonstrated with the
thief, who said ho didn’t mean to steal, but
only took a ride. No one aver heard of
Thompsons in that section, and thoy believed
that he was killed by some enemies of hit
brother.
BtS WICKED UNCLE.
There teems to have been an inherited evil
streak in the Quantrill blood. Uany confused
stories about the guerilla have confounded him
with his uncle, who was a bad man but not as
a guerilla. Gath has made the mistake of
making Quantrill the son of his uncle. Thera
Is not much wonder st this for the nncle waa
a hard lot. He was unlike his brother, the
was born. His name waa Jesse D. E. Quan-
trill. He was a vlllian with no redeeming
traits. 8omewbere in the thirties he married
a young woman near Williamsport, Ud., and
a month after the marrlsgo celebrated the
honey moon season by going to jail for fraudu*
lent bankruptcy. His bride went to jail with
him. When released they fled from disgrace
and lived in St. Louis. There he again broke
into jail, but his wife’s tears and pleadings re
leased him. He started for Maryland, but
committed forgery on a steamboat coming into
Cincinnati. Here he was tried and spent
seven months in jail. When he arrived at
Hagerstown he kept on at tho forgery bust-
ness and was sentenced to three years in a
Pennsylvania bsstiie. His wife, broken
hearted and disgraced, secured a divorce from
the Maryland legislature. He vowed revenge.
He took It by marrying another woman when
he got out.
But this triumph was short lived. He soon
fixed himself for another seven-year vacation
for fhdlity with the pen,and during this season
hia first wife married A. Cosrton, proprietor
of the United States hotel at Cumberland,
lid. In 1849 Quantrill came out and tried to
kill her in the prseence or her husband. For
this be was given a vacation of five years, but
in thirty months was pardoned on conditions
that hs leave the state forever. He left and
what became of him is not known. He prob
ably “served out hie time,’’ or ended hit days
^Cmal^Sng the record of both men then
it not much wonder that both have often
been blamed for the tame villainies.
A NOBLE AUNT.
Archibald Quantrill, another uncle of the
Kansas tenor, was a good man, and during the
war was employed as a compositor on the Na
tional Intelligencer In Washington. Bit wife
lived in Frederick with her children. On the
day that Stonewall Jackson and his army
panted through the town, Mrs. Quantrill and
her child Virgin stood at the gate. They lmd
several union flags of different tints which
they waved in defiance at the rebel hosts.
‘Throw down that flag,’’ called out many sol-
filers as they jetted, bat mother and child rw
fated. An oflleer cat the flaritlek In two with
hit sword, but another took its place.
The mother waved a larger flag and net a
man dared molest her. Stonewall Jackson
himself rode by and Upped bis hat, saying,
“To yen, madam—not to your flag.”
Alas for the license of facte. HraMary A.
Quin trill never received doe ciedit fin her
e triotlim Whittier, in “Barbara Frlatchie,"
a described the incident, but the real hero
ine was Ur*. Quantrill. Indeed, Barbara
Frietchie never claimed the honor. She lived
off the line of Jackson’s march, and did not
even have a flag to wave. It was Urs. South-
worth, the novel writer, who sug-
S rated tho poem to Whittier and
er information was not authentic—a
fact which has always been seriously regretted
by the Quantrill family. The real heroine of
Frederl<£ died some four yoars ago. She was
a young woman of thirty-two when the de
fied the confederate army alone, and not
gray-halrcd, at Whittier has the horolne of
his poem. She was a frequent writer of poetry
-herself, and had boon a teacher in the Fred
erick schcols. Her daughter, Virgin, who
waa with her on that day. Is the wife of Perry
Brown, now employed in the government
printing cilice at Washington.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday. June 33.—About fifty members or
the North Carolina Frets association vUlted Wash
ington city.... The cue of Kimberly, BrltUh for
eign mlnltter. stated In the home of lord* that tbo
report that Colonel Forkhart'a expedition to tho
Afghan boundary commiMlon had been captured
by native*, was untrue A meeting often thou-
Mad people waa held at Zurich to proteat against
the government's action against the Strlcklera
Three day's quarantine has been decreed against
all arrivals at Alexandria from Trusto against
coolers The Dublin it ipping (companies have
combined (and |reaolvcdghenceforth to tofnaom
4>*ay laborers antf^menCbelongtng to the Emmet
rofcty. *,•- 9&>'BSBc*an
: INTHXCITV.-Oo2tho 22d of July next the^2d
Georgia regiment will bold their reunion at the
Fence de Leon aprlngs, Atlanta Scores of At-
lantianaare visiting Cumberland Island ...Ripe
peaches have made their appearance and they
bring good prices.
s
t Wednesday. Juno High licenco waa de
flated by the lower house ol tho Louisiana legis
lature, and the country members say that trtho bill
goes through with the high liquor license feature
limited, the country will send prohibition repre
sentatives to the legislature next session .....H. H.
Swift & Co., importer! of sugars. New York, failed,
the liabilities about 11,000,000, which Is more than
equaled by the assets of the firm..... Tho Metropol
itan railroad car shops and contents, at Boston,
were burned, the loss amounting to 155,000.
In The ctty.-A shell, loaded and capped, was
unearthed by a well digger on Fort street, and he
refused ten dollars lor It The railroads are still
changing the tracks from the wldo to tho standard
Stage... A new church has been organized on
Petera street.
E3
1 Thursday, June *■«.—Herbert Heaton, tho En
glish light weight jockey who was injured in the
fourth race at Bheepshcad Bay, L. I., is dead....A
ferry boat capsized while crossing the 8azama riv
er, near Praque. Bohemia, throwing fifty persons
in the river, nearly all of whom were drowned
The wheat and fruit crops In southern Virginia are
fine The work* of the American Forcite powder
company in Morris county, New Jersey, were de
stroyed by fire and explosive; loss f100,000.
In the City.—General L. J. Gartrell, who has
been very sick for sometime, is rapldly.lmprovlng.
The well digger who found the loaded shell on
Fort street, found a bayonet yesterday, and the
letters on It show that It belonged to a union sol
dier..... Clarke Maddox, a white man, fell from a
fence and dislocated his collar bone Judge Jo
seph T. Lumpkin, who waa for several years socie
ty editor of Thk Constitution, died yesterday.
Friday, June 3ff.-Patrick James Phslan, the
well known Fenian, died at Vaas, Ireland...».At
the National French-Canadlsn convention In Rut
land, Vt., resolutions were passed demanding a
division of state money for the maintenance of
parochial schools and that prisoners be allowed
Catholic worship; a committee was also appointed
to consolidate all French societies into a national
union....The Anglo-American Insurance compa
ny of Washington suspended.
In i in City.—Judgo McCay, of the United States
circuit court, has gone to Baltimore on a pleasure
trip....Mr. E. P. Lovcjoy, a prominent wholosalo
and retail liquor dealer, died yesterday morning.
....J. W. Vaughn, of Florida, committed suicide
by dxowlng In a pond near Ponce de Leon springs.
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» Saturday, Jun.20 -vDt postofilce cmployevof
New York hclfi a meeting to favor the passage of
•d eight-hour law The Jewish Record, of rhlla-
dclpbla, ha, suspended temporarily Tho ware-
heure of the consolidated trunk line., freight bou-
rc, ol the Peoria ud Pekin Union railway, with
car., freight, etc., to the value of 1200,W0, were
burned Dr. Oliver Wendell Holme,, haa receiv
ed from the unlrerrily of Edinburg the degree of
L, 8. p Queen Victoria haa telegraphed an ex
pulsion of condolence to tho count of Part, on hi,
eipultlon from France....Min Roao Elizabeth
Cleveland, alitcr of Pre,idem Cleveland, U to
make Chicago her home ud the will tak. charge
of the department of “Literary Life’’ Thero
weie 188 hutinen failure* in the United State,dur
ing the ptat week ud 24 In Canada.
IK tux City.—Morri, Brldwell, who waa a
member of the Third Geoigla regiment, died at hli
hcmo ycitcrd.y Work will bo oommuoed In a
lew dajt on the now building of the Young Men’a
ChrUtian allocution The cioeing utrcine of
ell the Khoolaof the city were held yesterday ud
lut night.
8ondey, June 87.—Senator Mah one hod the re
publican attte committee of Virginia mumbled In
hit committee room at the capltol In Waihlngton,
and held a long conference in regard to the com
ing campaign In hla itete..—The trial of Thomaa
W. Elite, for the murder of Clara Bon, wu began
InBlimlnghtm The brandy tax bill wu reject
ed ly the Pruulan relchitag yesterday Prince
Lultbfold, of reverie, will take the oath of regent
tomorrow. Lord Randolph Churchill, opened
the campaign at Faddlngton.
In TitiClTV.—The ladle, of St, Paul's Methodist
church alii live a picnic to Tallulah fella on noxt
Widnciday....Tbe board of education held a
meeting ud re-elected Ur. W. F. Slaton, u super-
Intendentoftbeichoola for the coming yter, ud
ell the teacher, with one ortwocxcoptlon,.
WILL VlItQINlA PAY UP?
One of the English Bondholders Very Ilope-
ful—Letters Not Votes.
Richmond, Vi., Jane 22,—Hr. Cooper, an
Englteh gentlemen Interested in Virginia bond,,
who hu been In Virginia making Inquiries in re
gard to the debj settlement, wu Introduced today
to Colonel Frank O. Ruffin, second auditor, by Mr.
William L Royal, counsel for the Englteh bond
holder,. Mr. Cooper wuoftbe opinion that there
he, been a revolution of opinion In Virginia
In tho matter ol tho debt icttlement within
the lari few weeks. Colonel Rufiln,
on tbo other hud, gave ruts end
llgnres showing that this dream of the Englteh
hondholdet, would never be realised, end In the
conns of the conversation, Mr. Cooper declared
that colonel Ruffin wu solitary In hte opinion, end
that the people tbroughont the state did cot take
the,erne view of the muter. . , ,
“1 have Ken a thounnd letter* lubotutlatlng
whet I assert,” laid Mr, Cornier.
Colonel Bnffn replied: “You oay you have seen
a thousand letters confirming your opinion?”
"About iRhotuand-probibiy fifteen hundred,"
continued the bondholder.
Colonel Bnffn said: “Von have tun a thousand
letters. Let me tell yon there ere three hundred
thousud voter, In Virginia, end yon have only
heard from one thousand of ihtm. Now, you welt
end beer from the other, before you form your
opinion."
Mr. cooper we. Introduced to othen, and among
them Mr. A. Dnnn, a reprewntaUve citizen of
Petersburg, Mr. Dunn said the people from Vir
ginia cannot pay tbe debt It te not right. She 1,
not able to do m.
Honor, pshew," replied Dunn. “You needn’t
talk snout statu 1 honor when there te no meal In
the tub.’
HOIlgrORIVS ACID PHOSPHATE,
One of the Best Tonies.
Dr. A. Atkinson, Profeuor Materia Medic*
ud Dermatology, In Gfilaga of Physicians ud
Enrgeone, Baltimore, Md., aays: “It make* a
pleaiut drink, ud 1* one of our but tontes In
the shape of the phosphates in eolnble form.”
That tired lugnld feeling ud doll headache
|g very disagreeable. Take two of Carter’s
Little LiverPilte before retiring, and you will
find relief. They never fell te do good.
ms 1 All Fite rind tat tf Di. BWi
r’fisasL.’asKL'stc
bottle Ike* to Fit ueen. Bud te Dn Kline,
931 Arch Bt, Philadelphia, Pa.
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Continued from Tenth rage.
thoniand dollars from the railroads in one year.
No wonder he didn’t went tire poor farmers to get
per for their stock killed on the railroad*.
The Meriwether Vindicator shovra that tho Ba
con men are mil opposed to primaries, that:
Tbe friends of Bacon and Gordon had aaiuare
contest in the executive committee lan Tuesday.
Every Bacon man aaked for a masa meeting. Tne
advocates of Gordon present, are said to have
voted, to a man, in favor or primary elections.
Gordon's friends seem to think their candidate
safe in the hands of the people. They may be
mistaken but tbe supporters of the general appear
willing to take the nut.
Faya tbe Fort Gaines Tribune:
We ate proud to lee that tho young mountaineer
,„ ti he 12th
nggrape and canlatcr into the
ranks of the enemy. The Telegranh's great war
hone, Felton, haa been stamping around, champ
ing his bit. foaming at the mouth, and trying to be
dictator or the people. This great monster hap
pened to an accident at LaGrango on the 16th—he
met with Hon; W. C. Glenn, and was completely
backed down. Ho actually rcfhsed to divide time,
and trembled whenever he happened to ace him
during hla three hoars’ speech. He (Felton) failed
to meet Mr. Glenn at 8 clal circle, so they will try
tbatagatn. Hurrah for Glenn I
Mr. A. D. Abraham, of LaGrange, is authorized
to announce that Hon. H. R. Hama will not be a
candidate lor re-election to congress from the
fourth district.
Thk following is taken from that staunch and
reliable democratic paper, the Early Couuty New*.
It is from the pen of Doctor B. R. Dostcr, one of
the most intelligent and popular citizens of south
west Georgia, and one of the best physicians in the
state. He is a particularly accurate man and hla
gnphle description of the following event will be
read with Interest:
Blakely, Ga„ June 15, 1886—Editors News:
Borne might infer from Mr. T. E. Hightower's com
munication, In your iasne of the 10th in«t, that
Gordon’s brigade, at WrigbUvllle, Pa., Jane 2Stb,
iff 3, waa in a state of insubordination, as he Fays
"all order In our ranks was broken,” and every
man acted "voluntarily, ot his own aooord without
orders from any officer." Gordon not excepted. He
may not have Intended toconvey this Idea, but hla
language points strongly that way. If
he aid, It is a reflection not only on
General Gordon, but on the morale and
discipline of his »oIdics—such an one as I dissent
to. I beg leave to reiterate that the general tenor
ot tho facta were substantially (as I saw and heard)
as stated in my interview with Mr. J. J. Smith, the
efficient correspondent of Tux Atlanta Cosurmu-
tion at this place, which waa copied In the Early
County News of the 3d Inst. 1 waa on detached
■mice at the time, as adjutant of the Thirteenth
Georgia regimeut, Colonel James M. Smith, late
governor of Georgia, commanding. Therefore, I
waaln a position to officially know something of she
genersl's orders and inferred intentions about this
matter, and as well as 1 remember the Thirteenth
wu at tho bead of the column, and when it
reached the Intersection of Main street with the
one on tbe riverfront, it was General Gordon’s
older, communicated through the regular military
channel, to halt, stack arms, leave a guard with
the gun*, detail a company to act si provost guard,
and in obedience to that order I, u adjutant, de
tailed company "F" from Fayette county, Captain
Jones, commanding, to perform this duty. The
other regiments filed to our right and rear, the
trtilery parked on right of infantry. After orders
to break ranks, then came the order to throw tho
lumber in the river, and try to save the town. The
soldiers went to work vigorously, with free.hearty,
good will, and soon accomplished this commend
able object.
General Gordon, on horseback, wu passing
around and about daring this time, when 1 heard
him ask three ladies who were on a front torch
where he could get some powder. They told hit
.fterwar ds,r
lowing up thi
suggested i
the explosion.
je with powder
to General Gordon by
idea of blowing up the bridge with powder
Hla men were intelli-
hls command out ol
Bherman-like, ordered It burned. We would havo
done either, u true soldiers obey their superior
I wouldjiot nntrnthftilly exalts general, or de
tract one iota from the achlevmcntsof a private
soldier. They were the true heroes oftho late
war, but would not havo accomplished much
without such leaders u Lee, Jackson and Gordon.
Tho latter, with his brave men, most of whom
filled honored graves, saved WrightsvlUe, and 1
honor them for It.
. After the fire wu under control, then It wu that
the soldiers came up from tho river and broke
open the cam. Then the picnic commenced; tho
boys "held tbe fourth or July,"and somo, lam
sorry to say, drank too much. As soon u General
Gordon ascertained this, he ordered the heads of
the barrels knocked in and the whisky poured out.
The general always divided the spoils with his
men—only interdicting whisky. After they got all
the other things they wanted from the can, and
the order came to fall In, I noticed all obeyed the
order, and we marched out abont dark and bivou
acked for the night two miles from the town.
I write this merely u a matter ot unwritten his
tory of the wer end to show what a magnanimous.
gUlant and glorious man General Gordon !*, Hour
does It compare with tho leaden on tho other able?
As to the balance of my friend’s letter, I don’t
deem it necessary to reply, and only quote Jeffer
son Davis’s reply to General Miles, when the latter
in puled dishonesty to John C. Calhoun. (8co
Pristn Life of Jefferson Davl*. page 20f>):
"One of the wont signs of the timet, is the looee-
ness with which Imputations of dishonesty are
made and accepted against public men in eminent
•tatlorr. They who spit against the wind spit in
heir own faces, and such charges oomo back to
h open trial; but when an entire people or their
Beat majority, greedily accept and bcllcvo any
unsupported imputation of corruption against a
distinguished statesman, or other officer, it argue*
corruption in their own minds, and they suspect it
In othen because conscious it would be their own
course If endowed with power."
. These remarks of Mr. Davis can be appropriated
by those who are slinging mud at General Gordon.
In conclusion, I'll add. that 1 am astonished at
my old comrade’s position against General Gor
don, tad cannot account for It on any other by-
pothesl* than that "Nick" had eaten Bemm until
ne 1> "bilious." B. R. dostkr.
A prominent and influential eltisen of Gwinnett
couKty writes thus of the foellng in his oounty:
You didn’t run any risk In vouching for mo for
Gordon in preference to almost any man living,
much leas Ad Intant Bacon.
■My district la solid for Gordon. 1 don't think BaJ
con will get five votes In It. I don’t know of but
three anal learn they are weakening. All the
lawyers In Lawrencevllle are for Bacoo, except
Sam J. Winn and his son, Courtland, and a young
McDonald. The town is nearly evenly divided.
We claim Gordon In the lead aboot eight votes.
we claim Gordon In the lead about eight votes.
My information la that this district, Bey Creek.
Ben Smith's. Cain’s, Sugar Hill, Suwanne, Duluth/
Norman and Blrksblre are for Gordon by large
majorities. Rockbridge, Cates, Harbin’s, and Mar
tin's may be on an average about aqually divided.
We have got to fight Bill Simmons and Peeples
and Judie llutcblns in the convention. We want
ed a primary election, but we are going to fight
them on thetr own ground, and we will whip the
fight, too. Mark that. All the Winn’s, Including
the old meter, are enthusiastic Gordon men. w.
T. Smith, of Bnford, is fighting Gordon; he has a
letter In this week’s Herald. He alma logo to tho
letblaiure this fall, but he will find that that letter
■ will not help any,
I can excuse a man who, from personal ^reaaons,
supports Mr. Bacon If he will go along and not
abuse Gordon. But I have no patience with those
who expect to raise thetr man Into the gubernato
rial chair by abming one of the purest men that
Georgia ever produced.
Yea, put down Gwlnnettfoui for Gordon.
Tbe Cnthbert appeal says:
The campaign bee developed nothingnewdoring
tbe peat week. The people are waking up all over
Georgia to the fact that tbe accusations brought
■gainst Genera) Gordon are only resorted to bribe
Bacon organs, led by the o. and O. T., oat or dee-
K ■ration, and the more desperate dhnamMfa
Bo higher they heap their abuse,
the farther the
■BMHim^MMMipportersdBMM
Gordon were amazed, but sow that tho real causa I
of all this abuse baa been discovered to be nothing
more then tbe grorellfog hatred of a man who
contents to come before the people end break up
the concocted plans of a "Macon ring," which hu
for its ultimate object the revolutionising of
many established and well pleasing law* oTthis
state, that certain corporations and bodies might
fatten end grow sleek over their booty, their ad
miration for General Gordon grows with each re-
tors and the people where they have acted on tbe
matter have given the lie to the foul chargoii. And
when the first Wednesday in October doses tho
the voice of 100,000 majority of true Georgians wtU
have drowned the weak howls of the scandal
mongers who seek to besmirch tbe fair natno and
character of Georgia's next governor, tho chtval-
reus, patriotic and devoted General John B. Gor
don.
Gordon is still in the caddie (
Let "Plain Talk" and the "Parson” rant
And the same old thread-bare lies still chant,
He’ll "get there EU" Just the same.
For Governor Gordon Is his name.
BALDWIN MOVING UP.
Milledgbville, Ga,, June 27.—[8poclal.]—
The friends of General J. B. Gordon with loyalty
In their heartato true democracy and pure gov
ernment, viewing with concern the methods that
have entered into party politic*, whereby tho II-
Instriont, In fact the moat illustrious of living
Georgians la slandered and vilified and mado by
his enemies to appear a little bettor than a crimi
nal and desiring to express our disapprobation of
such method*, the meeting held on the 20thof
June,
Resolved, Briefly bat ctucerely that we view
with pride the glorious record or General John B.
Gc Mon as a general, u a senator and as a true and
patriotic "
SLANDERING TUB DEMOCRACY.
Feauin P. O., Houston County, Gs„ June
65.—Editors Constitution: I lure lately stopped
my subscription to the Maoon Dally Telegraph and
subscribed for Tux Daily Constitution.
Thursday's Telegraph, of last week, contained
in an editorial this language:
"They (the people of Georgia) hare witnessed a
state csmpalgn conducted by a coalition of white
and black republicans and a few ao-called demo-
not digrace themselves by an alliance with vice,
ignorance and corruption/’
When I read that editorial I was struck by its
severe abuso and false; arraignment, and I then
read it over again, hoping to find some modifica
tion In It, which would allow mo to continue tak
ing the Telegraph, and yet retain my self re*p©ct
I found no such modification, found no outlet by
which a genuine democrat could support General
Gordon and jet escape this disgraceful classifica
tion. 1 determined I would not
silently
VilMfiC", Bull tilUl A nuuxi UUI WUUUIW IBWI
•nob rock ten and unfounded Insults to my democ
racy and patriotism. I woo, therefore, drlrcn tor
my self-respect, to stop the Telegraph.
-rporten of (tenoral Gordon from
mountainalothe rca-board, everyone ol theta 1,
either a white republican, a block republican,
or at the best, teonly a ao-called democrat? if ao, I
want to know who te a leno-
Ine democrat I have aiwaya considered,
and my nei.hbora ban always coneld-
cred, the man who tupporta the democratic nomi
nee invariably, to be a genuine, orthodox demo
crat. Judged by thterule, I am one and eo are all
the aupporien of General Gordon In thin county,
■o far ta 1 know or have heard.
Furthermore, 1 don’t know of anythin* "dla-
iraoeftil in ite deteilt" that they or 1 have done in
tnii campaign. I know of nothing but dean, hon
orable methodi In tho hnndt of clean, honorable
men In thle canvtn by the fttenda of General
Gordon. I am lorry 1 cannot ray aa much for the
Telrgrapb, the organ; of Mr. llacon, in thte moo.
I do not oonitder the language I have
quoted from that paper a, worthy of the organ of a
democratic candidate for governor, even tfthe
In Warren county the rote waa lutructed tat
Gordon. Her. everything waa conceded ooiidfor
Bacon, but the conntrwai flooded with the Maoon
and Anguztm paper, filled with their allmoopened
out at General Gordon, ud tbe people roe* up and
relented tbe Inaolt to their InUIUgenoa. it te an
loinlt to any community to mamMagammmamm
him with grave eflknoea almoatea nurmniiho
battle, be lad In hte tenantry', detente, white
Ml grte^bte^wUh--
endtb* »et!mrojr atxighttog
it 1a true, Mr. Editor, that the withdrawal of my
luhMripUou Rom the Telegraph will not bankrupt
that paper, butitte In dteehorge ofaduty I owo
myrelf who am not a black republican, n white re
publican, nor a merely re-called democrat, nor
allied with vice, Ignorance and corruption
VV. 8. Kino.
“COME ON, HOYS."
How John n. Gordon Aiwaya Lad the Way.
Yellow District, Hurd county, Juno 27—
Edltore Constitution: Ae a great deal hat been
laid and written about John B. Gordon, I doalro to
■ay'-' M word through your paper. Abrarer and
kinder hearted men than Gordon never Urodor
died, turd tb* men who were with and under him
during the war all know It
It te not true raid by rome that when a light
come up he would uy "go on boyo,” but Jnat to tho
nvene, hte order Invariably waa “came on bora"
He never it any time uked hte men to makoa
charge or go Into any light where he did not load
them. Well do I remember the day when Uoneral
Uttdon wu wounded In the Due. and wull do 1
remember hla word, 01 he rode backaehactdla-
tance to the rear: and la he puoed tbe regiment to
which I belonged he remarked: “go on bora" I
will b* hack In a few momenta end wn will whip
this Debt jet. To mv .untrue In a vary abort time
hecimebaekto hte command and wo did whip
the fight u he hed laid. I would aupport John If.
Gordon for governor In preference to any man In
Georgia, and I uk all of the old Thirteenth Geor
gia regiment to do tho ume. I wu a member of
mpany “U,” of that regiment, and any one who
lubtatbe gennlnencaa of thte letter can find or
writ* me
thte letter u_
r Dtelrlct, Heard county, U*
J. M. BrewAXT.
Referred to the Macon Telegraph.
Wayneoboro, (la, Jane 27.—Editor* Con-
zl Hutton: I notice In the Macon Telegraph of tho
Mb,*lbtof UuCnime* of Individuate who loot
money by rcuoa of tbe fa 11 uro of tbo Bon them
nre Inznrance company, and among thi number
that of R. W.|Bcelca, of Burke county. Mr. 8c*lco
dledouly a few month! before the company went
Into liquidation, and ollhoogh Mr. Bcaloa had not
tlmaofhla death ever paid ana dollar of
‘vad hf—— ”—*- --
The payment wu reateied upon the ground above
surfeited, but promptly paid upon the rendition
of IM Judgment of the court a Doe. the Telegraph’*
list speak tbe truth?
B. K. Lawson.
Instructed for Carlton.
- Athenb, Ga., June SO.-[flpadaL]—The
eongrenional mate meeting elected delegates nn-
Instructed for H. il. Carlton. It wu the largest
mom meeting ever held In the county.
Colonel Traylor Not to 1 Inter the Kota
Colonel Jobs H. Traylor decline, to nuk*
tho race tor congress from the 4th district, not-
wlthetosdlng the •oncluUooa of hte
irienda
A Jobe.
From tbe Arktnuw Traveller.
Extract from a latter to tba governor of Ar-
: “I tend yon by John Cobbletraa, on* of my
nelgbon, a quarter of mutton and a mete of young
squirrel,. I do this because I like tbe ooan* yon
bare always took, 1 killed the aqulfnla ytetldy
an’I know they air fresh. Thar ain’t nothin’
nicer Iban young iqnlmte. I eat ’em oomo Ume*
till I smfit to pop. Now let mo any something
abont the mutton. It te fresh and fat an’ I hope
yon will enjoy It. Ono ol my neighbors loot a,hoop
the other day an’ be bu accused me of itealln’ It.
Be bat bad mo arrested an’ I
am now In Jail. Ho eomo to
my honse and grabbed holt of a aheap Ural 1 had
jest killed, hot 1 managed to keep enough to tend
to yon. I am mighty fond of aheap meat, and
when I am right hungry I ban eat It till I am fit to
K n>. My Dial will come off In a day or two, an’
■e way ihlnga or* shapin' I am ateeid they will
put It to males fur a Joke, Theee folks out here
^MgnamgMAjlgteMteredteeopli I ever Been. They
^■hey can sit ajoko on a
I prominent man Ilka me. I wouldn't be surprized
Ir they carry tbo Jokaro for u to want to tend mo
to the penitentiary. Tbla would hurt my chance,
for tho legislature. I don't want to bo beat, but If
they keep mo abut op vary loot the other fellow |
will git ahead of mo. After you eat your mutton 11
Iwiibt yon would write a note to the qbortg an* tell |
hey may try moan' patethejokaof aamteuco
a me before yoar note tlu here, so I wish you
_ool4 write oat a pardon after yon eat yoar mut
ton, an' tell tbejodge that I am free. I knew tbe
Joke will tickle yoo, and you may make tba par
don read Jtat aa aeratin' ea yon ptetea."
THE BROWN COTTON (J IN19 “A No, I.«
wit la Matply Forked.”
Haa all th* lattet Improvement* and l« de
livered free of all charge* at any aeeeaatU*
point Send to compnnynt Now London, Ct
for catalogue or aak you merchant to order
on* for yon. S«*
Loafevflla Conrier-Journal: Loral taxation
tetbt chief support of our common schoote. Tb*
whole history ofthe movement show, thte, and
It te the tapeemeat folly, m welt os the wlldzat
.>7HE LIVER -w—re. inorarein
'flkfiffl* aatf sefa Ot a fiJfop fo; farfatte appetite; faint, pnawfng feethp
thantt lapantiu tf tht blood. Bp In., at pitot tSettomach, heartburn, wind in the
mtarOf fa ftt action on atnptnvona tits moth, bod breath, bad tacto in tho moutK
ite function*. Ot tile poitoni tto blood. Ion spirits, general prostration. Tiers ft
muting jaundice, tallow complexion, weak no form ofditeaso mon proraleirt than Of-
tret, bilious diarrbaa. a languid, erearf pepsla, and It can In all caste be traced to
fooling, end manj atbtr distressing trmp.' an enfeebled er poisoned condition of tbo
toms general!/termed liter troubles. These blood. BULL'S SARSAPMIUU b/ titansing
SMKBSW/BP* b/ a *. P", ef BU . LL ' S s end perilling the blood, fonts up tie digsa-
SARSdPABiLU tba great blood rsso/rui tin organs, end relief ft obtained at once.
t, JAMES MOORE. Lmttevnie, Ny.
^/Kidneys k I I bohofula
Mrs the great iterator/organs ot\ JJLtUVJjj Its a peculiar morbid condition et
tto bod/. Brio and through (fiat touted directly */
tuie/s timeA. woef. ffn/Acc. I_THE LI kki.' | I„ a,, hlocd or bp
' Inlngpoisonous matter taken from their* the lack ofsuttcsnt nourishment famished
m. llttsCdne/sdo not act proper!/ thfe to the s/stom through the Hood, usual!/
otter It retained and poisons the blood, adding itho glands, elfin resulting h
using headacht,wtahnoss,pain inthssmall swellings! enlarged Joints, abscisses, torn
of bock ana loins. Bushes of boat, chills, mitt ores, blotch/ eruptions on the fact or nock,
disordered stomach and bowels. BULL’S Erysipelas is ahn to it and It often mistaken
SARShPMlUA acts a* a diuretic on the forScrofulaasitcamos fmmthe name cause,
Kidne/t and bowels, and direct!/ cn tto Impure blood. BULL'S SARSAPARILLA bp,
blood at erelL muting the great or- purlfringthsbloodandtoningup thi e/stern
guns of th bod/ to returno ttSr natural forma the Impuritiis from the blood and
tuuotions, and health is at onco restored, gn cleanses th gyafrm through tho regular
~ un, ehannth
BULL'S SARSAPARILLA. principal orrievt
ssas .v,;s.°K:K”:«e5«-t-
THE POPULAR REMEDIES OF THE’ SAT.
JWOR HALE BY ALL
ALLiitwSSlPrsaV
KXJXXP TEC
eat* earn Mina taea A wky ta feamratumat top col.
BIiOCSDJPPgS
BROUGHT DOWN BY BUCKSHOT.
VicKsnuxa, Him, Jana 27.—Lart night, at
L. Render’* itore in Eagle Bend, about forty
mllei abovothli city, Lao Brown, colored,
killed Alfoed and Henry Morgan, white men,
and Cornelia* Jaekaon, colored. The Mor
gans wen tenant* on Dr. Clay’* place. Brown
wsl the porter at Bender's store, and beoaure
tho white men reftuod to lot him sloe* ap the
ttoro ho fired npon them. The weapon need
wu a double barreled ahotgun loaded with
bnckihot.
A Bad Case.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
HIm Julia I. Sand, a wall known contribut
or to tb* Century, Harper’a ud other magazine*,
bu been sent to ulcaaneuylum. Ills tho end
ofpathetloudalmleuwuderlngibyMIa Bud
In voriouz parti of the oounlry to find a clow to
the whereabout! of a young mu for whom iho
formed u ardent attachment three year* ago at a
summer resort neu Mount Deeert, Maine, lfowatd
Bemm, the young man in attention, who wav also
a natlvo of Brooklyn and who wu Iho Junior of
i, nnsottl—
i toil oront no-
Az* for “Mood Bsirii Tubawo” every tlaea
MMfl HUU, Yirnm uiunucu wiuib uni
Desert. The tragedy, It appears,
mind. Bhe haa at time* since the ,
lieved he wu still living and had been spirited
swsy and was about toy murdsred.
XBM COTTON MAKKIW.
CONSTITUTION 0T710S,
att. Ayr a, jane 28. Ifffi
New York-Cotton unchanged. Bpota, middling
0 fl-lBe.
Net receipts today l.MO bale*, agolnit 15? bale*
lut you; export, ft,.20 bale*; gait toot year Uleai
Hock 177,421 bales: lut you I7M71 hale*
Below w* i
of cotton Ait:
.Kffzr: f
Local—Colon steady at th* following qnotattui:
Good middling >Ko; middling g<(o; strict low mid
dling SXoi low middling IXoi strict good ordinary
tot good ordinary TKot ordinary 7Xoi middling
italnifloiUngtafXo.
THiwux'aunnw.
NEW TORE. June 25-Th* tallowing la th*
eompanUvd cotton statement tar th* watt ending
■ atoll United fltateaportt 22,06.
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