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r THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. 6LL. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 2 1884. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Entered it the Atlanta rout Office u tocond clans ???ail >c*tter, November ILZS'i. . *hkty Constitution, ELSE Far Annum. (Kota cl fire, ti.00 ??ch; dubs of ten, 11.01 etch Mla copy to (ettcr-np ot Club. The Constitution Library * TTe here made up a library of ten choice standard books for the benefit of our reader** ???ffe have bought from tho publiehcre direct 12,000 COPIES OF THESE BOOKS, Which we offer et Icee then h??lf their uiual price. The library comprise* Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoo, Tilerim???a rroercss, Arabian Nights, Children of tin " Last of the Mohicans, Oliver Twist, he Abbey, Scottish Chiefs, Ewise Family Robinaon. 20,000 lengttes Under the Sea. The** book* arc pure, choice and interest, lug. Each book is famous tho world over. The lilt embraces aucb authors as DICKENS, SCOTT, DEFOE, COOPER, PORTER, BUNYAN; A man who has theao books hss all the library hia family will over need. They will educate hla children, iutereat hia wife, charm hlmaelf and his neighbors, Each book ia strongly bound in cloth and g'lljl, haa large print and illustration!. Wo offer them, sent post-paid, for 70 centi each. They retail in beokalurca at $1.00 to SI.25, besides poitago. Wo mail any ona of them For 70 Cents, Post-Paid, Every reador of Tim CosaTivcnos'ought to have ona or innro ol these boobs. They will be a constant revelation of delight to you and year family. HOW BEST TOQET THEM If you have |7 to aparo send and get tho 10 books. Ifyou have not, aend 70 centa and get one. You con add tho others at your lois. THE COLD WINTER DAYS ARE COMING And the** hooka will bo perpetual cheer fi J aur house. Wo want to put them In the cmes of 10,000 persona before Christmas. 1 f you can only buy one book we recommend JloMnson Crtrtoe. Ifyou buy two, add I???ll, grim's Progress. If thrse, add Children of the Abbey. Ir four, odd Ncottlsh Chiefs. If ilro, add Swiss Family Robinson, or Last of the Hohietns. Order at onee as our edition is limited and the demsud will be great. Address THE CONSTITUTION Koto this???If you are in Atlanta or hare a friend here who ean take Ibo books at our of. See, we will lake GO CENTS BACK For the books, as wo saro tho postage, which Is It costa. When ordered by mail our charge ia 15 centa. canal width-asked for one might think from reading the accounts tbit the delegates were discussing* local proposition, Instead of a highway over the heart of the continent. The Intention is, however, to connect Texas with the fattening pastures of Montana and the adjacent territories, by meana of a wide trail that will admit of the alow movement of cattle In or der that they may become acclimated aathey proceed. The cattlemen claim that the 'jueatfoii addresses itself not only to the pro ducing portion ot the community, but alio to consumers in every part of the union. Cheap and [healthy meats Is the great object in view; and it is claimed that a great trail, with perhaps occasional quarantine stations, will do mom to keop down the Texas fever than all other re medial measures that can be {devised. The trail does not run towards Georgia; bnt still we bare a general interest In the snhject. and we trust that congress will not pigeon hole the memorial of the cattlemen without first giving it a careful consideration. ATLANTA, OA??? DKCKMDER 2. MSI. SPECIAL NOTICE. I The off, r of a"E*mlly Hilda Free" is not Irom Tan Com rut ion. Wo have nothing to do with It. Ittfidrcrtlaed by tho Union PublMhln* com pony, * (Inn that rents sn omco in Tilt Coverm). iron building, with a damn other Arms. Wo haro nothing to do with the llrm or tho olrjhttetaeutT' Tftft eCfSfttruTION. liini nil. Looax in an Interview In New York, frankly admits that he is in favor of disfranchising the colorod voters. They must cither rota as republicans or not st all. As their days of usefulness to the republican parly have passed away, the leaders ot that party an perfectly willing to take tho ballot array from them. The next logical move ment of the republicans would be the move ment to re-enslave the colored people for the benefit of snob patriots as Logan and Blaine. Tnr. extent o! the plague in eastern Ken-t lucky grows alarming. If the story told in onr telegraphic oohimns gives any idea ot the condition of aflklrs, the poor people of tho afflicted section certainly deserve the aid of theconntry. That thousands of people, In a comiwratlvely small section of connlry, have died of stamtion within a few weeks ap pears to be a horrible reality andauggosta Immediate attention lest the fatal plagne may not coniine Itself to those few counties which it has visited in I is worst form. _ Tin.* letter which appears elsewhere^to day, written by Mis. Minnie A. Julian, to her hrothtT-in-law, E. W. Beck, the murderer of her two slaters, ona of whom was Ids own wife, Is on* of tho most remarkable docu ments which has found Ita way before the public. With a detail and portraiture which must have been torture to the guilty wretch, she gives the stei7 ot that wild imu* of murder In the mountains, the funeral pro- cession lo Tallulah, the rid* down tb* rail road, Uia trip acroas to Cutumlng. where the haltcmed mother stood tn waiting, and Ilia final burial scene. The whole story la around up with an admonition to the murderer to Ieoh beyond Uie grave, and he prepared to meet the awful charge which awaits him there. A NATIONAL TRAIL. We hare national banks and a great mseyothtr national institutions,' some with in the constitution and some without It; nod a gnat many other national project* Dave been proposed, hut never until th* cattlemen met at St. touts last week, had thkre been a demand for a National Trail. The cattlemen in convention aseembltd unanimously demand the opening of a safe and cheap route from the extanslva breed!** grounds of tho south to th* extanslva matur ing grounds ot the great northwest, and they express the belief that this cun only b* ???ecompIUbed by the ettabUshmant ot "a national -lock trail over which stock can be driven.??? The)-'ask congress to open, estab lish and malntadn such a trail, "beginning at torn* point on lied river and extending thence in a north or northwest direction to th* north line of the United Mate#." There' wasagCdd deal of dtscussMi over th* route at th* proposed trail. One delegate wished the convention to ask congress toappropriato asrt sat apart a belt six miles wide, begin ning at ibe initial monument on Usd river, in Text*, running thenc* north npoathe Hfch meridian lint to the northeast corner of TViu: thence west by north to th* north west corner ot Kansas; thence north along >Kad meridian line to the northern boun dary of the United -ate-???to lo used as a national highway and ctlll* trail for th* ^nefitof all citizen* of that* United .???tetoa. AU the plans substantially favor a Uoce conformity to the 100th meridian, and aB think th* trail should to til milts wide. Wereiluot for the un- TO FAIR-MINDED JOURNALISTS. We believe Tint Comirmox haa the right to bespeak the attention fora few moments of the fair-minded Journalists of the country. We print a reputable paper, and try to keop the rules of honorable Journalism. We liava some reputation for earneatnemandsincerity and honest purposes. This will have not been worth the winning if it fails now to se cure us a bearing from the journalists who value country above party, and truth above slander. Since the election of Governor Cleveland, a few northern papers have been filled, with outrageous stories concerning the south, As a rule, these stories appear anonymously, and therefore Irresponsibly. They areoftener inventions than exaggerations. They are printed, however, and reprinted, and [one is tuodo to complement another, in spite of thafr absurdity, they command more or less credence from people still excited over the late campaign, and sore over Its result. Had these -tories been printed beforo the election, we .should have accepted them as necessary evils of a campaign. But appear ing after the election is over, they exhibit a wanton and WTetchcd malice, a mean and impotent rage, from which we feel we can reasonably appeal to the pubiie sense of justice. Wo are* not moved by any fear of their political result. If in the four yean that must Inter- veno before another election, the south htt not demonstrated that she can safely bo admitted to same participation In the admin tstratlon of our common government, sho will deserve to be shutout forever. Tho Injury these anonymous slanderers ntuy work us goes very -much deeper than political lisp or mis hap can rcgtfc???Weljgvt-mUltorcHcTtaa' 'pc'ople ot tho two sections acquainted by acre*, lying Idle for the lack of men to work them. Wo have forest* untouched, mines undeveloped, and water powers running wanton, for the lack of capital. We have a climate that would be an every-day blessing for those who now bravo the terrible winters of the'northwost, and legitimate opportunity for Investment that would give a competence to those who are now eking an Income on the low Interest and narrow margins allowed for money lu the east. Tho tide or Immigration and ot investment is turned away from tho southern ststoe by these outrageous lies, to tho detriment of all concerned. It is manifestly impossible to answer all the alanden that malignity can invent aad anonymity cover. It Is eyen Impossible to follow tho course of one slander through all the avenues Into which It travels by Ignor ance ??r malice. But we will take three cases that have occurred within our jurisdiction and that may be taken [as samples ot the wholo dirty brood. We take them seriatim: 1. thc lhiblin Biol.???A dispatch was sent to Htaral papers announcing that them had been a deadly riot at Habile, Oa., between the races, in which several were killed, and that Dublin wa* a place of 3,000 people. Investigation, from all quarters, dtinotarintot that there wa* not only no riot In Dublin fa place of 250 Inhabitant*) but no diriurbence whatever. The people there were at much astonished at the inquiries as the people of Npringfcld, Mass., would be at Inquiries as to bow many witches were burn ed In that city yesterday. There was literal ly no foundation for the story. No local sug gestion oh which it could have been built. And yet it was started on Its infamous round. It it still travelling. It Is still beiug pub lished. And there are tbonaands of people who believe that negroes were slaughtered in Bublin by the soon on the day alter the elec tion. 2. The JAM Flop.???After Atlanta's first Jubilee, Inquiries began to pout Into the city asking It rebel itags were iloated Irom the' state capital. The iuqulriaa were met with solemn and official denial from th*governor, the Vnayor, and from every ctliaen who was appeoaelied on the subject The Unitad State* flog wa* Hying from the capUol aad from hundreds ot other points tn Atlanta. Three thousand United states Hags wart told ter one dealer hero in a few hoars. Not a -ingle confederate Hag was lean in Atlanta, and none bat been seen tine* th* election. In spite of this the story at the rebel Hag still travels, and the last copy ot the Iowa state Register, received here; has e picture of our capitol drawn with a confederate flag dy ing therefrom. 3. 77c tiiijMmrv letters.???A letter was written (Mm .Atlanta to Wilteabarre and printed than, in which this sentence oc curred: "My room-mate haa just been brought tn nearly dead. He ent off a black * ja??*'*??*r??**d they got even with him. He will probably die. -lie kept.the rare as relic." Though published anonycouily, it was discovered that the writer - as a Sir Richard Smith, ol TVIlketbarre, who had lived here for months, and who ia a violent republican. Iflaroora-mate, Mr. Hay*, Is also a Pennsylvanian, and had only been in At lanta a few months. Of course there is not the slightest shadow of truth In the story con cerning him???no more than there would be In the rumor that Mr. Blaine had cut off Mr. Conkling???s curl. And yet thin black man???i Mrs are still being cut oil In the northern newspapers, and this room-mate, though per fectly well and at work, is still dying. Mr, Smith denies that the letter w*3 printed as he wrote it. Mr. Hays laughs at the Idea of having alitanrgro'a ears. 4. The Ktberttm lliot.???A - letter was printed to the effect that Drieleotiou day, ne groes were Shot down, cut, and stoned in EL berton, and that the house of a republican was attacked. This story was promptly de nied. The officials of the town and county over their official seals In the moat particular manner, deny that there waa any basis for the letter. And yet It travels on and con tinues to do Its dirty work. We might fill columns with similar ca nards. The Pandora's box of hate seems to have been opened, and the air Is full of evil reports. They are false. Thoy arc wholly and meanly and malignantly false. When ever they are Tun down they are disproved. Whenever one of the writers is uncovered and asked for proof and particulars, he is ob liged to confess that he has written falsely. We have nothing to hope from the few editors who have committed themselves to this seoundrelly crusade against the honor and credit of a people who fought bravely, endured wrongs with admirable restraint, gathered up the embers ot their burned homes, and with un failing courage set about rehabilitating them. To them we liave no appeal to make. But we do desire to lay the above facts and suggestions before the fair-minded jour nalists of the north, Wc invite them to send their most experienced correspondents Into this seqfion to search out the truth. We ask them to Investigate for themselves and to print the truth as they find it. We beg them to shut out the anonymous slan derer Horn their columns. It they will do this, the south will accept the verdict. Tho north will discover at once that (as it must discover sooner or later) tho south has bean outrageously and infamously slandered, they will not do this, we must be content to wait for the slower process of getting tho codlact with each other. If tho latter Is tho slower process, It Is perhaps tho surer, any event tho southern people will continue with moderation and frankness. If thoy can not etUI tho voice *f slander, thoy will [be snre that they deserve noneol Its accusation. And they will rest content in the knowledge that the truth will prevail at last, and vindi cation must come to o people who have on- durefl In alienee and tn peace, wrongs that would hare drove almost any other people on this earth to desperation and to fury. OUR WATERBURY WATCH, The Waterhmy watch we effer to our readers Is t mtracts ot cheapness and excellence. Tbs lowest pries at which the watch ean be boosht anywhere, Is HW. For 53.90 we will send tho watch, post-paid, and Tnx Wkskly CoKHrrc- Ta x one jenr. For 55.05 wa will tend the watch In a tatlu-llucd case-a bright, strong nickel- plated pretty chain and Till WsasiY one year. Each year???s experience only strengthens onr conviction as to the valne of the Waterbary watch Though It la cheap enough to be brought witbln the reach ot every one, It Is substantially and accurately made, being at reliable a tlme-keapor u more expensive watch ca, and to thcaverageman who hat any work to do, a safer watch to carry shorn with 1dm. No rasa who carries a Waterbury watch Is ovsr killed and robbed for It. If it Is last It cau be re placed at little cost If it Is broken it er a bo re paired for little or nothing. It Is not to easily damaged at are others. At tho gin it la worth all olhen; In the house, In the Held, anywhere, tho Waterbury la the best time-ptccc to use, O. V. Wilson, Loyd P. 0., Raptdea parish, La., wrltee: "The watch came promptly to had; It started I tacit and haa been running welt ererafncc. 1 am pieaaed with tt and think It Just at good as tb o*c that cost 125." P. 8. Early, Fostmastor, Mann, N. C., writes: Welch cauo to hand sataly and lugoodordcr, U keeps perfect time, running exactly with a very fine clock ol mine. AS a Urns-keeper it Is Just as good u a 500 watch. It Is all that I could ask." Remember that for 33.53 we will send yon the watch and chain and Tire Wxxkit Covtrmmov tor one year. That you gtt the watch and chain for 52.10. Here Is an Inducement such as no other I tier bu ever offered. Send your orders in promptly, at this extraordinary offer b only m ade for a short time. THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE SOUTH. The great national holiday was properly observed Thursday, In aB part* of the court- ur- it is gratifying to all Christians and good citizens to see the simple faith ot the found- en of this great nation still quietly but itrcngly lulthenetng publtc opinion, and manifesting itself in the shape ot an annual ofibring of thanks to the Ruler and Father whore gracious care has made us prosperous and powerful. In the routh Thanksgiving day was observed, yesterday, very generally, and with more than ureal earnestness. The blessings shared by the whole country have gladdened the hearts of our people; smooth ed their pathways, lightened their burdens, and given them a glimpse of a bright future. The good men ansi women who assembled in our chambers, yesterday, felt that they bad indeed muds to be thankful for. Ibe enjoyment of peace, plenty and the reestab lishment ot honest government an no ordi nary blessings, and they cannot be too grate fully acknowledged by a Christian people. If the lesson* of our national Thanksgiving are permitted to slo their appointed work, w* may look forward :o a continuance ol th* blraatng* which bare read* the past year ao memorable. Wo hare only to do our duty. Order one of TOECOXSrTTCnOXZ&rirf kdt Only 7* crate. Fa isat.ee cZkkViy. " , BROUGHT TO THE RECORD' By a lucky accident the writer of the letter to Wilteabarre, Pennsylvania, giving a slan derous account of the election and the sub sequent celebration in Atlanta, has been re vealed. An interview with the writer is printed elsewhere. It is incomprehensible that a man living in a community will write such a letter. In this case, it is partly explained by the yonth of the writer???by the fact that ho bet on Blaine and was chagrined at his losses, and that be was chaffed by his comrade. He says the letter is not printed is he wrote it. We give him the benefit of this denial, bnt snail take the letter os printed and review it. The letter says: "I do sot blame the negroes for not voting. It Is as much as their life is worth." Now, If Mr, Smith saw anything on elec tion day, he saw hundreds of negroes vote, side by aide with white men, wlthont the slightest molestation. The writer of this edged his way to the polls between two col ored men, (one of whom was Rev. W. J. Gaines) and voted after they bad voted. In the procession of voters before jmd behind ns, were white men and colored in line in discriminately and each man hold his placo and voted in order. When thousands of ne groes voted in thiB county for Blaine, and not one was even hurt, bow can Mr. Smith say, ???It is as much as their life is [[worth to vote?" He says further: "Then the darkles would be run off to the lock up before they had time to vote." We do not believe a single negro can be found who will say that he was kept from voting by force. There were only two negroes arrested on election day, -as we learn from police-headquarters, and they for fighting. He says further: "As the returns seemed ao positive for Cleve land, tbo democrati gathered by hundreds carry- ing rebel flags." We repeat, what has been time and time again said, that there was not a single con federate flag displayed in the city on that day. Mr. Smith now says tho flag he took for a ???rebel flag" was the Gate City Guard flag. The crowning atatement in Mr. Smith's let ter Is that concerning his room-mate and tho negro's cars. He writes: '5ty room-mato was brought in nearly dead. Re la a democrat, and cutoff some black man???* ears and they got square with him. Ho will most likely die. Ho kept the cam tor a relic." Now, this room-mate of Mr. {Smith???s, who 'hod cut off some black man???s ears," Is a northern man, who lias been in the south for only a few months. His name is Hayes??? his home is in Pennsylvania, and he is em ployed at the gas works. He is a democrat and did have a little tussle with another democrat during the parade. Of course he never any more cut off n black man's cars than Mr. Blaino cut off Mr. Burchard's ears, and never had half so much inclination to do so. Bo much for this letter. It is (also and it is slanderous. It bos been published through the north, and it will do thosouth a grievous and a wanton Injustice. It is an injustice that Mr. Smith can never repair. He wrote the letter as n private latter to his brother, and it was published without his knowledge. It Is fortnnate that it was published, because it offered an opportunity of meeting it squarely. For Mr. Smith's sako alone, wo can but regret that be did not learn a lesson from his distinguished leader, and indorso his Interesting document to his brother with the injunction, ???Barn this letter!??? THE OVATION TO MR. RANDALL. The heartiness, the spontaniety and the cordiality of the reception to tho Hon. Sam uel J. liamlallby tho peoplo of Georgia last night was unmistakable. Wo do not speak idly when we say that wo know of no man whose coming would hsvo drawn such a vast crowd, or whose ap pearance would have evoked such wild and prolonged cheers as greeted Mr. Hsndall when he appeared last night. The great commoner has a hold upon the affections of our people that, made manifest by last inght's demonstration, amtsed oven those who were bis warmest friends. It is needless to say that through the tumultous day he bora himself as a statesman and a patriot. Georgia'* heart will always warm to .Sam Randall. Onr jubilee was climactic. It topped the season. It touched the xentlh of the upris ing jnbllutlon ot this glorious year. And now Atlanta puts her excitement aside and droppsbaokto business. She will be on hand in lfiSSTready to rally again with the unterrifledand jubilant democracy. NOW FOR BUSINESS. We have enjoyed a remarkable jubilee sMi aou throughout the entire south. The en thusiasm of the people over the re-establish ment of honest government bu been mani fested in a thousand way* All this was nat ural and evidently proper. The next thing in order is business. For nearly a quarter of a century we have not bad a fair showing. Our natural resources and advantages have attracted attention and excited admiration, but immigrant! have been slow to bring capital and enterprise among ns. We lived under a government administered by a reetional party whose In terest It was to misrepresent us to alt the world. Strangers hesitated to cut their lot in a section which was under the ban of the parly In power. They lured civil feuds, disorder aad strife. Bat these fears can now have no posalbte foundation. Under a government controlled by the prin ciple* of Jackson and Jefferson, the south feels that she is as much a part of the onion to-day u she was in the better days ot the republic. Satisfaction will beget utiataction. Confidence will inspire confidence tn others. The e\ Ment loyalty and peacefulness ota prosperous south will bind other sections move closely to us. Now Is the most favorable time to let the outside world know that we are ready for business, and the best way of doing it is to go towork with a will. Wears entering upon the brightest era in onr history and it will tax all the energies of our brains and band* to keep pace with onr destiny. Agtim ire say, let ns settle down to business. THE NEGRO UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE. . In response to a request from the editor of the New York Commercial-Advertiser, who was a strong IJlaine man daring tlfe recent campaign, General John B. Gordon has writ ten a letter relative to tbe policy of the south, and to tbe substantial progress made by the negro under democratic rule. Tbe letter is an admirably conceived one, and gives apt and timely expression to facts that must have weight with people Who think. As to the tears expressed by the republi cans of tbe north with respect to the confed erate debt, General Gordon points out that they should read the constitution ot tbe United States. The democratic patty has never made itself famous for tampering with the organic law of the land, and even U there were do other barrier in tbe way the consti tution would prevent any attempt to revive and settle the confederate debt, or to obtain compensation for tbe loss of slaves. As to the condition of the negroes, General Gordon says: ???Since the emancipation of tbs white race of the south from the govern ments which lor several years after the war robbed and oppressed our people, they (the white democrats) have furnished the execu tives, the great body of legislators, tbe judges of tbe courts, tbe sheriffs, the justices of tbs peace, indeed all tbe officers of the law and nearly all of the political powers of tbe states. Under these conditions, peace and concord and mutual confidence hare grown up between the races, have grown stronger year by year; and the blacks have become contented, prosperous and happy. Whoever denies tMs statement either will fully misrepresents the facts which are pat ent to all who have visited our state, or else Is tn ignorance of the facts. He is assuming a responsibility which no honest and honora ble man ought to assume. ???But let us come to statistical records. I have not before tne the data which will ena ble me to give in this hurried article tho exact amount ol property accumulated by the col ored race in Georgia under democratic rule, I however state here as a fact, and hold my self responsible for furnishing the proof, that since Georgia passed to the control of whites, tho colored-people have accumulated and own In their individual right millions property real and peisona'. They are pro prietors of farms, of plantations, of city prop erty and of comfortable and happy homes I do not believe that a parallel to the pros parity which, under democratic rnla. has been attained by tb???s liberated slave pop ulation can be fonnd in any other liberated race to tho world's history.'- Brother Blaine bad something bitter to eay about tbe low'wages paid to the negro labor ers. General Gordon takea up this qncstion and disposes of It very effectually. ???It Is not true,??? ho says, ???that the wages paid by southern whites to colored laborers ore dis proportionately low. The precise reyerso Is true, as tbe statistical records, os to the ac cumulations made by that race, show. Should the whites desire to compass so uDjust an end towards the blacks, it would be simply impossible of attainment, Competition, the abundanceof lands held for rental to negroes, the excess of land over tbe supply of labor, all forbid tt. Tbe facts aro those, and 1 challenge investigation and suc cessful contradiction: In proportion to their intelligence and capacity, and tho character of tbe labor performed, tho southern negrods tbo best pthl laborer in this country. His wages to money areless than thoso earned by intelligent laborers in northern cities and factories. But the northern laborer pays ont for food, for home rent, for tool, all or nearly all be receives In wages. To tho southern negro on the plantation all these are free, and be is tbe most independent, best paid laborer of equal Intelligence to the United Slates, He lias his house free, his food or rations free or provided by bis landlord, his fuel free, his garden for potatoes, beans and vegetables free, bis cow and his chickens ore quartered on tbe plantation free. Add to this his [pay in money, generally about $10 per montb, which is not, and can be laid aside, if be will, for investment, and tell me where such laborers have such comforts and chances of accumulation.??? Onr correspondent further says that there were no lights or lanterns displayed in the neighborhood of the lady's bonseon the night of election, except the hgbts that shone from tbe peaceful and quiet dwelllnge adjacent. But tho night afterwards, when the people of Elberton learned that Cleveland had been elected, they celebrated the event. Indeed, they even went eo far as to organize a torch light procession to honor of tha redemption of tbe country and the government from the corrupt rule of republicanism. Tbe foregoi ng, we are assured, is the whole story of (lie Elberton outrage, and th* slan ders which mir correspondent expoles are typical ones. Editor Halstead, of Cincinnati, should reflect over these things. THE WATERBURY WATCH. The crops in certain sections are abort and many fanners will tblnk of economizing tor the coming year. A good weekly paper I* tbo cheapest thing that goes Into a farmer'* borne. Sacha paper as Tux CosanTonox at3L(thcclubrato)tt tbo cheapest newspaper In the worM. It is a luxury, a comfort, a necessity. Its weekly visit carries the news of the busy world to tho fanner???s family. It amnnu and Instructs the children, It cheersand-entcrtalns the wife an d mother, It gives the fanner bis mar kata, the progress of the world, polities and busl ness. Tho day that It arrives fan bright day in the week. . It costa less than two cents a week. Every time a hen ducks, the egg she haa laid will pay for the paper for the week. A postage stamp will pay for It. It ia tho cheapest thing you con buy. In cutting down expenses for the year, don???t cut ofl'THECoxsrmTios, It will he more than ever necessary to you during tho long winter evenings. It will pay for itself ten times over every week. So mnka np your mind that Tn* Consimmo* b one of tho necessities, as well aa a luxury, and scud In your renewal. Kerrx gear nlrmjrfie* promptly, warned*' Miss a ropy. THE BLBERTON OUTRAGE. Wo havo received a communication from a correspondent to Ellierton, In which the let ter from that place recently printed In the Milwaukee hcntinel 1* characterized at ???slan derous and outrageous," and an Indignant denial made, the denial being indorsed by the but citizens. Tbe facts, as given to the communication, are as follows, and we give them to this shape so that our Milwaukee contemporary may, if it shall feel sodiiposed,. present them to its reader*, *o that even- handed justice may be done to the premises: Our correspondent, Mr, If. A. Roebuck, states tbat on the morning of the election, a negro without apparent provocation, struck Mr. W. H. Clark, a respectable and quiet cit izen. Two or three of Mr. Clark???* ions, who were standing near, mode an effort to arrest the negro. The latter ran and the boys ran after him. At tbat time, there was a large body of negroes aronnd the polls, and they at once began to throw rocks and brick-bats at tbe young men who were trying to arrest tbe negro. Thereupon the police force interfered and at once put an end to the difficulty, ar resting blacks and whites indiscriminately. All parties were carried before tbe proper authorities all entered a plea of gnilty and equal finee were impoeed on them. This ac tion settled tbe whole matter. our correspondent declares, and all bis as sertions are borne ont by tbe testimony ot the best citizens, that no attempt was made to compel the negroes to voteor to prevent them from voting. There was no cutting, no club bing, no shooting, and no-attempted intimi dation whatever, as the negroes themselves will tastily. The jailer declares that no one .was incarcerated in the jail on the day of election. The lady who wrote the latter printed in the Milwaukee Sentinel say* her house wo* ???rocked." Onr correspondent Is of the opin ion that the whole town was recked until the authorities arrested the whites and negroes that were engaged to throwing stons* and brick*. Aito the ???few discharges of govern ment guns" that scattered the democrats, our correspondent, speaking for tbe citizens of Elberton, toys; ???We will do the correspond ent'* family the justice to say that, so far as we know, none of those who were living to tbe bouse have been in tbe government ser vice for some time, and we do not think there ???were any government shooting-irons within. Certain it is, ??J there were any volley* fired from the house, only the tomatesof thedwell- ng heard there." A FAVORED RACE, No country on earth can show a peasantry possessing the privileges and advantages .en joyed by the negroes of the south. All history Is full of examples showing that migration ia the remedy ^adopted by a class or race when it is oppressed or badly treated. The Jews are leaving Russia, tbo Irish are ponring out of Ireland in a steady stream, the poor and down trodden of every land arc coming to Americajo enjoy life, lib erty nnd tbe pursuit of happiness, While these transfers of population are occurring nil ovor the world tho negroes of the sonth remain where they aronnd manifest no de sire to go elsowhoro. If it Is true, as alleged ' by certain republican politicians nnd news papers, that tbe negroes ore ill-treated and denied their political rights why do they not shift from tbo southern to the mid dle or western states? They aro free and better able to afford tho expense of moving than the European peasants. If thoy can not get fair play where they are, why to the name ot common sense do thoy not try their fortunes to other sections?. There can be but one explanation. Tho negroes in the south are thriving a* no other recently emancipated peasantry ever pros pered before. Aided by their old matters, petted and protectod by tho government, tlio object of northern philanthropy, with their rights jealously guarded and secured by constitutional amendments, thoy are indeed a privileged people. All negroes vote when they comply with certain general laws. Thoy can hold any office to which they may be elected. Somoof them ure congressmen, nnd members [of tho legislature. Some of them havo been senators. They buy land on credit and pay for It They receive the same credit at store* that Is ex tended to the whites. They collect their debts to the courts just as their old masters do. On tho other band, they ore not held to ns strict a responsibility in civil oontructs or In criminal matters as are tho whites. They enjoy all the benefits of the law and feel less of Its burden* than other people. This is why tho negroes stick to the south. Thoy may prowl a little at times when they are talking politic*, bnt they know tbolr real friends, and do not propose to move away from them. If there Is a grain of truth to the republican complaints is behalf of the negroes, w o ask why it 1* that they show such cheorfnl unanimity in remaining where they ore instead of moving toother states? The present free, happy and pros perous condition of these people is the com pleted refutation of our alaoderers that could possibly be desired. J7ii* jxqxT m on be lent you at a ipeelmtu ropy. If so,reu{lit. Judge it on iu meritI mid mb- taibcfui it. It CM(| $1.26 a year to linyie mb- leribti-o??? $1.00 ??rcA in cluboof fire, or 110for 11 popevr. Jt u the Impair, best, cheapest paper print, d. (let up a club or take it yourself, SUNDAY LAWS. It is generally admitted by onr contempo raries tbat tbe .Sunday laws, os they are commonly called, are not respected in tbe large cities of tbe north and west. In some of the western cities and towns saloons re main open on the Sabbath day, and there (s no cessation of the ordinary traffic and amusements. In other places the lews re quire the closing of the saloons, bat it is the testimony ot all who know any thing about it tbat tho saloons do a flourishing business through (heir back and side doors. Occa sionally the police make a sport and en deavor to enforce the Sunday law;, but to tbe end they relax their vigilance and give up. This is the state of affairs not to the ???row dy west???alone, bnt to "the land of steady habit*," the land of great moral idea*, the land whoso sagea, statesmen and prescMrs conceive it to be their special mission to straighten the benlgbed sooth. From all ac counts these self-constituted reformers and missionaries have a fine field at home for their peculiar work. In the southern. states the Sabbath Is generally observed on account ol the religious convictions ot the people of both races, and the police have very little occasion to enforce laws which nobody desires to violate This i* the natural outcome or the love of law and order which 1* characteristic of the southern people. In this section we are free from the fear* of anarchy, communism, labor disturbances and disorders which are dreaded and expected in some of tbe northern, middle and western states. Orthodox religious ideas and con servative political beliefs have so moulded public opinion to this section that reaisunoe to law and corruption in affitira of govern ment are almoat unknown. Bnt to return to the matter of Sunday lain. Tbe manner to which??? these law* aro observed in the one section aad openly defied or availed in the other throws a flood of light upon th* principles and the character of the respective sections. The ??ib??rvance or non- observance of the Sabbath Indicate* a nation's character and tendencies. .INDISTINC