The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-23
ceAvropDsvilLr, GA, January 90, lS";. =,
laS snaNt S.ECI.ll tNt.l

FOR REPUTATION IN GEoiiNLa'
o., ,,-ror,ev;T1r. GA, January 90, 1S's.
Won, co,,r5sDoutient has spa.!t several cay,
!, rh;s little Village. and, OF course, aV'''!eu
IInsnlr of thc opportunity Of making Il ,ls!'
- 10 :. s,s,e Of Liberty Hail." Hon. AieA.
a1,tinr II, >Icphcns. lie lives IN a very hei'
g.. IIn:,s. which stands III pretty sioN,
s,I,1n1,o.f.d ~ attractive grounds, on "h,st,
49, .,,'. - ,,,nrrt, houses" (N"thodlSt ana
I>,,.;,,E ,vh;rh were erected largely ln!o''Si'
~! ,.,arfn.'s Iibcrality. There /. no i+u!
~ .an nsmsr, but ncyyI9! gentlemen 10 Mhp -;
NJ. S,r,,nan, i w"r.u,y Attached ai'''t ~
horn an1 riyc some attention 20 III, V'.n IA
c5y,ir. ,,icl, a,c chiefly cared iol =: sn G.'
c,l2rcG womn Cli> t2rincI s'r "iia ,Ao
nr.Ei. old body servant. Ills Own -
,,,nnt. arc t,co rooms in ne" 2n.H.i5h ~
rS.r .,..r - III, house, which FORM His llo!a!
and bedroom. ,,:,,, ~.
,,,,.,. Al . O'clock III the morning, y
Vrarc II once lls.crcd through th' !io'"t ~ ~
h. tc.IronTn. where lie now receives III, "
ga cnn,n,nv. We found him at work die
49,, !, M al.,anuCnsis something lof tp'.
-ra.S INT hc gave us 4 cordial reception, aut'
r,~,r,d ct once into very pleasant CONVERSE
ion iron, which wc found 1t d!hcullo pIeah !,
eyrey whpn we thought that we had tres passeu
snficlrntlv uron his time. lie Is now coh'
So, r. his room, unable 10 move NJ III On
90 On ay,ltcl.c., and is ymy Jnuch chlacla|eo,
i,Ilfna. many wears Older than when we ~"
i,;r, fnI,;. year. ago. Eut his intellect l, a
r;..r bis memory ;s bright, and his spirits -
c.o,Ir,I. - If lie were twenty years soui!se!
al ~ .,rnnr physical constitution. Ht'Ttlhs
49, .~~,rr.a:iGr on atopic Of mutual interest.
we had nothing to do but show ourselves e.
-, n.-,.n,.,,,' while for t!le.-quaitrrS OF
,,S I,r,,. t,,n treat man poured toria slrc'ih
~, .;n~,lrl "Reminiscences. facts ard n-5oleS,
argument and buuor. Tic Is certainly one
a. the most brilliant conNcraatloll"i2i7 We
We c1r;d report the conversation almost
,erlr,i,n il we could get Our consent 10 JON
liz " inter, levers" Who report private coll-
~cr.4tons for tho press. bu' We mus sne
ore sl"qp Of the conversation WhlCo 'Lose
whom It concerns would 40 wen W nay
;,na,, S;eakipy Of the hrgc nlllnocr Oh
y,,,rs D1on who are running about the coun-
:. .tIrnI,Ing for business" he said: 81 an
F,.orcntlr anuled TO hy them ioErecol!nlch-
4 ms, or inonil;cs Is TO where they can
n,r "llsnesS," Is i there IS any "0NS'-
a, IN ms cor,ary JHt acorh', dnd hat
t,.y en- lind G,.pgi:crc If hcy arc @t$Ro:ea
- Ia ~, We were very much struck W!tt
IL, l.,roiot,s u?clnory OF even trin:n5 INCL
don't. Your correspondent alluded 10 nav
in ICON introduced 10 lin on the cars iouf
-.Ir- a.o. when Mr. stephens at once &c,
I'iol. ..Ycs. remember II perfectly aht!
farn wcni on 10 detail the conversation (ai'out
c.r.iil pcints Of parliamentary lraHlcl
which Sc lad entirely forgotten untll ne re-
Ne wcrr told bv u lawyer who his fire.
,,tl. interviews with him that II" can no"
rccaj the jninutcst details OF IL" cases III.
yv!..ch he was engaged thirty year. ago. ID
taxing oar leave he cour,e!ta cordial lnviFa'
tim - "comc again" with the pleasant re-
max, ~ love Nir9inil--itS beautiful sceii'f!
:gl lis hosp:taho people,
Ne l"vc rarely known puh!lc man 40
s,,..f. jishrr among his ncighbcr> tG1n III.
!.cfhc,s seems to do. They speak most en-
Enthusiastically Of his kindness OF heart and ~
~ many ctylri,ics-in dispensing which he
Has even away several fortunes, and lei
,lr!so'f l.! lbs old age il moderate clcAnl-
stances.
:. { Save seen solnrninG recently Of .Ar.
s.apnt,l,'s bosom friend lGrncl3t isc1ert
E1cDlal, anl Ii1rn been struck with TIC COLI
t.&st hyt"can lie two.
Genera! Tocrlsls i rs remarkable for his
cn."aG;H physical development as DIR.
sMnacrs Is for lis small, delicate frame.
Iloml, i iEpetuOus-cvcn rlsiI-and does
~. tc.i.atc 70 rush into the deepest water,
l.l.!ir4 10 ii. splendid powers 10 cXtrlcale
li;u,tli. N;en!ici,s iSmOre cautious, and itclS
f,g l!tayr ground Gpon which TO plant his
f.l. Bal with many di;crsitics they have
bchA throughout their long public careers the
mot i..tinatc friends, have always consulted
ea2l. ol4cr, and l9ye cXertcd powerful H.
uience I!!e Oh: trtn he other.
Ci.Mori yo0nlbs ha. been actively ENGAGE
IL &c practice OF iaW since the wsr, ana Is
nGn. ior TO distant part5 q the Stetc'lh li!i-
rlgt.NL c:,cs. Eut lie Is said TO rave sun J.
s5l}ls hanEclns after political life, ana 10
Cltre not a little ii the situation" One OF
lis rczl.bors ntlv compares him to ga Gagged
IemDest." Just now he is after Bullock
and his thieves Having volunteered MS
services 10 investigate without fee the frauds
upon Tie State committed by her fugitive
"GoYCruor," and the pack Of hungry corino-
rants whom lie had gathered around hlnl'
q neral Toombs is prosecuting the invest
ga.icn con omore, and seems very cohl!Seh'
tat he will be able to establish the g'i!le O
tie rlrties SO Clearly that even the I.aGlcais
VIII he forced 10 admit it.
.rl;nrc il general rejoicing throughout the
Gate at the peaccablc inauguration OF Gov
einor Smith. who is said TO be 4 man Of very
cccLlcl ability and high personal worth
none the less SO because he gallanlly followed
the "Stars and Bars all through tue war.
It is understood that Conley would haze
held on but for the fact that y" got no COLI
fort in Washington, and Was strongly advised
against doing so by Ex-Governor Joseph Z.
Brown and other leading men.
It was Foster B!oQyett (not Bullock, as we
noticed The Dispatch recently represented
"cyen great Homer sometimes mods y
whom Conley, in advance of his trial, "nar-
doncd" Of Ill the crimes hat he might, could,
would, or should have committed. But II
this distinguished gentleman ever sets foot
Oil tie soil of Georgia again (and no stone
will he LETT urturned to bring him back, lie
will De at once prosecuted, aid The valno CT
his "pardon fully tested.
There seems to he just now unusual tight.
ness in mouey matters throughout the State,
but the knowing ones say that it Is produced
By the fact that planters are holding lack
their cotton for higher prices, and that times
vii! be easier afterawhile.
We have been caused to blush severa!
times lately by the pointed question: "ls
Old Virginia going to trepudiate her deot:"
We have Indignantly answered mol" but
have deeply regretted the existence OF such
state OF things as to give color to such a
question.
Even With tic heavy debt which Georgia
hus hid piled upon her by corrupt officials,
we have heard in our travels through the
State not q word squirting towards repudn-