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ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTI1 UTIQN. AUGUST 27, 1878.
The AtlnntA < (institution ,h * D »* Cb.otaoqn», h»ve Exhibited .In xnd it m»r be that he ia pro wine tired
j rare eoahinetior, political wiedom and of hie present etyle of campaigning.
Cbriatian ph : lo#ophy—qnalinee of . Howbeit, Leeter’e frienda are eatiefied.
which the need of the limaa demand The democratic nominee, in apite
WEEKLY EDITION.
TERMS OF WEEfcLV.
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UlTimie* ahoeld nr'kk - Or vjl.
Citizen Sraaa ie not miking the
campaign „ liw’ru we had anppoeed.
Cinaaa St'aaa wu in Madiaon the
o her day, bat be had on a clean aMrr
It ia not probable that he haa yet fairly
committed hleieelf to the c impalgn.
the fallen: rzercite.
Tim “loyal” I ,wa aatiera are hr'ly
“impregnated” with the idet that there
ia a war going on in tha eoath. The
Iowa aatiera are a aery amusing aet ol
raac ala.
Oa the theory that an nonce of pre
Tendon ia worth a pound ol care, An
gus'* baa eatabliabed a land quarantine
against psaaengen, and frelgnt from in-
loct-.d diatric’a.
Tna Speer uien eay they were diaap
pointed at B.Uope'a speech in trainee
ville. This la well. We should bs
sorry fir Billups sad the democracy il
his speech had aa-iafl-d the Speer men.
Ann now op jump. the Cmcinna'i
E quirer, and, with a ferocity that ia
exaip rxtieg becanae it ia so refi.ied,
anageata that General L w Wallace be
summoned before the Putter commit
tee. Tha country will bear as wilncae
that wc intend thin ea a protest.
Tub greeubeca party iu Georgia baa
no streugth whatever ea a party ; at d
thoae who iavor the new organization
will very abortiy perceive tbxt there is
no hope fur ibeir theoriee in each a
movement. The average voter cannot
long be deceived, even by the eatha
eiasm cf woo'd be leaders.
Tua New York Tribune rather broad
iy inlima'ee that the independent move
ment in Georgia ia etgineered mainly
by a ptrcei of blackgoarda who
want office. Colonel Reid ia
necesaarily harsh. The independ-
eiite.are not altogether blackguards;
bat it ie not to be denied that they
want tfficr above all thing*.
It ia hinted that the democracy wi|
have to ran Hewitt for prandent II ell
other reeoarcea fail. It ie more than
probable, however, that all other re
a mices will hot tail. But il la not to In
dnniel that a ticket with lie wilt on one
mud and Leet on the other would be a da
ciiled lavorile with weak-minded peo
ple. A large uamber of repaklicane
would undoubtedly support It.
.TUB CMCINNATl MOOTBSRN.
The common council of Cincinnati,
on Tneeday last, ihcli red by a vote ol
-14 to 1, that the electors of the city had
decided to iaaue the tonda of the city
to 'he amonut ol two milliona of dot-
Km to complete tl.e roothrrn road.
Thin action ie all that ie required of the
city authorities, and the remainder of
the buainera ie in the hands oi the
trustees with full power to act. The
latter have decided to disregard the
proceedings in court, aa they are legal
ly warranud in doing. The work will
doubtless be began next week, and
there ix no reason iodonbt tha rumple
tion of the mad within the contract
time. The plucky Queen City deeervi
to own n prod able railroad and to se
cure through it a profltab e trade with
the cotton belt. We hope both wil:
follow the laying of the iron on he 1
great North-and-fon'b Trnnk line.
rat no bra Georgia fair.
It is now demonstrated that the drat
fair of the North Georgia Fair and
8-ock association will not only be a eoc
enes, but a phenomenal success.
No fair ever contemplated in Georgia
had aneb a flattering prospect. The
exhibition wi'l be the b*st ever made in
the south. Demand, f jr space are be
ing made from all quarters. Agents ol
the association are.traveling through
the west making arrangements for stock
and machinery exhibition. The mili
tary display will be the largest ever
seen in a eon-hern state in tim, ol
p-ace, and ermpanies will come from
Bet jn, New York, Chicago, 8- Louie,
Baltimore, Rmhmond, and varions
other cities. The races will be first-claw
in every respect, the parses being large
enough to attract the beat bones.
Aa for the crowd, that will be some-
thing beyond comparison. Excnraloca
have bean arranged from all q aartera c f
the nnion, i.nd it ia not too mneb to
presume that one hundred thousand
strangers will visit A.lanuk daring tl e
lair week. Every bing ie moving bar-
moniutuly and with enthusiasm. Every
man in north Georgia ia determined
to show the world what we cut do whan
we are put on our metal.
Aa for the secretary, it ia lair to eay
that the United Stales will not fnrniah
bn superior. The wisdom ol tha boaid
eriing him baa been over and over
again demonstrated, even in the few
weeks of preparation that haveehpsed
since his election. He baa already given
the fair an impulse that no living man
could have equalled, and be aeem, u
gel better and better as the work wide, a
and the reeponeibilitiee thicken. Af cr
several hours spent in the secretary's
office, overlooking the mail, etc., we
predict that the lair ol 78 will be the
moat brilliant and positive euccee, ever
scored in Georgia Now stick a pin
there I
of the slander, and misrepre-
rentatioo, and abase that have
been heaped ouon him ia
steadily gninirg every day, and
they wculd be willing lor the election
to come eff to- morrow. The cimpaign
ol ’base that haa been inaugurated by
Dr. Feltoo and hia friends is not the
winning card. The people of the
eevenib district have knows Judge L;
ter all his life. They know he ia a
pare man and they will vindicate at
the polls the imputations that have
been made against hie good name, and
‘be charges that have been made
against his personal honor. When Dr.
Felton reinwe to meet Judge Leeter on
the atniup he admits hia inferiority as
debater, and when be brings un
founded charges rg itnst the democratic
nominee he confesses that he can
make no argument against him. Tne
democrats of the seventh district'd"
not foar the isene of any such cam
paign.
Wright’s death, the predecessor of Mr. I haa appealed to the powers for help.
Stephens, Col. Mathews declined a | A junior Burlin conference may become
nomination for eangreea in Iavor of necessary, if the powers think that it is
Hon. A. H. Stephens.
CoL Mathews was a prominent mem
ber ol the recent constitutional conven
tion, and was one of the ablest debaters
and moat enthusiastic workers in that
body. In hie death, Georgia haa lost
one ol her truest and most distinguish*
edaona.
jat mot.
svrraissios as a rise art
Becemly Sheriff Price, of Oconee,
printed a card in Smithy Clayton's Ami.
Washerman making certain in) irious
charges agsinat Colonel Billons, the
democratic nominee. Thinugh the
columns ol Tub Constitution Colons'
Btllcpa authorised an emphatic de
nial ol t he main points of the card, and
■ hit hnial lias been published in all
> 1 < prominent democr.-tic papers in the
dm rich Thus iar, however, al.t r. Il
1’iiCJ ia silint. He knows tha: lie
misrepresented Colonel B Hops per
haps unintentionally—and hia silenc-
is, to say the least, gracelul. But the
Aoti- Wa-herman has never printed the
correction, and. aa far as we have ob
served, none of tbntineer papers have
s in.In) to it. Psrhape this is one way
ot c inducting a politic d eamr atgo, but
il is a very peculiar wav, aod one that
is not likely to commend independent*
ism to the weenie
ATLANTA AND Tat 3!ATM FAIR
It is mysteriously hinted around and
abontthatthe Atlintafai-ia a move
ment intended to crush out, or cripple,
or greviously wound in some way not
clearly specified, the fair ot the State
Agricultural society, to be held at Ma
con. Need we say that there is not a
shadow of foundation for any such
rntnora or assertions? The gentleman
who have the Atlanta fair in charg>,
and who pn ptae to make it the most
conspicuously successful fair hold since
the war, are actuated by no feeling ol
opposition to the 8tate fair, and they
will engage in no competion that wtli
not, in the end, materially aid b ilh
exhibitions. We trust the Slate fair
will be a success, and we propose to do
all in our power to secure that result
There ia room for laudable competi
ti.m between the two •xhibitions, bn:
not room for oppneiiioo.
OOV CbLQVtTT AT CHaVTaLQCA
From all recounts, both private sad
published, the reception end speech ol
our governor at Chautauqua last Tbura
day, were notable events. The local
Jmitral which gives m extenso the pro
needing- of the day, speak- eothuaiasti-
cally of what occurred. It says: * Ot
three icronoda two years ago we bad
the privilege of extending a recepllot
to President Grant, at which lime lb*
ramp wse illuminated and ablaze with
fl .gs and alive with the greatest crow,
of people which had evet assembled it
Chautauqua county. A reception
tq'tally cordial and hearty greeted
Gov. Oo.quitt yesterday. Tha crowd
of people was not to large a*
when the president was with us, bm
we had from tha g rernor one of th>
most appropriate and atirriig .-petchn
ever delivered upon these grounds. W.
do not believe that even in bis ow:
sonny south, he ever received in an;
pl> ce, cr on any occasion, a more cor
dial greet.ng than saluted him jcatei
day. The cheen thundered forth, acc
rote and fell like the rising and falling
ol bilkiwa; and Iho white handkerchief
flo’ered to the air, again aid again
ti ick aa the leave* ol autumn.”
Ilia ia certainly high praise, but we
think the rtader, alter perusing th.
governor’s remarks, wiil agree with ui
thatit isnolvxiravtganl Wetakethi.
occasion to aay, what we have lory
thought, that of all the men in efficial
station in the wide extent of our land,
it would be difficult to name on.
who leads Governor Colquitt
in wise aod influential
methods for impressing the public
m.nd in behalf of pe.ee, and practice
Mjt for building np the beet intervals
ol the country. Ha public utterances
pn several recent oocrsionr. elsewhere
D.d it ever occur to the averagt
greenbacker tb it even if he should suc
ceed in otgan zitg a new party by di
viding the democracy that none of the
sweeping reforms be proposes could be
accomplished wiring the next three
years? Until after the presidential
election in 1880, greenback legislation
at all radical in its character wonli
be promptly vetoed by the de Iscio ex
ecotivA The greenback doctrine cm
only succeed through the success of
the democratic party. Tbe moat vital
financial iaanes have recently been
made a part oi tbe democratic platform
aod it ia only through the democrats
that tbe prriidential veto can be an
nulled and made ineffectual. Green,
back lecislation will have to be grad
nal. The first movement of anv im
portance, apart fn m the repeal
of tl o resumption ect, which is known
aa John Hiierman’s contnction m
chine, is that which contemplates the
cr:|ip:ing of the consolidated money
power repreeented by the nations;
banka. This can only be done by dis
establishing them—by substituting
greenbacks for national bank notes
That is the first step. It is the issue
before cotg.eas, in comparison to wnich
o her financial issues are inaig -dficsuL
It ia a movement that not only looks to
economy, bnt propo-estto break down
and render inoccuou' a very powerful
money mom poly. Until this issue is
decided in iavor oi ibe peopl;, as it will
be, unless tbe enthusiasm of tbe green
bickers prom t them to wander ofi
like Judge Pittman in search
tue ignite fatnua of fiat money,
the gates to financial reform fill
be cloeed. It will be no great hardship
■o the banka to be thus shorn of their
currency, for, under carelnfly regulated
state laws, they can be organised into
state banks and thus become far mote
service ble to the people than they ere
now. But nothing of this kind can be
effected if the enthusiasm or the desire
for office among the leading greenback
men shoo’d impel them to make a fn
tile attempt to organize a new parly.
Such an organiaatiop would not outlive
the certain defeat of its letdere, but
might result mdeferringtoan indefinite
period the reform in rnr finances that
should be brought al out at the ot xt
session of congress.
Tat (ANTAWS IN TUK FIRST.
The campaign in tbe firat district is
becoming very interesting. Col. J bn
0. Nichols has developed s strong f .1-
lowirg in tbe lower end of tbe district,
but perils ps not enoogb to secure tbe
nomlnsticn He will st -east be
strong man in ihe convention. He will
have to contend with Judge Tompk’ne
and Col. George R. B sek, two strong,
v gdant yonng me i, who are well up
in the politics .1 their district. It is
therefore more than probable that the
convention ot the firat dis’rict wiil re
semble the Columbus convention. In
this event we hope the delegate;
trill unanimously insist on
turning Colonel Hartridge, not
withstanding his expressed deeite to
withdraw Irom coigrees. Col. Ha.-t
ridge is wilhont doubt one of tbe lead
ing members of tbe present congi
He has done much to raise the sutndsrd
of southern congressmen in tbe estims
lion of the whole country. It must be
admitted that for several years sftei
the war we were not very proud of the
das* of meu wbo represented us it
congrv is; but Col. Hartridge and othei
members of toe present congress hsvt
shown that they are the peers of any
congressman. He is, therefore, sei-
vicesnle not alone to the district,but tt
tbe who e state. Rs her than hav-
any dbaeusicn over ihe ncminaticc
we hope the democrats of the first dis
trie wd! give the s ate tbe trained aer
vices of Col Hartridge.
TBE CONFEDtRATM TREASURY NOTES
The treasury notes of the confedera
cy were in one respect fist notes. The
fiat oi the confederacy was at their
back; they rested solely “on the faith
and resources” oi the people. They
were issued, as were the assignats, and
aa ail flat money ever has been and
aver will be, according to the needs,
real and fancied, of the government,
instead oi the wants of trade. The old
result followed. Tbe following record,
prepared by a firm of Mobile bankers,
shows the amou at of confederate money
required on the 1st, 10-h, and 20 h oi
each month to purchase (100 in gold
or its eqaivalent in goods:
worth their while to consider Greece’s
ims to a slice oi territory. True,
they advised the pone to give its con
sent to a rectification of the Grecian
frontier; bnt having gathered in
all that they could reach, they may not
trouble themselves over tbe demands
oi the poor little kingdom that King
O-ho governs.
bsrvia and Montenegro find that they
cannot occupy their new territories
without war; the Ross’ana have a seri
ous insurrection on their hands in the
Rxodope mountains, and Turkey now
declares that she cannot inaugurate,
much less carry out, the reforms of the
Berlin treaty, because she is moneyless.
8hs therefore proposes to stultify
-hat d content. And the Russian
indemnity ia suspended by a thread
that Rossis may sever at any moment
in feet, d'd the treaty of Berlin settle
anything?
TI1K ADMIX IS 111 A t lOH AND MEXICO.
The course of the administration to
wards President Ditz’a model republic
■a not considered reassuring by those
*ho think that we should let cattle
thieves and miscellaneous robbers from
Mexico overran tbe counties of Texas
without obj action. The administxa-
tion's fi st raiding order, issued iu June
1877, authorized tbe creasing ol the
boundary line of the army on hot tisiis
July, bbortly afterwards Gen. Ora
was privately authorized to pursue
robbers cn cold trails or no trails at all
his discretion. Colonel Mac sen
z.e recently crossed the river, seized
.he little village of Villa Nueva, search
td it for the notorious cattle thief, Ar
e*la, and filling to find him, brought
-cross the river the alcade of the little
town, who was however scarcely
prisoner. Ue was permitted to return,
although it is well known that he has
ong been a protector of Areola, who
is the terror of the border. It is plan
ihai Gen. Ord considers himself free to
croos the river whenever and wherever
ees fit, and he is not neglec.ing his
opportunities. Every raid by the greas
ers ia followed up by an invasion oi
Mexico under the leadership of the
dauntless Mackenzie. The latter does
.rot go with a mere handful of troops
He takes along the best artillery, caval*
ry and infantry in Geo. Ord’e command,
aod is prepared to encounter at least
five thousand greasers.
How long this state of things can go
on without a declaration of war de
pends upon the action of Diaz. If he
quietly submits to an invasion of his
territory by our troops, there will be no
war; but as each successive pursuit of
cattle raideis is to be more aggressive,
Diaz may be compelled by bis people to
jffer resistance. At present he seems
disposed to maintain amicable relations
with this government and with the
robbers also; but this plan will not
prove satisfactory to either republic in
ihe loig run. These sorties most in
eviubay lead to war, and war with Mex
co means an at quisition ol
-he cfl~ndii‘g provinces. The new
ine would doubtless be drawn
westward fn m he month of the Kio-
irande, transferring to this country the
itwtss of Ctiihnahua, Cjahuila, Nueva
L?on, Siitora, Datango and California
-all states capable oi great mineral or
agricultural development. 8uch a re-
salt would settle the Rio Grande ditfi
•mlties, and perhaps lift the pressure of
public condemnation from the admin-
• dtraiion for a season; bnt would not
he Areolas and Cortinaa of Mexico
istabliah a reign of terror along a
aew border 7
November 201_
Deoember i«t.
December 10 i_
Dec- mbcr J0ir_.
DR FJ.LTOS'S VAMPaIOX.
The C’.erokec Geoig an seems to b<
laboring ui.d< r the delusion that som«
one is hnnti. g Dr Feiton down, am
.he ed 'or grows quite e>cqieut in ad
vising the people to siwaJ by thei
*nacu abased at d down trodden cham
pion. The situation »» very pathetic
If Jadge Lister is kaoung Dr Felton
down, it is the Nutt of t e independen
candidate hia.seif. The democrat:*
n minee invited Dr. Felton to me*
hun in fair and open disc nation, be
instead cf doiug this the doctor pie
fera to gallop from e*.d of the di*
ire: to the other accomp ?
nied by hia chosen groems, and
aassdroitt'- maragrd thus t*r, excep
apon two or three occasions, to avoi*
meeting Judg* LdMcr. Ue opened th
campaign in C.tr:er»viile by making
cries of ale' Jerous charges against th
charac*er ot the democratic champio:
end ha* kept it np ever since uolet
Judge Lester happened to be wxlhi
hearing distance. I» anybody is bnnte
down it is Judge L»j:er. Dr. Felto
put him upon the dtfensive a; il c star
and has since sown the Car * rsvil
slandeis broadc at over ihe district. 1
m v be mat he is gc t ing tired of tl>«
job he«acdert<xk ; if so, be has onl
himself and his advisers to thank. H
grew tired of mte'ing Judge Lest* r o:
Um» plump very car y in the campaign,
UOU. Jo D MAlUtWd.
We regret to learn of the death of
Hon. J. D. Mathews, of Oglethorpe
onoty, which occurred lust Friday at
While Su’.pimr Springs. Colonel Math*
ows had been sick for some week*, bui
tiia die* ate finally developed into
cnteiLflimmation of tha bowels, and
resulted in his death. His remains pass
ed through tbe dty yesterday and will
ue interred at Lsxington to-day.
Colonel James Da vant Mathews was
one of the most prominent of the pub~
tic men of Geoig**. He was bern in
Elbeu county in 1&13, and graduated
at Mercer university in 1863 After he
gratnated at Mercer, Colone<
dathews taught school fm
several years. Ue abandoned tl. i i pro-
leesion for the law, however, and Bind
iod under Judge Francis H. Cone. He
wsk *< milted to tbe bar in Greeniboro
in 1858, after which he located in L
: ugton, where he lived np to the time
of bis death. In 1861 he organiztd a
military company in Oglethorpe conn
y, and was made captain—the comj a
• y afterwards becoming a part of the
thirty-eighth Georgia regiment. In
he organization of tbe regiment he
was elected mrj^r,and while serving
in this capacity, was severely woneded
At the battle of Cold Hajbor in Jane,
1862. The character of this wound
was such that it incapacitated him
from further active service, albeit he
was in 1863 promoted and commission
d colonel of the regiment. He was one
of the leading lawyers of his section ot
rhe state, and bad a large practice. Hi*
oratorical gifts were something excep
tional. We have heard that Judge L.
E. Bleckley, of the supreme court, pro
uounced the spetc 1 * of Colonel Math
ews, in the Saddler case, carried up
from Hart connty, the best he ever
heard delivered in the supreme court.
He was a member of the 1< gislature
irrm Oglethcrpe county frtm 1863 *c
1865, and was a prominent man in thai
oody. He was able and eloquent in
his dtfei.ee of the confederate govern
ment at a time when it needed brave
•nd fearless friends, and no one knev
better how to show his contempt fo;
aer ent mies than this gallant son, wh«
had perilled his life in the field, anc
»ho was ever ready to stake all tha*
was left ot his shattered form to defea
• heir encroach ments. After the war
wbea Geoigia called her wieest mex
oge'her to fume an organic law ii
1S65, CoL Mathews was sent as a del
g» T e from tbe county of Ogletho'pt
In that convention he rarktd as one o
is prominent feeders and ablest de
haters.
He was one of tbe committee of fin
appointed by that convention to memo
r’Ai.ze the president of the United
S ales to pardon J.ffcrson Davis, and
•;her distinguished cor ft derates, wh<
*ad teen prescribed, and this too at a
ime who; but few dared to utter a
word of sympathy in behalf of Mr.
D*vis It will never be forgotten by
hose who heard CoL Mathews, whe
ue areas in that convention, and with
intrepid heart, lofty patriotism, fexiles,
ni el< quent words, won all hearts t-
he imprisoned chieftain Georgia fel
tlet there was still some freedom o
peech left amongst her people. Mrs.
Dins, the wife o! President Davis
wrote CoL. Mathews a Ictiercf thank?
for his noble effort,
Ia the fall of 1S05 C »L Mathews w *
e ected to congress over b?s competitor ,
CoL J hn Miiledge and Judge Garten
Andrews, from the eighth district. He
was not permitted to take his seat after
his election or account of the recon-
suucjou laws if cougrefo. After Gen,
Tnis temble depreciation in the pur
chasing power of the treasury noteswa*
he result 6f two things—an issuance
dependent upon the varying fortunes
of a people, and one beyond the real
requirements of business. No less that
$973,000,000 of nonricterest •bearing
note-* were at one time in circulation.
This amount was reduced by turning
three dollars of tbe first issues into two
of a new issue; but on the first of Oc
tober, 1864, there weie $608,000,000
treasure notes outstanding, besides
$99,954,000 of 730 notes, and abou
$100,000,000 of call certificate:?. It is
doubtful whether any later state
ment of the currency issues
of the confederacy can be found. It
however known that the volume of the
currency was considerably increased
daring tae remaining months of its
existence, and it is safe to say that on
the tenth day of April, 1865—the date
of the last quotation iu the foregoing
table—there were one thousand mil
lions ol currency in circulation in-the
then limited territory of the confeder
acy. The purchasing power of this vast
amount of currency, dependent soiely
upon the laith and resources of the
people, went of course up or down
as ihe fortune?? of war dictated.
So it would be with the proposed fUt
money of the greenbackera. If the
U ailed States of America should put
oat a similar amount of money based
on the faith and resources even of forty
millions of people, what would be its
purchasing power in case we became
involved iu a w*r with a power as weak
even as Mexico ? A war with Mexico
is an exceedingly probable event; a war
with Great Britain is never outside
the range of probability. In either event
our fiat m ney w-uld begin to dance up
and down a scale similar to the one that
the Mobile bankers have presented
with.
In some respects the treasury notes
of the confederacy were not foil fledged
fiu notes so to speak. They were not
legal tenders, and they carried
a promise of contingent redemp
tion. Our fiat lunatics demand s cur
rency that shall supplant greenbacks
aud all other kinds oi currency, tha*
shall be a lull and absolute legal ten
der receivable lor all dues, public and
private, without either the pr<>m : se
the prosp: ct of redemption of any kind.
aud in exet-ss of the wants of trsd<*
about three fold. This iu the height
the currency cn-za. History fails
supply a p .rallel, and it ia safe to say
that the common sense of the American
people will prevent the rbsnrd tcheme
from getting bsyord its chrysalis state.
A TEA AT Y WITHOUT PEACE.
Six weeks have elapsed since the
Berlin treaty was signed, and neither
the government nor the people cf Tore
key show any s ; gns of ret peeling its
terms. The porte is clearly a silent
partner in the Bosnian insurrection,
for Tuikish regulars were permitted
join by battalions the insurgents. Tbe
Austrians succeeded in capturing, on
Monday last, 8er»jevo, the crpital
Bosnia and a city of 60,000 people, bat
this success by jjo means completes
the «u’ jugation—lor that is
right word—of the province.
The Austrians have cautiously ad<
vanced with an overwhelming foice
they have forced back and defeated the
nrgan.zed insuigents; bat the most
difficult work of tbe army of occnparion
is to come. The ifisnigents will now
wage a guerrilla war among the moun
tains. The people are warlike, and the
country is of a mountainous nature,
war of races and religions is now before
Austria and the remainder of Europe
The Servians and Montenegrins arc
secretly aiding the Bosnians. It is
f&ct an attempt by the Servian
Pxn-Slavists to resist an an
nexation that is inconsHten
with their scheme of an ultimate unioi
under the, czar. The mountain passe?
in the province are therefore filled
with Christians and Turks who are
fighting side by side against Austria!
occupation. The Turks are the deecen
Jants of Slavs, whose forefathe
changed tht*ir religion to save their
property. Of the population 431.000
are members of tbe Greek church. 418,
000 axe Mohammedons and 192,009
Catholics. Ne ther he Greeks nor the
Turks deaire union with a Catholic
state. B ee and religion are ihtre
fore at the bottom of the strangle,
and it will doubtless require greai
skill, considerable bloodshed and
months of time to earn
into full effect the provisions of th<
Berlin treaty subjecting the two Sc la vie
provinces to the rule cf the house
Hapaburg.
The occupation cf Bitoum will b
Attempted on Tuesday cf this wee!:. If
ihe Russians succeed in octnoyin).
without opposition, as seems probabl'
at this writing; the plucky lit’le dty.
tney will have before them thedifficu!
tack or dislodgii g the insurgents wh<
bold the country fierce to Kara. It wi
be accomplished, but perhaps no
cither easily or qu ckly.
Tl e Grecian question ia also preesio;
for settlement. Ihe p~rte refines toac
in accordance with tbe ?piriiof tbe Ber
iin treaty on this question. It refuses
to treat with Greece at all,.and Greece
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
OLD ax
Has no Kalin In tUe Crefobtekm
“Dere a’n’t no use bodderin’ wid me,”
uld old m to Amo; '*1 smell wood ’rou. d In
11s naborhood an* I'm swine ter feed my caw on
nit ’fore tnndown.*'
'Bnt, anser de qnmdun urged Amx
'Well, nmofl. look he&h. boy, 1'se bin oateo
own an* taint bin reedin’ de lsbiis on de polly
usnuna lately. Fl 1 on’enUn’s yet yon is one
Jb d ■« greel, backers !'*
“DAi’B.de kine of tracksbamble kurrency 1
r
“Ant e* I furvler oa*ersUn’e dey is prepez n
ter run ’gtnsi de reg’ler dimmocrat nomynee V
••Dai’s de iraie m’s on 1”
-An’ ne’e trym* ter tapprese on de 'publicem
le needceesuj ob WAlizin* up ter de poles an’
’sportin' ob him fer ter beat Je dimmocrata?
“Euuy thing ter teat dem 1 ”
“W eil, now, ’fore I’d go Inter dat *nngement
r*d like t*r Irab oe pedigree cb dat £tetnbac*er
erletUemo'HtrUn den I'm got tilt now. I’m
icir’d be’i cue ob Come exotica from ex indepen-
lint on en ex •or’ Lad. 1 Ukts ex therexbred
icxnbl ”
Yas, bat be’e wld ue now, eho* 1 '*
•WidyernowT Bat wnmr are be gwlne tex be
*rtex de ’iecksnla T Wbenyercomrie ter ax hun
far Itx stan* on jer 'itrewt wariint uul ntx' week
whor’ll yer tree ’lmatT Now, lemme teliycr
dese new-braudid greenback era Ja like onto dere
urn mex lizxjxd*—dwf’e green on de »rai
wben y*r rune ’em onto ex rale dej’a is gray * z
confeder'i jetail An* dt y’* got no chance 'glitsi
do olmmocxat party 1 ex heah me 1 Hu’s like
b ar-me-i—de mo* yex ebawe on bit de bigger it
■ Welle.**
And tfie old man felt of hia raw and ambled
away.
maw Ena xo ooicukhpuedex ts
It Isn’t Mnu* by a Lows Jump.
Makiota, AUfcUBt *L
Editors Constitution : What is the
o lgin of ihe s.ang.ezuicaaian, **By tbe akin of
hia teetbr* a.
It la not a aU.ug czpreaaon, bt Ing ja tIS«d by
the fine st cla rce in the language Yon will find
the expte ; a oi. In the Bible—Joo 19th chap, 20th
verso. It ebt.a d be written, however, “With the
akin of hie teeth," and not *‘by.**
U Is Worth Peer ana a Little Better
Washc e row, Ga , August 15.
Editors Cokstitution : Iu your quo*
tatltim ol a ocka, bom e, etc.. 1 fi ll to find that
of A lania ua» Light Co. stock. Piewm oe kind
enoogb «o Inform me wl at the market value p*r
Yeetenlay'e Work ts tbe I'olnmbai
CesvtDtioB-Ho Result Rrnchrtt-
Chniham Coanty’s Iblegaie* Vn-
iMtrneted—« oa* ree-lewal
tlows ud probabilities ih ougb-
*be Connrry—Butler’s Casdida-
«y lu ■asasebnnetts—Etbertdge Or-
cllaee tbe Republican Aoualuatlon
Is Teuaeeeee
Now that all the counties in this con
Pwsloaal district, w th tbe exception of this
county, have elected their dekgMea to the
Barnesville convention, the uncertainty of the
final result Is the more app .rent and
THX COXING MAX
has not herein sight with any degree of precis
ion As fares we can see down the track tbe
candidates are all well bunched and the colon
winner cannot be name"* with confidence
There are twehro counties in the district, sa
follows:
Milton, 2 votes; Fallon, 6 voUs; DtEalb, 2
Henry, 2 roles; Clay am, 2 votes; Fay
ette, 2 votes; Spalding. > votes; Upeon, 2vo*es
Tike, 2 votes; Monroe, 4 votes; Crawford. 2
votes; Houston, 6 votes.
These make a total of thirty-four votes in the
oominatieg convention. The fact is almost in
llsputable feat fee Iwo-thlrds^rule will prevail
in "*■*«»?£ the nomination. It haa always done
«>, we believe, and under the present citcum-
the ceceasity for leaving no doubt abou,
the acceptability of the candidate pnt berore the
people wiil be urg- nt.
THE CONTESTANTS
pronounced and at present in the field are lcnu
In rum ber, viz:
Hon Milton A Candler, of IXKa b, who is th<
present Incumbent serving a second term- Mr
Candler has strong and tenacious friends
xe canvass . in his Lute rest
has been vi^rous and tl relaw. The support be
has secured for a third term Is fiatterieg under
the Cixcumsrinces.
Hon. John D. Stewart, of Spalding county,
now in his second term as a member of tbe
tower house ol the general assembly Irom that
connty. Ha is a lawyer distinguish* d. and
gentleman deservedly prpolar in the district
Ha has been heartily backed by bis friends as
will bo seen below.
Hon. U. J. Hammond, of Fnlton, whose re
cord in the political and judicial history of tbt
state fer the past few yean is well known. Aa
attorney general, member of the constitutions 1
convention and as a lawyer of distinguished
reputation, be has won the admiration aud
Silence of a large m* j irity of his felli w citizens
Whenever name*. lor position he carrier the
nee oi as zmioua an array oi friends as
any man in the state.
Hon C C Duncan, of Houston, a lawyer of fiat
powers and of deserved popularity. He has
been tbe lavorlte ot his home people for con*
gnational honors more than once, and upon this
occasion they have entered him fairly in the
race with their solid support at his back,
now they stand.
According to the fall adv.ces from the several
counties that have nai ed their delegatee to the
convention, which la to atsemble In Barne»Tilk
on the 13 th of September, we are enabled to give
the statin of the candidates upoi the opmlng
ot the ballot:
The stock is quoted at ptr, and Is hardly for
sale at tha*. The *ar value is <25 0U per than,
it paid 1 j per cent last ye ar
Editors Cokstitution: Dr. Janes in
hhi •Wamui of Georgia,” h<w mide a very aeri
jos mistake in tb* law relating to xheca. ~
pa c 4ti ? e p tblbhes as the conditions on w!
they uuy acquire tlue to laod in Georgia, ...
dun fiultio fee code of ISIS, which nqalred an
alien, bifur.- he could hold laud, jo take a. oa-h
iu writing that he had a boua fide intention to
nsr etc.ioa o’f he code was repealed by an
‘Ct approved Febrsa y $6 1175 In ihe preamble
to which it le declared tost:
* li has been, and Is, the p«»ilcy of this state to
M'ure to alitn-, tue sat jee of governmeais at
peace with the Unaed Su.tee and this stale, so
>cng aa :hdr Koverumenta remain at peace, all
fee rights of citizens of other slater.”
I call Ountion to this error in no idle spirit -f
oruicUm, out un ;er me conviction that itshoolo
be cm reel'd before any more copies of the
**Mai.nti” are pabiiaheo, as it is a work written
utpeclaiJy for ins tue of Immigrants aft c p: :al-
WK 'L rt.t.fxw Hu.
Oar correspondent may be rigni a go at this;
hough Dr. Janes is proverbially careful and pro
mt. The pabUcation of this note will pnt Dr.
J. to looking np the data, and he will correct,
••cceMsry, in the second edition about to go to
press.
POSTSCRIPT.-
Ex-Senator Norwood is claimed to
ue one ol the tied out hones In the Savannah
district
It is reported that the crop of demo
cratic votes in the olnth will be the largest ever
raised.
They are called L-atercrats in the
seventh—a term thoroughly rynenomous with
Tue convention in the first district is
to meet eu Wednts lay n«.Xb When it will ad»
journ is • good thiOK to bet on.
Aleck Stephens, Gen. Cook and CoL
Siooir tax-m to be the iurtun&le parties able to
*‘tote their own sklJJet.”
Tue Covington Star reports tbit
lunge John I Hail is nut a candidate fur
eu ctiuii to the Flin ciicuit j unship.
Citizen hraEK cries “Help me, Cas
sias or I eiuk!” Smithy Clayton Is supposed
be the lean and huugry Cas. lu question.
Citizen Pittman is announced to
talk fl xt money to the cibzsns of Houston coun
ty. at Fe> ry, on the flr-t Tuesday in September.
Post master General Key subscribed
to lbs radlcti campaign fund. The JU0 bill he
gave was caned a ket-note.
It is whitpered that CoL J. L. Sew
ard, of Thomas, will run against Congressman
Smith, if the latt- r It renominated.
Guv. Smite m the Columbus conven
tion: “God Almi a oty never pnt a clearer head
over a braver heart than that of Albert H. Cox,
of Troup county.”
Hon. John p. Stewart addressed the
people of Spalding yeeterday upon the flaan-
dal condition of the Cbuutxy. He ia a Thurman
greenbacker
Griffin News: “It. is said that Pitt
man’s Gr fQ i convention his been defer? ed aa<
til alter the democratic convention at Barnes-
viile.”
Griffin News: The people are ex
pectlng Col Thornton to stump the district ts
xoon as he fettles the donkey question with Beldi
of the New Yota Tribun-
CntzEN 5. cKinney, the colored fiat
flams;ist of this county, complains of alack of
gas In this he Is a singular exception to the
genera) role of that party.
The radicals are vainly trying to fig
ure out democrat c defeats in eouthera districts.
Thty x.ffcr a chromo tor every socoeufnl
The Fourth District.
8p^dal dispatch to The Constitution.
CoLURBOs, Angus- 23. -The cocven
tion me: at nine O’cl- ck this morninv, but, aa
eube.qu-*n? f vests showed, the wire-polll g of
the ni).ht before had no practical rentit. Lim
ited as 1 am by the exigencies ol the telegnpr,
can scarcely car ve; to you an adequate idea
1 the -.exsistency and skill which has been
thought to l ear by those wbo have made them-
eslves prominent as leaders and parti*&nao: thf
oppeeieg (actions Both have been eagerly aler
md indn-tricus and each aeeira to-have tslleu
far in m.kic-g any decided hep. a fen upo>
the o.hv-r. Bout are
FULL OF H’ rmSVIXXA,
deflince and p’uck. and heth are apparently
determined to «ee the thing through, as th-
rsying is. The splits and changes tntu I-j
•PPear to be m re ruses, and jou will per
celve by the details herewith appendec
hrt the; have been altogether ireff.ctual np to
he hour of adjournment this afternoon 1 ca
ret tell what resalt I ma> have to le egraph y«.u
o niLh:,.bnt you may be sure that it will not
be brought about by alre-poUlng. That axto!
bieg has been exhausted, and whatever change
na; be wronght wtil be the result of an awaken
mg on the pan of the delegatee to the fact that
hey have
THa DTTBabTS OF THE DKXOCBATIC PASTY
snbBL-ive aa well as the interest ot a parcel <
candidates. To this point it has been a mer<
struggle be ween the friends of certain Individ
uala; wbat It will be hereafter remains to b
een. W hen the convention was calk d to o*det
this morning. Tails'erro, of Mcatg-e, rose
*ald he b- lieved Harris was the choice of the
mon*y._ a*?d he proposed to vote
TUB QEOL.G1A. AU>LAY SCHOOLS.
Freeeedtfigs or trie. State Sunday
heooo Convention.
Sptcial dl patch to Tbe Constitntion.
LaGrange August 23 - The State
Sunday .coco, convention Mean bird tn tbe Bap
tiat churea in tnis city tills morning, and wa»
promptly called to order by the preaiuent, W G
WnidDy
Tbe fl st business after the appointment of a
coomitne on credential was tbe report of the
c >mmiuee on raw constitution. The commit* ee
n ported a full new cucstliution ana by-law*,
wulcb were taaen up by aectioua, amended az.0
efficua for the ensmigyear. While tbe oom-
m.Utre were out tbe adureas of welcome to the
nonvenUUm by the p-ople of LaGranee was do
livered by Hon J T Waterman. The<u?dres»
was able and ekqmfet, and va received with
i Hon 7*B Estes, cl Gairasville. responded lor
the cxxventim in a apumdid addreta eliciUiti
fr> qiunt * ppiaose.
’ice convtnuon !§ largely attended, specially
from the middle and epper count toe of the state.
Fu ton county ie larguy aid ably rep.eeentec
The commii ee on nomlnatioue nave just re
pcru.d the following list cf officers for the tn
auing year, wbo were n-janimuuaiy e ecud:
Hon J B Ecus, ol Gainesville, president
Rev W A Cannier, of Allan la. Secretary.
With one Vfee-pctskleut and uneateisUat
secretary from each casiyMoou du rlcn
- a large attendance and much en
Collage Ulsgeibread.
Take one cup of butter and lard
stalled to t e’_er, add aet ez; N»w Criesnsmo-
ltsser; stir into fe s ora tap each of sugar and
cold water, two large teaepi onfu a lUpv, too
ggs* aec,aaifoai ciosof flo r, havmgln it
h ee i r„e caspo nfob D.oi«y*a Yeaet ixwdsr
Ba*a in m.oeraL. ly io> o».n.
Col. Thortloa ia Mol m t'cmuaalaa
MlQadgevilie O.d Capital.
The Atlanta Consi itction alludes to
Ok. Marcc-ilos Thornton as a “common
ar.” Now, we thought a communist
aes a man who was in favor oi dividing
juL Mow can a man be a comn.unis»
who prides himself on ea ing a whole
partridge every day for thirty days
without askirg any bysmnder to *. ke a
jotm?, "
Although the county of Fulton has not ap
pointed or Instructed her delegates as yet, bn’
the county committee, has called a meeting for
that purpose. When the meeting is held we
aetlBTe there will be no question aa to the vote
of the county. It will be given entire to Col N J
Hammond, as we have placed It above.
It will be seen from the above table that there
will be in the convention
am AGoaavaiiMO xaegin
for very adroit maneuvering end that it will take
no rttie pains and placid endeavor to arrive
a harmonious ending of the contest In order
to (fleet a nomination some one of the candi.
date a most take from hie rivals votes sufficient
to raise hia figure to twenty-two and two-third _
votes, which will bo two-thirds of the whole
number. As tbe votes for Candler and Stew
art are eleven each it will be seen that even one
of them most get eleven and two*thirds more
votes tfryi he can now master, while either
Hammtjd or Duncan will hare to gather
Fixteen and two-thirds to capture the prise.
Under this showing one can readily appreciate
the action and skillful work that will devolve
upon the trier ds of each of the candidates.
A8 TO A COMPROMISE
becoming necefsirr there are differences
opii ton From the present out-look tho friends
of the candidates are disposed to stick to their
men and in only the most argent event consent
to a compromise elt er upon one of the candi
dates already in the field or upon an outride
man. Certain it is that a compromise will only
be agreed to after a hard fight and the absolute
ceitaintv that no other way is open to a harmo
nious reiult.
“daek Honszs.”
are not wanting and in the list ere names of
fluence and availability. Shonld it become
necessary to dralt one of these gentlemen
may rety that the convention cannot easily
astray They can readily consider the nax
of a score of gentlemen of merit and capacity,
one of whom might give the neeued aalUfaction
Of course, at this juncture, more precise refer
coce to thoae who are thus tethered iu the adja
cent grove wou'd be Inopportune
THX GKKENBACKEBS
are attempting auiver.iou m the district but
with scarcely any promise of aucceu. Th
have called a convention to meet in Griffin
he 10th of September, two days
before Ahe meeting of tbe regular
democratic convention. This movtmrnUabeiltd
’*greenback." should cot be confounded wi
the “greenback democracy,** which la the regu
lar democracy, bel.evlng In the growing and
powerful principles of legitimate currency
form. The other party, if party it may be called,
lathe party of “flat money” or imdeemfele
currency and virtual repudiation of actual obli
gations. Uron euch a platform there is noth
ing to fear from one leading a crusade against
the organised democracy.
TBS IMDXTKMI ENTS,
pore and simple, we take it, will follow their
original and dauntless leader. Colonel Marcell nr
Eugene Thornton, who 1s boldly announced and
more to be feared than the advocates of fiat
flimsy.
To what extent ihe candidacy of Col. Thorn
ton will render the final result In tbe district
problematical will not be known for some time
—probably not until after tbe election.
a WAKX TIMS,
at any rate, may be expected to character z.* the
cast, as and there will he ample need for solid
and united action np>u the part of the demo
crats of the district. The oaly hope of tbe
■ publican* and their sSllea is to make and pub*-
ltoh divisions in the ranks of the party of tnn
reform in the government We can, in the
person ol the Barnesville nominee, cover them
i with defeat and coofu*iou The idrsof Novem
ber trill prove unhealthy weather for them.
FIXING FOB THE FRAY.
THE FULTlM DIM OCR ACT TO HOLD A MATS II
1KG
It will be seen by tbe action of the democratic
executive committee ol Fnlton county, s meet
ing of which was held yesterday, that the Falter
democracy ia to meet at the court-house on Sat
urday next to consider the matter of tending
delegates to Barneeyilie
The ooarae panned by the commute,
le very generally approved, we believe, and
tbe meeting promises to be one cf the fullest anc
liveliest assemblages that the democracy hav«
hare had for many days.
wbo aaz NAMED.
We mentioned yesterday the names of severe
centlemen whi m we had heard i pc ken of a>
probable to be voted for ia delegates. Yesterday
other tames were suggested widely upoa th*
streets, among them tbe names of Captain Harr}
Jackson. Colonel G W Adair asd Colonel W X
Lowry. Out of those who wilt be named it wil
not be baid to select a fair and reliable delega
dm. ThliKN received with cheer*. Tbe ec-
. of one-thin'
the one bu- -
, „ , - od !8J». Per
•ns, 7S; and &ml:h. & Oa this ballot, Marlon
Changes to Smltn. On th-;
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIFTH BALLOT,
Coweta changed three vote* to Pvno: • •»<
Oampb -U two Th- ballot stood; Harrs. UM ,
Persona, 12^ ; and Smith three. The baiio;
remained th - same up to the one hundred and
“Lh»y-fou.tti. On the one hundred and eighty
filth ballot, 8mith a home vote gravitated back
M him. Harris rectiving 1*H S Pcreous.79s ard
imife* 8 Oa the bundr.d and eighty -six* b
ballot, nation went b-ck to Persona giving
nlm nine and two-thirds. and
Hurls __ .
.ion ia firm and defiant Both rides have their
bristles np and bota are plucky, aud he pro*
r c s are tha* * w -**“■ - •
c «’?p * t
n ruination.
Afernoon Nenloa
The convention met at three o’clock, pursuant
' adjournment. When everything epttied
Marion, a motion to Dominate him by aocla
(nation was lost At this juncture, Um« for con
sultation waa asked and granted-the time being
fixed at fifteen minute* Ballard, of Campbell
•neo moved that a committee of conference bj
appointed, which was lost. The
TWO HUNDRED AND UXTEZNTH BALL IT
was then taken, ar d resulted: Harrif, 18 Mfi,
and Butt. 6 56. Oae>sixth of one vote from
Merriwcther left Harris. On the two hundred
and tignteeutu ballot tbe name of Edgar Butt
wav withdrawal by Butt of Manoo. who said he
had merely pnt the name in rumination for tbe
sake ot c.« cillauon. ’’Sow,” eald he, ”let the
other side pnt out a man.” This was greeted by
—iphati: cries for Harris. Win e, ol Talbot, in
a atsoko rrsEcu
out the name of Obadlah Warner, of Merrl-
arether. in nomination, and made an appeal to
hr convention for harmony. Berilt, of Meri
wether, (tato of Washington) denounced the
editor, aod therefore he knows
. . . —i when he sees him. Peter Martir.,
of Meriwether, asked that the name of Warner
oe withdrawn rating that he knew he would
not accept, even if no nlnated. Warner’s name
so 1 id and Harris received the usual vote. On
the
IB 1-6; Persons, 9 5 6 end Smith 6. The vote re-
emtined nacuanged to the two hundred and
ilnery-seventh ballot, when the convention ad
journed to half post eight -o-night.
Might Uvaalon.
The oonvantion met at half-past eight, and the
balloting continued with the same result to the
three hundred and a xteenth ballot, when Ma
rion went to Smith, giving him eight votes. On
fe* next bil-ot the Talbot delegation went
Smith,! and n n the next Smith i_
ceivcd the vote* of Muscogee, and all tbe Per
sona count U-*. On *he
THREE HUNDRED AND E1GHTXXNTH BALLOT
the vote ro d: Harris. 181-6; Smith, 15%, and
‘ersoni, 1-6. Tha Harris men stuck wt hout
change, on the three hundred and tweuty-
fourtn ballot, the anti H rrto men conceutrat*d
on Persona giving him 1586. The three knu-
dred and f.«ry-flfih ballot resulted tbe same.
OOTEKNOK SMITH TO THE FBONT.
Governor Smith, at this point rose and said..
waa evident that none of the candidates before
tbe convention could be nominated “I a<n in
favor of harmony,” he % aid. ’We have offered
yon old meu, and now we give yon -t young
man, urtiUant, and I nominate
ALBERT COX. OF TROUP.
Don’t go beck on your owl man.” (Cheers.)
— • iked that the nanr~
would regret to
Traylor, of Troup, asked that the name of Cox
be withdrawn. Ho would regret to aee him
slaughtered. He said tbe Harris m-m were in-
‘ ~ amtjori-
ALL KINDS OF COMPROMISE
the Harris men. and a’lhad been refused.
Governor Smith said the policy of the Harris
sin. Ot the committee they refuse 1
all motions and methods of oompro-
They want Qarris or nobody. A gentle
man with
COXTKAC S IN HIS GIFT
here working for him. There are five bun*
iredmenlnthe district as go 'das Harris for
mpgw. Governor Smith accused the Harris
men of trying to break np fee convention be-
.use they can’t get Harris. There are in-
uptrable objections to Harris. He de-
tied their ruthodty to adjourn as attempted,
utd said tbe opposition would Ray and do their
titty. This declaration was greeted with cheen
A SPAT
Aa Smith was leaving the hall, Bevlll eald:
Don*, run alter your thunder.” This remark
vested great excitement and confusion and
tor a few momenta nothing could be heard
Governo* Smith—There to no reason to run
romyoo!
Tne oonfu alon was renewed, and it waa hard
o tell whether the racket was intended lor ap
plause or to pat a stop to the colic q-ij.
A* TO INTEBESTED MOTIVES
When the cotiurionbad *ubri<2ed, Bevlll at
acked Smith as a great offlce**eeker,(Appiause )
md defended himself from the criminations
to Interested motives The oommltteoe had
ried to select a compromise man, but the Harris
want tae nomination. Freeman, of Troup,
epulled the chargee agalna the Harris men*
They represent the people, ('fiieera.) Both re
ports were tabled. After all aorta of ero»flrlng
uid motions to adjourn, the oouvention ad -
lumed to half -past eight to-night.
NIGHT SESSION.
The convention met at had-psat eight to-night
Freeman, ol Troup, offered a resolution that the
invention adj mm to meet in Ncwnan on the
bird Monday in September. Tbe chair ruled
hat the maiorlty could auspead the rules,
a aeiNU and other hilarity.
Governor Smith said: ’•When Meu’s rules suit
you, you take them and only then.” Willis and
flartin heartily opposed the resoluti >n. Daring
heir speeches and alterwerds there waa the
{rosiest confusion in the bouse. Disorder
reigned supreme on the floor and in tbe galleries
Tacre were cat-calls, whoops and hurrahs; and
the ye Is for Harris were supplemented by hisses,
the roles w -re suspended by a two-thirds vote
unld cheers.
TELEGRAMS FOB THE CONVENTION
At this point telegrams were announced
for the convention. The announcement was
received with cries of “read them! read th m!’
aud cries of “no l” supplemented by the great-
rat confusion, which en tended even to the spec
tators—the whole fringed with hisses and tells
Freeman, of Cowe:a, eald the outriders had
right to inter ere even by app'atue, and com
plained that the gallery joined In the proceed
ings. This was followed by greater contusii
and a picturesque series of yells, howls and
screams. Pandemonium seemed turned lo.ee,
and everybody seemed desirous of taking advan
tage of the opportunity of letting off
a urns alrsA steam
Telegrams asking for a nomination were
read Freeman, of Coweta, held the fl <ox amid
all the confualoj, and vigorously attacked
the chairman’s decision. Governor Smlt
address the conventii n
and his rising was the slgaal for tbe renewal of
the tomult, which was plentifully sprinkled
wlthhlsMs. Governor Smith said that snakes,
fools, geese and coward* hiss, and he was res
ponsible to any gentleman on the floor for
what he said The confaalon was repeated, bu
this time it took the shape of
CHEEB1 FOB SMITH,
who then proceeded to make a fiery and powerful
■peech. He add that sn adjournment would
break up the party In the district, and declared
that the chair ruled the regular order out of or
der, and that he waa biindel by prejudice Aa
I write, at eleven, Bntt to speaking. The minor
ity will
RAVE OFF AM ADJOURNMENT.
The house ia crowded. There
warm felling on both rides. and
the Interruptions are continued and persistent-
If this state ol feeling continues—and I see
nothing likely to bring about a change-* nomi
nation to impossible. F. H. R.
Tbe Slxtb District.
NEWTON C0DNTY*8 DELEGATION.
8pedal dispatch to The Constitution.
Covington, August 24 - Newton
unty sends he following delegates to the con
gressional convention • Dr J J Dearlr g. O S Por
ter, O T Rogers, J G Paine. They are unin-
structed.
NEW COTTON.
Two bales of new cotton wen received to-day.
They were sold lor 12 cents.
8pedal dispatch to The Constitution.
ETHERIDGE DECLINES THE REPUBLICAN NOMINA'
TION.
Nashville, August 23.—The Hod,
Emerson £theridge declines the republican
nomination tendered him by the Memphis con-
I BILL ARP’S SUNDAY CHAT
Atlanta, Augustzad, 1876.
At tbe mediae of the dimccratlc extern^,
committee of Fulton oounty. held «t No :c
James’ Ba: k Block this nroruing, the fvMfewiL.
reao a tion ws» mtiodooed by Geo. T. Fry sue
unanimously *duDird :
Rceoived, ihai a m-sa meeting of tbe demo
a ol Fsuou county be b*li at the. it
Saturday, the .1st taat. at 11 o'clock a
First For the purpose of electing a aemc
critic executive e mmtttee tor Fnlton county
far the mxt two yean, ftoood. For tbe put
of or deciding upon the manner o
eiteting dekga'ts to the democratic oonven lei
to be held at Barpeevtile, Ga, on the itth c
September nex, to nominate a candidate fo
congiM from tne fifth di-tr ct.
There being no farther burineei brought for
ward, the committee adj urned.
Hike feMPH,Chairman.
R. a linen ELL, Secretary.
Th* F.rst Dl ttlet.
CHATHAM APPOINTS CNINaTHCCTKD DELEGATE »
Bpedal dispaieh to The CroitQ'.ntioc.
Savammah, Ga., August 23. 1878.—The
democratic party of Chatham at mb led i»maa>
meeting at the ttcatxe, last ntoht, to edect dek-
gatce to the coBgresriooal convention, whlcL
meets is Savannah oa the 28th. Animaes*.
crowd were ptesenL Strenuous • ffjru wen
made to
onraucr THE DELXSATES
to support Judge Tompkins lor the n- mlnatioo
but were overwhelmingly detested They go nn
A OOMPUHENTASY BEaOLUTlON,
Indorsfug Hoa. Julian A. Hartiidge, passed
ufidpratfaiSojaia.
ere determined to
of this matter.' .
withdrew the name’of Cox, and nominated
Samson Harris, of Carroh. (Cheers) On the
the three hundred and forty-sixth ballot Hemy
Han to received 18 16; Samson Harris 15 5 6.
Oa the t roe hundred and filty-first ballot Mat
thews, oi Talbo’, sal!:
AFTER A COMPROMISE.
”We favored tb» compromise, bat you refuted
all ihe men we offer. I nominate Hon Mar.ln J
' ’rawford ” (Great Cheera )
Little, or Muao g e, said: "Will the Harris
men take Crawford 7 I will not let hia name
rufTr ”
The Harris men refused, and Little withdrew
Judge Crawford’s name In an eloquent speech.
ANYHOW.
Governor Smith: “We will vote for him any
how.” a general consultation took place hero
which resitted in the withdraw^ of Crawford’L
name by Matthews. Governor Smith thereupon
nominated Ihe Hor ’’ **—*
Buchanan’s name wta r
his nomination created
somethin o oi
in ihe Meriwether delegation as to the character
of the it'H’rnctions Nome averred that it waa time
to drop Ii -rriK as a hopele: acise. Balaam Martir,
wno Loxniuatcd HnmaortKinally. said he would
goto Buchanan.as he preferred patriotism
furthermore that there were some present wh.
wanted to break up the convention- ICnecra
and blears] Shackleford, of Heard, s*id *
Moscogee delntatiqn firat threatened*
organisation. [Cneers and oonfurion.l
•aid that tne lawyers were trylrg
to bn.ldise the people. Freeman, of
coweia in a ringing speech, reviewed the record
of Harris aa
A PE FETUAL CANDIDATE.
The name of Samson Harris was here with
drawn. On fee three hundred an* flity-*«nnd
ballot Hints received 1713 and Buchanatlfi “ ~
The result of the m xt ball, it was
THE SAME.
Harris appears to be weakening. Aa I dose
thw dlapa’ch at 11 o’clock pa.no nsuit seem?
probabl*. F. H. R.
Colunbu.*, August 24.-It wfia after eleven
o'clock, Ian night, when the convention
j turned, ard the cinfualoD, to nae a phrase that
comes handy in a rep rtorial way, wia loud and
Jong continued. Both factions were considera
bly on their mettle, and Pickwickian elt qtenet
filled the air with retort and repartee. On
two hundred and sixty-Llntb ballot Harris
calved reventeen and cue-third votes, and Bach
•nan e Lx teen and two-thirds
Norslng (tension.
The convention met at nine o'clock thli
morning, and aa toon as things got fairly setttec
Shackelford, of Heard, presented the protest oi
the excluded Hams delega’ea from Carroll.
A resolution waa tffered to adjourn to meet 11
Carrol.ton oa the fourth Wednesday in 8eptem
her, in order that Carrol' may be repreeented.
Whittle, of Chattahooct e°, moved that th«
whoie matter he recommitted for the people tt
a -ifcct new deiega’ee at primary eUctioua. In
cram, of Muscogee, bold y attacked both propo
■1 lions aa trifling with the people, and a trick to
defeat the nomination. Whittle defended the
propositional a compromise. Governor Smith
said: "The prepositions atigmat as the oonven
tion as a shame ouua. If wedo eo by ar journ
jng. The propoaltiona are conf-arions that w (
cRu nominate and are afraid to do it.” Most, o
Troup, favored the adjournment, attackl’c
Smith aa trying to bnlid sa the yeomanry. Hi
■akl If he had mou«y he
COULD BUY BSW*rafEBS.
He joked about to* partial ly of the preee. anc
seemed hart at pipers gecerally, Wills, of Tal
bot. opposed the proposition to adj urn, am
moved a committee of conference o settle Un
trouble. Wmttle’a substitute waa withdrawn,
and the resolution on the conference committee
taken ipand adopted by 20 yeaa to 15naya fh
committee was sppointed, consisting of on*
from each de egatioo. On motion the conven
tion aojoorotd to half-par. two
TUGGLE'a FE JSECUTIOH.
It to due to Hon W O Toggle to state tha
when he denou^CMl the alanderuua paper ass
fbrg ry, there waa no denial. Harris's rlendt
congratulated Toggle on his manly reply to the
malignant attack, and stated Out one man ha-
managed it over their protest. Mr Toggle gained
many friends on account ot this malicious per
a.cutlon, fend his manner of meeting il
Afternoon fieaalon.
The coaveatioo met pursuant to a-t jourocet-t
The coir.ml.tee of conference, however, pro
longed tosir KB&kmto four o’dcck, at which
hour they emerged from their ■:elusion am
made their report. Tbs m- jorlty report, signer:
by six members of the committee, rt commend
e1 an adjournment to Hewnaa oa the tourtn
Turaday in September, and that Camel ccnnt>
tuve a representation.
THE MINORITY REF BT
was rig Led by fire members of the committee
and recommended that the convention eootinn?
n * ration till it had disposed o( lubo«n«ss
Bevlll, of Meriwether, supported he m j jrity re
pore. Fetes Maxun, of Meriwvtoez. oj p ted itlu *
pointed speech, and said that Harris wculd nev-
have come irom his obscurity but for conven
tions. LI ttow of Moscogee, said the oppo i po
— BotA
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
AH BLOPXHE -T niSVKLO**ED IS
lirs-TEi/aK.
An Fl*litv-J*nr old Laity Outraged
HALTED ON THIS HIGHWAY.
A Negro’s Mistake oa Use Road to At
lanta.
Yesterday morning, a negro man about sixty-
eight yean of sge, was brought to the station
house by a countryman, in a wagon. The ne
gro’s name was found to be Alexander Lewis
He was toying in the bottom of tbe wegon,
SUFFERING FROM MANY WOUNDS
In hi* body made with balls' Dr J O. Per
kins, one of the dty physicians, was summoned
to the assistance of the wounded man. The
aegro was removed to his residence on Peach*
tree street. While at tbe station house
learned from him the manner in which he
orived the wounds from which he to suffering
The negro says that he went down to Columbus
about two weeks*go on an excursion tx*!n tost
was returning to that dty from Atlanta.
Hs remain*, d ihvre several days after
which he started on his way
returning on foot. He accomplished toe jour
ney by walking during the day and sleeping at
sight Friday utgbl he coLduded to ktep on
walking, so as to get heme as early as possible
Saturday morel ng While measuring IhecrofS
ties near Rid Oak station, a few hours before
dsyligit yesterday miming, ho waa
HALTED BY TUBES V HITE MEN,
who asked him wheie he was gting. The negro
answered by saring that be was on hia way to
Atlanta. The nun then asked him irbai n was
that be carried in bis hand, and started to tase
a carpet bag onto! tbe nearo’s hind. Tne negro
protested, and tearing loose from toe men
menced running at his best speed and crying for
nelp at the top of hia voice. The negro says
that while he was running toe men commenced
shooting at him With their pts.ols.
He received quite a number of shots in differ
ent parts of his body. Alter running si
take j on toe railroad track he took to toe woods,
and shortly after entering them
FELL FROM » XHAUSTXON
and loss of blood. While laying on the ground
where he tell aaydght came and he beard voices
approaching. He remained quiet and saw toe
men ee toey passed near him, walking on tbe
railroad tr. ck in tt* direction of this city
says he recognized the partita to be the th ee
men who baited him and fired upon him with
their pistole. An hour or eo after they had
Pfiaeed, a farmer cams along with a wagon-load
of peaches on hia way to Atlanta. Alexander
explained to the farmer his condition and he waa
taken into the wagon and brought the city- Dr
Peraine, wbo examined the wounded man, says
that there ire
EIGHT BULLETS IN HU B DY.
Nine of them a truck him. bat one of them
passed throngtx hia arm a* d cexne out Seven
of the tells struck the negro and lodged In his
body and hips, while one entered the back
o' his n< ck and lodged between his shoulders
Dr. P. rklns says tnat the ba.lt are so buried in
tne flesh that he cannot get them ont Heth Irk*
there to a bare pofslbillty that the negro may
live, while the chances are very much aga nit
him. It u hia opinion that
MORTIFICATION WIU. TAKE PLACE
In a few days, and the negro will die. Alexan
der Lewis to a married man, and haa a wife wbo
to administering to his comforts as test she can
Dr Perkins will attend to him and make use ol
all toe skill in his power to rave his life.
A NBQUO*B CRIME.
Ue Admtwlateie Poliea tm HU Wife,
from Wbieti HHe Dies
Yeeterday af ernoon Captain Con-
no ly, of the police force, arretted John Carpen
ter colored, who to charged with having pole
cned hia wile, Mattie Can eater. It seems that
an unday last Mattie m. 4s her dinner on tom-
bread which was baked from flior purchased by
>er husband tbe day previous She be am*
a ck the next day and grew grad os'ly worse un
ilyeaterdsyst 2 o’dcck. when she died. Darin*
the week some of toe negroes who ret-lde In the
vicinity raised a sensation by putting a rumor
in circulation that the woman had died from
RATING POISONED BREAD
Nothing, however, was thought of the matter
until yesterday, when the woman died. Bom*
of th-. flour and one or two pkcra of tbe brear
have been procured and are in the pcaKselon o
Captain Connolly.
The breed and flour will be analyzed and*
report made.
Coroner KBs has been notified of the death o
the woman and will hold an i- quest this mon
tog A peel mortem examination will be mre e
by Dr B J Bosch and a verdict rendered to-d?y.
Tbe iartica>*raof the death and the evidence
a tad in th* investigation will be presented In
Tuesday's Constitctxon. .
Aet Or Join Hindi and Wia,
Quitman Reporter.
All of tbe important and vital prin
ciptes oi tbe greenback party are tb
ju growth ot progressive democracy
aod it ia clear that ac a party it cai
never hope for raccess without He co
operation of the democratic p'^rty;
therefore, aa both parties aim for ' th.
aame haven, why not sail under tin
democratic fl*g and tgake aucceta
j doqbly «ns ? • •• • (
Bill Arp to The Constitntion
Bulldozed! A few days ego Dr. Fol-
ton Baid a little speech at Cumberland
Shed, in the county called Murray, and
told the good;people in those nnion dig
sins “ that he voted for secession and
was sorry for it, and wouldenthave
loue it if he h&dent been under the
control of this same corrupt democratic
ring.” Hiw’athat? What a 8ideal
up&tree! Aint it the oldest cate of
bulldoztn you’ve hearn of ? I reckon
the parson waa mighty nigh 50 years
>ld then and in the prime of hiB mind
and metal, and if he coold be intimi
dated then what will he do when soma
big thing comes along and equats like
in elefant upon him 7 Do yon reckon
he could stand the Grant pressure anti
never fi nch, considerin’ the obligations
he’s under to the radicals in this dis
trict?
But the main question is, Who done
it to him ? Who was the corrupt ring
n 1861 ? Was it a Burtow ring, or a
district ring, or a s'ate ring or a g r ea
big confederate ring ? I’ve thought over
the illustrious dead over whose graves
our people have built monuments
and thrown fl were from year to year,
and I’ve called to min 1 the patriotic
survivors all over the country, but 1
cant settle down on the ring. Axor-
rnpt m m dont generally put. himself
peril of death to defend his corruption,
and therefore itconldent h ve been the
Cobbs nor the Colquitte nor Coopere
nor Toombeq nor Hennings nor
Waddels, nor BUnces, nor Laflm&n*
nor Johnsons nor Aatiereons nor Avery b
nor Youngs nor Gordons nor any euch
could it? Well itcouident have been
Luster, for he voted agin secession, and
they couident intimidate him out oi his
judgment, though its possible they may
uave bull-dczid him into the army af
terwards, and he aint found it ou’ jet
Not exactly bo with the parson. Tiey
made him vote and write and talk and
speak and grow mmpant,bui they could
ent make him face the enemy. Before
he would have doue that he would have
bucked up in the corner of a fence and
tout. He was like Artemna Ward, who
said them internal rebels had to be
crushed out, even tho it sacrificed his
brother-in law and every male cousin
his wife had. But who was the ring?
1 thought maybe it was Judge
Wright and General Wofford.
But they was on Luster’.* side.
The Judge was I know,for 1 heard him
make a speech in which he said it
would be a rich man’s war and a poor
man’s fight and the parson was one of
the nch ones be was a hintin’ at. There
aim but one man left tnat fills the bill
and that man is Z *ch -little Z ich
reckon he’s the very little bull that
done it and the trouble is he’s bull-
dr zin him yet, and by the next presi
dent .1 race l*m ufered ht\ fl rp him
plumb over into the radic *1 party. He
never says a word agin him now nary
word—but he[a everlastingly preachin'
ot the corruption of i ’ e democratic par
ty. He’s iollerin Z ch r.ght along
though be dian’i louer him into th*
a my. Z ch w«b h-»t for secession bu
he b .Ch.cu up h:s judgment aod fit ai
over the contederacy and wonld have
been killed 40 times if he hrdent been
too iiule to L.i When the bullets sun*
thick he used to plant himself edge
ways and split emab faBt as they co ne
li was just like ahootinut a knife blade.
H.b company never thought Le icut
.air lor they said the split balls would
kill two men behind him instead of
od' ,and they made so much fuss t bout
it Z icn quit aud come home and raised
a company ol his own that wasent
ho darned partickeler how any body
font
But after all, what does it matter
Tne parson dident lose anything by it,
did he, except his niggers, audit looks
tike he’s got a heap more of them now
than he Lad then; and besides we was
all agoin to give ’em away, anyhow,
after while—wasent we? Now, if the
doctor had voted agin secession, and
then been bud dozed into tbe army and
ioBt a right arm, or a left leg, he moui
have had some reason to cun plain of
the ring, if there was one. Tue next
time he sa'. s a little ?petch, wont s-imr
Luster plan please ax Him who sejuced
him—who was the ring? For the sake
of history, get the names, if you can.
Shorely, Bhorely, he’s mistaken abont
tais bisinees. 1 wish he would do like
old Parson Wigginton, wIm> use to tell
about his conversion. He said he went
about shootin’ bis mouth off al every
thing and everybody, and utill wi.sent
happy, and one day be gdt to thinkin*
over it, and concluded that may be his
rifle was foal, and eo he unbreached
himeelf and looked down tbe barrel and
found the rifles all twisted to shoot
backwards instead of forterds, and so
every time he blazed away at other
people’s sins his gun kicked him over
ker-plnmp. tto he cleaned her out
with the help of the Lord and changed
eends, and now he was at peace with
himself and all mankind. It the doctor
would do that way may be these nrgi
and boogere would all vanish, and then
he would.find himselt stauaing o:i a
single plat'k, and that would be: "Mv
feller citiz ne, I want to go back t
Washington bad, very bad, but Idon .
know of a siugle reason upon the face
of the earth why anybody bhouid vote
for me this time. The democrats of: his
district are as true and as patriotic
they are anywhere, and the c invention
that nominated Luster was composed
of the best meu I knew of in ail tbe
counties, and were ir capable if fraud
or trick, and Luster is the same man ’
told you in 1874 was a good man and
{ iure man, only he’s gooder and purei
rom age and experience, and therefore
I withdraw in his fav r ”
Wouldn’t that be a splendid little
speech, and wouldn’t it do honor to the
parson, and wouldn’t every b nly be
satisfied, exsep, say about a a< zeu men
and two or three crezy wenron bren
Aofford wonld feel relieved I know
for this bumeea has run on him lik-j a
Kathir ik a heap longer than he ever
intended, and somehow its taken tht
wrong road and he don’t feel easy at
all, bnt then he’s a Wc-fiorf, and they
don’t retreat nor back down from any
thing. The general eaid a lit le spec cu
at the shed, too, and told the people
chat “Dr. Felton cident nominate him
sel', that he and a me others got to
getner and consulted, and having be
come dissatisfied with the corruptions
of the democracy settled down on the
doctor to run : and in speaking of the
doc*oris war record, he said that th*
doctor sent a nigger to cor k for th
boys.” Well, you see the nigger may
have cooked very well, but he ain’t *
running for congress. Its the parson
we are talkin’ about If a substitute
got killed we dident cry over the man
that sent h m, did we? Not mneb,
especially if the at ba ituie was & cook,
and dident git killed neither.
Tbe truth is, the general is a tryin a
litue too hard to patch up a war recent
for the pai son. Why didn’t he say thai
preachers wasent expected to fi<br, et-
pr dally if they was iackin in fig in
metal, and an; j ct to bem bull d z-d
by an inviMb e lint— Id Wig^intot
said a powerof lolka lacked metal ami
that was the reason why Aaron made b
golden calf ins ead of a Durham bull-
■ he metal gin out. A*ut we do want the
genrul tojteil us wbo consulted with him
in nominatm the parson, and where i.
was done. We want a list cf the names
and a copy of ne letter of invitation,
and the parson's reply. F ir tbe truth
of history we want to get at the notion*
facts,for the peoolehave a right to kaoa
and if this thi* g wasent doue in a cor
ner the parson and his friends ongh;em
to be a«named of it, aught the ?
Yours, Bill Abp.
P.8.—Tell your friend Mr. Cato to
keep on *a!kin. I tell you be Under
stands this business from the mudsills,
md the way he drape em down on the
doctor is like rocks fallen on the root
of ahouse. B A.
|uVd*r «lli Kxn|(»*ton.
THE HANGING OF ROBERT MITCHELL
Special 4t*patcb to Trie Constitution.
Unk»n Spring*, Ala., August 23 —
IVHtav was the Initlarim of capita) punishment
In ihe goodlY rou »ty ol Bullock. The prisoner,
Robert Ml'Cheli b trajxd no emotion wh*t*ver,
(ar less than th- k1n<i hearted sheriff whose
duty tt wan to execute btra. Thenrtooner
Ate NDED THE fiCAFFOI D
twelve m. Ten tn .uuu* elap>e i in adjusting
THE raWONKR 8 SPEECH
ra"t you *11 to be quv-t at d pious rd
listen. D. n't rrj 'ico, hut ?pJolc- In y ur hear.,
and N? quin and hear fo*-jr anrlf, and all your
-Mldren, let tola bear* nine lor you T -ich
to your nous and your dnuch’era Remember
e man who was hu-g to-day I a to ready,
thank God. This 1«a a rioua thins In tbe eight
otGd. Thank God. I have run the race end
c*u bt the faith. On tbe «>; her hand. I want
too all brothers and stacra and white b’othere
and white ehten, to let his h<* a warning aa
long as yon iiv a long rem mb’-arce never to
he forgotten. 1 ihark '-od 1 rm born to die. I
readmyw'y Master J-sns baa pleased myaom.
I a*n cor.d* meed. 1 wonld that my wt tie and c *1-
otrd brothers aod elate n wonld repare to meet
me In dory (Groans and crie* from the colored
friends) Be quiet This la a ^maii c n8rega*
tion. Let as meet on the ba> ke of th river, aud
there. to*r* will be no mere break-ur up. Sing
•r<1 p*xy with me, and slier that I hid yon fare-
welL”
Tbe prisoner ppokc jo—t fifteen ml* ntea The
prisoner ached that he R v J O nix-n should
pray with and »or Mm. (C ea »rd g-oen* from
a colored wom*n.) Be quiet my rimer Th-?
Baptist minis «r then d tbe so ff> d and
made an el quent aptieal for the foal of poor
Robe rt Many rere the *-y > that wee? dlmm»d.
Hi* c u ere ai d others endeavored to mak • him
confeea, but he rep’i-d that he bad already con-
mi*. Th« sheriff a-ked Robert, "areyon rea-
‘“Y«srir,” w»« the r>»po-i*e.
THE D OP FELL
and all that was lmmor al o’ poor Robert pawed
lit* lmg ic.ount.
by a Tramp-Flm-Hanziiu
at 12:12 and hie heart at 12:47; hi* b iy waa
Ukeu down juv. at l p m. There were InU ten
thousand p ople present.
TUB HISTORY OF 1118 CRIMC.
Robert Mitchell was hYlrg wi’h hto jrr^nd-
“ Robert
and a little farm » f a few r cre* He waa
NOT A FII.TAI. GRANDSON,
•nd meditated the taking . ff of the old man by
potooo. Unfortunately for him. hto p an mii-
utrried, and. Instead of toe old t>au th- powon
worked the death of the old lady, which, to do
Robert ju-t'ce. wa* no part o^ his p an It lip-
peats iron, hia recent confession that Di sy, a
pH working on the place wife him, had con
ceived
A VIOLENT AVEBSrON
Sim Hook*, and ►he proposed the plan to
Robert; that ie, that he should get ihe arsenic
•nd she wonld adminlater it by putting It in toe
old man’- cup from which he alwajs drank hto
coffee. In drinking hto c iflee the oext morning
could
, . , be the —
wiugsl dtoa ’reement, and resenting toe r_
flection upon herculimrv art—said
CHE WOULD D-UNK THE COFFER
•there waa nothing In toe world the ma terwith
It,” wheteupoushe did drink it, and from the
effect* In a few hours wan a corps" Sim did
not escape, he drank enough to m-ke him a
..... - . . He i t now cotflued to hto
e can never «• cape until a
higher power bids him home. Robert a a was
premise i, wm
TRIED AT THE STRINO TERM
Of Bullock county circuit court, and the jury
after an absence ol only an hour or two returm d
a verdict of guilty, and fn accordance with
which vernict Judge 8 L D Clayton, presid
ing, sentenced ntm to bp natigedon toe 23d of
Jnue. 8inre that rime the voyenic
nto «CDteuce to the2Sd of August.
* vovemor commuted
. A
Dllecy hto accomi doe no
LANGUISHES WITHIN TR190N WALLS,
to be brought before the as*emb1iig of tbe c*r-
cuIt court to answer why a «• mi taxproon* should
not bo eeryed t a her. Your reporter
VISITED ROBERT
In hto oell, to-day, and found him aa serene as a
May morning, even iucllmd to laugh
at hto approaching doom. A twelve montba*
confinement in our county jail and what to any
s the angatfe of look log hie
. — Hon lathe luce, tm^in to
have made no visible alteration in fata appear-
finoe.
AN ELOPEMENT DI'COVERED IN FAYETTE-
VlLLB
Special to Ihe Conetitmlon
FAVErTEviiAE. Aniiiint 23.—A.t an
early hour, cn tost Saturdav moruug, a colored
man in he employ of Mr. L F Blalock, of tola
place, found * sack contait log in tie and female
apparel, two photograph* of * man and woman.
who app« ared auspicious
y anxious to avoid aiiracing atteuiion, and
Mice when clo«e:y f UoWwd concealed hem-
je’ve*. Mr L F. Blalcck, a‘C ruining ln»m
the letters fonnd In toe tack that the tnyelerto
one coni le were
FROM UTHONTA, DKEALB C UNTY,
wrote at once to the postmaster m thnt place,
wbo returned by return c all stating i*iat the
man’s name was R G. Shod, that he had a wife
a»:d two childreu living, and under pretence or
being a tingle man, had
DECOYED THR DAUGHTER
of Mr. Chari* * Keys, wbo Ims n«->»r Lltbonta,
from her home B.’fore thto news reached Ftty-
ericvUlc. the runaways had d'*feT>ncared. On
W«dn*Hday the lather and gra?.dfatber of tne
unfortunate girl arrived her-- aud identified tha
femrie wearing *pparcl fonnd iu the sack aa
belonging to the daughter nl th - former, air.
Charles Keys stated tost K. C. Sued, wbo had
left Ltswifs and children In Hancock county,
bad beer In hl-empio*- «pd bad
PAID ATTENTION TO HII DAUGHTER CARRTK,
who sixteen years o. age. pre ending to be a
single man^ Ascertaining tne imposition re-
received when toey at once stirted
ON THE TRACE C F THE FUGITIVES.
Nothing definite, la grown as tu too oonree
Ii th a union una _ __
cum nee to live t publicity, It may lead to the
capture of Shed, and may save toe wretched
... Kd Miow her Inevitai.
Georgia will be Urptcssated bjr Twee*
ty n*i*-4Aiea
The rammer m«ctlngof tbe rational agricul
tural congicea convened in sen-ion at New Ha
ven, OmijecUcu', ou tbe 27th instant The aui
•Ion will last at least three days, ar.d will be
very Interesting. There will he about throe
hundred delegates in attendance from every
portion of th* Uui'ed Stat s.
TWENTY ONE DELEGATES
have been appointed to go from <«ecrgia and
cent Georgians.
‘ Pah w, no oc*»an foam fo- m ; Iri#
mx re ate- m, * *d an imp* lent wnu* , d cos*,
log Has m n a o* a.In* owners. N>. has
boat ve , d-d she talk o' - ol j'» Y an I owder.
The tot «r ha b en fiund t-j nrju alloth^-
Inite ma le leavening po- e-, and t be lnd. •
pen*: ble to h- well r< - nlateK' k ; ctoen.
—Mem fromS. cietyJournal.
appeared tn positive disadvanu
ige because’of cloudiness of complf x-
ion—must we write u? Pm>plea spoil*
mg an otherwise beautiful v c< unten-
ance.” [She should by all tseana pro
cure and use Dr- Bqfi's B ood Wix*
tnr f , Hep.) " ■ -
WHO THEY ARE.
Grange. Mr J Y B Warner, wre*dshore;
Deanweiler,Jackson oonnty; tioa George Jordan
ilawk’.uKvUl'-; U*jn Ar nur llool. Cut* bsrt; Mr
J Oonkliog Bmw> . Greensboro; Mr L G Bryan.
Thnnucvlllt; Ur B W Alton.Gr^n^boio; Mr \ W
Orooeer Brooasountj; Mr B W Jackson, ,
Mr N J Norman, ; tion J F Trou’*.
m n, K*iri Val>*-y; Dr J It J»ue«. Dawro->; Mr W
A James ; Coined J K Rtfewine.Gninee-
vilk; MrS P Mjrick. Mltiedgevdlt-; Mi M 8 P»y-
ton, Upson county; Hon b C Yancey. Athens.
The Atlanta delegation, cone ettag ol Dr T P
Jsnee and Dr J 8 Lawton, left ytate rdav alur-
oooo by the V «s:erx> A Atlauttc railroad for New
Haven, Catin. Dr Jau -« ta the
and Mr Johnathan Pjria a ot Caicsgo la thee
been held In toe w»at and south. Tnccongn
wilt ass* mbit in North hbfflle-ld h-li on toe
mornli gof th* 27th The opening addrra* will
be derived by Pr. eideot T P Jnne* o Atlanta.
A COMMITTEE ON rBoGEAMMB
will arrange one from day to day as toe r eotaei-
tiea may d*eire.
The deltberAtioce of toe congress will be rela
te re to the cier-ct- of agriculture in the United
«tate*. The pr- gramma of a^dreaiee a
eo fxr, to *— J ‘-“
follows:
eo fxr, to be delivered during the *e»4ion, a
pointmenta to addres* the congmeaud upon tae
an j ct* named be ow;
no* J R Dodge. Washington, D C, wl I deliver
an ernogy on ••The Life and Work of tne tote
President (deccaw-d), Hon Willard C Fl»gg ••
Prof Eu.cn.- W Hrigarri, Berk. ley. Ua:.-"Tbe
teeiatioi a of 8cknc<- to Agricu.turo.”
Bon John L H«yes. Boston. Mrs*—-Wool
Growlrg and Wool Manufacturing iu toe Uuit d
DrC VRiley United State* entomoloz tot—* Tne
Rtf atlmsof Rutomolory to sgricutenre.”
non X A Wiiiard, Lurie Ftuk- N Y —• Pre-
t Nt •-d-* of Dairy i&g, and how fxr u is Auapted
tioo; I s Eat. nt, its Iff ct- aud i
Pro Wm H Brewer, New Haven, C< nn ’The
Relation of owvermneut to Agilcuj ure.”
Dr K Lewis Murtevant, Borkh., Mamk— 1 “Plant
Fcru: sition,” cr kindred so* jec's
Prof M O Atwater. Mid«n.- ou, Cinn— •The
Proper ute of Artificial F-rrdi z .n as Shown oy
Diary B-tatd of Rlu-
mo? “ -
*uuc state
cauou, Coou
E aun.1 a d
Hon J J Thomas Union -i ? ng*, N Y— Feim
Buiirili.gr - -
uiiriii.ga >bd othtr imp « \
rtou Horace Jbmith, ti*o.fei a iill, Phi adel-
g*feEeH n -''ihe St«i Ot V to -iMjEdcc^
ti«n in tb«- United H-a'.es '*
D- V H Pxferen, Ul.Ita o III—“The laiportat cT
oty^txuurt Kn and rem&ee*'
Curit * tinelpb, OMario. Can-
“Cauadlan Fanning ”
Prof 8 W Chfeituck, Chamnaijrn. Ill—-Engl-
neetlng rU-1 Draining on the Fam. J ’
Er en Th Geuuert. Pu? .acd Maine—‘The
Bjctfeogir Industry io th. United atatee.”
Oree* b wH HoUraly.
Philad Jphia Timet.
The gi^eenbHcker.s of Texas are ho’d-
inp thcmeeiv- a d- wu with great calm
ness. Inmaki g * pi f-rm recoorly
rh**y only deman..k.I iho meue i f 2,000,-
000,000 in p per nwney, when it wouid
have heeu just an eaay to have de
manded six v timee that much. Then
think wha fl-iHh timee we’d have.
Mroapbla to b- D*|n|ialatrd.
alemphi* ivalarche.
ThiB ia no lime lor fooliebaeBs. The
work of depopulation must becom-*
pleiad. 8uppor* in healthful portion*
of the country t>r those who go ou':
np support tor Uukie who remain, 7