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Official Journal of the United States,
Official Journal of the State of Georgia,
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA,: : OCTOBER 12,
OUR TICKET FOR 1S72
(8nbject to tbs teflon of tic Bejratliem Xtflontl
Convention,)
FOR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES S. GRANT
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
AMOS T. AKERMAN,
Republican CoiigrcsMeiml Xoniiiiallous.
FIRST CONGRESSIONAI* DISTRICT.
JOB rOBTT-nSST OOSOBXSS,
RICHARD n. IViriTE, or Chatham
Ton rOETT-SZCOSD COXGHESS,
VIRGIL IIII.LTER, of Camden.
SECOND CONGREisiOXAL DISTRICT,
BOB rOBTY-Fir-Tr AND FOBTT-SBCOND OOXOB2SS,
RICHARD II. WHITELEY, or Dccatnr.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT,
TO* rOKTT-TXKST OOXOSESg,
JOHN S. BIGBV, or Troup.
TOB lOnTT-SEOOSD OOBOBXSS,
MARION BETHUNE, of Talbol.
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
FOB FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS,
JEFFERSON F. LONG, ol Bibb.
TOB TOSTY-SIOOBD OOHOBXSS,
THOMAS J. SPEER, or Pike.
SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
FOB FORTY-FIJUfT AND FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS,
GEORGE P. BURNETT, of Floyd.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
FIGURES DO NOT LIE
WHERE18 THE EXTRA VAOANOEf
Who Sqa*nilcrr<I the People*. Money I
READ I READ! READ I
When Governor Jenkins was inaugurated
the total debt of this State was only $4,356,-
635—when ho was removed from office, hav
ing been in only a few months more than two
years, the debt of tbo State was $6,256,635
—Allowing an increase in tho public debt of
nearly FOUR UILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
Under tho present State Government, the
public dobt has not inorcosoJ a single dollar,
.^withstanding the extraordinary legislative
expenses forced upon the State by the new
Democratic rebellion of September, 1808, end
under which tbo colored members were forced
to scccdt.
The expenses of Got. Jenkins' administra
tion from October ICtb, 1806, to October 16th,
1867, was S4,700,950,5S less $11,586,73
cash in Treasury at Last named date, making
the total expensosforthe year $4,689,3(53,
85.
The expensee for Got. Bnllook'a adminis
tration from October 1st, 1868, to October 1st,
18C9, were $1,114,803 00 less $116,695 00
cash in Treasury at last named date, making
the total expenses for the year SI,348,'
400 OO being ONE MILLION THREE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE DOL
LARS less than the expenses of tho eeonon-
ienl "Democracy" under Governor Jenkins for
tho samo length of time.
THE PUBLIC DEBT HAS NOT BEEN
INCREASED ONE DOLLAR UNDER GOV
ERNOR BULLOCK’S ADMINISTRATION.
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The Hint District.
The Republican nominees for Congress in
the Third District ere both good men. Judge
Bigby, the nominee for the anexpired term of
the list Congress, was an aetire and influential
member of the State Constitutional Conven
tion in 1867 and 1868, and is now Jndge of
the Superior Court. He is a gentleman of fine
abilities and has been identified with the Re
publican party ever sinoo its organization in
the State.
Gen. Bethnne, the Republican nominee for
the 12d Congress, is at present a member of
the House of Representatives, in which posi
tion he has made a fine record. He is a gen
tleman of fine talents, thoroughly identified
with the State, and will mako an able and
efficient member of tho National Legislature.
Virginia. Republican*.
Hon. Alexander Rives, the Republican
nominee to Congress, from the Vth Virginia
District, is a splendid type of the Old Virginia
gentleman. A man of fine talents, culture
and extensive information, he will combine
the entire Republican strength of bis District,
and if- elected (as he doubtless will be) he will
be a valuable acquisition to the National Leg
islature. The Virginia Republicans appreci
ate the importance of selecting candidates for
Congress from among . men of education,
talent and high social position—an example
which Republicans in other States South of
the Potomac, might do well to imitate.
Mr. Davis and Book Making.
Somo of oar Democratic papers seem
terfnined to make tho Hon. Jefferson Dn vis
late President C. S. A. write a book, if for no
other purpose than to apologise for net writing
ooe I Mr. Davis will donbUeae profit by the
example of Lonis Napoleon, James Buchanan
and our own Mr. Stephens, and keep oat
book-making, at least for the present. He
done a great many irnitio things in
life, (as what man has not?) bnt we hare
always given him too mncli credit for
knowledge of the “practical diplomacy
life to be guilty of defending on paper,
iho fairly lost in w.™- -r
9 has
his
TKe State Roads
Tho Chattanooga Times, being & representa
tive journal of tho fierce Tennessee Democ
racy, could not very well say anything favor
able to the present management of the State
Hoad. As an exponent, therefore, of the Dem
ocratic sentiment of Chattanooga, on tho sub
ject of the appropriation by our State looking
to more effectual means of transportation be
tween that point and Atlanta, we re-publish
this morning the Times’ article on that sub
ject.
If the Times’ ossmption that the Hoad is in
‘ ; a miserable condition” is to be taken rela
tively, then we regret that the Editor should
have known so little of the real condition of
the Hood in 18G8, when its management was
assumed by the present Administration. If
however tho assumption is to bo taken in the
abstract, then we have no issue with our Ten
nessee contemporary. For whilst it is true
that tbo Hoad was never, at any
time since the war, in better con
dition than it now is; nay whilst it is
true that the Hoad is in much Idler condition
now than it was two years ago; it is still true
that it is in “a miserable condition” compared
with what it should be. To do the business
that will be required by the shipping trade
this winter, the road should be thoroughly re
paired and equipped, and to do this in time
for the approaching season, the appropriation
recommended by the Joint Committee should
be made without delay. ,
This, it seems to us, is tho only way to
avoid a repetition of those f‘Freight blockades”
which have been of annual occurence ever
since the war; and as the question is simply
one involving a plain business transaction,
and in no wise political, we presume there
• nil l»e really no objection to putting tbo road
in that condition demanded by tbo exigencies
of trade.
Hypocrisy In ita Ln*i Analyst*.
The class of Democratic “organs” which
opposed every measure, State or National,
looking to the enfranchisement of the colored
man—beginning with the Civil Hight bill and
ending with the XVth amendment—are now
terribly exercised lest the negroes shall not be
permitted their full share of civil offices! They
find fault with Bepublican nominations, be
cause a black man is not preferred to a white
man in districts where the white vote is in the
majority. They raise a howl because in an
other ^district a colored man was selected for
the short term instead of for the long one!
Now hypocrisy is a necessary ingredient of
politics. It enters more or less into every
thing human. Men have come to regard it as
a sort of necessary evil, no less than an uni
versal one. But to see a political organiza
tion which, only a few months ago held that
the negro was not a human being, but merely
a higher species of Orang Outong, and there
fore wholly beyond the pale of either
religion or politics; to see a political
party which opposed emancipation, opposed
the rights of colored men before the law courts,
opposed the enfranchisement of the colored
man, and which went into revolution only two
years ago in order to turn negroes out of offices
to which they had been legally elected, and in
the exerctft of which they were protected
by the new Constitution—to see such
party as this note whimpering and
sobbing over tho neglect of tbo
colored man is disgusting and sickening be
yond all comparison. We venture the assertion
that there has not been anything like it since
tho evil day wherein the Devil entered Eden,
and when that astute prototype of the modem
demagogue persuaded Eve that hLo was the
victim of a merciless tyranny.
Misrepresentation*.
We find among the Editorial political items
of the Cincinnati Chronicle, the following :
Chief Justice Drown, of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, has declared tho bill providing for
an election in that State on tho 20th of Decem
ber to be unconstitutional. "What will come
of it remains to be seen.
The Chronicle and other Hepublican papers
will please take notice that the report is with
out foundation, and does a Hepublican official
great injustice.
The report originated with a Democratic
“organ,” and was no doubt intended to injure
a prominent Republii/an official.
The fact that Attorney General Akerman
in his great speech—the one to which Mr.
Alexander 33- Stephens found it necessary to
attempt a reply—referred in complimentary
terms to the present Chief Justice, ex-Gov-
ernor Brown, seems to havo stung tho Democ
racy.
The following are the pungent remarks of
the Attorney General:
There was scarcely but one mim acting in
the higher field of politics during the four
years of your ascendancy in the Southern
States, who showed any growth in political
capacity. There was one man whoso intellect
grew daring that period. He was a mim who
nad been bred in the strictest school of State
Rights, and who was so simple as to suppose
that when yon made a State Bights govern
ment you intended to administer it on State
Rights principles. And that man had the
manhood to try and hold you, to your own
professed creed, and in that effort his intellect
grew, and his reputation grew. He failed and
the cause failed. That man is one who was
for eight years the Governor of Georgia, and
he had the sense to quit your party. [Ap
plause.] Tho rest of yon did not hold your
own. Yon ought to retire from sheer shame.
This is too much for the “unterrified,” and
they attempt to break its rorce by misrepre
senting tbo Chief Justice. A small business,
truly, and one that will react upon the authors.
STATE NEWS,
THE LATEST SEWS.
By Hail to the Era.]
Hon. Sunset Cox is speakingiUDliio.
Yellow fever has killed several persons. in
New York.
In Iowa the men outnumber the women by
40,000.
The Chinese are preparing for war against os settled things, we would not give a Conti-
‘ nental din* for the"'"" ~ '*
France.
Six hundred musicians serenaded the Queen
of Prussia on her birth-dav la^J^usday.
Minister Washbuano says thiU^ic* will re
main in Paris.
The guerrilla mode of fighting is becoming
popular in France.
The Prussians around Paris are receiving
heavy siege guns.
Providence, Rhode Island, has had a $125,
000 fire. '•
The Schentzenfest at Cincinnati,was quite a
The colored voters register 37,000 strong in
Maryland. t
New York is enjoying a big scare over the
yellow fever.
Segar, who caned Lincoln some time ago,
has been indicted in the District of Columbia.
A young thief outraged on . ol^. woman of
seventy, in "Washington, the other day.
Harry McCarthy is coming City Hall w
be used for sleeping purposes during t
Fair... .John P. Naglo robbed Mr. Pickets.
I of a watch and $40 while he was sitting in 1
buggy on Broad street the other day.
Concert las
Peter’s Churc!
night for the benefit of St
The Election Law.
Tho fact tlmt ourDomocralio friends am dl»-
cussinglho practicability of holding an elec
tion in November any bow, Election law or no
election law, surprises no one acquainted with
tho revolution.iry record of that party. The
unwarrantable use of the namo of Chief Jus
tice Brown, in connection with tho assumption
that the law is "unconstitutional,” may have
lead to this discussion. The proposition how-
over does not seem to tiike. Sensible men of
the party do not like tho idea of taking the
risk. They do not wont any more delays about
the admission of the State; and irbilst some
of the desperate leaders doubtless hare the
•ill to nullity, they do not care ta push mat
ters to that extremity.
There is another feature in the current topics
of the Democratic press that causes some un
easiness with the sensible men of the party. —
They do not like the proposition to ignore the
ruing Act, and to enter the contest alter
the manner proposed in Troup county—Out
is, to buy up rotes for the Democratic ticket
In many localities where tho Democratic
es read nothing but Democratic “organs,”
they may be betrayed with this thing through
sheer ignorance oi the penalties attached to
this act oi Congress; but a few efforts to pro-
onre rotes after the manner suggested by the
LaGrango Reporter, will put the law into ac
tive operation in Georgia, and thus spoil the
whole thing!
I> ALTOS.
"Work bos commenced at this end of tho
Dalton and Morganton Railroad Tbo Fair
is in full blast... Andy Johnson is expected.
CALHOUN.
Superior Court in session. No old c
will be taken up A reel estate raffle is an
nounced to come off
COVINUTON.
Col. E. St. drnan is tbo Democratic nomi.
neo for Stato Senator.
SAVANNAH.
Aaron Alpcoria held s meeting the other
day and g • himself nominated for Congress.
BACON.
All the citizens aro at the Fair Grounds....
Aaron Alpcoria was in town yesterday Tho
Savannah Base ballists came off victorious at
the Fair. . .Tho Green Line excursionists of
this city hare held a meeting and voted thanks
to their entertainers on their recent trip to
Cincimui.
A Mr. Norrell was run over and killed by
the down train from Dalton Thursday night.
Skating Rink will open Tuesday.
Frost last Wednesday morning. Superior
Court convened Monday last Democrats
have nominated W. PA 4sd.run and W. D.
J for the House of Representatives. 1
Mr. J. W. Waters and W. N. Cox are dead.
A freshet in Carroll county, baa done consid
erable damage.
HAWKINS VILLE.
Cotton coming in rapidly A negro man,
in the employ of John Rutherford, was shot
at the other night by unknown parties, but es
caped.
CABTXBSTmiiE.
Fine display of stock at the Fair Gov
ernor Bullock visited the Fair Ground lost
Tuesday An old colored man lost his leg
the other day, by allowing a train to run over
him.
BADHHUDOE.
Cotton injured by recent rains A Thes
pian Society bos been organized.
Citizens hold a meeting next Tuesday, to
consider tho propoeed free bridge over the
Flint river.
School Books and the New School Law.
We can veiy readily understand why North
ern publishers, os well os the agents of "South
ern" publishing Houses from New York and
Baltimore, should seek an endorsement of their
toxt books by the General Assembly or by the
Board of Education. It is well enough, too,
when men have any oommodily for sale, to
use all commendable industry to introduce
their works to the public. But there is some
thing very ridiculous in the proposition to in
corporate a clause in the School law, binding
tbe Teachers of tho State to adopt this series
of School books or to reject that, solely upon
the ground that the publishing house is loca
ted somewhere North of Masons and Dixon's
line, or somewhere South of it It seems to
be taken for granted that the members of the
Honse and Senate are better qualified to judge
of the merits of a school book, than are pro-
ionnl teachers; and they ore modestly asked
to say what English Grammar, Reader,Primer
or Spelling book the professional teachers shall
use in Pnblic Schools to the exclusion of all
others! And the proposition appears all the
more modest and courteous, when we reflect
that the judgmentof a Legislative Committee,
composed of non-professional teachers, shall
bo based solely upon the representations of a
book agent or derived from the appearance of
the title page, or the imprint oi the publisher!
And yet this is precisely what was attempted
in South Carolina, and what has beendelicate-
ly hinted at in Georgia. It is a fine specula
tion for Publishers, bnt experienced and com
petent teachers will not relish the proceeding.
Democracy anti the Sew Constitution.
In view of the fact that the Democrats op
posed the ratification of the new Slate Consti
tution in April, 1868, and then attempted to
set it aside by revolutionary enactments in
September of the same year, no ono need be
surprised at the efforts now being inodo to
make inroads upon it in tho way of amend
ments. There must be a beginning some
where, and tho repeal of ono clause would
: r ' ! ' '•••!• I'.t tli,- r . pctl of another!
Thus, in process of time, the Democracy Lope
*■> gain by strategem what they lost, first, by
fair election, and, second, by tbe decision of
tho Courts and the Act of Congress of Decem
ber last.
Prussians petition their lovablo old King
'* to expose himself to tho enemy'
WKST POINT.
A burglar attempted to effect an entrance
in tho store of W. A. Jones, the other night,
but was driven off
Tho Macon Presbytery has hod a very in
teresting session.
Governor Scott’s militia picket tho South
Carolina shore at Sand Bor Ferry A Mrs.
Aberly was robbed of thirty-five dollars nt
Nixon’s circns the other day Laura Keen’s
company' is expected.
Chicago wonts a public library in Dearborn
pork.
Spaniards treat captured Cuban ladies in tho
most brutal manner.
Lexington, Vo., lost $100,000 Djy the great
flood.
The New York Gold Exchange gave tho Vir
ginia sufferers $2,000. _•
Napoleon ground $10,000,000 a year out of
the French people, and spent it ell on France.
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City, is
to havo four new kinds of pavement.
Missionary letters mention an earthquake in
Asia, by which 3,000 people were tilled.
Garibaldi is stirring up lots of slan among
the French.
It is supposed that Prussian shells cannot
reach the public buildings of Paris
The French army in Algeria want to go
home and defend Paris.
Advices from Hong Kong report more as
sassinations of foreigners.
Republicans expect to gain one more Con
gressman in Alabama.
Tho Baptists of Virginia have 787 church
organizations.
And now oomes a report that Russia is not
ready for a fight, nor has she any particular
love for the French Republic.
The last will of tho late James B. Taylor, of
New York, has been found. It covers $2,000,-
OOOl-
A. T. Stewart kept bis clerks indoors and
would not even permit them to take a peep at
rarragut’s funeral.
The Rev. Tilton is anxious to resign tho
Presidency of the Femalo Suffrage Associa
tion.
SAVANNAH.
John Screven is running fm
Rev. Bishop Verot has arrived
presented him with $500.
Mayor
Majo
. . . The
Lamar
B«t.; Dr. Irvi ne, of Montreal, Canada,
preached in tjie Presbyterian Church Sunday*
... .John Heffeman will spend a month in jail
for beating his wife A son of Mr. Seaborne
Cox broke his arm Friday while playing “shin
ny’\ ...A silver bat and ball will be offered as
prizes to tho Base Ballists at the coming Fair
j Washington Fire Company has received
500 feet of hose Police have received their
new winter uniforms... .Democrrtic Clnbs or
ganizing in each Ward... .Extra policemen
wanted.. ...Snatch thieves are doing a good
business.
MADISON.
Cotton coming in freely Nixon’s circns
failed to come to time.
SAVANNAH.
Ames’ circus in town.... George Jack, train-
hand on tho Central Railroad, mortally In
jured by the cars Colored man shot and
mortally injured, by accident, at the butcher-
pen.'. ..The city election came of yesterday.
....The Jewish citizens have organized a
“Literary and Social Circle”... .The mem
bers of the old Savannah Fire Company had
a pleasant reunion Friday evening.
. MACON.
Bishop Beckwith preached Sunday CoL
S. T. Bailey, a prominent lawyer, was buried
Saturday..The Farr closed Saturday.
Residence of R. W- Gamble robbed by bur
glars Monday afternoon Another attempt-
made to firo tin j town, Tuesday morning. Tho
citizens offer $1,000 reward for tho incendia
ries.
D.UILONEGA.
S. C. Johnson, Solicitor of the Bine Ridge
Circuit, in dead.
COLUMBUS.
H. L. Wilson a nd It. 31. George of Leo
The French Workingmen’s Association of
New York denounco the French Repnblic as
more despot ici than tho Empire,
C.roli excitement in France over the election
of members of the Constituent Assembly,
which comes off October 16.
It is said that Bazoine is willing to surren
der if Prussia will guarantee the restoration of
the Emperor.
Due De Fitz James writes to the London
Times that tbe Prussians buried several hun
dred women and children alivo at Bazeilles.
A swindler has made liis appearance in New
York, i-cofessing to be authorized to enlfaft
American officers for the Prussian service.
Irish sympathizers with France held a pic
nic near New York the other day and raised
$2,000 for Franco.
Paris balloon arrangements aro admirably
managed. Mails and even passengers make
tho trip in perfect safety.
As General Beauregard was in Tennessee
last week, we presume that ho is not one of
the Defenders of Paris, as tho cable reported.
Tho story about thirty-five miners being
killed in an Illinois coal mine, the other day,
turns out to be a cruel hoax.
Tho female teachers in tho New York
schools have had the audacity to petition for
the same pay that male teachers receive.
It is rumored that the President will pardon
all the Fenian prisoners—General O’Neil
among the rest.
Hereafter President Grant will receive no
visitors on Gabinet days, nor on other days,
until oiler 12 o’clock.
Andy Johnson is mannerering for the nom
ination to Congress in his district It
thought that he will get it
The Priests ore again beginning to show
themselves in the streets of Rome, but the
Pope sticks to the Vatican.
German Republicans clamor for a constitu
ent assembly, and the reconstruction of Ger-
A United States Judge in Utah refuses to
naturalize Mormons, on tho ground that they
aro not of good moral character.
Tho papers are making fun over George H.
Pendleton’s speech before the Southern Com
mercial Convention. • - if- -jti:
Elizabeth Cody Stanton is lecturing on
“3Iarriago and Divorce.” No doubt ahe
once knew something about it and would like
to know more..
Just as Strasbourg surrendered, the Prus
sians were preparing to send balloons over the
city to drop nitroglycerine . bombs into the
powder magazines. Had this been done, tho
most terrible slaughter would havo resulted.
EAST TENNESSEE NEWS.
KNOXVILLE.
James P. Prater hung himself, near Cop-
cord, the other day. He leaves wife., and
one child.
Quite a number of distinguished visitor* in
the city, attending the.Fair.
A colored rider at the Fair was thrown front
his horse and severely bruised.
The Coronation ball Friday night was »
grand afi&ur. Miss Annie Hazen was-crowned
Queen of Love and Beauty.
Mr. A. J. Albers severely bruised by being
thrown out of a baggy.
Governor Senter spoke at the Fair.
Gen. Beauregard passod through Friday on
his way South.
Mr. "Wisener has failed to meet Gen. Brown
on tho stomp, according to appointment, ex
cept at this place, lost Thursday night.
The Coronation Ball comes off at the Lamar
Honse Friday night
Governor Senter is attending tho Fair.
Tho last days of tho Fair were remarkable
for the un diminished interest manifested by
the vast crowds of visitors.
CHATTANOOGA. ^
Tho first cotton came in on Wednesday.
Tho Stanton House is progressing rapidly- i jonrued from I^uisrilleConventibn.)
Tho ball tho other night W&9 a splendid af
fair. D;..’ Jau : •
More stump speaking to-day. East Tennes
see is being canvassed very thoroughly.
Buisness men propose having another ecus as
SPIRIT OF THE GEORGIA PRESS.
THE MAILT ETTA JOURNAL, (DEM.)/ |
A paper conducted wifi far more ability than
the majority oLour State exchanges, says:
If the Democracy is anything—if the party
is worth a pinch of snuff—it is as tho party of
~ " ition. If then we are to accept all
iet&nd usurpations of radical!
difference between Radi
calism and Democracy. Let U3 have a.square
fight between tho Constitution and usurpation
oudTet us hope, as a writer says, that “no
double-dealer will get the nomination of tho
true Conservatives in 1872.'*;^ • -r:q i/..tvr.
[The “Constitution” here referred to is
evidently the Constitution of 1860, and not
the Constitution of 1870.] ■ .*i"
THE QUITMAN BANNER, (DEM.)
In a fit of righteous indignation, exclaims:
Alas! for poor Georgia! She is fully
realizing the situation of a certain man who
went from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell
among thieves, who wounded and stripped
him.
[And what seems to be worse still, the same
“thieves” who wounded and stripped the
proud old State in I860, would repeat the
operation in 1870.
TSE ALBANY NEWS, (DEM.)
In the course of a column or so of bosh and
bombast on the Election Bill, and in lauda~
tion of the party of intimidation and violence,
breaks out in this classic style:
But, beware, Akerman! And you, the ab
ject tools by which this monstrus fraud was
wrought, beware; for there yet shall rise “a
S ower above tho throne” that will cast you
endlong into an abyss so deep no fnture can
ever serve to resurrect you. When a betrayed
people shall rise in the majesty of Truth and
Right, and indignantly crush the peijnred,
plundering perpetrators of their wrongs, then
will your felonies be revealed to the world,
and your moral hideousness exposed to pub
lic scorn.
[Very “fine writing,” that!]
THE AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST, (DEM.)
In the course of a sovero rebuke of those
Democrats who accept the XIVth and XVth
Amendments as “fixed facts,” sajs:
There never was more stupendous folly than
to suppose that Democracy can win a victory
worth having by stealing tho night-shirt of
Abe Lincoln for an oriflamme. The Radical
President and the Radical party mean to de
stroy the States by centralizing the Govern
ment And foolish Democrats havo the hard
ihood to believe that this despotic undertaking
can bo defeated by endorsing usurpation and
accepting tho enemy’s platform! Was there
ever such madness! Was there ever snob
stupidity!
Alnbnmtt Items.
Gov. Smith and others addressed a largo
Republican meeting at Selma, the other night
Tremendous enthusiasm.
One ward in Mobile contains 100 whito la
boring men who have banded themselves into
a Republican organization called the “War
riors.”
Good crops in North Alabama.
Yellow fever in Mobile canscs a stampede
among tho citizens.
Huntsville has a skating rink.
Joseph Hanson was killed near Opelika, last
week, by a fall from his horse.
5. Removal of obstructions from the mouth
of the Mississippi river. (Adjourned from
Louisville Convention.
6. Construction of permanent levees on tbe
31 issi ssippi ri ver. (Adj ou m cd fro m Louisville
Convention.)
7. Finance and taxation. (Adjourned
from Louisville Convent ion.)
8. Removal of national capital. (From
St. Louis.) A ti l A.
9. To abolish all toll charges on the navi
gable rivers of tho United States. (From Cin
cinnati Board of Trade.)
10. The enlargement of the more inq >rtan(
lines of canal in tho United Stales so as to
render them navigable lor vessels propelled
by steam. (From Cincinnati.)
11. Tho charges on passenger and freight
traffic by rail and water lines. (From Ciucin-
nati Board of Trade.)
12. That all railway viaducts over navigable
rivers be made highways for railroad compa
nies, which will pay their pro-rata toll ou same;
and that efforts be made to secure legislation
to that effect (From Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce.)
13. To abolish throughout the whole coun
try all license imposed on commercial tarvel-
ers. (Cincinnati Board of Trade:)
14. Free Trade in money. (Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce.)
15. A settled policy in the public interest in
regard to the disposition of the Government
lands. (City of Cincinnati.)
16. Improvement of seacoast harbors. (From
Mobile Board of Trade.)
17. Wharfage on the navigable rivers. (City
of St Louis.)
18. Ample railroad facilities from the Ohio
river to the central South. (From Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
19. Direct and reciprocal trade with Brazil
and other South American countries. (From
Dubuque, Iowa.)
20. Tares and short weights. (From Cin
cinnati Chamber Commerce.)
Everybody wanted to. speak at once, and in
less than ten minutes parliamentary law was
lOlgotten, anil iimAxahm -rvigued. Thceo del
egates evidently thought they were on
•* ’Change^” or at the Board of Trade. How
ever they were soon brought to their senses
and business commenced.
A motion was made to change the name of
the Southern Commercial Convention to that
of the National Convention. This created a
great deal of excitement, and among the most
excellent speeches made was that of Col. Ca
pers, of Georgia, who said he was not yet pre
pared to vote in favor of it He desired it to
be referred to a special committee.
Allen, of Kentucky, was in favor of chang
ing it and make it National in all of its phases.
Col. Gaskell favored a change, and hoped
it would pass at once. Varney was as apt and
plausible as ever.
. Kennard of New Orleans favored a change,
and said he spoke for the entire Louisiana
delegation.
Birch of Tennessee opposed the motion.
Some considerable confusion was manifest,
and for a few moments affairs looked a little
dark, ond ill feeling of a sectional character
run high. The chair was confused, the dele
gates excited, and as darkness come on a mo
tion to adjourn was made, which was carried,
and ah os endeth the first day’s proceedings of
the Southern Convention. 3Iay it be more
harmonious to-morrow. B. T. H.
PROCEEDINGS OP GREAT SOUTHERN
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT
CINCINNATI.
FIRST DAY S PROCEEDINGS.
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 4.
The Green Line Excursionists hod scarcely
departed from this city before another, and
ranch larger body of men, solid in tho com
mercial world, and representing the greatest
financial and industrial interests known in the
country, made their appearance.
The Green Liners came more to become ac-
quafaxtcAwifh North am men. and share the
generous hospitalities of a most generous peo
ple.
Those here to-day come on a more respoiui-
bic errand. They come to discuss, and to lay
the foundation of prosecuting gigantic works,
and national improvements. They come to
plan, and to carry out tho great schemes of
trade and commerce, which if consummated,
will mark America as tho greatest of all com
mercial countries in the world.
Twenty-five States aro here represented, and
represented too by tho leading financial men
of the Union. Rarely does one havo the op
portunity of looking upon such a body of
men. We find hero Gen. Banks, of Mas
sachusetts; Gen. Breckcnridge, of Kentucky;
ffon. Johir C. Birch, of Tennessee; Hon.
Michael Hahn, of Louisiana; Hon. George H.
Pendleton, of Ohio; Hon. W. L. Groesbeck,
of Ohio; Hon.. Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky;
Hon. H. 3L Mathison, of Tennessee; Hon W.
W. Walker, of Virginia; Hon. Wm. Brown, of
Maryland; Goy. Throckmorton, of Texas, and
many others of prominence and position.
TJL T hq ionowing otatco »»<► represented: Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Towa, In
diana, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missis
sippi, 3Iaryland, Missouri, 3Iicbigan, Mas
sachusetts, New York, Nevada, North Caro
lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania^ South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Think now of such d Convention ! Nearly
every State represented, for'no" political ag
grandizement, bnt each delegate earnest and
anxious to'cement all sections of the country
into an indissoluble commercial and industrial
Union.
The hall is trimmed with evergreens, plants
and flowers, while shields, bearing the names
of each of the States, decorate the galleries.
Miisic is heard at intervals, and the smiles of
fair women lend ruhlitional attraction to this
interesting spot
In the absence of lion. Miilerd Fillmoro, R.
N. Bishop, Esq., of Cincinnati, called the Con
vention to order, and the Divine blessing was
asked by Rev: Mr. Robertson.
lion. George H. Pendleton then welcomed
the Convention in behalf of the people of Cin
cinnati.-.Commanding in presence, eloquent
in language, and dignified in bearing, Mr.
Pendleton was a fit.orator for the occasion..
Committees were then i appointed. Georgia
was represented as follows:
On Organization-—Hb D. Uapers.
Business and order of Business—V.,
Gaskill.
On Credentials—W. W. Lcwellin.
In Che afternoon tlie Convention assembled,
undjpany new delegates were present, having
arrived daring the day. ; r - .
. Tlie Committee on Organization report tho
name of John W. Garrett, of Baltimore, and
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Rairoad,
as permanent President.
Gen.- Banks, Chairman of the Committee on
Permanent Organization, reported that twenty-
five States, seventy-)!verities, were represen
ted bv three hundred and fifty delegates.
Mr. .Garrett was escorted to the chair by
Gen. Banks-ond Mr. Cook, who was received
with great cheers. Ho spoke but a short
time bnt every word was to the point, and
proved conclusively that the heart of the
great, railroad king was enlisted nobly in the
work.
Tlie following order of business will at once
be token up and discussed :
Direct trade between Southern Atlantic
cities and Europe, including emigration. (Ad-
E. E. Howard resigned the chair to J. H.
DeVeaux in accordance with the report of tho
Cominitteejon Business.
Tho following letter was then read: i
AVANsfe; GA.,‘Oct 5,1870:
To the Chairman Bepublican Cbnvcntion, Savan
nah, Go:
Dear Sir : I desire to state through yon to
the Convention that I am no candidate before
your Convention for either Congressional tenn.
Very respectfully,
John W. O’Neal.
Tho Convention then proceeded to ballot for
candidates for tho unexpired term of the
Forty-first Congress, which resulted, 1(5 for
R. W. White, of Chatham, and 3 for J. W.
Clift, of Chatham.
On motion the nomination of 3Ir. "White
was mads unanimous.. * ? *•* N:
The Convention; then proceeded to ballot
for candidates for the Forty-second Congress
with tho following result: Ho::. Jlillyer
12; Hon. T. G. Campbell 6, It. W. White 1.
On motion 3fr. Hillyer’s nomination was
then made unanimous.
On motion the Hon. Foster Blodgett and
the Senators and Representatives to the State
Legislature present were invited to the stand.
The following resolution was then intro
duced and adopted:
Resolved, That in Foster Blodgett, the
honored Chairman of our State Committee
since the organization of our party, we recog
nize a zealous and hard working Republican,
Republican
In tlie First
2. Southern Pacific Railroad. (Adjourned
from Louisville Convention.)
3. Obstruction to navigation by narrow span
bridge piers. . (Adjourned from Louisville
Convention.)
Continuous water line communication
t the MI:
Savannah, Ga., October 5,1870.
The Republican Congressional Convention
for tho First Congressional District was called
to order at 12, m., October 5.1i, 1870, at St
Andrew’s Hall, Savannah, Ga., by Isaac Seely,
Chairman First Congressional District Com.
mittee, who read the call for the Convention
in the First Congressional District issued by
the State Central Committee; also the call by
the First Congressional District Committee.
E. E. Howard, of McIntosh, was nominated;
the nomination was seconded, and he was
chosen by ayes and nayB as temporary Chair
man of the Convention. C. P. Goodyear, of
Wayne, and J. H. DeVeaux, of Chatham,
were each nominated. Their nominations were
seconded, and they were phosen by ayes and
nays os Secretaries of tntrCon v cniion.
It was then moved and seconded that a com
mittee of three on credentials bo appointed
by the Chair.
The question being put to vote by ayes and
nays, was adopted. Spencer, of Camden, Mc-
Davis, of Thomas, and Houston, of
Chatham, were appointed by tho Chair a
Committee on Credentials.
It was moved and seconded that a commit
tee of five, on business, be appointed by the
Chair, and the question being put by ayes an l
nays, the resolution was adopted.
Dr. Harris of Lawrence, Cantwell of Chat
ham, Artson of Liberty, Amos of Pierce, and
Clark of Bryan, were appointed by tho Chair
as the Committee on Business.
Credentials of delegates handed to Commit
tee on Credentials.
Motion to adjourn until 2J p. m., moved and
seconded; put to vote by ayes and nays, ond
adopted.
The Convention called to order at 21 p.*m.,
by J. H. DeVaux.
Minutes of morning Session read and ap
proved. * M oi JM
Moved and seoonded that Committee on
Credentials report Motion adopted.
Committee reported the following names as
members of the Convention:
Moses McDonald, Appling county.
Thomas Udderback, Berrien county.
Wm. Price, Brooks county.
Josiah Clark, Bryan county.
Jetm H. 'De¥*ux, 'Win: 'Cantwell and P.
Houston, Chatham county.
Wm. T. Spencer, Camden county.
L. M. Pleasant, Clinch county.
Adrian Mungen, Echols county.
R. 1L Reid, Effingham county.
W. H. Rainey, Glynn county.
T. L. Harris, Lawrence county.
Wm.- H. Artaon, Liberty county.
E. E. Howard, McIntosh county.
A G. Amos, Pierce county.
M. C. Davis, Thomas county.
F. Atkinson, Thomas county.
C. P. Goodyear, Wayne county.
Report adopted.
Report of Committee on Business read And. imjnutial^ execution of
adopted.
The Committee on Business havo the honor
to make the following report:
The business' property before this Convcu-;
mittee, and in the short timo allowed have
agreed to the following: To expedite the per
manent organization, we submit the following
for permanent officers: For Chairman, John
H. Deveaux, of Chatham; for j Secretaries,
E. E. Howard, of McIntosh", C. P. Goodyear,
of Wayne."
Wo would also suggest tho propriety of the
Convention nominating a candidate for!the
unexpired term of. the. Forty-firfet Congress
first, then tho candidate for tho Forty-sec ond
Congress. ‘**\'*''** ’I ]
We would further recommend the appoint
ment of the following persons tq represent tlie
Congressional District in tho State Centred
Committee: T. P. Robb, T. G. Campbell
John W. O’Neal, James 31. Simms ; and J*
conclusion, would submit tho following res
olution :
Resolved, That we believe that economy,
justice and wis.iom » h-tnc-tcri. • - N c*
Administration, and tii.it it, i.-. tl . .a m';
of every true Republican to maintain and do-
fend the samo by presenting a harnniiiioroi
and united front against its enemies during
the coining campaign.
Resolved, Thatwc rccognizo in Rufus B.
Bullock an able, conscientious and upright
Executive, tho unflinching and nncompromis-
ing advocate o? equal rights and human pro
gress.
*P. S. Harris,
Josiah Clark,
Calhoun—S. Simpson, Morgan.
Clay—J. Wilkes, Fort Gaines.
Decatur—J. Griffin, Cambridge.
Dooly—S. P. Odom, Drayton.
Dougherty—W. J. Winters, Albany.
Early—William Thomas, Blakely.
Lee—John Jordan, Starksviile.
3Iacon—Lewis Holsonbake, Oglethorpe.
3Iiller—T. Parsons, Colquitt.
3Iitchell—EL Childs, Camella.
Pulaski—Dr. Saulter, Hawkinsville.
Quitman—Horace Sebiels, Georgetown.
Randolph—W. H. Nobles, Cuthbert
Stewart—Christopher Jordan Lumpkin.
Sumter—Elbert Head, Americus.
Terrell—Marshall Wood, Dawsdn.
Webster—B. F. Harroll, Preston.
Upon motion, The Southwest Georgian,
Atlanta New Era and American Union were
requested to copy proceedings of this Con
vention.
Motion, That tho thanks of this Conven
tion be tendered our worthy Chairman and.
Secretary.
Convention adjourned sine die.
J. W. Carter, Chairman.
L: C. Jones, Secretary.
and we recommend his re-election as Chair
man of tho Committee at the meeting to be
held in Atlanta on the 18th inst
Upon motion a committe was appointed by
the Chair to wait upon Messrs. White and
Hillyer and invite them to tho platform, who
accepted tho nomination and addressed tho
Convention.
Upon motion the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Chairman of this Con
vention be directed to appoint a Congressional
Committee of ten members for the First Con
gressional District
The Hon. Foster Blodgett, Hon. T. G.
Campbell, Hon. J. 3L Simms, Hon. Jas. Por
ter, Hon. J. W. Clift, Isaac Seely, Esq., and Mr.
Houston addressed the Convention, advoca
ting harm onions and united action, and
pledged themselves to support tho nominees
of the Convention.
The following resolution was introduced and
adopted:
Resolved, That the proceedings of the Con
vention be published in the “Atlanta New
Era” and “American Union.*'
Upon motion, tho Convention then adjourned
sine die. John H. Deveaux, Ch’n.
C. P. Goodyeab, )
E. E. Howabd, (
Convention of the Republican Party of
the Second Congressional District.
Albany, Ga., October 5,1870.
Convention met at 10 o’clock, and was called
to order by O. W. Arnold, of Dougherty.
Upon motion, J. C. Blount* of Decatur, was
chosen temporary Chairman, and L. C. Jones,
of Macon, requested to net as Secretary.
Motion by J. E. Blount, of Stewart, that a
committee of five bo appointed as a committee
upon permanent organization.
klotion by Dr. Gnild, of Calhoun, that a
committee of five be appointed as a commit
tee upon credentials.
Committee on permanent organization re
ported: For President, J. W. Carter, of Deca
tur; for First Vice Prestdent, William Lewis,
of 3Iacon; for Second Vice President, Hon. J.
A. Jackson, of Randolph; and for Secretary,
L. C. Jones, of Macon.
Committeee on credentials reported:
Baker—Aaron Woods, Hiram York.
Calhoun—O. C. Alexander, Dennis Miko, Dr.
Guild.
Clay—Calvin Mitchell.
Decatur—A. N. Bruton, R. Brown, J. C.
J. ■ •
Dougherty—C.‘ W. Arnold, H. Scroajfiji
Parley, H. Singleton: 7 ''
Lee—W. G., Oglesby, F. Jordan, *). I rdan.
Macon—S. J. Patterson, Wm. Lewis, W.
OlivenL. C. Jones.
Milt Ii. II —R. Childs, J. J. Gideon.
Quitman—Samuel Sebiels.
Randolph -W. H. Nobles. A. Reynolds, D.
Taylor, J. A. Jackson. '
Stewart J. E. Blount, Thos. Crayton, J.
Jonas, C. Jordan.
Sumter D. Barwold, Dr. Simmons, E.
Head, C. IJ. Brown.
Terrell—Rob t Jones, Alfred Huckclberry.
Webster—John Ryly.
Motion, by J. E. Blount, of Stewart, that a
committee consisting of ono from each county
be appointed to select four truo Republicans
to serve upon the State Central Executive Com
mittee.
Committee reported L. C. Jones, C. W. Ar
nold, W. H. Nobles, J. E. Blount
Motion, by C. . W._ Arnold, of Dougherty,
that the Convention, proceed to elect a candi
date for the 41st and 42d Congress.
L. C. Jones, of Macon, moved that the Hon.
R. H. Whiteley, of Decatur, be nominated by
acclamation, which was carried unanimously.
Upon motion a committee consulting of L.
C. Jones, C. W. Arnold, W. H. Nobles and
E. Head were appointed to wait upon Mr.
Whiteley and inform him of his nomination.
(ill 1 rt'nlArtlr T> Yf
Convention adjourned till 3 o’clock p. ar.
' EVENING.
Committeo conducted^Mr. Whiteley to tho
stand and was introduced by the Chairman.
He addressed the Convention in a spirited and
convincing manner, accepting his noinitation.
Resolutions by C. W. Arnold, of Dougherty,
which was adopted:
1. That recognizing the great principle of
political equality of all men before the law, as
secured under the XVth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, wo hereby
renew a senso of our approbatipn of that
principle pledging ourselves to a faithful, en
forcement of tno same/
2. That in government, wo demand a faith
ful, honest economical administration, a
strict obedience to the laws, a faithful and
..impartial, execution of the same. The in
violability of the national honor, as to its obli-
Uonluts occupied tlie attention of yoor Com-, IllsffrUriSlfiMlt' niHT tSfiOteMb-
3. As testimonial to our fidelity to princi
ples ihat we advocate, we' point with, pride to
the. noble administration . of Gen. Grant,
reckoning among ito gz^ ; fM&rf*YAlH9tote the
000, tho reduction of taxation to tho amount
of £80,600,000. To that administration we
hereby rehew a' sense of our gfatitt:
pledge ourselves to a faithful support of the
4. That recognizing os tbe only essential
means for the maintenance of free government*
a free, fair, honest expression of the public
sentiment through the ballot box, we hereby
denounce all means tending to the contrary,
as unworthy of a free and enlightened people,
and tending to undermine the foundation of
our government. To an honest, fair ex
pression bf that sentiment in the present cam
paign, we. pledge ourselves, chocrfnlly abiding
the result ; jj'
Resolutions by . L U Jones, of Macon,
which was adopted:
1. That each county in this Congressional
District have an Executive Committee of a
Chairman and Secretary to bo located at the
county site, assisted by two members from
each militia district.
2. That a committeo of one from each coun
ty in this district bo appointed to select suita
ble Chairmen of an Executive Committee for
each county. . areii
3. That an Executive Committeo of fivo
men bo organized by tho Chairman of the
County Executive in each militia district in
this Congressional District.
4. That tho Chairmain of the County Exec
utive Committee, through his Secretary,.re
port at carl3’ a day as possible, the organiza
tion of his committee and the names of tho
Chairman of tho Militia District Execativo
Committee.
VIRGINIA.
THE GREAT FLOOD.
Destruction of Isife and Property.
Incidents, &c.
From the Lynchburg Virginian, 2d.]
CASUALTIES.
Tho statement was made in somo of tho pa-
>ers of Saturday that Mr. Wm. Smith and his
: amity, the lock-keeper at the Combined locks,
had been drowned. Tho report, wo are glad
to state, was incorrect Mr. Smith and his
wife and children escaped in safety to tlie
mountains, and have since been heard from.
A negro, however, whose name is not given,
who had been employed to set the packet-
horses across tho river at the Combined locks,
was washed away by the torrent and drowned.
Burkholder’s shop.
The carpenter shop of R. C. Burkholder &
Co., which was washed away Thursday night,
was lodged against Ashland Island, about five
miles below the city. The budding was stand
ing erect on the island, and seemed to have
been originally placed there. Mr. Burkholder
went down to the island Saturday, and sent
over a person to examine the shop, and learned
that the sash and blind factory, and material,
and contents generally, were just as they were
at home. They can be removed and returned
without damage. Tho honse itself can prob
ably be taken to pieces and brought back
home.
3Ir. James Goens acted so gallantly and ex
posed himself so freely to save the imperilled
islanders that wo think it duo to him that his
name should be correctely given and grate
fully remembered.
We learn that 3Ir. Brazier, also, tho super
intendent of the works, distinguished himself
by his brave and humane exertions on Thurs
day night, and deserves great honor for his la
bors in behalf of the unfortunate.
A BEGGARED FAMILY.
Mr. Nuckols, who saved himself and family,
on Woodroof s Island by taking shelter in tho
tops of the trees, was in the city Saturday,
along with his wife and children. Their ap
pearance on the street in the draggled gar
ments in which they passed tho storm was
pitiable. The little ones were in the mother’s
arms, and the larger children went on their
bare feet in wretched clothes. They presented
fit subjects for pity and alms.
INSANITY OF MB. RANSOM.
The condition of Mr. Ransom, whoso wife
and daughter were washed away from his arms
and drowned, Thursday night, in the storm,
has been most pitiable, and his grief and
agony were so intense as to deprive him of
reason. Saturday tho bereaved man appeared
On the streets in such a distressed state that a
crowd soon collected around him—somo drawn
by cariosity and some by pity. Mr. Ransom
‘ violent and passionate
gave vent to the most
expressions of grief, giving rise, by some of
his actions, to the belief that his mind was
unsettled, and that ho was in danger of com
mitting some rash act upon himself. It was
>1 proper to put restraints upon
him, and he was token in custody to prevent
himself or others during the pt liod
of his mental aberration.
pv MTT.T.R DESTROYED.
One of_thc most unfortunate and onerous
consequences of the flood-fcr-tho destruction
visited upon tho mills, and the destruction of
flour and other breadstufls. The mill of Mr.
William Kent, on the canal below the city,
was destroyed. The splendid flour mill of
Captain Ben. Wilks, on Otter creek, in Bed
ford county, was totally destroyed, with a
large quantity of grain which had been accu
mulating through the summer. The fine
bridge recently erected near the mill, to re
place the bridge destroyed by the soldiers at
the dose of the war in 1865, was swept away.
It cost the county $3,000.
DEAD HORSES.
Seventeen dead horses and mules, removed
from the stables of the Messrs. Adams, floated
down the canal Saturday morning. It was a
sad looking procession.
THE CANAL
in the locality of Robinson’s Mill is almost
dry, and many of the buildings that floated
from Sandy Hook are left there.
The perpendicular rise in the river, as meas
ured by Mr. John Henry at Dean’s foundry,
was twenty-six feet
STORE WASHED AWAY.
Mr. John Wsteon, of this city, who recently
established a store at Big Island, had the mis-
fourtune to have if carried away with its con
tents, inflicting a severe loss on him.
MESSRS. FOLKES A WINSTON.
Tho losses of these gentlemen were much
greater than stated. They had between six
and seven hundred thousand feet of fine fur
niture lumber carried away. They think that
tlieir loss will not fall below $10,000. This is
tho second severe. loss they havo sustained
within tho last fivo years, their establishment
having been fired by the Yankees at fho end of
the war.
A FERRY
is - to bo established across tho river; so that
wo.are about to go back to first principles and
revive toe scenes of the period when Lynch
burg gloried in the appellation of “ Lynch’s
"^rny.”
RECOVERED.
Messrs. L H. Adams &. Bros, recovered on
Saturday one of the pair of magnificent bay
horses which they lost in the flood. The ani
mal was carried over to toe Amherst side of
the river, and there secured a foot-hold on the
side of the heights. They recovered, also,
under the wreck of their establishment; the
safe in which their books and accounts were
kept. The books were thoroughly saturated,
and the backs had come off. The leaves had
to be separated and dried singly before they
could be used.
The Messrs. Adams state that their loss can
not be less than $25,000 ^ ^
r™' BODIES I
Tho body of Willie Whitlow, about ten years
of age, who was drowned Thursday night, was
found Saturday afternoon by gentlemen from
this city at the fourth look, about eight miles
down tho canaL . ,
“ Hie bodies of Mrs. Ransom and her daughter
were recovered Saturday at the first lock below
the city. They were found with their hands
clasped together. United in life, they were
not „ divided in death,
om tneaMfte, October IS.]
MERITORIOUS CONDUCT.
Special praise is accorded Messrs. Henry
Dawson, John Woods, James Jones, and
OLneien Pettyjohn, for their heroic efforts
exerted to save the h.elpleM people. All did
well but these aro admitted to have acted
in a manner to deserve special mention and
,, cj : AFFECTING INCIDENT.
One of too men*M**ho island, named Drake,
had been sick fouMfong time, and could not
be carried away. His wife remained with him,
and thinking herself devoted to a certain
death, filled the aiitfsrith the wildest and most
S i table lamentations. .She survived uninjured,
nt her husbanefwas mado much worse by
tho excitement and exertions of the terrible
night *
Declines.
Judge Reese, too Democratic nominee for
Congress from the Vth District, declines the
race in consideration of private engagements. 5 '
Judge Reese vv< uld not be eligible if 111 t
and this mav explain his action in too prem-
and this may explain his action :
Tho Stephens’ programme of shaking