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The True (tftizen. W /vYHEaaOHO, GA., FRIDA : MAY19,181«. " r rh« tturotoal of the Fittest.' Mr. otepbetid fbr .iovernor. Con reasraan Black is much better, and wi 1 soon return to Georgia. It i- r ported that all the cotton p 1 1 u 1 in Northeast G orgia has '>e • j (tided by the recent cold weath er. ! be Coalitionists—nine in all—com- j r ng the greater part of the whole Four inches of snow fell on the ]> rty, held a meeting, or 4 lonference,”! in ' u " t;,i ' 8 at Maryville, near Knox- as he Vtlanta Port-Appeal puts it, in I "» Monday. The fruit crop in Aunta on the 15th msl , nd Hon. A. * lm ,st ” n,ire, y killed - ii .‘■'■•ephuns was “indorsed recommen d'd ’ or nominated as the candidate f r «' In vomer of the whole 4 nine,” and j.o '.toned the June mass meeting in ti' * ,i tly. This action on the par of 1.1 •-»»- called [ndepenle’its, or Coali- t < ' is was e idently hurri 'd up to f'.r.-tal the action of the Democratic ' fi! on a s •II. A New Y >rk farmer plowed up a goM riig lost by one of his aunts thiri v--.five years ago. His sisters and his c 'Usi'is will get him to do some plowing f >r them next week. Atlanta Post-Appeal, May 17 h : soon to be held- o nominate The Me'hodist Conference at Nashville .ad i.rJ hearer for th it party for the yesterday elected five additional Bish- i ii Governor, every indication I °P S ’ Alp ieus Wilson, ot Baltimore; • ; .• 1 ; i.r to Mr. Stephens as their can-Y Cranberry, ol Vanderbilt Univer- .to also. What effect this rapid ac- si y > Atticus G. Haygood, of Georgia ; lii { the Coalitionists vvi 1 have upon ^ Hargrave, of lonessee, and Dr. c •. adorn of the Democratic pur y binus l arger, ot Now Orleans. jt,.:o ovUuts must discov r, as the; . Democratic papers of the State ; Nasiivillv, Tenw, May 17.—The 'c . .'ig ilarly silent upon the subject. j fol owing note from Dr. Haygood, • ( vnliiucct, as expressed by individ President of Emory College, was read , is that if Mr. Simpkins does no. in the Con'erence this morning : “To o the Coalitionists, he will pr >b i the Bishops and Members of the Gene- )' !>e die nominee of the Democrats, ral Conference of t ie Methodist Epis- : t i is the situation as it now presents ; copal Church, South: My Dear and i! ■-» and we await fit are develop- j Honored Brethren—I am deeply moved >..• r.! i with groat interest. Our own by your action yesterday in ele ning me ( i. on is‘hat Mr. Stephens will be i ,. later! by the Democrats, and then i ihcly that (hero will be only one • v o.date in the fie.d, as lew men in • it* care to meet’‘the old Comuio- r m the held when he “stands” for : (('. i' The next few weeks will de- j.i r, e the ac'ion of the Democrats, ii :he c .nv.o's be opened. - -■» i\he HmquusStion. i'be rer-rnf. resolutions of some of the Ct ions uf McDuffie county harshly • titii .Ring Judge Snead’s administra- f'on of justiei in that county have at- /,;u nd c. nriderab e public atten ion. !» in a novelty in Georgia for a mass- n ( „ i as a Bishop of our beloved church. Though I might well fear the respon sibilities of the office, I do not shrink from its labor ; yet, with a clear con vie ion and deep sense of my dutv to God and my fellow man, I respectfully and humbly decline to accept thy posi tion to which you have called me. I cannot, with a good conscience, lay down iho work which I have now in hand. With perfect lvspeot and abid ing love, I Ain truly, your brnher, Atticus G. Haygood.” The Washington Post of the loth has the following positive statement: ‘‘Chief Jus ice Carter and Judges Mac- '< feting to sit in judgment on a Judge Arthur, Hagner and James held a ! t.e - up rini Court, and pub ic opin- <\ di.«i3 m.i sustain 'bis resort to politi- 4 .0 hi tram :nt.ilitVes to over awe 'he Dr,iti. As <> the' right of Judge t rad to make tbe rulings complained of, the of i ion of the Augusta. bar, one * t the most learned and intelligent in ‘•e Prato, is un niiuous that he had i\.l! a ;thurify ; and if ibe universal consultation - aturday summing up the arguments of counsel in .he application of Guiteau for a rehearing. The con sultation lasted four hours aud was marked by the most searching exami nation of authorities arid die most rigorous analysis of every point made in the arguments. The judges were in thorough harmony all through inull a of i ho circuit up to this time j and in reaching a decision, not for one minute differing in thy gene ral steps by which the decision was reached, although, of course, each judge had individual opinions of variou s points of law and their application.— The decision will be announced May 22. The decision affirms the decision of the court below, of course, overruling the exceptions. This disposes of Gui- teau’s last chance and he ,vill be hang ed June 30th, 1882. « Much has been said in the .North about proscription that I mean to advert to it in every letter. I have not yet found a town in Tennessee or I Georgia without its quota of North- c eaus ar.y tiling, he has made an up - right, eiiergehe, and satisfactory Judge. 'There is trie point in the resolutions P at has not received attention hereto- •T:.re, and it strikes- us vith amazement. In the preaud le the following langu age ot < urs : “we are filled with gravtst appiehi tisioris at seeing a. systernali: i tfnrt made by a few citizens to con tra 1 Jt.rms in making their decisions;” nr.!ii tic rt one of the resolu ions reads j.m follows: “Resolved, that we cou th u»a in unme.'uuired terms the efforts u.aiJe to i octroi or unduly influence «r.o de isioris of Grand anil ’Spocial Juries and we hereby earnestly call i ,>tm toe Jury Commissioners to use 1 ! e made by a mee ing of some chi- os against the entire bo ly of their low-ci’iJiens. Tt intimates that the I're itest care in the selection ofi . , rM at • . f 1 l.erners. At Chattanooga, Marietta and other places, the postmasters are “Yanks,” and of course Republicans. The M tyor of Chattanooga % a Wis- y Comitiihsibhers of McDuffie county | consin man, and the Common Coun • e hi on false to their oath bv putting j oil has its Northern element. These , .rro; or persons ot the Jury biolc, ln01) their politics and vote tt eir ii.ol '1 nsoersc'- alike the intciligenco .. , , ... \ „ , i o ” ; i tickets without the slightest tear or : . : mi. gnty of live Grand and hpocial v : o,h by holding them upas men so hindrance. 1 hey associate With men Mjijpid a not to see that they are being; who fought in the G mfederate ranks, iitni.led or so corrupt :is to be j and there is no animosity. Their ‘ 1H *' u ' ud .' l M,s> 'hle that, j WJ y OS ln;uo welcome, and no door t ...i sister county is in the terrible, con- . . . . ...... „ - l,w tW c rwilntion* ropn-wnl1 18 A Vlloh '«“ n w “- < . •/ t| u . Judge law'ess ! Are tbo I I11Hn ™ not called upon to rush ’and .• y i loiumissioners foresworn' Are'I embrace a Wisconsin woman. Bo- ■ 1 1 rand and Special Jurors ignorant euuse a Southern woman does not stand at her gate to bid a Northern woman welcome is no proof of u»i- mositv. If anv Northern man be in- l vi n.11 men, unfit to be in the J’lirv And is nobody what they should bn* the tew’citizens who recently n meet ing there f We know soiiio- \> tf t id dm people of McDuffie,for* we. teffnred with in Georgia it is not on ■ nffty lived there, and do not hesi— account • >f i 11 e wo\'‘ho v’otes, r>r the Hinay ttmtin virtue and int.-lll-1 80 otioo he hails 'Vom. It is liimause are tbe pn r ol-mv people, .a...stneinres | * ie “ as '‘""'i -h time on Ins hands to hem are 1 Mieddle with Ii'her people’s business. M. Quad. Postmaster General Howe, has is sued an important order, the opera tion which will be of great benefit to the mercantile classes in all large cities ot the country. It directs that after the first of July next all letters on which a full rate of postage has not been prepaid, instead of being for warded to the dead letter office shall be held by the postmaster of all letter- carrier or free-delivery offices and the addressee informed by the official card that it is only necessary to remit the postage due and receive the letter. It was ascert fine 1 that nearly one-half of the letters received at the dea l let ter office for lack of pr-p ii 1 full rate were from cities where the letter- carrier system is in operation. The new order will consequently make 111 postoffices centres of distribution for matter now receive ! at one centre— the dead letter office. To illustrate, the postmaster at Baltimore tested the new regulation several months ago. Out of 1,300 letters that would have been sent to the dead letter office for lack of proper payment all but thir teen reached their de-. ination without the circumlocution of the dead letter "(Tice. A full rate of jost 'ge i.s three cents. The class of letters referred to are those of which a two or one cent stamp has been affixed, or no stamp at all. The new order will enable the f >ree employe 1 in the dead letter office to give prompt attention t" the business rn »re properly belong ing to it, and leave to the posttn asu ■ •rs in large citb's the duty of forward ing ali mail m tter that comes within the provisions of the new order of the postmaster-general. Memphis, M iv 16.—Captain Jerry Hutchinson, of the River Mail Ser vice was killed near Trinity, La., on May 7th while attempting to arrest Appleton and James Atkinson. The Atkinsons xveie fugitives from justice^ having been convicted and sentenced to be hung for the murder of Mrs. Atkinson, wife ot one and mother of the other, in Penniscot, Mo., some time last summer. Capt. Hutchin son, accompanied by Will J. Hudson, hearing that the Atkinsons were in the vicinity of Trinity, La., passed down a few days ago for the purpose of making the arrest, but the crim inals were on the alert, and when the officers approached the younger At- kinsun shot and mortally wounded Hutchinson, who jn turn shot and killed the eldest Atkinson. The youngest. Atkinson then made good hi' escape. The Sheriff' of Trinity with a posse of men, is scouring the woods in search of the escaped mur derer, and a reward of §500 has been offered for his arrest, besides the ward offered by the governor of Mis souri for Ins first crime. San Francisco Whale: The first breechioading whale gnu made hasjust been completed by Robert LiJdle, of this city. It was made to go on the whale steamer Bowhead which starts for Arctic waters Tuesday, under, command of Captain E. E. Smith. The gun in shape bears a strong re~ resemblance to an ordinary breech- loading rifle and weighs 105 pounds, it has a rebounding lock, and the lengt h of the barrel is 36 inches, and is 15-16 inches calibre. It fires with precision either a harpoon or bomb lance the distance of thirty odd yards, while even further than that it will do good execution. The gun swings on a swivel and can be tired in any (leered direction and at al most any angle, and is about as easily handled as an ordinary firearm. % — ♦ •——■ ■ -— The silk industry in America now amounts to §40,000,000 a year, and it is predicted that in the near future it will reach §100,000,000. Silk worms wore many years ago culti vated in Georgia with conaidi^hble success ami an effort will he made to y revive the inJustry in this Slate. THE TRUE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, AT WAYNESBORO. 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