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Waynesboro, Ga., August 25, 1882.
No. 17.
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COL.. GEO. R. BLACK,
AN OPEN LETTER IN RESPONSE TO A
REQUEST THAT HE WITHDRAW FROM
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST-WHAT
HE HAS ALREADY DONE FOR HIS CON-
STITUENTS—HIS HE A L TH—ETC.
Atlanta, Ga., August 12,1882.
Major G.M. Byals, Savannah Ga.:
Dear Sir :—I am in receipt of your
letter of the 3d inst., in which you re
quest me not to run lor a re election to
Congress, and ask me to receive your
suggestion in the spirit in which it was
made. Your expiessions of friendly
regard for me are gratefully accepted,
and notwithstanding the close .friendly
relation vou bear to one of my most
active opponents for the position you
ask me to relinquish, and in view of
your friendly co-operation and services
in the last campaign, I cheerfully ac
cord to your motive in making the sug
gestion the friendly sincerity you ask
for it. And, as you have written with
great freedom, I hope you will allow
me the same privilege in responding.
You say that our commercial and
material interests “will require the ser
vice^ of a member who.-e health will
permit him to give active attention to
the business in Congress.” You are
jterhaps aware that the late session cf
the Forty seventh Congress gave to
the rivers and harbors of the First dis
trict—at least to the Savannah harbor—
the largest amount that has ever been
satisfied that the Republican party can paired with a Republican member) but
secure no greater campaign fund, or a short interval of three or four weeks,
present no stronger candidate than it during my extreme illness, suspended
did in the last election, when it was de
feated by the overwhelming majority of
near 3,500 votes. That was a victory
gained by the Democratic party through
the patriotic efforts of the people more
than through the activity of any candi
date, and was accomplished nt a time
when the whole National Republican
party was aroused to
pitch of excitement in a
their performance. Of course men may
differ, as they most always do, as to
the acceptability, availability, and the
mental or physical qualification of can-'-
didates, and it I should not be exempt
from such criticism, I cannot, of course,
be surprised. Under the peculiar cir
cumstances of my own case, mush al-
thc highest lowance, I knew, should be made for
Presidential j the existence of s ch differences of opin-
campaign by a desperate effort to j inn as to my physical qualification, ow-
retain the spoils of their plunder to I ing to t,h,e groundless rumors and false
perpetuate their usurped power. You ! impressions that prevailed. But what-
may remember to have heard then the! ever may be these differences, party
threats of Republic m leaders that their j unity and political success make it
national party had selected our district neccessary that a decision should be
as an object of its special care, and that
thousands of dollars had been sent for
ward with which to accomplish the pros
titution of Democratic virtue and the
subversion of Democratic supremacy in
the First Congressional district of Geor
gia. The uibanity, elegance, tact, and
personal and business popularity of the
Republic m nominee were adverted to
then with an air of triumph, as an in
vincible element against which we would
have to contend. Nor were we then
witluut the Independent movement,
threatening us with its balance of pow
er. under the vigorous leadership of one
of its ablest champions in the district.
\Ye were admonished then that the re-
appropriated for that purpose. This I cent importation of turpentine and lum-
was doue upon bi’ls introduced by me,
through the proper aid and assistance
of the other members of the Georgia
delegation, the city of Savannah haying
giyen the necessary co-operation by the
moral weight of the presence of a dele
gation, amongst whom was the official
head of the city. I recommended 1o
the Mayor the importance of such a
presence becau-e I knew that other
cities and communities, which have made
successful application for Federal ap
propriations, have usually fouud it
necessary to render such co-operation
to their Representatives in Congress.
I made the sugges’ion likewise to
, other cities of my district, and urged
upon prominent citizens the importance
of such a, presentation of their claims.
made, and it has always been the chief
glory of the Democratic party that all
its members haye bowed in loyal sub
mission to the decision of its nominat
ing conventions, honestly and fairly
made, a time honored usage having
given to these party decrees the sanc
tion and potency of a law. Whatever
I might be willing to do, and indeed,
under certain circumstances would do,
for the safety of the Democratic party,
or for tho salvation of the country, I
cannot deem it either a personal or
political duty to volun'arily retire from
the field for the promotion of the inte
rests of any particular individual. My
present expectation is ( o permit my
friends to present my name as a candi-
ber labor had increased the colored
voters of the district by over three
thousand. These circumstances were
sufficient to cause some weak-kneed
Democrats to quail with fear and ap
prehension for the success of our par y ;
but the result of the election showed
that all true men, whether as organized
or as independent Democrats, would
rally to the standard of their party in
the final day of action, and that they
were unpurchased, and unpurchasable,
by the corruption fund of the Radical
party.
For one, I entertain no fear as to the
triumph of the Demo’ratio party of our
district in the coming election, whoever
may be its nominee, or whatever may
be the influences brought to bear to de-
The commercial interests of the port i teat it by fraud, argument or persuasion.
of Savanna%| at least, have suffered no
detriment by any physical disqualifica
tion of her Representative in Congress.
And if they have not done so in the
past, permit me to ask why should you
be troubled by such grave apprehen-
tions for the future? You say that an
active canvass of the district by the
nominee should be made. That may bf
true, and yet it may not be essential to
Democratic success that it should be
made always in person, as you seem to
think so specially important at this par
ticular juncture. It has not been cus
tomary or considered neccessary here
tofore for candidates in the First dis
trict to do all you would seem to require
now, for although I canvassed it thor -
oughly and made one qr more speeches
in every county of my district, I was in-
The prediction of a Republican victory
in our district lias been predicted upon
the falsa assumption that every colored
man was a Republican voter, and that
there was a large majority of colored
po’ls in the district; whereas, the truth
is, that large numbers of colored men,
true to themselves, and to their coun
try, vote with the Democratic party
and the fact is that th' re does not exist
a majority of colored polls, the last re
port of the Comptroller-General show
ing that there is, on the contrary, a
majority of ever two hundred white polls
in the First Congressional District of
the State.
There was a period in the progress of
my illness when I hesitated to make a
positive announcement of my candidacy
for re-election, beoause there was rea.
WONDERFUL CAVE IN FLORIDA.
A correrpohdent of the Savannah
News, writing from Live Oak, Flori
da, under date of August 8th, has the
following to say in regard to a won
derful cave recently discovered iu
Suwanee county :
“A most wonderful discovery has
just been made by Capt. George E.
Fahra and Major John T. Roumillat,
which is no less than a remarkable
cave, located at Pablrs Hole, twenty-
two miles south of here, on the Live
Oak aod Rowland’s Bluff Railroad.
For the following description your
correspondent is indebted to Mr. J.
M. Hallows, the urbane and gentle
manly cashier of the Plant Invest-
! tnent Company, ak-o to kindness of
j Mr. S, L. Drane, in the employ of
the same company.
The mouth of the cave is a small
opening at the earth’s surface, widen
ing asit descends,and extends for some
forty feet upon an angle of sixty de
grees before reaching the cave’s level.
The cave is a broad open chamber
just after entering, and extends in
width until lost to view. The height
of the part explored varies from
seven to twenty-five feet, and the
scenery adapts itself to almost every
imaginable shape and form, many of
which are extremely picturesque and
interesting. These gentlemen pro
ceeded in a straight course for sever
al hundred feet, when, wonderful to
da e for re election to the nominating rn ]ate, they came upon the bank of a
convention of September 6th, with the r i ver , and halted. The current of
privilege of insisting upon its oonside- j t j,j s river was rap id an d its width
ration, or withdrawing it if at that time j considerable. They report that fish
they should deem the public interest re
quired, or the success of the party de
manded it.
As you wrote not in confidence and
without the injunction of privacy, upon
a question involving the public an
nouncement of my candidacy before the
people, I have exercised the privilege
thereby implied, to make public my
response, in order that my friends, and
all other persons in the district interest
ed in theossue, may be apprised of the
facts, and of my intentions in the pre
mises. Hoping that my answer will
satisfactoi ily meet your objections, and
that my physicial condition will so much
improve by the 6th of next September,
that I may be able consistently, with
your ideas of a candidate’s qualifica
tions, to claim you as one of my sup
porters, and with the hope and belief
that,our party, through its convention,
will so act as to insure certain viotory
at the polls, I remain most respectfully
and truly yours, Geo. R. Black.
For The Citizen.
UliKlitetl Hopes.
ADDRESSED TO I. H.
We plighted lovei-hlle ’neatlithe jasmine sitting.
Inhaling sweets of full blown flow’rs in June ;
The happy birds from tree to tree were flitting,.
As full concordant as a peri’s tune :
And we with love’s first kiss—all, else forgetting. .
Promised eternal troth—now broke—so soon’!
How sacred were our words the ere we parted.
So tender, cheerful, born of tasted bliss;
How holy the unbidden tear which.started,
As clinging, we Indulged our good-by kiss :
But now. alas! Fate in one month has thwarted
Our plans for years, how little dreamed we this!
But, ’tis best thus : sorrow will act,as leaven,
And raise our hearts and minds to higher .
'things:
The past, when washed in tears will be forgiven;.
And pardon frees , the conscience frpm all
stings: ‘I ,
And disappointments here may gain us Heaven, 1
Whose limitless expanse with music- rings. . i ,
-J. H. 0.
WHA T D OES IT MEAN.
Washington, August 17.—-A ..djs*
patch from Halifax recounts the
purchase, by a Massachusetts »>•*
captain, named Tarr, of a “long, low,
black, piratical looking schooner with
high bulwarks, well adapted for the
concealment of men, and guns,” 'arid
her departure for a port in Madaga*
car. The Halifax people say the
vessel which is twenty years old, and.
is numb'd the “Conquest”-was bought
for the account of Gen; Benjamin F.
Butler, of Massachusetts, th»t a large
quantity of stores, arms’ and amjnu-
nition were shipped front Boston.and
placed on board the “Conquest”, in
Halifax harbor, and that.twenty or
more seamen recently departed from
Halifax to the Eastward, presumably
for a point on the coast where' the
Conquest could pick them up. The
Halifax newspapers conclude that
Ben contemplates a piratical venture^
or a violation, or some sort of the in
ternational law, and invice the atten
tion of the Uuited States authorities
to his doings.
seemed plentiful judging from the
agitation of the waters. Beyond the
river were heard some dreadful noises,
which, combined with the loneliness
of the situation, made them feel very
uncomfortable. They are both of
the opinion that they saw upon the
opposite bank a reptile of huge pro
portions, partaking of a serpentine
form and moving in ail the horrid
contortions peculiar to a serpent.
The opinion is expressed that the
celebrated sea serpent which has been
lost all the year has just put in an
appearance in one of Florida’s sub
marine rivers. Just after seeing the
serpent they retreated to the open
air, not wishing to risk themselves
any further.
So far as their sight would reach
the cave extended in all of its grim
grandeur, and they are of the opinion
that it may extend for some miles I escaped. Some were obliged to
further. Many bones were found in | w i t h on i y t h e ir night clothing.
formed by people in some parts that none i son then for doubts as to my physical
of my pr decessors had ever before done j qualification for tho position. Many
the like. Indeed, the success of the j gentlemen amongst my friends who saw
party depends, not so much upon the
personal activity of the nominee, as
upon tho patriotic sense of duty to
themselves in the people. In dff years
from I'rcsiJontiftl elections neither party
ever polls its full vote. This is espe
cially true of tho dominant party,
which, you know is at this time the Re
publican party. Some of the counties
which I canvassed, in the last, campaign,
in which but a bare handful of the citi
zens attended the speaking, and appa
ront apathy prevailed, gave tho fullest
Democratic vote when the hour of duty
and the day of election arrived, showing
that the result depends, not so much
upon the personal canvassing by the
nomuiee as it does upon the patriotism
and vigilance of the people. I 'am
me during that limo were no doubt
honestly impressed with tho conviction
that I could never recover, one of whom,
doubtless acting upon such an iiupres
sion, was induced to announce himself a
candidate for the nomination as my
successor. Ci-cuinstances have so far
changed, and my health has so much
improved, that I now entertain no doubt
but that I will be able to discharge all
the duties of a member of the Forty-
eight Congress. I um now, and have
been for weeks past, in the full dis
charge of all the routine business apper
taining to my office as a member of the
Forty-seventh Congress, and, with the
exception of casting my vote upon the
floor of the House of Representatives
(and as to that I was for the most time
A Washington dispatch of August
18th says : “The board of audit to
pass upon the accounts of the ex
penses incident to President Garfield’s
illness to-day received a bill from
Charles A. Benedict, undertaker, No-
60 Carmine street, New York >
amounting to $887.50, which is for
the oak casket, numerous detailed
expenses and porsonal services in
connection with the funeral,
Marshfield, Mass., August 21.—
The Sea View House, anew hotel which
was opened in July, was burned at five
o’clock this morning. The cause of
the fire was a defective flue. All the
boarders, some seventy-five in number,
leave
The
Eastman, Ga„ August 19.—A
threatening postal card mailed at
Macon, and addressed to Judge Pate,
was received here yesterday. In
putting up the mail the card fell on
the counter with the face aide up.—
The Postmaster says two or three
words struck his eye as he picked
up the card, and from their remark
able character he thought he would
be justified in reading the rest, Judge
Pate having gone to Hawkinsville.
If I remember correctly the follow
ing was the language of the card :
“August 17, 1882.—Judge :
Senator Hill is gone so i» Colonel
Wadley so is John Q Harvard so is j had been attracted into the
that negro and soon those rioters and °f the cave by the light,
then you will be gone too.
“Yours Somebody.”
“Please excuse paper.”
The chirography and orthography
of this card was very good, but the
punctuation is had.
Cairo, III., August 20.— W. C.
Coup’s circus left here at lour o’clock
this morning in two sections. About
47 miles north of this city the engine
of tho second section ran into a
passenger coach on tho rear of the
first train, completely demolishing
the colfoh, killing three wag >n drivers
and wounding about 25 or 30 other*.
Relief trains, with physicians, etc.,
were sent to the scene of the wreck
at once.
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U»e cave and particularly on the
bank ot the river, ail of which, with
one exception, appeared to belong to
animals. They also found a stone of
cubical form, upon the top of which
were tr; ces of fire, the charcoal being
covered wi'h a green substauce from
lapse of time. This may probably
be an altar of the ancient fire wor
shipers. Traces also of fossil were
plentiful.
This cave was also visited by
Judge Geo B. Baker, who verifies
in every particular the statement
made by the two gentlemen, and in
addition, had an experience which
nearly turned his hair white, being
butted in the rear by a goat which
mouth
These
gentlemen propose at an early date
to make a thorough explora
tion of the cave, or they will show
any other persou the mouth of the
cave and let them go ahead, which
evidences that they are possessed of
some personal discretion. By unani
mous vote the place has been named
Fahm’s Flue, in honor of Captain
George E. Fahm, one of the dis
coverers and a gentleman noted for
his exploring propensity, he having
descended several other considerable
holes or depressions in this county.
Your correspondent has not had
the pleasure « f visiting this newly
discovered cave yet but ho intends
doing so at an early day, and will no
pleased to furnish any particulars in
regard to the same that may prove of
interest tu the public.”
loss and insurance is unknown.
The family of M. L. Smith, at
Slaiington, Pa., consisting of five p-r-
sons, was severely poisoned recently
by eating corned beef from tin cans.
The beef hud softened, and is sup
posed to have absorbed poison from
the cans. All the members of the
family were critically ill, but they all
are reported recovering.
Chas. Lahon, who lived five miles
east of Mount Pulaski, III., ami who
had been missing for three days, was
discovered on the 20th, with two
young men who had been working
for him, a*l three of them bliudfolded
and their throats cut from ear to ear.
No cause is known for the deed.
Edgar B. Snow, a marine, was re
cently tried by' summary court-mar
tial at the Portsmouth, N. R,, navy*
yard for being asleep on guard and
has sentenced to imprisonment for
30 days and placed on bread and
water diet.
11 is stated on good authority that
the naval station at Port Royal, S. C„
is to bo abandoned in a few days, and
that tho Wyoming, now there, will be
ordered to Annapolis, Md., for use by
the cadets.
Ex-Goverffor Bullock gives io
more personal property for taxation
| than any other person by eight hun
dred dollars in Fulton county.