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tUccklj! ©lnwiflf & Constitutionalist.
010 SERIES —VOL. XCII
NEW SERIES—VOL. LI.
(Cijromcle anti .Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1877.
Pendleton will meet Garfield on the
stamp in Ohio.
Rp.v. Db. Buddinoton’s son has been
accused, in New York, of burglary.
Nothino shows more signs of a revi
val than the Western whisky trade.
Out of 100,(XX) Americans in San
Francisco, only 15,(XX) go to church on
Sunday.
The bankers want relief as well as the
workingmeD. Honors seem to be easy
at both ends.
HonnrLßß Colfax has a lecture on
"Hard Times,” for which he charges
SIOO per night.
Russia has found Turkey a tough
morsel, and the Czar has “bitten more
than he can chaw.”
Kimpton keeps mum. His silence
may l>e more significant than Chamber
i. a in's indignant denial.
I’ahkkb sticks to his accusation of
Ciiambeklain, and threatens to refresh
his old friend’s memory.
Clekk Adams' official roll makes the
Democratic majority in the House of
Representatives eleven.
Gamdf.tta’h persecution by MaoMahon
proves that the Republic, as administer
ed, is ouly despotism in disguise.
Morrison is looming up for Speaker
of the House. Many persons think
Hayler will !>e the "dark horse.”
Fknatok Mokton ought to die happy
n . He is the only politician who was
evi r kissed by a President of the United
States.
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In old times the dying statesman nsed
to rend his Bible. Now ho reads the
papers and thinks only of the affuirs of
this world.
The Bankers’ Convention did not do
much practical good because every man
had a plan of his own for a return to
prosperity.
Gossips say that, in case Pattkkbon
should be expelled from the Senate,
Governor Hampton will ho elected to
liis place.
The cartoonist shows that the “un
speakable Turk” has thrown a very pro
digious aud bloody shadow upon the
Russian cross.
The wags are recommending General
Howard to advertise in the Herald per
sonal column for Chief Joseph, if ho
wants to find him.
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J!kn Him. says lie don’t want to be Presi
dent. For once wo are with Hen. — lnter-Ocean.
Well, don’t “weep on his bosom”
while you are temporarily with him.
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Brioham Yodno's mother still lives,
iu Indiana, aged 98. She is very poor,
aud not disposed to thiuk well of a pro
photio sou who neglected his old moth
er.
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An English lawyer, writing in Temple,
Bar about “The Merchant of Venice,”
shows thut Hhaknpekk was no lawyer.
That may be true. No lawyer has
proved himself a Bhakspere either.
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Boston’s greatest commercial paper
has a column of jokes, one of the best
of which is this: “Ben Deßar’s death is
said to have heeu caused by a poisonous
hair dye. He should have been debarred
from using it.”
Grant, according to the Herald, was
tho first President who diued out, and
the whole Supreme Court, during Presi
dent Grant’s administration, once dined
at a public restaurant with a gentleman
not wholly unconnected wilh the lobby.
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TnK importance of one voto is seen in
tlis case of the California election. Mr.
Wiooinoton, Democrat, is elected over
Paoheoo, Republican, by two votes.
He was supposed to have been beaten
by one vote, but three additional votes
liavo been discovered.
The editor of the New Orleans Demo
crat asserts that “ the present battles of
Plevna are of vast import to the civil
ized world.” And yet a great Georgia
statesman does not even "keep up ”
with the war in Europe and cares no
more about it than a dog fight.
Gen. Joe Johnston is credited with
the statement that both sides were
greatly demoralized after the first Bull
Run battle, aud that he now believes it
would have been better for the South if
the North had won that battle, for in
that event tho war wonld have probably
ended there.
The Euglish railroads are still plow
ing iu new capital, and ten of the old
liues will call up .£5,5(X),000 during the
last six months of this year. In no
year since 1865 has so much English
capital been put into home railways as
during 1876, when .£*2B,(XX),OOO was
raised in preferred stock.
Thr Chicago Inter-Ocean tells us that
General Skobrloff, the defender of
Schipku Pass, the mau who captured
Lovatz, and who has led so many of the
attacks on the redoubts before Plevua,
is 33 years old, and has beeu in every
campaign the Russians have had since
he was old enough to enter the field.
Two years ago, iu Kbokaud, when there
was a Russian reverse, the older geuer
als detailed Skobeloff to cover the rear
■of the army, expecting of him to bear
the disgrace of the expected catastrophe.
He had only five battalions iu his com
mand, but he turned on the over-confi
dent cuemv, and, making a furious night
attack, threw the enemy into a panic,
and utterly routed them. Skobeloff is
described as brave almost to reckless
ness, and as tall, handsome and dashing.
He has been wounded 6ix times, and, as
in the recent engagements at Plevna, is
always in the thickest of the fight.
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Even after Gov. Hamilton’s Rockford
speech, the editor of the Inter-Ocean
refuses to “ weep on his bosom.” What
galled the 1.-O. man was that the Gov
ernor did not crawl on his belly and
■crave pardon of rabid Radical Illinois
ans. The Nashville American, allud
ing to the Governor’s address, justly
says: “There is no dirt-eating, no
apologies, calm assertion of the ground
occupied by the South, aud maintained
—not harsh or extreme ground, but the
ground of a principle absolutely essen
tial to our own self-respect. Gov.
Hampton's speech had the ring of man
hood, and at the same time it was not
offensive nor did he needlessly deal in
the past. The reception of the apolo
getic tone in the North shows that it is
not demanded and will not be received.
Gov. Hampton's calm assertion of the
true principle proceeded from conscious
rectitude, from self-respect and personal
dignity. It gained the respect of those
who heard it and commended itself to
everybody, except a few implacables,
by its sound good sense. One snch
speech was needed. We will need no
more and hear no more. We will not
l>e likely to hear of the past again. ”
HONORABLE TO HUMAN NATURE.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Custer, wife of
the famous General who fell at the head
of his column in the fatal attack upon
the camps of Sitting Bull, has written
a letter to Major Burns, of Houston,
acknowledging the receipt of resolutions
passed by Hood’s Texas Brigade Asso
ciation to the memory of her husband.
It is as follows :
Mb. Bobnh —bear Sir: I regret very much
that no loi.g a t me has parsed without mv ac
knowledgment aid thanks for the beautiful
resolutions offered by the survivors of "Gen.
Hood’s Texas Brigade.”
I oculd have asked friends to answer your
letter for me during my illness, but I felt anx
ious to write for myself and assure the Con
federate soldiers who so touchingly remem
bered my husband in words of praise, that I
most sincerely appreciate their kindness.
I am glad to tell you how much admiration
Gen. Custer felt for the courage and endur
ance of the Southern army.
It seems to prt ve the higher and better na
ture of men v.hen soldiers can admire the gal
lantry and heroism of each other, even when
differing in sentiment and belief.
We hail the privilege of becoming personal
ly acquainted with Gen. Hood in 1565, and it
seune to me a matter of congratulation when
men an serve under such a soldier aud gen
tleman. Very respectfully, yours,
Elizabeth B. Custer,
122 Madison avenue, New York City, Au
gust 28.
The letter of Mrs. Custeb is worthy
of tho best type of the true American
woman, and the resolutions of Hood’s
old Brigade were worthy of Southern
heroes. Men like Custer never had
any trouble in getting along with Con
federate soldiers. Ho always held the
sentiments expressed by Gen. Hawley
when he said : “Men who went into the
war with the feeling at their heart’s
core that they were in tho right, have a
bond of union between them. When we
find men who live up to their ideas of
honor and right, we shouldn’t ask them
to get down on their knees or ask them
to take back anything.”
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THE RIFLE TEAMM.
Reviews are now in ordor of the Amer
ican and British Rifle Teams whose ex
ploits at Creedmoor have been truly
marvelous. It was remarked that the
Americans were more equally matched
with each other than the British were.
Exemplifying this, the New York Times
shows that “the highest American indi
vidual score, Blvdenburoh’s, on the
first day, was 213; the lowest, Dakin’s,
was 202 —a diffeience of but 11 points.
The British varied from Milner’s 209 to
Humphrey's 195—a difference of 16
points. When the two days’ shootiDg
was ended, the Americans were found
generally clustering together in their
scores, as the tables show. Once more
the Americans showed their equality
not only in their totals, but in their
slight variations of better or worse at
different ranges. For example, Dakin,
who was among the highest at 800 yards
on the first day, fell off at 900 yards,
while Jewell, who was amoDg the low
est at 900 yards, came to the highest
point at 1,000 yards. Again, on the
second day, although not one American
fell below the extraordinary mark of 70
at 800 yards, yet Allen, who was at that
minimum, reached the maximum of 73
at 900 yards. A great many similar
examples could easily be pointed out to
show that, taken altogether, there was
no weak f-pot in the American team; aud
while tho total scores of such men as
Blydenburoh, Bruce, Jewell and We
ber were extraordinary and wholly un
precedented, yet every score was exceed
ingly creditable.”
It is thought that the American posi
tion of shooting while lying on the
back has been more than justified by
the event. Tho British riflemen, with
one or two exceptions, fired from a
prone position, or stomach rest. Tho
Britons who adopted the “American
plan” made the highest scores on their
side of the game. The Britons have at
last conceded, we understand, that the
American breech-loader is superior to
their muzzle-loader for target practice.
This concession may bo due more to a
desire to remove somewhat the hon
orable sting of defeat, but it may also
be a genuine verdict. Tho Americans
fired twice as fast as the British. The
riflo used by the victors is, wo believe,
tho Remington. When the British
marksmen have procured our rifles and
practiced with them, wo hope another
international match may bo made. Then
it will be seen whether tho fault or ex
cellence of the shooting is to be at
tributed to the gun or to the man be
hind it. Even if the American team
should bo defeated at Dollymount,
next year, uuder such circumstances,
they may claim that victory could only
he wrested from them at all by forcing
their competitors to use uu American
rifle.
lilVIMi THE DEVIL HIS DUE.
A Washington correspondent of the
Nashville American, referring to Gen.
B. F. Butlek's arrival at Washington,
says:
He regardu the labor troubles as a perfect
political bonanza for his peculiar order of tal
ent and a magnificent escape -pipe for his over
strained boiler. He is not going to let an op
portunity escape for ridiculing the Administra
tion. but will take particular paius not to carry
it to that excess that will make him forfeit his
claim to a portion of the official patronage. He
is dreadfully sore over the dilemma iu which
Key placed him. Georof. Butler, Bex’s
nephew and prospective heir, wanted a place.
He brought strong Democratic influences to
bear ou the Postmaster-General. Not entirelv
satisfied with these, however, he wrote to Un
cle Bex to come down aud give him a lift. Bex
made the application for Geo#oe in poison.
This did not suit the Postmaster-General, who
had si'me idea of red tape, but he required
Bex to make his wants known in writing. This
was done in the most approved style:
‘■My dear Mr. Postmaster-General." * *
“Always balMta me your friend and obedient
servant.”
Kiv made the appoimmeul, and before
Geoboe reached his place of destination turn
ed him out upon the recommendation of a
Bishop of the Methodist Church. Bex hates a
Bishop as bad as the devil does holy water, and
a rebel as bad as he does a Bishop. Here is
the way that he says it: “People claim that
this is the greatest Government the world ever
saw. I think that it is the d—ndest. Before
the grass crows over the graves of Union sol
diers who died for the Union a Haj >r- General [
in the Union army is compelled to go to an ex-
Colonel in the Itebel army to hare a one
legged. one-armed Union soldier appointed
postmaster in a d—n little one-horse town in a
loyal State."
If the General has any such inten
tions as are above indicated, he certain
ly makes extraordinary preparations for
the performance of the feat. Daring a
fortnight past he has been much in
company with the Administration, has
wined and dined them, held most fa
miliar and pleasant intercourse with
them, has, at a Soldiers’ Reunion in
Ohio, introduced the President to the
audience, and been introduced by the
President at another time. It may be
that his social life is in antagonism to
hisjpclitical career, and that ha really
meditates snch an onslaught as the cor
respondent states, bnt there is room to
doubt it. The anecdote about Mr. Key
may also be true, but we Buspect it has
received an embellishment of profanity
and spice unwarranted by facts. The
commonly received opinion of General
Butler is that of a braggart and blas
phemer. We had been taught by
the Northern press to so regard him.
Not long ago the writer happened to
travel a considerable distance with the
General and a large fragment of the
Administration. They were all on
the best of terms together. Conversa
tion was free and full. The late war
was dwelt upon repeatedly, and even
the sore topic of Bermuda Hundreds
alluded to. During all the talk General
Butler never approached within a mile
of an oath, even when most warmed up;
and we were much impressed with the
fact that his allusions to the Southern
army were always respectful, and he
spoke of them continuously, not as
“Rebels,” but “Confederates.” The
only thrusts he made were at Grant,
showing, we thought, that he had no
overwhelming respect for that gentle
man, as a strategist, when compared
with General Lee. Possibly, General
Butler was “ on dress parade” or good
behavior; but we think he was entirely
at his ease. He is a man we do not
cordially admire, but he is entitled to
justice. It would seem that much of
the bad language attributed to him by
newspaper writers is the coinage of
their own brains, and, likely enough,
this pet devil of the American Bohemian
is not half so black as he is painted.
THE WASTE OF WEALTH.
The city authorities of New York have
hitherto disposed of tho garbage of the
metropolis by dumping it in the bay.
This proved offensive to the people and
destructive to oyster beds. The old
Jewish practice of burning, by a cre
mating furnace, has been adopted. At
tention has been frequently called to
this foolish waste of what might be, if
properly utilized, a mine of wealth. Tho
Chinese understand this thoroughly, and
waste nothing. By restoring to the
earth all that has been drawn from it,
they solve the problem of sustaining a
teeming population on a soil that is not
abused, bnt nursed with tenderness.
The enduring character of China as a
nation is doubtless largely owing to
these saving processes. It was Prof.
Liebig, we believe, who first pointed out
that the decadence of the Roman Em
pire properly dated from the time of the
building of the great sewers which
drained away that which could have fer
tilized the land. It may bo difficult to
dispose of the refuse of great cities so
that thero shall be no detriment to
health and no loss of the valuable pro
portions of tho offal. But the Chinese,
for 300 years at least, have understood
the supposed secret, and it is lawful,
we presume, to learn even from an
Oriental.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
An important case has recently been
decided in Savannah. It appears that
Mr. Geo. P. Curry, a banker of this
city, sued the city of Savannah in a
Magistrate’s Court on certain interest
coupons which were past due and un
paid and obtained a judgment. The
execution was levied on a building be
longing to the city formerly used by
Oglethorpe Fire Company as an ■ engine
house. The city, interposed an affida
vit of illegality on the ground that no
property belonging to a municipal cor
poration, whether it be used for private
or publio purposes, can *be levied on
and sold under an execution, and that
the only method of enforcing a judg
ment against a municipal corporation is
by madamus to compel the collection
of the necessary tax to pay the judg
ment. Its counsel further contended
that the execution ought not to proceed
because the property levied on was
owned by the defendant for -“public
purposes.” The Court said the evi
dence showed that the Oglethorpe Fire
Company was no longer in tho service
of the city and that the building was not
applied to any publio purpose. The de
cision was that the properly levied on
was subject to the execution, the ground
being that the private property of
municipal corporations,- such as is
charged with no publio trust or uses,
may be sold on execution against them.
The Court said :
There are obvious reasons of public policy
that protect from seizure and sale such pro
perty as is owned and nsed for any of the pur
poses of municipal government—property, the
possession aud enjoyment of whioli is neces
sary to the uninterrupted and harmonious ex
ercise of municipal functions. But where a
municipal corporation owns property that is
charged with no public use, applied to no pub
lie purpose—property, tho possession of which
is neither necessary to, nor promotive of,
municipal functions, I see no reason why such
property should not be liable to seizure and
sale uuder execution, just as tho property of
individuals.
The defendant gave notice that an ap
peal would be taken to tho Superior
Court; from thence the case will prob
ably be carried to the Supreme Court.
Its further progress will be watched
with interest by the creditors of Savan
nah as well as by all holders of munici
pal bonds.
Thb New York Tribune insiats that
the President’s civil service order has
turned tho broad grin of the Republi
can office holder into “a frozen smile.”
It is announced in the Knoxville pa
pers that Gol. E. W. C.qle aud lady will
dine Presideut Hajes and party, at
Nashville, on the 19th.
Judge Black cannot for the life of
him see how 500,000 starving working
men are to be fed by a large standing
army. Perhaps they will try to enlist.
The Prohibition party is happily
described by the Baltimore Gazette as
one never discouraged by defeat or in
toxicated by success.
It is thought by competent critics
that Russia will finally win by Grant’s
plan of numerical majority. Russia may
conquer in that way, but her prestige
will be gone.
A Correspondent of the New York
•S’un, signing himself A. H. S., insists
that the works of Darwin, Tyndall and
Huxle* be admitted as text books in
the public schools.
The editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean
refuses to “weep upon the neck of Wade
Hampton until he expresses sorrow for
his crimes.” This information will
greatly relieve the Governor.
All Americans will be gratified at the
victory of the American team iu the In
ternational Rifle match. The score was
a close one, it is true, bat the superior
ity of American marksmen was fully
maintained.
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The Boston Post, criticizing Gail
Hamilton’s article, in the Christian
Union, on “How to Stay at Home With
out Grumblißg,” says: “As Gail has
grumbled about seventy-five columns’
worth this season, we take it she hasn’t
stayed at home.”
The Hawkeye reports that Colonel
Valentine Bakeb is the most furious
fighter in the Turkish army. Every
time there is a battle they have to tie
him down to keep him from hurting
somebody. What a pity he was not tied
down on that Euglish railway car.
The Atlanta Constitution copied the
editorial of the Chronicle and Consti
tutionalist in reference to the appoint
ment of Governor Johnson as Judge of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
aud heartily endorsed the same. The
President conld not make a better or
more popular appointment.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1577.
GEORGIA TREASURY NOTES.
A correspondent of the Athens Geor
gian opposes the adoption of the new
Constitution because it repudiates what
are known as Georgia Treasury notes.
It seems that duriDg the war, the Legis
lature of Georgia authorized the issue
of State Treausury notes. The notes
were signed by the Treasurer aud the
Comptroller-General; and they were is
sued to pay the members of the Legisla
ture their daily pay, and to pay the sal
aries of the various public officers in
this State; and these State notes were
nsed as the legal currency of the conn
try in all private transactions. An act
of the Legislature authorized executors,
administrators and guardians to reoeive
these State notes in payment for proper
ty sold at the publio sale of deceased
persons. When the great fire in Char
leston occurred in 1861 a great deal of
suffering and destitution followed the
disaster. The Legislature of Georgia
was then in session, and passed an act
authorizing the Governor to mako a con
tribution of SIOO,OOO for tho sufferers,
and also authorized the Governor to is
sue State Treasury notes to make up
that amount if there was not money
enough in the Treasury. The Governor
issued the notes and sent them to
Charleston where they were expended
in the purchase of provisions, eto.,for the
people. The correspondent of the
Georgian thinks it a shame that the
State should repudiate indebtedness
contracted for such a purpose. It does
seem a hard case, but many hard things
have to be submitted to on the ground
of public policy. The repudiation of
Confederate notes and bonds worked
just as much apparent injustice, bnt
who can complain because they were
made worthless ? The Southern people
were justly entitled to payment for their
slaves, but what sane man thought of
demanding, or expects to receive a cent?
Governments are privileged to commit
acts of seeming injustice, aud the pub
lio good requires the citizens affected to
submit in silence.
A BRIGHT SPOT.
Wo have never been accused of any
absorbing love for General Grant and
his policy. Nor do we specially admire
him as a man. But when we can find
anything to oommend, even in our worst
enemy, a sense of justioe as well as gen
erosity will never bq found wanting. Of
tho more pleasing characteristics of
General Grant his attachment to his
friends and his devotion to his family
may be reckoned. He never, we under
stand, forgot any kindness, especially
when exhibited in the days of obscurity,
distress and. even degradation. The
persistency, indeed, with which he
sought out and rewarded any chum or
companion of old days was sometimes
used to his annoyance, the more so as
tho object of his benevolence was not
always worthy of high regard. But
his affection for his wife shows
him to be, at bottom, a man
of remarkable sensibility and devo
tion to a cardinal duty. Anything
that savored of an imputation, even tlie
most remote, upon Mrs. Grant’s good
name, he resented with surprising acri
mony, and, for him, uncommon vehe
mence. It appears that, for years, the
ex-President’s wife has been a great suf
ferer with her eyes, so much so that she
could neither read nor write. Her eyes
are crossed, too; the sight of one is
nearly extinguished, while that of the
other is seriously impaired. Upon this
point a correspondent of the Toledo
Blade tells some characteristic anec
dotes. He says a few years since a cer
tain association of eminent physicians
convened at Washington, and its Presi
dent, a man of national reputation, had
some friendly intercourse with Pres
ident Grant. In tho coarse of a
conversation he said, smggestively,
“Do you know, Mr. President, that
strabismus is easily removed in these
days of advanced surgical bkill ?”
“What do you mean ?” answered the
President, in his abrupt, level way. “Do
you mean that you want to straighten
my wil'o’s eyes ? They were as they are
now when I married her, and I am satis
fied with them just as they are.” Also,
when he first became President, some
one delicately suggested to her that she
had better have them operated upon,
“No,”slie said placidly, “I have been able
to make General Grant happy, notwith
standing these crooked eyes, and I hope
I shall be able to make President Grant
equally happy.”
When we consider how many men, in
high or low station, neglect, ill treat
and attempt either to bully or mortify
their wives, especially after their come
liness has departed amid a thousand
sacrificial cares, it is not a little to
Grant’s credit that these things are
made known. It is related of the father
of Frederick the Great that he prin
cipally relied qpop tjie Divine mercy
when dying, because, gs ho expressed
it, he had been “ faithful to his wife,”
It. is true that he bruised her heart and
body, if history does not lie, with many
cruel and brutal blows, but, in his own
estimation, he had been “ faithful ” to
her, Gen. from all accounts,
has beep as chiralrpps to the woman he
married as to the girl he wooed. Nor
age, nor poverty, nor splendor, nor
temptation, nor the loss of health and
beanty has shaken his constancy and
love, but, rather, augmented them.
Remembering the vast evils he has been
the instrument of inflicting upon the
South aud np.gu his country, it is
specially pleasant, even fo an antagon
ist, to demonstrate unreservedly where
in he deserves the plaudits and respect
of tho better olasses of mankind.
Vermont is rock-ribbed Rppsblican,
bnt it is not altogether happy, it hag
no debt, bnt expenses have increased 50
per cent., while population is at a stand
still. All sorts of reforms are urged,
and the free-pass system is attaoked
vigorously. It is said that this js car
ried to a monstrous abuse in Vermont,
for the one company that controls the
railway system of tho State is insolvent
and its passes are in the pocket of every
influential man in the State, Jndges
sit npon its suits with free tickets in
their pockets and legislators do not
know what it is to pay fare. In fact,
the suppression of free passes wonld al
most enable the road to pay a dividend.
The press of Georgia is unanimous
and earnest in advocating the nomina
tion of Herschkl V. Johnson for the
vacancy in the United States Supreme
Court. If a Bonthern man is to be
chosen, it would be difficult to make a
better selection. Judge Johnson has
won the merited approval of all parties
by his impartial conduct on the bench in
Georgia, and has shown that he can per
form the difficnlt task of forgeting that
he is a politician when he is acting as a
Judge.—AT. Y. Tribune.
E. L. im
mediately caused by swallowing in
rapid succession fifty acid pills. He did
this, by the advice of a quack, to cure
rheumatism.
Frank Leslie's bankruptcy was prin
cipally caused by extravagant living.
A few weeks ago, he was rated by the
public as one of the wealthy men of
New York, bat he was nothing of the
sort.
THE TAXATION THAT KILLS.
In the year 1870 the total taxable
wealth of the United States was $14,-
178,000,000, and from this there was
raised in taxes these several amounts of
revenue : For national purposes, 5395,-
959,000; for State purposes, $68,051,000;
for army purposes, $77,746,000; for
town and city purposes, $134,794,000 —
total, $676,550,000. This is 4.7 percent,
on the assessed valuation of the total
wealth of the country. In estimating
our tax rates we are accustomed to take
into the account only the direct taxes
we pay to the local collector—State,
county, city and school taxes. The
Federal Government raises its revenue
in an indirect way by a tariff on imports
and excise on spirits, tobacco, beer and
other subjects—in other words, by a tax
on consumption which the consumer
pays without perceiving it. But it is an
egregious mistake to suppose we pay no
national taxes because we do not direct
ly perceive them or that they are an in
considerable portion of the general bur
den. The figures teach a different les
son. In 1870 the people paid in na
tional taxes $395,959,000; in. 1871, $374,-
481,000; in 1872, $364,694,000; in 1873,
$322,177,000; in 1874, $299,941,000; in
1875, $284,020,000; in 1876, $283,758,-
000; in 1877, $269,000,000.
In 1860 the national taxes paid were
$56,000,000, and the State, county, city
and town taxes were $94,186,000—t0ta1,
$150,186,000. As the assessed wealth
of the country at that time was $12,084,-
000,000, the taxes were a little over one
per cent, on the wealth. The increase
in the national wealth from 1860 to 1870
was only a little over l£ per cent.—and
even this was owing to the greenback
valuation in 1870—while tho taxes paid
increased from $150,186,000 to $676,050,-
000—an increase of 350 per cent. The
St. Louis Republican says the larger
portion of this enormous increase is due
to the necessity for paying interest on
the indebtedness incurred during the
deoade; but a not inconsiderable part
must be attributed to the extravagance
and waste that marked the administra
tion of publio affairs from 1860 to 1870,
and that we are far from having over
come at this day.
OUR CONSUMPTION OF COTTON.
The New York Bulletin has admirably
summarized the statistics of the last
cotton crop just issued by the Commer
cial and Financial Chronicle. These
statistics show that the consumption of
cotton in the United States, for the year
ending August 31, 1877, was 1,435,400
bales, whioh is the largest rate of con
sumption ever reached in this country,
the next highest year being the one pre
ceding, when the quantity taken was 1,-
358,000 bales. The consumption in the
year preceding the panic was 1,201,000
bales. This shows that, in spite of the
complaints of depression in the cotton
goods trade, last year was one of un
precedented aotivity. This activity is
not tbe wholly attributed to an in
creased home demand for goods; for a
very uutisnally large proportion of the
production has been exported. The
value of cotton manufactures exported,
within the fiscal year ending June 30,
1877, was $10,180,000, in 1875 6 $7,720,-
000 and $3,090,000 in 1874-5. Assuming
that one-half the value of the goods
oonsists of raw material and taking $56
as the average value of a bale of cotton,
it would follow that about 90,900 bales
of cotton have been exported in a man
ufactured form, leaving the true quanti
ty used for home consumption about
1,344,500. Upon this basis of compari
son, however, the consumption of
1876-7 exceeds that of any preceding
year, and to far conveys a favorable con
clusion respecting the cotton industry.
It should be kept in miud, however,
that the very depression of business
throughout the country generally has a
tendency to augment the demand for
cotton goods, as being the cheapest
textile fabrics and therefore best adapt
ed to the necessities of hard times.
The United States, estimated by the
bulk of products, ranks as the second
among cotton manufacturing countries,
our consumption of cotton being ex
ceeded only by that of Great Britian.
England consumed during'the twelve
months ending October 1, 1876, 1,270,-
287,000 lbs. of cotton; wbilo the Un
ited States’ consumption last cotton
year was 674,688,00,0 lbs., or 53 per cent,
that of England. The several cotton
manufacturing countries rank as follows
in tho order of consumption ;
Consumption.
Great Britain lbs. 1,270,287,000
United States 674,638,000
Germany 255,750,000
France 210,000,000
Russia and Poland 150,000,000
Austria 104,185,000
Spain.. 80,500,000
Switzerland 46,250,000
Italy 44,800,000
Belgium 40,000,000
Sweden and Norway 19,825,000
Holland 13,800,000
Consumption of Europe and
United States 7 $,910,035,000
Thus tho present total annual con
sumption of raw cotton in Europe aad
the United States is 2,910,035,000 lbs.,
or equal to 6,191,564 American bales of
470 Jjjs. Of this aggregate, England
manufactures 43.fi per cent, and the
United States 23.2 per eenr., or the two
countries combined 66.8 per cent., and
the remaining ten nations 32.2 per cent.
Tho consumption of this country is
nearly equal to that Germany, France,
Russia and Austria combined. It would
seem that, ecoupying such an important
rank among the cotton manufacturing
countries, the United States should de
velope a much greater ability to supply
the wants of the non-manufacturing
countries than we have hitherto at
tifiped. More than one-half of Eng
land's fconyiHftpifqi} is re-exported in the
shape of goods ; while of our os,n con
sumption not more than seven per cent,
is for export. There is no real reason
why a considerable portion of England’s
export manufacture should not fall into
our hands. The main obstacle to our
getting it lies in a tariff system which
artificially enhances the coat of every
element that contributes to the produc
tion of goods; and when the cotton
manufacturers see their way to uniting
for the abrogation of protection, so
called, they will have taken a long step
towards the realization of this great ob
ject of their ambition.
Yon saysthat it is not yet pos
sible to form any just estimate of the
true value of the Germany army, be
cause it has not been beaten yet.
Marion Lewbs, author of Daniel
Deronda and other noted works cf fic
tioD, is said to consider “Jim Bludno"
one of the finest gems in the English
language. Possibly she meant one of
the finest Jems.
Stanley, the explorer, has turned up
again. He suffered great horrors, trav
eled many weary miles, killed a lot of
bellicose negroes, and discovered, what
has long been suspected, that the Lua
laba and Congo are identical.
Thb adjustment at Pittsbnrg is said
to be this: Railroad company, $1,500,-
800; freight destroyed, $1,000,000; ele
vator, $150,000 ; Keystone Hotel Com
pany, $100,0U0; Pullman Car Company,
$80,000; private individuals, $100,000;
total, $2,930,000.
.MR. HAYES AND MR. MORTON
THE PRESIDENT VISITS THE
PROSTRATE. SENATOR AND IS
OVERCOME WITH GRIEF.
.Mutual Expressions ol Esteem Which, On
Air. Morion's Part, May He u Ilyins Pledge.
[Special Dispatch to the World..]
Richmond, Ind., September 13. —The
President anived here at 9:30 this morn
ing, and proceeded immediately to the
house of Governor Burbank, Senator
Morton’s brother-in-law, as he (the
President) had expressed an earnest wish
that, his visit should only be a quiet one
to Senator Morton. No demonstration
was made by the citizens, though they
were quite anxious to show their re
spects to him. The interview between
the President and the suffering and
helpless Senator was very affecting. The
President and party on arriving were
ushered into the parlor, whence, after a
few moments’ conversation, the Presi
dent alone was conducted to the sick
chamber of the great statesman. On his
entering tho room Mrs. Morton and
Governor Burbank retired, leaving the
two to converse in the presence of Dr.
Thompson, the physician, only. The
President became immediately and very
visibly affected, and advancing to the
bedside took the Senator’s hand in his,
and, addressinghimin affectionate terms,
stooped over him and kissed him upon
the forehead, tire tears at the same time
falling from his eyes upon the Senator’s
pillow. Senator Morton responded, ad
dressing the President by name, and ex
pressing his great gratification at meet
ing him. President Hayes then spoke
in similar terms, saying that he not only
bad been very axious for the Senator’s
welfare during his illness, but he had
found tho feeling general throughout
the country. Senator Morton replied
that he had indeed been very near
death’s door, but. that he now, for the
first time since his illness, believed that
he was on the way to recovery. “I now
expect, Mr. President,” he said, to
‘•take my seat in Congress in December
next, and to warmly and earnestly sup
port you in your {administration.” This
cordial and earnest announcement of
the [Senator's confidence in and his
support of the President accompanied
by a warm pressure of the hand, the
only remaining member of wVicli the
Senator now has the use, greatly affect
ed tho President, and he resumed his
seat in silence, struggling for tho mas
tery of his feelings. The Senator con
tinued speaking for a few moments in a
hopeful strain, referring to the condi
tion of the country at large and ex
pressing a deep interest in the events of
the day. The President replied that he,
in his travels and observations,had found
indications of a hopeful nature, both
for a revival of business and a more com
plete fraternization of the two great sec
tions and classes in this country. To
this Senator Mortop listened vyith great
eagerness and evident satisfaction, re
plying that such was the result of his
reading and observation. The Presi
dent then referred to Senator Morton’s
condition, congratulating him upon the
fact that this severe illness had but lit
tle effect upon his usual appearance of
health, despite the fact that he had,
during the past weejt, taken no solid
food. The Senator spoke cheerfully of
his situation and prospects, anand
“ I feel to-day, for tbe first' time since
my sickness, as though I was going to
get well. I shall take pleasure and pride
in supporting you in your good work
for the good of the country.” The con
versation then again turned upon the
condition of the country, when Dr.
Thompson interfered, saying {that
further conversation might be injurious
to his patient. President Hayes was
much affected on parting with the Sen
ator. The great choking sobs welled
up in his throat and the tears again
came to his eyes. He grasped the Sen
ator’s hand, pressed it tightly between
his own, and, after vainly trying to re
press his emotions sufficiently to allow
him to express his feelings, stooped and
again kissed him OH the forehead, and,
with choking utterance, bade him adieu,
leaving tbe room sobbing audibly. Sen
ator Morton was considerably affected,
but bore the ordeal with remarkable
fortitude. General Ben Butler was
also granted a brief interview, express
ing to the Senator ids gratification that
his condition was so favorable.
The general expression regarding
tho Senator’s appearance was one
of surprise that his severe illness
and abstinence from solid food has re
duced him in flosh or strength so little.
There is, however, something mysteri
ous regarding his condition, and
is no doubt that it ja really gioye seri
ous than has been represented, Tho
*act that the sick man insists upon hav
ing the papers read to him daily, with
the accounts of and comments upon his
situation, causes his friends to desire
that all unfavorable facts shall be sup
pressed. Up to to-day not even jus
most intimate friends haye been allowed
to see him. The family and physicians
have constantly said each day that he
was better than yesterday, and that he
was cheerful and hopeful, yet his physi
cians admit that he is now scarcely able
to sit up at all, and also that he has been
until now despondent and without hope
of recovery, Ife has now no use what
ever of his left arm and none of his legs.
His right arm still retains its strength.
His face, which was at first badly dis
torted, owing to the fact that one side
was partially affected, has not yet alto
gether recovered its old cast, though
there is very great improvement. Ho
feeds himself at times, holds a paper in
his hands and yeaejs, Ho oeeqis entirely
himself mentally, still there is a settled
belief among the people here who have
watched his case that he will never suf
ficiently recover to visit Washington,
perhaps not even to leave the house.—
The distressing pains, evidences that his
terrible disease is still working hard to
wards the brain, continue occasionally
though not so seveae. From present in
dications I conolude that his death at
an early time would not be a surprise,
while his recovery would be,
HAMPTON IN II.MNQIS.
Hi*.Speech at the WimirlmKo Pair—Patriotic
Sentiment* I.oiuliy Applauded—lllinois Ku-
Klux.
Chicago, September 13.—The Rimes’
Rockford, 111., special gives Wade
Hampton’s speech before the Winne
bago county fair to-day, of which the
following extracts were made :
“The chief thing I had in view in oom
ing here was to promote a true and cor
rect understanding between the people
of the North and South. You must ad
mit that very many of the evils which
have fallen on the country have come
from a misconception of the purposes,
each of the other. You remember there
is a profound truth as well as a knowl
edge of human nature embodied in the
fable, where it is told that in olden times
a shield, white on oue side and black on
the other, was hung at the intersection
of two roads, acd two knights approach
ing in opposjte direotionsj disputed as
to the color of the shield.' Finally their
lances were put in rest, and they periled
life, each to support -his own convic
tions.”
Referring to the days when the Presi
dential contest was unsettled, Governor
Hampton alluded to the possibility of a
civil war in wtiich families would have
been divided in civil war had not the
South stood firm for peace, and said :
“I tell yon, men of Illinois—and I
speak not as a Democrat; I don’t know
and don’t care whether I speak to Dem
ocrats or Republicans—l speak as an
American to Americans, and say to you
to-day, you owe a debt of credit to the
people of the South. [Cheers.] In
Congress, that element which some of
the North have called the Confederate
brigadiers, were fillibusterjng and stood
by the result of the Electoral Commis
sion’s work. During the recent strikes
and riots, too, she evidenced her feeling
by upholding the laws and standing
conservar’ve. She has given bonds id
fate to preserve the peace, and she wants
peace. She wants you people of the
North to understand her cpDdition. She
wants yon to realize what she accepts as
the result of the war. She wants you to
understand the motives which have ac
tuated her, not only before and during,
but since the war. I myself, my friends,
have no concealments to make for the
past. I have taken part in the war, nor
would your respeet for me be increased
were I to offer any unmanly apology for
it. I did what you did. I obeyed the
command of my own State, as you did
yours, and you men of the North
were guided by your own conscience, as
we of the South were guided by ours,
and I say to you that up to the begin
ning of that war I used all ray influence
to preserve the Union. [Cheers. | I
was a Union man. [Renewed cheers.)
I did all I could to preserve it, I did
all I could to avoid a war, and when
South Carolina called her sons, as Illi
nois called hers, I obeyed her com
mand, and, men of Illinois, I fought
you as long and as hard as I could, and
I have no apologies to make for it.
[Loud cheers and laughter.] I remem
ber especially that I fought the E'ghth
Illinois, and I thought it one of the best
regiments in the Federal army. I fought
them very hard, indeed. [Great cheer
ing and laughter.] Now, my friends,
we went into the war believing we were
right, but when the war ended, we sur
rendered, and, I want to impress it up
on you, we surrendered in good faith.
We accepted the Constitution of the
United States with the amendments,
though we once opposed the latter. We
accept them now and propose to obey
them, right or wrong, that the Consti
tution shall stand equal for the protec
tion of South Carolina and of Massa
chusetts, of Illinois and Louisiana, and
we have the right to ask that every citi
zen in every State should be equal be
fore tho law and under the Con
stitution of the United States.
[Cheers. ] So much, my friends, for the
views we entertain. Then, we come ap
pealing to you for peace. We come
appealing to you because it is not only
the highest wisdom to restore peace;
not only because it is statesmanlike;
not only because the very theory of
statesmanship and politics require the
restoration of peace, but we appeal to
you because it is the very mainspring of
patriotism moving strong and perpetual,
it is in the hearts of the people of Il
linois;"
Governor Hampton, alludiDg to the
story that he had been threatened,
treated the matter jocosely, eliciting
much mirth, and read a letter stating
that 100 veterans at Rockford had con
stituted themselves a committee to send
him back from here in a box. The re
mainder of liis speeoh was devoted to
eulogistic allusions to the State of Illi
nois in regard to its agricultural advan
tages; to a prediction of a glorious des
tiny for the Mississippi valley; to a
brief allusion to the labor question and
to a plea for universal education.
WM. HOPE HUM..
Ixetter from a Krollier Lawyer.
Rome, Ga., September 17, 1877.
Hun. W. W. Montgomery and Hon.
Chas. J.enkim :
Gentlemen— l have, through the
newspapers, learned, with the deepest
sorrow, of the death of our friend and
brother, W. Hope Hull. I do not re
member that the death of any one, not a
near relative, even, affected me so gmoh.
It was so sqcjdeib so unexpected and so
sad. This event recalls memories of
past events, when the heart was young
er, and when hopeful, professional am
bition was at its height. How well I re
member the first tirno I ever saw his
manly face and noble brow. How we
vied with eqp.h other at the bar. How
happy we were of evenings at the “vil
lage hotel,” at the Court House town,
when the strife of the day was past,
around the cheerful hearthstone, in
compauy with our beloved leader of the
Western Circuit—the ever lamented
Charles Dougherty.
A]; the time to which my memory car
ries me back, Charles Dougherty, of
Athens, Ga., was the Judge of the
“ Western (liycqit.” members
of the Bar were Hon. Junius Hillyer,
Howell Cobb, Thos. R. R. Cobb, Joira
R. Stapford, B. H. Overby. Samuel S.
Wales, Turner B. Trippe, Oiuoiunatus
Peeples, Win. J. Peeples, W. Hope
Hull, John Gray, myself and Samuel P.
Thurmond, and the Hon. James Jack
son, Judge of the Supreme Court of
Georgia at this time.
It was our custom in those days to
travel the whole circuit in buggies, and
at twelve o’clock Are had our lunches
and all ate together. Then at night we
would assemble in the largest room in
the hotel and wait for some signal from
our{ chief, Judge Dongh'erty, and then a
recital of the incidents of the day, of
every part which had h timer in or con
nected with it, was made, and then an
ecdotes and incidents, gathered up since
the last riding, were told, until the hour
to retire arrived—and when Dougherty
gave the word ail \yas still.
Oh how sad to think, to know that
nearly all of us are gone. The green
grass no\y covers the graves of Dough
erty, Turner H. Trippe, Samuel S.
Wales, Howell Cobb, T. R. R. Cobb, B.
H. Overby, Cineinnatus Peeples, Wm,
J. Peeples, John Gray, John R. Stan
ford, W. Hope Hull. Judge Hillyer,
Judge Jackson, C. P. Thurmqnd and
myself are all that a'ye left. Leaving
mysel* out tliero neyer liyed a truer or
nobler band of lawyers, brothers—there
was never at apy time twelve hours of
hard feelings between any of them.
When Judge Dougherty found that
there was any disturbance he spoke the
word and peace and 'good feeling we>-p
immediately restored
Alas ! thosp c|av;j past never to re
turn; the remembrance °f them is “like
an oasis ip the midst of a desert,” a
greep spot in memory; departed days,
departed never to return. How sad in
deed to think and know that those of us
that are left must soon folloiy |q the
tomb. Our only eopsoppg, thought
founded 0£ the death and resurrection of
the Saviour of the world—is reunion be
yond the grave, where pleasures will
never end. Truly yours,
J. W. H. IJNPA-UWOOD.
STANDING ARMY.
Jerry Minch Writes a ('Uarayterislle Reuni
on a Standing Army—The Ilullol and Hny
nnel Worse Than tlio Overseer’s Lash—
They Will Make the 1..-thorn- a stave.
Youk, Pa., September 3, 1877 .—Jan.
P. Parr, Esq.— My Dear Sir: * * *
It cannot be necessary to tell you or any
other sensible man that this country
will never consent to be governed by a
standing army until the people make up
their minds to abandon Republican in
stitutions utterly, and submit without
murmuring so absolute despotism. The
enemies of liberty on both sides of the
water have offered many excuses for
maintaining large armies in times of
peace, but never anything so weak as
that they set up now. Hundreds of
thousands of laborers find themselves
unable to prqtppt themselves and their
families from starvation, and they be
come turbulent, as every other people
has done under the same circumstances.
To maintain a standing army for the
purpose of keeping them in order is the
worst remedy that could be devised for
tbe evil. This reduces the workingman
to a state of mere slavery, where the
bullet and bayonet of the soldier com 1 !
in place of the overseer’s lash. If they
submit they will be fit instruments to
make slaves of us all. If they resist,
civil war will become the chronic con-,
ditioa of the country. The United
States have no right to intermeddle
with this business except in cer
tain contingencies, well defined and
carefully provided for in the Constitu
tion. The old excuse that these limits
ought to be disregarded] because they
confine tlffi powers of certain persons
within limits inconveniently narrow is
not ope wh|eh ought to find acceptance
in the judgment of a free people. But
if the General Government mast settle
the controversies between the railroad
corporations and their laborers, let its
interference tabo ppy shape but that of
a standing army; for that would be not
only cruel and d<mgerous, but the most
expensive that could be adopted. I be
lieve none of these corporations think
that less than a hundred thousand men
would serve their purpose; and that is a
gross miscalculation, for three times the
number would hardly be sufficient. It
would be much better, easier and cheap
er to take out of the Federal Treasury
as much money as will pay the railroad
employes fair wages, and let the corpo
tions have the frnifs of their labor as
clear gain. Of course, I don’t say that
we ought to be taxed to free the railroad
companies from the burden of paying
for the labor they employ, so that they
may increase their profits, or he saved
from losses, but we had better do that
than worse, Tours truly,
J. S. Black,
STATE CONVENTIONS.
New Jersey ami Massachusetts—McClellan
and Hoar Nominated.
Tkektqn, September 19.—The Demo
cratic Convention nominated Gen. Geo.
B. McClellan for Governor od, the first
ballot.
]yoßnp<J'nsß, September 19.—The Re
publican State Convention elected Geo.
F. Hoar President. Rice was re-nomi
nated fir Governor,
A friend informs us that we have been
doubling upon some of our jokes.—
Where so many good things are gotten
off, it is difficult to distinguish between
the old and the new. A joke, we well
know, is like a vote; becomes criminal
by being repeated.
$2 A YEAR—POST AGE PAID
TIIE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS
Plenty of thieves in Columbus.
Sparta hops in calico Friday night.
Talbot county has thirty-three stills.
Partridges promise to be abundant.
Liberty, Greene county, has a post
office.
Elbert has her Autumn quota of
measles.
The State Fair promises to be quite a
success.
Taliaferro county was created Decem-
Der 24, 1825.
Thieves havo made their appearance
in Covington.
There are 42 lawyers and 33 doctors
iu Bibb county.
Muscadines and legislative candidates
are cropping out.
There are already 80 punils booked
for Pio Nono College.
Cherokee Georgia looks to a big
sorghum crop this year.
The Augusta Presbytery is now in
session at Greenesboro.
Crawfordville is reorganizing her brass
band with renewed interest.
Mr. Charlie Glass, of Oxford, died
Monday night of brain fever.
Miss Mamie Bohler, of Augusta, is
spending a few days in Sparta.
Tbe Times considers Columbus the
best place for the State capital.
Three professional train thieves have
beeu bagged at Camilla, Georgia.
The Crawfordville Democrat is Don
committal on the capital question.
Mrs. Augustus Reese, of MadisoD,
died last Saturday night, of apoplexy.
Dauielsviilo has improved her Court
House and placed her jail in new keep
ing.
lhe Crawfordville Democrat endorses
Judge Gibson as Mr. Stephens’ suc
cessor.
The Greenesboro Herald sifts, the news
from tho county better limn any weekly
in tho State,
Messrs. Smith and Pope will probably
oiler again for tho Legislature fro pi
Oglethorpe.
How do the weekly editors expect the
climate to improve as long as they spell
it “ billions?”
Mr. B. J. Simmons, of White Plains,
had his left arm badly cut while gin
ning last week.
Col. Warren Aiken is stumping
Waiker county for Milledgeville and the
new Constitution.
Fourteen rattlesnakes in fifteen min
utes were killed on a GreeDo county
plantation recently.
The Mitchell Reformer says that there
are three deutiste in that town, all look
ing down in the month.
Homer Wright, E j q., abandons a fine
school in Mitchell county for a mercan
tile poqitioq in Macon,
The Union Point Disputing Club is
wading ip gore. It has tackled the as
sassination of Liucoln.
Penfield has been so packed ip fruit
this Reason that the town is well nigh
swimming in its own juice.
A little infant was killed in Nownan
recently, the nurse liaviug administered
morphine instead of calomel.
Samuel Lumpkin, Esquire, makes a
speech on the ppw Constitution in Ogle
thorpe county October 11th.
The Elberton Gazette says that Au
gusta warehousemen are thoroughly
canvassing this section of Georgia.
Mr. Stephens has returned home from
a visit to Gen. Toombs. He leaves for
Washington the latter part of this yveek.
Carvin Griffin,colored, of Burke, while
passing through Louisville, was killed
by the accidental discharge of ids gun
recently.
The Central- Georgia Weekly, recently
moved to Macon, favors Milledgeville.
The Weekly is destined to be a power
in the land.
The Herald says the Georgia Rail
road gained a case ;a Goart on Tuesday,
the first ever gained by the road in
Greene county,
A camp meeting was recently held in
Jefferson county, and, though not a
sermon was preached, fifteen persons
joined the church.
Oglethorpe professiongl Anna all advo
cate Atlanta, while the older citizens, as
a general thing, believe in returning to
the “halls of our fathers.”
An Atlanta girl, whose father is worth
$200,000, makes all her dresses with her
own hands, and is oue of tho most styl
ish members of Atlanta Society.
Borne prominent business men of Co
lumbus are anxious for tho Central Road
to purchase the North and South Nar
row Gauge, and use if as a feeder.
The Central Georgia Weekly has no
patience with the move now being in
augurated iu Atlanta to induce Southern
white women to teach negro schools.
The Greenesboro Herald says that At
lanta is not really the capital of the
State, qnq the question is, shall tho cap
ital be removed from Milledgeville. The
Herald thinks not.
The Oglethorpe Echo notes that the
people in North Georgia are strongly for
Dr, H. B. Carlton for the next Con
gress. Dr. Carlton is one of the best
men |q the District.
The Greenesboro herald notes that
Miss Jennie Pearce, one of Augusta’s
intelligent and accomplished young la
dies, is on a short visit to Miss Emma
Hart, of Union point.
The Gazette justly compliments El
bert’s Convention representative, Hon.
W. H. Mattox, for his faithfulness in
Atlanta. There were no better men in
that able body than he,
Oglethorpe county thinks she is enti
tled to the next Senator from the Thir
tieth District. With such men as Whit
Johnson and Sam Lumpkin on her lists,
the Thirtieth need not fear to let Ogle
thorpe lead this time.
Thus the Central Georgia Weekly :
“Hon. George R. Sibley, of Augusta,
late delegate to the Constitutional Con
vention, says Richmond county will vote
for Milledgeville as the future capital by
over 1,500 majority. Mr. Sibley is
President of the County Board of Edu
cation, and one of the most popular and
best informed citizens of Augusta. He
believes Georgia will vote fox Miliedge
ville by over 20,0Q0 majority.”
Columbuß has a gymnasium club.
Forsyth is enlarging her cemetery.
The Madison Home Journal is for
Milledgeville,
A little ftold weather has given dam
son plums the blues,
Reckless shooting prevails at night on
the streets of Darien.
Qol. Frobell is doing good work clean
ing out the Ocmulgee.
The Savannah Hibernian Society has
tendered aid to Fernandina.
The military prize at the State Fair
attracts considerable attention.
Walter C. Beeks, Esq., has been ap
pointed County Judge of Spalding.
Hon. J. G. Cain, of Jefferson county,
is spending a short time on the Hud
son.
Luscious muscadines and Convention
orators still continue to grow purple in
the face.
A library association in Washington
has received $165 and 250 volumes, by
donation,
A young lady in Maeon was recently
badly poisoned by the sap of a Ettphro
bia plant.
Henry Braswell, of Paulding county,
has disoovered a very rich copper mine
on Ids land.
Mrs. Asbury Hull planned and super
vised the laying out of Oconee Cemete
ry, at Athens.
The dwelling house of Mr. Green H.
Roberts, at Blaekshear, was destroyed
by fire last week.
The question on all sides is asked :
“Is Atlanta’s proposition still before
the people ?” O, speak, love.
Athens has put up more new build
ings during the past year than any other
town of equal size in the State.
Legislative candidates and Autumn
hares begin to show the tips of their
ears above their “burroughs.”
The Ordinary of Muscogee county
has issued a license for the marriage of
Bob Foodies to Marino Noodles.
Mr. Wm. R. Symms, of Savannah,
fell down some stone stairs Saturday
afternoon, badly cutting his head.
The man who killed Rozier has left
the country, and is now fighting in
Shipka Pass. Suleiman Pasha, they call
him.
Prof. Sehirmarker, formerly of La-
Grange, has entered upon his duties as
Professor of Music at, Lucy Cobb In
stitute.
Gov. Colquitt, in a recent speech at
Columbus, deeply deplored the loss of
independence and thrift by the farmers
since the war.
George Fox, of Fannin county, while
working in a Bhaft or tunnel recently, for
gold, was crushed by falling earth and
badly injured.
Col. A. G. Foster, while out fox hunt
ing near Madison, had his horse to fall,
throwing him and breaking one of his
shoulder bones.
Gen. D. M. Dußose has returned from
the Virginia White Sulphur Springs,
where he has been sojourning for the
past two months.
Gen. Toombs thinks that it is too
early to open the campaign, as the peo
ple are generally pretty well agreed in
regard to ratification.
It is believed in Atlanta, says tho Se
bavaunah Mews’ correspondent, that
Eunght s yarn is all bosh and gotten tin
lor sensational purposes.
Miss Addie Hoge, of Macon, who has
been spending a portion of tho Sum
mer at Cave Springs, broke her arm last
week by falling from a buggy.
Speaking of Methodist, dime clubs,
the LsGrange Reporter asks : “Is any
thing said about dime elubs in Weslev's
sermons, or Watson’s institutes ?”
Hons. W. A. Little, of Columbus, and
Geo. F. Pierce, Jr., of Sparta are doing
good work for Milledgeville, it is said.
A finer team seldom works together
A little son of Mr. W. O. Bohler,* Jr.,
while playing in Washington, recently
pulled a very long and heavy ladder
down upon him, hurting him quite bad
..lu trying couples in Cobb county
they swear them in by tho now Consti
tutmn, the ceremony to he binding,
whether the instrument is ratified or
Col. J J. Turnbull and Hon. ,T. J.
Sheppard will bo rival, candidates fur
Representative from Banks county
iwo proimsnig “J-hawks of themouu*.
lhe Savannah Mews learns that the
fast passenger train on tho Savannah
and Charleston Railroad ran over and
killed a negro near Yemassee Snndav
morning.
~ received an invitation from
‘‘“l PfR-ixamma Literary Society, a
Oxford, to attend their anniversary , i
cremes, Mr. Walter J. Harris, of Grif
fin, is the orator.
lhe Athens Georgian thinks that the
convicts cannot he better used than to
bmla roads, railroads, turnpikes, etc.
tor the development of the different sec
tions of Georgia.
Hon. M. J. Crawford, of Bartow,
while out riding with a Miss Shelmau,
waa thrown from his buggy and killed
uear Casaville, last Friday.*' Thu young
lady was seriously injured,
A gentleman of Hawkinsville has put
chased a beautiful spotted fawn which
he intends to offer as a special premium
[O the prettiest unmarried lady in at
tendance at the Houston County Fail'.
lhe Savannah News states that tin?
platform at McCroan’s crossing, Central
Railroad, where tho chain gang were
building a bridge, fell oue day last week
and several of the gang wore seriously
hurt.
There are five Christy?, at present run
ning the Southern Watchman at Ath
ens. Before the senior’s death there
were six. As the statement was origi
nally made in this paper we now cor
rect it.
The Griffin News gets off this: Mar
riages are not so plentiful as usual. Tne
young ladies ought to get up a strike for
their altars. The strike for tho fires can
come in afterward, when the question of
budding comes up.
The LaGraago Reporter, favoring At
lanta, thus with itself communes: “Pride
in Georgia’s past cannot be allowed
to settle a question so important to her
future, and hence we quench the poetry
of tho issue, and come to hard facts anil,
stern realities.”
_ A sword and pistol surrendered by
Lieutenant Horace A. Crane, of the
First Battalion of Georgia Sharpshoot
ers, to Lieutenant 11. Beckman, of an
Ohio company, in an engagement on
the Ogeeohee during the latter part of
the war, was recently returned to Lieut,
Crane by the latter gentleman.
A writer to the Savannah News, among
other reminiscences, names Georgia’s
Congressmen, iu 1844, the Twenty-sev
enth Congress. Senate: John M. Ber
rien and Alfred Cuthbert. House:
i Julius C. Alford, Wm. C. Dawson, Thos,
F. Foster, Roger L. Gamble, Richard
W. Habersham, Thomas Butler King,
Jas. A. Meriwether, Eugenios A. Nisbet
and Lott Warren, all good and true*
men, and all of whom have gone to “the
undiscovered country from whoso bournes
! no traveler returns.”
Hampton has a restaurant.
Stewart’s sugar cane crop fails*.
Atlanta is running a skating rink.
Caterpillars are appearing in cotton.
’l’occoa is coming out as a cotton mar
ket.
Lumkiu organizes a volunteer com
pany.
Judge Joel Johnson, of Be.inbridgo,
is dead.
! Tho Watchman favors a ratification
meeting.
Cherokee county is to have a big camp
meeting,
A Muscogee darkey claims to bo 150
years old.
Jefferson, Jackson county, is improv
ing her cemetery.
Savannah has contributed $1,623 to
Fernandina.
Northeast Georgia is nearly unanimous
; for the Constitution.
Two colored prisoners have given El
laville jail the go-by.
Savannah’s peanut trade has increased
tenfold in the past two years.
Thomas and Miller counties are said
to be an unit for Milledgeville.
Atlanta has made up a purse of $2,000
for the races at, the State Fair.
As we predicted, President Hayes
will go upon Lookout Mountain.
There will probably bo ten entries
for the military prize at the Fair.
It is rumored that the Rome rolling
mill will soon be put iu operation.
Tho Constitution indignantly denies
that the Atlauteso are Georgia aliens.
>lt will be a capital crime, so to speak,
to wrest the State House from Atlanta.
G. E. Thomas, Esq., has been ap
pointed County Solicitor of Muscogee.
Sore throat and gold nuggets are oc
casionally picked up in Lumpkin coun
ty-
Tho registry of voters in Mclntosh
county, Ga,, is, whites, 182; colored,
574.
Tho broad benevolent track of the
apple eart will soon sink into tho city
soil.
Rifle teams from Atlanta, Macon and
Augusta will enter at the Thomas ville
Fair.
Mrs. Moss, mother of R. L. Mo.se,
Esq., of Athens, died last week at that
place.
The Dalton gills gave the Grand
Lodge, I. O. G. TANARUS., a concert the other
night.
Atlanta has a Grubb street, and some
wag wants all the hash factories located
thereon.
The editor of the Jackson county Eor
e.st News is a journalist of 41 years
standing.
Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown favors
the ratification of the new Constitution,
but prefers the homestead of 1868 to
that of 1877.
1 Judge J. W. H. Underwood, of Rome,
wants a Capitol building in Atlanta of
Georgia granite.
Macon has had a shooting affair be
tv.een a man named Major Jones and
Mr. Henry Hett.
Twenty-six infants havo seen light in
in Athens during the past six mouths.
This is pa excellence.
The Athe s Watchman endorses Col.
P. F. Lawshe, of Gainesville, for the
Georgia Marshalship.
Tbe Jonesboro wagon train runs to
Atlanta with “charming regularity,”
says the Constitution.
B. A. Stout, Esq., of tho Atlanta post
office, is said to be one of the crack
mail clerks of the South.
Mr. Manning Cain, of Gwinnett, was
recently killed by a stock wagon over
turning and falling upon him.
A little boy by the name of Nations
had his hand and arm badly torn in the
Athens Factory, the other day.
The liev. Floyd Snelson, of Liberty
county, left for Western Africa as a mis
sionary Monday, the 17th inst.
Mrs. Gunn, of Griffin,was sadly burned
a few days ago, by a kerosine lamp ex
ploding while she was filling it.
Two workmen at the Atlanta rolling
mill were slightly crushed by a rack of
iron falling upon them, Tuesday.
Col. L. H. Charbonnier, President of
the State Agricultural College, has re
turned to Athens from an European trip.
The Milledgeville Recorder offers a
prize to the champion composer of a
campaign ballad upon the capital ques
tion.
Messrs. Sam W. Small and Marcellas
E, Thornton are spoken of as rival can
didates for Congress from the Fifth Dis
trict.
General Toombs thinks that every cit
izen of the State between certain ages
should bo required to join a military
organization.
A colored man, of Washington coun
ty* picked nine hundred and ninety
pounds of cotton in four and a half
days, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MeElroy, an old
couple, were thrown from their buggy
recently in Jackson county and consid
erably bruised.
The Northeastern Railroad, says the
Athens Watchman, have made arrange
ments to purchase another engine and
additional cars.