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WEDNESDAY, JLNE 2,1 §80
tapping the wihm.
The brutal prize fight between Gots and
Ryan, for the heavy weight championship,
was fought yesterday in a ravine, near Col
lier’s station, West Virginia, near the Penn
sylvania boundary line, and resulted In the
defeat ot Goss, after a severe contest of
eighty-five rounds.
A seriou3 riot occurred In New York on
Decoration day between a colored military
company, who had taken part in the cere
monies of the day, and a party of roughs
who attacked them on returning from the
cemetery. The negro company charged the
roughs, who being largely reinforced, com
pelled the company to seek refuge In flight.
Several men were injured.
The late storm In Texas was fearfully de
structive of property and life. Two of the
wounded at Savoy have died, and ten more
will probably die from the effects of Inju
ries received. At Columbus the Colorado
river 6tands nineteen feet above low water
mark, and four dead bodies were seen float
ing down the river.
Tae decrease in the public debt for the
month of May, is fifteen millions, nine hun
dred and twenty eight thousand and thirty-
three dollars and eighty-seven cents.
Richard B. Connelly, ex-Comptroller of
New York city, who figured in the Tweed
corruption ring and became a fugitive from
justice, died at Marseilles, France, on Sun
day last.
The South Carolina Democratic State
Convention met yesterday, and, after organ
izing permanently, elected delegates to the
.National Democratic Convention. The ses
sion was harmonious, and indicated a solid
front on the Presidential Issue.
The Indian troubles in New Mexico have
assumed a rather serious aspect. Two in
fantry and three cavalry companies have
been sent to reinforce General Hatch.
Tne report of the Exodus Committee
is a full, thorough and complete vindi
cation of the Southern people Irom the
charges made that the exodus of the negroes
from the South to Northern States was oc
casioned by wrongs and oppressions prac
ticed on the blacks by the whites of the
South. It shows further that the promoteis
of this exodus were actuated by political
and pecuniary motives, hoping that by get
ting the votes of the negroes they might
control those districts which were doubtful
in their allegiance to Republicanism.
M. Henri Rochefort has accepted a chal
lenge from M. Koechlin, the brother-in-law
of the Prefect of Police Andriex, for a hos
tile meeting, growing out of the striking of
the son of the former during the Communist
demonstrations, in which the police were or
dered to interfere.
Senator Brown made his first speech in
the Senate yesterday, on an amendment to
Increase the appropriation for the improve
ment of the harbor of Savannah. The
speech was listened to with much interest,
and created a favorable impression.
The Democratic State Convention and the
Greenback State Convention of Maine both*
assembled at Bangor yesterday. The latter
elected delegates to the Greenback National
Convention at Chicago.
Preparations on a large scale are being
made for the reception of the Seventh
Regiment New York Volunteers, on their
expected visit to Atlanta in October next,
at which time the corner-stone of the Me
morial Armory, to be erected by the Gate
City Guards, will be laid.
Michael Donahue Is now the wrestling
champion of America, having won that
proud distinction by lajing Nat Hutchins of
Massachusetts on his back three consecutive
times at Boston yesterday.
Nearly one thousand doctors are in at
tendance on the annual meeting of the
American Medical Association, which is in
aesslon in New York, and It is reasonable to
suppose that their patients meantime are
Improving.
The number of the insurgents are in
creasing in Burmah and the movement has
extended to Mandalay.
The Porte baa indicated its answer to the
expected note of the powers. The Porte
will state that it has loyally executed the
provisions of the Berlin treaty in regard to
the Montenegrin question, and will ask the
appointment of a commission of inquiry
thereon. In regard to the Greek frontier it
will state that the Porte’s conciliatory dis
position has been met by inordinate and In
admissible demands on the part of Greece;
and as to reform in Turkey’s European pro
vinces it has drawn up regulations which
will be submitted to the Eastern Iloumelian
Commission.
It is stated that the English burial bill
submitted to the English Parliament, and
which provides for the burial of dlscenters
In all church yards, and cemeteries without
the Church of England service, will be
strenuously opposed.
The annual inspection and examination
of the Naval Academy commenced yester
day. The board of visitors inspected the
naval brigade of cadets, which made a line
appearance.
The Indian outrage bureau, at work
in Colorado fixing up outrages com
mitted by the redskins, as an excuse for
the seizure and occupation of their lands
by land thieves and speculators, is appar
cntly earning its money, for scarcely a
day passes wherein outrages of this kind
are not told—of how white men were
murdered by the savage redskins and
their stock run off. A great many of
these stories arj partially true, a number
of whites having been killed by the
Indians; but, as shown by numerous
correspondents of Eastern journals, the
murdered men were, in many instances,
depredating on the land of the Indians,
and, in more than one case, had been
themselves guilty of roassacreing de
fenseless aborigines. The Indians in
Colorado are probably no better than
usual; they are certainly no worse, al
though the Colorado whites are en
deavoring to convince us of this since
they found that their land was rich in
gold and silver.
Emigrants for Liberia.—The bark
Monrovia sailed from New York Satur
day for Monrovia, Liberia, with seventy-
six colored emigrants. They are sent
out by the American Colonization So
ciety, which will take care of them for
six months after their arrival. Forty-
four arc over twelve years of age, and
most of the men are farmers. Miss Scott,
a missionary, who came to New York to
raise money to build a girls’ school
house, is a passenger. A party of emi
grants sailed last week in the bark Li
beria, and eleven remain in New York
awaiting an opportunity to go.
The fire losses in this country during
the past six months have been unprece
dentedly large, exceeding $2,000,000 a
week. This is largely due to the drouth
that has been prevailing throughout the
East, rendering buildings, timber and
everything else very combustible. The
forest fires alone which hats prevailed
of late in New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Virginia make up a grand
total of $5,000,000. Of course only a
very small proportion of the burned
property was insured.
Mrs. Senator Bayard is agraceful, pol
ished, attractive, dark eyed lady, too
busy with her many children to devote
much time to society. It is understood
that Mrs. Bayard inherited great wealth.
Her two elder daughters are in society,
graceful and accomplished young ladies.
The Radical National Convention.
To-day the Radical clans will assem
ble in Chicago to make nominations for
President and Vice-President of the Uni
ted States. For some days past the
friends aod boomers of the different can
didates for that high honor have been
present, each watching the other, and
all endeavoring to pull the wires success
fully for their respective favorites, and
the indications are that the session of
the convention will be stormy and
prolonged. The friends of Grant and
the third term will make every effort
to save their champion from the humil
iation which would follow his defeat,
while the clacquers of Blaine and Slier
man, his most formidable opponents, will
leave no stone unturned to prevent his
nomination. Hence contests and con-
trovercies will arise at every step of the
proceedings, and some exciting scenes
will doubtless be enacted before the end
is reached.
The first contest will be over the or
ganization of the convention. In this
the Grantites will have the advantage, as
Cameron, the sworn friend of the ex
President, will call the convention to
order, and will probably succeed in
naming the temporary chairman.
This officer will have the appoint
ment of the Committee on Credentials,
and the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization. A bitter fight will pn bably
follow over the reports of both these
committees, inasmuch as that on creden
tials will have to report on the legality
of the claims of the contesting delegates
from Illinois and Pennsylvania, and the
Committee on Permanent Organization
will have to report the permanent Chair
man of the body. It may readily be
seen how very important to both
factions the adoption or non adoption
of these reports will prove. If
the result is favorable to the
Grant men, it will probably secure the
nomination of the ex-President on the
first ballot If not it will probably pre
vent his nomination at ail. and will be a
signal victory for his opponents. Hence
majority and minority reports will most
certainly be laid before the convention
in both cases—especially as each of these
two committees will be composed of
forty five members—and no decisions
can be expected without protracted and
heated debates.
After the reports of these committees
have been acted upon, there will then
be another struggle over the unit rule,
the Grant men favoring the rule, aDd the
Blaine and Sherman advocates op
posing it for the following reasons.
With the unit rule adopted, it is
claimed by the Grant men that their
favorite will obtain an easy victory, since
enough States have instructed for him to
secure his nomination. If it fails
®f adoption, however, it is pretty well
assured that a sufficient number of anti
Grant delegates will disregard the instruc
tions of their State Conventions to make
such nomination doubtful. On this ac
count the contest over this lulc will most
probably be long and bitter.
If the Grant men, after the reports of
the committees on organization and cre
dential^ shall have been acted on, and
the question of the adoption of the unit
rule has been decided, shall be success
ful, then the subsequent proceedings will
be plain sailing for their favorite. If
they fail, however, it is not at all certain
that either Sherman or Blaine will
carry off the honors, inasmuch as the
Grant men will hold the balance
of power, and will hardly throw their
influence in favor of either of the two
men who will have been mainly instru
mental in their discomfiture. Under
these circumstances, a “dark horse” will
probably be brought to the front, and it
is not unlikely that the party will finally
concentrate on a nonentity just as they
did in 1870. At all events, whatever the
result, it is quite evident that the session
of the convention to assemble at Chicago
to-day will be neither short nor har
monious.
THE ISSUES OF STATE
More Proscription.—A considerable
stir has been created in New York over
the announcement that Mr. Lackmier.
proprietor of ttt. Mark’s Hotel, Staten
Island, had positively refused to furnish
accommodations to Mrs. Jacobi, wife of
an eminent Hebrew medical practitioner
of New York, and her family. Mrs.
Jacobi occupies a most enviable social
position, is a descendant of General
Israel Putnam, of revolutionary memory,
is a sister of George P. Putnam, the
well known publisher, and has never
embraced the Hebrew religion. Accord
ing to Mrs. Jacobi’s statement, which is
confirmed by the landlord, when she
announced her name be replied: “We
have decided not to take any Hebrewg
this year; wc felt that they injured us
last year.” Lackmier said, though 3frs
Jacobi was not a Hebrew, she “would
be an entering wedge in St. Mark’s new
policy that would not leave it whole a
week, and that to admit a member of a
Jewish family at the start would hardly
be a fair way to test it”
Enormous Immigration.—The arriv
als of immigrants, at Castle Garden,
New York, last week aggregated 11,502,
swelling the total for the month to 53,-
497, and two more days to hear from.
Saturday, 2,124 were landed. The City
of Brussels, from Liverpool, brought
947; the Neckar, from Bremen, 7G0, and
the State of Alabama, from Glasgow,
417. Among the passengers on the last
named vessel were 200 Irish, whose paj
sage was paid to this country by the
Fermanagh Relief Association, recently
organized in New York.
Colfax fob Grant.—Schuyler Colfax
has been spending a week with his fami
ly at the Everett House, New York. In
regard to the Presidential campaign and
politics in general, he did not wish to be
interviewed, but he was for Gen. Grant
and hoped he would be elected. Bab
cock, Shepherd, Belknap, Harrington
and all the old ring are of the same turn
of mind.
Jim Blaine did not go to Chicago, and
says he never oven contemplated going
before the convention adjourns. He has
arranged to have a private wire run into
his house, and will have an operator
siK-eially delegated to stay with him until
the struggle at Chicago is over. In that
way he will constantly be m direct com
munic&tion with his frieuds.
General Walker, Superintendent of the
Census, has decided that in filling their
schedules the enumerators must make
their entries in standard black ink, and
the use of automatic pencils, aniline
inks or copying inks will not be per
mitted.
Secretary Sherman received several dis
patches Sunday urging him not to con
sent to take second place on the ticket.
He replied that he had no intention of
consenting, and would take first or noth
ing.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says “the
idolatrous Republicans will meet in Chi
cago, and after setting up a red-faced
calf, will proceed to worship it.”
THAT ENGAGE PUBLIC
TION.
ATTEN-
The speech of Gorernor Alfred H.
Colquitt, Delivered at DeUtve**
Opera House, In Atlanta, on Fri
day Night, Jtay 28-Hla Official
Acts Defended.
Ladies and Gentlemen: At all times, in
such a government as ours, the official should
be made to know and feel that he is a public
servant. Sad will be the day when, in a repub
lican country, thi* principle shall be Ignored or
disregarded. Would to heaven that in all the
history of this country, the public servant
could be made to feel that he is responsible for
his conduct. But, my fellow-citizens, there is
a very wide discriuiinalion between official re
sponsibility on the one hand and unreasoning
and despotic exaction on the other. There U.
a very essential difference between the trusted
agent and the servile minion, between the ser
vant and the slave. For many months, for
some reason that ha3 puzzled me to divine, I
have been the object of unsparing and bitter
attack.
It H-*ems to have been the conclusion of these
a**a lants that I was not a servant, but a slave;
that I was not a trusted agent, but a servile dog.
As <ieorgians an 1 as fell- 'W-citizens of the same
commonwealth, men wh>se destinies and the
destinies of who-*- families are embarked upon
th** some boat, do yru not think, ladies and
geutlemen, it would have been better and wiser
that these citizens Atould have given their aid,
counsel and sympathy to those entrusted with
public office and the administration of public
affairs! He is interested; you are interested;
but these enemies who have as-soiled me from
even quarter serin to have regarded their re
ap jQsibility different and mite different, for
they have lost no occasion to make me tae
mark of their criticism and cen.ure, instead of
giving me the benefit of their wise counsel
and sympathy. Do you not tlii at I had a right
to claim that? Do you not think if th»y were
prompted by pure and patriotic motives, in
stead of assailing me from ambush, instead
<>f attempting to degrade the honor
of the State through its highest func
lionary, thev would have been found
by his side bo aid him in the best execution of
his great public trust ? It is a delightful rhiug
to nave the good opinion of your fellow-men,
but there is a purer and subltmer joy than
that : It is the j >y that arisen out of the con
sciousness that you deaerve that good opinion.
I know I deserve it. [Applause ] The public
press and men who are deposed to censure me
may sav what they please, but. like the perse
cuted Huguenot, I can tay with the greatest
-•mphasis: “I have dons nothing to deserve
death; I have done nothing forwbichto ask
pardon.” ['.rent applause.]
1 propose to night to refer to some of the acts
an 1 some of the results of my administration;
and to refer to some of the crit cisms which
have been made upon it How alight, how
frivolous, very many of them are. you your
selves will perceive when I mention them.
AB8ENTKEL8M.
It is said that I am frequently absent from
my office. It is said I cannot be found there—
that is the exaggerated charge—when gentle
men come here to the capitol upon public busi
ness. Well, my fellow citizens, from the very
first years when 1 bad a conception of the re-
s|*ousibilities »»f a public officer, aud especially
of the chief officer of this Stat-, I have had tb s
idea of his duty: that he should not merely
have a statistical knowledgeof the State and cf
its people, but that, by coming nearer to them,
face to face with them, ani iu close sympathy
with them, he should learu and kuow what
were their tentimeuts, feelings aud needs.
[Applause.] Hence it is that I have visited ag
ricultural fairs, agricultural conventions and
railroad conventions. We Snow that the wealth
of this State of ours, as well as that of any
other State essentially agricultural, is depend
ent uj>on the resources and upon th** pros
perity ot the producer* of the country, the
owners and tillers of the s »iL [Applause ]
You can all well remember what a degree of
despondency, and almost of despa r, had
settled upon the country wh*n the great change
came over the labor of the South. To the best
of my ability, aa my friend Colonel Livingston
—the presiding officer to-night and the Vice
President of the State Agricultural Associa
tion. wh > ha* been with me on many of those
occasions—can testify, in conventions and on
t, e hustings. I have worked for them. If I
have had any power or inttuence.it has bet*u
constantly exerte i to raise the dro *piug hopes
and energies of the farmers of the country,
and cheer them with the prospect of the bet
ter time coming [applause.] I never was a
vain man. Perhaps one of the greatest diffi
culties 1 have had in my li'e has been a dispo
sition to shrink from public notice rather than
to invi e it. I have had very little regard for
that affectation of dignity and self-consequence
that manv a man iu bis office thinks he po>-
nesses when he sits down in a big arm-chair
and supposes that his society must be sought
for; who seem* to say to the world, “here is
your Governor; here is your man of conse
quence:”
ABOUT ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHOOLS,
But it has lxseu said again that I have gone
about too much to Sunday schools. [Applause |
Yes’ I believe in Sunday school*: Arp'ause
I believe in the religion which instituted th**m;
I believe iu the philanthropy that bids them
God-speed: I believe in the statesmanship
which teaches that it is better to train forty
young men to be virtuous and religious than
to train one for the gallows: [Applause.] Y’ou
know how often this taunt has been thrown
Into my teeth: y«*n know how it is that almost
day bv day it has bee i made, and now you
hear through the public press aod on the
streets insinuation* about “tho Christian Gov
ernor.” My fellow citizens, has it come to
this at this late day in the progress of
Christianity and civilization that it is to
be made a matter of taunt if a man iQ
high public position should recognize the
Supreme Ruler of the universe* [Applause.]
For thirty years of ray life I have b-en ac
customed to visit 8unday schools, and oc
casionally “nigger meetings." [Laughter and
applause ] Why use that as a charge * Did
they suppose that when I assumed the office of
Governor I should feel that I was in too proud,
too high, too dignified a position, to conde-
. . ‘-responsibility to God!
_ aw it is drifting. You
f _„. taunts are made, and even
j' *w ia certain journal* that could be named
the dialect of the Bible is being prostituted to
the use of these men In order to degrade the
followers </ that religion that should be
sanctified in the esteem of all. [Applause ]
Ladiesand gentlemen, is it geu-rous in my
opponents to force me ja such a forum as this
to uncover and defend motives so fairly en
titled to the sacred retirement of the
of a man’s own heart! Is it not s hard alterna
tive that I must either disregard the professions
of a life-time and give them up. or defend my
self upon the huntings against the reproach
of Phariseeism* Ob' how I recoil from this
discus-don so ruthlessly forced up -u me:
But I shall net shrink from ft, as it would
oviDce a craven spirit—a moral cowardice
of which I hope I am incapable. I have
heard it said, ‘The Governor is too good a
man to make this an issue in the campaign.
He is not going to do that.” There
is not a reading, intelligent man in the
State of Georgia but knows that u*» man has
g one along more modestly in the line of
is duly to him** If and to God; and asked less
notice to himself until this charge began to be
hissed betw**en the teeth of men. In the very
streets of this city a gentleman walking along
had occasion to say to another “I thank God”
for such, dr such, a thing, mentioning what it
was. The oth a r coqld not miss the chance and
said: “You must h4ve Leon to one of Col
quitt’s Sunday schools, you thank God ao
glibly!” Now. I might ns well be Hank fcerea*
elsewhere, because i know I am in th^presecce
of men and women who are Just ami reason
able. and to them I say that all the pelting* of
this pitiless storm of iron hail will not cause
mo to deviate the thousandth part of an inch
from the line that I have proposed for myself.
[Prolonged applause.)
Missions or peach.
I refer now to another matter. I am said to
go our of the StAte too much. “You go out of
tho State too njucb. You went to New York
once or twice, and to Pennsylvania once, and to
Cincinnati once;” and I do m,t kif vw h->w many
other places I have been nn»qe to go and P?o*'***
that I never saw in my life. My fellow-citizens
four years of my li e were given to camp and
field, and fir*- aud blood, aud toil and suffering.
It was a vain struggle: our cause was lost.
We sought to vindicate our own State’s right
of self-government along with others by a re
sort tu arms. We were defeated. We were
bopelefs'y overwhelmed. There are some o d
s-»l tiers here to-night who marched with me.
To-day I know their testimony in the face of
this crowd would be that I was neither a lag
gard nor a dastard in that day. [Applause] I
felt from first to last in that stupendous strop
gle that the South the injure 1 party, and
was placed on the defensive by an aggressive
and unreasoning spirit that I often dread wi]l
yet carry wretchedness and woe to every
heartbsaoaa on this c< •ntiuent. Never, by w« .rd
or an act of my hfe, nave I surrendered this
belief, nor been guilty of one tergivarsijtion in
all mv connection with the dreadful contriver
ay. If such insignificant thing* as my public
tqteeches on to«* many occasions have been re
numbered, I ap|**ai to them for proof that I
have not been a traitor to one hope or enter,
prise that c«»uld have righted the great wrong
that the South lias had to suffer. But I am not
ashamed lo avow here to-night—I rejoice to say
it-that I have !>een for peace and the interest*
of peace from the moment I saw the?
forts hail failed to vindicate nur dafi
last resort.
Never shall those who know me or care to
sreak to me have it to ray that T have fanned
the fianj** of civil discord merely to be consist
ent and Weep alive t he alienations and hatreds
of sections, when the *ubin,,eat heroism had to
-ield the point and confess th
*t. •[Applause J
While we are figuring away to see bow little
liberty and law we can get along with. I ree
!,"• way clear to saj “let us have peaue ” You
have heard that formula before, and many
times I know, but I meant it and mean it. So
it happened that I visited the North, from
Virginia to New Y’ork. and said to all who
listened to me that we had stopped lighting;
that in iha 804th the war was over; that in
the South 1 here yt. pence; that in the South
there won fraternity; that slavery had passed
away forever: that the colored people were
prosperous and happy. I told them (hat our
doors were thrown open, and our hearts, too,
wide as th.- gates of the East, to every North
ern man who came to see us or to dwell In
peace among us. [Continued applause.] Say,
here, right now, if 1 was wrong in all this and
misrepresented yon * Say If you grudge the
time while, in my feeWe way. I was doing all
this! If the verdict of these, my b&m«j*eople.
whom I believe to be ju*t and generous. b«*
against me, I know it there was an appeal to
the people among whom I went, a response
would come say'ng, “a prophet is not without
honor save in hi* own country.” [Applause.]
NORTHEASTERS RAILROAD BONDS.
Another matter, and I h«>pe you will bear
with me. because. my friends, for nearly foqr
years 1 hare hail to wait patiently under mis
construction and misrepresentation. I have
never writteu a line for the public, or spoken a
word for the public, during the long and woary
years of suffering and wounded senstbiliti-*
which have nearly crushed my heart. Bear
with me to-night. I am charged with signing
the Northeast-rn Railroad l>onda—I did sign
them. Some gay I signed them too quick—
some say I signed them too alow—while others
say I ought not to have sigued them at all. I
have to be impaled between tr.os.. conflicting
opinions. I shall not now go iuto this dis.us
stun with tedious minuteness.
It i* enough to remind you that this eutire
subject was Investigated, and how searching
that inqiry was I need not go into the facts to
show. There never was or could be a more
complete vindication of my motives.
too uign, *oo cigninea
•eend to recognico nkr r.
[Applause,! You see 40
see now often these taunt
There was delay in signing.thew' bonds, but
personal rnnnoM had nothi gto do with this.
It was for the public interest. But «hen that
delay was about to work irrepaxa 1 J • injury to
a puu*L eat-.-rpn.'*-. and to ciuz-as ot our own
State who had invested thrir m-ai.-, then it
was tha* I acted. To have postponed the mat
ter till the as-emb’. og of the Legislature would
have bren tantamount to the sacrifice of the
interest of the entire property. But for a
higher motive *vrn than this I signed these
bonds. The plighted faith and honor of
Georgia were pledged that th s act sbouMbe
performed, and I was determined that theae
should mt oe tarnished in my handa. [Ap-
plaaae.)
The future will vindicate the wisdom of this
act. and the large enhancement in values and
In the taxable property of a most Interesting
portion of the State will confirm tne unanimous
approbation of tlm measure.
REASONS FOR THE CLAMOR.
There was a* much uoreaso nabie censure and
opposition arising out of this just and benefl-
ciai act, a* for anything else for which my ad
ministration Stands chargeable.
I do confess to you that there is a mystery
about this hostility that I mav aot be able to
unravel, or it may »*e I could not with be
coming delicacy al ude to. if I attempted its
solution. But It will not be improper to give
this as one of the caus*-s o* this extraordinary
hostility—that in the dispensing of the patron
age which the constitut.on left in mv hands, 1
was. from the s^ry nature of things, obliged to
pleas* a very few- and offend very many.
I had no sooner taken my seat as Executive
of the State than appLcations for office came
in a de' age. Often a score ot names would be
on file seeking the venr same place For the
mest part, very la-gely predominating. lean
truthfully say, tht se names were thf»se of
worthy and meritorious gentleman. Without
exception almost, the pay of the office sought
was an object. Very many of these gentlemen
were my friends, and let it suffice now to say
that they will Dever know what pain it cost me
in every instance to decide agaimt anv one of
them. As simple, and almost as silly as it
•ounds to say that ten or twenty men could
not have bestowed upon them the same office,
yet this feat of hocus-pocus your humble
speaker was expected to achieve, for
it was hardlv ever the case that more
tbaa one ont of any number of applicants for
an office was conciliated or went away pi eared.
Those who were disappointed returned to
their homes bearing with them a sense of per-
s nal affront. They felt that it was incumbent
upon them to avenge the wrong which thej
imagined they had suffered at my hands. Tins
was not the case, however, in every instance.
There were notable exceptions I am giad to
say. I could name individuals who were big
enourh. magnanimous enough and lofty
enough to appreciate my position and cherish
no hard feeling against me. But scattered
over the State there were many who nurred
their resentment and who could never be in
duced to see that my aimialteration was enti
tle1 to either favor or quarter.
If I appointed friends to office, the charge
was made that I was narrowing down to my
own petty personal uses the prerogative of my
pnriti n. If I appointed enemies, I was re
proached as carrying about with me a poverty-
stricken soul, utterly destitute of all manly re
venges and chivalnc malice.
nous or the ADJinnsnuTiox.
Now let us look for a moment to the results
that have fol owed my administration of the
affairs of the State.
When I came into office, we were borrowing
money to meet current expenses and pay in
terest. This was incident, iu a great measure,
to the poverty and disorder which followed
the war, as well as to the systematic effort
which had baen made by certain defeated par
ties to bring our credit into disrepute when it
would do us th« most harm. We were carry
ing a floating d -bt from year to year of from
HU0.0U0 to $-i'O.'IUO. and were borrowers- I
»«mght the advice of the late Dr. Bozeman,
very high authoriry cn all questions of finance,
and who had been connected with our treas
ury department. I felt the greatest reluctance
to favoring or advising the increase the rale
of taxation, and sought from him a solution of
our trouble, lie frankly told me he knew
of but on? way to get out of debt
when in, aud that was to put your hand
In your pocket and pay out. There
was nothing left for me to do
but to g> to work saving all
could, and gatii ring in every outstanding
claim to which the State was nntit’ed. The
rate of taxat <>n has not increased. How well
do we know that :f this had occurred those
who have been standing guard .»ver my admiu
istration would have cried out to you, and
given you waroi g of the burdens I was placing
on your shoulders. [Applause. I As I said, the
rate of taxation has bwa reduced. This, too.
has been done in the face of increased and ex
traordinary expenses The expenses of the
constitutional convention—the expense of t'
sessions of the legislature—the provisions
made for supplying limbs to our maimed sol
dier*—were unusual and unexj>ect»-d charges
upon our treaniiry. All this load of expeuse
has been discharged—the floating debt ha*
been absorbed—the interest on the public debt
has been promptly paid, and stranger than all
there remains an unexpended fund in the
treasury for payiug debt* in anticipation of
their m aturity.
OCR STANDING AS A STATE.
How does the State of Georgia stand, my
friends! Has her fame been tarnished? Has
she been disgraced? Does she occupy a position
les* honored among hersisterStat* s than when
I went into office? Hav*j I lowered her proud
State banner? Has it trailed in the dust in my
hands? It would not become me to speak of
these things, if l were not arraigned and put
on th-defensive. Every citizen *ho goes to
New Y’ork. the general centre and mart of
trade, and every man who went to Ciuciana'i
on this recent trip will bear me out. that Geo*-
gia was spoken of in New Y’ork aod in Cincin
nati as the leading State of the South, and
abreast with the best States of this Union. [Ap
plause.]
Now. then, my friends, what have we suffer
ed or lost? Our taxes are as L>w; our people
areas happy; our State as b>gh in honor a*
can be said of any other commonwealth in this
Uuion. Is there any reason, then, for censure
or complaint? [ApplauvA]
It has been hinted hy rfcose who ran allow me
no credit for anything that the merit I here
claim for ay administration is due alone to
legislative action. 1 would be the la»*t man to
withhold from a o^-ordinate branch of the gov
ernment any credit that was due it *?or patri
otic service.
But the stubborn truth is. that no foresight
of the Legislature could have anticipated the
results of efforts that I was fortunate enough
to suo-ed Li malting m behalf of the financial
interests of the Stale By those efforts we have
all been gainers in the round sum of nearly a
half million of dollars, which have gone to the
relief of the tax payers of Georgia, and the
elevation of her finand ’
[Applause ]
ncial credit and standing.
tt our ef-
Jip$ bj W r Q
“RAROAIX AND SALE.”
Let us now come down to a very recent event
[Applause.] Bargain and sale! Barga.u and
sale by General Gordon, the soldier, tne Chris
tian, the patriot; by ex Governor Brown, the
statesman, the putdic spirited citizen, and. in
spite of all objection, the Democrat—and the
Governor of Georgia, for whom a majority of
eighty thousand votes have made themselves
responsible. [Applause! Thesethreemen.lt
is hinted and suggested, have united and com
bined in a bargain and sale, the one for the
benefits of the other I used, a few days ago,
some pretty emphatic language about this mat
ter. It was unusual for me to do it. but let me
ask you. the very humblest among you, the
most Christian spirited man among you—ah:
yes, I might ask these tender, gracious, amia
ble women here to-night: suppose some one
comes to your te-th and says: “You have dis
graced yourself; j’ou have dishonored yourself,
by a gross impropriety ?” Do you think you
would, lady or gentleman, sit down and say to
Mai: - Come. now. my friend: take a seat and
let us argue if ? an.] go inti/ the old system of
reasoning major and minor, an 1 your conclu
sion to show that you were not corrupt? Do
you think you would do that? There is
not a woman her* who would do it [Laughter
and applause j
Reputation—a man’s good name—it is his
forthright, ami no man will tamely submit to
be beru*ved of it so long as he has courag* to
resent ii, or p»>yer to reveDge it. [applause.]
Well, there 4re Hat) friends of mine, who
talked to me on the subj**ct 6( my making a
speech here to-night; good fronds who have
Insisted that I should be calm; who said
“possess your soul in patiene**,' - and I have
had quotations of scripture from men. who
don’t ordinarily quote script are at ail. (Laugh
ter.) Why these friend* of m’ne ccrtainlv for
get that, it I should say but very iittle. then it
would l>e said by these-letractors: ‘ There is
on? of the softest, mildest. mo-*t amiable,
good-for nothing, mbk-and-eider fellows you
ever saw!” [Laughter and applause] They
are in the habit of insinuating it now’. They
say to you: ‘7 do not say anything about his
Integrity—oh. ‘no;—hut he does not knqw how
to say *no ” Weil I know hew to j»ay it t^
inyreif. For a number ot yoan I have beet;
saying it to my at petite s. to iuy passions, to a
nature prone to do wrong I have said “no” to
them a thouaanl— yea, ten thousand times
I confess that i r is painful for me to say “no”
to a friend.' [Applause. J Jf 1 have offended in
this it is because 1 have be*n more considerate
of their feelings than of ity own. And yet, if
you wt-re to a.-Jc aay of these gentlemen to
make specification whore 1 ought to have said
• no” when I said “yrs,” they could not toll
you to save their lives.
Why do they 6iy this?
I say it in for this reason t‘ at they Imagine
that a man with a rude, brusque sp-ech and
manner, aod with the little eiuphas s of an
oath to what he says, they think ttiat that man
ha* &ji grit in him. that he is a firm man. They
<^on’t seem to concede that it is p ossible to be
affable lu hi* dis.'ourse and yet be self-reliant
ia his actions.
But since I took the responsibility of Gov
ernor Brown's appointment without a«klng
advice at every str**et corner and from the flrrt
man I happened to meet. It seems I have far
more self-will than fairly belongs to one Gov
ernor. and should be toned down in that re
gard What is my duty in the caseof an ap
pointment? Ii is. ns far as I am capable of
djsceruiag, tin. spirit, tl^e capabilities, the faith
fulness of men. to Dut the*b«st u)eu in place
men who c«n be relied on to preserve the
honor and the interests of the State of Geor
gia. Keep in mind the fact that of all of the
charges that have been made on this subject,
no one has guqe far enough to say that Gov
ernor Brown is not capable, and that hy would
not be as faithful now to his trust is anybody
in Georgia. (Applause.! If he is a* capable
a* anybody, why should he not be appointed J
Ye*, the larger majority of the people of Geor
gia, if they were to speak their hoarta, would
sar if the rights of Georgia were at nak* or
the interest of our citizen* were imperiled by
national legislation, they would feel that no
man in Georgia could better uphold those in
terests than Joe Brown. [Long and continued
applause.] I know that is th** sentiment of the
State, and that being the case, ought I not to
hare appointed him. and put him where he
could render ti»e services if the services are
needed? [Applause]*
oh, ye*: but they say, ‘‘You ••ugnt not to
have done it. for Joe Brown went in for the re
construction measure*, and Joe Brown voted
for Grant in IS08 and for Bullock in 1868. ’
That was twelve years ago. He vo'ed for them
twelve year* ago, and we voted for Greeley
eight years ago. When we shall have done
penance for voting for a man who never was a
Democrat, certainly twelve yean* ought to be
enough for Governor Brown to do penance for
voting for a man who never was anything else
But a Democrat until he was nominated. [Ap
plause.]
1 see some Methodists here to night. They
will remember the old rule we used to have in
th** Methodist church—six months probation.
You might take up the m wt debauched sinner
jrko came from the slimes and gutters, and af
ter fix month* probation, walking in the path
aright, the uoors of thp church were thrown
wide open and he was taken in, and he took
bread and wine with us. and talced with n* in
c'ass meeting. Tell me now the rule In the
Democratic church? How many months, how
many year*, do you require of Governor
Brown? Twelve years ago he cast two ballots,
the only ballots of his lire not cast for the Oc
hlocracy For twelve years, from the highest
office to the lowest, ho has *one up regularly
with a Democratic ballot and vqted it. You
would say to him, “No. stand back, twelve years
are not sufficient; proscribe him—be is not 4
Democrat,” I remember when we were
struggling with the great odds that were
3 rainst us. We rejoiced whenever one
these men quit the Republican
party, and came into :he Democratic party,
becaure we thought • e were weakening the
opposition and because we saw when the brain*
or their party came from them into ours the
fate of that party waa sealed. Thus feeling w
all rejoiced at the accession of (Jov. Brown. 1
he has not won hi* claim to a place in the
Democratic party. It w^uld be well for some
others to begin to look into their title. I sat
th - appointment waa right irom these consid
erations—it was right from another consider*
don. I appointed nim as a Democrat, rtaoding
on a Democratic platform, adhering to D^no-
cradc principles and as a man - as steadfast to
Democratic faith as the most violent of those
who assail me. and to-night I call them to ac
count, wnil say that in making this test they
are vu-lodcg Democratic principles, and one of
the rules prescribed by the highest authority
In the party for fixing iu membership. [Ap
plause ]
I said but just a Uttle while ago that in trying
to rep'esent yon I told the people of the North
that we were friendly; th*t we had no war to
make on the Union; that dead Issues were
burie i with us: that we had started on a new
era: that we were trying to give to every man
in the State of Georgia his just rights under
the administration of The law. Is that your
faith, gentlemen, or not? Is that the fa ; th of
the Mate of Georgia? Did 1 misrepresent it
when I made that statement? The response
of the*e objectors to this is this: “Yes,
you did right. You ought to have told them
that when you went North: but when you come
h*>me we want it understood that they are not
buried—that we intend to ke**p up these i-isue*
aud that the men who were in favor of the re
construction measures shall never be con
sidered as Democrats. Therefore, we are right
Iu proscribing men who at any time voted the
Republican ticket or went in for recoustruc
tion measures.”
Now, do you remember the St. Louis Cou
vention ? Do you remember the resolutions
that were pa*a**d and ratified by the Demo
craey of this whole country ? Let me read an
extract to you. It i* not long, ladies, but I de
sire to read it in order to remind those gentle
men who claim that no man who ever went for
reconstruction measures is not worthy to be a
member of the Democratic party and hold
office in it.
Hear what the Democratic party says: “For
the Democracy of the whole country”—Geor
gia had representatives there, all the Demo
crats of all these State* had reprenentatives
there: “For the Democracy of the whole
country, we do here reaffirm our faith in the
permanency of the Federal Union, and our
devotion to’ the Constitution, with the amend
raetxs ” Now, then. I am called upon to say
that Governor Brown is not a Democrat, is not
to be trusted, because h» ac.-epted the amend
ments which the National Democratic party
said they were devoted to. [Applause.]
I stood upon the Democratic platform, be
lieving that when we said these issues were all
over that we spoxe the troth. I don’t believe
that these friends in convention were speakin.
a Ue with a view to deceive the North.
The effect of this appointment with the
Democrats of the North and West will be felt
Y’ou will hear of it. It may be that your pas
sions will be kept alive, and your prejudices ex
cited, but the time will come when the re
sponse* from these States North and West will
snow you that it is th* highest evidence to them
that the war is sues are no more alive in the
South. [Applause. ]
1 ut I must not do Governor Brown the
grievous injustice to close this reference to him
without recalling in this presence a memorable
incident. But a few short years ago, a little
more than three, this whole country stood iu
breathless suspense at the effort that waa
mate to prevent a vote of the people in as
stupendous an issue as a Presidential election
Great and well calculated interests hung by a
cob-web. Toen it was we sent him, a poor in
valid. wan and wasted, coughing himself to
death, to Florida, to stand guard for us In the
last chance, it was feared,we were ever to have
to gain the control of this government. Then
it was we trusted him. cheered him wiih “God
speed,” and gloried in his game resistance to
the pack of political burglars who were about
to s*eal the kevs of the government from our
hands. Then he was ail right. But now when
to crush me, when to stab me through his sides
is the object, the cry is “away w th him.” he
represents no Democrat in Georgia. We think
it a cruel as well as a wicked thing for men to
throw to th-* breeze the “bloody shirt” in
Main** and Ohio, but here it is quite a different
matter.
Panion me, ladies and gentlemen, if I should
refer to what is purely a personal matter, not
the motive f<>r tny action, tis true, but as an
Incident whicli enhanced my gratification in
bestowing upon Governor Brown this appoint
ment. I well rem*njber the time when the
concentration of bostii« infiuenoe* were so over
whelming that it seemed l must be overborne.
I returned night after nigh* to my home to find
my wife in tear* and my children cowering at
it seemed under some di««ded calamity.
Friends of other days walke 1 by and withheld
the word of solace or the supporting emile. Of
all the leading spirits in my party a«d State, of
those who lead or make public opinion. I
hardly had a syllable that expressed confidence,
or suggested au argument of defense. Singly
and almost alone. 1 was enduring the pelting of
the storm. Then it was that there walked
calmly and firmly into my office the form of
Joseph E Brown, who.with imperturbable face,
extended his hand to me and said; “Here is
ray hand, and I am come to give you all the aid
and sympathy in my power.” 'Prolonged ap
plause.) It »* not pefbaps exactly fit to allude
to this here, but my life has been an open one
to the people ot Georgia.
But it is said that there was a bargain—I be
lieve the charge is being modified now. At
first it was inidnuated that a sura of money
might have been paid to somebo 1y
Well, “Christian Governor,” as they taunt
ingly say I am. the n an is not living on the
face of this ear h. who can come to my face
and offer me a bribe’ [Applause] They say
“no. no. I don’t mean to say any.hing about
money, but there was a sort of understanding,
a sort of bargain and trade.” For what shojhl
I trade! For Governor Brown’s influence*
I hod it before they say I bought it. He was
my friend, and I had every assurance that he
would be with m»* in the election, before L**
was appointed. Why, the**, should I buy him!
Why! For the purpose uf the argument they
say that wo havo been enemies; that up to the
very day of this change of Senators we hail
been personal enemies; but that by some
hocus p.cus we came tog»ther. and I got
Brown's influence, and Brown goes to the Sen
ate. and Gordon gets a ride on the Louisvdie
and Nashville Railroad. If there Ls anything
mysterious in this transaction. I don’t know it.
It is sai I that Gordon ought not to have re
signed just a few days before the adjournment
of Congress. Suppose that he ought not. He
did: and there was the vacancy,and I was bound
to fill it. But they say: “Oh jes; he is a great
persona! friend of yours, and you are bound to
know the reason for it.” Well, he gives it
Y’ou have read his interview; and he will be
he*» in a fow uayu himself, and U you have
any charges tu make make them to his teeth.
But he di 1 r***ign. and I bad nothing else to do
but to fill the vacancy. It was filled, and I
have given you the reason why it was flll»*d
and the reasons why I selected the man I did.
Y’ou have read General Gordon * interview,
and he gives the reasons for resigning. And I
say that he could not have chosen any time
and saved me from these attacks. Indeed. I
would rather have made the issue and met it
now, than to have had him wait until after th*
adjournment of Congress. They have said in
their charges that be ought not to have resign
ed until after the Congress adjourned, and then
there would have been a vacancy until the
Legislature met. Suppose that w^u# have
been the case, there would have been app lica
tions from all over th* State of Georgia, from
the frienos of leading gentlemen, urging me
to appoint this one, and that one. and the
other one Suppose I had ret ponded and said:
“No, gentlemen. I do not propose to appoint
anybody, because Congress is not in session,
and there is no reason why I should appoint
anybody?” They would have s^id that Geor
gia was entitled to her full repn Mentation and
influence the same in vacation ns in session;
that Georgia was entitled to influence in the
department* and before the President then as
wed as when Congress was ia session. That
would have been urged on me, and if I had
withheld and*still said I would not do it, then
the blow would have struck m*» on a more ten
der point. They would have said I did not
make the appointment b**cause I wanted to
hold it open until fche Legislature tr*et t^at I
myself mignt be a candidate. If I had had a
choice as to the time when this thing should
have occurred, I would have selected this as
the time when it would save as much censure
as any other time.
Then, again. If I had selected one of h»lf a
dozea applicant*, the others would have said:
“Look at such a GovernorThere was no rea
son to fill the vacancy, but he has put in a pet
to vive him the inside track and leave us five at
a disadvantage. ” Now, gentlemen, I leave you
to decide whether I would have escaped < on
sqrc in *ny aspect of the ca-e. The emergen. /
came and, I say again, I was willing to act
upon it [Applause.]
CONCLUSION.
I have gone through with these things and I
shall detain von no longer. I was born in
Georgia. Mv rather, from nisearliest boyhood
and manhood, received from ihe people of this
State the tokens of its confidence and support
as long as he lived. His ashes lie buried now
in her soil. From the time I entered putdic
life I have l»*en honored with the confidence,
respect and love of the on'irepi^p’q of Geor
gia. with the exception of the few brief years
since I have been the Executive here—aud
would to God that the memory and bitterness
and suffering of those years were obliterated
forever and forever. [Applause] There has
never be«*n a day of my ttfe. In puhlic or in pri
vate. that I would not have gone as far as the
brqvest, as far as the oldest or the youngest, in
the defense of the honor of my native State,
and the prosperity and happiness of the people
of the State! Never: [Applause.] I lt.uk no
where else for a home. Wheu ;i\y days art*
•pent, if God shall give me cgnsciousne^ in
my last hours, and I should have a request to
make of those who stand around my bedside,
it would be to leave a blessing upon my chil
dren, and bid them to love Georgia, defend
Georgia and stand hy Georgia as their grand
fa*her and their father had done. [Great and
prdlonged applause J
—:
LETTER FROM HILLSBORO
COUNTY, FLORIDA.
The Crop Prospects-The political
Outlook -No Wavertug In the 1km*
erratic Line.
Core. IIiLLsroRO Co.. Fla., May 25.—Editor
Morning Xetcs : The crops of this county are
exceedingly good, except cotton. There was
a great deal of trouble in getting a aland of
cotton, but some have succeeded, and it is
looking fine. At present we are having some
heavy showers of rain, which makes tbepc‘p’e
look pleasing wiih the expectation of a rich
harvest. The farmers are mostly done plow
ing corn, and soma of them almost ready to
save fodder. The orange crop is expected to
be much larger this year than ever before In
this co inty and all over the State at large.
Beef driving is the general order of the day
now. Good beef cattle are selling readily for
$:3 per head at the pen. The farmers, stock-
raisers, and the people in general, are looking
for a “better time coming.’’ We think that
our county and State is in a prosperous con
dition.
A* 10 politics the people are somewhat divi
ded. A great many of the farmers are a little
out of patience with the Democratic party on
account of a reduction of the school tax and
no reduction In the compensation of the offi
c-rs necessary to keep up school funds, making
it so as the farmer has to pay the greater por
tion of his tuition and the compensation er the
offipers; also but, neverthele**, we will “stick
toourculof.” I think, from the beet I can find
out, that “Seymour.” of N#«r York, is the mow
general choice of this section for President,
though they are for the nominee, let it be who
it may. Jvr Register.
Girls 9 Tan, Lead and Brown Colored
Straiy Rata, low at LaFar A Ca’s.
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dpecial Correspondence of the Momma yews.
Washington, May Sl».—For the last day or two
delegations from a number of the Southern
btales have psseed through ths oily of Wash
ington on their way to the Republican Con
vention at Chicago Secretary Sherman, the
foxy candidate for the n ml nation, has carried
out, while these delegations were here, hto pro
gramme, in trying to get votes from the Fouth-
era Republicans. As soon as a delegation ar
rived his strikers knew of it. The entire dele
gation was immediately invited to Sherman’s
palatial residence for a late dinner. They
were regaled with delicious foed, the finest
cigars, and the mo$t costly brands of cham
pagne. It is to be supposed that these free
feeds confirmed th«> Sherman delegates in their
faith, strengthened the wavering, and weaken
ed the Blaine and Grant delegates. The votu
at Chicago will show how champagne, cig
ars. ani supper affect the Southern
delegates. But stay; it may happen that
the Blaine and Grant managers ia
Chicago may take the Southern delegate*
and treat them »*v»*u more handsomely in the
way of stomach tilling than Shermau did. If
Cameron. Logan and William*** Chandler have
not forgotten their cunning they wilL
A BOOM FOR MORRISON ANI> OTHI
Representative Morrison, of Illinois, ha* been
mentioned frequently of late a* a possible
Democratic dark horse at Cincinnati. Hi*
friends here are not satisfied that be should be
looked on fn >m the dark horse standpoint aloue.
They aay there Is genuine f’residential timber
In Morrison from other than a dark horse field
glass. Accordingly thsy have started a boom
for him Mr. Morrison has many ardent ad
rnirers in Congress, aud there have been sev
eral meetings of late composed of member* of
the House and Senate and estern Democrats,
wherein it wa* demonstrated to the satisfac
tion of ail concerned that he was the beet man
to lead the party next fall. At first this move
ment was looked upon as not worth noticing by
prominent Democrats, but the earnestness and
persistence of Morri»ou’s friends have at
least given the impression that business is
meant. *ln view of th a conviction the
a ttention is now frequently a*ked, “Why not
lorrison?” He is honest, brilliant and consist
ent. While there is nothin* widespread in his
favor among politician* here, the various
movements in his behalf have resulted in start
ing a Morrison boom, in speak lug of Demo
cratic booms, I might say that the one suppos
ed to be in the possession of Judge Field ha*
died out—it was not much of a die either. This
boom was engineered almost sol rely by
our accomplished friend. Colonel L. Q. Wash
iagton. who is now writing for a Virginia pa
per. I would like to see the Colonel get alonj
In anything that he undertake*, but the Fle!<
proposition was too heavy for mortal shoulders
to carry. General Hancock's boom seems also to
have lost its bottom entirely. It was never
taken holdot here, except by the editor of an
alleged Sunday newt-paper, which has no
weight except fn the excessive avoirdupois of
Iu editorial*, out of which it i* impossible for
the average mind to make heads or tails.
WHI.-KY AND REPUBLICANS IN CHICAGO.
Somehow or other the opinion is prevaleLt
!n the land that a Democratic Convention re
sults ia the consumption of an immense
amount of whisky, while a Repub icon On
vention coutents itself with watered whisky,
beer and seltzer water. This. I sar. is the pre
valent idea of the two parties from a tem
perance standpoint. The testimony of gentle
men who have arrived here to-day from Ch;
cago is calculate 1 to upset this impression.
Two gentlemen of wealth and standing, just
from Chicago.were in the office to-nigat. Thsy
say that they never ia the whole course of
their lire* saw so much liquor drank as wa*
being put down in Chicago when they left. It
was simply amazing. The barrooms were
keeping oj>en night and day. Delegates and
every visitor there—and they are nearly all
Republicans—seemed to be on their mettle as
to how much they could drink and how drunk
they could get. This was three days before
the opening of the convention. When it does
open In good earnest there will be more
whisky consumed in Chicago than ever before
in one city, and yet the Republican party is
the exemplification of temperance among
politicians.
ADJOURNMENT.
The question as to when Congress will ad
Journ is becoming a stale one. It was thought
once that the national menagerie would move
out May 31st. That is now. of course, an im
possibility. The next guess is placed at June
l 1 Ah or 15th, not later thsn the latter date.
Some say it will be the first of July before ad
Jouminent will be accomplished. As large
cumbers of members have gone to Chicago,
there may sat be a quorum In s »Iay or two.
This and other o-asMerati->us make it impossi
ble to predict when Congress will adjourn. The
date most commonly accepted is that given
heretofore in this correspondence—June 15th,
or In that immediate neighborhood. Mr. O.
K. Hams, who writes up the Congressional
proceedings for the pre*a, furnishes me the fol
lowing on the subject of adjournment and the
business before Congress;
So many members of the Senate tnd House
of Representative* have left the city that it
would not be at all surprisinr If a quorum was
lacking this week. In fact, last week it waa
barely possible to get a quorum in the House
on some very important vote*. Senators
Conkling, Logan, Carpenter, Hoar, Jones of
Nevada, and others of the leaders in the Sen
ate are already away. The prominent Repub
licans in the House, including Garfield.Conger.
Frye, Keifer. Butterworth. etc., have also
turned their face* in the direction of Chicago.
Other members have gone to their homes
to look after their rer.oruinations. All who
have gone have made pair* In some cases
there is a reservation that the pairs are not to
be respected if u vote shall be necessary to
rnak~ a quorum. But in most esses the pairs
are made without reservation. The pair* will
be pretty rigidly respected, because if Congress
remains in session until the Cincinnati Couven
tion, as now teems probable, the Democrat*
will want the Republicans to return the com
pliment.
To-morrow the sundry civil bil] a* amended In
the committee of the whole will be taken up in
the House. Notice has been given that separate
Totes would he demanded on many of the
most important amendment*, including the
clause relating to the paymeut of marshals,
the amendment adopted on Delegate Downey *
motion requiring the appropriations made by
the bill to be paid in part iu silver; the item
Increasing the appropriation for land survey*
and other item* of increase. If the yea* and
nays are called, a* will be likely, the fact
whether there is a Quorum will soon be de
veloped. It is not likely that an attempt will
be made this week to pan* any dis
tinctive political measure, because the
Republican* can r©ry easily break a quorum
by withholding their votes. In fact, it 1* the
impression among many members that nothing
will be done ti>i* week upon any of the bills
involving uerious contest*, but that such busi
ness will be taken from the calendar as can be
disposed of by unan mous consent. The Seu
ate amendments to the post office bill may Iw
reported back some time during the week. The
principal point in conte-1 there is the amend
ment a riking out the House clause providing
for a reletting of the star routes 4 motion
will be made that the House recede,
which, if carried, that will, of course,
•ml the matter, but if the motion shall
be defeated there will be such a large and re-
sp~ctabl* minority in favor of the Senate’s
action that the Senate conferee* will be einbol-
dseied to hold out. and will finally compel the
House conferees to yield the point. If it i*de
termined to try and puah forward the appro
priarions in spite of the absence of so many
members, the deficiency bill will be taken up
after the sundry civil bill has been disposed of.
In the Senate, {he river agd barter bill will
probably come up. Notice w • * given lost week
that it would be brought up. but it will perhaps
be antagonized by Mr. William*' motion to take
up the Mexican pension bill.
Potomac.
flnr AdrrrtisrmfBis.
C hoice j^mokep beef tongues soc.
BEST BUTTER -’Wc.
TRY OUR 50c TEA.
MERWIN’8 NAKED MEATS.
Pineapples,
Pineapples.
WE LEAD THE COUNTRY IN
Lemons! Oranges!
LEMONS.
LEMONS.
l.FAK )NS.
LEMONS.
LEM< >NS.
LEMONS.
Fatal Blows.—Augustus Leonard,
a well known character of Morristown,
N. J., was a passenger, Friday evening,
on the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad, and being drunk, became
extremely abusive, especially to the con
ductor, Jerry George. Finally, Leonard
violently assaulted the conductor, when
the latter, with two blows, one in the
mouth aud the other m the face, felled
Leonard, who died from the effects of
ihe blows in a few seconds.
The high value set upon a seat in
Uongress is shown by the statement of
Mr. Curtin that his expenses in contest
ing the seat from the Twentieth district
of Pennsylvania were fifteen thousand
dollars, and Mr. Yocum’s that the cost
to him of retaining it was thirteen thou
sand dollars.
Mr. John 8. Wise, of Richmond, Va.
3on of the late llenry A. Wise, says
that if the readjuster convi ntion shall
resolve to support the nominee of the
Chicago convention, he also will support
that nominee.
Ex Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
ays he ‘Will take off his coat in his
Congressional District against the nomi
nee of the Chicago Cenveniion.”
1 fifty cabin passenge:
sailed from New York for Europe Sa
urday.
goarditig and Xirrrtj #tablfs.
THOS. F.CLEASON,
Boarding and Livery Stable,
61 BROUGHTON STREET,
One Door East or Lincolx Stre«t.
CARRIAGES furnished for Wedding*. Balls,
_/ I'art to and Funerals Railroad and steam
er calls promptly attended to. Will also fur
nish Carriage* by the hour for shopping, etc.,
and will make satisfactory rates to parties de
siring to liire by ihe week or month.
my3I-M,W£FIy
furprutittf goals.
TURPEiTO TOOLS, ETC.
Vl r ATSONS£ BRADLEY’8 PULLER! and
\ > HACKERS, DIPPERS, PR0E8, HOOP
and Ifoi ”
full line of small Tools.
For sale at Hardware House of
CRAWFORD & LOVELL.
CihfiStf
Gold Bust Whisky!
Everybody drinks it.
NUTS, RAiSIVS. DATE8. PRUNES,
CURRANTS. CITRON, etc.
FINE WINES and LIQUORS.
JOS. B. REEDY,
IMPORTER OF FRUITS AND LIQUORS,
J«S-tf
SAVANNAH, GA.
Y. M. C. A. Rooms.
Bull and Whitaker.
117 Perry st., between Bull and Whitaker, f
Benefit of tlie Association
THURSDAY. JUNE 3. AT 8 P.M.
T HE Association having secured the Magnifl
cent S*ereopticon reo*nt!y exhibited at the
Theatre, will g*v« the first of a series of enter
tainments on the above date.
The programme will embrace seventy five
Handsomely “Colored Views, consisting of
Scenes from the Lif« of Christ, P aces of In
terest fn Europe. Religious Allegories, Choice
Statuary. Comic Sets. etc.
Positively onlv 100 tickets for sale. Admis
sion 50 cents. Tickets for sale at KstilTs News
Depot, A. S. Nichols' shoe store, L. C. Strong’s
drug store. Savannah News Depot. Ludden A
Bates’ Music House, and at the rooms, 137 Perry
street. jec2-2t
PIANOS,
ESTEY ORGANS
Most liberal terms. At
SCHREINER’S.
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SAVANNAH THEATRE
GREAT ATTRACTION!
FOUR NIGHTS ONLY AND SATURDAY
MATINEE. COMMENCING WEDNES
DAY NIGHT, JUNE 2d,
—OF THE—
GREAT EGYPTIAN MYSTERY
Introducing Tennyson’s Beautiful STORM OF
THOUGHTS, a Great Temperance Play, LIT
TLE JIM. THE COLLIER'S LAD, CHARLES
DICKENS’ HAUNTED MAN, and other Beau
Iful Pla*s.
Admission—Parquette ’25c , Family Circle !5c
Gallery 10c jel-2t
tfxrursums.
ISIDV TICKETS.
ON AND AFTER JUNE 1st
The Central Railroad of Georgia
Will sell EXCURSION TICKETS to the
Virginia and North Georgia
Summer Resorts*
GOOD UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st.
Tickets and full information can be had at
Central Railroad Ticket Office (Schreiner’s Book
Store) and at Depot Office.
J. C. SHAW, E. H SMITH.
Gen. Trav. Agt. Gen. Ticket Agent.
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EXCURSION
—TO—
BlackM Banks
T HE STEAMTUO CONSTITUTION will make
an excursion to the Blackfish Bank* on
THURSDAY. June 3d, leaving wharf foot of
Lincoln street at 6:30 a. m. Tickets for sale at
John Iramen’s, Fred. Klug’s and at wharf.
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ifttattimi, &t.
MATTING,
ICE!
IIAYW00D,GAGE&C0.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
▼ V ICE.—Our unsurpassed facilities enables
us to execute all orders with unparalleled dis
patch and at as L >W PRICES as any other
establishment.
Meats. Fruits, etc., placed in refrigerators,
built for the purpose, at fair rates.
Thankful for past patronage, we respectfully
solicit a continuance of the same.
OFFICE NO. 188 BAY STREET,
Je2-tf SAVANNAH, GA.
B B_
LAMBETH’S
IMPROVED PATENT
b FLY FANS!
BOLSHAW’S.
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B
B
B
DISSOLUTION.
T HE copartnership heretofore existing under
the firm name of H. A. 8TULTS A CO. has
this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
T. A. LANIER wit: draws from the firm.
HENRY A. aud CHAS. C STCLTS will con
tinue the business under the same firm name
of H. A 8TULT8 CO. as heretofore, and col
lect all accounts and assume all liabilities of
the late firm. HENRY A. STULTS.
CHARLES E STULTS.
THADDET78 A. LANIER
Sav*>*n*h, Ga., June 1. 1889. je2-3t
])ORTEK SPRINGS.—Open from June
I 1st till October 15th. Board 130 per month,
children and servants half price. Special rates
tor the season. Railroad rare from Atlanta to
Gainesville and return S3 20; back fare, round
trip $3. Brass Band and Orchestra during the
season. Dr C. A. Simpeon. of Atlanta, resi
dent phvsician. Daily mail For particulars
address ' J. B. REYNOLDS & CO.,
Proprietors, Porter Springs P. O., Ga.
J«2-lm
Sim Sfgulator.
A SK the recovered
Dyspeptics. Bilious
Sufferers. Victims of
Fever and Ague, the
Mercurial-Diseased
l’aticnt, how they
recovered Health.
Cheerful Spirits and
Good Appetite —
they will tell you by
1 rnf ynT’^titking Simmons’ Liv-
U W \ fll :W ™ Rkovlatok. For
** DYSPEPSIA, CON-
* HTP'ATION. JA' n-
DICE. Bilious Attacks. SICK HEADACHE
Colic, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heart Burn, etc., etc.,
IT HAS NO EQUAL.
This unrivalled Southern Remedy Is warran
ted not to contain a single particle of Mkbcurt
or any injurious mineral substance, but is
PIHELY VEGETABLE.
If yon feel drowvy. debilitated, have fre
quent headache, mouth ta.-t«*s badly, poor ap
petite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or “biliousness,” and nothing
will cure you *0 speedily aud penuanendy aa
to take
ftimVIONK* LIVER REGULATOR.
CAUTION.
As there are a number of imitations offered
to the public,we would caution th£ community
to buy no Powder* or Prepared SIMMONS’
LIVER RE* iULATOR, unless in our engraved
wrapper, with the trade mark, stamp and sig
nature unbroken. None other is genuine.
J. II. ZE1LIN A CO.,
Price, $1 00. Philadelphia.
Sold by all druggist.
apS-TeLM.W.FAwly
Ktfflsi fontr.
Tonic
IS A THOROUGH REMEDY
In every case of malarial fever or fewer and
ague, while for disorders of the ston ach, tor
pidity of the liver, indigestion and disturbances
of the animal forces, which debilitate, it ha*
no equivalent, and can have no substitute, it
should not be confounded with triturated com
pound* of cheap spirits and essential oil*, of ten
sold under the name of bitters.
For sale by OSCEOLA BUTLER Savannah,
Ga, and by Druggists, Grocers and Wine Mer
chants everywhere. myl-W&wly
307 PIECES CANTON MATTING. In white.
*>•>• check and fancy colorings, at reduced
prices. One lot 2Uc., worth 30c.
100 PIECES ALL
WOOL BUNTING,
at 30c. a yard. These good* are 25 j*er cent,
under present value, and cannot be purchased
elsewhere for less.
15 PIECES 10-4
LISES SHEETING,
At $1 15 a yard, value for SI 40.
100 PIECE8
East India Lawns,
At 8Mc., worth 12^c.
140 DOZEN
BATHING TOWELS
▲t f 1 50 per dozen, worth at least $2.
100 DOZEN GENTS’
made from Wamsutta Shirt lag. bosoms three-
ply Linen, at f 1 each. A better Shirt cannot
be made.
50 PIECES
SUMMER SILKS,
embracing styles and colors that cannot be
found in the city, and In every instance at fig
ures greatly below those of other*.
DMIEL DOGM.
my31-M,Tu.WAThtf
THE PELICAN AND DIVES
MINING COMPANY.
Organized under the Laws of the State of New
York.
SILVER MINES SITUATED AT GEORGE
TOWN,
In Griffith District, Clear Creek County, Col.
Capital stock $5,000,000 ; 500,000 shrs; par value
h $10 each.
Stock full paid and non-asneesable.
Registrars of Transfers—Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company.
I Trustees —Norvin Green. President Western
Union Telegraph Co., N. Y.; Henry B. Plant,
President Souinern Express Co., N. Y.; I. C.
Babcock. Tre*surer Adams Express Co.. N. Y.:
ID. L Carson, Secretary Southern Bell Telephone
and Tel. Co., N. Y.: J. H. Munson. Drexel Rudd
ling New York: Albert H. Chandler. President
Atlantic and Pacific Tel. Co., N. Y.; W. C Hum-
stone, Gen. Sup’t Atlantic and Pacific Tel. Co..
N. Y.; Theo. N. Vail, Gen. Manager National
Bell Telephone Co., Boston; Thos. J. Brady,
Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, f).
C.: Henry S. Russell. Boston. Maas.; General
Francis J. Marshall. Georgetown. Colorado;
James M Ormes. Gen. Sup’t Southern Bell
iTe'ephone and Telegraph Co., N. Y.
Officers—Norvin Green, I‘resident; Henry 8.
Russell, Vice President: Theo. N. Vail, Vice
President: R H. Rochester, Treasurer; Gecrge
C. Wilde. Seeretary.
Clarence Carey of New York and Jerome F.
Manning of Worcester. Maw.. Counsel.
Principal office, 197 Broadway. Room 35,
Western Union Building. New York.
R M DEMERE, Agent,
No. 2 Commercial Block, oavannoh. Ga.
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•«n*i
W a.NTKD, » House
T°‘
terms and renLg*^**
1 RENT, ,
- to tecur- ,t “, * ' T loa
time from August 1 to’*» r J D*
m&nent if suited. ;
News l a
CLOTH1XG at the corner of =
Jefferson streets.
AY
AN I El). Foreign GoM
REWARD, 70
H eirs wanted -T57T
pereon, -.ho lorn rvl.o .
revolution of ncifi will hea- .
advantage hy corn' d ,:i
RODRKSues, .-are of ihia 'S* ]
octlO-tr unv> -1
$JK Sfnt.
LVYR RENT, the Jar_-.
r West Broad and Hi
a boarding house. It.
116 and 118 Bryan streets
H ouse to rent, tx, h
attic, 137 Charltou
133J4 Congress street.
JV RENT from 1st 8et,>
1 three-story brick stoi>
Broughton street. Apn'v •
SON. 110 Bry an -treet.
TO RENT, two Stores”un4r r '
A fronting on Liberty
either separate or t
rar«. Apply to 8. I*. flAHl
Bull and Broughton stryft«
TX) RENT, two desiraV,
A containing all modern
In Meyer’s block, on south st
east of Barnard; one or. •. ?
street, south of Gaston \
LIGANT, General Insurant
Agent, No. KM Bay street.
FOR RENT, desirable l;
A Apply to JOHN LYONS
and W hitaker streets.
.for >alr.
IAAHLIA P ants in D
lu* Plant* in bio.
8bc. per dozen. Glad : > u>
Call and see the d.-i
TATEM’S Drug Store.
F X>R SALE, two good M
of Mr. L. CORNELL '
street.
F X>R SALE. 4S Spinning F
each, made by Saco Wa
Shop. Biddeford, Maine,
lb Block* each; aud 3 16-\ ar
good condition, and n
JAMES G. 811 AAV, 36 S. Fn.
I jV)R SALE LOW for casi
count*, the iron tteamir,
with new boiler Also. su-% .
AB1TA, fast and in good onr
particular* ap.*:j to AUG. Buy
street. New Orleans.
1 )ARTIF^ desiring drive
materials f<»rsam- w
vantage to c&ll on th»*
and well* of all kinds rvj.,
13 West Broad street. S*v,
EDAR Board* for chest* an cic
Posts, for sale by
•p7-tf B1C0II
$wrt Kaihads.
S.,8. 4S.RR. Ooficn’iC
SPRING SCEEDI
OUTWABI
LEAVE AWt'VE ISLE LEAVE
SAVANNAH. OF HOPE. OF H 1
10:25 a. m 10:55 a. m.
•3:* p. m 3:55 p. m.
:25 p.m.! 7:55 p u.
LEAVE |AR VI ISLE LEAVESU
MONTG’BT. OP HOPE. ; OP Ift
7:35 A. M.
12:13 p. m.
5:35 p m
8:06 a. M.
12:45 p. *
•Sunday* this will be the 1*'
and the earlv train will Iravd
and Isle of Hope 8:50, arrivm
Monday morning an rarly u
Montgomery only at 6:25.
Saturday eight* last train;
at 7:40. instead of 7:25.
EDW.
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CITY MARKET TOBIWNSn
-YU-
Laurel Grove Omt*
Barnard and AndersonF
Savannah, Ga. May!
Ten-minute schedule, with lbe
the week _
Cars will leave the Market F*
HOUR from 8 to 10 p. *.. *-xc '
when they will run every ®:ni
leaving the Markt t at 1".■>' v *
On Sunday aft«-rno< ns
with extra cars at the Cemetery.
F. VAN Wj
xnyS-ltftTettf
iTubff Srhcdult.
TybooForryl
The New Iron 8al<x
S. FX|A3
Cape j. w. fitzgeiul:
V\7 ILL run the following
lv wharf foot of Aberc-m
SUNDaYS-From Tybce : a*
From city 10a * . - !
MONDAYS. WtDNEM)A5ro r
From Tybee 7 a.m. and 4 p.m Ft •
TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS v.
DAY’S—From Tybee 7 a. m. and 1 *
city 10 a. m. and 5:30 p. u.
All freight must be prem ,
JNO. F. K0BE2|
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fruit.
$ams.
ASK MR liROCRR FOR
AND BONELESS BACON.
NONE GENUINE
Unless bearing our patented Trade-Marks, a
light metallic seal, attached to the string,
and the striped canvas as in the cut.
mhlO-W&83m3p
Commission IHrrrhants.
KIESLINC’S NURSERY.
WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
P lants, roses and cut flo rs a
order* left at Savannah News Depot, co •
nar Bull and York streets, promptly filled.
GUSTAVE KlRULING. Proo’r
PPLJCANT8 for board can obtain all infor
mation by addresting X. Y., Walthourville,
Liberty county, Ga. my27-*w
JAS. W. SCHLEY & CO.,
General Comm’a Merchants,
172 BAY STREET, 8AVANNAH,
—DEALERS IB—
Hay, Grain, Meats & Provisions.
J. W. SCHLEY, who wa* of the late firm
of T. P. BOND A OO., Savannah, respectfully
soils it* the business of former patrons.
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Do You Want Specks {
Pineapple, Sana
J UST arrived from the
schooner William
assortment of EXTRA 1 •
and BANANAS. For sa> by
P. H. WAS I) &J
IMPOSTERS AND WBOLM
Fruit Dcnl
130 AND W BAY
. - (-Ef
SAVANNAH
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University of !if|
OUMMEK LAW LI
O begin 8th July. •
Have proved of signal us*-
design to pursue their sM :
Law School; 2d. to tho?e wlj
privately; and 3d. to pra •
not had the advantage «'f
tion. For circular apply
Va) to John B. Minor, 1 r
Law.
Rudimentary ln-'‘ r *]
IN the Bantbh. Fr ;
JL Latin, Ancient an.. -M< > • m
brew Language*, in V r v ir '. . ’ r
Assist anil pR-parr scim-aw n. •-
branches requisite to enter c
application. Address „ -
Southern llnme School 4
imams chaklssst. bai. -t
Mrs. W. M. CA«V. Ml " ‘j
Established 1S»2. Fn*" < ’ 1 ] *
- - jel-DiAF.r
school
Mcr.
I o ^
W'E desire to call t'. —
t ? consumers to oar i • ,
ITIES for supplying !Ct JJ .
quantities We have_*• J ,
bL'PPLY of the FINES! ,
and are able to qu< t- a*
F1GUBES. Large consume]^
we have made preparati -• ‘
OF BUSINESS in con^j
crop, and will be able ton---.;
ly. OBTAIN OUB Cl ,
lug contract*. CObI> bi
Meats. Fish and Fruitn ; •
SONABLE RATES. A *t*re
jel-tf 144 Bay jUK|
oft
go Ifti-
Fine Summer Resident
IX PBOVIDENCE'J
rrx> BENT, for the summer* J
J. two-story French r ' .Ji-J
well furnished, and ajPl’J ^ j, -1
ero improvements. The ^ , i
main avenues leading in'
ila an,I a frillU tilt
T HE largest and best assortment of SPEC
TACLES in the city. Single glasses to see
near aud far My goods suit all eyes and all
pockets.
P. LINDENSTRUTH,