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Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
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.VOLUME 12.
ALBANY. GEORGIA, 'FH UKS I) A Y, .SEPTEMBER 19. 1878
NUMBER 38
Sovrawssr Gsomeiat ::
hdistrial Association
Will lie Held tit Fair Gronnds, Albany,^|om, j m j
OoL 15 4© 1®, 18m
Everybody Coming to the Mecca
Progress and Industry.
of
EORI
k GiMs Drarsttre.
*Mt or tfceDrufStora will receive prompt
Dr.J3.wTAUE*kIENI),
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pncSIM mnnxUmr W.k.’i Dro«|
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HOTELS
©AY BOARD
ATTHE
MINES HOUSE,
$20 Per Month.
HORSE,
(FORMERLY TOWNS HOCSEJ
X <0if TtaMawta » aOBdrat nanaSw
tat tttSne will he kept la C^daii Me.
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. Y4M&IFEE HOUSE* ; t
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Georeria-
Opptaf B. B. Depot.
BARLOW HOUSE.
P. AMiRICUS, GA.
esse*
UmM la the Center
site the
the products of Southwest and Southern Ga. ever held.
Hint. t Jy. Smith’s Letter of
I Acceptance.
h
Hon. Wm. E. Smith,
Albany, On.,
Dear Sir:—We, .the undersigned
committee, appointed by the Camilla
Convention, have the pleasure to
notify yon of your unanimous nomiii-
atipi), as the standard hearer of the
Democracy or the Second Congres
sional District, lor the Forty-Sixth
Congress 6f the United States, ami
lo-re^L mi•acceptance of t^e
same, Pfonfl of yrtfir record; we
again cnll upon you to bo our Prince
of Orange to lead ns to victory, and
to freedom and independence
Very truly yours,
S. T. Kinouberbv, W. S. Walker,
James Callaway, D. H. Pope,
J. J. Norman, B. E. Russell,
- - ■frfrMdmr, •■IsamI'Bosh,- *
R. P. Chittenden, R. H. Lanier,
R. R. Blocker, A. C. Hill,
Br'lf. WmrfriWTtm, Jt. 6. Janes,
J. J. Crumley, A. L. Haws,
J. E. Billups.
GKR^TSTID DISPLAY
Farm Products, Fine Stock, Manufactures, Machinery,
etc., and the general homo industries of the section.
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
SAVANNA*, GA.
Cmsibrtmbtc Rooms and First-Close TgWo
<r*
$2.00 Per Day.
fWO FOB STOCK
The finest Stock Show ever seen in Georgia! ( f(
A Brilliant Racing Season! 11
The Association offers $1,750 in Trotting and Jamming
Races.
A THE TRACK
Is constructed upon the most improved plan, and is an exact
copy of the popular track at Lansinburg, near Troy,
1 New York. It is recommended by the “Spirit
of the Times” as the best form for ail kinds of
racing—the design being furnished by Mr.’ ’’ 4
C. Wheatley, Secretary of Jerome
Park, Yew York. So c'c men * t 5 ' f j
pronounce it the best track
in the Southern »S ales. -f
The finest Stock in the country will attend, and races will
come off every day,
C3-I?,-A.lsriD IR/DEG-JLTT.A-
Liheral Premiums are offered, and it is confidentlyexpected llmt the Regatta
will tie one of the most siici-essfiil and spirited that has taken
„ , plaee in Georgia for year-. The river front afford* . '
. most excellent facilities for viewing the
’ sport.
A Magnificent ART GALLERY, to which the genius, taste
and culture of the country will contribute.
LIBERAL PREMIUMS f ,
Areofffercd in every department, and the people are earnestly invited to
come and show forth their progress, and engage in Inndntile emu
lation w ith their neighbor*.
Attractive Features every Hour and Day.
The hotels, boarding ami private houses of the city atl'ord ample facilities
for entertaining and taking care of visitors. Everybody welcom
ed to the hospitality of Albany.
The most liberal arrangements will lie perfected with the different rail
road* entering the city.
For Premium Lists, address the Secretary.
L. E. WELCH, President.
T. M. CARTER, Secretary.
Inln lamie Me Celled,
■itwt: MaCmteltCatte. Board tad Tattoo
ier Information lpplr to
A. H. SLEW ELLEN,
Mount DeSales Academy:
acAoojr. oa.
ciaraEP mu February, 1*70.
■atrtf and toitloo In all Um» fogjlsb fanaebts 17
ICa$eMtt«irer|Mrt aarffltanaMM.— I;
Dnvlaf, piloting. UK 1 a#d H—dtoworl
TfflitieiDm—aarc.in»«iaWr».it;i.
For catelogM MtfpoxtlcuUn oddrcM
DIRECTREHB UV THE ACADEMY.
COLLEGE,
CUTHBERT, GA.,
Next Sessions opens Sept. 1!),
proximo.
*. FACULTY worth; sad well qfistilv-
S. GOURDE OF BTUOY thorough act ex-
■eerier.
8. BOARD AND TCITIOX down 10 “llorl-
4.-*Jlfctil>
IN08 eocunodiou* »d«1 rlr$*n».
I. OROUNUH l'»e li*nJ»omriit in (be 8#utb
0. LOCATION r*w#rk»»ble for it« ►•lubrily
7, SOCIEfT cullivftttl toil rrfioed.
A. U HAMILTON, PmUrnl.
M.B—Tbe Grot Hoolben Viadirt, Prof. J. W.
Umwidm, will bermiur ta morlafai with
YoMBflMica desiring Tborougti Vor»l Culture win
olMMUks notice. A L Jl.
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Safe for Sale.
Om of Harriif A <Vi. FIm ial Inqdirrn
&Sm,*r*md warn. Win to ntf at Manufertur*
"Wilder's furniture rtork.
TIECIElj great
Georgia State Fair,
At Macon, Ga., from October 28th to November 2d.
$9,000 in M01-3EY PREMIUMS.
Aa latmstlng Racing Prcgrunmo sacidayfor Premiums ooverlng over $2600.
floatb. Liberal Premiums for orery <l-p*rtm-Dt - f H.taSRi. lry, Manufacture*, Mecbinerv
Alt. SeadforCBUloetieofcoropleU) lixtof Premmio^, Btleti ami KegeiUtlom, whlfli will be uihUnI,
portifs petd, on application to the Secretary.
u fbe C'ofUHy w!
it merit sod ei
clwdftJ) ail nl«
re*ipi premium
COUNTY t’KK.flIII.MS.
wbkb (Ikrongk the SoclHim
▼•netj of proiluct* and reaul
nM or produce*! In |J*c <>unly.
•'»'»» *»r Clul t* -dtall turni.sti tlte large*! H nd finest tiinplMT
▼•net j of proilurt* and result of H< or Industrie*, fcxceyit Hfoclt, which are ex-
scp3.t«28oct.
.{.TOO W.
THOMAS HARDEMAN, .Irli'res.
MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Scc’v.
M. J. HATCHER, General Sup’l.
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AVERY’S CELEBRATED
‘Cast and Steel Plows.
Itlark Land Plows-,
Wnlkinf (.'ullivahini, Itoiililc Slinvelx, etc
Am Mid by mponxible merchant* in ever; town. FnrrncrH xiimilil hciuI im 1 Itelr
names suit xddreM on a |k»IiiI cant, tor whii:li we will jemt our large llliiHlralc.1 eliret
Willi lull informatiou. free of com
THE IlfJI’r I’l/IWS ARE THE CIIBAPEST. AiMram,
ATLANTA, OA.
Albany, Oa., Sept.13, 1878.
EStitipEK:—Your letter dated Ct h
inst., in which you say . the Demo
cratic party in convention at Camilla
unanimously nominated me ,as the
Democratic candidate from this Di: -
trict ,for the' Forty-Sixth Congres i,
and requesting my acceptance, has
been received.
. JQteJionor yon, and through you,
tms Democratic party do mo, is grati
fying to my feelings ns a man, pride
as a public servant, and zeal as a oil
zdn*. add therefore -f accept the
trust, and pledge myself to use all
lonofable -meaus ter. secure a proud
.rittmph. J. M..+ ^ >
Vonr compact and solid phalanxes
have twice* met, our opponents, mi l
as many times secured signal victo
ries in th3 interest of peace, happi
ness and prosperity. You have re
deemed our District from misrepre
sentation in the Federal legislature.
Yon have succeeded in restoring law
and order, and the grand spectacle is
prosentcil Ivy you'.-of a commu
nity of two races living to
gether in perfect harmony and pur-
: ning ihoir several occupations wUji
i liioouragement friinviili, andluolesfa
tion from none. " ‘
I fear the severest strain onr nn-
tionnl system has ever endured will
be applied in 1880. Fraud, Forgery
and Perjury triumphed in 187fi, and
we may reasonably expect a resort to
actual violence in 1880. Nothing
can save ns from anarchy, except a
patriotic adhesion to the great princi
pies of [the Constitution. Should
these triumph we can ride in safety
each angry sea, and law and order
will prevail. In view of the grand
results of Democratic " influences on
the condition and industries of out-
country, and a reasonable expectation
of what such influences tnay effect in
the future, may we not confidently
expect all patriotic citizens to unit.'
with ns in'tlie great work of restor
ing the Government to Constitutional
limits, and infusing new life in even-
department of hitman industry.
I trust that the fiends of discord
may not be able to disturb onr peace
ful courso to happiness and prosper
ity, and that onr banners of pence:
may float undisturbed over a liappv
population from one end of the coun
try to the other.
Assuring you, and each of J-ou, gen
tlemen, of tuy personal regard, and
thanking you and the convention for
the high honor conferred,
I remain,
Yonr obedient servant,
Wm. E. Smith.
To Messrs. S. T. Kingsberry, Jas.
Callaway, J. J. Norman, K. T. Mc
Lean, R. F. Crittenden, B. R. Blocker,
B. F. Whittington. J. J. Crumley, IV.
S. Walker, D. .H Pope, B. E.IRussell,
L Bnsh, R. H. Lanier, A. C. Hill, A.
G. Janes, A. tr. tfawos, J. E. Billups,
committee.
Mr. It. A. Thompson, ol' Mi-uiphi
editor of the A I'nlundii’ and pqslmur-
tar of that ciiy' died ol‘ yellow fever
last vycek." He was om
resit erected old wliigs.
Ila
The Philadelphia Times cruelly
suggests (lull Mad. Wells is oblivious
of the liu-t liial it’s no longer the eus-
tnm in the South to select the men
lies! titled to the penitentiary logo
to Copgivss. y.- would evenly have
lllliapthe'liill a fewt'ear* ago,lull lie’s
on fate; too late!
«.«».*-».»_-
The Montgomery Ailneeliser has
■ill returns of Hie late Alabama el
tion from all counties in the State.—
The Democratic majority is 8!>,27l
which ij 15,000 larger than miy pre
vious major ity. Only six con nth
went against the Democrats, and i
llicse Independents were, lor Ihe most
part, elected to the legislature. Tin
two counties giving the largest ma
jorities were Dalliisaml Monlgniin
both of which contain a heavy ncj
£ 0^1111111011, and went Republican
jVC bv overwliclmiiig ninjoritic-.
Notes.
Benjamiu F. Bristow has announced
his intention of retiring from public
life.
Beeclier ami Kearney denounce
eacli oilier, and most people agree
with—both.
' There is a bitter tight going on in
some sections of the North over the
Bible question in public schools.
Speaker Itnndnll says we have thir
ty majority, in the licit Houxo at least
with cflaifres for a larger majority/
Tin: straight out Democratic
strength in the Alabama joint session
will be 121. The Independents num
ber a, flio'Gtechbaokors S-and Radi
cals 4.
The New York Tribune says:
“Beast Butler is the only atateman
who ever spontaneously, nominated
hiins ( elf for Governor and, then wrote
himself .odefter accepting the nomi
nation.” J * J 1 1 f ’ .
Good-bye, Hale of Maine. If wc
mistake not, you were chairman of a
committee to “save the country,” but
you couldn't save yourself, or the
House, as for that. It stands, 90 Dem
ocrats and Greenbackers, and 61 Re
publicans.
The railroad pool meeting ak At
lanta did nothing save snbniit the new
classification ojf freights arranged by
Sir. Virgil Powers, the Commissioii-
cv, to a cdruniittcc. which will report
to the annual meeting on the 2nd of
October. Many changes are recom
mended in the old rates.
The I'tica, X. V.. Uernhi (Rep.)
ys • The Senate is lost for the next
Congress, and probably for the one
succeeding that. The follies and blun
ders of the past fottr years have cost
ns so much. Deeply as we may In-
menl Ibis fact it stares iis in the fare.
It can neither be explained away nor
Concealed.
The busy B- are inclined for Grant.
There are Belknap, Babcock, Badeau,
Beecher and Boutwell. Blaine and
Bristow, however, do not fall into
line so easily. “The greatest mail in
America," as parson Newman faecti-
timisly and chiickiugly calls him, will
never he elected again, although the
Bs are for him.
The Great Eastern will be used as a
cattle ship, plying between Texas and
London. Site will be fitted with new
engines and boilers by the Clyde Iron
Works at a cost, of $500,000. Refrig
erators will be nsed for carrying fresh
beef, while it. id estimated' that she can
arry 2,200 head of cattle and 3,600
head of sheep.
The Kansas Democratic Conven
tion nominated John R. Godwin for
Governor, and adopted this, among
other resolutions: “That the induc
tion of Hayes into the Presidency,
notwithstanding Ihe election of Til-
den. was a high crime against free
government, which has not been con
doned and will not be forgotten. The
same spirit of patriotism which for
bore contest upon the first offense will
resist and punish any attempt at a
second." This is plain language -so
plain that the Republican party will
not dare to misconstrue it.
At the conclusion jof his speech jft
Tryon Factory, Judge Lester invitti.
Xicodeinus to Ids meeting in Sum-
niei-ville the next day, and that he
would divide time with him fairly;
in fact, that Felton should have the
conclusion .if he desired. Felton was
of the opinion that it might interfere
oqie,of his appointments, and
there -might be a large crowd present,
and the weather was extremely hot,
and upon the whole, he thought he
would have to decline. But some of
Nicodemus’ friends wrote him he
must accept, if lie did not he had as
well go homo and quit. So Nicode-
mus went, and, as usual, even with
the conclusion, he got badly wooled-
Nicodemus finds “Jordan'a hard road
to travel.}’—Rome Tribune.
The* Washington Post says, - “In-a
well considered editorial on National
finances, a prominent Republican
journal frankly admits Hint the force
of circumstances has compelled the
Republican party to take tlie side of
the National hunkers and the Money
Bower generally, and that the party
cannot recede from this position with
out total disintegration. This is a
candid admission of the truth of our
predictions as to how Hie lilies must
be drawn. The organ from which we
have condensed Hie above further
‘•This is the lighl which the
Republican party is called upon to
make; it is lighting it in gallant style,
and it will win.” There was never a
more uioitictifotts issue presented to
any people than that on which Hie
parties are putting themselves in ar
ray fur the great struggle in 1880.—
The triiinipli of the Radicals in that
eontcsl will be a decisive victory for
the power Hint lias already ridden tin
masses »f our people close to Ihe gain*
of ruin: • In* power that proposes le
Ml ill ftirllierenrieli the idle few by
robbery of Ihe toiling many. To pr
vent the success of lids unholy alli
ance. to keep the people of this
country from being delivered hound
into the hands id’ their taskmaster
lo pr to American manhood
something that shall distinguish it
from chiitlellmod—lliis is |hc mission
of the Democratic parly. The result
will show whether wc arc qualified
for free government or arc better
adapted lo the modern form of slave-
OUK NOMINEE.
INDORSED BT TIIE PRESS
HIS K0KHATI0N WARMLY RECEIVED.
Victory in November Assured.
Atlanta Constitution ]
The renominstiou of Hon. Wm. E.
Smith to Congress in the Second Dis
trict Is a very gratifying result. No
constituency and no State ever had a
truer or more conscientious represen
tative. He is in every respect worthy
of the confidence of the people.
There is a rumor which of late has
taken the shape of an assertion, tliai
Colon# James L. Seward will be an
independent candidate, but, only a
few weeks ago, an announcement was
made through one of our Thomas-
ville contemporaries that under no
circumstances would Colonel Seward
antagonize Hie Democratic party. If
we are not mistaken, this announce
ment was made by the authority and
in the words of Colonel Seward him
self, and it is not likely, therefore,
that the latter statement is true. In
any event, the nomiuee of the con
vention will be elected. Upon a
former occasion he defeated the i-e
doubtable Whiteley ou Ids own
ground, and he is prepared to defeat
any Independent.
Augusts Chronicle »nd Conatilutlouallnt.]
The Democracy of the Second Dis
trict of Georgia have acted wisely
and justly in renominating lion. Wm.
E. Smith. Mr. Smith is an able and
upright man, and his public and pri
vate life is free from stain or blemish.
He served the South with conspicu
ous gallantry in the war between the
North and South, and left a leg on
the battle-field as a testimonial of hi..
bravery and devotion. Since Hit-
war he lias been a staunch anil un
compromising Democrat, and hoi-.
the bauner of his party when the
Second District was redeemed from
d rule four years ago. The
firmness of his character and his pop
ular manners have made him an in
fluential member of Congress anil
enabled him to do good service to In
state and section. Even Hie Ishnuicl-
ite who edits the New York Sun will
be glad to hear of Mr. Smith’s suc
cess, for he voted against the hill ci-e
ating the Electoral Commission and
ainst M r. Hart ridge’s resolution
irming the validity of Mr. HSyes’
title to tlic Presidency, and lias’ a-
little use for the “Fraud” in Hu-
White House as Mr. Dana lias him
self. It is very probable that the Re
publicans will not put a candidate m
the field against Mr. Smith, but it
stated Hint Mr. James L. Seward, .:
trimming politician of Thomas coun
t.v,jyill take the field as an Indepen
dent. Mr. Seward’s extended expe
rience in ofllce seeking should teach
him that his candidacy will certainly
terminate in a humiliating defeat.
Mr. Smith will be elected by a hand
some majority over either regular
Radical or Independent Radical.
Thomuvllle Time* :
We hoist at our masthead this
morning the n*me of the above gen
tleman for Congress. He has heen
made, by the unanimous action of ->
democratic convention, the candidate
of the party in this district. Wm. E.
Smith needs no introduction to tin-
people of Thomas county. In the
darkest days which the South has
ever seen; when the blade cloud oi
war 9wept o’er her fair fields, and
vandal hordes desolated her border:,
he threw himself in Hie bloody bread)
and tried to stem the mad torrent of
invasion Later still, when the radi
cal party, drunk with power and hate
rankling in their hearts toward our
down trodden and oppressed people,
Tete Smith was again found, wherh
he has ever been, in the tine of duty.
Under his lead the 2nd District glori
ously redeemed herself, and under
his lead they will again march to vic
tory.
There may have been, and were
personal preferences for othev gen
tlemen in the convention, but as our
standard bearer received, finally, a
unanimous nomination, it is now not
only the proud privilege but the duty
of every Democrat ill the Second
District to work and vote for the
man who stood alone in his opposi
tion to Hnycs’ fraudulent assumption
of the Presidency. He has made a
record in Congress which is positive
ly unassailable. No living man eau
iut his finger on a vote of Tete
imith’s which was not purely Dem
ocratic. He has never failed or fal
tered anywhere, or at any time. Now
let tiie people stand by him ns lie has
stood by them.
Baiabridge Democrat.)
Hox. W. E. Smith.—It is not iioi-i's-
sary to introduce the readers of the
Deinociat. to the distinguished gen
tleman whose name hands this article.
He is to-day the uoble. honest, patri
otic Southern gentleman that lie was
when the Democrat first of all nomi
nated him for Congress in the Spring
of 1874, the vear sq famous for the
overthrow of Whiteley and Radiral-
ism in'tiie Second District.
Since that lithe Mr. Smith has been
elected to Congress twice, where lie
made a proud record, lay being the
opponent ot all measures not looking
to the benefit of Die whole people.—
lie opposed all atlempfs to plunder
the treasury by corporations through
Congressional legislation ; was in fa
vor of the Silver Bill, and in the tii-si
term rtf his service proposed measii res
to relieve Hie people from tlieir tiiian-
cini cmhamismcuts hr placing nion
currency in circulation. In the un
holy contest made liy the Repuhliean-
for tiie Presidency, litter Tiidcn had
been elecied by an overwhelming ma
jority, lie recorded bis vote and plac
ed bis opinions on record against tiie
creation of thill fraud, the Eteeloral
<'ommission, whieli placed a Fraudu
lent President in possession of ihe
highest office known in onr govern
ment.
But we have nothing nun-e at pres
ent In say of ofir nominee, fm-thcr
tlian tli.-a lie will Rave om- lu-at-ly
support in tlit- coining nice, and we
hope the support of the entire people
of the district, regardless of foi-met-
political alliances or entanglement
rulhlierl Appeal ]
As ittiunnilfed by telegraph in ni
last issue, the Hon. W. E. Smith, of
Dougherty rounty, was nominated at
( 'amillii ns the standard hearer of the
Democracy for this Congressional
District. That he is u faithful, hr-n-
est and acceptable representative,
n me can deny. Hla record in the U-
S. Congress may well be coveted bjr
any Democrat in the entire Sontii
while at the recent convention hla mp
port was solid and unwavering. We
cordially pledge him onr support,
and promise him a handsome major
ity in Randolph.
It is stated that Col. Jas. L Seward,
of Thomas county, is an Independent
candidate against Capt. Smith., The
political history of Col.' Seward is too
well known of all parties and races to
need ventilation at our hands at pres
ent Suffice it to say, he has been
everywhere and everything since 1865
for place and power, and has fallen
for want of ability to convince the
masses that there Is any honesty or
sincerity In any horse he rides.' He
will probably seek to dovetail the
Greenback principles into hit plat
form, which will prove as flattie iu
riding into office as all his former
avowed love of Democracy or Radi
calism.
Let^not the Democracy of the Dis
trict be led astray by any such pre
tenses, but stick firm, to the only or
ganized party capable and wilting to
aflord relief.
Capt. Smith has been chosen as the
man to represent us, and all can con
fide to his keeping thoir -every inter
est. All else may, through policy or
otherwise, deviate, but as firm as the
mountains will he stand, alone, if need
be, in defense of our constitutional
rights, anil expressed wishes of the
people. Then rally around him tut in
the past, and show your appreciation
of his services.
Qiiiiiutu Itrportor.J
lu this issue of Hie Reporter wc
fling our haulier to the breeze, ami
hoist to our mast head the name ol
tiie Hou. William E. Smith as' the
standard liearer of tiie Democratic
party of the Second Congressional
District of tiie grand-old Common
wealth of Georgia. It is true he was
not our choice for the nomination.—
II is also true that we h”d no person
al pique against him, but were actu-
mod from the purest and best mo
tives, for what, we conceived to lie
the best interest of the party, is why
we opposed him. The majority dif
fered with us; wc therefore bow in
humble submissinn to their will, anil,
will enter the contest, though heated
it may be, with a determination to do
our whole duty in returning the Hon.
W. E. Smith in triumph to the Con
gress of tiie United States in Novem
ber next.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
The Democracy of the SecondDistrict
of Georgia have acted wiselv and
justly in renominating Hon. win.'E.
Smith. Mr. Smith is an upright man
and his public and private life free
from stain and blemish.
THE BUXBRIDGE REGATTA CLUB.
Albany, Ga., Aug. 36,1878.
We find the following correspon
dence in the Bainbridge Democrat of
last week:
Dear Col.: Please call the attention
of your young men to the Regatta
performance of our next fair. Wc
want them up here. If they should
desire a special race, if the Captain of
your crew will correspond with T. A.
Bennett they will be accommodated.
We expect a good race, and hope to
see the pennant of Bainbridge waving
in the foreground. Yours, etc.,
R. Hobbs.
To Col. W. O. Fleming, Bainbridge.
-Iff. Editor: I hand yon the above
letter ot Capt. Hobbs for. print.: The
Captain is always in .earnest when he
undertakes anything, and as the
Chairman of this Regatta feature of
the Albany Fair he aeema particular
ly in earnest—I have not inet him
since the Albany Spring Fair, that he
has not bragged about pis boyi-rtf-the-
oar, has even dared to hint that they
could beat the boys of this Seaport
City. Now that he has dared write
I publish his letter and call upon our
boys to accept the challenge, modest
ly put in the way of an invitation, and
then, I call on them especially to make
good the bragging. Let our boys spe
cify the race is to toe in homo made 4
oar boats. I will be there to hell)
drink the champagne ip honor of their
victory. W. O. Fleming.
Will be glad to sec you, Col. Flem
ing. The citizens generally extend
an iuvitation for you all to come.
The Trade Dollar.
Mu. Sherman Explains the Depre
ciation IN ITS VaLCE.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
written a letter to O. U. Booth, Esq.,
of Mansfield, O., concerning the issue
of the trade dollarand the present de
preciation in its value. After stating
tiie coinage net of February 12,1873,
Mr. Sherman says, substantially, the
purpose of the coin was for trade, not
for circulation, though a legal tender
to tiie amount of $5 in one payment.
At the time of the passage of the act
Hie actual value of thiB dollar, inclu
ding the charge of 14 cents for coin
age. was a little more than $104 in
gold. They were exported mostly to
China, where they obtained an exten
sive circulation, as intcuded by the
act. In a few months bullion depre
ciated to such a point that one dollar
in gold would purchase more (ban
the necessary amount of silver fora
trade dollar and pay for the coinage.
Dealers in bullion found great
profit in putting trade dollars into
circulation in the Pacific states,
lint tlieir circulation was limited.—
July 22. 1876, tiie legal tender quality
«>f these coins was repealed. In the
fall of 1877 tiie trade dollar became ol
less value Ilian the paper dollar, and
a large nttmlicr were pul into circula
tion at their face value months after
their legal tender value was gone.—
The department never hnd any inter
est or profit from them. They have
never been received or paidoutat the
Treasury, anil it can purchase trade
dollars only as bullion. That la to
s.tv. the trade dollar has only a bullion
value.
How -ro Keep Hair prom Cominu
Out.—Every now and then some chap
writes to a newspaper for a receipt
to keep hair from falliugont. If men
would go home from the lodge be
fore midnight, with their legs sober,
:heir bail- wouldn’t cotne out so rap
idly. We always go home early, and
wc have more hair now than the day
we were born.
Sense and Nonsense
A grfeody mot her—A voracious
maw.
The bell-punch noteth even the fall
of a swallow.
A hard thiu g to sharpen—The wa
ter’s edge.
Why is it that so ferf • hotels have
hash on their bill of hair ?
A vessel resembles a reptile when
its toad into port.
Speaking of lamp-posts, is a whip
ping post a lam post.
One codfish yields 1,000,000 eggs.—
This is what keeps up the aristocracy.
The Hackensack, (N. J.) Republican
talks of stage-kisses and omnibusses
Is the same breath.
A Minnesota woman has lo t two
husbands by lightning. She ought to
marry a conductor.
Tendril Phillips advises: “Never
call * man a liar.” We never do. It
is more polite to call him a gas-metre.
“A Heart Twice Won,” l9 the title
of a novel jnst published. Wc pre
sume It is in two volumes, as twice
won is two.
Next in point of meanness to doing
an injury Is to do a mau a favor anil
every now and then remind him of it.
A Rochester editor’s wifeliaskilleit
one burglar, wounded two tramps,
pnt ont a big fire and delivered a lec
ture.
How would Oleomargarine do for
a girl s name ?—Cincinnati Hn</nirer.
If we hail a little girl and limin’! any
but her, wc would call her that.
The bird* in now upon tb- wlaj,"
The teacher read; the imml;
"Oh. no," Mid be. -ii *ee*u* u me
The wings sr*ou ihe bird.”
There are some mysteries you can
never solve, and one of Iheni i- why
the man who goes to market just for
a drink always carries a basket.
A Ridgefield man lias invented n
chair which can lie adjil tied lo S,(AX)
different |M>sitiinis. It isdesiguedior
a hoy to sit in when having his Mir
eat.
This is positively the liile-l rl would
I were a school marm ami among tiie
school inarms hand, with a -mail bov
stretched across un knee and a ruler
in my hand.
The Newspapers Described.
om Krone;'. Clonminsltni
The whole vocabulary of vitupera
tion hasJieen heaved on us mid the
holv cause in which we have enlisted
by bloodsucking vampires of a de
based, polluted ami corrupted press,
so fresh from (he seedling furnace,
of hell ns to scorch Hu: palm of any
honest man. You have read the his
tory of the agitation in California
from the newspaper standpoint, from
the mean, slimy, infamous, hypocriti
cal sheets, the rascally, lying newspa
pers, edited by low-lived curs, who
deserve the curses of all honest men.
Hayes removes Postmaster Filley of
St. Louis from nlfice for interfering
in party politics, and inunediately
skips oflf to Minnesota to deliver a po
litical speech, doubtless fixed up for
him by John Sherman.
The Augu :i Chronicle is of the
opinion that the Natioual Green-
backers of the First District will not
cast as many voles as they have planks
in their platform. They are trying
to cover too much ground—making
too many promises.
Massachusetts says to South Caro
lina : “We cannotreally undertake to
return persons to you because they
stole from your’ treasury. If they
hadn’t had you to steal from, they
might hare come home and stolen
from ns. The truth is, we sent our
loyal, God-and-mortalitr carpet-bag
gers down South to plunder your peo
ple.”
Judge Wm. M. Reese, the new
trustee for the endorsers of the bonds
of the Macon & Augusta railroad, has
taken possession of all the property of
that corporation, and annonnccs that
It will be sold at politic outcry in
Angnsta the first Tuesday in Decem
ber. It is probable that M. K. Jessup
& Co., the New. York stockholders,
will attempt to slop the sale by an
injunction.
A Blue Ribbon, Convention.—Six
hundred delegates are expected from
all sections of the country at the Na
tional Temperance Union Convention
at Troy, N. Y„ next month, at which
Francis Murphy is announced to pre
side, and a plan Is perfected for a
Murphy crusade in New York in the
winter. It is proponed lo district the
city, employ a corps of sjieakers, and
hoia meetings uiglitly in u score of
places.
The Albany Fair this Fail will be a
grand success. Albany generally
goes “the whole hog or none.'" Hur
rah for Albany—ftainhridpe Demo
crat.
That is just what we say. The peo
ple are determined to pull together
for another grand and glorious suc
cess. Wc want every, man. woman
and child in Southwest Georgia lo
get something ready for the Fair.
The Albany Fair w ill commence on
the 22nd of October.—(Jailman Tree
Press.
The Fair commences on the 15th of
October, instead of the 22nd. and con
tinues five days. Tltr people are
unanimous iu tlieir verdict concern
ing it as complete unity in spirit ami
felling cau make them. Their verdict
is—that it is going to he the grandest
exposition of the prodnel, of South
west Georgia held. We want all |of
onr counties to roll along the hall,
and join in the throng.
The following telegram tells a
gloomy slate of affairs:
London, Septeinlier 11.—The Times
of this morning states that there is not
a single encouraging feature in the
cotton trade of North Lancashire. -
The condition of the markets i; w orse
than ever aud tiie outlook most
gloomy. Goods are noi only being
piled "up in the Manchester ware
houses. but are fast accumulating in
the mill store rooms. Small manu
factories, with limited mean-, are
obliged to sell at almo t any sacrifice,
andbefore the crisis is paVsed there
is no doubt many of these firms will
succumb.
The State Treasurer ot Missouri is
tryiugto get half a million dollars
out ora broken bank, and thousands
of people who have various sums sim
ilarly invested are watching his exei-
