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TEE ALBANY NEW S
f R. Wratnx, - Frank v. F.v.»n*»
WESTON & EVANS,
J. O. Wntm, - - Aiuaclttr Efiitor
AIJIAHY, iiomuA ■ - -luiiiilY M, 1*3*.
Govrrnnr Colquitt Ins ordered an
rit-rtinn in ilie First District to till tlie
va.-ancy in Congress canned l»y lire
■Icatli of Hon. Julian Ilartriiijro.
A Washington dispatch, dated the 13th,
la) * rumors that Marshal Fitzsimmons, of
Oeorgia. will tie removed, are pronounced
a« entirely unfounded.
Mi«s Daisy Hampton, daughter of
the Govcrnoiywill soon visit Wash
ington. She is represented ns being
tall, slender and graceful, with mag.
uiHccnt dark hair ami remarkable
ronrersational {lowers.
1-ast Sunday night the whole of
Florida and the roast of tieorgia ex
perienced the shock of an earthquake,
which lasted thirty seconds. Noth
ing of the kind ever before occurred
in either of these States.
Col. W. T. Thompson, of the Sa
vannali Mews, is prominently urged
as a candidate for Congress to till the
Tacaney eauserl by the death of lion.
Julian Cartridge. The election takes
piai-v February Ifltli.
It is claimed in support of Senator
ltayanl's Presidential candidacy that
he can carry Pennsylvania against auy
Republican that can lie nominated,
and that be can carry New York
agaiusl any Republican except. |>er-
haps. Senator Conkling.
A grand shooting match between llngar-
dns and Dr. Carver has barn agreed upon
hw Sltl.OiMI. The nmtrb i* to lake place
between the ill ol next September and
the :11st of December. Twenty thousand
glass balls are to tie broken fry the win
ner in six days
The directors of M. * 15. K. R. at
tlirir last meeting directed the treas
urer to |iay into the state treasury
925.UU0. They also authorized t lie su
periiitcndrut to purchase an addition
al locomotive ami two combination
•■linking, mail, and baggage ears, and
Stftl tons of new steel rails, the whole
to cost about $3U,bOO more.
The State owns two railroads that
are very valuable ((residesother prop
erty), viz: The Western and Atlautie
Railroad, wortli tS.b(W,tCO, and the
Macuu and Itninswiek Railroad
worth $3,000,000. The first. the West,
eru and Atlantic Railroad, is leased
to a company that pays the State an
annual rental of 30,000.
Grubb, of the Darien Gazette, has
gone to work manufacturing a Gov
ernor ami l'. S. Senator for the next
terms. He has not yet effectually
Shaped the skeletons, but we arc in
dined to believe that lie means Gen
Gnrtrell and Hon. T. M. Norwood.
It is really wonderful to note with
what precision Grubb lays on the
pieces.
ic Kill Murphy Mutter Again
Wc had intended to desist from
liter comment upon tlii* matter,
discussion, we did not think,
mild accomplish any material good,
id after luring the facts before our
ulers. the result of the invesliga-
nn, etc., we considered our work
ni'hcd.
lion. Ik II. Hill, in Iasi Sunday's
ilies has n four-cnlituiii address to
people of tieorgia in which he
\ iews the action of the committee
id the subsequent position ol' the
overnor, and gives his reasons for
miuncing Murphy as a criminal.
have carefully read Mr. IIIHV
marks. In them is exhibited the
owers of his lowering f intellect.
which we entertain intim
ation, yet it smacks of an alteuipt
force popular sympathy.
It seems to us very '.unfortunate
that two such men as Governor t’ol-
(iiilt and Jcnntor Hill, occupying the
iofly positions they do. ami alike in
terested in the welfare of Georgia
ami the Democratic party, should al
low themselves thus brought in nil-
agonism. We consider lliein both
men of great value to the people of
orgia, and their public service is
eengnized and rewarded with the
highest gifts of this |ieoplc.
An honest difference of opinion be.
n ilie two upon a question of the
overnor’s )sower is the prime cause
of the deplorable disturbance, which
goes so far as to'tlireateii a break in
ranks of Georgia's Democratic
amity. This difference between tin
wo honorable gentlemen has been too
really tampered with, discussed ami
nlarged by outsiders, whose motives
e can not but question. Is it not an
ffort on tlie part of the “outs" to
make corrupt, perforce, those who
eupy tlie high offices, in order that
opportunities may lie open? This
may he an unrhnritahle supposition ;
but we fail to discover any other
ause. Governor Colquitt lias com
mitted no crime, either intentional!)
•r unintentionally, llis lair name i
till an honor t » Georgia; and lie
honors the chief executive chair of the
•Stale. Senator Hill wield- too grea
influence for hi- people. Slate am
lional, to all-iv this mailer i
rii-li that inlitieme: and the troubl
hoitld be settled at once for ibegood
f Georgia and the Democratic par
Columbus Sun: Yesterday Mr. Geo.
W. Radcliffe, of this city, received
telegram Uiat Mrs. Mary Radcliffe,
wife of his son, Mr. James Radcliffe,
died iu Macon at 3 p. tn. They were
married about a year ago in Ameri
can, Georgia. She was the daughter
of Col. Willis Hawkins, of Amcricus.
The remains will be carried to the
latter place for intemieut.
A. W. Ik, Washington corrcspon
dent of the Macon Telegraph, writes
concerning tlie death of Mr. Hart
ridge: “He leaves a widow and six
children, four boys and two girls, and,
1 understand, had an insurance of
430,000 upon his life. He is tlie sixth
member of the present House who
lias died since its official life com
ineuccd on tlie 4th of March, 1877, and
the third since the commencement of
the holiday recess on December 20tli
A mortality unprecedented in our
history. Mr. Schleicher, of Texas,
not expected tojive, and was report-
ed dead yesterday.
In the United States Senate on
Momlay, immediately after the read
ing of the journals, a message was re
ceived from the House announcing
the death of Hon. Gustav Schleicher,
of Texas, and the passage of a reso
lution providing for his funeral, and
also for a committee to escort tlie re
mains to his home. At 12-55 p. am
auotlier message was received from
the House containing an invitation
the deceased Congressman's funeral,
which wa accepted, (n the House
report wa- presented and adopte
touching on the death of M r. Schleie
er. and tieariug testimony to his me
it; also directing the rciuaimtcr of
his salary as a member of the Fort
tilth Congress to lie paid his bereav
ed family, and requesting tlie Forty
sixth Congress, of which be was
niemlHT, to make a similar appropri
aiion. Similar resolutions u
adopted by Hie llou-e Committee
Foreign Affairs, of which M
Schleicher was al-o a member.
Tlie Garrard ISomls
’I he money question is now the all
ab-orhing one. As one of tin: imnie
•liate effects of resumption, national
banks will nn longer be able to ob
tain new notes in denominations of
less than 45, nor will they be able
have their mutilated notes of any less
di m.initiation returned and new one
i-siied ill their plan-. Several Kastern
bank-, evidently ignorant of tin: terms
of the national bank law, made
plii-ation to the Treasury for the
demption of considerable sums of
iniililnled notes in 41 and 42. Their
application was refused, and their
attention called to the following clause
in section 5,175 revised statutes: “Af
ter specie payments are resumed no
association shall he furnished witli
notes of less denomination than 45.”
The only one* and twos that will be
in eirrulation now, then, will In:
Treasury notes or silver dollars, or
national hank notes of that denomi
nation, so long as tlie national hanks
•hall choose to kei p them out-stand
ing.
Commenting upon Mr. Hill's let:
the Constitution remarks, and we <
lorse the views of that paper:
The n*e of public office for priv:
;ain is beyond doubt a great and dan
dus evil in this country. Mr. Hill
* none too emphatic on tbi- subject
lie ba- not and cannot denounce it i
too severe terms: and we bone to live
long enough to see bis views earried
into practice—to see all branches of
tlie Government conducted according
to the severer and better method- of
the republic. Hut we are somewhat
puzzled by Mr. Hill’s application of
the general principle to the rolling-
mill matter. We cannot see why it
docs not apply equally as well to a
cprescntative of the slat: as to a clerk
of tlie state, the one being direetly
uml tlie other indirectly a creature of
the legislature, neither gaining office
at the bands of the governor, nor bc-
_ removable at bis pleasure. Mr.
Hill’s contract with tlie rolling-mill
company docs, it is true, refer to le
gal proceeding, but Mr. Hill's own
evidence shows that he was retained
and appeared before the governoFin
the matter before legal proceedings
were instituted in connection with the
tale's liability as to the Northeastern
bonds. Mr. ilill is an eminent low
er and Mr. Murphy is a lawyer
ilso; hut in Mr. Hill's own words
lowers have no more right to
use public office for private gain.than
llicr people.” We therefore move
an amendment to Mr. Hill's address
-o that it wilt include tin: honored
representative as well as the Imiiiblr
-lerk. I>et it he hereafter understood
that in this state the influential man
has no greater scope of employment
than “the man hired to do cleric it
work on au annual salary" that “no
future clerk or other officer”shall ap
pear before a public'officer in a mat
ter in which tlie state is an interested
party. If Mr. ilill will go Ibis* far,
tic will touch bed-rock, and do tlo-
itntc a great service: Inti it lie slops
hurt of this,‘lie will leave the door
open for acts that he now denounce.-.
is corrupt, and the stale will not gain
roin this unfortunate controversy
anything material or valuable.
Thk Next Census—lion. 8 S. Cox
■! New York, baa introduced a bill into
the House a bill for taking Hie census of
fbe United 8fafes in 1880. Tlie ntiiiu
Icatmes provide tlie act shiili take efleel
>n January 1st, 1830, am! for the appoint
ment of a siqicrinlciidciit by the Presidcii
to le confirmed by the Senate. Tlie cler
ical foice Is to be appointed by the Sccrc
lary of the Interior, arid rote or more site
pcivi-ots lor each State arid Territory, not
ezcrsrding in all one bundled and fifty,
•re to lie n. .minuted by the Hover nor* of
tl.e several States. Tbe scliciliilea of ine
quiriea for tire tenth census are to lot lire
some as those contained lit the act for Ilie
taking of tbe census of 13511, with some
additional provisions Three million dnl
tars is fixed as tbe maximum cost of tire
remits. The bill proposes subvention to
any State or Territory which at interme
diate five years may take a census unit re-
|iort lire results to the Secretary of the In
lerior. tbe Government In stit-lr cases to
I my Imlf the cost.
-The Ukkat Famine in Hhazii. "
Mr. Herbert If. Smith, who is now
tSra/il. collecting material foi a series of
papers on that Interesting empire, to up-
pear in Scribner’s Monthly, writes as fid.
lows : "People in the United States know
little about Ibis great fumiiie that is raging
in Ihe northeastern part of ltruz.il ; I my
self bail no idea of its importance until
very lately. It is enough In state that it
allcct* at least one- fourth of the whole
population ol tbe empire; that hundreds
are dying of starvation, ami thousands of
disease incident to exposure and innuftl.
cicnl food. In the city of Ccara. which
will be my principal [Mint of study, the
normal population of lio.flll!) Ims been
swelled to 80.000 by fugitives from the
drouth-smitten interior country. arid
among this 30.000 the death rule lias
reached tbe enormous figure of 300 per
dsy. These drouths arc periodical, oc
curring once in twenty ar thirty years. I
teems to me, therefore, (Imt a study on the
spot will Ire nl very great importance. It
i< entirely another side of Iiraz.il from llist
which 1 have before seen ami written of."
II.ill. Wc-lbronk. who tleliv-
eil a forcible argiiiiiciit in tlm
llou-e of Representative* agaiti-l Ilie
age of Ilie Gnrntnl Howl Ilill,
wliii’li authorized the Governor lo is-
ne four I»’l’ relit, homls to the
iiioinil of 4500,000. Ims promised us
full copy of his speech for piiblim-
ion.nnd we shall present it to our
readers' ns soon as practicable. From
Ihe present outlook it would appear
Imt our Representative was right,
mid it would have been well for his
illengues to have listened to Ills ap
ical* more carefully. It seems that
these Romls will not have nn easy
a—age through tire commercial
Imiinels. The Atlanta Constitution
ins taken the trouble to question
-nine lending hankers in regard to
the matter, and finds that the prime
trouble which the bonds will encoun
ter will come from the fart (hat the
mithornnd friends of the measure, in
ndvoenting it before the legislature,
marie prominent the fuel that they
x[reeled these bonds to become a cir-
ulating medium and perform the
functions of currency. This claim
for the bonds was made prominent
ami became tbe only obstacle in lire
way of their issuance, but Ibis was
rcome l»y argument amt tlie tak
ing scheme went through with great
hit. The question of their const!-
Ilitioimlity is- an open one. although
the weight of authority appears fa
vorable to the bonds. The question
to whether they are bonds or
money is in a like poslion. Hut
lb«’ question of “intent” is still an
open one, ami it is feared that the
“intent" can Ire so established as to
determine the matter in favor of the
quality of the issue ns “money.”—
Should sir eh a decision lie given the
bonds under present law, will lie
subject to a It) per cent, tax., levied
upon every institution that may pay
them out in the character of money.
A n.VNKKU’s views.
In a talk had liy a reporter of the
Constitution with lion. John II
.lames, that gentleman indicated con-
sidornlile imlifferciicc upon the stib-
jeet of the Garrard bonds.
’’What do you tbink of the bonds
as an investment ?”
••I cannot say that they will be pop
ular as an investment, llow could
they, when a man who has 41,000 to
invest can conic to me and Imy a six
per cent bond for 41,030? For an ad
vance of $30 upon tbe face of the
bond In’ can make an investment
which will pay him 4U0 per annum.—
if he puts Itis money in the Garrard
bonds he would only get 410 per an
iiiiiii. So long as the bunds of the
State present to investors such an ad
vantage the Garrard bonds will
without takers.”
What do you think of the Const!
tiitionality of the bonds?”
"I have*paid very little attention to
that matter because the circulation
of the bonds as money, in my opin
ion. is out of the question. They will
be taken only by a very few small in-
vestors. If a man is willing fo invest
liis money at 4 per cent, when it is
worth more iu tbe market on solid
investment in these bonds, but lire
number of such investors will be
-mall. Merchants ami business men
generally cannot receive and use
these bonds as money because the
people generally will find it difficult
to pass them.”
“How would von treat them
your bank?"
"They would he good for their
face value, but I would have to re
reive them and deliver them toothers
as bonds, and not us money. There
i- a difficulty in commercial transac
lions, in doing that, as you will read
ilv perceive.”
a financier's views.
.Major Campbell Wallace, president
of the Merchants, who is regarded
everywhere, as one of the most relia
ble and far-seeing financiers in the
state, or in the .South, was talked
it poll the subject of the Gnrrnv
bonds. Major Wallace is one of those
bank officers who scorns to act ns
••bull” or “bear” iu the financial mar
ket, and liis opinions are accepted
with a confidence which is to him. one
of Hie highest compliments that could
pnsscu upon the character of a
naiicial officer.
“I want to interview you on the
object of the Garrard bonds.” said
the reporter.
”1 am not a fit subject for an inter
view. If I say anything to yon, you
inii-l keep it mum.’’
■•Of course," said Ilie reporter,
will only exercise my Constitution-I
privileges in the matter. What
you think of the bonds?"
■•Well, I encouraged their issuance
I think they arc a fair investment for
persons vviio are willing to lend
the State at four per cent.
"Would you do it ?"
“No, I d<i not think I would. Ri
I believe these bonds will open the
way to a very important decision."
"What is that?"
“It is ten per cent, lax upon State
bank issues. That was a war meas
ure and lias never been claimed
anylliingclse. 1 believe it will
wiped out whenever upon a propc
case, it is brought before the Supreme
t.'oiirt of Ihe United States. This ac
in my judgement, will bring the
qiiestiou before the Court in proper
-liape, and tlie decision will be ill fa
vor of tlie rigid of State banks to '
-uc notes.”
“Can’t you receive these bond
How ?”
"< Hi, yes ; we can receive the bond
.in -1 as we received the notes of G. W
Williams, issued for labor on
farm, but tlie bond- will only be
reived upon like conditions.”
“Wind are those conditions?”
“The Williams notes are redeemed
in cash by Williams, Iziligstnn St (’
and tlie bonds would have to take tin'
-ninecourse: that is, be redeemed by
Ilie State Treasurer, say once a
month.”
"As that i-impossible, wlialcan the
banks do with them?”
“They ran receive them all rigid,
but under the until that lias to |,<> tak
en before the I'ailed States unlhori-
ties, they counot pay them out. There
fore they will he worthless as a cir
culating medium."
"You mean to say Unit they arc
bonds, to lie used ns Much, and 'being
four per cents, will In: pretty nearly a
drug upon the market ?”
“Exactly so!”
"Why could you not pay them
out ?"
“To tiny them out would subject
every Imnk that did so to the tax of
ten percent, imposed liy United States
law.”
TIIE MiKCl.ntlos.
The general opinion is Hint the
bonds will not pass. Ti c idea lias
gotten abroad that tlie ball’ million of
dollars is not needed at the Treasury
to pay the bonds fulling due and that
Di nth ul' linn. Julian Hart ridge.
.ill Muraib* Nvw-
it becomes our painful duty lo re-
ord the dpnlh of Hon. Jitlinii Mart-
ridge, Iteiiresenlative iu Congress
from this district, which mchtm-lioly
vent occurred in Washington city
esterdav morning. A hricl'dispnlch,
■oived Tuesday night, conveyed to
the first intimation ol his illness,
and in such terms—owing, it. seems,
irror in its transmission—as
caused no apprehension of immediate
danger. Rut a few weeks ago our
honored Representative left us to re
turn tn his field of duty in his usual
line health anil spirits, hearing with
him the good wishes mill cordial es
teem of mi admiring constituency,
and n large circle of devoted personal
friends, having before him, in the
range of human probability, the pros-
t of a long and brilliant career of
usefulness and honor. Under such
circumstances the telegram that an
nounced Ids death yesterday was in
the nature of mi electric shock to our
entire community.
Mr. Hartridgc was horn in Savan
nah on tlie tltli of September, 15211
nml was, therefore, in Ilie fiftieth year
of his age. He graduated at Brown
University. Rhode Island, at the age
of nineteen years, at the Harvard Izuv
School at tlie age of twenty-one, nml
was admitted to the bar at the age of
twenty-two. Shortly after this hr
as made Solicitor General for this
ireliit. and iu 1858 was elected
member of the lower House of the
eneral Assembly of Georgia.
At the breaking out of the late war
he was a Lieutenant of the Chnthnm
Artillery of this eitv, and with liis
commmid entered the service of the
Conlederate States. While in the
rvicc he was elected a member
the Confederate Congress from this
district, and served with sueh satis
faction that lie was re-elected to r
second term, in which capacity lie re
mained until the etui of the war.
At the close of the conflict he re
turned tn Savannah, mid forming f
partnership with Judge W. S. Chis
holm, under tlie firm name of Ilart-
idge St Chisholm, resumed Ihe prac
tice of his profession. Though fre-
ueiitly again solicited to be a candi-
ate for Congress, he steadily de
fined, until 1871, when lie consented
to run. As a result, he tvas elected
l>y a large majority over J. E. llrv-
aiit. his Radical opponent, and in
1870 lie was again returned liv the
Democracy of this district, and this
latter term he was serving at the time
of his death.
During the recent Congressional
-ampaign in this district lie positive
s' declined to lie a candidate for rr-
lection, but gave his influence and
active support to tlie regular nomi
nee, lion. John C. Nieholls. His last
niblic efibrt before his fellow-citizen
it our city was in the Theatre, where
lie made an eloquent speech in advo
cacy of Colonel Nichols election—an
effort highly spoken of at the lime,
and which contributed greatly to the
subsequent success of that gentleman
Resides the public positions herein
mentioned as having been filled by
him, Mr. Hartridge was chosen a del
gate to the Charleston Democratic
Convention iu 18ti0, a delegate from
the State at large to the National
Democratic Convention held in Haiti
more in 1872, which nominated Hon.
Horace Grcclv, In which year he was
also a Presidential elector on the
Democratic ticket.
In 1853 Mr. Hartridgc married
daughter of the late Robert M. Chari
ton. who, with six children, survives
him. To them the entire community
•tiers the sinecrcst sympathy in their
bereavement, and, with them mourns
tlie loss of a devoted husband and
father, as well as a useful, public
spirited, able citizen.
In this hurried sketch of the public
services of the deceased we have not
k that grows in (In- wood, inter-
iiiiug it* arms with tlie arms of
-er attracting to Its stalwart
breast the lender creeper hearing
upon its strong limb* the dependent
parasite, living in close companion
ship W'itli all nroiind it nml. when it
alls, rending the hosont of the forest
ring behind R the broken branch,
the crushed bud, the lacerated and
‘ lending trunk. Pure Intellect we
admire; we love the heart, the heart
itlnne. Ol the man of heart alone
-an It he truly said Hint, while ho
ed, none who know him well could
tail to love him; and now thnt he is
lend, when the motnory of his intcl-
tiial superiority cannot press the
1
nncottr of envy and jealousy beyond
the grave’s “cold obstruction,’' tlio
“cold
memory of the heart will survive like
tiling of beauty which tnen will
not
name
attempted to portray those character
istics and qualities of intellectual and
moral worth for which he was so cm
incntly distinguished, or to give ex
pression to the sentiment of deep sor
row which liis untimely death has
caused in the community by which lie
was so universally esteemed and lion
ured. That grateful task wo leave to
abler bauds.
tbe doubt surrounding the bonds is
-ilffirient lo leave them stihjeet to In-
lure legislaliou in July.
A Most Magnificent and Beauti
ful Tribute to tlie Memory of
tlie late lion. Julian Hurt ridge
That veteran jurist anil distinguisl
ed poet, Judge Ileiirv R. Jackson, lias
lost none of tbe graces of rhetor
with advancing years, and his ims
nation and powers of utterance an
still ns captivating and brilliant as at
any perioil of bis career. Seldom,
says the Telegraph and Messcnget
have we seen anything so faultle
and beautiful us his remarks to the
bar of Savannah when assembled to
take fitting action upon tlie death of
tlie departed Georgia statesman. We
present them entire to our readers
reported in the Morning Mews:
May it [dense your Honor: 1 rise to
second tlie application made to tlie
court by my friend; hut this I cannot
do as a mere mutter of form. it
seems to me that the circnmstaiic
which now surround anil oppress
require something more than tbe for
Inal routine which lias heretofore
characterized similar occasions. T
me, certainly, the occasion is peculiar.
It so chanced that I occupied II
chair now filled by yourself wlic
our brother who is dead was admitte
to the bar. Hence, so far at least
liis professional career is concerned
it may be said with literal truth that
I sat by Ids cradle; 1 shall follow hi
hearse. How rapidly tbe profession
al boy came to bend Appollo’s bow
how gracefully, Imw effectively, he
sped from it the keen, Hashing arrow,
all who frequented this court room
during the first decade of his proles
simial life must needs remember well
And we who cattle in conflict wit
him at that and at Inter periods in hi
life, we can hear witness to his pcci
liar power; a power horn of clear,
incisive thought, couched in puru nml
nervous diction, set by nature’s ow
hand lo the rich music of the sivci
cst, the softest, the most persuasive of
voices, whose winning witclicr
seemed to us, in the prejudice of a
tagonism, to be too well “skilled
make the worse appear the belli
cause;” “smoothing the raven doom
of darkness till it smiled.” And the
power of Ids thought, the grace of
Ids manner, the captivation of hi
smile, the music of bis voice, were all
Imt Hie reflex of the inner man
where the elements of our common
humanity were so happily combine
and attempered that the rommniiditt
strength of tlie mini's bead seemed t
be iifllxcd to the winning gentleness
of the woman’s heart. Sir, the liisto
ry of the men who have risen to dis
tinction among all civilized people
cstaldi'licd the fact that tlicv arc
be divided into two grand classr
distinct and clearly defined ; the one
purely intellectual, which may well
he typified hv the great [mint tree of
the Knst that shoots up, branelib
into glittering isolation, reflecting
the first ray of the rising nnd the last
ray of the setting sun from its sol'
lary head. It falls Imt to wake tin
far off echoes of the desert. The otli
er may be filly represented by the
willingly let die,” and none shall
line him hut to praise.”
Grnnt In 1880-
IliF A STALWART REPUPI.ICAX—
. TIIE AN’Tt-ORANT MEN DKAII—
OI.AKCE AT TIIE CONVENTION
—IILAINK OUT OF TIIE WAT
AND A SURE Till NO.
Ify Telegraph to tho 11*raid.)
Cincinnati, O.. December 22, 1878.
Your correspondent tried to inter
view a prominent stalwart Rcpubli-
in here to-night about the Philadel
phia dispatch in Friday’s Herald, stat
ing that Blaine as well as Conkling
' ad withdrawn from the Presidential
nee ill favor of General Grant. The
rcntleimin iu question refused posi-
ively to allow himself to be inter-
ii-wcd, Imt, on condition that his
nine should not he published, he cou
rsed freely on the subject, which
videntlv interested him. He said:
‘Grant is a sure thing—you bet.—
lust look at the thing. The Northwest
is crazy for him. He is the only can-
ii«lnte who can carry Ohio in 1880.—
John Sherman ? John wants it, and
the fact is he is the only real opponent
that Grant has; but lie can’t fetch.—
it’s no use. We’re bound to carry
tlie next election, or else we’ll go into
minority for twenty years, and tliat’a
tlie reason wc mean to have Grant.
WHO WII.I. OPPOSE?
“And who is going to oppose him
in the party, I’d like to know? Just,
look at the tiling. All the half inde
pendent and anti-Grant editors are
out of the way. Bowles, of the Spring-
field Jlejivblican. is dead, and there's
nobody left in New England to stir
up an clientive anti-Grant sentiment
in the party there. Greoly’g dead,
nnd the New York Tribune will
wheel into line as obedient ns a dog
o liis master. White is out of tho
Chicago Tribune, and Medill will
make haste to swing round for Graut
to save his circulation. As for Hnl-
stead, here, lie’s got just as much ns
lie wants to do to maintain liis ground
igninst the Gazette nnd tlie Hnquirer,
and lie won't speak very loud when
the time comes.
I.OOK AT TIIE CONVENTION.
Where's the anti-Grant thunder to
:ome from, I'd like to know? Then
look at tlie Convention. The Sotitli-
rn delegates will go solid for Grant,
mid what does he need beside? Count
it up on your fingers. If he has New
York ami Maine he’ll have a majori
ty of the Convention, nnd he can
count, besides, on Pennsylvania,
which tlie Camerons will give him,
nml on New Jersey, which Robeson
will give him, and Illinois, which
Jack Logan will carry for hint, and
lie’ll sweep the hoard, as you’ll see,
AROUT BLAINE.
“Do you believe that Ulaiitc has
backed oil'tbe track? Yes, I do. Jim
Blaine's n young man yet, and he’s
ot heaps of sense. He secs very well
that if it isn’t Grant Conkling would
at any rate defeat Blaine, no matter
who might get it. Blaine can wait.
Why, lie’s not fifty yet, and his chance
is to come. Yes, sir, you bet; that
story’s true as Gospel. Jim Blaine
liiln’t need to look long at the situa
tion to see that his little game was to
give notice that he was not in Grant’s
way.”
This was the end of the conversa
tion.
<£ltii £dvntistmeuts.
Annual LICENSE (Mitee.l
lie it ordained by the Mayor and J
Council of the City of Albany, and
it in hereby ordained by authority of
the «a»ic,’Tlmt tlie following l/i-
ccnfto nml Specific Tax shall he lev
ied and collected in the city of Al
bany, for tho support of tlie city
government for the year 1879:
Each retailer of HpIrUuoui Liquors, to be li
censed l>v the rear only f|.*> 00
Each retailer of Malt or Fermented Liquors,
when told Bejwnte from spirituous liquor*... 2 » 00
Liquor dealers selling not less than a quart, or
more thsn 4J4 nitons - 15 00
fzfquor dealers selling galloon mu! upward* r»0 00
Each Bacon mod Produce Broker—.~~. 10 00
Each Hotel 2500
Each Boarding House.. 10 00
Each Restaurant...- 15 00
Each Huckster Stand on streets 40 00
" “ “ ** private lota 25 00
Each Hilliard Table 12 50
Each Bowling or Ten-Pin Alter 12 50
a. ni
JO 00
1500
25 00
ALL ABOARD!
FOR
l-horse Drar - )
2*horse Vehicle conveying passengers for
Each 4^horse Vehicle conveying passengers for
Eaeh?tverr Stable - 25 00
Each Warehouse or firm receiving 5000 bales
cotton, or mom- - WOO
Those receiving 8000 bale* and lest than 50^0.. 5»00
Those receiving less than 3000 — WOO
Each Pawn Broker - 25 00
Southern KtpremCompany CoOf*
Mitchell To’* Express Co 10 0”)
Fach Tel»*craph Co 00
Each Dancing Master — to 00
Each Circus - 100 00
Each Negro MInMrel—(esrh exhibition) 10 00
Transient Theatrical»- xhlhitions (each) 10 00
In front of their regular place of ti
.and then only to the middle of
busS-
the
ness, . .
street lo front of same, shall be considered a
street drummer, and shall pay a tax of. 25 00
Peddlers of any article, except those of home
tnauufacture
Vendue Masters, each — 25 00
and shall pay one per cent, on gross mien on
... . ■ * *”-4 per
. . wo ncrc ...
Each person selling Fertilizers not manufac
tured In the city
Each Butcher
which shall not apply to farmers selling hv
the quarter.
Each Ice Cream t*a!oon or Soda Fountain
Each person dealing In Carriages. Wagons and
Buggies, except home manufacture
Each Junk Shop
Each BarberShop keeper shall pay for each
Each person buying Cotton for himscif or oili
er parties
Etch Rewing Machine Agent
Each Insurance Agent shall pay for each com
pany represented liy him
Transient traders for Ihe side of goods, wart
other goods of any description whatever, by sj
or otherwise, before opening or offering the ear
sale shall pay a license, to be fixed at the discratlou
of ths Mayor.
That one half of one percent, be Imposed upon tbe
roceeds arising from the *ale of each H<
luleaold within thecltv limits.
Each Grist or Flouring Mill t-ball pay for eacli
net of runners t 10 00
All Banks. Bank Agencies,Collection Agen
cies. private f)ank< ra or Brokers, and all
firms or individuals engaged iu the busi
ness of buying and selling exchsuge, or eith
er buying or selling exchange for profit; and
all firms am individuals engaged in the
business of receiving deposits of money, or
making collections of tuouey at bankers* or
brokers’ rates charged in the city of
A liwny, Georgia; or doing any one or allot
these things shall pay a license tax to the
city, for revcuue purposes, in the sum of. 100 000
Adopted Jannnrv 0. 18711.
W. II. WILDER, Mayor.
F. V. Evans, Clork of Council.
18T9!
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Fmmvs 9L9 C09NM9,
GreeMaag 1
GEORGIA-DGUQHERTY COUNTY.
To all whom it may concern : ttirhurd ifoblusoti
hsvlug applied lo me In proper form f«*r permanent
letters or administration on the estate ot K. Itoldn-
«.n. late of said county, deceased, this is cite nil
and singular the creditors and next or kin of E.
~ Mnson to be and appear at my office within the
e prescribed by law. to show cause. If auy they
i, why permanent sum In 1st ration should uot be
granted to ittchard Robinson, on estate of E. Koblu-
on, deceased.
Witness my hand and official signature.
B. A. COLLIER.
jan2-79 Ordinary.
OEORGIA—DOUGHERTY COUNTY,
letters of administration on the estate of Ben.
Coxwcll. late ol said county, deceased, this to cite all
and singular, the creditors and next of kin of lien
i, why permanent administration should not lie
granted to John Kitchen on estate of Ben. F. Cox-
well, deceased.
Witness my hand ami official signature.*
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Thu olil Fine State of Maine has
now a Democratic Governor—u real
live hard-shell Democrat; and this is
Hie way it happened. At the Sep
tember election there was no choice
for Governor. Conner, the Republi
can candidate, received tho highest
vote; Smith, Grcenbacker, the next
highest, and Garcclon, Democrat, the
lowest. Conner failing to receive a
majority the election went to the Leg
islature. Tho lower branch of the
Legislature selected the names of
Alonzo Garcelon and Jo*. L. Smith to
lie voted for, and sent them to the
Senate. The Senate gave Garcclon
21 votes and Smitli 10. The Green-
hackers were strong cuough to out
vote the Republicans in tlie House,
but when the Republicans in the Sen
ate were compelled to choose between
a Democrat nml a Grcenbacker
enough of them were found sound on
Hie money question to give the exec
utive office of the State to tho Demo-
•nils
One of tlie first applicants for gold
at the New York Sub-Treasury
Thursday was a burly, good mitured
man, who wanted $'>,000 anil was so
glad lo see gold again tlmt he gave
liis bag an enthusiastic whirl iu the
air nnd losing liis balance, let it drop
on the atone floor. The cord that
held the hag snapped, and from its
golden throat the eagles rolled belter
skelter, lie picked them up with
some concern, and counting liis pile
over again went up to the counter
and said : “I guess you hail hotter
give me something with less ring in
it. thnt doesn’t roll so much." The
cashier accommodated him with 45,-
<3H) iu crisp legal .tender notes and
cancelled that transaction.
Thk Hill and Mum’iir Trouble.—
Savannah Mews: There seems to be
great concern in Washington in re
gard to political nll'nirs in Georgia.
We scarcely open a Northern or West
ern exchange that does not contain an
“interview” or a Washington letter
in which allusion is made to tho Hill-
Murphy cuihroglio, with fearful fore
bodings of direful consequences to
the Democratic party in tieorgia.—
These feara are doubtless inspired by
purely disinterested parties, but wo
cannot share their apprehensions.—
Tho controversy about the foe in the
Northeastern Railroad bond case has
nothing to do with Georgia politics,
and there is no reason why it should
be permitted to disturb the harmony
of the Democratic parly. Noilhor
Hill nor Murphy are the sort of men
to get up another “war of the roses.”
The Democracy has no part in their
quarrel, mid if they were to make a
Kilkenny cat light of it, Democratic
principles and the Democratic party
would still survive in Georgia.
Your attention is respectfully called to the nbov<>
House as a FIRST-CLASS HOTEL in every res
pect. The House has been thoroughly repaired and
refurnished, and Is cow provided with every neces
sary convenience for the accommodation and com
fort ot its patrons; the rooms are large, airy, and
neatly furnished, and ample means are afforded for
bathing. The location Is desirable, and convenient
to the bttsineatness portion of the city.
THE TABLE AT ALL TIMES
cacies which the market affords.
THE RATES OF BOARD HAVE BEEN REDUC
ED TO $2.00 PER DAY.
To their numerous Customers and Friends, and re-assore
them that their
Facilities are Equal to all Demands!
Our House continues to be
IE H Ali¥AlT£li
For all in search of any land of
ffill
Clothing,
Boots and Shoes.
Fancy Goods.
Notions.
Hats. ete.
GROCERIES!
th« Hotel.
5Sff
all the Dally and Weekly Papers.
The Bar fa supplied wit*
Negara, Ac.
ith the best Wines, Liquors
repeat ompkntical j
. _ The Proprietor . _
that every care and exertion will be ••xerctscd .
himself and bis assistants to make the Marshal!.
House in every respect iiLMirpaesed as an attract!* t
and satisfactory place of home resort.
Hopiog to obtain a liberal share of patronage,
' I remain, Yoursrespectftm\.
A. B. LUCE. Proprietor-
Reduced rates of Board S2.00, $250 and S3.M prr
day, according to location of Rooms.
N. B.—Before selecting your Hotel, it would h»-
well to ascertain location and surrounding* of tr.e
same. M L. HARNETT.
Jan'J- I<ate of the Planters' Hotel.
EORGIA, DormiK*TT Count v.—Whens*, ft baa
VT come tn my knowledge that the estate of Ben
Caesar, colored, deceased, is unrepresented. This is
therefore to admonish all persons interested, to l<e
,Ul
grant'd to the Clerk of the Superior Court, o: some
other fit and suitable person.
olren under my hand, this tho Sth davof January,
18 D. R. A. COLLIER,
JaiitMt Ordinary,
Vick’s"floral Guido
A lieautiful work of 100 pages. One Colored Flower
Plate, and 300 Illustrations, with dern'rlidlou* of tho
beat Flowers and Vegetables, nnd how to grew them;
all for a Avo cent stamp. In English or Gerninu.
The Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175 pages, six
Colored Plates,and many hundred Eugravings. For
50 cents in P*P*r covers; $1.00 in elegant cloth. I h
German or English.
Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Maga/.Iu*—’32 tmges, a
Colored Plate In every number and many tine Kn-
cravlnga. Price $1.25 a year; Five copies for $5.00—
Specimen numbers sent for 10 cents.
Vick’s Seeds are tbe liest In the world. N<nd Five
Cent Stamp for a Floral Guide, containing List and
Prices, ana plenty of information. Address
JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y.
W E would l*e pleased lo receive aUuit
100 Bushels of Corn,
in payment of autMcriptlou to the Nkw*.
WESTON ^ EVANS.
dcel9-
NEW BBMCHJF INDUSTRY!
J AM NOW PREP A RED TO DO
Dyeing, Cleaning, Repairing,
CUTTING and MAKING of
Gentlemen’s Clothes.
«9-aI1 work done in the liral manuer possible.
J. A. KUMNEY,
Two Doors West of Methodist Church.
uov21-ltu
Provisions, Family Supplies, Whiskies,
Domestics, and
PMaatetioia G©©<fe,
OTTIR,
Jobbing Department 1
Is full anil complete, bought from first hands, and with spe
cial reference to tbe Jobbing Trade of Southwest Georgia.
Our facilities are ample, ana we are still resolved to con
vince all that it is in our power to save buyers money by
keeping a
FIR MT-CL.A8S
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHM’NT
here at their very doors. Everybody invited to call and ex
amine goods and prices.
Our Dwtuit ftr Nit Lies
Is always full of goods and articles suited to them, and they
are especially invited to call.
SPECIALTIES always on hand.
S. HATER & GLAUBER.