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GENERAL W. 8. HANCOCK,
FOE VJCE-PKKSIIJKNT :
HON. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA.
State Democratic Ticket:
FOR GOVERNOR:
ALFRED H. COLQUITT.
FORJiECRETARY OF STATE,
*AT. C. BARNETT.
FOR OOM PTROLI,ER-GEN ERAL,
WM. A. WRIGHT.
FOR ATTORN EY-GENERAL,
CLIFFORD ANDERSON.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
1>. N. SPEER.
FOR CONGRESS SECOND DISTRICT,
HON H. G. TURNER,
OF BROOKS.
1* or Senator Tenth District,
HON. W. L. L NE,
Or Worth.
Presidential Electors:
8TATK AT I.AItCK:
Hon. .1. C. C. Bi.ack, of Richinon<I.
Hon. R. E. Kknno.n, of Rantlolpli,
A LTK15N ATKS :
Hon. L. .T. Glknn, of Fulton.
Hon. A. Pratt Adams, of Chatham. .
DISTRICT ELECTORS:
First—Samuel 1). Bn a dwell, of LUs-rty.
Second—W«.1I. Hammond, of Thomas.
Third—ChkIhtopiiku C. Smith, of Telfair
Fourth—Lavkndeu R. Ray, of < 'oweta.
Fifth—John I. Hall, of Spaulding.
Sixth—Reuben B. NisuKT,of Putnam.
Seventh—Thomas »V. Atkins, oUBaitow
Eighth—Seaborn Reese, of Hancock.
Niutii—VVm. E. Simmons, of Gwinnett.
ALTERNATES:
First—Josephus Camp, of Emanuel.
Second—Wm. Harrison, of Quitman.
Third-—JaMks Bishop, Jr., of Dodge.
Fourth—1Ieni:y C. Cameron, of Harris.
Fifth—Daniel P. Hill, of Fulton.
Sixtli—Fleming G. DuBignon, of Bald
win.
Seventh—Peter W. Alexander, of Cobh
Eighth—James K. Hines, of Washington
Ninth—Marion C. Boyd, of White.
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John T. Waterman has sold the La-
Grangc Reporter to Mr. W. A. Wim-
bush, of Lagrange, and lias bought
the banner at Athens. The banner
will now become a supporter of Gov.
Colquitt. Mr. M. C. Cabincss, of the
Newnan Herald, will be the business
manager of the Banner under the
new regime. Success to both papers.
Mr. Norwood said in his West
Point speech, “if the people elect Col
quitt Governor age.!::, he would ad
vise the establishment of a normal
school for the education of Gover
nors.’’ Well, one tiling is sure, says
the Griffin News, if the school is es
tablished after Colquitt is . elected,
which he will he on the Gth of Octo
ber, Mr. Norwood will never be se
lected as a teacher. The people want
no educated “salary grabbers" for
Governor. Mr. Norwood learned it
v’Phsttt-oeing ciu.cated t 0
COLQUITT AND NORWOOD
m AT MACON.
Mr. II. A. Ledbetter, of Piker,
called in to see us yesterday. Mr.
Ledbetter had just returned from
Macou where lie witnessed the dis-
scenc of Monday, occasioned
y'the-mceting of Governor Colquitt
and Mr. Norwood. Mr. Lcdbattcv
says that \ the Norwood rabble
made such a disturbance that Hon
A. O. Bacon, one of the Norwood
committee men, arose and denounced
their action telling them that such ac
tion in their part, was outrageous and
would do the Norwood party harm.
Mr. Ledbetter also states that he saw
and talked with many men who went
there for Norwood and came away
for Colquitt, on account of the ill-
treatment the Governor received at
the hands of the Norwoodites.
of the
Court.
Su-
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Another Nomination in Baker.
Newton, Ga., Sept 4,1SS0.
jEditors Albany News :
The negroes held a convention here
to-day and nominated Col. S. P.
Davis for the Senate, and George
Bivens, a negro, for the House. Of
course Col. Davis will not acceptand
enter the race, as he contested for the
Dcmodratic nomination with quite a
strong following. Col. Davis is a
good Democrat, and we cannot be
lieve that he will be induced to be
come a disorgahizer. We believe the
ctcd without his knowledge
Democrat.
Griffin News: Colonel T. W.
Flint, who was a Norwood man says
he never heard a man get such a
thrashing on the stump in his life as
Colquitt gave' Norwood. Hundreds
of others agree with Colonel Flint—
We heard of several changes to Col
quitt but not one to Norwood. The
friends of Colquitt are more than sat
isfied with the day’s work.
ThejUhristian is like a locomotive.
A fire'must be kindled in the heart
of it before it will go.—M. W- Jaco
bus. .
appointed Judge
f Justice of the Sn-
sme Court, vice Judge Warner re
signed ; and in Jndge Jackson’s posi
tion as Associate Justice he has ap
pointed Col. Willis A. Hawkins, of
Americus. Speaking of this appoint
ment the Atlanta Constitution says:
‘Twenty of the ablest and most dis
tinguished lawyers of Georgia have
applied, either directly or through
their friends to Governor Colquitt
for this coveted place on the Supreme
Bench, and Colonel Hawkins was the
single one who applied to fill the two
months’ term only, and that he would
not be a candidate before the legisla
ture for election.. His letter of ap
plication thus reads:
Atlanta, August 21.—Dear Sir:
There being a vacancy on the Su
preme Court Bench on account of the
resignation of the Hon. Hiram War
ner, if von deem myqualificationssuf-
ficicnt,* and the office shall be tender
ed ine, I will accept the same tempo
rarily. but in no event can become a
candidate before the Legislature for
permanent incumbency of tiic bench.
My professional relationships forbid
uie to take permanent office, but at
present I am disabled from physical
injuries to discharge niv duties as a
lawyer. Very respectfully,
I W. A. Hawkins.
To His Excellency, A. II. Colquitt,
Governor.
‘The remaining applicants, nineteen
in number, were also friends of Gov
ernor Colquitt and backed by large
and powerful indorsements. They
arc all, like Colonel Hawkins, gentle
men of high legal ability, and each
one deemed by their friends to he the
best qualified for the office, as well as
having tiie largest hacking of popu
lar support. To have chosen one of
these nineteen distinguished lawyers
for the short two months term would
have been to give such a one a decid
ed advantage over the other eighteen
in t lie race before the Legislature for
Hie term. The Governor, therefore^
gave the short term to Colonel Haw
kins, leaving Lite balance of his
friends, who desire longer service on
the Supreme Bench, a free, fair and
open field, without any expression of
executive preference between them
and all witli equal advantage before
the General Assembly, whose duty it
is to till tlie office permanently.
Colonel Hawkins is one of the
ablest lawyers in the State, and i
successful practitioner of thirty years’
standing, and is every way qualified
for the discharge of tlie duties. Hav
ing been hurt by a fall from a buggy
—which crippled for tlie while his
powers of locomotion—lie has been
physically disabled for active prac
tice, while in full mental vigor. He
will admirably fill the gap on the Su
preme Bench, and at the same time
happily relieves a very serious cm
harrassinciit under which Governor
Colquitt labors in choosing between
so many strong and intliieutial friends
in the cherished object of legal ambi
tion.
And now quoth the Wesleyan
Christian Advocate and Christian In
dex.
But there arc things we have never
felt at liberty to say in the pulpit.—
For instance: we have never said,
“Vote the Democratic Ticket"—
though we have voted that ticket
since the war, when we have voted
at all. We have never advocated any
man or assailed any man. We have
never said, “Vote for Jones, vote
against Smith.” This is not what the
Wesleyan means by’ “mixing politics
with religion. The Wesleyan means
that wc should mix religion in ail
things. What wc can’t do religious
ly we can’t do at all. Is this plain ?
Yes, plain enough, brother Wesley
an. What wc cannot do religiously
we ought not to do at ail. The In
dex advocates no man and no party
but it adopts the motto. “Vote as you
pray.” If you pray, “Thy Kingdom
come,” it is not consistent to vote for
a man who is openly and grossly im
mortal.—Christian Index.
The late storm seems to have play
ed havoc in certain sections of tills
State. The Fort Gaines Tribune
says many fences in that locality were
blown down, and the damage to open
cotton in the field was very great.—
The Arlington Advance learns that
one farmer in its neighborhood esti
mates his losses at $2,000, and others
have suffered heavily. The Early
County News says: “The equinoctial
storm has come early’ upon us
this season. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday’ wc had much rain, at
tended on the first two days by heavy-
winds. Much damage has been done
to the cottou crop, and, as a conse
quence, much ‘storm cotton’ will be
on the market in a few weeks,” and
the Cuthbert Appeal reports that
“the rains and wind the first part of
the week did considerable damage to
cotton. Much of the staple was
open iu the fields, and the fearfully
disastrous winds beat it out on the
ground, and half of it is complete
loss. Wc have heard a great deal of
complaint from farmers, and the
general opinion seems to be that
much has been lost by the raiifand
wind.”
Augusta Chronicle: When such
men as Hon. Henry R. Jackson, Col.
Anderson, Captain Robert Satissy,
Captain ^Robert Falligant and the
Rttssclls declare for Colquitt, Chat
ham’s scale begins to turn. A large
and influential following has Gov.
Colquitt in Savannah. Besides those
already- mentioned, Judge Chisholm,
Messrs. Blun, Hammond, and dozens
of other prominent citizens support
Governor Colquitt.
Elections will be held during the
next two months as follows: Arkan
sas, State officials, Monday, Septem
ber 6th; Vermont, State* and Con
gressional, Tuesday, September 7ih;
Maine, State and Congressional, Mon
day, September 13th; Colorado, State
and Congressional, Tuesday, October
5th.; Georgia, State, Wednesday, Oc
tober 8th; Indiana and Ohio, State
and Congressional, Tuesday, October
12th; West Virginia, State, Tuesdav,
October 12tli.
Pointed political notes from the
Columbus Times.
If you greet a man’s war record
with a rebel yell and his civil record
with a hiss, which (wants.
Another illustration of the propo
sition that “close don’t count in bil
liards or politics” g will be furnished
by the Norwood parly in October.
The’muddiest coat that^Gordo nev
er wore was at Appomattox. Had’nt
be better clean that first? It seems
to be coming to that.
|JIf anybody lias inventive genius
let him grind out a machine that will
applaud and hiss at the same time.—
It will pay.
We are prepared to answer all
questions when properly asked, and
if necessary will append them, as a
supplement, to the convict catechism.
Toombs’ accusation of Colquitt that
“he has used public office to subserve
private ends,” is to be translated into
pure English and filed, by permis
sion, in the Confederate achieves.
Gordon wanted money-—every man
does. Brown wanted character—
every man should. Colquitt wanted
office aud so does Norwood more
than the ninety aud nine others who
refused sugar in ther’u.
The Legislature may not have tri
umphantly- vindicated Colquitt be
cause he didn’t require any- vindica
tion. But a goodly part of the Leg
islature sought iu vain to impeach
Colquitt aud couldn't find the mate
rial.
Toombs is freely quoted on Col
quitt, and it seems hard to decide
what he has said about the Gover
nor. But a3 all the General does say-
lias to be subsequently corrected, we
have thought of waiting for a revised
edition of his remarks.
We are glad Joe Brown lives, for
while we cannot recoguize him as
part and parcel of this contest, lie
seeins to be an elegant lightning-rod
for Norwood electricity. They- say
now it wasn’t Gordon but Brown
who was hissed the other night and
after diligent inquiry we find tiiat
Brown wasn’t there either in person
or by proxy. It is very easy to find
an excuse for what we do.
The LaGrange Reporter notices the
speecli in that town delivered by Mr.
Norwood on Tuesday. The Report
er says lie was accompanied by that
said cast wind, which never fails to
chill everything he says. We have
known just sucli people and always
felt (hat “open air meetings” were
bad places for them.
Mr. Norwood is beginning to be
tray considerable uneasiness in re
gard to the harmony of (ho Dc’ino-
cratic party. This uneasiness would
have been timelv if it had shown it
self when the committee of nine were
twining a laurel wreath for his brow,
but at present it is perfectly gratui
tous. The crisis is past. The party
is practically solid for Colquitt and
the people.—Constitution.
It is uuuotinccd that A company
with a capital of $1,000,000 is being
organized at Cincinnatti to supply
steam for heating purposes to that
city at an estimate cost to the con
sinners of 20 to 30 per cent, less than
they now have to pay for their own
fires. The company propose to erect
twelve immense steam boilers on the
bank of the river, and to run pipes
from them under all the principal
streets. Each house desiring a sup
ply of steam for heating and cooking
purposes will secure it by- making
connection with the street main ; this
will give it connection with the steam
reservoirs and supply- it with the
heat it requires.
George Perkins, Colored.
Berrien Count/ Ntn.
A “nigger” by the name of George
Perkins, who lives in Atlanta, passed
through this place to-day on his way
to Brunswick, and from there goes
to Savannah.
Thinking lie was talking to a Nor
wood man, he exhibited iiis creden
tials, which bore the signature of
Howard Williams, secretary- of the
Norwood club, and addressed “to all
whom it may- concern.” His business
mainly is to distribute the Norwood
catechism on the convict lease. He
tells the negroes at the same time that
Colquitt and Brown arc going to re
duce the wages of the colored people
to 5 cents per day-.
Wheu asked what his instructions
were, he said that the committee told
him to tell anything to whip the fight
lie said he told lies to the country
“niggers” and used money among
those in the towns aud cities. He
says he lias brought the “nigger
preachers—Haskins, at Griffin, and
Howard Bunts, in Dougherty—to
time, and was then going to see Jim
Blue. From thence he would go to
Savannah for a supply- of catechisms
and money-, and then go in the di
rection of Thoniasville.
He has a personal interest in de
feating Governor Colquitt, in the
fact that he desires to drop Owen
Smith—a colored boy- in the govern
or's employ-, a button hole.
The coinage executed at the United
States mints during August, 1SS0, was
as follows: Gold—Double eagles, 77,-
000 pieces, $1,540,000 in value; eagles,
115,400 pieces, $1,154,000 in value;
hajf eagles, 375,200 pieces, $1,S76,000;
total, 567,000 pieces, $4,750,000 in val-
ne. Silver—Standard dollars, 2,253,-
000 pieces, $2,253,000 in value. Cop
per—Cents, 2,680,000 pieces, $26^00
in value. Total coinage, 5,500,600
pieces, worth $6,S49,600.
Silver Dollars-—Since the pass
age of the silver bill there have been
coined to date $6S,1S9,750 in standard
silver dollars. Of this amount $19,-
886,443—outstanding—in circulation
The balance, $48,303,307, is in the
Treasury vaults. Daring the month
of August there was pnt in circula
tion $1,2S5,4S3 in silver dollars.
There have been no epidemics to
demand the attention of the -National
Board of Health this season, bat if
they could find means to suppress
those wretches who manufacture yel
low fever scares they will not have
lived iu vain.
State News.
The Jcsup Sentinel tells now an
old colored man in flie employ of
Messrs. Clary & Whaley on the Alta-
maha river narrowly escaped death
a few days ago. Ii seems that he
crossed the river in a bateau, for the
purpose of gathering moss, on Mon
day, the 23d ult., and was not seen,
nor heard of, until the following Sat
urday, when he was found in an ad
jacent swamp, and safely piloted
back to the mill. He states that he
S ot the moss and undertook to return
ut, being old and feeble, aud the
current very strong, he missed his
bearings, and was carried into the
swamp. His boat capsized, aud his
clothes, containingsix dollars in mon
ey were literally washed from his
body. He finally reached terra Jinna
clothed himself in moss, and was
found in this condition, half starved.
The Macon Telegraph announces
that the water works of that city,
which have been agitated, discussed,
planned and postponed for about 40
years, are at last an assured fact. It
is expected they- will be in working
order by Jthe first of April next- The
construction ot a grand reservoir will
be begun about |tbe first of Novem
ber.
Messrs, n. P. Bell and Emory
Speer, the former the Democratic amt
the latter the Independent candidate
for Congress in the Ninth Congres
sional district, have arranged a se
ries of joint discussions at various
points throughout the district.
Hon. J. M. Wilson, of Campbell
county, has been renominated for
Seuator by Hie Democrats from the
Thirty-eighth district, and Mr. J. H.
Woodward, of Dooly- county, has se
cured a similar nomination in the
Fourteenth district. The Republi
cans iu the Filtli Congressional dis
trict have nominated William Henry
Harrison, of Fulton, for Congress.
The Columbus Enq.iirer issued a
large eight page trade is-ue Wednes
day morning, in honor of : lie first of
September. It says, eiVtorialiy: “Co
lumbus is growing. Her business is
pushed ami being extended. Her !u-
ture is glowing with promise. Few
are doing for Georgia what our little
city is. She is on the highway to
prosperity. The cotton receipts are
largely in excess of what was expect
ed last fall.”
The Talbotton Register reports
nearly every district iu Talbot comi
ty- solid for Colquitt.
To “Enquirer”—The “M” in his
name stands for ^‘Mason,” not “Mi
nority.” Yours is a natural mistake,
however, and is uot so far out of
the way as it might be. He will prob
ably- be known for the rest of his life
as “Thomas Minority-.”—Savannah
News.
Wrecked in a Hurricane.
Loss oi'tiicSteamer “Vera Cruz,*’
With all on Board.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE TERRIBLE
DISASTER AS FAR AS RECEIVED—SUP
POSED TO HAVE FOUNDERED DURING
THE GALE OF MONDAY NIGHT—A LIST
OF THE PASSENGERS—BODIES OF THE
DROWNED, (MAILS AND WRECKAGE
WASHED ASHORE; ON THE "FLORIDA
COAST—WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE
NEWS IN NEW YORK—TIIE VERA
CRUZ PRONOUNCED ONE OF THE
STRONGEST STEAMERS IN THE WORLD
—THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST OF
FICKK OF THE STEAMER NEW ORLEANS
DURING THE GALE.
S|wcla! Telegram to the Morning Nears.]
SL Augustine, Fla.,September 2.
Tiie beach north and south of St. An
giistiue light.and as far south as Ma
tauzas inlet, is strewn with wrecked
stutr, dry- goods, provisions, and cv
cry description of merchandise. Tiie
first evidence of a wreck was discol
ored near tiie light house on Tuesday
aud on following tiie const to tiie
north and southward, the story of a
terrible disaster was revealed.
Ten miles below Mnntanzns trunks
ami a mail hag were found. Thelat
ter, whieh was marked with a tag
“Return to New York,” was opened
aud.fomid to coutaiu letters dated
“New York, August. 25, 1880, per
City of Vera Cruz,” also bills of lad
ing for goods per steamship Vera
Cruz.
Near tiie p!ace where tiie mail bag
and trunks were found, the bodies ot
three men. a woman and a child were
discovered, and buried bv the people
in the neighborhood. All valuables
and jewelry were taken from the bod
ies, so tiiat tiie icinaiiis could he idea
tified.
All the wreckage shows that tiie
steamship Vera Cruz, which sailed
from New York on the 25th for Ha
vanan, cither went ashore on, or
foundered just on, Florida coast on
Monday night dr Tuesday morning,
during tiie heavy storm, and all on
board had “perished.
[The steamship City- of Vera Cruz
was one of tiie ships of the Alexan
dre Line, and was commanded by
Capt. Van Sicc. She left New York
last Wednesday for Havanna and
Mexican ports, with an assorted car
go and a large paisenger list, among
tiie latter a number of ladies. She
probably- encountered the full force
of tiie cycloue which was reported to
have prevailed in the latitude of
Florida on Monday- and Tuesday-, and
was blown ashore on the coast and
went to pieces. Tiie following is a
list of the passengers who left New
York on the ill fated steamer:
Adolph Bosque, Mr. & Mrs. J. A.
Garcia, E. Fuenlcs, Rafael Art ue,
Walter Betchie, J. Ravensburg, A. R.
Martinez, Mrs. A. Arme, Geo. W-
Cole, O. P. Siloa, II. Glashof, Miss
Sadie Fay-, A. K. Owen, T. St. Ma
iner, Felipe Hernandez, John Gicd-
hill, John Gombav, Miss E. Burns,
Miss A/Slark, E. Littlefield, Mrs. F.
Hernandez, A. Wallendge and Son,
Miss T. Rubio, General Forber, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Welsh and child.]
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Jacksonville, September 3.—The
crew of the wrecked brig Caroline
Eddy, ashore at Mantazas inlet, have
arrived here. They- report a large
steamer having passed them bound
south. A sack of mail matter, post
marked, “France via New York for
Cuba,” was washed ashore at St. Au
gustine. It is feared that the steam
er of the New York aud Havana line
is lost. She is thought perhaps to be
the Vera Cruz. The bodies of two
women have been washed ashore.—
The steamer was wooden, and la
boring heavily when seen. Casks of
bacon, lard, etc., are drifting in.
Great damage was done by the
storm up the river. Many buildings
are prostrated,. The loss of oranges
is estimated from a third to one-half
the crop.
By the Associated Press.]
New York, August 3.—A special
from St. Augustine, Florida, gives
the following:
“There is very little doubt that the
steamer City of Vera Crnz, of the
Mexican line, which sailed from New
York on tiie 25th of Augnst for Ha
vana and Vera Cruz, went down in
the recent hurricane which has al
ready strewn our coast with wrecks.
Only- the faintest hopes remain that
any- of her passengers have survived.
This terrible discovery was made
here yesterday, when portions of the
mail carried by the ill-fated vessel
were washed ashore some miles south
of this city.' One mail bag contained
the letters for Cuba and Mexico,
which had been posted in Paris,
France, on August 13, and another lot
was found with envelopes bearing
the postmark. New York, August 25.
This at once indicated that the lost
vessel was a mail steamer bound for
Southern ports, and the surmise was
that it mast have been the City of
Vera Cruz, as she left New York on
the day last named.” m
A special to an evening paper from
St. Augustine, Fla., says of the sup
posed wreck of the Vera Cruz:
“Thus far six bodies have been
washed ashore, together with a large
amount of miscellaneous merchan
dise. One of the bodies was that of a
middle aged lady, but there was noth
ing about her that would lead to her
identification. Another body was
that of a child four years old, name
not known, but probably that of Mr.
and Mrs. Welsh, as they were the
only family that had a child with
them. The others were sailors, with
the exception of one, who was dress
ed like a well-to-do business man.—
He looks like a Spaniard.
“It is feared that the terrific gale
that has raged here for the past week
made it impossible for any of those
on board the ill-fated steamer to savo
themselves, even were they able to
do so. The shore lor miles is strewn
with pieces of timbers, boxes, barrels
and other debris. Wrecking parties
have been organized, and everything
of value is being stored in the store
house on Main street.”
A telegram received at the post-
office to-day say9: “The letters in the
mail washed ashore on the Florida
coast are postmarked New York, Au
gust 25, and Paris, August 16.” This
indicates that the mail arrived here
by- the Batavia from Liverpool, and
was dispatched by the City-of Vera
Cruz.
At the office of the Alexandre Line,
at noon to-day-, no further informa
tion as to reported loss ot the City of
Vera Cruz has been received, thougli
an answer to a dispatch to St. Au
gustine, Fla., asking for details, is
momentarily expected. Some do not
believe the steamer is lost, but think
she encountered a hurricane, during
which the mail and baggage went
overboard. She is pronounced to be
one of tiie strongest steamers in the
world. She was on the dry dock pre
viotis to her last trip. Tiie vessel was
worth $200,000, aud was insured in
London and America. Many rela
tives and friends of the passengers
are at the office awaiting inform**
lion. Capt. F. Harris, who com
nmiided the steamer on her previous
voyage, was on board. The Chief
Engineer is named Miller and the
Purser Burke.
I First officer James Hinckley, of the
steamer New Orleans, which encoun
tered the gale in which the Vera
Cruz is supposed to have been lost,
said that his vessel ran into a hurri
cane on the 28th of August, at 8 p. in.,
off the coast of Florida, between
Capes Jupiter and Caruavernl. The
storm was from tiie north and east.—
The vessel was struck on the port
side and heaved over on her beams
end. Four men were at the wheel
all tiie time. It was impossible fora
man to stand on deck. The vessel for
a long time was at the mercy of the
wind and sea. The storm abated on
the 29th of August. Three boats
were stove in and one lost, and the
deck rail was carried away-. He
knows nothing about the Vera Cruz,
though lie thinks she must have en
countered the same gale. One per
son on board the New Orleans
thought he saw the Vera Cruz du
ring tiie cyclone, but his statement is
not credited.
Washington, September 3.—The
Post Office Department received tel
egraphic advices to-day from Gaines
ville, Fla., stating that a severe storm
swept over the central portion of that
States on the 1st and 2d inst. Post
roads were flooded, bridges washed
away and mail communication was
interrupted between Ocala and Tam
pa on the west coast.
New York, September 3.—Among
the passengers of the Vera Cruz was
Major General Alfred T. A. Torbcst,
who distinguished himself greatly
during the late war as a cavalry com
mander.
“Am I, a friend of the negro,
bound to fight another campaign in
bis behalf as a Republican, simply to
see him abandoned and myself cheat
ed once more ? What guarantee
have I, that Gen. Garfield will take a
different view of this question from
President Hayes.’’—Speech of Gen.
B. F. Butler in Boston, Aug. 23th, in
support of Democracy and Hancock.
STORE
IS HEADQUARTERS FOR
Housekeeper’s
Supplies!
Always on Hand !
NONE BUT THE BEST.
In Dry Goods and Clothing
Inducements Extraordinary! *
Mrs. A, Sterne’s
For Young' Ladies,
ALBANY. GA,
TITHE exercises lor the PRIMARY DEPART-
A MKNT will tie resumed ou
Toesiaj, September 7 th, 1880.
The COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT will reopen
ON THURSDAY, SEI’. 16, 1880.
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A~CARD.
The “free passage-* oxer Tift’s Bridge is credited
by many to the A litany Warehousemen. In jus
lice to myself I beg to say that it was through my
effort in behalf of the planters or the Ead Side,
that this generosity C) was brought about. If my
warehouse were to close to-day free tickets would
be discontinued. BUT IT WILL NOT CLOSE. 1
made application for ticket, over Tift’s Bridge lor
my customers at my owu expense, and the piivilege
was denied me. I desire that my friends shall
know this, J. G. LaKOijUE
East Albany, Ga., Aug. 31,1SS0.
John Roach, the iron ship-builder,
presents some strong points in his ex
planation why Americans cannot af
ford to own ships. He asserts that a
British ship owner, having seven
millions of dollars invested in a
ste&nfship line, and earning eight per
cent, interest, would have to pay in
taxes $6,000 per annum, while an
American with the same amount in
vested would have $175,000 in taxes
to pay every year, whether his ship
earned anything or not. The Eng
lish taxes are imposed npon the net
profits, while American taxation is
assessed upon the capital invested.
MRS. M. A. THORNBURY’S
Select Boarding School
—AND—
KINDERGARTEN.
T HE next session begins September l.ltli and
closes on tho last Thursday in June, 1B81.—
French, the language of the school, and will be
taught and spoken under the careful instruction
of a French lady, M’i.lk Monsai.vahik
Best advantages in ART, MUSIC, FRENCH,
GERMAN, LATIN, MATHEMATICS, ENG
LISH and CALISTHENICS. Hoarding pupils
received a’, any time during the term. Barents and
Guardians may rest assured that the manners, per
sonal and social habits aud morals of the pupils
will he carefully gnaided. Terms reasonable. For
further information add.a-ss
The KINDERGARTEN will eontinue under
the superintendence of Miss Hoka.
MRS. M. A. TUORNBURY,
Albany, Ga., aog 26. Principal.
RUMNEY,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
WASHINGTON STREET.
TITST RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF SAM-
rJ BEES of the
GARFIELD AND IIALE
There is no denying the fact—foi
he admits it—that Mr. Garfield took
a $5,000 fee from De Golyer, for cer
tain services rendered in securing a
contract for pavement. Nor is there
any doubt about the existence of the
following section of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States:
“Sec. 1.782. ‘No senator, representa
tive, or delagate, after his election and
during his continuance in officer, and
no head of a department or other of
ficer or clerk in the employ of the
government, shall receive, or agree
to receive, any compensation whatev
er, directly or indirectly, for any ser
vice rendered or to be rendered to
any person, either by himself or an
other in relation to any proceeding,
contract, claim, controversy, charge,
accusation, arrest, or other matter or
thing in which the United States is a
party or directly or indirectly inter
ested, before any department, court-
martial, bureau officer, or any civil,
military or naval commission what
ever. Every person offending against
this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall be impris
oned or fined not more than $10,000,
and shall, moreover by conviction
thereof, be rendered forever incapa
ble of holding any office of honor,
trust or profit, under the government
of the United States.’ ”
This law—in force when Garfield
sold himself—was passed to reach an
offence committed by John P. Hale,
another prominent Republican, who
accepted $5,000 for his influence in
procuring the pardon of a convicted
Hale lost his seat in the senate by
this transaction, and died in an insane
asylum a political bankrupt. If he
was guilty—and public opinion has
so decided—how can Garfield be in
nocent ? That is the question which
honest people would like to have au-
swered.
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Lemons, Oranges,
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Turnips, Beets,
Shelled Peanuts and Shelled
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