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1011N H.'~id AUTIN. „.. .Ebitob:
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X. A. 1*. T1AW KP,
a. i*. f. PlliTli,
A. T. F. XKWfclX,
r *. A. If. liODOKUrf,
I.N l>OMPI?Y, v u 1,. J. AM.tlKD,
i: l> GRAHAM, 7. It. 4. AWTON.
ITU niRTltn'T,
I! i:. ]?AKKI«,of Myriwotber.
'krft'W, first. Tuesday in November.
3 T ATE" TICKET.
you ooxtoznor,
8 A.Mbs M. SMITH, of Mu*eogeo.
in,. . KNAToit—24th DISTRICT,
t. II. ( K.WVrOKD, of Musoogco.
KhiriWMNTATIVO OF MtTftOOOKK,
.JOHN PEABODY,
T. J. WATT.
,-ijr’ First Wi.ilnewlay In October.
.‘ll.O.TUIlBjEll,
1- N. KJ.Y,
W. I. m<»y»ON,
. .TAyu.. M. I'ACH
. n. n.cAKr.r,
ut t
: (A.NblUATt FOR COJHiUfcK*.
■']*ln "l llil i ©ml of tho District
|iMii,tril ju tho nomination inmlo
1 ■nvfTitimf n< LuG range. Put It
u ui appointment of n personal
.. m. l doer not lit (ill nll'oct thrir
ii l i rapport tho nominee.—
l*tilfcw .of tlio voter* of Musco-
! ■ ; •lunliiH iu tlio lower |ifttt
•u irift know Mr. lluniu personal*
iavo llir lxjAt lUrttirnucc* of bis
n-l fit hi■ for tho |M*Bitiun, bin 11-
• 1' piinclplc* of tho party, bin
rity where well known, and
; n of Hi** chactoiistifiH that
Ho him to make a rousing qml
I'nnvft.M. Wo must and will biij**
o hoittily, cud energetically co-
with h’fti in the gallant offort
: will make to redeem the coun-
Dit.Uici from Radical misropre-
n ConoroHH,
flBjgn* “uvnfe Mtu „
When ffWsHftfcy Ocwafd boehud tbatv
conld, hj.« poll al Ul boll,” oon*
idgQ any tap* wbftfe £ft phllil to ft atiH.
tary dnngpofa, ihi OorfiiMM vm at
war, and the pretext of nccsmIty migfct
plausibly have iWtft plena to justify rorh
Hq cicrciM ef iiMtift9)f|o««r. ftatoow.
In n time of profound peore, Urn people
».»f the Houtboru Btaiekftrft juftt awl umch ftt
the mercy of Prenldeut Grant—oo imtv
jected by the Congrewlonftl Enforeewent
ant and by tho mode of ite oxeenilon.
Tlicro Im n<> doniit thfttihe power* oon-
furred by thin ftd wore used Hi North
Carolina to jufluenoe the recent eloetlon
thorn; and wo r« f«t to an article which we
copy to-dny fr(d» tho Motilgomnry Aftrrr-
tinir to show how the power CXI*robed un-
drn the act in to bo uued la Alatumia lo
Mictire Uomoeralio votee forGraot, or to
dotar Ihonocrato from TOtlng^agelnct him.
War-like powem are delegated and eier-
cinod iu a tiuio of (Mice, and ao exercbed
om lo protnoto tho interente inf the party
lb power. Tho “little beir ring* aa iqipe-
rionaly m in HowUrd'i time, hnt no ndoefteity
of war ceti l>«* plead to juatify. a military
dcupotimn now.
Men may have Uioir |wiraenal objediona
to I irceley ami Hrown—they may remem
ber with hittomeiM political anteeodenta
and H-H'lionrtl end party denunciation*
wof! OMictiiated to excite indlguation even
now-rlnt it would be folly to permit
h feciinQH to blind them to thin at era
f-t©l: The Cincinnati uooiineea and all
thoir mipportora arc diMliuctly pledged to
bring this kind of doapotio rale oyer the
Hoiilh to a d«Me, and to restore to ua lo-
cal aelf-gdverniuent; while Grant and hb
ltudinal Hnpportorn roly upon oppreaHiou
of and tyranny over tho South aa tho on
ly means of uniting Choir party nnd con
tinuing ita rulo. Tliia is tho groat, nl>-
norbiug iusuo of the rrcKhtontiul election
—to us at least. Suffer tho re-election
of Grant, nnd he and Ida party must ad
here to fhoir policy of luvididna and ty-
rmical govemniont of tlio South, hooaiiso
—1st, thoy nro pledged to U; 2d, they
have no other diHtiuotive policy upon
which thoy agree; lid, the passions to
which thoy must adminiator demand it.
I»ut elect Greoley nnd llrowu, and in tho
lunguago of tho Cinelutiftli platform, tho
Iriiiniplmnt party will “demand for tho
individual tho lurgont Utterly couNiatout
with public order, for kho State* aelf-gov-
enUiieiit, and for tho uutiou a return to
s few day! ago Mr. E. 0.
Of ChatUboochee, wrote a friend in thie
etty, rmineatiog him to eail Am Dr. Bionot
know of him whether if W(itairord>
would Nimri independent candidate
the Ridioati #eukl' support him for the
Senate. That friend ealtod on Dr. liloont,
who replied that be would give him the
mtUvidtd $U]tpurt of hie party. Mr. Uai-
ford’a friend (ben Inquired if he would do
Mid nme thing by Cajd. I). C. Cmly, to
wbieh he replied that he would not, and
npon the oontraty he would do everything
in hie power to beat him. Mr. ltaifonl
received A letter from that frieud who ad-
▼faod him If he eonld get the nomination
from GhaUebouehea to ran, hnt the coun
ty ref use<t to give it to him, or to anaka
any nomination; whereupon, Mr. K«-
ford, with the expectation of getting ell
the Itadleala nnd a large white rote in
Chattahoochee county, announced Litn-
eelf a candidate, llut wa knew that the
true men of that good old Democratic
county will not he aold ont to the ftadi-
oela in any each wey. Vm Put.
Col. L. I. Glenn, of Atlanta, waa, on
the flat ballot lug, nominated aa the Dem
ocratic candidate fur Congress in the Oth
District, by the Convention which met in
GriHln on Thursday.
4. 0. Freeman of Orfffln ia the Radical
nominee for Con gross in the aotne
Diet riot.
’] l)o nomination is but hnlf the Imttlo,
i Vi u in lliv Pud riel es lately roiniHlelod.
We must / / lo carry it. Tho Kiulical
ciindid.ltc will unite his party, and him
j,u ,nal | >|ui!;uiiy tlmt will holi» him in
bcy. i-..l «•] ilio oomlii s. The DomocrntM
in. i C.utiic rvntivoH of the iiistiict onu only
ih font him by giving Mr. Uurrin nn uudi-
viilml ©ml eurnuht support, nnd the work
ought <» I f: commenced nt onoo. Tho
])i .trial is nt ill n largo ono in tho torrihuy
whn-h it embraoon, nnd tho tiuio is nhort
1 • *r n thorough canvass. Tho following
lire the t'oiuitiuN rompoalng tlio District
t'amptnli, Cnn-oll, Oiattahonoheo, Cow
il.i, Douglass, Harris, Hoard, Marion,
Meriwrllivr. Miisi*ogcc,Tnlbot und Troup.
Mr. Iiie r.ohols Ims buett appointed
ng* nt at Optlika for tho Wcsteru llail
Haul.
Mont^'oiucry Pays tho Ailncrlimr «>
the lltli) received from tho llrst of
Soptoiubor to tho (Hh, (#‘JH halos of
ton. Tor the live days beginning on the
Mh ami ending on last night sho received
I.- bales. Total siuco tho lirst of £h>l>.
Iciuber 1,«H0 bales.
‘Colonel C. M. Verger, formerly of Miu-
itisaippi, but more recently editor of tho
Hultimoro Cvoniug Journal, auuoiiuccH
Itimscit us u eamiidiito for Congroas to
rc|-ic.:ciit llie Third Congressional Dh»-
11ioC <»f Maryland.
Mr. Henry J. Moore, a tin-roofer aud a
worthy yoimg man, was killed iu Hu van-
nidi on Tuesday, by a fall from tho roof
of n building which ho was covering with
tin. Jh h<ft a young wife to whom ho
Vos mm nod about eight months ago.
Tho Eufaulu Time* reports tho organi-
atioji of a tlrocley and Drown Club iu
JH el mid s' bciil, Duibour comity, Ala., OU
SolUiday, and that all tho colored mou in
nUeiidaUee joined IhoClllb.
Tho « \aiuinatnm of witnosBCs for tho
4‘..'vcrniiient, iu tlio caso or tlio negroeft
«m trial for n violation of tho Enforce-
in-M a« i, was continued iu Eufuuia on
V.. dm: day. 'J'ln 1 testimony of Millcdgo
Holt was furl I.or sustained by other wit-
i t .s« n, lml the Coiiiimfuiiiuior dischurgotl
three of the prisoners bccauso tho proofs
did lioi sutTlciontly allow their pnrtioi|>a-
tion in the outrage. There aro five ulh-
i is t>u trial, as to whom tho proof is more
positive.
At a primary oloction held in Macon on
Thursday, to aeloct dolrgates to tho Dorn-
ooratio Congrossional Convention, tlio
ticket favorfthlo to Col. J. 11. lilonnt re
ceived Mir, votes, and the ticket for Hon.
C. A. Nutting 4:14,
Tho doitd and decomposing body of n
woman, mippoaod to be white, was found
on 'Thursday iu a ditch about twonud a
half miles Houth of Havannuh. It waa
partially covered with water, and was sup
posed to hava been there tbreo or four
wocks. Tho body could not he idontifled,
but tho coroner's jury oatno to tho conclu
sion that tho woman had Iwen murdered
by a violent blow on her left forehand.
'The prolimiuary trial of the Kn-K'ux
negroes in Enfaula was brought to n close
on Friday. Tho U. H. Commissioner
bound over two of thorn, Augustus Geary
und Dick Hart, in tho sum of $nuo each,
the methods of poaco and the eonaUtiitior.- a* 1 *! discharged tho others,
al limitations of power." In the language
>f Horace Greeley, accepting tho nonik
The Tr.skcgi o AViw pnldishcs a lettor
n«lilr« ssod by Major Jfls. F. NVaddclI, of
ih ah*, Ala . to Gen. C. A. Hattie, in which
Major W . auswering an Jnquiry of Gen.
D.. says then is no truth iu n currout ru-
nioi tLnt ho intended to run for Congress
ns an imh pcu»l«'U4 candidate agnlust Mr.
Haudicy. Major Wwldoll says in his let-
t i “lam not willing to do anything
that might, l*y tho romotost contingency,
jeopardise the micooss of tho combination
u iw fortunately lundo to defeat the Ksdi-
ral party--for a' upou its defeat depends
even tolerablo life for the Kontb, so with
its succor iu tho campaign is written
l ie doom of our cxpi rimeutal system of
government. ”
Mr. Virgil Powers, Engiuecr and Super,
iutiudeut of the .Southwestern ltailrosd,
hoa made a r«.poU of estimates of the
cost of tho proposed Tulhotton Hruneh
road from the two points ou the Bouth-
westem that aio underrtoodto be in com
petition—Geneva and Hostick. The dis
tance from Ko lick to Tolhotton along
the route surveyed is Mated to be 7{
miles, and tho estimated cost of the
branch road between thoae two points
^]00,(H»J; between Genova and Talbot-
fou, distanoo 7, miles, estimotcd cost
$111,604. MYo infer from this report
that privaio i vd.aeriptiona to the amount
of *11 ,600 moro than for the other wfll
bo needed to givo (life Geneva route the
{ ireforencc. The grades sre ro|X>rted to
o considcmbly greateci between Gouova
nnd Talbot ton.
A very high compliment was paid to
lion. Hcuj. 11. UilJ<*«jf Georgia, tc Wed
iioiiday, by a committee of the vast as-
aemlilago at the “Foaoo Heuuion." Tl^ej
waited upon him and reqnewted tom to
repeat ou Thursday, os nearly as hecould,
the maguificeni speech delivered by him
qu Wednesday. Mr. Hill eoAKIllfd.
nation uud announcing his understanding
of tho platform, they w II requiro “that
tlie civil authority should ho supreme over
tho militury; that tho writ of hubfun corpUH
should he jealously upheld as tho safe-
guard of persona] freedom; that the in
dividual citizen should enjoy the largost
liberty consistent with public order; and
that there shull he no Fodorsl supervision
of tho interns! polity of the sovornl States
and municipalities, hut that oach shall be
left tree to enforce tho rights and pro
mote tlio well-being of its inhabitants by
such means iih tlio judgment of Us own
pooplo shall proscribe."
More Drmorrsttr. NomtsstloHR.
POD T1IK fcXMATF..
Floyd, Chattooga and Folk—John W.
Wofford.
Hilib, Florence aud llutta—Col. T. J.
Mimiuons.
IOH HXniKHKNTATlVKS.
Uioliiuoud- V. Walsh, W. A. Clark, II.
0. Foster.
Clarke—Dr. llonry 11. Carlton, l)r. F.
Jackson.
Oglethorpe -John T. Hurt, M. W. Wil
lingham.
Floyd- Fielding 1 light, John It.
Towers.
Joues- Cnpt. 0. A. Hamilton,
Greene- Cupt. L. H. Willis, Judge W.
W. Moore.
Um>l|itN or I In* I'ortR.
The following nro tho reoeipts of cot
ton at the ports of tlio sovoral Htstos, for
tho commercial yosr just closod, as given
iu tho Now York Chronicle'* report. Tho
shipments to tho Northern cities being
only partially reported (diroot to manu
facturers omitted), the tablo does not give
tho full Aggregate receipts, which are
stated to be X,t)74,;tol.
Torts.
aw Orleans
Ahibsina
South Carolina....
Georgia
Texas
Florida
North Carolina....
Virginia...
N. V.portion onl;
Huston “
l'liiladerA “ “
Dultimore “ “
Tortlund “ “
Sau Francisco
Tho nomination of Uon. Philip Clayton
for OongrcMB by tho lCndicalv of the 8th
District of Ooorgia marks anothor step iu
tho movement of the extrerocst political
fnctiona of tho country towards union.—
Mf. Clayton was too “straight" a Demo
crat to support Greoley, and declared his
preference for Grout; and now the Uadi
cals of hi« District have taken him at his
word and uoiuiuuted him for Congress!
We aro not yet advised of bis oooepUnce
of tho nomination. Should ho Accept, aud
the Radicals and “straight" Democrats of
the District unite, what a praotical illua.
(ration it wiil be of tho inaineerity of the
“straight" clamor Against the union of
tlio Democrats and Liberal Republicans
iu sup|iort of Greeley ! They objected to
joining tho moot Liberal and Conaerv-
alive brunoh of the KepnblioAii party—
the bran oh pledged to co-operate with na
in arresting the progress of tho Govern-
inont towards contralUstion aad Federal
despotism ; and they follow ftp Ute objec
tion by goiug into n union with the Radi
cal faction striving lo eoullmie and aooel-
orate tho movemeut towards a oentraliaed
despotism 1 Was ever a stronger or move
inconsistent political freak exhibited ?
We And a very remarkable story ac
credited io a letter, from Linden, Perry
county, Tenn., the substance of whioh is
that tho Sheriff, Tax Collector and the
late Reprasentative of the ooaoty entered
a Ktnall hut thoNttofore unexplored oave in
tho county above named, and therein
found a great quantity of atelagrottee, aa
transparent m Me and as cold ts the
touch; that they took fragments of it in
thair hands, and found that Ihongh Ike
fssling was just aoeh as settd toe would
have oommunkmted, the sobetanos did
not meltataUonn very hot day; that
they carried R to • hotel, and triad it in
««i«rnd intik, flndtna IkU U imputed
V> Item «U U» ealdatei of to*, pto jM
dM not *t dl dimUbh ia bilk. Itetto-
ry is told kith mush ©irmmatsnlialitjr.
and ref erenee U okU n a number of eih
iMluof tk. ooootj foe pnof of iM tnrtfc.
8UU *• coafu* to • t«7 MM»iitt^l
1872.
1871.
.867,688
1,440,400
.288,012
401,078
.271,241
860,682
.460,680
720,400
...11)7,060
821,804
... ID,860
18,918
... 62,628
94,820
...270,088
812,868
...106,876
262,819
... 82,468
16,410
.. 80,129
18,820
.. 40,241
41,088
.. 4,812
8,811
000
(NN)
2,782,280
wih* or OOUMKL *; wtiwr
lit,in. front tlio Allan to Vunitilution of
FrUUy,
1’siiHnKAi,.—Mm. Kmnm Mnffutt Tyng,
formoily of (Jolunilm., Imt now of Nov*
V ork, tlio diHtniKui.brd nutlmrisH. of tin no
flno novoln, i( ('rown .lowoltt" and
Fort," ia on a vi.it to Atlanta. Hlioiaat
Doll Muuaioo. She ia olio of Uio moat
gifted Hoiuliorn ladioa.
Unitmi Htatfji Dihtki.'T Court.-—Dav
id l)iinlu|>, of Mtiriwcliiur oouuty, waa ac
quitted yt.atcrd.iy of tbo ebaryo of romov-
iug Hpiritn unlawfully. No other cuau
tried.
Death on the C*aa.—Abo Colby, tho
notoriotiH Itadical colored HepreacuUtivn
from OrsoDo county In tbo laat Iaiuialu-
turc, died on tbo oara betwcou Atlanta
and Uroaoaboro Tneaday ui(jbt.
CklltakurkM lauafr Meetlat,
CuaaKTA, Ua., Kept. 12, 1872.
At a Convention hold in Cuaaota, on
tbo 121b inat., for tbo pnrpoao of nomi
nating n oandidntc for tbo Uonao of ltep-
roaoiitativoa, tbo following dologatoa from
tbo Diatnota enrolled tboir narnoa
Cohkkta—A. Woolridgo, W. N. Anal In
aud W. A. Farley.
UoiiLKa'M Hill- J. c. Wright, 1. lluro-
Hold and W. F Luno.
Coi.eman’h—Alvab. Harp, II. Vigal and
Tbua. Woolridge.
Jamehtown—W. A. Happ, Thoa. Wilaon
aud II. F. Oo.lv.
Haolooa—It. C. l'attoraon, Jaa. Whip
ple and M. Foaoy.
Hut Hanot—Jaa. Jonoa, Juo. McCook
Moor.
1‘ink Knot—Jno. McMurraiu, t!baa.
McArdlo aud A. D, Wiiubeator.
J. C. Wright wu nulled to tbo Chair
and W. A. Farley Hocrolary.
Tbo following norneo wore put Iu nomi
nation, aud tbo oonvouliou procooded lo
ballot, having adopted Ibo two-Uiirda rulo:
J. Cook, D. J. Shipp, Thuo. Sapp and
D. U. MoUlaun.
Iht uallot.
J. Cook io
D. J. Hbipp |
Thao. Happ 2
D. U. McUlauu A
2d ballot.
D. 1. Shipp 1
l>. U. MoUlaun 7
J. Cook io
ilu UALLOT.
D. «. MoUlann 7
J. Cook 14
The nomination of Mr. J. Cook waa
thon made unanimona.
After tbo result of Ibo balloting waa de
clared, tbo meeting, on motion, roaolvod
itaclf into a County tuaaa mooting.
The following proaiublo and roaolnliona
wore offered by Mr. W. A. Farley:
Wboroaa, Tho delegation from this
county to Ibo Seuatoriul Couventiou, bold
in Columbus on tba 10th iuat., urged aud
maintained the right of Chattaboooboo to
the Houatorahip of thla, tbo 2tth Senato
rial District, at tho oorniog oloction; and
wboroaa, said light wan not Teoognised
or allowed, and onr delegation withdrew
from said Convention. Therefore, lie it
Ueeolved, That we ondorae tbo aotion
of ths Chattahoochee delegation in with
drawing from said Convention, and re
fusing to pledge their support to the
nominee.
In support of aald resolutions, Mr, D.
II. Yauoey, a delegate from thla oouuty to
the Senatorial Convention, gave a full
eiplanslion of tho proceedioga of said
Convention, showing conclusively to all
present, that onr sister 00untie* did not
sot in aeeordance with the comity between
the three ouuuttee, allowing each county
the Sanatornhtp in rotation.
The resolution* were adopted unani
mainly.
Meeting then adjourned.
J. C. W sight, Chairman.
W. A. Fabuct, Seereury.
BaaaoDa Countr Nominations.—We
learn that the Democratic and Conserva
tive party of Barbour county, in ooavon.
tion at Clayton on laat Wednesday, made
tin following nomination*:
Fan Ssnatob—J. W. Mabry.
. Foe tee Honan—M. Cody, A. 0raves,
colored. B. C. Bennett.
Fna SouciTOa—A. V. lea
W* have 00 particulars of tho meeting
and oan thereforejeIt* no fuller report.
Pht/bula Ttmu, VM.
The eatUrpiUamhnve iojved Ito Cot
ton ia Doe coealy to snob an osteal that
the fknaan deapair of maMag more than
half a scop.
Tee ttumw Inrymmis Oeas-—Wo
team that dodge Cole has delivered Ms
in thS sate, to favor of the
and Atlantis Company, r .
nan tad by A. 0. Uaeoo, Eaq. The jam
win faa tarried to the- Supreme Court by
Jadge bon, far thoWeatam Union Tote-
lorn pony and the ffaethwmtott
Company.—JKtmn 7H*yr*pA,
••I A '
Mr, Prmidnil and Ucr.tkmeno/Uu Press;
Tba sstaoslon of oar rslhraf a/stan is
om of (Iwp and vital ta»£ortafle« to Gsor-
gla, lulportaat a* Ute maaos of davelop-
ia«m r ImjKiitsnt as (he mosos of dtofiog
the exodns of eqr oitixeiM from the State,
and os the moans of enabling us iu hold
our position- as tie Empire Htate of the
Booth, and especially to enable t» to keep
pace with the progress of onr faster States
in the advahoeinoQt of pur material inter
est*.
The war left tie prostrate, nod although
onr general eoaditiou ha* greatly improv
ed, it has ndt reached that point whioh
wo had hoped, and which we uave striven
to obtain. Vurioon cauoe* way bo assign
ed for this failure, but the moat promi
nent of ell j* the want of tlio extension of
onr railway syatem to that extent demand
ed by the abnolatu wants and imperative
demand* of the people.
A large portion of our territory is still
without railway facilities. Our plan tor*
and farmer* who are distant from one to
three days travel from rati way and tele-
graph faoilflies, cannot tie expected to re
main content with their lot. Their !no-
Isted situation is atteuded with tnaby se
rious drawbacks to their prosperity, end
U is unreasonable to expect thorn to re
main content with the duprivution of ml-
vmntagrs which their more forUiuate fel-
luw-eilizans powiuss.
The want of these facilities has compel
led tlmnsands of our people to omigrato
to mtctious whore thoy eonld coiuiunml
them, and it will force thousund* of oth
ers to follow their example union* we ex
tend onr railway syRtcm so as to oover the
entire State. When wo oomparo tho pro
gress of our Htato with those who are ma
king utie uf the railway aiul tolcgrnph a*
tho means of peopling and developing
their waste places, and increasing their
commercial nnd political power, wo arc
utrnrk with umazemunt that the great
Htato of Georgia, to W’houi nature hits
been ao hoimtifnl, should nut ntrivo with
all her groat powers to at loant retain her
own Houa upon her own coil.
Whnt are tho facta ? In I ho place of an
immigration of planter* und farmer*, oc-
cupying and bringing under cultivation
our wild luudH, and uianufucturer* to im
prove our water powerij, converting the
raw material into gold, nnd of uieehnuics
supplying our wants, uud of laborers with
their strong arms to uphold and strength
en tbo general interests ; we Aud thou
sands of our planters and farmers leaving
the Htato to got within tho weaith-croat-
iug inffuoricea of ruiiwuya in more pro
gressive Btutes, leaving their Georgia
hoiueu to grow up in briars nnd pine-
thickets, our water power* remain unim
proved, the few mochaidca we huvo, ei
ther comparatively idle, or sucking other
localities wbero a diversity of interests
and pursuits nro acknowledged as true po
litical economy, our laborers drawn off lo
supply tho demand iu Bcctiouu whose
lauds bavo not been impoverished by our
murderous system of cultivation, or rath
er, Ncariilcution ; uli rapidly und surely
driving us into a self-elected bankrupt-
cy.
It is estimated that within tho last year
that from ten to twelve thousand emi
grants have gone out of tho Ktatc, and
that during that period not over six hun
dred immigrants have come into tho State.
Whnt a comment upon our bousted enter
prise !
A careful examination of tho subjoct
develop* tho fact that in nino curoh in ten
those emigrants are from sootious in Goor-
gia without railway facilities, and that in
tho section uf their new houios thoy have
located on or contiguous to sumo lino uf
railway already completed or iu course uf
ranid construction.
Thu political economy that permits anrh
a deplorable condition of affairu to oxist
is radically wrong, destructive to all prog
ress, entirely do void of the tlrnt principles
of HtntesmanNhip, and utterly wanting in
euiumou luuducHH souse.
With this existing Htuto of nlfairs it is
high time we had ceased prating about
our ontorpriso, onr su|>erior and oven re
markable natural advantage*, and tako
such steps a* will at least retain our pres
ent population.
Wo liavo on our statute book* .12 rail
way charier* that have tho Kioto's iu-
dotsemout for nu average of about $12,-
(100 per utile, making a total of about
$.10,000,000 conditional, prospective lia
bility on the part uf Uio State. In each
of tuo localities covered by these charters
railway facilities aro imperatively Jt
luuuded, but they oauuut be built beoausu
tho people are too poor to subscribe and
pay tho amount subscribed by law, and
hence the emigration referred to.
It is undeniably true that if these pro
posed railways wore constructed, the
standard gauge of Avo feet, costing from
$20,000 to $no,00() per mile, that they
would have a capacity greatly in excess of
tho wauls of tho secliouu in which they
are located.
In this case then, wc will invest an un
necessary amount, thereby entailing high
rates of transportation upon nil intercuts
with which they oomo iu oeutact.
We will have invested an amount en
tirely dispropoi tinned to the ohjoct sought
to ho attuiued, and would he utterly want
ing iu the coinmou sense which we uso iu
ir daily business transactions.
With two or three exceptions, tho thir
ty-two proposod roads, if constructed
broad gauge, could not command sniff-
cient business to pay operating expenses
and interest accouut, or if so, it would be
at such extreme high rates am would re
tard rather than stimulate development.
Wo cannot construct them theu, with
any reasonable hope or expectation of
their being aelf-sustaiulug.
Hut fortunately for us, experiments
within tho Inst six or oight years have
practically demonstrated tbo ontiro prac
ticability of a cheaper class of railways,
exactly adapted to our wauls, and espec
ially our uiofha.
The tbreo foot gnugo railway, costing
only about ouc-lialf of the broad or fivo
feet gauge, has a ca|Wicity greater even
than would lie required for the sectious
under diKcuHsion. Thoy aro also operat
ed from twenty to twouty-ftve per ceut.
cheaper, while their interest account will
be only ono-half that of the moro costly
and minooessary ponderous broad gunge,
which i* comparatively idlo one-half tho
tiuio for want of busines*.
While we eonnot command the moans
to build tho broad gango, we can control
the oapital with which to conatruot tho
narrow gauge.
It la • aclr-evidout fact that it is very
much easier to raise $10,000 per mile
than it is $20,000.
Tho exoesaive cost of tho broad gougo,
entirely diaproportioned to tho bmunues,
would necessarily oompcl them to charge
very high rates in order to pay imeratiog
oxpeuaeo and interest account. Iam un
able to eee the good senao of thus unnec
essarily taxing the industries of our peo
ple, especially when the required facilities
may be obtaiued by the adoption of tho
narrow gauge at one-half the cost, there
by pleoiog it within the mean* of the lo-
oalitiee referred to, not only to provido
themselves with railways, but with low
rates.
Admitting that $10,000 to $1C,000 per
mile will acoomplUh tbo desired object, I
am unable to see the economy of invest
ing $20,000 to $80,000 per mile, and
thereby incur the entail ment of high rates
for all time.
Rome has eel us an example worthy of
imitation. For ysafes sho tuu had on hand
her prouoeed Memphis Braucb Railway,
but unable to oommand the moons to con
struct it broad gauge, she wisely deter
mined to make ia narrow gauge in order
to place it within bar own means, and aa-
pecially when done that she might be able
to control it in her own tattle*. Since
the war Rome ban engaged quite exten
sively ia tha manufacture of iron, but
•he finds that in consequence of the very
high raiee of freight on eoal aud eoke,
transported by broad gauge roe*,
that her profits are exoeedtagly small, aad
benoe she has determined to ronairaot
her narrow gauge road to the Albany coal
fields, 86 miles distant, and there reel the
enterprise until aha is able Co push it fur
ther with her own means. With this
cheap railway, with ita low ralea, Korns
will be able to deliver eoal, eoke end iron
oio at nob extreme small nteaua will an-
able her to establtoh muIHm furnaces
along ride of her rolling mil la, foundries
and meehine ahope, thus concentrating
th«Mi(toMi-<n*ung povN, pttfcia Jm
JtoMteteggtoto
• hepae WtiipiaT
moat powerful of
iten. !*»., _
ul.ctnns Uonc-ntrsiiM fs twr mUM, ito.
will rMci.« ss impstosthst *11 wk. tor
tb. first interior otlF of Um tteath, U.
CSHM lib* toainraknl snd tirtogbt to tot
•UtfM granteot wesltb-prodaoteff powsr
known to man.
Bhe will be sbio to offer sock indaee-
ueois to ftw lu.nufseiarnrs of Botokbor-
tog cities *■ to oou(mI litem to nwm to
ber uildrt, end (to only remedy tlwy eon
.4 ply to ytorent it, will bo Ute narrow
gauge rood with it* Email oost snd cheap
■sM.
Adopt tbo narrow gauge, and every
comity towu la the Htato eon boro Ita run
way, snd if economically constructed,
sod closely monaged, tucy will pay.
With tbo narrow gangs, wa need have no
deed capital lockod np in railways. With
onr Htato oovoed with a .yiteni of ebmp
railways, who on aatimata tb* good that
would fiow therefrom , Oar riUc. would
rapidly increase in population, commaro.
and weslib, oor conuty town* would bnild
op, oor water powers would t* improved,
our laiuoml tnterwte would be devalopod,
laauafiicturcK would be oKtablbilied, onr
plwters and fanner, provided with rail
way fsrllitioH would be vastly bsncfllted,
cmigretiou would cooeo, and lauulgrsUou
would conimescO, snd Ike Fresn would
hnvo s vast n.w field for tho dieplsy of
its intelligence snd power.
Lot our people once fully understand
the great importance or tUa new creator
mul developer of wesltb, that It is entire
ly practicable end wilbiu their mesne, mid
they Will adopt It without beeitatlon.
It roHta with yon, gentlemen of tbo
press, to give tbeui the ueceiwsry infor
mation npou tbia very important subject;
snd in doing ao yoa will perform u aarvico
for yonr Htalc that will redound to your
credit for all time.
SjficW to Utt! AtlnuU CountKallon.
Giufun, Ga., Bcpt. 11.—The Radical
Conveotiun ooiuinuted J. C. Froetuan on
the Hccond ballot by acclamation. Free
man in a wonltby mercbnnt, planter and
baiikcr of this county ; bos been A naod-
uvato Hnpnbliean wince rcooirntroctiop.
Tb© Democratic Convention promise*
to be fnli. Candler, Glenn, and Ham
mond are tbo most prominent spoken of.
Fitch bout George 1*. Harnett'* bead
into juily iu front of tho hotel to-night.
Leo- talfoni*.
tf.
. Itow TV? Fnpdn.te CRrrf SlaStpa.'
. il Pit Mitel itadt to know in what
toaunar »is y nynnl to pat Um’teal of
atefc of tb. white Bum"
CSoUteB byrtedtes the
telWMbM.illia la^teb'UeralK *l *»-
Tho Btetmi «—tern ■Or text to. titsmEbu
It, 1,72.
ijnal cnaditote for Qyv
»*
Tho Cincinnati Ktupiirer of tho Lth
inst snyH : “Wo happen lo know that
ono of tlio leading Grant manager* here
given up tbo Htnte of Illinois an lout to
Grant and Wilaon beyond peradventure.
Ho bop n to tn.ko it up by carrying Indi
ana, but be wont. Thoro never has
been n morn promining out-lootk for any
party than ilmt which now exiata in Indi
ana for (iruoluy and Drown. Hendrick's
majority iu October will uot bo leans than
ir. t uno.'’
Items from Ibo Atlanta CvnUitution of
yesterday:
Tbo Democratic moan mooting on (ho
17th promises to bo sn imtiuumo affair.
Preparations nro being made to rntcrtaiu
the crowd in Alluntn's uauui style of hos-
tiitulily. linrgo delegations aro promis
ing to canto.
A Model LuuaLATan.—Uon. \V. I,.
Goldsmith, lata licproseutativo of DeKalb
ronnly, turned ovur to llm County Treas
urer uf Hint oouuty all be received over
■ini per day, nnd to tbo Htato tho aum of
$120 from tbo amount paid him as a uictii
bur of tho Htato Itoad Investigating Com
mittee.
Death of John I. WntTAKF.a.—The
aad intelligence of tho death of John I.
Whitaker, of Fayatto oouuty, was rood veil
hero yesterday, llo died uu tbo night of
tha Kith and waa buried at S p. m. yester
day. lio waa a brother, wo lioliovo, ol
Jadgo J. I. Whitaker, of thin oily.
Tun Texas Cotton Caop.—Tho Gol-
’Ktoii News publl.hc, diapatobca from
eighteen of the most prominent points in
that Htato with reforoneo to the cotton
crop prospoct, oil of which are gloomy in
tlie extremo. The Newe nays, editorially,
Hint Iheae advices compel a reduction of
at least twenty-five [air ceut. on previous
CHtiiunlue at the receipt, at that point Ihia
season. Il nays “the drouth, whioh has
affected tlio ontiro cotton bolt of Uiia
Htato, hue damaged tho crop irreparably
to tbo extent of nt least one-foiirtu of the
whole, nnd fully one-half iu the most af.
dieted sections. Tho most conservative
among tho best informed merchants now
admit Hist, where 200,000 bale, waa a
moderate estimate a month ago, 277,,INN)
bales is sn extreme figure to venture as
the roeeipla at this port for 1872-7:1."
The R.airsl War la Arkansas.
Little IIoce, Auk., Hept. 10.—Parties
from Pope county this evening report to
tlio Olivette that (leu. Upturn ia still at
Unasellvillo with his guards.
Hheriff Dudsou's militia, about lftO men,
aro camped two miles from that place.
Everybody thiitoao got away lias left the
oouuty. Dodson goes to the stores and
orders whatever he desirea, giving iu pay
his order on the county. On a refusal to
let nnjthing go in that way, ha threatens
I o brake dew u the doom aud taka what
lid wants. Ho says they will have mar.
tint law in a few days; then the peoplt
can get pay iu Htale money.
On Sunday, Gen. Uphatu aent four of
Ilia guards and a well know citixau to Do
ver to asoortaiu if the itatties there whom
they desired to arrant, Pointer aud others
would surrender to ths civil authorities.—
They repled that they would do ao cheer
fully if a fair trial waa assured them ;
that ho could select any JUHtice of the
Peace iu tho county aud twelve juryman
from among the leading Uepublicaua of
tho county not ideutifiod with Dodaon,
and they would abide tho raault of a trial
by them : that if ha doairad to ootna to
Dover, they would guarunte* him protec
tion, but they could not surrender to
Dodson. To these proposition Gen. Up-
hsui replied that it waa for him. not them,
to prupoao terms; that he recognized
Dodson os the proper civil officer to whom
they ahould surrender.
Uphatu Kent two of bis guards to tba
cily to-day, who arrived tbia oveutng with
dispatches fur the Governor. It la thought
they gauio for more men, und that Up-
ham, before moving on Dover, will await
ra-euforceiuenta. Bloody time* are an
ticipated urban he makes a movement in
that direction with Dodson’s militia.
Deputy Bberiff William* ia dead. II
appears that b* had twonty-oeven men
with him. Ho oomo nomas four yoong
men of Dover. Yoong Halo, s brother
of ono of tba man mnraerad by tha Sher
iff's poena soma time ago; Ferry Wool,
one of tb* prisoners who comped on that
oooasion, and two other. Ho fired on
them, whan they returned the fire, mor
tally wounding Williams and slightly
wounding ono of hi* uian.
Tha Mexican Be tear Oat rafts.
Bbowksville, Texas, Hept 12.—The
Border Commissioner* have returned
from their trip np the river. Important
evidence waa obtained at Bio Grand*
City regarding depredations oommilled in
tbo oountry.
The Commissioners report that daring
tho voyage np, the Mexioan cattle thieve*
were discovered in the act of crossing a
hard of stolen cattle, The thieves being
in oonaiderabls foroe tba recovery of the
outlie wns impossible without troops.
Large quantities of the hides of stolen
cattle were found st Cumargo, Mexico.
A bad condition of affairs —Hta all
along the Texas bolder. In a downward
voyage tho Commissioners taw large
quantities of smugglers with small boats;
they were on both banka, Gootiunad
juitrdon aud tbufia, with ths defiant atti
tude of the Mexicans who Mill are utterly
Utter in thoir throuta against all vritaomsa
before tho OommMonen. It is feared
murders will onana. Kariy aotion of Ooe-
graa* is looked to m the only maatts of
remedying tho oooditioo of thing*, whioh
have grown intolarahio.
Washxbotoe, Soph IS.—Ia mpoam to
tho elaborate latter of lb. O'Conor, de-
dining tho Louisville Domination, tho
Chairman of tha Louis villa dalngatinw has
written another letter tmut«-<«g thanks
for Mr. O'Goaar'a nttamoeoa of sound po
litical wisdom aud pura EKxwlily, and an
nouncing thair determination to adhar*
to Mr. Ovoaor as a oan did*!* of tha poo-
P**
fottuftr ft Mndidrift
ttapftnoUifuriftl of Xftdoitriil Rraonr-
uMftodtao Iftlter a lUfitaftlCIraiiR Jnfigft.
Wi quoU flint from Fftfitam :
"Hurt are mdtiy iters doming around
[Ikc^sHnUsn n °tbs hereon the dog oj
Wiuti Ff Uwm ftraftM tb Imtafirie by
Ibis remark will be •aen fro* the follow-
tag reuiarlw uf Mr. Ltubbftrl:
“Many of Uu young Men af Coosa
county arc eouiiny in to me daily, confess
ing they are Ka-kluxes, ackninciedging
their sins, aad asking me to intercede for
them. To suck / piedgs Us in fine net of'
Uu parly Uf base them pardoned, if they
util pledge Vuduettes to coU for General
Grunt.
OUerrft ths naparalUtad insult to ft
frftft pcoftie of pMdgtag the tafioenou uf ft
puiiubftl party lu ibo gardening uf clime
on ftoodatmn tiw ctu*uui vatw Ike Uudi-
ari ticket! Onr homes msf Im burned «t
ftlidoigbt, o«r firidft mfty he laid wafttft f
oor iivftft pot iu jeopardy or destroyed by
tue uieauMt, dirurat eot-tbronU Ou God •
««rtii wi«k aUfculule Iwmuuity from puu-
Iiduuftot, uu tbs sola coudiuou tiaai Uuy
vole tkft Radkftl tiriud! Was wucb •
■mofttrou* feMUe of tbiug* «ver beard of
before? Tbau wbat uiuat the country be
eoiuing (or going) to V And yet wa find
now aud tiicu a creature beuriug a white
fade and ft lily liver who will vote to */<-
dorse suck vitttany. Tba uiau wboeodor*
•ea nock viUiaoiMi aa tba Radical party
bo* pnt in active operation in aud again*!
the Boutb f ought Vo be npnrued from the
ftigbl of iomu.—Montgomery Advertiser.
Cuitoa aad PmWwn.
Roaolutiooa adopted at tbo mofttiog of
tho Gobb oouuty Agricultural Booiocy—
Bept. 8, 1872.
Wbureau, wo have seen what wo bc>
lleve to be exaggerated otateioeuta of the
incoming cotton crop, and iu our judg
ment inude with Ilia purpose to deeaive
the pcodHour and induce early sales at low
figures and thereby transfer the profit of
production from tue laborer to the specu
lator, whereby ovary intereat of the cot
ton hoc!ion ia seriouitly injured ;
And Wuereaa, From information which
we deem reliable, owing to caterpillar,
boll worm, ra«t,druughi and freshet, ouch
affecting tho crop iu different see turn*, tbo
estimated for Jouo aud September in ado a
vast difference iu tlie footing up of tbo
number of bales aud consequent value ;
aud
Whereas, A kind providenco has bless
ed the ooUou Bute* wilh abundant crop*
of provisions, thu* enabling a largo ma
jority of farmers to bold their eottou and
sell at will; therefore bo it
Resolved, That we iuvito and urgo far
mer* of tbia Hociety to investigate oiuKoly
tba question* involved in tbe foregoiug
utiggeetioiiM before deposing of thoir coi-
tou.
Resolved, That we roootuinend that the
farmer* out of the first gathering, pay
every debt incurred in makmg tbe crop ul
the earliest day possible, aa a well found
ed credit ia tbe true bn*id of a farmer a
prosperity ; aud control tbe romaiudor in
their own intercut.
Resolved, That we earnestly rccum
mend the farmer* uf the State to lay off
and prepare their laudft with refereuco to
the next crop ao as to secure a full supply
of provision!!.
Resolved, that we recommend the au
thorities of the Btato Agricultural Hociety
to offer premiums fot the euauiug ye*r,iu
time for the preparation of tbe lands be
fore planting.
Resolved, That we reepeetfully call the
attention of the county societies of the
Htnte to the questions referred to, with
the hope that continued effort and by
oouneeling together tbe farmers may pro
mote tbe geueral good of tbe Agriooltnal-
iat.
Resolved, That we o*k papers of tbe
State friendly to agriculture to publish
these resolution*.
4 Sew Trra*ar»-Ua4 ef I'alahaMtal Islaa4»—
Seals ib4 Sea Uepualt to be Nad tor the
Aaklaf.
Washington, September 8.—In answer
to a letter of iuquiry iu regard to a recent
return from the Cimtoui-bouHe at Stoning-
tun, Conn., the Hurean of Statistics has
received from Mr. Hubbard, collector of
that port, an interesting statement with
regard to nu important group of uutahab-
ited inlutnbi situatod south and east of
Cape Horn, in latitude G1 to degree*
south; longitude, 64 to 08 degrees west,
and known as the New South Shetland Is
lands.
Theso inlands had not been visited for
shout twenty years until within a year or
two pa*t, during which time thousand* of
seaUkin* or a very flue quality, as well ah
thousand* of gallons of sea elephant oil
has been obtaiued. Mr. Hubbard expra*a-
ea tbe opinion that if these island* were
properly surveyed and their positions well
defined a very profitable business could
be done there. He says tbe nature of the
vovsge i* Huch a* to require a large crew,
beiug somewhat like a whaling voyage iu
tlda respect. The vommI* carry three of
four seal-boats twenty-aix or twenty-eight
foot in lougtb, each requiring n crew of
five or aix men. After reaching the is-
lauda, they cruise about the group very
oautioualy, and often leave a boat’s crew
where they find a “rookery" or Heal or
sew elephants. These, tbe erew kill aa
they deem proper or hold possession of
tbe “rookery" in ease of competition. It
sometimes happens that the seals ore not
in a proper condition to be token, or that
not enough have collected to warrant so
attack. A* tbo season ia extremelv short,
not exceeding six or eight weeks, it is
necessary to have a strong gang to take
advantage of this sort of bustaeas. The
voyage ia usually of about ten months’
duration from the time of leaving port.
The Ytllewato**—■eaqatto** Kltlta« Salta
Chicaoo, Sept. 10.—Geo. B. R. Co wen,
Assistant Secretary of Interior and head
of Commission to tbe Sioux Indians arriv
ed here tbia ovening en route for Wa*h-
tagton via Belloire. Tbe rest of tbe
Commissi oners with interpreters and In
dian chiefs will reach here to-morrow at 3
r. m.
Tho Commissioners had a rough and
dangerous trip from Corrtae to Helens.
They were one hundred and eight boors
in a stage without real and at one time
were attacked by a roving band of na
tives. It was difficult at some places to
procure means of transportation as the
mosquitoes bad driven away bonce and
cattle. At tbe crossing of tb* Northern
pwrifto railroad on the upper Minwni
two of thoir mole* wen utteokud by
ewonue of moaquitou* aud killed. Tb*
ooontrjr ia dreary and desolate. If Gan.
Cowan ooald b* per. traded to make public
hi* ob**(ration* an tbe Northern Pacific
railroad and the country through which it
poem, tb* public inter** would be oab-
aerrod.
firitMi Claim ter Vstte*.
fit—rial to Cincinnati Oonunereini]
Waojunotoe, Sept. 9 It appeal* to Im
pretty generally believed by tboee in-
funned on the subject that tbe Mixed
Claim* Ciwnmlealnw will make heavy
award* to British claimant* for notion
aeiaed daring the war. A gaoUeaun who
baa ample facilities far aacerUleing the
facte is of the opinion that tb* nwnnb in
favor af thee* claimant* will go far to
ward making on offset to the award* in
fever of ths United Staten by the Arbitra
tor. of the Geneva Caafenne*. On* par
ty alone In New York, it I* mid,baa about
twenty claim* pending, averaging about
filly thousand dollar, each, aU of which
mm* b* voted valid, snd tba. on many
mar* ou tbe eeme footing, (erne of .kick
era larger in earnout.
Dbat. or a Loot 110 Ybab* Old.—Dr.
Lewi* Mobley, af thie eoatoy, informed
** neeatly of tbe death af Mr*. HWbelh
Wadsworth, in IheTWrd Dtetrtet of Dooly
aounty, near Millwood, at tha ego at owe
h.ndrad and ten yrara. She lived Into*
01 B CtWfilttSIONAL SoaiXATIO*.
Tba Convention that aKseiul»led hero on
Wftdnr-sdfty Wt to nomioate a candidate
fof 'Ooogreiw from this (tlie Fourth) Dis
trict wo* full, every county being repre
sented, and the deliberation*. were hsr-
mooiuti* aud without the sUi*hte«t jar or
the maftlfcaution of the least partisan
fqpliug. It was uue of the best oonven-
tiun* wo •wfer witbossod. Nutwithstand-
tag the great number of gentletueu put in
pomiimtion, and.that every inch of ground
wss contested by the friend* of eaob,
throughout'the balloting*,, the best of
fading and even kindness for each othor
were manifested. There was liot a sharp
or tart remark made throughout the whole
proceeding*. The two-thirds rule having
been adopted^ such was tbo popularity of
th£ candidates, aud- adhesion of friends,
that it required fourteen ludlotiogs to de
cide who should bo our standard-bearer
*u this Congre**umid contest, at which
time Col. llonry li. Harris, of Meriweth
er, received precisely the required two-
thirds majority.
When tbe re*ult of the fonrtcentift»al-
lut was declared, a most enthu*ua*tie out
burst of spplsnse rent the court room, in
which wa believe every delegate joined.
WJicn tbe nomination wss declared by n
vote to bo tinanimouH, nn other shout of
&pplAU*e}wout «p from the fulluuss of en
thusiasm for 00r gallant standard-bearer,
as he was conducted to tha stand where
be made s warm and appropriate speech
accepting tbe fcoininntiou. Bheoches fol-
lowed irowk contenting csuulidatem for tho
nomination, evory otio of whom expressed
tlie belief that the hunt uiau had been se
lected, and that they would work for hi*
success. We believe the Convention act-
od with no other motive tlmu to select tho
strongest tuan in (he District, They
were all infused with the single ides of
making tbe best nomination posnible, and
huvo left tho Convention determined
to do every man hi* duty. Wo repeat
that it was the bout political convention
we ever wittiu*f ed, uud it* final action, wo
believe,*ill enthuse the Democracy of this
District lo an extent that wilt cause every
Democrat to perform hi* whole duty.
Col* Harris was first brought forward
fur (hi* position by the Democracy of bis
own conuty, aud that too, without any *o-
I Imitation of hi* own. Tbo delegates of
Meriwether never for a aiuglo moment
faltered io hi* supuort throughout tha
ballot tags. They exhibited a devotion to
their condidnte that is bound to givo
him sirength throughout tho canvaH* and
onsure hi* electiov. Thut is all the more
gratifying to OqI. Harris and hi* friends,
when it is romembered that this honor
has beoh conferred without hi* asking it.
Alwny* a modest and a retiring gentleman
ia his disposition, never seeking offico or
expecting it, it is au expression of public
confidence that be wiil always treasure
wirb uothing but fcoliug* of tho purest
g ratitude* And pleasure. If lie is elected,
u goes to Congress a* thu representative
of the District, nnd not as thu representa
tive td moro politicians.
Col. If Arris is a native of Ilanuock, Imt
has boon a resident of Meriwether euiiuty
sine© his hnyhood, where he has lived,
honored and respected by ail hi* neigh
bors and fellow-citizcu*. He wns educat
ed for the law, was admitted to the bar,
hnt bis devotod hi* time to his extensive
planting interests for the greater purl of
Lid life, llo is iu tho forty-fifth year of
his ago, and ia u gentleman of fine intel
lectual abilities which have boon well cul
tivated. Ah a Hpeakcr, he is fluent nnd
graceful, argumentative nnd eloquent;
aud hi* clarion voice will be hoard thro’-
ont the District during the campaign, when
tho people will hcoonvincedlhat they have
a standard-bearer who will hear our prin
ciple* aloft iu all tbo fervor of au honest
heart and in tho language of tbe truest
eloquence.
Let the Democracy now’ come forward
determined to win, and victory will perch
npon our bannera iu November.
hill range KepwrUr, 131 A.
■ts to ■wftftbft psoriftib North
of thft da$, of rather 'la .favor of
aud Walker. Hft publishes so ta-
vitfttkm-to Gov. Smith to dtasost with
him, After he had beam informed that tbo
Governor considered it. inoofthisUfit with
his dalle* to the peoate to abandon Im
olios to esnvoss for Us own le-elcctiou.
Mr. Walker rnsy thank bis riant that the
Governor eobftut meet 1dm, for one boat
with him would satisfy ths Radical aspi
rant that the presoot Gubernatorial in
cumbent ia one of the moat formidable
stump speakers in Ike Stole. •
Dot Mr* Walker «&i be attended to ta
due season by othsrp. Able and intlncn-
(Ul speakers wfll follow him wherever he
goes, snd effectually expose tbo sophistry’
by which hft seek* to fasten Grout npou
ns for another four years. Underwood,
of Floyds Bell, of Forsyth; Irwin,.of
(WA; jreeples and Miller, of Fulton;
Estes and Dorsey, of Ilsll; snd Kether-
Isnd, of Unban will visit «very part of
Northftro, Northwestern snd liortiiesMt-
ern Georgia and address the people.
It will be seen that Walker givo* Mid
dle and Lower Georgia a wide berth. His
policy, a* we are informed, ia to run upon
hjs personal popftlarity in Upper Georgia,
and upon liis party record In the southern
half of the State. Of coarse, he will
make aaeb point* upon tbo present Dem
ocrat ia administration ns may promise to
help him. Indeed, be in already finding
fault with Gov. Smith for not meeting
the Atiantie snd Golf Railroad extontiou
bill with an outright and crashing veto.
He is not content with the loon of too bill,
but taaiata that tbe Governor is st bottom
n friend to tbe mesimre, or he would huvo
sent in a written veto that would have de
stroyed it.
Master Akorman, who i* also upon tbo
wpsge, t* pumaiug a similar oourae.
He does more—-he snarl* snd nays hitter
things, and, like tbe man iu the menage-
rie, who goes round with sn Iron bur and
la Dooij, wh*** ah* *p*ut Bjraorf <* fifty
you*. 8b* dted Unto * n orator of
grate gttot gnafi ckMni, Md fudg*
WilHora & Com, now living iu lb* vMn-
vSfti la bar death. Mrs. Wideworthba-
longed to the Baptist fthorcb. -Mawkiue-
ftikPispakh,
buggors and soalswagt against tho Demo-
erntie ‘'white trash, lie is *aid to com
plain loudly of the disposition mado of
tbe Agrionltara! College land scrip, aud
thiuks it should have been divided be
tween tha while University of the Btste
at Athens, snd tbe black University of
the Btste st Atlanta. Ho seeiuu not to
know that bis eandidaU (Walker) wo* a
member of the Board of Trustees of tbo
Btste University at the time the proeeods
of the land scrip were granted by tbo
Governor and accepted by the Trustees,
and that be uever opposed uaid donatiou,
ur resigned his scat as Trnatco until last
Augnfit, four months thereafter. Um res
ignation, though unexpected at the tiuio,
is now well understood. It i* believed
that heesxpected to be nominated by bis
party for Governor, aud that ho under
took tho clumsy trick of placing bim*ulf
in a position to take advantage of and op
pose, after it was done, what ho did not
oppose before, and when it wns donu!
Indeed, there is reason to buliove that
Walker, trnatee, approved of what Walk
er. candidate, now condemns! Tho good
fellow will find that such political tergi
versation will not win him any votes.
TUE PIMTBICT COVET AS A IiAUK AL I'EU6UA-
men.
Tbo Fudoral District Court, Judgo ilm-
kiuo presiding, is now in sosHiou hove.
There aro score* of parties aud hundreds
of witnesses in attendance from the north
ern counties. The charges against the
parties are illicit distilling and removal of
liouors, and violations of tho Ku-klnx not.
While Erskine, Judge, and Farrow, Dis
trict Attorney, hold them above, Walker
and his friends circulate through tho hulls
and ante-rooms below, and skiu them—
that is, seek to gain their sup|Mu1, of tho
Rfttiii^ol nominees, on condition, it may
bo, of official leniency. Ono old fellow
remarked thut the Yankee soldiers had
stripped him of every thing during the
w ar. aud now, Ikxjauhu he tried to repair
his losses by distilling a littlo drop of
whiskey for Bally and himself, tbe rattcnls
hud him arrested aud brought a huudred
miles away from bis family uud little form
to stand his trial. He said before he
would vote for them ho would see tbo last
one of them d—d first. “Bo will I," “anti
so will I," said uthors in tho sulky crowd
standing around.
A PMETEXT WANTED FOR GOVERNMENT INTER
FERENCE IN TBE ELECTIONS.
Tho persons charged with interfering
with the cloction to fill a vacancy iu thu
Legislature last spring, are from Clarke
comity. Akorman is said to bo pnskiug
the thing, his object Influg doubtless, to
intimidate the Democrats Indore hand, ho
that the Radicals tuny have things their
own way at the approaching elections.
Our friuiids will thus see how important it
is for thorn to conduct the eampsigu, and
especially tho October election, with the
greatest (Mswiblo prudence. All that onr
enemies desire is a pretext to order wbulo-
kiUo arrests of innocent persons, hoping
thereby to terrify tbe people in Georgia
as they did in North Carolina, and keep
them away from the polls. The slightest
disorder At the Btato election would l>e
paraded all ovur tho North as couolusivo
evidence of tho unsnbduod and rebellious
spirit of the Booth, and of the necessity of
Grant’s ro-elect ion. Let the contest be
conducted, therefore, with prudence, and
yet with vigor, for tho two are not incom
patible. OOEE« HEE.
A 8«w lllltarj Mspasttlo* la Texas.
The 10th Regiment of U. 8. Infantry,
it appears, has been sent oft' from the Rio
Grande frontier in Texas into some ob
scure Indian region, to distinguish itself
in costly idleness or worse than useless
activity.
This regiment had been long stationed
on tho Mexican border, and its presence
was a comfort to the Texas border resi
dents, and unacceptable only to the Mexi
oan thieves, bandits, and araassius who
have, by prescriptive usage, come to look
upon Americans and American cattle,
horses, goods and chatties, as their legiti
mate prey whenever within reach of their
forays.
And now at the very crisis when most
needed, it is ordered away, and colored
troops are to take ita place. Whether or
not these colored troops may provo effi
cient, it is certain that the Texas people
in general don't believe in them as a pro-
have n suspicion that these troops are to
be encamped ta Texaa with a special view
to their furnishing the political aad histor
ical material for a pithy report of their
doings, something after tbe fashion of a
famous stereotyped dispatch in the late
war—as, for example, “And the colored
troops fought bravely for the election of
Mum Grant."
Ifeuohbe the intent of this military
disposition, it is scandalous to the Ameri
can army, and a shame to the whole oouu-
try. And it must be said that circum
stances are curiously corroborative of the
Texas peoples theory of the matter.
[AT. O. Picayu tie.
The Tikes.—Got Thoa, Hardeman, in
his address at Marietta, some time staoe,
perpetrated the following:
‘‘Meohenios are taught in practical les
sons, for a young mans am is simply a
cog-wheel that turns thft whole delicate
machinery of thft dan os. Thft mechanism
of eeleatial planets has been solved snd
subordinated to the demand* of fashion
able folly, for a modara belle, arrayed ia
the requirements of *tim style,’ appears
through the Ulfreops of n sserohsr after
tenth, to have anoiroled herself with tbe
xk^ftof Baton and enlarged her dtiaeo-
rions with the eateliics of Jupiter. Not-
oral Philosophy bee simplified her lemons,
for Ibo sympathetic leaning of lovers, one
to the other, is properly attributed to the
fcresUtibto lawn of nttenotion end gmvita-
Tbe War Department hes received edlt-
peiefa from Gen. Sheridan, dated Duluth,
Minn., September ith, saying that OoL
Baker, after reaching the mountains af
the Yellowstone Valley, wee obliged to
some beck, on nooouat of thft surveying
engineers deciding to go no further for
fear of Indiane, and therefore the expedi
te ft 4Uw*
The Orest Aweriraa Fall*.
HOME INTERESTING TACTS ABOUT NIAGARA.
(Fruui TrofM*<>r Gtiuiiiiix'* Arilclr in tin* PuimUr
Bcbuiou Muni lily for S«|iUMnlM>r.]
Another element in thu problem of
Niugnrn** age is tho flow of water. To
eoiiMtruct a ocule from the presold nnd ap
ply it to the past we should know that tuo
amount of water iu punt ago* ban boon
essentially thu same as now.
About U,8(>0 cnldc miles of water—near
ly half thu fresh water on the globe—aro
iu tho upper lake*, and 18,oom,(MJO cnbio
feet of this plunge over Niagara Full*,
every minute, all the waters of the lake*
making tlio circuit of thu full*, tho St.
Lawrence, the ocean, vapor, rain, and
lakes again iu 1 tin yours. Through tho
Illinois cunnl ubout t*,0oo cubic feet of
water are takeu every minute from Luke
Michigan to the Illinois river; through tho
Welland canal 14,000 cubic feet flow every
nlimite from Lake F.rio into Ontario; and
through t uu Erie canal .*>0,000 cubic feet
puss every minute from thu same lake into
tho Hudson. Thu* .*>2,0oo cubic feet of
water, which nature would give to Niaga
ra, are diverted ovory minute by artificial
channels, Homo into the Mi xi. jm Gulf and
Boino into the Ray of New York. Add
thi* to It*.000,04)0, it is as a drop in tho
bucket, ard would make no appreciable*
difference in the character of the falls or
their rato of recession.
By all this, wo boo that the Niagara it
self ha* made tho rapid*, and that, uh it
cuts it* way downward, its forsaken bank*
have uMiimed the character of terraces.
And wo see, by the low banks aud abscuco
of old bank* above the rapids, that even
the highest of theso ancient bunks did not
contain a greater rives than this which
flows through tho uarrow gorge to-day.
We assume, then, from all the monuments
tho river lias left of its own history, that
tho present rate of recession would bo a
fair measure of the pa*t, except at the
Whirlpool and Ferry bindings. Bix indies
a year, measured on thu channel, would
place thu lull* nt Lewistou 74,000 years
ago. We have no means of knowing bow
long the qanrtiuiBO saud-stono, which
forms tha lowest part of tho bank at the
whirlpool, would have arrested tho cata
ract. This stratum is twenty-five feet
thick, aud os its Bouthwnrd dip is twonty
-feetatuile, and the dope of the river
channel is fifteen feet u milo, tlie falls
would huvo to cut bock through this rock
more tlinu half a mile. This halt may
have been many thousand years. Add
another period for the halt at the landing,
aud tho age of the channel from Lewiston
to the Horseshoe may not fall below 20,000
year*. Unquestionably tho chanuel has
been excavated siuca the close of the gla
cial epoeli, which science has well nigh
demonstrated, occurred about 200,000
years ago.
Crops.—After conversing with planters
from various sections of Ruker, Lee,
Mitchell, Worth and Dougherty, we are
forced to the conclusion that the aoonnt
given in our last issue won not queh os to
convey to the reading public the serious
damage that bfta been done tbe cotton
crop by the caterpillar* in tho ooontiea
above mentioned. In fact if we credit
4he statements thet comes ta from all por
tions of 8. W. Georgia, we are within the
bound of a sod truth ta stating that the
crop will be out abort one half at least.
The cotton fields now present the specta
cle of 8telks entirely stripped of foliage.
Not a leaf to be seen; of course this
drives to a hurried maturity tbe fruit that
bange openly exposed to the sun, and will
give us an early market. That the crop
in this section will be fearfully short, the
planters too well know and feel though
the appearance will be against this state
ment whon the receipts are examined.
The very, damage that has been done the
cotton by the worm togelner with dry
weal her will cause tbwcoUon to open all
at once, which will bo hurried to market,
when the cry will, “short orope, you ssy,
look st the receipts, greater then they
were in 70," for the seme time, and plan-
ten to cancel obligations pressing npon
them will he compelled to sell at low fig
ures before the fall months develop the
tenth of onr statement.—Albany New,
mh.
George Francis Train has sailed for
Eerope in niter disgust His farewell
remora was that he withdraws, this year,
from hii candidftoy for the Presidency.—
He thinks, farther, that when a states
man of his standing and caliber is ex
pelled from a convention of mere spec
tres and hirelings like the! at Louisville,
it time to emigrate for a season.