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ATLANTA. WEEKLY CONST11 UTION. AUGUST 6. 1878.
The Atlanta Constitution
WEEKLY EDITION.
TERMS OF WEEKLY.
Weekly, per i
Ch»h*ef ten.i
Rome Courier aptly remarks, they me
by chtnee.
Tub Rome Courier wants to know (or
whom Dr. Felton voted in 1674.
Faacoaf rirnD'a new Barter was bunp
•boot bia reck. What ia the matter
wilb the old man’s coll?
The rumora ol Jaw G,old's bank
ruptcy are to be taken with a train of
•alb He is a aery shrewd man, thii
Mr. Gould.
t organa have unearthed anewde
vice (or arousing sectional (eelingr
among their readers. They say that if
tbe neat congress ia democratic in both
branches, Teaaa will be cut up into (out
or more states, and northern ascend
ancy in the national councils will die
appear foresee.
Tit a union of an English title to an
American fortune with a young lady
attached, ia becoming epidemic. II
this sort of thing keeps on increasing,
every incoming steamer will bring over
a load of princelings in search of
daughters of American millionaires. It
ia difficult to say which gets the beet o*
tbe bargain, as a rule.
As the time apprascsee for tbe
enabling ot the legislature, candidate!
fot the places in its gift multiply. Wm.
A. Harris, of Worth, and a H. Wil
luma, of Atlanta, want the secretary
ship of the senate, while among the
candidate* for tbe clerkship- of the
hones may be mentioned E. I’. Speer
Mark A. Hardin, 8. A. Pughealy of
Savannah, and R. H. Goetcbiua of Co-
lumbpa. The aspirants for judgeships
and aolldtorabipa are altogether toe.
numerous for mention.
It should be remembered that Col
Marcellas Thornton is the pioneer in
dependent in Georgia. ' Mr. Emory
8 peer and Dr. Felton are merely fol
lowing along in the path Colonel Thorn
ton biased out aeveral years ago. They
are almyly bis followers, and he in
a great measure shaped their campaigns
fer them in bia great Griffin speech in
1874. It ia not to be denied, however,
that, after Colonel Thornton, Mr. 8peer
and Dr. Felton are the meat noted in
dependent* in tbe atate, but they should
not forget what they owe -to their
leader.
IMORTRUURMcr AFTER THEELECTION.
We publish this m-.rning aletter from
the chairman of the democratic stale
executive committee of Alabama, on
the subject of independency in general,
and particularly in relation to the
coutae of tbe party afterAhe election.
Mr. Johnston's argument ia irresistibly
convincing. A man who trie* to'defeat
the action el a local convention cannot
be trusted iu a legislative caucus. His
natural allies are the enemies of the
democratic party, and both prudence
and custom demand that he should be
denied ailmiaaion to' all subsequent
council* of tbe party. Mr. Johnston
preeenta the case clearly. We hope
our contemporaries in the disaffected
districts will give bia letter wide circu
lation. It is a concise praeentation ol
the true policy of the democratic party
as to independency.
■Tfittlmn* far unr Wr«kly<
We will give "The Brinish Pocket
Clastica," a work consisting of twenty
volumes in 10 32 mo., to the penon
•ending ten subscribers toTna W ksbly
ConsTiTOTioa, and twenty dollars. Tin
woik is worth half tbe amount.
Wc will give “Tbe Farmeia and
Planter* Encyclopedia of Agriculture,'
M v , to the person sending ns six sub-
e-ribera toour Weekly twelve dollars.
1 it work is worth hslf the amount.
Wo will give “The Science and Prac
tice of Medicine,” by Wm. Aitken, M
1>., 6th edition, 2 vole, cloth, to tbe per
ron evading ns ten subscribers to the
Weekly and twenty dollars. The work
ie worth half the amount. wtf
the voirox- irofijr commission.
Prof. Grots has been heard from. He
ia a resident of Buffalo, New York, in
stead “of Georgia.” He has a theory
1' seems—a theory accumulate! aa the
result of observations extending over
five years, not in Buffalo, but in the
cotton belt He holds that the cotton-
worm is migratory, fallowing the coast
line and extending over the country
from south to north. Tbe movements
are favored by the prevailing winds
over the cotton states. The worm, ac
cording to onr learned Buffalo profi
•or, ia not indigenous to the south, but
came from the Wes- Indies and Mexico,
where the cotton plant is perennial and
the insect native. It fails to survive
tha southern winter, so that every year
there ia a fresh importation; although
the distinguished professor irom Niag
ata Falla thinks the moth may bye
through the winter in certain parts ol
Florida and Texas and along the coast
of Georgia. He is parPculany assigned
to Georgia, and this is perhaps what
the associated press dispatch meant by
the words, ’ Prof. Grot* of Georgia.'
He is also specially commissioned tc
study the migrations of the insect,
which must be understood
order to get at the beet means of
dreumreribing the ravages of the
worm. Prof. Comstock, another New
Yorker, ia to visit Alabama and Ten-
nesae. We believe there ia one planter
on the ermmiasion, a Mr. Jooee, o!
Texas But stranger than this is the
hcl that tbeentomolrg'st cf the depart
meat of agriculture dared to mi kj op
• commission that is well provided foi
out of the public purse, without the
(election cf a single Ohio man. Hit
* ci ion in this respect ia without prece
dent , but still we hope the New York
pro lessors will go on with their invewti-
gationr just the tame. If they can as
, certain the exact origin and career ol
■he great southern pest they will be en
titled to and wili receive the grm itnde
ol the south,regardless of then nativity.
TMM Si AIM ROAD LEASE.
Oca would think it was aa much tb<
design of tbe independents to bealTnt
Ooitemtrriox as to defeat their oppo
nents in their respective districts. Thh
is (Uttering to us. To accr mpUah theii
ends, it ia reasonable to (oppose the;
would readily resort to a distortion ot
the tru h. Judge Lester ia denounces
as receiving a retainer in the State roar
lease, r nd it is a hvorita charge agains
Tits Constitution that it received fiv<
thousand dollars for advocating tht
lease.
N w.aato Judge Lester, we pannoi
sea what a retainer aa a member of i
law firm <•( high standing has to do will
the present or any other congreeaiona
canvass. It wsa not aa extravagant fro
m 1872 It was SI 000. The retainer
was i Acted and received long atte,
the less* to the State road had beet
executed, and in anticipation of liti
gation. The leasee believed that the
disappointed applicants for a lease ot
tin road would alucspt to deprive
them of what they considered their
legal rights These men had employed
lawyer* to begin litigation aghast the
•l of tbe road, and had paid re
tamers as high aa $2 GOO. Judge Lea-
tv never approached a member of
tbe legislature on the subj-ct of tbe
lease, and be defies these who make
the charge that he was employed to
lobby the house, to produce a single
witness against him. Neither be ncr
his partner did anything more than
any other lawyer or firm of lawyers in
the world would have dose wider sim
ilar circa mstaacex, and the attempt to
inj set this re'ainer into a congreea
lotial canvas* is an it justice to Judge
Lester, and saiga of weakness on the
p vrt of his opponents.
Not satisfied with the charge against
Judge. Lester, the independents say
Tax cox.titction received $5 000 “ to
lobby tbe Stale road lease.” Now,
what are the facta T Ia December, 1870,
tbe lease was made by Bollock, aa gov
ernor of Georgia—not by the legists-
are. It cannot be charged that Tax
Constitution “ lobbied ” Bullock. He
usd an official organ in the city at that
time, the New Era; and il it had been
the desire ol any one to lobby him
through a newspaper, that pereoD
would have scarcely a ked Tbs Cox
stitcticv todolt, when it was known
that at the time in question Bullock
bad a libel suit hr $23,000 damage,
pending (gunst tnis paper. And lax
Constitution was fighting hie admin
istration step by step. The
nude, and the question came before a
democratic legislature in 1872 whether
the lease made by Bullock should
'stand oy be aet aside for fraud. The
parties, too, that made tbe charge ol
fraud, and who wanted to aet aside the
lease were members of ona of tha com
panics that failed to get a lease two
years before when the road passed out
he control of the state. Here wsa
a question to go before the legislature
—one party charging fraud, another
denying it. Noons disputed the fact
that a lease of ihe road was the very
beat 'possible disposition ot it. Two
rival companies were c intending for it
—the one had it, the other said it was
obtained fraudulently. It was not a
question thatTas Constiiution could
champion-one way or the other. Tbe
lease had been made for a rental four
times a* great aa the average net an
nual earning! of the road since it was
built; and if a rival company desired
to show that they would offer even
better ihan this bid, and wanted to
prove it through the columns of this
paper, it was right and proper that they
should pay for the space they occu
pied ; and if the lessees wanted to de
fend their acta, it waa hot right and
proper that they should pay for the
tpace they filled in thepepe.. Chargee
were made on this basis, and they weie
proper chargee in every respect
There was never a cent
paid, nor a single charge made
for editorials on the subject.
The Constitution msde each side pay
lor their communications when they
discussed the question In its colunns,
and there ie not a paper in tbe United
States that would not have dona like
wise. There can be no reason given
why we shonld not have charged these
lease-combinations for commauica
tions. Wo could not affurd to publish
them free. Ttiey were of service only
to the c intending parties,and we would
not hesitate to-day to give space to
controversy under similar circum
stances.
Eitahlished newsprpera throughout
tho country always have, and probably
will to tbe end of time, charge for the
use of non-editorial columns when
the matter relates not ao much to the
interests of the public aa to the interests
oi an individual or set of individuals.
This sat ject came before Mr. Stephens,
whole integrity and clear-head
we are sore no one will dispnij
came before Mr.Siephen* in count
with a similar use ol hia colt
the lessees at the time in q
os quote Irom ez-Uovernur Joseph E.
Brown's testimony before the joiut
committee in 1878:
We tbeo sakaU aim (Ur. Echo*) about aub
■Ublagour a-deka la bis p-per, Inc Hun-aod ha
aald tie would Hare to (about tbe mater to Mr
Stephens. Weeew him ***ln, aad,lo tbe beat uf
my recoiled ton, ho a dd that be bad seen
heard horn Mr. Stephan*, who aald he tholwbl
there uaa nothing la proper ia allowing riun»
party to atal* Mien aboot this taaaa, provided
'her paid lor it, and b* opened the column. to
ua with tho understanding that both aide* were
tap*; tor wbaurertbr; published. We pub
lished a rood many sr ticks in tha Sun, costa rn-
tng the lalrnces eud Janice of tha tcaae. and
saorln reply to aamulta made upon theoompenr.
I unit-mood that wewere to bare the uaeol the
columns ao looa aa the snicks were written in
a dignlfled. decorous an-1 eianmeuraUre style.
I pell them a ram ol money-my recollection
is, several handled doltor*.
Tux Constitution was not paid .pro
portionately more than the Son and
other papers ot the state received in
this lease matter, nor mom than would
be unhesitatingly charged at the pres
ent time for the publication of a simi
lar amount ol similar matter in these
columns.
But what has all this to do with a
congressional canvass 7 It occurred In
1872, when not a member of the present
editorial staff of T as Constitution was
connected with the paper—not one. It
was a purely business mutter that ai y
paper in tho land would have gladly
entered into. Tax Uoitsnrtmox advo
cated the policy of sustaining the lease
of the State road. We believed at the
time that the lease ol tbe State road
waa the best disposition that oould
have been msde of it. We believe
further that if another cc.mpan; had
taken the road for a larger sum, that
they would have failed in the panic of
1873. We believe farther that if the
lease had been made after the panic of
1873, tha present leases would not have
bid as much as they did by a third- It
ia to-day the beet bargain ever made
by the state. It lock tbe road out of
politics; it removed a dangerous field
for the exercise of individual
selfishness, if not of absolute cor.
ruption. It hat put millions,
and will put additional millions,
into the stale treasury. The
have never failed to promptly meet
their obligations to the state. The sum
of $25.(M) drope into the treasure
monthly with the regularity of dtek-
work. Two legit laturee have expressed
their satisfaction; the people are satis
fied ; and the question would not be
again agitated but for the fact that it
suits the purpose of those who have nc
other argument, to distort the facta con
nected with the leare, hoping to thereby
prejudice Judge Lester before the peo
ple, aud to cripp e Tax Ooxrmrrtox
They are welcome to all they can make
ou of such an issue.
nominated by the convention, the fol
lowers of Carlton won d vote for Speer,
and it w ■ threatened, on the other
hand, that if Carlton was nominated
the mountain counties would support
the independent candidate. Sadi an
unfortunate division ie entirely obvia
ted by the nomination of Colond Bil
lups. He antagonised no one. Hewxe
Dot a candidate for the office. It can
not be c'aimed that his nomination was
the result of “ the a achinery” which
Hr. Speer and Lis friends have lately
discovered < in party conventions. It
as spontaneous. There waa no sign
ol dissent. His very name elidted tre
mendous applause, and bis nomination
carried the convention by storm. II
our special dispatch ia to be credited—
and we have reatoo to believe that it
waa moat carefully prepared—the en
thusiasm for Col. Billon wss spontane
ous and iireuatable—eo much so that
some of the delegates wondered among
themselves why his Dime was not pro
aented earlier in the balloting. Affairs
could not Lave taken a happier turn,
and we ieel sure that both the other
candidates will accept the result grace
fully and heartily, and work for the
of the nominee,who,it is stated
in our special telegram from Athens,
has already accepted the responmbili
ties impoeed upon him by the conven
tion. •
Colonel Billups is about fifty years
Id, and is recognised as one ol the best
stump speakera in the state, although
neither bia inclinations nor his duty
has led him of late years to exercise
his gifts in that direction. He was
born in Claike county, and haa always
been closely identified with the people.
Before the war he was an old
line whig, and daring the
memorable canvass between
Joe Bfrown and Ben Hill fo^the gov
ernorehip, be made a repotation in
Georgia as one of the most forcible,
fluent and eicqnent ot our stomp
speakers. Time bsa but ripened his
abilities, and he will make one of the
most vigorous and impressive cam
paigns ever known in Georgia. His
private life and his public record are
abeolutely above reproach. They can
not be attacked either openly or by in
sinnation, and tn meeting him upon the
stamp, Mr. Speer (if, indeed, he is not
inclined to follow the example of Dr.
Felton) will be competed to confine
nimself strictly to advocating the one-
man principle aa opposed to the prin
ciples of the demccruic party. Co.onel
Billups is, aa we have said, one of tbe
moet impressive speakers in the state,
lull el humor, etc quent, incisive, vigor
ous snd a man of great personal mag
netism. The democracy of the dis
trict may trust their banner to his
hands with tbe assurance that he will
carry it to victory.
IBM SOUTH CAROLINA. TROUBLE.
The four internal officers who shot
down Amos Ladd in an eager and era-
search for Redmond, the outlaw ol
tbe mountain districts of 8.nth Caro
lina, are confined in the jail at Green
ville, the sheriff of the comity main
taining his authority over them. There
they wili probably remain until the
conflict between the state and federal
courts is passed upon by the courts of
last resort. Counsellor Earle and the
cabinet have held several consultations,
and the outcome seems to be that the
questions at issue are to be submitted
to the United States supreme court for
final decision. Neither aide wants seri
ous trouble to grow oat of the Pick
et*, although neither ia willing to
abate its demands in the least. Instead
of a question of lorce the matter will
probably become one ol law, as is right
and proper. It can not be said that
any each programs has been definitely
adopted Dy the administration, but it
is believed that the case will take that
shape aa it progresses.
Before diemiseing the matter while
it is passing through the slow machin
ery oi the conns, let ns briefly state
the nature ol the issue. The grand
jury ol the county in which the killing
occurred found true bills for murder
ag-inst the revenue officers, as in duty
bound. Tbe jndge cf the state circuit
court, Kershaw, granted a motion
tor a change ol venae to Greenville,
when the case came on at
the latter place heard and refused a
motion to transier the proceedings to
the United Sutes court. The points
of Jndge Kershaw’s decision are aa
loUows:
BOX. JOEL A. BILL CBS.
Onr special telegram from Gaines
ville announces the nomination oy ac
damation of Hon. Joel Albert Btilnpa
of Morgan. While such a result wa>
not altogether unforeseen by those wht
were aware of the sharp antagonist;
between the 'Heeds of Hon. Hiram P
Bell and Hoc. H. H. Carlton, the nom-
nation will be received with enrpriai
and gratification by the voters ot tht
ninth district—emprise that the an tag
jniam between the two prominent can
didates should have been ao happily
reconciled, and gratification at the
choice of the man. No better .election
could have been made. It was very
strongly hinted that ii Mr. Bel) was
MB. BATES'S SUCCESSOR.
The rapid growth of the national
party, whether real or fancied, bids
fair to lead to the placing of three presi
dential tickets in the field; and t'wing
to tLe changeable nature of the voting
population of some of tbe northern
staus it is by no means improbable
that upon the forty- sixth congress will
devolve the task of electing a presi
dent. This contingency is just now the
subject of considerable speculation
and political effort. Ail appreciate the
importance of securing the congress
that in any event will have the count
ing oi the votee cast in the recent presi
dential e.tction. In these days when
the count is more powerful than the
ballots themselves, it is well to select
only tried and tone counters—men wl o
will count in accoidance with the law
and tbe popular will, and never again-
either.
In case of a failure to elect a pres'dent
both by the people and the house, the
senate would be called upon to elect
vice-president, who would become
president. Tite present senate could
not, under the constitution', readily
elect a Vice-president, as neither party
controls a majority oi the atate delega
tions. E t veu delegations are divided
between the pal ties, and there could,
thereto e, be no party e ection, since
a majority of all tiro states
necessary to a choice. But this difficulty
will disappear on tbe :onth day ot next
March, when the democrats will have
not on'y a majority oi the senate, but
also l msjority of the delegates ol more
than half of the states.
Tbe election of a president will how
ever scarcely go to the senate; that'
a very'remote contingency; it may
however devolve upon the next
house. Tbe present house is like
the pres, nt senate in tbe respect that
it conld not consummate a party
election, as neither party controls
msjority of the states, although the
demccrats have seventy majority. Etch
party controls the de egattoLs
eighteen states—leaving Florida and
California evenly dividid—mere nnlli
ties for such a contest.
To elect a president twenty state del
egations are needed. It
reasonably certain that the republicans
will control the delegations of Maine,
New Hampshire, Vet moot, Masstchn
setts, Rhode' Island, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, lows, Wiacomin, Minnesota,
Kansas, Nevada and Nebraska—total,
tourteen. The democrats will more cer
ta'nl; curry life delegations ol Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Caroline,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Miasirsippi, L.ntoiana, Kenru.-ky,Ten
nessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Or
f gun and Weal Virginia- total, sixteen.
Oregon wxs ccuaidered dcubtfui, but
she has elected her solitary member,
and be is a demo-rat—a gain of a state
so far as tbe question of electing
the next president by the house is con
cerned. Tbe debatable g oond includes
Pennsylvania, Cor nec tent, New York,
New Jersey, Oaio, Florida, California
and Colorado—eight, in nnmoer. We
give the political divisions cf the dele
gations uf these doubtful states in tbe
present house, as an aid to an under
standing ol the situation:
guisher upon the claims of so-called
loyal citizens of the south, we have
heard nothing from our patriotic metro
politan contemporary. After consider
ing the matter, and conferring with hi* and Turkish civil officers is the prelude
•soon charged was a vi .latlon ol tbe Internal
rerennolaaa Ihtocff.Me wti only a inltdo-
me-nur. son a warrant of airest lor a meats
Taint—U ssob killing wta done In neceaaary
Sri -defeat*, •* * lrasd. that la a comm. - —
deleue, ud tfce Milling wu not doue
color ol thecffiueorol ihestatalolawlavotred.
Fourth—Th. judicial puw.r ol tha United
Stoics is defluid tod limited by toe consoiadon
f.ruck s, teeiiaut), and It la clear that the
Untied 8taka coni.a have no Jur.auction ol tbs
toaluwlbvotvaf tat fins controversy, by reason
ol ibe character ol toe par tie* aa ritiaeua ol tbe
•tale, and because poetry. baa nowhateoon-
lerred inch Jurisdiction ol tbe crime oi boonetdo
except arbete, by reaaonot tba ceaalonol tbe
territory and Jnnalnuoc. tba United Sutra bad
tie. twite authority,
ruth—Tbe circuit ooart etuld not, under tbe
vouetiluuoo, entertain Jurirotcuon ol tbe care,
11 (Tuuleixed, antes, ttwason- arirtnznatter
tbaooaallanaoortawa of tba United staler,
ana tbts la not one ao anting.
Judgs Kershaw closes his opinion
with the reminder that his decision
may be reviewed by the state and Uni
ted States supreme court, and says
'* The determination ot the latter court
would be final and conclusive, and
with entire . fidelity be sustained
by the courts here.”
writ of habeas corpus was then is
sued by the clerk of the United States
circuit court for the district of Sonth
Carolina to take the prisoners oat
the hands oi the state courts, but this
writ was' not obeyed by the sheriff
having them in charge. The depart
ment of justice was notified of this ac
tion snd the attorney general, under
cabinet advice, issued instructions
tbe United Slates marshal to demand
the custody of the revenue officials
under section 643 ol the revised statutes.
The sheriff refused to turn over the
prisoners on the writ of habeas corpus.
Thus the case stands, and thus it shonld
stand until Judge Kershaw’s dedson
reversed by either the supreme court,
to which It should first go, or by the
United Slates supreme court, which
court should finally and forever settle
the questions of law involved.
Tt.e effort of the organa
magnify the iflatter into something
stupendous and startling, is ridiculous.
A similar question of law from North
Carolina is now before the United
States supreme court, and Bimilar ques
tions are involved in a Delaware case.
As the Pitiiadelpnia Times very justly
r.-marks, “the issue is one that might
•rise in any other state quite as well
in South Carolina, bat in no otherstate
would it attract ao much attention.'
"Sooner or Utter,” it adds farther on,
“the southern republicans must break
themselves, or be broken, ot the bad
habit of appealiig to the federal gov
ernment for the redress of all their
landed grievances. It is all wrorg.”
Ol these eight stales the da mocrata need
font while the republicans need a x.
Democratic victories are as well assured
i. Florida and Ohio—in the Utter
owing to m new end improved appor-
t onment—aa in Ueoiyia. We have
he better chance in Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey and California. The
repub. cans can cot tecuiely claim one
-f the eight debatable states, not even
Pennsylvania, which, owing to tbe
strength of Ihe naionala, haa become
politically a greatly mnddied state.
These facta indicate an easy demo
cratic victory. and -with tnis
outlook etaring them in the free, the re
publicans are toeing heart. They know
that the popular vote is “sot” again.-1
them, and that their only hope consists
n throwing the election into the house
tr. ugh a third ticket. When they
folly real z. that they cannot secure a
majority of the delegations of the next
house, demorelza-ion and disintegra
tion will follow. A conquest of both
branches of the next enr-
gress means therefore not only an
easy victory in 1880, bat a sober quent
and not toeg delayed diaeoiution of the
republican party.
tions relative to tbe crown lands, reli
gious foundations and other local sub
jects in dispute will soon be settled
The withdrawal of the Turkish army
yonng men, Mr. Fooid has eviden' y
come to the conclusion that it will b-
unparliamentary to join hands with the
the democratic party to pat a stop to
the swindling, which haa been carried
on by the republican msjirity in con
gress, and which formed the basis
ol one ol John Sherman's spread-
eagle campaign orations. It will be re
membered that thii unscrupulous
sneak boasted, in a public spech, that
republican congress had robbed the
treasury of thirty millions oi dollars to
pay these bogns loyal daips from the
south, and his boast was loudly ap
plauded by the republicans who had
tabled to hear the Ohio demrgogue
spout. The editor of the Times ap
pealed to have discovered that a cam
paign against there .so-called toys
claims would be playing too directly
into the hands ol the southern demo
crat . Mr. Whitelaw Raid, however,
has not yet been made aware of the
fact, and in a late issue ol the Tribune,
he makes the following statement:
Tbs most remsrksbls attempt to dispose oi
the southern c'alms question has been msde by
Ssnstor Voorbeta. He quotrt the fourteenth
amendment as s complete tar to tbe payment ol
snob claims, because It prohibits the smumpritu
by tbe United 8tiles ot any debt cr obligation
Incurred In aid of tbe rebellion, or (or claim for
tbe tom ot slaves Tea ci.im, W hich bare
alarmed the whole country by their numbers
and it as betacg to neither of there classes. They
are for empties furnished or token by tbe
United States government to sld tn crushing the
rebellion. They are mads by rebels, who may
o* mry not pretend that they were loytL There
are a. so claims for rent of property, and for
Property destroyed. These are istt-v— «>-■-
lid In J-bnMk"!
We beg Mr. Reid to leave Mr. Voor-
heea altogether out ol the qnestion, and
tnrn hia attention in the direction oi
the solid sonth. More than thirty mil-
hone oi these bogus “loyal” claims have
already been paid by a rernblican
congress, and we want it stopped. Will
Mr. Reid join with aa in a persistent
endeavor to utterly and finally extin
guish the remainder of these claims?
Will he join hands with the democracy
in sending these “ loyal ” claimants to
the rear with their ears full ol the live
liest of fleas ? Is he in earnest about
the matter? We assure him .that
nothing would give ns more pleasure
than to pay an occasional tribute to
hia seal as a-coadjutor in thin move
ment, but we fear that as soon as be
discovers the southern democrats
are unanimous in their opposition to
the claims ot these ultra-loyal citizens
he will recede from his position, so to
speak, and add his eicqnent silence to
that ol Mr. Foord, o! tbe Times. How
ever, we shall continue to wish these
patriots wefl.
the reforms that Austria has sol
emnly agreed to inaugurate. Eastern
Rotunelia gains a Christian govern
ment, Greece expects to acquire
slice of. Thessaly and
Albania, and the remainder ol the
latter province hangs by a thread. It
full of revolutionary elements.' Sar-
via gets the greater part ol the basin of
npper Morava; Eastern Rottmeiia ex
tends from near little Kara Su
to the Black sea at Bnrgts bay, and
tbe Grecian frontier ia to be rectified.
The Grecian acquisition will depen-
very much npon British influence over
the pending negotiations. It ia be
lieved that the new Greek line will at
least include the rich plain oi Volo,
and the classic battle ground of P,tar-
A LITTLE TOO LATE '
The democrats of onr siBter state are
not sffl.cted with i: dependence or any
othei political heresy. They are
united and harmonious. Their repre
sentatives met in Columbia last Thurs
day .and before sunset they had adopted
a platfoim, nominated a state ticket,
transacted ail other business that came
up, snd adjourned full of enthusiasm
and good feeling. More than
all this, the five congressional conven
tions of the state met on the same day
in Colombia, and renominated the can
didates • f 1876, without a “lock” or any
other distt^i table feature. All this
acccmplished in one day, and it would
be well it the democrats of Georgia
would get the recipe of tbeir neighbors
for maintaining harmony and kindling
that degree of enthusiasm which tnva
riably leads to victory.
All the nominees of 1876, both
the state and corgrerstonal tickets,
were folly endorsed and renominated.
The men who had inaugurated peace,
administered justice to all alike, and
conducted' the government honestly
and efficiently deserved a hearty en
dorsement and got what they deserved.
The platform of 1876 was also substan
tially re-adopted, with additional
lotions looking to the establishment of a
bureau of immigration and agriealtnre,
to a modification of the internal reve
nue laws, and to an amnesty lor illicit
distillers.
Only two subjects came up over
which there was not unity of sentiment.
These subjects were the calling oi a
constitutional convention, and the pro
sentation of “war claims” to congress.
The need of a new constitution was
warmly presented; the example of
Geo gA was held up before the mem
bers ot the convention, bnt the resolu
tion was tabled by a large mi jority. The
subject of war claims wzs introduced by
Co.onel D. Wyatt Aixen, who desired
tbe convention to assert that claims
presented by post bellnm loyalists
shonld be presumed to be fraudulent,
and that all such claims shonld be re
ferred by congreea to some tribunal lor
fioal adjudication. The debate over
.heee propositions waa prolonged and
earnest. It was finally decided to table
the resolutions, on the ground that
their passage waa unnecessary and
would be misconstrued.
Tne convention adj joined with a de
termination to elect not only the state
bnt the legislative and c:ngr*asianal
tickets as well. Gov. Hampton’s
speech furnished in this respect the key
rote of the campaign. The oppoei-
lon are, to a great extent, diaor-
gac'ztd, disheartened and dispersed,
and it would not be snrpnaiiig il the
demccrats of South Carolina contrib
ute a net gain of three members to the
new house of representatives. There
ie no doubt of their ability to carry the
next legislature.
These changes do not leave the ports
much in Earope besides hie title and
the reins of government. He is hem
med in by Christian provinces, and the
fifty-seventh article of the new treaty
requires him to enforce religions liberty
throughout hia entire empire. Rel'g-
ious tolerance and administrative re
form are in fact the glories of the Ber
lin charter.
In Asia the new frontier begins at a
point on tho coast west oi Batomr
strikes at the Chorok Su, follows the
coarse of the stream to Olti, and makes
the circuit of Bardus, Ardost and Ksg-
isman until it reaches the former fron
tier. The Alsahkert valley, with the
highway from Bayazid along which
Tergttkasaoff retreated after the battle
of Delibaba, haa been restored to the
Turks, and tne defile ct Zswht, where
Melikoff waa defeated, also remains in
their hands. Russia retains, how
ever, the balk of her conquests as de
fined in the treaty of San Stefano. She
not only acquires Bstonm, Ardahan
and Kars, bnt the outlying dis
trict as far as the Chornk Su and
the Soughanlu range of mountains.
England takes Cyprus absolutely and
assumes the regulation of the remainder
of Asia Minor that has not been ceded
to Russia. These concessions so-called
leave Ihe ports no room for the display
of Mohammedan tyranny. That will
soon be a thing of the past if Eugltnd
carries oat the costly bat excellent
oriental policy that Bezconsfield has
mapped oat, and which the is in duty
bound to proaecnte to complete sne-
S3.
These gains are chiefly those ol Chris
tianity and a better civilisation. What
haB Russia gained as a nation? The
general Impression is that she has
gained very little, bnt this is a great
mistake. ShebssfiotonlyDonghtfree
dom or absolute relief to all the Chris
tian subjects of the porte, bnt she has
achieved immense practical results for
herself. The retrocession of Bessarabia
makes her again a Danobian power, and
shejias secured the demolition of Ghazi-
Shnmla and of the other dreaded tor-
tresses north of the quadrilateral.
When the time comes for the capture of
Constantinople, she will begin at the
Balkans, and in the course of a month
will be shelling the minarets
her future capital. In l
she has acquired all the
strongholds of Aimenis except Zewin.
She will soon make her new frontier
impregnable, end in case oi a war with
Engiand.Erzeronm will bean easy prey,
and eo will the heart ol Asia Minor.
Eugland will hold Trebizsnde, but it is
scarcely possible that she can accom
ptish much away from the guns
oi her -fleets. When the results of
the late war are fully developed it will
be found that Russia's acquisitions are
ol the moet valuable nature, while
England's Involve a heavy responsibil
ity, immense expenditures, and a dee-
THE BREAK FOR BILITJPS
Mart Carlton Lock Aran, and
Bto Jwl A. Blllnp* aa U>« Haa
tor toe ocraaioi*—Mmriaeajr . mens
the Wool-Heta mart DUbmy Among
toe Weol-GiktoorKBff.
Special dUpatcfc to The Constitution
Gainesville, August 1.—At a very
euty hour this nwming thQ poUHdBit tbe
friends of tbe cindld&te*, and those wbo tad
been led hliber bj lntezeet aid curioelty in an
ticipation cf a dead lock between tbe prominent
aspirants for tbe nomination, were aatir In the
hotel! and oo tbe nreeta. There waa hurrying
to and fro.
WHiarntisGs nt the comidom,
buttonholing on the comen, coneultatlona on
tbe aid* walka, and auggeatloiu and prediction*
all around.
':if I bad a thonaanrt dollar* I would put It all
on Carlton," mid an Athena man.
Well, cf you'd plank up that aorter pllelt
•ad be kivered dura andden," responded a stur
dy mountaineer, whom I took to ba a Bell man
“Ther tell me,” said another, "that they're
got a regular race bone tied out «n tbe wooda,
and they'll fetch bia in on the third ballot. 1
“Well, they better fetch in a raoer, if they are
going to beat Emory Speer," remarked an Intel
lectual looking youth. I judged by the chaal-
o*l cut of hi* clothe* and the indefinable air of
literary languor in hi* appearance, that this
yonng man waa from Athena. There are a good
many Speer men mingling with the crowd, who
say they‘hare coma up to aee the organised
slaughter themaclre*. They appear to bo Tery
confident that their favorite will win, no matte r
who is nominated, and taey are full of enthinl
and banter. I take it that their confidence
is more than hatf-tmumed for on* of them went
ao far aa to admit to me awhile ago in strict con
fidence that he thought the race would be Ten
close. Isay admitted, because, even a hint
II General Toombs proposes to take
the stamp for Felton, he would do well
to begin early. The general is an in
fluential man and an impressive speak
er v bat the democrats have the conao*
lation of knowing that all the influence
and impresaiveneea that conld be im
ported into the seventh district daring
the next ten years would not make
majority of the people vote for a man
who notonly persistently refuses to meet
hie opponent in fair discussion, bnt who
takes every opportunity of repeating the
slanders begun at Oartersville.
Neither eloquence,nor influence,nor im
pressiveness can hoodwink thoppople
|n a matter of this kind. The fact
patent to them. That Felton refuses
to meet Lester is on record in his own
handwriting, though, after his experi
ence at Dalton, it is no wonder that he
is afraid to meet bis opponent. Gen.
Toombs will be listened to with tbe*
most profound lespect, and the fiery
pnrgency of his eloquence will aw;-ken
the wondering applause of his heai-i^ ex f e
hnt L .ill . „.v. -^;+P erate ™ “ 1110 c°nn» ot tbs next
twenty-five years with the recaperated
and inflexible Colwwos of the North.
TBE SOUTBERM CLAIMS RUOAROO.
Since extending, the other day, x cor-
d.sl invitation to the New York Times
to joia Uf in xn .effort to put an extio.
votes for Dr. Felton. It - is too
late. Thj people love justice. The
voters of the ninth district, who have
known and toyed George Lester from
his childhood—who know him to be the
very soul o! honor, of courage, snd of
truth—who koow that he would scorn
to slander and wrong his neighbor-
will never allow him to rest under the
charges which Dr. Felton makes it con
venient to bring against him when*
ever he is absent They will vindi
cate him at the polls in November in
way that will astonish those who know
nothing of the popularity ol Judge
Lester in the eeventh dittrict They
will teach Dr. Felton and all future as.
pirants for political honors a lesson that
cannot be learned too eoon. They will
show them that Blander of s good man
in a campaign is a weapon fatal only
the person who employs it It
will be a wholesome and
timely lesson. Dr. Felton will discover
that in this day ol free discussion, the
refusal of a candidate to meet an oppo:
nent against whose character be has
preferred the most damaging chargee,
will give lias to a suspicion which will
grow rapidly into conviction that such
charges are slanders pore and sim
ple, prompted by a spirit which
is to be deplored even in a professional
politician, bat which, when displayed
by a minister of the gospel, calls for
the severest condemnation. Tbe peo
ple cannot be deceived. In spite of
the fset that Dr. Felton is afraid to
meet Jndge Lester on the stump—in
spits of the fact that the independent
candidate continues the personal war
fare npon Jndge Lester, lor which he
deemed it necessary to apologize at
DAlton—he will be overwhemirgly
defeated. No influence that can be
brought to bear in the seventh district
can change the result; no importation
of speakers can blind the people to the
character of the campaign Dr. Felton
is making. For onr part, speaking in
behalf ol the organ’zed democracy, we
extend a moet cordial invitation to
General Toombs to enliven the seventh
district with his am using sophistries
about independence and all that sort ol
thing. He will not change a vote nor
influence a single voter. He goes too
late to mid Dr. Felton, bat not too' late
to amuse and entertain the people with
piquant and pungent drolleries. His
presence in the seven district will prove
an entertaining but decidedly tempora
ry diversion irom the more serious
badness ol defeating Dr. Felton at the
polls in November.
TUBKLTS NSW FRONTIERS.
The fall text of the Berlin treat;
came to hand daring the pest week. A
careful read'ng of it shows that the
Turkish empire ia practically annihi
lated—that the principles for .which
Russia ostensibly fought have come out
ol the great struggle triumphant.
When the war began Turkey in Earope
wss composed ot Rjamsnis, Bul
garia, Servia, Bosnia, Herzegovina,
Montenegro, Albania, Thessaly, Mace
donia and Rjtzmeiia—forming an em
pire ol great extent and large resonrcee.
The first six of these provinces have
passed forever Irom Moslem sway. It
is not ao exactly nominated in the
treaty, aa to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and Bnlgaria; bnt the two first are
as much a part of the Austrian empire
as Bohemia is, and Bnlgaria is
practiealy free, absolutely so
as to the porte. Daring the past week
the Austrian armies have taken actual
esRoa of Bosnia, and tha negotut-
UNCLB Mb JIU3 AUD TUX EM IQ RANTS.
When Uncle Kemus went down
the c*r-tbeu yesterday morn Id* to mail ao
delayed c.-pica ot Thk Cokbtitutioh, the Am
light that caught hia eye waa an old negro man*
a woman and two children litting In the ihade
near the door of Captain Ballard's baggage
poaitoxy. One of die children waa very y ung*
and the «oartetter was altogether tagged and for
lorn looking. The sympathies of Uocle Eemui
were Immediately aroused. He appiosched the
group by forced marches, and finally unburden
ed hia eurlortay:
“Wliar la ye ra’anderin* unto, pard V*
The old negro, who seemed to be rather
auspicious, looked at Unde Eemus coolly,
•nd appeared to be considering wnether he
.he should make any reply. Finally, however
he stretched himself and said:
"We’ae gwlne down in de neighborhoods _
Tallypoosy, an* we ain't stakin' no fuss ’bout It,
nudder."
*T dls re member," said Undo Remus thought
fully, **whar Tallypoosy Is."
"Oh, hit's oat yan," rrp’Ied the o'd man,
tionlng his heads* if It was just beyond tbe iron
gates of the depot. "Hit’s down in AUbam
When we git dar, maybe we’ll go on ’twell
glia Ur Mataasip.*’
"la you got cany folks out dar?" Inquired
Uucle Remus.
"Hone dai I knows un.”
"An’ yooer takla* dia ’oman an’ dese Chilian
out dar whar dey dunno nobody ? Whar’s
jo’ ptrwislonar* eyeing a cheat with a rope
around it
"Dem’s onr bedch is,” tbe old cegro »Tpia|n<
ed* noticing tbe glance of Unde Remus, "ai
de Tittles what we got we ei 'to’ we started."
“An* you spec* ter retch dar safe an’ *.aoun*?
Whoria yo’ ticket T"
•‘Ain’t got none. De man aed cs how dey’d
pass us thu. I gin a man a fi» dollar bill ’to
leT Jonesboro* an* he sad dat t etiled It ”
"lAJome tell you dls," said Unde Remus,
straightening up Indignantly, "you go an* rob"
somebody aa* git on de chain-gang an* let de
’ornaa scratch *roun* here an’ ’er liTin *,
but don’t you git ou dem kyais—don’t you do it.
To* bes’holtlsdechafo^jmg Toueas nukayo*
llTin'dar w*en you can’tnukei: nowhar eUe*Yoo
ax Man Wilkes Ballard *1 you can’t. But don’t
you git on dem kyare. EX yon do, yooer gone
nigger. Ef you ain’t got no money fer ter walk
back wid, you better dea b’iid yo’ net’ rlxh
here. I*me a talkin’ wld de bark on.
done seed dese yer Arkinsaw emmj
grants come lopetn bade, an* same un ’em dldu'
bare rags nuff on ’em fer ter hide dere nakld-
ae*. You leave dat hex wld Mars. Wilkes Bal
lard, an* let de ’oman take won yonng un aa
you take de odder won, an* den you git In de
middle er de olg road an* pull out fer de place
whar too come fum. I'm pc aebin. now."
Tboae who watehad. aay tha quartette didn't
take the care
How do you make that out r* I asked, carl«
i to get at bis methods ot computation.
‘Why, just this way: If Carlton Is nominated
Bell's friends will turn themselves loose and
work for Speer, and If Bell ia nominated, Carl
ton’s friends will go for 8peer dead sore. They
would all Ilk* to go for him anyhow, 1
tinned with a chuckls, "and no matter which
end of the district wins, yon will aee the very
old Harry turned loose in the other. I know
what 1 am talking about
He was a great big, hearty-lcoklng man, and
he had the Appearance of one who meant what
he said, but I think tha result will convince him
that he was merely engaged In theorizing. It is
■dl up to theorizing on
the result of elections,p*rticulirly where one
interested. Predictions are weU enough in their
way. They are all plausible until the people
have spoken at the ballot-box* and then
they are worthless, even when true.
A CHAT WITH BELL.
Coming up the road this morning I had five
minutes* chat with Bell. He waa smiling and
placid, CtoOl as to appearance, bnt cordial aa
manner.
‘What do you think of tbe result?"
‘Well, we must have harmony to begin with.
The Independent movement la not by any
overpowering, but it ia dangerous. Neverthe-
icssj think the democratic candidate will win. 1
If yon are nominated do you think you will
find it troublesome to beat Speer?"
‘Hot in the least Great changes bare been
going on in the district In the last election
was defeated In Hall county. If I am renomi<
nated,I will carry It by a good round majority,
anticipate no difficulty whatever In carrying the
district"
"How aboot tho republican rote ?’’
"Well, U won't do for Mr. Bpeer to count on
the tepubllcan vote—It la uncertain. It will be
divided. You see the republican vote is not
thoroughly organized as it haa been, and It will
require a deal of hatd work to fetch them np to
the old standard—work or a sort that will hard
U be attempted daring this campaign No,
anticipate no trouble from this quarter.* * Where
upon the engineer, wbo waa too far offto heir
the conversation (and therefore could not esti
mate its importance) vengefully blew his whis
tle and aped on to Gainesville, leaving behind
him the misty blue hills in search of others
that lay in the purple distance.
1UE BRAG AND BANTER
is all with the Speer men Urns far, though I am
sure they do not intend—at least the majority of
them do not intend—to allow their confidence
to develrp Into anything like unpleasant ego.
tlsm—and yet they borrow a good deal of their
enthuxlatm from their leader.
The convention was called to order by Hod
John Uockenholl, chairman of the district ex<
ecutive committee.
CoL Robert White, of Jackson county,
made permanent chairman, and B. J. D»via and
W. 8. Erwin were cbocen secret*)lee.
The two-thirds rule was adopted without dis
cussion, and after lis adoption one or two unim
portant resolutions.
A motion to ao jonrn until two o’clock waa car
ried, and the convention took a recess until the
hour named.
When the convention reaaeembled, noon
tlonof T. W. Rucker, of Clarke, it proceeded to
balloting. The result of tbe first ballot wasas
follows:
H. P. Bell...
Colonel Simmons, of Gwinnett, proposed that
a committee composed of six friends ot etch
candidate be appointed to confer together and
smooths the way to a nomination. His propo
sition led to
COXSTOERABU DISCUSSION,
which was participated In by ^minors, ot
Gwinnett, the iircpreatiblb Rucker, of Clarke,
and Allred, of Pickens. Finally, Carlton’s
friends, through Simmons, ol Gwinnett, pro
posed that if Bell’s friends would withdrew his
name, they (the Carlton men) would withdraw
the name of their favorite and vote tor any new
name that the friends of Bell might deem, it jn
didens to propose. This proposition provoked
iurther dhcuselon, and it was finally agreed
on withj the ballotting.
Several vote* were then taken
with about the nanal result. This confirmed the
impression that no compromise oould be reached
through the method of balloting, and CoL TM.ng
ston, of Hall, finally moved a recess of twenty
minutes for the purpose of allowing the delega
tions to
MEET IK CONVZBENCB,
la the hope tint tome solution ot the difficulty
coold be retthed. The moUon vie curled
anulmausly, end the convention took .
Upon ueemhllnz uter receei. the Bell men de
termined to adopt the orlzhud proposition of
Simmons, of Qwlnnett.' which wss the appoint
ment of six Bell end six Czrleton men, the
twelve to form . committee ot conlerencs. Upon
the appointment ol Util committee, the cOLven-
tlon ujonmed foe an hoar, in order to five
Ume tor • tall end tree conference.
When the convention wu sgdn celledtoor-
der. Colonel T.mz»ton. ol Hell, rooe In Ms piece
snd sold:
CO LONZL LA BOSTON'S
Mr.Cktdnm and Cadtm n of UU (ton.
tin; Tour Committee appointed by yon tor in.
puiuoee ot brtnxlng about harmony and ae
cut mg the unity of the democrtUc delegates
here asaembled. have been In conaeltoUon end
neve strived at. conduslor. Before I announce
ttmleobdosion. permit me toaayin behalf ol the
Bell delegates worn 1 may alio aay to benzll ol
the triton delegate* Tnev have bean true and
faithful to their am choice. They nave car
ried out their initmctlotn to the very latter. By
their very fidelity In tn. midst of the most era-
barruataz sutronndlnga-when, perhaps, their
own lndiriduil judgments might have i
seated a Uifiennt coarse—they here shown
they are the true representatives of thep-o-
Ple ritey have sane their own indlvld-
ttaUty In the effort to carry out the
dnUe. lmpotad npon them. What
1 T! * *»f of ML We have been faith
tot to the Internet* entrusted to oar care. Wc
hav* shown oar (slthfamess, and now wa pro
PMO to ahow our patriotism We have conferred
together In the spun of those who hav* tha lna
tereat of the party rather than of anyperaon at
heart, and we believe yon will ratify the remit
of onr consultations. Mr. chairman, 1 am au-
thortzad to withdraw the name* of Colond Bril
thensmaof 100 ’“ d 1 *™ matrotted to offer
COLONEL JOEL A. BOLUrs,
?■ (Tremendoaa applause.) I4nove
tint he bo nominated by »i»i«wtiAn t (Loud
cheers and erica from aU parts of tha house. ** ’
second that motion l’ 1 ) ^
The Chair—It la moved and aeconded
A yell from the crowd, “ No uae to put the
motion; il'a carried r*
The Chair (Persiatently)-It la moved and
aeconded that Hon. Joel h. Biilnpa, ot Morgan,
he nominated by acclamation. (Cheer*, aud
crieaof “ytsl" “year
The chair (gathering strergtb)—Moved and
seconded that tha Hon. Joel A. Billupe be
nominated by acclamation. Tboee In favor-
Bncker (smiling m*vely)-Oh I we am all
favor.
The Chairman (OrmlyJ-Thcae In favor of tha
motion wilt rtgnily 1' by saying—
A vociferous and unanimous "aye l’’ bunt
from the convention
H. H. Carlic
V03T8CUIXT.
Polx connly is all right lor Lester.
Tha bojshare dosed up.
Lincoln county sands eight Slsphtna
delegates to the Thomson conventual.
Ocx special telegram annonoces that
Troup county haa elected Harris
I Hon. A- G. MacAktocs is spoken of
aa a candidate foe congress In the third dlstrtet.
In the discussion between Lester and
return si Dallas tbs other two-thirds ot the
votes wen lor "Oar George.”
Thx Atlantic had Golf railroad and
the eituena propose to beautify the gronsda
near the depot w.th a flower-garden.
One of the attaches of the Colomtrs
Erqulrer, writing from Atlanta, takes occadcu
to paj bis paper a vary handsome mmaUmmt
This is as it ah call be.
Thx Darien Gazstee says that Wayae
county has selected Tompkins delegates, ad
Uriahs that L!be*ty* Imaanel. Tatnail,
Bryan, Cam lea and Burke will follow tbe tx*
ample cf McIntosh.
Thx Hamilton Joumalsxys that Hto.
H. R. Hants will go into the convention of the
burth district with* majority of the votea. jro-
tlded Harris county goes for him. Otherwhs.
Ckptaln Henry Persona will be ihe leading wan.
MitaHxxBT Joxxa.a well-known jogr-
aatis‘re formerly of the Tribune of this dif. .*»
oaaaected himself wlih the Gainesville Pa.,* 1 .
Yiih Col R^J wine and Mr Jones to manage It, A j
lagie wU become one of the best weeklies in
lie south.
|!Thx rumors that Colonel Thorrftxm
1/ ab ut to withdraw are altogether unfoundd.
Ai the pioneer of the lad fpen 1 cz t'msTemtai la
Georgia, he win continue in the field o theezd.
Mr. Emory Spear and Ur. Felton may wall cot*
grttCaate themieivee that Cofonei Thociton bu
t^a*rretoh«*dtfc*Jrn
t.
The result of tbeieeood b*l:ot waa as follows
B. P. Bell—— s
It. H. Carlton in
The balk)ling continued ap to tha thlrty-aae-
ond ballot. Several chaagsa having In the mean
time token place on the twenty-fourth ballot,
Fred Foster, of Morgan county, was nominated
snd received tour vote*.
Balloting continued without* sign of weak
ening on either side, until finally a motion waa
made, and Closed tha convenffon to adjourn
to eight o'clock to-morrow morning. The
friends ot both Carlton and Bell are confident
tbe deadlock Will be broken before noon
morrow, while the friend, of Speer's Weed, are
equally confident It will last through a long
aeries of balloting!, and they are jubilant. They
aay that every Ineffectual ballot addat tha
strength of the Independent cawdtataa. and
soma of them confidently anticipate an easy
victory foe Speer. Aa matters stand I cannot
even bint at the remit Both aide* are deter
mined. Both have strong backers and both
, aeem determined to holo out to the leak Their
backbone acema to stiffen by delay ao that It ia
Impossible to say which will vrtn.
Tht re is talk of a compromise candid, t*^ po*.
slbly BlUopeoe Bailee ot Morgan. It l
to be the general opinion that a reralt wUl
reached carl} lathe morning, bnt this to
speculation.
Tuero is no backdown In either Bell or Carl
ton delegate?, and tbe proa; ecu are that the
balloting will be Inevitably prolooged.
J.C.H.
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Gainesville, August 2.—After the
adjournment ya.fe.fiay afternoon, and while
th* dead-lock waa Mill at its height, there
ajmptoma ol a very hearty desire on the part
both the Bell and Carlton delegates to can
■oxx son cr an onpzzsianmno
for the purpjse of smoothing over the differ
eoces that appeared to hopelessly divide tha
convention, bat nevertheless It was the general
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Concessions by Bismarck — Canada
nrt tno —
endeneo-
;i*.i Etc.
France.
GRAND DIPLOMA FOR SWITZERLAND.
Paris, August 3.-8wtizsrl*nd re
ceived the grand diploma of honor at
the exhibition for wa chea, also nine
gold medals.
PCTTINO A TAX ON THE CBIXXSX.
Victoria, B. C., August 3. In the
jrnviucial parliament to-day a bill was
ntrodaced to impose a tax of $60. per
annum on every Chinese person iu the
province. >
Rervla
AN EFF BT TO RN LABOR HER CLOTHES.
London. August 3.—A Belgrade dis
patch says that the cabinet council,
under the presidency of Prince Milan,
have- resolved to proclaim the inde
pendence of Servik on the 22d of Au*
gust, with a cessation of the Bt&to of
■lege snd martial law.
Bonmanta.
THE TRot.’PS RETURNING HOME.
Bucharest, August 3.—The Russian
oops are returning to Russia to the
imber of five *housand daily. The
Roumanian army is expected to make
a triumphial entry into Bucharest, ac
companied by the Bulgarian trophies.
Italy.
CARDINAL LUCCA TO SUCCEED FRANCHI.
L tXDON, August 3.—A R »ma dispatch
says it is reported that Cardinal Auto*
oio de Lucca has been appointed to
succeed Cardinal FranchL
that tbe remit of aay formal confereno* would
be I re tty much tba same aa tbe remit of tbe
thirty-odd ixuffccaal ballots which wooad
yesterday’s d* iterations of tbe convention
There was a general diaire to coaler, bat nt
very lively hope that anything would bo gained
thereby, ho certain were tba delegates that any
attempt at tancoaing would have no result that I
think I am safe in inerting that nothing of tbe
kind was Rrioneij tboogbt of. There waa some
da.nl wry talk in tbe hotels and on tbe streets
leaking to a compromise af some kind, bnt it
amounted to nothing save a aort of vague Idea
that a nomination would be had early this
morning. In these
LITTLE UnrORXAL GATHEZI5GS
In the hotels and on the stree a, however, the
turn of the con venation waa decidedly concili
atory, save when, now and then, a delegate who
allowed hia enthusiasm to exasperate him, put
in a word edgewise. But these little incidents
were not alb wed to Interfere with the deafens of
tboee who were anxious to reach a conclusion.
Col. Lang*ton, of Hall, the leader of Bell**
forces, serene, aeir-poereaud aid alett, en
deavored to pour oil upon the troubled waters,
while Colonel Lem Allred, of Pickens, in his
emphatic style, seemed anxious that a conclu
sion should be reached to-day. Tinny Rucker,
of Clarke, cooL calculating, shrewd and patient
wandered irom group to group in act relees, ia-
different sort of way which waa very far irom
almlra*. Rucker waa for Carlton, hot
WILLING to coxraoioss
on a th*xd man He* with Colonel ju«nmnn« t &
Gwinnett, who. In his pleasantly petulant way
is a leader in the convention, also
ctme to GaitesTille enthusiastic for Carlton
bat ready to arbitrate matters. Tne Rev Honoe
Cannon, of Rabun, a sturdy Bell man, hung
upon tha ragged edge of each alternate group
aud was anxious to bring about recondUation,
but seemed to regret from the very bottom of his
tenevoent being that such a result had not
been brought abopt by the unanimous nomina.
tion of his favorite bn the first ballot. Thus
matters stood last night. Each side thought the
Tnese waa a burned
this foaming before the hour set for the meetirg
of the convention, but the only reralt was to
col firm the antagonism between the friends o*
Bell and Carlton. Both sides appeared to be
balk** would tom the
tide In their favor. At any rate the convention
otaaed this morning wllh the average vote for
“ “ and Carltou. Three ballots
material change:
*•
AUD RS WORK WAS D0KK.
Up to the very last hour the Bpeer men de
pended upon the deadlock continuing throath-
om tha day, and not five minutes before the re
sult was announced Mr. Lawahe, the editor
the Southron, Speer’s leading organ, seemed
anxious to lay a wager that the balloting be
tween Bell ana Carlton would continue. At the
close somebody attempted to get up a cheer
lor Bpeer, but U anybody made any noise it was
a little negro whom Foster, of Morgan, acd*
dentally hit with a watermelon rind, and
hubbub be raised was neither cheerful nor con
tinuous. Before the convention adjourned,
however, a resolution endorsing the congress'
tonal record of Hon. Hiram P Bell waa adopted
unanimously, tne Carlton delegates voting for it
and joining as heartily in the ap'pjause
though they had been original Bell men.
THE NOMINATION
of Colonel Billupe was as enthusiastically
celved by the spectators aa by the delegates, and
there were many expressions of gratification
and congratulation. Simmons, of Gwinnett,
said: “I can pledge a thousand majority.
Btilnpa in my ooonty." and this estimate was
emphatically endoreed by Mr. Bom. Colonel
Red wine, of the Gainesville Eagle, who
waa enthusiastic for Bell, says
“Tbe nomination insures a demo,
credo victory." This la the opinion or Allred,
of Pickens, and an the delegates with whom
have had an opportunity of ta'klng. The curl
oca part of the whole business is that notonly
are the delegatee all satisfied with Billups, but
they are enthusiastic for him, ao that I have
osoiht myself wondering if.all the antagonism
over Bell and Carlton wasn’t only bj-play after
all, indulged in for the sole purpose of keeping
up th* reputation which the ninth district
conventions have long eDjoyed of
eKm*Q into duficulhes. and akcuo&xno
THERE.
The 8peer men are blue, to aay the least. They
are not at all satisfied. They expected to see
the convention hold out until to>morrow and
then disperse without making a nomination
all. The unanimous choice of Billups
Is therefore a stunning surprise to them—
a surprise from which they will not recover unti 1
the votes cf the democracy place him In t
next November. The general impression ia that
the convention conld not have done tetter.
J.C.H.
"CARRY THE NEWS TO HIRAM!"
COLONEL BELL EXTRE'SES HU GRATIFICATION AND
FaoFOBES TO STAND CF F. R BILLDFS TO THE
8ped*i dir pitch to The Constitution.
Buford, August 2.—Hon. Hiram
Bell, who has been here where he coula be
easy telegraphic communication wUh _
fnends, received the nomination ot Hon J<»1 __
Billupe not only with composure, bnt with
warm expressions of approval. Suortly after
the deliberations of the Gainesville convention
had teen announced, a representative of The
Constitution had an opportanltyaf con versing
with Mr Beil. He was bland and placid
ever.
"I learn you have been defeated, Mr Bell,'
■rid the reporter.
" ff ell, under the circumstances," he replied,
laughing, "it doesn't seem like defeat,
notonly satisfied, but yratified.*'
"Yon don’t look disappointed, that’s a fact.
"No. Of coarse I desired the nomination, or 1
should never have allowed my frianaa to place
my name before the convention, but next to any
own reno ml nation, nothing oould please n
tetter than the nomination of Biilnpa. He Is
good man—an excellent man. I know of no one
whose nomination would give livelier satisfac
tion."
“Do you think ha will be elected?’*
*• Undoubtedly. Hia election Is assured be
yond a question. He will bead Speer at least
three thousand vote*. I am satisfied of that.
He ia a manfabove reproach—one whom every
democrat In the district will be glad (o sup
port."
"Wasn’t hti nomination something of a sur
prise to you?"
"No. I cin’t say it was. I saw there was
chance of an agreement between Carlton'
friends and mine, and If the ballotine had con
tinued half an hour longer It waa my purpose
telegraph my friends to withdrew my name
and put in nomination that of Colonel BLlups.
The convention anticipated me only by a very
IMPORTANT CONCES
SIONS.
London, Aug. 3. —A Berlin dispatch
says the negotiations between Bis
marck and the papal nuncio are pro
gressing satisfactorily for the Cuna, in
consequence of important concessions
made by Bismarck.
THE SULTAN’S DEATH-WARRANT.
Special dispatch to The Oonstitation.
Berlin, August 4.—The ratification
the' treaty of B «lin lute been ex*
changed between all powers except
Turkey. The saltan, however t Las
^lUAUJa XLU OUUfll', UUnOCl. LW
signified that he recoguizms the validity
of the treaty.
anil Britain.
THX HABTIKGTON VOTE LIST.
London, August 3.—The division list
on Lord HartiagtOh's resolution in the
house of commons last night has just
been published. It shows that seven
liberals voted against the resolution,
inclndiog Mr. Roebuck, Joseph Cowen
memBer for Newcastle-on-the-Tyne,
and Sir Nathaniel Mayer De Roths
childs ; also, seventeen home Tutors.
No conservative voted for thoresolu
tion.
CIVIC HONORS TO BISC0N8FIKLD.
The following is the programme of
dvic honors to be paid to Beacon, field
and Salisbury to-day. The disiin-
gnishsd guests will arrive in the city at
S o’clock p. m. They will be received
at the entrance of Guild hall by the
city bands and the committee, wearing
their robes and caning their wands of
office. Their lordships will be escorted
through the temporary pavillion in
Guild hall yard, conducted to the li
brary, received by the lord may
or, the lady mayoress and the
dvic dignitaries wearing | their
official robes. Subsequently the
rSOCEBION WILL NX F. RMKD,
snd move to the gn at ball, where Lords
BeaconBfield and Salisbury will be con
ducted to the dais and take their
places at the right of the Lord Mayor.
The members of the common council
of the city of London will be provided
with seats in front of the dais. The
usual formalities will be gone through
with as if an ordinary court of common
council were held. The town clerk will
read the resolutions agreed to by the
common conndl for presenting the
freedom of the dty, and offer to each
THE BIGHT HAND l F CITIZENSHIP.
Beaconefield anc Salisbury will reply,
and the conrt will at once adjonrn.
The guests of the day on leaving
Guildhall, with the lord mayor, in a
carnage, will proceed to the Mansion
hnose, whets the ministerial banquet
will take place in Egyptian hall.
THE SCENE
at Gnildhall is expected to be very bril
liant. The floral decorations are re*
markable, embracing seven thousand
of the choicest plants, which line every
passage, with tbe fountains playing
intervals.
THE EXCEPTION.
On their arrival Ml Gnildhall,Beacons-
field aud Salisbury were enthuaiaatically
received. They were loudly chested
by the immense crowd lining the ap-
prorch to Gnildhall. Ihe weather '
bright.
THE BANQUET.
Special dbpatcb to The CuoaUtattoo.
L.ndon, August 4.—The banquet
given in honor of Lords Bercrntfield
and Salisbury at the Mansion house
last night, was
, A GRAND AFFAIB.
Most of the ministers and brilliant
company were present. Ljrd Beacons-
field reviewed the recent events, and
said he believed that the peace
which had resulted would
bo durable, because all the
powers were satisfied. There wss
party in Rumia, by no means influen
tial, which had been checked. The re
lations of all powers were most f riend-
Iv, especially with Russia and France.
He conld not conceive of a groa er mis-
fortune than the es raneement
France. ^
■ THE WO as.OUT CODE.
The telegram in yesterday's papei
that Mr. R. a Siulsbnry and Mr Janes 8- Ivei
«on. ol Macoa, had l u<bt a duel at to-id Bar
f<nj, near Augusta, cauaed general dibcaaalon
on the streets yeatetday. Both parties are
wELL KNOWN HERE,
and the particular friends of each felt great
anxiety to knew all that related to tin affJr.
It teema that ft war a very quiet duel la all Its
aspects, and there ia yet much mystery aa to Its
true can«e. The happy termination o( tbe afftlr
la a cause of gratification to -he many friends of
both gentleman in Atlanta. It teems that
following are
THX FACTS OF THX CASK
aa they can brat be obtained:
Anw “
train %
STILL ‘’ARPING ON.
BILL’S FUILO Ol'HY RKACUtSB.
OH.
Why People Grew Envlona—The
Worm At the Felton -Vtlaia — Tho
ffret of tori.pend-m Aqal.-uilog—
Kccouclilug Teetlmony.
Bill Arp to The Constitution.
It takes s power of old-fashioned
grace to reconcile a poor man to his
rich and shifty nabor, don’t itT He
can’t keep from wantin’ a slice to save
him, end after while he gets to thinkin’
he’s sorur entitled to it, and as the law
won’t give it to him he takes it ont in
feediu’ his envy and rejoicin’ in every
mbf H-tane. that befalls him. I’ve
thought over this thing a good deal,
and aa Tom Alexander would eay, I
believe its wrong, for if some folk*
dident pile up money end keep it there
wouldenl be ennf in one place to do
any big thing. We wooldeuthave any
railroads, or steamboats, or telegrals,or
any other g-eat institutions that con
duce to human welfare. Its this same
feelin’ agin rich people ihat’a at the
bottom of communism. They want to
divide ont everything tqual, share and
share alike, and begin the world anew,
nut just as shore aa they do ohe half of
'em would qnlt work and use ap their
share and then go about
hollerin’ fob another divide.
Its this teeliog that prompts a man
to nose into another man’a bisnesa to
find ont how much money he’s got and
how he got it, and if possible to hatch
up enui circumstances to prove he stole
it or got it by cheatin’ and
swindlin’. Its this feelin'
that possesses some people
when a thrifty nabor buys a new pha-
ton and lets hia family i p urge round a
little, and then they bt-gin to tell us
how they knowed him when he waaeut
nobody, and bis daddy waa a black
smith, and his mammy worked in the
cottou patch before she was married.
Its this same feelin that made some
folks mad becaus Luster got a 600 dol
lar fee ont of Joe Brown and a salary
from Bullock’s legislature, and theyve
awetted over it, and breathed on it, and
rolled it about untill iu imbibed some
oi their own odor, and now they turn
up their noses a foot or so and go about
lookin like they smelt something. Me-
thinks I tee em now, and ii I was a pas
sable artist, I would like to draw a pic-
ter or two for your paper. Why, but,
that money has all been spent long ago.
It’s been eat up and 'wore out—Luster
aunt got a dollar of it.
THAT WHOLE UrSINE'S
has been dtsinlerd two or three times
and burned agin, and it does look tike
it ought to be barred, by the statute of
limitations by this time. And now
they abuse him becaus he don’t resign
mrroDoz ceoUemea. Two of
to the Globe hotel and regis
tered aaol Savannah Tho other
. tsl-etf toiecteter
arrival two of tne panj ordered
the Centre], bat fil ed to
Boon after their irritoto
a carriige Irom Mr.
, * carriage from
"You wiii go in for Billaps then!"
“Most heartily. I shall not only vote for him
bnt I propose to work for him. aDd use all my'
It flaence in his behalf. Bat for the fact that U
might sound * little extravagant, coming lor an
finauceestfnl candidate, 1 would aay that I am
delighted with the nomination of Colonel Bll-
lups. I have sent him a congratulatory tele*
THE NEWS IN ATHENS,
OON. BILLOTS Accxrrs HI4 TRUST AND ARRANGES
TO CANVASS THX DISTRICT.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Athens, August 2.—The nomination
of Col. Brimpa creates
GREAT BUarXIFX HERE,
and Is received with varied comments. The
general impression is that he la stronger here
then either of the other candidates would have
been.
HE ACCEPTED THX NC NOTATION
immediately upon receipt or tne telegram, say-
lsg that he did not believe any citizen could de*
dine a Domination so tendered. He wjll com
mence an earnest canvssa of the district at once.
He haa already arranged to
XXZT THX PEOPLE
at the courts. Speer Is qul e confident that he
will teat tha race by a larger majority than he
coold have had against either of the other can
didates, aa he thinks that Billups will lack the
poritive rapport that either would have com
manded. He says that the action of the dele
gates In nominating Billupe
that they are whipped, but that they hive act
ed too late and have simply put up a clever gen*
tleman to have him sacrificed He d*iw to
have assurances tha; the people will aee that he
is rewarded for having attacked and broken up
what he asya waa the worst ring ever fastened
npon any district He myp that Biilnpa may
nl'
A FEW HOKE VOTES
in the lower counties han Beil, ont he la abeo
lutely unknown In the upper ooontiea, and will
foae himself there. He says that he Is ready to
meet Col Btl-npa on the stomp, and Joint dif-
cnaalona w111 doabUees be arranged.
THX CNITXBBZTT.
The trustee* did nothing to-day. Them has •
been a sharp In tenth any of view? te-4»y. and
a very decided drfa to^rd % radical change.
Certain impactext changes w31 be made The
barizccc^Sepea fo-morrow. B, W.£L
■ratt
About half-past seven tbe four, two in etch
carriage, rede through Jackson street to Greene,
and turned np the latter. After pro
ceeding a short dlst&coe, however, they sgsin
turned aud went down town. Some time after
ward It waarumoted that they had gone to
Sand Bar ferry to fight a duel, and several pais
ties started to the oh duel
tbe meeting, but w.-re too !a e.
party on their wsy Lurie to tie
rtu y mot the
^n5n5duri55eaaytHufffoittfraUemen,
principals and second*, were from Maoon. The
priLcip*]* were Mtwre R 8 Sanlstery and J 8
Iverson. Mr P D Tinsley was Mr Hcaisbury’s
second, snd W B Sparks Mr Ivmoa’s. Mr
Ssttisbnry la a ictothing merchant, of Macon, and |
■■■VAU art well known citizens of Macon
The party engaged the service# oi a surgeon, hut
the latter remained on ihe Gtorgia side of the I
river at Band Bar ferry. It was Impossible to a*.
Certain what took place on the H -Id, bat it Is I
said 'hat sbote were exchanged and tnat a n-
oonoliatlon then took plaoe. It Is certain font
the party returned to the city in the most 1
friendly spirit and that the four occupisa one
room together, at the Globe hotel, dtuuxg the i
As to the |
there an mai^LL^ariM^i^S^^ereportl
■ays that the difficulty aroee from* remark made
nays ihe party Dad a diffleuity c
cards. Still another veruo^ declWH
Is "a woman in the CA*e’’ The truth cTthel
ter haa not transpired All the parties cocJH
ted with the affair decline to be “interviewet*.1
The general opinion la that Mr. Iverson was ini
challenging party Both the prtndpe s w* re
popular youLg men in Macon. Their nnfonu-
nate difficulty la deeply regretted, bat its happy I
termination is quite satisfactory,
THIS FOUR'S* *>l*r*XCVo
Hesry R, Harris Carries Troop
Coouty.
Special dispatch to the Constitution.
Glory enoega for one day! Harris carries
Troup county over Toggle by at least
1WO HUNDRED AND FIFTT XAJ0RITQ.
Ten districts of the thirteen have gone fo
Hems, thus securing tbe Troup a
very large democratic vote wsa polled. Every
effort was mad* by Toggle and his friend* to
carry the county over Harris, but the people o
the county have to-day expressed their prefer
ence for Harris at the ballot box. T. C. C.
Faria Keetaaraat Prices.
London Troth.
Some friends of mine enpped the
.other day at Bignon’s new cale at Faria.
ILe party consisted of twenty, and the
bill was 12.000 francs. .On their remon
strating, 3.000 francs were taken off,
and they had the pleasure of os7inp
10PW franc ($2,000) for their
while he is the people’s candidate. Re
sign for what 7 To let his family suffer
and starve a tattle bit I suppose. Well,
the honest democrats who nominated
him don't want him to resign, and
there’s nobody else concerned In
it that I know of. Why don’t
Dr. Felton resign 1 and qnit
drawn hie pay while be’s a runmn'.
What's the difference 7 An ojffs is an
effis, and moneys rnanty, don’t it?
and this reminds me to ask another
question, What's the difference be
tween holdin an offis under Bullock’s
democratic legislature and holdin one
at Washington under a radical congress
and drawin pay out cf a radical treas
ury? and there’s another question,
How long mnst a soldier sem' after hiH
arm to cat off to entitle him to some
consideration from those he fought foi?
I reckon these fellers .who are makin
sport of Lusters 7 months service
wonident give a widder a pension if her
husband was killed the first day he
went in-beeanee, yon see, he dident
live long ennf after he was dead to do
a little more fitin. Jesse 1
THE PI ZEN in 'jot
Bnttheres no usd in talkm. Folks
tell me that if vonll tak a snake lightly
and git him mad he’ll turn in and bite
himseli and you needent hit him arv
no'.her lick. He’ll die from hie own
etricknine a heap sooner than yon can
kill him.’ To my opinion the works
pretty well done now. and you are
waa tin ammunition on these Felton
shooters. They are so mad already
they dont care a darn what they Bay.
WeU thata sorter natural—and I never
was the man to take exeeptionB, or
attach much importance to what
a man says when he’s cornered np a_d
cant do anything else bnt cuss, ao I,
think maybe yon had better pans
awhile and sorter still hunt for a few
weeks for as long as this slanderin goes
on Lnator iaeale, and itsahore to go
on, lor they are pntlin on a new detail
every week regardless ol age or sex,
and every one comes with a trash snp-
irhats all correct. About 25 yean ago
I knowd a candidate wbo w as afeerd oi
bein beat, and eo he got a feller to cir
culate a report that he had swindled a
poor widder ont of her cow, and she
and her children had liked to have per
ished to ilelh. Well, it got all over tbe
county, and it looked like his chances
were mortal slim, but 4 jnbt a Tew days
before the election he got the widder to
sign a certificate that it was a he, and
that he had been very kind to h r ever
since her Iraebend died; and he had
the certificates printed and)
BTBOWED BltOADCAST,
and then you see tbe reaction cum
along and he beat the other feller 2U0
votes, .essoi Well, that aint Luster*
cise exactly, for he dont have to hire
nobody to slander him. They just cam
along as volunteers, and are Join the
work np splendid.
Then cgih a man told me tint when
Mr. Naead was a lammin’ away at Joe
Brown and makin’ him out a meaner
man than Murrell, old Joe subscribed
lor 200 copies of his paper and cent em
all over the conntrv. Alter he wu
much obleeged to him for what he had
done for him but he dident have any
farther use tor his paper. Joe always
said it wu the best trump n.rd he had
—but you aee it’s only a lew iolka who
naturally love to hear a inan abused.
The mr jority had rather hear him epuke
well of, and in nine cues out of ten
they will be hollerin' hurrah for the
bottom dog in the fight. JtSrtoI Bat
that aint exactly Luster’s cue either,
for he don’t have to sut scribe at all*
The leaders oi the independents have
subscribed for him and are sendin’ the
organs to every man in the district
A wubkin' along.
So it’s a workin’ along about right
and my ^ advice is to jest tot it swat
tor a while. 1 though, two years ago
that friend Willingham was abusive
the doctor too much and I recken I
dene him a power ol good. Well its
painfully amazin' how circumstances
altar cues. Tao years ago Willingham
“We repeat what we have said
to Dr. Felton’s face that he to the most
artlnl trickster we have ever known.”
And he printed that and a heap more
in his paper. And Dr. Felton said that
Tester wu a good and purs man. 8zd
ain’t it—very sad. But the law to that
we must try and reconcile all con-
fldin’ testimony and I am a doin’ my
very best, but it looks to qro now like
there’ll be a mistrial shore. All I
do know for a certainty is that onr
standard-bearer is a doin' mity well
everywhere that I can hear of, and
there’s a power of folks in old Jerry
Morphy’a fix.
MB. POPE'S VIEWS.
Yon fee history records that Mr
P pe, a one-armed eoldier of 1812 was
Pot t»P to mn agin Henry Clay j 0 r con-
grras, and Jerry had always hollered
“ d , vo >*d fo ; Mr. Clay, but suddenly
he took the Irish studs and wouldn't
say nothin. Finally they waited on him
at his shop to know for tertin what he
was goin to do, aud he laid down his
tools and wiih a soldier’s fire in his eye,
says be: “I tell you what, docthur, I
mane to vote fur the man that can
poot bnt one band in the threaaury.”
Yours, Bill Asp.
AFTER A HAT.
P-8.—Ae you all a bettin hats eo live
ly, please take in half a dezen lor m..
Tell my friend Gierke to put em uide
in assorted sizes. Mind you, I am bei-
lin on Laster provided the people git
light tod knowledge. Yours, IS. A.
—Bsbjr Shows are the fashion now,
bat as long es mothers CHttinue to
nurse tbeir little ones wi h laudanum
or other opiates, ihey cm not expvct
their Babies to took bright, fl ji tu
Baby needs medicine get a good and
itagmleas one *«»h u Dr. Rail’s Baby
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