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THE ATLANTA WEEKLY, SUN FOB THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31 1872,
THE ATLANTA SUN
PROOBEDIN GSj*
OF THE
STATE CONVENTION
Porsaant to appointment, the State
Convention assembled in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, to-day, at 12
o’clock, m., and was called to order by
Hon. Julian Hartridge.
On motion of Mr. Hall, of Upson,
4 Gen. P. M. B. Young was called to the
chair as Temporary President.
On motion Messrs. J. D. Waddell, L.
- Carrington, H. L. W. Craig, and T.W. J.
■ Hill were requested to act as Secretaries.
Gen. Young, in taking the chair, stated
that while the duties of the Convention
* were pleasant in many particulars, they
• were all solemn, and on their prompt ex
ecution depended, in a great degree,
■"the future character of the government,
• whether it shall be one that violates and
* tramples under foot the principles of the
Federal Republic, or one which will pre-
serve, uphold and maintain the Constitu-
r - turn in all the prime and essential features
'that affect the liberties of the people.
The counties were then called, and the
u names of the delegates furbished the
clerks.
On motion of Mr. Ezzard, of Fulton,
a resolution authorizing members of the
Legislature to represent counties not
4 represented in the Convention, was adopt
ed, on condition that such representa
tives had been requested by their conn-
ties to act in that capacity.
Mr. Clifford Anderson, moved that
three from each Congressional District
* be appointed to report, names for perma-
4 nent organization. The motion prevail-
•ed, and the following gei tlemeu were
appointed:
1st. District—A. R. Lawton, J. C.
Nicholte, Love.
2a. G. J. Wright, W. M. Tnmlin, W.
-D. Williams.
3d. W. A. McDougald, J. H. Fannin,
* W. I. Hudson.
4tb. Clifford Anderson, A. S. Hamil-
• ton, D. B. Sanford.
5th. E. H. Pottle, J. B. Cumming,
-• FL W, Carswell.
Gtb, W. E. Simmons, J. B. Carlton,
• G. McMillan.
7th. W. H. Payne, J. C. Branson, W.
"i£. Newman.
The committee then retired. Upon
returning, the Chairman, Mr. Clifloid
Anderson, reported the following names:
President — Thomas Hardeman, of
Bibb.
Vice-Presidents—1st District, A. Par
agons, of Johnson; 2d, Hon. Herbert
Fielder, of Randolph; 3d, J. M. Mobley,
of Harris; 4th, J. D. Stewart, of Spald
ing; 5th, J. G. Cain, of Jefferson; 6th,
Sam’l P. Thurman, of Clarke; 7th, Lewis
Tumlin, of Bartow.
'The Committee further recommended
that in nominations, a majority shall de-
-■ cide, and that as far as applicable, the
violeof the House of Representatives be
• adopted for the government of the Con-
■wention.
DEATH OF JUDGE STEPHENS.
Hon. George F. Pierce, of Hancock,
introduced the following resolutions:
Sesolved, By the Democratic Party of
'Georgia in Convention assembled, that
>in the recent death of Hon. Linton Ste-
•phens, an elected delegate to this Con-
'veatioo, the cause of constitutional lib
erty, has lost one of its ablest and no
blest defenders.
Resolved, That Georgia has lost a son
whose intellect, cultivation, fidelity, in
tegrity, pure private character and devo-
ttioea to principle illustrated on the Bench,
act the Bar, in the Forum, in Legislative
Halls, and in social life, reflected honor
mpon his native State; and at this time,
when his noble qualities of mind and
heart are peculiarly needed, she mourns
his death as a mother, a beloved son on
whom she could depend under the stern-
•est trials, and in the darkest hours.
Resolved, That his well earned fame
;is the heritage of all true Georgians, and
it shall be our pleasure to cherish and
■emulate it.
Resolved, That we tender to his dis
tinguished brother, the Hon. A. H.
Stephens, our heartfelt sympathy, and
commending his wife and children to
the tender care of the God of the widow
and the fatherless, we beg to assure them
that in every Georgian they have a friend
who will deem it a privilege to serve
them.
Mr. Pierce supported these resolutions
in a touching and eloquent tribute to the
noble virtues of the noble dead.
Eulogies were also pronounced in suc
cession by Hon."Julian Hartridge, Hon.
Warren Aiken and Hon. Albert R. Lauiar,
daring the most profound attention by
■ the entire au lienee; and on motion of
Hon. Warren Aiken, the resolutions were
indorsed unanimously by a rising vote of
the entire Convention.
SMITH NOMINATED.
Hon. Julian Hartridge moved that the
Convention go into the nomination of a
Governor, and submitted the name of
James M. Smith, amid tumultuous ap
plause.
__ Gen. Ira. R. Foster seconded the mo
tion, and moved that he be nominated
1 by acclamation.
The motion was put and unanimously
carried, not a single dissenting voice
being heard.
Mr. J. M. Mobley moved that a com
mittee of three be appointed to notify
Governor Smith of his nomination, and
request that he accept it. Messrs. Mo
bley, Simmons of Gwinnett, Hartridge,
Foster and Aiken were appointed on
■-this committee.
Gen. A. R. Wright offered th^ follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That a Business Committee
of twenty-orse be appointed by the Chair
to be composed of three members from
each Congressional District to report
suitable action to be taken by the Con
vention and to whom all resolutions shall
be referred without being read.
Adopted. The following Committee
was appointed:
jgjJ* district. — Hartridge, Feeples,
Cook ’ Harris of
3d District. Hal], Mobley and Ben-
Democratic party to an alliance with
15,000 Liberal Republicans in the State,
in an election for electors, and other
State and'general officers.
The following is a copy of the com
munication:
Atlanta, Ga., July 24th, 1872.
To the Democratic Convention of the
State of Georgia now in session:
Gentlemen: At a meeting of a number
of the representative men of the Liberal
Republicans of this State, who support
Greeley and Brown for President and
Vice President of the United States, and
who are satisfied that they represent at
least 15,000 Republican voters, the un
dersigned were appointed a committee to
confer with your body.
The Liberal Republicans wbo inaugu
rated and carried ont the movement
which resulted in the action of tbe Cin
cinnati Conveution, belonged to tbe Re
publican party o! tbe Union, which was
a party overwhelmingly in power, and
if it had remained united, would have
had no difficulty iu cotrolling the Gov
ernment for the uext four years.
But those with whom we acted have
become satisfied that tbe course of tbe
present administration in tbe suspension
of tbe habeas corpus,the enactment of Ku-
Klux and Enforcement laws was not war
ranted by tbe Constitution of the United
States, and iu permitting tbe extreme
Radical element to control tbe Govern
ment, was inaugurating a system which
must, if not checked, end in the cen
tralization of the Government, and in
the subversion of local State Govern
ment, and of tbe rights which fairly and
legitimately pertain to tbe States under
the Constitution of the United States.
They have, therefore, felt it their duty
as honest patriotic citizens, to disregard
party ties * and party discipline, and to
align themselves with the great Conser
vative element of the Union, for the pur
pose of checking Centralism, and of res
toring local self-government, quiet, har
mony and good will among people of all
sections of the Union; and have not hes
itated to place country above party, and
to inaugurate the great movement which
is to sweep over the land and bear Ho
race Greeley triumphantly into the Presi
dential Chair.
Since the action of the Cincinnati Con
vention, the Democracy of the Union
have met in National Convention at Bal
timore, and they, too, have risen above
party usage and party trammel, and have
adopted the platform of the Liberal Re
publican Convention at Cincinnati, and
nominated Greeley and Brown as their
candidates also.
This seems to us an auspicious time,
therefore, for burying the bitterness of
the past, and for all conservative patriots
who desire to maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution, and to restore good
government, to meet together, shake
hands over the past, and move forward,
as a united phalanx in defense of the
great principles announced in the plat
form adopted by 1 oth Conventions.
In this State we have had unfortunate
divisions, criminations and recrimina
tions, in the past, and we are satisfied
that the people desire that this state of
things shall no loDgdr continue, but that
all those who are willing to unite for the
preservation of liberty, the security of
equal rights of the Southern States with
the Northern, and the transmission to
our posterity the right of local self-gov
ernment unimpaired, should agree to
bury the past, and act together as breth
ren in the future.
In this spirit of equality and frater
nity, we propose to meet the Democracy
of Georgia, and by all honorable efforts,
aid in securing the triumph of the can
didates nominated a'; Cincinnati and
Baltimore. We are satisfied that there
should be but one electoral ticket in the
field for these candidates, and we think
it would be a serious misfortune to have
any schisms or divisions among their sup
porters.
We, therefore, respectfully propose to
unite with you and place in the field, one
ticket giving yon that preponderance
upon the eltctorial ticket, which your
superior strength entitles you, and to vie
with you in honorable competition, and
use energetic efforts in proportion to our
numbers, as great, or greater strength
than you do, to the general success. We
l»eg leave to express the earnest hope,
tl at our proposition may be met in the
spirit of conciliation, liberality, and har
mony, in which it is conceived; and to
this” end we respectfully request that
you appoint a Committee of Conference
to consult with the undersigned, that we
may agree upon a just and equitable
basis of union, which must result in a
cordial co-operation in State, as well as
Federal elections; or that such other
mode be adopted to accomplish the de
sired end, as your wisdom may suggest.
We have the honor to be, gentlemen,
your very obedient servants.
Joseph E. Bbown,
R. L. MoWhobteb,
John Habbis,
R. L. Mott,
Jno. D. Tope.
rung.
4th District.—Anderson, Tritme Stew- Wright, Chairman of the Com-
, j iippe, oiew ittee on BnsiriPKc
art.
5th District.—A.
Hester of Elbert.
I . ittee on Business, reported the follow-
SSbyfta ff-srrfr reoom -
The Democratic Party of Georgia, in
Convention assembled, re-affirm the prin
ciples heretofore enunciated by them,
to-wit:
communication
from Joseph E. Brown, R.
J ohn Harris, R. L. Mott
as members of the
party, inviting the
They recognize the exigencies of the
times, which suggested and secured the
nomination, by the Democratic Conven
tion at Baltimore, of Horace Greeley
and B. Gratz Brown, as candidates for
President and Yice President of the
United States, and regard their election’
as conducive to the preservation of the
rights of the States to local self-govern
ment and the protection of individual
liberty of the citizen.
In the approaching]election the Demo
cratic party invites everybody to co-op
erate with them in a zealous determina
tion to change the present usurping and
corrupt Federal Administration, by plac
ing in power men who are true to tbe prin
ciples of Constitutional Government, and
to a faithful and economical Administra
tion of public affairs.
That this Convention presents by a
unanimous vote as a candidate for Gov
ernor ot the State of Georgia, ao the ap
proaching election, the tried and true
patriot and magistrate, the Hon. James
M. Smith.
Resolved, That the Committee do pre
sent the names of the following gentle
men as Electors for the State at large:
ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
W. T. Wofford, of Bartow, H. L. Ban
ning, of Muscogee, Washington Poe, of
Bibb, Julian Hartridge, Chatham.
ALTERNATES.
A. H. Colquitt, of DeKalb, Eli War
ren, of Houston, A. H. Hansell, of
Thomas, G. D. Rice, of Hall.
Resolved, That the committee recom
mend that the delegates from each Con
gressional District be requested to report
to the Convention suitable persons for
Electors and Alternates from their res
pective Districts.
Resolved, That this committee recom
mend that the President of this Conven
tion appoint an Executive Committee of
the Democratic Party of the State, to
serve until the meeting of the next State
Convention- and to cubsi.'- of two mem*
bers for each Congressional District as
existing, and four for the S*ate
at large, which committee shall have
power to elect a Chairman outside of
their bod.'.
Gen. W light moved the adoption of
the report, and called the previous ques
tion.
The question was then put by the
Chairman: “S hall the call for the previ
ous question be sustained ? About 30
voted “yea,” and about 5 voted “nay,”
(judging from the sound,) and the Chair
man declared the call sustained.
The main question on the adoption of
the report of the Committee was then
put—about 30 voting in the affirmative,
(judging from the sound,) and above 5
in the negative; and the Chairman de
clared the report adopted.
It is proper to state that this resolu
tion was put and acted upon during the
absence of the delegates from the third
Congressional District, who were at the
time nominating their electors in another
room of the .Capitul.
the electors
nominated and recommended by the re
spective districts are as follows:
1st District.-H. G. Turner of Brooks;
alternate, J. Rivers of Laurens.
2d District.—R. N. Ely of Dougherty;
alternate, A. L. Hawes of Baker.
3d District.—W. J. Hudson of Harris;
alternate, T. F. Smith of Coweta.
4th District.—J. M. Pace of Newton;
alternate, T. F. Newell of Balwin.
5th District.—Dr. H. R. Kasey of Co
lumbia; alternate, A. M. Rogers of
Burke.
6th District. —Jasper N. Dorsey' of
Hall; alternate, L. J. Allred of Pickens.
7th District.—E. D. Graham of Dade;
alternate, R. A Alston of DeKalb.
On motion they were all confirmed by
the Convention.
GREELEY SPEAKERS.
At this juncture, Gen. Ira R. Foster
moved that B. Gratz Brown and Senator
A. G. Thurman be invited by the Con
vention, to address the people o: Geor
gia, on the situation.
Some one moved that the name of
Carl Schurz be added. The amendment
was accepted, and Gen. Foster arose to
speak in support of the motion.
Mr. Henry Moore, of Richmond,moved
that the names of Senators J. P. Stock-
ton (Now Jersey) and T. F. Bayard
(Delaware) be added.
The Chairman decided that Gen. Fos
ter had the floor.
Gen. Foster then proceeded to address
the Convention in support of his motion.
At first he was applauded at short inter
vals, but presently the applause became
so frequent, that the General experi
enced some difficulty in making himself
heard. Finally the applause became al-
■most continuous. Every time the Gen
eral uttered a syllable, tho Convention
came down with tremendous applause,
making it utterly impossible for him to
proceed, whereupon he desisted; and no
action was taken to invite the gentleman
named in his motion to address the peo
ple of Georgia.
LIBERAL REPUBLICANS.
The Committee appointed to confer
with the members of the Liberal Repub
lican party of Georgia whose communi
cation has been submitted to this Con
vention, charged with the negotiation, on
their part, ask leave to report that the
two Committees.have failed to agree up
on a basis of co-operation which would
be fair, just and practicable, and which,
at the same time, would meet the accep
tance of this Convention.
The Liberal Republicans are desirons'
of co-operating with the Democratic
Party, both in the National and State
elections to take place this year, and
thus practically be united with the De
mocracy as an integral part of its organ
ization, but on doing so, ask, and claim
to be treated as eqnals and associates en
gaged in a common cause, and impelled
by the same patriotic motives.
In this spirit, and with this view, they
ask a representation upon the electoral
ticket This being conceded, they would
have no motive to oppose or to refuse to
support the Democratic State tickets for
for Governor and Members of Congress.
Your Committee consider the -ini™
intrinsically just and reasonable, but en
tertaining the conviction that it would
be unacceptable to the Convention, and
that its rejection would be disastrous to
the best interests of the Democratic par
ty in this State and in other States, de
cline to recommend it; and herewith
That they stand upon the unchangea- submitting report of the Liberal Re-
ble doctrine, that this is a union of P 11 ^ 08 ® 8 40 us » ask to he discharged
States, and that the indestructibility of ixom tte * urtlier consideration of the
the States, of their rights, of their Inject. Tne report of the
equality with each other, is an Jindispen- J liberal republican committee,
sable part of our political system. {which is as follows, was then read:
Jadge James Jackson moved to refer
the communication to a committee of
five, who should consult with the gentle
men.
A Voice: I move the communication
be rejected. Seconded amid loud ap
plause.
Judge Jackson urged upon the Con
vention that they should treat the com
munication with respect; that the report
of the Committee would doubtless give
universal satisfaction to the Convention.
His motion was then adopted, and the
following gentlemen appointed: Judge
James Jackson, R. P. Trippe, James
Gardner, A. R. Lama,r and Wright, of
Coweta.
The Convention then took a recess
until 4 o’clock p. m.
afternoon session.
President Hardeman called the Con
vention to order at 4 p. m.
The permanent Secretaries recommen-
dedby the Committee on Permanent Or
ganizations, were Messrs. J. D. "Waddell,
Oaraigton, T. W. J. Hill, W. A.
Little, _T. B. Cabaniss and Samuel
Lumpkin.
Tho Committee of Liberal Republi
cans, whose communication is before the
Democratic Convention, have conferred
with the Committee appointed by the
Convention, who have expressed them
selves as individually favorable to a union
of the two elements upon the just basis
of giving to the Liberal Republicans fair
representation upon the electoral ticket
according to their numbers.
And they regret to learn from the
Democratic Committee, that, in their
judgment, it is impossible to carry such
a measure through the Convention with
out a serious rupture.
The Democratic Committee have sug
gested that we harmonize with the De
mocracy of the State without representa
tion upon the ticket. "We are unable to
appreciate the liberality of the invitation
to unite with the Democracy without
such recognition. We are determined,
however, that we will do no act which
can in any way imperil the success of
Greeley and Brown in this State, and
while we protest against fbe spirit of il
liberally which denies us representation
upon the electoral ticket, which is to be
put before the people by those who have
dopted our own candidates for Presi
dent and Vice-President, we will place
no electoral ticket in the field, but will
cast out votes for the Greeley and Brown
electoral ticket, without regard to the
former political opinions of the individ
ual electors, or the manner in which they
have been brought before the people.
But as to all matters connected with
State elections, we hold ourselves at lib
erty to cast our suffrage in such manner
as our self-respect and our sense of duty
to the country may dictate.
Joseph E. Brown,
John Harris,
John D. Pope,
R. L. McWhorter,
R. L. Mott.
THANKS.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. Moore, of Richmond, and
adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Con
vention be, and are hereby tendered to
the Hon. Thomas Hardeman, Presi
dent, and J. D. Waddell, L. CarriDgton,
T. B. Cabaniss, Samuel Lumpkin, Secre
taries, for the able and impartial manner
in which they have discharged their du
ties as officers of this Convention.
Then, on motion of Maj. Cumming, of
Richmond, the Convention adjourned
sine die, without taking any action on the
report of the Committee, to consult with
the Liberal Republicans, and without
acting on the motion of Gen. Foster.
President Hardeman announced that
be would appoint the State Executive
Committee after he had had time to con
sider tbe important duty.
The following Is a list of the delegates to the Demo
cratic Convention, held yesterday. It 1« not perfect,
but is the most complete that could be obtained:
Appling—J J Holden, Hall.
Bartow—P M B Young. J W Wofford, J W Eray,
Lewis Tumlin, W Akin, W H Lucas, T W Dodd, L
W Leeland, J C Brauson, R E Saxton.
Bryan—U Baker, R E Lester.
Bibb—J Jackson, T Hardeman, J B Weems, T .B
Gresham, T U Conner, T G Holt. A B Ross, Jno
jffcMames, C Anderson, L Groce, E T Best.
Banks—Nat Wofford, D J Sanders, J K P Douglass.
Burke—T M Benien,P D Cox, R A Murphy, T B
Felder, C Dickson.
Brooks—J H Hunter, W B Bennet.
Bollock—D S Kennedy.
Butts—W Goodman, B W Collier.
Berrien—W T Peples.
Camden—W G McAdoo.
Campbell—W H Philips, C B Holman, J W Peck,
J W Ackers.
Carroll—G S Sharp, G A Burner, J L Colb, R S
Richards.
Cherokee—J O Dowda, M S Paden, J Roberts, J B
Richards.
Coweta—C Robinson, W T Gerard. W T Anderson,
W H Post, T W Anderson, W S Allen, G W Vance, A
G McCoy, J W Wyly, W H Raker, M M Saunders, J
H Thompson, G W Ramsey, J P Martin, J A Allen,
D Smith, J H Burkes, W H Baker, J Rinson, W Mat
tox, A B Brown, W A Turner, G O Winn.W C Bridges,
J W Abrams, L H Featherstone, J C Weotten, D
Stallings, Dr A11 Welbone, E Douglas, N E McGarity,
T Kirby, A Leigh, A D Freeman, A Guntz, C d
Smith, W B oenanigan, W Orr, R O Moreland, J
Luckie, A J Ganison, J T McCoy, Sr., J W Bradley,E
J T Taylor, B H Wright, A B Calhoun, D F Brew
ster, E P Featherstone, W B Orr, H Wilkinson, R D
Cate, T P Barnes, J T Carmichael, J D Simons, O C
Cavender, W B Wilkinson, R W Worth, S P Stud, J
J Hood, H Buchanan, W T Wright, J J Spellings, W
W Thomas, R C Smith, W B Dent, R N Brown, L R
Ray. R M Hackney, T A Brown.
Chattahoochee—D C Cady.
Clark—J B Carlton, SB Thurmond, H S Mitchell,
J A Price, E Speer, H C Billups. W Jackson, J Jen
nings, J D Pittard, J E Bitch, BeDj. Whorton, J M
Bamy, A P Cobb, J R Lyle, M M Sheats,
Cobb—G W Lester, J M McAfee, C D Phillips, T S
Stewart.
Coffee—M Kirkland, John Spense.
Columbia—G W Evans, L C Lumkin, T A Bloom-
hard, F E Eva.
Clayton—W L Walterson, A P Adamson, E Elass,
J M Hine, J L McConnell.
Catoosa—A T Hackett, C W Gray, W J Whikett, W
N Payson, J M Igon.
Chattooga—Cleghorn, Hawkins,Foster Hiles, Jones.
Calhoun—J S Boynton.
Chatham—Julian Hartridge, A R Lawton, T R
Mills, Jr., U Bussell, D A O’Byron.
Clay—J B Johnson, J H Evans.
Crawford—Wm Rutherford.
Dougherty—N Tift, A M Jones. BG Lockett, GJ
Wright, R N Ely, J A Davis, D H Pope, D A Vason,
T R Lyon, N F Mercer, G W Pollard, M Smith, J
Jackson, J Stevens, W H Jones, R S Rust, WE
Smithy
DeKalb—J Hillyer, P B Mct_ardy, D Johnson, J J
Morrison, R A Alston, W P Bond.
Dawson—John Palmer, G N Looperi
Decatur—J C Rutherford, B B Bower, R. M John
son, J D Hoyle.
Dade—E D Graham.
Dodge—J R Foster.
Douglas—A S Gorman, E Folk.
Echols—R W Phillips.
Emanuel—John Coleman, Ward.
Effingham— M Rawles.
Early—B S McIntosh, R H Powell, Dr Shackleford,
Elbert—R Hester, H Franklin, T H Jones, T A
Blackwell.
Floyd—J M Spullock, Dunlap, Printup, Foather-
ston, Loyd, Turner.
Forsyth- J S Hughes, R AEker.
Franklin—AM Brown, B R Freeman.
Fulton—W Ezzard, J M Calhoun, M Mahoney, W
P Johnson, W T Newman, W G Grambling.
Fannin—J A Jervis.
Gwinnett—W E Simmons, G H Jones, S G Howell,
T M Peeples, N L Hutchins, H R Hannah.
Glynn—J L Harris, J J Harris, T E Davenport.
A J Smith, T F Smith.
Gordon—W H Bonner, R M Young.
Glasscock—W G Braddy, W J Wilcher.
Gilmer—J P Chastain.
Greene—Heard, Lewis, Jemyngham.
Hall—Rice, Dorsey.
Henry—E Foster, D Knott.
Haralson—J H Williams, W J Head.
Habersh'm—W S Erwin, M M Richardson.
Harris—J F Williams, J M Mobley, D H Hunt, J
W Murphy, C. T. Patillo, C L Dendy, W -T Hudson.
Houston—Samuel Hall, Eli Warren, CharleB D.
Anderson, J M Simmons, E W Crocker.
Hancock—G F Pierce, ,Jr., F A Butts, J B John
son, C W DuBose.
Heard—B F Oliver, J T Favor, J H Moore.
Hart—J W Jonas.
Irwin—R Paulk.
Jasper—G T Bartlett, W A Kelly, W D Cornwell,
A J Walters, C B Smith, J C Key, W F Jordan.
Johnson—T A Parsons, WH Martin.
Jefferson—R W Carswell, J H Polliill, W F Demy,
D J Alexander, R K Dixon, A Beasley, J G Cain.
Jackson—J E Randolph, J R Hancock.
Jones—SamuelBarron, AS Hamilton, J W Barron,
R T Ross.
Laurens—CS Guyton, J Rivers, R A Stanley.
Liberty—J B Mallard, J W Farmer.
Lowndes—A J Beasent, C R Pendleton.
Lee—G M^Stokes, A H Alfriend, J W Fornster, G
Kimbrough.
Lincoln—H J Long.
Lumpkin—R H M Moore, R A Qnillian.
Macon—N H Willis, T P Aliver, W H Fish. H L
Hill, J D Frederick, Thos Martin, M B Smith J A
Smith, L O Niles, J W Williams, R Williams. ’
Morgan—J A Billups, JE Godfrey, JGBostwitch.
L W Pons, W A Hammond, W P Atkinson H S
BrookBton, W D Parker, J F Sheat. ‘
Muscogee—A R Lamar, HLBenning, WD Chip-
ley, J F Pou, S B Cleghorn, K A McDougald, J B Do
zier, R Crawford, T S Fontain. C. B. Russell L M
Lynch, G DeLawney, L Jurard, W A Bedell M H
Blandford, T Ragland, E C Hood! ’
Mitchell—T R Bennett, J H Spencer, J T Callaway,
Monroe, R P Tripp, A D Hammond, W B Tweek. P
W Rutherford, T B Cahiness, J C Harrison.
Montgomery—J D Clements.
McDuffie—J R Wilson, John E Smith, J H Scott,
J P Stovall, M C Fulton.
Murray—8 E Fields, R E Wilson.
Milton—Judge Graham, Camp, Hook.
McDuffie—M C Fulton, J E Smith, J H Scott, J R
Wilson, AIE Slurps G P Stovall.
Me :ntosh—R E Lester, WIV Charlton.
MtUor—IA Bush.
Marion—B.B Hinton, T W Harvey.
Meriwether—W R Harris, W T Revel, R A Free
man, A J Hinton, A H Freeman, J W Pish, R D Ren
der, C W Williams.
Monroe—R P Trippe, A D Hammond, W B Meek,
R W Rutherford, T B Cabaniss.
Madison—Meador and Moseley.
Newton—Thomas.Henderson, Griffin, Simms.
Oglethorpe—W G Johnson, W M Williugham, J T
Hurt, B P Taylor, Sam. Lumpkin.
Paulding—Henry Lester, T W Darby.
Pierce—Simon W Hitch, L J Fuller, A McMillan.
J T Colcord, T L Strickland.
Polk—M H Brum, J Thompson.
Pickens—E P Price, L J Alford.
Putnam—T Lawson, J B Beese, W C Anderson, J
A Etheridge, F Loveritt, Z J Edmondson.
Pulaski—C C Kibbee, R W Anderson, J Booth, W
Brown.
Pike—W D Alexander, R J Powell, J H Baker, W
Barnett.
Quitman—T L Guerry, R G Morris, W P Jordan.
Randolph—W M Tumlin, HFielder, S A McNeil, T
Perry. C A Horris. J T Flowellen.
Rockdale—A C McCalla, DN Baker, NH McCord,
T D Swann.
Rabun—C W Cameron, T McConnell, J M Nether-
land.
Richmond—Gen. A R Wright, J B Cumming, C
Sneed, W A Clark, H W Hilliard, W N Levy, J Gard
ner, J T Shewmake, F T Lockhart, J J Cohen, J .N
Hook, H Moon, W F Eve, T G Barrett, R S Wilson,
A Phillips, J Phinnizy, Jr.
Rockdale—A C McCalla, D N Baker, W H McCord,
T D Swanson.
Stewart—J H Love.W H Harrison, C J Tucker, C C
Humber.
Spalding—John D Stewart, M Patrick, M J Patrick,
W Lcxostein, F D Dismake, J M Bloodworth, J S
Boynton, W Stephens, F S Fitch.
Screven—J C Dell, V H Burns, MAJ Hunter.
Sumter—B B Dykes, B P Hollis, A S Cutts, S C
Elam, WN Freeman, John A Cobb.
Schley—C B Hudson, T B Myers, M G Wondock.
Talbott—W A Little, C B Loitner, J W Parker, J H
Brown.
Troup—H L Atkinson, C M Heard. A P Mooty, C
H C Willingham, G M White, B G Swanson, J H
Traylor, J E Davis, Captain White, E Beall.
Towns—D W Killian, J W Holmes, J A Hedden.
Terrell—W G Parks, R F Simmsns, W Kaigen, J
W Reddick. J R Joins, R T Harper, B J Lumpiest,
L C Hoyt, J B Perry.
Twiggs—W O Daniel, R C Carroll, F D Wimberly.
Taliaferro—J F Bitd, G F Bristow, W G Stephens.
Telfair—J L Harris, <j W Campbell.
Thomas—O H Cook, S J Cassels, A J Love, E M
Smith, Robert Mitchell.
Taylor—J R Walker, W D Grace, W. G. Bateman.
Tatnall—J B Brenton.
Union—Joseoh Beid, J J Wellborn.
Upson—J J Hall, T A Weaver, J W Suelson, J C
Zorn, J W Suggs, W T Respes3, T D Fergorson, J K
Black, J F Williams, J C Williams.
Worth—R R Jenkins.
Webster—S H Hawkins, Phil Cook.
Whitfield—D Bnkofzer, G W Keith, J E Shumate.
Wilkes—W. M. Reese, S W Wynn, H F Slaton.
Wayne—Willis Clany.
Wilkinson—J C Bower, F Chambers, J G Ocking-
ton.
Warren—E H Pottle, SI H Wellborn, C S DuBoso,
E H Brinkley.
Walton—J W Arnold, D H Walker, V H Crawley,
Jno Munnally.
Washington—C R Pringle, L Kelly, W C Mathews,
J W Robison.
Ware—Merrison, Sweat.
Walker—Sutton, Wood, T Y Park.
White—F LogMi, W B Bell, W H Logan.
Wilcox—D C Mann, R-Bowen.
Some California Sew*.
Mr. Ed. Parsons, of this city,* has a
letter from a friend in San Francisco,
from which he very kindly allows some
extracts to be made. The letter bears
date July 14th, and contains the follow
ing items of news:
“Onr grain crop is splendid, and the
demand for it good. All the ships in port,
and to arrive for some time, are charter
ed to load with grain.
The outlook for San Francisco and the
Pacific coast for the future is favorable.
Productions this year of grain, gold,
wool and wine, for export, are estimated
at $80,000,000, and there will be plenty
left for home consumption.
For some years real estate in this city
has been at a stand-still; but with a pros
pect of a 35tli and a 32d parallel railroad
cost and an increase of commerce with
China, Japan and New Zealand, it is now
looking up, and I look to see a healthy
advance soon. If the raiiroads spoken
of are a success, emigrants will come in
and settle the vacant lands of California
and Arizona.
As to Grant or Greeley, it matters not
with me, which wins. I could not aban
don my Democratic principles and vote
for Greeley, who, for thirty years, pour
ed upon the Democratic party, the vials
of his gall, though some of the half-
breed Democrats look upon him as their
new-found savior—a bright light within
a lantern. U. L. W.
Shocking Death.
A Lawton, Ga., correspondent of the
Savannah Republican, writing on the
20th, says:
A few days ago a horrible occurrence
took place at the farm-house of Mr. Jas.
Whitehurst, in Clinton county. The cir
cumstances are these: Mr. Whitehurst
and his son Johnny, a boy of eleven years
of age, had been engaged in a field at
some distance from the house, and had
returned home after nightfall. Just on
arriving at the gate, the mule that Johnny
was riding became frightened and ran
off. Through some unfortunate turn,
Jonny got his arm tied up in tbe
reins and was unable to loose it,
when the mule had thrown him.
Tied with the reins’and hanging to the
mule in that way, he was thrown up and
down and from side to side until his arm
and body were broken in many places.
His mother and father and family, were
right on tho spot, and as it was not too
dark, could discern the child in tin's ter
rible situation, hurrying on to a horrible
death. The family could render no as
sistance to the child, and after the mule
had run about one hundred yards, little
Johnny became disentangled, but by the
time the family got to him he was nearly,
if no quite dead. The scene was most 1
heartrending, and none oan sympathize
too much with the afflicted parents.
A Deserved* Tribute to Parity and Spot
less Integrity in Public Men.
Editors Daily Sun: At the late Com
mencement at Bowden College, Iter. F.
H. M. Henderson, the President, in his
Baccalaureate address on Sunday, July
the 7th, in addressing the young men of
the graduating class, upon the corrupt
times in which they were about entering,
upon tbe arena of life’s battle, paid a
well deserved tribute to two of Georgia’s
patriotic men. His remarks were sub
stantially as follows:
“ Young gentlemen, you may live in a
time parallel with that evil age of Borne,
of which Salust writes, when good men
were objects of suspicion and envy to
the evil ones in power. If this be sot
(and may Heaven forbid it!) you will need
heroic virtue.
“Yet Ijwould not persuade you tha
there is nothing good, nor any goodpeo-
ple in the present age. Greece had her
Aristides; Borne her Cato, and, thank
God, Georgia has her Warner and her
Stephens. I do not refer to political
views, for in these the best men may err,
but I allude to the purity of their char
acters, which makes them shine as lumi
naries in the present dark sky of Ameri
can Statesmnuship.”
TO TiiEjPEOPLB OF GEORGIA. "
My name, as a candidate for Governor
of Georgia, before the Convention to
meet m this city on the !&th i nst _ •
hereby withdrawn. ’
Thanking my friends who have favosa
me thus faT, I am,
Very respectfully,
John H. James
Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1872.
Damages to the Railroads b> the
Freshet.
From the Borne Courier, of Saturday
we get the following items:
We are told that tho North and South
Bailroad, between Calera and Binning
bam, will have to be nearly rebuilt so
much damage has been done by tho’re
,cent freshet.
We learn that there are twenty-seven
breaks in the Alabama & Chattanooga
Bailroad, between Atalla and Bimin“
bam, and that it will probably be two
months before the cars can again run on
that part of the road.
The mail train on the Selma, Borne
and Dalton Bailroad, ran through over
the entire road, last Thursday, and con
tinues to ran on regular schedule time.
The officers have used commendable en
ergy in repairing the damages occasioned
by the late rains.
Monroe County*
The Advertiser of the 23d, has these
items:
Mr. J. B. Outlaw comes to tho front
with the first open cotton in Monroe, on
the 20fch insf. His crop prospect is re
ported excellent.
A free barbecue will bo given at Mount
Zion Church, on the Macon and Western
Bailroad, on Thursday, August 1, which
the public is cordially invited to attend.
Arrangements have been made by which
visitors will go and return for one fare,
and ample provision will be made forfif-
teen hundred visitors. Hon. Thomas
Hardeman will address the people on the
occasion.
Here is an interesting story of
John Quincy Adams, which has never
before been told. Some years before
his election to tbe Presidency, while
walking in the neighborhood of his
home, he stopped to sympathize with
an Irishman who was engaged in some
disagreeable occupation. To his words
of sympathy, the laborer replied:
“Sed levius fit patentia
Quicquid corrigene eat nefas.”
Mr. Adams said be was as much aston
ished to hear a quotation from his favor
ite author, by such a person amid such
surroundings,, as he would have been by
a remark from one v>f his oxen. On in
quiry he found the laborer had been ed
ucated in a Catholic seminary in Ireland,
and was working to obtain means to con
tinue his studies. Their Horatian sympa
thy drew them together; be entered into
Mr. Adams’ seryice, and for many years
they continued, in tneir different rela
tions, attached friends.
A nice way to get one’s boots cleaned,
daring these dusty times, says a Chicago
paper, is to struggle into a crowded om
nibus and wipe them upon the passen
gers. A good many gentlemen are at
present avoiding boot-blacks and ten
cent expenditures by adoptiug this
agreeable practice.
The Alabama Flood.
The Warrior river bridge, on the South
& North Alabama Bailroad, of which we
made mention yesterday, as having been
swept away, would 4 have been, when
completed, a remarkable structure. The
piers were completed some weeks since,
and are of the finest style of rock mason
ry, one hundred and sixteen feet high.
The bridge was on the usual class of
staging, and was of the most approved
style of Fink’s Iron Bridges,two hundred
and six feet span. It would have been
finished, and the staging removed the
same day it was swept away. The water
rose eight feet, carrying away the stag
ing—the bridge, not being swung, of
course fell.
The Summer and Fall Elections.
Previous to the great Pesidential con
test in November elections will be held
in the folloing States:—North Carolina,
August 1; Kentucky, Montana and Utah,
August 5; New Mexico, September 1;
California, September 2; Vermont, Sep
tember 3; Maine, September!); Colorado
Territory, September 10; Dakota, In
diana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and District of Columbia, October
8; South Carolina, October 16; West
Virginia, October 24. AU the States
vote for Presidential electors on the 5th
of November, and on tho same day the
following chooee State officers:—Arkan
sas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Kansas, Louisana, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, Tennessee, Virginia and Wiscon-
L Arizona holds her Territorial elec
tion on the 8th of November.
A few days since, one of our popular
attorneys caUed upon another member of
the profession, and asked his opinion
upon a certain point of law. The law
yer,to whom the question was addressed,
drew himself up and said: “I generally
get paid for telling what I know.” Ths
questioner drew a half-dollar “fraction
al” from his pocket, handed it to tho
other and coolly remarked: “Tell me all
you know and give me tbe change.”—
There is coldness between tne parties,
now.
The Boston Courier says a speculative
citizen of that burg effected insurance
on the life of his wife to the amount of
$10,000 the other day, took home a box
of the little red Maryland plums,
enjoyed the whole evening in watching
his wife eat them. His enterprise tau
its reward. Deducting $29S for funeral
expenses, he is now $9,702 richer than
he was a week ago.
The Bainbridge Sun says : The rei ’
genuine caterpillar bas appeared in larg
numbers on the plantations of Math* 3
and Green Alday, on Spring t-ree •
This is quite alarming, end onr P iiiU
are quite uneasy. We hope, hoaej •
that before the worm can do a great a
of h**rm, (he plant may be enough
lured to prevent it.