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ULCH’D. W. GUriill W ANNUAL - :•" HIPTK • mi;it:\?;.\., .11;si-: ih I**o. roa OOVBRHOB ul' QSX RUFl T 8 1:. LESTER, CHATHAM CX)UNTY. EDITORIAL lIR KVi TIEN. The bottom of the James rivor is an cnomons oyster bed. There are n0w97,000 milos ofsub-fliarine telograifli cable in working order. Abell,of the Baltimore Hun, has an annnal incomo of $120,000. He recently paid $150,000 for a country residence. Homebody lfa discovered that cats can live at a greater elevation thuli 13,000 feet, therefore back sheds should be built 13,500 feet high. No less than United .States senator are said to havo started in life as brakeman. This is attribute to "the unlearned profes sions. ” Thousands of people who go to Coney Island fancy that the beach is only a hun dred feet wide, one being ocean and the other side beer. Mrs. General Booth, of the English salva tion army,says that $75,000 have been col lected and spent by the army during the Jant twelve months. Nearly all the counties in Illinois that have chosen delegates to the .State conven tion have instructed in favor of Hon. Win. R. Morrison for President. Senator Lamar has received a dispatch from reliable parties who assure him that the vote of the Mississippi delegation will bo oast for Senator Bayard. The Vicksburg Herald says every one of the sixtoen delegates from Mississippi the Cincinnati convention is opposed to the nomination of Mr. Tilden. The delegates chosen by the Democracy of South Carolina to represent that State in the Cincinnati National Democratic Convention are unanimous for Bayard. James Oliver, Oliver’s Grove, 111., is 93 years old. He gave liis wife a farm for consenting to a divorce, as he desired to get a young wife in her place; but tho new wife asked and got $30,000 in money. Advices from South America say that there is no yellow fever in Panama, but a local disoaso which, if not treated promply and intelligently, kills quicker than yel low fever. There have been no fatal cas es for more than a fortnight. The ltaleigh (N. C.) Observer predicts that tho census will show a greater per cent, incroaso of native population to North 'Carolina than in any otlior State in fact, than in the whole of New England put to gether. Certain fashionable vices have not yet reached North Carolina. noratio Seymour, who was 70 years old recently celebrated tho completion of his three-score-and-ton years by remarking to a New York reporter: ‘‘Well, if anybody thinks I want to be President they arc mistaken. Tell them lam too respecta ble a man to desire tho office." England lias anew pest, the tipula grub, which ultiumtly blossoms into a dady longlegs. It goes to tho root of every grM.*4kilt with amazing appetite, and so, serious are its'?*l v,l 8 e 8 that the Royal agri cultural society ’ilagjssued an elaborate description of it and its iidbywajs. An lumost politician has been discover ed in the person of State Senator David R. Murray, of Hancock county, Ky. Sen ator Murray was oblidged to visit Load vilie, Col., during tho session of tho Leg islature, and upon his return refused to draw from the State Treasury $lO5, to •which ho was legally entitled. It is now thought that an explanation of the fall of two houses in New York tho other dny may be found in the vibration of the walls, caused by the incessant pas sage of elevate railroad trains near the walls and foundations. Cracks aro showing themselves in houses all over the city, duo to the same disintergrating force. It is now tolerably certain that by the year 1883, when tho New York world’s fair is to open, the Brooklyn bridge and the Hudson river tunnel will both be finished and in constant use, so that New York city will on that occasion have considera ble more to show in the way of really great public works than Philadelphia had in the year 1876. The Pottsville Chronicle says that a Washington correspondent announces the Interesting fact that Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have been to Mount Vernon and slept in General Washington’s bed. That isn't the worst thing they ever did by a long shot. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes have been sleeping in Samuel J. Tilden’s bed in the White House for the last three years. Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is an in valid, and therefore, says the Boston Her ald, is unable to maintain any regular sys tem of work; she writes when in|the mood and health to do so. Her cheif trouble is sleeplessness, and on a day that follows a n:ght of sleep she does her litery work. She is a slender, graceful woman, with a sympathetic face and and a gentle voice. Sho is kindly and charitable and full of good deeds. The South Carolina Democratic Conven tion nominated Johnson Hagood for Gov ernor; J. D. Kennedy for Lieutenant Gov ernor; Secertary of State, R. M. Simmons: Attorney-General, L. F. Youman; Sup't. af education. H. S. Thompson Ad jutant and Inspector General, Arthur Manigar.lt. For Presidential Electors —E. M. Moise, C. 11. Simonton, J. L. Murray, Cadwala bt Jones and 3 W. Croft' V V -.* the secure tho right kind of delegates to tho Gubernatorial Convention. In the Hon. Rufus E. Lester,we have a candidate upon whom all good Democrats, whether organ ized or independent, can unite. While he has remained faithful to tho organiza tion, and has always fought corrupt men and measures within the party linos, he has been bold and outspoken against those influences, which produced, if they did not justify in depen dentism in certain sections of Georgia. Whether truly or not, we do not know, hut Representative Felton is credited with having said “that he was driven to independentism, becauseas con ventions were organized in hisjdistrict, no one except a tool of Jo! E.own could get tho nomination for Congress.” Having occupied tho position as above stated, and with an unblemished record through a political career of twelve years, Mr. Lester is the only Democrat, wo know, who can harmonize all elements of the party. If by any misfortune Governor Colquitt should receive the nomination, wo are sat isfied that the party will be defeated at the polls by any independent, who chooses to make the race. It has been distinctly asserted that if tho Governor does not secure the nomination, ho will run independently. If he does so, and ho has not denied this charge in his numerous “explanations," it would make no difference to the Demoo racy, with Lester as their standard hearer. Let all true Democrats unite then and elect Lester delegates in the primary con ventions. Should it happen (of which there are no present indications) that some other worthy son of Georgia should be the choice of the Convention, we know noone who will acquiese more promptly and cheerfully in the people’s verdict, or work harder for tho success of tho ticket than Rufus E. Lester. CHIEF JIXTICE tV.tK.tKit AMS THE GOVERNORSHIP. We observe that Chief Justice Warner has written a letter announcing to his friends and the public that ho would not be averse to become the nominee of tho Dem ocratic party for Gov rnor of Georgia. It is a laudable ambition, and the Chief Jus tice, who has made a good judicial officer, might make a good Governor. But we sub mit,if Mr. Justice Warner is a candidate for Gubernatorial honors,that ho ought to re sign from tho bench. There is no principle better established in our American views of Government, than that a judge lias no business with politics. It is based upon the common sense reason,that he, who has to decide upon the dearest interests,of per sonal liberty, life and property, of the whole people, should not put himself un der the temptation to use tho powers of his judicial office to reward liis political friends or to punish his political enemies. Whether he yields or not,his fellow citizens will be under constant apprehension that he umy, and tho influence of both the temp tation and the apprehension is bad and cor rupting. Wo hope that Judge Warner,for whom we have a great esteem, will set a good example to tho Judiciary of tho State in this respect. Wo are happy to say that tho lion. Ben. H. Hill has not resigned. Mr. Ilill has had his troubles during the past winter; troubles which were well calculated to test his norvo and manhood. Ho has come through them, with those qualities unim paired, and stands to-day higher in the esteem of Georgians than he ever did be foro. Many of those who could heretofore see no one in the Senate but our warrior representative, have recently reached the conclusion that there is a civic courage as well as a military, and that Mr. Hill is the highest embodiment of the former, of which we of the South now stand most in need. The Radical party is to-day the deadest machine in this country, and the Chicago Conveniton did the hilling. We have no fears now as to who will he our next Pres ident as we feci perfectly satisfied that th nominoe of the Cincinnati Democratic Convention will sweep the country from one end to the other. The Radicals have been playing a desperate game and they are bound to loose by it. President Hayes lias appointed upon the recommendation of Governor Colquitt, Col. W. T. Thompson, of the Savannah News, and N. P. T. Finch, of the Atlanta Constitution, ns Commissioners of the State of Georgia to the International Ex hibition to he held in New York in I$S3, with Col. Wilhorforce Daniels, of Augusta, and J. Monroe Ogden, of Macon, ns alter nates. Hon. James M. Scovell, in the New York Times, says: “Greeley sent for me a week after his wife died. I called. He put liis hand on my shoulder, tears filled his eyes. His first words were: ‘Why did the dem ocrats nominate me at Baltimore if they meant to betray me?” Poor Greeley. Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, General Gordon’s successor in the United States Senate, is said to be the first millionaire that the South has sent to Congress. He is set down as worth throe millions, and he made himself as well as his fortune. Justice Field and Senator Bayard seem to be gathering in all the Southern dole gates while your Uncle Sammy Tilden is taking care of the Northern States. Well, the Gazette will support the nominee of Cincinnati Convention. If it takes the Radicals a whole week to nominate candidates for President and Vice President how long will it hike them to elect their ticket J W t trade in the reevut sudden and mysteri ous change of Senators, with the epithets which head these remarks. Although th tragic death of Col. Robert A. Alston has been generally ascribed to the weakness and vacillation of the Gov mor, in not or dering Tie arrest of Cox at tho critical mo ment, there is no doubt that poor Bob was quite a pet and favorite with his Excel lency, as well as of ex-Senator Gordon, We believe that it was under Gov. Smith that Alston secured tho position of Attor ney for the State of Georgia, to collect a large sum of money due the State by the United States. At the time the mon ey was pai l over to Gov. Colquitt by tho Secretary of the Treasury, Alston was in debted to the Stato of Georgia and a bank rupt, and both of these facts were known to our worthy Executive. But he paid Al ston liis fee of many thousands of dollars, all the same, and forgot we suppose,about his indebtedness to the State. By so do ing, lu: not only betrayed the interests of the State most shamefully, but he also re lieved Alston’s securities of their legal lia bility on his bond, and thereby sacrificed the 1;: it hope of the recovery of .the money for the State. Below we give the telegram to tho Sa* vannah Morning News announcing the decision of tho Supreme Court. The News, ignoring the great claims of Mr. Lester upon the p '>plo of the whole State, and especially of . nthem Georgia, is len ding all the weight of its influence to pro mote tho success of the Brown-Colquitt combination, which is an assurance that the following dispatch, dated Atlanta, Ga., June 2d, 1880, does not emanate from tho Governor’s enemies: “Iu tho suit of A. 11. Colquitt, Governor, against Patrick Walsh and G. W. Adair, securieies of itobt, A. Alston, as Public Printer, and in which judg ment was given for $2,500 in favor of the State,the Suj . omo Court has rendered a decision reversing said judgment, upon the ground, chiefly, that the Governor upon receiving the money from tho Uni tod States Government, .ailed to pay the whole of it into tho treasury, where, by law, it belonged. That he retained an amount to be paid to Alston as liis fee, said amount being more than Alston’s indebtedness to the State, and Alston being known to the Governor as insolvent, Tho Court holds that tho payment of Alston’s claim against the State by the Governor, without deducting tho amount of Alston’s indebtedness to the Stato, thereby increased the risk of Alston’s sureties without their consent, and under tho Code releas ed them from libility. The case goes bank to tho Superior Court of DeKalb jfor anew trial under these instructions,and ne.vss.triTqreHUlts in a ver dict for the defendants and the loss to the State ol the debt due from Alston.’’ We have searched the columns of our esteemed cotemporary in vain for any ed itorial comments upon the above decision; but it is in order,for Governor Colquitt to “explain” before another Atlanta Opera House audience, a matter to which he carefully abstained from alluding in his late “defense.” There aro other mat ters which wo shall bring up, from time to time, which will call for further “vindi cations” from His Excellency. In this in stance, we hope for the sake of common decency, that the Governor will not apply the epithets to a coordinate branch of tho government, which he has so generously lavished upon the people of Georgia. LESTEK FOR GOVERNOR. The following is what the Dawson Jour nal lias to say of Mr. Lester anil the Geor gia Governorship: "The more we think of the matter the i lore firmly are we con vinced that the Hon. Rufus E. Lester, of Savannah, is the proper man for the peo ple of Georgia to make their next Gover nor. He is emphatically the people’s can didate; the politicians and wire-pullers are not for him. If there is any ring of office hunters in the state,he is clearly outside of it. He was raised at the plow-handles, and has risen to his present prominence by his own industry and merits. There is no chicanery, no cunning, no trickery and no humbug about him, as all who know him will tesitfv. He goes Btrright along attending to his own business, serv ing the people when they call for him,but modestly waiting to bo called. Wo think it fortunate, just at this time, that Georgia had such a man, and fortunate that sho is aware of the fact, and has her eyes upon him. We are nit advocating Lester's claims, h makes no claim upon the peo ple. He is quiet, noiseless man of 6trictly moral and temperate habits; modest as a woman,and with manners as polished and graceful as those of Chesterfield. In urg ing him for Governor we are advocating the claims of the people, those of the ring-masters and wire-pullers. We need, just now, a fresh untainted man,and we believe* Rufus E. Lester is such a one. We have studied the matter long and closely. W o know most of the prominent men of the state, and, among them all, we can find none, in our opinion, better fitted, in every way, to serve us than Col. Lester. Then, with malice towards none but char ity for all, and a sincere desire to see a man of ability, firmness, unostentatious morality, purity and cleanliness at the head of our affairs, we, to-day, hoist the name of Hon. Rufus E. Lester, of Chat ham, as our choice for Govomor of the State of Georgia.” In speaking of Mr. Joel C. Harris’ forth coming book, the Savannah News says “UnMe Remus' book is in press, and will shortly be issued by the Appletons in handsome style, with copious illustrations by Frederick S. Church. The artist has a fine field for the display of his skill as a designer and illustrator, and if he per forms his part of the work with but half the fidelity that characterizes our friend Harris’ inimitable delineations of negro character, the volume will have an im mense success. Thousands in Georgia are eagerly waiting for the appearance o f Uncle Remus Folk Lore in book form.” The Repubii on ticket is Garfield and Arthur. TIIK KKPi ill? pan A <;.iril.’i,i, For i*rc f Hea ter A 'f. ;inir, For Vice-President. At the time of this writing, tho tele graph has juit Jsrougkt us the nows that Grant, ShcT’Juap and Blaine-,have all three been thrown cjvc-rboard by tho Republi can Convention, at Chicago, and that “a dark horse,” known as Garfield has receiv ed the nomination, as Radical candidate for the Presidency. We sympathize with our colored fellow citizens in the great disappointment, which they will naturally fed, in the defeat of their favorite candi date, Gen. Grant, especially by a man who bus never, until very recently shown any interest in their welfare. James A. Garfield, he successful candi date was born in Orange, Cuyahoga Coun ty, Ohio, November 19th, 1831;'graduated at William’s College, Massachusetts, in 1856; was president of a literary institu tion for several years; studied and prac icod law; was a member of tlio State Sen ate of Ohio 1859-60; entered the Federal Army in 1861,as Colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment; was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, January 10th, 1862;was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army of the Cumberland and was promoted to the rank of Major General, September 20th, 1863. He lias been elected to the 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43d, 44th, 45th and loth Congresses. He has also been elect ed by the Ohio Legislature to the United States Senate to fill the seat to be vacated by A. G. Thurman, on the 3d of March, 1881. While General Garfield attained consid erable rank in the army, he was not an of ficer of national reputation, and it may not he impossible that General Hancock’s prospects as the coming nominee of the Democracy have been improved, now that a soldier so far inferior to him, in great achievements in behalf of the Union cause, has become thenomineo of the Republican can party. General Garfield has been suc cessful in the Congressional arena, and during tho last and present sessions has been regarded as the leader of his party in the House. He is quick and able in debate, aud has been quite a “stalwart,” except iu the matter of the rider to the ap propriation bill regulating the appoint ment of deputy marshals, and the presence of the military at the polls, which ho dodged The political reason for his so doing is now apparent. Many Republicans believe that this measure should pass, and while all the Republican members presen,t under the crack of the stalwart whip, voted solidly against the amendment it was a vory awkward question for a presidential aspirant to tackle, and hence the General succeeded in getting leave of absence, just when that measure was under discussion and came to tho vote. General Garfield will not excite any enthusiasm in his party at the South. We cannot say as yet about the North and West,but present indications are that there will be any number of sore heads and malcontents, and we are disposed to think that the other Northern and West ern States will have something of a feeling that so far as the Presidency is con cerned,Ohio owns the Republican party. Since writing the above, the Chicago Convention has finished its work, by the nomination of Chester A. Arthur, of New York, to the candidacy of Vice-President. Gen. Arthur is less a man of national rep utation than any candidate of either par ty for a number of years. It is evidently the policy of the Republicans, to put for ward, men without a record for good or bad. But some of the Custom House transactions of Gen. Arthur, as Collecter of the port of New York, will perhaps now be ventilated, to anything but the advan tage of his ticket. The leading Democrats of the country and every well wisher of the Union will now look with renewed interest to the Convention to assemble at Cincinnati, on the 19th of the present month, to nomi nate candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States. The Radicals unable to agree upon a candidate amongt the three great men of their party, Grant, Sherman and Blaine, have accept ed a compromise in the person of Gen. Garfield, with Arthur, of New York, for Vice-President,as a sop,we suppose, to the lordly Roscoe Conkling. It is evident that the Radical porty have lost ranch of their prestige and elan in failing to unite upon prominent men, and which goes so far towards insuring sucoess. Nothing in the shape of personal distinc tion or popularity, is now left to them, with which to conduct the canvass; in fact, nothing of any kind, except the torn and ragged and ensanguined garment called the “bloody shirt,” “only this and noth more.” If the Democrats are wise and conservative in their action,at Cincinnati; if they will sink personal ambitions, and animosities and come up with the great men of their party, Bayard, Tilden, Han cock, Thurman and others, calmly and ditpassionately view the whole field, com pare notes and put in, after so doing, the best and most available men, they will enter the field with an enormous personal advantage over their opponents. Upon the record of the two parties,for the last 15 years, the Democrats'can have no apprehen sion. Behind the track of Radicals lie the ruins wrought by the Freedmen’s bureau, bayonet rule, nepotism, favoriteism, whis ky rings, Navy frauds, treasury pecula tions, credit Mobilier bonds, black Friday and subserviency to monopolies. All of these evils the Democratic party, during that period, have been steadily though, not always wisely combating, and what the country now enjoys of restored peace and prosperity, may justly be ascribed to their ofi’oi ts. Besides it is the party of the whole Union, while the Republican is sec tional, the party of amity and federal love, while the Republican is the exponent of bitterness and hate. If the Democracy ’1 but illustrate its old wisdom and pa i...>tism, it cannot hut commend itself to the people of the whole country, and will undoubtedly giau one of its old time glo rious victories GEORGIA AFFAIR-. Politics will soon be boiling in old Goor- ZW Tho census men are now hard at work throughout the State. S: vend nano men have been sent to the Lunatic Asylum of luto. Marcellas E. Thornton wants to go to the Senate from the Atlanta district. Tho Talbotton Standard is out in an editorial strongly in favor of Lesfer for Governor. Several counties have already elected Lester delegates to tho State Democratic Convention. • Will Governor Colquitt run as an inde pendent candidate if he fails to get the regular nomination ? We aro no prophet but wo feel perfectly satisfied that Governor Colquitt will not be his own successor. The Representative contest in old Glynn is going to be red-hot between Lamb and Dart. Both excellent men. Our young friend, E. A. Cochran, of Pierce county, will probably be the next Senator from tho Jesup district. Nearly every county in the Stato vrill bring out a candidate for the United States Senate before the Legislature meets. Senator Ben Hill made a big speech in Atlanta the other night. Hill knows how to talk to the boys, and don’t you forget it either. The Sumter Republican strongly advo cates the nomination of Hon. Allen Fort, of Americus, for Congress in the Third District. Chief Justice Hiram Warner has secured one county’s delegates. The Judge would accept the nomination for Governor if tendered, hut would not seek it. A reward of five hundred dollars has been offered for the arrest of Jacob Ander son the man who killed Andrew and Tom Collins, in Tattnall county, a few’ weeks since. It is being reported that that Hon. H. W. Hilliard, Hayes’s Minister to Brazil, is contemplating running for Congres in the Fourth district against the regular Demo cratic nominee. j Judge Underwood, of Rome; Col. J. S. Boynton, of Griffin; Major J. Ganahl, of Augusta, and Col. Willis A. Hawkins, of Americus, are proposed as good* men for Attorney-General. Senator Joe Brown has introduced a bill in the Senate authorizing the East Florida and Waycjoss Railroad to build a fixed bridge across the St. Mary's river, which was referred to tho appropriate commit tee, Hon. John M. Tison will probably be re-elected to the Stato Senate from the Brunswick district. Camden is about to surrender her claims to him. Spencer R. Atkinson, Esq., is also being urged by his many friends. Jim Blue, the colored ex-Representative from Glynn will probably pull through again in coming contest if Tom Lamb and Jake Dart don’t shake hands and work to gether like;good me.u Things look Blue, just now, in that direction. It is said Gen. W T. Wofford will run as an independent candidates for Gover ernor of Georgia, and that upon the broad est plank in his platform will be written, “Death to the Convict Lease System.” The excuse given by the Brunswick Ad vertiser for dropping Lester and taking up Colquitt is entirely too thin ! We call upon brother Stacy to publish that article he wrote about Lester just before Colquitt visited Brunswick. Come to time, Stacy, and give us a better explanation. When we remark through these columns that certain men would make good officers why the public should not think, for one moment, that we are going to support them, for it would be almost impossible for us to support every good man in Geor gia. When we are for a man why we gen erally speak out in unmistakable words. Recollect this. A negro man and woman were arrested near Atlanta on Friday charged with adul tery. On the way to the jail with the of ficer they sat down in the shade to rest, when the husband of the negro woman ap proached with a musket, placed the muz zle in the face of the colored man and blew his head to pieces. The murderer was ar rested and lodged in jail. A letter to the Atlanta Constitution says Walton county is solid against Colquitt. His friends have left him by the hundreds since his senatorial appointment. No one here believes the slanders that are being circulated about the trade,|but he can never explain to our satisfaction why he did not appoint a sound democrat to fill the office instead of a man whose record in politics is so far from being clear. Walton’s vote will be recorded against him as sure as the time comes. A coarespondent of the Columbus En quirer calls on Gov. Colquitt to give a di rect denial to the direct charge that if any other man is nominated, he will run as an independent candidate for Governor. The writer says: “A most prominent colored man in .South Georgia informs me that Gov. Colquitt will rnn as an independent, should the convention nominate any oth er candidate for Governor, and the colored Republicans will support him against the regular nominee.” The Gainesville Southron says that the recent splendid discoveries of gold in White, Lumpkin, Dawson, and, indeed, all over northest Georgia, has done more to develop that mining region than all the newspaper writing and individual talking has done since the war. It asserts that th:se practical demonstration of the na tural wealth of that section are bringing in hosts of experienced miners and capi talists to develop the hidden treasures of that section and of the Blue Ridge Moun tains and their richer placer valleys. 18@0. .s THE DARIEN TIMBER GAZETTE, PUBLISHED BY RICHARD W. G-RUBBS -AT DARIEN^ McINTOSH COUNTY, GEORGIA. S The Live and Progress!re Weekly Newspaper af Southern Georgia. IS ISSUED WEEKLY, FROM THE PRINCIPAL Timber and Lumber Mart ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, AND CONTA’NS ALL THE Local Market Reports and Quotations ON THAT niPOBTANT SUBJECT. A. + In addition to this trade report in the leading article of commerce at tnis pointy tho Latest Ne” —Local and Foieign— appears in its c< luinns. # 6 THE GAZETTE Is acknowledged by many to be the best LOCAL WEEKLY IN GEORGIA.g THE GAZETTE Has attained a wider circulation fhan ant weekly in this section of the State' extending as it does not only throughout the State of Georgia, but also to^ NORTHERN AND FORTS. —AS AN—* Advertising S ITS MERITB ARE * Unquestionably Superior TO THOSE 0V ANY PAPER IN TIILS l|E<7floN. DR. BULLIE’S NOTES. The notes written out by Dk. Bullxe is one of the most important features of THE GAZETTE, and has made for it a NATIONAL PROMINENCE. <0 W e are gratified to state to our ihafiy readers that our good friend, DR. 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