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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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SAMUELJ. 1 TILDEN,
jFor’ Vice-President,
Thos.' A. HENDRICKS,
i Uiw ’ OF INDIANA.
The Kultan’s (Condition Sxbious.—
Advices from Europe state that the mind
of the new Saltan of Tnrkej is deranged
aud liis abdication ia imminent.
It may be truly said of General Col-
qnit», that be is “great in goodness, and
good in greatness.” Sorely Georgia will
be jnatly proad of snob a Governor.
The people of Ohio are beginning to
enthnsp over the nomination of Tilden k
Hendricks. They aay that if they only
!oet the raoe last year by a few thousand,
when the East opposed them, they will
surely be victorious, now, when they
have the East and the Germans with
them.
Chablib Bois.—A colored man from
Utica, New York, pot in an appearance
at Philadelphia on Friday last and sought
an interview with the polioe authorities,
He said he had seen Charlie Boss alive
and well within five weeks, and, also,
that he was servant of the gang of aaso*
nates of Moebea and Donglos, who had
charge of the stolen child. He claims to
l>e able to restore the child, and says he
is after tho reward, but did not dare to
come forward before. Little confidence
is placed in bis story.
Hamilton Journal: One day last week,
as the negroes on Mr. John Hndaon't
place were in the field at work, they
heard a swam oi bees coming, and stop
ped to see wbioh way they were going.
One of the negroes was surprised to find
t he bees settling on his head ; but they
did so. He walked to a bunch of bashes
nod shook them from off bis head when
they settled on a bosh. He afterwards
weut home, got a gum and hived them.
They are now at work making honey, and
the negro is claimed to be the champion
hee-hiver in the neighborhood.
Id in Maoon on Wednesday, the 6th ol
September, to nominate a candidate for
3ongre>s. From the returns which will
>o seen elsewhere, it is very evident that
t>ur present able ltepresentative, Gen.
Phil. Cook, is the choice of tho District
He has at this time 20 out of the 36 dele-
.gAteUAifrfttttLto cast their votes for
hiiq { i remaining counties to be
heard from are Schley, Webster and Tay
lotf,- - He will obtain four if not six of the
remaining delegates to be appointed. In
either event ho will have the requisite
two-thirds vote to obtain the nomination,
should the convention adopt that abomi
nable rule. We believe, however, that
CoL Kibbee will withdraw from the «
te*t as soon as he discovers that he is i
the choice of the district; for he says
letter addressed to a gentleman of this
city that, “I shall submit to the aotion of
the Convention cheerfully and promptly,
with no heart-burning or bitterness, and
labor as faithfully for the party in defeat
This is manly and patri
otic, and does credit to the head and
heart of the gallant Colonel.
The people of the district believing
that oar present Representative has done
as much, aud probably more, than al
most aoy other man in tho district could
have done under the circa instances, and
having worked himself to the position he
occupies in the House, and that lie
coaid do more than a new man, desire
that there be no change, but that Gen.
Cook should continue to represent the
district in the Congress of the United
States. He is a man worthy of the con
fidence, trust and support of his people.
There is uo one, however brilliant he
may be that can give this District as
much influence in Congress, as can Gen,
Cook. Hestands primus inter pares in
the present House of Representatives,
and his intellect, experience and force of
character will enable him to do more for
his district and State than a dozen “new
He has worked hard for
the past, as the result of bis labors will
attest.
When the war was over Gen. Cook
cepted the situation and from our whilom
enemies has gained respect and regard
for ns and our section. He deserves well
of the people, for bo has in peace and
in war. illustrated Georgia unselfishly
and nobly, as the soldiers and citizens of
State ean testify.
The Republican organization, says the
New York Herald, has become a party of
beef-eaters. When we think of this party
aw it came into being twenty yearn ago,
its leaders men like 8nmner, Seward,
Chase, Lincoln; its platform universal
freedom and the integrity of the Union
when we <bink of the great soldiers and
statesmen who have been proud to enroll
themselves io its ranks, and see
what it all cornea to—Hayes and Wheeler
and a pea soup platform—we can see liow
it has fallen. The fall, however, is what
we must always expect from a party long
in possession of power. The men of
principle in the Republican party have
gone out of it. Tho men who gave it
leadership and ideas are no long)
authority.
The Hamburg row pales before tho
Newark, N. J. riot, in which terrible af.
fair seven white men were cruelly mur
dered, while peacefully pursuing their
vocations,by two fiends in human shape,
who were afterwards mobbed and atoned
to death by an infuriated people. This
happened north of Mason and Dixon'i
tine; the victims were all white
and therefore did not bring forth a Rad
ical howl, as did the result of the Ham
burg riot, where a few negroes lost their
live* while in armed resistance and bold
ly defying everything in the shape of
law and order. There is notone word of
regret expressed at the fate of the north
era whites and scarcely any notice taken
of the affair outride of, ita immediate lo
cality ; notono word said of poor Merri
wether, who lost his * life, and other
whites wounded at Hamburg, trying to
establish law and order. Ob no! from
now until the Presidential campaign
closes, the Radicals are determined to
have within reach, regardless of <
quenoee to the deluded wretches, negro
for breakfast, negro for dinner, negro
for sapper, negro all tho time, by any
means, so their object is accomplished.
The Georgia Delegation.
CoL A. W; Reese, one of the editors of
the Maoon Telegraph k Messenger, writ
ing from Washington to his paper, has
this to aay relative to the present Georgia
delegation in Congress:
Some facts for the Democrats of the
First, Seoond and Third Congressional
districts of Georgia, came to my knowl
edge last Satnrday, which, I think, de
serve to be known to them. They are
founded upon a recent conversation be
tween two “trooly loyi” statesmen who
formerly lived—after a fashion—in Geor
gia, and essayed to represent ns in the
House. One of them and who did most
of the talking, was very decided in hie
opinion that the three districts above
named of right, and by virtue of the
large nogro majority in each, belonged
to the Radicals and should be represented
by statesmen of that party. Ho also ad
ded that this was the year to make a dee
pexate effort to capture them, and that it
certainly would bo done provided now
men were nominated by the Democrats.
He admitted, however, that the prospect
of snccess would be materially diminished
should the present members be renomi
nated, and gave it os his individual and
deliberate opinion that in such an event
he, at least, would have no stomach for
the fray. He said the present members
were unquestionably the strongest men’
that could be named, and that it would
be a hopeless undertaking to rally the
negroes against them. That had been
tried and had resulted in dismal failure.
Istatetheso facts for the consideration
of those whom they may concern. It is
for them to jadge as to the weight and
bearing they should have.
elphia.
* of the Sumter Republican
Gubernatorial.
Since the retiremeut of Col. Harde
man, the Atlanta Constitution in an elab
orate editorial on the 20th instant, comes
ont squarely for Geo. Colquitt. We ex
tract as follows:
Of the 137 counties iu the State 122,
' all but fifteen, have appointed dele
gates to the Gubernatorial Convention,
and have thus taken primary action upon
this important issue of whom the people
want to be Governor. The delegates
thus selected number 289, leaving only
38 to be chosen. Of these 289 delegates,
representing 122 conntieft. Gen. Col
quitt's friends can show 190 either ex
pressly instructed or personally au-
nonneed for him. This leaves only 99 or
about one-third divided among all the
other aspirants, the highest following of
any one of them being the 421 delegates
instructed and announced for -Judge
Johnson.
It will thus be seen that tbe overwhelm
ing preference of the democratic masses
was never in the annals of Georgia's po
litical history, more unmistakably de
clared.
Even if Gen. Colqnitt did not get a
single one of the remaining thirty-eight
delegates, aud none of the other dele
gates as second choice, an absolutely
improbable tiling, his strength would be
190 against 139, or a clear majority of
fifty-4<ne over the field. But tho pTos
pects are that he will get a proportionate
share of the nnappointed thirty-eight
w .tes, while it is positively known
thatlie is the second choice of u number
of the fifty-six oot declared, and declared
for the o.tber gentlemen besides Judge
Johnson. The small number of thirty-
three delegates to be gained by General
Colquitt from tbe thirty-eigut unap
pointed, and as second choice of the fifty
six scattering delegates will give to him
tbe two-thirds majority. Who doubts
but that he will get more than the thirty
three required votes ?
The expression of popular will is sim
ply overwhelming in its preference.
We hope, therefore, that the conven
tion will be a nnitin recognizing this
fact, and thus preserving harmony.—
Were any of the other distioguished gen
tlemen in his position we shoold urge the
same course. Tbe will of the mi *
the law of the Democracy, and party
harmony is the necessity of party suc
cess.
The popular choice, without disparage
ment of the other candidates, has fallen
upon a worthy gentleman, who will il
lustrate the State, and honor the exalted
trust. He will appoint to office true ard
able men, as we believe. Why the>t -
up a straggle so derisively avtltal ? TL«
'popular spontaneity” baa found its ex
pression in Georgia on this question of
Governor. To disregard it would be
folly in the extreme.
Gen. Colquitt's Administration of
tlie State Agricultural Society.
Atlanta, Ga., July 6,1876.
Maj, 8. JU. H. Byrd, Cedartown, (Ja.:
Mr Dxab Sib—I am just in receipt of
your favor of mst.. in which yon in
quire about tho financial condition of the
Society at the time Gen. A H. Colquitt
was elected President, and also as to the
disposition that has been made of the
funds since then, etc. In reply, I have to
say, without disparaging or in any way
intending to reflect upon the administra
tion of any one else, that when the pres
ent incambent, Gen. Colquitt was elected
In 1871, it was a well known fact that tbe
Society was in financial embarrassment,
there being little or no money in its
treasury, and auits being brought against
it by various parties. In a short time all
claims were fully settled, sod there hw
never been a day from that to the pres*
ent, except daring a brief temporary em
barrassment last winter, when a matured
bill has gone unpaid, and there Las been
She is a right sharp girl, wbo on view-
iddol-
lara. Besides this it hssannnslly dis
tributed among the people thousands of
dollars in premiums, to stimulate agri
cultural and mechimioal improvement,
and has expended more than 82,000 do
ry year in publications for dissemination
of information among the farming eom-
munity, and yromoting in other ways the
cause of tho science it fosters. I wish to
state emphatically that tbe financial man
ngement of the Society dnnng President
Colquitt’s administration will bear the
closest scrutiny, and the evidence of this
is the fact that at each semi-annual meet
ing a finance committee from tbe execu
tive committee is appointed, who exam
ine thoroughly and closely into all the
incomes and expenditures and report
thereon ; and not only have they always
fonnd every thing all right and regular,
bnt have commended the management
being judicious and' proper.
j "i I«h,?vaytiWW ,, '- ! f *t*»
r.».<- » Malcolm Johns©!*, f
Secretary.
Philadelphia, July 20, 1876.
When a few weeks ago it was whis
pered among prominent Democrats here
that Pennsylvania was going to raise
■big fight,” and that there were strong
probabilities that she would cist off the
Republican rule before the November
election ; it was looked at by the other
ride as mere visionary foolishness; and
the Keystone State was marked down as
a “sore thing” for Hayea and Wheeler.
Subsequent events, however, bavo con
siderably weakened these Republican
certainties, and now she is cast among
the “donbtfnL”
The ratification meeting on the 15th
inst., when all Philadelphia seemed to
tarn ont with Tilden and Hendricks float-
l in the breeze, has caused many a
■lical bosom to beat terror and exclaim
“can such things be ?” With such
names as Randall, Ransom and Bayard,
on the programme, it is not surprising
that Horticultural Hall was thronged to
its corners, while the streets for many
rods aronnd were hemmed in by enthu
siastic throngs. Indeed we fail to recall
a time when a political assemblage ex
cited sock enthusiasm as was exhibited
on tbe night of tbe fifteenth.
Pennsylvania ’tis true is a Republican
State, and has been so for many seasons;
bat since the era of corruption has 6et
in, and tho tyranny of Grantism pre
vailed, the people are beginning with
due earnestness to shake the dust from
their feet; and iu every eleetion recently
held, the radical majority has been cat
down, till to day the State outride of
Philadelphia is strongly Democratic,
while even here in the last municipal
election, the city was carried by tbe coi
rnptionists by but 12,000 majority
whieb, in a city with a population of
more than eight hundred thousand, is
by no means a strong vote.
As time rolls on, Republicanism rolls
out: not ao much because men change
their party, bnt from the fact that the
growing generation inclines toward Re
form and Democracy. As Senator Ran
som said to your correspondent after Sat
urday’s meeting, “The yoang
seems, all grow up Democrat*.” “Yes,”
w.-s the reply, “and in this city the old
men are following after."
There will be a grand effort to knock
the old Key Stone from the arch of Rad
icalism in the coming contest. If it falls,
the whole structure will tumble, and the
old 8tate of Pennsylvania will again take
its rightful position as the Key Stone of
the Republic, and of honest and old
time Democratic government
Besides the party epirit which
tatt-s the oity at this time, and which
stands first in the order of events, there
the intolerant weather which eo vexes
and annoys everybody. It is an encour
aging fact to see from seventeen to nine
teen thousand paying people out at the
show with the thermometer high up into
ies; and when fall comes «e
may expect great things. We are
ilined to coincide with the Cincinnati
Enquirer, which, reo'-oning from indica
tions ont west, estimates the attendance
about October to be 100,000 daily. Those
who visit the Exhibition now are mostly
excursionists and persons from little vil
lages around Pennsylvania. The whole
force from the coal mine regions have
been here, or intend coming. They
sent by the companies in excursions of
about a thousand at a time, bringing
their families with them. It is just the
class of persona who, above all others,
should visit the exhibition, as it will
prove to them a great source of inslruo-
tion.
It may be interesting as well as of ad-
antagd to those who intend to make a
trip here, to descriiie one’s first visit to
tbe Centennial, bow he should proceed,
et cetra.
In the first plaoe, yonr 50 cent note
must be in readiness; for, whether you
present a five or a hfty dollar bill, yon
will not bo admitted without the exact
amount. After the disagreeable ordeal
of passing through tbe stile (for I sup
pose you to be a person of ordinary di
mensions,) yon should at once repair to
the Narrow Gauge Railway, in which,
for the snm of 5 cents, you can make a
complete circuit of the grounds, thereby
affording a view of the exterior appear
ance of all the buildings, their position
with reference to <*a*h o»*»©r as also a
view cf!V ? .«v <• ih * r»*i u . Starting
fr m rt.e »turi .u opposite the Grand Pla
za, to your left, and for a distance in
yonr rear of 1880 feet, is the great Main
Building whose enormons size and goth
ic architecture presents a fine appearance.
To your right, io the first place, is the
most imposing building on the grounds
—Memorial Hall; where architectural
beauty, with its statue of Liberty on the
central dome, surrounded by many
groups of atatoary ; with its many vanlts,
ornamentations and stone carvings, al)
seem to plaoe it as one of the wonders of
the old world. By its ride is Photo-
graphio Hall, the Main Bnilding and Art
Gallery annexes. Farther along is a lit
tle circular structure of tne Pennsylvania
State Educational Exhibit In the dis
tance, and still to yonr right ia the
building of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company; a curious little structure—the
Swedish School House; and the Japanese
Building. The Department of Pnblio
Comfort building is next seen ; by its
sido is the Judge’s Hall; adjoining which
is the American Railroad Ticket Office
and Adams Express Company ; and a lit
tle to the rear is Cooke’s Palestine Camp.
On yonr left now begins Machinery Halt
although not as imposing in appearance
as tbe Main Building, is undoubtedly
the most interesting exhibit in the
grounds. To the right, and about as
large in size as Machinery Hall,
beadtifnl lake, with an immense water
spout in the center. On the distant
banks of this lake is seen the Paris Res
taurant; theU. S. Life Saving Statne;
the Turkish Cafe and Bazaar,—Caffe do
Brazil,—Tunis Coffe House ; and that
useful building—Rowell’s Nowspaper
Hall, where the traveler from Georgia
can read of home in the Sumter Repub
xjgan, which is there on file. Winding
aronnd the Western end of Machinery
Hall, the Railroad makes a carve, pass
ing by the buildings lael^urnaoes,Ranges,
eta.; Campbell’s Printing Press ; tho Saw
Mill, and the Glass Works, it takes a
northerly direction, passing tho Spanish
Building; the Arkansas and West Vir
ginia Stale buildings ; and on the right,
tho Catholic F. A, B. Fountain, which is
of the great ornaments to tho Exhi
bition. As you progress, to your left is
the Canadian Log Honse—a very singu
lar building—built entirely of piled up
lumber. Next are the residences of the
British and Japanese Commissioners,
with the German Restaurant in the dis
tance. Tbo road here takes au easterly
direction, passing by the numerous State
Buildings—Nevada, New York, Mary
land, Delaware, Massachusetts, Connec
ticut, and many others. These buildings
are all constructed by private subscrip
tions from the State; some have State
exhibits in them, snch as Kansas and
Colorado, while others are merely for
the reception of persons from the Ststa
The next bnilding passed is Agrionltnrsl
Hall, aronnd which the Railroad makes
a complete circuit. This bnilding, which
is No. 3, in size, is of peoulisr construc
tion, and with its arched roof and green
color, is a pleasant sight. To the east of
Agricultural Hall is Brewer’s Hall, Agri
cultural Annex and numerous Wind
Mills.
The road now takes a home coarse
through tbe center of the grounds, pass
ing many restaurants and minor struc
tures. To the left, Horticultural Hall ii
the distance, with a wide lawn in
front covered with flowers and .plants of
every description. To the right ia the
U. S. Government exhibit, which is of
great interest, as also the Woman's Pa
vilion. The road now returns by the
Msin Bnilding, stopping at the Vienna
Bakery and the French Buildings. Dis
embarking, you are in doubt which bnild
ing to visit first By all means don’t
take the Art Gallery, for onoe there, yon
to be held all day. Beginat the
Main Building and unless you have a
month before yon, walk fast, or yoa can’t
eay that you have seen the Centennial.
W. Ip S.
CENTENNIAL NOTES.
Gen. A. H. Colquitt.
As thero remains no longer a doubt
that the hero of Oluatee will be the next
Governor of Georgia, wo propose to say a
few words in regard to this most excel
lent Christian gentleman in the way of a
biographical notice taken from the At
lanta Gommonweakh, that those who may
not have been made familiar with his
history may see what high claims his
friends may set up in his behalf to pop
ular regard and confidence. Says tbe
Commonicealtn:
From his youth Gen. Colqnitt has
_3en distinguished for his morality and
modest worth. He was the most dutiful
and devoted of sons, the truest of broth
ers and he never lost a friend. His whole
life does not furnish a solitary instance
of guile and hardly one of resentment or
hostility towards a human being. It is
no wonder then, that when the qualities
of heart such as this distinguished man
possesses, have so ably supported by a
judgment, prudence and discernment far
above the sum of those traits, which fall
to the lot oi most men, that he should
have been the favorite and almost the pet
of the pnblio.
Colqnitt, though not born to fortune,
sprung from parents that placed him un
der bonds from his earliest youth, to love
and honor Georgia. He felt this, and
so long book in his life, that those who
remember him os a youth, think of him
as a model. In his early manhood, the
people looked upon him with benedic
tion, and in spite of bis modesty and self-
abnegation they osUed him into their ser
vice. When quite a young man he re
ceived the nomination of bis party for
the representation of the 2d Congression
al district, and he was elected by a most
honorable vote.
Declining a seoond term, he was yet
nnanimonsly and by acclamation renom
inated by the party convention, bnt he
firmly declined the splendid offering.
He gladly retired to the walks of private
life, and with zeal betook himself to the
unpretending labors of a Georgia planter.
His people still insisting upon retaining
his services, be was colled to a seat in the
State Senate and then he was permitted
to decline*all pnblio labor which with
drew him from his coveted seclusion and
pursuit It was in tbst seclusion, that
the message of his oountry's danger
reached him. Without ado or flourish,
ho resolved where duty called him the
. bt w. l s.
The centennial commissioners, after
deriding by a vote of 30 to 9 to keep the
exhibition olosed on Sunday, have ad
journed till September.
The value of all the goods thus far sto
len from the Exhibition is about 81,000 ;
s much larger amount was lost at the
Vienna exhibition on the opening day.
The employee? of tie Clark Spool Cot
ton Thread Company, i f Newark, N. J.,
1,400 in number, made an excursion to
the Exhibition on the 15»h. The
msea are borne by the C unpany.
The tobacco in the Portuguese colonial
section of Agricultural Hall is displayed
in the novel form of split leaves braided
with cords, hundreds of feet loog, and
wound up in tbe shape of logs of wood.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, a Republi
can paper, in reviewing the politi?al sit
uation, speaks of Georgia as beiog “lost
to the Democrats in the coming Guber
natorial contest by at least 100,000
jority for Gen. Colquitt.”
Tbe Commissioners, realizing tho
cessity of reducing the Tanning expense
of the Exhibition, have been doing lively
work in dismissing employees. Besides
disbanding Company O of the Centen
nial Guard, numbering 150 men, they
have dismissed over two hundred attend
ants, workmen, etc.
An ingenious fellow bought an old He
brew Bible from a second-hand store for
75 cents; and representing it as a relioof
antiquity, placed it on exhibition at the
centennial and obtained the regular free
Exhibition pass.
A patriotic idiot was found the other
day in Independence Hall behind the case
containing the original docameut of the
Declaration of Independence with mallet
and chisel in hand, ready to ehvp it open
and, os he said, “to write bis signature
below it,” which, he vowed, would
‘•eclipse even the flourishing pen of
John Hancock.
There have been plenty of Indian
braves at the Exhibition; bnt the first
gennine feathered, moocaained, deer
skinned, sqnaw made her appearance on
the 11th inst. That the was a thorough
bred member of Sittiog Bull’s family
put beyond doubt when she yelled at an
urchin who polled a feather from her
head-dress: “Bad look • to ys, ye pale
faced spalpeen —.” Here she recovered
her native tongue—“Ugh I”
claimed, clenching a ponderous fist,
“bad little brave.”
It is carious to note tbe many instances
of “green-hornism” which comes to ones
notice at the Exhibition. A gentleman,
while admiring the painting in tbe Art
Gallery of the Death of ;Ommr, said “that
it gave him the best ida i of a Roman
mob that be bad ever seen ; see,” said be,
“the old King as he expires.” Another
said lie supposed the model of Indepen
dence Ball to be “some factory)
er.” 'But the most nmnsing'caseVSs that
of a whole family of “green hornV’ who,
while gazing on the cast, labeled—“The
Night of Angost 11th, 1492,” were dilat-
ing ou the inconsistency of putting dates.
“People oan’t remember all these petty
dates,” said one. Tho smiles of the by*,
stauders led them to inquiriesj and on
being told that it was “Golnmbns discov
ering America,” they blashingly retired
behind their fans, aud exeunt: leaving
group of amused Europeans to ponder
on the “imbecility of their American
kindred.”
An exchange tellingly pats it in this
way : Underrate every present and pros
pective enterprise; speak ill of the church
es and schools; tell everybody the hotels
ore bad; enlargo the vioes of the people,
especially tho young people; withhold the
patronage from yonr merchants and
tradesmen, and boy yonr goods and gro
ceries at some other plaoe; never sub
scribe for tho local papers, and if you are
in business, refuse to advertise.
Another Scandal.—A report, consid
ered authentic has reached ns that a
Metliodist minister in Chattahoochee
connfy has fallen from tbe pedestral of
grace, and is seriously involved iu a scan
dal about a young lady whom he has been
visiting. The particulars we have heard
but await the action of his church, as we
understand they have it in hand
other report has it, that the young
has fled tho State.—Columbus Ti
•• Fresh Bread, Hot BollsftndNfe*
baked daily atS. K. Cohen’s.
very early in 1861,
service. The service was unlimited, aud
unqualified by any selfish stipulations
whatever.
This quiet, solid virtue, was recognized
as it ever before had been, and Colquitt
was made Colonel of the Gth Ga. Regi
ment, and took to Riohmond, we believe,
the very first “during the war” regiment,
which marched, from Georgia, or the
South, iu fact. That regiment, with its
patient, brave and conscientious leader,
whether as Colonel or Brigadier or Ma
jor Genera!, in more than thirty battles,
passed through all the transmigrations of
trial and blood.
The hero of Manassas loved Colquitt
and trusted him, and no responsibility
•n Beauregard’s judgment, were too heav;
bt- Lid by 1. im on ^Colquitt's should
irs* Who ha* : t heard of tbe battle of
Olustee, which saved onr entire wire
grass region from devastation ? Colquitt
was as veritably the hero of that fight os
Bragg was of the battle of Chickamauga.
Four years absenoe from home, spent
in the pitiless storm of “iron hail,” and
the results of tbe war scattered to tbe
winds one of tho finest private fortunes
in Georgia. But poor os 1867 found Col
quitt, he was rich enough to oome with
ready aod buoyant tread, and lay upon
the shattered alter of his State his offer
ing—when all was gloom—when stoat
hearts gave np and the groan was uttered,
“Wbat is tho use of further effort ?” this
lion hearted man was up and ready He
counseled action—he advised that no sa-
i acquiescence in lecoustruction
> ana ignominy, should finish
i, and when empty parses were
pealed to in vain for tho means of a last
straggle for our little all, Colquitt and
Toombs, all honor to their names, came
forward and made abootall the cash con-
• nbution that oonld be got to make the
fight on.
It is now history, and glorious history,
what good resnltB, for ns, followed the ad
vice and labors of Gen. Colquitt and the
band of trne men who thought as he did
and straggled with him. After wo gained
for tbe State its new lease of life, the re
view and onr surroundings, were almost
as discouraging as the signs of destruc
tion whioh bloody and cruel war had
scattered all around. Oar industry
seemed to be crashed, and all fature
hope for onr agricultural recuperation
seemed folly. Bnt Gen. Colquitt here
again appears as tbe true and watchful-
friend of the interests of the State—and
we can safely claim for him a zeal and
intelligence in his labors in behalf of our
greatest interest—the agriculture o! Geor
gia—seoond to no other.
This we know is high prauie, for where
ean we find more energetio end devoted
servioe than has been rendered by the
friends of onr planting and farming in
dustry. For six years or more Gen. Col
quitt has been President of *he Georgia
State Agricultural Society, aud has given
his most earnest efforts to build np and
extend the usefulness of that most val
uable and honorable organization,
aides hia labors for the Society, he has
been one of the leadiog spirits in tbo
great measure of direct trade between
Georgia and the foreign markets The
solid, praotical sense of Gen, Colqnitt
made him long ainoe dedooe from onr
situation tbe vital fact that her ogribnltu
ral enterprise was hampered and weighed
down by restrictions and useless hardens
which mast be removed. Thoagh be
well knew thst millions of hostile capi
tal could be need, and wonld be, to thwart
the patriotic endeavor to tako crashing
loads from oar backs, this fact did not
daont him, and os President of the Board
for the. formation off Direct Trade. GehV
Colqaitt has given proof of the highest
statesmanship as well as the loftiest
triotio purpose.
We find this enlightened patriotalwayi
earnest and always making a central and
important figure whenever the best in
terest of his beloved State are concerned.
This is the character of pnblio men the
State and the Sonth most needs. We
want and moat have in influential office
men who have the praetioal sense to evoke
from unutilised resources the magnifi
cent rewards which may follow upon en
ergy and intelligent effort. Let ns place
the proper estimate upon onr pnblio men.
Splendid oratory and ingenious disqui
sitions npon abstractions may do for
piping times of peaoe, plenty and pros
perity, bnt now we want men who see
and feel the poverty of the 8tate’and who
can take interest in the best measures frr
our restoration to an old time affluence.
Iu General Alfred H. Colqaitt we have
tbe finest exanuile of such zeal and such
intelligence. In his private honor tbe
8tate may look for . nnfailii
that her interests will be protected, and
in his zeal and well directed labors in be
er of a extended prosperity.
Congressman Foster, (rep.) from Ohio,
tried his voice in the Honse the other day
on the Hamburg affair, and in the course
of his remarks said that if tho Southern
democrats wonld denounce and
demn, and pat an end to these outrages,
the Republicans wonld fall npon their
neoks. “Yon must not fall npon onr
necks,” said Gen. Cook, grimly. “Yon
have fallen on onr property and rights
as it is; and now yon want to Tall on' onr
peeks.”
Two-Thirds Kale.
Tho St. Louis Convention before ad
journing very properly gave the tyranni
cal two-thirds rule its death blow. We
copy from the proceedings of tho last
day the following resolution offered by
Mr. Webber, of Michigan
Resolved, That it be” recommended to
future National Democratic Conventions,
a» the sense of the Democracy hero in
convention assembled, that the so called
two-thirds rule be abolished, as unwise
and unnecessary. end that the States be
requested to instruct their delegates to
the Democratic National Convention to
be held in 1880, whether it be desirable
to continue the two-thirds vote longer in
force in tbe national convention, and that
the national committee insert snch
quest in their call for the convention^
Mr. Bnreh; of Tennessee—I move to
lay that resolution on tbe table.
A Delegate—I demand the ayes and
noes. The roll was ealled. and the vote
resulted as follows : ayes 359; noes 379.
California voted yes; Colorado, no;
Kansas, 9 yes and 1 no ; Nebraska, no ;
Nevada, 5 yes and 1 no ; New York, no ;
New .Jersey, yea ;. Oregon, 2 yes and 4
no; Pennsylvania, yes.
Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, called
for a division of the question, by so di
viding the question as to end the first
proposition at the word abolished.
A Delegate from Missouri—I move the
previous question upon the original res-*
olntion.
Mr. Wallace—It is scarcely necessary
for me to say that a division of tbeques-
tion is in order, either before or after the
main question be ordered. I desire sim
ply to bring this convention to a vote
upon the naked question as to whether
we are to have instructions from the
States in regard to the abolition of the
two-third rale, or whether this conven
tion is to instruct future conventions as
to their actions.
Tbe President—The gentleman from
Pennsylvania demands a division on the
question. The olerk will read that por*
tion npon whioh he calls a division.
The clerk read as follows :
“Resolved, Tbst it be recommended to
future Democratic National Conventions,
as tbe sense Of the Democrats herein
convention assembled, that the so-called
two-thirds rale be abolished, as unwise
and unnecessary.”
Tbe resolution was adopted.
The seoretary read the second part as
follows:
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NOTICE.
AmeSicus, Ga., JoIj ,9^ ,
_ direction of the EcpuMicim v. ‘ 8 '
Comimttco of tlie 3rd Congrcsiim.i I?™*
— Convention of the BcpJlSS*" “'“Ho.
District is called to assemble mn? 7 ! r '*•
Americuson SATURDAY, the vt *
SEPTEMBER, at 2 o’cloek, v. ,. fr «
purpose of selecting n candidate tnl«° r
tbe 3d Congressional District i„
Congress, and for the consideration^#***
The counties of which the district'
poced are entitled to tbe follenij,
of delegates: Sumter, Stewart and ir*
four delegates each ; Webster, 8chl^ l f B '
Taylor, Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski, Dod?r’
fair, Montgomery, Irwin and Co(£ IA I
delegates each. B. F npn ,t, »
july 21 td.
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by maiLfor 23 cents; together with a Marriage
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Containing a complote list of all tho towns in
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<1 Canada, having a population greater than
5,000, according to tho last census, together
with the names of tbe nowapapera having the
largest local circulation in each oftbeplacee
named. Aleo, a catalogue ol newspapers which
are recommended to advertisers u giving
eat value in proportion to prices charged. ,
all nowapapera in the United Btatee and Canada
printing over 5,000 copies each issue. Also, all
tbe Religions. Agricultural, Scientific and Me
chanical, Medical, Maeonic, Juvenile, Educa
tional, Commercial. Insurance, Real Estate,
Law, Sporting, Musical. Fashion and other apo
dal class journals; very complete lists. To
gether with a complete list of over 300 German
papers printed in the United Btatee. Also, an
essay upon advertising; many tables oi ratee,
showing the coat of advertising in various news*
papers, and everything which * beginner in *
vertiaing wonld uke to know. Address
GEO. P. ROWELL & 00., 41 Park Bow, 15
ed to instruct their delegates to the Dem
ocratic National Convention to be held
in 1880, whether it be desirable to c<
tinue the two-thirds rule longer
force in National Conventions, and
that the national committee insert such
request in the call for the next conven
tion.”
The resolution was adopted.
Don’t Regard It as a Catch-penny.
cess of medical compounds put up at the North
elsewhere. Many of those medicines have
their day, and we hear no more of them.
Their proprietors hare made fortunes, not so
much from tbe curative powers and virtues of
their mixtures, as from tne notoriety given thorn
by advertising, by which people were msdo '
believe all the good that wsa said of them,
preparati n is now before I he public which is
becoming very popular, and is known as Brad-
.field's Female Regulator, put up by L. H.
Bradfleld. of Atlanta, Ga., at SI A0 per !*“’•
Such ia ita curative virtues, that it has g
wide-spread popularity all over the country
where it haa been made known, and it ia being
introduced eveiywhero. We are informed that
immrnse quantities cf this meiicine are being
sold in all sections ot the South and Boathwest,
espec ally in the c'tj of Now Orleans and in Tex-
his much we say in jas ice to its proprietor,
> is a gentleman of integrity, and wbo would
t-ngagoin tbe manufacture and tale of *
humbug —ImGrange Reporter.
TWO MILKS BEFORE BREAKFAST.
In a neighboring city ic Georgia, there is
aarriod wo.nan, who, after her third confine
sent, had ulceration with all its repulsive symp
torna. bhe tried in vain all the nostrums; her
husband carried her to all the famous mineral
springs, went with her to Now York, Philadel
phia, an 1 other placea, to consult eminent ob
stetricians, to no purpose. Alter the use of the
fifth bottlo of Regulator, she bas been fully re
stored to her former health and happiness, and
r the joy of tho household—is able to walk
niles before breakfast. . jr*-
A Health-Promoting .stimulant*
Physicians, who certainly ought to be the.best
judges cf such matters, decljro that wholesome
stimulation is not only desirable, bnt essential
iu many instances. When the temporary good
effect of a sound st- mulant is confirmed and
rendered permanent, as iu the case of H os tit
ter a Stomach Bitters, by the action of tonic and
alterative' principles combined with it, It bo-
»mee infinitely more efficacious as a ronovnnt
■t physical energy and a corrective of those con
ditions of the body which invite disease. The
Bitter* have roceivei the emphatic sanction ot
medical men who have obseived the effect of
that popular stimulative cordial as a remedy for
weaknese, nervousness, dyspepsia,‘.constipation,
inactivity of the- lmr, malarious fevers; and
many other disorder*. It* basis is sound old
rye, the purest liquor known to commerce, and
itseir possessing tonic prop<rtiea ol no
order, july
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Sale of Unclaimed Freight.
Office SopxHWEsrxBN Railroad,
Amebicus, July 21st 187Q.
to pay freight and charge*, unless freight ia paid
and goods removed before that time.
A. A. Adama, l package of Books-
Henry Brook*, 1 lot household furniture.
B. 0. Battle, 1 lot household furniture.
Banner A 8. 8 couplings, 1 auger, l 8. auger.
City Council ot Americas, 10 pcs. sewer piping.
Mr*. Ingraham, 1 oldaofa 1 table.
A T. Morgan, l caddie cf tobacco.
Wheeler A W. Mfg Co 1 S. machine,
july221m. W*« A, BLACK. Agt.
Calhoun Mathews,
Attorney at 3jraw
—AND—
SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
Americas, Georgia.
yyILLjiractic* in all the Court*, both State
Refers by permiesiou to Judge E. H. Worrell,
Talbotton, Ga.; Judge J. M. Johnson, Oolum-
bus, Ga.; Jndgs Barnard Hill, Macon, Ga.
June 19 ly. .
To All Whom it may Couoem
fico many valuable books daring my reti-
dence in Amencua and ‘ failing to return them, t
are requested fo leave them with Dr. E. J. El-1
dridge. I need them and will thank you to give
this notice immediate attention.
W. A. GBNEEE.
To the Planters of Soutwest
. Georgia.
0 UB attention him been called bv one of
largest Cotton Merchants to the bad condi
tion of the Cotton and the largo toss attending
it, caused by the bad ginning and seed being
mixed with the lint Cotton. The lorn from this
aoourceis estimated at near one oent p
This would make an aggregate of one hu
thousand dollars, a large amount to be lost to
(be community at a time like the present. One
of the eanses of this loss is the bad condition ol
the gins; another is that the gins were not made
to gin tho little seed Cotton; we are prepared to
remedy botn three defects by putting the Gina
in good order or changing the riba wnere they
We expect a stock of materials in a fow days,
both riba and aawa, we are also prepared to pnt
np running gear or repair them, to put np Iron
Bcrewa. Call and see.onr Setoor partner at or
Shop, on Cotton Avenue, near the depot.
june213m. SkML. HEYS&SON3.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors-
A LL persons indebted to the
A. L. Finn, late of Sumter
are hereby notified to come fon
the same immediately, and those holding claims
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Buiat’s Purple Top S. L. Turnip,
Buist’s Early F. D. S. L. Turnip,
Buist's large White Globe Turnip,
Buist’s larga White Norfolk Turnip,
Buist’s Pomerian Globe Turnip,
Buist’s Amber.Globe Turnip,
Buist’s Yellow Aberdeen Turnip,
Robertson’s Golden Ball Turnip,
SANDALWOOD
Poesesfee* a much greater power in restoring
to a bealtlry state. It never produces aicknesa,
is certain aud speedy in ita action. It ia fast
superseding every other remedy. Sixty cap-
aules cure in six or eight days. No other Medi
na can do thia.
Owing.to its great snccess, many substitutes
have been advertised, such aa Pastes, Mixtures,
PUIs, Balsams, etc., all of which have been
abandoned.
Dundas Dick A Co.’s Soft Capsules containing
U of SoHdiiltoood, sold ataWDrug Stores. Ask
far Circular, or sfnd to 85 & 37 WooMer Strut,
New York, for one. july216m
GRANGE WAREHOUSE.
T he farmer's ‘club and grange
WAREHOUSE CQ^ having^again secured
— servlets of Messrs. C. W. FELDER & 80N
to manago th«r warehouse, situated on Cotton
Avenue ( and known as .the old etand of John V.
Price & bon, moat respectfully thank the publio
for their very liberal patronage in the past and
asks a continuation of the tame, feeling that
honest dealing and a close attention to business
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of the Albany News, with efficient assistants.
Thb Commonwealth gives the current
news of the city, State and elsewhere, market
reports, and vigorous editorials on Municipal
Political and General Subjects.
The coming canvass, State and National,
will be. closely watched and properly presen
ted, while tho mechanical and Agricultural
interests of the State will not be neglected.
It has a largo and rapidly increasing circu
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COMMONWEALTH FUBLILHING COMA’Y
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To the Public!
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Scuppernong Wine
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them according to law. O For sale by
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rsafEKst
astvsastt'.SSS
memorable canvass or i860, i* nriTfi-
opened. Tho National Democratic P.TJ lLi!
thi.year make a bold, vigorouTSd £lZ
awsaassassf-'-ss
in addition to too Prudential election th.
people m Georgia and Florida will eS'r«
State governments. In Florida tho campiin
promises to be unusually vigorous, and thE! 1 £
a probability that for toe fir*t tine smmtlL
war the people of that Radical-ridden State id!
ntect a Democratic State government. In the»
the people of the Sonth aredS
interested: and every intelligent dttnoTvhl
ha* the welfare of hi. counter and«<S
•***«* »honld acquaint himself with trenfo
tail of the great work of redemption and
that is now going on.
To this end he should snbecribe to and
in circulating the Sawaamah .Horning KcW«'
an independent Democratic newspaper of mo-’
nounced opinions and fearless in thetr etcwl
•ton; a paper that iarecognixed everywhere u
the best daily in tbe South. Iu editorial d”
partment U vigorous, thoughtful, and comwt-
ent. while Ats new* and local departments »rs
marvels of industry ard completreew. Its
partment of Georgia and Florida affair* is
confined to a mere barren summary of wi
transpiring in those States, bnt is enlivened
comment at once apt, timely, and racy.
The ample resources of the establishment
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world, through the press dwpatchu, awdil
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