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"03ESTJHL V
KISS 1TIE, PET,
KUi me, Pet! IH not rereel it—
Wo are all alone:
all alone;
’Tie my duty to conceal it
Till you are all my own.
Be not coy—I lore thee dearly,
my mind this year £ would come to see
you all once more before 1 died. I’ve
tried to before now, dear, but something
or nuther alien hindred. Dear, dear!
You’re all grown up, I s’pose, and you
was but a lot o’ babies last time poor
John'brought you to see me.’*
friends merely—
We have lovers grown,
ties me pet I’ll not reveal it—
Corinne is tbe
eighteen. Wilber
than I am.”
“Yes, I remember. Well, dear, I’m
Tfoiny duty to conceal it
Till you are my wife.
Love is generous and reliant,
Full of pity, and complaint—.
Listen, dear one. to your client;
With love’s ardor life.
glad that John’s wife brought up such a
fine family. I’m only an old mud, but
Kiss me Pet! I’ll not reveal it-
None shall ever know ;
Tis my duty to conceal it
Till t
church i
tenderly caress thee,
my lips to thine, and bless thee—
There ’tis done ! And now confess thee.
I do love children and young folks. 1
But a chill fell upon the kindly old
heart when home was reached at last, and
four fashionably dressed ladies gave her a
strictly courteous greeting. But for the
warm clasp of Fred’s hand, I think sh$
would have returned to the station in
the same carriage she came, so wonnded
and sore she felt,
“Nnt nnn bin ” >1
‘Notone loss,” she thought, “and
Fred kissed me at the train, right before
all the folks.”
MISCELLANEOUS.
A COUNTRY VISITOR,
OR,
Tiie Reward of Kindness!
Mrs. Gorham put down a letter she
‘•Your Aunt Sabina is coming, and
•‘When ?” asked Arabella, with in>
“She will reach hero this afternoon.
lorry, ma; but I promised to drive
Caldwell to the park. Fred can
“Certainly, I will go,” Fred said grave-
, though there was a hot flush on
rehead, “I am very fond of aunt.”
“Nonsense!” said his mother. “1
ivc not seen her for fourteen years.
“Nevertheless, I have a vivid recollec-
re there.”
“Dear me, Fred,” drawled Lncilla.
d stay home. I can’t imagine
* coming hero for.”
our father’s sister,” said Fred,
her looking for a welcome among her
■other’s children.”
Mrs. Gorham shrugged her shoulders.
s so odd ! Just like
It was a source of great satisfaction to
[rs. Gofham that all her children were
ke herself. “Greers,’ every one except
That Greer pride meant intense selfish-
ess; that Greer beauty was cold, hard
rhat the son, who was
s proud to the core with
frank, manly type, generous and self*
) small i
‘ Greer” look. So
When he became a man, and knew
idulged in, he fitted himself for busi*
ess, and took a position in a counting-
and she is
to only one older
of ground before the town was thought
' Bat I tell you that the only specula
tion he made was in the kindness of his
heart, extending loving attention to his
father’s sister, and that the only land ho
ever owned was Annt Sabina’s farm.
; Their Way in the West.
THE
Terrible. .Scene , in -the. Council
Chamber—Ferocity of the As
sassin-Narrow Escape of
Three men entered oar sanctum Mon
day‘and, not content with saying “good
morning,” insisted on shaking hands with
every one, from the main guy to tbo as
sistant devir. They were dusty and trav
el stained. There was a look upon their
faces not such as “limners give to loved
disciples,” bat a mixture of determination
and resignation. The elder of the three
took a seat, crossed his legs, drew a mur
derous-looking revolver, placed it on his
the Minister of Marine.
LTberapia June 18, Correspondent of the Lon-
lap, and said:
‘ reckon you’re the editor.”
r es; what is your business ?”
r ou do the writin' for the paper
's printed here ?”
Fred slipped a silver coin into the
hands of the servant girtwho was to wait
upon his aunt, promising another if she
was attentive, and himself escorted the
old lady to her room. It was not often
the young man’s indignation found voice
though it grew hot over many shameful
acts of hard selfishness in the house of
his mother; but he said some words on
that day that called a blush to the cheeks
of the worldly woman.
It was not a very busy season ; and
finding Sabina was likely to haven sorry
time if left to the other members of* the
family, Fred asked for a holiday, and ap
pointed himself the old lady’s escort. He
was too proud to care for the fact that
the quaiut little figure on his arm attract
ed many an amused glance, but gravely
stood by while a new dress for Dolly, the
dairymaid, and a city necktie for Bob,
the hired man, were purchased.
He gave undivided attention to the
more important selection of a new black
silk for aunty herself, and pleasantly ac
cepted a blue silk scarf, with large red
spots, that was presented to him, appre
ciating the love that prompted the gift,
and mentally resolving to wear it when
he paid the promised visit to the farm.
He drove Annt Sabina to the park. He
took her to see all the sights.
Once or twice, meeting
of his
gentlemen friends, they had thought “this
queer old party is some rich relative,
Gorham is so very attentive,” and bad
delighted Sabina by their deferential at-
tention.
Once—Fred had not counted on that
—in a picture gallery, Cornelia Caldwell
saunted in alone. She had heard cf Sa
bina through the disgusted comments of
Lucilla, and knew she had no property
but a “miserable farm,” but she greeted
Fred with a smile far more cordial than
she gave her admirers. A great lump
came in Fred’s throat Then he gravely
introduced the stately beanty in her rust
ling silk to the little old fashioned figure
oo his arm.
My aunt, Miss Gorham—Miss Cald
well ”
They admired the pictures together,
and the young lady was cordial and chat-
ty.
After they came down the steps, Miss
Caldwell said:
“You must let your aunt drive an hour
two with me, Mr. Gorham. I __
ing to do some shopping, so I wiSlnottax
your patience by inviting yon to join us,
but I shall be pleased if Miss Gorham
will dine with me, and you will call for
her this evening.”
Then she smiled again, made Sabina
comfortable in the carriage and drove off,
leaving Fred forty times deeper in love
than ever, as she intended he should be.
“He is a venr prince of men,” she
thought, “aud I will give him one day’s
rest. Bless the dear old soul! she has
such blue *yes as my dear old grandmoth
er had.”
Then she won Sabina’s confidence and
found she was.worrying about the pur
chase of certain household matters that
would not go in the black leather trunk,
and she did not like to worry Fred about
it.
She drove to the placo where the best
goods eould be had, keeping guard over
That she was proud and cold in
Nobody suspected that Fred, blunt,
his heart, confessed to no living being.
And that secret was a love, pure and true,
for Cornelia Caldwell—a love that would
of fortune hunting—that only droop
ed and mourned thinking of the heiress.
By four o’clock Fred was at the|sta-
tioo, waiting for Aunt Sabina. What a
little, old fashioned figure she was, in her
S uaint black bonnet, and large figured
uwl. But Fred knew her kindly old
face at once, though he bad not - seen it
since h6 was twelve years old.
You arc aunt?” he said, going quick
ly to meet her.
She looked at the handaome face, and
caught a quick, gasping breath.
•*Yon must Iks one of John’s boys,
How like you are to your
the slender purse against all imposition
till the last towel was satisfactorily cho
sen and directed. Then she drove her
home and brought her in the room where
“grandmother” was queen, knowing the
stately old lady would make the oountry
woman welcome.
In the evening that followed Fred 1
heart* was touched and warmed, till
scarcely conscious of his own words, he
told bis long cherished secret, and knew
that he had won her love.
Aunt Sabina stayed two weeks and
then went home, to the immense relief of
the Gorhams, and carrying no regret at
leaving any but Fred and Cornelia.
It was not even suspected that Corne
lia spent four weeks in the height of the
summer season listening to the praises of
Fred at Sabina’s farmhouse; and Fred
did not know it until ho came too, after
she was gone, an<f had his share of li&
tening to loving commendation of one he
loved.
He wore the necktie and made himself
so much at home, that Sabina wept some
of the bitterest tears of her life when he
left • vj
•fo have you both and lose you I” she
sobbed.
“Next time we will come together,”
she said,
father."
“I urn Fred,” he answered.
Dear heart! How you have grown
Is your mother here ?”
& Pl aoIicit8 * ^aro
S Public patronage. Calls left at the Drug
Dr. E. f. Eldridge, or his residence
2^tton Femal ® CoU * Ke ’ wil1 receive P rt >“Pt
She is waiting for you at home.”
The good old country woman had nev-
„ had the least doubt of a warm welcome
at her'brother’a house, and Fred certain
ly confirmed her expectations. He found
the old black leather trunk, the bag, the
bandbox, the great bulging cotton um
brella, and put them in the carriage.
He made his aunt go to the restaurant
aud refresh herself before starting on the
long drive home. He listened with re
spectful interest to all the mishaps, of the
long journey, and sympathized with the
“Ruination of every mortal stitch I’ve
cot on, dear in the dust and smoke.” ■.
And he chatted pleasantly of his child'
ish recollections of the tiny horses and
wide farm where Sabina lived.
“You see,” she told him, “I made up
The Council Chamber, Midhat’s best
room on the upper floor, a large hall with
a bay window; and balcony at one end en
joying an extensive view on both sides
of this door are two divans, on which the
Ministers sat, Hnssien Avni and Raschid
Pasha on the sides facing the latent door
leading to the staircase, and on the other
side the Grand Vixier the Halet Pasha;
Said Effendi, the Mustechor, or Under
Secretary of the Grand Yixier, and Mah
moud Bey, Grand Referendaire of the
Council, sat apart on another divan. Mid
hat Pasha had then got np and 3tood be
fore them, dictating a telegram to them.
Hassan,ashe entered the lateral door,
found himself face to face with Hnssien
Avni and Raschid Pasha, and stepping
np to the former, revolver in hand, cried
out: ^ “Davran ma, Seraskicr” (“Do
not stir, War Minister.”) He fired, and
Hnssien fell, badly wounded, bat not
dead, vainly attempting to draw a revol
ver he had in his pocket Terror 6eemcd
to seize the other Ministers. Midhat
Pasha at once made for the bottom door,
roshed through it to the inner apartments
and was followed by all his colleagues
with the exception of Raschid Pasha, who
remained as if spell-bound and nailed to
his seat, while the Minister of Marine,
Abmcd Kaisserli, who alone showed some
presence of mind, immediately closed
with the assassin, seized him round the
waist and pinioned down both his arms.
Hassan, however, by a strenuous exertion
succeeded in disengaging his right hand
and with his Circassian knife inflicted
several wonnds on Kaiserli, who at last
released him and joined the other Minis
ters in their flight. In the mean time,
Hussien Avni, who was not dead, had
risen and was crawling with great difficul
ty toward the entrance door. Thereupon
Hassan, leaving the Marine Minister,
whom he otherwise would have killed,
and, rushed upon Hussien Avni overtook
him and hacked at him with a knife, cut
ting his throat, and never leaving him
till he lay motionless at his feet. He turn*
ed then, and perceiving Raschid Pasha,
who had never stirred, and alone remain
ed in the room, seated on the divan—in
the opinion of some persons, already delfft
with fright—he pointed his revolver at
him, exclaiming; “Do not stop here to
arrest me?” and shot him throngh the
head. The assassin then went up to the
bottom door, which the fugitives had fas
tened and barricaded from the ioside, and
shaking it lustily, he cried, “Grand Vizi
er, open the door; no harm to yon is in
tended,” and called out that the Minister
of Marine should be delivered up to him.
The old Grand Vizier, greatly terrified
cried out, it is said, from behind the clos
ed door; “My son, not now; you are too
much excited to listen to reason.” Hassan
baffled, in his rage sent two pistol shots
through the door, fortunately without re
sult. Unable to forco open the door, the
assassin upset the furniture* set fire to the
curtains, and broke tho luster or chando-
Her, so that the large room was only
lighted by one single taper.
Several urinates elapsed during this
horrid butchery, the people io the ante
chamber below stairs, though they heard
the report of the fire-arms, not dariog to
stir, as they apprehended that the mur
derer was only the instrument of aomo
conspiracy in which some of the persons
present might be implicated, and for some
time looked at each other with blank
amazement, every nan suspecting and
fearing his neighbor. At length Midhat
Pasha, having armed himself with a re
volver, went down stairs, and raised the
spirits of those persons, two of whom, one
his own servant, Ahmed Agha, tbe other
Hnssien Avni’s aide-de camp, Ghnkri
Bey, venturedjinto the slaughter-room
As these two men entered the apartment
both fell dead, struck by Hassan’s uner
ring revolver. But by this time the po
lice aod soldiery from the nearest post
arrived on the spot, and Hassan, after kil
ling a police officer and wounding six
Zaplieths and soldiers, was overpowered
and secured, being himself seriously
wounded. The soldiers would have kill
ed him on the spot had not Midhat Pa
sha, through his son-in-law, Refik Bey,
bidden them take him alive. The whole
affray lasted from twenty minutes to half
an hour, some say three quarters of an
hour.
The assassin was taken to the Seras-
kierato, or War Office, where on the fol
lowing morning (Friday\ he was exam
ined, tried and sentenced to death. On
Saturday at daybreak (at 4 a. m.) he was
hanged on a tree in the open space before
tL. O -1.: It- TT- ‘ . n
“Well, mister, me and my friends have
comf to town to 8667011. We never saw
a live esditor before, and last night wej
laid in ‘chuck’ enough to last us for a day
and started to town to see you. Yon see.
mister, me and friends read all the pa
pers we can get hold of, and we’vo had
several arguments as to whether every
thing is true what’s printed in the papers.
Now, look here, mister, I want you to
tell me the God’s truth. Do editors ever
s was fondling his pistol when we
caught his eyes, which may have influ
enced our answer, but we dont think it
Anyhow, we pnt on a bold look
and answered him:
“No, sir; editors never lie. They
consider it beneath them to descend to
such petty meannesses—for yon know it
is base for ordinary men to lie—let alone
sach moral reformers as editors, lawyers,
preachers and stage drivers.”
“Mister, don’t spin out any more long
stories. Do editors ever lie ?”
Cat her short 1
“Don’t interrupt me, sir, and please to
lower that revolver. I was going to say
that owing to the strain upon an editor’s
intellect, he might at times unwittingly
prevaricate."
Tlio Democratic State Conven
tion.
Atlanta, Aog. 2, 1876.
The Convention met pomptly at 11 a.
if., the Hall of Representatives being a
perfect mass of humanity.
Tbe Convention-wos called to order by
CoL Thomas Hardeman, Chairman of
the Central Executive Committee.
On motion of CoL Hawkins of Snmter.
Hon. Geo. Pierce of Hanoock, was made
temporary chairman, and a committee of
three appointed to conduct him to the
object of the Convention and its readi-
to proceed to bntinest.
Delegate from Dougherty moved that
Messrs. Wright, Smith and Speer be ap
pointed temporarysecretaries.
Delegate from Dade moved the ap-
pointment.of a committee consisting of
two from each congressional district, to
report names for the permanent organi
zation of the Convention ,*, a
On motion of delegate from Pntnam,
ti»e roll of the counties was called in or
der to ascertain who were the delegates.
Tbe chair appointed the following com
mittee on permanent organization : Geo.
R. Black, of Screven; W. A. Harris,
of Worth; J. 0. Kibbee, Pulaski; J. O.
Toole, ; J. L. Barry, DeRalb ; J.
T. Henderson, Bartow j Arthur Gray,
Catoosa; J. C. O. Black, Richmond ;
— Aired, Pickens.
The committee on organization, after
being out some time, reported the fol
lowing names as officers of the Conven-
“No in—”
“What!”
“I was going to Bay-
Look here, I want you to answer my
question and stop chinning.”
He raised his deadly, uncivilized pis
tol. Bis two friends who had been silent
grinning partners, looked as solemn as
the grave. A pause of about two sec
onds followed. It may not have been
two, when we replied very faintly:
“Yes, some 'of them lie.”
'The fiend was not satisfied with that
answer, which was certainly broad enough
for anybody but a wretch who does not
know how to respect the fine sensibilities
of an editor. He placed the muzzle of
his barbaric baby-cannon under our left
ear and whispered; “Some ?”
“All of them,” wc yelled.
A change came over the villian’s fea
tures. A smile meeting at the hack of
his neek, engulfed his face over once in
a while,* and, rising to his feet, ho said:
“Pard, shake; f hope you wont bear
any ill will agin me. I’ve been thinking
about going into the newspaper business
myself—me and my friends hero. I’m
some on the lie myself. I knowed if I
come to you aud talked the matter over
I could get satisfaction. I am satisfied
and I hope you are. I’ll write you a let
ter from our neighborhood. It’ll be all
the truth. Good by.”
After he and his friends had left the
office we thought the matter over and
have come to the conclusion that the forc
ed confession don’t amount to much.
Missouri Jirtmstcicker
J. Bciddell.
On motion of the delegate from Rich
mond, tbe chair appointed the following
committee, being one from each Con
gressional District, to escort the Presi
dent to the chair.
The Cruel Mother and the Model
Boy.
The two didn't belong to eacL other;
and this very good boy may have been a
little too smart and saucy.
Little Mary was prettily dressed, and
standing in front of the house waiting
for her mother to go out to ride. A tidy
boy, dressed in coarse clothes, waa pass
ing, when the little girl said, “Come here,
boy, and s’ake hands wi’me. I dot a hoy
das’ like oo, named Joey.” The boy
laughed, shook hands with her, and said.
“I’ve got a little girl just like you, only
she hasn’t any little eloak with pussy-fur
on it.”
Here a lady came ont of the door and
said: Mary, you must not talk with bad
boys on the street. I hope you haven’t
and unitedly to the duties of this hour
and upon which onr future depends. Let
us do this and then go home aroused
with feelings of patriotism to aohieve the
grand destiny before us. Let ns so act
as to anist the working ont of that great
destiny fer both State and Nation which
•will be worthy of tbe renown anil glory
of the fathers of the republic. | Cheers
tobsident :
Hon. C. Anderson, of Bibb.
VICK PRESIDENTS :
First District—Hon. J. J. Jones.
Beoond District—Hon. A. Hood.
Third District—Hon. C. Kibbee.
Fonrth District—Hon. C. R. Reed.
Fifth District— 8. B. Brown.
Sixth District—Hon. J. T Kims.
Seventh District—Hon. A. Hacket.
Eighth District—J. P. Camming.
Ninth District—J. D. Wellborn.
COMMITTEE I
J. L. Seward. N. A. Harris, T. C. De-
Lacy, —. Tamer. G. M. Nolan, J. M.
Hardeman, J. W. Underwood, —. Lump
kin.
The Committee retired and soon re
turned and conducted tho Honorable
Clifford Anderson to the obair, who, np*
— 4-u:—v.* - __ permanen t presi
i elo-
taking his seat ,
dent addressed the convention
qnent manner, as follows :
Hou. Clifford Anderson.
Gentlemen of the convention—I have
never been placed in any position, the
daties of whieh I had concluded to en-
deaver to perform, in which I felt more
diffidence and embarrassment than in
this. The position is one to which I did
not expect to be assigned, and it is one
whioh I did not desire, because I believed
thero were other gentlemen who are dele
gates to this convention who coaid dis
charge its daties more acceptably than
myself. I have great distrust of my
abilities to meet the demands which
put upon me as presiding officer of this
convention, ior although I have been
connected with deliberative bodies in
psst years I do not claim to be a parlia
mentarian. I can promise to endeavor
to discharge the duties faithfully and im
partially and I shall rely upon your aid
to accomplish the objects bad in view in
placing me in this position. I thank yon
for the compliment and honor of being
havj so much at stake in this great con
test. And let ns so deliberate and so act
as to promote the success of those men
presented fo ns by the national demo
cratic party for President and Vico Pres
ident of tbe United States. Let us con
tribute to their success and rescue the
government from tho hands of thoso who
would despoil and rnin it; let us drive
ont the thieves and the money changers,
establish upon a firm basis the principles
of constitutional liberty whioh onr fathers
fought for and maintained in the 'earlier
days of the repnblia Tho grand duty is
yours here to-day: Will you be equal to
it ? Will you sacrifice ail prejudice and
minor oonsideratious and cpme grandly
interrupted the speaker at tbe conclusion
ofalmost every sentiment and greeted
him as he finished in rousing notes of
S. Weil, chairman of the Fnlton
county delegation, withdrew the name of
Hon, John H. James, and moved the
admiration of Gen. A. H. Colquitt by
acolama’ion, supporting bis motion
stirring Rpeecb, which brought down the
honse in ronnd after round of applause.
The Chairman of the Riohmond dele
gation then read the letter of Gov. John
son, withdrawing bis name from the Con
vention, which waa reoeived with ap
palled upon to preside over this convem
tion of tbe representative men of the
grand old 8tate of Georgia Taken com
pletely by surprise, I have no set speech
with whieh tofaddress yon, bat you will
pardon me for suggesting that the cir
cumstances in which we are placed im
pose great responsibilities npon those
who compose this convention of the
democratic party of Georgia. We are
jnst emerging from the gloom that was
cast over tbe destinies of this great State
by tbe carpet bag rule under which we
suffered for so many years after the close
of the late civil war. We are jnst begins
ning to experience the \ rints of a wise
administration of the State government
We are just beginning to feel that the
future of Georgia is in hands of patriots
Fred whispered, and so consoled her.
But alas 1 the next time Fred came
was to superintend the funeral of the
the 8eraskierate. He would hot aHow
the surgeons to bind np his wonnds, and
was greatly, exhausted by loss of blood
before he reached the place of execution.
The bodyWas-left hanging for the whole
of yesterday. Of his viotims, Hnssien
Avni was about sixty years old; Raschid
Pasha, aboht forty-eight.
gentle old jady; and though Cornelia
" * >ii hai * i
came too, his happy wife, there was no
welcome in the pale lips, or the blue eyes
closed forever. .1
But the will of the old lady gave all
her worldly possessions to her “dear
nephew, Fredcrick’Gorham”—the farm
ana farmhouse.
It was apparently no great legacy, and
Cornelia smiled at many of the old fash
ioned treasures she touched, all with the
tender reverence death leaves..
Ten years ago Sabina was laid to rest
in her narrow coffio, and there is a busy,
flourishing town around the site of the
old farm.
Mr. Frederick Gorham lives there now
and handles large sums of money—the
rents of stately buildings.
“Made his money, sir, by speculation,”
you will be told, if you enquire as to his #
source of income.. “Fortunate purchase I at Dr. Eidridge’s Drug Store.
Determined Attempt at- Suicide.
A woman in Suffolk, England, lately
made an extraordinary attempt to kill
herself First, she went into her back
yard, placed half a pound of gunpowder
in a circle around her and set it on fire.
As this did her no harm, she got a pound
canister, put it in a bucket, and, holding
her head over it, set fire to tho powder.
An outhouse was blown to pieces, but
she was only burned about the face.
Then she stabbed herself with a shoe
maker’s knife, bat not fatally, and then
the neighbors come and took charge of
taken anything from her? Go right along,
and never stop here again, boy.”
That evening the lady was called down
to speak with a boy in the hall. Ho was
very neatly dressed, and stood with his
hat in his hand. It was the enemy of
the morning. “I came to tell you that I
am not a bad boy,” he said: “I go to
Sunday school, and help my mother all I
can. I never tell lies, or quarrel, nor say
bad words; and I don’t like a lady to call
me names, and ask me if I’ve stolen her
little girl’s elothes off her.”
“I.am very glad you’re so good,” said
the lady, laughing at the boy’s earnest
ness. “Here's a quarter of a dollar for
you,”
“I don* want that,” said Ben holding
his head np very high. “My father
works in a foundery, and has lots of
money. You got a boy bigger than I,
haven ,t you?”
“Yes; why?”
“Does he know the commandments?”
“I’m afraid not very well.”
“Can he say the Sermon on the Mount
and the twenty-third psalm and the gol
den rule?”
“I’m very much afraid he cannot,” said
e lady, laughing at the boy’s bravery.
4 Doesn't he ride ou his pony on Sun-
day, instead of going to church?”
“I’m afraid he does, but he ought not,”
said the lady, blushing a little.
“Mother don’t know I came here,” said
the little fellow, “but I thought I would
just come round aod see what kind of
folks you were and—and—I guess moth-
pr would rather your boy wouldn't come
ronnd our doors, because she don’t like
little Susan to talk to bad boys in the
street. Good evening.” And the boy
her.
Fine Colognes, Lnbins and other Ex
tracts for the handkerchief. Bay Rum,
Hair oils. Hair Restorers, Hair Dyes, Ac.
.k TIr Kiri rid rva'o T)*nM Ql...
and friends -of men of intelligence and
character—of men worthy of the respect
and admiration of onr people. But not
yet has the government of this great
country been rescued from those who
would bring it to destruction, for altho’
there is a majority of those who repre
sent the great patriotic ideas of the age
in the lower honse of Congress, the Ex
ecutive chair ’and tho upper honse are
still in the hands of those who do not ap
preciate or jeahze the dangers or duties
of the hour.
We have need of wisdom and patriot
ism to accomplish the great ends of gov
ernment of this people. The mission
of the democratic party is not only to
what we have accomplished in
_ and keep the State government
in the hands of the frieuds of Georgia
and who, by their intelligence and char
acter are entitled to the confidence of the
people, bat to rescue from the hands of
those who sit in power at Washington
the control of this great nation aud to
day we are just entering npon a great
campaign whioh is'not only to determine
the future of Georgia, but of this great
country—whether those who have mis
ruled sot so many years shall oontinne to
do to for the years to come, or whether
in their place men shall reflect the patri
otic sentiment of the country, north and
south, and restore the government to the
parity of the early days of tho republie.
Gentlemen, npon your deliberations to
day depend mneh. I know we can look
with perfect confidence to the snccess of
the candidate yon present for governor.
Bat yonr deliberations relate not only to
who shall be chief magistrate of Georgia
for four years after tbe present incum
phrase.
The motion of the gentleman from
Fulton was then taken np, and Gen. Al
fred H. Colquitt was unanimously nomi-
nated.for.Governor of Georgia. (Loud and
prolonged applanse greeted the announce
ment.)
Tbe delegate from Butts then moved
that tbe thanks of this Convention be
tendered to Hon. H. V. Johnson, Hon.
L. J. Gartreli, Hon. Thomas Hardeman,
Hon. T. J. McIntyre and Hon. J. H..
James, and their friends, for the nnanim-'
ity that they have shown daring this
Convention. Carried.
The delegate from Richmond moved
that a committee of nine, one from each
Congressional District, be appointed to
notify General Colquitt.of his unanimous
nomination l»y this convention for the
position of Governor of Georgia.
The committee then retired, and soon
after returned. The Convention was no
tilled of their presenoe by the cry of
“Make way for Goveror Colquitt," which
was greeted with applanse.
Hon. Clifford Anderson then intro
duced Gen. Colquitt, who addressed the
convention iu earnest patriotic tones.
The honse fairly trembled btneatU the
plandits.
Gen. Colquitt’s Remarks
Mr. President and fellow-democrats:
I thank yon most heartily for the kind
ness and the unanimity of support which
has been shown me and whieh so far ex
ceeds any confidence that I may have in
my own worth and merits and places me
under snob a weight of obligation that I
shall not even attempt to express my ap
preciation of it. Sorely no roan ever had
greater reason for thanks and gratitude
and it is due to myself aud to you to say
that while I live I shall remember with
the profonndeet feelings of gratitude the
display of favor which you have made to
me to-day. And if I shall he called by
the voice of the people to official station
tho recollection of it will be an incentive
to do my utmost to subserve the interests
of the state and advance the happiness
and prosperity of t he people. [Applause. ]
I feel the compliment all the more in
tbe light of warmly championed candida
cy of other distinguished fellow-citizens.
Their merits, abilities and patriotism,
their capabi.itics for the exalted office,
for which they were pressed by their
friends, I warmly nnite in endorsing, aud
I accept the preference which you to-day
ve made in no. vain conceit that it ia
any sense a tribute to superior excel
lence. [Applause.] I accept, gentle
men, the standard which you to-day have
placed in my hands and I trust that it
will bo so borne dariog the canvass as to
lead to victory, and, if victory is achieved
that in its results neither yon nor your
too partial constituency shall have any
reason to lie ashamed of yonr standard
bearer. [Cheers.] But I know you too
well not to be folly aware of the fact that
von will expect of me, if elected, the ex
hibition of my appreciation in the acts of
Two.Egff Stories.
A friend sends ua the following story,
which, though ia old, good, will hcar rep-
Ouo or out "coast packets (w'hich,
tailed oo her downward
will not say,) was haile
trip to this city, by an old lady, standing
near a convenient landing, who gave the
usual signal to round, to take on a passen
ger. The boat was accordingly headed
to shore, the engine stopped, the plank
ruu out, aud the ancient maiden, with
many signs oftrepidation, tottered aboard.
Her first query was, ‘You haint none on
ye seen anything o’ the cap’n round here
have ye?’ Tho ‘cap’n was pointed out
to her. She hobbled towards hi in, gave
bim a reverential look over the rims of
her silver-bowed spectacles and tho follow
ing dialogue ensued:
‘Be you the cap’n of this boat?*
‘Yes madam.’
‘Be you gwing down to Orleans?’
‘That is our present intention, madam.’
‘Well, cap’n (producing a small bundle
from trader her shawl,) here’s eleven
eggs, and I want you to trade them of for
me in Orleans and get me one spool of
thread, one skein of silk, and the rest in
bee’s, wax. And cap’n, would ye be
kind enough to wait a little minute K You
see the old hen is -on her nest now, and
l want orfully to get another egg to make
up tho dozen.
This is, hardly bettor than the follow
ing, which we declare npon an affidavit to
be strictly and literally true:
An old fellow way up in ‘Yarmount*
had long been importuned by his wife to
buy a pound of white loaf sugar just for
company. He had uniformly refused, on
the ground that it was sheer extravagance,
and he eould not tolerate it. At length
however, he so far relented as to consent
to the measure, provided his ‘better half
would scratch round and find a dozen
eggs—ho having previously ascertained
the precise rates of value between the
two commodities. Out went the good
wife, and soon returned with eleven eggs
and the intelligence that the old hen was
‘on.* The farmer was impatient Dob.
bin stood harnessed at the door and he
wautod to be off. So going to the barn,
he took a bushel basket, clapped it over the
hen, took up the nest, hen, and basket,
and started for town. It is unnecessary
to state that the last egg was laid on the
way.
Congress.
Washington, August 1.—The Senate
agreed to the report of tbe conference
committee on the military academy ap
propriation bill. It now goes to the Pres
ident for his signature.
The House bill to ooin silver dollars
and make them a legal tender to any
amount came up in order. There is eve
ry diapetition to take it over the morn
ing hoar when it must give way.
Committees are doing nothing. Moet
of the members are in tbe Senate cham
ber waiting for the verdict.
The Senate, at 12 o’clock to day, pro
ceeded to vote npon the articles of im
peachment against W. W. Belknap, late
Secretary of War, in accordance with tbe
order adopted yesterday. Mr. Belknap
was not present to day, bat was repre
sented by Mr. Carpenter, of the counsel.
Upon the first article of impeachment
was gone.
Composition on the Cow.—What a
fountain of blessing is the cow. She is
the mother of beef, the source of butter,
the original cause of cheese, to say noth
ing of Bhoes, horns, hair, combs and up
per leather. A gentle, amiable, yielding
creature, who has no joy in her family
We rob her of milk, and we only care for
her that robbery may be perpetuated.
any
administration, rather than
words that I might speak to-day. [Ap^-
planse.]
We are entering npon a campaign i
thirty-five Senators vote guilty and twen
ty-five not gnilty—for want of jurisdic
tion. Those who voted gnilty were Bay
ard, Booth, Cameron, of Pennsylvania;
Cockrell, Cooper, Davis, Dawes, Dennis,
Edmunds, Gordon, Hamilton, Harvey,
Hitchcock, Kelly, Kernan, Key McCree-
ry, McDonald. Merrimon, Mitchell, Mor
rill, Norwood, Oglesby, Randolph, Ran
som, Robertson, Sargeant, Saulsbnry,
Sherman, Stevenson, Thurman, Wad-
leigh, Wallace, White and Withers.
Those voting not gnilty are Messrs.
Allison, Anthony, Bontwell, Brace, Cam
eron of Wiseon, Christiancy, Conkling,
Conover, Crogin, Dorsey, Eaton, Feny,
Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls,
Jones of Nevada, Logan, McMillan Pad-
dock, Patterson, Spencer, West, Win-
dom and Wright.
Mr. Jones, of Florida, declined to vote
The Presiding Officer announced that
two-thirds of the Senate have not voted
gcilty, and therefore the respondent \
bent retires, but they will have an in
fluence npon the result which nhall be
had next November and which will de
termine whether tbe men who are now in
power aod have oppressed ns, and who
by their corruptions have dealt unjustly
with all classes and sections and thus dis
graced the government, shall remain in
power, or in their places shall be called
the representatives of reform and the
grand patriotism of tho age—men who
will stand forth before the country and
the world as exponents of those great
principles which once were the admira
tion of tho people of this country and de
votion to the rights of the people under
the constitution, I say, then, your da
ties are of a responsible character. I
know that you have come up here with
an earnest desire to faithfully discharge
those duties. Let there bo harmony,
and let be no bad feeling linger in any
breast when the deliberations of the con
vention are closed. Whoever is selected,
’■ pport bl
which there are involved interests of stu
pendous magnitude. Upon onr side we
are contending for peace, fraternity,
economy, honesty in office, and freedom
from the clap trap of bought political
power, the elevation of the government
from menial hands to those in whioh
there will be found an illustration of the
parity and high character of the men
who founded our institutions, andimpos
ed npon ns in the responsibility of their
perpetuity. We are confronted by a
great party, which practically, if not
avowedly, says it is for sectional hate and
agitation; that it will deny to one third
of the people of these States the bless
ings ot a Union based npon free thought
and political equality; who think the
offices of this government are party chat
tels to be filled with office-holders who,
bnt for their positions, would be depend
ent npon the charities of the world. [Ap-
Since the war we have sought peace,
and throngh all onr trials and Protean
hues and shapes of reconstruction, we
have meant peace, and ;he recorded facts
of onr history prove it. On the hustings,
in the pulpit, in the columns of tbe press,
and from the bench, lessons of charity,
good .will and harmony to all classes of
onr fellow-citizens bare been tanght and
inculcated with asinoere purpose. ]Loud
cheers.] But I shall not detain you to
day, gentlemen, with an elaborate speech
npon the great National is.uts. We have
illustrated in the administration of the
State of Georgia, since it was committed
to the democratic party, that no one of
the rights or privileges of any good citi
zen of the country has been denitsd him
who had a right to claim them. [Cheers.]
In illustrating this I might reier to the
presentable and admirable administra
tion. [Applause.] And in the line to
which I have mode reference, it will be
the duty of that officer who shall be call
ed to preside as his successor, to coatin'
uo. [Cheers.]
Gentlemen, without going any further,
aDd without any premeditation, allow
me to 6ay that, while I receive your
standard with great diffidence, distrust
ful of my own powers, yet strong in my
intentions, I believe that with your ear
nest co-operation, wo will vitalize the
Democratic party and give a government
to the country which will encourage *
gcilty, and therefore the respondent i
acquitted on the charge in the first
tide.
Nearly all those voting not gnilty made
brief statements that they did so through
want of jurisdiction. His acquittal on all
charges is certain.
The Senate then proceeded to vote up
on the second article, when thirty-six
Senators voted gnilty ; twenty-five* not
gnilty. Mr. Maxey, who did not answer
on the first roll cal], voted gnilty upon
the second article. Those Senators who
voted not guilty, repeated their reasons
for doing so, being for want of jurisdic
tion, as stated in tbe first roll call.
let him rooeive the cordial
Devastation by Grasshoppers.
8t. Paul, Minn., July 28.—Clouds of
grasshoppers infest the northwestern,
western and southwestern borders of this
State. The damage done by the pests is
incalculable. Hundreds of industrious,
hardworking settlers have lost their all
by this scourge, and have nothing left to
live npon. Reports to the Pioneer Press
indicate that a great part of the region
west and including Jackson county to
Eastern Dakota and south throngh West
ern Iowa is covered with devouring hosts,
dustry, unite a divided people and be
toksn of peace, harmony and happiness
nnder the providence of God. at tho
coming of which we might bow down ’
humble thanksgivings. [Applanse.]
•ff.irs which Ho™ nnt. I,.-. every man in this convention and of thoso thank jon again, gentlemen, for your
“presented by them, and let him to great kindness. [Prolonged appiaaae 1
* borne into the gubernatorial office amid | The Convention then adjourned until
the plaudits of the people of Georgia who' 4 o’clock,
and the entire crops of this region s
being swept away, and many of the dis-
conra9ed settlers are temporarily leaving
their homes in that region.
The late Saltan of Turkey bad twenty-
one palaces in which 409 - porters and
watchmen wero employed, at an annnal
cost of $21,000, Tbe Saltan’s cuisine
year, and $80,000
worth of sngar was used annually, while
10,000 sheep and goats were consumed.
In the kitchen 359 servants were employ
ed, and in the whole establishment a to
tal of 6,505 servants and parasites were
fed. In tbe imperial treasure ohamber
were many costly jewels from which
necklace? and bracelets were made for
the favorites of Abdnl Aziz.
The New York Nation (Independent)
In his senses
flatly declares:
can read the evidence ti
gressional Investigating
doubt that a secret
between the Secretai
APo'
ter in Reading,
pounds—the t.,, ...
Their name ia Powers.