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BAINBRIQGE, GEORGIA, MAY 11, 1876
Number 31
\ little more than a month from the
(|Die nf meeting of the Republican Na
tional Convention finds the most prom-
j n ent candidates of the party before
that convention under investigation by
| :i ,rnmittee of Congress. On Tuesday,
if not to-morrow, the resolution of Mr.
lartoxjo investigate the Union Pacific
I scandal, with which Mr.'Blaine’s name
■ fas been connected, will be adopt-. d.
■ The charges against Mr. Morton that
I be used Government money to run the
Republican State Government of Indi
ana are to be looked into by Mr. Glo-
rer'scommittee this week. Secretary
Jjristow has been for several days de
ciding himself before the Committee
>n Expenditures in the Treasury De
partment in the Mary Merritt moiety
sandal. Even Mr. Conkling feels hitn-
»lf aggrieved at some testimony before
the House Committee on Foreign Af
ters in the matter of the Emma .Mine
swindle, and has ask 'd to be heard.
iLvernor Hayes, of Ohio, has not been
deemed prominent enough as yet as a
candidate to excite the ire and rivalry
cl'the leading Republicans who are en-
iraged in the Kilkenny controversy of
tilling each other off in the Cincinnati!
rice. In the language of The Work! :
■ The Democrats are maintaining a per
fectly benevolent neutrality” over the
interesting developments.
The backings and fillings—so to
speak—of Jiui Blaine, of Maine, in his
efforts to blunder out of the troub'es
into which some of his indiscreet party
colleagues have plunged him, do not
swiii to be altogether satisfactory to his
feDow-members. In spite of his elabo
rate explanations, in which—to quote
the florid, but somewhat obscure rheto
ric of the Washington agent of the As
sociated Dress—he "demolished the un
substantial fabric,” unanimous consent
to yesterday asked and received to al
low the Judiciary Committee of the
House to investigate the little sixty-
Car thousand dollars transaction which
Hr. Harrison, of Indianapolis, was so
ratter to see explained in 1872, hut
which Mr. Rollins said would kill -
Maine as a Congressional aspirant. It.
remains to he seen how effectually the
investigation about to be made will
i|iiench his Presidential prospects.—
Sai- NrlCii.
File Weekly Democrat.
BEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
Bejx E. Russell, - - it. M. Johnston,
EDITORS.
Bain-bridge, Ga.. May 11, 1876.
Gkxkhai. John 1>. Gordon—A
lawyer in ante helium times—a soldier,
I like the chevalier BayaH.-iuas pear nt
urns rrproche, when he went to-the red
carnival of slaughter—has shown him-
I self a statesman in the councils of the
Republic in pout helium days. Young
I and inexperienced as lie was in politics,
on the floor of the United States Sen-
I lie, he has approved himself worthy to
wear the Toga of the full-grown man.
life is among the foremost in the front
lank of that body, and wields an influ-
Itnce, potent for good, second in iuiport-
[ ancc to none of his compeers. If we
| may slightly paraphrase what Addison
| aid of Cato: “he is a Senator worthy
of Rome while Rome survives.”d—At
lanta Times.
Of the decision not to send the capE
tal statuary to the centennial the New
lork World says: “This is fortunate for
Hie centennial. The sight of Washiug-
ton trying to cover himself in a marble
blanket is not calculated to foster due
teverenee for the father of his country;
and Governor Winthrop, with his big
fuff, looks more like John the Baptist
balancing his own head in a platter
than a landing pilgrim. As for the
fierce figure of Ethan Allen, with its
tremendous sword, no one ever saw it
without wishing that it might become
animated for five minutes, so as to give
an opportunity to smash Yinnie Ream’s
Lincoln and then get hanged for con
spiracy.”
About twenty thousand persons in
hiladelphia have petitioned the cen
tennial
commissioners not to allow any
Il [Uor to be sold on the centennial
pounds, and not to open the gates on
Sunday. As this arrangement is not
a together satisfactory to a large num-
er of non-temperance and non-Sabba-
terian people, two sub-committees have
eon intrusted with the solution of the
difficulty •
ffie
■LLe Belknap impeachment trial and
^vestigation of frauds at the Na-
I ' ! ™al Capital seem to drag heavily.
,, e Lieniocrats had better hurry up, or
” country will soon become impatient
some new sensation.
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
What shall we do ? Our winter clothes
are too hot, last year’s Summer suits
worn out, and the banks all stopped pay
ments.
The Press Convention met yesterday.
We failed to borrow an umbrella, and
lienee couldn’t attend.
The Fort Valley Mirror says “Gen. Tom
Thumb’s right name is C. A. Stratton.”
Wonder what his left name is ?
We see some gentle inquiries made for
Kav ton.
Christopher came near being elected
President of the Press Association. The
only reason why lie was not, was because
lie was not nominated and didn’t get any
votes.
The Dawson Journal lias been purchas
ed by Dr. J D. Iloyl, who will hereafter
run it. Dr. Iloyl is one of tlic most vigor
ous writers on the Georgia press, and with
al a very pleasant and accomplished gen
tleman. He has many warm frieiuls in this
section who will watch liis progress with
interest.
The Centennial opened yesterday. We
didn’t care much about the Centennial,
but, gracious, how we would like to have
heard Grant’s speech.
Memorial Day in Cutlibert was a fail
ure. Ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
Amos Love is loafing around Cairo. His
movements—for a man of his age—are re
garded as perfectly suspicious.
It is reported that Col. Styles will edit
the Atlanta Common irerdth.
It is now definitely settled that Triplett
will not lie a candidate for Governor. •
Tom Thumb is going the rounds
through the State. He ought to have
pranced over this way.
Moody, the celebrated revivalist, is
preaching in Augusta.
Quitman will have a Sunday School
celebration.
The base ball fever has broke out iu
Quitman. It is a very malignant form.
The Hawkinsville Dsputi-li understands
that a Dooly county bailiff levied on two
pom s of bread and a peek of meal. All
tiiis in the fare of the fact that Kimball is
building a cotton factory and Blodgett
1 uiguishcs on straw lmif.
Quitnmu is going to indulge in theatri -
cals.
Ground has been broken for a new and
greater cotton mill at Columbus. Good.
Tax Receivers are hereafter required to
enter the, first name in full of all tax
payers on their digests. Initials will not
answer.
Newspapers are beginning to brag about
pretty girls'in their towns.
The Macon Telegraph think’s Colonel
Hardeman’s chances for the Governorship
are brightening daily.
The new cemetery at. Thomasville has
been considerably improved of late.
The pic nic season is opening quite
lively in Southwest Georgia.
Mr. U. L. Weston is local editor of the
Dawson Journal.
Cutlibert prances to the front with a
story about a rattlesnake 64 feet long.
The Albany Guards had a pic nic on
the Gulf Road last week.
The Albany News very pertinently re
marks: “The Second District has no
delegate for the State at large, from her
own bounds, this time; but she will have
the hardest row to weed in the approach
ing campaign.”
The Thomasville Sunday Schools had
a celebration last week.
Tucker, of the Cutlibert Messenger,
drank two cocktails and said: “Some of
the Press are grumbling at others for
using their ideas. What are scissors and
exchanges made for if a fellow can’t use
them ? Our opinion and observation is
that those who growl most have the
fewest original ideas.”
Cutlibert wiped out Fort Gaines in a
game of base ball last week. Score—24
to 18.
John Templeton is billed for Tliomas-
ville. We suppose John will call on us.
Thomasville wants a Democratic club
organised.
Cow thieves are worrying Randolph
county. Vigilance and shot.
Not a death in Cutlibert in two months.
Good showing.
The Thomasville Times learns that there
will be a large attendance from North
Georgia at tiie Floral Fair, on the 20th.
The Thomasville Times says if you want
to hear a graphic description of that ex
cursion to Apalachicola, just get Major
Stegall to tell you about it.
We are in receipt of the first number
of the Waycross Headlight. It is edited
by Dr. Folks, and published by Dr. Lott.
Tiie privileges of the May Fair at
Thomasville are advertised for sale.
Georgia now claims, says the New
York Herald, to hold the political place in
the South once occupied by Virginia.
In an article on the efforts to negotiate
some plan of fraternity between the two
"reat Methodist churches of the country,
the Boston Ad render pays the venerable
Dr. Lovic Pierce a high compliment.
Thomasville Enterprise: “From Maj.
Stegall, one of the excursionists who re
turned home on Sunday evening, we learn
that the excursion was a most enjoyable
affair. The party numbered sixty-seven
and the Major says “words are inade
quate” to express his feelings. That it
was the best time any body ever did have.
We learn that all were loud in theirpraise
of the officers of the boat and
tiie managers, who did everything to
render the trip pleasant and enjoyable and
our only regret is that business engage
ments prevented our making the party 68.
The Savannah News is informed that
quite a heavy hail-storm occurred on
Tuesday night at No. 5, on the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad. Large quantities of
hail fell, and it is feared that considerable
damage was done to crops in that section,
particularly to wheat and oats.
Quitman Rejmrter: Only three persons
went from Quitman on the excursion from
Bainbridge to Apalachicola, Fla., last
week. They came hack highly pleased
with their trip, and say they never en
joyed an occasion of the kind more in
their lives. The excursion party was
made up of ladies and gentlemen who
knew liow to enjoy themselves, and they
had a regular three days frolic.
Thomasville Times-. It is rumored that
the rads will import Josh Hill to run for
Congress in this district. Don’, believe lt
There are too many hungry for the posi
tion. We have one or two iu our optic
just now.
Quitman Reporter-. We have heard it
intimated that a movement is on foot to
classify society: here by the formation of a
ring to be known as the “Upper Tens”
and drawing a line of distinction between
themselves and the “second class.” None
except those who live in white houses
and wear box-toed shoes and kid" gloves
to church every Sunday will be included
among the “Upper Tens.”
St. Louis Times: There are already
tweniy-six candidates announced for gov
ernor of Georgia, while scarcely any of
the back counties have been heard from.
It is a noticeable fact that all of them have
military titles, which is a new proof of
the fearful mortality among the privates
in the late war.
The Thomasville Enterprise learns from
a passenger on tiie regular mail train, on
Saturday evening last, that as the train
was very near tiie Aucilla trestle, on that
evening, three shots were fired into it by
parties unknown, one of the balls shat
tering a window m tiie next seat to which
our informant was sitting. It will be re
membered that this trestle was discovered
on fire some ten days since, and the origin
of the fire was at the time supposed to be
accidental.
After the first of May, it will be unlaw
ful for any registered and licensed drug
gist or pharmaceutist to sell any kinds of
poison under penalty of one thousand dol
lars for its violation, without, before de
livering the same, causing an entry to be
made in a book kept for that purpose,
stating tiie date of the delivery, the name
and address person receiving the same,
tiie name and quality of the poison, the
purpose for which it is represented by
such person to be required, and t he name
of the dispenser. Such book shall be
always open for inspection by the proper
authorities, and be preserved for reference
for at least five years.
Dawson Journal: Oats in this section
are looking well—much larger area sown
this year than any previous since the war.
Wheat is also fine—not enougli planted.
Corn never looked better at this season of
the year than it does now—many farmers
regret not having planted more. Cotton,
the King of all crops is yet to be heard
from. There is a difference cf opinion as
to the fruit crop—some say that it was in
jured by the late cold snap, while others
believe a full crop will be made. The
gardens around the city ere flourishing.
Atlanta Constitution: The tallest lady
in the State attended the Baptist Conven
tion, Miss. Laura Spence, of Camilla.
She is 0 feet 24 inches high, well formed,
graceful, intelligent and handsome. Tiie
boys all look up to her, and many are
anxious to class her among the ex-Speu-
ces.
Fort Valley Mirror: A fellow stepped
up to us on the street the other day, and
said lie wanted to take the Mirror six
months, if we would wait until the time
expired for our money. Just a few
minutes before, we saw him buy a bottle
of “old tangle-leg” for which he paid out
the cash without a murmur. There are
hundreds of just such cases all over our
countrv. Some farmers will come to town
and spend enough nioneyifor whiskey iu
one day to pay cash for their home paper
for two years "in advance. Keep the poi
son out of your stomachs, and spend your
money for something that will fill your
empty heads.
Dawson Journal: The average Georgia
Editor is going about with a little tin box
under his arm, a la Blodgett, and tapping
it menacingly in the faces of “men in
high position and candidates for office,”
threatening, “at the proper time,” to let
out something black in their past history.
Can’t some one hire them to don't. We
[Special Correspondence Democrat.]
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., April 28, 1876.
Editors Democrat:—In my last letter I
promised to advise you of Judge Peeples’
decision in the Foster Blodgett case. The
decision was lengthy, carefully prepared
and quite able. The Judge held the par
don to be inoperative, in as much as it
was issued before either a confession of
guilt or a conviction. Under this ruling
Blodgett was held to answer the indict
ments against him. He is out now, how
ever, on five thousand dollar bond, and
left this city a few days since for his home
in Tennessee. Tiie general impression
seem to be that the State will fail to get
a verdict on the several indictments
against him, owing to the absence of its
witnesses.
Tiie annual convention of the Young
Men’s Christian Association met in this
place last Friday, continued in session
until Sunday night. Our citizens opened
their houses and hearts and gave the dele
gates a warm welcome. Reports from the
various associations throughout the State
prove that the members have been watch
ful and active during tiie past year, and
have been instrumental in accomplishing
much good. In nothing is the progressive,
civilizing spirit of the age so strongly
marked as in the efforts that are now be
ing made for the spiritual enlightment of
mankind, and, next to the clergy, these
young men, with little or no help from
the rich or powerful, are doing more in
this direction than all other classes com
bined. These young men deserve encour
agement and assistance in their laudable
efforts, and all persons should contribute
something in influence or money to help
along this onward movement of theirs,
which is infusing so much of moral senti
ment and true manly feeling among the
rising manhood of the State.
The people of Atlanta turned out en
masse to honor with due observances Me
morial day. The day was auspicious, clear
and cloudless, the air bailin', and as sweet
as the memory of those whom we delight
to honor. The procession, composed of
four military companies, the ladies of the
Memorial Association in carriages, State
Officials, members of the bar, and hun
dreds of citizens, formed in front of the
capitol building precisely at four o'clock
and moved with slow and measured tread
to Oakland Cemetery, where hundreds of
the brave boys in grey sleep the sleep that
knows no waking.
Upon reaching the cemetery the milita
ry formed iu a circle around tiie towering
granite monument, which rises in majes
ty from amid the graves of tlie honored
dead as an outward, visible sign of that
inward hidden feeling of gratitilde and af
fection which tiie true Southern heart
harbors for those who fought and fell lor
tiie lost cause.
The exercises were opened with prayer
by the Rev. Dr. Spaulding, after which
the orator of the day, Judge J. F. Pou,
of Columbus, was introduced, and pro
nounced a glowing eulogy upon our fallen
braves. The tone of his oration was firm
and dignified, conceding nothing, and at
tributing our failure not to the weakness
and injustice of our cause, but to bad
statesmanship, and tiie “most reckless
method of modern warfare.”
Judge Pou is evidently a man of in
tense Southern feeling, and although ho
seemed desirous of appearing in harmony
with the fraternizing spirit and tendency
of the day, still there were occasional
sparks which plainly showed that the old
fire was only smothered, not extinguished.
At the conclusion of the oration, -Mr.
Sam. W. Small, of the Atlanta Constitu
tion was introduced, and read a beautiful
poem in memory of the dead, as a tribute
“from one (himself) who had no flowers to
bring.” The ladies of the Association
then gave each of the soldiers present a
wreath of evergreen, and as many of flic
citizens as could possibly get them, hnd
then began the work of decoration, and a
more touching and solemn sight did tiie
setting sun never look down upon than it
beheld on that beautiful eve in Oakland
Cemetery. Innocent childhood, beauti
ful women, and the manly forms of stal
wart men all aided in adorning tiie graves
of these martyred sons with rernal trib
utes to the memory and affection. Ah!
ye departed braves the flowers that gild
and perfume your tomb to day will with
er beneath the summer suns and be scat
tered by the rude autumnal blasts, the
marble colum which throws its shadow
across your graves as it rises heavenwards
in faithful attestation of your valour and
virtue may bo overthrown by the convul
sions of nature, and crumble and decay,
but your fame is secure; linked with the
imperishable deeds of your heroism and
valour it shall survive the change of sea
sons, the wreck of nature, and live forev
er.
I know not better how to close this im
perfect sketch than by inserting the fol-
Tlie sacred flame of liberty is nourished
not extinguished, by the blood of free
men, and after ages will revere the men
who gave their lines to these opinion, and
sleep on their plains and mountains in
unknown but glorious graves, the unpaid
soldiery of immortal principles.”
“They never fail who die
In a great cause, tiie block may soak their
gore -.
Their heads may sodden in the sun; their
limbs
Be strung to city gates and castle walls—
But still their spirits walk abroad, Though
years _
Elapse, and others share as dark a doom.
They but augment the deep and sweeping
thoughts
Which overpower all others, and conduct
Tiie world at last to freedom.”
. G. F. W.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON-
have not been in the business long, and j ] ow j n „ words-from the eloquent euiogy of
Gen. Wm. Preston on the life and charac
ter of John C. Breckenridge. Speaking
of the late war he says: “W as all in vein?
History must herself answer. In my be
lief the ideas of Democratic freedom for
which he (Breckenridge (sacrificed his
brilliant position are not dead, but will
survive* They are eternal in.their nature
and hostility to centralized power and im
perial splendors.
our box has, as yet not much in it. If any |
one of the candidates for Governor will
send us a quarter of a dollar, of the new |
silver money, we will promise not to j
reveal all that we don’t know of his past
record. Come gentlemen, if you know
any reason why either of these men
should not be Gov. of the State of Geor
gia, reveal it now, or forever hereafter
hold your peace. We are now about to
take position, and don’t like to have tog*
back on a man when we have once taken
him up.
LETTER FROM PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia Pa., May 9th 1876.
The past week has made a wonderful
change in the appearance of the Centennial
grounds. Buildings that a week ago were
rough, unpainted and unfinished are today
in perfect order. I believe that all the main
buildings are now completed except Memo
rial Hall, and that is nearly ready. There
is some painting and ornamentation yet to
be done, but not enough remains unfinished
to prevent a most successful opening on the
10th instant. In consequence of the non ar
rival. as requested of articles for exhibition,
numbers of those will not be in position.
Three hundred and fifty car loads of goods
per day are now coming in. The result bj-
ing that, it is impossible to handle them.
The rule at the mill will be observed, and
those who sent in their exhibits first will
have the pleasure of seeing them already
and in place for the opening, while those
who delayed will have to “wait a time with
patience” until their goods can be arranged.
The Director General says lie will not have
“the first shall be last” rule, anil those who
failed to respond to the urgent appeals to
fin-ward their goo Is in time will have tobear
the consequences.
The grounds are being put in splendid or
der. The walks will lie laid in asplialtum
and the earth sodded wherever it is not cov
ered with buildings. (Juite a number of
the old trees have been preserved notwith
standing tiie house building, and a great
many more are being set out to hike the
places of those accidentally or necessarily
destroyed during the building. Seats will
be distributed all over the grounds and a
great number in the park outside. Tiie
Commissioners decided not to open cither
the grounds or the buildings on Sunday. I
think this was a great mistake, not only in
a financial way, but for other reasons. This
expositiuq^was for the whole of the United
States. Out of tiie 44.000.000 inhabitants,
there are but 5,000,00!) church sittings, and
there arc several millions of Christians who
regard Sunday, not only as a day of rest,
but ns a day of recreation—a day to be de
voted to innocent amusement, and who do
not endorse the puritan idea that it is a
crime for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.
Besides there arc millions who cannot view
the wonders of (lie expositon on any day
but Sunday. I was present at the debate
on tiie subject, and when one of the mem
bers argued that mechanics and artisans in
large factories could not go on any other
day, another member arose and said that “lie
employed several hundred and they would
be permitted to go any day they desired,”
but be did not say that their wages would
go on. which is a very important question,
and one I wanted to hear asked. Then, if
tiie place had been opened on Sunday, me
chanics iu Boston, Providence, Lowell, Fall
River, New York, Newark, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Richmond, Pittsburgh, Cincinatti,
and all the places between these points and
Philadelphia, could have left their work on
Saturday evening, have sport Sunday in
looking nt the wonders collected in the exhi
bition buildings and have resumed work, in
the farthest place, by noon of Monday. Thou
sands of these will be deprived of the privi
lege of seeing the exposition because of this
decision and of the roads to make the prop
er reduction on railroad fare. It was ex
pected that the roads everywhere would re
duce the fares one-lialf—that is, that for a
round trip ticket to visit the Centennial, on
ly one fare would be charged, instead of do
ing this they have only taken off one quar
ter of the j’.re. I will make a slight com
parison to show that the roads could have
done this and still have made money. The
price for a passenger from St. Louis to New
York, is $27.00 and for a barrel of flour it
is one dollar. There is no reason why there
should be such a difference. The roadk wi’l
lose money by their unexpected parsimony,
for thousands will be prevented from attend
ing by the cost of travel. As to living, a
visitor can get it in Philadelphia at any
price lie or she desires. There will be thou
sands of private houses where board can be
obtained at reasonable rates, though I think
the hotels intend to make a harvest, by
skinning every man w-ho comes within their
clutches. They raised the price of board to
day, and I noticed by the items on my bill
at the Continental that the “extras”
amounted to nearly as much as the 4.50 per
diem, and there was no wine in the bill.
You ought to come after the first of June,
to see the full glory of the exposition.
Mack.
- Washington, D. C., May 2d, 1876.
The Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial appropriation bill passed the House,
in about the form it came from the com
mittee. It affects a saving of six millions
of dollars oil last year's appropriations for
these purposes. It is certain lhat the Re
publican Senate will amend it and raise
tiie amount to about that given wlien the
Radicals were in possession of both wings
of the capitol building. This is what
they have done with all the other bills
making appropriations. In doing so they
have assumed powers given expressly by
the constitution to the House, as the di
rect representatives of the people and the
general opinion is, that the House should
stand firm upon its prerogatives and re
fuse to accept the amendments. It is
more than probable that this will he done
and that the session will be prolonged far
into the summer. If any of the appropria
tion bills are not passed and signed by the
first day of July, all business, iu the de
partments for which appropriations are
not made, must stop, for it would be an
impeachable offence for the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay out any money out
appropriated. Should auy of the func
tions of the government he thus paralyz
ed, the Republican Senate will he respon
sible to the people and they will be made
to feel their responsibility.
THE KILBOU15NE CASE.
The Kilbourne case has been concluded
and Judge Carter, by releasing Kilbourne,
gives us the strange anamoly of the crea
ture assuming to he greater than the Crea
tor, and if his construction of the law is
accepted as tinu', neither House of Con
gress can hereafter make an investigation,
unless the witnesses choose to answer.
This law, which gives the witness the
power to determine what questions lie
shall answer, could only have been found
by one of the ring judges of this ring-rid
den District. It is said that the House
will adopt some step to vindicate its au
thority and tiie Judiciary Committee is
now considering the proper course to pur
sue.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
The impeachment trial proceeds slowly,
as Belknap’s lawyers are delaying every
step by legal quibbles. Tiie question of
jurisdiction will lie settled first, and it is
important to know whether an officer
guilty of malfeasance in office can secure
immunity from punishment by resigning.
This is what Belknap claims and there
are differences of opinion among the best
lawyers as to whether his claims are cor
rect, or not. If they' are the law should
be amended.
INVESTIGATIONS.
Tiie administration has put another
block in the way of arriving at the truth,
by refusing to allow original papers ou
file in any of the departments, to he taken
before the committees The excust made
is that the papers might be lost, but tiie
real intent is to delay and prevent inves
tigations, which might damage the repub
lican party.
WHO SHALL BE THE NOMINEE
is now the question most frequently heard.
The action of the New York State Con
vention certainly strengthened Tilden.
The vote of the umpire State solid for one
man is a poweful influence. Republican
papers and some Democratic ones opposed
to Tilden, say that the New York dele
gates will not stand by Tilden hut a few
ballots when they will present a new
name. Hendricks seems to he the favor
ite of the west, but he can obtain no votes
east of this, because he is not what the
eastern men call “sound on the finance
question.” They insist upon a man in
favor of immediate resumption and that
none other can carry New York, New
Jersey and Connetieut. This feeling may
bring David Davis to.tlie front for though
a western man, the eastern delegates say
he can he trusted on this point. Thurman
is sound on the specie question hut it is
doubtful whether he can command the
vote of liis own State in the Convention,
and this would put liim out of the ring.
Bayard is the second, if not really the
first favorite of the specie men, hut the
insignificance of the vote of his State tells
fearfully against him.
Among the Republicans, Conkling is
the favorite of the administration circles,
and for that reason is gaining stregth.
Bristow and Blaine are the leaders with
those opposed to Grantism and while
Blaine has probably more delegates now
for him, I think Bristow will be the strong
er man in the Convention. Bully.
The Athens Watchman says of the com
ing Senatorial election: “Our present
object is merely to remark that if Senator
Norwood declines a re-election or it shall
he thought advisable by the party to put
some one else in his place, that Ben Hill
stands a full head and shoulders higher
than any other man named as his succes
sor. The “ring” may succeed in displac
ing Norwood, but the people will not
permit it to put an inferior man in his
place.”
Thomasville Times: It i3 too early to
commence the discussion of the selection
of tiie various candidates for county offi-
cers, the Legislature, &e., but the atten
tion of tiie public may he directed to the
subject, so that by a full and flee inter
change of opinions, they may be prepar
ed to harmonize perfectly when the time
does come to make these nominations.
We must have no divisions. We can not
afford it. Let there lie a full and fair
.... , , . n . , i .1 . , | convention held at the proper time, and
who discharged him from custody Jast * slx hundred or eight hundred children j then e t ift see to it, that the nominees are
The late Countess Danner, widow of
Frederick VII., of Denmark, left her
property valued at nearly ?4,000.000,
for the maintenance of an institution for
orphan and deserted girls of Denmark.
m , . , . Tiie castle of Jagerspris, in North Zea-
The sacred rights of Kilbourne have ... , r e
b j land, will be the central building of
been acknowledged by Judge Chart,-r, f j, e £ ns t.itutioo, and accommodations for
[Reported for the Enterprise.]
THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVEN
TION.
This Convention is composed of delegatos
from such Baptist Churches and Associa
tions as contribute to its objects. It aims to
promote tlie cause of Missions and Educa
tion. As all Baptist churches are indepen
dent, the convention, like the associations,
has nothing to do with the internal affairs
even of the churches that choose to be rep
resented in it. A church can be a regular
Baptist church and never have any connec
tion with associations or conventions. As
missions among the destitute in Georgia are
for the most part conducted by the associa
tions and missions in the far West through
the Domestic Mission Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention, and as the Georgia Mis
sion Board conduct the missions among the
heathen, the State Convention has hitherto
directed its efforts mainly to aiding those
Boards and promoting the interests of edu
cation. As an educational society it con
trols Mercer University and a high school
at I’enlield and Dalton.
PASTOR’S CONFERENCE.
On Wednesday quite a number of minis
ters met to exchange views and a third mutu
al encouragement. Their meeting was hold
in tiie Ciceronian Hall. Rev. J. H. Kilpat
rick read by appointment a paper on White
Plains church. Though composed of hard
working and mostly poor me'n, the contri
butions'of this church to missions and he
nevolent purposes has averaged nearly six
dollars to the member for the past year; in
addition to paying their pastor eight hun
dred dollars and other necessary expenses.
The discussions and reports were kept up in
the afternoon and at night. One specially
interesting feature of the night meeting was
the relatioji of religious experience by the
youngest and tiie oldest pastor present, Rev.
Mr. Vaughn and Rev. Dr. Skinner.
THE CONVENTION
met on Thursday, 20tli. in the Chapel of the
Young Female College. Rev. I. E. Butler,
of Madison, was re-elected Moderator.
Among the most interesting items of busi
ness was the report of the committee to lo
cate a Female Seminary. It was decided
not to inaugurate any new enterprise of the
kind, but to sustain those institutes now iu
operation under the auspices of the various
associations.
Another important measure was the ap
pointment of a State Board of Missions to
act in concert with the Domestic Board at
Marion, Ala., iu mission work within the
Stati* This new arrangement will relieve
the State Sunday School Evangelist, Rev. T,
C. Boykin, drom the embarrassment of col
lecting liis own salary. The report of tile
committee ou Mercer University was con
sidered Friday night and was followed by
speeches from Judge Vason, Rev. Messrs.
Harley, Wm. II. Davis anil others. Ou Sat
urday night was held a Missionary Mass
.Meeting, in which Dr. McIntosh, the Secre
tary of the Domestic Board, delivereu a most
able address, and some three hundred dol
lars was raised. Oil Saturday the pulpits of
the various churches were filled by some of
the most prominent preachers. The sermon
of Dr. Battle, President of Mercer Universi
ty, in the Presbyterian church, is said to
have made a most profound and pleasing
impression. Dr. Tucker, Chancellor of the
State University, preached in the Baptist
church one of the finest discourses to which
we hove ever listened. Dr. Mell, Vice
Chancellor of the University, preached on
Saturday before * the convention. These
three sermons have proved most conclusive
ly that our educators can preach the gospel
in simplicity, earnestness and power.
On Sunday afternoon a Sunday school
mass meeting was addressed by W. O. Tug
gle, Esq., of LaGrange, and Mr. Maguire, of
Atlanta. Ou Sunday night Rev. Mr. Hart
well, one of tiie China Missionaries, lectur
ed in the Baptist church, giving most valua
ble information and showing rapid progress
of mission work among the wonderful peo
ple of that vast empire.
On Monday business was resumed and
dispatched japidly—the convention adjourn
ed at oqc o’clock p. in. The next session
will he held in Gainesville. The citizens of
Thomasville extended a hospitality to the
convention which will never be forgotten.
On Monday night Dr. Tucker, at the re
quest of llie Citizens and the Literary Socie
ty of Thomasville, delivered his inimitable
lecture on “Word Power.” Dr. Tuok8r is
one of the few men who can write sermons
and addresses that never grow stale by repe
tition.
The Hon. Montgomery Blair has been
writing another letter iu favor of Gov.
Tilden as the democratic presidential
nominee. It is addressed to a citizen of
Macon, Ga., and is published in the Tele
graph and Messenger of that place. It is
devoted chiefly to showing the reason
why the Soutli ought to support Gov. Til
den, aDd is mainly as follows:
“New York has become the pivotal
point in the contest, and we need a can
didate who is sound on the Union ques
tion, sound on the finance question, and
sound on the reform question to carry
that State. If I consulted my affections,
there are several persons I would prefer
to Tilden. The support of Tilden by tho
South will do more to invigorate it than
movement I can think of. The suspicion
of repudiation which attaches to demo
crats who support inflation has a most
pernicious effect on the material interests,
of the South. It is all important to those
interests that the Soutli take a stand toi
show that it means not only no more se
cession, hut that it fully identifies itself
with the government and means to pro
tect its honor. Such a manifestation
would make capital flow into the Soath
at a rate never before known.
Friday.
j will be provided.
elected.