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published Every Thursday y "HERE SHALL TIIE PRESS THE PEOPLES RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFI HENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN." Two Dollars Per Annum Volume 5* 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.