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Jgj CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA.
f s »se vrlio have read the proceedings of
. Kepublican Convention recently held in
jjti cannot fail to be impressed with the
- »fthat the Republican party will make
operate effort to cany the elections in
,;ji» next October and November. There
lB sny who think that there is no Repub-
upariy in Georgia. This is a great mis-
There are to-day nearly one hundred
Land Republican voters in the State.
Lforce properly organized and thor-
Lblp disciplined will carry the next elec-
Unless the Democrats stand firmly to-
Urand meet organization with organi-
i and discipline with discipline. The
| : ..!e heretofore with the .Republicans in
yia lias been a want of leaders. The
st of their weakness has been the divi-
;-and dissensions in their own ianks
that they are strong whenever they
At to manifest strength’no one can deny.
ririS they cast 83,000 voUs in the Govet-
■ election. In 1870 they cast 69,000
a. In 1872 they cast 62,000 votes for
int. This year they propose to make a
E ;?rate fight and the Democracy n.ay as
1 prepare to meet the issue. The dan-
rta the Democracy comes from two qui.r
* In the first place, the Republicans
pi a disposition to present a firm and
lied front to H eir cnc.ny. Their party
"i.not lack bold and . killful leaders, and
|j i; rival factions will ctase their quarrels
c isink their animosities until after the
p-liun. The pla form wkiih they have
ilipled places them in rompUte accord
r ,ih their allies at the No; t! . It declares
Ira common school system ‘free from sec-
siuiiontiolit onco-ses to the fullest
rent the bloody fhirt , ro;ramn e of Mor
al i Co. ; it dec'ares for h rd moneyas
ipinst greenbacks ; and for centralism as
pinsl Slate lli.li's. In the second place,
tov arc streiigtluned by the sire g h of
Heir adversaries. The apparent piradox is
mly explained. Ti e D mocrats e.-l them-
tiTf) sr strung, nave UT.’irrjrrm xrx ij- •
iiiie elections held since 1868, that they
ra-CstimatP their own power rn.l under-
Lim.de the power of tlx ir < ppji.ent .
Lhii ami Lions to > bin n offue re unwilling j
. I
nail niitil tl e party de nands t eir servi-.j
I'nahle to control lire i e ul ir orga li-
H£si"ii of the ] arty, tli ?y do not care to obey |
y cannot coo in nd. ' hey wish to
|hrtganl party lines, to treat pa t, no;n.na
ns with contempt, n l to g “before the
■people” upon “tlieir own merits.” Inde.
ndent candidates in the f cl 1 will give the
gjadicals an opportunity of regaining their
>t paver. Unless the so-ca led iudepen-
li;st movement be ni] p d in the bud, the
hlicals will held tlie balance of power In
texrly every county of the State and elect
oni they please to office. Ihe success of
it Democrats can only he assured by a rig-
|jadherence to party lines and an implicit
lienee to party discipline. The duty of
ry good Democrat in the coming cara-
gn is plain and simple. Ind,pendents
Bit Je considered, as Radicals and treated as
Radicals. If necessary, the harsh, hut
'tolesomc, policy which prevailed in 18C8,
1S69 and 1870 must be employed again. In-
iependant candidates must be crushed like
young vipers whenever nnl wherever they
Mic their appeal ance. Let the best men
of every ciunly attend the primary meetings
lI >'l take an active interest in placing the
tonirol of the party machinery in good
hands. Let them see to it that only good
oen and true Democrats are nominated fer
office, and then when nominations are made
a lei the nominees be sustained by the solid
strength of the party, The man who bolts
I the nomination of the party must not be al-
oweil to remain among us. He is no longer
of us, and must be spurned into the camp
of those whose flag he is secretly support
's. He must not be allowed to .ive with
the sheep and work with the goats.—Au-
I pitta Chronicle,
E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
Bsn L. Russell, - - R. M. Johnston,
EDITORS.
Bainbridge, G a., May 18, 1876.
Personal.—The Brooklyn Argus uses this
iisinuating sort of language to Hyena
Aaine, of Maine : ‘‘Brother Blaine, you
*ont to Congress a poor man, and now you
are a rich one. How did you make your
money ? Perhaps that’s mi impertinent
question, but it might be worth more to you
Dow than many thousand Arkansas railroad
bonds if you could answer it satisfactorily.
of us believe, brother Blaine, that you
^eie provided for by the ravens.
The Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin tells us that
& citizen of that place has a pair of panta.
•cons which were worn by one of his ances-
‘ ors a hundred years ago. If, unhappily,
should fail to find those venerable panta-
* J °Qs at the Centennial Exposition, we shall
feel that we have made the trip there in
Va; 2 .
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
Correspondents sending us items of
news need not commence “I take my pen
in hand.” We ctire very little whether
they write with their hand or their toes,
just so the news is fresh and interesting.
Write on one side of the paper only, and,
above all things else, be sure to cross your
i’s and dot your t’s.
We intend runni ng a “lightning sched
ule” during the approaching campaign.
The main plank in our platform shall be
—but then it’s no use to particularize.
We’re just going to make things scatter,
and no mistake.
The Georgia press should beware of
some of R. Head Harris’ parboiled say
ings iu regard to Georgia politics. That
young man was born so long after the
time and influence of George Washington
that his statements wou’t do to swear to
every time.
Small men like Col. Thompson, Hemp
hill, Gregg Wright, Clisby and others,
had nothing to say at the Press Conven
tion. The larger lights, like Mutnford,
Martin, Kayton, and so on, did the talk
ing for the concern.
And now it is said the Lumpkin Inde
pendent has a coal black negro in its office,
learning the trade. A little sage tea, if
you please ! We’re sick.
Order of business at the Press Conven
tion: A drink; a speech; n. drink; motion
by Kayton; drink; speech; drink; motion
by Mum ford; drink; adjournment.
_ In Columbus the other day a six-year
old girl was overheard telling her play
mate that she had attended a church
sociable the evening before, and that a
little boy kissed her while they were en
gaged in a play but she said, “That’s no
harm, ’cause it was our preacher’s boy,
you know.”
As soon as Mr. Bower was elected a
delegate from this District, the editor of
iu order to say that he (the editor) used to
go in bathing with Mr. B in Flint river.
An editor who can t afford a diamond
p ii. should go to shucking peauuts for a
livelihood.—Fort VTley Mirror. We sup
pose Christopher is shucking.
Albany makes a call for her base bftll-
i ;ts. Hold on, we’ll loan you a few.
The deputy sheriff of Dougherty coun
ty flung some bullets after a fleeing fugi-
t.ve the other day.
The Albany News says Col. Carey IV.
Styles has bought the Atlanta Common
wealth.
Kavton and Mumford made all the
“motions” before the Press Convention.
Hon. Tom Hardeman was in attendance
at the Press Convention.
Thomasville is pining for a calico ball.
When corn is laid by she shall be accom
modated.
The Augusta Chronicle says the entries
for the Senatorial race to date are: Thos-
M. Norwood, present incumbeut; and
Ben j. H v Hill, representative from the
Ninth District. This is the first time we
hive heard of Mr. Hill’s candidacy.
And now it is reported that Morton has
thirteen of the Georgia delegates. Don’t
believe a word of it.
The Thomasville Guards are to have a
military hop on the evening of the 25th
inst.
The Thomasville merchants have agreed
to close their stores at 7 o’clock in the
evening until September first.
A young lady told the local editor of
the Dawson Journal that he looked like a
crab apple blossom. He took it as a com
pliment.
The Fort Valley Mirror remarks, and
with a great deal of truth, that the only
way in which iome of the country papers
get their names mentioned in the dailies,is
to write puffs of said dailies.
The parties who would like to be She
riff of Mitchell county are numerous.
Thomas county had a perfect colony of
pic nics last week.
Thirteen white men and nine negroes
represent Georgia at the National Repub
lican convention.
We heard that the Quitman Reporter
had been sold by Mr. Hall, but the last
number said nothing about it.
The Savannah News again says there is
no small pox in that city, the statement
of inferior papers to the contrary notwith
standing.
The Georgia Press Association is
grumbling about imposters.
May hawe parties and excursions are
prevalent in Camilla.
Dawson jail cleaned out, and the Jour
nal is bragging about it.
The Dawson Journal remarks that at
present, the making of a sober man laugh
seems to us like disturbing the gr ive.
A press dispatch from Augusta says
that the Georgia delegation lean toward
Bayard. Well, he is good material to
make a President out of.
Mitchell county farmers are selling
bacon in Camilla. Good showing.
The ladies of Newton, Baker epunty,
| had a big pic nic last week. *
Blakely News: The Bainbridge Demo
crat reports R. H. Whitely as having
advised the negroes, at a recent Radical
meeting in Bainbridge, to have as little to
do with politics as possible, and to turn
tbeir attention to the making of bread
a*td meat. This is good advice, and we
hope they will act upon it. They know
nothing of politics, and hence should keep
out of them. There is just as much sense
in putting a cornfield negro in an apothe
cary shop to dispense medicine to the
people,-as to allow him to have a con
trolling influence iu the affairs of govern
ment.
The Thomasville Enterprise say3 that
Capt. E. T. Davis showed us the other
day the wool from a pair of pure Soutn-
dowu sheep. The clip from the two
weighed 10 pounds. We would like to
see our people, who are engaged in rais
ing sheep, introduce some improved
breeds among them. The value of their
wool would be greately increased.
The lighfning killed one mule, crippled
another and knocked a negro senseless,
near Hoggard’s mill iu Mitchell county
last week. So a fisherman told the C
milla Enterprise.
But little sugar cane has been planted
in Mitchell. Rice is engaging the atten
tion of farmers of that county. The good
house-wives are bringing in eggs and but
ter, and paying for their shoes, calico,
etc. The above facts we learn from the
Camilla Enterprise.
Bristow Williams, a colored man by
reputation, went to the penitentiary for
ten years for stealing a horse in Brooks
county.
Camilla Enterprise: Mr. Brown, editor
of the Enterprise, had the sad misfortune
to lose his only child, a boy, on' Tuesday
morning last. All parents will sympa
thize with him in this sad bereavement.
May the Father of all mercies bind up
the bleeding hearts of both he and tie
stricken young mother !
Should the Thomasville Times appear
unusually attractive this week, the expla
nation may be had in the fact that tl e
editor has been in attendance on the Pass
Convention in Savannah.
Mr. John A._Po well of Cairo, accor. -
panied by his brother, Hugh Powell, one
of the most popular conductors on the
A. & G. R- ft left for Warm Bar:
Arkansas, this week.- ?
Griffin News: Its so, but we can’t help
it. Edwin Booth took fifty thousand
dollars out of Georgia for :t very , oor
show which lie run a few w:eks in this
State, while all the Methodist preachers
in Georgia only got forty-five thousand
dollars for the whole of the r last yea.’i
work. The Methodist Advocate complains
of this state of affairs, but all the advice
we can give the preachers is. if they want
to make money they better quit preaching
and go into the show business.
Quitman has a big Sunday School pie
nic to-day.
The News claims Albany o be the
healthiest city in Southwest Georgia.
Albany News: The press of the State
is much concerned over the prospect for
independent candidates this fall. Watch
things closely, and let’s hoot all “inde
pendent” men out of the country and tiut
of the State. Georgia cannot and will
not be retarded in her course by such
fools; she will onward and upward go.
Augusta Chronicle: A Washington cor
respondent of the Savannah News says it
is all a mistake, “Hon.” Morgan Rawls
has not been asked to step down and out
of his high positiou in the “Document
Room.” The “Hon.” Morgan will con
tinue to paste wrappers and lick envelopes
as usual, for of such is the kingdom of
ex-Congressmen.
While iD session at Savannah, theGeor
gia Press Association received the follow
ing telegram from the South Carolina
Press Association; “The South Carolina
State Press Association, now in session,
send greeting to their brethren in the
Empire State, and pray that the labors of
the Southern Press may result in the
speedy establishment of constitutional
rule iu every part of that beloved South,
to whose service the professional lives of
the Southern Press are devoted.
James A. Hoyt, President.
Columbus Timor. C ol. Taliaferro sent
notes amounting to $2,500 to a lawyer, T.
H. Maloney, Esq., Greenville, Tenn., for
collection, and instructed him to sue.
The lawyer, believing he could get the
money without suit, took the responsibili
ty of letting return day pass without
commencing action. He failed to get the
money on the promise, and assumed the
debt himself, and remitted the amount of
claim. The Colonel thinks that extraor
dinary, and says it ought to be noticed in
the papers. He says it is not the rule or
practice with lawyers generally with
whom he has done business—and he likes
the new way.
A correspondent from Early county ex
presses the belief that if the people can
hold out daring the month, that the
blackberry crop will carry them through.
He estimates the crop at $45,000, and says
that if they can live until 1st of June,that
it will take a cannon ball to kill them.
Albany News: At the last term of
Dougherty Superior court, (some time
ago) the Grand Jury found a true bill
against Ike Jackson, a well known color
ed drayman of this city, for cruelty to
animals. This is the first case of the kind
ever brought before Dougherty Superior
Court.
Perry Journal: We have heard of „
family in Houston county who will not
sign a homestead waiver note to get
Western meat at twenty cents a pound.
Their hogs died of cholera, and now
being out of meat, they have discovered
a substitute for seasoning, vegetables.
Thpy gather about a quart of hickory
nuts, crack them, and boil in the pot.
The oil is very rich, and is said to impart
a fine flavor to the salads.
Thomasville Enterprise: The agility
with which the colored preachers of the
A. M. E. churclr, arfrsmg them Rev. C. L.
Bradwell, Turner an4«thers, in attend
ance upoqHjte jconference of that church
skip overTJwu£*Tie meetings of that bodv
where they'&rfe Supposed to preach the
gospel of “peace on earth, good will to
all men,” to the meetings of the Republi
can Convention where they thunder forth
volleys of hatred, discord, dissension and
bitter lies against the whites, would be
astonishing if it were not stale.
Letter from a merchant to the Quitman
Reporter: Will you allow me sufficient
space in your valuable paper to call the
attention of merchants on the line of the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad to the injus
tice done them by the Pay Master of the
road being furnished with free transpor
tation for a stock of merchandise, which
he sells to the road hands, instead of pay
ing them with the usual due MU which the
Directors had printed for that purpose.
I would suggest that a meeting of the
merchants be called at an early day to
take proper steps to have several acts of
injustice now imposed by the managers
ot the road abated.
Thomasville Enterprise: Judge H. W.
Hopkins, the superintendent of the Tour
nament for the Spring Fair, reports every
thing connected with this department’
moving along swimmingly. He has as
surance that this portion of the exhibition
will be a success. We would like very
much to see our Valdosta friends again in
the arena. Their success last fall should
certainly tempt them to make an effort to
earry off the honors. In addition to the
prizes already announced, there is offered
a special premium of a fine saddle, and
there will doubtless be several others.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C. t May 9,1876.
THE WAY THEY ALL GO.
Thomasville Enterprise.]
One C. L. Bradwell has been preaching
to the colored Methodists here for over a
year, and has behaved himself very well,
indeed. He has heretofore always claim-
d that he was a preacher and not a poli
tician. - For these reasons the white peo
ple have felt very kindly towards him
and have done many little things to aid
him. The city authorities have repeated
allowed him the use of the City Hall,
raise mon
citizens have contributed some mO'iiey to
help his flock buy him an eighty dollar
suit of clothes, and the other day a gen
tleman let him have some money to go,
as lie said, to his Conference. The wind
up is about as might have been ex
pected. The aforesaid C. L. Bradwell
turns up as one of the mist loudmouth
ed, bitter, and nncom piomising members
of the Atlanta Republican Convention
lie urged upon tli it body the necessity of
making a nomination for Governor and
declared that they could and would elect
their candidate. We think it high time
that our people cease to aid these so cal -
ed preachers of the colored persuasion,
when sent out by the Northern Methodist
church and controlled by old Gil Haven.
They do more harm to a community than
ten politicians who are not preachers—in
a canvass they are the most unscrupulous
and bitter of all their party, and the»
have the impudence to turn right round
and seek assistance from the white people
of the place. This Bradwell declared that
he intended to have nothing to do with
politics at all when he wanted help and
now he is most rampant and is going to
do wonders for the Radical party. Mark
him. We have no objection to his being
a political leader, but when he does, he
ought to quit preaching.—Thomasville En
terprise.
POLITICAL.
The National Executive Committee of
the Liberal Republican party, as anticipa
ted in this correspondence, has determin
ed to call a National Convention. Phila
delphia is the place, and July 26th the
time, selected for the purpose. There
the candidates of both the parties will be
in the field and the Liberals can Judge
between them. Whether they will nomi
nate candidates of their own, or be con
tent with endorsing those of one of the
other parties, will depend upon their esti
mate of the character and abilities of eith
er for the purposes of Reform. The Lib
erals believe that the country needs a new
party pledged to the Union, one term,
civil service reform, honest administra
tion, the equality of the States with righ.s
of local and self government, and nation
al good will, in which harmony may be
secured between the sections and late
enemies in war, by allowing men of all
parties to enter on the ground floor, with
out regard to antecedents, the party itself
having no antecedents, and therefore un
embarrassed by a record a party which
looks to the future for its usefulness, and
to the past only for instruction. This is
a high ideal which, it is probable, the log
ic of events will prevent from being real
ized this year. We are too close upon
the verge of actual conflict to form a new
army; and the Liberals will have to
join one or the other of those in the field.
It is said that of all those yet spoken of
for the Presidency by either party, these
Liberals and Reformers are best pleased
with Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for
President, and John M. Palmer, of Illi
nois, for Vice President.
MR. BLAINE AGAIN EXPLAINS.
Having settled the $64,000 Union Paci
fic bond purchase to his own satisfaction,
Mr Blaine has again found it necessary to
rise to a personal explanation. In the
schedule of Kansas Pacific bonds which
had been placed as Oakes Ames said,
“where they would do the most good,”
the name of “Blaine 15” appears. This
schedule was not intended for the public
eye, but saw the light of day through the
clairvoyance - of a newspaper correspon
j, dent in 18.3. The gentleman wiio first
— _fag|S(ko the world was Mr.
Centennial Vampires—A Warning to
the Innocent who will Visit Phil
adelphia.
Our friends from the interior, com
ing up next month to the Centennial,
must expect to find many salient points
iu the exposition of which no hint has
been given them in the programme, or
even in newspaper reports. -Where
the prey is* there will the vultures be
gathered together; and even at this ear
ly date, Philadelphia is the central
point toward which not only pick-pock
ets and ruffians of the baser sort are
bending their steps, but the higher
class of confidence men and women,
that happy-go-lucky, audacious, intelli
gent gang who hover on the confines of
society, like robber-crabs, living on their
wits and stupidity of other people.
The World’s Exhibition in other coun
tries have always attracted these pro
fessional free-booters, and they appear
to be especially sangu ne of success in
this coun’ry, where money is supposed
to he plenty and innocence unsuspicious.
Strange women in foreign attire already
puzzle the eyes of sober Quakers ; the
London detectives, who arrived last
week, declare that they meet as many
faces familiar to tbeir Rogues’ Gallery
in Chestnut street, as they would in the
Strand. The neighborhood of the Cen
tennial buildings is set with every in
ducement to vice ; private honses are
besieged by new varieties of shameless
beggars. As the crowd increased, the
temptation and chances of plunder will
attract more of these outlaws. We
warn.our country friends that they will
need to sharpen their wife for other
respondent of the Chicago Tribune. Mr.
Blaine’s explanation reflected upon the
veracity of the correspondent; and ex-
1 ongressruan Riddle, faiher-in law to the
later, addressed a letter to Mr. Blaine, in
which he said :
“You assaulted the reputation of James
Walcot Kuowlton, then two years and a
half in his grave. Had he survived till
to-day. you would have remaiued silent ;
and yi u • Joe Stewarts and MacFarlands
would have told no tales. It devolves on
me to vindicate, as I best may, his memo
ry from your assertions ; which I shall do
at an early day.”
The parties here referred to were both
involved in the Pacific Mail distribution;
MacFailaud having received $25,000,
which he said he delivered to Col. Forney.
Stewart is the “recusant witness” who re
fused to testify ; and it is due to a gentle
man of a similar name to say that it is Jo-
s:ph B. Stewart, not Joseph J. Stewart,,
of Baltimore, who is engaged here in law-
business, that is meant. Mr. Riddle,
doubtless, has the data upon which
Knowlton disclosed the facts in 1873 ;and
the conviction that I was a thief so strong
that it could not be modified by evidence
of mf innocence of the most conclusive
character.”
“You have been indicted, I believe, by
the grand Jury of the District ?’
“Ye3,1 believe so,” replied the Gener
al, laughing ; h—1! let them indict. I’ll
come out all right,, mark what I tell you.’ 1
Here the Senator! returned to the cham
ber, after a recess of twenty minutes,
and Belknap returned to his usual seat,
by the side of his eminent counsel.
JUDGE THURMAN AND THE PRESIDENCY.
A friend of mine had a conversation
with Senator Thurman, of Ohio, a day or
two ago, during which aliusiou was made
to the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. The Judge seemed averse to
talking much on this subject, but in an
swer to the expressed hope that he might
receive the nomination, he said, first tak
ing a huge pinch of snuff (he is an invet
erate snuffer whose nose is always hun
gry,) “Well, I want to see one of our best
men get it. Fifteen years of Republican
rule has well nigh ruined us as a nation ;
and, to-dav we stand much lower in the
estimation of other Governments than
ever before. As for myself, I don’t dis
guise the fact that I would consider my
nomination by the Democratic party as
an exalted honor—something to be very
proud of—and, if elected, I should use
my best endeavors to purify all branches
of the Government service. There are so
many other men, however, better entitled
to the nomination, my friend and col
league Bayard, Tilden, Hendricks, Han
cock, and others, that I really havn’t
much hope, and shan’tTie a bit disappoint
ed if I don’t get ths nomination. “And
did it ever strike you,” continued the
Judge, “that while the Republican candi
dates are using every effort to annihilate
one another, the Democratic, aspirants
preserve a dignified caimness, r;speering
each other’s laudable ambition, and re
fraining from all kinds of mud-throwing?”
And here the Judge might have added,
but his ever-present sense of courteous
decorum prevented him, that Blaine is
trying to kill off Conkling, and vice versa ;
that Bristow is trying his best to slaughter
Blaine; iu fact, that the Republican aspi-
rsnts, and their friends, are having a reg
ular Donnybrook fight, and are dragged
off the field, one aiter another, tlxeir repu-
bility of restoratoration to integrity.
WHAT THIS*SECTION NEEDS.
It needs more than all else immigration,
and especially that class of immigrants
that the North west, North and East cun
send. Men who are farmers and under
stand and appreciate the benefits to be
derived from diversified crops, and the.
use of new and improved machinery in
the cultivation of the soil. To secure this
we must advertise this section of the
country. Florida is improving rapidly
under the influence of even a small amount
of immigration, and her people are now
hopeful and buoyant, where i few years
ago they were bowed down with care ai.d
saw nothing but universal baukrupK j
and ruin awaiting them. This change has
been wrought by wringing the advantages
of Florida prominently before the people
of the North and West, and weeveu have
reaped some small benefit from their ef
forts. We find from a late number of the
Atlanta Constitution that an article on
Georgia has been prepared by G. W.
Adair for publication in a pamphlet to be
distributed iu the West. The copy of the
article, as published, disregards the claims
of this section altogether, and draws an
imaginary line from ColumbU3, on the
West, via Macon, Milledgeville and Spar
ta, to Augusta on the East, and thenoi
as he is a good lawyer as well as close around that portion of the State lying
writer, he not only knows what evidence | North of that line, and cajls it “the
The “Q D’s-”
Mr. Il^nry Grady, of Georgia, in a
recent letter to an Augusta paper, thu*
refers to the editorial fratrtnity:
The quili, which has been unjustly
called the pinion of one goose used to
spread the opinion of soother goose,
has more to do with making great men
than any one is willing to acknowledge
except the editors. There are few gen
tlemen that the newspapers didn't heip
to make—none that a prick or two of a
sharp pen can’t bring into collapse.
Your Congris man mnv. a about the
halls of the Capitol, bearing his pomp
and circumstance royalty, and men
kneel down before him as if ho hail
made himself great. And he takes it
all eoolly and as a matter of course.
But when he is off to himself, and hie
conscience gets a chance to put in *
word, his mind reverts to an humble
editor, with type stained fingers, going
through his treadmill duty, and watch*
his hero in a sort of adoration. He
remembers that this editor is the man
who made him great—who first awoke
his ambition—who fostered and led it
who built him up patiently, puff after
puff, asking nothing and receiving noth
in return, but the satisfaction of
seeing his man grow into conspicuous
stature. And then the Congressman
grows remorseful. Elis conscience aches
and gnaws, and he goes off and sends
the editor a Patent Office Report, and
fifty copies of his last speech,
Ii is a fine tribe of fellows, these
quill drivers! From the humble fellow
who falls into a mellow eostacy at the
reception of a large turnip or a fine
mess of greens, to the magnificent wri.
ter who will allow nothing less than a
load of wood to induce him to gush,
they all deserve better luck than they
get—and if once and a while they do
drop their “ethics,” let no man gainsay
them the surreptitious plum they may
l\ave picked up while their fingers were
disengaged.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman, a leading agricultural paper qf
the north, puts a world of truth in this
paragraph :
Let no northern man be deterred
fren going south .by. the partisan hue
and^crycfj^iithfni Mliiiii i< 1iilil‘~ffl
arnic fiiyftxw own slanders. Nothing
promises so much immediatejtid to the
depressed south os the influx^-of'north-
ern energy and northern capital. Thin
is perfectly understood and freely ac
knowledged. Every intelligent person
you meet, aud all the leading jouruals
in the South, are vieing with one an
other, each in his special way, to en
courage immigration. They do not
want northern politicians to come down
there and run their State and munici
pal governments, but they do want
working and business men from tho
north to settle among them. All such
are sure of a oordial welcome. I am
quite inclined to think that farmers may
do better to go south than to go west;
hence I send this brief statement,
fouuded on personal observation. No
one has employed the writer to say or
not to say anything whatever concern
ing the s.uuth or its people, and he has
not the slightest interest except that of
having the fact known.
After refering to the discovery of a
new vein of gold in Cobb county, and
to other discoveries of a similar nature
is, but how to put it together. So we
may expect an interesting essay on rail
road lobbying before long, in which the
ex-Speaker will figure, and perhaps his
brother, who is said to be the real party
in this case. Mistaken identity is the
plea here ; but we shall await more light
and another “personal explanation,” be
fore rendering a verdict.
BELKNAP INDIGNANT.
I had a brief chat with General Belknap,
the Great Impeached, on the 8th inst., in
the lobby of the Senate. He still bears
up remarkably well under the ordeal
through which he is passing, and contin
ues to assert his innocence of the crime
charged against him.
“And what do you think of your chan
ces, General ?” queried the writer
“O, I am confident the Senate will de
cide that it has no jurisdiction in the case.
How in h 1 can it do otherwise !” was
the reply.
“But suppose the Senate should decide
to try the case ; what then ?”
“If it does that even, I shall come out
a'l right Why d n it, they can find
no evidence to show that I knew the mon
ey received from Marsh was in considera
tion of privileges granted him by me,”
was the reply. “I am prepared to prove
that I honestly believed at the time that
the money was paid me for Mrs. Belknap
by Marsh is a trustee of certain property
bequetbed to my wife.”
“Some of the managers, notably Mr. „ „ . . ... . .
„ V s jL Camilla Enterprise: Ad editor is des-
Hoar, were rather severe on you, Gener- . cr pj e( j as a man who is liable to crying
al,” said the writer. ! babies, grammatical blunders, tooth-ache,
“Yes,” was the indignant reply. ‘‘ X ‘yP«g™Phi«6.err<>rs, and lapses of memo-
, ,,. . z rv. ;ind has 2.1,000 people watching to
did expect they would do their duty as ; him tripping—a man of sorrow and
prosecutors, and confine themselves to the acquainted with grief, poorly paid, poorly
gen spot of the earth.’-’ While we wo. Id m Georgia, the Baltimore Commercial
detract nothing from the claims of that
portion of Georgia and could expect noth
ing else of one who, like the average citi
zen of Upper or Middle Georgia, probably
imagines it. is certain death to cross his
imaginary line to the Southward, except
after frost has fallen and before summer
commences; yet we know that this section
of the State in all, except mineral resoure
es, is equal of any portion of this or any
other State, and, as a place of residence
for those who are suffering from the ex
treme cold of Norther winters, superior
;o any sectiou of the State. Now th n
our duty is to do whatever is in our pow
er to inform the people everywhere of the
true nature and condition of this section
To let the people know that we have cli
mate in which a person from even the
most northern extremity of the United
States can live the jrear rouud without
danger or discomfort to himself or fami
ly.—That we have a soil which, while not
as rich, perhaps, as some, yet yields a
bountiful harvest to the laborer and well
repays all his efforts. That corn, oats,
peas, potatoes, cottoi, sugar care and
many, it not all the grasses flourish, that
nearly, if not all, the more northern fruits
do well, and many of the semi-tropical
ones can be profitably growiTwith a little
care. That lands are abundant and can
be bought on the most favorable terms.
We should go to work earnestly to make
ourselves and our section, with all its ad
vantages of soil and climate, well and
widely known wherever parties looking
for new homes are to be found. We can
not expect this to be done for us by any
body else, and if we would have it done
at all let u3 seek the very best medium
for advertising the facts about our section
and then use it thoroughly and skillfully.
—ThomasiiUe Enterjjrise.
says.
The people need capital to dereli p
these profitable interests, and ready cap
ital, backed by enterprise and honett
management, would result in an in
crease in immigration, and pay tbe im-
igrants. The mining interests of thia
great country are not confined to tho
Pacific coast alone and should not be
monopolized by the bonanzaists of Cal
ifornia any more, than we should mo%
nopulize the food of the country. Ik
is really a wonder that capitalists who
are seeking paying investments daring
this period of depresssion, do not care
fully investigate these resources which
would in the end be a souroo of profit
to them. Every one knows that the
supply of gold on the Pacific coast is
gradually giving out; that new dififlOT-
eries will have to be mada to keep op
the supply, yet no one seems anxious
to develop the new discoveries already
made. The cry from Georgia ia con
stantly coming up for more capital,
yet it i; scarcely noticed, much less
heeded.
discussion of the question of jurisdiction;
but, instead of this, they have gone out of
the way to assail mo personally, G—-d
, ‘ XT — — . : S OL *** uurjou wxiii an uiese pi hr
purposes thantna- 01 sign.-teeing. - ■ • 4— a them. They have tried to intensify and disappointments, we want our edito-
tsumated, yet envied by many and des-
Dised, perhaps by some of the great men
be has made. Good gracious! if we’ve
got to be cu-sed with ail these plagues
y Tr'bur,*
public opinion against me, and 10 make rial reign to be short.
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Music hath charms. Titienf stag
for Mr. and Mrs. Grant at the White
House. Mrs. Fred Grant played the
piano. Olive Logan was there. She
gave a rosy description of the affair in
the newspapers. How heavenly Titian#
sung ; how grandly Fred’s wife played;
how charmingly Mrs. Grant talked, and
how majestic the President
And Olive had delicious words for Nel
lie and the baby, too, and Col. Trad; .
and. alto ether, she was io realmf ef
enchantment, possessed of f hli*k
no language could describe; ^9$ tow
‘Tu3eparable”(Wirt Sykes. C
band)is appointed by tbe
Consul to Florence. Music Hal
—and tcadyism, too.
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