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Tiie Greorgia 'W'eeJklv
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MACON, DECEMBER 17 i87‘>
The Senatorial Election.
The position of United SUtes Senator is the
capital prize in State politics, and one which
few men will be indifferent to. The papers
have held np this, that and the other man as
candidate; but, in truth, every man in the State
should be considered a candidate. Few or none
would decline the offioe, and the range of seleo
►ion shonld not, in jnslice, be confined to the
. .aif a soore who may be active in forming ctm-
oinations to control the choice of the Legisla
ture. The State is entitled to the whole range
of her pnblio men and private men, too, out of
«hom to select, if possible, the beat one; and
because some are more forward in pressing
themselves upon pnblio attention, and others
are quiet and reserved, is really no reason at
ail why the General Assemb'y shonld feel its
choice restricted to the more prominent claim
ants.
One of our correspondents to-day is quite
right in saying that the Telegbaph does not
sake sides in the conflicting claims to mere per
tonal promotim That is true. Where no
great pnblio ends are involved, we think it is
fairer in the press to hold itself with impar
tiality. Its conductors need not obtrude their
personal preferences upon the pnblio. The
Xeleosaph will be satisfied with any man of
sound ability and discretion, and of elevated
personal and political principles.
We shall have nothing more to say in respect
to the election than to urge the General Assem
bly to bring it on as early as po sible in the sea
sion. Don't put it off a day longer than can be
helped The lapse of every day will increase
iisoord aud antagonism, and all the obstacles to
harmonious action. We want to see the Dem
ocratic members agree among themselves upon
a suitable candidate, and then give him a solid
support, without one dissenting vote. That will
strengthen him and strengthen themselves.
Division amoDg numerous candidates opens
wide the doors of discord, suspicion and mis
chief, and tempts the employment of sinister
and corrupt influences which are now so ram
pant in the United States os to make its politics
a by-word aud a hissing. It is true the time of
pure elections seems to have gone by, but let us
>U Gc orgia ding to them as loDg as poasible. It
is vastly to the interests of the State, people,
and all our pnblio men, too, to uphold the
standaid of old fashioned honesty and decorum
in our Georgia elections, whatever thucro.ked
and perverse generation may do elsewhere.
And this can beet and most easily be done, by
poshing the Senatorial election right through,
befoie the wires of intrigue and cormption can
be laid. If the Legislature fails ’to heed this
counsel, we will read their futnre for them.
The entente cordiale will be destroyed in a long
and bea'ed personal canvass, and with that tbe
aest chancea for a harmonious, pleasant and
profitable session will be gone. Members will,
i.ke erough, get by the ears on all the impor
tant measures of tbe session, and adjourn un
der the sense of defeat and disgrace. Act
{romptly, therefore, upon this and all other
Legislative election*. Take hold of all impor
tant measures at once, and leave to the heel of
ihesession the business of changing county lines,
mc, eto
Agricultural and Heehanical Associ
ation of <>eorgii*.
The second annual exhibition of this Associ
at ion commences at the grounds, two miles
from Savannah, on Monday, the 30th inst., and
continues during the week.
After the collapse of the first concern, the
property was sold vtry low, and Is now in other
and abler hands. Though Savannah is more
wtrierfy a commercial than agricultural centre,
jet her accessibility, by land Aud water, to the
interior, and to Florida, tho land of frnita aid
flowers, if proper inducements are he'd out,
ought to secure for her a highly creditable in
dustrial exposition.
We doubt not such will be the case, aud feel
re tain matters will be managed much more sat
isfactorily to all concerned, than at the first fair.
Tbe editors of this paper acknowledge the re
ception of a complimentary oard of invitation
to be present at the Fair of the “Associa
tion, *’ and will endeavor to be represented
there.
Tbe “ Corner” In Coal OH—A Huge
monopoly Threatened.
More than a month since because petroleum
oil was getting too cheap, a combination was
entered into by which a suspension in the
working of the wells was sgreed upon, to tbe
no small injury and distress of the numerous
employes in that business. The time specified
(thirty days) having elapsed, and no material
advanoe in prices being apparent, owing to
large previous stocks in store, the greasy lords
are about to inaugurate more stringent meas
ures.
It is now gravely proposed to obtain a char-
ter for a monster institution to be called the
Petroleum Producers’ Agency, with a large capi
tal, which is intended “to plant itself on
basis of absolute authority over the entire
petroleum interests.” Producers will be re
quired to sell the crude oil at a given uniform
prioe to the “ Agency” less the commission ex
acted by it. Tbe ‘‘Agency” are to store all the
oil whioh is drawn from the earth, legulale the
sale at a fixed rate of five dollars per barrel; de
cide how much shall be pumped and when the
production shall be restrained, provide against
additional drilling and boring, and exercise, in
deed,a supreme royalty in tho premises. Besides
sll this, this hydra-headed power will arrogate to
itself the exclusive right of doing all the refin
ing.
These measures it is believed will choke off
all small producers and refiners, aud give to the
“Agency,” unlimited control both of tbe sup.
ply and prioe of the article. It is equal to tbe
establishment of another E <st India Company,
on a small scale in the heart of a free common
wealth, with arbitrary and almost absolute
powers.
Well m ly the lesser producers tremble and dis
sent from the schi me, and merchants and bank-
ere, ether than thpse who are “carrying heavy
loads of nnnegotiable oil paper,” condemn, the
whole proceeding as an invasion of the rights of
the citizen, and opposed to every well grounded
principle of commerce. But the truth is, Penn
sylvania has so long enjoyed the advantages of
a high protective tariff for her iron interests,
and this evil precedent is so firmly engrafted
npon the minds of her millionaire capitalists,
that they care very little whether the applica
tion of a similar principle in other matters be
legitimate or not.
Npw, what possible pretext can there be had
for the anomalous measures above detailed?
Foreign competition furnishes no reason; for a
practical monopoly of tbe oil business is already
hers. Indeed, the snff.-rers will be the weak
and helpless of her own people, while those
already rich and powerful will bo the only par
ties benefited. Besides, has the consumer no
rights that he shonld be thns forced to pay an
abnormal and extraordinary price for an article
of prime necessity and general ntility ?
When will individuals and communities learn
that all interference with trade and commercial
matters, either by the constituted authorities,
or licensed monopolies, can only work mischief
and ruin to the people at large. There is no
soience that makes so little real progress as po
litical economy, and yet none is more realty es
sential to the prosperity and welfare of man
kind.
Slandebous.—A Mobile paper says, that
luring the prevalence of the horse disease tbe
doctors made ihrir rounds on foot, and could
sot eee bnt half of their patients. A* a conse
quence, the mortality fell c-lf one half in the
weekly leport of deaths. Now, tbi3 is either a
huge canard, or a very suggestive faot slowing
the vain* of the exhortation, “throw physio to
the dogs,” eto.
But we don't believe it, and wager that the
burly wight who penned this statement has
seither stomach, nerves, nor brain. Such men
haven't sense enough to be sick, and generally
get kicked to death or are killed in some brawl.
The knights of Escalspius are very useful
n;h their scalpels and pill-boxes, especially
ices their bteid pills, or drugs, as tbe case
may be, are taken with tho proper modicum of
faith.
Tr ie, some hardened unbelievers send for
the dootor, throw away his physic and—get
well. But we are forced to admit that these are
Exceptional instances. At all events, if die
we most, better shuffle off this mortal coil,
serur.dem artem, and depart well saturated with
healing stuff, and with the finger of the medi
cineman pressed upon our waning pnlse. In
that case, we shall be sure to know when we are
gone. ...
Pzbsonal.— It having been repeatedly stated
by newspapers printed in Macon that a large
part of the stock of tbe Telegraph and Mes-
sexqeb is owned by a Northern man or men,
identified with the Radical party, and that the
Telegraph building itself is so owned, either
m whole or in part, I think it proper to say that
there is not now and never has been tbe slight
est foundation in truth for these statements.
2J1 the stock in the Telegraph and Messengeb
newspaper establishment is owned by the three
gentlemen who publish it, and not a oent of it
ever has been owned by any non-resident of
this State or county. As to the building, that has
always belonged to tbe Senior, and no other
person ever owned a brick in it after it had left
tue kiln. We may be held excused for noticing
these baseless falsehoods, since they are only
two among many hundreds of the same charac
ter ; bat something is due to one’s own pecuni
ary responsibility. J. Gussy.
Georgia Home Journal.—A prospectus in
forms ur that a new weekly paper, under tbe
above title, will shortly be established at Madi
son and Greensboro, by H. O. Billings, as pub
lisher,. and Rev. J. Knowles, as general edi
tor. Mr. Knowles is widely known in Georgia
and other States, as a member of the editorial
fraternity, and we cordially welcome him back
to the ranks. The Home Journal disclaims all
partisan affinities aud will be devoted to the
geueral welfare. Prioe $2 per annum.
SiHDAKD has been appointed Governor of the
old poatoffioe at Chattanooga. This disappoints
os. His talents lie in the diplonftttic line, and
he ought to have taken the mission to Pata
gonia. Perhaps h9 c«uld have got Grant out
there to spend the summer at the Gape. If is
on airy ailuation and has no mosquitoes like
ShAteniager.
Patience—Fal[tenet*!
The attempt to run State Governments by ne
grots engineered by white thieves, backed by
the Federal Government, most end in total, dis
astrous and ignominious failure. The longer it
is persist* d in, the mure shameful will be the
discomfiture. It is lamentably true that tbe
misfortunes of the failure most fall on the white
property-holders of these States. They will all
be ruined—probably are already ruined, while
many of the negroes and trading Radicals will
enrich themselves out of tbe general wreck;
but that cannot be helped, as much as we might
desire to help it. Their case is beyond remedy.
They are the victims of tbe dominant popular
delusion of tbe day—as much so as were the
French landed gentry in the days of Lea Amia
du Noir. The best thiEg they can do for them
selves is to quit those States at almost any
present and apparent sacrifice. Wherever there
is a clear available governing majority of ne
groes, there nothing bnt disaster and ruin—
nothing bnt a grotesque, brutal and intolerable
tyranny and oppression can be hoped for. It
is impossible to maintain a tolerable govern
ment with such material, and tbe sooner tbe
whites accept the fact, the wiser and happier
will they be.
The pranks of the Administration and the Rad
ica’8 in Louisiana and Alabama might excite
our astonishment and indignation, if those feel
ings had not already been strained to the point
of etnpor by the Icag catalogue of similar
abuses. Reason and remonstrance are alike
futile. The govemmtn'a of all the so-called
reconstructed States are mere foot-balls to be
kicked about by Federal tyrants and their pie
bald and knavish following. All that remains
to us is timo aud patience. Time and patience
to see these schemes work ontiothe full fruition
of their surpassing folly aud licentiousness.
Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Florida already present a speotaole sufficiently
grotesque; but far worse is to oome. Radical
reconstruction, unless thwarted in its miserable
results by a dominant and irreoonciliable white
opposition, is certainly destined to make such a
display of the stupid and reckless bigotry of the
Radicals as to evoke from civilization itself a
blush and groan over their folly.
An Invitation to Break tbe Law.
The following appeal to the negroes to violate
the organic law of tbe oity, and insist npon vot
ing regardless of any provision of law to the
contrary, was posted and circulated yesterday
throughout the eity t
Special Notice !—Any and all persons who
have registered in compliance with the law are
fully authorized to vote at the munioipal elec
tion for Mayor and Aldermen to-day, without
let, hindrance, intimidation, threats, bribery,
obstruction or molestation whatever. Suoh per
sons as are prevented from or intimidated in
tbe exercise of the right of suffrage this day
from any cause whatever are requested to make
known the faot at once to tbe United States
Commissioner, who will immediately prosecute
all offenders, and, under new the regulation giv
ing the selection of allfnture Grand andFetit Ju
ries for the United States District Courts to the
United States Commissioners, who win see to it
that juries are composed of the right material.
Those persons whose rights are infringed will
have justioe done them.
Registration is all that is required to entitle
any citizen of Maoon to vote.
We do not know who prepared this precious
document, but we know it to be, and do de
nounce it as inflammatory and mischievous in
the extreme, and deserving tbe severest repro
bation. It deolares that only registration was
necessary to entitle a man to vote, when the
faot is that the charter under whioh the
election was held required tbe payment of
all taxes due the eity as a prerequisite to
voting. This Radical hand bill in effeot told
the negroes not to regard any such provisions
bnt to vote anyhow, aud if prevented to have
the managers of the eleotion arrested, and that
“ juries composed of the right material”—that
is, Radicals—would see that they were pun
ished. Here, it will be perceived, was an invi
tation to the negroee, under the leadership of
a few black and white incendiaries to override
the law on the one hand, and on the other an
effort to intimidate the managers of the eleo
tion from doing their duty with the threat of
arrebt aud trial befoie j dries seleoted expressly
to convict them.
A more infamous document never soiled clean
white paper, and whoever got it np deserves
tbe execrations of this community. We do not
hold those who allowed tbe use of their names
as candidates for Aldermen by the negroes and
Radioals of Maoon responsible for this incen
diary appeal, but we do say that it was inspired
by the master spirits of those who worked bo
hard for them at the polls yesterday, aud was
sought t> be used in the interests of the so-
called “People’s Ticket.” And tight there we
leave tho matter for the people of Macon—we
mean white people of course—to ponder upon.
Act—
London DlUlUO Water—The people of
London have ascertained, by aotual experiment,
that fish brought from fresh water can’t live in
the water whioh they drink in the great city.
Tbe Fall Mall Gazette very consolingly says that
the hnman frame is capable of withstanding
stronger doses of poison, snl only a certain
proportion of the population sicken from tbe
use of this water, while, exoept during bad
weather and in cholera seasons, probably only
a small per cent” But, after all, the real rea
son why the London water is so innoouons to
the people of that city iB, that they don’t drink
it in that shape. They gnzzle it in b9er after
it has been purified by fermentation—in tea and
ctffee after it has been boikd, and in biead
after it has been fermented and baked; bnt
they rarely drink water as a beverage. The
humidity cf the olimate probably doss away
with the neoesaity of drinking mnoh liquid of
any kind; bnt nothing in Amerioan habits
strikes an Englishman more strangely than the
way we drink water. Most of them go through
life withont a personal experiment npon the
flavor of old Adam’s ale.
The Domestic Relations of the Three
Great Editors.—The New York correspond
ent of tbe Augusta Constitutionalist calls at
tention to the faot that the editors of three
great dailies of that oity died as few men wish
to die. He rays:
Mr. Raymond, of the Times, was found soon
after midnight in the hall of his dwelling, pros
trated with apoplexy, and never spoke more;
bis wife and older children far from him, and
he buried by his business and politioal associ
ates. Mr. Bennett, a'thongh an old man, had
been entirely des<rted by every one of bis
kith and kin, and in his last moments was min*
istered to only by his faithful servants, in the
selection of whioh he was always fortunate.
Mr Greeley died as has been narrated. Be
sides, they were unfortunate in their marriage
relations. Mr. Greeley and his wifehad lived
apart for fifteen years; andfor years before the
death of their husbande. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs.
Byamond had lived in Europe. I believe how
ever, that no estrangement bad ever taken place
between Mr. and Mrs. Bennett; it was simply
iudifferenoe; their tastes and habits of thought
were in opposite directions, and they followed
them.
The Infiimons Enforcement
Wliat It Really Means.
The Herald, in the course of an article on
the Louisana troubles, thus forcibly sums up
the true intent and meaning of the infamons
Enforcement Act:
If Judge Durell did not strain tbe law and
exceed his powers in handing over the Execu
tive office of the S ate Legislature to the Kel
logg party then the Eufoicement Act really de
stroys Republican institutions, and surrenders
tbe Slate to tbe arbitrary will of the Federal
Government. The act m question gives large
powers to the United States Gonits. If any
colored citizens are denied the right of regis
tration or votiDg solely “on account of race,
color or previous condition of servitude,” and,
by reason of such denial, a candidate for any
office except for Presidential elector, member
Of Congress or of the State Legislature, Shull
be defeated, the United States tiirenit or Dis
trict Court, “concurrently with the State
Courts,” is given the power to count the votes
thus excluded, and if they are aufficient to elect
the minority candida'e, to award him the office.
Acting under this provision of the law Judge
Durell granted injunctions against the State
Board of Canvassers from discharging its
functions, placed a new Board in power and
thus declared Governor Kellogg and the Repub
lican State Legislature elected. Neither Judge
Dutre.l nor the Kellogg Board of Canvassers
has possession of a single eleotion return; no
co-operation has been had with any State Court;
no tv d doo has been taken or offered to sub
stantiate the affidavits of thousands of negroes
as to the rejection of their votes, and there is
not a particle of proof that any c tizens were
disfiauohistd on account of race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude. We repeat, if the
Enforcement Act has been properly interpreted
by Judge Darrell, tbe Southern States are at the
present moment stripped of all their constitu
tional rights and bolding their liberties only at
tbe mercy of Federal bayonets. At any time,
after any election, tbe popular verdict may be
set aside by any political aspirants who can
command the services of a Federal Judge and
Federal troops. The ballot is a mere farce—
the Constitution of the United States nothing
more than waste paper—while such an act stands
upon tho statute books.
The New Son lb Carolina Senator.
The Charleston News gives us this pen picture
of tho man who has recently bought his elec
tion as Senator from South Carolina from tho
field hands who compose a majority of the
Legislature of that Sta‘e:
The Purchased Senatobship.—The end of
the Senatorial eleotion day was worthy of the
beginning. Upon the first ballot in the Honse
of Represt ntatives, and the second ballot in the
Senate, a candidate was elected who is the
worst specimen that South Carolina baa known
of the brood of locusts who swarmed southward
at the close of tho war. This man, J. J. Pat
terson, contrived most of the dirty work which
has been done in Columbia during the past
three years. In every corrupt scheme he has
had a finger, if not both hat.d8. Tbe man has
brains, and his exploits here do credit to the
training of Simon Cameron and Tom Soott,
whose pupil he is, an! whose tool he is believed
to be. It was he who scouted the idea that
South Carolina was ruined, saying: “Give us
the State and we’ll rhow that it can stand a
heap more squeezing.” And, unlesB pnblio re-
p, r does him great wrong, it was he who bragged
that he oculd, and wou’d, buy the Senatorship.
Mr. Patterson represents Sontb Carolina less
than the black Congressman Elliott, and less
than the tergiversating Soott. He was the
worst candidate in the field, and he is elected
by his purse, to represent South 0 irolina in
the United States Sena'e for six years to oome.
Heaven help ns!
Plnchback.
The New Orleans quarrels (says the New York
Sun) have their ludiorous as well as their grave
aspects. The brazen negro Pinchback, now
Lientt nant Governor, and Grant candidate for
Congressman at large at the recent election, in
a speech from the chair of the Senate on Mon
day deolared that Gov. Warmoth and Mr.
Weed, editor of the New Orleans Times, visited
him the evening before and offered him a bribe
of $50,000 if be would aot in their interests. He
farther asserted that he slept upon tbe proposi
tion, and then informed Warmoth the next
morning that he had resolved to do his daty,
and therefore declined the $50 000.
The same afternoon the editor of the Times
indignantly deaied the statement of Pmchbaok,
and pronounced him a liar. Thereupon Pinch-
bdek addressed the Senate again, stating that
Mr. Weed was not present when the money was
offered, aud knew nothing about the mat
ter ; and closed by this exquisite bit of pomp
ous absurdity: “I owe this to Mr. Weed, as. a
gentleman whom I know, and to mg own dig
nity and feelings ” No white man could beat
that.
Singular—The World m akes this hit: “Bos
ton is the city that has ohiefly thriven by tbe
pretenoe that tbe prioe of things was lessened
by an addition to that price, provided yon
labelled the addition “protective duty.” Now
burnt-out Boston comes to Congress in forma
pauperis and demands a withdrawal of this
cheaper.er for the things she needs to rebuild
with. People who are in distress clearly ought
to get their necessaries in the cheapest way,
which in this oase, aooording to Bostonian po
litical economy, is plus duty. How singular,
that when the Honorable Sam Hooper desires
to sell fish-hooks he should clamor for a duty on
fish-hooks, and when he desires to buy lumber
he should olamor for lumber, duty off. That
is, it is singular unless the pretencea of tbe
honorable Sam are fraudulent.
Some of tbe Wisconsin farmers have to d>tve
their cattle five miles to water. -
The directors of the Georgia Railroad aud
Banking Company have deolared a dividend of
four per oent. on the capital stock of the com
pany, out of the earnings of the past six
months.
The shipments of ootton from Savannah to
foreign ports, on Wednesday, aggregated 10,383
bales valued at $772,906 05.
Miss Mary Franois Wills, daughter of Dr.
Wills, former paster of the Presbyterian church
of this eity v was married at Atlanta on Wednes
day night to Mr. William T. Hollingsworth, of
Conyers.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah
News writes that Mr. Stephens, during his re-
oent visit to that oity, expressed himself as op
posed to the Great Western and Atlantic canal,
on the ground that the general Government had
no authority under the Constitution to engage
in suoh works of internal improvement.
A party of Bartow oonnty hunters returned
to Oartersville last Saturday with eight deer,
the fruit of a six days hunt in Haralson oonnty.
The Columbus Sun says:
Circus vs. Circus—Suit fob Damages —
Some bill-boards belong to Mr. R. Bize, in Co
lumbus, were rented to Robinson’S agent, he
Btating his show would be here about * certain
time. That period passed and the boards were
rented to Barnum’s agent and he put up bills.
Subsequently Robinson's man appeared and
claimed tbe boards, but their use was refused.
Robinson now sues Mr. Bizs for $2,000 and
Barnum for $5,000 damages. Tbe latter's cir
cus was attaohed yesterday. Bond for $ 10,000,
with Messrs. Bize and Abe Gammel as securi
ties, were given. Both eireus men are deter
mined and have plenty of money, and so we
expect a splendid legal fight. Major Moses is
conn, el for Robin sod, and we understand Pea
body & Brannon have been employed by Mr.
Bize and Barnum. A counter suit is to be in
stituted by Barnum against Robinson.
We find these additional items in the same
paper:
Another Gin House Burned.—The gin house
of Mr. Woolfolk Walker was burned yesterday
motniug about daylight. With it was consumed
twelve bales of ootton whioh had been ginned
and packed the day before. The establishment
was on the Bend place. It was clearly tbe work
of an incendiary. The tracks of strange horses
were deteoted around tbe plaoe. The cotton
alone was worth over $1,000. No inBuranoe.
This is the forty-sixth gin house whioh haB
been reported burnt since August 3lat
Prices of Fabm Products —At the sale on
Mr. A O. Ftewellen’s plantation in Stewart
coanty, on Tuesday, by E'lis & Harrison, auo
tioneers, oorn brought $1 per bushel; fodder
$1 15 to $1 30 per hundred weight; ootton seed
19o. per burhei; cattle full prices; XI mules,
from 8 to 20 years old, averaged $149 50 per
head. O ber plantation goods, wagons and
utensils, brdnght full prices.
The Augusta jail has fewer tenants than at
any time within eleven years. There are only
three prisoners whose cases have not been dis
posed of.
J. F. Dever was suspended as colleotor of in
ternal revenue of the 4’hdistriot on Tuesday
Augustus Fleeh has been appointed to the of
fice during Dover’s euspension.
The “ epiz- o” has about disappeared frr m
Atlanta, and oxen are on the market at low
figures.
An Atlanta doctor kindled a very hot fire in
his rear on Wednesday, by sitting down upon a
b.- x of matobes while riding in a street car. It
is reported that he got out of his garments with
a celerity never before known in that eity.
From Ogeecbe’s last Atlanta letter to the Sa
vannah News we make these extraots:
The Albany Circuit.—On the 17th day of
October, 1870, the aot creating the Albany Cir
cuit was approved, aud on the 19ihthe name of
Peter J Stiozier was sent to the Senate for con
firmation It appears from the Journal of the
Senate that he was nominated by tbe Governor
and confirmed by the Senate as Judge of the
new Circuit for tbe term of four years. Ou the
following day, as the Book of Commissions
shows, he was commissioned for “ tbe term of
four years from the 19th day of October, 1870.”
He, too, resigned, it is inferred, to take the
benefit of tbe act increasing tbe salary of tbe
Judges, since we find from tbe Commission
Book tbat a second commission was issmd to
him, this time for a term of eight years! In
tbe second, and witbont other nomination or
confirmation, he was commissioned by the Gov
ernor lor the full term of eight years
Humors of the Executive Department —It
appdkrs tbat the hard-worked secretaries and
olerks of the Executive Department have their
fan as well as other people. It is said that very
amusing communications are sometimes ad
dreBsed to the office, and npon all imaginable
subjects. An enterprising mathematician so
licits the opinion of the Governor np n a new
theory he has invented for squaring the circle,
A poor woman writes two huudred miles to ask
aid to pay for her sewing machine. An Ordi
nary from Rabon oonnty returns certain com
missions for Notaries Public in his county, with
this expressive indt-raement entered upon eaoh
one of them: “ Refuses to lift his commission ’’
A literary African, with military proclivities,
desires arms for “ the Amerioan Nightingales,’
a volunteer company whioh he commands, and
by way of propitiating the favor of the Gover
nor, he addresses him as “Your High and
Mighty Highness,” and then prooeeds to relieve
himself after this fashion
“Pardon me, sir, if I rush my pleas too se
vere—but my anxiety being so Great, I cannot
Retain them longer.”
But the following appeal to the Governor,
which I am permitted to copy, is both rich and
pathi.tio:
‘ Dear Sib : I give in to the Tax Reoeivers of
my county a horse, oow, wagon, valued at $300.
Sinco then the home has died, the cow has gone
dry, and I have no money. The Tax Collector
says I mast pay all my taxes, or he will issue
execution. Therefore, humbly request your
Honor to please instruct the Tax Oulleotor to
relieve me of my tax.”
ThiB request, under the law, could not be
granted. At last accounts, however, the yonng
gentlemen in tbe office, with the Governor at
their head, were making up a puree to pay that
tax themselves.
There was a very funny sham duel up at
Atlanta a few days since, the parties thereto be
ing Messsrs. Tbynne and Van Valkenberg, both
employees of the Kimball House, aud of whioh
the H-.rald gives this account:
Arriving upon tbe ground about dusk, the toss
wsb made for position, and was determined in
favor of Thjnue. The distance agreed upon was
twenty paoea. The principals were placed in
position, with the seconds about half way be
tween them on either side. Tbe word was given,
''gentlemen, are you ready?” which was replied
to, ready. “Fire, one, two, three.” Between
one and three both parties fired. Tbynne fell.
His second ran to hiB side and said that he was
mortally wounded, and the contest was ended.
The seoond of Tbynnehadinhis possession a lot
of ohioken blood, which he took ont with him,
and while he was apparently examining the
wonnded man (?) he skillfully smeared tho
blood over Tbynne’s clothes. By the time
the other parties oame up to him the decep
tion was moit perfect, and Yan was fully im
pressed with the belief tbat ho had done the
work. The groans and ejaculations whioh oame
from Thynne carried ont most thoroughly the
impression created on Van’s mind that Thynne
was a dying man. Thynne was picked up and
placed in his carriage, and was taken off the
ground. Yan also got into his carriage, and
rode back to tbe oity. Arriving at the Kimball
Houbo, he immediately secrated himself in his
room to await further developments. He
appeared to be very uneasy. 8evcral times
during the evening after their return Van’s seo-
ond was Bent to the room in whioh Thynne was
in, to inquire as to htn condition. The last
time he came, he bore a request that he, Ydn,
might be permitted to see him. Thynne’s sec
ond informed him that he oould “not be allow
ed this privilege, that three doctors were in at
tendance doing' all they could. Tbat he could
not live.” This, of course, did not allay his un
easiness. Shortly after he received this mess
age, a note from tbe clerk’s offioe was sent him
saying: “The officers are hunting you. Mr.
Nicholls will have to allow the house to be
searched; lie low, get np on the lOuf of the
honse if yon possibly can." Van was terribly
alarmed now, and attempted to get out on
the roof of the Kimball House. Not being able
to succeed, he at last managed to find tbe man
in charge of the laundry, who secretly took
him through a back way and hid in. the coal bin
in the oellar. He remained in this place in the
messages from tbe outer world, till at last he
felt tbat his only safety was in flight. He was
taken through the cellar and coal bin, through
the darkness, till he reaohed an outlet on the
sidewalk on Decatur street. Through this he
emerged, and speedily began his flight, at 10
o’olock at night, ou foot. He took the traok of
the Maoon and Western Railroad, walking to
wards East Point. This was the last seen or heard
of him until yesterday, when Col. Nioholls re
ceived a letter addressed. to btm, postmarked
Savannah.
The Rome Commercial tells this story whioh
is respeotfnlly submitted for tHe consideration
of ‘‘all whom it may oonoern 1”
Candidates foe Office.—An old seventy-
sixer who lives in our oity, says that ordinarily
there is more abjeot humiliation in being a
candidate for office than in any other state or
condition of life. He tried it only onoe, and
during tbe time, he lost more of independence
and self-respect than he would have lost in the
penitentiary. He deolares that he had to Bub-
mit to more imposition, and tell more little
lies, and suffer more pangs of oonsoienoe than
is experienced in a lifetime. His good wife did
not bear it so pleasantly. The day btfore the
eleotion she had fed a few dozen of his friends,
and that night there ware thirteen at sup
per, and one long, hungry, hollow, latern-
jawed voter eat eight or ten bisouits and
sent his enp for more coffee the seventh
time. Then all feminine patience broke loose
from its foundations, and, says she, “No sir,
you shan’t have any more oi ffee at my table.
You are a hog, and some of the rest are not
much better,” and she left the table in disguBt
with the eleotion business. Old seventy-six
says he wbb beaten, and he has always been
glad of it; for observation has taught him that
nine ont of ten politioiana go to the dogs.
The people of Greene county are blessed in
the possession of an Ordinary, whioh his name
is Newsom, and who goes around making such
playful little speeches as this: “I don’t care
whether a white man in the county votes for me
or not, because every da.mned negro will, and
that will eleot me.” Newsom is a candidate for
re-eleotion.
in tne oeuar. ne remained m tnts place in the
cqld for some two hours, occasionally receiving
Woods, of the Hawkinsville Dispatch, comeB
to the soratoh with a ten ponnd tnrnip as the
best he eau do against that four-legged Cobb
county chioken, to which we invited his prayer
ful attention a few days sinoe. Woods is a very
slow ooach outside of abn irmal vegetable pro
ductions.
The Dispatoh has these items s
Emigration to Texas.—Mr. James M. Griffin
haa resigned tbe iffioe of sheriff of WilCoX coon-
ty and will shortly remove to Texas. He will
be accompanied by other citizens of Wilox, and
we also hear that a feu from Pulaski will go
with the orowd. Among the number are Messrs
Georg-) Leeves and Daniel Eabanks, tbe last
named gert eman is going out on a proBpeo ing
tour. Several others are anxious to emigrate
from this section to Texas.
Mb. Thomas Gibbs, a reliable and snl s'autial
citizen of Wile x, went into the wool’s a few
daj s ago to feed s jme of his hogs. While going
along, he siw a black fox tqnnrel moving very
slowly through the grass, aud b s curiosity being
exoi.ed, he went np to it, when, to his utter as
tonishment, he beheld a small highland terrapin
holding fast to the squirrel by one of its hind
logs. The squirrel used all its strength to es
cape, by actually draggmg the terrapin several
yards through the woods, and finally reaching a
small sapphng, it climbed up that in the hope
of releasing the terrapin. But the terrapin held
to the squirrel’e foot with a death grip, and Mr.
Gibbs went to the sappling and shook them out
The terrapin still kept his hold and was dragged
by the squirrel to a gopher hole near by, and was
carried into it. Th s was the last saen of the
terrapin and its victim.
There was a very exciting contest last week
in Pa’anki county ior the Demooratio nomina
tions for oonnty ifficers. A primary election
was held, at which nearly 900 votes were east.
There was no contest for Sheriff and Clerk of
the Superior Court, Messrs. E. A. Buroh and J.
W. Lancaster being nominated by acclamation,
The other successful candidates were, for Ordi
nary, P. T. MoGriff; for Treasurer, J. M.
Stokes; for Tax Colleotor, D. H. Hendley, and
for Receiver, W. R. Sapp. *
JihnF. Quarles, negro, who has a law office
in Hamburg, has been appointed United States
Commissioner at Angnsta.
The Atlanta Herald says it is rnmored that a
lively tussle for the posicffice of that place will
soon be inaugurated between Dunning, present
incumbent, and Geo. P. Barnett—a particnlar
friend of Fitcb, of the Griffiu Star, we believe.
The same paper says:
A Sebious Fall —On Thursday night Dr.
Pomeroy, who hud been setting (did he hatch?
Ed. T. & M ) in the Oabinei Saloon, got np and
out. It is supposed that he was going to his
loom, in the building of the old Inteliigenoer
office. As soon as he got ontside he started np
the steps adjoining the saloon, and when he
reaohed the top he fell, injuring himself very
severely. All during the day yesterday the
Dootor was lying in a speechless condition.
His face was badly out, and tLe skull seemed to
be br ken. His arm was swollen, and it was
thonght also to be fraotured. His oondition
last night, though better than in the morning,
was oritioal indeed. The phyaioians in attend
ance are doubtful of his recovery.
We clip the following from the Savannah
News of Friday:
An Unfortunate Difficulty—Shooting Sf-
FBAY ON THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD —
On Wednesday afternoon, about half post five
o'olook, a difficulty occurred at Fleming station
No. 2, on tbe Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, be
tween Mr. E. F. DeCoits and Mr. Jos. Stevens,
of the firm of StevenB & Hnbbell, (merchants
at tbat point) and also agent of the Express
Company, in which the latter was wonnded in
tbe thigh. Mr. D^Cotts was the messenger in
ebarae of the express goods on >he train, which
left Savannah a 1 . 4 o’olock in the afternoon, and
on its arrival at No. 2, a dispute emued between
him and Mr. Stevens, in whioh some harsh lan
guage was nsed. Oar information given below
comes through parties connected with Mr. Ste-
veDB, and may be somewhat biased. With this
explanation we give the particulars as obtained
It is stated tbat these gentlemen had a dispute
a few day s previous, and had not parted friendly.
On meeting again Wednesday afternoon, this
dispute was renewtd, and revolted in Mr. De
Colts drawing his revolver and firing five times
in rapid succession et S' evens, only one of whioh
shots took effeot, infl'.oting a severe wound in
the right thigh, the ball coursing downward. Mr.
Stevens who was also armed, returned the fire
after the first two or three shots, diechargingtwo
chambers withont effect, when he was wonnded.
He wsb carried to his house near by, and a dis
patoh waB immediately sent to Savannah, sum
moning Dr. Hains to his assistance. In tbe
meantime the train moved on, and Mr. DeOotts
left with it. Dr Harris, unable to obey the
call, requested Dr. ,T> J. Charlton to go, whioh
he consented to do, leaving on the 11pm train
the same night Owing to a delay in the train
starting, he did not reach No. 2 until after one
o’clook In the morning. He at onoe prooeeded
to examine the wounded man, and succeeded
(ubont three o’olook.) after putting him under
the influenoe of chloroform, in extracting the
ball, about eight inches below the point where
it entered. The wound is a severe and painful
one, bnt is not considered dangerous. Dr.
Charlton informs us that the patient was getting
along very well when he left him yesterday
morniDg, and his oondition was favorable to a
recovery in a short time.
Has the Atlanta Constitution suspended pub
lication, or only suspended the Telegraph and
Messenger from its exohange list ? The ques
tion is pertinent, in view of the fact that we
have not seen it for three days past.
A little unpleasantness between the than-
derers of the Albany News and Central City,
respectively, has resulted In their readers being
told all about it—to the combined extent of a
column or so. It is very sad.
Also, the La Grange Reporter aud the Meri
wether County Yindioator—a new venture—
have been having a few words. This matter
of oonnty printing is as provooative of editorial
tiffs as a quart of Harris’ favorite beverage is
full of diBgaating'headaohes.
The 5th Avenue Hotel Catastrophe.
The fire in the 5 th Avenue Hotel broke out on
the seoond floor near a staircase leading from
the basement to the servant’s rooms on the at
tic floor, and nsed solely by the domestios,
The flames ran rapidly np the stairway. It
was as a ohimney, there being no openings
from it bnt at the top and bottom. It ate np
the stairoase .and obarred its surroundings
Reaching the open spaoe into whioh rooms of
the servants opened, it burst into its fullest
strength. The flames in their progress did lit
tle or no damage until they reaohed the corridor
at the top, the draught driving through the
narrow passage-way, carrying the flames quick
er and making them more destructive as they
went on. They spread over the entire extent of
the west wing. The wood work of the rooms
where the servants Blept, immediately caught
the flames, and soon the entire wing was a mass
of lurid flames. The flames spread so rapidly
the servants asleep in the rooms at the top of
the stairoase were overtaken, and before as-
8istan°e oould reach them were completely shut
off from the main building. * J
The firemen who had meantime arrived were
too late for assistance, as by this time the apart
ments of the poor creatures were enveloped in
flames. ShorJy after one, when it was found
that numbers of persons were missing, a polioe
offioer and a chief of the fire department effeot
ed an entrance by means of an iron ladder to a
room where the people were supposed to be.
They there found the oharred and burned bodies
of thirteen persons. Bedding and furniture
were strewn about the room confused with the
human remains. The bodies lay at different
plaoes from whioh the poor people had tried to
find means of egress. Some had endeavored to
escape through the windows. Ochers in the en
deavor to find air had fallen at the head of the
staircase. The bodies of two women were half
concealed under a bed in an onter room where
they evidently tried to shelter themselves from
the blit ding, suffocating smoke and soaldicg
flame. When the firemen and polioe got into
the wing, the fl'iors of this room were sound,
but the roof timbers were burned, and had fallen
upon the floor in a confused mass upon the
bodies. The water thrown from the hose was
several inches deep upon the floor, and was fil-
taring through to the ground. The heavy
beams of tbe roof had fallen npon the burned
bodies, scalding limbs and mutilating the re
mains horribly. The bodies were speedily re
moved to Bellevue, from wbenoe to-day they
will be sent to the Morgue. Owing to the con
fusion and excitement the names of the victims
oonid not be ascertained.
Up to 20 m'nu‘e3 past 2 o’olock twenty-two
dead bodies had been reoovered, sixteen in one
room and six in another, whioh is probably all.
The alarm was first given by one of the female
servants, who shrieked “Fire!” through the
hall-way, awakening the guests, of whom there
were about five hundred iu the hotel. Many of
the guests went to the office and inquired as to
the exoitement, but were informed by the olerks
that it was only a little fire in the laundry. This
attempt to keep the fire quiet so sb to avoid i
panic, helped to bring about the terrible result.
When the guests became cognizant of their dan
ger, scenesof confusion ensued—people moving
about in apparent distraction and baggage fllltti
the ball-way. The smoke was soffoi-ating and
water drenched the floors.
Mr. Toombs oracular!*
•nd doubtless oonsidere we are nr!r! nota< *.
in his time; and judging from the t. *'* «•
utterances on this question, does not °' *
ne ™ ** We think he Is right, bm? 6 * *
meant it, however, for he is arira|J?° tMh ®
Imver in the “ Georgia for the gSSJ* ^
trine, whioh any one with 8 113
a grain of
doe.
sense oan see is simple nonsense wv -
say we think he is right, we mean’— 0 *»
did, but that the house needs putti^j^ 1 * 14 *
and some preparation making fo7» ° tiw '
visitors befoie we send our invitation^
the water.
In going into this business, wemn..*
mind that there is stroDg comretit,Vn , be * ,i 'l
There are other States in this TTn l^ to
secure the advantages so
their representatives are fully Drem.5 5 s ’ an l
pnte the claims and proposals R ted 10 ^
and make the most of what
Horrors of Opium Eating.
An opinm eater thus describes the horrors of
his situation. He says:
I carried about a seoret which I instinctively
kept covered and made painfully burdensome.
A voioe in the toul cries ont against any wrongs
being done it. My secret was tinged with a
sense of guilt, or why hide it?
I was in the hands of a coming enemy. At
length I begin to ask, in something of a terror,
what is to be the end ? Am I to realize Charles
Lamb’s pioturs—bound fast at the root of a
tree, my right hand being nailed to a strong
limb, and then a beautiful being, but as cruel as
bell, applying a serpent to aiy side ? I read
De Q iinej ’s terrific experience and his super
human efforts at deliverance. I read Coleridge,
and those sorrows of hell that get hold upon
him, trembled, but thus far I only trembled
My experience was to ctme. And oome it did.
At first a dark cloud began to let down upon
me—a pall of desolateness to settle upon things.
The aims of life became flat and sta'e; motive
was being lost; life grew mechanical; company
bad no charm; change of Ecene no freshness.
I divined the e mse of my condition, and made
so many desperate and fruitless efforts to re
move it by the roots, that I finally sank down
into the conviction that no efforts are equal to
(he difficulty to be met. De Qainoy said: “It
is a chain that is to be unwound link by link,
coil by coil, back to the beginning.” Fitz Hngh
tells of one—perhaps himself—who said, “God
helps in every tronble, bnt in this one most
oluwbis way through living fire.”
_ Opium troubles extend to dreams and night
visions. What an idea that, j oat where it gave
the mo-)t delight, it turns to rend you and ex
ult over its rain. The nights, as soon as the
paragorio begins to lose its virtue, become ter
rible and long. Time loses its element of com
pulation; minntes become hours; nights know
no ending, but stretch ont toward the crack cf
doom.
At length came a crisis in 18G7. My physical
manhood was a wreck, a shell. Tbe mind was
worse. Memory had become treachetous, and
hopelessness took possession of the soul. I oame
aorosa Fitz Hngh Ludlow’s book, “The Opinm
Habit,” and devoured it to see if I oould find
some way of escape. I opened a correspondence
with the unthor. Nothing oame of it. There
was no return over the long track. The gates
were barred. I felt it—knew it. How long can
this go on ? Is there no help ? What will be
the end?
The writer then goes on to state tbe manner
of his deliverance, through the aid of a physi
cian, from the bondage of the drug.
objects We have no public land a t „ L r °»5
competition with the prairies
and as the ownership of land is th? 641 Wea! )
duoement with Europeans to leave th^ al ^
if we cannot present the piosDeei r “ 0me %
taining this in onr State, It faStafcf ™5?2
attempt anything in this direction y e tS3 •»
Bnt can we offer such indniv'n,» . «
think we can, if our Jandownera * 3? f
situation promptly and wisely T® ft ^
own manifest interest. We bdienZJ* th «i»
J? “sett that there is not aa
Georgia to day that would not bTa
if one-half of his land was made m&!5*
reasonable prioe, and on mode a'e ;! &t »
tlement by European immigrate Th?. f ° r - 6et '
even if given away for this ohionV V 1
its fellow so enhanoedin value framtw 3 eava
ssskksx* -Maise
aaassaSiWsa
What is needed, then, is an office cf reri £
tion—which ought to be connected withabSS
of emigration, ana fiirecMj £ “ 5
control where parties having lands for
can place on record the situation, ohaiJoLlS
prioe of such lands, and thus farnfatt® Di
sary foundation for the sueceaTfnfrnl- ® 068-
of a scheme of immigration It
•”*5—•' u» sk?3ma, t&rsts
gration—who, by the by, should h« . 01 '
first claes ability, sterling character anW
Cseu>r a wife, above suspicion —to tala
for ascertaining in every county in the
what lands conld bo thus made availlb’e
as opportunity offered, obtain surveys
property so as to furnish the most i
reliable data to the Commissioner emp£ff
Georgfa. eDabI ° *° hcld bis A
ssrByLcftSEiSLjSs
ing, and meohanic and domestic
all be made known and reoorded“^S
plaoe, or in local branch offices, ana so a »
feet system organized, which earnestly Vni
carefully sustained would produoe the hardest
results. 11
When the oity of Mobile casts her full vote,
it falls a little short of 8 000 At the late mu
nicipal eleotion, however, there were about
1C.000 ballots polled, and that explains how
the Radical tioket oame to be eleoted. The
Mobile Radioals have been following the exam-
ample of their Philadelphia brethren.
A farmer of Whiie 'county has planted twelve
aores of. bis farm in ohestnet trees.
Soath Georgia Conference.
Thomasyille, Deo. 12
The Conference met at 9 o’olock in the Cit
Hall.
Religious services by Rev. James Jones.
The roll was oallcd, and many absentees an
swered to their names.
The minutes were read and confirmed.
Rev. A. M. Wynn andD R. McWilliams were
elected as Trustees of the Fond of Special Re
lief to fill vaoanoies.
The examination of oharaoters was resumed
and the following names were ealled and
passed:
Rev. J. O Branch, J.-W. Burke, W. W.
Hicks, Robert F. Evans, F. A. Branoh, W. W.
Tidwili, A. J. Dean, E H. McGhee, O. L.
Smith, I. T. Hopkins, E. H. Myers. U. W.
Smith, W. O. Bass, T. T. Christian, J. 8. Key,
N. M D Bond, W. F. Robinson, R W. Dixon.
D. R. Mo Williams, S. R. Weaver, J. R Little-
ohn, W. W. Stewurt, 8. D Clements, Geo. 8.
Johnson, Lovick Pierce, H. D. Moore, R L.
Wiggins, J. Blakely Smith, Sam’I Anthony,
A. M. Wynn, James Harris, J. M Marshall, C.
A. Crowell, R F. Williamson, D. O’Drisooll,
B. F. Breedlove, B. T. Baldwin, N. D. More-
honse, Geo. O. Clarke, G. T. Embrey, E. J.
Rentz, J M. Austin, J. B. Wardlaw, J. B.
McGhee, R. B. Lsster, W. Knox, W. F.
Roberts, N. M. Hayes, J. D. Maulden, J. M.
Potter, J. T. Ainsworth, P. O. Hains, R. H.
Hensen, L O. Peok, O. B. Jewett, R. J.
Oesley, J. E. Sen tell, L A Dorsey, James
Spence, N. Lane. L. B. Payne, H. P. Myers,
W. H. Thomas, J L. Williams, T. 8. Arm
stead, V. M. Watts, N. M. Kennedy, S. S.
Sweet, A P. Wright, J. W. Simmons, Henry
J. Ellis, Ghaa. J Toale, H. O. Fentress, W.
F. Conley, R W. Flournoy.
At the calling of the names of J. Blakely
Smith, O. A Crowell and C. R. Jewett, who
were reported to have died during the year, ap
propriate remarks were mads by Rev. S. An
thony, A. M. Wynn and B. B. Lester.
The names of the worn ont or superannuated
preachers were ealled, and their ohataoters
passed and relations re’ained: (Oae, John H.
Robinson had died). O. A Moore, Wyatt Brooks,
D Blalock, J R. Owen, H. P. Pitohford, Capel
Raiford, T. O. Coleman, Y. F. Tignor, James
Dunwoody, R. H. Lucky, D. Crenshaw, James
Jones, W. B. MoHan, J. W. Talley.
Rev. L. O. Peck was plaotd on the list of su
perannuated preaohers, in oonsequenoe of
blindness.
The Conference adjourned with benediotion
by Bishop Fierce. Jack Plans.
The South Gabolina Lbgiblatubx is a black
Jewell. The Senate, composed of thirty-three
members, oontains sixteen negroes, and the
House, out of 134 members, boasts eighty Ethi
opians. Tho whole stands ninety-Bix negroes
and Bixty-one whites.
Kansas is doing np divorees with a prompt
ness and despatch which threaten to interfere
with the custom of Indiana. A lady who was
somewhat pressed for time the other day was
nnmarried, licensed, remarried, and off oa her
seoond wedding trip, ail within a quarter of an
hour.
And we muBt moreover bear in mina the im-
poitinoe attaohed to having onr own seaport
for the debarkation of emigrants. Unless we
oan bring them direct, we shall only play into
the hands of the Western men, who willluve
us no standing point that they can poaibly
destroy. Here we must have ready aa end-
grant’s honse where the new comers can be
sure of safety and protection trom those vtao
would rob or mislead them.
And this brings ns to a most important put
of the.scheme, and one on which depends Yeiy
largely its sneoesa—the question of transatlanSj
transportation. The present is an age of stem,
and the necessity for the speed and comfort it
secures is nowhere more pressing than in the
eonveyanoe of passengers; and in order to se
cure ihe advantages proposed, we must be able
to offer as great a proportion of speed and com
fort as is affordt d between Liverpool and Xev
York. We have, at present, only one stem;Up
rnnning between Savannah and Liverpool, aad
this, we understand, is working at aloss hither-
to, thongh it will be retained, at any rale, for
another year as a further experiment. 0 a very
essential matter in connectibn with this subject
of immigration is to have a regular and reliable
mode of oonveyanee; and this part of the sub
ject most engage the serions attention of the
[legislature in cor n-otion with the report on this
question. It belongs to both branches of tbe
enquiry—that of immigration and direct trad6—
(with the latter we propose to deal in other ar
ticles,) and tho manner in whioh it is treated
will influence very largely the sucoess of the
who'e aubjeot It is true that a' the outlet this
one steamer would probably do all tbat vaa
needed; or others conld be specially chartered,
or sailing vessels coming in ballast conld be
made available. Bnt we mast strive for ari
expect a larger tide of immigration than the?e»
sonroeef oonid meet, and the necessity exists for
taking snoh steps as look forward to the perci-
nent and regular service of a weekly ste:ma
between Liverpool and Savannah. A subsidy
for a time might b9 neededbut we are o^nviccri
that it would not be long before its nfcsnty
wonld cease and a trsda established which wocld
be a source of pride and profit to our people
These, we think, are the main points to be
provided for before we a-e ready for tbs in'ro-
duotion of immigrants, and we believe they esa
be readily met by a hearty tni liberal policy
snch as ought to be adopted. Self Help.
Tbe Press on tbe Senator.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Areoently
established journal in Atlanta, tbe Herald, has
stated editorially that twenty-six of the thirty
of Georgia exchanges of that paper ace for Gen.
Gordon for Senator. The object no donbt ia to
produce the impression by this specious state
ment, that the voioe of the press of this State
is for that distinguished candidate in preference
to others. Now, I do not wish to impair the
real popularity of Gen. Gordon, but tr eorrect
an impression whioh this statement is calculated
to make, that is UDjnst to the press of the Suit
and underrates other gentlemen who are before
the pnblio for that exalted position
I do not know what papers the Herald ex
changes with. A large number of local pi*"
have expressed a preference for Gordon,soot
of whioh do and others do not reflect the view*
of the members eleot and people of the coca-
ties where they are printed. Nearly m a ®-’
perhaps, conld have been counted by the hi'
aid last summer, if it had been born p r,0 ; r
that time, who bitterly opposed the renozuj 5 '
tion of Governor Smith, and warmly adroc«“
Mr. James for Governor. Still, when tbe p«n
came to Bpeak through its organized convene*
every delegate from the people was ior
The press of Georgia is a power that no
need .disregard—and if it had
against Gen. Gordon, the voice wowldbeF>™
Bnt it has not spoken, except to m» ? |
allusions to various gentlemen and to aom
the oorrespondenoe of their respec.iv
This is true of all the doily press of l»g*
Atlanta, Columbus, Augusta, blJ
exoept the Morning News, and of a
portion of the well established and a f .^
weeklies of the State. Some have p° tD( j
Gordon, some for Hill, and
others—but it is not true in faot, tb
of the State is directly or indirectly . ^, ^
to any man. There is a law °f n ih/stit*
tween friends that the leading P re , is I
exoept the Morning News, ba ?. not j
have observed, seen proper to ne i i»
instance. This estate properly r j
ammunition to play upon the oon l ID .° i-jent^
and in this course the enlightened 1.®^
the party sustain thepress. Soma
Letter from Wilkin® 0 "’ ^
Irwintoh County, Ga., Pm- ’ ^ p
In oomplianoe with a previous
the Executive Committee ° f ,
party of this oonnty, the
different districts met in U»e 9°.:..30'^
Irwinton for the purpose of
for
to be supported at the Januaiy 4,1
oonnty officers. .-nftbe^ 6 ;?’
OoL J. G. Ookington, Chainin'« of the
tive Committee of the Democratic on
oonnty, oalled the meeting to Cb^*
motion, Dr. R. J. Cochran was ^ftc-
man, and A J. Miller, Secretary- ^
tion then prooeeded to ballot W*
with the following result: f. Cb*£
The nominees a L e: For 0^^
bers; Treasurer, T. N.
Freeman; Tax-Oclleotor, W.
Freeman; Tax-Ucilector, ^ ^
Receiver, John Batts; Oountv Tr«*
Br&non; Coroner, Samuel “ 0 9 r _ LEO jLi?s
Resolved, That the M f°^,Autntion ^
Messengeb and the Atlanta Co - ipBg d 1
quested to publish the
meeting. "•
A. J. Secretary.
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