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MACON, OCTOBER 3, 1876
- \ Counterfeit fires on the Traders Na-
tUmi Bank of Chicago are circulated.
Tsn inches of snow fell on Mount
Washington, N. H-, on Thursday last.
New Jersey.—• “ The prospect in New
Jersey is tho best possible,” said cx-
Governor Parker to a World reporter tho
other day. _ . ... '
H. B. Claflin & Co., of New York, a
dispatch states, bare offered $1,000 per
foot for aloton tho corner of Wabash av
enue-and Monroe street, Chicago j but
the owner of the land has declined to sell
it at that price.
After an experiment of two years the
Hartford Accident Insurance company
has concluded to discontinue business
and wind npits affairs. At maturity the
policies will be rewritten by the Travel
ers’ Insurance company.
Colorado Election.—The first State
election in Colorado will take place Oc
tober 3, and tho local authorities have
decided that they cannot elect a member
of the new Congress or Presidential elec
tors then, but must wait till the rest of
us in November.
ExpxniENCBD American Iadie3 will
wipe their spectacles and read again
when they see that the Centennial prize
was awarded to American made spool
cotton. Experts say there are climatic
reasons why first quality spool cotton
cannot he spun in America.
Boss Tweed.—It is said that Tweed
will be turned over to'the Washington
authorities and not to those of New
York. The negotiations with Spain for
his surrender include an agreement on
tho part of tho United States to arrest
and turn over to tho Spanish Govern
ment a certain contractor who absconded
from Cuba, now in New York. He is con
stantly shadowed by detectives, who will
arrest him when Tweed arrives.
Commodore Vanderbilt had very lit
tle suffering an Sunday, and his feeble
ness of tho day before did hot increase.
He said that ho felt the concussion
caused by tho explosion at Hell Gate,
and ho listened with interest to an
tra " that was read regarding it. " It’ll
never be worth a cent,” ho said. " The
fogs and rocks of the Sound make navi
gation dangerous for large vessels, and
they’ll prefer coming byway of Sandy
Hook.” ^
Cheap Travel in New York.—Tho
New York Cab Company is to be organ
ised, with a capital of $500,000, in 5.000
shares Of $100. Four-wheeled one-horse
cabs, and such other vehicles as the pub
lic may demand, are to be introduced,
and the charge for their use is to bo fifty
cents an hour, or for any trip not exceed
ing an honr. The cab3 will coatain seats
for four, with arrangements on the top
for baggage. Tho drivers wiil be in
livery, and stands convenient to every
thoroughfare ore to be occupied at all
hours of the day and night. The incor
porators include some of the leading capi
talists of New York.
Putting it Forcible.—It cannot be
denied that The Nation, the
puuuwu journal ot this country, puts
things forcibly. For instance : " We by
no means forvot south on its
purs is also to somo extent acting on
ideas inherited from the past. B at their
past does not alarm us so much os it
does somo of our friends, because, first,
the two vicious principles of secession
and slavery—/on* et origo malorum—have
been killed past resurrection by the logic
of facts; and farther, the heavy hand of
tho Federal government, which alone
conld pnt down the rebellion and slavery,
serves now mainly to aggravate tho
alow-healing wounds. It is one thing to
ampntate a diseased leg. and another to
go on indefinitely whittling at tho
stamp.” When will the powers that be
irhittling at the stamp
Tbe Political Auguries.
It seems to ns tnere is a growing con
viction throughout the conntiy that Til-
den and Hendricks ore bound to win.
Their canto is apparently gaining every
day. *rheir adherents are active, san
guine, good tempered and cheerful, while
it is not to bo disguised that tho Radi
cals are ill-tempered and bitter as gall
and wermwood. They read tho hand
writing on tho wall and tho very rook
lessness of their schemes to stuff the
ballot-box aud defeat the popular will
by fraud, proves a consciousness that tho
voice of the people is against them.
Dr. Redfield, in one of his lato lotters
to tho Cincinnati Commercial, prays that
whichever side carries the day, may carry
it by a round electoral-'majority, be
cause, says he, (substantially) the elec
tion of Tilden by a small majority made
up by Southern electoral votes would in
evitably lead to a Radical strike—a coup
d’cfof—revolution or "rebellion,” as the
Radical brotherhood call it. Now, os
Redfield well knows, no Democrat pro
poses to resist even a majority of one
electoral vote, he has given in the fore
going whst we suppose to be just now
tho current of Radical thought and con
ception at this time. Few of them, we
imagine, really believe they can secure
for Hayes a fair majority in tho electoral
colleges, and tho hope is to count Tildon
out by rejecting sufficient Southern votes
as fraudulent. Counting out is what they
extensively did in the early stages of
Southern reconstruction, and now they
hope to apply the same process as suc
cessfully to tho country at large.
Bat appearance indicate that tho peo
ple will afford them no opportunity for
the experiment. We believe Tilden will
carry at least nine Northern States with
over one hundred electoral votes. Bat
prognostications will soon give place to
facts. The Western elections next week
will give ns a very clear idea of the pub
lic drift and forecast the result in No
vember.
" Yesterday," say a tho Cincinnati
Enquirer of a recent date, " a newspaper
correspondent applied to the Collector of
Internal Bevenne in this district for per
mission to examine tho books relating
to Governor Hayes’ income retnrns.
The collector refused on the ground that
ho had received positive orders from
Washington to allow no one to examine
these documents. He referred the cor
respondent to tho Department at Wash
ington. - It looks as if the friends of
Governor Hayes are fearful that the in
vestigation of the charges that he had
falsified his income returns, will injure
the reputation and deorease the chances
of the Republican candidate- If sot,
whythie secretiveness ? ”
Tbe Electoral Ticket.
We note that the Albany News has at
tho head of its paper the candidates for
electors at large, and following them,
only £he name of the electoral candi
date for jtlio Second District. Observe,
that the whole eleven electoral candi
dates are to be yoted for in every district,
connty, and election precinct in the State.
It is, as we used to say in Georgia, a vote
ly general ticket. The so called "electors
at large” in no wise differ in their spheres
and official functions from the district
electors. The Constitution of the
United States provides that Presidential
electors equal in number to tho Sena
tors and Representatives in Congress
from the State shall be elected, bnt they
are all elected in the same way and by
the same voters. The two electors at
large—representing the two Senators—
are, by party usage, nominated by State
Convention, and the other nine, repre
senting the Representatives, are by tho
same usage selected by District Conven
tions; bnt both classes represent the
whole State in forming an electoral col
lege at tho seat of government, where
they cast their votes on a day specified—
make out their certificates—seal them up
and dispatch them by special messenger
to tho President of the United States
Senate.
Bat the fact of classifying theso elec
tors into "electors at largo” and "dis
trict electors ” may naturally lead into
the mistake that only the electors at
large are to be voted for in all the Con
gresaional districts.
Another mistake might arise from the
publication of the names of the so-called
"alternate delegates,” who are nomi
nated simply to take the place on the
ticket of the regular nominees in case
any of the latter shonld die or be dis
abled from performance of duty; but
even then they conld not sit in the Elec
toral College unless regularly elected to
that position by the people. The usage
of nominating alternates, no donbt, has
also received additional support from the
fact that at first greater canvassing
strength in the field doublel the number
' of speakers bearing tho authorization of
the party. Bnt the altprr ates are not to
, be voted for, and tb- y-r --per electoral
ticket should bear tin:,..’; the names of
all the electoral caodidato3—leaving out
their districts—and headed, "For elec
tors of President and Vice President.’
It S3em3 probable that the machin
ery for the election of President and
Vice President of tho United States was
originally conceived under tbe idea of
selecting so many leading and experi
enced public men in each of the States,
and enabling them by deliberation and
correspondence to choose independently
out of tho whole field of American states
men two men whom they would be will
ing to entrust with the offices of Presi
dent and Vice President. But practice
has entirely set aside this theory. The
organization of parties and nominating
conventions has placed the Presidential
candidates In the field, long in advanco
of the electors, and the latter, therefore,
have no discretion in the business. They
have simply to ratify the popular choice,
and os a piece of machinery in the elec
tion are superfluous, except as the Con
stitution requires their interposition.
Oar Duty Next Hedn"*' 1 "
Is very b—***, urn, » mu uo no harm to
continue to call attention to it wb iu
sist upon tho importance of a full poll.
Grout that Gen. Colquitt aud our Icgis
lative candidates generally throughont
the State are in no danger, still there is
great good to result to our friends else
where from a heavy majority in Georgia.
It will have a marked effect, especially
in every doubtful State, and stimulate
to greater exertion our friends in States
that now seem reasonably sure for the
Democracy. Let Georgia give tho coun
ter-cheek to tho inspiration drawn by the
Radicals from Maine’s decided majority
for that party. The result in that State
gave fresh zeal to the Ohio and Indiana
Jacobins, and for a time they made a
decided spurt ahead. Let U3 give our
friends there the eame chance to make
dash forward. Everybody at home
and abroad knows Georgia will go Demo
cratic, but tbe question of majority is a
very io-portant one. If the wires next
Wednesday night tell tho Ohio end
Indiana Democracy that we have swept
the enemy from onr borders by fifty or
sixty thousand majority, it will put new
zeal in their hearts for tho final charge
the week following.
There has never, since the late civil
war, been a time when big majorities
could bo made to tell more powerfully
than now. Tbe election in Maine pnt
fresh heart in tho Jacobins. That was
p’ain to everybody. Their canvass as
sumed a more active, aggressivo charac
ter at once, and for a week thereafter they
decidedly had the “bulge” on our friends
North and West. Georgia can splendidly
retrieve that temporary set-back on the
-4th of October. Let her, on that day,
send tidings of a grand sweep, tho most
brilliant victory in her history, to Ohio
and Indiana. It will tell immensely,
both on friend and foe. The experiment
is not • BjTvorth trying, bnt is impera
tively - - Jki ded by every consideration
of duty, ftto.eat, patriotism and sound
policy. Vv«j invoke tho earnest, active,
wholo hearted efforts of all good men to
secure this result. Turn out just as if
there was a formidable opposition ticket
in the field for every office, from Gover
nor down, and let Georgia’s voice count
for fully all it is worth. Let it ring out
clear, aud Strang, aud full, as befits the
occasion, and her prond place among tho
glorious sisterhood of Democratic States.
A Republican Wall from Lou
isiana.
■Washington special to tho New York Herald ]
The otter hopelessness of the Republi
cans to hold their own in Lonisiana is
every day reflected in their avowals made
here, and in a general complaint of the
treatment which their friends are re
ceiving there. One of tbe foromost Re
publican politicians and ex-officials from
the State, in writing to a friend here
says:
There will bo two Democratic Senators
from Lonisiana, because Pinchback was
not admitted. There is not power
enough in the national government to
keep the rebels from taking this State,
and it would be suicide for me to attempt
to canvass it. Louisiana, like Missis
sippi, and by the urns means, will be
Democratic after November 7. Tho en
tire north part of the State is overran
with armed Demoeratio organizations
that have run every leading Republican,
white and colored, away from that sec
tion, and have completely demoralized
the colored people. You need not be sur
prised to hear of Louisiana going 50,000
Democratic majority. Out of this gen.
oral wreck I purpose to save my head and
money. To that end I will leave here
in a few days lor the North, where I shall
remain until the storm is over.
Saturday Night,
September 30th—We close to-night a
very active week in trade. Tho Macon
cotton receipts daring' the month have
been upwards of eleven thousand bales
against short of fivo thousand daring
September of last year. This increaso
is commonly set down to tho dry weather
and early opening of tho crops in the
field, and is not believed to foreshadow
any considerable increase in the cotton
receipts of Macon during tho current
year. The cotton has been gathered as
fast os possible, and pushed forward and
sold with all possible dispatch. A good
deal of planters’ paper matuiing in No
vember has been discounted with tho
proceeds.
Trado during the week lias been re
markably active for the season, and the
largest part of it cash trade.
Tho weather has generally been quite
cool, except at midday. There has bees
no day in the week when an occasional
blaze on the hearth would nob have added
to comfort.
The health of the town is still unexam
pled. The malarial fevers which are
looked for in somo parts of Macon at this
season of the year, have been remarka
bly few and far between. The season
has been marked by the almcst total ab
sence of intermittent fevers, and the peo
ple all wear ruddy and cheerful counte
nances. Absentees are slowly returning
to their posts and wo hope the next ten
days will bring up the rear guard.
A Full Vote.
It is exceedingly desirable that Geor
gia ehould poll a full vote next Wednes
day, if for no other reason, for moral ef
fect on tho elections out of tho State.
We appeal to every Democrat within
the sphere of our circulation to compre
hend tho momentous importance to him
personally of advancing the election of
Tilden in every possible way. With Til
den as our President the country will be
restored to law, order, and a pare admin
istration. The burden of taxation will
bo greatly diminished—business will re
vive—Southern proscription and slander
will cease—social harmony will he re
stored—and every interest of the coun
try revive. Tho possibibility, yea the
probalilili of such a glorious resuit
should enlist the co-operation of every
man and stir him up not only to come to
the polls, but to use every influence
secure a full Democratic vote. We ex
hort every Democrat, by all the interest
he feels in the common prosperity to be
stir himself for the remaining three days
before tho election. Let every man pay
his tax and vote.
Tlie Feeling in New York.
The New York Tribune (Radical) pnb
fishes the following good nows: “The
feeling at the Democratic national head
quarters is sanguine. Democrats who
are in communication with all parts of
tho country say there is abundanco of
Democratic enthusiasm, which is almost
ready to swell the Tilden wavo.” They
say there are at present 600 Democratic
clubs in working condition in this State,
while there never have been heretofore
more than 200- clubs working in a Demo
cratic campaign. Next week Tammany
Hall may hold a ratification meeting, and
other demonstrations are on foot. Dem
oerats assert that it iIjq vote were
cast to-day Ohio as well as Indiana
would nrn.l—'— »- Tiiaen. The cam
paign as fought ou paper, they declare,
shows that Indiana is good for 8,000 ma
jority, but as small figures are prodigally
dropped in the computation, they will
not be startled, they Bay confidentially, if
Indiana rolls up 12,000 majority for Til
den. Some Democrats are giving an
earnest of their determination to stand
by "Tilden and Reform” by putting
their money in tho political pool. It is
asserted on the best authority that John
Morrissey has already staked $20,000 on
the success of the Demoeratio ticket in
Indiana. Within two days he has nlso
made two bets, amounting to $600 that
New York will give 40,000 Democratic
majority, and ha« paid in addition, $400
pledge money in a $4,000 bet of the same
character, the money to be deposited be
fore the October elections. Democrats
say that Robinson’s candidature is grow
ing in favor and influence.
Small Ubatige.
Trade in Macon is somewhat embar
rassed by the ecareity of small change,
produced, as we suppose, mainly by the
demand fer it in tho country for use in
paying off cotton pickers. An applica
tion for silver by the postoffice here, to
the Assistant Treasurer in Charleston,
mot with tho following response:
Charleston, S- C., September 27,1876.
A. E. Seifert, Assistant Postmaster, Macon,
Oa.
Sib—The appropriation for this office
haring failed to pass, for the present
financial year, the office will be closed the
30th of tho present month, consequently
yon conld get no silver, as we shall be
closed by the time yon could get a letter
back here. We have on hand only ten
cent pieces anyhow. Respectfully,
T. R. Sticknet,
Teller for Ass’t Trees. U. S.
Business JSevivai,
The evidence of the bnsinoss revival
attracts attention not only in New York
bnt in Boston, Chicago, St. Lonis, Cin
cinnati and all the centers of trade. Both
Southern and Western trade is undoubt
edly brisk, and there can be no donbt of
the present re viral of trade. The Herald
believes that this is not a spasmodic
movement; hut that unless some unfore
seen cause intervenes it will continue,
and that wo are at last on the upward
grado. It asserts as the cause of the revi
val tho improvement of the people as a
whole since 1873, and tho more prndent
conduct of every citizen, and says that
with continued confidence on tho part of
business men, a sound and staple curren
cy to carry on bu3indss on business prin-
neas principles, and a revision of the
laws affecting commerce and production,
the recovery of prosperity will be lasting.
The Hell Gate Blast.—A Herald re
porter says tho only vestiges of Hallett’s
Point reef left are two pieces of tho wreck
ed coffefrdam, which by some means be
came anchored fifteen or twenty feet
away. The Paint was orokan off, so to
speak, in a nearly regular semicircle at
the inner edge of the shaft, making an
almost perpendicular bank. As near as
can be judged by outward appearances,
the reef was blown squarely ont to a
depth of thirty or forty feet. In other
words, it looks as if a stone dropped over
the bank of the shore would sink to that
depth. _
Another Turkish Massacre.—A dis
patch received at London states that the
Ausselroan troops massacred seven hun
dred Christians, chiefly Armenians, at
Ezoraum, the Armenian capital. Fright
ful barbarities are said to have been
committed. The Armenians are appre
hensive of a repetition of the outrages.
The reoeipt of the news of the massacre
earned great excitement at London.
C&mrass In Indiana.
Special dispatch to tlie Courier. Journal.]
Indianapolis, September 26.—Do not
believe anything the Associated Press
tells you to-night about the Republican
meeting on the battle-ground. It was a
fizzle in point of numbers and enthusi-
l Thirty thousand people were ex*
pected, and there were not four thousand
present. The most extensive arrange*
ments had been made to make this meet
ing tbe largest in the State, and its mis
erable failure to-day is the talk of the
streets to-night. The Republicans do
not understand it. Harrison, Kilpatrick
and Bob Lincoln wore among tho
speakers.
The meeting at Lafayette to-night was
also a failure. Democrats are hotting on
Williams beating Harrison in tho battle
ground connty.
The Williams and Voorhoe3 meeting
at Madison, to-day was largely attended,
fully lO.OOOpersons being present. Uncle
Jimmy spoke in the afternoon and Voor-
hces this evening.
Lieut. Gov. Dorsheimer addressed a
large and enthusiastic audience at Lig-
onier this evening. He discussed in a
masterly and eloquent manner the finan
ces, civil service reform and Southern
affairs. His speech was warmly ap
plauded.
Bristow spoke at the same place. He
made his same old speech, waved tho
bloody shirt.
Colonel Gray had an immense meeting
at Bawling Green, Clay county, to-day.
He made one of his speeches, and was
greeted with the wildest cheers. Clay
connty is wide awake for Tilden, Hen
dricks and reform.
Judge Goodin addressed a large assem
blage of Democrats at Bloomington to
night. He made an admirable speeoh
which was well received.
General Durbin Ward made an able
and brilliant speech at Brookville to
night to a large audience. The Democ
racy were chuck full of enthusiasm, and
the meeting was a grand success.
John P. Irish addressed a large crowd
at Plymouth to-night in an able and ef
fective speech.
Gen. C. S. Cameron mado a rattling
speech to arousing crowd at Cambridge
City to-night.
Senators Bayard and McDonald ad
dressed a monster meeting of Democrats
at Valparaiso this afternoon. The speech
es of tho distinguished men elicited great
cheers, and were pronounced mighty and
effective. Bayard and McDonald are
gettingqn splendid and powerful strokes
for the great roform party.
Delphi, Carroll county, was the scene
of a most magnificent demonstration to
day, in honor of ex- Gov. Albert G. Curtin,
of Pennsylvania. Seven thousand people
were present, and tho old war Governor
of the Keystone State was greeted with
enthusiastic cheers thirty-nine times in
the course ot his able address. Col.
Clampit, of Illinois, also made an elo
quent speech.
Tonight there was as imposing street
parade, followed by a monster open air
meeting, and a stirring address from the
Hon. J. C. Stoughton Carroll county is
taking noble steps to the music of reform
Look out for Curtin. He is speaking for
peace and prosperity, and no man dare
call him a rebel.
The latest news to night from the bat
tle-ground meeting confirms the first re
ports—that the meeting was a failure
Fred. S. Williams, a reliable gentleman,
telegraphs me that there were not 1,000
present. Tho battle-ground has gone
back on kid gloved Harrison. Hurrah
for Uncle Jimmy Williams, the next Gov
ernor of Indiana!
Obto aud Indiana.
St. Louis Republican.!
Hon. Hen*; C. Brockmever, Demo
cratic candidate for nontenant Governor
of Missouri, who boa Loon speaking in
oo.o, uas returned to his residence
this city, having been recalled by dis
patches announcing the alarming illness
of his wife. This domestic affliction com
pelted Mr. Brockmeyer to abandon his
engagements, in the midst of ovations
everywhere tendered him, and return to
his home. He confirms the report of the
favorable condition of things in these
States given by Col. Broadhead. Col
Brockmeyer i3 known to be a man who
bases his opinions on nothing but
THE HARDEST KIND OF FACTS,
and he positively predicts that both Ohio
and Indiana will go for Tilden by good ;
round majorities. The Bepnblicans
themselves know it; some of them admit
it, and the leaders betray it in their ill
concealed alarm. Tho'changes in the
floating vote, from the Republican to
the Democratic side, are marked and per
ceptible in both States, particularly in
Ohio, where the large and intelligent
body of German voters are
8EVKN-E10HTHS FOB TILDEN.
Schurs is doing ail he can, or rather all
he is permitted to do, for Hayes, Tint it is
an up-hill work for him, for Lieutenant
Governor Koemer, of Illinois, General
Sigel, Brockmeyer, Stallo, Jnesen, Hoad-
ley and Haaeaurek aro baffling him at
every point and carrying the Germans
by the power of
UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENTS.
In Indiana the Republicans are pre
paring to import negro voters from Ken
tacky as a last expedient, bnt even this,
Mr. Brockmeyer says, will fail to over
come the emphatio Democratic majority
in the State.
Tbe Tide Turning 1 in tbe Octo
ber Elections.
NewTork Wsrld.l
The past week has developed a marked
change in the general sentiment in ref
erence to the outlook in both the October
elections and the final result in Novem
ber. Democrats everywhere are now as-
setting that the prospects are improv
ing, while the Repnblisans aro less cheer
ful and expressing donbt. The State of
Ohio, which was claimed beyond any
contingency by the Republicans, is now
classed by them as doabtfnl, and their
appeals in behalf of Indiana have taken
THE CHARACTER OF A PANIC.
In addition to this the Republican pa
pers have commenced to argne that if
they do lose Ohio and Indiana in October
they still have a chance to carry those
States in November, thus preparing the
way for anticipated
DEFEAT AT THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
The news published in the Philadel
phia letter of the World in reference to a
scheme to introduce in Indiana and Ohio
the Philadelphia science of ballet-box
manipulation, is farther evidence that the
Republicans have given up all hopes of
success there on an honest vote and on
honest count. Tha evidence accumulates
that tho scheme referred to is to be un
dertaken and carried out, unless the
VIGILANCE AND ACTIVITY
of the Democracy of these States prevent
it. It can only be stopped by thorough
organization. That they worked their
flan in Ohio last year and defeated Al-
en there can be no question.
Tbe Eligibility Question.
We have received a long article from
Subscriber” in rejoinder to "No Poli
tician” upon the eligibility question,
which has arisen in Macon county. If
the argument of the question in the
Telegraph within reasonable limits
would settle anything^ we shonld still
dislike to give space to it now when all
the concerns of a great election crowd
upon ns; but any amount of argument in
newspaper wonld still leave the point
undecided. On the other, hand it can
easily be disposed of by the House, which
the supreme judge of the qualifica
tions of its own members, and to that, if
the point still remains open, let the par
ties submit it. The Telegraph can do
nothing of any practical value in the
THE GEORGIAPRE8S.
There’s fan ahead in Gwinnett county
next Wednesday. There are only six
candidates for the Legislature, and each
man is running on his own hook< Four
of them are bound to have the stomach
ache about sundown on that day.
The Columbus Times misses fire badly
in its classification of Banks, of Hoaca-
chuietts—Stonewall Jackson’s commitsa-
'.youknow—as “a "Democrat and Lib
eral.” He has gone’ over, body, sonl,
bools, breeches and baggage to tho Jac
obins, and now swings tbe bloody shirt
as venomously sa the Devil on Two
Sticks, or Jim Blaine-, ', - ,
The Chronicle and Sentinel says forty-
six negroes organized and formed a Demo
cratic club at Robbins, South Carolina, on
Thursday.
The Atlanta Times says diptheria is
prevailing to an alarming extent on the
lino of the Georgia Railroad. At one
village of fonr or five hundred inhabi
tants, eleven coffins were sold in seven
days recently.
We find tbe following in a late Atlanta
letter to tho Augusta Constitutionalist:
The Speakership op the House —
The nomination to the Legislature of Mr.
Gas Bacon, in Bibb, on yesterday, puts as
suredly a leading candidate in the field
for Speaker of the House. In fact, the
prominence and ability of Mr. Whittle,
who was nominated with him, render it
not impossible that Bibb will repeat the
experiment of running two candidates.
Beyond this, Mr. Carlton, of Clarke, Mr.
Tuinbnl), of Banks, and Mr. James, of
Fulton, are spoken of aB positive candi
dates, while Col. Raphael Moses, of Mas-
cogee, and Col. Patrick Walsh, of your
county, are among the near contingen
cies. Mr. Bacon is exceedingly strong,
and deservedly so, and if he runs will bo
in all probability invincible. It is a
question, however, whether or not ho can
antagonize a man whihas been so warm
lv his friend as Henry Carlton, over in
Clarke. If ho does accommodate himself
to that gentleman’s aspirations, it is not
improbable that Clarke county will win
for North Georgia the first Democratic
Speaker since the war.
Gov. Shith was invited by the Centen
nial Commission to .visit tho ground at
early day and hold a public reception, on
a day which should be called “ Georgia’s
day.” Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, Gov.
Tilden, of New York, Gov. Carroll, of
Maryland, have each held receptions, and
other States will follow. Gov. Smith has
declined. So we shall have no ” Georgia
day.”
The Rome Courier hopes that if we
have a Constitutional Convention next
year it will insert a clause making it a
penal offence for a preacher to run for
any office. There are a good many peo
pie who fnlly agree with the Courier,
at> least to the extent of opposition to
that clas3 being candidates for'official
positions. a
The Columbus Enquirer says: We
yesterday were conversing with a gen-
Tleimin who is usually well posted on
the-polit.ical complexion of the southern
portion of- this Congressional district,
and prior to the late nomination was op
posed to Hon. H. R. Harris. He now
supports him from the fact that he is
the Democratic nominee for Congress.
He gave it as his deliberate opinion that
Harris wonld beat Hilliard five or six
hundred votes in Muscogee county, and
five thousand in the district.
Referring to the Senatorial race to
come off next winter, the Dalton Citizen
remarks as follows: We see there are
several “Richmonds in the field” bid
ding /hr the Senatorial robes of Hon. T.
J*. Norwood. Mr. N. has made one of
the bast Senators Georgia ever Lad—
forsooth, he ha3 no superior in the pres
ent Senate of the United States—and we
are decidedly opposed to “rotating
his case. " Let well enough alone ” is as
good rule to follow in politics as in any
thing else, and we earnestly hope the ap
proaching session of the Legislature will
see to it that Mr. Norwood is his own
successor. All the old Congressmen of
the different districts of the State have
been renominated, and will, as of right
they should, be returned to the seats
they have so ably and faithfully filled,
and we think it due Mr. N., in view of
his distinguished and valuable services,
that he too should bo returned by the
Legislature to tbe position ho has filled
with so much honor to the State and
credit to himself.
The Franklin (Heard county) News
states that Mr. Dick Wood has sold his
famous Alabama copper mine for $50,-
000. The purchase only includes 80
acres of land.
mountain, evidently mnrdered and robb
ed him. J- .-
Barrister Morrow took a sitting shot
at J. A. McConnell, at Jonesboro, on the
night of the 22d met., bnt missed his
aim. Then he get up and incontinently
dusted.
The Albany News learns that Jake Shi
ver and James Garrett, of Baker connty,
indulged recently in an old fashioned
"rassle” with sad xesnlts to 'the former.
He had his right arm broken in three
places, which was amputated, but morti
fication ensued and he died in a few days.
The Chronicle and Sentinel reports tho
first frost ot the season in that and Col
umbia county last Thursday morning.
It also states that only once before in
twenty-six years has it occurred in Sep
tember, which was followed by a heavy
frost early in October.
The Savannah News says on Thursday
afternoon Mrs. Smith, wife of John
Smith, Esq, the well known express
messenger, and sister in-law of Mr. John
Smith, deputy sheriff, whilst cleaning a
window in the third story of her residence,
on the corner of Montgomery and Bryan
streets (the old Lachlison house), lost her
balance and fell to the pavement, a dis
tance of about forty feet, breaking both
legs, one at the ankle and the other be
tween the ankle and knee, wrenching
the back, and bruising tho body very
much.
Good News from South Carolina.—
Under this head, the Constitutionalist has
the following: Wo had a pop call last
evening from Col. G. D. Tillman, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress from the 5th
South Carolina district, who has just re
turned from Beaufort and Colleton coun
ties, where he made several speeches to
the voters of both colors. The "old man”
is confident of his election and cays he is
actually ashamed to tell the people ho
many votes he believes Hampton wiil
beat Chamberlain. His majority will be
overwhelming. Cot. Tillman visited the
negroes of Green Fond, EUenton, Ashepoo
and Combahee, the scenes of the late
riots, and is really surprised and gratified
at the enthusiasm manifested by the col
ored Democrats in thoso sections. Hamp
ton clubs are being formed every day
and the accessions ore large and the en
thusiasm increasing all the time. The
leading Radical negroes are foremost in
coming over, and numbers express them
selves as thoroughly disgusted and worn
out with riots and troubles forced on
them by the Radical leaders who never
come near them until after the fights are
all over. CoL Tillman, 03 above stated,
believes his election is certain, and that
by the time the election comes off the
Democrats will be largely in the majority
not only in the Fifth district, bnt all over
the State.
A few glasses of lager beer is good for
a bad cold.—Covington Star.
Geary, of Boston, to whom she was mar
ried in the former city about six months
ago. We wiil Vet ten dollars to a "schoo
ner” of beer that George belongs to the
great Bepublikin party, and that he
came South to instruct our ignorance and
develop onr resources.
Let no man who has the right to vote
stay away from the polls on Wednesday.
It is his bounden duty to be therp, and
help swell the majority for Colquitt and
the other Democratic nominees. He
owes it to himself, his family, his State,
and especially to his comrades in Ohio
and Indiana, that the Democratic ma
jority shall be such an one as will pnt
now courago in their hearts for their at
tack on the 10th of October.
How they talk in South Carolina is
illustrated by tho following: W. Magill
Flemming, a white man and a candidate
for office on tho Radical ticket, recently
said in Spartanbnrg: "We intend to car
ry. the election, and if the Democrats,
b; intimidation, should oarry thi3 elec
tion, there wili not be many honsos leit
standing.” Again, in conversation with
James Webster and Elsy Darwin, he
said, in the presence of annmbcr of ne
groes, "he intended to be elected if he
had to wade to his armpits in blood.
The white people had tho arms, but we
have the matches, and I will lead the
way.” When asked if he wonld burn
the women and children, ho replied:
"Yes, by ; put them in too.”
YELLOW FEVER.
The Latest Ur parts Front Savanna*.
" Tho mortuary report, elsewhere puti
liahed, says the Kerning News of jester,
day, shows a marked decrease in thn
mortality, confirming our opinion ex
pressed two days ago, that the epidemic
had reached its climax, and that there
wonld be a gradual diminution in
bill of mortalitv. Of the seventeen in
torments yesterday thirteen were attrih
uted to yellow fever, of which nine were
whites and four colored. Threo of the
former were cases brought to the city
for burial who had diediu tho country.
“ °Z be S !n to take heart, and
notwitstandmg the gloominess of ou
^ b °P° h reasonable
that an early frost, of which that re.
ported in Burke county is the harbinger,
will entirely kill the disease a3 aa eni!
demic. and scatter the gloom which has
so long hung over our city."
We regret to learn that Rev. A. IT.
Wynn is critically ill with the fever.
The following is the mortuary report
for Thursday:
LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY.
yellow fever; Charles Huasev, aged 26*
yellow fever; Charles F. Fowler, aged 29
fever* Ffederick Ho S«:fe, yellow
Colored—David Benger, aged 37 years,
yellow fever; Thomas Brown, yellow fe
ver; J ohn Coleman, aged 38. intermittent
fever; John Shollman, aged 28, yellow
fever ; Infant Woodbridge, aged 2
A monster Meeting. a
The Indiana Democrats will wind up “^^.coldonthelungs; Lyndia Gates,
1 ^“Wnllwtiro; DanielFist-
er, aged 22, intermittent fever.
Whites, 5; colored, 7; total, 12 (yellow
| fever 9).
CATHEDRAL CEMETERY.
I Richard Fa-long, aged 40 years, swamp
fever; Robert Chadwick, aged 35, yellow
fever; Mary Brown, aged 34 yellow'fa.
their campaign next Thursday, so far as
big mass-meeting are concerned, with a
monster at Indianapolis, where they are
preparing to receive and entertain
twenty five thousand people. The
break down of the Radicals at the “Tip
pecanoe Battle Field Meeting,” where I ver; John jIanona,aged25,yeliow fever-
thirty thousand were called for and less John H. Hopkins, aged 49, yellow fever!
than five thousand came, has put the | 5 ’ co - ored * °5 total, 5 (yellow
tribes - of Blue Jeans Williams on their
mettle. An Indianapolis correspondent
of the Courier-Journal says:
The Republicans np here are already
becoming 'alarmed at the prospect of a
great meeting of tho Democrats on the
5th of October. The Indianapolis Jour
nal is howling savagely every day, and
in evidently frightened at the extensive
arrangements being made for the largest
political meeting ever held in the State
of Indiana or the Western country. And
well may the Republicans be alarmed,
for if there is anything in public demon-
| fever 4).
RECAPITULATION.
Liurel Grove Cemetery — Whites, 5 ;
I colored, 7; total, 12 (yellow fever, 9).
Cathedral Cemetery—Whites, 5; col
ored, 0; total 5 (yellow fever, 4).
Grand total, 17; yellow fever, 13.
I, WEST FROR BRUNSWICK.
Letter from Rev. J. TV. Simmons.
Wo lay before onr readers this morning
a letter from Rev. J. W. Simmons, pastor
of the Methodist church in Brunswick,
stration upon tho minds of the people, I who, with a high chriBtian heroism, hag
the meeting hero on the fifth will be I been at his post during the whole of the
very effective. I visited Gen. Love a | epidemic. He writes as follows:
d»u coin.—uonnyion omr. i mea 3 actively 1 engaged I Bbunswick, September 27, 1876.
Whatiis good for bad grammar ?— La pre p a f; n „ f or this monster gathering. I Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I have
Orange Reporter. I Gen.Loveinformsmethathehasreceived I had no time nor heart to write for the
A seasoned hickory swrtch was a sov- hundreds of letters and dispatches this paat weefc , 80 arduous have been my k-
ereign remedy in ourschool days. week from all parts of the country, the . v V ; ' t- t,..,,
A HEAVY frost in North Georgia, about ^ my »uffer^g inTbereav^d fellow cit
the latitude of Gainesville,.last Thursday g” “fgj '“ttlndanc? of DemL'ratic Beside,yourinformation to thepuh-
night, is reported. soldiers will be very large, over three U° fay in the mam bean comet. Nooue
Quoth the Atlanta Times: "Atlanta is I thousand from this State alone having ( ca 2 s wiiA
the easiest place in the world to get lost sent word that they were coming. All of ®£ roU gjf it every da y as I have for the
past; but who knows what ia m store ror
us but “He who tempers the wind to the
alone*
Tillages of Macon and Augusta say.” I l&te war will certainly be present* Gen*
Sot 11 .to AOtoU I
ed to march at the head of two thousand
The Ogletborpo Echo announces the I of his old soldiers in the war for the
marriage last Thursday, at Athens, of j Union. "Fighting Joe” Hooker, Gen.
T. W. Rucker, Esq., and Miss Sarah Cobb, J * «• P ? lm £ r and SSi
, , 7? ..... „ _ erals, who have until lately acted with
youngest daughter of thelate Gen. How-1 t jj 0 Republican party, have signified
ell Cobb. I their intention of being present. It is
shorn Lamb ?” May Ho in mei'cy spare
ns.
Brunswick has a population of about
3,000 persons, fully half of whom are
colored. More than half of our white
citizens have left—many of them, how-
ever, too late, for we hear from them as
being sick all over the country.
The Columbus Enquirer gives the fol- understood that Gen. Hooker will be I Tho ? gw white men rema ;n!nghava been
The grand jury of Newton county
recommends that tho County Court be
abolished, and the Judge has sent in his
resignation.
The boss applo tree is in Habersham
connty. It is sixty-two years old, seven
feet ten inches in circnmferen^p, forty-
five feet high, and annually bears one
hundred bushels of apples. Can Woods
beat this ?
Boully, late of the Hamilton Visitor,
was in Atlanta a few days since on his
way to Alabama to stars his one hundred
and forty-seventh paper. We wish him
bushels of luok, and that he may live
long enough to make it two hundred.
The Griffin News tells this on two of
the five hundred candidates in that
connty: The New York store has in front
on tho sidewalk two clothes dummies-^
one with dark hair and beard, and the
other light complected. They are good
representatives of well dressed men. On
last Tuesday morning two of our candi
dates were standing near them talking
to them with much vehemence. After
talking some time and receiving no an
swer, one of the candidates commenced
the! bntton-hele feat, and at the 'same
time another candidate reached ont to
shake handa with his man, and the touch
was so cold and death-like that both aspi
rants for connty honors dodged back in
sudden alarm. After gazing at eadh
other for a moment, each candidate walk
ed off whistling; one up and the othor
down Hill street, both looking: "We’ll
never tell this.” They both say they
were only examining the goods.
Griffin whisky must be uncommonly
strong.
Wk. Williams and Frank Harris were
sentenced in tho United States Court at
Atlanta, yesterday, to five years in the
penitentiary for robbing the mail.
The first cargo of cotton of the season
was cleared from Savannah on Wednes
day. It footed np 3,102 bales and was
valued at $157,126 90
Says the Marietta Journal: A Mr. Janes
of Rome, writes to Mrs. Lena Satton, of
this place, that her husband, Mr. A. J.
Satton, was murdered and robbed ou'
Sand Mountain, Ala., about the last of
May of the present year. Mrs. Sutton,
we learfi, has been anxiously looking for
her husband ever sinoe that date, but re
ceived no tidings of his whereabouts until
now. Mr. Sutton was connected with the
United States Survey, and had been
mapping that portion of Alabama, near
Sand Mountain. Mr. Jones states that
about the last ot May the surveying
Mtty were paid off, ana Mr. Sntton, anx-
oua to get home, started the day before
bis companions did, although requested
to wait and accompany them. The next
day the surveying party on the top of
Sand Mountain came across Mr. Sutton’s
horse, shot dead, and also found his
buggy and saddle bags, and near by a
pool of blood; bnt the body of Mr. Sut
ton could not be found, as the party were
afraid to tarry long to make investiga
tion. Mr. Sntton had upon his
tion. atr. Button bad upon bin person
$690 and the robber*, who infest that
lowing cheerful account of the Hon. I * be . graud „P ro i J
„ r , TT-ni. .1 cession, and that General Franz Sigel
T for C°2? reM « will be second iw command. The Demo-1
that district as an ''independent eandi-1 cratic ladies ot Indianapolis held a large
date: Mr. Hilliard in making no votes. I meeting at the State House thiB morning |
He made a speech in Chattahoochee to make arrangements to entertain the
connty last Tuesday. One of tbe most] boys for reform. Dinner will beprepar-
influential men of that county told cs I ^ *or twenty-five thousand, and that
that every one with whom he had con- there will be that many Democratic sol-
taken sick one after another, until there
aro but few of ua left to hire nurses,
distribute charities sent iu aud bury the
dead. The colored people have assisted
us nobly in this work of meroy. The
fever is now spreading among them,
though happily it does not prove so fatal,
Many of our moat prominent men have
fallen, and not less than one tenth of the
everywhere Mr. H. has appeared. He is I ""ft"" "XTS; ^ -ZT.^TTr I J * Smith, Esq., a prominent lawyer,
a dead failure. This county, where he men in tteimyy. under the command of former i of Newnajjf 4ho was the Demo-
lives, wi» give a tremendous majority a l w cratio candidate for the State Senate.
a H.Do.™™ .. T. a po.au ££££!QHhisr
tore in Fulton county. We don’t exact- J» J ^ rival of the cars is an event to us now, as
Iy understand what an "independent I ifc brings bread to tho living and coffins
Democratic” candidate means, but we StyAnd^ nuZcr of spec^ cafs have f- ^ roll.ng in of .the
wish them just as much bad lack as if already been chartered.
they were the meanest sort of Radicals. I I ceased to blow.
The Griffin News clears its throat and I Deserting the Republicans. I The five physicians we have and ths
proceeds to remark: Yes, we believe Mr I St. Louis, September 28.—Jeff. Chan-1 sixteen nurses from New Orleans, Mobile,
Tnil should remain in tho House, atleast dle £ ! heret0 £5?. °S! f* l h8 l eadlng ^ J £ acon i Atlanta and jacbsonvillo hava
, ... , .. ... | publicans of this State, has been called I cheered us much, and, we hops, wilitave
for another term, where his superior tal- j upon by the Republicans of the Third j many precions lives. The fever will have
ent and influence is so much needed, and j district to aocept the nomination for I run through with the whites ia a fow
Mr. Norwood, onr present able Senator,} Congress. He has written a loiter, which | more dav e, and may not be fatal to bnt
should bo returned to the United States | will be pnbliahed to-morrow, in which he I few blacks.
Senate for another term, as his gallant I declines to be a candidate, and says: "II Tell all my friends to continue to work
services wiil be needed in that branch of I am not in sympathy with the Cincinnati | and pray for ns. Our. Heavenly Father
Congress. I platform, and cannot Bupport its nomi-1 will roward and hear their labors andpe-
The Waycross Headlight has ceased to I nees." Chandler is from Michigan, and | titions.
shine, the proprietor having sold it to
parties in Camilla, Mitchell connty.
Mr. R. F. Crittenden has declined
tbe nomination for the Legislature in
Randolph county in favor of Mr. Arthur
! is a relative of old Zaok.
CoL Isaac Christian, of Darien, died
hereof yellow fever, leaving a family.
He was once Solicitor General of this
circuit. Yours, in haste,
J. W Simmons.
P. S.—T. E. Davenport, Mayor, and J.
Important Card From tbe Mayor.
Mayor’s Office, )
Macon, September 29,1876.) _ _ _
■■ To the PuJ&c : Learning as I have to-j M. Dexter! Chairman'of the’Board of
Hood, who claims to have been aomi- I (j a y from various sources, that the . most | Health, were taken down with the fever
nated by the county convention. extravagant rumors have been circulated I to-day. I have sent telegrams every day,
ing drought in that section still eon-1 p reTa i en ce of yellow fever here asan epi- j botharo down with the fever. Thereto
tinues. It learns that tho cotton crop I ^emie, I feel called upon to give the I no operator here now except a new boy.
has been materially injured, and such is} Bame thft moat unuuaMed contradiction. I J. W. 8.
the rapidity with which the bolls are be-1 . . * . . ,, . . ... I *
ing forced open by the dry, hot weather I and assert in the most posiave I Ridieelous Burner,
that they axe confident the entire crop I and unequivocal manner that there The following note from the proprietor
will be gathered by the 15th of October, ia n o foundation whatever for these 0 f Brown’s Hotel was handed us jester-
Boas, potatoes, sugar cane and turnips tg> T he city of Macon haa never J
are almost a total failure. I. r . , ... .... , day:
The Bainbridge Democrat Bays: On last I 111 * condition than at j mitor , Ttlegraph an a Messenger: Ito
„ -MV n Tt ot I the present time, and but for the appear-1 dose you a letter just received from
Thursday as Mr. D. B. Mobley of this anca ^ #re 0 f f onr or fi T e oases of genuine Gainesville, Ga., in relation to the yellow
connty was sawing at his mill the lever 1 yellow fever whieh were brought np from I fever prevailing in this place. It would
whioh controls the steam became de-1 Savannah and Brunswick, and the loca-1 appear that our hotel haa been converted
tachedand the throttle valve was pulled I tJon oI tw0 oth . er oa ? es ®f doubtful char- j into a pest house and myself and family
wide open. The tremendous velocity of I ac ^ er » such wild and exaggerated j all dead.
the fly wheel caused it to burst into acconnt could have found circulation. There has never boon a case of yellow
pieces! and a large piece struck Mr. Me- Bnt a11 of the8a unfortunate victims f eT er in the hotel, to which fact all my
Cenzie on the head, nearly severing it to tho d!s « M «„ haT ? d i ed “4 P 438 ** boarders, men, women and children sna
from his body, killing him instantly. I among us, aedto-day there is not a single every -person who visits tho .hotel will
‘ r ion ease of fever in the city of Macon, and | testify.
voted last Monday, by 106 whatever to give rise to the Farther, there haa been no case of yel*
to 68, to appropriate $5,000 to build a slightest apprehension that it can ever low fever in the city which originated
male schoolhonse. j prevail here—much less become epidemic, j here. We are out of the yellow fever
Here’s a Chance.—Wo find it ia the 1 A 11 of our Physicians I believe agree on belt, and onr atmosphere is not suecepU*
» mi™. £
W. N. Fleetwood handed us on Tuesday & contagion could not exist here in the with the unfortunate victims brought
morning a note from a yonng man who I mildest possible form. With these as-1 here. Will you please do me and ths
has the matrimonial feyer. It wasfonnd surancea furniahedme by members of our citiseas generally the favor to correct
nf aUl. “csl Board, and judging fromclose the false, and I fear maficious reports?
in a sample of cotton from a bale brought I otsorTlltion aad ]on £ experience, I am I After a residence in Macon of over fifty
to the Doctoria warehouse, and reads as I constrained to believe that the most j years I have never known the city more
follows: I perfect feeling of security may be I healthy at this season of theyrtirthanAt
To any one who finds this note: indulged in by our citisen* and our J present. Papers outaide of Macon,Jf
I want to marry. Am but 17 vean I visiting friends. And I beg to assure I giving publication of these facts, wui
old. If this meets her eye (that ia a J U»o publio that I will, if the necessity J confer a favor upon our citizens general-
girl’s.) I want her to writ* me and let I arises, deal in a frank and business man-1 ly and upon Yours, respectfully,
me know if she is willing. I am a gen-1 ner regard to the subject—believ-1 E. E. Brown.
tlemaifc but take this novel way to find I ** I do, that it would be worse than The circulation of suoh rumors as ra*
mea wife. I own 690 acres of land and I , to daal ferred to in this note—wholly nnfoandsd
$1,600 in money, and do not owe anv-1 btinly it ia not to the interest of Msoon L .... wr,
shing. My address is Mr.——Pulaski I that any deception should be practiced [ as they are—is criminal. W*at
county,Oaf Thla. will be put in a cot- in * matterol thto kind, aad I wiilnotat- Brownsays withregard to the healthW
ton bale, at-the plantation. I tempi it. If yellow lever should make I n0— of ig conspicuously true.
We omit the name of the writer 1 its appeartnoe here the city anthontiee I are fewer oases of fever in
of tho a bore note* hut if &qt of our! ^ proflipt to Announce it* lor tho I * a al: m th#
readers among the fair sex T wish to j *»»▼« «uch unpleasant duty now than « usual at this sense
learn further particulars they can to perfonn. Onr deepest care and great- year. The city ia cleanly, the atm»
get them by calling on Dr. Fleet-1 eat anxiety grows out of the faet that we J pheie ^ fine, the temperature has dropP*
wood or at this office! Sixteen hundred are not Uttar able to extend a more lib- £ a1moat to ^ ef frost, bonnes*
dollars in money, 600 acres of land, and «ai and helping hand to the i V li „ lTlindt j 1 o, t r Mfca are daily crowded
notin debt. "Gewhilildnsl what a I people of onr sister cities—Savannah and j «■ breiy ana tne etreew are a*u,
Brunswick. W. A. Huff, Mayor. [ with the wagons of farmers who
chance 1”
The Philadelphia Item says a Mrs.
Geary, who hails from Atlanta, was rob
bed ef $1500 and all her jewelry in that
city recently by her husband, George | known there.
Gov. Hnunnicxs, Gen. Siegel and Gen.
Ward spoke at Hamilton September 26th
to one of the largest meetings ever
hauling in their produce, with nothing to
prevent or alarm them. ,
It is a pity that rumors 0? this W®
cannot be traced to their origin.